in michigan here. we bring 80 or so films, a lot of films people haven't seen before, and from all over the world, and it's turned -- this is the sixth year of it. and it's -- we've got about 100,000 tickets sold here for the festival. so it's -- it's quite a -- it's -- it's quite a cool thing. we're here actually right on the main street of traverse city. behind me is the state theater which is the home of the traverse city film festival. it operates all year round. it was one of these boarded up movie theaters in a michigan downtown a number of years ago. a bunch of us got together and decided let's get this thing opened back up and let's bring some good movies to town. since then it's -- it's sold over 400,000 tickets in 2 1/2 years. seven day a week basis. >> larry: i spoke in traverse city, michigan. it was a convention there some summers back. had a lot of fun. you took some flak when you started this. there were signs saying, go back to clint, commie, and other stuff. how is it doing since then?

there really is a hunger and hankering for a change in michigan. we will ask you to use that this year and capture that and bottle that and take it all across the state and explain to our independence and democrat brothers and sisters why it is that michigan needs new ideas and new force and new energy. >> mike cox says he has no idea what he will do after 21 years of public service which will end in january, but he says they will have to drag him out by his fingernails. >> i misspoke earlier, i said he had the endorsement of the detroit news, but it was mike cox. go back to the democrats. andy dylan has conceded tonight. >> ok, let's go to the antidillon campaign. >> supporters are shellshocked and d andyillon is gracious person he is still working in this room and talking to supporters. the supporters are telling me they are shut d becauseillon -- a because dillon was the last to declare his candidacy. the challenger until days ago and had a low recognition. of dillon couldi of not keep up with dollar for dollar support. let's listen to him now t

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he is charged with assault in a michigan case. as todd ang reports, prosecutors say they will file murder charges soon. >> why did you do it, sir? >> reporter: the suspect, in a multi-state stabbing pre, returned to the place where his attacks first began. in flint, michigan. >> we got the guy responsible for these crimes. he is now where he belongs. in jail. >> reporter: 33-year-old elias was arrested at the atlanta airport, where he was trying to board a plane bound for israel. he's accused of stabbing 18 men, 4 in virginia and ohio. he assaulted 14 more victims in michigan. five of them died. he was extradited from georgia and arraigned in michigan. a single count of assault with attempt to commit murder. >> this is 1 of 14 incidents of murder and assault with intent to murder that occurred in this county and our city. >> reporter: police say they still don't have a motive for random attacks on mostly african-american men walking the streets. >> i've seen speculation in the last few weeks that anyone who would commit these crim

michigan police declined to speculate on a motive, but investigators in virginia believe it was race. >> my belief is he selected the victims in leesburg based upon the color of their skin. >> reporter: abuelazam, a legal, permanent resident, worked at this michigan liquor store. the manager said he did not seem prone to violence. >> just very polite. no kind of hostility. no kind of -- no signs, you know. when i heard about it, i was in very big shock. >> reporter: the fbi said he tried to make a run for it, but was caught in an air security system already on high alert. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> turning now to the weather and another day of extremes. from heat and humidity across the midwest to a fast and violent storm that brought flash floods and a mass of power outages to the washington, d.c., area. nbc's tom costello is in washington tonight. >> reporter: ann, good evening. it's going to take some time to clean this region up. we've got power lines down, trees uprooted. the governor of maryland wants an investigation. why is it the region loses power for prolonged

no one was killed but some of the victims in michigan not so lucky. they happened in nine and police believe the same suspect killed five people and wounded eight others there since may. officials believe those attacks are racially motivated. jane watrel joins us with more on the manhunt underway tonight. >> reporter: leesburg police are very comfortable linking the two stabbing sand the hammer attack here in leesburg to what was going on in flint, michigan. they say all the victims in the leesburg attacks were dark skinned or african-american, and two are still in the hospital. this sketch of an alleged michigan serial killer is believed to be the same man who stabbed or attacked three men in leesburg last week. >> this is an extremely violent individual. it is very clear. we have reached out to our african-american community and talk to the naacp locally. they have reached their members. that word is spreading through that community. >> reporter: police stay suspect has a pattern. his attacks are racially motivated. the white male targets black or d

