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>> darnell is ready to share in the love of a forever family. darnell is this week's wednesday's child. >> if you would like to make his dream come true or the dream of any wednesday's child, just go to our website, nbc10.com, and search "wednesday's child," or call the national adoption center. >>> in the market for a new car? the north american auto show rolls into detroit. a previous view of the luxury and other concept vehicles when we come back from the break. >>> cars of the future and other vehicles will roll into detroit this week for the north american international auto show. the festivities kicked off last night. the auto show will feature dozens of vehicle introductions. brands like ferrari and lamborghini will be on display. the nine-day show opens to the public on saturday. president obama plans to visit the auto show in detroit, and it's unclear when he will drop in but he will highlight a record year of sales for the auto industry which was struggling when he took office in 2009. you may remember president obama backed a governme

this guy stuck around. >> undeterred, darnell enters the store without even disguising himself.he back of his head. >> we have cameras in the corners, cameras back in the back in the corners and cameras in the back rooms here and all the store, five or six different areas, we have cameras. besides the corners, too. we move them around a lot so they're hidden. >> he checks out the back of the store first. >> we had a bunch of pcs back there. but these are big and you can't get them out of here easily. >> he also pockets $250 from the register and gives the police an early mug shot. >> we had a camera set up that was called the robot. we call it. it was like a contraption, it's hard to tell what it is. he was probably checking it out to see if he could steal it. he should have stole it. he could have been better off. >> while this is all going on, the alarm company contacts computer central and an employee at the pool hall next door comes to check out what's happening. when he gets there, he finds the burglar hanging around the outside of the store. >> the perpetrator asked him, l

victor has one message for darnell lindsey. turn yourself in. it has been a while since the family with receiving threatening phone calls partly because had to change his phonech number ina a few weeks ago, hit by a car while crossing the street in front of this house that really can't say at this point whether related to any of said he will keep fighting for justice these incidents show more reasons why darnell lindsey should be off the street. the family ventured come a shame to live. exactly. both still grieving and on top of this to have to deal with this. kevin, thank you. the community and shock after place officer shot and killed on the job targeted as well sunday night danville and the village of a thousand people in a woman called 911 saying the boyfriend left the house armed, out to kill a place officer less than a half an hour later. the body off danville officer such rope found on the ground outside but the police department but 32-year-old herschel jones the third arrested two hours later. the investigation continued and johnson cus

we are introduced this morning to darnell. >> yeah. >> look at your hearty laugh. >> he's a sweet young man who can light up a room with his smile and laughter, loving music and a kind touch of care givers and friends. he suffered a traumatic brain injury as an infant and has significant medical needs. still, he enjoys listening and reacting to voices and sounds. >> he's not your typical 12-year-old, but he loves the family he is given and benefits from it and would thrive, and we all need that love from a family. >> the ideal family is one that understands the joy that he will bring into their life, though it might look different from other children. his family will be there to support hymn and be an advocate for his. >> a family that would like to be in a facility training you as far as every medical need that he has, and it would be a transition that he would come to the facility, learn all his medical needs with staff. >> children with disabilities like darnell thrive in home settings, and quality of life increases significantly they move in with a forever family. >> does that feel

detroit public schools are under control of darnell early.is none other than the unelected emergency manager who presided over the water contamination in flint. amy: we are joined by victor gibson, retired detroit public school teacher and active union -- he trained engineers working in the public detroit schools. victor gibson, talk about your school. you are tired from it last year. one of the schools that was closed by the sickout on the day president obama was in detroit, hailing the success of the auto industry. victor: let me be clear that my school, the name is paul robeson malcolm x. but it is a competition of both schools from an earlier combination of closing of schools. my school is the school, the three ladies that have been active in getting the main body of teachers to stand up for themselves after being quietly left into the classrooms for so long. this school is one of the schools that said enough is enough. these teachers listened to themselves, listened to their students and parents who have stated these children and our chi

