, baker, baker, baker! >> reporter: he addressed the raucous crowd at six flags last night. this was air hotly ctested five-way race at times was overshadowed by voter fraud and fake baots around the county. jackson believed he was the most experienced person for the job, serving as sheriff for the past eight years. as of this morning he has not conceded defet. he is excited to get to work and create jobs for the residents of prince george's county. >> i think the people have spoken. and i think the message is loud and clear. princgeorge's, it's time to make a good county great. >> and with no challengers for the november election, baker is slated to be the next county executive of prince georgs county. >> all right. john, thank you. several other big races in prince george's conty, state's attorney angela won that by quite a large margin, 42% of the vote. office o sheriff is up for grabs. right now the current chief is leading. hilton, the brother of the current police chief, behind him with 31% of the vot

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prince gorge's county executive race. >> baker, baker, baker! >> the 51-year-old addressed the raucous crowd in six flag last night. this w a hotly contested five-way race at times was overshadowed by voter fraud and fake ballots around the county. jackson believed he was the most experienced person for the job, serving as sheriff for the past eight years. as of this morning he has not conceded defeat. he is excited to get to work and create jobs for the residents of prince george's county. >> this is not the finish, this is the beginning line. our goal is greatness. we arrive at the beginning. no matter who you voted for, whose t-shirt you wore, who you chanted for in the parade. th goal of every prince george's is to make prince george's the greatest county there is. >> and with no challengers for the november election, baker is slated to be the next county executive of prince george's county. back to you. >> all right. john, thank you. >> several other big races in prince george's county, state's attorney angela won that by quite a large marg

rushern baker worldwide margin against his closest competitor mike jackson. brad bell spent the night at baker's celebration. >> in the middle of the six flags amusement park. a picture is better than a thousand words. prince george's county executive candidate rushern baker celebrating on this day. at 11:30 last night he claimed victory in the race for county executive over share of mike jackson. this has been an interesting race of two high-profile, well- funded candidates. they felt perhaps mike jackson a couple too many controversies surrounding the sheriff's department. baker has campaigned for change and he said in his acceptance speech that change is what you'll bring to the county. >> i think the people have spoken. [applause] i think the message is loud and , it isprince george's time to a medical good county great. [applause] >> this is just the primary. is an overwhelmingly democratic county. we understand the transition will begin very soon for rushern baker to take over as the next county executive of prince george's county. brad bell reporting f

baker has a 15% lead over his closest challenger michael jackson. about 15 points behind at this point. baker has just come to the stage in front of his cheering supporters, including maryland's lieutenant governor who is here to support the cause. he has not talked about substance but rather involved in thanking the people. as you know, it's the third time he's run for county executive, replacing jack johnson who is term limited. johnson supported baker's opponent michael jackson, but that endorsement did not apparently work in prince george's county where baker is now close to claiming victory with a 15% lead. 15 point lead, rather, with about 32% of the vote soon. we'll watch it and if anything develops we'll get back to you. >> all right, gary nurenberg. thank you. obviously the big thing everybody watching late returns in the dc mayoral race as things seem to be going to vincent gray. >> as we know, usually we should note for you that the polls close at 8:00 in dc. most times, most years, and i've covered a lot of races here. right after they t

rushern baker is the champion in this case. several other challengers did not manage to get quite at tension that they had required. in a speech last night, balker talked about the job that lies ahead. >> we feel really good about where we are right now. the campaign came through. we knew we were doing well in all sections of county but the most important thing was our education system and creating jobs. that is what i want to do as county executives. i've got great partners. i'm looking forward to. i can't wait to get in here and party with the people would made it happen. >> reporter: now that the party is over, the work begins. rush were baker will have a press conference at 11:00 this morning perhaps outlining exactly what he sees for the future of prince george's county. reporting live from upper marlboro, i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >>> also in prince george's county, angela alsobrook easily won a five-with a race to grab the democratic nomination for state's attorney there. she will likely take the seat outright in nov

with 70% of the votes counted, baker has 43%. sheriff jackson has 32%. as we said, baker is declaring him the winner. he did no in mitchellville. gary was there. this is gary noneberg in prince georges county where three times was the charm for baker who succeeded in his third attempt to secure the nomination, the democratic nomination for prince georges county executive leading by a comfortable margin. his closest opponent michael jackson. >> prince georges county is ready to be first in education [cheering and applause] first in job creation [cheering and applause] first in opportunity [cheering and applause] first in invasion [cheering and applause] first in integrity [cheering and applause] and first in public safety. >> reporter: it was something like a rock show when baker finished his remarks. they wouldn't let him off the stage and at times it seemed as though he would be crowd surfing with this happy group of supporters who are pleased he has succeeded in getting the nomination for prince georges county executive ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> here's a lo

