he hopes school and counseling at pendleton will quiet his rage. ago, before the facility made major changes in programs in security, sanders was part of this attack on staff. >> we was all in the room. and then one of the offenders came up for a shower. that was all before it was all locked down like this. and he ran over here. he grabbed the key from the officer. and ran back to the other side. and started opening doors. >> door violation. door violation. door violation. >> that's when it all went out of control. >> door violation. door violation. >> he came out of the room, started throwing buckets. and some people had mop sticks. throwing mop sticks at staff. battered officers. damaged stuff. i don't know. it just built up. when it's happening, you don't even think about it. i don't regret it. i just accept it and move on. >> don't let the word juvenile fool you. most of the offenders have committed adult crimes. you're going to have some offenders who have the nice streak about them. but the thing you have to remember, they're put here for a r

in west virginia, hampshire, hardy, pendleton schools all closed. you can find details on our website, nbcwashington.com. >> and tom kierein is here to tell us about our forecast. it is really cold here. >> temperatures just plummeted. the bottom fell out. it's all the way down to 10 degrees throughout much of the region this morning. and those potent, vigorous snow showers were like little mini blizzards. they were a little stronger farther to our west. that's why we got the snow closings there because the snow stuck to the roads and caused a lot of accidents and things are slick. right now at reagan national temperature under a clear sky 17 degrees. the coldest morning since last february. the dewpoints zero. it's very, very dry. we are moisture starved. you'll need the skin lotion all day long. look at winchester's temperature. it's only 7 above zero. montgomery county, fairfax county, the low teens, mid teens in prince george's county. upper teens in washington and right near the bay. throughout the bay, we'll have quite a bit of sun. we'll have

but due to his age and size, officials placed him in pendleton juvenile correctional facility which onlyouses juvenile offenders. >> most are here for 6 to 12 months tops. so i think that takes on a different dynamic with someone like paul who is already 12 and knows and recognizes the fact that he's essentially going to have to grow up and go through puberty in a correctional facility. in those particular cases, the juvenile facility is the one best prepared to help him through that kind of growth. >> it's for precisely these reasons that paul and his lawyer, monica foster, continue to fight to keep him in the juvenile system. >> we are trying to go to the indiana supreme court to get an appeal so i can get down to juvenile again and change my sentence. >> sentenced as an adult but held at pendleton, he's held in a legal limbo. >> is he a legal adult in a juvenile facility. so we're learning how to deal with this and what this situation brings to us. technically not until he's 21 we could do that. >> i think the juvenile system is fully capable of dealing with this situation and, in fac

two are in custody at camp pendleton. hillary clinton called the video deplorable. >> inconsistent with american values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel. >> nbc news has learned that the pentagon tapped the same man who oversaw the repeal of don't ask, don't tell to lead this investigation. expert expect swift and strong punishment that could run up the chain of command. >>> demonstrators with occupy d.c. coue

gusts up to 60 miles an hour allegheny, pendleton, high land counties across areas of the appalachiansfrom 4:00 p.m. to 10 we have a wind advisory i wouldn't be surprised if that gets extended. right now, we've got this cold pool of air, but that is going to change, we are going to end up with the jet stream moving north and mild air heading our way. as we move through the 5 day forecast, 60s on my forecast for temperatures and some upper 50s as we will get a really big influx of warmer air that will rise our temperatures into if course of the week. here is a look at future cast talked about the passing flurries or sprinkle, we are talking about by this evening 6, 7, start to see some of it moving across areas from the west and it will quickly move into the course of tonight, left with mainly clear skies as we move into monday because a ridge of high pressure is guilding in from that front. 42 degrees by midday, by evening hours 45, by 5:00 p.m. our high today will be 48 degrees mostly sunny windy winds expected to be gusting up to 30 miles an hour by late this afternoon and evening be

