flanking the mississippi, forts jackson and st. phillipe. tonight these forts mounted 126 big sea coast guns, most of them bearing on the river to try to blow out of the water any fleet attempting to come up the river. in addition the confederates have put together a fleet of eight gun boats from river steam boats, one small iron clad and another large but uncompleted iron clad, the css louisiana which had its guns in place but didn't have the engines in working order so it was anchored near the forts as a floating battery. the fleet was supported by an army of 15,000 union soldiers commanded by major general benjamin butler, probably not much of a military asset for the union effort. and, indeed, the public expected the navy to do the heavy work, just as a fleet had done at port royal, south carolina, five months earlier. iowa senator james grimes, a member of the senate committee on naval affairs told assistant secretary of the navy, fox, the country looks to the navy. don't wait for the army. take new orleans and hold it until t

federal gun boats above the forts also engaged. in this maylay, scores of shells were in the air and exploding the same time in what was surely the most spectacular fireworks display in american history to that time. the captain of the gun boat that first passed the forts, t described his experience in his official report. we were struck from stem to stern. at work we were up close with st. phillip when we opened with grape and canister. scarcely were we above the fire when we found ourselves attacked by the rebel fleet of gun boats. this was hot but more congenial work. three of the gun boats converged hoping to ram and boarder. the gun fired on one of them at 30 yards distance. the effect was very destructive. he immediately sheered in shore, ran aground and burned himself up. two other union gun boats emerged from the smoke as several confederate vessels s m swarmed around. it was like duck shooting. what missed one rebel hit another. with their aid, the aid of the other two union ships, we cleared the kitchen but not before two

they had captured fort henry, helped with the capture of fort donaldson. those two gun boats made it possible for the pope's army to trap the entire garrison at island number ten and capture there. so these tactics of running enemy fortifications, or attacking and running them which would go back to 1861 the union navy were bearing a lot of fruit on the river here in 1862. >> dr. mcpherson, thinking about some of the examples that you provide in your great study "battle cry of freedom" are the individual decisions made by people like david farragut, tennessee-born, virginia not bred but wed, why do you think that as many officers, especially of the naval forces, marines and sailors, made the decision in 1861 to stay with the old flag? >> there are some other good examples of that, too. i mentioned samuel phillips lee although he had married into the blair family, maryland family but he was also a virginiaen. principal dreighton is one of my favorite examples. his brother thomas was actually a confederate general defending fort walker in port royal bay when

>> fort putnam sits high above the hudson river at west point.s purpose was to help keep this vitalrea from falling into the hands of the british. the fort retains many of its historical features, starting with the ramparts. the word "ramparts" should sound familiar. it's in our national anthem -- "o'er the ramparts we watched..." but that was written about a different war. >> well, the ramparts are the walls of the fort. those are the defensive walls which we think of when we see a fort. well, not only do the ramparts of the fort still stand but we also have the casemates, which are down below us. >> a casemate was an 18th-century bomb shelter. this one was used to house up to 50 men in case of attack. >> we have the barracks building, which houses a very nice museum inside. and around the fort, you'll see many replica cannon, which are faithful replicas of what were here during the american revolution. >> the fort is open to visitors, but because it's located at west point, which is a military installation, certain restrictions apply to enter.

sumter and fort monroe, and the city of san francisco and so forth. so, the crimean experience certainly gave mcclellan as a trained engineer who had also helped with the siege at veracruz, mexico, a better idea the difficulties of siege craft. i don't think it had a direct impact that showed up in textbooks in west point or in manuals for the u.s. army to use in the field just six years later. >> let's go to asheville, north carolina. one more call here for john mountcastle. good afternoon to jay. >> caller: yes, sir, thanks for taking my call. my question is regarding secretary stanton. was he not extremely exasperated from time to time with mcclellan and did he not say that if he had a million men, he would sit in the mud and whine until he could get 2 million? and i'll take my answer off the air. thank you. >> thank you, jay. >> yes, jay, that's a great point. edwin stanton had been very much in favor of the promotion of george mcclellan to commanding general of the army as opposed to the defeated irwin mcdowell and the aged winfield scott. but as

