stan ricks ran monday's marathon and completed the race.om boston along with his family who was there to cheer him on. his wife connie, their daughter julia nixon and her husband mike nixon. good morning to all of you. i'm so glad to see you're all okay. >> good morning. >> great to be here. >> stan, i know you had just finished the race minutes before the explosions. you were actually in the medical tent. can you describe for me what you heard and what was your reaction? >> i was there in the medical tent. all of a sudden this loud reverberating, guttural boom. it just shook you right to your core. we stood up and looked around, said what's going on. the nurse people were looking at us. we said, what was that? we went over to the edge and looked out. then another one went off just immediately thereafter. we thought it was a bomb. we have to get out of here. i took off, headed out. figured i needed to make room for some real victims. took off down the street. and the police were all running towards the incident. and we were running away. i

we bring stan in when there is important economic information to talk about. the s & p and the dow last week both hitting a record high and beating the 2007 levels. are we out of the woods? >> let's go home. i don't have it talk about anything. first of all, let's state the very good news: that is since barracks obama has been in office the stockmarket has doubled, more than doubled from the dow from the slow point. >> that's significant. you don't hear that much? >> now for a lot of people, they are basing it not on where it is now but where they expected it to be several years ago and it's obviously still below because they were carrying 20% growth in the stockmarket. investors are feeling good about putting some money into the stockmarket: corporations are making a hell of -- i have to catch myself on how i describe this but corporations are making a hell of a lot of money. corporate levels are all-time levels and sitting on ridiculous amounts of cash. >> that's good and bad. the good news is they are making a lot of money. the bad news is they aren't shari

. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. .uesday, april 16 :01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> the temperatures are not bad. 54 at the airport. we should be able to sneak into the upper 60's and low 70's. a mixture of sun and clouds. >> good morning. not that out there in terms of the delays. we are in the green at this hour at 895. traffic this way is northbound toward the harbor tunnel. on 97 throughour the glen burnie area. everything moving well as you make your way south on 95. area.the white marsh a nice start at the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. the investigation continues into the deadly explosion at the boston marathon. >> hallie jackson is live with the latest. >> boston police confirmed they are talking with someone but would not say whether that person was a suspect. officially confirmed the connection between the boston marathon bombing and a home search. the entire country is wake me up to more questions than answers. why did this happen? at least three people are dead. 140 hurt. the carn

hi, stan. joanne. come in. jerry, this is joanne and stan. they're in my short story class.st got me a great apartment in his building. it will be nice to have a close friend nearby. fantastic. she can pop in whenever she wants. no need to knock. really. any time of day. i'm in heaven. oh, rita. come here. this is jerry. he got me the apartment. oh, hi. bob, here's the guy who got elaine her apartment. i'm sorry. i don't see the big deal about being a matador. the bull charges you move the cape-- what's so hard? so, are you really married? i've actually heard of single guys who wear wedding bands to attract women. you would have to be a real loser to try something like that. that's too bad because i really have a thing for bald guys with glasses. here come the runners! so, you and roxanne are hitting it off, huh? i wouldn't say that. you seemed to be coming on to her. i'm a guy. it always looks like that. because i was thinking-- are you at all concerned that living in the same building will, you know cramp our styles? nah. i was worried there might be a situation where one

[inaudible] they came here from curd stan. >> where were they burn? >> in curd stan. i wouldn't say losers. i am saying those who were able to make this are only losers. that's what i say. there is no idea that they may follow. thank you. >> what do do you for a living? >> i work. i work. thank you very much. more thing, from now on, i dearly ask you to respect our property. again, with the families of -- those who suffered, we are sharing with them their grief. i am ready to meet with them and bend in front of them and kneel in front of them seeking that forgiveness. in the name of the family, that's what i would say. >> there is the uncle of the at large suspect. kerry, what do you say? nbc's kerry sander who is has been following the story therefore in watertown pushed back several times in the morning as the cordon has been moved. >> we are on arsenal street in watertown. . >> go ahead. >> yes, i am. you can hear me? it's windy, but i think we have got you. i am on arsenal street, but it takes you up to school street which is where that traffic light is. i will st

