35th anniversary don scott, we love you. >> happy anniversary, don. >> thank you very much. this is fun. maybe i will do 40. >> reporter: don, let me a my congratulations, it's an honor to walk with you, you're a true professional. >> thank you for helping me out when i was a cub reporter and you knew your way around city hall and you and tom gave me much guidance. >> it was our pleasure. i want to thank three people who help me put that story together, carol, amy dickson and paula gauge. thank you. >> i thank them too. >> reporter: don, i love it, i love you, thank you, it's a pleasure to work with you and when i get back, i'll give you a big hug, congratulation. >> well, hurry back. thank you. >> talk to you in a bit. >> ron you can hug me too. by the way, i have negligented to thank you, this wouldn't have been as much fun without you there i'm going to get choked up. i'm going back to my cool tv, it would not have been as much fun with someone else sitting there. putting up with you, i think it's working alongside. >> thank you. >> it's your moment. >> emotions would com

we're celebrating the 35th year don scott has been with the station for 35 years. ron matz has more. >> reporter: don scott the face thousands of marylanders trust and wake up with every morning. july, 1974, don walks in the doors of wjz tv, he didn't expect to be here quite this long. >> came for two. i've stayed for 35 and around the 10-year mark i had to fight to stay here. this is a heck of a place to live. >> coming from dayton, ohio, don hits the streets as a general assignment reporter getting to know the people of baltimore. >> get to meet all kind of people and cover all types of situations. it's the best education if the world if you're going to anchor or be a person. >> hello,. >> in 1984, don takes the anchor chair and joins marty on morning edition. >> coming up, don't you dare. >> the chemistry is immediate. >> he can tell by, you know, he's reading a story and i'm going, and then the camera comes on, look don, look what i just found. >> i knew when i started working with don in the mornings, we had a chemistry and some how fit and it was going to be

don, overall -- don pa rin is our guest host today. what do you make of citigroup, is it a zombie bank? does it ever rise from the dead? >> well, you're seeing a little bit of what you make of it. it is assembled to a lot of acquisitions, smith barney spinoff giving them the one-time gain. thaelgt good. they have to get back to basic business.. they divided citibank into citi and citi holding, citi, the business going forward. basically the old citibank plus a more active soleman brothers is the model. if they can do that, they'll be a strong bank. problem, with 34% owned by the government and constraints on compensation, how can you build a great organization if you can't compete for the best talent? >> and you think that's going to be manifested more in citigroup than -- i guess the government is most involved with citigroup so you never figure they'll let anyone get a bonus again? >> i think it's going to be difficult. while we talk about the number all the time, the actual fact is talent is crucial. you have to combine capital and

don. >> thank you. >>> stay with wjz 13. complete news, weather and >>> sarah palin steps down as alaska governor but leaves little hint of what her future

i'm don scott. >> reporter: don scott is the face thousands of marylanders trust and wake up to every morning. >> rise and shine, with don scott and marty bass. >> reporter: july 1974, don walks in the doors of wjz tv. he didn't expect to be here quite this long. >> nope. came for 2. and i've stayed for 35. and around the 10-year mark i had to fight like heck to stay here. no, i never thought i would be here this long. but this is a heck of a place to live. >> and the council has adjourned about 10 minutes mow. >> reporter: coming from dayton, ohio, don hits the streets as a general assignment reporter, getting to know the people of baltimore. >> you get to meet all kinds of people and cover all kinds of situations. soit's the best education in the world, whether or not you're going to anchor, whether or not you're just going to be a person. >> hello. >> reporter: in 1984, don takes the anchor chair and joins marty on eyewitness news morning edition. >> 6:46. >> coming up. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the chemistry is immediate. >> he can tell by -- he's over here trying to read his trad

in fact, we were at one of the checkpoints, don. the highway patrol physically stopping two door ford explorers. we saw that happen twice. that is the latest information in terms of the suspect. they have received more information since then. we will let you know if we get an updated sketch. >> cnn's richard lui in gaffney, south carolina. thank you, richard. >>> a tragic start to the july fourth holiday today in north carolina in the outer banks there. a truck carrying fireworks for tonight's celebration on ocracoke island blew up while it was being unloaded at the deck. ferry service was temporarily shut down but has since resumed. >>> we'll talk politics now and alaska governor sarah palin. she has made a career out of defying the conventional wisdom and she's at it again. her stunning announcement that she will resign by the end of the month has everybody talking, but no one seems to be sure why she is quitting or what she's going to do next. here now are senior political correspondent candy crowley. >> reporter: the governor of

