and his western development of the new world in the us columbus means america. this committed heinous crimes against the indigenous peoples of the caribbean the millions of natives throughout the americas that columbus set the stage for the slave trade in the new world from sun one compass that i knew come fornia. for the courtesy of. boise state university in idaho he really should explore whether he should. really say to arizona. oh. yeah. and rhode island that brown university earlier see here brown voted to boycott the columbus day holiday after seven hundred students signed a petition blasting christopher columbus the straight man of dayton for americans it's a day of mourning for these needed tribes in washington state's colorado and throughout the countless indian reservations in this country. is really just a day off from work or an end in our federal holiday coming to washington seeing that makes a big difference in kind of brings it home the district of columbia is actually named after christopher columbus here in the nation's capital he's honored ever

and we see why columbus day one state says it to americans on centuries of oppression. it's been terminated time in moscow with shorts and they can no that's in town now to wreak havoc but on a mission of innovation it was a case of the famous phrase i'll be back as california's governor was returning the visit of president with that if you want silicon valley know how to transform russia into high tech powerhouse shots they can pay down the second thing a different mission by meeting the russian champions in a structure lympics to people with disabilities. the key business of driving russia's technology sector to remove british fashion present taking the governator on a ride in the classic russian car and destination was the high tech innovation science and skulk of a and yet it also jet that your shorts nicholas a russian citizen he might be interested in taking a vacant place to moscow where the terminator star is certain no stranger to the city knows his way around. the block or pulls. it was morning rush hour in the moscow subway with passengers al boring their way

for the government to renounce columbus day the idea is not welcomed by most americans in my opinion we have to sort of brady's mad at us if we do nothing like i don't know america or if things that we know that would have happened for it right now so it's for me it's correct to celebrate in that he wasn't looking to conquer the world as anything else but now i think they should continue to honor the station and be protesting it part of our history a day commemorating two narratives of history with two different ideas of how columbus achieved the western development of the america is a history that is marked every year by honor and betrayal john hoffa's r. t. washington d.c. all data spaces to stephanie are coming up next. hello and welcome to the business bulletin ministers and executives from the gas industry have been outlining vet plans to develop the sector over the next two decades denied him in fact reports. the easy access to sources is over the closest gas at a depth of two kilometers is almost exhausted with production falling the richest reserves more than four kilometers

i mean to america now protests mark columbus day night and states is supposed to celebrate discovery and sparking centuries of prosperity for the settlers the native americans whose ancestors were there before say they're still paying the price for crimes against their people battiste. officer explains for most americans on this day there is no work or school the second monday of every october is christopher columbus day i wish you a very happy and national holiday marked with celebrations parades and shopping bargain all of it to honor the conquest of the americas by christopher columbus and his western development of the new world in the u.s. someone missed means america for weight school this committed a heinous crimes against the indigenous peoples of the caribbean the millions of natives throughout the americas and columbus set the stage for the slave trade in the new world from sun one comes down to coffee fornia. people like the border courtesy of. boise state university in idaho nucleation extra batteries are. racing to arizona. oh. yeah. and rhode island that brown universit

protests and anger columbus day in the united states is supposed to celebrate discovery and centuries of prosperity for the seculars but native americans whose ancestors were there before say they're still paying the price for crimes against their people you had half a sixpence. for most americans on this day there is no work or school the second monday of every october is christopher columbus day i wish you a very happy and national holiday marked with celebrations parades and shopping bargains all of it to honor the conquest of the americas by christopher columbus and his western development of the new world in the us columbus means america for way too long this committed heinous crimes against the indigenous peoples of the caribbean the millions of natives throughout the americas that columbus set the stage for the slave in the new world from sun one compass the new call fornia. for the courtesy of. boise state university in idaho you were very sure extra batteries should make the british to arizona. oh. yes. and rhode island that brown university earlier see here brown voted to bo

