let's go to robert ray, who is live in charlotte, north carolina. bert petraeus is expected to take a plea deal. what could that mean for sentencing sentencing? >> reporter: good afternoon, randall. indeed here is the plea deal filed in charlotte on march 3rdrd. this means the lawyers of the united states government are not recommending prison time. they are recommending a $40,000 fine that the general would have to pay within one week of sentencing, and two years of probation. the judge could decide you know i don't want to go into this plea deal. i want to give him the maximum sentence. that would mean one year of prison time five years of probation, and a $100,000 fine. but all of the analysts think this plea deal will occur this afternoon about 2:00 when the sentencing begins. if we look at some of the charges that general petraeus is pleading guilty to many are pretty interesting. eight of his notes that he wrote, his time in afghanistan, the highly confidential material reportedly included identities of covert intelligence officers and war stra

. >> on this particular day, the woman seated beside him in a k-mart parking lot in charlotte, north carolina, is telling him more than he expects to hear. >> you really thought this thing through? >> seriously thought this thing through. >> we're talking about murder here. >> i know we are. i know i'm a coldhearted [ bleep ], but life's life. >> in late 1992, phillys and her husband were married two years and live just outside the city in the town of matthews where she works in the preschool at the first baptist church. >> if you listen to her story, preschool teacher, married, kids, she's everyone's next door neighbor. >> her 40-year-old husband, jimmy, comes into the marriage with a job as a cable splicer at the telephone company, as well as a life insurance policy. >> basically from her descriptions of jimmy crowell, good hearted working guy who, other than the fact that she wanted the insurance money and wanted to be away from him. had done nothing wrong. >> in '92, i was a detective with violent crimes task force. >> darrell price, a detective's sergeant with the charlotte police depart

robert gray is outside the courthouse in charlotte north carolina. >> this was filed here is the plea deal filed here on march 3rd, what this means is that the lawyers for the united states government are not recommending any prison time what they are recommending is that the judge decide a $40,000 fine, that they have to pay within one week of sentencing. they think this plea deal with occur this afternoon, at about 2:00 o'clock when the sentencing begins. now, if we look at the charges that the general is pleading guilty too many of them are pretty interesting the highly confidential material, reportedly includes identities of covert intelligence officers and war strategy. even notes from high level security meetings, and so these are things that clearly the government does not want anyone to see now his misstress did not include those information. >> he shays it when he shouldn't have. >> european leaders say they are committing new resources to the crisis. and steadily the wreck. more on what is being discussed. >> the purpose of the meeting from the points of view of the european

. >>> customers at the men's club in charlotte, north carolina, could occasionally get a little raucoushe employees were trained to handle those situations.

he went to charlotte, north carolina to promote the proposals and answer questions at a town hall.t will happen later on this afternoon. and millions of americans missed that april 15th midnight filing deadline for their federal taxes. you can ask for more time by filing an extension. but it could cost you. requesting an extension is only an extension to file. not an extension to pay. if you think you're going to owe money and can't pay on time you'll be subject to both interest and penalties. the i.r.s. recommends filing as soon as possible. wind dust and rain are just wreaking havoc out wrest and in the south. wind gusts are causing hazardous air quality and deadly driving conditions through parts of utah california and nevada. dust storms are causing accidents and making it nearly impossible for planes to land. in oregon witnesses say a tornado swept a car into the air and slammed it into the parking lot upside down. torrential rains even causing flooding in the south as you can see in that video. >> some -- doug: some videos from las vegas international airport, planes trying t

he spent the day in charlotte, north carolina, rallying support for his economic proposals and held an hall meeting about working family issues. >>> turning to the financial campaign trail, hillary clinton spent a second day in iowa as part of her low key approach, she toured a family-owned fruit company and took place in a small business round table. so far clinton is the only democrat in the race. >>> he is not in the race just yet, but new jersey's governor chris christie is looking a lot like a financial candidate. he's in new hampshire for a policy speech, a big network interview and several days of lunches and meet and greets. marco rubio, rand paul and test cruz are the candidates that have announced as republicans. >>> still to come on wusa 9 news at 7:00, counting the dead after a tin building collapses in the middle of the night in bangladesh. >>> he once had a promising nfl career. now he'l >>> if you were just getting home, here's a look at headlines we're following for you tonight. former nfl star aaron hernandez has been convicted of first degree murder. it took a jury 3

