randall pinkston on graduation day for basketball legend neil. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> dubois: good evening. it was a contentious start to a military trial many years in the making. five alleged al qaeda plotters attempted to upset the hearing without saying a word. our chief legal correspondent jan crawford is there correspondent sheik and the other 9/11 suspects were in the same courtroom four years ago and they were defined. today they followed a different strategy, silence. he sat at a table in the front of the courtroom, and again khalid sheikh mohammed, the mastermind of september 11, seemed in charge. captured in pakistan in 2003, today mohammed, known as ksm, is thinner, his bushy beard tinted red. once seated he said nothing. when military judge james paul asked repeated questions about whether he wanted lawyers and who he wanted to represent him, ksm looked away. paul asked ksm eight questions, and eight times the judge said the accused refuses to answer. the other four terror suspects accused of t

. >>> randall pinkston report s with the first video of warren winestein since he was captured last summer. >> reporter: it is unclear when this image was recorded but it is the first time the 70-year- old has been seen since he was kidnapped in pakistan, 9 months ago. >> my life is in your hands mr. president. if you accept the demands i live, if you don't accept the demands then i die. >> reporter: those demands call for the united states to stop drone air strikes and release all al qaeda prisoners although this is the first sign of life, the state department says it is been working to free the american hostage since last august. >> we have called and continue to call for his immediate release, and we continue to co- operate closely with pakistan authorities. >> reporter: in the video, winestein appeals to the president as a father, mentioning he also has two daughters. white house press secretary jay carney says the president is aware of the video but down the know if he watched it. >>> the u.s. government will continue making every effort to release mr. winestein released to his family

shaq: randall pinkston watches graduation day for basketball legend shaquille o'neal. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> dubois: good evening. i'm maurice dubois. it was a contentious start to a military trial many years in the making. five alleged al qaeda plotters managed to disrupt today's arraignment without ever saying a word. the hearing took place at the u.s. military base at guantanamo bay, cuba. our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford, is there. >> reporter: khalid sheik mohammed and the four other top 9/11 suspects were in the same courtroom four years ago, and they were defiant. there were repeated outbursts. they said they wanted to plead guilty. well, today, they followed a different strategy: silence. he sat at a table in the front of the courtroom, and again khalid sheikh mohammed, the confessed mastermind of september 11, seemed in charge. captured in pakistan in 2003, today, mohammed, known as k.s.m., is thinner, his bushy beard tinted red. once seated, he said nothing. when military judge james paul asked repeated quest

randall pinkston's here in new york with that and a whole lot more. od morning, randall. >> good morning. stocks overseas rallied. tokyo's nikkei gained 0.5%. hong kong's hang seng added about 1%. a strong report on u.s. manufacturing sent stocks on wall street higher. the dow gained 65 points to close at its highest level since 2007. nasdaq up 4. mark your calendars for may 18th. that is reportedly the day that facebook shares will go public. according to t"the wall street journa journal", the social networking site will begin meeting with investors early next week ahead of the initial public offering. facebook hopes the ipo will raise about $5 billion. >>> both ford and general motors reportedly april sales were down from a year ago but the news was good for chrysler. the u.s. automaker had its best april since 2008 with sales up 20% from last year. >>> a group of british lawmakers say rupert murdoch is unfit to run his worldwide media company, news corp. the ruling is based on last year's phone-hacking scandal at his newspaper, "news of the world" a

randall pinkston on checkey o'neal's newest accomplishment. >>> shaquille o'neal made breathtaking plays on the basketball court. but o'neill calls this achievement the most important of his career receiving a doctorate in education from a florida university and a private catholic school. >>> it is my number was an accomplishment because i did not think i could do it. >>> typical shack blending pomp and circumstance with the joyful left of a college official. in his career and business venture he discovered humor is useful it was the subject of his dissertation >>> happy employees equal at the customer's happy customers equal happy shareholders jack praised his parents for being tough on him, is that was too ill to attend the ceremony but his mother was there and beaming with pride. >>> i am honored to call him dr., he has earned the title >>> the nba is not keep statistics on how many players pursue advanced degrees but he hopes he becomes a role model for other players and students everywhere. >>> children look up to me for a guy that went to school and wants to continue his education

randall pinkston is at the white house with more. >> reporter: president obama's campaign is already out with a new internet ad calling his republican opponent backwards on equality. the president's declaration wednesday to good morning america's robin roberts that same-sex couples should be able to marry moved the issue to the front of the 2012 presidential campaign. >> i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> reporter: the president hopes the announcement will fire up the democratic base. >> it was really meaningful to hear the president unequivocally support our community. >> reporter: but it's not sitting well with some members of the hispanic and african- american communities who overwhelmingly supported president obama in 2008. >> it has the potential of splitting the vote. it really does from african- americans based on christianity and politics. >> reporter: the white house says president obama was looking for the right time to make his position known but admit their hand was forced over the weekend when vice president biden announced his support for same-se

randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >> weinstein has a heart problem. in the video, however, he claims to be getting all of his medications. >>> today a student is taking a high school to court over the school's display of the ten commandments, it is at narrow high school in giles county, virginia. the student says by putting up the 10 commandments the school is violating the first amendment protection against government endorsement of religion. the school board however says the 10 commandments display is part of a larger presentation that includes other historical documents. >>> parishioners at st. peter's spent this weekend healing from a tragedy. the reverend mary margarite cole died after being taken off a respirator. she was one of two people killed when a homeless gunman opened fire before turning the gun on himself. brenda brewington, the church's secretary, was also killed. and the reverend eugene taylor sutton presided over yesterday's emotional service. >> we remember their suffering. we blessed and hallowed the places where they had been sens

randall pinkston reports on the terror operation. >> reporter: the double agent who swirled al-qaida'sest plot also helped take out one of the famous leaders. he gave the u.s. information that led to last week's drone strike against alcuzo. but there's no indication that u.s. intelligence agents have gotten any closer to the bomb making master mind abraham hassan al-asiri. >> when does the bomb maker go down. my question is not did we stop the plot, my question is did we get enough information to stop the plotter and that's the bomb maker that's still out on the field. >> when your sitting on the table you have a simple priority and that is to ensure that even if you want to destroy the organization you don't put american or other lives at risk. >> reporter: muller told lawmakers that this the áf shows that the united states has to stop allies. >> aqap has attempted several attacks on the u.s. including the attempted bombing of u.s. bound cargo planes in 2010. >> reporter: even as the fbi takes apart this new and improved bomb. there are no immediate plans to change airport security sc

randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >> republican mitt romney is talking about jobs today at a factory in charlotte, north carolina. the president is meeting with a family in reno, nevada this afternoon, to discuss efforts to help homeowners pay their mortgages. >>> first lady michele obama will be speaking today at virginia tech's commencement ceremony. more than 5,000 graduates and relatives have packed the stadium in blacksburg, virginia for the historic event. the first lady also plans to speak at north carolina a&t on saturday and oregon state on june 17. >>> right now d.c. accident investigators are restricting a crash that sent one man to the hospital. a work truck hit the man on north capitol street near 8th street northwest. the driver did stop. the unidentified victim was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> doctors are trying to save a toddler who was found unconscious in a bathtub in laurel, maryland. family members found the little girl last night at their home on 10th street near montrose avenue. they performed cpr on the child with instruc

randall pinkston reports on the white house. >> reporter: the double agent who helped u.s. intelligence officials foil the al qaeda bomb plot was a saudi citizen working for the c.i.a. the agent infiltrated al qaeda in the peninsula. >> a lot of saudi members of al qaeda went down to yemen. some of them want to go home. some of them are tired. some have families in saudi arabia. those are the kind of guys who could serve as double agents. >> reporter: al qaeda asked that double agent to carry a new generation bomb on to an american-bound jetliner. he received the bomb and handed it over to u.s. officials. >> they're making mistakes. they're not big mistakes but we've been fortunate that they've been caught. >> reporter: the bomb is said to be a new design of the underwear bomb that failed to blow up a flight over detroit on christmas day 2009. this one has no metallic parts and may have made it through airport met a.m. detectors. at least -- metal detectors. at least one news organization heard about the bomb plot last week but the white house asked them to hold the story t

randall pinkston has the latest. >> reporter: specialists from the f.b.i. are picking apart the bomb. they want to know if it could have made it past airport security and on to a plane. intelligence agents say the device is a more refined version of the so-called underwear bomb that malfunctioned on board a plane over detroit on christmas day 2009. >> what the f.b.i. is doing is taking a look at the i.e.d. construction and see what type of refinements and modifications might have been made. >> reporter: officials say this bomb didn't use any metal but it's possible new full body scanners at about 170 airports may have detected the device. president obama's counterterrorism advisor says c.i.a. agents work with a number of international partners to foil this plot. officials say al qaeda and the arabian peninsula and other terrorist groups are still a real threat. >> they keep trying to devise more and more perverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people. >> reporter: u.s. officials say ibrahim al-asiri likely created the device. he also created the underwe

randall pinkston, back to you. >> thank you. romney will be in virginia tomorrow speaking at liberty university. president obama will deliver the commencement address at barnard college in new york before attending a fundraiser hosted by singer ricky martin. >>> in baltimore a mixed verdict for a campaign consultant accused of sending out robocalls to try and suppress black voter turn out. julius henson worked with bob ehrlich in the 2010 election. a jury found henson guilty of conspiracy in not providing an authority line on campaign materials but he was found not guilty of using fraud to influence the voters' decision whether to vote. henson will be sentenced on this split verdict next month. >>> police are working on creating descriptions of two men accused of attacking a woman in merrifield. this happened early this morning behind a school in the 2400 block of gallows road. >> reporter: i'm armando trull in fairfax county and this is the scene that greeted parents, teachers and students at this montessori school, fair fact c

