>>> from washington the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over two decades the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. it's the 30th annual mclaughlin group year-end awards 2011 part two. here is the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin. >> destined for political star dom 2012, pat. >> senator rand paul will emerge as the chief anti- interventionist. >> elizabeth warren contending for the senate seat against scott brown in massachusetts has the potential to win the seat and galvanize democrats across the country. >> josh mandell is a republican running for senate in ohio. former marine. couple tours in iraq. he has the potential to be the marco rubio figure. >> andrew cuomo, the governor of new york, who has managed to bring about a balanced budget with a bipartisan approach both with the republicans and democrats in that state. something that hasn't occurred in a long time. >> interesting. >> i know you are eager for this envelope, john. >> i am, indeed. i wish to thank you. what's going on, friend? >> other end. >> let's see it, c

policy on bill mclaughlin. >> she always had a lover on the side.orter: she was a smart mba grad who would never leave her fiance. >> she would never, ever leave bill mclaughlin for anything. >> reporter: that former nfl player is facing life in prison. nanette johnston's trial is set to last about ten days. >> we're going bring in dan abrams live in the studio and from atlanta, nancy grace. dan, let's start with you. we heard in andrea's piece, the defense saying, she wouldn't leave somebody wealthy for someone that doesn't have as much money. >> i don't think that will fly with the jury. i think this is a more difficult case than prosecuting him. you had direct evidence of the gun being linked back to him. evidence of a new key being made linked back to him. notes he had taken link back to him. doesn't mean they don't have a case against her. i think they'll have a harder time with their case against her. this is a case that is 18 years old than they are the case against him. >> nancy, what do you make of this case? >> well, i think that while dan

>>> from washington the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over two decades the sharpest minds best sources, hardest talk. >>> it's the 30th annual mclaughlin group 2011 awards part two. here's the master of ceremonies john mclaughlin. >> destined for political stardom, 2012, pat. >> senator rand paul will emerge as the chief anti- interventionist and opponent of republicans taking us to war in iran. >> elizabeth warn contending for the senate seat against scott brown in mazz has the potential to win the seat and galvanize democrats across the country. >> josh mandell is a republican running for senate? ohio. former marine. couple tours in iraq. >> andrew cuomo, the governor of new york who has brought forward a balanced budget bipartisan with democrats and republicans in that state. something that hasn't occurred in a long time. >> i know you are are eager for this envelope? >> i am indeed. i wish to thank you. what's going on, friend? let's see it, car nak. >> j. carson. >> car nak the magnificent? >> destined for political stardom in 2

>>> from washington, "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over two decades the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> "the mclaughlin group" is brought to you by toyota and the state of mississippi. a great workforce producing a great product. ms. nothing could be finer than to be in carolina in the morning ♪ >> and with regards to south carolina, last time i came in fourth, so, you know, our team recognizes this is going to be a challenge. >> republican presidential front runner mitt romney is in south carolina fighting to win south carolina's republican primary, coming up on january 21st. that's a saturday, about one week from now. four years ago in that 2008 south carolina presidential primary, the momentum was against him, and he came in fourth. this year, he appears to have the big mo. why? one, organization. romney's ground campaign is mighty and motivated by a likely big win. two, cash. romney has in cash $19 million to use for advertisements. more than any other competitor. three, endorsements. key south carolinaly politi

the team is a joint venture of kaplan, mclaughlin, diaz architects. they are in the process of completing the second phase design, which should be done in march of next year. the goal for the design team under contract is 15%, but i'm pleased to announce the team has achieved a 44% lbe participation rate. staff request approval of a contract amendment with a design team to include services for phase one construction administration, to increase the amount of the contract from $8,110,903, to an amount not to exceed $8,888,292, and to extend the term to april 1, 2013. furthermore, authorize a contingency fund of $285,000 for any unforeseen design and related services. finally, staff request to increase the funding for the remaining scope of phase one construction for turner construction company or our construction merrill general contractor. for turner subcontractor trade packages, the local hire for dissipation has been set at 20%, with a goal of not less than

erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. >>> let's take another look at the european stock markets now.ost two hours into the trading day. uk index shows the uk manufacturing sector is contracting. not as much as before. the ftse still playing catchup. mining stocks doing well there as a result of better than expected manufacturing data from china, another piece of european economic news, spain's jobless up to 4.42 million. a record in december. that is more than 22% of the working population. andrew? >> yeah. charles, you mentioned that china manufacturing number. certainly giving a nice pop to the markets in this part of the world today. hong kong up 2.5%. and the bse, the mumbai index by 2.6% after strong numbers coming out of india as well. that's it for this edition of "world business today." excuse me. i'm andrew stephens in hong kong. >> i'm charles hodson in london. you're watching cnn.

