she grew up in gaylord, michigan, with her parents and her older sister carly. >> whitney was just an amazing girl. i know i'm partial because i'm her mom. she was a lot of fun to be with. she made people feel special. she made us feel special. >> whitney was a freshman, laura a senior at taylor university. a small evangelical christian school in indiana. >> this sounds maybe quaint, but a real family feeling that you connected with so many other people there. >> laura and whitney were both outgoing and athletic with a wide circle of friends. they didn't know each other well, but one night they work ed together at taylor's fort wayne campus setting up a banquet. >> suzy, did you talk to laura that day? >> actually i had tried to call her phone between 8:00 and 8:30 that evening. i didn't get through. and so i thought, well, i'll call her later. >> how about you, lisa? >> we had been playing phone tag up to that day. she left me a message, i believe, on their trip up to fort wayne. i didn't call her back. >> at about 8:00 p.m., their work done, laura and whitney, along with seven other

it calls for 85 stores and will be located behind the existing gaylord center.400 temporary construction jobs and 800 retail jobs. >> that will be convenient for people who live inside the city. 4:56 right now. it is a sad day for soap opera fans. i almost did not make it to work today. today marks the season -- series and of all the " one life to live." some will be moving to "general hospital." u. you can catch the final episode today at 2:00. >> coming up, 38 degrees. >> still ahead first lady michelle obama is getting hit with social media. we will [ toilet flushes ] i come in peace... i come in peace. ttvwkun+og#wvs#q'ppu;v?2v.ac=u0l4(p/wlÑkñ0k9%"@n+fg@ú"ox@ but you go in pieces. [ female announcer ] you can't pass mom's inspection with lots of pieces left behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. tt>fb@u!÷#w9"qqú a'pv,p&új[,4 ttvwkun+og#wvs#q'ppu;v?2v.=u1lt%p/wlÑkñ0k9%"@n+fg@ú"(.h its diamondweave texture is soft and more durable versus the ultra rippled brand. tt>ff@ek÷#-3w9"qqú a'pv,p&újsné so it holds up better for a more dependable clean. tt>ff@

i am the owner of the gaylord restaurant in the financial district. my restaurant is within a short distance from the subjected location. i have operated this restaurant for about 30 years and i have faced all of the economic challenges over the years. i offer an extensive take-out menu. along with a full line of buffet lunch. i serve the same items as proposed by the applicant, an assortment of indian cuisine. i pay $12,500 in rent and employ about 15 people. employees are fully dependent and so is my family and this business. it is the only source of my income. if this permit is issued, it will directly negatively impact on my business. i ask why this injustice is done to the financial district restaurants by permitting them to operate at a fraction of my overheads. and yet, they have total freedom to steal the customers. my sales are down 26%. compared to last year. i thank you so much for listening to me. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, my name is deborah sellers. i am the owner of seller's market. i operate multi-unit operations in the downtow

this is the ceo of gaylord entertainment, collin reed, and i know, dolly, you're a serious businesswoman in nashville today? >> well, today, i am here with mr. collin reed for us to make an announcement because we're going in partnership to build a family recreation area across from opryland and we're very excited about it. so we're going to be bringing more family entertainment into nashville. i've always wanted to work with them. and, of course, the grand ole' opry is my home. i love nashville. i've been here since 1964. but working with collin is just a perfect marriage we think since weise kind of have the two biggest parks areas in tennessee. >> and collin, let me just jump in. dolly parton. >> jump in here. >> as the dolly parton work husband i suppose as she's sort of calling you. >> yeah, he's my work husband. >> collin, your company is gaylord entertainment operating the famous historic grand ole' opry, opryland resort, we saw absolutely devastated by the storms in 2010. here are some of the pictures. i know that was a very, very tough time. i've talked to people in nashville ab