great columbus day. tomorrow, partly sunny to mostly cloudy at times and cooler with highs in the 70s. small chance of a shower. a greater chance on thursday. look at friday and the weekend. how is the traffic now, jerry? >> heading into tn or out of town, very light. there had been one accident at the brentwood parkway. inbound should not be afcted. let's head out and see how we're doing elsewhere. picking up a little volume. that's about it. american legion bridge. tysons corner, around the bend, moving along nicely. river road, toward i-66 interchange looking good. had overnight road work despe this being a federal holiday, capital, near i-66nd parts of i-66 near the beltway, by the way, no h.o.v. restrictions because of the holiday. eun. >> thanks, jerry. >>> 5:13 your time. 63 degrees. >>> ahead on news 4, the battle against bugs. stink bugs are invading the washington area. we'll tell you what to do to get rid of them. >>> and it's of interest to movie buffs. but for folks who are traveling, trying

columbus day right now, 81 degrees. guys, that's a big one. our next chance of rain is not until thursday of next week. traffic now with ashley lender. >> good morning. well, we are starting off very quietly. major overnight road construction. issue loop of the beltway was completely detoured at 66. a clean slate this early morning. no problems across the wilson bridge. headlights are leaving virginia headed for maryland. all is quiet there. along 95,overnight road construction picked up as wel so a clean slate there as well. headed for springfield, this is the paved center of your screen. eun and joe, back to you. >> well, thank you, ashley. >>> the commerce department downto will be closed today because of a fire. they evacuated herbert c. hoover building at 8:30 and extinguished the flames. firefighters wore full hazmat suits inside and got sprayed down with water when they came outside. today employees have to take administrative leave or work from home. >>> the last jobs report before the midterm elections are due today. it will show more

the wide-open character of an important columbus intersection would be gone. and insignificant environmental impact? i don't think so. president miguel: william, sal. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is william. i'm a 15-year resident of north beach. i'm a father of two young children. i cherish my community, i cherish my children. i've skived -- skipped putting them to bed tonight to come here and ask for your support of the e.i.r. it is time to move forward with this effort. the e.i.r. is adequate, accurate and, most importantly, i believe it is complete. again, it is time to move forward with this project. the e.i.r. addresses all of the required aspects and the potential impacts of this project. it considers all preservation alternatives, provides significant analysis to support the need for a new library, significant analysis that supports the closing of mason street and provides multiple analyses of the conflicting general plan policies and analyses yielding that there's no aesthetic impact to this project. please allow us to make progress, please

looks li a delightful columbus day today. it will feel like summer for a brief time from early to midafternoon. low to mid-80s by then. overnight tonight, the 70s to 60 degrees by dawn tomorrow. and on tuesday, partly cloudy. small chan of a shower. cooler. then on wednesday and thursday, much cooler. 60s. rain likely on thursday. here's a look at the weekend. friday, blustery winds as sunsne returns. over the weekend, winds diminish. afternoon highs in the l to mid-60s. jerry, how is the traffic? >> tom, looking good. i-95 northbound out of dale ci, look at that, wide open this morning. that's basicly the story from fredericksburg to dale city, past the bell way, 395. no h.o.v. restrictions today because it is a federal holiday. columbus day of course. as a result we're moving along quite well. folks have the day off. wilson idge, no hangups. moving ang well. northeast, kennelwort avenue, canal road, reservoir road, they are two way. bear in mind. american legion bridge. continuing track. vre and mark no service because of t

feeling a little like summertime on columbus day. not a lot of humidity. 'll have quite a bit of sunshine. overnight tonight, partly cloudy. by dawn, temperatures down near 60. a small chance of a shower tonight as well on tuesday. and we'll have afternoon highs tomorrow with more clouds. should be cooler. highs around 80 degrees. on wednesday, should be partly sunnand cooler. morning lows 50s. afternoon highs into the upper 60s. a developing storm system will likely give us rain. looks like a cloudy day. afternoon highs climbing into the low 60s. that's the wayt looks for the week ahead. we'll look at the extended outlook in just a few minutes. how is it looking? >> tom, good morning to yo welcome back. good morning, everyone. off we go. pretty quiet commute. a little lighter than normal. landmark to shirlington looking good. g.w. parkway both base. 0 southbound, frederick burg, rockville no hangups. northbound 270s you head north from 28. route 1 at 410. authorities are on the scene of a serious crash that occurred in the overnight hours. pat? eun? >> th

