and today charlotte's prayers were answered. when charlotte gray left d.c. superior court this morning, she felt like screaming. the stress, the worry edward's case would never be resolved had finally vanished in courtroom 302. >> i couldn't give up. i couldn't give up. my son was my first-born child. he meant a lot to me, and to know that he was killed for nothing, i'm told that they thought he was somebody else, and, you know, it makes me feel bad that i need him more now than ever the. >> reporter: we first met charlotte in 2003 during a cold case feature on her son edward's case. >> all i want to know is why. >> two years later we met again when charlotte gathered friends and family to announce an increase in the award. >> my heart grieves daily for my child. >> then two years later, in 2007, charlotte finally got to see the chief of police. >> i had never met her, but there was a warmth from her, a caring spirit. >> reporter: but it wasn't until the case was reassigned to prosecutor amanda haines, working closely with detectives todd williams and tony b

. >> but on that awful day, tom was in charlotte, north carolina.e'd just moved there from michigan and was staying with a friend. it was late afternoon when tom's dad called though at first what he said didn't seem to make sense. >> he said, don't come home until tomorrow. and i just sat there, and i said, dad, what are you talking about? >> it took a moment, then he told tom what that meant. >> and he said, your sister died today in a fire, and i don't want you to come home until tomorrow, and he hung up the phone. >> and then, said tom, he virtually collapsed, went numb, cried and waited until the next morning to make the four-hour drive to his parents' home in myrtle beach. on his way, said tom, he stopped at the trailer park where his sister had died. >> i had to see that trailer burned. it was still all roped off with the caution tape, and i just stood outside there for probably 15 or twimts 20 minutes, just still in disbelief and just cried. >> there was no police presence, said tom. but then why would there be? it was an accident, after all.

both charlotte and an drea did as well. charlotte at 15 years and joe airna and i 15 years. that's how we got in this program. we practiced very hard. very, very hard we practiced everyday and we have been been in india practicing 8 times where our teacher is from. yes. >> yes. >> well there are similarities all of southeast asia. we performed in bali with a group. it's a story from the [inaudible] and so the indian epiics actually the indian epiics for very common in cambodia and bali and thailand and there is a different aesthetic. all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has

for 12 long years charlotte has been waiting to tell her son an arrest has been made. with the help of her pastor she climbed the hillside where edward is buried. >> hi, baby. we did it. finally get some justice. >> reporter: paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> cederick shuler was also arraigned today in the 1998 murder of renee best who prosecutors say was another innocent victim. >>> the pentagon has a new leader tonight. leon panetta was sworn in as secretary of defense today. the former cia director spent much of his day meeting with top brass. in addition to overseeing wars in iraq and afghanistan and the ongoing war on terror, panetta is also faced with the difficult job of cutting billions of dollars from the defense budget. >> he's got a daunting task to establish a military strategy that will allow him to save $400 billion in additional defense spending and do all that in the course of the next couple months, his first couple months on the job. >> in a video message to troops today panetta said despite fiscal challenges at home there won't be a hollow force on his wat

my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were happy times and years later became a happy tomic with me, convinced early on that my father inhabited a magic world. a few years ago, while listening to a recording of cuban blues by chico, i remembered in new york in those stories of the 40's that chico and my father met at club cuba in manhattan and again in havana in the mid-50's. the sessions of chico's

charlotte was not one of them. charlotte is not particularly active in a.a.a.e. which has security committees. they are not active in a.c.i., a national airport organization that has security committees. so all the people that worked on this -- charlotte's name is not in there. so there are people who are working on this. as a matter of fact, on monday i had the c.e.o. of dallas-fort worth airport fly in with his senior staff to sit down with john pistol and our group to tell us that they are very happy working with t.s.a. and what they wanted was to volunteer for any pilot security project that they could have. that we would work with them on. so in terms of how the relationship with airports and working with the local authorities, it may vary across the country. but there are a lot of -- a lot of work is put into these reports to get a tool that will enable them to do the best, most optimal, security assessments and reports and ways forward for each of the airports. >> then it seems to me -- you just told me that you want a nimble approach. so maybe charlotte n