randall pinkston has the latest for wjz. >> reporter: specialists from the fbi are picking apart the bomb. they want to know if it could have made it past airport security and onto a plane. intelligence agents say the device is a more refined version of the so-called underwear bomb that no function onboard on a plane on christmas day 2009. >> what the fbi is doing is taking a look at the ied construction and to see what types of her finest and modifications might have been made. >> officials say the storm didn't use metal, but it's a possible full body scanners may have detected the device. >> president obama's counterterrorism advisers says cia agents work with a number of international partners who spoil the plot. officials say the al qaeda and the arabian peninsula and other terrorist groups are still a real threat. >> they keep trying to devise more and more terrible ways to kill innocent people. >> u.s. officials say he likely designed the new device also creating the underwear bomb and hid explosives in cargo planes on 2010. someone else would have carried out this attack are y

randall pinkston explains. >> reporter: the white house says president obama is respectful of those who disagree with him but that his support of same sex marriage came about not because of a policy debate, but because of a personal decision he reached over the past several months. the president is off raising money on the west coast after declaring his support for same sex marriage. he's swinging through seattle before hitting hollywood where other high profile backers of same sex marriage are expected to help him raise nearly $15 million. the obama campaign is already out with a new internet ad calling his republican opponent backwards on equality. lawmakers are weighing how the president's position will play in november. >> it had to do with who he is, what he stands for, what he believes, what he thinks is right for america, our families, our values and our faith in the future. anything about the politics is incidental. >> reporter: the same sex marriage issue took republican presidential hopeful mitt romney off message thursday. he's on the defense about a washington post article s

randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> a major new study has good news for coffee drinkers. likely to live longer than abstainers. researchers studied 400,000 people for 13 years. among other things they found men who drank two or three cups of coffee a day were 10% less likely to die at any age than noncoffee drinkers. >>> i'm manuel gallegus and this is the "cbs morning news." coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart ways to sweeten. same great taste. splenda® essentials™. same great taste. >>> marty is in the first warning weather center. >> we have the tiniest moon. temperatures in the mid 60s. sunshine through this thursday. 75 at lunch on a way to a high of 77. 74 this beautiful evening. >>> here is what we have our eye on today. timothy gikner discusses the country. >> an event of job hunters and soft shell crab celebration kicks off. >> the eyes of the world are on this area as the world's most powerful leaders gather for t

randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> a major new study has good news for coffee drinkers.re likely to live longer than abstainers. researchers studied 400,000 people. men who drank three or four cups of coffee a day were less likely to die at any rage than noncoffee drinkers. i'm manuel gallegus. coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart ways to sweeten. same great taste. splenda® essentials™. >>> good morning and welcome to 9news now. today is thursday, may 17th. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck, glad you're with us, beverly farmer is going to have timesaver traffic in a moment too. and howard bernstein has great news to start us off. >> cold front is coming through right now and if you liked yesterday, the next four days are going to be fantastic around here. right through the weekend. got the preakness. the air show at andrews, the joint services open house. >> perfect. >> it's going to be great. let's get to it this mo

randall pinkston reports from washington. >> reporter: the double average who helped foil the plot, also helped the u.s. take out one of its terrorist group leaders. according to officials, he gave the u.s. information that led to last week's drone strike against fad alcousteau. al qaeda's chief officer in yemen. but there is no indication that they have gotten any closer to the bomb-making mastermind. >> when does the bomb-maker go down? my question here wouldn't be simply, did we or didn't we stop the plot? my question would be, did we get enough information to stop the bomber. and that's the average still in the field. >> reporter: he removed himself from the operation, and cost himself a valuable cia asset. >> when you're watching this threat develop, have a -- you have a simple priority. and that is to ensure, even if you want to destroy the organization, you don't put others at risk. >> reporter: congress needs to renew the counter intelligence tools. >> al qaeda represents the top counter terrorism threat. they have represented several attempted attacks on the u.s., including the

