today. >> the food and drug administration approved the new swine flu vaccine today. >>> a johns hopkins university student killed a man breaking into his home with a samurai sword. >>> that attacked happened a few blocks away from t university. >> reporter: was it a case of self-defense or taking the law into his own hands? a johns hopkins university student confronts a burglar inside his garage and during a confrontation, the student kills the intruder with a samurai sword similar to this one, slicing hi

a johns hopkins university kills and intruder with a sword. and we're learning new detail how that happened. >> reporter: wjz is learning new information about the bloody encounter between johns hopkins university between john pontolillo and donald rice, the man with a long record of burglaries who police say intruded on his property. >> people are asking us what happened. and we try to give the best accounting and remind everyone that the information is preliminary. but the detectives need time. >> reporter: the police say it did not happen in the garage. minutes before the security went through the house with john pontolillo and roommates and found not guilty and left. and john pontolillo was not satisfied and he did his own search and found rice. >> he noticed the suspect couching down and raised the sword and said stop and he asked the roommates to call the police. they made their way back to the house. and the student struck the suspect after the suspect lunged at him. >> reporter: we obtained police reports before the break-in about four

. >>> first at 11, police bleefd up patrols around john hopkins university after i sword wielding student killed a man who broke into his home. it happened early this morning outside an apartment house just off campus on east university parkway. police say the house was burglarized just hours earlier and when the student heard a commotion coming from the garage he grabbed his sword and went to check it out. after the would be burglar allegedly lunged at him the student apparently in self-defense attacked him. university leaders are reminding students how to be safe and aware of their surroundings. we have student reaction. >> reporter: besides this morning's incident there have been more than half a dozen burglaries in recent weeks in this general area, that's why the dean of student sent out a letter to all students today, especially the undergraduates, reminding them they should be alert so they don't become the next victim. police patrol university parkway near johns hopkins university, a community still shaken by a bizarre tragedy this morning. this shows the dramatic scene after poli

now they say johns hopkins university police had just searched the property with the student to no avail. when the student armed himself and decided to conduct a more thorough search. the officers actually heard the student cry out for his roommates to call police from a short distance away. >> this is a case of a homeowner concerned for his safety and the well being of his property. he went down to investigate an incident, with a weapon to defend himself. this is not an incident where someone went down to maliciously attack another person. >> police must complete their investigation before prosecutors can determine whether the student will face charges. >>> earlier this week republican larry hogan announced he may run for governor in 2010. at least he's exploring the idea. that is if former governor robert ehrlich doesn't decide to run himself. when ehrlich was asked about the possibility today here's what he had to say. >> it's something that we're looking at. i do not feel undue pressure from any source, anybody within the party or outside the party to make a decision. by any particul

a johns hopkins university student is being questioned by police, after he confronts an intruder in his garage. and the intruder ends up dead. wjz is live on university parkway. mike hellgren brings us up to date on the unusual events that unfolded overnight. >> most developed back in the garage area of that home. we've seen detectives going in and out of the house throughout the afternoon. this is the front of the home where all of this happened. the sword actually severed the hand of the intruder. >> wjz is on the scene in the 300 block of east university parkway, after a frightening series of events. police say it started when a man broke into a home rented by four johns hopkins university students. and one of them took action. >> the student went down and was armed with a samurai sword, protecting himself. he found the suspect sitting in the garage. >> i think it was probably kind of justified in the heat of the moment. the guy is probably freaking out. but to cut off a hand and into his heart, it's a little extreme. >> reporter: police say the man lunged at the student. so the stud

. >>> and after breaking the story yesterday we spent the rest of the day in the johns hopkins university neighborhood. >> we heard there was praise and criticism directed towards the hopkins student who used a samurai sword to stop a robbery. the alleged robber died. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: this morning baltimore city police are expected to beef up patrols here at university parkway near johns hopkins university. so far we have not seen any added patrols but this comes after a rash of burglaries in this area and a student used a sword to kill a suspected burglar. the suspect was killed yesterday after he -- the suspect is named donald, a man with 29 convictions for breaking and entering. this is exclusive video we first brought you on "good morning maryland" yesterday and police say after he lunged at the student that is when the student attacked him with the sword. it's been an alarming wakeup call for other students. >> this is the kind of thing that students at any urban campus need to be paying attention to. >> it's unavoidable. some things are going to happen. >> the

details coming up on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts now. >>> a johns hopkins university student killsintruder with a samurai sword. i'm marybeth marsden. it happened at the corner of university parkway and university place near the homewood campus. police say four undergraduate hopkins students were in a house around 1:30, their house, this morning, when they heard a noise. police say their home had already been broken into earlier in the evening. one of the students grabbed a samurai sword and went out back. police say the suspected burglar was in the garage. investigators say the suspect lunged at the student and they say the student says in

