patricia grew up with segregation and injustices which she writes about. she spent many countless hours in the nashville public library. it was her family life that was bountiful and flowing with tales told by her story telling grandfather. raised with love of reading and oral tradition. graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develop this country. i present to you patricia makinsik heart of literacy. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in co

patricia jessamy is expected to arrive here between 8:00 and 9:00 tonight. we'll watch the numbers all evening long. christian schaffer, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with abc2 news brian kuebler who is busy working with the gregg bernstein camp and has the latest from canton tonight. brian? >> reporter: it's still very quiet at jd's smokehouse on the square in canton as people are basically just waiting and watching. the polls are still open for yet another two hours and the bernstein campaign we're told is at a bunch of polling places throughout the city. out and about trying to secure those very last votes. earlier today he cast his own ballot. after a hard-fought race between himself and current state's attorney patricia jessamy bernstein told us this morning he feels very confident about the i known for a few more hours. his watch party is scheduled to get underway at 8:00. we will monitor the numbers as they come in. and let you know exactly what is going on from here in canton. for now, live in canton, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> now t

with 100% of the vote in, it appears patricia jessamy will lose. jennifer franciotti is live at mitchell courthouse with more on the story. >> those votes were counted well into the night and into the early morning hours. unofficially the votes came in votes1:45 am. it looks like with all precincts reporting, greg bernstein has 49% of the vote. gregg bernstein leads by 1421 votes. early on, patricia jessamy supporters tuesday evening were keeping a positive attitude about the race. the race swung back and forth. when she showed up to thank everyone, she said she was feeling pretty confident about the race. the bernstein campaign was enthusiastic and costcautiously optimistic about the results. many took the day off to support bernstein. bernstein talked a little bit about why he was able to make such headway in such a short time leading up to the election. >> it gets to the level of frustration people were feeling about living in one of america's most dangerous cities. i do not know if it is a question of what patricia jessamy did or did not do. it

. >> patricia jesssmy gives up the fight for the state's attorney office. >> i called greg bernstein, and i dvised him that i waa conceding. >> the news that convinced her to concede the race and what she will do whennshe leaves office. >> a glorioussweekknd ahead. how long it will be before we see rain again, in the sky watch forecast. >> and can you lose 50 pounds with just this little patch? the potentially painful place that has to be sewwn on to. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jefffbaand. >> and i am karen parks. questions still remain surrounding the shooting at johns hopkins yesterday. >> joy lepola said that police are looking into the events and >> one day after a triple shooting, you find hints of normalcy here at johns hopkins hhspital. >> it is quiet. it is, you know, i think a lot of people want to forget about if. what happened here. kind of move on with things. mucc different scene was playing out. >> i called into y department and they are all locked in the -ounge. apparently everybody ii locked down.

patricia jessamy may cry foul if she loses that office. our coverage of campaign 010 -- 2010 continues. andrea fujii is outside the board of elections. >> reporter: with less than 1300 votes separating the two candidates, patricia jessamy is questioning whether every vote was counted. more than 2,000 absentee ballots are waiting to be counted today locked up inside the city's board of elections. judges will begin counting them boy machine at 10:00 this morning. the process should be done tonight. >> most of the process is taking them, opening them. it could be maybe three or four hours. >> reporter: when that counting is done, incumbent patricia jessamy may not concede without a legal challenge. >> she's still huddling with her advisors to determine what the next steps are and to look at the totals very carefully. as ms. jessamy does with all of her work as state's attorney, she considers everything methodically and fully before she makes a comment. >> reporter: jestly's campaign -- jessamy's campaign claims there are thousands of votes th

patricia jessamy would go ahead and concede. and recognize the nest ability of her loss. >> so many voters did not vote in this election. i think, had they done that, miss patricia jessamy probably november much better shape. >> counting of absentee and provisional ballots will not resume until next wednesday. and you can stay with fox 45 news, of course, for all the latest information on the novemmer elections. go to foxbaltimore.com/vote 2010. >> we have much needed rain toniiht. with a look at the sky watch forecast. maybe it is happening now? >> yeah, we have some rain out there. most of the heaviest rain right now out toward hagerstown. but coming our wayyovernight. so don't be surprised to hear ú%mble of thunder in the next hour or two. but aftee that, it will quiet down. first wave dropped a nice amount of rain. first line caused severe storms up innnew york city. causing lots of damage there. midwest weather. and a line that comes through later on. zooming in the picture. not lot of activity. so things quiet down and ge

