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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice.800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. chris: welcome back from new hampshire. john, "tell me something i don't know." >> a lot of people have forecast that rick santorum could have a high ceiling here in new hampshire because of the pat buchanan analogy. chris: and he won here in 19 the -- 19 6, did pat. >> there are not as many blue-collar voters as there were back when pats was winning and i think that holds rick santorum back. >> but the rise since iowa has hurt john huntsman as the roll any alternative. it will be all over if he does not do substantially better. >> the big takeaway for democrats outs of iowa is they feel like that romney, in going so far to the right in immigration, could mean that in a general if it's romney, they could get 75% of the latino vote. obama got about 6% last time and that could be the difference in the election. chris: does this push the case on mark rubio? >> it does but it is difficult to sell his stance on immigration. >> romney went to the ri

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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. >>> all right, it is a murder case that made headlines here in the washington metropolitan area and across the country. and the case is going to go to trial in just a couple of weeks, we're talking about george huguely accused of beating his former girlfriend yeardley love to death. right here with me now is the honorable priscilla fossom. she's a former judge and deputy attorney general. thanks so much for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> this particular case just got so much publicity in the media. everywhere. so in terms of selecting people to -- to serve on the jury, is the process going to be any different in this case? >> it will be somewhat different. the main difference will be the number of jurors that are actually called and interviewed during the selection process but it's important to keep in mind that the standard for a fair jury is not whether or not the jurors have heard of the trial or the underlying acts but whether they

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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. 00-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. >>> it is 4:28. 54 degrees, with clear skies. hello. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. vic is off today. and here's what people are talking about. emotions are high inside a montgomery county courtroom right now. impact statements are being read at the sentencing hearing for britney norwood. she is accused of beating jayna murray to death inside the lulu lemon store last year. today, eight friends of murray told the judge how their lives have been affect the by the murder. wjz is live inside the courtroom, waiting for the sentence. we will bring you the latest tonight at 5 lock -- 5:00 and 6:00. >>> today, a car bomb kills more than a dozen people at a funeral in iraq. tina kraus reports for wjz, with growing safety concerns. >> reporter: mourners carried coffins of the dead, after another suicide blast in baghdad. a bomber struck a funeral procession for victims who died in an attack the day before. friday's explosion r

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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. >>> today the second session of the 112th congress formerly convenes. no official business will be conducted and most senators will not return to the capital until next week, and house members will not hold a session on the floor until the 17th. >>> and then a military leader did not give details on what would happen if it returns. the threat comes as iran wrapped up a naval exercise that included test firing two long-range missiles. the drill showed iran could shut down the straight that the ships use to carry oil. >>> new video out of north korea today, shows the new leader rallying troops at an elite tank unit. it's the first time he has been shown in public since his father's funeral. kim was dressed in a dark overcoat and gloves looked relaxed as he speaks with the soldiers did. it's the sign of kim jung is quickly expanding his acceptance among those in north korea and followers of his father and grandfather. >>> pb filed a lawsuit se

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> job seekers need to act quickly. target is hiring 200 employees for its new store in krof ton. the retailer is having a jobs fair at the comfort inn in the 4500 block of crain highway in bowie, maryland. onsite interviews. the fair runs through thursday. new target opens in march. >>> car enthusiasts are revving their engines as the detroit auto show kicks off today. this year good fuel mileage is the name of the game as nbc's janelle klein reports. >> reporter: small cars, big expectations. that's the focus at this year's detroit auto show where 40 new models are making their debut. >> the first thing everybody will notice is a very upbeat spirit because the year ended on a very high note for auto sales and especially the big three. >> reporter: what they're show region practical cars, mid size sedans and small suvs that are affordable both to buy and to drive. with gas prices still high, auto makers are pushing hybrid cars and those that get good mileage. >> fuel economy that the really big issue here.

