emily schmidt, live in washington. thanks a lot, emily. >>> and the events are giving president obama a boost in his approval rates. a new "washington post"/pew poll taken just hours after the killing of osama bin laden, puts president obama's approval rating up to 56%. on top of that, 69% approve of the way he's handling terrorism. that's the highest rating he's had since taking office. >>> in this country, there's growing outrage against pakistan. was our ally involved in harboring osama bin laden? >> about pakistani intelligence, cia director leon panetta said, quote, either they're involved or incompetent. jim sciutto is in pakistan's capital this morning and joins us by phone. jim, what is the government saying now? >> reporter: well, the headlines today illustrate the real anger from pakistani officials. one of them saying, pakistan, upset about being kept in the dark. another saying, unauthorized raid must not serve as precedent. and you hear that in the streets, as well. we were speaking to pakistanis this morn

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i play my violin for work. >> emily has played with the symphony and the phil harmonic. her vee lynn is insured, but that's not the point. she needs it to fulfill her career. abc news. >> police set up a tip line. you can find that information and more pictures at abc7news.com. >> a lot more to bring you here tonight. smartphones are going to med school. at home eye exams using a new app developed in the bay area. >> and what's in a title? san francisco's police chief found tens of thousands of dollars just by changing a dollars just by changing a couple words. ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> technology developed here in the bay area is offering doctors a new way to look at your eyes potentially alerting them to trouble before you make it into the office for an eye exam. diane jensen has scheduled dozens of eye exams with her smartphone. now she is about to u

live in washington, emily schmidt, abc news, now back to you. >> emily thank you. many of us begin the day with a sense of relief and renewed patriotism following the announcement that u.s. forces have taken out osama bin latten. linda so is -- bin laden. linda so is live where many will make their way through to the nation's capital at penn station. >> reporter: they will be heading in soon. we have been speaking to some people who have been getting off work and heading into work, and actually two women this morning that i spoke with who both had not heard what happened. they didn't know that that osama bin laden was dead. and when i told them this was a sense of disbelief. the reaction was what? really? they couldn't believe it. a woman i spoke with named lisa, she was asking me how do they know for sure? i think there was a sense of disbelief. they didn't think this day would come. and now it is here i. know lisa said she felt like it was an end of to a -- to a chapter and now the u.s. can focus on something else. people heading into work will head to dc. and yo

emily schmidt joins us from washington with details. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning. the u.s. is hoping that some of the people who were closest to osama bin laden will give them more clues about his plans for al qaeda. but so far, the best information is coming from bin laden's own words. when president obama announced osama bin laden's death, he warned al qaeda would seek retribution. now, one of a dozen specific threats to emerge is against the president's stepgrandmother, sarah obama, who lives in kenya. authorities there say the family compound is under heavy security after a somali branch threatened her life. mr. obama told univision, he won't comment on specific family threats. but added, when it comes to the american people -- >> after having killed bin laden, there may be a desire on some al qaeda members to exact revenge. and that's something that we have to be individual lent about. >> reporter: it's why intelligence and law enforcement officials are combing through the writings seized during th

>>reporter: for emily, all of this comes as shock. people she know whose lost instruments usually never get them back. she's now grateful and says she's learned a valuable lesso lesson. >> always take your instrument with you. don't leave it anywhere even in a place where you think it is going to be secure. >>reporter: police say they arrested suspect scott sylvester on muni few hours ag ago. officers approached him after receiving reports that man was acting strangely on the bus. immediately recognized him as the violin suspect and arrested him. he's being booked on burglary grand theft and possession of stolen property. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> all right lillian. >> san francisco says it plans to defy federal immigration officials by releasing undocumented immigrants arrested for low level crimes. that's according to the san francisco examiner. san francisco sheriff hennessee plans to start the new policy june 1st to uphold the city sanctuary ordinance. right now immigration officials require cities to hold undocumented immig

emily schm emily schmidt is joining us from washington this morning with more. good morning, emily. >> reporter: peggy and rob, good morning. one of bin laden's sons has weighed in for the first time since his father's death. he called it an assassination that violated international law. but in the united states, the death of the terrorist leader is now drawing cheers. president obama's speeches have new references to a campaign promise now fulfilled. >> osama bin laden will never again threaten the united states of america. >> reporter: the line went over well at a texas fund-raiser last night. in a new associated press/gfk poll, shows the president's approval rating is its highest in two years. but the u.s. commander in eastern afghanistan says he h o bin laden will cause a change of strategy in afghanistan. >> bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. he was important to that organization. but one man does not make this war on terrorism. >> reporter: in pakistan, this opposition politician says there's still no proof bin laden is dead. pakistan hasn't allowed the u.

