wisn's colleen henry reports from marinette, wisconsin. >> i never would have thought that he would doething like that. maybe right out of a book or something. but i don't know. >> reporter: kelsey leisner rode the bus to school with sam hangle on tuesday morning. she has known him since preschool. the hengels blocked a their driveway with a no trespassing sign. but they released a statement. unfortunately, we may never know the answer to the question why, because there were no indicators to make us think that something is wrong. even though we are devastated and heartbroken over the loss of our son, we're extremely thankful there were no other injuries in this incident. as investigators work to unravel a motive, the kids who were in the classroom, worked through with counselors. >> i'm sure he snapped. but everybody wants to snap. he didn't hurt anybody. you can tell that. he's all crazy. he wanted attention. wanted to talk. something. more than likely, just wanted to talk. >> reporter: karen leisner said that sam was a quiet kid, who must have kept his torment to himself. >> i can't

mike jones is us with, along with his wife, colleen. good morning. >> good morning. >> you're in that room where so much happened. 14 shots fired. i'm wondering what's going through your mind, what your emotions are right now. >> when i got out of the hospital and i just came by that afternoon to see how i would react to. they already had everything cleaned up. they were painting and that quick. this morning i'm feeling a lot better. yesterday was very emotional. when i came back in this room and saw the superintendent again and every time i see him i cry, i hope he's not here this morning. >> you know, i know that you're a former police investigator, mike, but few police ever have to fire a weapon in a life or death situation the way you did. i have to tell you, i was so moved at the news conference yesterday when you talked about having to shoot a man and sending your condolences to clay duke's family. >> i shot the man in the back the first time and i thought i was going to jail and just so many things that go through your mind, but

. >> mike jones and his wife colleen join us now from panama city. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> morning. >> mike, let me ask you this, just to begin with, as you watched all of this unfold, what was your greatest fear? >> that the superintendent was dead. >> that he was actually dead? >> yes. >> because you -- >> when you pulled that trigger and -- >> right. because you saw mr. duke open fire and you then saw mr. husband felt fall behind the -- behind the desk there, right? >> right. he had his back to me. mr. duke did. when i seen him square up with both hands with the weapon in front of him, i knew it was over. and when he fired that round at that close range, i just, i knew he was dead. >> whew. and at that point, do you know you have to, you have to act? >> right. i mean, that's when i opened the door and engaged him in the gunfight. >> right. did you have what you would call a clear shot? i mean, were you in a position where you could really encounter him? >> no. i that was the whole problem. i'd entered the room once, tried to

. >> colleen, members of the community are calling mike a hero whether he likes it or not, is that how you see him this morning? >> absolutely. absolutely. he didn't have to go into that room. he could have waited until all the other police officers showed up as backup. he just -- he couldn't. he's got a big heart. he always feels like he's responsible for the world and that's his nature and it didn't surprise me at all that he ran into that building, into that room. >> you know, mike, you are obviously considered a hero by the members of your community, but you're also known for the things that you do every day as salvage santa to help the needy kids in your area, we did contact schwinn and they wanted to donate 500 bikes and helmets. so that will be in time for christmas. you've changed so many lives, mike. this experience, how has it changed your life? >> 500 bikes? >> 500 bikes. it's certainly changed it that way. one way to put the focus on the kids instead of yourself. >> you might want to call an ambulance again, my heart's fixing to race again. this is so awesome and there's so

our guest, fbi whistle-blower, colleen rowly. >>> and the little child shall lead them. the arizona 13-year-old raising money to get a liver transplant for jan brewer death panel victim, francisco felix. >> i'm only a 17-year-old kid trying to help another kid live another day. >> our guest, carlos olivos you're. >>> crash and burn, sarah palin's book sales plummet another 29% on top of last week's plummet. >> and which word is he saying here, censure or censor. he claims censure. >> and i think we that we also should be censoring the american news agencies which enabled him. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown". >> we need to have an honest conversation. >>> good evening from new york. this is wednesday, december 15th, 692 days until the 2012 presidential election. and to that point, the white house says that congressmen couldn't know firsthand, because the president has not spoken to him about this, nor said this to him about any of this, but congressman peter defazio of oregon is tonight saying that the mr. obama is, quote, making phone calls, saying this

