>> holmes: yeah, i...ngerous things. >> kroft: he and his friend shane mcconkey were the first to ski off mountains wearing their wing suits. then, they jettison their skis so they could fly down the mountain. you lost a good friend recently. >> holmes: yeah, i did. yeah. >> kroft: shane. >> holmes: uh-huh. >> kroft: he was... he was supposed to be with us here. >> holmes: yeah, he was. we planned this trip to meet up with you guys, then i took off to europe. that was when he died. >> kroft: you were with him? >> holmes: yep. >> kroft: shane crashed in italy because he was unable to release his ski bindings quickly enough so he could begin flying. how did it affect you? >> holmes: it saddened me deeply. you know, i miss my friend. >> kroft: did it make you think about quitting? >> holmes: yeah. >> kroft: but you didn't. >> holmes: no, i didn't. i didn't quit. at least, i haven't quit yet. >> kroft: near the end of our stay, we chartered a helicopter for the biggest adventure of our visit. we were going to

holmes entered the d.c. fire department in 1902. the capital itself was also at the center of the fight. it took a great deal of time and effort to defend the capital. precisely because of its location here at the vortex between the north and the south. and the capital was the center of the recovery of slavery as such, the aftermath of slavery with the friedman's bureau. howard university is a legacy of that aftermath of slavery. but i caution you that in looking at the civil war is very important to kind of line it against wars we have known because we have known no war like this war. it is very different from wars in the usual sense of the word. we lost more men than in any other war, 2% of the population. but remember most of those were lost from disease. if you compare that to huge wars, wars where we lost less men, the great world wars or the most recent great war, world war ii, you will find that very quickly after that war japan and germany were our allies. world war ii veterans go to germany and japa

my great grandfather, richard holmes, was among them. richard holmes walked off a slave plantation in virginia. i do like to tell some storied notion of richard holmes. i tell it as it was told to me, that richard holmes looked around, saw no one was looking, and left that plantation and that's how he got to the district of columbia. that makes me a third generation washingtonian. i'm glad he stopped here. his son, my grandfather, richard holmes, the first richard, came here in the 1850s. the second richard, richard holmes, entered the d.c. fire department in 1902. the capital itself was also at the center of the fight. it took a great deal of time and effort to defend the capital. precisely because of its location here at the vortex between the north and the south. and the capital was the center of the recovery of slavery as such. the aftermath of slavery with the freed man's bureau. hal university is the legacy of that aftermath of slavery. but i caution you that in looking at the civil war, it is very important to kind of align it aga

government assault on the city of holm leave 200 dead. they are putting pressure on the syrian president to tep down. white house releases another 300 pages on failed solar power firm. will it be enough to satisfy the republicans. hello, i am america's news headquarters in the capitol starts right now. they are underway . they gather to choose their pick. and polls showing romney with a essential lead. john what can you tell us from las vegas? >> and good morning to you and good afternoon in washington. the high school in the western part of las vegas. this is one . biggest caucaus and two of the precincts will be represented. it feeds in the idea that the state gop is talking about. people energized about the caucaus. they are hope wards of 60,000, will participate. mitt romney is the favorite. of last night he dropped by one of his phone back to thank people for getting out there. this is what he told the volunteers last night. >> you can be out with your familis and doing other things. but getting people to come to the caucaus. i appre

michael holmes, cnn, beirut. >>> other headlines today, 16 americans are on trial in cairo.y're accused of fraud following a crackdown on pro-democracy groups and egyptian officials say are interfering with the government. one of the americans on trial is the son of the u.s. transportation secretary. west africa, this is senegal on election day, people are furious at the president. they don't want him re-elected to a third term. the highest court cleared him to seek a third term despite the constitutional limit to seek a third term. this what is osama bin laden's former hideout in pakistan looks like today. being demolished. the work started last night. pakistani officials say they don't want the compound to stand as a gathering point for bin laden followers. >>> imagine you could help save 30 lives with one unselfish act. one man did donating a kidney, a kidney. the first link in the kidney donation chain. you have to hear his story. i am talking to rick next. don't go anywhere. we were having too much fun, we weren't thinking about a will at that time. we were in denial. t

but while you're all dignitaries i would like to make mention of the fact that oliver holmes norton,of you have helped achieve this significant mile stone. thank you for taking this journey with us. one of the things i like to do because nobody gets anything done by themselves or even with an able and beautiful partner, we have a council who has been with us on this journey and with lonnie, all supporting and advising. i'd like the members of the advisory council to stand and receive your applause and appreciation. and if i can be allowed just one moment of personal reflection before i turn it over to linda, the personal significance to me. i've read it many times that history is written by the winners. history is written by the winners. and to me,b the reality of this museum puts an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence that after 400 years of struggle, of triumph, of tragedy, of turmoil, of turbulence, we won. >> well said, well said. as members of this council, we have had the pleasure of witnessing a vision take shape. one that as lonnie bunch has indicated will encourage u

