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today, the public service commission adopted the deanna green rule. requiring that they conduct twice a year tests. >>> we have several people struck by a vehicle in west baltimore. captain mike perry has details for us. >> it's happening over at the western district, denise. this is fulton and presbury. report to police and fire officials of three pedestrians struck in the intersection, actually on fulton. we see one city paramedic and baltimore police here rendering assistance to at least one person we see laying in the roadway here. there may be others, but it's very, very congested scene. lots of folks around. you can see paramedics and police assisting as more paramedics continue to come to the scene. police have closed fulton in the northbound direction. this is on the northbound lane of fulton, at presbury. and you can see quite a bit of activity here. expect delays. back to you on tv hill. >> all right. thank you, captain mike perry in sky eye chopper 13. >>> things remain status quo downtown. dozens of protestors in tents are still being allo

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you heard deanna knox speaking. they didn't leave the courthouse. one can only assume because they wanted to spend time with amanda before she leaves. we've seen her come back and forth today. beginning of the day she was brought to the prison with a police van. she went past here. she left. after they made their pleas of innocence, they were taken back. they were brought back an hour or so ago. this time they will be taken back to the prison for the last time. >> i want to play this clip. deanna knox, the sister of amanda knox moments ago speaking on behalf of the family. >> i don't think it's working. >> hello. >> prego. >> i'm deanna knox, amanda knox's sister. i have a few words on behalf of our family. we are thankful amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for years for a crime she did not commit. we are thankful to our lawyers and their assistants. not only did they defend her brilliantly, but they also loved her. we are thankful for the support we have received from all over the world. people who took the time to research the case and could

in the late summer of 2007, amanda and her sister deanna traveled there to get her settled.y first day in town, deanna found amanda a place to live. >> we were walking around, and the first thing amanda did, of course, was go down to her university. so we walked down there, and she went inside and i sat outside. and this girl came up and was right next to where i was overt said, all i could read because i don't speak italian was apartmento. >> and that was the apartment? >> uh-huh, that was it. >> once settled in perujia, amanda seemed to be living her dream. >> the first pictures she ever sent me were of the little house that she had found. and i was kind of looking at her going you have that kind of a view out of your backyard? and it was really you know, i was very happy for her. >> and just eight days before meredith's murder, amanda met a boy. an italian student named raf fell lay sollecito. >> was she falling in love? i thought she sounded like a girl who was definitely very infasiated with this young man who was showing her around. they went over to asisi. so yeah, th

her sister deanna remembers when she moved into this house which she shared with three other girls, two italians and one british student named meredith kercher. why was she so set on that apartment? >> i think because of the people really. it was close to the college and her roommates are the sweetest people in the world. >> but after only six weeks in italy on the night of november 1st, 2007, amanda's overseas adventure would take a bizarre turn. amanda claims she slept over with her boyfriend raffaello sollecito that night. according to her, they cooked dinner at his house, smoked hashish and made love. on that same night, meredith kercher returned to the home she shared with amanda after watching a movie with friends. sometime between 11:00 p.m. and midnight a witness living in these apartments across the street claimed to hear a scream and multiple footsteps running away from the house in opposite directions. the next day knox says she returned home to shower and change clothes. then she noticed something was wrong. one roommate's room was turned upside down. a rock on the floor and

amanda's sister, deanna, smoke amanda's sister, deanna, spoke for the family. >> we're thankful that amanda's nightmare is over. we are thankful to the courts for having the courage to look for the truth and the overturn this conviction. >> reporter: an extraordinary scene outside the courthouse. there's been whistling, great disappointment among people out here that amanda knox has been found not guilty in the murder of meredith kercher. this is one of amanda's attorneys. >> she was extremely scared, she was extremely worried. all the last week has been extremely difficult for her. >> reporter: earlier in the day, there was even more drama. "i am afraid," she said. as a worldwide television audience watched knox address the court in italian, pleading for her life. "i just want to go home and go back to my life. i don't want to be punished and deprived of my future for something i didn't do because i am innocent." and tonight a large black mercedes left the prison with blacked out windows. amanda knox is beginning the long journey home. bob? >> schieffer: when do you think she'll act

