they are very thankful to judge greenburg. i didn't get every call during the course of the trial but judge greenburg gave a very fair trial. i want to thank the jurors. it is not ever easy to be selected as a juror in a case like this. we are very thankful to them as well and on behalf of the murray family in generally want to announce a big thank you to the montgomery county community that has embraced this family, welcomed this family in so many different ways. i'm going to call upon, i'll take some questions at the end but let's ask a couple family members if they want to come up and make some comments. david? >> since march 12th everything that has been said has been said by me, has been said with difficulty. it's never easy to answer questions about one's daughter especially when the daughter has been murdered. as i made comments following a question after the trial, we are all reaching for a new normal and many of you right here are helping do that. you've embraced us personally and as a group and, and conversely we hav

. ♪ >> if burks had a fan club in the control unit, james greenburg might very well be its president.> meech, that's my favorite rapper. he's the future. >> hands up like i'm reaching for the heavens, one false move then i'm reaching for my weapon. just being in the presence of demetrius is a blessing. >> as far as anybody in the industry, i don't see anybody on his level. maybe lil' wayne, drake, kanye west. but not many people can hang with meech. >> what's your nickname? >> white boy. because i'm mixed and i'm the lightest person from my neighborhood. my dad is black and mexican. my mom is white. >> burkes was friends with greenburg. >> i must be a violent offender, as y'all say. you know how people ride with guns on the streets, that's why i have my knife. you never know what's going to happen. i can't say you need one. but it wouldn't hurt to have some on standby. >> he is serving 15 years for dealing narcotics and resisting police. but up until his arrest, greenburg found drug dealing afforded him luxuries such as his grill. >> i went to the dentist in st. louis, paid $1,100 and

they love the people here, the warmth and they're thankful to judge greenburg. i didn't get every call during the course of the trial, but the judge gave a very fair, fair trial. i want to thank the jurors. it's not easy to be selected as a juror to be sitting in a case like this. we're thankful to them as well and the murray family in general. i want to announce a big thank you to the monthgomery county community that -- montgomery county community that embraced the family and welcomed them in many different ways. i will call upon and take questions at the end. let's ask a couple of family members if they want to make comments. david? >> since march 12th that everything that has been said by me has been wednesday difficulty. it's never easy to answer questions about one's daughter. especially when the daughter has been murdered. as i made comments following the question after the trial, we are all reaching for a now normal and many of you right here are helping to do that. you have embraced us personally and as a group. and conversely, we have embraced many of

and best friends all giving victim impact statements, tearfully, emotionally asking judge robert greenburg to give britney norwood the maximum sentence allowed by law because, they say, if she doesn't get life without the possibility of parole, she doesn't deserve to be free and harm others again. jana murray they say was a loving person, beautiful, laughing, talented. a wonderful young woman with a full life ahead of her, who touched so many people, including her little nephews, one of which, a 6-year-old, has told his parents he wants to die to be with aunt jana. they say as a result of the horrific killing their lives have been changed, because of the evilness of britney norwood, the coverup for having blamed two masked burglars for committing this crime last year. it has left the murray family facing a nightmare, living in fear, feeling rage, hate, depression, in some cases wanting death. their lives they say will never be the same and this was a happy, positive family. they used to believe that anything could be accomplished. that's the way jana lived. if somebody was afraid she'd say

and then at one point judge robert greenburg added this. i am stunned by the calloused indifference of the apple store employees who heard this going on and did nothing. that is the latest from the montgomery county circuit court. back to you. >> thanks, chris. >>> there were three full days left to campaign for the florida presidential primary. the outcome could determine the next nominee. but like everything else in this volatile republican presidential race, there could be some more surprises in store. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with today's latest. hey, steve. hi, doreen. talk about volatile. what a primary race. it was mitt romney who had the lead in florida polls last month and then newt gingrich who got it this month. and then romney got it back last week and then gingrich got it back this week but he couldn't keep the lead. mitt romney has turned around the race in florida. >> i will fight to get more opportunity for americans. >> reporter: in four days from monday night's debate to last night's romney regained the lead