>> the fort mason center would be a contract job for a limited period of time. i don't know how long it would last. i'm doing what anybody would do when they're unemployed, i'm seeking employment to either get a full-time job or put together as many part-time jobs as i can to pay my mortgage and my bills. whether that tuns -- turns out to be two projects or four, i have to meet my financial obligations and my needs so it's kind of an evolving process and ongoing process and i'm doing the things people do when they're looking for work. i'm talking to as many people as i can, i'm networking, i'm asking people if they know people who need help on things, i'm doing all those kinds of things. as you know, it's not as simple as there being a list of places for you to go and talk to people. i'm having to cultivate opportunities by networking and doing what anybody would do in my situation and trying to utilize whatever skills and background and knowledge you have so -- chairperson hur: i think i understand your position. how far along are you in the fort mason process?

we'll have to withdraw up the rivers and then build forts where we can secure the mainland. as lee expressed in a letter to his daughter, our people -- and he was talking about our people where he was -- have not been earnest enough, have not -- have thought too much of themselves and their ease, and instead of turning to a man have been content to nurse themselves, their dimes, and leave the protection of themselves and families to others. so, lee was concerned that the people he supposedly commanded weren't earnest enough in their conduct of this war. mary chestnut, the famed confederate diarist summed it up, low country gentlemen curse lee, she wrote. and so then in march of 1862, he returned to richmond as a kind of sort of advisor to jefferson davis. maybe an incipient chief of staff, something that the confederate army certainly needed. and what had become of the confederacy during this time that lee had undergone frustration and failure? well, the confederacy in january of 1862 -- this is all '62 now. lost mill springs, kentucky. they'd lost roanoke island. remember,

and when those shots are fired on fort sumter, there is an incredible description by hey and nikolai of what was going on in the white house that day, and they said it was a completely routine day. lincoln sat there signing various federal appointments and meeting with the office speakers who came in, and some virginia congressman came -- i'm sorry, northern congressman came in to ask the president, well, what do you think of this incredible s dastardly deed that the con if he had -- confederates have taken of charleston? and lincoln said, i do not like it, and he went back to work. he let things rile up around him without doing anything perceived to whip it up himself. i think that was brilliant. >> john? >> i may be a little ornery, but i'm not so sure that there was a situation here where the confederates were damned if they did, damned if they didn't. let's just say for argument's sake that the confederacy said, okay, you're there at fort sumter, we're not going to fire on it. so you can stay there if you want to, and by the way, you know, fort sumter is really not that important

construct down at fort bliss. we also need to be very, very transparent. there's some folks that want to make sure that we don't go too far to the right and we lose some of the quantity at a timive evawtions we need to be doing. >> it's based on soldier feedback as opposed to real data. >> right. we need to within the army strike that balance to make sure we have a quantity at a timive and very good quality at a timive assessment so we can make decisions. >> a true plug and play architecture, it doesn't matter what the subordinate system is, everything can plug in relatively easily. you don't have that now. how long is it going to be before you have the kind of architecture you feel you need that is seamlessly integratable to whatever mission you need to accomplish? >> in the fall was the first time we had our initial integrated network baseline out at fort bliss. we only had it in two of the battalions inside the brigade formation. in the spring what we plan to field as part of capability set 13, we'll have the entire brigade kidded out. after we get thro