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randall pinkston, week eyewitness news. >> we'll have more reaction to the president's announcement, plus the latest on the same-sex marriage battle here in maryland, coming up at 6:00. >>> right now, final preparations are under way for an extremely risky stunt at the heart of baltimore. take a live look at the harbor. in less than 15 minutes. nick wolinda will attempt a tightrope walk across the water, without any safety equipment. wjz is live there tonight. wjz shows us the last-minute preps for this dangerous act. jessica? >> reporter: he is wearing bright green spandecex. -- spandex. and no doubt, all eyes will be on nick wolinda as he gets up in a little bit, as he gets ornto the platform, which will lead to the tight rope wire. and it is degree to be amaze -- going to be amazing. we talked to him as he prepared. >> reporter: at the inner harbor, crews secured the wire as nick wolinda prepares to walk over the inner harbor. for several generations, the wolinda family has performed death-defying stunts. wolinda's walk today is a tribute to his great grandfather, who walked over

randall pinkston reports for wjz from the white house, with more information. >>> u.s. countterrorism officials say the foiled bomb plot never posed a danger to the american people. officials are not identifying that person but say aqab, the al qaeda branch in yemen, was behind the investigation. >> the aqap has been clearly determined to pursue these attempted attacks. and we are going to do everything in our power to stop them, long before they get to an aircraft. >> reporter: officials say the device had all of the hallmarks of ibra ham alasiry, the mastermind behind the underwear bomb that failed in 2009. as well as the 2010 attempt to hide explosives in toner cartridges, shipped on cargo planes. >> reporter: the white house says president obama is pleased with the work of counter terrorism agents, in foiling this terrorism plot. the cia had help from former intelligence services. >> reporter: on capitol hill, lawmakers got briefings. >> bomb analysts are going through it right now to see exactly what this device is capable of. can it penetrate our detection systems

randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> and of course, we're keeping a close eye on beryl. he has the latest on the storm. >> reporter: nice radar. north florida, georgia, showers and thunderstorms. you can see the activity. jacksonville has picked up about 3 inches of rain today. but some areas for the thunderstorms moving through, have picked up those 4 to 5 inches at least. and there will probably be more as well. it's slowly moving off to the north. take a look at the latest tracking on beryl. it's going to move inland for a while and probably make a right turn, being forced out to sea, eventually by later tomorrow and by thursday, it's somewhere, maybe 300 miles east of the ocean city area. and moving quickly out to sea. and the pressure is coming up. we'll come back and take a look at our forecast. cooling coming our way. just a few minutes. >> all right. that sounds good, bob. thank you so much. and stay with wjz for complete first warning coverage. to find updates any time, log onto wjz.com. >>> police are investigating two deadly accidents on maryland waters. this

randall pinkston, cbs news. >> a great day to sail but how about swim? >> you could still see the rings around my eyes. i look like a raccoon. check this out. 400 swimmers today took in the very choppy waters of the day. a 1.5 mi. swim from alcatraz island, through the frigid 54 degree weather to san fransisco. and that is how 400 people marched memorial day. well done. there were some awesome currents out there. currently the city of san francisco had a high of 59 down from average of 64. it is currently 50 degrees in san fransisco. 70 in santa rosa after a high of 72 degrees and redwood city and the mid-60's but the other side of the story, you can see the trees blowing a dead. as a taking sneak peek at mt. diablo. the wind has dialed back in napa at 13. they were gusting up to 30. we still have 28 m.p.h. wind gusts at sfo. overnight with west wind between 10 and 50 m.p.h.. lows in the '40's and 50's and we will see increasing cloud cover in the form of patchy fog. this is the futurecast, notice everyone has clouds overnight. the morning commute starts

paddle pinkston, wjz eyewitness -- randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> cardiovascular disease ishe leading cause of death of adults in the u.s.. >>> people around the world are remembering robin gibb, one of the voices of the beegees. note it's okay you may look the other way ♪ >> one day after he died of cancer gibb is being haled as a master museum in his native britain. gibb and his two brothers sold more than 200 million albums and worked behind the scenes writing huge hits for barbara streisand, diana ross and destiny's child. >> love their music. >>> still to come no verdict, a jury continues to deliberate the fate of former presidential candidate john edwards, what they asked the judge today. >> a shocking crime, a bus driver murdered in cold blood. >> some more showers, then a big warm-up. we'll have your five-day forecast. >> wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories on www.wjz.com at this hour. www.wjz.com at this hour. log onto www.wjz.com for ,,,,,,, wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile.

randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> hurricane season officially starts on friday. but ber yil is already the second named storm of 2012. so let's check in again with bob turk, for more on beryl's path and the potential in maryland. >> right now, take a look at what is left of ber yil. extreme southern georgia. that extreme spin to about savannah. it's moving very slowly now and to the north and northwest. take another look at the tracking of it. it has weakened considerably. winds down about 30 miles an hour. and we expect it to head, believe it or not, going to head back out, toward the east over the atlantic. eventually thursday and friday. it's going to pass probably east of maryland. maybe 300 miles by thursday morning. it could cause some slightly higher surf at the beaches here by that time. looks like it's going to be too far out. and too weak by that time. it may regenerate somewhat once it gets over the gulf extreme. but right now, it's a downfall to our weather. we have cooler weather headed our way after tomorrow. >> thank you, bob. and stay with we'll f

