>> andrea yates. >> what's the problem?them to come. >> reporter: now, andrea yates' lawyer says he will petition the court to grant a weekly therapeutic pass so she can atend church. >> andrea has a very deep, spiritual side to her, and i am certain that this would be the most appropriate of baby steps, if you will, in to a life as normal as possible some way down the road. >> reporter: in her first trial, a jury found yates guilty. and sentenced her to 40 years in prison. but that decision was overturned on appeal, and yates was found not guilty in her sond trial, by reason of insanity. >> if you're sick from a mental illness, you're sick from a mental illness. and going to church isn't going to make it worse or better. you're still going to have it. >> reporter: author suzanne o'malley spent five years covering both of yates' trials for her book, "the unspeakable crime of andrea yates." she believes the elected judge in texas will feel pressure to grant yates' request. >> it's going to be really a hard sell in texas to n

yates was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity at a 2006 retrial.different mental hospitals. >> attorney george parnham has been her defense lawyer since the case began. he joins us now. hello mr. parnham. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> when i told people i would be interviewing you today, they said has it been ten years. did it seem like ten years? >> no. i was very much surprised that i am told it was ten years ago that the verdict came back. the first verdict came back with a conviction. >> we listened to the details of the case again. it brings it all back about how disturbing, how troubling, how horrific it was. then when i see that she was mentally ill. this is what i need your help in understanding. if she understood right from wrong, how can you still be mentally ill? in my definition for most people, they have no idea what they're doing. help me understand that. >> in her case. >> sure. her awareness of the wrongfulness of her acts was a surface awareness. much like a child who reads and understands and memorizes a poem, no

yates was treated for postpartum depression. but after the birth of her fifth child, mary n 2000, the anxiety appeared to increase. on june 20th, 2001, yates summoned her children into the bathroom where she drowned them in the tub. four boys, one 6-month-old girl. in a december 2001 interview with "60 minutes" her then husband rusty said i mental illness drove andrea yates to murder their five children. >> a person drowning their children, it is not andrea. if your brain is sick, then you can think thing that is are not real. >> andrea yates guilty of capital murder. >> reporter: during her first trial in 2002 she was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, but the verdict was overturned due to one witness who gave false testimony. yates was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity at a 2006 retrial. and since then has been confined to two different mental hospitals. >> an attorney george parnham has been her defense lawyer since the case began. really good to see you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> whe

yates was sentenced to murder and life in prison. an appeals court overturned that decision and sent her to a mental hospital. yates' attorney says he expects the judge to grant her request. >> it's important not just for her spiritual needs but also to acclimate her to the outside world. >> reporter: he says he expects yates to eventually rejoin society after years of treatment for a mental illness. >> reporter: yates' husband rusty has since remarried and started another family. >>> family members and friends wait to hear what caused a local student to collapse and die while jogging on the track. students are wearing pink today to remember the student. prince george's county police say she was jogging yesterday during gym class. when she collapsed, she died. counselors are on hand to help students deal with the loss. we'll have much more coming up live at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a jury is seated in the trial of twins accused of setting a pit bull on fire. travers and tremain johnson are accused of forcing an accelerant on a dog and ligh

. >>> the lawyer for andrea yates, the texas mother who drowned her five children in june 2001 is asked she be allowed a weekly two-hour pass to go to church. in a 2006 retrial, yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a state mental hospital. but her attorney says she is ready to rejoin society and live on her own. >>> canada will stop making pennies this year to save money. the copper-coated coins actually cost 1.6 cents to produce. >>> and nasa scientists have announced the discovery of a massive supertornado on the surface of the sun, five times bigger than planet earth. the storm has winds of 186,000 miles per hour and temperatures of over 3 million degrees fahrenheit. >>> now here is afternoon early look at how wall street is going to kick off the day, the dow opens at 13,145 after adding 19 points yesterday. the s&p down 2 points, the nasdaq lost 9. overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei fell 31 points while in hong kong the hang seng lost 53. >>> today markets are set to close out what's been the best first quarter in 14 years. the job marke

