i'm debra alfarone. >> i'm derek mcginty. the administration believes personal info for more than 4 million current and former federal employees may have been hacked. garrett haake has followed the story for us all day. he is live in the satellite center with the details. >> the hackers targeted the office of personnel management. that's essentially the hr department for the entire federal government. once they got inside the network they were able to snoop around quite a while before they were eventually detected in april. by then it was already too late. personal information for at least 4 million current and former government employees is now in the hands of hackers. government sources tell cbs news the hack began in china,

so was our national correspondent debra feyerick outside the courthouse.g and waiting to see if any of the family members will take the podium but before they do deb, can you tell me how did he sound? how did he appear standing there in court? >> reporter: well he had a very thick accent actually and there were times it was very very difficult to hear what he was saying. in fact it was the reporters in the overflow room who had a much better perspective what he was doing. you know it was just -- it was -- he was wearing a dark suit same suit that he had worn throughout his trial and the determination of guilt and his hair was sort of slightly longer as was his beard. when he listened to the victim impact statements he sort of slouched in the chair, sort of his traditional position but he suggested that he real he been listening to all the people who stood up to testify. it was interesting. we spoke to the father of an amputee, a young man who lost his leg at the site of dzhokhar tsarnaev's bomb and the father says he doesn't believe it. he thinks the lawye

our debra alfarone talked with some of the federal workers today. they is -- she is live right now. [ audio difficulties ] >> i'm not willing to talk about it because of my employment. >> i'd rather not say. >> reporter: even though their personal information may likely be exposed. several government employees we spoke to kept their feelings underwrap hours after the breach was announced. >> the news came out today, so they'll be letting us know. >> reporter: evidence points to china-based hackers once again. china's thirst for our info is nothing new. a data breach this size is. >> it affects me. i'm scared to death. i don't know what's going to happen. i don't know what they're going to have, what information they have, what they'll use it to do, how to even monitor it. >> what worries me is one, the amount of information with all the federal employees out there. it's a serious matter and with the way this continues i don't understand why they're not taking this more seriously. >> reporter: the hack took place in december, was uncovered in april a

her mother, debra brown, is also present in court. >> okay. >> okay, we're on the record now the cases monique jeffries. >> before delivering his sentence, the judge allows jeffries to make a statement. >> okay, very good. five minutes, ms. jeffries. >> i would just like to say today that i have forgave myself for what i have done. i'm not a savage beast. i'm a human being. i will admit that it got a little bit out of hand, but i just didn't intentionally put my hands on her. i was provoked. i'm only protecting myself, and i can't help it if i protect myself to where i'm not going to let anybody put their hands on me anymore. since my incarceration, i have a new religion as a muslim. i've learned more than i have as a christian. and being a muslim requires a whole lot of structure, and i finally found something that's really going to structure me and help me guide myself to be a better person. >> okay. thank you very much, ms. jeffries. okay, commonwealth? >> yes, thank you. debra brown, who is the mother, is here in the courtroom today, and i believe that she would like to address th

>> reporter: debra it means they could help them afford insurance. reaction here in washington was strong and swift. a jubilent crowd thrilled the decision. >> this means so much to young people and young people who were never able to get health insurance before. >> the reality is there are people who are now going to be able to continue to accessthey need, get the treatment that their family needs and that feels great. >> the affordable care act is here to stay. >> a major victory for president obama. >> we finally declared that in america, healthcare is not a privilege for a few, but a right for all. >> reporter: chief justice john roberts wrote the majority opinion. saying congress passed the affordable care act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them. >> just being in the room and having to uphold that history as it is happening. as well as how animated it is in its decent. >> reporter: the ruling prompted fierce reaction from both sides. >> we are opposed to how the supreme court has ruled today. we feel that it is a tragic reve

. >> debra, let's talk about the great lengths that the magazine went through to keep this secret. why is the outfit so secret? >> i think they went to such great lengths for caitlin to feel beautiful and to look beautiful. and it's clear from the incredible wardrobe and the hair and the makeup that that i got in the article, that that was very important. i mean this bombshell cover is unbelievable. and in fact, the buft yay and the panty set is now going to be selling out. we've tracked down the store in california where this outfit was purchased and they expect sales are going to go crazy. but i think it's much more than that. in the article, they talk about how at the end of the afternoon of shooting and it was a long day and hair and makeup and a lot of styleistsstylists caitlin went to each person who had been a part of the shoot and said thank you. in the article, they tell the story, the gold medal is there, one of the many or the gold medal from winning the decathlon was there. and he said looking at that gold medal, that day was good. but this day has been so much better.

