but by the time police got there, he had moved on to the home of robert and francis b elotte, holding them hostage. francis also called 911. her voice barely above a whisper with the suspect right outside the bathroom door. and then, minutes later -- as minutes turned to hours, hostage negotiators tried to get spencer to give up. and so did francis. >> i prayed for him. and i fed him. >> nine hours later, he did what all of them were telling him to do and surrendered. 49-year-old william spencer of baltimore is now in police custody. as for the belotes, they were not hurt and now they're ready to celebrate their 64th wedling anniversary together. >> good for them. d.c. councilman marion barry is being investigated because of a contract he gave a woman with whom he was rappahannockically involved. today he said donna watts-brighthaupt was qualified for the job. >> she had done a wonderful job . i have a 30-page document which indicates she was highly qualified. she has a bachelors degree, working on a masters degree. what i resent is that people would not look at the fact that there is

. >> i like the fact that he looks like francis b. gross from faces of death. i think you don't even need to force abortions. if you want to stop procreation just watch john and kate plus eight. >> greg: bill, interesting thing. never mind what he said 30 years ago. he said something in the senate hearing that was a little bit disturbing. what was that? >> ask not what you can do for your country, ask what it can do for you. i was taken aback by that. he said that a billion people will die from global warming by. >> in 11 years. >> that i think was a bit much. that should be more of a topic than what he wrote in the '70s. everyone was on q& qualudes bak then, it was a different time. >> greg: they were describing c options, they aren't advocating them. he wrote the book with population control nazis. i'm a little more concerned about his global warming hisonnics. what say you? , defender of rapists? >> i think we should be more concerned about his stance on global warming because that is where he will have a lot more power or authority. the fact that the book d

i had a quick b calculus primer at the commercial break. >> i'm melissa francis of cnbc.st let's take a look at where the markets are trading. dow jones industrial average coming back a little bit. it's lower, but not as low. >> actually that's not. but so close. >> s&p is down a little more than two points. the nasdaq is up eight. not bad. >>> ready for things you can understand now? a sports club working on ways to get you working out. they want you to shell out the big bucks for their membership fees even though times are tough and money is tight. so they've got these creative ads to lure you, entice you. >> i saw the ads. it's going to work. i'm definitely signing up. >>> the latest on the michael jackson case now that police are investigating his personal doctor. it is a big business. today the senate judiciary committee voted 13-6 in favor of confirming sonia sotomayor for the nation's highest court. >> one lone republican, south carolina's lindsey graham gave sotomayor a thumbs up. here is what lindsey graham told her during the confirmation hearing. >> we're 200-s