two other witnesses also fingered ross for the shooting but ross's mother says from the beginning iti know he was on my couch, drinking beer. ⌞ñ her cries of ross's innocence was not enough to sway investigators n 2006 ross convicted of attempted murder and assault with a firearm. >> we're looking to exonerate people wrongfully convicted. >> rhonda is with the northern california innocence project with a team of law students from santa clara university and a san francisco law firm able to uncover evidence proving the innocence and helping overturn the conviction. >> they've conceded and agreed he should be freed. >> both parties will argue that fact to a judge on friday. city council member says in this case, poor police work has been done. >> we can pay greaterglalt to provide a more fair system. >> ross says

chery is here to tell us more. >> hi, ross. yes, and this actually takes president park geun-hye back to the top office. quite meaningful there more than 30 years after she left the presidential compound after her father, former president pak geun-hye was assassinated. her message was she would try to make people happy while she try toes improve the economy. she also said people, individuals are the core elements of economic growth and she calls it economic rejuvenation when the korean economy is showing signs of a slowdown. and by bloog looking at her education background in engineering and her vow to bring back a korean talent that went overseas, it looks like she's aspiring to have a korean next mark zuckerberg and korean steve jobs. now, of course, she has much more on her plate with the currency issue which she didn't really touch on and the north korea factor that you mentioned earlier on, as well. ross, back to you. >> thanks for that. catch you later. park faces significant challenges at home as many south koreans are s

ross was convicted in 2006 for a shooting in oakland but the victim back then picked ross out of a photo line up but now says he never believed ross was the shooter and he was pressured by police and feared the real gunman would come after him. several years later he will be set free this afternoon and in court this afternoon ross was crying when the judge says congratulations mr. ross and good luck to you. he even got a hug from his mother. >> i feel great. i feel great. lord knows i feel great. i feel like hollarring, but i might go to jail if i be hollarring. i am so excited i don't know what to do. i have never feel like this in my life. i am 77 years old and i have never feel like this in my life. god is so good. he awesome. >> and we plan to go to the jail and plan to go pick him up and take him home and take him to his mom's house and i think she is planning to have dinner with her sound and i think they are both excited about that. you can see how in the courtroom how emotional it was for ronald and his mom. it is no joke. >> what is next for ross his attorneys say he will be rel

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. >> reporter: this was an emotion day for ross and his family. ross walked away at last a free man and the sun was shining. >> today is a lovely day. a lovely day. it's past a good day, it's a blessed day for me to be out here again. >> reporter: ross spent nearly seven years at san quentin penitentiary. he was convicted of attempted murder. after witnesses pointed to his photo in a line up. but lawyers at the innocence project felt the facts didn't add up. at the time ross had no criminal history and they set out to bring the truth to light. >> god blessed me with the dream team. an angel that brought me this far. >> he didn't know the victim. he didn't know anyone else involved. there was no physical evidence linking him to the shooting. there was no fingerprints, there was no dna, there was nothing like that. they never found the gun. >> reporter: finally a key witness who was a child at the time admitted he tried at the trial. today at superior court, his mother finally got to hug her son. >> i am so excited i didn't know what to do. i've nev

. >> reporter: this was an emotion day for ross and his family. ross walked away at last a free man and the sun was shining. >> today is a lovely day. a lovely day. it's past a good day, it's a blessed day for me to be out here again. >> reporter: ross spent nearly seven years at san quentin penitentiary. he was convicted of attempted murder. after witnesses pointed to his photo in a line up. but lawyers at the innocence project felt the facts didn't add up. at the time ross had no criminal history and they set out to bring the truth to light. >> god blessed me with the dream team. an angel that brought me this far. >> he didn't know the victim. he didn't know anyone else involved. there was no physical evidence linking him to the shooting. there was no fingerprints, there was no dna, there was nothing like that. they never found the gun. >> reporter: finally a key witness who was a child at the time admitted he tried at the trial. today at superior court, his mother finally got to hug her son. >> i am so excited i didn't know what to do. i've nev