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tied with incumbent patricia jessamy with 48 percent. that's only, however, and we ú%ould caution you, with 7 percent of the precincts reporting. however, this may take a long time to fiiure this out. >> well, it is a dead heat in thattrace for state's attorney. our pooltical analyst blair lee is standing by tt provide incite for us. blair what is the race coming down to? >> we should be honest, this race is not about conviction rates, it is not about competenne, this race is about race. you have the white establishment of backing greg bernstein, ou have the black establishment ii the ciiy,,backing patriiia jes me. %-union, senator dilla all3lice enddrsed bernstein. blackkministers and black establishment all eedorsed jes this is basically aaout a dividdd attitude toward law and order. the white establishmmnt wants law and rder. lock them up. aad african-americans in the city, view the police, sometimes, as harassiig, and as city. it is a racial divide attitudinal diiide and cultural divide, and that's the ffull line along w which the e

gregg berstein looks poised to unseat patricia jessamy. gregg berstein cast his ballot on tuesday along with 18% of baltimore city residents. it's a big board of elections nearly a full day to release complete returns, making the state's attorney's race too close to call. the tally stalled at 97% of the city's precincts. according to election officials, city election judges forgot to turn in the memory cards from 82 judgment -- voting machines. patricia jessamy spent the day meeting with advisers. >> they have cut expressed some concerns that there were tapes missing that had not been incorporated into the total count. >> officials track down the cards at a dozen polling places. there is nothing suspicious about the slow accounting. >> when you have election night, it is not uncommon to not be at 100%. >> 20 hours after the polls closed, officials released the official results. he had a lead of nearly 1300 votes. still, neither camp is calling the race until an estimated 2200 absentee ballots are counted. >> once we know that the numbers t

. >> reporter: so, patricia reached out. and on a 110-degree day in the desert, the storches came to see patricia. the storches say they came here because they had to. their daughter may be deceased, but her heart lives on in the valley of the sun. heart to heart, for almost a minute. >> i know this is -- we should probably talk, but i need to hear her. >> reporter: always prepared, patricia retrieves her nurse's stethoscope. >> tell me if you can hear it. >> it's so strong. >> oh, yeah. >> she is very strong. >> i want him to hear it, too. >> reporter: parents hear their daughter's gift, the sound of life. in chandler, arizona, gary reeves for abc news. >> and for all of us here at abc news, good night. >>> tonight san bruno pipeline explosion. are there management problems inside pg&e? they'll be footing the bill to find out. >> should global warming laws be suspend -- suspended?. >> and sad, but true. you might have to bring your own toilet paper next time you visit certain state parks. a late state budget means californi

start with you first, patricia. how much of your difficulty do you think lately has been your age and your experience versus the economic downturn? i mean, sometimes people just won't want to hire someone who has that much experience, yeah, you're going to have to pay you a certain amount. >> yes. that's definitely a factor, i think. people seem to -- think it's easier to work with a younger person. >> maggie, how much of a difficulty is a for her? maggie? >> t.j., only a difficulty, patricia really live to this, your experience is valuable. the challenge i also see with people in the 50 to 60 age range they look at terrific jobs as the only option. i was excited to hear talking about what you've been up to in the last four years you've been open to consulting, providing your services in other ways. that experience is still valuable to em employers. that doesn't mean you can't get paid for your talents and get bade for that experience. in fact, you know, i was wondering if you've actually considered consulting and p

