pamela? >> alison, they say that the man came in and assaulted the teenager but if someone had not been calling the cell phone at that moment, it could have been a very different story. tonight, police are patrolling this archer or neighborhood in alexandria while neighbors are keeping a watchful eye. >> we are locking our winters and our door. >> a girl heard a loud noise. when she went to investigate she was confronted by a large hispanic male, standing in front of the come. police say the suspect wrestled the girl to the floor and pinned her to the ground. later, the girl's cell phone rang and that scared the suspect, who then ran. she was babysitting a toddler and a four-year-old when it happened. >> they worry. >> one woman next door and said she always thought her kids were stay here until now. -- one woman next door said she always thought her kids were safe. are they in a bush? >> one man says that they hopes that the suspect is announce soon. >> he will regret it. >> now, police tell

pamela, department of building inspection. at your last meeting, you asked us to make several changes in the budget, and i documented those in the report i gave you. specifically, we clarified that the new electrical inspector and won a new pulp -- plumbing inspector will be budgeted in their respective divisions, the inspection division. they will be working on an as- needed basis part time, doing plan review, as needed. and they will also be out in the field doing inspections. so it will be shared. then you wanted us to look again at the staff for plan checks, and we're proposing that add two new engineers and two new associate engineers to the staff. that brings permit services up to 74 positions at the end of 2013-2014. we funded those positions by looking at what the new rates that are rolled through by the comptroller's office through the budget system, which were less than they were originally loaded in it there, so there were some savings there. and we also increased revenues by a small percentage. we felt confident th

. >>> también les saluda pamela silva conde, muchas gracias por estar con nosotros . >>> más adelanteá en el american airlines arena. >>> ahora pasamso con natalia. >>> muchas gracias, chicas, más adelante estaremos con ustedes, tenemos las noticias dl día, en honduras, las causas del incendio en la cárcel de comayagua es un misterio, el número de muertos es ya 382, tenemos los detalles. >>> horror y luto en honduras. >>> a mí me dicen que ellos gritaban en el momento que se estaban quemando. >>>e s triste, mira cómo quedó mi pobre marido. >>> está en la mente de todos, las imágenes que se vivieron en la granja penal de comayagua. >>> la morgue no da abasto, hay más de 300 cadáveres, de los presos, las familias están a la espera, para reconocer a sus seres queridos. >>> no es justo que uno pierda los hijos así. >>> se cree que un reo incendió un colchón, pero también se dice que pudo ser un cortocircuito. >>> el detonante de la tragedia, aún está en el campo de las especulaciones, pero al menos aquí unos familiares dicen que hubo negligencia, incluso mano criminal. >>> son unos sinver

i want to add my compliments to pamela for preparing a wonderful budgets. she has been very responsive to meet with my requests for detail on things that nobody in their right mind would ask in detail of, but i like that stuff. i appreciate when we have a responsive and caring bookkeeper and accountant and cfo. i really appreciated as a member of the public. i have one question for you, which is to ask, what is the reason for having some in the acting positions in the budget as opposed to having full appointments? maybe i am just ignore it on the process, but i hope you might ask ourselves why we are having acting positions. thank you. acting appointments, i should say. >> any additional public comment? seeing none, there is a motion and a second to approve the department's budget. and just wanted to clarify that five votes are needed to pass the budget. i am going to take a roll call vote. commissioner hechanova? >> yes. commissioner mar: yes. commissioner clinch: yes. commissioner lee: yes. commissioner murphy: yes. commissioner melgar: yes. >> the motion

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. >> despuÉs de las noticias del dÍa me despido y ahora regresamos con bÁrbara y pamela con la serieuna corta pausa pero en seguida veran a pitbull en accion. >> ricky martin nos cuenta que tiene una gran tristeza. ♪. >>> continuamos desde bongoos en el american airlines arena de miami, la sede de premios nuestro, que celebra su edición número 24. >>> así es y pitbull tiene su presentación doble esta noche. >>> así es, y tony estuvo con pitbull ytambién con el grupo intocable, adelante, tony. >>> así es, desde aquí veo, chic, están muy bellas las dos, hay muchas fiestas en todo miami, pero cerca del centro de espectáculos está bongoos cun caffee y y una celebración esperando para ellos. >>> premios lo nuestro arrancarác n una súper prentación dedaddy yankee y cerrará con pitbull, así fue el ensayo del tema, bailando por el mundo ,pitbull no quiso hablar con la prensa, a juan lo sorprendimos tras bastidores. >>> qué trago toma el cata después de premios lo nuestro. >>> boli con cata, es una boca que está de moda. >>> a qué sabe. >>> tú sabes, con limón, también con jugo de china o con

