fitzgerald. he served alaska from 1959 until 2006, first alaska superior court bench and alaska supreme court and u.s. district court for the district of alaska. judge fitzgerald was an honorable man and represents the best of alaska's earliest years as state. from his service for his country during world war ii until he served on the state's highest court, he put his country and state first. from 1959 until his retirement until 2006, he served as state and federal judge and unanimously praised for his brillyeans and sense of justice. in addition he was a deck indicated world war ii marine veteran, prosecutor, alaska's first commissioner of public safety, initiator of what would later be the alaska troopers and public safety officer program. i'm proud to have champion this legislation and rename the james m. fitzgerald united states courthouse. he was a great man and will ensure his life of accomplishment in my state. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and yield back the rest of my

the first day of arguments are presented today and tom fitzgerald is inside the courtroom. was today's proceeding a warm- up for tomorrow? >> and this is a warm-up case. what the court looked at was whether or not it was early to take up the case. part of the healthcare law said if you don't purchase health insurance, you have to pay a mennality on penalty on the taxes. there is this law that said you can't sue to stop attacks before that is tax collected. the justices today considered if they will have to wait until 2015 when this law is fully impacted for them to rule. overall, what opponents are saying is that the healthcare law is unconstitutional. they say it forces people to purchase health insurance and they claim that that power is not give 10 to the government they say in the constitution. new, supporters have the opposite vow and say the law will stand. interesting in court today, felt this was a importantly released audio to try to decide the healthcare mandate was a tax or penaltiy and if it had the jurisdiction to rule now before the law is fully impacted. >> t

tom fitzgerald was in the chamber for all of it. and has this report. >> reporter: the nine justices of the u.s. supreme court had not one but two issues that they had to grapple with. first, if the president's health care law, which includes a mandate to purchase insurance is unconstitutional, does that, in essence, throw out the entire law. secondly, they had to look at the expand of the medicaid program and whether that is in and of itself was unconstitutional. after six hours and three days, the finish line appeared at the supreme court. [ cheering ] >> reporter: after looking at whether the healthcare laws mandate to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional, the justices took on a bigger question: if the mandate is thrown out, does that mean the entire healthcare law struck down as well? again, the divided court took opposing positions. conservatives said because the mandate is the cornerstone of the healthcare law, the law must be struck down if the mandate is unconstitutional. >> there is no way that this court's decisio

fitzgerald says they also have premium health care benefits, which have saddled the city budget. >> it is an outrage. in the 1990s, the city manager and the council gave the store away to public employee unions. they created a half-billion dollar retiree medical plan, and they never put a dollar down on it. >> reporter: former city manager milnes denies rolling over to the unions, and says the city was convinced it could afford what it was spending for benefits. >> it could be afforded, based on our long-term forecast, and we were doing long-term forecasts of revenue and expenses that were based on conservative, conservative growth. >> reporter: still, newly hired city manager bob deis says he was dealt a rough hand, especially paying for health care for 1,100 workers who retired before age 65. >> next year, were gong to spend $10 million... $9 million on retiree health insurance, but we're only spending $8 million on our employees. so that's an issue we have to deal with. >> reporter: the solution many say is to cut those pensions and health benefits. that brought angry retirees and u

graham, good evening. >> good evening, keith. >> fitzgerald was quoted aas aing that the recall had no, sir to do with the decision of galloway to resign. was the timing extraordinarily awkward for them? >> you would have to ask senator galloway. our thoughts and prayers are with her, but she was going to lose her election. 29,000 people called for her recall. there was very little chance she would defend this seat. and she sided with scott walker on the agenda. it leads to a total break down of the agenda in wisconsin. >> what exactly happens? does he have to shut that whole thing down as far as the recall vote if not longer? >> his big pieces of legislation, terrible budget roll backs like voter i.d. that has passed. they just had a legislation where they focused on floating port paport-a-potties. they did not focus on jobs. what happened over the last several hours they canceled the hearings on mining legislation that scott walker failed to get through this past session, and there is no chance of a special session for scott walker to ram through any nutty stuff. this has had consequ

fitzgerald. and with that, i want to in advance, and i hope i'm proven right, congratulate him and his family on this momentous day. and i urge my colleagues in the senate to join with me in voting for this highly qualified nominee. i thank you very much, madam president. i yield the floor and i do note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: parliamentary inquiry. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, the judiciary, gina marie groh of west virginia to be united states district judge. michael walter fitzgerald of california to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: under the previous