they had a party planned for back home in charlotte, north carolina but that party obviously would beo augusta, georgia, if wagner's able to pull off a playoff win here over holmes. >> and holmes it's interesting, he hit four out of 13 fairways not counting the 18th hole but the 18th hole three out of three. couldn't hardly hit a fairway. and goes to the hardest hole and pipes it three straight times. >> so much has changed in wagner's life since he won this tournament for his first win. >> 83 is the exact number we had just the second -- kind of almost right at that just right of it? love it. >> great practice swing. >> well johnny he knows the number. he's had 210, 209, now 207. >> that's consistent. maybe one of them will knock it stiff. >> come on, wind. >> headed at the right center section of the green. >> that's a tough spot. he's right on that spine he's got to deal with shoot left. not a good leave really. if you're going to hit the green, that's not a good spot. >> j.b. rog. >> 20 yards past his tee shot last time. just 183 left this time. >> 170. yes, that's perfect. wind's

american airlines says the flight left from charlotte, north carolina and was on its way to germany. around 6:30 it made an unscheduled landing in philadelphia. the airline says police removed the passenger before the flight continued on to germany. it's unclear whether any charges will be filed. >>> the south of philadelphia meets the wrecking ball tomorrow. the international records building on broad street will be demolished tomorrow. this is video of them taking down the sign last october. the building served as the long-time headquarters of writer and producer duo petty gamble. >>> and such a nice friday night. if you like this weather, just wait. nbc 10's first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is here with nice weather to look forward to this weekend. >>> if you liked today, even though we had rain this morning and more sunshine in the afternoon, you're going to love tomorrow. we are still very mild tonight. a few showers moving into sussex county in delaware but for the most part we are fairly dry outside. temperatures in the 60s outside. 57 in pottstown. 56 right now in all

let's get more from charlotte, north carolina where petreus was sentenced. hi there, kim.the end, it was probation and that $100,000 fine? >>reporter: yes. significantly more than the federal prosecutors had recommended but the judge said that the higher fine the maximum penalty under this count that david petreus pled guilty to of removing and retaining secret government documents reflected the serious nature of the crime, the lapse of judgment that he said was exercised by david petreus. it was really astonishishing to see given his record of public service in the military as well as the former director of the cia. and it was for that lapse in judgment that he appeared in front of the courtroom to ask for forgiveness. >> today marks the end of a two and a half year ordeal that resulted from mistakes that i made. as i did in the past i apologize to those closest to me and to many others including those with whom i was privileged to serve in government and in the military over the years. i want to take this opportunity also to thank those who have expressed and demonstrate

. >>> customers at the men's club in charlotte, north carolina, could occasionally get a little raucous, but the employees were trained to handle those situations. 26-year-old kim medlin worked there as a waitress. the money was good. >> she knew how to handle people. she could diffuse a situation very quickly. >> she was beautiful, but she was smart about it. >> late one night, as kim drove home from work, she encountered a road rage incident with an angry motorist. >> they started passing her, driving closely behind her and blowing the horn at her and things like that. >> kim was afraid these men had followed her from work, so she went to the police for help. >> she was very shook up. it took a while for the police officer to calm her down. >> she also told them that, hey, i travel this road these nights, and i'm along here about this time. >> the captain placed a radio broadcast to the other officers that were working on his shift to be on the lookout for this red jeep and to look out for her if they saw her on the roadway. >> unfortunately, this didn't help. two weeks later, police

. >> kimberly is in charlotte north carolina where he is set to be sentenced.do we expect them to be in court? well general david patraeus has already walked into the courtroom. it is astounding to believe that we are standing here, one of the most highly visible generals in the united states, who was sort of a common household name during the wars in iraq, haley decorated and highly respected among some of the most powerful leaders in the united states. but now, he is going to be striking a plea deal with the department of justice last month. as well as government information, information that we are told in court documents revealed the identities of covert intelligence officers as well as war strategies. this information was passed on to his biographer, as well as his lover at the time, and it was during this investigation by the fbi that this information was revealed that it had been passed on. so this count that he is pleading guilty to. they are likely to remember mend a more lenient sentence just a $40,000 fine, and no jail time at all just two years prof

