beccuse durham's son wade, two years older than bales, is severely disabled.bby was just very kid. heedidn't at one time point out a kid's disability. it was what they could do." bobby took wade swimmiig, to school parties...to the zoo... pbobby made sure wade was never left oot... no matter what anyone thought. "witt bobby around there was never a question. all of bobby's friends accepted wade because bobby accepted him.""t norwood cinciinati, bales was a football captain. yearbook photos show himmtypingg and a playful side. after &paatending 2 colleges nd working in finance, a fateful day... 9/11. "9/11 really affected bobby." within two months, he joined the armm. "he was like a lottof men and on our watch. you don't do this to our country."when they talked about the war, durham sayy bales empaahized with civilians."people are people to him. i never heard him ay ptat he hated anyone. "like most, durham was horrified to hearrabout an amerrcan ssldier who allegedly gunned down 16 afghan villagers door to door. "how did you react when you heard the news?""they

robert durham says he's known bales all his life.. he talked to our susan candiotti about the moment he heard the terrible news. >> robert durham remembers his last conversation with sergeant robert bales who called him from afghanistan. >> said, i love you, bobby, you know? take care of yourself. >> reporter: that was in december, shortly after he was redeployed to the region for a fourth time. >> real caring, real understanding individual. even from a real young age. >> reporter: durham has known bales all his life. they lived next door to each other in norwood, ohio. he still calls him bobby. >> bobby and my son were best friends. >> reporter: an uncommonly kind friend, because durham's son wade, two years older than bales, is severely disabled. >> bobby was just a very understanding, very accepting kid. he didn't at one time point out a kid's disability, it was what they could do. >> reporter: bobby took wade swimming to school parties, to the zoo. bobby made sure wade was never left out, no matter what anyone thought. >> and wit

durham from afghanistan to console mr. durham, to console mr. durham about he loss of his own father. he felt very badly about it. he said they still have a very special bond. he's close to sergeant bale's entire family. when he heard the news, he's trying to make sense of it like everybody else. here's part of what he told me. >> i love the guy. he's a part of my family. he's been i've known him since the day he was born. it crushed me. it crushed me. regardless of what happens, bobby has been changed forever. if the bobby that i knew ever gets well, comes back to it and realize what's happened and realizes that children and women were killed, i don't think he can live wit. he will never be the same, and he's such a great person. that just -- that crushes me. i don't know. >> susan, he must have a lot of questions of his own about what exactly did happen. >> reporter: that's right. i think they are some of the same questions that a lot of people have. for example, he didn't know about this injury that he had where sergeant bales lost part of hi

. >> reporter: durham has known bales all his life.oor to each other in norwood, ohio. he still calls him bobby. >> bob me and my son were best friends. >> reporter: durham's son wade is severely disabled. >> bobby was just a very understanding, very accepting kid. he didn't at one time point out a kids' disability. it was what they could do. >> reporter: bobby took wade to swimming, school parties, and to the zoo. he made sure that wade was never left out, no matter what anyone thought. >> and with bobby around, there was never a question. all of bobby's friends accepted wade because bobby accepted him. >> reporter: at norwood high school, outside of cincinnati, bales was a football captain. after attending two colleges and working in finance, a fateful day, 9/11. >> 9/11 really affected bobby. >> reporter: within two months, he joined the army. >> he was like a lot of young men and women who decided that, not on our watch. you don't do this to our country. >> reporter: when they talked about the war, durham says bales emphasized with

we have a relationship with durham university. that's not the one in north carolina, and i guess i should have commented, i am a graduate of a big 10 university. should i have made some basketball comments there? we believe we're the birthplace, but i'll leave that alone. this is the durham that's in the u.k. they've done something fascinating. they've formed an institute within their university that brings together the multlines so that when a business engagement occurs, we don't have to go department by department. they do it for us. we have ended up investing money with that university to do applied research, and you know what, they do the work inside to bring those things together. i'm a business guy. entrepreneurs, they don't have time to go department to department. they also have preworked the ip rights. it's simple. it works for us. we don't have to do that work internally. we also go to singapore. a-star, which is a government agency not only includes their universities but also includes their labs, their national labs, t

