. >> a double homicide discovered in downtown miami. the middle-aged men died from multiple gunshot wounds. >> the father and son were found murdered in room 1215 at the dupont plaza hotel in downtown miami. that was on october 16, 1986. the next day, maharaj was arrested. >> what i -- when they said i was convicted, i fainted. i thought it was impossible to get arrested for something you did -- convicted of murder for something you did not do. >> i have been coming to florida on and off for 10 years reporting on the case. i cannot really get my head around why he is still in jail. what looked like a fairly open and shut case at first glance is anything but the more you dig into it. first, the prosecution's only eyewitness said he saw kris should the victims twice in front of him. yet, he has changed his story and failed a polygraph. there's also the fact that at the very time of the mortar, six people testified that he was 30 miles away in fort lauderdale. you saw him twice? between 11:00 and noon? >> i have no doubt at all. >> not one

the mother claims officials at the downtown miami charter school promised her that the students wouldeparated and closely monitored. but that never happened and the assaults continued. the director would not comment directly but said student safety and security are among its highest priorities. >>> this next story, california's tossing a life preserver to those people underwater on their mortgages. state lawmakers have decided to pass historic legislation out there meant to protect homeowners from foreclosure. and here's how it works. the laws would stop banks from negotiating with people on lower mortgage rates while at the same time working to kick them out of their homes. it's also going to ban those so-called robo signings which were so controversial. those are the kinds of signatures on foreclosure documents that are done in a rapid-fire fashion without review. so hopefully that will give some relief to people in california who are struggling. >>> a new york city judge is forcing twitter to hand over three months worth of tweets sent out by a writer during the occupy wall street

see one of the commissioners advocating for the spending of $3 million to decorate a section of downtown miamihave lived here over 50 years and a ruined it. they used to have docks here. there is no concrete everywhere. they don't care. they spend money. we are all in this together and they just spend the money. this is wasted money. they just re-broke the streets to make concrete containers at -- to the tune of $750,000. wasting and spending is all levels. they say they have a balanced budget but they don't because they borrow money for medicare, for disability during these hard times. guest: you are the kind of citizen we need more of. i don't know the specifics of what you're talking about of the citizenry has the ability to understand how the people are spending their tax dollars. i hope more and more people will make it their business to learn what is happening. i think it is also important to understand what we all learned in high school which is that under our constitution, it is the states in the united states, not the federal government, that has the primary responsibility for public

miami southwards with this cluster. a lot of lightning even at this hour and another bamp is coming into fort lauderdale to here. from downtown to fort lauderdale, the next hour or two, a lot of heavy rain. also overnight, consistently areas of rain around virginia beach, the newport news looks to be weakening. central portions of north carolina, rain. greens buburg to raleigh, rain. the texas coast, beaumont, port arthur through galveston and an few showers near houston popped up. a few areas this morning a rough drive. otherwise, a quiet weather map the entire northern half kuch country. a warm weather map and not the incredible heat wave we've seen over the last the two weeks and hoping to get rain. arkansas one of the worst drought spots in the country along with colorado. the potential, especially eastern half of arkansas, a little rain. showers and thunderstorms hit-and-miss throughout the south east and a warm typical summerlike day for rest of us. enjoy. >> thanks, bill. >>> revising downward on wall street. americans city going bust, and which of the united states is the best for doing business? your "first look" at

miami. he was first spotted, hanging out in front of the garage door. but by the time that the officers arrived, that they made their way downtown. that they came down from the street. and again from the canal and from them and down the street, they went to everyone's front door and they ended up here. that will be my front door here and time to move. >> yes. >> they needed to capture them here and to let them down for a while. nobody would get hurt. >>> all right, police and animal control, they needed to rush to laguna beach after they called 911. and they were sleeping in their neighbor's yard when they got there and it was existing. some kind of weird stuffed animals. just harmless for you as far as you know. and they said that the stuffed mountain lion, it was meant for a friend. >> yes. and they will need to put it in here to scare that there and their wife. and that happened before. now, they needed to see the mountain lion. and to give them control here. >> even though that they were not real, the police, they said that the woman did the right thing. >> really? >> yes. >> a tax approach. >> and still to come tonight. that