kutcher, bring us some michigan and neurosport wisdom. >> i will do my best. it is my distinct honor to join you today. i'm grateful to be given the opportunity to provide my testimony. i'm a sports neurologist at the university of michigan. i have been the director of michigan neurosport. our program provides care for athletes of all ages and abilities and conducts research on sports can deduction -- concussion. in my practice i care for athletes at the time of injury to the return to play process, to the course of their seasons, and after they retire. i have been the chair of the sports neurology section of the american academy of neurology. they are dedicated to the care of athletes of all levels. i am currently leading the effort to produce an evidence- based clinical guideline on sports concussion, an effort that includes the grading of every academic paper ever published on sports concussion. i have been named a director of the national basketball association's concussion program and assault for the national hockey league players association. this is the

michigan this morning and ontario. there are some pretty hefty snows overnight across michigan. for us, the storm system will just drive some winds and colder air. not horribly cold but colder air for us over the next couple of days. future cast shows that westerly breeze with us. the mountain snow showers. parts of the afternoon. there will be some minor accumulations there, especially at 2,000, 3,000 feet. the chillier air with us tonight. we'll be down in the 20s and 30s. tomorrow, 50 to 55. friday with high pressure on top of us, sunny but on the cool side with highs near 50. we'll break down the forecast. the next three days, today, 52. it will be breezy. you'll notice that. tonight, 20s and 30s tomorrow. friday, we'll be cool with temperatures again with 50. we head toward the weekend, saturday, that's a chilly day. high pressure just about on top of us. a little bit of a northeast flow. sunday it looks good. going to the 'skins game? upper 50s. here come the changes monday. late showers on midday main mid- 50s. still enough moisture around, the rain could end as snow. highs on t

michigan will see some snow flurries ... there will be a lake effect later tomorrow giving us some flurries ... e winter storm watches and advisory's and wisconsin michigan minnesota and parts of iowa ... severe weather can go all the way to st. louis missouri. here's a close-up view of how things will unfold we will have rain by 3:00 this afternoon it will increase by dinner time. the warm front approaches the area overnight with embedded thunderstorms. it will be a rainy rush hour tomorrow morning. the snow flurries will hit northwestern illinois by midday tomorrow. here are the rainfall accumulations ... that is beyond what has already accumulated so far ... again this is the heaviest rainfall we have seen in the area since late september. 55 degrees this afternoon in rising to the '60s overnight it will be windy and sharply colder tomorrow with more sporadic showers in the afternoon the high will be 61 falling to between 38 and 44 degrees by the evening ... thursday will be cloudy blustery and cold. make it into the 30's in the afternoon it will warm up this weekend i will have more later it

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we have some snow across pennsylvania, ohio, and new york state and off of lake michigan. all of that will stay north and west of us. we will probably get some cloud cover. a mixture of sun and clouds. if you drive into western maryland, into garrett county, there could be some rain or snow showers. rain and snow showers and some lake effect stuff. nothing around baltimore. a mixture of sun a clouds. it will be breezy in chilly into the afternoon. high temperature in the upper 40's and low 50's. it will feel " than that. tonight, mostly clear skies. -- it will feel cooler than that. we will be in the low 30's in most areas tonight. there probably will be some frost early saturday morning. tomorrow, high pressure takes control. the wind will settle down. we will see lots of sunshine. upper 50's in the afternoon. the temperatures will warm. 58 tomorrow with sunshine. low 60's on sunday. mid 60's on monday appeared the next chance for rain not until monday night or tuesday. breezy and chilly today. 6:13. let's check the roads with sarah. >> good morning. the veterans day parade will take place around 7:00 in the city.

like to say, several of us were there yesterday morning, and the mission high school community was treated really treated by a former michigan high school student. there was some article -- the panel that he had with them, his wife and the peter -- and peter. one other, i should know his name. the message they sent to the students was pretty consistent to them that in order for them to the to get to any level, you need to focus now and be the best person to do the best you can. i am just an ordinary person that focused on what my passion was. >> i want to thank them and his wife cindy, they were phenomenal. he was there from 8:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. the principal was beside himself. the left to the classrooms and said hello to the students. he had a panel discussion with a very informal conversation to the kids, and they could pretty much as can anything. he did a 10 minute or 20 minute stint with the kids practicing on stage and performed with the kids. he mentioned being 16 years old and performing with carlos santana. it was just great, there were 15 students on stage. the students exited and he played for us for another half- hour.