and don and bernadette, . i have a lot of fond memory wednesday it was called the whit bred back in 199 the. we were out on a a sunday -- 1998 we were out aon a sunday and there were thousands of boats in the bay right by the bay bridge just waiting for the yachts to come by. that was also the same day as the bay bridge walk. >> oh, wow thousands of people just waiting for and it was amazing and hoping it get it again. >> that will be good planning for the bay bridge to walk back at the same time as that. >> wouldn't that be fabulous. >>> i remember in the inner harbor waiting an hour to see inside one of the racing boats. >> thousands and thousands of people that pack the promenade both in baltimore and annapolis as well. we will keep you posted. eyewitness news is on top of it and we will let you know what happens. >> i wasn't here for the first one, but the last one i was, and we were downtowns at our place on a roof deck of a friend's, and just looking at everything from that view was really cool. >> repor

with don scott. and marty bass. >> july, 1974. >> don walks in the doors of wjz tv. he didn't expect to be here quite this long. >> no. came for 2. >> stayed for 35. and around the 10-year mark, i had to fight like that. i never thought i'd be here this long. but this is a heck of a place to live. >> don scott is standing by for a live, instant report. >> this has been adjourned about 10 minutes now. >> reporter: coming from dayton, ohio, don hits the streets, as a general assignment reporter. getting to know the people of baltimore. >> get to be all kinds of people and cover all kinds of situations. it's the best education in the world. whether or not you're going to anchor. whether or not you're just going to be a person. >> hello. >> reporter: in 1984, don takes the anchor chair and joins marty on eyewitness news morning edition. >> 6:46. [ laughter ] >> reporter: chemistry is immediate. >> you can tell by, you know -- he's over here trying to read a straight news story. and i'm going -- and meanwhile, the camera comes on, well, don, look what i just found. >> i k

yeah, don. actually a live look at 95 southbound at keith avenue. it was blocking all lanes. at this point, you can see the left lane is getting by. traffic is backed up all the way to the split. you are looking at traffic also backed up on 895. because of it everybody is bailing out to go on 895 and go through the harbor tunnel and watch for delays there between o'donnell street and the tunnel. one accident in the city franklin town at fayette street. that one is involving an overturned vehicle and another accident involving possible lane closures, harford road is your alternate. a live look at the top side the beltway. still no issues at park heights avenue. this traffic report brought to you by toyota and your local toyota deal we are you can choose from 16 different fuel efficient models including prius, camry and highlander hybrid. toyota, moving forward. back over to you guys. >> thank you. >>> to the ronster, downtown at lombard street. how are you. >> on corn beef row. marty and don, goo

he was a guest of don barredon's. they were there to explore investment opportunities in the southern african country. he was there for ten days. he brought his children. we found him to be a warm and intelligent individual. he supported a couple of orphanages while he was there. so having michael jackson in africa was an incredibly rewarding experience for all of us. >> motown will be remembering michael jackson on tuesday. you'll be remembering him for as long as the museum is around. >> we're going to be developing an exhibit that we hope to launch before the end of the year. but on tuesday, we're going to be partnering with the charldz h. wright museum of african history which will be broadcasting from the museum the memorial services out in l.a. >> thank you, ceo of the motown memorial museum. thank you for sharing the glove. you don't have the hat with you, do you? >> i do. >> i have my chief curator here. he's making me wear the gloves and accessories. this is the hat along with the glove that michael jackson p

don, back to you. >> thank you, mary. wjz is always on. to read more about the trash policy in baltimore city, go to wjz.com. you can call the city's information hotline at 311. >>> and forget renting, people in baltimore city are looking to buy and own their own homes. newly released figures show home sales are up 2% in the baltimore metropolitan area. the biggest increase the housing market has seen since january of 2007. realtors say the federal tax credit for first-time buyers are helping with the rise and. worry about celebrating an economic upturn just yet. >>> the housing market is seeing a boom, commercial office space is seeing a bust. downtown baltimore is seeing more companies shed square footage in record numbers. right now the vacancy rate stands at just over 17% in the city, a level not seen since the late 1990s. >>> and nasa is not having much luck getting the space shuttle endeavour and its crew off the ground. as drew levinson reports for wjz, the shuttle's trip to the international space station has been delayed once agai

don, back to you. >> thank you very much, sally. the school has been facing dwindling enrollment and increasing operating costs. >> a top corrections officer is in washington pressing for authority to jam cell phone signals in prison. this issue is front and center in the state since an inmate arranged the murder of a federal witness behind bars. under federal law, jamming cell signals is illegal. among the maryland officials speaking today the man charged with running the state's correctional facilities and u.s. senator barbara mikulski. >>> troubling news about the metro in washington, d.c. federal investigators say the signaling system continues to fail periodically. that problem has been linked to last month's deadly crash in which nine passengers died. the system is supposed to automatically prevent crashes by detecting passing trains, then transmitting speed and stop information. >>> a passenger plane has crashed in iran killing everyone on board. the plane had just taken off from the aren't tehran and was heading to armenia.