one will return to syria to fight if he has to. >> we will not lift our people in holmes. we don't -- we will not let them -- we will go there and die there. >> reporter: the white house has said it wants a diplomatic edge to the crisis in syria but in recent days the administration signaled it may consider other options including supporting opposition forces. >> it is clear to me that there will be a breaking point. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news some arab countries are now supplying rebels with reps. syrian -- weapons. syrian opposition groups are expected to attend the conference in tunisia to talk about a conversion to democracy. >>> penn state received a federal subpoena related to former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he is accused of molesting ten boys, charges the former coach denies. prosecutors are looking for certain information about sandusky. his charity, the university, and thre administrators. a spokeswoman for penn state said the school is cooperating with the request. >>> in campaign 2012 when you are the front runner you get the most scrutin

regime of bashar al assad has been accused of repression torture and killing but with abad much of holmes blame has since focused on our side forces attacking civilians and shell in residential areas. in a beautiful yard called himself a member of the opposition an intellectual not everyone his stresses from a social democratic group originally from holmes he blames assad for mistakes which allowed bloodshed at the start but he just defies what the regime is doing in his native city now he is the two i and he is trying to to to. protect civilians i think that in homs there are many gangs you know there is a title and everyone can claim that he belongs with that this title and no one can ban him the danger posed by the armed forces who are seen in the killing of a french journalist last month and b. says when he went to homs he put in his mind that the syrian opposition is very peaceful in the g.m. is trying to this frame them so he he was like a pioneer in the call and he was killed by the some gang attacks on government targets have become increasingly bloody themselves with twenty eight

bloodshed from behind the rebel held lives just last week two western journalists were killed in holmes the scene of some of the bloodiest battles between armed opposition groups and the forces of president bashar al assad some media executives say the lack of press access is unprecedented but as artie's lucic half an offer is about to show the world has been through this at least once before there is no doubt that the siege of homes is brutal and horrific but it's difficult to see how it differs from the siege of fallujah back in two thousand and four. but they now call homes the capital of the revolution just as they once called palooza the capital of terror different conflicts that share more in common that actually means the eye now each is the third largest city and its country in each the site of a bloody urban war one of them now in history books the other still raging as we speak now in homes as in fallujah poorly armed insurgents faced off against a superior military well equipped soldiers armed with mortar snipers tanks and airpower and in both cases officials claims that only

let's hear first from delegate norton, eleanor holmes norton who is a friend of mine.hank you for coming on. you were very strong today. when did you find out they were going to be an all-male -- almost like one of those cigarette hearings where all the leaders of the tobacco industry shows up. all the men there. when did you first realize this would be such a deadly visual for the guy holding these hearings? >> i realized -- i realized it this morning when i saw our business as she was there in the audience. we wanted her to be added to the panel. here we have five men sitting across the line to have one woman sitting there. apparently the committee thought would really have turned the tables on what they wanted to do because that woman would have talked about why contraceptives were important and she would have told a very poignant story. instead, they wanted to relitigate the health care law. they wanted to make this a hearing in the abstract on religious liberty when, of course there would have been no hearing in the first place, except for the controversy about re

emergency crews are trying to get to people trapped in their holmes. the storms ripped through harveyville's kansas, injuring at least 11 people there. this is a birth's eye view of the damage. the town looks like it took a direct hit from an apparent tornado. you can see dozens of holmes destroyed, strong winds knocked down trees and power lines. and again this is just part of a big storm system moving across the country. >>> and taking a look outside right now here in our area, we are getting rain. we are not expecting severe weather. storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein can tell us what we can expect. good morning, tom. >> good morning, barbara. we might get a little thunder and lightning but i don't think that we are going to have any severe weather. although it is associated with the same system. we will probably just get thunder and lightning. already had that through central shenandoah valley. you can see this moving color on radar. that's rain. and where you see the yellows and reds, that's where it is raining hardest. we are getting some m