the same one seen in michigan, as well. the attacks appear rationally motivated according to police and almost all of the attacks in both states the victims were or appeared to be african- americans. >> we were dealing with a race- based crime. this individual, white male, was attacking our victims cinchly because of the color of their skin. there was no confrontation. no very verbal exchange no, road rage. just victims going about their business and were picked at random. >> reporter: the drive from flint, michigan here to leesburg, we're told is 9.5 hours. there was plenty of time between those two attacks to get here. we are also learning that police in toledo, ohio now believe a stabbing there on saturday may also be connected to this killer wanted in flint, and also for stabbings here in leesburg, virginia. we will have more coming up tonight at 6:00. live in leesburg, sherri ly, fox 5 news. >> at the same time the leesburg police were briefing the media today, myth police in michigan were holding a briefing. county pr

. >>> an israeli man is jailed this morning in atlanta awaiting extradition to flint, michigan, where most of the stabbings began. most of the 18 known or suspected victims were black. five died. joel brown has more from leesburg, virginia, one of the cities where the killer is thought to have struck. >> reporter: a man believed to have terrorized three states is behind bars. federal agents arrested elias abuelazam wednesday night while he waited to board a plane in atlanta. >> they had mr. abuelazam paged over the intercom. he was taken into custody without incident. when he approached the ticket counter in response to the page. >> reporter: police believe abuelazam is responsible for 18 violent attacks that left five people dead. 14 people were attacked in michigan, three in virginia and one in ohio. authorities think the stabbing spree started in flint, michigan, where abuelazam worked as a convenience store clerk. >> still shocked that i had this guy in here around me, around my sisters, around my employees. >> reporter: police in virginia say the killer began striking here in lee

i'm jeremy hubbard in flint, michigan. >> what an awful story. a lot of communities breathing a lot easier this morning with this guy finally caught. we have additional video now of the suspect being driven out of the fulton county jail last night from atlanta where he was, obviously, stopped in the airport on his way to tel aviv. they called his name out over the intercom. he got up to the desk. that's when authorities were able to make the arrest. >> so many questions about what was going through this guy's head. all we've heard from former employees is he was a normal guy. married twice before. they talked to one of the former mother-in-laws. sweetest guy ever is how she described him. really is night and day in terms of what we heard about this guy.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y.y

detroit, michigan, a short time ago. we understand now eight firefighters hurt in that building collapse. >> your time now 6:56. former raiders quarterback jamarcus russell made a stunning admission. he told espn he tested positive for co-dean after the raiders picked him in the draft. he is facing charges of could dean possession after being arrested earlier this year. the raiders released him after three disappointing seasons. last knit the raiders beat the dallas cowboys. they were under the leader ship of the raiders new quarterback jason campbell. final score oakland 17, cowboys nine. >> off to a good start. the commute is not off to a good start. an update. >> 580 is the big problem. these are live pick pictures. >> some fog will burn off. temperatures 60s, 80s, 90s, cooler saturday, warmer inland sunday, monday, tuesday. >> thank you. >> anytime. >> thank you very much for watching. we will update that crash in livermore and how soon they can get that road re-opened. >> live from antioch a shooting overnight under

as far as a motive, michigan police declined to speculate. but investigators in virginia believe it had to do with race. all but three of the victims were black males. >>> residents in iowa and maryland are cleaning up after a wave of violent weather. in iowa, several nights of heavy rain and thunderstorms caused widespread flooding across the state. officials say the rising waters forced hundreds of people out of their homes and left a 16-year-old girl dead. and in the washington, d.c., area, unusually severe thunderstorms knocked down trees and knocked out power to thousands of customers. at one point, a 100-foot tree fell into an apartment building, slicing the top of the structure in half. four residents were hurt, but fortunately none of the injuries were life-threatening. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in iowa, this chef is in hot water after video of him licking a toad surfaced on the internet. the health department caught wind of the footage and fined the restaurant over $300 for un

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we will get some races. .et's start with michigan let's look at all of the candidates that are running. there are a lot of them, trying to replace jennifer granholm. there are five candidates on the republican side. which are the leading candidate? >> it is uncertain. on the republican side, you have three top candidates. a current congressman, a former ceo of gateway, and the attorney general. there was a poll last week that showed a foot in support towards the former date way ceo, rick