should he be, don? help us get some understanding here. >> i certainly don't think he should be, mike. but i truly know that the system is so overcrowded that it takes a great deal of personnel and resources to be able to handle it. i think they do try to evaluate to see who they can do. they make mistakes sometimes. and certainly this was a mistake. because this guy should not have been on the ground. but i suspect people would say, we never thought he would go that way. well, they always say that. >> right. and he's got the past that says he was capable of it. assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, and robbery. >> can i just jump in? >> go ahead, joel. >> as we learn more about it, we're obviously digging around to get as clear a picture as we can of his criminal past because a lot of people are asking the question should he have been out on the streets when it comes to parole and sentences? we're not entirely clear on the kidnapping and the violent past is less than clear at this point. you do hav

traffic control. >> hi, don. we haven't had much to talk about as far as problems to get in your way. only some traffic lights out. we have three areas where we have that problem. u.s. 40 at ingleside in both directions. traffic lights on flash. on timonium on west padonia at broad avenue, the traffic lights out there. one more spots in reisters town at church road. otherwise you can see by all of our speed sensors everything at full speed. a look at the beltway at 295. the 95 at mountain road and the beltway at liberty road all this hour. this traffic report brought to you by toyota and your local toyota deal we are you can choo choose from 16 different fuel- efficient models. toyota, moving forward. don, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> here is what people are talking about this morning. a violent couple of daysnding with 20 people shot in a matter of hours. among the wounded, a pregnant women and a toddler both attending a cookout, both the unintended targets of a gang battle apparently. eyewitness news and

don, back to you. >> thank you. washington d.c.'s metro is adopting a zero-tolerance policy for its workers using cell phones. starting monday the transit agency will fire any operator on the phone operating a train and bus during a first offense it comes after a metro officer was videoed sleep organize texting on the job. >>> 32-year-old charles friedel was exchanging text messages with the 14-year-old sister of one of his players. the girl's father went to police and an undercover officer texted for friedel and he sent nude photos and set up a meeting for them to have sex. he is out of jail and posted a quarter of a million bond. >>> new information about a pennsylvania camp that said its campers were barred from swimming at a pool club because they are black. >> we were like -- they were, like, mad that black people were coming in here and how they didn't want these black people in here. >> they were very respectful. there was no problem whatsoever. this is not a crowded hour of the day. not crowded at all. they are use that as a

don. >> thank you. >>> a few hassles out on the hurry-up. sharon with wjz traffic control. >> they all seem to be on the west side much the beltway or at least one of them. an accident involving a water truck -- involving a water truck and a passenger vehicle. the water truck then caught fire and blocking several lanes. at this point blocking one lane on the west side outer loop wilkens. slight delay as you approach the accident scene. our speed sensor is almost back up to full speed in that area. we will keep an eye on that. another accident on the west side inner loop at linnert road. that one on the shoulder. a new one at waterloo road. and watch for a e-coli on the west side inner loop on the ramp from camp meade to the inner loop. that is blocking all lanes of that ramp. 95. no delays at white marsh. west side of the beltway looking empty at liberty road. remember wjz 13 is always on. so for traffic information any time, log on to wjz.com. don, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> thank you, this is what people will be talking about news

. >> hi, don. good morning, everyone. one new issue we picked up, the latest one on the bay bridge on 50 westbound. on the bay bridge we have a disabled vehicle blocking the left lane. the debris on harrisburg expressway is gone at warren road. we have some on the west side inner loop at security boulevard. a large piece of wood in the road. water main break a issue between kearn and dulagey blocking all lanes and art scape closures, cathedral, mount oliver and preston some of the roads affectedment. west side the beltway looking good without delays. same goes for 50 at the bay bridge despite that disabled vehicle. a look at 95. getting busier there will probably be calling that congested very soon. this traffic report brought to you by toyota and your local toyota dealer where you can choose from 16 different fuel- efficient mod else . toyota, moving forward. don and marty, back over to you guys. >> all right. what is your most romantic moment. >> probably when i proposed. >> it would have to rank right up there. >> yeah

