her nape is bonita jacques and u.s. marshals found her daughters' decom posing daughters inside the home while serving an eviction notice. bruce leshan has the story. >> reporter: bonita jackson lived with -- bonita jacques lived with her children's mummifying bodies and the smell of death for nearly seven months. today the defense asked for time for dna analysis on small patches of skin. the judge turned them down. now they are arguing over the admissibility of a long videotaped statement that bonita jacques gave to police. police brought out boxes and boxes of evidence that -- the tape may be the single most important piece of evidence. the defense is trying desperately to keep it out. >> i have a gag order -- i'm not allowed to speak to you guys. >> reporter: the statement from an enter -- interrogation room goes on and on for six hours. jacques in a soft slow raspy voice tiptoes up to the edge of explaining what happened to her girls. and then backs away. saying the detectives wouldn't understand. at one point she s

right now the admissibility of a videotaped tape statement that bonita jacques gave to list. the statement from an interrogation room goes on and on and on for six hours. jacques in a soft, slow, raspy voice tiptoes right up to the edge of explaining what happened to her girls, and then backs away. saying the detectives wouldn't understand. at one point she says her oldest daughter was possessed. she says she went to sleep with her youngest girl, 4-year-old asia. and woke to find her dead. she says the others just, quote, passed out and never got back up. this is bruce johnson in downtown washington. you may have noticed around the mall area and the inner city neighborhoods more and more people are getting around using these pedicabs. there are scores of them out here. >> basically our company line that is we don't work for a fee. we work for tips. >> there is no set fee. whatever you negotiate with the driver. >> what are the rules? do you follow bike rules or do you follow taxi cab rules. >> that is a good question. just -- there are rules -- we're -- were a basically a tax

it all depends on what it means, jacques. the president of the united states -- father, if you do something, shouldn't the presidt apologize? >> the president doesn't need to apologize, he needs to learn from his mistake. he made a freshman error. he doesn't have to apologize for everything. he's the president of the united states. he didn't offend anybody in a way that's obviously, clearly wrong, but he made a mistake, and he's not going to do that again. he's not going to rush to judgment. sean: next time you don't have to apologize to jesus if you something wrong. >> tha tha something new is happening at ethan allen with special savings on select fabrics on all frames you choose the fabric we custom make it it's more affordable than you think. ethan allen offer ends july 31st. busy lifestyles can make it hard to get enough fiber and key nutrients in your diet. be proactive about your health with... this great-tasting chewable fiber supplement harnesses the goodness of real fruits and vegetables to provide you both natural

jacques only new griffin for a few weeks. they say he shot her in the temple at close range. jacques had just gotten out of jail a few weeks earlier. >> the two men involved in the murder of a city homicide witness got long sentences in federal prison. 28-year-old marcus pearson will spend 35 years behind bars. ronald williams, 25 years. all for the death of carl lackl. both men played key roles in the killing. orchestrated by patrick bears. using a contraband chrome from the jail cell. he is serving a life sentence. >> by may of this year nearly 3000 juveniles were arrested in the city of baltimore. more juveniles were arrested in may in the southwest district it than any other district. but experts say there are far more juvenile crimes that go unreported. and for those arrests. politicians believe some are getting off too easy. >> there is a group out there. violent young people that seem to be getting a free pass. and they go back out and they commit crime after crime after crime. >> the top reported offenses in the month of may include assault and robbery, and possession

and bonita jacques says no one in the family had eaten in a long, long time. police found a knife next to the oldest girl brittany 17 years old. after a long analysis, forensic investigators determined that she had been staged to -- stabbed to death. the three other girls were strangled or strangled and beaten to death. her lawyers urged her to accept an insanity plea but she refused. today jacque's interrupted her lawyer to ask that the judge clear the courtroom. that was turned down. the trial is expected to pick back up tomorrow morning, with opening statements. derek? >> bruce leshan live from the courthouse thank you. >>> confirmation hearings for sonia sotomayor are underway on capitol hill. republicans were quick to voice their concerns about president obama's pick for the u.s. supreme court. but as hari sreenivasen reports with democrat in the majority her path to the bench appears to be a relatively smooth one. >> so help you god -- i do. >> reporter: judge sonia sotomayor promised senators if she is confirmed by the supreme court, law will drive her

