let's get to joanne pileggi on the scene moments after all of this happened. joanne. >> reporter: that's right, lucy. 42 shots fired and a busy intersection. residential intersection in logan. who does that? at the same time schoolbus was going through that intersection police are trying to sort this all out and they are busy looking for the four gunmen and the get away car. >> this schoolbus has shattered glass and a huge hole in another window. bullet holes in several spots. the driver was passing through this intersection in logan when gunfire erupted. >> 42 shots were fired from semi-automatic weapons. we found 42 spent shell casings at the intersection of 19th and wingohocking. >> police say four men armed with semi-automatic weapons got out of a red car with tinted windows. good all four of these males had guns in their hands. all four males were wearing masks covering their face. the recording shows all four of these males firing on 19th street. >> reporter: cops say it appears they were shooting at two men on the corner by the bow gay today. one of the

fox 29's joanne pill lee gee is live at the scene with the details. joanne? >> reporter: well, dawn, this was a raging inferno. a thick black smoke billowing into the sky for sometime the smell was pretty intense, too. but tonight, there is very little left of the buildings. that was home to century old company here in lower bucks county. it took almost two hours before 15 fire companies got a handle on a massive blaze at a metal manufacturing plant in croydon. the thick black smoke blanketing parts of bristol township in lower bucks. >> it was as high as a five-story building. i mean it was like -- you can see the flames like shooting in the air and the smoke, the smoke was so thick. >> reporter: the fire broke out around 5:00 in an industrial area along state road. jessica pena's husband just one of the brave who battled the up steps blaze. >> nerve racking. very adrenaline you shall rush rushed. fire ripping through the roof and everything. it was even more freaky when the firefighters were on the roof and stuff. >> dawn and paul kerr wick watched in fear.

explain exactly what's going on here, joanne. >> reporter: hey, dawn. recently designated new reasonable parking zone in southwest philadelphia. but only about two months after permit parking was added some residents are asking that it be removed. the urban dilemma, residents trying to find parking close to their door. sometimes and in some places it's worse than others. >> here's the thing. people come around in this enabled and they park for four weeks, two months, three months at a time. they actually abandon their cars on this block. >> when you came home at night, like at 9:00 o'clock at night, pack you wasn't unbarable. >> reporter: last summer they gatheregathered a petition with signatures for permit parking on their street and it was op proved. not everyone was happy when new parking signs went up requiring residents to buy perms. >> i have three cars. um, now it's $35 for the first car, 50 for the second and 100 for the third car, and that's per year. i've been around here for 20 some old years and now all of a sudden we got to pay money to pa

fox 29's joanne pileggi joins us live from new castle, delaware. >> joanne. >> police are urging everyone to be extra vigilant while this guy is still on the loose. look there's been three serious incidents in less than a month and he could certainly strike again and that's why police here say they are adding extra resources in the meantime residents say they're scared. i try not to be by myself a lot. but i am living on my own. so i -- i'm always looking around and keeping an eye and things like that. >> this is extremely discerning to new castle county police department and i'm sure equally concerning to the residents of new castle county. >> reporter: there's been a another frightening incident in new castle county. a man who fits the description in two other attacks tried to abduct a woman at her newark apartment complex last night. >> the woman in high hallway came running down the hallway knocked on my door crying, hysterical, saying that a gentleman tried -- held a gun at her and tried to rob her and force her into the hallway. >> as the victim approached her apartment building and

then joanne brown on october 22 encounters wheeler, allegedly in newark. wheeler strangled her with his jacket and an then sarah butler goes missing and was later found on december 1. we don't know much about how they assemble their case, but this morning i got this affidavit from the homicide task force that says that they were able to track we were to his cell phone which he used to call joanne brown in october 2016 and she called her friend back on that same number. they were able to look at the cell phone records and figure out what they believe were his movements. but there is a lot of unknown questions. namely, are there more victims? >> investigations are always ongoing. >> all we know from this affidavit is that they knew each other well enough to have each other's cell phone numbers which could mean something or next to nothing at all. >> after they are arrested and charged, that is what is important. [inaudible] >> prosecutors say they're going to try to go full force on this. what happens next is that prosecutors will try to get a statement that