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she'll -- deanna crawley is back with us. you don't want to mess that. that is manage up later. >>> and looking forward to. that. >>> a couple of minute away from 9:00. let's go downstairs to the latest on the weather. still raining out there? >> reporter: yeah, still some showers across the area. the rain will be back on and off throughout the day and the possibility of afternoon thunderstorms as well and this is a live look at the hd radar. again, periods of heavy rain and some light shower activity now and off to the north of the city and into montgomery county, howard county and west of columbia and clarksville and showers and to baltimore. the rest of us, cloud cover and their is that fog out there and with some sunshine and that will not be raining and the one- two combination, the tropical moisture to the east and to the south. that has to get here later today. we're not done with the rain. later this afternoon, the possibility of thunderstorms as well and this should lift off to the north and east and should get quieter weather tomorrow and retur

outside the courthouse, mignini is jeered and booed by the crowd while amanda's sister deanna is exultant. >> we're thankful amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four year force a crime she did not commit. we are thankful for the support we have received from all over the world and last we are thankful to the court for having the courage to look for the truth in overturning the conviction. >> she's looking forward to have a future back home and looking to go back as soon as possible. >> reporter: knox returns to the capanne prison for the last time. hours after she said good-bye to the prison chaplain and filled out routine paperwork a small convoy of cars drives away as amanda knox enjoys her first moments of freedom in almost four years. the question now, what's next for her and her family? stay with us. li s id li s m ba llral,was id unl m ba t.veouwas id unl or m ba ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you've learned a thing or two. this is the age of knowing what needs to be done. so, why would you let something like erectile dysfunction get in your way? isn't it

the sky -- >> deanna's parents are challenging a court ruling that granted the city immunity. in a special report this year, wjz rode with experts to identify stray electrical throughout the city. >> we took a measurement coming off that poll right there. this wire is connected to the poll, watch what happens when i touch this. >> indiana's case one of the poles came into direct contact. >> the notion that the city can let an electrical system that it has complete control over didn't belong to pg&e. deteriorate so badly now you have two hot fences with 240 volts they say they're not responsible, that boggles the mind. >> now the contractor who did electrical work for the city here settled with the family out of courts but stipulated that that is not an admission of guilt. reporting from druid hills park, i'm pat warren back to you on tv hill. >> it's not liable to check for defects unless there's reason to believe there's a problem. >> news for flyers at dwi marshall airport. it's one of the worst airports in the country for delays. travel and leisure magazine -- second worst

when deanna green was killed by an electrical voltage on this ball field aa druid hill park.he as stretching bbfooe a game when he leaned into a fence... with a live current.since thhn, her family has been lobbying for new safety regulations.on friday... tte public service commission finally approved ii. utility companies will now be required to conduct surveys - state... using mobile ss the technology that measures currents traveling underground. (mom) 22:52 "i don't know that people reaaize how much of a victory it is."((ad) 24:11-24 play in mud puddles... attract stray electricity into the grou" ground."the new saaety rule... will be named aftee deanna.a lasting tribute.... that gives her parents some comfort.the ggrens also have a pending for their daughter's death. 3 thhy believe officials knew about the faultyyelectrical lines utthere. today, jurors could decide whethhr walter bishop shouud be put to death for murdering a man in parkville last year. year. last week jurors coovicted bishop in the kkllinn of ray porter. police say porter's wife hired bissop elaborate murd

detective deanna mackey testified she interviewed norwood at the hospital and considered her a victim. she told police her coworker was attacked by a pair of masked men. >>> baltimore city police have arrested an 18-year-old in the death of a caregiver. james johnson was arrested in the death of 70-year-old milton hill. he had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scone. johnson was charged with first degree murder, assaulted, robbery and handgun charges. >>> in baltimore county, police are not sure who are behind random shootings. the first was at a gas station on lees avenue. two hours later a 27-year-old man walked into a store in a nearby road when he was robbed and shot. >>> living in howard county, you need to be aware. police are looking for a missing sex offender. this man, james spivey, is the only sex offender police did not find during a recent check in. if you know where he is, call howard county police others quickly as possible. >>> the headlines scream miss ago ruby about woman buried alive. the national enquirer says they have learned authorit

