behind the scenes, mark mitchell was at the center of the u.s. hostage response, advising the u.s. president. in january, mitchell stepped down as president obama's counterterrorism advisor, and today is critical of the american government's policy when citizens are taken captive. >> the situation with the hostages in january 2014 was a microcosm of our overall awareness of the islamic state. we didn't have the intelligence necessary, resources were frankly, prioritised elsewhere. >> reporter: mitchell argues getting american hostages home is a small objective in a larger conflict. >> it's a priority to recover american citizens, but it is not the highest priority. >> it was the meetings with the families of american hostages that thrust him into the spotlight. he was accused of threatening families with prosecution if they paid a ransom. >> there was a military person with no compassion, he threatened us three times. >> i never threatened the families. the idea that it's shocking that a government official would encourage people to abide by the law, i think. i find shocking in itse

jurors found polson guilty of attempted murder of the first victim - mark mitchell - but not for zachary whitehill or matt stephenson--he received lesser charges for those. polson is being held without bond until his sentencing december 9th. today a federal jury will continue its deliberations in the trial of two ron paul presidential campaign aides. jesse benton and dimitri kesari payments to a state lawmaker for an endorsement! the jury got the case tuesday and deliberated all day wednesday with no decision. there will be increased police

behind the scenes, mark mitchell was at the center of the u.s. hostedage response advising the u.s. ent. in january, mitchell stepped down as barack obama's counter terrorism advisor. today, he is critical of the american government's policy when citizens are taken captive. >> the situation with the costages in january, 2014, was a microcosm of our overall awareness of the intelligence and our resources were frankly pri prioritized elsewhere. >> i said getting hostages home is one small part. >> it's not always the highest priority it was the meetings with families that forced mitchell into the media spotlight. he was accused of threatening family members with prosecution if they tried today pay a ran m ransom. >> it was this military who had no compassion for us. all he knew was no concessions. this gentleman did threaten us three times, simon. >> i never threatened the families. the idea that it's somehow shock that a government official would encourage people to abide by the law, i think i find shocking in itself. >> the recent presidential review of u.s. hostage policy removed th

. >> we find pete polson guilty with attempt to murder mark mitchell. shaina: a polk county jury finds pete polson guilty and last november's shooting spree. mark mitchell was the first victim shot in the abdomen but the jury went with lesser offensive with the others. elizabeth: he was found guilty of assault with intent to inflict various injury. as well as matt stephenson who police say was shot at five times but was missed by just inches. those assault charges are can paolson did not show much emotion but the family and the courtroom was in tears. the victims say they did not want to comment. secondly whitehill said here -- zachary whitehill is trying to assess what happened. shaina: the jury continues to deliberate and the trial of two ron paul presidential campaign aides. an endorsement. jesse benton faces one count amazing -- making false charges and dimitri kesari faces charges of obstruction. both have pleaded not guilty. altoona police have increased patrols near an elementary school after two men offered candy to students and asked him to get

behind the scenes mark mitchell was advising the u.s. president. in january he stepped down as barack obama's counterterrorism advisor and today is critical of american policy when its citizens are taken hostage. >> it was a microcosm of our overall awareness of the islamic state. we did not have the intelligence necessary and our resources were frankly prioritized elsewhere. >>reporter: he argues getting hostages home is a small objective in a much larger conflict. >> it's not always the highest priority. >>reporter: it was the meetings with the families of american hostages that forced mitchell into the media spotlight. he was accused of threatening family members with prosecution if they tried to pay a random. >> he's this military gentleman who had absolutely no compassion for us. this gentleman did threaten us three times. >> i never threatened the families. the idea is somehow shocking that a government official would encourage people to abide by the law, i think i find shocking in itself. >>reporter: the recent presidential review of u.s. ho

