this afternoon, harper is behind bars.nn's jim spellman, embedded with an fbi task force, has this exclusive on harper's takedown. >> i got a call this morning from the fbi in denver telling me they had a strong lead on the whereabouts of one of their top ten most wanted fugitives, this guy named edward harper. he has been on the run since the mid '90s, so i'm jumping in the car and heading up to casper, wyoming to see if i can't catch up with the fbi as they try to apprehend him. harper's accused of molesting two girls in mississippi, failed to appear for a court appearance in 1994 and has been on the lam ever since. fbi told me they believe that he is living in a camper of some sort, off in the woods, somewhere in a rougeal area of wyoming. fbi sources say they are very concerned about a ruby ridge-type situation. in 1992, federaling as tried to arrest a man in rural idaho and it turned into an 11-day siege that left one u.s. marshal and two others dead. the case became a rallying cry for right-wing militias. this is the

harper. mr. harper: mr. speaker, i urge all members to support the passage of house concurrent resolution 142. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: i thank the gentleman from mississippi for his kind words and his support, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts yields back the balance of his time. the question now is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 142. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- mr. harper: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi. mr. harper: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, fu

antonio harper pleaded guilty. the police believe the drugs he dealt caused several overdoses, four deaths. >>> neighbors moving next door to one of the -- one of the most horrific crime is scenes testified today at babonita jacks' trial. she is accused of killing her four daughters and living with them dead in her he. here's more from today's testimony with beth. >> reporter: well, shape, looking back on it now, the neighbors saw some odd things going on. things that indicated there may have been problems in the southeast rowhome and couldn't have imagined at the time the were four dead girls inside. 17-year-old lowe boyd kelly, here in the baseball capitalist, a boyfriend of britney jacks, the oldest daughter, saying brittany stopped going to school and he got worried about her and took the bus to the house on sixth street southeast in early april 2007. that is 9 months before the girls' bodies were found. kelly testified that the defend, bonita jacks, answered the door. britney came out on to the front porch. th

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she said that harper himself was addicted to heroin as he was dealing it. the attorney claims he was using for grams of heroin each day. harper told authorities he would get the illegal drugs from places in d.c. and other major suppliers throughout the area. before harperas sentenced today, the parents of alicia lanis, excuse me, who died from a heroin overdose, spoke out asking the judge to put harper away for a long time. the families right now of those kids that have got, that are addicts now because of that. they fighting just to keep those kids alive. they're fighting to get them, their lives turned around. it's just incredible. the wake that he's left behind in our communities. >> reporter: brian, this is far from over. the last member of this heroin ring is scheduled to be sentenced in court. next week on july 24th. >> we'll be following that as well. >>> matt ackland tonight. >>> the neighbors took the stand in the case of a mother accused of killing her four daughters and living with their bodies for months. bonita jacks is on trial for the murders

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harper county seemed to get the heaviest amount of rainfall. behind it, breaks in the overcast, when you get the breaks in the overcast, for sunshine, more humidity, which means the atmosphere starts to bubble up once again, showers and thunderstorms making their way out to the fort and east. all of the watches and warnings being canceled as they make their way out of the region. heavy rainfall experienced. i want to show you where the heaviest rainfall was. let me go ahead and click on our rainfall totals and as you can see, the heaviest rainfall was in the region right around the bel aire area, just north of the beltway, right here, going down through the mount area area. that's where the heaviest radar was, as tracked by our radar. >> our temperatures -- -- as far as how much rain we got, some of the places in the region, not municipal at all, not much in hanover. >> the weather station, heavy storm a quarter of a mile from that. they got much heavier rainfall. as far as the forecast for ton. showers continue to make their way towards the no

