all lawson saw was houses. he worried about killing people on the ground.n, ken greenwood helped him find the runway at renton airport. >> i didn't know what runway it was. i didn't care. >> with safety inside, lawson radioed back to the controllers. >> any time, sir. >> cowboy is a cowboy. air traffic controller is performed by the federal aviation administration, which provides service to much. >>> one school is laying down the law with a new boots allowed rule. the middle school is banning ugg-style boots. but it's not about a fashion statement. it's about cell phones. school officials say students are using the ugg boots to hide their phones and bring them to class. according to the principal's rules, they can change into the shoes but must wear other shoes going to class. >>> keeping his spirit alive. michael jackson's children take part in a ceremony at grauman's chinese theater. . >> reporter: michael jackson's signature glove is taking its place in music history. at a ceremony outside of grandmaan's chinese-- grauman's chinese theater, jackson's chi

." >>> hello, i'm pat lawson muse. we are going to show you some of the more interesting local stories making news this week. among them, a major mystery is solved. how a social mix up helped police. >>> puppipalooza hits a college campus. part of a popular study break for stressed out students. >>> first of all, the end of an era. darcy spencer has more on what the end of the war meant for some service members who got a chance to come home. >> reporter: the last convoy of u.s. troops left iraq at daybreak crossing into kuwait marking the end of the nearly nine-year war. >> it's nice to leave. >> reporter: this says it all. last vehicle out of iraq, written in chalk. there were 500 soldiers involved in the last convoy. >> looking forward to getting home. everybody is going to look back and say we were the last ones there. >> reporter: soldiers have to wait five days in kuwait. they passed the time playing cards and games. >> i can't wait to go home. >> reporter: the war has been costly. it claimed the lives of 4,500 am

. ♪ >>> donald lawson is a very clear goal in life.ck superstar in sailing. >> i grew up watching michael jordan, tiger woods, if he can win 14 championships why can't i? >> a champion sailer with an unusual introduction to the sport. >> six years old my mother got me in sailing. she tricked me as a kid i didn't like boats, water. i was afraid to go out there. so summer camp she sent me out there, i walked on the boat, and first if thing i thought the boat didn't sink, hey, good, this is fun, i will be safe. >> got his first taste of danger crewing a trip for bruce schwab. >> when we left a hail storm, waves smashing through them, and i steered the boat for four hours and he told me that night he said awesome job out there, and that boosted my confidence, skills and abilities. >> from there, lawson launched his racing career. >> fearless. kind of willing to push the boat, push himself a little bit. he's not afraid to take a couple chances, and try to push his boundaries a little bit. >> also out to break old stereotypes. >> i have been

i'm pat lawson muse. today we're going to show you some of the more interesting local stories making news this week. among them, a new initiative to help america's unsung heroes. what's being done in washington to help reverse the trend of unemployment among mill stair spouses. >>> two teenagers in montgomery county set out to help troops overseas, but soon they get the surprise of their lifetime. >>> plus the story of a dog training to find the lost, only to get lost itself. how he finally made it back home again. >>> we start, though, with what was a tense situation in silver spring. that captivated the country. several discovery channel employees were held inside company headquarters in september of 2010 by an armed man. this week a montgomery county police officer was among those honored for his role in getting that scary situation under control. news 4's tracee wilkins was at the awards ceremony and had this report. >> reporter: on september 1st, 2010, lives were saved inside of the discovery buildin

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. >>> giffords handed in the resignation today. she is leaving the public life to put her energies into recovering from that assassination attempt last year. as chris clackum reports, giffords doesn't plan to be gone from politics for good. >> reporter: proving she needs more recovery time, a shaky gabrielle giffords turned in her resignation letter to house speaker john brother-in-law after having colleague debbie wasserman schultz read it out loud. >> every day i am working hard. i will recover and i will return and we will work together again. >> reporter: before that, tributes flowed for the arizona democrat, who was more than one of 14 survivors in a shooting in tucson a year ago that left six others dead. >> though gaby may be leaving washington today, i know this won't be the last we see of her or mark. >> reporter: husband mark kelly and her mother were among those who gave giffords nearly as many ovations as the president received during the state of the union but in her case, everyone stood. >> gaby, america thanks you. i

