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. >> bill: jessica's law, big debate. there was a terrible guy here raped two boys for a number of years. he gets two years by this crazy judge murphy, all right? and i, as you know, has been on this campaign for jessica's law for years. and more than 40 states have it new york and new jersey do not have it. all right? and we now are going on a campaign. but you don't believe in jessica's law. >> i was going to say good for new york and new jersey. because you want -- i'm here to help. you and -- >> bill: not helping the kids though by imposing jessica's law. >> i am. it's still important to grow up in a land of freedom where judges have discretion. i gave expert testimony in lots of cases in which drug charges were involved. in which the judge had no discretion to be human, to factor in other -- >> bill: 15, 20 years they gave it away like candy, why? because a judge couldn't be a judge. it was a recipe book. >> bill: so crimes so heinous they could not be left to the discretion of a guy like this judge murphy. this all

and went by jessica redfield on the air. to tell the world about jessica, your sister, who lost her life far too young? >> i want her story to be told. i want her to be remembered and not this gunman. it's a tragedy, but we need to focus on the victims. >> reporter: jessica's grieving mother. >> i'll never have her to hug again or get a text message again or get a funny facebook picture. that's the hard part right now. just knowing, those are the things i'm never going to get to experience again. i was blessed. only for 25 years, but i was blessed. >> reporter: she moved from her texas home to denver after begging her parents to let her pursue her dream job. >> it looks like you got hit with a puck. >> reporter: she'd been looking forward to this big night. jessica's close high school friend brent lowic was visiting her to share a special screening of this batman movie together. brent was shot in the backside and also suffered shrapnel wuds. his father says he's undergone surgery, though still has major injuries. active on t

. >> reporter: her name was jessica ghawi and she called herself a texan spitfire. >> i can interviewyou want to. >> i think i'll host the interview, paul. >> reporter: friends say, if you had to know one thing about jessica, it was that she loved hockey and sports writing. she wanted to make it as a sportscaster. peter burns was a friend and mentor. >> you talk to anybody here in the sports scene tt knew her, it was an infectious, you know, attitude she had that everyone loved. >> so friday you all are playing the texas stars. >> reporter: this is an interview she did on the ice in her hometown of san antonio, texas. >> she's not two seconds on the ice and sure enough she falls flat on her rear. >> reporter: and she clearly loved a laugh, even when it was on her. twitter was her thing too, last night she persuaded an old buddy to go to the movies and, of course, she tweeted about that under her work name, jessica redfield. she joked about convincing her friend to go, people should never argue with me. and then another tweet from the theater, movie doesn't start for 20 minutes, she wr

jessica and her friend dropped to the ground.emained calm and took care of my sister when she got hit with the first rifle round in the leg and was trying to treat her in the movie theater in the line of fire, when he sustained an injury of rifle round. >> reporter: he suddenly realized she was no longer screaming. she had been hit in the head. >> reporter: after he realized that my sister had appeared to sustain a fatal shot, he attempted to sustain his own life by exiting the building. but he had stayed with my sister up until the end, to my understanding. >> reporter: remarkably just weeks ago jessica had escaped death in another shooting. she was in toronto, canada visiting her boyfriend when gunfire broke loose in a food court in a busy mall. jessica had been standing there just minutes before. >> what are the odds you're in one of those incidents once in your life, let alone twice within a two-month span? >> reporter: news of jessica ghawi's death was all over the internet today, and the memories of a smart and sassy young

yeah. >> jessica styx was also recently transferred out of g dorm.be dealing with the past. she has a visitation with her mother. >> i'm going to visit with my mommy. >> are you excited about that? >> i'm so excited. i haven't seen her in two weeks. i'm so excited. i can't wait. i don't en see my mom. >> she's probably not here yet. we'll put you at a table and then when she comes in -- >> okay. it will probably make her feel better to see me better. you know? >> visitation at maricopa comes with two major restrictions. the inmate is handcuffed to the table and is not allowed to touch or be touched by their visitors. >> what happened to your hand? >> i broke it. >> how? >> i punched the wall. >> what? >> i know. i'm sorry. i got really mad. this is my bad hand. they're both bad. >> why did you punch the wall? >> because, mom, everything just was building up. and something set me over the edge and i got pissed off. i got mad. i tried for two hours to calm myself down. i tried exercising and doing everything i could. i was still pissed off. i didn't wa

