dietrich, maryland.s is the pentagon's main lab for studying biological weapons, for detecting vaccines. ivans is an expert on anthrax and in fact he's supposedly helping federal agents. >> in january of 2002, he's in the thick of it. >> what the feds do not see is the hidden side of bruce ivans, e-mails where he says i've been eaten alive by paranoid delusional thoughts. >> bruce ivans led a double life. >> psychiatrists will later describe ivans as a secretive, paranoid, resentful, and rage-filled man. >> he's a guy who had a definite dark side to him that no one else knew about. >> i met bruce in chapel hill, north carolina. >> it was the mid '70s, nancy haigwood was a graduate student at the university of north carolina. bruce ivan was there too. ivans asked incessantly about her sorority, kappa kappa gamma. he seems obsessed. >> every time i talked to him, he mentioned it. i said, bruce, that's enough. >> as their careers took shape over the years, ivans kept in touch. shortly after the anthrax atta

they did not stop producing that anthrax at fort dietrich. >>> and for the first time the wife and son of burnie madoff forsaying that they knew nothing about the scheme and they were devastated and bernie madoff told them. >> why would it ever occurred to me that it was not legal? >> what he did to me, to my brother, to my family, it is unforgivable. but he did to thousands of other people, destroyed their lives -- i will never understand it. >> andrew madoff and his brother reported their father to police. his brother committed suicide last year. >>> somewhere on the planet, the seven billionth baby will be born. researchers are guessing that the seven billionth will be born in india. that is a good guess there. that is the fastest growing country in the world. they are expected to overtake china's population in 14 years. >>> it is the final lap for dc's oroville the company that has shuttled tourists to washington's most famous stops. it had a 42-year run but it is closing down because of financial problems. it is unclear if another service will step then. >>> the snow across the re

for years we have investigated claims of living by four to dietrich. -- fort dietrek.hard reeve has their side of the story. >> for those who live around this area, haunting questions is there a cancer cluster and are the chemicals buried one of the causes? >> it takes a perfect storm for cancer. >> this cancer survivors looking for answers following an investigation into cancer patterns. >> there was no difference we could find between cancer rates around the fort and cancer in the county as a whole. >> investigation found no significant increase in a 1 mile radius between 1992 and 2008. they did find 102 cases. only 91 were expected. it 20% difference from the rest of maryland. >> we can not point fingers but there is an elephant in the room we could start with the data we have to read >> they believe the studies to go back further. >> you cannot tell me there are not health-related issues surrounding one of the most toxic sites in america. >> these graphics show locations where the solvents have turned up in the water on property. the fear is they have contaminated

a whole. >>> health department officials say they will continue to monitor the area around fort dietrich for the foreseeable future to see if more cancer cases appear. >>> new this morning among the winners of the nobel prize for physics is a scientist in baltimore three scientists are sharing this year's prize. they will slit the 1.5 million -- split the $1.5 million prize for their work on how the universe expands. >>> another big story we are following the wall street protests are spreading, protestors call it the occupywall street protest the protest in new york is well organized and has a computer center, serves food and publishes news most protestors say they are against capital limp they have been pro -- capital limp they have been capitalism. >> it is not exactly 1-800 mattress. >>> we get soaked and dry off. >> right now there is no official government party or officials representing the best interest of this nation. >> these people are taking action they are here spending the night doing things. >>> protests are spreading there are occupy wall street protests in boston, st. lou

who live around fort dietrich, haunting questions. is there a cancer clustered? other chemicals?t are the causes? a survivor is looking for answers, following a state investigation into cancer the port.round there was no difference we between cancer rates the fort and in the as a whole. the state investigation found significant cancer increase a one-mile radius around the between 1992 and 2008, but 102d 100 to lymphoma -- cases, a 20% difference from the rest of maryland. >> there is an elephant in the room. others believe the study to the cold war when the fort tested and waste andioactive materials. it cannot tell me there are health-related issues surrounding one of the most toxic sites in america. solvents, known carcinogens, surface water on fort property. there is fear they have contaminated the water. >> if we do not know what happened, there is no way to up.n it the state health department continue to investigate. meanwhile, jennifer is taking in the county investigation. she says 23 of her schoolmates have cancer. her school is located just outside the park. abc 7 news.

dietrich, maryland. they study biological weapons to develop protective vaccines. ivins is an expert on anthrax. in fact, he is supposedly helping federal agents. >> in january of 2002 bruce ivins was in the thick of it. >> what the feds do not see is the hidden side of bruce ivins, e-mails where he says, i am being eaten alive by paranoid delusional thoughts. >> bruce ivins has led a double life. >> psychiatrists will later describe ivins as a secretive, paranoid and rage-filled man. >> he was a guy who had a definite dark side to him that no one else knew about. >> i met bruce in chapel hill, north carolina. >> it was the mid-'70s. nancy haigwood was a graduate student. bruce ivins was there, too. ivins asked incessantly about haigwood's sorority kappa kappa gamma. he seemed obsessed. >> every time i talked to him he would mention it. finally i said, bruce, that's enough. >> as their careers took shape over the years, ivins kept in touch. shortly after the anthrax attacks, he e-mailed these photos of himself with what he called the now infamous strain of anthrax.

