s office to a guy named larry montgomery. th more than 30 years working homicide larry's put away his share of bad guys. not usually by shocking on doors. instead, larry worked by looking very closely at the evidence. he doesn't work fast. in fact larry is meticulously slow and that was just what this cold case needed. was there anything in the original investigation that struck you as something that you needed to re-examine? >> everything. >> everything that had led placentia police into that wall trying to decide between two suspects. >> i mean, i'm concerned about this girl. okay? you know and she's missing. >> marty, lynsie's older friend who kept their relationship a secret and lied about his name. and chris -- >> in my heart it seems like she might be alive. >> last person to see lynsie when he dropped her off. >> i don't know until i see the details. >> you're no doubt aware you have a reputation for believing, i don't know god in the details but guilt in the details. >> in essence. >> guilty or innocent? was it marty o

a detective whose legendary skill with cold cases has earned him a reverential nickname. >> larry montgomeryan, the guy is -- the evidence whisperer. i mean another name for him is saint larry. >> larry sees things other people don't see? >> larry sees things that many people don't see, yeah. and he looks at it from a different perspective. >> reporter: they both felt the key to the case lay in sam lopez's own words his taped interviews with the original detectives. and they thought the perfect man to listen to those interviews was the evidence whisperer. >> guilty people have tells, just like in a poker game? >> absolutely. they don't have that innocent mindset, and they -- they have other fears. they fear being caught, they fear lying in a way that's gonna get them noticed as being different than what is innocent. they -- they can't get their stories straight because there's too many details. >> reporter: montgomery spent months carefully listening and re-listening, watching and re-watching, hours of sam's interviews. looking for the tells. >> how long have you guys been dating? >> it's --

larry stutts won that senate race by 70 votes. when he got to the state capitol in montgomery deliver. he decided he would work to get rid of the law that was named after his patient who died. seriously. freshman alabama republican senator larry stutts decided the state should repeal the law that gives women the right to stay in the hospital for a couple of days after they have a baby even though that law was inspired by the death of his own patient. it is literally named for his patient who died under his care when she was sent home too early. senator larry stutts enlisted the help of six other republican lawmakers to repeal rose's law. he said it was an obamacare style law that alabama needed to get rid of. all six of the other republicans who he recruited to be with him on this measure, they were all six men. all six were apparently not told by senator stutts that he had been the obgyn in the rose church case that led to rose's law in the first place that they were now signed on to repeal. they may not have known, but the alabama press soon figured it out. we spoke yesterda

hear her thoughts about this case in montgomery county. larry: plus a scare for a hit country music group. what one of the stars is saying about a tour bus fire that sent smoke and flames billowing into the sky. >> i tried to run. alison: and incredible video of a woman, she's swept off a cliff by a huge wave. and she lives to tell about it. what she says saved her life. alison: just a few minute ago, we brought you an update on the case of the montgomery county couple whose children had been found alone in a park. larry: the parents call themselves free range and there are other supporters of their method of child raising. they include blogger lanore skinasi who joins us live via skype. what are your thoughts about this maryland case? >> i think it's outrageous that the children who were happily walking home in a nice safe neighborhood with their parents' permission would be thrown into a cop car and kept for the next 5 1/2 hours and the parents told that they were being negligent when they were simply being old-fashioned parents who trusted th

according to the "washington post," governor larry hogan denied a request to issue the same restrictions p. post says montgomerydelegate who is openly gay asked the governor to institute that ban. >>> today mayor bowser is expected to layout how the district will pay for her new initiatives. she'll share her proposed 2016 budget with the d.c. council in just a few hours. this comes on the heels of big promises this her state of the district address, she vowed to get the d.c. street cars running and to give body cameras to d.c. police. she also pledged to improve public safety housing, education and economic opportunity. >>> here are four things to know before you head out. at the least 15 people are dead and more than 60 hurt after a gunman stormed a college campus in kenya. look for a live report coming up on the "today" show. >>> we're working to find out more about the woman now under arrest accused of murdering a local attorney at a d.c. hotel. police say 21-year-old jamyra balance monday gallmon was meeting david messerschmitt for sex. >>> and today there is an open forum in reaction to a former student's