. >> the military judge at camp pendleton has recommended a marine sergeant who led an assault on iraqi civilians spent no time in confinement. he pleaded guilty on monday to negligence and dereliction of duty in the assault that killed 24 unarmed iraqis. now, to the state of the union address which president barack obama will deliver in just a few hours. each year, the american commander in chief lays out his vision for the country. in 2012, the economy and the presidential election promises to dominate the evening's event. for more, we are joined by major garrett on capitol hill. thank you so much for joining us. will the president tell us that the state of the union is strong? >> yes, he is, as every president before him and every president after him will say that the union is strong. the president will concede that things are not as good as americans would like them to be. you look at the right track, wrong track number. 36% more americans believe that the country is on the wrong track and believe is on the right track. you compare this with a year ago, the spread was about 22%. eve

. >>> a camp pendleton marine faces no prison time but faces a reduction in rank and pay for his role in the killing of 24 civilians in iraq back in 2005. staff sergeant pleaded guilty to negligent dereliction of duty. after the sentencing he apologized to survivors of the killing but he defended his orders to raid homes after a iraq's killed a fellow marine. >>> 4:49 now. the german national accused of setting 49 car fires across l.a. pled not guilty to hundreds of arson charges. 24-year-old harry burkhart arraigned yesterday. investigators say he went on the spree after his mother was arrested on international arrest warrant. the judge increased his bail, though from $2.75 million. nobody was hurt during the fires. >>> a north carolina woman says her survival instinct kicked in when she attacked an intrudeer with a bed post. she saw the 40-year-old man lurking in her hallway. her 10-year-old sister ran to a neighbor's house for help at the same time and jones reached for the only weapon she could find. a bedpost. >> this is the first thing i see so i reached andy like this and it ca

on trial today at camp pendleton in california in the killing of 24 unarmed civilians in iraq.t happened in 2005 and it's been described as an atrocity by u.s. troops there. but the accused, staff sergeant frank wuterich, says the action he took that day was to protect his fellow marines. wuterich was leading a squad through a neighborhood in the hostile town of haditha. a bomb exploded, killing one of wuterich's marines, lance corporal miguel terrazas and wounding two others. while searching for the bomber, the marines killed five unarmed men who drove up in a car, then they went house to house. in his only interview on "60 minutes" in 2007 wuterich told us the marines rolled grenades into rooms when they heard rustling behind the doors. did you step in the room? >> i did glance in that room. >> pelley: what did you see? >> it was... you know, a... bodies. >> pelley: the bodies that you saw. can you describe them? >> you know, initially you know... i can't initially. i remember there may have been women in there. may have been children in there. >> pelley: and you recognize th

the couple toured camp pendleton yesterday where they met with wounded marines and their families. look at how marines train for combat before they go to afghanistan. friday's visit followed two other southern california stops for the vice president, including a campaign rally in los angeles. >>> white house officials are in the bay area this morning to meet with san jose's hispanic community. the white house is holding what it is calling a community action summit today at evergreen college. that summit is designed to let the white house hear from the hispanic community on several issues. today's summit starts at 9 a.m. and will go continue in 4 p.m. >>> end kirking news from california's labor force. the employment development department says the state's jobless rate cropped to 11.1% in december, a drop of 2/10 of a percent from the month before. it's also the lowest rate since april of 2009. however, despite that drop, the state added just about 10,000 jobs last month. here in the bay area, unemployment is lower than the state average in all nine counties. once again, marin hundr

we are watching what happens to a pair of crosses on a hill above camp pendleton, california.chaplain put up the cross to honor comrades killed in iraq and afghanistan. it was a bonding experience for the guys, dragging it up that steep hill, a memorial that doubled as an accomplishment. little did these guys know that they were posing in front of a memorial to themselves. three of them later died fighting for their country, and now there's another battle being fought. a court battle. is this cross a government endorsement of religion? we're talking about this with retired navy chaplain scott redesky. the cross was his idea. we'll talk about the legal issue also with an attorney. i start with you. i look at the picture you sent me of the marines surrounding this cross that honors fallen comrades. now three of those marines have died. they had no idea they would be posing by their own memorial. when you look at this picture now, what goes through your mind? >> it's an atypical memorial. it's not something that you would see in a central park or even a faith-based community. it

