roy taylor at the scene of a major water main break. we've lost him earlier, but i'm sure this is having a terrible impact on traffic. >> it's a very serious down there as far as serious knows. city fire crews are on the scene as well as police tried to do what they can to alleviate the traffic issue down here. i just got word that the dump truck that is the up on president street, there in the process of escorting that be allowed to the scenes they can get the water shutdown, but if you're trying to use the expressway, either get off at st. paul or north avenue in of the traffic is so gridlocked, anyone working their way in, you're not want to get anywhere quite. it is a standstill. live in this guide to 11, and capt. roy taylor. >> we begin tonight consumer lawyer with a new service for maryland residents that allows you to renew your progress license on line. it is the first of two phases to streamline driver's license renewals. the news service would use the most recent photograph of the driver and would require an office visit on t

the toughest inmate here might just be james "t-bone" taylor. he's serving a double life for murdering two police officers in 1981. >> i had a cop killing case. it made me feel like i was big man on campus, because i was getting respect. but it was only out of fear. it wasn't because they respected me because of who i was. >> he was involved in gang related activity on both sides of the wall since he was a teenager in east st. louis. he earned his nickname t-bone while serving time at another prison. >> because the incident happened at ft. madison in the '70s, it was hard to get a knife. so i made a knife out of bone, out of a t-bone steak. we used to get steak back in the day.ç i sharpened it down and i was going to stab the guy with it. before i could stab the guy with it, they had busted me with it. they saw it in my hand. they took it. the name stuck. the guys in the penitentiary called me t-bone. >> but it was taylor's desire to rise to the top of the gang hierarchy on the outside what led him to conduct the cold-blooded murders. for whic

he met sarah knox taylor, daughter of zachary taylor, who of course later became president of the united states, but at this time taylor, zachary taylor, was a colonel in the army and davis' commanding officer. zachary taylor didn't want his daughters marrying military men. he knew how hard that life could be. but davis resigned from the army and married knoxy, as she was called but died less than three months later of malaria, and he was devastated by her death. more or less retired to his plantation in mississippi and spent the next eight years working very hard on that plantation and also developing a strong interest in politics. and he started getting involved in mississippi politics and then entering the fat stage. 1845 jefferson davis elected to the u.s. house of representatives. the next year, the mexican war began, and davis was a little conflicted, not about the war himself, he was full pli in support of the war politically and fully in support of president polk's war aims but he wasn't sure if he should join the war himself or if he should stay in congress. he eventually decide

. >> you christine taylor is serving 12 years ago aggravated robbery and kidnapping. >> the crime spree is february 14th of 2006. happened on valentine's day. >> the victim was a close female friend. one that taylor alleges stole items from her. >> i took measures into my own hands what, we call a citizen's arrest. we tied her up. i had two accomplices. they only caught one. >> you tied her up. what do you mean? >> with 50-foot extension cord. she wasn't really being cooperative in telling me where my things were and i felt it was the best way to get her to tell me if i bound here. this probably proceeded for the next eight hours of the day. >> during those eight hours taylor committed a series of atrocities. >> i burned her on her face. i burned her on other sides with a 12-gauge shotgun, had i pistol whipped her in her hip which took a chunk about a quarter size out of her hip. she was disfigured i guess you could say. her face couldn't really look at her and see it was her. said filthy mean things to her that i knew would hurt her and get under her skin. i cried a lot during the proc

in 1977, the unionist politician john taylor tell me the ira was on the run. five years earlier, he had been machine gun by the official ira. how do protestants regard the visits of the queen? >> of course they were delighted that she has come because for several years, they have been complaining that there appeared to be little interest by the royal family on the bigger problems we are having in our land. we are thrilled. and it comes at a time when changes are taking place in our land when it does appear that the ira are in retreat. >> the predictions proved premature. two years later, the ira blew up the boat of the queen's cousin. the bomb also killed two family relatives and a member of the crew. the ira followed up the attack by killing 18 soldiers on the same day in a double bombing, and it was to be almost another 20 bloody years before the ira ended its campaign and finally signed up to the good friday agreement. i reminded john taylor of what he told me 35 years ago. >> why did you say that -- why was that the feeling at the time? >> morel was under