robert ray, al jazeera, charlotte, north carolina. >> loretta lynch is confirmed as the next attorney general as the united states. they approved the nomination by a 56-43 vote. ten republicans voted for lynch. she's the first african-american woman to hold the position. president obama is glad to have her on board. >> she'll do a great job helps our communities, keeping them safe but also making sure our citizens are protected by equal justice under the law. she's got credibility with law enforcement but has credibility with the communities. >> the president nominated lynch to replace eric holder in november. she's expected to be intorn in on monday. >>> the family of michael brown, the black teenager shot and killed by a white policeman, sued the city of ferguson missouri today. the case sparked an emotional national debate about the deaths of black men at the hands of police officers. diane esther brook has more on the lawsuit. >> wearing sweatshirts wearing their son's image, michael brown's parent stood with their attorney on thursday demanding accountability for their son's deat

a strong thunderstorm knocked a tree on to a home in charlotte north carolina, this afternoon.rologist kathy orr is joining us. kathy, what can we expect? >> scott it's a crazy afternoon and evening. across the east we're talking about a severe weather threat that expands from 700 miles. these pictures just in from georgia show large hail and damaging winds. this is just the beginning as a cold front enters an unstable atmosphere. it's been warm. it's been humid all day and these storms are popping up on doppler radar. now, we had tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings extending from georgia through philadelphia. that's over 700 miles as the crow flies. we're talking about 55 million people in the path of these storms. tornado watches have been posted fortimore and philadelphia until 10:00 tonight. if this is what the season's going to be like, scott, it's going to be a very busy spring and summer throughout the east. >> pelley: kathy orr of kwy kathy, thank you so much. black friday seemed to come seven months early. target stores were mobbed yesterday for the launch

the flight left from charlotte north carolina and was on its way to germany at 6:30 last night. it made an unscheduled landing in philadelphia. police removed the passengers before the flight continued on to germany. it's unclear whether any charges will be filed. >> from our jersey shore bureau, the power struggle continues. a judge ruled glen straw cannot connect equipment with an energy company. the utility company cut electricity to the building last week after contract talks with straub broke down. >> the pennsylvania spca is reopening. it closed after an outbreak ofilyof illness with several drawing. they have caught the adoption fee for all dogs to $20. can you stop by today and tomorrow from 11 to 7:00. >> the philadelphia region has a national park on independence mall and a national memorial in society hill plus another national park in valley forge. >> a perfect day to get to the park, be outside. we're looking at sunshine wall to wall all throughout the day and we're looking at warm temperatures. it's already mild and it's going to be into the 80s this afternoon. so

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a senior economist at wells fargo security joins me from charlotte, north carolina. welcome back.ood to see you again. >> thank you. mark: why was this decline larger than expected, project really in a month when new home sales volumes typically peak and what is the key to this homebuying season? >> if you look at this report it is not indicative of the true health of the housing department. clearly this particular report is still shaking up the harsh winter. if you look at their regional breakout we solve that midwest increased and the northeast and south showed large declines. that is on the back of other large increases. so if you step back and look at other housing indicators, we are clearly seeing improvement. mark: the last months drop is not an indication that the housing market is losing momentum? anika: this is true. if we looked at purchase applications, which is a good leading indicator, we of course of seeing improvement. that is conventional applications, as well as government-backed loans. the back and look at existing home sales. that number came out yesterday and w

he is in charlotte north carolina.king moms about the challenges that they face in their day to day lives. the president also making an effort to build support on his tax proposal. he thinks it will be a big help to working families. do not talk to me about taxes today. what goes up must come down. spacex. trouble came when the rocket came back to the ground. southwest airlines widening it seat. it could prevent the growing man spreading trend. handfuls of money coming up. ♪ melissa: well, it looks like the ree usable rocket is a concept of the future. they attempted video game land the falcon 9 on a platform floated in the middle of the ocean. it descended straight down towards the barge and veering off an angle just moments before impact. according to elon musk, the rocket landed, quote, too hard for survival. the next trial video game land a reusable rocket is scheduled for june 22nd. maybe the third time will be a charm. this has to be one of the hardest things ever on the planet. southwest airline fliers getting a

