susan collins wants this to go forward. if she's not on board, something is wrong. >> let me ask you again regarding what is needed for a compromise here. you have john mccain being the target of comments by lady ga ga and others because he said in the past that if the military leaders say it's time to repeal, he will follow this. now you have mccain and others saying we need more study, we need more time. what is an acceptable compromise when you have men and women serving and are forced to hide their true selves from their clee colleagues? >> i think republican moderate votes want the ability to add a couple more amendments. you're right to point out the contradictions in their positions for a couple years ago to now. nothing will get them on board now. it's a bigoted position. they're not going to change. they're not worth negotiating with right now. but the moderate, susan collins, these people are worth negotiating with. they're reasonable. they can come around. if senator reid will just budge a little bit and come to

collins, when we come back. >> no guards needed. i'm happy to stay. >> thank you, dr. collins. we'll be right back. host: caller[captioning performy national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the subcommittee will resume its sitting. dr. collins, two other things i wanted to cover with you. one, in your testimony -- and you mentioned it also in the slides -- was the power of embryonic stem cells as a research tool. sounds like even if these cells never actually end up being used as therapies in which they are tnsmitted into human beings, they can still teach us valuable information that can lead to treatments and cures. i just want to ask, is that correct? and just a slight elaboration on that. >> that is correct. and in two ways. one is that human embryonic stem cells, because they represent that most potent, most undifferentiated cell type, but can be encouraged to go down various pathways to become brain cells or blood cells or muscle cells, they give us a window into how that development hpens in humans in a way that we didn't

we will take it down to david collins. he might have a little more and tell -- intel on what is going on. >> go ahead, david. >> the hospital is in a lot down situation. they have released a statement. they are encouraging faculty, patience, visitors, all staff to remain in their rooms. we have confirmed that a doctor has been shot. the suspect is held up on the eighth floor. they have evacuated non- essential personnel. they're asking everyone who was in the hospital to remain in their rooms. city police have cordoned off an entire city block around the building. the people that are outside of the building walking around are puzzled, and relatively excited about the police presence. it is very calm as people go about their business. the city is responding with a swat team. we saw several members hop out and go into the building. dozens of officers are engaged in traffic and crowd control. it is our understanding that there are a lot of police officers inside of the hospital building. whether or not they have figured out w

finally collin could see his boys.ur cameras weren't allowed in, but hours later when collin walked out, he was in tears. >> the boys came in and they sat next to their two uncles and hung their head and stayed pretty much away from me. it was very, very sad. very, very sad. >> collin believes the kids have been brainwashed to hate him and life in america. it hurt, badly. >> i tried to explain to them, both their parents love them. a it was a start. it was a first meeting. and they're my two beautiful boys. so that's what happened. >> reporter: so much pain, yet collin never gives up so the question becomes where does he go from here? collin just sent this letter to egyptian officials calling for the immediate release of his sons calling it a humanitarian matter. >> all right, jeff rosin, thanks very much. collin bauer is with us exclusively this morning along with his attorney. let me go back to this meeting, collin, it's heart breaking to watch your reaction to it. when the boys first walkeded into the room and saw y

collin won sole custody.-wife took the kids, forged their passports and snuck them into her native egypt. an international arrest warrant has been issued, her face plastered on the interpol website wanted for kidnapping. but egypt hasn't cooperated. earlier this month collin pled for help. >> i have no idea where they are. nobody is told where they are. i've been told the egyptian government knows where they are. >> but the egyptian government won't tell you? >> egyptian government certainly hasn't told me. >> just days after the story, secretary of state hillary clinton got personally involved and spoke with egypt's president leading to this visit. finally collin could see his boys. our cameras weren't allowed in, but hours later when collin walked out, he was in tears. >> the boys came in a and they sat next to their two uncles and held their hands and stayed pretty much away from me. so it was very, very sad. very sad. >> reporter: collin believes the kids have been brainwashed to hate him and life in amer

