children. what so many older drivers are doing to stay on the road. what so many older drivers are doing to stay on the road. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening, we ve got exactly four weeks from tonight until election day. you hear us talk about battleground states, right now it s ohio, that means everything to these two candidates. and it s news that the romney campaign is suddenly this competitive in ohio. no republican has won the white house without it. president obama carried it last time, and ohio itself has supplied us with eight american presidents over the years. both men running for the job were in ohio today along with peter alexander, traveling with the romney campaign. starting off our coverage in cuyuga falls, ohio. reporter: we re seeing real evidence that this race is tightening, not just nationally but in crucial battlegrounds like ohio. with both candidates descending on the buckeye state, the o in ohio
discuss their favorite moments of melrose place. good evening, i ll bill weir. well, it s been three years since general motors filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and for the once-mighty company, rising from the ashes of a government bailout, has included some severe self-reflection, including a top secret automotive torture chamber. for the first time, gm is giving us a peek at how they smash or bash a new model long before any critic can. and abc s elisabeth leamy is the one to take us behind the scenes. reporter: it s like hazing for cars. engineering as an extreme sport. these are the tests the leaner, meaner general motors is putting its vehicles through. tests the public has never seen before. we had unprecedented access to the gm proving ground, one of the most secretive sites in the automotive world. our tour guide on the wild ride is james bell, gm s new head of consumer affairs an audacious choice because he spent years slamming automotive companies as a journali
oh, these times are hard yeah, they re making us crazy don t give up on me, baby a little music from the script on a rainy tuesday morning here in new york city. it is october 9th, 2012. a little more music from them tomorrow here on today. one of our favorite bands around here out on the plaza. we re still spitting a little bit. i m matt lauer. what about the weather? here with savannah guthrie and mr. al roker. good one, al. coming up. a lot of people don t believe whether it exists or not. well, one young man says he knows it s for real. we re talking about heaven. colton says he s been there during a near death experience. he wrote an extremely popular book about it. he s out with a new book. we ll catch up with colton and his parents in just a little while. all right. on a little bit of a health kick this morning. five simple habits that you can change to make you healthier, and then, of course, you may have heard the news out of hollywood about dan
scrap metal dealers. it s illegal for them to take in these types of products, particularly urns, markers. we will continue to make them aware that they can t do that. he said they are asking families who have seen that their urn has been missing from their loved ones grave to contact their office immediately. they re offering to replace them with one made out of disirchg. it s light are and not worth as much as bronze. county police are working with several leads and asking anyone with information to contact them. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. the first of a human skeleton has been removed from a vacant lot. people walking on a path near 40 discovered the remains. all we know is the bones appear to be those of a man. the state examine examine s office is work exam examiner s office is working to identify it. 83-year-old richard herring of elkton died on monday while on the side of a busy highway. an suv rolled over and herring was trying to help him. he fell 35 feet
the conviction. we would have had an opportunity to prove his innocence. you abuse the trust of those who trusted you. the former coach was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse on 10 young boys he met through the second mile, his territory for underprivileged youth. his victims confronted him in the courtroom. we both know what happened. you should be ashamed of yourself. i have notid here thi arrived but i have not left. the cases and how far from over. the prosecutor says this investigation is continuing. the plea deal means she has been sentenced to one year of probation. it is not clear what the conditions of the plea deal will mean to serve in the house of delegates. the state prosecutor said it was his understanding he will be suspended. a 16-year-old girl was found dead on a quiet street. she had been shot to death. we have more on the investigation and reaction. we will have that story in a moment. police are trying to identify a john doe that was sh