lee's nephew fitz lee, and it will be there where pickett will luddy sheridan -- bloody sheridan's nose, which could have been the worst thing he could've have done because as i started the civil war there is no human being i would fear more rather than to serve with or against than the 33-year-old phillip sheridan in 1865. you did not get in his way. you did what he wanted. by pickett stopping him, he asked for support from the infantry. he did not like the answer that he got, but he gets the union fit core attached to him. pickett, realizing the infantry was coming to support the cavalry, withdraws to one of the most obscure little crossroads you will ever come across. five rows that intersect in rural dinwiddie county, known locally as five forks. you can go out here in prince edward's county and find five forks here. the one in dinwiddie, george pickett is going to set his men into trenches, running east-west, right through it. to his back, three miles north of there, is the southside railroad. he gets a message from robert e. lee, and the message says, simply, hold five forks at al

warren will ride to sheridan and ask him to reconsider, and it is a classic sheridan quote -- "reconsider, hell, i do not reconsider any of my--- " he does not have time for warren and cast them aside as well. with that, warren is left in petersburg. unfortunately for warren, he misses out on the last week of the war. he will remain in petersburg without a command. he will put in for an inquiry for the charges he thinks are unwanted. with that, he will be left behind. his men absolutely loved him. when they leave, they will march back to petersburg and form a torchlight review of him in downtown petersburg before heading up to washington for the grand review. they are the only union unit to march back to petersburg, not go back to richmond. they obviously admire their leader. he though, however, is going to remain in the army, and won't get his day in court until much later. it is, again, another political move, warren but will eventually been -- but warren will eventually be vindicated. the findings won't be released until after he has died. so, he never knows that his name has been clea

john sheridan's cause of death ruled suicide. with his dna, investigators say, on the gas can handle and cuts to his neck and torso. he was found in the burning bedroom underneath an armoire. while prosecutors say testing was done on a metal object melted into the floor, the sheridan loved ones say investigators never recovered any knife linked to the wounds on their father's body. the sons say if their mother foult so hard for his life why weren't there any scratches on his father or transfer of blood? the family also tells us on the weekend of the deaths in late september, that their parents, their father, had been preparing e-mails for an important meeting here at cooper university hospital. also that they had face time the night before with a grandson, even though people who investigators interviewed said john sheridan was upset and withdrawn in the final days of his life. live in camden outside cooper university hospital, i'm cydney long, "nbc10 news." >>> you can read the entire seven-page report from the prosecutor's offic

the sheridan family released a statement disputing the findings. they say quote, this conclusion seeks to convict our father based on little more than rank speculation. we will be filing a lawsuit challenging the conclusion announced by investigators. we will not allow our father to be convicted based on guesswork resulting from an inadequate and incomplete investigation simply because he is not here to defend himself. >>> friday started out wet. >> sheena parveen is here now. we're already 10 degrees below normallial and it's going to get colder. >> that's right. today chilly especially with any showers around. we still do have some light rain around. it's mostly along the shore from cape may and points north. and even through sussex county. some of that heavier rain we saw in southern delaware that has kind of moved out. we're now just seeing drizzle throughout rest of the area. here's a live look out at center city. we pretty much have dry conditions here. just overcast skies. if you're heading out this evening, we will be keeping the clouds in

the sheridan family released a statement disputing the findings. they say quote, this conclusion seeks to convict our father based on little more than rank speculation. we will be filing a lawsuit challenging the conclusion announced by investigators. we will not allow our father to be convicted based on guesswork resulting from an inadequate and incomplete investigation simply because he is not here to defend himself.

fatally stabbed joyce cher tan -- sheridan set the fire. soriano said john sheridan died of sharp force injuries and smoke inhalation. coming up at 6:00 new jersey correspondent nora muchanic tells us why the sheridans four sons believe their parents were both murdered. >> recovery officials on the scene of a germanwings flight that crashed in the french alps say they haven't found a single body intact. police say jewelry and other objects found at the site could help in the dent fiction process. new today german prosecutors say they found a torn up sick note that indicates the co-pilot accused of bringing down the plane intentionally was hiding some type of illness. they say the note indicated that a medical doctor declared the co-pilot as unfit to work and had excused him from work on the day of the flight. >>> the injury toll from yesterday's explosion in manhattan has now reached 22. and at least two people are unaccounted for. investigators are looking into whether a gas line was inappropriately accessed leading to the powerful explosi

