the 28-year-old captain michael quinn from verseival had -- percival had been stationed in camp pendleton in california. investigators say it could take weeks before they know what caused the crash. >> another big story we're following tonight here on the news edge, two more americans killed in afghanistan as qu'ran- burning protests continue. the two were nato military officers. the officials with the international security assistance force say someone turned their gun on the pair shooting both in the back of the heads. and so far, officials have yet to link the deaths to violence there last week after several copies of the qu'ran were torched by the u.s. military. >> we're not linking this incident as of yet. we have to look into the details of what is going to come out. [ sirens ] >> as a result of the shooting deaths, all international military advisors working in kabul have been pulled out of the region. u.s. officials say that the unknown shooter is still at large and a manhunt is underway. >>> the u.s. navy is boosting defenses in the persian gulf, equipping the fleet with a new ro

captain michael quinn of virginia was among seven marines to died in wednesday's crash near the california- arizona border. it happened when two helicopters collided in midair during a training exercise. the 28-year-old marine was the pilot of the huey chopper that collided with the cobra helicopter. quinn joined the marines in 2006. he twice received the navy and marine corps achievement medal as well as the national service defense and global war on terrorism service medals. >>> a gunman has killed two american service men inside a government building in kabul. they're believed to be a colonel and major in the u.s. military. the shootings took place as violence gripped the country for a fifth day. er over the burning of holy book at a nato base. the taliban is claiming responsible for the attack inside the interior ministry. >> what we confirm so far is that in the inner city of kabul, often individual opened fire on the -- opened fire on the members of the international security assistance source. we can confirm that two personnel were killed in this incident. >> u.s. officials say a ma

they had a tour with the president michael quinn. >> later in life he talks about walking from the old farmhouse over here carrying the lighter furniture. if you look at the house, you can pick out the original core built by his father. if you look at the doorway on the far left to the right of it, you will see a line in the brick where the brick was stitched together. the house stood like this for third years. then james married the love of his life, dolly madison. after four years as a member of congress, he retired from congressional service and come home to montpelier. at that point he extended the main block of the house about 30 feet. he added this second door and two windows and added them. in fact, he was an essential part and not an esthetic element and the functioning of the house. there was no interior hall way connecting the two houses on the first floor. james and dolly lived on the left side and his parents and other children on the right side. the way that the two called on each other was via the front doors and the shelter. the house remained in this configuration for a

capital ten michael quinn of verge individual was among those who died who two helicopters collided in mid-air in arizona. the 28-year-old marine was the pilot of the huey. he twice received the navy and marine corps achievement medal, as well as the national service defense and global war on terrorism service medals. >>> three people are dead after a passenger train derailed in canada this weekend. the rail cars left the tracks in burlington, ontario yesterday. 75 people on board were traveling from niagara falls to toronto. those who died were employees of the railroad. 45 passengers were also injured in this. the crash caused minor damage to nearby build explings now the national transportation safety board of canada is investigating the cause of the crash. >>> mitt romney and rick santorum will be squaring off tomorrow in michigan. santorum is hoping an appeal to religious conservatives will help him stage a primary upset. danielle nottingham has more on the final push to win michigan. >> mitt romney is making his closing pitch in michigan. >> if you want somebody who will change w

us marine, michael quinn, was one of those seven marines who died wednesday when two helicopters collided in a training exercise in arizona. quinn graduated from loudoun valley high school back in 2002. four years later, he graduated from the u.s. naval academy and had been recently engaged to his long time girlfriend. he was also looking forward to deployment in afghanistan this spring. our condolences tonight to the quinn family. >>> next tuesday, voters in michigan head off to the polls making their choice for the republican presidential nomination and it is a crucial state for mitt romney because that's where he was born and some analysts say romney loss could blow this race wide open. shelby lynn with more on that. >> mitt romney got a chilling reception. >> the union organized a protest ahead of romney's speech. he did not support the government bailout in 2008. instead, he favored a managed bankruptcy for the auto makers and wrote, let detroit go bankrupt. romney put some of the blame on demands from the uaw. >> it's important that the uaw takes care, not to impair the long-term fu

they are major thomas budzejko, captain michael quinn, captain benjamin cerni gchlt lia, captain anderson, sergeant everett, lance corporal little and lance corporal elliott. they're trying to federal government out how in the world it happened. >> the youngest son of robert f. kennedy has been charged with misdemeanor, harassment and child endangerment after he allegedly tried to take his two day old son out of a new york hospital last month despite warnings from nurses. when they tried to stop him, he allegedly twisted one nurse's wrist and kicked another as she approached him. the nurse's attorney said they were trying to enforce hospital rules. he said the nurses didn't recognize kennedy as the baby's father and intended to protect the child who apparently had not been discharged. >>> next, the showdown is tuesday and the race is tight. gop presidential hopefuls battle it out for michigan and arizona. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill,

captain michael quinn was one of the seven marines who died and the 28-year-old was from virginia andgraduated from loudoun valley high in 2002. four years later, he graduated from the u.s. naval academy. he was recently engaged to his long time girlfriend and he was looking forward to his deployment in afghanistan this spring. our condolences to the quinn family. >> well the notion of better safe than sorry has done a number of the maryland snow removal budget. the state set aside $37 million. so far, they plowed through 30 million of that. yeah, we know. western maryland has seen 7 feet of snow, but the rest of the state, almost none at all. maryland state highway spokesman says the crews are placed on the clock whenever there's forecast for possible snow and they get paid, even when the snow never shows up. that smoke man talked by phone with our bruce leshan. >> this happens to be 95% of the time it didn't materialize. i would rather talk about this than why did you -- how could you not have seen that one coming? >> and we did do some checking. northern virginia has spent less tha

