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and get it. it's coming back. and geno had a hand in it. >> i heard more about it than anything else. we will go there for a burger. >> yes. >> not king of prussia but baltimore i am in. >> all right. we will talk about the memory walk today about the nasty disease alzheimer's. did you see the piece abc ran about the 53-year-old man. >> heart breaking. >> so we will talk about why we should get out and walk for the memory. >> and everybody knows somebody and i think it's a great cause to get involved with. we will hear more about it and how to get involved. another great cause breast cancer is breast cancer awareness month. we don't want you to stop thinking pink and the pinning fling we will hear about this and how to get involved. a great event coming up. speaking of great events. >> yeah. >> fling to bling. rock the runway happening this weekend. heidi owens fresh boutique put together a ruth's closet fashion for a good cause but they will have a fun fashion show. alsilo consider over at silo point. and we will at that about your pets and the vet we will ask him about your questions. >> halloween. >> i got him prime time. that's a nasty thing to do is clip the dog's toes. let's go to hot topic. we are talking about what we have been talking about all week. brandon meriweather says he is sorry for the help pote note helmet hit e picked up a 15- yard penalty for unnecessary roughness in the game against the rains but yesterday he was fined $50,000 as part of the mfl crackdown on dangerous play and after the game he said it was one of those hits that should not have happened. if you have the game on dvr, look at the first touchdown e almost got him the first time at the goal line. n-fl says from now on players will be suspend for dangerous hits and that decisions will be coming under fire from some of the players right now. abc2 news karen karen says it will negatively affect the game. >> reporter: for professional players, hits like these are part of the game. a part the nfl wants to eliminate. the league announced this week it will begin suspending players if they make dangerous contact n past players face fines, the tougher rules come after a wave of devastating plays last weekend like this collision between the philidelphia eagles jackson and atlanta falcons robinson. that hit knocked both out of the game with concussions. many veterans shrugging their shoulders. >> it's a dangerous game. it is. and i think we all signed up for the game knowing it's dangerous. >> we are the gladiators of our times and you don't want to see hits like that but it's part of the game. >> reporter: others question whether the league went too far. >> if you are going to the game thinking about any of that stuff, i am telling outgame will be diluted quickly. >> we will be playing flag football in five years. >> reporter: n-fl slapped harrison with 75,000 dollar fine for a hit that didn't earn a penalty in the game last sunday. he is threatening an early retirement. >> how can i continue to play the game the way i been taught to play the game since i was 10 years old. >> reporter: as the nfl cracks down on the field, it is drawing criticism for being hypocritical. >> >> we floor fie the hits and make money on hits. that's what we do and the nfl profits. >> reporter: less profit going forward. the nfl has stopped the online sales of photographs of harrison's hit saying that with the new rules, no images illegal hits labor veil for sale again. karen traverse, abc news, washington. >> listen to this. i heard hall of famer mike ditka and joe patterno saying remove the face mask if you take that off night weapon. >> don't you need it to protect your face. >> well, i mean. hit them this way. >> that's the hot topic and we ask for your two cents on every issue. so on the wmar facebook fan page we ask do you agree with the idea of removing the face mask to help reduce helmet to head mel hits. this is what we are hearing. stephen says with the size and speed of players today, versus decades ago, it would be a horrible move to remove the face mask from helmets. this move could result in more on the field injuries than presently occurring. if you want to weigh in on two cents, let us know what you think. keep the comments coming. go to our fan page and we will share the comments throughout the show. all right. switching geese at 9:05 and show you hits of a different sort. this is the best of from the storm center weathernet. we have a new hd cam at wintergreen resort in virginia. i wanted to show you this from yesterday. they are socked in the fog and low clouds. but as we rolled towards afternoon it was 4:30 in the afternoon. watch the last image here. how beautiful is that? you have color in the hillsides and fog still tucked in the valley and just enough to clear out the hill and mountain tops. forgive me for stepping in and ruining the image i wanted to highlight how nice it was. they were socked in and it was low fog and clouds. they gave way to a partly sunny sky. manchester up in northern carroll county yesterday. and a little bit of an improvement today as it stirs things up. we cleared out late in the day yesterday. and we are going back to man chest they are morning. beautiful sunrise shot here. playing peekaboo with the sunshine and the clouds will be in and out for the remainder of the day as a strong weather system just to the north is flirting with the area. we have 50 on the thermometer and as we pull back to a wider view, flirting with the area because look at this line of rain in central pa and from about state college and now pushing to about king of prussia through poconos they are getting rain. it breaks off towards the -- everybody -- jamie is on the way to get us a sandwich. basically the wind are stirring u we are shaking up and did break up the early morning fog. and we tried to break up the clouds. it doesn't mean we are done. potent energy with the system. lifting it up to the north, you will see a impressive spin across ontario and canada. that is riding up to st. lawrence valley. that is responsible for heavy rains across new york state. they are getting enhancement and spokes of energy. there's another one back across the great lakes responsible for mixing in snow in northern michigan earlier on this morning. and basically rain showers on this side. there may be one or two more spokes of energy that rotate through even though the front tries to pass through. we can't rule out the chance of a scattered shower this afternoon and peekaboo sunshine and variable clouds. partly sunny or partly cloudy. we are mixing it up today and it's not going to be an all out clear setup for the next 6 to 10 hours. 62 degrees and spotty showers. but we should clear it up tonight. that allows temperatures to drop back to near 40 which means 30s in the burbs north and west and patchy frost. there could be more frost as we head into the start of the weekend. we will talk about that after we get through the chilly day tomorrow at 59. check out weekend forecast which warms up in the next half-hour. >> all right. it can be difficult for those who suffer from alzheimer's but it's just as on the family. >> coming, the hold it -- toll it takes on loved once and loved ones rise to the challenge to help the family members to cope. toyota is recalling vehicles due to problems. over a million vehicles are being recalled thanks to brake, brake flew and fuel tump problem -- fuel and fuel pump problem. >> how businesses in anne arundel county are backing the current plan. 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[ male announcer ] if you're on medicaid and medicare, or in a nursing home, you may want information regarding special needs plans. so...have questions about medicare? new to medicare? call or visit us online and get this free guide. imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message we want your two cents on this issue today on the wmar facebook fan page. do you agree with the idea of removing the face mask to help reduce helmet to helmet hest. the face mask is the only protection to the face whoever thought about removing it is stupid. that's mike ditka and joe patterno and it's not thinking about the safety of the players and scott writes i. say go with the rule like california for crime. on the third fine, suspension. league needs to issue a permanent lifetime ban for pro football if you want to share your two cents, head to the wmar facebook fan page. we will share your comments here at nine. megan. >> thanks. we want to go out to the scene last night. abc2 was one of three local organizations honored for work with the developmentally disabled. we are proud to receive the ark of baltimore partner of distrchtion along with the baltimore zoo and unbc. the ark recognized several area employers of distinction for their commitment to hiring developmentally disabled employees. 