the sheridan sons are planning a lawsuit to challenge the report's conclusions. live in our new jersey news room, nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, nora. >>> two teenaged suspects are in custody tonight. that after the heinous assault of a woman a 19-year-old woman on the streets of philadelphia. it happened in 3900 block of richmond street in port richmond late last night. the suspects, 16 and 14. live at the special victims unit is "action news" reporter david henry. david. >> reporter: well, jim the victim's own family helped chase down one of the suspects. they are both now charged with multiple crimes including robbery and rape and neighbors of the victim are just horrified by what happened last night. >> it's horrible. it's so scary. you walk around with a knot in your stomach. >> reporter: that's how neighbors are feeling today after what happened here on port richmond street last night. a 19-year-old woman left this gym and started walking to her home about a mile away. she ended up in a remote spot along these train tracks forced

>> reporter: lucy, prosecutors say that john sheridan stabbed his wife before he killed himself. that ruling tonight has left the sheridan family with questions about what happened and the investigation. john sheridan the prominent ceo of cooper had the system stab his wife joyce before he set a fire in his home killing himself himself. today prosecutors released that finding from the medical examiner who also ruled john share didn't's cause of death a suicide due to sharp force injuries and smoke inhale laying laying. their four children saying the ruling fails to provide answers to their questions about their parents deaths. they released a statement which reads in part "they cannot explain that the weapon used to stab our father was never recovered. they cannot complain his broken ribs chipped tooth or why he was found under an armoire. they cannot explain the numerous weapons found at the scene or why they failed to take custody of all those weapons. they cannot explain their failure to dust for fingerprints or blood evidence outsider the bedroom the lack of motive of suicide

john and joyce sheridan scene here in happier times.ntil last september when investigators responding to a fire in their montgomery township somerset county home found them dead inside. now several months later a shocking conclusion to the investigation. prosecutors say sheridan, the prominent former ceo of cooper university health systems, stabbed his wife to death before setting a fire and killing himself. the medical examiner says john died of sharp force injuries and smoke inhalation. they say it was a murder/suicide murder/suicide. the report states knives the accelerant and matches found at the scene all belong to the sheridans. there was no evidence of forced and tree or disturbance by intruder. no one seen leaving the home the morning of the murder. also the report details family and colleagues describing john sheridan as out of character very upset withdrawn and with an attitude resignation in the days before. sheridan four sons also released a statement today saying the conclusion failed to answer their questions about what re

john sheridan fatally stabbed joyce sheridan set the fire and committed suicide. that's the conclusion of the somerset county prosecutor into the deaths of the cooper health systems ceo and his wife a retired schoolteacher. the report says joyce sheridan suffered eight wounds to the head an fatal stab wound to the chest. she also had defensive wounds on her hands. police found her in an upstairs bedroom of the couple's skillman home where they were responding to reports of a fire on september 28 of last year. authorities say john sheridan's dna was found on a half empty gas can found inside the room and he was alive after the fire started. he was found with five broken ribs under a burning armoire. his autopsy shows he died smoke inhalation and mark wounds. >>> the two knives found at the scene did not cause the deaths. investigators say john sheridan was described by colleagues and friends as out of character upset and withdrawn. and that he was apparent that joyce sheridan was worried and upset because she too recognized john sheridan was exhibiting levels of ap

general sheridan gave a piece to general custer. it was kept 80 custer family and later given to the smithsonian did lee's -- lee's marble top table was obtained for $40 in greenbacks. this was the first time we had a federal currency it could be used anywhere. it is in the chicago historical society now. grant 's solo back chair -- swivel back chair is in the smithsonian institution. please came back chair was obtained by whitaker. that is in the smithsonian. that candlesticks that were on the table, the marble top table were obtained by brigadier general shargh. they are actually in an exhibit. the silent witness i think, is one of the more interesting pieces in the room. it was a ragdoll owned by an eight-year-old girl. it was left in the parlor. when the fed also came in the parlor they started passing among themselves. you can see it today in the parlor c exhibition, called the silent witness. the vase on the mantle remained in the mclean family. they were later given to the park. you can see them. the cell phone was kept in th

