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>> reporter: i wanted to show you the paper. in the "state journal" this morning, it says "great debate," and indeed it was a great debate. for the first time, supporters of the governor's bill turned out in large numbers here yesterday. there was a heavy police presence to keep the peace because both sides were shouting to make their voices heard. it was the sixth straight day of demonstrations. this crowd, as many as 70,000, the largest yet. many were protesting governor scott walker's plan to close the state's $3.6 billion budget deficit. the state's largest public employee unions now say they will pay more for their health and retirement benefits but are refusing any limits to their collective bargaining rights. >> this is not about money. it's never been about money. it's about the republican party trying to squash the democrats, trying to squash union rights. >> reporter: for the first time, the governor's supporters joined the demonstrators in madison. >> i'm out here because, you know what, i work, just graduated this spring, and i try and save my money and act prudently, and i think it's about the time the state does the same. >> reporter: the republican-backed bill is stalled because all 14 democratic state senators left the state thursday and are hold up in illinois. without a quorum, the senate can't vote on the bill, and the fugitive senators say they are prepared to stay away for weeks, if they have to. >> this is chipping away at our very middle class, at what our people have as a life in wisconsin. >> reporter: but republicans aren't budging. >> there was a time for debate, and democrats in the senate decided they'd rather go to illinois instead of be here debating this bill. so, that time has come and gone. >> reporter: ohio and indiana are considering bills similar to wisconsin. ohio's legislature is considering a bill to limit collective bargaining for that state's 400,000 public employees, but what happens in madison could set the tone for what happens around the country. >> collective bargaining in the public sector began in wisconsin. so, if it happens there, it possibly could happen in many other states. >> reporter: one thing that might be a little bit different today is the weather is expected to be lousy here. we're expecting snow and some freezing rain. we are told that there's a big demonstration planned for inside the state capitol, where it's nice and warm in there, at around noon today central time. alex? >> okay. we'll be watching for that. thank you, scott newell. and developing now within the hour, we have learned that u.s. navy warships and helicopters are tracking the private yacht carrying four american hostages and a dozen pirates just south of yemen, as it makes its way towards somalia. no comment yet from the military on possible plans to rescue those hostages. the yacht is owned by california couple jean and scott adam, who have been sailing around the world distributing bibles. meanwhile, the management of the yacht club has asked members not to comment further about the couple out of concern for the adams' safety. iranian state television reports two iranian navy vessels are approaching egypt's suez canal. this would be the first passage for iranian ships through that waterway since 1979. israel calls it a provocative move, accusing iran of trying to exploit the instability of the region. big developments this morning in the middle east. in northern africa, with escalating violence in libya. you're about to see some amateur video showing protesters gathering in the city of tobrook. the crackdown of demonstrators has been severe with some opening fire. one doctor says at least 200 protesters have been killed by government forces over the last few days. nbc's stephanie gosk joins us live from cairo, egypt. stephanie, with another good day to you, what's latest we're hearing on the unfolding situation in libya? >> reporter: good morning, alex. the latest news is pretty disturbing. what we're hearing is that security officials -- security forces have unloaded machine gunfire on some of those protesters in benghazi. what we're seeing is the cycle day in and day out. these protesters were part of a funeral, mourning someone killed in a protest yesterday, and then what happens is large crowds are gathered to these funerals, and then violence breaks out. but what's difficult in the story is that it's hard to confirm any of these reports. we're hearing hundreds killed, but the government in libya is not allowing journalists to report this story. they're also basically creating a communication blackout so that people are having difficulties using the internet. they can't get on facebook and twitter sites, which have been shut down. and also, cell phone service is not reliable. but what we are seeing amongst the accumulation of all of these unconfirmed reports, certainly, is a tendency that this government is cracking down harder and more severe as the days progress. we're also seeing violence in yemen again today, outside of the university of sanaa. there are reports that there has been gunfire there. as you know, yemen is an ally of the united states. the government there a partner with the u.s. going after al qaeda in that country. and of course, in this difficult situation, whether they back this democracy movement or whether they back the government, a conundrum that has been the case in every single one of these countries. alex? >> okay. stephanie gosk from cairo, egypt, with the update on all the unrest. thank you, stephanie. president obama is heading to ohio on tuesday, part of the major economic push that he calls winning the future. over the past two months, he's gone from upstate new york to michigan. he just wrapped up a two-state swing out west, and next month he's heading to florida. nbc news white house correspondent mike viqueira joins us live from the north lawn. good sunday morning to you, mike. >> reporter: good morning to you, alex. >> so, we have this event on tuesday, and i understand that the president's not going to be alone? what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, he'll be bringing a number of administration officials. you remember way back at the state of the union, i believe back on january 25th -- it seems a lifetime ago given the tumultuous events we've seen overseas and in wisconsin over the past couple weeks, but it was winning the future that the president put forward, his slogan, if you will, talking about innovation, talking about education. since then, he's traveled virtually every week around the country to talk about various proposals that he's putting forward -- high-speed rail. he wants $58 billion for that. he's talking about wireless internet connections in other places. and tuesday, he continues now, the emphasis is going to be on small business. he will host a forum complete with breakout sessions. it's at beautiful cleveland state university, one of the finer institutions around this country, home of the vikings. and he will have the commerce secretary, the labor secretary and the treasury secretary there as well. you know, the president and the administration say they've done a lot for small business already. there have been several tax cuts, 17 by some counts. there are indeed tax credits, there are loan guarantees for small business. but one thing that small business and the small business lobby here in washington and republican allies on capitol hill always talking about the health care bill, that considered to be too onerous on small businesses. they're reporting conditions, the forms they have to fill out. a lot of that is in the works to be repealed, try to relieve that burden on small business. that, doubtless, will be a topic when the president goes to cleveland on tuesday, alex. >> okay. all sounds good. real quick, this whole cleveland state that you went on and on and on, is that because nick went to cleveland state? i'm like, wow, yeah. you know? i mean -- >> reporter: yeah. >> he's probably just doing jumping jacks in the control room. >> reporter: if they turn out fine products like nick -- >> he'll be inseparable for the rest of the day. mike viqueira, see you next hour. in light of tomorrow being presidents' day, we'll talk to a author on the book on the 15 presidential decisions that changed the nation. and one of those presidents is ronald reagan. we'll examine the decision he's made that's had a profound effect on america and the world. also ahead, check your mailbox. the royal invitations to will and kate's wedding has been sent out. we'll see who's getting one. and the agony and ecstasy. a little dog's ordeal ends in the arms of his owner. at least it's got a good ending, but boy, is this a story. something wrong with your squeegee, kid? uh, i'm a little sick. sick?! you gonna let a sore throat beat you? you're fearless! ahhhhhhhhh! atta boy! 