the defense countered by saying ingmar guandique did not do it. they say there is dna evidence in the case and it exonerates ingmar guandique. the defense called ingmar guandique's former cell mate jailhouse snitches, especially telling the jurors their testimony is simply not reliable. a few other notable witnesses to talk about, former california congressman gary condit. that's the man who had been the prime suspect in lee levy's murder after he had confessed to having an affair with her. he is expected to testify at some point throughout the trial and another warm that ingmar guandique admitted to attacking. that woman is expected to take the stand later this afternoon. >> thank you very much. we will follow the story throughout the day. >>> the georgetown university students accused of operating a drug lab out of their dormitory are due in court today. carbon hall was evacuated on saturday morning after students reported a strange odor. seven people were exposed to noxious odors. two georgetown university student and john perrone a guest have

prosecutors say that ingmar guandique had a pattern of attacking women in the park and they put on the stand two other women with remarkably summit stories, except prosecutors say they survived to i.d. their attacker. one woman was in tears as she described how ingmar guandique grabbed her from behind as she was jogging in the park and that he choked her. that she fought him off by digging her fingernails in to the soft tissue below his tongue but chandra levy may not have been so lucky. the year her body lay out in the woods, washed away almost all the forensic evidence they cannot say for sure how she died. >> it is case that lacks evidence rather than the case that has evidence. that's why the government needed to go to all sorts of prisons throughout the country and rip out gang members and see what they can testify to. on the other han, jurors love to put circumstantial cases together. i think they are as powerful as direct evidence cases. >> reporter: ingmar guandique's lawyers say that the police investigation failed right from the start. they failed to even go out and look at o

ingmar guandique denies he ever committed the crime. he will be judge bade jury of 12 women and four men including nine whites, six blacks and one asian but no latinos despite the defense argued the fact he would not get a fair trial without them. some hoff the questions asked during the selection is that they may try to blame condit for the murder. he had been a prime suspect in the murder after he admitted to having an affair with the 24- year-old intern. a spokesman for condit said he does expect to testify at some point in this trial. now, this trial is expected to last for several weeks, possibly even more than a month. it will be an extensive, long trial and again if the defendant is indeed convicted he will likely face life in prison. andrea, mike? >> thank you for the update. now looking at the news that happened while you slept. a bomb planted on a motorcycle kills five people and wounds more than a dozen in central pakistan. >> that explosion happened at the get of a famous shrine during morning prayers today. this is the lath

ingmar guandique sits at the defense table staring at the witnesses. he sits there silently with his head cocked a little bit to the side. prosecutors say he has not always been so silent. they say he confessed to killing candy dray levy, confessed to several of his cell mates in prison and we're expecting to hear from some of those cell mates here at the courthouse. derek? >> any other clues as to what the defense may be planning in terms of a defense against what you acknowledge is mostly circumstantial evidence? >> that's the point. and they say prosecutors have really just no physical evidence in this case and that the police, when they looked at this, just hopelessly blew it nearly a decade ago. that say they poisoned the evidence and that once you do that everything that flows from that is just poisoned an you can't believe it. they also say, as for these kind of cell mates they called them prison snitches and they say all of their testimony is provided with "deals on their minds." >> bruce leshan live at the courthouse. thank you. one of the thr

ingmar guandique denies he ever committed the crime. he will be judged by a jury of 12 women and four men. there are no latinos, despite the fact the defense argued he would not get a fair trial without one. some of the questions asked during jury selection suggest the defense may try to blame gary condit for levy's murder. the congressman had been a prime suspect in the murder after he admitted to having an affair with the 24-year-old intern. a spokesperson for condit said he does expect to testify, but of course, that will not take place likely for several weeks. this is a trial that's likely expected to take several months before it is complete. and it all starts right here at 10:00 this morning. >> before you go, no eyewitnesses and no dna evidence. so what is at the heart of the prosecution's case against ingmar guandique? >> well, pretty much the crux of the case really, on the prosecution's end really comes from jailhouse informants. like you said, there is no dna evidence, no eyewitnesses in this case. so the prosecution, the cr