some of the letters have a postmark of tom fitzgerald from texas. >>> the tenure will continue for public schoolteachers. earlier today the senate rejected a proposal that would ended contracts. the proposal would have make it easier to fire teachers. turn 23 to 13. >>> had been harassed from platforms and station entrances. asked police to do more. work on an antiarrest group. asking riders to e-mail harassment, explaining what happened and where. >>> the biggest solar storm in five years hitting the earth right now. no major satellite interference or power problems. delta recruiting flights. >> a solar storm making its way toward earth. >> as far as tell right now. >> reporter: two massive flares erupted on the sun this week. the first occurring on sunday and the second on tuesday. the storms have the potential to trip power grids and interfere with gps systems and travel. >> can get disturbed. so that means the error with the instrument, you know, satellites might experience larger drag. >> despite potential problems, nasa scientists say there's no need to panic. >> see every corner of

tom fitzgerald has more on that. >> reporter: the health care reform act was first passed on capitold signed into law by president obama. but the health care law is now facing its biggest test in the supreme court, an unusually long three-day hearing which could strike down the landmark legislation. >> we love the constitution! >> we love obamacare. >> reporter: the lawyer for the states challenging the health care law says that its mandate for people to buy health insurance is not in the constitution. >> it is act one of a four-act play but if we lose today, with never get to the issues tomorrow. >> reporter: but supporters ever the law say it is constitutional. virginia democratic congressman gerald connelly voted for it in congress. >> i believe there is no constitutional grounds for invalidating this law and i believe frankly if the supreme court yields to that temptation, it's partisan political decision. >> reporter: if the first of four cases monday, court considered if it could even rule on the health care law because of and 1860s law that says can you not sue to stop a tax b

tom fitzgerald has the latest. >> reporter: fox 5 started looking into instant tax service in februaryn i go to pick up my check it's short and i'm like this is not right. >> they didn't give me no paperwork. >> reporter: now the justice department is suing the instan tax service. >> these fran chases have been engaging in pervasive fraud. >> reporter: the lawsuit claims instant tax filed false returns to get big returns from the federal government. >> they added income or reduced income to get a maximum infund. >> reporter: customers were also being targeted. sharitta douglas owns several instant tax stores in the area. later customers complained that large fees were being deducted from their refunds. >> all kinds of bogus things taken out of your refund check and i could not sit there, the fran cheese the -- franchise owner and explain it. >> reporter: she's cooperating with authorities. it's a lesson to everyone about being careful on who prepares your taxes. >> most tax preparers are competent but there are too many that are not. >> reporter: no offices in the d.c. area are in this

to talk about that, we go to his native pennsylvania it discuss santorum with tom fitzgerald, politics writer for the philadelphia enquirer. welcome, tom. what is driving him at this point? is the delegate map looks set against him. say what you know about covering him with about what is driving him and what may determine when he decides to get out. >> santorum has a super natural, the guy is a missionary. one of his former aides said you can't understand rick santorum without thinking of him as a catholic missionary. he believes that he possesses you a unique truths. if he can get you to accept it, you can be portrayed. i don't mean that in a sarcastic way. he has deep faith in god and we will keep fighting for white quite a while. but thing with santorum is, in addition to his -- his long record of being a conscience conservative, if you will, he knows how to play the game. he is not quite, you know, changing his stripes on an etch-a-sketch. but when he was is in the senate, he was in the leadership. he famously or infamously said during debate that he took one for the team when he v

tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> the pope and fidel castro come face to face.d out what the pontiff told the former leader next. >> and later a horrifying story for any parent, a baby about to be released from the hospital when a nurse made a mistake that caused permanent injury.  chili's $20 dinner for two has a bold new favorite -- steak. first, share an appetizer, then choose two entrees, like our 100% usda choice sirloin, available for a limited time on chili's $20 dinner for two. >>> pope benedict left cuba today after publicly demanding the cuban government allow its catholic citizens more freedom to worship. during his three-day visit to the communist country the pope met with fidel castro and celebrate an open air mass in havana with president raul castro. the pope preached against what he called fanaticism. he said all people share a need for what he called authentic freedom. >>> the battle for the republic can nomination rages on while mitt romney's challengers try to desperately take down the frontrunner. james rosen with the latest from the campai