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i covered andrea yates trial and did commentary in 2001.dered five children based on religious beliefs, fredricka, she murdered them. now she's arguing i want other religious training and somehow i would be free to do that. i would feel a lot better if someone were employing science in do doing this. it's in texas, south texas. believe it or not, i believe they are going to let her out so she can go to church. i think there's something wrong with that especially when they have not considered the science of the consequences. >> richard, the last 20 seconds on this. what will the court entertain. what are the things they will consider. >> they are going to get letters from her doctor that say it's a good thing for therapy. not guilty by reason of insanity. she killed those children. only six years has gone by. it took hinckley 19 years, john hinckley 19 years to be able to get out for a little bit. i don't think they are going to go for it in texas. i'll be ashamed if they go for it in texas. this woman, she has to pay for -- fred, i have peo

. >>> the lawyers for andrea yates, the texas mother who drowned her five children in june 2001, is asking that she be allowed a weekly two-hour pass to go to church. in a 2006 retrial, yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a state mental hospital, but her attorney says she is ready to rejoin society and live on her own. >>> canada will stop making pennies this year. this is all in a bid to save some money. the copper-coded coins worth 1 cent actually cost 1.6 cents to produce. >>> and nasa scientists have announced the discovery of a massive super tornado on the surface of the sun five times bigger than planet earth. the storm has winds of 186,000 miles per hour and temperatures of over 3 million degrees fahrenheit. >>> and now, here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 13,145 after adding 19 points yesterday. the s&p was down two points. the nasdaq lost nine. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei fell 31 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng lost 53. >>> well, today, markets are set t

we are getting word andrea yates could soon leave the psychiatric hospital. >> oh, boy. we bailed them out now they are paying out. it is bonus time for bosses at bank of america. you won't believe how much they are getting how much the ceo took home. first what you missed last night on leno. >> you see president obama at the security summit in seoul, korea? they made him walk across the long stage. you see how he did it. very clever. >> now watch withhat he does. ♪ >> good morning. it is now 16 minutes after the hour. here's what you missed while you were sleeping. president obama's $3.6 trillion budget unanimously rejected by the republican run house. lawmakers get ready to approve the republican budget to highlight the deficit cutting plan and revamp of medicare. now a desperate search underway for devon davis. a 2-year-old boy reportedly disappeared at his texas home while his mom was taking a nap. they are concerned he may have wandered in a nearby water that happens to be infested with alligators. he is wearing a red and gray jersey t-shirt and jeans and spider-man

. >>> in 2001, andrea yates drown her five children in a bathtub. now she wants a judge to allow her to go to church. yates has been committed to a mental hospital since her second trial ended with a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. doctors at the texas facility say they will ask a judge to allow yates to leave the hospital each week just to attend church. >>> take a look at this. this bus got launched by a tornado through a diner in henryville, indiana. do you remember these pictures? it happened earlier this month. new video from inside the bus. it shows us exactly what happened moments before the bus driver and her children escaped this terrifying disaster. >> are you guys okay? >> reporter: school bus driver angel perry is trying to calm her students as race to dodge that f-4 tornado begins. >> we're going to go to the baptist church. >> i put my hands down. i said dear, lord what do i do? >> reporter: she quickly radios a dispatcher. with chaos all around her, she makes a rash decision. >> we're going back to the school. count how m

. >> my name is gail yates, and i wantedio you to speak more to nixon's response and the papers being the downfall. rather than the case that if you just let it go maybe it would not have been more important. would you talk about that more? >> certainly. the pentagon papers as a study, as a military analysis, as a strategic study were about decisions that it all happened in or before 1968. so they implicated presidents johnson, kennedy, eisenhower, actually, who wasn't a republican, but mostly democrats, right? fdr and truman. there was no content in the pentagon papers that caused him to question mr. nixon or his kind of decisions,a you will right? he could have let this go by as an enormous leak and treated it in a standard perspective and he drew attention first to suppress the document which invoked first amendment disputes and freedom of the press issues that were guaranteed to be explosive in american society and moved the conversation up to the level of the united states supreme court where, in fact, it was found against him and second when he could not a sheef what he wanted o

of her five children. 11 years later her attorneys are trying to get yate schs to go t church.ttorney said it would be the first step getting her back to a normal life some time down the road. >>> fire officials say the wildfire in colorado is 45% contained but bracing for possible flare-ups this weekend because high winds, record heat, low humidity are coming back. residents of 180 homes are waiting for the go-ahead to go back to home. fire is blamed for two deaths. >>> we've got a new look inside president obama's campaign machine this morning. well, republican candidates have to move their election sort of m.a.s.h. units state to state, the president's election offices are establishing territory nationwide. richard lui is here with the money, the men and the women in the growing obama army. good morning. >> good morning. you have to pass through security first at h.q. and then into this, it is part dorm room, part silicon valley, part political brain trust and in the rare glimpse inside the president's re-election apparatus, notice the college penance for school spirit, sure