. >> i won't go to michigan. >> you want to fight the extradition? you want the governor of michigan to send an extradition board? is that what you want to do? >> reporter: in the end he said why wait and agreed to go. >> why should i wait the 90 days, right. >> reporter: the israeli national is accused in a horrific string of stabbings and assaults targeting mostly small framed african-american men in michigan, ohio and virginia. five men died. >> my son gave him directions. the guy told him thank you and shanked him. >> reporter: police arrested him trying to board a flight from atlanta to tel aviv. israeli police now say he was a suspect there in a stabbing a year ago, but the friend he allegedly cut refused to press charges. in a phone interview in arabic, his mother said that she doesn't believe any of this and said that he helps the helpless and feeds the hungry. his alleged victims say otherwise. >> that's a question i want to ask him. why? >> reporter: prosecutors in michigan are waiting for him patiently. >> i can say he will be delivered to

lewis, the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, and the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. obey. mr. obey: madam speaker, can i have order? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. members will please remove their conversations from the floor. staff will please remove their conversations from the floor. the gentleman is recognized. mr. obey: madam speaker, i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. obey: madam speaker, today we have heard from our friends on the minority side an ample amount of sarcasm and cynicism and partisan hyperbole mixed in with fiction. i hope we can cut through that today. today we can either sit frozen in the ice of our indifferences, franklin roosevelt once said, or we can take action to help states meet their safety net obligations and to protect our children's education by keep teachers in the classro

host: pontiac, michigan. nick. hello. caller: if congress has failed to do anything about the tax system, it is the fault of congress. it has to do with the firemen. that is really the way it should be looked death theory 1/4 when you look at the staff -- the states that need them, they are cutting budgets to the point of a freeze on hiring and a 5% cut on all wages. step up to the plate, i do not see them taking any less. guest: the number of employees in the state has been drastically reduced. that is why 45 governors asked for help, republicans as well as democrats. they have been cutting. they are asking for a bridge to their future. we have provided some help to the states. we have provided help for education in the stimulus package. if that had not happened, there would have been massive layoffs before now. avoiding 100,000 further layoffs so that we could continue to walk over the bridge to the future. this is not a bridge to nowhere, this effort. this is a bridge to the future that we are placing over that bridge.

if convicted in michigan, abuelazam could face life in prison. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >> hill: now to the talk radio controversy that's really got people buzzing. dr. laura schlessinger has apologized for using a racial slur over and over again on her syndicated radio show earlier this week. jeff glor has more on this misstep by one of the country's top-rated radio hosts. >> reporter: the controversy began during dr. laura's radio show on tuesday. >> reporter: an african american caller named jade said she was offended by comments made by friends of her white husband, leading schlessinger to bring up what she felt was a double standard when it comes to the "n" word. >> reporter: their discussion quickly became an argument. >> reporter: this week, a day after her "n" word rant, she apologized. >> reporter: still, some tonight-- including the reverend al sharpton-- are calling on advertisers to rethink their support of her show. her production company tells cbs news: >> reporter: schlessinger, it would seem, hopes her nine million list

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good evening from west michigan. congressman hoekstra is still on the floor, -- about 30 minutes ago, he said he called rick snider and conceded without any bitter -- bitter hns or remorse. >> we want to thank you all for your support for the last year. i didn't get through to rick but i left him a message congratulating him on his victory tonight. it's not the result we expected, not the result so many of us work sod hard for over the last 12 months. >> back here live, congressman hoekstra had said at the beginning of his run for governor he would not seek re-election to his congressional seat. tonight he and his wife said they're not sure what the future holds in store for them but they're excited to find out and it appears that for now he's out of public life. >> thank you. >> there was a third head in this triumph vi rat of strong republican candidates, a hard fought campaign for attorney general mike cox didn't end the way he hoped it would. >> what's he saying about the results tonight? >> mike cox has a very c