with more on how that will work and what else comes next, we are joined by allison mclaughlin, public affairs manager for the d.c. board of elections. what is next for that council seat? who takings over and when will there be a special election? >> at some point, the board will be notified and the board has five days to declare the vacancy exists and schedule the date of that special election. there's a time clock begins that day. we have 114 days until the following tuesday. the special election will be held. at this point t will probably be may 8 or may 15. >> just to be clear, it is left vacant now until then. >> yes. the seat will remain vacant until it is filled by a special election. >> could harry thomas ever be eligible again to run for that seat if he wanted to? >> you know, i don't know that's been affected by the most recent ethics. only an individual that was serving in jail on a felony would have been eligible. prior to that act, i'm not sure. >> council chair, kwame brown, continues to face his own allegations of financial wrong doing, stemming from irregularities in hi

erin mclaughlin, cnn, davos. >>> no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.l have good sleeping bags they should survive that. many fine people have lived permanently in igloos. let's have a look at how the european stock markets are moving now. we're about 90 minutes into monday's trading session. the gains that we saw at the start have faded away with the exception of the london ftse. we're looking at a fall of more than 0.5% for the xetra dax. edging down for the paris cac currant. the spanish central bank is predicting a 1.5% contraction in the country's economy this year. and the central bank does not think things will get much brighter into the future. it is forecasting growth of just 0.2% in 2013. so a very sluggish pickup after what will be a recession in spain this year. now let's have a look at asian stock markets, mostly closed on monday for the lunar new year, including hong kong and shanghai. i should wish people in china a happy new year. and tokyo and sydney, both ended the day with modest losses. thailand's s.e.t. and the sensex are both in th

---finalmente, el sospechoso fue detenido cerca del cruce de la calle tully y la aveanida mclaughliningun arma de fuego... cu ---la polcia de la ciudad de morgan hill solicita la ayuda de la comunidad para detener a un sujeto que creen es el reponsable de una racha de robos... take vo ---las autoridades buscan a jose torres de 21 anos de edad ya que creen que ha robado por lo menos siete casas entre el pasado mes de diciembre y principios de enero en el area de la calle san ramon drive.. ---algunos testigos afirman que vieron a torres rondando en el area cuando ocurrieron los hurtos y la policia asegura que una huella dactilar de uno de los hogares saqueados es de el... topvo ---los dos sospechosos de robo a una casa que causaron un accidente mortal mientras huian de la policia de newark ahora enfrentaran cargos de asesinato... ---ambos sujetos comparecieron hoy ante un juez para ser acusados formalmente... ---de acuerdo a la policia, el pasado 18 de enero, los sospechosos huian de las autoridades en un auto cuando chocaron contra otro vehiculo que estaba en un cruce... ---el conduct

in 1994, mclaughlin, a 65-year-old inventor was shot inside his home. was living with johnson, a beautiful 25-year-old that lured in the loan li bachelor. >> she knows she's a con artist. >> reporter: no arrests were made at the time. 15 years later, the evidence was re-exami re-examined. they charged johnston, and her former fiance, eric naposki, with murder. >> death equals money. she becomes a mill nair. she becomes the golden goose. >> reporter: the defense said johnston has a solid alibi and said that naposki pulled it off. >> hate her as much as you want for being a thief, a liar, a cheat. but you can't vote guilty on that. >> reporter: the prosecution said johnston planned the whole thing. she had already stolen a half million dollars from mclaughlin before the murder happened. >> she was going to get caught for the thefts and for the affair. the only question was when. that's why bill had to die. >> reporter: as we mentioned, eric naposki has already been convicted of murdering bill mclaughlin. as for nanette johnston, we can hopefully expect a

>>> from washington, "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over two decades the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, squeaker man! >> my goodness, what a squeaker! but it sure is nice to have a win, i'll tell 'ya! this is a campaign night where america wins. we're going to change the white house and get america back on track! >> mitt romney won the iowa caucus on tuesday. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum came in second. it was a photo finish. romney beat santorum by 8 votes, or 1/100 of 1% of votes cast. but a win is a win. santorum thanked the caucus- goers and saluted them after the votes were counted tuesday night. >> game on! [cheering] you, you, by standing up and not compromising, by standing up and being bold and leading, leading with that burden and responsibility you have to be first, you have taken the first step of taking back this country! [cheering] >> question, what makes iowa a surprising win for romney? pat buchanan. >> originally romney appeared to write a off because he was fareful of the s

>>> from washington, "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk >>> speaker was given an tune to be the leader offer auer party in 1994, and at the ends of four years he had to resign in disgrace. >> i'm the only speaker up to that point since the 1920s who led the republican party to three consecutive victories, by the way in 2006 when you chaired the governor's association, we lost governorships. >> g.o.p. front-runners mitt romney and newt gingrich are facing off to win florida's republican primary this coming tuesday, january 31. florida is the bellwether state. g.o.p. primaries and caucuses are on the calendar through june, but florida is the de facto determine 88ors. gingrich received a 15 million collar donation çfrom sheldon, vegas casino mogul. speaker gingrich on sunday identified his political conservativism as the same as that of ronald reagan. and that philosophy will carry him to victory. >> i just think a clear reagan conservative has a much better chance of defea

