>> reporter: erika and steven thomas of suburban washington, d.c. initially came under investigation after their son died. even though they had done everything they could think of to make their home safe. >> i did everything that i knew to do to keep my child safe. and my son is gone. >> reporter: mack's mother found him one morning lifeless on the floor, strangled when he got caught in the blind cord. his window at the stars that he and his brother loved so much. >> he wouldn't wake up. and i was screaming. i was just screaming. then i ran out of the house with him. and i just sat. i sat on the front lawn in the mud. >> reporter: parents are often the first ones blamed, says linda kaiser of st. louis. in the wake of the death of her daughter in a window blind cord accident, she also came under police investigation, leading her to set up a foundation called parents for window mind safety, to help expose the problem. >> when i understood, okay, police officers don't get it. all these people in the nation don't get it. that made me want to fight. for

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more than a dozen in suburban washington last night reportedly agreed to a series of demands of the network, opening and closing statements, a two hour time limit and equal speaking time but fail to agree on all of the candidates even if they have low poll numbers. >>> a special sunday service at the ame church in charleston five months after a gunman killed nine people. grammy winning singer pharrell williams joined to pay his respects and performed one of his hits titled freedom. >> that's the message we should take around the world, freedom in god and being able to work together to make our communities a better place for all of us. >> before leaving pharrell posed for photos with church members. robo calls could soon be coming to your cell phone. a provision would permit auto dial collection calls and texts but it would have to be to the federal government. student loans and tax payments. >>> chipotle had to close dozens of restaurants in the west because of an e. coli out break. 42 and 22 people have gotten sick after eating six locations of the mexican chain since october 14. at lies s

big main event here because you have republican campaign officials all getting together in a suburban, washington, d.c., hotel tonight to discuss how maybe they can ip influence debates more effectively. the campaigns called on ben ginsburg. he's be a big republican lawyer who helped negotiate past debates. i talked to ginsburg this morning. he's attending as a facilitator. he can provide background to the campaigns on how it was done in the past, how campaigns negotiated in the past. and here's what he said this morning on cnn's "state of the union." >> in past cycles it was the campaigns themselves who talked to the sponsors. it's an institutional matter if you issue a schedule before hand and promise debates to news media organizations, you've lost some leverage. so that loss of leverage is something that i -- the campaigns want to talk about and we'll talk about. >> so of course the candidates want more leverage with the networks on how the debates are done, and of course if the campaigns get more leverage, that makes a guy like ginsburg more powerful as well, fred. but the problem here, of c

big example of course is that a number of the republican campaign officials are meeting in suburban washingtononight to discuss changes to these debates. it's important to remember here, fred, in the past, campaigns themselves have negotiated with tv networks. this year they did it a little bit differently. t the redskins redskins did the negotiating on behalf of the campaigns and announced the debate schedule ahead of time. the campaigns want to take back some control over this process and have called in ben ginsburg, a big-deal republican lawyer in washington, and he's helped negotiate past debates. here's what he said about tonight's meeting that he'll be atte attending. >> in past cycles it was the campaigns themselves who is talked to the sponsors. it's an institutional matter if you issue a schedule before handle and promise debates to news media organizations, you've lost some leverage. so that loss of leverage is something that the campaigns want to talk about and we'll talk about. >> so the candidates, of course, they want more leverage with the networks on how the debates are done. t

a couple nights ago in suburban washington a bunch of republican campaign people got together to figurehey felt that there was such media bias in the cnbc debate. they had to do something about it going forward. some letter was produced with some demands or something like that, but you said you're not going to sign it because you're -- you'll do your own deal. >> one thing i want to say -- it shouldn't be more than two hours. who is going to watch it? i always say "gone in the wind" is three hours. i think the networks should make a major contribution to the wounded warriors and to the vets. because they are making a fortune on these debates. >> you get 25 million people watching. they used to have 2 million. >> you think they need to negotiate for that? >> i would like to have it and see the networks make a major contribution to the vets or maybe the same thing, the wounded warriors. >> president obama called these guys out and was mocking you here in new york city. he says the guys and one woman complain about the debate rules. listen to him. >> have you noticed that every one of thes

