stephen farrell and sultan munadi were killed that only four days ago. work had been done to discover where they were. a decision had been taken to launch this operation. they were not transferred or sold on from the people holding them perhaps to even more inaccessible locations and perhaps a more hard-line group of insurgents. one of stephen farrell's colleagues said he was held in seven months when he was kidnapped last year. i think there was probably concern to ensure this did not drag on for such a long time. >> obviously stephen farrell is free and people are very happy, no doubt about that. but his translator, sultan munadi, was killed. are there any questions about the local recruits being hired in this situation? >> well, it is a difficult relationship. many western journalists clearly relied, most western journalists rely on the knowledge and skills of their local colleagues. steven and sultan would have known the risks in a place when there would have been a spike in attacks in the last few months by taliban-led insurgents. this is a long way

but we can continue talking throughout the entire break, stephen. stephen gallo, head of market analysis from snichneider forev exchange. >> thanks, louisa. >>> up next, will the fed give us any clues on its future rates meeting? i'm robert shapiro. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom, we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll prepare your legal documents and deliver them directly to you. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> hello. welcome back. yes, there is still "worldwide exchange," but ahead of this program is "squawk box" in the u.s. for viewers in the united states, asia and europe. becky is joining us. >> we'll be talking about health care reform, climate change, financial regulation, fixing the economy. we're keeping it small and focused today. and we've got it all covered with a line yumm o

stephen from parkville said. if res are astronauts want to cook with oil with transfats, they should be able to do it. as always, thank you very much for writing in to fox 45 news "late edition". >> the last official weekend of summer. will it be a warm sunny one? lets hope so. jessica starr now in the hot seat with a complete sky watch forecast. jessica? >> hi, jeff. sunny one, but it will be on the cool side. we had a gloomy work week and things ended on the sunny he side. sun came out this afternoon. thanks to a cold front and high pressure system building in. we are getting a dry sweep across the sky watch hd regional radar from maryland up to pennsylvania and new york. and things stay clear and nice through the weekend though. right now, at bwi thurgood marshall airport checking in at 66 degrees. and under mostly cloudy skies. winds calm at this hour. and humidity is still up. 93 percent. we could see patchy fog as well overnight before the winds shift to the northwest. allowing for cooler dryer air to move

myranda stephens joins us now from the scene live. with the latest details on this breaking and developing story tonight. myranda, what can you tell us at this hour? >> well, jennifer and jeff, baltimore city police spokesperson has confirmed to us, that an off duty officer has been shot, in the stomach. the shooting happened just about an hour ago. here in the 6000 block of high gate drive in northwest baltimore. we don't have a lot of information at this time. but we do know that officer was taken to sinai hospital, for his injuries. but we are not sure about the extent of his injuries. also no word tonight on the circumstances surrounding the shooting or the suspect or suspects in the shooting. we do know that they have started to block off the streets, of course. as police investigate the shooting. we have seen a helicopter flying overhead. not sure exactly how -- actually donnie do you want to come can up here? i am sorry, to put you on the spot. this is donny moses with baltimore city police spokesperson. i am sorry to put you o

he faces seven counts including first-degree murder in the shooting that killed museum guard stephen johns. firefighters are making some progress in fighting fires in california. a small fire is now 70% contained. >>> the federal government will show you the state's plan in how they will deal with swine flu. janet napolitano said they have approved $1 billion to aid cal jurisdictions. fairfax county is hosting a series of town hall meetings to ease concern about the swine flu. there was a meeting last night in mclean. there will be a meeting tonight in springfield. >>> elmo is held . to test -- is helping to teach children about the swine flu. >> always wash your hands. >> good advice. "sesame street" is teaming up on these campaigns and they have tips on how to avoid the h1n1 virus. elmo reaches a certain demographic that other places cannot reach. >>> 5:17 is your time. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> we will start off with lisa baden. >> i am thinking i am one of the demographic facts elmo is reaching. i once volunteered for a mcdonald's for a radius station

