his son, leonard patrick gonzalez jr., was arrested.r appeared to be the ring leader. and then five more suspects were picked up in quick succession including an air force sergeant and a 16-year-old. all are charged with two open counts of murder. none have yet made a plea. of the group, leonard patrick gonzalez jr. was the best known around town. he ran a self-defense group called "project fight back" and even won a coveted civilian service award. reporter mike rush of wpmi tv. >> he had a criminal record. he had spoken about his criminal record and kind of touted the fact that because head fought that way at one point and turned himself around that he's really the guy to be teaching this sort of thing. >> reporter: but back up a minute. ms. kathryn reported the red van had been hanging around for a week or more, and sure enough, law enforcement officials said the suspects had been getting together and training for the crime for weeks. this surveillance photo shows gonzalez jr. with a child and two other suspects entering a walmart, wh

. >> he might have said that to leonard?> yeah, but what he was saying was what by popular demand i have to do 40, and incidentally there were enough ticket requests to do 85. >> larry: 85? >> 85. and you have to understand this also, the manager at the time, three attorneys read the contract to him. he knew how many shows he had to do. >> larry: you read that contract? >> i read it too and i know what's in it and there was a minimum and a maximum. >> larry: what's the minimum? >> you have to ask aeg, i'm not allowed to divulge, no from aeg, but michael's sake. >> larry: we'll be right back. friday night jermaine jackson's here. don't go away. tom. now, i know the catering business but when i walked in here i wasn't sure what i needed. i'm not sure what i need. tom showed me how to use mifi to get my whole team working online, on location. i was like, "woah". woah ! only verizon wireless has small business specialists in every store to help you do business better. you're like my secret ingredient. come in today and connect u

. >> he might have said that to leonard? >> yeah, but what he was saying was what by popular demand i have to do 40, and incidentally there were enough ticket requests to do 85. >> larry: 85? >> 85. and you have to understand this also, the manager at the time, three attorneys read the contract to him. he knew how many shows he had to do. >> larry: you read that contract? >> i read it too and i know what's in it and there was a minimum and a maximum. >> larry: what's the minimum? >> you have to ask aeg, i'm not allowed to divulge, no from aeg, but michael's sake. >> larry: we'll be right back. friday night jermaine jackson's here. don't go away. >> larry: we're with michael jackson's manager. you wanted to add something about the dates. >> just the fact that it came out to 50 was because he wanted to beat prince's record of 21 and be in the guinness book of world records, he wanted to do 50 to put it out of touch. >> larry: really, he was competitive that way? >> michael's a very competitive person in everything he does. >>

leonard now of course in new york and land dry ready to reclaim his position and says the neck is prettyo far. >> it really easy for me to put it behind me. i have been cleared to play. having fun out here so that's the past. can't go out here being gun shy. you go out there and play your game and have fun. >>reporter: latest from west manipulate sister and our play of the week count down. coming up at 10:50 tonight on sports unlimited. back to you. >>> thanks so much. vytas has the sky watch weather forecast. good start to the work week. >> we are seeing plenty of sunshine in very nice start to the work week. definitely. we hold on to the nice conditions for about another day. there will be a chance for some showers and thunderstorms to talk about in the forecast but let's get right downtown looking at the hd sky cam inner harbor things looking pretty good as you see the dinner boat on its way out. folks enjoying the hin inner harbor and continue to see 85 degrees right now. partly cloudy skies. winds variable at 5. humidity level at 46 percent. and we will continue to see clouds probab

>> we have advice for leonard and many people can sympathize with leonard.any people argue with their insurance companies and it is very frustrating. it is a david goliath situation. to get someone on your side, we have places you can go to get someone to stand up for you. billadvocates.com will help you with your insurance company, with people you owe money to, patientadvocate.org and npaf.org. you want to just go to cnn.com/newsroom and you'll see on our blog we have links to all of those different places so that it's one stop shopping. >> all right there for you. want to get you back to another part of leonard's question how expensive is this kind of help and when do you step in and get that help? >> sometimes these advocacy services are free and sometimes they do charge a fee. you have to go on their website and really look through it. let's talk about what they can do for you because they offer a variety of services. first of all, they can help you when you have a really complex medical condition and you're getting bills from all sorts of different plac

