a large component, a large piece of evidence that's reliable but it does take time oar detective tim hall is able to help. it adds to the work load. >> not tasked with the incoming cases. 100% of my focus is on the cold cases that are currently open. >> reporter: in the last 10 years, annapolis has solved 75% of their homicide, well over the national average. with the federal grant money, they hope to improve that more. >> overall crime is down 40% in annapolis in recent years. >>> tonight at 11 we'll talk about a cold case in baltimore county. she was beautiful, young and pregnant with her first child. 25 years later the murder of janice potter remains a mystery. >> why did someone feel the need to destroy her whole life and her family's life. >> we have the story tonight on abc2news at 11. >>> new developments after the discovery of a 5-year-old boy in a jessup home with his dead father. najib abdullah fled with his son after the father called a report that he had been assaulted. he broke into a home and hid in the basement closet with the child. the gruesome discovery came four years l

hall of fame. the jersey from game 5. he beat clint least twice, tim lincecum. [applause] [applause] >> and last but not least, who is ever going to forget the moment from game 5 in texas, one of many great moments in his playoff career, the giants' shortstop, groceries post a valuable player, -- world series most viable player edgar re nteria. [applause] >> now we want you to please welcome a musical guest to perform "san francisco" for us. thank you. ♪ my home on upon the hill i still love you still pipin away but now i am backe to tell you ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> now once again, please welcome the great mayor of the great city of san francisco, the honorable gavin newsom. >> how are you all doing? the torture is over. world champ giants. it is good we brought the terminator here because it reminds us what we did to atlanta, but we did dto philly, and it reminds us what we did to texas. don't mess with california. this is when it is good to be mayor. only i could get away with saying the following. i saw eli get up and he's got that dead head shirt on. i am remi

one happens tomorrow in iowa, tim pawlenty will declare his presidential candidacy at a town hall event in des moines. the former governor will kick off a multistate campaign swing. and a much different announcement from indiana governor mitch daniels. in an e-mail out to supporters today he says he will not run for president. he was considered a potential gop front runner and top republicans urged him to run, but daniels says he decided a bid would not be in the best interest of his family. >>> single and loving it. venus williams talks about her life off the tennis court and why she loves singing karaoke. that's later in the newsroom. >>> also, in a matter of minutes, the latest on efforts to save a prison on the banks of mississippi. tom, check this out. good gravy, bill. our insurance company doesn't have anything like it. magnificent, isn't it? with progressive, it's easy to cover all of your favorite rides. progressive has truck insurance? number one in truck and motorcycle. is that a golf cart? yep. we also cover rvs, boats, atvs. anything else i can help you with? can i take a r

tim pawlenty. he makes al gore look like rupe hall.ing he'll run for president as a republican which is surprising because i just assumed he was running as a joke. donald trump often appears on fox which is ironic because fox often appears on donald trump's head. gary bucey said that donald trump would make a great president. of course, he said the same thing about an old rusty bird cage he found. donald trump owns the misu.s.a. pageant great for republicans because it will streamline their search for a vice president. donald trump said recently he has a great relationship with the blacks, though unless the blacks are a family of white people i bet he's mistaken. at the beginning of his term, mr. president, housewives were trying to sneak into the white house. now everyone is leaving, axelrod, gibbs, rahm emanuel, by this time it will be you and joe biden trying to find toner for the copy machine. so it is not a strong field, and who knows if they can beat you in 2012, but i tell you who can definitely beat you, mr. president. 2008 bar

tim pawlenty will declare his presidential candidacy at a town hall event in des moines. the former minnesota governor will then kick off a multistate campaign swing. and a much different announcement from indiana governor mitch daniels. in an e-mail sent out to supporters early today, daniels says he will not run for president. he was considered a potential gop front-runner and top republicans urged him to run. but daniels says he decided a bid would not be in the best interest of his family. >>> president barack obama is getting ready to check out his family roots. why some folks hope that involves a pint of guinness. >>> later, tennis champ venus williams talks about the injury that sidelined her and she tells me face to face what she's thinking when she competes against her sister, serena. but what did he say? 42 wild italians. huh? it's a cruise for plus-size individuals. it's a commercial. that's all. i'm pretty sure he said the chevy cruze eco -- a commercial for eagle? eagles? no eco, eco, eco! it's "the chevy cruze eco gets up to 42 miles per gallon." who asked y