randall pinkston reports for wjz from the white house.s both candidates try to get back on message. >> reporter: home to the second highest foreclosure rate in the nation and record unemployment. after meeting with homeowners in reno, who refinanced with the help of a program. the president promised more help is on the way. >> there are things we can do, right now, to help create jobs and help restore some of the financial security that too many families have lost. >> reporter: the president is wrapping up a west coast swing that included a glitzy fundraiser at actor george clooney's home. he collected nearly $15 million. >> reporter: social issues dominated the week for both candidates. president obama was forced to clarify his position on same- sex marriage. and republican challenger mitt romney had to answer questions about an alleged bullying incident when he was in high school. >> reporter: romney apologized, then woke to put the episode behind him. at a campaign event in north carolina, he focused on the president's economic record.

randall pinkston looks at the trend that has doctors worried about the future. >> reporter: 21-year-oldbetes and all the health problems that come with it. >> so this is considered a high blood pressure. >> reporter: doctors diagnosed her at 15 years old. >> candy, cookies that was me. chips. so i probably egged it on to come and it happened faster. >> reporter: perry is part of a disturbing trend according to a new study in journal pediatrics between 1999 and 2008 percentage of teens with prediabetes and diabetes jumped from 9 to 23%. >> this leads possibly if we don't intervene to younger and younger people getting cardiovascular disease. it is a wake up call to work on aggressive treatment and prevention. >> reporter: teens have the greatest risk are either over weight or obese. and have at least one risk factor such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure >> these are things only grandma gets and then they are taking 2, 3, 4 medications, expensive they have side- effects and their friends aren't doing it. >> perry has to check blood sugar three times a day and give herself insuli

randall pinkston cbs news kennedy space center. we are in for a tree during daylight hours tomorrow brian hackney is here >>> for the first time in 17 years a major solar eclipse in the united states tomorrow just in the united states and close to bay area will talk about where and when. and never ever looked at the sun directly unprotected, that is trouble you will be tempted tomorrow by the almost all solar eclipse. let's look at ocean beach. hazy out there low clouds on the web temperatures were nice 60s on the shoreline and low 80's inland. will have low clouds formed tomorrow morning and sunny tomorrow, a partial solar eclipse in bay area you have to go up to about eureka for that north of sacramento and carried tomorrow the earth plunges in the shadow of the month and about 5:15 p.m. the deepest part of the clips happens at 6:33 p.m. tomorrow evening easily visible from the bay area. you have to protect your eyesight is going to get a glimpse of this. the deepest part at 6:33 p.m. the sun will be 84 percent yclept it. does th

randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> the forecasters put the odds of good weather at 70% for theh. >>> still to come tonight on eyewitness news. on the brink of horse racing history. can the kentucky derby winner win in baltimore, on his way to a triple crown? >> mark has the latest in pimlico, next in sports. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >>> let's check on how the odds are shifting. mark is live at pimlico, the wjz the fan sports report. >>> hello. the big news on the preakness concerns maryland-based entry, tiger walk, owned by kevin plank. hall of fame jockey was supposed to ride tiger walk. but earlier today, in new york, disormo failed a breathalyzer test. so he has lost his preakness assignment. and ramon domingyez will ride it. we were live, 6:30 p.m. as kentucky derby winners ielg have another, headed out for his final track. the morning line favorite is bob aboveord's entry, bodie meister. bodie meister finish

randall pinkston reports for wjz.t could mark a new era in space travel. >> reporter: this is america's newest venture into space. a low-cost rocket, designed and built, not by nasa, but by space ex, a private corporation. the two states, falcon 9 plans to blast off at 5:55, side morning. and deliver the cargo ship into space. >> there is no question, this is a historic flight. >> reporter: this is the first commercial spacecraft designed to dock with the space station. the space shuttle program is over. so it's a cheaper way to get to space. >> if you do the math, that's about $133 million emission. that sounds like a lot. but in the world of space operations, that's a bargain. >> reporter: but that bargain comes with a price. the rocket has less power to maneuver than the schultzs. the unmanned falcon 9 has to launch directly into the space station's orbit. that means a narrow launch window. >> by 4:55 and a couple of seconds, we haven't lifted off, we will have to scrub. >> reporter: if all goes well, a robotic arm

randall pinkston reports for wjz, with new details on the device and plot. >> reporter: u.s. countterrorism officials say the foiled bomb plot never posed a danger to the american people. the would-be bomber never made it to the airplane. they say aqap was behind the investigation. >> the aqap has clearly been determined to pursue these attempted attacks. and we are going to do everything in our power to stop them, long before they get to an aircraft. >> reporter: officials say the device had all of the hallmarks of ibrahim alasiry, the mastermind behind the bomb that failed in detroit in 2009, as well as the 2010 attempt to hide explosives in toner cartridges, shipped in cargo planes. >> the white house says president obama is pleased with the work of counterterrorism to foil this plot. >> reporter: on capitol hill, lawmakers got closed-door briefings on the operation. >> the best defense against terrorism, is clearly intelligence. and it works. >> reporter: officials describe this new device as an upgraded underwear bomb that did not contain any metallic parts. they are try

