your take on that, colby? >> as i have said in the past, several times, i did not think the ending don't ask, don't tell would somehow hurt unit cohesion. republicans who oppose this, like john mccain, this is an issue where we have seen the country come together in the past two years behind the repeal. the opponents really appear to be from another era. i think they are going to have some difficulty recovering from this. they came across very, very badly. >> charles? >> i think it is a matter of generations. clearly, the culture of our country is changing rapidly. if you look at the legalization of gay marriage, even in california, where it was rejected, the margin of rejection was 10 points less this year than it was 10 years ago. the best part of this is the way it was done, through congress, and not through the courts. you can end up with three decades of social strife. if you do it in the congress, as we did, it gained legitimacy, as it expresses popular will, and the way the legislation was written, it a

road off reisterstown road -- 4000 block of colby road off reisterstown road. officials said that co levels in the home or 40 times higher than normal. >> someone entering with gas meters found that carbon monoxide levels were close to 400 parts per million. the threshold we're concerned with it normally is 10 parts per million. >> officials say there were no detectors in the home. the family was renting. the leak may have come from a gas furnace. the driver of a tractor-trailer carrying hazardous chemicals is recovering at shock trauma after his rig sprung a leak. the driver spotted the leak and pulled over. it caused a small vapor cloud over the scene. no other injuries were reported. the baltimore man accused of plotting to blow up a military recruiting center is scheduled to appear in federal court today. antonio martinez is scheduled to attend a detention hearing at 1:30 this afternoon. prosecutors plan to argue that he is a flight risk and should be held pending trial. he was arrested last week during an fbi undercover sting operation when investigators s

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it happened along the 4100 block of colby road in pikesville where we find jeff hager with the latest details. jeff, good morning to you, sir. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. early on in the investigation, it appears that a faulty furnace may be to blame for the two deaths that came from carbon monoxide poisoning in a house here in the 4100 block of colby road on sunday. the two men were sleeping in the basement when the deadly gas overcame this. my colleague cheryl conner spoke to a family home who -- member who says his uncle tried to fight the effects of the deadly gas but was overcome by it. >> whiles walk up e. tried to open the door and fell e was trying to open it but he couldn't. >> reporter: we have learned a little bit about the victim. he traveled to the u.s. in search of construction work and was trying to support a wife and six children he left behind. altogether, we are told 11 people including family members and the people who were trying to rescue them were transported to area hospitals. but have been treated and released. reporting live in pikesville, jeff hager,

two bodies were found inside the home on colby road in pikesville. eight other people in the hall became very sick. three police officers were sickened when they went into the home. all were rushed to area hospitals. officials think the league is connected to a gas furnace. officials did not c-o detectors -- officials did not find c-o detectors in the home, which was rented. >> here's matt lauer with a look at what's coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. the latest on the powerful storm that pounded the midwest with snow and strong winds and caused the roof of the metric room to collapse in minneapolis. al has the track of the storm. ed smart speaks out for the first time since his daughter's rapist was found guilty. a dancer with journalists for an exclusive live interview. we have that and much more ahead as we get started on a monday morning right here on the "today" show. >> we have to was that. 35 degrees on tv hill. >> we will come back and check the weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. your day. st

dozen others had to seek treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning that was here in the 4100 block of colby road. baltimore county fire officials say a family a -- family and four construction workers were living in the home. the two men who died were sleeping in the basement and one had come here a few months ago from guatemala. he was trying to provide for his wife and six children back in his homeland. >> the children and now they are not going to get nothing but a picture of him. >> reporter: early on it looks like a faulty furnace may be to blame for this. fire official say this underscores the need for carbon monoxide detector. none were found inside the home. they say everyone should have someone do an annual inspection on the heating system every year. reporting live in pikesville, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> today, the baltimore man accused of plotting to bomb a military recruitment center is in court this afternoon. hearing was requested by -- the hearing was requested by his public defender. martinez is behind bars currently without bail. he is charged with attempted murder and pos

