then we will see the sheila jackson lee tape. bobby bell says, thank you for clearing up the story about the woman being thrown out of the town hall meeting. keep showing the truth. that's what we do. let's see one more. on return of gulf war soldier, rick, you have more class than any other reporter out there. thank you for your respect. >> that's very nice. we appreciate that. sometimes words just get in the way. >>> representative jackson lee talks to people at a town hall meeting but she gets a phone call and instead of dealing with the person who is asking her the question, she takes the phone call and stays on the phone for quite some time. i want you to watch this. before we talk to the representative coming up here in about 25 minutes or so and you tell me whether she was right, whether she was wrong and whether she could have handled this perhaps a little bit differently. here it is. >> if your conscious allows you to proceed in the direction of doing things simply because you think it is good for america, then -- seriou

major sheila dixon will do everything she can to make sure people feel comfortable here, even if it is patrolling the area herself. >> only eyewitness news cameras captured mayor sheila dixon when she made an unannounced visit to the inner harbor, a gang member whipped out a semiautomat expik shot two rival gang members in the pavilion. police have beefed up patrol and dixon is walking to make sure everyone feels safe. >> i wanted to walk and talk to some of the police officers, store owners just to find out their feelings, what things they think they need. i talked to establishments who said they need to have more security inside. >> the ceo of the maryland science center says so far r the frightening head lines have not hurt business. >> our sunday was one of the top two as you understand sundays we've had all year. that was yesterday. saturday was very strong. today, monday is one of the best mondays we've had. people are still coming to the inner harbor. >> that's exactly what the mayor want, she plans to make more surprise visits here in the future. >> this is something people com

mayor sheila dixon and police commissioner bealefield criticized law enforcement agencies for the slow pace of the investigation. yesterday, they said they have a strong partnership with the feds. and they were doing a wonderful job. >> well, you can help solve crimes in baltimore city. we are opening up again the fugitive files. hoping to put two suspects behind bars tonight. joy lepola live at the warrant apprehension task force headquarters tonight with the latest on the featured fugitives this evening. joy, what can you tell us about them? >> jeff, several guys we are hoping to lock up tonight. two wanted for murders, and another for attempted murder. and as you can see, we have a team of detectives ready to take your calls. let me give you the fugitive files hotline number. (410)637-8970. and again, 410-637-8970. keep in mind the smallest bit of information can often times break one of these cases wide open. here is a look at the fugitives we are hoping to find tonight. >> police say 17-year-old maurice brown shot a man in the head several times killing him had. in the 3000 block

sheila jackson lee is here trying to explain this video. she went on her cell phone while a woman was asking a question. the congresswoman is here, where she apologize? you will find out. first, arlen specter faced off with more heated constituents at a town hall in pennsylvania. >> it was senator specter ponce's fourth town hall and three days. tenters for risin-- it was sen s fourthr's fourth town hall meet. many people forced their way in and many people chanted. >> what do we want, health care? >> our kids will have a third world country. we will have nothing in this country. they are spending our future. i wanted this stopped. i don't want it 10 years from now. >> this is about america, remember that. >> i don't have insurance but i don't want health care either. >> yes, we will. >> no, you won't. >> talk to us that don't have health care. >> this is taking away our freedom of choice. the people said that we could have freedom of choice, where is our choice in this? >> a lot of passion although here we saw something that we have not se

>> i agree completely with everything sheila just said. we have examples of a number of ways in which integrated safety and soundness and consumer protection supervision of supervisors has brought together problem -- race and found issues for both safety and soundness purposes and consumer protection purposes that otherwise would not have been found under the current system. we believe -- that the believe the examination and supervision function in place -- examiners are good looking and rules that are written, and to the extent that a new agency writes strong rules, they will be complied with by banks with this function better than any other alternative model. >> my understandi from the panel is that you are all in support of the consumer financial protection agency? >>, senator, that is not true. the federal reserve has not taken a position one way or the other. >> are you going to take a position? >> i would not anticipate it. we were specifically asked, i guess we would at least discuss it among ourselves. i think our effort at this po

