scott roeder shot late term abortion doctor george tiller in the foyer of his wichita church back in may of 2009. he planned the attack, attending the church for weeks. before pulling the trigger. roeder said killing the doctor would protect unborn children. >> violence continues to spill over the mexican bored. just this week an arizona rancher found shot to death. now new mexico governor richardson wants to beef up security. we hear why they called in the national guard. >> along the border is beefing up. violence, sparking new worries. >> i don't want the border violence that has affected other states to hit new mexico. >> the governor has ordered new mexico guards noon join in police and border patrol and sheriff's departments,

george tiller in his wichita church in may and was convicted of first-degree murder. he faces a minimum sentence of life in prison. prosecutors want him to serve at least 50 years. >>> prosecutors are laying out details of the allegations of nine militia. the nine arrested in a series of raids in michigan, ohio and indiana allegely planned to kill a police officer and then bomb his funeral. >> their plot was to make a fake 911 call, and when a police officer responded, to kill that officer. and use that death as an opportunity because they know that when a police officer is killed in the line of duty, a funeral follows. and law enforcement from around the state shows up en masse. >> the fbi says an undercover agent infiltrated the group calling itself hutaree or christian warrior. >>> a federal judge has ruled that federal investigators broke the law in 2004 when they tapped the phone conversations of an islamic charity and two lawyers without a search warrant. the ruling in san francisco focuses narrowly on a single case, but it's widely viewed as a repudiation of th

penny is calling us from wichita. you say if you adopt a child for better or for worse, it's your child. basically as if you gave birth to the child? >> i have a child with autism and a child with seizures and i wouldn't dream of giving them up because they don't seem perfect. if a biological parent knows you can't get rid of a child you don't want why wouldn't an adoptive parent realize you can't get rid of a child. that is your child. >> i'm not a parent but let me ask you something. are there some days that you are at your wit's end? >> i'm sorry, what? >> i'm not a parent. are there ever some days that you're just at your wit's end? >> oh, yes. a lot of days. but you just deal with it. you just feel like that's my duty as a mother, and i'm going to have to, you know, deal with it and do the best i can with this child. >> some people that have responded to this topic said that if they really think about it, that maybe it's better to return the child that you've adopted if you're admitting i don't really want this c

. >>> in wichita, kansas, scott roeder was sentenced to 50 years in prison with no chance of parole for last year's murder of an anti-abortion doctor. the 52-year-old roeder says he was obeying god's law against killing babies, but a spokesman called him a terrorist who took pleasure in his crime and bragged about it. >> if this person is set free, he will do it again and again and boast about it while stopping for pizza on the way home. >> roeder remained defiant even as he was led out of the courtroom shouting that the blood of babies is on your hands. >>> at the vatican, pope benedict said catholics should examine their conscience but did not directly address the priestly child abuse scandals. on thursday the pope performed the annual feet washing ceremony. it is a symbolic act of humility following the example of jesus at the last supper as recounted in the gospels. >>> on "moneywatch," stock markets in asia got a boost this morning on positive economic news from the u.s. japan's nikkei average finished about half a percent higher. wall street is closed today for the holiday. thursd

i call you "governor," as i asked you some of questions when you were governor and i work for the wichita "eagle." i am sure your family and my family are falling the -- following the progress of kansas. regarding your first statement that you would have jumped at this opportunity had you been governor of the state when this plan came through, several governors in several states have not jump at this opportunity. in fact, they are suing the government, trying to stop this plan. kansas is not one of them, but several states are. within gearing up for a big legal battle, why do you think this happened -- with them gearing up for a big legal battle, why you think this happened? >> >i think the vast majority of lawsuits have been filed by attorneys general in states where they have some interest in higher office. in consultation with our legal team and their consultation with the justice department -- first of all, we are confident the law is on solid constitutional ground, firm ground. i am going to let the lawyers debate the situation. our focus has to be on educating people what is in the

