when the items arrived at the fbi lab in quantico, the canadian was assigned to alian justy.ing, he told the court he found semen in a pair of levy's panties, semen that match the dna profile of congressman gary condit. on the witness stand last week, he refused to answer questions about his relationship with levy telling defense attorneys it was a private matter. he has never publicly acknowledged having an intimate relationship with levy. instead, he said they were friends and would be friends today if she were still alive. condit is not facing charges in connection with levy's disappearance or murder but at one time, he was a prime suspect. alan justy also told the security he found no dna on any of the items belonging to chandra levy recovered from the crime scene in may of 2002. when the same items were tested sick years later by a private lab, dna from an unknown male was discovered on chandra levy's tights. dna that excludes ingmar guandique and gary condit. the prosecution maintains the dna belongs to someone who handled the tights after they were found in the park. b

when chandra's remains were found in 2002, her underwear and tights sent to that fbi lab. no dna found. however, six years later, this woman who works for a private lab said she found some male dna on chandra's tights. dna that doesn't match guandique's. the prosecutors argued that that touch dna came as a result of some could not atempt nation after the tights were removed from the park. now this on again, off again trial continues monday. this case could be in theands of the jury. next tuesday or wednesday. back to you. >> pat collins at d.c. superior court. thank you. >>> elizabeth smart told jurors today man accused of kidnapping her was crud vulgar, and self-serving. smart showed a motion for the first time in the three days that she was on the witness stand shelf raised her voice as she explained how brian david mitchell showed no concern for her during her 9-month ordeal. mitchell is a 57-year-old homeless preacher. he is accused of kidnapping smart out of her house in salt lake city back in 2002 when she was 14 years old. mitchell claim that god directed him to tak

when the items arrived at the fbi lab in quantico, the case was assigned to this man. under questioning by the prosecution, he told the court he found semen in a pair of her panties, semen that matched the dna profile of congressman gary condit. on the witness stand last week, condit refused to answer question about his relationship with levy, telling defense attorneys it was a private matter. he's never publicly acknowledged having an intimate relationship with her, instead, saying they were friends and would be friends today if she was still alive. condit is not facing charges in connection with levy's disappearance or murder, but, at one time, he was a prime suspect. allen juicy told the court he found no dna on any of the items belonging to levy recovered from the crime scene in may of 2002. and when the same items were tested six years later by a private lab, dna from an unknown male was discovered on chandra levy's tights, dna excluding guandique and gary condit. the prosecution maintains the dna belongs to someone who handled the tights after they were found in

when chandra's remains were recovered in 2002, her underwear and tights sent to that fbi lab. no d found. allow, six years later, this woman who work for a private lab said she found some male dna on chandra's tights. dna that doesn't match guandique's, the prosecutors argued that touched dna came as a result of some contamination after the tights were removed from the park. now comes the defense. the defense says it plans to call an inmate to testify on behalf of guandique. that scheduled to take place here monday, via closed circuit television. >> quickly, had jurors been made aware of t charge or is that something that unfolds as the trial goes on? >> i think that will unfold when the jurorset the instructions at the end of the case. by the way, the judge expects this juror to be over though jury to begin deliberatin as early as next tuesday or wednesday next week. so that will come when they get the instructions from the judge on what charges they should consider. >> things moving fast down there at d.c. superior court. pat collins, thank you. >> there's news inast month's

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fbi headquarters here in washington. the school's main library and three lab buildings were evacuated. the university sent out 32,000 text messages to students on tam pus -- on campus. a search found nothing out of the ordinary. >>> coming up next new at 5:30. >> his plane just left for rome. the cardinal-elect donald wuerl is going to be traveling to meet with the pope. that story is coming up next. the most powerful half ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. that's forty thousand more than ford. chevy silverado. the most dependable, longest-lasting full- size pickup on the road. use your all-star edition discount for... a total value of six thousand dollars on a 2011 silverado. see your local chevrolet dealer. >>> right now, new at 5:30, washington archbishop donald wuerl is on his way to rome to become a cardinal. >>> investigators are losing hope they'll find three missing family members alive. >>> and we will show you which foods actually help fight off cancer. >>> our top story at this half hour, the archbishop of washington is on his way overseas to the