>>reporter: ross was ordered row leasesed during emotional hearing in oak land.utes after the judge set aside her son's conviction she described her joy. >> god is good. all the time i'm so proud. >>reporter: man with no violent history ross was convict entered 2006 of attempted murder after man was shot on thisxd block of can street in west oakland. victim picked ross out of a photo line up but later evidence came to light that someone else did the shooting. alameda county da office degreeed and withdrew the support of the 2006 juror verdict. >> obviously felt this was the right thing to do. >> we did. thank you. >> more people like him do you think in prison. >> wrongfully convicted people certainly there are more wrong my convicted people. cause span all different crimes. >> ross was most recently housed at san quentinnd a 51-year-old in prison for nearly seven years his attorney says he's not bitter. ross dropped the head and cried in court. >> i think today when the june finally said the words mr. ross was finally able to let himself believe this was happeni

ross the victim fell onto the roadway and was run over. ross later died at the hospital. >> the power is back on for hundreds of dominion power customers in mt. vernon. this was for a car accident on mt. vernon memorial parkway. the crash knocked down three polls and the poles were replaced today. >> tens of thousands voiced their opposition to the keystone pipeline. this was after several protestors including daryl hannah were arrested for protesting by the white house. >> this project has not been approved yet. the pipeline will bring oil from canada to the u.s. but is a subject of heated debate. >> drums of protest on a cold day. >> this is a big deal. >> thousands rally against the pipeline. >> the dispalcement of people, it is about big money -- >> the 1700 mile pipeline from alberta, canada to multiple refineries is in the midst of a complicated process. the oil industry sais the pipeline would create 20,000 new jobs and give the u.s. energy independence. it would expand access to secure supplies of canadian crude. as much as 800,000

ronald ross was september to quintin on the testimony of a witness who lied.ight after more than six years in jail he is finally free. abc7 news reporter john alston is in dublin for us with the story. >> it took place here. for the first time he will not spend the night in a prison bunk, but with his family. he said he is no longer angry and things happen for a reason, but he paid quite a price. >> well wishers showed up to see ronald ross at his mother's home in west oakland. only two hours earlier ross walked out of the santa rita jail, a free man for the first time in nearly seven years, seven years he never should have lost. >> i can see sunshine again and walk on clean -- good clean air. >> now 51 years old he was wrongly convicted of attempted murder in a shooting that took place steps from where his mother now lives. the victim picked ross out of a photo lineup and then recan'ted as other evidence came to light. today the judge set ross free. >> >> one time i was thinking the judge was being hateful toward me. but i guess now i see he was doing the job

>> reporter: elizabeth ross is a mother of six. she says she knows she will never be the same after the murder of her son marckel. >> i don't know how to feel, really, because i've been so stressed and depressed behind the matter. now the day has come. >> reporter: i've spoken with marckel ross' mother elizabeth several times over the last six months. the day her son was shot, the day high school students had a memorial and released balloons for him and the day of his funeral. i have never seen her as at ease as she was today after the news of an arrest in her son's murder. >> i'm saddened but i'm happy that they have the person and i'm hoping that it's only one person. >> reporter: police say 20-year-old travon bennett of charles county shot marckel in an attempted robbery but he never took anything from him. police say bennett would go on to commit other armed robberies using the same gun that he allegedly used to kill ross. >> this person needs to be tried to the fullest and get his conviction. >> reporter: mrs. ross has a displ

i'm ross westgate. european stocks plunge as the prospects of political gridlock in italy sends jitters through the market. italian banking stocks leading the way lower. >>> the center left coalition win tess lower house, but no one has secured an obvious majority in the senate. sylvia berlusconi has hinted he could be open to an alliance. >>> japan's big exporters like sony and rico take it on the chin. >>> and ben bernanke heads to capitol hill today to try to provide some soothing words about fed policy and calm investors' fears about weak global growth. >> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> welcome to today's program. we're over an hour of trade in europe. the voft majority of the dow jones 600 is down. so we're weighted heavily to the downside. stoxx 600 in europe down about 1% at the moment. translate that into individual indices. the ftse 100 down 1.4%. the xetra dax nearly 2%. the ibex is down nearly 3% and the ftse mib down nearly 24.25%.

reaction from the family of ronald ross. jodi? >> raunl, it's a day he and his mother thought would never come. but nearly seven years after being convicted for a crime he did not commit. 51-year-old ronald ross walked out of jail a free man. ross walked out of the yale just a short time ago to a group of r of reporters waiting outside. he was wrongfully convicted for a shooting after bees misidentified by the victim who later recanted, it took lawyers from the innocence prongts four years to win his freedom. but a judge ordered him released this morning and ross just walked out of jail a short time ago. >> reporter: how does freedom feel? >> it feels great, man, it feels great. it's a blessing. it's a blessing. i was blessed by god, you know, god went through what i went through, like i say, things happen for a reason. >> i feel great, i feel wonderful. i feel awesome, i feel awesome. i really do, they finally found the truth. my son, been locked up for something he did not do. >> ross's mother said he requested a dinner of oyste

ronald ross is now a free man.alifornia >> a powerful winter storm is moving across the plains states, pounding texas, oklahoma. and parts of kansas and missouri. in some cities. it's becoming a record-setting storm. melisa raney reports. >> reporter: the national weather service is calling it "a crippling historic blizzard." a snowstorm that pounded the texas panhandle monday with two-to-three inches an hour. in amarillo, texas the national weather service says nineteen inches fell monday--breaking a single day record for the month of february that was set in 1893. things got so bad the texas department of transportation actually pulled its plows off the roads.as national guard units helped stranded drivers. oklahoma declared a state of emergency >> "i've done this spot, probably seven times today." colorado snow plow driver joel thompson spent hours trying to clear one parking lot. last week--wichita kansas got its second-highest storm snowfall on record with more than a foot in two days--the city says it used ha

