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today marion barry dismissed the matter. >> they're haters. i'm not going to be distracted. >> marion barry says he's excited to go to charlotte. >> i'm a veteran at conventions, and the district needs to have someone fighting for them. >> he says his first democratic national convention was in 1972, but some believe 2008 should have been his last. >> we want to send people to the convention who are very serious, who can bring some prestige back to this city. we need to send some new residents and new faces and bring the city back. >> some democrats are unhappy with barry's recent tax troubles and alleged misconduct at the denver convention. his then girlfriend accused him of tossing her out of the hotel room after she refused to perform oral sex. >> that is not the image that we want the d.c. dell delegate to be portrayed. >> others say none of that matters. >> that was personal. we get into too many personal things. >> barry's history of leadership should outweigh any bad behavior -- >> it won't happen this time, but with him you don't know.

councilman marion barry.t at the democratic national convention. >> parts of the midwest bracing for more tornados after wednesday's deadly storms. good morning, washington. it's friday, march 2. i am steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. . we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. steve rudin has a first check on the forecast. >> good morning. a great start to our friday, clear skies. expecting a beautiful sunrise in less than an hour. temperatures are kind of chilly outside. 3238 degrees in fredericksburg. waiting for warm front to arrive during the morning hours. clouds will also increase and megabus appear showers and even a rumble of thunder later on today into the overnight. here's our forecast for this afternoon, 55-60 degrees. 10-15 degrees colder than yesterday. wind out of the southeast at 10- 15. been windy da expecty tomorrow. now lisa baden. >> usual volume out of manassas on 66. 95 coming out2 of woodbrigeout70 coming out of frederick into montgomery county. looks good in baltimore on 9

barry is mostly concerned about marion barry. i think he is less concerned about d.c. at large, the whole city. i don't think he has done a lot of great things to make the city look good. >> i think there's some legacy issues of his mayoralship that we are trying to deal with. >> can you be specific? >> the blow to bureaucracy. >> councilman barry brushed aside the criticism. >> i have been going to democratic conventions since 1972. i don't have to make a case. >> and many participating remain loyal to marion barry. >> he's done so much for the community. he's done so much to the quality of life. so you know, he stood up for the voice for those that didn't have a voice. >> will marion barry be a delegate? we don't know for sure yet because of very complicated rules by the democratic party because the ballots were made of paper and has to be counted one by one and multiple names on each ballot. it may take a day or two to find out. i was in one of the counting rooms and with 48% of the ballots counted, marion barry was getting en

. >> i think marion barry is mostly concerned about marion barry and less concerned about dc at large the whole city i don't think he has done a lot of great things to make the city look good. >> there is some legacy issues of his mayoral ship that you know we are still trying to deal with. >> can you be specific. >> just the bloated bureaucracy we have, some of the school system issues. >> councilman barry brushed aside the criticism. >>> i have been going to democratic conventions since 1972 i went down on the governor's plane the democrats know of my great service i don't have to make the case. >> many participating remain loyal to marion barry. >> he has done so much quality of life, making sure services are available to residentsenior citizens he stood up with a voice for those who didn't have a voice. >> will he be a convention delegate? we don't know for sure yet because of complicated rules by the democratic party because the ballots were made of paper and have to be counted one by one and there were multiple names on each ballot it may take a day or two to find out i was in a

please welcome dave barry and alan zweibel. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you for the fairly lengthy introduction. those are going to go first. i am dave. first of all, we're thrilled to be here at the commonwealth club. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. i live in miami. i moved there in 1986 from the united states. [laughter] one of the things i always feel like i should do is to defend my city because it had a bad reputation, a bad image. the zogby does this organization -- and does this poll were they asked people about different cities. many respondents thought miami was a dangerous and violent place. that hurts. when we see that, we want to attract those people down and kill them. [laughter] it is a wonderful city, it really is. it is a question of learning to adapt to the local culture. for example, you would never say out loud in miami, i do not know, i think you have to admit that castro has done some good for cuba. [laughter] anyway, what ever you have heard, disregard. it is a great town. we have a new