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karen finney is an msnbc political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. good morning, karen. >> good morning. >> i want to first get your opinion on something the president said about the budget battle in wisconsin. >> sounds good. >> on the other hand, some of what i've heard coming out of wisconsin, where you're just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions. and i think it's very important for us to understand that public employees, they're our neighbors, they're our friends. >> okay. is this a smart move to come out and talk about this? because on the one hand, yeah, it might bolster union support. on the other hand, it's a state issue. so, what is your take there? >> well, look, i think the president was careful to say in the earlier part of that clip, look, obviously, a governor's got to try to balance his budget, but that what's going on here doesn't appear to be just that. you know, there's been some discussion about whether or not there really is a crisis in wisconsin and whether or not the governor is using this as a way to take away rights from workers, and i think, you know, as a democratic president, politically speaking, you can't not weigh in on an issue like this and think that you're going to have labor support in your re-elect. but also, i think there's more of a fundamental issue here that, you know, as we've heard, most of these workers have said, look, we're willing to pay our fair share, but you can't take away our rights. >> yeah. >> so, i think -- yeah. >> but let's look at the map, shall we? and we're going to put this up full-screen. we're going to look at the red and the blue. there's a lot of red there, okay? >> yeah. >> so, are you concerned the president's going to have to take on republican governors everywhere? because it seems like practically every state in this union is suffering economically. >> well, that's true, and i'll tell you -- i mean, there's a couple things on that, alex. number one, i think what democrats need to do and what the white house needs to do, this really should be a broader conversation. you know, labor has been vilified by the right for a very long time, and people seem to have forgotten why it is we have labor unions and collective bargaining and negotiating and all of that. at the same time, again, there is a fundamental issue here where a governor is trying to create a crisis to take away workers' rights. that's actually a message that should have broader appeal beyond the democratic party. and i think that's -- if we're going to take on that many governors, that's going to be what has to happen here, is that this has got to be a broader conversation and not let it just be an antiunion conversation. >> okay. let's turn to the big budget battle in terms of his proposal. president obama did not tackle entitlements like medicare and social security. doesn't he need to show leadership on that issue? i mean, isn't he the one to lead the conversation there, and should that be done now? >> well, look, i think the president has shown leadership, because i mean, all of these issues are getting conflated between, we've got the cr, we've got the budget and then obviously the entitlement issues. i think the president rightly said let's put the entitlement issues -- we have to deal with them, but let's put that aside, let's focus on the budget and not let that become a distraction from some of the other things that we know we can do in terms of a vision around the kinds of cuts we need to be making, but the kinds of investment we need to be making for future growth. there is an element here of political brinksmanship of who's going to go first, but again, i think part of the reason to separate out the conversations was more motivated by let's focus on the budget, let's not make the discussion about social security and medicaid dependent on all these other things we know we're going to have to negotiate in the budget. >> okay. >> but we'll see. >> we will see. karen finney. we'll continue to talk with you, as we love to do. thank you. >> thanks, alex. coming up, rise and shine for nba standouts. it is slamma time! look at that. that's great. to stay fit, you might also want to try lifting one of these. a unique sea salt added to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. it helps us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lifts. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lara who chose 2 aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. over here! put your roots in reverse. with root touch-up, by nice 'n easy. it extends the life of your color in 10 minutes with a seamless match to any brand -- guaranteed! roots are outta there. with root touch-up by nice 'n easy. the mystery thriller "unknown" is attracting big crowds at the box office this weekend. the film stars liam neeson, who wakes up after a car accident and quickly realizes something is very wrong. >> it's me, martin, your husband. >> this is a misunderstanding. i don't know this man. this is my husband. >> you are dr. martin harris? >> last time i looked. yep, still me. >> what's going on here? >> can you imagine? let's get the details now from you, amy palmer, senior editor with "in touch weekly." how good a movie is this, because the reviews are all right. >> yeah, they're good. and this movie, actually, is drawing a lot of audience use, because all of a sudden, liam neeson is a bona fide action star, and he really plays the role with so much passion because he's a great actor. so, you really feel like he has to figure out what's going on. and it's not just really about how what their bodies look like and about machine guns that you sometimes see in thrillers like this. >> during the commercial getting ready for this, we were talking about his film "taken" that he did. a $30 million to make? >> right, $30 million and grossed $235 million worldwide. so, if you want to talk about just the business angle, liam neeson brings in the money when it comes to action thrillers, so this is a movie to see and hollywood's happy with these numbers. >> legitimate on this front. what about this film "i'm number four"? let's take a peek at that. here it is. >> i think you're the only one in the forged documents. >> do you have the -- >> gps, cash. >> what's your name? >> john smith. >> where are you from? >> toronto. >> seem kind of tan for toronto. >> santa fe, new mexico. i know the drill, okay? >> okay, what's this about? >> this is for the "twilight" set. this is about nine alien teenagers who are on the run and they are being assassinated one by one. so, we're focusing on the fourth of the nine, who is on the run -- >> that guy we just saw. >> right. and so, he gets involved with dianna agron from "glee," who maybe we have a clip of there. she is gorgeous, has a fan following. so, i'm not surprised this is doing well. this is based on a young adult novel and they're hoping to make it into a franchise. >> interesting. >> so, this may not be the last of "i am number four." perhaps the next