>>> from washington, "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over two decades the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, marianne and calista. >> i said to him, newt, we've been married a long time. and he said, yes, but you want me all to yourself. calista doesn't care what i do. he was asking to have an open marriage, and i refused. >> republican presidential contender newt gingrich this week was at the center of a political firestorm. marianne gingrich, his former wife, told abc news her husband had asked her over 10 years ago to engage in an open marriage. marianne would remain married to newt, while newt had a mistress who is his wife now, calista gingrich. newt denies the charges. >> the story is false, every personal frduring that period says the story was false. >> question, how will this affect newt gingrich in the presidential race? pat buchanan? >> john, as a result of newt's response, which was very tough and angry that a personal scandal of his dating back 12 years would be brought up option the first questi

---finalmente, el sospechoso fue detenido cerca del cruce de la calle tully y la aveanida mclaughlin y no portaba ningun arma de fuego... cu ---la polcia de la ciudad de morgan hill solicita la ayuda de la comunidad para detener a un sujeto que creen es el reponsable de una racha de robos... take vo ---las autoridades buscan a jose torres de 21 anos de edad ya que creen que ha robado por lo menos siete casas entre el pasado mes de diciembre y principios de enero en el area de la calle san ramon drive.. ---algunos testigos afirman que vieron a torres rondando en el area cuando ocurrieron los hurtos y la policia asegura que una huella dactilar de uno de los hogares saqueados es de el... topvo ---los dos sospechosos de robo a una casa que causaron un accidente mortal mientras huian de la policia de newark ahora enfrentaran cargos de asesinato... ---ambos sujetos comparecieron hoy ante un juez para ser acusados formalmente... ---de acuerdo a la policia, el pasado 18 de enero, los sospechosos huian de las autoridades en un auto cuando chocaron contra otro vehiculo que estaba en un cruce..

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as a result, the mclaughlin group will not air sunday morning, but you can still see it saturday nightt 7:30. that's all on wusa9. >>> tonight, more than a dozen local men are getting a second chance at being a dad. 9news now photo journalist takes us to today's emotional graduation ceremony. >> please come to order. >> i grew up in a school building. all that type of stuff. >> you guys made a decision to be strong enough, man enough, and hero enough to say you know what? i'm going to come up in the system with whatever is on my background. whatever you said i did. whatever you convicted me of, and i'm going to work with you. >> i am -- >> we want our dads to work. >> program that is designed to get gentleman coming home from a period of incarceration. >> i just graduated from -- >> we want them to be connected to their kids. because they work, they pay child support. >> a program that helps people who have -- >> willie washington is a special case in many respects. >> a violent record. he has every challenge imaginable. >> this is willie washington, ladies and gentlemen. [ applause ]

at 11:30, this week in defense news, the mclaughlin group will not air on sunday morning, instead saturdayight at 7:30 for that. all of this on wusa9. did you know it was national chocolate cake day if. >> no, i didn't. >> learn something new every day. you have 30 minutes to celebrate a delicious desert like this cup cake. it has filling inside. james baker to thank for bringing chocolate cake in 1764. he figured out a way to make chocolate between two mill stones. brilliant. a little bit of chocolate. >> you're on a diet? >> all right, we're going to give it to dave owens. that is 9news for tonight. we're always on wusa9.com.

. >> reporter: monique mclaughlin, desperate, is rolling the dice one more time, spending an uncomfortablet the upenn sleep lab. >> this is unremitting wake. >> reporter: almost 30% of american women taking sleeping pills at least a few nights a week. but it turns out there is another way, cognitive sleep therapy. changing your brain and behavior. new research shows in the long run, it's more effective than those pills. >> when you stop the medication, you don't maintain those clinical gains. the gain is over. >> reporter: three things you can start tonight. first, tame your anxiety. write down those worries tomorrow, so they won't keep you awake tonight. second, restrict your sleep. it improves the quality. and you heard it before, use the bedroom for sleep only. no tv and phone. doctors say techniques like these and working with a sleep therapist can get you rest. ask debbie hamilton. >> in the first two weeks, my life changed. it was brilliant. >> reporter: in australia, one pioneering treatment is being studied, extreme sleep deprivation. it's counterintuitive. but in 24 hours, you're