live from prince george's county police headquarters, pamela brown, abc 7 news. >> d.c. police have released this composite sketch of the man they say sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint. this happened last month and 5000 block of northeast. he stands about 5 feet 8 inches 220 pounds, with a gap in his teeth and graybeard. anybody with information should call the police. >> district police hope that a surveillance video will be to the killer of a transgendered woman. the victim was stabbed in the head at a bus stop on east capitol street in northeast. the family spoke with abc 7, and richard reeve has the story. >> leon the police hoping the surveillance video will get them some new information. the family is in mourning tonight. there is a transgendered support group that is urging everyone to be careful. d.c. police are looking for this man. that is terrible. it is bad. >> in connection with the fatal stabbing of the 23-rule change gendered woman -- of the 23-rob transgendered woman. this family is shocked about the attack. it happened at thursday night. he was stab

. >>> buenas tardes, pamela, así es, una tormenta que acaba de pasar sobre estados del atlántico, peroón pueden traer lluvias, también en nueva york, boston, durante el día de mañana, sobre todo en la noche, esta es la situación para ustedes, para la tarde nublado y posibilidades de lluvia, las temperaturas están suficientemente altas, 50 a 51 en el corredor de la interestatal 95, ahora, tenemos otra tormenta invernal en el po@@primer impacto (m-f)univisin ion>>> en aumento están los cams de sexo entre niños y unescenionpr impacm-f)ivisio@@en los mpactortes f)dicenpr impacmr edad, el tratamiento es de hormonas ante la pubertad. >>> la donación@@primer impacton vida impacm-f) varioivisio@@ime@ er imprle la (m-f)aunivis @@a n total, ision regalo de vida@@ l completar 30 transplantes.@@prin >>> john secada reveló que n@@p una fuente espiritual muy grande para mí, es una persona de muchp fe,to (m-univnprimmpactof)isionn yto (m-f)univision@@primer impa batallando contra esta condición. >>> creo que el viejo vivió por más de 20 años con esta condición, ion mejorprimer impa lo que puedes hace

. >> i am pamela brown. -- i amd stevsteve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown. now we start with lisa baden celebrating the spring weather. >> we will embrace life and dance as if no one were watching. southbound 5 at the beltway police getting where the somebody of hit a utility pole. i will call them back to see if they are on the scene. so stick around. a live picture of 270, stated. looks good in virginia on 66 and 95. now to adam caskey. >> in the belfort furniture weather center on this morning we have action on the radar screen and it's going to be an active day with wind thunderstorms, springlike temperatures and a little muggy air outside. there's light rain northwest of the washington area. upper montgomery county, frederick county, according winchester, panhandle of west virginia and western maryland for the morning. and partly cloudy. 40's to near 50 right now. 72 this afternoon. mid 70's farther south of the metro later on today especially in fredericksburg. and fredericksburg thunderstorms between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and some storms could becom

. >> pamela, building inspections. very quickly, what we wanted to let you know is that we began this week doing limited testing on the online web for services for 3r requests. we are continuing to work with the department of of technologyr consolidation of our server rooms force human services agencies and planning at 660 mission. we continue to work through the issues with an engineer to ensure that the generator is sufficient. we do know that we have to and have started working with the department of public works, because we have to go through them in order to put the shell on the roof that would be advised correctly for this, along with the trade cross type of work that needs to be done for electrical and plumbing the cash management system, we are moving forward with this. we have discussed with the vendor and finalized a number of cash registry drawers that we want, which is 42 across the department. we are working with the treasured tax collector as of yesterday. i was told that there were some strange little is

