police were called to the home off northampton drive.7-month-old boy to the hospital in a police cruiser. derrick ward is live with the developinstory. >> there are so many danger that's we seek to protect our children from and most of the i'm that we assume they are outside the home. but there are dangers that lurk inside as well them cause us to recess our ideas of safety. that's a lesson the family who lives in this apartment learned earlr today. >> the call went out to montgomery county police at a quarter until noon for a situation involving a child in an apartment here on northampton in silver spring. a neighbor describes the frantic scene unfolding. >>

boy dies after he became entangled in a drip record appeared that happened on the 900 block of northampton drive. >> this is such a sad story. this is an apartment complex filled with young children. as you can imagine, everyone here is very upset and very concerned. >> scared pierre >> scared is the way that parents put it after a 17-month-old boy was strangled to death when he accidentally got tangled in the court of a curtain in his home. rosa hernandez says she was sitting on lane fronts that this morning when she saw the boy's father rushed from the apartment with his son to a police of a serb. the boy was able to today to a police officer. the boy was able to -- with his son to a police officer. the boy was able to come out of his crib. >> for children, yes, i thought there were dangers. i keep my kids away from them. >> after the police officer performed cpr, he rushed the 17- year-old boy -- 17-month-old boy to the hospital where he later died. police have ruled the death an accident. >>> we are learning more about what happened during the johns hopkins hospital siege. the 911 tape

it happened this afternoon at a home onto 900 block of northampton drive in silver springs. the police say there are no signs of foul play. the department of social services is investigating. >>> u.s. capitol police shot an armed man this morning. it happened early this morning on capitol hill. officers fired after they say the suspect pointed a gun at them. matt ackland live on the hill with more. >> reporter: authorities were so concerned early this morning about all of this that they locked down the buildings here on capitol hill. let me set the scene for you. we're on the other side of the camera is the capitol dome, rayburn building so this is a high security area. this all started around 5:00 this morning near first and independence. that's where the guy was spotted with the gun. and then right behind my shoulder here, the guy apparently ran south here to c and third. you can see that inter section right there. that is where police caught up with him. if we take you to some video you can see the scene as crime scene investigators comb through the evidence. apparently t

world cup stay with football and an england struggles continue for liverpool who crashed out to northampton tell me in the league during the week and the premier league isn't exactly the reds playground either with only five points from five matches on saturday they'll be looking to get back on winning track at home to sunderland was majesté bruce clearly isn't expecting and these they want a town filled you know this era liverpool this year the torres he was a wonderful wonderful player we all know and he's only new rangers sure even a world class player you can pick up an injury and you can have two three back to back in the cold really get it back they'll take a bit it was out for a long time but. real real qualities we see last year against a soft two three minutes he's been one of the top corner you know you put torres in gerrard and you're cool then they've got players who can be so we've got to be aware of. moving to the greens now polk a salute donald and geoff ogilvy shall the early lead at the tour championship after a tough opening round on a tricky eastlake course in atlanta geo

. >> reporter: from there, a sad and tragic scene unfolds as residents of the northampton apartmentsomfort their grief stricken neighbor. >> the lady was out here screaming. we brought her alcohol. >> reporter: a short time before a 17-month-old boy had been sleeping in his crib in his bedroom. >> the initial information that we have is that they had put him dn for a nap. and somehow he had gotten out of his crib and was playing with the cord and somehow got caught up into it. >> repoer: police arrived and not waiting for an ambulance, they rushed the boy to the hospital in a cruiser. he was pro announced dead at the hospital. the consumer product safe commission estimate each month a child dies from strangulation from a window cord or chain or some sort of window treatment. parents here on learning of this tragedy aren't waiting for the industry standards to change. >> i saw the cord. at first i was scared. but my husband cut it down. he was like, i'm not going to keep it like. that other than that,

carol writes from northampton, massachusetts.th care and "don't ask, don't tell" and financial reform and amnesty and all squishy gray and not black or white. get a backbone and do one thing or another, and then fight for it. geez. and jay says no backdoor amnesty, because amnesty means full pardon, and the obama administration is on track to exceed the quota of deportations. they have deported more people than the bush administration and the fact that they focus a lot of their effort on criminal alienation does not mean a free pass for everyone else. steven says, of course, it is an amnesty plan and it ain't backdoor, my friend. ted says, you better be careful, jack, if you keep telling people about the backdoor things that the president is doing, he will try to silence you like fox news. the answer to the question is yes, heis trying to buy votes for 2012. anthony says simple solution, statehood. if so many mex sans want to migrate here for living wage and freedom from gangs and political corruption, they would be voted to be t

president of the united states and a member of the legislature and mayor of the sitter -- the city of northampton. he was respected and held in high esteem. by the press, constituents and as the president of the united states. when he was nominated for president, he succeeded warren harding. calvin coolidge was nominated and then a few weeks later lost his favorite child. his behavior changed dramatically. he worked for hours a day. he used to be described as the work force of american politics. after his son's death, he worked for hours a day. . four hours a day. -- 4 hours a day. he was unable to answer questions about policies that he had put into effect. he sent troops to nicaragua to keep peace and when he was asked at a press conference about the troops in nicaragua, coolidge did not even though they were still there. he said that he thought they had been withdrawn but he was not sure. he was not certain. this is a president that basically did not function anymore as president of the united states. franklin pierce is denigrated by scholars, virtual it unanimously. many scholars point out th

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