, w ddan far between.mo theh noo dn .t the closestin th over jefferson county, in the vicinity of harpers ferry and charlestown, drifting across the potomac into southern sections of washington county. they are driftingo the east, northeast. the atmosphere could give us additional showers, but nothing heavy. this is a network of doppler radar reporting, the nasty line of storms stretching from tennessee to the south. showers and storms to the south. all of these are flood watches that iran affect and flood warngs. a lot of moisture is in effect. scattered showers, some of this energy converging on us tomorrow with the cold front. by this time tomorrow, more widespread heavy showers and storms. the official numbers, a little bit above average for july 30. 89 and 72 the high and low. 85 right now gaithersburg, 86 bowie, 85 la plata. around the region, typical late summer afternoon, temperatures falling just a little bit. 6:00 reading of 84 degrees at reagan national airport. out and seattle, they had a record 103 degrees, all time temperature. across the nation, unseasonably cool summer pat

ronnie harper. now we'd made an appointment to see the federal u.s. attorney. thomas moore some hope? >> could you turn it on? >> lampton was appointed by george w. bush on september 7th, 2001, and he'd never heard about the dee and moore case until i contacted him the week before. >> it's a small world. >> small world. >> as it turns out, lampton and thomas served in the same army division at the same time but didn't know each other. lampton, a colonel, and thomas, a command sergeant major. >> the decision that there was not sufficient evidence to prove it happened on federal land was made before i got here. you got to understand the klan was a terrorist organization back in the '60s. they had a lot of power because people were afraid of them and people are not afraid of them anymore. we'll take a real careful look at this for you. it's the least i can do for my old sergeant major. >> all right. he said he's going to take a personal interest in that. he owed it to his sergeant major. that made me feel pretty good. he just impressed me the way he walked. like i

>> reporter: the federal judge just about threw the book at antonio harper, giving him 26 years. he'll be 59 years old before he's released from a federal lock up. he was called the main such plier of the -- -- supplier of the drug ring. alicia lanis died of an overdose and today her parents spoke, asking the judge to keep harper off of the streets. >> for 10-30-kilos in our area in a short amount of time, which equated to about 100- 300,000 bags sold in our area. the families right now of those kids that have got -- that are addicts now because of that, they're fighting to keep those kid as live and fighting to get their lives turned around. it's incredible the wake that he's left behind in our community. >> reporter: i did have a chance to speak with antonio's mother after the court hearing off camera and she told me she believes that this sentence is too strong. she says sure her son may have been responsible for distributing these drugs, but she does not believe that he should be held responsible for the death of those who have overdosed. so far, 15 people have pled guilty in

kingpin in a centreville heroin ring was sentenced federal court today. 33-year-old an tone know harper of waldorf received nearly 267 years behind bars. >> we're cutting the head off of the stake for this particular ring in this area. he was the main supplier. is there going to be another one in behind him, yes. but i guarantee they will be more cautious. >> greg landis ' daughter died from an overdose of heroin that her boyfriend gave her. he was one of harper's buyers several of whom are recent graduates of west field high school the boyfriend was convicted and will be sentenced next friday. he's expected to receive more than 20 years behind bars. four other young people have been sentenced to about 20 years each. alicia is one of four young people in northern virginia to die from heroin in the past year. >>> day three of the jacks murder trial is over. she is the southeast mother charged with killing her four daughters. several neighbors took the stand today and they said the sounds of children playing stopped abruptly two years ago. the decaying body of jacks ' daughters were found

>> reporter: when the suv carrying david harper, his mother and baby sister flipped and burned. two brothers, off duty fire fighters, braved the flames to pull them free. >> i remember see them hosing down my son, taking off his clothes and taking care of him before the ambulance got there. >> when you go in and i, saw that, david, i see his face, i saw my son's face. >> reporter: david suffered burns to 30% of his body and remains in serious condition. his family, uninsured and struggling financially had nowhere to turn. they found however that even though the fire was out the brothers and their families were still there. a >> one thing i can do is make phone calls and talk to people about what this family need. >> reporter: overnight the city of milwaukee mobilized. there has been a rummage sale. everything from checks and cash to clothing and toys have been donated. >> we were there at the right time and the right place. now it is also we are going to carry it on further in helping this family. >> reporter: there was even a fund raiser at the local restaurant where john's dau

