. >> what's up brandon?reporter: tired of being an outsider he joined every group he could put himself out there like never before. blow it up he told his mom. >> and i decided to make my mark. >> the moment you've all been waiting for. the envelope, please. >> reporter: and did it work? >> homecoming king is brandon gruber! >> reporter: oh, yeah. brandon becoming homecoming king would make a great ending to this story, except that it's not. >> i decided to make it the beginning of my new journey. >> reporter: you see, feeling a part of his school like never before had felt so good brandon couldn't wait to share the feeling. he began doing it by selling note cards with his artwork on them. >> so, what we're going to do is we're going to get you started measuring you. >> reporter: brandon raising enough money to pay the way for half a dozen other aptos high students to go to this year's winter ball. tuxes, dresses, tickets and transportation for kids who, due to special needs or low income would have been lef

it starts with brandon gruber telling a rough high school experience for himself into a great one. and how he is now determined to do the same for others. >> and do you want to go back over your stars one more time? or would you like to start with the trees? >> i'm going to start with the tree now. >> brandon gruber's art teacher said it was all the way back in third grade that she first recognized something special about brandon when it came to painting. something she felt worth sharing with the world. >> i love my art stuff. >> this story, though is about bandon using his art to share something he's even more passionate about these days. >> i'm going to help my friends. >> okay. so today, we are starting a new assignment. >> this all begins three years ago when brandon transferred to high school as a freshman tough transition for any teenager but for one with down syndrome well, it wasn't a happy time. >> no. i'm not happy. >> but then in the beginning of this, his senior year, brandon decided to make some changes. >> hey, brandon. >> hey, bran. >> tired of being an outsider, he

. >> oh yeah brandon becoming homecoming king would make a great ending to this story. except that it's not. >> i decided to make at the beginning of my new journey. >> you see, feeling part of his school like never before felt so good he couldn't wait to share the feeling. he began doing it by selling note cards with his artwork on them. >> so what we're going to do is get you started measuring you. >> brandon raising enough money to pay the way for half a dozen other aptoss students to go to this year's winter ball. tuxes, tickets and transportation for kids due to special needs or low incomes would have been left out of such fun. but won't be this time. >> fun for everyone. >> all thanks to a young man with special needs, sure but one who is also just plain special. >> the next man you're about to meet is in the process of changing his whole life you could say. into what? well here's a clue. super hero. ricky has packed a lot into just 31 years of life. athlete, musician ar borist. now he's got a new identity. the idea for it coming to him from an unlikely source. >>

. >> what's up brandon?roup he could, put himself out there, like never before. blow it up he told his mom. >> and i'm deciding to make my mark. >> the moment you have been waiting for. the envelope please. >> and did it work? >> aptos high school homecoming king is brandon gruber. >> oh, yeah. brandon becoming homecoming king would make a great ending to this story. except that it's not. >> i decided to make it the beginning of my new journey. >> you see, feeling a part of his school like never before had felt so good brandon couldn't wait to share the feeling. he began doing it by selling notecards with his artwork on them. >> so what we're going to do is get you started, merging you. >> brandon raising enough money to pay the way for half a dozen other aptos high students to go to this year's winter ball. tuxes, dresses, tickets, and transportation for the kids who, due to special needs or low income, would have been left out of such fun. but won't be this time. >> it's for everyone. >> all thanks to a yo

>> homecoming king, is brandon gruber!> reporter: brandon becoming homecoming king would make a great ending to this story, except that it is not. >> i decided to make it the beginning. >> reporter: feeling a part of his school like never before had felt so good brandon couldn't wait to share the feelings. he began doing it by selling note cards with his artwork on them. >> what we are going to do is get you started measuring you. >> brandon making enough money to help half a dozen students go to this year's winter ball, tickets and transportation who kids due to special needs or low income would be left out of such fun but won't be this time. all thanks to a young man with special needs, sure, but one who is also just plain special. >> reporter: brandon had such a great experience at the winter ball. he said, he is planning to raise enough money to bring another half dozen friends to prom this spring. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> reporter: love that story. if you know someone doing something nice for others, go to

