Seattle, the referee that was reportedly yanked from sundays game, the rumors surrounding one coach and one fans unique show of support. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. We begin with the virginia murder suspect who was minutes way from freedom after 10 years behind bars. Battalias minute court ruling is keeping him in but a last minute court ruling is keeping him in custody for now while the murder victims family hopes for justice. The victim of this 10year old murder was 21yearold danny petrole jr. Shot outside his townhouse in bristow, virginia, back in 2001. I spoke with petroles dad tonight who says hes forgiven justin wolfe, but he still wants justice for his son. Justin wolfes family thought he would be leaving the Prince William county Detention Center today free of the capital murder charges that have kept him behind bars for more than a decade. Instead the only one walking out was his attorney, kimberly irving, moments after learning the 4th Cir
Jeans. She heard a scream. She heard 2 gunshots and then the school went in lock down. Heard screaming. Police officers like ran out the door trying to fine the guy. Police came in and was like is he in here then he ran out. They had to hide in the closet and they were quiet. Children were shaking and crying an eventually they were leaving and when they were leaving the police made them hold hands police told them to close their eyes. Students and others describing the horror today in a small town in connecticut. Good evening im dan ashley. As you probably know by now this has been a horrific day. Gunman slaughtered 27 people including 20 Young Children in a killing spree at Elementary School in newtown, connecticut before ultimately taking his own life. In newtown overflow crowd tonight at the church as the community tries come to grip with what happened there. Vigil were held all over the country including arizona, washington, texas, wisconsin and hear in the bay area naturally. The
Its like 9 11. Yesterday, my school is never going to be the same. Were going to come back. A small town in mourning tonight after a School Tragedy in connecticut. Today we learned the names of the 20 children that were killed and how they died. We also see how resilient people are in the community are as they face the holidays in the shadow of this massacre. Im ama daetz. The shooter killed 12 girls and eight boys and six adults were also killed. Those that lost their lives in the shooting. Anguished residents of newtown struggled to cope with the loss of so many to evil. Connecticuts governor paid tribute to the victims. Those educators and those innocent little boys and girls were taken from their families far too soon. It seems almost nowhere are emotions running stronger at makeshift memorial 500 yards from the Elementary School where people remember. People carried flowers and honored the people that died in fridays massacre. Still under intense investigation. The detectives will
Resumed. Yesterday, his attorneys argued that the major, representing himself, was trying to give himself the death penalty. Toudge denied their request take over or leave the case, saying that hassan has the right to represent himself even if he is doing so poorly. Hassan did not question either soldier who testified today. Once again, a mild day has turned into a wet, stormy night in some areas. Chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with the latest. Right now 80 degrees in arlington outside of the belfort furniture weather center. This is one of our many weather cameras, this one from fairfax. Beautiful cloud time lapse. For a fewvy rain, brief minutes, then it is starting to brighton. Showers and storms this evening. Tomorrow, i think that will be a very active weather day, numerous showers and storms. Heavy downpours just north of annapolis, severna park, glen , alle, south of baltimore of this moving generally from the southwest to the northeast. More across West Virginia and ohi
As the reality of 85 billion in cuts washington still in a stalemate. I havent heard a single Senate Republican say they are willing to raise taxes. Reporter the white house is banking on pressure from taxpayers feeling the pinch. Our hope is that as more republicans start to see this pain in their own districts that they will choose bipartisan compromise. Reporter behindthescenes president obama is calling republicans he thinks may be willing to raise taxes if he can get democrats to cut medicare and social security. If were going to increase revenue again it has to go to the debt. Im not is going to raise taxes. Reporter on the street some see this lack of compromise childish. Somebody took their ball away so nobody wants to play. Had my budget gets tight i stop spending. Reporter congress will extend temporary funding through the end the year. That means no Government Shutdown. Thats assuming they can work that out. No Government Shutdown also means weve got no timetable right now f