the lone example, in 1999, leonard little was convicted of the same c test. ri events that changed his life and ended the life of mario reyes. how does that feel that you played the role in the death of another human being? >> it's terrible. you know, it just goes back to all of the mental pictures that i get. it's very hard the deal with every day, every single day. i've been meeting with a psychaiatrist once a week, and he's been very helpful. >> do you ever feel like you have no right the feel sorry for yourself? >> yeah, there's been that feeling. >> because all people look at this and feel that way. people look at this and say, you know what, you might have it tough, but a guy is dead. >> exactly, exactly, and that's why i say i can imagine how they feel. if i ever so much as take a sip of alcohol and i get behind the wheel and drive after what had happened on march 14th, i would be spitting on mr. reyes' grave. >> michael smith reporting. again, the news today, stallworth suspended the entire 2009 season, including the playoffs. browns' coach eric mangi

please be advised that effective in this state will leonard roe is my authorized representative in matters concerning my endeavors in the entertainment industry. that goes on and on that's march 25th. another letter dated may 20th two months later a letter from michael jackson to you rowe saying after further consideration i decide to do streamline my business operations accordingly this is to inform you you do not represent me and i do not rish to have any oral, ore written communications regarding the my business or person personal matters. >> let me get to rowe. were you fired as part of a process to keep michael jackson isolated? was your firing engineered by aeg and part of the process to keep michael jackson isolated? >> let me sea this geraldo. first of all thank you for having me on the show. i never received a letter that you are referring to. michael jackson knew very well how to get in contact with me. he knew how to reach me by phone. he knew how to reach me by e-mail. he also knew how to reach me by mail. >> be that as it may, did aeg keep you away from michael the way joe all

the ravens' bank on landry returning when they allowed leonard to leave the free-agency and he cannot prove to the teammates it is the right decision. >> i was able to get back on the field. it is a blessing. >> i am getting a couple of good reads on the ball. everybody is doing a good job. >> the argument might be made that no other athlete takes sleights more personally and then makes the antagonist pay a heavier price than michael phelps. the world championships in rome. the 100 fly, the antagonist was milorad cavic. phelps beat him by 1/1 hundred of one second at beijing. phelps responded with a new world record and a definitive victory. >> the only thing it has done for me as fire me up. i have always welcomed those in the past. i will welcome them in the present and future. it motivates me to no end and i love it. >> the orioles need another starter this coming tuesday. they're consideringbrian maddis -- considering brian maddis. back and forth against the red sox. huff a two-run shot. we go to the seventh. youkilis with two outs. third home run allowed in the game. the orioles

leonard wood back in 1901 came and said that president roosevelt. that sounds so presumption's today we label this chapter the 42 page chapter. we label it hastening cuba's transition which is a euphemism for getting rid of their current government and is installing a space government. que let me conclude. what can we safely to collect these countries down there and the caribbean and when we can't neglect them, second, we should uplift them, we have the obligation to lift them up, and third, the reason we have an obligation is because they are a retarded branch of the human species. what are these three believes tell about the years that lie ahead? it says the best wager would be that eventually some cubans probably the next generation will become convinced by them not pinging by the embargo and accept a little uplifting. they will agree to do it our way. so after we've got the right class in office that allegedly is democratic, then you can expect to see an army of contractors from the u.s. agency for international development, the national endowme

leonard patrick gonzalez, jr. several co-defendants say he was the sole shooter. in a rambling interview after his arrest, he claimed that several of bud billings' competitors in the used car business wanted him whacked. he claims he was asked to kill billings but refused. this is about the killings i didn't do it. i can prove i didn't do it, but i may have known those who have done it. and it may be connected to mexican organized crime. what did we learn about him in the documents here? >> he is a guy -- you wouldn't believe. the things that he tells people, just -- i mean, it's unbelievable and probably shouldn't be believed. >> gonzalez like bud billings worked in the rough and tumble world of used car sales. and he owned world coe the finance company next door. the businesses are run by billings daughter, ashley markham. markhais now caring for the nine children. we interviewed her in july and talked about the rumors, hounding her father. there's this idea floating out there that your father had done something to provoke this, that he was the target here. not

paul leonard of the housing policy council says some of the banks on the treasury's list haven't been enrolled in the program long enough to make a difference. >> what's not reflected in the treasury's initial announcement is when the company actually signed up for the program, so i think in the fall we'll have a better sense for the companies that have really kicked it into gear. >> reporter: the administration wants the industry to modify half a million loans under the program by november. but even that goal is met, analysts expect a record number of foreclosures this year. stephanie dhue, "nightly business report", washington. >> paul: the fate of health care reform may rest in the hands of six u.s. senators. three republicans and three democrats. they've been negotiating for over a month now. to find out what they are talking about, darren gersh spoke with iowa republican charles grassley, a key member of the group. darren asked grassley how much progress the group has made. >> a lot of noncontroversial things that i suppose that you could say there's been a lot of accomplishment

