fran townsend is cnn national security contributor.he served as homeland security adviser to president george w. bush. larry johnson, former analyst with the cia. served in the u.s. state department office of counterterrorism. peter bergian, cnn national analyst is at the center of law and security at nyu school of law and author of the "osama bin laden i know." and mohammad, cnn international correspondent based in baghdad. let's check in first with rehema in dubai. what's the latest from there, rehema? >> larry, officials confirm here earlier that there was no shipment coming from yemen towards the u.s. through dubai on emritz airlines flight ak-201 which was escorted by the u.s. fighters in the u.s. a suspicious shipment or package originating from yemen was discovered in dubai earlier tonight and it was found at a fedex cargo aircraft. the aviation officials said that this suspicious package has been sent to the lab to discover what's in this package. however, this happened many hours ago but so far there's not one statement that s

we're live in townsend tonight, weijia jiang, eyewitness news. >>> thank you, weijia jiang. to learn how to donate to the foundation, go to wjz.com. >>> the u.s. senate for disease control says 36% of men who have men in baltimore are infected. you can read more in tomorrow's baltimore sun. >>> president obama is right hand man is stepping down tonight. emmanuel is stepping down to run for mayor in his hometown of chicago. the move comes a month before the critical midterm elections. the president named pete ross as the temporary possibly permanent replacement. >>> certainly won't be a cake walk for ravens fans are expecting a win on sunday when they take on the dreaded pittsburgh steelers and as jessica cartalia reports, for one company it's always game time. keeping fans happy with ravens cakes. >> ravens fans can have their cake and eat it too. >> i cut out the ravens logo to size and rolled out some fondant pieces in different colors. >> reporter: smith has been hard at work on this edible confection. >> what goes into making a team like that is a lot of pride. we're all

arnold townsend, representing san francisco naacp today. let me be cautious because if i talk too much and too fast about mr. king, i will get emotional. there is an overwhelming amount of things that we could say, but let me just -- one story i remember him telling me -- i do not know if you all know it or not, but there was a time when people look like the three of us were not even welcome in the supervisors' chambers until mr. king and some other longshoreman kick in some doors, and i mean that literally. the supervisor chamber doors, because of those kinds of policies. he is a hero, a mentor, a father figure for so many of us. for thousands. he was walking home one night about 11:00, and i was with a friend of mine, and he was walking down the street towards his home, and she asked about him walking down the street by himself, and i said that nobody would bother him. that would be suicide in this community. right now, we are running over to turk street because a project that mr. king spearheaded an may happen, where we took money that t

next week the commission will hold hearings in townsend, baltimore city and annapolis. >>> more than 100 lawsuits were filed today against st. joseph medical center and a prominent cardiologist all alleges unnecessary cardiology procedures. mike hellgren has the allegations and responses from the doctor and the hospital. >> reporter: lawyer jay miller stands next to the massive tile. 101 lawsuits he filed on behalf of patients patients. miller believes his clients all had unnecessary stints implanted. >> these patients here are willing to be very reasonable. this is not, simply a battle over money. i can't get them to even consider paying what's reasonable. >> reporter: he says he filed after settlement negotiations shut down. >> they are not willing to take care of the patients they said they would take care of. >> reporter: the hospital denies that saying the medical center wants patients who believe they have a claim to know that the door remains open to productive, reasonable and serious discussion with their attorneys. doctor maday's attorney says his client has done nothing wro

the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, it goes from rock to week bay mud. -- weak bay mud. this is on the folsom? >> the old wonder bread bakery. a little bit higher up. >> that particular building, if you look closely, the rock has actually receded back because of rockfalls. it was too expensive to put in foundations, so the foundation for that building is right on the surface. over the years, the rock face has receded to the point now where the flooding in the face of the bluff come together -- the footing and the face of the building and the bloc come together and are exposed. >> the confidence in the building is starting to be undermined. down at the bottom of the hill, out towards the bed, there are all kinds of uses there. what on earth would they be doing? >> what you are looking at here, two things occur along the south waterfront. one, sand that is dredged from the sacramento river is actually put on barges and brought down into the bag at pier 80 and 92, and then they stockpil

