brennan shot back, while brennan was hit, ortiz was not and he fled the scene.t an apartment nearby. mayor bloomberg, who joined kell late bell view said officer brennan was in good spirits and had his wife and 6-week-old daughter on his mind. >> we talked and he understood that he was -- he said he was in a lot of pain. we joked about his daughter. >> mayor bloomberg said officer brennan is expected to make a full recovery. that is news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> i would like to talk with him and pray for him because i know -- >> a news4 exclusive, a community activist murdered, his body thrown in a well, now his brother claims he is not angry with the man who killed him. >>> chaotic scene in downtown d.c., a car runs off the road and hits a mother pushing a baby carriage. >> i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. that mother and child are expected to be okay but it could be worse. pat collins is following this breaking news in downtown washington. pat? >> reporter: jim, a high-speed crash right here on the sidewalk, a car comes up here, ricoch

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meanwhile at brennan's long island home his family, friends grateful he is alive. brennan's wife gave birth to a baby girl just six weeks ago. >> you pray something like this doesn't happen but when it does, this couldn't have been any better. >> th >> a family friend says one of the first things officer brennan asked for was to see his new baby. the suspect meanwhile was charged today with attempted murder. that is news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> tonight at 5:00 a story you saw first on 4. video of the moment a truck slams into a metro bus. tonight we're hearing the 911 calls made after that crash. >> plus, surveillance video shows a robber hitting up a local subway shop. police say it's the second time this thief robbed that same restaurant in just a matter of weeks. good evening everybody. on a busy day in the news i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. we'll begin in the district where a young student sexually abused inside an elementary school. tonight we've learned the victim was assigned the task of showing the attacker around. news 4's pa

is alive. >> as it turns out, brennan was pulled over by police just an hour before the crash. >> brennanide the car, trace amount of marijuana with him and also a device that was used as a pipe. >> a sobriety test shows brennan is not under the influence, but he receives a summons. less than an hour later he ends up here. after the accident, eden's license is suspended for two years for reckless driving. all involved agree, eden is lucky to get a second chance. >> based on the manner that he was ejected and the distance and the circumstances, he should not be alive today. >>> it's january 10th, 2009 and state trooper ian henry is patrolling interstate 90 outside albany, new york. in the westbound lane he spots a speeding taxi, and takes off after it. eventually the trooper catches up and pulls over the cab. >> first thing he noticed was out of state cab, which is unusual to have somebody come all the way from connecticut. pretty expensive cab ride. >> the trooper talks to the driver, and then focuses his attention on the passenger in the back seat who has two duffel bags with him. one ha

here's what she did to courtney brennan outside the sandusky home thursday. >> police have gotten several complaints. >> reporter: the complaints courtney brennan were reporting on were from sandusky's neighbors who say he's frequently seen on his porch peering toward children on a school playground nearby. that's why prosecutors ask at the hearing that the conditions be tightened, to force him to stay inside. but sandusky said the neighbors are wrong. >> now all of a sudden these people turn on me when they've been in my home with their kids. >> reporter: sandusky asked that his house arrest be relaxed so that he could have the same freedom to visit grandchildren that his wife has. >> who came home after visiting with grandchildren or who's sitting there when grandchildren call on my birthday and they ask to talk to me, and she has to tell them that they can't. >> reporter: sandusky can't have contact with anyone under 18 after beingrg charged with 52 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys. the judge says he'll rule soon on the conditions of house arrest as well as whether an outside jury wi

officer brennan cornered ortiz in the hallway, rather than give up he shot officer brennan point-blank in the head. ortiz was trying to flea the scene of the shooting so -- flee the scene of the shooting so fast he ran out of one of his shoes and left it at the crime scene. the police commissioner said he may have tried to fire a second shot into officer brennan's head. obviously ortiz has a total disrespect for human life. when police officers michael burrbridge and christopher mastorus arrived and found officer brennan, he was lying in a pool of his own blood left to die. but officer brennan, miraculously survived this attack. the outlaw was captured when baby was brought to court, he made a mockery of the judicial system. waiving at the cameras asking them to take his photograph while blowing kisses to his family. his family, too, showed disdain for the justice system and the police by yelling obscenities to the police and banging their hands and fists on a police cruiser that led ortiz back to the jailhouse. on ortiz second appearance in the court, the courtroom was packed with a s

