you have seen only a glimpse of what goes on here in washington. you have visited only a few of the many military installations around the city. and now, every evening, the people who work in all of these places go home to rest and recreation. but elsewhere there are others who will not rest tonight. at the anti-aircraft batteries the watch is kept. the guns point into the evening sky. they are still now, but always ready. the pentagon is quiet too. the offices are empty, the day's work is done. at the tomb of the unknown soldier a solitary bugler sounds "taps." ♪ [ taps ] ♪ [ taps ] >> the old guard, the army band, the anti-aircraft batteries. all these are part of the washington scene, a part of the military life that gives the nation's capital its color and vitality. a part, too, of the nation's defense. now this is sergeant stuart queen inviting you to be with us again next week for another look at the big picture. the united states army in action. >> the big picture is a weekly television report to the nation on the activities of the army

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. - tras un fin de semana de arrestos y heridos la policía de washington llega hoy nuevamente al parque de ocupación. - temperaturas más frías que la semana pasada pero tenemos un pronóstico favorable. - continuarán las acciones en la serie del béisbol y nueva york recibe a su campeón. www.atmedios.com >> sulema: buenas noches y gracias por acompañarnos en esta jornada informativa, le saludo con las noticias más importantes. - arrestaron un tercer sospechoso en la muerte del activista de alexandria cuyo cuerpo fue encontrado en un pozo de maryland. tres hombres han sido arrestados con respecto al caso, la policía dijo que el hombre había contratado a los hombres para vender playeras y éste lo balearon a muerte para robarlo. - la policía de fairfax incrementó varias órdenes de registro en varias localidades por apuestas ilegales. cuatro residencias y tres negocios fueron allanadas, decomisaron páginas para apuestas y 1 millón de dólares en efectivo. un hombre de 42 y otro de 52 años enfrentan cargos de apuestas ilegales y lavado de dinero. los registros siguen otros re

how did you get started tap dancing here in washington? >> well, i started when i was 3 and then years later he started when he was 2. my mom just saw us, you know, trying to run out to the dance floor when mom and sister were trying to rehearse with her competition studio. she put news. i guess it became a family tradition. >> i guess it has. people noticed you. you actually played in the duke ellington sophisticated ladies at the arena stage at 2010. how did you get that part? >> we went to the duke ellington school for a class and then one of the times -- he asked us to come to the audition. >> you look great. tap dancing brother himself. >> he is. >> like seeing the two of you dance together. show us what's coming up tonight at strathmore hall. ♪ >> wow. all right. that's a taste of what we will see tonight. strathmore hall. have you something coming up on sunday as well. is that right? >> yes. >> a part of this weekend at the strathmore. >> we are so excited to have you with us. congratulations for doing so well. everybody is notici

esta noche la policía metropolitana de washington está tras la pista de unombre que asaltó sexualmente a una mujer el mes pasado y mostrar un video para que ayude a dar con su paradero. angelica herrera nos informa. >> reportera: este hombre aparentemente hispano es el que las autoridades creen que asaltó a una mujer sexualmente al noroeste de washington. >> estamos investigando un asalto sexual que ocurrió en la cuadra 3200 de la calle el 16 enero las horas de la madrugada a las 2:30 ahí mi. >> reportera: el video captado por la cámara de seguridad muestra el momento en que el sospechoso se acerca al intercomunicador y después de intercambiando palabras con residentes del edificio hasta que finalmente logra entrar o fama de la víctima estaba entrando el edificio el sospechoso se le acercó y entró detrás de ella, ya adentro el hombre abusó de ella. >> reportera: los hechos ocurrieron dentro de la sesión, la víctima describió el sospechoso como un hombre hispano de 30 años de edad 15 pies y seis pulgadas de estatura las autoridades esperan que con este video logren dar con