don? >> so, david, that van just came in tonight and again also coming into the police station you said one person of interest? is that correct? is there a person of interest that the media witnessed coming in tonight to the sheriff's department? >> reporter: they have two persons of interest that are connected to the van that they brought in. that's how all of this happened together. they have a third person of interest that they are looking for. that they are looking for three young, white men that they saw on the surveillance, this security video taken inside the faemg family's home. that's who they're looking for. they have two that they are questioning, and a third that they are still looking for and, again, they think that person is still in this area. >> yeah. i was wondering, david, when the video came in of the van i saw one person holding their face. not two. trying to get clarification on that. david mattingly following this story. every detail. appreciate it. >>> let's talk now

>> hello, don. the 3900 block of deer run circle in the franklin precinct of baltimore county west of liberty road where baltimore county police were called around 11:30 this morning for a destruction of property to an automobile. apparently a woman went to her car and as she was surveying the damage to her vehicle, she saw a suspicious electronic device inside. at that point she called baltimore county police. they have come and officers have evacuated a portion of the neighborhood and called the bomb squad. we will stay on the scene and keep you updated throughout the afternoon. back to you. >> captain mike perry live over randallstown in baltimore county right now. >>> in health watch, the federal government is gearing up for a fight against the h1n1 flu. lawmakers are expected to approve another $1 billion to buy components for a h1n1 vaccine, the news comes as new projections show the virus will hit the nation -- the nation hard. >>> a study commissioned by the pentagon recommends a complete ba

>> don, good evening. especially two very important points. number one, how fragile democracy is here in the region, in latin america. this is because we haven't seen a coup d'etat in latin america since the situation we witnessed in 2003. it has been a very stable region since then. we haven't seen anything like that. and, number two, the relations that the united states is having right now with latin america and with especially hugo chavez, president of venezuela. we know that the continent is pretty much divided between the countries that support chavez and the countries that oppose mr. chavez, and he's leaning to leftist governments. so mr. zelaya recently has been seen as somebody that is leaning towards this venezuelan point of view about how things are -- have to be made and have to be managed in those countries, don. >> as we look at those amazing pictures that were coming out of that airport today, luis carlos, just pretty amazing stuff to look at, and the military blocking the runway or what have you. when you look at all of these pe

. >> reporter: hey, don. originally reported as a vehicle fire but we had our road reporter check it out but an accident on 95 at caton avenue. on the left shoulder. not causing any delay. you can see our speed sensor at 63 and 68 miles per hour. obviously no delays there. meantime only one other issue and a downed pole in the carroll county area blocking all lanes of marriotsville road between driver road and henriton road. driver road is going to be your detour. mean sprinkle while take route 32 as your alternate. same goes for the west side at liberty road. no problems there. no problems on 95 at caton avenue despite that nearby accident. not looking at any delays. remember wjz 13 is is always on. for traffic information any time, you can log on to wjz.com. don, back over to you. >> report. >> thank you very much. >>> this is what people are talking about this morning. a service fit for the king. thousands around the world turned out, logged on and tuned in to watch michael jackson's memorial tribute. as m

good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, don and mary. the mayor says this was clearly part of a feud and clearly premeditated. they think this is part of a retaliation, a big rivalry between big drug organizations. wjz was on the scene last night in the 2600 block of ashland avenue in the east end community when 12 people were shot during a cookout. among them a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old. all of them are expect to survive. investigators say a man open fired with a semi automatic weapon. the mayor lashed out this morning. >> this was prepremeditated. not a random act. you talk about premeditated. it is their responsibility to speak up. think of that pregnant woman who was shot, the baby who was shot. other people who were shot. people know what happened help in need to speak up so we can follow the law and take people through the process who need to be convicted of committing those kind of crimes. as simple and plain as that. >> reporter: the shooting spree here was many of a four-hour nissan east baltimore. two teenagers were kille

back to you, don, -- graduated 59. back to you, don. >> thank you, it was founded in 1922. >>> more answers today in what happened to two teenagers just before they were found on the light rail tracks in baltimore county. sally is live in the newsroom with what the mta saying this noon. good afternoon, sally. >> reporter: good afternoon, mary and everybody. transit officials say a video camera on one of the light rail trains show those two teens were walking on the tracks. kyle wankmiller and connor peterson both 17 years old was found laying inside the lutherville tracks on sunday. it is believed they heard the train coming from behind them but didn't move out of the way because they thought it would be on the other track. the train wasn't able to use the other track because a guardrail was somehow placed in the middle of it. both teens were killed. mary, back to you. >> sally, thank you. police had been investigating if the teens were assaulted somewhere else and dragged on to the light rail track. >>> putting a face