i believe the restaurant gaylord said they lost a certain percentage of their revenue in the last year. one thing that everyone needs to recognize is this is among the most difficult times, within the last decade, for pretty much every industry out there. everyone is struggling. i am not sure, moving forward, how the department can evaluate and make these kind of adjustments if that is the request from this board. one thing to point out from the comments as it relates to sanitation and all of the other required permits and how the department is able to issue a permit, the code is very specific as it relates to this. the department would issue a permit had within 90 days from the permit issuance, the applicant needs to acquire all of the approval before they can operate a. one of the reasons is because, when you purchase a vehicle, you need to reconstruct and remodeled it in order for it to operate. at that point, you need to go back to the department of health and make sure that

it is 44 acres behind the existing gaylord resort and convention center.are hoping to bring in more tourists. >> i usually go to the one in lancaster, pennsylvania. it will be good to have that in the community. >> hundreds of jobs. they are talking about 400 temporary construction jobs. those would start immediately. 800 part-time and full-time retail jobs once it is open. >> good news for our area. moving now to some disturbing numbers on traffic deaths in virginia that are prompting renewed calls for stricter distracted driving laws. 250 more traffic deaths than maryland in 2011. it is illegal to text or use a hand-held phone, one lawmaker wants to go a step further. he plans to push for legislation giving police officers more options to pull drivers over if they appeared distracted. >> still ahead find out what this man was doing when he got stuck in some serious mud up to his waist. >> metro general manager unveils his new budget. what that may mean for passengers. >> montgomery county police need your help to find this man. >> you are watching abc7 n

i still -- everything i needed to know about campaigning, i learned in that week from joe gaylord. >>ast night to somebody else that new newt very well through the years and it's one of the great mysteries that a man that could teach everybody else how to run disciplined campaigns and win a majority when nobody believed republicans could win majorities, flying upside down, that this man continues to crash his plane. >> those who can, do. those who can't, teach, right? >> is that not so incredibly ironic. if newt had followed the advice he gave all of us. >> why can't he do it? >> because newt is like a solid state rocket. once it lights off, there's no off switch. he just keeps going until he runs out of fuel. >> i've got a feeling, mike barnacle, rich has thought through that one before. >> i practiced on him. >> the thing that strikes you as a viewer in the clip we've shown a couple of times today from last night, newt gingrich speaking last night, is that the viewer, no matter where you are in the ideological spectrum, you can see the guy just seething beneath the surface. >> yes,

gaylord, michigan, 9 inches. dupage, illinois, 6.4. downers grove, illinois, 6.4. chicago, five inches. winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories from traverse city, michigan down to bristol and out to caribou, maine. we have a system and a front pushing through. we can see rain in new york city. behind it, snow from chicago, green bay, alpena into pittsburgh. snowfall amounts, real lake effect snowfall amounts. anywhere from 12 to 18 inches of snow buffalo to watertown. cleveland, three to six inches. beckley, 1 to 6. moves out quickly but a lot of cold air behind it. matt? >> we'll get your local forecast in a minute. now to presidential politics and the growing calls to end the attack against mitt romney's career as venture capitalist coming from some of the biggest names in the republican party. peter alexander is in columbia, south carolina, with e details on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. what's significant about today is mitt romney will be back in this state again trying to woo the veterans, but it is the conservative

. >> a little-known fact when i first ran for congress in 1994, joe gaylord gave me rick santorum's planthe first republican elected in my district since 1872. rick was in the swing district. and i followed it. so these pensacola people are going to absolutely love you. so -- >> i'll never forget, joe, the first day that it was, i we came back for a nafta vote and you were in a training session on the floor of the house. and i walked into the well of the house and this big guy comes running down the center aisle, pointed his finger saying, i'm here because of you. i'll never forget that. i've now had to apologize to several people because of that. but nevertheless. >> exactly. it's all your fault. so i have, we've been shocked this morning. i just found out that paul ryan voted for the medicare part d plan, $7 trillion plan, doesn't pay -- >> he can't let go of this. >> this is important. rick, i just heard you talking about the federal government taking over, health care. you obviously also, i've heard you talk about this before, you also voted in 2004 for this medicare part d plan. i t