además, todo lo que pasa en washington. "agenda washington". saludo y bienvenido "agenda washington" ajo le habla mario sol. son muchos los factores que imposible da tan que estudiante latinos tengan ingreso a la educación superior, es un tema que preocupa a padres de famili como al gobierno, los educadore que nunca es conveniente contar con un título universitario, planificar un pesupuesto, busca ayuda e informar son las claves del éxito,. >> bien vamos a tener que ir a mensajes al volver amos vamos a conversar con devora santiago, vicepresidenta de investigación y políticas de educación de la organización excelencia en la educación y también nos acompañ maría elena, directora ejecutiv del programa nacional de pasa p santo ya, de la aación hispanas universidad, ya volvemos. pasantía. "agenda washington". >>mario sol: muy bien muchas gracias por seguir con a "agend washington" a pesar eleva crecimiento de la población hispana no est suficiente representada en centros superiores de estudios, para hablar del tema nos acompaña en el

someone who was actually inside washington, who was an outsider when he was inside. >> stop washington insiders. rick perry, a conservative for president. >> the republican candidates all like to position themselves as outsiders, but is anyone buying it? joining us now, i can't even get the words out. joining us now is dave carney, a former white house political director under president george h.w. bush. and most recently, chief strategist for rick perry's presidential campaign. thanks for joining the program. >> thanks for having me. >> so, you know, mr. carney, when we talk about outsiderdom. when looking at the professional record of the candidates on stage, we have newt gingrich, who, of course, served as speaker of the house, santorum spent 16 years in washington, ron paul, 22 years. mitt romney, obviously, governor of massachusetts, scion of a political dynasty. do you think anyone in the electorate is buying the notion that any of these guys are an outsider? >> i think some of them are. but it's really not their resume that distinguishes an insider from an outsider, in my opinio

he said today he's in washington but spent the night at home because he lives kind of outside of washington. >> he does. gwen: this is the attack mitt romney is mounting. he's earmarked, he's defended it and he's one of the same. >> he is vulnerable to that. mitt romney is hammering on him voting five times to raise the debt ceiling. he's vulnerable to that i think in term of earmarks, something like a billion dollars. and his defense is there are good earmarks and bad earmarks. gwen: that's an argument. >> right. that's an argument but i think you're going to see obviously romney ramp up the attack machine against santorum. but they think they're ready because they have this message of him being the true conservative. gwen: thanks. there was a code to thaffle this week, three-judge panel in the u.s. court of public appeals lifted a ban for same-sex unions, met by glee in some corners and profound worry on some sides. sounded like a victim we one day and the next day people thinking twice. it wasn't as clear as it seems. >> victory in some sense but kind of limited to california because it

this is the obama washington. it is not the washington of our founders but the washington of the permanent political class. it is something that our forefathers never envisioned, and they would have sworn their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor to change. this washington, it boasts seven of the 10 wealthiest counties in america. it is now home to the highest per-capita income. here, there is even a lamborghini dealership, not that there is anything wrong with hot wheels. but this is the playground of the government rich, and they are hoping that you all work very, very hard to keep her going, so the people need it and demand urgent reform from this growing out of touch government. it is for freedom's sake, and it is to grow our small businesses and hire more people, and though we know that things must change rapidly in order to change rapidly, friends, there is no such sense of urgency here in the obama washington, because live around here is really good, materially. our permanent political class is conten

. -- which was more active list of washington standards. -- miraculous by washington standards. >> i don't think it was a hard sell at all. republicans realized they could not have a repeat of last year. >> not if you like your job. >> approval of congress is 12% -- >> in the latest gallup is 10%. >> tell that to the republican house caucus. it was not easy. >> it was a raucous caucus. >> a raucous caucus? >> boehner's speech -- >> raucous : this sounds like a rock band, charles. >> everybody here is so delighted that we have a bipartisan agreement and are celebrating, over what? $16 trillion in debt. we've just added $100 billion on a payroll tax cut that every economist will tell you is not going to have any influence on creation of jobs are helping our economy. you know how we are paying for some of the goodies on that? we auction off the spectrum. you want to auction off spectrum any way. but the idea that you are doing that with a priceless commodity that the government is selling off. it is selling crown jewels to buy crack. >> let me add one thing to that -- >> hold on -- we a

she lived in northwest washington. the family hopes for answers about her disappearance. >>> and -- >> a newspaper says how police calculate the d.c. success rate at closing murder cases is misleading. d.c. police chief kathy lanier says there is a 94% homicide case closure rate in washington. according to the "washington post," police records show the city had 108 homicides last year. 62 were solved as of year's end. that is a 57% closure rate. the paper says d.c. police also counted 40 cases from other years that were closed in 2011, giving it that 94% closure rate. lanier says the department followed fbi guidelines in calculating its case closure rate. >>> in decision 2012 this morning, rick santorum is trying to clear up a controversial comment he made about president obama. the republican presidential candidate made the statement at a campaign appearance in ohio. >> it's not about you, not about your quality of life, not about your jobs. it's about some phony ideal. some phony theology. >> critic say santorum cros