collins has not indicated how she will vote tomorrow.ing the senate from mcconnell, let's wait until the military releases its review of the policy, which just happens to be after the midterm elections. "given that the law implementing the don't ask, don't tell policy has been in place for nearly 17 years," senator snowe said "i agree it's overdue for a thorough review. the question is whether we should be voting on this issue before we have the benefit of the comprehensive review that president obama's secretary of defense ordered," which is where lady gaga come in. the singer has been drumming up support for the repeal, tweeting in support of majority leader reid's move to bring the bill for a vote and encouraging her fans to call their senators and urging them to vote for repeal. >> my name is stephanie joann angelina germanada, also known as lady gaga. i'm asking senators to vote with harry reid and carl levin to repeal don't ask, don't tell. we're not asking you to agree with or approve the moral implications of homosexuality, we're

because of him limiting the amendments, snow and collins have cried foul saying they don't want to go through with allowing debate on this vote. there are some folks who are very close to the organizations that asked to repeal don't ask don't tell that are upset with harry reid because they would be secure of these two votes to allow debate on the measure to go forward. it remains to be seen what happens in the next few hours. republicans will hold. >> we were just seeing susan collins speaking on the house floor live there and also just to get in what senator olympia snowe is saying. she is saying she would rather wait until the report by the military is complete, which is supposed to be december 1st. give us an indication of why harry reid is trying to move this forward when right now the military is trying to actively gain the information they need and secretary gates is saying that will be by december 1st. >> what you hear a lot from republicans is saying that harry reid is trying to play politics to fire up the democratic base, specifically the left, the folks they really need to

>> pero olivia collins es olivia collins.orro al estudio porque quiero ver a olivia collins y no me lo puedo perder! [risas] >> estÁ enamorado. >> estamos con los brazos abiertos aquÍ, crÉeme, para recibirla. [risas] >> de miami de esta cobertura, nos áádevarta amaáa los Ángeles adriana jones,americaááádespierr muy buenos y calientitos dÍas. >> asÍ me gusta. quÉ pasa por los Ángeles. >> te cuento que áádecomo escuchamos hace unos instantes, una ola de calor azotÓ a los ááá en 1990, las temperaturas llegaron mÁs o menos como a 102 grados. eric segÚn aááádespierta americaááá niÑos o mascotas dentro de los vehÍculos ya que los coches se calientan ierta muy rÁpido en situaciones de calor extremo. esta ola de calor ha ocasionado otro riesgo para americáádespie riesgo, estas zonas son en los valles de los Ángeles, ventura. en san francisco, para que tengan una idea, la temperatura llegÓ a mÁs de los 80 grados. y en el valle de sacramento a 105 grados y en (...) en 115 grados. la cosa se puso bastante caliente. en ventura continÚa u

. >> to that point, susan collins of maine told "the times," it is a new and shocking development to of our conference, and she means senator demint, opposing incumbent republicans. is it, in fact, shocking at this point, or is it mostly shocking to her, because now it might be hitting close to home? >> the shock should have come in may, when bob bennett went down to utah. that wasn't a secret. and that was a safer situation, though. republicans like her were not quite as worried about utah, because that didn't endanger their risk of taking the senate. someone like olympia snowe, someone like susan collins stand some chance of power in the new senate and they're going to lose it if delaware goes or alaska goes to murkowski and she caucuses the wrong away or if it goes to crist and he caucuses the wrong way. and it is unusual. i mean, democrats may be have a little bit -- for all their messiness, have a little bit more ideological discipline. the dnc spent a lot of money propping up ben nelson during the health care debate. they don't want to eat their young. they're going to spend a

the officer claims collins has a distinct walk. they asked her about a funny walking suspect. >> she made it clear she saw the person enter the bar and then walk all the way around, and she told the police in her original statement this person had no particular limp or weird hitch about his walk. she was clear about that in her statement. on the stand, she kind of forgot about that. >> she described her tror during the robbery saying, i thought i was going to die. she said during the police interview, i had just been robbed, i was very upset. i learned someone had gotten murder. >> police covered bandanas used in the robbery. they said they did not initially ask her about the robberies. >> i found it odd they talked to her the morning of the incident. then two days after they brought her through going through items of what was hers and what wasn't hers. they talked about the gloves, shoes, the .9 millimeter casing but never these ban danias -- bandanas they claimed were in the purse. i wonder why they never asked her. >> not guilty