i do not agree with sheila that this -- i do agree with sheila that this was not the single contributing factor to the crisis. >> and john, do you have a quick response to my question? >> among the many reasons that members of this committee would not be happy to see the summer recess come is that there will not have to hear me say for the third time in a row that each proposal will have some advantages and some disadvantages. as john and sheila have suggested, no one will sit down and write the system that we have now if they were starting from scratch. but having it in place, you have seen that there are some advantages to splitting bank supervision. personally, i would think that it would be very bad idea not to have the deposit insurer had a bank examination function so that the understand how banks are functioning before they fail and are then battered to resolve them. i think it is important for the federal reserve, as the central bank, as the holding bank supervisor, to have a window into how banks function would there be efficiency -- into how banks function. would there be effic

chairperson sheila bair said on thursday... "no matter how challenging the environment, the fdic has ample resources to continue protecting depositors as we have for the last 75 years." source: sheila bair, fdic chair ♪fullscreen quote: "no matter how challenging the environment, the fdic has ample resources to continue protecting depositors as we have for the last 75 years." tom.. sheila bair went onto say - no insured depositor has ever lost a penny of insured deposits.. the fdic has been planning for future failures since the crisis began unfolding last year. in the second quarter, the agency had 42 billion dollars in its deposit insurance fund. thanks to banks paying higher premiums ... the fdic has been able to beef up that insurance fund considerably... from about 13 billion in march. the agency also has the ability to borrow a half trillion dollars from the treasury department if it has to. experts say it's a sizeable cushion... considering small and regional banks will continue to see losses from their portfolios... as

that's theord from sheila ir. but the he of the fdic says the fund protecting those deposits has droppedharply, hit with almost $4 billion in losses. susie: up and down wall street, folks are wonding why so many bankare failing when e economy is improving. coming up, a look at the disconnect betweenank health and threcovery. >> paul: call it theenmosche effect. i.g. shares surge 27% on hop new ceo robert benmosc can turn around the troubled insurer. >>usie: then, we talk with robert tl, c.e.o. of toll brothers. e luxury home builder's loss widens in its late quarter. but says orders are starting to pick up. >> paul: i'maul kangas. >> sie: and i'm susie gharib. this is "nightly busess report" for ursday, august 27. "nightly business report" is made possib by: this program was me possible byontributions to your pbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. 7//& >> susie: good evening eveone. there are now more tn 400 american bks on the government's so-call "problem list". that's t biggest number in 15 years. but don'

mayor sheila discussion -- sheila dixon met with his family in the hospital. >> they are shaken by this and by the violence and what was said to him. and what was done to him. >> according to court documents, a self amended white supremacist who is in custody and two other time -- a self admitted white supremacist who is in custody and two other suspects started beating the man. police said he had a tattoo of adolf hitler on his stomach with the words "he lives" beneath it. >> he has that is that would identify himself with racist -- historically racist organizations. >> leading up to this attack, it seems like he left a trail of a violent crime in his wake. in 1999, a 6 year old girl claimed that he winter at least four times since she was 4 years old. -- that he raped her at least four times in she was 4 years old. another one meant says that he beat her up with a flashlight and -- another one man says that he beat her with a flashlight and raped her. he remains in jail tonight without bond and could face harsher penalties under the state a hate crime law. police are still looking for

