. >> reporter: webb told police nichols didn't come home and his last contact was a text message. but witnesses told of a stormy relationship, and her son said he saw her beat his mother. >> they had a difficult relationship. he was abusive. he was violent and jealous. >> reporter: now he is behind bars and his arrest provides some closure for nichols' family. and webb is being held without bond. no word when he'll face a court appearance. terry owens, abc2 news. >>> tonight season premier of private practice brought us a plot centered around a disturbed woman trying to steal a baby from the womb. here in maryland that plot was a tragic reflection of reality. heather snidely moved to oregon. this past june her body was found in the crawl space of careena roberts's home. snideley's baby had been cut from her home. she'd gun to robert's house to buy clothing for the baby she was expecting. snideley's fianci chris pop says he no longer feels anger towards roberts saying she'll have her day in court and at least word that day was set for march. >>> we had a nice day and nice evening b

it's possible mia nichols was planning to leave them. the news came as a shock to the couple's neighbours. >> we never heard anything from them. nothing that gave us bad vibes that something was going on like this happening. >> investigators believe she was killed sometime between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. on the 20th. the place of death is listed as the spot in the woods where her body was found. >> this morning authorities have arrested a man who shot a bb gun at an mta bus. the driver was taking students to school when she stopped to pick up passengers in southwestern baltimore. that is when she noticed the man pointing a gun at the front window. the suspect fired a gun several times but the windshield and not break. >> some florida parents are not happy with the vocabulary word being taught in advanced placement course. "kama sutra"is the word. many parents don't want their teenagers being taught about a book that lays out the basic rules of love and marriage and is known for erotic illustration. >> it has no place in the classroom, especia

the body of mia nichols was found over the weekend. can they see has more. >> the family did not want to speak on camera but her brother told me over the phone that the detectives did a good job. the mystery of what happened to mia nichols has haunted her family and police for nearly a year. she vanished last year. her car was found parked outside the home that she shared with her boyfriend. the mystery was solved on saturday when the two hunters found her body near dogwood road. >> the city detectives were trying to solve this crime and then when the hunters found the remains, that was the piece that they needed to put it together. >> the boyfriend, tyrone webb, was charged with the murder. detectives began to expect him -- suspect him early on in the investigation. one witness said mia was crying at work that day. the documents say investigators discovered a history of violence in the relationship and speculate on a possible motive that escalated an already volatile situation tyrone got another woman pregnant. do to tyrone webb's phy

tonight, webb is being held in the baltimore county detention center without bail. >> nichols was a mother of three young children. >>> a wild ride for a baltimore city police officer. and he is lucky to have escaped without injury. a suspect dragged him income to a -- next to a car for several blocks. wjz is live at the scene in southwest baltimore. suzanne collins has more on what happened. >> reporter: it is hard to imagine being dragged five blocks actually, without being severely injured along that pavement. but this officer, who has not yet been named is in stable condition. >> reporter: a mail carrier who witnessed the dragging of the officer says he appeared to be caught on the suspect's car, up high, and in clear view of the man who kept driving. >> i saw him hanging from the window, the driver's side window. and i saw him fall from the window. i'm not sure -- he was in plain clothes. so i didn't know he was an officer at the time. >> reporter: it all began at the western police district station. and the officer was dragged five whole blocks to edmondson avenue, where he was freed

. >> tonight the family learned that mia nichols would not be coming home. >> police were only able to identify her body through dental records. police have arrested 29-year-old tyrone web. he has been charged with first- degree murder. we are told that bell has been denied. >> also are in baltimore county, police or investigating a deadly stabbing in randallstown. his 1998 lincoln navigator was stolen this morning, but police found it in baltimore city. police have no leads are suspects. if you have any information, your urged to call crimestoppers. investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire in a home in south baltimore. the home was fully engulfed in flames. the fire then spread to adjoining homes. fortunately, there were no reports of any injuries. >> baltimore city police are investigating a shooting involving one of their own officers. it happened this afternoon in harman in your point in south baltimore. -- carmen and pure point. no word tonight on the condition of the suspect. >> there is a manhunt underway for a man who escaped police. investigators say he dragg

mia nichols body and what turned out to be a 45 caliber bullet beneath it. during the investigation, they discovered web impregnated another woman, possibly adding to the tension in the relationship. >> web facing charges in baltimore county because that's where the remains were found. >>> the state's attorney has filed criminal information against a baltimore city police officer. officer michael sylvester was arrested following an internal investigation integrity test. they also found drugs in his locker. sylvester is suspended without pay pending the outcome of the investigation. he's free on $25,000 bail. >>> another award this morning for baltimore city's top cop. it's called the piecing it together award. the annual award recognized people who encourage citizens to peacefully resolve their conflicts without having to go to court. receiving the award, judge robert bell and school police chief marshall good win. >>> the longest losing streak of the baseball season is finally over. the orioles came out on top against the tampa bay rays. 3-2 was the final t