apedy griffith a beloved tv icon was known for his role as andy taylor from the andy griffit show. >> he passed away -- griffith show. he passed away-- away at 8 # years old. and we learn about his life. [ music ] ♪-- 86 years old and we learn about his life. >> reporter: that whistle calls viewers to maybury wherefore 8 years beginning in 1960 he starred as sheriff andy taylor oppi's a. >> you have been taught the golden rule do unto others. >> yes, a. >> you think you've been following that rule. >> sure tommy did it to to me. >> reporter: after learning of the passing ron howard the actor who starred tweeted her persuit ofence exlen and -- i am foreof grateful rest in peace andy. >> well. >> reporter: with his wise words and southern drawl was the straight man in the popular comedy about small town america. >> what's the accident here? >> reporter: she had to go to mount pilot. >> we going to check the locks? >> no. we are going to take in her laundry. >> reporter: the real maybury was his hometown of mountary north carolina -- mountary north carolina. it's a monday -- mount airy

in one last act, the 15-year-old attempts to punch taylor in the head, but misses. the driver is arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery. while maintaining his innocence, taylor enters a plea deal and the charge is dropped. for their roles in the incident, both boys are arrested and face possible felony assault charges. but after reviewing all the evidence, the state's attorney's office does not file charges against the two teenagers, determining the case can't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. >>> show me which one. show me which one. >> a father pushed over the edge lashes out at his daughter's school bus bullies. >> everybody sit down. everybody sit down. >> september 2010, just outside orlando, florida. shatari jones, a soft-spoken sixth grader with mild cerebral palsy, enters middle school and says it wasn't long before the relentless teasing starts by boys on the bus. the continual bad behavior ç includes calling her names, even throwing an open condom shatari says hit her in the head. >> they was like throwing it in people's hair, and it was just -

nice job for taylor. great day all around for o's fans, before the game, cal rich kin, eddie murray and brooks robinson on hand. great to see brooks at the ballpark again. they unveil the jim palmer statue with the high leg kick, joining frank robinson and early weaver at their garden of greats. summer league and it was only one game. the wizards had to like bradley beals debut yesterday. a game high 22. the wiz back at it against the rockets, and beihl back at it as well. the old slip and fall. beihl flying in to finish on the other end. -3 gators showing off the hops. thomas sataransky does one better. right down the middle of the lane. worthy of another look, cox at bat with the left hand. the wizards will play again tomorrow against the grizzlies at 6:00. meanwhi meanwhile, kevin durant back in his hometown. they'll play monday night at verizon center, doesn't matter what court they're on, what city they're in, he can shoot. and then playing on the same team as lebron james. the finals mvp, kobe bryan

and miraculously, officer taylor survived. is back on the force, and has been promoted to detective. and he says that this entire thing has just changed his perspective. >> things about not taking your life for granted. not taking the special things like your family, for granted. and really appreciating every day for the gift that it is. >> one of the crazy things about his injuries, he is still getting shrapnelut of the wounin his i cut myself shavin probably the worst splinter you've ever had. >> from the dash cam footage. after the shots rang out, the car sped off. >> officer taylor pulled this car over because the car was following too close. but it turns out, these two were in a zoelen vehiclstolen vehicl were on the run from authorities in pennsylvania. rene phillips, the passenger in the car, was arrested and is currently in jail in pennsylvania. after a manhunt for michael edgerton, he committed suicide. >> wow. >> i'm so glad those bullets didn't hit anything major. there's no reason for this. >>> at this restaurant,

fill taylor joining us now. good to see you. the olympic less than two weeks away. one of the hopefuls is obviously the dream team made up of nba stars mostly. now they have an important injury to contend with. >> the american men in basketball are heavy favorites. they probably should still be. they did lose blake griffin this week to an injury that required knee surgery. it will keep him out for the entire olympics. that is on top of the u.s. team losing other big men. it is not cause for panic yet but cause for a little bit of concern. what is left is a u.s. team quick and athletic but not very tall. >> and then kobe bryant apparently there is trash talk involved saying this dream team can't possibly stand up against the dream team of 1992. >> right. there seems to be almost as much competitiveness between the current dream team and the '92 team as the current team and the teams playing in the olympics. kobe said they could beat the original dream team that featured michael jordan and magic johnson and larry bird. >> when is he saying? taking them up now or like

a sixth grade teacher from robert taylor middle school was killed by a minivan. two children were hurt. the driver of the truck crossed a median and she has been charged with reckless driving. >> return to the scandal at penn state where changes are in the works and a disturbing report this week. a spokesman for the school said the locker room and shower area will be remodeled as a result of jerry sandusky's crimes. this is coming as some call for joe paterno's statue to come down. >> it was a mistake and he admitted it was a mistake. at the same time he had such a career behind him people have to look at that more than this. >> plans are in the works for the renovation. no construction can be done until all the legal proceedings are finished. >> coming up, a resolution of sorts for the teen usa uniform controversy. the designer makes some major concessions. >>pepco gets an earful. what is all this talk about underground power lines. we will explain in a live report coming up. >> tomorrow not 105 as it was last saturday, but there is a risk of afternoon thundersh