. >> reporter: durham has known bales all his life. they lived next door to each other. he still calls him bobby. >> bobby and my son were best friends. >> reporter: an uncommonly kind friend because durham's son wade is severely disabled. >> bobby was just a very understanding, very accepting kid. he didn't at one time point out a kid's disability. it was what they could do. >> reporter: bobby took wade swimming, to pool parties and the zoo and made sure he was never left out. >> with bobby around there was never a question. all of bobby's friends accepted wade because bobby accepted him. >> reporter: at norwood high school bales was a captain. after attending two colleges and working in finance a fateful day, 9/11. >> 9/11 really effected bobby. >> reporter: within two months he joined the army. >> he was like a lot of young men and women who decided not on our watch. you don't do this to our country. >> reporter: when they talked about the war durham says bales. >> i never heard him say he hated anyone. >> reporter: like most durham was horrified to hear about an amer

this is the durham that's in the u.k. they've done something fascinating, they formed an institute within their university that brings together the multidisciplines so that when a business engagement occurs, we don't have to go department by department. they do it for us. we have ended up investing money with that university to do applied research. and you know what, they do the work inside to bring those things together. i'm a business guy. entrepreneurs, they don't have time to go department to department. they have preworked the ip rights, it's simple, it works for us. we don't have to do that work internally. we go to singapore. they include their labs, their national labs, regional labs as part of this collaborative agreement. when we have a need, they can call. we can call them and say, do you have anything in this space? they bring those parties together. technology transfer offices. i have to be careful here, we worked with a lot of them. we much prefer to work with business engagement offices. technology transfer

. >> durham has known bales all his life. they lived next door to each other in norwood, ohio.e still calls him bobby. >> bobby and my son were best friends. >> an uncommonly kind friends because durham's son wade, two years older than bales is severely disabled. >> bobby was just a very understanding, very accepting kid. he didn't at one time point out a kid's disability. it was what they could do. >> bobby took wade swimming, too school parties, to the zoo. bobby made sure wade was never left out no matter what anyone thought. >> and with bobby around, there was never a question. all of bobby's friends accepted wade because bobby accepted him. >> at norwood high school outside cincinnati bales was a football captain. year book photos show him typing and a playful side. after attending two colleges and working in finance, a fateful day, 9/11. >> 9/11 really affected bobby. >> within two months he joined the army. >> he was like a lot of young men and women who decided that not on our watch. you don't do this to our country. >> when they talked about the war, durham says bales

. >> durham has known bales all his life. they lived next door to each other in norwood, ohio. he still calls him bobby. >> bobby and my son were best friends. >> an uncommonly kind friend because durham's son weighed, two years ealder than bales is severely disabled. >> bobby was just a very understanding, very accepting kid. he didn't at one time point out a kid's disability. it was what they could do. >> bobby took wade swimming and to school parties and to the zoo. bobby made sure wade was never left out no matter what anyone thought. >> with bobby around, there was never a question. all of bobby's friends accepted wade. because bobby accepted him. >> at norwood high school outside cincinnati. he was a football captain. year book photos show him typing and a playful side. after attending two colleges and working in finance, a fateful day. 9/11. >> 9/11 really affected bobby. >> within two months, he joined the army. >> he was like a lot of young men and women who decided that -- not on our watch. you don't do this to our country. >> when are they talked about the war, he em

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. >> durham, north carolina, the home of duke university. home to this low rare low bridge. a clearance of only 11 feet, 8 inches which is clearly marked here. and here. >> some of the trucks when they pull up, they look like sardine cans that have been opened, so we call it the can opener. >> ever since henn moved to durham from germany in the 1990s, he's been fascinated by the city's history. and the bridge at the center of so many accidents. >> the buildings here were built around the early 20th century. the tobacco warehouses, around 1904. that's probably around the time >> that this bridge was built, and i suspect clearance wasn't a big issue then. >> but as trucks grow taller over the years, the bridge doesn't. >> i found photos on the website of truck crashes from the '40s and '50s and '60s. >> intrigued by the sheer volume of accidents at the bridge he sets out to document exactly how many occur. >> we were wondering if we could record the crashes to get a more accurate record of the frequency of these crashes. i have a camera set up