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm doreen gentzler. jim vance is off tonight.is the calm before the storm. tonight cloudy skies will soon make way for a wintry mix. and road crews say they're ready. let's get right to storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson who is tracking the changes. hey, v.j. >> hey, pat and doreen. the mix is going to bring us everything from snow to sleet to freezing rain and then eventually rain as the system tapers tomorrow. but for the late part of the night here, latter part of the night we are going to be seeing flurries. in fact i think in the next couple hours some of that moisture will start reaching the ground. that's the white you see just north of washington down to the south more moisture. that's going to be funneling into the system allowing our temperature to rise a bit. we'll see a change over then from snow, a little sleet mixing in and

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm barbara harrison. day to go before the republican presidential primary in new hampshire. mitt romney appears a sure winner but instead of coasting he is scrambling to defend himself from his rivals' charges that he made his fortune in part by firing workers in companies that he took over. >>> d.c. police are searching for the person who shot and killed 19-year-old david robinson for his nikes. this happened early yesterday morning while in the 5700 block of foote street in northeast. d.c. police are offering a $25,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest and conviction. >>> a 25-year-old florida man is behind bars after authorities say he planned a bomb attack in the tampa area. federal agents arrested sami osmakac after he tried to buy explosives and high-powered firearms during an fbi sting. he is charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. >>> on wall street, stocks had minor gains to start out the trading week. the dow jones picked up 32 points. the nasdaq was u

i'm pat lawson muse. happy new year to you. 2011 is now gone and it's on to 2012. we'll talk about some of the biggest stories of 2011 and some of the biggest lessons of the year that has passed. what do you all think was the biggest local story of the year? dave, you're smiling. got an idea? >> there was a lot of bad news. i guess we have to say the economy, the recession. the area jurisdiction struggling to make ends meet. cutting costs. it's been tough in all the area jurisdictions. nobody sees really any good news coming in the new year, at least at this point. there have been things within that. we talk about corruption in d.c., the metrorail, dulles rail, virginia. there are other things in maryland, the governor looking at various aspects of his new budget. over skwraurblgs the economy is still the number one store. >> jerry? >> i think the economy is the number one story. but i think that the corruption story was it. because not only happened in prince george's county, it got a county executive ar

. >> i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. harry thomas jr. is accused of stealing money. may mayor vincent gray is urging him to resign immediately. while everyone is presumed innocent until proven otherwise, you must be held accountable for your actions. tom sherwood has the latest. tom? >> reporter: barbara, embezzlement, a lavish lifestyle, it all came crashing down today. for months, harry thomas jr. has been denying wrong doing in council duties. >> i was not going to settle on something i did not do. i think my integrity is more. if you asked me who i wanted to see, i think about my children, first. >> reporter: they are charging him with counts of stealing 3 $353,000. and filing false income tax returns from 2007 to 2009. he's expected to appear in court tomorrow to respond to charges. normally indicated thomas will plead guilty and reached a plea agreement. he's is son of harry thomas sr. and was reelected in 2010 but dogged with complaint he was misuses city money. federal fbi and irs agents got into the case and raided his house leading to the plea agreement. th

. >> i'm wendy rieger sitting in for pat lawson muse. president obama putting the final touches on his third state of the union address tonight. as steve handlesman reports with this, an election year, the president will also likely argue he is the one who can fix it. >> running for re-election, president obama is polishing a speech aimed at middle class voters, outraged over the growing income gap between them and the wealthy. >> we want an economy that's based on everyone doing their fair share, everybody playing by the same set of rules. >> the president wants a new rule for millionaires, a higher tax rate over 35%. would be obama opponent mitt romney paid about 15%, the lowest rate. he fired a shot from tampa. >> the president will do what he does best, he'll give a nice speech, a lot of is. >> reporter: i'm steve handlesman, news 4, capitol hill. >>> the state of the union could mess up your travel plans if you're trying to navigate around downtown d.c. tonight, be prepared for some major street closures, and it's not just the cars

hank lawson is in from the hamptons.e'll talk with mark feuerstein right after this. >>> mark feuerstein is one of those actors you know from so many different projects like movies from "what women want" and "street car named desire." >> but these days he spends his time playing hank lawson, the good looking hampton's doctor. tonight's premier has hank pretty upset with a doctor who gave an emergency room patient the wrong medication. >> i remember briefing you on this patient. >> somebody landed on an e.r. for a second time. >> if he dies it's your [ bleep >> calm down. you don't want to have an aneurysm. >> you're right. that would risk having you as my doctor. >> he stopped being a patient when he came through the doors. >> you don't mess around. >> i got rage. i'm going let it out. >> that's what happened to your hair. we like your new hair. >> i miss the boufant. >> congrats by the way on season three. >> we're premiering tonight. we have this great season with a lot of epic stuff happening. tension between me and m