taylor. that's an underlying theme being put out by the far left that romney wanted to be received poorly in houston so that antiblack people would vote for him. i want to make it very clear that no one in the obama campaign is saying that. but clearly ms. pelosi and ms. taylor are implying it was racial component to the governor's appearance in houston. and a fair country, that innuendo absolutely unacceptable. that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction. joining us from houston hillary shell ton washington bureau director for the naacp. so, mr. shelton, what say you? >> well, you can't dismiss what either of these women said. i mean, quite frankly, the way that mitt romney came to the naacp was clearly not to garner support. if you have a better idea and quite frankly keep in mind the naacp is is nonpartisan and he e always invite candidates from at least both parties. sometimes the green party and other parties as well. if you want to garner support you at least meet people wh

roy taylor in sky team 11. >> things are moving smoothly. we will tell you that a pretty much have an understanding about what is blocked off and how to circumnavigate. there is a problem is out lb 395, a traffic on i-95 is extremely heavy and that is not. . do not credit the area for upcoming artscape. >> no word that sparked an east -- a late afternoon fire. the 1911 was above ability just before 3:00 this afternoon where we're told a transformer broke out in flames. johns hopkins dropped out of first place according to the u.s. news and world report. maryland -- massachusetts general and is listed as no. 1 in boston. johns hopkins has been at the top of the honor roll since the list began. they say it's disappointing but they will continue to work to be the very best. it is based on hospital performance and resources. but >> top state leaders are looking to expand. they were unable to come up with on anything and they might call back for a special session on gambling. they met for about an hour this morning. it may take some elbow grease

taylor. bell was a beautiful letter and we appreciate it. working on a similar topic, the lady jaguars. they also collected over 40 toys. they did a lot of research and learned a lot about cancer. before they did that, they wrote some incredible poems about a variety of topics. that is what it is about, writing, getting your ideas out, taking action. here to share her home is danielle. -- her poem is danielle. stand up. are you ready? >> it is a wonderful world but they made a few mistakes like leaving out freedom and putting in slavery. like no school lunch and mean teachers. like needing to leave when ylike going to bed early when yu are getting enough sleep. like everyone caring too much about pretty desperate like having one teacher when there are thousands of children like leaving out peace and happiness and putting in wars and no jobs. like leaving out a warm shelter for everyone and putting out homeless people all over the world. it is a wonderful world, but they made a few mistakes. >> they wrote plenty more poems to inspire people t

and goldie taylor, managing editor of the goldie taylor project and a contribute to the grio.com, which is part of msnbc news. mark thompson, tell me what the reaction was in the room. >> well, of course, everyone was polite, and as always, lawrence, thanks for having me. it's a tradition of the naacp, when it has this convention during a presidential election year, to invite both a democratic nominee and the republican nominee. and mitt romney was accepting, he did come. and it was very polite, up until the point, of course, when he mentioned obama care. and to many in the audience, obama care itself is still somewhat of a slur. that's not the name of the program. i know oftentimes as pundits, we use it loosely, but some people feel that's a negative term, even a pejorative term, and he was booed. he was actually applauded when he first came out. he got some other rounds of applause, because the -- and these are the very black leaders he claimed to have talked to on fox tonight. he brought about 20 black republicans with him into the room, and they kind of served as applauders for his

the suspect pulls taylor on to the platform and then flees the scene with the young boy. a rider eventually pulls the emergency switch to alert the train operator and a woman who did not witness the attack helps taylor get to the local hospital. >> i ran behind him, like this, are you all right? he said, yeah i'm all right. i asked him, do you want to go to the hospital, and he said ? yes. >> she took me to the hospital and i talk to her everyday. she is a good person. >> taylor is treated for a broken finger and cuts to the head and neck. >> i have this right here and here and this broken finger and the six stitches in the back of his neck. >> several stitches and broken fingers, but i don't know what kind of psychological impact this could obviously, riding home from work asleep on the subway and all of the sudden a man attacks you with a hammmr/ he is fortunate that those are the only injuries. >> police release the video to try to capture the attacker. >> well we did need the video to help identify the attacker, and we made an arrest last night after the video came in