5.3 million americans have alzheimer's as baby boomers age and that number is expected to balloon to 16 million by the year 2015. it's hard to know what it looks like. but it's every where. nancy reaganan caring for the former president and dray -- sandra day o'connor and the stress is so intense the rate is 5 out of 5. abc2 news has postcard from the bitter sweet edge. >> reporter: in every hard journey through the shadowlands of alzheimer's, there is always something even the shadows cannot darken. there's life and beauty and abiding love. breakfast at the joanes family home in florida can be a hectic acare. natalie has to get to second grade. laura has to get to work and jay. >> did you take your pills. >> reporter: at 53 jay has to live with alzheimer's. jay jones is one of 500,000 americans living with early onset alzheimer's when the disease strikes before the age of 65. >> for me, it's like seeing my husband someone i love and he is in quicksand. and i can see the fear in his ice and i can't reach him. i can't get there. >> bye, dad. >> reporter: laura makes 1/5 of what jay did and tries to help natalie who changed schools when jay lost his job. >> i love you. have a good day. >> she is so mad about changing schools it's unbelievable. >> reporter: but laura just refuses to look ahead. >> all it does is make me weak and i can't afford to be weak at any moment of my day. not one moment. i don't live in fear. it's a waste of time. >> reporter: time is so precious for every family touched by alzheimer's. >> she would say it's ten jay, peggy lou, jimmy, john, rickey, larry, mary beth terry, greg, rosemary. >> reporter: that's how my mom tried to hold onto life's precious meaning as she slipped into alzheimer's. my big sister peggy kept the needle work angel for her grandchildren. the passion of a lifetime. we watched as that passion faded. >> these have shown the progression of the disease. >> reporter: over the years from this to this. they are gifts of love and love is who we are. >> they are who i love. >> reporter: sal and rita have been married for 63 years. 's he began to lose her a alzheimer's sal couldn't bear it but he wouldn't let go. so he started getting into bed with her at the nursing home outside boston. >> she knew who i was and she could talk and smile and laugh. i love you very much. >> reporter: a miracle the doctors called it. >> honey. >> yes. i love you. i do. >> reporter: even in the shadows there is love. >> you are the one ♪ somebody loves you ♪ so find yourself somebody to love. >> reporter: terry moran, abc news. >> now we have lumps in our throats here, bringing in extive director of the alzheimer's association. you know the young couple that was profiled in the knees yes i. do. they are being active alzheimer's association advocates. >> and they were responsible for getting social security benefits to alzheimer's patients in a hurry. >> they got regulation passed that helped to fast track for people with younger onset. >> and lori is right here and lori your mom was diagnosed with alzheimer's when she was 50. >> 54. >> that's crazy. two years before that, you saw maybe signs? what were the signs you saw? >> when dad would come home from work, he would ask her if anybody called and she would say no but he would find next to the phone a piece of pape wear note saying somebody called. so she would write it down at that time. and then, what really was the last straw was her termination from work. she could no longer do her job. she couldn't do any simple filing, taking phone calls, messages like that. >> and we were talk beforehand, the toughest thing is for a daughter or a son to not look at their father and mother as a father and mother but it changed because of the disease is that right. >> yes. there's a roll role reversal and it's difficult to separate out what is the disease and what are other things going on in the family. it's a very challenging time and techly people with younger onset are uniquely challenged. >> your father was all set for retirement here we go. full and easy and this happens. >> yes. >> and he did retire early to take care of your mom. >> right. retired after 29 years with baltimore county fire department. >> what's it like on you? and don't be modest give us the truth. what's it like on you. >> crappy. to put it as politely as possible. things that my mom has taught me that i feel that i shouldn't have to -- i am now teaching my friend instead of teaching my kid or for example sewing my mom used to do a lot of sewing. most of my dresses, my jeans and pants mom made all of those. she now can no longer use the sewing machine and it's heart breaking. because she knows she used to be able to do that. but she can't anymore. and it's very frustrating for not only her but her mother and her sister. >> you talk about mood swings, too. i mean, they go up and down don't they? right. >> well, it's unique to each person but certainly behaviors can be challenging. >> that's frustration will do to you and you have children. >> no. >> no children but there are a lot of people that they have the children and they have the parents. so, they are split. i have to care over here but i have to get over here and that's a terrible burden. >> it is. and the alzheimer's association does offer support groups for people with younger onset. >> good. >> and family members. >> 54 years old. the reason they are here is because they are going to participate in the memory walk. put it up on the board. you started this in 2004 walking right. >> right. before mom was diagnosed. that's when we had suspicions but nothing confirmed from the doctors. >> we will get out here and walk and howard county on saturday october 23rd lite right there at centennial. registration starts at nine in the morning. here the number and western maryland will have also the maryland school for the deaf right out there in frederick and mays that's memory walk 10 in western maryland and greater baltimore area saturday october 30th. what do you hope to gain from all of the walks? >> well, it's our annual largest annual fund-raiser and we raise lots of money to benefit caring services and hope for the future. and also to create awareness about alzheimer's disease. it's very much a disease in spite of the large number of people impacted. either with the disease or care givers that is still in the closet. and we need to also create a new face of alzheimer's disease. many people don't realize that as many as 500,000 americans have younger onset disease and this number is growing as baby boomers reach the age of risk. >> your mom watching. >>i don't know i tolt told her about it last night. >> tell her you love her. >> hi, mom, thanks for watching and grand moo, too. >> thanks. >> thanks. >> all right. >> thanks jamie alz.on the rg/maryland is the website. a moment parents cringe about. they fear it when a teenage can't wait for it. we are talk about the first time they get behind the wheel and you are in the passenger seat. we have tips to make that experience less nerve rack and also make sure your teen is prepared for the road. thanks for joining us. this is going to sound familiar. consume air remember the to toyota owners. listen up. toyota says they were recalling over 1 1/2 million vehicles because of brake fluid and fuel pump problems. they recalled more than 10 million cars and trucks worldwide over the last year. for a variety of problems including the sticky gas pedals we heard so much about and the united states vehicles involved in this recall should include on your screen the 2005, 2006 avalon 2004 through 2006 nonhybrid highlander and lexus rx230 and gs300, is250 and is350 we will put it on the website because it's lot of information of the but customers can get free repairs at dealership. parents, when it is time to teacher teen how to drive, there's a lot to remember for both the teens and parents. and make sure that new drivers are exposed to as much as possible is important but how to teach them is very important as well. abc2 news linda so has five tips for parents teaching their new teen driver. >> reporter: kids will imitate what they see. so the first tip for parents teaching the new driver is to be a responsible role mod knelt teen involved in a crash is more likely to have a parent with a poor driving record. so, stay off the phone, keep the speeds down, and never drink and drive. >> reporter: second, don't be afraid to ask for help. >> there are a lot of wonderful resources out there that will give you specific driving lessons plans that you can use with your teenage. >> reporter: third, you take your teen out to drive, make sure the timing is right. >> if they come home from school, and they have had a bad day they are stressed out about homework, or they are tired from sports delay that driving for another time. >> reporter: fourth, give direction effectively here's an example. at next red light, turn right. >> in that scenario, they have time to know that the turn signal need to go on. they need to scan the inner section ahead and they need to be prepared to slow down in order to take that turn safely. >> reporter: 5th, gradually increase challenges. >> sooner or later your teens will be driving in rush hour on interstate and adverse weather conditions. it's going to be better if you take them out and supervise them than those -- in those conditions. >> reporter: five tips for parents to help their new driver navigate the road. linda so, abc2 news. >> this bring members back to you when you taught lauren,000 drive. >> i hated it. >> i remember my dad teaching me how to drive and at one point it was stressful because it was a stick shift and i said will you put your seat belt on and i said no way i want to -- want to jump out. >> parallel parking with the cones. >> i know. you have to learn. >> i used baseball bats go in and she would dent them because they are aluminium bats. you flunked it. here we go. thanks for the memories. thank you very much. all right. people around our area continue to work hard to fight breast cancer. coming, how one local hospital is having a fling to help those in our community. also ahead this morning, whether to have slots at arundel mills mall or not. it's up to voters but local businesses are supporting a plan. we want to he remind you, don't forget every wednesday we will try to help you get back to work if you are looking for a job. so, every wednesday on good morning, maryland at 9 week put free video resumes on the air. if you want to see yours, send your resume best resumes at wmar.com with the microsoft word attachment and we will call you to come tape a resume. we will be right back. oowo now latest on proposed