is scientology a cult? >> no, absolutely not. >> church officials insist they do not harass or spy on people. they said their membership is growing. critics say that is nonsense and say that the internet is hurting scientology because they can no longer control information. >> very interesting. a search for drugs ended up with a suspected gang member and an alligator in custody. anne arundel police said they found a three-foot alligator when they searched for drugs and cash. the alligator is now at a facility for exotic animals. >> let's see what's coming up to 6:00. >> the political campaign is down to the wire. coming up at 6:00, a big race for the senate we cannot forget that. tim kaine and george allen finished up their campaigns. we will see it 6:00. >> let's check in with the of one more time, a very active week ahead of us. >> a cold night with a freeze warning in effect. down to 39 already in gaithersburg winchester at 37. it is going to be cold tonight. the entire region from the pennsylvania borde

abc 7 tavis get a look inside area's only church of scientology. area's only church of scientology. we we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking about my family. how am i going to take care of myf amily. he promised us the same things he's promising the united states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa actison is responsible for the content of this advertising. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that a are really hurting tody in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to ve leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a repubblican or a democra. i've done it before, i'll do it again.

you're watching r t a live from moscow from protest against islamist extremism to scientology u.k. public order act is being blamed for stiffening open debate on a whole range of controversial issues and the campaign to have it overturned is now heating up with critics say it's depriving people of their basic rights r.t. sarah for a report. brits are renowned for their sarcastic sense of humor and here in this country we love a good provoking to debate so you would think that free speech to be protected and we be able to sell our opinions from the rooftops right. there's a whole raft of legislation which stops you so you know what you believe it we don't have freedom of speech anymore and one piece of blue in particular is is she section five of the public order act one this will close this causing big problems with a slower has been used for two particular why use forcefully to stifle inconvenient political views so views which are against islam against christianity which are against the quality of homosexuals so people who say that sort of stuff can be arrested the second way it'

what she only told me about nearly dying and turning to scientology while still doing drugs. >> i'm readingt. >>> then a modern family child star removed from her home by a judge. allegations of abuse.

they see being called house includes someone who insulted scientology by calling it a dangerous cult and wait for it someone who called the police. on the six hundred five of the public order there's no requirement to praise that the person intended any negative consequences from something they said or did i only has to be likely to have caused the phone so i could be prosecuted for saying or doing something even if no one was actually offended but the who's probably got a very pretty quickly these on the receiving end of this law have had to live with the consequences to court cases many of which are eventually thrown out his appeal not before costing the taxpayer a pretty penny i've been a victim to when i protested against islamist extremists who were advocating killing gay people and women have sex outside of marriage but i was prosecuted for this alleged crime. really in a free society insults are not nice but they shouldn't be criminal offenses when it comes to defending free speech many feel what we're actually talking about is protecting our right to offend the essence of dem

may have an intense way prosthetising such as the unification church sometimes called moonies or scientology is always popping up because of various issues that people take with the establishment. anything else we might have here, going through the graphics; occult groups. these are kinds of religious as you seeing millennial groups once again, occultist groups, spiritualists; people who live on the fringe of the establishment, but for whatever reason, don't reflect the prevailing values and go through it. so, that's all we are talking about, you can take this same criteria and lay them down and you will get a different set of information as you move up. and so i'm going to leave sometime here for your really good comments and insights on the class so we really have just two short, but i think very profound roll- ins. this class is the last class but there is no back door on beliefs and believers. it's just an open ending run, take it where you go. but a couple of interviews we did i was going back through them, i don't know how many interviews we've done as we prepare for this course. and a

. >> coming up tonight at 5:00, abc cameras could a prayer looked inside the only church of scientology. we take you inside so you can decide for yourself tonight at 5:00. >> the time is 6:25. the redskins are heading into a by week after a three-game losing streak. >> unfortunately, cam newton got the best of robert griffin iii. the panthers won 21-13. rg iii finished with 253 yards passing but no scores. there were 13 penalties in the game for the redskins. the atlanta falcons are the only undefeated team in the nfl. atlanta beat dallas 19-13. the redskins are off next week. >> hopefully, they will be prepared to. >> the division-leading giants host of the steelers at the meadowlands tonight. new york could not deliver for the catastrophic-strappe ned. the giants' head coach called lost disappointing for the team and the fans. he was wearing a new jersey had in the first half. >> we wanted it emotionally to win the game. for all of our neighbors who are struggling and needs type -- some type of inspiration but we did not provide it. >> the giants and steelers players refused to blame

pentagon the recording history of america the motion picture association of america even the church of scientology took down in a video released prior to election day anonymous warned the karl rove that he was being watched karl rove american crossroads we are anonymous we are watching you we know that you will attempt to rig the election of mitt romney to your favor we will watch as you are married band of conspirators try to achieve this overthrow of the united states government we want you to know that we are watching you waiting for you to make the mistake of thinking you can break this election to your favor we want you to know that if we catch you we will turn over all of this data to the appropriate officials in the hopes that you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we are then just two days after election day as the republican party was in full blown despair and karl rove is trying to figure out what's wrong anonymous released a press statement claiming that they did indeed prevent an attempt by rove to steal the election from mitt romney the statement reads we began follo

only on 7 abc 7's cameras get a look in the only church of scientology.rue religion. we go inside so you can decide for yourself. that is 5:00. >> new at kw66:00 how two people walked away from this collision between a train and a truck. >> we want to show you a video game that is letting voters take out their anger on the politicians who bug them the most. >> and we will talk about what we can expect the last 24 hours of the presidential race. that is all new at 6:00. >> now a candlelight vigil will be held for a local teen who died after being hit by a car. christina morris-ward was on the way to seneca valley high school in germantown last wednesday crossing skwrrpbt road and a car struck her. no charges were filed but tonight's vigil rocking for tina will be 5:30 at seneca valley high. >> d.c. councilwoman will have a hearing on speed cameras. that bill would reduce the maximum fine for offenses from $125 down to $50 and create a more transparent and accountable warning system before tickets are issued. the hearing starts at 11:00 in room 412 of the w

this isn't scientology and tom cruise where people look at that and say, well, those are brand marketableovie stars, this is a young man who is starting his career out and it could jeopardize his future if he wants to stay in the business. there are a lot of thing you could do say you will give away the money you made from the people or say you will not do it anymore, per, and stand up and say you will not do it, contract be damned, but, really, you speak to one group and say one thing and you make $350,000 a episode, where is the sympathy coming from? >>guest: i don't think there is sympathy he obviously is confused. he clearly may have a case of buyer's remorse but it is hard to sell that when he makes the money he is making and on a show that was very popular for many years and they have replaced charlie sheen and i would not be surprised if they make a change there or if the show actually has a future. i don't know how much longer this concept for the program is going to be viable to the public and they will find an interest in watching this kid at 23 or 24 years. >>shepard: even sein