ryan blackmon is a studenttaa bladenboro middle school in north carolina.ss .... that's when his teacher stepped in and broke up the scuffle. ryan decided to thank his teacher by giving her a hug. hh thouuht it was an innocent gesture ... but that hug landed im in thee principal's office. agginst school policy.eone is - blackmon says: "i don't underrtand how she could feel threatened if i was showiig my gratitude, but she could have told me pplitely to get away..." away..."father says: "it's kind offnauseatinggto know we have let socieey ggt to the point that a hug is ... you'll get suspendeddforrhugging and saying thanks..." thankk..." students are on spring break right now ... so the school has not commented on the allegations. a houston mom is furious... allows students to become t pen-pals with a child molester. molester.her nine-year-old is at trinitt lutheran... ...who became pen pals with ricky rae rowlett, a now convicced child she told the students he'd been wrongly accused. &pmos says: "he uses words like 'whatz up' with a z. looking at it makes m

. >> when i was a new justice, justice blackmon came to see me and said ruth, i want to give you some advice that was given to me by justice black when i was a new justice. don't ask many questions because if you don't ask many questions, you won't ask many foolish ones. >> that's good advice. >> what did you say? >> i was not intimidated by that. he was disappointed that i didn't take his advice. >> we've heard the phrase now that washington is broken and the observations made ability the legislative process, even the budget is difficult to pass. compromise appears more difficult, but that's a phrase really that's never been used to my knowledge to apply to the judiciary. why do you think the judiciary works relatively well. is it because you make decisions and not avoid them or kick them down the road? >> we don't set our own agenda and don't have an initiating role. we get, we are totally reactive institution. we can't say oh, this is the year that we're going to take care of the fourth amendment. we react to the petitions for review, so i think that's part of it that we don't have

brian blackmon said he gave her a hug after she stepped in to break up a scuffle between ryan and another student. >> i said thank you after she got done. i went to hug her and she just snatched me up by the arm and drug me to the other teacher and started screaming in my face and saying i needed to be wrote up, that something serious needs to be done. >> wow. the teacher on duty in the lunch room wrote in the report that ryan talked about that ryan hugged her with a tight grip. apparently that is a level two violation of school board policy. so far bladen county schools has not commented on the incident. >>> maryland's highest court will join the battle over the state's dream act. the court of appeals says it will hear casa de maryland's appeal to mock an amendment on the law. the immigrant -- block an amendment on the law. the group argued the dream act is not subject to a public vote, but last month a circuit court judge disagreed. the court of appeals will hear the case june 12th. >>> the cold is behind us, a big warm-up on the way. topper has downright hot numbers coming up. >> but f

the chair recognizes miss blackmon for her question. >> thank you, madam chairman. mr. secretary, you've been washt with us today and we're appreciate of that. i know that congressman dingell asked you a little about information technology. in my district in tennessee, we've got a lot of performers as well as having a lot of small business manufacturers who purchase information technology in order to try to get a competitive edge. and then it turns around that they are competing with companies that in china or russia or somewhere that have stolen that information technology. and what i want to know from you is what can you do and can the federal government do anything about the competitive harms that are caused by the theft of that information technology that drives the efficiencies and always about other u.s. intellectual project that is stolen and specifically, are you going to put any strong ip protections in trade agreements like the transpacific partnership? >> the short answer is intellectual property that we do not get compensated for, that is taken in other coun

the jaguars tapped receiver justin blackmon with the fifth pick. the cowboys traded up to the sixth pick to take lsu cornerback morris claiborne. virginia tech running back david mason taken by the giant with the final pick of the first round. >>> the wizards wrapped up their season with their sixth straight win tonight. wizards hosted miami. this is why. the big three. rested up for the playoffs. they weren't liking this, though. >> a win's a win. >> six straight's a good way to win. james singleton. i like singleton. he's been playing well lately. third quarter now. john wall doing some work on defense. gets the pilfer right here and finishes with the pat. puts the wizards up by 30. it's their easiest win of the year. 104-70 is the final. they finish the season 20-46. their goal was to get to 20 wins, and they did it. good for them. >>> all right. it's the caps and the rangers in the second round of the stanley cup playoffs. the rangers hold off ottawa to advance. first the caps had to take down the second-seeded boston bruins. now they get the t

. >> blackmon any armor -- black men do not have any armor.y hesitate on shooting any other nationality but your children because they know the average blackmon does not have a good name. whether you are black or white, once the world knows that, things will change. as long as we sit here and talk and talk and talk, nothing is going to happen. you don't have any threat or power. you need to be ready to stand up and let people know that you cannot do this as business as usual. you're not going to get anywhere. you are not going to have any respect. >> thank you for your comments. let's take a couple of more. i would like to get into -- >> i agree. [laughter] >> my mother is sitting over there, so i am dead. [laughter] >> the level of violence that is inflicted upon young lachman and young black girls and women is largely because they feel like they can get away with it. >> the pathology is complex and is very real. the level of disrespect that you are talking about -- it is very true. i do think that we have to become stronger as a community an