hazy and hot in charlotte, dallas. northern plains could see thunderstorms and high winds. >> phoenix cool downs to 105. new york and boston are seasonable. it's the ninth day in a row that dallas will have temperatures above 100 degrees. hotter than usual in colorado springs. seattle's in the comfortable mid 70s. >>> and coming up -- after 39 years of service the last vietnam-era draftee finally retires. taking a look back at the end of an era of this hero. >>> the question wasn't if transformers 3 wouou dominate the fourth of july weekend box office, but by how much? that answer and much more coming up. >>> u.s. markets are closed today for the july 4th holidid. but last week was their best weekekn more than two years. the dow gained 648 points. and last week's good news in the u.s. is having a positive effect overseas. tokyo's nikkei average rose 9494 points. and in london the ftse opened higher. >>> japan's recovery from the natural disasters earlier this year could aid america's economy. many economists feel that

aviation director at the charlotte airport. i work for 36 years on their apartment and was a small business owner for 13 years before that. i am here today to testify and airport perimeter security. i have been critical of the performance of the tsa since its inception. i am not critical of its goal but its measures. my judgment, the effectiveness of the tsa is compromised by rigid attitude of arrogance and bureaucracy. in november of last year, the body of a young man was discovered in milton, mass. who was thought to have fallen from aircraft. i learned about a possible connection to charlotte in the media and reached out to our federal securities director. he did not want tsa to take the lead and recommended i ask our municipal police department to head up an investigation. tsa would assist them. the bible evidence could never prove or disprove that a security breach that occurred. the police and tsa pierre have a young man may have access and aircraft. the can up with an assumption about what might have a happened which exc

at the charlotte airport. i have worked for 46 years on airport management and was a small business owner for 14 years before that. i am here today to testify on airport perimeter security. i have been critical of the performance tsa since its inception. i'm not critical to its mission, i am critical of its measures. in my judgment, the effectiveness of tsa has compromised by the rigid attitude of arrogance and bureaucracy. in november of last year the body of a young man was discovered in milton massachusetts and was thought to have fallen from an aircraft. i learned about a possible connection to charlatan the media and therefore reached out to our federal security director. he did not want tsa to take the lead and instead recommended the government municipal police departments to set up an investigation and tsa what assist them. the available evidence could neither prove nor disprove a security breach had actually occurred at charlotte. the police in the tsa figure out a young man and have access to an airc

jeremyor is with the charlotte douglas international airport and mr. raffy is the former director of security at tel-aviv ben guren airport and inspector william parker is the commander of amtrak police department's k-9 unit. we appreciate your being here as well. all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. rise if you would and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. we would appreciate if you would limit our verbal tom five minutes or less. your entire written statement will be entered into the record. with that we'll start with mr. samen. you're recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman rankeding member tierney and distinguished members of the subcommittee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the transportation security administration's responsibility regarding perimeter security at u.s. com

charlotte airport.i have worked for 36 years and airport management and was a small-business owner for 13 years before that. i'm here today to testify a on airport perimeter security. i have been critical of the performance of the tsa since its inception. i am not critical of its nation. i'm critical of its measures. in my judgment the effectiveness of the tsa is compromised by a rigid attitude of arrogance and europe are see. in november of last year the body of a young man was discovered in else in massachusetts and thought to have fallen from an aircraft. i learned about a possible connection to charlotte in the media and therefore reached out to our federal security director. he did not want tsa to take the lead and instead recommended municipal police department to head up an investigation and tsa would assist them. ultimately be invaluable evidence could neither prove nor disprove that a security breach had actually occurred in charlotte. the police and tsa theorize how the young man may have acce

her body found along the banks of the catawba river outside charlotte, north carolina.a really long time after that, we would hear one of my parents cry, and that was very difficult. >> at the mt. holly police department, detective william terry understood, he'd have to prove himself on this. his first major homicide case. young guy, not much older than she is, frankly. >> that's right. yeah. >> and there's this young woman lying down there, and now you have to be a cop. >> that's right. >> would this have been this thick at the time -- the brush? >> nowhere near this thick at that time. >> but it was, he remembered, drippingly hot when he arrived at the crime scene and found, well, it was gastly. those three cords, only one tied from behind her, a bungee cord from the car possibly, the others knotted this the front, one which appeared to be a string pulled from her sweatshirt. >> it left imprints in her neck. then she had a blue ribbon from a small bag that she had in her car. that was tied around and knotted. >> and another bit of evidence, said detective terry, once