bob ryan is in the weather center, but we begin with horace holmes in frederick. >> it is not a lot but there is snow on the ground. it started late this afternoon trailing off at about 8:00, 9:00 tonight. they expected a lot more. for the snow lovers, this was a huge letdown. >> i'm not cold. >> the snowfall made for a slow ride home. the normally bumper-to-bumper traffic slowed to a crawl tonight. work crews in montgomery and frederick county were ready and out in force. by the early evening, the snow tapered off. >> i'm glad i left work early but it stopped. >> it was just enough to cover the ground and remind us this is winter. it was not enough to meet the snow-starved happy. >> i missed the really good snowstorms. >> it was not enough for people like jason, who works for a landscaping company and depends on snow removal jobs this time of year. >> losing money, losing money. >> i wish we had another blizzard like 2010. >> the snowfall may not have been what some wanted, but there is still a lot of winter left. reporting live from frederick horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> thank you fo

reporting live comic horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> thank you. the arrest comes as a surprise to many in an arlington neighborhood where amine el- khalifi was living. >> richard reeve is live with reaction to the arrest. >> alison, the condominiums are like dozens of other complex is within the area. many folks are shocked that a terrorist would live here. this is not the first time amine el-khalifi has been in trouble. >> the arlington landlord says he's not surprised his former tenant, amine el-khalifi, is an accused terrorist. >> i specifically said i think he is making bombs. >> he complained to police about amine el-khalifi in 2010. the 29-year-old who live in apartment 6 with a girlfriend threatened him and had not paid rent. there was something else. >> he was getting packages that were heavy in the unusual. i kicked him out. i did that give him time to sell anything over here. >> tonight, outside his condominium, a different story. >> you do not suspected terrorists to be living in your neighborhood. >> neighbors say shortly after 2:00 on

the hearing this week was a matter of great asset to carolyn maloney and also eleanor holmes norton -- upset to carolyn maloney and also eleanor holmes norton. >> it is not a new thing to have a cited congressional hearing. however, it was not a stroke of genius to have all men talking about contraception that involves principally when it. they can get it over the counter any time they want. >> let's talk about the president's deal. you had a column about it on friday, charles. it is a compromise, so to speak. >> it is not a compromise, it is a fake, an accounting trick and a catholic hospital, like a catholic charity or public- school, is required by law to engage an insurer -- like a catholic charity or school, is required by law to engage an insurer that will provide contraceptives. i have no problem with contraceptives. it is not about access to contraceptives. it is can the state compel a religious organization to do something, to engage an insurer was required by law to provide something that is against the doctrine of that church? the answer is nothing has changed in a moral ce

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elanore holmes walked out. five men, a few catholic frooprs talking about women's health. >> it's not just about imagery. many others have sent me the tweet of this image. it is about the women's voice being heard whether they are republicans or democrats, we're not there just for the photo op especially when for many this is a women's health issue. >> reporter: that is something that we heard over and over on the hill from the democratdemoc. a lot of democrats who feared they were on the wrong side of the issue of it felt they were losing. they said president obama was going to be criticized for overstepping his bounds again. today, that kind of took a step in the other direction where a lot of women said wait, why is this all the focus on being what men's opinions are of women's health. this is right into that viewpoint that's coming out now. last week they looked at the gop on this issue, this week it's back to the democratic side. >> congresswoman ann marie of new york was the only one there. she did agree

>>> michael holmes for us there, thanks so much. base with you later on, thanks a million. >>> rick santorum and mitt romney, running neck and neck in the polls. so what does next week's primaries in michigan and arizona have in store for them? i spoke to cnn contributor maria cardona and lenny mcalester. >> it didn't seem he was prepared to receive the attacks to be the big target, going in this as the front-runner, nationally, he should have understood that he was going to be the one that was receiving all these attacks from all sides and should have been ready with a lot more pivot. seemed that romney was able to get under his skin, having said all that, i do think that he still performed well in terms of showing that he is the consistent conservative, that he is still the candidate that can be the anybody but romney, and what we've seen from romney especially this week in michigan, is that he still hasn't been able to seal the deal. so i think that santorum still has a chance here, still neck in neck in michigan and arizona and

joining me is michael holmes, live in beirut. michael, what are you hearing out of that region today? >> reporter: yeah, been a lot more violence today, deborah. in homs itself more than a dozen deaths, that is not counting the injuries. we can't get a number on the injuries. around the country, 36 is the death toll, officially from the activist side of things, but our experience is that is likely to go way up before the end of the day. there has been violence in fact all around the country, not just in homs, several deaths in another area, families killed according to activists. we have seen impacts of shells being uploaded to youtube, activists telling us we were speaking to one activist earlier said the shelling in homs had been almost constant and we could hear the shells impacting as he talked to us via skiep. for the people in the neighborhoods, this is very much a war underway. deborah? >> michael, the red cross was hoping to get in, a lot of people injured, hoping to get them to safety but there's no cease fire, no detant