townsend.s forth belt way in parkville a look at harppr road where yyu see things are movvng along but we are dealing with a little bit of congestion on the inner loop as you mmke the push to the northeast corridor of 95 and will remain slow and those traveling on 3 all clear here at warren road and easy ridee& from the belt way. no problems to reportton the jfx but we look at very slow speeds travel through the tunnel 18 miles per hour along the northbound lanes of 95. fortunately all is clear travel through the harbor continual. an accident in east baltimore right on eastern avenue at south east street and route 295 at annapolis road. thhse on howard county we have a crash amonggthe east bound lanes of route 100 at woots loop road that's the traffic edge, back to you. >>> 33 miners froo chile spending the first full day above ground since early august. [applauss]. >> last of the miners was rescued around 9:00 o'clock last night. it took rescue workers more than a day to bring all 33 men plus

there will be street closures on second, embarcadero, king, townsend, around third near at&t park.impacted by the closures. ferries will be a great option to get to the game or if you want to hang out, be part of the action by the ballpark. the alameda-oakland ferry provides direct service to at&t. that departs at 3:00 p.m. and then departs from the alameda main street at 3:20:00 p.m. there's also larkspur leaving at 3:20 or the vallejo baylink ferry that departs at 2:30. both will get you to the game on time. and again mass transit on time this morning except ace train number one running five to 10 minutes behind schedule. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >>> hey, thanks, elizabeth. we are starting things off with doppler this morning because we are watching a line of showers trying to make some headway pushing into the north bay. not seeing much of it actually hitting the ground currently but we are going to kept a chance of showers in the forecast for the north bay for the morning and also for the afternoon. we'll see a better chance of the rest o

i'm mike hellgren in townsend.what police say he told them about their marriage and about another man his wife was seeing. >>> a beautiful wednesday headed our way. i'm bob turk. i'll have your complete forewarn weather forecast coming up next. adventure runs on dunkin', with our maple cheddar breakfast sandwich. breakfast just got a whole lot sweeter. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you. >>> updating that breaking news. looking at that video from chile where the first trapped miner reached the surface just moments ago. you are not seeing him there, you are seeing very excited rescue workers. but he was just released to the surface. he is the first of 33

part of the evidence presented in the murder trial of the husband of tracey and joy is live in townsendwith today's testimony. joy. >> a great deal came out in court today as jurors sought image of tracey just before her disappearance. that video surveillance was taken at a walgreens just before her suupected murder. for the first time we also heard testimony detaiiing an affair trrcey was having at the time of her disappearance. it's an affair deenis learned of in december 2004. three months before tracey wwpt missing. at times however defense attorney david irwin line of questioning made it seem as if christian the boyfriend may have plaaed a role in the disappearance and suspecteddmurder. tracey was supposed to meet the boyfriend and attend a motley crew concert. reported voice mail on her cell phone that night were playee for jurors today. >> please call me tell me you aae okay. please, baby.. i'm really worried about you. i know something has to be wrong you wouldn't do this. please call me. i pray you are okay. >>reporter: jurors also listened to taped phone ccnversation between d

second street between britain and townsend and third street between king and townsend.ivers say they been pushing for the stands for a long time. >> for the elderly and frail the people with wheelchairs' that need to access right at the stadium which almost every major city in the country provides. >> the driver say they're pushing to make these temporary stands permit before and after every big event at the ballpark. >> were continuing to monitor the rate which is right house grain at&t park and some have your cells are being funneled written to the north bay. will see this storm stay nearly stationary over the next 24 hours and sitting up to the north extended well down to the south and tapping into tropical moisture. this moisture looking at will get blood out over the north bay. at 2:00 a.m. rain streaming into the spot because of state stationary and all the moisture being squeezed out over the north bay at 10:00 a.m.. chores continue in the afternoon we've never threat of showers at the giants game this is 5:00 in the game kicks off run 8:00 showers over san franc