randall pinkston explains, they're working to turn the focus to the economy. after a week where social issues dominated the campaign. >> reporter: president obama campaigned in nevada friday, home to the second highest foreclosure rate in the nation, and record unemployment. after meeting with homeowners in reno, who helped refinance, the president promised more help is on the way. >> there are things we can do. right now. to help create jobs. and help restore some of the financial security that too many families have lost. >> reporter: the president is wrapping up a west coast swing that included a glitzy fundraiser at actor george clooney's home. guests praised his support for same-sex marriage. and he collected nearly $15 million. >> social issues dominated the week for both candidates. president obama was forced to clarify his position on same- sex marriage. and republican challenger mitt romney had to answer questions about an alleged bullying incident when he was in high school. >> reporter: romney apologized. then worked to put the episode behind him. a

in new york, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> asthma costs the economy more than $20 billion each year in medical expenses and missed work. >>> not a great end to the week on wall street. [ stock bells ringing ] >> bad news about jobs sent markets into a tailspin. the dow is down 168. s&p down 22. and nasdaq is off 68. >>> let's go to new york now. alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> reporter: the job market recovery remains sluggish. for the second straight month, employers pulled back on hiring. the economy adding -- added fewer than the 154,000 created in march. and a sharp decline from earlier this year. the unemployment dipped to 1.8%. but only because more people quit looking for work. today's disappointing jobs report sent the price of crude oil below $100 a barrel. traders fear that this will result in lower demand for oil. but there is a silver lining. this should push gas prices lower ahead of the summer driving season. >>> and pepsi is teaming up with the king of pop. the beverage giant will use the late michael jackson's likeness in a glo

randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> hurricane season doesn't officially start until friday. could beryl affect ocean city's beaches in the next few days? let's go back to bob turk, who is tracking the storm in first warning weather. bob? >> take a look at radar. look over northern florida. north of jacksonville. southern georgia. that's where the center of this low was. it was a tropical storm at one point. it's now a tropical depression. get a new report at 5:00. it continues to weaken. but you see that track going on through southern georgia. may head out towards southern portions of south carolina, then out to sea. take a look at the tracking we have. take a look at the computer real quick. there we have it going out to sea. by friday, it's way off in the atlantic ocean. its closest impact to maryland may be 300 miles away. could cause some rough surf there. that's about all we're expecting out of it. a new report can be coming in about the next hour or so. we'll probably update it for you. even 11:00, winds sustained only at 40 miles per hour. it's basically a tropical r

randall pinkston is at the white house, with the latest political fallout. >> reporter: the president is off, raising money on the west coast, after declaring his support for same-sex marriage. he's swinging through seattle, before hitting hollywood, where other high-profile backers are expected to help him raise nearly $15 million. the obama campaign is already out with a new internet ad, calling his republican opponent, backwards on equality. >> it had to do about with who he is, what high stands for, what he believe, what he thinks is right for america. our families, our values, and our faith in the future. anything about the politics is incidental. >> reporter: the same-sex marriage issue took republican presidential hopeful mitt romney off message thursday. he's on the defense about a washington post article, suggesting that he bullied a gay classmate in high school. >> reporter: in a radio interview, romney apologized if he offended anyone with what he called hijinx and pranks. he insisted he had no idea the classmate might be gay. he stated wednesday that marriage should be bet

. >> randall pinkston has more from the kennedy space center. >> reporter: the countdown for lift off went all the way down. but the falcon 9 rocket never launched. >> lift off. we have had a doubt off. -- a cut off. lift off did not occur. >> reporter: a last second technical problem shut down nine engines, scrubbing the launch. >> it did what it was supposed to do. this is not failure. we aborted with purpose. >> reporter: space x engineers will try to figure out what we want wrong. >> reporter: the shuttle used to be nasa's work horse for delivering supplies and crews to the nation. but now that the shuttle isn't running any more nasa is looking for other ways. >> the company has launched a falcon 9 rocket two times before. once the dragon capsule reaches the space station, a robotic arm will reach out and pull the capsule in. space x hopes to have astronauts aboard its capsules by 2015. kennedy space center, florida. >>> an estimated 1000 space x and nasa guests poured into the launch area in the wee hours of saturday morning, hoping to see the start of this new commercial era. ri