. >> hi, i'm theresa from charlotte, north carolina. do you know if there were other countries, other than brazil, that some of these exconfederates or even some african-americans who were freed but they may have immigrated on their own to other countries in south america or some other place. >> oh, sure. yeah. you know, my research was specifically on the confederados who immigrated to brazil, but there were some that did, in fact, go to mexico, even though it wasn't as inviting, it was geographically closer and other south american countries as well as britain and france and even africa. there's a film from the 1990s called "ghost in the darkness" which is about a -- a former confederate soldier who becomes a lion hunt -- like a professional lion hunter in africa. a lot of these veterans just ended up or southerners ended up all over the place. there are all kinds of stories. again the what occurs at the end of military engagements across history, i mean, you just find people going all over the place and the records aren't always very

he was sentenced in charlotte, north carolina. so a fine and a couple of years probation? >>reporter: indeed and that is a sentence that many believe is too lenient given serious nature of the crime. however, the lawyers for david petreus argued for leniency. it was stark contrast of seeing him plead guilty given his decades of public service. this is a man who has been called an american hero by some of the most prestigious and high level officials in the united states. to see him sitting there listening and pleading guilty to these charges was really quite astound astounding. the argument by the judge as he carried out the sentence was that there should be $100,000 versus the $40,000 that the prosecutors have recommended. there was in fact a serious lapse in judgment and a serious nature that really need to be reflected in the sentence but david petreus did avoid jail time and could have faced up to a year in prison and got just two years probation. >> kimberly thank you. >>> joining me from washington d.c. is robert grenier, a former director of the cia's counterterrori

we just got word he went home with a guest from charlotte north carolina.t you, right? i know you're in atlanta but -- >> i was tempted. jenna: i could see it. jonathan, thank you. what a great story. jon: next hour on "happening now" some incredible dash cam video. two police officers trying to pull an unconscious woman out of a burning car. and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. ♪ getting older shouldn't mean giving up all the things she loves to do. it should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. right at home's professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal care, housekeeping, and of course, meal preparation. oh, that smells so good. aw, and it tastes good, too. we can provide the right care, right at home. jon: restaurant owner in california had an expensive mess to clean up. salt water aquarium explodes. more than 100 gallons of water rushing out along with seven expensive fish inside. four of them were saved. the owner says a clown fis

. >> i'm david passic from charlotte, north carolina. thank you for writing your wonderful and inciteful book on appomattox. there were matters i was confused about to understand. johnson was from north carolina and known to be from north carolina when he was in the senate prior to lincoln's election and lincoln had a different vp, his first term, i believe a man named hamlin. >> correct. >> how was it that hamlin got dumped and the republican party picked a southerner who be vice president who was heartbeat away from the post war. >> andy johnson, fascinating and complicated character. he is a southern senator from tennessee when the war starts. he is a jacksonian democrat representing the sturdy yo man of the south and he talked very tough against the plantar elite who he represents. and he's rewarded by lincoln and the administration for it. he's made military governor once there are swaths of the state and johnson rules with a heavy hand and does the bidding of the republican administration and lincoln -- johnson had owned a few slave

first let's go to kimberly halkett who joins us from charlotte, north carolina.berly let's talk about what we know here and the fact that this happened in january, but we're just now hearing about it. put this in some sort of perspective for us. >> reporter: well i think what we can assume from all of this the fact that there has been this lapse in reporting, is the fact that the white house and a number of intelligence agencies including the cia who operates the drone strikes in this area have no doubt been conducting internal investigations trying to figure out how this happened and how there was a lapt of intelligence which lead to such a blunder. no doubt this will continue in terms of investigation, because there will be further questions about a program that has been ongoing for sometime. this started in 2004 under president bush but ramped up significantly under president obama. it's highly controversial not just because of the fact that u.s. citizens have been killed in these latest strikes, but the fact that this isn't the first time; that it also happen

heart in the negotiations, he decides to continue falling back and he'll retreat as far as charlotte, north carolina. in the meantime it's up to general johnston to open negotiations with general sherman. calvary commanders exchange messages and it's agreed that they will meet roughly midway between kilpatrick's haertds at durham station and hampton's headquarters at hills borough. it's there on the morning of april 17th, 1865, sherman and johnston meet for the first time. they'll go inside the house of james and nancy bennett and they'll begin their negotiations negotiations. now, sherman has a fateful telegram in his hand when he enters that house. just before he left raleigh, he received word that president lincoln had been assassinated at ford's theater on april the 14 14th. the first person that sherman reveals this telegram to is general johnston. johnston reads the telegram and as sherman recalls, beads of sweat bead on his forehead, he pronounced it the greatest possible callamamity to the shoutout. at this point, sherman thinks he's got johnston over a barrel and proposes johnston ser runne