i'll take you to the charlotte motor speedway with one of nack's best. we showed you the ropes around the track. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. and we got onesies! sometimes miracles get messy. so we use tide free. no perfumes or dyes for her delicate skin. brad. not it. not it. just kidding. that's our tide. what's yours? i grew up wearing lots of hand-me-downs. bell bottoms in the '80s? not pretty. then she found them. she loved them, so i washed them in tide with downy and they're still soft and fresh. right? i'm blogging. really. i'm talking. that's my tide. what's yours? you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey

we found the problem was particularly acute in the city of charlotte, north carolina, where now 20% ofre out of work. >> our last day was july 29, 2009, i've been out of work two years. >> reporter: derek fox is the face of an unemployment rate that has reached deep into charlotte's black middle class. since he was laid off, he has contacted more than a thousand companies looking for work. so far not even a nibble. >> i got out of school, didn't get the jobs i was looking for. then i went back, got an mba degree, you know, and i'm almost like, wow, was this really worth it? >> reporter: charlotte was the promised land for well educated blacks or those who wanted to climb the ladder by improving their education, but the financial crisis, recession and government budget cuts hit african-american workers particularly hard. vanessa parker got her bachelor's in business while working at ibm, but instead of moving up, ibm moved out. now she works a survival job for minimum wage. >> we want the american dream. we want to work, be able to take care of our homes and children. >> reporter: afric

charlotte schulz has been such a wonderful participant in our government here, and to make sure that we keep attention as an international city, so i find myself as part of history, being very lucky to be the mayor of the city at this time and also finding ourselves to be so fortunate that we remember 40 years of history, 40 years of building relationships between our two countries, and i continue to feel that i am is a student of this activity because there's so much in our futures in our country working with china to understand how we could help in that relationship, help people to people, culture to culture, and then realize that we are as a city, a gateway to so much of this activity, making sure that we can celebrate this but also helping to continue improving relationships, improving dialogue between your two countries. we understand that that is important. if through programs like china sf and what we do here in our great city to welcome businesses, both american as well as businesses out of china, to come here to this city and establish offices, create relationships, create c

in our first floor exhibition space, we have an exhibition on the work of charlotte sullivan.he was a young artist in berlin. the nazis came into power. her parents sent her to the south of france to live with her grandparents. she put herself in a room for about 18 months and created 1200 small paintings telling her life story through a kind of reflection. it is another example of the way we try to bring a wide range of art and experiences to our public. we want them to find something meaningful to them. >> your institution has been in this neighborhood for three years. how do you like the neighborhood? >> this is the best neighborhood. we are the luckiest city in the world to have this kind of cultural district, to have so many museums and cultural institutions. the center of our tourist life is here because this is where the convention center is. people from near and far can be introduced to the richness of the bay area. it is so wonderful and unique. >> the city thanks you for providing such wonderful leadership and vision. >> we're so happy to be part of the city and so h

we're going to head out to the charlotte motor speedway, that's where i met up with these guys right here face to face. joey logano, jason leffler, talking about their longevity in this sport. >>> and it's expected to be the highest grossing movie in summer. film critic jay gray takes on "transformers" in 60 seconds. >>> larry crown, film critic gray drake joining us now from los angeles. gray, being very patriotic, happy fourth. let's talk about this transformers iii, much anticipated, already there's a whole lot of talk about records being broken, let's take a peek first. >> just for now, i'm going to ask, where were you when they took over the planet? >> it's over, i'm sorry, but it's over. >> incoming! >> you may lose your faith in us, but never in yourselves. >> okay, i was about to have a heart attack just watching that. that's a whole lot of energy coming your way. was this your cup of tea? did you like this? >> here's the thing, this movie helped me understand rihanna's relationship with chris brown, because i loved it on some level, but it beat the crap out of me. it is a se