stephen farrellasreed an unheard. an afghan journalist, two afghan civilians and a british ldier were killed in theperation. hey investigated last week's nato air stre. >> stephen farrell, seenn the left and dreed in local close the day before he was kidnapp. this mrning, munadi's body was brought to theenior the gun battle. a britissoldier died in the fighting. the ime minister paid tribute him, sing that his bravy would not beorgotten. the afghan govnment and filled journalists are asking for an inquiry into the operation. >> we ndemn this killing. this is a careless opation. they were not properly planning how to do this the area was ainsurgent stnghold. there was an area in which many afghan civilians we killed. wi the journalist's car was found abandoned on the side of the road, efforts began to found them -- find them. btish forces found whether two journalists were beingeld. we were all in a rm. it w obviously a rd. thoht, would they kill us? thereere bullets all around us. i could hearbritish and afghan voices

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overnight, stephen farrell h written an accnt of his ordeal in which dends the decisi to makehe trip. on "the new york times" website he admits that wen he and afghan jonalist first got near e site of the to sattack, sultan began talking to the policend gleaned it was not safe tgo off the main highway to the site. but theollowing day, they went anyway. checked with sultan and the driver to see if ey felt safe going there. andhey said it seemed all righ at the riverbank whe the destroyed fu tankers were, the journalists beg interviing locals. they were initially en to talk. but as te pasd, we grew nervous. i do not know hw long we were there but it was uncomfortably long. i am comfortable with th decision to go t the riverbank but i fear we spent too lon there. >> stephen frell a sultan were both taken by the taliban an moved around for four days before british forces unted their resc raid. during it, the afghan journalist, a british special forces soldier a unknown number of locals were killed. but with speculatn negotiationsere under way that may have led to a peaceful outce should t

myranda stephens is live near where it happened. with latest. myranda? >> shooting happened in broad daylight near the bus stop behind me off east on northern parkway. and police confirm the victim has now died. >> all i seen was a bike. and that was it. >> jazmine and her friend could not believe what happened at the bus stop where they wait every day after school. >> devastating, because we are here in the neighborhood. >> before 3:00, shots rang out near the bus stop. in the 2300 block of east northern parkway. just a couple of blocks away from reginald lewis high school. >> information we have is the victim sitting on the bicycle when one suspect aapproached on 1 foot with a weapon and fired. >> victim shot in the head. the gunman got away on foot. >> we know people, at least heard shots. we know a lot of people saw suspects running. >> i heard like 4 or 5 shots.

myranda stephens has more on the victims. >>reporter: it was a day of prayer for many following the tragedy that shook the entire town. >> i was just in sunday school and asked to pray for him. >>reporter: on friday, police discovered charles dalton sr., his wife and the couple's two children, 14-year old charles jr. and seven-year old emline, all dead inside their home on contour road. investigators say charles sr. used a shotgun to kill his family and their dog before killing himself. >> it's hard enough to let one person go, but to see the entire family go, it's harder. >>reporter: outside the home, a make-shift memorial grows with the photo of a smiling emliel and a football photo. >> it's been a tough weekend. it's been very difficult with us. >>reporter: he was a junior firefighter, which responded to the home friday night. >> he was very polite. he was

stephen bedell argue the benefits of a counterinsurgency campaign allaway the cost but that it was a very close call. he had knowledge both the need for more troops and a genuine possibility of failure even if we do up the ante. in is due there can be no effective counterterrorism without an effective counterinsurgency and he agreed with dr. nagl about the need for a significant u.s. military involvement in afghanistan to

go immediately to myranda stephens live in dundalk with the latest on what happened today. myranda? >> well, jeff, i am here along dundalk avenue, 100 yards from where the watermain broke earlier today. as you can see behind me, it is still very much an active scene. as crews have blocked off parts of the road. as they try to clean up and repair the parts that were damaged. and it looks like it will be a very long night. >> it was an event no forecaster could have predicted. >> this here is definitely i don't know. >> major flooding around the streets of dundalk not from a storm but a watermain break. >> crazy. never seen anything like it in my life. >> authorities say just before 4:00 this afternoon, a 72-inch watermain broke along dundalk avenue near dunhaven road. turning area roadways into rivers. >> police and fire still trying to get a handle on what's going on. and fire may be spreading a bit.

