we're doing a project with six editors in latin america to look at how wikileaks has played a role in their politics. >> the media got distracted by the personality issues with julian assange. it is a fascinating, dark, twisted story, whatever is true. " people got obsessed with it. >> that is what happens. >> we have a cover story on the kim kardashian wedding now. [laughter] >> you have to pay the bills. the serious side of kim kardashian. >> i do think it is a problem. we are undertaking a project next year, the kind of project inspired by the works project to have the team across the country of writers, artists, documentarians, photographers to document poverty in this country. it is the 40th anniversary of the book "the other america." we have this human-resources, people who want to do the project. they can do it in a way to tell the human stories. human stories are key. we can use the human stories to tell the story about the structural problems of poverty in the country so it has more than just a human interest quality. it could lead to change. it could lead to hearings. polit

coombs made the argument that he's been trying to find the wikileaks impact assessment, which is a reportvernment that, according to the press and copies leaked to the press, details that no actual harm came to any individuals as a result of the wikileaks releases. the government is actually trying to get mr. coombs to let them)have access to this information. this seems to be ongoing, stretching all the way from quantico where manning was tortured, essentially eight months, to today where the only question, really, is whether the government's incompetent is intentional or not. >> and a layered question in this conversation that i'm going to have run the clock, but in the event information that is true reveals humiliating information about individuals with power who are embarrassed by that information, is the appropriate response to that to seek the death of someone who may have been responsible for leading embarrassing. when reality would suggest that you're embarrassed by your behavior, that your best prepared invitation is to see in my jim so. swuns who would take responsibility for t

. >>> one of the incidents of the iraq war came to the public when wikileaks began disseminating footanteriorlyier. among those killed two journalists from rooters. the video you're about to see is graphic and may be hard to watch. july 12th, 2007. the temperature is more than 100 degrees in central baghdad. this is the most violent period u.s. forces in iraq have seen. the surge, 30,000 u.s. troops are deployed to root out the insurgency. more troops on the streets means more danger. and attacks against u.s. forces are increasing daily. >> this is at the apex of iraq going to hell. the surge has just started. and the war went from incredibly violent to over the top violent, especially in baghdad. >> we would get blown up regularly. snipers shooting at us. never really tell who the enemy was. >> soldiers from the u.s. army's bravo company 216, including specialist ethan mccord, are on patrol in a rundown neighborhood called new baghdad. early that morning the battalion comes under mortar fire as it leaves the base. while the soldiers patrol, they hear sporadic gunfire. >> this area ha

that you've been evading your taxes. >> wikileaks is a good example. switzerland was just the tip of the iceberg. in my 23 years, i've never had this many banks under investigation. it's just the recognition that the gig is up, as far as hiding money internationally. >> quick: the number of hidden foreign accountholders is still unknown, but estimates claim that they may rob the treasury of 100 billion tax dollars every year. in february 2011, the irs launches a new period of voluntary disclosure. "come clean within six months, or risk criminal prosecution." next on "the american tax cheat," an irs crime lab straight out of "csi." >> this is a class 4 laser, which is one of the most powerful lasers you can use. >> quick: and see how tax collectors help take down some of the country's most vicious criminals. >> we're talking about some of the cruelest people i've ever met in my life, and i've worked gangsters, i've worked met in my life, and i've worked gangsters, i've worked everything. give up caliving, because rohove hereplaced the l egs. w and noy h

and the founder of wikileaks gets his own tv show. teresa garcia has those stories and more at this morning's look at entertainment. >> reporter: everything old is new again. madonna's iconic bra is the inspiration for new diet coke bottles designed by jean gaultier. he designed it for her ambition tour. the founder of the secretive westing blowing website wikileaks is getting his own talk show on russian television. the world tomorrow will feature controversial guests from around the globe. the first episode debuts tomorrow on russia's rt network and online. he remains under house arrest in england fighting extradition to sweden on sex crime allegations. actor jeremy renner of the hurt locker and his upcoming movie born legacy is getting a major honor from the theater owners of the he's been named male star of the world and will pick up his award at convention in vegas later this month. >> you're not going to make it. >> you're not helping. >> you can catch him when mission impossible goes protocol. it's out on dvd tomorrow. >> repor