i think of you as cantor fitzgerald.xplain what bgc is to cantor. >> once upon a time they were all one company. after 9/11 we split the company in two, picked bernie cantor's initials, bgc and took that company public. we hired tons and tons of guys to rebuild and we're in the wholesale brokerage business. we don't own the stuff, we don't make money when it goes up, we don't lose money when it goes down, we just love volume. >> that's exactly what dodd frank wants. the dodd frank world is probably good for you versus all these other compliance bankers. >> it's a present for me. you knew someone would be happy with this kind of stuff. we love deficits. the more the government prints the more fund there is to trade. we love government bond printing. >> now volumes across the board for everybody whether they be goldman, whether they be for morgan stanley or for you, volumes are weak in this business. i think they can get stronger. i need to know how do you feel about what's your confidence level about that fabulous yield?

tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> a unique exhibit in the district tonight. people with autism sharing their amazing artwork. this as alarming new numbers about the disorder are released. the story is coming up next.  >>> of >>> in tonight's health alert alarming new numbers about autism in america. a new cdc report estimates that one in 88 children have some form of autism spectrum disorder. health officials attribute the increase mainly to better recognition of indications through wider screening and better diagnosis. tonight in rockville an art exhibit opened up to raise autism awareness and call for more resources. fox 5's karen gray houston shows us. ows us. >> reporter: the artwork is colorful, original, eclectic. the evening reception was cosponsored by the johns hopkins montgomery county campus and the madison health autism foundation. the art was created by more than 30 young adult artists who have been diagnosed with autism, people like talented 17- year-old emily meehan who likes to draw birds. >> the thing that i look forward to drawing the bir

fox 5's tom fitzgerald with the story. >> what sparked staff sergeant robert bales to allegedly murder? his attorney john henry brown says bales is mentally ill after three deployments to iraq and another to afghanistan. an. >> everybody that had three or four deployments to the middle east is probably going to have some form of ptsd. i don't know anything specific about it. he had a concuss sieve head injury -- a concussive head injury. >> reporter: brown met with his client for three hours. still not formally charged, he's under psychiatric evaluation and the killings are bringing up fresh concerns over combat stress in u.s. troops. >> i hope we can understand that there's always room for improvement in the treatment of our men and women who have served in combat. >> reporter: bales and his wife faced both professional and financial setbacks. he was passed over for promotion and had to put his washington statehouse on the market for thousands less than what he'd paid and also attended anger management classes after a charge of assaulting a girl friend in 2002. >> i was never trained

laura. >> tom fitzgerald, thank you. a suspicious package sent to limbaugh's home in florida forced officers to evacuate part of the neighborhood. limbaugh's staff has a x-ray machine to check items. they could not identify what was inside the box, so they called police. the box contained a plaque sent to him by a business person. a man is charged with setting a house on fire with a flair gun. sheriff deputies responded to a call for a fire on willow pond drive last night. deputies discovered a car and reported finding a flare gun and marijuana inside. a passenger in the car is charged with shooting the flare gun and arson. >>> now to a news alert in arlington. men dressing up as cops to rob unsuspected people. it's happened twice, but detectives don't believe these cases are connected. john 5's john hanrahan is in the newsroom with all the details. >> these robberies happened last week and they occurred only about 12 hours apart because the incidents were quite different. the suspect involved have very different descrip

tom fitzgerald is here and is following everything. how much are we talking? >> reporter: what the president said is that he's approving roughly about a quarter of the entire length of the proposed pipeline, a section that would run, though, between oklahoma and texas and while the president said this was a move to move more oil to the marketplace, tonight, he's facing more criticism and this time from the left and the right. >> reporter: in oklahoma on thursday, president obama said that he is fast tracking a portion of the keystone oil pipeline. >> this whole issue of the keystone pipeline generated, obviously, a lot of controversy and politics. >> reporter: the president rejected the keystone pipeline in january over environmental concernings. many voters are concerned about high gas prices. >> and today, i'm directing my administration to cut through the red tape and to breakthrough bureaucratic hurdles and get it done. >> reporter: the decision allows 500 miles of pipeline from oklahoma to texas to proceed. the total 1,000 miles of proposed lanes to canad

fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> what a great night. >> wednesday after supertuesday, mitt romney lot to celebrate. but his goal of locking up the nomination is still unfulfilled. >> your support means everything to ann and me and i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination. >> mitt romney won six of the ten supertuesday states including virginia. but rick santorum won tennessee and oklahoma and only lost ohio by 1%. >> this was a big night tonight. lots of states. we're going to win a few, we're going to lose a few. >> newt gingrich won his home state of georgia and once again, aimed a election night speech right at mitt romney. >> i don't believe the romney technique of outspending your opponent four or five to one with negative ads will work against barack obama. >> for his part, ron paul meanwhile, still has not won a single state. >> the american people are way ahead of washington. washington is sound asleep. >> it's romney who has been unable to put his opponents to sleep. now forced to spend more time and more money fighting fellow republicans. >> and th

tom fitzgerald is here now and pressure's been building on the white house to say something about this. >> reporter: it has. with all of this, the president chose his words carefully today and made the remarks in response to a question during a brief appearance this morning to announce his nominee for the world bank presidency. the president had faced increasing criticism, though, in recent days for not speaking out about the trayvon martin shooting. the president said when he thinks about trayvon martin, he thinks about his own children. the president called for federal, state, and local officials to pull together and to investigate what he calls a tragedy. >> my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. and if i had a son, he would look like trayvon, and i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take it with the seriousness it deserves and get to the bottom of what happened. >> reporter: the white house was not the only scene of attention in regards to the shooting. on capitol hill today, meanwhile, congressional staffers from democratic and re

he will be traveling with a former teammate, larry fitzgerald who, is a wide receiver for the arizonaards. they will be there for four days. in november they taped a public service announcement about the growing r relief funds in the region. >>> are you tared tired of working? nobody won the mega millions. we will let you know what is going to happen. be $356 million. the cash option, $255 million, not too shabby. the drawing is tomorrow night. let's go in on tickets. we can split $355 million. >> we would be black and blue, people would beat us up in here. let's talk about black and blue, let's talk about blue on the map. you can see in the northern tier states, that's where we are seeing the blue colder temperatures, that will trickle down in to our area, colder air coming in from canada as we move through the overnight. for today, we will deal with the breezy weather as well. now, not too breezy , the winds north at 3 miles an hour, baltimore, 7 easton. more of the same in dc. 7 in york, 9 hagerstown, they pick up to 15 miles per hour, maybe gusts up to 25 as we go through the day.

fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> my name is sandra fluke. >> reporter: last week sandra fluke, a georgetown university law student testified in support of a provision in president obama's healthcare law that companies provide cont coverage, but now controversy has spawned from rush limbaugh's comment about the policy she was supporting about sandra fluke. >> what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> reporter: the white house says president obama called to support fluke this morning and limbaugh's remarks disappointed. >> i think it's a very important thing for us to think about. >> reporter: on nbc's today show sandra fluke said she was stunned, outraged and very upset at the remarks. >> in our society in certain sectors this is evidently still acceptable and that's just very problematic. >> reporter: d.c. congressman eleanor holmes norton was on the committee fluke appeared before last week and said democrats will use the controversy to highlight differences with republicans. >> that's clearing the war pa

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fox 5's tom fitzgerald reports. >> house republicans unveiled their 2013 budget tuesday which combinesgrams for the poor while installing lower overall tax rates. >> we have an obligation in the house because we're in the majority. >> congressman paul ryan house budget committee chairman wrote the gop budget called the path to prosperity. >> we are here to offer americans the chance to choose which future they want for themselves, the president's path of debt and decline, or the path that we're proposing. >> the gop aims to merge six different tax rates into just two, a 10% and a 25% bracket for individuals and create one corporate tax bracket of 25%. >> we have never needed a budget more than we need it today. >> but while republicans say the government is spending too much democrats argue it isn't taking in enough in taxes, especially from the rich. >> not a plan that this president could support. >> white house press secretary jay carney described the gop plan is a rye run of previous efforts to -- a rerun of previous efforts to safeguard tax cuts for the wealthy. >> unfortunately w

