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enter fox 45 a for yes. fox 45 b for no. your response may air at 11:00 on the "late edition." >> next chapter in health care citing may play out in the mid term elections, but also in courts. new poll by rasmussen asked people if they would support their state suing the federal government over the requirement to get health insurance? most people said they would favor the move. 49 to 37 percent. and some states are doing that. crime and justice reporter joy lepola takes a look at whether the health care reform law is constitutional. >> virtually as soon as president obama signed the controversial health care bill into law, 13 states joined forces and filed a lawsuit in federal court. to stop the new law from taking effect claiming it is unconstitutional. >> the only way that a state could challenge the federal law, would be if the state could convince the supreme court that the federal law violated the constitution. that's why we then get into the question of: the commerce clause. >> the government, for the first time ever w

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sarah simmons, fox 5 news. you. >>> our other big story, just one day after president obama signed the health care reform bill, it is still undergoing some changes. senate september set to take up a package of fixes to the measure -- the senate set to take up a package of fixes to the measure. democrats say the changes will improve the health care law but republicans say it is a bad idea. >> this will up rolling 199giant ball like a huge massive asteroid headed at earth which is basically going to land on our children's heads as debt. >> it takes 51 votes to pass the fix-it measure and that is expected to happen by the end of the week. >> you might have noticed the young man standing next to president obama as the president signed the health care reform bill into law. child's name is marcellus owens. the 11-year-old lost his mother to pulmonary hypertension three years ago. she didn't have any health insurance because she had lost her job as an assistant manager at a fast-food restaurant. she was unable to affo

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melanie alnwick, fox 5 dmus. >> loudoun county -- fox 5 news. >> the loudoun county sheriff's officeth the f.b.i. >>> rest stops are reopening all over the state in virginia. eight reopened today including this one on i-66 in manassas. former governor tim kaine closed 19 stops last year to cut expenses. 11 more stops should be open by mid-april. vdot will use an emergency fund to operate the stops until the end of the fiscal year. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley today defended his state's attorney general over gay marriage. last month doug ganzler ordered state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. today on wtop radio opally said it was -- o'malley said it was the right thing to do. >> ... unions being entered into the district of columbia, there will no doubt be gay parents who will be raising their children and in order to make sure that those children have all of the protections and law, i think that maryland has to recognize unions entered into in other states. >> the governor says maryland agencies are already following that order. >>> just ho

i'm shepard smith, this is the fox report.t's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news and the u.s. house of representatives is expected to begin a second round of votes very shortly on the health care reform bill. the vote is expected to be largely along party lines and the debate leading up to it reflects the emotions the topic stirred on both sides of the aisle. here is how some of it unfolded today. >> we are going to have a vote. 16. >> either way we are going to pass this bill. >> it's clear from listening to steny that they don't have the votes yet. >> this isn't paul ryan saying this, this is the congressional budget office analysis where you look at the actual, the details of this bill and take the smoke and mirrors and double counting out. >> congress woman. >> no, what that is is what paul ryan act asking the congressional budget office to put a bunch of stuff in the bill that isn't in the bill. >> once we pass this bill everyone is see right away all the horror stories are not going to come true. >> i p

we are live here on capitol hill, sarah simmons, fox 5 news.ou. >> thank you. >>> president obama meantime will forge ahead on selling the new reform law on the american people. mr.obama gives a speech in iowa later today. that is one state the president might not be visiting too soon. virginia is one of 14 states suing the federal government over the new law. the commonwealth has become the first state to enact its own law against the federal bill. governor mcdonnell signed legislation which states that virginians cannot be required to buy health insurance. >>> more charges in a road rage case in virginia. the driver a dump truck involved has been hit with an attempted murder charge. this all started tuesday on 95 in dumfries. investigators say gabriel poventud shot at the dump truck 13 times after the dump truck ran into him on the highway. the shooter was also charged with attempted murder. >>> just hours after police saw he killed his e-girlfriend, a virginia man turns the gun on himself. this entire incident started wednesday morning in fa