military prosecutors says he gave wikileaks battlefield reports and diplomatic information. his lawyer says that he istroubled soldier and shouldn't have access to the information in the first place. >>> police made another arrest in connection with a beating. sheaona davis is seen in the video beating the victim with the shoe. others assaulted him and stole his things. aaron sparsons was a-- parsons was arrested earlier this month. they are look for deangelo carter and shatia baldwin. >>> a judge is expected to hear arguments on a motion to move the trial of two brothers accused of beating an african american teen. their attorneys say the storiescomparing this case to the high-profile one in florida will make it hard to find unbiased jurors. back in 2012, -- 2010, the brothers received a call on suspicious activity in a orthodox jewish neighborhood and they confronted the teen and they claim self-defense saying the teen was holding a nail studded board. >>> time magazine will hold the time 100 gala for those named and the 100 most influential list. maryland has one of its o

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he is accused of sending thousands of government documents to the web site wikileaks.t is considered to be the biggest leak of government secrets in u.s. history. >> the preparing for president obama's visit there. she says this appears to be an isolated case rather them part of a larger pattern. she attends to make sure it never happens again. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. we will make sure standards, if they need to be tightened up are tightened. >> up to 12 agents implicated in the scandal. one has lost his security clearance and three have been cleared of wrongdoing. >> he plans to file as a republican for next year's race. his announcement comes days after fellow gop candidate filed suit against him and his company. the suit claims his business cheated customers by failing to give purchased wine tours. still to come, a rare sighting. a black bear pays a visit to a home. it is caught on tape. >> doug hill has the complete forecast coming up. ♪ ♪ [ ale announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companie

there was a pre-trial hearing y for army private bradley manning who is accused of wikileak documents to s. prosecutors rest to demonstrate how much damage was caused by the leaks. a judge is expected to rule against a motion to drop all charges. >> the supreme court is set to tackle illegal immigration. hear argumentsll whether arizona's controversial law is constitutional. the law requires police to check status of anyone arrested, stop or detained that suspect may be in the country illegally. the lower courts have ruled the be enforced because it violates federal immigration law. for the eighth straight day, gas prices have gone down. the national average is $3.85 a gallon. local prices have dropped as $3.70. let's go live to arlington for on the falling prices. experts cite a number of contributing factors. them, concerns over europe and the global recession. despite the drop of prices locally appear ugly. the d.c. area, it is pretty ridiculous. is cheaper than it was ago. ar that hasn't happened in 2 1/2 news for it's good drivers. e dropped 6 cents in folks we talked said they d

he is accused of giving government files to wikileaks. the judge rejected the argument. if convicted, he could face more than 100 years in prison. >> new at 6:00, the senate voted 68-31 to reach new and expand the violence against women act. it is designed to protect women and children from abuse. republicans of tried to remove specific references to protecting gays, lesbians, and transgendered women. >> metro has decided to raise rates to for the first time in the two years. it embraces the rare -- fare by about 5%. bus fares will increase about 10 cents. riders using paper face cards face about a $1 surcharge. parking fees will go up 25 cents. the do rates will take effect july 1. >> it is a big day for washington redskins fans. nfl draft day is here and that means a chance at a new quarterback. all eyes on robert griffin iii. fans are gathering to watch the draft. >> and just below me, i am on the club level. they should be opening the doors for the draft party. they are getting the food ready right here. they also have plenty of television's for everybody to watch as

manning back in court today, the intelligence analyst charged with sending reams of documents to wikileaks. >>> well, you use it to kill germs, right, but some teenagers have another dangerous use for hand sanitizer. health experts are saying teens are using the hand sanitizer to get drunk. in the los angeles area alone six teens have gone to the emergency room. an addiction expert said he expects this dangerous fad will make its way right here to baltimore. >> with it being on youtube it's only a matter of time now that it will spread throughout the country and we'll probably see or kids drinking this stuff trying to get drunk. >> he said you have to start talking to your kids about why it's so dangerous. >>> it's prom season. rather than focusing on dresses and dates, police are hoping teens will think about safety. students watched the reenactment of what can happen on prom night if they and their friends drink and drive. students played out whether could a finance they make bad choices on prom night. >> we thought they who have an impact so a lot of these are like -- we wanted to get p