some snow in michigan. right now it's beginning to pick up snow over portions of indiana, michigan and some mountains in southwest virginia. the bulk of the rain is off north and northeast of us. we are looking at cooler conditions but sunny to partly sunny and drier, particularly on thursday and friday into the weekend. slight warmup again as this moves off, wind go back more to the southwest and no super cold air in this forecast. normal, west winds with temps around 52 degrees. tonight clearing skies for the most part, upper 30s and cooler overnight. tomorrow then, sun and a few clouds you can see here. it will be breezy with a high of only 53. so that's where it should be for early november and december. >> we are seeing a lot of lights around here. >> they never took them down. >> beautiful. thank you. >>> maryland sends a largest ever state delegation from the u.s. to india with the goal of bringing jobs back home. >> so many of the technology is where maryland excels as well. >> reporter: the export business grew, translating to jobs at home. >> we'll probably hire 30, 40 more jobs at home which will because of this trip turn into full-time jobs. >> the papers are full

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us live on morning joe. you want to stick around for that. >>> now to some 2012 politics. days after texas governor rick perry infamous oops moment at the michigan presidential debate, republican rival herman cain had a similar brain freeze during an interview with the editorial board of the milwaukee journal sentinel newspaper. former godfather's pizza ceo got hung up when talking about libya. >> so you agree with president obama on libya or not? >> libya? president obama supported the uprising, correct? president obama called for the removal of gadhafi. make sure we're talking about the same thing before i say yes i agree or no i didn't agree. i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason. no, that's a different one. i got to go back. got all this stuff twirling around in my head. i would have done a better job of determining who the opposition is, and i'm sure that our intelligence people had some of that information. based upon who made up that opposition, okay, based upon who made up that opposition might have caused me to make some different decisions about how you anticipate. >> he got there. just took the long road.

us tomorrow. look at the snow coming down in the upper peninsula in michigan. we do have to deal with somehanging weather conditions. a first batch of showers should get here probably tomorrow morning and track around the state. it has been a decent november day. 59 degrees is the normal height. we are still a little bit above normal. at 35 degrees this morning. a slightly cool for a normal night to day of november. the record low is 25 degrees set in 2003. there is a line of showers coming out of eastern ohio and western pennsylvania. it is 54 in oakland. still pretty mild state wide. areas are mostly in the upper's -- the upper 50's. not a whole lot of rain expected tonight. you can't rule out a passing shower after a dye. the bulk of the rain will be traveling -- you can see it is not a big rainmaker. this will be scattered showers line up along the front edge coming through. when it passes by, winds will start to cool things off. with the increasingly cloudy skies and a light southerly breeze, temperatures will not drop into the 30's like last few nights. as winds shift to the northwes

some states are taking. >> reporter: facebook, it's site to catch up to see what everyone else is doing. it can be used in an inappropriate manner. in 2007, a michigan middle school teacher was fired after inappropriate pictures of her were taken during a bachelor rete party. students gained access to the photos on the internet. teacher appealed and won. situations like this are the reason attorney keith zimmerman is talking to our teachers. >> facebook is open to the world. and educators stand in a different position than regular citizens so they are in a position of trust. >> reporter: in baltimore city, the teachers union is being proactive about facebook, they are holding seminars to educate teachers on social media. >> it's the way that people are conducting business today. but we know it can lead to trouble. >> reporter: the seminars are packed with educators wanting to freshen up on what is approach and what is not. >> of course we teach somethings at the school lfl so students that it's important for educator to understand the implications of social media. >> reporter: while merrill has -- merrill has not seen major -- maryland has not seen

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us yesterday with the rain. some wind ahead of that rain. the mild temperatures that dropped and behind the system, notice the snow in michigan coming down intoarts of west virginia, pennsylvania, even western maryland will see snow. a little bit later this morning into the early part of the afternoon. the cold air is in place now. 41 in washington, la plata, 39 manassas and frederick at 36. east of us, low 40s on the eastern shore. and today, it is going to be a chely one. but normal. this is where we should be for the end of november. 52 in washington. only 45 in winchester. monika samtani, 5:31. take it away. >> for 5:31, it is not looking bad at all. the beltway is looking fine. no big deals. accident investigation though continues on connecticut avenue northbound at n street. this is just south of due point circle, this accident happened in the 1:00 hour. just be aware of that. first of all, we're going to take a live picture here on the beltway near route 50. no problems as you head toward oxon hill on the wilson bridge on the east side of town, over now to the 14th street bridge, still looking incident-free and good right up the line t

