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explosive arguments, a jury mustdecide if a doctor killed the king of pop. >> there was no doctor, no paramedic, no machine that was going to revive michael jackson. michael jackson's drugged down spiral and what really happened the homes before his death. hello everyone i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here is what people are talking

about tonight. >> the nation watches michael jackson's personal doctor stand trial. for the first time we're hering michael jackson in a taped conversation before he died. >> reporter: dr. murray is being charged for manslaughter. >> it was dr. murray's repeated incompetent and unskilled acts that led to mr. jackson's death. >> reporter: prosecutors played an audio recording dr. murray made just weeks before michael jackson died. in slurred speech, michael jackson expressed his hopes for his upcoming show. that show was supposed to be jackson's big come back. a concert promoter testified

that the pop star wanted to hire dr. murray specifically for the tour. murray's lower lip quivered when his attorney spoke of his friendship with michael jackson. murray has admitted giving the singer propephol, but he says the singer gave himself the fatal dose. >> he died so instantly he didn't have time to close his eyes. e yes. >> reporter: kenney ortega says he told dr. murray that jackson was psychly and could not do the tour. >> he said that i needed to stop being an amateur doctor and be the director. a high risk job in the national mall as workers search for damage at the national

monument. watch this worker step out of the window near the top of the 555-foot monument. he is setting up a safety system to inspectors can repel down the monument looking for cracks from last month's earthquake. a surveillance picture captures the panic. >> it was devastating, it was shaking violently. the shaking was so hard i thought we were under attack. >> bad weather delayed the inspection today but workers will be back on top of the monument tomorrow morning. bge comes face to face with their customers tonight. furious about the storm's response. megan mccorkel has tonight's words from the meeting. >> reporter: it was a full house at that meeting as the state assessing bge's response

to hurricane irene. as hurricane irene raged, more than 2,000 customers lost power for days. >> it was very frustrating. >> reporter: tonight some frustrated customers sounded off about irene's aftermath. >> poorly run company, did a poor job. >> we lose power all time. >> saturday, sunday, monday,tuesday, wednesday, thursday, flashlights. couldn't eat. had to go buy all our food. all the food in the freezer completely lost. >> reporter: susan o'brien says lost power could be dangerous for the nursing home she represents. >> just as a hospital, we believe nursing homes especially large nurses homes should be prioritized as well. >> reporter: it wasn't just homes and business that were in the dark. students here missed a week of classes because of the power outages. bob slowie's kids were home from school, electricity was out for eight days. >> i would like to at least

have somebody drive by and say we're working on it. anything. >> reporter: rob gold says irene was an epic storm causing an estimated $81 million in damage. >> we were hearing from our guys on the field that this was a storm that brought unprecedented damage. >> reporter: the company working on better communication with customers in the future. >> reporter: bge has submitted this 67 page report to the commission, bge will have their opportunity in front of the committee next month. >> the commission would need to approve any rate increases to cover the cost of hurricane irene. the fire is out but the smoke remains after a massive tire fire in northwest baltimore. this was the scene yesterday as the auto repair shop went up in flames. tonight firefighters are still finding smoldering tires. the department says despite the smell it is safe to breathe the

air. no word yet on how the blaze started. serious charges against a baltimore city police officer he's accused of leading county police on a drunken high speed chase. tonight he is off the job. wjz is live. kai jackson has the accusations and how the police department is responding. >> reporter: officer smith is charged with dui and speeding and these charges have placed his career in jeopardy. this happened friday september 23rd. they say a patrol clocked a speeding black car at 78. investigators say when the patrol officer attempted to stop smith he kept going. in the charging document, the officer drove the lexus failed to stop and rapidly accelerated and crossed over all lanes cutting in front of several

other vehicles. they say smith abruptly stopped his car on lower baltimore drive. baltimore county police say when they finally caught up with city officer timothy smith they had to forcibly remove him from his car and place him in handcuffs. according to charging documents, officers found the defendants eyes to be glassy and blood shop and his speech slurred. >> he is currently suspended working administrative duties which means his gun and badge have been taken away. officer timothy smith faces a criminal investigation. once that's complete an internal investigation by the city police department for whom he worked, back to you. >> kai thank you. officer smith is a five year veteran of the department. power for sale. that is the charge as the prosecution lays out its corruption case against euleses curry. the power could bring down one

of the state's most powerful politician. >> are you feeling confident about this trial? >> no comment. >> reporter: 74-year-old state senator euleses curry saying little now, but all the while claiming his innocence. the evidence will accomplish beyond a reasonable doubt shoppers bought the power of a state senator. he sold his power for nearly a quarter of a million dollars. in 2003 through 2008, it is claimed he used his power. his political maneuvering allowed shoppers to transfer a liquor license from to the college park neighborhood. all without ever disclosing he was working as a paid consultant for the grocery chain.