she's talking about being in this immense fort, and she has become ill. she's been on the trail now for some months, and she's having trouble with the pregnancy. but she's in the fort, she says our room was on a dirt floor which i keep sprenging constantly to keep the dust down. we have two windows looking out on the plain, we have our own furniture, we eat in our own room. it's like keeping house regularly. and she goes on to write that thursday, july 30, well, this is my 19th birthday. and what, i feel rather strange, not surprised at its coming nor to think that i am growing rather older, but this is it. i am sick. she lay there day after day with strange sensations in my hips, my head, my back. unable to rise, she all the while took time to set down in her chiropractor ri the noise -- in her diary the noises she heard, the shooing of horses, the scolding and fighting of men, their own servants gambling off their own clothes until some of them are next to nudity, the arrival of a warrior band of arab hoe indians and all of a sudden after a solid week o

at mid morning on april 24th, furgate's ships rendezvoused above the forts. they were all more or less damaged but still operational. furagte decided to continue upriver and attack the city. the con federfederate troops han called upriver leaving behind only local militia which fled at the approach of the fleet. the city was virtually defenseless except for two earth works with 14 guns flanking river three miles downstream from new orleans where andrew jackson had stopped the british in 1815. but nothing was going to stop faragate. five of his ships including the hartford came on firing crushing broad sides into the works. in 20 minutes the confederate guns were silenced. those who could run were running in every direction. cut off and isolated downriver with troops approaching the forts, the garrison at ft. jackson mutinied and both ports surrendered and navy ships that remained there on april 28th. furagate lead the fleet to new orleans where they found ships burning and thousands of bails of cotton floating down the river also on fire destroyed by the conf

five minutes on southbound 95 from the split to the fort mchenry. on 95, southbound traffic around 10 minutes from the beltway down towards 32. this is traffic on the north side. problem free on the entire adult life and the harrisburg expressway as you make your way down from shawan road -- problem free on the entire beltway. >> some mixed news if you own a home in baltimore city. >> this comes at a cost. lower property assessments are behind the drop. jennifer franciotti is live with the details. >> the first step is folks can voice their concerns. property values on most homes have gone down by about 20%. carl stokes has been getting an earful from residents who are concerned about this situation. he called an informational hearing on property-tax assessments last night. representatives explained how they came up with the numbers. >> so the assess is determined based on the sales of the residence prophecies on sales from january through december 30. >> when your property values go down, that is not good news for home owners. there is an appeals p

solutions that matter. >> the massive oil sands of fort mcmurray may be the next big oil boom.bob simon reported in 2006, it may also give canada a lot more leverage in its dealings with the united states. >> most of those lumbering trucks are on their way to the gas tanks of america. a million barrels a day are now coming out of the oil sands, and oil production is expected to triple within a decade. it wouldn't replace middle eastern oil, but at that point, it will be the single largest source of foreign oil for the united states, even bigger than saudi arabia, which sends a million and a half barrels a day to america. >> when i go to washington now, they are just starting to pay attention, surprisingly. >> just starting? >> in the last couple of years. >> greg stringham works for the canadian association of petroleum producers and often lobbies for the oil sands in washington. he points out that in alberta, you don't have to look for the oil sands. the earth moves. >> when it comes to exploration in the oil sands, you can't drill a dry hole. it's there. we know where it is.

remember fort pillow. here was a regiment that is designed as battle flag based on vengeance. a black soldier bayonnetting a confederate. this was the emblem they took into battle. try to think about this in 21st century terms. no american unit can have a vengeful insignia like this today. but back in the 19th century, this is very common. so this brings us to the third and final phase of the prison system. and that is the prisoner of war camp phase. and this will begin in august of 1863 and last until the end of the war. they have prisoner of war camps before then, but they're, again, supposed to be temporary holding pens for prisoners before they are exchanged. but most of the war, if this phase is in operation and it's holding hundreds of thousands of prisoners on both sides, and they have to deal with the problems of being in such a system. and we're going to kind of go through several prisoner of war camps on both sides and give you a flavor for the problems that existed in each. this is an image of point lookout, maryland. one of the first of the prisoner of war camps de