behind the scenes, mark mitchell was at the center of the u.s. hostage response, advising the u.s. president. in january, mitchell stepped down as president obama's counterterrorism advisor, and today is critical of the american government's policy when citizens are taken captive. >> the situation with the hostages in january 2014 was a microcosm of our overall awareness of the islamic state. we didn't have the intelligence necessary, resources were frankly, prioritised elsewhere. >> reporter: mitchell argues getting american hostages home is a small objective in a larger conflict. >> it's a priority to recover american citizens, but it is not the highest priority. >> it was the meetings with the families of american hostages that thrust him into the spotlight. he was accused of threatening family members with prosecution if they paid a ransom. >> there was a military person with no compassion, all he knew was no conssessions. threatened us three times. >> i never threatened the families. the idea that it's shocking that a government official would encourage people to abide by the l

. >> but during meetings at the white house, mark mitchel warned that paying a ransom to a "listed terrorist organization" broke us law. >> they put this guy from the national security council who was apparently our representative from the white house - bad choice for the white house, because it was this military gentleman who had absolutely no compassion for us. all he knew was this no concessions, this gentleman did threaten us three times, three times, simon, and so for the other families that was horrible. we just were appalled... >> i never threatened the families. i don't have that power, i don't make this prosecutorial decisions. but i think its incumbent on me as a government official to clearly state what the law is and the potential ramifications of it not in a threatening manner, but the idea that it's somehow shocking that a government official would encourage people to abide by the law, i think i find shocking in itself. >> despite mark mitchell's warning, nancy curtis was undeterred. >> i didn't care. fine, go ahead. put me in jail. i won't have to keep my house running. >> beh

titled case find the defendant pete jason polson guilty of the crime of attempt to commit murder to mark mitchell." pete polson was also found guilty of two counts of assault to inflict serious injury for shooting at zach whitehill and matt stephenson... the state charged polson for attempted murder for those two shootings but the jury chose the lesser charges. stephenson wasn't injured, but whitehill was shot in the back and the neck and has permanent nerve damage. the sentencing will be held in december. police in pleasant hill want your help identifying a man who is responsible for several car burglaries. surveillance video shows the suspect in a red, 20 - 02 chevy silverado pickup police say the suspect is also believed to be using stolen credit cards across the metro. if you have information contact police pleasant hill police the story county sheriff says the key to reducing crime is by reducing unnecessary arrests... we're looking at how we can impose better practices... how we can be smarter law enforcement... and having an impact where we can make the public safer while hopefully being a

titled case find the defendant pete jason polson guilty of the crime of attempt to commit murder to mark mitchell." polson was also found guilty of two counts of assault to inflict serious injury for shooting at zach whitehill and matt stephenson, stephenson avoided getting hit but whitehill was shot in the back and neck and is still recovering from his injuries. police say polson went on a random shooting spree last november in pleasant hill, polson claimed he didn't remember the shooting after taking a bad hit of meth the night before. the jury also found polson guilty on two counts of willful injury as well as all the drug and weapons charges. polson was taken into custody i did have a chance to speak to a few of the victims and they were still trying to process the verdict and did not want to go on camera. polson will be sentenced in december parents in a metro suburb are on high alert after two children claimed someone tried to abduct them. the kids said it happened yesterday afternoon. they were walking home from altoona elementary when they said they were approached by two white men in a s

mark mitchell was hit, but survived. two others narrowly escaped bullets. the jury settled on lesser charges for his actions against those two... instead of attempted murder, they chose assault to inflict serious injury. he was also found guilty on two counts of willful injury as well as all drug and weapons charges he faced... he'll be sentenced in december. yesterday we told you of a high speed motorcycle chase that injured two officers..... we're hearing this morning it wasn't the first time that driver has tried to run from the law. officers say they spotted 29-year-old jordan young riding a stolen motorcycle around 2 o'clock yesterday morning. he sped off when they tried to pull him over. that ended here... at northeast 51st and hull as his bike stalled out. two officers were injured when their car went into the ditch. last year, he rammed a bounty hunter's vehicle in west des moines. that prompted the bounty hunter to open fire. a short chase ended when young jumped into the raccoon river. he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault in that case. this

