and it's happening at fort meade at main gate at 8 a.m. it gives you directions and the location at maryland 175 and reese road. so again, lots of people posting on here this morning talking a little bit about this issue whether you are for him or against him and they are planning a protest at 8 this morning at fort meade. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> two former penn state administrators head to court for a preliminary hearing. gary schultz and the athletic director tim curley are charged with lying to grand jury and failing to report child sex abuse allegation against jerry sandusky. a judge will decide if the cases should go to trial. >>> baltimore county police are trying to determine what caused a deadly pedestrian accident that killed a high school sophomore. it happened yesterday afternoon at the corner of putty hill and wilson avenues in parkville. authorities say the 16-year-old ryan chase was hit by two cars he's tried to cross the street. we are told both drivers are cooperating and no charges have been filed y

hurricane, utah, a small desert town about two hours from lake mead, nevada. it's a place that embraces strangers. in the spring of 1995, the town opened its arms to a newcomer named joseph benson. benson and his family lived in a tiny house on the outskirts of town. he told neighbors he was a private detective who had recently retired from the marine corps. but there were things about his past he did not tell anyone, things no one in town had any way of knowing. the man they knew as joseph benson was really marine corps staff sergeant arthur bennett. and back in yuma, arizona, where he had been indicted for raping a 13-year-old girl, everyone thought he was dead. well, almost everyone. >> i never stopped loving him. >> incredibly, three months after crying over his casket at a military funeral, amelia bennett and her three children had reunited with arthur. but now he had a different name. joe benson. why did you go back to him? why did you agree to do that? >> i'm thinking the protection of my children and the protection of my family. >> she says joe benson

they were lining the street outside his hearing at fort meade. the attorney of the 23-year-old soldier as the presiding officer to step down because there was a conflict of interest because he works for the department of justice which is the same department investigating jullian assange of wikileaks. >>> instead to a baby jesus is backing i eight in a manger tonight. the suspected thief in spotsylvania county put a picture of of the stalin statues honor facebook page. someone spotted the picture and sent it to police. there may be more than one suspect involved. >>> still to come, detecting cervical cancer. one test may be better than others at detecting the disease early. >> a big change in voter attitudes toward the president and whether he should be reelected. the results are ahead. >> virginia officials said they found a way to ease traffic, but have they created new >>> breaking news from the key bridge. traffic is shut down in both directions because a man tried to jump off the bridge. all lanes are expected to reopen shortly. >>> a major a

prosecutor plans to teach an arab language course at meade high school. good for them. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. monika samtani is here. >> howard bernstein is here with our weather first. it is first day of winter and you don't need a coat. maybe not even hat or gloves. >> we'll be in the upper 50s and low 60s. manassas got down to 39. probably need a jacket there. it but it is going to be another unseasonably mild day. day planner calling for lots of clouds, light winds. mild temperatures. upper 50s, some low 60s. rain will return. that's going to happen tonight. any sun we see will be early along with some patchy fog thanks to the moisture we had yesterday. heaviest rains were down south of d.c. and with some breaks in the overcast last night and light winds, well, this is where we've got visibility issues from quantico down to fredericksburg

they are having a protest scheduled today here called occupy fort meade. support bradley manning. they are planning to meet at 8 this morning and it tells the location at the main gate at 175 and reese road at fort meade. so you have a number of people that plan to be out there this morning to let their voices be heard in support of bradley manning. reporting live in the interactive news center sherrie johnson. >>> a court hearing for two penn state officials will focus on what they were told about child sex abuse allegations about jerry sandusky. gary schultz and athletic director tim curley are charged with lying to a grand jury and failing to report sex abuse allegations to authorities. then graduate assistant mike mcqueary is at the heart of the case and they say that he is going to testify possibly for the first time in public. he told a grand jury he saw sandusky raping a boy but curley and schultz remember inappropriate conduct. >>> police are trying to figure out what caused a accident that killed a parkville high school sophomore before 3 in the afternoon on the corner of

