the breaking news this hour is heartbreaking. the white house and the family of kayla mueller confirm she is dead. she was the 26-year-old aid worker held hostage by isis captured while doing humanitarian work trying to help people in syria in 2013. last week isis claimed she was killed by air strikes launched from jordan. >> it's not clear yet if that is how mueller died. her family just put out a statement. in part it says this. "our hearts are breaking for our only daughter but we will continue on in peace, dignity and love for her." the statement truly heartbreaking in reading their sentiments to their loving daughter. let's get to our reporters. pamela let's start with you. what convinced the edd the muellers and the president that kayla is dead? >> reporter: over the weekend, kayla's isis captors sent the mueller family a message telling them that she had died and also sending the family pictures. we know that after that there was a forensic examiners in the fbi and elsewhere that were trying to authenticate pictures before

. >> she says her heartbreaks for the family. she says the grand jury evaluated all of the evidence and the law and says they found insufficient evidence that homicide charges were warranted and she said it would be unethical to file more severe charges. by the way, he is free on bail after paying $50,000. >> in upper darby, a police officer is under investigation after drugs and cash disappeared from an evidence room. no charges have been filed in the case. >> breaking news in bucks county tonight. a deadly crash has the northbound lanes of 309 closed in quaker town. a woman was killed when she crossed into traffic and hit a mini van. a pregnant woman and her two children were hit and are said to be okay. also breaking philadelphia police rescue a couple and their dog from a burning home in kensington. investigators believe the fire was started by an electric heater that was too close to a matt matt matterss. >>> a ruptured maine spewed thousands of gallons of mud and water on to a road. crews say they fixed the pipe and will be

today hope gave way to heartbreak. >> i'm not yet sure how to live in a world without kayla. but i do know that we're all living in a better world because of her. >> in kayla's letter to marsha and carl she wrote, i have come to see that there is good in every situation. sometimes we just have to look for it. and right now, that's what we're all trying to do. >> reporter: they are not alone. for "nightline," i'm byron pitts in new york. >> and our thoughts go out to her family tonight. our thanks to byron pitts. >>> up next, a professional stunt man aims to take flight in real life thanks to a dangerous new sport. >>> and later rosamund pike reveals the painful truth about the violence in gone girl. every minute between you and red lobster's lobsterfest feels like an eternity. and who could blame you for craving our largest variety of succulent lobster dishes all year? dishes like dueling lobster tails. with one tail topped with creamy shrimp and a second tail stuffed with tender crab. i was hungry already and now you show me lobster lover's dream® let's make this dream a rea

. >>> heartbreak at home. while members remember kayla mueller, president obama vows to bring her captors to justice. >>> the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after we were hit by an rpg. >> the story that got brian williams suspended. they pulled the news desk off for six months without pay for fabricating what it was like to cover the iraq war. >> it's time for someone else to have that opportunity. >> and jon stewart shocks fans of "the daily show" by announcing he's departing the show he's hosted for nearly 17 years. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, february 11th 2015. good morning. i'm lauren lyster in for anne-marie green. this morning family and friends hs. president obama told "buzzfeed" news the u.s. tried to rescue mueller last year. >> you know, i deployed an entire operation at significant risk to rescue not only her but the other individuals that had been held and probably miss them by a day or two. >> as early as today the president is expe

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it was a long, very heartbreaking time for her and for everyone involved. >> we've got a lot more to get to. we'll be right back after the break. as we go to break, if you'd like to learn more about the con flens coming up choose respect here is the website to go to. stay with us on "viewpoint."

. >> they pulled my neighbor out, it was heartbreaking to see her come out like that.t was so heartbreaking. >> paramedics revived the woman and took her to the hospital in critical condition. firefighters say a ventilation pipe in the basement water heater leaked carbon monoxide. we reached out to the apartment complex, but we have not received a response. those devices can be lifesavers. firefighters say it's not just the smoke detector but that carbon monoxide detector. >> you have to make sure they're always working. >>> stay with us. you "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m.. >>> not a lot of snow but still a messy start. we're watching the roads for you and we'll tell you how much rain to expect as you head out the door. >>> and it is the morning after the super bowl. we're getting overnight reaction from last night's thrilling and controversial ending. controversial is one word. i can think of a few others. >> a lot of people have choice words on that. >> good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we dodged a major snowstorm. it