rediewsmsed the charges against pfc bradley marks who is accused of posting confidence information on wikileaks. the judge dead not rule on another to dismiss the most serious charge. >>> when they say that foreclosure rates in baltimore went up in it be ri according to the data they collected, nearly 3% of outstanding ons went into foreclosure in february. so that doesn't seem like a lot but it's up about a third of a percent from the same time period lamps year. the same data showed about nearly 8% of mortgage loans in our area were 90 days or more delinquent. >>> looks like we're going to have a cold weekend. coming up we have a free program happening to get your young ones up and moving. >>> when people head to the emergency room, they have a lot often their minds. what some hospitals are allowing to happen that chan add more stress -- canned a more stress to the already -- can add more stress to the already intense time. >>> we expected 70 today but didn't get there. take a look at this. one round of rain. another round in western maryland. we'll talk about how that will impact your weathe

bradley is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of documents to the anti-secrecy website wikileaks. a clean win for mitt romney on tuesday. he won five primaries in connecticut, delaware, new york, pa., and ryland. sound like the republican nominee, he made his remarks from new hampshire, the battleground state where he won his first primary of the campaign. >> is it easier to make ends meet? >> no. >> with the nomination in sight, romney is now able to start building his war chest against president obama who has been gearing up for months. meanwhile, cnn is reporting that newt gingrich will announce next week that he is sending his campaign. still ahead on the 11 news at noon, we talk to the winners of last night's episode of "the voice." a new option is available in the u.s. how it works. >> the cold air and of the warm air are trying to battle it out for the east. we will talk about which one wins when we go to the end of the week. first, it is 64. wins out of the west, 16 miles per hour. >> in today's consumer alert, officials are trying to ease officials about mad cow disease.

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manning is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to wikileaks. >>> a mental competency hearing is set this morning for the german man accused of killing his 91-year-old wife. police say albrecht muth strangled and beat his wife in their home. the case has been delayed because of questions about muth's mental health. last month he was deemed temporarily incompetent to stand trial pending further investigation. >>> the sole survivor of a fiery wreck in chevy chase faces criminal charges. 18-year-old rico richardson was arrested yesterday and charged with theft. he's since been released. police say richardson was a passenger in a stolen car when it ran from police and slammed into a tree bursting into flames. the driver and two passengers died in the crash. >>> 5:47. a rite-aid store manager shot during a robbery talked exclusively to news4. surveillance video captured the crime at the drug store on rhode island avenue in northeast washington. you see the robber approach the manager, robert mcduffie, and demand money. when he didn't move fast enough, the robber

accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified war documents to the whistle blowing website wikileaks. the defense claims military prosecutors have failed to hand over a broad range of documents helpful to their case. oral arguments in the case are scheduled for a pretrial hearing at fort meade in maryland. >>> the future of the u.s. postal service is being debated on capitol hill. the senate will vote today on plans to end saturday mail service and to allow the postal service to tap into its retirement funds. the post office wants to begin closing thousands of branches beginning next month. >>> a fire badly damaged a house in montgomery county. sky 9 was over the home at 2323 twin valley lane in silver spring this morning. fire officials say the occupants were not home when the flames broke out. they suspect that the fire began in the chimney. there's no word yet on how much damage was caused. >>> metro says one of its bus drivers has been diagnosed with viral meningitis. his bus on the 14th street line has been removed from service and metro says that it has disinfected all 164 of t

the army intelligence analyst is accused of turning over classified military documents to the wikileaks website. manning's trial is scheduled for september. >>> we had a wet morning across the washington, d.c. area, but is there rain on the horizon? anny is here with full details. hello, anny. >> hi, jc. will you need your umbrellas for the rest of today. not expecting anything heavy but still a chance for scattered light rain will remain us with the rest of today. here's a look at the doppler radar to show you we do see some pretty good showers go through the northern neck early this morning, especially central maryland. we have another system that i think will bring us a chance for more scattered showers spots rest of today -- for the rest of today. right now a sprinkle around winchester up toward 270 north of town. fredricksburg, you also got a pretty good rain earlier today. here's a look at our temperatures. it's going to be a mild day. temperatures now in downtown 60. 61 in manassas. 58 for leesburg. we should be making it into the upper 60s, close to 70 degrees for the rest of to

manning is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to wikileaks. >>> president obama has been promoting more affordable student loans, but somehow one of his speeches on education yesterday just sounded a little different. >> what we said is simple -- now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. [ applause ] >> oh, yeah. [ applause ] >> you should listen to the threads. or as i like to call him, the preezy of the united steezy. >> if you were up late, you saw the president's slow jam of the news on "late night with jimmy fallon." and he discussed mitt romney and the recent secret service prostitution scandal. >> do you know mitt romney? >> i've met him. but we're not friends. [ laughter ] >> he seems like a -- somebody who cares deeply about his family and his wife is lovely. >> first lady michelle obama appeared on "late night" earlier this year to promote her campaign against childhood obesity. you ma'am remember she whipped jimmy fallon's butt into shape. >> absolutely. they're making the rounds. tapping into that younger crowd for