send us a tweet at fox baltimore. text us at 45203. enter fox 45 a for budget cuts. 45 b to raise revenues. fox 45 c for both. >> on the very same day stephanie rawlings-blake unveiled massive budget cuts, the mayor and other lawmakers turned down their automatic pay hikes. they were scheduled to get 2 1/2 percent pay raises mandated by law enforcement the mayor was supposed to get a 3700-dollar raise. sent the money back to the general fund. and council president jack young sent his $2500 raise to baltimore's recreation and parks department. the state of maryland meantime gives $900 million a year to fund teacher's pensions. nearly double the cost from a few years back. john rydell reports tonight. that is why the state senate approved a controversial plan to shift the funding to baltimore city, and maryland's county. >> i wish we would have taken some of the amendments that were proposed last night to maybe reduce the budget more. >> while the maryland senate took a final vote on governor o'malley's fiscal 2011 budget, eight republicans voted no. while $120 million

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megan gill lan, fox 45 morning news. >>> stay tuned to fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage ofbewill talk to former police commissioner ed norris about the effects on public safety. that is coming up later this our. hour. >>> a former doctor at the university of maryland medical center is expected to be in court today. clinton mccrack enis being tried on drug possession charges. he was rafte was arrested afterh of his fiancÉe. mccracken ordered what he thought were narcotics off the internet. john injected herself and later died from what is believed an a lernl iallergic reaction. >>> 67 years old crass fink is expected to be sentenced today but she is only expected to be sentenced to 15 weeks she has already served since arrested in december. she was charged along with her son of plotting to kill his former girlfriend. he planned the killing from prison while serving two life stensesentences for serving the daughter's 12 and 15 years old. the strongest evidence in the case died with him. >>> the state senate gives preliminary approval to require anyone convicted of drunk drivi

james rosen, fox news. >> brian: here is a fox news alert.te on health care reform and fox news has you covered. our team of reporters are fanned out across the nation's capital. carl cameron on capitol hill and wendell goler down at the white house, check. molly henneberg at the west front of the capitol amidst the tea partiers and over at the museum with a baufl view our own neil cavuto. i'm brian wilson, america's news headquarters rolls on from the nation's capital. it is the final countdown forward a vote on health care. carl cameron begins our team coverage from capitol hill, carl? there's only one vote that thing that everybody really wants it know right now. do the democrats have the votes? >> not yet, but they're getting close, while behind closed doors, the democrats and nancy pelosi and the administration, rahm emanuel and they're up here twisting arms and trying to cajole. they're trying to lay the groundwork for tomorrow's debate. this process will run late into tonight that sets the groundwork how they divide the time of the deb

fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> good morning. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm he tony perkins in for steve chenevey and tucker barnes has come in for me. >> i don't have many talents. i can only only do the weather. >> that is not true. >> well, pretty much. >> a little bit windy yesterday. it made temperatures a little bit cooler. >> you are absolutely right. it will be breezy today as well but the wind will be t of the south. at least temperature-wise, we'll be working in the right direction. 44 for new fredericksburg. so shen city if you are waking up down at the shore, 44 for you. cool temperatures. need a jacket here the next hour or two and then once that sunshine gets up, our atmosphere should warm up pretty quickly and we'll be talking abo temperatures near 70 later this afternoon. clouds are starting to move in. that will be the theme around here. i think there will be some periods, some peeks of sunshine during the first part of the day but the clouds will win out. eventually the rain showers will move in. most of te rain sh

let's send it down to gwen tolbart in the fox 5 weather center.l me about the changes. >> the changes are going to head our way in the overnight hours. today absolutely fabulous outside. take a look at these numbers. we broke a record at dulles today with a high of 78 degrees. unbelievable. these are numbers that are anywhere from 70 to 20 degrees warmer than we should be. right now still pretty comfortable outside as far as the temperatures are concerned, into the 60s, low 70s still across the board. not too late to get out and enjoy it all. a quick look at trueview shows you change is on the way. plenty of cloud coverage here as you can see. that is just the leading edge of what else iscoming our way. as we go back to our maps again, tonight we do expect to see it becoming mostly cloudy and we've got rain on the way. it will start moving in onight. your overnight low 37 degrees. i'll have more on how long it's going to be here a little bit later. back to you. >>> the maryland terrapins planning to keep the season and their tournament hopes alive