this other story is just heartbreaking. he was a reporter's reporter. simon, the veteran "60 minutes" cbs news correspondent was killed last night in a car accident. according to the nypd simon was in the back seat of a town car when the car hit a mercedes on the driver's side. simon's car careened into metal barriers. he was pronounced dead when he arrived at the hospital. the two drivers sur 1r50i6d. simon led a remarkable career working for cbs news for 47 years and for "60 minutes" since 1996. he covered vietnam and was one of the last helicopters out of saigon and he achieved nearly celebrity status in israel while riding a motorcycle. he became close with prime minister yit sack rabin, playing tennis with him before his public as sas sass nation. he and his crew were taken into captivity, beaten with canes, which he then wrote about in his book. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, and it was an iraqi army jeep and they took us away. and we eventually wound up in the secret police headquarters and treated very badly. >> yesterday they were released i

it's sad and heartbreaking. we're so sad. we're crying all the time. >> and there you heard it from 21-year-old cousin of muath al kaseasbeh. we head her in that small village in southern jordan yesterday where so many people thousands gathered to remember this pilot. >> jomana karadsheh, thank you so much. i appreciate it. let's talk more about the latest air strike with cnn analyst general "spider" marks and former cia counterterrorism official phillip mudd. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> general, first to you, we understand that jordan conducted a series of air strikes again today and apparently it destroyed things like training centers and arms and ammunition depots. how do we know that jordan actually did that? >> we're getting some great gun footage that's coming off the f-16s and whenever you conduct any operation like this what you have is a series of intelligence collectors that are going to be looking over the shoulder of these capabilities and they're going to be recording what's taking place and that's go

sweet as he is, though, spike is also a heartbreaker. he didn't mean to be. he just got caught in a love triangle. at the state capitol in richmond today, spike was reunited with u.s. marine jared three years. >> right when he got next to me, he knew it was me. >> reporter: he knew that was you. >> yes sir. pushed up against me. just like we didn't skip a beat. >> reporter: they were a team in afghanistan where spike's job was to sniff out bombs. so he risked his life every day to keep you and your buddies alive. >> yes, sir, he did. he did a great job at it. he was like my brother like my kid, like-- he slept with me every day. we were inseparable 24/7, we were together. >> reporter: but after a series of traumatic brain injuries jarred was sent home to louisiana where he's been struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder. >> jarred has been so upset lately and depressed-- excuse me for saying that-- but just not been himself. >> reporter: his mother, mary heine, was desperate to find help. she says he talked all the time about how much he missed spike. so

. >> heartbreaking. >> heartbreaking, indeed. >>> in case you missed it it's ash wednesday. >> and that means that yesterday was fat tuesday and mardi gras is starting to wind down. there you see it in new orleans. these are live pictures showing the partying winding down but winding down in new orleans still means thousands of people are still on the streets. thousands turned out for parades and beads and indulge inging in food, drink, whatever. >> whatever, a good way to put it. revelers were bundled up with yesterday's high hitting 46 degrees. >> freezing down there. >>> still ahead, the vice president in a new photo. maybe a little too close for comfort? we'll show you. >>> plus, police releasing new details about the victim in a deadly road rage case. what was she really doing before the shooting? >>> and hidden treasures. some scuba divers finding something they never expected. a thousand-year-old surprise. today there is only one park for every 14,000 americans. connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields

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. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america this is loodgesal jazeera america i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the headlines. after a gunman kills four people including children before taking his own life. >> it is absolutely unacceptable every single days that dozens of civilians lost their lives. >> the president of ukraine urges action as leaders meeting at the munich security conference try to negotiate a peace plan for ukraine. we examine germany's role in the crisis. and nigeria postpones the next year's elections because of growing security concerns as they get ready to take on boko haram. thanks for being with us. we begin tonight with a deadly shooting in georgia. several people were killed in douglasville just outside of atlanta. >> reporter: five people including small children are dead in an atlanta suburb west of the city. >> it's always art when you have children involved in this and it kind of touches your heart. >> a domestic situ