curry's defense attorneys are trying to convince jurors that while he may have failed to disclose a conflict of interest, he did nothing illegal. this was not a secret, there were no secret files in the safe his attorneys told jurors. not only did he disclose every dime and dollar he got from shoppers he paid taxes on it. not one dime of maryland state money go to shoppers. shoppers did not buy his influence. did not buy the chain, did not buy him. they have a number of witnesses they would like to call. the trial is expected to last six weeks. at the federal courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. along in the trial, are two shoppers. postal workers rally against drastic cuts. >> we just want to get the mail out. we don't want a bail out. >> reporter: the workers are

finding a plan that will shut down 41 postoffices across maryland. elijah comings has introduced a bill to avoid the massive tax cuts. ray rice and ricky williams visited the students at an elementary school. they encouraged the kids to spend at least an hour every day on physical activity. we could all use that advice. the students will track their activity for the next two weeks, then two lucky students will be invited to a ravens game later this year. >> that sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. hopefully they get good seats. a burglar with a taste for adult toys. the great lenghts this ocean city thief went through and the single item he stole. where the huge piece of space junk landed and why we'll have to keep our eyes on the

skies again. a kiss on an airplane at bwi marshal causes quite a commotion. why this actress says she was discriminated against by the southwest airlines. and i'm bob turk, i'll have the complete forewarn weather forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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cast in central maryland right now. the complete forewarning weather forecast is coming up. unbelievable scenes from the philippines as a typhoon turns streets into rivers. at least 18 people have died and more than 100,000 have been forced to evacuate. rain fell at a rate of an inch an hour while winds gusted up to 90-miles-an-hour. manila has not seen flooding like this in decades. the number of deaths from listeria tainted cantaloupes continue to grow. 13 deaths have been linked to the fruit and three more may be connected. a maryland woman is among those who has died. the outbreak has been traced to a farm in colorado. the produce was sold in 25 states but not in maryland. most healthy adults are not

affected by listeria. however, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems are at high risk. fire officials say a possible leak in the basement watt -- nationwide controversy over an actress flying out of bwi marshall airport. she is calling for a boycott of southwestern airlines because she says she was thrown off a flight for kissing her girlfriend. the kiss took place on a flight off southwest. actress lisa shelian who was seen on the l word and was most recently seen on csi says she was escorted off the plane for

kissing her girlfriend. haley the airline discriminated against her kissing someone she loves. but those witnesses on the plane said it was more than a peck. >> if as passengers said it was excessive public display of affection would your opinion change? >> yes, i don't think there should be excessive public affection between males, females, two females, two males. a kiss is a kiss but don't go overboard. >> if it was inappropriate kiss between a male and a female i think it was an inappropriate kiss between two females. if it was inappropriate, regardless it was inappropriate. >> reporter: the actress says

she has video of the exchange but that video is yet to surface. the surveillance camera shows a man using a concrete block to break into the red district store. he then steals an adult device worth about $100. police have not found the man responsible, but the store says he looks like a recent customer. 2, the space junk fell over a remote area. experts say it was the perfect landing spot. now we're all going to have to

keep our eyes out for a german falling satellite. we had showers in a few spots this afternoon. some actually had heavy downpours. maybe some fog later on tonight. 73 with a dewpoint at 70. east winds at seven, the barometer actually has risen 29.8-inches. for this time of year these temperatures running 10, 15 degrees above normal. 70 in ocean city, once again that dewpoint at 70. a good chance overnight where we have showers and it's so wet any way a good chance we will see fog. once again during the night and early morning hours. after it burns off maybe a few scattered showers. not going to drop off a lot with a dewpoint that high just cannot drop off too much. winds rather light right now but they'll be pretty calm. this system that has been

sitting out over the midwest continues to spin and spin and spin. and because of that little spokes that keeps riding across the jet stream through ohio. there's one there, there's one there. there's one there. we may see a shower coming our way. had a lot of rain across pennsylvania today, flood warnings up there. still shower activity in washington, allegheny county. we will see clear skies for a while. maybe a shower and then tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning also a risk of a shower and tomorrow afternoon with a second front moving across the region by thursday. a risk of another shower friday. finally looks like that low is far enough away from our region. some drier and cooler air begins to move in. setting up a nice cool weekend. taking a look at the tropics. expected to grow into maybe a

category one storm. passing east of bermuda sometime over the weekend and then way out to sea. it will not affect the united states but it may bring rain and some wind to bermuda as you saw. southeast winds at 10 knots. that's ofelia number two, the same storm. winds at five to 10 knots. overnight tonight maybe a shower and fog as well. 67 then tomorrow look out for some fog in the morning and some afternoon showers. maybe a thundershower or two. upper 70s the next five days. still a risk of a few more showers yet on thursday. finally beginning to dry out. 76, a nice cool fall weekend, breezy. 63 and 63 on sunday, denise. >> thank goodness, thank you bob. coming up another chance for the orioles to spoil boston's play off party. >> this game came down to the final pitch. mike has the thrilling finish next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

i tell you, those o's. >> boston tied for the wild card late on this second night of the season. why not knock out the sox? o's rookie zack britton on the mound. big game. and he gets the best of lovarnway. connects for a homer the first of his career. bottom of the ninth. tieing run on adam jones a chance to be the hero. facing john papelbon it was a long at-bat. papelbon gets the best of it. the o's breathe a sigh of

relief. new york has the bases loaded. russell martin the batter. evan longoria tags the bag. triple play it's only the third termed in tampa bay's history they beat the yankees 5-3. so the rays and red sox are tied with one more game left in the regular season. a one game play off if they're tied after tomorrow night. all right, to football. ravens off today but earlier we saw some of them exercising with kids in lingsburg. in their loss at oakland on sunday, nada took a rest to talk about what the ravens need to do against the jets offense. >> we have to stop that run first. they're going to have two good running backs. if we can get them stopped

early we can hurry up and get to sanchez and you know disrupt him from his passing game. >> nada's teammate ray lewis was named the player of the week. ray lewis had 10 tackles including a sack in the game. and finally, baltimore's swimming star michael phelps got out of the water and on to the running track. a run ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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