that was an incredible ride there, the charlotte motor speedway.ed, we actually put on the brakes at the nascar hall of fame. and there jason leffler and joey logano told me face to face, getting to this level is hard but staying there, even tougher. >> it's easy -- it never crossed my mind, anything else. i'm sure jason is the same way. i think a race car driver is probably a different type of athlete than a basketball player. >> in what way? >> this is a different type of sport. you're driving a race car. it's a lot different. you're not on your feet. it's a mental sport. it's probably more mental than it is physical, in my eyes. but you've got to know what you're doing. i just think it takes that time commitment. it takes that will to really want to do it. it's harder to be here than it is to get here. in my eyes -- >> so to stay? >> to stay and to beat the best race car drivers in the world is harder than anything. >> why is that? what have you figured out about it or at what point did you make that realizization, even? >> i think when i starte

. >> city of charlotte. >> the city of charlotte has to pay $600,000. they don't stop there.hey choose to sue the taser company because they didn't give the cops a warning and/or training. now it would seem pretty obvious they would do that. >> bill: they won $10 million. >> $10 million in compensatory damages. not even punitive. i don't think that this is going to be overturned. it will be reduced because you can't have double recovery in the amount there was a $40,000 workers' comp. >> bill: taser company would have to pay about million. >> and also it's not the first case they have had. a case in 2008 where somebody died under similar circumstances. i think this company better learn to do better. >> another 45-year-old man was killed that's why i think it's going to stand. >> bill: kim kardashian, i don't know what she does she but she is famous. she sued old navy for what? >> for impersonating her in this ad. >> bill: i think we have the ad. >> this is real life ♪ i'm not posing for a magazine ♪ don't ask me any questions until i have my caffeine. >> because i look whatev

recently face to face, i was in the passenger seat and leffler was behind the wheel on the charlotteor speedway. oh, my gosh! i got bugs in my teeth i was smiling so much. i loved that. i got a little taste of 170 miles per hour. then we slowed it down, talking face to face with logano and leffler about how long they'll be in the race. you've got a 3-year-old son charlie. we talked a little on the race track about what would happen if he says, you know, i want to do this. or do you expect your 3-year-old is naturally going to want to be a race car driver like dad? >> you know, i don't expect it. if he wants it, like i said, we'll give him that opportunity. i want him to want to do it. >> that's a hard question to answer. i'm not there yet. it is like jason said, i've raced against kids that were pushed by their parents to race. and i remember running quarter midgets. and i would win all the time and i would beat this kid and his father would yell and scream at him. and i started to feel bad i beat him. you know? i still beat him anyway. >> you feel bad for a little bit. >> i feel bad

even though it's 90 degrees in new york, it will be not as humid, so it won't be too bad. 89 in charlotte with a chance of storms. overall, the heat continues to be the story. nothing too bad out there. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> well, back to work on wall street. the next possible distraction for traders, and how is business going at the vatican? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> why in the wake of the break-up of her marriage maria shriver may be looking at a world record payday. >>> the captain is back. two bizarre walk-offs, and you think you ate a lot of hot dogs yesterday? think again. you are watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn is facing new sexual assault charges. if she files charges, he plans to respond with a slander complaint. he is already facing a sexual assault case in new york, although that case has been jeopardized by questions about the accuser. >>> in mexico officials are searching for s

charlotte shells, our protocol officer knows, we will keep our position as an international city, and the best way to do that is to offer all the help we could to areas lies -- like christ church in new zealand and to be a city that is supportive of their recovery and helping to instigate any ideas for a quick recovery. i know as prime minister key visits president obama our countries will work together and our mutual cooperation will be cultural and economic, but the city and council of san francisco is also there for new zealand. we look forward to from the competition, but we also look forward to help them recover as well. with that, i wanted to present a proclamation to his occasion to visit us and visit our bay, and by the way, prime minister, every day in san francisco is like this. [laughter] clear, enough when it for the sales. prime minister, if we want to present to you this proclamation, declaring it to be prime minister john key day in san francisco. [applause] prime minister. >> thank you for welcoming me, mayor lee, and my delegation here to san francisco. we have had a