three labs and the library was evacuated at ohio state university today. the fbiays a threat was sent to their washington headquarters. the source of the threatas not been identified. students and faculty members were alerted by a text message to keep out othe buildings until 5:00 this evening. >>> this is week three in t elizabeth smart trial and attorneys have started making their case to defend her accused kidnapper. the defense called its first witness today, brian david mitchell is charged with kidnapping smart when sheas 14 and holding her captive for 9 months. a religious leader from one of mitchell's former churches was called to the stand today. he faces life in prison. >>> the operator of the carnival cruise ship that was stranded in the pacific last week says it will be out of service until january. last week fire broke out in the engine room, cutting power to the carnival splendor. 4500 passengers and crew members were without ac and hot meals for several ys. they cancelled nine voyages for the ship until january. anyone who booked one of those trips w

lab for further testing. th pouter was reportedly in a piece of n mail for bristol palin. at this point the fbit. >>> forever homes for nearly t dozen d.c. youth. still to come, we're going to take you to adoption day. >>> chuck bell's here. he's g the thanksgiving forecast. he'll tell us all about it on the other side of the break. >>> dreams came true for more than 20 children in d.c. today. they went from the foster system into families of their own. the 24th annual adoption day ceremony took place at the courthouse in northwest. adoption dcrees were signed by a judge, then the children came up to join their new parents and siblings. barbara harrison again had the honor of introducing the new families. >> this is the most amazing group of children officially becoming a part of forever families. >> i'm happy. i just thank god for the moment. it's a lesson that we learn. i'm just grateful it's all over now. >> good day for those kids and families, but about 160 children are currently still waiting for new families in the d.c. foster care system. >>> 'tis theeason to be thankful and to help tho

initial testing found the bone to be from a young woman but it was sent to a lab in holland for more testing. the fbi. natalee holloway was 18 when she disappeared in aruba in 2005. the alabama teenager was celebrating high school graduation with her classmates. holloway left a nightclub with joran van der sloot with two other men and was never seen again. van der sloot was questioned and never charged, although he remains the prime suspect. right now he's in jail in peru, accused of murdering a young woman there. two months ago, holloway's mother met with van der sloot and pleaded with him to tell her what he knows. videotape of that conversation was recently released to nancy grace on our sister network, hln. >> you can sit here for the rest of your life. and i can sit here for the rest of my life. it's -- you can make some choices here, and you can make the right decisions. you have your whole life ahead of you. i want to know what happened, and i want to move on, joran. i want to move on. you know, i want to, you know, move on in my life. and i cannot close the book. and i feel as if we've lost y

-- a text message went out, about 8:19 a.m., they alerted the fbi, concerned about the william oxley compton memorial library, mcpherson labab and scott laboratory, a huge, sprawling campus, 52,000 students on the campus and 32,000 of them received what is called a buckeye alert. text messages telling them to stay away from these four buildings. we are going to continue to cover it for you and as soon as we get information out of the public information officer on campus we'll get it to you and update you on what is going on. and, back to politics, now, it is called the first big victory for the tea party in washington, d.c. republican senate minority leader michigtch mcconnell, doi 180, supporting the ban on spending, some call it earmarks and some call it pork and he is supporting it now and didn't as recently as last week and pressure to save money and cut spending in d.c. coming with the influx of new blood there, folks, that is how we start a brand new hour, of "america's newsroom." we are so glad to have you with us, i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. martha, nice to see you, our morning started 6 hours ago,