and during this time, margie had another child out of wedlock, this time a son brandon.olice investigating her murder wondered if margie had returned to the streets to support her children. as a police knew from experience, life on the streets meant special dangers and a large pool of potential suspects. with no suspects or leads, police hoped that the rushing water of possum run creek had not washed away evidence, which could lead them to margie's killer. would you be willing to give up sharing your moments? sacrifice streaming all night long? is it okay to drop a connection, when you need it most? if you're not on the largest, most reliable network, what are you giving up? verizon. does your mouth often feel dry? multiple medications, a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications. but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that's why there's biotene, available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel. biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep your mouth healthy too. remember, while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isn't. biot

that night brandon went to the emergency room. the medical report from that evening states that he had pneumonia and a white area inside his mouth that appeared to be peeling. and my brother went home and he put on facebook that he was scared to go to sleep. and he didn't wake up the next day. brandon's autopsy report found that he had non-toxic doses of methadone and an anti-depressant in his system. it attributed his death to a combination of a drug overdose and pneumonia. despite the autopsy report brandon's family believes that his death was work-related. >> what do you think killed him? >> i think it was the chemicals. i've never seen anybody's throat swell up or their whole entire face swell up the way that his did. >> osha issued the company a citation for failing to test the space for hazardous atmospheric conditions and another for failing to train their employees. >> the company wasn't doing atmospheric testing. this is the very beginning of the safety program especially with regards to confined space. you gotta know wha

. >> brandon lewis joins us live. columbia. >> occupational hazards can be lurking anywhere. >> most tested fuel additive in the history of the epa. >> even underneath your feet. brandon lewis is a reporter at wndu in south bend, indiana. but in his very first tv job at komu in missouri, not only is he wet behind the ears but just about everywhere else, too. it's june 2009. brandon is live reporting on ethanol in gasoline. >> my photographer was late that day so they told me to take the truck out to the location and set up the live shot so we decided to go to the gas station for the morning show, and just use that as a backdrop for our story. the truck was in the parking lot and i was standing in a field between the gas station and bank. >> before going live, brandon and his photographer look around for obstacles. >> we always check for live wires, any sort of dangerous items and also things like sprinklers. >> but it's nearly 5:00 a.m. and pitch black outside. >> i couldn't see them because they were in-ground sprink

bye. >> bye. >> brandon -- brandon -- oh, lord. >>> coming up -- >> no one's going to hurt you, buddyall right? >> the flynn brothers respond to an emergency before one of them heads to the wild. >> still looking for sasquatch? >> yeah. >> and -- >> why didn't you put money in my account? >> do what you got to do. stretch it out. >> scott dipiazza gets some motherly advice. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. wow! [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbell's chunky soup. it's new chunky beer-n-cheese with beef and bacon soup. i love it. and mama loves you. ♪ and mama loves you. you're not mr. craig. yeah, i'm confused, where's mr. craig? well, i'm sorta mr. craig. we're both between 35 and 45 years old. we both like to save money on car insurance. and we're both really good at teaching people a lesson. um, let's go. cool. sit down! alright. sorta you, isn't you. only esurance has coveragemyway. it helps make sure you only pay for what's right for you, not someone sorta like you. i think i blacked out from fear... did we ask him where mr. craig was? we

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what a great kid. >> yeah. >> brandon.t puts a smile on your face. >>> okay, let's talk about our weather now. >> we are going to get through tomorrow, thursday, pretty much dry. in the north bay, they will have showers by the evening. in san jose, you won't see showers until friday morning of afternoon, but the rain is coming. a lot of mid 60s , systems we are tracking, there they are. it is a nice-looking setup. lots of moisture, energy, and a jet stream that is cooperating and was up here the last 42 days. is now going to drift south. slowly, albeit, but it will get south and it will get us some rain. so as we push in close, we can swing the radars around. sacramento up in davis. these are doppler radars. another one in the santa cruz mountains. and there is another one as well. a lot of moisture in the air. the green areas representing just a ton of moisture. origin ifs the tropics. warm, moist air. game on for rainfall. we have flood watches and concerns in the north bay. we will see urban and small stream flood advis