will be called "i am number three." we don't know. >> i hear there is a little romance going on between dianna -- >> big romance. you know there were rumors that they were engaged and they were being coy about it, but now we're hearing that they might have broken up. >> oh. >> so you know, when you're 19 and 20 years old, these relationships go in and out, so we'll keep you posted. >> all right. let's quickly look at "just go with it." let's talk about that one. adam sandler, jennifer aniston. how's that one doing? >> it's doing fantastic. in two weeks, it's brought in $65 million. >> nice. >> so, when you have two of hollywood's biggest stars, i think that's very common. and i also think that it's great to see them on screen together. they've actually been friends since they were in their early 20s. jennifer aniston was almost on "saturday night live," and not a lot of people know that. she's so funny and they really have a great chemistry on screen. >> really? i did not know that. >> and she turned it down to be on "friends." >> that was smart, actually. >> very smart. >> think about what she had there. who do you think is the bigger star, jennifer aniston or adam sandler? they're so great in their personas. >> i'm a woman, so i personally like jennifer aniston, but adam sandler is in his 40s and wears shorts and a baseball hat to work every day. what could be better, right? >> that's why they're doing so well. amy palmer, thanks. at last night's nba all-star saturday night showcase in los angeles it with a ashowdown of the best three-point shooters in the game. miami's james jones won with five straight shots in the last round, but the biggest highlights of the night came in the slam dunk competition. look. that is just so cool. that's washington's jamal mcgee earning a perfect score double dunking. he did a triple ball dunk, but it didn't rate as highly as the other one. while all that was great, he lost to rookie blake griffin of the l.a. clippers, who soared over a car to make the two-handed dunk. then adding to the drama was r. kelly's "i believe i can fly." or they could have sang something from sinatra. that's awesome. 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>> reporter: well, you know, no iranian warships have passed through the suez canal for 30 years, since 1979, when hosni mubarak took power in egypt. egypt's been an enemy of iran throughout the whole period, so that's why the iranians didn't go through. now that hosni mubarak is history, the iranians are now, in a sense, challenging the new military government in egypt to say no, but the military government has said yes. now, israel sees that as a provocation, because when the iranian warships, if they do, pass through the suez canal and into the mediterranean, their goal then is to head north to the syrian port, about 200 miles only from israel, and there, iranian warships with a training exercise with syria, israel's enemy, two enemies, in fact, syria and iran, carrying out naval exercises only about 200 miles off israel's coast. israel sees that as a potential threat, alex, as you can imagine. >> absolutely. you can see how it would be unsettling, certainly. thank you very much, martin fletcher. south korea says north korea's gearing up for another set of nuclear tests. officials in seoul say pyongyang has dug at least two new tunnels close to a site where it launched previous nuclear tests. sources say multiple tunnels are being dug because they cannot be reused after test blasts. tensions on the peninsula are already high. military talks aimed at easing tensions broke down between both sides earlier this month. let's go now to london, and in case you're counting, there are just 68 days until the royal wedding, and this morning we have learned that william and kate's invites are in the mail. nbc's that live with us. how many are on the invitation list? >> reporter: 1,900, alex, just for the morning. the invites have finally gone out. no names have been released, though, but there is one big name that has not made the final cut. if your name's not on the list, you're not coming in. invitations to the royal wedding are finally en route to the guests. 1,900 invitations sent out. they couldn't spare one for sarah ferguson. some royal watchers say it was her choice. >> it would seem rather insensitive for her to turn up and possibly, you know, divert all that media attention from their big day to her, and that's what the press would do. so, i think she's done the right thing. >> reporter: so, who is coming? well over 1,000 family and friends, more than 50 royals. the rest, foreign royal families, politicians and other dignitaries. >> whatever you may think about a royal wedding, it's all predecided. and basically, it is a networking business venture. >> reporter: a ruthless one, too. by lunchtime, the 1,900 at westminster abby will drop to 600 who get lunch with the queen. as night falls, so do the guests. only 300 can stay for dinner. that exclusive guest list is still a big secret, but let's hope this mexican teenager's luck is in. desperate for an invite, she's gone on a hunger strike. not surprising, the royal officials have now sent her their regrets. and in other wedding news, camilla's been giving kate fashion advice and fashion tips. kate's now going to be talking to camilla's flamboyant wedding hat designer, philip freese, so plenty more surprises to come, alex. >> i'm sure of that. the one thing i can just say is comfortable shoes. she's got a long day. anyway, we'll cover all this with you further, tazina mott in london. thank you. instability in the middle east is sending gas prices higher. according to aaa, the national average for regular is almost $3.16 a gallon. that's about 53 cents higher than a year ago. the price of coffee is rising. on the commodities market, coffee prices have reached a 14-year high and experts say that means we will all be paying even more for that jolt of java. and here comes the zoom, motorola's much-talked about motorola tablet goes on sale this week and can be yours for about $8 hundred. as the battle over budgets plays out on the local and national level, the governor of new jersey's getting a lot of attention for comments he made this past week concerning entitlement programs. >> what game is being played down here is irresponsible and it's dangerous. but here's the truth that nobody's talking about. you're going to have to raise the retirement age for social security. oh, i just said it and i'm still standing here! i did not vaporize into the carpeting. >> joining me live now, eleanor clift, contributing editor for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." eleanor, good sunday morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> so, you took the governor christie topic on this week. he's out there publicly saying there needs to be a change when it comes to these key entitlement programs that seems to have struck a chord with the public. do you think other politicians either should or will follow his lead? >> well, i think we're seeing it around the country, new republican governors everywhere, they're basically adopting the white house strategy, don't let a good crisis go to waste, and there is a budget crisis in many of these states and they're seeing it as a way to cut back on benefits and wages for public service employees. and republicans generally don't look too kindly on unions, and especially public unions. and so, there's some ideological warfare here as well. but governor christie so far has walked a very fine line. he is focusing on wages and pensions, but he has stopped short of withdrawing, trying to withdraw collective bargaining rights. and so, his approach seems to be working in new jersey. his poll ratings are in a fairly good range. >> yeah. >> and he joked about the fact that across the river, andrew cuomo, democratic governor of new york, is also cutting back, and he's got approval ratings that are in the stratosphere. so, there seems to be some