jessica ghawi was a 24-year-old aspiring sportscaster.he sent a last tweet before the show started. movie starts in 20 minutes. we spoke to her brother, jordan. she was tweeting and online and active right up until these final moments. how was she living right up until the end? >> she was happy. she was excited about the movie. >> reporter: last night, jordan would write his own tweet. let us remember the names of the victims and not the name of the coward who committed this act. victims like 23-year-old college student micayla medek. whose sister, amanda, we saw earlier friday grieving outside a family assistance center. ohio native and target employee matt mcquinn, seen here in his high school yearbook photo, was confirmed dead. we're learning about some of the youngest victims. this father who told a local fox affiliate reporter that his 6-year-old daughter had died and his ex-wife had been shot but survived. >> i was called at 3:00 in the morning from a family member in new york to tell me that ashley had been shot and they didn't kno

jessica ghawi was 24 years old. full of life and laughter. >> she sounds like a great and talented girl, kate. and there were others. >> so many. so much senseless loss here. what we do know is there was another group of five navy sailors who were here last night, a bunch of buddies that came in from their base, buckley air force base here in aurora. three of them were okay and walked out. one was injured and treated on the scene, but the last of them has not been found yet and they don't have any word on him yet. the last time we checked, i called his father, that man's father and he said he was waiting for a call from the pentagon. it is presumed he's probably among thedeceased. >> as i mentioned, this kind of movie at this hour would seem to draw so many young people. what do we know about the ages? >> a lot of young people and surprisingly, maybe some families, too. people brought their small children. at least one children's hospital of colorado said their youngest victim was 6 years old that they treated, 6 to

that's jessica's law. you punish at a level consistent. >> it won't be consistent because the crimes aren't consistent. >> bill: child rape is child rape. >> no it isn't. >> child rape by someone who was raped him or herself and horribly traumatized. >> bill: does that the give you license to do it to someone else. >> did it to one child and not 10 children. all different elements of these calculuses. >> bill: are you kidding me. >> lifetime of probation. >> bill: i can't believe what you are saying. >> you can take a medicine to essentially castrate the male. >> bill: i don't care about that. >> why wouldn't you then show mercy? >> bill: i'm not. you have destroyed a child. you deserve no mercy. you get the 20 -- >> -- i want to protect the judiciary. you want to run it i'm not comfortable with you running it. >> bill: here is what i want, justice. >> i would be king. be careful when a man would be king. >> bill: dr. ablow, everybody, good debate. we need your help to protect the kids. because of governor

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jessica ghawi beginning life on her own.n aspiring sports caster and lived in denver and went by jessica red field on the air. >> what do you want to tell the world about your sister. >> i want her story told told. i want her to be remembered, not the gunman. >> i'll never have her to hug again or get a text message again or get a funny facebook picture. that's the hard part right now. just knowing those are things that i'm never going to get to experience again. i was blessed. only for 25 years, but i was blessed. >> reporter: she moved from her texas home to denver, after begging her parents to let her pursue her dream job. she had been looking forward to this big night. her high school friend was visiting her to share a special screaming of this movie together. brent and jessica were very close, he said. brent was shot in the back side and also suffered shap nel wound. he's undergone surnlry but still has major injuries though is not in critical condition. active on twitter, jessica's last tweet came around midnight sayin

with the mattheartbreaking situn of jessica ghawi.rning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. as we learned about this tragedy, the first name that came out was a young woman who embodied what this is all about. full of life. so much promise. and a life taken too soon, almost twice. described as vivacious and full of life, jessica ghawi dropped everything to move to denver to pursue a career in journalism. we spoke to her brother, jordan. >> it was a passion to her life. the obstacles she overcame. >> reporter: and jessibeen chal. the 25-year-old aspiring sports caster from san antonio, texas, was at a toronto mall earlier this year when a gunman went on a rampage. her mother talked to diane sawyer about how jessica felt after the ordeal. >> she wrote afterwards, a final post on her personal blog, i can't get this odd feeling out of my chest. this empty, almost sickening feeling won't go away. >> yes, and she was -- very affected by watching the victims being brought out of that shooting. and realizing that several of them were v