room where an inmate and gilchrist, i observed gilchrist on his knee, his face and hands were in pendleton'sn't look like what it was. the video cabinet is tall. he was standing there watching the movie, rewinding it. i was in the bottom half of the cabinet. i was putting away videos we had already seen. and the officer came walking by. i knew it looked bad. i told him right -- >> certainly seems like there's sufficient evidence that there was something sexual going on. i'm going to find you guilty of group violation number 15, sexual misconduct. it is a class "b" which can be up to 90 days. i'm just going to go with 60 just like you had on the last one. 60 days disciplinary detention. do you wish to appeal this decision? >> no. >> no appeal? okay. >> he's going into dd because he was found guilty of disciplinary problems. so he is allowed two sets of clothes, two toothpaste, two deodorant, one toothbrush, two bars of soap, his bible. and there's what you're allowed. >> basically this is it. you are stripped of everything. this is my life in a bag. it's just us and the walls and it kind of p

look where i am at the marines at camp pendleton and the things i have seen.e been able go to the refugee camps in kenya and fight famine, help fight famine. i've been able to work on my love, education, and work for community colleges for all americans to look at what opportunities they can have. i think that's probably the best things -- everyday is like a best day. there are down times. >> what's been the worst day? >> the worst day, the worst day is a personal kind of thing. it was three weeks before we were elected. within a span of four days, my mother died, my son was deployed to iraq, i had to bury my mother, and then i sort of had to pick myself up and get out on the trail again. that was the worst time for me. >> you've got a pack of rottweiler republicans scrapping it out now -- >> that's your description. >> yeah. mine. scrapping it out to have the right to take on barack obama and your husband. are you guys ready for the fight that's coming? >> yeah. i think we're ready. it wasn't easy the last time. but i think we're ready. we're looking forward

. >> reporter: at a sentencing hearing today at camp pendleton, california, wooterich told a judge he never intended to kill any civilians in what diva. -- hadaifa. he now faces no more than three months in prison. he was facing manslaughter charges that could have sent him to prison for life. he was the last of eight marines charged in haditha. >> charms were dropped against the six other marines charged in the case and one marine was acquitted. >>> violence on the rise in iraq, after more than a dozen people are killed in a string of car bombings. tina kraus reports for wjz, insurgent attacks have escalated isins the departure of troops last month. >> reporter: iraqi soldiers guarded the scene, following a deadly car bomb blast in baghdad. two explosions rocked the neighborhood in the capital, wounding and killing dozens more. what did these iraqis do to deserve this, the shop owner asks. insurgents planted more car bombs in an area of baghdad. this blast hit close to two schools. killing three people and wounding seven children. attacks like these have been on the rise across iraq

how much sense does it make if you have a company like walmart that has a great employee in camp pendletonlifornia where there is a big marine base knowing that spouse is going to move to a jacksonville, north carolina base, why would you make that spouse look again for employment when they can progress in walmart? >> reporter: military spouses are not charity cases say advocates. like much of the country, working is a necessity. >> many military families are duel income and they need the second income to survive. people assume that the military just takes care of its families and they have everything they need. that's not the case. many struggle financially. >> reporter: susan thomas believes a job also means family security. >> we cannot count on living in one place for a certain amount of time. we can't always count on having a spouse available to support us. we can't count on having family structure to support us. employment is a tremendous stability and it's very important for the psyche. >> reporter: also important say advocates is for employers to recognize the sacrifices of the sol