it was just another day for mark mitchell, zach whitehill and matt stephensen. until pete polson came and changed their lives forever" as opening arguments began, pete polson plead not guilty to eleven charges, including three counts of attempted murder. polson's defense attorney phil reser told the jury even if they believe polson pulled the trigger, to question what state of mind was polson in when he did it? " try to get an idea of whether or not mr polson was suffereing from a drug intoxication at this time" by this afternoon, 10 witnesses had taken the stand- describing the day of the shooting spree, including the first shooting victim, mark mitchell. "i saw someone approaching the house, asked for help, pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot" he was shot in the stomach, spending 40 days in hospital and had four surgeries. the day still haunts him. "911- ive been shot, oh god"/saw it, they were there that morning, its hard to forget" dci officials, plesant hill police officers and neighbors all testified- many saying they heard gun shots, then pointed out

paraphernalia all of the time polson told the jury he doesn't remember shooting at the three victims mark mitchell zack whitehill and matthew stevenson.. all who took the stand to testify against him. in closing arguments, prosecution said polson had the intent to kill with his precise timing and disposal of evidence. defense claimed polson couldn't feel the intent due to drug ontoxication and mental disability from the drugs he had done the night before " " claire:: again closing get after 4 days and 40 witness accounts, a lot for a jury to take in. they only deliberated for 20 minutes today but will return monday for more deliberation. stay wit us as we follow the trial, reporting live - claire powell local 5 news we are iowa. stephanie: thank's clarie. and again make sure to stay local 5 every step of the way through polson's trial. day up on our website--that's com. stephanie: a newton couple charges connected to a sexual assault of a juvenile in august. the jasper county sheriff's office said the incident happened at a home on highway f-48 in newton. police say michelle wortman and berlou bar

titled case find the defendant pete jason polson guilty of the crime of attempt to commit murder to mark mitchell." polson was also found guilty of two counts of assault to inflict serious injury for shooting at zach whitehill and matt stephenson... the state charged polson for attempted murder for those two shootings but the jury chose the lesser charge... stephenson avoided injury but whitehill was shot in the back and neck and has permanent nerve damage a result of the shooting. polson was also found guilty on two counts of willful injury as well as all the drug and weapons charges he faced... polson showed little emotion as the verdict was read and was immediately taken into custody without bond. i did have a chance to speak to a few of the victims and they were still trying to process the verdict and did not want to go on camera.... polson will be sentenced in december on all nine charges... with just the attempted murder, assault and willful injury charges polson faces up to 50 years in prison.... a man is dead after exchanging gun fire with police in cedar rapids. it all started around 10-

"we the jury in the above and murder to mark mitchell." pete polson has been convicted of attemptete murder. prosecutors say he drove through pleasant hill -- just outside of des moines -- shooting randomly at people. two people were hurt. polson argued he was on drugs and does not remeeber what happened. today, the stakes are high for hillary clinton. she goes before the house committee investigating the deadly attack in benghazi ttree years ago. tracie potts has a preview. "tomorrow will be nothing but a fiasco." democrats call it a partisan witch hunt. republicans say this could be the best chance to find out why fofor amemeicans died in benghazi. "(are you looking forward to the house benghazi hearing?) i am." bbides grilling clinton on her own emails... still being released... lawmakes are expected to unveil new information today: eight thousand pages of email from ambassador chris stevens. "so where does the fault lie for the timing of this? it lies with the state dpartment who only 36 hours ago has released some of ambassador steven

