before you sign yeah absolutely absolutely and the thing is i think patients in sarasota county this is getting a lot of play down there as most you know prescriptions pill stories doing for. they know more now they know better at the same time i want to know i want to know if my doctor is clued in with a law enforcement agency you know the story reported that most of these doctors aren't and not a single want to start in a form we already have to worry about doctors colluding with their scripts and drug companies and then i have to worry about my telecom company you know colluding with the government giving over my records like i just want to know i want to know so yes there's due diligence on the part of the patient always and all contract or all disputes there's do diligence on the part of the signer but i also want to know you know it's really interesting because this article as you said has gotten a lot of play in florida it's also sort of bringing up questions about privacy rights of patients some doctors have said you know they want to call authorities or whomever the appropri

known story out of florida it's pretty interesting that we turns out administrators with the sarasota county sheriff's office have done something unprecedented they're taking measures to try to give patients at hospitals and doctors offices to give up their constitutional right to privacy by having doctors slip in a form now you know how it goes you go to the doctor's office and you know especially if it's a new doctor there is a mountain of paperwork a lot of it is simple stuff fill out your name and date of birth a social security number and then there's you know how many drinks a week do you have and a list of questions about your medical history your family's medical history i was time you got to page seven or eight you just want to see the doctor so you just kind of get through those forms make sure you fill them out check the boxes read and sign. but this page that was reportedly added to this pile of paperwork for many florida patients said this the undersigned knowingly in voluntarily agrees to the release of any and all protected health information for any and all purposes regardles

that pileup happened on an a overpass in sarasota county. the florida highway patrol says 52 people were injured. roughly 20 of them were taken to hospitals. three people were air alifted for treatment and none of those injuries, though, is expected to be life threatening. no word yet on just what caused that crash. >>> right now, there is a desperate search under way for a dog that disappeared during a brazen attack in northeast d.c. >> a man attacked a woman this morning while she was out walking three dogs and as pat collins reports, during the assault, one of the dogs disappeared. >> reporter: this is a story a about murray, a beagle mix and beth. that's beth walking her two dogs, spike and rocsi. murray's not here. murray belongs to a friend. murray is missing, but not just a lost dog story. the is a story a about a confrontation and an assault that got sexual. >> he started grabbing me in sexual places and dragging me around on the street. he actually bruised my arm. >> reporter: it happened this morning in the 600 block of i street no

the crashes occurred near the border between sarasota and manatee counties. we're told 32 people were taken to the area hospitals, 20 others examined at the scene. amazingly, no fatalities. authorities believe that heavy rain may have played a factor in the collisions. the southbound lanes are back open. tonight, we uncovered the case of a violent offender who turned informant who is now on the run. he was really going to help city police? was it just as simple ploy to avoid combat to prison? >> this is a story nobody would like to talk about. authorities will not release his picture. the police are accused of releasing what is normally a piece of public information, an arrest report. the state's attorney's office will not answer questions. >> it was the night of september 25th. the police arrested a 31-year- old. martin, had bailed out of the car. he confessed to carrying a gun. he was never charged. instead, he convinced the police and prosecutors to allow him to be an informant with the promise of leading them to bigger players in guns and drugs. they held

brake, not the gas, as he was backing up. 70 vehicles were involved in this crash friday in sarasota, countyn serious condition. finally, michael phelps may have a future golf. check this out. the 18-time olympic gold medalist was playing in a pro-am in scotland on friday. look at this amazing putt. it was gauged at over 50 yards, just about the length of the olympic swimming pool that phelps is so used to. of course that explains it. that's the news. now back to lester and jenna. >> feel like we need rowdy gaines. >> or a soccer goal would have been appropriate. seriously, the talent this guy has. share a little bit of it. it's amazing. >> chris, thank you. >>> stephanie abrams is on the plaza with a check of your forecast. a mild one at that in new york. >> what's been the best decade after all these years? >> the year of having children. >> the year of having children. that's what the kids were supposed to say? what was the best decade ever? >> all of them. >> which was what decade? the 90s. let's have a look at your birthday forecast. let's have a look at our followage report. unfortunat