jessica, back to you. >> thank you . city police say they're talk being the fbi about the possibility of bringing a federal case against both men. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news out of columbus, ohio where a freight train derailed and caused an explosion. a train carrying ag products derailed and burst into flames injurying at least two people. people living 1 mile within the blast has been evacuated. >>> some tragic news to pass along. a beloved former prince fall in ann arundel county who spent three decades in the school system has been found murdered in florida. 76-year-old william nor man was the first principal at chesapeake. police found him floating in a canal with a plastic bag tied over his head in miami. two men are charged with his murder, one of them rented a home from nor man. >> it was vacant but he said i let these friends go in. then he said they weren't paying him. he was very generous, i think sometimes to a fault. >> nor man was the principal at chesapeake until 1983. >>> a florida teena

ghawi, a 25-year-old sports caster who goes by the name jessica redfield. movie doesn't start for 20 minutes, she wrote, excitedly in capital letters. the last tweet she would ever send at 11:37. about 12:05 right as the credits started to role, a man in the front row got up, pretending to take a phone call. he went out the emergency exit, dropping open the door behind him. 24-year-old james eagan holmes was apparently gearing up for an action scene of his own. police say he had with him a smith & wesson assault rifle, a remington pump action shotgun and two glock semiautomatic pistols. 12:39 this was the scene on the screen, christian bail, holmes came back through the emergency exit wearing a gas mask. witnesses say he threw a green canister into the crowd, filling the theater with smoke. >> your eyes are burning. makes you want to close them. you can't breathe. >> reenacting a scene, witnesses say holmes fired into the air and then started shooting into the crowd. >> first, was the guy seating right next to me got shot in the chest. >> the bullet cases f

among the dead, jessica ghawi redfield. that aspiring sports caster who was so excited before the movie. tonight her mother spoke with diane sawyer. >> i texted her and asked if she was still up. she said, yes, we're at the movie, we're seeing "the dark knight." i said, okay, enjoy, we'll talk with you tomorrow. and she texted, mom, go get some sleep, get some rest, i'm so excited about your visit next week. i need my mama. and i wrote back and said, i need my baby girl. >> reporter: astonishingly, this was not jessica's first time in harm's way. last month, she happened to be in a toronto food court when a gunman went on a deadly rampage there. her friend peter burns said that experience led her to make the most of every day. in her blog she wrote, i was reminded we don't know when or where our time on earth will end. when or where we will breathe our last breath. this morning, when peter opened up his facebook page, there was a message from jessica. >> it said, hey. >> reporter: a message she wrote just before the movie.

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joining me now is mike lavendar, a friend of jessica's. we want to say first off, we're sorry for your loss. how did you know and learn that jessica was one of those lost and killed in the shooting? >> good morning. yeah, i woke up this morning around 5:00 a.m. and turned the tv on, and i turned it up because i saw the coverage, and i was watching the tv and i was thinking of a flashback to columbine. i was just like, oh, my god, not again, not another one. i did, i sat down, i picked up my laptop and got on facebook and posted on my timeline, on my wall, was a message from jessica's mom. and it said, mike, jessica was killed last night. call me. and i grabbed the phone. i called her, and it just -- it was just surreal. i mean, i didn't have a chance to process it, but when i talked to her mom, she just said, i was on the phone with jessica just before the movie started. i'm going to visit next week, i can't wait. she said, mom, i miss you, and after a while, she did get a call from who jessica was with and she said, sandy, i'm calling to