and on a 110-degree day in the desert, the store chs came to see patricia. the family says they came here because they had to. their daughter may be deceased, but her heart lives on in the valley of the sun. heart to heart, for almost a minute. >> i know this is -- we should probably talk, but i need to hear her. >> reporter: always prepared, patricia reaches her nurse's stethoscope. >> tell me if you can hear it. >> it's so strong. >> oh, yeah. >> she is very strong. >> i want him to hear it, too. >> reporter: parents hear their daughter's gift, the sound of life. in chandler, arizona, gary reeves for abc news. >> and for all of us here at abc news, good night. in china, theyu

and on a 110-degree day in the desert, the store chs came to see patricia. the family says they came here because they had to. their daughter may be deceased, but her heart lives on in the valley of the sun. heart to heart, for almost a minute. >> i know this is -- we should probably talk, but i need to hear her. >> reporter: always prepared, patricia reaches her nurse's stethoscope. >> tell me if you can hear it. >> it's so strong. >> oh, yeah. >> she is very strong. >> i want him to hear it, too. >> reporter: parents hear their daughter's gift, the sound of life. in chandler, arizona, gary reeves for abc news. >> and for all of us here at abc news, good night. if they have their way, we're facing a mountain of debt and a massive tax increase. employers will continue to leave our state, taking their jobs with them. the next four years will impact the next decade, so we've put together a road map to 2020. a plan that brings jobs back to maryland by reducing spending and lowering taxes. let's make the maryland we love not just good, but great. now let's get d

. >> win or lose, patricia jessamy is being treated like a champion. the polls tipped slightly in her favor. at one point, barely 400 votes separated her and the challenger. it includes a former state's attorney who gave her the first shot at a job years ago. she needed a strong voter turnout. it was a 13.6% turnout. >> it has been a very exciting day. it has been a pleasure to be out among the citizens of baltimore city. so i am very happy, very confident. >> this may be the most expensive city state's attorney's race. each candidate spent more than $150,000. $100,000 out of her own pocket. >> here are the latest numbers in the race. incumbent patricia jessamy and challenger craig bernstein, neck-and-neck. we want to go right now it to canton where carrie cavanaugh has the latest. >> the mood is cautiously optimistic. we have not seen bernstein here all night. they are eager to hear from him here. the early numbers show he is trailing slightly behind, but many of his supporters are convinced he will close that gap. we will show you a video of him earl

patricia jessamy supporters were feeling pretty good tuesday night. they were keeping a positive attitude about the race. she showed up to thank everyone and said she was feeling confident about the race. the bernstein campaign was cautiously optimistic about tuesday's results. poll workers spent the day at the precinct. they took the day off to support bernstein. bernstein talked a little about why he thinks he was able to make such headway. >> it came to the level of frustration people were feeling about living in one of america's most dangerous cities. i do not know if it is a question of what patricia jessamy did or did not do. >> it is important to note these numbers are unofficial. the bernstein campaign has 49% of the vote while the jessamy campaign has 47% of the vote. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the voting tally for executive has not been completed. there were some voting day issues. kevin kamenetz is ahead of joseph bartenfelder with 52% of the vote. the vote is expected to be completed around noon today. will fa

patricia jessamy would just go ahead and concede. and recognize the inevitably of her loss. >> supporterssof the incumbent state's attorney are not only numbers, but upset with the >> ss many voters did not vott in the election. had they done that, miss jespee probably would have been in better shape. >> patricia jessamy's claim is claiming thousands of votes may not have been counted. >> how many voted. ú%ere? >> election commissioner will not comment but he said the %-smoothly.rocess has gone >> that's all we run here is3 fair elections. >> this tedious processsis far from over, they say. several hundred additional ballots have to be counted and it wonnt happen until next week. >> i am saying you are moving quick. encome dent state aatorree admit her chancee of being reellcted look remote. >> this is our system, the votes are counted, resuuts are innand now take a step forward. >> in baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> inna statement bernstein said absentee allots results consistent with the final results. both candid