slots casino in arundel a mills mall a poll shows a slim majority of the voters supporting the slots. patrick found they want it by 48% to 45%, 8% undecide. the margen error is 3.5%. it would be the state's largest. now the group called stop slots at the mall wants the casino build in laurel park racetrack but business owners are throwing support behind the cordish company and the plan to build it at arundel mill mall. don harrison explains why. >> reporter: it's. >> -- >> it's critical to pass question a. >> reporter: business owners met to show support for the casino operation ate rundle mills mall. they had business in anne arundel county and feel if slots are not passed it'd would send a wrong messages to other business who is may want to be in the county. >> woof we don't as a state as the county, and as the business community support the cordish company, we would be be sending in an awful messages to other businesses contemplating doing business in the maryland and anne arundel county. >> reporter: some business owners think it's right time for slots to come to the county. >> if question a doesn't pass now, we will never realize the jobs tax revenues and here in anne arundel county. >> this is an amazing coalition which. >> reporter: the chairman for the cordish company says he will rely on local ownership to be involved with the casino and believe the local owners have more at stake to do a good job. >> they as owners, obviously care about anne arundel county and their businesses are here, their homes are here. >> reporter: with election right within two weeks away the congressional and governor race question a is one of the most interesting subjects election night of the both parties will sit on pins and needles waiting for the results. in millersville, don harrison for abc2 news. >> stop slots at mall is campaigning hard against the casino concerned about the impact the slots parlor would have on the community surrounding the mall. they want it to be built over at laurel park racetrack. and in the meantime, the state's first slots casino is bringing in a lot of cash. more than $2 million during the first four days. that's according to the maryland lottery. hollywood casino in perryville opened on september 27th and three days ahead of schedule. it has 1500 slot machines and more than 1 million will go to fund education and penn national game hog runs the casino gets $685,000. all right. thanks, jammy. all month we have been asking you to think pink and today, we want to talk about a pink fling where dotty and the doctor come in. thanks so much for coming in. >> you are welcome. thanks for having us. >> it's breast cancer awareness month. what is this event? >> well, it's the pink fling and it's presented by the wish fund which is the women's initiative supporting health that supports the breast center and women's place at carroll hospital center. we are having a great luncheon and silent auction and party on sunday september 24th to celebrate and honor all of the people that are affect by this. and find a way to raise money to support the breast cancer services that reoffer at carroll hospital senter. >> where do you come in with all this. >> i always have been involved in the community and this is a great event and our group is really very pleased to be able to help them out. dotty does a great work with the staff and we want to make sure that the women in general but specifically at carroll county are you know aware of breast cancer and he think things have changed and women are more aware of the issues regarding breast cancer prevention and mammograms and things like that, but it's always important to continue to raise awareness and be able to support things like this like do they is doing for the -- dotty is doing for the community. >> it's so true because we have come a long way but there's no cure. we have to remember that. >> well, it depends on what time of the the breast cancer you -- you are diagnosed with and that's the whole thing about awareness. if you are diagnosed as an early stage, we can cure a lot of people. so, being able to diagnose early allows us physician and oncologists to treat women and make sure that they don't progress into a stage it's not treable anymore. >> so this event what is it going to be like? is it going to be. >> it's going to be held at pine branch golf and country club in hampstead and it's sunday october 24th at 11:30 and we are having a delicious lunch and silent auction and we are having a guest speaker. marcia tally is an award winning novelist of the mystery series and she is a breast cancer survivor and she is going to come and be the keynote speak her and we are there to raise money to really celebrate and honor and support women that have suffered with the disease. >> like you said, let people know what's going on in carroll county neathly. let's put the information up on the screen. can you buy ticket. >> you can buy tickets at carroll hospital center.o-rg or call the hospital at 410-871-6200. and they are 40 dollars a ticket. and we would be happeny to welcome anybody that wants to join us on sunday. >> on sunday. so write it down. it's on the screen if you missed it, we will put it on the website thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> jamie. >> all right. halloween is around the corn and that means plenty of candy. but you have to make sure your pets don't get into the bag of candy. the doctor will explain next. and coming up, the nuclear codes are important and kept around the president at all times. most of the time. what happened to the codes during the clinton administration. we will fine out 9:37 on the clock. what about the sun? will it pop out? we have what little bit this morning and now it's mixed in with clouds and a few scattered showers we talk about temperatures at 52 degrees. not a bad morning so far in baltimore. and we have a great weekend stack up. we will talk about that and more of "good morning, maryland" after this. people are saying a lot of good things about fios. it's the future, it's the best technology out there... but you know, the cable companies have been trying to scare people about our installations. so we thought we'd take you on some actual fios installations and you can see for yourself that it's 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frank kratovil is ranked one of the 10 most independent members of congress. frank kratovil does not follow anybody's party line he looks at his district, his family, the community, and that's the important thing to him. endorsed by the chamber of commerce, the nra, veterans, and police officers. as a career prosecutor i made decisions on facts not politics, in washington i've tried to do the same. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. we are back on our facebook fan page asking about the helmet to helmet issue and mike ditka and joe patterno suggested take the face mask off the helmet. chris writes in keep the face mask and hard hits and if you can't take the hit, then don't play the game. that's from chris. and then mark writes in, mark writes, remove face mask and increase the amount of pad. make it more of a game and less of a train wreck. if you like to join in, go to the facebook fan page and you will find us and drop us a comment. megan. >> enough about football. let's talk about fashion. fashion for a cause. that's what bling rock the runway is all about. heidi from fresh boutique is here along with he willate founder of maryland academy cou tour thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having us. >> so first let's talk about the event. what is it? >> well, it's a tri-fold event. it's basically marking the 5th anniversary of fresh boutique in business. and then it is to gain exposure for silo point beautiful. >> gorgeous. >> condominiums. as well as gaining exposure for the maryland academy of cou tour arts and third to height n awareness of two great local charities which is ruth's closet and believe in tomorrow's children foundation. >> and this is a spectacular show this is high fashion, and a great venue. vip tickets if you want them. >> right. >> it's just really a celebration and it's fashion and it's philanthropy and over the top and you know, bryant park in baltimore. >> you have to love that. >> got to. >> got to love that and that's where you come in. talk a little bit about fashion in maryland and baltimore. >> i think we have lots of great potential here in maryland and heidi is doing a great job of exposing some of the very, very talented people that have entered the bling connest. >> where the pictures come in. i will put this up and hopefully we will get a tighter shot. what's the story behind this in. >> this young lady is remarkably talented and 12 years old. her name is jude and she designed the dress. >> a 12-year-old designed it. >> she is 12. she is now 12 years old. >> she is the model in it and she designs as well as models. >> and you are wearing this. >> i am. >> on saturday. >> i goat wear it. >> lucky you. >> but these are you brought in all the wonderful sketches and all sorts of fabulous things. this is what people are learning here in maryland. >> yes. the mission of my school is to promote and preer is of the art of cou tour and some people it's hoppy and for others, it's career change. but we all share a passion for sewing. we love to sew. >> people not familiar what is the art of cou tour. >> art of sewing. >> high sewing. >> detail and paying attention and. >> it's the technique. >> and technique and. >> what you sell it fresh. >> absolutely what we sell it fresh and maybe not total cou tour some i think that the quality is there and i feel like we have to expose the quality of fashion in baltimore. and heighten the awareness not to go to new york and not to take fashion and the buying out of baltimore. keeping it here is preserving the art and preserving the fashion. >> that's great. so bright yant park in baltimore. silo point if you want to see fabulous outfits and women strutting it on the runway. this is the place to be. we will put the information on the screen. tell us everything about it quickly as we go. >> okay. it's bling out the runway start at 8 p.m. october 23rd, saturday, and silo point. 