a 39-year-old man described by police as having a lengthy history of violent crime. that life ended about 1:30 this afternoon. he was laying to the side of the van, dead. just got shot up. and i don t know what he did, what happened happened. what happened came at the end of a stakeout in ceilings a series of armed robberies. they found out he had an appointment with his parole officer at a building off mount hope drive of as the man hided for his show, detectives approached the man pulled a powerful handgun out of his car. he produced an incredibly large 50 caliber revolver and engaged the detectives in a brief but violent gun battle. the shooting happened in front of the gateway school of speech and learning. this mother who did not want to be on camera said the school was not locked down and there was security present. but the firepower of a 50 caliber weapon could have easily claimed an innocent bystander. it takes rounds bigger than the diameter of your thumb a
. the pilots union disagrees saying the airline was in too much of a rush to begin new service and didn t properly train it s pilots. international travelers might ru into some problems this holiday after the flight attendants on british airways decided to go on strike. that strike is scheduled to last 12 days, beginning december 22nd, during one of the airline industries busiest times. e workers are upset with british airways cost-cutting measures, including a two-year pay freeze and fewer cab increws on long flights. they will send e-mails and text messages to effective ticket holders. a new and swangy hotel in miami is empty after one person died from drinking the water. the hotel in downtown miami installed a water filter so strong it removed chlorine from the water supply and caused the spread of a rare bacteria that leads to legionnaire s disease. one person died and two others fell ill after visiting the hotel. hundreds of guests were e evacuated from
making news in america this morning do or die time. it s a critical day for health reform, as senators try to meet a christmas deadline. new home. today, the government will announce the move of guantanamo detainees to america s heartland. and will it be a white christmas at your house? chances are higher than any time in this decade. it s december 15th, 2009. good morning. i m mike von fremd, in for jeremy hubbard. i m vinita nair. with the deadline looming, the deadline to pass health care reform shifts to today. senators will trek to pennsylvania avenue for a face-to-face with the president. reporter: vinita, mike, with every senate democrat heading to the white house today, their leaders are expressing renewed confidence that health care reform will pass the senate before christmas. democrats thought they had the votes to pass health care reform. that was until this weekend, in a threat from connecticut senator joe lieberman. to torpedo the bill, over it
able to track the man down. hello, every everyone. here s what people are talking about tonight. he stole spare change and dollars from mta bus fare boxes, netting $400,000. wjz is live outside the federal courthouse. mike hellgren explains how he was able to get away with so much just a little time, a little at a time. mike? reporter: that employee agreed to give up everything he owns in order to pay the agency back. those are critical funds in these tough times. he s still free tonight until his sentencing. federal investigators used electronic codes from the fare boxes on mta buses to track down an employee david pattawi who took a massive amount of money from them. wjz was in court as pattawi pleaded guilty to stealing $400,000 in fares, money he ll repay under the plea agreement. we knew the government and his counsel and i negotiated the plea in advance of seeking an indictment. he worked the overnight shift where he was largely unsupervised. but thought would com
overhauls the health care system hinges on the vote of joe lieberman. he has threatened to join republicans in voting against the measure. steve handelsman has more now from capitol hill. thanks. good evening. holding out at the end for the best deal is a time-honored tradition on capitol hill. but joe lieberman doing it now has got a lot of democrats angry at him again. in the spotlight, independent joe lieberman is the democrats key 60th vote on health care reform. without him, no bill. but as of midday, lieberman was a maybe. i m getting to that position where i can say what i wanted to say all along, that i m ready to vote for health care reform. reporter: but only on his terms. lieberman is opposed to the public option and the plan to allow uninsured to buy into medicare, a plan that he seemed to support in september. to buy into medicare early. and, again, on the premise that that would be less expensive. reporter: lieberman denies he s flip-flopped. i fina