a nice start at the fort mchenry -- down towards the fort mchenry and the harbor tunnel looks good. this is southbound traffic of 97 at 100. a smooth ride so far in the glen burnie area. this is 95 at 100 in howard county and looking good down towards the capital beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> employees should not expect to see a pay raise any time soon -- federal employees. it would not apply to military personnel. house republicans are expected to use this vote on the extension of the payroll tax cut. a military judge will consider a request to delay a trial in the 2009 shooting rampage at fort hood. he's charge of 32 counts of attempted murder. all eyes on a small town of punxsutawney, pennsylvania this morning for groundhog day. this is a live picture as folks get ready from the gobblers not. if he sees his shadow, there is another six weeks of winter. it feels a warm that it would feel like the beginning of winter. we will bring that live on our 7:00 a.m. show. >> to not go looking for pepsi if you attend any events in ocean city. coca-cola is becoming the

point. 60 on southbound 95 coming down towards the fort mchenry. this is the fort mchenry. southbound traffic moving pretty well. no delays at the harbor tunnel. we are seeing delays at the key bridge. watch for an accident at hawkins point. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> whitney houston makes her final journey home to new jersey. expectedr's funeral is to be held later this week in newark, new jersey. she was under water and unconscious in a bathtub on saturday. she was 48 years old. same-sex couples now can get married in washington state. the law takes effect in june but opponents are reluctant to overturn it. vice president meets with president obama and joe biden today. he arrived in the u.s. on monday. he is on track to become china's president next year. >> some good news for this year's high school graduates. a group of colleges is offering cheaper tuitions and fees for the upcoming school year. some of the biggest bargain include duquesne university in pittsburgh. seton hall is cutting tuition and fees by $25,000. they hope to attract more students from

five minutes to go south on 95 down to the fort mchenry.ad on 895. 10 minutes to travel south to 95 down towards 32. we will update you on 95 at 152 at mountain road. moving pretty well. things are building closer to white marsh. this is the b-w parkway and we're problem free on the major roadways at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we have a delay on the brunswick lines. running 10 to 12 minutes late. canton and 10 trains aren't scheduled. metro subway on schedule. the 90 bus diverting at harford and taylor -- the 19 bus diverting. now back to tony pann. >> yesterday was valentine's day appeared there are probably some newly engaged couples. we say good morning to ava marie. she's doing somewhat bridal stuff. >> this was a valentine's day and people may be newly engaged. we have a wedding expo coming up. when i first got engaged, i started planning. my husband wanted to enjoy it. there is a wedding expo

and the whole union fleet came to a halt under the guns of the fort. and farragut, taking the risk of going through the mine field, said "damn the potorpedos full speed ahead." the rest of the fleet went through the torpedo field. fortunately for them no other mines exploded. many of them had been rendered harmless by the powder soaking or they broke it loose from the strong currents. but he didn't know that. he was willing to take the risk. he was a risk taker. he was then asked, after capturing mobile bay and shutting that down as one of the last of the blockade-running ports for the confederacy, was asked to take command of the fleet that was going to attack fort fisher in north carolina which guarded the entrance to wilmington which was now the last blockade-running port. but his health had broken down over his hard service for the previous 2 1/2, 3 years. and so he asked to take a leave of absence. and instead secretary of the navy wells put david dickson porter in command of the fleet that attacked fort fisher. but his first choice for that was f

i would also note by the way that the new executive director of the fort mason center foundation, a former city employee, is now on the city's board of appeals so that may create the appearance of some convoluted mode of access and i want to be clear they know mr. selna a little bit, he's a fine, fine fellow, and my comments are not about his character but about the nature of the request that's before you and the approval process for a waiver, having been through this at many past meetings. i don't believe in this case that the criteria were met. i don't believe you should grant a broad waiver in the way that's being proposed. i don't believe that you have enough facts for a specific waiver and so i would recommend, following further discussion, that you not act on this tonight but lay out some conditions perhaps for this to come back to you and if it's so warranted, the usual practice is that the individual leaves city service, lines up some other opportunity, either starts with that without communicating to city folks that that person is at that time unable to communicate with and then s

