remarkable story. remarkable. the boy overheard his kid nappers, they were going to ask for $10 million in ransom money at one point. very lucky. those stories often don t have a happy ending. welcome back home for sure. former panamanian leader, noriega has been returned home to serve type. taken to jail after arriving in pan sa mitty. the 77-year-old will likely die in prison. sentenced to 60 years for killing political enemies in the 80s and has spent two decades in prison in the u.s. and france on drugs and money laundering convictions. to politics and fallout for mitt romney after this week and end debate. republicans and democrats are calling romney out of touch after he made a $10,000 bet with rick perry. front-runner newt gingrich is facing heat after his debate performance. here s abc s david kerley. reporter: with another decent debate performance, newt gingrich is frightening some of his own party. i saw the damage to the republican party and congress. i
plus, making a difference for a lot of folks who need jobs. for a lot of folks who need jobs. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. no matter how electronic and portable we may consider this current age in america, this time of year, mailboxes across this country are stuffed full of christmas cards and catalogs and it s all the job of the u.s. postal service to get it all there. make no mistake, it is remarkable to this day that a letter can go across town in one day or travel vast distances just a day later, just for the price of a stamp. but today the u.s. postal service made it clear reality is about to take a bite. they ve got to find $20 billion in operating costs. that means slowing everything down. that means everything that comes by mail. it s where we begin tonight with nbc s tom costello where else? at the post office. tom, good evening. reporter: yeah, brian. good evening to you. the postal service is cash-stra
for our friends headed just about anywhere around the capital belt at this point. this is eastbound along 66 as you approach 50 fair oaks, accident activity off the road to the shoulder. vdot now on the scene. looks like they re trying to set up flares here. multi-vehicle crash off to the shoulder. it is in the backup forming out of centreville at this point as you guys travel eastbound on 66 towards fair oaks. you ll also find delays northbound on i-95 leaving the occuquan. van dorn street to telegraph road. southbound 270 out of germantown, definitely a slow right here. more delays in the beltway and the beltway outer loop slow out to georgia avenue. that s a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. julie, thank you. this morning s big story, jack johnson getting sentenced today. could be the former prince george s county executive s last day of freedom. he will learn his fate in court later this morning for a corruption scandal that rocked pblght. we get more now from fo
2010 election night robocall, that jurors agreed was a clear attempt to suppress voter turnout. schurick declined to comment on the verdict and let his defense team do the talking. we will take an immediate appeal. reporter: schurick says it was meant to inspire voting, rather than suprez it suppress it. they suggested it was protected under freedom of speech. if you allow the state to create arbitrary and capricious laws, in terms of what fraud is and what have you, and allow that type of prosecution to, in account in fact, control, then you throw a dagger in the heart of our political system. reporter: it s the first conviction under a 2006 state election fraud loss. the state elections calls it a victory for fair elections. and i hope that the jury will send a message. that as i said, this sort of behavior is not just unfair tactics. it s not just political dirty tricks. it s against the law. and we will enforce it. paul schurick faces the possibility of up
joanne dolgo says the pitbulls attacked her poodle, tearrng it s flesh off anddinflictinn &ppittull ownerrangel perez say his gate as vandalized and says what happened november 11thhwas a regular dog fight. 3 i couudn t beliive it, these lick you to death, hey onll nn - being more defensive it was a regular dog fight, when thhy were hittinn with bricks, and it was 2 by 4 s possible nails when it comes to theepitbulls there will be a heaaing wed to decide whether to euthanize them. a baltimore city police officer is ursing a gunshht wound tonight after being shot officer. investigators say the officcr as shot today whill serving a warranttduring raid at a home on pine cove avenue in odenton.. ballimore county police say it was one of their officers ho &paccidentally hot the city pfficer ii the arm. it s a shooting that caught neighbors by surprise. 3&mrs. mcmiilan: i m devaatated. i have small children, mm neighbors have small children. they play uu wouud never have thooght e