her remains were found in rock creek park and ingmar guandique was convicted. the trial will take a month. >>> 14 people died in a shootout at a birthday party in mexico on friday. the did ranged in age from 13to 32. -- the dead ranged in age from 13 to 32. the city is near the center of mexico's drug war. >>> charles smith, john romano, and another will try to make a hallucinogenic. officers made the discovery in the dormitory after getting reports of a strange smell on saturday. >>> a new poll in the governor's race has martin o'malley widening his lead over bob ehrlich. the poll shows a 14. gap with 52% for ole. one week before election day, the republican former governor is bringing big support. rudy giuliani was in maryland on sunday campaigning alongside bob ehrlich. they spoke at a farm in montgomery county. rudy giuliani criticized martin o'malley for anti-business policies. >>> only eight more days in the campaign for the midterm election. we are in the home stretch. >> this is the only guy that will get you a balanced budget and a smaller government a

paul. >> reporter: well, brian, this is an entirely circumstantial case against ingmar guandique and the prosecutor in this case amanda haynes said as much to the jury when she addressed them earlier today. she is trying to show a correlation between two attacks in the park that guandique has pled guilty to and the attack of chandra levy. they believe that guandique is guilty of all three killing chandra levy and the two other women. one of those other women halle shilling took the stand today and testified about what happened to her. she described in chilling detail and in very tearful, as a matter of fact, how this man came up behind her on a jogging trail and tackled her from behind. she then told the story about how she ultimately got away. halle shilling told the court she just wanted to hit the trail that day, listen to her music and escape, about the as she ran deeper into the woods the man she had seen watching her suddenly came up from behind jumping onto her shoulder and wrestling her to the ground. her voice cracking with emotion, shilling told the court, "i felt as afraid

ingmar guandique is accused of killing the federal intern in 2001.f investigators had focused on former california congressman gary condit who allegedly had an affair with the woman at one time. he may be called as a witness. >>> so far at least 250 people have been killed in an outbreak of cholera in haiti. thousands more are sick. there are camps set up to house the survivors. >>> virginia theological seminary will be billed a chapel that broke out on friday -- where a fire broke out on friday. investigators are working to find the cause. >>> developments in the drug bust at georgetown university. three young suspects were making drugs in the dormitory. all three will go to court today. brianne carter is live there with more on the story. >> good morning. charles smith, john romano, and john perrone are expected to be in court later today. the three are accused of trying to make a hallucinogen known as rm at georgetown university at franklin hall on the ninth floor after students smelled a strange odor. they found ammonia, lighter fluid, salt, glov

today, we heard from one of ingmar guandique's victims.

person, it was almost like he was in plain sight for a long time. >> ingmar guandique was hiding inlain sight. he was right here all the time. if anyone had looked at the information about attacks in rock creek park and put that together with the fact that chandra levy had been looking up rock creek park on her computer, that's the last thing anyone knows about chandra levy, if those dots had been connected, they might have looked harder at ingmar guandique. >> reporter: despite all the time that passed, the case had not been forgotten. last year the "washington post" embarked on an unprecedented 13-day series reexamining levy's murder. most of the leads took the post directly to guandique. he denied any involvement in levy's death. the newspaper reported that he had admitted to another inmate he killed levy. then friday, word of a break in the case of an imminent arrest. >> the chief of police called us. she said it will be really soon, so tonight or tomorrow. >> reporter: the levys are grateful that there may be an arrest. that won't change their grief. >> no future, no grandchild

a jury was chosen last week to hear the case against ingmar guandique. gary condit did admit to having a relationship with levy but nothing to do with her murder. >> antinette keller, the freshman known as toni, has not been seen since out 14th. while the investigation continues, school officials say campus security is being beefed up. >> our students will see more police officers on campus. and we've also gone, if you will, have a 24-hour lockdown within our residence halls. so only residents will be allowed to enter the halls and using their card access. >> devastating because we don't want anything to happen to anybody on campus. >> a student who talked to keller before she went missing said she was going to take a walk in a nature preserve. authorities say some items recovered with those remains are consistent with her belongings. >>> public health experts are racing to prevent the widespread cholera outbreak in haiti. our dr. richard besser is in haiti where he says the threat is very grave. >> reporter: i've investigated cholera outbreaks around th

