gerald cowan was later convicted of manslaughter for killing his father-in-law.wo years in prison for that crime before he was released on parole. prosecutors believe robert cowan was one of the men seen near the mercks' home by the neighbor. based on the forensic evidence, prosecutors say robert cowan and an accomplice broke into the mercks' home through the back door. cliff merck probably went for his gun to defend himself and robert cowan grabbed the pistol and turned it on cliff. [ shots ] the men bound his wife, alma, locked her in the closet and left her to die. robert cowan left his fingerprints on a tray found in the living room and by the back door as he left. the cowans pawned some of alma merck's jewelry, then sold the gun to a drug dealer who altered the rifling marks of the gun barrel, but it wasn't enough to fool a forensic scientist with his new-found ability to see inside the barrel. >> something inside me says hold on to these bullets, you're going to find the firearm. and lo and behold, it happened, way down the line, almost ten years later, but

jenna: colonel cowan, how do you describe the mission?had to peek to one of the 3,000 -- speak to one of the 3,000 troops that gets this assignment how would you describe to them what their mission is over the next three months? >> with well they're going to develop -- probably most important thing jenna, develop good working relationships with the troops with the units, with the leaders of the military of those three countries. personal relationships count for an awful lot when the u.s. military is working virtually anywhere overseas. this is a minor a very minor show of force on the part of the u.s. we routinely have forces over there running exercises and training but now that we're going into those three countries who we know are under threat from some level from russia, it kind of sends a little bit of a message to russia, a minor show of force. jenna: talk to us a little bit about the message sent to russia. what do you think is the perception of vladimir putin? there's this military report that we're just going to leave some equipm

colonel cowan, let me start with you. how do they track this?ow do they come up with a number like 18%, do you think? >> good intelligence, melissa. we have people watching these guys. we've got friendly nations we returned some of these people to watching them this is good on the ground intelligence work where some of these guys go and whether or not they're back in the game. melissa: seems like 18% is lower than what i would think. geraldo? >> first of all guantanamo bay was a shyster's ploy to avoid the united states constitution opening it was a scandal, a stain on our history of being a fair and just nation. melissa: what would you like to have done with the people? >> try them federal court. put them six floors underground in the colorado maximum security federal prison. to hold them without charges, what the hell are we supposed to do? hold them until they die of old age? melissa: let's let colonel cowan respond to that. >> i'm okay for putting them six floors underground in a prison. the problem if we put them through the judicial system

it was really scary to think you may have just lost your brother. >> moments later, andrew cowan andothers pull mark from the plane. >> we tried to move them a safe distance away so that the paramedics could assess them and then assess the situation. >> mark has numerous broken bones. but he's alive. >> we're still here, you know. we're not dead. how can that be? pretty deep moment for me, it was. it was the realization that we made it through that, busted up and all. >> miraculously, the pilot and other passenger are able to walk away without injury. looking back, spectators and survivors of the plane crash commend the pilot for keeping a cool head under pressure. >> the pilot did a really good job of where he laid it down, because if he goes to the left, they probably hit the fence and there's probably some fatalities involved. if it goes ten yards to the right, he lands on the soccer field and there's potential to hit children and young people. >> but an investigation by the national transportation safety board finds the crash could have easily been avoided. >> in this case, we ob

let me start with you, colonel cowan. how big after blow would that be? >> a real big one, melissa, no question about it. there are when those plans were not carried out when they withdrew there. depending how much they got their hands on, perhaps some files were destroyed, if the houthi rebels identify people through the documents that undermines any effort we had going in the counterterrorism realm, running agent operations against al qaeda. melissa: dakota, this is one of the things you specialized in your time in the marine corps, evacuation of american citizens from countries that are in crisis. was this handled badly? >> well, i think there is some doubt as to which files we're talking about. so not only do the americans hold files on intelligence operations but the government that you work with. so some reports are indicating that these were yemen government files that the houthi rebels have captured but in either case as your other guest articulated, it reveals networks being worked and people in yemen that remain there although americans that hav