. -- colby road. >> health officials say it is still not safe after a major corporate monoxide leak. >> it may be 8 to 10 days before they can go get their things. >> on sunday morning, officials found an excessively high amount of carbon monoxide in the home. two men were found dead in the basement. seven others, including two children were hospitalized because of their exposure to the gas. three policemen were also treated. officials have not released the victims' names, but close friends have identified them. friends say the men are from guatemala and worked for the husband of the home. they were also staying at the home and were friends of the family. >> they were good people, you know, work hard and tried to send money to their families. >> government oxide is fuel combustion. -- carbon monoxide is a danger of fuel combustion. >> it is up to the homeowner to determine what the source of the problem is. >> the home's owner was home during the week and treated at the hospital. no carbon tomonoxide detectors were inside the home. county officials are saying this whole situation is

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two bodies were found inside of this home on colby road in pikesville. >> first arriving units were baltimore county police and entered the dwelling and were quickly overcome by some type of unknown substance. >> that's when police called for more help. >> a lot of commotion. several fear trucks, ambulances from different stations all over. lots of people coming out of the neighbors' house. and just pretty much people everywhere. >> did some monitoring with gas meters and found carbon monoxide levels close to 400 parts per million. the threshold that we're concerned with normally is 10 parts per million. >> eight other people in the home including three children got very sick from the deadly gas. they were rushed to the hospital along with three police officers who were also affected. carbon monoxide is extremely toxic. it's often called the silent killer because you can't see, smell or taste it. >> given the readings of carbon monoxide, we're trying to ascertain specifically what the cause of the increased levels of carbon monoxide could have been. >> the carbon monoxide leak is still under

both were found in the basement of a home on colby road on monday morning. when police arrived, they were told that some in the home were having trouble with the furnace. >> this morning, a call came in 2911. the outcome was much different. >> it is important to know how to keep your family safe. our reporter shows how making safety a priority can make the difference between life and death. >> when you have extremely cold weather, people are trying to straight warm, and how you stay warm could be dangerous. this morning, firefighters responded to a call about carbon monoxide in this house. luckily, the family had working at carbon monoxide detectors. >> we had the occupants checked out by our medic units. we found there were fine. since then, we have eliminated the source of carbon monoxide. >> two people and pipes filled died in a letter were taken to the hospital -- in pikesville died and 11 were taken to the hospital. >> the smoke pipe to beo off so you can clean inside the chimney. >> a retired firefighter showed us one of the main causes of carbon monox

baltimore county police responded to the hall and the 4100 block a colby road after a neighbor called on sunday morning saying someone might be dead. >> they were great people, worked hard, try to send money to the family. >> three county officers were overcome when they entered the home. they are investigating to see if the hall was a rental that would have -- would not have required a working carbon monoxide detector. >> we have new details about the alleged plot to blow up a military recruiting center. it comes from a detention hearing for 21 year-old antonio martinez. jay miller has more from fedearl ral court. >> it's not him. >> you said he was trapped. >> the mother of suspect antonio martinez today say your son was brainwashed by his religion. he could not have intended to do any harm. antonio martinez he was accused of plotting to set off a car bomb outside of the military recruitment center last wednesday. he said it was a counterattack to what he believes is america's war on islam. there was no real bomb. antonio martinez was nabbed in a a government sting. what we have is

a 911 call before nine in the morning sunday brought rescue personnel to the 4100 block of colby road. two construction workers living with the family was sleeping in the basement. help would come too late to save them. >> they couldn't even speak. they was crying every moment as we was telling them. >> reporter: medics transported 11 other people, those living in the house, and some rescue personnel to area hospitals. they have been treated and released. reporting live in pikesville, jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> today, the man accused of plotting to bomb a military recruitment center will be in court this afternoon. the hearing for antono martinez was questioned by his pub -- did requested by his public defender. he is behind bars this morning without bail. he is charged with an attempted murder plot and possession of a weapon of mass destruction. police say he tried to activate what he thought was a bomb at the around force recruiting center in catonsville e didn't note bomb given to him by an undercover agent was a phoney. >>> six pit -- sick pit bulls including a puppy has been take