i see you interviewed darnell williams of the urban league of eastern massachusetts. >>> darnell, i have talked to him before i was telling you, he was genuinely surprise insisted. he kept on saying to me, what? you can repeat that? basically he blurt insisted out this is dismal. dismal.. that is how he describe insisted statistics. he was generally shocked and disappointed . >> anchor: i don't know one of the things i notice is that these statistics have been this way for a while. they haven't really changed. are there any, do you see anything positive on horizon at all? >>> number one, local banks or regional banks that have branch branches here are covered by the community reinvestment act. community banks in massachusetts if they have a branch in the state generally do much, much, the problem that we're seeing is really out-of-state mortgage lenders and they are not covered by the community reinvestment act because they don't have branches here. that's where a lot of dispear, . >> anchor: like when you get those letters in the mail, you know, lower your monthly payment or whatever. y

that was darnell early himself in a letter to the detroit department of water and sewerage.it wanted to keep selling flint water in the interim while this no pipeline was being built. darnell's letter is on the letter saying thanks but no thanks for your offer, detroit, we're going to use the river. >> do you know if darnell early had a risk assessment from environmental experts, did he know for example that there were risks that lead could leech into the pipes from the water? >> you know, i have not seen a risk assessment. i've filed trying to see if anything like that was done. i've looked at thousands of documents in response to freedom of information act requests and i've never once seen the worth corrosive. either they did not dew their due diligence or didn't adhere to it. there was culpability in terms of negligence. people did not do their jobs. darnell early signed the letter but according to the former director of public works for the city of flint who has since resigned, according to him, the decision, the ultimate decision to use the river came out of the governo

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in an interview with cbs last, we darnell earley said sick-outs aren't the right approach. >> the frustration levels are high here but at the end of the what's in the best interest of the kids. >> reporter: detroit school administrators are asking a judge for a temporary injunction against the sick-out, but, scott, teachers i spoke with today said they are planning more protests. >> pelley: omar villafranca, thank you very much, omar. in michigan today, president obama said he would be beside himself with worry if he were a parent in flint where the city water is contaminated with lead. in an interview for this weekend's "sunday morning" program, he spoke with leah lee cowan. >> what is inexplicable and figure it out that there was a problem there and there was lead in the water, the notion that immediately families weren't notified, things weren't shut down, that shouldn't happen exwmp. it's also an indication of sometimes we downplay the role that an effective government has to play in protecting the public health and safety of people. and, clearly, the system here broke down. >> pelley: th

he shot 21-year-old darnell dickerson last may during a robbery. dickerson died of his injuries weeks later. >>> a new year. it is now illegal to smoke e- cigarettes outside public buildings in prince george county. if you are caught littering on county property, you will be slapped with a $1,000 fine. that is double the old amount. and landlords face tax liens if they don't clean up their property. you can get a full list of new laws across the region on our wusa9 mobile app. >>> a man fell off a sailboat into chesapeake bay. >> 47-year-old steven reynolds was on his 30-foot long sailboat. >> reporter: maryland's natural resources say they will continue to search the chilly waters of the chesapeake bay until reynolds is found. he was a 2010 republican candidate for county commissioner. this evening, natural resources police had possession of -- the boat a female companion say he fell off of while out in the middle of the chesapeake bay new year's eve. the companion called 911 on the boat after he went overboard. a few minutes in the 50-degree wate

sheriff ed darnell confirms three churches in bamberg county were also struck just days ago. in the meantime, his deputies have increased patrols of the county's churches as they search for a suspect or suspects. at the word of life pentecostal holiness church in bamberg... ...pastor dwight brazell still has some cleaning up and repair work to do. "i was stunned when i first walked in. my discipleship ministry director was here, and he said, 'i got a surprise for you.' i walked in, and i said, 'woah!'" bamberg county deputies say his church was broken into, ransacked, and burglarized sometime over the weekend. "i seen my pastor's door was knocked in and kicked in and broken. then, there was a closet there that was broken in the secretary's office." a safe, along with $300 and the church keys inside it, were gone. the window of the church's room was shattered. overall, a lot of damage. "about $4,000 worth." but brazell's church wasn't alone. two neighboring churches in bamberg were also targeted by burglars, including spring branch baptist church on deacon road and mt. zion un