mark mitchell is one of the 3 victims who has been waiting at the courthouse to hear the decision. he says he's surprised there hasn't been a verdict but is trying not to read too much into it. >> there's a lot of evidence. we believe he did it and he pretty much admitted he did it so i mean -- i mean, it's out of our hands now. we have just got to let them decide. kim: polson is facing 9 charges, including 3 counts of attempted murder. jurors will be back tomorrow to continue deliberating. live in studio, kim st. onge, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: at the federal courthouse in des moines, the ron paul for president aides jesse benton and dmitri kesari. prosecutors say both men helped iowa state senator kent sorenson to change his support from the michele bachmann campaign to the ron paul campaign. came and went this afternoon. kurtis gertz has a first look at your forecast. kurtis: nice to get a little rain out there and knock down the dust. it is turning out to be a gorgeous evening with some thundershowers. we are going to stay that way for the evening hour. dry spell

behind the scenes, mark mitchell was at the center of the u.s. hostage response advising the u.s.resident he stepped down and is critical of america's policy. >> the situation with the hostages in january, 2014, was a microcosm of our overall awareness of the islamic state. we didn't have the intelligence necessary. and our resources were fraishling prioritized elsewhere. >> mitchell argues getting american hostages home is just one small objective in a larger conflict. >> . >>> it's a priority to the recover american citizens but the always the highest priority prior to. >> it was the meeting with families of hostages. he was accused of threatening family members with prosecution if they tried to pay a ransom. >> it was this military gentleman who had absolutely no compassion. all he knew was no concessions. this gentleman did threaten us three times, simon. >> i never threatened the families. the idea that it's somehow shocking that a government official would encourage people to abide by the law, i think i find shocking in itself. >> the recent presidential review of u.s. hosta

the jury found him guilty of attempted murder with mark mitchell, who was shot in the abdomen. but jurors chose lesser charges assault with intent to , inflict serious injury, for the two other victims, zach whitehill, who was shot in the back and neck and matt stephenson, who he shot at several times and narrowly missed. those are aggravated misdemeanors as opposed to a forcible felony. jurors also convicted polson of both willful injury charges, intimidation with a dangerous weapon, both drug charges, and failure to possess a tax stamp. we did see some of the victim's families crying when the verdict was announced, and did not want to comment when the trial ended. zachary whitehill told us off camera that he was just still trying to absorb what just happened here at the courthouse today. i also reached to some of the jurors as well as the defense and prosecuting attorney to try and get comment but was told they did not want to comment. polson is being held without bond until his sentencing on december 9. stacey: still no verdict in the federal trial of two former ron paul for

mark mitchell says he's surprised it's taking this long. >> just trying not to read too much into it. letting them go through the process. i'm sure that there's a lot to digest and we're just gonna sit back and hope that everything goes the way it should. kim: jurors will be back here at the courthouse to continue deliberating tomorrow. polson faces several charges, attempted murder. if he's found guilty, that could mean more than 100 years in jail. live outside the polk county courthouse, kim st. onge, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. steve: the federal trial of two former ron paul for president 2012 campaign aides is now in the hands of a jury after closing arguments today. jesse benton and dmitri kesari are accused of making secret payments to former iowa state senator kent sorenson. sorenson switched from the michele bachmann campaign to ron paul's just before the 2012 iowa caucuses. stacey: newton police say a driver intentionally hit a man, then a car multiple times. 50-year-old john britton faces multiple charges, including three counts of attempted murder, after two crashes mo

"you went to mark mitchells houe across his yard and shot him, no it wasnt me. i wouldnt do that, i dont know. are you denying you committed the crime? no im not denying it. i just heard screaming, just wake up from this- mr polson- nightmare. mr polson answer my question... i did " stephanie: on friday afternoon, the judge gave the jury 69 instructions, calling it a short novel so it's not a big surprise that deliberation is taking such a long time. again no verdict has been reached in the pete polson trial today. they'll resume tomorrow morning, we'll be here when the verdict is reached. more courtroom news now also out of pleasant hill. stephanie: a woman who ran a daycare out of her home pleaded guilty today to two counts of child endangerment. 29 year old christina williamson was arrested back in may after her husband secretly recorded her abusing children in her care. as part of a plea deal, she pled guilty to the two counts of child endangerment .... one a felony and the other a misdeamonor ... while other charges were dropped. "i handled the children rou