counties. they should do well in southwest florida, the fort myers-sarasota area.e in that area, that would spell some trouble for mitt romney. orlando -- the democrats should win the orlando area. the president should benefit from the large puerto rican population that is heavily democrat in the orlando area. if he is not doing well in the orlando area, it is not a good night for president obama. host: before we let you go, could we have a repeat of 2000, bush v. gore? guest vote right now, we have a little bit of the absentee ballots problem in ball beach -- in palm beach county. they are now taking about 30,000 ballots and they have workers that are copying the balance people have sent on to new ballots. because the ballots that are defective cannot go through the tabulators. they have to take newly printed ballots, they are copying the voters ballot. there are observers from both of the presidential campaigns and from the parties as well as did officials to observe. i am sure there are many lawyers in the room to observe this process. i would not be surprised i

i lived in sarasota county, and hillsborough county, tampa, we will go republican.ut orlando is not a republican country. they had allen grayson -- alan grayson as a representative, and then they got rid of him. "the sentinel," the orlando paper, endorsed him. and from my former home town in boston, a fine university, suffolk county, they have polls every four years, and they are pulling people out because it is a lost cause and in the state four obama . i think that obama is off route in florida -- host: john, i was actually that show romney up in florida. guest: i will be in boston in a few weeks, and i really love and boston. i have to disagree with you a little bit. there is evidence that obama is working very hard in florida. they've spent a lot of time in florida, they've spent a fortune on campaign ads in florida, and i don't think they've given up on the notion of winning florida. that is a reason that florida is a swing state. there is also a tactical thing here. they cannot concede florida. i do believe that florida is still in play, don't get me wrong. bu

i lived in sarasota county, and hillsborough county, tampa, we will go republican. but orlando is not a republican country. they had allen grayson -- alan grayson as a representative, and then they got rid of him. "the sentinel," the orlando paper, endorsed him. and from my former home town in boston, a fine university, suffolk county, they have polls every four years, and they are pulling people out because it is a lost cause and in the state four obama. i think that obama is off route in florida -- host: john, i was actually citing polls that show romney up in florida. guest: i will be in boston in a few weeks, and i really love boston. i have to disagree with you a little bit. there is evidence that obama is working very hard in florida. they've spent a lot of time in florida, they've spent a fortune on campaign ads in florida, and i don't think they've given up on the notion of winning florida. that is a reason that florida is a swing state. there is also a tactical thing here. they cannot concede florida. i do believe that florida is still in play, don't get me

near the border between sarasota and manatee counties.njured. 75 was re-opened after six hours. >> the national league playoff wild card game ended in protest. the cardinals trailed but a late game rally was halted when a pop up to left field was called an automatic out under the flash flood fly rule. atlanta fans unhappy with the umpire's call trashed turner field. st. louis will play washington on sunday in the division series. in the american league wild card game the baltimore orioles defeated fairfax 5-1 and advanced to play the yankees. >> which team has beaten both the braves and cardinals in the world series? my minnesota twins. that's how i know. i watched it. all right. it's about four minutes after the hour. time now for another check of the weather with lonnie quinn. that's not fair to give pop quizzes that i know. >> pop quiz? this is an infield fly. takes place on the infield. let's talk about the sunshine state because sunshine state not so sunshiny today. showers and storms kicking in for you. also snow in this portion of

sarasota, florida. she is a fourth generation police officer who started her baltimore career in 1985. she takes her new post in general refers. >> -- on january 1. >> let's bring you up-to-date on howard countyyou can see the and results, 17 miles per hour. delays on southbound 295, if that is what you're considering as an alternate. route 1 as your alternate this morning. prior to 295, disabled vehicle there. back up on southbound 795 out of owings mills. 95 southbound of white marsh, expect to be delayed on the beltway northeast. honeygo boulevard, one more accident of note. northeast corner as delays developed there. >> 36 at frederick, 41 in jarrettsville. there is a little rain in the ohio valley. during the day today, it will be just fine. after the july stock, we will make it into the upper 60s. then it cools off going into the weekend. >>> you are looking live at the picturesque town of kennebunk, maine, a town that is in turmoil this morning as it deals with a growing prostitution scandal. a lot of people there are not happy that an air alleged client list is now being made public. a local high school coach has stepped down, and another man who says he's not the guy on the list is f