nakajo commissioner michael hardeman commissioner francee covington capitol hill of department chief joanne hayes-white item 2 general public comment to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may the lack of a response by the commissioners are department personnel doesn't constitute the statements during public comment. is there any public comment anyone wish to address us okay public comment is closed. approval of the minutes important meeting minutes of the regular meeting of wednesday, march 8, 2017. >> any public comment on the minutes seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners what is your pleasure. >> so moved. >> do i have a second. >> second mr. president, as well as the special meeting on march 2 > all in favor, say i. > opposed? seeing none, minutes are approved thank you next item, please. >> madam secretary. >> item 4 update on ems 6 program to provide upda

. >> joanne bebe lives in san martine, she got an e-mail from the city of morgan hill, about the safetyrson dam. >> in the event of a major earthquake, i would have 40 minutes to run for it. the water would be about 15 feet high. >> joanne was one of 200 people that gathered at the morgan hill community center to get an update to retrofit the dam. new studies show more problems with the dam than originally thought. >> we were ready to go, we had the permits and we were ready to go. >> the deputy operating officer says now they need new permits, construction won't begin until 2020. >> it's two more years, we have to realize that the dam has been there almost 70 years in the same danger. and it has operated very well. >> the current dam could fail and a large earthquake, which is why the water level is supposed to remain below 68%. it was under 100% capacity during last month's rain. >> this has been going on for about 8 to 10 years, they really could have done it quite a bit sooner. >> this thing needs to be realtimely. >> the project has doubled to $400 million. in morgan hill, katie ma

thank you. >> thank you commissioner covington and chief joanne hayes-white i want to say something. >> thank you commissioner president cleaveland and others are in line to speak thank you to all of you involved and ems of you know the concept of the program that now a year in running a initiate and creative i believe a model program for the country if not doing business as usual we've identified a sector of the population that are the most vulnerable poise of the population and we found a better way to serve throw in partnership and collaboration and our city services the program will not be a success not because of me but the people that believe in the program and there are actually doing the work in the program every single day i want to acknowledge doctor yeah. for being an advocate and the two heroes that started from day one it takes a certain is type of person the members are dedicated to serve those are a long 120 hours their emotional and complex cases we're dealing with every single day and this is 7 days a week that is the two captains and some relief paramedics that have

. >> joanne bebe lives in san martine, she got an e-mail from the city of morgan hill, about the safety of anderson dam. >> in the event of a major earthquake, i would have 40 minutes to run for it. the water would be about 15 feet high. >> joanne was one of 200 people that gathered at the morgan hill community center to get an update to retrofit the dam. new studies show more problems with the dam than originally thought. >> we were ready to go, we had the permits and we were ready to go. >> the deputy operating officer says now they need new permits, construction won't begin until 2020. >> it's two more years, we have to realize that the dam has been there almost 70 years in the same danger. and it has operated very well. >> the current dam could fail and a large earthquake, which is why the water level is supposed to remain below 68%. it was under 100% capacity during last month's rain. >> this has been going on for about 8 to 10 years, they really could have done it quite a bit sooner. >> this thing needs to be realtimely. >> the project has doubled to $400 million. in morgan hill,

our joanne pileggi is live for us tonight in croydon. joanne? >> reporter: dawn, we are live here along britt toll pike and the rail tracks and the road separate us from the scene of that massive fire at a manufacturing plant. firefighters still on the scene. they were able to bring it all under control about two hours ago, and soon they will begin the task of trying to find out what went wrong. you could see this fire for miles. from the sky the thick black smoke blanketing parts of bristol township in lower bucks. >> as high as a five story building. i mean it was like -- you could see the flames like shooting in the air and the smoke the smoke was so thick. >> reporter: the fire at a metal manufacturing plant in an industrial area along state road. quickly elevated to three alarms this evening with 15 fire companies responding. jessica pena' husband just one of the brave who battled the intense fire. >> nerve racking. very adrenaline rushed. >> fire ripping through the roof it was even more freaky eighty three when the firefighters were on th