officials say that cooper health systems ceo john sheridan killed his wife joyce and they are took histell us tonight those closest to the couple believe that is not what happened. >> reporter: six months after the ceo of cooper health system and his wife died their montgomery township home remains boarded. the cars still park in the driveway. the somerset prosecutor now says john sheridan stabbed his wife joyce to death and set the house on fire in the early morning of september 28th. and what has now been ruled a murder/suicide. the official autopsy reveals joyce was found with eight stab wounds to her head and one to her chest in the upstairs bedroom. she died before the fire start started. smoke inhalation and shark force injuries killed john. firefighters found him in the burning house with five broken ribs and cuts to his neck and body. he was lying underneath a heavy dresser. two knives and a gasoline can with his fingerprints were found in the bedroom. all their possessions were intact including nearly $1,000 in cash. also the home had no signs of forced entry. investigators sa

they say our hearts are with the the sheridan family at this difficult time. although the the findings about his death and the death of joyce are unfathomable to us they say they will continue to remember john as a compassionate leader of cooper who was committed to making positive changes, in camden. >>> we're staying on top of this story. we will have the very latest on cbs-3 philly.com. >>> a septa busies in the right place at the right time. the driver is being called a hero after finding a little will girl who wandered from her home for a special treat. the the child was found alone at torresdale and magee in philadelphia's tacony neighborhood and "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter has this incredible story. >> reporter: with little annabel ridgeway back safely at their side her parents had word of gratitude to septa bus driver hard len jennifer who opened up the doors of his route 56 bus, and his heart to the wet, shivering little girl sheltering and caring for her after she was spotted by a passenger wandering in the darkness just before 3:00 a.m. >

stabbed eight times in the head by their attacker who they say is john sheridan. superficial and nature with self infliction. on the other side of family members are disputing that while the prosecutor's office says there was no intruder. family members talked about dorsett house house being on lots of blood evidence upstairs and downstairs in the house. why did the investigators not dust for fingerprints? i talked about a wrought iron poker found in the bedroom. it was an identified as a weapon until a month later. by an insurance investigator. i asked a friend of the show homicide investigator what he thought and he agreed with. >> i think it's a suicide for a few reasons. the wife that defensive wounds on her arms which is a strong indication that someone was attacking her and because he doesn't have any of those things and the fact that he is also alive when the fire starts me and he's trying to start the fire. >> you have a lot of cases like this. and are more and knocked over nights and buyer, have you ever seen such a thing? >> i haven't seen a case like th

the cars still park in the driveway, the somerset prosecutor now says that john sheridan stabbed his wife joyce to death and set the house on fire in the early morning of september 28th and what has new been ruled a murder/suicide. the official autopsy reveals joyce was stabbed with eight stab wound to her head and within to her chest in the upstairs bedroom. she died before the the fire started, smoke inhalation and sharp force injuries killed john. fire fighters found him in the burning house with five broken ribs and cuts to his neck and body. he was lying underneath a heavy dresser. two knives and a gasoline can with his fingerprint were found in the bedroom all of the powe eggses intact including $1,000 in cash. also the home had no signs of forced entry. investigators say witnesses told them in the days leading up that his mental condition had been deteriorating. john had been withdrawn overly worried with regard to work issues n a statement sheridan's four sons says the conclusions seek to convict our father based on little more than rank speculation. we will be filing a lawsu

they go to phil sheridan. he dispatches general custer's division to appomattox station the afternoon of april 8. what is going on at appomattox station? not a whole lot written from the confederate point of view. there is supplies on this thing -- trading, but what is going on down there? just recently i obtained an account from a federal surgeon named william h taylor, a major and the 19 virginia infantry. the -- he escape the battle of the creek. he was with pickets division. when it gets overrun the surgeons are set up a little bit to the rear. he manages to escape. he escaped by running around trees, running over trees, and if he had to he would have run through a tree to escape at sailor's creek. he manages to get away and makes it up or to appomattox station early in the afternoon and this is the first time i am presenting best, so i hope it goes smoothly, but what is going on at this nation? they have rations and supplies, but there is a bunch of government army red tape going on. making a very differe