tough talk from council member and former mayor marion barry. it stems from a movement aimed at preventing him from serving as a delegate if at the democratic national convention. don gonzales explains the controversy. >> district residents will gather enough at the university of the district of columbia this weekend to select 14 delegates from the city. >> a lot of the officials are as much an embarrassment as they are a credit to the city. >> former mayor marion barry says that he's on a list of a handful democratic -- that he has only missed a handful of conventions in 40 years. >> my first was 1972. >> some are not sure it's a good idea. >>a political commentator police because of marion barry's and recent tax troubles and his behavior at the last convention he should no longer be the face of d.c. >> marion barry is a ball and chain that connects us to a time in our past that is something we need to move away from. >> during the denver convention marion barry was accused of throwing his girlfriend out of their hotel room after she refused to

residents want to make sure marion barry is not there. there's a new movement to block him from serving as a delegate. john gonzalez as the story this morning. >> good morning. tomorrow many d.c. residents will gather at to select president obama's 14 delegates from the district. a member marion barry says that he is a shoe-in but he believes haters are trying to keep them down. he says that he's only missed a handful of democratic national conventions in the past four decades of and should be at the one later this year in charlotte. but some are pushing hard to prevent that. political commentator chuck thies says recent tax troubles and his behavior during the 2008 convention should keep him away. barry was accused of tossing his then-girlfriend out after she refused to perform oral sexsexual favors, in denver. >> marion barry is a ball and chain that connects us to a period of our past that is really something we need to move away from. >> that is craziness. there's no connection. i had nothing to do with that. >> of 91 candidates will

we have videos and this is from that documentary called the nine lives of marion barry and shows how scary and this is not the video. it was scary and chaotic that day. the armed gunman took over what was called the district building and the headquarters and islamic center of washington. among the demands, a release of convicted murderers who killed relatives. and we talked to couple men barry this afternoon to get shots -- thoughts and reflects -- reflects on that horrific day. >> and that is's day i will never ever forget. i was coming from the sweep of of the -- speech of the cue juanis club and we didn't have much time of security at that time. and got up on the fifth floor and a friend of mine started walking towards me and bam, i was hit in the chest here. two brave police officers came from the fourth floor across the hall, and they came in and got me and took me down. >> it was one of the first instances of a terrorism team, a lot of security changes were made since then and barry said he prayed a lot that day and is glad to be around still, brian. >>> and watching your money

barry, great guy will be back, definitely.do not control. >> today's sign of the times is no laughing matter, brian? >> the price of rubber chicken has hit a 25-year high. the price of a dozen rubber chickens rose 19% last year. >> that is according to the cost of laughing index, which is con prized of 16 leading humor indicators, along with groucho glasses and whoopie cushions. the index is up to 36% over last year. underperforming the s&p 500. >> if you had hoarded wholesale rubber chickens, you would have made more money

. >> larry here noychlt i'll call rick barry.ased on what you are about to see fans hijacked the ceremony booing the warrior owner rick barry comes to the the ceremony booing the warrior owner rick barry comes to the rescue >> he is going to change this >> he is going to change this franchise this is crazy [ male announcer ] if your kids like movies with animals... ♪ ...action heroes... ♪ ...sing-alongs, or whatever else, then you and your family will love netflix. netflix lets you watch unlimited movies and tv episodes on your pc or tv via game console or other devices connected to the internet. search by age, or character, and get information that helps you make the right choices for your family. it's instant, it's unlimited. and it's only 8 bucks a month. start your free trial today. >> good evening. warriors retired chris mullins no. 17 today. ceremony that really got out of hand because fans up sweat owner joe lake hamm hijacked the moment. >> congratulations dad. we are all so proud. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, no. 17

. >> larry here noychlt i'll call rick barry.what you are about to see fans hijacked the ceremony booing the warrior owner rick barry comes to the the ceremony booing the warrior owner rick barry comes to the rescue >> he is going to change this >> he is going to change this franchise this is crazy >> good evening. warriors retired chris mullins no. 17 today. ceremony that really got out of hand because fans up sweat owner joe lake hamm hijacked the moment. >> congratulations dad. we are all so proud. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, no. 17. >> that was the cute part. chris mullins family friends and team mates on hand to honor one of the best warriors ever. a lovely ceremony until fans turned surly upset over the monty ellis trade and wouldn't turned surly upset over the monty ellis trade and wouldn't stop jaering joe lake [ yelling]. >> when you think of were your history there's no 1 -- [ yelling]. >> i got it. greatest fans in the nba as everyone stated sometimes change is inevitable and will work out just fine. he is going to change the franc