that's the way many of us felt when we god word that andy griffith, also known as sheriff andy taylor, died today. he was 86. bill whitaker now on the man who brought the fictional town of mayberry to life. >> reporter: when you think of andy griffith, whistle a little tune. ♪ ♪ >> i can walk through airplanes today and hear that theme whistled behind me. >> reporter: andy griffiths' long career stretched from nightclubs to radio to movie to music, but it was a role as a small-town sheriff that made him beloved to millions of america americans. >> just twisted wrong. it's easy, though, see, just... >> good. just make sure it clears your underwear. >> right. >> reporter: andrew samuel griffith was born in a town much like mayberry-- mount airy, north carolina. >> i'm not just an entertainer, i'm an influence, a wielder of opinion, a force! >> reporter: griffith's first film was a departure from the idea we have of him, a hobo turned power hungry t.v. star in "a face in the crowd." but his next big film was a smash "no time for sergeants." >> every last one of them, all yours. >> go

roy taylor. >> now to our big story, the cleanup after the storm. bge crews are not the only ones working to get crews back on at the grid. 11 news reporter nadia ramdass is live at b.w.i. marshall airport. hi, nadia. >> as you can see behind me, this staging area appears to be a ghost town, compared to yesterday when crews were just arriving to start work. 3300 bge and out-of-state workers are working together to restore power to maryland and they say they are up for the challenge. as the sun started to rise on a hazy tuesday morning, thousands of eager utility workers set out for another day of work, trying to restore power to maryland residents who have been living in the dark since last friday's severe storm. >> i am excited to be here. >> utility workers came from all over the country, even as far north as canada, assisting bge crews since last week and through a mutual assistance network. this worker from the southern california hit the ground running as soon as he arrived. >> i was here by 7:00 a.m. sunday morning, working by 7:45 sunday morn

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roy taylor. >> trees in a backyard are posing a problem for george richardson. she wants these cut and cleared, but what could happen? she has a conservation area right behind her home. >> i do worry about that. they did penalize me or give me some type of a fine in this situation. >> she is allowed to clear the trees, move them from use them for firewood. >> the trees may have been in a conservation district, but she is responsible for the removal. >> the maryland attorney general's office is investigating complaints of price gouging by some hotels and gas station owners. david collins joins us live with the details. >> price gouging is seen now as against the law, but it's not in maryland. the attorney general booking and gas prices shooting up by as much as 50 cents per gallon and a hotel room going for it seven times the listed price. storm debris is still being cleared. power still being restored. in the midst of all of this, some hotels, retail outlets taking advantage of the situation. >> it's ironic. you think the prices would go lower, not to take advan

taylor and burton. bogart and bacall. watch "the big sleep," for example. the connection they had. time was, that was for real. but here's the thing -- desilu broke up. taylor and burton broke up. cruise and kidman, of course, broke up. and where does that leave fans? well, here's the thing -- kristen and robert may or may not be finished. but the scenes they shot didn't change. time was, something in that was for real. and we know. we've seen that before. john donovan, abc news, pittman, new jersey. >>> and we'll certainly see it again. >>> we thank you for watching. we're always on here at abcnews.com. "nightline" is later. and for diane and all of uts here at abc news, have a good evening, america. i'll see you tomorrow on good morning america.

but heres the thing, taylor and burton broke up. cruise and kidman, of course, broke up. and where does that leave fans? well, here's the thing -- kristen and robert may or may not be finished. but the scenes they shot didn't change. time was, something in that was for real. and we know. we've seen that before. john donovan, abc news, pittman, new jersey. >>> and we'll certainly see it again. we thank you for watching. we're always on here at abcnews.com. "nightline" is later. and for diane and all of us here at abc news, have a good evening, america. i'll see you tomorrow on "good morning america." >>> tonight the face book factor. a $1 billion earnings report that still isn't good enough for wall street. we're live to ask why. >> and an apology from twitter. another big social network explains why nobody in the world was able to tweet today for hours. >> there is video of a suspected hit and run driver. he left the scene of an accident today, leaving two children behind. and what is wrong with oakland's police radios? there are details on lapse that's occurred while the

. >> we met christina meadows and kristine taylor at the tennessee prison for women. both were eager to talk about their children which made the graphic details they shared about their violent crimes all the more shocking. >> i did so much damage they said that i had to have a weapon which i didn't. >> it was almost like an al pacino movie i guess you could say. very brutal, bloody. >> christine taylor serving 12 years for aggravated robbery and kidnapping told us about the eight hours she held a friend captive and brutally beat her. she had accused the friend of stealing from her. >> burned her on her face. i burned her on her sides. with a 12 gauge shotgun i pistol whipped her on her hip. which took a chunk about a quarter size out of her hip. she was disfigured, i guess. her face, couldn't really look at her and see it was her. >> christina meadows also knew her victim. she and her cousin got into a fight that escalated into a vicious assault. >> i hit her so many times in the same spot, you know, it made a gash from up here to down here. she was 6 foot tall and we