. >> jimmy: and he's a great comedian and friend of our show, neal brennan is here!tle standup. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, that guy just kills me. i follow him on twitter. he's a funny guy all around. you guys, today's friday. that's usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. i check my inbox. return some e-mails, and of course, i send out thank-you notes. [ cheers and applause ] i'm just running a bit behind, so i thought if you guys wouldn't mind, i'd just like to write out my weekly thank-you notes right now. do you guys mind? i'll make it real quick. [ cheers and applause ] james, can i get some thank-you note writing music? ♪ [ laughter ] [ laughter ] >> steve: what? what? >> jimmy: they'll work something out. [ fake punch sound ] thank you, there you go. that's much better. wanna try again? ♪ [ fake punch sound ] >> steve: you gotta get into it. >> jimmy: you screwed it up again. all right, here we go. sorry, here we go. [ laughter ] oh, man. >> steve: and the award for best fake punch -- >> jimmy: doesn't go to -- [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, valentine'

claim has been widely proven to be for lack of a better term or a loss of scene one garbage as the brennan center for justice at new york university pointed out in a study in titled the truth about voter fraud allegations of widespread voter fraud however often prove greatly exaggerated claims of voter fraud are frequently used to justify policies that do not solve the alleged wrongs but that well could disenfranchise legitimate voters and that's exactly what republicans are doing as in see acorn in reality voter fraud is virtually nonexistent back in two thousand and four george bush's justice department launched an investigation into voter fraud they were very worried about and convicted a mere eighty six people of some sort of fraud out of one hundred twenty two million voters in other words republicans are chasing a problem that at most exists in just point zero zero zero zero seven percent of the voting population. on the other hand unlike voter fraud alexion fraud is rampant like when about eighty thousand people in florida were barred from voting in the two thousand election bush v

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here at the big board, kevin brennan and police commissioner ray kelly.ve brennan was shot in the line of duty last month. over at the nasdaq, pr week. will the dow hold on to 13,000 after it closed above for the first time -- oil trading slightly higher. yesterday we saw a big decline in oil. >> right. >> helping to fuel that rally. >> and remember, we've been talking about this time versus other times. we have -- let's compare it to 2000, the devastating year. we have dividends higher, cash flow higher, p/es lower, particularly for the nasdaq. the valuation is really there. >> as of yesterday, i think we had almost all 500 s&p components having reported. the beat ratio about 60%, not that hot. i think the run rate on earnings was $95, which might be a blow to those who still want to see $100-plus for the year. >> you have to compare to it what you can get in fixed income. i was trying to find some six-month paper that doesn't make it so that you're basically losing money after inflation. i can't. so if you can get 3.5% -- if you can get some of these do

have my theories about where some of the tension came from between the two but he also put justice brennan on the supreme court. he did a wonderful job of explaining the context that we faced as a country. i want to give you a little context about what our court system was like during this period. my father's mentor was a man named charles hamilton houston who excelled in law school, at harvard law school and became dean of harvard law school where he meantoned lawyers in the civil rights movement. charles hamilton houston was clearly a brilliant legal thinker and was a tremendous law student at harvard. to give you a clue as to how much of a pioneer and how brilliant this man was, in 1935 he gave a speech that we recently found at the library of congress where he laid out the entire desegregation cases. that's 1935. this was not a man to be trifled with. i mention thatta background because of the context of the court system that president eisenhower did so much to change. charles hamilton houston went before the supreme court in 1938 and offered a case called gaines versus missouri to get

here is what dottie did to wpxi reporter courtney brennan outside the sandusky home thursday. >> police have gotten several complaints. >> reporter: the complaints courtney brennan was reporting on were from sandusky's neighbors, who say he's frequently seen outside on his porch peering toward children on a school playground nearby. that's why prosecutors asked at the hearing that the conditions be tightened to force him to stay inside. but sandusky said the neighbors are wrong. >> now all of a sudden these people turn on me when they've been in my home with their kids. >> reporter: sandusky asked that his house arrest be relaxed so that he can have the same freedom to visit grandchildren that his wife has. >> who came home after visiting with grandchildren or who is sitting there when grandchildren call on my birthday and they ask to talk to me and she has to tell them that they can't. >> reporter: sandusky can't have contact with anyone under 18 after being charged with 52 counts of sexually abusing ten boys. the judge says he'll rule soon on the conditions of house arrest as well as