-- question for mike baker. what kind of race -- > we often talk about that. it is a shifting landscape. they are young so they don't all of the races yet. >> and the people at home should know mike during the break was saying his daughter likes" red eye" almost as much as she dislikes black people. >>> now let's go to the first question from wherever we are. go? >> i am outside and found a "red eye" fan. this is jeff from tallahassee. >> hey, would people be surprised by how much goes into making the show each night? >> so, sen that willly would we be surprised -- would they be surprised by how much goes into making the show each night? >> i would think they would be surprised the fact that anything goes into making it. actually we put a good 8-hour day into this show, right? >> we absolutely do. that question answered something for me, where my bin del was. >> how did security let him in? >> can i throw in a quit comment? as an outsider, outside the scope, i can't hang out with them because i apparently smoke

we expect to hear from rashern baker at 11:00 this morning. >>> it is 6:47. in today's politico minute, the tea party flexes muscle in the latest round of primaries. dy barr joins us now. you were saying some of the results are not even surprising. >> the primary in delaware werws totally off the charts. 57,000 turned out. she is someone who the whole national party is just scratching their head going, what the heck happened? last night someone said i have met her and i am not impressed. she has a strange background. >> christine o'donnell. >> right. she has no savings account, no job, no investments. she -- we are all sitting here trying to figure out how this happened. >> and she was endorsed by sarah palin. meanwhile, her opponent -- he is not just a no name. he has not lost an election since the 1960's or something. >> he is a former governor, a nine-term congressman. we have seen sarah palin weigh in in a few races where it will be closed and she might have -- this is something where it seems like her brand was able to propel o'donnell across the finish

. >> the numbers look very strong for baker. he ran a highly organized campaign, putting out a good message. the governor and nine are looking for a strong local parker. -- the governor and i are looking for a strong local partner. martin o'malley and i are pleased that the voters of maryland have decided that we will be the democratic nominee we have been looking at bob ehrlich in namevery match. -- in a rematch. we have been driving down violent crime. we have made major gains and improved public education and expanded health care. >> thank you very much. we have not heard from mr. baker himself. they said they do not want to talk until the race has been officially called. but it has been pretty consistent on light long. he hasn't had a substantial lead over -- he has had a substantial lead over his opponent. another big race in maryland is the race for governor. surely after the polls closed, brian murphy -- ehrlichman received an endorsement from john mccain. the gop nominee will be facing incumbent democrat martin o'malley.

baker killed or wounded nine german soldiers. he tack out machine gun nets and drew enemy fire so his wounded men could escape. baker was awarded the dwigs distinguished service cross. wh the pentagon tack another look at the service records of decorated black soldiers, president clinton made things right. hewarded seven medals of honor in 1997. baker was the only recipient still alive. >> i don't consider myself a hero. i consider myself a good soldier. >> reporter: today, other good soldiers, medal of honor winner, saluted their comrade, as did the rest of the american military. and at his will, taps rang out from among the headstones honoring the extraordinary heroism and quiet patience of vernon baker, soldier. >> lieutenant baker was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2004. he died at the age of 90 this summer. he said he acceptedthe medal for all those who didn't survive the war. >> long overdue honor. thnk you. >> thanks. >>> now to our weather out there, today's heat was one for the record books. >> doug tell us there is reli

rushern baker won with 44% of the vote. his next closest contenter was shaimpg michael jackson who got 33% and samuel dean got 1% -- his next closest contender was sheriff michael jackson would got 333%. michael jackson had the endorsement of the current county executive but that was not enough to propel him to the win. rush enbaker has long talked about reforming education, reducing crime and helping to improve the financial situation here in prince george's county. we have a lot of foreclosures here. however, the county has its aaa bond rating which baker would like to keep intact. we'll hear more of what he has to say at an 11:00 a.m. press conference being held at his headquarters in largo. >>> the race for governor in maryland now set. it will be a rematch of the 2006 battle between robert ehrlich and martin o'malley. governor o'malley easily beat two challengers in the democratic primary winning 86% of the vote. on the republican sued, former governor ehrlich captured the gop nomination with 57% of the vote over chall