pamela brown, abc 7 news. >> that is fascinating stuff.see more pictures of other military dogs, go to our web site wjla.com and click on the photos. >> pregnant women are still facing discrimination at work. researchers told that some women still face demotions prejudice, and even job loss when they become pregnant. pregnancy discrimination has been on the rise since 1997. that year around 4000 claims are filed. last year, nearly 6000 women claimed they faced job discrimination because of their pregnancy. >> a warning for the parents of babies. the company is recalling the 547,000 bottles of tylenol. there has been no reports of any harm. check your bottles and be careful out there. >> let's see what is coming up at 6:00. >> we are still gathering information on the man who was arrested this afternoon for plotting to blow himself up at the capitol. we have a lot of information. details are coming in. we will sort through it at 6:00. the same-sex marriage debate could come to a vote within hours. brad bell is there. maureen and i will see

as pamela said, we did get approvals this last week, but we are getting fairly late in the year. because it is so late in the year, we are starting to project some savings in salaries and fringe. we're projecting about $1.3 million in savings. hopefully we will be able to get these positions filled. but because we're so far in the year, we will have some savings. we are projecting a little bit of savings in on personal and materials and supplies. a very small percentage of the budget, but we expect to have some savings in that area as well. we are continuing to see more issued permits, both in volume and in the evaluation of permits, which is why we are seeing an increase in charges for services. but everything else is pretty much what we expect to see this time of year. in terms of the financial report, we are in good shape. commissioner hechanova: commissioners, questions? >> that was an excellent update. >> i have one. on expenses, it is dated 11/30. >> i am sorry, i did not update the date on the report. it is as of the end of january. >> ok. next question would be, based on

>> ya quisiÉramos muchas bailar asÍ pamela. >> o ¿no?.gracias baÁrbara y amigos, ls contamos al regresar aquÍ en "primer impacto "primer impacto", ya volvemos z. >> el presidente hugo chavez anuncia nueva cirugia.comienza un juicio por un caso de abuso sexual que compromete a sacerdotes.siguen subiendo los precios de la gasolina en to el paisbuenas tardes, les habla jorge ramos.en el mismo lugar donde le encontraron un tumor canceroso, le acaban de hallar otro al presidente venezolano hugo chavez que obligará a nueva operacion. empezó la selección de jurados para el juicio en filadelfia contra 3 sacerdotes y un maestro de una escuela católica acusados de abusar de menores.a un promedio de $3.58 llego el precio promedio del galon de gasolina regular en estados unidos. en algunas areas pasa de los 4 dolares. más esta tarde en noticiero univisión. upa mujer descubriÓ a los 11 aÑos que habÍa sido adoptada y lo mÁs increÍble del caso que sospecha que uno de ellos podrÍa ser marc anthony. >> nayeli chÁvez g viajÓ a boston. >> lleva intentando r

. >> asÍ es, pamela.on la macabra venganza de un hombre de repÚblica dominicana porque su ex novia no querÍa regresar. provocÓ un incendio. le advertimos que las imÁgenes son fuertes. >> los familiares de miguel lina pacheco de 24 aÑos horas sin consuelo. encontraron en su habitaciÓn. cegados por los celos fue a la vivienda de miguelina y luego incendiÓ la recÁmara. >> yo la oÍ crÉdito pero habÍa una fogata en la puerta y me teme todo. >> segÚn los familiares hechos terminaron su relaciÓn hace varios meses pero el aÚn insistÍa en seguida al lado de miguelina a pesar de que ella se negaba a una reconciliaciÓn. >> eran novios y estaba medio guapo y ella dijo que no iba a estar con un hombre que la estuviera celaban. >> familiares intentaron ayudar a la joven pero no lograron entrar al cuarto. cuando los bomberos llegaron ya era demasiado tarde. los cadÁveres quedaron irreconocibles. durante su noviazgo, la pareja tuvo algunos problemas pero los familiares nunca pensaron que el fracaso aspe acaba con la vida