in fact, overnight, baird county, pendleton county, 2 to 3 inches of snow.on your future weather we're cold and we're still a bit windy for the evening. we'll settle to a breezy type of condition as we get into the late night and early tomorrow morning. continued cold to partly sunny sky. there is an area of low pressure. we'll stay to our south but it will provide the area with some clouds i think late saturday and more sunshine behind it for sunday but again continued cold. 30 to 36 degrees for your evening forecast. that west wind still at 10 to 20 miles per hour. tomorrow morning, 23 to 28 degrees so when you head off to the expo, make sure you bundle up and have nice exercise clothes on underneath. we know how to do it at the convention center each year don't we? >> oh, yeah. >> we want you to exercise. cold weekend. we're back into the mid 50s by tuesday. and that means with temperatures in the mid 50s we're talking about rain and not snow. sorry for you snow lovers. we'll hit the extended forecast when we come back. >> what you and doug are saying is

two are in custody at camp pendleton lejeune. one may be back in afghanistan.tary of state hillary clinton called the actions deplorable. >> inconsistent with american values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel. >> nbc news has learned the pentagon tapped the same man who oversaw the repeal of don't ask, don't tell to lead the investigation into this incident. experts say swift and strong punishment is expected, and it could run up the chain of command. >>> today flags across maryland will be flown at half staff in memory of a local soldier killed in afghanistan. 30-year-old army specialist ronald wildrick jr. was killed december 11 by a roadside bomb. a memorial service was held yesterday in woodsboro. the remains will be buried today at arlington national cemetery. >>> a warning for pepco customers this morning about a scam. the utility company says nearly two dozen customers have received calls about a so-called green dot visa credit card offer to make payments. the call also advises customers to call another number and

wuterich is being tried at camp pendleton, california, for voluntary manslaughter in nine of the deaths. six other marines had charges dropped or dismissed, and one was acquitted. three bombs went off in baghdad this evening, killing at least 17 iraqis. it appeared to be the latest in a wave of sectarian violence that has left more than 90 people dead in less than a week. and in afghanistan, a man wearing an afghan army uniform shot and killed a u.s. soldier at an american base on sunday. it happened several hundred miles south of kabul. a nationwide strike over skyrocketing fuel prices brought nigeria to a virtual standstill today. thousands of protesters massed across the west african country, including more than 10,000 in lagos alone. they burned tires and carried signs accusing the government of corruption. witnesses said police shot and killed at least three protesters. the crowds demanded the return of subsidies that kept the price of gasoline artificially low. in yemen, hundreds of people protested against a new law granting president ali abdullah saleh immunity from prosecution.

. >> dretzin: and at camp pendleton in california, the marines train troops about to deploy using interactivele simulations, with virtual civilians appearing alongside virtual insurgents. >> left side! >> right side, clear! >> clear! >> we policed some rooms over there about an hour ago, and i accidentally shot a civilian. i'm glad it just happened on the screen and it didn't really happen in real life. >> dretzin: but it's on the battlefield that the most profound implications of using new technologies are coming into focus. >> other aircraft. air space. altitude. >> all right, it looks like we're by ourselves out here in 63 bravo high... >> dretzin: from air-conditioned rooms on this air force base in the desert outside of las vegas, pilots fly unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, that execute missions in iraq and afghanistan. >> ...might be taking fire at this time. >> dretzin: airmen here are required to wear flight suits to work, even though they sit 7,500 miles away from the battlefield. >> every so often, you have technologies that come along that rewrite the rules of the game. yet we

>>reporter: was part he lives with his parents in the town of pendleton hard to ever outside of a tampa part-time at his parents who talk in st. peter's river apparently he appears to be the same person that sent reeling against materialism in his video of them if you look all her, you struggle to survive through. >>reporter: cars to the structure now he also showed up with the controversial group that tries to hot--of this war--that tries to disrupt fuel with their message that god hates america. and now he was trying to buy an al qaeda a flat in september and november he asked the agent to supply him with bomb making materials and automatic weapons. the spi cdc reported him because he said you want to do something terrifying the last saturday they supplied him with guns, grenades and explosives. but all been rendered harmless. the undercover agent helped him to record a video will he explain his motives. at that point he was arrested. the 15 k to indictment charges him with plotting to use a weapon of mass destruction kimmitt sent the fbi says that the plot was serious. >> in this ins