the rest of us know the free market system says we are all bakers. we are all bakers. we don't have to keep dividing the pie because when you get a new person in they are like, well, i hate this guy. and this guy has to have his pie here and the next selection and this guy, this guy should have his pie over here and some of this guy's pie should go to him and this piece? this piece goes over here and this piece goes over here but i take this piece and i put this piece back here. yummy. isn't it? instead, i will diet but i have to lick it off my fingers. instead, let the, what the free market system says, why not bake more pies? there is no such thing as one pie. all you have to do is learn how to bake pies. that's it. you are a baker. not a divider. someone has to stand up and say that. americans are bakers. not dividers. but we have taught everyone the pies don't exist, it is only this pie. and some of this is science. tonight do it at home. the problem is in our country now. there's crappy whipped cream that doesn't have fat in it it's better for you, puff. and so ou

this morning, baker has a substantial lead. most ofhe night last night. he all, there is no republican candidate in the race. now, making a good county great was the slogan. richard baker is a former delegate who ran for prince george's county. he has promised to improve the systems, and make the county government more responsive. the results came in slow last night because of technical difficulties, that didn't stop the bakecamp from celebrating. >> i think the people have spoken. i think the message was loud and clear. prince george's county, i is time to make a good county great. >> reporter: baker walking in the roo as we speak. going ahead and listen to his remarks as they take place. >> how is everyone doing this morning? did you get a lot of sleep? i know i didn. thank you for being here for a few words before i take some time with my family to rest up for the challenges ahead. the first thing i would like to do is thank the campaign workers andolunteers and citizens of prince george's county who have bestowed upon me a

right now, we believe sharon baker is in the lead. roz plater is at baker headquarters. roz. >> reporter: shawn, we're at the crazy horse saloon here at six flags where they're preparing and hoping for a victory party. take a look, the room is packed, several hundred people here. this has been a hard fought campaign. many months many of them have worked and there were five candidates in this field, all of them wanting to be the next county executive. but the polls have always called this a two-person race between sharon baker and also between the current sheriff michael jackson. at this time, the early numbers look good and folks are very excited by all this. they believe their hard work and their message paid off, their message on bringing news ideas on education, fighting crime, economic development for prince georges county, and they see that has resonated with voters and they're hoping the third time now, his third time running for this office will be the charm. we expect here sometime between 10 and 11:00 once the numbers are a little more solid, we are told there w

if you're if it to win it, the birder to beat is bill baker. this bill baker, the classic's five-time defending champion. >> you going to take the left, andy? i'll take the right side. >> reporter: his three-man team will cover 2,000 miles in five days. >> it's quick pace. we don't sit in one spot very long. >> reporter: and baker scout it is entire course before the competition begins. >> every team is going to find the bird you would expect to find. and so you have to go beyond what's expected in order to win. >> reporter: mention baker's name and many birders here lose their bravado. you're going to have to beat him. >> i am. >> reporter: is it possible? >> um... >> reporter: come on. >> yes. >> reporter: it is? >> yes. >> reporter: this year? >> no! >> reporter: she was right. baker won again spotting 308 different species, proving that with both birds and birders there is a pecking order. mark strassmann, cbs news, high island, texas. >> couric: and that's the cbs for tonight. i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. good n

baker said his first priority is education. with a high foreclosure rate and low-performing schools and crime. baker said his slogan for governing will be to make a good county great. in upper marlboro, scott broom, 9 news now. >> the primary winners face to opposition and are virtually ensured of winning the november election. >>> robberrer lick defeated his g.o.p. opponent brian murphy. murphy said he supports roberter litsch. >> it does send a message that the people of maryland are ready for change in the other direction. alley in the november 2nd general election. >>> meanwhile in delaware, the tea party is celebrating a big upset in that state's u.s. senate race where tv commentator o'donnell upset mike castle in the republican primary. we we are going to take a closer look at the tea party elections tonight at 5:30. >>> now to breaking news out of prince george's county. right now we are keeping an eye on a police investigation in largo. we're told a 19-year-old man was shot in the 10,000 block of benington drive. invest