. ♪ >> emily cox can still make beautiful music but it's not same with the violin she had to borrow.> her violin the one she played for 11 years was stolen. its one of a kind violin made in the 1920 and worth $23,000. >> i'm sad. for me to think in the hands of somebody else. >> last tuesday afternoon she left it in a classroom on the fifth floor of the san francisco conservatory of music to check her e-mail. >> in between the time i was gone the suspect came in and grabbed the violin and fled the building. >> as the suspect left the conservatory on oak street, a classmate followed him to the muni stop where he got on a train and bingo. >> that is our boy. >> a camera on the muni train captured a clear shot of the suspect getting on board with what appears to be emily's violin case strapped to his back. he traveled about four minutes and got off at powell street. >> we had in the of california is given these flyers on this case. >> emily has played with the santa cruz county symphony. it's insured but she needs it to fulfill her passion and career. >>> oakland reaches a deal to settl

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>> thank you so much, emily schmidt, this morning. as you saw in emily's piece, family members of 9/11 victims are speaking out. >> we got reaction from the sister of the pilot of the plane that was flown into the pentagon. take a listen. >> i'm elated. i'm elated that this man, this evil, evil, bad man, who has so much blood on his hands is now dead. i hope very much that we get to see pictures of his lifeless body. because i think it's going to be very important for the world to see that. >> and we'll have much more reaction from 9/11 family members coming up later in the broadcast. >> as we mentioned, news of bin laden's death set off several m impromptu celebrations here in new york. the celebrations were impossible to miss. chris cuomo was among the celebrations at ground zero. >> reporter: you're seeing the whole range. there are vim tims' families two have come down. people are on the phone, they're crying. they're calling people to come here and gather. you're hearing things like we're all family tonight. yet, you're hearing t

emily schmidt joins us with more. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning. after months of intelligence gaerting gathering, the president said he had what he called a 55-45 situation. no definitive proof that bin land was in that compound. now is experts are working through what that all means. president obama said the 40 minutes he waited to see if the navy s.e.a.l.s found bin laden were some of the longest minutes of his life. >> it was a very tense situation. >> reporter: but he told "60 minutes" that the chance to get bin laden outweighed the risks. the situation raised questions of a support network there. >> we don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government. and that's something that we have to investigate. >> reporter: a senior pakistani official tells abc news that based on years of experience, he believes that elements of pakistani intelligence, probably rogue of retired were involved in aiding, abetting, sheltering the leader of al qaeda. >> fess up. if you knew he was there, tell us. >> repo

emily schmidt joins us with details from washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, you are exactly right. u.s. officials are getting a better idea of osama bin laden's plots, by seeing them in his own words. it's all thanks to a handwritten journal they are now combing through. officials say osama bin laden's writings say he wanted the next attack in the u.s. to be bigger than 9/11. spread across the country, in los angeles and smaller cities that may not expect as a target. >> makes it more difficult to track. it makes it more symbolic low xapgs. >> reporter: the information comes from computer files and handwritten journals, seized when navy s.e.a.l.s raided bin laden's compound last week. it showed while bin laden stayed inside his compound for years, he was still in command of al qaeda, relying on a courier to send the plans worldwide. >> the fact that bin laden wanted to kill thousands of americans does not surprise me at all. >> i think the reality is, we do have a real threat. and we need to pay attention. >> r

>>reporter: for emily, all of this comes as a shock. people she know who lost instruments usually never get them back. she's now grateful and says she's learned a valuable less soychbility always take your instrument with you. don't leave it anywhere even if you think it's secure. >>reporter: of the suspect scott sylvester does have a criminal record. police say they will have a warrant out for his arrest tomorrow. he faces charges of burglary and grand theft. . in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >>> all right lillian thank yo you. >> the death of a german tourist in san francisco last year coming up here. why the suspect in her murder are claiming that police may have botched the case. >> ahead on 7 on your side. personal story of triumph p.one family victorious 2 year battle to keep their home out of foreclosure. fichlt accu-weather forecast snevrment 2 day inland heat wave is history. cooler weather is on the wait a minute i'll have details in the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> also coming up here. heart felt reunion for veteran and >

