but as i turn to you, christopher johnson, and we should say as we just heard in the report, the chinese are saying all this the groundless, nothing to it. but how does what mandiant found in this report square with everything else you've seen? >> well, i think what's exciting about the report is what we just heard which is that this idea for the first time we're seeing a critical role of the chinese military in this process. it will also be increasingly difficult given the study's firm methodology for the chinese to continue to issue these denials that such tse such information is groundless and that there's no evidence. there's substantial evidence. >> woodruff: what's the hard evidence as you see it? >> the way i see it, what's unique about the report is, again, tracking this activity to a very narrow set of actors and just a number of opportunities in which these same actors were engaging in this kind of activity and the abundant evidence of what they were able to take through their cyber activities. >> woodruff: what ties it to the military? >> it's this military designation that we

it's very interestinghe source of information they take. >> reporter: principally, christopher johnson, economics, financial driven rather than security or military? >> well, that's what's so --. >> woodruff: in the classic sense. >> that's what's so interesting about the report. you have to chinese military conducting espionage. there's also been a view that in national security's names probing defense networks that what you would expect an opposition military to be doing. but in this case it's economic espionage which is quite interesting. >> woodruff: do we have a sense of how much damage has been done by this. >> the report highlights singh that significant damage has been done as richard pointed o. terabytes of data. >> woodruff: adding up to what? what does that cost the companies? the organizations that have been hacked into? >> it's a difficult question to answer. when a military encountered this same problem, they had to stand up a separate unit just for the purposes of saying this is the information that was stolen, what is the value, do we have to change the defense contract

christopher dorner is dead or alive. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. enforcement quickly reacted to a 9-1-1 call this afternoon that a man believed to be christopher dorner was spotted in big bear. police believed they had their suspect cornered. john alston has been monitoring this. here he is now. >> police are not letting down their guard. a san bernadino county shear riff deputy was shot and died, the fourth person apparently killed by christopher dorner. police are convinced they corned him in big bear where there was a barrage of gunfire followed by a raging fire. the mountain cabin burned into the night after they figured they had excop christopher dorner inside. and then a startling announcement. >> that cabin is too hot to make entry. there has been no body located inside that cabin. that cabin has not yet been searched. >> reporter: the rental cabin this big bear caught fire just after 4:00 this afternoon. the l.a. times reported the s.w.a.t bulldozer was tearing down walls and teargas launched followed by the sound of a single gunshot. >> i c

christopher dorner is dead or alive. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. law enforcement quickly reacted to a 9-1-1 call this afternoon that a man believed to be christopher dorner was spotted in big bear. police believed they had their suspect cornered. john alston has been monitoring this. here he is now. >> police are not letting down their guard. a san bernadino county shear riff deputy was shot and died, the fourth person apparently killed by christopher dorner. cy corned him in big bear where there was a barrage of gunfire followed by a raging fire. the mountain cabin burned into the night after they figured they had excop christopher dorner inside. and then a startling announcement. >> that cabin is too hot to make entry. there has been no body located inside that cabin. that cabin has not yet been searched. >> reporter: the rental cabin this big bear caught fire just after 4:00 this afternoon. the l.a. times reported the s.w.a.t bulldozer was tearing down walls and teargas launched followed by the sound of a single gunshot. >> i can't tell you at th

first time this couple held hostage by christopher dorner is talking about their harrowing ordeal as he tried to escape the law. good evening, everyone. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. they thought they were going to die. that's what they were saying as this developing story continues to evolve. listen to what happened as they came face-to-face with a cop killer. >> he had his gun drawn. >> you know, stay calm. >> resort owners found dorner inside one of their cabins. the moment they saw him they realized who it was. >> thought we were dead. it was scary. >> i really thought it could be the end. >> but dorner said he wasn't after them. he wanted their car. >> he talked to us, tried to calm us down and saying very frequently he would not kill us. >> after dorner left, the couple managed to free themselves. >> and then she got her gag off, and then we both were trying to stand up. >> then they called 9-1-1. per sued by police dorner ditched their car and carjacked another. >> he jumped out of the snow at me, gun drawn, a big, long rifle. he pointed his gun at me and said i don't want to hurt you. >> dorner got into a shootout with two fish and game