if a strong lead is being held by rushern baker a. last night speaking to reporters, he says he's ready to take charge of this county. i'd think the people misspoken. >> with a strongly against his opponent, he says that he's ready to move to prince george's county for word. >> prince george's, it is time to make a good county great. >> the former state delegate has run for county executive twice before. the people of the county have spoken loud and clear. >> prince george's county is ready to be first in education, first in job creation, first in opportunity, first in innovation, first in integrity, and first in public safety. >> the numbers show baker holds a lead against all four opponents including his chief rival michael jackson, the county share of the past eight years. michael jackson has not conceded in this race. his campaign spokesperson says this race is not over yet. still waiting for a number of precincts to report the numbers from the voting. whoever wins will likely become the county executive with no republican challen

you can visit ella baker center.org. >> ella baker center.org. if you're a kid watching this and you do not have a computer, i'm fully aware not everyone has them. the public library i believe you can go to and use the computer for free. >> yes. >> thank you for the work you're doing. >> for more on heal the streets, go to ella baker center.org. she performs at davey symphony haul october 10th. i'm susan sikora. thanks for watching. ♪

baker is claiming the nomination over current county sheriff michael jackson. gary was with baker and he has more. >> i am in prince georges county where three times was the charm for baker who succeeded in his attempt to secure the democratic nomination for prince georges county executive, leading by a comfortable margin. his closest opponent michael jackson. >> prince georges county is ready to be first in education, first in job creation, first in opportunity, first in invasion first in integrity and first in public safety. >> reporter: it was like a rock show when baker finished his remarks. they wouldn't let him off the stage. at times it seemed he would be crowd surfing. this group of supporters pleased he secured the nomination. >> in other prince georges county races -- the race for prince georges county sheriff is a close one. the candidates are neck and neck. in montgomery county, republican will face the democrat in november. he won the republican primary for montgomery county executive with 67% of the vote. we are running race results continuously a

jackson and baker are considered to be the front-runners. levi, sam dean and henry turner are also running, though. tracee wilkins is live in upper marlboro with more on the tight race. good morning, tracy sglor good morning, joe. voters in prince george's county have lots of choices to make. they're going to have to choose state attorney, school board member, general assembly member. lots of voting to do. plenty of folks are paying close attention to what's going on with this county executive race. folks have plenty of choices. with five candidates seeking the mocratic nomination. yesterday headquarters were in full gear as they went door to door, including sherifmichael jackson. >> i am a proven leader. i have a proven record. i brought resources to prince george's county, provided leadership of an agency that was almost extinct when i walked in the door in 2002 as sheriff. >> reporter: jackson is considered one of two front-runners, along with baker, who ran three times for county executive seat. >> this is a great opportunity for prince

baker was awarded the distinguished service cross. buthen the pentagon took another look at the service records of decorated black soldiers, president clinton made things right. he award ven medals of honor in 1997. baker was the only recipient still alive. >> i don't consider my saefl hero. i consider myself a good soldier. that was it. >> today other good soldiers medal of honor winners saluted their comrade as did the rest of the american military. and as his widow is mourning her lost love taps rang out from among the head stones honoring the extraordinary heroism and quiet patience of vrnon joseph baker, soldier. lieutenant baker died in july at the age of 90 after afight with brain cancer. he said he accepted the medal for all those that didn't survive the war. >> quiet patience. that's a lovely way to descri 60 years he waited for that medal. >> 52 years if you want to be exact. yeah. definitely. when i read more and more what he had done very much deserved. >> all ght, thanks, aaron. let's check in with chuck for a look at the

baker. mr.baker is is very happy. he is scheduling a news conference at 11:00 p.m. >>> turning now to the hotly contested race for prince george's county state's attorney. five democratic candidates vying to succeed glen ivey. the race for governor in maryland is set. it will be a rematch of the 2006 battle between robert ehrlich and martin o'malley. governor o'malley easily beat two challengers in the democratic primary winning 8 #% of the vote. on the republican side, former governor ehrlich captured the gop nomination with 75% of the vote over challenger brian murphy. >>> we are going to hear from o'malley and ehrlich coming up in just about 10 minutes. we'll check out results for the u.s. senate primaries in maryland. it was a senate primary in delaware that is really grabbing nationwide attention actually stunning upset for a career politician at the hands of the tea party. we'll have more on that next. >>> as we go to break, results from the d.c. council at large and ward primaries, incumbents in all the contest