i think going back to commissioner hayon's point and looking at the language relating to the fort mason center position, it's not clear to me that there would even be any communication on behalf of fort mason center with m.t.a. in this position as it is currently described and i am worried that it would be premature to grant a waiver. however, my personal view is that as described here, it seems like a waiver would be forthcomi with the subject to whatever the complete facts are based on what i see here if mr. selna were to come back, this seems like a waiver i would be in favor of but as of now, i'm reluctant to grant him a waiver given that there is no position to consider. any further thoughts or questions for mr. selna? >> i have a question for staff related to this but separate from the waiver so when we are done with the waiver issues, i do have something i'd like to ask staff. chairperson hur: ok. is there a motion to grant the waiver? there being no motion, at this point, we cannot grant the waiver. miss ing, have i screwed that up procedurally? >> i believe so, yes. chairperson

so far so good down towards the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. stan and mindy, back to you. >> mitt romney scores two republican victories on tuesday night. a hard-fought battle in michigan against rick santorum. >> tara mergener has the report this morning. good morning. >> good morning. michigan and arizona were crucial primaries for mitt romney whose campaign not get some momentum. a relieved mitt romney squeaks' out 8 win in michigan. >> we did not win by a lot but we won by enough. >> mitt romney needed victories in both states to boost his campaign. >8 rick santorum wind would have raised more questions about its ability to attract the conservative vote. rick santorum said to keep the faith. >> a month ago they did not know who we are but they do now. we came into the backyard of one of my opponents in a race that everybody said, just ignore and you have no chance. >> thank you very much. >> newt gingrich and ron paul are focused on super tuesday. >> the primaries next tuesday really matter. >> they keep asking about one in particular state

fort myer, virginia. but everybody has seen a parade.'s go now and take a look at some of the more unusual activities of this unusual regiment. our big picture cameras have now moved to historic mount vernon on the high bluffs just south of the city of washington. here you are about to meet the ceremonial color sergeants of the 3rd infantry regiment. beside me is lieutenant david h. rumbolt, assistant operations officer of the 3rd infantry regiment. his family has been army all the way. lieutenant, i believe that your family, as a matter of fact, goes back to the revolutionary days, and i can't think of anybody more qualified than yourself to explain the tradition behind this uniform, which these members of the ceremonial color guard wear today. >> thank you, sergeant. the uniform worn by the members of the color guard of the 3rd infantry is an exact replica of the uniform worn by the men in 1794. this is to remind the members of the old guard of the long and proud history of the 3rd united states infantry regiment. you will notice a cer

moving well at the fort mchenry. 65 on southbound 83 towards the j.f.x. this is baltimore national pike. 54 traveling southbound towards 100. on route 2, there are traffic lights out at college parkway and at jones station. be extra careful along route 2. this is the harbor tunnel. this is traffic at baltimore national pike and starting to build in volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> prosecutors in pennsylvania would give gerry sandusky the names of the people. the former defensive coordinator faces more than 50 counts of child sex abuse. his next court appearance is set for february 10. michael bloomberg is stepping up to the plate after funding was pulled this week. he will match up to $250,000 for planned parenthood. that funding was cut citing new policy guidelines. a judge is granted a delay in the court-martial of a soldier in the shooting at fort hood. the defense needs more time to prepare its case. the massacre left 13 dead and 32 wounded was the worst mass shooting on a u.s. military installation. if convicted, he faces the death

no delays at the fort mchenry or the harbor tunnels. this is 83 at padonia road.delays down to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. >> we have a small delay on the light rail running right now. metro subway on schedule. 36 bus not stopping at washington boulevard and monroe. on time service on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. updates are available on demand by phone at 410-500-4444. that is 410-500-4444. i am kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. it was a wintry weekend. we had windy condition than it was cold. 22 at the airport. not much of a breeze. it is cold even without the wind. high pressure in control on the east coast. we will enjoy it mostly sunny skies today. another storm system may give us a couple of rain showers tomorrow. it looks pretty impressive right now. some rain down in the gulf coast. this will fall apart. not much will be left by the time it gets to maryland. high temperature between 40 and 45. it could