they're singing their hearts out to tell every one of us we're good enough exactly as we are. >> debraarone spent the afternoon with this group of students from drew model school to get the inside scoop on an anti-bullying video they are hoping will go viral. ♪ and tell me who says you don't have to class, who says you can't be the best ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: meet the girls who go to drew middle school and they have a simple message. you're special. >> you're unique. i'm good enough just the way i am. >> who says you can't do things? they're just putting you down, but you put yourself right back up. ♪ ♪ you've got every right to a beautiful life ♪ ♪ come on who says who says you're not perfect ♪ ♪ >> reporter: each 1 sang a part of the selena gomez who says. that alone is brave. >> a little nervous. ♪ nana na ♪ ♪ who says you don't have potential ♪ ♪ who says you're not presidential ♪ ♪. >> anyone who believes anything like that, don't think, don't do that. >> i don't have the same thing as someone else, it makes me people like i'm not special, but i really know that i am special now. >>

debra fairic joins us now. we are learning tools were allegedly smuggled in some frozen meat? >> reporter: exactly right. joyce mitchell gave a colleague at the prison a corrections officer a piece of frozen hamburger meat. the men have hot plights in their cells to use it to make food. apparently that piece of meat didn't go through the metal detectedors. it's in that meat investigators believe come contraband was inside. that's what they are looking at now. >> wow. would the person she gave it to have known? >> that's an excellent question. the corrections officer who is now on paid leave -- it appears he did not know. his lawyer is saying if he helped in the escape it was completely unwith ittingly. at a place of work you have conversations with people, talk to them get to know them. it looks like rich matt was a mastermind. >> we are going to talk to that correction guard's attorney coming up on the. practice. in terms what have the inmates have access to right now, is it clear if they are monitoring news broadcasts on the radio or communications? >> that's a good question

angie: debra mao, thank you for that.g up next, we'll be speaking to john rice, vice chairman of general electric. do not miss that after the short break. ♪ angie: checking other stories. they heat wave and southern pakistan has killed more than 200 people in three days as temperatures soar to 45 degrees celsius. most of the dead and the southern port city of karachi. it has coincided with ramadan. drinkuslims do not eat or during the daylight hours. many people are without air-conditioning. governor of south carolina has called for the confederate flag flying in the state legislature to be removed. republican nikki haley said the pastis part of the state's but does not represent the future. the white government who killed nine black members in a church had been photographed waving the flag. --sident obama has attended will attend the funeral of the pastor on friday. separate military generals and the phil -- drills and the philippine. china has been building in the byion which is claimed philippines and other countries.

. >> i'm debra alfarone. there's severe thunderstorm watches and warnings throughout the metro area. chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking the storms. where are they right now? >> they're everywhere. look at these severe thunderstorm warnings across much of the metro area of d.c. stretching back to manassas and culpeper. the duller yellow is a severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00. this bright yellow is now a severe thunderstorm warning. now when we click you folks out in jefferson county around berkeley springs and martinsburg and frederick county, you're no longer under the severe thunderstorm watch. the watch goes until 11:00. because it covers such a large area south and east that's why. we feel the threat will be over about 9:00 in the immediate metro area. wind gusts at national 48 miles per hour in the last 20 minutes. let's look at radar. a tremendous line of showers and storms pushing through, a lot of lightning, hail, damaging winds. frederick county, you're all right. leesburg you're in good

i'm debra alfarone -- thank you for joining us. i'm debra alfarone. >> and i'm derek mcginty. >> we just canceled the severe thunderstorm warnings for montgomery and frederick county. we're looking at a tremendous complex of thunderstorms in terms of lightning, hail and wind, severe weather near baltimore with another tornado warning for baltimore county and harford county. here is the line of showers and storms almost solid from northeastern maryland through baltimore across i-70 into howard county and back across the river into loudoun county. look at the lightning, unbelievable. that's as dangerous as anything else. you hear thunder, you can be struck by lightning. please get the kids indoors. right now we have heavy rain and frequent lightning in frederick across parts of tuscarora and frederick and parts of germantown. we'll zoom in and talk about the warning. this is the only warning in effect now up into baltimore. it does extend back into frederick county. that will go on another half hour. frequent lightning and damaging w

debra has a look inside the man cave that's been a big success during the nba footballs. >> don't let this quiet scene in san bruno fool you. inside it's bedlam, a dozen theater seats filled, everyone glued to the big screen. instead of my own two seats. >> he's the usher in his hands the remote that sets this blue light spinning when there's a three. >> is it too rowdy. it's the diaz fan cave. >> i thought oh, my goodness, this is amazing. high energy, no crowds or parking 15 the snack bar acheaper. you think no waiting for the bathroom, not necessarily. >> we get a line, there's people watching the game here. >> it started with me way back when my mom told me stories. >> he started converting his garage four years ago. >> memorabilia, he has plenty. it's the memories. >> it's great i get to do it with my daughter, teach willing her about the warriors and her cousins. >> the family can be in here and spend the time together and watch the gem. >> it does seem that space transports everyone closer to home court. i like it at the game, i love it here more. >> gotta go to that house. >>>