. >>> the army private at the center of a wikileaks case is asking a military judge to dismiss the charges against him. bradley manning made the request today at a military court. manning says prosecutors failed to hand over the potential evidence as required by law. the army intelligence analyst is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents while serving in iraq. >>> tonight, we want you to hear for yourself the word for word excerpts of a decision in montgomery county to reduce the sentence of a drunk driver that was released today. >> i'm scott broom in montgomery county where word for word transcripts were released today of a judicial panel's controversial decision to reduce the sentence of drunk driver, kevin coffee, a decision that left the parents of his three victims seething with anger. >> what the judge did and the way he did it was so cruel. >> judge terrance mcgan acknowledged the grief of the families, but the three victims were drunk, too. and said, quote, their ability to make good decisions was compromised. when it came to getting in coffee's car after

whether to throw out any charges against the army pry viet accused of giving any information to wikileaks. his attorneys claim prosecutors did not share information that could help their case. lynn rejected their motion to dismiss all 22 charges but she has not ruled out dismissing any of the charges individually. >>> the u.s. senate passed a bill that would give the financially strapped u.s. postal service some money, but it comes with several strings attached. the bill would give the postal service $11 billion to pay down debt and buy out 100,000 postal employees. it also stops the closure of 100 mail processing centers and prohibits the closure of post offices before the november elections. it also puts off any decision ending saturday mail delivery. the bill now goes to the house for its decision jo a woman tries to make off with $200,000 in cash but the crime was caught on tape. it happened a few weeks ago. a man went to pay and accidently dropped the money out of his back pocket. the woman behind him saw it happen but instead of telling him, she grabbed the cash, checked to see if a

. >>> the soldier accused of giving government secrets to wikileaks is back in court this afternoon as the military judge decides whether to drop the charges -- some of the charges. ron has details. ron. >> reporter: well, hi, just a short time ago, a judge rejected a defense motion to dismiss some of the 22 charges manning is facing. the defense argued the government piled on multiple charges in an attempt to increase the potential punishment. the judge didn't rule on a motion to dismiss the most serious charge which is aiding the enemy. that offense carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. jessica, back to you. >> thanks. manning's defense team says was a troubled young soldier and should have never been given access to the material to begin with. >>> attorneys for john edwards are turning up the heat on the former campaign aide and chief accuser today. former presidential candidate is accused of using secret payments to support and hide his pregnant mistress during the campaign. here's dick brennen with the latest for wjz. >> reporter: andrew young arrived at the courthouse to f

. >> i think our view of the wikileaks incident has not changed at all in terms of the negative

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secrets to wikileaks is in a fort meade court for another pretrial hearing. bradley manning facing several charges including aiding the enemy of. is asking the judge today to dismiss all the charges claiming military prosecutors did not hand over documents that could help his defense if. faces life in prison if convicted. >> clear skies around the region, warm weather could be making a return as well. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> warmer outside today than yesterday. but still about 10 degrees below average for this time of year in spots. i want to start with a time lapse in the belfort furniture weather center from arlington. the camera at washington-lee high school. the clouds drift away in the morning and dissipate as they move out of the region. now we have patchy fog, fair weather clouds of. you can see the trees shaking around because of the gusty wind in excess of 20 miles an hour at times. we are 56 degrees in herndon, 55 in fairfax 52 in my delma village, 55 in oxon hill -- 52 in montgomery village. the upper 50's in the northwest of the

history by sending hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to wikileaks.is trial is set for late september. he faces 22 charges including aiding the enemy and an offense that carries a sentence of life in prison. >>> current law calls for the district to hold a special election 114 days after a vacancy is declared but the new bill would establish a window of between 70 and 174 days. that means a special election could likely be held on previous scheduled election day, saving the city a lot of money. >>> it looks like congress is ready to vote on legislation that would prevent interest rates for federal student loans from doubling. speaker john boehner said the house will vote on it tomorrow. president obama spent the past week visiting college campuses. boehner wants to slash funds from the president's health care overall bill. >>> newt gingrich could pull out of the presidential race. he admits that mitt romney is the likely g.o.p. and is bracing the media for details of his campaign's transition. aides say he will formally suspend the bid by next tuesday