i mean, our job, i think -- i can't remember which former directer, it might have been colby, said our job is to be the skunk at the garden party. we tell policymakers things they don't want to hear. and after 9/11 policymakers didn't want to hear things. i actually heard a senior boss say the president doesn't want to hear that when i had something i'd written for the president's daily brief. and at that point i think we were, we were moving dangerously close to politicization. if we're censoring ourselves because the president doesn't want to hear it, we're moving into politicization. it's a hard road for the agency to travel because you want to still have your boot in the door because your intelligence is useless if it doesn't get to the policymaker and they don't listen. but on the other hand if you give predigested intelligence, it's not useful either. >> host: published by thomas dunn division of st. martins, "intelligence" by susan hasler is the novel. san antonio, texas, you're on the air. please go ahead. this. >> host: go ahead with your question. san antonio. >> caller: oh,

both were found in the basement of the home want colby road on monday morning. police were told there were having problems with the furnace. we'll tell you later help you can keep you and your family safe from carbon poisoning. >> a man was rushed to hospital after 7:00 p.m. last night. this wasn't east baltimore. the man was shot in the chest. his condition is not known at this time. the incident is currently under investigation. a west baltimore man was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home. police were called to the home. the man was inside the house. these swat team moved in and he walked out. police have not found a weapon. >> a case of animal cruelty has people looking for answers. a female pit bull was found in park felt tuesday night. police say the dog was innourished aand covered scars and bites. she underwent several surgeries. >> puncture wounds, abrasions, scars. very sweet, very sweet. she let us look at her. >> despite the severity of for wounds, doctors say they are optimistic about her recovery chances. >> now to the war on

monoxide like that tooked the lives of two people in baltimore county last weekend in peeksville on colby road. both men were from guatemala. they worked construction and lived with the family who employed them. they were rushed to shock trauma along with seven other people. >> were quickly overcome by some type of unknown substance. >> at first i thought maybe there was a gas leak. it couldn't have been a fire because i didn't smell anything. >> it's in the known what lay lines could have leaked the carbon monoxide. tracing the source and fixing it is the responsibility of the property owner. there were no carbon mon -- carbon monoxide detectors that we know of. >>> the tax cut cleared a key hurdle and could head off to the house. preeti arla has the latest for wjz oar -- >> apologized for that. a federal judge ruled that the president's health care plan is unconstitutional. yesterday u.s. district judge henry hudson rejected a key provision. two other judges have upheld the law that's expected to and up in the supreme court. >>> mrs. in washington, d.c. he has seen his fair share of pro

they were found in the basement of a home on colby road. this morning the carbon -- the carbon monoxide call came in to 911 but the outcome was much different. making sure your home is it can mean the difference between life and death. >> when you have extremely cold weather like this, people are trying to stay warm. have you stay warm could be dangerous. >> this morning in baltimore county firefighters responded to a call about carbon monoxide in this house. luckily the family had working carbon monoxide detectors. >> we found excessively high levels. at this point we had occupants checked out. we found there were fine. since then we have eliminated the source within the dwelling. >> tragically two people died on sunday because of carbon monoxide in this home. >> rebound carbon monoxide levels close to 400 parts per million. the threshold we're concerned with 10 parts per million. >> you need to clean inside the chimney. >> carl smith, a retired firefighter who is now in the keating business, choses one of the main carbon monoxide problems

. -- colby road. >> i believe they have issued a correction noticed that the home cannot be occupied until a master plumber comes back to take a look at what is going on there. >> a huge carbon monoxide leak in the home killed two people sunday morning, 11 others were rushed to the hospital, including two children and three police officers. >> it is surprising to me. it is breathtaking. >> the victims' names have not been released, but a family friend has identified them. >> they were great people. they worked hard and tried to send money to their families and do everything is possible. >> friends say the men are from guatemala and were staying with co-workers at the home. the honor of the home was home sunday morning and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning -- the owner of the home was treatehome sunday morning and was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. >> the number-one lesson we can learn from this tragedy is that every single resident, whether it is a home or town house or apartment to be equipped with carbon monoxide alarms. >> the other people that got sick during that car

two bodies were found inside this home on colby road. >> monitoring with gas meters and found carbon monoxide levels close to 400 parts per million. normally it is 10 parts per million. >> aides of the people in the home became very sick from the deadly gas, which is often called a silent killer. they were rushed to the hospital along with three police officers who were also affected. the leak is still under investigation. maybe connected to a gas furnace. the number of carbon monoxide cases rises. it is important to have a detective. >> it is very scary and it's very alarming and it's sad that sometimes it takes this kind of thing for people to understand that it's not costly to go buy a carbon monoxide detector. and those type of things do save lives. >> and to know the symptoms of the poisoning. >> if you develop any symptons -- lightheadedness, dizziness, certainly unconsciousness, get out of the house as quickly as possible and contact us via 911. >> officials did not find a detector in the home. officials have not released the names of the victims. live in baltimore county, geo