comunitaria para comentar los cambios en delano hall en el 6900 de la avenida georgiala pon de ingmar guandiqueosppara lograrlo, aron de establecer una cion falsa entre guandique y una mujer, pero no dio resultado... mujer bajo el seudonimo de maria lopez intercambiaba correspondenciacon el salvadoreÑo desde la carcel indagando informacion durante el 2004 y 2005.. abogados de guandique dijeron que estas tacticas no son eticas y piden que se suspenda el caso, porque guandique invoco su derecho de guardar silencio... durante una audiencia publica, un juez nego la peticion el presidente de chile sebatian piÑera visito a los 33 mineros en el hospital.. autoridades medicas del hospital se mostraron optimistas de una pronta recuperacion...de hecho, dijeron que dos o tres mineros podrian ser "los 33 minerosn una buena noche, se encuentran felices de estar de devuelta en la superficie y no vemos nosotros ningun problema desde ese punto de vista, ni del punto de vista medico, el minero tambien que se hablo de que tenia una complicacion pulmonar ha evolucionado perfectamente con tratamiento de antibi

>> right now, on news4 midday, opening statements are under way this morning in the trial of ingmar guandique's accused of attacking chandra levy, a former federal intern in rock creekark back in 2001. levy's mother is among those in court this morning. guandique is already serving time for two similar attacks that also happened in rock creek park. >>> a florida teenager who couldn't stop hiccuping for five weeks is now behind bars, and charged with murder. 19-year-old jennifer mee, along th two others, were arrested for fatally shooting a man during an armed robbery on saturday night. mee got national attention back in 2007 for her five-week-long bout with hiccups, and even appeared on the "today" show, multiple times, describinging her ordeal. >>> well, it was a sloppy game in chicago between the bears and the redskins. but all that matters is that washington left the windy city with a w. news4's dan hellie has a recap from soldier field. >> nine total turnovers between the bears and the redskins, and there could have been five more as the skins recovered five of their own fumbles. most of

the 29-year-old ingmar guandique will face the courts and a family looking for justice. >> there is no justice. we have a life sentence not having our child. knowing what happened. >> this trial will get underway at 10:00 this morning with opening statements. it could last more than a month. we also expect to hear from congressman gary condit as well as chandra levy's mother. courtney robinson reporting. >> thank you. >>> some businesses in bethesda are cleaning up after two cars smashed into two buildings on sunday morning. an elderly woman hit a parked car in front of a strip mall. the impact posted a parked car into a dry cleaners. if the woman's car smashed into a hair salon. the people were not hurt and the woman driver was also not seriously injured. >>> a party turned deadly in fredericksburg in the 100 block of early streets saturday morning. husband and wife cut into a fight and another man got involved. that is when a husband allegedly ran to get a gun. if the two men struggled and it went off, killing the husband. the victim is jason jett. the second man is in custody this m

ingmar guandique is charged with the attempted sexual assault and murder of levy in 2001. several media outlets are also reporting that gary condit, with whom levy was romantically linked, will be called to testify. the trial gets under way at 10:00 this morning. >>> georgetown community students expected in court today. authorities say three men made a potentially lethal drug in a dorm room. sarah simmons joins us with more. >> reporter: the drug we are talking about is dmt. dea agents say they have known about this drug and have been working on it. the students we are talking about that are expected to be in court are charles smith and john romano. john perrone is also expected to be in court. this actually happened early saturday morning and students were evacuated from the dorm room. investigators say police found hot plates, several chemicals and even an air ventilation system inside of a dorm room on the ninth floor of harbin hall. the drug enforcement agency said at first officials thought a meth lab was in operation there. but tests revealed that it was not meth th

. >>> opening statements are set to begin today in the murder trial of ingmar guandique. last friday, a panel of 12 women and four men were chosen as jurors. that includes four alternates. gary condit may be called to testify during the trial. >>> at the guantanamo bay prison, lawyers for a detainee say they are hoping for a plea deal. the military judge will hold a hearing on a possible settlement before the hearing. omar cotter has been held at guam bay since he was 15 years old. >>> -- at guantanamo bay since he was 15 years old. >>> a new york city congressman is demanding youtube take down videos posted by terrorists. he says there are some 700 videos featuring the bin laden of the internet. he targets potential new recruits to wage violent jihad against americans. he says more than three and a half million people have viewed terrorist videos on youtube. >>> on the economic fronted, the united states is growing but some economists predict economic growth may be slower in the coming months. a survey by the national association for business economics comes out today an