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. >> our community is having a back and forth here: however, goober of doom, responds: so brandon, i'm going to go to you with this. look conflicting numbers. we have $136 million in food stamps and there is a number that says last -- in 2011 there were 5,000 families using food stamps and that has been reduced to 2,000. are these families really in need? is it increasing? is it getting worse for them? >> i think all of the guests have been absolutely right so far, debra and susan. we have seen the number quadruple to about 104 million in redeeming in snap benefits and this is reflecting the financial crisis of 2008 and the changing demographics of the 21st century. today's soldiers are coming in a little bit more seasoned with a spouse or partner mouths to feed and maybe the private sector and the financial crisis was tough, and they see long-term stability in the military lifestyle, so they are making the transition in their mid-to late 20s, whereas our prototypical young enlisted soldier is 18 or 19 years old without a family. >> kevin you are skeptical of this being problematic. wh

. >> commissioner president katz commissioner adams commissioner brandon commissioner murphy commissioner ho item 2 approval of for the december 16th meeting all in favor, say i. opposed? minors are approved. >> item 3 public comment on executive session. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed item 4 which you have session. >> a motion to move to which you have section all in favor, say i. we'll be matters. >> is there a motion to. >> i move to reconvene in open section. >> opposed? >> do in the disclose anything in closed session. >> all in favor, say i. >> i pledge of allegiance of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all please be advised that the ring of and use of cell phones and pagers and similar sounding dries are prohibited and please be advised that anyone can be removed if the room for the ringing of device and cell phones please be advised that a member of the public has up to 3 minutes on agenda items phillips or listless the port commission goes for a shorte

anthony senatore expressed remorse for the death of 6-year-old brandon holt. senatore's 4-year-old son got a a.22-caliber rifle and accidentally shot and killed their neighbor brandon. the gun was left unsecured in the parent's bedroom. >> the torment of these thoughts be -- >> he'll be able to see his children blow the can ls out on their birthday. for brandon we'll only be able to visit his grave. >> reporter: he previously pleaded got two count was engaraging the welfare of a child. >>> city in the lehigh valley has gotten rid of the gun control laws. they're blaming the nra. >> reporter: allentown was forced to repeal a law requiring report, lost, or stolen guns. now you don't have to. they hope the state supreme when a gunman opened fire on a city council meeting. >> guns and city council meetings are a terrible and tragic mix. he wonders why anybody would allow guns inside city meetings. >> literally people would be able to attend city council meetings packing heat. i think that's a terrible idea. >> but starting in allentown, it's now legal to bring an

. >> our community is having a back and forth here: so brandon, conflicting numbers, we have $106 million in food stamps redeemed this year. and there is a number that says that in 2011 there were 5,000 families using food stamps and it has been reduced to 2,000. so is it getting worse for them is there more need? >> since 2006 we have seen the numbers quadruple from about 26 million, to now at about 104 million, in redeeming snap benefits. and this is reflecting the financial crisis of 2008 and the changing demographics of the force. today's soldiers are coming in a little bit more experienced, more seasoned maybe with a spouse or partner, and mouths to feed. maybe the financial crisis was tough, and they are making a transition in their mid-to late 20s, whereas our prototypical young enlisted soldier is 18 to 19 years old right out of high school without a family. >> kevin you wrote an article, and you are skeptical of this being particularly problematic, why so? >> well we always talk about how the base pay is real low. and that's true. but typically military members are given things s

well i think commissioner brandon said a lot of the right things so i want to add my personal element number one great to hear we had so many qualified mraksdz and had the successful opportunity for the l.b. opportunity wanted to personally say i love the caging even food i give a party myself once a year i practice what i preach i looked forward to coming in and visiting our operation i want to say obviously this opportunity is very important and i hear that we really covered that which is not only have to have an interested party by the capacity and i think as commissioner brandon oeblgdz sustainability sound like 0 that's the case so that is good news for everybody to see we have a sustained opportunity with pertinent jobs for people as well as the public in terms of the food so thank you. >> commissioner murphy. >> yes. thanks san francisco transportation authority finance committee for bringing this together it's deserving getting the contract or close to getting the contract never as you probably already know the secret to success s succeeding success is getting up earlier in th