myranda stephens live out of city hall with more on the story tonight. myranda? >> the fire union does not deny that the city's budget problems are real. but they say the department has already suffered enough. from cuts made earlier this summer. and any more will only make things worse. >> it is not so simple as closing an office for the day. we simply -- we never close. >> like an out of control blaze on on going battle between baltimore city and the fire union continues to rage on. >> if it is furloughs, quite frankly, we will see you in court. >> in an effort to cut the overall budget city is again asking the fire union to reduce its budget by about $3 million. either through furloughs, layoffs, or cuts to vacation. >> really a matter of all of us sharing in the pain. for every dollar that we take, we have to in the coming year, put back in. >> but the fire union said it is not that easy. and after two weeks of negotiations, it rejected the city's request, saying any kind

stephen tschida has the story. >> lilly lost a leg and part of a long. her owner is going through struggle right now. >> we have been fighting cancer 26 months. >> little lexie has had two bouts of the illness. >> in february, they gave us six months. we are grateful. >> these people have joined this man as he walks through the u.s. capitol, walking from austin, texas, to boston, massachusetts. >> i lost my dog to bone cancer. >> they're trying to heighten awareness of canine cancer. dogs age more quickly than humans. they get cancer at an accelerated rate. researchers believe they are a perfect study group for treatments which could help the dogs and possibly people. >> give more money to fund studies of canine cancer, that will lead to information that is a valuable for finding a cure of human cancer. >> they are optimistic about the future. but these owners know the breakthroughs and treatment they hope for are likely many years off. >> it is hard, but we love her and we will do our best until it is time to go to heaven. >> stephen tschida, abc 7 news

myranda stephens is live on the scene with more. myranda?> well, karen, the bodies were discovered around 5:30 this evening. inside of this home behind me. in the 300 block of contour road. here in mt. airy. frederick county. and just a few seconds ago, in fact, you can still see them. investigators look like they are searching a jeep that is parked outside of the home for evidence. now, state police say that all of this began when a friend of the family had not heard from them in awhile. and she went to go check on them. when she came to the home she went to the back of the home. peeped inside of a window. and found a body inside. that is when she called 911. and troopers went inside the home and found the four bodies. what appears to be the mother, and father, and their two children. a 13-year-old boy, and a 9-year-old girl. now, just a few minutes ago, we spoke to a neighbor, who was friends with the little girl. and this is what she had tosses about the tragedy. >> sometimes my friend we play because i go to her house every day and somet

scott hop good, the high school coach for stephen strasburg joining us here.to you guys. >> thanks coach for a little reminiscing about stephen strasburg. every coach would like to have a stephen strasburg pitching for their high school team. >> he was described as being a little overweight in high school and not really having the fire and really having the mental make up as he referred to pitch really competitive baseball. but he got himself in shape. by the time he was coming out of high school he got to college, but even in college, tony gwynn was. >>> sure he would even make the club. >> only one thing can follow talking the coach. >> what would thabeet. >> that would be talking with stephen strasburg himself. we'll do that when we come back. try to reach him in florida. i've never been all that great with my money. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i c

stephen farrell is irish, a dual irish/british citizen. by 2:00 p.m.ay, the day they were kidnapped, a website called irishcentral had already broken the news about the abduction. then, right away, irishcentral unbroke the story. they erased the story from that i shall website. they erased it from the other websites they share content with and erased it from all their news feeds. they disappeared the story after "the new york times" called them and told them they wanted to keep the kidnapping under wraps because they thought that would be in the best interest of the hostages. we've seen this before, sort of. current tv, for example, wouldn't tell us anything about laura ling and euna lee when they were being held in north korea. at first, "newsweek" magazine wouldn't say anything about its reporter when he was first being held in iran, though they have since changed their mind and are publicizing his case. "the times" kept the taliban abduction of another one of its reporters, david roady, under wraps for the full seven months he was in captivity earli