with talk of possible legislation to improve the nation's cyberdefenses, former cia director john mclaughlin discusses dealing with national aware oness of national threats from an aspen homeland security event. >> i have an alarming thought about all of this, which is in some ways the discussions about cyber mirrors a bit the discussion we used to have about terrorism back in the '80s and '90s. there was a great deal of difficulty coming to a national consensus about what to do about it until we had 9/11, which then crystallized everything. and we knew what to do and the nation moved forward. we haven't had that kind of event in cyber yet. we imagine it. we talk about it. the attack on zappos, the attack on stratford, where i lost my credit card, the only good thing that comes out of those is i think a few more of those and there will be growing public awareness that this is a serious vulnerability that i think will then overcome some of the private sector reservations about working with the government on this. >> watch the rest of the discussion and more about homeland security online at t

richard and elaine mclaughlin were on their way to haiti on saturday to help with a cholera outbreak. shortly after takeoff the plane lost oil pressure and the engine stalled. richard piloting the plane, guided it for several miles before deploying a parachute to soften the crash landing. >> things were a little shaky for a while. not entirely certain about what to do next. >> they waited in a life raft until a u.s. coast guard rescue helicopter arrived to help them out. they're from birmingham, alabama. >> you're homies. >> that's right. >>> there is a heated argument. you got to see this. in israel's parliament. it turned into a water fight. >> it happened during a debate in the education committee of the knesset. and two members lived on live television. a woman told a male colleague to shut up and he responded key say whatever he wanted and she threw a glass of water on him before marching oust the committee. >> that had to be kind of freeing. [ laughter ] >> something you always want to do but never get to see. >> that's right. >> get out of here. >> fight on the set. >> he was k

reporter brendan mclaughlin of our tampa affiliate wfts has the story. >> reporter: mitt romney, whoformer speaker newt gingrich, came out loaded for bear. >> and the speaker was given an opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994, and at the end of four years he had to resign in disgrace. i had the opportunity to go off and run the olympic winter games. in the 15 years after he left the speakership the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in washington. >> he just said at least four things that are false. i don't want to waste the time on them. i think the american public deserve a discussion on how to beat barack obama. the american public deserves a discussion on what we would do about the economy. and i just think this is the worst kind of trivial politics. >> reporter: the attacks continued until questions of foreign policy drew clear distinctions. rick santorum characterized cuba as a terror threat. >> with the cubans and the venezuelans, the nicaraguans, there is a growing network of folks now working with the jihadists. >> they don't have a future as a dict

william mclaughlin was shot to death nearly two decades ago. time, he was living with johnson, a 25-year-old model. he answered a classified ad to meet her. the trial was a block buster. >> she knows she's a con artist, a ripoff queen. >> reporter: investigators unlocked the cold case, in part, with this key. just after 9:00 p.m., johnston's lover, eric naposki used the key from johnston to enter the home and shoot mclaughlin six times. >> death equals money. she becomes the millionaire. she becomes the golden goose. >> hate her as much as you want for being a thief, a liar, a cheat. a slut. whatever you want to call her. but you can't vote guilty based on that. >> reporter: that argument wasn't enough for the jury or the family. >> the jury needed about three hours to deliberate. this has been a long time coming. it's closure for us. >> reporter: johnston's coconspirator was found guilty of first degree murder last year. both are slated to be sentenced on may 18th. both can face life in prison without parole. >>> let's get the weather from sam

so john mclaughlin me and it would really be what would be effective actually going to war is that effective. i think that's going to have to happen look my word and if i want to bring the hidden even out of a well by doing something spectacular and destructive to enemies of islam and this is what motivates him this is not like the old soviet leadership who for all their misdeeds were at least atheist so they believe that a nuclear war and death was and failure and many things die in a nuclear war for allah will get him to paradise what incentive do you have to bring to bear on him what carrot can you offer him to compare with that so you have to be prepared to stop his military efforts by going to him if he does something really dangerous ok now go ahead please do. then he has never said that he wants to die in a nuclear attack this is absolutely not true this is the kind of thing we heard from the ill informed irresponsible republican nominees like michele bachmann that he said they was going to use nuclear tipped missiles to hit israel he has never said that even if he says that what the

we expect remarks also from john mclaughlin, former state -- former cia director and general james jones. >> and in the moment i will introduce many dear friends who are members of the aspen home in security advisory group. unlike the lincoln memorial or the washington monument, the wilson center is a living memorial to our 20th president, and provide an essential link between the world of scholarship and policymaking. that is essentially what the homeland security advisory group, the aspen institute, which i co-chaired with my very good friend, former sector of homeland security michael chertoff, aims to do. we are a bipartisan group with extensive expertise and strong opinions, no surprise, they meet periodically to discuss homeland security and counterterrorism issues and make recommendations to policy members. many of this group are with us, and i can't be sure everyone is sitting in front of me, but i see many of you. let me just list you apathetically, charlie allen, is charlie allen who? no. zoe baird going to is here. stewart baker. richard, p.j. crowley, steve hadley. brian jenk