specialist forward leslie h h. sabo jr.rifleman in company b, third battalion 506 infantry, 101st air born division in cambodia may 10, 1970. on that day, specialist sabo was conducting a reconnaissance patrol when they were ambushed on all sides by a large enemy force. without hesitation, sabo killed several enemy soldiers. immediately thereafter, he assaulted an enemy flanking force, successfully drawing their fire away from friendly soldiers and u89ly forcing the enemy to retreat. in order to resupply ammunition, he sprinted across an open field to a wounded comrade. as he began to reload, an enemy grenade landed nearby. special sabo threw it, and shielded the comrade with his own body, tlus absorbing the brunt of the blast and saving his comrade's life. seriously wounded in the blast, he single handedly charged into a bunker, receiving several serious wounds from automatic weapons fire in the process. now mortally injured, he crawled towards the enemy implacement and threw a grenade into the bunker. the resulting explos

today, four decades after leslie's sacrifice we can set the record straight.t time with george and rose and the sabo family and last week marked 42 years since les gave his life. this soldier, this family, has a uniquely american story. les was born in europe after world war ii to a family of hungarian refugees and as the iron curtain descended they boarded a boat and arrived to ellis island past the statue of liberty and settled in elle wood pennsylvania. his father worked hard and pulled his family into the middle class and when leslie was a teenager they went to the county courthouse together and raised their hands and became proud american citizens. they say les was one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet. he loved a good joke. he loved to bowl. he could have given me some stipulations. rose says he was good looking, too. that's what i hear. he would do anything for anybody. when george went to college, les looked after their mom. when george went to night school, les helped care for his three young sons. when les fell in love with rose who coul

and those were the voices that leslie sabo heard that day. his comrades pinneded down, at risk of being overrun. so despite his wounds, despite the danger, leslie did something extraordina extraordinary. he go aheaden to crawl straight towards an enemy bunker, the machine guns blazing. those who were there said the enemy zeroed in everything they had. but les kept crawling, kept pulling himself along, closer to that bunker. even as the bullets hit the ground all around him. and then he grabbed a grenade and he pulled the pin. it's said he held he said he held that grenade until the very last moment, knowing it would take own his life. and he did it. he saved his comrades who meant more to him than life. leslie sable left behind a wife who adored h ed him, a brother loved him, family who cherished him. but they never knew. for decades they never knew their les had died a hero. but fog of water and paper work that seemed to get lost in the shuffle means that this story was almost lost to history. and so today, we thank that vietnam vet who foun

leslie, is this offensive to you? >> it is.know, i'm going to be in trouble, bill, because my mother is watching. but my mother breast fed one of my brothers until he was 3. i was offended by it i was embarrassed and humiliated to be seen with her in public. i do think this is gross. i agree with you 100%. whether it's a mom or a model completely exploiting a child breast feeding. >> bill: how old is the kid on the cover? how old is the kid? >> i think he is the 3-year-old son. she has a 3 and a a-year-old son but i believe this is the 3-year-old son. >> bill: okay. all right, ladies, thank you very much. very interesting. directly ahead, we will have the latest on the norfolk mob violence situation. very public crime remains largely unsolved down there. then lou dobbs on why mitt romney is building a significant lead in the latest polling and we are coming right back. [ female announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin,

leslie, is this offensive to you? >> it is. and, you know, i'm going to be in trouble, bill, because my mother is watching. but my mother breast fed one of my brothers until he was 3. i was offended by it i was embarrassed and humiliated to be seen with her in public. i do think this is gross. i agree with you 100%. whether it's a mom or a model completely exploiting a child breast feeding. >> bill: how old is the kid on the cover? how old is the kid? >> i think he is the 3-year-old son. she has a 3 and a a-year-old son but i believe this is the 3-year-old son. >> bill: okay. all right, ladies, thank you very much. very interesting. directly ahead, we will have the latest on the norfolk mob violence situation. very public crime remains largely unsolved down there. then lou dobbs on why mitt romney is building a significant lead in the latest polling and we are coming right back. >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, as we have been reporting norfolk virginia police still have not solved the mob violence case where two whit