and to be fair, south carolina is also the home state of ste n stephen colbert, who has as of this hour, managed to remain apparently scandal free. his show is on hiatus this week, which means he was forced to stand by leaving the comedic drubbing of joe wilson to the rest of his comedic brethren. >> oh, i am so angry, because someone has disgraced the south. and you know -- don't you boo. >> i went out to dinner with my wife last night. we went to this place downtown, everyone talks about, it's called babo -- >> you lie! >> this guy, congressman from south carolina begins to heckles the guy. i'm like, okay, now governor mark sanford is the second most embarrassing politician from south carolina. >> republican congressman joe wilson's apologized for calling president obama a liar during his speech on health care. yeah. obama accepted wilson's apology and then invited him to appear before a death panel. >> what about a little bit of

officers say von brunn shot and killed stephen johns. other museum guards stopped von brunn that day, shooting him in the face. >> if you have those weapons that close and that much rage, you do not know what could have set him off. >> we know about the self- proclaimed white promises comes from his home. authorities have located a rifle, ammunition, a handwritten will, and a painting of what appeared to be hit lurk and chases. they say his hate was directed at blacks and jews. >> i am hurting so badly. >> per focus is on forgiveness. she says that is the teeth -- her focus is on forveness. she says that is the key. the arraignment is set to begin at 10:00 this morning in northwest washington. four of the seven accounts that von brunn faces making eligible for the death penalty. courtney robinson, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> investigators are looking into whether the thieves art using stolen equipment to rob atm's. one is called a lligan bar and the other is called a hydra-ram. atm's were smashed open last month. two halligan bars were

. >> stephen baldwin wants you to know if you can't pay your mortgage, neither can he.us about his family. he says he wants to, by the way, pay his mortgage, get out of foreclosure so what's the issue? we'll tell you. >>> and kanye west is going to explain to us what he was thinking when he decided to have his own moment of incivility at the mtvs. and rod blagojevich is going to join me live, right here in 20 minutes. stay with me for that and the after show. woman: two things we love to share in our house? football and farm rich cheese sticks. well, try to share at least. announcer: with unbeatable prices onarm rich cheese sticks-- game time costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. >>> welcome back, i don't know if you have heard, but kanye west called taylor swift today to apologies, and well he should have, most would argue. you know, for interrupting taylor swift at the mtv music awards. west admitted his behavior was rude. so this morning, taylor swift was asked about the incident. and here's what she said. >> any overall thought process went someth

myranda stephens has more. >>reporter: it was a march on washington. >> lots of people. reporter: fighting for a bigger voice. >> we're sick and tired of being sick and tired. >>reporter: and a smaller government. >> (unintelligible). prisoner of obama -- reference >>reporter: after traveling the country months, the so-called tea party movement cull minated in the capital, protesting what they call "government overspending" and president obama's push for -- >> the president promised to call us out. three days later, mr. president, here we are. (cheering). >>reporter: hundreds of thousands turned out for today's demonstration, representing taxpayers from all 50 states. >> new jersey. >> massachusetts. >> south carolina. >> ft. lauderdale. >>reporter: not all travelled far. hundreds of marylanders boarded buses this morning to join the rally, a trip martha wasn't going to miss. >> this explosion, this total explosion of taking away our liberties and our rights bothers me. >>reporter: just one of many voices she hopes will be heard. >> i think it will make a difference. it

stephen king is a pretty good but he. we send books back fourth and we are always e-mling and i am i glad to get one of stephen's books. i can't say i always finish them but he does not finish mine either. stock is a great writer. i watched the otherawyers to see, out of cursity what they are writing about. classical authors or dead author, still probly john steinbeck is my favorite. i grew up reading john steinbeck and still read a lot of it, an awful lot of it. but, like last year i went on a mark twain binge. i love mark twain. i read some of the short stories that i have never seen before. i read a great biography o mark twain by ron powers, just rely well done. so it often something like that and go for a full year. i started flying seven or eht years ago, pilot, learned how to fly so iead all of these books aboutviation. so i will chase stuff le that. a few years ago i went on a kick about world war ii and just read a bunch of books so it is all over the place. it is not always the auction. it is probably have ficti