by day break, this will fall over wichita, oklahoma city, and dallas, affecting these areas, mainly with the damaging winds and hail. but farther east, this afternoon into tonight. so, we are going to watch for more tornadoes firing up. anywhere from eastern portions of kansas, down into eastern texas. and then, over, spreading into the lower mst river valley. >> all right. jeannette, thank you. >>> 11 people are still missing in the massive oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. the platform went down 50 miles off the louisiana coast. and crude oil leaking from the oil well may cause a major environmental disaster. abc's t.j. winick has the latest. >> reporter: the deep water horizon burned for more than 24 hours, before sinking below the surface of the gulf of mexico thursday. for the family of the rig's 11 missing crew members, hope of their rescue is fading. >> they may have been aboard the rig. and not able to evacuate. >> reporter: calling the chances of survival slim, the coast guard will call off the search before dawn this morning. >> just come home. that's all we want. now. w

. >> couric: in wichita, kansas, staye"usa today" a life sentencr scott roeder for murdering an abortion doctor. at his sentencing, he's once again claimed he was justified because the doctor performed late-term abortions. a family friend spoke for tiller's surviving relatives. >> this is domestic terrorism. this act will be repeated by this person if he ever sees the light of day again. >> reporter: roeder, who is 52, will not be eligible for parole for at least 25 years. and still ahead here on the cbs evening news, can our harry smith be the president of the united states at his own gain? >> can you go to your right? >> i can go to my right, but i prefer my left. >> couric: but up next, it's the new face of campaign advertising, and it's not very flattering. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. so now i can do more of what i love. [ female announcer ] lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in

wichita has really changed in the past 15, 20 years.mber of excellent museums and excellent restaurants. what they have done throughout this state at the geographic center of america is tap into their past and their basic principles in these hard time toss build things up again. >> fire. >> reporter: out of the tourist attraction called old coy town amid the canon and guns, kansans are reenacting some battles from their historic past. their present struggle is for the future. do you see a lot of people around here worrying about the economy right now? >> yeah. my friends, some of them, don't know where the next check is coming from. >> i'm in the automotive industry. we have seen a big downturn. everybody is worried about it. >> ♪ we are off to see the wizard >> reporter: worried but like dorothy in "the wizard of oz" not sitting still. they are historically rolled out cattle, transportation and aviation products worth bill yun bill yuns. >> reporter: many have tournd past success. >> kansas before prohibition was the third largest grap

let's meet our contestants -- >> his name is sam and he's from wichita, kansas. she's brianna from california. >> jimmy: welcome! your job tonight is to use your sense of taste and smell to determine which american city served as inspiration for tonight's applebee's realburger. guillermo! bring in the real burgers! here is guillermo. guillermo, why are you blindfolded? >> i don't know. >> jimmy: here's how we play. taste the realburger my lovely assistant is placing in front of you right now, and guess which american city inspired it. the first to guess correctly wins. are you ready? it is time to eat. begin. >> i am going to have a bite of the sandwich as well. my own. again we're asking you to guess which city inspired the tasty ingredients. delicious. see if it tastes at all familiar. sam, anything coming to you? >> i don't have a clue. i'm sorry. >> you don't have a clue? >> italy. >> jimmy: italy is not an american city. an american city. it rhymes with silly is the name. the city's name rhymes with silly. >> philadelphia. >> jimmy: philadelphia is right! re

roeder shot abortion doctor george chill tiller alt tiller's wichita church last may.t his sentencing, the judge waived possibility of parole for tiller. >> it the be the order and judgment and sentencing of this court that you be remanded to custody for life, with your first parole eligibility in 50 years. >> reporter: roeder showed no remorse, during the nine-hour hearing, often ignoring the judge. he blamed the state for not outlawing abortion, and says all kansasans are guilty for innorring the rights -- ignoring the rights of the unborn child. >> the people he killed were innocent and helpless. this court stifled my testimony, preventing me from reminding people about their humanity. the jury and in nation are at the height of denial. >> they testified that roeder is dangerous and would kill again and again if given the chance. >> this is domestic terrorism. this act will be repeated by this person, if he ever sees the light of day again. >> reporter: but it's highly unlikely that he will. the judge gave roeder the harshest sentence possible, saying he deserved it

