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time to play reporter roulette. >>> again with the federal appeals court in california upholding a lower court's ruling. proposition 8 or prop 8, the state's ban a same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. dan simon live in san francisco. dan, you've been talking to people there. how have they been reacting to the news? >> reporter: obviously they're very happy about it. they expected this, quite frankly, and we should point out a little more than three years ago, a majority of california voters said they were against same-sex marriage. well, in this case the federal appeals court said the majority doesn't rule that proposition 8, which defined marriage between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. from here, brooke, most observers think this case will be headed to the supreme court. it does not mean the fact that same-sex marriage got a victory today that couples can start getting married tomorrow. this ruling is effectively put on hold while this appeals process continues. brooke? >> so ultimately we'll be looking for the next big step to be the u.s. supreme court. dan simon in san fra

that's reporter roulette on this tuesday. >>> how about this one?l is paying students to come to class. yep. wait until you hear how it works, and you can imagine the backlash that idea is getting. >>> for the first time ever, we're getting a look at private notes from first lady jacqueline kennedy. find out what they reveal, next. >>> if it's interesting and happening right now, you're about to see it. rapid fire. beginning with mitt romney. check out this new poll out of michigan today. see the guy at the top? rick santorum beating mitt romney 33-27 in the research poll of likely voters. michigan primary two weeks away, but rick santorum already has ads on the air. stay tuned to cnn because we'll be releasing new national poll numbers at the top of the hour, half an hour from now. >>> israel on a high state of alert after three bombs went off in bangkok, thailand. they say israelis are to blame. they were attacked in iran and georgia. >>> they're appealing a decision to overturn the american's murder conviction. knox was cleared last year in the m

time to play reporter roulette. >>> wanted again here with this counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug. elizabeth cohen has that this morning on avastin. elizabeth? >> reporter: brooke, the food and drug administration has warned 19 medical practices that they may have fake avastin on their shelves. it's used to treat colon cancer, among others. the fake packaging is in french. that's the first sign that this is a counterfeit, and also it says rouche on the label as the company that makes it. the real avastin actually says genentek on it. if any practices have it, they need to get rid of it. these folks are making $120 for a 400-milliliter bottle of avastin. we don't know if any patients were given this drug, and if they were, if it damaged them. brooke? >> allison kosik on the new rules. hallelujah, if i may, limiting how and when telemarketers can call and text you. what are the new rules? what do we need to know? >> what these new rules do, brooke, is that they work with that do not call list to cut back on telemarketing calls. there were just a lot of loopholes in that

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. >>> breaking news here to kick off today's reporter roulette.aight to you there in detroit. a judge has now given the so-called underwear bomber farouk abdulmutallab a sentence and it is? >> it's life in prison. it's life in prison on the counts that he was applicable for that. but beak, she gave him the maximum allowable sentence under each of the counts, two of them carrying that life in prison. she had these counts. you could see a little bit of activity over here, brooke. they're blocking the road which means that abdulmutallab is going to be coming out. but what we can tell you is that yes, she did give him life in prison on the two counts he was facing that on. she said there's no potential for rehabilitation and said that this is a just punishment. now, the judge did allow a 52-second video made by the fbi basically a demonstration of what would have happened had that bomb exploded as it was intended to do. the explosion was very, very loud and during it, abdulmutallab said god is great. god is great. something that he also said as he was

next on reporter roulette, casey wian in los angeles.hat do the parents want to see happen and bring us sort of up to date on this. >> reporter: that's right, michael, here at miramonte elementary school, you can see there is a law enforcement presence outside this school. parents have been coming and going all day. tchs veeearst. been alleged to have gone on, years in some of smeez cases. they will be meeting with school district officials later tonight to try to get answers. of course, the investigations are ongoing. we're not sure how many answers they'll be getting. we also knew that the parents are here with some of their students. >> we're hearing the schools are closed tomorrow. is that a cooling off period? >> they're wondering why they didn't close it today, but they say it's good they didn't because they wouldn't know what to do with children while parents are at work. what the school is saying is school will be closed tuesday and wednesday to allow the investigation to continue. one thing authorities, and of course parents, wa