. >>> buenas tardes, pamela, así es, una tormenta que acaba de pasar sobre estados del atlántico, pero tarde nublado y posibilidades de lluvia, las temperaturas están suficientemente altas, 50 a 51 en el corredor de la interestatal 95, ahora, tenemos otra tormenta invernal en el centro del país, que deja lluvia y avisos de tormenta invernal que incluyen varios estados, minnesota, dakota del sur, aquí está concentrada el área principal de nieve, pero también puede llegar para ustedes, temperaturas algo altas en chicago, lluvia, nieve, en el sur, refrescó, miami, otro sistema frontal trae lluvias, para mañana nueva orleans ahí lo tenemos, con 74 grados, pero para el jueves tenemos lluvia para ustedes, y viento fuerte, nuevo méxico, kansas, oklahoma, lluvias, pero la lluvia continúa en seattle, washington, portland, 3 a 4 días con lluvia prácticamente, siga con más de primer impacto ♪. >>> en aumento están los cambios de sexo entre niños y adolescentes en estados unidos, los reportes dicen que en los últimos años los doctores dan más tratamientos para menores de edad, el tratamiento es de

i'm steve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown. glad to have you with us. shaping up to be a gorgeous day. we start with lisa baden for traffic. >> it's a wonderful day. quit until you hear what adam caskey has to say about a friday in the '70s. enjoying the ride around traffic was stopped on the beltway and on 66 at the beltway. all that traffic is now done. looking at a smooth transition on 395 at duke street. traffic get away from us is northbound. nothing complicated near the pentagon. two incidents working, one in the district and one in maryland. in balance new york avenue at the brentwood parkway, but you can get around. charlotte hall, northbound 5 at 66, medevac has come and gone, but the rescue squad is still there. let's go to adam caskey. >> dancing. i love that you are in the mood for this friday. it's going to be a active weather. springlike. let's look at live super doppler 7. we have areas of light to moderate rain. moderate rain here and there in order loudoun county and parts of the panhandle of west virginia. that is moving east. it will

reporting live, pamela brown. >> thank you. a teenager is facing assault charges after police say he pulled a gun during a case of road rates. police arrested 18-year-old kenneth johnson on wednesday. he got into a verbal argument with another driver. he pulled a rifle out of the back seat of his car and pointed it at the victim. police say they found the rifle in his vehicle. >> there was a day off in the university of virginia murder trial after an illness on the defense team. what does the defense have in store for tomorrow? gail pennybacker continues with their coverage. >> this has been a stall in the case. only two defense witnesses in seven days of testimony. tomorrow they plan to return with several witnesses to present. >> it is not known at this point if george huguely will take the witness stand in his own defense. his voice has only been hurt when prosecutors played his interview with the police in the hours after yeardley love had been found a dead. his attorney walks out of the court house alone, it was canceled a

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. >> a esa es pamela y bÁrbara, achl amigos muy triste la situaciÓn porque alarmante la actuaciÓn endo con fuertes lluvias el sur de la florida, planicies con actividad de nieve. >> pero la precipitaciÓn desde horas tempranas bhuf ahÍ muy necesaria hacia el sur de los Ángeles y continÚa sobre las cuatro esquinas y mejorando la situaciÓn. >> tenemos bastante frÍo. >> dicsiguen las condiciones placenteras pero actividad si lle llega, tenemos chicago 36 y miÉrcoles en adelante si vamos a tener actividad de nieve a todo el noreste tambiÉn, se esperan leves acumulaciones y pensilvania y algunos copitos de todo seÑureste de nueva york. >> tenemos atlanta con 41 mejoran las condiciones del tiempo en sur de la florida donde se han reportado serias inundaciones, el patrÓn del tiempo elÍa de maÑana tenemos justamente, aquÍ en el centro del paÍs san antonio con 61, la gran manzana 42 grados donde hoy go giants tuvieron condiciones placenteras, con estas noticias me despido y continuamos con mÁs de "primer impacto." >> por cierto jackie fÍjate que fue apoteÓsica la bienvenida. >> ganadores de su

pamela? >> she is overcome with emotion when she thinks of her family is close call with death. >> thank you, god. >> as the tears were running down her face, she was looking at what little she could remember. she and her husband called 911 after their two-year-old son fell off of the bed and had a seizure. >> the baby. >> herbert was the only one to go with their son to children's hospital but when he called home no one picked up, and he called someone to check on them. >> he said, "oh my god everybody is on the floor." >> everybody else except the newborn was on conscience. after receiving the call, they knocked down the family door grabbing the baby before paramedics arrived. >> she opened her eyes like, "i am here." i ran to my truck and put it in the truck, and then i came back to get the other two kids. >> the four-month-old baby. we do not know exactly how it was that she had not become unconscious. >> the family finishes treatment at the shock trauma center they are full of life and g