. >> police were the first to arrive yesterday morning at this house on colby road in pikesville after a 911 call reported bodies. when they went inside, they -- >> were quickly overcome. >> at first i thought maybe it was a gas leak. because i said, it couldn't vive a fire -- have been a fire. because i didn't smell anything. >> reporter: that's what it was like. >> carbon monoxide, close to 400 parts per million. the threshold we're concerned with normally is 10 parts per million. >> reporter: three police officers were rushed to shock trauma. >> i said my aunt was close to dying. but now she's safe. >> reporter: they were treated in shock trauma's hyperbaric chamber. >> it essentially super saturates their body with oxygen. allows the carbon monoxide to be washed out and prevents damage to the brain. >> they were both from gaut guatemala. they worked construction and lived with the family that employed them. >> reporter: the men lived in the basement and that's where they were found. >> when they opened up the door, his hand was on the doorknob, dead. >> reporter: the fire departmen

also a group of people are threatening to boycott laker's star colby bryant to reach an endorsement deal that has them anxious. >>> traffic is busy past the colosseum. i will tell you about the commute and the cold weather straight ahead. n-opooal.. i'a n !pooal.. e ysexdo llev wt emo? former state treasurer kathleen brown is moving to chicago to avoid a possible conflict of interest when her brother takes office as governor. brown is now kathleen brown is now working for goldman sachs as the head of public finance on the west coast. the firm is a major underwriter for california's debt. goldman sachs spokesperson says brown will be taking on a new role as chairwoman for investment banking for the midwest. >>> americans are threatening to boycott nba star. that star, lakers star kobe bryant who signed a two year endorsement deal with turkish airlines, that angered the ar mainian americans. turkey claims deaths of 1.5 million ar mennians. >>> michael vick is hoping for a second chance off the football field. the quarterback would like the lifetime ban on him owning a dog to eventually be

jamie colby has the breakdown. hey j.c. >> reporter: how you doing. the debate on how to wish the best of the season, new fox news dynamic polls asked this question, would you shop in a store that requires happy holidays instead of merry christmas, 65 percent of americans say they would, even so, a third say they'll shop elsewhere if a no merry christmas policy is in place. how festive are folks? 61 percent say they're feeling the holiday spirit, same as always, 28 percent or less, 11 percent of americans feel more holiday spirit than last year. not sure what's on their wish list, but they did -- we did ask what would you get for president obama this year, 41 percent say they'd give the president whatever is on his list, 21 percent say a lump of coal, and 31 percent say a fruitcake is their gift of choice, not a fruitcake fan? if you get a present you don't like, will you keep it, return it or regift it, nearly half say they'll keep a gift they really don't like, 31 percent will brave the return polices to get a refund or exchange and 16 percent say s

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from colby college and his j.b. from boston university. welcome, sir. our next witness, ms. sandra hines, has had a flight delay, so they may not get here before we conclude this hearing. next i would like to welcome vanessa fluker. she's an attorney that practices in detroit, which some consider to be one of the nation's home foreclosure epicenters. nearly every day she is in court representing those at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. she is a leader of the moritorium now coalition to stop foreenclosures, evicks, and utility shutoffs. thank you for being here, ma'am. over the years mrs. fluker and chairman conners have worked very hard to have the state of michigan institute a state-wide foreclosure moritorium. we will want to hear her explain to us why such a moritorium is needed. ms. fluker received her joint m.a. degree in 2002 from the w.s.u. law school and the department of political science. our next witness is tom deutsch. he is the executive director of the american security zation -- securitization forum. before that he practiced law in the law firm of k