12th street for tickets you can go to 443 -- or you can actually go to bling fashion event.convenient bright.com. >> thanks for coming in. and. >> thank you so much. >> looks like it will be wonderful. take pictures and e-mail them. >> i will. >> we will be right back. >> thanks for having us. 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can you believe this? was there anybody in the oval office who didn't know where it was? here's john who tried to find out. >> reporter: things that a president can lose. some key votes in congress, his standing in the polls, a game of golf and things that a president can never lose never ever. the card with the nuclear code on it. the one that lets him get into the black briefcase that an aide is breaking along inside instruction for launching a newark clear attack. like the briefcase which is called the football that card which is called the biscuit is supposed to be be with the president at all times. give him numbers to read to identify him to everyone as the commander in chief: that's why you don't lose the biscuit. thin of it like an atm pin number to get your money except when bill clinton was president, someone lost the biscuit. this is according to the former chairman of the joint chiefs hugh shelton who just come out with a memoir and it is right there on page 392. at one point during the clinton administration, the codes were actually missing. that is a big deal shelton writes. especially he says because the code were unaccounted for for months. actually this clinton critic told a similar story in his own book seven years ago retired air force lieutenant colonel patterson is one of the men who carried the foot foot ball for clinton and says clinton is the someone who lost the biscuit. >> he thought he misplaced them upstairs and we started a white house kind of a pretty thorough search around the white house for the codes and he finally confessed hours later he misplaced them and he couldn't recall when he last seen them. >> reporter: who is to say he couldn't have just picked up the phone to order an attack. today his office is is not commenting. same as no one is confirming or denying another old tale that jimmy carter once left his biscuit in a suit that got sent to the cleaners. abc news, washington. >> that's scary. >> yeah. >> make sure you know where the biscuit is. >> see you tomorrow.
New-yorkUnited-statesHampsteadMarylandCanadaBaltimore-countyGlenwoodNew-jerseyFloridaBostonMassachusettsCalifornia america's big banks are facing an army of critics. 2.5 million houses are in foreclosure, and last week, we learned that in some cases, bank employees didn't even read the documents before they signed them. well, tonight, the banks say the problem is solved, and foreclosures are back on track. but prosecutors in 50 states are saying not so fast. and david muir is here tonight. >> reporter: diane, you and i were wondering how could the banks have gone through all of this paperwork so quickly? bank of america tonight says it has. they say they're moving forward with 102,000 case files, foreclosures. tonight, state prosecutors are asking, how could there have been no problems found in any of them? tonight, a battle line between the banks and the top cops in all 50 states. less than a week after a massive investigation was launched into the nation's biggest banks and their foreclosure practices, bank of america, for one, now says it's back in business when it comes to seizing homes in foreclosure and selling them. but we wondered, how did they conduct the review so quickly? more than 100,000 cases of their own. they told us late today, hundreds of workers were moved from other parts of the business to confirm that the foreclosure filings were correct as filed. "we did not find any discrepe sips." when you hear the banks say they're going to move forward with foreclosures anyway, what is your response? >> now they tell us suddenly it's all fixed. i certainly think we can't just take their word for it. >> reporter: after all, it was one of bank of america's own employees who acknowledged that she signed up to 8,000 foreclosure documents a month and typically didn't read them. that's exactly what happened to nicole bradbury in maine. her home, believed to be ground zero in this foreclosure fiasco. paperwork pushed through, without a blink. >> he was not reading them before he signed them. and that he didn't have any real knowledge of what their contents were. >> reporter: her attorney is now fighting to keep her in the home, but he acknowledges, she did lose her job, it's been two years since the last mortgage payment. so, had there been no paperwork issue, would she still be there? >> there's no question we're prolonging the inevitable. the fast ere we can write this stuff down and get it behind us, the faster we can heal. >> reporter: tonight, more than 5 million americans are more than 60 days late on their mortgage. now, will that questionable bank paperwork buy them more time in that home? and will it slow the housing market even more? >> so, bank of america seems confident they can proceed, but three big groups are going to be taking them on tomorrow. >> reporter: the state prosecutors staying on them. white house having a meeting tomorrow, regulators gathering there. the banks not invited to that meeting. and now a group of investors as you heard today, diane, threatening to sue the bank over what they call bad mortgages that were sold to them. so, clearly not out of the woods. >> no. 24 hours to go and it's going to be a lot of debate. thank you, david. and, as we told you last night, the economic crisis has taken a surprising turn in france, where the government wants to raise the age of retirement from 60 to 62. americans usually retire at the age of 65. so, why are the french out in the streets again tonight? demanding those extra leisure years. miguel marquez is in paris. >> reporter: retiring early. living to play. the joy of life. it's more than a custom here. these protesters see it as a uniquely french right. that it could be taken away -- infuriating. who are you upset with? >> the whole government. and the system, in general. >> reporter: in some places, the anger turned violent, as the unemployed and disadvantaged took the opportunity to tangle with police. the biggest pain today, filling up your car. refineries have been shut down for nearly a week. for nearly a week. thousands of gas stations nationwide, now dry. long lines and frustration. at some airports, 50% of flights, canceled. air traffic controllers walked off the job. many train stations stood empty, too. if all this wasn't miserable enough, garbage collectors joined in. in marseilles, the trash is piling up. "the smell," she says. "it's terrible." all this protesting may be in vain. the government here has given no indication that it will change the legislation. the opposition party to president sarkozy has slowed down the process a little bit, but a final vote is expected on thursday evening. diane? >> all right, miguel marquez reporting from paris tonight. and back in this country, with exactly two weeks to go until election day, the candidates were battling it out from coast to coast. but we turn our attention tonight to a state so important, democratic pros are calling it the fire wall between them and the raging discontent. and jon karl is in ohio to tell us why. good to see you tonight, jon. >> reporter: good to see you, diane. perhaps no state has swung more dramatically away from the democrats than ohio. they are preparing for a blood bath here. >> we're going to march, aren't we? >> reporter: republican john kasich is feeling good. >> ohio's the firewall. they need to win ohio. >> reporter: up in the polls, kasich's supporters are so confident he'll be ohio's next governor, they're already asking for his autograph. democratic incumbent, ted strickland, who not olong ago ws one of the most popular governors in america, today rallied supporters at a cleveland union hall. he's realistic about how tough this race is. >> i'm not standing here telling you that i'm going to win. that's yet to be determined. but -- i'm telling you that i think i'm going to win, and i know we will win if we carry out our plan. >> reporter: democratic game plan is to use the organization that helped barack obama win here two years ago to get voters to the polls and to get them there early. they're already sorting mail-in ballots here. tens of thousands of them that have come in. and if you want a measure of the enthusiasm gap, republicans are voting at twice the rate of the last election. and it's not just the governor east race. democrats trail badly in the ohio senate race. and six of the ten democratic house members here are in danger of losing. >> people are in a surly mood. many of them are angry, as they should be. i'm angry. but i want the anger to be directed toward those who caused the problem. >> reporter: unemployment rate over 10%, the ninth-highest in the nation, certainly doesn't make voters happy with the party in power. >> i think it's pretty bad. and it's only getting worse. >> every week, a guy comes in, just lost his job. >> they're furious here in cleveland about what's happened. >> there's only three issues that matter in the voters minds in ohio. and that's jobs, jobs and jobs. >> reporter: how high are the stakes here? well, it's