accused murderer ingmar guandique goes on trial.used of killing chandra levy in 2001 at rock creek park. prosecutors are expected to rely heavily on that criminal history. >>> what are you doing for the morning of november 2nd? candidates hope you make a priority to vote. "washington post" poll shows 54% will vote for martin o'malley. that's compared to 40% who say they would vote for bob ehrlich. o'malley's lead comes evenas the majority say they are unhappy with the maryland economy. both candidates have said polls do not matter, what matters is how many voters sh up on election day. joe, back to you in the studio. >>> neighbors in silver spring are remembering a man who died after a violent altercation with police. 65-year-old kareem abdul ali passed away ree days after he was pepper sprayed and tased by officers. his friends and family members still want to know exactly what happened. news 4's darcy spencer reports. >> he comeeth forth as a flow and isut down. >> reporter: relatives and friends of 65-year-old kareem abdul ali he

ingmar guandique was charged with her murder last year. prosecutors are facing an up-hill battle in th trial. there is no physical evidence. there are no eyewitnesses but prosecutors say her murder was milar to other crime guandique is serving time for. defense attorneys say guandique is being made a scapegoat. >>> charges were dropped today against john romano, one of the two college stunts accused of operating a drug lab in a dorm room at georgetown university. his roommate, charles smith, and a campus visitor remai in jail today accused of operating a lab in the hall to produce the hallucinogenic drug dmt. >>> and defending the firing of juan william. williams was fired last week after telling fox news channel that he gets nervous when he gets on a plane and sees people in clothing that identify them as muslim. npr chief executive vivian schiller said she stands by the decision to fire williams but she said she deeply regrets the way it was handled or explained. >>> some scary moments in texas after a powerful tornado hit just south of

both women were able to identify 29-year-old ingmar guandique as the attacker. as convicted of those crimes. prosecutors say that chandra levy, while on a job, guandique followed her, attacked and killed her. their case is very circumstantial. they have no dna evidence, fingerprints or witnesses. but they say that he killed her in may of 2001 and would have been brought to justice had police focused more on finding evidence and less on the alleged affair that levy had with her california congressman, gary condit, who was ultimately cleared of any involvement in her murder. the prosecution says the investigation was botched. the defense agrees, and that is why they say he cannot be convicted. the only evidence they have are statements by federal inmates. chandra levy's mother is inside. jean king in hiding her face with a scarf -- she came in hiding her face with a scarf. she seemed near tears when the defense told the jury? despite the heartbreaking -- told the jury that despite the heartbreaking details of this case, they have to move beyond that and look at the

think they have the right guy is they have confessions from other inmates who shared a cell wh ingmar guandiquea prison. they say guandique admitted to them that he raped and killed chandra levy during the spring of 2001. so prosecutors are really basing a lot of their case on that. also, remember, guandique had confessed to attacking two female joggers in rock creek park around the same tim that chandra levy went missg. sorosecutors are saying, look, he did it before, he did it again and this is why we think he's our guy. >> this is pbably not the strongest case -- as strong a case as they would like. was there some pressure to move forward despite some holes in e case? >> exactly. this was truly a well documented, well publicized case. this was known around the country and around the world as a quintessential washington story. a young intern comes to washington, tries to make it in the big city. has an affair with a congressman who was 30 years older than she was. she turns up missing and, a yr later, she turns up dead. so there is a lot of pressure. this is one of the most publicizedold case

called dmt, a synthetic a hughes genic. >>> a trial in the man accused of killing chandra levy, ingmar guandique. he's already serving time for two similar attacks that also happened in rock creek park. >>> competitive swimmers are mourning the death of a sudden prominent american athlete. fran crib indied yesterday in dubai in a swimming competition. she never finished. divers found his body in the open water. >> they were sad because he had gone missing. >> some other swimms had complained that the water temperature was too high but overexertion was the cause of death and that heat w not a factor. >>> federal agts are now part of the investigation into what caused the devastating fire at a historic alexania church. atf is assisting local firefighters in determining the cause of the blaze. much of the main chapel was destroyed when the flames broke out on friday. investigators had to wait several days until the charred remains were stable enough to enter. the loss is more sentimental than material. >> parents were among the founng members of the church. i was baptized here. >> we were married.