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. >>> plus, 35 years ago today, marion barry's life changed for ever when he was shot. coming up, we take a look at what may be the nation's first terror attack. >>> today marks the 35th anniversary of the first terrorist attack in d.c. and america. 12 members of the muslim sect took more than 100 people hostage with shotguns and held them for three days and much of that dramatic standoff played out on live television. bruce leshan takes us back 35 years and brings us forward. >> this was such a huge deal at the time. the hanafi's shot and killed a young radio reporter, maurice williams. they shot a special police officer, a guy named matt cantrel and nearly ended the career of a young city councilman named marion barry. >> all of a sudden, bam. hit right here in the chest. >> marion barry call it is the longest day of his life. >> i said no, i'm not lying down. if i'm going to die, i'm going to die sitting right here. >> they stormed into the district building. the islamics and hit all these spots at the same time. >> bruce johnson, a reporter at the time had been head

i was visited by the ghost of barry white and olivia newton john, by a demon who looked just like barrylooked just like olivia. >> reporter: so he killed the husband but he did it when he was insane. now we have conflicting testimony from psychiatrists. the prosecutors says that she does not find any sign that newman is delusional. but he shows signs of psychosis. so she can't tell if the affair ever happened. he says he saw snider naked during a business trip and they had sex. he said he was david and she was bathshebba. now another forensic psychiatrist for the defense says newman was in fact delusional. >> his belief was that he was having more than an affair with andrea snyder. he believed he was the father of her children, and that his children were in danger, that's where this rescue delusion comes in. >> reporter: a former key piece of evidence comes from a former best friend of andrea snyder who said she called this friend and said my husband was shot, he's on his way to the hospital. but andrea snyder told police she didn't find out about the shooting until her husband got to t

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barry and vadim, we'll get back to you. we're awaiting the stress test results from the federal reserve. we'll have full team coverage and instant reaction to everything we hear out of the federal reserve, that's happening in the next 15 minutes. >>> bob greifeld with us, giving us his reaction to the big rally in stocks today. and whether we are seeing a turning point in investor sentiment. as we take a break, take a look at the highlights from our guests today all day on cnbc. >>> it's where the value is, and i've talked to them about things like pepsi, and proctor & gamble as an example. >> the problem is, the compliance, the bsa issues, all of the regulatory issues are incredibly expensive to small banks. now, that should help ultimately. >> you look at the consumer surveys, more government policy is bad than good. so there's not any confidence that we can really solve the problems. get off the path we're on and get on a good path that will support growth. >> our baseline view unfortunately is the data starts the series

we have dave barry and alan zweibel peter i am along for the ride. you answered about 10 questions that people have submitted. about the movie, i picture steve carrell as one of the characters. reading it, i was alternating for that character. any idea who willpeckerman? who would you like to? >> brad pitt. >> i knew that was your answer. [laughter] >> thank god it is radio. >> alan is the film guy. >> i just hope this does better than the last time i had a book that was going to be a movie. i am not sure i want to be connected with it an alan zweibel film. a number of years ago, our son adam was about seven years old. he was at that age where at the dinner table, he would look across at me and my wife, and just an expression on his face, you could tell what he was thinking. like, i could do better than these two, you know? so i wrote this little novella, a fable about a 9-year-old boy who declared himself a free agent from his parents. he went all over the world offering his services as a son to the highest bidding mothers and fathers. it did ok. i

i'm lynn barry. today, we begin with air scare. a pilot for jet blue airlines is receiving medical attention after he had to be restrained on a flight from new york to las vegas. nbc's curt gregory reports. >> this is home video captured on youtube on board a jet blue flight when the passengers heard screaming. the plane was flying from new york to las vegas when sources say the captain began acting erratically. the co-pilot became concerned. an off-duty captain on board and witnesses say the pilot then seemed to lose control. >> just out of his minds. screaming and saying his to his passenge passengers, say your prayers. >> passengers quickly restrained him while the cockpit declared an in-flight emergency. >> we're going to need authorities and medical assistance at the airport. >> i ran off and we were face to face, me and the captain. we spoke a little bit. and i got him turned around and then other passengers jumped on and we all got on top of him. >> the flight was diverted to amiriloo was the captain was diverted and receivi