. >>> the national parks service will hold a columbus day wreath laying. this almost happen at 11:00 this morning at columbus plaza in front of union station. this is the 99th annual ceremony here in washington. >>> columbus day isn't a holiday for everyone and that could mean a closure on the metro's blue and orange line are big problems. kristin fisher is tracking the commuter alert for u.s. and she is live at the foggy bottom station with more. >> good morning, jessica. we are talking about adding an extra 40 minutes to your commute if you are planning to ride the blue or orange line through downtown washington this morning. and i want to show you why. take a look at this map. you can see the problem. we are talking about the fact that both the farragut west and mcpherson square stations are closed and will stay that way until 5:00 tomorrow morning. there will be no service at the blue and orange line also. so that means orange line trains are operating from vienna fairfax to foggy bottom and federal triangle to new car rollton. and blue line from feder

christopher columbus' arrival to the americas back in 1842. his voyage has been recognized since the colonial period. tuesday, another celebration, the first pledge of allegiance was recite mad public schools on october 12, 1892. thursday, sarah palin makes her way to the nation's largest and best known gay community. that's san francisco's castro district. palin is invited there by the conservative freedom foundation. when asked why the castro area they said they need to expand their base. >> leading up to the mid-term elections, they include nevada harry reid against republicans sharon ingle. and that's a look at the week ahead. >>> thousands of people chose to make today 10, 10, 10 their wedding day. >> the 10th day of the 10th month of the 10 year a target day for couples all over the world. mass weddings were held in some areas where the exact day had extra special meaning. >> in china, actually, the 10 means perfect. so 10, 10, 10. >> three 10s. >> australia record the numbers of marriages. >> they were excited. the 10th day of the 10th

maybe a few high clouds sunday and columbus day. but we stay dry for probably next few days up until thursday of next week. let's see ife've got any trouble on the roads right now. ashley? >>> well, fortunately, not a bunch of big trouble. volume delays are starting to stack up on 270 south. here you can see, actually it was going to be slow from 109 towards the truck scales, i assure you that. here wuf the capital beltway which is wide open and no problems to report. this is the case headed -- headed away from us towards college park, silver spring. approaching route 50, you are going to hit the brakes on and off across the beltway. >> this morning president obama will be back in prince george's county where he will address the latest jobs repo. tracie potts with more on what to expect. >>reporter: good morning, everyone. so the jobless rate hovering just under 10% for a month now. when the new numbers come out, economists don't expect much improvement. >> do you have a resume? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: the jobless rate may jump s

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here's columbus day and a lot of folk dos get it off. they do have the slowing on southbound through sunol. that popped up and the east bay hills are very dry and they get windy and warmer. >> we will be watching the wins around sunol and pleasant ton and the winds going from the higher hilltops dropping down across bat i as the air warms up and dries out. that is not good news. cool this morning with 50s and 60s for most of the bay. the only sign of offshore breezes around santa rosa and the higher hilltops. above 2,000 feet and the offshore wins. this is the reason why we have the fire weather watch at 6:00 this evening for the hills of the north and east bay. it may well get upgraded to a red flag warning by tomorrow. no clouds and high pressure building in on top of us acting like a dome where the air underneath bakes. we see the warming where the air dries out as it moves from the higher hilltops. 80s and warms up into the 90s. pushes that marine air offshore. we see 70s and 80s towards the coast over the next couple of afternoons.