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. >>> new today. a series of car bombs exploded killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 70 others in iraq. the bombings happened in shiite neighborhoods. first bombing happened where day laborers were gathering. then minutes later, another bomb went off near a pastry shop in the same district. later in the morning, two more bombs exploded. violence surged since the u.s. military with drew from that country. more than 170 people have been killed in iraq since the beginning of the year. >>> crews are starting preparations to remove a half million gallons of fuel from capsiz capsized cruise ship in italy. a barge carrying a crane and other equipment is hitch eed to the costa concordia. the ship's captain is accused of steering the ship into shallow waters before it hit a reef on january 13. today a dive team found another body in the wreckage bringing the number of those dead to 16. at least 16 others are still missing. >>> the smithso

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. >>> right now on "news4 midday," proposed budget by governor o'malley contains new tax owes the top 20% of earners in the state. part after plan to raise more than $300 million in new revenue. the budget asks counties to help pay for teachers' benefits. >>> police are trying to find a man who robbed an 84-year-old woman. he forced the woman to withdraw monday friday from an atm in langley park. the police say the robber at first tried to help the woman and several small children but then implied she had a gun and robbed her. police are having a news conference right now. >>> search crews are calling on the italian navy to help them access wreck fraj a cruise ship partially under water. divers temporarily suspended their search inside the concordia. rough waters moved the boat slightly and put the crew in danger. the company issued a statement saying we are deeply saddened to learn that additional people have been found. the statement went

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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> new study says nearly0 million americans report binge drinking once a week. binge drink sing defined moors than four drinks on one sitting for women and five drinks in one sitting for men. the cdc study found binge drinking was most common among people 18 to 24 years old. they also consume the most drinks, nine in one sitting. however, people 65 and older who reported binge drinking had the highest frequency. more than five times a month. the habit was more common among men than women. >>> you knew it was going to happen eventually. the wizards finally won a game. they defeated the toronto raptors 93-78. the wizards started booker and singleton in place of lewis and blatche. washington is the last team in the league to earn a win. they are 1-8 on the season. every other people has at least two wins. >>> unexpected header before a soccer match. analyst martin was covering a game between arsenal and leads united when he took a shot to the face during warmups. he seemed to be okay but there is a bit of a cont

contact the verizon center for customers withisabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >> a person is hospitalizedl put on lockdown after a home invasion in prince george's county today. >> the search is on for two of the suspects. >> this incident was pretty odd because it happened during the day. it during the day when a lot of neighbors were still at home some of them had been out and about on the street walking on the sidewalk before the incident happened. then when the men got inside they attacked the man who lived there before stealing some of their stuff. the family inside this new carrollton house heard somebody trying to get in. three men forced their way inside possibly wearing masks and attacked two men inside. >> i looked out the window and i saw the police walking in the backyard. they were searching. >> i looked outside and saw the police and did not know much at all about it besides that. >> neighbors heard police sirens and helicopters above their home. john ramsey was homeschooling his daughter. >> it scared me a little bit. >> one man inside that house called 911 fighting the men

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> google is rolling out a new service to share across various websites. starting in march, march 1, to be exact, it begin linking information with the search engine. if you spend an hour searching for skateboards you might find recommendations for similar videos the next time you logon to youtube. privacy experts criticized the tracking and the fact users can't opt out of this. >>> today practical reserve makes a decision on the internet rates. we are bogey to check in with cnbc's julia boorstin and joins us with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> hello, barbara. pending home sales are weighing on stocks and this housing market indicator fell 3.5% in december. according to the national association of realtors. after hitting its highest level of the year and a half. that was a bigger decline than economists expected. let's take a look at where the markets are trading. dow is off about half a percent. s&p 500 is down just a fraction of a percent. nasdaq is a

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> sad story out of arizona to share with you now. it shows you how rehelpless cancer can be. a former police officer thought that her batting with a melanoma was over but she was pregnant and she passed it on to her child. i wore, you know, like hats and so forth, but, you know, i didn't really wear sun screen, didn't think i really needed it. >> reporter: 33-year-old brianna cox didn't realize the danger of going into the sun without proper poe text and did not realize that skin cancer could spread to her unborn child. >> on time i thought something no one noticed had bumps on until she was about two and a half months old. she brought her here. >> we had skip lesion, initial diagnosis was completely resected. no way to sort of know that she would have a disseminated relapse. >> reporter: doctors at phoenix children had never seen cancer spread from mother to child. it's rare but when it does happen, melanoma is the most common cancer to transfer. it's now spread through the baby's body. >> it's pretty much inv