i shot a man and burned him up in the car after i had shot him. >> as a younger man, holmes tried to escape from prison twice. >> i was 26 years old and was determined i didn't want to die inside these walls. now i'm 51. i'll be 52 this year. so age and time slows a person down, changes your perspective, attitude, and i've come to accept the fact after several attempts that i can make my life hard in here or i can make it easy. and now i look in the mirror and i don't have the same "i don't care" attitude because i find in the end i do care. it matters what you do in here and it matters what you do out there. >> holmes eventually earned the right to live in one of the prison's minimum security dormitories. >> in here, you look around, you'll find no bars. you have windows like on the street. it's a state of mind. you look at the bars 24/7 and you can't never get away from the fact that you're locked up. it's a lot better. you have a lot more freedom of movement. the reality is i'm going to die in here and once i come to realize that i slowed down on the things that i was doing. i tri

trying to the current constitution and that's why it came amid reported violence in the cities of holmes and hamas some of the fiercest fighting in the months long on arrest or he's murray if an ocean i reports from damascus. the day for the people's referendum on the country's new constitution has been announced on wednesday it is expected to be held on the twenty sixth of february in eleven days the syrian government has been working on the draw for this new constitution for quite a while now and that the most important thing about this new constitution the most important change is that it's implies and of monopoly of the ruling party syria the gulf party has been in power in the country for the last fifty years actually since the beginning of the uprising here in syria last march protesters have been calling for democratic reforms and for amendments to the country's key role no wakil of violence that followed initial demonstrations peaceful demonstrations many opposition leaders have been only demanding president bashar al assad to go and they will not be satisfied with these particul

good evening i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. the fun is all done, but for police the work is just starting. >> reporter: you can see it just over my shoulder just up the block here. already in the last hour we've seen driving trying to avoid it. we want to show you video from within the last hour that we're showing police as they started checking the cars going through. it's just one way that officers tonight are cracking down. >> all to educate the public that drunk driving is hazardous. we're trying to bring our drunk arrest numbers down by doing so we bring fatalities down and hopefully make the community safer. >> reporter: in downtown danville, some watched the game at bars. shaking shots. >> i'm just out hanging with friends. i don't care. >> reporter: friends who plan driving home today. this super bowl isn't as lucrative as the niners were playing but safety concern is the safe. >> we're always happy to call cops here in danville. we get a lot of cabs that line up to take people home. >> we'll be taking a cab or walking,

delegate eleanor holmes norton stormed out shortly after making the statement.ring stemmed from the white house rule requiring faith-based employers to provide insurance that would cover birth control. norton says she was outraged because the panel included only men, and her female guest was denied entry. >> they were violating our first amendment rights to talk about that ag pe-- that aspect of the controversy that, by the way, is what most women and most families were concerned about. >> the second panel for the hearing did feature two female witnesses. >>> maryland lawmakers could vote on the same-sex marriage bill as early as this afternoon. last night the house of delegates approved an amendment to make the law effective next january instead of this october. the idea is to allow more time to bring the gay marriage issue up for voter referendum in november. advocates of same-sex marriage have been working to get a few more votes to reach the 71 needed to pass the bill. >>> today the maryland state senate will vote whether to discipline prince george's county

opposition and intellectual not one his stress is from a social democratic group originally from holmes he blames assad for mistakes which allowed bloodshed at the start but he just defies what the regime is doing in his native city now he is the two i mean he is trying to. protect civilians i think that in homs there are many gangs you know there is a title and everyone can claim that he belongs with this title and no one can ban him the danger posed by the armed forces was seen in the killing of a french journalist last month and b. says when he went to homs he put in his mind that the syrian opposition is very peaceful in the trying to frame them so he he was like a pioneer in the call and he was killed by the some gang attacks on government targets have become increasingly bloody themselves with twenty eight people killed and scores injured when an attack on a military base in a letter last week an f.s.a. free syrian army representative at the meet its responsibility before the organization later denied it claim and government forces claim ridiculed by the regime when the insurgents

ktvu's heather holmes live with a look at the split. >> reporter: now they are asking a larger panel of 11 judges to review the ruling. the legal victory delivered to same-sex marriage supporters two weeks ago is now being challenged. lawyers for the groups who sponsored prop eight are requesting the ninth circuit take another look. >> we decided it was in the best interest of this key and the defense of prop eight and that this really is an important opportunity for the ninth circuit to correct what is an anomalous decision by the three judge panel. >> reporter: that panel approved that the law violated the law of california. >> it's not really surprising. tate -- they could have gone either way. >> reporter: they're taking their chances with 11 randomly selected judges. >> if you get the right draw you could say a lot of conservative judges they could actually win. >> reporter: if they don't, little says there are other potential benefits. >> another advantage they get is they get another stronghold. and slows down the process. >> reporter: all of the delays frustrate supporters of