us this weekend. formidable cool air is happening to the north. we will reach the '50s and the '60s saturday and sunday here in chicago wisconsin and northern michigan will see someer weather. we will see another warm-up similar to this one for the thanksgiving weekend. if you love snow there's plenty of it in the rockies this is one of those lonnie anya wintersa nina winters. tonight we have the first area wide freeze of the season. scattered clouds tonight ... 22 degrees and land at 32 degrees in the loop we have not seen this since march. tomorrow mostly sunny 39 degrees in the morning by this afternoon will be 43 degrees ... the wind will be blowing on the lake by friday and we may see 60 degrees by saturday or sunday >>it's time for today's trivia question: which planets is last throw, prince. and last chance at medicare open enrollment, too. what do you mean? it ends december 7th. if you haven't reviewed your medicare plan choices yet, well, it's getting late. medicare gives you free cancer screenings and wellness visits and 50% off brand name prescription drugs when you're in the donut hole... it's all part of the health care law. december 7th? i better ge

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michigan for tonight's debate. some technical issues in the fox house tonight. carl is on the phone with us. do we expect this whole sexual harassment scandal to come up tonight, carl? >> well, technically the debate is supposed to be about jobs and the economy. michigan has an 11.1% unemployment rate. that's 2 points higher than the national average. and this was supposed to be about the premier issue of the election, jobs and the economy. but, organizers have said they will not rule out the possibility of asking mr. cain about that. and it's entirely possible that, if nothing else, elliptically sort of glancing blows some of his rivals may make reference to cain's troubles. whether or not it's on the agenda for the debate tonight, the fact that there is a joint news conference looming with a couple of cain's accusers means it's on the horse -- horizon and is not going away. >> shepard: political types are calling this an elimination round. >> yeah. because that's there is this idea with eight weeks before the first vote it's time for some of these third tier candidates to fade. tonight the

us happens. >> he's pulling up. >> he's got michigan plates. >> it has initial began plates. >> that's the main target. we just have to roll the dice. >> follow it up, give it someistance. >> all right. the jeep is southbound 83, southbound 83. >> he probably don't know what to do yet. >> we're behind -- hang on. stand by. >> are you going up? >> yep. >> hey, how are you guys? good. sorry. where do you guys live? >> michigan. >> what are you doing out this way? move your hand, please. just making sure you have no weapons in the car. okay? step out of the car one second, please. >> whose baby is it? it's hers? what's in the car? then why you worried about if he's looking in there. who is she to you? sister, friend? okay. who ace the friend you visit here in town. >> ma'am, you're under arrest. okay? you are. we'll talk about that when we get back to the station. hey, john, we need k-9, plain view, headed back to buffalo grove pd. stay in the house. and the girl's little backpack we have two bundles of cash, two kis of heroin. i can't imagine how much money is here. more than i make in a year. the girl's trying to grab it. i looked inside to make sure there wasn't

michigan was colder. across extreme southern virginia. some of the mountains getting wet snow. could see an inch or two. for our region we could see it's clearly done to the west of use still may be some clouds. eventually things will dry out. few clouds time to time. west winds 10 to 15. through tomorrow afternoon, the bay temp around 52 degrees. so tonight look for cooler temperatures, rain ending. clearing 39. tomorrow clouds and sun, breezy and it will turn cooler than today. high of only 53, the normal high is 50 so we're still talking temperatures at or about normal. even by the end of the week. it's not going to be terrible. >> great, we're not complaining. >> it's going to start december. >> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >> i'm mike hellgren at gary jiordano's house. i'll tell you why some i'll tell you why some neighbors are not happy he's man: my electric bill was breaking the bank. so to save some money, i trained this team of guinea pigs to row this tiny boat. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, which lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...ro

