october 13th, 2009, january roberta got a call from the family friend, two members of the national park police were at the front door. that s when my heart stopped beating. her daughter had been a passenger on the suv on the george washington parkway in northern virginia, the suv went off the road at high speeds and crashed into a bridge abutment. the vehicle split in hatch feel ha. ashley roberta died at the scene. i was screaming on the floor, when they told me what happened. reporter: the driver, maria espinosa of howard county walked away from the crash. but police determined her plywood alcohol level was .13 well above the legal limit. today in virginia she pleaded guilty to involuntary manned slaughter and driving while intoxicated. we are devastated, the family, because of a bad choice. drinking and driving. also in the vehicle was charlie davies, a forward for the u.s. national soccer team. his injuries forced him to miss the world cup earlier this year. a
i m veronica de la cruz. today we begin with nearly a decade of war. as the united states enters its tenth year of involvement in the war in afghanistan today, the u.s. is taking the blame and trying to make amends for the death of two pakistani soldiers. nbc s tracie potts is live for us this morning in washington. she has the details. tracie, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, everyone. the u.s. is now apologizing for the strike last week that killed two pakistani soldiers and wounded four others. the u.s. is now saying that helicopters accidentally crossed into pakistan s air space and fired on a military post there. they had previously called this self-defense. and in retaliation or in response to that, several key supply lines have now been shut down into afghanistan from pakistan. so it s been tough getting those supplies now in to afghanistan to u.s. and nato troops there. in fact, dozens of trucks and convoys have been attacked just this week. 40 of them j
one of the victims, the lake and will county sheriffs are earn urging anyone with information to contact them immediately. authorities believe he is a man in his 40s driving a light colored chevy cheyenne pick up truck with indiana plates which was last seen on tuesday in lowell soon after the shootings of three men in illinois and indiana. one victim was killed. two others hospitalized. police are hoping someone will be able to identify the killer. and we heard from will county sheriff roy dominguez urging people to hopefully be able to recognize that suspect from the sketch. and so they will know who they are looking for at least. bailed on evidence from the two shooting scenes, they have concluded that the two shootings were likely linked. but the bottom line at this point they don t know who they are looking for and they don t know where he is. live in crown point, nancy loo, wgn news. a 17-year-old boy is on life support after someone beat him with a baseball bat in th
we begin with nearly a decade of war. as the united states enters its 10th year of involvement of the war in afghanistan today, the obama administration is hoping ramped up efforts will reverse taliban momentumment at the same time, the u.s. is taking the blame in trying to make a mends for the death of two pakistani soldiers. nbc s tracie potts is in washington with the details. reporter: veronica good morning. good morning, everyone. those two pakistani soldiers and four injured when u.s. helicopters crossed into pakistan s airspace. initially they said this was in self defense. in fact, the u.s. has now acknowledged that the two deaths were in error, that they were fired upon by the united states. all of this as we mark today the ninth anniversary of this war and moving into year ten there are questions arising about whether we re fighting the right enemy in afghanistan. insurgents versus al qaeda, the real threat, many critics say, to the united states. the real threat
hello and a very good morning to you. i m veronica de la cruz. today we begin with nearly a decade of war. as the united states enters its tenth year of involvement in the war in afghanistan today, the u.s. is taking the blame and trying to make amends for the death of two pakistani soldiers. tracie potts is in washington for us with the details. reporter: good morning, everyone. those two soldiers were killed and four others injured when u.s. helicopters crossed into pakistan s air space. initially they said this was in self-defense, but, in fact, the u.s. hats now admitted, acknowledged that those two deaths were an error, that they were fired upon by the united states. all of this as we mark today, the ninth anniversary of this war and moving into year ten. there are questions arising about whether we re fighting the right enemy in afghanistan. insurgents versus al qaeda. the real threat, many say, to the united states. the real threat there now is supplies. supplies com