. >> myranda stephens is live outside of city hall latest tonight. myranda? >> well, jennifer and jeff, the fire union has rejected the late he request to trim the budget. only adding more fuel to an already growing fire. the city is now asking the union to reduce its budget by about $3 million. either through furloughs, layoffs, or cuts to vacation. but after two weeks of negotiations, the union rejected the city's request. saying any kind of layoffs or furloughs will not only hurt the department but the people it serves. >> really, a matter of all of us sharing in the pain for every dollar that we take, we have to, in the coming year, have to put back in. >> it is not so simple as closing an office for the day. we simply never close. >> and both sides will have to try to come up with some type of compromise soon. the labor commission, which is now involved, has set a deadline to reach an agreement by october 9. we're live outside of city hall, myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> while the city faces serious budget cuts top brass from the police

myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> all right. thank you, myranda. >> two, 16-years-old charged with attempted murder after police say they tried to rob a off-duty police officer. that officer is hospitalized tonight with three gunshot wounds. cavan wilson and gillette facing charges. officer was on his porch when confronted by the robbers. led to an exchange of gun fire. harris was not targeted. >> i absolutely don't think that they knew he was a cop. again, just common sense, from a cop's perspective. here is two, 16-years-old, armed with a cheap .22 caliber revolver, going against a full grown man, armed with a .40 caliber glock semi auto? odds do not favor you very much in that. >> tonight officer harris is listed in serious but stable condition. at sinai hospital. >> a fight in belair leaves a 16-year-old hospitalized at this hour. this "youtube" video between two sophomores tuesday showed a 15-year-old boy severely beating another student unconscious. according to officials. the victim was then flown to shock trauma, his con

know when to turn them off. >> reporter: even though that takes some getting used to, says brother stephen, who left what he says was a satisfying job for a quaker social service agency because he felt the need to do something more. >> i do miss certain things, but you would be surprised with what you replace it with. here i am in a community of six guys, and if it all works out i will spend the rest of my life with them and whoever comes after, and i will be buried on that hill. >> reporter: and for those who contend this way of life, this withdrawal from the world, is ultimately selfish, cistercians have an answer for that. >> the christian tradition understands places like this, contemplative monasteries, as these lighthouses, these beacons where people are joined together in prayer and praying on behalf of the whole world. >> reporter: theirs is a calling which appeals only to a few, but a calling which transforms those who embrace its rigors, just as being part of the community has changed a lapsed catholic and a divorced grandmother. >> personally, i think i'm more grounded, more set

myranda stephens joins us now with more. myranda? >> 24-year-old lance corporal jordan chrobot always knew he wanted to one day serve his country as a marine. a dream he lived out all the way to the very end. >> my baby. >> devastated but proud. >> candy johns and walter chrobot were looking forward to a big homecoming for their son at christmas. instead they are planning the funeral. >> he was very proud to be a marine. and that was his life. and i guess if there was anyway for him to go, that was the way. >> 24-year-old marine lance corporal jordan chrobot was serving in afghanistan, when he was shot and killed over the weekend during combat. >> you hear on the news, there was other families, lost loved ones, you know and read about it. and if you never think it can happen to you. >> chrobot was deployed to afghanistan in may. it was his second tour of duty after serving in iraq the year before. >> iraq was a piece of cake to the feelings i had for afghanistan. i was scared to death. >> chrobot grew up in frederick county and gradu

myranda stephens live outside the city hall latest on the story tonight. myranda? >> well, jeff, tomorrow morning, the city's board of estimates will be here at the city hall, to vote on a detailed, very detailed, plan to cut the city's budget. it involves extending a hiring freeze and cutting back on spending. but the most important part of here, biggest part of the plan, involves a minimum five days mandatory furlough days, for all city workers, along with the elimination of more than two dozen jobs. but one city council member, belinda conway, said she is calling for an emergency hearing over the layoffs, saying she questions the procedure and whether it is really fair. >> we don't want to target people, and get rid of people. and not only that, we want to find a way to rectify this budget issue without laying people off. there is a way to do everything. this is not the way. >> and the city's plan is far from complete. they say they are still negotiating with the police and fire unions. which say they are already cut to the bone. and cannot afford any further re