that's deanna knox in front of the microphones. i'm not sure if we're going to be able to hear them. >> yeah -- >> we are now watching amanda knox's family. they've come to the stairs of the court and are about to address the gathered media, media from around the world. >> i'm deanna knox, amanda knox's sister and i have a few words on behalf of our family. we're thankful that amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime that she did not commit. we are thankful for our lawyers. carlo, and maria del grosso and their assistants. not only did they defend her brilliantly, but they also loved her. we are thankful for the support we have received from all over the world. people who took the time to research the case and could see that amanda and raffaele were innocent. and last, we are thankful to the court for having the courage to looked for truth and to overturn this conviction. we now respectfully ask you to give amanda and the rest of our family our privacy, that we need to recover from this horrible ordeal. t

her sister deanna spoke to reporters afterwards. >> we are thankful amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she didn't commit. >> reporter: cheering was heard from inside the prison where knox and her former boyfriend raphael solocito awaited the verdict. outside the courthouse a different reaction. italians, angry over the handling of the case jeered the prosecutors. the stage for the dramatic decision was set this morning when knox stood to address the court. the final word before deliberation. nervous and tearful at times she declared her innocence saying she wasn't even there when it happened and if she had been she would have been killed, too. she accused the police of betraying her trust and called kercher her friend and someone she was sharing her life with and finally told the court -- [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: i want to go back home. i want to go back to my life. tonight, seattle friends of knox who came here for the verdict are anxious to see her go home. >> i'm so relieved and so happy she's out. >> i'm so grateful the

conference right now here at city hall along with interim police chief howard jordan, administrator deanna santana, and the mayor. the mayor says she was saddened about what happened last night. she says the city of oakland wants to start the occupy movement and the city believes in the right to free speech. but she says the protest is going in a different direction and she admits these are very difficult times. >> it's a tough time for america. we're trying to find the right thing to do. i'm going to try to be working with the community groups. we're going to try to work with the demonstrators. they have very unusual organizations. very flat, generally anti-government. but this is something that we hope that we can make progress on. >> now, i talked to a number of city council members. they say their phone has been ringing off the hook. the mayor agrees. she's been getting a lot of phone calls. you heard her say she's met with a lot of community groups today. protesters say that police used excessive force. mayor says she's looking into that. as i said, the press conference is going on ri

her elated sister deanna spoke to reporters afterward. >> we're thankful amanda's nightmare is over. >> reporter: cheering was heard from inside the prison where knox and her former boyfriend, raffaele sollecito waited during deliberations. outside the courthouse though, a different reaction. as italians angry over the handling of the case engineered the prosecutors. the stage was set earlier this morning when knox stood to address the court, the final word before deliberations. nervous and tearful at times, she declared her innocence saying she wasn't even there when it happened and if she had been, she would have been killed, too. she accused the police of betraying their trust in them and called kercher her friend and someone she was sharing her life with and finally told the court, i want to go back home, i want to go book to my life. also in the courtroom, the family of kercher who appeared emotional after the verdict. earlier they asked the world to not forget the ultimate victim in this tragedy. >> as i say, four years on the one hand is a very long time. on the other, it's no

amanda's sister, deanna, spoke for the family. >> we're thankful that amanda's nightmare is finally over salute the court for having the courage to look for the truth and overturn this conviction. >> reporter: and extraordinary scene outside the courthouse has been whistling, great disappointment among people that amanda knox has been found not guilty in the murder of meredith kercher. carter de la vega data was s one of her lawyers. >> she was extremely worried. all last week has been extremely difficult for her. >> reporter: earlier in the day, there was even more drama. >> i am afraid, she said, as a worldwide television audience watched knox address the court in italian, pleading for her life. [ foreign language ] >> reporter: i just want to go home and go back to my life. i don't want to be fun issued and depriced of my future for something i didn't do. because i am innocent. a large mercedes with blacked- out windows has left the local prison, amanda knox has begun the long journey home. peter van zandt, cbs news, perugia, italy. >>> he called the word insensitive but what they hav