few light showers. 71 degrees is the temperature 59%, humidity as you see just light showers near leonard town -- really pretty cool and dry. that leads us there to that forecast. let's talk about the bus stop forecast. the bus will be pulling on through. temperatures getting into about the mid60's for tomorrow morning and the first day of school, clouds, 75 degrees. a very chilly start to the morning and a comfortable day shaping up. we will have the forecast in just a few minutes. >> perfect weather for studying. >>> pretty angry baltimore residents after a day of hard volunteer work ends up going to waste. yesterday the back river clean up association put in hours picking up a lot of trash that was found in the river. they found all kinds of things, tires, bottles, this morning they went back to find the water an odd orange color and littered. it's believed the run off could becoming from construction projects. >> it's disheartening to people to come out and spend a saturday where they work all week and then all the sudden they want to come out and work on something that's in their bac

hail reported this afternoon down there the size of baseballs about two miles away from the leonard town area. that's all gone now. just a few showers left across pa. nothing here at all. take a look at temperatures right now around the region. 75, a warm night, dew points way up there, and where did it rain earlier there will be some fog overnight. south-southwest winds at 5, barometer steady at 29.96 inches. around the state, 70 in oakland, 80 ocean city and hagerstown. we're in the mid-70s around the baltimore metro. again, mostly clear skies right now. i don't think we can see anything in way of showers. just to the north of us there are a few left, but probably not going to make it in here. 70s everywhere, so another warm night with very little wind going. any of that rain we saw earlier across southern virginia, southern maryland, and you folks on the eastern shore did see some pretty good rain. cloud cover this afternoon started to build, and then we saw the showers developing. as you can see, most of them now to our south, and just a little bit showing across northern york county

not heat index, 91 in vienna. 91 in dumfries. 92 in leonard town and even out to the west, it's 88 in winchester and 88234 woodstock. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. rewarm. 70s and 80s to start. by the afternoon, not as bad. a few storms. a better chance of storms tomorrow. high temperatures in the low 90s an winds nearly at about 0. satellite picture -- at about 10. satellite picture, these systems will roll through and approach the northeast. there is a it severe thunderstorm watch to the maryland/pa border. some of these storms could creep in here tonight. if you want to walk the dog right now, don't walk him far. next seven day, 92 tomorrow, isolate the storm. 86 on wednesday, a few storms. dry thursday and friday. temperaturewise, a bargain. upper 80s. weekend, temperaturewise a bargain. pretty good chance of a few storms saturday and sunday. not a wash out. and then next monday, sunshine, back up to 90 degrees. which will seem like dreamy today. >> all right. >>> we're getting a little concerned brett -- >> about the injuries. here's my concern -- on thursday jason campbell is

from the beginning investigators have fingered this man as the ring leader, leonard patrick gonzalez,. in the police documents, several co-defendants say he was the sole shooter. in a rambling interview with a sheriff's deputy. he claims he was asked to kill billings but refused. if this is about the killings, i didn't do it. but i may know some people who may have done it. he also said it may be connected to mexican organized crime. >> gonzalez, like bud billings, worked in pensacola's rough and tumble world of used car sales. and he owned the finance company next door. the businesses are now run by his daughter, ashley markham. while the documents do refer to the sometimes shady world of used car sales and low collection, there is nothing in this document to suggestion ben rket had givenen doing something illegal. >> if yoyou could havave answer two onquestis,hree questions to help you ununderstand this case, wh would those queions be? >> jt one question is i think we need to k kw who put them up tohis. bubut, y youou know, so far it self-en guys robbing a house. >> a robbery that l

but you see adfr lusby to so bylomon's island, up to saint leonard here and east of prince fredericklong the bay we have showers. all of this is off to the northeast. we will have some bay breeze showers and maybe some in the mountains. other than that fairly quiet. get the forecast for the next three days, 92 today. it will be kind of steamy. an isolated storm is possible. tomorrow afternoon and could be early to mid afternoon these things start. lower 90s. by thursday, back in the 80s with a slim chance of a thunderstorm. so this afternoon, partly to mostly sunny. low 90s. south winds five to ten. the sunset 8:16. tonight we would have could have a passing shower or thunderstorm, 68 to 74 but rain chances fairly low until tomorrow. the hoot and humid day with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. highs in the lower 90s. check out the haze from isth mo rning. and after a few hours, we have mixed it out a little bit. visibility is improving but a real august looking day for a change. up to 85 at the noon hour with a sow wind. dew point upper 60s and it son the comfortable side. w