a heartbreaking loss. >> what you would call the super bowl of college basketball you -- if you will. a couple of local stars on the big stage tonight. highlights next in sport >> complications earlier this week, suffering from migraines and a sprained ankle. fourth quarter wall goes behind the back. 30 seconds to go in this 1, 109-106 out to paul who drains for three. so it goes into overtime. but the other starting guard was too much, puts toronto up 5. he finishes with 22. uva on the big stage tonight. against duke. in the second half uva up. 39-30 calves. they led by's many as 11. do worry go to an 11-0 run to end the game. that gave the blue devils a lead for good. virginia falls for the first time this even -- this season. creighton and georgetown, mikael hopkins can't get it. but check isaac copeland. towers over everyone. meanwhile, the blue jays are ice cold and georgetown took advantage. the g town goes on to win 67-40. g and rhode island in a nailbiter. -- gw and rhode island in a nailbiter. gw loses 60 9/5 -- 69-55. some early action this saturday in montreal. montreal goa

. >> beyond the heartbreak it is so confusing to a lot of the men and women of the west to see these three girls, they are so young, they are straight "a" students from their representspective communities, it upends the profile of a foreign fighter, especially given the reports we have about the brutality, the victimization of women in areas where isis has taken control. when you heard about this, this phenomenon what was your initial thought about why these girls would want to go over there? >> it is a mother's nightmare and i am one. i have four kids. this kind of recruitment has happened in other places, including minneapolis, minnesota, pretty near the mall of america. there is a large somali population there. we the united states artfully figured out how to build trust with the somali community and to go into the afterschool places that these kids were recruited from. the recruitment has gone down. britain has to find this today. one of obama's successful efforts is the speech he gave last week at the seminar here. a lot of attention has been focused on whether these islamists o

it was a heartbreaking loss for seattle seahawks who were just one yard away from scoring the go ahead touchdown with less than 30 seconds on the clock. they had a time-out as well and then this happened. >> pass is intercepted at the goal line by malcolm butler. unreal. >> unreal indeed. seahawks opting to throw the ball instead of giving it to their star running back marshawn lynch, the guy they call beast mode. patriots quarterback tom brady threw for four touchdowns to grab his third super bowl mvp of his career. new england wins the game 28-24 for their fourth super bowl title. >> i think there's a lot of people that are very deserving of this award and a great gain by our team a lot of individual players played phenomenal. it was a real test for our team and i'm honored to be up here. >> i just went to -- i was 83? i don't know. i jumped and there was the ball. >> the first time in a decade new england took home lombardi. they remain the last nfl team to repeat as champions. >>> we're expecting big news from washington within the hour. the president is expected to release his bud

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. >> mind bending in extent and impact and potentially heartbreaking for consumers who might be affected are. >> reporter: in the sony attack u.s. officials suspected north korea. in the anthem case cyber- cyber-security acknowledge specializing in cyber-warfare. china has denied involvement in cyber-attacks. medical identity theft has become a booming business. on friday, anthem alerted its customers to a so-called phishing scheme. john hendren, al jazeera chicago. >>> are accusing a supermarket chain of hoarding stock. critics say it's the government's economics policies that are is causing the shortage of foods. andy gallagher reports. >> in caracas are shoppers line up early. they have dealt with shortages for months. angela says she has never seen before. today's monday and nothing's arrived. how is it possible if the shop owners don't inif there's going to be a shipment. >> ricarddo sanguino says. >> this is yet another phase of the political war with groups of businessmen hoarding or boycotting. >> several owners jailed on clarnlings of harming the economy. days later those same b

when he died in 2011, it was a heartbreaking loss for his family, his fellow marines, and our nation. clay had already done a great deal of good in the world. the truth is, he was just getting started. we are here today to pick up were clay left off. the best way to honor this young man, who should be here, is to make sure that more veterans like him are here for all the years to come. and able to make externa contributions, building on what they party done for our safety and our security. clay was a passionate advocate for veterans. now, more than ever, that is something we are all called to be. after 13 years, our combat mission in afghanistan is over and a new generation of veterans is coming home. like clay, they are talented and ready to roll up their sleeves and begin the next chapter of their lives starting companies, going back to school, reentering the workforce, raising families becoming leaders in every field. whether they found a new path or they're just starting out on the new civilian life, one thing is certain. every single veteran in america has something extorted to g