court room, trying to prevent jurors from hearing that the examiner did not think the suspect, ingmar guandique was not being deceptive. he is charged with the 2001 murder of the d.c. intern in his trial is expected to begin october 18. >>> the parents of a frederick county soldier killed in afghanistan are speaking for the first time today. >> he loved to help people. he was a very joyful man. >> the parents of the sergeant spoke about how proud they were of their son. that was his brother speaking. the 29-year-old was killed last friday during combat operations. he was on his 12th deployment to afghanistan or iraq since joining the army in 2001. he leaves two children and his wife. >>> a legal showdown at the supreme court. >> all we wanted to do was to bury him with dignity and respect. and i have in your feelings hurt over words -- >> having your feelings hurt over words is not about to shut up speech. >> he is asking the court to reinstate a verdict against west perot for intentional infliction of emotional distress. the verdict was overturned. >>> 7 on your side with an important upgrade

ingmar guandique is charged with the sexual assault and murder of levy in 2001. former california congressman gary condit with whom levy was romantically linked believes he will be called to testify. paul wagner will follow this case from inside the courtroom and join us live coming up in about half an hour. >>> the election day now one week from tomorrow and some incumbents in the tightest races of their careers. joining us, bob cusak from the hill. and the question is are people going to get out to the polls. and one recent study said the young vote may not be there as much as what we saw two years ago. the know the democrats are counting on that to hold on to the seats. >> the president wanted the young voters, the hispanic voters but they won't be out there as much as in 2008. he knows that. but he needs enough of them out there so he can retain at least one chamber of congress and that will be tough. and the senate will be tough for republicans to grab but the house is looked to favor to win the house. >> and what happened if that plays out what, will we see

but the man accused of her murder is ingmar guandique, the gang member authorities believe attacked her while she jogged in a park. he wasn't indicted until nearly eight years after her death but there is no physical proof linking him to her. >> there's no dna evidence. there's no eyewitnesses to the actual occurrence. what they do have is circumstantial. >> guandique was sentenced for attacking two other women and allegedly told other inmates he killed levy. he denies the jail house confession. her body wasn't found until more than a year after she disappeared. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," most stocks in asia climbed higher this morning. ashley morrison is in new york with much more on that. good morning. >> good morning, betty. asian markets got a lift after g-20 leaders vowed to avoid a currency war. japan's nikkei had early gains but ended off a fraction, hong kong's hang seng was mostly higher. >>> today, wall street gets the latest on existing home sales and another round of corporate earnings. last week, stocks finished mixed after an early rally ran out of steam. the dow gained

ingmar guandique is charged with the attempted sexual assault and murder of levy. several media outlets are reporting that former california representative gary condit will be called to testify during this trial. the trial does get under way at 10:00 this morning. >>> two georgetown university students and a friend accused of manufacturing drugs on campus are expected to be in court today. the three were busted for allegedly making dmt, a drug that causes people to hallucinate and have an out of body or even near death feeling. >>> the first war crimes trial under president obama is scheduled to begin today. however, lawyers for a canadian citizen are hoping for a plea deal. he has been held at guantanamo bay since he was 15 years old. he is now 4 and facing a life sentence. >>> president obama is going to be in rhode island today. his latest stop in a whirlwind campaign for democrats ahead of next week's mid-term election. the president will tour a factory and talk with workers. maryland gubernatorial candidate robert ehrlich has picked up an endorsement from rudy

ingmar guandique is charged with attempted sexual assault and murder of levy back in 2001. and that washington intern's disappearance made headlines when she was romantically linked to gary condit. condit says he expects to be called to testify in the trial. >>> we now know the names of the men suspected of operating a drug lab in a dorm at georgetown university. police say charles smith and john romano, both georgetown university students and a guest have been charged with manufacturing a controlled substance. the three will be arraigned later this morning. police and emergency crews responded to the freshman dorm on saturday after a strange odor was reported. about 400 students were evacuated. >>> one man is dead and dozens of families need a place to stay this morning after a fire ripped through an apartment complex in prince georges county this weekend. the carriage hill apartments went up in flames on saturday. they found a 27-year-old man dead in an apartment where they think the whole thing started. three residents and three firefighters were take on the the hospital