listen to tennessee representative steve cowan. >> it was political theatre. worthy of an oscar. this republican leadership team has used the gallery and the house to advance political agendas and give favourites to folks that come to washington. >> we'll update you on the deal. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with iranian officials to hammer out a deal that curbs iran's nuclear programme. the terms of the deal are being netted by the obama administration, not by congress. earlier mr binyamin netanyahu gave the impression that he was opposed to any deal with iran, challenging his tune slightly saying no deal is better than a bad deal. he gave no details about what a better deal would look like. >> my friends, for over a year we have been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. well, this is a bad deal. it's a very bad deal. we are better off without it. [ clapping ] >>> we'll hear more about iran, its nuclear programme and get a view from israel later in the show. first, let's turn to mike viqueira, joining us from the capital. two different stories, critique of pri

our cover story is reported by lee cowan. >> extraordinary landscape huh?ou see all kinds of animals passing through grizzly bears bison, elk. you're out alone, don't want to make any noise. you want to whisper if you're talking. >> to understand this man, steve fuller, and his passion for solitude, you have to understand his job. he's the winter caretaker of yellowstone national park. one of just handful of hardy souls who remain in this wilderness long after the summer tourists have gone. >> how did you describe your job here? >> usually start off with kay taker, no immediate responses have you seen "the shining." >> peek inside deserted canyon lodge you can see why. >> expectation was that you were in here for the winter, you got snowed in until you got blowed out. >> just getting to steve took us two hours by snow coach. >> this job has never been by the calendar or by the clock. you work with the winter. you work with mother nature. >> he lives here in one of the oldest structures in the park. a small cabin on a hill that boasts the only light for mile

." >> pauley: for our sunday profile we'll travel to arizona where lee cowan looks in on former congresswoman gabi gifford. >> when i travel a lot of people come up to me all the time asking me gabby is doing. >> how she is doing -- is well, remarkable. >> yoga twice a week. french horn, spanish lessons riding my bike. >> gabby giffords and mark kellya loving learning and living ahead on "sunday morning." >> pauley: our man in paris has word of his musical coming to new york thanks to music by gershwin and trio of americans. ♪ >> it's been a sim fan know, award winning movie. now coming toe broadway. ahead on "sunday morning." meet the americans in paris who work on "an american in parissism. >> artist who is branching out, elizabeth palmer has the tale of an american whose beer will be on tap in berlin. steve hartman tells us all about the butterfly effect and more. here are the headlines for sunday morning the 15th of march, 2015. the first international relief workers are arriving in vanuuata was pummelled by sigh cone pam one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. only confirmed death

national network for manufacturing innovation, or some future initiative, like the one that senator cowan's or i along with senator graham are designating 25 universities as manufacturing universities, to help schools strengthen their engineering programs and meet the demands of the 21st century advanced manufacturing. i urge the committee to support this amendment and heal back my 23 seconds. >> we could oppose this as being duplicate, but i won't. other amendments? any other amendments? last call for amendments. that concludes amendments. we will go 30 amendments on voting now. first one the standards dod audit. there was no opposition to the all those in favor? " mark that passes. next is a murray amendment. on nuclear waste. >> i urge a voice vote. >> without objection. that passes. >> senator merkley is a cosponsor -- >> i have two more that we could do by voice. >> i wanted to add merkley as cosponsor. >> without objection. we have the bald men amendment for nih. and if further discussion? all those in favor say i? that is passed. and baldwin on american manufacturing. any further com

our crew is out there covering the story and claudia cowan will explain the twists and turns and back story from the parents, that apparently their daughter was found. we'll work on that and get that as we learn more. >> now the fox news alert. the president of yemen fleeing the country as the rebels advance. the president ha d hi left the nation by boat. they are not revealing where he was headed. and the white house press secretary said he is not in the position to confirm his whereabouts. his escape comes as the rebels are closing n. they have taken over the airplane there and earlier arrested the yemen defense minister and put out a cash bounty for the president. >> the president of afghanistan addressing the joint session of congress and thanking the americansment and the president announced a u.s. withdrawal of troops will be delayed. 10000 american troops staying in afghanistan at least through. live on capitol hill is mike. >> reporter: jenna, the afghan president said the country owes a profound debt for the tremendous military sacrifice and other civilian assistance. >> it h