it all depends on what it means, jacques.the president of the united states -- father, if you do something, shouldn't the president apologize? >> the president doesn't need to apologize, he needs to learn from his mistake. he made a freshman error. he doesn't have to apologize for everything. he's the president of the united states. he didn't offend anybody in a way that's obviously, clearly wrong, but he made a mistake, and he's not going to do that again. he's not going to rush to judgment. sean: next time you don't have to apologize to jesus if you something wrong. >> tha tha sean: and we continue now with our "great american panel." now, father, what i meant in that last segment when i said -- i want to clarify. i'm a catholic. if i do something wrong, i say jesus, forgive me. >> but you know what, when the president makes a prudential error, he shouldn't have done it. politically it was a bad idea. it's very different. he doesn't need to get up there and apologize. it was a political mistake, he shouldn't have done it, b

jacques had just gotten out of jail a few weeks earlier. >> a man is charged today for the killing ofn eight month-old-boy last year. he is held without bond and faces first-degree murder. the infant was shot while in a car seat. his 22-year-old father was shot multiple times and survived. >> anne arundel county police need are your help tonight finding a burglary suspect. this man is committing several burglaries to businesses throughout anne arundel county. police say anyone with any information whatsoever about this case, or the suspect, is asked to call police immediately. >> new video tonight showing a metro train operator apparently sleeping at the controls. "youtube" video shows the man with his head down for a long time as the train is moving. a 14-year-old passenger said he recorded the video last month while riding the green line in maryland. metro officials of course are investigating. >> well today the maryland transit administration decides to come down hard on its employees. adopting a zero tolerance policy for cell phone use and texting on the job. any operator caught i

. >> you stole jacque's thunder, or lightning. >> reporter: sorry, jacque. >> where is that storm? >> the space center is right over here. this is the thunderstorm we are going to be looking at. it is moving east/southeast. we have an hour to get this thing out of the 20-mile range we are talking about. it is on the cusp, holding west of i-95. it is looking questionable as to whether or not we are going to get that thunderstorm out of there on time. there is more development in the north and west and might be feeding that throughout the hours. so we will continue to watch that. we are monitoring some strong thunderstorms across the midwest. look at this complex. this thing has been going since the overnight hours. it started out into western missouri, moved through kansas city at 9:00 this morning, making its way through kentucky and has a history of producing wind damage. stormy weather in nashville and parts of the deep south. wind gusts could be as strong as 60 plus miles an hour. the other big weather story continues to be heat. i know you are tired of me talking about, not as

is jacque boccovella a catcher? >> rob: out to short. >> bob: got rid of it in a hurry.he did. morgan 0-3 tonight. next up belliard and johnson. in the washington. ronny is 1-2 tonight. right field corner cam there. and belliard needs a base hit to get out of the 100 category. he's at 198. >> rob: still on the interstate, >> new sunny ronny is 6 for the last 13 over five starts that's a good take. livan turned that ball over. that was a foul ball off the shin waiting to happen. 2-1. mets lead the season series 7-2. they've won 2-3 here. the mets were here, didn't make their first appearance in this ballpark until the first weekend of june. nats had already been to new york twice, plus we went up to play the yankees. low throw, good dig by murphy and two outs here in the 5th inning. watch the nats and the cardinals, the may 3 rain-out game has been rescheduled for thursday at 7:05. all original tickets from that game will be valid for entry at all gates this thursday. get your tickets by visiting the nats park box office, 888- 632-nats or online at nationals.com. get your

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she has been jacques for -- judge for all americans. she will be a justice for all americans. a ranking republican senator on this committee reflected on her confirmation process recently saying what i found was the charges from right and left are unsupported and false. it's very, very difficult for a nominee to push back. so i think we have a high responsibility to base any criticisms with have on a fair and honest statement of the facts and that nominee should not be subjected to distortions of their records. i agree with senator sessions. let no one distort the judge's record. let's be fair to her and he american people by not misrepresenting her views. we're a country bound together by our magnificent constitution. it guarantees the promises that our country will be a country based on the rule of law, and our service as a federal judge, sonia sotomayor has kept that promise. she understands they're not one law for one race or another, not one law for one color or another, not one law for rich and a different one for poor. there's only one law, and judge, i remember so well