new at 10 debra is live in pat loo ma one of about a dozen bay area cities. >> reporter: tomorrow is the first day for fire work sales in this city and buyers are supposed to wait l until saturday, the 4th, to light any of them up. will they? even legal fire works are a worry. this afternoon fire in petaluma didn't spread beyond one house but caused a lot of anxiety for neighbors of unsure what to do. >> i contender think. nothing was coming to mind. >> reporter: grabbed her kids and pets. >> i went into panic mode. >> reporter: knowing how fast fire can spread investigators want fire work sales as safe as possible. >> 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. >> reporter: the final permits are being issued for 17 booths here. although this seller first has to get rid of the tall embraces around the stand and locker where the fireworks are stored. >> you need to have clearance especially right now. and we will be out here probably reading in the morning and then the rest of the sign in. >> reporter: in five days the booth earns $5,000 for youth lacrosse. >> i would say it's probably a third of our fu

debra alfarone wusa9. >> and that is great advice, even when the temperatures are not sweltering. >>body could use a check up every once in a while from two friends. >> exactly. we had trouble yesterday. a 3 degree guarantee because of the smoke. we went for a high in the lower 90s. we think that's okay as we'll let you know at 11:00 tonight and we went to 93 today. we are feeling pretty good. let's just say that. >> probably not 89. >> no. in fact right now it is still 90. but i want to point that out. i think that i also mentioned this earlier at noon that it is just not comfortable at all, just really miserable with the winds out of the south at 11:00. the best time to exercise is in the morning that you don't want to do it at this time of the night and the air quality is not great. 72 to 82. we're going to flirt with record highs tomorrow. and the 90s will continue throughout the weekend. a lot of them all over the place, depends on where this front ends up, staying just north of us where the 90s will continue all weekend. with that said the high is to beat tomorrow for tomorrow'

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about 2:00 p.m., she hears local kids calling for help. >> miss debra, come outside. a girl standing on the air conditioner. we thought they were joking and playing a trick on us. >> reed is shocked to discover it's true. >> we were horrified to see this little girl standing on the air conditioner. >> a crowd is gathering transfixed by a little girl who had slipped through the side panels of an ac unit and is standing on top of it. a neighbor records the scene on his phone while someone dials 911 and reed rushes inside. >> i banged on the family's door to make them aware that the little girl was on the air conditioner. >> the girl's mother doesn't open the door. just then, steven st. bernard is arriving home from his 12 hour shift as a new york city bus driver. >> there were a lot of people standing around trying to figure what to do. first thing that came to my mind is how did she get up there? let me get over there. i hope she don't fall. >> the child seems oblivious to the terrified people below and to her own perilous situation. >> seen her smiling and teetering b

debra osbourne is not holding her breath. >> what needs to happen now?t my money back and he needs to get his business shut down. >> the pennsylvania attorney general's office says it's looking into this issue. former owner mark finkelstein is committed to work with daniel roberts to resolve all disputes. some customers have canceled orders through their credit cards. they say osbourne furniture has been ordered. morales got his yesterday. based on our calls others are still waiting and angry. jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> saved by the bell star dustin diamond is headed to jail. diamond was sentenced to four months in jail today for his involvement in a stabbing on christmas day. during the trial diamond says his girl friend got no a fight with a group of people and he was just trying to protect her. he will report to jail on sunday sunday. >>> age old debate quality versus quantity which is better? new study says quality wins out. at least when it comes to friends. british researchers studied hundreds of young people between the ages of 11 and 19. those r

debra osbourne is not holding her breath. >> what needs to happen now? to get my money back and he needs to get his business shut down. >> reporter: the pennsylvania attorney general's office says it's looking into this issue. former own are in mark finkel stein is committed to work with daniel roberts to resolve all disputes while complaining some customers have canceled orders through their credit cards. osbourne's furniture has been ordered. morales got his yesterday. based on our calls others are still waiting. and angry. jeff cole, fox 29 news. >> hopefully they won't have to wait much longer than they already have iain inform maryland not sure what they were thinking here a woman stripped down at a play ground. >> police say what she and a man did went a little too far maybe way too far. neighbors spotted the woman posing topless during the severe storms yesterday. witnesses say that a guy was taking pictures of her. police showed up at the may ground but the man and woman were gone. there are no surveillance cameras in that area. authorities are s