michigan and ohio and indiana. they had upwards of ten inches of snow in parts of northern indiana yesterday and late last night. for us though, just bringing in someooler air. that coolness is going to be around with us for the next few days. as we look at the forecast for the next three days, we've got temperatures -- if the computer wants to move on me, temperatures in the 50s here. low 50s the next few days. 52 today. 53 tomorrow. 54 on friday with nighttime lows 30s in the suburbs. sunday, a nice finish to the weekend. upper 50s. going to the 'skins game, weather should be be fine for that. monday, it is going to be turning wet and colder tuesday. rain may end as snow. >> it is a little windy out here, howard but it has nothing to do -- >> ooh. monika -- this is teamwork. she's such a good sport. >> i thought i would help him out because it is so warm outside. he's got his socks off. >> 180s? >> i don't know. >> i think you need to reassess, howard. [ laughter ] >> let's go to traffic right now. if you're planning to head around town, there are no big problems to report on. the beltway just slow traffic. things are looking good. here, mike, co

michigan entire life was spent fighting rationing. >> but in an interview he acknowledged that taxpayer fund are limited and we'd inevitably say some care is so expensive that the taxpayers have better use those funds. we make those decisions all the time, he said. "the decision is not whether or not we will ration care. the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open. right now we are doing it blindly." the new healthcare law gives a board called the ipab the power to cut payments to medicare providers which critics argue will inevitably lead to rationing if providers balk at lower reimbursement. defenders saberwick's only problem he was a surrogate for the healthcare law. the reason why they decided not to go forward with berwick, is republicans were really determined to tear him down and to tear down the law. >> the president has nominated berwick's deputy tavener to take his place. there are two approaches to fixing medicare. price control and competition. the administration opposes competition. so in spite of new personnel, those policies are unlikely to change. in washington, jim angle, fox news. >> shannon: you will have to pay more to go over the river and through the

michigan for us today. john, you guys did a great job. it was really a great debate. nice to see you guys all together and really not backing down when some of the guys on that panel and ladies included weren't so up-front about their questions. so well done work, sir. thank you. >> thomas, i really appreciate that. thanks very much. >> absolutely. >>> coming, how president obama stacks up against his republican competition. >>> but first, a look at what's happening on wall street right now after yesterday's big selloff. we've only got one green arrow, but it is the dow jones. we're back after this. capital one's new cash rewards card gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right here, waiting for it. who wouldn't want more cash? [ insects chirping ] i'll take it. i'll make it rain up in here. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? sorry i'll clean this up. shouldn't have made it rain. i took some steep risks in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and s

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us from grand rapids, michigan. he comes across as ebenezer scrouge. what do you mean by that? >> it means that the core of where some are coming from, his feelings about the country and his thoughts about other people of this country seem to come from a place of selfishness. seem to come from a place of mean spiritedness. you know, he got a lot of controversy comments directed at him in regards to what he was talking about with the child labor situation and how it was unfair to poor people and poor kids and how they should have a chance to work in order to feel good about the schools that they're in and have an opportunity to pull themselves up. if the whole thing just came across as mean spirited because, you know, we think about children in this country in a certain light and what he was talking abut just was not what most americans agree with. >> sorry, l.z., what specifically about what he said regarding child labor irked you? >> well, first of all, he seemed to focus in on the poor kids, which irked me, number one, because of his goal was to instill a strong work ethic in our young people. i applaud that, but i

i hope for the sake of millions of people in michigan and in every other state who are waiting for us to act that at least some of our republican colleagues will relent and allow to us at least debate this measure. now, what would this bill accomplish? simply put, it seeks to create jobs now and into the future. it does so by funding a wide array of infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, rail transport, mass transit, airport facilities and updated air traffic control systems. these projects would put construction workers on the job immediately. they would, according to estimates by moody's, boost economic growth by more than a dollar and a half for every dollar that we spend, and the benefits would continue into the future. as american companies and american workers benefit from the increased competitiveness that modernized infrastructure provides. in my home state of michigan this legislation would result in more than $900 million going to infrastructure projects, it would create about 12,000 jobs. residents of my state are keenly aware of the need to act and to act now on the jobs crisis. and they

us a comment. so we did some background check and it turns out seiu, 95% of their contributions and donations go to democratic candidates and democratic causes, so if you have a disabled child in michiganre a republican, you still have to pay seiu that donates to the democrats. now in mitch tkpwapbt house has passed a bill to stop this. that same bill is bogged down in the senate, megyn. megyn: wow, trace, thank you. taking your thoughts on that one at kelly & fox news.com. pollster scott rasmussen now says of today president obama looks like the underdog in the 2012 presidential race. he's here in five minutes with the poll behind that headline. plus a top republican senator saying supreme court justice elena kagan held something back in her confirmation hearing and believes it could have a big impact on the debate over the president's healthcare law in a case the supreme court just agreed to take. a custody battle in the saga surrounding missing baby lisa irwin. why her father's ex-girlfriend says the irwin home is not safe in "kelly's court." >> really in the best interests of the children to try and put their -- . ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nea

