langford. >> i think he's he's a trickster. >> may we approach the bench? >> no. just ask your question. mr. holland -- >> reporter: langford had holiday getting him to answer many questions without a combative response. >> they were to testify on my behalf until your officers got ahold of her and threatenedder to had change her statement. >> reporter: the pastor add m admitted he had sex with the girl at the age of 18. >> if you disagree with it, you are not the law. it's legal. that's who dictates what's wrong and what's not. >> reporter: just as quickly as holiday left the stand a witness claims. >> and 16. >> that's when the sexual contact began? >> yes. >> reporter: the pastor will soon learn if he's found guilty or not. just a couple of final steps. tomorrow afternoon, the trial afternoon. the judge will read jury instructions to the jurors and then they will hear closing arguments followed by deliberations sergio avila, news 3. back to you. >> thank you. >>> be very careful if you are headed out tonight, those roads are slick. we saw some crashes, one invol

but prosecutor langford believes the defendant will testify in his own defense. ((karen castro)) jury selection will resume tomorrow. opening statements are expected to begin on wednesday at the very latest. the trial is expected to last about a week. if convicted, holland faces life reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now./// ((dave courvoisier)) > taking action. ((paula francis)) how president obama plans to close what many call a "loophole".. which is the lack of background checks for firearms sales at gun shows./// < (("you're watching 8 news now at the news of southern ((paula francis)) > president obama says he will not be a lame duck during his final year in the white house. ((dave courvoisier)) sources say he will announce an executive action this week -- expanding background checks on gun sales. the justice department's bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is issuing updated guidance that says the government can consider someone a gun dealer regardless of where the guns are sold. the guidance aims to narrow the gun show loophole. only fed

langford said that holland had the victims film themselves. again while these new charges were filed today- here at the regional justice center closing arguments kicked off in the initial case against holland. robert langford, special prosecuting attorney: new charges were filed in henderson justice court this morning they are similar allegations the case here. because were waiting for the jerry he probably won't make appearance tomorrow expect that either will be. later in the week or possibly next week holland was arrested in december 2010 on charges related to sexually assaulting girls and women from his church. he was then charged with lewdness with a minor in 2011. holland then fled nevada and was eventually found in tijuana where by mexican police. while the prosecution argues that holland met with the victims in private and pretended like he was counseling them, the defense argues that the victims were scorned by holland and jealous to be sharing his attention. the jury has wrapped up for the day at 5 and will be back tomorrow at 9 am.

senator langford: this has been an issue. i don't find anyone here who says we shouldn't do background checks and the database shouldn't be effective. but if i can have the pleasure of the chairman for a moment, let me run through a couple of our states in the states that submit information into the system, federally, if there is a federal conviction for a felony, that's going into the system right away. if it is a state felony, alabama has zero felonies. california has 4032. delaware has zero. maryland has 12. my fine state of oklahoma has one, very law-abiding state. rhode island has zero and wisconsin has 106. that's not very many coming from our state into the system. the question i have is what is happening between the states that they are not submitting the information into the federal system or is the federal system so complicated that states of all stripes are not submitting that information? ms. lynch: i think you have raise a very important issue. after the virginia tech tragedy, the government did reach out to the

cbs's steve langford has the shocking video. >> reporter: the lobby inside roth church, sunday at noon. as the pastor continues to lead his service in the sanctuary. >> excuse me. excuse me! >> reporter: the mayhem in the lobby followed the arrest of the pastor on a petty larceny charge, caught on video, some church board members say stealing $238 in cash from the congregation's collection. >> get out of the way! >> don't push me. >> oh, no. >> reporter: the church elder pushed to the floor as one faction demanded resignation of the pastor tries to enter the sanctuary. once inside, it's a battle of the microphones, as the pastor and opponents try to shout each other down. as the bewildered congregation watches on, some children among them. an attorney says his client will not comment on the petty larceny charge against him, nor will he resign. >> this is all going to get sorted out in court. there's nothing to say. >> reporter: police arrived, eight officers strong, clearly confused about what on earth is going on here. ultimately, no one is arrested in connection with the fighting, po

