>> yes, sir, i do. >> reporter: prosecutor bill thompson had the final word for the state. >> rachael's, is also gone forever. but we can't let that allow him to escape responsibility. >> reporter: after seven days of testimony, the case went to the jury. let me ask you that cut to the chase question. on friday that night at the garage, did you get her down on the ground, did you throttle your wife and kill her? >> i can tell you honestly, no. it's a lie. it's been portrayed as stuff that absolutely didn't take place. i've done many things, you know, that i'm not proud of, you know? paid my dues, moved on, you know? tried to be a better person. >> reporter: this whole thread of this thing, i'll kill your wife if you'll kill mine, did that happen? >> i can't answer that for you right now. >> reporter: you can't? >> i can't. >> reporter: capone says he's made mistakes along the way, but did not kill rachael. >> i don't have that in me. i don't have that -- i wanna care about people. i want to love on people. i don't want to take somebody's life. you know, one officer, she says i'm a socio

there is much to what is being done today by republicans like bill wells and john engler and tommy thompsoners. and there's much we can share with each other. we must replace the welfare state with an opportunity society. the balanced budget is the right thing to do. but it doesn't in my mind have the moral urgency of coming to grips with what's happening to the poorest americans. i commend to all of you marvin olaski's the tragedy of american's compassion. he goes back 300 years and looks at what has worked in america, how we have helped people rise beyond poverty, how we have reached out to save people. he may not have the answers but he has the right sense of where we have to go as americans. i don't believe that there is a single american who can see a news report of a four-year-old thrown off a public housing project in chicago by other children and killed and not feel that a part of your heart went. i think of my nephew in the back, kevin. how would any of us feel about our children? how can any american read about an 11-year-old buried with his teddy bear because he killed a 14-year-

after disappointing results, bill richardson too grew a beard. also, fred thompsonople expected him to run away with the nomination and he did too, but as soon as he dropped off, boom, beard. it's just not a very presidential look. then, just last week, 2012 vice presidential nominee, paul ryan, arrived in congress, and he told us all we needed to know with an adorable hipster length junior beard. when he sat out of the race, it was redundant. the beard was all of the announcement that anyone needed. but one multiply failed presidential candidate, who survived the beards, who has never grown a beard that we know of is mitt romney. it seemed like he was making it very clear after his last loss in 2012. he never did the beard thing. it seemed like he was not going to run he was asked by the "new york times" if he would consider running again after failing to get the nomination once in 2008, and failing in the general election of 2012, he responded to the new york times, and i quote, "oh no, no no no, no, no, no no no." if you're counting, that is no, 11 times, with no

sold it in 2000 for $50 million thompson's investors which included the publishers of the columbus dispatch got nothing. roble says the proceeds were used to pay the billsor the expense of expeditions and various lawsuits. the only charges facing thompson and his girl friend are for failing to show up in court. they do not face any criminal charges stemming from the company's finances. >> investors may still get a return. there may still be as much as 18 tons of gold in that wreckage. thompson's company is in receivership. there are plans to go for the gold. thanks for watching wusa9 news at 5:00. >>> wusa9 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> right now we're tracking snow, sleet and rain showers that will roll through the metro area by 7:00. then we'll focus on strong winds tomorrow, low wind chills and get ready for some snow on super bowl sunday. >> reporter: metro now facing nearly 100 lofts over that smoke -- lawsuits over that smoke filled train, the biggest likely coming tomorrow. we talk to a victim coming up. >> reporter: a simple mistake in setting up an e-zpass account has a small business owner facing $47,000 in fines and the threat to garnish

live in the party at miami beach's thompson hotel. bill? how did you get that assignment? bar is open there. and the pool. just moments ago, someone did and happy new year, everybody. >> happy new year. there are a lot of people in times square. it's cold. freezing. but we're in miami. >> it's beautiful. >> you guys are dressed spectacularly. who are you wearing? kidding. i'm going to try to help my fellow man. my gosh. that man hasn't been to the bar enough tonight. happy new year, guys. >> the revolution is picking up downtown miami right now. so miami on nationwide television. and it's a good time. like i said earlier. it's like 75 degrees. it rained here tonight but did not dampen the party. you can see everybody still hanging out. music is playing and at midnight, you can see countdown clock showing at 10:56:06. there is going to be a huge balloon drop. it's going to be fun. it's going to be new year's eve. >> it is. and 2014 was a big year for stars. here is a look at some of the top celebrity moments. ♪ [ music ] >> i don't want to see this happening to me. ready? t