individuals and relationships. >> supporters gathered outside of fort meade today. manning is expected to last through the weekend and some of the occupy group is expected to show support for tomorrow. >> a judge ruled this afternoon two penn state officials accused of la jolling to a grand jury must stand trial. the judge said that there is enough evident first case to proceed against the university athletic director tim curly and the university vice president gary schultz. during today's hearing, the punxsutawney phil state coach mike mcgeary testified that he -- the penn state coach mike mcqueary said he witnessed them in the shower and a claim that curly and schultz deny. >> and perjury can't be one person's word against another's. >> and that task at hand today was to present enough evidence to show the court that the charges should be held. >> sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child abuse and that allegedly took place over a 15- year period. >> and influential author and journalist christopher hitchens died. he was known for his essays in vanity fare magaz

the infant was fed enfamil formula manufactured by mead johnson. the company tested that specific batch both before it was sold to consumers and after the baby's death. mead johnson says the newest tests show no presence of the rare bacterium that killed the missouri infant this compamonth. the company says it resisted to assure customers it is safe. the fda and centers for disease control are trying to determine the source of the bacterium and killed the newborn. >>> recovering from stroke is a difficult process but a new machine may be able to help patients recover faster. monica robins brings us more on a new form of physical therapy. >> reporter: a stroke left bill forester paralyzed on his right side. >> i couldn't walk. and i couldn't hold a ball or anything. >> reporter: months of physical therapy slowly improved his function. when the mentor arrived, he started challenging himself and seeing results. >> maybe three weeks, i could feel my arm. >> he's very motivated to help himself. so when he wasn't at therapy at the hospital, he could use

at fort meade at maryland 175 and reese road. lot of people are in support of him he has over 13,000 supporters. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> and today two penn state official will be in harrisburg in court facing charges of lying to a grand jury and failing to report sex abuse allegation. the lawyers will be going forward with hearing and challenging the evidence. earl cert former assistant coach injury sandusky waived his preliminary hearing. >>> news time is now 6:49. let's go back out to ohio now where the fire is still going strong. you can see the spray of the water across this. that is manufacturing facility known as tech ni -- techni coat. five departments are on the fire right now. we have learned from our sister station they were cleaning a machine overnight in the label making factory and switching over the process and cleaning it out something went wrong. there were solvents and tons of paper rolls of paper in this facility. that's what caught fire and that's what caused it to spread so quickly. tha

-- mead. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. inspector. >> supervisors, good morning. san francisco police department. what is before us today is an application. they are currently licensed with a tight 21. they are now applying for a type 42. if approved, it will allow them to do on-site wine tastings. they will have of sale privilege with onsite wine tastings. kind of a typical wine bar approach. we have several letters of support -- support. there has been one letter of opposition. we are recommending this application for approval with the following conditions -- condition one, the two licenses shall operate with one another and shall not be separated. the point of this is that it stays a valid wine shop and not eventually turning into perhaps a liquor store. condition terribly low, sales service and a half between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. monday through saturday and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on sunday. condition three, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be p

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mead to protest the hearing. the prosecution said there is no bias because the military's judge is in the child ease exploitation division and has no connection with wikileaks or manning. after five recesses, which amounted to less than two hours of court time, the military judge decided to stay on the case. despite his decision to stay on the case, the defense has filed an appeal to try to prevent him from remaining on this hearing, but in the meantime, until a decision is made, the hearing will continue. they will be back in court tomorrow morning, which happens to be manning's 24th birthday. if he is found guilty, he faces a lifetime behind bars. lesli. >> delia, thank you. >>> a horrifying discovery on virginia's eastern shore. five people were found dead in a trailer in the town. that's near the maryland line. a sheriff deputy found the bodies after responding to a call about an attempted suicide yesterday evening. and investigators say the killer is among the dead. police are trying to identify the victims.