. >> durham also distant himselfs by one of his reporters. adviser red white and blue fun urged newt gingrich to from the race. they hit close for as long as they feel they stay in the race. they said he's not quitting and that the focus is on campaign. federal government today released $100 million in grant money from the foreign exchange. michael honda's helped pay 250 the department of transportation will provide that money to transportation authority in the next 3 days. president obama budget plan calls for $150 million in the next fifth year. beginning in october. that's for the extension project is set forth next month. friends are calling a murder suicide of mother and son a tragedy that possibly could have been prevented. the bodies were found last night inside a home in a usually quiet neighborhood on necator rain an. police say left -- severely autistic 22-year-old son judge. the mother killed her son then turned the gun on her herself. neighbors say she seemed overwhelmed now that her son was no longer in school. >> good news for p

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durham is a close friend of mine. her book "willie lee, a little slave boy with the desire to be free" is truly a remarkable work. she republished her work with a 2011 quote from the congressman attesting to its inspirational character. so i'll let you leave and all is well. >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ] in 2004 the congressman was emcee for an event at the illinois state society basically put on with his office that honored three co-editors of a university of tampa press republication of a 19th century volume of poetry by john willis menard. growing up in illinois i pronounce it menard. and i've chosen to read as a kind ofem that menard wrote to his wife, elizabeth, when he was in exile from her in the united states. >> "to emt of jamaica" away from the blue island home away from the blue eyes, the hugh of the rose never dies, i will send you these few simple lines that beguile the long weary day, thigh friendship though young i will keep and its ties i will try to improve, like wandering vines they will cree

durham is a close friend of mine. her book, a little slave boy with a desire to learn and to be free, truly is a remarkable, inspirational children's work. she republished her work with a may 24th, 2011, quote from the congressman, attesting to its inspirational character. so i'll let you leave, and all is well. [ applause ] in 2004, the congressman was emcee for an event that the illinois state society basically put on with his office that honored three co-editors of a university of tampa press republication of a 19th century volume of poetry by john willis menard growing up in illinois. i pronounce it menard. it's menard. and i've chosen to read as a kind of segway a love poem that menard wrote to his elizabeth, when he was in exile from her in the united states. to emt of jamaica. away from thy green island home, i sent my missives to come where the hue of the rose never dies. if thy soft gentle spirit now pines for the form that is now far away, i will se few simple lines to beguile the long, weary day. thy friend

he worked out earlier this week in durham, north carolina.ppened in front of jim harbaugh and greg romans. the 49ers were so impressed, the organization sent a doctor to north carolina to nduct their own physical on manning. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. upset, something everybody seems to enjoy expect for the team on the wrong end of that upset. today's match-up with purdue, as the favorite. did it play out that way? let's go to omaha, nebraska. st. mary's, trialed by two in the final minute. that was the first lead of the game. ten seconds later, called for traveling on the inbounds pass. purdue woul

regions than the general populationings atlanta, washington, baltimore, newark, new york, and raleigh durham. researchers say those areas need more effective prevention strategies to stop the spread of hiv. >>> it is coming up on 4:53. let's check out the question of the morning now -- >> log on to wusa9's facebook fan page, we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 hour. >>> welcome back, 4:55 this friday morning your weather first and still a few showers south and east of d.c.. they'll be gone in the next oh 60 to 90 minutes. we'll become partly sunny and ably shy and cooler day today -- a breezy and cooler day today. definitely need if jacket. by 4:00 54 but winds from the northwest about 10 to 15 miles per hour. we top out in the mid 50s. right now over the monika with timesaver traffic. >>> on the northbound side of i- 95 north of the occoquan river. a tractor-trailer involved in an accident on the left side. it may cause a slowdown. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads. >>> thank you monika. the competition is on at walter reed national mili