. >> the kids reach out to mayor sheila dixon for help. >> deer mayor sheila dixon, we need your help. >> the children need a the recs and the pool in the summer. and the school year, so they have a spot. >> to decrease a $3 million shortfall, department of rec and parks, decided to turn the rec center over to baltimore schools saying it is not suitable for viable programs and after july 1st, 2009, rec and parks is no longer providing recreational programming in the facility. >> a city school spokesperson tells us school administrators are still working on a policy to determine how this facility will be used. >> in the meantime, the nearest recreation center is more than 2 miles away. >> this recreation center closed down. you are asking for the whole community to go across on. like a new other neighborhood. a lot of times kids don't get along. that's nothing new. and no community. and it is not going to work. so i beg of you, keep the rec center open for cherry hill. >> as of now the rec center will shut down this friday. reporting live here at city hall. karen parks fox 45 news at 1

i loved how sheila was spontaneous, you know, give sheila a little loving. it was great. it was unscripted. it was almost a pure moment. sheila jackson lee connecting with regular working people, and a doctor, no less. you know, that's what town halls are about, not this conjured up hired activist g.o.p. fake angry yelling thing. what is it they were calling it, again? oh, yeah, i remember, astroturf. that's it. that's crazy. when i first saw this video, i was so moved by the concern of this obviously amazing physician. i thought, you know what? she's only been a physician for four years. she might be struggling. i don't know. she says they're a dying breed. maybe i should recommend her to my friends in texas. they tried looking her up and i had a hard time finding her. she was really tough to find, really, really tough, very. almost like she wasn't really a doctor tough. as it turns out, she's not a doctor, no. she's not listed in the medical records or the texas board or anything. she made it up. sheila gave her that big old spontaneous hug. what are the odds? anywho, s

only eyewitness news cameras were there as mayor sheila dixon made an unannounced visit to the inner harbor, the same place where a feud between the crypts and the bloods turned violent saturday night. tonight mayor sheila dixon talked to tourists, police officers, local store owners, and eyewitness news. >> reporter: what are you looking for? >> well, i just wanted to walk an and talk to some of the police officers, some of the store owners, just to find out, you know, their impression, their feelings, what things do they think they need. and i talked 0 some of the establishments who said that they definitely need to have more security inside. >> reporter: security outside is already a top priority for the city. since the shooting, large numbers of police officers have patrolled the tourist popular area. >> this is one of the things people come to when they come to baltimore to see, and we want to be able to let folks know that it is still safe and had that we're going to get a handle on this. >> reporter: at the maryland science center the ceo says so par the headlines haven't hurt

>> first, senator, sheila and i don't have any authority to trucker institutions. the banks we supervise are state-chartered. i would say, though, and she can respond to this better than i, but i would say that because we have a similar regulatory requirements -- >> if he could do it fairly quickly -- >> similar requirements for all institutions, and the fdic has to decide whether to grant insurance to each depository institution, no matter wants to be in short -- to be in short -- there is a way to contain that kind of arbitrage all permitting a useful kinds that states engaged in. >> i would agree that we have a licensing function, and i would say that just because you have a choice when you begin operating, not necessarily arbitrage. there are differences with the charters and what they can do and how they can do it. some prefer to have a local, state government regulation, even though we have a local examiners on the ground there. the fdic does grand deposit insurance to all of them. it has been after they have been in operation, where someone is facing a probl

. >>> mayor sheila dixon pushes to get cars out of the city streets. >>> the last night bruce springsteen was here, it was '73. i'm mike schuh, we'll have details, when we return. >>> will rain bring cooler temperatures earlier in the week? we'll have the latest with bob. >>> baltimore mayor sheila dixon kicks off an initiative to remove abandoned vehicles. >> we have the resources, we're stepping up and doing more and that is an issue that impacts the city and the residents in the quality of life of the residents. >> reporter: usually, it's unlicensed and left on public and private property. call 311 to report them >> we'll rely on the citizens of baltimore to give us information through the 311 process and we're here not to harass people, but to encourage everyone to take responsibility to make this the greatest city and cleanest and greenest city. we need your help. >> reporter: the city's partnering with vehicles for change to provide the residents the chance to dispose of vehicles free of charge. >> we'll a get rid of the junk cars -- they bleed toxins into the ground and think're cr

