what was the true story of the collier brothers? >> well, the true story was that they came from very good family. they opted out, somewhere along the line after their parents died they went in to the house, closed the doors and the shutters and decided to live by themselves without any true connection with the outside world. they despised the utilities and the utilities -- the city and the health department and they were embattled for many years. they didn't pay their bills. the electric tritee was cut off. the water was cut off. they were a little bit paranoid and one of them was physically helpless, dependent on the other. what happened was that langley took all of his junk and bails of paper and stuff and created traps and snares for presumed interlopers and prowlers. but he fell down and somehow tripped wire, one of these things, the junk collapsed and killed him. and homer, who was waiting around for help, never got it, he died of starvation. police when they finally moved in they couldn't get through the door, they had to dril

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he's now in custody at the collier county jail. ckup. >> mr. damas, anything you want to say? >> yes. i want to be buried with all my family. >> did you kill them? >> yes, i did. >> why? >> only god knows. >> you don't know? what happened, mr. damas? mr. damas, do you want to be sentenced to death, or do you want life in prison? >> i want death right away. i think my family probably buried this saturday coming up. i want the jury to give me death so i can bury with them the same time. >> what possessed you to do it? >> my mom pretty much made me do it. >> why? in what way? >> my mom is the devil. >> why in such a brutal way? why your children? what did they do? >> they did nothing. >> then why? why would you kill them? they're innocent? you believe in jesus christ? you believe in jesus? >> do you believe in jesus christ? do you believe in the devil? >> i believe in jesus christ. i did it. mi eyes was closed. right now my eyes are open. >> are you going to go to heaven when you die? >> right now, yeah. but i was going to kill myself.

we've been told by the collier county sheriff's office that they intend to have someone ready to go downou know, my question is, why, why, why, ryan, are they still calling him a person of interest? i don't like that term anyway. but why are they calling this guy a person of interest? he has a long history of domestic abuse. >> well, you know, i'm not going to speculate as to what their -- what the collier county sheriff's office is doing inside. but my guess is they're going to be taking this as slowly and carefully as possible, make sure they do everything by the book, so they get things done correctly. >> yeah, i don't get it. i really don't. jayne weintraub, help me out. >> with pleasure. if the police had done their jobs, we might not be in this position, jane. here's the bottom line. in florida, we are thankful to have a statue that you would want, that people who are arrested for domestic violence are to be held without a bond, without a bond, until they are brought before a judge wherein a state attorney is ordered to have produced to the judge a prior background report with ever

. >> well, you know, i'm not going to speculate as to what their -- what the collier county sheriff'soffice is doing inside. but my guess is they're going to be taking this as slowly and carefully as possible, make sure they do everything by the book, so they get things done correctly. >> yeah, i don't get it. i really don't. janie weintraub, help me out. >> with pleasure. if the police had done their jobs, we might not be in this position, jane. here's the bottom line. in florida, we are thankful to have a statue that you would want, that people who are arrested for domestic violence are to be held without a bond, without a bond, until they are brought before a judge, wherein the state attorney is ordered to produce to the judge a prior background report with every domestic violence incident reported that is known to the state attorney's office. what does that mean? it means the state attorney dropped the ball. means the judge dropped the ball. and we have our good old caseworker from the department of children and family services. >> was there three days before. three days before, a

. >> well, you know, i'm not going to speculate as to what their -- what the collier county sheriff'sice is doing inside. but my guess is they're going to be taking this as slowly and carefully as possible, make sure they do everything by the book, so they get things done correctly. >> yeah, i don't get it. i really don't. jayne weintraub, help me out. >> with pleasure. if the police had done their jobs, we might not be in this position, jane. here's the bottom line. in florida, we are thankful to have a statue that you would want, that people who are arrested for domestic violence are to be held without a bond, without a bond, until they are brought before a judge, wherein the state attorney is ordered to have produced to the judge a prior background report with every domestic violence incident reported that is known to the state attorney's office. what does that mean? it means the state attorney dropped the ball. means the judge dropped the ball. and we have our good old caseworker from the department of children and family services. >> who was there three days before. three days be