joining me to talk about that is canadian prime minister stephen harper. mr. so nice to have you back. >> thank you for having me. >> the last time we spoke was the g-20 in london. how would you characterize things? >> we have a fragile recovery. we are seeing the beginnings of some growth in canada. i wouldn't underestimate in canada, united states, globally, how much this growth is due to stimulus measures, monetary and fiscal measures. we haven't yet seen a real rebound in private investment that will sustain the recovery globally so we are very cautious. we are continuing to implement our stimulus program. seeing some growth but not yet seeing the kind of growth that will improve our labor markets. >> what do you think it is going to take to get people spending money again? when we spoke at the g-20 in london we talked about the canadian bank outpaced the u.s. bank in terms of credit and in terms of the financial upset where so many of the u.s. bank were brought to their knees, actually. what is most important? getting credit moving again? getting the cons

probably a huge key for the rams is stephen jackson. he battled injuries this last couple of seasons. the 26-year-old is the best in the game. a couple of years ago he rushed for over 1,500 yards and had 90 catches in the same season. >> one of the best backs in the business. the guy at minnesota is off the chart. then i put jackson just right underneath there. he's big, he's strong, he's fast. he can go the distance any time he touches the football. if the hole is not there inside, he'll bounce it outside. i think this guy is a home run hitting type back. >> all right. tomorrow night it's showtime. redskins style. doc walker, mike wise joining lyndsay and me talking about everything, letting jason campbell taking the training wheels off. you can catch it at 7:00 here on nbc 4. >> college football this weekend. 19th-ranked nebraska in blacksburg taking on number 13 virginia tech. virginia at southern miss trying to turn their season around. the terps at home against mtsu, middle tennessee state, a team that shocked them on the road last

. >> and continuing in that vain and the impact that could have on the market, stephen pope is joining us and kim do, head of asian multi assets from baring asset management. stephen, with you, in your notes, you say don't be a bleeding heart liberal over the issue of unemployment. sure, it's dreadful to see so much unemployment is there but there has to be the great shakeout that main street needed, that this has to be it. >> yes. we know today's number is going to be shocking to those affected. however, we're in a position where u.s. corporates have gotten themselves in such a lean position, that they are in a position where they can respond. any increase in revenue goes straight to the bottom line. but it's a question of there will be no hiring until we've sweated the existing assets, existing labor force and built up every use. it's about 63% of existence. and only then when you start to see people wanting to go and pick up -- and it's not a question of hiring for the same old industries. the whole game has to be raised as the u.s. and the west works into an evaluated site. >> kim,

what about stephen ratner? >> guest: yeah, he did just leave over the last week, and i think that's proof of my thesis that if there's enough sunligh you can have accountability. he was under a cloud from the minute that barack obama appointed him the car czar because his former company, quadrangle, has been involved in a long-standing now sec investigation of financial shenanigans. there's also a very strange incident involving the production of a movie called chooch and a potential pay-for-play scheme in which rattner apparently had some dealings and promises with the directers relative involved with the movie. i did dedicate an entire chapter to the czars because i think this is one of the most troubling aspects of the administration. every republican and democrat administration of recent memory has had czars. we had a drug czar, homeland security czar, etc. but iteally is unprecedented the scope and the breadth of the czars that barack obama has appointed. and by the blogosphere's count there may be up to 4

smoke alarm salesman stephen anderson, see him? already, now pastor stephen anderson at his church. noticed that. we wanted you to notice it as well. now, if that is exactly what we are seeing in this case. if that's the same map against the same beige wall, then obvio obviously it certainly looks like that's the same person, that's the same person who wants barack obama to die, who wants to him to get his teeth kicked in, to get brain cancer like senator kennedy did. the now we did in fact, just to let you know, we did in fact get in touch with pastor anderson and asked him whether he's running his business out of his church. now he replied to us via e-mail. he says the business is not run from the same location as his church. that's what he said. so we asked pastor anderson does he shoot his business videos there at his church, some, he said. that's another quote, some are filmed in the same building as the business rents, now he's told us the church and the business are in the same building. even though he told us before they are not in the same location. then we asked pastor and