general sheridan gave a piece to general custer. it was kept 80 custer family and later given to the smithsonian did lee's -- lee's marble top table was obtained for $40 in greenbacks. this was the first time we had a federal currency it could be used anywhere. it is in the chicago historical society now. grant 's solo back chair -- swivel back chair is in the smithsonian institution. please came back chair was obtained by whitaker. that is in the smithsonian. that candlesticks that were on the table, the marble top table were obtained by brigadier general shargh. they are actually in an exhibit. the silent witness i think, is one of the more interesting pieces in the room. it was a ragdoll owned by an eight-year-old girl. it was left in the parlor. when the fed also came in the parlor they started passing among themselves. you can see it today in the parlor c exhibition, called the silent witness. the vase on the mantle remained in the mclean family. they were later given to the park. you can see them. the cell phone was kept in th

the federal calvary was under general philip sheridan and wesley merritt and had with him some folks you probably you have recognized, george armstrong custer, thomas devon and george crook. many of these the fighter in the indians were afterwards. they are facing confessional to richard anderson and bush ron johnson. that fighting at that intersection, which is just beyond the visitor center is known as marshall's crossroads or harper's farm. here the union calvary would attack at the same time that fighting was going on down at the hillsman house along the creek. now the fighting at the creek, the confederates did not have artillery.

the me also determined john sheridan committed suicide and died of sharp force injuries. the family released a lengthy statement regarding the findings saying in part "from the outset we have said that no one wants answers about our parents deaths more than we dodge the conclusion announced today fails to provide those answers. it is nothing more than speed yet way for the prosecutor's office to close its file and put an end to its embarrassing bungling of this murder investigation in the hope that our family the citizens of somerset county and the press will stop inquiring about what actually happened ". >>> the statement is from the sheridan's children matt mark, matt dan and tim who say they still do not answers as to what happened to their parents. back here live coming up at 6:00 hear what the family says about evidence that was found in the mark. they still have questions about that as well as a lawsuit they say they plan to file. chris? >> shawnette thanks. >>> developing now, a shocking crime seen in the bridesburg section of philadelphia. one woman is dead tonigh

i message as to general sheridan's lines so that he wouldn't be missed. another thing that is not known at appomattox is during this time of armistice, a group of offices both federal and union met around the courthouse building. they were there for about one hour and a half. it was in essence, a west point reunion. what it there, wilcox was there. sheridan was there. chamberlain was there. griffin was there. many other officers. they shared on battles that will run out. there wasn't an agreement -- there was an agreement made. between general longstree that theret would be no blue bath of troops unless the other counterpart was notified. everyone kind of settled down in place. general lee now came back to where the army was now located. he would then be made to rest by some of the officers that approach them. the general was quite tired at this point. you can imagine after three nights on the road. three days. the losses that he had sustained, half of the army lost in the last week. he took his place in front of gordon's position. sitting on a bunch of r

p force injuries and smoke inhalation while joyce sheridan's cause of death it was a stab wound to her chest. that punctured her aorta a. as for a motive for all this, another lingering question here prosecutors say that john sheridan was distraught about work in the days leading up to his death. now you may know that this couple had four children grown children, they have long disputed the idea that this may have been a murder/suicide and they are not happy once again with the the report that came from the prosecutor's today. they say there is key evidence that is missing and they are basically questioning over all the integrity of this investigation. let's show you a statement they released to day. they called this, nothing more than an expedient way for prosecutor's office to close its file and put an end to an embarrassing bugling of this murder investigation in the hope that our family, the citizens of somerset county and the press, will stop inquiring about what actually happened. for that the the the statement from the four sons, of the sheridan's clearly they don't believe this

officials now say that cooper health systems ceo john sheridan kill his wife joyce and then took his own life but as "eyewitness news" reporter diana rock he believes those closest to the couple believes that is not what happened. >> reporter: six months after the ceo of cooper health system and his wife died their montgomery township home remains boarded. the the cars still park in the driveway. the somerset prosecutor now says that john sheridan stabbed his wife joyce to death and set the house on fire in the early morning of september 28th, and what has now been ruled a murder/suicide. the official autopsy reveals joyce was found with stab wound to her head and chest in the upstairs bedroom. she died before the fire started. smoke inhalation and sharp force injuries killed john. fire fighters found him in the burning house with five broken ribs and cuts to his neck and body. he was lying underneath a heavy dresser. two knives and a gasoline can with his fingerprints were found in the bedroom. all their possession where is intact including $1,000 in cash. also the home had no signs

