she said she could not pass judgment on another human being because she was a jehovah's witness. >> our citizens have to be here and have to be serious about sitting as jurors. we had 11 others who were, who gave their time and attention to this haze. -- to this case. refused to comment tonight but states attorneys say she will retry kneel on charges of vehicle or manslaughter. >> metro officials at the center of the investigation of the deadly 2009 metro crash, the deadliest crash in its history. stephen is in northwest washington to explain what is going on here. deadliestrs after the collision in metro history, the system -- the automated is something that metro passengers are welcoming tonight. a trip on metro rail can be bumpy and jerky. -- occasional rough ride after the deadly collision killed nine and injured dozens in june 2009, metro put the brakes on automation. >> a possible return to automation is on the roster of initiatives aimed at pleasing metro passengers. >> it would be nice not to have to walk up the entire length. -- metro intends to rehab a dozen elevators which fr

. >> we're sisters and jehovah witnesses. >> reporter: they plan to go back home and serenade their familiesllafranca, cbs news, houston. >> it's great to see. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," roger goodell joins us in studio. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on progresso.com. . >>> good morning. welcome to wusa9. today is thursday, january 23, 2014, probably the first day of school, even on a delayed basis for thousands of youngsters in our area for a couple of days. i'm andrea roane. >>> parents are breathing a sigh of relief, three, four days inside especially when they're little. my wife is like, go to school. >> that's what you call cab din fever big time. >> young philip is ready to be back, i'm sure. >> young fella's mom is ready for him to be back. >> we are looking forward to a couple of flakes today in the form of some flurries and snow showers. shouldn't amount to much. we'll get out of the teens. yesterday we did not do

state's attorney angela all brooke said the woman was dishonest with the court and did not reveal her jehovah'se was asked if her religious beliefs would interfere and she said no. the news was hard on the family of adrian morris. morris died while pursuing a carbing driven by ca von neil. >> we have to go over it again and we want to move on with our lives. it has been very hard dealing with the situation. adrian is gone. we miss him but we want to move on. >> as for what could happen to the juror, any judgments or charges, the state's attorney said it would be up to the judge. >>> new jersey governor chris christie fired his deputy chief of staff yesterday after he found out members of his team orchestrated a traffic jam at the george washington bridge, all to punish a political rival. did this contribute to a woman's death? >> in one instance, ems was delayed getting a woman to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead. >> reporter: 91-year-old florence genova was spicy and always had a big smile on her face. on september 9th, the home health aide called 911 after florence collapsed i

we're sisters, we're jehovah witnesses, and we have one lung. >> reporter: in the few months anna andome and serenade their families for years to come. omar villafranca, cbs news, houston. >> it's great to see. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," nfl commissioner roger goodell joins us in the studio. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on progresso.com. >>> here's ather >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. former nsa contractor edward snowden denies he was working for russia when he released thousands of classified documents about u.s. surveillance efforts. today snowden answers questions online from russia. >>> and recovery efforts continue from that massive snowstorm that snarled an area from kentucky to new england, but the bitterly cold dangerous air that came with the storm could last for days. >>> on the west coast, there's a warming trend. in the coming days, temperatures are expected to reach 80 degrees i

ok you would not abide by a jehovah's witness doctor saying scott i'm not going to save your baby he's going to bleed out because i will not transfuse him with blood you want to abide by it and no one else would but because it's only women who are told well let her die there's a heartbeat in that fetus and she's and she's going out because that's the only women but there are you know jimmy. and mary wrote and i really don't understand and and i do know a little bit about women and children and the care that they should and very well received at catholic hospitals do deserve absolutely now here's the thing give the standard of care it's that simple catholic hospitals must give the standard of care of the world looked at ireland and said how dare you let that that doctor die that's that's unconscionable but here in arizona we saw where a catholic hospital a nurse decided it is better to abort a pregnancy that cannot continue that will kill this woman and leave her children mother less that nun who was also a nurse who acted in accordance with the best of our medical knowledge was excommu