>>> pamela, good morning. it is tuesday, we are off to a good start. there are no major problems now remember, now is a good time to get out there and people are a lot more conscious about their gas mileage and you can go when there is no traffic so that will help on the gas mileage. it is a nice looking drive passed the coliseum, this morning's commute looks good if you are driving on westbound bay bridge. here is sal. . >>> we will probably not cool off too much more, temperatures are starting out chilly so it will be hard pressed to warmup with high clouds over us and we have partly sunny skies before the system moves in tonight and it's looking better with time and it is a cold system so today cold, increasing clouds by tonight into tomorrow, rain moving in, this will be a good snow producers and the winter snow morning starts at 1:00 but snow level is 3,000 feet and that winter storm warning has a mother load so there will be low levels. rain comes in tonight, highs today very cool, not that warm, 53 to 58 should cover the spread, antioch 58 degre

as pamela brown reports, depending on the time of day that could trigger a heart attack, especially in women. >> owning this horse farm is a lifelong dream. >> i wanted to have my own place since i was a kid. >> with the dream come sacrifice. for more than one year, she has been driving the from bethesda and back. >> traffic on 29, construction of 29,. >> she says the daily commuting stress takes a toll on her health. >> sometimes i feel like my heart is jumping out of my chest. >> that could be a warning sign. women's are five times more likely to -- women are five times more likely to have a heart attack in a commute. >> i have had patience who had a heart attack during their morning commute. dr. brian cho says some drivers are more susceptible to a heart attack. >> i have been hearing from this job for seven -- >> she knows personally about the connection between commuting and health risks. >> we got a phone call just like other families got phone calls -- >> last month her brother-in- law crashed into a tree after suffering a stroke. first the had to recover from the accident himse

. >> buenas tardes pamela, bÁrbara.uy contentos el dÍa de hoy porque un portero muy querido, netamente americanista es el mejor del siglo xxi. muy a su costumbre aclarÓ algunos temas. ahÍ estÁ. [♪ mÚsica ♪] >> pues resulta que los primeros cinco partidos del torneo clausura 2012, el amÉrica miguel herrera ha conseguido ocho puntos y hallar el piojo dijo que su equipo termine con 30 puntos para estar entre los mejores de clasificar a la liguilla. en cuanto a la polÉmica por la suplencia de eduardo, el piojo dijo que no se lo impusieron y que ademÁs sÍ le gusta como jugador. puede tener su oportunidad debido a la lesiÓn del topo valenzuela quien estarÁ fuera de juego por tres semanas. memo ochoa es el mejor portero del siglo xxi segÚn la sociedad de estadÍstica. surgiÓ en el amÉrica y juega para el ajax y supera a osvaldo sÁnchez que aparece en el lugar 43 y el conejo pÉrez en el 46. las chivas enfrentarÁn esta noche al deportivo quito de ecuador en el inicio del grupo sietde la copa libertadores. el rebaÑo fue subcampeÓn

les saluda pamela silva conde.undo estÁ preparado para ser millonario de la noche a la maÑana. ernesto rivas nos cuenta cÓmo un inesperado hallazgo le tarde la vida a un albaÑil. >> ¿quÉ harÍa usted con $ 1 millones? pues eso fue lo que se preguntÓ don manuel cuando se encontrÓ este billete en medio de unos discos compactos que estaban en un basurero. >> una emociÓn pero psicolÓgicamente ha que mantener la calma. lo carcome, lo tiene algo medio satÍrico. >> y no es para menos allÁ que en el banco le dijeron que el billete era autÉntico pero que sÓlo se podÍa cambiar en los estados unidos, respuesta que lo invitÓ a seguir soÑando. >> incluso no puedo dar el lujo de ir a conocer a mis hijas que hace 17 aÑos que no las veo. >> lamentablemente, por razones que no quisiera explicarnos, el banco que le dio esperanzas a don manuel se negÓ rotundamente a hablar con nosotros por lo que decidimos llevar el billete donde un especialista en monedas. >> lo que estoy viendo aquÍ es que no da la categorÍa para ser un billete de c

pamela levin, department of building inspection. this is our second meeting on the budget for 2012-2 thir12013. we have responded to the issues you have brought up. i first want to tell you where we are in the budget process it's self and what the key dates are. we have to submit the budget to the mayor's office on february 21. this is a charter-driven date, and there is no leeway. any changes we make on the budget really need to have been prior to the time we submit them to the mayor's office. the reason is it makes it easier for us to make those changes, because after it gets to the mayor's office, it is their budget, and we have to negotiate any changes. our budget is considered by the board of supervisors on june thfirst. between february and june, there is negotiations with the mayor's office. negotiations with the unions for the open contracts, which will affect our budget. there will be changes that would be made for work orders based on what the department has what the department has submitted in the budget.

