marjorie is on the phone line, and you just heard the explosion?s so intensely loud i looked out the window and it kept going and going. and i live in san bruno. i went on my deck and i thought where is this going? what i thought where is that jet going it was so intensely loud. it was not stopping. i still am hearing this war which still is sounding like a jet engine. and i'm in the front of my house and what i can see from my skyline is that i was so concerned i thought that a jet had gone down over there. i still do not know what happened but all of a sudden i see brown smoke coming up. are you there? >> yes, we can hear you. >> and i could see that brown smoke coming up intensely so i knew that there was a fire of some sort. >> marjorie, we are looking at live pictures of the smoke. and how far away are you from that took place? >> i am only 1 mi.. maybe 2 mi., maximum! >> this is a home mac and industrial and holmes a mix? >> yes, a lot of homes. and it is right on skyline. you know, >> you are listening to your television, do not listen to th

air force major marjor marjorie witt case. in tacoma, washington, today, judge ronald leighton was ruling for a second time on major witt's case. major witt was suspended in 2004, ultimately discharged under the don't ask, don't tell policy. in 2007, she sued the government over her dismissal. the same judge who ruled today ruled the first time against major witt saying her dismissal was proper under the policy. but then something remarkable happened. when major witt appealed that ruling, the higher court, the federal appeals court, sided with her and they sided with her in a very specific way. they told judge leighton in the lower court that he had to hear her case again. but this time he had to apply a different legal standard when he judged her case. if you want to know anything about how this part of civil rights in america goes, if you want to know how don't ask, don't tell, is going to get struck down by the courts and that's probably how it is going to die, what the court told judge leighton was he had to consider marga

sounds like we lost our connection to marjorie, but e want to thank her for her information.spokesperson for metro north railroad. jenna: some construction workers are making a hard hat pledge vowing not to work on the mosque near ground zero. this is a grassroots effort that's gaining momentum on the web, and eric shawn is live in our newsroom to tell us more about it. >> reporter: if the so-called ground zero mosque gets off the ground, it's going to need hard hats to build it, but now there's a charge to construction workers to not lift a hammer. the web site is called 9/11 hard hat pledge.com, and they're signing up supporters in the construction trades who say they will boycott building the project. they say the islamic center supporters do have the legal right to build it, they believe it is inappropriate so close clo to ground zero. they call it an american battlefield. the effort is the brain child of construction worker andy sullivan. >> i started the 9/11 hard hat pledge, and that's a total grassroots effort, has nothing to do with union leadership. the unions and a

the charges are filed against pedro and his wife marjorie. he worked there from 1979 to 1998. his wived there from 1981 to 2010. a couple years ago they were approached by someone who reported to be a contact for the government of venezuela. and he was born in venezuela. he's a u.s. citizen now. but the government says that he agreed to and in fact did give a series of documents to this cut out, thinking this person was representing venezuela about how they could develop a nuclear weapon by reporting to this be enriching uranium for peaceful purposes, when in fact they would be able to develop plutonium to develop a nuclear weapon. the government stresses there's no allegation that the government of venezuela had anything to do with this. nonetheless, these are very serious charges. they could bring a sentence of life if these people are convicted, although it's interesting, the ages involved here. mr. masharani is 75. his wife is 67. there is no suggestion that any current employees of the l los alamos national laboratory had anything to do with this, chris. >> pete, thanks v

worked on nuclear weapons design until 1988 and had access to classified information, so did his wife marjorie writer and editor there until recently. the 22 count indictment says the couple thought they were dealing with a government official from venezuela, not an fbi agent when they handed over a document of restricted information on how to design, manufacture and use atomic weapons. the indictment also says dr. mascheroni told the fbi agent that with his technical help, venezuela could cause an explosion over new york. that would not kill anybody but would destroy all electrical power in new york. speaks to a fox reporter in new mexico last year after the fbi searched their home he claimed to have broken no laws and said all the information he released was available online. >> you have to prove that these are secrets, real secrets. that i was selling the united states national security by giving this information to venezuela. that's what they have to prove. >> you say it was not secret? >> nothing was secret. >> reporter: according to the indictment, dr. mascheroni wrote the document and w