. >> state's attorney angela alsobrooks said the juror did not reveal her jehovah witness background. she was asked if her religious belief would prevent her from being on the jury and she said no. the news was hard especially on the family of officer norris who died while a car was being driven by defendant neil. officers plan to retry him. >> it's been very hard dealing with the situation. adrian is gone. we miss him, but we want to move on. >> as to what could happen to the juror, any judgments or charges? the state's attorney said it's up to the judge. >>> tonight justice was served in a tragic crime of greed and jealousy in montgomery county. james lewis, 80 years old, convicted today of attempted first degree murder after he tried to kim his own son over a family -- kill his own son over a family inheritance. >> it's a very troubling case when a father tries to kill his own son. >> troubling and totally shocking september 20th, 2011, when russell lewis woke up in his silver spring home to find his own father, 80-year-old james lewis, standing over his bed with a pistol. montgome

deliberations began yesterday, but this morning a juror e-mailed the judge saying she was a jehovah's witness. and judges others was a violation of her religion. that juror now faces a contempt of court hearing. prosecutors say neal will be retried. >>> the new head coach of the redskins already getting to work after today's big media blitz. dianna russini at the dwex the game plan. >> reporter: it was a media blitz. for two straight hours jay gruden was the king of the dmv, answering hundreds of questions for local and national television stations. it's the most media he has ever faced because it's the first time he has ever been a nfl head coach. he was given a five-year contract as head coach of the washington redskins. he confirmed that robert griffin iii will be his starting quarterback. gruden, an offensive coordinator for the last three years with the bengals has never met or spoken to rg3. he has watched griffin and the redskins on film and believes he as a coach has the right traits to start making corrections. >> my strength i believe is dealing with players, motivating play

. >> it simply means you believe in a higher power, whether it be god, buddha, jehovah -- whatever thatth-based dorm has been a real winner for us here. >> willie williams is one of the 170 inmates living in the faith-based dorm. he admits to killing a woman 17 years ago while high on drugs. >> we both were smoking cocaine. it ran out. i asked her if i could pawn her vcr. she smoked most of the dope and she said no. i got mad, you know, and i took her life. i stabbed her with a kitchen knife. and after i killed her, then i took the vcr and went and pawned it for some more dope. i come to a place and realized that she didn't deserve what i did to her. you know, i was a bad person and i want to change. i want to be different. that's when i got saved. i embraced jesus christ as my lord and savior and i believe he's really real. my hope is that people will see that people can be redeemed. >> would anyone else like to share concerning the letter at this time? >> as an exercise in empathy and self-awareness, inmates seeking rehabilitation are encouraged to write, but not mail, letters of apol

that is with the civilized way is from these things as jehovah's witnesses or people that like crystals or in the organization you can make a christa with you want but you still need to get exemptions. that apparently is progress. >> that is ongoing and has weighed in on that issue. >> do you think there will be any spillover on the government spying and so on on this case that is to say that our people getting more worried and have a spillover to where they don't want the government to be able to control the health care? >> one thing that hasn't happened to get and i hope it does happen soon as the visual record not just of this law the previous loss to the -- previous laws. it's been to be digitized and within reach and it's not in a crowded enough. every illness you got and every doctor you seem and shrink you may have talked to is going to be something the federal government has access to because of the mandated digitization of all of the medical records. we haven't gotten there yet. the public hasn't focused on this even in the intelligentsia has not focused on this yet. but the su

everyone needs an exemption, who needs an exemption from these things are unconscionable, whether it's jehovah's witnesses or people who like crystals, now you these a crystal lobbying organization to. you still need one on k street to get exceptions from thing -- exemptions from things you find in the law. >> that debate is going on now, and ewe gene volokh has weighed in on that issue -- [laughter] >> question down here. >> gerald chandler. do you think there'll be any spillover from the worries about that is saw and government spying and so -- nasa and government spying and so on to this case? that is to say, are people getting more worried about extensive powers of government and they don't want, there'll be a spillover to where they don't want the government to be able to control the health care? >> there has -- one thing that hasn't happened yet and i don't know when it's going to and i hope it does soon, and that is the digital records, the medical digital records part of not just this law, but previous laws that didn't start with obamacare means that you're not going to have to finish th