. >> david pacer from charlotte, north carolina. >> nice to meet you, david. >> thank you for writing your wonderful and insightful book. >> thank you. >> there were a couple matters i was a bit confused about. i wanted you to clarify. >> sure. >> andrew johnson of course was from north carolina. he was known to be from north carolina when he was in the senate prior to lincoln's election, and lincoln had a different vice president his first term i believe it was a man named hamlin. >> correct yeah. >> how it was that hamlin got dumped in the summer of '64 and the republican party picked a southerner to be vice president who was one heartbeat away from managing the world? >> very interesting. andy johnson fascinating and complicated character, johnson is a southern senator from tennessee when the war starts. he is a jacksonian democrat representing the yoeman of the south and he talked very tough against the planter elite whom he seemed to resent a great deal. johnson is the only southern senator to stick with the union in this moment in 1861. and he's rewarded by lincoln and the union

audience: [cheering] steve: and from charlotte, north carolina it's the rennick family! audience: [cheering] steve: well, everybody's here trying to win their self a lot of cash and somebody wants to drive out of here in a brand-new, stylish ford fusion hybrid. audience: [cheering] steve: let's play for some money! let's play "feud!" give me ken, give me crystal. ["family feud" theme playing] guys, here we go. top 7 answers on the board. we asked 100 women where do you put your hands when you kiss a man passionately? crystal. crystal: around his neck. steve: around his neck. around his neck. pass or play? crystal: we're going to play steve. steve: okay. audience: [cheering] steve: hey, crystal. crystal: hey, steve. steve: how you doing, darlin'? crystal: i'm doing well today. steve: good, good. what do you do? crystal: well, i'm a dental hygienist. i've actually been a dental hygienist for 11 years at the same practice. steve: you got nice teeth, too see that? uh-uh. you work on yourself? crystal: a little bit. steve: can you clean your own teeth? crystal: i can. steve:

this time out of charlotte, north carolina.where the former cia chief david petraeus has just been sentenced for leaking classified documents to his former lover who was writing a biography about him. i want to bring in cnn justice correspondent pamela brown right now. pamela will he do any time in prison for this? what is the sentence? >> no prison time jim, but we have learned that the judge upped the punishment here. the government had originally suggested that he face two years' probation and a $40,000 fine. but today the judge in that charlotte courtroom upped the fine to $100,000 saying that reflects the seriousness of the offense of the removal and retention of classified information. now, both the government and the defense argued today that he shouldn't face jail time because none of that information, that classified information was published or made public. as you know jim, there has been a lot of criticism against the justice department for giving petraeus special treatment, saying that he should have faced more char

the retired general made a brief statement after his court session in charlotte, north carolina. >> today marks the end of a two-and-a-half-year ordeal that resulted from mistakes i made. as i did in the past, i apologized to those closest to me and many others including those with whom i was privileged to serve in government and in the military over the years. >> ifill: petraeus resigned his c.i.a. post in 2012, after admitting to the affair. before that, he'd led u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. >> woodruff: a major merger in the telecom world has crumbled. it was widely reported today that comcast will drop its offer to buy time warner cable for $45 billion. the proposal had run into opposition from federal regulators. a formal announcement could come tomorrow. >> ifill: there's word that north korea may already have 20 nuclear warheads, and the ability to double its arsenal by next year. an account in "the wall street journal" says chinese nuclear experts relayed that estimate in a closed-door meeting earlier this year. north korea has carried out three nuclear tests in recent yea