stan collender writes for roll call and capital gains and games.com. and peter morici from the university of maryland, welcome to you both. >> peter, let me begin with you. there is lots of talk president obama wants to have a grand bargain in this budget process. what does a grand bargain look like to you? guest: that would put us in good shape long term. get the budget deficit down to a level where the growth in the debt essentially levels off and it is at a level where as a percentage of the whole economy is considered to be sustainable. right now we're on track to become an italy and that is to have a debt that is too big and have bond holders lose confidence. host: how do you get to a grand bargain, what do you cut? guest: the only way is to do omething about the growth of entitlement spending. doing something about medicaid and medicare which obama care has apparently not accomplished. host: what does a grand bargain look like to you? guest: spending cuts. that will be on medicaid and ked care and the social security side s. entitlements, that's

. >> i am stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. .t is tax day >> 5:01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> this morning was fine. we have some light rain at bwi . 53 degrees at the airport. we will see off and on light showers. there could be some sunshine this afternoon. we'll come back and check the seven-day forecast. >> good morning. a nice start. .here is some drizzle 55 on 95 from the northeast. seven minutes on 95. road, although the traffic over towards the outer loop traffic. checking out ok in the airport the city. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. police all looking for the driver involved in a hit and run involving two teenagers. >> kim dacey joins us live with the latest. taken with was critical injuries afr the accident. police say he and another teenager were walking in pasadena and friday night. investigators believe an suv hit two of them before speeding away. police all looking for a ford expedition. damage to the front bumper and the hood. police do not have any information on the driver. a girl was released from

. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> the clouds are starting to break up. we will see more sunshine as we go through the day today. 52 at the airport. a mixture of sun and clouds. a little bit warmer than yesterday with ties to the upper 60's and low 70's. >> good morning. we are tracking two accidents on major roadways. southbound 95 at the 895 split, we have two left lanes closed on 95 south. 31 miles per hour. this is a live picture at the scene. there are some arrows going to the right on 895 south city avoid the left two lanes. southbound traffic in the white marsh area looks ok. we're getting close to some delays. road, we havemill a right lane closure. southbound traffic in great shape down towards 100. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> just a tragedy. we will work together on this. boston police, state police, fbi, we are committed to working together. >> one of the happiest days of the year in boston turns to sheer chaos in a matter of seconds. >> at least thr

. >> i am stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> 6;01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. same storm that produced the rain in augusta. kind of imagine yourself on the back nine. 53 at the airport. the rain showers will stay with us until 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. we will probably get some sunshine to sneak through. .igh temperature of 66 >> good morning. a special rain. let's check your morning commute. we have one problem in linthicum heights at 648 and lakefront drive. 11 minutes on the north side. 12 minutes on the southwest corner. 60 miles per hour down from franklin boulevard. traffic is starting to build in the southbound direction. 59 miles per hour traveling southbound down towards 100. so far so good on the northwest corner. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the deadline is here for filing your 2012 income taxes. 94 million people filed early. if you're not ready, you can file a six month extension. but you still have to estimate your payment. peter franchot will offer some last-minute help. he talked ab

who worked counter terrorism is fully aware of the issues that are going on in the caucus of dagis stanchnya and there is a lot there. but most of their historic attacks are against the russian entities. they historically have not attacked the united states. that is to establish a level of autonny for chechnya and they are part of the global jihadist and sees united states as a primary enemy. i am not sured that they would come to target us. >> from what you learn body how these two separated and accomplish, is it sense it was a training thing or would they have had help with this. >> that is difficult to answer. it would seem there a number much ied's built . it would seem generally they worked and accordingly i think they certainly had training to do that . further more when i watched them march into the scene where they laid down the ied's. they were prepare almost like two soldiers walking down bol ston street to do that. it would seem like they had training on how to lay out an attack plan and follow through with it. >> since the attacks of 9/11 in 2001, it a concern that this sort