massachusetts, senator debbie stapp and michigan, senator jim sasser of tennessee, senator william cowan of massachusetts, senator barbara mikulski of maryland senator angus king of may, senator kay bailey hutchinson of texas, senator kay hagan of north carolina, senate majority leader tom daschle of south dakota, senator shelby white house of rhode island, senator amy klobuchar of minnesota senator carl levin of michigan senator don ringle of michigan senator gordon smith of oregon mrs. irene noa, wife of the late senator daniel inouye of hawaii, senator chris dodd of connecticut, ms. catherine states -- stevens, wife of the late senator ted stevens of alaska, senator bob graham of florida, senator paul kirk of massachusetts, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back to the senate. [applause] please be seated. i would like to ask members of the house of representatives with us today, including the massachusetts delegation to stand as a group and be acknowledged. [applause] thank you all for being here. please seated, and i also want to acknowledge the government leaders from the commonwealth a

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cowan downgrades union pacific. ksu, kansas southern reported this week, negative numbers, that was the peso they do a lose of business in mexico brings autos and also have oil that comes all the way down. union pacific has fracking sand. people are forgetting that fracking sand is down huge okay? they have a lot of metals that are shipped by train. those are bad. this stock needs to stop its decline before we can really get this thing going because you've got the airlines coming down. i'm worried about march traffic. gasoline going higher. and you're losing the rails. i saw a number trim for norfolk southern, this is also coal. the coal industry sold to you, going away. the iron ore industry sold to you, going away. these are things that led the bull market in 2008. iron ore and coal and fertilizer, that bull market predicated -- also copper -- history. history. >> cliff's natural. >> how is that doing? that stock has come down from 2008. >> yes, it has. yes, it has. what is it -- i don't -- actually the airlines,

in california, claudia cowan "fox news". >>> is there new research on artificial sweetener found in sweet and low once thought to be very bad for you. new study find it can help treat aggressive forms of cancer. researchers at the university of florida said saccharine can block proteins that cause tumors to grow inside your body. more research needs to be done but their fine goes offer promise for development of the anti cancer drug. >>> coming up the joy of live television, what this reporter found in his ear after, yes, a morning at a museum filled with insects. a report inner washington d.c. got a real ear full during a live shot on a exotic insect. >> the reporter was live at the smithsonian natural history when an african moon moss unexpectly landed on his head. take a look at this. >> oh, my goodness, doesn't that feel great. >> are you kidding me. >> oh, in not only dit hang out on him during the entire interview, guess what when it was all over, he realized that it laid eggs inside of his ear. >> they were removed. he is doing fine. that is so nasty. we have to move on. i can't do

so paul cowan was talking about this whether he actually gets what he wants if he gets the death penaltyore they should push for him to get life. >> i love that. and i think we'll see a lot of that at a penalty phase if we reach the penalty phase, which is likely. he was under the sway of his older brother who was sort of a tyrant and also that he's so swayed by religion that this is what he believes now. there's a caveat to that. in federal death penalty cases it's a unique. ultimately the jurors have to certify that religious beliefs and things like race from have no part in their ultimate decision, which is sort of a paradox. how do you possibly not consider that issue here when we get to the penalty phase? remember when we get to the penalty phase, the rules of evidence are out the window don't apply. for that reason we'll see a wide range of evidence almost anything can come in with the only limit being is the prejudicial value, does it highly outweigh or does it just outweigh the probative value? >> good to know. thanks. stay with me. coming up we'll talk about the notorious case o

fox news claudia cowan joins us live from california. claudia, this is unusual, this story.greta. but the good news is that this morning denise husband constituency was found safe. 420 miles south of here in her hometown of hunting ton beach. she turned up at her mother's house. how she got there and exactly what happened to this woman remains unclear. on monday, her live-in boyfriend told police she had been kidnapped in the middle of the night by intruders who demanded a ransom but he didn't report it until 2:00 that afternoon. police saying the boyfriend is not a suspect but won't shed any light on why he waited so long to call 911. several days of searches turned up nothing, then two big developments. last night the san francisco chronicle got an anonymous email from the alleged kidnapper that included an audio recording. she calmly says her name and mentions the deadly plane crash in the french alps and describes the first concert she had been to. her father got a message from his daughter on his cell phone in which she said she was okay and in huntington beach. her fat