and he is up next in charlotte, north carolina.aller: i've got to go with the republicans on this. they need to get rid of federal inspections. the corporations know what's best. let them have all the free reign they need. we don't need the federal government involved in any of this. they just strangle our freedom. host: are you saying that the free market will take place if a pipeline leaks? is it the hard when you're making? i think she stepped away from the phone. guest: the concept of self regulation got to be a dirty word. a lot of republicans believe in smaller government and believe it doesn't matter. the companies would still be decent in their records. host: does this spark a partisan debate on capitol hill? are they paying enough attention to a smaller agency? guest: the tradition is they are reauthorized in a partisan fashion. host: the example you get into is tim griffin in arkansas about the mayflower spill. guest: that was the spill that they just settled. he is a protege of karl rove. he got into them when they refus

she is 4 last seen wearing a pink t-shirt and pajama pants and might be headed towards north charlotte, carolina way man named phillip kett -- with a man named phillip ketter. she may be on her way to north carolina driving in a black nissan altima. >> we'll have more on that story on wusa9 news at 7:00. >>> but first the cbs evening news is next. have a great night, everybody! >> bye bye. >> pelley: the jury says guilty 30 times. now will boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev pay with his life? also tonight, more action against the white south carolina police officer caught on tape killing an unarmed black man. >> i have watched the video, and i was sickened by what i saw. >> pelley: the president speaks with us about how climate change is making people sick. and meet the woman who just cracked the nfl's grass ceiling. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, a federal jury found dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts in the boston marathon bombing, including using a weapon of mass

that's david jackson and covers the white house for your city to talk about that event and charlotte, north carolina, particularly talk about issues related to women. thanks for your time this morning. >> guest: thank you. >> at age 25 choose one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies and during the revolution while in her mid '40s she was considered an enemy by the british who threaten to take her hostage. later she would become our nation's first first lady at age 57. martha washington, this sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies." examined the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first ladies and influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama "sundays at eight" p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. and as a complement to the series sees this new book, "first ladies"." providing lively stories of these fascinating women trading and illuminating, entertaining and inspiring read. it's now available as a hardcover or e-book for your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> earlier today president obama me

that events will be a private help event in charlotte, north carolina. the front page highlight the event and chose the headline " obama to address pay for women" adding that he will have their tod -- head there today. even as data suggests wage and inequality persists in north carolina. other issues will be discussed. joining us to talk about those issue is david jackson of usa today. he covers the white house. can you tell us why the administration is taking this effort today? guest: because it is tax day. midnight is the deadline for people to file returns. there are millions of people who wait till the last day. it is a good day to highlight economic issues. host: as far as the headline saying it is women that he especially reaching out to, talk about that. guest: it has been a big part of his political coalition since the beginning of his career. it appeals to women, working women in part of a. of single women as well. this is been a constant theme for his inauguration. he has followed through on it. we have a presidential election coming up. north

on wednesday the president will travel to charlotte, north carolina, where he'll meet with working women to discuss the plan he laid out in his budget proposal to help those women who are both working in the workplace but also trying to raise a family. and the context of that visit he'll take some questions from online communities that cater to working women. to talk about this issue. on thursday the president will make a special appearance here at the white house at a champions for change event where he will honor working families and advocates for working families and recognize theirs efforts to fight for things like workplace flexibility, paycheck fairness and putting an end to pregnancy discrimination. so, a very practical pocketbook focused agenda for this week in addition to a range of other issues. i'm prepared to talk about all that today. so, darlene, do you want get to us started? >> thank you. i have couple of questions on the -- prime minister or iraq. before he left today he said that his country needs more support from the international community to finish off the islamic s

i want to take this opportunity to commend the officials in north charleston -- in north charlotte, north carolina, who immediately, when they saw the video and saw the evidence, they didn't waste any time. they didn't try to cover up or hide. they went and did the right thing. they charged the officer just as they would have charged a civilian, had a civilian shot someone. and it appeared to be unjustified. i'll give you an example in my state of georgia, where on new year's morning, 3:00 a.m. in the morning one of our local police chiefs was asleep in the bed next to his companion, who happened to be his ex-wife and due to some problems that he heard, he went and grabbed his service revolver and went downstairs to check on some noise and didn't find any disturbance and put the gun according to his testimony or his statement, on the bed and went to sleep with his wife besides him, his ex-wife, and he was awakened to a gun firing and his wife, his ex-wife ended up being shot in the back and he called the police to report that i've shot my wife. and he was not arrested. he has not been arrested to