myra, stan. oh! don't touch him! what's the matter? you're out as godfather. you're both out.nt kramer. he showed us how much he cares about steven. [imitating don corleone] don't ever go against the family, jerry. godfather. godfather. yes. captioning made possible by columbia tristar domestic television captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- captions copyright 1993 castle rock entertainment public performance of captions prohibited without permission of national captioning institute r[ so, i got the craziest e-mail this morning. i don't mean to burst your bubble, dude, but those penile enlargement pills do not work. believe me, i know. the e-mail i got was from the office of stephen hawking. you're kidding. why? he's coming to the university for a couple weeks to lecture, and he's looking for an engineer to help maintain the equipment on his wheelchair. that's amazing. you'll be like his pit crew. a word of caution: i would not do your stephen hawking impression in front of him. (in stephen hawking's voice): you're right. i suppose that could be co

it's a story set in after began stan. he was so moved by the plight he wanted to help them sow collected $2,000 over several months. that is enough to build a home for a homeless family in afghanistan. >> still ahead give away good incentive for upcoming bike to >>> we have breaking news tonight. thousands have been ordered out two of state president yonz because of a spread of a lethal zeegs. -- disease. the start yet yelling facts behind pedestrians fatalities in california. an investigation reveals why so few drivers are overpunished and magic of google glass. the future of having the internet flash before your eyes. now back to dan and cheryl. >> thank you. >> what wet better way to encourage people to bike to work than to give away a pair of wheels? >> vta partnering with local bike shop this a big gave way to promote this year's bike to workday on may >> check out our web site for information on how to enter that connest. >> yes. the deadline is 5:00 p.m. so get that in now. >> that is going to do it for us. >> for

francisco's police chief is backing down from his -- down from his plan to arm police officers with stans more. >> reporter: he said it would be a waste of time and money because the officers would be limited on when they could use them. >> reporter: san francisco police chief greg suhr said today that for now he is giving up on a program to arm 100 officers

francisco's police chief is backing down from his -- down from his plan to arm police officers with stan guns. ktvu's david stevenson has more. >> reporter: he said it would be a waste of time and money because the officers would be limited on when they could use them. >> reporter: san francisco police chief greg suhr said today that for now he is giving up on a program to arm 100 officers with stun guns. >> we will go another way. >> the goal was to find a less lethal alternative but he said restrictions would keep them holstered. >> if you have a tool and you can't use it, why have it? >> reporter: some groups say they aren't safe enough. >> the idea they are harmless is false. they carry a risk of injury and death. >> the chief will search for other alternatives. they use bean bag shotguns similar to these. there is also training aimed at keeping officers having from having to draw their guns. >> folks in crisis are a dangerous to themselves. >> reporter: he said a stun gun could have presented aed a death last year. he told us the police commission is to blame for the chief's decisio

a began stan is experiencing a free press right after 9/11. there was a big market for afghan journalists practicing the values in standards of journalism, while facing domestic violence, as well. >> so, nowadays, there are -- those of tv channels, radios, publications, and news agencies, which all -- through all these channels, people are feeding the information entertainment, and international events. meanwhile, journalists are one of the group of people which they face a lot of chal frjing -- challenges and traits through the different sources like -- challenging traits like the taliban, like tribal leaders, like some regional countries which they are trying to influence the freedom of speech in afghanistan. >> it's very interesting to be a journalist, but around, it's very challenging to be a journalist around the country. >> i would imagine the american people would be shoked shocked to know about the region and the nation. >> should more should americans know? >> it's a tribal society, and afghanistan is a conservive religious society, a

they also spent time in krygyzstan and cas contact stan, places synonymous with unrest and high word scores in scrabble. ( laughter ). so if we put the pieces of the puzzle together-- russia, chechnya, cirsig zach, kazakhstan, the czech republic, it is clear we must invade iraq. ( cheers and applause ) i'm saying. i'm just saying, it worked the first time. and the second time. ( laughter ) and, folks, i am right now being told by this prompter that there's breaking news in the war on terror. jim. >> canadian police say they foiled a plot that had support from al qaeda to derail a train. two men are under arrest. u.s. homeland security and the f.b.i. were also involved. >> the plan was to blow up a bridge in canada while a train was crossing, a train which toronto and new york city commuters use. >> this is a testament to the strength of our relationships with canadian and american law enforcement. >> stephen: yes, the royal canadian mounted police, or mounties, have thwarted an al qaeda-inspired terrorist attack, which is quite a fate considering how hard it is for them to go under c