. >> ross stepped out of santa rita jail and graciously spoke with reporters.thankful about the release, it likely won't have come about without the support of the innocence project. laura? >> i'm here now in court this morning a judge ordered ross set free, also wishing him well, then, five hours later here at the jail, ronald ross walked out of the front door extolled us he's not angry but anxious to get on with his life. ronald ross squinted in the sunlight as they walked out of the front door of the jail. his first taste of freedom in nearly seven years. >> i lovely days. it's a good day. a blessed day. during an emotional hearing in oakland. minutes after the judge set aside her son's conviction, thelma described her joy. >> god is good all of the time i. so proud god brought him through. >> a man with no violent hist he was convicted of attempted murder after a man was not in west oakland. the victim kicked him out of a photo line up, evidence came to light someone else did the shooting. the d.a.agreed and withdrew it's support. >> there are more people l

hey, ross. for the first time since last year, dp posted its results without snag which is cultural goods in electronic retailers and that's really a sign that the transformation of the company from a retail group to a luxury group and that was a good choice because luxury was really what drove profits higher last year, up 6. % in line with expectations. the luxury division which includes gucci at a 15% growth last year. the brands were the most dynamic ones with nearly a 0% growth and gucci remained the most profitable one with an operating income of 1.1 billion euros. that's nearly a 20% increase in 2012. the sport and life signs division which has a central grand puma was a bit weak last year, 3.3% increase. but the ceo of the company remains confident that the sport and lifestyle unit will be able to post in the future as the luxury brand. pbr is confident that it will increase again sales and profits in 2013. there is no precise guidance. the company will propose a guidance of 3 euro 75 per

feeding brust. >> bill: thomas wants it in the box. >> tim: laquinton ross.ibble. >> bill: look who is there. >> tim: bruesewitz. >> tim: gives it up to dekker. >> bill: he's in charge of custodial services here. anything you need, he will provide. >> tim: too strong that time with the leaner. pulled down by laquinton on ross. >> bill: good run to the box by thomas. >> tim: they beat wisconsin down the floor for the first time today. >> bill: that's what they have to do. push it. you don't have to shoot it. let the talent get forward, get a touch. >> tim: thad matta with mass substitutions coming up on the next ball. he will get three new bucks into the game. >> bill: got to get some energy. that's why he's doing that. great passing lanes. the bigs are moved way out. >> tim: jackson. >> bill: a nickel-dimer as brust drove. >> tim: time out. alright, if you're thinkin about gettin' a new truck, you're probably thinkin' about fuel economy. well, you're gonna want some torque to go with it... 'cuz unless you'r usin' your truck to deliver pizza's ...

gilts, ross, 2.2%. i'm sorry, this story, the more we can talk about what's happening, what market signal is being sent by the fact that gilt yields are rising while sterling is weakening and there's questions about the uk inflation outlook, the better. >> yep. sterling is down at seven-month lows against the dollar. 11.5438. we're just above that at the moment as you can see. 1.5488. dollar/yen, below 94. 933.51. euro slrl dosh, 1.3353. >> dollar/yen giving up 0.5%. japan's finance minister dismissed the speculation that the government will buy currency bonds as part of its foreign easing. aso added the government isn't plannin to revise the boj law that guarantees the central bank's independence. japan's finance minister has been busy downplaying the prospect of foreign bond buying. is this just politics, fus had i ko? >> hi, kelly. the tokyo stocks declined today as the yen strengthened after the finance minister denied expectations for foreign bond buying as part of monetary easing. the government i