the 300 block of east university parkway. >> when police arrived, we run accompanied by johns hopkins university police security. we heard calls routes and calls for police. we ran across the street and found what looks like a burglary suspect made entry into a home. president check out what was going on and had a summarized toward with him. -- a samurai sword with him. he yelled at the alleged burglar and he lunged at the president. correct the alleged burglar was -- >> the alleged burglar was pronounced dead at the scene. he was arrested last august for grand theft auto. in an e-mail sent to students, faculty and staff late this afternoon, university officials said there have been -- has been a step up police presence in this area because of a recent rash of burglaries and break-ins northeast of campus. they said applebees presence will continue -- they say that police presence will continue. >> the pickup truck crashed into a romp around 11:00 a.m. this morning near the 2900 block of cedar hearst wrote. one person was medivaced with the series, but not life- threatening injuries. -- with seri

at the same time, we can hire people and kickstart the economy. >> johns hopkins university officials react to receiving grants from the federal government worth $114 million. the money will be used mostly for research but will lead to a significant increase in jobs. they have hired 30 people mostly in the research field with 15 positions still open and many more to come. the grants will allow the university to keep its staff and move employees to other projects once the current ones and. >> we might have had to lay people off. >> we are doing better than other states but there are still some challenges with people who are out of work getting back to work. >> the day are talking about maryland's 7.2% unemployment rate and says the grants are a positive sign for baltimore's largest employer, pointing out it is situations like these that will bring down the unemployment rate to more normal averages. >> the right policies are in place. there is an investment in funds that drives the economy. all of those investments have a direct and indirect result of the workforce. >> while hopkins off

. >> the one place this increase is being noticed is john hopkins university, which recently received $114 million from the federal stimulus program for research projects, meaning they will have to fill positions and not laying anyone off. >> at the same time, we can gear up quickly, high your people, and the kickstart the economy. >> officials with the state say for those pounding the pavement at job fairs and sending out applications, things will continue to improve. while hopkins officials made it clear that these new grants will mean a significant amount of new jobs here, they could not give us an exact number because the grants come in on a daily basis. if you are interested in applying to these jobs, we put a link on our website. >> more breaking news tonight. let's take it out live to captain roy taylor. >> this is northbound interstate 95. there is an automobile fire. three lanes of northbound interstate 95 that are shut down. traffic is backed up all the way past interstate 695. >> last week's massive water main break has sparked a rescue group to take action. >> find out wha

two laptops and a sony playstation were taken. >> we talked to johns hopkins university officials a few minutes ago who referred all calls and questions about the incident to baltimore city police. they did add that they may send a message to the entire student body sometime later this afternoon about exactly what happened here. reporting live, i'm kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the developer at the center of the city corruption case paid one of the mayor's opponents -- paid for a poll of one of the mayor's opponents. lawyers for councilman helen holton said testimony about the poll as a defense strategy. she has been indicted for dealings with ronald lipscomb. >>> a man who says he sexually assaulted a girl will be tried as an adult. it is said that the risk of him or offending at the age of 21 is too great. the teenager is accused of sexually abusing the girl after he lured her from a playground to his home. >>> maryland state police need your help finding two child sex offenders who've failed to register with them. if you know where these men are, call state police. >>> president ob

morning we have seen an increase in police presence right here on university parkway near johns hopkins university. the university officials say recently there have been a rash of burglaries and that is why they have beefed up patrols here. yesterday, the subject killed in that attack has been identified as donald rice, a man with 29 convictions for breaking and entering. this is exclusive video we first brought you on "good morning maryland" yesterday and police say after he lunged at the student the student attacked him with a sword. school leaders say they tried to educate students about their safety. >> particularly for income freshmen we get the word out about the fact this is a city and it's a wonderful city but you also need to be aware of your surroundings. >> they respond really quickly. the campus systems are really smart and everything. they never fail to remind us. >> reporter: the dean of student life sent a letter to students reminding them in case of a burglary call 911, do not attempt to confront the intruder but rather secure yourself in a locked area until police arrive. no word

thstudent is at johns hopkins university and ended up killing a man with his sword behind his campus home. investigators say the intruder lunged at the student. 49-year-old donald rice the suspected burglar was killed. the student has to the been charged. police say they are consulting with prosecutors. >>> eight people are hurt, including two children and a fire fighter after a fire ripped through a apartment building in northwest washington. that blaze broke out about 7:00 this morning in the 5600 block of 13th street northwest. firefighters say people were hanging out of the windows of the five-story building ready to jump when they got there. the two children suffered serious injuries, but are both expected to make a full recovery. the blaze began after a mattress caught on fire. >>> national campus fire safety week kicked off in d.c. today. college students from around the country met with law makers on capitol hill to talk about fire prevention and safety on campus. in 2005, three students at the miami university of ohio were killed after an early morning fire ripped through th