i'm don lemon in los angeles. the latest developments in the michael jackson story are just ahead, but tonight in iran there are growing signs of political discontent among the country's religious elite. high-ranking clerics and seminary students have called last month's presidential election skewed. it's the most direct challenge yet to the supreme leader who declared president mahmoud ahmadinejad the undisputed winner. stanford university iranian scholar spoke to cnn a short time ago about the rising dissent. >> sometimes regimes that have big cracks in them continue to survive by cracking people's bones, and this is exactly what this regime has tried to do. >> even though public street demonstrations have been shut down, they've taken to the roofs at nights to shout yelling god in great. this demonstration has been going on for three weeks now. we've been covering the tensions in iran since before the election. he joins us now by phone from philadelphia. thank you very much. what exactly does this mean for iran

>> don, good evening. especially two very important points. number one, how fragile democracy is here in the region, in latin america. this is because we haven't seen a coup d'etat in latin america since the situation we witnessed in 2003. it has been a very stable region since then. we haven't seen anything like that. and, number two, the relations that the united states is having right now with latin america and with especially hugo chavez, president of venezuela. we know that the continent is pretty much divided between the countries that support chavez and the countries that oppose mr. chavez, and he's leaning to leftist governments. so mr. zelaya recently has been seen as somebody that is leaning towards this venezuelan point of view about how things are -- have to be made and have to be managed in those countries, don. >> as we look at those amazing pictures that were coming out of that airport today, luis carlos, just pretty amazing stuff to look at, and the military blocking the runway or what have you. when you look at all of these pe

don, take it away. >> that is incredible. here's sharon at wjz traffic control. >> nice commute to talk about this morning. we don't have any problems. we cleared up the one and only accident we don't have. we do have a closure you'll want to watch out for. art scape closures, preston and ol' officer. do watch for closures in that area. meantime, our speed sensors all up to speed. everything looking good on the beltway at 295. same goes for the beltway at liberty road. 95 at white marsh, starting to see volume out there. no delays at white marsh boulevard. participating toyota dealer. find a service department to keep your toyota running smoothly. >>> should announce this time tomorrow is going to be the zeineth of the two-hour, don scott, 35th anniversary celebration. >> which ron has a big part in. >> ron has a huge part in. >> the pinnacle. >> we'll present the story this time tomorrow. >> going to be a lot of fun. >> we're going to have a blast. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> no you're not. >> take a couple zanax and re

don, we receive letters like this all the time. good news is there are several efforts to help beginning farmers. i would start first with your county extension office and the farm service agency for a general idea of what's available in your area. another source of information is the farm credit system which is a strong policy of helping new farmers. contact your local farm bureau office about your young farmer and rancher programs. finally, i would search the ag media web site. despite all these efforts, i should be square with you. the paradigm of starting with a few acres and livestock working incredibly hard and growing to a commercially viable farm has almost disappeared. as you noted, the amount of capital and the access to land has raised the entry threshold. at the same time, technology is replacing hard, physical labor which is the biggest asset beginning farmers bring to the business. the labor capital mismatch is growing. nonetheless, i think there are opportunities for entry in two areas. agrarian -- einvestigatorrian

don, guess what? if he is not able to do that, if he does not do that now, you know, sooner rather than later, this needs to get done because, you know, the more it slips into, you know, october, november, december, we might not see a health care bill. >> and, april, he brings up a good point. his inability to get this done is affecting how americans are feeling about him. his approval rating is 57% now. it was 61% in june. >> piggy backing off of what mark said, some leaders on the hill, democratic leaders on the hill are saying, look at the president lean in, put his shoulder in a little bit more, something could happen. but it's also about expectations. when we talk about the numbers, the expectations of this president are very, very high. he came in, people were expecting him to change the world, and to see a little bit of a tug of war with the republican party is one thing. but within your own party, that's causing the problems. >> i think you're right. there were also a lot of promises made on t

