[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon in hd. of violent weekend in baltimore brings the city s murder rate to an unfortunate milestone. there are more than 200 murders on the books for this year. good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. more on the violent weekend in a moment. but we begin with week two of the corruption trial of baltimore mayor sheila dixon, accused of going on a personal shopping sprees with gift cards intended for the needy. developer patrick turner is on the witness stand right now. he told a jury that then the city council president sheila dixon contacted him asking that he purchased gift cards from a target and best buy so that the city can donate them to needy families on christmas. he said that the cuts were not intended for her own use. he says he vaguely remembers stopping them off at city hall and did not a
good morning. obama in china. the president arrives in beijing for an historic one-on-one meeting with chinese president hu jintao, this after a rare american-style town hall meeting with chinese college students. we re live in china. rogue rage. former members of john mccain s presidential campaign staff furious over sarah palin s new memoir. one top strategist calls it all fiction. this morning the bitter feud that s erupted and what it means for palin s future political ambitions. and today exclusive, meredith visits with charla nash, the connecticut woman mauled by her frie s chimpanzee. how did she pull through? what s life like for her now? and how is her daughter coping with her mom s recovery? when you look at your mom, what do you see? her moving answer and an amazing story of perseverance today, monday, november 16th, amazing story of perseverance today, monday, november 16th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welc