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&pwatch history unfold.. live. we'reelive in tampa as the republican national convention gets underway.... tomorrow on fox45 morning news. ends 2152"so he pointed the finger and said 'i'll be back' phen he came back with a gun and started shootin" shootin"gunfire... at perry hall high school...inside a cafeteria full of students on the first day oo school.this morning... the questions police have for the suspect... and the warning signs that may have been overlooked. commissioner.what we know e - about the man who's going to become the city's top cop. and.. a woman leads police on a wild hase... with speeds over 100 miles an hour.why officers didn't arrest her when the car finally stopped. 3 3 tuesday aagust 28th
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suspect is in custody... and detectives are trying to get him to talk right now about what happened. happened.we have team coverrge of this story.joel d. smith is live from the scene with chilling nnw information about the suspect... and megan gilliland is also on the scene with more on whaa hissdemeanor was like in the moments before he fired the gun. gun.megan? good morning guys,witnesses tell us the gunman... a student here... concealed the weapon until he until he entered the cafeteria... just around the corner here.we're told he didn't say a word before firing that first shot. shot."at first i heard a pop " "inside... he fired a shot thht injured a 17-year old special needs student named daniel whh has down syndrome. at this poont... policc believe daniel was not targeted... that this was a random shooting.police quickly surrounded the school as soon assthe code red was called. it lead tt a school lockdown and eventually, an evacuation. a guidance couselor at the
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school... jesse wasmer... is credited with being a hero... and getting the weapon out of the gunmans hands. (jerry) and the teacher grabbed him.. mr wassman grabbed hii and the guy popped again and the bullet hit the ceiling. (brandon)"all you hear is two gunshots and a teacher holding him againstt the wall and i could see the gun"theevictim was in the cafeteria for lunch when this happened.his ffmily tells us daniel is out of sugery now... in critical conddtion... recovering froo a gunshot wound to the back.students are now rallying around the teen... with posters that read "pray for daniel". there is a prayer service scheduled for 7:15 this morning at the flagpole here. just as the kids are heading back to school foo day two.you can bet there will be extra security.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news.
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while theemotive is still unclear... several students have indicated the suspected shooter...had been a victim of bullying. in fact his own father when questioned after the shooting, said that his son had been bul. bullied. ouu team coverage continues now with joel d. smith. good morning joel d. 3 police have not formally named the suspect - because he's a minor.but dozens of students- who witnessed the shooting - have identified him... and commented n his history of was known to cut himself, and he posted some alarming comments online. we spoke with an adolescent psychiatrist about bullying and whht could drive a victim... to take drastic measures. on the facebook site of the suspected shooter he posted an alarming comment yesterday before school-- quote - "this is the first day of school... the last day of my life."his facebook page
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shows photos of him concealing his face. and lists charles manson - along with columbine shooters - among his likes and inspirations.experts say respond in very dramatic ways... and feel they are nearly out of ootions in theirr life. < "now i have two choices. i can take this into my own hands - retaliation. or i can turn it inward on myself - sui> suicide."> still... with all these supposed signs, a family member of the alleged shooter gave a statement on the family's behalf saying: "we are horrified. we did not see this coming and our thoughts victim and the victim's family. now let's turn to the witnesses of this shooting... we also asked our expert about the best way to handle the aftermath for them. he recommendes parents start by asking their children tt talk about their feelings... but not to push them. live at perry hall high school, joel d. smith, fox 45 morning news. some individuals need to 3
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explore it in great depth.... others are very comfortable dismissing it and actually feel retraumatized recreating the scenario." more than 2-thousand teens &pattend the high school... school...and we caught up with some of them who were actually in the cafeteria, when the gunshots rang out.they describe what they saw. 15:14"i just saw some kid pull a shot gun out of his pants" pants"18:08"the first thing i thought it was a balloon, the second time i got under the our "news on the go" subscribers were the first to learn about the school shooting.you can sign up for breaking news text alerts by texting "wbff" to 45203.you can also sign up at foxbaltimore dot com.cliik on "mobile" on the blue banner. banner.and the latest breaking news stories are on our facebook page...facebook dot com slash...fox baltimore.... and our website.... fox ballimore dot com. funeral services for a prince george's county officer could mean traffic delays today. today.officer adrian morris crash while pursuing a car on interstate 95.his funeral for will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at woodstream
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with a burial to follow in davidsonville. police are expecting traffic delays in the region due to the number of officers attending to the service. today.. mayor stephanie rawlings blake will formally announce her pickkfor the new police commissioner of baltimore.former oakland, california police commisioner anthony batts will head the city's police department..atts resigned from his job in oakland in october 2011... policy with city leaders.r - before taking he job in oakland... batts was chief of police in long beach, califoonia. batts will take over for fred bealefeld... who retired at the beginning of the month. we're just days away...from the grand prix taking over downtown baltimore... and this year... businesses are hoping they won't be left in the dust. dust. many restaurants in the area are preparing for the bbg weekend of racing with food and drink specials.many businesses say they felt last year's "inaugural" grand prix...was a bust. the races didn't end until around 11:30 at night... making it too late
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for fans to patronize restaurants and clubs...beyond downtown.this weekend...the races will end at 6:30.... giving many restaurant owners...new hope...for attracting more of those fans. "((that will allow those 40 or 50,000 people to roam tte streets of baltimore and to meet us.")) us."))several grand prix drivers... are also expected to join in the celebration. they will appear at "germano's" in little italy friiay night at 6:30. evacuations have been ordered and preparations are underway along the gulf coast... ahead of tropical storm isaac. and as ed paynn explains... the timing of the storm... is bringing back memories for the residents of new orleans. orleans. residents of low-lying coastal areas from the florida panhandle to southeastern louisiaaa were ordered to evacuate ahead of storm surges and heavy rain.residents boarded up windows of homes and usinesses. even inmates chipped ii.isaac is projected to make landfall in southeastern louisiana tonight, possibly as a