randall pinkston reports for wjz with the images that may be too graphic for some. >> reporter: a surveillanceera inside a florida convenience store captured trayvon martin buying candy and an iced tea just 20 minutes before he was shot to death. the video is just part of evidence files released by florida prosecutors. also included, crime scene photos showing a bullet casing in the grass. and this one of zimmerman's 9-millimeter gun and holster. they are photos of zimmerman taken just after the shooting, showing what appears to be a broken nose, and bloody cuts on the back of his head. the autopsy report on trayvon martin shows the gunshot wound in his chest. the burns suggest that the two men were no more than 18 inches apart. the report also details a bruise on martin's eye and small scars on both hands, suggesting he had been in a fight. there are details about witnesses. one said he saw a black male wearing a dark hoodie on top of a hispanic male yelling for help. then the pop of a gunshot. a police report said the confrontation -- was ultimately avodable if zim -- avoidable, if zimmerman

in new york, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> the new bill would also require bus companiesafety records near ticket windows. >>> check in with eyewitness news at 6:00, for all new stories, vic is coming up in the newsroom. >>> gruesome crime. a man murdered in harford county. eats his victim's body. >>> more on what he saying now that it's over. check in for more on these stories and all the breaking news at 6:00. >>> a stressful day for a raccoon in missouri. the furry creature spent several hours, stuck on top of this 25-foot light pole. residents in the neighborhood tried to coax the little guy down, with food and water. but he didn't budge. finally, a construction worker comes to the pole. he pokes the raccoon. and it leaps from its perch. then runs to safety. wow. a 25-foot -- and we think cats have nine lives, huh? >> i think raccoons have 20 lives. >> they must. look at that. wow. >> i'm sorry. i'm glad it's okay. but raccoons are tough. they are tough. they look you right in the eyes. and they say -- >> they're scrappy. >> this is my garbage can. >> they're very scr

randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >> the associated press is reporting that it knew about the plot last week, but did not immediately publish the information at the request of the white house and the cia. >>> all this comes the same day as al-qaeda released a video of a rockville man kidnapped in pakistan last august. and in that video, weinstein is pleading with president obama to accept his captor's demand or he'll be killed. the state department says it's working on getting him released, but the white house says the united states does not negotiate with terrorists. >> the u.s. government will continue making every effort to see mr. weinstein released safely to his family, but we can -- >> weinstein was kidnapped from a compound in pakistan. he had been living there for the past five years, working for a virginia based company that helps pakistani businesses get started. weinstein was a week away from coming home when he was abducted. >>> guilty, that was the verdict handed out by the jury on most of the counts against the five men accused in the deadly 2010 shooting spr

randall pinkston. >>> so where exactly is beryl headed and will the storm bring any rain to our area? bob is tracking it from the weather center. >> a rainy night there in south georgia. the radar very clearly showing the spin that was beryl is a tropical rainstorm now. it's going to continue to cause rain tonight. eventually heading out to sea. take a look at where we expect it to go. we have it going quickly out to sea according to all the models. and moving directly southeast of our region. that's 300 miles east. bringing some rough surf to the east coast. for our region we're going to get rain from the cold front not from the storm. the winds are down to 29 miles per hour. it was an update today, we'll let you know how much longer or unseasonably high weather we'll have coming up in the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> a visit to ocean city ends in death for a howard county man. diogo fatini was driving drunk when he hit and killed matthew cheswick. fatini left the scene but he was followed by witnesses until he was captured by police. >>> david whitlow died when his boat hit a

randall pinkston has more from the white house. >> reporter: officials say the latest threat is a modified of another bomb that was brought on flight -- brought on board a flight on christmas day. when the suspect tried to set off the bomb, the neat naturor functioned but -- the detonator functioned but the bomb did not. this man built both devices and bombs which included expositives hidden inside toner cartridges shipped as cargo to the must 2010. >> this is a clever guy, very good at making bombs. he's probably al qaeda's number one threat to the united states directly. >> reporter: the latest bomb intercepted in yemen contained no metal parts meaning it would have made it past airport metal detectors. it might have been discovered through new full body scanners depending on the skill of transportation security agents. >> i could assure you the tsa and airport security generally is going to be looking very carefully at this to see what steps if any we have to take to upgrade our defenses against this type of attack. >> reporter: president obama was told of the plot last month and was as

randall pinkston has the latest. >> reporter: the plot by a yemen based al-qaeda affiliate involved usingde a passenger's underwear to blow up an airliner. an upgrade of a similar device that failed to detonate over detroit on christmas day, 2009. sources say the latest advice does not contain any metal. meaning it might have been

