Increase after the shootings as gun enthusiasts brace for stricter gun laws. Prosecutors say it was a case of Excessive Force that turned to murder. The Culpeper Police officer charged says he shot and killed a woman in selfdefense. The jury will continue deliberations today to find the truth. Daniel harmonwright said Patricia Cook trapped his arm in the jeep and dragged him away. Prosecutors say it was Excessive Force that led to the shooting. The jury got the case yesterday deliberating for three hours. Theyll be back at it this morning. A student from the university of virginia is facing federal charges for lying to investigators about a gunman on campus. Brian harris is accused of calling 911 last wednesday and reporting that he saw someone with a weapon on campus. The school was immediately put into a lockdown and an hour later he admitted to place he made the whole thing up. Congress has finally passed a 50 billion relief package for victims of superstorm sandy. The money is goin
Craig are you guys not doing geoff what the hell . Craig we have the cat doing it again . Geoff i guess they cant show the cat and have us play live at the same time. Craig yeah, the technology is just not there yet for that. Well, give me some music and ill play frisbee with the horse. Geoff some frisbee music. Craig good night. You ready . We begin tonight with a wrenching decision by a couple in columbia to adopt a 1 1 2 yearold cousin because his parents can no longer care for him. Its wrenching because maryland law may force the family to give up their loving family pet just because it happens to be a pit bull. Gary nurenberg has wiped the slobber off and is here with the story. Reporter anita, a marylands highest court last year decided pit bulls deserved suffer scrutiny than other dog breeds holding a higher standard for the owners. Maryland feels the family feels they may have to give up the dog to adopt the baby cousin to needs a home. He loves playing and thinks its a game. O
Mind right now but it will be mild the next couple of days. Monika samtani, its 6 00, timesaver traffic. Its not your typical 6 00 hour on a tuesday morning, i have to say. Its pretty light outside. No big issues to report. Youve got e one slow stretch which is kind of out of the ordinary leave the district along 295. Through cheverly right here heading inbound into the northeast corridor, everything looks good. Lets take a live look outside. If youre planning to head over here on the northbound side of i95 at Prince William parkway heading toward newington and springfield, youre going to be fine and all lanes are open there as well. Back to the maps this time heading to the other side 270 southbound where youve got that slow stretch route 109 to 121. Thats basically it. A live look further south at falls road. Traffic looks really light here down to the point where the lanes divide. Well take it. Back to you, mike and jess. Thanks, monika. The president is on the road. He will be in n
52 in winchester. Monika . Thank you so much, howard. Im happy to say that, boy, were getting a big break today compared to yesterday morning. So much better on the roads. Northbound i95, for example, from triangle all the way to springfield, your lanes are open. Youre good to go. No delays yet ifyoure just heading out the door. Thats what you should look forward to i hope. On the inbound side of i66 all the way to the roosevelt bridge, this is looking fine as well and no issues on any of the bridges right now over the Potomac River. Back to the maps, this time to the other side in maryland, bw parkway and route 50 looking good as well as you travel through sheverly leaving the northeast corridor may be a little bit slow but once youre out of that jam there youre fine on route a, even inbound from annapolis your lanes are open. A live look on 95. All lanes are open between baltimore, laurel and college park. Back to you. Thanks, monika. Today president obama heads west with his message
You must act. Reporter giffords came to happy hill with her husband capitol hill with her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly. A ban on large capacity magazines he said may have injured the gunman from taking his wifes life when he took six drives. When he tried to reload, he dropped the magazine and a woman grabbed it and it gave bystanders a time to tackle him. Reporter republican Lindsay Lindsey graham offered a counter example of a woman running out of bullets defending herself. Some Democratic Senators have introduced legislation to ban high capacity magazines and assault style weapons, expanding background checks also up for debate. My problem with background checks is youre never going to get criminals to go through universal back ground checks. Reporter Wayne Lapierre pressed the nras position. The criminals wont go to purchase the guns because there will be a background check. Well stop them from the original purchase. You miss that point completely and i think its basic. Se