hard to imagine the republicans winning back the house without winning big here in ohio. diane? >> all right, jon, with one race to watch tonight. and we have medical news now. confirming the danger for women from hormone replacement therapy. the women's health initiative reports today that among post-menopausal women, the use of estrogen and progestin is not only linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, but the kind of cancers that have higher fatality rates. the safety of hormone replacement therapy was first questioned in 2002. and in recent months, we've been telling you about a growing heroin problem in the quiet suburbs of america. tonight, sharyn alfonsi, who has been following the story for months, is back with us, and with a stunning new example. >> reporter: in seattle tonight. officials in suburban seattle say they have an epidemic on their hands. a growing number of students, enough to fill two classrooms, are now addicted to heroin. teens trying it, not realizing how addictive it is. in the '70s, heroin was about 3% pure. today, 60%. so all it takes is just one time, and they're hooked. at a town hall meeting in stanwood, a suburb outside of seattle, a startling revelation. close to 50 students at one high school are now being treated for heroin addiction. >> to walk into your son's room and, you know, see him and his friends with needles and -- it's gut wrenching. >> reporter: that heartbreak now being felt in suburbs across the country, where heroin has taken hold. provo, utah, overland park, kansas, even rural wisconsin reporting a record number of overdoses. drug dealers who used to pedal pot now push heroin. often giving it away for free in the suburbs. once kids are hooked, they sell it to them dirt cheap. you could buy this with your lunch money? >> you could buy one of these bags of heroin for $5. >> reporter: and now, the maker oxycontin -- a pain killer popular with teens -- unveiled a new version of the pill that's supposed to be more difficult to crush or dissolve, so addicts can't snort it or inject it. already, there are dozens of websites where addicts are trying to figure out a way to crush those pills. but many teens have moved on. >> it's unexplainable. >> reporter: these teens undergoing rehab last spring told us heroin had become their drug of choice. >> i was paying $60 a pill. for okay si contain, heroin. it was cheaper. >> reporter: we met jake in march. he told us he was trying to quit using heroin. trying. when's the last time you used? >> last night. >> reporter: last night. heroin, now leaving its mark on suburban kids all over the country. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. and still ahead on "world news" tonight, what helps? a message from the caregivers, reaching out to each other from the front lines of alzheimer's. and we say farewell to the man who led us through some of our happiest days. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol® to advil. to learn more and get your special offer, go to takeadvil.com. take action. take advil®. go to takeadvil.com. how can you transform tonight's dinner from same old, same old into oh la la? 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>> reporter: at 53, jay has to live with alzheimer's. jay jones is one of 500,000 americans living with early-onset alzheimer's disease, when the disease strikes before the age of 65. >> for me, it's like seeing my husband, someone that i love, and he's in quicksand. and i can see the fear in his eyes. i can't reach him. i can't get there. >> reporter: laura holds down a part time job making one-fifth of what jay did and she tries to help natalie who had to change schools when jay lost his job. >> bye. i love you. have a good day. she is -- she's so mad about changing schools, it's unbelievable. >> reporter: but laura just refuses to look ahead. >> all it does is make me weak. and i can't afford to be weak at any moment in the day. not one moment. i don't live in fear. it's a waste of time. >> reporter: and time is so precious, for every family touched by alzheimer's. >> she would say i had ten -- jay, peggy lou, jimmy, john, ricky, larry, marybeth, terry, greg, rosemary. >> reporter: that's how my mom, margie lou moran, tried to hold onto life's precious meaning as she slipped into alzheimer's. my big sister peggy has kept some of her needlework, angels for her grandchildren, the passion of a lifetime. we watched as that passion faded. >> these kind of to me have always shown the progression of the disease. >> reporter: over the years, from this, to this. they are gifts of love, and love is who we are. >> she didn't know who i was. that was a terrible thing. >> reporter: sol and rita rogers have been married for 63 years. as he began to lose rita to alzheimer's, sol couldn't bear it. but he wouldn't let go. so he started getting into bed with her at the nursing home outside boston. >> she became a new woman. she knew who i was. she could talk and smile and laugh. i love you very much. >> reporter: a miracle, the doctors called it. >> you love me? >> yes. i do. i do. >> reporter: even in the shadows, there is love. ♪ somebody loves you ♪ so find yourself somebody to love ♪ >> reporter: terry moran, abc news. >> and we're back now again with maria shriver. 5 out of 5 on the stress level. >> felt by caregivers. >> caregivers say it. >> people that do the caretaking are at much more risk of depression themselves, increased risk of getting alzheimer's themselves. >> if companies were to do one thing, what could they do? >> offer flex hours. talk to their employees, ask them if they're in this multiple role situation. >> and you talked about adding in elder care to child leave. >> well, there's a lot of people who say, you can spend money for child care, tax free, why not also add elder care in there? we have no national policy for alzheimer's, as well. other countries do. my dad was legendary for the way he worked this building. his mind, a beautifully tuned instrument that left people in awe. that was then. today, he doesn't even know my name. >> your dad doesn't know that you're his daughter now. but he still uses expressions -- >> yeah, he'll say to me, sometimes he doesn't say anything, but sometimes he'll say, "you're beautiful," and i'll say to him, "i'm your daughter, maria," and he goes, "you are?" i go, "i am, you're my dad." and he goes, "wow." and it's very hard to get your mind around the fact that that person is sitting there, across from you, and they look like your mother or your father, but they have no memory of the relationship you have. >> how long does it take you to -- >> to compose myself? >> yes. >> it depends on the day. >> my brothers are, i would say, better than i am. i kind of am brought to tears more easily. my brothers have, i think, brought this incredible new model of a man to me. a strong, nurturing man, they take care of my dad, they brush his hair, they suit him up. when he gets disagreeable, they play with him. >> what's the best thing people say to you when you're feeling blue about your dad? >> i understand. >> maria shriver, thank you. >> thank you, diane. >> and thanks to maria. you can find all of our reporting on alzheimer's on our website. help of all kinds there. abcnews.com/worldnews. and, coming up, watch closely. a 747. was this a near-miss, or something else? ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and there's nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hang around till the leaves are brown and the summer's gone ♪ [ announcer ] when you're not worried about potential dangers, the world can be a far less threatening place. take the scary out of life with travelers insurance... and see the world in a different light. 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>> nice job, pete. >> reporter: halfway around the world in sweden. a whole country of men are making full time fatherhood seem like a dream job. tough and rewarding with w undeniable benefits. >> to see a man with a baby is like the sexiest thing i could imagine. >> reporter: she doesn't have to. meet martin, her husband. it is 7:00 a.m. in stockholm. while she snoozes. martin is on duty. bottle. diaper. play. and chill out duty for his son charlie. most swedes know him as the rugged police sergeant who won the first ever swedish survivor show. martin is famously macho here in sweden. when his first two children were born, he took barely any time off at all. when he got together with camilla, a best selling crime writer she told him that wouldn't fly. >> we started to talk about having a baby. i was very, very specific and clear and said that, if we are going to do that we, have to share, because, i have such a busy work life and busy career that i can't take the full responsibility for a baby. and martin said, absolutely. sign me up. >> i have changed my mind about what it is look being home. before i thought, hab, you are home with the kids, how hard could it be? my job ties go to work. now i know it is so much tougher being home. you never rest. there is always something to do. and you always have to be on your toes, so to speak. there is always, i mean you can't leave him for 10 second. he is going to climb up the furniture, and up the stairs, and you know, and open the door, finding the knives. >> reporter: welcome to the utopian land of the do it all dads. sweden. here the government gives mom and dad equal parental leave. more fathers, 85%, take more time off when baby arrives here than anywhere else in the word. swedish men say their bosses expect them to take so-called daddy leave and it would be frowned upon if they didn't. i admit it, i have a little personal interest in this story. if i had this baby in sweden, my husband and i could split up to 14 months off of work, jobs guaranteed at 80% of our salaries. get this, dads have to take at least two months or they forfeit the pay. in the u.s., some lucky dads can take a week off unpaid. there are no specific guarantees of paid parental leave for mom or dad. i wondered how much can american dads learn from the super swedes. >> boeing a dad that is not home like american dads, they miss this. if he hurts himself. he doesn't go to mom. he actually cry out, dad, dad. it's a nice feeling being that needed. >> reporter: is that enough to move american dads to fight for change? well, there is this -- since daddy leave was introduced in sweden in 1995, more swedes are having more children. there is either something in the water or something truly sexy about all of those swedish dads raising a whole generation of manly swedish men. i'm gloria rivera in stockholm. >> it is about time you guys picked up some of the slack. >> they have a really good system. a full salary up to a year before you go back to work. your job is guaranteed. both can work six hour days until the kid goes tole school. very different system for starting a family there. >> yeah, seems like beneficial. they're also saying this is the new macho man dad is the new it thing. 