>> i interviewed patricia heaton. from the middle right? >> absolutely. >> all that and more coming up. let's get to the top story of the day though. >> first we want to tell you about an anne arundel county police officer who performed cpr and got a 4-year-old to breathe again. he calls it part of his job. her dad says this officer is a hero. brooke bayne was at her dad's home in pasadena when she stopped breathing around 4:00 yesterday morning. alan bayne knew his daughter wasn't feeling well. the girl slept in his bed monday night. >> there's no question brooke bayne is daddy's little girl. she's alan bayne's only child. early tuesday morning he thought he lost her. panic set in when brooke was struggling for air and stopped breathing. >> the police officer came. >> reporter: corporal luke ringler was just a minute away from the pasadena home. the call from dispatch wasn't good. >> it came out of a death or unresponsive 4-year-old. >> corporal ringler says he was at the right place at the right time, but others, including county executiv

patricia gray and because she heard -- babies, come back here. you heard the voices of our children, of our parents. that means a lot because it shows to our babies that it does make a difference if they talk. we had a rally on friday. some of you may have seen us. the students were so perfect. it was so organized like this, but there were so behaved. i want to thank you guys because you showed to the students that you can make a difference with a softer voice. we do not need our fists. we need the wonderful people who are listening. i am also here as a bay view parents. i ask you to please help us. we are about to lose a middle school. that sends me as the mother of a second grader, another little one, and a grandchild. i want a school my student can walk to. i am just like everyone else. i appreciate all the gifts you are giving us and i hear all the cries of the babies out here. i have been fighting and being involved forever. we are asking that you please hear our cries. i do not know how else to call it. we really what you guys to hear us. w

here are the numbers. 1300 votes that break bernstein and patricia jessamy. but bernstein leads 49-47 percent. and keith daniels is live at he city board of elections,,where the remaining ballots will be %-keith? >>well, jeff, all the primary votes have been counted. but now eeection officials have to deal withhabsentee ballots. now the final primary vote tally shows challenger bernstein with a lead of 1000 votes over incumbent patricia jessamy. bernstein said tonight that he is pleasee with the final results but said he is not claiming victory, and patricia jessamy, is not conceding. earlier today both sides were anxiously awaiting for those election officials talked about3 ú%at may have caused the delay. -> we hired 2000 people to do a one day job. it could be human error. they leave them. and in the polllng place, put them in the supply bag. so there are things that challenges, you know, oot there. of course,,that's why the process is not complete until we ggt to the 100 percent mark. >> well election officials say more than 3600 democrats in baltimore ap

. >> and we'll have patricia heaton and cokie roberts tackle that on "the morning mix." >>> also, patricia will stick around in our next half hour. she has her hit show, "the middle." she wants to take your questions by e-mail. get them in now. logon to abcnews.com. send in questions for patricia heaton. >> it's a funny show. she would love to answer your questions. get them in. >>> also, we're taking a chef's tour of some of the fastest-growing restaurants all around the country. had ice cream yesterday. >> mexican today. >> chipotle. what is it about this mexican restaurant that has it on the fast track to success. we'll reveal the secrets behind the burrito. >> say that again. >> burrito. [ cheers ] i normally don't roll my "rs" like that. >>> and jennifer hudson's going to be here, as well. coming up in our next half hour. she looks fantastic. with weight watchers, helping people feel better about themselves. she's coming in raising money for a good cause. and has great recipes and breakfast recipes. >>> let's get back upstairs with juju and the morning's news. >> good morning, everyon

patricia jessamy is up against gregg bernstein. billy murphy is backing gregg bernstein. polls will be open today in all jurisdictions from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. >> coming up on "oprah," the farewell season continues. winona judd opens up today at 4:00 p.m. here is meredith vieira for a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> coming up on a tuesday morning, efforts to free an american hiker hit a snag over night. it is the last major primary day before november's crucial midterm election. we are live with big races to watch. the female reporter who was allegedly the subject of ta

ana patricia tiene la informaciÓn. >> buenas noches. todo ocurriÓ cuando siete personas regresaban a su casa y su auto se convirtiÓ en blanco de un ataque por parte de militares. era una unidad encargada de combatir al crimen organizado. >> este es el escenario del horror vivido la noche del domingo por una familia en nuevo leÓn. volvÍan en auto de una fiesta con los foros baleados por un grupo de militares. -cuando fueron variados.