the heaviest activity, around just to the south of frederick, moving across harpers ferry, brunswick. out in west virginia? a little bit of washington county the next hour. south of our region, there you see it. moving through, just north of columbia, toward the southern suburbs of baltimore. we have showers and thunderstorm activity. very heavy rain in a very short time. some areas may get an inch of rain and gusty winds between now and 5:30, 6:00. most of the activity will be done, we think, about 8:00 tonight. take a look at temperatures around the region. rain temperatures back in the 70s. didn't get that hot. but the dew points are high at 68. 81 here. 82 in ocean city. in oakland. generally 70s to low 80s. most places only got to around 80. this morning, heavy showers north. some spots in baltimore, howard, carroll county. picked up an inch and a quarter. and right now that, activity, creating heavy showers and really heavy downpours. ocean city, out of the east at 9. this morning, showers in the southern bay. this morning, we were pretty clear. this stuff moved up through the r

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. >>> the chief supplier for a heroin wing has learned his fate. 30-year-old antonio harper of waldorf sentenced to 36 years in prison. an fbiti iesnvgationesra titd c st wefield high school. the investigation began following the overdose deaths of four teens. harper and his co-conspirators are putting anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 bags of heroin into the bags of addicts from 2006-2008. >>> the district's first african-american fire chief will get a special honor today. a fire station in northwest is going to be named for the cliff, burton johnson when he first joined the d.c. fire department in 1943, he was assigned to that fire station. johnson served as the first african-american d.c. fire marshal from 1970 to 1973 and served as d.c. fire chief for five years. he died of a heart attack two years ago, his dedication ceremony will take place at noon. >>> it's now 6:38, 68 degrees. still ahead, the first pet's first portrait. bo being memorized by a puzzle. >>> plus blown-away researchers at the university of maryland, firing up their wind tunnel. why this year is special. ax >>we h

charlestown, harpers ferry seeing a couple of ght sprinkles there and wood stock and new mark over luray you have got it. amisville, warrenton most of it is to the west and even front royal a few sprinkles. the forecast first, almost firsted to 84 this afternoon. some showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow we are back the heat, isolated storm and upper 80s on friday with the threat of afternoon storms. warm and sticky. scattered thunderstorms developing. 80 to 85. the cloud cover has temperatures down a little bit. i lowered the temperatures from the forecast. south winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. mainly evening thunderstorms. muggy tonight. once the storms en, some in the upper 60s but most of us lower to mid-70s, partly sunny hot and humid. and tomorrow we back up to the lower 90s as winds turn southwesterly. here's the visible satellite imagery. if you are in space looking down this is what you will see. the breaks if fredericksburg and southern maryland over to the delmarva. but the cloud cover is thinning a little bit. the more sunshine we get the less stable the atmosphere will be. on t

hardly ever seen in maryland, but a full grown manatee appeared out of the blue this weekend at a harper counted marina. it was spotted along the banks of the river and as high john sherman explains, it amazed both onlookers and scientists. what's it was just another saturday afternoon at the marino went around to 30 p.m., a most unexpected visitor appeared. >> it was out here were all the boats are, swimming around. >> he was one of many golfers out here on saturday. what's it was shocking to see such a big animal around the boats like that. >> the man that he came and stayed at the marina for more than an hour before departing as inexplicably as it arrived. >> it looked very happy and very slow moving. there was a lot of grass in the ring. that is what he was munching on. >> after calling everyone he could think of, including the police, he called the national aquarium and confirmed what the pictures show. but she said that it is rare to see the manatee this far north, but occasionally, they see them come up as far as new york harbor. >> and manatee became affectionately known as chels

. >>> a pizza delivery man was also shot and robbed around 1:00 this morning in the 2800 block of harper road in northeast baltimore. police say they do not have any suspects. >>> well, the high winds and heavy rain caused some pretty extensive damage in baltimore county. the storms knocked down 250 trees. some of the worst was at berryman's lane and church mills road. coach road and berryman's road was blocked for several hours. people who saw it said it was terrifying to watch. >> a combination of a roar and a thunderral at the same time. there was the thunder and leeting in and the -- lightning and the roar of the wind. >> the national weather service is attributing this to straightline winds although many folks said they thought they saw a funnel cloud. >>> we checked with bge, more than 7,000 remain without power. 5600 are in baltimore county. >>> this phone and through this evening we'll she very heavy shower activity. but on maryland's shore and down into virginia, look at that figure. 5,325 lightning strikes, lightning strikes just within the past two hours. i mean, it is really