. >>> andrea yates once convict of murdering her five children wants to leave the state mental hospital once a week to attend church. it's the first step tore for had he been having a life outside the hospital. she was found not guilt every murder by reason of insanity. >>> facebook is make all users switch over to the timeline format. this organization pictures events and status updates by the year they occurred. >>> a giant is opening if at a new location in ham den. tonight is the -- hampden. tonight is the premier night and it will feature state lawmakers. the store officially opens to the public tomorrow. >>> and later today, a student who appeared on jeopardy will be honored by the baltimore county. she answered more questions correctly during the jeopardy college chapel pillionship tournament -- championship tournament but finished second. what she -- she won 50 grand and hopes to buy a new car. >>> all right. temperatures this morning they are going down. we start out in the low 60s. right now we are at 58 in baltimore 57 in easton. more of the same in d.c. 52 in york pennsylvan

. >>> news around the nation andrea yates the woman convicted of murdering her five children wants to leave the state mental hospital once a week. her attorney is expected to file a let wert court asking she be allowed to attend weekly church seess can be -- sessions. it's a first step having a life outside the hospital she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> earl scruggs was 88 years old and is dead. his family says he died of natural causes. scruggs played with the likes of bob dylan and elton john and many others during the years and won a number of grammys. he was a regular at the grand old opry and he was known for the theme song from the beverly hill billies. the tv show you remember it he did the sound track for the 1967 movie bonnie and clyde. >>> 5:34. tim tebow's name is at the center of a lawsuit filed by nike. they are suing reebok for selling new york jets apparel with the name of the new quarterback. nike says it is the only company authorized and licensed to use his name on clothing. there's confusion over rights as the league is in the midst of dropping ree

had slave preachers who read the bible and found the passages in the bible that repute yated the teachings of the masters and their preachers. christianity was a liberating gospel. and on the basis of that liberating gospel in the woods and in the quarters began to fashion their unique form or brand of christianity. one that empowered them and forced the struggle rather than one that sought to keep them in bondage. so we have this new world religion created here. it's all a product of that new creation fashioned by these enslaved africans during the slavery experience. new world african people also created new foods, new literature, new music and new forms of dance. african cultural forms gave birth to jazz and blues in the united states. the tango in argentina, the somba in brazil, kacarnivals ar embodied with african rhythms. gumbo is one of the thousands of new african new world african foods created here. indeed, few if any american popular cultural forms were influenced by the presence of africans in these americas. so as i said before, if there's any truth to the notion that the amer

this would be the first step toward a permanent release for andrea yates. soledad?>> it was so long ago. it still brings chills thinking of those little kids. >> terrible, terrible story. thank you for that update. >>> some new details this morning about that mid air meltdown by a jetblue pilot clayton osbon is in a texas hospital. he's in fbi custody charged with interfering with a flight crew. on a flight to vegas on tuesday he erupted into a bizarre outburst running around the cabin literally yelling incoherently about jesus s, about 9/11, about iraq and terrorists. things that would make people freak out if they're passengers. when he was in the cockpit, he turned off the radios, dimmed his control monitors. he was restrained after he tried to break back into the cockpit. joining us this morning is aviation attorney and former inspector general for the u.s. department of transportation and also licensed commercial pilot. nice to have you both. mary, i'll start with you. what explains this? when you heard this story unfolding with incredible details, what did you