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: his lawyer said senatore visited brandon's grave site. the boy's grandmother doesn't believe. it. >> i've never seen a man's footprint at that grave site. i'm there every day. >> he made a guilty plea to two counts of engaurjing the welfare of a child. >> this has destroyed our family. >> reporter: with the criminal side of this resolved the holt family's lawyer said he'll file a motion next week to reinstate a wrongful death civil suit naming anthony senatore and his wife. senatore was handcuffed and taken away immediately after the sentencing. the time he'll spend behind bars will be shorter than what brandon holt's family said is their life sentence without him. ted greenberg. nbc 10 news. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continuing with this breaks in the us is bushes. >> police say they have a serial burglar on their hands. they're getting a clearer picture of who may be responsible. we're live in hilltown township this afternoon. >> how many homes have been targeted? >> reporter: here alone ten. but in the entire burglary spree, polic

they spot the sedan, at which point brandon says the passenger in the vehicle opens fire. they drive home, the sedan follows. according to the report, brandon gets out. there's a gunfight, with mom staying in the car. but then -- >> she comes out of the car, and that's when the dude sees my mom and just, whack. right into her head. >> reporter: meyers dies two days later. police spend a week searching for a suspect. this is the meyers live. this pink house over there -- that's eric nowsch's home. the suspect taken into custody yesterday after a tense standoff. turns out the meyers knew eric nowsch. police tonight searching for his alleged accomplice. kendis gibson, abc news, las vegas. >>> when we come back, neil patrick harris hugh jackman and the breaking news about the nascar star, suspended. and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms

brandon with 26. florida state holds on, 73-65 over tech. all right, this game just finishing up george mason on the road against st. joe's. with the dunk here. however, st. joseph's coming down the stretch. aaron brown, what can brown do for you? aaron brown can fire it, can fill it, and st. joe's gets the win down in the stretch. baylor at west virginia today. the bears going into morgantown and pulling out a morgantown sized can on west virginia. rico gathers. rico, the baby hook in the lane. baylor up 23-3. and leads to an o'neal's flush. west virginia blown out. 87-69 at home. that never happens. i'm in navy basketball. you remember my favorite highlight. there goes the cadets. navies tillman dunbar. the little guy had 16. but army leading by 5 at the half. second half, here we go. tanner plum of army, nice catch. and then the score, 52-50 cadets. but navy coming the stretch. worth a lot. turning, firing, facing, navy gets the season sweep on army 67-59. all right, maryland basketball tomorrow. we talked about this a couple weeks ago. m

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commissioner brandon, do you want to --. do you need to leave soon? >> go ahead. >> thank you very much. this was a great presentation, it was a lot of information. and you guys have done a wonderful job and congratulations on meeting a hundred million, that's wonderful. and all that we've done with everything that we've accumulated over the last few years. i personally won't want to invest the 19 million back into the port facility and not just set it aside. i think you guys have come up with great options to do that that will be really beneficial. one question i have that's stuck in my mind that i can never remember is the pilings. are all the piling removals funded in the southern waterfront? and if not, can we make sure that we allocate some portion of this to pile removal? >> or turn them into art. >> my understanding is all the pile removal is not funded. we do have a plan utilizing our pile driving crew to do some of the work and are making good progress on it. what we can do is report back to you about how our progress will go next year and co

commissioner brandon do you have any comments or questions? >> thank you, i want to thank ricky, sophia for a great presentation. we need to focus on the mayor's goal of affordable housing. i want to go back to the geographical distribution of sites. what percentage of this is overall rehab construction, meaning is this out of 20,000 or 100,000 or --. >> looking at that particular map? >> uh-huh. >> only about a third of that is -- roughly 5,000 of those units are rehab. if you're -- a lot of that is actually public housing that we're converting into private ownership and we're going to be rehabilitating those units for the next, for a long time because of our troubled housing authority. but of the balance is all new construction. >> right, but overall, in overall construction. >> correct. >> not just for affordable housing. >> oh, relative to the rest of the housing production? i don't have the housing pipeline that the planning department has with me so i can't say overall. do you have it? i don't have it. we can get back to you. >> it would

brandon throwing down a huge slam there. he scored 16 in the game. 73-62. one more score for you. american they fell short to colgate today. 59-43. mason, they lost to st. joe's 58-54. maryland they will play iowa tomorrow on the road. let's talk a little football before w th redskins have already filled out their coaching staff. now the team turns their attention to rebuilding their roster. diana russini caught up with head coach jay gruden to get his thoughts in the upcoming nfl draft and the future of cornerback deangelo hall. >> well we the combine. we have to take a look at our own guys and got a new coaching staff. got a new gm. a lot of things we have to get our coaching staff abbing clam ated. joe berry has to get his defensive coaches township speed on what he is doing. of course we have to get ready for the free agency. there's a lot to do and our ability right now. >> katie lidecki swim if anything her last -- also tonight, third ranked virginia they will take on ninth ranked louisville. in lieu ville. that's going to be a great game. >> a