there's a lot of movement in the courts, the log cabin republican case, the marjorie whit case that's happening right now and congress, for whatever reason, they may be ready to move in the senate. when you think about your role as an advocate on this issue, do you feel optimistic that things are really going to change or do you feel this is something that is just continually getting kicked down the road? >> i think in the past few months we've seen unprecedented progress in the repeal for this so undoubtedly we have the momentum to get this law finally repealed. i'm absolutely optimistic but at the same time i know that it's an act of diligence that's going to finally get this laurie peeled. >> what do you mean an act of diligence? >> i know right now it wasn't until today the senate finally scheduled a vote to get the vote on the agenda and it's going to take this continued attention to the issue to point out the fact that, hey, don't ask/don't tell is still affecting people today, that people are still getting kicked out of the military based solely on their sexual orientation and

so did his wife marjorie a technical writer and editor. the couple thought they were dealing with an government official from venezuela not an fbi agent when they handed over a document they prepared of restricted information on how to design, manufacture and use atomic weapons. the indictment says dr. mascheroni told the fbi agent that with his technical help, venezuela could cause an explosion over new york, that would not kill anyone, but would destroy all the electrical power in new york. speakology a fox reporter last year after the fbi searched their home, mascheroni claimed to have broken no laws. he said all the information he leased was available online. >> -- he released was available online. >> they have to prove these are real secrets that i was selling national security by giving this information to venezuela. that's what they have to prove. >> you say they were not secret? >> nothing was secret. >> reporter: according to the indictment dr. mass ronnie wrote the document and nuclear weapons and his wife did the editing. in ret

. >> marjorie, i know this is a very busy time for you, but i appreciate it. >> thank you.ye bye. >> just as the trains cross any manhattan from the bronx, there is apparently a fire under the bridge. the wooden pilings that protect the bridge from boat traffic has caught fire, and as the firefighters are desperately working to get that fire out, there is no train service from metro north in and out of manhattan. this is four major lines that come into manhattan. we heard from the spokesperson several thousand people currently affected. >>> president obama will get on air force one and head to philadelphia. now the president is supporting sestak. he tried to get him to bow out of the preliminary against arlen specter. congressman joe sestak joins me now. congressman, good to see you. >> good to be back, kochb tes sa. >> how kt president at this point help you tie up the race? >> he's making it very clear as he comes into philadelphia what the stakes are with this race. congressman toomey, which is the the epitome of what's wrong with washington found a special interests gro

he had access to classified information and his wife marjorie was a technical writer and editor. according to a 20-count indictment, they thought they were dealing with a government official from venezuela, not f.b.i. agent when they handed over 132 page document of restricted information on how to design, manufacturer, and use atomic weapons. the charges say he wrote the document and the wife did the editing. in return, they asked for $800,000. speaking to a fox reporter in new mexico last year, after the f.b.i. searched his home, mascaroin claimed to have broken no laws and said all the information he released could be found in the public domain. >> they have to prove that these are secret, real secrets. in the united states, the national security by giving the information to venezuela. that's what they have to prove. >> you say it was not secret? >> nothing was secret. >> according to the indictment, he told the undercover agent part of the sting he could develop a bomb for venezuela in ten years. he and his wife appeared in federal court in albuquerque on friday and have been

offering to sell nuclear secrets throughout the country, in this case, venezuela, the man and his wife, marjorie guilty before a judge just yesterday, they both worked for the los alamos national laboratory and according to the charges the feds have been tracking the couple for years, and, not an easy case to crack, either, judge napolitano, host of fox business network's "freedom watch" love how you say that, how are you. >> great, how are you. bill: this is a government run sting. >> right. bill: and they found what. >> they found a couple willing to trade, quote, restricted data, i'll explain that in a moment, in return for cash, to a person, the couple thought was an agent of hugo chavez and in reality it was and fbi agent pretending -- >> the fbi was onto these people. >> correct, the fbi approached the people and how the fbi decided they they're ones to apreach, we'll only learn if there is a trial and the fbi approached them and it has been going on since '08, information given and money paid an conversations being had and plans made, bank accounts in venezuela and argentina, being open,