. >>> a follow-up for you tonight on a bizarre house fire in leonard town last week. we first told you about this story last friday. police have arrested 22-year- old man. opal set fire to his mother's house after she kicked him out police say. he was found outside the burning home stabbing himself. >>> we also have an update for you now on a story we first told you about last night at 11:00 p.m. that car accident involving michael phelps. police say a woman ran a red light and hit michael phelps' cadillac in baltimore. police are citing michael phelps for driving with an expired out of state license. no one was hurt in that crash. >>> this sunday on 60 minutes michael vick sits down for his first interview since leaving prison. it was taped before the quarterback signed with the philadelphia eagles. james brown asked michael vick if he felt after two years behind bars he is ready to play? >> two years is not a long time. i still run just as fast and throw the ball just as far as i did before i left. still have the same quickness. i know how i feel when i'm in tip top

leonard, that's the question. >> so what constitutes a moral abl gags, though? and that is, in my mind, related to justice. so we look at the scriptures and from a christian perspective, we find hundreds of calls for justice. >> all right. >> and when we think of justice, it's ensuring the rights of those that can't speak up for themselves. >> bishop jackson, we just heard where reverend jackson is coming from. your view? >> i believe, lou, that we have a great health care system. a few years ago i was given 15% chance of living, cancer of the esophagus. had i been denied or delayed treatment, i wouldn't be alive today. so one of the if you raise the cost of health care and by broadening out all of the people that are going to need to get these services, what you may do is say that you're not going to get to certain people, that people in certain situations are not going to get treated. the government that you overlooked or looked over and talked about. also, i think -- >> we overlooked a couple, too. >> forgive me for that. but the reality, then, is that my lif

>> leonard padilla. what he continues to suffer from.ecause their position is he was part of the defense team. anything that she might have said to leonard padilla or his other agent is protected, same thing like attorney/client privilege. the state says, no, they don't share the same relationship. the judge has yet to rule on that. >> how does casey look? she was at tears at some points when her dad was up there on the witness stand. >> that is correct and very emotional. what i say to all the viewers, the following. none of all that matters as far as whether she is found guilty until we get 12 people who are sitting in the box and then they begin to analyze her demeanor. that's when it starts to matter. >> the trial is set for when again? >> technically in october, but i've said since the day she was arrested, this will take years. this will be at least october through 2010 will be my prediction, if not further. >> mark, as always, thank you so much. >>> a reality tv contestant on the run now charged with the gruesome killing of his ex

jim leonard, a huge fan favorite last year, a bunch of former ravens assistants. was plenty of pride on the line tonight. but the ravens took it right to the jets. to big haloti nag ga. he made it 7-0. what made the play? ray lewis. ray making rex proud with a big hit on sanchez. later, 3rd and 7, joe flacco, great double move by derrick mason. good to have him back out of retirement. 43-yard down to the jets three. 3rd and goal, flacco with the statue of liberty play. what a play to ray rice for the score. how about cam cameron, dipping into the bag of trips. run to perfection. it was 14-0. then 14-7 late in the half. kellen clemons in, and the ravens defense does it again. jamil mcclain with the interception. he goes in for the score. the ravens hold on 24-23. they're at carolina on saturday. >>> former terp shawn little be the starter for the 49ers. mike singletary made the announcement today. hill is 29. he is in his 8th year in the league and has never started on opening day. he beat out former first overall pick alex smith for the job. >>> it took more than

andhe bill paylees and leonard goldenson came to the conclusion if they ran a news television they'dbe talkg their public service and nevethought of it as anything other than thway they got licens to broadcast. and ter i came along, god help us, when they me money, they decided all the news shows had to me money to stay on the air. and i'm not surehat a day is not ming when all of news is going to go over t all news stations. i know for a facthat cbs was talking about buying cnn, and i would think if the had they would have mod all their news overthere. i don't know if they really like being in the news business. tavis: wow. let me ask y, since you we such an innator back in e the day, how it is w get young people, no matter whetherr not we get to that point where all the news gets,or lack of a betr phrase,ownloaded on to cable for your point, no matter what the solutions long term, how do we get young people to watch to care about news, cbs, your network is trng to figure out now what they're going to d post dan rather. there's talk ty're trying to reach out to a younger audience. a