barry petersen is on the fire line tonight. barry? >> reporter: good evening, scott. well, thousands are evacuated and the fire is still zero percent contained. the local sheriff's office has launched an investigation into the cause of this fire. investigators are focusing on whether there's a link to a controlled burn done in this area last thursday. the controlled burn is intentionally set as a way to reduce dead wood and cut fire danger. officials say the burn was closely monitored, with wind gusts that hit 90 miles per hour yesterday it's possible some still burning embers got loose. it's an area of expensive homes, but the rugged terrain also makes it tougher for firefighters struggling to reach hot spots. for the thousands of evacuees like mary warren, there was little time to decide what to take. >> we had our kids and we had our animals. and it was we had each other, and nothing else matters. >> reporter: officials here at the command center, scott, say they have just told another six families to be on alert, they may have to get out at a moment's notice. >> p

and 30 years after ground was broken on the vietnam memorial, barry peterson shows us three decades of love left behind. >> >> when people leave things at the wall, people let go of their grief. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the d the defense of george zimmerman rests on a violent fight that he says occurred before he fired the shot that killed trayvon mart martin. zimmerman is the neighborhood watch volunteer at the center of the case. it was almost five weeks ago that martin, the unarmed 17-year-old, was killed after zimmerman found him suspicious. we don't know what happened immediately before the shot was fired, fired, but mark strassmann joins us tonight with important new evidence in the case. mark. >> reporter: scott, trayvon martin was buried in mime wea gunshot wound to the chest, but otherwise, according to richard kurtz, the funeral director who prep prepared martin for burial, his body showed no injuries. >> we could see no physical signs, like there signs, like there had been a scuffle, there had been

councilman marion barry could be a democratic delegate. city democrats won't know until later tonight if the councilman will be a delegate for the party's national convention. a partial count of caucus votes shows that councilman barry will likely be a delegate. they have to determine who represents the district at this summer's convention. >>> tonight, d.c.'s gop is holding the first ever republican debate in ward seven. they are vying for the seat currently held by yvette alexander. >>> up next, president obama tries to calm worries while at the same time stand his ground. we're checking more headlines on the other side. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. try resolve easy clean to deep clean your carpets. just 3 easy steps for beautifully clean carpets. it removes 3 times more dirt than vacuuming alone. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. >>> the wrongful death lawsuit brough

>>marion barry pulls no punches a new battle. a move aimed debt preventing him a delegate ats the national convention. represent thewill district tax place on saturday. theemocrats will be here at columbia's campus to the delegates for the national convention in north carolina. one local politician is getting grief. therey believes that of 11 elections he is into win a spot as a delegate. i am an expert politician. only missed ahas thele of conventions in past 40 years. a political commentator believes national stage over. be >> he is a ball and chain that us to a period of our past that we need to move away from. recent taxbarry's troubles and his behavior during convention should him ate voters to keep time.his he was accused of tossing his out of hisriend room after she refused to oral sex. >> that is crazy. i had nothing to do with that. >> he described examples of poor as a relevant -- irrelevant now. discussnot going to that nonsense. that is not connected to anything today. >> the people who live here, in particular democr

and talking about the hanathsy councilman marion barry. thank you. >> thank you very much, karen. >> and you were actually wounded in all of that confusion what can you tell us? >> that is a day i would never ever forget and we didn't have much security. and got up on the fifth prompt a friend of mine started walking with me and bam, i was hit. up here in the chest and stumbled into the council chamber. and i was scared to death. and i was afraid not to breathe. and i was afraid to breath and so i sat down in the chair and people were trying to calm me down and, after awhile, two brave police officers came from the fourth floor can and across the hall and came down and took me down to the fourth floor. >> what were you thinking was going on at the time? >> what was i thinking? i was praying to god to save my life. it was one of the longest rides i had and that seemed like we never got there and i sort of saw my life pass back and forth and i was thinking about things that happened to me over the years, and then i realized that i got this -

hillway -- and it was described by barry in the hall. i understand that we get rides on the other side of the street. it is difficult on the other side of the street. he would request you do not go forward with this. >> members of the board, are there any questions on the consent calendar. >> i am waiting for public comment. >> we are not there yet. >> that was item 10.2 s. public comment -- >> is there any further discussion? moving this forward, the consent calendar is approved. >> we do have some people have turned in speaker cards. brad dushemnushem, brad nuberg >> mr. gruberg? >> okay. >> thank you. mark gruberg. i think you realize that there were a lot of cabdrivers who wanted to speak. and -- the way that the meeting went, they were unable to do this. i hope that i reflect the sentiments of many of them. listening to these budget discussions is kind of scary for someone in our position. it makes it very clear that this agency is a very hungry animal. we're finding different -- you are finding ways to extract money from us. sellin