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that's today's reporter roulette. >> a conservative, a liberal and a moderate walked into the bar. >> that's a rick santorum reporter getting mixed reaction after a joke about mitt romney. both candidates making their cases to conservatives today, but did romney say enough to convince voters still on the fence? we'll take you like to cpac next. >>> plus, newt gingrich is expected to address the crowd soon, and introducing him, his wife cta, who we rely hear from. we'll be right back. ing is that brushing alone isn't enough to keep it clean. fortunately, you've got listerine. unlike brushing which misses 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so what are you waiting for? it's time to take your mouth to a whole new level of health. listerine... power to your mouth. sure. what flavor? mm, one of each. lemon burst, hm, cherry orchard, blackberry harvest... my daughter's grabbing some yoplait. pina colada, orange creme. i can't imagine where she is... strawberry cheesecake. [ grocery store pa ] clean up in aisle eight. found her! [ female announcer ] yoplait or

time to play reporter roulette. brie a brianna kheiler straight out to you at the white house on the tax cut plan. what is the plan? >> reporter: the plan, brooke, is to reduce the tax rate from 35% down to 28%. the idea here is to lower the rate by getting rid -- lowering the rate that many corporations pay by getting rid of the tax breaks that some corporations enjoy. this sort of speaks to president obama's idea about fairness, and you better believe this this is something the white house is talking about because this is a more fair process. right now there are 130 tax breaks on the books. of course, a lot of those tax breaks go to corporations or industries that have lobbied for a carve-out. a lot of corporations are paying less in taxes, some paying only 14%, ge last year paid nothing. so the idea is to get rid of some of that, flatten out what these corporations pay. manufacturers, though, brooke, would still get more of a tax break, but oil companies, for instance, would see theirs disappear under this plan.

time to play reporter roulette. i want to begin with miguel marquez in flores, arizona where this prominent sheriff has resigned from his role in the romney campaign there. this after being outed and accused of threatening his ex-boyfriend with deportation. miguel, you spoke with this ex-sheriff babou. what did he say? >> this is one of those stories that if you didn't know it happened, you wouldn't believe it's true. he said there was a three-year relationship with sheriff babou. this guy, only identified as jose, doesn't want to be identified. he's here, he says, legally. he fell in love with the sheriff. the sheriff didn't reciprocate that love, and things went from bad to worse until they got to the really bad phase where the sheriff claimed that jose was hacked into his twitter account. jose says the sheriff threatened to throw him out of the country. >> guys, we have the sound? anyone? no. >> do you think he was trying to make you leave the country? >> he just, what i think he just didn't want me to keep me as

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. >> i'm kind of hoping to see some roulette. black 29 is my lucky number.oping to win a few dollars, see what i can do. >> reporter: are you frugal or will you put down some big bets? >> i'm going to go all in. >> i like to indulge. i usually have a cap and if i try and go over that, my wife gets mad at me. >> i prefer roulette because i lose slower. i just know cards and i don't get along. >> reporter: joe ward says he goes all in. >> yeah, yeah. they actually win. like i said, i never win ever. >> poor mike knuble, he can't gamble, he can't win, but he can write a segway. that's one of the -- ride a segway. that's one of the auction gifts. it was a good time. >>> four prince george's county police officers honored for saving hives by the fire chief. eric lee, daniel gonzalez, jonathan eyler and matthew ling saw smoke billowing out of spellman house apartments in college park saturday. senior citizens live there. they rushed to the sixth floor, realized the alarms weren't working and went door to door getting residents out. >> i know this fire chief went o

now on to reporter roulette. this is the first step on to you maybe owning a piece of facebook. but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. felicia taylor is live at the stock exchange. there is so much talk about this. what is facebook actually expected to do today? >> well, brooke, we started to hear rumors really early this morning that facebook was getting ready to file the paperwork required to launch an ipo. then the process actually begins, and it can take several months. they go on what they call a roadsh roadshow, which is basically advertising facebook, although i don't think there is anyone out there who doesn't understand the magnitude of facebook. they are seeking to raise about $5 million in this offering. we could find out what the particularer m ticker symbol will be, where it's going to trade, and what it's worth. we'll have to wait until after it actually starts trading. analysts estimate that its value is somewhere between 75 and $100 billion. not bad for a company that didn't even exist eight years ago. that valuation would make it worth more than iconic co

and time to play reporter roulette. >>> straight to washington we go to lizzie o'leary. we're talking gas prices. they jumped 3 cents a gallon from yesterday to a national average of 6 cents a gallon. why have they gone up? >> i wish i could give you the political sound bite the politicians want, but it's just not that simple. the world is big. there are three things driving this, and that is essentially the price of oil that's influenced by iran and the middle east, supply and demand, you have a lot of people, certainly in india and china, who are getting richer than they've ever been before using more, and then speculators. it sounds like an evil word. sometimes it means banks and hedge funds, but often it means the investments that you and i and anybody who has a pension hold. pension funds, remember, betting the oil markets just like everybody else. these aren't just people who are actually going to use oil at the end but people who make money on the price of oil going up and down. so even if you're paying more at the pump, it's also possible that your retirement fun