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andy gallagher al jazeera brandon, florida. >> while the soldiers withdraw their weapons doctors and nurses in ukraine are having to deal with another crisis. when we come back. >> the terrible impact on the children in the quon flict zone. >> we'll talk to the daughter of the jailed mayor of caracas. that's next on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america from both of us i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm you antonio. we'll talk to jailed mayor you toanttoifntantonio ledezma. headlines around the world. turkish police detained a man who said he had a bomb park his car outside the u.s. consulate in istanbul. turkish news agencies have described the 33-year-old as unstable. istanbul has been on high alert since january when a suicide bomber struck. >>> in recent weeks kurdish fighters have forced i.s.i.l. out of 100 towns and villages. a new report from several human rights groups say i.s.i.l. fighters have abducted injured and killed thousands of civilians in northern iraq. the report says millions of people have been forced to leave their homes and i.s.i.l. has killed or rape

to see what they thought about the talks. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: this is the brandon city ballet in centralrida, a small dance company with big ambitions. it's artistic director wants to bring ballet to the masses. he gected from kooub -- defected from cuba more than three years ago and is key to nurture the talents of others. dancers that have been here for four months. the 23-year-old came to the u.s. alone. most of the family is on the island. like many in this situation, he's nervous talking about u.s.-cuba relations. he tells us he hopes any changes are positive for both countries, but wants change for cuba its people and family. like ricardo, annie made the difficult decision to defect to the u.s. she, too, left friends and family behind to pursue a dancing career. she has a goal in mind for the future. >> translation: my ultimate hope and dream is this my family joins me here in the united states. even if the situation were to get better in cuba. but i realise it's a personal decision, and i would understand if they didn't want to leave their country. >> reporter: in all the brandon

we center very good news for you. >> very good. >> commissioner ho. >> oh, sorry. >> commissioner brandon asked the question about the fee waiver it is for the pallet let area, if you will, did park let area is small $2,000 square feet along the curtain if you demand on certain days but if you looked at the actual dedicated 2 thousand square feet we will normally charge a fee for that at our minimum if you use that number for this answer that's around 6 hundred dollars a month. >> oh, skew talk about the $203 million project. >> i'm going to turn it over to fran. >> so i have to say 2.500 if you told us that two years ago it was hard to release we w5sh8gd to at the end of the day it's difficult to make a wonderful public space with reuses shipping containers we were commented to using them not having new construction out of containers that would have been easier to retrofit a lot of the code issues because this is semi permanent it has to mediating meet code so our seismic and structures all transcribed to the cost of that but it is the overall cost of the landscaping of the component and

during the exchange, brandon was accused of hitting the vehicles. there will soon be two vacancies on the arlington county board. chair mary hines announced today she will not seek re-election this fall. hines says she wants to focus on her family after eight years on the county board and a previous 12 years on the school board. board member walter tejada announced last week he too won't seek another term. the school board meets in less than an hour to discuss potential budget cuts. all day kindergarten is among the programs facing elimination or reduction. the board says it's running out of options after years of growing enrollment. members also say a smaller than expected property tax hike make the changes necessary. utility bills are inevitable but what happens if you can't pay? "7 on your side" with what you can do and how we can help next. and bitter cold temperatures headed our way again. what you need to know for the morning commute next. >> forget the cold. spring baseball is around the corner. meanwhile, t wizards are in atlanta against the