fox 5's tom fitzgerald reports. >> reporter: when healthcare reform became law, it mandated employers offer free contraceptive care in their health insurance. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> reporter: in the senate thursday republicans offered a measure to end that mandate saying it forces churches and religious groups to violate their beliefs on birth control and abortion. >> i believe that such a mandate poses a threat to our religious freedom. >> it's not within the power of the federal government to tell anybody what to believe. >> reporter: but democrats argue the white house offered a compromise having insurance companies pay for contraceptive care and creating an exemption for churches and religious groups. >> every step of the way it seems as if there is an assault on women's reproductive choice. >> not one of them suggested that men shouldn't have their viagra, but we'll gnata side. >> reporter: the republican effort was defeat -- put that a side. >> reporter: the republican effort was defeated 51-48. they were accused of fanning the flames of social issues to score point

fox 5's tom fitzgerald reports. >> reporter: in his previous washington visit benjamin netanyahu had with president obama on the palestinians and israel's borders. >> i want to welcome prime minister netanyahu. >> reporter: this time iran is center stage in a face to face meeting the president saying his preferred course for blocking iran from a nuclear weapon is diplomacy. >> i reserve all options and my policy here is not going to be one of containment. my policy is prevention of iran obtaining nuclear weapons. >> reporter: but looking directly at the president, the prime minister said if iran is close to obtaining nuclear weapons, israel will take actions. >> to defend itself by itself against any threat and that when it comes to israel's security, israel has the right, the sovereign right to, make its own decisions. >> reporter: the meeting comes on the heels of the president's speech to the largest pro israel lobby in d.c. sunday night urging both sides to cool down. >> already there is too much loose talk of war. >> reporter: but republicans like house majority leader eric cant

he is traveling with a former player, fitzgerald. tebow will will be introduced as a new york jet. jets have scheduled a press conference for today at the new jersey facility, ryan hinted that tebow may take on another role besides quarterback. today's first lady, michelle obama will welcome school children to joint her for the white house kitchen gardens spring planting. it's the first since roosevelt's wartime victory garden. >>> it will be a good day for gardening. tonight, that's when it's not so good. for all of the gardening that was done previously, things could be killed. i hate to say ta, we have the freeze warning that's in effect for all the light blue color. for southern baltimore, also arundel county sp howard county, viewing area here, under a freeze watch as we go through late evening in to tomorrow morning. things aren't looking so good. i will show you the freezing temperature in a second. we are not looking although any type of freezing. we are mild this morning as we step out and about. the temperature at 51 baltimore. future trend, not picking up on a lot. plent

he'll travel with his former teammate larry fitzgerald. they will begin the four day trip next week. in november, the two players publicked a 30 second public service announcement about the need for funds for the region. >>> the fbi is going back to the scene today where human remains were found in texas the remains have been there for a long time and they're heavily decomposed. there's speculation they belong tie teenager, haley dunn. she disappeared in 2010. it could take about a week to make the identification. >>> no word when that caused a huge fire at a marina in san diego. officials said that nine boats caught on fire, five of them destroyed and four damages. the total cost about $1.3 million. fortunately, in one hurt in the fire. it doesn't appear to be suspicious. >>> it's easy to get a few bees if you have them in your house. but 25,000 bees? that seems like a big problem. and that is what a tennessee man had to deal with. when tommy hill went out for breakfast, he found thousands of bees nesting in his car. he called a bee keepe

. >> let's go right to fox 5's tom fitzgerald keeping a close eye on how super tuesday is playing out >> this has been a busy night. it's clearly not over yet, but the key here was heading into tonight mitt romney really needed to focus on two states as key, tennessee and ohio. tennessee may have been mitt romney's only chance here to win a southern state and he could not do it. santorum's win not only denies romney of that first possible southern win, but also punches santorum's ticket to continue on in this race. speaking tonight in steubenville, ohio, the former pennsylvania senator thanked supporters not only for this win in tennessee, but out west in oklahoma as well. now for his part newt gingrich as we said won big in his homestate of georgia, but when it came time to give his victory speech, again went after mitt romney tonight. for his part mitt romney, well, he did win in his former state where he was governor, massachusetts, and in the neighboring state of vermont, but that is not strong gop territory. he needs to win in ohio tonight to be able to claim a wide super tuesday

