. >> attorney for scott speier says even if his client had been full-time at richard montgomery high, he is innocent of the two misdemeanor sex offense charges stemming from his relationship with the 16- year-old female student. >> he had a relationship with the student. >> sexual relationship? >> not a sexual relationship. >> we were shocked. we think it's absurd. >> speier has professional and political ties. the case has gone to anne arundel county where prosecutors say they are dropping the charges because speier is part-time and not full-time at montgomery high. >> our office has contacted or did contact the legislature in the fall to try to have that loophole closed and we find it frankly absurd and hope the legislature will take action to change it soon. >> speier has a meeting set with school officials for tomorrow, but they made clear it's not likely speier will get his full or part-time positions back any time soon. now that the criminal matter has been resolved, montgomery county public schools will conduct its own investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior wi

now scott speier is a full-time employee with the montgomery county school system. he works full-time at the middle school here. now that's in addition to his part-time job here at richard montgomery high school. he's on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the now school investigation. coming up at 6:00, where is that bill that would apply to the alleged conduct that took place here? we'll tell you about that. >> thank you, bruce johnson. >>> u.s. leaders are offering con condolences for a shooting spree. including women and children. now they are anticipating a retaliatory strike from the taliban. danielle nottingham has at latest from the white house. >> reporter: tensions are on the rise in afghanistan and the white house is promising to take action. on the streets, afghan military forces are on guard. the taliban is vowing revenge for sunday's deadly attack. eyewitnesses say an american soldier went on a shooting spree in two villages. killing 16 people, including nine children and three women. villagers say the soldier burned the bodies. i cannot speak

one day after having criminal charges against him dropped on a technicality, scott speier met with school officials. scott broom reports from montgomery county school headquarters where speier and his lawyers say they intend to fight for his job. >> scott speier appeared here before school officials in rockville only a day after prosecutors dropped charges against him because they say there's a flaw in the law. not because they believe he's innocent of having sex with a 16-year-old former student. prosecutors have called the flaw in the law ridiculous. but for speier, it's open the door today to an appeal for his job back. appearing with the support of his brother and saying nothing to reporters. preferring to let his lawyer do the talking. >> why does he want his job back? >> because it's been his life. teaching and coaching has been his career. and he's had a wonderful career. he is such a devoted teacher. that anything too devoted and maybe that's part of the reason we have the problem we do here. >> reporter: speier was accused of having sex with a 16- year-old former student, but pro

. >>> the criminal charges against him have been dropped on technicality, so scott speier wants his old job back. the well known montgomery county teacher and coach accused of having sex with a 16- year-old former student met with the school officials considering his fate. speier and his attorney said they now intend to fight since the criminal charges have been dropped. >> why does he want his job back? >> because it's been his life. teaching and coaching has been his career. and he has had a wonderful career. he is such a devoted teacher, anything too devoted and maybe that's part of the reason we have the problem we do here. >> now prosecutors say their hands were tied because that girl was old enough to consent to sex and speier's volunteer status as a track coach where the girl is an athlete lets him off the hook under state law. the criminal charges were dropped monday. speier, however, remains on suspension pending the outcome of the school system investigation. >>> less than an hour, the polls will close. the next two republican primary states and the results from alabama and mi

last month, 47-year-old scott speier was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old. the prosecutors say the case is no more and that legal technicality, well, it is all about speier being a part-time employee at the school. >> has to be a full-time employee of the school. teacher, principal, add min spray tore, something along those lines. but as a part-time employee, he falls into a loophole. there's no crime with which he can be charged. >> schools will conduct their own investigation into whether speier engaged in inappropriate behavior with that 16-year-old and speier remains on leave. speier tells us he has never done anything inappropriate with any student or any athlete he coached. >> only only 9, we are learning more about the explosive device found inside an alexandria home last week. obtained the search warrant that details what police found and that document says the explosive was similar to vices used by terrorists overseas. there's no indication of a connection to terrorism. this is a mock of what it might have looked like. the device was 12 by 8 and had

scott speier remains on administrative leave with pay while the cool board investigates the accusationsal charges were dropped when the state realized the girl was the legal age for consent in maryland and speier was not a full-time school employee. the loophole on the way the law is written, speier's lawyer says the board now has to come forward with specific allegations. >> well the one thing he is going to say for sure is that he has never done anything inappropriate with any student or athlete he dealt with. it's going to be real difficult for me to allow him to respond to the specific allegations until they have come forth. >> student speier is accused of having sex with has not spoken up. >>> closing arguments begin tomorrow. two victims families claim the school did not do enough to keep students safe during that 2007 shooting massacre. the jury will get the case and consider claims by the parents the university officials delayed warning students and faculty after the first shootings on campus. school officials defended their action. jury deliberations set tomorrow for a former r

charges were dropped today against 47-year-old scott speier because of a technicality. according to maryland law if a student is above the age of consent charges can only be pressed if the teacher is a full-time employee at the school where the student attends. in this case the girl was 16 and speier was just a part-time track coach. his attorney tells news 4 they will meet with the school board tomorrow to try to get both of his jobs back. >>> a 5-year-old is dead after a violent crash involving her packed school bus. it was just before 8:00 this morning in indianapolis investigators say the driver of the bus lost control and hit a railroad bridge. he was also killed. police say there were a total of 50 kids on that bus. ten were taken to the hospital and two have critical injuries including one who was pulled from underneath the front wheel of the bus. >>> leaders around the world are condemning the deaths of more than a dozen afghan villagers tonight. apparently at the hands of an american soldier. that soldier is in u.s. custody this evening. we're learning more abo

prosecutors dropped charges against 47-year-old scott speier because of the wording of a maryland law. it states that if a student is above the age of consent, charges can only be pressed if the teacher is a full-time employee at the school the student attends. speier taught at the middle school and coached part time at richard montgomery county high school. his attorney says speier will meet with the school board today about possibly getting reinstated to both positions. >>> and today a judge will sentence a serial arsonist for setting a number of fires, including one that injured a number of d.c. firefighters. maurice dews pleaded guilty admitting to starting the fire that injured four firefighters in northeast washington. the roof of a vacant home collapsed on them. he also pleaded guilty to setting four other fires in the past lee years. under the plea agreement he faces 25 years behind bars. >>> the civil trial stemming from the mass shooting on the virginia tech campus could go to the jury today. the state rested its case today. 32 people were killed during the massacre in april