deposit insurance fund i dwindling, cirman sheila bair says the f.d.i.c. can managets way through the finaial crisis. >> a decline in the fu balance do not diminish our ability to protect insured desitors. e f.d.i.c. was created specifically for times sh as these. our sources are strong, your insured deposits are se. >> reporte of the $42 billion in the deposit insurance fd, the f.d.i.c. expects $32 blion will be used forosses regulatorslready see coming. that leaves a ttle more than 0 billion to cover the unexpected. and wi 416 banks on the f.d.i.c.'s problem list holdg assets of $300 blion, there is plty of room for unexpected. >> they' going to need more money. >> reporter: doug elliott studies the financl crisis for the ookings institution. needed, the fdic can borrow fr the treasury to shore up it's depositnsurance fund, but elliott thinksaxpayers won't ha to any losses. >> my best gue is that taxpayerwon't have to put up anything.

good nears -- the corruption's charge of fort mayor sheila dixon has been postponed. -- the corruption's trial for mayor sheila dixon has been postponed giving her attorneys more time to prepare. >> baltimore county police are using advanced technology to reduce crime. they are cross referencing some high crime areas with traffic accident areas. >> the name of the problem stands for data drivenit is improving the technology areas of high crime and traffic accidents. baltimore county is continuing to enhance technology to make our neighborhoods say. they are trying out the new technology. >> we have had significant results. >> coming up at 5:30, we will take a look at the numbers. the results show a lot of promise for the future not only for saving money and resources, but lives as well. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. the think their strategy could be successfully tried in baltimore city? >> authorities are moving closer to preventing crime from inmates using smuggled cells in prison. there is a bill that would allow states to petition to ban cell phone singles ins

someone did something on the internet which is putting mayor sheila dixon in british politics. >> the story starts here. >> knives, guns. >> british parliament member says a rising crime in great britain and claims some part of the country is now like "the wire" which is a gritty hbo series set in baltimore. the story got bigger when the british press reported that a baltimore mayor sheila dixon joined the critics. they relied on a statement that appeared to be from the city. it has dixon calling the comments. as. the mayor and made no such statement. the website was fake. city officials say there was no hacking up the website. the perpetrator of the hopes kopit the city's site to make it appear that dixon made the statement. the mayor is not amused. she issued a real statement today saying that it was a distraction causing the city time and money. they are investigating to see if copyright laws were violated. wbal tv 11 news. >> the british official called to clarify his comments. >> britney spears playing a role in medical research. and they are learning more about alzheimer's. >> f

officers in air area and today, mayor sheila dixon said that all of the police officers aren't enough. the shooting was the result of a feud between two gangs. >> we don't need it to happen in the harboring. we can't tolerate it. >> reporter: even a stabbing prompted the police to add extra officers to the hot spot. this had an impact on the attitude of visitors. >> during the i dark things are different -- during the day, things are different. >> reporter: all of the increased patrols can only do so much. >> they were carrying weapons on them and that's why we keep focusing on the legislation at the state to get some and deal with the guns. i guarantee you if they caught the guy, he would have been out the next day with a slap on the hand. >> reporter: and the mayor testified against numerous bills and the house failed to act. >> these legislators are part of a committee that's prodefense. >> reporter: and that's why the state's attorney's office says they've had a hard time beefing up to prosecution act. it could charge juveniles as adults. >>> there's no des in our minds -- there's

>>> baltimore mayor sheila dixon says she will not tolerate violence at baltimore's top tourist destination. police still have no suspects after a double shooting in the inner harbor. now police and city officials are taking closer looks at ways to keep people safe. >> reporter: we're getting mixed reaction. some people tell us, they'll come back, there is no problem. other folks from out of town, say they're going to think twice before they come to the inner harbor. that shooting happened right in the middle, and it happened inside the light street pavilion. 24 hours later, more police officers are on guard. the inner harbor becomes the focus of violence again. >> we heard a gunshot, and we got down. >> reporter: the violence has moved inside. just after 10:00 on saturday night, gunshots were fired near a seafood restaurant. some people were knocked down as they tried to get out. >> this is going to scare a lot of people away. >> reporter: report of a man with a gun. before locating him, there were two victims. a 20-year-old male, and another man in his late teens to early 20s, with a guns