they rented office space in an office park in charlotte north carolina. they had a grand total of 22 people in the central office of the, with 11 steel mills. the workers were paid a salary that averaged 65 to 75% of industry average but got a weekly bonus based on production totals. line production workers got a bonus based on another formula. in addition to that there was a profit sharing plan of 10% of the profits unavailable to top management. everybody else participated. in addition to that if you had a child, who wanted to go to college and you were a nucor employee they would play the equivalent of a year's tuition in community child college for a child to go. one man in darlington south carolina educated eight children working for nucor. it had no adverse effect on your pay or your bonus. in addition to that they had a no layoff policy. so i still got the letter ken iverson wrote to all of his employees in the only year of the 1980s when nucor made less money than they did the year before. they never lost money until the financial crash but their

district court in charlotte north carolina. jonathan reality how likely is it that petraeus will do anytime from this? >> reporter: it is highly unlikely, martha because petroleum petrais worked out a plea agreement with prosecutors. he is expected to plead guilty to one count ever unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. it is a misdemeanor in theory carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison but up to one hundred thousand fine. as part of the plea agreement signed in february petraeus and prosecution will recommend the judge sentence the retired four-star general to two years probation instead of prison time. it will order him to pay a fine of $40,000. martha. martha: what are people saying saying whether or not the punishment fits what he did? >> reporter: depends what he talks to. critics say the sentence recommended today for petraeus is not nearly as severe as some of the s sentences imposed on others who have been caught leaking sensitive information especially during the obama administration. pet

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in some markets like charlotte, north carolina it's even worse. 95% of the market stale.? well historically no. but today, yes, because of this. umpteen apps that tell every potential buyer out there every last detail about every house, every comp every block of every neighborhood. so buyers block of every neighborhood. buyers know literally in seconds what they see and whether it's a good buy. it seems that things can get stale a lot quicker nowadays than they ever could before. if you want to hear more from the ceo of red fin on this we have it online realtycheck.cnbc. come. >>> aerie pharmaceuticals losing more than half of their volume today after bad news about the company's key drug. that's why so many investors play in etf, like the ibb up nearly 60% in the past year. >> this particular one stock, which is really an example of why biotech investing is not for the faint of heart. aerie is working in glaucoma pressure of the eye disease which analysts say is i $4.5 billion market already. there hasn't been a new mechanism of action in almost two decades. aerie had a

his daughter jill is with us from charlotte north carolina.e. we'd love to know a little bit about him, first. >> well, my dad was just an average guy. he was in the building automation industry and raised a family. and loved us well. and we loved him. and he was very passionate about politics. so this was very fitting for us as a family. when he passed away, pretty suddenly last week a beautifully written obituary was done for him by one of his granddaughters. as we were making the final arrangements. it was in front of me at the table at the funeral home. i looked down and said to my brother and my mom, that we should add this. and they both just grinned and said oh, he would love that. and so we did. and never, ever expected this sort of backlash and a lot of sweet kind comments as well. >> you're right. we've got some of both. first the sweet kind of condolences people registered on the funeral home site. somebody wrote our deepest sympathies to the family. rest assured we will not vote for hillary clinton in 2016. the funeral home website

the first call this morning on the beltway culture, lee roy from charlotte, north carolina.ood morning to you. what would you like to say? caller: it is enjoyable to watch. i believe that the president, he may be can skip it. sometimes the jokes are a little off key. i think at times the jokes kind of belittle the presidency and members of the congress. i think it should probably be more comedians. if some public officials want to attend, they should. if they don't, we should hold it against them. host: thanks a lot. tom is calling from wisconsin now. republican. what do you make of this dinner and the idea of journalist, hollywood celebrities, government official mingling. is it to cozy or is it ok? caller: how come you don't have any conservative guests on your show this morning. host: who would you like to see? caller: anybody who is conservative. you have a far left and senator brown coming on after the show. host: i will ask you again, who would you like to see on the show? caller: any conservative. host: can you name one? caller: sean hannity. rush limbaugh. host: we a