. >> i think i would have to say kalamazoo, michigan. kalamazoo, michigan is a town of about 75,000, it's a wonderful town. there's a lot of educational institutions in kalamazoo, but 400 people came to the ballroom of the local radisson hotel and completely filled the ballroom, the mayor came, the city council came, the university presidents came and it was really quite an outpouring of interest in the arts and pride in the arts in their community and concern for how their arts in their community could survive in this recession in a state which has been so dramatically affected by the recession. >> why were you surprised by that? >> i was surprised by the numbers. i had already done lots of stops and i would say in general i had 150 or 200 people in most cities and i had quite a few more in some of the very biggest cities like los angeles or seattle, but in kalamazoo, michigan which is one of the smallest towns i visited, i certainly didn't expect to have 400 people show up. >> were you disappointed in any town? >> not really. i think t

the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: it's now my true pleasure to yield one minute to our very distinguished majority leader, the colleague om the great state of maryland. thspeaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. the hour is late. members have come back, properly so, to address an issue that we addressed months ago. the senate sent ito us. and we were gone. thought it our responsibility to ask members to come back because if we hadn't come back, if we didn't pass this bill, what would happen? 160,000 teachers would be at risk of being laid off and probably would be laid off. what would that mean? it would mean larger class sizes for teachers to deal with. children not receiving the kind of education that they need. they need to be competitive in the global marketplace. what might have also happened? some 160,000 police and fire personnel, emergency response teams may have had to be laid off. that's why we came back. that's why we believe this is s

this is a part of the renewal of detroit, michigan as well. we thank you for bringing it to the city. to all of those folks at city hall that actually believed, that wanted to make this a bigger part of our future. to our friends in the design world where we want to celebrate creativity in the context of procuring a different strategies to solve problems, i think you for the progress as well. -- thank you for the progress as well. to all of our tenants for your commitment in long term to make sure that this day is not a day that will be forgotten, but remembered because he will be here day in and day out, making sure that you celebrate the long term efforts. thank you very much. i want to thank our neighbors for indulging us in this new urban art. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, mr. mayor. i would like to turn it over to charlie sheldon. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. mayer. thank you to everyone at urban farming for making this possible. we try to do our part. first, my name is charlie sheldon. i represent the industrial d

pausa, al regresar la Última contrataciÓn mexicana de los red bulls de nueva york y una audiencia en michigan por poco termina en batalla campal. wwww ♪ >> la llegada de rafa mÁrquez a los red bulls de nueva york confirmada la mls, como un mercado interesante para los jugadores. >> los red bulls dieron otro gran golpe al presentar oficialmente al defensor mexicano rafael mÁrquez quien estarÁ ligado al equipo neoyorquino durante tres temporadas, y lo que resta de la actual. >> el hecho de que sea nueva york, es una gran ciudad, la capital del mundo dicen, despuÉs seguir en europa quizÁs no iba a estar tanto tiempo en un equipo, a lo mejor era jugar uno o dos aÑos mÁs en otro equipo, porque necesito mÁs minutos, porque necesito quizÁs estar mÁs cerca de mi gente. >> mÁrquez se convirtiÓ en este martes en el segundo jugador de renombre que firman menos de una semana despuÉs de que lo hiciera neri castillo el pasado jueves con el chicago fire. >> desde luego, lo habÍa pensado desde antes, antes de beckham que viniera sabÍa que podÍa ser una buena oportunidad en todos los sentido

. >> and on charges to the serial killing it-assault, in michigan, ohio, virginia. he was arrested without incident. >> investigators believe these stabbings that began in may could of been racially motivated. most of the 20 victims were black. several law- enforcement agencies, including the fbi by in working together for the multi-state case. >> we're still early in this investigation, i am confident in saying that we can place this man in a northern virginia area during the time of our attacks. additionally, he is known to operate a vehicle very closely matching the description of our lookout information. >> one of the michigan survivors, 17 year-old says that was stabbed after giving the attacker directions. now out of the hospital, he is described. >> i ran. >> at now, authorities are looking and holding him on assault and intend to kill. in washington, samantha hayes. >> a live look aside, from the bay bridge toll plaza. a very different scene than yesterday. yesterday, we were colored with clocovered with clouds, and many areas today it is much warmer. seven