we'll bring up a partisan bill, which will engender -- i tell the majority leader, a lot of opposition on our side. going to be opposed by mr. thompson. it's so unfortunate, mr. speaker, that having achieved bipartisan agreement on a priority item, that is border security, that within frankly hours yesterday, we turned that into a partisan bill on which there is neither consensus nor widespread agreement. i'm sure the gentleman had the opportunity to hear a quote about the first three weeks of this session from one of his republican members, mr. dent. talked about week one being -- of course, the speakership election. and then week two we got into a big fight over deporting children under dreamers which i thought we had a consensus on but we got into a big fight on that on. week three, we talked about rape and incest. frankly, a partisan bill on a very, very important subject which did not have significant consideration. and was substituted at 9:00 p.m. last night. no committee hearing. no committee input. no testimony available for that bill. and i would say to my -- mr. speaker, we understand there are going to be differences betwe

coach tony sparano will take over mangini's old 49ers post as thompson was tight end's coach first reported by espn. he coached tight ends under bill parcells with the cowboys and can maybe help out vernon davis, who caught just 26 passes last season for only two touchdowns. >>> finally, flying first class, the giants world series trophy to the nyc. second baseman joe panic had a rendezvous with the hardware inside the world's most famous arena. here's more. >> and the giants have won! they have won the world series for the third time in five years! >> celebration of the giants' third world series championship in five years began after that final out and it hasn't stopped yet. the 2014 commissioner's trophy is now headed on the east coast leg of a three-month tour. >> the trophy belongs to the fans and we want to take it everywhere and it's important. >> don't drop it now. >> as soon as the trophy landed in new york the first stop was madison square garden where the trophy was back in the hands of giants second baseman joe panic. the st. john alum was honored for his great accomplishment just before halftime at the st. john's and m

bill is coming up on wednesday. there are battlelines drawn with that. >> it's mostly about executive action on deportation. mcmichael is the chairman of the committee. he had gotten together with bennie thompson and they came up with a border security bill that passed unanimously. there was cooperation then. i think the executive action has angered the republicans. they see it as an abuse of his power. his first response was to write his own order security will without any democratic and but. it is designed to block all illegal immigration inside the operational control and penalize political appointees if they don't meet those goals. it adds metrics that the old bill did not have. it's not going to go very far. the house will pass it this week. it's contingent on both sides. j johnson has said its extreme and unworkable. this is not something that we can meet. the democrats hated. you're going to look for law enforcement area generally. there are a lot of cyber attack questions which he will get. this is not without a lot of questioning. for a long day of testing. host: it is a busy week coming up. caller: thank you for having me. host: i want to remind you of the phone numbers. usa today ha

bill clinton for that challenge. he's on course his approach shot on one setup for a nice birdie of the day for start things off. he shot 68 but is tied for -- 468 but is tied. thompson second shot on the par ends up just inches from the cup. he is in a four way tie for the lead. thompson has never won on the pga. >>> cross country running is a challenge for any high school athlete. steve adams is overcomeing a lot more than just runner -- overcoming a lot more than just runner's fatigue. >> it takes a special kind of craze guy be a runner. -- raisy to be a runner. one -- crazy to be a runner. one of the best parts is i can get away from everything. it helps me work hard in life. >> steve adams took an extremely unlikely road to the state cross country championship last november. the 17-year-old found out that he had juvenile onset epilepsy after attending a national boy scout's meeting in 2013 sgrit was just after break sgsh sgl it was just after breakfast -- it was just after breakfast. i was going up in the elevator and i fell and my back towards the wall of the elevator. it doesn't that far. i was just like what happened? >> when he returned home for tests doctor

committee and the last time he had gotten together with annie thompson the rapging member of that committee, they crafted a border security bill to pass unanimously through that committee, so, there was cooperation then and then i think that obama's executive action has just really, really angered the republicans. they see it as an abuse of his power and so, mcconnell's first response was to write his own border security bill without democratic input and it's designed to block all pretty much all illegal immigration within five years. it's called operational control is the term they're using for it and it would penalize political appointees if they don't meet those goals. it's not going to go very far. the house will pass it this week. you know the it's contingent on both sides. jay johnson, the head of the homeland security department has said it's extreme. unworkable. these are not goals that we can meet, so the democrats hate it. interestedly, a lot of conservatives don't like it either. senator jeff sessions saying that the mccall bill is terrible and the question mark is for boehner and the republicans is that conservativ

