he is economically able to not only have a funeral home, when the national city council and the state of tennessee starts secretary streetcars he says i'll have my own. he tries to create a whole separate world for the black community and, you know, he's quite successful at this even though ultimately some of those ventures don't succeed. my point is the book is the funeral directors fight against encroach on civil rights. >> host: suzanne smith converted to come up with the title? >> guest: that is a great story. the title comes from an advertisement, a furor home in detroit, the house of dates which was run by charles states ultimately. and i wrote my first book on motown music, its role in detroit. i saw this ad in a detroit newspaper that said nobody serves the living like dick. not only is the my favre title for a funeral home, but the ad, i. that was the whole argument of the buck. the main argument on trying to make is that the ways in which these federal judges of the living was far more important and the ways in which to bury the dead . become once the line. >> host: the pain

baltimore is one of the most stressed out cities in the nation. charm city ranked number 12. the rankings were based on issues including unemployment and housing affordability and traffic congestion. philadelphia and the washington, d.c., ranked higher on list. the most stressful place of all was los angeles. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think makes baltimore one of the most stressed-out cities in the country? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> i wonder what the least stressful city is. >> 6:08. 47 degrees on tv hill. a maryland politician takes on fannie mae. >> and massive chemical plant in texas goes up in flames. what have authorities so worried. >> the morning apple fans have been waiting for. a preview of the new iphone 5. >> we are following a group of students that are trekking across the city. right now they are eating breakfast. >> we're checking on your morning commute. a couple of problems on 95. we will check on a problem in glen burnie. >> go

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the "occupy" movement is reaching its boiling point in some cities across the nation ... police crack down onn the protestors who refuse to leave city parks. natsthis is new video from ovvrnnght in oakland, california, as protestors try toomove fences blocking he park ... and other protestors replace the fence. police used tear also made more than 100 arrests. baltimore, thh mayor's office says arresss are possible here too ... if occupiers don't obey the new midnight to 6 a.m. curfew. joel d. mith is live at mckeldin plaza now to see how the first night of the enforcement turned out. good mooning joel d. 3 3 the feddral bribery trial of today...and is áwifeá s expected to take the stand. stand.shirley currie is testifying a day after former governor, bob ehrllch took the stand to testify on behalf of currie.ehrlich saiddhe's known ehrlich says he found theeee - senator's integrity to e &p"very high."currie won't testify in his oon defense.. he's accused of using his position to help shoppers food and warrhouse get traffic lights and liquor licensse. it's the day ozens of

storm, that's where we're going to see the heavy, wet snow. >> reporter: all of this in cities that aren't used to mobilizing for such an early winter storm. the nation's capital hasn't seen snow in october in more than three decades. if the white stuff sticks in new york city, an historic flashback. there hasn't been an inch of snowfall before halloween since the civil war. what's got folks so worried about a few early flakes? the heavy, wet snow blanketing fall leaves means more weight on the branches, leading to more broken power lines and clogged drainage systems. experts say folks should expect travel delays on the weekend menu, from washington all the way up to boston. now, this storm should be gone by halloween but if you live anywhere near the path of this monster, it could be a very cold and wet night of trick or treating. diane? >> that's right. as someone here said, the weather outside is frightful, actually. thank you, cecilia vega. >>> and now, we head overseas to show you what happened at the u.s. embassy in bosnia today in the capital sarajevo. a gunman, armed with grenades and a kalishnikov opened fire outside the embassy. he can be see

a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how many artists to think about the habitat? >> we put together a list of possible participants, local, national, or international, of people who are concerned with environmental concerns, made some sort of contribution to the landscape and conversation we're having here. we said that broke -- proposal requests and we received 25 back. from that 25, we went through and chose tend to realize in the landscape. >> including this building, which is an amazing example of recycling. >> we are proud of this space

the nation's capitol. >>> the names of 89 fallen firefighters have been added to a national memorial. among the firefighters honor today, a baltimore city fire captain donald hubble. back in february 2008 the 42- year-old died after suffering a heart attack during a train drill at the city fire department's training acam my. national fallen firefighters memorial is honoring 72 who died in the line of duty from last year and 17 from previous years. >>> now the latest tonight on the search for an 11-year-old. police are searching two parks. annapolis regional park and little bennett regional park. he has been missing two weeks. the boy's mother was found dead wednesday night. curtis lopez was arrested and charged in the murder of the mother. >>> it looks like help is on the way to find lisa irwin. she was ten months old when she was reported missing october 4th. the national guard has been called in to lend a hand in the search. 25 guardsmen are crawling and searching for the infant. the guard is focusing on woods less than one mile west of the family's home. they are looking for clues that might have been overlooked on the previous searc