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. >> mayor sheila dixon has a new trial date in her corruption case. at a court hearing, her attorneys continue to fight to have the charges dropped. john sherman joins us live with the reaction. >> the judge agreed to wipe out the old charges in the old motions he put in place. a new trial date was set. with the mayor away on vacation, her defense team was in court today, the judge threw out the old case in motions and set a new calendar for the case to go to trial. >> it was not unexpected. we certainly were happy to get the early trial date of november 9. >> we are going to deal with the case with the schedule that has been set. >> we are going to get a little bit more discovery under the new charges. we expect we will be filing a new motion with respect to the grand jury. >> the new schedule is as follows. september 8, september 18, and a hearing on all of those motions will fall on september 30. the trial will start on november 9. >> i think the grand jury returned the indictment again. i don't think there is any problem. >> it is certainly possib

fomore on the impact of the japanese ections, we're join by: sheila smith, a senior fellow for japansdies at the council on foren relationsand daniel sneider, a former tyo-based journalist. he's now at stanford univsity's walter h. shorenein asia-pacific research center. welcome to you both. sheila smith, it felt like this election was basicay a crisis of confidence in thway things have been ne before. >> absolutely. and this is a system that's been ting to change now for over a decade. so i thk the japanese puic continue to try to find an answer with the ldp but st got to the point wherthey lost coidence complely in their leadehip. >> was this a votefor e new come orjust to get rid of the old timers. >> i think its with a ttle bit of both. japanese voters tendedo punish th ldp in that long 50 yr tenure of eir rule in upper hoe elections. and they did that in 2007. but this was the first time th've really given the ldp a rout or really given them a ha time in the lower house. e other side of the story, though, is japanese voters have never really had a choice. they'vnever had a viabl

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. >>> new information in the indictment of mayor sheila dixon really has to do with attorneys and paperwork>> we remain live in essex with linda so and final out exactly how -- find out exactly how this fire started. that and more coming up until 7:00 when "good morning america" takes over. >>> right now your weather with meteorologist susan schrack. >> thank you. good morning. the sun is up. we're starting to see a little bit of sunshine peaking through the haze. let's look at the temperatures now. 74 degrees, relative humidity 94%. and the wind is out of the south at 3 miles an hour. let's look in parkton, at the -- parkville, excuse me, at the middle school, 76 degrees, winds very light. looking at temperatures generally in the mito low 70s it's only going to increase as we head into the daytime hours. that sun will start to come out and peak through the skies. thunderstorms are expected for us to today. tomorrow. and we may as well make it saturday, right? since we're in this trend. after saturday the front starts to move through and things get better. it will feel much nicer come the e

sheila macvicar, cbs news, london. >> rodriguez: coming up next, a disturbing trend in this country. more women driving drunk. >> rodriguez: police around the country today announced a crackdown on driving drunk. but more women are doing it, a 30% increase in just a decade compared with an 8% drop for men. even so, men still lead the way by far in d.u.i. arrests. more now from michelle miller. stop, stop! >> reporter: in long island, new york, law enforcement put volunteers to a driving test knowing they'd be sure to fail. >> i wasn't comprehending really what he was saying. >> reporter: that's because they were all legally drunk. >> i thought i was okaynta litt. >> reporter: police wanted to demonstrate the effects of drinking and driving. last year, drunk drivers killed nearly 12,000 people on the nation's roads-- alarmingly, more women than ever are at fault. >> roughly 2,000 fatalities in a year involve an impaired... impaired women drivers. this is clearly a very disturbing trend. >> reporter: while men still outnumber women by 4-1 in d.u.i. arrests, statistics show when drunk w