. >> bill, these events are interesting, from a number of perspectives. one that don thompsonving was one of the best-kept secrets for so long. many thought he was out but wouldn't say it in public. what do you teach your students about the cult of the ceo. don was paid $14 million a year. yet apparently he's not the right guy. seems to me when things are going well ceos are incredible when things are going badly, everything is their fault and there's no middle ground. you said he was obviously the wrong choice for the job. how do you know? where would they have been with somebody else? >> he didn't get it done. look at results. leadership make as difference. look at what brian car nell is doing at target. making hard decisions, getting rid of canada. easterbrook may have to shut several hundred stores or a thousand i don't know. i'm not there. but i do know that thompson was continuing with a strategy of the past and just making minor tweaks and it wasn't working. shame on the board for giving him a big bonus two years ago. that's not leadership on the board. the board has sh

committee and the last time he had gotten together with annie thompson the rapging member of that committee, they crafted a border security billo pass unanimously through that committee, so, there was cooperation then and then i think that obama's executive action has just really, really angered the republicans. they see it as an abuse of his power and so, mcconnell's first response was to write his own border security bill without democratic input and it's designed to block all pretty

. >> congressman thompson do you think republicans are tying funding of the department of homeland security to the immigration issue? >> if they were not, we could have passed that billlast congress was in session. homeland security's budget was held hostage for just a situation as this and that's unfortunate. historically we have had a very bipartisan committee and now this effort to put a pause on appeal of amendments to homeland security bill makes it really difficult for people to support it. and this is what it's not about. it's about protecting the homeland. it's not about executive authority. it's not even about picking on children who live in this country, who are legitimate. it's about making sure that the homeland is safe. >> carol, the poison pill was the president who did executive amnesty on his own. >> isn't there another way to fight this than using homeland security? >> you talked a year and a half ago about the power of the purse. don't use funding of the government. use the power of the purse in these fights. and per your own prior questions to me we're using the power of the purse to say let's defend the homeland but to think you're going to come t

billing and we had to evacuate through the building. people stuck on back balconies and ladders removing the victims from the balconies and the fire just took off. >> nbc's anne thompsonedgewater, new jersey. >> you could see the five-alarm blaze from manhattan, the avalon aejtwater complex along the new jersey side of the hudson river consumed in flames. officials say the fire damage or destroyed 175 units leaving as many as 400 people homeless for the night, including tamarah talbot. >> we left with what we had. we got the kids and the dogs. our cars are all underneath so there's nothing left. >> reporter: the fire began around 4:30 wednesday afternoon with no visible sign of the massive destruction to come. >> there was plenty of people in residence, but i guess you could say that the building wasn't totally full but a of the time of day and that was a fortunate thing. >> reporter: amazingly none of the residents were armed or killed. >> with a fire of this magnitude magnitude, we feel very fortunate. >> reporter: a few fire fighters suffered minor injuries. 15 years ago there was a ire on the same site. that apartment complex was under construction. the cause was

thompson was moving too slowly. >> right. okay joe, richard, thank you. we will continue to watch this story and see how things play out. appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> folks, bills outlook. gross says he believes the slow unwinding of 0% interest rating here in the united states will support domestic and global stocks. as for fixed income investments, gross says that bonds despite their ridiculous yields will not easily be threatened with a new bear market. he says the hay day for stocks is over and the bond market won't be threatened despite these crazy yields we've been watching. >> okay. we will see whether the market takes heed. >> got out of all bonds. so now he -- >> now he's in. >> and the market's not going to 5,000. he didn't say that. was that his last -- it was 5,000. i think it was 5,000. >> no specifics. >> dow going to 5,000. not the s&p. the s&p is close to 5,000. why would he talk about stocks bill? >> remember when he was at pimco they started an equity fund. >> yeah that did well. >> when you're looking at -- >> that one guy is trying to be a politician and the other guy -- no. and mohamed never -- and he should have known. bearish for about 8

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thompson and as well, the ranking member of the judiciary committee, who previously did bills, mr. conyers. it seems we are have been bipartisan support on a very important crisis in our nation and around the world. in 2014, mr. obama, president obama, said at home we are leading by example. my administration is cracking down on traffickers, charging a record number of perpetrators, we are deploying new technology in the fight against human trafficking, developing the federal government's first ever strategic action plan to strengthen victims' services and strengthening protection against human trafficing in federal contracts. in the past year the white house has hosted events on ideas to continue to fight that scourge as i have called it. the president -- the present legislation before us, as i rise to strongly support it, h.r. 460 is a human trafficking detection act of 2015. this is a great partnership between homeland security and judiciary, between homeland security, a committee of which i'm a senior member on, and judiciary, to fight against human trafficking. and in particul