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. >>> hello again, i'm don scott. >> here's what people are talking about today. police released the identity of the man killed inside the store last night. he's the owner of the store. they talked to police about the investigation. >>reporter: good afternoon, while police won't say much about what happened during the robbery, they are searching for two suspects. police say the owner of a liquor store is dead, shot once in the chest by two robbery suspects and now police are on the hunt for them. police say that robbery began around 9:00 last night at the liquor store and investigators say that the two robbers walked inside and at some point, they shot him in the chest and ran out without any chest. he die at the store, now police need help finding him. >> for anyone in the area, if they saw two men running in any direction to contact the police department because we are interested to find out if he went to a car and what that vehicle may be. >> police have one witness, they are interviewing that person. they're looking for two men, one was spotted wearing a dark

i'm don lemon. reaction is pouring in tonight from across the country as americans get their first look at images of a u.s. army soldier held captive by the taliban. this is private irs class bowe bergdahl from the ketchum, idaho. on the video he's heard talking about his captivity, his family, and his fears. >> well, i'm scared. i'm scared i won't be able to go ho home. it is very unnerving to be a prisoner. i have my girlfriend, who i was hoping to marry. i have my grandma and grandpa. i have a very, very good family that i love back home in america. and i miss them every day that i'm gone. i miss them and i'm afraid that i might never see them again and that i'll never be able to tell them that i love them again. i'll never be able to hug them. >> a spokesman for u.s. forces in afghanistan condemns the video calling it public exploitation and humiliation of a prisoner and a violation of international law. private bergdahl's family has also released a statement. it says, we hope and pray for our s

don, back to you. >>> thank you. here's here's, the cash for clunkers has been so successful, it's running out of money. eyewitness news and mary bubala live with the deal you may have missed. good morning, mary. >>> good morning, don and good morning, everybody. the federal government worries when all of the paper work settles out the program may have already ran out of money. all of the attention on the cash for clunkers program may have made it too successful. >> it's overwhelming. we can't keep up with it. >> reporter: four days into the four-month-long program, it's running out of money. >> that's our concern, they might run out of money. that's why we're here. >> reporter: these early birds thought coming this week, they received $3500 to $4500 towards a more fuel-efficient vehicle. the government is evaluating all options to keep the program funded. >> it does spur business. >> reporter: cash for clunkers has a billion dollar budget. congress could vote to add more money but they adjourn today for a month rece

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good evening to you, don. we have learned just over seven hours ago from the county coroner that an alleged serial killer had claimed his youngest victim. abby tyler died saturday morning, two days after being shot. the cherokee county sheriff says she is the fifth victim of a serial killer wind one week. her pastor remembered abby. >> very vivacious, very upbeat smile. she lived her faith every day. she got that faith from her mother, her father, her grandparents. they passed that faith to her. she lived that faith every day of her 15 years. she was a good model for all of us. >> reporter: abby was with her father at the family business on thursday when she was shot. her father was pronounced dead at the scene. this picture of the family is from her church. the killings began a week ago with the shooting of peach farmer kline cash at his home. on wednesday, the bodies of 83-year-old hazel linder and her daughter were found bound and shot. police have issued this sketch of the suspect, a white male in his 40s

. >>> hello, i'm don lemon live in los angeles. we're following breaking news in the shooting death of former nfl quarterback steve mcnair. police found his body and that of a woman inside a nashville condominium hours ago. we heard from police tonight. >> at 1:35 p.m. the police department received a call of persons injured inside one of the condominiums behind me. when police officers arrived in response to that call, they found two individuals who had been shot to death inside the residence. one female, one male. we now know that the male deceased is steve mcnair. the female deceased has been tentatively identified, we're working to confirm that and notify her next of kin. at this point, we don't know the circumstances of these shooting deaths. the investigation is going to be conducted by the police department's centralized homicide unit. those detectives have assembled here at the scene. and the condominium still has to be processed. there's a lot of work yet to be done and it will take many hours to process the scene. i don't

to the end, a showman. >> that was don lemon. some say that burning incident led to michael's use of painkillers. even that scary accident wasn't enough to derail michael's incredible career. one month later, michael jackson went on to win eight of this is 13 grammy awards. later, music's music took a back seat to devastating accusations involving children. and michael jackson was forced to defend his reputation. >> i ask all of you to wait and hear the truth before you label or condemn me. don't treat me like a criminal because i am innocent. >> michael fights back against child molestation charges, charges that haunted him for years. coming up -- michael the defendant, a very bizarre trial pushed michael towards an emotional barackdown. his former attorneys open up about what really happened behind the scenes. also, the king of pop marries elvis' daughter. michael's shocking wedding to lisa marie presley. they said it wouldn't last and it didn't, but boy, did michael give us all something to talk about. tonight, never before he

