congratulations, george washington high school. [applause] and i believe we are going to have our assistant superintendent of high schools, janet schultz, accept this on bralve of -- behalf of the boarf education. and i know we have sandy fewer who was the p.t.a. president for a long time at george washington high school. commissioner fewer: i believe i have some of that stuff in my basement. i am a proud graduate of george washington high school as is my husband, as is my daughter, colleen, and so i always would like to ditto on commissioner wynns' request to have all our names put on it. i was p.t.a. president there for many years and i'm very familiar with that school and i would like to add a distinguished teacher, carl oche, who is a gifted teacher in our district, also is a hall of merit recipient for the george washington alumni association and we wish them many, many years of success. president mendoza: commissioner yee? vice president yee: ditto on putting my name on there, except that i'm reluctant. i wish -- i really wis

a wonderful rainbow over the washington monument. it was too early for crews to continue their inspection of the august earthquake. for the first time tonight we are hearing from those crews about their inspection on the national mall. >> more people have walked on the moon than the washington monument. >> i am always intrigued by the culture and history. >> this is the 550 foot tall washington monument. >> to be here and see the historical significance is pretty amazing. >> they assess the damage from the earthquake in august that left a crack and broken pieces of stone. >> we start out with a visual assessment to see what the conditions are. we look for evidence of distress. we have a visible evidence on the i pad. >> they collect the stone and any loose pieces. >> we look at the stone for any hollow areas, which are indicative of a failed spot. >> being the center and dangling 50 stories high, and they may have the coolest job in the world. >> we are able to sit back and think about it a little bit more. i think we will realize th

tears began to stream down washington's cheeks. the officers ander of this man if not a congress dissolved in the several meetings of the general grief. they understood that it was only one reason for those tears. a larger reason was his regret that the field to get the reword the needed and deserved. not only the money that was owed to them but the praise in depreciation from a grateful country. by this time the hostility to the army that had troubled congressman hamilton had ballooned into a smear campaign led by some politicians and many newspaper editors. the officers were portrayed as a greedy aristocrats who wanted to live off their pensions. the dimensions of this orgy of mudslinging almost unbelievable extremes the neighbors of one connecticut officer told them they hoped they would die before they collect the pension and they cheered when he got sick. this low opinion of the officers in golf the rest of the continental army but washington county virginia officials reported some how there is a general disgust taking place f

"good morning washington" continues. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. 6:00 a.m. on this october 20. i am cynne simpson. >> >>> moments away on "good morning washington" - --i am natasha barrett. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> we have one or two sprinkles northwest of town early this morning. we are tracking that from the belfort furniture weather center. crossing over the potomac near harpers ferry there are few sprinkles, approaching meyersville. and towards urbana and manassas, a sprinkle moving north and east. 57 degrees in southeast d.c., damascus at 53. on our way today close to mid 60's today, gusty wind appears to 30 miles an hour. already there are gusts this morning in excess of 30 in southern maryland. low 60's's tomorrow. still pleasant on the weekend partly cloudy. now to lisa baden with breaking traffic. >>> in waldorf maryland, a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. newschopper 7 is looking at an accident investigation. they will have to take pictures and documents this unfortunate accident. northbound near the

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to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to thenacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c. the more we help make opportunity possible. >> i will keep you posted on the the coming days. there might be memorable snows. you might remember the veterans day, november 11th. 11 1/2 inches. i don't think that we will see that but i think it will see a at the sleep number store, we hear it all the time: "well, we could sleep in the same bed, but it just doesn't work." she would like a firmer mattress than i would. yeah, nine out of ten couples sagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness that you like on your half of the mattress. don't mess with my side because i'm comfortable. i can adjust mine to my liking and she can do the same. go ahead and switch sides so you can feel what the other side feels like. you were on his side. how does that feel? it's hard. i

it's near 50 right in washington. but montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties right down into the low to mid-40s. over the last 12 hours, we did have a few overnight showers whip on through. now they're long gone. we'll have some of the morning fog around for another few hours. lots of sunshine the rest of the day. highs reaching upper 60s to near 70 later this afternoon. sunrise this morning at 7:27. sunset 6:16. we'll be in the 60s through the evening to 50s by midnight under a partly cloudy sky. look at the rest of the week and the weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> taking the trip around town, checking local roadways. not seeing any problems on 66 in both directions. as we loop around to 395. taking 395 north and south, you are clear as you head to the 14th street bridge. not seeing any problems on route 1. all these green cars mean that you are good to go. even as you get on 295 and route 50, checking the roadways there, and it's clear. if you take 50 and continu