severe weather outbreak we have seen across the nation this spring. 69 degrees, the temperature in wichita. 70 in dallas. 73 in st. louis. we will keep the warmth around for another day. at least up to around 70 degrees. here is the whole area i think there will be severe weather tomorrow. from the plains states, texas, up north to areas of iowa, east to kentucky. down towards florida. for tomorrow, possible bill of thunderstorms. that includes the risk of tornadoes. one thing we have seen -- low count important the spring so far compared to two years ago. by saturday possible but of severe weather. right across western maryland and western areas of virginia. storms in the forecast. thunderstorms for sunday. let me take through the next 48 hours. this is your futurecast. weather front south. there's clouds across the area. moving out of here more and more. clouds that we have today. high pressure continuing to think south. only briefly. for another day through tomorrow. part of that system comes east. i think we will have showers showing up on saturday. light showers. shouldn't be anything

hitting the ohio valley and temperatures running in the 70s there from wichita down to brownsville, texas, 77 degrees. 772 in st. louis. tomorrow with the one dry day that's left. we should get up to 70 degrees. towtenial severe weather with the system, isolated tornadoes. probably the first big severe weather outbreak for the plains states that we have seen so far this spring. in the yellow, that's the sweet spot. missouri down towards texas, isolated storms coming into west virginia and kentucky and tennessee. and then on saturday the area gets a little closer to it. sunday where i think we could have a few thunderstorms popping around our area. stay tuned. next 48 hours, future cast will take the clouds on out of here. it is high pressure moves in. weather front south but take a look at the low pressure system. tracking towards the east. so i think our first showers will start showing up around here saturday about midday. in an time. lunch time or so. how much rain we are going to get out of this system, anywhere from an inch to an inch and a half. more across northeastern maryland. fo

doctor in kansas was scott roeder has admitted he shot doctor george tiller last may at a church in wichita. he said the killing was justified to save the lives of unborn children. members of tiller's family were in attendance when roeder addressed the court today, before his sentencing. >> it is a duty of state of kansas to protect all the people, including those whom george tiller killed. had the courts acted rightfully, i would have not shot george tiller. the blame for george tiller's death lies more with the state of kansas than with me. the state of kansas permits, protects and promotes the slaughter of these children. george tiller was their hitman. >> holman: tiller was the only doctor in kansas performing late-term abortions. his clinic closed after his death. a top vatican official today defended pope benedict the sixteenth against allegations he covered up sex abuse cases before he was pope. "the new york times" had reported on the vatican decision not to defrock a wisconsin priest in the 1990s. benedict then was in charge of investigating abuse cases. today, cardinal william lev

. >> i saw him pitch at wichita state, i was out there and this kid was totally dominated. 95, 96 att time. drafted, number one pick. tremendous arm, great promise. pitched well his first two years, last year fell apart. 10-12. just didn't walk anybody. 66 people in 184 innings, didn't strikeout anybody. they projected he would miss a lot of bats. doesn't use his change up often. if you are going to throw everything hard, don't have anything to gear down to. >> i think national fans are saying, nice deal for the pirats. matt comes in yesterday, one solid inning. what an inning it was when we continue. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. . >>> welcome back everybody. nationals take on the mets. today's question coming from jesse in virginia, if matt can throw

just north of wichita, this cell has had a history of producing hail and gusty winds upon.evere, but nonetheless it is moving across the state at about 35 to 30 miles an hour. the entire system will be slowly moving across the southeastern third of the u.s. here over the next day or two, right through saturday and actually right through sunday, it will move into the delmarva and that will produce thunderstorms as well. the red area especially on saturday from northern alabama to parts of tennessee and kentucky and that's where you're most concerned for seeing severe weather. we had problems earlier with fog, across d.c., baltimore and philly. that fog, for the most part since has lifted and dallas in the fort worth area will see afternoon thunderstorms so that will create problems. denver eastward and maybe some delays there and we don't anticipate multi-hour delays and all flights are resuming across parts of europe. so travel has become a little bit easier, finally. >> that's good to hear. thanks, rob. >>> out of rehab, finally. not talking about party animal starlets or