i'm don lemon. we begin with breaking news of an arrest in last week's double killing of a couple near pensacola with 16 children, many with special needs. our david mattingly is there. david, what can you tell us? we are hearing there is an arrest. i see them getting ready for a press conference behind you. >> reporter: that's right, don. one arrest in the killings of bird and melanie billings. they were found dead in their homes. investigators say this case was tied to a discovery of a large red van caught on security cameras at the couples' home. that van was found yesterday. they have two people they have been talking to as persons of interest. one of those persons has been arrested. a third person is connected with this crime they are still looking for. we hope to hear more details as the sheriff takes the podium behind me to give us an update. this case as of saturday was going rather slowly. they were running into roadblocks and dead ends until they got a tip about the large red van. made by

i suspect so. >> that was cnn's don lemon for "showbiz tonight." after jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges, he deemed his home at neverland ranch forever tarnished, so he took his kids and moved as far away from hollywood as possible to the country of bahrain in the middle east. michael jackson was known as the king of pop and shared startling similarities to another king, elvis presley. two superstars, two shocking deaths, two earlier similar stories. they even share, of course, a family connection. but will michael and elvis share the same legacy? here is keira phillips with the two kings for "showbiz tonight." >> reporter: you can't help but wonder if we've been watching history repeat itself all this time. from humble beginnings in tupelo, mississippi, and gary, indiana, to iconic mega stardom. ♪ moves and music to scream for. to cry for. the powerful reaction of fans around the world made it clear. these guys were not your average pop stars. they were game changers. the king of rock and roll, the king of pop. one goes into mov

. >> hello, i am don scott. >> and i am mary bubala. we will begin with breaking news out of southeast baltimore. 400 young students have been forced to evacuate from their summer school after a drug suspect runs inside the school attempting to escape police. eyewitness news is live at william packa elementary school. jessica kartalija is gathering the latest details. good afternoon, jessica. >> reporter: good afternoon, mary and everybody at home. s.w.a.t. teams are inside searching for that suspect, but sources tell eyewitness news there is a good chance he may have already left the building. >> a flash by. kid run in the school and police plan in behind him. >> police were questioning the man regarding a warrant when he took off running. >> we have information from staff that there was a guy seen running inside. at that point, members of the s.w.a.t. team are inside the school doing a sweet. >> sweetreport -- doing a sweep. >> reporter: all children were evacuated. >> this is crazy because it is, like, children involved and just craz

don, back to you. >> thank you very much. police believe kazemi was having financial problems and suspected mcnair of having another girlfriend. there is another memorial planned for mcnair. it will take place tomorrow in mississippi where he was born. >>> there is no other way to say it, it is another beautiful day across baltimore. take a live look outside. the sun is shining again. will anything stop our spring of amazing weather? eyewitness news is live with first warning weather coverage. marty is in the outback. >> a seersucker friday. >> a sunny seersucker friday, for sure. first we begin with meteorologist tim williams in the first warning weather center. tim? >>> good morning, everyone. want to take you to first warning doppler radar. show you as you see by looking at the picture of marty in the outback. there is nothing going on around the state. we want to open up the view and direct your attention to the left of your screen. what's coming in from the west is something we are going to be looking at through the rest

thank you, don. i've got don here with me trying to give us all this substance. >>> coming up, california handing out ious to pay its bill. jane wells get your hands on an iou. does it actually say iou on it? >> no. it says registered warrant and the ironic thing, unlike regular state checks the iou is dark green being even though it's not really money. on top of the state crisis, l.a. is a half billion in debt, has to provide a massive police presence for the michael jackson funeral tomorrow. l.a. and other cities could be rced to lend state money.r) we . we speak rpms soouan zip by other ca. ut we also speak mpgs so you can fly by gas stations. in fact, wspk mpgs so fluently we can say one morthing. the w ford fusion is the mostuel-efficient midsize sedan in amer and that's somhing no one else can say. we speak the 201 ford fusion. get in... and dri one. you ve questions. who can give y the financial advice you nee where will you find the stability and reurces to keep you ahead of this rapidly evol

>> yeah, don. >> what is the window of opportunity for launch? >> right now they can go from 7:13, they can stretch it a few more minutes if they thought the weather would clear. they could go to 7:18 or so. this weather is moving so, so slowly that right now, although they have not officially scrubbed, they are saying they are no go because of the weather for return to launch site. if they have to wait and go tomorrow, 6:51 p.m. eastern time. >> john, stand by and jacqui. i'm going to reset here. john is at kennedy. jacqui jeras is at cnn headquarters. >>> i'm don lemon. a lot of breaking news. first we are a few minutes away from tonight's scheduled launch of space shuttle "endeavour." it might not happen. until ten minutes ago nasa put the brakes on a 7:13 lift time. as john zarella has been reporting, not officially scrubbed yet. this is due to showers around the kennedy space center. katie coleman, nasa astronaut is joining us. we are going to talk to them in a little bit and see how long the window of opportunity will last. they are in a ho