so a writerider comes in calling a sheridan, the yankees are coming . kind of like paul revere and the british are coming. apparently this guy wanted to get out of the station pretty fast. he jumped on the mule backward in road into the federal artillery camp and the men are eating. what is volcker -- walker going to do? he does have infantry support other than artillery support. he starts to get his men into a rough time i and starts running towards appomattox station. just about that time, a fourth train comes in, pushing more supplies from lynchburg. this is actually pushing it, the trains into the station. when it's either federal cavalry there, they throw the engine into reverse and it breaks the couplings, so it leaves the cars and the supplies, but the engine makes it back to lynchburg and escapes. this is a very unusual battle. it is confederate artillery against federal mounted cavalry. i tried to find another battle like this in the civil war, and you can't do it. there is not a battle like this anywhere else in the american civil war. mounted

john and joyce sheridans are calling the report by the somerset county prosecutor's off speculative and plan to file a lawsuit. the report comes after a six-month investigation which found that cooper hospital ceo john sheridan killed his wife, set their north jersey house on fire and killed himself last september. >>> a former day care owner has been charged with after police say a 15-month-old child drown while under her care. the cumberland county prosecutor's office announced that rockiesen lacy is charged with operating a child care center without a license. investigators say she was caring for six kids at sunshine day care in millville last november. a child accidentally drown in a gold fish upon. prosecutors claim lacy needed a line because she was caring for more than five children. >>> police in voorhees want you to take a good look at these pictures. they say the two men you see here are persons of interest in a robbery that injured an elderly man. the 83-year-old man was robbed near the robin hill apartments on preston avenue. he had to be treated at the hospital for injuries

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john and joyce sheridan's four adult sons called the prosecutor's report speculative and plan to file lawsuit. the report comes after a six-month investigation. the investigation determined that cooper hospital ceo john sheridan killed his wife, set their north jersey house on fire and killed himself last september. >>> nobody will be charge that's the word from philadelphia police after a 4-year-old girl tried to take a bus ride by herself in the middle of the night. the girl got herself dressed and left her house in tacony around 3:00 yesterday morning. she boarded the bus telling passengers she wanted a slushy from a convenience store. the driver called officers and stopped the bus until they arrived n. this day and age, somebody could have picked her up, you know. it was scary. it was scary to see her out there at that time of night by herself. >> police reunited the girl with her mother at the hospital where she was checked out a few hours later. >>> a former day care owner has been charge after a 15-month-old child drown while under her care. the cumber loun county prosecutor's

the federal calvary was under general philip sheridan and wesley merritt and had with him some folks you probably you have recognized, george armstrong custer, thomas devon and george crook. many of these the fighter in the indians were afterwards. they are facing confessional to richard anderson and bush ron johnson. that fighting at that intersection, which is just beyond the visitor center is known as marshall's crossroads or harper's farm. here the union calvary would attack at the same time that fighting was going on down at the hillsman house along the creek. now the fighting at the creek, the confederates did not have artillery. the switch to relate to the union bombardment of 20 gun set up in the yard of the hillsman house. here at the fighting of the crossroads, both confederate and union forces did have artillery to use. a lot of the union causally have lost -- had lost their mounts, that they wrote directly provision of doing valley invalid down through richmond across appomattox river and immediately joined up with the army. one of them, sergeant coming to him, the first

sheridan wants no part of that. he wants to be in on the effort to finish lee's army. he's going nowhere. so now sherman doesn't really have a whole lot left. but it turns out that president lincoln is that city point. sherman wasn't aware of that. on the 27th and 28 grant and sherman and admiral porter have sort of an informal conversation with lincoln. it soon becomes apparent to sherman the lincoln wants to offer a lenient piece to the confederates, be conciliatory. with malice towards none charity for all. this deeply impresses sherman. is going to carry back those thoughts with him to north carolina. in his memoirs, sherman has this to say about lincoln. of all the men i've ever met, he possessed more of the elements of greatness combined with goodness than any other. now, sherman is going to march northward from goldsboro toward richmond, but that changes on april the sixth because he received word that grant has broken through with petersburg and richmond. the confederates are fleeing towards the west. how sherman directs his army toward raleigh. joe johnston is