you're going to see washington suburban sanitary commissioners added 24 hours a day, seven days a week to get this all done. these repairs basically continue. a big fix to 574-year-old main. you can expect driving to be tough. both on the northbound and southbound lanes along 355. this will be seven days a week. once this all starts you're going to need to add extra time with your commute. if all goes as plans, all this work should be done and wrapped up by mid to late december. that's the latest here. i'm molette green. >>> today bond is set for police officer jason van dike. he's charging in the october 24th shooting death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. dash cam video shows mcdonald being shot 16 times. the release of that video last week sparked protests. van dike's lawyers say he opened fire because he feared for his life. >>> chicago says it's expanding a program to provide police officers with body cameras. the announcement came yesterday from mayor rahm emanuel's office following last week's release of that dash cam video showing the officer fatally shooting laquan mcdonald. th

>> the shoppers are starting to come in and listen, near pentagon city here in suburban washington d.cng everything it can in particular to battle the on-line merchants because they want people showing up here at this big, beautiful mall, with 170 retailers so they're using social media and they have an app with the specials. more than 100 of the stores here have got all their black friday specials, the gap at 50% off your entire purchase with additional 10% off of the fashion you can fit in one of their tote bags. so, 100% of the specials and the theme of the holiday shopping mall, spread love. one of the promotions is to give out free hershey's kisses and an on-line photo booth. they want you to tweet out the fun photos that you take in the digital photo booth we have rae got me and my producer and producer, we're having a good time. charles: and my man, you're having fun down there? >> yeah. [laughter] got the hot chocolate out e i know for you, that's going overboard. hey, but any word how this is looking versus last year? maybe, even anecdotal better or worse? >> you know, a lot o

flying airport delays likeliest in detroit, atlanta, charlotte, washington, >>> well, it seems that we learn more and more about the suburban chicago cop who committed suicide, the worse it gets. >> he not only staged his death to appear like a murder, he tried to hire a hit man to kill a village official about to uncover his thefts from a youth charity and "the chicago sun-times" that his personnel file shows a history of complaints including drunkenness and sexual harassment. >> possible motive in the stabbing of four people on a university of california campus. police said the freshman was angry over being booted from a study group. according to manifesto found after he was killed by police, the student planned to kill an officer, steal a gun and shoot those who had evicted him, all of the stabbing victims are expected to be okay. >>> getting new details in that missing persons case. julian hernandez was 5 when his dad took him from his mom's home well, now 18, julian realized he was abducted. he had trouble with his social security number while applying for college. that's when a guidance counselor found him in the nati

washington. nancy lived in what was then a suburban neighborhood.he woman who was described as very different from her mother. her mother was very outgoing, was the life of the party, was in the middle of every conversation. her aunt was much more quiet. the rules were fairly strict. nancy herself talk about it. she talked in the interview in the documentary about how she missed her mother, and she would be thrilled with her mother came to visit. so it was rocky for a few years. >> what changed for nancy when her mother remarried to a chicago physician? >> there was money. he was successful. she went to smith college. he was the doting parent she had lacked. for most of her life, that is the man she called her father. they gave her an idea of what a family could be. from that day forward, she had an idea of what she would like to be, and what she wanted out of life. and she wanted to build a family that was the family she didn't have. that was something that she and reagan had in common. she went to hollywood. she went to the theater, and then she w

washington, d.c. a pickup truck crashed into a church van in suburban maryland, killing four people and injuring 14 others. many of those vick testimonies are children. the truck apparently hit another vehicle before losing control. >>> and finally, man who wanted to get up close and personal with charge sharks autothe south african coast got what he wanted to. he's in a cage. the great white comes hurtling two the cage. within inches of his head and arm. riley later called this exhilarating. i would have a completely different word for it. probably none that can be repeated on the air. he was on his honeymoon. congratulations. >> that's his honeymoon trip? >> exactly. lots of thrills. >>> the grounld opening up in a parking lot. swallowing cars. that story in just 30 seconds. >>> we're back at 7:18 with that massive hole opening up. reena ninan has that. >> reporter: 15 cars swallowed in the earth this morning after a ground collapse at this i-hop restaurant in mississippi. while several others left feetering on the brink. >> one of the employees ran over to the window and yelled, earthquake. everyone in