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>>> the court marshall for army intelligence bradley manning resumes later at fort mead.e is accused of carrying out one of the biggest leaks of classified u.s. documents in history. the charges could put the 24-year-old in prison for the rest of his life. >> reporter: good morning. the military tribunal didn't break for the weekend. in fact the hearings didn't continue for bradley manning. he has been held since may. his proceedings continue this morning. there will be closed sessions throughout. here's what his attorney said last week in front of the judge. why are we here a year photograph late officer why is this stuff classified? why is it going to cause harm? manning is charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of classified documents and video and giving them to wikileaks. testimony revealed manning as a highly skilled analystss. in court yesterday witnesses say it was at a base in iraq where manning was deployed to analyze data where the alleged crimes happened. it will be a day for proceedings in this military hearing which will determine if manning will be cou

the tree begins today at 9:00 in fort meade in maryland.is supporters say they will hold a vigil outside the base today. julian assange is fighting his own legal battles overseas. >>> the last u.s. combat troops are leaving iraq over the next two days. >> still plenty of questions about what happens when they are gone. we have more from baghdad on what lies ahead for the war-torn nation. >> good morning. it is day one in post- war iraq. people from the u.s. hope this leads to less strife. u.s. troops are gone and businesses in. this is the baghdad that iraqi government hopes will emerge. a construction company with contracts morgan $100 billion. there's so much to build. this was the city in 2008, the largest neighborhoods in baghdad. >>this is the edge of the market that saw fighting. they want people to be able to shop here again today. now the market is bustling today. iraq is safer than a few years ago. but you can feel anxiety on the streets of baghdad. it is not clear the iraqi army can guarantee security. >> they will attempt to impr

for more on today's proceedings, we are joined from fort meade by arun rath. he's been covering the wikileaks and bradley manning story for our pbs partners, "frontline." arun, welcome. give us an idea of how closed or open this proceduring was. were you allowed in the courtroom? >> reporter: no, there was only a pool of about nine reporters allowed inside the courtroom. the proceeding itself is an opening proceeding. it's open to the public. found come you could try to get one of spots inside and some people did. i think there was a supporter of bradley manning who as the session was ending today shouted out, "bradley manning, you're a hero." there are clear security restrictions in place so for the media that aren't in the pool, the rest of us were in a media center, some distance off from the courtroom watching it on a closed circuit television feed. >> suarez: as the equivalent of a civilian grand jury proceeding, what did the government and bradley manning's defense have to do today? >> well, today was actually-- you would have thought it was going to be

for bradley manning has hit another barrier for the government before his upcoming hearing at fort meade and then is occupied boston escape to fiction that traders vow to hold their ground despite a deadline for police to leave the area last night so what's next for those few we square and movement overall going to find out after the break. into that only military mechanisms. to bring justice or. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you. hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know. welcome to the big picture. of the capitol and mr. you're still believe. the repetition of. what a protest and nobody seems to know. the number of pepper sprayed the face but part of the argument that they're being overly dramatic. well looks like the defense team for p.f.c. bradley manning is fighting more than just an uphill battle wh

meade. we'll talk more about when our main round of rain will arrive this week.s coming up. >>> a police chase comes to a dramatic end. what a little girl was doing in a vehicle with a man on the run. >>> authorities seize millions of dollars washington, d.c. they're calling the yuntd cover -- undercover operation a huge success. >>> hello. i'm currently serving in clab bull -- kabul, afg. i'd like to say happy holidays to my mom and dad and friends in maryland. i will be home as soon as i can. >>> new video out of texas. this is the aftermath of a plane crash. one was a teenage girl, order a 2-year-old boy. it went down in a field near college station, texas. the pilot was concerned about the weather and spoke to the pilot in fort worth. he was told how to avoid it but apparently flew in the opposite direction. it was bound for waco, texas. >>> a car chase comes to a dramatic end. he gets out of the car with a little girl. police surrounded him and snatched the girl and arrested the man. the suspect is the girl's father. police beganñr chasing him afted kidnappi