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. >> this week, a baltimore family got the news they have been waiting for. 37-year-old mia nichols has been down. her body was uncovered in a wooded area of baltimore county, and an arrest has been made in the case. >> her onetime live-in boyfriend, tyrone webb, has been arrested and charged with first- degree murder. on october 28, 2008, she left her job at volunteers of america, parked near her home, and vanished. three months of the case, the vigils continue, and her three children were still waiting for their mother to come home. >> your mom did not walk out on you. do not think she just left you. this was something out of her control. she loves you, no matter what, and we love you. >> we will not be satisfied until we all the answers that we need, some kind of closure to this. >> partial closure may have come to the family this week. >> two hunters were in the woods, way out near the border with howard county. they came across bones, human remains. they were identified as human, and through dental records identified as a woman missing from the city. >> the medical examiner used de

i just have to disagree with john nichols on this. yeah, alexander hamilton and aaron burr had a duel. but why do we have these traditions? my distinguished colleague from south carolina, the esteemed gentlemen from pennsylvania. why were those put? because democracy does demand when you're in the congress, in our sacred halls, a certain level of civility. cable tv does not demand that. >> neither does talkradio. >> i think it's great for the democrats to come back real muscular on talkradio and talk this way. >> senator bernie sanders said the real opposition to the health care reform is coming from right wing talkradio because the democrats have not been muscular enough. there was nothing uncivil about saying people who are denied health care die. >> thanks for joining us tonight. if i could just add, i love the charts, because that means it was planned. he knew exactly what he was going to say, he knew exactly how he was going to say. it's a successful attorney, a great presenter. we need more of that guy on the floor. thanks, fell

also with us the mayor of seattle, greg nichols. thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. i didn't have to land in the hudson river today. captain sully did a great job. >> i know you said walking through the airport you saw him. it was like having mick jagger along. >> he's a rock star and well-deserved because he saved a lot of lives. >> he sure did. it's one of the most incredible stories. let's start with you then, mayor nichols, in terms of the economy. the headlines coming out, the recent data points this week have disappointed people on home sales, on jobs, on car sales. what's going on in your city? >> well, we're seeing certainly more people unemployed. i think our current unemployment rate is about 7.6%, but we're kind of counting our blessings because that's much lower than our state's average and much lower than the national average. we got hit later with this recession than most parts of the country. we didn't have the huge property bubble that many areas did, and until lehman brothers failed and then washin

an autopsy determined mia nichols was killed by a gunshot wound. the mother of three was last seen leaving work on october 28th of last year. police say they've arrested her boyfriend, tyrone webb, jr. and charged him with first-degree murder in the case. >>> police in anne arundel county looking for the person who shot a man as he was sitting in his car around 11:30 last night on monaghan court. police say three gunmen walked over to the car and fired several shots. >> 23-year-old female victim earlier, a short distance away, when approached by three male subject who subsequently fired shots, multiple. shots into the vehicle. apparently struck the male victim. they then drove to the mcdonald's and met police to call police. >> the 30-year-old victim was taken to shock trauma and treated for non-life- threatening gunshot wounds. >>> falling debris from an abandoned building prompted one baltimore city woman to call us after the city failed to secure the home. how abc 2 woks for you and betty mcknight. >> reporter: the abandoned home on 35 north ben

investigators discovered miss nichols remains in wooded area on saturday in winds or mel and used dental records to identify her. her boyfriend is under arrest and charged with her murder. >> 4 people are hurt in an early morning house fire in northeast baltimore. happened in the 4200 block of shelled on avenue. one woman rushed to the hospital in serious condition. 2 others also hurt. firefighters suffered minor injuries. >> fire in south west baltimore damages 3 homes there. this happened before 2 this afternoon in the 200 block of bruce street. the fire started in a vacant home and spread to 2 others. no word on cause tonight. >>> if you have the flu, there is a very good chance it is h1n1. kathleen jones us to explain tonight. kathleen. >> state officials say 98 percent of the flu cases are h1n1. they say it is wide spread in the baltimore region. tonight fox 45 news has learned the first shipment of the vaccine will arrive next week and will come in the form of a mist. at montebello academy 14 percent of the student body was absent thursday. some parents say they are keeping their k