he's gonna live rather from washington d.c. now for more on this so we're joined by kim brown voice of russia host i'm waiting for us in washington i thanks for coming on today so iranians hiring mexicans to assassinate the saudi ambassador in america what do you make of the accusations aimed at iran well i think so far the accusations aimed towards iran are somewhat unfounded although court documents to suggest that months or. was an iranian american with ties allegedly inside of the uranium military though it had not we have not seen firm evidence of this is to be the case but i can tell you that i don't believe that there is widespread american public support for a military retaliation against iran at this point not at least until all the facts are made clear ok so you say there's no widespread support for americans to go behind a wall campaign there but what could be the ultimate possible consequences for iran that. well right now i think it's just diplomatic. retaliation as it were in the form of sanctions or some other fo

he has been in washington so long, he knows the ways of washington, he's a friend of so many of us. he has been in washington since his days as a student at georgetown university. and then he worked for the former ambassador. he is loyal to king and country. he is not a decision-maker in saudi arabia. this is the odd thing about it. he is not a member of the royal family. so this tells you something about the incoheerns of iranian policy. >> if these allegations are true allegations by the justice department here in washington, why would the iranians want to kill al jubeir. >> it's amazing. i think when you have our attorney general and when you have our director of the fbi and when you have our attorney for the southern district of new york all come out and issue this indictment, you have to take it very seriously. but you also keep in mind there are many, many irans, if you will. there are many parts of the iranian government. like we can say ahmadinejad didn't make that decision but he doesn't have to make that decision. the quds force can make that decision. the quds force has i

the monument standing proud in northwest washington under what appears to be a cloudy sky over washington. but the clearer skies and sunshine is not too far to the east of i-95 right now. so washington westbound to the mountains are fairly cloudy. eastbound of i-95 towards the bay brit nice. we'll call it a partly sunny sky. 51 degrees in washington with temperatures in the 40s. 49 in huntingtown is, 52 annapolis. and temperatures now climbing into the low 50s across parts of northern maryland, hagerstown at 50, martinsburg and winchester into the low 50s. up into the low 60s this afternoon. and then back down into the upper 50s by 6:00, 7:00 this evening. there's the cloud deck right over washington and points west. but there's the sunshine now along the western shore of the bay down into beautiful southern maryland. again, these clouds won't last all day. as a result, it's going to feel kind of cool today. if you can get the sunshine on you, it's going to feel a lot milder today. good news for all of us, high pressure building in will lead to more sunshine tomorrow. as a result even tho

good morning washington at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine. good morning, washington. 5:00 on this monday, october 24. i am cynne simpson. >> i am autria godfrey. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> in the 40's for the most part. tralee seasonable. best chance of rain this week is on wednesday. today we could have a few sprinkles. 46 in northwest d.c.. 43 in waldorf. 44 in olney along with a triangle. partly cloudy to start the day and mostly cloudy. isolated storms cannot be ruled out. 69 this afternoon. more sunshine te will talk about traffic. we had an interesting call police on the way to an assault on 50 east in bowie near 197. i am not sure what that is about. you might find some the flashing lights in that area. getting ready to take 95 giving you the green light between fredericksburg and baltimore. running nicety. running in your favor. back to you. >> thank

we cover washington, and i think one of the great things about washington is there's a substantive side, there's a political side, there's a gossipy side, and i think anybody who's in washington and interested in washington is interested in all of that. i don't think anyone should be ashamed. and the idea that all of a sudden the internet started this fire and now suddenly people are interested in conflict and gossip--like, i think i have news for people. i think people were always interested in conflict and gossip. the difference is, is now you can actually measure which stories people are going to. before, maybe everybody thought where everyone's reading those very substantive stories on a2, a3, it might turn out that everyone was just throwing that aside and going to the style section and looking at "reliable sources." >> but to reiterate a point, so, politico, i agree. it's a fundamental thing now in washington. jim and john harris and the gang and mike have really made it so. but you could go to huffington.com. you can go to the daily beast. i've actually done a couple of pieces fo

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you were are to now moscow is reportedly preparing a response to washington's planned missile defense system in europe it follows comments by the incoming u.s. ambassador to moscow who said that washington cannot guarantee this system it won't target russia artie's or go to skin off as more. washington is speeding up its plans for its missile defense system in europe despite all these alarming questions coming out of russia spain born to romania and turkey have agreed to host elements of the system all military authorities in his plan that the shield will be finished by twenty eighteen officially it's supposed to protect washington's allies in europe from potential threats coming out of iran and north korea but moscow has been sounding the alarm saying that the system could be a potential threat to its national security moscow has been proposing that this project should be a unified shield which would include russia and the united states where all would share the responsibility for the safety of each other but washington and some nato officials have been saying that this is not possib

with washington in libya under the sun i want to stop you right there you said that you think that washington will very likely turn libya into a puppet government with but we've got to stop for a second and say you know this has been said about other places let's look at what we just saw in tunisia the first place where the arab spring sort of happened elections there this past weekend islamised largely came out ahead there of course we expect egypt when they have their elections we expect that large likely to be run by the muslim brotherhood leaders in libya have vowed that it will be run by muslims but it certainly remains to be seen what kind of policies those in charge will push i mean you say it could be a puppet government but it seems to me that those who could very well come into power may not have a policies and ideals of the u.s. in mind. well you see there christine tunisia was a. proxy army overthrow the government or in libya this was this was a western instigated revolt i was not true in tunisia but when you talk about the national transitional council i mean still at least they