stephen king is a pretty good buddy.we send books back and forth and always emailing and carrying on some foolishness. and i'll -- i'm always glad to get one of stephen's books. i can't say i always finish them but he doesn't finish mine either. i read the other lawyer, scott is a great writer. i watch the other lawyers to see -- just out of curiosity what are they writing about. classical authors are dead authors. still probably john steinbeck is my favorite. i grew up reading john steinbeck. i still read a lot of it, an awful lot of it. but i'll take -- i'll take -- like last year i went on a mark twain binge. i love mark twain. i read some of his short stories i've never seen before. i read a great biography of mark twain by ron powers. it was just really well done so i'll get off on something like that and go whole year. i started flying about seven or eight years ago. >> piloting. >> piloting. so i read all these books about aviation. chars lindbergh. so i'll chase stuff like that. a few years ago i went on a kick a

let me bring in stephen a. smith. great to have you with us tonight.ow is he going to do with the vikings? >> in a perfect world, he'd screw up, considering how awful he's been, all the attention grabbing that he's engaged in, when you consider the fact that over the last five games of the 2008 season, this man threw two touchdowns, nine interceptions, was absolutely abysmal. and to still garner the attention that he's garnered and to ultimately end up landing with a team, the quality of a minnesota vikings where you could potentially end up being in the super bowl, it's quite frankly nauseating to me personally. i'm just going to throw it out there to you. i'm not rooting for him, but minnesota is a team to be reckoned with, especially with adrian peterson. keep your eyes on them and the packers as well. >> how different will this season be for the viewers and fans with john madden not in the booth? >> it's going to be tough, because he's an institution. when you talk about "monday night football" or ""sunday night football"" on nbc, you expect to hea

as myranda stephens explains, neighbors say financial troubles may be the motive behind the crime. in this quiet community, a memorial marks the tragedy that left so many in disbelief. >> i was hoping i would go to sleep and wake up and it was a bad dream. >>reporter: state police found 38-year old charles dalton sr., his wife 37-year old jennifer and the couple's two children 14-year old charles jr. and seven-year old emline all dead inside their home in the 300 block of contour road. investigators say charles sr. used a 12-gauge shotgun to kill his wife and children while they were sleeping in their beds. he killed the family dog before turning the gun on himself, but left no suicide note behind. >> everybody said they were happy people. this is a total shocker for everybody. >>reporter: police believe the killings happened between thursday night and friday morning, but it was a family friend who out of concern, stopped by the house and made the discovery. neighbors say the family's home had been on the market well over a year, but apparently were only about a month away from fin

myranda stephens, live outside of anne arundel county police headquarters tonight with more.myranda? >> anne arundel county police say incidents at school bus stops during the school year are not uncommon. but three serious incidents, in just this mmnth, have them and parents on alert. >> april always felt her child was safe in their anne arundel county neighborhood until now. >> i have never heard of anything like that around here. >> police say last tuesday morning a 6th grader at old mill middle north was walking to the bus stop when a strange man began to follow her. police say the girl dropped her book bag and ran to a friend's house and when the man left she noticed an unsettled note inside of her bag. >> that is very frightening. >> that same day, police arrested a woman they say tried to kidnap a preschooler wwile he was waiting at a bus stop in jessup. and less than two weeks earlier police arrested a man that tried to rape a high school senior as she was walking to her bus stop early one morning, on mount vernon avenue in odenton. >> i am concerned, you know, i have

myranda stephens, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> well, it was an up day on wall street. dow jones ended up over 57 points. the nasdaq up 11 points, to close at 2103. that's the best close of the year so far. the s&p 500 over three points. >> today's positive market showing is likely a result of the good news from the head of the federal reserve. ben bernanke said toed the recession, from a technical standpoint is likely over. but he says the economy still has a long way to go. consumers and businesses still have a hard time getting credit and households continue to save more and spend less. >> i think, some agreement among the forecasting community at this point, that we are in a recovery. that we will see growth in the third quarter. continuing. and that growth will continue in to 2010. >> ben bernanke said while the economy is growing, unemployment could still go up. well, retail sales did surge in august. up 2.7 percent. the commerce department said that increase is most likely thanks to the cash for clunkers program that boosted auto sales. the retail jump was the st