sarah simmons, fox 5 news. back to you. >> thank you. >>> other stories making headlines this morning. a shooting rocks one. d.c.'s most popular neighborhoods. last night, somebody opened fire on a man on champlain street. he is in the hospital. no word on his condition. the shooter is still on the run. >>> washington wizards fallen star gilbert arenas will soon learn his fate. he is set to be sentenced on friday on the felony gun charge. prosecutors are recommending that gilbert arenas serve thee months behind bars. the judge could sentence gilbert arenas up to five years. both players were suspended for the season. >>> college students in northwest d.c. on high alert after several burglaries. the most recent yesterday morning on 36th street in georgetown just off campus. a student woke up and found four men in her bedroom. the crooks have made off with effect from ipods to flat screen tvs an even social security cards. across town at howard university, one student woke up to find masked men in her home threat

. >>> 6:01 on fox 45 morning news. testimony continues this morning in the trial of three suspected cult members accused of starving a little boy to death. so far the testimony has been disturbing. megan gilliland joins us from mitchell courthouse with the latest in the testimony. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. today could be the last day of the testimony. if it's anything like the others it could be very interesting. just as jurors thought that they had heard everything, a former cult member took the stand providing gruesome testimony. danielle smith told jurors last week she watched as one yield-yd javon thompson was starved to death because he would not say amen after meals. he she saw how black stuff started to come out of his mouth. >> i think she was more afraid what would happen to her, i mean seeing that somebody would treat a baby like that, who knows what she would do. >> smith told the jurors that she eventually tried to break away from the group and tell someone about the death but she was committed in

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in hollywood, anita vogel, fox news. >>> the news keeps coming. here's brian bolter now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> a virginia teenager trapped in a nightmare. gang raped inside a vacant alexandria apartment. the crime alarming enough but neighbors are even more surprised by where it happened. fox 5's roby chavez working this one down in the newsroom now. >> reporter: brian, few people in the neighborhood knew about this horrific crime that happened on saturday. tonight police are saying very little because ever the sensitive -- of the sensitive nature of the case. we do know that known gang members are now behind bars. the horrible crime happened inside this quiet community in alexandria. court documents show a 16-year- old te was repeatedly raped inside a vacant apartment saturday. news of the attack set off a shock wave of reaction. >> well, i'm really surprised, you know. i didn't think there was any gang activity in this area. >> it's out of character. it's very surprising. it's very surprising indeed. i'm sorry to hear that. >> reporter

and now they are part of a fox watch across america. i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report.bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. and reports now that some newly captured terrorist suspects may have been taking orders from al qaeda in yemen. that's brand new. and it's the word today from saudi arabia. security forces there recently rounded up more than a hundred suspects and officials say they were plotting to attack saudi arabia's oil facilities. quite a major target considering saudi arabia is the world's top oil producer. and attack there could ripple through the global oil market and hit us all very hard. catherine herridge with the top story at the bottom of the hour from washington. how significant is it that the orders for this attack, we're led to believe came from yemen? >> well, it's highly significant, shep. yemen is the hub for al qaeda in the region. and it is seen as part of this growing threat against the united states. two years ago the saudis cracked down on al qaeda. this pushed many of the operatives south into yemen. that laid the foundation fo

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in washington, john henrehan, fox 5 ews. >>> breaking news out of southeast d.c.y pulled from the anacostia river. police tell us the body was found just south of the bridge, the bridge that carries pennsylvania avenue over the anacostia. it isn't yet known who the person is or how they died. but investigators say it looks like the person ma have died sometime -- may have died sometime before today. >>> the f.b.i. and virginia tech police say there is no danger to the campus after threats were made this week. they say someone from italy sent threatening e-mails and internet postings. officials say even though the threats have been taken very seriously, the person making them is not in a position to cause any danger. >>> the fee limit in parts of virginia going up. they would be 70 miles per hour in interstates in rural or less populated areas of the state. the law will take effect on july 1 but transportation officials still have to sign off on whether it would be safe. governor bob mcdonnell supports the change. the vote passed the virginia house and senate this

a fox news alert.eadly blasts hit the city subway system during rush hour. two female homicide bombers blew themselves up at two separate stations. 37 people have died. 100 are injured. moments ago, president obama released this statement. the american people stand united with the people of russia in opposition to violence extremism and heinous terrorist attacks that demonstrate such disregard for human life and we condemn these outrageous attacks. russian authorities suspect terrorism and think the bombers came from the north region. so far, no groups have claimed responsibility. coming up in the bottom of the hour, we'll have the very latest in a live report from moscow. and another fox news alert for now, president obama heading back to washington after making a surprise visit to afghanistan. he spent six hours there telling troops how important their mission is. >> the united states of america does not quit once it starts on something. you don't quit. the american armed services does not quit. we k