. >>> hearing continues in fort meade for the army private accused of leaking classified information to wikileaks. linda so is here with what is expected. >> we heard three days of testimony. later this morning expecting testimony from the witness that could include classified information. the hearing went on through the weekend expected to last several days but may take weeks to decide where man willing be court-martialed. the army private is accused of leaking thousands of files to wikileaks. a investigator found more than 10,000 diplomatic cables. a couple dozen supporters showed up. they say what he did was a courageous act of whistle blowing. here is what his father is saying. >> i would say you fing stupid idiot. >> his case guess to trial and he could be sentenced to life in prison. >>> enemies, baltimore city police are looking for someone who shot and robbed a cab driver sunday morning. it happened near the 2700 block of sissen street. he pulled in to a parking lot and a passenger held him up. the drive was shot in the back. the suspect fled on foot. >>> west baltimore, poli

there will be one change has we get a dry cool front of we had 60s in spots like fort meade and annapolisrport. downtown baltimore hit 60 degrees early this afternoon. temperatures falling off. we're 50 and in the 40s towards westminster. 47 in the state capital. the rest of the evening 50s, falling through the 40s. clear and on the mild side for december. will that hold up through sunday or to the not -- or not. we'll talk about that. >>> beautiful weather for a special tree lighting ceremony going on in cockeysville. lynette charles has more. >> reporter: come here and show your support. one of the fabulous things going on behind me, they already have the tree up. this is good news. check out the sign. this tree is in honor and memory of those in the united states military. so let me bring in aplan da. amanda is with the living home ministries. so, amanda, what's going on tonight? >> we'll have a military tree lighting ceremony to honor those who are currently serving, those who have sack cry fiesed the ultimate price. we have a special time where we willÑiÑi honor the veterans, haa spe

. >>> well, most of the first day of the rookie league's hearing at fort meade revolved around the judge. attorneys for private first class bradley manning said the judge should step down. the justice department is currently investigating wikileaks founder julian assange. the court said he believed he was biased but did not immediately make a hearing. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >>> the war in iraq is over and american forces will be withdrawn by the end of the year. four units from the maryland national guard are still there. they don't know when they will return home. some will be sent to afghanistan or africa. it's a reflection of their roles both here and on the home front. >> the 175th is currently doing the peacekeeping mission in the sinai they were at andrews airforce base providing security. they also served in rafnlgt many were called up right after 9/11 to provide security. some were sent to hurricane katrina. >> right now more than 1100 members of the national guard from maryland are serving around the world. >>> the proposed merger between the two companies a

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. >>> an eventful first day in a fort meade military court where the army private accused of leaking secret documents. vic is in the newsroom with more on this. >> reporter: manning is accused of giving those classified documents to wikileaks last year. at a pretrial hearing, manning's attorney asked to step aside. the defense argues they whereon -- wrongly called witnesses. manning said that move was unnecessary. and releasing those documents didn't harm anyone at all. just a short time ago, the defense's request was rejected. >> today's hearing is to decide whether manning will face a court-martial on charges he aided the enemy. we'll have a live report on eyewitness news at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> meanwhile, the founder of wikileaks won a small thing today. they want to question assange over allegations of rape. last week, they ruled he would be sent to sweden. but today, britain's supreme court decided they would hear his appeal. >>> we're learning more about the teenager hit and killed in an accident in baltimore county. that accident happened on putty hill avenue and wilson road in

reporting live at fort meade, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. and the hearing is expected to last into next week. there will be large protests outside fort meade tomorrow. >> new information on the wild police chase that ended with the suspect being shot in baltimore county. mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on what happened. >> the suspect remains in shock trauma, in stable condition. he'll be formally charged at a bail hearing. police say it all began in anne arundel county, where police began pursuing the suspect wanted for armed robbery. the chase went for nearly 30 miles, ending in baltimore highlands. the 19-year-old allegedly refused to drop a gun and officers shot him in the leg. tonight, they have linked suspect to an armed robbery wednesday night. an alert was put out for the suspect vehicle, which was spotted wednesday morning. and that started the chase. back to you. >> the 19-year-old suspect faces a number of charges for the robbery. >> graphic testimony at a hearing in the penn state sex abuse scandal. an assistan