atlantic ocean years ago and never expecting tos it again but in two years, it has made quite steve langford of our cbs station wcbs reports. >> reporter: just how far a message in a bottle can go beyond the wildest dreams of tommy and bridget who two years ago now tossed this glass bottle with a note inside into the ocean into the jersey shore and never imagining the bottle would make it far. they didn't even sign the note inside. >> we just thought that someone would find it and say you left your bottle here. >> reporter: they had left his college dorm address on the message but never thought about it again until this week when loyola university in maryland contacted them saying someone had found their message in a bottle in france. the bottle floating 3,376 miles from island beach state park in new jersey to ile tariec in france. >> can't believe it made it all the way to france. can't believe it. >> reporter: this man speaking to us from his home in western found on the beach this past sunday. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: in the sea weed and the sand, he says he spotted

. >> i refuse -- >> reporter: langford objected saying he was not sticking to the question. >> i would like to apologize. after what i heard, i want the jury to hear everything. i apologize. >> reporter: the judge had to take a recess. >> i would like to take a lie detector test. >> may we're broach? >> -- approach? >> yes. >> reporter: the judge adminnished holland to stick to the questions. he was animated but had more control. he was asked about a girl he met when he was 15. >> did you have sexual relations with her? >> yes. >> reporter: he testified nothing happened prior to her consent in nevada. >> jurors listened to holland's every word. they will be the ones to determine if he is innocent or guilty against the 17 charges against him and the prosecutor began his cross-examination of holland later in the afternoon. they actually got him to admit that he's had no formal training in counseling or any sort of teaching or training to become a pastor and the court will take a break until next tuesday in this case when the prosecution will pick back up for cross-examination. sergio avi

langford said that holland had the victims film themselves. while these new charges were filed today- here at the regional justice center closing arguments kicked off in the initial case against holland. he already faces 14 counts of sexual abuse related to victims younger than 16. submission does not necessarily mean consent fact that you submit to a thing not mean you can consent to it not mean you want that thing to happen they feel like he is giving more attention to two adult women is romantically

steve langford, cbs 2 news >> thank you. >>> the nypd issued a strong reminder to drivers to clear the roof of your car. they tweeted out this picture this morning reminding drivers that keeping the snow on the roof of your car is not only dangerous but against the law. >>> traffic is moving again at la guardia airport after a complete disaster last night. drivers sat in gridlock for hours when delayed flights from the storm finally resumed. ilana gold has the details. >> the scope of the chaos at la guardia airport captured by chopper 2 last night. cars backed up for miles leading in and out of terminals and gridlock on the grand central parkway starting around 6:00. >> i've never seen the line snack at every terminal back and forth. >> some drivers sat at a >> we've been sitting here for 4 hours. this line has not moved hardly at all. >> as people flooded the roads trying to catch their planes because many delayed flights just resumed. some took a chance saying they got out of their cabs and buses, walked for at least 30 minutes to try and make it on time. >> we headed across the bri

while he was testifying, holland was defiant and combative with special prosecutor robert langford. >> i am answering. i am answering. yes i am. you are interrupting me. you are interrupting me. >> reporter: jurors telling high is didn't help his case. >> he had no respect for the judge. he had no respect for the prosecutor. >> reporter: the juror flat out thought holland was lying. did you find him believable? >> no. i didn't. >> reporter: for the victims, guilty. it's definitely been a huge wear and tear on my life. i've had to deal with so many different emotions and not only that i've also had to put aside school and work to come and take forth the effort to make sure this case gets rested. >> reporter: this case may be done but otis holland will soon have a new trial. >> there are other members of the congregation who came forward. >> reporter: special prosecutor new victims came fword a new set of allegations. >> there's a total of 22 new charges. and they again are ages young children, six, seven through adults. >> reporter: langford says the new case although different has all