brian blackmon said he and another boy were horseplaying during class and a teacher broke up the scuffles he tried to thank his teacher by giving her a hug, but that's against school policy. >> i said thank you after she got done. i went to hug her. then she just snatched me up by the arm and drug me to the other teacher and started screaming in my face and saying i needed to be wrote up, that something serious needs to be done. >> brian's father filed a police report against the teacher and the school. officials aren't commenting. paperwork claimed the teacher repeatedly told ryan not to hug her and she felt threatened. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00 chemical bottle bombs set off outside several homes in northern virginia, find out where it's going down on the news edge. >> plus this would be a good weekend to check out one of d.c.'s lesser known memorials, the champagne toast for the victims of the titanic at 11:00. >>> a large crowd at the national mall today to honor one of america's founding fathers. a wreath laying ceremony was held to commemorate the 269th anniversary of thomas je

she spoke exclusively with brenda blackmon from our sister station in new jersey. ♪ bittersweet memories♪. >> no matter the age losing a child is the worst thing any parent can go through. for cissy houston the pain is still all too raw. >> i miss her. that's all. >> reporter: for the first time since her daughter's death cissy houston is speaking out. she sat down with me in the same place where just a few weeks earlier the world mourned her child, newark's new hope baptist church. >> i'm very proud of my daughter. she's accomplished a great deal in the short time that she's had here. i'm proud of her for a lot of things. she was a very wonderful person. ♪i want to cross over >> reporter: cissy was able to come back to new hope four weeks after her daughter's funeral. she said it helped. >> i'm a true believer of god and i know he works by his own. if i thought i could do something to bring her back, that's exactly what i'd, do but i know that's impossible. ♪wasn't it good wasn't it fine ♪ >> reporter: as cissy watched her daughter grow up and become a star, she knew with that stardom t

. >> reporter: it's not just his age, it's the example he sets as outfielder charlie blackmon. >> i'mis year. sometimes i feel like i'm getting old and my body gets old and then i look at him and i'm like, geez, i better quit whining and shut my mouth and go out and play hard. >> reporter: moyer says his secret is simple. >> as long as you have an opportunity, you can succeed. but you have to be willing to put the time and the effort into it. >> he probably works harder than most of us do. he's in here, you know, early in the morning stretching, doing stuff to get ready every day. >> reporter: for graying fans, moyer's longevity is an inspiration. paul webb just turned 50. >> to see somebody in that same age group doing what he loves to do, it's awesome. >> reporter: 52-year-old kyle boetel has a collection of moyer baseball cards that stretch way back. >> pitched in at least 19 ballparks that no longer exist. pitched in all 30 of the current ballparks and jurassic park. >> well, i haven't played in that one but i would like to play in it. >> reporter: moyer knows better than most it'

and it's what led judges who were for capital punishment initially like justice blackmon to say i can the machinery of death. we're just not equipped, frankly to get this right. >> i know that you maintain that your son is innocent. your son maintains his innocence. >> yes, that's truth. >> as you listen to mr. scheck, that sechbs nse of unfairness, that resonate? >> oh, definitely. the things he listed are just the tip of the iceberg. so many things went wrong in that case from the very beginning where we are now, it's been like a roller coaster. he stated the procedure, barments, we asked for a mistrial, which i feel we should have gotten. he had the judge to give the prosecutor instructions not to use manson or gacy, the prosecutor ignored it, argued it to the jury anyway, and the judge denied his mistrial. however, about a month or two later, we proceeded to move forward with the prosecutor, for contempt of court. here the judge granted with the contempt of court with the fine. it just has been so inconsistent. >> so we grieve with and for the families of victims, but then when i

the jacksonvil villville jaguar leapfrogged the rams, and they got justin blackmon.e real surprise is that the dallas cowboys, they needed help at corner back and they got morris claiborne. morris talking to reporters after the pick said the cowboys did not even talk to him. and other reports say he was their number two guy on the draft board. obviously dallas wanted him. morris was surprised. just after watching morris claiborne in college, he is legit and certainly the top corner back in the draft. you can't blame the cowboys for going after him. >>> another segue, since i have you, you're great at all sports. let's switch to the nhl. this is disappointing, especially for a canadian who appreciates hockey and appreciates the talents of joel ward. bruins playing the capitols. ward scoring the game-winning goal and some bruins fans sending out some tweets that were, how shall we say, less than acceptable to just about anyone. let me read some of them. i have to omit some words here. the first one, the n word scores again. we riot. there were more than just that. we l

goes number four to the vikings and the jaguars also trading to take justin blackmon smith.. i had to go to bed before the giants picked at 32. i'll talk about that as we toss to steve. >> i'll look forward to that. >> i'm in front of a big 18 wheeler that says "meals that matter. "this is a quick response 18 wheeler that you could see coming soon to a disaster near you. we'll go to rick reichmuth at tuscaloosa. it's been a year since that. john tyson, chairman of tyson foods joins us live. this is the first time -- this is the unveiling of your new truck. >> this is the unveiling steve. what we have here is a self-contained disaster unit. our folks have been helping in disasters for a long time. what we found when we got there, there wasn't power, there wasn't water, there weren't plates and there weren't napkins. let's put it together in one unit. when we showed up, we have power, water, electricity. we can feed them. >> for a while, you know, your smoker would show up and people would start smoking the chicken but then wouldn't have any plates or anything else. >> well, i