the student lived off campus at john's hopkin's university in baltimore. he left his bedroom armed with a sword. before the officers arrived, it was a confrontation. >> asked what he was doing. said he called for police. that's when the suspect lunged at him. backed him against the wall. in a panic motion, he retaliated with a sword. >> the burglar is identified as donald rice. he was slashed across the upper body. his hand was cut off. he died shortly afterwards. the same student's apartment was broken into yesterday. >>> president obama's top military advisor told lawmakers there needs to be an increase in forces. they don't know how many more troops will be requested. the 21,000 there are not enough. he's already doubled the number of troops in afghanistan since taking office. powerful democrats spoke out about spending more troops. >>> vice presidt joe biden was in iraq talking to leaders about troop levels. the vice president met with general and ambassador. they think iraqy will be ready to withdrawal all forces next year. while he was there, insurge

. >>> at john hopkins university, they used a samurai sword to kill an intruder he discovered in his arage happening overnight at the 300 block of university in baltimore. as they report, the student's home had already been broken into the day before. >> wjz is on the scene at the 300 lock university parkway after a frightening series of events. it started when a man broke into a home rented by four john hopkins university student. one of them took action. >> the student heard some rumbling around, went downstairs to check it out. he was armed with a samurai sword to protect himself. he found the suspect sitting in the garage. >> i think that it was kind of justified, probably like in the heat of the moment, the guy is freaking out because someone is robbing his house and everything. but to cut off a hand and into his heart, that's a little extreme. >> the man lunged at the student, so the student swung that samurai sword. >> severe laceration to the the upper body, severed his left hand, the suspect died on the scene. >> a neighbor had called to report suspicious activity. >> but the

says there were no signs of forced entry at the student's home near campus. 20-year-old johns hopkins university student john pontaleo phoned police to report a video game stolen from his room. when they heard a commotion, he grabbed a samarai sword and confronted the intruder behind the garage behind the home. he claims the man lunged at him and he swung the sword in defense. rice died. he had 20 convictions for breaking and entering. >>> a connecticut lab is expediting testing of dna in the yale killing case. raymond clashing the third was questioned by police. 24-year-old student annie le was stuffed behind a wall in her lab building. >>> after claiming it was being smeared the community group acorn is now ordering an independent investigation after those employees gave advice amounting to tax fraud. they are seen on tape advising a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute to lie about the woman's profession and today acorn's chief executive said they'll name an independent auditor and investigator to examine all systems and processes. an unusual episoding to a baltimore county carjacking at to

that student, by the way, is 20 years old, a johns hopkins university student. john pontolillo. he called police monday night to report that the video game console was stolen from his room. when residents of the house heard a commotion later that night he grabbed a samurai sword, confronted the intruder in the garage behind the home. the third-year student claims the man lunged at him and he swung in self-defense. 49-year-old donald rice died of his injuries. rice had 29 prior convictions for breaking and entering. >>> 6:52 baltimore city trying to save the animals. you are looking at pictures we're going to show you at just two of the an bhals who suffered -- animals who suffered abuse at the hands of troubled youth and now the mayor formed a task force to try to address this problem. members met with the public last night to hear their concerns and many just are complaining of constant cogfighting and police who turn a blind eye. >> when i called a police officer i want the police officer to respond and not say it's their property, they can do what they want. >> normally crime

baltimore's largest employer johns hopkins university has steefed go ahead to hire more people. the university just received $114 million from the government stimulus for projects and they thereof hire a significant amount of people and they say consider looking for a job in health care and avoid real estate, construction and retail because those sectors are not hiring. >> meanwhile a low-interest loan program for low-income baltimore residents, the alliance for economic inclusion explain how the borrow and save program works. they want to help those bridge the gap on their income and get them on the path of a stable financial future. >> several qualifications that you have to be combleed. i mean ployed you have to have a pay stub. you have to have a bank account and you have to be willing to take financial education and budgetting classes. >> the spram sponsored by the neighboring -- baltimore. go to www.wbaltv.com and click on "news links." could the way you discipline your child influence their i.q.? research shows children who are spanked had lower i.q.'s. the study tested t

police say it started when man broke into a home rented by four johns hopkins university students and one of them took action. >> the student heard rumbling around and went down stairs to check it out and he was armed with a samurai sword to protect himself and found the suspect sitting in the garage crouched underneath a counter. >> reporter: police say the man lunged at the student so the student swung that samurai sward. >> -- sword. >> severe laceration to the upper body severed the left hand and he died on the scene. >> reporter: police were on their way because the neighbor called to report suspicious activity. >> the suspect had a lengthy criminal history upwards of 29 arrest for burglary and was released on september 12th. >> reporter: wjz learned police questioned all four students and they are confirming to -- conferring whether the charges will be filed. university security responded along with baltimore city police. wjz contacted johns hop cns but the school refused comment saying it's not their matter. in baltimore, mike hellgren, wjz "eyewitness news." >> it's quite a st