. >> she is a caressa france owned and played by emily cox. >> it's everything.s the last eight years of my college education. >> reporter: priced at $23,000 the violin and its case were stolen april 26th from this rehearsal room at the san francisco conservatory of music. >> my stomach just went to the bottom. i thought somebody was playing a trick on me. >> reporter: and like that, the caressa was gone. but not before two of cox's classmates saw the suspect walk away. >> one of them had the guts to follow him down oak street and that's where we lost him. >> reporter: cameras on muni soon found him and the police released this video to ktvu showing who they say is 27-year- old stack sill vester with emily's violin and case. the possible motive is cash. >> we are hearing that the pawnshop had the violin and that the suspect feeling the pressure of the news story went back and paid to have the violin taken out. >> from the conservatory of music to a pawnshop the well traveled violin was on the move yet again this time to one of the holeiest places in san francisco

emily says her violin is easily identified by a gold shield on its tail piece. the violin is insured but emily says she's still hoping to get it back. >>> well, later this morning defense attorneys will begin calling their witnesses in the chauncey bailey murder trial. the prosecution rested their case against yusuf bey and mickeyed. the two men are charged with murdering bailey and two other men. closing arguments could begin as soon as next week. >>> an i incident involving a first grader and loaded gun is under investigation in oakland this morning. the oakland unified school district says the child brought the gun to school yesterday morning. a teacher discovered it as the child was removing items from his backpack. the district says the child denied knowing about the gun. it's unclear how the gun ended up there or who it belongs to. >>> tonight a berkeley woman will hold a vigil to mark the second anniversary of her son's killing. this is video from last year's vigil. she says her 18-year-old son maurice was shot right in front of their home two years ago t

and the great journey and the great story we are going to hear from sarah and from family -- from emily. i want you to listen to sarah when she talks about how she got here and how she got the milk from those cows. [laughter] whether they are california or from maine or wisconsin, how did that milk and up into this lovely artisan cheese that she is making for our residents and visitors? i think the great journey will be when sarah talks about how she found her way to establish in san francisco. the greatest journey i hear are people who take up that opportunity, when they come into san francisco and make their home here. that is a wonderful journey because it has many more stories to tell about how young entrepreneurs who start their families and then grow. that is the story about small businesses. i want to join all of you here in celebration. we will hear about other businesses, but it begins with these very personal stories and, really, how this milk and cheese got here, but how sarah got here through all of her work and study and how she could perform something very unique and contr

emily schmidt is joining us, now, from washington with more. chilling news, emily. good morning. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning to you. osama bin laden's death meant removing an al qaeda leader. but also looking into what he may have had planned. because of that, officials issue a new warning that targeted the u.s. four months from now. in a week when so much has been said about osama bin laden's death, president obama was silent when placing a wreath at ground zero. he had saved his words for first responders and family members of 9/11 victims. >> when we say we will never forget, we mean what we say. >> reporter: patricia riley told the president, her sister, killed on 9/11, deserves that justice. >> i was so grateful, that the last thing that osama bin laden saw was an american soldier who came to get him for what he had done. >> reporter: today, president obama personally thanks the navy s.e.a.l.s and others on the mission that killed bin laden, when he travels here to ft. campbell, kentucky. the s.e.a.l.s remain anonymous. the community is proud of th

i am here to speak on behalf of our enthusiastic art teacher, emily van dyke. family is one of our most enthusiastic teachers and -- family is one of our most enthusiastic teachers, who -- emily is one of our most enthusiastic teachers, who consistently gets results. she is an advocate. she works on behalf of not just students but also our school by way of being involved in numerous committees, and just reflecting a constructive adult attitude to our students, someone that is positive, open- minded, and honest with them. thank you. [applause] >> i am susanna morgan. i am an art teacher with the star arts program that is being consolidated, so i have been an art teacher for four years, and every year i have received a layoff notice. in the past, budget came through, and i was able to keep my job. this year, my services are no longer needed. i cannot begin to tell you how it is heartening to this process is. i work hard. -- how is heartening -- disheartening this process is. i work hard, yet every year my job is devalued. i chose to teach art because when i was i