. >> a court date in the case against baltimore mayor sheila dixon. why she says prosecutors are being abusive. >>> why charges dropped against a man accused of assaulting a police officer. >> the last 140 days has been the most difficult heart-wrenching times of our lives. >> set free. 140 days after being arrested in north korea. hear their emotional story. >> meteorologist: a chance for showers and thunderstorms moving into the baltimore area in the evening hours. even a chance for severe weather. i'll have that in my forecast. >> hello, mime jeff ban. jennifer is off tonight. a new trial date is set for baltimore mayor sheila -- our reporter was in the courtroom this morning and found out the new date. >> reporter: the mayor's defense team and the state prosecutor both appeared in court earlier and both were optimistic. now, it was just last week the mayor was reindicted on perjury charges. dixon is accused of failing to disclose gifts she received from developer ronald limbs come. the mayor also faces charges of theft for allegedly stealing gift

. >> reporter: mayor sheila dixon called the president of the cherry hill homes tenant council to apologize. >> i told her, you can't apologize for crime. >> look like your daddy! >> reporter: as foulks met with well-wishers, she did get good news. out of the unfortunate situation comes a blessing for children she serves afternoons and summer camp. >> all right. we're getting some school supplies. >> reporter: police are still searching for suspects, but don't believe foulks was argued the. instead, she is filled with forgiveness for those who shot her. >> when you got troublesome children doing troublesome things, that means adults have failed them in the system. >> reporter: in cherry hill, kelly swoope, abc 2 news. >> residents will hold a prayer vigil for shirley foulks friday night at 6:00 outside her cherry hill home. >>> baltimore police are looking for suspects in a deadly shooting. another one, a 20-year-old man was found shot in the head around 11:15 in the 1400 block of northlakewood baltimore. he was taken to johns hopkins hospital where he later died. >>> an alleged rape suspec

. >>> a prankster strikes, and baltimore mayor sheila dix jont target, but she is not laugh -- dixon is the target. but she is not laughing. >>> john cardin pays back the city for his little proposal stunt, but why some are saying it is just not enough. >>> s [flames crackling] only you can prevent wildfires. >>> for the second day now, thousands line up to say their final farewell to senator edward kennedy at the library and museum at dorchester, massachusetts, just outside of boston. you are looking at live pictures as they just stopped singing the song "irish eyes are smiling" obviously a tribute to the kennedy family iconic in the new england section and indeed the boston, massachusetts area. now tonight the tributes are continuing, this time in private as public figures along with loved ones gather to honor the long-time massachusetts lawmaker. craig boswell in washington d.c. with the latest. >>reporter: the public viewing became a personal experience for thousands of people as they quietly filed past senator ted kennedy's flag-draped casket. >> oh, my god. it is like i lost my

sheila macvickar has more. >> on the outskirts, dozens of children, the poorest of the poor scavenge at this huge municipal dump for anything useful, anything they can sell. a month-long investigation by the london sunday times found tons of illegally dumped waste from garment manufacturers including suppliers of jeans to levi strauss and gap. among the scraps of denim and discarded clothing tags are hidden dangers. >> we found sharps and razors and needles that are traditionally used in textile machinery, there is a lot of hazardous waste in here and amongst the denim. >> reporter: the dump is constantly burning. ago rid smoke fills the air. most of the children have chest infections. this woman said her hands and arms were covered in soars after she touched chemicals sometimes found there. the garment industry, an international contract with gap and levi have brought thousands of desperately needed jobs to the area. in exchange for those contracts, manufacturers are supposed to adhere to strict codes of social and environmental responsibility. the textile mill supplying denim to ga

. >> trial date set for mayor sheila dixon. last week mayor reindicted on perjury. accused of failing to disclose gifts received from ronald lipscomb. dixon faces theft charges for allegedly stealing gift cards meant for needy. the trial date is set for november 9th. the mayor will likely plead not guilty on these new charges. dixon attorney accused the state of abusing the legal process in the first place. >> we expect that we will be filing a new motion, at least with respect to the grand jury, as well as some other issues that we will be filing. >> do you remain optimistic? >> absolutely. absolutely. that's why, i think, the grand jury returned the indictments again. i don't think there is any problem. >> mayor sheila dixon is on vacation and did not attend today's hearing. >> the governor is asking marylanders for their comments on how to save money in this state. one person wants more telecommunications or telecommuting so more people can work from home. another person wants the state to cutback seriously on landscaping, highway median strips. union representin