the way that candidates reach out is patricia murphy. great to see you today. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: i find that interesting the list of the top 10, 8 of the 10 are republicans. are you surprised? >> the reason i'm surprised. i have known this has been coming all along because i follow a lot of these men and women on twitter and you can see the republicans more engagend on twitter. john mccain has been tweeting with snooki and a great way to get more followers and get more people and give them a little sugar to give them a little more substance later on. the reason i was surprised at how republicans have taken to this is because the barack obama campaign was known for being so dominant with social media. they were able to raise money and get their message out so much better than the republicans were. but the republicans turned the table and they are using twitter, they are using facebook flickr, any kind of social media. republicans are doing more and in most cases i think they are doing it a little better.

vamos con ana patricia que ha estado siguiendo ambos casos. buenas noches. >> no es la primera vez que Éstas jÓvenes se meten en problemas. para lohan el panorama parece un poco complicado; hilton confesÓ que llevaba cocaÍna en el bolso. >> pÉrez hilton entrÓ y salió de la corte bajo la mirada atenta de la prensa. aceptÓ la posesión de cocaÍna cuando la detuvieron el 27 de agosto en las vegas. tambiÉn aceptÓ su culpabilidad por construir el trabajo del agente al que mintiÓ. >> dije que el bolsÓn no era mÍo. >> el juez la sentenciÓ a un aÑo de libertad condicional. la joven de 29 aÑos deberÁ completar un programa antidrogas, pagar $ 2000 y realizar 200 horas de trabajo comunitario. su abogado dijo que se sentÍa orgulloso por la forma el que ella ha manejado la situaciÓn. no es la primera situaciÓn en la que parÍs hilton enfrenta a la justicia, durante el mundial de fÚtbol en sudÁfrica la acusaron de posesiÓn de mariguana aunque los cargos fueron anulados. en el 2007 estuvo 23 dÍas en prisiÓn por violar su libertad pr

the challenger defeated incumbent patricia jessamy in a hard-fought in close race in the primary election. patricia jessamy has spent 15 years working to engage and educate the community on criminal-justice issues while serving as prosecutor. her efforts to prosecute crime as well as treatment and prevention have impacted our city and state. now, gregg bernstein has promised to take personal responsibility for reducing crime and prosecuting violent criminals. he vows to increase conviction rates and make the city safer. those are lofty goals in a city where violent crime has been on the agenda for decades. despite those promises, he cannot do that alone. a fresh start with a new prosecutor is also the opportunity for the criminal justice system to join forces, share resources, and work together. it will take the prosecutor's office as well as the police, legislators, and all the support services to make baltimore safer for everyone. he will not officially when the election until november 2nd, but he has been officially received the job and all of the challenges that come with it. challeng

gregg bernstein has increased his lead over patricia jessamy by over 1300 votes. some of the supporters have begun calling on patricia jessamy to can see. >> some people are looking for some finality with this. we would hope that ms. jessamy would can see and recognize the -- would canoncede. >> lawyers continue to scrutinize the results asking for a guarantee that the verification process will be conducted in public. maryland voters stayed away from the polls in record numbers. voter turnout statewide was that just 24% for the entire process, including early voting. that is the lowest since records began being capped. 21.6% of that was on election day. but permit county have the lowest turnout with just 18%. 40% of garrett counties showed up at the polls, the highest in the state. bob ehrlich has released a new tv ad and started hitting the airwaves yesterday. it lays out his 10-year vision for the state. d on hisalso find the an youtube and facebook pages. >> more than half the public wants the rich to pay higher taxes. tracie potts has more. >> president obama