mark mitchell is one of the three victims who has been waiting at the courthouse to hear the decision. hasn't been a verdict but is trying to not too much into it. >> there is a lot of evidence. we believe he did it and he pretty much admitted he didn't. -- did it. it's out of our hands now/ we have to let them decide. mollie: we will pass it on to you on our website, kcci.com. we'll also be watching for a verdict today in the federal trial of two former 2012 ron paul for president campaign aides. jurors got the case yesterday. jesse benton and dmitri kesari are accused of making secret payments to former republican iowa state senator kent sorenson. sorenson switched his allegiance from the michele bachmann campaign to ron paul's just before the 2012 iowa caucuses. we saw and felt some brief showers this morning but the rain has moved out. let's check in now with jason to see if there's more rain on the way this afternoon. jason: it's looking to be a dryer afternoon. is the first rainfall we've seen in over three weeks. that is pushed to the east. we see a week band trying to form fro

titled case find the defendant pete jason polson guilty of the crime of attempt to commit murder to mark mitchell." pete polson was also found guilty of two counts of assault to inflict serious injury for shooting at zach whitehill and matt stephenson... the state charged polson for attempted murder for those two shootings but the jury chose the lesser charges. stephenson wasn't injured, but whitehill was shot in the back and the neck and has permanent nerve damage. polson was also found guilty on two counts of willful injury as well as all of the drug and weapons charges he faced... the sentencing will be held in december. a polk county sheriff's deputy is suing his boss for the second time over what he calls political discrimination. dan charleston ran against sheriff bill mccarthy in 2012. after the election... charleston says he was passed over for promotions and threatened with demotion. in april of last year... charleston filed a lawsuit claiming the action was punishment for running against mccarthy. depositions for that case are expected to happen any time now. then today... charleston po

"you went to mark mitchells houe across his yard and shot him, no it wasnt me. i wouldnt do that, i dont know. are you denying you committed the crime? no im not denying it. i just heard screaming, just wake up from this- mr polson- nightmare. mr polson answer my question... i did " jack: polson was the last person to take the stand before the defense and prosecution closing arguements this afternoon. "you dont go shooting people with a 9 mm weapon unless you have the intent to kill, pete polson had the intent . s no reason. he doesnt know. he had a mental disability and was in a state of drug intoxication. there was intent" jack: the jury only had 20 minutes to deliberate today. so it'll return on monday morning. local 5 will be there as the verdict comes down. jack: a newton couple is facing charges connected to a sex assault of a juvenile in august. the jasper county sheriff's office said the incident happened at a home on highway f-48 in newton. police say michelle wortman and berlou barnard were watching a young girl in their home at the time. the girl's ag

stephanie: at least twice, he shot at mark mitchell. at least twice, he shot at zachary whitehill. and at least five times, he shot at matthew stephenson. kim: the defense attorney criticized what he called a "flawed system" that resulted in pete polson not being drug tested. >> he was all over the place because of lethal intoxication, which created for him a mental disability which made it impossible to form intent. kim: like i mentioned, the jury started deliberating around 4 p.m.. they will have to determine if polson was too intoxicated to form the intent to kill. live at the polk county courthouse, kim st. onge, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. kevin: thanks, kim. meanwhile former state senator , kent sorenson back in a federal courtroom today for a second day of testimony. he's testifying in the case of two former ron paul 2012 aides. jesse benton and dmitri kesari are accused of making secret payments to sorenson, who switched from the michelle bachmann campaign to ron paul before the iowa caucuses four years ago. kcci's rose heaphy was in court today. and she's live in stud