he's talking about leonard padilla and what role he had with the family. and then we do see a little bit of emotion. dan, you see this as genuine? >> i do, actually. before she was, as i said, really disconnected. the lack of genuine emotion now is from the parents, strangely enough. that's also a role reversal. you had before they were coming into court the parents were smiling. very artificial smiles. quickly on and off the face. afterward the mother said she's now at peace, but in fact she was showing contempt and sadness and fear. so it's the parents who are less authentic. i think the gravity of the situation has finally come home to her. cindy, that is. >> pam bondi, if you're defending casey anthony, this is a good thing, right? you want to show her as human. and if she's going to well up with a few tears, isn't that a good thing? >> that's great. for the defense. >> for the defense, right. >> if they can actually make her do that. but i'm kind of with you, mike. and i'm far from a body language expert. but from what i saw i did not see tears coming

we did a road trip chicking in with the leonard family.ave you seen a cuter farmer. >> i've done a lot of farms and the other farmers don't take it the wrong way. you're the cutest i've seen. >> thank you. >> i'll pass it on to my dad. there. >> my great grandparents -- grandparents received this farm 80 years ago and we take care of 500 animals and 1800 acres and corn and sweet corn that we use for the feed and for the business. >> give me the lesson on the corn. >> well, this here, it's field corn. it's what we'll feed to the cows. it has a highier starch content and we're also at the tassel top. and those tassels, they want to knock you down and they'll pollinate the ear. that helps the corn grow and we have what we have here. it will be about the size of the sweet corn. we have a if i more weeks of growing now. >> whether or not it's the corn, they'll grow to be the same size. and they'll have more sugar than starch. that's what we're talking about. >> and how long does it take? >>> it takes 120 days from the seed to the little stock.

police say the alleged ringleader leonard gonzalez jr. led two teams of thieves in last month's ninja-style heist. all seven pleaded not guilty. and this just in. the victim's family just filed an emergency motion to keep the public from seeing pictures of the crime scene. pictures of the autopsy. and video from inside the home. because we learned that the family had all types of cameras all over the property and inside the house. a video and other items are reportedly being released to the public. it's unclear what the new video shows. police also released the surveillance video from outside the home. seeing this, just minutes before the attack. some suspects broke in through the frost door. others through the back. and less than four minutes, byrd and melanie billings were dead. and for what. police now say that some of the men were actually there for a contracted hit. but they still are not saying why anyone would want byrd and melanie billings killed. the other apparent motive, robbery. so a lot of questions, mike. a lot of trying to

. >> leonard, we got one from this guy in new york.e said he was at woodstock when hendrix played and these are his photo os. he said he went there specifically to see hendrix. the weather was bad and had already left, but those who stayed got to see a legendary show. most famous performance. i found out -- i don't know if you guys knew, he actually played at 9:00 in the morning the next day. the festival was supposed to g three days. it went four. he was the closinging at at 9:00 a.m. that's a heck of a party that ends at 9:00 a.m. >> how about leonard making it just in time. he wasn't going to be there until that morning. he was running late. there you go. you've got hendrix on stage. what a performance. >> we appreciate that. you go to some of those events with scientists. you say the weather conventions. >> that's right. meteorological stuff. we party hard. we try. >> not on the level of woodstock, of course. >> not a chance. >> thank you, reynolds. >> we're keeping an eye on stories, new developments overnight. that's a big story

early in the novel where haley dean is having an exchange with the defense attorney and says, hey, leonardou are client is going to get the chair. you know, mr. sparky? that's nancy grace. >> oh, sparky. i thought it was original. apparently there are a couple of old sparkies in our country. >> did you have fun writing at times like that. >> i really did. there were also times that i would tear up, but there were a lot of laughs that went into this, especially when i would talk about the judge c.c., judge carter. he is an amalgamation of a lot of judges i have known. every defense attorney in atlanta is going to go, it's me, it's so me. it's not you. it's not about you. >> lit's talk about haley dean before we take a break. there are the similarities, the book's heroine. >> i always wanted a daughter, no offense john and david because i love you so a dearly. i always dreamed if i could have one child i would have a little girl i could dress up. i would name her haley after haley's comet for once in a lifetime. i thought that that would never happen to me after keith, my fiance was murdered

leonard gonzalez jr., he's the alleged master mind and the alleged shooter, right? >> correct.he allegedly shot both the billings. used a .9 millimeter pistol. he's known as pat by those who grew up with him. he grew up being pat poff, which was the -- his adopted -- the dad who married his mom and then adopted him. >> okay. then he relinked up with his dad in prison, right? >> you know, i've got to do my research on that. suffice it to say, they were apart for a long time and then just in the last few years, changed his name back to gonzales. >> okay. to mark's point, rob, you've got eight people. they're talking. isn't that what we're hearing here? they're telling, you know, they're ratting each other out, aren't they? >> absolutely. the first two arrested were gonzalez sr. and coldiron. and they were the ones -- the first ones to make the deals, the first ones that are going to save their lives as long as possible. and i tell you what, don't forget, we had that other arrest that was sort of on the periphery. everybody says that sheriff david morgan, you've seen him plenty on