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. more bodies were discovered inside the sunken cruise ship off the coast of italy. that brings the death toll now to 11. with nearly 20 still missing tonight. the ship's captain appeared in court today, he denies any wrongdoing. >> mitt romney is leading in south carolina, ahead of saturday's republican primary. and he has claimed a commanding double-digit lead among republicans in the latest national gallop poll. >>> with house lawmakers back to work today, demonstrators affiliated with the occupy wall street movement rallied outside the capital. they received video of protes r protesters. >> stocks ended the day higher after better than expected global economic news. the dow closed up 60. the s&p 500 gained 5 points after trading briefly above the 1300 level. >> now, to a health mystery, in upstate new york. >> at least a dozen teenaged girls have come down with a very strange illness. their parents want some answers. >> 17-year-old sara sanchez says she isn't the same teenager she w

i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. we start with the photo finish in iowa and the sprint on to new hampshire. romney beat rick santorum by eight votes in the caucuses, one of the slimmest margins in the state's history. romney won. ron paul came in third. now the candidates are off to new hampshire. that's where we find steve handelsman on this big day after. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. good evening from new hampshire where mitt romney is on track to pull off something no presidential candidate has been able to achieve, a victory in iowa followed by a victory here. mitt romney in new hampshire after his slim win in iowa. >> it felt very, very good when the final numbers came in. >> reporter: beating santorum by eight votes. gingrich is going after romney. >> they say he's the most electable republican when he can't break out in his own party. >> reporter: the republican party's last nominee, john mccain endorsed romney. >> new hampshire is a state that will catapult him on to victory in a short time. that's why i'

i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. thomas began steal iing the mon a few months after he took office back b in '07. he faces three to four years in prison. tom sherwood has been breaking news on this story all week and was inside the courtroom when it all unfolded. he joins us live from the district court in northwest. tom? >> reporter: just before court, thomas resigned as ward 5 council seat. now, he's a convicted felon. harry thomas jr. walked out of federal court friday a convicted felon. he pled guilty to stealing $350,000 in city funds intended for youth sports and spending it on his lavish lifestyle and filing three years of false income tax returns. >> i want to apologize to those i let down including my constituents, the mayor, councilmembers and others who serve the city tirelessly. >> reporter: his friends and lawyers ushered him to a waiting car. he could get prison time up to three or four years. in court at high noon, thomas firmly said guilty as charged in the plea agreement reached. >> to my family, who

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm barbara harrison. we are awaiting the sentencing decision in the lulu lemon murder case. britney norwood was convicted of killing her co-worker jana murray inside the bethesda yoga store. norwood's lawyers have asked for the possibility of parole. prosecutors and murray's family are asking the judge to keep norwood in jail for good. >> prince george's county police are working to retrieve a body from the bottom of a well. the body was discovered after an anonymous tip yesterday. there is speculation it could be the body of a missing alexandria activist who was last seen back in september. it could take several days to get the body out of the well. >> we're getting to hear 911 tapes from the incident that sent actress demi moore to the hospital monday night. in the calls you can hear a friend of moore's telling dispatchers she had just finished inhaling something when she started convulsing. moore is now in rehab getting treatment for exhaustion. >> a report on slow economic growth dragged the markets d

good afternoon, i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handlism get the oars out, folks, first up, heavy, heavy stuff on the way tonight. >> meteorologist veronica johnson is live with details from the storm center. veronica? >> so far today it has been wet, nasty on area roads, picked up a few hundreds of an inch of rain. look at the map, we have them blotd out, leesburg, .06 to .3 in annapolis, maryland. plotted3 in annapolis, maryland. charlottesville, down i-95, farmville, richmond, moderate and heavy rain getting its act together and that is what is going to be moving into our area about five through 6, 7, 8:00 this evening. even though we haven't got an lot, we are going to see this wave of some moderate and heavy rain moving into our area in the next hour or so 46 the temperature, cooler that yesterday, but a little above average here in temperatures. wind out of the east at 3 miles per hour but any rain that we get, moderate or heavy will allow the winds to pick up a bit. temperatures throughout the area, 43 in fairfax county, rens and chantilly, mount rainier, adelphi, 46. 43 up to the