our debra alfarone talked with some of the federal workers today.hey is -- she is live right now. [ audio difficulties ] >> i'm not willing to talk about it because of my employment. >> i'd rather not say. >> reporter: even though their personal information may likely be exposed. several government employees we spoke to kept their feelings underwrap hours after the breach was announced. >> the news came out today, so they'll be letting us know. >> reporter: evidence points to china-based hackers once again. china's thirst for our info is nothing new. a data breach this size is. >> it affects me. i'm scared to death. i don't know what's going to happen. i don't know what they're going to have, what information they

debra debra thank you. >> now a former sergeant and eric jenson inmate who nuknew both escapees. all of you know of this facility. jeff let me start with you because you know the superintendent the other top two exec sievesutives suspended. do you think they could be responsible? >> hi erin. i don't believe that mr. rosette and the people there are directly responsible. yes, he is the superintendent of the facility but takes direction from albany. he takes direction from the political appointees the governor puts in place to run the department of corrections. mr. rosette, we had a 30 to 50-man fight before the escape. he said hey, i would like to lock the facility down and do a complete facility frisk. albany said no. if that facility frisk had been done every single cell would have searched. every common area would have been searched and the two large holes in the cells would have been found by any officer frisking the cell but he is not the man making the call. he has to request it and albany is responsible for the facility. >> eric you're on the other side. jeff was a sergeant

a woman named debra lee orrin. it is a handwritten letter on a legal pad.ghten at all. i was in constant pain and then you got us the health plan. i was able to get both knees replaced. it was hard work but so worth it. i bless you every night. i'm able to walk the dogs again. i walk with my husband and hold hands. it's like a new world for me. you are responsible for this wonderful gift. please don't let the republicans bully you. we at the bottom of the ladder love you for the hand up. now i can cook without worry of being burned i can food shop by myself and go to the doctor when in need of assistance temperature i'm a strong irish woman. keep pushing. let them know you won't take any gulf. you are l always be in my prayers you and your family. god bless america and god bless you. >> if you are the president of the united states you have to love a pep talk like that any day of the week on any issue from someone in your country. now the white house is putting stories like that to work. they are telling stories like that. they are basically trying to use p

but remaking debra's world didn't require a miracle it just required that debra have access to something that she and every other american has a right to expect which is healthcare coverage. while there are outcomes we can calculate the number of newly insured families the number of lives saved. those numbers add up to success in this reform effort. there are outcomes that are harder to calculate. in the tally of the pain and tragedy and bankruptcies that have been averted but also in the security of a parent who can afford to take her kid to the doctor or the dignity of a grandfather who can get the preventative care he needs. or the freedom of an entrepreneur can --. in the end that's why you do what you do. isn't that what this is all about? is there any greater measure of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness than those simple pleasures that are afforded because you have good health and you have some security. more than five years ago i said while i was not the first president to take up this cause, i was determined to be the last. and now it's up to all of us the citizens in

i'm debra alfarone. >> i'm derek mcginty. the governor described his cancer as aggressive and advanced, but he's not going to let the diagnosis slow him down. governor hogan is ready to tackle this next challenge and he already has a bit of of humor about it. >> reporter: governor larry hogan says he has dozens of tumors inside his body right now, stage 3, possibly stage 4 nonhoggins lymphoma. he says it -- non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he says is t is treatable and he -- it is treatable and he is planning to work through chemotherapy and radiation. >> this cancer is very aggressive but also responds very well to chemotherapy treatment. the best news is that my odds of getting through this and beating this are much, much better than the odds i had of beating anthony brown to become the 62nd governor of maryland. [ applause ] >> over the coming months i'll be receiving multiple very aggressive chemotherapy treatments. most likely i'm going to lose my hair. you won't have these beautiful gray locks. i may trim down a little bit, but

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. >> i'm debra alfarone on georgia avenue in northwest dc by one of the senior cooling centers in the where todd was -- today was annual senior day where there we met about 1,500 seniors who were beating the heat gracefully and they shared their time tested tips with us. >> don't get excited when the weather gets warm. i just go with the flow. >> keep a lot of water. >> yeah, but you've got to be in a cool place. >> it is slowly under your chin. >> reporter: they would dodge their rays by standing under the tents today where the dc office on aging says we all need to check on the seniors in our life and seniors need to take the precautions. >> go to the nearest mall and go somewhere to be comfortable. don't go out there and cut grass when it is 90 degrees, stay cool. >> we'll have a list of all the senior cooling centers like this one behind me on our app. >>> you're trying to play beat the heat too to get that right. >> yes, we are. the smoke got in the way as we're in pretty good shape with a high of 93. dulles came very close to the record high. so far only 92. just missed it. 93 t

