and so i spent about a half-hour with him, with schafer there, then i got schafer to leave so i could just talk to him personally about it and emphasize it even more. so i did that. i was trying to figure out what can i give him as a souvenir. i had a nixon fountain penny gave him. so i then went back to saigon and reported on my conversation with -- to the ambassador and chief of operations there, military operations, and then about half-way back to reporting to the navy chief pacific, i got another call from haig said the search light wants you hear tomorrow morning to talk to the cabinet and a few congressional people. so i said well i can't because i got to talk to these people in hawaii. he said we got another airplane for you. you got an hour to talk to them and get on. so i arrived about 3:00 in the morning in washington and i had with me a gun which the south vietnamese general had given me from china to show me their weapons were coming from china. it was a disabled gun but it was kind after nice souvenir. so i decided i was going to show this to the cabinet an i thought how

for up to minute information on the case follow christian schafer. he is tweeting everything that happened in the courtroom. we have taken the tweets and created a timeline of everything happening. you can find it all on our website abc2news.com. >> in tonight's consumer alert can you see yourself putting away your next cup of coffee and picking up an inhaler to get caffeine? the product went on the market last month in massachusetts and in new york. food and drug administration is investigating whether inhaling caffeine is safe. we talked to local doctors. we'll have a special report wednesday at 11:00. >>> shoppers have been celebrating president's day all weekend here in maryland. friday marked the beginning of the second annual energy star product. christy is a new homeowner. she has been waiting for this weekend to save on several new appliances. >> today i would say are the best times to be buying appliances. we waited just for this weekend to be able to come out here. if you can save a couple hundred dollars it is nice. >> some appliance store

. >> paul schafer, ladies and gentlemen, 30 years. 1982. >> i got nothing to say to that [ bleep ]. >you go, ladies and gentlemen. the late show staffer. >>> how about that for congrat lags. after thanking the staff, letterman introduced howard stern who has appeared on the showman i time. he showed a photo of stern from 1984. stern, of course, suggested that he burn it. now to sports and miami against the bucs in milwaukee. early on, lebron james looked like he could win it for the heat all by himself. including a huge jam late in the first quarter. james scored 40 in the game. but that just was not enough. milwaukee jennings came on strong with 31 points including three-pointers in the final period. the bucs win 105-97. >>> in philadelphia, the 76ers blocked a shot by chicago's rose and followed with a fast break. it was finished with a flourish on his way to 19 points. drew holiday added 17. they beat the bulls, 98-82. their fourth straight win. >>> in college hoops, texas a&m hosted sixth ranked baylor and the ag is gave the bears a run for their money. baylor's jackson responded

. >> reporter: schafer is the member of the central committee, the committee hasn't decided on the issuehe testified against it. >> what this does is creates another big government bureaucracy, without reducing crime. >> reporter: arundel county has 8000 outstanding arrest warrants, half of them are for people who live in other parts of the state. that doesn't matter he says, they won't see their tax refund unless they set it will warp first. i'm -- warrant first. >> those who file taxes jointly with someone wanted on a warrant would get the tax refund right away. >>> pain at the pump as gasoline prices jump $0.10 a gallon. a gallon of regular is up to $3.52. nationally, prices are 35% higher than last year. oil analysts expect prices to hit highs during the first half of theee, due to on going middle east tensions. >>> here supermarket shakeup, giant food taking over to fresh and green stores in hamdon and parkville. moving two blocks away to larger location witness occupied by super fresh. >> i'm hoping, it's larger, so they will carry their current employees over and hopefully we hope

. >> reporter: in the window of one classroom, sixth-grade teacher andrea schafer was also emotional. if she will be back with the students she says she's learned to love. anthony chavez is a fourth-grader who doesn't want to see his teachers grow. >> it's not their fault. it's mr. springer and mr. berndt's fault. i don't know why they're running them out. >> reporter: maria alsuna has two children in miramonte. she wouldn't keep them here if she thought they were in any danger from other teachers. >> i know a lot of teachers who've been doing a great job here. you know, and they deserve to come back. >> reporter: this is john north reporting for abc news. >> and i mean, obviously, this scandal does not implicate all the teachers at that school. but certainly you can understand the parents' outrage and anger and they want their kids out of that building. you can't fault them for that. >> you almost need a clean slate. but we should note that some of those teachers may end up indeed getting their jobs back after the investigation is final. >> there's also a school here in brooklyn in n