short-term reward, but how this all plays out, it kind of hits two classes of people against each other, and i don't like that in america. >> well, yeah, but let me push you in terms of pitting against one another. the problem with the president or the gop coming out and talking about cutting entitlement programs is that the other side then immediately comes out and attacks. do you think the public is past that? i mean, is the public ready for a reality check? and we're not going to buy into the other side's arguments. we're trying to find some sort of a fine line to walk to actually deal with the issues. >> well, i think governor christie has not -- well, he's sought some accommodation with his legislature, and it's a democratic legislature, so he has divided government. but his approach is kind of basically to bully the other side into submission. and he does it with a smile. and again, it's been effective. i think president obama is in a different situation. there's been a lot of fun made of the president, that he hasn't been leaderly enough and he's been timid in his budget. but i think on the national scale, you have to -- everybody has to step on the third rail at the same time. and when you're talking about benefits on a national scale, when you're talking about the kind of cuts we're seeing coming out of congress, you know, this is an area where one party really does have to join hands with the other if you're going to make the meaningful cuts to entitlement programs and not just nip around npr and planned parenthood. >> yeah. do you think the public really understands the serious nature of the deficit situation? >> oh, i think they do, but i also think that it's being used as a political fear tactic. there are long-term structural deficits that we need to get under control, but right now we have a very fragile recovery, and i don't think now's the time really to be making the kind of cutback on the federal level that the republicans are proposing. so again, this is -- it's a war of two visions about the role of government, and right now i think people are eager to cut the deficit. it's the popular thing to do, except that's when you talk in generalities. when you get down to specific cuts, not so much support anymore. >> yeah. do you think by chance, when you look at the entitlement programs, do you think anybody's looking across the pond at france and seeing what happened there when they were trying to raise the retirement age there? do you think they look at that and think that could happen here? >> no, because i think they look at france and they say our retirement age is already higher than theirs, and i think we look at them and think they're a bunch of wusses. but when the social security program was created, the life expectancy was 65. and so, that's where the benefits started. and life expectancy is now increased. but not everybody gets to sit behind a desk or look into a television camera for a career. there are some people who really do hard labor, and those retirement ages are serious hurdles for them. >> yeah. >> and so, i mean, i do think you have to take that into account as well. but the retirement age is already slated to go up gradually. >> indeed. all right, thank you so much, eleanor clift, as always. >> okay. thank you, alex. she's back! lady gaga's new hit song "born this way" debuts at number one on the billboard hot 100 and earns the recognition as the 1,000th song to lead the hot 100 in the chart's history. 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[ spongecaster ] so it's not a chore. democratic and republican state senators are in a political standoff in wisconsin as 70,000 rally by the state capital for and against state controversial budget bill. the republican senate majority leader says he won't make concessions on the bill and democrats are remaining in illinois to block any vote on it. here's what protesters had to say saturday. >> people in wisconsin want this bill to pass. we elected governor walker. we want this to go through. >> there are some good points to the other side. there needs to be collective bargaining. >> joining me now, republican state senator from wisconsin, randy hoff. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> you just heard the opposition. their issue with the bill is collective bargain. would you consider moving that to get the reduction and other expenditures you're seeking? >> actually, that component is the largest fiscal component you have. everything tied to collective bargaining has a fiscal note whether sick time or days off. there was a time last week to have debate and my colleagues on the democratic side decided they'd rather go to illinois as opposed to debate and apparently are willing to stay and not come back unless there are concessions. >> so, when you say no concessions, that means no compromise and if that is the case, how do you see this playing out? what's going to happen tuesday after the presidential holiday tomorrow? >> well, i can tell you on tuesday that the republicans in the senate will be back in the building behind me doing the people's business like we should be. there are a lot of educators here teaching and bringing their kids down and i think the people demonstrating here are showing what democracy is all about. i think my colleagues in the senate on the democratic side are making a mockery of that. what's the lesson they're teaching their kids? you have an election. after the election, there are consequences and you can swerve what the public wants. when kids throw themselves on the aisle of the store when you're checking out, does that mean you buy them candy? that's not going to happen here. we campaigned on getting our house fiscally in order. >> was the campaigning on union busting? because can you see how there are those who look at what's happening and say that is ultimately what this is about? you have people that have said, look, we will concede salary cuts, we'll concede having to put more money in our pensions, into our health care coverage. but ultimately, what the republicans and governor are trig to do is bust unions. true or not? >> no. that's not true at all. they're trying to get wisconsin's fiscal house in order. the percentage added to the pension and health care are just a drop in the bucket. it's about the bus driver in madison who makes $50,000 a year, but takes home $109,000 because of a collective bargaining. it's about as you said teachers skipping out of school and getting fake notes. it costs the taxpayers dollars and don't have the money anymore. we work for the state. the public employees. the state doesn't have the money. >> is there anything you can see down the road, how about something temporarily just to get the stalemate broken and move things forward? >> well, i would suspect that the constituents in the districts of the senates on the lamb and hiding in illinois will put pressure on those lawmakers who are paid to do a job. i think you'll see if they don't do that, they'll be removed from office through a recall initiative or something of that effect. the last two years, i was in the minority and there were bills passed in the building behind me i didn't agree with and didn't vote for, but i showed up for work. >> any concern from the other side that the republicans are going to be the ones looking on stin at here? >> listen, you can apply political pressure to us. doesn't mean we're not going to do the right thing. >> all right. state senator from wisconsin, randy hopper. thanks so much. it was an adventure on the high seas until somali pirates hijacked them. this morning, the fate of four americans remains a mystery. ♪ other choices...not so much. 