. >>> pretrial hearings will continue for a private who leaked documents through wikileaks. supporters with the occupy of the transport of justice are going to be hold . department of justice are going to be holding vigil in manning's hon aor. >>> the witness for the prosecution is taking the stand in the john edwards trial. he pretended the baby watts his. and edwards is charged with using illegal campaign donations to cover up an affair. >>> meantime, the defense presents an opening argument today and the -- in the retrial of roger clemens. he is accused of lying to congress when he said he never used steroids or human growth hormones. the prosecutor told the juror during the opening argument very maniens has told lies to cover up other lies. co-- he could get 30 years in prison. >>> the secret service prostitution scandal is growing including a 12 member of the u.s. military. the pentagon suspend security clearance of military personnel implicated. the secret service has taken action against 12 and 6 forced out and more are expect toed to retine -- expected to resign. >>>

military prosecutors says manning gave wikileaks sensitive reports and diplomatic cables.he defense says he was troubled as a soldier and shouldn't have had the information. >>> the supreme court will take down on the arizona crackdown on illegal immigration. at issue, four provisions to the 2010 state law that were blocked by lower courts. lower courts determined the provisions were likely in conflict with federal immigration laws. one of the provisions requires authorities to check the immigration status of anyone arrested stopped or detained. that police suspect is an illegal immigrant. >>> we are giving you a safeway to toss out your documents if you are interested without the risk of any sort of identity theft. start piling up any old unwanted documents because you can shred them for free this weekend. there are two locations for our springtime shred event. the one is the branch in catonsville and the other is on northern parkway in baltimore. bring the papers you want shreded and this is happening from 9 until noon this saturday. head to abc2news.com for specific inf

he's accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks.ys that she will rule today on whether to dismiss any of the individual charges against bradley manning. like the charge of him aiding the enemy. now the judge did refuse to throw out the case entirely. manning hasn't entered a plea to the charges and hasn't yet decided on whether he will be tried by a judge or jury. >>> a hagerstown family is finding life after tragedy and in this case two lives. this is a really incredible and sad story but one that has a lot of hope in the end. a 3-year-old named hope died after her family home caught on fire. she was rescued from the fire but she was deprived of oxygen and she had no heartbeat. she lived for a couple of days before her father had to make a very painful decision to take her off of life support. it was then decided that he would donate her organs. >> she gave two other people a chance at life. and we gave two other people hope. >> her organs were given to two boys, one received the liver, the other received her kidney. >>> also, how

and this to thomas, comparing the times to wikileaks, putting countless american lives in danger. they already knew about the incident and they were taking steps to protect and punish the soldiers involved. they even went there and asked them not to print the pictures. what a great way for them to try to sell a few papers. >>> the most sympathetic response came from deborah bean. this is the first amendment to the institution in action and the corner stone for the rest of them. even though that sometimes it is seriously not the best. not too sympathetic. but i can only note all of that, which is what they said in their paper. at the end of the day, our job is to publish the information that our leaders need. and we have a particular duty to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the american mission in afghanistan. okay. and then there was this on all those who complained yesterday about the money they spent on the space shuttle program. the technology that we have gained from the space program is beyond measure. you'll be able to see it when you use your computer, ip

he is accused of leaking documents and some of the information ended up on wikileaks.ning will hold a vigil in his honor. it's going to begin at 8 this morning. it's expected that a date will be be set for manning's court martial during the hearing. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >>> we are getting new reaction this morning after a jetblue plane bound for west palm beach made an emergency landing in suburban new york at an airport shortly after hitting birds following take off. christina moore with the scripps station is live in west palm beach with more and all new reaction. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. those passengers were headed here to west palm beach. they finally made it here last night a little later than expected. the good news is they were all safe. there were more than 50 passengers on jetblue flight 571 when it ended up striking a number of birds. it happened right after taking off from the westchester county airport in white plains new york. the pilot made an emergency landing there not before passengers went through quite a roller