>> well, it's a good question, ross. what we're seeing actually ireland expected to be the strongest growth throughout the euro area this year, around 1% to 1.2%. so the stories have been boosted by exports. it's been a huge jump in competitiveness, a 17% drop in unit later costs, knows at 10-year highs. there's certainly a good story there and perhaps that belie tess fact that we've got a weakness in domestic demand. very low is this weather. they can balance the two in for the irish economy. is it now time to step away from the austerity program? and perhaps introduce a bit of stimulus, of course, to -- it's a very important year because the bailout process is due to end. can they step away from that? can they get market process? and that perhaps could derail that. those are all questions i'll be asking ender kennedy. >> we won't ask you to spell that. because that would be too mean. it's going to be a great interview. >> at least she got the pronunciation right there, tishuk, meaning being irish or galic for prime min

i'm kelly evans. >> and i'm ross westgate. these are your headlines from around the global. >>> dig out from nemo, rents and businesses in the northeastern u.s. hope to resume to normal. >>> and cashing in, google chairman eric schmidt is set to benefit from more than a $200 million in share fall as he sells a huge chunk of shares in the search giant. >>> well, these major indexes continue to creep higher, adding a couple of points every time we check in. it did breach the 14,000 level but struggled to hold it. today at the open, looking to at about 18 points in the dow. the nasdaq and s&p 500 both set to opener higher, as well. take a look at the cnbc ftse global 300, down 0.40%. but it's difficult to call it lunar. markets across asia close on the back of that. the ftse 100 adding 62.9 the 2. the cac 40 up 0.6 ers, boosted by sanofi which is the third best performer this is stoxx 600 this morning after we saw a major setback for rival novo nordisk. we'll see if there's a similar attitude, perhaps, selected some in of the bon

ross was then convicted -- and sentenced to 25 years to life. he had been serving that sentence -- again for nearly 7 years -- at san quentin. kron 4 sat down with ronal ross today -- you will see that story in our newscast tonight at eight. >> pam: developing right now. the national park service now warning visitors to beware. thieves are now preying on visitors. as they head out to some of the bay area's most scenic vista points. kron4's terisa estacio shows us where. >> reporter: with it's breath taking views - visitors often pack the parking lot here at battery spencer - but in the last few months, thieves have zeroed in crowds, preying on those simple here to take in the sights. this is kevin cockery with the national park service. >> reporter: what are people doing? among people have been leaving things in plain sight, of value. people get distracted and leave behind valuables. >> reporter: and sure enough, i found expensive electronics out in plain view, like this internet router, several gps devices, and look here, someone even left thei

. >> well wishers showed up to see ronald ross at his mother's home in west oakland. only two hours earlier ross walked out of the santa rita jail, a free man for the first time in nearly seven years, seven years he never should have lost. >> i can see sunshine again and walk on clean -- good clean air. >> now 51 years old he was wrongly convicted of attempted murder in a shooting that took place steps from where his mother now lives. the victim picked ross out of a photo lineup and then recan'ted as other evidence came to light. today the judge set ross free. >> >> one time i was thinking the judge was being hateful toward me. but i guess now i see he was doing the job the same way as the d.a. >> the northern california inthat you sense project and attorneys with the san francisco law firm spent four years clearing his name. >> he spent seven years in prison for something he didn't do. the add veer care y'all system let him down, but it was due to cooperation with the district attorney's office we were able to get this great result. >> ross' 77-year-old mother cooper

it won't be as bad as the president says. >> ross, it's interesting. before, though, the obama white house was thinking that republicans would not be willing to accept these kind of defense cuts, you know, back when they came up with this idea. but now clearly, a lot of republicans who are willing, because they say cutting the budget deficit is more important. >> right. i mean, i think five years ago the obama white house would have been right. but that was a different republican party. and the balance of power in the party has shifted from defense hawks, you might say, to deficit hawks. and so i disagree a little bit with charles. i do think there are at least -- there are some republicans who think this is acceptable, and there are also now some republicans who will say, you know, defense has to be on the table as well. and so we're willing to do it. >> but is it the economy, though, ross? can you find anyone who says that in the short term, in the near term, that this is good for the american economy to use this kind of blunt instrument to cut this

it just didn't catch up. >> reporter: outside we spoke to one of ross's alibis, ross's 77-year-old mom who said he could not have committed the crime because he was at home with her at the time. ross's mother says she was in constant prayer that her son would come through this ordeal and now that he has she is disappointed it took nearly seven years to have her son home. >> i'm kind of worried about that because he can't get that life back that he took from him. i don't know how my child has been treated. >> i had to work with the anger. i did have to deal with people who had anger. i did not let that get to me i stayed positive at all times. >> reporter: ross will have shrimp and oysters for dinner tonight. hear the advice he has for law enforcement officers and people going through this ordeal and what he plans to do with his future. live in dublin, i'm paul chambers. >>> the search continues tonight for a range rover that set off a fiery crash on the las vegas strip killing three people including an aspiring rapper from oakland. tonight the clark county coroner confirmed that ken ch