happy columbus day, everybody. it's a big holiday although a lot of kids have school today. >> great day. if you have an explorer in your family, give them a hug and say this day is for you. >> come on. >> that's a good one. >> you don't have any kids in school anymore, do you? man, you're old. >> sally has got school. starts at 7:15 this morning. >> on columbus day? >> what grade is she in? >> senior in high school. >> that's right. you are getting old. >> they are little. >> peter doocy was a little child and a little munch kin. >> yeah, he was 5'10". >> he's like seven feet tall. he really is. get to the headlines, first of all. president obama is trying to win over democratic voters ahead of the midterm election. today in washington he's going to be pushing for more money for our roads and rails and then he flies to miami and gets to meet students there from "waiting for superman" that documentary that blames teachers unions for america's failing education system. all eyes, meantime, are on north korea's future

back up to 81 for columbus day and mostly sunny skies the next couple. might see one or two clouds moving around and partly cloudy skies by the time we get to columbus day. the rest of the evening, sunny and mild. near the 80-degree mark. touching upper 60s by the 8:00 to 9:00 hour. overnight not as cold, a little chilly. coolest spots are upper 40s this time. a lot of us in the lower to mid- 50s downtown. quickly through the 50s to the 60s once again. one or two clouds tomorrow afternoon but mostly sunny skies. increasing toward the 80-degree mark and i think a lot of us are hitting 81, 82 tomorrow. satellite and radar together. yes, this is what we normally see with clouds and maybe rain and showers and thunderstorms in places. there isn't anything all the way in to new england and out west and all think way south of here, too. what we will do with the 9 future cast after we look at temperatures is zoom out and show you how much of the country is seeing beautiful weather. reagan national 78. gaitherburg 73. go to the 9 future cast. i will zoom this out

columbus day? that answer coming up. >> thank you. controversial story. a same sex couple showing affection at a ravens game kicked out at half time. the incident happened a few weeks ago during the game against the browns. cheryl connor talks to one of the women who said she just wants to be treated like a normal couple. >> reporter: mary kate said a man and woman were next to her also hugging kissing when a guard kicked them out. they call it discrimination but a spokesman for the ravens said they were asked to leave because they stole beer. mary morris has always played the guitar to relax. recently it's helped her deal with what she calls discrimination. morris is a lesbian and she was showing public affection for her girlfriend by the concession stand. >> hugging her and we stood there waiting for the line to get done and we kissed a handful of times but there was a straight couple next to us going to town. >> reporter: it happened september 26th when the ravens played the browns. morris was at her first ravens game with her girlfriend nick, accordin

and wall street, of course, is closed today for the columbus day holiday. last week, the dow gained 176 points closing above 11,000. the nasdaq index picked up 31 points last week. >>> if you drive, you probably noticed that gas prices are going up. aaa says the price of gasoline is now at $2.80 a gallon. that's 22 cents higher than a year ago. >>> microsoft is set to unveil the new windows phone 7 today. it has a touch screen and an entirely new operating system. it's also expected to be an xbox games platform. the phone is expected in stores in the u.s. and around the world in the next few weeks. >>> and for the second straight weekend "the social network" was the nation's number one movie. the drama about facebook made 15 million bucks. "life as we know it" was number two. "secretariat" about that legendary race horse came in third. >>> next, the escape shaft is ready and for the chilean miners and their families the wait is almost over. >>> and you've seen christine o'donnell declare she is not a witch and now you can check out the "saturday night live"

your columbus day holiday, plenty of sunshine during the day. some clouds build in but that high pressure allows our temperatures to build into the 80s. tuesday being a frontal system gets close and that will bring a chance of some showers in here for tuesday and tuesday night. mostly sunny skies. i do think some clouds will build in this afternoon. hot, 8 # degrees. dulles airport, the record high is pretty low. we could set a new record. -- hot, 82 degrees. tomorrow, clouds, chance some of showers. 7230 your high. by wednesday, highs only in the 60s. it will be sunny though. more clouds build in for thursday, maybe some rain showers. thursday and friday, highs in the mid- to upper 60s. that's a check of your . now, let's get more on the traffic with julie wright. >> if you are traveling route one at 410, before a crash which occurred overnight. police are still investigating that scene but tell me some traffic is able to get through. lane are open along the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. this is the live shot of