a good example of that is chief joanne hayes-white, where are you? alright. i danced with your fath er in cork. i think it was on top of a table. [laughter] and i remember last year that you and your sister patty and family gave a wonderful party for your mother at a really big birthday and took her all around the city to all the places wonderful in her memory of her childhood and had a wonderful day. now your boyerize taking up the rein doing wonder fings for the city and other people. on the note talking about family, i like to introduce someone here who is part of the irish american family and because-i know he is a irish, because there is a river named for him. lee river going through cork. may i introduce lord mayor of san francisco, ed lee. [applause] >> seana, thank you again for that wonderful introduction. hi every, welcome to people said palace. today and for the next two weeks we are all irish. that's going to be reflective of our supervisors here today, supervisor mark farrell, supervisor shehy, supervisor norman yee who is irish for the next 2 we

fox 29's joanne pileggi was on the scene right after all this went down. she's life in nicetown for us tonight. joanne? >> reporter: that's right, lucy, chris. 42 shots fired. can you imagine what that was like? all going down in the logan section of the city this afternoon. fortunately only one person was hit by a bullet. but tonight, police are looking for the four shooters. >> take a look at this schoolb schoolbus. shattered glass and a huge hole in another window. bullet holes in several spots. the driver happened to be passing through this intersection in logan when a barrage of gunfire erupted. >> 42 shots were fired from semi-automatic weapons we up to 42 spent shell casings at the intersection of 19th and wing hog begin. >> police say the wild shooting was captured on real-time crime cameras. four men all armed with semi-automatic guns got out of red car with tinted windows. >> all four of these males had guns in their hands. all four males were wearing masks covering their face. the recording shows all four of these males firing on 19th street. >>

2001, and joanne made this dish.had a lovely voice. her husband, gary, raised buffalo and they roamed on a a strip of land below their house. one day she got trampled by the buffalo and injured badly. joanne is a gracious and charming lady. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: what? >> jimmy: that took a weird turn. >> steve: real fast. >> jimmy: that's not even words of wisdom. that's just like -- ah. >> steve: ah. >> jimmy: next up is a history book. >> steve: oh, i love history. >> jimmy: yeah. this is called "train wrecks of eastern pennsylvania." [ light laughter ] if you thought you thought liked train wrecks of western pennsylvania, you're gonna flip! [ light laughter ] i'm going to hang on to that one. it's a good beach read. we're down to our last one. it's another cookbook. you can never have too many. this is "the new hot dog cookbook." and basically what it is, it's just any recipe and just put hot dogs in it. >> steve: oh, that's good. >> jimmy: like, lentil soup with hot dogs. grilled cheese with hot dog

fox 29's joanne pileggi is live at police headquarters. joanne?porter: actually dawn we're outside ppa headquarters and this is the agency that designates permit parking zones. it did so recently in southwest philadelphia. but only two months after permit parking was added some residents are asking that it be scrapped. the oh, so urban dilemma. city dwellers finding parking close to their door. sometimes and in some places it's worse than others. >> here's the thing. people come around in this enabled and they park for four weeks, two months, three months at a time. they actually abandon their cars on this block. >> when you came home at night like at 9:00 o'clock, parking wooing unbearable. >> reporter: last summer they gathered a petition with signatures asking for perm parking on their street. >> they had signatures 60% of the neighbors in this block. >> reporter: after the petition process with city council the parking authority changed the designation new signs went up and residents were required to start buying perms. but it turns out not al