village just off the johns hopkins university campus. initially, police said the hopkins student heard a noise, picked up his sword and confronted a man in his attached garage. now they say university police had just searched the property with the student and found nothing. that's when the student armed himself and decided to conduct a more thorough search. they heard the student cry out for his roommates to call police from a short distance away. police must complete the investigation before prosecutors well determine whether or not the student will face charges. >>> tonight, "20/20" has a heart wrenching story of six women dating one man with a potentially deadly secret. all of the women were from dallas, texas. in 2006, these women discovered they were all dating the same man, many at the same time. some, it was several years. >> did each of you think you were the only woman in fill leap's life? >> yes, i did. he made me feel like i was the only woman on the face of the earth. >> reporter: felipe had a secret, he was hiv positive. be s

baltimore's largest employer, a johns hopkins university, is set to hire more people. it received $140 million in the federal stimulus program. they will have -- $114 million in the federal stimulus program. for those of of work, the state says looking for a job in health care, education, university, and governments. avoid will estate, construction, and retail. those areas are not hiring. tonight we are learning much more about one of the filmmakers behind the hit in camera video that has stirred up so much trouble for the community advocacy group acorn. the footage taken at the baltimore office showed workers giving tax device to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute. the lawyer who filed the suit says it is not about money but they want to send a message. >> this camera video cost to baltimore employees their jobs at acorn. a multimillion-dollar lawsuit may not reverse those actions, but the attorney for acorn says sibling will send a message. >> it used -- suing will send a message. >> we had a bunch of bloggers who think the rules do not apply to them. if we d

they want to turn farmland at route 28 and muddy branch road in to a megacampus for johns hopkins university. with me to talk more about this is phil andrews, the council president. good to have you with us. >> backers predict it would bring in 40,000 jobs. the county executive says this is a project that, a call to action that you can't afford not to heed. the expansiveness of this project, is that incentive enough to go with that? >> no. the life sciences aspect of it is wonderful. we have a life sciences center that has plenty of room to expand. the question is how much development can that area take. it is a suburben area and if you went to the full amount proposed by the planning board which will triple the number of jobs there it would overwhelm the area with traffic. the amount of jobs approved there, if it was accepted, what the planning board proposed would equal downtown bethesda and nih combined but you don't have two metro stations there. the use is good and i'm sure some expansions but can't be as much as proposed or it will overwhelm the area with traffic. >> they say their hom

. >> happened at a home at johns hopkins university and tonight the investigation is on. >> jeff live along university parkway tonight with the very latest on the story. jeff what can you tell us? >>reporter: well burglars had already hit the home once last night so when another intruder showed up a little later, one of the students who lived here came armed with a sword. police say the johns hopkins student found the intruder inside the garage of the home and that is where the student struck and killed the man with his samurai sword. the intruder now has a long record of burglarizing homes and was just released from jail on saturday. as for the student, his friends say he was simply acting in self-defense. >> he said that the guy lunged at him even when he had the sword. obviously wasn't coming quietly there. i think he probably just lost control a bit. i can't really blame him. he already had two things stolen that day. >>reporter: police have spent much of the take questioning the student. so far there has been no decision on whether he will be criminally charged. we are live in oa

this morning baltimore city police have stepped up patrols here on university parkway near johns hopkins university and we've been out here all morning long and we've actually seen more and more officers driving through here. this comes after a rash of burglaries in this area and a student killed a suspected burglar yesterday. that suspected burglar, his name, has been identified as donald rice. a man with 29 convictions for breaking and entering. this is exclusive video we first brought you yesterday on "good morning maryland." police say after he lunged at the student that's when the student attacked him with the sword and it's been an alarming wakeup call for others. >> this is the kind of thing that students at any urban campus need to be paying attention to. >> this area, it's unavoidable some things are going to happen. >> reporter: the dean of student life sent students a letter reminding them in case of a burglary call 911, do not attempt to confront the intruder but rather secure yourself in a locked area until police arrive. there's no word yet if charges will be filed in this case. repor

. >> late this afternoon johns hopkins university has issued a statement. it reads in part "there has been a recent rash of more than a half dozen burglaries in the area. both uniformed and plain clothes baltimore police presence in the area had been increased if response to these crimes. that enhanced presence will continue." >>> a big development tonight in the effort to prevent the h1n1 or the swine flu. the fda has approved a new vaccine. abc2 news kelly swoope joins us with details. >> reporter: it came late this afternoon, they were not surprised at the university of maryland school of medicine where they participated in the trials. the food and drug administration expects the h1n1 vaccine to be available by mid-october to about 90,000 locations across the country. now, data collected from the university of maryland was used to license the vaccine. data that was collected eight days after the first dose was administered. no major side effects reported. just some soreness and flu-like symptoms. researchers also learned that one dose, or about 15 microg