day, everybody. [ cheers ] i love columbus day mattress sales. today, i bought one of the memory foam mattresses, amazing it actuallmolds to the spe of your bedbugs. 's so -- [ laughter ] so cool, amazing how they do that. excited about this, the rockefeller cenr ice skating rink opened this weekend, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] nice change of pace. i like it. nice change of pace. usually when they deliver ice to nbc it's just for kate lee's mini bar. [ laughter and ohs ] so good to see that. something different. >> steve: whoa! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is pretty incredible, google has started testing cars that can actually drive themselves on the streets. i can't wait for cars that get road rage it's like -- [ in robot voice ] "hey, jerk, where did you learn how to drive? [ laughter ] software update 3.2? suck it." [ laughter ] heris some international news, i just hear that swedish prim minister fredrik reinfeldt recently won re-election. he was thrilled to keep his seat, mostly because it took 85 hours to assemble from ikea. [ laughter

day as columbus day. they do observe it as what they call indigenous peoples day. take a look at our columbus day trivia facts. indigenous peoples day is in berkeley and santa cruz. for some school children, they learn about it in school. it's called peoples day. in california this is not a public holiday. it was one of two holidays recently eliminated because of budget cuts. the other two states that don't are hawaii and nevada. the folks in tennessee are lucky because they move their columbus day holiday around. they observe it usually on the friday after thanksgiving so folks have a little bit long to digest turkey. maybe that's something we can consider. >> look at all public transit on track to run as usual. whether or not you are running errands and have the day off, you can count on your public transportation to get where you are going. chris sanchez, today in the bay. >> thanks, chris. >> here's a reminder of holidays around the corner. the ice skating rink in new york city is open. the first publ

. >> columbus day and a warm columbus day. just a warm columbus day. it is all relative. here is a shot of the pre-sunrise sky. not much traffic on the roosevelt bridge there. you can see some scattered clouds overhead. mostly sunny but scattered clouds from time to time. 63 in arlington. capitol heights 62 and winchester and takoma park 58. 85 the high. slight chance of late-day thunderstorm today and tomorrow. just a few storms could pop up. by wednesday sunshine, upper 60's, low 60's for highs thursday and friday. that could translate this some rain showers with potential coastal low pressure later this week. federal holiday, should be good traffic, right? >> yes. that is what we deliver this morning. h.o.v. rules are relaxed for everyone except the john hanson highway where it never changes. metrorail is taking advantage of the holiday and doing track maintenance. blue and orange lien customers an additional 40-minute wait for trains this morning. they have the farragut west and mcpherson square stations closed. you cannot catch a blue or orange line train at metro ce

get out there and enjoy it, columbus day, if you have the day off, enjoy it. tomorrow night, that temperature will be around 58 degrees, partly cloudy with showers possible in the forecast. if your columbus day goes into the evening, make sure you have the rain gear, you will need it. no more wait for the 7-day forecast. here it is for you. i know you have your pen and paper out making your plans. so-so on tuesday, temperature coming in around 74, then nice and seasonal as we go into wednesday. lots of sunshine with the temperature at 68, another chance for showers on thursday, and friday, saturday, and sunday, we look stellar. jamie? >> it was stellar at the stadium today. beautiful day. we saw more pink than tebow jerseys. in honor of breast cancer awareness, the ravens beat the denver broncos. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he o