challenger gregg bernstein leads incumbent patricia jessamy by nearly 1300 votes. mike hellgren is following it. >> reporter: patricia jessamy's legal team is demanding answers from the election officials. however, they have not filed any legal action. however, there are still 360 or so absentee ballots that have not been counted and more than 1700 provisional ballots, but that hasn't stopped some from calling on miss jessamy to concede. patricia jessamy is fighting back, even after a count of most absentee ballots widened her california challenger rern -- her challenger gregg bernstein's lead. sources say jessamy is not satisfied that votes were properly counted. >> we've will tight races in the past. we've also had races in the past where, according to machine count, we may not get 100%. we definitely don't get it the night of the election. >> reporter: even prominent jest i supporter -- jessamy supporters thy it's over. >> i plan on meeting with him next week. we got to get list legislative agenda. >> reporter: there are still 1765 provisional ballots to be coun

patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develop this country. i present to you patricia makinsik heart of literacy. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and

today patricia jesemmy conceded to her challenger bernstein. pat warren has reaction from both sides. >> reporter: the nominee takes a bow. >> when we began this campaign a little more than two months ago, almost everyone said that we didn't have a chance. >> reporter: the incumbent bows out. >> i call greg bernstein and i advised him that i was conceding and i pledged my support for a smooth transition. >> reporter: city state's attorney patricia jesemmy say she had a pleasant conversation, but it's a concession speech was a concession. during both of which bernstein has maintained a thousand plus margin of victory. >> the results show that we attracted a broad base of support. >> i'm not one to dwell in the past. i am one for moving forward and i just think it's time to do that. >> reporter: baltimore police commissioner fred beal thanked pat jessamy. >> there's no doubt she dedicated her soul to her job. >> reporter: and as a private citizen jessamy plans to work on an anti violence bill. >> don't let us be fighting for vote, let us fight to

. >> patricia jessamy will take on gregg bernstein at the polls today. the baptist ministers are backing jessamy. bernstein picked up the endorsement of a well-known attorney and former judge. both spent part of the last day before the primary campaigning. both picked up endorsements. billy murphy publicly declared his support for bernstein. >> considering the platforms of both candidates, i think gregg's platform is superior to hers. she has had a failed tenure as state's attorney. >> religious leaders announced they are backing patricia jessamy. >> she understands we cannot arrest and convict our way out of our current predicament. this persistent violence that has plagued every neighborhood. she has worked for drug treatment on demand. >> both candidates got in a last word on what they think needs to be done to make baltimore a better place. >> i think the issues of public issue transcend race and status. >> to create a safer city. there has been nothing offered here relative to how that would be done. >> polls will be open in all the jurisdictions fr

siempre creo que Él me cuenta todo. >> es real lo que dice patricia. uno cree que haciendo mÁs corto esa brecha que existe entre padre e hijo ellos nos cuentan todo, pero es real? >> es una situaciÓn bien difÍcil de definir porque la funciÓn de los padres en realidad es guiar y proteger a nuestros hijos y la relaciÓn con un amigo es totalmente diferente. nosotros los padres imponemos las reglay muchas veces los hijos no estÁn de acuerdo con esas reglas. las amistades las dos personas estÁn de acuerdo y las reglas se ponen de acuerdo. y es difÍcil pensar que nuestros hijos nos van a contar todo. porque es importante que nuestros hijos tengan sus propias relaciones de amistades entre personas. >> quÉ piensas de gabriela? >> yo creo que sÍ, defintivamente no todos los hijos aunque haya áádespierta a vamos con este mensaje y continuamos con mÁs de despierta amÉrica. muchÍsimas gracias a todos por estar aquÍ. (publicidad) h@h@a amerish@áád@ >> impactante! >> el capÍtulo de anoche terminÓ con la discusión. el sr. cayÓ completamente en e