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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> it is 4:30, 37 degreeswe take a long look at the bay bridge out there. hello everyone, thanks for staying with eyewitness news. denise koch is off today, i'm vic carter. tina krauss reports on the project that has the dutchess of york in trouble. >> reporter: three years ago sarah ferguson put on a black wig and snuck into an orphanage. a conviction could mean up to 22 years in prison. >> britain doesn't have an extradition policy with turkey but the turks are pressing scotland yard to help build a case against the dutchess. fergie hasn't commented but friends say she will be furious. >> sarah will be upset, outraged that the turkey authorities will blame her for something they have done. >> reporter: this is not the first time a video tape landed the dutchess in trouble. this time the british press is siting with fergie. portraying her as a mother and humanitarian trying to do the right thing. >> a british interior source says there is no chance the dutchess will be extradited to turkey. >>> kay is live in

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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >> in the "consumer alert," for clotures are making a smaller portion of american home's sales. 20% of all homes sold during the third quarter of 2011 were foreclosure sales, down from 22% in the third quarter. unfortunately, the dropout and because more banks are holding back properties with people with errors and not necessarily because the market is improving. thousands of infant rattles are being recalled. according to the company, they violate federal standards because it handles are small enough to fit into a child's mouth. contact 415-824-2004, or visit the website for refined. a town in california is getting the first mcdonald's ever. no big deal, right? it wrong. the decision has divided the community. half the population is seventh- day adventists, and some parishioners consider the vote an affront to holistic wellness. how healthy is the town? it has no liquor stores and has been tobacco-free for 30 years. "national geographic" call that one of the four healthy as cities in the world. taco bell is l

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> we have angry chris gordon here. angry chris gordon. >> well armed, ready. ready to battle the elements. >> yes. a lot of scraping going on this morning. >> there's a lot of cars in the parking lot that could use that. >> and my colleague in northern montgomery county sent me a tweet pick and i will be tweeting that later. if you want to be part of that tweeting conversation i'm @chuck be bell4. tweet piqc it to me and i will tweet it back to the universe. >> sounds good. >> remember two winters ago, we were measuring snow by the feet and this year, we're clinging to every flake out there because we've had so little? this is as good as we can do, i'm afraid. about an inch on the ground. we look live at washington. cloudy skies and cold. looks and feels like winter. temperatures below freezing, freezing drizzle in washington. we got about an inch of snow in most locations before it switched over to freezing rain during the pre-dawn hours this morning and now yucky looking outside. fr frozen rain drop on t

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. >>> it is just before 6:30. clear. and 34 degrees. and everything is purple. good evening, everyone. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. four marines could face charges for desecrating the bodies of taliban fighters. but it seems even swift punishment will do little to stop the growing anti-american outragement >> reporter: cbs news has learned, three of the four marines have hired lawyers. military investigators have interviewed two of them and say they were reluctant to talk and refused to let investigators search their belongings. the pentagon not only wants to identify who is in the video. it also wants to know who made it and watched it after the battalion returned from afghanistan. everyone involved could face punishment. >> these guys know it's not acceptable. they know. it's a stupid thing. it's the kind of thing you would expect them to do when they're out drunk. and there's n

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >> a trip to walt disneyor president obama today. >> he was there to talk about boosting tourism in the united states and create more jobs. he wants to speed up these a process to make it easier for people from china brazil, and elsewhere to travel the united states. he won the state in 2008 but it will be a little rougher this time. an icon of american business has filed for bankruptcy. kodak filed for chapter 11 after it struggled for years to transition to digital. the 131 year-old company received money from city group and an effort to keep afloat. >> a one-two punch in the pacific northwest after old man winter. mother nature changed course and dumped freezing rain on the area. it left tens of thousands of people and the dark and several others and ditches from skidding off the road. it is all beginning to change now to rain and it will stay that way through tomorrow night. they have had a hard time. >> we could have a little bit of a winter rebecs here tomorrow night into saturday morning. that will als

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