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stronger. we continued cpr. >> you saved that baby's -- baby's life. >> okay. >> the driver who hit the little girl stayed on the scene. the police say it appears she had the right-of-way. >> we're told by witnesses that the 53-year-old female driver of the ford explorer did have a solid green signal. >> reporter: there are two left- turn lanes here and witnesses say a line of cars that stopped at the light when the mom and child tried to cross. investigators say that the driver may not have seen that. >> like my niece, won't catch them here. >> reporter: and this is another problem. if you don't push the signal, traffic will never stop. a lot of people who don't know that get impatient and rush out into traffic. and even if you push the signal, you only get 25 seconds. >> you don't think the light is long enough? >> it's not. not across georgia. >> and -- . >> i'll be happy to see him. >> reporter: the mom was not hit by the car and at first, it appeared her little girl would not survive. but i spoke with police about 30 minutes ago and they say she's in serious condition at children's hospital, which is a very big improvement. >> indeed, and we hope she keeps on improving and getting better and better. audrey in the t is you said traffic never stops at that intersection. unless you push that button, is that unusual? >> reporter: police say that 60,000 vehicles a day travel through that intersection and the goal is to keep them all moving. the walk signal is an automatic and we watched tons of people jaywalking there, one on after another -- after another. after this accident, some are suggesting that county officials post signs in several languages telling peds to push that button and wait for the walk signal to make it across safely. >> definitely a good idea. thank you, audrey barnes. and redskins albert hainesworth is dealing with a personal tragedy. lance mccoy was speeding on the bike when it collided with the car out of the parking lot and is unclear if he will suit up with the team on sunday. today, coach mike shanahan addressed the situation. >> tacked to albert last night and he gave me a call. what he's going through is farrah -- paramount, obviously. we wish his family, you know, giving them our prayers and thoughts and i thank is the main concern right now. >> shanahan does not know if hainesworth will play. he left the team last night and flew to nashville to be with the family. what happened to a well- known korean businessman and that is what detectives are trying to figure out after fining him dead inside his home. police say the 61-year-old died from trauma to his upper body. matt ackland has more. >> reporter: police say they need help solving this one and believe he may have driven away in his lexus suv and tonight, they want to track that vehicle down. fairfax county patrol officers securing the crime scene and block off the driveway from traffic. this is as detectives search for clues inside this home where 61-year-old yon was found dead by family members. the police say that there was trauma to the body. >> our homicide detectives are investigating, trying to find out what happened and to put the pieces together and to identify a suspect to make an apprehension. we don't have a lot of information. >> reporter: we learned he was well-known in the korean community and opens several businesses in northern virginia. includeing this car wash. a manager said that he's too upset to speak about the loss. but back at he, we did speak to a new neighbors. my wife went to pick up the kids and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary and during that same time, we haven't should had anything like this in the area. it's frightening. my mom and sister are scared. >> reporter: neighbors say he and his wife lived in this upscale neighborhood for several years. one told us that they noticed some kind of a disturbance of the home and nothing that seemed serious. a police source said the wife went to the grocery store yesterday afternoon and when she rushed, found her husband did -- and when she returned, found her husband dead. >> we found the body, an indication of foul play and as far as where and what, we trying to piece that together and protecting our evidence. >> reporter: his vehicle was missing from the home. the police are stressing this could be something to help them find's suspect and that -- find a suspect. the vehicle is a 2,000 lexus suv with virginia plates reading xyw 8197. >> do police suspect this is connected to other crimes in the county? >> no, they say it's an isolated incident and point out that they don't believe that it's connected to the string of burglaries happening across the county. >> matt ackland live for us tonight. removing convicted sex offenders from the streets of virginia and the district. just this week, they arrested 15 foreign nationals convicted of sex offenses. i.c.e. released this video of the arrests, fences include sexual battery of a child ask aggravated sexual battery. >> 13 in the commonwealth of virginia and two in the district of columbia. all are now detained and all are facing removal from the united states. these are 15 people who were walking our streets and they not walking it anymore. >> the operation found 354 sex offenders spending time in d.c. and virginia prisons and will be removed from the u.s. once their sentences are over. travelling on the rails in d.c., anywhere else in the country. you might notice more police and search dogs. the amtrak rail safe started today to improve preparation reaction in the event of a terrorist threat at train stations. the bag checkpoints are part of the drill and they stress this is not an increase. and two metro stations will be closed. y that shutting down farrah cut west and mcpherson square. service will resume on tuesday morning and monday is a holiday. the closures come at a busy time and lots of weekend activities including the caps home opener -- opener tomorrow night and the d.c. dance festival and taste of georgetown. a woman accused in a deadly hit-and-run appeared in court this afternoon. the victim, a 24-year-old woman out celebrating her birthday. paul wagner is live with the latest from today's hearings. paul? >> reporter: we learned troubling new information about this case. earlier today, according to the affidavit, police say the victim was actually propelled through the air 21 feet after she was hit on northbound connecticut avenue and south of dupont circle. she died about 3 1/2 hours after the collision. a few minutes ago, davisson, 30 years old, was here for the hearing and turned herself in this morning. the government wanted to hold her because she's an albanian national and is a risk of flight. the judge said that he would let her go as soon as she turns in her passport. a police affidavit now filed in the case said davidson told police she did not recall being in a crash and she remembers drive into this condo garage and that is it. the police say davidson was in the car when they found her. about an hour after the collision and the keys were in her hand and the engine was not running. the affidavit said there was damage to the right front bumper, hood and headlight, quarter panel and right side of the do 2 doors when davidson agreed to go. the affidavit said she was given three field sobriety tests which she failed and refused to take a breathalyzer. the affidavit said a witness positively identified davidson as the person he saw behind the wheel of the suv and leaving the scene of the crash police say ryan was getting into a car on the service road when she was hit. the impact throwing her body 21 feet and she was pronounced dead at 5:00 a.m., about 3 1/2 hours after the crash. davidson is being held still at this hour because the judge would not release her until he had her albanian passport in his hand. and he ordered her husband to drive home and pick it up here and she has a number of supporters in the courthouse waiting for her release. >> and we understand you learned more information about davidson today? >> in defense of her release, her attorney told the judge she's been here for 12 years, went back to albania for a few years to abide by u.s. immigration laws and is here on a green card and a translator, working for