the case of reverend jimmy baker. caught in his own sex scandal, he served five years in prison for wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy. and four years ago, this. >> i called in to buy some meth. >> colorado mega church pastor ted haggard linked to a male prostitute. the preacher still maintains he never had sex with the prostitute but admits buying drugs from him. haggard resigned as pastor of new life and now is reportedly holding services in his colorado springs home. and one more. remember miami's father alberto cutia? paparazzi caught the roman catholic priest ka vorting with an attractive woman on the beach. the archdiocese barred the popular priest from leading sunday mass. he eventually left the roman catholic church, got married to the woman in the pictures, and became an episcopal priest. what is interesting, i want to bring in our guest right now, bonnie jackson-ransom, who handles crises for preachers, ministries, churches who get in trouble. you do a lot of things. but what's interesting about all those fo

in tough economic times, michael jackson and rushern baker are talking jobs. >> we can build capacity for our businesses to borrow, employment, that is our focus. >> we emphasize places like new carrollton. we take stay dollars and federal dollars and development around metro stations. >> baker runs a foundation for trying to bring quality teachers to the county. but that experience had trained me to deal with problems that lie ahead for prince george's county. >> michael jackson has been the sheriff's the past eight years. >> i don't take anything lightly. the only leader in this race, i can handle it to do what i have faced the last eight years. >> a little after 7:00 rushern baker will be here to cast his vote. the polls will be open until 8:00 tonight in d.c. and maryland. election officials in maryland say they expect 32% of eligible voters to be a today for the primary races. brianne carter reporting live. >>> voters in d.c. and maryland are not the only ones going to the polls. >> is primary day in six other states. the republican senate primary in delaware is closely watched.

baker won with 44%. michael jackson got 33% of the vote and samuel dean got 13%. >>> and let's go to stacy cohan live outside of the county administration building this morning. stacy. >> reporter: well good morning, again. and the moral here i guess is if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. baker tried three times and the third time was the magic number, succeeding last night in securing the victory. his closest competitor was michael jackson who was endorsed by jack johnson. that was not enough to put him over the top and there was quite a celebration on part of baker. baker had, prior to running for county executive, served many years on the state delegation in annapolis. he said one of the priority is bridging the gap between county and state government to helping -- to help prince george's get out of the economic slump and to spur education and crime reduction. here is what he had to say about the job ahead. >> we feel really good about where we are right now, the campaign came through. we k

baker grabbed 44% of the votes over four other candidates. no republicans ran for their party's nomination and leaving baker the winner in november. he's moving ahead with his plan. [ applause ] >> how's everyone doing? >> reporter: county executive jack johnson could run for re- elect and robert ehrlich will face o'malley in november. he won last night's -- the former governor said he wants to cut a 1% increase in the sales tax and o'malley pushed through in 2007. o'malley who easily won his primary has been time outing record investments in education despite tough economic times in his tenure. >>> cemetery scandal. still ahead on the edge, the army reveals shocking information about a mix-up at arlington national. >> take a look at this horse. you can see its bones are protruding. it's one of 53 horses seized from a farm in martinsburg, west virginia. the horse is malnourished and left with no food and water. all from a farm that was supposed to rescue them. >>> and a virginia man accused of sexual assault. how he used the popular website t

now, baker's main issues in his campaign have been education and jobs. he's really pushing for development around the 15 metro stations here in prince george's county. his closest rival at this point in the early returns is sheriff michael jackson. he says his experience in prince george's county the lst four years makes him the most qualified candidate. also running in this primary, couilmember sam bean, levi and businessman henry turner. but those three are not having as many numbers come in in their favor so far this evening. it was a very low turnout here in prince george's county in this primary today, and candidates worked very hard to get their supporters out to the polls. let's hear first from baker and then sherry jackson. >> the third time the charm? >> i think so. i feel good. i think we're going to be good tonight. >> is it your last try? if you don't win this one, you're done? >> i think this is it,nd i think we're going to prevail tonight. it feels really good from every part of the county. we're doing very well. i feel good about our ances

baker from d.c. was not a fan of how i described that voter discontent in our late-night coverage yesterday. correct me if i am wrong, but isn't derek mcginty's job to report the news. he referred to voters being disgusted with mayor fenty. his inflection seemed more personal than professional and i would like to know what he is basing the opinion on if you listened to my comments, you would hear me say that is exactly what i heard firsthand from voters for months now. that's where i got it and that's why i said it. and then the anti-fast food showing a dead body holding a cheeseburger. the gentlemen on the gurney was a double for my beloved 37-year- old son. we never expected this trucker to drop over one sunday a week before his wedding. we wish he had heeded a warning against his favorite fast food or meal but i hope that commercial can make a difference to another family. thank you, sue. and we appreciate your e-mails at wusa9.com. that's our -- our broadcast. bye-bye. >> now, "entertainment toni