stevie brown, finds the ladder, picks off dan lafevor, the rookie out of michigan. and that led to a field goal and maybe a spot on the roster. raiders are 2-0 after a 32-17 victory. >>> the earthquakes need to get busy if they're thinking about postseason. sixth in the western conference out of eight teams, so they gained ground hosting the galaxy. see van geovany, signed last week. a tough angle. the earthquakes go up 1-0. time for defense. second half. 74th minute, galaxy looking to equalize. donovan denied by bush. earthquake shocked the galaxy 1-0, improving to 8-6-5. >> always good to bet a first-place team. they're great team so we can build on that and kind of keep climbing up the ladder to the playoffs. that's what we have our eyes on and we think we can get there. >> mike: let's go to infineon raceway. will power continuing to show why he leads. locks up his eight poll -- pole of the season. 108-miles-an-hour. castroneves and frank -- franchitti start second and third. nascar, in bristol. jimmie johnson running second. not anymore. gets turned and spins in

the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: it's now my true pleasure to yield one minute t our very distinguished majority leader, the colleague from the great state of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. the hour is late. members have come back, properly so, to address an issue that we addressed months ago. the senate sent it to us. and we were gone. we thought it our responsibility to ask members to come back because if we hadn't come back, if we didn't pass this bill, what would happen? 160,000 teachers would be at risk of being laid off and probably would be laid off. what would that mean? it would mean larger class sizes for teachers to deal with. children not receiving the kind of education that they need. they need to be competitive in the global marketplace. what might have also happened? some 160,000 police and fire personnel, emergency response teams may have had to be laid off. that's why we came back. that's why we believe t

the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: it's now my true pleasure to yield one minute to our very distinguished majority leader, the colleague from the great state omaryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. the hour is late. members have come back, properly so, to address an issue that we addressed months ago. the senate sent it to us. and we were gone. we thought it our responsibility to ask members to come back because if we hadn't come back, if we didn't pass this bill, what would happen? 160,000 teachers would be at risk of being laid off and probably would be laid off. what would that mean? it would mean larger class sizes for teachers to deal with. children not receiving the kind of education that they need. they need to be competitive in the global marketpce. what might have also happened? some 160,000 police and fire personnel, emergency response teams may have had to be laid off. that's why we came back. that's why we believe this

five men were killed in michigan. we, of course, hope to learn more at the press conference. >> steve osunsami thanks very much. >>> it was a bleak day on wall street wednesday, as stocks dropped 265 points as one financial report after another shows that the recovery has slowed to a crawl. david muir joins us. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning to you, elizabeth. it's expected to be another volatile 'til -- day here. it's been hovering here and new foreclosure numbers showing how hurting so many americans are. >> reporter: an extraordinary sign of economic hurt in this country. this massive crowd, thousands lining up in atlanta, georgia. chaos erupted, neighbors fight, just to get an application to put them on a waiting list for housing. >> it's not right. it's not right. >> reporter: this woman was among the few who actually got the paperwork. >> it means a lot. maybe god will bless me. >> reporter: the dramatic pictures come as we get new numbers, foreclosures 4% in july from the month before. now, 1 in

police linked elias abuelazam to as many as 20 stabbings in three states -- michigan, ohio and virginia. he was caught this week as he tried to board a plane to atlanta to take him to his native israel and police say he is a suspect in a stabbing there as well. >>> today president obama signed a new $600 million border enforcement bill that sends 1,500 new agents to the southwest border and pays for more unmanned drones to patrol it. but the new law falls far short of the comprehensive approach to immigration that president obama says he wants, and it does not address what should be done about the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. as nbc's david gregory reported from kabul last night, the general in charge of afghanistan, general david petraeus, says he is committed to meeting president obama's target of july 2011 for the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. tonight more of that exclusive interview and about that deadline. >> how stifling is the concept of this deadline and this washington debate to what you're trying to do here? >> i don't find it that stifling. i'm n