townsend beautiful fall colors, good day to be out and about. just fantastic weather. i have to show you that. virginia, peak fall color. the blue ridge showing off fiery colors there. just a beautiful day of fall weather across the midatlantic today. highs pushing near record levels, didn't quite get there. had to get just above 80. just north of the line york at 76 and mid to upper 70's on the eastern shore. not much wind. little bit of a south breeze blowing. we won't see a lot of wind until tuesday between storm systems and that will bring in a lot of rain monday and wednesday. temperatures cooling off but not dramaticly. still in the low 60s. it's pretty mild for a late october evening. let's take you through a couple neighborhoods tomorrow. easton about 73. good chance for scattered showers or storms later in the afternoon. the breeze coming off the bay out of the south there. little further north and chance for showers and storms just about all across the board. churchville 71 for a high. clouds rolling in as we take a look at the satellite view tonight. not muc

ballpark is, the old san francisco fire department pump station, which is at the corner of second and townsend streets, which is now converted to the fire department headquarters. they used to have gigantic steam pumps and pumped it into the high water pressure system, which is all over the city, the big hydrants with the colored tops. now they have small diesel pumps so the rest of the building is used for the headquarters. if you look at that building you will see, above the windows, are large metal cases that hold rolldown shutters, that were intended so that they could separate the building from another 1906-style configuration, and continue to pump water out of the bay to this separate water system for -- so that they can -- and it was put in place after the '06 earthquake, when of course all of the water supplies failed in the city for fire protection. it's a great building. >> next question i have is if you can describe what's the difference between glass and glazing? >> glass is the noun, glazing is the verb and a glazer is the person that puts in the glass who glazes the glass. so gla

is much more than simply fantasy it's a huge shrug the industry which townsend's of people working on is ice cream in the pool off to all my treatments seems like the most relaxed beautiful city in the world. economy can. keep young and beautiful if she wants becomes as the song does before city my time is up that's why we have all this week's program on the subject of d.c. i'll be back at the same time next week for full cultural shenanigans around the russian capital until then for me and the rest the team. and. cannot be an average. down damned year and a minimum of. wealthy british style it's time to rise from. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy because the reports on our. so. much is going to be so much brighter. about the song the song cuts to the pressure . starts on t.v. dot com. a few. campaigning is over the head of sunday's vital parliamentary vote security services are on high alert over fears the results could bring violence to the central asian republics. a shortlist of three men and one woman wanting to become the next mayor of

former maryland lieutenant governor kathleen kennedy townsend wrote a book about what she sees as the appropriate ways to mix politics and relelion. >> i think galvanizing, in particular, religious voters is very important now. you speak in a language that they undetandand you underscore those issues that they particularly-or we, i call myself one-care about. >> reporter: but if many democrats are still figuring out exactly how to do that, gibson sees a potentially complicated religious scenario for the 2012 elections. >> i think the religious right is going to be energized, reenergized, even resuscitated by the election in november if the republicans come in with the force that's expected, and i think that's going to be a wake-ucall for the democratic party, for the obam administration, and for believers on the liberal side of the spectrum, the so-called religious left. >> reporter: and in the meantime, many party faithful say they fear democrats have squandered an opportunity to energize some key voters in a year when they need every vote they can get. >> kim, did democratic officia

john townsend of aaa says high are barriers and reinforced fencing are needed to keep vehicles from plungingff of overpasses. >> this is a great concern, will remain a concern until these barriers are heightened and strengthened. there is a recommendation they could be raised as high as 54 inches and perhaps this will prevent those vehicle from going over the barriers. >> reporter: february 2008, thousands were stranded on the springfield interchange flyovers when ice storms froze the overpasses causing a ripple effect of accidents n april, 2006, a man was killed when a tractor-trailer overturned on the i-270 purchase and its load of wood fell down onto the outer loop of the beltway landing on a car n january 2004, four people were killed when a tanker truck karrying flammable liquids plunged off an overpass on interstate 895 near baltimore and landed on i- 95, exploding in the process. >> you see all of these situations that have not been improved and because of budget restraints, chances are they won't be improved. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board report on the 2004 ba

