this was inside this home on sheldon avenue a at about 11:30 last night. the firefighter was not seriously injured. because of the fire is under investigation. police are trying to piece together the circumstances behind the death of a person found in randallstown. the medical examiner is trying to find the cause of death. police are trying to identify a body found in a dumpster in west baltimore. it was a male victim. city police are investigating two separate stabbings overnight at the same location. the first happened at about two o'clock 30 inside a store following a fight between two women and a man. another man later walked into the same store with stab wounds. he was taken to johns hopkins where he is listed in critical condition. howard county police have arrested two teenagers accused of beating a cab driver to death during a robbery. they plan to charge the 16-year-

it happened before 1:00 this morning on sheldon avenue in northeast baltimore. the two teens were sitting on the stoop, smelled a strong odor of smoke. that's when they raced upstairs and tried to help. it was crazy, man, i thought we were going to die, man. i know the lady and i couldn't even recognize her, how burnt she was. >> reporter: the teens became instant neighborhood heroes. several girls came up and gave mony hawks a hug for what he and his friend nick did to help save the woman. meanwhile, nick suffered smoke inhalation during the rescue. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. as for the woman, she suffered some pretty bad burns and medics had to take her to the burn center. ? the student -- in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> a man accused of dousing his grandmother with alcohol and setting her on fire now charged with first degree murder. police say tyron mason attacked 85-year-old ethel hebderson on her home in poplar grove street in west baltimore in march because she refused to give him money. henderson died in june at hopkins bayview. the

it happened in the 2200 block of sheldon avenue. flames ripped through the row home there. one firefighter sustained injuries and two people taken to the hospital. we have no word on their current condition. >>> struck again. one day after an earthquake, another strong one rattles indonesia. as whitt johnson reports, the rescue workers were struggling to find people trapped in the debris. >> reporter: thousands are feared dead in indonesia this morning following two devastating earthquakes. the latest measuring 6.8 wednesday morning. less than 24 hours after a deadly 7.6 quake rocked the region. >> there has been significant damage. obviously, large numbers are dead. >> reporter: rescuers are searching for survivors. many are believed to be trapped under the rubble. hundreds of buildings collapsed. following the first of the two quakes, residents ran for their lives terrified of tsunamis like the ones that flattened villages in samoa on tuesday. a powerful quick triggered four tsunamis killing more than 100 people. this animation gives an idea of the scope of the disaster.

. >> flames broke out in sheldon avenue before midnight. the firefighter was not seriously injured and the other two are in the hospital recovery. >> baltimore city police are investigating a suspicious death in west baltimore. they found the body of an adult male, but no more details are given at this time. >> maryland officials have confirmed that another child was the outcome is one of the virus. she died tuesday while fighting ammonia and swine flu. he is not sure have his daughter got sick. >> the whole family has been checked. the school has been checked. we just do not know where it came from. it is hard, but we are holding up. >> health officials are encouraging parents to vaccinate kids once the shot becomes available. you can find a ride away of information on our web sites including how to protect yourself by going to wbaltv.com. >> today is the day that new driving laws go into effect. >> officials will have speed cameras at their fingertips to help with that law and those that are texting will get a hefty penalty if they are fo

flames broke out in the 4200 block of sheldon avenue. two people were transported to the hospital. >>> a second earthquake has hit indonesia bringing down more buildings. thousands are feared dead after a tsunami after the earthquake yesterday. karen brown reports. >> reporter: rescue workers rushing against time and pulled this woman out of the rubble. crews search for thousands still missing after two major earthquakes hit indonesia. this morning, the 6.8 quake hit miles from the wednesday's quake of 7.6. in the city of padang, hundreds of people ran for their lives. at least 500 are dead, but it may take days before the extent of the damage is known. emergency shelters were opened to give refuge to tens of thousands. the earthquakes come a day after the massive quake that triggered a tsunami in the south pacific. rescuers are searching for victims in the south pacific on the island of samoa. at least 150 people are dead. this new zealand school teacher was in a truck trying to outrun the wall of water. >> i don't know. i just popped o

sheldon says could be improved simply by exercising. >> proper exercise improves balance, joint stability, and results in a decrease in falls by almost 89%. >> reporter: improvements that are good for the seniors and good for insurance companies. >> the healthier our seniors are, quite frankly, the better the plan works. >> reporter: but saving money isn't what brought these elderly athletes here today. >> it was great. we all did good. >> reporter: for sarah and the nci west end bowlers it's about making friends, having fun, staying active. >> i think it's very important for us that we get a whole group to stay in sports and whatever we can do. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >>> a doll almost every woman and girl has had or wanted but for african-americans it's been tough to find a barbie that looks like them. when the first black barbie debuted it was in 1981 and she basically had white features. an actress featured in chris rock's new documentary "good hair" adds a little perspective. >> historically the afro-centric features haven't always been celebrated so in this it