. >>> a army private accused of leaking private information to the wikileaks will have a hearing. he faces a court martial. his lawyer says was a troubled soldier who should not have had access to the information that he is accused of leaking. >>> police make another arrest in the beating caught on tape on st. patrick's day in baltimore city. 20-year-old shayona davis is charged with armed robbery and theft and is seen in the video beating the victim with her shoe and others assaulted the victim and stole things from him. police are still looking for another suspect 18-year-old deangelo carter and a 21-year- old. >>> george zimmerman's attorney describes his client's life outside after his release on bond in the fatal shooting of florida teen trayvon martin. abc news rick benson has what's going on in the latest developments in the case. >> reporter: george zimmerman was released on bond after midnight monday morning. his attorney explained how he is doing. >> he is doing well. very glad to be out. trying to get settled in. still worried about his safety but talking to his family

he is accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks. this week the hearings continue and supporters will occupy the department of justice and hold vigils in his honor. >>> attorneys for the brothers accused of beating a black teen while patrolling a orthodox jewish neighborhood is trying topostpone the trial because of the trayvon martin case. their attorney will argue due to comparisons to their case and the martin case they want a change of venue or a postponement. >>> george zimmerman was released on bond after midnight on monday. his attorney says he is glad to be out. >> he said zimmerman was wearing a bulletproof vest when he left because he had threats against him. he wouldn't say whether or not zimmerman was in florida or planned to stay there. >> several locations that we will be moving him from to make sure we maintain his safety and security. >> arraign men has been set for may 8th and zimmerman's attorney has entered a written not guilty plea on behalf and waived his right to appear to the arrangement. >>> more arrest made i

manning, of course, accused of leaking thousands of sensitive materials to anti-secrecy sites wikileaks>>> a gray whale tangled up in a fishing line is making its way here to the bay area. rescuers say the whale is expected to reach monterey sometime early this morning. and, yes, all tangled up in fishing line, rescuers have been just trying for days to free it. rescuers attached color eed buo keeping track of the moves it makes going north. we think the whale may be headed for alaska. actually big whale like that can head anywhere it wants. >> no kidding. i don't blame him. >> it is 4:51 now. the hit scene around the sports world. this morning it is costing world peace. yeah, some time -- on the bench. chunk of change will also go with that. how long he will be sitting on the sidelines. >>> the president of the united states on late night tv. president obama slow danced with jimmy fallon. coming up. >>> and oh, yeah. moving along just fine for 550. smooth drive. tri valley had a tough couple of days. we will show you how this wednesday morning commute is shaping up. coming up. 126r9dse

private first-class bradley manning is accused of helping wikileaks make hundreds of thousands of military reports public. the former intelligence analyst is expected to appear in court at ft. meade for his court-martial. >>> a marine accused of fatally stabbing another marine to death says he was acting in self-defense. michael poth is charged with murder. he is accused of stabbing michael bushong. poth told police he stabbed bushong because he punched him in the head. witnesses say the pair started fighting when poth made a homophobic remark to bushong. a preliminary shrg set for may 15. >>> a maryland man is upset a d.c. police officer pulled him over because of an air freshener. the man said he was pulled over for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. kerns said he didn't let the officer search his truck and ended up with a $35 ticket for objects hanging as to obstruct view. kerns also received a $800 fine for driving without proper insurance and failure to prove he has insurance. he says he does have insurance but was driving a new car and couldn't show proof. dooe

a good way to think about this would be if you look back on wikileaks and what followed, it turned out they were hosting on amazon, and when amazon pulled that, anonymous launched an attack on a bunch of different web sites. everybody who was running their own data center was down in a heartbeat. so statement one -- if you are running your own thing, you will be taken out much more easily than if you are running as part of a much larger aggregated whole world that provider can defend the property much more rigorously. and goodness me, they care about defending it. but more importantly, through automation, you get to get an assurance that data is less accessible. so people will say to me that if they build a private cloud and surround it with people, they are much more secure. that is patently false because people tripped over cables and things fail. but people also have usb cheese and walk off with your data, and this is highly known. again, the data should never have been there and the guy should not have been able to download it. that is a human problem. a failure human systems. ther