jackson a baker are considered the top runners. levi, dean, and turner are the other candidates in this primary. >> reporter: as you said, it will be a tight race with five choices and a very competitive one as well. baker, who has run three times for countyexecutive, is in the running, along with prince george's county sheriff jackson. dean says don't count himout. i believes he's also a front-runner. levi and busessman turner jr. are in the running. they have all campaigned hard, going door t door. their campaigns were working very hard yesterday to get out the vote. we saw campaign workers already setting up signs in front of this polling site. the polls open at 7:00 p.m. >> t race for governor in maryland has been focused on a possible rematch between o'malley and uhrlich. today they will ce members of their own party. o'malley is expected to easily win the race today. and uhrlich will face murphy. the bethesda resident earned the support of sarah palin. uhrlich is favored to win the republican nod. >>> it is also primary day f

[crowd shouting yeah] [crowd chanting "baker"] >> thank you. thank you. now i know that all the results aren't in. but i -- i think the people have spoken. and i think the message is loud and clear. prince georges, it's time to make a good county great. >> you've just been listening to baker right there as he is basically declared himself the winner there for the democratic nomination for county executive in prince georges county. there were only five democrats running in this race. there is no republican challenger so essentially if all the numbers come back correctly, he will be the next executive fo

dusty baker's house is also in that neighborhood, although we don't know if there was anyone in the home at the time. but again, people need to, if you know someone that was affected by this, they're urging everyone to be accounted for so

and we are expecting to speak to jackson and baker in the coming hour. i'll have what you they say in the 9:00 hour. the polls have been out here since 7:00 a.m. anand steady campaign and a host of workers ready to convince people and try to web that last-minute vote. i'm stacy cohan, back to you. >>> voters are choosing candidates for municipal offices. >> counsel members, sheriff, board of education members, state attorneys, court clerks and treasurerrers are on the ballot in loudoun, prince george's and st. mary's county. >>> we'll have more this morning. we'll check out other stories making headlines this morning. >> that includes more on fonzi the clown. this morning he's behind bars facing serious charges. ainsley. >>> the failed blowout preventer is up from the gulf and ready for a close-up. i'll have more on the gulf oil investigation coming up. p.p,ppppó@@@@@@@@@@@ÑÑo >>> it is 8:12 now. 65 degrees out there. time for a look at stories making headlines this morning. police in fairfax county say a dispute over a speed bump in burke le

about today, someone who has actually seen an advanced copy of bob woodward's obama's wars is peter baker, of the "new york times", white house correspondent for "the new york times", and peter you're one of the few that has actually seen and gotten a look at this book. what can you tell us, what's the most significant thing about this book? >> well, i think it's a book that recounts in pretty vivid, narrative detail the sort of internal struggle, both within the president's teal and even within the president himself, about how to handle this war in

. >> reporter: sheriff michael jackson and workers for rashern baker working to get support. >> reporter: bothing campaigning on education, economic development and crime reduction. >> i'm the only executive in the race. >> reporter: jackson believed he is the best qualified for the job after serving eight years as sheriff. he was born and bred in the county and has held several positions including teaching. jackson believes that makes him better suited to address student needs. >> my name is in congressional record. we are recognized for my child support initiative, our school resource initiative. >> reporter: rashern baker is making a third run for the county executive seat after losing twice to jack john son. for his part, baker too is focus on improving county's education system saying it is paramount to fixing the county's overall position in the region. he is endorsed by a number of state and local lawmakers. both candidates have plans to help spur economic development, jackson way series of tax cede is it's, loans that he says will bring in revenue -- with a series of traction cre

the winner is baker who beat four other competitors to replace jack johnson. today baker promised an inspector general would help clean up county government. >> i think if we're going to have the confidence in the public, whether it's perceived or reality, that prince george's county is a place where you can't do business or that are contracts just being handed out, we need an inspector general who is independent from the council and county executive to come in and make the hard decisions. >> now baker joins other winners, including angela alsobrooks for state's attorney and melvin hite who is winning in a tight race for sheriff. five of eight county council members will also be new faces. >>> you could say a lot of long- time republicans are choking on the bitter taste of tea today. the tea party movement can claim wins in seven republican senate races and one of the biggest shockers is christine o'donnell in delaware. she took the senate nomination from nine-term congressman mike castle. democrats are encouraged about the results and republicans are worried.