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we'll hear the 911 tapes for the very first time. and america's dad. >> you learned all this stuff yourself? >> yeah, dad. >> a sad day for "happy days." tom bosley has died. we look back at his life and all of our favorite tv fathers. it's wednesday, october 20th. >> really feels end of an era when the mom, leave it to beaver died, and dad, happy days, weird to see tv icons pass away. >> good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. commander-in-chief will again become the campaigner in chief today. >> hitting the trail yet again. democrats hope he will make the difference in the tight midterm races. karen traverse is joining us with the latest. hi, karen. >> good morning, rob, vinita. today, president obama kicks off a five state campaign swing out west. focus is on helping boost the campaigns of two embattled democratic senators, patty murray in washington, barbara boxer in california. murray and boxer are both locked in tight races in seats that democrats cannot afford to lose if they hope to hold on to the majority in the senate. the latest poll out of washington shows murray up 8 points over rossi. boxer and her opponent fiorina are locked in a dead heat. the turf out west is well worn with the footprints of top democrats. yesterday vice president joe biden stumped for mur day in washington state and boxer in california. next week, first lady, michelle obama and jill biden will do the same. the white house is preparing a report on women and economy. their message. democrats are better advocates for women than republicans. mr. obama cut a radio ad for senator boxer that will air in the state's biggest cities. >> this is barack obama on november 2, california has a choice. stakes couldn't be the higher. i am asking you to vote for senator barbara boxer. >> in addition to california and washington the president obama will make stops in oregon and minnesota. white house officials say he will continue to hammer home his closing argument, the choice voters have between going forward with the democrats or moving backward to the republican policies he says got the nation into this economic mess. rob, vinita. to major new worries for millions of women who take hormone replacen'tmenreplacemen. women using es troe skren are more likely to get breast cancer. studies found, an increase of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and strokes. french riot police are gearing up for a day of demonstrations turning more violent by the hour. protestors are enraged over a vet to e vote to extend the retire the age from 60 to 62. >> reporter: retiring early, living to play, the joy of life, more than a custom here -- these protestors see it as a uniquely french right that it could be taken away. infuriating. who are you upset with? >> the amendments and the system in general. >> reporter: in some places anger turned violent as unemployed and disadvantaged took the opportunity to tangle with police. the biggest pain today filling up your carve refineries have been shut down for nearly a week. thousand of gas stations nationwide now dry. long lines, and frustration. at some airports, 50% of flights canceled. air traffic controllers walked off the job, many train stations stood empty too. if all of this wasn't miserable enough, garbage collectors joined in. in marseilles, the trash is piling up. >> translator: the smell, she says, it's terrible. >> reporter: awful this protesting may be in vain. the government here has given no indication it will change the legislation, the opposition party to president sarkozy has slowed down the process a little bit. final vote expected thursday evening. miguel marquez, abc news, paris. a surprising confession this morning. a former secret service agent says in his new book "the kennedy detail. "he nearly shot lyndon johnson hours after kennedy was assassinated. he was standing guard outside johnson's home. he heard footsteps in the dark. he pointed his machine gun at a man any chest and didn't pull the trigger. it was the newly sworn in president. stunning development involving confirmation hearings for supreme court justice clarence thomas. nearly 20 years after anita hill, of course leveled the scandalous accusations against thomasch his wife telephoned hill asking for an apology. mark matthews of our affiliate, kago broke the story last night. >> reporter: the wife of clarence thomas, called anita hill's office 7:30 in the morning on a saturday. saying good morning, anita hill it is ginnie thomas, iowaned to reach across the airwaves and years and ask you to kid something. i would love you to consider an apology some time and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. so give it some thought. and certainly pray about this. and come to understand why you did what you did. okay? have a good day. what anita hill did in 1991 was to testify at clarence thomas's confirmation hearing. telling senators, that thomas sexually harassed her while working for him. >> he spoke about acts he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes. >> reporter: the testimony rocked the confirmation hearing. thomas was confirmed and 16 years later in 2007, virginia thomas told abc news. >> i think she owes all of us an apology. i look forward to receiving that phone call or that visit one day. >> ten days ago, thomas apparently decided to prompt hill with the phone call. hill called me to say, i have been clear for 19 years about what happened. i'm not going to apologize for telling the truth. >> that report again from mark matthews of kgo in san francisco. we have a look now at really incredible images in the skies over san francisco. what you are about to see looks like an amazing close call between a united airlines jumbo jet and golden gate bridge. from an air show last month taken from an angle to make it appear closer. the faa did not pose a danger to the bridge or public. they said they didn't get any calls from people concerned about what was going on. >> that is strange. if that happened here. calls galore. with that here is your wednesday weather. windy with thunderstorms from southern california, west texas. thunderstorms also along the gulf coast from houston to new orleans. spotty showers around d.c. philadelphia, south of new york city. light rain for chicago, detroit, green way. >> 63 in omaha. 60s from boston to baltimore. 76 in atlanta. 70s in albuquerque, colorado springs. 66 in salt lake city. >> taste of freedom was apparently too much for a runaway ape in kansas city. >> the 300-pound chimp went bananas after breaking free. the chimp was finally captured after smashing, smashing the windshield of a squad car. >> gem's owner helped police coax him back into a cage. he was then cited for keeping a dangerous animal within city limb its. the chimp was taken to a refuge. >> poor guy. we'll be right back with more "world news now." . ♪ [ female announcer ] if you get caught by surprise, always leakguard protection adjusts to sudden changes in flow. no other ultra absorbs faster. so relax, we got you covered. have a happy period. always. with so many it's hard to see the difference. but this is the way his dentist chooses. fact is, more dentists use an oral-b toothbrush than any other brush. trust the brush more dentists use. oral-b. for a to weeks now we have been following case of a missing 10-year-old girl in north carolina. >> zahra baker has not been seen from any body outside her family since last month. >> for the first time we are hearing a 911 call reporting zahra's disappearance the. >> reporter: it began the way these stories so often sadly do, a missing girl, her smiling face, amber alert and a father's desperate plea for help. >> i just hope i can get my daughter back. i miss her so much. >> reporter: but from the beginning, something didn't add up. this husband seemed to implicate his wife. do you think that your wife was any way involved in your daughter's disappearance the. >> i'm not sure. i would lock to think no. >> reporter: the couple told police they last saw zahra asleep early hours saturday morning. baker said his wife panicked. >> i came back to do some work in the yard with one of our pieces of equipment. and she came running out telling me she was missing. >> reporter: baker made hithis 1 call. >> 911. >> i need police. >> reporter: zahra survived two bouts of childhood cancer and lost her left leg and hearing in the process. this is her in may, receiving hearing aids from a local charity. >> it sound better than without them. so, i can actually hear more than without my hearing aids. >> reporter: on sunday morning, police arrest eed zahra's stepmother, elisa baker on more than a dozen charges, misdemeanoro misdemeanors, writing bad checks and police called her a person of interest in zahra's disappearance. the family moved to the house less than three months ago. zahra and her father moved to north carolina, from australia, two years before that after he met elisa baker on line. though zahra was home schooled, many neighbors said they didn't know a lit girl lived there. soon, former neighbors begin to talk. >> i think there was more behind closed doors than what any body knew. >> do you think she was being abused. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: a family friend says this photograph shows bruising under zahra's eye to the left and she says elisa baker blamed the injury on her step daughter's clumsiness. that explanation was apparently nothing new. >> it is always she fell down, or she rolled out of bed, or she didn't have her leg on right. couldn't walk and fail. it is always zahra's fault. >> reporter: search warrants on the family home turned up a $1 million ransom note addressed not to zahra's parents but to her father's boss. police seized the couple's cars. they found possible blood in one. and cadaver dogs found the presence of human remains in both. police said baker admitted to writing the ransom note. and the investigation took a grim turn. >> decision to focus, this investigation, from a missing child or abducted child, will turn into a homicide investigation. >> reporter: investigators have spent days at this work site where zahra's father, a tree trimmer had access to heavy equipment. cadaver dogs seemed to hit on a wood chipper but nothing stuck it. throughout it all, adam baker has been here. >> he seems concerned. i don't know how sincere his concern is. >> you don't believe him? >> i don't know. >> zahra's stepmother charged with felony obstruction of justice. for writing a ransom note. she told him she had nothing to do with zahra's disappearance. >> she is scarred to death. worried about if her family is out here. she is emotional. >> reporter: police have been back to the baker's home, seizing more evidence. >> nice morning. >> and so, for yet another night this little girl is missing. her father is now saying that before he even made that phone call to 911 it had been 12 hours before he checked on his daughter. his excuse was, she is getting into that puberty stage. always brooding and only comes to us when she wants something. that explained 12 hours of not knowing where your little girl was. >> between that and ransom note, and other things, clearly something is going on in that fo family. a sad truth is emerging abut that and welcome back, everybody. dancing with the stars update to get to this morning. kind of surprised, little upset. they thought bristol palin would go home last night. no, mrs. brady got the boot. florence henderson. very upset about that. hey, jerry. flo florence, they were not happy with her performance. people thought bristol, had the lowest score. not the one to go home. she was very gracious. i worked in television for the past 50 years. one of the best produced shows i have been on. hope it inspires people to move, dance, get up. and flo is no mo, on dancing with stars. that's it. >> we are talking taylor swift this morning. i will say it though it will garner no positive attention. i think i am getting to be a little over taylor swift. we have heard hear write her lyrics. her latest was, taylor lautner, kanye west, and john mayer. the two of them were reported to have been together in 2009 collaborating on a song "half of my heart. "all these rumors. her new song called forthcoming speak now album is how -- is was wrong, don't you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark twisted games when i loved you so. >> oh. >> jilted lover. think it says it all. >> john has gotten around. i didn't know. >> there is songs. poems. >> he gets around there. all right. i find this interesting. mel gibson's career in the toilet since all the tapes came out. all this. apparently, "hollywood reporter" is a done deal. the hangover was a incredibly funny movie. it will take place in bangkok, thailand, get the guys together the mel will play a tattoo artist and will play a pivotal role in the movie. this will be his comeback to appear in the sequel to the hangover, we'll see. but interesting casting there to say least. >> let's talk about hillary swank this morning. she was at a fans nancy event a four seasons in los angeles. you know they love to do the toe to head look. if you look you are going to notice something about her that a lot of people are talking about this morning. coming up in just a second. i thin tick, radaronline. >> it's hard to see. she has hairy underarms. >> i have to say this is ridiculous. barely see the thing. >> look at the zoom in. beyonce has done it. a lot -- it's not that. >> not that gross. >> alien armpit hair is falling out. >> ha-ha-ha. >> we tried. >> very nice indeed. you come here often. >> oh, man. later. >> give me the red carpet. and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. the housing and urban development secretary, held a briefing in the was today to update americans on what it is doing to fix the foreclosure crisis. apple set to make an announce today that will take the spot light off its ipods and ipads and put it back on their computers. it is rumored they're announcing a mac book. texas rangers looking to become the first team to make is to the world series. trouble in new york. take on the yankees, gave five, an can league. not many happy new yorkers. >> the passing of actor tom bosley. he fellen love with the idea of happy days after reading a scene between his pashgt acharacter a ritchie. >> it made bosl if y oey one of memorable characters. >> reporter: a rotund character actor with a tony award and dozens of credits on stage and screen. but for 11 years, every tuesday, tom bosley was dad. mr. c, howard cunningham. an iconic father fig krer thure that sits at an evolutionary pivot point for tv dads. before happy days there was ozzie nelson and father knows best. dad worked, mom stayed at home. family life seemed like polite v nail anilla. after happy days, both cosbies worked. and when you get to modern family, look who grandpa married. for mr. c, life wasn't rocky road. but it was chocolate chip. teenage joanie was hanging out with chachi, ritchie flirted with trouble and the fonz kept things spicy. >> there may be one or two things that annoy you. >> no. >> reporter: a milwaukee loving, hardware store owner, lodge member who always kept it together. >> we are going to tell them the true, entire truth and hope they understand. >> reporter: tom bosley taught us a family with a little flavor can make for happy days. john berman, abc news, new york. >> in an interview later, tom once said he wanted to be an actor. he flipped a coin. he said the coin would determine, new york or l.a. he said i better go to new york, i knew i was short, heavy and that was in the way to break into the film industry. thought he would work on broadway, where he made a lot of fame. >> ron howard said my last conversation with tom reflected foreclosure fight. >> the system is so broken we can't estimate how many people have unfairly lost their homes. >> some of the biggest banks begin reclaiming homes. but is the problem fixed? then tea party troubles. >> i don't know that. >> how some of the biggest names in the tea party are now brewing up problems. and midnight snack. >> yeah. >> cooked egg. that's just awesome. >> insomniac's kitchen twist on an early morning classic. it is wednesday, october 20th. i never knew where tapas originated from. the chef told us it is a debate. that is tapas what we made and what it could be. >> brought in food for us to eat. >> yes. >> good morning. thank you for being with w us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. just a week after we learned some americans may have been unjustly forced from their homes, banks are ready to go full steam ahead with a new round of foreclosures. >> t.j. winnik joins us now. >> reporter: the white house insists it maintains committed to holding accountable any bank that violated the law. the charges have shaken the u.s. housing market to its core. claims that banks didn't read foreclosure documents before evicting homeowners, accusations banks tried to take over homes before they were in foreclosure. >> i just, know, some body has broken into my house. >> reporter: bank of america and gmac mortgage are lifting foreclosure suspension. doa plans to resume seizing 100,000 homes in pennsylvania and 22 other states next week. >> they have been wrong all along the way. forgive me if i -- wonder -- is it true that they now are telling us this is not a real problem. the system is so broken. we don't, we can't even estimate how many people have unfairly lost their homes. >> reporter: the controversy has raised new fears about threats to bank earnings and health of the fragile housing market. the white house warned banks it would pursue them for illegal mortgage practices. >> they can face fines from us and legal action from homeowners. >> reporter: things have gotten so out of hand, the sheriff of cook county, illinois is refusing to carry out 1,500 foreclosure related evictions. >> looking for nothing more than give me an affidavit saying everything was done properly and that not robo signing machine is the thing behind taking a house away from a family. >> reporter: a federal task force will meet in washington to discuss the crisis and concerns it could impact the overall economy. rob, vinita. france is bracing for a day of strikes for the government's plan to hike the retirement