a deadly avalanche in washington state. a survivor talks about the equipment that may have saved her life. >>> plus making that next visit to the dentist is a little bit easier for parent and child. stay with us for >>> we have a developing story in north korea. country says live fire military drills by south korea could prompt "total war." this is video of the last time south korea conducted live fire drills back in march of 2010. they conducted the drills despite threats from the north and said they were prepared for any retaliation. north korean officials said these drills will lead to a complete collapse of ties between the two koreas. >>> right now nuclear inspectors from the united nations are in iran inspectors want proof that iran does not plan to use its nuclear program to develop a weapon. israel has said military action could be needed to prevent that from happening. the united states and britain are urging israel to be patient to allow international sanctions to work. >>> three men are dead this morning, killed

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"good morning washington" continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine, washington. 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, where 16. i am cynne simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. another mile day, but you might want to keep the umbrella handy. adam caskey will have the forecast in a minute. let's start with a check on the roads with lisa baden. >> we go directly to newschopper 7 flying over maryland into crofton southbound 3 at wachapel road with an accident that happened earlier this morning. a fatal crash with a detour. forcing them to exit onto wachapel road. southbound 3 b closed for an undetermined amount of time. >> off to the west, a few sprinkles in luray and in west virginia there's some light rain. all that action is moving to the northeast. especially through harrisonburg and towards culpeper. clipping no. fauquier county. not all of what you see there is hitting the ground at this time. a few reports of rain out west. it's 36 degrees in leesburg. temperatures will climb to nearly 50 today with areas of light rain especially midday a

nothing here in northwest washington. but you could see a light shower or sprinkle if you are off to the north and west. you can see it is trying to mix a little winter weather there. most of this not touching the ground. first upper level disturbance this morning. second one this afternoon. this one too could bring is a few light showers or sprinkles. you just got to be ready for it later today. it will just be a cloudy day with high temperatures expected to be in the upper 40s to about 50 degrees. there is your futurecast. showing you the cloud cover. at 11:00, we are fairly quiet. as we get into the afternoon and evening, it is suggesting we might get some light showers around here by 7:00, 8:00 tonight with a little snow there out to the west. but again, when all is said and done, this won't amount to much. the system is very weak and will be dissipating here as it moves on through. plenty of clouds. could be a shower this afternoon. 50 your daytime high. another mild one. winds out of the south and east at five to 10

and when john adams says i replace a name george washington -- colonel washington of virginia and hancock is half way out of his chair and has to sit back down again. washington left the room. he's appalled because now he has to deal with this. his response to the congress which they did write down, which we do have the document, is a masterpiece of understatement and humble spirit and it's wonderful. so washington comes in later to the story. this leads up to the sequel. if this book ends, there is a little more to the story. there is a war. the second book when i -- if i were not on the book tour, i would be writing right now knowing that at some point my publisher is going to be watching this. because she says, you know, can you give me a book a year? and i say, well, you know, if you stop sending me out on book tours, you know -- i'm sorry. i didn't mean that. i've been doing an enormous amount of reading and traveling. i've been all over the state of new jersey which is where the key battle fields are. i was involved in princeton and crossing of the delaware along with the stuff. vir

the capital otheren hat washington monument. it has a food court and shops that is largely indicator to tourists. >>> and some news from overseas in a presidential race in russia, vladimir putin today pledging to cut traffic privileges for officials who routinely bypass moscow's of traffic jams by ignoring rules of the road and driving into on coming lanes. there are about 900 officials in moscow who have the blue lights allowing them toef ignore traffic rules. vladimir putin running for president has promised a drastic cut to just a few dozen. he is expected to keep those privileges though. back in a moment with more "washington today." >> take c-span radio with the with a free c-span radio aps for the iphone, ipad, ipod touch and blackberry. audcrow streams of c-span radio and the three c-span television channels with events from the white house, congress and on the campaign trail, along with the "washington journal" live call-in in the morning. book tv and the sunday talk shows opt weekends and supreme court oral arguments, p

. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. looking at the washington monument on this friday morning. its february 24. a beautiful day. should be another great day temperatures already in the '60s and will get warmer. thanks for waking up with us. i am scott thuman. >> i am pamela brown. -- i amd stevsteve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown. now we start with lisa baden celebrating the spring weather. >> we will embrace life and dance as if no one were watching. southbound 5 at the beltway police getting where the somebody of hit a utility pole. i will call them back to see if they are on the scene. so stick around. a live picture of 270, stated. looks good in virginia on 66 and 95. now to adam caskey. >> in the belfort furniture weather center on this morning we have action on the radar screen and it's going to be an active day with wind thunderstorms, springlike temperatures and a little muggy air outside. there's light rain northwest of the washington area. upper montgomery county, frederick county, according winchester, panhan

near washington and fairfax and montgomery, arlington counties, near 50 at washington and in prince george's county. parts of southern maryland, mid to upper 50s as well as the eastern shore. all these counties in pink under a high wind warning. that's for later this afternoon. we could have gusts to 60 miles per hour. includes frederick county in maryland and virginia as well as the panhandle of west virginia, washington county, loudoun, madison, green to charlottesville. elsewhere, we could have gusts to 50 miles per hour. sunrise at 6:48. sun in and out after morning showers the next couple of hours. and then we'll perhaps get storms later this afternoon. but before that, it may climb to the low to mid 70s. then we'll have really strong winds continue into tonight. locally we could have gusts to around 40, maybe 50 miles per hour as we'll be down to near 50 degrees by dawn on saturday. then a windy and chilly day tomorrow. lows in the 30s in the morning, afternoon highs in the mid 40s or so. even colder on sunday with sunshine. milder into next week with sunshine, maybe rain on wednesday.

. >> yes endeed, the skied darkened, the winds picked up and the arctic air moved back into the washington area really for the first time this winter season, current temperatures are falling fast, down to 33 in washington, down to 27 in martinberg, 27 degrees in winchester. if you have been outside, you know that's only half the story. winds gusting to nearly 40 miles an hour, all across the metro washington area right now, that's lowering the windchills into the teens and 20s and it's only 6:00 at night. wind advisory has been posted, these winds are going to continue to gust between 35 and 50 miles an hour for the rest of the evening. most of the light snow is coming to an end now. could see a few more flurries, wind whipped flurries during the night, biting cold, and tomorrow strong winds and single digit windchills. a complete check of the forecast coming up in a few more minutes. >>> and a remind they're you can stay with news4 for continuing coverage of our winter weather, you can also visit nbcwashington.com to get chuck's forecast any time. >>> now to that breaking news in fairfax

good morning, washington. >> it's 5:38. time for a check of traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> crawling slowly toward the weekend. >> perfect steve. finally friday. we have a few snowflakes in the forecast for tonight. people who dislike the snow, nothing to worry about. not a big deal later on tonight. it's 34 in the district. in frederick 28 along with gaithersburg. 37 in lexington park, fredericksburg get the freezing mark. areas of light rain and wintry mix moving in this evening and tonight. by tomorrow morning we could see all snow mainly northwest of town but even locally more snowflakes than raindrops by tomorrow morning. we will not expect any accumulation in the metro. by tomorrow afternoon and evening, upper level energy greece and a shower or. -- a brief snow shower possible. up to an inch in frederick martinsburg, hagerstown, and hancock, and westminster possible by midday tomorrow. most of the accumulation northwest of town will be on the grass. if blustery conditions this weekend. high temperatures in

before heading up to washington state, the president will be back in washington, d.c. tomorrow. meanwhile, senators rick santorum and governor mitt romney campaigning in michigan. news tonight from a debate that was scheduled to take place in early march in atlanta on cnn, that debate has been canceled. mitt romney saying he will not participate nor will congressman ron paul. next round of contests in arizona and michigan on february 28th. let's begin with our lead story, paul korean has it on the coast website as house republican and democratic leaders working out this agreement. nancy pelosi telling reporters today the plan will be acceptable to her members and house speaker john boehner calling it a fair agreement. so here are the details. the bill would extend a reduction of 20 percentage points in that the 6.2% social security payroll tax through the end of the year. it will benefit about 160 million workers saving on average about $1,000 for the rest of the year. it removes this issue from election year politics. it's something congress will have to take up again after dec