montgomery counties. >> reporter: many maryland public schools may have to lay off teachers. these educators and local lawmakers are in annapolis calling on governor larry hogan to release 68$68 million that has already been budgeted eded by the state legislator to big school systems where it costs more to educate students. montgomery county, for example faces $17 million in cuts. >> we will in effect lose in my opinion somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 positions in our school system, the quality of education in montgomery county will suffer as a result. >> reporter: prince george's county schools face the loss of $20 million. >> it is a cut. we've heard a lot of rhetoric about it not being a kid, but it is just that. >> prince george's is facing issues of reduced housing value, property tax decreases and $20 million education funding just magnifies that particular problem. >> reporter: the president of the montgomery county education association represents many of those who will lose their jobs. >> it will affect class size. it will affect support for students. it will affect support for special ed students throughout the county. >> it really is a c

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live to share his candid interview with the 18-year-old. kevin? kevin: hi there, larry. this young man spoke to us in hopes of clearing his name. he admits to vandalizing the shaare torah synagogue congregation but admits this is only meant to be a silly teenage prank. according to sebastian espinoza-carranza, he and three other teens were hanging out in the kentlands last monday evening when they devised a plan to deface the synagogue. they purchased white spray paint, and grabbed halloween masks and at 2:00 a.m. they desecrated the temple. they had acronym k.k.k. and other hate language. he says he's not racist or prejudice and in fact has a number of jewish friends and considers this to be a foolish teenage mistake but not an intentional hate crime. >> i want to go and apologize to the jewish community. it was a really stupid prank and he wasn't really really bad error there that i did. it's hard for me you know i'm really disappointed and sorry for what happened. reporter: as for the three other teens, it's very likely they, too, will face charges. i asked sebastian

montgomery county business roundtable for education puts on this event. to really highlight all of the good work the educators do. not just teachers but we toasted larry edmonds, a volunteer. administrative officials, the un lunch ladies, bus drivers. >> such a thankless job. they it was all the thanks for what they do. >>> 6:21. i want to turn to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell keeping an eye on your forecast for today. >> that's right. watching it out, we'll have a rain drop sandwich. we have a dry slice in the morning an later on today. but may be a little wedge of rain drops in the middle of your day today. you may want to have the umbrella ready to go. what to expect for today, off to a cool and dry start this morning. we are dodging the drops here around noontime and 7:00. not all day soakers but quick hitters. little bursts of rain and wind are possible at any point in time as this weather front comes through here. should be reaching the i-95 corridor by 5:00 this afternoon. out ahead of that we'll have a chance of rain increasing up to lunch time today. then off and on shower chances through the afternoon and then drying out a bit overni

montgomery county road table for business executives for education, really brings together the best of education. not just the teachers but everyone behind the scenes. the volunteer of the year was larry edmonds. shout out to him. people who put in their hard work and dedication to help these kids. >> yeah. >> administrative people people in the cafeteria, the bus drivers. >> can't say thank you enough. >> well, you can head online to start buying your tickets to the redskins game this year. >> why do you laugh? >> because i love the redskins so much but they hurt me so. >> i know. the team released the season schedule. take a look. here are some of the highlights. the 'skins open at home against the dolphins on september 13th. tickets are 63 bucks at the cheapest. up to $1,000 for that game. the 'skins play the first nfc east game on the road september 24th against the giants. you might want to circle the test 7th, a monday night in the first game against the cowboys this year. we'll put the full schedule up online. check it out on the nbc washington app right now. >>> it is a recall that could impact hundreds of thousands of people. maybe even you. the bike being blamed for paralyzi

larry stutts started off as a veterinarian. he then became an obgyn. in 2014 he decided to run for office as an obstetric. his campaign shirts said, he delivered me, and he will deliver in montgomery. he won the race by 70 votes. when he got to the capital, he decided that he would work to get rid of the law that was named after his patient who died. seriously. freshman alabama republican senator larry stutts decided the state should repeal the law that gives women the right to stay in the hospital a couple of days after they have a baby. senator larry stutts enlisted the help of six other republican lawmakers to repeal rose's law. he said it was an obamacare style law alabama needed to get rid of. all six of the other republicans, all six men, all six were apparently not told by the senator, he was the obgyn in the rose church case. they may not have known, but the alabama press soon figured it out. we spoke yesterday to rose church's husband, dean church, who worked so hard to pass that bill. he told us he got word of the senator's bill from his now grown-up daughter. mr. church said when he heard what the senator was trying to do, "i contacted a couple of reporters and i said j