who was leslie sabo? what did he do? why did he never receive that medal?ur decades after leslie's sacrifice, we can set the record straight. i spent some time with the brother and sabo appeal and last week was 42 years since he left us. this is a unique story. he was born in europe after world war ii to a family of hungarian refugees and as the iran curtain descended they boarded a boat to america and arrived at ellis island and settled in pennsylvania in a steel town. his father worked hard, pulled his family into the middle-class when he was a teen the family went to the county courthouse, together, and raised their hands and became proud american citizens. they say that he was one of the nice of the guys you would ever want to meet. he love add good joke, he loved to bowl and he could have given me some tips, rose says he was pretty good looking too, that's what i hear. he would do anything for anyone. and when george went to college, les looked after their palm. when george went to night school, les helped care for his three young sons. when les goal i

my leslie? i was... i was shocked and then they gave me the...omeone had a proposed citation and i read it and i could not believe what he did. >> reporter: rose has framed that citation which recounts his final act of courage. "he crawled to the bunker and pulled the pin of a grenade knowing that he would have to sacrifice his own life as he held it to the last possible moment before dropping it into the bunker." wow. >> yeah, wow. , in next day, stocks helped carry the body to a helicopter. >> that was harder than the fire fight. >> reporter: so i can see this is all still with you. >> well, it's just like it happened yesterday. >> reporter: really? >> reporter: then one day 42 years after the battle... >> the president called me. at my house. and i'm, like, who? you know? the president of the united states wants to talk to me? and he said "hi, rose, i'm president obama." , i he told rose her leslie would at long last receive the medal of honor. >> i said well it's an honor to talk to you." he said "no, the honor is mine." wow, the president sa

leslie h. jr. the medal of honor for his actions in the vietnam war. he was killed in combat in 1970. the president and first lady were joined by the family in east room ceremony. this is about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. [music playing] [music playing] let us pray. almighty god, the heavens tell of your glory and expands declares the work of your hands. we come humbly before you, the creator and sovereign ruler of all nations, we asked her presence to be with us. of an immigrant family, you called his son to serve with fellow soldiers. leslie h. sabo, jr. gave his life to his friends. we think you for the millions of americans who, like leslie, have not faltered at duties call. and those who gave their last full measure. and the families left behind to grieve their loss and cherish the memories. thank you for those who served so steadfastly in vietnam so long ago. may your grace uphold rose mary, greater comfort. we ask that

my leslie?- i was shocked. >> reporter: rose has framed that citation which recounts his final act of courage. he crawled to the bunker and pulled the pin of the grenade knowing he would have to sacrifice his own life as he held it to the last possible moment before dropping it into the bunker. wow. >> yeah, wow. >> reporter: then one day, 42 years after the battle -- >> the president called me, at my house and said -- and i'm like, who? you know? the president of the united states wants to talk to me, you know? and he said -- he said, hi, rose. he says, i'm president obama -- >> reporter: he told rose his leslie would at long last receive the medal of honor. >> i said, well, it's an honor to talk to you. he said, no, the honor's mine. i'm like, wow, the president said that to me. >> reporter: today the honor, the highest honor, is hers. presented while the surviving members of bravo company looked on. but 42 years later, the bravery of leslie sabo and the boys of bravo company shine through. da

in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news.ply a big donation put the oakland police helicopter back in service today. the chopper flew over a tense standoff with a home invasion robbery suspect. they have not used the helicopter full time since twiep because of -- since 2009 because of budget cuts. they received a donation from a nonprofit consumer alliance called fueling california. there is the big check presentation. that will buy enough fuel for 80 hours of flight time. >> we are able to make our helicopter fly because of the fuel donation. >> the man today was eventually arrested. the chopper helped officers watch from above for any signs that he was trying to escape. >>> facebook is responding to abc7 news over a photo controversy. the british breast cancer patient joanne jackson posted these photos showing her recovery from a mastectomy. they took the pictures down the same day they violated the company's policy on nudity. but face took said the mastectomy photo does not violate our content standards and are permitted o

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkly. leslie? >> what a night down here. the presidential motorcade left a half an hour ago. it cleared out with all of the secret service. it touched on everything including an american dream of college education and a highly controversial topic of birth control. >> higher education is not a luxury. it is a necessity of this new global economy everybody should be be able to afford it and get this chance. that's why i am running for president. i want women to control their own health care choices like i want my daughters to have the same opportunity for my son. we are not rolling back the clock. >> there were many standing ovations during the president's 30-minute speech at this soldout venue where tickets went from $250 on up to $7500 for a photo op. hundreds lined up for a look at the motorcade. many were protesters and also rspporters. >> a lot of people are spending thousands of dollars to see the president. we think it is the people who can't afford a ticket. >> a groroup called raging grannies have their own message fo