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mark is the favorite but young guys are making this an interesting battle including justin harper draft 2008. the coordinator says he likes the group of guys he has now. of course, it is day one it is early to tell whol come out on top. >> everybody is talking about our wide receiver position. i'm excited to see how it plays out. i feel the same way about derrick. i don't think we need to revisit that we have a lot of talent and young guys that gotta make the same stride necessary their second year that mclain did last year. >> now to some bad news. the orioles played brad on the 15 day disabled list. he took the line drive off of his left shin yesterday in the 7th inning. he has been the most consistent starter 7 in 5 with a 345 era and 19 starts. recalled right hander release pitcher mc coli don't and chris ray from the dl they had a roster spot to fill after trading cheryl. we will have the highlights tonight and i will go one-on-one with the ravens number one wide receiver now coming up at 10:50 on sports unlimited. >> a threat of rain for the weekend hopefully it will not be a wash

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who specializes in the law of armed conflict of human rights and also is contributing editor at "harper's" magazine. >> great to be with you, david. >> intelligence director blair said he thinks the cia should brief congress as thoroughly as possible but that the law did permit the cia to make a judgment call and not tell congress about the hit squad code named box top. why would senator feingold take such exception? >> i think he's picked the right issue. he's focusing on congress's right to know. at least the gang of eight's right to know about these programs. and leon panetta rushed to capitol hill, gave a briefing, seems to feel he was obligated to do so, then we have blair walk out back very quickly and i think russ feingold is pushing congress's right to know. he's pushing that issue and he wants to know exactly where the obama white house stands on it. >> in addition to pushing to try to find out where the white house stands what eventually do you think senator feingold hopes to accomplish? >> well, i think it's establishing policy but i think we go back here and we can look and sa

joining us now is jeff charlotte, contributing editor at "harper's" and "rolling stone" and author of the book "the family." he also has an excellent new article on the daily beast.com. jeff, thank you so much for coming back on the show. >> hi, rachel. thanks for having me back. >> why is the family sending members of congress to foreign countries? >> well, as i first reported in "harper's" magazine, their local, their long-term goal is 200 world leaders that are god-led and united to the family. they're not like the rapture christians you might be familiar with. they have this idea that christ can't come back so they can build a worldwide movement that they call invisible, that's their word, of strong men, authoritarian leaders on that hitle hitle hitler/stalin/mao model, that they are leaders from washington as the capital of a worldwide spiritual offensive. >> so what kind of places do they dispatch members of the family to, and what do those family members do once they get there? >> well, some really bastions of democracy. senator inhofe has traveled to afghanistan, pakistan. oth

today he learned his fate. 33-year-old antonio harper of waldorf was sentenced to more than 26 years in prison. and an fbi investigation traced serious heroin use and distribu aono troo gup ofup stwed elfigh el school. the investigation began following the overdose deaths of four teenagers including alicia of centreville. according to court documents harper and his co-conspirators put anywhere from $100,000 to $300,000 bags of heroin into the hands of addicts from 2006 to 2008. a federal judge is allowing a wrongful death lawsuit to go ahead in the case of a man who was shot with a taser by a deputy share nif frederick county. gerald the family of gerald gray is seeking $145 million. in november of 2007, a sheriff's deputy trying to break up a fight used a stun gun twice to subdue gray and gray died. previously ruled the sheriff's office could not be sued. today he ruled there is enough evidence to go to trial, no date has been set. >>> coming up our broadcast, neighbors took the stand in the trial of a woman accused of killing her four children. >>> a tough weekend ahead for metro's