the suspect in this case, ingmar guandique is an undocumented immigrant from el salvador. he is accused of attacking and killing levy in may of 2001. prosecutors have admitted there is no physical evidence linking him to her, but he allegedly confessed to fellow inmates, and levy's body was found in the same park where he assaulted two other young women. police no longer believe congressman condit had anything to do with the 24-year-old's death. she was an intern in d.c. at the time. the jury selection and the trial starts tomorrow. >>> today marked the 21st anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. the 6.9 quake killed 63 people across northern california back in 1989 and injured hundreds of others. most of those deaths happened when part of the cypress freeway in oakland collapsed. several people visited oakland's memorial today to remember. >> and i heard a rumble, and then i heard a -- i looked up and i seen the freeway fall down like dominoes, you know, when you stick dominoes straight up, that's what happened. that's what i saw with my own eyes. that's when i said i

a polygraph examiner believes ingmar guandique was not being -- when the city was not involved with theisappearance. >>> today is the ninth anniversary of the start of the afghan war. 1200 american servicemen and women have died. afghans have grown tired of the violence and increasingly resentful of foreign forces. ispport for vowel the war slipping. >>> sparks flew in florida last night. independent governor charlie crist and democratic representative kendrick meek spent much of the debate attacking the front runner republican. rubio has a 10 point lead in the polls. >>> the race to become maryland's governor is heating up as well. >> democrat martin o'malley rallied with the white house and republican bob ehrlich kids the airwaves. pamela brown is live in bowie. >> good morning. president obama is getting involved in the maryland race is going to give a speech at bowie state university in maryland on behalf of martin o'malley, the voters. meanwhile, new results show one candidate is gaining momentum among voters. martin o'malley has spread its lead over bob ehrlich. this latest one sh

the judge denied a request from ingmar guandique's attorney who wanted the case dismissed because of 10th vowel letters that were phony -- because of penpal lettters. >>> a drunk driver hit 24-year- old kiela ryan as she was getting out of her car on connecticut avenue during the funeral is at 11:00 a.m. today in jessup. >>> there will be a memorial today for one of two men struck and killed in north bethesda earlier this week. adam hosinski and rory weichbrod were hit by a car on rockville pike early sunday morning. funeral is ats 10:00 in silver spring today. rory weichbrod's funeral is tomorrow. >>> new details on the miracle at the mine. some of the chilean miners are waking up at home. >> remarkable. doctors say they are in good health, considering the ordeal. emily smith has the latest. >> the first three of the 33 found a way to avoid attention. there was a parade in front of the hospital didistracting reporters, so the three slipped out the back. >> it made us cry the the world was watching. >> they are progressing very well. one of them as pneumonia and other needs dental wo

prosecutors started off with emotionally charged testimony from other victims of ingmar guandique. >> in mark guandique is already doing time for attacking two other victims in the park. we heard today from one of his victims but said she shoved her fingers into his mouth and tore into is flush with her fingernails, driving him away. >> prosecutors acknowledge their case is built on bits and pieces of circumstantial evidence. they point out two weeks after the disappeared, guandique attacked a female jogger. the witness broke down into sobs as she spoke about him wrestling her down with a knife. she fought him off. prosecutors say the assault on the women happened within a couple of months of chandra levy's disappearance and near the spot where her remains were found. she had also gone running in rock creek park. the defense said they focused too much on congressman gary condit, with whom levy had had an affair. defense attorneys quickly honed in on the lack of dna evidence, fingerprints or witnesses. they, too, criticized the police for botching the investigation and said that they o

polygraph examiners concluded if ingmar guandique was not being deceptive when he said he was not involved with her disappearance. >>> this thursday morning, today marks the ninth anniversary of the start of the afghan war. since then, more than 1200 american servicemen and women have died. afghans have become tired of the violence and increasingly resentful of foreign forces. support for the war is slipping in the u.s. and in europe. >>> is hillary clinton going to be the one for 2016? >> this is the latest rumor after the secretary of state shot down the talks of a vice presidential bid in 2012. jim has more. >> its never too early. >> we have a crystal ball. robert gibbs said there's no truth to the idea that vice- president joe biden and secretary of state clinton would swap places. that has led to thoughts about what she's thinking about for 2016. >> i don't think hillary clinton is talking about this, but it is the people close to the. clintons' daughter. they are telling us they are not ut they arein d.c. b assisted in having her run in 2016. there is an e-mail list of donors. there

