. >> inspectors will respond to calls about houses that look structurally unsound. if you build it, they will come. the crowd came early yesterday to a slot parlor that opened three days ahead of schedule. the casino has two restaurants, electronic video card games, and slot machines. it is already drawing enthusiastic customers. >> people have to pass us to get to the delaware casinos, leaving baltimore in the southern part of the state. it is great for this day. we will cut them off before they get there. it is a much shorter drive. >> the casino is expected to gross $160 million in the and the first full year of operation. a merger between the two largest discount airlines could be on the horizon. southwest plans to purchase airtrans and to drop their luggage fees. >> southwest runs 140 flights per day out of baltimore. a merger would mean more flights and more passengers. the increase passengers would spend more money on things like parking and food. that translates into more money for the airport, the city and the state. >> it is good for the convention industr

you can call to reports vacant homes that looked structurally unsound. inspectors have the authority to demolish any homes they deemed unsafe. >> police say one of the four people thrown from the vehicles has died. we were over the scene on route 58 just before 1:00. the crash involved a pair of boxer trucks. police are now trying to determine if weather played any role in the crash. the johns hopkins doctors shot by a patient's disgruntled family member is recovering at home. he was released from the hospital earlier this evening, 10 days after the incident. he was shot earlier this month after he got upset about his mother's condition. he then shot his mother and himself. >> two people charged in the stabbing death of the johns hopkins researcher will go on trial in january. prosecutors say the two tried to rob the 23-year-old back in july as he walked,. according to documents, bloody shoes and wallets and iphone were found inside the suspects' homes. the jury in the murder trial of kevin harris heard testimony from a dna expert who -- of ken harris he

those with yellow-tagged houses, too structurally unsound to live in, will be given one hour to grab belongings and then be escorted out. red-tag owners won't be alloweded to close to their homes. some green-tagged owners will be allowed to look around at their homes but not all have been given permission to return. >> you go meeting to meeting and all they tell you is come to the next meeting. and then you get no information. >> reporter: now, there are other things going on all around san bruno. we understand that a press conference is now under way. >> we are not completely sure of that at this point. we did not see any initial observations, we did not see any visible evidence of damage to the underside of the pipe relating to the other utility pipes that went under the pipe within the ditch. i mentioned yesterday that there were pipes that went under that gas pipe. we did not see -- and so we were looking at whether there was any damage associated with the excavation and the installation of the pipes under the gas pipe. the initial observations don't show any visible evidence of

the department reviewed the soundness report for this property and found it to be unsound. the department also performed a historic resource evaluation response and found that the building was not a resource. the project proposes demolition of this structure and new construction of a two-unit building. the project did go -- undergo neighborhood notification and no d.r. was filed during the appeal period. and then secondly concerning the board of appeals, there's only one item that may be of interest to you. the appeal of the building permit application for 2642 height street. this would legalize a rear balcony which was subject to d.r. before you. the commission unanimously upheld the permit in september of 2009. the permit was subsequently appealed to the board of appeals. on july 10 of this year the board unanimously upheld the permit. however, the apell ant did file a rehearing request. and last night the board unanimously denied the rehearing request. the board will now issue a notice of decision and the building permit will be final. that concludes the board of appeals

. >> you can dial 311 to report vacant homes that look structurally unsound. they will arrange to shore up or demolish homes that pose a threat. >> dna evidence took center stage in the ken harris murder trial. kelly miller spent the day saying how police were charged the three defendants. testimony resumes later today. a white supremacist will spend 31 days in prison for an attack on an elderly fishermen. the judge sentenced the man to 31 years for assault and a hate crime against james privett. lockner said the attack would not have happened if privett was white. a trial date of january 26 has been set for john wagner and his wife lavelva merritt. the couple killed stephen pitcairn during a robbery last july. police say they recovered bloody evidence that ties them directly to the crime. >> it is a senate showdown that has been brewing. democrats say the measure will punished companies that ship jobs overseas. kate amara joins us live from our washington bureau with more on the story. >> good morning. senate democrats are hoping today's test vote will help t

they were doing unsound forensic techniques that lead to cross-contamination.iques were horrible. >> and in an american court, that evidence would have been thrown out. >> if you showed that videotape in an american court, you would have lost most of your evidence. >> you also have real concerned about the interrogation. >> the interrogation was -- the interrogation was something that the senate, if we did that overseas, would have had hearings about. this was a technique that i'm aware of that third-world country intelligence agencies do. what they do is they get you in a room for all night. she started at 10:00 p.m. and went until 6:00 a.m. why they had to go overnight, instead of during the day is anybody's guess. but they had 12 interrogators, by their own admission, going an hour at a time, an hour at a time. no food. no coffee. no bathroom breaks. nothing. and the purpose was to keep her intimidated, scared. and they were doing it in italian. she didn't speak italian at that point. disoriented. and after -- by 5:45 in the morning, after an all-night inter

it is the recession and born of unsound practices that led to a full-fledged financial crisis. precisely what made it so terrifying answer difficult to cure is that we have been in largely uncharted territories. on all of financial meltdown in the world's largest economy at the center of the world's financial system is something that the world has experienced only once in the past century, in the 1930's. does the president took office in the midst of a recession of historic proportions, but for what she history provides little guidance. this afternoon i want to talk about the tremendous economic challenges that the country faced back in january 2009 and the challenges we continue to face as we reach the second half of 2010. i want to discuss what i think we've learned over the past 20 months about the causes of our economic difficulties, will be accomplished through extraordinary policy actions, and the tremendous work that remains before the economy is fully recovered. according to the national bureau of economic research, the recession began back in the december of 2007. it i

able to go on to their own property the city and county considered a hazardous waste say it's and unsounday not want to hear of it is a fact alive there will be able to take a close look from the road and talk to their insurance adjusters as to what the damage there was and how these properties can be replaced emotions are expected to be high the meeting will be close to the public. >> we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. welcome that the lawyer for one of the three american hikers to say that i ron say that the family is appealing to authorities to drop the demand for $500,000 bail in exchange for sears released because the family says they cannot afford that amount. sara's lawyer is asking a the diplomats of the bill be dropped to lower for sarah she says the family of the 32 year-old woman is facing difficulty raising the money. they have yet to be responding. >> the body found in hercules, has been identified as frederick sales at the body of the 35 year-old to was discovered in the same home where his father ricardo was found

it is a recession born of regulatory failures and unsound practices that contributed to a housing bubble and a vigil in a full-fledged financial crisis. -- and eventually a full-fledged financial crisis. we had been in largely uncharted territory. an all-out financial meltdown in the world's largest economy and the center of the world's financial system is something that the world has experienced only once in the past century, in the 1930's. thus the president took office in the midst of a recession of historic proportions, but for which history provided little guidance. this afternoon i want to talk about the tremendous economic challenges the country faced in january 2009 and the challenges we continue to face. i want to discuss what i think we have learned over of past 20 months about the causes of our economic difficulties, what we have accomplished through extraordinary policy actions, and the tremendous work remains before the economy is fully recovered. according to the national bureau of economic research, the recession began in december 2007. it is now clear that the popping of