there was a property recently on townsend street that allowed a four-story addition at the extreme rear of that property. that probably would not have met the standards. we think that you ought to leave some room there for local interpretation rather than say shall con ply with the secretary of intear -- comply with the secretary of interior standards. say h.p.c. shall consider the standards or comply to the standards except as modified by some policy determination or provide some wiggle room so you don't tie your hands, so you have to comply with the secretary of interior standards. because they were not essentially designed for a city such as san francisco. thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is josh. i'm an executive director here in san francisco. worked on policy advocacy to protect and empower vulnerable communities particularly in the green sector. i've got some serious, grave concerns about what looks to be a failure to adequately safeguard the interests of disadvantaged communities, communities with concentration of low, moderate income homeowners, fixed income h

however, earlier when we spoke with cnn national contributor fran townsend.nt threat. >>> well, in just a few hours faisal shahzad will be sentenced in new york federal court. the 30-year-old pakistani-american faces a sentencing. >>> and christine o'donnell is launching her first television ad of the general election. and she is trying to assure voters that she is not a witch. in the ad, o'nnell says "i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you." some republicans have criticized o'donnell for waiting this long to start airing ads. >>> well, one state critical to the ultimate control of congress is west virginia. as we mentioned this morning, we're one month out, and right now the contest to fill the long-time seat of the late democrat robert byrd is considered a toss-up. >> our dana bash is live in morgantown, west virginia. and, you know, this was supposed to be a shoo-in for the popular joe manchin, why is it suddenly a toss-up? >> reporter: joe manchin is one of the most popular governors in the country. and being popular as a politician is a pretty big feat right

[applause] i would also like to welcome frances townsend. she will be interviewing general mcchrystal. she chaired the homeland security council from may 2004 until january 2008. before that, she was a senior intelligence officer for the united states coast guard. over to you guys. >> thank you. i would like to start. there was a wonderful details introduction and i should tell our friends in the audience that we had the privilege of being colleagues together. i consider them to be friends. the greatest compliment i can give you is the teddy roosevelt " about the man in the arena, where it is better to be marred by blood, sweat and tears than those timid souls that no needed to -- victory or defeat. i am going to start by thanking you for your service commission. -- donation. [applause] you have moved on. we are going to talk about what you know best. that is leadership. tell us what you are doing now. >> thank you. i appreciate you being here today. i am trying to take what i have learned and, to be frank, i am still adjusting what i have s

voters as eric himself found out when he ran his first race for governor against cathleen kennedy townsend. >> it's a race to watch and we'll be watching. >>> fox 5 is your election station. to navigate the issues, go to www.myfoxdc.com. we have everything you need to know to cast your vote. click on the politics tab. >>> the housing market takes another turn in the wrong direction. major banks may have halted foreclosures but that is not stopping the housing market from continuing to collapse. according to realty track, nearly 1 million homes received foreclosure filings in the third quarter, that is 1 in every 139 houses. the filings are expected to drop as more banks freeze their paperwork. >>> the terror plot was filed and that doesn't mean the state department is giving you the green light. the latest on a worldwide travel alert just ahead. >>> plus, they were the first to greet the miners who were trapped underground for 69 days. and, tonight, we're going to hear from one rescuer who risked his own life for the miracle mission. next. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he

when bob ehrlich beat kathleen kennedy-townsend, he beat her by 75,000. and when o'malley won, he won statewide, 125,000. and ehrlich only won by 4 to 5,000 votes. it's the key jurisdiction. >> of course, you can get more information hohow, where and when to vote by logging onto the party's website. or contacting the maryland state board of election. >>> early voting starts october 22nd. runs through october 28th, excluding sunday. >>> log on for complete coverage of campaign 2010. for updates, log onto wjz.com. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. rapid rescues. a live look at the san jose mine. complete coverage continues in moments. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, stopping murders before they happen. the stuff of science fiction being tried out in baltimore. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> near the campus of university of maryland college park, after three students are stabbed. police have made an arrest. i'm weijia jiang, in college park, with the latest on the investigation next on wjz eyewitness news. >>> heavy rain on t