. >> that was crack davis in the movie bull durham. career minor leaguer and this is infielder wes timmons, the crack davis of the as. ten years and 987 games in the minders with atlanta and oakland, who he signed with last season. >> as cliche as its sounds, it's the love of of the game. nothing i would rather be doing. >> wes has been in aaa since 2005, having played every infield position. he teaches p.e. in the offseason and has no plan on giving up on his dream. >> as long as i have a uniform on my back, there's always the thought could i play well enough or somebody goes down. >> mike: that someone went down, scott sizemore blew out his knee and is out for the season. this might be wes' shot at the big show and bob melvin noticed the long-haired kid from west virginia. >> i didn't expect him to look like that. and looks likely has some gamer in him. going to get plenty of playing time. we don't have that many infielders here. >> the reality is i'm here to play. whether it's at the big-league level or aaa. i'm going going to give

. >> uae cost a trillion durhams during a slow economic recovery, your trade went up 25%. a factor of maintaining your markets in the west but tilting east to the higher growth economies? >>> yes, that is very correct with you most importantly i think we should also speak about the strategy of the country itself in terms of diversifying the economy. 70% is not oil. most of us think of a country that prouss oil and store, have a lot of good reserve. however, the big bulk is trade. we sit as a main hub between the east and west. we are the gateway for africa. africa is a big market and gold mine for us. india is the number one trading partner for the uae, exceeding 43 billion u.s. dollars in terms of bilateral trade, also our position as their number one trading partner, china comes next, and then the u.s. some people believe that there is a shift to the east, but i can tell you within the united arab emirates we have seen 51% of our business and trade with the east, with asia, but in the same time, a combined 41% of our trade resides within european countries, partners as w

. >> that was crash davis in the movie bull durham, a career minor leaguer. infielder the davis of the a's. ten years and 987 games in the minors with atlanta and oakland who he signed with last season. >> as cliche as it sounds it really is for like the love of the game. there is nothing i would rather be doing than playing baseball. >> wes has been in triple-a since 2005 having played every infield position. the 33-year-old teaches p.e. in the off-season and has no plans of giving up on his dream. >> as long as i have a uniform on my back there is always that thought that i guess i could play well enough or somebody goes down. >> well, that someone went down. third baseman scott sizemore blew out his knee and he is out for the season. >> i didn't expect him to look like that and looks like he has some gamer in him. he will get plenty of playing time. we don't have all that many infielders here. >> the reality is i'm here to play whether at the big league level or back in triple-a. i'm going to give 100% regardless of level. >> you are and old guy on this te

sanchez was restrained by an off-duty officer until the plane arrived at raleigh durham international airport. >>> a family in colorado barely escapes a wildfire. their getaway is captured on camera. >> where's mom? what are you stopping for? >> reporter: 13-year-old caleb gullic shot the video in the car with his father, as his family and two cars fled from the scene tuesday. his younger sister became frightened when her mother pulled over to turn her lights on and she couldn't see her. the entire family did escape unharmed. the wildfire started as a controlled burn before it spread out of control. >>> two explosions hit baghdad, as arab leaders discuss how to end the violence in baghdad. >> reporter: two blasts hit baghdad, as arab foreign ministers gather for the first arab league summit. there were no injuries. iraqi officials are hosting the event to prove the country can maintain security, after u.s. troops left in december. only 10 of 22 arab league members are taking part. many leaders disagree on how far arab countries should go to stop the violence in neighboring syria. >> t

manning visited last friday worked out for the broncos brass and general manager john ellway, in durhamth carolina at duke back on march 9th ellway and manning had the parameters of a deal in place, 5 years, $95 million. both sides are currently negotiating the language of the contract to protect the broncos if manning is unable to play, due to his neck issues. he has had three surgeries over the last 17 months block burg business week reports, one vegas casino had denvers odds of winning summer bowl, 50-1 now post -- super bowl, 50-1 now post manning making his decision the odds are 10-1. reports are tebow will be traded once the manning deal becoming official. >>> what are your thoughts about this? are you surprised? does it make sense and we hear rumors tim tebow could go to new england. >> does it make sense, yeah, i guess if he didn't want to stay in the nfc if he wanted to get his best chance to get a super bowl he should have gone to the 49ers but returned all 11 starters and lost nfc title game to his brother eli manning the best chance to win i think would have been san francis