meade. bradley manning is accused of aid the enemy by leaking hundreds of thousands secret u.s. documents and then giving them to julian a sang for his website. -- assange for his website. in an e-mail manning said i want them to see the truth no matter who they are. secretary of state hillary clinton spoke out about this situation. >> it was a very unfortunate and damaging action that was taken that put at risk individuals and relationships. >> manning's lawyer objected to the case's presiding officer saying he may be biased because i also works for the justice department. the officer -- he also works for the justice department. the officer decided not to recuse himself. dozens of manning supporters gathered outside the building. they claim he was just trying to spread the truth. tomorrow they will be joined by occupy protesters taking buses to ft. meade. >>> the man accused of trying to assassinate president obama was ruled competent to rule trial. oscar ortega is accused of using an assault rifle to fire at the white house last month. initial psychiatric screening found him c

. >> reporter: there were several hundred protestors outside fort mead on saturday. >> why wouldn't all of america be here today? every one of us out to be here because this kid got a raw deal. >> demonstrators called army private bradley manning a whistle blowing hero, not a traitor, for leaking the largest amount of classified material in american history. >> he's persecuted for just letting out the truth, and this is what the country is about is freedom of truth about some came by bus. others used less conventional methods. >> it's my country that was doing these horrible things. and i'm so grateful that he exposed it. >> but marched outside and inside the second day of a pre- trial hearing that will determine if private manning harmed national security by publicizing classified materials and giving it to wikileaks. his defense attorney claims much of the leaked material posed no breach to national security but it was denied by the presiding officer, who has become an object of protestors' scorn. >> it's very clear that he is under the influence of the state department, that he's not

information to the wikileaks web site, once the presiding officer at his pretrial hearing in fort meade to step down. army lt.8 -- the army lt. col recess during the hearing to consider the request. it is considered whether he should recuse himself because it is the justice department prosecutor and the justice department is conducting an investigation targeting wikileaks founder julian assange. bradley manning is charged with aiding the enemy by leaking thousands of secret documents to the website. the hearing is to determine whether it bradley manning should be court-martialed. former major leaguer barry bonds will find out the punishment for his obstruction of justice conviction. he provided even as a testimony to a federal grand jury investigating -- he evasive testimony to a federal grand jury investigating the steroids standar -- scandal. police are investigating a shooting in carroll county just outside taneytown. had been at the 3900 block of old taneytown road. -- it happened at the 3900 block of old taneytown road. the victim was flown to shock trauma for non-like threatening

port mead about 45. the rest of will fall through the 40s, quickly into the 30s. we talk about how things change into the weekend and beyond in a few minutes. >>> the worst wind evening for southern california in a decade. and it's causing hurricane force winds to gust from 60 to 100 miles an hour. >> reporter: it is wild out there! there is nothing better in this world than sitting with a heater at your feet, fish tacos on your plate, and staring out at the pacific ocean. but ten minutes away, look at la, ripped into a frenzy. lax had its lights knocked out, massive delays, and hollywood hills, all the way to sunset and vine felt the strong winds. >> i thought it was an earthquake at first. and then all of a sudden, i heard this huge rumbling sound. and then the ground actually shook bad. >> look at this. this is los angeles! this is out in california. you know who else is feeling it? utah. and we have some students out this in utah from college campuses in neighboring next next dealing with the wind too -- in new mexico: >>> most of us deal with backups caused b

the victim identified as jeffrey mead patterson of hayward was found just after 7:00 on the 2300 block of san miguel drive. deputies arrested an acquaintance and he's being held on $1 million jail. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out what started a fire this morning that seriously damaged a menlo park home. it broke out on ringwood drive just across from menlo atherton high school. firefighters were able to keep flames from spreading. firefighters say this may have smoldered in the vents above the stove and reignited. the home may have to be demolished because flames got into the attic. >>> pinole police are searching for a gunman in connection with a shooting inside an in and out burger inside a restaurant. police say the victim was sitting in the car when he was shot. it happened at 5:00 last evening. at last check, the victim was in the hot. investigators don't believe the shooting was random. they believe it was targeted. investigator says they saw a man running from the parking lot who may have been involved in shooting. >>> a man accused outside of a san leandro walm