i'm debra alfarone. >> i'm derek mcginty. the office of personnel management said a massive data breach involves some 4 million workers including people who don't even work for the feds anymore. the agency found out about the hack in april when it began upgrading its cyber security, but it was too late for that. opm did not say specifically what information the hackers got their hands on, but it could include everything from names, social security numbers. the fbi, department of homeland security are investigating how it may have happened and how much the cyber they've may have gotten away with. the washington post is reporting the hack originated in china. we'll bring you the latest tonight at 11:00. >>> a woman who says jesse matthew sexually assaulted her in fairfax county 10 years ago will be allowed to identify him in court yduring trial. judge made that ruling about 90 minutes ago. the defense argued detectives urged the woman to look up pictures of matthew which might influence her ability to positively id him. the ju

debra has the night off. mother and her young son are dead, they were found unconscious in the flooded basement of their home. hank is life just off that road. - - is live off that route. >> reporter: they lived in the basement of this house here, and as this storm moved in, the basement got wet and began to flood. a pump was hooked up in the stairwell outside the house. it was not hardwired, and somehow as water flowed in, in cumulative side. >> the floor was saturated. and then we went to the outdoor entrance and it was full of water. the pump was being operated on its own. >> the water was so modified, one firefighter also received electrical shock and the mother and child recently moved in with other family members. >> i am very shocked, because i didn't think something like this could happen right now it's very sad. they seemed like nice people. i didn't know them very well, but they always said hi. it is upsetting. >> is unclear how long they were lying in the basement before they were found by a relati

. >> and i'm debra. festival is in full swing this week in d.c. >> and despite all of the crowds, they have been there all day long celebrating and that is where we find nikki burdine. >> you see the party? >> reporter: -- and they're jamming out and have been here all day long. it's hot, yes, and people are carrying their water bottles and celebrating. it's about celebrating. look at the video. you can see people have been out here dancing and singing and walking through the streets and that have been enjoying the day. we're standing at 14th street and the parade through dupont and logan circle and they're coming through, as you can see. we have a few celebrities here. this is the 40th year for the parade, but this year is significant because the next two to three weeks, we'll hear how the supreme court's decision on gay marriage will go. today, politics seem to be taking a back seat. for most everyone, today is all about celebrating. >> an opportunity for us to come together and i think so many times w

. >> i'm debra alfarone. >>> tonight gay couples in all 50 states have the legal right to get married. >> look at the moment the decision was announced from the supreme court. [ cheering and applause ] >> this decision affirms what millions of americans already believe in their hearts. when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. >> as you just saw, thousands cheered as the interns ran out clutching copies of the court's 5-4 decision that will force 14 states to stop enforcing bans on same sex marriage. president obama called it a victory for america. >>> the case the justices decided today began when a man sued to have his name added to his late spouse's death certificate. >> let's take a closer look at the actual opinions from the high court. justice anthony kennedy wrote the majority of the opinion and authored key supreme court decisions in gay rights in recent years. he concludes by saying they ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. the constitution grants them that right. >> on the other side chief justice john roberts said the constitution had nothing t

police say 56-year-old debra having a noni was traveling through that intersection when another driver ran a red light and slammed into the side of her car. she was pronounced dead at the scene. her passenger 32-year-old anthony having anoni was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. they were not wearing seatbelts. the investigation into the cause of the crash continues tonight. >>> police in camden are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and a woman injured. it happened just before 5:00 a.m. in the 1100 block of lansdowne avenue. both victims were rushed to cooper university hospital where the man was pronounced dead. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> a firefighter was injured battling this blaze in wynnefield this morning. firefighters were called to the 1800 block of north 54th 54th street around 2:30 this morning. they found heavy smoke coming from a grocery store. the fire spread to the adjoining apartments. the five families inside were able to get out. there's no word how the firefighter was injuring but he was transported to a hospital. investigators ar

hello i'm debra alfarone. >> i'm bruce johnson. we're going live to springfield, virginia in just a moment. but first no let up in the heat and humidity. >> howard bernstein tracking some strong thunderstorms tonight. what's going on howard? >> no more warnings in effect. during the 5:00 hour with these storms that came through dc over towards bowie with heavy downpours as well. now we're watching everything move from the southeast at 20 miles an hour as we may see that back in western maryland in here. that we may see an isolated shower left over here in washington and this evening as we want to point out for you in southern maryland and some heavy thunderstorms to go through. nothing is severe, but we're tracking stuff towards the shady side and annapolis. but this guy coming out of clinton and moving off towards the southeast at 20 miles an hour. we're going to watch it as it heads through huntington just after 7:00. and port republic at 7:31. to the south and southwest, a few heavy downpours you can see there and this is moving