if it hadn't closed only month before he had had his heart attack. >> it's just heartbreaking. >> sib will ammons is the former director of nursing at richland's stewart webster hospital. >> let's say i have a heart attack i get brought here, i go to the front door. this is the hospital. it's locked. there is no one in here. there is no care that people can get around here immediately. is there? >> other than the doctor's office, but if you needed e mensch emergency care no. if you had a heart attack no. >> so odds are? you may die pause there is no healthcare? >> very good possibility. >> you don't wants to lie down? >> no. >> we went to dr. lori aju's. he was a surgeon before the hospital in richland closed. today, he is the only doctor in town and is deeply concerned about the effect on the elderly and the poor. >> the impact is very tremendous because the patient has to travel so far, almost about a minimum, 35, 40 miles to the closest hospital. >> jimmie lewis runs a rural health organization in georgia that is trying to raise money and talk with lawmakers about these forgotten a

. >> heartbreak. >>> "the new york times" says the popular food chain chipotle may not be as healthyl order comes to a thousand calories. the meal as halls nearly a full day's worth of salt and it contains 75% of daily sat rated fat intake. i find that so funny. people say i'm going to chipotle. >> i think the first clue is usually the size of the burrito is so big you can't put your mouth around it. >> but it's good. >> yeah. >> less is more. >>> attorney general eric holder is taking one last stand. holder anounszed tuesday he's giving them 90 days to see if they can prosecute individuals. >>> jpmorgan's ceo jamie dimon is trying to move past the scandal. his bank is part of a massive new investment in detroit. the city struggled from the largest municipal bankruptcy. vladimir duthiers went to detroit to see dimon's hands-on control. good morning. >> good morning. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon is investing money. in detroit the challenges stand tall for all to see. block after block of run down businesses neighborhoods once thriving, now mostly empty. it's a familiar story that's

as you mentioned, the kids are the heartbreaking part of this. >>> 6:20. prepare for the downward sled. >> it's february. people are saying where's spring. you have to give it a few more days. meteorological spring starts march 1. we're a little more optimistic than the folks at -- the astronomers are. we do have a colder air mass moving in, a much colder air mass moving in as we get to the afternoon and evening hours. might get to mid-40s in a few spots d.c. south. that will be midday before the cold kicks in along with the winds. they will be gusty out of the northwest. some cases gusting 35, 40 miles an hour, maybe more in the higher elevations to the west. snow showers north and west of us. they're coming out the pittsburgh area trying to get in toward al gainey -- toward allegany county. better chance we'll see a couple of snow showers in the metro early afternoon. winds are also going to be picking up. this is our wind gust tracker this morning into midday. still gusting 15 to 20. watch out the winds really increase by 4:00, 5:00 p.m. especially west

isis releasing heartbreaking video that shows the total destruction of ancient artifacts in iraq. gleefully ransacking a museum and taking sledge hammers to art that goes back thousands of years. we're told that one of the statues actually dated back to the ninth century b.c. trace gallagher reports from our west coast newsroom. trace, it's devastating to see. >> yeah. in fact, shannon isis is now attacking iraq's legacy on two fronts first by looting artwork and relics and selling them on the black market. historically iraqi items have been spotted for sale from baghdad to beirut. the second is going into museums and archaeological sites and destroying anything that isis believes represents harrassy any statue that defines religion other than sunni islam. this five-minute video shows bearded men inside the mosul museum using sledge hammers and drills to destroy priceless busts and statues. experts say this is all part of the bigger goal for isis which is to cleanse all competing cultures. today the state department said this. listen. >> obviously broadly speaking we've seen not j

heartbreak. >> the world grieves with us. the bored mourns with us. >> kayla mueller the last known american isle hostage confirmed dead. lynching in america the disturbing new report and a survivor story that you have to hear. >> there were 10, 15 screaming. >> the nation's largest housing