. >> appropriate yated over $3 billion and have a billion and a half that hasn't been obligatesed and maybe it would be time to say we could do without that $800 million for the next fiscal year, and -- >> we won't spend a dollar we don't need to spend, ma'am. that's my obligation to you. the american people. >> well, i think it might be something that would help reassure the american people that, you know if we've got unobligated money already appropriate operated, not asking for more would be a show of good faith to the american people we're not building things in afghanistan we really need to be building here that might not be sustained in light of the challenges that afghanistan faces. >> very fair comment, senator, and i have identified money that i will not spend. i've done scrubs of milcon. we recognize we're not going to obligate all of serp, and we're going to make sure that we return that money if we don't need t. that sounds good. i'm sorry. i can't -- i think we've got to go vote. we are? oh, okay. go ahead. >> senator, i just wanted to add my compliment to bring to you ou

lived in san francisco and i was worried about haze versus full sun and how that will impact what jets yated, are there any tools or tricks that i can use to determine what the production is going to be like? >> the first thing you need to do is look at what available area do you have. typically most residential systems gone on rooftops. in urban areas like this, we don't have big yards. they will go on rooftops. you need to have good southern access to sun. things that can impact your solar access are buildings in your vicinity, big trees, things that will keep the sun from reaching the available area on your house. >> how can i test myself before i get experts out to determine whether solar panels are going to work for me? i know, for example, one of my neighbors has an additional story. so sometimes that, you know, it's a little shady over there for a variety of reasons, but are there things that i can do in advance of having the experts out? >> sure. if you have access to your roof, you can go up there with a compass and face south and kind of look to the east and the west and see what's

protest to a mandate that requires employer health plans to provide contraception many people feel sfril yates their freedom of religion. speakers urged to focus on more than contraception. >> when we unite we can protect life of the unborn nrk the womb, again, when we unite, we can actually protect the definition of marriage as god defined it. >> employers may pass the cost along, protestors say that is not the point. the point, they say is forcing the church to act against teaching autos pope benedict calling on mexicans to denounce the drug-related violence. he was welcomed by thousands of cheering catholics and supporters when arriving in a state. the vatican calling the pope's first visit a journey of hope. nearly is00 million mexicans are roman catholic. he is scheduled to preside over a hunl mass sunday, then departing for a two-city stop in cuba monday. >> there are 17 counts of premed tated murder testimonying from a shooting rampage that left women and nine children dechld also st additional charges of attempted murder and assault. his attorney says he does not remember much about th

and we also made yated over 480 conflict where is we stop people on the front end from taking the life person. we have about 130 staff working throughout chicago right now and we're doing our best. everything about cease-fire is scientifically proven. we had an evaluation done on our work by the department of justice and we're doing our best to just change the way people think about violence. because if you grew up in a violent area and the mindset is it's okay to be violent, you have to work with people to help change the way you think on a regular basis. some people might thit's all about law enforcement. they can't be out there 24 hours a day. >> you grew up in the chicago housing project. you dedicated your life to this. tell me, though, this is horrendous, because we have the 6-year-old and 41 people over the weekend. but these two fteenagers caught. what is working? what are you and police doing right in chicago and what else needs to happen? >> more behavioral change and more intervention on the front end. the police cannot just solve all the issues by themselves. the community

should andrea yates, the mother who drown her children in a bathtub, be allowed to leave a mental hospitalo attend church. >>> also we'll take you to the home of "the hunger games." and also there's new hope for a young bride who was paralyzed at her bachelorette party. she'll be along to share the latest on her recovery when we get started here on a friday morning. now back to you. >> thanks so much, ann. >>> have you bought your ticket yet? have you thought about how you spend that $540 million jackpot? wishful thinking never hurts. one popular place for locals to buy lottery tickets is jolly king liquor. that's where 12 workers from a pizza shop recently got their winning ticket. they pitched in $100 each and they won $308,000. it works out to about $25,000 a person. not enough to quit, but now they can afford to put $200 each for this mega jackpot and they are hoping lady luck strikes again. by the way, some guidelines they say if you're sharing tickets. there have been a few problems with office pools in the past. your best friend and coworkers now enemies. make a list of the names an