the collier county sheriff's office says the 33-year-old board add flight to hate fri miami internationalr affiliate joins us now from naples, florida, with the very latest. >> reporter: hi, yes. the sheriff's office is calling this one of the most horrific tragedies to affect our community. everyone is solemn around here now trying to figure out exactly what happened with this family. five children, between the ages of 9 years old to really just about 1 1/2 years old brutally murdered inside their home along with their mother. the husband, and children's father, has flown to haiti and is still being considered a person of interest. >> we certainly are interested in speaking with him for additional information. we submitted a national, or nationwide bolo for location and contact. >> reporter: now, the sheriff's office says they are working with the fbi and the immigration and customs enforcement office here in florida trying to find where mr. demot is. they say he is in haiti, but there's no word yet if haitian officials have been able to get ahold of him or exactly how extradition might

bodies of mesack damas' wife, five children were found inside the couple's apartment in naples on saturday night. >> in 30 years in collierounty, and speaking with investigators at the scene the other night, this is certainly the most horrific and violent scene that our community has ever experienced. >> the associated press reports damas is being held at the police station near the port-au- prince airport. >>> the top commander in afghanistan says we risk losing the war all together without more troops on the ground. digital correspondent joel brown has the latest. >> reporter: president obama's top commander in afghanistan says more troops are needed or the war will be lost. that could be a tough sell. the president has already moved in 21,000 soldiers this year, and 68,000 are now on the ground. but general stanley mccrystal is calling for more soldiers to get the upper hand on al qaeda as well as taliban insurgents. >> the situation is deteriorated on the ground. you have the taliban that has regained footholds in parts of the country in the south and in the east. they have gotten better at what they do. >> reporter:

james collier, like the old magazine, dallas, texas, 100, world war ii vet, keeps busy repairing television, they don't need much repairing. new tv sets are unbelievable. remember the old days? we have maidee seward, bloomington, indiana, 109. secret to longevity is learning about anything from the scott irish who settled into pennsylvania. i'm scott irish. george stone, englewood, colorado, 100 years old, worked as an insurance broker until he was 80. rides a stationary bike every day and that's why he looks so good. alberta addison, washington, d.c., 100 years old. volunteers for special services program. proud member of the local baptist church. good old baptist. teresa paonessa, annapolis, maryland, just down the road, just charming. 104 years old. sold her first oil painting at 95. isn't that something? grandma moses of annapolis. that's all. now back to the most exciting team in all of television in good old new york. >> thank you very much. . >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i'm jennifer franciotti. members of the baltimore co

is a 22-year-old from the pittsburgh area who was among the 12 victims of that horrible august 4th mass shooting at an la fitness club in collierip, pennsylvania. three innocent people were killed in that attack before the gunman killed himself. heather sherba was shot in the leg. she's one of the nine people who survived their wounds from that shooting. onto the emotional and physical trauma of having experienced that completely random, senseless act of violence, miss sherba has had to deal with her injuries without the benefit of health insurance. at age 22, she is aged out of being covered as a child under her parents' plan and having just graduated from college, she doesn't yet have a job who could provide her with health insurance. and since health insurance is so expensive to buy individually out in the open market, miss sherba, live 47 million other americans, is going without. now she's been injured in that shooting. how exactly does a person in her position manage? well, in heather's case, wpxi in pennsylvania reports that the solution is a car wash. normally, the preferred fund-raiser for school trips and marching ban

the u.s. health-care system from a virginia hospital emergency chief and a vice president in charge of nursing. we are showing that conversation next and tonight at 8:00 eastern. afterward, steny collierfor a town hall in health care. you can watch that at 9:30 on c- span. and it now views from one hospital on c-span. series on hospitals and health reform. today from the virginia hospital center in arlington, va., about 10 miles to the west of the u.s. capitol. we will caltalk with three guests about what is going on in dc and around the country. here on our set is the director of the program, dr. john sverha. how many people come through the virginia hospital system every year? guest: every year we see about 55,000 patients. that equates to 150 per day. host: what is the peak time? guest: we track that. it ramps up by about 11:00 a.m. in the afternoon. about 10 people per hour were coming in our doors until about 10:00 p.m. it never stops. we see people through the night. host: have you been able to track why it rahm. at certain times? guest: i think that is when the need arises. there's some components to people being awake and needing care and realizing that. there's also a compone