. >> and tom fitzgerald will follow. bob mentioned romney and paul are on the ballot. give us a refresher as to why here? >> reporter: virginia is not a small state and this goes back to virginia's aic rules how they go about put pick people on the ballot. you need a certain percentage of people in congressional districts and mitt romney and ron paul met the requirements. the others didn't. rick perry was one, john huntsman, michele bachmann and they're out of the race n. december, perry foiled suit. what the court said, brian, you may have a point here, candidates. virginia's ballot law may not be constitutional but it's december. too late for to you do this and this is going to go ahead and as it has with the two candidates on this ballot. expect this to be revisited. >> ten states in all, including virginia. the key one, obviously, ohio, right? you can't understate ohio's importance tonight, brian. no republican has been elected president of the united states without ohio. no president has been elected, a generation new of 50 years without getting ohio. also tenness

allison fitzgerald and speaker committee chair. i will speak our speaker for a moment. chris mclachlan, office of security operations. al jazeera. rachel oswald, global security news wire. nathan hurst, cq roll call. . >> as the "new york times" noted, soon after he became the fifth head of administration in jlt of 2010, john is the unwitting face of everything americans hate about airport security in a post 9/11 world. every time we are asked to take off our shoes and pull out the laptops or submit submit to a pat-down, we have his agency to blame. he spent most of his career chasing the bad guys and he can take it. as he toll the times, my hope is whatever people want to call me, they recognize we are doing everything we can to work with people to provide the best possible security. the son of a church of god minster, he graduated from anderson university in indiana and indiana university law school in indianapolis. he joined the fbi in minneapolis. he went on to work in new york before moving to the bureau's headquarters in washington to supervise organized crime. si

it once helped launch the careers of ella fitzgerald and marvin gay. >>> today president obama will be urged to stop giving tax breaks to oil companies. about half of that money would go to green energy companies. the other half would help reduce the deficit. the bill supporters say this will help eliminate our country's dependence on oil. opponents say it will help make gas prices rise. >>> mitt romney will pick up another endorsement today. former president george h.w. bush will support him. marco rubio endorsed romney last night. he's a tea party favorite. he said it's clear romney will win and the drawn out party will hurt the chanceness of beating president obama in november. >>> two of romney's rivals will be campaigning. ron paul spoke to a capacity crowd last night at the university of maryland. more than 1,700 people packed the coliseum to hear the congressman speak and many students were turned away because of lack of space. newt gingrich spoke. this is his third speech since he dismissed a third of his campaign staff. gingrich did not discuss his campaign troubles yesterda

tom fitzgerald tonight. >>> another big story, the trayvon martin case drawing attention on capitol hill. a group of congressional democrats is lashing out at sanford, florida, police, claiming they bungled the trayvon martin shooting investigation. the lawmakers on the house committee wrapped up a two-hour briefing racial frofiling -- profiling and hate crimes. martin's parents are on capitol hill meeting with the members. karen gray heist hop onhas more. >> reporter: the briefing ended a few minutes ago and examining the role of the federal government. this comes because of the shooting of a black kid by another has struck a racial nerve. martin's mother made remarks during the briefing earlier and that briefing chairman noted that it captured the attention of the nation and the president spoke out about it. he said it's vital for the federal government to investigate and prosecute any time violentaks are taken and the motivation is raised. florida congresswoman frederico wilson vowed to go on the house floor every day and -- every day until the perpetrator is arrested. trayvon martin'

fox 5s tom fitzgerald checked the returns into the newsroom and, tom, i guess the question is, at leastine, mitt romney wins michigan. it was a must win he did and wins ohio with a must win he did and trying to figure out if this is a media-driven story line at this point? >> reporter: it's a mixed bag for mitt romney. there is some good things and bad things, depending on how you look at it and in a better position today. the same time things didn't go perfectly for mitt romney on supertuesday. he lost tennessee, barely won ohio and, tonight, while romney has more delegates than anyone else, he's facing more battles ahead as his opponents show no sign of quitting this race. >> what a great night. >> reporter: the wednesday after super tuesday, mitt romney has a lot to celebrate. but his goal of locking up the nomination is still unfulfilled. >> and your support really means everything and i'm not going let you down. gym iting -- i'm going get the nomination. >> reporter: mitt romney won six of the 10 supertuesday states, including virginia. rick santorum won tennessee so and oklahoma.