now ross says he plans to take a vacation and reconnect with family. interestingly enough he said he is not angry and said he feels blessed for what he calls a dream team of attorneys, attorneys that without he believes he would still most certainly be behind prison walls. reporting live in dublin, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> what a great homecoming tonight. unsettling new research on earthquakes. still ahead at 6:00, the connection to a population boom. >> and then how safe are your kids on the slopes? we're going to tell you about a big boost in safety for california ski resorts. >> and behind the gates of the california national guard. after months of avoiding questions about a disturbing culture, we catch up with the general in charge. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. mrent they of extremes in the weather department this week. right now temperatures close to 70 degrees in gilroy with 67 and here we go again, a system off to the north. we'll track our chances of drizzle for tonight coming up in

ronald ross took his first-ever outside prison walls friday.ars in prison but his conviction was recently dismissed. kron4 is and then carmen was there to capture his first reaction to being a free man. >> he credited his of turning and the dream team for keeping his spirits up when he was behind bars. >> while ross, at ms. that he was angry for some time he stated that he set it aside and found a piece. >> the lord showed me that there are second kansachances. >> as for the police to put him behind bars he had this message for them. >> i just hope that they do better investigations and next time before they arrest someone. they still look really carefully before their arrest someone for no reason. >> ross, stated that he met other people behind bars and stated that day admitted that they had been wrongfully convicted. >> just before leaving he stated that the sun was a welcome sight and that he is looking forward to his favorite male witches shrimp and oysters. he stated that he wants to reunite with his four sons and locate his father. >> san

i'm ross westgate. >> and i'm kelly evans. these are your headlines from around the world. >> eu leaders are nearing a historical deal in brussels which could see the region's spending reduced for the first time. >>> chinese trade going gang bust ner january while inflationary pressures ease off thanks in part to the lunar new year effect. >>> this company must not disappear. that's the french government. it says it may invest in peugeot. >> and the yen says the currency has weakened too much. >>> welcome to the final program of the week. i'm pleased we've got to this day. >> we've had a lot of time together this week. i have. and that's not why i'm pleased we got to this day. >> yeah, yeah. >> strong numbers out of china. >> that's right. we saw a big improvement there. but i have to say frankly, most people's attention whether it's here or on the other side of the pond is the snowstorm. it seems like winds, 50 miles per hour. blizzard conditions in the u.s. we know when there's a storm like that headed for the biggest media

kelly. >> ross, let's slip through the u.s. markets. we are looking for the dow to shed about 20 points from the open. the nasdaq, dow and s&p headed lower. yesterday, we did see a lot of the european indexes hitting intraday highs. china, taiwan, vietnam still closed to celebrate the lunar new year. the nikkei has been the big mover overnight. the ftse 100 after hit ago five-year high yesterday, weaker towards the close today. gig up about a rt yeaher of 1%. interestingly, we're seeing weaker sterling and higher bond yields in the uk. not necessarily the best sign of internal dynamics for britain. germany gdp figures are down. the cac 40 down only about 0.1% today after a lot of analysts are warning this is the one why we could see more weakness ahead. the ibex 35 down about 1%. it is also the third quarterly contraction in a row. probably leaves the contraction for around minus 0.5%. now, as far as yields are concerned, german bund yields are doing a little bit better on that, 11.5%. spanish yields are down on the session, 5.21%. uk l

hi, carolin. >> hi, ross. investors down know what to do with these results because now the stock is trading flat. it was down by as much as 3% when the stock first opened, it was up by more than 1%. now, numbers weren't bad because as you pointed out, the net loss was a little smaller than expected at 1.9 billion swiss francs in the quarter. we knew ubs was going to post a log, larmgly as a result of litigation provisions of more than 2 billion swiss francs. also because of restructuring charges, losses on its own debt. but, again, the net loss, a little smaller than expected. now, a couple very positive points to point out here, ubs managed to build up its capital levels, the basel three ratio looking healthy among the best in class. on top of that, the company increased its dividend by 50%. that seems to be taken off very, very well by investors. on top of that, we've gotten investment banking revenues bouncing back quite nicely, but then that's tied to the very good market environment in the fourth quarter

take a vacation. >> reporter: ross' mother says she was in prayer that her son would come out of this ordeal. it took seven years to get her son back home. >> i am worried about that. because he can't take that life back. i don't know how my son has been treated. >> i stayed positive at all times. >> reporter: now that he's out there's a tough life ahead. the california innocence project will also help him adjust. he wants to help at risk kids. he says he no longer has hard feelings toward law enforcement but he does have some advice. >> i just want them to do better investigations, look deep down inside themselves to see is this really the person who has committed the crime or hasn't committed the crime. >> reporter: ross says he wants to go to louisiana and be with his family. but tonight all he cares about is having dinner with his mom, that dinner shrimp and oysters. >>> police are looking into a stan -- stand off with police that happened today at 3:30. police evacuated near by homes. they arrested a man about an hour later. >>> the new bay bridge did not escape unscathed when a