they go to phil sheridan. he dispatches general custer's division to appomattox station the afternoon of april 8. what is going on at appomattox station? not a whole lot written from the confederate point of view. there is supplies on this thing -- trading, but what is going on down there? just recently i obtained an account from a federal surgeon named william h taylor, a major and the 19 virginia infantry. the -- he escape the battle of the creek. he was with pickets division. when it gets overrun the surgeons are set up a little bit to the rear. he manages to escape. he escaped by running around trees, running over trees, and if he had to he would have run through a tree to escape at sailor's creek. he manages to get away and makes it up or to appomattox station early in the afternoon and this is the first time i am presenting best, so i hope it goes smoothly, but what is going on at this nation? they have rations and supplies, but there is a bunch of government army red tape going on. making a very differe

the report comes after a six-month investigation which found that cooper hospital's ceo john sheridan killed his wife, set their north jersey house on fire and killed himself last september. >>> a former cumberland county day care owner is facing charges after a 15-month-old boy drown while she was watching him. prosecutors office says that roxanne lacy was caring for six kids at sunshine day care in millville last november. according to investigators, lacy was inside with one of the other children when the boy drown in a gold fish pond. she was charged with operating a child care center without a license. lacy would have needed a license to care for more than five kids. >>> this morning, police in voorhees want you to take a good look at these pictures. the two men you see right here are persons of interest in a robbery that injured an elderly man. 83-year-old man was robbed near the robin hill apartments on preston avenue. police say he was treated at the hospital for injury to his face. >>> nobody will be charge that's the word from philadelphia police after this 4-year-old girl tr

it comes after a sixth-month investigation that ruled that the cooper hospital ceo john sheridan killed his wife set their house on fire and then killed himself last september. police say no one will be charged after a 4-year-old girl tried to take a 3:00 a.m. bus ride by herself. take a look at what happened overnight. she wandered out of her home she boarded the bus and told riders she wanted a slushy from the convenience store. >> this day and age, someone could have picked her up. it was really scarey to see her out there at that time of night by herself. >> police reunited the girl with her mother at the hospital. >> preparing for the pope students in philadelphia public schools will get a day off before pope francis comes to done. the street closures taking affect on friday, september 25th will make it too difficult for students to get to class. heavy traffic is also expected with more than 1.5 million people set to visit the city. the world meeting of families is less than sixth months away. the pope visits that weekend, september 26th and 27th. count on nbc 10 news to bring you

the report says that cooper hospital's ceo john sheridan killed his wife set their north jersey house on fire and then killed himself last september. >>> philadelphia police are investigating a burglary in port richmond where one of the suspects got in through a hole cut in the building's roof. according to police two men and a woman broke into the public storage facility on caster avenue on wednesday night. the thieves got away with 35 guitars, 10 amps, electronics an other items. >>> another setback for a south jersey teenager with special needs. two weeks ago, 15-year-old guzman testified against the drunk driver who put him in a wheelchair and killed his best friend. on thursday, a thief stole a medical transport van his mother uses. it was found crashed in the tacony area. >> he is my strength. that boy keeps me going. that's why i have to be positive. i have to stay positive. >> the family set up a go fund me site and hopes that somebody will help them buy a new van. they only had limited insurance. >>> police have arrested this man, troy edwards for stealing the van. he's also