who needs an exemption from these things that are unconscionable as a matter of -- whether it's jehovah's witnesses or people who like crystals, now you need a crystal lobbying organization. you still need one on k street to get exemptions from things you find unconscionable in the law. that, apparently, is progress. >> that debate, by the way, is ongoing now, and eugene volokh has weighed in on that -- >> 50 pages. [laughter] >> gerald sandler. do you think there'll be any spill beover from the worries about nasa and government spying and so on to this case? that is to say that are people getting more worried about extensive powers of government, and they don't want -- there'll be a pillover to where -- spillover to where they don't want the government to be able to control the health care? >> there has -- one thing that hasn't happened yet, and i don't know when it's going to and i hope it does soon, and that is the digital records, the medical digital records part of not just this law, but previous laws that didn't start with obamacare means that you're not going to have to -- the nsa

what if a jehovah's witness owned a hobby lobby? should they be able to demand that none of the people who work for them receive blood? they don't receive blood. i worked in health care 20 years. for the largest health care institution in the country. what a faith healer or someone who prays over a person -- they are entitled to their religious idea ---- i think the by the way, at ascension health, we all have luke ross/blue shield and i don't know any of the women i work with who ever had a problem not getting contraceptives or whatever. you mentioned various segments of religious belief. i don't think i want to comment on the separate ones but i think you have to take a fairly purist view on the first amendment, freedom of religion. i have some sympathy for what the sisters of the poor or whatever it is out there in colorado for what they are trying to accomplish. that would be settled by the courts, i think. theuld make more clear religious exemptions within the obama care if i got a chance to vote on that. host: back to the unem

caller: jehovah's witness. host: back to the wall street journal, related to what gus was saying. tim in wisconsin, democratic caller. your thoughts this morning on the 50th anniversary on the war on poverty. caller: good morning. yes,o want to say this -- there are a problem -- there is ith things in wtih this country. even though i worked the majority of my life before i i slowly created -- baffling to me. poverty is quite mistaken. i just listened to mitch -- i would have to disagree with him wholeheartedly. i'm having a bit of a hard time -- host: we got your point, we will leave it there. texas, republican caller, hello charles. my comment is about the war on poverty, which was brought about by lyndon johnson. there are several generations that are on welfare. am not blaming them for it. it doesn't do anything but it keeps them down. i know this man who was an engineer for one of the big computer companies here in dallas. they lost their job during the financial crisis. we were going to spend $35 for a couple of buckets. he and his wife were now washing did -- washing windows

what if a jehovah's witness owned a hobby lobby?uld they be able to demand that none of the people who work for them receive blood? they don't receive blood. i worked in health care 20 years. for the largest health care institution in the country. what a faith healer or someone who prays over a person -- they are entitled to their religious idea ---- i think the by the way, at ascension health, we all have luke ross/blue shield and i don't know any of the women i work with who ever had a problem not getting contraceptives or whatever. you mentioned various segments of religious belief. i don't think i want to comment on the separate ones but i think you have to take a fairly purist view on the first amendment, freedom of religion. i have some sympathy for what the sisters of the poor or whatever it is out there in colorado for what they are trying to accomplish. that would be settled by the courts, i think. theuld make more clear religious exemptions within the obama care if i got a chance to vote on that. host: back to the unemploy

scientology will tell you you could be a southern baptist or jehovah's witnesses still be a scientologist but a product that doesn't seem to be the case. people are urged away from other belief systems to be fully subscribers to scientology. >> he touched on the entertainers and you read a lot about that in the tabloids newspapers. i was wondering about their counterparts in the political scheme of things on both the national and state levels they are, how much influence do they have like the attorney general i think one time did bring up whether they were called or not. it was decided they were not -- it would be tax-free. can you touch on that? >> yeah, especially celebrity members. it was -- if i remember correctly, the bill had to do with especially children that wanted to prevent teachers from telling parents. it's a jail sentence for the teacher. i think kirstie alley and some other scientologist came to testify here from the florida legislature. scientologists like chicory unchallengeable to participate in germany about the oppression of scientology bear. in particular, i think tra