i'm jessica kartalija in for don today. traffic and weather together. let's head to marty. >> the numbers for the morning, it's warm. 75 degrees is a few degrees warmer than this time yesterday. but it's just not quite as stuffy. 91 at lunch. high of 94 to 95. 91 at dinnertime. worth a mention, we have to watch the possibility of a couple of showers and thunderstorms firing up in the mid-atlantic. jessica, take it away. >> now to kristy breslin in traffic control. >> good morning. we have chaos out there on the west side of the inner loop. a vehicle fire at wilkins is attracting attention in both directions. accident in carroll county that they are working on clearing. another accident in middle river, eastern boulevard at mariner point drive. and take caution while driving in baltimore city. we have road closures due to the massive water main break. let's take a live look. as you can see, there is the vehicle fire at wilkins avenue if you look to the right side of your screen. for the most accurate and up to date information, count on us at wjz.com. >>

her name is jessica ghawi. she used the name jessica redfield as a journalist.friend with her to the movie theater and tweeted about it before it started. joining me on the phone is mike lavender, one of jessica's friends. good afternoon to you, sir. >> good afternoon. how are you? >> jessica's brother jordan blogged about what happened. i want to put it on the screen here. he wrote in part jessica and brent were seated in the middle portion of the theater when a device was thrown into the theater that produced a hissing sound. the theater then -- have you been able to talk to jessica's family? what's the latest about what happened? this morning i saw the tv. i opened up my facebook page and her mother left a message on my wall. she just said flat out, jessica was killed last night. please call me. i talked to her mom this morning. you can probably imagine very distraught. she was just disoriented. i know her pretty well. i was trying to figure out this morning what was going on. it was surreal. i'm seeing it on tv but somebody i know is involved in this? jessic

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jessica, back to you. >> ron, thank you. he would like to hike the appalachian trail in his retire. >>> we are starting the workweek with clouds and happiedty and a--humidity and a few showers. will we have more rain later on? bernadette woods is in the weather center. >>> we have had a couple of showers and a couple of thunderstorms coming in from the east. of the storms are not moving--the storms are not moving quickly and they are just scattered about. that is what we are going see through out the day. but not just today. we up the chances chances the next couple of days. >> reporter: it is steamy and hot out hire with the sunshine. tomorrow, you know, we are going to have the pop up showers. and then, as the cold front coming out of the great lake states comes in on wednesday, we may have a stormier day a is for sure. but, let's go one day at at time. but after 110 degrees, really what is tomorrows 89 with about 71% humidity. it is not going to be that bad at all for us. now, we are going talk about wednesday and the res

jessica and her friend dropped to the ground. she was shot in the leg. >> he remained calm and took care of my sister. she got hit with the first rifle round on the ground. then he sustained an injury, a rifle round. >> he suddenly realized she was no longer screaming. she had been hit in the head. remarkably just weeks ago jessica cheated death in another shooting. she was in toronto, canada, visiting her boyfriend when a gunman opened fire in the food court at a busy shopping mall. jessica had been standing there only minutes before. >> what are the odds that you're in one of those incidents once in your life let alone twice within, you know, a two-month span? >> reporter: in a blog about the shopping mall shooting she wrote, i say all the time that every moment we have to live our life is a blessing. so often i found myself taking it for granted. every hug from a family member, every laugh we share with friends. in that same blog, she also wrote this, we don't know when or where our time on earth will end. when or where we wil

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jessica on twitter, she was found on twitter@jessica wrenfield.he was at the mall shootings just about a month ago when that happened and blogged about it. any way that we can keep her name out there and like i said, the more we can celebrate those lives of victims that did this is a better day. >> peter burns, thanks so much for calling in, i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> all morning we have been talking to people who were sitting in those theater seats and we're hearing a story of pure horror. >> we heard gunshots and like little explosions going on and a little after that, we heard people screaming. and they came on the pa system and pulled the fire alarm and said everybody needed to get out. and as soon as we got out, we saw people running around screaming. >> there was a guy who was on all fours crawling. there was this girl spitting up blood, there were bullet holes in people's backs, people's arms, there was this one guy who was stripped down to his boxers, he was shot in the back or something, it was crazy. ionth c. would you mind