reporting live tonight here in oakland, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> in oakland's chinatown today, a call to occupy protesters. no more violence. seniors in chinatown have lost a sense of security since the occupy protests began. community leaders say the demonstrations are especially hard on the elderly. some of whom moved here after leaving situations of war and chaos. >> they hit a helicopter. the sirens, and all the activities that they saw. just reminding them, many, many bad experiences. many expressing, they have deep issues physically and mentally. >> the protests have greatly hurt business right in the middle of the chinese new year's celebrations. >>> now to the race for the president. a fresh start for rick santorum after he won two republican cusses last night. he -- caucuses last night. he raised more than a million dollars today. in texas today, santorum stressed his conservative credentials, but criticizing yesterday's prop 8 ruling, around attacking supporters of same sex marriage. >> they want their world view to be imposed without question. if you question

ktvu's heather holmes live with a look at the split. >> reporter: now they are asking a larger panel of 11 judges to review the ruling. the legal victory delivered to same-sex marriage supporters two weeks ago is now being challenged. lawyers for the groups who sponsored prop eight are requesting the ninth circuit take another look. >> we decided it was in the best interest of this key and the defense of prop eight and that this really is an important opportunity for the ninth circuit to correct what is an anomalous decision by the three judge panel. >> reporter: that panel approved that the law violated the law of california. >> it's not really surprising. tate -- they could have gone either way. >> reporter: they're taking their chances with 11 randomly selected judges. >> if you get the right draw you could say a lot of conservative judges they could actually win. >> reporter: if they don't, little says there are other potential benefits. >> another advantage they get is they get another stronghold. and slows down the process. >> reporter: all of the delays frustrate supporters of

reporting live tonight in oakland, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. ♪ [ music ] >>> it was warmay. not like february at all, we had record warmth throughout parts of the bay area. a warm spot was santa rosa, 79 degrees. livermore broke a record as well. the santa rosa airport actually reached 80 degrees today. 10 to 15 degrees warmer than they were yesterday. some areas almost 20 degrees warmer. as we head forward into tomorrow, we've got a wind advisory that goes into effect. i'll show you the places that that will affect the most, and when the winds will begin to die down. see you back here. >>> a bay area newspaper says it has determined the identity of the police officer who caused the injury to an iraq war veteran. they reviewed ktvu video of the october 25 clash and oakland police records. the war veteran was injured when he was hit in the head by a projectile, apparently fired by police. the express says it's determined that officer is robert roche. roche has previously been involved in three deadly shootings. oakland police declined comment, saying the investigation is o

reporting live tonight here in oakland, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> in oakland's chinatown today, a call to occupy protesters. no more violence. seniors in chinatown have lost a sense of security since the occupy protests began. community leaders say the demonstrations are especially hard on the elderly. some of whom moved here after leaving situations of war and chaos. >> they hit a helicopter. the sirens, and all the activities that they saw. just reminding them, many, many bad experiences. many expressing, they have deep issues physically and mentally. >> the protests have greatly hurt business right in the middle of the chinese new year's celebrations. >>> now to the race for the president. a fresh start for rick santorum after he won two republican cusses last night. he -- caucuses last night. he raised more than a million dollars today. in texas today, santorum stressed his conservative credentials, but criticizing yesterday's prop 8 ruling, around attacking supporters of same sex marriage. >> they want their world view to be imposed without question. if you question

reporting live tonight in oakland, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. ♪ [ music ] >>> it was warmay. not like february at all, we had record warmth throughout parts of the bay area. a warm spot was santa rosa, 79 degrees. livermore broke a record as well. the santa rosa airport actually reached 80 degrees today. 10 to 15 degrees warmer than they were yesterday. some areas almost 20 degrees warmer. as we head forward into tomorrow, we've got a wind advisory that goes into effect. i'll show you the places that that will affect the most, and when the winds will begin to die down. see you back here. >>> a bay area newspaper says it has determined the identity of the police officer who caused the injury to an iraq war veteran. they reviewed ktvu video of the october 25 clash and oakland police records. the war veteran was injured when he was hit in the head by a projectile, apparently fired by police. the express says it's determined that officer is robert roche. roche has previously been involved in three deadly shootings. oakland police declined comment, saying the investigation is o