>> like his friend burks, greenburg is also an aspiring rapper. >> when he says lasagna, i say baloney what's silent in baloney? it might go over y'all head. >> during outdoor recreation which confinement inmates must take in individual enclosures, burks and greenberg pursue the dream they left behind on the street. for one hour a day, behind the walls of wabash, they become young meech and white boy. ♪ >> i [ bleep ] up. hold it hold it, we got to start that over. >> because you white, man. >> we got to rewind that one. >> coming up -- >> see that? >> after a decade of confinement, christopher trotter tries to fit in. and later -- >> most of us men never sewed before when he came into this unit. most of us probably never sewed a button before. >> one inmate's patchwork road to redemption. ur low prices are even lower. we need to teach her how to walk. she is taking up valuable cart space. aren't you, honey? [ male announcer ] it's our biggest clearance event of the year where our prices are even lower. save money. live better. walmart. >>> y'all see them? i'm done. i'm done. see that?

in them, pleas to montgomery county judge robert greenburg who will decide tomorrow afternoon whetherrwood will ever return to society. in this letter to judge greenburg, britney's mother says the tragedy is incomprehensible but, quote, i implore you to apply ephesians 4:32 in your sentencing and be kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as god, for christ's sake, has forgiven you. murray's family has written its own letters. here jana's father says the peace i request is that my sons and daughters-in-law and their children and my wife and i never have to face parole hearings. britney nowood killed jana murray last month during an argument in bethesda. murray's body was found on the floor at the back of the store. police discovered norwood there as well with what they say were self-inflicted wounds. she initially told cops two masked intruders sexually assaulted and beat them before fessing up to the crime. nearby store employees say they could hear murray screaming for help. the prosecution says jana murray suffered at least 332 wounds from five different we

in this plea to judge greenburg, earl says i love my daughter more than words can say and i know sheance. but then there are these letters from jana murray's parents. here murray's mother says, i relive aspects of that horrific crime at least four nights a week. the brutality is inconceivable. this individual must be removed from society forever. life without parole is my request. britney norwood killed jana murray last march during an argument at the lulu lemon athletic store in bethesda. murray's body was found on the store at the back of the store. police discovered norwood there as well with what they say were self-inflicted wounds. she initially told cops two masked intruders sexually assaulted and beat them before fessing up to the crime. nearby store employees say they could hear murray screaming for help. the prosecutors says jana murray suffered at least 332 wounds from different weapons. 107 of the wounds were defensive. the most the state's medical examiner has ever seen. wendy? >> erika gonzalez, thank you. >>> there was a hazmat situation at stuart hobson middle school t

democratic pollster stan greenburg, it's good to see you.much. >> thank you. >>> something new this morning from the president. the administration is expected to announce plans later today to change an immigration rule to allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the u.s. while applying for legal status. i want to get more details now from telemundo's jose diaz. happy new year. i haven't seen you in a while. >> same to you. good to be with you. >> what would the rule change mean? who would it affect? >> it is interesting. it could actually help hundreds of thousands of u.s. citizens. let me just very briefly paint the picture. there are millions of people that live in the united states. u.s. citizens either married to someone who is undocumented or who has undocumented children. now, normally and until now, how the process works is if you're married to a lady who doesn't have her documents, that lady would have to leave the united states, go back to her country of birth, and then request a waiver to come back into the united states. bu

check out the shoes from seth greenburg. coach force cancer, a nice moment there. here to ashton panke from the brox. and the terps were up by 13. still in the first half, stoglon, watch the ball fake and the lay-in. nifty. seven first half points for him. there is a reason why stoglin is the acc's leading scorer because when they need it he can do this. draining the 3. game high 30. maryland beats virginia tech 73- 69 to end a 3-game skid. paul hewitt and george mason hosting james madison. the patriots with an eight-game home winning streak vs. the dukes. ryan pierson with this out to vertrell vaughn. watch this nifty reverse. he had 14. i didn't just like it but so did his teammates on the bench. less than 9 minutes to go, pierson at the top of the key going to knock down the 3. had a game-high 29 and mace over madison, 89-7:79. >>> and we have three months until the nfl draft. who will the 'skins take with the 6th pick in the first round. today mike shanahan and his staff in mobile, alabama, looking at prospects by coaching in the senior bowl. there is the head