to report immediately to washington. he was needed there right away. so he boarded a train that took him up through ohio over to pennsylvania. made a quick stop to visit with his wife ellen marcy mcclellan, mary ellen there in philadelphia his hometown where he was loudly hailed as a hero one and all. and then arrived in washington on the 26th of july. very, very exciting for someone in his mid 30s. this gentleman right here. i think that probably his letters describe best what it was like in washington in july 1861. because after meeting with the president, the commanding general of the army about that time quite elderly and infirm winfield scott and a number of influential members of congress, he sat down that night to write as he did almost every night to his wife at home who was waiting for him in pennsylvania. and here's what he said to ellen. "i find myself in a new and strange position here. president, cabinet, general scott and all deferring to me. by some strange operation of magic, i seem to have become the pow

good morning washington, it is wednesday, february 15. it is another clear and mild morning but some changes could be on the way maybe tomorrow. adam caskey will have a check on the forecast in a minute. let's check in with lisa baden. >> maryland is pretty tight on route 5 and route 4 and normal volume is starting to grow. southbound is loading up on 270 which is normal. this is the beltway and rte. 4 pennsylvania avenue moving nicely from andrews air force base at let's go to newschopper7 flying over 95/virginia and 7100 is northbound and it has normal volume from dale city. metro rail is reporting that all trains are running a normal service systemwide but the entrance escalators at the foggy bottom station are out of service. >> we are taking a look at the temperatures early this morning. it is not so bad, near 40 degrees. frostburg is the cool spot at 31 degrees. it will be 53 degrees for the high today and tomorrow you want to have your umbrella handy. it will be just a few scattered light rain showers. for the most part, will avera

near washington points south and east could be a little light rain. and temperatures are going to be above freezing. so any light snow will be melting on any roadways. that would be north and west of washington. and then sun returns for thursday and friday. highs in the 40s. getting cold again for the weekend. still looking like a cold pattern but dry. remaining cold the first part of next week. danella? >>> traveling along i-95, no problems for you. travel lanes are open. looks like you're getting by north and southbound with no issues at all. we'll take a live look, i-95 at pohick road. very light volume. traveling northbound as well as southbound. you're in the clear. northbound speed, now at 64 miles per hour. to get from the occoquan to the beltway, that trip will take you 11 minutes. continuing on 395, no issues there, as well. you can take a live look at edsall. again, northbound, nice and clear, southbound, as well. travel speed northbound at 61 miles per hour. not bad. taking 12 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. i'm b

of 18 -- "the washington post." reagan did not have to run as part of a team. in 1994, building on that experience, we had 350 candidates to come and be part of a contract with america, to stand on the capitol steps. we offered a positive program and we had the largest one-party increase in american history in an off-year -- 9 million additional americans voted for a positive vision and we kept our word in every item of the contract which was voted on in the first 90 days. [applause] there is a core question, both in the primaries and in the general election, a simple question. if you're comfortable with of the way america has decayed, then we do not have to change much. we can just manage to the decay. if you think that is a terrible thing to do to your children and grandchildren, a terrible thing to do to your country, and if you are prepared to do what it takes to make sure that we change direction, not just the presidency, but the congress, the bureaucracy, the judges, the policies so that the entire system gets

this is the visitors' view of washington. but across the potomac river, there is another side to the story, a military aspect. its heart is the pentagon building. this is where the highest officers in your army perform the duties and make the decisions which will affect every soldier in uniform. surrounding the pentagon there are other military buildings. this is t-7, headquarters for the military district of washingt washington. let's go inside for a few words from the general. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the nation's capital, and the military district of washington. i hope you will enjoy your visit with us. although we will not be able to show you all of the interesting tasks performed by our soldiers, we have selected some of the highlights which we think will have a special appeal to our big picture audience. you will find here in the shadow of the capitol, that the men and women of your army are daily performing a great variety of interesting jobs. in some cases, they are perhaps unique in the army. you will see