heartbreak. >> the world grieves with us. the bored mourns with us. >> kayla mueller the last known american isle hostage confirmed dead. lynching in america the disturbing new report and a survivor story that you have to hear. >> there were 10, 15 screaming. >> the nation's largest housing lottery, where millions rely on luck for an affordable place to live. and frozen, a niagara first. the man who climbed up the falls explains how he did it. >> tonight hope has turned into heartbreak. kayla mueller's parents received confirmation ma their daughter is dead. according to isil, she was killed by a jordanian area strike. and tonight, her parents shared a letter that she wrote in days of captivity. kayla mueller wrote this letter to her fame in the spring of last year, she had been held since isil since 2013. abducted on her way to a bus station after spending the night in aleppo. her captives delivered the letter to her family after she was released. please note that i'm in a safe location completely unharmed and healthy. put o

it's heartbreaking.ot to focus on them because it hurts. >> reporter: the study revealed that one woman partner invest in more companies at the top. >> we love diversity. we think that drives innovation when you have multiple voices at the table looking at a problem in a different way. >> reporter: aligned partners invested in the recent company, a human resource technology aiming to create more diversity in the workplace. the study was shared millions of times online but only one vc executive reached out to ask how to fix the gender problem. he's john burns from boston. >> we have to change the ecosystem and one of the ways you change the ecosystem is by creating an environment where women can be successful entrepreneurs. there are not a lot of women in senior positions in companies. >> reporter: burns has a personal stake in seeing change in the industry. >> i have four girls under the age of ten. when i say this is a personal issue, i saw it professionally but i live it firsthand at home as well as i

. >> it was heartbreaking when they told me that chris had been hurt. >> pam :tonight on inside editionow. and -- the wife of another 'american sniper'. who has a problem with the way *her* husband was portrayed in the hit movie. in a bipartisan effort.california lawmakers are trying to exempt diapers from sales tax. a bill to eliminate state taxes on diapers was introduced today by a san diego assemblywoman. democrat lorena gonzalez says the move could save families up to one-hundred dollars per child a year. she says diapers should be in the same category as food because they are a health necessity. currently, six states already exempt baby diapers from sales tax.all on the east coast. in sports. bruce bochy says he's feeling good only six days after heart surgery. and steph curry. seems like he's everywhere. and today. a special visit with the president. gary has that. and alll the sports. next >> gary :tomorrow night in cleveland, james and verses currie. curry was at the white house house today he met with president obama then gave a speech in front of various dignitaries to talk a

. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of thel car borderland continues only on al jazeera america >> even with all of the safety measures, there will be accidents as there are about 6 million of them every year. >> that's why researchers run the crash tests with dummies. now, they are getting a little bit smarter as they cross that digital divide. >> lights. camera. height. >> and action. >> we call it the crash hall. welcome to crash hall at the insurance institute of highway safety in ruckersville virginia where every year, the smash and trash, at least 70 brand-new vehicles to let you know which new cars are safe. >> we have high-speed cameras throughout the crash haul and within the vehicle itself that second. >> tracking the cards at 40 miles per hour, high-speed cameras allow researchers to slow down the accident to study how the body ab sorbs the kind of effects of the crash. it's all done with dummies. >> the centers in these dummies are low trans deucers, other sentence tours that can measure parts. >> 50 embedded senso

. >> my immediate reaction is heartbreak. i have been in touch with kayla's family. she was an outstanding young woman and a great spirit. >> mueller died in a jordanian airstrike. the u.s. does not have any evidence to confirm that. tests on a possible case of measles in fairfax county. tom roussey is live in our newsroom. >> on this map behind me in red and shows all of the states were measles has been confirmed. 17 states and the district. tomorrow virginia will become the 18th state if the results are confirmed positive. for fairfax county resident alisa jenkins vaccinating her children against the measles was a big priority. >> i did not want them to get anything that was unnecessary. >> a confirmed case in dl.c.c. and one suspected in fairfax county. >> this is something i thought was done away with years ago. >> the cdc estimates that 92.8% of kids have been vaccinated against measles. in d.c., the number is 96.2%. virginia is below the national average at 88.6%. a cdc dr. spoke. >> vaccines are safe and highly effective. >> they were not saying where in the c