wjz obtained these passionate letters to judge robert greenburg written by friends and family of brittanywood the 29-year-old was convicted in march of murdering her coworker, 30-year-old jana murray inside the lululemon clothing shop in bethesda, where the two worked. police say norwood attacked murray when murray confronted her about stealing merchandise. norwood initially created an elaborate lie to cover up the crime saying she and murray were attacked by two men. but evidence showed murray endured 331 stabbings, cuttings, beating and choking wounds before she died. it took a jury just one hour to find her guilty of first degree murder. bringing justice for jana murray's family. >> i know, the trauma, our family has been through, i want no other family to go through this. >> her father, earl norwood wrote to the judge saying i know brittany is a good person, and will do everything in her power to make amends for what has happened if given a chance. i love my daughter more than words can say and i know she is worthy of a chance. >>> now if the judge does allow the possibility of parole

the sentence given by judge greenburg today was fair. it was just. it was appropriate. the murder in this case was shocking to all professional prosecutors, investigators, to the members of the bench once it was discovered the extent and the nature of the killing and the torture to which ms. murray was subject. >> now, for hours today, both families read emotional impact statements to the judge. jayna murray's brother broke down in tears while reading his. mccarthy and defense attorneys agreed all along that norwood could not be rehabilitated and that the sentence should be life in prison. >>> a man learns the sentence. he was sentenced to die for his part in the crime that grabbed national hferred lines. he and another man -- headlines. he and another man killed jennifer hawk petit, and left her two daughters to die in a fire. hawk's husband was beaten and tied up but managed to escape when the house was set on fire. >> we're happy and relieved that this day has come. justice has been served. >> reporter: in court today, comarsarjeski said he regretted his part in the

. >> reporter: cbs news travel editor peter greenburg. >> they probably realized they had flatlined for december so they decided to cancel the bookings. does that mean they will pull out of los angeles? maybe, maybe not. >> reporter: it's a big hit to the port of los angeles. a million dollars is funneled into the local economy with every ship. the cruises were cancelled they said to prepare for the 2013 itinerary and they look forward to announcing next year's schedule when the time is right. this is video of the disney wonder when it pulled into the port of l.a. one year. the agreement was only to call l.a. home for a year with an option to extent through 2015. a port of l.a. spokesman says norwegian cruise lines has decided to come back to the port of l.a. next year to resume travel to mexico. >> passengers operate with a four-letter world with f called fear. u.s. tourists are not in jeopardy in mexico. >> reporter: these cruise passengers headed today to the panama canal say they have been to mexico and don't plan to return. >> mainly because of the crime over there. really scary. >

. >> reporter: wjz obtained these passionate letters to judge robert greenburg.etters of friends and family of britney norwood. the 29-year-old was convicted in the march murder of her coworker inside the upscale lulu lemon clothing shop where the two worked. police say norwood attacked murray when murray confronted her about stealing merchandise. norwood initially created an elaborate lie, saying they were attacked by men. but evidence showed that murray sustained 331 stabbing, choking and cutting wounds before she died. it took a jury just one hour finding norwood guilty of first- degree murder. >> i know the frawma -- trauma our family has gone through. i want no other family to did through this. >> reporter: the prosecutors say norwood is beyond rehabilitation and should spend the rest of her life locked up. but in these letters, norwood's family asked the judge to show mercy by sentencing her to life with parole. her father said i know britney is a good person and will do everything in her power to make things better if given a chance. >> reporter: if the ju

that is york county, greenburg county.f conservatives living in this part of the state of south carolina. also one could argue the birthplace of the tea party in the northern part of the state. also tonight, when you're watching our debate at 9:00 eastern time, that will be in ori county where you find first he will beach here in the northeastern part of the state and mccain was an easy winner 62%. we had 7 million viewers watch our last debate -- what did you say martha, maybe we'll get 8 million this time. martha: exactly, why not. bill: 9:00 in prime-time. martha: the folks can turn in i know they can. we have the best election coverage. the next g.o.p. presidential debate right here on the fox news channel live in myrtle beach. our special coverage on primary day, january the 21st, saturday, live in south carolina with realtime results and analysis. keep it right here. do i have to say it again? keep it right here. how difficult is that? do not change the channel. bill: we didn't put any pressure on our folks tonight w

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