us some satisfaction for a moment, but it won't keep america safe. i reserve the balance of my time. m >> mr. president?an >> senator from michigan. >> mr. president, i yield myself tenof minutes. >> without objection. >> time on our side. there have been so many misstatements of fact that havet been made, it's hard to keep upo with them, but let me just take the last statement that theet senator from illinois made about changing military tribunal law. therear is no change in military tribunal law whatsoever which is made in this bill. now, i'm going to address the other misstatements that haveote been made by my friends andds colleagues, but that one's the most recent, so i want to just take on that one first. now, in terms of constitutional provisions, the ultimate authority on the constitution of the united states is the supreme court of the united states. and here's what they have said in the hamdi case about the issue which both our friends have raised about american citizens being subject to the law of war. a citizen, the supreme court said in 2004, no less than an alien can be part of supporting forces hostile to the united states

coordinator with the michigan hospital association participating hospitals and they took some, a very few, very practical steps such as completely draping patients during surgery, using a specific antiseptic, strictly adhering to a five-point checklist to assure all procedures are followed, those are simple things, but the result were incredibly impressive. over five years more than 1830 lives were saved. more than 140,000 hospital days were a voided, and treatments costing $300 million were averted. our commitment to primary care is also evident in the new medical models which we are rolling out across the country, including here in washington, maryland, northern virginia where we create a first of its kind program. the program here reports positions for developing a following special care plans for their sickest patients, and achieving results and increase quality and reduced costs. more than 3300 primary care physicians across the region are participating in this program today. to keep people healthy and in control of chronic conditions, we are educating and engaging consumers making it easier for consumers to understand the conditions they have and the treatments

us from washington, good morning to you. and from a college in michigan, good morning. carolyn, let's begin with you. your biggest takeaway from last night's debate? >> there were somedefinitely did their homework and were able to answer questions and there were others who delivered inciteful responses. >> there you go. larry, as you wake up, what sticks with you? >> a really great debate. the best i've seen. wolf blitzer did a great job. did a good thing putting in together and forming the questions so well, a r and some of these guy, really good and a couple shown brilliantly i thought. >> who did you think did well? >> romney's very professional, very good. he's front-runner. newt gingrich is a very talented man who knows a lot about it and he was able over and over to turn tactical things in strategic questions. >> i want to ask you about newt gingrich because he went into this at the front-runner, at least in our polling, 24% of the vote. what did you think of his performance last night? >> i think he really stood out amongst all the candidates and was able to deliver a very insightful comments to very complex issues. >> i want to ask you, because you are someo

some point and tell people what he expects and let the people do their jobs. that is about all i have to say this morning. host: next is larry joining us from michigan. democrats' line. guest: good morning to you. host: go ahead, please. caller: i am a democrat and a veteran. it's seems to me the only thing that these congress can agree upon, and under the cover of darkness, is to give themselves raises. it is ridiculous. it seems to me they appoint themselves to get reelected. it talking about the preventive and reelected -- this congress just passed by we the people. we the people are getting mad as hell. host: is similar point -- a number of points in this piece -- that is this morning inside the "wall street journal." below that is a chart, and it is also available online. some of the automatic cuts that would begin to take place in 2013. and congress needs to act on a number of tax issues this year or else they would also keep in in 2012. rick from homestead, florida. but when it to the program. caller: the republicans know how to make a plan that is realistic, achievable, measurable, accountable, credible, and reliable. and they also know how t

us some satisfaction for a moment, but it won't keep america safe. i reserve the balance of my time and yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: mr. president, i yield myself ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: there have been so many misstatements of fact that have been made, it's hard to keep up with them, but let me just take the last statement that the senator from illinois made about changing military tribunal law. there is no change in military tribunal law whatsoever which is made in this bill. now, i'm going to address the other misstatements that have been made by my friends and colleagues, but that one is the most recent so i want to just take on that one first. now, in terms of constitutional provisions, the ultimate authority on the constitution of the united states is the supreme court of the united states, and here is what they have said. in the hamdi case about the issue which both our friends have raised about american citizens being subject to the law of war. a citizen, the supreme court said in 2004, no less than an alien, can be part of supporting forces hostile to t