here in the united states it was columbus day today which makes tonight columbus night which is the best. it was also national coming out day. every year on this day add midnight i break into my parents' bedroom and tell them i'm gay. it never gets ole. it's actually -- [ applause ] -- kind of funny that national coming out day is the same day at columbus day but it's no coincidence because that's christopher columbus who said i think i'll put on my best frilly neck wrap and sail the ocean blue and he did. what i like most about national coming out day is definitely the mattress sales. >> one day only. it's sleepy time's first coming out day mattress sale. come out of the closet and get into value. our lowest gayest prices every, bring mom, dad, tell them you're gay in our showroom today and sleep like a baby tonight. sleepy time coming out day mattress sale on victory boulevard. >> jimmy: no bedbugs. clean as a whistle. i think it's safe to assume that carl paladino is not excited about coming out day being on columbus day. carl paladino told a group of orthodox jewish leaders in brookl

so those folks lucky enough to be off columbus day, mother nature is a luting you. going to school today, the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, it is clear and it is mild. you might be able to get out without a jacket, even in the cool spots. starts -- starting in the 50s and 60s out there. sunrise 7:13. mid-60s by 9:00. mid if not upper 70s by lunchtime and highs today 85. winds southwest five to ten and the air quality is moderate. not bad but moderate. 91 martinsburg, 89 baltimore. 90 dc. in 1919 that's the latest 90 we have had. but in 2001 they only started in the early 60s. that's going to be crushed today. we're likely to look at that followed by five to six to eight degrees perhaps. condition rule out a stray shower after midnight. low 58 -- 50s to low 60s. tomorrow not as warm. could be an isolated shower as the front comes through. 75 to 80 and winds northwest at five to ten and that will put an end to these warm temperatures. in fact this morning it is 66 from lou anne in annapolis. 67 down at the naval air station. fredericksburg is 82. an that's cooler

and marc rail closed because of columbus day. not much on the highway, right now great shay in the geico cameras. except inner loop arlington boulevard where they have lingering road work. >> a possible drunk driving crash takes the live of two silver spring men. it was along rockville pike in north bethesda across from the white flint metro. two families now mourn the loss of the longtime friends and a driver could face serious charges. courtney robinson has more. >> according to montgomery county police officers they believe that the two men had srus gotten off the metro -- just gotten off the metro crossing rockville pike and were hit. it was around 3:30 yesterday morning. they had been out in d.c. these were two best friends, just 26 years old. according to police, they believe the person who hit them alejandro roman was driving drunk at the time he was arrested and processed. they say he initially did stop, possibly to check on the two men but then he got back into his car and drove a short distance before again pulling over

and that mason street be closed between lombard and columbus. the exact same plan that we are considering today. you and i as city appointed commissioners have a chance to correct a 50-year mistake. the e.i.r. under consideration is accurate and more than adequate as it clearly shows that the plan to build a new north beach library on the triangle parking lot and expand the joe dimaggio playground is the correct course of action. please join your fellow commissioners and approve the north beach e.i.r. so we can use this ground wisely for our children for the future. thank you. president miguel: thank you. >> do you want to have that? >> commissioners, my name is dawn and i'm the planning and capital manager for the recreation and park department. thank you for taking time tonight to hear about this important project. the draft e.i.r., the recreation and park department feels provides an excellent analysis of the proposed master plan for the joe dimaggio playground and its various alternatives. the e.i.r. carefully evaluates the various impacts i

columb day a lot of folks have can columbus day off. tuesy looks a little bit showery with highs in the 70s. next weather front temperatures back down in the 60s which would be average for this time of year and next weekend looks like it will be on the cooler side. ramping up our college football forecast the spartans of michigan state are take on the wolverines up in michigan. alabama is columbia, south carolina take on the game cobs, 3:30 kickoff, 85 degrees. southern california goes up to palo alto to take on the feared stanfo. fighting illinois noise take o the nittany lions. lsu is down in gainesville taking on the gators, 82 degrees. my beloved sooners will be back next week. >> taking of >> still ahead he's the man behind one of the most anticipated films of the fall. now the director of "secretariat" sits down for lunch with lindsay. >>> well celebrate the birth day of a musical legend, john lennon. ♪ just drive, we'll get there! adventurruns on dun, with our maple cheddar breakfast sandwich. breakfast just got a whole lot swe