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immediate johnson has not -- mead johnson has not issued arecall but they are working to reer is. formula. >> every batch is tested for this -- to research the formula. >> every batch is tested. and we know it was neglect at this for that beech and have gone back and confirmed that. >> reporter: now if you bought the formula, wal-mart says return it for a full refund. also if you have any concerns about what you're feeding your by ay -- baby, call your pediatrician. you can go to abc2news.com and we have the information regarding the recall listed on the website, it's the first story in the slide show. enfamil has number to call if you have questions. it's 1-800-baby-123. linda so, abc2 news. >>> a third recall this morning. this time involving 111,000 rayo vac consumer packs. they have begun to explode. they received 5 explosion reports but so far no injuries. the packs were sold at batteries plus stores nationwide between june 2008 and october of this year. >>> closing arguments will begin in the hearing for bradley manning. the investigating officer will review the testimony an

mead will mark army private bradley manning's first military court appearance since his arrest in iraq 19 months ago. today's hearing is the military equivalent of a preliminary hearing in civilian court. that means it will determine whether manning should stand trial. the hearing should last about five days. manning faces life in prison if he is tried and found guilty. >>> new from overnight the fairfax county school board approved plans to allow security cameras inside high schools. that's according to "the washington post." the issue of installing cameras in cafeterias came up after a series of disruptive food fights. each school's principal will ultimately have the final say. neighboring public school systems in prince william, loudoun, and fauquier counties already use in school cameras. >>> good news for federal workers, it appears congress will avoid a government shutdown after all. the house and senate are expected to vote today on a $1 trillion spending package that will keep the government running through the end of the year. negotiators finally reached agreement on the bill

> and the hearing is expected to last into next week and there will be large protests outside fort meade tomorrow. >> , side by hitting. the death of a florida drum major. the corner says robert champion was severely beaten in a hazing attack. he collapsed and died less than an hour later. champion had bruises on his chest, arms, shoulders, and back. >> the one that put his hand on him should be dealt with harshly. >> so far no one has been charged with champions death. the school president is under pressure to step down because of the scandal. >> restaurant to her more as margaret passed away. morris was chef. there was no sign outside, you knocked to get in. he was 88 years old. >>> christmas comes early for dozens of baltimore area families. instead of struggling to afford guests, anonymous donors have granted christmas wishers. andrea fujii g is with here with the heartwarming event. >> they are called the layaway angels. seven of them visited three different area kmart closing this one paying off people's bills. >> reporter: this room stores thousands of holiday gifts waiting to be

mead johnson fell hard on johnson pulling infant formula nationwide. just days before christmas, best buy is playing the grinch. alerting some customers it won't fill their online orders. best buy won't specify how many orders or which products are out of stock. finally, bad news for christmas kissers. mistletoe is almost impossible to find this year because of a texas drought and bad weather elsewhere. it's so scarce, you may even have trouble finding fake mistletoe but i'm confident you'll have no problems still having your christmas kiss. >>> well, the indianapolis colts come up big and last-second heroics on the ice. boise state lets it rip right from the opening kickoff. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we're not looking at too much in the way of stormy weather for all your travel. i'll give you the christmas forecast coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, winless for the entire season, suddenly over the last five days, the indianapolis colt