ross was released from jail after seven years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.ous allegations that the oakland police sergeant in charge of the investigation at the time not only did shoddy work but showed the shooting victim six photos and told him to pick ross' picture out of the line-up. as for mom and son, they are not dwelling on those years lost,

kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is at the alameda county courthouse where a judge just freed ronald ross moments ago. >> through all the time, i'm so proud that god brought him through. i'm really proud. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly 7 years, this mother got a chance to hug her son, a right that was wrongly taken away. what was that first hug like, that moment? >> like i was in i don't know just like i was in the garden of eden somewhere. but god brought me through. it felt good. >> reporter: thelma's son ronald ross was vindicated after being wrongly convicted of a 2006 shooting in oakland. he spent nearly 7 years behind bars. thanks to a team of volunteer lawyers, the northern california "innocence project," today ross will walk out of jail a free man. >> i'm really, really happy and relieved. it's been almost five years, 4.5 years, of work. >> reporter: hard work that paid off. the team argued he was a victim of poor police work and lies from witnesses. the alameda county prosecutors agreed. >> we had a tape-recorded more or less confession from the person who did the shoo

they found again, matching the one that was used to kill marquel ross. officials have enough to charge bennett. >> the message here is no matter how long it takes we will find him. we will bring you to justice and we will hold you accountable. >> police believe bana is responsible for rash of muggings and shootings. the streets are safe for tonight, the chief said that there is no less sadness in elizabeth ross's home. >> some small sense of relief. does not give me cloture. -- it does not give me closure. >> the suspect in this case turns 20 today. today is his birthday. police have charged him with three other armed robberies including one that took place the day before fitmarqul marquel ross was murdered. >> he is one of six students. the most recent killing, last week. no arrests have been made in stanley's killing or aaron kidd. >> were learning new details about a murder suicide that happened yesterday morning at a home on flore avenue. based on autopsy reports it appears that david draa shot and killed his friend kyle kickman. -- hickman. the poli

good morning, ross.to figure out a meal to get their money and they haven't been able to find it. >> how wide are you? are we building up a future problem here? are we building up another credit bubble? >> i believe that we are building a bubble here. i think this is an artificial bull run with the ever chase for yield. however, you've got to stay with it been but you've got to be very occasionus in here. and i think that, you know, today's jobs number is going to tell a big story. we had a week coming back. we had rotten consumer confidence, wiped out all of 2012's gain. we had a lousy gdp number. the market stayed exactly where it was monday is where we are today. i think the whole week is pointing to what's going on happen this morning. and i think if this number is not well north of 200,000, i think we're going to look for serious selling pressure here because i think that the market is expectations and the priced in perfection is here and if we don't meet those expectation, i think we're going to ge

we do not have any property taken from markell ross that we know of. >> ross died for nothing. students from central high school reacted with sadness and anger. >> that happened to me. it could happen to me. it could happen to anybody. >> it's like i'm numb. >> and markell ross' mother is relieved, but bitter. >> i will come to some sort of closure, but it's not going to bring my son back. >> not much of a consolation for markell ross' mother. the community here somewhat relieved that bennett was -- who was involved in sort of a one-man minicrime wave has been behind bars while they investigated this case and this does mean now that four of the six student murders in prince georges county have now been closed with arrests and charges. there are two to go. reporting live, scott broom, wusa9. >> good to get that update. thank you, scott. prince georges county police also announced an arrest in the murder of an elderly woman in capital heights. accused of killing mcintyre, the 71-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home on chapel oaks drive february 9. investigators believe

ross was released from jail after seven years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. it took a four-year investigation by a fran law firm, private investigator and the northern california innocence project to free ross who faced 25 to life for attempted murder. there are allegations that the oakland police department in charge not only did shoddy work, but told a witness to pick ross' picture out of lineup. but they are not dwelling on the loss, they are cherishing what's to come. >> god talked to me. i really saw angels. because he blessed me to be free again. >> he said it will be all right, mom. it is going to be all right. and it will be all right, because god let me live to see him get out. >> welch originally from louisiana, taking a much-needed vacation, four adult children live there. >>> and a new library opened today, even though completed and ready go-to-go three years ago. hundreds came out for the ribbon cutting ceremony this afternoon. 13 years ago, san jose voters approved a bond measure to build six new libraries, and expand 14 existing branches. this