he and his wife worked hard to make the city of berkeley a national center of disaster resilience. mayor bates will discuss the importance of citizen awareness as loma prieta engaged with the city to address emergency preparedness headon. let's welcome mayor bates to the podium. [applause] >> thank you, paul. thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be at this beautiful building and i was reflecting back and i was at the baseball game 22 years ago. how many of you were at the baseball game? i am the only one. two of us. i was sitting underneath the -- canned really stick park underneath second deck when the earthquake happened. the whole deck was like moving over us. i was thinking, that close from being killed because if it came down it would have been a disaster. the trick was trying to get back to berkeley. i come on public transportation and a friend of mine had a tv. as you can imagine one of these portable tv's. we realized that it wasn't running and the bridge was down. so it was quite an adventure getting back. what actually happened, i was able to get a bus that was headed d

the city in the last two weeks. officers shot five suspects in the last month. two of those were fatal. for many years san jose was considered the nation's safest large city. the san francisco board of supervisors takes a final vote on a law. the current law requires employers to contribute health care funding to uninsured workers. but the employers could take back any unused money in the fund. they voted to amend the law to forbid them from going back until 18 months after the worker left the job. the board will take a final vote tonight. >>> concord could ban smoking in the downtown area. it would ban smoking within a 17-block radius of the plaza in downtown concord. the law allows smoking in private places. they gave approval on the bans last month. san bruno will be in the spotlight in washington again. they meet for a hearing on pipeline safety. the pipeline safety advocates will all testify on the litany of failures by pg&e that led to the deadly pipeline explosion last year. let's check back in with christina on this tuesday morning. >> good morning, scott mcgrew. we're blowing the fog horn this morning. the fog will be thick. alt

it could mean for the first child of prince william. >>> if you are taking your kids trick-or-treating, you are in a great place. bay area's two biggest cities in the top 10 places nation wild for kids to walk the neighborhoods. real estate website zillow says san francisco is the best city when it comes to safety. san jose number six. cities are rated on home value, population, current data and nearby amenities not by the size of candy people give out. >> how is the weather going to be? >> i don't think you get better temperatures in the 70s until the sun goes down, no rain in the forecast through halloween. next rain the weather could scary. we need rain it is that time of year we need to transition over to the rainy season. that is not going to happen now. mount tamalpais hazy, air stagnant we do not have poor air pollution. you can see it is hard to find any clouds. in the east bay valleys and hills we can't see those. you can see clouds lingering at the coast to our north. this will come become a little over the weekend. i think we'll see a i lot of sun temperatures above average. right now mainly in the 60s novato 59. down to the south man ray bay inland low to m

the nation. the new york city protest is entering its third week. >> attention job-seekers, 400 positions will be available tomorrow. the free job fair cosponsored by abc-7 will include jobs in accounting, technology, insurance, management, sales and more, the job fair runs from noon tomorrow at emeryville's hilton garden in, and the employers include coldwell bankers, national laboratory, and the academy of art university. >>> more than 200 cyclist, including wounded veterans, are on their way to los angeles tonight, riding for rehabilitation. the group gathered at rockaway state beach this morning to begin the seven-day, 450-mile ride. it's called the ride to recovery golden state challenge sponsored by united health care. the group will ride down pacific coast highway, arriving in santa monica next saturday. the ride to recovery raises funds to support outdoor cycling programs at military veteran hospitals. >> back-to-back typhoons drenched the philippines. the latest on the situation there. >> a worldwide first. attacks on fatty foods. where it will cost you more for a burger and fries. >> fa

another district of the nation's capital city is being abandoned. while not entirely, this man says he plans to stay, at least for now. >> i will stay here because we have an old man. and a big family. >> another family tries to hang on. it is getting harder every day. supplies are running low. >> people are hoarding food. there is nothing left. i tried to get food from the market and there was nothing there. >> the people are stating that the water is gaining. these people have just been dropped off on the bridge with their belongings. they have had to move. this was the second time they have been evacuated. they said they originally came and left their three weeks ago when the water came and moved into a community on the other side of the bridge to stay with relatives. they thought they would be safe there. now the water has gotten to the point that they are happy to move again, -- having to move again. a second front in the battle to control the deluge. billions of cubic meters of flood water are on the move. an inexperienced prime minister is un

corners in opposition to wall street's far reaching tentacles we'll have protesters in the nation's biggest cities in just a moment and as the first amendment been trampled on during this month of protests in america i'll speak with someone about the legality of the occupy wall street movement and the illegality of the police response to it. you need to know this happy anniversary occupy wall street today marks one month since people began camping out your manhattan to protest wall street's high crimes and disastrous influence our economy and that month this movement has transformed into an unstoppable force occupying not just new york city but the entire planet over the weekend hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in europe south america and asia in solidarity with the occupy wall street movement in iran demonstrations turned violent as police cars the government building were torched causing over a million dollars damage here in the united states where protests of remain peaceful despite ongoing brutal police crackdowns tens of thousands of people filled times square this weekend