you have rash earn baker three times, and i asked him why you would run three times. and he was determined. and now he beat out michael jackson, the sheriff for two terms. jackson has been endorsed by jack johnson. that was not enough to put him over the top. and indeed baker, in talking casually last night thanked his supports and said he knew he had a big job ahead. >> we feel good about where we are right now. the campaign came through. but the most important thing, and we talked about this probably ad nauseam, was our education system and creating jobs and that's what i want to do with county executives. i have some great partners and i'm happy to party with the people that made it happen. >> reporter: when the party is over, the county office building is behind me and this is where the county executive and county council do their general business. and in fact today, baker will hold a press conference and i imagine we'll hear more about all of this. stacy cohan, fox 5 news. >>> our coverage of the primary results continues a little later this morning. it was a big

. >> i'm in prince georges county where three times was the charm for baker who succeeded in his third attempt to secure the nomination, the democratic nomination for prince georges county executive leading by a comfortable margin. his closest opponent michael jackson. >> prince georges county is ready to be first in education [ cheering ] >> first in job creation. fist in opportunity, first in invasion, first in integrity [ cheering ] and first in public safety. >> reporter: it was like a rock show when baker finished his remarks. they wouldn't let him off the stage and at times it seemed as though he would be crowd surfing this happy group of report supporters please he succeeded to get the nomination as prince georges county executive ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: staying in prince georges county in the race for state's attorney to replace glenn ivey, -- we are running race results at the bottom of the screen continuously and you can log on to our website at wusa9.com. and click on the campaign 2010 banner at the top of the home page. >>> five after the hour. time for another "living $

they are focusing on what candidates will do to better the future. >> it is time for change. >> both baker and jackson are talking education and jobs as top priorities. there issues that are prairies' for voters turned >> someone who will be able to lift prince george's county from the lower ranks into the upper echelon. >> one small glitch -- at the clinton united methodist polling place, six of the 18 boating machines were not working. no delays for voters. the polls will stay open until 8:00 p.m. tonight. >>> there might be a gubernatorial rematch in battleground maryland. incumbent governor martin o'malley is expected to get his party's nomination. on the republican side, voters will be choosing between brian murphy and former governor robert ehrlich. murphy has the support of sarah palin. >>> across the country, tea party challenges are hoping for victory. mike castle is in a race against christine o'donnell who also has the backing of the former alaska governor in delaware. >> there is a tidal wave coming to delaware. [applause] we are writing it, and he is drowning in it. >> i have

rushern baker and michael jackson. both of the candidates are no stranger to leadership. baker has been a former has beenwho also runs a foundation designed to bring quality teachers to the county. michael jackson has been the sheriff's the past eight years. both of them over the past couple months have said that they will bring additional jobs to prince george's county. they will also be voting on a number of elections. the focus will be on the prince george's county executive race. according to election officials in maryland, they expect 32% of eligible voters to be voting in maryland for the primary today. brianne carter reporting. >>> d.c. and maryland voters are not the only ones going to the polls. >> in six other states it is primary day. the republican senate primary in delaware. longtime congressman mike castle faces a tough challenge from tea party favourite christine o'donnell. they are trying to capture joe biden dollars a former senate seat. >> the republican party has lost its way. they get behind candidates like my opponent who continues to support the demo

. >> baker seasonally wins the top post. no republicans are challenging him in november. >>> montgomery county executive race, doug louse rosenfeld won 69% to 31%. rosen feld will face leggett, the first african-american elected to that office and unopposed in the democratic primary. let's take a look at our forecast for the day. nice day after election? >> certainly off to a beautiful start. no fog. clr sky. off to a cool start. many locations in the 50s right now in washington. temperatures, as we look around the region, low to mid-60s there. upper 50s in prince george's county. mid-50s in montgomery. near 60 near the bay. away from the water,idewater gion and eastern shore only in the 50s. and out of the mountains, a chilly morning in the 40s. western maryland and west virginia over the last 12 hours we have had high pressure giving us clear sky. plenty of sunshine with highs reaching low 80s, low humidity. increasing clouds on thursday. a shower after sunset thursday evening. drying out by friday afternoon. details on th