emily congratulations to everybody at your school. hope that this helps not just students at your school, but in the future and other schools in the d.c. the event sounds like a great one on friday night. we're looking forward it. >> thank you. >> we'll put that information on our website if you would like to purchase tickets on myfoxdc.com as well as more information about the school night. back to you. >> what a worthy cause. thank you, steve. >>> six minutes before 9:00 and today marks a very special anniversary. it was 50 years ago that the freedom riders began their journey into the segregated south. along the ways there were attacks, mob violence and arrests. coming up at 9:00, two riders will join us live to take a look back. >>> also coming up in the 9:00 hour, r&b superstar cross et michelle is joining us with a life-saving message she wants to share. ou >>> congratulations to our facebook fan of the day. to a whole bunch of people. our fan of the day is antwanette perry but her cheerleading team is going to the national cham

emily is a student here when someone snatched it. she was devastated.ortunately a classmate saw the thief board a muni train. video led to several tips confirm his identity. they did talk to his mother. she said her son, 27-year-old scott sylvester would return the violin not a police station but at st. mary's cathedral. >> the lady was answering for him and she said she would like to leave this package here, her friend had made some sort of mistake he would like to correct. >> for emily all of it comes as a shock before she knows the lost instrument never gets them back. police say they arrested the suspect after receiving reports that a man was acting strangely on the bus. they immediately recognized him as at violin suspect and arrested him. >>> san jose city leaders decided there is no good reason to change the name of the airport. mineta with a name would include silicon valley but they decided to table the idea. if a major airline wanted to nash deal. it would be reconsidered. >> san jose sharks have a commanding three games to none lead over the

the suspect turned in the $23,000 violin to a priest at saint mary's cathedral and today the owner, emily cox, took it home from the northern police station. >> it's everything. it's blessed eight years of my college education basically. and i needed to make a living. >> if anything positive comes to this, it might not come out for a long time. but for right now, this is a -- like the irish, it turned out the other way. >> police credit one of emily's classmates at the conservatory of music of following the thief and helped police identify the suspect who was arrested shortly after he turned it in. >>> and now you can help feed hungry people in the bay area by leaving something for your mail carrier to pick up next saturday. the national association of letter carriers launched its annual stamp out hunger campaign today. congresswoman spear joined postal employees for a kickoff rally in san francisco. next saturday, you can leave nonperishable items near your mailbox and the postal service will pick them up and deliver them to local food banks and other charities. >>> just ahead, dramatic

>>reporter: emily has played with the santa cruz county symphony and fresno fill har miniick.s the instrument is insured but that's not the point. she needs it back. san francisco police set up a tip line and we have that information as well as photo of the suspect on our web site abc 7 news.com. live in san francisco, john alston, 7 news. >> imagine how upset she is thanks she played it all these years. >> immanuel not getting a raise for several years and then being told there is new job related expense that you have to pay as well. that is what san francisco cab drivers are facing. but they are not accepting their fate quietly. carolyn tyler has the story. >> if you had a hard time finding a tax any san francisco today, this is probably the reason why. many [ honking]. >>reporter: dozens of drivers at city hall protesting. new rules require them to offer passengers the option of paying with credit card. the 5 percent processing fee is the driver's responsibility. >> i spend the first half of my day making the money to break even. >>reporter: city policy doesn't allow that e

emily schmidt, in washington. thank you so much. >>> well, we have new information this morning about just how bin laden was positively identified. we're told that at first, he was i.d.'d by two women inside that compound. the cia then used facial recognition analysis. finally, two dna samples were used to make a 99.9% match, with samples from bin laden's relatives. the body was flown to the aircraft carrier, "uss carl vinson," from which it was buried at sea. there is video of that burial. but there is no decision on whether it will be released. >>> a recording may be released from bin laden himself. intelligence officials believe he recorded a message shortly before his death. the tape is expected to surface soon. they say the timing was coincidental and that the al qaeda leader had no idea the u.s. forces were about to strike. >>> and a key question in all of this, does bin laden's death make americans any safer? the government is now warning that homegrown extremist may pose an even greater threat. pierre thom