raleigh durham-type voter. this is bad news, he is showing he can appeal to that type of voter.imperfect. it can be different in the general, but that's the romney demographic. the new economy. >> what's the next two weeks and how much pressure is he going to get. let me play something. it's sort of like it feels like they are walking align. the romney spokesperson said about santorum's future. >> at some point the reality is going to set in and that mitt is the all but certain nominee. i can tell what you he did when he was running against john mccain after super tuesday. he didn't have the delegates to be the nominee, but at that point he was on track to get the delegates. mitt romney made the decision and it was a difficult one to step aside. >> on the show yesterday he said let's at least give this to wisconsin and he's a romney guy. >> i wrote today that if santorum can't find the way to win wisconsin, it's hard to seat rational he has for going forward. wisconsin will be the fourth failure to win in a big state. >> it's even-split. >> if you can't win your home state, how

washington, d.c., baltimore, atlanta, newark, new jersey, new york city, and raleigh- durham, north carolina. the epidemic has hollywood types lending their star power to help out. actress vanessa williams will be in d.c. today. there is a panel discussion also of film screening to raise awareness that's going on from noon until 2:00 p.m. today on this. allison, back to you. tony? >> sarah, thank you so much. >>> coming up, are you ready to spring forward? yep, it's that time of year when we lose on hour of sleep. it could have some effects on your body. a local doctor is here to explain. >>> ready or not, right? here it comes. >> right. >> we made it through yesterday with few problems. beautiful lights. an update on the solar storm that hit earth. >>> plus, new details about another flare. >>> as we head to the break, redskins' fans who had their hopes set on peyton manning may have their hopes dashed. at least one report says he is not interested and apparently he's already told redskins' officials just that. he was let go from the colts earlier this week. several teams, including washing

area here that includes virginia and north carolina in the center of the state, including raleigh, durhamangle area. this will go to the evening hours as well as the thunderstorm watch you see that goes pretty far south, down to jacksonville, florida. and here is a look at strong, powerful storms rolling through south carolina and straight on into jacksonville. that's one area we're watching closely for severe weather. on the bigger picture, we're monitoring a specific storm. this one will bring substantial rain into the san francisco area. you can see on our map there that as we go through the next day or sore, we'll look at an inch to two inches of rain for san francisco. you have had such nice weather. that's all changing. get ready for a wet start to the end of the weekend and on into the early part of next week. >> sounds good, sort of. not for them, maybe, but great picture. thanks. that's going to do it for me. much more in the newsroom straight ahead with my colleague, don lemon. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you

last friday worked out for the broncos brass and gm john elway in durham, north carolina on the dukeway already had the parameters of a deal in place, five years for $95 million. both sides are currently negotiating guaranteed money and the language of the contract to protect denver if manning is unable to play due to his neck issues. the manning topic taking over twitter, says nfl kicker jay feely let me get this straight. first the colts gave the broncos john elway. now the colts give the broncos peyton manning. a guy named sammy says i guess manning must really love horses going from colts to broncos and deon sanders says bad move, just my opinion. outside, no dome, very cold winters, inexperienced receivers. i would have chose the 49ers. oh, yeah, i did. that's right, he did play for the 9ers. so much for tebow main why. manning will be the starter. tebow -- mania. manning will be the starter. tebow will most likely be an ex- bronco. that's the latest on the scenario. >> quite the scenario, too. thanks. >>> imagine being 4,000 feet in the air and knowing you're heading into a fie

that might be making its way around durham road and they should be getting off of the freeway, but prepareof slowing. folks are moving over, shifting lanes. we'll take you back to the south bay on the maps and a nice smooth drive northbound. we have that express lane opening, from southbound 880 and dixon landing. we'll get bob's live report coming up. meanwhile, we do have a report of someone pushing a motorcycle off the roadway there. trying to get off of the freeway, maybe they ran out of gas. but it's not too cold this morning. you're okay. construction crew should be picking up soon and no slowing in either direction. 101 clearing into the city and into the city from the north bay, the golden gate bridge looks smooth, as well. clear view for them coming into the city, beautiful bridge, back to you guys. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> apple continues to help boost stocks on wall street. we turn to jackie deangelos. >> futures lower this morning after stocks posted minor gains on monday. apple, of course, boosting the nasdaq after it announced it'll start paying dividends to sharehol