steve langford spoke with his mother. >> my son did not deserve this at all. >> reporter: the mother of justen, a 20-year-old volunteer firefighter in middletown, new york stabbed to death at a new year's eve party in nearby crawford. >> he lived his life as a hero, died a hero. >> reporter: distraught colleagues and friends at the firehouse where spates had volunteered since he was 16 years old. not surprised he had reportedly tried to break up a fight at a party here just after midnight on new year's eve when he was fatally stabbed. state police say there were about 100 people at the party here at the time of the murder. >> justin was a true hero. now we need someone to be a hero and come forward with information. >> reporter: a $10,000 reward offered for leads to the arrest and conviction of the killer. justin spates, his firefighter would stop at nothing to help even as a teenaged volunteer. >> he would ride his bicycle to fires at a youngser age with his gear on. >> reporter: flowers by the side of the road near where spates was murdered as his mother and the firefighters who re

langford, cbs2 news. >> nypd detective joseph lemm was killed in that same attack. thousands of police officers attended his funeral at st. patrick's cathedral on wednesday. >>> some residents of northern new jersey got quite the scare early this morning when they were woken up by an earthquake. the small quake hit two miles northwest of ringwood in passaic county. >> reporter: slices and toppings weren't the only items being discussed at skyline pizza saturday night. >> i thought a bomb had went off in the city or something. i didn't know what to think. >> reporter: he was stunned and a little scared when the earth started rumbling before 1 a.m. >> it was crazy. it was kind of a huge boom and the ground started shaking. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey reported the epicenter of the 2.1 magnitude quake was upon the ramapo fault line. >> we heard like a sound and a shake like someone dropped >> reporter: jackie thomas was watching tv with her boyfriend and thought a burglar broke into the house. >> i had my dog there. i said if someone was in the house, we tho

langford, wcbs news. >>> an investigation revealed that 911 calls went unanswered in ft. lauderdale because the dispatcher was allegedly on the phone ordering pizza. a man had a seizure at an the dispatcher later was reprimanded reprimanded. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs t ts morning," kids getting in the cross-fit craze. i'm anne-marie green and this is the "cbs morning news." announcer: this portion of "cbs morning news" sponsored by vagisil. your experts in intimate health. eat winter snacks. freshman. campbell's. made for real, real life. i did it... do it... take the nature's bounty hair, skin and nails challenge. if your hair, skin and nails don't look more beautiful, we'll give you your money back. i did it... and i feel beautiful. visit naturesbounty.com for details. while i was on a combat patrol in baqubah, iraq, a rocket-propelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. the wounded warrior project since 2007. warriors, yoyodon't have to be severely wounded to be with the wounded warrior project. we do have a lot of guys that have post-traumatic s

steve langford talked to a hotel guest and has new information. >> she was leaving and i was checking in, and a second, two minutes later her daughter came in screaming hysterically. >> reporter: this woman who prefers not to be identified says she spoke to the shooting victim not lobby at hampton inn about 8:30 thursday night moments before the woman identified as 53-year-old andrea of baltimore was shot in the chest, trying to stop a suspect robbing her 20-year-old daughter sitting in their car >> she was hysterical, she was like, hysterical. >>> the victim and the daughter had just driven here from baltimore, according to a police source the daughter was supposed to fly to south africa this morning for a semester abroad. the suspect and a partner reported to have fled towards the van wyck expressway, they heard the violence unfold. >> i'll tell you, it is bad, getting worse in this neighborhood. >> the victim's vehicle towed by police this morning the hampton inn front desk says it has no comment, the daughter treated for minor head wounds after being pistol whipped her mother list