. >>> then on harper road in northeast baltimore one person was shot and taken to the hospital. they are expected to live. then two hours later on new hope circle one person was shot in the hand. the other man was shot in the leg. >>> now to baltimore county where three people were killed when a car turned directly into the path of a street sweeper church. it happened on huntington boulevard -- boulevard and white marsh mall. the three occupants were burned beyond preace nietion. >>> a long time baltimore cab driver is dead after an overnight accident. witnesses say it was a situation of a drag racing gone wrong. >> reporter: coworkers say harvey brags was a polite driver, a nice man, trying to take care of his family but his well intentioned efforts were cut short by a deadly crash in the city. flipped on its side with the contents spilling all over the street. that's how cab number 198 ended its run in the city ending the life of driver harvey brags. >> i started crying. >> reporter: this worker at diamond cab got news in a caring phone call after midnight. it was a blow to he

receiver harper and webb and roll even joe flacco in camp.et an early look at the rookies as well. coach harbaugh has big plans for this camp. >> we want to have the best training camp in the nfl. that starts with tom. we want to have the best day we can have tomorrow. so that is how it was last year. that's how it's going to be next year. that's how it is this year. we are excited to get going and get about the business of practicing football. >>reporter: now the ravens were shocked to get a call late last night from newly signed receiver bennett saying he was retiring. veteran told newsom friday try out was just too taxing and his knee wouldn't take it any longer. harbaugh said earlier today that bennett has arthritis condition and his career is probably over. meanwhile the ravens said goodbye to tight end new ski today waived the fourth year tight end missed last season with knee surgery and attempting to come back. harbaugh says he's still in the raven plan but with training camp roster cut to 80 they needed the spot. the big year was 200

. >> last week, antonio harper who was the main supplier in dc for this ring, he has admitted to selling up to 300,000 bags of heroin in our community. that's a tremendous amount. that's not only the centreville, but the northern virginia area. and you know he's sold in dc and maryland and everywhere. that is very prevalent. >> he's not the only one. any other symptoms? >> change in mood, all of these things are important but look, the statistics show that one in three, and up to 50% of the kids do some sort of drug or alcohol in high school. so talk to your kids. you have a one in two chance that they are doing one of the things. pay attention 0 the signs. >> thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you for having me. >> and for your effort effort to help other parents. we appreciate it and i'm sure they do, >>> tony is nyis back forecast. so keep it here. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will ris

. >> harper parade yesterday. couldn't have been beats. vytas was there with me in towns end.great day. >>reporter: gorgeous. all the wonderful boats coming out to say hello. we just had a great time out there. sun is there. talking about is what going on out there. we saw going on out there. we saw beautiful day

as bemove to the north in faulkier and western loudoun a few light showers around harpers ferry as well and jefferson on 340. we will go up 70 and out 68 in to west virginia. this is where we see the heaviest stuff paw paw to hancock. this is moving northeast. but east of that ear area where the sun has been out temperatures are warming up. but east of 15 and 95 this afternoon, say, 3:00 or 4:00 things will get rough in spots. you want to stay up on the weather today. here's the forecast for the next three days. starting with today, upper 80s. some got thunderstorms. they will be strong to severe in spots. tomorrow a much better day. temperatures near the 90-degree mark but should be drier. on sunday i think we have more storms and temperatures in the middle 80s. scattered thunderstorms. in writing, some severe this afternoon. 89 to 89. southwesterly winds at 10 to 15 miles an hour. sunset 8:20. evening thunderstorms and may go for a couple of hours after dark. things settle down after dark. northwest winds five to ten and partly to mostly nny and very warm for saturday. high temperatur

to find out, i see charles harper. we meet in iceland at a conference on foundational questions. senior vice president of the john templeton foundation with an oxford doctorate on cosmology and time, chuck pushes boundaries in science and theology. >>in looking at a question like, "what is the cause of the universe, it is probably wise to deal with it more complexity than we are accustomed to. we can take a lesson from aristotle a long time ago. aristotle taught that there are multiple causes to say...take an example of a table - he would say that there is a material cause, that is often wood. the wood is the cause of the table. knock on it and that is the material cause. but there is also a cause which would be what he would call the efficient cause, what causes the table to come into existence. that would be a factory. the people that made the table at a certain time and a certain place. that is the efficient cause. then there is the formal cause of the table. what causes the form to be. at the factory there is a...there are settings, there are blueprints, there are plans for t