william brennan is one of williams' attorneys. he told the jury during opening statements that there is no evidence linking him to the killing, no dna. brennan says williams did not kill trooper brown. he tells news4, we agree that he got kicked out of applebee's, but that doesn't mean he committed murder. that trial is expected to continue for the rest of the week. sorrel williams faces life in prison if convicted on these charges. >> thank you, darcy. >>> today house lawmakers in virginia approved two of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills to be introduced in years. the so-called personhood bill sponsored by bob marshall declares a person's rights begin at conception. opponents argue the bill lays the ground work to outlaw abortion in virginia if the supreme court ever reverses roe v. wade. and a second bill that passed today requires a pregnant women to have an ultrasound before undergoing an abortion. democrats objected strenuously to both bills but they were outvoted by a republican super majority. >>> well, in the midst

chris rudolph, marketing director and skier john brennan.atalities were part of a deadly sunday on washington's ski slopes. a male snowboarder was killed at another ski area east of seattle. >>> at noon today friends of one of the last known survivors of the 1906 earthquake and fire will gather to remember her at a san francisco restaurant. rose died in santa rosa saturday at the age of 109. this is video of rose in 2009 at jack's grill at the ceremony for the anniversary of the quake where a fellow -- she was only 3-years-old when that quake hit in 1906, one of five known quake survivors. today's gathering -- >>> iran's decision to halt oil exports to britain and france is driving up the cost of crude. prices at a nine month high moving up to $105 a barrel having a direct impact on the pump. in the last month price have soared 18 cents a gallon the highest it has been this time of year. right now the national average is $3.53 experts say that could climb in late april and we could hit $5 a gallon by memorial day. >> a lot of gas prices will

. >> jimmy welcomes dwayne johnson, the star of the new drama "smash" katherine mcphee and neil brennanat is at 12: 35, 11:35 central on your local nbc station. >>> entertainment news, that sound you may hear frequently will be the sound of husbands and boyfriends being dragged to the movie theater. that is because expectations are very high for the romantic drama "the vow" starting channing tatum and rachel mcadams, a true story about a newlywed who loses her memory after a car crash. >>> for the guys, there is a weekend's clever counter programming, denzel washington-ryan reynolds action drama "safehouse" will take second with 25 million or more. >>> 3-d release of star war's "phantom menace" will take in 25 million. "mystery island" will grab 15 million. >>> big casting news out there, australian naomi watts will play princess diana in a film about the last two years of her life. always a lot of pressure when you play a huge, iconic figure. >> someone who was loved that much. >> she said as much, too. michelle williams played marilyn monroe did an unbelievable job. is your wife going

: police have gotten several complaints. >> reporter: the complaints courtney brennan was reporting on were from sandusky's neighbors who say he's frequently seen outside on his porch peering toward children on a school playground nearby. that's why prosecutors ask at the hearing that the conditions be tightened to force him to stay inside. but sandusky said the neighbors are wrong. >> now all of a sudden these people turn on me when they've been in my home with their kids. >> reporter: sandusky asked that his house arrest be relaxed so that he can have the same freedom to visit grandchildren that his wife has. >> who came home after visiting with grandchildren or sitting there when grandchildren call on my birthday and they ask to talk to me and she has to tell them that they can't. >> reporter: sandusky can't have contact with anyone under 18 after being charged with 52 counts of sexually abusing ten boys. the judge says he'll rule soon on the conditions of house arrest as well as whether an outside jury will be brought to state college for sandusky's trial. >> do you have anything t

chris rudolph, marketing director and skier john brennan.alities were part of a deadly sunday on washington's ski slopes. a male snowboarder was killed at another ski area east of seattle. >>> at noon today friends of one of the last known survivors of the 1906 earthquake and fire will gather to remember her at a san francisco restaurant. rose died in santa rosa saturday at the age of 109. this is video of rose in 2009 at jack's grill at the ceremony for the anniversary of the quake where a fellow -- she was only 3-years-old when that quake hit in 1906, one of five known quake survivors. today's gathering -- >>> iran's decision to halt oil exports to britain and france is driving up the cost of crude. prices at a nine month high moving up to $105 a barrel having a direct impact on the pump. in the last month price have soared 18 cents a gallon the highest it has been this time of year. right now the national average is $3.53 experts say that could climb in late april and we could hit $5 a gallon by memorial day. >> a lot of gas prices will b