collins was hospitalized but is expected to be okay. no word right now on why these officers attacked him. >>> there are religions based on one god, on multiple gods, even on nature itself, but what about a religion based on body piercings? a girl was suspended from her north carolina high school because she had a nose ring, however she says that she and her mom belong to a church of body modification and says her piercings, it's not a fashion statement, but a spiritual statement. >> the purpose of my nose ring is basically, like, it makes me kind of feel whole. >> we believe the mind, body and soul are all one entity and that by modifying the body, um, you can bring the, you know, the mind and soul into harmony. >> that minister says his church is federally accredited and has about 3500 members nationwide. attorneys for the school district don't believe her nose piercing is necessary for her religion. >>> sending your child to daycare could help their development. >> a new shows how important child care can be. >>> firefighters have a

collins alleges the fan had spit on him and called him the n word.ke with agreed the ugly incident should have been avoided. >> bears fans are pretty crazy but you got to be upped control in that kind of situation. >> the word about racism, i thought it was pretty sad, no fan should ever say anything like that even on the opposing team. >> nick collins had a rough game. he picked off a jay cutler pass but it was nullified by penalties and earlier in the quarter he was called for a late hit on mat forte. the night was kept up by the heated exchange with the bears fan. >>> by the end of the game it was pretty ridiculous. >> i got to say i think it was pretty funny. i like when packers get in it's hilarious. think nick collins is going to be in trouble with the nfl. he is going to face a fine there. not a big fine. he will be in more trouble with his own coaches. >> he says the packers had no business chucking up 18 penalties and he had no excuse to lose his cool. >> you can see why he was frustrated. he is a pro. in the pro bowl, he knows better that h

senator collins. >> mr. chairman, when i hear the witnesses describe the outreach efforts, i can't help but think that we have of good people, a lot of good agencies, a lot of activity but there still doesn't seem to be an overall strategy nor accountability built in nor a means of assessing the success. and i think that is what the cane-hamilton report was trying to say. it's not that there aren't great efforts going on in various cities by all of your people, but how are we assessing the success and who's accountable for determining if this approach works versus that approach, whether there are best practices that needs to be shared? director mueller, you and i had an interesting discussion about the british approach, the prevent strategy, which has been criticized in some ways and may not work well in our country for constitutional and cultural reasons. but i'm concerned that this is too diffused, that it's too nebulous. i don't know to whom to direct this. mr. leiter, since you responded to me in your op

collins. he had no authority in 2008. none of the commission granted after the homicide allowed him to get the vacation. i have my doubts that he was even at the vacation. >> murray told them he did not carry a gun when he was not supposed to. he identified the defendants because of the encounters he had had with them. during the motions hearing, he testified he identified collins because he walks with his feet pointed out. murray did not mention that today. reporting live from downtown baltimore, barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the cause of this fire is still under investigation tonight. the fire broke out after 2:30 a.m. on northern parkway. six family members were inside the house at the time. amazingly, all survived. their 57-year-old grandmother is in the hospital. she hurt her leg jumping out of a window. the fire hit two alarms before the crew got it under control. >> all of a sudden, i felt a big bang and i heard screaming from the hallways. i opened my eyes and the doorway was just in flames. >> the fire did lea

francis collins. dr. collins is no stranger to all of us here and to the subcommittee. dr. collins was sworn in last year as the 16th director of the national institute of health. noted for her discovery of disease and outstanding leadership for the heat -- human genome project. shoot -- he received his m.d. from the university of north carolina at chapel hill. last august, he was confirmed unanimously by the united states senate to be our 16th director of the national institute of help. dr. collins, welcome back. your statement will be entered part of the record in its entirety. i have the clock set at 10 minutes. please take deadliest of that amount of time. -- please take at least that amount of time. give us your thoughts and your views on where we are with every on its debt -- stem cell research and the whole area of stem cell research and what the status is right now. >> thank you. good morning. q -- i will make an abbreviated version of what is in a written statement. thank you for the opportunity to describe some of the exciting science. i have some visual aids that