pamela? >> thank you, steven. if you have not heard yet, bart is going to help, we will have more coming up plus the search for human remains could be expanding the new investigators to a second fight. we will be right back. . >>> a false claim could close down their

pamela butler vanished three years ago when she did not show up for a valentine's dinner she had planned with her mother. the 47-year-old worked as a computer expert for the epa. butler lived in northwest washington. >>> metro's running on a saturday schedule today. and some stations remain closed. the clarendon and courthouse stations are closed on the orange line. on the read line the grovenor/strath more stations are closed. all three stations should reopen for tomorrow's commute. >>> because of the president's day holiday, all post offices are closed. express mail will still deliver. most banks are closed but not all. you should check on your branch. in the district, traffic meters are not enforced today. hickor stores might be open. -- liquor stores might be open. maryland will operate regular trash pickup in anne arundel, prince george's county, howard, and montgomery counties. in virginia, trash will be picked up in arlington and foreca fairfax counties. alexandria is on a delay. >>> ahead, the sleep study that teenagers need to hear. you might want to wake them up. >>> also, a ho

. >> -- >> they gathered at a vigil in northwest in front of pamela butler's home. >> also new at 11:00, maryland catholics went to mass in larger numbers than ever before in an effort to derail the state's same-sex marriage law. >> people across the state are clearly up in arms over this issue. >> several hundred catholics waited in line to meet with the state representatives. citing that marriage should be only between a man and a woman. they could pick up the marriage bill as early as tomorrow." >>. if it passes it could face a full senate to vote. the house version of the bill narrowly passed this friday. maryland governor martin o'malley, who is a sponsor of the legislation, says he will sign it if it reaches his desk. >> coming up on abc7 at 11:00, seven is on your side with when you may be able to get your hands on one. >> and one of the most popular games in the world. we will tell you how "angry birds" is going out of this world. >> where to eat. coming up, ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] no success is overnight. ♪ ♪ it's about working harder. ♪ ♪ and smarter. ♪ ♪ it's the culmination

attorney general pamela harris held a news con frefnlts settlement will provide relief. about one million homeowners who are under water on their mortgages will have their loans reduced and thousands of homeowners kicked out of their homes will receive about $2000. we spoke to a realtor in hayward who said that today's settlement is a start but it won't go far. >> really, is $2000 going to make a difference? yes. short term. no it a not going to help somebody keep their home if they already lost it. it's after the fact. the focus should be more on people who are in their home and looking to keep them. my first sting is this is an election year. there is a lot of political will. >> i think that's a good idea to try to keep the economy going, keep people their homes. >> i feel it's way too late. i have too many friends already who lost their homes and these guys actually made their payments. >> reporter: this settlement targets underwater homes that are owned by those particular banks that we mentioned. bank of america, wells fargo, j p morgan chase, citigroup and allied f

lar quong, appointed to that role by pamela hyde, the administrator of the substance abuse and mental health services administration, with the focus on working not only with issues of domestic violence but also working with the issues of the criminal justice system because, indeed, as i mentioned, it's not the abuse excuse, it is trying to break the cycle. we spend a lot of money reincarcerating individuals who have primary issues that have never dealt with, so especially in nonviolent situations. we wanted to break that cycle and, as dr. harris pointed out, we also want to create a workforce that has a stable appreciation of traumatic phenomenon so that, again, we don't blame the child, we don't blame the wife, we don't blame the spouse who is the victim of trauma. and the gains center also has some training programs as well as other initiatives, correct? yes, we have a number of programs that address trauma, and one can access that from our web site at wwww.samhsa.gov gains center. we have a national center on traumatic stress. we've got the activity that dr. gillece is engaged in,