barry tells fox 5 he was elected as a delegate during a party vote this weekend.ast week, chuck fees argued barry should be disqualified because of his tax troubles and past behavior. barry says he has been atending conventions since 1972 and shouldn't have to make a case that he deserves to go. >>> this super tuesday, president obama plans to hold his first news conference of the year. this will be his first full news conference since november. aides say the timing is quince accidental and the preis expected to touch on the economy and his latest victories including the extension of a payroll tax cut. gas prices and growing tensions between iran and israel will also likely be on tap. it will take place around 1:00 this afternoon. >>> israel's prime minister says his country as patiently waited for diplomacy and for sank shops to work. but says israel can't afford to wait much longer. he told the pro israeli lobby that was of last night in washington that he won't, quote, gamble with the security of israel. israel. >>> coming up next here on fox 5 morning news, pl

it's great to see you, barry. are we in this recovery? >> well, as everyone knows, the economy is doing better than most people thought. it's a benefit of lower gas prices. the electricity prices and lower mortgage rates. so the consumer has more money than we thought he would have. he did better through christmas. he's feeling a little better about christmas. his home is going to stop declining in value which is always a big component of an individual's balance sheets. when rates were going to be held very low through 2014, and then the ltro, i think everybody surprised everybody, europe held its self together, everybody ran into the stock market and we're seeing a straight up move in not only the stock market but the credit markets and now the most liquid of the major asset classes, real estate, is falling and prices are rising. and the other thing is, banks are doing much better. so they are -- and a lot of those loans originated in 2007, they are five-year loans. they expire this year. typically they were a th

barry petersen reports after a hundred years, it's a slam dunk. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: and this is a special western edition. good evening. it's the biggest night of the presidential primary season. ten states, four candidates for the republican nomination and 419 delegates at stake. cbs news projects mitt romney has won his home state of massachusetts. he also takes the state next door, vermont, and romney gets another "v" for victory in virginia. only he and ron paul were on the ballot there. newt gingrich wins his home state of georgia, so the lights stay on in his campaign. we estimate rick santorum is leading in oklahoma and he has a small lead as well in tennessee. and in the most closely watched race tonight, romney and santorum are locked in a very close race in ohio. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering super tuesday. first we'll go to jan crawford with the romney campaign in boston. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, after spending most of the past week batt

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barry simms is live in the newsroom. the attorney general is seeking a cease and desist order. >> that is right. the plumbing company has done work in hundreds of homes in baltimore city and neighboring communities. the slogan on the allstate plumbing and heating and cooling and signed may boost consumer confidence, but the maryland attorney general does not think the plumbing doctors have been operating within the law. they have been accused of performing services using unlicensed workers. >> you need to know that the plummer you are hiring is licensed and is, in fact, a plumber. you cannot call yourself a plumber if you do not have a license. >> the attorney general's office is at accusing allstate plumbing of charging hundreds of customers $150 for permits to install gas and electric water heaters and for inspections. the proposed work inspections were never done. we tried to talk to the owner, garrity, sr.te i want to talk to you about the allegations that were made. >> not right now. >> the state is seeking refunds

live from downtown baltimore, barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> st. agnes hospital has bought historic cardinal gibbons high school two years after the announcement that they would close the building. in hospitals as they have big plans for the 32-acre site. tim tooten joins us with more on that story. >> it may come as a surprise to some. when cardinal gibbons closed come up to an ad din said they had no plans to buy the property, but apparently there has been a change of heart and conditions. >> we have agreed to purchase the cardinal gibbons campus from the archdiocese and it will remain a vibrant part of our community. >> it is about to become an office building and housing complex for st. agnes employees. that's not all. there are plans to turn the old baseball diamond where babe ruth once played in to my youth park. >> we have been out here working for a short time. we have not worked out all the details, but i can tell you the cal ripken sr. foundation is committed to working with st. agnes hospital to build the best youth development part util

barry petersen reports after 100 years, it's a slam dunk. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the polls begin closing this super tuesday in just half an hour and we expect to have results in some of the ten states right away. until then, our top story comes from the white house where president obama went out of his way to steal some of the super tuesday spotlight from the republicans by holding his first news conference in three months. in a reference to some of his g.o.p. opponents, the president said people talking about war with iran don't understand the burdens of commander in chief. among the questioners today was chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell who joins us tonight. norah? >> reporter: and, scott, the president fiercely defended his iran policy and he accused his republican rivals of recklessly beating the drums of war with a lot of tough talk. the president said pointedly that war is "not a game." >> what's said on the campaign trail, you know, those fo