ingmar guandique he's been serving time for attacking two other women.evy from modesto vanished in 2001. >>> this week a state-wide earthquake drill is being held to remind people of being prepared. more than seven million people are expected to take part in the great california shakeout. at exactly 10:21,000 morning participates will be asked to duck and cover and practice how to protect themselves from falling objects during an earthquake. the drill follows the 21st anniversary of the earthquake. it hit on october 17th, 1989 as the san francisco giants and the oakland a's were about to begin game three of the world series. you remember freeways collapsed. buildings topped and caught on fire. 62 people died. >>> san francisco police say a two alarm fire in the tenderloin district is suspicious. it started yesterday morning at an apartment building on leavenworth. they had the flames under control in about an hour. red cross helping families that are displaced. investors in pittsburgh rush are looking into a fire that destroyed a home there. it started a

ingmar guandique is charged with the attempted sexual assault and murder of levy back in may of 2001. she disappeared after going for a jog in rock creek park. her remains found there a year later. the trial is expected to last about one month. >>> the levy case erupted into a major scandal it was learned that levy was romantically linked to gary condit. police don't believe condit has anything to do with the case. but still condit has said he is expected to testify during the trial. >>> and another court appearance. and this one from students from georgetown university. >> sarah simons is live now for us throughout the morn at georgetown and she joins us with the details. >> reporter: good morning, gurvir and allison. the students are expected to be in court later today. both students at georgetown university and another man who was visited here at the university. they are accused of manufacturing the drug called dmt inside of a dorm room here on campus. now this happened early saturday morning. over the weekend campus police got a call from someone who said there was a strange smell

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ingmar guandique is charged being with killing levi back in 2001. opening remarks are expected to begin on monday. >>> meanwhile a former student who shot and killed a frostburg university basketball play has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. tyrone hall originally claimed self-defense bacin april. but he changed his plea after the jury sent a note indicating it was having trouble reaching a decision. hall agreed to a possible maximum sentence of eight years in prison. >>> if you live in maryland you can cast your ballots this morning. early voting inow under way in maryland. it started yesterday. can you vote between now and october 28th from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. except for tomorrow. five voting centers open i prince george's county. vote at the upper marlboro community center, the bowie library, the college park community center, the wayne k. curry sports and learning center and oxon hill library. in montgomery county bauer drive community recreation center, germantown recreation center, marilyn praier community recreation center anm

a suspect already in police custody, ingmar guandique, an immigrant from el salvador. and this is where the man who would eventually be charged with chandra's murder lived. you can see on our gps this flag is where his apartment was. and right over here, this green area, that's rock creek park. that's only about three blocks away from where the defendant lives. guandique was already in jail for attacking two women in rock creek park not far from where levy's body was found. in february 2002, the fbi gave guandique a polygraph and they asked him questions about chandra levy. >> but the polygraph results, according to the examiner, came back inconclusive. again, in an investigation, that's not totally unusual. >> reporter: so guandique was, at least, temporarily ruled out as a suspect for chandra's murder. but he did get sentenced to ten years in prison for other two assaults. it would take police another seven years, the spring of 2009, before they would charge guandique with the murder of chandra levy. >> i just suspect that the reason it took a long time is because th

ingmar guandique is accused of not only attacking and killing chandra levy, but attacking two other womenone of them was attacked in the same park where levee died, rock creek park, two weeks later. she is set to testify today. and her story is chilling about how she screamed and screamed and no one could hear her say, somebody please help me. she survived obviously and is able to tell her story. prosecutors hoping that she can make a difference with this jury, that's why they are beginning with her statement. chandra levy as you see there was an intern, a graduate intern when her death occurred. she was jogging through the park, someone attacked her. there were no witnesses there. but her story became -- her death, rather became so public because you see the man in the middle there, former representative california congressman gary condit came out during all of this that they had a covert affair, and of course as that news made news his name in the headlines that drove this story. but the man at the center of it all now, not a congressman, not a politician at all, but an illegal immigran

ingmar guandique is charged with killing lee very.secutors say a examiner said he was not being deceptive. they also want to keep out the 2001 polygraph when they found a witness was being deceptive when he or she said guandique killed levy. prosecutors say the procedures for both tests were flawed. the trial is set toget under way later this month. >>> this morning the search is on for answers after a woman was murdered inside a northern virginia restaurant. this happened inside the five-t bar and grill on spring garden drive in springfield while people were eating dinner. police say a man and woman got into an argument when the man pulled out a knife and stabbed the woman before he injured himself. investigators say the two did know each other. the suspect was taken to the hoital. he has nonlife threatening injues. >> today starts year number ten of the war in afghanistan. president obama wants to bring u.s. troops home. afghistan has a new peace council to improve relations with t taliban and other insurgent groups. meanwhile, 1200