. >> somerset county >> somerset count lawmen say the deaths of john and joyce sheridan were schrouded in mystery since september 28. he was ceo of cooper university state system and former state transportation commissioner and leader in the effort to revitalize camden. report today by the prosecutor is being emphatically challenged by shar i dan's four grown sons. in a statement today they said, quote, we will not allow our father to be convicted based on guesswork. resulting from an inadequate and incomplete investigation simply because he is not here to defend himself. >> philadelphia police arrested 19-year-old zachary pitchard for stabbing death of mother. his grandmother was city being his grandmother was city beingly third in the attack. officials state home and 2800 block of reynolds street in bridesburg was in deplorable condition with fee feces all over the floor. >> two more women accusing bill cosby of sexual assault. margie shapiro and suxt ny wells say they were drugged and assaulted by the comedian in the 19 70s when teenagers. more than 30 women made similar claims agai

debra sheridan. >> what did he look like? did he look at you? anything like that? >> well, yes, he did look at me and durst looks very thin. very frail. he has no hair. he was shackled in the courtroom for several hours. his lawyer very much arguing for bob made eye contact many times before. >> did he interact with his client? like one of the things that we anticipate some sort of insanity and mental dish is i aspect of the case. did he he interact at all with the lawyer at all? >> well, you know, i didn't see that but i was out of the courtroom for a little bit. and, you know and then allowed to come back in. so who knows what happened when i wasn't in there. >> and speaking of which i heard today one of our noon conferences that suddenly they sprung this thing, that the defense suddenly wanted to make you a witness. i didn't know any of the facts but i i said to the staff on the phone, i said oh that's just a mess with janine's head because she is probably the reason why he is sitting in court because she started the ball rolling back in 2000. i said i i thought

. >> jim sheridan. >> thank you speaker. i hope he will be as disappointed as i am to see the front page showing for snp counselors -- they escaped discipline but one of them was promoting these actions and his representation -- david cameron: the honorable general mexico point -- the smiths agreement was about bringing together different political parties to come to the right answer for the future of scotland. it was an excellent report. we all committed to putting it in place. it is disappointing that the snp only want to break up our country would spit the promises they have made. >> duncan hayes. >> mr. speaker, i asked the prime minister if you would look into child sexual abuse. the home secretary acknowledged that there has in a cover of, and we learned that there have been at least 14 cells identified. is it not time to address this scandal and high-level corruption? david cameron: i think my honorable friend is right to say how serious this is. it is right that there needs to be an investigation into what happened i

john sheridan's dna was found on the gas can. he suffered self-inflicted stab wounds and he died. >>> the president of iran called the she -- president of yemen called on the people to rise up against the shiite rebels. >>> dozens of bucks county high school students and their parents are scrambling to find the place to finish the academic year. delaware valley high school charter school filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors on thursday. students and staff were given no warning. >> i just hope to graduate. i did my grad project, i had all as and bs the whole year, they hit me with this. >> he was going to school yesterday morning and he got a text message that said don't bother going to school, school closed. >> students are under to contact their local districts. efforts to reach the administrators and owners have gone unanswered. >>> philadelphia school students will get an extra holiday thanks to the pope. it's not a religious region, rather logistics. it will make it few hard to get to class on september 25. more than one

sheridan elementary in kensington announced a grant at the school today. that grant will give access to thousands more students to a math software program developed by the mind research institute. that program helps kids with math concepts by using puzzles. several philadelphia schools already use it. >>> after that very cold weekend, we started off with snow at philadelphia international, 0.50. we'll track rain and snow for tomorrow as well. a huge contrast in temperatures expected tomorrow. it will be cold in some areas and warm in others and everybody's going to be warm by the end of the week. we have clouds out there with a mix of clouds and sun. you can see some blue in that sky occasionally. 56 degrees, gusts 24 miles an hour. it has been gusting to 30 miles an hour during the afternoon. generally in the low to mid-fifrts. pretty close to average. but considering what we've been through the last few days, it feels a whole lot warmer than that. so this is not necessarily a trend for the next couple days. tomorrow should be feeling pretty cool, at leas

jim sheridan: the prime minister will be well aware of the hard work that went into the smith agreemente will be as disappointed as i am to see the front page of the showing for -- four snp councilors burning that very agreement. not only did they escape discipline. one of them was actually promoted. are these the actions of a party that seeks to increase its representation in this place? prime minister cameron: the honorable gentleman makes an important point, which is that the smith process and the smith agreement was about bringing together different political parties, which often disagree with each other quite violently on issues, to come to the right answer for the future of scotland and the future of devolution. it was an excellent report. we are all committed to putting it in place, whoever is in government after the next election. it is disappointing that the snp, which only wants to break up our country, will not stick to the promises it made. duncan hames: last june, i asked the prime minister if he was satisfied with police investigations into organized child sexual abuse. by

