david savage, it s the 20 thd anniversary of bush v. gore and we re in the midst of sorting through another close election. we asked you, because you ve been covering this supreme court since 1986 for the los angeles times to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election, what we were going through then in comparison to what is happening now, and also some of the lessons that were learned. so, let s start with the court itself in 2000, the rehnquist court, nine members and seven of them had been appointed by republican presidents. but how did they align ideologically? it was pretty much 5-4 conservative court. rehnquist was the real leader of that court. justice scalia was a prominent figure. it sort of leaned right. there were several moderate republicans. we don t see a lot of that. john stephens, david souter and ruth ginsburg and stephen breyer were the four on the left. it sort of leaned conservative, but it was also an interesting you know, the cou
proper burial. we want to know where my baby is. they named the baby after the mother s father who died earlier this month. an incredibly tough time for this family. reporting live in lorain, channel 3 news. thank you very much. the hunt continues for two men who murdered another man in a home. al good evening to you. reporter: good evening. this street is back open after being closed for a majority of the day. clanton police left 40 minutes ago and took down the crime tape around this house and put up a do not enter sign on the door. we re told a woman left this house and ran to this house for help with her hands bound. her hands were tied up. she said somebody was shot in her house. door neighbor around 9:00 tuesday morning. when police showed up to 2413 midway avenue northeast, they found two men were shot and killed inside the house. police identified one of them as 35-year-old joshua witherspoon who lived here. we don t know why another male was in the house,
now, it looks like a swirling collection of thunderstorms off the coast of florida, but it won t be for long, with the fourth on the way, the timing couldn t be worse. forecasters are predicting a hurricane with 90 mile an hour winds at the core, just as the core is predicted to pass by the shore of the outer banks in north carolina, moving right on up the atlantic coastline, kicking up rain, high surf and winds as it goes, right through vacation corridor for turns of millions of americans. who are about to head to the coast line from florida to maine if they aren t there already. it s the first named storm of the 2013 hurricane season. it s where we begin tonight with weather channel meteorologist mike seidel on the beach in melbourne, florida. mike, good evening. good evening, brian, today the bahamas took a battering, gusty winds over 40 miles an hour, and heavy rain, that s what we re expecting here along the florida east coast beaches tonight and tomorrow. it is a mid
generation of aircraft carriers. first new details at this hour on the american hostage held by al-qaeda terrorists in yemen. he was as we ve been reporting, killed today during that brave rescue attempt by a u.s. special forces. 32-year-old photo journalist luke somers, kidnapped in september in yemen s capital last year. the group planned to kill him today. u.s. special forces were sadly unable to save him. now the very latest in washington. reporter: as soon as president obama believed luke somers was in imminent danger sometime mid-morning yesterday, he signed off on a mission to rescue him. the commander in chief said this morning, quote, as soon as there was reliable intelligence and operational plan, i authorized rescue attempt yesterday. i also authorized the rescue of any other hostages held in the same location as luke. so at 5:00 p.m. eastern last night, a team of 40 american commandos landed in yes, ma am be about six miles away from a compound where somers an