in 2009, metro reported 358,000 trips on columbus day. compare that to roughly 704,000 trips the following monday. so it really is a good thing they are doing all of this work this holiday weekend. the good news is that metro service at all of the stations will be back to normal by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, and the other thing up to.out is that i'm seeing a ton of shuttle buses here at the foggy bottom station. hopefully the delays won be too long if you are on the orange and blue line traveling through downtown washington. the makers of transformers three will be in town to film scenes for a robot war. sounds like fun but it means a sleeve slew of street closings beginning today. the areas afced are around the you can gee a list -- you can get a list at wusa9.com. >>> an investigation in to the prince georges count. firefighter. they were responding to a call yesterday afternoon and other units handled the call. the firefighter was take on the the hospital and is recovering from his injuries. the farmers on the board of the faulkier li

much more on your weekend forecast we'll break down the temperatures through columbus day coming up. >>> in tonight's economic outlook according to the labor department things are still bleak on the unemployment front. analysts say that's because more people are still out this looking for work. the labor day department reports that private employers added 64,000 positions last month but a wave of government layoffs led to a net loss of 95,000 jobs. president barack obama concedes the tough days continues for millions of unemployed. >>> the you number of homes being sold dropped. buyers purchased 400 fewer houses townhomes and condos last month than a year ago. this is the third month in a row of double digit declines after the spike of buying that came with the federal homebuyer tax credit. >>> the embattled sexual assault unit inside the baltimore city police department is getting some help from the state. now earlier this summer it was found the department had a large amount of quote unfounded rates. and rapes and some cases were not being properly investigated. the city has worked

monday columbus day holiday. 80 degrees. tuesday 81. maybe a few clouds tuesday. beyond that, that area of low pressure we saw in the northern plains may try to bring a couple showers in here by next wednesday. it's a nice, long stretch of beautiful weather we have. enjoy it and make your weekend plans. don't go anywhere yet. next we're talking about the redskins-packers game and more when we return. two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. >>> good evening. i'm dave feldman. fox is sending its a team to the game this weekend. they must know something. like it's going to be a good game. or a close one. skins four co

. >>> a columbus day celebration in the district today. the national park service and the national columbus celebration. a replaying is taking place at 11:00 this morning at the columbus fountain in front of union station. columbus day was declared a fashion alcohol day in 1971. into cold and flu season is getting underway. the average child will catch 6- 10 colds this school year. but parents need help. >> a segment you don't want to miss. some easy steps to take to keep your kids healthy. >>> and the redskins pull out another hart-stopping win. how did they do it? we'll look at it with dave ross and look at some of the unsung heroes. it's 9:11. thkeac >>> tis the season for a lot of sneezing and wheezing as colds and flu creep into schools. , the workplace and our homes. you can reduce your risk for getting sick and how do you keep illness away from kids when they spend hi days at school with -- when they spend their days at school about hundreds of germs. and the former doctor of the first lady laura bush. >> thank you for having me. >>

and wall street, of course, is closed today for the columbus day holiday. last week, the dow gained 176 points. >>> if you drive, you probably noticed that gas prices are going up. aaa says agasoline is up 20 cents per gallon. >> microsoft is set to unveil the new windows phone 7 today. it has a touch screen and an entirely new operating system. it's also expected to be an xbox game form and the phone is expected in the u.s. and around the world in the next few weeks. >>> and for the sbl straight weekend "the social network" was the number one movie. 15 million bucks, "life as we know it" was number two. "secretariat" about that legendary race horse came in third. >>> next, the escape shaft is ready and the wait is almost over. >>> and you've seen christine o'donnell declare she is not a witch and now you can check out the "saturday night live" version. we'll be right back. gotta get! smokey bacon, crispy bacon, tasty bacon! where is it? where is the bacon? tv newscaster: bacon popular, "story at 11. dog: yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. bacon. there, in that