studios of dancing with the stars last night, the fbi is investigating after a envelope with white powder was found in the studio. the letter has been taken to a lab further testing and no one was hurt. >>> watch out west coasters. heavy snow is coming your way. the first snow hit nevada and could drop several pooem feet around lay tahoe. resident necessary montana and wyoming are in fo for a snowy weekend. accumulation began in billings, montana, yesterday. for the complete national weather forecast, let's go bill carins. good saturday morning to you, bill. >> a great saturday morning to you, alex. today, it's all about the west coast. snow in the elevations and rain for areas that don't typically see a lot of it. if you're waking up with us along the eastern seaboard, tennessee to texas, no problems for you today at all. it's in the west that we have the rain and the snow. we have a couple different storms systems moving their way into the west. a lot of snow for the high elevations, great for the ski resorts. one area today with rain on and off, los angeles to santa maria, southward, san diego will see rain today and snow in the high elevations

the fbi says the threat was sent to their washington head quarters via e-mail around 8:00 a.m. this morning. no bombs were found in the lab buildings, and they have since been reoped. >>> victor bout is on hisay to the u.s. to face criminal charges. he's a russian arms dealer, arrested two years ago in thailand. arrested by undercover u.s. agents. he allegedly offered to sell them surface to ermis ils. he's suspected ofelli ining weapons to the taliban. wednesday his wife arrived to see him, but he had already been moved. >>> washington archbishop donald worrell is on his way to rome tonight. he arrived at dulles international airpt this afternoon. saturday the archbishop will attend the ceremony at the vatican that will elevate him to cardinal, the highest tight knelt catholic church after pope. i spoke with the archbishop a few days ago. >> you have to remind yourself, this has very little to do with you personally, it has everything to do with washington. it's the archdiocese of washington that's being honored by the pope. >> archbishop worrell is one of 24 new cardinals chosen by pope benedict xvi. >>>umors of a royal

. >>> the fbi is investigating a suspicious white powder mailed to the studios of "dancing with the stars." it shows the powder is not hazardous. it will be taken to a lab for further testing. tmz is reporting that the letter was addressed to bristol palin who is a finalist on the show. >>> wesley snipes has not yet turned himself in to authorities after a federal judge ordered him to surrender. he was sentenced to a three-year prison term for tax evasion crimes. his attorney submitted a request for a new trial yesterday. >>> major snowstorms blanket the country this weekend and drivers were feeling the effects of the storm last night. heavy accumulation is expected along the northwest coast today including down into the sierra nevada mountains. for the complete forecast, let's go to bill karins. good saturday morning, bill. >> great saturday morning to you, alex. today it's all about the west coast and the stormy weather that they're dealing with. snow in the high elevations and rain for areas that don't typically see a lot of it. if you're waking up on that eastern seaboard, the great lakes, the tennessee valley down through texas, no problems for you

the fbi says initial field screening was negative for hazardous substances but will be transported to a regional lab for further testing. a joint investigation is continuing. the laapd, city and haz-mat squads were all called out around 5:00 p.m. and several "dancing with the stars" offices were evacuated until the areas were deemed safe. a statement from abc, they say once the envelope was found, they turned it over to security, which then notified the la fire department and police departments, as well, which then determined the substance was talcum powder, this from abc. the fbi has taken in the substance for further testing. >> certification of alaska's hotly contested senate race on hold at least for now. republican candidate joe miller is challenging write-in votes for rival republican senator lisa murkowski. the write-in candidate, a.p., has declared the winner a. federal judge granted miller a temporary injunction and referred the matter to alaska's state courts. miller contends many of the write-inin ballots have murkowski's name spelled wrong and, according to alaska law, are invalid. >>> i

they were alerted by the fbi this morning the bomb threats were received for the memorial library mcpherson chemical lab scott laboratory all the surrounding streets around these buildings have been blocked off everybody inside those buildings have move to safer areas away from us. the text messages were sent out to 32 route receptors anwill keep our eye out for press conference. the 56,000 students are enrolled there at the columbus campus so this is obviously great concern to the university. you see the police tape these buildings have been blocked off bomb attacks are on site they heiress's assessing the validity of that threat. fbi was one that contacted the university. >> a panel has released an analysis of the economic fallout that report says the instability from question will foreclosures to could disrupt the house market. it could also undermine efforts to keep people in their homes. >> of bone was founded aruba to find out if it comes back as natalie hallways. she disappeared during a high- school graduation trip. her remains have never been found. it was found by a tourist last week dutchman