our guest, colleen rally. >>> and a little child shall lead them. the arizona 13-year-old raising money to get a liver transplant for jan brewer death panel victim francisco bailey. >> our guest carlos olivas, jr. >>> crash and burn. sarah palin's book sales plummet 29% on top of last week's plummet. and which word is he saying here, censor or censure. he claims censure. >> i think we should be censoring the american news agencies which enabled him. >>> all that and more now on "countdown." >> wneed to have an honest conversation. >>> good evening from new york, this is wednesday, december 15th. 692 days until the 2012 presidential election. to that point, the white house says that congressmen couldn't know firsthand because the president has not spoken to him about this, nor said this to him. but president obama is making phone calls saying this is the end of his presidency if he doesn't get this bad deal, end quote. the context for the fifth story tonight. a lower estate tax than president bush had. house democrats are now standing their ground. a

i have to say when i was looking at the news conference yesterday and was looking at colleen i thoughteautiful and, obviously a wonderful person, as well. are you going to look at your family and look at life in a different way than you did before, do you think? >> absolutely. my son just graduated from the police academy and she's telling him his academy is already over. he's not going into law enforcement. we will have to discuss that a lot. he's a good, young man and i'm very proud of him. we're going to talk. he wants to talk to me and i think the best thing for me was i got to see my daughter and i gotto see my granddaughter and that helped me a lot. i got to play with her a little bit. we have to get back to normalcy and i don't think that is going to happen until after christmas. >> let me ask you about that. you're pretty well known in those parts. you spend your free time fixing old bikes and toys for needy kids. are you going to be santa this year? >> oh, yeah. we're geared, we're moving all of our toys tomorrow and we start our big give away monday morning. we'll be giving t

colleen thinks so, too. that's his wife.terday, he said, aren't i married to the most beautiful woman in the world? >> i think so. >> he had all the women here swooning after that one. >> sure did. >>> also this morning, dollar store showdown. top designers, katie brown and jonathan adler, gave them a challenge. 50 bucks. can they take $50 to a dollar store and put together a party with plenty of style? they did it. >> i can't wait to see what they came up with. >>> also, saving the lives of millions of babies. i'm going to show you how a class project at one of america's most privileged universities is changing the face of one of the top global health issues, infant mortality. i just went to india last week, george, to see how these kids were doing with their project. and how you, you the viewer, can be an exciting part of an initiative, called be the change, save a life. >> this is more than a school project. >> absolutely. they've taken their school project -- we'll tell you all about it -- and implemented it in villages.

colleen is off tonight. i'll tell you about some frustration at the airport. but first, what's up for tomorrow? >> very cold temperatures. not just very cold. some of the coldest numbers we have seen this season. we have said that just about each night over the past week to weeknd a half. some numbers already downto the single digits. let's show you what's happening out there right now. we'll take you back 12 hours to where the srm is winding down. snow making its way out of here, and behind it, we saw cold air move on in here. right now, temperatures to 25 degrees across the area. some areas pickingup 1 to 3 inches of snow during the day today. some was ale to build up on the road. they will re-freeze overnight. 9 in frederick. 16 in sterling, 14 in manassas. a very cold morning tomorrow. then the potential storm for the weekend. i'll let you know what i think about that suny storm, coming up later on. >> thanks, doug. >>> getting home tonight took longer than normal for a lot of people on the roads. some at the airport never got out. darcy spencer is at nati

colleen lateen owns the sarchght weary in woodstock. county board of appeals is hearing the case to decide whether or not she can continue to house monkies. her neighbors whose property on old frederick road shaves shares the driveway says the sanctuary draw large crowds. the couple believes the sarchght wary should not be able to house the exotic animals. and it's licensed to operate by the department of agriculture department. officials there say they will inspec the facility once or twice -- inspect the facility once or twice a year. >>> speed cameras will catch more fast drivers and bringing in serious revenue. baltimore department of transportation says from november 1st of last year to the same time this year, it hand out more than 379,000 citation at 40 bucks each. and that equals a total of more than $15 million for city. city leaders and the department of transportation official insist speed cameras are not a revenue generator but a safety tool. >>> eight minutes before seven and consumer news, super fresh grocery stores filed

well you're up to date now from the news desk up next all the latest business with colleen. and i will go straight to our top story all prices are rallying strongly following saturday's decision by the oil production producing nations of opec to leave current quotas unchanged brant crude is currently trading at one half percent higher on the session at ninety one dollars and eighty cents the market is also being supported by the cold start to the winter in the northern hemisphere and i renewed optimism over the global economic recovery some market watchers believe the strengthening trend will continue through next year goldman sachs predicts the oil price will average one hundred dollars a barrel next year and will strengthen further in two thousand and twelve but why do you think carefully president of lukoil believes that could be a little too optimistic. i think that the current price is already fair and comfortable for both producers and consumers our analysts agree with experts that the only person next year will be at around the same level. eighty or ninety dollars com