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. a no camping law is now in effect for the two occupy d.c. camps in downtown washington. that means anybody who violates that rule can be arrested. >> but so far there have been no major scuffles or arrests. police are pretty much just waiting to see if the demonstrators comply. when the rule went into effect at noon today protesters draped a large, blue tarp here over the statue at mcpherson square. protesters have also set up a camp at the nearby plaza. some people have left the sites but others vow to stay. cities across the country are struggling with how to handle the encampments. >> reporter: by high noon monday eviction notices had been posted on occupy demonstrations at two parks near the white house. a no camping rule is now in effect. tents could stay but no more living in them by protesters, some of whom remain defiant. >> we'll keep doing what we do. i have no intentions of leaving. this is an occupation. >> cops start coming we have people that will immediately start blowing whistles, start shouting and i'll wake up then. >> repo

good afternoon, i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. first at 4 today, captain francesco schettino is back at home in naples today after a judge ordered him under house arrest. >> the captain was accused of abandoningship and criminal charge are he is expectedby his lawyers say he never left the passengers. >> reporter: this has been a frustrating day for rescuers on the island of giglio. they wanted to blow four holes in the costa "concordia" in order to reach parts of the vessel that so far have been blocked, but that all changed overnight when the vessel moved, ever so slightly, making unsafe for divers. they haven't been able to go on all day. late this afternoon, we did see helicopters flying overhead, dropping equipment. we understand that in the coming days, that will be used to pump off liquids. so really that tells us that we are now moving away from a rescue mission and turning into a salvage operation. hope fading for the 20-plus people that are still recorded as missing there has been some good news though, a german woman wh

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. here's what's making news at 4:30 now.hift memorial is growing around the statue of joe paterno at penn state. the legendary football coach died sunday morning from complications of lung cancer. there is a public viewing tomorrow and wednesday followed by a private funeral on wednesday and public memorial service on thursday. paterno's death comes just weeks after he was fired from his coaching job at the height of a child sex abuse scandal linked to a former assistant coach. >>> political analysts say we could see a lot of fireworks when the republican presidential candidates meet tonight for a debate in florida. with momentum on newt gingrich's side the florida primary may be a make-or-break contest for mitt romney's campaign. both candidates spent this day trading sharp jabs and analysts predict we'll see more of those jabs tonight. >> right now thousands are gathered in the district for the annual march for life protesting the supreme court decision row v. wade. earlier today teens from around the country packed the ve

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here's what's happening in the news at this hour.he republican presidential candidates are getting set for their final debate before the florida primary on tuesday. they face off tonight at the university of north florida in jacksonville. the latest polls suggest newt gingrich may be losing some of the momentum he gained with his win in south carolina. the race between gingrich and mitt romney is too close to call at this point. >> and president obama will be landing soon in colorado. mr. obama is half way through a three-day swing through five battleground states. in las vegas today he announced new plans to open nearly 38 million acres of the gulf of mexico for oil and gas exploration and development. >>> thousands of people at penn state joined in an emotional public farewell to legendary football coach joe paterno. paterno, the winningest coach in major college football, died on sunday of lung cancer at the age of 85. he was buried yesterday after a funeral procession that took him through the streets of state college and univers

the company and i mean now i'm thinking i got to go get a lawyer i don't like lawyers i don't like lawson's what i started off with was thinking this was a patriotic movement and people really cared and were concerned and willing to do what they had to do at this point to stand up and say oh yeah we're going to fight back finally going to get down here and i find you know like they fight amongst themselves far more than they fight back at anything when you've got money. if we do become corrupt. at least down here i keep finding new and new stories new messages so i learned a lesson about. the handicapped people to this and how brutal it is to be that i wouldn't want to be in their wheelchair for the rest of my life believe me i'm for it never leave me we're not going to be a guarantee you know what i mean. but. so i wouldn't be able to learn these lessons i'd be setting up some plush couch watching you know. i think everything is hunky dory and you know you get to be in the bite life for us you gotta let it go. so i'm happy enough to be their. fears the great motivator. they use it on us al