to see prize winning ice sculptures go to where lee cowan went to alaska. >> on the list of the coldest jobs on the planet harvesting ice near the arctic circle, holds a chilly distinction. these massive blocks are known as arctic diamonds. so clear you can read a newspaper through them. and every year stacked on land waiting for chisels and chain saws to turn them into jewels. [ horn blowing ] with that the world ice art championships got underway in fairbanks, alaska, this month. it's an annual race to see who can carve these the biggest baddest, most beautiful ice sculptures. >> oh, my, god. >> all with a count down clock ticking. >> like to say our winters go faster. because winters are long in fairbanks. >> dick brickley oversees the competition. this is no doubt about it, knock on ice. this is really fast moving and dangerous. >> 18 teams of four people have six days to shape and mold more than 20 tons of ice each. >> we're doing an octopus taking down a ship and there's a girl driving the ship and she's not having it. >> buddy is here from s. >> how competitive are you? >> i want

oliver is an analyst covering sotheby's accounting company -- at cowan and company.as a bitter proxy fight last year. the c.e.o. is stepping down. he has not yet. chairs -- shares were down 18%. is it too soon? >> they did estimates based on higher-than-expected expenses as well as the commission margin being right. this company is in transition. there is a c.e.o. search underway. we do have a $45 price target. i would say the industry remains very competitive for high value auction lots. we think they could afford to get back about $209 based on our estimates. there is a big debate. 500 is the number publicly asked for. based on how we look at working capital and liquidity in the covenants, that is how we are coming out. we understand the company right now is waiting for new leadership in terms of having the flexibility ahead of this. >> how much time do you need to give them? >> when he was criticizing the company and the way it operates is how like he has said they need a complete overhaul from the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top. how long should this

vice president joe biden call it "beneath the dignity of the senator cowan investors like the -- anythingneath the dignity of the senate." investors like the shakeup at credit suisse, brady dougan will be replaced i tidjane thiam, who has the last decade running insurance businesses. dugan was one of the very few ceo's to survive the financial crisis, but profits have suffered a credit suisse's private banking business. and it is time to deliver the goods. greece is being warned it must follow through its budgets to reform its economy come otherwise european leaders may not come through with more aid in the greeks could run out of cash. the chairman of the euro area finance industry group warns that time is running out. >> we agreed today that there is no further time to lose. discussions between the greek authorities and the institutions must and will start as of wednesday. the day after tomorrow. we will work to achieve a speedy and successful conclusion of the review. olivia: the france finance minister says it greece wants more money committees to come up with budget data and a better

. >> reporter: diane cowan is a scientist who studies lobsters, been doing it a long time.he has been trapped on an island by this icy weather. >> this winter i have been iced in so far for 34 days. >> reporter: diane cowan works on friendship long island, off the coast of mai she is stranded. her boat her only means of transportation is iced in. >> i'm only a mile from shore. i can see lights on the mainland. i can see the main land. i just can't get there. >> reporter: diane is surviving just fine. she has food heat from the wood stove that she calls mr. green, electricity from a solar panel and her dog, sula which means sunshine in icelandic. >> i really didn't need anything but there were things that i wanted. >> reporter: so her friends devised a plan an air drop and they found a pilot who just loved the idea. >> and he was all excited about it. he says oh boy an air drop. this will be great. >> reporter: the day of the drop it was 12 degrees below zero. >> i put on my snow shoes, bundled up because it was the coldest morning i ever had out here in my whole life. >> re