meredith spoke to jones and his wife, colleen, earlier this morning.to do -- i hadn't even opened the door hardly at all and i heard the first gunshot. so i engaged him right then. i couldn't wait any longer. >> at that point did you think that the superintendent was dead? >> yes, ma'am. >> so when he stood up, that's when you say you lost it? >> when i went down the aisle and took the gun out of mr. duke's hand and threw it over to the side, it was kind of like everything just went blank. i couldn't hear anything and i was just like in a wind tunnel or something. all of a sudden the superintendent and franklin harrison, the school board attorney, came up and i lost it right then. i could not believe they were alive. that man was two feet from him when he pulled the trigger. >> now, mike, this is something that you said 20 years on the police force and being a security guard, never had fired your gun at someone and it has weighed heavily on you since. i know you sought counsel with your preacher to get right with god, as you said. the first thing that

. >> reporter: business was brisk today at the soak target store on coleman avenue where colleen had a cart full of christmas items. >> 50% off so those bows are $1. it is a good price when you want to store stuff away. >> on the day after christmas there are always returns. >> returning guitar hero. i just didn't like it as much as the first one. >> reporter: but more than returning, people were boying, especially dvds and video games. big sellers this season. >> it's looking go ahead. i mean, we still have the gift card shoppers coming in. and visa gift cards and target gift cards so still get some of the shoppers in. >> the retail sales could help speed the economic recovery. with companies producing more items, raising capital and ultimately hiring more people. this is ktvu, channel 2 news. >> this beautiful old church held its final mass for a special class of people today. now they don't know where they are going to turn for the services they need. >>> a housing boom, which part of the bay ea is seeing a surge in new building. but are the numbers a bit misleading. >> a friend f

you know, there's a wonderful essay that was written by the woman, colleen raleigh. she was "time's" person of the year for being a whistleblower. veteran of the fbi. she says it -- i think it was in the "l.a. times" this past week or so. she says, i think possibly had wikileaks existed in 2001 there would have been a chance that 9/11 wouldn't have happened because if that had been out there to the american people, if that had been out there to say even her office, her fbi, her field office, had she even known to look for these. if they had taken the call from the flight school where the guy, remember the guy who calls up and says, hey, i got these guys here and they don't want to know how to take off or land a plane. oh, that's a top secret. these things shouldn't be secret. this effects american lives. we should know about these things. and i think -- i think -- i think these leaks will save lives. these secrets that are kept. whether it's gulf of tonkin, whether it's 9/11, how we got into the iraq war. those secrets, those secrets, they kill people. they take live

. >> reporter: business was brisk at the target store on coleman avenue where colleen had a cart full of items. >> 50% off. they are a there are. that's a good price when you want to store stuff away. >> reporter: on the day after christmas there are always returns. >> returning guitar hero. i didn't like it as much as the first one. >> reporter: more than returning people were buying, especially dvds and video games. big sellers this season. >> it's looking good. we still get -- the gift card shoppers, really got target gift cards, we get the christmas shopping in still. >> reporter: economists say the predicts increase in sales could help feed the recovery with companies producing more items, raising capitol and hiring more people. live in san jose, ktvu channel 2news. >> san francisco firefighters today responded to a fire at a marijuana location. it happened just before ten on ocean avenue. details sparse but they responded to reports of smoke and made a quick work to put out the fire. there were no reports of injuries and no word on the caus >>> after christmas crabbing trip almo

bill and colleen carte are with me.ill is the president of foundation fighting blindness for northern virginia and colleen is a guide dog trainer. you're not an actual guide dog. she trains, which is appropriate because we also have bruce here which is bill's guide dog. good morning to both of you. happy holidays to both of you. let's talk about this really unique event that is going on tonight and the bigger picture of the event. >> it's a great event, holly. people love it. we had the similar event last year and it's an opportunity for people to really experience what it's like to be blind, to eat dinner, not knowing exactly what is on their plate and where it is and people enjoy it quite a bit because it's kind of a shared adversity thing and it's an adventure. >> it sounds like an adventure. and we have the guys here already setting up the ballroom. and i would assume for them, is there anything that has to be set up differently? >> well the servers are actually visually impaired so and so there are ropes set up tha