ross tells us her son, she spoke to him around 10:00. he was calling to let her know he arrived safely. a half hour later he was dead. >> but i don't want it that way. >> reporter: it is a pain no mother ever wants to experience. burying a child. >> it's just not human to just hit somebody and keep going. >> he was your baby. >> yeah, that was my baby boy. >> reporter: he was killed saturday night around 10:30. police say somehow darnell ross fell into the crosswalk on the 100 block of m street northeast. a driver struck him and then took off. >> i'm mostly angry, i guess, because they didn't stop. that's just being cruel. i wouldn't hit a dog and not stop. >> reporter: ross says her son was a caring child who loved his family and had the gift of gab. now, as she copes with the tragedy of burying her baby, she hopes someone out there knows something. >> if anybody saw anything that they would come forward and maybe the driver would actually see, you know, and realize that he did hit somebody and turn himself in. >> reporter: ross tells m

i'm ross westgate. >> and i'm kelly evans. these are your headlines from around the world. >> investors cheer barclay's strategic overhaul, the bank is cutting 3,700 jobs, trimming weakness. >> inching towards global currency wars, the warning from the world bank will urge economies to stick to a market base exchange rate system. >>> and another day, another bank. >> and we're just hours away from president obama's state of the union address. he's expected to call on more tax hikes and fewer spending cuts. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you bes news from around the world. >>> welcome to today's program. it is tuesday. >> yeah. >> and loreal is talking about the strong euro in france. >> right into trading down double digits this morning. another story in italy, it seems like the entire world press core at this point will be desending on trade. >> yes, they will, with the pope and the italian elections. >> i think it was something like 10,000 journalists for the pope the last time. it's a huge even

ronald ross is a free man for the first time in nearly seven years. ross took his first steps of freedom late this afternoon. after his conviction was dismissed. kron 4's dan kerman was there to capture his first reaction to being a free man. >> i just hope they do a better job on investigating, and look real carefully ....who may be wrongfully accused and help the children ... >> reporter: ross wants to reunite his family and take a vacation... >> about 50 people gathered in downtown palo alto tonight. for a candle light vigil against gun violence. the group is calling for more gun control in california and the nation. members of both the palo alto and menlo park city councils were on hand to speak about upcoming legislation in each city regarding gun control. those in attendance said. more needs to be done to reduce access to dangerous weapons >> lawrence byrd, gun control advocate: we need tighter gun control laws in america. >> the event was part of a national day of action. designed to put more pressure on lawmakers to end gun violence. >> jacque

you can feel it. >> reporter: ross says she hopes the motorist has a conscience and will step forward. for now, she has to find comfort in her memory. >> he was a very caring child, easy going, had the gift of gab. >> reporter: police had very little to go on. his mother said he'd gone on that northeast area to go to a night club. she's not sure if he ever made it inside. >> i hope that if there's anyone that was in the area that might have seen something, that they will come forward. >> she has two other sons and police have told her they're looking for a white buick in connection with the hit-and-run and that they are going to look through some surveillance videos from cameras on the streets, brian. >>> a suspect in virginia charged after spraying a woman with gasoline during a fight. police arrested lashawn johnson, filed charges of malicious wounding by substance. the woman says she was pumping gas at a station in woodbridge when they began arguing. she sprayed the victim in the face, causing severe injuries to the eyes. >>> cold wet weather racing across the country could bring p

even prosecutors now admit ross was never involved. he walked out of jail a free man last week after serving nearly 7 years behind bars for attempted murder. >> like a newborn baby. >> when you woke up on saturday mo? >> i pinched myself to be sure it's real. it was real. i pinched my selves three times, it's real, i'm out. >> the private investigator and the "innocence project" proved ross' innocence. the man believed to be the actual shooter is serving time for unrelated crimes. >>> other bay area headlines, san francisco police arrested a man wanted for shooting an ak- 47 into a house in the western addition. officers say it started as an argument between the shooter and homeowner yesterday evening. that's when 42-year-old karim benton pulled out a fully automatic ak-47 and sprayed the house. the man inside was hurt but is going to be okay. >>> at least one person was hurt after a car hit a power pole near lake merced this morning. it happened at the intersection of gell earth and clear feel drive. the car was towed away. the pole w

