a lot of them were one and done for the boston bruins. >> mike: matt cullen, pierre mcguire. >> pierre: thanks a lot, doc. early on, it looked like the bruins were going to steam roll you guys out. how important was it for nick backstrom to stand on his head? >> he's been good for us all year. he kept us in it. we had a tough one last night. i can't stay enough about how backy has been. >> pierre: matt, you're back in the race. you're still alive in the race. obviously, you alluded to the game yesterday in st. louis where you only had 14 shots on goal. what was said 234 your dressing room before this game? >> we talked about the importance of this game. you can't do anything about what happened yesterday. you can control what happens today. i think guys took it upon themselves to lead in their own ways, and guys battled really hard. it was a big one for us. >> pierre: you had a chance to go to a lot of other places. you chose to come back to the state of hockey in minnesota. the way these fans respond to your team is absolutely unbelievable. what do you have to do here? you're going on

a lot of them were one and done for the boston bruins. >> mike: matt cullen, pierre mcguire. >> pierre: thanks a lot, doc. early on, it looked like the bruins were going to steam roll you guys out. how important was it for nick backstrom to stand on his head? >> he's been good for us all year. he kept us in it. we had a tough one last night. i can't stay enough about how backy has been. >> pierre: matt, you're back in the race. you're still alive in the race. obviously, you alluded to the game yesterday in st. louis where you only had 14 shots on goal. what was said 234 your dressing room before this game? >> we talked about the importance of this game. you can't do anything about what happened yesterday. you can control what happens today. i think guys took it upon themselves to lead in their own ways, and guys battled really hard. it was a big one for us. >> pierre: you had a chance to go to a lot of other places. you chose to come back to the state of hockey in minnesota. the way these fans respond to your team is absolutely unbelievable. what do you have to do here? you're going on

for "nightline," pierre thomas, abc news, indianapolis. >> super security. thanks to pierre thomas for that. >>> just ahead, the quarterback everyone's talking about. tim tebow. he goes one-on-one with espn's hannah storm. >> why do you think that you're so polarizing? >> i think a little bit has to do with, you know, my faith. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! and here's my depression. before i started taking abilify, i was taking an antidepressant alone. most of the time i could pull myself together and face the day. but other days, i still struggled with my depression. i was coping, but sometimes it really weighed me down. i'd been feeling stuck for a long time. i just couldn't shake my depression. so i talked to my doctor, and he added abilify to my antidepressant. he said it could help with my depression, and that some people had

pierre thomas. we'll stay on this case. >>> tonight, the stock market continued to make its way toward the 13,000 mark. it hasn't been this high in nearly four years. add to that the rally from general motors, and the plunging jobless numbers, all signals that the economy seems to be rumbling back to life. abc's bianna golodryga gathered together a braintrust of recession experts to ask, is this the exhale? is this the comeback everyone has been waiting for? >> reporter: what you're hearing is the sound of a comeback. relief on the faces of wall street traders, as stocks, today, hit their highest point since before the start of the great recession. >> it is getting exciting. psychologically, it's going to be important for lots of people. >> reporter: the good news isn't just on wall street. all week long, real signs the economy may finally be turning around. jobless claims, down. the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits, now at a four-year low. car sales, up 28% at just this one deal

pierre thomas, abc news, indianapolis. >> our thanks to pierre, tonight. >>> now, to a different kind of threat. a growing cyber threat. and the latest attacks launched by the group anonymous. the hackers have pulled off the most daring attacks yet, targeting the u.s. government. an fbi phone call with scotland yard. lisa stark on what's become a high-stakes game to figure out who's behind this. >> reporter: they've been called hackers on steroids. >> we are anonymous. >> reporter: the shadowy hacker network known as anonymous. >> the big concern is, they do have the wherewithal to do destructiveness, to corporations, and even to individuals. >> reporter: in the past week, the group has shut down government websites in sweden and greece, overloading them with traffic. in the u.s., they've hacked into police websites, in boston, syracuse, new york, and salt lake city. >> we do not forget. >> reporter: and the most brazen attacks of all. anonymous intercepted an fbi e-mail. and gained access to a phone call between the fbi and scotland yard, which it posted online. >> we are looking int

abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, has been on this story all day for us. >> reporter: it was a plot with deadly intentions. a suicide bombing, targeting the u.s. capitol, where congress does its work, and thousands visit every day. according to the fbi, 29-year-old amine el khalifi, a moroccan national, wanted to kill as many tourists and government employees as he could. the suspect was arrested here, only two blocks from the u.s. capitol. he parked his van. undercover agents posing as al qaeda terrorists gave him an automatic weapon, and what he thought was a suicide explosive vest. then, the fbi pounced. the fbi took him into custody and seized khalifi's van from the parking garage. this afternoon, they searched a home in suburban virginia, where el khalifi had met with undercover agents. >> it's scary. it makes you not want to trust people. >> reporter: the government's charges says khalifi was angry because the u.s.'s war on terrorism was really a war on muslims. he also considered targeting restaurants, u.s. military offices, and a synagogue. eventually he settl

. >> right now you can probably sell them or five times as much as you buy them for pierre >> and the district dtlr is preparing to hold a lottery in the morning. >> i hope i can get my hands on a pair. >> they had a couple of dozen shoes at the store here in prince george's county. as for dtlr, they are not saying how many they will sell tomorrow. here they are strongly considering putting them on the internet so they do not have to deal with crowds again. reporting live from hyattsville suzanne kennedy. >> in orlando, florida police in riot gear were called in to clear out a crowd of people trying to get sneakers. the store was -- the store decided to cancel their midnight sale. many people were waiting all week. officers were able to clear out the hundreds of people. nobody was hurt, but nobody got shoes as well. how much are you willing to pay for the shoes? 77% say they would pay $100 for shoes. 12% said $500. 10% said anything for the right pair of shoes. >> you can see who nike is marketing to. breaking news coming in from san francisco international airport where operations ha

we get more from pierre thomas. >> reporter: 1700 miles off the u.s. coast is known as the postcard beautiful paradise. for u.s. supreme court justice, it became a dangerous crime scene. at 9:00 p.m. thursday night, supreme court justice breyer, his wife and house guests had their vacation stay rudely interrupted by an intruder wielding a machete. the suspect demanded money and escaped with $1,000. no one was injured. but the incident raises serious questions about the level of security the supreme court justices have when they travel abroad. >> justy breyer! justice breyer! >> reporter: in the u.s., the justices sometimes travel with armed security. today, the court refused to comment on whether breyer had a security detail with him in nevis. this is not the first time one of the justices on the nation's highest court has run into criminals. retired justice david souter was mugged by a group of men in 2004. justice ruth bader ginsburg had her purse snatched while walking near the kennedy center with her husband and daughter. the fbi is in nevis invest

abc correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: 1700 miles off the u.s.s known as the postcard beautiful paradise. for u.s. supreme court justice, it became a dangerous crime scene. at 9:00 p.m. thursday night, supreme court justice breyer, his wife and house guests had their vacation stay rudely interrupted by an intruder wielding a machete. the suspect demanded money and escaped with $1,000. no one was injured. but the incident raises serious questions about the level of security the supreme court justices have when they travel abroad. in the u.s., the justices sometime travel with armed security. today, the court refused to comment on whether breyer had a security detail with him in nevis. this is not the first time one of the justices on the nation's highest court has run into criminals. retired justice david souter was mugged by a group of men in 2004. justice ruth bader ginsburg had her purse snatched while walking near the kennedy center with her husband and daughter. tonight, the fbi's in nevis investigating. sources do not believe he was targeted

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abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, following the developments for us tonight. >> two, one. >> reporter: this is how umar farouk abdulmutallab planned to kill himself and all 289 passengers aboard a commercial flight over detroit on christmas day 2009. this fbi video was designed to show the true power of abdulmutallab's underwear bomb. watching the video at his sentencing today, abdulmutallab yelled in arabic, god is great. and he said in a statement to the judge, i am proud to kill in the name of god. >> the only thing that prevented the defendant from being successful that day was his own bad luck. >> reporter: abdulmutallab's goal, maximum destruction. he sat in seat 19a, near the left wing, close to an 11,000-gallon fuel tank. the only reason he did not kill everyone onboard is because the bomb's detonator malfunctioned. prosecutors bluntly say abdulmutallab is an unrepentant mass murderer, who would try to kill again if given the chance. diane? >> thank you, pierre. >>> and there was a scare today in the skies above air force one that ended in a strange twist. as

. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season!>> your fashion is so right now, but your banking is so last season. your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more interest? open an account at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? does this make my tuches look big? >>> welcome back to the washington area nissan dealer's sports xtra. >> off the wall, wisdom, we have finally arrived at the big one. the super bowl. we have been talking football all year. we'll talk about it for one more week. what do you think? four years ago, the giants and the patriots, and it was an upset. the patriots were going for an undefeated season. spoiled by the gmen. obviously it wouldn't be the same kind of upset. >> i like the giants chances. eli manning is a good quarterback. he is able to get the job done. and the defense the giants have is fee no phenomenal. for as much criticism as tom coof min coughlin takes, he is a tough guy. >> t

pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more interest? open an account at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? does this make my tuches look big? . >> off of the wall, wisdom, my friend. we have a lott long time before the nfl draft and don't know what they going to do at quarterback. there might be quarterback available and -- and i mean number 18? >> yes. >> and we don't know if he's going to throw the ball 50 yards. >> and he is peyton manning. >> yes, soon to be retired. >> and with the quarterback. >> 35 plus years old. >> yes, he'll be 36. >> and that is along radio. >> and how old are you? >> i'm vendage. >> okay. >> and i don't age. i'm like wine. >> that is an old man. >> and with that -- . >> in the 40s. i won. >> no, you can not? >> yes, i did. >> and is one

. >> i was not spending any money last year i do not think pierre >> this year you will spend? >> a couple of small gifts and a dinner. i am not breaking the bank. >> some are. like this couple paying $500 for this dessert tonight. >> this year i think things are starting to improve. >> with the improvement, they say lovers are in the mood to splurge. >> ballantine is just an extra special day i guess. --valentines is just an extra special day i guess. this valentine's day is a lot better than the two previous ones. people were making deliveries yesterday as well as today. you may recall that valentine's day in 2010 was a big snowstorm. business was down at the time. >> $500 for a desert? it better be good. folks around here can actually pull that off because the nation's capital has another big distinction. it is home to some of the wealthiest counties. 10 of the 15 richest counties in the nation are all washington, d.c. suburbs. >> you have been warned and now it is ticket time in prince george's county. they are activating dozens of the speed cameras on multiple streets and

talking to richard -- talking to metro riders today, it is clear some people are talking in private pierre >> she told me about it and i don't mind talking about it. they need to keep their private parts private. >> they have also touched me in the past. i have been riding the metro for about three years. there is a problem. >> the hearing ended just minutes ago. the general manager says that he was surprised and disturbed by the testimony today. he promises to investigate. gail huff, abc 7 news. >> new developments and a new corporate tax plan from president obama. the plan calls for the tax rate on corporations to be lowered from 35% to 28%. it seeks to raise overall revenue by closing dozens of loopholes and american companies operating overseas would be asked to pay a minimum tax rate on foreign earnings. experts say congress is unlikely to pass the plan. >> at least two lawmakers who opposed a measure for same-sex marriage says they will offer a amendment. a vote is expected as early as tomorrow night. the senate passed a similar bill last year. >> no more profanity at d.c. council me

many admit is causing anxiety pierre >> i think there are other issues that impact gas prices more than just what the white house can do. >> today president obama admitted he cannot control price spikes driven by the middle east. >> anybody who tells you that we can grow our way out of this problem does not know what they are talking about or just is not telling you the truth. >> not just here in the district but throughout the area, an alexandria and northern virginia and throughout maryland, drivers are fed up. >> i am so frustrated. it cost $50 to fill up your gas tank and 60 the next week. >> it is getting unimaginable. >> the president calls for continuing the search for alternative energy and called on congress to end big tax cuts for the oil companies appeared >> it is time to give away -- it is time to quit giveaways to an industry that has never been more profitable. >> republicans continue to insist the problem is not taxes but the president holding back production. even some democrats have criticized the white house saying they need to do more to pressure saudi arabia to incr

abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has been on the story since it broke.ierre, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, dan. the fbi says the evidence is clear. the suspect had deadly intentions. a plot, a suicide bombing targeting the u.s. capitol. the fbi says 29-year-old amine el khalifi wanted to kill as many tourists and government employees as he could. he was arrested just two blocks from the u.s. capitol. he parked his van and met undercover agents. posing al al qaeda terrorists. he was given an automatic weapon and what he thought was an explosive suicide vest. the fbi took him into custody and seized his fan. on friday, they searched a home in suburban virginia where khalifi had met with undercover agents. >> it's scary. it makes you not want to trust people. >> you never know who is in your neighborhood anymore. >> reporter: prosecutors say that khalifi was angry because he thought the u.s. war on terrorism was war on muslims. it was all a sting. the fbi had been tipped off by an associate. the suicide vest, harmless. the gun, rigged not to work. t

. >> as everything is with pierre 70, it is a bit more complicated than the rest of the projects. we were not able to jump into it until we got through completing the pier 70 planning process. this was part of the planning design guidelines, that we published the draft of the design headlines in june. as a part of that process, we allocated bonds and could not initiate some of the other projects, and we knew what the distribution of available funds were. >> with these different issuances, what about the different interest rates? >> extremely favorable. >> probably like being aligned with the city ratings. >> they have been considerably favorable. of course, we will not know until we go after the market. 4.1%? >> which is a blended, 30-year rate? commissioner? >> i want to thank all of you for your work on this and talking about the financial aspects, with a high line in manhattan, getting a sense of what we will be able to achieve once this is all connected. cutting it back to the finances, it will be money well spent. >> i think that i know the answer. this is general obligation

. ♪ ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season!re with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rarate your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more interest? open an acaccount at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? does this make my tucuches look big? >> when it comes to high drama and love, drama won out. >> denzel's "safehouse" beat out "the vow." it made $24 million "the vow" made 22 million. >> we will be right back with mo >> we didn't see all the snow headed our way. >> it looked pretty while it was falling. but not a lot out there. a two-hour delay for the schools, but otherwise bright sunshine. 48 degrees, and by wednesday and thursday it will be around 60 degrees. we will see temperatures climb to the upper 40's. >> it will get here quickly. >> thank you >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news "wshingtnashington weeekly." >> the

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they also want him to hand over the power of his office to his two andsident pierre >> of republican polls pushing for voters in michigan. mitt romney who grew up in the gained a key endorsement from gov. rick snyder. he also spoke at an event. rick santorum remains in a the polls there. the primary is february 28. 30 delegates are up for grabs divided accordingly. >> there is another kennedy intog to make his way congress. ed hishkennedy iii cmapaign today. he is 31-years old. is the son of former congressman joseph kennedy ii. blacks still to come, general motors announces record profits. workersthousands of because a big pay off of it. we are reaching the age --re reunion that becomes smaller .ith each passing year talk with some veterans of their memories of that battle. more hopes that the payroll be approvedn will it. [ female announcer ] more people are ing wireless devices in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting croed. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum, we can empower more people to innovate, create jobs, and put momentum behind our economy. and a s

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let's check in with pierre beaudoin and get a read on the transportation business.d money, you were initially a snowmobile manufacturer you're the sleeping giant of transportation around the world. can you tell me first of all, how the world is doing you have government, you've got corporate, you have infrastructure probably the best barometer to come on "mad money" to tell us where we are in this world. >> i'm excited in 2012. there is investment in infrastructure whether airport, or rail across the world. >> you have big businesses with a lot of regional airlines. i know people when i talk about this company and why i like it so much they say is there more strapped companies than these airlines? how can they make any money, that is not the way the business works. not leave to it a balance sheet. >> we sell an asset worth a lot of money and can move around in the world. airlines would challenge but the product itself is in high demand, it can be used by many airlines in the world and there is a lot of growth in the airline world. >> we had a president, we have a pr

i would stop if it was a deer or anything to see what it was pierre >> around 2:20 saturday morning, alonzo rodriguez was dropped off by friends on the step of the road. there is a nearby crosswalk where buses do not run on weekends. one hour later, a passing driver found rodriguez in the eastbound lane of the road. he was later pronounced dead. >> that is awful. >> the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour. drivers sometimes go 74 -- 65 or 70 miles per hour. >> i would never step across the road. >> cars go pretty fast. there is a curve right here. it is a bad spot. >> a family friend says he was a loving and caring father of two young student -- two young children. he was also a student who also dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. they are urging any witnesses to please come forward. >> thank you so much. still to come, officials in pakistan destroy osama bin laden's former home. >> a very windy and co [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their p

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pierre walks to his hostel. he wants to see the kremlin right away. it is the start of has russian adventure. the par-mosw route is no ordinary journey. it is a voyage back in time but with little of the glamour of the orient express. but the city of moscow holds its own attractions. >> that wraps up today's european journal. thanks for watching. goodbye for now.