age. workers walked off their jobs, and causing hundreds of flight delays, long lines at gas stations and slow train service. protests turned violent yesterday, as young people smashed storefronts and burned cars. the french is expected to pass the change despite outrage. >> less than two weeks to election day. democrat biggest stars are in high gear. st stumping for every last potential vote. john hendrik has more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, ron, vinita. good news for tea party candidates they have captured the attention of the american public. the bad news that means their statements are being more scrutinized than ever and some are finding out the hard way. a political battle is brewing over the tea party. >> this tea party, they have everybody, from wrestling to witchcraft. >> reporter: look who joined the combatants. >> they have everybody at this tea party but the mad hatter. >> reporter: that follows controversial statements by candidates. sharon engle said this to a group of hispanic high school students. >> some of you look a little more asian to me. i don't know that. >> reporter: there is joe miller, he suggests the u.s. should look to east germany as a model for border control. saying, quote, we have capacity as a great nation to secure our border if east germany could do it we can do it. what he didn't say, east germany kept citizens from leaving by gunning down those who tried. a day earlier, miller's private security guard handcuffed the editor of the alaska dispatch. >> if you don't leave right now i will put you in handcuffs too. >> who are you? >> reporter: there is delaware senate hopeful, christine o'donnell. >> there is a separation of church and state our courts and laws must respect. >> where in the constitution does it say separation of church and state? >> the first amendment doesn't actually contain the phrase separation of chur. and state. it does say congress shall make no law respecting an establish the of religion or prohibiting free cher size theexercise ther. it has been basis of a wall between government and religion. juch held upheld by the supreme court. the governor's race. governor biden, sccampaigned fo tread strickland. and former president clinton. and candidates will face off in pennsylvania. and a debate in florida and illinois. >> a grim new study may take the guess work from post-menopausal women torn over whether to take hormone replacement therapy. drugs not only raise the risk of breast cancer but for long use, increases a woman's chance of dying. dr. timothy johnson explains. >> in 2002,a landmark study showed hormone replacement therapy with estrogen for post men paul sal women increased their risk of breast cancer. a new study in the journal of american medical association has a grim finding. women on combination hormone replacement therapy are more likely to die of breast cancer. research follows 13,000 post men paul sal women for an average of 11 years. those on combination hormone replacement therapy were more likely to have invasive breast cancer and those were more likely to be lymph node positive. breast cancer related deaths along with dreaths from all othr causes were higheren women who had taken the hormone combination. the u.s. saw a marked decline in breast cancer, that is credited to the big drop in hormone therapy after the first study. even though, experts say the study is unwise to to change current medical practice. dr. timothy johnson. nfl is cracking down on illegal hits. issuing an order saying it will suspend players who engage in flagrant blows especially those involving health melts. until now violators were fined, or ejected. it comes after three players in one week engaged in dangerous loads. and hearing much more about this after the rough weekend. >> scary. a look at your forecast. stormy in the southwest. thunderstorms, gusty winds. flash flooding san diego. l.a., vegas, phoenix, albuquerque, and parts of texas. and wet from houston to new orleans. scattered showers from d.c., new york. light rain through out the great lakes. >> 63, detroit. 72,kansas city. 61 in new york. # 6, in miami. phoenix, 80. portland, 70 degrees. 43 in seattle. we did the story two weeks ago. a british woman is in big trouble after caught on camera sweetly petting a cat then tossing it into a garbage bin. thanks to the internet. the video spread all over the world this past summer. outraging animal lovers and anyone, everywhere. good news, the cat was rescued and she is okay. now the woman is paying the price. >> british court ordered her to pay $400 in fines in $1,#00 in vet bills. >> the world is waiting for an explay nation. wasn't offering what she was thinking. >> we'll be right back. why go one more round ? 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to get to second grade. laura has to got to work. and jay, at 53, jay has to live with alzheimers. jay jones is one of 500,000 americans living with early onset alzheimers when the disease strikes before the age of 65. >> for me, it's like seeing my husband, some one that i love, and he is in quicksand. i can see the fear in his eyes. i can't reach him. i can't get there. >> reporter: laura hold down a part time job making one fifth of what jay did. and she tries to help natalie who had to change schools when jay lost his job. >> bye, love you. have a good day. >> reporter: time is so precious for every family touched by alzheimers. >> she would say i had ten. jay, peggy lou, jimmy, john, ricky, larry, mary beth, terry, greg, rosemary. >> reporter: how my mom, margie, tried to hold on to life's precious meaning as she slipped into alzheimers. my big sister peggy has kept her needlework, angels for her grandchildren. the passion of a lifetime. we watched, as that fashion faded. >> these kind of to me have shown the progression of the disease. >> over the years from this to this. and they are gifts of love and love is who we are. >> you know who i was? >> reporter: sol and rita rogers have been married for 63 years. as he began to lose her to alzheimers he couldn't bear it. he started getting into bed with her at the nursing home outside boston. >> she could talk. and smile. and laugh. and very loving. >> reporter: terry moran, abc news. >> certainly is just an emoti emotional thing to watch the mine house for my grandparents it was flipped. my grandfather had alzheimers, my mother had a disease. she couldn't get out of the bed. he would go lay in the bed not know whey he was there, but he wanted to be near her. >> love is still love even in that state. wow. more after this. we'll be right back. >> hey, guys, we're in the kif e -- kitchen today. with josh. thank you for letting us be here. >> thank you for coming. >> we like to find out what great chefs eat in the middle of the night. this is easy. >> when my family has dinner, 5:00, 6:00. what i look to do is take the leftovers from that, make a classic spanish tapas item, tortilla de espanola. >> what is it? >> controversy where tapas came from. some say they're called tapas, small plate you get it on would go on top of the beer glass. other people say that, it is not. the people and the stuff that when on top of it, were toppings and that is tapas. >> the restaurant you have is beautiful. >> very clean, modern. comfortable. not really spark. really nice. >> let's get going. >> kind of like an omelet. we infuse the tortilla. anything with the season. so right now. using indian summer vegetables. start with getting the eggs ready. crack about eight eggs into the bowl. the whole idea here. >> yeah, i can duo this. >> though i'm hungry. and extremely easy to cut. we have a zucchini. and this is a leek. you have to lean it well. >> yes. all the sand particles get into everything. >> if you are not cleaning it that well. you will w end up eating that. >> not pretty. don't care how late it is at night. you will notice it. do you do a little cooking yourself? >> i pretend at least. >> pretend? >> chefs say the key is uniform size in cutting things. a you are absolutely right. it has nothing to do with it. with tortilla, nothing better than potato. i like the potato. smaller than zucchini. so everything cooks just right. once we have all this stuff ready. i throw it all on the plate. we can move to the stove. >> you have stove on medium high, medium? >> medium high what you are looking for the olive oil, butter, whatever you need. then we will start by sauteing our vegetables. you start with the hardest things first and it is just less aggressive than an onion. and it just has -- a little bit -- more of a green flavor than anything. really take on the -- the perfume of earth, thyme when you are ready. >> all right. pour it all in. >> quicker the better. want to work it away from the side of the pan, the bottom. see how we are getting the cooked egg. that's awesome. that's what you want. and the texture you are looking for. this is 70% cooked right now. all we will do is get color on the bottom. throw it on there. that's what time i go drink a beer. and wave for my tortilla. >> go ahead and see if it is done. the whole omelet looks cooked. let's get ready to eat. >> i heard that and came over. >> your internal clock was ticking. >> invert this on a plate. in spain, when you go to a tapas bar. the department of health in new york definitely has some different ideas than the spaniards do in terms of food handling. >> thick, too, a real meal. >> absolutely a real meal. and throw a little salsa on it. lit bit of aoli, late night eating after a day at the restaurant, tortilla. nothing better than tapas and a cold beer. >> that's really, ready good. and you said, any vegetables, toss it in meat, don't want vegetarian. >> anything cooked in your fridge is really good. >> 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