cbs 2's steve langford tells us how the couple was targeted and how the suspect got away. >> reporter: the staircase to terror for a queens couple in their 80s where police say this man, armed to the teeth, video, forced his way into the couple's apartment wednesday about 5 p.m. >> the knife was under her chin on her neck and the gun was on my grandfather's chest. >> reporter: the elderly couple's granddaughter tells cbs 2 news the suspect had followed her 82-year-old grandmother home from the grocery store then at the building entrance put his hand over her mouth and a knife to her throat demanding cash. what she had. that wasn't enough so he made them look for more money. >> reporter: the grandmother forked over $300 the suspect then pushed his way into the apartment and poked his gun into the chest of the woman's 88-year-old husband who quickly coughed up another $500. >> he threw her on to the couch and told her to sit down. >> reporter: that's when another family member came home and walked in on the violent heist. apparently scaring the suspect. >> when he heard her, he started

cbs 2 steve langford reports, hundreds paraded to belmont at noon. >> we say no. no casino. through the snowbanks of floral park and almont saturday. >> we say no. no casino. >> reporter: the quest to stop the 1,000 video lottery terminals set up at belmont park. >> we are not supporting this. >> reporter: the latest mobilization against the plan to open the video gaming parlor in this community. straddling the city nassau county line. 2,000 protesters jammed a rally in mid january. the mayor of floral park, a driving force, behind opposition to the belmont plan. >> i really think that it is short-sighted by our local leaders. >> no casino in belmont park. >> these residents say they fear more gambling here will mean increased crime and traffic and lower property values. >> we bought that house because it was our next egg. and i don't want to lose any value in that nest egg. >> reporter: mary ann geraldo pushed her double stroller the length of the march to register her objection to the casino plan. appropriate, for the community, or any of the surrounding area. >> i don't t

steve langford has more. >> i just took it and throw it as far as i could. >>> how far a message in a bottle could go beyond the wildest dreams of tommy and bridget who two years ago now tossed this bottle with a note inside. never imaging the bottle would make it far they didn't even sign the note inside. >> we just thought someone would find it and be like you left your bottle here. >>> they left the college dorm address on the message but never thought about it again until this week when the university in maryland contacted them saying, someone had found their message in a bottle. the bottle floating 3,376-miles from island beach state park in new jersey to france. >> i can't believe it that it went all the way to france, it doesn't make any sense. >> speaking to cbs 2 news from his home in western france, showing us the bottle he found on the beach this past sunday. in the seaweed and the sand he spotted it and took it hope to open the message barely legible, says, a simple line that read, quote, write to us about your good fortunes. >> crazy and unbelievable, two years, 3,000-mil

let me ask you this -- senator langford ronna been excellent point.bility to trace perform an adequate background check is only as good as the information coming in. as we saw in the charleston, south carolina incident, it was unable to be traced to that individual. the localaining at level? is it the examiner? what happened there? i think you know that the examiners are dedicated and do their jobs with great commitment. in the charleston case, my the arrest wass located in one particular jurisdiction but the query was made of another jurisdiction. and because there was not a conviction yet, it prevented it from being the courts system, so the examiner followed all the queries as per normal and the information was literally sitting in an adjoining counties docket and was not pulled in to that. it was wrinkly heartbreaking to all of us who work on this matter from the fbi and throughout the department of justice. even then reasons why we began looking at the ways to improve the system and the fbi director commissioned a report, being able to modernize

one remarkable connection - on the jersey shore, steve langford, cbs 2 news. 3 today is martin luther king junior day and there are lots of events happening in the midlands... we'll tell you after the break.3 good morning and thanks for waking up with us here on news19 this morning. i'm savannah levins. and i'm deon guillory.today is martin luther king junior day and there are several events happening across the midlands...let's take a look. 3 in lee county ...the m-l-k

((robert langford/prosecut or: 'there's a total of 22 new charges and they are again ages young children 6, and 7 through adults." )) ((mauricio marin)) the defendant took the stand in this last case....claiming innocence. the prosecutor says it was clear he was lying. "at one point i determined that there was nothing else to be gained. the jury saw though his baffling buffoonery and it was obvious he wasn't telling the truth." )) ((mauricio marin)) a victim's mother says it's disgusting what he did--especially because he betrayed the community's trust. ((victim's mother: "you put so much trust into someone or somebody. this isn't just a person but a person wrapped around faith." )) ((mauricio marin)) those hurt by holland say the guilty verdict has lifted a burden off their shoulders. ((victim: "sometimes in life you can't choose what has happened to you but you can choose to grow from it or let yourself fall." )) ((mauricio marin)) holland is scheduled to be back in court in march to be sentenced for today's guilty verdict. he faces life in prison. his attorney did not provide comment