at the white house, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> well, much has been made of the timing of the president's declaration. a democratic source tells cbs news, the plan had been for the president to announce his support for same-sex marriage on "the view" next week. >> a threat to society. today, a maryland judge sentences a man who is shot and killed an off-duty maryland state trooper. denise is in the newsroom with a killer who maintains his innocence. >> 20-year-old sirel cornelius williams, is going to spend the rest of his life in jail. today, he made no apology to the family of trooper wesley brown. williams shot brown outside an appleby's in 2010. the judge called the murder a vengeful act. and sentenced him to life without parole, plus 20 years. trooper brown was working security part-time at the restaurant when he was thrown out for being disruptive. >> trooper brown's family said today is a great day for her family. and that she's happy justice has been served. >> there is a new name on the fbi's 10 most wanted list. adam mayes is accused of murdering a mother and

randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> roughly 80 to 85% of episensey patients can -- epilepsy patientsontrol their seizures with medicine alone. >>> positive news from a georgia grad student's battle with a flesh-eating bacteria. the father of amy copeland says his daughter is now able to sit up in a chair if hours at a time. she contracted the rare flesh- eating infection after cutting herself on a zip line. it has already cost her both legs, a hand and foot. >>> a suspect will be formally charged with murdering etan pates 13 years -- 33 years ago. we'll speak with the family member who turned him in. that's tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> and here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> summer like weather to kick off our memorial day weekend. bob turk has a look at your five-day forecast. but first, let's go outside with meteorologist tim williams in the sunshine. tim? >> it's definitely sunny out here. the skies are clear. and the humidity levels are tolerable. it's very comfortable in fact. going down into the mid-

at the white house randall pinkston. back to you, lesli. >> thanks, randall. the president says first lady michelle obama influenced change on same sex marriage. so what does this mean for the upcoming presidential election? we have a pair of experts to debate the issue at 5:30. >>> we move on to the idea of using craigslist to fight crime and catch crooks. that's exactly what one d.c. man was able to do snatching his bike back from the guy who stole it from him. how? well, the cops aren't saying, but our own anny hong went out and got some information. how did he pull it off? >> it took a lot of courage. we first heard about the story when we heard danny lush said his bike was stolen from a friend's front porch home sunday night. he found his bike on craigslist and came up with a scheme to reverse that bike theft. >> oh, i was furious, just i knew immediately that it was my bicycle. >> reporter: danny loesch found his stolen bike being sold on craigslist a day after it was stolen. the asking price? one hundred dollars for the cannondale hybrid bike he had bou

randall pinkston reports. >> reporter: crews fought strong winds to put up storm flags in jacksonvillening people to stay out of the water. the beaches in northeast florida and southern georgia are usually packed on memorial day, but this year are in shut down. beryl hit the coast early -- are shut down. beryl hit the coast early sunday morning. low level roads were shut at times stopping traffic. powerful waves sent this boat crashing into a nearby wall. the winds mocked out power and tens of thousands do -- knocked out power and tens of thousands do not have electricity. parades across northeast florida were canceled. beryl weakened by the afternoon and people went to see what the storm left behind. jacksonville's mayor is warning resident to stay close to home. it's feared beryl's outer bands could bring more wind and possibly tornadoes. >> if you don't have to drive, please don't drive. don't go out into the water. >> reporter: but this storm does have a silver lining. beryl is moving further inland bringing rain to a region that suffered through a long drought. >> we could see wid

. >> reporter: randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> the tsa is sending an airport security guide to other countries and international air carriers as refreshers, on protecting u.s. bomb flights from hidden explosives. >>> baltimore is on president obama's list of campaign spots, as he battles to keep the white house on the list. he'll attend a fundraiser at a private baltimore home. followed by a reception at a local hotel. governor martin o'malley is calling on democrats to attend. meanwhile, the president's republican arrival -- rival is receiving a big endorsement. rick santorum is throwing his support behind mitt romney. >>> stay with wjz for complete campaign coverage, 2012. we'll continue to bring you the latest on the candidates and the issues. >>> some light rain arrives in maryland. outside tonight, it's humid and cloudy. how long will these conditions last? wjz is live at first warning weather. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are tracking the showers. we'll start inside with bob. >> it's been spotty and rather light. take a quick look at radar. there's still

at the white house, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> once federal averages are able to recreate the new underwear bomb, they will test it out to see how destructive it could be. and if it could get through airport security. >>> well, some early rain gives way to a mix of sun and clouds. let's take a live look outside right now. are we done with the rain for the night? and did we get enough to make up our deficit or get close anyway? wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams ask bob turk are updating the first warning forecast. >>> we are five inches below normal. we're not going to make up a deficit for a couple more months. but we'll get more rain tonight. moving in nicely from the west and southwest. some areas could see easily, quarter to half inch of rain. and that's when i think it will pretty much cut out around the region. eastern shore will take a little longer. tim has a look at the temperatures around the area. and what we expect to happen tomorrow. tim? >> just starting to pick up the rain just a dressle. since i've beenut -- drizzle