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reporting that it knew about the plot last week, but did not immediately publish the information at the request of the white house and the cia. all this comes the same day as al-qaeda released a video of a rockville man kidnapped in pakistan last august. and in that video, weinstein is pleading with president obama to accept his captors demand or hell be killed. the state department says its working on getting him released, but the white house says the united states does not negotiat...

march 22, 2010, when jordan howell, 20, was slam was slain, after a bracelet went missing. >> cannot undue the loss of the children. but what it did do, it assured the justice system works. >> reporter: carter, his brother, and the others rented a van, armed themselves, and headed to south capital. that shooting left three people killed, six others wounded. and was the culmination of a series of shootings over eight days that left 14 people shot. >> reporter: three people were killed o...

needed. al-qaeda released a video from a plea from a local man kidnapped in pakistan nine months ago. >> my life is in your hands, mr. president. if you accept the demands, i live. if you dont accept the demands, then i die. >> warren weinstein is from rockville and worked for an arlington based company. it is concerned for the 70-year- olds well being, but the government does not negotiate with terrorists. the five men accused of plotting to blow up a bridge near cleveland say theyr...

house responded. >> we cannot and will not negotiate with al qaeda. >> weinstein suffers from heart problems. he later told his wife in the video that he was taking his medicine. >> a lot of prayer is going out this evening. 1 now spokesman jay carney said that the united states is working hard to safely return him to his family but said again that the united states does not negotiate with terrorists. >> we have more details on the story as well as the video in its entirety right now o...

>> thank you, julie. in our related development on al qaeda leader was killed in yemen bay drone strike last night. he was on the fbis most wanted list and was one of the most senior al qaeda leaders involved in the first failed underwear bombing attack. he met in yemen with the nigerian suspect that tried blow up a plane on christmas day in 2009 with a bomb that was concealed in his underwear. he was linked to the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in yemen. the drone strike that killed him w...

die. murdered over a fake missing diamond bracelet the killers thought had been stolen. jordans father. >> to hear the verdicts read, have you some relief that these guys, these evil rung men will never object the street to harm anyone, anyone again. >> reporter: then came the now famous south capitol street massacre. a deadly drive-by where they used this minivan. ak 47 to gun down mourners who just left the funeral. shelley procter heard the gunfire that night and her son was killed ...

newington, 53 in chesapeake beach. we will start today with clouds. by 11:00 a.m. we will break out into a lot of sunshine and it will be a bright afternoon with a high near 70. i will have the extended forecast coming up. now to steve. >> restart with a look at 66 near the roosevelt bridge, moving nicely. looks good from arlington county into the district and to constitution avenue and independence avenue. looks good. 270 at 109 past hyattstown, still looks pretty good just past the e...

shore this morning. its moving out of town and we will have a good amount of sunshine especially for the midday and afternoon. 53 right now in the district, 48 in winchester, 46 in martinsburg, 53 in fredericksburg. on our way to 70 this afternoon morning clouds giving way to sunshine this afternoon. warmer than yesterday. highs in the mid 70s tomorrow partly cloudy, fair amount of sunshine. we still have a chance of rain on the weekend thunderstorms late saturday. possible areas of ra...

and 95. quiet in hagerstown. pretty good on 270. in virginia, overnight construction has been moved out of the way. 395 looks very good at the pentagon. now to news. >> police investigating two separate shootings in southeast washington. one of them was fatal. it happens before midnight in a 3300 block of 14th place. a man died after he was shot in the back and in the head. police are not releasing any information or any suspects. theyre not saying what exactly led to the gunfire. 30 m...

brief while. at his press briefing today, wednesday, mayor vince gray said he was unaware of the allegations, but pleased with elerbys performance on the job. >> we know it is as -- he is a native washingtonen. he is a dedicated public servant, im really pleased that he agreed to come and do this. >> a wholehearted endorsement, even though some firefighters it embarrassed him by turning their backs on him over a schedule change hes promoting. so were the mayor, transition company, dism...