david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> david collins has been reviewing every single one of these. you can find his reviews on wbaltv.com. see what could happen to the balance of power when you click on "politics." >> in tonight's education alert, it has been called a landmark contract for baltimore city teachers. it is apparently so important that nobody is ready to explain why. tim tooten is live in a newsroom with more on this. >> it is safe to say this tentative contract will include raises for teachers. no one is saying how much. the city school officials and the union have remained tight- lipped. it has been more than a year since the teachers got raises. negotiations have been going on since january. even though the union and the district are floating the term "landmark," neither side is willing to explain. the head of the city's teachers union said that beyond pay, there are critical concerns which have been important issues for teachers. some of these were noted in a recent survey. >> our teachers said they wanted a voice at the workplace. they wanted to have input into wh

it came down to a handful of senators including maine republican susan collins. she backs repeal of the 17-year-old ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, but she opposed a limit on amendments. >> i think we should welcome the service of these individuals who are willing and capable of serving their country. but i cannot vote to proceed to this bill under a situation that is going to shut down the debate and preclude republican amendments. that too is not fair. >> lehrer: it was clear that most republicans opposed repeal of don't ask don't tell on its face. they included james inhoff of oklahoma. >> it's a political mistake, a dumb thing to do to try to use the defense authorization bill in times of war to advance a liberal agenda. what is that? to have open gays serving in the military. >> lehrer: supporters of repeal argued the bill's language would authorize it only after a pentagon survey of troops and after the president certifies morale would not be affected. connecticut independent democrat joseph lieberman. >> that provision does not go

i am john collins. we's look at the situation have right now. the yellow and red areas are the areas of most intense rain. we are seeing less of this than we had earlier. believe me, there's still a lot more out there. the map is so busy that it is hard to find baltimore i kind of put this yellow circle right about where the baltimore beltway is. the heaviest rain at the moment is in western harford county, the southern half of the city, down into northern anne arundel county, and a little slug or rain here as well. i want to take the radar of the

olivia collins en el estudio. estÁ preciosa.yo te quiero hacer una pregunta bÁsica. con hijas, les preguntaste, en el momento en que tomas la decisiÓn, acostada y de repente que tienes a cuÁntas personas... alrededor, mÁs o menos. >> aproximadamente diez. >> y la colÓcación. locaciÓn. >> a parte que me querÍan para el bicentenario. en el mes de septiembre para mÍ es un honor eso. pues, no sÉ. eran diez personas. no dejaban entrar mÁs a gente. >> y no hubieras permitido. >> la primera foto fue en la terraza del gran hotel de la ciudad de mÉxico. >> quÉ vista! [risas] >> regio el zÓcalo. era con una braga y un.. bra. y ya despuÉs dice uriel santana, el fotÓgrafo. me dicen bueno que salga ya el sostÉn... denme 5 minutos por favor porque yo tengo que madurar esto y me puse a hacer un trabajo mental, mira olivia! ya tomaste la decisiÓn... estÁs en un buen equipo vas a hacerlo bien y yo querÍa que todo mi pÚblico viera cÓmo estoy ahora y tambiÉn, que vieran no nada mÁs el cuerpo desnudo y tambiÉn lo que traigo adentro que es una tranq