darnell ross of upper marlboro was killed february 16th. 20-year-old was struck by a car on m street near first in northeast. the driver took off. if you have any information, police would like to hear from you. >>> another big story, a mistrial in the mother daughter murder case in prince george's county. jason scott will be retried this fall for the deaths of a largo mother and daughter found dead in a stolen car in march of 2009. fox 5's karen gray houston is in the newsroom with reaction. >> jason thomas scott is a professional criminal. he has already been convicted on federal charges for multiple burglaries, armed home invasion robberies and related charges. that he wasn't convicted today of the murders of dolores dewitt and her daughter ebony makes prosecutors more determined and dolores' sister very angry. >> it's very important that he stand trial for this. >> patricia smith watched the first trial and says she's determined to see justice done for her sister dolores dewitt and 20-year-old niece ebony. their charred bodies were found in the trunk of a stolen car in largo in m

wilbur ross, you know him. what do you think of him?part of the group that tried to get him to rup for president last time. so i was disappointed when he didn't. i do feel he went a little too far with the president, to be thankful, to be polite is one thing. i think he embraced him a little more than he needed to but i don't think that is a fatal sin. >> could i point out cpac didn't invite chris christie who did not raise taxes as governor. they are inviting bob mcdonnell who just passed the largest tax increase in virginia. >> very controversial. >> and also a medicaid expansion and seems to be an identity crisis at cpac. >> i don't think this medicaid -- that's a good point. i don't think this medicaid thing should be used as a litmus test. that's a state by state decision. have you sandoval is -- these are republicans, sandoval, kasich, rick snyder of michigan, rick scott of florida also endorsed and jan brewer who is a tea party person. scott was a tea party person. they're taking medicaid money. this really should be to me a cons

with it and it's interesting over the last year, he didn't mind spending $200,000 of money to get ross mirkarimi out of office and yet with one of his own appointees, you sent him a recommendation and he ignores it and he ignores that. well, boys and girls, can anyone spell hypocritical? very frankly one of the reasons i have been adamant about the library commission is the fact that they come before the public and they lie. they present number relating to the finances of friends of the public library and through public records request i found they have absolutely nothing to back those numbers up. we're talking $10 million that they have claimed that the friends gave to benefit the public library, and they can't back up the numbers. and yet, they come before the public and say oh, yes, they are doing a wonderful job. now at the minimum, that is misrepresentation. if i am on a board or commission, and i go before and i present finances as part of a public record, and i say oh, yes, these are good numbers. and it turns out that i don't know what i'm talking about, that is dereliction of

hi. >>> hi, ross. the yen is hitting multi-year lows and more earnings reports are showing appreciation. mazda motor has more than doubled its full-year profit forecasts $277 million. that would mark the first yearly net profit in five years for japan's biggest carmaker by volume. the hiroshima-based firm said the fall in home currency and cost reduction offset sluggish vehicle sales. the end rate drives mazda's success as it exports 80% of the cars it builds in japan. the highest ratio among japanese carmakers. prior to announcing its results, mazda shares got the market pop along with toyota which also raised its profit outlook yesterday on the plunged yen. for my con another benchmark -- nikkon another benchmark. the camera company cut its full-year operating profit to $514 million from its november forecast of around $770 million. profits at the firm are being squeezed by falling prices of single lens reflex cameras. the sales of nikon's multimillion-dollar lithography machines were also slow last

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it happened in the 100 block of m treat northwest. 20-year-old darnell christopher ross was killed. if you have any information in this case, please call d.c. police. >>> more action could come soon to move gun control reform forward. we'll tell what you congress is considering now. >> it is a case that continues to set off controversy and still has many unanswered questions. today marks one year since trayvon martin was shot and killed. details on where the case stands today. we'll be back.   this is my friend diane. she's played by the rules her whole life. but then the rules flew right out the window. having just lost her husband, she stepped up and adopted her three grandkids, while working full time and caring for her brother, eddie, with cerebral palsy. i get the three children up. i walk andrew at eight i drop olivia off at eight thirty. spend a few minutes at emilio's school. i stop at the grocery store, and then i might do some laundry that has to be done. and then i have about five minutes. the baby sitter comes in and then i go to work. i

ktvu's paul chambers spoke to ross who spent his first weekend as a free man. paul? >> reporter: i was there on friday when he was released from jail. he said his first weekend of freedom was great, surrounded by friends and family. his attorneys say if it wasn't for nancy o'malley asking for the conviction to be over turned he could still be in jail. >> reporter: he says spending 7 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit was a blessing in disguise. >> early 30s, god going to make it a way that i will be 50. >> reporter: 2006, he was sentenced to 25 years to life for shooting a man. but he said he didn't do it. >> i am innocent. i don't know what is going on. >> we met with him in may 2008, it was obvious to us that he was innocent. >> reporter: it would take attorneys and the innocence project to get the conviction over turned. new evidence a false testimony and help from the district attorney was enough to convince a judge. >> she was convinced she couldn't stand behind this conviction anymore. she took a position and it was just and i admire that. >> report

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