patricia jessamy said she s focussng on aasmooth transition process. >> i am not one to dwell in the past. i am one for moving forward.3 and i just think that it is time to do that. >> atricia jessamy has been city state's attorney since >> three hours aater patricia jessamy's concession her -pponent spoke to hhs supporters. greg bernstein said his campaign backgrounds, who are ready for ú%ange. and he said publiccsafety transcends politics. >> let the results show that we attracted a broad base of support across the city. because people of all races, ages, and economic groups were ready for a change. >> bernstein has no opposition in november's general electiin. >> tonight on fox 45 news at 5:30. we askeddyou iffgreg bernstein will have an impact on reducing crime in baltimore? so far 53 percent say yes. 47 percent say no. on facebook, toney said, no, if they are afraid to report it and testify, then a new state's attorney means nothing. >> but arthur writes. %-baltimore around.ends to turn3 and bernstein have to say today. go to foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >> get the latest on the

race for baltimore city state's attorney with 100% of the precincts reporting, gregg bernstein leading patricia jessamy by 100 votes but that does not include absentee ballots. that's being counted right now at the board of elections. mike hellgren has the latest. >> reporter: the counting of those 2198 absentee ballots began a little more than an hour ago. we're told they're taking a 10- minute break and will count the remaining 200 or 300. we learn there are provisional ballots. those are where the person's eligible is in question. that's still within the margin. the bottom line is this is far from over. elections officials began counting more than 2,000 absentee ballots this morning. they could make the critical difference in the oh, so tight race for baltimore city state's attorney that has pitted incumbent patricia jessamy against gregg bernstein. bernstein is ahead by 1300 votes. jessamy has questioned the integrity of the election. yesterday the jessamy campaign said anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 votes were mission but the city board of elections said they have now been tallied. >> we wi

with 100% of the precincts reporting, patricia jessamy is trailing gregg bernstein by less than 1300 votes. let's go live to the city board of elections for the latest. >> those final numbers from the precinct came in just before 4:30 this afternoon. about 25 minutes ago, the campaign for gregg bernstein issued the following statement -- we are pleased to see the final results are consistent with the voting trends we observe all day yesterday. i again thank all of the volunteers to have devoted so much time and energy to helping our campaign. not exactly a victory statement. we will hear more about that in just a second. but it has been a very long day to get to this point of having all the votes counted. here is what happened. it took a full 20 hours after the polls closed in the city state's attorney's race. but finally this afternoon, election officials reported results from all 100% of the city's precincts. the final round of voting did not change the landscape of the race. gregg bernstein who announced his challenge to pick patricia jessamy just a month ago maintained the lead o

. >> patricia gives up the fight for the state attorney office. >> i called ray bernstein and i advised him that i was conceding. >>reporter: news that convinced her to concede the race and what she will do when she eeves office. >> beautiful and dry weekend sky watch forecast. >> policc pe beattng caught on -útape. what happened just before this scene and the major changes coming to the police force. police force. >> live in high >> hello. about votes still being counted but long time state attorney is conceding defeat in the close race with attorney bernstein.% >> patricia has been top prooecutor now for 15 years. john standing by live downtown to tell uu about a new era. john? >>reporter: as late as yesterday attorneyy for pat were aising questions about the whole process and whether all tte votesshad been counted. this afternoon she held a news conference to declare this race is officially over. joined by her house and colleagues she annnunced she would not which will engine the results of the race. she she is she made her when the first batch of absentee ballot were counned yester

states attorney patricia jessamy is set to address the public for the first time since the primary election. gregg bernstien won by more than 13 votes after ballots were counted yesterday. election officials say provisional ballots still need to be counts, 11:00 news has just learned that jessamy will hold a news conference to concede the race within the hour. 11 news live team reporter is live with the details. david? >> good afternoon, that's right. 11 news has confirmed that pat jessamy will concede to her opponent. jessamy called a mandatory eting with her prosecutors at 11:00 this morning. judges excused them from the courtroom to attend the meeting. a source who attended it said it was very emotional. jessamy plans to hold a press conference here at her headquarters at 1:00 to publicly announce that she is conceding. this will be her first public statements regarding the election since election day. as you mentioned absentee ballots were counted yesterday. the count extended the lead by challenger bernstien prompting one of jessamy's strongest spotters, baltimore city delegate curt an