good morning washington continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning washington, it is wednesday, february 1, at about 6:00 a.m. >> some rain could put an end to the mid winter warmup. adam caskey will have a check on the forecast in a moment but let's go to lisa baden. >> we go live to newschopper7 who have been watching traffic on the maryland side of town. they run the ball like close to the baltimore-washington parkway. it looks like they're moving ok in areas of wet pavement and no problems on 295. there was a crash at landover hills but that is gone. >> 6:00 sharp, it is a damp start to our wednesday but not a washout. we will get a little bit of sunshine later this afternoon. areas of rain on the radar around the metro area especially in prince george's county. it is moving west to east and the package is moving to east prince william county and fairfax county. locations not on the screen means you're not getting rain right now. 52 degrees in clarksburg and warrenton. already, we are above their average afternoon highs will

closer to washington, montgomery county, maybe an inch or two. as you get up towards the border with pennsylvania, it will be closer to 2 to 3 inches of snow. winter weather advisory in effect a little later this morning and this afternoon. no problems with your morning commute. >>> let's do some temperatures. this is very interesting. with the clear skies we had early last evening, temperatures have really had a chance to fall off to the north and west. notice in gaithersburg, 30 degrees. 31 out at dulles. 29 in martinsburg. we are setting the plate for our winter weather event. we thought we would get a mix of rain off to the north and west. temperatures will be very slow to rebound. a little warmer here to the south. you are likely to see a mix with rain at the onset and then it will likely change to snow for a time for you late this afternoon and during the evening hours. let's do futurecast. it does a nice job of showing you what is happening. you are fine for the morning commute. here we are at 2:00 this afternoon. notice off to the north a

right here in washington, d.c., democrats line. caller: i really like what he said, especially about sometimes when one person has something and another person does not have something, it is not like you want to take something from somebody. at the same time, it is going to be survival. there'll be people, like the gentleman said, if this guy likes a life of luxury, and you cannot give some crumbs to the people at the bottom, it will make things crazy. host: are you still talking to us? i think we lost him. he had a second conversation going on there. let's look at the latest poll coming out. this is from cnn. they interviewed over 1000 adult americans february 10 through the 13th, looking at what they think of the payroll tax cut. piquancy change over time here. a poll conducted back in october. the february poll shows that 54% favor the tax cut. 42% oppose it. back in october, a larger site -- a larger percent supported it. 59% compared to 38% opposition. back in september, 2011, even higher, yet. our next caller is on the line f

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"good morning washington" continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's tuesday, february 21. clear and cold outside right now. a live look at the national mall. if we are in store for taste of spring. thanks for joining us, i am cynne simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. we have a little bit of everything this week. taking traffic and weather. adam caskey in a moment, but let's start with lisa baden on the roads. >> going up to newschopper 7 looking at the beltway traffic near university boulevard. moving at a pretty good pace right now between 95 and 270. looks good on the virginia side of the beltway between springfield and tysons. we will take in with newschopper 7 in less than 10 minutes. >> if a very cold start to the day. the coldest morning all workweeks right now. if widespread 20's and if you are bernsteins here and there. frostburg, 19. 26 in la plata. 21 in leesburg and warrenton and chevy chase at the freezing mark. huntingtown, maryland, 23 degrees. a bit of a cylinder air early this morning. we wil

para telenoticias washington y holaciudad.com >> sulema: hoy el consejo de washington aprobó una ley que hará más fácil divorciarse las parejas homosexuales y lesbianas que se casaron en la capital. se permitirá que estas parejas se podrán divorciar en cualquier otro lugar. bajo la actual ley un miembro de la pareja tenía que vivir en washington varios meses antes de comenzar el procedimiento. las licencias para matrimonio homosexual se empezaron a dar en marzo. - hoy fueron repartidos folletos en los cuales el condado de montgomery dice que pueden ayudar a las personas homosexuales a ser heterosexuales. este grupo distribuyó 8000 volantes en cinco escuelas. el portavoz del sistema escolar de mover y dijo que estos grupos tienen derecho legal de distribuir información cuatro veces al año. - luego de un día con excelentes temperaturas podríamos sentir nieve, vamos con cristina para saber el estado del tiempo. >> cristina: gracias y buenas noches punto final y más amo del martes con temperaturas actuales de 45°, nuevamente un día cálido para la región con temperaturas m