rob, we've got the alleged mastermind, leonard gonzalez jr.' telling a story now that a gang, the way he's putting it, of used car dealers, they didn't like byrd billings, wanted him dead. is that what he's saying? and that a guy named cab tice came up to him and said all right, do the job, kill byrd billings. is that what he's saying? >> a very, very convoluted story that probably changes every time it's told or every time it's heard. supposedly, pat -- we call him pad gonzales, gonzales the younger. justin, the billings' child, who is an estranged child, he said he acted as a hit man for various used car dealers around pensacola to maybe strongarm people into making their car payments or other people that disappeared -- >> rob, more on this after a break. >>> welcome back to "prime news." here's the story. two employees at best buy tackle a thief, shoplifter trying to get out of the place. so they go after him. well, they get fired. they broke store policy that forbids contact with shoplifters. basically, you're supposed to just let them go.

police say he's also known to frequent the areas of leonard street and sidney avenue in baltimore. anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call police at this number. as always, all tips are confidential. remember. if you provide any information leading to an arrest, you might be eligible for a cash reward. >>> a baltimore city school is no longer on the state's persistently dangerous list. today community leaders and members celebrated. they had the label the past three years and thanks to federal funding, suspensions and expulsions is off the list. >>> some isolated storms in the area, but sunshine and cooler temperatures are headed our way. i'll tell you when they arrive in the seven-day forecast. >>> four years later and the levies still need to be fixed. in tonight's cover story, the >>> well, it's been four years since hurricane katrina reeked havoc on the south. the storm nearly drowned new orleans and swamped the mississippi gulf coast. hundreds of miles of levies are still not fortified today and many wonder if the next hurricane will be even more devastatin

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but i would write him for years and years to myself thinking with this past muster, leonard rubenstein and i'm still not sure i've made that but i am doing the best i can by god. but as a writer especially writing tv columns on deadline you're not always going to get it right but getting it right most timely and personally proud of my track record. i have written things like i shouldn't have published that. that's the human beast. but the point is while you make mistakes or from calls you never write anything to be ashamed of on the integrity level. don't pander, don't ever tell a lie for personal advantage. there are things i've written in in there i would like to retract. that's the danger of 24/7 in the daily journalism but on the whole, i can live with what i have done. readers can judge whether it is worthless or of value or whatever. but i am not ashamed of it and that is an important thing, just to have tried to live your life with fundamental integrity to write things that are true or you believe to be true maybe artfully expressed maybe not. but i have never understood, and i

baseball size hail, golf ball size hail around calloway, leonard town and as it moved through st.ary's city it weakened. they had report of a funnel cloud around red gate in central sections of st. mary's county. this storm is moving to the east, a little to the southeast. parts to the northeast. it's weakened quite a bit. this is a strong thunderstorm, a severethunderstorm. heavy rain of course. the potential for large hail and damaging wind possible as this moves off to the east about 20 miles per hour. this is a bti number, the 2.2. we watch that closely. it's at 2.7. when it got up there close to 3, that was potential tornado. that was earlier. true view shows you more activity to the north and down to the south of us. we will watch the northern lines of showers and thunderstorms. some of it still could come across later on this evening. but the thought is that this will weaken a bit once the sunsets. a couple of things we are keeping an eye on to the south and to the north. at 11:00, we are thinking clouds. there could be a slight chance of a thunderstorm by then. early cloud

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by 4:43 affecting leonard town, st. mary's by 5:19. so this is just a couple minutes ago. detected by rather day around the areas there in st. mary's county. bull run area with that cell that's moving east-southeast wardward. towards lexington park. remind you and get you updated on what to do. until 5:19, st. mary's county. most of the cells we have been watching this afternoon have been sliding just south of d.c. south, southeastward. frederickburg area a good cell south of there heading through caroline county. again, we go ahead and zoom in on this area. one we are looking at is where the national weather service just issued tniar l tiun wngni until is ais l5:tf. o e er ais lt of things to do. you want to, of course, head to the lowest part of your home basement inside of a closet or bathroom and stay away from windows and doors and we will be keeping you updated. right now tornado warning out for st. mary's county until 5:15. zoom in just a little tighter here and show you the cell we areatching. this isroarund cver acres area. holly hopes, bluff wood. i will go ahead