i represented the commission and city and state and national hearings on immigration reform. for the past six years, i've worked closely with the commission. the office of pacific engagement and immigrant affairs, the board of supervisors, the mayor's office, and with our immigrant advocates and community organizations. together we have build a lot of momentum and solved a lot of issues. i believe we have been very effective as a good commission. i would really like to be considered again and look forward to working on at the commission as the chair and as a commissioner. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. and thank you for your two years as president of the commission. i know it is a lot of work and volunteer hours. i appreciated. speaking of which, to talk about the accomplishments, what were you most proud of in terms of your time at the immigrant rights commission? >> obviously, by a big focus that drew me to the commission was the comprehensive immigration reform. that was a big one for me. i went back to washington at that time when the bill was on the table, along wi

the "occupy" movement is reaching its boiling point in some cities across the nation ... police crack down on the protestors whh refuse to leave city parks. protesting nnts natsthis video... from oakland, california .. shows protestoos trying to move fences blocking the park .... and other protestors replacing the fence. police used tear gas to get the protestors to move on tuesday. they also made more than 1000arrests. in baltimore, the mayor's office says arrrstt are possible ... if occupiers don't obey the joel d. smith is live at mckeldin plaza now to see howwthe first night of the enforcement morning ot. good - joel d. 3 the order has been given for ccuuy baltiiore protesters to shrink their ooeratiin tt just two one tent, and wo people overnightt and look... this comes as the city introduces a curfew, to keep the area clear between midnight and 6 am, when the paak is clossd. their presence has been constant and grooiig for 3 weeks noo. many homelessspeople have joined the movement and enjoyed free food, sheeter from the care. they hold cal nightty meetings to talk a

. >> back in the year 2002, san jose was ranked the safest city in the nation. in 2009, it ranked fourth, officer garcia says there are no plans to hire more police officers at this time. >>> yes, it is back, the cooler blanket of fall. jacqueline is here to tell us what to expect. >> it was a little more than a peg or two this afternoon, temperatures were certainly down over what we saw yesterday, especially closer to the coastline. there was only 67 degrees in san francisco this afternoon, 0 in oakland. inland owl, upper 80s at that. let's look at the change over the past 24 hours, it was 16 degrees cooler in san francisco, 12 degrees cooler in redwood city. 13 in mountain view, we were down ten degrees in heyward, federal, and na pa. tomorrow different story, more on the foggy morning forecast and cooler +y;,afternoon temperatures coming up. >>> m investigating a fire at a marijuana grow house in the mead month pines area of oakland. we learned the grow house is a legal grow house, but it is a total loss tonight. forevers say it was started by an overloaded e

. >>> well still to come, repair bills mounting at the national cathedral and the mayor said the city doesn't have the cash to step in and help. but he has a plan. find out who he wants to help hand over millions. bob? >>> it's a special night here at urbana high school in frederick county where this year's homecoming king was chosen and it speaks volumes about the class in 2012. i'm bob barnard and we'll have that story coming up. >>> and it was a little bit chilly out there in urbana for a homecoming night but it looks as though we're going to ditch the big winds and rain. we're talking about the weekend forecast and some chilly temperatures tonight too. it's all coming up on the late news on fox. hope you'll stay with us.  [ man ] i got this citi thank you card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes, i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] write your story with the ci

other important issues considering the world cup it's quite basically a world cup in either of those cities we stadiums the transport or. local transport i would say national domestic transport between the cities and. then you have to ensure that all these different group of people the media the the officials the players and the fans they can enjoy the country during the period of the world cup but. and away from football goals for my number one tiger woods says he hopes playing a full show jewel next year will see him climb back up the world rankings he's been preparing for this week chevron challenge in los angeles but only just qualified for the event after recently dropping out of the world's top fifty ward says his fall from the top is partly a result of long layoff future health and personal problems he finished thirtieth at last week's prize dot com open his first tournament in two months and missed or played badly in this year's majors but next season he plans to compete more often i believe that will see him climb the rankings. i have points for on are from the old i. did very very good you had a european wants seven times around the world so all

earlier i asked a major with the missouri national guard about what those troops will be doing. >> the missouri national guard is working in support of the kansas cityhey have been working long and extensively on this and so we are just there to support their efforts. >> and what kind of assistance do they need? what is the support that they're looking for from the national guard that they're not able to carry out on their own? >> well, the 1139 military police company brings with it a vast array of experience and so as you heard, the police department and the fbi have used that experience to put a fresh set of eyes on this ground so that ty can move on to the next step. >> lisa irwin, the baby, was last seen in her crib nearly two weeks ago. a $100,000 reward is offered for her safe return. >>> apple is holding a memorial for its former chief executive steve jobs today. many prominent silicon valley executives have been invited to the event. it will take place on the campus of stanford university and will not be open to the public. >>> and this word just in from the saudi news agency. king abdullah has arrived at a hospital in riyadh. he is expecte