the only problem was, that real estate mogul who was supposed to be borrowing all this money, sheldon solow, didn't know anything about it. nor did he know that dreier, his former lawyer, was fabricating financial information about his company and keeping the loan proceeds for himself. so you convinced hedge funds to lend money, ostensibly to mr. solow, your former client, and in fact the money was going to you? >> dreier: yes. >> kroft: so you came up with phony financial statements, phony audits, forged documents for mr. solow's company? >> dreier: yes. >> kroft: how did you do all that? how did you get that stuff? >> dreier: well, i invented it. >> kroft: you invented it? i mean, stationery... >> dreier: yes. >> kroft: ...from the audit firms? how did you get that? >> dreier: i was able to obtain their... their letterhead from either direct... either from correspondence that i'd received from them or perhaps from the internet. i don't recall. >> kroft: what was your biggest deal? >> dreier: $100 million. >> kroft: and somebody just gave you $100 million and never bothered to check

the fire started just before 1:00 this morning on sheldon avenue. when the fire department arrived at the home, they found the woman out front and badly burned. she was taken to baby burn center but her condition is unknown. one firefighter suffered a minor burn on his ear. fire officials are trying to determine what caused that fire as well. >>> a man was shot and wounded as he sat in his car last night. the shooting happened around 11:30 lasts night. police say three gunmen walked over to the car and fired several shots of a 23-year-old woman in the car drove to a nearby mcdonald's on reese road. she called police. >> he was sitting in his vehicle with a 23-year-old female victim earlier, a short distance away when they were approached by three male subjects who fired shots into their vehicle. apparently struck the male victim. they then trove to the mcdonald's where they met police to call police. >> the 30-year-old man was taken to shock trauma. no word on his conditions. >>> a thief stole parts from bolts on display in stevensville. american pe

it happened just before 1:00 this morning on sheldon avenue in northeast baltimore. the two teens were sitting on the stoop, smelled a strong odor of smoke. then had he -- then they raced up the stepdaughters and tried to help. >> -- they raced up the stairs and tried to help. >> she was too hot. we couldn't pick her up. we had to put the fire out first to get her down the steps. >> the teens became instant neighborhood heroes. several girls came up and gave hawks a hug for what he and his friend nick did to help save the woman. nick suffered smoke inhalation and had to be taken to the hospital. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. investigators are still working on the cause of the fire. the woman suffered some pretty bad burns and medics had to take her to the burn center. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> another abc2 news exclusive -- a man and woman are in the hospital this morning recovering from a stabbing. the man tried to attack the woman and she fought back. stabbing him in the neck. this happened near lafayette street and federal street around mi

. >> flames broke out in sheldon avenue before midnight. the firefighter was not seriously injured and the other two are in the hospital recovery. the fire has been contained. no word on what might have started that blaze. >> baltimore city police are investigating a suspicious death in west baltimore. -- there was a fight between two women and a man. the man was stabbed in the back in the chest. his condition is unknown. and police say that someone walked into the same store with stab wounds. he was taken to the hospital. and authorities are trying to piece together the death of a body that was found. the outcome is one of the virus. she died tuesday while fighting ammonia and swine flu. -- pneumonia. he is not sure have his daughter got sick. he does not hold the school responsible. checked. the school has been checked. we just do not know where it came from. encouraging parents to vaccinate kids once the shot becomes available. howard county police have arrested two brothers accused of beating a cab driver. as adults in this case. the vi

it happened just before 1:00 this morning on sheldon avenue in northeast baltimore. two teens were sitting on the stoop when they smelled a strong odor of smoke. that's when they raced up the stairs and tried to help. >> we went upstairs and opened the door, fire started to coming out the door. she was on fire, the bed was on fire. everything was on fire. >> reporter: the teens became instant neighborhood heroes. several girls came up and gave mony hawks a hug for what he and his friend nick did to save the woman. nick suffered some smoke inhalation and had to be taken to the hospital. a firefighter suffered minor injuries. investigators are still working on the cause of the fire. the woman suffered pretty bad burns and medics took her to the burn center. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> another daring rescue this one in the bronx. a young boy is alive thanks to the kindness of that stranger carrying his body, the boy was unconscious, it happened when the building caught fire. you can see him wrapped in a curtain as the man rushes down the fire escape and hand

here on sheldon avenue. when the fire department got there they found her out front and badly burned. she was immediately taken to the bay view burn center. we don't know her condition at this hour. one firefighter suffered a minor burn in his ear. fire officials are still trying to figure out how this started. >>> earlier we reported how two teens saved that woman from the fire. now we're learning the story of being heroes may not be the case. we'll continue to follow this story. we'll update you throughout the day on abc2news.com. >>> another story exclusive to abc2 news. a man and woman are in the hospital this morning recovering from an early morning stabbing. the man tried to attack the woman, we were told, but the woman fought back stabbing him in the neck. the incident happened near lafayette and federal streets. the two were taken to the hospital. they are expected to be ok. >>> a couple is behind bars this morning in baltimore county. in connection with the death of this man. their landlord. the bod