. >> i'm debra alfarone. >>> first we are under a yellow alert for tomorrow as what's left of bill makes its way to the metro area. >> chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking some possibly severe storms, perhaps some flash flooding? >> we have a flash flood watch in effect for most of the metro area 8 a.m. saturday till 8 a.m. on sunday. don't let your guard down. the heaviest rain will be north of town toward frederick and hagerstown. here's futurecast. we'll advance it to 4:00 in the afternoon, scattered showers and thunderstorms popping, 88 downtown. into the 6:00 hour showers and storm building out to the west, winchester west of i-81 and by 8:00 big storms by leesburg and winchester through luray. 10:00 temps in the 70s to near 80. it gets out of here by 1:00 in the morning. the bad news is we're looking at 1 to 3 inches of rain. we'll come back and let you know what dad is in store for on sunday. >>> let's get to the latest on the charleston church shooting. police sources say the suspect dylann roof expressed strong anti-black views while talking to investigators and was unre

. >> i'm debra alfarone. more than 24 hours after last night's storm, parts of fair tax county are still feeling the effects. that's where we find our mola mole mola langy. >> reporter: trees are still down, roads are still closed, and work crews who have been here since last night are still here working tonight. >> the way it came through, just throwing everything around. >> reporter: they've always had their fears. with dozens of sky-high trees clinging to this house, they eight for years they've been one storm away from disaster. tuesday night, that storm started brewing. >> the power had just gone out so we were looking outside watching the trees here, and all of a sudden we heard a big thump. >> reporter: that was the sound of the storm coming in a branch. >> it had gone through the siding into the house. >> the winds really had to be whipping here to get it. >> oh, it was. >> especially as far as it went. >> reporter: into the house, through a car, and that's just one house. >> it crushed the fences in

michael geoffrey ally, debra, and ray." it's stupid. oh, ray, honey, no, no.rybody's going to love this present, ok? accept it. you had a great idea. why'd i put "xmas"? i don't like "xmas." i--i x'd out the name of the birthday boy. ray,y, s down. stop obsessing, ok? i ve it. my god, it's been 2 months of toaster. hey, this is going out wiy name on it. did you wrap the one for your parents? yes. yes. which wrapping? the foil. no! that tips off the gift. what? foil wrapping. it's's a metal toaster. oh, why don't you just wrap it i in toast? look, if i'm gonna drive all the way up to connecticut to spend christmas day with your parents, i want a good reaction when they open the present. and the foil wrapping kills that? i don't know. you think--you think this toaster thing is funky enough for them?he

i am debra alfarone. that most recent shooting happened two hours ago on 21st street and betting road northeast. an adult man expected to recover from minor injuries. it started when seven people were shot early saturday. then early this morning investigators say four people were stabbed near 7th and 8th streets in chinatown. police are still on the hunt for suspects. >> reporter: this all happened at around 2:30 this morning near the 800 block of 7th street northwest. this is just right across the street from the verizon center and the four victims included three men and one woman. dozens of people had no idea they were walking right over the bloody footprints of bare feet on the sidewalk sunday afternoon. earlier this morning police tell us this is the area where someone stabbed a woman in the shoulder and neck. a man in the back of the head and another in the arm. they didn't describe the fourth scrimmage's injuries or provide any details on what could have started this, but just word of a multiple sta

a lot of people to parse this through with beginning with national correspondent debra jaric and sawim with his own ideas ideas and how he spawneded and appeared and he wlook looked a when he was arresting the court. >> one thing we do know it didn't sway the judge or any of the survivors or their families who were in that court listening intently to he was saying. he appeared wearing a dark suit gray button shirt, heavy accent of russian and arabic which is interesting because his wrestling friends said he didn't have an accent in high school. he did not look to some of the jurors who were there in the jury box. they wanted to be there to see what was going on. he did not look towards any of the victims or and apologized and admitted his goelt which says if the bombing if there's any lingering touted i it it along with my brother and he apologized saying i'm sorry for the lives i've taken, the lives i've taken and the other things i've done. one man outside the court says he did not believe it that his lawyers set him up to it and another individual said if he was sorry he could hav

thank you debra, appreciate your reporting. i want to get to steven now. knows all too well how brutal these escaped convicts are. his brother sheriff's deputy was murdered by david sweat. i can't imagine what you are feeling right now. are you afraid for your family? >> yes, and no. i just hope that he doesn't come back here. >> yes and no. explain that. >> yes, i'm frayed they might come back and hurt somebody here. but i don't -- i don't think he is going to. i just hope he doesn't come back. >> he probably wants to get as far away from here as possible. that's what many people think, so that he doesn't have to go back to prison. david sweat was serving life without parole for murdering your brother kevin a sheriff's deputy. did you feel like you got justice for your brother? >> we all wanted the death penalty but they decided not to do that. so he got life in prison without any chance of ever parole. and they said this he would have an awful life there. and now i'm hearing that he is getting all these privileges and stuff. and that really upsets me abo