. >>> well, at this point, police are not filing charges against the john hopkins university student who killed a home invader with a samurai store. two laptops and the sony play station were stolen already from that home earlier that same day. so last night, the unidentified student and his roommates noticed that somebody was inside the garage and on with the samurai -- and armed with the samurai sword, he went down and took a look. >> found the suspect sitting in the garage, crouched underneath a counter. >> baltimore police say that the burglar suspect had a long wrap sheet and just released from bail last saturday. >>> if you buy something at the store and you decide you don't like it, you take it back, right? general motors is allowing their customers to do the same thing with their vehicles. a lot of people are wondering, is this too good to be true? digital correspondent, lindsay with a look at the fine print. >> reporter: listen to this. if you're not 100% happy, return it. >> reporter: they are letting customers return their vehicles up to 60 days later. there are some stipu

the latest on the johns hopkins university student who used a sword to kill a suspected burglar. >> it happened early yesterday morning. it happened outside an apartment house just off campus on the 300 block of east university parkway. abc2 news sherrie johnson is live near the campus where the increased police presence is definitely felt this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're here on university parkway and yes there have -- university officials are telling us there have been a rash of burglaries and that's why we have increased police presence out here today. the suspect killed yesterday, in yesterday's attack has been identified as donald white, a man with 29 convictions for breaking and entering. this is exclusive video that we brought you yesterday. police say after he lunged at the student the student attacked him with a sword. school leaders say they try to educate students about their safety. >> particularly for incoming freshmen we get the word out about the fact that this is a city and it's a wonderful city but you also need to be aware of your surroundings. >> they r

researchers at johns hopkins university say the number of alzheimer's patients will quadruple to almost 63 million by 2050. stocks closing lower on the session. we did extend the market's biggest weekly drop since july. and right now stock futures very quiet, looking at a steady start to things today. ahead of reports this week and there are a lot of them, economists' survey says employers probably cut fewer jobs this month than last. manufacturer, they believe, may have expanded for a second month. and another report show household purchases jumping last month thanks to the cash for clunkers program. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you. >> 5:21. it's 55 degrees on tv hill. coming up, look at your morning commute. >> and don't forget to e-mail us your answer to our "watercooler question of the day." do you think new driver safety legislation will result in safer roads? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> long secret security tapes showing the aftermath of the oklahoma city bombing have been

the goddard flight center in greenbelt and center at johns hopkins university in baltimore. >>> he claimed he loved choob -- george clooney. >> so much show he took off some of his clothes to prove it. the strip teas less than flattering but hardly legitimate. >>> fire crews saw smoke coming from this curtis bay row home. the fire that left two women in the hospital. >>> first, business news with jeremy hubbard with abc. >> reporter: we begin your "moneyscope report" with fresh evidence the recession may be over. a new survey from the federal reserve finds economic activity stabilizing or improving in most parts of the country. manufacturing and automakers have been especially strong this quarter as companies refill their depleted stockpiles. experts warn shoppers must start spending more money to maintain any recovery. >>> despite signs the economy is picking up companies are in no rush to hire back the millions of workers who lost jobs during the recession. the u.s. had a record low 2.4 million job openings in july while more than 14 million people were unemployed that month. still, ther

our report is from amna navaz, a fellow with the international reporting project at johns hopkins university. >> reporter: it's ramadan in pakistan. a holy month of religious reflection and dusk-to-dawn fast, no food, no water and absolutely no indulgences while the sun is up. city streets, usually teeming with traffic and a cacophony of car horns, are quiet. for an entire month each year during the daylight hours, the he country's mind-set also changes and becomes slightly more religious. even if people aren't religious, they pretend to be religious. >> reporter: just before the sun goes down, the city wakes up. families rushing to buy fresh food and drink with which they'll end their day of fasting. the streets and food stalls are suddenly alive with activity. an exhausting month-long pattern of long, slow days and short, quick meals, that ends with a country ready to rejoice. tonight is known as the night of the moon. it means the new moon has been sighted. the month of fasting is over. and everyone's asked to celebrate. the sighting of the new moon signifies the beginning of eid, the hol

we're just a few blocks from johns hopkins university.hen neighbors called 911 to report they'd heard or seen a suspicious man in the neighborhood, police came by. the student grabbed a samurai sword for protection and with his roommates he went to check out the garage and the backyard. it was in this backyard marked with police evidence cards that a university student armed with a samurai sword suddenly came face to face with career criminal donald rice. it was 1:30 a.m. and the student yelled for his friends to call police. >> at that point, that's when the suspect lunged at the student and he, in a defensive motion, did one swipe of the sword striking him from the upper torso down to the left hand. >> reporter: the sword, nearly severed rice's hand. he bled to death at the scene. johns hopkins university backs up to one of baltimore's gritty neighborhoods. a city featured in crime dramas like "the wire" and "homicide life on the street. >> i was like, what? a samurai sword? someone dying? i doesn't believe it. >> it was just such a sur