. >> reporter: robert langford talking about fleeing, otis holland was caught in mexico some seven months after an arrest warrant was issued when these charges first came up. the jury deliberated about 15 minutes, until 5:00 and then they went home for day. they are expected to pick up reporting live sergia avila, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a delta flight was set back to the gate at mccarran after someone thought they saw smoke. the plane was heady to the runway ready to depart for seattle. they checked everything. >>> new at 6:00, one year from today, america swears in its next president. one month from today, the voting starts here in nevada in the race for the white house. democrats hold their caucus on saturday, february 20th. three days later, it's the republicans' turn. jeff guillen has more. >> no matter the party, no matter the candidate, the goal is to get people out to vote. one month out and i'm talking into bernie sanders' las vegas office. >> he makes the most sense. he has the most intech integrity. >> reporter: what's happening here. >> we're telling the community to co

steve langford is live for us this noon, steve. >> reporter: a beefed up police presence near the corner of albemarle and flat bush a girl reports nearly being the victim of a kidnapping attempt. >> an old rusty gray van pulls up to the b-49 bus stop on thursday a man about 40 years old offering the 11-year-old a ride, police say. the child says no, but the man gets out, a wooden stick in his hand, police say, and tries to grab the girl. >> that's a child, you don't do that to a child. >> the girl runs back to school where agents call 911. mrs.^a police precinct headquarters around the corner. right in front of a school and a police station is right behind us, shows the type of security we have in our neighborhood. >>> the suspect is reported to have fled north on rogers avenue, they describe him as a black male, 5 feet, 3 or 4 inches tall. 40 years old weighing 140 pounds, gray baseball pants gray sweater. >> scary to know my daughter goes around the corner and may have stuff going on. >> there are three schools within a couple of blocks of here. the reported kidnapping attempt all the

otis holland going toe to toe with robert langford. at time, the outbusts were so disruptive, the judge had to step in and separate the two. holiday faces 17 counts stemming from the app rapes of rape -- stemming from the reigns of rapes of young girls. >>> and this man darren clanton is arrested in connection with the death of his father. police say an argument that sparked over college grades led to shooting in their home a little over a week ago. according to the arrest report, grades and that's when dare will be said he had -- daren said he had not been enrolled in college for tafor a year. the two argued and that's when he grabbed a gun from the master red room. >>> steve ross wants the city to take over the puc over the move over rates. ross thinks the city should offer financial support to home and businesses that invest in solar energy systems. the ordinance would form an independent committee to advise city leaders on a sustainable program. >>> a 25-year-old staffer for presidential candidate ben iowa. carson is canceling you

as cbs 2's steve langford reports, the daughter was set to fly to south africa for a semester abroad. >> reporter: the vehicle belonging to a mother and daughter checking into the hampton inn hotel near kennedy airport thursday night. they were targeted by men in this white volkswagen. suspects arrived at 8:15. >> woman came screaming someone was shot. >> reporter: this woman spoke to the vick film in the lobby just before the -- the victim in the lobby just before the woman a 53-year-old woman from hotel parking lot by one of the suspects robbing her and her 20-year-old daughter who had been sitting in the car waiting for her mother. >> she was leaving and i was checking in. and a second -- few minutes later her daughter came in screaming hysterically. >> reporter: when andrea comes back out of the hotel she confronts the suspect sitting in her car. the suspect demand her purse. she refuses. she screams. the suspect then hits her with a gun. she fights back, that's when she gets shot. the violent encounter had begun with a suspect jumping into the driver's seat of the victim's car ye

steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> coned reports over 400 manhole incidents since the snowstorm. >>> garbage service in the city resumes tomorrow following this weekend's snowstorm. residents should place their trash at the curb tonight according to the normal make sure it's easily accessible and clear of snow. there may still be some delays in collection due to ongoing snow removal. >>> the boss bruce springsteen and the e street band rescheduled their snowed out sunday show at madison square garden for march 28th. tickets for the original date will be honored. they say just show up with the ticket. the rocker playing at msg tonight by the way also added two brooklyn shows for april 23 and 25 at the barclays center. >>> the buildings department issued a "stop work" order at a construction site in manhattan after a worker fell from the fifth floor to the basement of the building on west 17th street in chelsea this morning. he was rushed to the hospital in serious but stable condition. after a preliminary investigation inspectors said the worker wasn't using proper safety protection equipment

cbs 2's steve langford spoke to parents of two children who got away from men who approached them. >> my son ran. he didn't even look right or left. he just ran. >> reporter: the father of a 6th grader at deer park, long island, recall the moment last friday afternoon when his son was confront by a masked man in a mercedes at the school bus stop by the corner of west 8th street and park avenue just down the street from their home. >> someone just walked up to him, you know, in his car and then came outside the car and spoke to him and said, you want $100? >> reporter: $100 to go with the stranger to a local arcade. this is the second report in recent days of a man trying to lure middle school children into a car. blocks away at lake avenue and west 3rd approached as they were getting off a school bus by a man in a red honda. the mother of one of the 11- year-olds targeted says the driver of the honda pulled up rolled down his window and said kids i have something in here for you. denise says her 12-year-old daughter saw one of the vehicles trying to lure local children. >> it's very q

some say it looks like stonehenge but as cbs 2's steve langford reports, this creation has kick off a big blame game. >> reporter: this behemoth by the beach a monument to survivors of superstorm sandy is a gift from the tilt up concrete association, a nonprofit trade organization to the borough of highlands, new jersey, which is now demanding it be removed. little more than 3 months after it was built. >> i don't like it. it's ugly. >> reporter: but it's not look of this half million-dollar monument with the roof that could make it go the way of the berlin wall. no. the problem is, no one bothered to get a permit from the state's department of environmental protection. highlands mayor frank nolan spoke to us by speaker phone. >> how did it get built without the proper permit? >> i think it was something that was done and just wasn't realized by either the borough or the organization. so i would tell you that, you know, we definitely have some blame in there. the buck stops here at my desk. >> reporter: highlands has sent a letter to the concrete trade association declaring, quote, th

robert langford said this case will give a glimpse of how holland used young girls to provide him with pornographic pictures. >> target his victims through the use of prayer cards, groom the victims, groom his church to accept the fact that if they know, everybody would gang up on the victims. >> holland is already facing 25 years to life. he's set to be formally sentenced in march. for the second set of charges, he will be back in court early next month. >>> sicker chris brown will not be charged for a reported -- singer chris brown will not be charged for a reported scuffle at the palms over the weekend. a woman was inside at a party. she said she was assaulted. the d.a. said he will not file charges because there's not enough evidence to suggest battery. the woman tried to take a picture of the singer. >>> clark county school district say one of their teachers is facing charges for having sex with a 16-year-old mentally challenged boy. antonio castelan is live from valley school. saying about this one tonight? >> reporter: reed, all they will say is one of the special ed teachers at

we're back with james langford of oklahoma. you've been well briefed on these terror threats.e bracing for more isis-inspired attacks? >> we should, actually, and that's one of the things that's the most challenging in this current environment is isis is trying to both inspire attacks telling people to join the caliphate and fight in syria and iraq and if you can't join us here, kill people where you are and say you're with us. that's the type of thing isis is trying to inspire around the world to say you don't have to be connected with us, be around us, take the isis logo, go kill someone and tell them you're with us because the goal is to create this terror and instability in the western part of the world. >> the fears here are significant. let's talk about the escalating tension in the middle east right now. as bad as it is seems to be getting worse by the day and now there are these claims by the iranians that the saudis hit the iranian embassy in yemen. today the saudis are denying it. what can you tell us about that? >> there is a proxy war in syria and yemen right on th

