pinkney throws it. well short of the first down. completed to jamar bryant and that never had a chance. zach brown, a sophomore from columbia, maryland, made the stop only after a two-yard gain. >> ray: i think you kick a field goal here, pam. try to get points on the board. 47-yarder, there's abouts and trying to get something going. get this thing tied a bit. get this thing back it a one-score ball game. >> pam: hartman's career long kick is a 52-yarder against utep. and it's blocked! north carolina gets it right at the line and recovers at the 40. >> ray: and that's our guy, charles brown, who came around the edge and stuck a hand out, i believe, and got the block. north carolina stems the tide. >> pam: so they've bent but did not break on that drive. >> pam: north carolina preserves a ten-point lead over east carolina, thanks it a big special teams' play. >> ray: yeah, it was cam thomas, actually, who blocks this thing. i thought it was charles brown coming around the outside, but it's thomas. and you see him get up right here.

pinkney with time to throw. completes it to dwayne harris who is tackled a couple of yards shy of the first down. a 16-yard pick-up for the pirates. >> ray: this is a desperation time drive right now. for skip holtz and his team. i know there's 11:30 or so left in this thing. but if they really want to make a rally in getting themselves in it at the end, they need at least a field goal out of this drive. >> pam: facing a third and one. from their own 40. they're throwing for it on third and one. pinkney with a nice grab and boy joe womack got the high throw, gathered it in in front of deunta williams for the big first down. >> ray: this is something that they saw upstairs where they knew that they had just one high safety up top. and so you try to get the throw out in between that safety in the corner and that's what they were exactly able to do as pinkney put some mustard on that one and the throw got there before deunta williams could. >> pam: womack caught it for a 21-yard gain. on a third and one. pinkney th

here's our report. >> reporter: 18-year-old xifier pinkney sat stone-faced as the judge pronounced theof capital murder for the victim's husband and father the decision brings some relief in the wake of incredible loss. >> this has been very difficult, nine and a half months, obviouslyaving this moment weighing over us for all that time it's made it that much more difficult, and just very relieved, very pleased that the justice system worked for us. >> reporter: the bodies of 19-year-old james smith and his 39-year-old mother jean were discovered just six days before christmas last year in their dale city home. a younger sibling connor made the tragic discovery when he arrid home from school that day. testimony today revealed for the first time exactly how the two were killed. james, a jmu student home from college, was napping on the couch. he was shot between the eyes. >> and, of course, the mom came home and she was naturally upset. she ran up to try to use the phone to call 911, and he shot her in the ear while she was attempting to make that call. >> reporter: prosecutors used tha

ron pinkney says he has known the suspects for more than a year and he insists they are not racist or even tied to a white supremacist group after all. pinkney says the report suggesting emanuel miller and zachary watson are white supremacists are simply wrong. >> these are just regular kids. they messed around and found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time and now they got to pay the price but i want the public to know that without a shadow of a doubt that these are not racist. >> miller, watson and 27-year-old calvin lockner, the alleged masterminds. they face a host of charges including a hate crime. all held without bond. the two teens are due back in court on september 29th. >>> let's go to howard county this morning. a panty heist plea. a 24-year-old man pleaded guilty to a series of burglaries including several in ellicott city. they all happened last year and in each case the mainly female victims reported having their underwear stolen. the burglar, brian hong even told police at least once he dressed as a woman while committing the crime. he will be sentenced comin

and then pinkney drills it down the middle. and then harris finishes that drive.is a little bits overmatched. and he's going to have to pull out some stops. he's going to have to go to the razzle-dazzle. he's going to have to do some different things to kind of get things back up to moving his way in this battle. >> pam: pinkney who was 7 of 11 throwing the ball in the first half is sacked on the first play of the second half. robert quinn drops him for a nine-yard loss. >> ray: robert quinn just comes right off the edge. you're going to see him. he's right up here and he's just going to womcome right off of t edge. kevin gidrey. gidrey didn't have a chance because quinn was on an inside track and that's not a good start for the pirate offense. >> pam: that's the fourth negative play registered by the carolina defense, the north carolina defense, seventh in the nation in total yards. run play for brandon jackson, who can't turn the corner. they're going backwards. and this east carolina offense has gone backwards once the second half starts. in their first two gam

killing two people in dale city last december was found guilty in court today. 18-year-old xavier pinkney was accused of shooting jean smith and her son james inside their home. under state law pinkney cannot receive the death penalty because she was a minor at the time of the crime. faces up to a life sentence. >>> a fire forced dozens of people out of their apartment building in rockville this morning. the building is in the 10,000 block of grover in place. the fire is believed to have started on the second floor, but officials aren't sure what sparked it. >>> iran has tested another round of missiles and continues to test the limits of international tolerance for its nuclear activities. the united states government, in turn, is demanding for iran to come clean about its nuclear program and to shut it down. >> steve handelsman has the latest flow capitol hill. -- >> reporter: this time it was a test of median-range missiles that could carry warheads about 1,200 miles, far enough to hit israel, or to hit u.s. bases in iraq or afghanistan. over the weekend, iran tested its latest shorter

ron pinkney has known the suspects for more than a year and insists they are not racist or tied to a white supremacy group. pinkney says the suggestion that they are white supremacists are simply wrong. >> they are just regular kids. they messed around and found themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time and now they have to pay the price but i want the public to know without a shadow of a doubt these are not racists. >> miller, watson and 27-year-old calvin lockner, the alleged mastermind of last month's beating face a host of charges including a hate crime. they are held without bond. the two teens are due back in court september 28th. >>> a panty heist plea in howard county. a 24-year-old man pleaded guilty to a series of burglaries including several in ellicott city. the mainly female victims reported having underwear stolen. the the man, brian hong told police he once dressed up as a woman to commit the crime. he will be sentenced in december. >>> the baltimore county council gave the green light last night to the speed cameras. they could be in place in october in some sel

ron pinkney says he's known them for over a year and they are not tied to a white supremacist groups. >> these are just regular kids. they messed around and found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. now they got to pay the price but i want the public to know that without a shadow of a doubt these are not racist. they don't have white supremacist attitudes about ethnic peoples, they are just regular kids. >> miller, watson and calvin lockner, the alleged mastermind of last month's beating face a host of charges, including a hate crime. all held without bond. teens are due back in court september 28th. >>> 5:04. 200 guns were stolen from a pawn shop. in downtown havre de grace. police say the suspects broke in during a blackout in the area that may have affected the pawn shop security system. >> apparently from what i was told somebody hit the transformer. >> it can happen anywhere. it was an opportunity that somebody took advantage of. >> knowing, yeah, there's guns on the street, yeah, that's scary. >> residents say that the power outage lasted about an hour and police ar

they say pinkney shot the smiths so no one could identify him. it was the verdict that family members were looking for. >> this has been very difficult 9 1/2 months. obviously, having this moment weighing over us for all this time has made it that much more difficult. just very relieved, very pleased that the justice system worked for us. >> pinkney will be sentenced in february. he was a juvenile during the killings so he cannot receive the death penalty. under current law, his accept tense will be life in prison without parole. >> well, tod president obama has afghanistan on his mind. he'll be talking strategy with his top advisers. the big topic is the number of troops in afghanistan. general stanley mcchrystal wants up to 40,000 more. he says without more troops in the next year, america could lose the war there, but the president has not agreed to that request yet, saying he wants more clarity about the mission. he also is facing pressure from democrats on capitol hill who would like to see fewer troops, not more. >> i don't think there's a