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category one hurricann with top winds of about 90 miles per hour.it's a day shy of the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina's landfall. most of katrina's nearly 18-hundred deaths happened when the protective levees around new orleens failed, flooding the city.the mayor says the levees have seen 10-billion dollars in improvements since katrina.and the city's pump staaions have backup generators ready in case of electrical outages.the governor and mayor are offering reassurances and warnings about isaac, which is expected to be weaker than katrina.we believe that based on the information that we have and the strength of this storm that there's we have and the strengthhon the information that we believe that based on the informatiin that we have and the strength of this storm that there's nothing this storm wiil capable of handling and i withstanding the anxiety, that everytting is going to be ok. notwithstanding the fact we are not expecting a katrina-likk event, that is, breaking the levees withhthat kind of flooding in the city, p category one and category two storm can bring significant damage in terms (audio hit) of wiid, water, or electric, and a lot of loss of life comes from people being careless and not paying attention.i'm ed payne 3eporting. reporting.i'm ed payne and not paying attention.people being careless of life comes from electric, and a lot of loss hit) of wind, water, or damage in terms (audio can bring significant and category two
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ptorm the city, a category one that kind of flooding in breaking the levees with katrina-like event, that is, we are not expecting a notwithstanding the fact we are not expecting a katrina-like event, that is, breaking the levees with that kind of flooding in theecity, a category one and category two storm can bring significant damage in terms (audio hit) of wind, water, or electric, and a lot of loss of life comes from people being careless and not paying attention.i'm ed payne reporting. the national hurricane center says a few areas of alabama, louisiana and mississippi coull get as much as 18 inches of rain. family members of some of the 12 people shot to deatt during a midnight movie showing in colorado will hold a press conference later this morning... to talk about some behind-the-scenes events they say need to be aired ublicly. a spokeswoman for thee group declined to ccmment on what the families would talk about.police believeejames holmes is the suspect who opened fire july 20th in a packed theater during a showing of a batman movie. he is being held withoot bail. a memorial service was held monday at purrue university for legendary astronaut neil armstrong.armstrong graduated from purdue university with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 9-55.armstrong passed away saturday at the age oo 82.a private service is planned in cincinnati on friday.president barack obama has also ordered u.s. flags to
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be flown at half-staaf that day. former pennsylvania senator, arlen specter was hospitalized monday... after becoming seriously ill. ill.a source close to specter... says the longtime senator has been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer. specter has overcome nummrous serious illnesses over the past two decades... incllding a brain tumor and non-hodgkins lymphoma.no word on his condition this morning. an iowa woman takes police on a wild chase... after her accelerator gets stuck on a highway.the police car's dashboaad camera captures the after stopping for gas... lauri ulvestad says her car started speeding... and wouldn't stop.that's when she called 9-1-1... in desperate need of help. ::9 "it was accelerating faster and faster. and i was looking at my gps, and the number was going up and up and miles-per-hour. -butt to-20 :50"my foot isn't even on the accelerator. the emergency brake is on, all the way... i'm trying to move the brake, but it's not working."
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working."after barreling through the median... and blasting through onstruction zones... lauri ssent several more minutes trying to avoid disaster. finalll... the car slowed ddwn enough for her too jump out.she says she then went over and huggeddthe officer... thanking him for helping to save her life. think marijuana doesn't have long term effects on your brain? prain?well, think again.the research that says... smoking it... could have irreversible damage on your intelligence. intelligence. ((break 1)) 3 ((break 1)) 3 ((break 1)) ((bump in)) meteorologist))
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running."it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican 3 national convention in session and called to order." order."but just as fast as it came to order...it was dismissed because of isaac.how republicans are coping with the natural disaster during the conference...and when mitt romney is expected to get there. ((break 2)) ú
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enroll now. 3 the republican national convention opened and immediately recessed. as jim acosta reports...the convention schedule was delayed a day by earlier &puncertainties about tropical storm isaac. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- "it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in sessson and called tt order." republicans got down to business, calling their 2012 convention to order before quickly going o recess.with isaac bearing down on the gulf coast the sun came out in tampa.but top republicans were indoors
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anyway.there'' house speaker jjhn boehner testing out the podiuma and utah senator orrin hatch mixing it up with karl rove."i believe in america!"it doesn't take a party insider to figure the week's agendaa selling mitt romney."everything he has ever done e has been successful."a fellow mormon, hatch says that includes romney's faith."he's a christian by every tandard i know. frankly, a great believer in the bible. "do you wish that that had been said sooner though in this campaign cycle?""no i think people understand. you know you judge a person's faith by how they live.""everywhere look i see so many familiar faces."another part of the sales pitch came hundreds of romney's business record in ed - the vice presidential contender's hometown of janesville, wisconsin. "when a people are successful in business, that's aagood thing. that's not something to resent."romneyyis also on thh
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road crafting his convention speech in new hampshire."i like my speech. i really like ann's speech. our sons are alreedy in tampa and they say it's terrific there, a lot of great friends. and we're looking forward to a great convention."the shorrened convention may already be wwrking to romney's advantage rhetoriccl thunder.while a small pro-ron paul protest did break out... other distractions may be averted."i hope they are tough as hell and mean as hell and they fight fire with ire."donald trump who accepted a from a local florida republicannparty was slated to speak on monday.but with the day a wash trump got bumped froo the rest of the sccedule. "it's my understanning that mr. trump was in town yesterday and could have made it today, we canceled.""he donald still worked in a tweet asking "why do the republicans
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