. >> reporter: the parents of deanna green have been in and out of court since 2006. she planted one foot against a fence and stretched against another. her body completed the circuit. >> we had the equivalent of two bare wires and volts of electricity disguised as fences. >> reporter: wjz road with experts to identify electrical currents throughout the city. >> we took a measurement of 240 votes coming off of the pole. watch what happens when it touches something metal. >> reporter: in deanna's case, one of the poles electrified the fence from a cable. >> the notion that the city can let the electrical system deteriorate so badly that now you have two hot fences and they're not responsible? that boggles the mind. >> reporter: now, the contractor settled with the family out of court and stipulated that's not an admission of guilt. now, back to you on tv hill. >>> the city's not liable for the defects unless there's a reason to believe there's a problem. >>> a warning about several forms of birth control. according to the fda, some pills could raise the risk of blood c

deanna, any action on the roadway yet? >> not too much. some fog this morning, and also some road work. i will let you know more about that in a couple of minutes. >> thanks, ladies. >>> all right. gunfire at a family birthday party in pittsburg. >> four people are shot, including a 9-year-old girl. now, police say two hooded men walked up to a home on ravine drive and fired into an open garage. more than 30 people inside were at a child's birthday party. at the house. in the backyard. three teenaged boys were also shot. two of them critically. >> there was a party going. you got kids. and we heard firecrackers and i come out and check and heard all the screaming. and at first, the kids were crying and all that stuff, it had to be firecrackers because the kids were crying but the then cames out saying somebody got shot. >> reporter: medical helicopters landed at delta's regional trail, a few blocks away and took one of most seriously wounded to john muir hospital. three others traveled by ambulances. all are expected to survive. >>> at lea

as knox's family made their way out of the courtroom, her younger sister and best friend deanna stepped up to the microphone. now a joyful family spokesman. >> we're thankful that amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime that she did not commit. >> reporter: then her lead attorney who had defended the seattle student from the start, over 100 hearings and a crushing guilty verdict two years ago. >> today she was scared. she knew that the day was important. it was before life in jail and complete dismissal, therefore, she was very scared. >> reporter: amanda knox was hustled back to prison for the last time. she was finishing some routine paperwork before being flown out of the country back to her home in seattle. this day of judgment started with knox's emotional plea in court to be freed. her voice shaking so much, the judge told her she could sit if necessary. she said, "i am paying with my life for something i didn't do. i didn't kill. i didn't rape. i insist after four years, after four hopeless years my innocence. i want to go home. i want to go back to my

joining me are deanna lynn. she is a survivor. the heart walk is this weekend. you were what 40 when you had your heart attack? yes, i was. i didn't fit the normal face of heart disease. heart disease is the number one killer of women in america. a the lot of people think it is a form of cancer. heart disease kills men and women and it is the number one killer. >> reporter: you look like a vibrant, healthy young woman. >> i feel fit. >> reporter: what were you feeling like that day? >> i had just gotten over acold and i had taken an antibiotic horse pill and thought it was sort of stuck right here. when i initially went into the emergency room their reaction was what mine was, probably not a heart attack, but express related. i had a great cardiologist who said let's do a big work up on here. >> a lot of women don't they dismiss the symptoms? let's put up some of the major symptoms. part of the heart attack you may be feeling. i think the medical community from what we hear may think something else, sleep disturbance, indigestion, anxiety present themselves. >>

i was in continuous contact with all the family -- curt edda, chris, deanna -- in every possible way. after the verdict, i was able to speak to amanda. it was an amazing moment, an extremely emotional moment. she was incredibly joyful, thankful, and ever so grateful. she could not contain her thanks and appreciation, for all of the support that she's been given. for all the help she's been given everywhere, from her family and around the world. >> and there in her hometown of seattle. and she's headed back there. when do you expect her to arrive? and what's going to happen when she gets home? >> all those -- we know she's in the air. we're very happy about that. i think when she arrives, it's going to be time to reflect and re-evaluate and regroup and spend some -- you know, try to regain very, very precious lost time she's not had with her family. so, we'll wait to see. we expect wonderful things. she's a bright, beautiful, wonderful, young woman. and we're just expecting wonderful things from her. >> taking it moment by moment, as can be expected. and, dan, as we've been saying, thi

and his daughters that i laugh about that all the time, deanna and yamma. and, he was at his suite.rev is on 'saturday night live.'" "i'm not watching that. he shouldn't do it. he's making a joke out of himself." and he went in the bedroom of the suite. and they turned on tv in the living room. and i came out and did the james brown. >> jimmy: yeah. >> he snuck out, and looked. and saw me doing the invitation. he says, "the boy is a genius. i told him to do that." [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: we actually have a clip of that. here's your monologue. here's the reverend al sharpton. >> look at you, up here on this racist television show. [ laughter ] all dressed up like pat boone, trying to appeal to people in iowa. you used to be the tour manager for james brown, the godfather of soul. >> hold on, just because i don't wear flashy suits and gold medallions, it doesn't mean i still can't get down. >> you're an old man. >> not too old to do this. hit it. ♪ ♪ i feel good i knew that i would i feel good i knew that i would ♪ ♪ hey, so good so good i've got you ♪ ♪ whoa! >> jimmy: th