. >> reporter: that public meeting is going on here at the sheridan hotel and many people showing up have visions of a disaster. birds covered in oil, massive slicks in the sea. environmentalists fear images like these could be seen at the jersey shore if oil and gags drilling is allowed off the east coast. >> they're threatening to take away our clean ocean economy. >> reporter: members set up this display at the same atlantic city hotel where an open house-style public meeting is being held on the controversial proposal by the obama administration. >> i understand we need gas and oil, but there's going to be a better way. is there has got to be a safer way. >> reporter: the proposal would potentially permit oil exploration in 2021 in a section of the atlantic ocean stretching from georgia to coastal virginia, including an area that's about 100 miles south of cape may. >> with the prevailing currents any accident or spill there would end up hitting new jersey's beaches. >> we're listening carefully. we haven't decide as an agency to go forward in the atlantic or not. >> reporter: en

sheridan elementary honda motor america announced the grant at the school giving access to thousands more students to a math software program developed by the mind research institute. that program helps kids with math concepts by using puzzles. several philadelphia schools already use it. >>> helping people with disabilities find work. that is the mission of a new program announced today in new jersey. the new jersey career transitional education program is an online program aimed at helping people who live in institutions find jobs. they say the funding they have now will provide assistance to about 20 people. the money will help cover the cost of tuition as well as loan them laptops to take the courses. >>> as you can tell spring hasn't exactly sprung just yet, but there are ways you can start preparing your lawn for the warmer weather when it eventually comes. experts say you should give the soil additives and nutrients to help it thrive. but resist the urge to overfert lidz. they also say the biggest problem in the spring are the weeds that pop up. the simplest truck to wipe them

and sheridan and william tecumseh sherman at the lead in that fight and you can see from their civil the far west, the southwest, and the mountain west where native americans were waging war against union and confederate armies as they tried to fight each other and it does not take into account sherman and sheridan and other military figures are learning -- you know, hard war exists in the american past, in american history and military history with engagement in native american groups. there are smaller details. they attack one another's resources. they use the raid instead of the all out battle. all of that is very complicated and part of the military history and the cultural history in the u.s. but i love the quote that anne had. i had not heard that before. sherman said if you wanted to burn columbia, he would have burned it like a prairie dog village. he saw prairie dog villages in the west during his service and when he comes back to write his memoirs, they are inflected not only by his civil war service, but also his service in the west. i think it is important to note, there

meanwhile, debra sheridan did not respond to our request for comment and the lead defense attorney sat local tv station. he said his client has become an easy target and that authorities are now piling on. he also went on to say his client despite reports and what local officials have said his client is not suicidal but recovering from multiple surgeries including brain surgery and cancer surgery and that he belongs in a hospital not a prison. thomas, back to you. >> stephanie gosk reporting from new orleans, thank you. monica lewinsky is speaking out for only the second time in a decade but she is speaking up for victims of cyber attacks. first, bad news for soon to be former illinois congressman aaron schock a live report from washington on the investigation. his options for the three million plus dollars in campaign cash he's walk away with. >>> first a look at the worst andest best weather. we're bifinggiving the best to moscow a solar eclipse took place, you saw it on the left hand side of the screen the sun obscuring the moon over the kremlin. in the northeast, it's a pity party,

the district announced yesterday, it's opening a new pre-k program at sheridan elementary school. by april 0th the we're expected to learn more about university of california students will have to pay more in tuition. a committee of two made up of jerry brown and janet napolitano are expected to give their preliminary report on mow tension hikes at this morning's meeting. it starts at 8:30 this morning in san francisco. napolitano has said uc will have to raise tuition 5% in each of the next five years if lawmakers don't provide more funding. that has sparked protests across the uc system and also the governor urged the university to look for other options. >>> 7:40. a deadly shooting involving san francisco police. in 21 minutes, the reason officers say they were forced to open fire on a busy street. >>> cyanide discovered in a letter bound for the white house. up next, pam cook will tell us what we're hearning about who may have -- learning about who may have sent the poison-laced letter. >>> we're looking aing at a commute where -- looking at a commute where traffic is not doin