the voice of america and the soul bread winner for her husband and had a number of supports here. again, she's not going to be released until she turns over that passport, sean. >> thank you for the update life in northwest. and this year's noble peace prize winner is sitting in a chinese prison tonight. we'll look at the human rights issue next. and foreclosure sales are on hold. bank of america is stopping the process altogether in all 50 states. what does that news mean for families in our area? just ahead. keep it here, fox 5 news at 5 is just getting started. >> the winner of this year's noble peace prize is liu x iaobo. he's serving an 11-year prison tenens is for paper he wrote calling for free speech in multiparty elects. last year's winner called on china to release him. beijing has since condemned the award and made a formal protest to norway's ambassador. china's reaction is no surprise and that does highlight the issue for the need of human right. here's more from mr. al hayes. thank you for joining us today. what is your reaction to learning an activist is in prison for basically writing a paper and advocating democracy and free speech? >> today's decision of the committee is a huge victor for human rights. chinasa the single biggest dictatorship on earth, and -- so the fact that the award was given this time to an emblematic figure in this country is justice being made on human rights in the world. >> a lot of people have been clearly very critical of this and he is in prison right now for 11 years, sentenced for simply writing a paper. >> that is true. and the paper is the charter '08 and inspired on the charter 77 and asking the chinese government this time to release the political prisoners and asking for freedom and democracy, a complete transition of the chinese system. not just to economic freedom but to political freedom, which is basic for the existence of human rights in the country. charter 77, let me tell you, was a political movement in 1987 at czech check and was led -- and was led by check check and the human rights foundation and this is the inspiration that this new movement got in china to release the paper and that is why mr. leu was imprisonned a couple of years ago. >> and last year's winner called on china to immediately release him. writing that over the last 30 years, china made dramatic progress in economic reform and improving the lives of people. this reminds us that political reform hasn't kept pace and the basic human rights of every man, human and child must be respected and you're an organization fighting for human rights and you would think most would want that and how do we get countries like china to respect basic human rights? >> one important thing that we must point out that affects public opinion around the world is that in recent years, the noble peace prize was given to political activists, environmentalists, last year to a public official and only this year it's encouraging and about time that the price goes to a human rights defender and to a human rights advocate and that is, i think, the biggest encouragement for human rights that you can give to regular people around the world and that world is globalized and is important that the public gets a perception of proportions about human rights violations and that is clear china represents the most appalling situation in the world. >> and thank you so much for chair -- sharing your opinion with us. bank of america is stopping foreclosures nationwide, a week after announcing it would halt foreclosures in 23 states and there are growing concerns. state and federal officials think bank employees and lawyers signed without verifying the information in them and the senate banking committee will have a hearing on the issue next month. president obama rejected the bill that would let the foreclosure process be handled. the bill was support back to congress to be fixed. on www.myfoxdc.com five, scott talbot offered advice. >> and if you think you're going to get into trouble, call your lender that day and at you have to demonstrate is you have a hardship, okay? and you say your boss -- that is enough to trigger the process of discussion. you don't have to wait and do not wait. to help struggling home owners g to www.myfoxdc.com and look under news links. take a look at this. firefighters trying to rescue two maintenance workers who fell inside. they were sand blasting the interior of this 160-foot high structure when the scaffolding came loose. the men fell 40 feet to the bottom of the inside of the tower and both are seriously hurt. quite a day. and we're hoping that it's going to continue this evening. >> that is not going to change and a great day is a great evening and the weekend is looking very, very nice and a will on the warm side, too. october is breast cancer awareness month. this is the susan g. komen walk, a three-day walk for the cure, about 20 miles a day at a total of 60 and they started at nats park and will be walk around this weekend. i'll bet they going to be nice and warm too. they want to get up early and do the 20 miles done tomorrow and on sunday. we wish them good luck and that is for a great cause. much like yesterday, you can look at the satellite picture here. all of the east coast, you have to go to parts of new england to find clouds and into the mountain west to find any clouds. this is a big area of high pressure. a vast area that controls the forecast for the weekend and, shawn, just for you, a gorgeous evening, right? temperatures into the 60s and not a cloud in the sky. very, very nice. we'll have the complete weekend forecast coming up. >> looking forward to that. >> and time for the high school game of the week. and bulldogs and cougars won with 50% of the vote lindsay has more. >> reporter: it's another gorgeous week for high school football and this is going to be a great matchup. oakton and westfield have combined to win three of the last seven and they ranked number 10 and westfield, the home team here, have a slow start to the season and -- [ indiscernible ] [ no audio ] night lights. d fphgege woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >> light go back to the game of the week. the big matchup between the oakton cougars and bulldogs. lindsay murphy is live with more. >> reporter: we needed it out here and oakton and westfield, two teams combined to win two of the last titles. oakton, number 10 in the "washington post," a perfect 5- 0 and west feel, after a slow start s 3-2 and these two teams will compete tomorrow in a band competition and the westfield band joins us now to give us a look at what they bringing to the table. >> 1, 2, 3, 4. ♪ ♪7 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪7 >> right now? ♪ ♪ ♪ we would like to thank the westfield band, the phantom of the opera. at meridia is being pulled off the market in the united states and canada. it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a history of heart disease. the drug is no longer sold in europe either. one of the toughest to treat. this evening, researchers are making headway in understanding pancreatic cancer. they developed a computer program to predict the changes in dn, that may cause cells to become cancerous and deadly and the findings could lead to targeted treatments for the disease. and parents, listen up. a cyberbullying crisis is in the country. >> we're going look at the tough topic next. and also ahead, college undergrads need a new arsenal of technologies these days from ipads and e readers what, does it take to stay at the head of the class. next. two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40% cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley our children always come first.ananiges we all remember the school yard bully picking on kids smaller or weaker with the internet, bullying has gone from the playground tosonner space. sometimes the deadly consequences. fox's christine freschetti has more shedding light on the troubling trend. >> my life