t utsoh of there from um h point to saint leonard east of la plata and ldwaf orheavy showers and lightning der bythr esespealbylycist onea d anwestern charles county heavy stty we ofun stwe tgof rutgersville this is moving to the northeast and it will be with us throughout ththe mornin activity in south central virginia. angie, you are one busy lady. >> sure am. earning our money this morning. we begin in arlington where we are following a police search. a stolen car involved. several roads are closed beginning with washington boulevard and second. columbia pike at joy street and columbia pike at south 8th street. avoid the area. to the outer loop we go, at connecticut where we have an accident blocking two ritalins. atch room saying the delays n start around the georgia area. it is slick and slowing down from the times building to bladensburg road. 395 no delays edsall to the 14th street bridge. that's a look at traffic. over to you. >>> it is set to be an historic day on capitol hill. susan roberts has the latest. >> reporter: the nation's highest court is on track to get the first hispa

how is that different than what you saw with tom harken and leonard boswell. >> senator harken has ana -- of pulling the plug on grandma, if you will. we've heard that over and over this week. one thing i was struck by was the over all civility of these meetings. they were certainly passions and intense questions, but regardless of which side of the issue people were on, there was much more civility than we've seen in other parts of the country and also a lot of local politics going on. >> does that mean boswell and harken were not getting the people in their face screaming at them? >> there was no screaming at any of the meetings i was at and congressman boswell, 60% of his audience it seemed to me, was against this plan. he used his way to sort of slow down the conversation. in iowa, many of these people attending their meetings have a relationship with their member of congress or senator even if they're on the opposing view, so everything was civil here. but one thing i was struck by, i was picking up a lot of concern from democrats. there's a lot of sense for democrats how they sh

also between saint leonard and the eastern shore. sisfath doteeserurisatmp th inmorning a few spots in the upper 60s in maryland, like cumbndlamo and hagerstown on the weather computer but ma any e ea ars still ar inthe lower 70s.in naans.in naan rly sherendingeay this afternoon. staying cool for the day. angie, what do you have? >> i have an update for you about the beltway. some good news here. the accident on the outer loop at connecticut, that has been pushed to the right shoulder. the one at cabin john has been pushed off to the left shoulder but the roads are slick. you are okay past the father hurley area. go ahead and fly 50 westbound from the bay bridge as we make our way through annapolis all the way to the beltway. we are looking at green cars. drivers are moving at speed. andrea? >>> if your morning commute doesn't get you excited, maybe a few words of inspiration will. best selling author and motivational speaker willy jolly is helping us beat the blues this morning. >> a simple idea to help you live better and have grea

rockville and leonard town 97 and frederick 98. ouch. angie, how about the maryland highways? how about those highways. talk about bradley boulevard and connecticut avenue. free flowing. over to silver spring we go. here's georgia. traffic is very light. finally all aboard on 50 westbound from the bay bridge to the beltway, nice green cars and lanes wide open. now, over to beyond. >> thank you, angie. >>> time to jump start your morning with a few words of inspiration from willy jolly he know -- he shows how to bounce back when life throws you a curve ball. >> today i want to share an idea to help you live better and have greater success. it is the concept of what do you do when life throws you a curve ball or what do you do when murphy's law comes to your home. you know murphy's law anything that can go wrong at the worst possible time. i recommend that you take murphy for an unwelcome visit to go away. how do you do that? in my book i share that there are two types of bugs a negative and positive bug. negative bug hits the windshield and doesn't like it and complains about i

prosecutors believe it was not only robbery but a contracted hit and only the alleged organizer leonard gonzalez jr. and a yet to be named suspect knew about the planned hit. the motive behind the hit, no one is sure. sources also say a second safe has been found at the home containing $100,000. investigators are not commenting. the couple were known for adopting special needs kids. >> to iran now and word that three american tourists have been arrest and detained by the iranian government, it happened along the border with iraq where americans went hiking. senior state department officials say the u.s. has identified the three too deta detainees and their families have been notified arwa damon has an update. >> the u.s. department of state has asked diplomats to look into reports on iranian tv they have in fact arrested three americans and if this is true to see if they could gain counselor access. iranian tv is reporting that the three were detained by the iranian military along the border with northern iraq for illegally crossesing into iran and failing to heed the border guard's war

