everywhere. maryland is not arizona. reporter: support among minority groups, critical. the founder of amigos deo malley, says his group is energized. if there is any doubt, i think it was four years ago, when bob ehrlich came out and said very nicely, like multiculturalism is bunk. you can imagine how that fell over our heads. i thought it was a terrible disrespect. well, what i think people react against is the politics of division and fear. the politics that tries to pit us against one another. reporter: o malley s messages seem to be working. since july, he s pulled ahead of ehrlich by almost 10 points in the polls. their analysts predict that he is one of three democrats in the country most likely to win. i think what distinguishes us is the goodness and intelligence of the people of maryland. you think the people of maryland are smarter. i do. he s been in baltimore all day long. but after this, he ll head to prince george s county, which has more than
calling this one of the strongest storms to hit the area in decade. a possible tornado touched down in morning in indianapolis. already there are damage reports there. we are also getting reports another tornado may have touched down in wisconsin. more on the developing weather story as we get it. jenna: we ll definitely keep you up to date on that. another fox news alert more than 110 people dead and that number is likely to rise after a major earthquake in indonesia. we first reported this to you yesterday as it happened. authorities there said there was really no threat from a tsunami, guess what, they were wrong, a tsunami created by that quake wiped out several villages. many are dead and many more are still miss. we are also watching a volcano in indonesia that is erupting right now. it may be one of the largest eruptions in decades. already 19,000 are evacuated, one baby reported dead and many others injured as well. all these injuries are just coming to us in the fox
with the perks and pressure of being worldwide celebrities. today, saturday, october 16th, being worldwide celebrities. today, saturday, october 16th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a saturday morning, i m lester holt. and i m amy robach. and it s crunch time for the candidates as the clock ticks closer to the midterm elections. the rhetoric has been rising. the races in some cases have been getting uglier. today the president and first lady make another big push in hopes of holding on to the majorities on the hill. we re going to bring you the latest in just a few moments. we re also following the search for a missing 10-year-old north carolina girl. zahra baker s family reported her missing exactly one week ago. and police are now calling this a murder investigation. there s some troubling new evidence. we re going to have the latest. and remember this bizarre crime? a pizza deliveryman with a
hours away. officials say the first miner could be pulled out by midnight in this newly-tested rescue cage. the shaft surrounding it held firm during the tests. though there are fears about the integrity of the mine s roof. the plan, one by one, the miners am make the trip 2,000 feet from underground, winched to safety and under the surface. it will take 25 minutes to get to the bottom. between 10 to 15 minutes from the bottom to the top. reporter: officials are dividing the men into two groups. the fittest will be pulled up first. the miners will be put on a diet diet. they will have to be careful since they have been in the dark for 60 days. they could have a lot of damage. using nice glasses. . then they ll go directly to a hospital where fresh showers will be waiting. maria herrera said there were days she lost all hope waiting for her brother. but she says she doesn t want to take away from the joy she s feeling now. miners are asking for privacy when they come u
drugs into the united states. mostly cocaine into the united states. julie: james, thank you very much for talking to us. gregg: a gruesome discovery in washington state. a fume hoot foot washing ashore. the foot is the eighth such find on a pacific northwest beach since 2008. but unlike the others, police are saying it wasn t in a tennis shoe. leaving investigators to think it is not linked to the other ones. new twist in the trial of a pennsylvania woman charged in a bizarre bomb and bank robbery. a judge will decide if a jury should be chosen from outside pennsylvania because the pretrial has gotten too much publicity. 61-year-old marjorie armstrong is charged with master mind ago 2003 bank heist where a pizza delivery man was forced to wear a bomb around his neck. remember that one? the bomb exploded before