"american history tv" visited the site for a tour with the president michael quinn. >> welcome to the home of james and dolly madison. we're entering madison's library. for madison this is one of the most important rooms in this house. in fact, he added this on to the house when he became president and created a spr spacious place to hold his books and provide the area he wanted to work. as this room was being built, we have a letter from his builder, james dins moore. he says, if i put a window next to the fireplace, it will give you a view of the temple you plan to build as well. dinsmore went on to assure him there still will be plenty of space for the bookshelves for all of your books. we know madison okayed the idea because the window is there. madison really used this area in the years after his presidency because he set for himself an amazing project which is to create an archive of the united states constitutional convention. as you look around, you see some of the work, some of the thought he put into that. he had taken very careful notes at the constitutional convention. he

military helicopters collided during a routine training exercise this week. 28-year-old captain michael quinn from percyival was stationed at camp pendleton in california. the crash happened at a training complex near the chocolate mountains on the california border. investigators say it could take weeks before the cause of the crash is determined. >>> two more americans are dead in afghanistan and military advisors are being called back from their posts. it comes after several qu'rans were burned at an american base in afghanistan. here's more. >> reporter: it's a the fifth day of unrest in afghanistan, deadly for the u.s. two american nato military officers shot and killed as protests intensify over the burning of the qu'ran at the bag ram airfield north of cabull on. >> it's regretful -- kabul. >> and it's regretful to see the loss of life again. >> reporter: officials say an individual turned his weapon on the unnamed major, firing to the back of the heads. at the site of kabul's secureed interior ministry. all international military advisors working in militaries in the capitol are being

. >> reporter: 37-year-old major thomas pedrako and 28-year-old captain michael quinn, both with ties to the d.c. area, both naval academy graduates. both marine corps helicopter pilots. both perished in wednesday's accident during helicopter training in yuma, arizona being done in advance of deployment to afghanistan. captain quinn graduated from lou den valley high school in percenterville, virginia. his family told news 4 they are too devastating to speak right now. >> obviously when the two marines and the chaplain showed up yesterday at the door, my daughter opened it and is courted them in. we knew something was wrong. >> reporter: donald pedrako recounts the life of his son. three tours in iraq, one in afghanistan. husband, father, beloved son. >> but he liked it. he was a perfect marine. so that's what he lived for. that is what he lived for. just a humble guy. just a humble guy. that's the way he wanted to be remembered. >> reporter: major pedrako's family said he will be laid to rest in a ceremony in connecticut. captain quinn will be laid to rest at arlington national cemet

"american history tv" visited the site for a tour with the foundation's president, michael quinn. >> welcome to the home of james and dolley madison. this house really tells madison's entire life story, and the house as it appears now reflects his vision for his lifelong home. the core of the house was actually built by his father, and madison moved in when he was only about 14 years old. in fact, later in life he talks about walking from the old farmhouse over here carrying some of the lighter furniture. but if you look at the house now, you can actually pick out the original core built by his father. if you look on the -- it's the doorway on the far left, just to the right of it, you'll see a line in the brick where the brick was stitched together. that's the original corner of the house built by madison's father. and the house stood like this for 30 years. and then james married the love of his life, dolley madison, and after four years as a member of congress, he decided to retire from congressional service and come home to montpelier. at that point he extended the main block of

good-bye to two marines killed in a helicopter crash. 37-year-old thomas and 28-year-old captain, michael quinnboth graduated from the naval academy and went on to become pilots. they were 2 of 7 marines killed in a helicopter crash in yuma, arizona, where training for development and deployment to afghanistan was taking place. raco had a wife and son and his parents said he was proud to serve his country. >> he loves being a marine, loved flying, loved serving his country. he died the way he want to live. >> captain quinn graduated from loudoun valley high school in virginia and had just gotten engaged last month. his funeral will take place at arlington nags tional cemetery. >>> all activity at fairfax county elementary schools are canceled this weekend because of a suspected nor row virus out-break, more than 100 were out and most complained of nausea and stomach pain. they will be thoroughly cleaned this weekend. health officials tell news4 cases tend to spike in winter months when people tend to spend most time inside closed quarters. >>> the massage of maryland's same sex marriage bill wi