> it won't be official until monday, but aids of tim pawlenty said he will make his run for the white house. he will make the announcement at a town hall forum in des moines iowa. the first caucuses will be held in that state in february. >>> in the first month of president obama's reelection campaign, the democratic economy raised $12.4 million. >>> stanford university says it is disciplining five members of its medical school faculty for giving medical medications for drug companies. the companies paid $258 million to $17,000 nationwide for speeches promoting their drugs. >>> every day ct scans help doctors save lives. but if ktvu's health and science editor tells us in tonight's special report, when it comes to children, ct scans may be putting some lives at risk. >> reporter: every year about 20,000 bay area children under 15 get ct scans. for abdomen pain or head injury. >> any kind of trauma to my child, i would probably more on the side of getting a cat stan. >> but a ct scan emits 500 times more radiation than a chest x-ray. and it's 10 times riskier for a growing child than adult. each year ct scans create 500 more cancer deat

tim pawlenty on the other hand, will jump into the race. the former minnesota governor will declare his candidacy at a town hall event tomorrow in iowa. he will then kick off a multistate campaign swing which will include stops in politically key states like florida and new hampshire. >>> all right. news overseas right now. u.s. ambassador to yemen is safe after a frightening moment earlier. an armed group of supporters of the embattled yemeni president suhr rounlded an embassy where the ambassador was meeting with other diplomats. yemeni security forces got the diplomats out safely. >>> on to pakistan now, the country's interior minister says militants attacked a naval air station in the coastal city of karachi just a short time ago. a police official tells cnn the attackers through hand grenades, causing at least three explosions. but there is no word on any deaths or injuries. >>> back in this country, a suspect is under arrest in the brutal beating of a san francisco giants fan. two men attacked brian stow outside dodgers stadium in march. his mother says it was a random act of violence. stow is now in a medically induced coma. po

. >> tim pawlenty says he will tell the american people the truth suggesting president obama is not. today pawlenty will formerly announce his candidacy in a town hall >>> meantime indiana governor mitch daniels sent an e-mail to his supporters after long consideration he will not run for the 2012 presidential nomination. it's believed he decided not to run because of opposition from his wife and his four grown daughters who didn't want to face the intense public scrutiny of an intense public race. >>> that happened saturday afternoon on silver oaks way. the blast blew out the windows, part of the porch and left a huge hole in the roof. two men and a woman had to go to the hospital for severe burns and injuries. now evidence gathered from the scene points to some sort of illegal drug operation inside the apartment. >> for them to do that knowing i have a kid upstairs and all the neighbors is horrible. horrible experience. >> neighbors also say they could often smell marijuana coming from the apartment where that explosion occurred. >>> time now 5:25. headaches are sending millions of people to emergency rooms every year. that is according to a new f

. >>> tomorrow, former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty is expected to announce his bid for the white house. it's expected at a town halliowa. that's the state that holds the first caucuses in february. former massachusetts governor mitt romney has not officially announced his candidacy yet. that's not stopping him from hitting the campaign trail. he visited with small business leaders in south carolina yesterday. that's where he mixed some nice words about president obama with a tough message about his job handling the economy. >> i don't think he's a bad guy. i think he's a nice person. i just don't think he understands how the economy works. i think you have to have had a job to understand how to create jobs. >> romney competed in south carolina. herman cain announced his nomination in atlanta. he wants to replace the national income tax with a sales tax. >>> another high profile republican is deciding against a run for the white house. the indiana senator said he will not run next year. daniels had been considering a run for the last few months, but the indiana governor says he doesn't want to put his family through

now, tim pawlenty, his family is all system goss and he's going to have his announcement he's running for president in iowa with a town halland a release day video announcing that. let's run through a list of who is in and who is out. this race is starting to congeal, the gop field is starting to come together. who is in? well tim pawlenty is in, speaker of the house newt gingrich, former speaker is also in, ron paul, is in as well and herman cain announced over the weekend, he is a businessman from atlanta. out, this is a longer list which helps the field come together. mitch daniels, mike huckabee, donald trump, jeb bush, haley barbour and chris christi say they are not running in 2012 and the possibilities at this point, they're likelihoods, mitt romney former massachusetts governor and jon huntsman, former governor of utah and then balkman and palin are big maybes. bachmann leaning towards a race, sarah palin, a lot of folks don't think she is going to run. for tim pawlenty he's known for this, a slick video announcing he's running for president. he released it on youtube last night. >> we need a president who understa