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkly. leslie? >> what a night down here. the presidential motorcade left a half an hour ago. it cleared out with all of the secret service. it touched on everything including an american dream of college education and a highly controversial topic of birth control. >> higher education is not a luxury. it is a necessity of this new global economy everybody should be be able to afford it and get this chance. that's why i am running for president. i want women to control their own health care choices like i want my daughters to have the same opportunity for my son. we are not rolling back the clock. >> there were many standing ovations during the president's 30-minute speech at this soldout venue where tickets went from $250 on up to $7500 for a photo op. hundreds lined up for a look at the motorcade. many were protesters and also supporters. >> a lot of people are spending thousands of dollars to see the president. we think it is the people who can't afford a ticket. >> a group called raging grannies have their own message for

in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news.on put the oakland police helicopter back in service today. the chopper flew over a tense standoff with a home invasion robbery suspect. they have not used the helicopter full time since twiep because of -- since 2009 because of budget cuts. they received a donation from a nonprofit consumer alliance called fueling california. there is the big check presentation. that will buy enough fuel for 80 hours of flight time. >> we are able to make our helicopter fly because of the fuel donation. >> the man today was eventually arrested. the chopper helped officers watch from above for any signs that he was trying to escape. to facebook is responding to abc7 news over a photo controversy. the british breast cancer patient joanne jackson posted these photos showing her recovery from a mastectomy. they took the pictures down the same day they violated the company's policy on nudity. but face took said the mastectomy photo does not violate our content standards and are permitted on the site. faceb

in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. supply a big donation put the oakland police helicopter back in service today. the chopper flew over a tense standoff with a home invasion robbery suspect. they have not used the helicopter full time since twiep because of -- since 2009 because of budget cuts. they received a donation from a nonprofit consumer alliance called fueling california. there is the big check presentation. that will buy enough fuel for 80 hours of flight time. >> we are able to make our helicopter fly because of the fuel donation. >> the man today was eventually arrested. the chopper helped officers watch from above for any signs that he was trying to escape. >>> facebook is responding to abc7 news over a photo controversy. the british breast cancer patient joanne jackson posted these photos showing her recovery from a mastectomy. they took the pictures down the same day they violated the company's policy on nudity. but face took said the mastectomy photo does not violate our content standards and are permitt

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkly. leslie? >> what a night down here.motorcade left a half an hour ago. it cleared out with all of the secret service. it touched on everything including an american dream of college education and a highly y controversial topic of birth control. >> higher education is not a luxury. it is a necessity of this new global economy everybody should be be able to afford it and get this chance. that's why i am running for president. i want women to control their own health care choices like i want my daughters to have the same opportunity for my son. we are not rolling back the clock. >> there were many standing ovations during the president's 30-minute speech at this soldout venue where tickets went from $250 on up to $7500 for a photo op. hundreds lined up for a look at the motorcade. many were protesters and also supporters. >> a lot of people are spending thousands of dollars to see the president. we think it is the people who can't afford a ticket. >> a group called raging grannies have their own message for the president. >

leslie h.sabow jr.emary knew leslie had been killed by enemy fire but up until a few years ago, she had no idea he had died saving the lives of his fellow soldiers. >> we had the funeral the day before my birthday. and on my birthday, a dozen red roses came from him. and it was the last gift i got from him. he ordered them before he went to vietnam. >> reporter: in 2002, a researcher called her with a startling discovery. years ago, leslie had been nominate forward a medal of honor. >> during wartime, i guess things get forgotten. thank god he found them. >> reporter: president obam recounted leslie's bravery and what he did when he and his comrades were ambushed. >> leslie did something extraordinary. he began to crawl straight toward an enemy bunker, its money guns blazing. and then he grabbed a grenade and he pulled the pin. he saved his comrades who meant more to him than life. >> reporter: 36 of them came to washington for the ceremony. each of them alive today because of leslie's sacrifice so long