. >>> stephen farrell is a "new york times" journalist. saturday he was taken captive while at work in afghanistan. this morning farrell was rescued during what's described as a daring raid by british commandos. while the raid saved farrell, five other people were killed. michael flynn has our report. >> reporter: "the new york times" confirms that stephen farrell, one of the paper's veteran war reporters was rescued early this morning after a helicopter raid by british commandos. the operation to free farrell began just afteridnight at a taliban hideout in northern afghanistan, an suv nearby with windows blasted out is evidence of the heavy gun fire that took place. on "the times" website, farrell was saying we were all in a room. we thought they would kill us. we thought should we go out? there were bullets all around us. i could hear british and afghan voices. once the shooting began, he and his translator ran. the translator was shot and killed. his taliban captors also ran. soon after farrell says he dove into a ditch and yelled, "bri

myranda stephens is outside of the city hall with the latest on the story tonight. myranda? >> 9:00 tomorrow morning, city's board of estimates will meet here at city hall to vote on a plan to cut the city budget. it will considering a hiring freeze and cutting back on spending. but it involves furloughs and layoffs, one thing groups of workers say will fight until the ends. >> they work every day to save lives. but these days dozens of city firefighters are fighting to save their jobs. >> they have never seen morale lower than it is right now. >> tomorrow morning the board of estimates will vote on a plan to close the city's $60 million budget gap. including five mandatory furlough days for all city workers and possibly more for those with higher 58 and along with the elimination of two dozen jobs. city council president stephanie rawlings-blake that sits on the board. ed the plan is not what the city wants, but needs. >> we have to deal with the hand that we're dealt. you know, this is the economy that no one would have asked for. but, you know, this is the hand. >> but th

that could be stephen strasburg next year.mes, bad times, 34 home runs since 2006, 3 in his last start. he pitched 4-1 here this year with a 2 1/2 earned run average and 15 wins in his 28 starts this year, bob. >> bob: mets defensively 11th in the league. they expect to resign jeff francoeur in right field who has 11 assists this year, he has only one error since moving over here, but the mets are expected to heavily participate in the sweepstakes format holiday which will be interesting. how about francoeur, beltran and holiday in the same outfield. that would be something. carlos beltran like all the other mets has had injury problems this year but he is still a good offensive player, a very good center fielder. >> rob: frenchy fran corp. he is a great kid too. i'm sure they have found that on it after they got him here. in the clubhouse a very good young man. >> bob: i did have a mets insider tell me the atmosphere in that clubhouse, which has been known as being politically charged and divided the past couple years, has be

positives to take out, stephen strosberg was signed. that's a good sign. the new accusation played better than expected and ryan zimmerman getting a long time contract. zimmerman with the 30th home run. they just barely beat the mets. let's go to citifield. naxales getting on the board quickly. zimmerman getting ahold of what barely clears the wall. counts for a home run. hits the 30th for the year, a career high. ian make as great play. look at the throw. too tall for even adam dunn. a run scored. the nationals cling to a one-run lead. jeff francoeur up the middle. loses the ball. tries to get to first. he does with the lollipop throw. take a look. he's lucky he was able to stop the ball. the nationals hold on to a 6-5 win. the mets lost six in a row. the goal for the redskins this weekend is very simple. win. but, not by a field goal or a touchdown. the goal should be to win big. i mean huge. to make a statement against one of the nfls worst teams. the last time the redskins scored 30 in a game,2007. jim zorn says he wants to have a complete game, a by-t

stephen f. austin nearly reaches the century mark, 92 points in the thumping of texas college. ub defeated with a win over tulane and maryland defeats james madison in overtime. here is more from the college football crew on a thrilling saturday. >> the season is off to a roaring start. it will be difficult to top some of the drama we got. freshman quarterbacks making their mark early in their career, more none so than the two marquee games of of the day. matt barkley and the drive he led, mark, for the winning touchdown against ohio state is one that can help a quarterback grow up quickly. >> it can. it wasn't just that drive, it was his drive in the two-minute situation, he drove his team in, the key driver is in the 14th play. i thought that was huge and that is is gangbusters for his confidence down the road. >> i thought ohio state played with great emotion and did themselves proud, other than the fact for the sixth straight time they lost to a top five-ranked team. >> i thought you made an interesting point in the lead-up to the ohio state and u.s.c. game. you talked abou