members of the washington community, trustees, students, faculty and staff of the george washington university, it's a pleasure to welcome you to this forum about a conversation on cybersecurity. it's particular honor this morning to welcome the former secretary of homeland security and former judge for the u.s. court of appeals, michael chertoff and former director of national intelligence and former director of the national security agency and a george washington a lumnist, mike mcconnell. both of these gentlemen have been leading figures in efforts to address the growing cyber threat to our national and economic security. they will be joined today by senior congressional staff to discuss pending legislation that is designed to shore up the nation's cyber defenses. here at the george washington university, we are in the process of rolling out a university wide cybersecurity initiative that will bring together policy, research, education and training. among the results of the effort that are already far advanced are the creation of a new master of science in cybersecurity, based on our depart

good morning, washington. >> good monday morning. illiberal cool -- a little cool but it could be worse. 33 in bowie, at the freezing mark in winchester, berkeley springs, 29. 25 in frostburg. 34 and huntingtown, 33 in washington, virginia. there was a little snow yesterday. minor accumulations. up to a few inches in madison county. close to charlottesville, we picked up nearly 6 inches. sunshine today. a little breezy this morning. it feels like the 20's. that will subside this afternoon. sunny and 48 this afternoon. sprinkle possible northwest of the metro area later tomorrow especially in the potomac highlands. highs in the low to mid 50's. near 60into the 60s by thursday and friday. the commute is ok. a roundabout way, interstate travel looks good right now and looks good in the district. park police have no worries. hov restriction exceptrestrictions relaxed except for the john hanson highway on this president's day. giving you the green light around the region. route 4, route 5, looks good to andrews air force base and to the s

standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. si el congreso no actua de aqui a fines de mes, los impuestos a los salarios podrian aumentarle a 160 millones de trabajadores en todo estados unidos. desde el capitolio en washington, fernando pizarro, univision. once hombres que afirmaron que agentes de inmigracion violaron sus derechos durante redadas realizadas en 2007 lograron un arreglo por 350-mil dolares con el gobierno federal, el cual acepto ademas detener los procesos de deportacion contra los demandantes, dijeron el martes sus abogados... las redadas realizadas en fair haven, un barrio predominantem ente latino en new haven, connecticut, ocurrieron un dia despues de que la ciudad se convirtio en la primera en ofrecer tarjetas de inmigracion a inmigrantes sin permiso de estancia en el en bolivia, los indigenas del territorio parque nacional isiboro secure que marcharon el pasado aÑo y lograron la promulgacion de una ley que suspendio la construccion de un tramo carretero a traves de su territorio, reaccionaron a la aprobra

the first time washington d.c. is joining 13 other cities around the world to focus specifically on social media. if you want, you can go to a session at the being, a very d.c. thing to think about or any agency around the city hosting conferences in their own conference room or restaurants or citiies and a very vibrant city and a lot of great content. >> and a lot of people and big minds we can tap into and those leading the charge in d.c. >> some of the best in the region. over 3,000 registered to attend sessions. >> this is what people want to know. when it comes to twitter and building your own online presence, what are some things to keep in mind? >> i don't know if there's a magic formula. really know what you're talking about. if you have something to say, you understand the space, defense, marketing, communications, what have you, know what you're talking about. be prolific, tweet a lot and send messages to them and follow the right hashtag. >> you do this 24/7? >> i don't think i actually tweet, i wake up

household, so presumably washington drank some of that as well. >> reporter: today washington's rye whiskey recipe has been revived here and sold. >>> and being a whiskey maker is nothing compared to some of the other odd jobs presidents have had. gerald ford spent time as a mod expel also washed dishes. johnson was an elevator boy and fruit picker. >> ronald reagan was a radio announce and you may remember also an actor. >>> in about four minutes, the latest on a deadly avalanche that happened in the mountains. >>> there could be a few slick spots, but once the sun comes up, it is going to be a really nice day. we'll end up mostly sunny today. a bit of a breeze at times. by midday though, sunshine temperature 44. we are going to top out near 50. in general a mild week ahead. details in just a few minutes. >>> i'm monika samtani here with your timesaver traffic. a live look from sky 9 at the beltway. no hov restrictions today. coming up in my next report another look at area roads. andrea and mike. >> steering turned deadly out west. >>> it happens sunday afternoon in washington sta