it happened during a night time exercise. 28-year-old captain michael quinn. it could take weeks before they know what caused the crash. >>> the pakistan now where a demolition team is destroying the compound where osama bin laden died. the pakistani government wants to make sure it doesn't become a shrine for the terror leader. u.s. officials say bin laden lived in the compound for six years before a navy seal team killed him during a raid in may. >> syrians are hitting the polltologist vote on a new constitution that could theoretically end the five decades of one party rule there. little over 14 1/2 people over the age of 18 are able to vote. most opposition are boycotting the election saying they will accept nothing less than president bashur being gob. >>> the silent film the artist is up for a golden statue. we will run down a list of the nominee during a live report.  >>> and it is hollywood's biggest night. 84th annual academy awards are hours away. we are live in hollywood with a preview. good morning! >> hey, nice to see you. i will show you what's

they are major thomas budrejko, captain michael quinn, captain benjamin cerniglia, captain nathan aroundsonrgeant justin everett, lance corporals cory little and nicholas elliott. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> the gop presidential candidates are fanning out across michigan and arizona ahead of next week's primaries and are also looking for big support on super tuesday. rick santorum is blasting rival mitt romney over his health care plan when he was governor of massachusetts. santorum is also suggesting romney and ron paul have a secret partnership against him. romney blasted santorum over his team comments during the debate on wednesday. in a new arg poll, romney is leading santorum with 39%. and tune into cnn at 5:00 p.m. eastern today for an encore presentation of the cnn republican presidential debate from mesa, arizona. >>> this is really a strange story. the youngest son of robert f. kennedy has been charged with harassment and endangering the welfare of his newborn. douglas kennedy allegedly tried to take his 2-day-old son out of the hospital in new york last mon

the names of the dead are major thomas and captain michael quinn, captain benjamin captain nathan anderson sergeant justin everett. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> remember the story earlier this month of a dozen teens up state new york suffering from unusual ticks? the doctors say many of them are feeling better and the ticks are starting to go away. it's unclear how many of the teens affected have improved. they say stress triggered it. treatments range from psycho therapy to antibiotics. >>> if you haven't been to the pump lately, check this out. in orlando, near disney, that's right, you are reading it correctly, gas closing in on $6 a gallon. other parts of the country, not so bad but closing in at $4 a gallon. president obama talked about the problem in his weekly address. >> we can't just drill our way to lower gas prices. if we are going to take control of our energy future and avoid the gas prices down the line, we need a sustained strategy to develop every source of american energy, oil, gas, wind, solar, nuclear, biofuels and more. we need to keep develo

so far michael bloomberg says no to that idea but the other most powerful person in new york besides mayor bloomberg is christine quinn, she says she is for this idea. christine quinn will be joining us tonight. that is all coming up over the course of the hour. >>> but first, as ed mentioned, it is elect shun night again in america. sort of. bringing you results as they come t from the republican presidential primary in missouri, and from the republican presidential caucuses in minnesota and in colorado. at this hour, polls have closed >> conservatism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota. your votes today were not just heard loud and wide across the state of missouri and minnesota, but they were heard loud and louder all across this country, and particularly in a play i suspect may be in massachusetts. they were heard particularly loud tonight. >> if ever it was more clear this race is not yet over, that republicans are not satisfied to just pick mitt romney, here is yet another night of proof. joining us is the political news editor at salon.com. in your column today you wrote there's a real chance that tonig

so far michael bloomberg says no to the idea of the parade, but the most powerful person in new york politics is christine quinn, and she says yes to the idea. that's all ahead. it is midnight on the east coast. it's been a very big night for of all people rick santorum, seriously. rick santorum is at the moment going for a clean sweep, trying for a clean sweep of the three states where republicans with going tonight. he's going for the hat trick, and he's almost there. here are the latest results at this hour. in the great state of missouri nbc news has projected rick santorum is the winner of that state's nonbinding republican presidential primary. that's the good news for rick santorum there. he won missouri. winning missouri tonight is roughly meaningless because newt gingrich was not on the ballot. you see uncommitted there in fourth place. also because of the issue of delegates ch delegates. missouri republicans held their primary tonight because state law dictates they do so. because tonight's date is earlier than the republican party wanted it, missouri republicans will hold a caucus next month, and tha

so far michael bloomberg says no to that idea but the other most powerful person in new york besides mayor bloomberg is christine quinn, she says she is for this idea. christine quinn will be joining us tonight. that is all coming up over the course of the hour. >>> but first, as ed mentioned, it is elect shun night again in america. sort of. bringing you results as they come t from the republican presidential primary in missouri, and from the republican presidential caucuses in minnesota and in colorado. at this hour, polls have closed in that missouri primary. they closed at 8:00 p.m. eastern, across the state of missouri and the results we have so far are as follows. in missouri, very small proportion of the vote in, 2% in, rick santorum right now in first place, mitt romney in second place, ron paul in third place, and my favorite, uncommitted in 4th place. in missouri it's important to remember, newt gingrich is not on the ballot. do not be looking for him among the results in missouri. >>> at this hour the doors have closed in minnesota and in colorado. i have to say doors have closed instead of polls have close