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good morning to you, pierre. >> reporter: hi, josh. says an immigration agent pulled out a gun and opened fire on a co-worker, possibly his boss, last night in long beach. multiple shots were fired. a third agent in the office then intervened, firing his weapon, fatally wounding the shooter. officials believe it was a workplace dispute that went out of control. authorities said the threat is over and they believe this was an isolated incident. the agent that was the initial target is in stable condition. everyone is happy about that. >> we are very much so. pierre thomas, thank you. >>> also in southern california, two fighter jets had to be scrambled when a small plane entered the no-fly zone because the president was traveling by helicopter there. police and secret service met the pilot, determined he made an honest mistake, that is until they searched his plane, where they found about 40 pounds of marijuana. >>> meanwhile, president obama is on the west coast fundraising for his campaign. new figures show he is raking in the campaig

nikole killion, wbal-tv 11 news pierre >> there are 25 days left until super tuesday. you can look at the past 10 election cycle and see how each state has voted on wbaltv.com. >> there is much more news ahead here on 11 news at 6:00. >> running back ricky williams came to the ravens looking to close out his career with the super bowl ring. that will not happen now. >> colder air moves in tonight wallace storm approaches from the west that could lead to wintry weather -- while a storm approaches from the west that ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> a special ship made a stop in charm city. the rainbow warrior is docked at dell's point. is the new shi

that includes 19, 19 and the house, and 23, so those have the same challenges as pierre 29 those, so we have looked up and down the waterfront for potential opportunities. we need to really event that, but what we have is reflective of the basic structure, which is that the city can always choose to buy out the improvements, and that is option 1. gooas they allow us to buy it ot and not have that, that is fine. and we have another way forward, but we want to preserve the basic structure and moving ahead with the events and thinking about what is the right development that is going to make sense to all those players. >> just to be clear, in terms of the concerns raised by the committee, this condom place and -- this contemplate removing herpier 21. support has the discretion to pay it off by cash payments, some kind of loan, or another option is to identify another source for a grant credit, but that would have to come back to the board of supervisors before we would say where that would be. >> they would have to agree to the alternate option. >> supervisor campos, i think you are on

goo>> we have lots of technology pierre goad -- lots of technology. just a couple things. you talk about scheduling. to a degree we could not create a real siren scheduling. hopefully this will make the system easier. i hope the inspectors -- i often hear feedback that you might have five different inspectors for the same issue, so if there is some sort of continuity they can encourage i think that would be great. it should have the ability to save the application. the other thing is that it should be fairly easy to determine -- if i can tell what boxes they need to go through, i need to be able to look at the application and stevee what ever the steps are, so hough they are environmental, they have to go through these steps? of a lot of people and the general public do not know the process, that will be evident. also, the ability to query and we were talking about this with the entertainment permit. not just a particular site, but an entire block or a geographic region would be good if we can pull up permits and that sort of way. if we can make sure that correspondence re

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> and details are being worked out right now. it could push the announcement back to tomorrow. the deal would be the biggest involving a single industry since the 1998 tobacco deal. >>> welcome news for air travele travelers. going through the security process will soon take a lot less time. it will only affect certain passengers. >> for years, travelers have faced airport security lines. >> i hate taking off my shoes, my belt. pretty soon i'll be stripped naked. >> reporter: the tsa has unveiled a new program. >> this is our risk-based approach to security. programs that not only help us make sure the aviation environment remains safe but also makes travel more pleasant. >> reporter: from boston and new york, miami and atlanta, chicago and denver, seattle, san francisco, in most major airports akroosz the country, tsa precheck is now available for passengers who submit fingerprints and background checks in advance. travelers that do that will be able to keep their shoes on and leave laptops and cosmetics in their bags. >> it's e