and judge said colby. >> and judge porteous? >> yes. >> and you think some of judge porteous' for and? >> yes. >> why were the lawyers invited? >> again, the strain the bail bond industry has at a national level. you know, i wanted to make some lawyers in there, so it wouldn't look so bad with him going to las vegas with me without some lawyers. >> and who invited the lawyers are? >> i invite the lawyers. lookup let's go go to las vegas with porteous. you know, we can develop a close relationship with him if we, you know, wine and dine him and treat him. >> and you think it included bruce? >> yes, i did. >> and he paid for the trip to? >> bruce, philip, and myself. >> and how did you pay for the trip? >> well, between my office and bruce and philip, we rounded up enough cash to pay for his trip to vegas. india india we gave the cash to rhonda, who deposited it and cut the checks for his vegas tickets. >> rhonda being judge porteous' secretary? >> yes, sir. >> why was the payment of a trip arranged in that fashion? >> because we

[applause] stephen colby said, one should live. the one true love. one should leave a legacy. -- one should love. when to leave a legacy. we are here to say on behalf of the fraternity that we are still here to support you whenever you need. all you have to do is call and the omega. we are here for you. when i think about dr. hooks, brother hooks, leadership comes to mind because he was aspirational. he was exciting. he was motivational. also, i think about the passion he had to right the wrongs of this world and the job preaching and proclaim in the righteousness of the father. i'm also reminded of the tremendous sacrifice he made to do all he has done what is the weekend you -- all he has done. what is it we can do to preserve the legacy of brother hoekstra? he was a great leader. if you think so, please give him applause. [applause] here is my question to you as i take my seat. look how much more and could have done if we had been better followers. look how much more he could have done if we had been better followers. now, i'm not going to say tha

colby: probably no cell service inside. i'm still not getting anything from the prison switchboards. fuel truck. i got a man down. is he dead? yeah. thing's empty. it's a trojan horse. the guys are already inside the prison. swat's out on a call right now-- they'll be at least 20 minutes. all right, look, we got 45 officers in there on our side, right? yeah, but their guns are locked in the armory-- it's gonna take time to distribute them. if we wait, it's over-- i say we make our move. let's go. (buzzer) assistant u.s. attorney diane verano. nice to meet you. special agent liz warner. i'm gonna be heading the transport and safe house detail. i just have some paperwork for mr. tabakian to sign, then he's all yours. no problem. hey. you guys... (silenced gunshots) don: hey! fbi. you've been breached. you got guys in here with weapons. they already killed one of your guys-- get some men to the armory and break out the weapons. go, move! megan, go with him! got it. got it. (buzzer) mr. tabakian. well... this is even better tha

colby, you're going to find a beautiful home. make sure your animals have a place to cuddle up. meteorologist tim williams will talk about why that water will freeze. thing, take it away. >> 33 degrees right now. the temperature, as marty talked about we're talking about temperatures just at or above freezing but definitely below for the majority of the time. 49% relative humidity. we are only getting into the mid-30s today. 30.06 is your barometer. 32 in cumberland. temperatures stay around the freezing range at elkton. 33 on the shore. those winds coming in from the northwest keeping that flow of arctic air rolling in through canada. look at temperatures towards bismarck, minneapolis, chicago, all in the teens. 26 in detroit, which is the closest reading to our northwest. we're on the edge of the cooler air. the problem we're having with trying to assess what's going on with sunday and saturday night, computer models are bringing it up across the coastline. there's nothing formed. we're trying to keep an eye on what's developed and determine a path. right now there's nothing i

cox received his degree from colby college. he also received a degree from boston university. welcome, sir. our next witness, ms. sandra hines, has had a flight delayed. she may or may not get here before we conclude this hearing. the nets, i would like to welcome vanessa fluker error. she is an attorney -- next, i would like to welcome vanessa fluker. she is an attorney. she helped those at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. she is a leader of the moratorium to stop foreclosures, evictions, and utility shut offs. thank you for being here, ma'am. ms. fluker and chairman conyers have worked very hard to get the state of michigan issued a statewide foreclosure moratorium. we will hear from her -- she will explain to us why that was needed. she received her degree from the w.s.u. law school. our next witness is tom deutsch. he is the executive director of the american securitization forum. before attaining that position, he practiced law in the capital market department of a law firm. the earned his degree from washington university in st. louis. welcome, sir. our final w