. >> i'm debra alfarone.ight we're tracking the potential for severe storms to start the week. >> let's go straight to first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. >> you can feel this air mass, the heat and humidity. that helped fuel the storms we had this afternoon. i do want to show you doppler 9000. a lot of activity in pennsylvania from harrisburg to pittsburgh. there's been flood warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings, even a couple of tornado warnings. these could slip down into northern maryland, eastern west virginia over the next few hours so we will watch that. light potential for the overnight. but tomorrow is another story. storm prediction center, that's the arm of the government that watches weather, out of norman, oklahoma, they've got the area from st. louis up through northern ohio right up through us under a slight risk. still that means storms could have damaging wind gusts, hail, and lightning. so that's the concern for monday afternoon and evening. we will see a few strong to severe storm

. >> i'm debra alfarone. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> but first another round of severe weather is heading our way and it could hit at the worst possible time. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt has more on the yellow alert. >> it's 84 right now. we'll drive a cold front through this atmosphere tomorrow afternoon. that will spell heavy storms and severe weather. let's start with futurecast at 3:00. notice showers up near frederick and gaithersburg and the more colors, the heavier the activity. 4:00 it's now approaching the beltway and also out into montgomery county and loudoun county. we're seeing more oranges and yellow, still 95 downtown tomorrow at 4:00. by 5:00 showers and storms across much of the metro area now south of 66 into southern maryland and down 95 almost to fredericksburg. then you saw how it got really red between 5:00 and 6:00. it blossomed through charles county. by 6:00 it's 91 downtown. by 7:00 all the severe weather is south of us. that's good. some leftover shower

. >> i'm debra alfarone.treets are clear now, but the cause of that massive police present isn't. garrett haake has been at sixth and maryland southwest all evening and joins us in front of the capitol gallery building. what do we know at this point? sorry, garrett has that information now. >> reporter: by midafternoon the scene had begun to draw a crowd from the air and space museum across the street. what were so many police from an alphabet soup of agencies doing at sixth and maryland? a source with knowledge of the investigation tells wusa9 there was a threat made here possibly against a federal office inside the building. mpd, capitol police and dhs agents swarmed. helicopters circled and k-9 units were deployed to search the building. eventually they found something unexpected, this man greg collins, brought from the building in handcuffs questioned and released. was he involved in some kind of plot? >> god, no. i'm just trying to get my work done. i have training this week, second floor. >> reporter: c

debra, where's the paper? i don't know. yeah, yeah. put her in a bikini! you brought the paper in.re'd you put it? honey, i'm on the phone. you know what? i saw a bathing suit t that would be perfect for you. could you just point to the paper? would you stop? i'm on the phone. in the amount of time it took you to say that, you can tell me where the paper is. yeah, it's just my husband. well, who's that? it's jason's mom from school, ok? you don't even know her name. tell me her name. shh! , yeah, the catalog is here somewhere. oh, so you're looking for something for somebody you don't even know. where's my paper? yeah. here. i've got the catalog. you know what? i'll give it to you when i see you at the book fair. ok? ok. bye-bye. god! you are impossible! i can't talk on the phone for two minutes without you interrupting me. where's the paper? forget the paper. you're taking the kids to the park. wh-whoa. whoa. whoa. when did that happen? last night you said you'd take the kids to the park so that i could clean up around here and lay down for a few minutes today. when did i say that

. >> i'm debra alfarone. we are under a yellow alert for storms. chief meteorologist topper shutt says some of them could get pretty intense. >> reporter: i'll tell you what, just in the last hour we've seen some activity west of hagerstown andcome -- cumberland as everything was the garden variety showers pushing through. but now we see that activity up to the north and to the east of warrenton as this is not severe, but heavy rain. over towards hagerstown, this is going to continue to move off to the east and the southeast as they could have heavy downpours in the next hour or so. further south this is on the south side now looking at manassas, south of 66. that's moderate rainfall as that wasn't there just an hour ago either. this is approaching off the east as well headed across 95 and then dale city in the next half an hour. and our future cast is still emphatic, east of i-95, appearing that the biggest threat is east of i-95 in southern prince george's county and certainly in to the northern neck of fredericksburg south through the nighttime

. >> host: debra is calling from alabama. >> caller: hi. i have a question. i am very concerned about the way things are going. i live in the 60s through the cuban missile crisis. i've lived through the riots of black and white. i lived through the murder of john kennedy. i do not want to go back to that. how do you forgive people who are still in charge that did the things in the 60s that they did? i was on the gulf coast and as a child in middle school we were scared to death. finding out where our parents would pick us up in case we were attacked, we were scared to death at home. now we are going back to is that. how do you justify giving the rights to the cubans when these same people are in uncharged? and also holds political prisoners and harbor some of our criminals? i don't understand how you can think dealing with these people will make things right? >> host: thank you. tom hayden? >> guest: thank you. the real question is whether you want to go another 50 years without having any diplomatic relations whatsoever with cuba. that is the first question.