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it is quite the spectacle. >> yeah, don. people have not been admitted to the staples center itself, but there are already probably several thousand people waiting to get in. slowly they are being allowed into the area, this is the innermost court that the crowds can get to. you can see the white billboards that people have been signing. >> it is incredibly calm. i wasn't sure what to expect, but with such a large crowd you can see a tone that is not particularly somber. every so often you hear a cheer rise up from the crowd as people are celebrating his life, at least the folks here below us as we are on a riser high above them. then, also, very calm. there's a whole system of wristbands so people can get through. police all over the police are checking things. what you see is a very organized and calm orderly here at the staples center. >> 1.5 million people applied to get tickets. 18,000 seats were available for the public. the jackson family had 9,000 seats for family and friends. probably in the crowd, there are several

. >> all right, don hewitt joining us tonight. don, thank you so much. again, walter cronkite has died. "larry king live" taking over our coverage right now. john king sitting in for larry. john? >> campbell, a sad night for the country and a sad night for the news industry. good evening, everyone, identify am john king filling in for larry king tonight. the sad news, we give you the breaking news, walter cronkite, the legendary anchorman within the voice of cbs news, the most trusted man in america passed away tonight. walter cronkite was 92 years old. he leaves a legacy. he was for many the voice of the man on the moon. he was for others the first voice to tell them president kennedy had been shot and killed. he also was the voice who frustrated president johnson by coming back from vietnam and saying to the american people, the war there was mired in a stalemate. president johnson believed it dramatically helped change public opinion here ithe united sta as ill for larry kin toto go to my friendcoll is standing by on the phone. quite simply, walter cr

i am mary bubala. >> don scott. >> and i am marty bass. you all have a great afternoon >> kevin: how's it going, man? >> daniel: (sighs) don't ask. >> jana: god, i wish i could give you a hug, but i think "smiley" over there

don clark, special agent in charge. as we get this preliminary information as john points out, gonzalez jr. being possibly the lone trigger man in all this. you wonder on a common-sense front, why do you need seven people to storm the house if you're the guy that's planning it, you're doing the shooting yourself? >> mike, from the surface, it really seems like that whoever was the ringleader in this, wanted to make this a big display of criminal activity. they didn't call it that, but that's exactly what it is, is criminal activity. wanted to really be leading some type of operation. that's what i can see. they gather up all of these people and get them involved. here's the other thing, mike, it doesn't make any difference where these people were, or what they did, if they were involved in this, and they didn't even show up on the scene, they still can be charged with crimes that's going to go on there. and i've got to say, mike, that that sheriff's department, working with the other law enforcement people down there, i

don? >> all right. thank you, drew. >>> tonight, i spoke with officer jim mcdonald, the first assistant police chief of the lange police department. i second him about criticism that the lapd did not secure jackson's home properly and may not have gotten all the evidence needed to investigate this case. >> as i mentioned, we have good people out there and those people will go to the scene, make the determination. there's always people who will criticize from a distance and feel it should have been done different. i think they make the call at the time based on the information they have. as the investigation concludes, we'll be able to determine better maybe things could have been done differently. maybe they were done on target. so that's something that remains to be seen, but we're comfortable in moving ahead with the investigation. >> the assistant chief also told me that tuesday's service could be the biggest event of its kind ever, but hie repeated the plea of officials that anyone without a ticket

sally. >> don, contaminated foods. new rules that will keep your food safer. >>> wjz and eyewitness news will bring you complete coverage of the tribute to michael jackson starting at 1 p.m. including a live report at 4:00 with local fan reaction. join us for all of these stories at 4:00 after "dr. phil." >> thank you very much. >>> the five-day forecast with . >>> welcome back. the five-day forecast. the upper 80s around 88 degrees. we bump up that high for today but tomorrow back down to 84. 82 on thursday. 84 on friday. and looks like we will warm it up as we head to the weekend with a chance of a pop-up thunderstorm on sunday. >> it looks beautiful. bern, thank you. >>> a special cbs primetime line-up tonight. tonight at 10:00, a special "48 hours." michael jackson, the last dance. that will immediately be followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. and don't forget, wjz is bringing you extensive coverage of the jackson memorial beginning shortly at 1:00. katie couric will lead our live coverage from los angeles again at