we're joined now by eyewitnesses bradford and joanne buck visiting london from connecticut. you this morning and i know that you are were doing sightseeing and came up from the underground and shocked by what you saw. tell me what happened. >> when we came up from the underground right opposite big ben and parliament, we saw all this commotion going on, looked over, there was a car crashed into the gate. door open and there was a man down right next to the car all curled up and another person with hands over his head like, you know, couldn't believe what happened and then the next thing i saw was a few police officers with machine guns running around so very, very hectic, this must have just happened when we came up from the underground. >> bradford and joanne, bradford, you had the idea to quickly take cover. tell me what you did next. instinct kicked in, i imagine. >> right, it took a few minutes to sink in then when i saw the police with the machine guns this, is not good so i told our friend kathy and my wife joanne to get behind some columns that right next to us and ge

fox 29's joanne pileggi joins us live in new castle county tonight. joanne good evening, iain. talk about striking a nerve and creating fear this guy is dangerous and doing just that here in new castle county, delaware. police now saying they are doubling down on efforts to catch this guy and they're also asking for the public's help. >> the woman in my hallway came running down the hallway knocked on my door crying hysterical saying that a gentleman held a gun at her and tried to rob her and force her into the hallway. >> reporter: his neighbor was the third victim in a frightening crime spree in new castle county. the woman was walking her dog at her newark apartment complex and spotted a suspicious person. >> the victim approached her apartment building, and entered the building itself, she was confronted by this same male suspect who was armed and displayed a handgun. >> reporter: in this case, though, the suspect was scared off when someone else opened the door. >> came out with my gun jumped in my truck and went out the entrance and went both ways looking for the person t

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joann hayes-white fire chief. i always say the city small-town so when i found out about this story that are pil brought to us as walls are responding crews from pd and fire department, i, too, like jonathan sort of in a back nine of my career was very inspired to hear the three people out having a nice afternoon fishing to assist someone. did no total stranger. for me, i sign allow certificates every illustrated her about mr. shanahan. to my great surprise, i wanted i said to mr. shannon, who i met and know from over the years, i said you are the mr. shanahan. it's amazing like i said big city small-town. so we are forever grateful for the great work that you did and i'm glad your join us are able to join us today. congratulations i like you on behalf of the fire department and as was the commission michael each of you up individually and then you can stay by me and maybe if one of you were all three of you want to say a few words i know the commission would be very open to that. so furman, i'm going to read each

folks they work to work with a variety of issues so the team is lessor to celebrate as herman and joanne so see how he's loved been with us since 2002 and had complicated cases he was incredible district and as a manner you can imagine the hearing functions requires that when we complicated case scenario he has been instrumental in developing a policy and procedures around the adu and key in the taxi commission and adjudicated the taxis he's also the primary administrator hearing officer on the shuttle and the equity for the permits whenever the department asks us for a herself we turn to henry he can overstate how much henry has done and incredible i certainly couldn't do his job is he henry unfortunately henry has decided to leave us soon so going to be a huge loss i wanted to thank henry for the great work and the incredible, incredible service to the city to thanks for everything i know the team is as appreciative and has a great sense of huger or humor would you do and united states of america if you want to speak. >> i don't know want to say i a lot about leeblthd up washington's f

joanne is a democrat in providence, kentucky. go ahead. yes.r: host: you are on the air.ood morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to make a comment. there is nothing for donald trump -- if there is nothing for donald trump to hide, why doesn't he released his taxes? i think he is just afraid of what might come out. host: thank you, joanne. information one the president's taxes. let's go to danielle in michigan. a republican. go ahead. caller: good morning. i just do not care about him and his taxes. the reason i do not care is because that is just how the rich people use the system. they use it to their advantage just like everyone else would. if you could write up so much money, to me it does not matter. news" tod of "fake tell you the truth. host: you do not want to know more about business ties that the trump company has? caller: yes, i do. i was studying on my own. i would not listen to the news, because the news is extremely biased. what we hear on the news is nothing compared to what the whistleblowers are saying. they are only giving us a glimpse of what is