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and congressman sheila jackson was caught using her cell phone while the woman asked a question, andcaptioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- greta: first, the dnc called the protesters tippett angry mobs," and that was not well-received, -- called the protesters angry mobs. not well received. arlen specter is taking his turn, saying exactlyç what he thinku about some protesters. >>xd we have to bear in mind tht all those people have a right to be heard that they are not really representative of america in my opinion. we have to be careful here not to let those town meetings dominate the scene and influence what we do on health policy. greta: not representative of america? joining us is a person who went on august 11, on tuesday, to one of the town hall meetings. are you not representative of america as senator specter just said? >> greta, i think i represent a great deal of america, and i am really disappointed in the center. i think he ought to be ashamed of himself. he sent out press card invitations to our are

sheila macvicar reports. >> reporter: fueled by high winds, dozens of wildfires are burning in the suburbs to the north of athens. started on friday, the fires quickly spread across more than 25 miles as residents battle to save their homes. only if 1 million greeks come and help, we'd manage to put this fire out, says this resident. as the fires do hover closer, people fled on foot. so far there have been no casualties, but many homes have been lost and 30,000 acres burnt. greek officials have called this an environmental disaster. the fires have destroyed vast tracks of forest. securing life and property is the first order of business for firefighte firefighters, says the greek interior minister. i do not underestimate the environmental catastrophe, but life comes first. we spoke to nicholas today, who's on the front lines of the fire through the greek tv antenna. >> the fires are so wild they could not be controlled. right now there are many front. the wind is gaining speed now as we approach the sunset. it has been the black sunday for athens because the sun was covered by huge smoke.

and now baltimore city mayor sheila dixon is trying to reassure the public that they're still on the job. >> the inner harbor senior still a safe place. we have the art festival this weekend. >> reporter: the mayor says the solution isn't adding more police officer hearsay at the inner harbor. she says it goes much further than that. she points to the light sentences criminals receive here in maryland for gun- related offenses. >> carrying weapons on them. and that's all we keep focusing on, you know, legislation at the state to get -- to deal with illegal guns. i guarantee if they caught that guy, he would have been out the next day with a slap on his hands. >> margaret, a spokesperson with the state attorney's office agrees and says state lawmakers have routinely shot down legislation to get tougher on guns and gangs in the past. >> one of the frustrating thing for prosecutors and for the public is that just by identifying yourself with a gang and being an active gang member is not against the law. >> reporter: in the meantime, city leaders are calling upon the police to be more as

. >> who will pay the mounting legal fees of mayor sheila dixon? that question still has no clear answer tonight. the mayor was reindicted on charges of theft and perjury but no law that said city officials can be reimbursed for legal fees if acquitted. experts say the mayor has the option of seeking reimbursement from the board of estimates. >> if you are found not guilty or they drop charges you get reimbursed. politically that doesn't sell quite as as well in times, when we are in terrible economic times and we have a smaller number of dollars to go around anyway. >> mayor sheila dixon is set to stand trial in september. but given the new charges, that trial could be postponed until later on in the fall. >> it is a life sentence for the man found guilty of a fatal shooting at the windsor in baltimore county. lewis determined the fate yesterday. jury convicted him in the murder of tavon chambers. chambers was shot and killed in the parking lot at the windsor enduring a botched robbery back in july of 2007. a second man was also wounded in the sho