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barry sims for wbal-tv 11 news. >> a flap has erupted in annapolis. at issue is a bill requires seven of 11 school board members to be elected. they are all currently political appointees. david collins is following developments joins us with the latest. >> the status quo escher's racial diversity. a powerful chair committee person wants to keep it that way. the baltimore city school board is made up of political appointees. handpicking appointees make sure african-americans are on the committee. the chair does not see any reason to change it. a bill requiring seven of the 11 members to be elected has languished in her committee since february. >> i do not like the bill. there is no diversity. >> the measure has the backing of the baltimore county delegation. a house bill calling for all members to be elected was passed in the house. the senate version allows voters in new districts to elect seven members to a four-year term. if no one runs or is qualified, the county executive would fill the vacancy with the advice and consent of county council. 20 l

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barry tells fox 5 he was elected and received the most votes during a party vote this weekend. last week political commentator chuck thees argued barry should be disqualified because of his past behavior and tax trouble. barry said he shouldn't have to make a case that he deserves to go. >>> another big story tonight, another blow for neighbors near fort detrick who say they're living in a cancer cluster. tonight a new independent report says two previous government studies are unable to show wet people were harmed by pollutants that con tap -- whether people were harmed by pollutants that contaminat ed groundwater in the fort detrick area. >> a new report says even though studies are inconclusive there's no point in future research. that's because there was little or no water sampling done before 1992 when toxic waste was discovered in those residential wells. so it would be impossible to reconstruct people's past exposure to the chemicals. debbie blank lives a stone's throw from fort detrick. her mother dotty has cancer. according to her, no matter what anybody says, the dama

barry petersen has some of their stories. >> reporter: barbara bobea is one of the hidden unemployed. people out of work so long, they have given up looking for a job and thus don't get counted in the unemployment rate. she lost her h.r. job two years ago, now lives in a homeless shelter and can't even afford a cell phone, which means prospective employers have no way to call her. >> if they say i'm not work, hard enough to get a job, i would tell them that they should try one day of homelessness. >> reporter: 19-year-old jason julien has job hunted for two years. >> i'm actually pretty depressed about the whole situation. i'm pretty sad about it. i still can't get a job, and i'm just in a pretty bad position right now. >> they are disproportionately young. they are disproportionately less educated. and they are disproportionately low income. >> reporter: professor andrew sum at boston's northeastern university put it together by the numbers. starting with the unemployment number, 12.8 million. then he added the hidden unemployed, 6.4 million. then under-employed, like part-timers who

this video from the documentary the nine lives of marion barry shows a tense situation. group took over thed had quarters of the b-nai b-rith altogether taking over 149 hostages. >> it was a day i would never ever forget. >> reporter: it was chaos at city hall. former mayor marion barry then a member of the city council walked right into the middle of the commotion. >> a friend of mine over by the council chambers and tried to walk that way and bam, i was hit. >> barry is grateful to two police officers who came up from the fourth floor. >> there were shots ringing out everywhere and during a lull they came in and got me and put me on a stretcher and took me down to the fourth floor. i was praying to god to save my life. the ride to the washington hospital center was one of the longest rides i've ever had. >> it was equally as scary at the headquarters of the jewish advocacy group b-nai b-rith. >> one wrong move or itchy trigger finger could have produced a bloodbath. >> the executive vice president at the b-nai b-rith. >> what they ultimately did was to herd people up t

: not to mention, an angel with the voice of livia newton-john, and a demon who sounded a lot like barry white. ♪ that's what you are >> reporter: the prosecution and defense wrapped up their case today. and it was explosive. >> this is where it starts. >> reporter: leaving the jury with one, big question. is hemy neuman accused of killing the husband of the woman he was in love with, insane? >> he has a delusional disorder. >> reporter: or is it all just an act? >> this man right here is guilty all day, every day. and if you don't trust his word, and you cannot find him not guilty by reason of insanity. >> a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity is a verdict that says, hemy was used. hemy was manipulated. >> reporter: from the start, it's been a high-risk defense. the 49-year-old engineer claiming that angel with the voice of olivia newton-john, ordered him to kill rusty sneiderman, outside of a day care in 2010. the defense says it's this woman to blame. his love and ledgedly drove him to murder. >> andrea sneiderman. adulterer, tease, liar and master manipulator. >> reporter: th