pieces on the tensions between india and back stan.olitical assassination in the philippines, all mostly snark free. all nose 14 to 25-year-old mostly male devotees make this place into the envy of mainstream media. >> so you have a credibility then with this audience. >> sure. and we speak their language. >> reporter: is that what it is? a trust thing? these guys party like i do, they listen to what i like. so i'm going to take their word on what's happening in the middle east? >> you know, gen y is a very sophisticated generation, the most sophisticated. cartoon is made to sell cereare they' been marketed to since they were babies. they have the most sophisticated [ bleep ] detectors in humanity. so you shouldn't [ bleep ] them. >> a $10,000 bet that he can't drink an entire bottle of tennessee cognac. this is the sort of thing that would make network censors clutch their pearls. but online, smith sees this as part of a proud legacy. >> if you look at "rolling stone" when it first started it was a very political magazine. at the time

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were married there and lived there until we moved a few blocks away to raise our family of kevin tert stan. we work with neighbor groups all the way back into the early 1980s on proposals for what is now 1380 greenwich. we are asking you tonight to revoke a recent permit for construction on 1380 greenwich because the property owner is not identified on the permit, the kept of planning did not review and approve the permit application and we believe the very largel elevated deck encroaches on our 1877 rear lot cottage. these issues are related to building inspection and planning. we have worked with those departments to withdraw those appeals on exhibit d indicates since last november when we were asked to review a similar permit and we responded to the building department, the board of appeals and the planning department as well as the permit holder that the property owner was not indicated on the permit. in january, on the last day of the deal, we finally heard about a permit that was issued with the same error and we were left with no option of the appeal for that permit. we have not bee

the city is still full of marathon participants, many like alamo's stan rollen were getting ready to head back to the bay area. >> there's no way to describe it. it's horrific. i just crossed the finish line about 7 or 8 minutes before the blast, so it was about a block away, still walking down the chute, and we just heard this huge explosion. a louder sound than i think i had heard before, a deep sound, and i turned around and my immediate reaction was that it was a bombing, the location, right at the finish line and then heard the second blast go off. >> rollen who flew out from the bay area a said he was scared at first and now he's mad. >> i felt immense anger and intense anger, my gut reaction, just wanted to find this person. >> reporter: that is an e emotion that we have seen happen all over boston. people now are getting a bit angry. this is their city. it's a proud city and proud people that live here, and they're upset at what happened. they want to find the people who are responsible. let me show you something quickly here. this has been going on all over the city of bosto

to russia at a time that rebel groups there carried out a number of violent attacks in thing dega stanion. last year alone, dagestan last 115 police officers in nearly 300 terror attacks. two years ago this street was obliterated by a car bomb. >> reporter: according to officials, chechnya had nothing to do with the marathon attack in the view of the younger brother. >> it doesn't at this point appear to be a chechnya thing. >> reporter: neighbors say tamerlan was a changed man when he returned to the u.s., swearing off tobacco and alcohol, linking to extremist jihadist videos, and saying, i don't have any american friends, i don't understand them. >> i would say it is self-radicalization. these are individuals who may have some connections overseas. but the primary radicalization is in places like the united states. >> reporter: the fbi may get additional answers from tamerlan's wife, seen over the weekend leaving the family apartment. a rhode island native, she converted to islam and changed her name from katherine to karima. because she lived in the same cambridge apartment where au