in opening statements, prosecutor robert langford told jurors the defendant brainwashed nothing wrong with what he was doing. his defense attorney, carmine colucci, said holland offered counseling sessions to minors with the consent of their parents. colucci said his client talked to the kids about sex... but never sexually assaulted them. in fact, he said the victims cared about holland and when they found out he was dating older women, they plotted against him. the second victim to take the stand also testified she was sexually assaulted during counselng sessions with the former pastor. she was also a teenager at the time. the trial will resume tomorrow. reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. ((dave courvoisier)) karen, any word of when holland will take the stand. ((karen castro)) his defense but the prosecutor believes holland will testify in his own defense. ((nats- vuvuzelas and airhorns)) ((paula francis)) > a chorus of vu-vu-ze'-las and airhorns welcomed the three democratic presidential primary candidates to las vegas last night. hilary clinton... bernie sanders... and mar

langford. >> and he would talk about women as horse and slots. >> the defense countering the is not that simple, calling him an eccentric leader. >> man: mister holland was a dynamic, charismatic speaker, and he was the glue that held this congregation together. >> beginning to trial was not easy. to mexico where he was arrested in 2012. turn to talk. >> woman: i had been molested by otis holland. >> and holland is of course the former pastor of united faith church. along with the sex count, he is also charged with conspiring to destroy evidence. the trial is expected to last about a week. reporting live, denise, and let's go back to the studio. >> jessica: thank you for that. metro says this man, joshua simon, is in jail charged with first-degree murder. according to detectives, simon and the victim, gary maney, got into a fight at the apartment santa. killed. >> metro detectives have made interest in the murder from last february. this was the senior boulder wayne watson is accused of choosing edie. he was arrested in california monday and will be properly cared face murder charges. >>

prosecutor robert langford says this case is going to give a glimpse of how holland used young girls to provide him with pone pornographic pictures. >>> we're also learning more about the man accused of waving a gun on the las vegas strip friday night prompting a police shooting. the family of 20-year-old kahleal black says he's mentally ill and even spent time, checked into the hospital. police say black was waving a gun and pointing it at people and that's when officer george smith shot black. in the end, a child was grazed by a bullet. black was arrested but not wounded. >>> all right. so according to a close family member, black has been taking medication his whole life. that's the newest revolution. he recently stopped taking it. >>> two anti-abortion activists are indicted for making a video the d.a. in harris county, texas announced the founder of the group, is facing a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record as well as a misdemeanor charge of purchasi activist is charged with the tampering count. the group released videos it claimed showed officials talking abou

steve langford, cbs 2 news. >>> steve thank you. opening statements underway in officer accused in the shooting of an unarm man. peter charged with manslaughter in the death of 28-year-old gurley. and investigators say he fired a single shot into a dark stairwell, the bullet bounced off a wall striking gurley. the officer's attorney said it was an accident. coming up, next. . >>> closed captioning brought to you by goya. it has to be good. >>> the cbs 2 weather team, expect more. >>> made a little bit of sunshine today, at least the temperatures warmed up we'll get the very latest from john elliot. >>> the mayor is right over the next few days the numbers will edge up a little bit, oh, we have still so much shoveling to do, in fact proof of that weather watchers. numbers a little warmer today 5 to 8 degrees, i just want to dive into some great pictures. first off i like this from george it is a heated birdbath. and if you have a small dog and big drifts, that could be a problem. watch out for dangerous icicles thanks to that reminde