"you went to mark mitchells houe across his yard and shot him, no it wasnt me. i wouldnt do that, i dont know. are you denying you committed the crime? no im not denying it. i just heard screaming, just wake up from this- mr polson- nightmare. mr polson answer my question... i did " jack: on friday afternoon, the judge gave the jury 69 instructions, calling it a short novel. so it's not a big surprise that deliberation is taking such a long time. again no verdict has been reached in the pete polson trial today. they'll resume tomorrow morning. local 5 will be there when the verdict is reached. stephanie/ots: iowa's governor wants to privatize medicaid. that plan has some iowans and state senator rob hogg asking how this will benefit everyone. hogg is also the chair of the state senate oversight committee. in an email to governrn branstad, hogg asks for specific details on his plan. hogg says that he and other iowans doubt that this plan will save money and on behalf of the oversight committee he is quote, "formally asking you to release the evidence you used to

pete polson was found guilty of "attempted murder" for shooting mark mitchell last november. polson lesser charge... "assault to inflict serious injury"... for shooting zach whitehill and at matt stephenson that same day. he was also found guilty on a handful of other charges... including "wilful injury." the sentencing will be held in december. the story county sheriff says the key to reducing crime is by reducing unnecessary arrests... sheriff paul fitzgerlad traveled to the nation's capitol yesterday. he was joined by a coalition of more than one hundred other law enforcement leaders. the group believes that putting too many people behind bars doesn't keep the public safe. members are pushing congress and state lawmakers for three things... alternatives to arrests... reducing the number of criminal laws... and ending mandatory minimum prison sentences. we're looking at how we can impose better practices... how we can be smarter law enforcement... and having an impact where we can make the public safer while hopefully being able to reduce the number of incarcerated inmates.

the jury find the dedfendant pete jason polson guilty of the crime attempt to committ murder to mark mitchell" " stephanie: polson - who went on a shooting spree through pleasant hill last november- was found guilty of all nine counts in varying degrees. of the three attempted murder charges, the jury found polson guilty of one attempted murder and two "assaults with intent to inflict serious injuries." however, he was found guilty of all other charges including two counts of willful injury, intimidation and drug related charges. stephanie/lam: an attempted murder charge carries up to 25 years behind bars... polson's sentence hearing is set for december 9th. stephanie: new details in the vicious road rage attack in new mexico that killed a four year old girl. stephanie: albuquerque police have a person of interest in custody. the girl's father and the suspect were cutting each other off on the interstate, when the suspect pulled up next to the family's vehicle and opened fired. he immediately fled the scene. strangers from across the country are sending support and money for lilly's funeral.

he was found guilty of attempted murder of the first victim, mark mitchell, but not the other two, -- m matt stephenson. he is being held without bond until sentencing on december 9. jurors will resume deliberations . two men are accused of making secret payments. jesse benton is charged with one charge of making false statements, and dimitri kesari is charged with five charges. we will bring you the verdict as soon as it is released. elizabeth: altoona elementary leaders are reminding students of strangers after does conan asked two boys -- two man asked two boys to get in their truck. the suspects drove off in a white, two door pickup. >> they recognized it was a dangerous situation and recognized the two males were strangers. they turned around and ran back to the school. elizabeth: police are increasing patrols at altoona elementary before and after school. the case is still under investigation. shaina: a confession for a man allegedly responsible for the death of this for europe girl -- four-year-old girl. lilly garcia was shot when her father got caught up in a confrontation wit

the jury find the dedfendant pete jason polson guilty of the crime attempt to committ murder to mark mitchell" " elias: polson - who went on a shooting spree through pleasant hill last november- was found guilty of all nine counts in varying degrees. of the three attempted murder charges, the jury found polson guilty of one attempted murder and two "assaults with intent to inflict serious injuries." however, he was found guilty of all other charges. elias:/1shot an attempted murder charge carries up to 25 years behind bars... polson's sentence hearing is set for december 9th. elias: coming up on local 5 news midday... what really happens if you check your phone while you're driving. elias: and... we're talking your money and how to keep it safe. scams on the rise from new credit card rules. elias: and.... one sad day for some baseball fans, but a great day for a little girl from ankeny. we'll explain. that's next. 5 news midday in hd with elias johnson and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" elias: the new york mets are heading to the world series -- the