and several election law scholars around the country in the nonpartisan brennan center have debunked his assertion that there is no relationship between the photo id laws in georgia and the electoral turnout that increased in the 2008 elections. the methodology he's used has been analyzed, and it shows that it doesn't control for certain other factors. for example, there has been a huge migration of african-americans to the south that was documented in a "washington post" series. and so there isn't -- he wants to say that voter id hasn't caused a lower turnout. we don't know the relationship to the top of the ticket in 2008, and we don't know whether or not turnout would, in fact, have been greater in 2008 but for voter photo id requirements. i just want to get back to some of the fundamentals. the supreme court has described the right to vote as the right that is preservative of all rights. hans talks about the right to work. but the voting is a much more cherished right and a much more upheld right in our constitution than any other right. it is protected by the first, the 14th, th

john brennan, chris rudolph and former extreme skier jim jack. >> once the first person came to rescue me and we unburied me others started to show up in the rescue search and we started finding the other bodies immediately and it was very shocking to know that the person... one of the persons that we found was literally three feet to my left. it's hard to discuss. >> reporter: they did not have the backpacks? >> they did not. >> reporter: every year in the u.s., about 30 people die in avalanches. elise saugstadt says she feels lucky not to be one of the grim statistics. bill whitaker, cbs news, stevens pass, washington. >> pelley: as syria slips towards civil war, senator john mccain says the u.s. must act. a deadly crash in africa claims the lives of u.s. airmen. and parents push to take control of a school that's failing their kids when the "cbs evening news" continues. use campbell's cream of chicken soup to make easy enchiladas, cheesy chicken & rice, and other chicken dishes that are oh...so...whoa. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. then i found new pronutrients omega-3.

brennan scott believes it will cut down on frustration for citizens while allowing police officers to operate more efficiently. the site will be similar to others. the site will have a screening process to weed out fraud. in some cases, an officer will still respond in person. >> this is a way for us to continue to make our government more efficient. >> police plan to roll out this new website in the spring. you will be able to access it through the existing department website. you still have the option to dial 911 for any crime. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> an alford plea from a homeless man in the stabbing death of a woman. a man killed a woman. he is expected to be sentenced tomorrow. he was arrested in mississippi last april. >> a man is dead following a shooting in east baltimore. police were called to east street. and ensor no arrests have been made. police on the lookout for gunmen who reportedly shot a man on street mondayre streicter afternoon. >> a trial gets underway. julius henson -- prosecutors claimed he tried to affect the african american vote with a robocall. he arg

mississippi to rhode island to wisconsin to alabama to south carolina to tennessee to texas to the brennan center for justice more than five million eligible voters will be disenfranchised this november thanks to just these new laws and these are mostly minorities the poor the elderly and college students who will be just for disenfranchised mostly people who vote for democrats and support stronger middle class policies five million people wiped off the voter rolls this is an all out assault on our democracy and it's all happening under the radar of the mainstream media oh and one more thing in five of the states that have passed these voter id laws the co-sponsor of the law was a member of the right wing think tank known as the american legislative exchange council or alec which gets much of its funding from the koch brothers the koch brothers who diverted enormous amounts of their billions of dollars to right wing causes like alec the tea party and oil industry anti climate change pseudo science they themselves have operated under the radar of the mainstream media despite being some of t

police officer kevin brennan in brooklyn was shot down, shot in the face. an individual with an illegal gun. we have reduced in human facts, when we globally talk about what we can cut and what we can't cut. i mean, the direction we're going, we're going to have to cut money to the fbi, transportation, border security, vets benefits, because that's where we're headed because

and the teacher bernard shero assault at the same 10 year-old boy between 1998 and 2000 at james brennanis charged with assaulting a 14 year-old boy and a fifth defendant monsignor william lynn is charged with covering it up he is the first high-ranking member of the catholic church going to try on a child sex abuse case all five have pleaded not guilty >>hill lawmaker in indiana is refusing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the girl scouts calling it a radicalized organization republican representative bob morris of fort wayne claims that the group supports abortion and promotes homosexuality he was still a member of the house in indiana who refuse to sign a resolution on compensation for theo epstein. the cubs will send the right-handed pitcher cris carpenter to boston. the tribune reports that both teams will also include two players to be named later by april 15th. the red sox and the cubs have been in a stalemate over compensation since the cubs hired theo epstein away from boston to become the new team president the red sox initially asked for starlin castro or matt garza so co

i think they always thought they were smarter than sully and he's a better chess player than john brennan and the other american officials he deals with well what do you think at the end of the day right because a lot of this has to do and ends up being a vicious circle right they don't like the fact that i don't blame them rightly so that u.s. airstrikes are killing civilians and wreaking havoc right in yemen on local populations at the same time they see sollie allowing this to happen backing it and so they end up going elsewhere for now i think going to the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula but do you think that if the u.s. had no presence there at all clearly better off. well that's certainly what a lot of yemenis told me including yemenis that are very pro-american and they the they say that if the u.s. had just left us alone we probably have less terrorism in yemen than we do today i mean i certainly think that while the united states or the obama administration may be very proud of the fact that for instance they killed anwar a lot t. who's of course a u.s. citizen and samir khan w

