. >>> guilty verdict in the murder trial of lee edward steven. he was convicted of stabbing david mcgwin. he could get the death penalty. >>> a building caught hire this morning, there was smoke on the second through the 4th floor. it's not the first time they have been called out. sever speak fires happened in 2010 of october. the cause of this fire is under investigation. >>> a paramedic hurt after falling an overpass in north virginia. virginia police an an ambulance stopped in the northbound lanes of 395 to reach the car. a man fell off the roadway and into a four mile creek about 20 feet below the interstate. he is a seven year veteran of the fire department. he is in cal condition. >>> in the aftermath of the crash in perry haul a witness near the scene said the state should take steps to make this stretch safer. we have more on that story. >> reporter: according to the state highway administration that portion of belaire road from forge to miller road has had 32 accidents over the last three years. last night 30-year-old amy marie died aft

the consul that adams sent to haiti was a man named edward stevens who was a childhood friend of hamilton's. they had grown up in the virgin islands together. and stevens wrote hamilton and said, do you have any thoughts about a constitution for haiti? it's very interesting what hamilton did. and he said only a military government is possible. but he did try to have some balancing of powers in it. he said, you know, there should be judges elected for life. and you should have a council of generals to propose taxes. so he wasn't -- i don't think you call that a hopeful particularly, but he's trying to make some suggestions. >> well, even jefferson, when he looked at the latin american revolution, he said, well, they're probably not going to work very well. they'll probably -- these people will wade through blood and military despotisms for generations. but as they want to become republicans, i wish them well. that was a kind of -- it's a kind of patronizing pessimism we had towards people which became more pessimistic as time went on because all of these revolutions failed. the revolutions o

. >> after nearly a week of deliberations, the jury has done the inmate lee edward stevens guilty of first-degree murder. he was convicted in the stabbing death of corbeil david guion. he could become the first person sentenced to death under guidelines.first -- bu -- the stabbing death of corporal david guinn a homicide in northwest baltimore happened shortly before 11:00 on however for road. police said that out an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the victim has not been identified and there is no possible word of motive or suspects. >> mayor stephanie rawlings lake is defending the way she has used the city's skybox at m&t bank stadium after request reif -- after a request forced the guest list to become public. the city's docks which is owed by taxpayers -- the mayor demanded jack young give back his tickets. now the guest list for the box and the whole season is public, following a request we made it even before the flak over young's ticket. all are able to use the skybox, and it parking at no charge. in an interview, th

lee edward stevens and another inmate are both charged with stabbing officer david mcgwynn to death at maryland house of correction in jessop in 2006. closing arguments took place today. if convicted, stevens could face the death penalty. wjz is in the courtroom. we'll have more on this case, new at 5:00. >>> in today's healthwatch. a big drug recall. a major company is pulling about a million birth control pills from store shelves. >> the drug company, pfizer says the birth control pills may not stop users from getting pregnant. investigators found packaging errors where some pacts of the hormone-based drugs had too many active tablets while other his too few. here is the list of pills in question. take a close look at them. the affected packets have expiration dates ranging between july 31, 2013. and march 31st, 2014. a pfizer spokesperson says the problem was caused by mechanical and visual inspection failures on the packaging line. the problem has since been corrected. vic? >> pfizer says women using the affected products should notify their doctors and switch to backup contracepti

edward lawrence reports from hollywood. >> reporter: steven colbert returned to the colbert report last night following an unexpected absence. >> as the hub around which the republic turns, i can understand why the machinery of this great nation ground to a halt last week when you were denied this. >> reporter: the talk show host abruptly canceled two tapings of his comedy central show last week to tend to his 91-year-old mother who is in poor health. earlier on twitter he thanked those who had offered their thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: a black dress that belonged to whitney houston will soon be sold to the highest bidder. it's part of the hollywood legends auction scheduled for late last month. a pair of earrings she wore in the bodyguard will also be up for grabs. orangeers say it's a way to celebrate the late singer's life. charlie chaplain's cane will also be among the memorabilia. judy says she's not going blind. the 77-year-old oscar winner clarified her condition after revealing she had maccue regard degeneration and is unable to read scripts anymore. macular degeneration c