thomas haynesworth was declared innocent yesterday.ly identified by a rape victim has he walked into a richmond market back in 1984. >>> messages of hate and intolerance. anti-semitic posters are showing up in d.c., maryland and virginia neighborhoods. they appear to be hand made collects of anti-jewish messages and are similar to ones posted two years ago. they reference a man name peter j. cojanis who calls himself the commander in chief who found jews guilty of plotting nonjew deaths. >>> the republican race for the white house is intensifying as we get closer to the iowa caucuses. newt gingrich now securing his spot as frontrunner but opponents are taxing his conservative credentials. we get more from tom fitzgerald. >> reporter: newt gingrich is hoping this is not as good as it gets. >> it is amazing how well he is doing. >> reporter: leading the iowa polls, the former republican speaker is now moving to avoid the fate of former republican frontrunners who fell just as quickly as they rose. >> i'm newt gingrich. >> reporter: gingr

spending the past 27 years behind bars for a series of rapes he didn't commit. 46-year-old thomas haynesworth was repleased from prison in march but it wasn't until this week the virginia court of appeals cleared his name based on dna evidence. >>> look closely here. new video from nasa's stereo spacecraft has alien hunters abuzz who say it shows a giant cloaked pace craft parked near the planet mercury. it shows a massive solar flare supposedly revealing the object just to the right of mercury. >>> and the world's oldest dog, and kind of the cutest in my opinion. according to guinness has died in japan at the age of 26 years and 8 months. by some calculations that would put his age at around a whopping 125 human years. dog owners will take that. >>> well, now here is an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,196 after gaining 46 points yesterday. the s&p added two points but the nasdaq was down a fraction. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei lost 58 points while in congress hong the hang seng fell 132. >>> well, wall street wi

. >> he surprised many at first in his unyielding support of thomas haynesworth, who was exonerated after spending 27 years in prison for rapes he did not commit. >> we have a criminal justice system run by human beings who will make mistakes. but you know, by golly, we have to be fast in correcting errors. >> he argued against the state's interest in the case and won. >> this will stand as the greatest loss i ever have in my legal career. very proud of it. >> now i asked the attorney general about guns on campus and whether students should be allowed to carry guns. and he said that it should be left up to the board of visitors. although if adults have concealed weapons permits, he believes they should be allowed to carry weapons on campus. lesli. >>> we have breaking news to tell you about. right now, traffic is all backed up around the key bridge. it is not an unusual thing, but we have to tell you what's going on. the bridge is being closed because two people are having some medical issues. officials are trying to keep that bridge closed, but not for long. still, there are significant

the court of appeals exonerated thomas haynesworth of all charges. he was convicted in attacks dating back to 1984. dna evidence vindicated him in one attack. >> 27 years i never gave up hope. i kept pushing and kept working on my cases. i didn't give up hope. i knew i was innocent from day one. >> he will no longer have to register as a sex offender. his record has been expunged. >>> a man is in jail accused of hiding inside a series store overnight in order to steal money. daniel grant lives in burtsville he was arrested yesterday. police say he posed as a customer on saturday and then snuck around until employees left for night. they say he pried open cash regulators and stole cash. he may be behind two burglaries at other series stores. >>> animal activists went to the fairfax county board of supervisors meeting tonight. they want an end to deer hunts out there. they say a program of controlled hunts is causing more harm than good. there is concern that people could be accidentally shot. one woman who spoke said she and her family walk fearfully

the virginia court of appeals fully exonerated thomas haynesworth. he was convicted in a series of attacks on women in the richmond area. dna tests in 2009 cleared him of an attack. >> 27 years. i never gave up hope. i kept pushing and kept going to the library. i just didn't give up hope. i've been innocent from day one. >> authorities are in the process of expunging his record. >>> authorities say there will be no charges in the death of a george washington university grad student who died outside a fast food restaurant. he died after hitting his head during a fight outside this mcdonalds in september. according to "the washington post," the u.s. attorney's office is not pressing charges because of insufficient evidence. casey just started in the international affairs program and was also an afghanistan war veteran. >>> a local animal shelter is in action after putting to sleep a dog that was supposed to be returned to their owners. >> when pets go missing in d.c., they end up in the new york avenue shelter, run by the washington humane society. th

the virginia court of appeals exonerated thomas haynesworth of all charges.convicted of attacks of women in the richmond area that date back to 2004. but in 2005, dna acquitted him of one of the attacks and indicated another man was behind the crime. >> 27 years, i never gave up hope. kept pushing. kept going to the law library and working on my cases. i just didn't give up hope. i know i was innocent from day one. >> haynesworth's exoneration now means he will no longer have to register as a sex offender, and his record has been expunged. >>> a fairfax, virginia, man accused of being on the payroll of the pakistani spy service is expected to plead guilty to federal charges today. sayed fai ran for the d.c.-based kashmiri council. he made thousands of dollars of political contributions without disclosing his ties to the pakistani government. he's expected to enter a plea on a broad conspiracy charge and a second count of impeding the internal revenue service. >>> new today we learned an american is among those killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan. the u.

in the 1980s, thomas haynesworth was convicted of raping three women. in 2009, dna evidence cleared him of one of the crimes and he was released under strict parole regulations in march of this year. the virginia court of appeals exonerated haynesworth with the other two attacks yesterday. meaning the state officially considers him innocent in all of the cases. he will no longer be on parole. >>> get ready for another protest this morning. members of the our d.c. are holding a protest between franklin and farragut park around 11:00 this morning. 20 protestors camped outside inside senate minority leader mitch mcconnell's office demanding a meeting yesterday. it didn't happen. more protestors gathered outside, demanding jobs. >>> time for another "your money" report. >> jessica doyle is back with the worst cell phone service. can you hear me now? >> you're giving away the secret, mike! >> these were the undoings for at&t. we had poor voice service and poor phone-based customer care. that's the reason why at&t landed yet again in last place when it comes