. >> some day, brennan's parents will tell him about heart surgery that probably saved his life, it'sodern miracle. but peter barnett was a baby in a different time. >> if you had been born so years earlier i probably won't be here today. >> in 1950s peter was what they called a blue baby. blue face, blue finger nails. short of breath. that is the way my parents saw me. >> at ucsf the droktor can treat the cases almost routinely now. >> problem is that there is a defect or a hole between the right and left side of the heart. >> in 1950s peter's condition required surgery w out it he never would have survived childhood. >> just hearing that made me think that life is prushes yus. >> on the aassumption he'd been cured he climbed mountains and began a family, became a mortgage broker but that assumption about health turned out wrong. >> these patients often are left with a leaky heart valve that original surgery they have while it sticks the problem causing them to be blue it left them with a new problem. >> 15 years ago, peter barnett with a young son on the way went into cardiac arrest

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a third man, john brennan, also died. pro skier elise sogstad was kept alive by an air barrier. >> it kept her on top and saved her life. >> reporter: earlier this year, the same kind of gear saved mish from an avalanche. >> i saw the ground in front of me ripple. it was like the earth was breathing. once an afterlanch has you -- 56 lanch has you, you're not going anywhere. >> reporter: john swanson was snowmobiling in washington's cascade range, when he was buried alive. >> i was getting suficated-- suffocated face first in the snow. >> we got you. you're good. >> reporter: nationwide, there have been 17 avalanche deaths this season. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> and expert says the risk of additional slides in the region could remain high all season. they attribute the dangers in part to a weak base layer of snow, caused by a dry winter. >> surveillance surprise. new documents show the new york police department went beyond just keeping tabs on muslims in new york city. mary is live in the newsroom with more. >

. >> we have all been looking forward to terrence brennan's segment.there is a dramatic rise in teen knee injuries. girls are more susceptible to injuring the knee than boys. we'll tell you why and talk about what, if anything, can be done to prevent injury. >> later on we have great money saving tips for you. how to save on everything from cutting your cable bill to reducing your dry cleaning bill, even getting your interest rates on your credit cards cut. we'll give you tips in a little bit. >> excellent. meantime do you want to give us a check of the weather. >> i'll show you how to cut the forecasting bill down. tune in to weather channel or stay tuned right here. we'll show you now for today a risk of strong storms in the mid section of the mississippi river valley. snow throughout the rockies. rain later this afternoon. icy conditions in the upper mississippi river valley. tomorrow, risk of strong storms. along the southeastern atlantic coast, wet weather coastal california into the pacific northwest. snow around the northern plains into the new

this building on brennan street is the parttime home of the dream team for obama. volunteers man phone banks twice a week and call nevada, intent on turning a purple state blue. a team leader says more people are joining the obama team every week. >> in san francisco, high winds and rough tides had a couple of it could surfers in trouble. the water rescue team was called into service. one surfer's it could went into the water. another surf issue needed more help after he broke his board out there. the surfers're about 300-yard offshore but were able to get back to the beach on their own. >>> some falling branches knocked man unconscious in oakley. the crowd was trimming branches when the man was struck on his head and shoulders knocking him out cold. >> established a rescue system and were able to attach our rescue system to the victim and bringing him down, and then transferring patient care to amr, where he was flown to the hospital. >> the fire departments combined forces and equipment to get the man down. >> the wildfire burning in napa county is fully containe

a third man, john brennan, also died.ro skier was also saved. >> it kept her atop of the avalanche and basically saved her life. >> reporter: earlier this month, the same kind of gear saved professional snowboarder mishahitler in seattle. >> i see the ground in front of me ripple. once an avalanche has you, you're not going anywhere. >> reporter: she deployed an air bag as she was being swallowed by a wall of snow. >> reporter: john swanson was snowmobiling in cascade range when he was buried alive. >> i was getting suffocated, face first into the snow. >> reporter: several friends rush to rescue swanson, digging frantically to free him. >> we got you, you're good. >> reporter: nationwide, there have been 17 avalanche deaths this season. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: the ski resort says the location of sunday's accident is popular amongst experienced skiers because it offers steeper slopes but it resorts to avalanche control. >>> let'sup date the breaking news. where an avalanche is tying up traffic. le

