she was working in wester maryland. >>> lawmakers get set to get rid of death penalty in maryland. opponents say they are one vote away. day care explains--derek explains. >> reporter: by the time he was killed, seven of the nine witnesses recanted their testimony. it is said the out rage that followed has gone a loungy in changing attitudes. >> people want to see the country join the rest of the world. >> and a former death row inmate is speaking out. >> do away with the death penalty, because, if it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone. >> and some say the death penalty is cruel because the appeals drag on for too long. >> so what we have in maryland is the death penalty not really a a punishment tool. >> we have been watering down and killing the death penalty here for 20 years. >> this republican, is a sup sporter of capitol punishment. he says life without parole is not good enough. >> we are not showing sympathy for the vic testimony--victims. >> a spokesperson says that if a bill comes across his death, he will consider signs it. >>> the naacp are pushing efferent--effo

it's curious to me, i would like to know, this is about an excel program at wester. who was in charge at webster before this resolution? what evaluation of their services ended up demanding this mid year change? or was there no one in charge before? it seems rather odd that you would be doing this in the middle of the year. and then i'd like you to take a look at k-26. k-26 on page 143. and this is money for a consultant to guide a staff member in understanding their job. now, i can understand that the accounting department activities might cost this amount of money. but why should the money come from what it seems to me are funds that should be used for direct services for students. if you take a look at the funding sources, you see it comes from dcyf mayor's wellness program, comprehensive school health local, i don't know what that mean bus it sounds like it belongs to the kids. i think a word is left out there. and tobacco use prevention education. so i'd like you to look at these resolutions and before you approve them, see whether the money is being spent the w

that is with the national transitional council are being supported in order that they should promote wester all companies western financial interests in libya and the people will just have to be read out but people have already been killed a little bit of all genocide has taken place as we've seen in iraq so in a way the same pattern is repeated over and over again that we are there's a double standard they say that they are promoting democracy but what they are basically doing is promoting good financial and political interest of the global power elite embedded inside the united states the european union and israel. well counting is underway in croatia's historic referendum on joining the e.u. zagreb signed in the e.u. ascension treaty last year and it could become the union's twenty eighth member by july twenty third seen if all member states ratify the deal party's tom barton is in croatia for more. sixty six percent of the population who did vote voted for the four croatia to join you about thirty three percent against that's not as much as was predicted even a couple of years ago it wa

with the national transitional council are being supported fuller in order that they should promote wester all companies with some financial interest in libya and the people will just have to be without the people have already been killed and a little variable of genocide has taken place as we've seen in iraq so in a way the same pattern is repeated over and over again where there's a double standard they say that they are promoting democracy but what they are basically doing is promoting the financial and political interests of the global power elite and bedded inside the united states the european union and israel. has voted in favor of joining the e.u. the initial results announced by the state referendum commission there is after more than half the ballots were counted not all the courage they were optimistic about the future prospects as protests spilled onto the streets on the eve of the referendum curry sure should join a bloc by july next year if its membership is approved by all twenty seven member states for more perspective on this i'm joined from amsterdam by political consulta

started just before seven tonight on empire and wester street near the fairfield civic center. flames engulfed the entire building. officials say the fire is now under control. no word on the cause. >>> officials in rio vista are blaming a ruptured natural gas pipeline for starting fire earlier tonight. it happened around six in an open field off highway 12. officials and witnesses say flames shot up to 100 feet in the air. firefighters had the flames contained with in minutes. nobody was hurt. the gas line is privately owned and was scheduled to be replaced next week. >> security at candlestick park is tight in preparation for tomorrow's playoff game with the 49ers and the saints. we saw a lot of police and security people this morning checking vehicles as they arrived at the stadium. it'll be packed. tickets ticket are sold out. deborah shows us how the big game is creating big business in san francisco. >> reporter: tomorrow the game but tonight they are having fun. we are on the wharf where they are making noise tonight. for state fans home away from home is just black magi

started just before seven tonight on empire and wester street near the fairfield civic center. flames engulfed the entire building. officials say the fire is now under control. no word on the cause. >>> officials in rio vista are blaming a ruptured natural gas pipeline for starting fire earlier tonight. it happened around six in an open field off highway 12. officials and witnesses say flames shot up to 100 feet in the air. firefighters had the flames contained with in minutes. nobody was hurt. the gas line is privately owned and was scheduled to be replaced next week. >> security at candlestick park is tight in preparation for tomorrow's playoff game with the 49ers and the saints. we saw a lot of police and security people this morning checking vehicles as they arrived at the stadium. it'll be packed. tickets ticket are sold out. deborah shows us how the big game is creating big business in san francisco. >> reporter: tomorrow the game but tonight they are having fun. we are on the wharf where they are making noise tonight. for state fans home away from home is just black magi

finally, our third participant, nicholas wester brooke, is an independent historian. he's the author of a number of articles on american history. between 1989 and 2009, very significantly for this book, he was executive director of fort ticonderoga. and, of course, this location plays such a very significant role in eliot cohen's book. nicholas westerbrook previously was curator of exhibits for the minnesota historical society. he is, really, an expert on a number of aspects of locale and setting that are crucial to "conquered into liberty." eliot, tell us what your book is about. [laughter] >> will do. [applause] well, thank you. thank you for the introduction. thank you all for coming, it's so great to see so many old friends, former students, colleagues that i appreciate everybody on the panel, particularly my friend, nick westbrook, for making the journal journey -- journey from the north country to come here. i'll say more thank yous at the end, but let me now say something about the book. those of you who are standing along the back wall, there are plenty of sea

we're talking about meteorologists with the national wester service.been way out in the pacific. they're looking for a bit of this energy to break off and head our way. will it head well to our south or go north and give us some rain. we'll go with a split chance of rain tuesday evening into wednesday -- slight chance of rain tuesday evening into wednesday. it's not a whole lot in terms of a chance of rain but we'll put it in there just to be on the safe side. any rain we do get is not expected to be any more than a tenth of an inch. that's the only bit of moisture we're looking at for the next ten days. lots of sun shine. mild temperatures between tuesday and the weekend. let's find out about that traffic. george, good morning. >>> good morning, james. things are still pretty quiet in the traffic department although an accident is reported in hayward on 880 southbound closer to union city. we'll keep an eye on that. so far no big backups. looking at the bay bridge, no big backups but things are starting to slow there in the center lanes for fast-track

the parents killed their own children because they became some wester western.ow we classify this is important because it's gets dismissed. if we don't acknowledge that this is an issue, it's not a huge issue, am i wrong, it's not extremely prevalent, but it does happen, both in canada and the united states, you have school authorities, you have social services authorities, you have others who dismiss it. these girls had complained repeatedly that they were afraid of their father. >> you're quite right. we shouldn't over react, in that we shouldn't say this is happening every day in the islamic community. but in canada, u.s. britain, scan today knave yeah, france, the low countries in europe. it does happen. three, four, five a year. in the actual murders it's the oppression of women. i'm not talking about liberation. these are women who are told you will cover yourself in this tent-like garment. you will not speak out of turn. you will remain in the home. there is an even credible fear to mention the word islam. there are muslim kids burning people to death, bu