the johns hopkins university student killed a man with a sword. investigators say the intruder lunged at the student. the suspected burglar died at the scene. the student has not been charged. police are consulting with prosecutors. >>> a place for young people to hang out on the weekend is now closed. the district shut down the masonic loe because of too much violence. police chief cathy lanier says officers received over 115 calls to the area, including the shooting of a teenager. >> we need safe places for young people to go and have entertainment and be safe while they're there and leave and proceed home at a reasonable time and be safe on the way home. >> the grand lodge is willing to work with this community. i have talked to the community members and laid out a plan of what we are going to do and we will have to get together to iron this out. >> the lodge hosted live music events on the weekends. community members circulated an online petition asking the city to take action against those disturbances. >>> d.c. police are looking for a man t

edward miller now edward of johns hopkins university.ins us to talk about low income and the uninsured when it comes to the health care debate. thank you for joining us. who are the uninsured? guest: often the working poor. people love not signed up for medicate -- people who have not signed up for medicaid, and illegal immigrants. host: what is your group advocating? to? guest: one thing missing from this debate is the delivery side of care. we think we have the mechanisms where we can ensure that we can take care of the uninsured better than we are doing right now, if we have mechanisms in place to make that happen. talking about the populations that come into the system, and ways that we can treat those that are high cost. preventive measures that we have in place. if they are admitted to the hospital and then discharge, that we have services in place to take care of them when they go back to their homes. host: is there anything in the current health care debate that would specifically affect low income? guest: we are concerned about

a tense altercation ends with a johns hopkins university medical student killing a man with a samurai. police were called to the student's home after 1:00 a.m. today. the student told them, the man was inside his garage and refused to leave. the student claims he defended himself with the weapon and cut off the intruder's hand. the man later died at the scene. >>> health experts say the h1n1 virus may be more contagious than first believed. people with h1n1 are still able to spread the virus up to a week after the symptoms first appear. university of maryland college park is confirming more than 500 cases of the swine flu on the campus. >>> in just a few hours, state officials will unveil additional plans to reduce the number of crab licenses in the state. it's trying to better manage the licenses and reduce the crab population. one plan being considered is allowing inactive crabbers to harvest take home male crabs. >>> this nation could get a first look at the senate finance committee's health care reform proposal today. it's managed to cut the cost of a ten-year coverage plan. the n

. >>> a gruesome scene unfolds blocks from the johns hopkins university campus. a student faces an intruder and fights back. >> reporter: is killing an intruder justified? what about with a samurai sword? >> i'm glad he had a machete, honestly. >> to cut off a hand. it's a little extreme. >> on this off campus property, 20-year-old student nearly severed the hand of a would-be robber with a samurai sword. the student came out of the house with a sword and got to the garage. he said he saw 49-year-old donald rice and rice lunged at home. >> police were called to the scene by a neighbor for a call of a suspicious person. by the time we got there, we found the suspect and student were taking in for questioning. >> harry goodman spoke to wjz. last june, he shot a robber three times inside his charles village dry cleaning business, fearing for his life. >> i'm sorry he had to go through a situation where he felt his life threatened. um, you know, he, he probably did what he had to do to survive, at least i hope that's what his uh, mindset was. >> reporter: people at r

eastern time, our guest is yash gupta from johns hopkins university.ut your reaction to something new to gingrich wrote. he says the our -- the right's hour in america is here. it may seem hard to believe that the conservative our in america has once again arrived. it just 10 months after republicans lost the second straight election and seven months after barack obama was inaugurated, the left has so mismanaged its opportunity that its hour is over. i want to get your reaction to that statement by newt gingrich. right's hour for america is here. the numbers are on the bottom of the screen. we will take your calls just as soon as they start coming in. the white house still believes it can talk of way out of the current mess, he writes. here are the numbers, by the way. "even though after a two-week blitz, the president's approval rating has dropped disastrous the disastrously. it has concluded that more talk will work and a joint session of congress will impress the american people. house speaker ned tupelo's seat and a team believe that in belize thou

the student lives just off the campus of john hopkins university in baltimore. police say he left his bedroom armed with a sword and called police. but before police officers arrived, there was a confrontation. >> confronted the suspect, asked him what he was doing. said he called for police. that's when the suspect lunged at him. backed him up against the wall, in a panic motion he retaliated with the samurai sword. >> there's a suspected burglar identified as donald rice, slashed across the upper body during the fight. his hand was also cut off. he died a short sometime later. police say the same student's apartment was broken into twice in two days. >>> a man was shot to dea in prince george's county. officers were called to the 1700 block of olive street in capital heights before 6:00 last night. when they arrived they found 30-year-old seed rick holmes suffering from a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. investigators don't have any suspects or a motive at this time. anyone with information is asked to call po