he's accused of leaking classified documents to the site wikileaks.ge ruled against a defense motion to dismiss the charges of aiding the enemy. those charges carry a maximum penalty of life in pretty much. the defense claims that manning didn't intend to help al-qaida when he sent the information to that website. >>> and they're still dealing with the prostitution scandal after a trip to colombia. now new allegations have surfaced. the secret service agency is now investigating whether its agents hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of the president's trip to elsalvador last year. officials said the snept in colombia was isolated -- incident in colombia was isolated. now they're investigating incidents of unprofessional behavior in other reports. >>> if you're traveling by air over the next several days, expect to be beefed up. new intelligence now suggests that al-qaida may be plotting attacks leading up to the anniversary of osama bin laden's death. his compound was raided in pakistan on may 2nd last year. officials are keeping a close eye on

manning is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to the anti-secrecy website wikileaksing will be held at fort meadee a utah highway patrol officer is caught punching a woman several times in the head ... and the whole thiig is caught oo camera! you can see sergeant andrew davenport repeatedly hitting a woman wiih a closed fist. driving errattcally ... so, they began chasing her vehicle. eventually, they cornered her. that's when officer davenport punched the woman aa least six times in the head. he was eventually fired. but &pthe trooper appealed the decision to the board. after an investigation -- the board supported the police departtent's decision to fire davenport. school's almost out... but no summer plans? plans?hoo aboutta summer camp? but find out thh top three things you need to know.. before picking one out. dancing.and he's still got it! where alfonso ribero brought backkhis ld "carltoo" mooes. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local...all ((break 3)) 3 3 with summer just around the already looking into summer camps for the kids. but before you pack

soldier accused of providing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. the judge refused yesterday to grow out his case and set the trial for late september. an emotional day of testimony at the trial of a man accused of killing members of jennifer hudson's family. her former brother-in-law is charged with killing lover, her brother, and the actress left the courtroom when prosecutors showed autopsy photos of the three victims. >> metro riders will find out today how much a rival cause this summer theme of the board will vote on a proposed fare hike and will vote on the first- ever on limited monthly pass. we go live outside metro headquarters. >> good morning, it is expected that around 11:00 this morning is when they will take up the issue of the proposed fare hikes that will go to into effect for fiscal year 2013. under this proposal, it calls for increasing the maximum peak fare from $5 to $5.75 an increasing the basic charge. under the proposal, bus riders to use cash would face a 20 cents surcharge. the increase is needed to keep up with repairs, s

request by army private bradley manning's defense to have the charges against him thrown out in the wikileaks case. he's accused of transmitting hundreds of thousands of u.s. government documents to the anti-secrecy website. today's ruling came at a pre- trial hearing at fort meade, maryland. manning faces a court-martial in september. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the still unfolding story of wal- mart and allegations of bribery in mexico. judy woodruff has more. >> woodruff: with more than 2,000 stores throughout the country, mexico is an important foreign market for wal-mart. but a "new york times" investigation has raised troubling questions over wal-mart's dominance there and how it came to be. among some of the findings: former executives for the company orchestrated a campaign of bribery to obtain construction permits and build stores more quickly during the past decade. a paper trail of bribery documenting payments of more than $24 million. and top executives of the company seemed to shut down an internal investigation until rec

this involves private bradley manning and wikileaks. >> federal officials are trying to ease concerns over mad cow disease. an infected cow was discovered in california. the u.s. department of agriculture said it is proved the testing system works and people should not be concerned about this one case of mad cow disease. a survey of 23,000 people has found 37% of men and 56% of women admit they have lied to the park about money. women are nearly twice as likely as men to hide purchases or receipts from their partner. hmm. one-third of women say they earned the money so they deserve to spend it. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. have you kept any financial secrets from your spouse or partner? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. you can remain anonymous, by the way. howard johnsons are offering a free night stay. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. the only direction to go is up after hitting a rock bottom. u.s. housing bottom is showing signs of stabilization as

military secrets to the website wikileaks. the march also took them to the federal building and oakland police headquarters. at 10:25, oakland protesters tried to get access and how this protest may represent a shift in tactics. >>> new at 10:00 for the first time one of the survivors of that deadly sailing accident near the faralon islands is giving a detailed at of what happened. what fellow sailors are saying about it,. >> reporter: a member here with the san francisco yacht club told me reading chung's four page account of what happened sent a chill up his back. in great detail, chung explained what happened, during, before and after. >> reporter: he had just endured what he called the absolute scariest 15 minutes of his life. that was roughly the amount of time he spent in the water after a wave knocked him off the wave of a 30-foot yacht low speed chase near the faralon islands. chung wrote, people have asked me if i swam for shore. the best way to describe the water in the zone is a washing machine with boulders, you do