. >> reporter: the prize in the united states also went to a farmer, lynn henning, from michigan. henning is pushing for better regulation of large scale animal feed lots, like the ones that move near her farm. the animals are kept in confined spaces with no natural vegetation. henning began monitoring water near the lots and was horrified by what she found. >> we have discharges of animal waste into the waterways that we're getting bloodworms, that were getting high phosphorous readings. >> reporter: michigan eventually issued hundreds of citations against the feed lots and with henning leading the charge, a statewide committee is doing its first ever environmental impact report on feed lots. in africa, the prize goes to a woman who is trying to make sure that all people get a say in what happens to natural resources. she is swaziland's only public interest environmental attorney and won a case to try to balance the rights of the owners of big private game parks and the poverty stricken villages that surround them. >> environmental resources are supposed to be for everyone's bene

the prosecutor in flint, michigan says they need help. >> we need the community to step forward and tell us any and everything that they may know, that they may have seen, that they may have believed they have seen to assist us in getting to the bottom of this. >> the suspect has been linked to a dark green chevy s-10 blazer between 1995 to 2000. >>> bp is getting close to finally plugging the blownout oil well in the gulf of mexico. the federal government's point man, thad allen, says that a relief well is now within 30 feet of the main shaft. by the end of this week, engineers could begin pumping mud and cement into it to permanently kill the well. >>> there was a furious flight attendant on a jetblue flight to new york. steven slater was arrested monday after he apparently lost his temper during an argument with a passenger while the plane was on the ground at kennedy airport. one witness says slater then used the plane's public address system to curse out all the passengers. >> he said to the passenger who called me a [ bleep ], i've been in this business 28 years and that's it, i'm

not only was the city clean, at least down michigan avenue, not only was it impressive that there were beautiful planted flowers, both on the sidewalk in the median strips, but it was attention to details like this. everywhere i looked, i saw -- i guess it was what i did not see, i guess is what i should say. i did not see chain-link fences. i saw wrought iron fences. i saw small, beautiful fences surrounding the planted flowers. i saw layers as it relates to how things are planted. they were in different layers come in different shapes. it reminded me candidly of traveling in europe a little bit. when i was younger, going to paris. i was on my way to meet the mayor, and i marked my expression of appreciation, and he said that he stole all the ideas from paris. and i was there many years ago, and i came back thinking the same thing. why do we have all these chain- link fences? why don't we create a discipline around the different aesthetic for our city? it took almost a decade. it did not happen overnight, but it took years and years of a disciplined effort. when changes were made, the

while nearly all the stabbing victims were black, michigan police declined to say that the attacker is racially motivated. one investigator said no one knows what's in his mind. ann? >> all right. pete williams tonight. pete, thank you. >>> four days after the killings of ten aid workers in afghanistan including six americans, secretary of state hillary clinton had harsh words today for the taliban which has claimed responsibility. clinton says the massacre was yet another example of just how far the taliban will go to advance what she called their twisted ideology. from kul tonight, nbc's tom aspell has more on america's lost humanitarians. >> reporter: despite the murder of ten members of its medical aid team, the christian relief agency, international assistance mission, said today it would not close down operations here. >> we will, god willing, continue to stay and serve the people of afghanistan. >> reporter: team leader tom little from new york had been providing eye care here for more than 30 years. he trained abdul raheem majad and hundreds of other afghans to be optometrists.

youngest in class, he or she may be more likely to be labelled with behavior problem a new study from michigan state university shows the youngest kids in the grades are 60% more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit activity disorder than older children. it suggests teachers and drls should evaluate kids based on their age, not their grade. another new study focuses on chocolate. harvard researcrs have found eating chocolate protts a woman's heart. swedish women that had one or two servings each week had a lower risk of heart failure. researchers think maybe eating so much cholate replaced other nutritio foods. compounds in chocolate are known to lower blood pressure. >> chocolate one of my favorite food groups. coming up next, the map olympics. >> some very smart bay area students showing off share top students showing off share top sciences f f the images from haiti are heart-breaking-- homes, hospitals and schools destroyed; families searching for loved es; parents tryingto feed t. but we can all do something. we can help the ameran red cross as it delivers the food, water, and med

where he was editor of the michigan law review. please give a resounding wellcome to the ambassador, our keynote speaker. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction part . when my sisters and i were growing up and we were not elbowing each other in the back of the car and it was just us against the world in public, we were always together and that is certainly how michigan and ohio state, the big 10 vs. everybody else, once we get out into the world. i would now that thendaa has the right colors for their logo. i am delighted to be here at the national harbour for this child abuse professional conference. we thought of it early. i would have borrowed a both from somebody because it is so beautiful driving along the river and seeing the beauty and the site. we hope you can get out and see a little bit of washington, d.c. while you are here. the national harbour complex as representative of d.c. and we hope you can spend time washington, d.c. is perhaps unique and unusual in that the local prosecutor's office here is the