officer peter laboy sat down and opened up to our debra alfarone about what is next for him. >> laboy is hoping to go into photography, but to be clear, the father and husband has been traveling a long tough road. that sense of purpose that he had every day as a motorcycle officer for the alexandria police department still seems just out of grasp. >> he said i have a spot on the motorcycle unit, are you interested? i'm like yeah. >> in an hour long wide ranging interview now retired alexandria police officer peter laboy talked about now he always wanted to be a motorcycle cop. >> he says he's a former marine, once a marine, always a marine and we always say once a motorman, always a motorman. >> what he remembers about the day he came face to face with the man who almost killed him. >> the last thing that i remember, i was 5 or 6 blocks away from where it happened. after this i'm just -- i wake up in the hospital. >> how he faced that gunman in court. >> we stare at each other for about 10 minutes. >> and how he may look healthy, but the past has been tough. >> no, it's not. it's stil

debra is off today. topper shut and howard bernstein are tracking the storms. we'll go to them in a minute. >>> breaking news out of chevy chase, maryland. there is a report of a possible electrocution at a house on connecticut avenue. joining us right now is pete der derrininger. >> reporter: about 4:30 we received the call. we've been having torrential rains throughout the day. heavy rain come down. occupant came home and found an adult and child in the basement, both unconscious, presumably electrocuted. there was a sump pump nearby. the basement of the house was saturated with water, did have a stairwell adjacent to where they were found that was full of water. there was a sump pump that appeared to be used. we believe that somehow or another the sump pump may have electrified the water, conducted the electricity and shocked them, maybe electrocuted them. they were found unconscious. cpr was initiated by first arriving firefighters when they got on the scene a few minutes later and they were immediately transported to local hospital. an adult female and a c

. >> i'm debra alfarone. tomorrow heavy rain and severe storms will be around much of the day. first alert chief meteorologist is here with more on our yellow alert. >> i don't see any rounds of golf tomorrow early or even cutting the grass. by 7:00 we have showers across most of the metro area with heavier activity to the west. in the morning hours it will be worse from winchester, hagerstown and cumberland. by 11:00 there's the yellow out to the west and by 1:00 still have showers and storms across the metro area and the warm front is not even through yet. by later in the afternoon we get into heavy activity, 77 downtown. the warm front is getting close to us. that's the focus of the possibility of severe weather. so yellow alert, severe storms, flooding, hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes possible tomorrow, critical time 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. the critical time for tornadoes would be late afternoon and early evening hours. good news, sunday looks pleasant and breezy. we will come back, talk about what happened saturday night with the storms and have your 3- degree guara

. >> i'm debra alfarone. that gunfire in prince george's county left one person dead and another critically injured. >> tonight police are searching for a car and at least one shooter who rolled into the park and started firing around 2:30 this afternoon. >> garrett is live in springdale where we're getting a look at that deadly scene. garrett. >> reporter: deb, we get a really good look at the seen. police say that shooter pulled into the parking lot and sprayed this entire corner with gunfire. you can see where one bullet grazed the side of this suv here. the shooter hit four people. tonight one is dead, one is in critical condition, and police are on the hunt for the triggerman. the eruption of gunfire at ardmore park caught everyone by surprise. >> we were sitting there, facing the basketball court, watching them play horseshoes. all of a sudden i heard gunshots. >> reporter: shots sent a crowd scrambling for cover. some ran inside the park's community center where a crab feast was in full swing. >> this

i'm debra alfarone. >> i'm derek mcginty. within the past couple hours heirloom of severe weather rolled through the d.c. area. now most of it's -- a line of severe weather rolled through the d.c. area. now most of it's moving out. >> topper shutt has what that means for your morning commute. >> good news now, no severe storm warnings, but there is some pretty heavy rain through southern maryland. you can see all the red. that's rainfall rates over 1 inch per hour from dunkirk to prince frederick to leonardtown back into much of charles county. we'll zoom in more and give you rainfall rates. this is impressive, just west of huntington 2 3/4 inches per hour of rain. there's no lightning or hail but flash flood still possible. here is some of the damage reports, nothing crazy like tuesday or last saturday, but we seem to be in a pattern of severe weather. we had a 41 mile-per-hour wind gust at quantico at 10:01 and a 41 mile-per-hour wind gust at 8:00 at swan point that. storm produced hail across 95 and weakened going into sou