not bad for columbus day. beautiful weather and there you see the temperatures across the area already up tole 0 -- 80 at wheeling and not far from it in other areas pp kankakee at 81 degrees and 70s mid- to upper 70s at that over much of the area. benton harbor at 71. hammond at 76. we do have lake cooling and that will continue tomorrow and then a pretty good slug of cool air coming to the middle and end of the week. we will warm up again before the weekend and real chill comes in next week. 82 at hoffman estates and then geneva and 77 at official station at o'hare and note the lack of winds at o'hare. and the light southwest wind at midway airport. rule of thumb, when you a wind under 10 miles per hour the cooler denser air that sits out over the lake will generally start running inland particularly if your air temperature is more than 20 degrees above your water temperature. and the water temperature is in the low 60s now. so we will do that today. 79 at frankfurt. and 79 at joliet and that's the view from

he writes out of the blade's columbus bureau. also on the panel tonight at asking questions, dennis mangan and michael douglas. thank you for being here tonight. each candidate has agreed to the rules and regulations set up for tonight's debate. let's review those just briefly and then let's get into it. we will begin with a three- minute opening statement. the order has been pre arranged by calling toss. -- coin flip. each candidate will have 90 seconds to answer the question posed to you by the panel. the opposing candidate will similarly have 90 seconds to respond. the original candidate will be given 30 seconds for a rebuttal. the questions will alternate between gov. strickland and mr. kasich. toward the end of our hour together, we have set aside two minutes for closing statements. gov. strickland will go first. it is time to begin with our opening statements. gov. strickland, not more than three minutes. >> good evening, everyone. i want to begin by saying gracias to the people of ohio for allowing me to be your governor.

columbus day it will be great again. highs will be in the upper 70's with sunshine everywhere you look. it will be a beautiful we get at the beaches as well. -- weekend at the beaches as well. columbus day will have a couple of clouds and back their 80 degrees. late tuesday, we have a 30% chance of showers. this is just my favorite time of year where the weather. >> weekend barbecue and this kind of weather. thank you so much >>> former president george w. bush will tell his own story in a big way starting next month. crown publishers of says it is printing 1.5 million copies of the memoir," decision point." it will include video highlights on line and the book comes out november 9 and it is a reflection on the important decisions in the former president's life. still to come, >> oh, my god. they are complete psychopaths. >> it began as an internet french said. it turned into something darker. we have to live with a look at the real story behind a chilling we have to live with a look at the real story behind a chilling w

i was honors to be grand marshal of the columbus day parade. the new york celebration of italian achievement start in 1929. the newspaper mogul was the first italian-american millionaire. my thanks to the columbus citizens foundation and all of the parade organizers. that will do it for us for today. thanks for joining us. my guests next week, world champion skateboarder and entrepreneur, tony hawk. have a great week, everybody. i'll see you again next week weekend. [nursery music playing]

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it is columbus day. we are seeing slight delays in the cash lanes and still no metering lights at the bay bridge. 880 through oakland still looks good past the coliseum. definitely busier. this is southbound traffic on 880 heading towards the coliseum. and we are seeing some brake lights towards westbound 92 if you are heading towards the san mateo bridge. live traffic shot across the span westbound 92 in the commute direction no problems 14 minutes still from hayward out towards the peninsula. from foster city traffic looks great. looks like we lost our traffic shot. with that, here's lawrence with a check of the forecast. >> i like that green screen. >> good thing i wasn't wearing green. >> she would have disappeared too! [ laughter ] >>> what a great start not day. check this out over the bay right now. clear skies all the way inland and well, mostly clear even out toward the coast. sign of that offshore wind beginning to build into the bay area going to bring with it some beautiful fall weather typic