we the jury ma,e the the jury find the polson guilty of the crime attempt to committ murder to mark mitchell" " sabrina: polson - who went on a shooting spree through pleasant hill last november- was found guilty of all nine counts in varying degrees. of the three attempted murder charges, the jury found polson guilty of one attempted murder and two "assaults with intent to inflict serious injuries." however, he was found guilty of all other charges. sabrina:/ram: an attempted murder charge carries up to 25 years behind bars... polson's sentence hearing is set for december 9th. elias: iowa farmers are looking at another record harvest, with yeild returns way up from last year's buffer crop. close to 90 percent of the soybeans are not out of the fields and producers are moving full speed ahead to get this year's corn crop out as well. that includes a farmer from eddyville, who continues working his family ground with no signs of slowing down. "little noisy" elias: at 85 years old, don maloy is wrapping up his 62nd harvest he and his son corn and soybeans. and that's literally all don does - 1

he was found guilty of attempted murder of the first victim, mark mitchell. the other two incidents, he was convicted on lesser charges of assault to convict serious injury. he is held without bond until his sentencing on december 9. a jury resumes deliberations today in the special trial of two aides to the ron paul presidential campaign. they are accused of bribing kent sorenson when he switched from michele bachmann's campaign. dimitri kesari faces five charges including conspiracy and obstruction. both men have pleaded not guilty. kcci will follow the trial and bring you the verdict when it is released. elizabeth: altoona elementary leaders reminding of stranger safety after two men offered to boys candy and ask them to get in their ctruck. the men called them at the intersection of southwest fifth and 3rd avenue. the two men drove off in a two door white pickup truck. >> they recognized it was dangerous and that the two men in the vehicle were strangers. they turned around and ran back to the school. elizabeth: police are increasing patrols at the elemen

polson was found guilty of attempted murder of the first victim - mark mitchell - but not for the other two victims.. zachary whitehill or matt stephenson. convicted on charges of assault to inflict serious injury. polson is being held without bond until his sentencing on december 9th. your weather in 30 seconds! fall this morning with cooler temps in the 40s and 50s. a few sprinkles are possible early today with lots of clouds on the way and cooler highs near 65. rain moves in tomorrow and out for the weekend. more rain and

"we the jury in the above and murder to mark mitchell." pete polson has been convicted of attempted murder. prosecutors say he drove through pleasant hill -- just outside of des moines -- shooting randomly at people. two people were hurt. polson argued e was on drugs and does not remember what happened. he could spend up to prison. today, the stakes are high for hillary clinton. she goes before the ouse committee investigating the years ago. acie potts haha a preview. "tomorrow will be nothing but a fiasco." democrats call it a partisan witch hunt. republicans say ts could be the best chance to find out why four americans dii in benghazi.. "(are you looking forward to the house benghazi hearing?) i am." besides grilling clinton on her own emails... still being released... lawmakers are expected to unveil new information today: eiiht thoususnd pages of f mail from ambassdor chris stevens. "so where does the fault lie for the timing of this? it lies with the state department who only 36 hours ago has released some of ambassador stevenn' emai

mark: also today hillary clinton's campaign chair told andrea mitchell at msnbc that if biden wants tonter the race, he is running out of time. >> look, he has been through a tremendous tragedy. we have been respectful about that. i think he deserves this space and time to think that through, whether it was best for him to begin this new challenge. to try to mount a presidential campaign. but i think the time has come for a decision. mark: an unmistakable signal from the top of the clinton campaign. john, after last night, is there still room and time in this race for diamond joe biden? john: the combination of kevin mccarthy's comments undermining the legitimacy of the benghazi committee and the e-mail inquiry, not total, but a lot of it. and then this performance by hillary clinton has made the terrain a lot tougher for joe biden. also when hillary clinton laid down the gauntlet saying, joe, if you want to come into this barackd try to be obama's inheritor, i'm going to fight you for that. she pulled obama close all night. you could hear her shadowboxing with him. i think she made it