tomorrow ingmar guandique will begin his trial a he faces murder charges.des will present their opening statements. guandique is accused of murdering the former senate intern in rock creek park in 2001. >>> today new grocery store is opening up in prince george's county but it's much more than just a pla to buy your bread and milk. the new wegmann's is part of an effort to spark growth and development in the county. derrick ward joins us live now from the grand opening with more. an exciting morning for folks in prince george'county, derrick. >> reporter: irn deed it is, kimberly. talk about growth and delopment, you see that here in the parking lot. they're running low on carts. there are carts here but folks are waiting for someone who is leaving and getting their cart just like with parking spaces. a big day for prince george's county attracting a certain level of retail that herofore has seemed to avoid the county. that all seems to have changed this week with the openg of this wegmann's store he. i want to show you some footage from inside the store. c

opening statee begun in the murder trial of ingmar guandique, from el salvador.l assault and murder of levy in 2001. levy's disappearance caused a national sensation when she was romantically linked to then-rep. gary condit, a california democrat. authorities once considered condit a prime suspect but no longer believe he had anything to do with her death. some elderly patients can't get whooping cough vaccine. it's licensed for people up to age 64 because it wasn't tested on older people. many grandparents are concerned. some doctors are erroneously telling elderly patients that they cannot receive an inoculation for whooping cough, despite recommendations issued this summer by state health officials urging senior citizens to get vaccinated. california is entrenched in an outbreak of whooping cough, which has infected nearly 6,000 californians, and has killed 10 babies so far this year. there was an earthquake this morning now as a tsunami watch. it rocked the same area where there was a massive earthquake in 2004. we have no destruction estimates. no damage or

ingmar guandique is charged in the killing. he was 24 ket death and from modesto. she disappeared in 2001 when she was jogging in washington, d.c. her remains were found a year later in walks's rock creek park a spokesman for former congressman gary condit says he expected to be called as witness. >>> it is prosecutors who will face judgment in the coming weeks. the state bar association is reviewing dozens of prosecutors after a new report found misconduct may have sent innocent people to jail. the report by the northern california innocence project out of santa clara university law school found 600 lawyers committed everything from small technical mistakes to harmful and deceptive tactics like hiding evidence. the state bar is investigating 130 prosecutors who may have made mistakes who could have resulted in an unfair trial. >>> bedbugs are bugging the bay area, so much so that san francisco could soon be hitting landlords with $1,000 fines. the public health department wants tougher enforcement powers to ensure that city apartments remain nuisance free. new leg

here are sketches of ingmar guandique from yesterday, he is charged with murdering levy in 2001.rn's disappearance made national headlines after she had what prosecutors described as an extramarital affair with then-california rep. gary condit. condit was once a suspect but police no longer believe he had anything to do with her death. 953 we will be back with more and a couple of minutes. the cameras are still shaking getting a lot of wind past. mostly just cool and sunny. our kids can't afford another four years of crippling cuts to public schools. class sizes are too big, and all the standardized testing just isn't working. so classroom teachers looked closely at the plans of both candidates for governor. and we're supporting jerry brown. brown's plan focuses on a well-rounded education... with history, science, and the arts as well as english and math. schools where teachers and parents work together. and that's why we urge you to vote for jerry brown, a leader we can trust to make our public schools a priority again. [ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bol

ingmar guandique kay, an illegal immigrant from el salvador is charged with that crime.earance made headlines when she was linked to then california congressman gary condit. >>> republican meg whitman's final message to voters certainly caught my eye in california. watch. >> i know many of you see this election as an unhappy choice between a long-time politician with no plan for the future and a billionaire with no government experience. >> leading with the phrase unhappy choice. wow. as we told you, a new poll shows whitman trailing jerry brown by 13 points among likely voters thanks to just a collapse among hispanics. >> yeah, of course, whitman's campaign is criticizing that poll, saying the vase actually a lot closer than that. the last few days, i spoke to jerry brown about the final dives this campaign and about the possibility of returning to the job he first held 35 years ago. i was reading a quote from you this morning back in 2008 saying that being governor of california is an impossible tax and anybody who does it will likely leave office being discrediteded w

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