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darnell earley is the emergency manager appointed by the governor to fix the problems. 1825 earley i want everyone to understand what we re up against. for all intents and purposes, the district is insolvent. and certainly if we don t get the money that we need to deal with the district cannot afford is a new roof - for spain elementary school. 1541 aw: doesn )t that cry out for sort of immediate repairs in your view? de: it cries out for the immediate action, and my understanding is that there is a plan to do that, 1548 but union that answer... do we need this or can we just butt bite to bite? children to that - , without an infusion of cash from the state legislature scott, the district says it will money come april. std new at 5 - health officials are now stepping in to figure out exactly what happened at a north carolina chinese food restaurant. it comes after a woman made a disturbing report - saying she saw a restaurant worker take a dead deer off the side of the road -- and bring it inside a businesses. according to media outlets in concord - near charlotte - police were spott

. >> reporter: darnell couldn't say what would happen if the state fails to act, but the teachers feart could mean even fewer teachers and a tougher learning environment for detroit's children. >> and the union responding to the school districts request to ban the sickouts all together saying: >>> a boston attorney is looking into allegations of sexual assault at a prestigious rhode islander boarding school. not clear what is behind the change. the middleton, rhode island school, acknowledges it did not report those accuses to authorities. >>> in alabama a man is scheduled to be put to death today, using a controversial drug. he will receive a combination of drugs. his attorney arguing that the sedative had been used in problematic executions. this is alabama's first execution since the state added the substance to its lethal injection combination. >>> a british judge saying that russian president vladimir putin probably has a role in the poisoning of a spy. british police arrested two russian men, both of them former russian agents with living litvinenko poisoned tea. they deny any in

. >> the teachers blame state leaders and district's emergency manager darnell early. part of the suit calls for early to be removed. he once ran the city of flint, and facilitated the switch that led to that city's contaminated water crisis. >> the blood is on the hands of the emergency manager and governor snyder. >> the district has a $107 million deficit and may run out of money by april. john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> spying in southern california, police accused of watching millions of tourists at disneyland every year. >>> america's biggest police union says the f.b.i. is now investigating a hack on its servers. private files belonging to the f.o.p. were posted on line, including names and addresses of officers, as well as posts critical of president obama. it's unclear who is behind the attack. 330,000 law enforcement are represented by the f.o.p. across the united states. >>> police in anaheim used aerial surveillance to track cell phone advertisement where people visit disneyland every year. >> the cell phone privacy of millions of disneyland visitors and

. >> reporter: darnell earley is the emergency manager appointed by the governor to fix the problems. >> certainly, if we don't get the money that we need to deal with the debt situation, that's only going to make it worse. >> reporter: and one of the things earley says the district cannot afford is a new roof for spane elementary school. doesn't that criet cryout for sort of immediate repairs in your view? >> well, it cries out for the immediate action and my understanding is that there is a plan to do that. >> reporter: without an infusion of cash from state legislators, scott, the district says it will run out of money come april. >> pelley: anna werner reporting for us tonight. anna, thank you. today, iran released those 10 u.s. navy sailors we told you about last night who were detained when their boat sailed persian gulf. tonight, david martin explains how a potential crisis was defused. >> reporter: in video released by iranian television, the boarding of the two navy boats seems peaceful enough, but this tells a different story. the navy crewmen look like they're being held pr

public education system in this majority black relybly democratic city is run by emergency manager darnell early appointed by governor rick snyder. >> i really hope he gets on it. i guarantee that our state offices do not look like what these kids do. >> they are broke and they could be insolvent by april. >> unfortunately there is not a lot you can offer when you're in a financial situation like we are. i get their concerns, i do. but work stoppage is not the answer. >> some fled to experiment charter schools, some to the suburbs. enrollment has plunged from 150,000 in 2000 to 147,000 now. this is a middle school. on the outside it doesn't look that bad. a bit worn, maybe. some missing tiles, but it's on the inside where the problems lie. it was a sight that mayor mike duggen saw for the first time this week. >> certainly there were disturbing things that we saw hear today. >> disturbing conditions and a stand off with no end in sight. >> the internet and streaming flat form has seen audiences flocking to documentaries, and it's sparking a strong contest at the sundance festival. >> what

