to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> many of our homes are filled up with old books taking space. >> this is an annual event that is happening this weekend. george lettis has more on how you can participate. this >> is a sixth grader in baltimore city. so far, she has read 20 books, something that may not have been possible without a program called books for kids day. >> will always have books to read. >> it is an annual book drive put on by a nonprofit. this year's event is this saturday. donations go into a book bank where public schools and other groups across the state make a withdrawal. >> we feel it is important we get books into the hands of children at an early age so that we can help fight the literacy later down and down the road. the rate is about 16%. >> the books go into classroom libraries which need to be replenished. >> they might get torn up and people might want to read new books. >> in my reading program, they are required to read 25 books independently. after a while, there are no more

us to our water cooler question of the day. how will osama bin laden's death impact the u.s. war on terror? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 55 degrees on tv hill. a murder suicide tops a violent weekend in baltimore county. >> police find a young boy with his father's body. >> this is 83 north of the beltway. warm weather and traffic when we >> good morning. we have cloudy skies. there's some shower activity to our west. the basic whether this morning is clouded. temperatures are running from the mid 50's's to low 60's. rain is something we have to mention. there'll be times when it will be mostly cloudy. we will detail the rain chances for today and the first part of this week. >> police are trying to figure out how long a boy was trapped in a closet with his father's body. police say najib abdullah and his son were discovered inside a vacant home in jessup on saturday afternoon. detectives believe the man was last seen with the sun on tuesday after a domestic incident. the child was not harmed. is not known how the father died. a man is dead end after shooting a woman and then turning the gun on himself.

you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. reaction to the news spread quickly online. we want to know what your thoughts are. does his death changed the landscape of national security? we have a special section dedicated to the continuing coverage. you can see a timeline since 9/11 and pictures of osama bin laden through the years. >> a jury finds two police officers guilty of the lesser crime of misconduct two detectives were found guilty of forcing two boys into an unmarked police van. the offices claim the teenagers were providing information about criminal activity. they left the teenagers in remote locations for their own safety. >> the verdict reflects the fact that they did not feel this officers acted in a problem with respect to taking these two young boys out to different locations and dropping them with no way to get home. >> these men were doing good police work. i'm still convinced of that. i think the jury is convinced of that. they may have compromised on the misconduct charge. >> smith and francis plan to app

us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think u.s. troops should begin withdrawing from afghanistan? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> new information regarding the investigation into the father whose body was found inside a body. autopsy results showed there was no trauma to najib abdullah. the pair was found at a house in jessup after a man came to clean out his father's house. it looked like the body and the boy had been there for days. >> he had been in the dark. his hands were gripping like he had been holding onto his father. >> it is unclear how long they were in the home. it appears abdulla broke a window to get in. >> a jury found police officers guilty. the officers claim the teenagers were providing them with information about criminal activity. the left the teenagers in remote places to protect them. >> they did not feel that the officers had acted appropriately with respect to taking these two young boys out to different locations and dropping them with no way to get home. >> these men were doing good police work. i'm still convinced of that. i think overall the jurors are convinced on tha

us to our water cooler question of the day. how will osama bin laden's death impact the u.s. war on terror? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. many are wondering this morning what the outcome will be in the u.s. now that osama bin laden is dead. we're joined by a political reporter who can tell us what will happen. thank you for joining us. how huge is this for president obama and what does it mean for is presidency? >> it is an enormous boost. osama bin laden has been going on since bush was president. he took control of the situation any personally chaired at least five national security means to go after and approved this mission. he always thought he did what it took seven years to never succeed in doing and hopes to validate president obama's foreign policy and it will be a post. >> what you make of the incredible reaction across the country? >> too much can be put into one individual. americans for almost a decade have personified the face of terrorism, the face of evil in osama bin laden. his killing is the recent for many to rejoice. this was never about one man and the war on terrorism does not end. it d

you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> george bush is declining in invitation from president obama to join him as he visits ground zero tomorrow. the president will be traveling to man had to meet with families of the 9/11 victims. the white house issued the invitation to the former president. a spokesperson said mr. bush prefers to remain out of the spotlight. >> three suspects are in custody in connection with a double stabbing. the unidentified victims were stabbed multiple times during a robbery on the 1300 block of walter's ave. no word on their conditions this morning. the search continues for whoever robbed three people in a laundromat. this is a surveillance picture of the account. the sheriff's office said a woman was knocked to the ground as two men rushed into the building and robbed her. anyone with information on the case should called metro crime stoppers. >> a not guilty verdict in the case of a baltimore police officer accused of kidnapping two teenagers and stranding them from their home. a judge exone