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pamela says, times have changed. who cares what sex you are as long as you are happy. tom says, the state of maryland is broke and this is nonsense and its purpose is to speak in the face of those who believe in traditional marriage. patrick says, at least someone is trying to force you to personally do something i do not agree with, it is not my business with anyone else wants to do. in addition to this situation the showdown over same-sex marriage has a new twist in new jersey. hours ago, the governor chris christie vetoed a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry. lawmakers in new jersey have until the end of the legislative session in january 2014 to override the bill. >> to the latest on the preparations under way for whitney houston's funeral this weekend. family and friends occluding -- including kevin costner are preparing. loved ones will be honoring her life at new hope baptist church where she sang as a child. she died last saturday night on the eve of the grammy awards. the cause remains under investigation even at this hour. stick with abc 7 news f

>> pamela lebron. for a lot of the positions, engineering positions especially, there are lists. so, there is the opportunity for people to apply. they get on a list. there are all of these different measures in terms of the rule of the list, three or 10, however it works. i think that a lot of people are coming out of the state who have been laid off. and then some other jurisdictions. so, i need to look into, as part of trying to fill all of these positions, i will definitely work on the proper act that you requested, but to look at how often they open things up so that the people who are going to be experience now that we went through several years ago, that they can be seen in considered. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on any of the items of the director's report? 5 a-g? >> good morning, again. nancy [unintelligible] i want to go on the record with a recommendation for the permit tracking system. i have noted that the outside departments that have been met with so far are fire and dtw -- dpw. i want to encourage a strong alliance with the assessor recorder's off

. >>> gracias, pamela, vamos a comenzar en el sur porque ha estado lloviendo, una perturbacioóni dejandora afectar también tenesse en las próximas horas. para houston 78°, pero lo importante vendrá a partir del jueves en la noche, sobre todo el viernes, con mayor riesgo de lluvia para ustedes. afectando también a oklahoma en las próximas horas, combinación de varios factores, tiempo severo, jueves, viernes, pero más al norte, conoceremos una ventisca, aquí tenemos el área afectada, en algunos sectores 20 pulgads de nieve, así que, muy preocupante esta situación, norte de kansas, la costa del sur pudiera ser afectada para estas condiciones del tiempo. ha estado nevando, sobre todo oen new hampshire, pero más al sur el tiempo muy moderado, hemos tenido más calor, sobre todo filadelfia hoy, y vamos a ver el pronóstico que nos da la marmota mañana, 115 años haciendo el pronóstico. gran parte del nordeste, todavía un poco de frío, pero gran parte del país con temperaturas moderadas y más bien, cálidas. 64° par san francisco, cielo mayormente despejado, también los Ángeles, 568° en los próximo

he was seen on video entering and leaving the home for a couple of days after pamela disappeared. back then, the boyfriend told us he only returned to the house to collect some of his things. >> it's hard for me to believe that somebody, somewhere came forth with something. >> investigators reportedly found the home a mess. items were missing. twice search seneca park in gaithersburg, where the boyfriend reportedly told police he had a vision, pam was there. >> you know, people don't commit these kind of heinous crimes and keep it to themselves. they only talk about it. somebody knows. >> and yet, those voices have remained silent. another year has gone by and still no sign of pam butler. >> valentine's day would never be the same for me or the family. it's extremely hard. >> the case is left with no suspect, no person of interest named. the boyfriend was questioned by police at least twice. at the time he complained to us, he wasn't being treated fairly. nothing, no body, no killer, and another year. the mystery continues, brian. >> new this evening, the mayor of culpeper speakin

pamela loves oysters but the south carolina woman bit into one and thought she shattered a tooth. >>inaudible] i'm suing, i'm suing, no, but -- i really did. i thought i had broken a tooth. so very lady like i was trying to take this out of my mouth. it was round so it felt like a bb. jeff was sit across from me economy is the one who yelled out a pearl. >> she is looking really weird and she pull this is patiently this pearl out. > >> that's cool. >> pearl of wisdom. >> i would rather have someone give it to me. >> no. >> another reason why not. >> the radar, you can see that rain moving out of southern maryland. talbot. easton and denton getting ready for rain. 67 tomorrow afternoon. find jamie on the links out there with bill hooper. >> come on i will beat him. >> weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes coul

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