"the blue angel" with marlena dietrich shot here, one of the first sound films, and it was a great hit. >> ♪ [singing] ♪ >> it became later a studio involved in propaganda film making. they said there was no place here for jewish workers. many directors had to emigrate. it now stood for anti-semitic propaganda. one of the first postwar films made at the studio, "murder is among us," dealt with the course of that recent past. they were then taken over by the state, which commissioned the film's, though some critical ones did slip by the censors. after german reunification, the studio was modernized and expanded again. the french media giant vivendi bought it and put another in charge. he was an artist, not a businessman. nevertheless, he was able to attract the first international productions. things really took off in 2004, when the company came under the ownership of some others. more and more blockbusters were produced there, and the studio finally moved back into profit. >> if you look at the history of cinema and the studios, it is amazing is been able to survive such political dis

. >>> three scientists are questioning the conclusion a army microbiologist at fort dietrich acted alone in the anthrax attacks. the committee says the research points out connections that deserve further consideration. the justice department stands by the initial findings that he made and mailed the anthrax filled leters that killed five people and sickened 17 others. >>> today the university of maryland will host a forum on homeland security. governor o'malley and secretary of homeland security janet in a pop tano are scheduled to -- napolitano are scheduled to participate in the event. >>> democracy 2012, the economy is taking center stage. tonight republican presidential hopefuls will be in new hampshire with the focus of that debate solely on the economy. rick perry has been down in the polls and under attack as well as front-runner mitt romney. herman cain earned the compliment from the front run here notes the former godfather pizza exec has no experience in governance. the protesters cain raisedeyebrows with the unsympathetic word for the workers. >> don't blame wall street. don'

they have written a paper questioning the government's finding on the army microbiologist at fort dietrich is solely responsible so theclaims went. the paper takes the position that there are connections that need to be investigated before the case can be officially closed. a spokesman says the agency stands by the conclusion that he acted alone. >>> now is the time to move or you are going to be subject to arrest. >> we are. [audio not understandable] >> now to the protest okay poi wall street. this is occupy -- occupy wall street. this is occupy boston. a hundred people were arrested fortress passing. police commissioner says one police officer was hit in the face and at least a thousand or more protesters are involved. they are saying they are staying on top of this or we are staying on top of this. more coming up at six. >>> protesters for occupying dc say they are not going to leave soon. u.s. park officials say they have granted the group a 4 month extension for the protest permit and feared they would have to leave because the first permit was expiring. the stop the machine protest

it looks at the rate of specific cancers in two-mile zones around fort dietrich. they believe the water and soil are contaminated. >>> time now to update the top stories. an italian appeals court threw out the murder conviction of an american college student. amanda knox collapsed in tears as the verdict came down. she was cleared of charges that she killed her british roommate and meredith kercher. >>> few leads to go of the other as they search for the man whom robert it -- robbed this restaurant. one victim was slashed with a knife when he refused to give up his cell phone. >>> a child died when an amish buggy and a pickup truck collided in st. mary's county. she was riding in the buggy whip her father and sister when the crash happened. the buggy and the truck had green light but the bundy did not make it across in time. it >>> engine is back on the washington monument to they looking for earthquake damage, but with one new safety change. chris van cleve is live with what has changed. >> certainly, the biggest changes the weather. conditions cool enough to all

ought to take away from my coverage of the industry is an outsider bring something to the party in dietrich for the longest time outsiders are not welcome here. their ideas were suspect. they didn't understand the business, they didn't have the experience. they proved that is a fallacy and with experience and vision to succeed in the auto industry by applying the basic turnaround principles to the production, and procure products for consumer, with the consumers really want, and stick to a plan he has come and see in the good in chrysler, seen what chrysler is capable of doing, which may be people close to it had sort of given up on. she's applying a lot of the fiat engine technology at chrysler. there's going to be a new car built in the united states, 40 miles per gallon with fiat technology, and it's interesting to see the same people ready to throw dirt on their graves are trumpeting the fact that this company has a resiliency and a sort of know how to come back and make cars and trucks people want which is a seeker. >> host: it's an exciting story. one of the reason the book you read y

preparing a research paper, questioning the government's conclusion an army micro biologist at fort dietrichpetrator in the 2001 attack. it was coated with chemicals saying it was beyond bruce ivans skill level. fbi said that was a natural process the attack killed five people, he claimed he was innocent before over dosing on tylenol in 2008. >>> the state board of social services is looking for comments about whether state license groups should be allowed to turn down prospective adoptions and foster parents because of sexual orientation new regulations approved earlier this year took out a ban on discrimination of sexual orientation among other things. >>> time now, 26 past the hour president obama's jobs bill will come to a test vote in the senate today. more on that and a preview of tonight's gop debate up next. >>> live lookout side, we are going to get the latest weather and traffic coming up from tony and julie. 7:26 a.m. see you on the other side of the break  >>> eye catching sight in the sky take a look at this, you can see perhaps, see a large ring around --

as the cleanup progressed, thousands of tests were taken and then sent to fort dietrich in frederick, maryland, where chemical weapons specialists analyzed samples and reported results to the emergency command center. defense department personnel were also engaged in the actual deacon tam -- decontamination efforts. the photos i brought to the floor today show some of these emergency responders wearing specialized protective gear, working on the decontamination of senator daschle's office. each desk, chair, filing cabinet, piece of paper in the office was removed. the last item to be removed from room 509 of the hart building was an american flag that hung in senator daschle's front office. emergency responders are seen here folding the flag before it was placed in a special sealed bag and then sent off to be decontaminated. countless employees at the sergeant of arms, the architect of the capitol, the senate and the house staffers continued to tending to the business of running our government and the legislature. it was critical that congress continue to function, demonstrating to th