. ♪ this is the brandon city ballet in central florida, a small dance company with big ambitions.tic director martin wants to bring ballet to the masses and dancers like torez only here four month, the 23 year old came to the u.s. alone and most of his family is still on the island and like many in his situation he is nervous talking about u.s./cuba relations. he tells us he hopes that any changes are positive for both countries but he especially wants change for cuba its people and his family. like ricardo, diaz made the difficult decision to deflect to u.s. and left friends and family behind to pursue dancing career but a clear goal in mind for the future. ♪ . >> translator: my ultimate hope and dream is my family joins me here in the united states if the situation were better in cuba and it's a personal decision and understand if they didn't want to leave the country. >> reporter: in all the city ballet is home to three dancers who recently defected and came to the u.s. for a better life but those who came before them they are realistic about the pace of change. >> it's going t

he apologized to brandon's family and caused the accident a horrible mistake and one terrible lapse in judgment. in toms river, new jersey, todd quinones cbs3 "eyewitness news" news". >>> we have new information tonight on the deadly commuter train crash near new york city. investigators now say that train train's engineer hit the emergency brake when he saw an suv that had been bocked in the tracks between crossing gates. a preliminary review also shows that train was traveling just under 60 miles per hour which is the speed limb when that break was applied. the driver of the suv and fire people on that train were killed tuesday night. >>> well theism team broke this story and now sources tell "eyewitness news" seven male firefighters investigated for alleged on duty sex with a female member have been told they violated department policy and will face disciplinary act. an attorney for the female member who is not under investigation declined comment. the firefighters union has set a press conference for tomorrow morning. they'll talk about the investigation which was conducted by the

. >> lots of people have their eye on offensive lineman brandon shur. he played in iowa tore his meniscus got surgery and played in the game that saturday. the redskins very interested. you got to meet with jay gruden yesterday. what was your impression when you met with him? what did you talk about besides just your family? >> it was nice. we had a regular conversation. they sat us around the table and talked about schemes and like you said family. i thought it was going to be so stressful going to those interviews but everybody was relaxed and very nice. >> reporter: brandon said he's open to playing any position on the offensive lin the fact that he's very athletic. he played four sports in high school including varsity tennis as a sophomore. in indianapolis dianna russini, news 4 sports. >>> thanks dianna. over in college basketball maryland at home against nebraska. tonight second half we're tied at 38. the terps are in transition. part of an 8-0 run for maryland. this game would stay close, though. nebraska moving the ball around. leslie smith wit

brandon clark, the fade away. santa clara led, here comes byu. tyler hawes.of byu, 78-57. and walters, what a play number five means. he held up play number five. oh, it must mean pack it inside and score. that is cruise pinken. tied the game up at 28-28 against san francisco. but they got brandon perry. the hit, the foul. third straight loss. off to the break. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducing the sleep number bed with sleepiq™ technology. it tracks your sleep and tells you how to adjust for a good better and an awesome night. the difference? try adjusting up or down you'll know cuz sleep iq™ tells you. only at a sleep number store. where you'll find the best buy rated mattress with sleepiq™ technology. know better sleep with sleep number. >> we have just enough time to say who is going to win tomorrow vern? >> my spider sense says patriots. [ laughter ] >> thanks for my mom does

i want to start with you, brandon.ructor in the navy seal sniper program that trained chris kyle. and i'm wondering, is there a particular personality type that lenlds itself to becoming a sniper? >> i think the guys that excel as a sniper have an ability to manage stress and make complex decisions under pressure. and we look for those candidates. we put them in situations, artificially induced, very high levels of stress to see who has it and who doesn't. >> and do you think that that somehow is a buffer against pts when they come home? >> i think the special operations community as a whole has a much lower rate or frequency of guys that don't deal with ptsd effectively. especially as a sniper, we look for those individuals that have those characteristics that can deal with terrible situations and be able to make these decisions very quickly and make complex calculations for wind and lead, and sometimes even the spin of the earth will factor into the shots that have longer distance. >> but funkictioning, dealing, thos

. >> what i'm saying is that for one reason or another, according to brandon mires, tammy myers askedforgo calling the police and to go out with her looking for somebody somebody that we now know they knew was erich nowsch. we know later after the police were questioning brandon as to why they went out looking for erich, that the reason he supplied after the fact after his mother was dead the story they're providing after the fact is because of this fake road rage situation. there will come a time when we are going to be a bit better prepared to present an evidence-based version of these events. >> reporter: sara sidner cnn. >>> now we move away from road rage to pretty much a bad day at the beach. >> a boat ran up the beach and crashed into a restaurant in florida south of tampa. authorities say it happened during dense fog. local media say firefighters had to shore up part of the building to rescue a passenger who had suffered minor injuries. >>> politics took center stage at this year's academy awards. up next we'll show you who said what after the break. it's more than the cloud.

. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this is the brandon city ballet in central florida a small dance company with bigartistic director wants to bring ballet to the masses he defected from cuba more than 10 years ago and he's keen to nurture the talents of others who have been through similar experiences, dancers like ricardo who has only been here for four months the 23-year-old came to the u.s. alone most of his family is still on the island. and like many in his swaying he's nervous talking about u.s.-cuba relations. he tells us he hopes that any changes are positive for both countries. but he especially wants change for cuba its people and his family. like ricardo annie made the difficult decision to defect to the u.s., she too left her friends and family behind to pursue a dancing career. but she has a clear goal in mind for the future. >> translator: my ultimate hope and dream is that my family joins me here in the us, even if the situation were to get better any cuba. but i realize it's a personal decision and i would understand if they didn't want to leave their country. >> reporter: in all th

and there were several heated exchanges, one was generated by the mother of brandon tate-brown. >> we've been trying hard to show a different side. >> i believe we're in a good place now. i believe we've done a lot of positive things and we're doing a lot of positive things in the community. >> police shot and killed brandon tate-brown last december after police say he reached for his gun. the officers involved are on administrative leave pending an outcome of the investigation. >>> look at this. a west philadelphia family is expected to be allowed back inside their home tonight. after being forced out by a demolition accident. yesterday firefighters had to rescue the family afteren excavator hit their house, trapping them inside. the city tells us a company was demolishing the home next door when the heavy machinery accidentally hit the family's wall. >> and he hit the side of the home. the front of the home started to buckle out, the roof started to fall. he then put the bulldozer to the front of the home to try to push it back. >> the city tells us all repairs to that damaged home wil

one was generated by the mother of brandon tate brown. >> trying hard to show a different side. >> i believe we're in a good place now. we've done a lot of positive things, and we're doing a lot of positive things in the community. >> now, police shot and killed brandon tate-brown last december after police say he reached for a gun. the officers involved in that shooting are on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. >>> more police may be hitting the streets in wilmington now that a state panel approved grant money to temporarily pay for increased patrols. the attorney general requested that money. six officers will get overtime pay to work night patrols seven days a week in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods. >>> wilmington's homicide rate jumped 53% from 2013 to 2014. there have been seven homicides so far this year alone. wilmington reassigned nearly 30 officers to high-crime areas last month. the city is also getting help from newcastle county police. >>> this man entrusted with protecting the law said he broke it on purpose to prove a point. northamp

brandon died the next day and today sentenceing he apologized to brandon's family saying he thinks aboutir little boy every day. >>> the lights will stay for now at revel. utility company told revel's owner it could cut service to the building boy 5:00 p.m. today because of unpaid paid bills. this morning they agreed to keep the power and water flowing until a hearing next wednesday. mold growth, frozen pipes and difficulty fighting fires are some of the problems a utility shut off could create at the building which revel is trying to sell to a florida developer. >> fox 29 working to get results on big street issue. crater popped up near 63rd and market createing a bit of mayhem for drivers in west philadelphia. it's not just drivers getting out of the way also folks walking in the are a. >> so all the traffic why isn't anything happening to fix it? our bruce gordon headed out to get results. >> reporter: even our fox 29 news van shutters the thought of passing through the intersection at 63rd and market. it's a tire trashing rim rocking frame fracturing lunar landscape that has everyone

. >>> let's discuss the american sniper trial, and i want to bring in brandon web who is the author ofand so, brandon, if he had known that dee ray routh was troubled would he have offered to hep him? >> i think that if chris had known the true nature of eddie ray routh and the history of the violent nature and the guy who had spent a couple of times in the mental institution, i don't believe that chris would have ever in a million of years taken the guy outt to the range that day. i have said it over and over that it is tragic a that the mother who obviously cared for the son left that critical piece of inpormation out. no doubt in my mind that chris kyle is alive today if he knew about the true history of eddie routh. >> if the mom had said something? >> yes. >> and you say that routh is the example of everything wrong with the military and the v.a. and what do you mean by that? >> well, you have to look at the situation of the marine corps, and a period of time where they lowered the standards, and looking at routh's history in the marine corps. he has a history of violence drug abu