[applause] president yee: delfino, leisha, jose, leslie clark, martin pasquez, vanessa. are you with the other group? ok. come up to the microphone. you have a minute each. go ahead and press a button. >> as a school or social worker, i applied and was hired and was hired as the school coordinator. i learned it would only declassified position. i tried to find ways to work with the circumstances and requested information on what it would look like for me. i was given papers and still have not heard back on my request. my understanding is that a large part is to figure out how to eliminate excess a roadblocks around school transformation and to create a piece of work that is necessary. the whole point is to be innovative and create a zone and that removes boundaries to do stock differently. i believe he can do this differently -- we can do this differently. >> i am a teacher and a coach. the nasa has been an amazing contribution to the committee -- vanessa has been an amazing contribution to the committee. her experience and commitment to the mission district speaks for i

to leslie that she is ignoring. i've already lost money and so has ever other american who had a flex plan, for example because obamacare puts the flex plans in half. that means an awful lot of americans who used those plans to pay for their kids braces or to pay forest specially for special needs families who have kids with special needs, they cut that thing in half. that already is a fiscal impact on an average american family of $500 in additional taxes that they have to pay already. so when you say that is not going to happen, second issue is, we've already got companies that are discussing whether it makes more financial sense to pay a small fine and dump their health insurance, group insurance for all their employees, and throw people under the government healthcare insurance bus, and they are saying, this makes financial sense, we're going to have to do it that way, competition in the american marketplace will force them to. so, leslie, people are already losing t the healthcare that they loved, which shows o

leslie is still looking. john interviewed at a security firm and then got a call with a job offer. >> guess what? i know now have a job. >> reporter: john is very happy about that job, he tells us. economists say there are a few positives tonight, including companies hiring a lot of temp workers, which is often a precursor to firing full time workers. >> and we've just about maxed out on productivity for the workers now in the workplace. >> reporter: the average worker, the employeeproductivity has pl. companies may be forced to hire more people. >> thanks so much, dan. >>> and now, it was another dramatic day in the trial of john edwards. today, it was the money trail, the cover-up money for his affair. and it totaled nearly $1 million. most of it provided by a 97-year-old heiress named bunny mellon. and today, we finally learned how the edwards team got her to keep that money coming. here's abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter: all along, john edwards has denied knowing about secret money that was paid to cover

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lesli. >> reporter: that's right, guys. fires are the most common way that people are injured with these fire related injuries and the national fire protection association says about 2,000 people die from those kinds of injuries each year. so only on 9 tonight, we're going to show you the wrong and right way to put out one of those fires. >> she had been burnt over 70% of her body. >> reporter: willie may coleman died from burns she received in her kitchen while she fried up some kitchen. >> and that's no vision that any child wants to remember of their parent. >> reporter: cooking fires happen every day across the country. more than heating, candles, smoking, and arson combined and firefighters demonstrate how dangerous they can be. >> i have seen it morning. i have seen it late night. >> reporter: smoking cooking oil is a warning it reached its ignition point. >> i'll grab it and run it over to the sink. >> reporter: that's exactly what willie may coleman did. moving that pan set her clothes on fire. >> grab an oven mitt

>> yes, we did lesli.ct we know every contestant who's made it this far is special in their own way but boy when you saw little lori anne get to the stage at the harbor you can feel the anticipation. the excitement and even i was nervous for her. but little lori anne made it pretty far and seize been creating national -- she has been creating national spelling bee history. lori anne madison may be the smallest at the scrippings national spelling bee but she's the biggest buzz this year as the youngest ever to qualify for the contest. >> dirigible. >> may i have the definition please? >> dirigible is an adjective that means fearable. >> and wednesday morning's preliminaries, the 6-year-old from woodbridge, virginia bravely took the stage which she shared with contestants twice her age and she had no problem with her word. spelling it with confidence. >> dirigible. d. i. r. i. g. i. b. l. e.. dirigible. [ applause ] >> as you can imagine, lori anne's been getting a lot of media requests for interviews and sh