behind the effort attorney tom langford, he represents the hostages, 32 of them are still alive and their families. he says there was more damage done than many americans probably realized. >> it wrecked marriages, people attempted and committed suicides. there is a woman today very distinguished woman who has multiple panic attacks each and every day. >> lankford looked at congress and had a republican ally in johnny isaacson, a plan to compensate the hostages 4.4 million or more for each day in captivity. money collected from french bank bmp paraba. that provision was approved in the broader budget bill passed by congress in september. >> we with love to pursue a remedy that would erase the whole experience, but you can't. you give them money, that is how our system works and it is important as a symbol, to at least allow them the opportunity to taste a certain amount of sweetness and ocertain amount of dignity in their final years. >> mary snow, al jazeera. >> one of the former hostages was john lindburg, among the 52 americans held captive for 444 days. this is him waving in a photogr

steve langford tells us why people are so upset. >> we say no! no casino! >>> a mile long march through the park, saturday. their quest to stop the otv from setting up 1,000 video park. >> we are not supporting. >> the latest mobilization against the plan to open a community. strating the nassau county line. 2,000 protesters jammed a rally in mid-january. the mayor a driving force belmont plan. >> i really think that it is short sided by our local leaders. >> no casino in belmont park>> they fear it will mean increased time, traffic and lower property values. >> we bought that house, that house because it was our nest egg. and i don't want to lose any value in that nest egg. >> marianne pushed her double stroller the length of the march to register her objection to the casino plan. >> i don't think it is appropriate for the community or any of the surrounding areas. >> i don't think it is a good idea . at the gas station across the street, mixed feelings. >> i think it is good, i play poker. so hopefully enhance the neighborhood and give people a place to g

steve langford from our sister station cbs two in insuring reports. >> reporter: police officer stewarto anti crime patrol with his partner when they responded to numerous 911 calls reporting a large fight the in the street with guns, bats, knives. >> reporter: it was war, in the streets of the south bronx, as 2:10 a.m. the saturday. when police arrived surveillance video giving a glimpse of the chaos near the the scene as people ran from the violence. >> i saw groups of guys fight each other, i seen them fight each other. >> reporter: this man who does not want his identity revealed says he was working the the party at 25,053rd a a avenue when it got crash. >> there was a group of guys that came from the development the a across the the street that tried to get into the party. >> multiple stabbings, a number which we believe occurred inside the club itself and the action spilled in the street. >> reporter: that is when police including officer stewart were called and encountered the crowd. >> the officers engaged in the gunfight during which police officer stewart was struck in the rig

there were fireworks again when tensions flared between hold land and the special prosecutor, robert langford. >> i have witnesses, of course the state has turned them into -- >> just answer the question. answer the question. >> you're interrupting me, i am answering, i want the jury to know -- >> stop. judge had to step in, several times in fact, to break up the two. holland is charged with raping young members his congregation. >> jim: an argument over grades sparked a deadly shooting, that's according to the police report from henderson. 22-year-old darren clanton charged with murdering his father, kevin, last week at their home. police say when the father asked to see his son's latest college grade they began arguing when he learn his son hadn't eve be been enrolled in college for more than a year. >> marie: sad news from hawaii where the u.s. coast guard suspended its accept for the 12 marines lost when two military helicopters went down off the coast last week. the u.s. coast guard sayst operation. officials say they found wreckage on the ocean floor, but no sign of any marines. searche

take a listen to some of the questioning: ((robert langford - prosecutor: you were not happy in the murder case of--- you knew somebody involved, is that right? if you were seated where the defendant is sitting right now, would you want someone like yourself sitting on the jury? )) ((karen castro)) otis holland was a pastor at a henderson church. police say he sexually assaulted young girls in his congregation. he allegedly offered counseling sessions to lure his victims. following the allegations, holland ran off to mexico where he was later found and extradited to las vegas. ((karen castro)) if convicted, he faces life in prison. opening statements are set for tomorrow afternoon. ((dave courvoisier)) > thanks karen... we saw a little bit more sun here in the valley today... but the snow kept falling on the mountain. ((paula francis)) check out these pictures from lee canyon... they got six inches of fresh snow overnight. that brings the total to 16 inches... just for this storm! ((tedd florendo)) yeah and get this... the snow isn't done falling yet! < tedd florendo ((more rain on the way