the military tribunal is taking place at fort meade maryland. >>> and here is a shocking figure. nearly one and two americans is living in poverty or qualifies as low income. the threshold for a family of four to qualify as low income is $45,000 a year. many are falling be low that line because of layoffs and cut backs. the hardest hit areas in the country are in the south and in the west. >>> there are more tax troubles for council member marion barry. this morning the washington post reports that the irs filed a lien against a home owned by barry. the home is on orange street in southeast. the dc council member reportedly owes $3,200 in unpaid income taxes for the year 2010. his attorney says barry's estranged wife lives at that home and he does not. right now the former mayor is repaying federal and district government taxes dating back to 1999. >>> more and more cars are protecting us and saving lives in wreshingz. in fact, a -- wrecks. in fact, a record number of suv and cars have gone through crash tests and are on the 2012 top safety picks by the insurance institute for hi

. >> why they claim they are +e, >>> meade johnson says tests show it contains no trace of infamil linked to the death of a missouri baby. tests found the 10 day old died on december 18th, of a rare infection. the source of the bacteria has not been determined but can be found in powdered formula. national retailers, including wal-mart pulled their formulas from the shelf as a precaution. >>> cyber criminals claim they've cracked computer codes and stolen credit card information from top secret clients of a global security. they claim they are donating the money to charity. the crooks say this is the first step in a master plan. >> reporter: the hacking movement anonymous are at it again. this time, claiming to have obtained thousands of credit card numbers and personal information from clients of security think tank, a leading provider of litary, economic and political analysis for clients from apple to the u.s. airforce in total, up to one million dollars was reportedly stolen. not so private and secret any more anonymous taunted on a message on twitter promising the attack was just the

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national park service says five people died when the helicopter went down in the mountains near lake mead during a tour of the hoover dam. sundance helicopters owned the chopper. >>> wall street protesters in san francisco reeling after police took apart their camp and arrested dozens of people. protesters were warned several times to pick up their tents and leave over the past several weeks. authorities took down over 100 tents and were removing shopping carts full of debris from the camp. >>> former illinois governor rod blagojevich sentenced to 14 years for trying to sell president obama's old senate seat. blagojevich said he was sorry in court yesterday, but the judge said that his apology sounded more like one, a politician or lawyer would give. >>> former president bill clinton had a very active and charitable post-presidency. the only person with more on her plate may be his daughter. alina cho sat down with clinton as part of her big stars, big giving holiday special. clinton talks about how chelsea has really hit her stride. >> chelsea, be she's taking an increasingly public role

a hearing began at fort meade but ended when he asked the investigating officer to recused himself. the justice department is investigating julian assange. manning faces charges of violating military code. officials said at least five people were shot at the offices of the edison utility company in california, which killed two employees and critically wounded two others. >> we are deeply saddened by this tragic event. we can confirm that the big guns were southern california edison employees at the facility in erwindale. we had four employees and one contract employee. >> the suspected shooter was among the dead, believed to have taken his own life. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> most of the weather is around the baltimore area. precipitation. you may have had a sprinkle or a flurry in your day. most of the precipitation is staying well to the south of baltimore. there is slightly more substantial rain activity in southern maryland. in the northwest france has a little snow mixed in as cooler air is into the weekend. it is kind of com

his court-martial is being held in fort meade, maryland. this morning the defense asked the military judge hearing the case to remove himself because military judge lieutenant almonzo also is a prosecuting attorney in the federal case against wikileaks. manning is accused of -- manning is accused of downloading classified documents on iraq and then handing them over to the website. he could face life in prison if convicted. >>> authorities on the eastern shore of virginia are investigating how five people died in a trailer. sheriffs were called to a road in the county yesterday evening for a report of an attempted suicide. when deputies arrived, they found the five bodies. police are now trying to identify the victims. the bodies are at a medical examiner's office in norfolk. >>> a baby jesus figure that had been stolen from a fredericksburg park has now been found. and charges are pending against one suspect. the baby jesus figure was stolen from the central park shopping center tuesday night. police say the prime suspect is a 25-year-old