. >>> a drattic move today as craig paterson took the stand in his own defense. the arlington deputy is accused of murdering julian last may when he was off duty. david culver was there for the dramatic day in court. >> reporter: wendy, a dozen witnesses testified in court today. the most surprising of them all, the man accused of murder. the defense called craig patterson to the stand. since the start of trial monday, craig patterson has sat in court quiet. but today we were there as he called on his client to testify. what were you doing on may 22nd? patterson told jurors he went on a walk with his badge, gun and cell phone. that's when he ran into 22-year-old julian dawkins who he described as intoxicated and adepressive. so much so paterson claims he pulled a knife on him. i started running and he started chasing me. patterson headed back to his car to grab his handcuffs. he was ready to make an arrest and went looking for dawkins. the two met up a few weeks away. he said he turned around, charged back at me and took a swing back at me. i thought he had the k

eric leroy paterson was taken into custody this afternoon near the embarcadero in san francisco. the cats and a woman's belongings were tossed into the chilly water last monday near pier 14. both of those cats were killed. surveillance video helped identify the suspect. paterson faces two counts of animal cruelty, not clear if the suspect and the woman knew each other. >>> tonight, santa clara county plans to expand its shelters after four people in the south bay died from hypothermia. and that's not all. our cold spell is causing problems all around the bay area. our ryan takeo is in pleasant hill. ryan. >> reporter: good evening. drivers have been filing into the chevron off 680 all day to fuel up. but also, right over here, this is a common theme all day too, with people and driverstopping off their tire pressure. the temperature plunge has deflated some tires which came as a surprise to some car owners. >> i saw it. >> reporter: she didn't need a low pressure light to tell her, her back left tire needed air. it's cool now it should be at 30. >> reporter: it's something garage

and in the vikings-bears game, minnesota rookie paterson after an unstoppable rushing touchdown celebrates with an official high fiving the guy. the vikings win in overtime 23-20. in the second meeting, broncos pulled out a close win over the chiefs. in the game, nile davis with this explosive 108-yard touchdown run after the kickoff starting in the sec quarter. broncos win 35-28. denver leads the afc west. >>> and the patriots leading the afc east squeaked a win over the texans. the game was tied 31-31 in the fourth. they nailed the field goal for the win. 34-31. all right, you member him. he was called at the bills afalcons game eating wingsment he also posed with a fan. but one fan tweeted that ford stole his seat. what? don't worry about it though, he got that seat back. the bills, they lost 34-31. >>> on to the miracle iron bowl finish, that stunned alabama. tied 28-28 with seconds left in the game. alabama feield goal attempt and the kicker saves it. look at that look on his face. wow. auburn wins 34-28. >>> okay. so it was a big game between big ten. michigan and ohio state. during

paterson of virginia a career member of the foreign service classic ambassador of virginia to be assistant secretary of state near eastern affairs signed by 18 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 450. the presiding officer: the question is on the 0 motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of homeland security, jeh charles johnson of new jersey to be secretary of homeland security. the presiding officer: i send a -- mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the cle

look at paterson go. i don't believe this. touchdown vikings.bill: that is one in the snow. 45 seconds left, minnesota goes deep on a 79-yard touchdown. that would put the vikings on top, that's it, right? game over? nope. not even close. watch. >> joe flacco, back in the end zone, that is marlon brown for a touchdown! bill: that was for the win. flacco, nine yard pass, back in the end zone, stunning loss for minnesota. that looked like the old bloomington stadium in minnesota in baltimore. 29-26, great finish. tom brady adding to his legend, patriots, trailing browns 12 points, under three minutes left. pats on the 2-yard line. brady connecting with edelman with 61 seconds remaining. patriots for the on sidekickoff. got to do it. go 10 yards, right? got to go 10 yards. a cleveland brown touches it. kyle harrington with the recovery. patriots ball, 40-yard line. you have to score. that sets the stage for brady, what he does best. a second touchdown pass, in the closing seconds. cleveland had a shot at a field goal. came up just shy. patriots win

while the director, derek paterson has worked to improve the performance, the agency hasn't always received the needs from congress. i am committed to working with him to make the agency more efficient and more effective. we can start by focusing on the cost saving and cost neutral solutions that are much more likely to be received by the bipartisan support from my colleagues here in congress. i hope that today's hearing will help us find better ways to improve security at federal facilities and i believe there's much to be learned from the navy yard tragedy to prevent similar incidents in the future and we will be joined by dr. colburn on these issues and normally i don't turn to the senator from north dakota to see if she would like to make a comment that you are welcome to if you like. >> we will go ahead and proceed. >> i'm going to briefly introduce the witnesses and reintroduce others and. i want to introduce as a first witness can you mention your name caitlin durkovich assistant secretary for protection for the national protection and programs director of the department of homeland

reid: i now yield back all time on the paterson nomination. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further action on s. res. 299 and we proceed to that matter. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 299 congratulating the american jewish joint distribution committee on the celebration of its 100th anniversary, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate shall proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. promise without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the kwraoubgt be discharged from fu