he now sits in a georgia jail, but any day now, could be sent to michigan to answer charges there. most of the victims were walking that kept night. >> only thing that kept me dead, because i played dead. >> i've never hurt so much in my much iife. i've never come so close to eath. >> reporter: they're hoping lice put him m away. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> and there was some turbulence today for the flight ndant who becamecame a cult hero when he slid down that jetblue when he emergency chute after a dispute dispute ssenger. several people on the flight say it was steven slater who nstigated the confrontation and and he was drinking on the job. ere's andrea canning. much.ank you all so much. zing, thn amazing, the support .nd the love. >> reporter: speaking mainly through his attorney, steven slater defended himself against f againsrts that he was the one ly one who waspriately aboard flight.blue flight. >> the real point is, nub of that has anything to do with his career, his present status, his presentent and the qualifications for his position. ion.eporter: overnight

the university of michigan study recently showed that the cost for hospitalized treatment ranges from $1,500 a day to $18,000 a day. the success delta is less than 9% improvement in morbidity and other rate factors. in fact, one estimate says if you were just to reduce by 20% the doctor's office visits of congestive heart failure patients by using a broad band- connected diagnostic evaluation system, you would save $3 billion a year. just that one thing. that does not even touch hospitalization. we are working to create -- the va has a project. what is the very best congestive heart failure telehealth initiative? how do we measure it? had we evaluate it? imagine if you were a spouse and could use social media to communicate and interact with others without leaving your home? my mother recently died at age 91. i found it interesting that in her case come up with some dementia and alzheimer's, the pharmacist became one of the most important care givers, because all the different medicines from the different specialists. imagine if the congestive heart failure patient with a home health

stan from michigan. caller: as far as the privacy act goes, a lot of hospitals will tell you, if they wish to use our medical information for any reason, you have no say. i have a deteriorating disk problem in my back. when my hospital got my mri, my information was not even there. how does privacy cover bad one? guest: obviously, there has been some effort to integrate the systems, particularly if people are mobile, go to different providers. it is a complex system and it may be the case that not everything is there when it needs to be. as for patients contend, that is another big topic. there is a growing sense, as you expressed, how does one get access to my information and do they have the permission to do that? secretary sebelius said earlier this summer that there should be in greater focus on patient consent, give people more control who have -- has access. host: this is not directly related to the conversation but i wanted to talk about this health-care story. "the wall street journal" -- does th

. >> the attacks started in may in michigan and continued in ohio and virginia. at least five victims have been killed. jeremy hubbard reports from flint. >> reporter: while police in flint, michigan, investigate another stabbing, the manhunt continues. >> i think he's just a stone-cold killer. >> reporter: most victims like richard booker have similar stories. men walking alone at night on urban streets when a stranger approaches in his suv. believed to be this green and tan '95 to 2005 gmc jimmy or chevy blazer. he asks for help or directions then attacks. >> i've never hurt so much in my life. i've never come so close to death. >> reporter: booker spent three weeks in intensive care, stabbed five times. he's one of at least 20 victims linked to the serial slasher since may, most of them in flint, where five men were killed. three men were stabbed in leesburg, virginia. another in toledo, ohio. >> 911. >> a guy has been stabbed several times in the stomach near the corner of collingwood and floyd. he is bleeding profusely. >> reporter: booker is the exception.

into account zero and a kalamazoo does end in lake michigan so they're trying to get the zero stop of forgets their in of back here in the bay area caltrans is ahead of schedule and installing leas of the new bay bridge to our transportation reporter mark jones was there for an expose of a close look at the third critical police there was dissolved. >> this bay ridge project is two weeks ahead of schedule. it took 12 hours to move the first are related to position the the second or the weekend i watched from this catwalk as this third piece was just moved into place. the 1,200 t is lifted up until the the same time. it is time consuming so i will speed of the video for you 6000 percent see you can see it being moved once it is a vertical, straight up the hoisted up so they can lord on these drugs coming out from the foundation you cannot tell from here i am so i know about those rods are each 60 10 ft. tall the tower has to slip down perfectly on the more than 100 rob for the section when the tar was finally standing straight its entire weight was on the barge which and began to creek