staff sergeant frank pleaded not guilty to charges yesterday at camp pendleton. he faces nine counts of voluntary manslaughter and other charges for his roll in the deaths of two dozen iraqi civilians -- in the town of haditha. >>> the pentagon is investigate whether or not filmmakers were given access to classified details of the killing of osama bin laden. this is after republican congressman peter king remains -- raised concerns. the director who directed "the hurt locker" is making a movie about the hunt for bin laden. the movie is scheduled to be released in december. >>> almost a year after the mass shooting in arizona, new details now about the man charged with the crime. jared loughner is accused of killing six people and severely wounding others including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. washington, d.c. police say that in 2009, congresswoman give orders' office received a suspicious later that -- letter that received similar writing from loughner. it was never proven to be from him. officials say he tried to send a letter to a tv reporter after his arr

they're going after a cross atop a hill at camp pendleton in san diego. it's not an official site sanctioned by the marine corps or the federal government and the cross can't even be seen by the public. but groups are pushing the marine corps to remove the cross from camp pendleton even when the base is contributing much of their man power to the fight in afghanistan and more recently iraq. the memorial in san diego is also a cause for their outrage. the memorial first erected to honor veterans of the korean war, displaying a 29-foot concrete cross, is now under the full ownership of the department of defense. at the base of the cross are more than 3,000 plaques with images and statements paying tribute to the veterans of all wars and religions. last year the runaway ninth circuit court ruled that the memorial is unconstitutional, overturning a lower court rule ruling. -- ruling. even though the memorial for all its years as a fixture of the san diego community has one stated purpose, to remember those who have fought and died for this nation. h.r. 290 en

in the meantime, memories are fading and then the senior lawyers at the command at camp pendleton didn't press for their support and prosecutors were forced for a trial date. you go six years without it being unheard of. there's some blame on the prosecutors themselves. >> he obviously struck this plea deal. does that work the same way if it does in the civilian court? >> sure. they get together and decide what charges can be supported in the pretile and what sentence is appropriate. they make a deal and it's signed by the senior general who convenes the court. it goes before the judge, the judge then sentences to what he the judge feels is an appropriate sentence and then, only then, can he look at the pretrial agreement to see what the deal was there and which ever is the lesser, the pretrial sentence or the lesser. >> what kind of message do you think this sends the international community about our troops? does it show that they don't old the troops accountable? >> obviously not. it's too bad because i think we have an excellent military justice system. in this case, it was so convol

. >> reporter: that ceremony was held at camp pendleton in front of a barracks that will be named afterrporal donald hogan. his parents said his whole life he said he wanted nothing more than to become a marine, and he died a heroic marine indeed. megyn: he served them well and his country well. there is a political film that claims to be about mitt romney's time at bain capital. but some of the people featured in this movie are saying they were taken grossly out of context. they join us next to tell us what really happened. and they don't call him the greatest for nothing. a look at world heavyweight champ muhammad ali's greatest moments as he celebrates the big 7-0. >> 15 times i said what round he will be going down. there he is, poised to discover plum amazins, the amazing alternative to raisins and cranberries with more fiber, less sugar, and a way better glycemic index. he's clearly enjoying one of the planet's most amazing superfruits. hey, keep it down mate, you'll wake the kids. plum amazins. new, from sunsweet. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured sett

are outraged the blood bath resulted in deaths of two dozen iraqi civilians, the ruling at camp pendletonank woodridge pled guilty for dereliction of duty. >> if you want to look to who is responsible for this, if you thing it is an injustice, you look to the prosecutors, they made decisions, based on their own notions of what they thought happened. >> some considered the attack among the war's lowest moments folks in iraq are still saddened by the incident and outraged by news of the verdict. >> i was expecting the american judiciary would sentence this person to life in prison. >> regretly we are disappointed i will contact a lawyer for the victims family in america to explain. >> some here are taken aback by the uld seem he had a certain degree of responsibility for what went on if indeed as he admitted he gave orders or basically said shoot first ask questions later. i mean, that is not in compliance with standard rules of engagement. >>> seven other marines initially charged were exonerated or had their cases dropped,. >>> the economy and jobs, front and center during the state of th