. >> reporter: alamo resident stan rowland had just finished the race and was just a block from the blast. he was not injured but the incident will likely leave scars that can't be seen. >> it's such a tragedy that people do this to such an amazing event. it definitely won't stop me from coming back again. i think no one is ever going to forget what we went through yesterday. >> reporter: vanessa walton and her husband are returning to northern california last night. sick of the carnage they saw. >> i saw two big explosions at the finish line and immediately called my husband hysterically and tried to get out as fast as possible. >> reporter: they can't wait to hug their children and recover in the safety of their oak dale home. but vanessa plans to return to boston and race again. she's not alone. >> if anything i'm more encouraged than ever to make sure i qualify and come again next year. >> all day there has been a somber mood here in boston but you can see here tonight, there are signs of a growing resolve to recover from this tragedy. and this is a note from the boston university whe

here is stan mcchrystal, general stan mcchrystal talking about how the j.s.o.c.realized it had to be an intelligence organization that also did op erlingses. we had this wonderful force that was a little like a bullet. if the intelligence was provided to us and someone made a decision when to pull the trigger and we were aimed at the right location, that this force, this counterterrorist force would go and it would create great effects, great precision, great speed and whatnot. but what we found was the apparatus didn't exist to provide us that intelligence, that understanding. it also didn't allow us to move quickly enough, learning in each step. so instead of being this wonderful entity that sits behind glass and when you get perfect, they break it and you go, we realized we had to be an intelligence organization that also did operations. >> charlie: the c.i.a. is doing both intelligence and operations and they are saying, they do intelligence and operations. >> right. the soldiers are the spies and the spies are soldiers. >> charlie: right. and what he's talki

one thing you are talking about is you will also see 690 stan yon on this list. a number of years ago you approved this as a mixed use project. authorizations were ultimately valid but the project that went ahead was a different project. while that project still appears on here is one that would be made effective again. we can assume that that won't happen owing to a subsequent project. >> i guess looking at this list in general i don't have a problem. if a 60-day window where people are ready to move forward and the fact that they have to get their permits in 18 months. i don't think every project will take advantage of this and if it gets people going, i like it because it's a tight 60-day and a year-and-a-half timeframe and the concern that people had in the past are delayed because i don't think we are going to see a massive boom necessarily of construction happening at the same time. looking at the 8 versus 10, i do notice that 10 out of 15 projects are commercial and i think people tend to have more issues with the residential. i think you can capture more

that's why there's been so much confusion as to whether they were from chechnya or stag stan. so that, right now, may explain that people are saying that the brothers were from the russian caucuses or right on the border of chechnya. erin? chris? >> let me ask you something. just take a half step back. why are authorities there? do they believe this is where he was living? or is this where a known friend was? or is this where they believed they pursued him to? >> reporter: well, it could be all of that. the first location, where all the law enforcement came, we reported earlier that we smelled smoke. that was the first location. we were told you've got to pull back. you've got to pull back. so whether there was somebody in that house that they wanted to talk to -- every location they go where they believe he may have been, or where somebody who was known to him might be, they have got to treat it as if it is a hostile environment. that it is potentially boobietrapped. and they have to proceed with great caution. so right now, they have the first location and then the second lo

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lo que podemos decir, que a lo largo de la tarde, la cantidad de personas que siempre stan en las kaeygsel 2001, bÁsicamente fue uno de los blancos mÁs fuertes de los adentro estados terroristas. siguen con el temor latente, que nuevamente se convierto en un blanco de los terroristas. en esto momento, las autoridades estÁn centrando sus ojos en el sistema de transporte masivo. porque es la hora pico que muchas personas regresan a casa. las entradas a los subterrÁneos estÁn totalmente vigiladas por la policÍa. y los buses y las personas son paradas en la mitad de la calle para revisar sus bolsos, para asegurarse que todo estÁ transo corriendo de manera normal en la ciudad de new york. y que de repente la situaciÓn en boston, ha puesto tensa a la gente. pero lo que dice la policÍa, es que tengan paciencia, que entiendan, porque se trata definitivamente de cuidar la salud y el bienestar de la naciÓn. new york, saben muy bien, es un centro que atrae a todo el mundo. hace pocos minutos pasaron por acÁ unos turistas de argentina y decÍan que estÁn sorprendidos, porque ellos habÍan visitado bos