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olympia snowe and susan collins, both of maine. i talked to both of their offices today and they're still both uncommitted, undecided. however late in the afternoon, olympia snowe released a statement. she was very critical of harry reid and the process in bringing this bill forward. and she talked about the review. remember back in march, president obama had told the military to review the don't ask, don't tell policy. what many republicans, most republicans who oppose this measure, they pin that on their main reason for opposition, that the bill should be repealed after that review is done. that review's not scheduled to be done until december. democrats, supporters are peeling the ban say that passing this measure does not repeal it. it just says that once the president, the secretary of defense, and the joint chief have certified it, then it can be repealed. once they've certified that report. but right now, we don't know. there's going to be a big meeting tomorrow. there's usually always a big caucus meeting between democrats

i said the officer's first name, something collins. andrew collins.were just trying to pull him over for driving on the sidewalk. not senator, andrew. -- smart, andrew. anyway, the resisting arrest charges have been dropped. these guys are being investigated by the fbi for a civil rights investigation, and on it goes. all right, joey and jonna, thank you so much. this cop did the wrong thing, he beat this man as he was begging for mercy. as he saw his partner pummeling him. the victim is, of course, a career criminal, but that is no excuse. these officers disgraced themselves and their fellow officers, and they should be held to account. >>> well, troubled actress lindsay lohan doing an about face deciding not to cry over spilled milk and dropping her megalawsuit after a controversial super-bold tv spot got her all fired up. wait until you hear how this one turned out. remember she sued e-trade claiming that baby in the commercial was based on her? got a verdict for you there. >>> plus, securing our force is serious business, and the l.a. county sheri

one major roadblock came from susan collins. she supports the reply. implied democrats would use the issue to win in the fall. >>> the housing gains were driven mainly by construction of apartments and condos at %. single family homes which represented about 73% of the market back in august grew just over 4%. >>> bed bugs are popping up everywhere, across the country. now they've apparently invaded a local library. an item returned to the urbana library book drop showed evidence of bed bugs. the library has shut down their book drop while the problem is being treated. experts are holding a summit on bed bugs. kevin tibbles has more on that. >> hello, bed bug central, may i help you? >> report: america is a bed bug battleground. >> there's a lot of infestation spreading all across the board at this point. >> reporter: the empire state building,ew york's nike town, college campuses, movie theaters, libraries, a military base, even a hospital were all infested. >> bed bugs, they mht be on you right now. can you feel them crawling all over you? >> these bl

susan collins opposed it.nd liger, a co-sponsor of the dream act which would legalize two million illegal immigrants who arrive as children he voted against the bill today because he wanted it separated and said that 15 other objections on the other issues. what the administration wanted on this was an election issue so it could accuse luger and others like him being against immigration, and against the gay rights. it was purely framing of a political issue. deeply cynical, legitimate and legal but done in a way where all they wanted was a political issue out of this. >> julie, with democrats in control of the house, senate and the house, and likely going to diminish in numbers after this election, how frustrating is this for democratic activists, and people who were looking for>> incredibly frustrating. as we talked about before, it's not just obama gay constituents. environmentalists and other groups who feel he has done very little for them. you see why they're -- >> it's bubbling up. >> for sure. >> bret:

darrell -- gary collins, charles mcganey, and jerome williams are accused of robbing the club. >> i have just been robbed, i was very upset. when asked why she did not officially, police, she said she stay covered their hand -- their heads with gloves. >> she never mentioned the gloves, even though she could have mentioned that somebody had gloves at least two times. even when they showed her gloves that were polled thought of her purse, she never has the moment where she says all coat by the way, these people had gloves on pure, -- ." >> not guilty is a plea for the prince george's county democrat accused of illegally using his influence to benefit a grocery store chain. he was ordered to surrender his passport. he has stepped down as chairman of the senate budget and taxation committee. he is running unopposed in november's general election. >> with no republican opponent, greg bernstein will likely be the new city state attorney. yesterday, the 15 year-incumbent conceded. david collins has more. >> earlier, i called greg bursting at -- gregg bernstein, and i advised him that i was con