wisn's colleen henry reports now from marinette, wisconsin. >> i never would have thought that he would maybe wrote it out of a book or something. but i don't know. >> reporter: kelsey rode the bus to school with sam monday morning. she's known him since preschool. their families live two doors apart. the hengels blocked their driveway with a no trespassing sign. but the family released a written statement, revealing its own bewilderment. "unfortunately, we may never know the answer to the question why. because there were no indicators to make us think something was wrong. even though we are devastated and heartbroken over the loss of our son, we are extremely thankful there were no other injuries in this incident." as investigators work to unravel a motive, the kids who were in the classroom with sam work through with counselors. >> i'm sure he snapped but everyone wants to snap. he didn't hurt anybody. you could tell that. it's not like he's all crazy. i don't know, he wanted attention, wanted to talk, something. more than likely, he just wanted to talk. >> reporter: karen says sam wa

colleen pitts who is blocks away from neely this e-mail will be here. he's the service employees international union directing is the strategic campaign stricter and he will be talking about sciu efforts in midterm elections and finally to my far right is arch pulaski of the afl-cio. they represent to plead 1 million members of 1200 manufacturing transportation construction service and public sector unions and does book mentioned, his union federation worked hard for the deck candidates in the statewide california e elections. so to begin with, let's hear from iyse hogue from moveon.org. >> thank you. it's great to be with you today. it's a little odd to be the one to kick this off because moveon.org is in a slightly different categories and you have to integrate sort of everything that you hear. we are a pack which means we are engined by our members for small donors. our average donation is $42 everybody over $200 is disclosed through the fec by federal law. why this is important is because disclosure and the amount of individual contributions given i

then to the far right, colleen from hawaii who beat the short term congressman who won a special election back in may i think it was up last year. and then finally karen, this big of a california house, and is now elected to congress to fill diane watson see. so that's a pretty horrible message to our members. he goes there are so few women of color in the congress, we like that message. we are out there helping to expand the number of women of color in the united states congress. people are responding to that message. and so we now have a big new marketing campaign that we are going to be unveiling. i guess i am unveiling it now. but coming up in 2012. there are six women united states senators up for reelection in 2012. did you realize that? that's a lot. and those are all women who are strong advocates for choice and for women's health, and are probably all the things that a lot of us believe in. and so our mission this cycle is going to be to keep the seat of those women, protect those women, get them reelected. and i think it's going to be a very powerful message to our members who a

colleen pitts who is blocks away from neely this e-mail will be here.e's the service employees international union directing is the strategic campaign stricter and he will be talking about sciu efforts in midterm elections and finally to my far right is arch pulaski of the afl-cio. they represent to plead 1 million members of 1200 manufacturing transportation construction service and public sector unions and does book mentioned, his union federation worked hard for the deck candidates in the statewide california e elections. so to begin with, let's hear from iyse hogue from moveon.org. >> thank you. it's great to be with you today. it's a little odd to be the one to kick this off because moveon.org is in a slightly different categories and you have to integrate sort of everything that you hear. we are a pack which means we are engined by our members for small donors. our average donation is $42 everybody over $200 is disclosed through the fec by federal law. why this is important is because disclosure and the amount of individual contributions given in

. >> colleen mayer, american history professor of mit presents a history of the ratification of the u.s. constitution. she recalls the year long debates that took place around the country following the constitutional convention as the newly produced document was poured over by the citizenry. she discusses the book at national archives in washington d.c. the program is just over one hour. . . and i cheer you on. i am delighted to be here to speak about ratification the book. i have gone around quite a bit in previous years talking about ratification, a work in progress. and to have it finally in book form is a tremendous relief. you understand that after i tell you that the contract they signed with shaman and sister back in the late 1990s committed me to produce a manuscript in 2004. you may have noticed it is not 2004. in fact, over the years were a gift talk coming out of the worker with dewey mike in 2006, 2008, people would say this sounds very interesting. do you have a deadline on this project? i would say yes, 2004, which got a little attention. it may be useful to start here by

then to the far right, colleen from hawaii who beat the short term congressman who won a special election back in may i think it was up last year. and then finally karen, this big of a california house, and is now elected to congress to fill diane watson see. so that's a pretty horrible message to our members. he goes there are so few women of color in the congress, we like that message. we are out there helping to expand the number of women of color in the united states congress. people are responding to that message. and so we now have a big new marketing campaign that we are going to be unveiling. i guess i am unveiling it now. but coming up in 2012. there are six women united states senators up for reelection in 2012. did you realize that? that's a lot. and those are all women who are strong advocates for choice and for women's health, and are probably all the things that a lot of us believe in. and so our mission this cycle is going to be to keep the seat of those women, protect those women, get them reelected. and i think it's going to be a very powerful message to our members who a