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse.ht tragedy in a northeast washington neighborhood after someone abandoned a baby outside in sub freezing weather. the little girl was found unclothed and wrapped in just a thin layer in front of a house on channing street northeast. she was declared dead a short time later. pat collins joins us live now from the neighborhood with the latest on the search for the baby's mother. pat? >> reporter: the medical examiner is still working this case. at this point we don'tno

pat lawson muse joins us in the newsroom with a preview of things to come. pat?coming up on "news4 at 4:00," kim kardashian gets bounced out of the super bowl. plus after a decade long slum in music sales the industry is bouncing back. we will take a look at why the music biz is booming again. on "news4 at 5:00," the maryland general assembly will consider dozens of bills this session, including one that involves fantasy football leagues and whether a friendly wager is legal. that story, those stories plus live reports from new hampshire where the voters, of course, are casting their bat on the today in the gop primary. we will see you on "news4 at 4:00." >> p we have time now for a final check of the forecast. here is tom. >> sunny now in near 50 degrees. we will have a sunny afternoon with highs, low pifts and clouding up tomorrow. rain likely midday and into tomorrow night. maybe lingering into early thursday morning. cold, dry weather moves in friday. through the weekend into martin luther king jr. damon. that's the way it looks. have a great afternoon. >> th

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. the snow could be falling in just a few hours in parts of our area. >> storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is monitoring. what are we expecting later tonight? >> thanks, guys. the start time on this very important because a lot of folks have plans tonight. the way it looks right now is we take a look at storm 4 doppler with moisture sitting down to the south. we've got moisture off to the north and west. of course off to the north and west it's white and cold enough for some snow there. a lot of the moisture with this storm system that we're going to have starting tonight and running through a good part of saturday is going to be coming up from the south. you can see it there around raleigh, charlotte, atlanta, georgia. and it is mild down there. there will be some milder air coming into the system. but not at first. at first it's the cold air that will be winning out. right now the way it looks is after about 10:00, 11:00 p.m. tonight we'll start to see some snow fall around the a

second quarter now, clinton maryland, lawson, john wall playing good defense gets the steal, passes to, wizards led by 12 in the first half. wall finished with 13 points, 10 assists, 9 rebounds. wizards down three, back to nick young, wide open, buries the three-pointer. team high 25 points, game tied at 95. very next wizards possession, 97-95 denver, crawford for the lead, got it. washington up one. crawford 18 points off the bench. just over minute to go, wizards down two. john wall playing great defense here against andre miller, knocks it away. miller gets it back, over to harrington, shot clock running down, knocks it down. harrington, game high 29 points off the bench, wizards lose 108-104, dropping their record to 2-13. >>> unfortunately, it wasn't a pleasant night for capitals, either. hasn't been a great week for the caps on the road against carolina, the capitals get shut-out for the second time in four days. before the week, they had not been shutout this season. like the jerseys, old school. first period, no score, carlson with the puck. staal pokes it to vokoun. a short-ha

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in the last five minutes as the blues won for no time to portsmouth second of goals from sebastian lawson and james maclean gave sunderland a two no victory at peterborough and chris o'grady snatched the late winner as league wants sheffield wednesday to beat west ham it had a penalty saved. well following those ties the draw for the fourth round was made in manchester united's reward for winning at city is a trip to arch rivals liverpool in the pick of the sixteen times otherwise arsenal or leeds who play tonight will host aston villa newcastle will go to either brighton only wrexham start to make the short trip to darby what everton welcome for them in an all premier league fixture. and elsewhere the winner of blackness field and bolton will have swung by either m. paid owners or queens park rangers will face six time winners chelsea and following their last gasp one one draw at the league one side premier league rangers sacked manager neil warnock and mark hughes is now the favorite to replace him while meanwhile buzzing all walls will go to sheffield united while there's a tasty ne da