reporting live in washington, emily schmidt, abc news, now back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. reaction pouring in this morning all over the world. maryland congressman elijah cummings said america is a strong, proud nation that will never allow our precious freedoms to fall under attack without mounting a great and mighty defense. the death of the osama bin laden shows the righteous might of our citizens and our military in response to the attacks on innocent americans civilians. and i offer all those involved the thanks of a grateful nation. >>> when news of bin lad ann death broke senator mi culls case says this is a historic day -- mikulski says this is a historic day for our country. inso amia -- osama bin laden is dead she says she remembers watching the smoke on the pentagon and the feeling of-- smoke on the pentagon and the feeling of watching the towers fall. >>> 5:33 right now. myriam wrote god bless the us apartment and kevin says may 1st become a national holiday. coach so many of you are turning to social media to get your thoughts out. shaer ri joh

emily reuben is here with the story. emily. >> they're all making their feelings known.y economic power is shifting toward asian, african, and next american countries and the top leadership should reflect that new reality. let's take a look at what thailand's minister has been saying. quite bluntly he says there's no logic that the imf is run by a european. he says they've come a long way in the past three or four years. and in brazil the finance minister echoed that. time has long passed when it could be remotely appropriate to reserve this position for an eu national. an indian imf board member reported that means whenever there's an asian crisis, there should be an asian managing director. they say there should be someone outside, independent from the debt crisis. sit time for say an asian candidate for the job. well, here's what some economists had to say. >> asian countries have every right to have great representation at the imf. it would do wonders for the image of asia if they were to lead it. this somewhere they're held in some disregard as a result of the state

emily schmidt has more. >> reporter: president obama visit to ground zero will mark the death of osama bin laden and his pakistani compound. in a way the president decided no picture of bin laden's body ever will. he told 60 minutes he will not release those photos. >> it's important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an insightment to additional violence and propaganda tool. >> reporter: the white house says the decision matched the opinions of secretary of defense robert gates and secretary of state hillary clinton. even though earlier in the week, cia director leon pinetta predicted a release to silence critics. >> i think we have to reveal to the rest of the world the fact that we were able to get him and kill him. >> reporter: reuters news agency released photos they say showed three other men killed in the raid on bin laden's hideout. former new york city mayor giuliani says he disagrees with the president's decision. >> the pictures eventually get out. why not put them out now and satisfy at least the rati

. >> gabrielle, emily and elena. >> my name is gabrielle. and when i received the notification from the planning department for the addition, i called the planner concerns that his property line would be used as an excuse to prevent me from achieving my goals to build on my property. i told him that i didn't object and homeowner should be able to build what he wanted on his property so long as he kept it within the permitted city guidelines. he assured me that george would have to sign and have a note rised declaration saying that among other things, it couldn't be used as an excuse to object to my building. i want to thank him for the plans he created for my project, but i have over 60 years of construction experience. my son has experience for 20 years and my daughter has been in project management. between us we have the experience and skills to design a home that will work for our family. to help and guidance of mr. washington and residential design time, site planners we accomplished most of what we set ut out to accomplish. the alterna

emily schmidt has the latest. >> reporter: three words from president obama, it is a go. launch the mission that took out america's number one target. the plan was in the works for months. sunday, navy seals headed into a pakistani count. >> they were able to -- compound. >> they were able to hit arguably one of the most hidden and perhaps even furiously protected men on the planet and 40 minutes later, they were gone. >> reporter: the white house released these photos of the president and his team following the operation as it happened. >> the minutes passed like days. >> reporter: this exclusive video object tanned by abc news -- obtained by abc news shows the aftermath. u.s. officials believe retaliation is likely. >> bin laden disciples would like nothing better than to avenge his death by another attack. >> reporter: it is a sharedbelief amonth intelligence community but celebration is also shared. it happened in a white house dinner for bipartisan congressional leaders last night. >> americans learned that the united states had carried out an operation that resulted

. >> reporter: then after emily lang was put in front of the front seat she managed to get out of theuffs. it. >> she slid off the out of the cuffs. that is something we also take a look at. is it a training issue. did she or anyone maneuver the cuffs. >> reporter: then the police returned to restrain her once again. they tied her feet this time. >> the second officer wrapped her feet. so she could stop assaulting the officer as well as to keep her from escaping. >> reporter: lang was finally subdued and taken away and is now facing several charges surrounding this incident. >> those officers followed procedures. they were called there, they were in a position where they had to restrain a disorderly individual. >> reporter: and earlier tonight i did have an opportunity to speak to mrs. lang, the 21-year-old's mother over the phone. emily, the 21-year-old, was not made available for comment on this issue but her mother says she is regretful of her behavior and she is app sorry. live tonight in college park, 9news now. >> thank you, ken. quite a scene. >>> new at 11 p.m. metro crews are