. >> all right, tom fitzgerald. >>> illinois voters head to the polls today in the latest republic primary and things are heated between the two republican candidates fighting for the top spots. 54 delegates up for grabs and 69 being awarded to the winner. mitt romney and santorum chris crossed the state trying to pick up last-minute votes. >> and one of the people who is running also for the republican nomination today said that he doesn't care about the unemployment rate. that doesn't bother him. i do care. it does bother me. >> the unsuccessful -- in the state of massachusetts is one of the worst job creators in the four yearings he was governor. >> neither newt gingrich nor ron paul campaigned much in illinois. >>> and should young teenagers convicted of killing someone be locked up for life with no chance of parole? the supreme court is taking up that issue today. the justices are look at two cases involving 14-year-olds serving life sentences. just as kennedy wrote earlier, opinions ruling out the death penalty for juveniles, and life without parole sentences for young people whose c

news. 80 heading into the maze at the limit, a stall we'll tell you about that, that is here at fitzgerald the richmond parkway exit on 80 stall -- pardon me accident in the right lane. one other incident at american canyon, stalled big rig blocking the right lane. >>> 4:39 now. >>> new developments in the case of a u.s. soldier accused of going on a dead slighting rampage in afghanistan. his lawyer gives alarming new details about the state of mind his client was in. >>> relief at the pump. new signs prices may have topped out in california. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >>> good morning. this is live picture from new york city you see that line there? those are folks lined up waiting for their shot at buying the latest version of the ipad which goes on sale this morning at 8 a.m. everywhere. 8:00 in new york is about 20 minutes or so we'll have the latest here with reporter sergio quintana in a little bit. >>> major developm

we have allison fitzgerald, freelancer and speaker's committee chair. and again, i'm skipping our guest. robert carden, speaker committee member who organized today's event. sherry gleed, assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, u.s. department of health and human services. ed eisley, editor "the hill." john mulligan, providence journal. and tracy jann, "boston globe." washington these days, but it can work. just ask former congressman patrick kennedy, a democrat from rhode island and his friend and one-time colleague jim ramstad, the former republican representative from minnesota. in to 2008, these two co-sponsored the mental health act to treat mental illnesses as they would treat physical ailments. the legislation is considered a landmark achievement in the arena of mental health. and its passage is alsophafath r father, senator edward kennedy, long a champion of those with mental disabilities. this was a personal crusade for pat kennedy and mr. ramstad. mr. ramstad has struggled with alcoholism and mr. kennedy has been open about his past s

. >> thank you, tom fitzgerald. >>> developing news out of northern virginia tonight. five gang members are charged with running a sex trafficking ring. prosecutors say the suspects recruited high school girls and used social networking sites to contact them. and paul wagner has more on the details. paul? >> reporter: this was a big deal. the fbi came here to the u.s. courthouse in alexandrea, along with neal mcbride, the u.s. attorney, the chief of police in fairfax, dave war and ken coochieel iny to announce the -- and ken kucinelli, the attorney general and five were taken into custody, 11 total the last year. they broke up a ring called the undercrouped crypts and they were sex trafficking with young girls, and they were recruiting them through social net-- networking sites going to high schools, metro stops, bus stops to try to recruit the girls into prostitution. they believe they found 10 victims, laura, but they believe there are many more. according to the affidavit, justin strom, danielle dove, jeffreys and gilley used facebook and my space to recruit will gi

insight into the strain repeated deployments put on his family through his wife's own words, tom fitzgerald following this. where did this meeting take place. >> attorney john henry brown met for more than three hours with 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bales he is being held a at an isolated cell, in fort leaven worth kansas. >> what sparked staff sergeant robert bales to allegedly murder 16 afghan civilians? his attorney john henry brown says bales is mentally ill, after three deployments to iraq, and another to afghanistan. >> everybody that has had three or four deployments to the middle east will have some form of ptsb i don't know anything specific about it he had a con cuss sieve head injury, which can be as serious if not more serious than ptsb. >> he met with bales in fort leaven worth, still not formerly charged he is accused of leaving his base in southern kandahar and killing 16 people he is under psychiatric evaluation and the killings are dawning fresh concerns overcome bat stress in u.s. troops >> i hope we can understand there is always room for improvement in the treatme

baltimore rain wide seen and kwon boanld and larry fitzgerald are on a four-day trip across ethiopia and east africa raising awareness over a food crisis. they arrived earlier this week and this morning boldin joins us live via phone and it's a little after one in the afternoon there. thanks for joining us. how are things going so far? >> >> it's been an experience. you know i am learning a lot. we came over initially for the effort you know they have been going through a drought for the past three years. and you know we came over for relief to help out and try to understand as much as possible what they are going through and which ways to help. >> what have you seen in the two days and what did you share that you've experienced since arriving there two years ago? >> we have experienced a lot. today we are at at pretty much a school for farmers where they are teaching new technique as far as how to farm that land because as you can imagine, with the drought it's been difficult. but they have programs in place now where they are teaching a local farmers how to adapt to the conditions