. >>> we are following breaking news out of fort washington. a family of five was found unconscience inside their home around 12:30 this morning. >> this one was in the home of the 8300 block of bernard drive. delia goncalves joins us live from that home with more on the investigation this morning. delia, good morning. >> reporter: mike, andrea, certainly a very tragic story. these family members are in critical condition at this very hour fighting for their lives after dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were found inside their home. firefighters responded to their home here in fort washington after doctors from children's hospital in d.c. could not reach the family. you see a child had been taken there earlier in the night. doctors there discovered that child had high levels of co in his blood. firefighters arrived, discovered mom, dad and three children ranging in the age from infant to preteen all unconshens -- unconscience. anything over five parts per million is considered unhealthy. a very dangerous situation. it could have proved deadly

the fort mchenry and the harbor tunnels are checking out just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> guilty and 26 years in prison. that is the decision in the murder trial of george huguely. >> the jury reached the verdict on wednesday evening. lowell melser isn't charlottesville with reaction. >> it took the jury about nine hours to find george huguely guilty, sentencing him to 26 years in prison. he crossed himself before that verdict was read. both attorneys reacting to the verdict. >> there is nothing we can say that will make good the terrible and tragic loss to the love family. there are no winners in this case. there is nothing but loss everywhere. >> we are of course disappointed with this verdict, but we've been proud to represent george in his fight for fairness over the last couple of years. he has the support of a loving family. he has displayed amazing resilience and courage. >> a jury of his peers felt there was enough evidence to convict the former uva aide across player -- lacrosse player. sharon love and her sister testifie

this is the quest for me to see how this man has gone beyond fort ticonderoga.e was tending his garden out of politics on a small piece of land naming one of the three children from the second marriage joseph valverde as a farmer as he cut raising cattle, treating them to the british vermont had free trade when the rest of the country couldn't when the revolution was over. vermont didn't become a state until 1791 after ethan allen died and his death came about because a was a drought in 1788 and 89 and in fact the same drought that was causing starvation in the streets of paris and i think helped touch off the french revolution. but on february 10th, 79, ethan allen and one of his hired man a free black man named newport crossed the ice to get a load of hay from a cousin by one of the islands in lake champlain. the was the hardest thing for me to find out the name of this man. he was invisible to history. but i started studying voluminous amounts of town newspaper records and found an article in 1943 that identified the farmhand of ethan allen. the name had been

is is 95 at the fort mchenry -- this is 95 at the fort mchenry.kenzie delays on the westbound and southbound 83 around mount carmel. >> never too early to play golf. another couple weeks, maybe. 58 today. you have golf temperatures. we have a chance for rain shower today, 20%. we could see some thunderstorms. winter will be back over the weekend. >>if you're looking for more weather and traffic together, be sure to join us this morning for 11 news at 7:00 a.m. on wbal plus. >> there you'll find more local news as well as up-to-date traffic and weather information. you can find it on comcast channel 208, verizon fios 460, and 11-2. >> thanks for joining us for 11 it feels totally differentor 11 from regular toothpaste. pronamel iso-active is a toothpaste in a can. it starts off as a gel... transforms into a foam and actually surrounds your teeth. it gets into all those nooks and crannies. dentists recommend pronamel. pronamel iso-active re-hardens the enamel that's been softened by acid you're consuming. acid doesn't just affect our front or back t