. >>> a mane at camp pendleton, california, testified wednesday that his commanding officer ordered violents squad killed 24 iraqi men, women and children in 2005. sergeant sannic dell la cruz was granded immunity in exchange for his testimony about a staff sergeant. >>> a mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates who among 200 pardoned or given medical releases by republican governor, haley barbour, just before his term ended on tuesday. the judge acted on a request by the state's democratic attorney general, who said barbour may have violated the state constitution by failing to give sufficient public notice. >>> president obama is back in washington this morning, after political fundraising events last night in chicago that were expected to raise $2 million. his campaign announced this morning that the president raised more than $68 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 alone compared to republican front-runner, mitt romney's $24 million raised in that same time period. >>> meantime, romney is hitting the campaign trail today, in the next primary state, south ca

the sergeant will then travel to california to finish out his duty at camp pendleton. >>> a georgia manrse to than for his survival on kidney dialysis. the nurse donated a kidney to 23-year-old clay contain effort. with four children about the same effort as him she bonded with him and they had transplant surgery this week. >> and i really am feeling great. it's been an amazing experience, and i've been blessed a million times over. >> with the support of her family, and just to deal without knowing me for longer than the six weeks i was in the hospital, for her to do that, it was overwhelming. >> the nurse hopes the story will inspire others to do the same. there are more than 80,000 people who need kidney transplants in the u.s. alone. >>> the clock is ticking to kickoff. tens every thousands of 49ers fans at today's game. only one says highway has gone to more games than anyone else and did not even let a health scare break his streak. >> morning to you! san rafael off to a chilly start this morning. frosty conditions for parts of the valley. mostly clear skies, spring-like weather i

high temperature yesterday of pendleton, oregon, 69 as well.2 degrees expected in denver. 61 in kansas city. 40 degrees in new york city. rebounding there after the chill. one other thing, 5 opinion 3 magnitude quake west of santa domingo earlier this morning. for reports of any sort of structure damage in the city. still getting reports in from some of the outskirts. but initial reports no damage and no injuries but nonetheless, strong shaking reported and it is always a scary thing when it is dark out this early in the morning. back over to you. >> rob, thank you for that. appreciate it. >>> it is 15 minutes fast hour. time to check the stories making news this morning. the u.s. armed forces getting downsized. leon panetta and president obama will unveil the new pentagon strategy today. includes cutting tens of thousands of troops and means the u.s. will no longer be able to fight two ground wars simultaneously. >>> this just in. cnn from ogden, utah, one of the six police officers shot and wounded overnight has apparently died from the injur

marine charged in the 2005 massacre in iraq accepted a plea deal in his court-martial at camp pendleton, california. 31-year-old marine staff sergeant frank wit ric pleaded guilty for dereliction of duty for leading a squad to kill 21 civilians. the manslaughter charges were dropped, and he faces three months of confinement. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be at the state of the union address this evening. she was shot in the head a year ago and is resigning from congress in week to e ffocus onr recovery. >>> this could have ended badly for snowmobilers at stampede pass sunday. an avalanche buried him alive and a group rushed to dig him out. they found the head and grabbed shovels to dig him out completely. luckily, everyone is doing okay. scary video. now, it is 17 after the hour. back the ann and matt. >> this is lucky to have other people to see him there and get him out. he is a lucky young man. >> absolutely. >> mr. rocher here with a check of the weather and here in the east and the west they are having a nice stretch as we are here. >> not the friends in the pacific nor