>> i don't think it's a very, fair for me to speculate at this time what information tracy leonard mightdon't think there's a lot i could offer. i was basically the bail bondsman. the only night i met casey was when she was released from jail and had paperwork, that was about it. >> let me bring you into this. why is whether or not tony or members of his team were tech c technically part of the defense important in this case? >> prosecution wants to need whatever they need to use to may be favorable at trial. bail bondsman claiming with work privilege is ridiculous and it's not going to work. whether there is anything, i have no idea. subpoenaed, called at witnesses and be forced to testify. >> also talk about the big news from yesterday's hearing. the defense suggesting that caylee's body was dumped after casey anthony was already behind bars. is that provable and obviously what the impact would be then to the case if they were able to prove that? >> two points interesting about that. even if they are able to prove that the body was dumped after she was behind bars, i don't think that p

i would write four years and years to myself and say with this pass muster for leonard rubenstein? i am still not sure i have made it but i am doing the best i can. but as a writer as you write daily columns on deadline you will not always get it right. by get right most of the time i am personally proud of my track record but i have written things that i think i should not have published that. of course. that is the human beast. but the point* is, while you make mistakes or make the wrong call, never let anything you have to be ashamed of on the integrity level. don't pander, don't ever tell a lie for personal advantage. there are things i have written in anger i would like to retract. that is the dangers of 24/7 with daily journalism. but on the whole i can live with what i have done. readers can judge if it is worthless or some value or greater or what ever. but i am not ashamed of it. that is the important thing. you try to live your life with fundamental integrity come to write things that are true or you believe need to be true may be at artfully expressed or maybe not i have

southern suburbs, northern neck of virginia, fredericksburg points east toward saint indigos and leonard some rain showers for you. the rest of u.s. enjoying a northernly wind and a push from canada. temperatures only rebound to 70 in cumberland this afternoon. we will be reaching for the middle 70s inside in the beltway. 73 frederick, 75 warrenton. take you hour by hour. here it is at 8:00 this morning. the rain on the screen for those areas i was talking about, south and east of dc. and then as we head to the afternoon, we will leave clouds around here. partly cloudy all around the dc metro. points north and west. and then to tuesday morning a nice start. no rain for anybody. on tuesday afternoon it will be mostly sunny and very nice outside. with high temperatures in the middle and upper 70s. so we can thank the jet stream right now. it has taken a little dip on top of us that allowed the collyria to sneak in. tomorrow we rebound to high dms the 80s as we head to wednesday a lot nicer around here and summer is hanging on. here's the seven-day outlook. maybe a few clouds on friday and

now what we are hearing is that the suspected ringleader in this case, identified as leonard gonzalez jr., who's been identified by other suspects as the sole gunman, may be the person behind the contract hit and possibly others and then those involved in the robbery would be those below him, other people who could be involved. now, for the first time at a news conference yesterday, the sheriff of pensacola, florida, escambia county, acknowledged for the first time that he has had some uncorroborated information, as he put it, from the very start that would lead, as he put it, a reasonable person to believe that this is something that the authorities should look at. but, he adds, we're not excluding any other possibilities and the state attorney's office issued a statement as well to say on the record that robbery is skill considered the prime motive, but that the office is looking at all over motives as well. >> that was cnn's susan candiotti. >>> and a developing story out of chicago tonight. six people shot outside a church on the city's west side. chicago police say a man approach

we were seen together at a kid rock show with leonard skinner.e didn't speak that day but there's connections there. sean: there's a lot of connections. i was from franklin square, you were from douglas. when you look back, and i listen to your commentary, i can't believe, you made a great transition into broadcasting. was that easy, hard? >> it was easier than i thought it was. in some ways i had to learn a little bit about looking at the camera, that one over there maybe a little bit. but generally i thought, like, what's the big deal think? should know what i'm talking about. i've been down there and been there, done that. why do people act surprised? but i think the difference was that i tried to come with a little bit more personality, show that there's a little bit more fun. my late great friend who passed away about 15 years ago did commentary. we played in the finals at the u.s. open by the way, 30 years ago. he was the guy that got me thinking, you know something? there's the guy that's having fun, he was eating a hot dog while he was do

iowa's congressman leonard boswell at his own townhall recounting a discussion he had with mr. obama in february. >> we talked about some of these things, you know, whether energy or health care or whatever. and the president, i'm not going to kick the can down the road. he said that. and i said that's something i'm kind of used to in southern iowa. i know about kicking the can down the road. he said, no, if it makes me a one-term president we're going to take it on because the country is in need of us taking this on. i respected that very much. >> returning to our program once again on this issue former vermont governor howard dean himself of course a physician and former chair of the democratic party now serves as an independent consultant providing guidance to clients particularly in the areas of health care and alternative energy resources. thanks for your time again tonight, governor. >> thanks for having me on. >> can you explain or refute whichever is appropriate mr. clinton's prediction enacting health care reform will ultimately benefit mr. obama and presumably democra