it was a day of heartbreak and bloodshed. the fourth attack detonated his vest in a shiite neighborhood. the attacks came just hours before a long standing overnight cur few was lifted. >>> joe biden and john kerry met today to discuss the crisises in ukraine. the u.s. will continue to support ukraine's defense while france and german will continue diplomacy. they had a warning for the russian president. >> he needs to make a simple choice, get out of ukraine or face economic at home. >> an estimated 5,000 people have died in the conflict. the russian president said he doesn't want war. >>> it appears by the plan of making vatican -- an online petition to change his mind about putting sara. they say she swiped out populations. pope francis he will include a ceremony for sara. >>> bruce genre was involved in a multi car crash that killed a women. genre was not hurt. but seven people suffered minor to moderate injuries on the pacific coast in malibu. they call the crash a chain reaction accident involving four vehicles. >> it a

one child with cancer is heartbreaking but that area since the 90s 90s their been trying to link it toand prove it. >> nine children over 15 years a much higher statistical number. >> says the since the settlements have been made is they're a lingering threat? bill: unfortunately unfortunately, that incident tarnished the reputation. it is associated with the idea that the water is bad. it is amazing how one incident it was high enough that they're was a settlement that came out of it. what this study tells us is the they don't really no what happened. >> you can't deny the numbers. bill: something happened. thanks. you are chasing a story to new york about his pakistan is pakistan immigrants my high school wrestling. >> high school wrestling is now exploding in new york city. there city. her 78 boys compared to just 2510 years ago. many say that spike is all due to the influx of his back immigrants. you can see that it's not far from russia. it used to be a part of the soviet union. there is even a national a national rest, national wrestling championship in the area once the soviet u

it was heartbreaking to see her come out like that. >> paramedics revived the one and took her to thein critical condition. firefighters say a ventilation pipe from a basement water heater leaked carbon monoxide. we reached out to the apartment complex but we have not received a response. >>> and important warning as you head out this morning. why you you may want to be extra careful around school buses in arlington. >>> plus reaction to all those sprnl ad super bowl ads this morning. why some are calling them a great big downer. >> temperatures on their way up but they won't stay there of course. tom goes through the temperature roller coaster in the next 24 hours at 5:41. but first, another way to reboot your resolution. >>> welcome back. starting today, you can get a school bus traffic ticket in northern virginia. crews installed traffic cameras on arlington public school buses. if you pass a stopped school bus with a camera you could be ticketed. vieolateors could face up to a $250 fine. and people complain about the speed cameras, but those cameras on the buses, it really is when

heartbreaking to hear the family talk about her. she sounds like an amazing woman, at one point more worried about them worrying about her than for herself. >> look what she just said. >> a terrible story. we'll hear more from kayla's family ahead. >>> plus take you inside the mind of a former isis member, the defector who disagreed with the militant group's tactics of executing foreign hostages. >>> nbc's brian williams off the air until at least august. network announced williams is suspended six months. the "nightly news" anchor and editor admitted he told a false story about coming under fire in iraq. the network's ceo called that mrs. take inexcusable. >> reporter: the suspension effective immediately and without pay. in an e-mail to staff nbc news president deborah turness said brian misrepresented events occurred while covering the iraq war in 2003. this was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in brian's position. turness was referring to this report last month. >> when the helicopter we were traveling in was force

here, a heartbreaking story about a beloved son of a d.c.r murdered on a prince george's county street. his eyes were focused on the road ahead as he drove his friend home. he never saw the bullet coming. the 22-year-old was struck multiple times and the wounds he suffered that november morning in 2008 on central avenue in capital heights proved fatal. >> this is all the way. >> yeah. >> more than six years later, dustin's mother sleeps in her beloved son's room. he had two jobs by all accounts a solid young man. >> he was so proud because, you know 20 days later he was killed. >> he told her he was going to a friend's birthday and a go-go band was playing. >> i don't remember his funeral. i don't remember anything. to me i had no proof that this has happened. >> the proof is now all around her. the apartment is covered with pictures of him. >> we could have had grandkids and so forth. but this like i said this low life person just took away from us. >> his father rene is a retired member of the d.c. police department. >> my only son. good p