anna-lysa: joanne lewis keeps this close to her, constant reminder of the pain that her daughter suffered. she was shot in the neck july 4 or division avenue northeast. she died nine days later. >> i said i'm not going to turn my back on you. havelysa: so far, four men been charged with her murder. they had a court date in march. >> i cannot understand why. because of her being transgender? anna-lysa: transitioning? >> which it was a little girl. i would abide boy close and girl close, and she would cut them up. anna-lysa: according to the second of director of transgender equality, dozens of families are feeling the pain. our mostear was by far violent year, with almost 30 murders of transgender people in the united states. >> i think they are the most marginalized and at risk. anna-lysa: the fbi report on hate crimes reveals 17.7% of victims are targeted because of their sexual orientation b. lewis hopes the number one they will be zero. >> i wish they would just let them be. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: part three of "when we rise" airs right in frederick, northbou

. >> tucker: 4 >> tucker: 40 years ago, radicald black pastor joanne chasse mara liasson shalimar alsoa, was committed of murdering -- a few years later, she escaped from prison and fled to cuba where she has lived under theio protection of the castro regime ever since. the obama administration reestablished diplomatic relations with cuba, any chance be trump and administration can bring her back to justice here? new jersey customer, governor chris christie hope so. governor, thinker coming on you been following thisen for many years, so you will know the answer to this. do the obama administration make any effort as normalizing relations with cuba to bring this fugitive back to the united states? >> none that we are aware of, tucker.us i wasn't in obviously on the meetings that was happening in secret between the obama administration and cuba, but this much we know. that in cold blood, she murdered a new jersey state police trooper convicted 40 years ago this week, escapedhe from a new jersey prison, where she was being transferred, and fled to cuba and has been protected by the castr

don't know what they'll do. >> that was joanne reporting. company owner said they had are devastated and fortunately none of the employees were injured. >>> can a disk turn into a date. that's the case when it comes to minldy kayhill land and corey booker. let's hear what she says about the new jersey senator. >> i'm sorry you talked to so many losers i'll introduce you to my trainer i'm not sure you'll be able to recognize hi him. >> i actually met someone who is so great. we're just going slip out and take a walk and you know maybe end up at my hotel room. >> deliciousoso. >> corey booker i can't believe he came. guess we need to get out of newark, hu? >> and the character mindy was puzzled he was at a friend's event. he invited her to dinner. she responded yes adding she needed to look up train times while the exchange appeared light hearted folks on media cheered the two on. >> and so she says she has to look up the past schedules for the trains and he's like no, no, no, i'll send you a list door to door. so then it's like okay he asked

joann pierce has passed away. she was one of the two survivors thrown from the plane during the crash. she suffered burns over 90% of her body. she was one of five people aboard the plane that crashed in the homes near riverside airport nine days ago. her mother, stepfather and a family friend were also killed in the accident. the group was returning to san jose after a trip to disneyland. >>> a busy marin county road is closed as crews work the clear a new land slide. sir francis drake boulevard will be closed. this has been a repeated source of frustration this winter. it has been closed at least three times since february due to mud slides. >> time to celebrate. ? >> a media company replaces its wake boarder of the year award. how the company is handling the pushback. >> live in san jose. now the finger pointing over blame is expected to heat up. we'll show you why. >> i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'm tracking two, 75 degrees tomorrow. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world

joanne pierce surfed burns over 90% of her body fiery crash. pierce's own mother, stepfather and family friend, were also on the plane. the soul remaining survivor, a family friend is said to be in serious but stable condition. >> a brutal crime has shocked a local neighborhood police say a man has confessed to beating his daughter-in-law to death with the hammer. the man says she was being disrespectfu disrespectfulp. >> reporter: the father-in-law may have had a problem accepting the daughter-in-law into the family, that may have been the history between the two. >> pretty gruesome. >> neighbors can't believe their neighbor, 63-year-old is accused of using a hammer to kill his 29-year-old daughter-in-law. >> i've never seen anything, just two grandparents walking their kids. >> the dispute involved a bike, and the father-in-law said she was being disrespectful. >> the suspect became angry and armed himself with a hammer and used the hammer to bludgeon the victim. >> the family moved into this quiet neighborhood around 6 months ago. the father