the latest searches come as kansas city, the nation's 37th largest city, swore in a new police chief. to the people of kansas city that are worried right now someone is out there taking babies, what do you say to them? >> kansas city is a safe place to live. >> reporter: not to worry? >> don't worry at all. >> reporter: experts tell us authorities likely aren't sharing everything. >> whoever is responsible for the disappearance of this little girl is watching the media every day, so it's always incumbent upon the police and fbi to hold back information. >> reporter: lisa's parents, jeremy irwin and deborah bradley were seen thursday picking up mail from their now empty home. they haven't spoken publicly in exactly one week. >> look at that messy baby. >> reporter: the irwin family hopes sharing the new videos will return the spotlight to their infant daughter and help bring her home. investigators tell us they have received more than 500 tips, checked out almost all of them and natalie so far, still no solid leads. >> heartbreaking to see that new video. peter alexander in kansas city

bay area's two biggest cities in the top 10 places nation wild for kids to walk the neighborhoods. al estate website zillow says san francisco is the best city when it comes to safety. san jose number six. cities are rated on home value, population, current data and nearby amenities not by the size of candy people give out. >> how is the weather going to be? >> i don't think you get better temperatures in the 70s until the sun goes down, no rain in the forecast through halloween. next rain the weather could scary. we need rain it is that time of year we need to transition over to the rainy season. that is not going to happen now. mount tamalpais hazy, air stagnant we do not have poor air pollution. you can see it is hard to find any clouds. in the east bay valleys and hills we can't see those. you can see clouds lingering at the coast to our north. this will come become a little over the weekend. i think we'll see a i lot of sun temperatures above average. right now mainly in the 60s novato 59. down to the south man ray bay inland low to mid 60s for you. -- it going to be sunny and

i am proud to have been called the best city attorney in the nation. that is the leadership i will deliver as your mayor. it the view that it's as city attorney, police commission president, clinton administration appointee and business owner, my record of effective, independent leadership is unmatched. i have a plan to create jobs, fix muni, protect planners, after schools, protect the homeless, and fix our neighborhoods, but it will take strong leadership with the vision to see our full potential and a proven track record to accomplishment. i have never been afraid to stand up to powerful interests to protect regular san franciscans. i will be the mayor san francisco needs with no strings attached. i am dennis herrera, and i hope i can earn your vote for mayor of san francisco. that election day is november 8, 2011. that is the last day to vote in person and the deadline for receipt of vote by mail ballots. >> i am ed le, and iam

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could become a possibility in oak park might be the first city in the nation to ban eating and groomingriving proposal raised at a village board meeting on the wednesday meeting people slighted >> not against that people already have a hard time driving around chicago close enough to the west side you have to watch out i think it is too much should be up to a person's discretion >> research shows 80 percent of collisions or near crashes involve distracted drivers oak park trustees and passing the ban >> crisp cool night in chicago colder temperatures might be sticking around for awhile tom skilling forecast coming up forecast is next. do you have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot? you should know about pradaxa. an important study showed that pradaxa 150mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pra

protests are showing no signs of letting up millions of make up the ninety nine percent of those are rallying in cities across the nation the big show is in new york city tens of thousands in the streets so where does this movement go now and the corporate media has weighed in on the legitimacy of the occupy wall street demonstrations so to have politicians and policymakers will be people are saying i mean up. you needed oh this the occupy wall street movement is put on steroids that is tens of thousands of unionized workers took to the streets in solidarity with the demonstrators have been camped out in lower manhattan for three weeks protesting against wall street's destruction of our economy a massive movement some estimates put the number of people in the streets at fifteen thousand marched through the streets of new york city flanked by hundreds of police officers and at least three n.y.p.d. choppers every over a crowd marched from the state courthouse to foley square and then on to broadway closing down that street similar marches took place in boston and san francisco as well so what does this day of action mean

a february 2011 of city councils in major cities founded that the dc council members are the second highest paid city council in the nation. only los angeles pays more. on a per resident basis washington dc spends the most on its city council. so one would think we could find and elect a council that would serve our needs in a competent and honest manner. the citizens of the district of columbia have been inundated with revelation after revelation of improper and unethical and possibly illegal actions. some of them concern kwame brown's request for an suv and that his campaign funnel money to a firm operated by his brother. and the use of city funds ear marked for the development of use sports used for a car purchase and a golf outing. with all the revelations coming to life it's no surprise they are saying we are losing our moral authority to govern. so why do we the voting public, let this go on? well, given recent voter turnout it would appear that we just don't care. on april 26th of this year in a special election for several offices, including an at large seat only 10% of registered voters turned out to put vincent