first time this couple held hostage by christopher dorner is talking about their harrowing ordeal as he tried to escape the law. good evening, everyone. i'm carolyn johnson. they thought they were going to die. that's what they were saying as this developing story continues to evolve. listen to what happened as they came face-to-face with a cop killer. >> he had his gun drawn. >> you know, stay calm. >> resort owners found dorner cabins.ne of theirins. the moment they saw him they realized who it was. >> thought we were dead. it was scary. >> i really thought it could be the end. >> but dorner said he wasn't after them. he wanted their car. >> he talked to us, tried to calm us down and saying very frequently he would not kill us. >> after dorner left, the couple manthemselves. themselves. >> and then she got her gag off, and then we both were trying to stand up. >> then they called 9-1-1. per sued by police dorner ditched their car and carjacked another. >> he jumped out of the snow at me, gun drawn, a big, long rifle. he pointed his gun atsaid i and said i don't want to hurt you. >> dorner got into a shootout with two fish and game wardens hitting their

johnson. abc news coverage of the state of the union address begins in just a moment. >> flames and black smoke pour are a mountain cabin where authorities say fugitive ex-cop christopherded himself after shooting and killing one deputy and wounding another this afternoon. he is wanted for three other killings apparently as revenge for being kicked off the course, police have not been able to enter the burning cabin. >> the mother of a concord teenager hit by a cartels abc 7 news joey hornsby has serious injuries but is getting better. sky 7 was just minutes after the 14-year-old was struck. his mother says it has no stop sign or yield sign. she would like to see more than a yellow pedestrian crossing sign. >> we want to give you a look at the forecast as well. >> we have clear skies right now. no clouds around. it will be on the cool side overnight but look at the accu-weather forecast. sunny day as head throughout the weekend, mild high temperatures getting up around 70 before the end of the week. >> thank you very much. >> that does it for now. now to diane sawyer and abc's coverage of the state of the union address. >> it's before a joint session of congregs. >>> t

christopher samuels was shot in the head. no word on a suspect or a motive. >> after hearing from the prosecution all last week, it is now time for defense attorneys for michael johnson to present their case he would not the man who killed phylicia barnes. friday the state rested its case but not before the judge made clear about the reservations about the shakiness of the argument. johnson is accused of killing the north carolina teenager in 2010 and dumping her body in the susquehanna river. time to get a look at weather and traffic with tony and kim this morning. >> a nice, quiet start. just what we want after a big night last night. partly cloudy. 24 of the airport and 20 in westminster. the forecast -- the clouds will thicken up and we expect some light snow early tonight but during the day it will be drying but after 5:00 or 6:00 a chance of light snow. i will talk more about that and check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. first, let's send it over to him. >> overall, not looking too bad. not a lot of volume. a couple of problem spots. northbound 95 at carton avenue, disabled vehicle to the right shoulder. edge water, 467 between old muddy creek an

johnson served her sentence at alderson prison camp in west virginia where martha stewart served her time. >>> we're following a developing story out west where the hunt continues tonight for christopher dorner. he's the former lapd police officer accused of three recent murders. some reported sightings today have not panned out. authorities said they don't know if he's in that southern california mountain where they've been focusing a teng tension for the past two days. they vow to stay there for now. his burned out pickup truck was found yesterday. dorner is suspected of targeting police officers and their families out of vengeance. >>> tragedy for a prince george's county family. they want to know why a young father died so mysteriously. someone drove the dying man to a volunteer fire department on richie marlboro road and then took off. news 4's pat collins live in capital heights. pat? >> reporter: wendy, he was shot, he was in bad shape. he was dropped off at this firehouse by a friend. a friend too scared to stick around. >> i got a call first thing this morning. i was woken by the detectives calling me and letting me know they were on the way to my home. and as of right now, i

michael johnson accused of killing fippleisha barnes who disappeared while visit being family here in baltimore. her body was found in april 2011. >>> a man is dead after being shot in the head. christopheration, give them a calls. >>> here's meteorologist lynette charles. >> it's cold out there this morning. temperatures in manchester coming in at 19 degrees. we have the winds out of the west at 4 miles an hour. so we are feeling colder than that today. as we see what's going on in manchester, we have nice clearing but this high pressure is not going to last long. that means the sunshine is not going lft long across the area. this is what we have in store. we have another clipper that's going to dive into the area going through tonight bringing us snow and talking about a dusting to maybe an inch and as we go throughout the day. temperature wise at 32 degrees so we are cold and will stay that way through the afternoon. that 7-day forecast rain in the forecast as we do bum. temperatures up a bit. let's check the traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have a crash in howard county along the southbound lanes of columbia pike at route 175. and more problems in