five minutes is that these one for now it's time to portsmouth the second half goals from sebastian lawson and james maclean gave sunderland to nose with peter brown and chris o'grady snatched the late winner as least one sheffield wednesday beat west found it had a tendency saves twelve following those times the draw for the fourth round was made and manchester united's reward for winning at city was a trip to arch rivals and the support you take of the sixteen time is otherwise also for leeds to play on monday because after the last minute also move go to either brighton wrexham stark make sure tricky darby everton rock and fallen in an all premier league fixture. elsewhere the winner of michael steele's bolton's replay would have swans they want either empty dons or q.p.r. will place six time with chelsea. wolves will go to sheffield united as a team. ne obvious sunderland welcome to talk of getting me if i want food and respond take on all those games will take place on january twenty eighth or twenty nights. probably means i'm paul scholes decision to come out of retirement was announ

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wednesday and some two and are leading one nil it championship peterborough thanks to sebastian lawson's goal also after forty eight minutes. while meanwhile scholes decisions got a return. it was announced an hour before kick off at the stadium and he played the final half an hour of that gripping cup side the thirty seven year old how to call time on his glittering career at the end of last night and was coaching his old trafford well he made his united debut in one thousand nine hundred ninety four and went on to make six hundred seventy six appearances winning ten premier league titles the f.a. cup three times and the champions league twice now about the sixty six capping midfielder has now chosen to carry on playing until the end of the season for his injury hit former club one missing darren fletcher and tom cleverley in midfield. ten is now a dandy mary has enjoyed the perfect well what's the upcoming australian open with a comfortable victory of alexander dogpile of and the brisbane international final right from the start of the world number four showed his intention to clinch h

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i'm pat lawson muse.ck to business in annapolis and richmond. both the maryland and virginia assemblies were back in session this week. in virginia, the now evenly divided senate opened with a power grab by republicans and complaints by democrats that power should be shared. my panel this morning, i put to you this first question -- how much power-sharing is there likely to be during this session of virginia's general assembly? michael? >> none. the truth of the matter is -- >> you get the feeling, huh? >> yeah. >> yeah, i mean, just -- listen, political power, unused atrophies. and the republicans worked very hard to get this 20-20 split in the senate. they have the tie-breaking vote, and i believe they're going to use it each and every time they can, unless there is significant and furious pushback by the democrats. and i'm just not certain there's enough power to do it. >> we saw pushback, jerry and dave. >> well, dave, you go first. >> okay. well, he's got it right. i mean, power, political power is f

francis lawson is using waze to report the missing information. >> i am excited about taking the driver down to the street level especially if there is an incident. >> the incident reports are up to the second. >> frank acknowledged he saw it, too. >> there is a thumbs up. >> you joined the traffic spotters. they will mention you on the air. >> he will be less than 10 miles per hour. that identifies the speeds. >> you can go to 7live@kgo-tv.com or join the traffic spotters group. >> it is more reliable the information will bement >> take a road on palo alto abc sevennews. >> community driving. and i like that. there is more on the show tomorrow. including your opinions and reactions. and check in with us on facebook or tweet -- twitter. we'll send you an e-mail. >>> and thank you, guys . [applause] got an opinion share it. postscript pass. >> got it. seven hour search comes to an end when an escaped inmate turns up in an area police never suspected. good evening. >> the man facing burglary charges escaped from the santa rita jail in dublin this afternoon. he managed to allude authoritie

. >> reporter: randy rieger, pat lawson, eun yang doing cooking demonstrations. you want to check that out. >> we won't eat breakfast. >> a reminder the nbc4 health and fitness expo will, going on today and tomorrow and the whol. stop by. >> my first health and fitness expo in 2005, i got onto the national bone marrow registry donor group. they are there every year. so much in advancement in science of bone marrow has moved ahead, very important get as many people on the national bone marrow registry program. a good one. definitely something to do. you never know when something >>> prison officials in mexico have discovered a 40 yard tunnel chis soelled by inmates in an apparent escape attempt. it was 16 feet away from reaching the desert outside the walls. as many as 250 of the 1800 in m inmate s could have escaped if it was completed. an ak-47 assault rifle was also found in the tunnel. they estimate it took between two to three years to carve the tunnel with chisels and a sledgehammer. >> how does that gun get there in? >> you don't want to know. better they f