where the president has the spotlight, and today is going to be a terrific conversation in charlotte, north carolina did the president give into the senate and he knows it could compromise the deal with iran skprbgs we are seeing the backlash already, and why didn't he hold strong? >> the single most important concern for the president is insuring that iran does not develop nuclear weapons. he believes the path to diplomacy we are following that secretary kerry has been leading is the right way to go. and he is very confident if we continue on this path we will be able to ultimately reach a deal in june. what the senate foreign relations committee did was a compromise. the president said he would vottoing thesroeveto the legislation and now it provides the framework where congress can an oversight on the process, and life is about compromise and it's very good to see the senate democrats and republicans have been working together, and we have done a great effort to try and include effort and had 130 meetings and calls up on the hill and as recently as yesterday, secretary kerry was making sure the m

host: as we touch on a trout care issue, i want to show a bit of president obama from charlotte, north carolinahis week. he talked about his desire to trouble the child care tax credit. [video clip] president obama: which would translate to potentially an additional $900 a year for childcare. that is going to make a big difference in a lot of families. so, at the federal level at least, this should be one of our top budget priorities. and, you know, it is in everybody's interest to make sure that our kids, and i see hours because -- i say hours -- i say ours because even if you are single, even if your kids are grown, even if your kids are like mine on the way to college soon and think i am boring and don't want to hang out with the as much as they used to that your kid is important to me, too. and that is not -- not a charity. that is because your child -- as a son or a daughter? in eight-year-old son. you know, your son, if he is doing well, that means he is paying taxes, that means he is paying -- contribute into society, he is staying out of trouble. that is a good investment for me. host:

. >>> sixers are in north carolina in charlotte at seven.e yet another one of our teams having issues on the road. sixers have lost 18 of their last 19 road games. in fact sixers have only won six games away from home all season. ville know of ace only number one seed not in the final four. chester's bill lion is back in the final four for second straight season and once again his wisconsin badgers facing kentucky right after the duke/michigan state game. for ryan it will be as tough as it gets to get to the championship game. kentucky an undefeated 38-zero. >> do you think i have to tell my players that this is a big game or that kentucky is pretty good? they are. our guys believe that in a 40 minute contest when they step on the court we can get this. >> we will see. it will be nice if a local guy can do well but kentucky is so tough. >> undefeated we will see how it goes. jeff, thank you. >>> up next, we, of course will have meteorologist melissa magee for the easter day holiday coming up when "action news" comes right back. [leaves rustl

>> we're the harris family from charlotte, north carolina! whew!> we're friend celebrating our sweet 16! whew! >> it is 8:00 on "today." it is thursday april 9, 2015 as we make our way out into the plaza, feeling chilly and wintry. hey, this is your song throwback thursday. >> you asked if i knew who bob marley was. do you know who coolio is? >> he used to have the hairstyle. >> you know what is showing up in our shows, these signs, like this one here that says ellen sent me to find matt lauer's tickle spots. there is more over here apparently ellen went on her show the other day and sent these people to the show. first of all, i want to know only ellen knows where my tick him spots are. >> trust me you don't want to look for it. the headlines now from natalie. good morning. >> once again the mayor of north schorlston, south karen south carolina says he wants every officer to be armed with cameras. gabe gutierrez is there with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, investigators could release dash-cam video from the incident as early

today it has landed in one of my favorite cities charlotte north carolina. >> that's where our fan watcheset. >> wonderful. we want to tell everyone why you were chosen. jes gave birth to the beautiful babies this past october. three months early. so they were in icu during that time. she got to spend some quality mommy/baby time together while watching the fourth hour. >> jes tells us she connects on a personal level with our show watching bobbie thomas go through her journey with ivf and so glad about that. >> bobbie is doing great too. now time to put your fan dom to the test with a trivia question. 15 seconds to answer. >> i think you're going to get it. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> okay. here it is. is bobbie thomas expecting a boy or a girl some. >> a boy. >> yes. >> ready? >> all right. >> you're going on a fabulous trip and i guess you're going to go with dan, right? >> i guess. >> you will be headed to miami florida, where you will stay three flights and four days at the eve hotel in miami. a destineation hotel. >> during your stay enjoy a wynnewood arch tour with eves curator,