knox's sister, deanna spoke to the media shortly after her sister's name was cleared. >> we're thankful that amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit. we're thankful for the support we have received from all over the world. people who took the time to research the case and could see that amanda and raffaele sollecito were innocent. lastly, we're thankful to the court for having the courage to look for the truth and to overturn this conviction. >> the victim's family has just held a press conference. i'll have that reaction coming up in the next half hour. a third person has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder. meanwhile, amanda knox left the courthouse two hours after the verdict was said and now we know she is at the airport reported by "the associated press" ready to board a plane to london and eventually the united states. back to you. >> surae, the big thing was overturned, the murder conviction but amanda knox is found guilty on another charge. what was that about? >> the court upheld another conviction and that involves

amanda's sister deanna read a statement. >> we're grateful for the support we received from people all over the world. people who took time to research the case and could see that amanda and raffaele were innocent. for having the courage to look for the truth and to overturn this conviction. >> knox said nothing herself after leaving the prison in a two-car convoy after picking up her belongings and saying good-bye. she's in rome preparing to leave for seattle. matthew chance was in perugia when the verdict came in. where is amanda knox right now and do we know what her plans are for the next two hours? >> reporter: it's an undisclosed location. we understand she's staying at a villa with her family. with family and friends who came over to support her. celebrating her dramatic acquittal from these murder charges and release from a 26-year prison sentence. i imagine she's got a lot to talk about, a lot to celebrate. her plans, according to the family, the lawyers that we've spoken to, she wants to get home as soon as possible back to seattle so she can pick up, you know, the pieces of

it's a record in that respect to the people who are here but i want to take special recognition of deanna markum. she's the wonderful librarian who keeps us all here in washington throughout the nation -- she's been the executive director of the festival. jennifer gavin, its project manager, and our long time center for the book and the authors coordinator and the director of development and the thousand volunteers made up of library staff who are here on their own time. it's a free weekend. this is not their divvy but it's their pleasure and also members of the junior league. i have a thousand of other individuals who lived the book festival. many of these volunteers return year after year to help. we couldn't have done this without them. and the those who have helped install the technology that has made communication possible. and those who have helped with the book lovers and we're grateful for the many who have brought their children and celebrated the multigenerational task of reading and talking to each other and extending the conversations that you never quite have with that screen

and over to deanna with a look at traffic. >> thank you, we're going to head to 880 right now, northboundar dixon landing. we're getting reports of an accident, about a two to three cars involved, according to chp, and it is blocking the two middle lanes and it looks like a noninjury wreck and push it over to the right shoulder pretty quickly and you can see in the sensors stop and go conditions in both directions and southbound, slow as well. for spectator slowing and try to avoid that area to get it wrapped up. the rest of 880 looks like there. north of there, past the accident, no troubles, if you go to oakland and again southbound the delays begin as you head to the accident at dixon landing. that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:36 now. a missing suspect, apparently tampering with evidence, a couple of mysteries surrounding a deadly shooting at the funeral of a local hell's angel's leader as kcbs radio matt bigler is in san jose with more on the investigation. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank. yes, getting witnesses to talk has been difficult if not imp

the decision to move in ultimately fell to city administrator, deanna santana. oakland mayor jean quan was in washington on business and returned today. >> i made the decision with the team that was in place to put an end to what i see is a very critical situation that posed significant risk. >> reporter: but it appeared last night's violence might be only a taste of what's to come. members of occupy oakland warned today they won't be moved. mike porter, a direct tv salesman, took a week off work to join the protest. he spent eight days in the encampment. >> if you're coming down here because you don't like the police you're not here for the right reasons. you might as well just stay at home unless coming to get educated. >> reporter: the occupy movement grew out of a series of demonstrations in new york city known as occupy wall street. protests have since spread to a host of other cities-- portland, maine, chicago, illinois and denver, colorado among them. in atlanta, authorities say the threat of a weapon was one factor that spurred riot police to move in las