. >> so physician and professor of public health at john hopkins university, dr.ty mckerry, joining us out of d.c. again, tipline, everyone, this child suffers with turner syndrome. >> about 1 in 3,000 girls gets turner syndrome. it's a condition where they have some deformities, they have webbing of the neck and we know with haleigh in particular, she saw doctors frequently, often missing school. so we know she had frequent -- >> if she were still alive and is not being treated by the doctors, the hospital, she's in such serious, serious danger. >> very much so. she definitely has special needs. she's at high risk for severe infections and she needs special attention. >> everyone, we are taking your calls. very quickly, i want to report to you a story about a dedicated mother who heads off in the early morning hours to catch her car pool and is not only stabbed in a public parking lot, but then the assailant gets back in his car and runs her over. tonight, she is clinging to life. take a listen. >> visitoring at a new jersey hotel were shocked friday morning to f

. >>> prosecutors are deciding whether to charge a johns hopkins university student accused of killingary suspect with a samurai sword. police say 20-year-old john pontolillo went looking for the intruder. >> donald rice had a long criminal history of thefts. rice's family believes the owner should be charged. >>> the search is on for suspects following a frightening home invasion in fairfax county where police say as many as five masked men wearing fbi baseball caps broke into a house in broad daylight and tied up the people inside. a 28-year-old man was injured. he was beaten but did not require medical treatment. a 52-year-old woman and nine- month-old baby were not hurt. police would not say what if anything the masked men took from the house. police did eventually pull over several suspicious vehicles after the attack but the suspects are still on the loose. >>> police are hoping to get a motive in the murder of a yale student, annie le. they arrested raymond clark after tracing his dna tothe scene. he is not talking to police. le's body was found on sunday, the same day she was s

they want to turn farmland at route 28 and muddy branch road in to a megacampus for johns hopkins universityey predict it will bring 40,000 new jobs to the city and call for the facility to include research and retail space along with housing. >> it is essentially suburben area and traffic is already substantial. so i believe that it needs to be scaled back to a more reasonable increase in defensety and development so it doesn't overwhelm the area. >> reporter: the project has received the approval of the montgomery county planning board. no word when the council will vote on the plan. if it receives council support the project would be built in phases over the next 30 years. >>> what may otherwise be written off as a high school fight is making national headline. that's because the fight on the bus you caught on camera. in four minutes, what people are saying and why it is such a big story. >>> right now, though, our focus on virginia's weather and traffic. here's howard. >> thank you. >>> good morning. in virginia we start with live doppler hd. while the majority of virginia is dry this mo

. >>> baltimore city police say there were no signs of forced entry in a home near johns hopkins university where the intruder was killed by a hopkins college student who had a samurai sword. 20-year-old john pontolillo called police on monday night to report a video game console stolen from his room. later that night those living in the home heard a commotion, he grabbed a samurai sword, confronted the intruder in a garage behind his home. the student claims the man lunged at him, that is when he swung the sword in self-defense. 49-year-old donald rice died of his injuries. he had 29 prior convictions for breaking and entering. >>> schools back in session so it's time to talk to the teachers. >> so, coming up, we're going to make sure you know what to ask and find out how your kids are doing in class. when you get a chance to chat with the teachers. >>> the start of school and the fall season coming we tend to get a little sick. why we need to make sure we're up to date on vaccinations, coming up next. hey, i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know, she's running around

. >>> we are learning more about the death of a burglary suspect at the hands of a johns hopkins university student wielding a sword. the man would was killed was 4 #-year-old donald rice, fresh out of prison. the owner told police that the suspect lunged at him in his garage. new information reveals that rice was outside in the yard crouched in a corner when the man sought him out, sliced off his hand and then killed him. >>> coming up next, you may want to take a closer look at the floor mats in your car before you leave on your drive to work this morning. >> we'll tell you about a major safety concern that affects two popular brands. >>> also ahead, they have their suspect an now police are trying to find the motive n the murder of a yale graduate student. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back.  meet the volkswagen jetta. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all pa