that's -- you know, it's unprecedented, that's a land mark report about the cia and the cia's involvement with mitchellason. >> before that program was terminated back in 2009 the company formed by the psychologistser receivered more than $180 million from the cia. >>> flint, michigan is moving forward with its plans to change their source of drinking water. it's all part of a $12 million proposal to stop using the flint river as the city's drinking water source. last week it declared a public health emergency after it found rising levels of lead in the water supply. >>> wildfires are spreading across the rockies today. forcing the evacuation of dozens of people living in the area. >>> california says it needs help battling its historic wildfires, so it's turning to prison inmates. >> reporter: inmates have been helping to fight wildfires in california since 1946. it is the oldest such program in the nation. >> the priority has always been the safety of the public, the safety of our own employees as well as being able to respond to national disasters, and the work that these inmates do on a daily basis

fellow from kansas who had slain to talk by andrew mitchell on television last week and had to watch it again. it was a bad hand, and they played poorly. markat other big subplot was the democrats on the committee played in helping hillary clinton at every turn. let's look at an exchange between the chairman, trey gowdy, and the ranking democrat from maryland, elijah cummings. >> would've the chairman of yield? >> i would be happy to, but you need to make sure the record-- >> and that's exactly what i want to do. >> then go ahead. >> i move that we put into the record the entire transcript of sidney blumenthal. we're going to release the e-mails in the transcript, that way the world can see it. we are not going to take that uppity hearing. -- take that up at the hearing. >> we have a right to record recorded vote on that motion. we want the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, that is what we want to have. let's let the world see it. >> why is it that you only want mr. blumenthal's transcripts? >> i would like to have all of them released! >> the survivors, even their names? you want at least? >-- you want that released? mark: al, could

. >> mitchell was one of four crew members aboard the el faro, one of several with ties to new york. new at 5:30, mark spoke to those who knew the 26-year-old. >> reporter: this brooklyn neighborhood is grieving. they learned this morning that the quiet young man who lived on the second floor of this apartment building was lost at sea. >> i really fel it. >> reporter: stefan clutches his smartphone reading a message cents from mitchell's girlfriend. he can't believe the 26-year-old is gone. >> it mitt me like a bomb hits you. >> reporter: mitchell and his girlfriend moved into this apartment a couple of years ago. stefan is the building super. >> very quiet people. by themselves. that's all. you see them go to the grocery, go to the laundry together. >> reporter: mitchell was one of 33 crew members aboard the el faro the doomed cargo ship that was lost at sea during hurricane joaquin. stefan had no idea until one of mitchell's friends stopped by. >> saying we can't find mitch. what do you mean? he's lost. i don't get it. he's lost at sea. you know. so i said are you referring to that ship that was los

mark's made you a fantastic offer. frankly, better than i-- i would have made. uh... i'm out. so, a friend of mine is paul mitchell.k, uh, cuban is ready to take the ride with you all the way. i wouldn't be of any help to you if that one person i know says, "beat it," all right? so i guess i'm out. okay. mark, i would love to work with you. (kevin) well, wait a sec. wait a sec. wait--i was-- there's no waiting. wait a second. that's it. shake her hand. thank you, mark. wow. i'm so excited. thanks, megan. thank you guys so much. i really appreciate it. fantastic presentation. (daymond) good luck. good luck. thank you, guys. (robert) fantastic. (kevin) that's interesting. i mean, either she's got a category killer, or there isn't a category. that's okay. my kids will use all the lotion that's left then. (laughter) this means everything. it means that i can make a product... (voice breaking) and it's not gonna take the last 10 cents out of my bank account. like, it's amazing. (crying) (whispers) it's amazing. (man) the sharks are back. they're looking for the best products and businesses america has to offer. the only