that goes from fort mason 2 points down south of market. to call a 47 the to the line that will run in between those lines and maintain the regular service but introduce every specific that really shuttles between civic center bart in fort mason, helps everybody. it helps everyone who needs to get their quickly from civic center board. there is a 47 limited. if you are a commuter train to come home all of sudden you have the benefit of a new limited. one of the silver linings in the challenges and planning is we could pilot new ideas and test them for america's cup. the idea of expanding limited is a theme. if you look at the 38 from the caltrain station to the bart station to south of market to union square, passed a major tourist destinations, that skirts the waterfront from fort mason all the way out to christie field. it is an excellent line to people who want to review waterfront sites. it is also a work force . it is a line that helps the commuter, the person doing the shopping or someone coming to watch the race. a few more comments

police were led to this long abandoned property off old fort road in fort washington last thursday by a tipster who said investigators would find a body in a well. they did. it was 53-year-old glenn wood, lenny harris, who had been missing for four months. sources tell us that same caller also gave police the name of at least one possible suspect in the grizzly murder. now prince georges county police have made an arrest in the case, charging 49-year-old linwood johnson of temple hills, maryland, with one count of first-degree murder. >> mr. linwood johnson gave a full written and verbal confession to prince georges county police department homicide detectives just a few hours ago. >> police are not saying whether murder suspect johnson is the man seen in this surveillance video. using harris' atm card, the night of his disappearance, september 21. but investigators are clearing up some of the remaining mysteries. >> we know that murder occurred on old fort road in fort washington, maryland. the motive in that murder is robbery. we have recovered what we believe to be the murder weapo

. >> body of 53-year-old lenny harris was found in the well behind a house in fort washington. he has been missing since september and police say a 49- year-old lynwood johnson has confessed. >> i started to try to put the name together with someone i might know and i was talking to sherman's brother and he was trying to do the same thing. >> robberies in to have been the motive than they expect to make more arrests in this case. >> the search for people missing on -- from the cruise ship disaster last month has ended. italian officials say it is no longer safe for the crew to look to the wreckage for bodies. 17 bodies have been recovered but 16 people including a minnesota couple are still missing. the family says they expect the decision to stop the search. >> wikileaks founder julien and signs will be back in a british courtroom today. you try to convince the british highest court to stop his extradition to sweden. they want to question him in connection with a sex crime investigation. >> pfizer is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills. they said they found a pa

haymarket and fort belvoir below freezing at this hour.erhaps a little frost out on the windshield, 31. looking outside on our weather scam a with clear skies a nice look downtown at the u.s. capitol. 40 degrees. feeling like a 34 with the northwest wind at 9 and a barometer rising at 30.43. it's rising right now but the big story perhaps you've already heard about, this is the winter storm. blizzard conditions across parts of northeastern colorado. low pressure spinning here. with the easterly winds, they get lifted up against the mountains and the snow comes down in piles. one, two feet of snow not out of the question. this is going to pull out toward nebraska, northwest kansas. eventually iowa with lesser snows. this is a tornado watch. this is like a spring system. got a tornado watch across western oklahoma and southwestern oklahoma till about 10:00 local time. a lot going o. used to live in oklahoma city. it's one of those times you can get snow in the panhandle at tornadoes down toward mccallister and southeast. here clear skies. co

our missile defense here at fort bliss will no longer exists in its current form.so visited a training center at the air force base in new mexico. the cooperation with the u.s. air force here is to continue after the bundeswehr reform. >> we have to share everything at the airfield, including the aerospace. there are clear rules and agreements. it works perfectly, just like with any of the german unit in germany. there is no friction. >> german troops said they enjoyed the respect according to soldiers here in the u.s. it is sending did not get in germany. and that is another thing they want to change. >> anyone leaving the bundeswehr should be proud to have worn the uniform. he wants to -- the minister wants to start a unit for people who serve will be treated with the same honor and respect given to american service veterans. >> what you do if you are a first generation dictator desperate to submit your regime's legitimacy with your own authority? >> that is obvious, you throw a parade. a massive military parade. that is exactly what kim jong un has done in north