fred berlin with the sexual disorders clin with john hopkins university school of medicine, and jake goldenflame, who spent five years in prison for child molestation. that was 15 years ago. he now works to help other sex offenders overcome their problem. i want to first go to a tweet, gentlemen. we will go to melbook 194 saying, exactly how long does it take for one to recover? for you to recover, you said he has been recovering for 15 years, has he recovered? that's to you, jake. jake goldenflame, how do you know that you're rehabilitated? >> the best way i can answer that is this -- whenever an urge comes up -- and no matter how slight it may be, a sexual urge of attraction for somebody who's underage, along with the urge, instantly, there's a message attached to it, and the message to me is, you're in danger. and so immediately instead of dwelling on the sexual urge and fantasizing what i might want to do and strategizing some way to go after that person, instead my attention is, i'm in danger. how do i get myself out of this as responsibly as possible and as fast as possible? i'

adji for host a discussion at johns hopkins university -- bob schieffer hosts a discussion at johns hopkins university. c-span continues its look at health care tonight at 8:00 eastern. "washington journal" visited a hospital in virginia. tonight, a look at emergency health care. it begins at 8:00 eastern. then, a health-care town hall with house democrat leader steny loyd your who talked to constituents last night. -- steny we are. tomorrow, vice-president biden talks about the product -- progress of the economic stimulus and the overall state of the economy. c-span and c-span radio will have live coverage starting at about 10:00 eastern. the economic stimulus was a topic this morning on "washington journal." we will show as much as we can until live coverage in about 10 minutes. host: government efforts to funnel hundreds of billions of dollars into the u.s. economy appeared to be helping u.s., of the worst recession in decades. @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ host: about 84 of the $409 billion in spending has been paid. almost $200 billion has been promised a certain projects such as inf

. >> to physician and professor of public health at john's hopkins university, dr.ip line. 888-277-8477. this child suffers with turner syndrome. >> about 1 in 3,000 girls gets turner syndrome. this it's condition where they have deformities. the ears are low set. they have webbing of the neck. we know with haleigh in particular she saw doctors frequently often missing school. we know she needed special attention for the recurrent infections she was prone to because of the turner syndrome. >> if she were still alive and is not being treated by the doctors at the hospital, she's in such serious, serious danger. >> very much so. she definitely has special needs. she's at high risk for severe infections and she needs special attention. >> everyone, we are taking your calls live. very quickly, i want to report to you a story about a dedicated mother who heads off in the early morning hours to catch her carpool and is not only stabbed in a public parking lot. but then the assailant gets back in his car and comes back to run her over. tonight, she's clinging to life. take

. >> to physician and professor of public health at johns hopkins university, dr.marty makary joining is out of d.c. welcome, doctor. everyone, tip line 888-247-8477. this child suffers with turner syndrome. >> yeah, about 1 in 3,000 girls gets turner syndrome. it's this condition where they have some deformities. the ears are a little low set. they have webbing of the neck. and we know with haleigh in particular she saw doctors frequently, often missing school. so we know she needed special attention for these recurrent infections that she was prone to because of the turner syndrome. >> so if she is still alive and is not being treated by the doctors or the hospital, she's in such serious, serious danger. >> very much so. she definitely has special needs. she's at high risk for severe infections. and she needs special attention. >> everyone, we are taking your calls live. but very quickly, i want to report to you a story about a dedicated mother who heads off in the early morning hours to catch her carpool and is not only stabbed in a public parking lot but then t

. >> this just in, we have learned a johns hopkins medical university student killed an intruder with a samurai sword. the student told the man to leave. the man accosted him. that is when he cut off the man's hand and cause a severe laceration to his body. we will have more information coming up. >> good morning to you. we are tracking some traffic trouble up there. an accident coming in the area of york road. watch for possible delays there. middle river road at pulaski highway, an accident still clearing. speed sensors indicate 32 miles per hour. heading out in howard county, a truck fire coming in there. here is a live view of traffic in the white marsh area. a quick look in the area of liberty where we have a bit of a back up. over to you. >> the son will be up in 10 minutes. -- sun will be up in 10 minutes. a partly cloudy day with temperatures of up to 85 degrees. by tomorrow, a slight chance of showers. rain chances will be pretty decent guy thursday. sunday, sunny skies and a pleasant day. >> coming up, find out what happened after this herd of cattle popped into this conveni

. >>> johns hopkins university medical school student has killed a man with a sa-murai sword.ust after 1 this morning. the student told officers the man was inside his garage and refused to leave and he cut off his hand in self defense and also cut the man on his upper body. the man died at the scene. >> health experts say the h1n1 virus maybe contagious longer than first believed. new studies show people with the virus are able to spread it up to a week after the symptoms a we're. -- appear. there are more than 500 cases on campus. stay with us. up next the u.s. open winner, a man who dethroned the best tennis pla >>> a married father of two who went from wall street to the big house. >> if if i want to hold on to everything, then i got to steal money. >> we'll talk to his wife who was shocked by the deception. >>> a phenomenal birthday goift prince harry. he turns 25 today and inherits millions. so what's he going to do on his birthday? we'll take you to london to find out. >>> and our road to the emmys begins with host neil patrick harris. >> i'll probably do some singing m