. >>> you are watching fox 5 news at 10:00. minutes is just getting started.  >>> all that spring weather is finally here but along with the blooming plants and grass comes the agreeded spring allergy season. for many of you who suffer, the symptoms are arriving early. will thomas has the fox 5 focus on why. >> reporter: pollen is the biggest problem right now. in fact a recent survey found pollen was most commonly cited as the number one source of allergies. in our region you can blame all that snow for early suffering. it hits you head-on. mother nature delivered just the right weather combination that adds up to early misery for so many people. >> the minute i stand up, i mean, my nose is running like a faucet. >> i have no clue where it comes from. i just know it's an allergic reaction. >> that is about as far as we go. >> dr. martha white from the montgomery county-based institute for asthma and allergy has the answer for the early symptoms. most of it a result of pollen. >> i think the pollen count is higher pro

fox 45 radar is available at your finger tips. you can use fox powerful radar to track incoming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar and once again standing in for candace dold is lauren cooke who is here for the track edge. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we're dealing with disruptions to the light rail following thursday's crash in cockeysville. you want to keep in mind there's a shuttle bus available from hunt valley to timonium in both directions. let's look at the main lines. high speeds someone speeding at the west valley where speeds are clocking in at 66 miles per hour. and 56 traveling on the jfx and 95 moving through whitemarsh. as we take a look at the west side taking a look at the liberty road there's more cars but cars are cruising along just fine. fortunately that will continue as we make our way to the pike valley. checking in and taking a wide look at dulaney valley road. no problems to report whatsoever. it will be clear from bel air road to providence road. if you're using t

john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> the d.c. circumstance lay -- circulateor is back just in time for the cherry blossoms. the cost is $1 compared to 26 bucks for the tour mobile. >>> if you'd rather cruise the high satisfies, you are in luck. the economy is not seeking the cruise line's hopes of luring you in. what they're doing to entice you. and we'll check back in with tucker barnes to see what the forecast says for next week.  >>> a sunny day with a nice breeze. perfect for flying a kite like these kids on the mall. karen told you about the annual smithsonian kite festival. they also had a chance to make kites. i don't know. you know, iefr always wondered why is it inappropriate to tell someone to go fly a kite. >> it's beautiful. >> a fun time of year. >> the weather didn't quite cooperate. >> a little bit warmer would have made it the perfect day. >> cold this morning. temperatures generally in the 30s. 20s off to the north and west. we'll be cold again tonight. if you're heffeded out to th

patrice over to you. >>> 5:03 on fox 45 early edition. a testimony continues this morning in the trial of three suspected cult members accused of starving a little boy to death. so far testimony in this case has been very graphic. megan gilliland joins us live from the mitchell courthouse downtown with the latest in their trial, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. today could be the last day of testimony and it is anything like the other days, it could be very interesting. just when these jurors thought that they had heard everything, a former cult member took the stand providing very gruesome testimony. danielle smith told jurors she watched as javon thompson was starved to death for not saying amen after meals. she told the jurors that black stuff started to come from the child's mouth as he painfully groaned losing the ability to crawl. >>> what about as far as why she didn't pick up the phone and jab javon and run out of that house. >> i think she was afraid what would happen to her, thinking that how somebody wou

it's fox 45 cooking up adventure contest. just take a picture of yourself gearing up to grill and send to the our website. the grand prize winner will win a weber grill and a grilling gear. you can catch the first episode of bones here on fox 45. >>> still ahead new guidelines for helping homeowners. the initiative that could help families keep a roof over their he [ male announcer ] how do the editors of consumers digest determine if a car is a best buy? first they drive it in the real world. and put it through its paces. they rate its fit and finish. and the amenities inside. they factor in purchase price and operating costs, fuel economy and resale value. in short, they do what you do to test its quality. the consumers digest best buys from chevy. put them to your own test. and may the best car win. put them to your own test. >>> balbaltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is getting cristism about tightening the belt. one her biggest critics is the woman who has had the job before her. >> for the past 7 years, baltimore c

fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. thanks, sky fox, great view of the d.c. area. it will cloud up today before we get more winter precipitation tonight and into tomorrow morning. what will it be? we'll find out in a few minutes. thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. we'll get to weather and traffic. but looking ahead. >>> federal transportation workers are off the job for a second day and furloughed because of an impasse in congress. thousands of workers are affected here in our area. we'll talk with virginia congressman jim moran. >>> and are you tired of the cold? ways to get away to a warmer climate without breaking your budget. >> love that. >>> and then in the 9:00 hour, tackling one of the biggest health concerns facing our children. what you can do to fight childhood obesity when we are joined by a trainer who has worked with the biggest names. >>> and garret county shut down again. this is the 14th snow day out of the past 17 school days for the students, staff, and everybody out of garret county. so

our fox 5's roby chavez has been following this debate all day long. is he in the newsroom with a recap of what happened today. roby? >> reporter: maureen, as you all mentioned the vote came just about 15 minutes ago about after a ten-hour day on capitol hill it was a defining moment for president barack obama. the final tally tonight was 219 for and 212 against. not a single republican voting for this measure. it was an intense and history making night on capitol hill. >> without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: with the stroke of a gavel, the historic health care bill passed. after more than a year in the making, the bill extends coverage to an estimated 32 million uninsured americans. >> after a year of debate and hearings and calls from millions of americans, we have come to this historic moment. today we have the opportunity to complete the great unfinished business of our society and pass health insurance reform for all americans. >> shame on us. shame on this body. shame on each and every one of you who subst

maureen umeh, fox 5 news. will? >> thank you for the update. >>> our team coverage continues now with dave feldman. he has more reaction to today's sentencing. feldy? >> will, thank you very much and there is a lot of questions about gilbert arena and as where the wizards go from here. there is a new ownership coming in and they agreed on the price of the new arena and the team and that sale is coming up soon. received the best news possible, for him at least, that he's not going jail time. he would not talk to reporters but he did smile and he did obviously, obviously was happy with the good news and gilbert arena sass a three-time all- star and the first time he went to the post season since '97 and the last two years, two knee surgeries, played 15 games and this year, 32 games before being suspended by the commissioner david stern. the wizards released the statements and this is what they said. we believe today's sentencing can help bring closure to the unfortunate situation. he has admitted his mistakes and will

fox 5 morning news continues at 6:00. start you off with a view outside this morning on this thursday morning. a beautiful day today. thanking for watching up with fox 5 morning news. >> good morning, everyone. let's bring tony into bring us his glorious forecast. >> it will be a good one. no one can argue with what today is going to be. a nice day, beautiful temperatures. the satellite-radar, we will start with that. there are more clouds to see on the satellite picture then yesterday, but they are to the south. they will remain there. a few clouds moving through the sky and a few to the south. you will see cloud cover today and you are seeing it now. and a lot of sunshine today for most of the region. the current temperatures look like this -- a school start at the day. 44 in the district. but pretty much everywhere else it is in the 30s. here's your forecast for today, yes. indeed, mostly sunny skies. a warm afternoon, high 70 degrees. more details on the forecast and the warm trend coming up in just a little bit. >> t

chip reid is at the white house and, chip, he said as much this afternoon in an interview on fox news. >> reporter: that's right, katie. a very contentious interview. he said it doesn't matter what procedure they use, in the end, however they vote it's going to be an up-or-down vote on health care reform. >> i don't spend a lot of time worrying what about the procedural rules are in the house or the senate, what i can tell you is that the street ice taken in the house will be a vote for health care reform and if people vote yes, whatever form that takes, that is going to be a vote for health care reform. >> reporter: now, the president once said that fox news is "entirely devoted to attacking my administration." so why did he do this interview? well, the white house says because a lot of moderate and

. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am karen parks. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is working on a tax package to close the city's $120 million budget gap. the unveiling of the plan is still about two weeks away. >> yeah, but there is already opposition tonight. keith daniels in highlandtown where there is talk against one of her particular ideas. >> well, we are at santoni's grocery store where the owner is part of a beverage industry coalition. and to fight the tax. now the mayor is looking for solutions to close the budget gap. and one of the revenue sources she is considering, is a 5-cent tax on all bottled and canned beverages. including soft drinks, and the additional tax would mean millions of dollars collected at businesses for the city. but santoni and the coalition call it a bad idea. >> in my opinion, i think that baltimore city has to find their own ways to secure their own deficit. downsizing government. you know, more efficiencies in ring the city. you have to stop trying t

he said we're discovering we work for fox news.sh limbaugh wants the republican party to fail and today he announced today frum posted his final letter to aei, president arthur brooks, following frum's lunch meeting with mr. brooks. effective immediately my position as a resident fellow at the american enterprise int tut is terminated. i do regret this abrupt and unexpected conclusion of our relationship. what might be different after frum's seven-year relationship at aei? frum wrote an opinion piece for cnn in which he concluded that the waterloo for president obama predicted by jim demint had indeed arrived for the republican party, and frum repeated that charge on this network. >> in this debate republicans have listened to the most radical voices in the party. no compromise, hand the president his waterloo. if this turns out to be our waterloo today, then there has to be an accountability moment for that. this will be a much worse outcome than we could have got than if we had negotiated early. that was shouted down, we went the

"fox & friends" starts right now. >> ♪ >> it's "fox & friends"!> oh, good sunday morning everyone, welcome here to "fox & friends." i'm clayton morris, alisyn camerota, dave briggs and i think that dave was overly caffeinat caffeinated. >> i was overly caffeinated. i was excited. >> you have to be. >> when you say the date march 21st, 2010, a date that might be in our kids' history books, it might be taught for years and decades and decades to come, this is when our health care system in it country may change forever. >> i'm sorry. >> and-- and the numbers are fluctuating every single minute. what was happening last night is not the same as happening this morning. but the latest thing on this historic day is they think that democrats do have 216 votes, which of course is the magic newspaper though some people have moved from the yes column to the no column this morning and we'll tell you about at that momentarily. >> and president obama of course coming out and also rallying the base, but rallying a lot of moderates and saying this thing isn't per

why do the democrats go on fox news?ustrates the hell out of progressives when you do. >> ed, look, no one's under any illusions they're going to change fox news, that they're going to change the orientation of the channel. the fact of the matter is there are many people who watch fox news who are fair-minded people, and the hope is maybe you can break through and get a kernel of truth through the airwaves. >> that's a theory you think fair-minded people watch them. beck feeds on this stuff. limbaugh said on his program yesterday we have to get rid of these bastards. that's what he said, speaking of you and other democrats. you got the majority. you have enough media out there. you don't need them. >> look, ed, nobody is going on rush limbaugh's show. no one is going on glenn beck's show. there are certain shows where there are people who haven't totally made up their mind that watch fox news. there's an effort to try and communicate with them. let me go to your point with respect to the words of incitement. what we saw

. >>> just in to fox 5, a deadly crash involving a little boy. police in frederick county responded to an accident saturday. they found a 4-year-old in a creek stuck under an overturned atv. he was rushed to the hospital but tonight we have learned that child has died from his injuries. police believe the accident happened on family property. >>> a mother desperate to save her child from a house fire struggling to find a neighbor who can help. it happened in prince george's county late last night. fox 5's stacey cohan talked to neighbors today about what happened. she's live in the newsroom. stacey? >> reporter: well, maureen, unfortunately the story of 8- year-old kennedy pierson does not have a happy ending. that child died in that house fire, but out of this tragedy there is a lesson that may help you keep loved ones safe. >> i don't know what i'm going to tell my daughter. >> reporter: this woman wasn't hope when her friend's house began burning last night. she wasn't there when kim arock and ran out of the house for -- awoke and ran out of t

he was channelling glenn beck of fox news.tle bit of that. >> it's not that believing, i'm not saying this, i'm not saying that believing there should be a minimum standard for how much lead can be in our paint might lead to the government having the right to sterilize and kill jews. i'm not saying that that might be the case. >> well, you know, you want to be on the daily show but not necessarily just like that. that is it for this edition of "reliable sources." join us next sunday morning 11:00 a.m. eastern for another critical look at the media. if you miss any part of our program check out our pod cast at cnn.com/pod cast and check out our show page on facebook as well.