leslie? >> i am honored be sitting here for bob. bob, if you're watching, i have a message.e at the blackjack table if it's 14 or higher you stay, buddy. okay? stay. don't let them hit you. >> greg: you are talking about the cards, right? [ laughter ] >> what happens in vegas stays in vegas. we know, bob. >> andrea: what happens in vegas will be on "the five" monday. >> dana: i'm embarrassed. i missed that joke. i'm sure it was inappropriate. >> greg: it depends how you look at it. talking about the age of the scotch for gosh sake. you are disgusting. >> dana: this is it for "the five." thank you for being here. have a great weekend, everyone. see you monday. ♪ >>> welcome to "red eye." i'm greg gutfeld, or as i am known in dubai, paula abdul. what is coming up on tonight's show? >> in the north sky time flies faster than morning, america. our top story, facebook has its ipo. i don't know what that means, but stick around and let's find out together. and are a man and woman about to spend time in a

leslie? >> i am honored be sitting here for bob. bob, if you're watching, i have a message.jack table if it's 14 or higher you stay, buddy. okay? stay. don't let them hit you. >> greg: you are talking about the cards, right? [ laughter ] >> what happens in vegas stays in vegas. we know, bob. >> andrea: what happens in vegas will be on "the five" monday. >> dana: i'm embarrassed. i missed that joke. i'm sure it was inappropriate. >> greg: it depends how you look at it. talking about the age of the scotch for gosh sake. you are disgusting. >> dana: this is it for "the five." thank you for being here. have a great weekend, everyone. see you monday. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: could there be a congressional crackdown on facebook party? this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> shannon: good evening. i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. investors like facebook when the stock came up for sale this morning but could government regulators dampen the mood? correspondent doug mckelwa

lesli. >> the first shoe dropped in the federal investigation into d.c. mayor, vincent gray's election campaign. prosecutors charged thomas score, assistant campaign treasurer with three misdemeanors and felony obstruction of justice. bruce johnson has been on this story from the beginning. bruce, so this stems from the money orders that the gray campaign paid to sulaimon brown. who was then running for mayor. >> these charges come out when the mayor and others are in las vegas at a retail convention. it's hard to get to them for reaction, but this is big. it's that obstruction of justice charge that could send him to prison. >> d.c. mayor had insisted from the beginning after winning the election in 2010 that he did nothing wrong. >> first of all, we never authorized any of that. >> federal prosecutors are convinced there was a lot going wrong that unseated mayor, adrian fenty. >> after people engaged in wrong doing, they need to be held accountable. >> suleiman brown had claimed he was promised a job in the gray administration and his campaign had been

leslie ¿quÉ opinas sobre los castigos que te impone tu mamÁ?.entonces ya no hay una salida. >> o tuviera que regresar antes. >> pero esto es importante que mamÁ se lo comunique. >> para que entienda que tiene una consuencia. >> existe regla en cuÁnto a horarios que estÉ pre estableca, a los 14- a los 15, a los 17. >> dependiendo del niÑo, todos los niÑos son diferentes y no debemos categorizoar a todos los niÑos por igual. >> tenemos que tomar en cuenta la rponsabilidad, el historial y lo que nos ha demostrado z pero les ofrez una guÍa a los padres d 13 aÑos en el horario escolar, no mÁs tarde de las 7 de la noche, ya en el fin de semana se puede tener u puito Áde flexibilid. >> una o dos horas mÁs. >> 14 aÑos, 8 y 8 y medio en el horario escolar y el fin de semana mÁs flexible. >> y ya con 15- 16 aÑos el horario se va cediendo, dependiendo de las caracterÍsticas del niÑo. >> ¿quÉ piensas leslie?. >> en los horarios sÍ, me parece muy bien. >> pero que sÍ comprendan un poquito mÁs los tiempos. >> claro. >> para no ser un poco injustas. >> ¿ parec

lesli and derek. >> that would certainly catch anybody's attention. bruce, thank you. >> we have the threat of storms hanging over our area once again tonight. topper is in the weather center tracking those beasts. top. >> small beasts right now. most of them are south of town. but we run the next few hours, we run the risk of big storms. let's look at live doppler 9,000 and show you where we've been watching most of the activity. southern maryland and now we are seeing growing activity south and west of town. that's more troubling because the storms are moving off the north and to the east. we'll zoom into this storm now around northern sections of charles county and also southern prince georges county. there's some heavy rain in here. this is going to move off to the north and east. eventually up toward anne arundel county. we'll zoom back out. right now, these are just heavy. we thought we saw hail in one of them earlier. now we are looking at heavy rain near boston and just to the west of culpeper. but these are going to move into our western view