jim jack, chris rudolph, and john brennan. >> we lost three amazing people. who were my really good friends. >> reporter: joel was part of that group, too, but not in as much peril as alyse who inflated her avalanche air bag like this one which is essentially intended to keep victims riding the top of an avalanche as opposed to being buried in it. >> don't get me wrong. it's not like you're taking an inner tube ride down some snowy field. you definitely are in the avalanche and it feels like you're in a washing machine and being flipped and tumbled and it's white the entire way. it's very scary. >> reporter: an avalanche warning had been posted for the area just hours prior to sunday's tragedy. >> that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> a grandmother falls asleep smoking a cigarette. hours later she is burned to death. good evening, everyone. welcome to news 4 at 5:00 on this presidents' day. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. it is our top story tonight. a maryland woman is dead from severe burns after she set her apartment on fire beca

he also took issue with brennan characterizing him as a murderer. i told somebody to do it, but i didn't pull the trigger, i'm not a murderer, i didn't kill her. abraham said he paid jarvis tyler $400 and two bags of weed for killing stacy. stacy set him up by introducing him to chris smith who admitted on the stand he broke into abraham's apartment and stole drugs and a gun. stacy was not involved in the robbery. stacy's mom is here for the trial. >> it's hard. you don't know what goes through the people's finds, witnesses minds. it's difficult. >> reporter: what was mcdonald abraham doing on the day of the murder? he testified he picked up two of his male friends, also picked up a 14-year-old girl from a local middle school in buoy, they all went over to a red roof inn, they smoked pot, drank alcohol and had sex with this young teen. testimony is expected to wrap up tomorrow. reporting live from upper marlboro, darcie spencer news 4. >>> we have a lot more to come on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. a local woman's crusade on social media to get top doctor

. >> reporter: they were ahead of jim jack; chris rudolph and husband and father john brennan, seen here on the left. one of the victims landed just three feet from sogstead. >> sogstead says none of them had the special backpack. >>> one step closer. this afternoon, a senate committee votes to pass the civil marriage protection act. jessica kartalija is here to explain what happens next. jessica. >> the judicial mayor committee approves a narrow vote in the house. the bill would allow gay couples to meet in civil ceremonies. it is being met with opposition from clergy who worry they could be sue federal they don't perform the ceremony. opponents to the bill are lobbying senators in hopes of killing the bill. back to you. >> all right, jessica, thank you. hear from the two senators on the judicial committee or at least two of them. one for it and one against the bill, coming up all new at 5:00. >>> two new suppliers will help ease critical shortages of two new cancer drugs. the low numbers of the drug have patients patients and patient -- parents, frightened about missing lifesaving equi

a third man, john brennan, also died. pro skier elise was also stabbed. >> kept her atop the avalanche and basically saved her life. >> reporter: earlier this month, the same kind of gear saved professional skier misha taylor. >> i saw the ground ripple. it was like the earth was breathing. once an avalanche has you, you're not going anywhere. >> she deployed an air bag as she was swallowed by snow. john was buried alive. >> i was getting suffocated, face first in the snow. >> reporter: several friends rushed to rescue swanson, digging frantically to free him. >> we got you. you're good. >> reporter: nationwide, there have been 17 avalanche deaths this season. >> reporter: and again, that fourth skier survived because of that air safety bag. kai, back on you. >> mike, thank you. one of the many triggers for an avalanche is loose snow base, caused by warm winter weather, like this year, that can cause newly fallen snow to slide over the old, loose base. >>> new information on the terror plot to blow up the u.s. capital. >>

white house deputy national security advisor john brennan was asked about it pointpointblank. >> there is word water boarding played a big role in actually getting the information integral in finding bin laden, is that the case? >> not to my knowledge. >> now, i have more tape for you, sean. barack obama was clear about his intention when he was on the campaign trail that he was going to track down bin laden, he said this before he was elected back in 2008. >> if we have osama bin laden in our sights, and the pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then i think that we have to act and we will take them out. we will kill bin laden, we will crush al qaeda, that has to be our biggest national security priority. >> he wasn't kidding, was he? after taking office, president obama ordered then cia director leon panetta to expand every effort coming out with a detailed plan to find osama bin laden. the president, he got his way. in march of 2011 when obama was presented with several strategies to get bin laden, he got his way. again. in fact, he pushed forward over the ob