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try to change the law. dwarfed by a pile of boxes containing 375,000 signatures, trayvon martins parents ask for an amendment to the controversial stand your ground law which may be what eventually freeze george zimmerman. >> please amend it. please review it. this was a child. this was a kid that was shot. >> what this law says is it is ok to be a vigilantes. >> inside, a massive panel. >> please do not let those with political motives turn this into a political football. >> mostly cr...

what a difference coming up as we go through tomorrow. the rain -- we may see a couple more lingering showers. noticeably cooler coming up. >> we will see you in a few minutes. you can get weather information anytime on our web site wjla.com or download the stormwatch app to your android or iphone. >> the two of the jerry sandusky trial. this feature more emotional testimony. the former penn state coach faced one of his former colleagues. a former assistant coach took the stand. the te...

the people of this great city. but he went over to d.c. court and pleaded guilty to violating laws of paying campaign workers. some question the prosecution. >> how many people lie on applications to make themselves look better than they really are? it is illegal but how many people get caught? people have gotten their money and they pay it back. >> under the plea agreement brown could get up to six months or he could serve no time at all. or he could serve more time if the judge does ...

he is followed by a 1:30 hearing on a misdemeanor misuse of campaign funds charge. reporting live, sam ford. >> thank you. an interim council chair will be selected from one of the four at large members. the council will meet next wednesday to adopt a resolution. coverage of the d.c. scandal continues coming up at 5:30. a look at how opinions differ throughout neighborhoods. >> a murder investigation is under way at a silver spring high-rise. a man found shot to death in his apartment ...

inside. pretty good rainfall for a period of time. right now we are in a medium grade phase ran out. we are getting some rain right now. keeping an eye on the road out here. it looks like we will get hit by something sand. we were expecting high winds. we are keeping an eye on trees. we are keeping an eye to see if any will be a brought down by having gusts moving through the area. as i said, in the next 20-25 minutes. [unintelligible] right now we are keeping an eye and was coming dow...

economy. whats an american can settle for an economy where just you are doing well and a lot of people are struggling to get by or we can build an economy where everybody gets a fair shot. >> mitt romneys team welcomes the fight saying we would be happy to compare the 4.7% unemployment rate mitt romney was able to accomplish. if president obama had even have the job creation record of mitt romney, then he would be running on it. super pacs plan on pulling in a staggering $1 billion. ba...

air fares are high and most importantly, gas prices are dropping. cox it can help us get here a lot better. >> there are a lot of cars going to the beach. route 50 has been busy most of the day. >> we did not have any traffic problems at all coming down. >> we were able to pull right up to the toll. we did not even have to wait there. >> it is not bad. i am glad i did not leave later. >> she did make the right decision. it looks busy to me, but listen to this number. in february and ma...

underway on capitol hill tonight. congress is discussing a bill that would ban abortions in the district after 20 weeks of pregnancy. >> the hearing is going on right now. when does an unborn child feel pain and how late is too late for an abortion to be performed. it has been three years sense christie made it difficult decision to terminate her pregnancy at 21 weeks. >> it is the worst thing i have ever had to do in the worst in my husband has ever had to do. >> he was missing a crit...

we will be covering this the route the newscast and we will bring you the latest as soon as we can. >> i like many will say the first thing i remember about chuck brown is his voice. he had a voice you would never forget. many people are already sharing this story on facebook, twitter, and our web site as well. we invite all of you out there to go to any social media outlet to join and remembering check brown, his music, his influence. we will have more on his passing coming up at 5:30...

over evidence which includes surveillance video from the 7- eleven trayvon martin visited that night. it looks like a lot of these documents will be held private for at least another week as both sides push the judge to black out names and information. we contacted attorneys today for comment. we have not yet heard back. >> thank you very much. you can see more of scotts stories with his trip to florida on wjla.com. abc world news will have an exclusive interview with george zimmermans...