chu chief of police william scott and former greg suhr and competitive of the fire department chief joannend sanchez. >> i don't know the title but the fun man around town paul this is a huge amount of support for all of us and thank you, thank you, thank you. >> (clapping.) >> and now it is my honor to direct you for a video screen about our first hero this afternoon. >> my specialist is trauma in the area he came to hospital because it got a representation reputation of one of the best trauma centers in the world i enjoy the challenge of people the most part. >> we live in san francisco and have 3 young obesity 9 and 11 zachary was clvj on a wet bar and fell on him. >> my husband called and zachary is hurt bad. >> he was pail he wasn't responds and we know in an instant he was critically injured we have to go a zuckerberg right now and some of the things we did with zachary used tools i learned from the military in germany and moved to iraq detailing the treatment we could get him better we've learned those tricks from the military. >> we were waiting for the doctor to come in and give u

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it announced, a 12-person juror jury awarded joann heper. she was fired in retaliation for exposing a sewer scam that cost $10 million to ptaxpayers. she has fought for five years to clear her name. san francisco city attorney dennis herrera issued a statement saying he is disappointed in the verdict, takes his responsibility seriously and is exploring all options. that's him walking away from you on the right. >>> a state lawmaker introduced a bill making california one of the first states to ban anyone under the age of 18 from getting married. right now minors can marry if one parent and a legal guardian approve the union. he believes it would protect women's rights. california has the sixth highest teen marriage rate in the united states. the bill needs to pass several hurdles before it becomes law. >>> well, stay here. jc penney is closing its doors at hilltop mall. it's a loss for richmond but an opportunity for the city and members of the community, what they want to see put in its place. >>> plus, the house that could be yours for a d

a good example of that is chief joanne hayes-white, where are you? alright.d with your fath er in cork. i think it was on top of a table. [laughter] and i remember last year that you and your sister patty and family gave a wonderful party for your mother at a really big birthday and took her all around the city to all the places wonderful in her memory of her childhood and had a wonderful day. now your boyerize taking up the rein doing wonder fings for the city and other people. on the note talking about family, i like to introduce someone here who is part of the irish american family and because-i know he is a irish, because there is a river named for him. lee river going through cork. may i introduce lord mayor of san francisco, ed lee. [applause] >> seana, thank you again for that wonderful introduction. hi every, welcome to people said palace. today and for the next two weeks we are all irish. that's going to be reflective of our supervisors here today, supervisor mark farrell, supervisor shehy, supervisor norman yee who is irish for the next 2 weeks alon

folks they work to work with a variety of issues so the team is lessor to celebrate as herman and joanne so see how he's loved been with us since 2002 and had complicated cases he was incredible district and as a manner you can imagine the hearing functions requires that when we complicated case scenario he has been instrumental in developing a policy and procedures around the adu and key in the taxi commission and adjudicated the taxis he's also the primary administrator hearing officer on the shuttle and the equity for the permits whenever the department asks us for a herself we turn to henry he can overstate how much henry has done and incredible i certainly couldn't do his job is he henry unfortunately henry has decided to leave us soon so going to be a huge loss i wanted to thank henry for the great work and the incredible, incredible service to the city to thanks for everything i know the team is as appreciative and has a great sense of huger or humor would you do and united states of america if you want to speak. >> i don't know want to say i a lot about leeblthd up washington's f