emily smith. >> and for the latest on the death -- smith. >> and for the latest on the death of osama bin laden and the president's visitto new york go to abc2news.com. look for the link special sink at the top of the home -- section at the top of the home page. >>> now. >> new developments on new video overnight from japan. the video is from a robot inside reactor number 1 at the damaged nuclear power plant. look at this. the robot found radiation levels higher than expected. the company that owns the plant says workers have entered the building for the first time since the march 11th earthquake. they are installing ventilationmachines with filters so cooling systems can be installed which were knocked out by the earthquake and tsunami. >>> for those on the banks of the mississippi, it's time to head for higher ground. president obama declared a state of emergency as the water continues to rise. what is the army corps of engineers considering to stop the destruction. >>> and slots near arundel mills mall won't happen by the end of the year. why and how long the wait is going to happe

let's go to emily reuben who joins us now from our london studio.ly, this scandal involving dominique strauss-kahn is unprecedented for the corridors of the imf. presumably they will want a safe pair of hands now. >> i think it was interesting what john was saying earlier. strauss-kahn's resignation comes at a time when the economic power in the world is shifting to emerging markets. the institutions like the imf and world bank are very much in the hands of western economies. finance ministers from sweden to spain want a safe pair of hands. they're saying look at the sovereign debt crisis in europe. we need a european leader. then others are saying let's have somebody from the emerging markets. here's what the economist martin wolf had to say on that subject. >> in the present situation, however, there is an argument to be made that the extraordinary political sensitivity of the imf's role within the currency union, which is a very special structure, requires someone with extremely good connections to other european policymakers. that doesn't have t

emily schmidt, abc news washington. >>> okay. so the president says bin laden is dead and there's dna evidence and facial recognition software that all say the al- qaeda leader is gone. however, some still have to see it to believe it. the government is considering whether or not to release the photo of bin laden's body so we are asking you, on the wm-ar facebook fan page this morning, what do you think? do you need to see the picture of bin laden's corpse or is the president's word good enough? officials have warned the photo is quite gruesome and be aware there rae fakes out there. -- there's some fakes out there so some want to avoid seeing it. but is seeing really believe in this case? go to the facebook fan page and let us know what you think. >>> well a middle schoolteacher did something he hadn't done for ten years after hearing osama bin laden was dead. that teacher shaved. gary started growing a beard on september 11th 2001 and pledged not to shave until bin laden was brought to justice. he assumed whoa have to wait 6 mo

abc's emily schmidt has more from the nation's capital. >> reporter: when the navy seals stormed this pakistani compound sunday, the cia says intelligence was only 60 to 80% sure it was the right place. >> the reality was that we could have gone in there and not found bin laden at all. >> reporter: so those in the white house situation room watched. then waited about 20 minutes while the seals were inside and out of view. in the first public comments from the vice president, he says it was breath taking. >> it was a staggering undertaking and there was no one else i believe other than the american group of military warriors who could do it. >> reporter: the white house now says osama bin laden did not have a weapon. but says his wife rushed a u.s. team member. she was shot in the leg and survived. the administration is deciding whether to release photos of bin lad ann body. >> it's fair to -- lad n's body. >> -- laden's body. >> it's fair to say it's a gruesome. >> the photos have to be released to get rid of conspiracy theorist. >> reporter: the seals took computer drives and dvds fr

emily schmidt, abc news washington. >> we may get a peek of the 9/11 memorial set to open in baltimore for the 10th anniversary of the attacks. wreckage from the world trade center and . gone will beincorporated into a memorial that will function as sun dial use the shadows of baltimore's trade center building. twisted steel and beams will rest on stones and the names bearying the names and birth dates of the 63 victims who called maryland home will be part of the memorial as well. renders are scheduled and will be made public within the next two weeks. >>> today is all about strategy for lawyers on the prosecution and defense after a judge declared a mistrial in february for the twin brothers accused of set being a dog on fire. sherrie johnson is live with what we can expect when the trial gets underway later this morning. sherrie. >> reporter: this is a case that has gained national attention as well as local attention. two brothers on trial for accused of assetting a pit bull on fire. for the second time that trial is set to begin this morning. it's set to kick off in downtown balti