suburban lands in the chesapeake bay watershed. the great conservation of impervious ever -- surfaces in the baltimore, washington, metropolitan areas of d.c., and virginia. the virginia tide water area and philadelphia's western suburbs and lancaster, pennsylvania, are also regions in our watershed where impervious surfaces are greater than 10% of the total land area. and while there is serious water quality concerns with not adequately controlling roadway infrastructure runoff there are also serious infrastructure costs that are ultimately passed on to taxpayers and ratepayers. these can be avoided if transportation authorities do more to control and manage storm water runoff with the infrastructure assets they plan and manage. the aim of the amendment of course is to improve highway design, to better manage storm water to avoid the costly damage that poorly managed storm water causes, and to move up in the planning process so that thought goes in at the beginning how best to plan design and construct effectively while also reducing costs. now that work is done near the end of the process, where mitigation is often used and costs

washington. so nancy lived in a -- well, i guess what was then a suburban neighborhood of the woman who was describeds very different from her mother. her mother was very outgoing, somebody who was the life of the party, was in the middle of every conversation. her aunt was much more quiet. i think the rules were fairly strict. but it was a tough time. i mean, nancy herself, she talked in the interview we did for the documentary about how she missed her mother and she would be thrilled when her mother came to visit. so it was rocky for a few years. ms. swain: life changed for nancy when her mother married a chicago physician. mr. cannon: loyal davis. and then things picked up. there was money. he was successful. she went to boarding school. she went to smith college. he was the doting parent she had lacked. and she said most -- through her life, that's the man she called her father, and it gave her an idea of what a family could be. and from that moment forward, she had -- she kind of had an idea of what she wanted to be and what she wanted out of life, and she wanted to build a family, you know, tha

washington, philadelphia, new york and boston. >>> well, it seems that we learn more and more about the suburban chicago cop who committed suicide, the worse it gets. >> yeah, lieutenant joe gliniewicz not only to appear like a murder, he tried to hire a hit man to kill a village official about to charity and "the chicago sun-times" reports that his personnel file shows a history of complaints including drunkenness and sexual harassment. >>> a possible motive i in the stabbing of four people on a university of california campus. police in merced said the freshman was angry over beg booted from a study group. according to a manifesto found after he was killed by police, the student planned to kill an officer, steal a gun and shoot those who had evicted him. all of the stabbing victims are expected to be okay. >>> we're getting some new details in that incredible missing persons c case. julian hernandez was 5 when his dad took him from his mom's home in alabama and never reteturned. well, now 18, julian realized he was abducted. he had trouble with his social sesecurity nber whilile applyi for college. that's when a guidance couns

washington are reviewing what exactly is on the voice recorder. >> a blast at a new jersey home kills one and injures a dozen. you can see debris flying into the air in this suburban neighborhood. crews suspect it's gas related. two victims are in critical condition, the other ten treated at local hospitals. >> christa: police in advance trying to figure out why a man pointed a rifle at a hospital. officers shot and killed the man wednesday. investigators say he climbed the scaffolding at a construction site and then was aiming the rifle at st. luke's hospital wednesday afternoon. officers shot him when they say he pointed the gun towards them. no one else was hurt. police say the man stole the rifle from a sporting goods store earlier in the day. >>> crews battling a 40-acre brush fire near los angeles last night. the fast-moving fire was put out overnight after it had burned several hours. firefighters stayed on the scene no reports of anyone hurt. >> jadiann: a report of bomb threats forced police to increase securiti' university of missouri days after the school approximately resign tim wolfe resigned. students received threats following the protest that led w