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this is "washington today" on c-span radio. >> on march 20th, the u.s. supreme court hears the oral argument in miller v alabama, someone convicted of murder when he was 14, whether it violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. you'll hear it cited on c-span's radio historic supreme court argument from 2005. donald roper, superintendent of the pitocy correctional institution versus christopher simmons, respond depth. >> they can evaluate the series of studies and pick what is an arab theirry age. there is no study in anything mr. simons cites that justifies that particular day, 18, they talked about adolescence. they talk about young adolescence, old adolescence and continuing until the mid-20s. nothing justifies the age of 18. that makes it the kind of fact that a legislature ought to be evaluating, not a court. >> everyone agrees that there is some age below which juveniles can't be subject to the death penalty. the question here is where are society's evolving standards now draw that line? 15 years ago this, c

susan mcginnis from washington. thank you, susan. this morning, al qaeda said it was responsible for a deadly wave of attacks in iraq yesterday. iraq security forces are targeted in a string of bombings and shootings in 12 different cities. 55 people were killed. 225 wounded. >>> more protests are expected today in afghanistan following the burning of islamic holy books on an american military books. the backlash from outrage afghans has grown. two american soldiers were shot to death yesterday by an afghan soldier. earlier, president obama apologized to afghan officials for the cure an incident. >> the president apologized for the burning. i haven't seen the president demand that the government of afghanistan apologize for the killing of two young americans. >> gingrich says afghan president karzai needs to apologize for that. >>> campaigning in washington state is focusing on the march 3rd caucuses and the ten state up for grabs an super tuesday. this tuesday republican primary voters will go to the polls in arizona and michigan wh

if the job says i need to move to washington state, i move to washington state. and it's just depending on fining that job. >> reporter: and when you hand out that email, you never know who might lead you to your next job. >> all right. >>> spring training is about to get into full spring for the washington nationals. next, an update from florida. >>> and the stars came out in miami for a little basketball. linsanity verses king james. highlights next. >>> a first in major league baseball. he was the 1st base ballplayer to challenge a drug related grievance. he tested positive for elevated testosterone levels but insisted he did not violate the policy. a sample was taken on a saturday and not sent to the lab until 48 hours later. >>> now spring training is underway for the nats in florida. pitchers and catchers had two practices and full squad workouts start tomorrow. >> reporter: and greetings from nationals spring training. where everybody associated with this club is optimistic. why wouldn't you be? they may have the best pitching in the national league. and o

politicians don't stay there too long and washington didn't do it washington general washington didn't do it and neither should lamar smith now richard you know i want to go back to the reddit community the online community for a second here to how much have they helped you out in terms of donations since you got you know i guess you could say some attention from them from following from them then are you also getting a lot more money. well they've been numerous more huge as far as amounts go a lot of people who don't need it and. it's still coming in and read it still is asking for more audience with me and i'm thrilled with that and i really hope that this will continue and again this has been because of what maher smith but i want to make something really clear i'm not trained to play to the red audience my record is already there i'm not going to go against my record i'm going to stay true to the constitution the bottom line with me is follow the constitution or go home and it's obvious that it's way for them are smith to go home he makes a bunch of money off his position he's got

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>> oh, the "washington post" must have been at that time about the fifth paper in washington, because there were several papers, the herald, the times, the star. of course the star as the big paper in washington. the washngton news, which was th first numbered paper and so on. really, the distinguishing thing about the post -- or the most distinguishing thing was this editorial page, the editorials were very good, it was a good page. charlottey povitch, sports writer and sports editor, was a big attraction on the post. he and the editorials were the eally big things. >> is it easier -- let me ask it a different way. if you like the president -- and let me ask you this. which presidents have you personally liked over the years? i meanpolitically. >> politically, truman, kennedy, mostly. most of them are -- they're mixed bags, you don't like everything they do, buti did think probably i liked truman and kennedy more than most. >> what about fdr? >> oh, well, fdr, sure, yeah, but i didn't -- i didn't know him. i'd never met him. i'd seen him at one of his press conferences, but i didn't