a large tornado rips through a townsending debris everywhere. we'l synctaxes 60 percent.roperty woman 1 syi didn't owatrnor man 3: he worked for ak 10 billn doother bahamillion.sed.axers 17 h big s don't need help. middle class marylande do. >>> we're on top of a developing story out of texas. check out this amazing video. that is aornado ripping through rice, which is near dallas. people also reported hail the size of baseballs. several homes were damaged as well as a local school. cars and even a tractor trailer were flipped over on the highway as well. only four people are reporting minor injuries. and forecasters are calling for clear skies for the next few days. >>> and hurricane richard has been downgraded to a tropical storm. richard made landfall overnight as a category 1 hurricane battering belize with high winds and heavy rain. it now sits over guatemala with 65-mile-per-hour nds. forecasters say they expect richard to have relatively little impact on the united states. >>> this morning more troubling news coming out of haiti where cho

tom fuentes and francis townsend say it would have been better to say nothing at all. >> i'm a real believer. if these warnings -- these public warnings and alerts that get put out don't tell people specifics about either locations, timing, or what they can do to protect themselves, then we shouldn't bother. we shouldn't scare them about something that they can't protect themselves from. >> i agree with fran. maybe even a little stronger than fran that issuing a warning like this is on the verge of being completely ridiculous. there are thousands and thousands americans in europe. everybody's going to look different to them. everybody is going to be carrying a backpack and looking strange if they were walking down the street in peoria, illinois, for example. >> they're saying the travel alerts were issued because of growing concerns that terrorists may be planning a commando-style attack in europe like the one that happened in mumbai, india in 2008. that incident lasted three days, 166 people were killed. cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson is in germany tonight. you've be

fran townsend says while the magazine's message isn't new, the way they're getting it across is.different here with this magazine? >> these are guys who have either been born here or lived in the united states who speak idiomatic colloquial english who can appeal to americans to join their cause. they know how to persuade them and speak to them and they know how to really inspire them to become a part of it. >> reporter: and the internet acts as an accelerant for terrorist activity. >> ten years ago, awlaki would have operated in relative obscurity. today on internet, he has unlimited reach to individuals around the world, including those here at home. >> a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn they are aware of the publication saying it aims to provoke the murder of innocence and says it hardly lives up to its name "inspire." >>> taking a look at some of the top stories making headlines, a whopping fine for countrywide's financial -- former financial ceo, angelo mozilo will pay more than $67 million to settle fraud charges related to the mortgage crisis, the largest penalty e

. >> reporter: john townsend of aaa says higher barriers and reinforced fencing are needed to keep vehicles from plunging off of overpasses. >> this is a great concern, will remain a concern until these barriers are heightened and strengthened. there's a recommendation that could be raised as high as 5th 4 inches and -- 54 inches and perhaps this will prevent those vehicles from going over those barriers. >> reporter: february, 2008 thousands were stranded on the springfield interchange flyovers when ice storms froze the overpasses causing a ripple effect of accidents. in april, 2006 a man was killed when a tractor trailer overturned on the i-270 spur and its load of wood fell down onto the outer loop of the beltway landing on a car. in january, 2004 four people were killed in a tanker truck carrying flammable liquid plunged off an overpass on interstate 895 near baltimore and landed on i-95 exploding in the process. >> you see all of these situations that have not been improved and because of budget restraints chances are they won't be improved. >> reporter: the national transportation saf

in new york, schumer and townsend faced off in their first debate. >> when wall street is wrong, yout he was doing when he passed that bill. currying favor with fellow democrats who would vote for him to become majority leader. >> former president bill clinton made his second trip to michigan to tighten prospects for democratic candidates. >> the only guy with an economic plan, only guy with an economic record, the only guy that actually gave you a balanced budget and smaller government and fabulous job growth. >> the head of the democratic national committee, tim cane, says his team will hold on to the house. >> we think we can do it. >> republican counterpart. michael steele says the gop will take the house and maybe the senate too. >> you will see an unprecedented wave on election day that will surprise a lot of people. >> president obama back on the campaign trail in rhode island, urging democrats to get out and vote. >> in 2008 you said, yes we can. in 2010, you have got to say, yes, we can. >> neg they may have momentum, republicans are being advised not to celebrate too soon.