and folks, we aren't just talking slots, but blackjack and roulette. voters would have the final say at the ballot box. >> a crushing blow. that's how maryland controller characterized the economic effects of raising the state's gasoline tax. governor martin o'malley's proposed leveeing a 6% sales tax on gasoline. that would be in addition to the 23 1/2 gas tax already in place. sales taxes would add another 20 cents per gallon and that would devastate maryland's families and businesses. >> this undercuts their ability to pay their bills, save money for college or retirement and will pull money that might have been spent at local stores and restaurants out of the economy. and for all the maryland businesses who rely on trucking and shipping or driving to their location, this is a shot to the gut. >> also argues that a higher tax would encourage people to dive to d.c. to get their gas more cheaply. >> winter making a comeback. anny lets us know how much of the white stuff may be coming our way. we'll get that full forecast in a few minutes. but first, n

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going online to an unknown website to buy medication, you're really playing russian roulette. you have no idea where they're coming from and who is watching over that supply. >> and what do you say if you're someone who thought you were getting avastin? >> the good news, if you call your doctor, they can check your records and tell you immediately whether you got the real drug. >> okay. thank you, rich. good to see you tonight. >>> now, a maddening part of modern life. those robocalls from irritating salesmen. tonight, the federal government saying enough. going through extremes to make it harder than ever for the calls to interrupt your family dinner. and here's abc's dan harris. >> this is lauren calling in regards to your loan modification. >> i was calling to let you know that i will be in your area. >> reporter: it's one of the most annoying aspects of modern life. >> those calls on your home phone. they would call and you would be like, hello? hello? >> reporter: youtube is brimming with complaints about those unsolicited, inhuman phone calls. every night at dinnertime,

no. 2, maryland senate is considering a measure to allow table gambling games like roulette or blackjack at casinos. the bill would let voters decide whether to build a sixth casino in the state locked at brokaw raceway or national harbor. no. 1, d.c. and montgomery county maryland do it. today the prince george's county council endorsed a five cent bag tax to reduce trash and clean up neighborhoods. the bill would give the county the authority to impose that five cent tax and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >> we get the newest models coming in with the track of the storm. >> i think we're on track company kind of the peak will be around 4:00, 5:00 tomorrow. unfortunately that always comp indicates rush hour even if it is just a small -- complicates rush hour even if it is just a small amount of snow. good news is it won't accumulate on roadways and it will be a while before we get a significant accumulation on grass of tonight not much going on, clear skies, temperatures getting chilly in a few spots. tonight we got up to 56 degrees and have had such a warm of run weather that pavemen

national harbor is big time and up scale like vegas with slots and table games like blackjack and roulette and hotel rooms. baker had a consultant do an analysis which found the casino could generate nearly $29 million in gaming revenue for the county. the county exec wants 20% of that dedicated to nonprofit, 40% to addressing housing issues specifically related to foreclosures and another 40% for economic development. we asked some folks at the harbor tonight what they think of that plan. >> i think it's an amazing idea. this place as wonderful as it is, it's gorgeous and attracts tons of people and if they brought a casino in, not only would we have an even better nightlife, it could bring in so much revenue. >> not being from the area but from what i understand, pg county schools could use some of that money. >> i think it's awesome. brings people back down into the national harbor, brings business back in here, kind of pulls -- keeps people local and so they're not traveling to dover or whatever. >> the county exec is lobbying for changes to the current gaming bill and he opposes any e

he says that the roulettes, black jacks, slots would make this a destination for tourists. the maryland legislature would have to approve. baker says that a study showed that national harbor would be superior to rose croft which would require a lot of interfrom a structure >> that's the reason i went for the high income, high-end casinos and not the slot barns which i aopposed in the past. that, right there, that's where when you get people coming in using the last dime on a slot machine. thinks for people that you see with disposable income. >> not all county lawmakers are on board and are convinced that casino style gaming is right for prince george's county. any project has to pass in a referendum with voters. there is also opposition to the prince george's county proposal, namely from those who already have the rights to have slots in the state. other gaming sites who don't believe necessarily that a sixth location in prince george's county would be good as far as competition. sherry ly, fox 5 news. >> weeping learning some new details about whitney houston's funeral. k