. >> reporter: at wichita state, the small business development center says such homegrown success stories are critical to this state's rebound. because, david may says, only a tiny fraction of new jobs come from out-of-state companies moving in. so, what makes the difference between a small business that succeeds and one that does not? >> i think the biggest thing is probably customer focus. and it really starts with, i think, identifying a real need that exists and going after it and meeting that need and really taking an outside-in approach to the market. >> reporter: he should know. back in the late '50s two of the school's graduates borrowed $600 to start pizza hut. and 20 years later, sold it for $300 million. canon ball is not that big, but it provides 18 full-time jobs with $3 million in annual sales and -- >> if i was 20 years younger, i'd double the size of it. >> reporter: it could be that big. you have that much business? >> oh, yeah. i could double it. >> reporter: for a farm equipment maker in the middle of a recession -- >> come on, beauty! >> reporter: -- not a bahadur vest

central and southern plains where the severe weather is already starting to fire just west of the wichita area where we have a severe thunderstorm warning, and we're going to watch the threat for some twisting action. we could see the threat for tornadoes as martha mentioned not only today, tomorrow but saturday, cold enough for heavy snow across the higher elevations, that's one of the ingredients we need for severe weather is that cold pocket of air. here the severe weather threat for today as we head through tomorrow, a wider-spread area, large hail, damaging winds and yes, the threat for tornadoes. we'll be on it for the next several days in the fox weather center. martha: thank you very much, janice dean, keeping an eye on all of it for us. >>> this is coming up, the battle to get illegals out of arizona, once and for all, the sheriff says the violence is now reaching epidemic proportions. what he plans to do about that. bill: also fists are flying, martha. when the teenagers step into a so-called ring, check this out, -- really? what you're looking at is more than just a fight. it i

. >> reporter: at wichita state, the small business development center says such homegrown success storiesate's rebound. because, david may says, only a tiny fraction of new jobs come from out-of-state companies moving in. so, what makes the difference between a small business that succeeds and one that does not? >> i think the biggest thing is probably customer focus. and it really starts with, i think, identifying a real need that exists and going after it and meeting that need and really taking an outside-in approach to the market. >> reporter: he should know. back in the late '50s two of the school's graduates borrowed $600 to start pizza hut. and 20 years later, sold it for $300 million. cannonball is not that big, but it provides 18 full-time jobs with $3 million in annual sales. and -- >> if i was 20 years younger, i'd double the size of it. >> reporter: it could be that big. you have that much business? >> oh, yeah. i could double it. >> reporter: for a farm equipment maker in the middle of a recession -- >> come on, beauty! >> reporter: -- not a bad harvest. people here have absol

and finally roosevelt believed that if you look how she saved the buffalo at the wichita mountains in oklahoma, the first game reserve, today people come all over oklahoma and by buffalo and eat buffalo. if you see a buffalo from mount rushmore they come from the heard raised in the suit and reintroduced. he created the federal moose's reserves in alaska for example. i think of the charismatic animals and national kidney do in alaska and the arctic, and national polar bears betting area and perhaps a national manatee reserved. mammals important to the country need to be added to that model and manatee are part of the electric power plants, it would take a kind of national wildlife conservation largely ride by private sector in many ways. >> i talked for your recently a few minutes to read a statistic that 11% of family farms income comes from the farming operation which suggests farmers have to look for of farm opportunities in order to people to keep the farm. how realistic is it for us to be asking farmers and ranchers to consider conservation? what is in it for them? how does it he

it forced the specters to move from their home in wichita to his aunt's home in philadelphia. he didn't want to see it slip-up again and fall into a depression. senator specter then came over to our side of the aisle and helped pass the health reform law that will help americans life healthier lives. in the anger of the town hall meetings last summer, senator specter found himself on the front lines. he didn't give in to the myths and misinformation. he never lost his cool. as a senior member and former chairman of the judiciary committee, senator specter played a critical role in the historic confirmation of justice sotomayor. i know he'll do a equal job when we replace justice stevens. i want to thank him for all that he does both publicly and privately for the united states senate. the state of pennsylvania, of course, is home to some of our nation's most significant political history: the declaration of independence, the constitution was drafted in philadelphia. he recorded some history of his own. no pennsylvanian has served in the united states senate longer than he has.