is like surrounded around this stuff. >> reporter: 49-year-old kayla is always on the computer, listening to music. ♪ ♪ or creating animated videos to go with her favorite songs. the technology that gives her so much joy is also the source of so much pain. she's a victim of cyberbullying. >> they would say nasty things, calling me fat, calling me a sped, a kid in special education. >> reporter: anonymous post to a popular teen website considering her self-esteem and bringing her to tears at times. >> very humiliating if you think about it. if someone says something about you, the entire world is going to see it. >> reporter: bullying today is different than yesterday, when it used to be face-to-face and now it's behind the screen, hateful words that are spread to what could be millions of others. a new poll shows 60% of americans seeing bullying as a bigger problem today than in the past. >> and that is a mega problem and escalates the more technology infiltrates the lives of kids. >> reporter: the rasmussen poll said 69% of americans say cyber and physical bullying are equally dangerous, curse -- this high school guidance counselor is dealing with cyberbullying and the effects it has on kids. >> reporter: the more your brain is receiving negative messages and, you know, even negative actions, the more locally that is going compromise your self-esteem, you see issues of school avoidance, you see kids becoming anxious and become depressed. >> reporter: and he said the online torment at times has led to suicide as it did in the case of the rutgers university student tyler clemente who jumped off the george washington bridge after being outed in a online broadcast in an online sexual encounter in his dorm room. >> bullying is hard to define. you know it when you see it and for a lot of people, bullying means somebody walks up to you and wants your lunch money. there are many other forms of intimidating people or embarrassing people. >> reporter: while the pole shows -- while the poll shees that 50% of americans think parents should be -- [ indiscernible ] kayl attack matters into her own hands and does not let the bullying getting to her anymore, calling them cowards and created a facebook page to help other victims entitled people against bullying. >> i know how it feels and i dean want everyone else to file the way i did. is any how can you protect your kids? law enforcement sources from all over are coming up with different base n. a florida community, they believe that they found the answer. the flagler sheriff's office is offering parents a free computer program, allowing parents on to monitor what which were are viewing online. >> it gives you information on what type of photographs to have on the internet and who they're looking at and talking to and watches out for cyberstocking, bullying. sexual predators. >> programs like computer cop has been around for years and the sheriff said this is one more parent friendly than the one they used to have and it can target things. a consumer alert to pass along about apple's iphone 4. when the phone debuted, customers complained about poor reception. now, another flaw this time with the cases used to protect the phone. some can scratch the back of the phone which, is glass causing it to shatter and so far, no comment from apple. and about some -- good old- fashioned pen anymore. getting ahead in college means getting ahead in the major tech toys. >> that can be expensive there out there. there is a lot of gadgets to help students with the school work. >> reporter: college students and parents have a new wave of tech decisions to make. gadgets to take notes during class, include digital pens like the 2 gb pulse. the device made by live scribe, relies on a built-in camera and special paper. notes taken by hand can be downloaded on a computer. >> the pen costs $130 and we have had complaints from students and professors who used it saying it's heavy and bulky. the company recently came out with a refresh model called the echo and runs more. 170 to 200. >> reporter: e readers like the nook and kindle are popping up all over college campuses and there is another alternative, the edge with two screens. users can highlight text on one side and surf the web on the other. >> the company is called entourage and that costs about 550. you can find it for as low as $500 at sites like best buy or other resellers. >> reporter: and with students logging more hours online, there have been complaints of sluggish web connects. across college campuses and there is the option of devices like the clear spot 4g. it combines a wireless modem and router to let surfers find a faster network. >> the wireless internet service costs 40 to $65 a month and it's not for everybody. if you have particularly spotty areas on campus or if you want to stud net park or cafe where internet is not free, this is a good solution. >> reporter: brenda buttner, fox news. >> my 5-year-old has been asking about getting an ipad. >> oh, yeah. and i read a study today that said that 80% of children under 2 have an online presence like photos or something like. >> that is true. very interesting. >> part of the new culture. >> it is. caught on camera, a thief makes off with a 4-karat diamond. >> how he pulled -- pulled this off and frightened riders stranded. two roller costers collided in the middle of a ride. what went wrong just ahead. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente we believe that if knowledge is power shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. >> an evening of fun turned into fright at a california amusement park after two roller- coaster trains collided. 10 people hurt in thursday's accident at knots berri farm in orange county. everyone is expected to be okay. a train leaving the station didn't make it up over the first hill and rolled down backwards. a bold thief is swaying up the biggest and best diamond. he walked in claiming to pop the question to his girlfriend and moments later, made off with a 4-karat diamond worth more than $462 million. they hope this will catch it. you can say they got it at jars. a fabulous fall week for most of you could get bitter this weekend. >> and gary's putting the finishing touches on the five- day forecast. he'll have it next. meet the newest hollywood celebrities. maryland triplets starting in a new movie out today. i'm bob barnard, you will meet lexie, brook and ben and find out how they got their big break. tuatng ol >> actor johnny depp usually makes millions for his performances and he survived students at a london school for nothing. the students wrote him a letter asking for his help leading a mutiny against their teachers. he likes a joke and showed up at the school in his pirates of the caribbean costume and performed songs. the klaglett triplets are film stars now. >> reporter: this is a big day for the girls. the triplets and big sister han a. at movie theatres across the country, their big screen debut in "life as we know it" opens today. >> they love all the attention and the people and when you're a mouthful, i think it's hard to get that one-on-1 time and any attention you get they spruce it up. >> reporter: they share the role of toddler so much, an orphan who teaches a couple a childhood lesson in parenting 101. snagging their role for the three daughters are the parents. >> there was a nationwide casting call from warner brothers and we saw it in a multiple magazine and put our names in a hat, you know, and here we are. >> reporter: their successful audition in new york city was followed by three months of filming in atlanta last fall. >> and that were constantly rotating them out. the three of them it worked well and the director is not sure they could have done it with twin because they needed them so much. >> i miss the girls, man. they some. >> reporter: on fox morning news today, costar josh duhamel talked about erin protecting brynn during the filming of this scene. >> and she would start crying. oh, i'm sorry and i had to set her back. once i calm her down, i would set her back down again and -- >> oh, boy. >> reporter: 6-year-old hannah landed a cameo role. >> at the premier, was worried about that. did her part make it in the movie and when it did, it was like whew, thank goodness. >> reporter: they're celebrating the movie debut throwing a kids red carpet party at the house and later with 200 of their friends checking out the flick in frederick. what is life going to be like now with three hollywood starlets in the house? >> we had no intensions of getting into the showbiz industry and that stuff. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: we'll try to keep in touch. bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> and makefa thafour. it's the episode everyone's waiting for, the season finale of the real housewives of d.c. last night's she followed the sahalis. we got a complete wrap-up on fox 5 morning news from someone who would know, their former publicist. she told us what she thought of the so-called white house crashes. >> we were in the cusp of it all. that episode brought back many memories, it was insane and from a pr perspective, it was -- this incident was damaging. >> right. >> on many different levels. ironically, it's catapulted them the way they wanted and this is what they wanted. for this situation to come b it was an opportunity meeting time and -- >> right. >> a perfect storm for the couple. >> to find out more of last night's season finale and the white house drama, we posted the entire segment on the website, www.myfoxdc.com. >> you have been watching the show? >> i have. >> what do you think? >> very interesting and i think they're interesting people. i think they getting what they wanted. >> gary? >> you gloss over that -- . >> and they're getting more than their 15 minutes of fame. >> and i wouldn't be the person to ask for an opinion. >> it may not be back and that she may not be back. roll have to watch. >> we'll see. and something you can talk about, the weather? >> oh, yeah. here, right? >> yeah. >> the next 2 1/2, 3 minutes. >> and one thing going on is what sky fox was showing off earlier and i know our boss owns a sailboat. >> huh? >> and couldn't me in, too. and there are lots of boats out there and that is going to run and it will run all the way through until, i think, monday afternoon through the 11th there and the weather is can going to cooperate and that looks like everything we're look at here, going to be a gorgeous weekend and with temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s tomorrow and sunny, too. and sunday, cooler. the temperatures generally mid- to upper 70s on sunday and as nice. the only question mark, there is a possibility that we may have to introduce some showers into the columbus day forecast and our guidance is suggesting that that there might be a few showers out there. officially, we haven't thrown them in, but if it continues to do that through the weekend, tune in and gwen may have to do that and we're under control of the high pressure this week. all weekend long, this ridge of high pressure is just going to be building up across the area and we have been talking about that the last few days. all the heat that has been back to the southwest. it started moving in with a vengeance today. the temperatures for highs and everybody is in the upper 70s. agree, as long as the ridge stays in place, we'll be sunny and beautiful. the reason will be a little cool or sunday and there is going to be what we saw a backdoor front that comes from the north and may push far enough to the south on sunday to bring us cooler temperatures. not much, though. in the city, 78 degrees now. 73, gaithersburg; frederick, 75; baltimore, 75 and nicer and warm along the areas closest to the bay there and with informs -- temperatures in the mid-70s and fly you to the west here and indianapolis, 82 and louisville, kentucky, 86 degrees and look into the central plains. this is where that big ridge of high pressure is now and that is shifting to the east a bit. all up and down the central plains, their temperatures today, upper 80'ss to the lower 90s. gorgeous this evening and nice at 7:00. comfortable at 9:00 and fair skies at 11 and temperatures into the 60s later o. you have the big fast area of high pressure here and to the west of us and it's controlling everything. there is just no clouds in the sky all the way back out to the mississippi, okay. that is basically going to be our weekend weather forecast. sunny tomorrow, 59 and sunny at noon, 75 and tomorrow's temperature, 80 to 81 degrees and some of our southwestern neighborhoods, culpeper, monasses, woodbridge, fredericksburg. you know who you are. will be up into the lower 80s tomorrow afternoon and the humidity is going to stay nice and low and even though we're in the lower 80s with the dry atmosphere, it will feel cooler than the actual air temperature tomorrow and you can't say that often around here. >> going to be nice. >> fantastic. >> and thank you, gary. tiger woods is in town and came to expand the expansion of the learning center, part of the ceasar chavez public charter school providing students with programs to help them learn signs engineering and technology and math. he's proud of the work the center accomplishes. >> that is a great feeling. we try to do this in d.c. originally, it didn't happen. the crash happened and so, it's nice for us to come here and to get it done and we start rolling. >> woods intend -- attended an assembly with the ninth grade class of the charter school and urged students to take advantage and will expose youngsters the challenging work to provide mentoring and career advice. and going back to the fox 5 game of the week. getting ready to go head-to- head and lindsay murphy is live in chantilly now. you have the coaches with you now. >> reporter: we do. undefeated oakton at 3-2 westfield and they're two teams combining to win three of the last titles. and we're going to get to the action. inviting the home team and the last two weeks, your team scored 70 point us and file like they're coming into their own? >> we're getting better every week and scored more points and that our defense played well all year and have helped our offense come along. been a total team effort. >> oakton has a quarterback, jimmy boone, a terror. how do you slow him down in you can't stop a guy like. that. >> if you can tell me, i would like to know he's very good and it's in the just him. they're good around him. they're the same way, very good on defense and so they set up there. >> keys to the victory for westfield? >> and we have to be a balanced team and can't turn the ball over again. there too well-coached and do too well of a job to give them extra chance. >> wonderful, thank you very much, coach, and let you go about the -- let you get back to the meeting. you're off to a 5-0 start. >> right. >> and what is the key to success? >> they had a great offseason and each week, they take it game-by-game and prepare as best they can. >> and i hear they can put any running back on the team. >> that is the signature. they have been able to run the ball well and disciplined on offense and that is not just the run game but the pass game, too and that makes it hard to defend. >> what is the biggest key for you to not worry about the first loss? >> we'll have to handle the emotions of coming into west fool and on the field, we'll have to execute and they well- coached and know our players and schemes and will have to control the ball and not turn it over. >> and we have kick off at 7:30 and highlights at 10:00. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. virginia's governor doing something no other governor in the country has done and that has to do with the tee party. also ahead, could your college kid be overteached? results of the knee paul -- new poll. we'll see you. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. 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