sheldon zinburg says could be improved by exercising. >> proper exercise can improve bone mineral density, improve balance, joint stability, and result in a decrease in falls by almost 89%. >> reporter: improvements that are good for the seniors and good for insurance companies. >> the healthier our seniors are, quite frankly, the better the plan works. >> reporter: saving money isn't what brought these elderly athletes here today. >> it was great. we all did good. >> reporter: for sarah and the nci west end bowlers, it's about making friends, having fun, staying active. >> i think it's very important for us, as we get older, to stay in sports and whatever we can do. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >>> almost every woman and girl has had or wanted a doll. but for african-americans it's been tough to find a barbie that looks like them. when the first black barbie debuted that was in 1981. she basically had white features. nia long, an actress featured in comedian chris rock's new documentary "good hair," she adds a little perspective. >> historically the afro centric features

flames broke out in the 4200 block of sheldon avenue just after midnight.dics took two people to john hopkins bayview for treatment. two more people were taken to good samaritan. a firefighter suffered minor burns. there's no word on what caused the blaze? >>>facing divisive opinions, president obama hosted those for advice on how to handle afganistan. with americans growing weary of the wars in afganistan and iraq, the president says he won't commit more troops to the conflict until there's a clear strategy. samantha hayes is live in washington with more. good morning samantha. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. yes, the questions about what is the president going to do next comes as the top commander in afganistan says the situation is not getting better. behind closed doors, president barack obama and 18 others on his national security team focused on afganistan and pakistan in the second of five planned meetings. the big question, whether to send more troops to afganistan. >> what is crucial in this situation is that we get a strategy, that we get benc

fire crews are called in to battle a rowhouse fire in east baltimore overnight in the 4200 block of sheldonenue. one firefighter suffered a minor injury. two others were taken to the hospital. stay tuned to wjz. up next, transgender minister. he said he was born >>> nice crowd on hand this morning. a bit chilly. the first day of october, right? >> they're wearing scarves out will. >>> we'll tick off our special series "dave price: no way home." we'll give him $50, let him take his cell phone and his blackberry. here's the 50 bucks. >> but he has to figure out how to get home in a week with just $50. >> and rely on the kindness of strangers. >> don't be too kind. make him work for it. we'll give you all the rules an reveal his destination ahead. also we'll have the latest on jon gosselin whose soon to be ex-wife kate says their reality show can go on without jon, but he says not so fast and he's planning to did something about that. lara spencer is live with us this morning to reveal exclusive exclusively what's going on. but first the extraordinary story of a methodist minister in port land

they're archrivals, sheldon e a adelson. >> what else do you like in the sector?those are the two i'm focused on. a big new casino in singapore in the first quarter of 2010. wynn resorts is opening in macau. >> plus they're high spenders. i think per capita income in that area of the world is $3,000 or $5,000 a year and yet their average bet is $75. in the u.s. per capita $35,000 average bet $25. real high rollers. >> macau, your gaming win has been about $13 billion. las vegas strip, $6 billion. so it's already a big market. if you look in september, gaming win in macau was up 53%. dramatic turnaround. >> it will be bigger than las vegas from now on. >> jake fuller, thank you very much. >> straight ahead, we have more fallout from the david letterman scandal. what does cbs need to do to keep advertisers from jumping ship, if any of going to do that? >>> and keep you up to date on the market. a strong session today. the dow back above 9500, gaining 80 points today. someday, cars will be engineered using nanotechnology to convert plants into components. the first-e

sheldon says you have to give the general democrat what he needs.ave a big critic of our quormer boss who says you have to be careful. it look the like the presence -- man we all know general david petraeus. today's "new york times" talks about general petraeus being sidelined by this administration and he getting very frustrated, perhaps. that according to people close to him. >> it's not good for the administration for it to -- for there even to be an appearance of some sort of daylight between the president and his generals. unless that's what the white house wants. and i think that's going to have to be reconciled in the next few weeks. gretchen: i thought it was interesting in a couple of columns when the president went over to copenhagen to fight for the preliminary picks to -- olympics to come to chicago. he did meet with mcchrystal they said that meeting lasted 25 minutes to. me that sounded so weird. i went back and re-read it why would they put out that he met with him for 25 minutes. why wouldn't they use a different frame of reference. b

. >> thank you, sheldon. i have poets. i have everything.e so lucky to have two and i heard that one of their signs was "vote for the udall nearest you." we have both of them here today. he is focused so hard on making sure this bill is well balanced and to make sure we get the support we need. he wants to make sure we do not forget the indian nations that we work with every day. that is senator tom udall from mexico. -- from a new mexico. it cannot be repeated enough that the leadership that senators drawn carey and barbara boxer have given on this bill. i ask you again to show your appreciation. it has been great to see them. today's event is evidence of a duet of, do it right approach to energy and climate policy. -- don do it all, do it right. renewable energy, natural gas, enhanced domestic oil production, say the nuclear power, we'll clean coal technology, and energy efficiency and conservation -- real clean coal. we are behind the polluter pays legislation. this bill puts us on a pass to energy independence. this bill moves us towards