. >> gene in wichita agrees with you but as the mother of a 19- and 21-year-old, kids make up fake facebook it's so hard. the internet has created so many problems for parents and outlets for kids to get drawn in in bad ways and to get involved with awful things. it's a really, really dangerous landscape. god, that's -- i can't even -- that's smart but now we're going to have to worry about that as well. chris, thanks very much. >>> up next, we'll talk to maria about her new book, "ten laws of enduring success," just out. can't wait to hear about it and read it as well. >>> later, dining with al qaeda. a foreign correspondent who spent three decades covering the middle east. he shares some of his experiences there. alaska, everyone awaits the return of the fishing boats. their safe arrival is highly anticipated. as is something else. a shipment of natural sea salt from cargill, essential for preserving the catch. we deliver the salt on precise schedules and ship it efficiently all along the alaskan coast. saving the fishermen money and their catch. this is how cargill works with customers.

home state of kansas, these engaged citizens will be meeting in mound city this evening, salina and wichita tomorrow, and in ottawa and impouria will have meetings on saturday. while these gatherings are occurring, millions of other americans unable to attend will join in spirit to protest the expansion of government in our daily lives. as we approach the end of tax season congress must remember the sacrifices made by each american household. while this is the end of tax season, the rest of the year should be deemed the season of tax reform. the american people need relief and congress should respond. jobs today and the health of the u.s. economy tomorrow demand our action. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: ms. berkley from nevada. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? >> i ask make to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: if there is no objection, the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for five minutes. ms. sutton: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and service of cleveland heights police officer thomas paton ii. on march 13,

wichita, kansas, carol on our line for republicans. good morning, carol. caller: hello.ow, is this live right now? host: yes, it is. caller: what i'm watching on television does not reflect me on air. is that -- are you going rerecord it? host: what are you talking about, carol? caller: my question. type go ahead and ask. caller: ok then, that's fine. i was just trying to ask them, as far as this -- as far as what i was disgusted with in the election is the fact that i did not feel like we really nominated the people that were the president. it was the lobbyists that nominated them. and the second part of my question, is i'm just wondering if anybody ever learned anything from this 9/11 as far as knowing that some of these deceiving activities, you know, something is going to come in between. host: we're going leave it there. it's a concern about lobbyists and their influence on the election, especially going into the november elections later this year. guest: that is the very valid concern. lobbyists play not only a critical role in influence peddling on capitol hill, b

could he opts in rural kansas to move grain to food processors in kansas city and to manufacturers in wichita to move their goods to market. i rise to express my hope that we will move a path toward to continue the economic development and sound transportation policy fostered by the tax provisions contained in h.r. 1132. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i received a letter from a member of the pennsylvania state house explaying a resolution he has introduced to stop the federal government for imposing unfunded mandates on the state. the resolution cites the urban institute is estimates pennsylvania will see an additional 818,000 people eligible for medicaid under the health care reform law. the cost of the commonwealth of that additional burden totals $2.31 billion between 2014 and 2019. some 12% of pennsylvania now is enrolled in medic

outside of wichita for nearly a half hour fell in lawrence. way from kansas city to topeka. >>> one state a hoping to tap a revenue scheme. lawmakers in washington state are debating a new beer tax to raise $800 million. it would increase the price of an average six pack up to 50 cents. >> beer is not one of the necessities of life. it's a choice. i say that as someone who enjoys beer. >> gotta tax something. might as well be beer, i guess. make it something they have a choice of taking part in or not taking part in. >> washington state microbreweries would be exempt from the tax. >>> sandra bullock is denying there are sex tapes of her and her husband jesse james. bullock says, this is a quote, there never has been and there never will be one. everyone claimed they have had affairs with james hins he married the actress. >>> time to check in with a.j. hammer to see what's coming up. >> snou on "showbiz tonight" live at 5:00, jon and kate battle. sandra bullocks denial and lindsay's new stepmom and surprising engagementment lohan clan. we'll s