. >>> it's been five years since redskins safety sean taylor was murdered in his own home. now we know when the suspects will go on trial. >> later a local man robbed three times decides to take action. his new crime fighting app that can help police track down criminals. >> it was a beautiful thursday here in d.c. and a lovely night, temperatures and humidity in check, but the clouds are increasing and that signals changes for tomorrow and the weekend. i'll have your forecast coming up on fox 5 news at 10:00. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. are a

when i say james taylor, you think what? >> i think friend. i think a special connection musically that i have not experienced with a lot of people in the same way. again, i describe this in the book in such a lovely, wonderful way. i put myself back in the moment of playing with him for the first time, and it is the same whenever we come together again after years. we don't see each other, we don't play, we might not speak, but here we are, hello, and that's what happened in the troubadour tour. tavis: yeah. i was there, i was there at the troubadour. >> and before that, really, at the troubadour club in 2007, which we also have out. concord has that out. tavis: i was there too. >> you were there? you were there for everything. tavis: i was there. not for everything, but for this part i was. >> you know what? i treasure it. i treasure that you were there, i treasured being part of that phenomenon. it is remarkable. i have had a remarkable life. i seem to be in such good places at the right time, and if you were to ask me to sum my life up in

he once said he wished he could have been a little bit more like sheriff andy taylor. abc news, new york. >> quite a loss. it is 4:57 now. it turns out checking cheese has been giving -- chuckie cheese is changing the giant rodents image amid a dip in sales. >> they will launch a national ad campaign tomorrow with a revamped image of a the mascot as an electric-guitar-playing rock star. >> still ahead never underestimate the power of twitter. it landed a complete stranger an all-expenses paid

roy taylor. klutzes special legislative session to expand gambling is better than rolling the dice according to governor o'malley who believes progress is being made. >> and david joins us live from the news room. >> this is a yet to be named gambling commission setting new tax breaks for gaming revenue. the senate president will be briefed at a breakfast meeting tomorrow. >> the are the low-cost special session are now better than a role of the dice. this grows from a consensus regarding a new proposal allowing to set a gambling tax rates. the seven sticking point for some house members. -- this has been a sticking point. >> this is better left to a commission to handle. they can come back and overturning it if it was never something so egregious. what they discussed it with stephanie rawlings blake who declined to speak to reporters. isaiah leggitt. >> let the gaming commission said the raids. i think that the house alternative plan that they offer. >> they all support allowing a commission and

i mean, his spoex gkes guy was this program last night, rich taylor, but when does newt gingrich engage and say, this is an issue i brought up a long time ago, there could be some problems here.

high, taylor how are you honey. this is really exciting. and your mom and i met 30 years ago at usc. now you want to go. >> i'm going to usc. >> you want to go into broadcasting. >> stephanie: yes, wow this is the worst place to intern. >> i'll take what i can get. >> it's true, because then it could turn into a job. >> et envy of dead end jobs. >> stephanie: trailer, do you is any more trash you can tell us about stephanie from your mom. >> years and years and years of crash. >> the weirdest people you could ever meet. they were boring. they didn't go to the football games. >> did they at least date each other? >> stephanie: wanda is straight with two kids. i'm a big gay. when i was on the bike trip in italy, everybody had rooms right next to each other. and your mom is technological technologyically impaired, like all old people. she stole your camera, as you know. >> yes. >> stephanie: but she didn't know how to charge it. she very loudly she was in the room, i don't know what hole it goes in. what hole does it go in? i said, will you st

years later he revealed sheriff andy taylor was supposed to be the funny man until his friend don not spot into the act >> called me when he saw the pilot and said, don't you need a deputy? >> the rest is comedy history. he turned to drama in the '80s and '90s, starring in matlock. in 2005 he was awarded the presidential medal of honor. a working actor, to the end of his life. >> his family says he passed away from an illness but did not specify what it was. he was also a director and producer and actually won a grammy as a southern gospel singer >> scientists may be on the verge of making one of the most important physics discoveries ever. how the discovery of the god particle could explain the origin of the universe >> in man's home is taken from him while he is in the hospital. >> on just a simple homeowner who happen to get sick >> the short reprieve this bay area man is getting >> good evening everybody, we have your fireworks,, [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around.