in the stands when we come back stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the explosion sent the car's o the stan >>> a funny car explodes during a qualifying heat in north carolina. the explosion sent the car's carbon fiber body flying into the stands. >> oh. >> looks bad, right? but it could have be worse. ly min injuries were reported. i found out a funny car is. >> dragster. >> yeah. look at that. >> doesn't look too funny there. only minor injuries. >> you're that far away from the track you figure you're going to be safe. >> flew quite a bit. >>> what a day yesterday, probably not quite as warm. if you liked sunshine and warm temperatures, if you are away from the coastline it's still going to be looking good. starting out with dense fog at the beaches mostly clear in the bay. clear but some of the winds kicking up inland and that is actually keeping those temperatures a little bit warmer . patchy fog in the afternoon coastline side. 70s and 80s inside the bay and mid-80s inland. southerly surge of low clouds and fog that's going to help to bring our temperatures down and gradual cooling ov

and i don't give a [ bleep ] stan. >> stephanie: all right.pared criminal charges yesterday against the 19-year-old who obviously we were talking about seriously wounded. receiving particular scrutiny the six-month trip the older brother took back there. they were sleeping and helping us build a basement. i don't know. so one of the concerning things is the police commissioner said yesterday that police had discovered at least four unexploded devices including one similar to the two pressure cooker bombs used in the boston marathon. he said i personally believe they were planning other attacks. but this echos a little bit -- remember the press conference friday. we're like yeah, he's still out there but it is okay to go out now. people were like -- [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> what? >> stephanie: one of the concerns is are there other devices that are planted. he's like no, everybody is safe. they might be other unexploded bombs. but everybody is safe. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> stephanie: what now? >> i wouldn't worry about it. >> stephanie: th

stan and dave roller are in the back there, and i thank you for being here. that means a lot to me that you guys are here so thank you. [applause] one of the things i'm asked is why did i where a book about this one combat outpost in afghanistan? it's not really my area of expertise. i'm a political reporter. i'm the seep your white house -- senior white house correspondent for abc news, and the answer is i feel i didn't pick combat outpost to write about, but i felt like combat outpost picked me. on october 3rd, 2009, i was in the recovery room of the hospital with my dear wife, jennifer, and i was holding our day old son, jack, and everything was fine. she just had a baby, so that's why we were there, and on the television, i heard a story that was just harrowing of the remote outpost, combat outpost keating, that i never heard of, bottom of three steep mountains, 14 miles from the pakistan border, 5 # 3 troops facing 400 taliban. a horrific, horrific day. i held my son, and heard about how eight other sons were taken from us that day, and i just wanted to

mean despite all these promises that were made to them well this is a very difficult issue for ghana stan and president karzai has ordered the afghani troops to stop calling for airstrikes since almost every time they lead to these casualties and especially deaths among women and children he's pleaded with the united states and with the alliance in general to stop targeting populated areas to stop killing innocent lives taking innocent lives basically. unfortunately these operations are still taking place and over the years it's believed that nearly twenty thousand civilians have lost their lives throughout the years of nato's presence in afghanistan and signal is why the united nations that every year the amount of women and children unfortunately still rise which is. difficult to believe since pretty much the most volatile part of this whole operation seems to be over nevertheless these figures we're still seeing them and just for example to give a couple of examples of what happened last year with these airstrikes for instance in february two thousand and twelve seven children or young

and stan this time they're targeting the media that's right koch industries and seriously exploring a bid to buy the tribune company's regional papers including the l.a. times or the chicago tribune and for those of you who are worried about those images remind you that these two men are the same two men set up to benefit from the controversial keystone pipeline and they're the same two men who have used their cronyism to influence supreme court justices ultimately securing the ruling that made it possible for their company to have an insane amount of money into politics and now these two men could be buying up the news that we depend on them for the facts and polluting it with their ideology let's hope that doesn't happen but for now it's great to set. in february a band of prisoners at guantanamo bay began a hunger strike according to u.s. officials eighty four prisoners are on hunger strike currently sixteen of them are being force fed while five already been hospitalized in a recent new york times column one guantanamo detainee who's been there for eleven years without trial gave