it will not generate rain. >> now, your insta-weather-plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> it is a nice morning. we are starting off alarm. yesterday, 95 was the high. that tied the record. in the district of columbia, they made it to 99. a cool front is coming in. you can see the clouds. earlier, these clouds were producing a few sprinkles. that has dried up. this front will not be a rainmaker, but it will help control temperatures. we will not be as high today as we were yesterday. we will be warm. we are starting all warm. there is the hazy sunshine. 72 at the airport. 75 at the inner harbor. we are still in the humid air mass. the wind is still coming in the southwesterly direction. once the front passes through, less humid air will start to filter in. pasadena is at 73. 69 at randallsto chestertonwn on is 73. pittsburgh is only 60. detroit 50 it. green bay is 44. we will not get that cold. nonetheless, it will be more comfortable. here is the satellite image. the position of the front is the the west of us. we are in the tropical front air mass that is more typical

collins has been released on bond. lawyers for a soldier are asking the judge to move their military trial off the texas army post. lawyers say hasan's he cannot get a fair trial. a military officer will determine if there is enough evidence for a trial. he is charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. >> massar it is helping its employees find new jobs. kennedy space center is partnered to close a job fair. it will host 40 potential job employers. this will be much like the job fair held back in june. this will include workshops to prepare employees for future opportunities. 64 degrees on tv hill. coming up, the morning's financial news in the bloomberg business report. >> getting a traffic ticket, you probably were not in the best of moods. this wasn't the case for one florida man. that story straight ahead. >> we're checking on your morning commute. there is fire activity in glen >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> how is looking on this thursday? >> it looks great. the one thin

. >> john collins has the weather for us. >> you asked if we're in for a cooldown? we have to have a warmup first. >> is that to rule? >> it is the logical sequence of things. science 101. you saw the fog on the screen. queen anne county, 90-minute delay. pre-k has been canceled. look at the humidity. no wonder we have the fog. the air is saturated. the barometer is high. of wind.t east puff -- we have an east puff of wind. >> the fog is affecting the traffic. we have a cow in the road. this is in carroll county. something to watch out for their. -- there. there is to report of an accident there as well. otherwise, we're looking pretty good of the major roadways. nine minutes between the beltway to the for mechanic toll plaza. 895 looking at seven minutes there. this is a live look outside old court road. it's foggy out there so user low bream's. traffic moving by at the key bridge. we do have some fog warnings on the. bridges. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now back over to you. >> thank you. howard county family takes on the school system clement they did

there is no word if it will come to the u.s. >> now, your forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> a cool front is trying to slide further selsouth. we see some high, thin clouds beginning to drift into our area. we have dropped -- the humidity, and there is rain to the south and west. rain is in the forecast, and we will detail let in a minute. 91 was a high at the airport, 90 at the inner harbor. a couple of degrees warmer than we thought it would be today. the humidity dropped, so these temperatures in the 90's were a little more tolerable. typically 75 is the high. rainfall is another issue, we have had less than an end so far this month, leaving us almost 2.5 inches short for the month and for the year. it would be nice to do some catching up here. we do have some rain in the forecast. more on that in a second. still relatively mild now, edgewood has dropped to 69, fort meade 64, across the bay at rock hall, the temperature is 72, but more importantly, the dewpoints have dropped. still he met down on the lower eastern shore -- still humid. the dewpoints have dropped sharply,

pat collins talked with neighbors who knew the victim. >> this is a story about a man who lives in this house. and another m who lives down the street in that house. and a new speed bu on field master drive and how an argument over this hump could have led to a case of murder. >> he kept an eye on all us here. on all of us. he went to our house ihe would go away. he would check the papers and stuff like that. just a great guy. >> neighbors say a short time ago the murder victim lobbied deposit to put the speed bump on the road in front of this house. they say some people didn't like the bump. they say david patton, who lived up the street, really didn't like it and he would drive past carr's house and honk his hn in protest. june 11th it escalated. there was an altercation, police say, between carrr and patton here. carr charged patton with assault june 11th. july th, august 11th, september 11th. the two were supposed to go to court this thursday. but police say last night patton came to carr's house, went inside and shot and killed his accuser. >> neighbors can get along sometimes. nd