tom fitzgerald was on capitol hill and this came up for a vote, didn't it? >> reporter: republicans tried to roll back the new rules to require insurance companies to provide free contraceptive care and that is forcing them to do something they're opposed to. this was voted down and this is a clear signal that neither side is giving in. when healthcare became law, it mandated employers contraceptive care. >> called the role. >> reporter: in the senate, republicans offered a measure to end that mandate, saying it forces churches and religious groups to violate their beliefs on birth control and abortion. >> and i believe such a mandate poses a threat to our religious freedoms. >> not within the power of the federal government to tell anyone who to -- what to believe. >> reporter: the democrats argued they had offered a compromise creating exemptions for churches and religious groups. >> and every step of the way, seems as if there is an assault on women's reproductive choice. not one suggested men shouldn't have their viagra. we'll put that aside. >> reporter

well, we'll keep an eye on it as well as tom fitzgerald in the next half hour down in the newsroom with the latest. >> what a night. when you consider mitt romney is fighting to be the republican nominee, at this point mitt romney has still not won a primary in a southern state for the republicans. tonight he hoped to do that in tennessee. rick santorum instead ensured that will not happen and as you saw just now with ohio still in flux here, romney is under pressure to win the buckeye state or face a whole new round of questions about how strong a nominee he would be for this party. let's look at some of the other numbers starting with our race in virginia tonight. mitt romney winning in a two- man race 59% to ron paul's 41%. remember, the other candidates were not on the ballots tonight in virginia. moving over to tennessee, that was a big win for rick santorum. romney really wanted this one. rick santorum is ahead tonight 38% over mitt romney, a big win for rick santorum, keeps his momentum going and again look again at that race in ohio tonight and that is on the razor's edge now, a

the program the in fitzgerald, georgia, and they are making the packets that are bringing nutrition to somalia and kenya in the difficult drought. it's a three to four ounce peanut base with powdered protein in it. it's produced by nonprofit. so when y'all make note that we're not for profit down in georgia. would you explain to me the role of usaid and the role of cdc? >> from the beginning, petfar was for expanding service access and to affected populations and to have a very disease-specific, disease-control motel. initially, the cdc what it does best which is epidemiology development and development with the host country of the strategy to address hiv aids and usa does what it has done best which is support service delivery, the development of the long-term sustainable health system, inclusive of financial models that will help it sustain over time. over time, the reality is that those lines have blurred and now, both partners do a lot and when i started, certainly, the degree of overlap and duplication was pretty extraordinary. i want to compliment both tom

on capitol hill, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> the supporters of trayvon martin and the family are meeting in southeast d.c. there is an interfaith prayer vigil at 6:30 on the big chair in mlk avenue. the rally plaza from 2-4. >> a news alert from maryland with new details about a firing crash that killd two teenagers in chevy chase. they were ride negligent back of a stolen car when the driver lost control while trying to run from police. the vehicle burst into flames and trapping the teenagers. paul wagner is in the newsroom with more. paul? >> reporter: we have new information. the montgomery county police identified the driver of the car as 16-year-old raynard osmond of the district. the teens who were killed were brothers. according to a source familiar with the investigation. the front seat passenger's been identified as rico richardson of northeast, who a source said was under the supervising of the division of youth and rehabilitation services. it's unclear how fast the driver was going as he entered the circle after 1:00 this morning, but the crash was horrific. this is the scene

tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> thank you. >>> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. ight now. >>> live look outside right now at the u.s. capitol dome. it is tuesday, march 6, 2012. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. welcome to fox 5 morning news. it was exactly 3:20 in the afternoon when i looked outside to see some white stuff. >> excellent. officially a trace at reagan national. but just to the south, the amounts were very impressive, 6, 8, 10 inches. >> really? they got that are big snowfall of the year. >> i'm sure many people are happy with that. >> it looked nice as it came down. >> we have a cold start to the day and then sunshine and a nice warming trend over the next several days although today will be still a little on the cool side. 32 at reagan national. the entire area is at or below freezing with the exception of patuxent naval air station which is 33. let mow mention areas that got the snowpack. of course, that will freeze or has refroz