the cooler air starting to come in from the fort with leesburg 36. still 47, though, in upper marlboro and fort belvoir. bethesda is 41. here in washington as we look on our michael & son weather camera, a good morning. clear skies. you see the clouds just to the right of the capitol, you see then standing tall with the wind out of the north at 15 miles an hour. north, northwest at 15. giving us a windchill of 38. so a little jacket required for sure. the west is awful busy here with rain and snow in the mountains. boy, they really picked up the skiing here after a slow start out west. we're watching a storm system now developing in the middle of the country with snow to the north. wintry mix and then rain to the south. this is going to bring us our rain tomorrow and up in places like lake placid and killington, there's going to be a lot of snow. northern new york up to maine. more than a foot in spots. around here we're looking good. the front slipping flew. you don't -- slipping through. you don't see it on the map. the colder temperatures knocking

his body was found at the bottom of a well in fort washington last week. police expect more arrests to come as the investigation continues. >>> ate man who chose to go to trial rather than tell on his friend is now convicted of murder. reginald rogers was found guilty in the death of calvin woodland, jr. rogers thought he had a deal to plead guilty to a lesser charge but the judge refused to accept it unless he revealed who his alleged accomplice was. he refused and police have never identified a second suspect. >>> planned parenthood is getting a lot of support right now because it comes after the charity susan g. komen for the cure cut grants to planned parenthood. virginia congressman jim moran publicly asked komen to reverse

now, for african-american soldiers, the fort pillow massacre gives them a justifiable reason to retaliate. and when african-american troops go into battle, oftentimes they go in under this desire no the to take confederate prisoners for retaliation of what had been done to their race back in april 1864. so many african-american

five funded by arlington and five by fort belvoir. there's a need for more contracting specialists and developing plans to fill this new position in fy 13. in closing, the success of the army's efforts to improve contracting and management at the cemetery will depend on management sustained attention and efforts to institutionalize positive steps taken today. accordingly we made a number of recommendations in our december 2011 report to improve contract management and oversight in the three areas where we found shortcomings. for the most part d.o.d. agreed with our findings and that there is a need to take action and provide a time frame for doing so. we will continue to monitor their progress. mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee, this concludes my short statement. i will be happy to answer questions. >> thank you very much, ms. martin. we now have mr. brian lepore. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman wilson, ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the o

crew including helicopter team rescued a man who got cliff at fort cliff at fort fun stop tonight.e were overhead during the res fire francisco fire the man had leg injury and was unable to make it back up. >>> pros cawtors announce today that no charges will be filed against the shark fan who knocked 16-year-old girl unconscious at game last december. she was at the shark when when hit from behind. prosecutors though say they couldn't find any witnesses. the girl who had been treated in the past for brain tumor suffered a slight concussion. the woman accused of striking her said it happened accidentally while she for the. >> federal appeals court in san francisco will announce the decision tomorrow on whether same sex marriage should be legal in california. at issue is whether proposition 8 voter approved measure that banned same sex marriage in 2008 violat the c the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian. >> yes on 8 people just doesn't, they don't have anything. they try their darnedest but they just don't have anything to stop this. >> win for us welcome back supreme court de

we switch over to traffic in the area of the fort mchenry. southbound traffic, no problems reported. harbor tunnel traffic, equally smooth. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a new online crime reporting system is set to begin in baltimore this spring. >> it should save the city some money. kim dacey is live to explain how works. >> the bill was introduced last night. the program is already in the works. the city is preparing an online crime reporting website. the idea is to make it easier to get a police report and to report minor crime. brennan scott believes it will cut down on frustration for citizens while allowing police officers to operate more efficiently. the site will be similar to others. the site will have a screening process to weed out fraud. in some cases, an officer will still respond in person. >> this is a way for us to continue to make our government more efficient. >> police plan to roll out this new website in the spring. you will be able to access it through the existing department website. you still have the opt