. >> what is next for patricia jessamy and her successor. >> three days after the primary, pat jessamy accepts defeat. wjz stays on this story. political reporter pat warren has more on patricia jessamy's concession. >> bernstein is here this morning. patricia jessamy saw the handwriting on the wall. >> i called greg bernstein and advised him that i was conceding. and i pledged my support for a smooth transition. >> she says she had a pleasant conversation conversation with her opponent. her legal team will continue to monitor the quote orderly process. during both of which, bernstein has maintained a 1,000-plus margin of victory. >> i'm not one to dwell in the past. i am one for moving forward. and i just think it's time to do that. >>> fred beal field backs bernstein but thanks jessamy. >> the city has a state of gratitude for miss jessamy's long service. and it was incredible service to the city of baltimore. there is no doubt she dedicated her soul to her job. >> reporter: and as a private citizen, jessamy plans to work on an anti-violence initiative. >> there is somebody out there

i-- i couldn't get any care at all. >> reporter: starting today, however, what happened to patricia is supposed to stop. in one of the key benefits of the affordable care act, insurance companies must stop the pract called rescission, the dropping of their most-expensive patients. >> today is the day that the worst abuses of insurance companies come to an end. >> reporter: another new benefit is an end to lifetime caps on what your insurance has to pay out. that's crucial for an estimated 20,000 patients, like anna renault, who after eight bouts with cancer, was close to her million-dollar limit and was afraid of bankruptcy. >> people just don't stop and realize how much impact this bill will have on people's quality of life. >> reporter: also going into effect today, adult children up to age 26 can stay on their parents' policy, an estimated two million young adults will benefit here. and then there's the president's promise of paying for prevention. >> preventive care will now be offered under your. >> reporter: that's true but not for everyone. many patients will get free preventive

. >> reporter: that person is patricia winters. married to joe, she's a nurse. at age 40, just one year younger than tara. and they're both now raising two children. her heart started failing five years ago, after the birth of her second son. >> i felt like i wasn't going to last very long. i was sleeping 18 hours a day. and could hardly do anything other than lay in bed. it was pretty pathetic. >> reporter: she was too weak to take care of her boys. taylor's heart lets her be mom again. >> the boys are finally trusting of me again and enjoying their mom. >> reporter: tara's challenge is learning to be mom to just two. >> trying to find a new normal. without having the missing piece of our five-piece puzzle. >> reporter: transplant alliances are cautious telling people who their donors are. but using the internet, friends figured it out in just hours. that still troubles patricia. >> knowing she was 13. that was hard to see. and taylor's picture. in a few days, looking at the youtubes and that stuff. it was just -- it just gave me that sinking feeling even more.

patricia jessamy conceded the race. jeff hager has been following the story all day, the matter of counting the votes will continue but with gregg bernstein leading patricia jessamy by more than 1300 votes she's accepted to step down. she takes turns and becomes better not bitter from them. >> earlier i called gregg bernstein and i adviceed him i was conceding and i pledged my support for a smooth transition. i also indicated to him that i am moving forward. >> jessamy says after 15 years of putting people behind bars she'll now volunteer with an intervention program to keep children from becoming cold- blooded killers. we'll have reaction from jessamy's opponent coming up at 6:00. jeff hager, abc 2 news. >>> the primaries now over attention shifting to the general election in november. on abc2news.com you can find stories on voter turn out to the cost of early voting. click on the political link. >>> pope benedict xvi has been marred by a security threat. >> they have arrested 5 men on planning an attack. they aren't s