he assaulted 14 more victims in michigan. five died. he was extradited from georgia and arraigned in michigan on a single count of assault with intent to commit murder. >> this is one of 14 incidents of murder and assault with intent to murder that has occurred in this county and our city. >> reporter: police say they still don't have a motive for the random attacks on mostly african-american men walking the streets. >> i've seen speculation in the last few weeks that anyone who would commit these crimes is sick. i believe he is not sick. he is evil. >> and he'll be given a complete physical exam, including psychiatric evaluation, tomorrow morning. >> reporter: an evaluation that may finally shed light on a chilling reign of terror that began this spring. >> he has been a menace to our community. he figuratively and literally has left a lot of scars on this community. >> reporter: prosecutors say homicide charges will be filed soon. >>> toyota's safety record is under much scrutiny this morning after the latest recall. the automaker is

. >> reporter: 33-year-old elias abuelazam will soon face multiple charges in michigan. where prosecutors have already charged him with one count of assault with intent to murder. >> methodical and thorough in our continuing investigation and prosecution. >> reporter: the next step extraditing him out of atlanta where authorities arrested him wednesday night trying to fly to israel. investigators believe that he's behind a string of violent attacks. 14 victims in michigan. three in virginia. and one in ohio. and nearly all of the victims were african-american. >> my belief is that he selected the victims in leesburg based upon the color of their skin. >> most were black males. i think that it fits together with the idea that he was committing these crimes out of some kind of rage. >> reporter: the vick sometime wilson almost died from his stab wounds. >> they said i almost didn't make it. >> reporter: authorities believed that the killing spree began in flint where abuelazam worked in the area as a convenience store clerk. >> i'm still shocked that i had this guy in here

. >> from michigan. >> rose: often known as a man who understands and protects the auto industry more than any other guy. >> who also understand this is is a serious problem that we have to deal with. >> rose: is the issue when everythings said and done, we have got to put a price on carbon? >> yes. the issue is money. the issue is money. the issue is putting a price on carbon, which drives up costs for fossil fuel producers, obviously, there are ways to cushion consumers from that price increase. and the bill that was proposed is filled with great ideas to make sure that this price signal which hits the generators, the people that are burning coal to create electricity doesn't hit the consumer so that there were a lot of scare tactics out there, charlie, that helped kill this bill, people said it is going to double the cost of electricity, it is going to drive up household costs by $1,000 a year, all the best estimates said it would be maybe 70 to 150 bucks a year in 2030. not much money. >> rose: is this all another variation of the kind of things that killed healthcare reform over

today, the nationwide series helped warm up the michigan international speedway. indy car driver danica patrick is still learning. she finished 27. another competition between carl edward and bret kozlov ski. he has a nearly unis unsurmountable lead in the race. the grand prix of sonoma is next weekend and it marks the first time that -- he finished 16 this last year in oh, ohio. there was a lot hf positive about the race that we had in ohio. there is a lot of things that i need to be able to work with. >> 49ers visit colts tomorrow 10:00 a.m. that's sports. >> all right. thanks. >> you bet. >>> and that is the 10:00 news for tonight. i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne, for everyone here at ktvu, thanks for joining us. >>

one more caller, michigan, in the pan and line. what do you think of the issue of pay cuts and furloughs? caller: thank you for c-span. i am a retired uaw president. i am appalled that management is attacking labor by even discussing pay cuts. this is th time when we must learn from the past. we have to learn the lesson taught to us by roosevelt. we need to reduce the work day is. the problem is not the fault of the worker, it is technology. for the raf hay has not kept up. -- the rate of pay has not kept up. that is the reason that a lot of democrats went for a republican nominee this time furious half -- this time. that is what it is going to take. labor unions that we do not have any more, we need strong labor unions to step up and fight for the rank-and-file workers. it is obvious that when you pay the workers that do not work, younger workers have an attempt to destroy the union. host: looking at what is going on in the said this week, we are joined now by a congressional reporter from "politico." good morning, meredith. calle