thank you lesli.e aught to note that the most recent carjacking happened last night in college park around 115 in the 4500 block. a 35 yeerl 35-year-old man was assaulted. >>> a college park bouncer is facing several charges connected to a brutal beating saturday night. police say 28-year-old marcus plumber became physical when a customer became physical with a customer thrown out of rj bentley's and that customer tried to enter. plumber was arrested this morning and charged with reckless endangerment and assault. the beating victim, an airman and a member of the honor guard. police say he's in the hospital in stable condition. >>> coming up, a mother arrested accused of burning her young daughter in a tanning booth. >> but up next, disturbing behavior caught on tape. two school employees under arrest and losing their job. >>> and don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> caught on tape, some shocking video captured on board a school bus in arlington, south car

lesli. >>> all right matt, i got to say good-bye to you. can't really hear you, but i hear this band and they are jamming out here and there are people jamming all around us. we'll hear from the backyard band throughout the show and coming up at 6:27, you'll hear from chuck brown in his own words. ♪[ music ] >>> this just in, can you turn that down? >> no, we're keeping it up. : tonight, costume controversy. an 8-year-old tries to honor an african american icon, but he gets sent home. some folks say it was racism. we'll tell you what happened at 7:00. >>> still to come, eight world leaders and two small towns, a look at how folks are preparing for the g8 summit in maryland. top. >> it pays to be average. may is just spectacular. we'll take you out with numbers this is downtown. 52 for the low. almost at average. still a little bit of a surplus in the monthly category, but still a deficit in the yearly category. we'll come back and tell you if you can keep it going through the weekend. lots going on, we'll explain. >>> look at the facebook c

back to you, lesli. >> if you would like to loner chuck brown's memory, his family asked that donationsmade to the chuck brown foundation. the foundation is currently a maryland nonstock corporation but it's in the process of applying for federal nonprofit status. >>> it is a pleasure to introduce a former chairman of the d.c. commission of arts and humanities. and that will be charms stevenson -- charles stevenson. so nice to have you. three years ago, mr. stevenson published the book the beat, go go music from washington, d.c. it really explains exactly what go go is. but when you started this journey writing this book, you had one goal in mind and it changed along the way, didn't it? >> it did. >> tell me about it. >> when we first started it, i'm co-author ever the book, when we first started, we wanted to take a look at how the music came about. the more we go into the it, we started to see not only how it started but how it has really sustained in washington, d.c. and really become the heart beat of washington. i mean, it is the fabric of this city. evidence? chuck brown. >> he st

in a must-see consumer alert, lesli foster shows you a safe alert and how a small metal device can save> he had been burned over 70% of her body. >> reporter: 75-year-old willie may coleman died from burns she received in her kitchen while she fried up some kitchen. >> and that's no vision that any child wants to remember of their parents. >> reporter: cooking fires happen every day across the country, more than heating, candles, smoking and arson combined. and firefighters demonstrate just how dangerous they can be. >> i've seen it morning, i've seen it late night. >> reporter: smoking, cooking oil is a warning that is approached its ignition point. >> number one problem people think is they have a grease fire like this is i'll just grab it and run it over to the sink. >> reporter: that is exactly what willie may coleman did, moving that pan set her clothes on fire. but pay attention to this. >> all you need to do is in a fire like this, grab an oven mitt and a tight fitting cover, and just grab it, slide it right over the side and turn the stove off. and leave it for ten to t(20 minut

back to you, lesli. >> thanks, randall. the president says first lady michelle obama influenced change on same sex marriage. so what does this mean for the upcoming presidential election? we have a pair of experts to debate the issue at 5:30. >>> we move on to the idea of using craigslist to fight crime and catch crooks. that's exactly what one d.c. man was able to do snatching his bike back from the guy who stole it from him. how? well, the cops aren't saying, but our own anny hong went out and got some information. how did he pull it off? >> it took a lot of courage. we first heard about the story when we heard danny lush said his bike was stolen from a friend's front porch home sunday night. he found his bike on craigslist and came up with a scheme to reverse that bike theft. >> oh, i was furious, just i knew immediately that it was my bicycle. >> reporter: danny loesch found his stolen bike being sold on craigslist a day after it was stolen. the asking price? one hundred dollars for the cannondale hybrid bike he had bou