>> a yearlong search for mother of three has come to an end with the discovery of the body of mia nichols and the rest of europe or friend. on october 28 last year she was last seen leaving her job at volunteers of america. her car was found near the house she shared with her boyfriend 29 year-old tyrone webb, but there was no sign of her until saturday when a couple of hunter spotted the body on woodlawn. there is a history of domestic violence and escalators mamay he escalated further when she found out a woman was pregnant for him. >> nothing gave us bad vibes anything was going on, nothing like this happening. >> tyrone webb is being held without bail. >> a teenager that escaped custody earlier this week has been captured again and they arrested a youth counselor. 26 year-old tyra greenfield of white marsh is charged with harboring and sexual child abuse. the 70 year-old juvenile was arrested in delaware. they discovered the two were together the night before they were arrested. -- the 17 year-old was arrested in delaware. >> the fire fighters will not be getting a salary increase. th

. >>> john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation" is here. now, this letter that sherrod brown is sending around and everybody says they only have 30 signatures. wait a second, this is the point i'm trying to make. i don't think you can do a head count and say, everything is going to fail and liberals can go home now. i don't buy that. i also don't buy that this state opt-in, whatever the heck that is, all this is going to do is give the conservatives a chance to fight against any real reform. your thoughts on that, john? >> i think the state opt-in and opt-out is a nightmare. i'll tell you why. i don't think people understand what happens with programs like this. you have to think back to welfare when some states had better welfare programs than other ones. those became political footballs. you would see right wing republicans run against a moderate democratic governor saying oh, he's giving away the store, he's taking your tax money and attracting people from other states. it divides them along the lines of race, color, ethnicity. this is a

i want to bring in lisa nichols who's a life coach and best-selling author of "no matter what -- nine steps to living the life you love." you've been listening to barbara. you disagree with some of her philosophy. why? >> i do. you know, actually, barbara, i respect your opinion and positive thinking has its place. i agree with you when you say positive thinking isn't enough. you have to go in to action. you know, most people talk about just think about it, think about it. well, the beginning is the thought. and then following the thought is an action. joy, you talked about -- you talked about wanting a talk show. you thought about it, wanted it, did something about it which is why we're on your show right now. so i believe that thinking plus action is critical. >> it's a difference between what you're saying. a goal -- a goal is a perfectly legitimate thing to have. you have a goal. you implement the steps that will take you to the goal. i think that's different from what you're saying. >> i can be very determined even when i have no or very little hope of winning. i can still feel e

. >> no, the costar of the movie, julianne nichols. >> it was a book written by a series of interviewsous men. and i am the interview wur, and i just get to set with all&b--c these various nasty people. >> what have we learned? >> well, i think that there is -- i don't know if i can see it on tv, but [ bleep ]. >> yeah, we had a 10-second delay, chris. >> it's the least offensive thing that has been said here this morning. >> yeah, and did the 7-second delay work? >> it worked. >> yeah, they revved the machine up. >> let's not take away from the truth of what she was telling. go on. >> men are not as decent as they may let you believe. there are some good ones, i should not say that. but these particular gentlemen should be ashamed of themselves. >> do you believe men are less soulful than women? >> i am married to a wonderful man so i know they exist. if i was single, i would not think this was a very hopeful movie. >> what kind of jerks are we talking about in this movie? i just want to know? >> it's an amazing cast. it's new york actors. will arnette, and frankie, and it's a huge ca

i want to bring in lisa nichols who's a life coach and best-selling author of "no matter what -- nine steps to living the life you love." you've been listening to barbara. you disagree with some of her philosophy. why? >> i do. you know, actually, barbara, i respect your opinion and positive thinking has its place. i agree with you when you say positive thinking isn't enough. you have to go in to action. you know, most people talk about just think about it, think about it. well, the beginning is the thought. and then following the thought is an action. joy, you talked about -- you talked about wanting a talk show. you thought about it, wanted it, did something about it which is why we're on your show right now. so i believe that thinking plus action is critical. >> it's a difference between what you're saying. a goal -- a goal is a perfectly legitimate thing to have. you have a goal. you implement the steps that will take you to the goal. i think that's different from what you're saying. >> i can be very determined even when i have no or very little hope of winning. i can still feel e

. -- nichole. i am reggie shaw, i am now 22 years old. when i was 19, i was living at home with my parents in a small town in u.s. northern utah. one morning, i left for work. on my way to work, i made decision to text and drug. it was something i had done before, to text and drive. on the way to work i was sending and receiving when i steered across the center line and struck another car. in this other car, there were two men who were both killed on impact. two men that were fathers, or husbands, they care for their family and wanted the best for them. because of my choice to text and drive, i took their lives and changed the lives of these families. i change my life forever. since then, it has been hard for me. it has been something that right would like to speak out about to help people so they do not make the same for decision i made. >> tells a little bit about how your life has changed since the accident. >> my life has changed quite a bit. on a daily basis, it is something i think about all the time. i cannot drive down the road an