debate and to share the personal story of his son who has fragile x syndrome is congressman greg harper thanks for speaking with us today. >> it is a privilege to be here and thanks for having us on today thank you. a lot of americans don't know what fragile x syndrome is. i was tested for it earlier this year when i was pregnant. tell us what it is and why your son livingston couldn't get coverage for eight years under your health insurance policy. >> it as genetic abnormality that results in a host of problems. you can have the appearance like we did of mild cerebral palsy and some autistic type behavior although it is not autism although it can be diagnosed in some situations. speech and language delays. gross and motor skill problems, a host of intellectual disabilities roll inside one. a lot of times they go undiagnosed or in our situation misdiagnosed for a period of a couple of years and so it is a -- the studies that were last done in 2004 indicate that as many as one in 130 women could be carriers of the fragile x mutation. >> and why couldn't your son get healthcare cover and

guest: we lost track, when i say we i mean "harpers." we could not even keep -- figure out how many lobbyists were working on this. i cannot remember the exact number, but for the fourth quarter of last year we identified hundreds of lobbyists on this bill alone. that does not include the pr component and non-profit organizations. it is a huge amount of money being poured into the effort to kill this bill. it is affected. what it shows is -- it is effective. it is not a straight correlation. i don't think we should reduce this to every time lobbyists are hired they are able to win. it is not that easy, but there is a strong correlation. the more money you can pay for lobbyists, there is no question the better chance you have of winning your issue. we are seeing this with health care and all sorts of initiatives that obama promised he was going to take action on. it is all going to be very difficult because lobbyists are very effective. a lot of them are former members of congress. they know how to play the system. they leave the hill and

harper's seared skin. >> we knew we were going to get burned and get cuts. you just focus on the child. >> reporter: d.j.'s father shared his incredible gratitude. >> angels all around us, and i would like to thank everybody. >> reporter: the spunky 4-year-old is severely burned, in serious condition, but doctor's expect he'll make a full recovery. >> i don't like to look as us being heroes. we were in the right place at the right time. >> reporter: at the scene of the crash today, scorched pavement is the only reminder of what could have been. >> there's a baby in there! >> reporter: had strangers not acted more like family. barbara pinto, abc news, milwaukee. >> beautiful people there in milwaukee. we put the video from that rescue on our website. and you can watch it at abcnews.com. >>> and that's "world news" for this tuesday. i'm charlie gibson, and i hope you had a good day. from all of us at abc news, have you had a good day. from all of us at abc news, have a good night. captions by vitac

team after harper. he surrendered quietly. >>> new this morning, 100,000 new swine flu cases have been reported in england in just the last week, and british officials say most of those involve children ages 14 or younger. and meantime, the cdc is alerting u.s. doctors that the h1n1 virus could cause seizures and other neurological problems in children. four kids hospitalized in dallas with brain complications, fully recovered. >>> all right. so what's in store for this friday forecast for your weekend. let's check with meteorologist bob van dillen. >> we're watching heavy rain right now. remember yesterday at this time we had a low pressure reason off the shores of north carolina and moving due north. it's still moving north and look at the bowling ball of rain. this storm right there by portland towards boston, it uncorked a lot of rainfall over the last 24 hours. talking about as much as an inch-and-a-half two 2 inches near hartford, over an inch and a third around boston. also the high surf advisory

. >> little 4-year-old david harper is on a long road to recovery.the little boy trapped inside his mother's burning suv on sunday. a crowd of good samaritans helped pull him to safety. david's mother and sister also were pulled from the wreck. joining us now from the ronald mcdonald house in milwaukee is david's father, chris. >> good morning. >> how is your son doing? >> right now he's -- he's stable but he's sti iy crn itical condition. he has -- his surgery, one of many surgeries, is going today. and we're just doing a lot of praying and thankful for the people of milwaukee. >> everyone has seen this video after the suv crashes. it just ignites in flames. we talked to people who were there on the scene. as you've been able to watch these pictures, what do you think about these folks, unknown to you, who rushed to your family's rescue? >> well, i believe that there's angels. and i still believe the people of america, there's still good people in america. and i would have did the same thing. i mean, they're heroes in my heart. god sent them there a