>>> also ahead on a serious note, this question -- should andrea yates, the texas mother who drowned her five young children in a bathtub -- be allowed to leave a mental hospital to attend sdmurch we'll tell you about her request. >>> we'll take you to the real-life home of "the hunger games." it's become a major tourist destination. >>> and new hope for a young bride who was paralyzed at her bachelorette party. she'll share the latest on her recovery. >>> and joe, this is big news. we understand that after 32 years, this is your last day at wrc. and after 18 years at the early morning anchor desk -- i'm just wondering if you even know how to sleep in. >> i do, believe me. at any moment, i could sleep in. because i've been so sleep deprived for all these years. >> wow. >> yes, a big day. big moment. >> wow. you know, you've got a lot of sleep to catch up on. and i know so much -- having all this time on your hands, it's going to be great. we wish you every best in your retirement. may i add you're looking pretty sharp today, joe. >> thank you very much, ann. thank you. very nice of y

bush who enun yated that policy. of candidates makes bush seem like woodrow wilson. president obama said today in his press conference he those worry about the consequences of what he says and does, his folks rivals steam think they can say anything and now mitch mcconnell, who swore to destroy the obama presidency from infalling in racial day on, talks of having the senate pass a declaration of war on iran, just in case. well, that would be helpful, isn't it? the more talk there is, the more rainians circle their wangs around the leader, the more nationalistic segments are general ginned enup over there the more people hoard as an anticipation of a cutoff of traffic in the strait of who are muchlz the president acts as president. romney, whose family's military ex-peer jen a giant goose egg, big fat zero, talks like bombs

. >> to say that we're affect yating the intent of congress is just unrealistic. once you cut the guts out of it, who knows. who knows what we're really desired by on their own and which one weren't. >> the question for the court is congress having passed the law, by whatever majority there might be in one house or the other, congress having passed the law, what at this point is the legislative intent em booed died in the law congress maz actually passed. >> that's right, but the problem is, straight from the title, we have two complementary purposes. patient protection and affordable care. and you can't look at something and say this promotes affordable care therefore it's consistent with congress's intent, because congress had a balanced intent. you can't look at another provision and says that promotes patient protection without asking if it's affordable .. it seems to me if you ask what is going to promote congress's purpose, that's an inquiry you can't carry out. >> it was scalia and chief justice roberts. how do you cut this out? if we find part of it uncons

today's focus, the mand yate that requires everyone to buy health insurance or fakes i -- face a penalty. it could alter or end. tom fitzgerald was inside for arguments today. any clue as to how the justises are on this one? >> reporter: there were a lot of clues. in fact, five of the conservative members of the court, of the court today sounded a lot like they were moving towards striking down this individual mandate. it's the portion of the healthcare law, which, at this point, is most controversial. the second day of three days of arguments over the healthcare law. the supreme court building was, once again, swamped with protestors, for and against the healthcare reforms. the court's question today is if the president and congress exceeded their powers into constitution by requiring everyone to purchase health insurance. while the court a liberal wing said the law follows a long line of governments like social security, conservative justices had a different take and said the president's healthcare law goes beyond, too far, in fact, past the powers it has in the constitution. >> the go

. >> bergman: two years before, the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police, john yates, haded the charge. >> this investigation has not uncovered any evidence to suggest that john prescott's phone has been tapped. >> bergman: now in the face of the evidence, he had little option but to resign. >> it was only later we found 30 bags of evidence he wasn't looking into, but leaving that aside... it's a deplorable case. and we've got to have the courage now to do something about it. a few years ago, everybody kept their head down, when there was only two or three of us fighting our wonderful british police. they're not so wonderful as we thought. clearly in the pockets of the press. >> bergman: the metropolitan police, the largest police force in britain. >> yeah, in london. were in a cozy relationship with the press. >> bergman: britain's top cop, sir paul stephenson, who had spoken with tguardian editor and had ultimate responsibility for the investigation, also decided it was time to go. and neil wallis, the former deputy editor of the news of the worlwho had been hired by the

yates had been released from a psychiatric hospital weeks before killing her five children. >>> blondonved between five different safe houses in pakistan after the attacks according to bin laden's youngest wife who spoke to pakistani intelligence. "new york times" details the report tote and notes inconsistencies in the accounts from pakistani officials. >>> so it's not every day that you see a superhero, a real superhero driving down the road but that's what some maryland police saw last week. they pulled over a black lamborghini, behind the wheel a man dressed as batman. >> he's got no tags. batman on it, dresses like bat man, black lamborghini, driver dressed as batman. can i see the registration? like the outfit. >> thank you. >> nice car, dude. >> so in case you're wondering the driver does all of that for charity on his way to georgetown university's hospital to visit sick kids when pulled oven. >>> when it comes to dash cam videos this is epic. this guy celebrated his dui arrest by singing -- you got to hear it to believe it ♪ i'm not back again this time tomorrow carry on, carry