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i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm janelle wang. tonight live team coverage on the eve of the summer games. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd spoke to a bay area man back home after carrying the torch. a scary experience. >> raj mathai is there. he spent some time with brandi chastain. so good to see you, raj. so good to have you there. >> yes. good to see you. and a good morning to you, jessica and janelle. we're halfway around the world and the last few days we've been here we've bumped into so many people from the bay area, a lot of families, a lot of fans, a lot of business people all here for the big three weeks ahead of us. and of course there will be a lot of dignitaries here as well, a lot of heads of state. but there is one notable exception. president obama will not be here. instead his wife, the first lady, michelle obama, is here. she arrived in london just a few hours ago. and at the opening ceremony she'll be sitting with a very familiar face from the bay area. usually, when we talk about wardrobe with brandi chastain it invo

jessica's friend and former colleague said she planned to start a charity collecting sports equipment the victims of colorado's fires. mike lavender joins us live tonight. mike, thank you. condolences from all of us here. i know that you have spoken with her mother this morning, right? >> yes. i got a facebook message. actually, i woke up early, which is rare for me to be up at 5:00 a.m. but i turned on the tv and saw the coverage and opened my laptop and checked facebook. i went to facebook and there was a message from her mom on my wall saying jessica has been killed, call me. when i looked at the tv and i looked back at the computer and looked back at the tv i said colorado, wait a second. it was early in the morning and so i immediately was scrambling for the phone and it was -- i was in panic. i didn't -- i thought maybe i was still asleep. i don't know really how i dialed the number but when i spoke to her mom we had spoken last week about her mom's new business that she is starting and we play words with friends practicalally every day. we have a game going all the time. to hea

as jessica redfield. >> get out of the mall, please. >> reporter: and amazingly, just last month she narrowly escaped a shooting at a toronto canada shopping mall in which two people were killed and several wounded. at the time, on her blog, she had written, who would go into a mall full of thousands of innocent people and open fire? is this really the world we live in? and late last night, a midnight movie nightmare. federal law enforcement sources told "dateline" this evening that holmes had bought a ticket at the theater, he sat down, federal sources said, then opened an exit door and kept it propped open. then they say he went to his car to retrieve his weapons. about 15 minutes after the film started, police say smoke bombs went off. james holmes, police say, was dressed for battle. >> he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector and a groin protector and a gas mask. and black tactical gloves. >> reporter: he was armed with three guns. he left another in his car. and then opened fire. the 911 dispatch calls are chilling. >>

you know, i understand jessica's law. i think that's great. but you have got with penn state, you have got institutional abuse. because essentially joe paterno put the reputation of the institution ahead. >> bill: that's personal cowardice. it's the same thing that happened in the church. they put -- paterno put his own reputation. he didn't want a scandal in his department. he didn't want that. that's why he didn't turn sandusky. in same thing with the three administrators at the school. >> what you said is absolutely true. catholic church. basically a situation where you don't want to you want to protect the institution and you don't care about children. >> who is judge murphy protecting? what i object substitution is judge murphy protecting? is he a new york new york state. who is he protecting. >> you are absolutely, judge. what he did was horrific. >> bill: this is inexplicable thing. i will let you wrap t up for us. i don't understand these men. i don't get them. >> i don't either. like you said it is cowardice. i don't understand the ra

jessica, take it away. sglz -- >> thanks. >>> now over to sharon gibala at traffic control. >> we already have enough problems as it is. three accidents. one of them on the inner loop, another one on the jfx in the northbound direction and a third one still there, 295 southbound at route 100. if you're headed downtown art escape closures are already in effect for west preston. you're looking at a street closure were -- for that water main break. light street closed downtown. speeds looking good, 61 is your average on the top and west side of the beltway. there's a live look at 795, traffic starting to build just a bit but no delays. remember wjz 13 is always on so for traffic information log onto wjz.com. jessica, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> here's what people are talking about, record breaking heat followed by severe storms. this morning we're coming off an extreme 24 hours here. wjz and mike schuh is live with a look at the impact. >> reporter: good morning. when you have a front come through wher