bakers used more than 500 egg yolks to make that cake. the annual festival is held on the day the moon is at its fullest and roundest. after visitors had a taste of the cake, they probably felt the same way. you know that weight lifter, i have to go back to him. any time you see a guy lift that much weight, i'm afraid he's going to snap in half. >> i don't know. he was as tough as they get. he was kind of skinny, but every ounce of muscle. >> yeah. he was small for all that. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. >>> in washington, the group mothers against drunk driving, also known as madd, marked its 20th anniversary. according to madd, every minute one person is injured from an alcohol-related crash. >>> also in the capital, there will be a house hearing on legislation to reduce concussions in student athletes. according to one estimate, between 2005 and 2008, there were an estimated 400,000 concussions in high school athletes. >>> and a big day for one veteran of hollywood, a

his opponent is rushern baker serving in the state allegation from the general assembly. he has run twice before and both times being defeated by jack johnson. he's opening the third time is the charm. i asked the candidates during this tough economic time what they think they can do to help this county survive a shrinking budget. here is what they said? >> it's almost better to manage in hard times because then it tells you what your priorities are. and i made it clear my priorities are education and public safety and we have to figure out ways outside of that to bring money in. because the pie is only so big. it's like a pizza. it's not growing any longer. i don't care how you slice it, it's still the same pizza been we -- and we need to make that the whole and the spokes and that's how we'll open. >> reporter: and there are state primaries, senators and delegates and the top prosecutor job is up for grabs and there are several running in the democratic primary with a chance to run that seat. we'll keep you updated all day long, i'm stacy cohan, fox 5 news. >>> and we'r

baker won 44% of the vote to beat out four other ntenders. he said he would reach out especially in the areas of education, economic development and public safety. >> as county execute, i want to start by saying that the part of transparency i want people to see. we're going out to the public. wee going to reach out and make sure they're involved i shaping the legislation for the county. >> no republicans ran for county executive inrince george's county meaning bake her likely win the nember general election. he said he is looking forward to working prince george's and other new lawmaker them include five new councilmembers, a new sheriff, and a new state's attorney. you can see all the primary results online. to go nbcwashington.com. >>> in other news, a teenager is fine and the man accused of holding her hostage is in the hospital after a 9-hour stand-off in prince george's county. the drama started yesterday evening along richie burrell road. family members said they stormed into the home of his ex-girlfriend. they say at one point eight w

rushern baker was a long-time state delegate. he ran twice before for county executive nearly unseating jack johnson back if 2006 think he is hoping that the third time is the charm. both men are running on a sort of standard ticket, education reform, crime fighting and currently efforts to lift the economy from an economic slump. >> my name is in congressional record. we are nationally recognized for my child support initiative. our school resource initiative will place deputy sheriffs in the schools to help mentor and guide our young people. >> reporter: although we've spoken to rushern baker many times before, we were not able to catch up with him on the busy campaign trail yesterday. the polls open here this morning at 7:00 a.m. i want to mention from the county county executive race, there is a race for on for the state attorney and the governor's race, can you do that here in prince george's as well as across maryland. the polls will be open next time i see you. back to you. >>> voters in maryland also choosing candidates f

baker is viewed with jackson as the most competitive. his workers were here too. >> at this time we are still hoping to catch the voters coming home from work from the district and hopefully we will get some -- a little bit more participation at the end of it. every vote counts at this time. >> reporter: 223 precincts in the county using touch screens which have been problematic in the past but so far today no major reported problems. they worked hard on the touch screens. these boards of elections do everything they can to plan for any eventuality but some you can't get a handle on. the one thing that threw a monkey wrench into the works here, a power outage at one precinct at an elementary school, power out for about an hour. they worked on batteries but they got that up and running so those voters were able to get to it. less than an hour now to vote. we will have results for you later tonight. >> gary, i am struck by that figure you mentioned in your earlier package there when you said 9% had turned out in the early voting. what was

vernon baker, his family and friends traveled from idaho for the service. for his heroic actions during the war, he was awarded the medal of honor. vernon baker was 90 years old. >>> the funeral for a navy seal from silver spring, killed in afghanistan, will be october 4th. the dematha high school graduate brendan looney was among the american military personnel killed on tuesday. his funeral will take place at st. john the baptist roman catholic church in silver spring. there will be a prayer service for him tomorrow at dematha high. >>> at waller reed the army honored two soldiers with a purple heart. rick zimmerman and private first class loveless were injured while supporting combat operations in afghanistan. the purple heart is give on the members of the million. >>> after democrats decided to delay a vote on preserving tax cuts their counterparts in the house are saying not so fast. pelosi is considering calling a vote on the issue next week. >> america's middle class will have a tax cut. it will be done in this congress. >> reporter: more than 80,000