joann hayes-white fire chief. i always say the city small-town so when i found out about this story that are pil brought to us as walls are responding crews from pd and fire department, i, too, like jonathan sort of in a back nine of my career was very inspired to hear the three people out having a nice afternoon fishing to assist someone. did no total stranger. for me, i sign allow certificates every illustrated her about mr. shanahan. to my great surprise, i wanted i said to mr. shannon, who i met and know from over the years, i said you are the mr. shanahan. it's amazing like i said big city small-town. so we are forever grateful for the great work that you did and i'm glad your join us are able to join us today. congratulations i like you on behalf of the fire department and as was the commission michael each of you up individually and then you can stay by me and maybe if one of you were all three of you want to say a few words i know the commission would be very open to that. so furman, i'm going to read each

joanne . >>> people across the region marked st. patrick's day. eyewitness was at the to annual ceremony at the irish on penns landing, mayor kenney gathered to celebrate and commemorate those who left ireland during time of hardship. step dancing and playing for the crowd. and of course st. patrick's day has a strong history in philadelphia >> that's why it's not surprising that our area is one of the best in the country to celebrate the holiday. nicole brewer is here now with some things you probably didn't know about this day. >> that's right. it's not surprising of course that pennsylvania is one of the top states for celebrating but which traditions are top and how far back do these festivities go? these are a few of the questions we answered in honor of the irish. >> street music and step dancing to old-fashioned celebrating when it comes to st. patrick's day in philly we fly our irish flag proudly >> the city gets together, everybody rallies. >> according to a new report pennsylvania is one of the best places to do it >> pennsylvania. for f

>> alex's mother joanne knew something was happening when her son asked if he could bring emily to sunday dinner. >> he said, i have met someone. and i would love to be able to bring her over so that you all can get to know her better. >> and you thought, well, here we go. >> yes, i did. >> back in boone, emily's family heard about the boy from kansas city. >> she called me up and said, i met this fella. he's italian, and she said, you're going to love his family. they're louder than us. and she fell in love with the whole family immediately. >> emily's sister ammie could see they were in love. >> her eyes sparkled. alex's eyes sparkled when they were together. huge smiles on both of their faces. >> the girl who never dated was swept off her feet. emily and alex married may 10th, 2003. how many people? >> i would guess at least 400. >> that's big. >> yeah. i mean, for an italian wedding it's maybe midsize. but -- >> the couple had a son nick, and a year later, alex took up emily's parents on an invitation to move to boone. >> it was an open offer if he wanted to come and work for fareway.

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joanne lewis held an urn holding the action of dodd who was murdered down the hill from their home last july. lewis was in court today. >> the guys came up with like no concer remorse. sam: at the same time of the hearing, mayor bouzer and the police chief newsom held a news conference. they were talking about the alarming increase in the reported hate from bias crimes in d.c. these are police numbers. religion up. sexual orientation, up. gender identity, up. crimes of ethnicity also up. overall a one-year jump of 62%. >> i think it's extremely important we got out there so people are aware that the reporting of the incidents are on the increase and everybody needs to pay attention. >> everybody has a right to live their life as who they are. sam: for dodd, her aunt says she was accepted in her neighborhood. but the men accused according to authorities were passing through, targeting transgender prostitutes for robbery. >> everybody in this world got somebody in their family that is gay. whether you accept it or because they are still human beings. sam: under d.c. law, if you -- the thr

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joanne a teacher's assistant on long island for the past 11 years noticed something was wrong with onefirst grade students. she was choking. mrs. g sprang into action and started the heimlich maneuver helping dislodge the food from the child's throat. >> i felt something and then i -- i saw i was choking and i -- then i tried to tell my friends i was choking but they didn't know. >> i pulled her forward, turned her around and with my fist put my hand and pumped three times. the cheese must pop up. she color came back, she smiled. she laughed. >> wow. >> unbelievable. >> luckily the district provides first aid training every two years and mrs. g is set to renew her certification in november. but she says she's always ready in case of an emergency. >>> well, trouble getting through the night? the electric jolt that is actually keeps this guy asleep. >> and ground breaking science. researchers believe mars and earth which one of course similar. why did earth flourish while mars remains barron? >> scott. >>> dawn, march is certainly going out like a lion but find out when to expect april s