when you come in you got these stories themselves that aren't that all positive i mean i can make -- cowanthe airline numbers won't be that strong. airlines have been a leader. we have number cuts at wells. the xcf differs cut. and, david, whiting is 12% of this s&p is related to oil and gas, and that is just -- whiting's coloring all of the thinking. this sons is covering a lot of tech though that's related to set top, which is a competitive business that can bring down a lot of stocks. >> when it comes to energy though, there's a point to be made here which is and they should know i won't name their name, but you take the big delusion at a steep discount cut your dividend but to my point earlier, you live to fight another day. >> right. >> you know it is equivalent to what the financial companies face in the crisis or leading up to the financial crisis. many of them should have sold equity. >> yes. >> lehman brothers should have sold as much as it possibly could have. >> but they were buying back stocks and felt like idiots to be able to sell stocks. you're so right, these companies are

let's talk about mo cowan and defense spending. the president does have a plan.e got rid of the provision in the law that tabs defense spending. he did it the trade -- the transport -- transparent way. we know our republican colleagues could not decide what to do on defense spending, so they come up with a total scam around. senator mccain said "it is not legitimate budgeting." putting all the money in the oak when the joint chiefs of staff say they do not need that, we will have an interesting discussion today. we should not be using as a slush fund. the voucher plan, the voucher plan is like the affordable care act for medicare. it is like obama care for medicare. we did not need that for medicare, we already have a plan. a lot of democrats said we wanted medicare for all. let's ask everybody to take responsibility for medicare. if they cannot afford it, we will give them a tax credit. that was a republican idea. president obama adopted it. it was a romney plan. president obama adopted it. republicans ran away from it, and now you want to impose that same theor

david seaburg, trading with cowan and company. i want to start with you as a technician. are you surprised by the sort of slow motion snapback on the name? >> it's still in the down trend, and i don't think we are going to kind of be free from resistance until we see a move up around the 52. set up the trade. look at the decline we've seen since the beginning of 2014. we saw a little move up there at the end of march of 2014. it was about a $20 move. we're seeing a very similar setup here. another $20 move which essentially forms this kind of down trend channel. outstanding call position in april 55. big buyer up there. i don't think those calls are going to see the light of day. i would like to use those to lean against until the chart can prove it's free froo resistance. we have kind of a ceiling around the $5020 $55 level. >> we're watching 50 or 55. they're looking at the same balance sheet of income statement. how do you value a name like this. >> from todd -- this stock is not going to get -- there's no resistance here. it's an uninvestable stock. i look and say ack

a few analysts raising their price targets on biogen today, looking at cowan, baird, citi.rd up to 498, count to 500, citi up to 512. people excited here. this is because alzheimer's is a horrible disease nothing on the market for. 5 million americans have the disease now. that could triple to 2015. so what we're hearing from analysts after the fade iii trial, this drug could get to the market by 2018. >> just amazing. thank you. >> meg's all over this. interesting, if you've been listening to meg, you knew the data would be great. data comes out, it's terrifically great, $15 billion drug, maybe $20 billion drug. maybe the biggest drug of all time. i believe the others will come up with something, that's going to surprise you. other drug companies working on a similar compound. right now it's game on. and the fact that -- i cannot stress how important it is what meg said phase i to phase iii. a forward-thinking fda. no one's willing to say that. but the peggy hamburg fda, she's retiring, they'll go for this. they will like say, yes, you know what? we have nothing for alzhei

craig johnson, you are definitely dave seaburg, cowan and company, are you guys as bullish or bearishi'm bullish, and i have been bullish for a long time. i think yesterday, or this past week's action is nothing. nothing more than end of quarter, a little profit taking around the edges. we didn't see any real forced selling at all, no panic. no. i think the market is going to continue to ride higher. you know look, earnings are projected to be flat to down. i mean, for the market to go higher what does that mean? it means investors are going to have to pay a hire multiple, and i could tell you a federal reserve and every central bank is forcing the hand of investors, forcing to play a higher multiple. i will say i think the market will continue to grind hire. i don't think we're up bloated evil wragss. i don't think the poi tech tape is in a bubble at all. i expect -- i think stocks are going to continue to go to higher levels. i don't read into this little pullback at all has anything more than a little bit of profit taking scenario and buyers sort of walking away for a period. >> a