. >> reporter: the teachers blame state leaders, and the emergency manager, darnell earley.is the same person who once ran the city of flint and flipped the switch that lead to that city's water crisis. >> the blood is on the hands of the emergency manager and governor snyder. >> reporter: the district has a $107 million deficit, and says it may run out of money by april. >>> and in flint, newly released emails raised questions about the state's response to the water crisis. the liberal group put out the emails. they show that while state officials were telling flint residents their water was safe, they were arranging for water coolers for city workers. >>> flint is not the only american city dealing with water problems right now. people in sebring in northeastern ohio have also found lead in their water. angry residents packed a city council meeting this week, desperate to find out how much the city new about problems with the water. >> i was never notified about this problem. >> city council members insisted they knew nothing, but the denial left many in sebring worried ab

the lawsuit demands repairs and the removal of darnell earley, the governor-appointed schools emergency manager. last year he went from being the emergency manager of flint, which is now having a contaminated water crisis, to managing detroit's school system, which is half a billion dollars in debt. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: shoniqua kemp and plaintiffs in the suit. she blames earley. >> this emergency manager stepped into a situation where there is no money. >> i'm not a millionaire, so sometimes i have to find ways to shuffle my money around the make things work. he went to school for this. he signed up for the job. he should, at the very least, do it. >> reporter: earley denied our request for an interview, but in a statement he said he is working to reduce the school system's debt. scott, he has 28 days to respond to the lawsuit. >> pelley: adriana diaz for us tonight. adriana, thank you. another rickety boat today filled with migrants sank off of greece. 25 drowned, ten of them children. a harsh winter has not slowed migrants escaping war and poverty. volunteers are rescuin

. >> darnell early couldn't say what might happen if the state fails to act. the teachers fear it could mean even fewer teachers and even tougher learning environment for detroit's children. >>> we're getting a better sense of the confusion at the start of the water crisis in flint. rick snyder released emails, some showing his top staff unsure who was responsible for cleaning up the mess, including this email that understands the real responsibility rests with the county, city and k.w.a., the local water authority. flint's new mayor has a warning for other cities around the country, don't let this happen to you. >> there are increasing calls from michigan's republican governor rick snyder to resign. >> democratic karen weaver is no fan of the governor but doesn't say he should resign. >> trust was broken over a period of time and you don't regain trust within a matter of second because a statement was may have had. this is something he's going to have to work on for a long, long time. >> weaver was asked about what a lot of people in flint suspect, race and c

police have arrested a second person in the shooting -- jibril darnell willingham. already charged in the case -- justin koch. he' s being held on a $2 million bond. tyler kassow was killed wednesday at his home on cincinnati columbus road. tyler' s brother says, two men pushed their way into the house, and fired a shot that hit tyler. police have not given a motive, but this may have been about money and possibly an x-box. smith: my son said that they came in and said after they shot him -- oh you have an xbox and a tv, and that' s what they took. mark: justin koch is charged with complicity to murder, and burglary. expected to face similar lisa: another legal loss for former judge tracie hunter. the court of appeals has upheld her conviction for unlawful interest in a public contract. lisa: s mark: the ruling comes just a few days before her wlwt news 5' live at the courthouse with initial reaction to the ruling. john, good afternoon. john: the "c" word. conspiracy. that' s the way judge hunter wasted some time ago. today a prominent radio talk and her supporters

public education system in this majority black, reliably democratic city is run by emergency manager darnellarly, appointed by michigan's republican governor, nick snyder? >> i hope snyder gets on it. i really do. mr. early, i can guarantee you their offices don't look like these kids do. >> the emergency manager says schools here are broke. they could be. >> there isn't a whole lot you can offer in a financial situation like we are. i get their concerns. work stoppages are not the answer. >> most families who can have fled. some to experimental charter schools. some to the suburbs. in traditional schools, employment has plunged to 47,000. this is a middle school. on the outside, it doesn't look that bad t missing tiles, rust on the roof. it's on the inside that the problems really lie. >> it was a site detroit mayor mike duggans saw for the first time this week. >> very disturbing things we saw here today. >> disturbing conditions. >> it is a place where the exotic is normal. >> it's really disturbing actually. >> but deep inside this market begins a trail of tears. endangered animals, boug