sheila macvicar, cbs news, paris. >> glor: overseas tonight, iran confirmed it arrested three americans who entered its territory yesterday after iran says they were ignoring border guards. kurdish officials in northern iraq say the three are tourists who wondered into iran while hiking. coming up on tonight's cbs evening news, only one state in the country has near-universal health care coverage. so will the massachusetts model work for everyone else? but i try not to let it slow me down. i go down to the pool for a swim... get out and dance... even play a little hide-n-seek. i'm breathing better... with spiriva. announcer: spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled maintenance treatment for both forms of copd... which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. i take it every day. it keeps my airways open... to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announcer: spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. stop taking spiriva and call your doctor if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, or have vision change

sheila macvicar has our story. >> reporter: this was how the libyan leader ghaddafi greeted abdel basset al megrahi. he could have welcoming a prodigal son, rather than a convicted terrorist. in an unprecedented move, the director of the f.b.i. weighed inoday two decades ago as a prosecutor, he investigated the bombing of pan am 103. in an uncompromising letter he blasted the scottish minister responsible for releasing megrahi. now there are growing accusations from family members and others that megrahi was released in order to pave the way for more british business deals with libya, especially oil deals. allegations the british government rejects. >> the idea that the british government, the libyan government would sit down and somehow barter over the freedom or the life of this libyan prisoner and make it form part of some business deal, it's not only wrong. it's completely implausible and actually quite offensive. >> reporter: but in these pictures taken on board the libyan plane carrying al-megrahi to freedom, ghaddafi's son tells him, "in all the trade, oil, and gas deals, whenever

i have a sheila doll. >> you have a sheila doll? >> just the other side. i will bring it back tomorrow and reenact. >> he doesn't have pins. i think that -- it's the daley lam a. this is the natural sovereign fund bet like in 1990. you have a government that wants to sell and wants to get back the money just lost in colonial. this is a very marketable piece. citigroup is the biggest bank in every country in the world. u.s. bank other than our country. i think it's the way out of the money jam. >> okay. so like i said, i will bring it tomorrow. you have a bunch of names and you mentioned city, let's talk about this bb and t secondary. this is important. >> looked like it was not going to hold. most of the people took about five bulls on the market. this deal was not solid and just sprung on the people monday morning. boom. it gets solid and numbers go up. this is a deal and think it's important. this is the blueprint. we give good banks the bad banks and they can swallow them. thank you, tim quite mer for doing this. they are able to acquire a bank if they

but this morning, texas representative sheila jackson lee took the disrespect to a new level, making a cell phone call while a cancer survivor asked a question. in this video, you can sele raising the phone to her ear and lowering it back down again. i think blatant disregard like that is a first, it didn't go unnoticed. take a look at how people in the audience reacted, this video has been circulating on youtube all day. >> [beep] >> seriously. really? come on. >> it's ok. >> if our conscience allow, congress' conscience allows them to -- do you think that -- sean: the congresswoman said she merely dialed president obama's health care hotline to get an answer for her constituents that sounds like she came really prepared. joining me to discuss all of this is author of "the culture of corruption" are which remains number one on "the new york times" list, michelle malkin is back with us. i don't know what's wrong, saying people are un-american, saying they have swastika, or that reaction, it tells a lot. >> it is a teachable moment, to borrow president obama's favorite phrase. the imp

what is sheila jackson lee doing while tracy is asking her the question?er cell phone. jackson lee later explained to i think it was the hill or "roll call" newspaper down in washington what she was doing was speaking to somebody at the i-there is a hotline that's been set up so you can get quick answers to somebody. she was talking to somebody on the hotline to get some answers to some questions. extraordinarily the woman had not asked a question yet. and, yet, there she was doing it anyway, she was on -- sheila jackson lee was on greta the other day. greta was trying to get her you know are you going to apologize? do you feel bad? were you rude? here is what the congresswoman had to say. >> i certainly can understand if offense was taken. it was not meant to be. and i hope that tracy will come to my town hall meetings as i make my way through the month of august is scoi tell her there was no offense. sorry, tracy. we can work through. this i hope can i convince her to support hr 3200. steve: how can she sigh save there was no fns o the congresswoman was