i am john collins. we's look at the situation have right now. the yellow and red areas are the areas of most intense rain. we are seeing less of this than we had earlier. believe me, there's still a lot more out there. the map is so busy that it is hard to find baltimore i kind of put this yellow circle right about where the baltimore beltway is. the heaviest rain at the moment is in western harford county, the southern half of the city, down into northern anne arundel county, and a little slug or rain here as well. i want to take the radar of the picture and -- off the picture and add satellite imagery. we are all cloudy. let me pull the view out of it. surprisingly, down are not ocean city, they had a few breaks and the clouds -- down around ocean city, they had a few bricks and the clouds with the sun came through. baltimore is in the middle of this. let's get to the main computer very quickly. there is a stream of moisture coming up. you can see it popping up, channeling up from the tropics. you can see how much grain we have had so far. --

. >> susan collins on the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."chments went on to the bill. >> now is not the time t play politics. sent a because an election is looming in a few weeks. >> i can't think of a better reason. >> i think this was pre- ordained bringing it up was political and susan collins' vote against it was political and she has to live in her party. the same is true on the disclosure bill for finances. >> there is a slight mr. bent station in the presentation of the issue. she did not change her mind on don't ask, don't tell. he locked into three ideas at once, don't ask, don't tell, 2 million illegal agreements, and the defense authorization. the republican objection was that if you give us a vote up and down separately -- richard lugar is a sponsor of the dream act. he voted against this because even though he supports the dream act he said he has 15 other objections of other elements and he will not accept it shoved down his throat. that is why the republicans opposed to this. >> harry reid added goodies. >> this is a legitimat

a man behind it is ben collins. he won his battle to reveal himself as the mystery driver.he bbc had tried to prevent him bringing out an autobiography, but the high court ruled the book could go ahead. >> we are thrilled about the outcome. we are looking forward to being able to share his story. he has an amazing story. it will have a wide appeal to anyone. >> the bbc defended breaking this case, saying in had a duty to protect a character. >> the mystery surrounding his identity has been an important part of the show's success. it is one of the biggest exports internationally. its audience is more than 350 million people. it is watched in 90 countries with much of the money poured back into programs here. >> he is -- this is bound to be disappointment for the show's team. >> between 2005 and three weeks ago, i was me [unintelligible] this other person has written this thin book about being a stig has a nerve. >> collins still has some characteristics, remaining silent as he left court, but that will not last long. he is free to tell his story. >> a hippopotamus born two w

nicole collins is in washington for more. >> this was no mission accomplid moment as one white house aid put it. it's more like a change in aid moment. >>> at a cost of more than 4,400 military killed, the combat mission in iraq is over after more than seven years. >> the united states has paid a huge price to put the future of iraq in the hands of their people. we have met our responsibility. >> but in a prime time address from the oval office, they said the united states commitment to a self reliant iraq continues. >> troops will remain in iraq with a different mission, advising and assisting iraq troops. >> republican leaders in congrey america's success in iraq is not because of president barack obama, but inpiet of him because as a senator he opposed the surge that many credit for turning the tide of the convict. the top house republicans said this in a vail swipe. >> one lawmaker rejected the ida saying and again i'm quoting, in fact, i think we will do the reverse. >> with one combat mission compe , president barack obama made it clear the fight against terrorism and the war i

first a look outside with john collins. west of us there are clouds moving in. that's a cool front. that's good news. 90's yesterday. cool front coming in. we're going to break that little heat wave step-by-step. it's not going to happen all at once. take a look at the temperature right now at b.w.i. marshall. for this time of year, 72 at this hour of the day is way warmer than it should be. up 50's and 60's should be a little more typical. 68% the humidity. that number is up, too, so it is still humid out there. the barometer is falling, and we still have the southwest breeze at 5. that that's happening. it is just to the west. we will detail how it affects your weekend weather coming up in just a minute. >> our big story, a first of-of it's kind court hearing. a former teacher's aide is convicted of sexual abuse. >> the guilty verdict against karl walker jr. comes six months after police found out about the letters. walker started writing explicit and passionate love letters to an 8-year-old student at bryant woods elementary school in columbia. >> he talked about how he loved her