host: harpers ferry sh -- gsh harpers -- harpers city.ler: i see everybody so worried about representative mckinney, the one ime worried about is monica conyers, the wife of senator john conyers. and i've seen no story about her pleading guilty to federal bribery charges. why has this been sholved under the table? guest: i don't believe it's been sholved under the table. but we have a story right here and it's being reported in this morning's "washington post". monica conyers' plea of guilty raises questions about what representative conyers knew. representative john conyers, currently the chairman of the house judiciary committee. matt lewis, your response. guest: i think there is no attempt to cover up any of this. but what is happening is unbelievable amounts of news coming out we have health care, cap and trade, mark sanford, his career. sara palin. this has been quite an interesting time. so i do hope that the callers  recognize the incredible amount of news taking place. and now we have president obama traveling abroad. so some of

two offduty firefighters, a police lieutenant and neighbors moved fast to help rescue david harper.al father talked with reporters. >> i'm sorry. i'm trying to hold it together. it's my little boy. i'm going to turn it over to the doctors. i want to thank everyone for helping us. angels all around us. i would like to thank everybody. >> there's a baby in there! >> this is dramatic video of the fire that trapped a boy, the mother and young sister. a crowd wasted no time rushing to the family's aid. could have been a different outcome. two people tried to break a windshield. one offduty fireman used a knife to cut the 4-year-old free from his car seat. the firefighters were treated for burns on their hands and arms. moving quickly saved that boy. >>> the senate is considering a measure to let people carry concealed weapons across state lines as long as they obey the gun laws in the states they visit. we've been asking you about this one today. south dakota republican john boone wants to add it as an amendment to a $680 billion defense spending bill. he says it will allow citizens to p

it relied on harper to supply the drugs. >>> the dmv office in leesburg will open to more despite a car crashing into the building today. -- it will be open tomorrow despite a car crashing into the building today. the car plowed into a storage room. bono was hurt. the woman received a ticket. >>> we are on storm watch tonight, severe weather around washington meteorologist brian van de graaff has a look. >> outside now, we're watching the radar from abc 7 weather center. there are still heavy showers in a couple of places, may be round later in the evening. first, live super doppler 7 radar, down in the center of the screen, crossing through southeast washington, leaving at rreagan national and alexandri a heavier cell with intense rain coaded into prince george's unty. the storm scan shows shares of to the west. they may be moving through later tonight. we will keep at eyoue r fo .h anywhere from half an inch up to three-quarters of an inch. the full forecast coming up. >> don't forget that you can get the updated forecast and look at doppler radar any time by going to the weather sect

handed out by the navy lured in out of work engineers and architects and builders and locally based harperonstruction is busy being approached by global players by joint ventures. they know the ins and outs of working with the military. >> south carolina has interview and washington and oklahoma and maine and they are willing to be hired for anybody. these are presidents and executives of companies and they run work themselves and owned companies for 15 to 20 years and they are saying they will do anything at any price i top the pay them. >> isn't that amazing? last year he did about 225 million in business and expected to do 300 million this year and next year the company is bidding on $1 billion worth of projects over the next 90 days here in san diego on the southwest or with the army core of engineers in the midwest. money comes from the military in building. >> they will take it where they can get it. thank you very much. defense spending is spurring technological innovations that goggles that can see through fog, smoke, and the deepest darkest night. it's thermal imaging and mark new

harper remains in serious condition at a milwaukee hospital, battling burns to some 30% of his body.rns are very painful. and we have to do dressing changes on his wounds, and you can imagine, with a 4-year-old, that's also very scary. >> there's a baby in there! >> reporter: just over a week ago, d.j., his mother, and sister had traveled to milwaukee from tennessee. >> did someone call 911? >> reporter: when their suv hit a tree, flipped on its side and burned, trapping them inside. >> whoa! >> reporter: in a remarkable rescue, caught on tape, two brothers, off duty firefighters, risked their lives to free d.j. from his booster seat, pulling him from the flaming wreck with their bare hands. >> you know, for that 1:17, kind of timed it out, that was my son. i see the little boy. i hear the screams. we're just acting on what we've been trained to do. period. >> reporter: it's what happened since the rescue they haven't been trained for. d.j.'s family, uninsured and cash strapped, need help. so john and joel and their families are leading fund-raising efforts to lend a hand. there's a