later in our program, lori townsend will join us. we will include some questions from listeners and viewers in our program. our thanks to the audience to be here tonight. please remain silent during the entire broadcast. candidates, each dancer will be timed and you will see a yellow light at the 15 second mark telling you have it 15 seconds left. he will hear this bell when your time is up. i will try to enforce this as politely as i can. thus began. you will have 30 seconds to respond to the first round of questions. what have you learned about yourself during this campaign? >> great question. they know, one of the things i have learned during the course of this campaign is what is possible when you put your mind toward something and you work hard. we have a great campaign team with a great staff. i never thought i would be able to raise $1.2 million in six weeks. i think you need to be a little bit of a statesman, and little bit of a vision, and a telemarketer. >> center -- senator murkowski, same question. >> i have learned often

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evening. 6:30 to 9:00, second closed between king and towns end, southbound embarcadero closed between townsend and stretches of king and third will be closed. muni is not impacted by the closures. special shuttle service before and after the game. best bet, use bart which is offering longer trains as juliette and sydnie just mentioned. also ferry service, alameda- oakland and the vallejo baylink ferry are offering direct service to at&t park. right now, though, you can see all is very quiet on the street of san francisco. all right. let go to our maps. westbound 580 heavy already out of the altamont pass. you can see that drive time there 19 minutes out towards the dublin interchange. not helping matters is this right there. it's a stalled car not -- maybe a big rig, not sure, blocking a lane of traffic approaching north flynn. outside all of our cameras showing traffic actually moving well. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. it's the commute direction of westbound 92 still no delay there. same thing come from marin, no problems off the golden gate. mass transit, ace train 1 was strug

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well, fran townsend, a former homeland security adviser to the bush white house joins us.he phone with us this morning. part of it, i think, is obviously just sending out the warning. because if they didn't and something, god forbid, should happen, they'll say, why didn't the government tell us? >> that's exactly right, kiran. and having served myself and had to make these decisions, it's very frustrating. because you don't want to unnecessarily frighten people. on the other hand, you feel like you ought to give them enough information so they understand there's a heightened threat environment. talking to officials now, they have been very clear with me about just how serious the threat is. but i don't -- i think they don't have the specifics that you'd like to see in these kinds of warnings. and i think they're also frustrated. >> what are people -- i understand that there are sort of two levels of importance to these warnings. one is authorities and allowing countries to coordinate on them. but what are travelers supposed to do with this highly non-specific information t

. >> some out there are questioning the need for a terror alert at all, including fran townsend. she talked to brett baldwin last night. >> i find this really frustrating. in the end, we know there's this threat out there. it was reported earlier in the week. there is absolutely nothing new, based on what we're hearing right now about the alert, that's going to be in there. frankly, it has the ring of, look, the government knows there's this threat. it's an increasing problem. so what they really want to do is protect themselves that they warned you. we're not hearing there's any specific information in there about targets, locations, timings, or any valuable information to americans about what they can do. so if it doesn't have that sort of information in there, you sort of have to ask yourself, why is the u.s. government even bothering to do this? >> and we are going to be taking you live to london for reaction there in just a moment. artika shubert is standing by for that. also, note this is a travel alert, not a travel warning. people are not being told not to go to europe. p

john townsend. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, paul. my name is john townsend. i would like to begin by sinking our panelists and everyone in the audience for participating in today's panel and the 2010 elections. -- begin by thanking our panelists and everyone in the audience for participating in today's panel in the 2010 elections. we are made up of nine departments, including the outstanding department of governmental politics, which houses the center sponsoring today's events. the center for american politics and citizenship provide citizens and politics to makers with research, education, and our reached on critical issues. they're cutting-edge research is often published and disseminated through the media. during today's panel discussions, each panelist will have the human is to get an opening overdue and analysis of the tea party movement from their perspective. and they will then discuss among the panelists asking a series of questions. finally, audience members will have time to ask the panel is their own questions, but it will not have time to give spe