good morning washington at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine. good morning, washington. 5:00 a.m. on this monday, october 3. i am cynne simpson. >> i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. >> good monday morning. we are live in the belfort furniture weather center with the unsettled and cold weather pattern, but just one more day. big improvement for the majority of the week. we do have areas of rain in winchester and towards cumberland and romney and martinsburg and hagerstown getting some of that action. lexington park and solomon's island getting some light rain. 45 in leesburg, 47 in washington, 45 at andrews air force base. mid 50's the high temperatures, accused by the showers with a light westerly wind. the average high is 73. we will be there by wednesday. improvements by tomorrow. starting the day cloudy with afternoon sunshine, conditions of the 60's. >>> traffi

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washington accuses tehran over of terror plots as the u.s. claims its uncovered and wrongly assassination plan targeting a saudi ambassador. also is going east moscow and beijing news corp is china becomes the first country to visit after stating he will run for the presidency next year. and americans and he called the protests are targeting the societies elite and demonstrators plan a millionaire's march to the houses of some of new york's wealthiest tycoons. live from our studios here in central moscow this is. ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years you get to michigan was found guilty of abuse of power while signing gas deals with russia two years ago and actually going to shift he was following the events from outside the court where tymoshenko supporters have been involved in scuffles with police. at times it seemed that the tension would go over the top with the supporters of you know too much of thousands of them trying to organize a march through the streets of kiev and being dispersed by the police with no real brutali

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"the washington post" first reported this story. perry is downplaying it, saying the rock was painted over in the 1980s. perry also says he stopped leasing that property in 2007. republican candidate herman cain is calling perry insensitive. >> and for him to leave it there as long as he did before, i hear, that they finally painted over it, is just plain insensitive to a lot of black people in this country. >> perry agreed that the name of the camp was insensitive, saying it had, quote, no place in the modern world. this weekend cain also picked up another surprise straw poll victory from the national federation of republican women. he took close to 49% of the vote. rick perry came in a distant second. >>> well, it is the beginning of the october, but feels more like mid-november right now. what happened to fall is the big question. chuck bell is in the weather center with more on this october chill. chuck? >> hey, there, aaron. yes, indeed. 52 degrees was our high temperature at national airport today. that ties the record low max

tonight on "washington week." finally. libyan strongman muammar gaddafi meets his end. >> finally, we can close this long dark chapter in its history and turn over a new page. gwen: the arab spring uprising claims another dictator. and the president today announces the end of the war in iraq. >> today i can say that our troops in iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. gwen: we examine the fallout. at home, republicans battle each other for the upper hand. >> rick, i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. and so i'm looking forward to finding your facts on that. because that -- >> i'll tell you what the facts are. >> rick, again -- i'm speaking. you get -- gwen: bad blood at the -- as the stakes get higher. covering the week, martha raddatz of avens news. -- of abc news. doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." dan balz of "the washington post." and gloria borger of cnn. >> award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with

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a fire and not washington tavern. we will have the latest on that. >> new allegations against the latest front runner in the gop race. >> heavy delays on 95 southbound at of the northeast. we will let you know if there's any progress to report. >> we're all doing the "thriller" today. a spooky forecast. we have clouds increase in from the west. how will the temperatures there for the checkered traders tonight? -- >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. police are searching for the person who shot a man in the hip. the victim walked into a hospital claiming he had been shot. no word on his identity or his condition this morning. ulysses currie will announce whether he will take the stand in his own defense. he is accused of taking payments in exchange for political favors. his defense team is arguing that the senator did not intend slick break the law and -- did not intentionally break the law. the ravens were down at the half 24-3. the team woke up with joe flacco leading an air assault going to 31 for 51 passes. ray

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. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. monday, october 31. i am cynne simpson. >> i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> it is a big day for kids later on today. after sunset we may have a few isolated sprinkles along and east of i-95. you need the umbrella handy locally and east of i-95. it's 38 in northwest d.c. right now, 27 in leesburg. 30 in bethesda, 32 in college park. around the freezing mark for the most part. mid 50's later on today. this is below average for this time of year. clouds increasing by the afternoon. then a few showers possible along the east of i-95 after sunset. tomorrow we started a cloudy and will endeavor to sunny and afternoon with highs in the mid- 50s. seven-day forecast coming up. lisa baden now. >>> eastbound from front royal on 66, when you get near warrenton, a deer ran in front of a vehicle. southbound 95 in the va has an accident. from the occoquan to woodbrige is prett

has scared away the apple pickers here in washington state. most of the pickers here are migrant workers. an estimatey 66,000 are here illegally. that's about 72% of all farmhands statewide. >> whether they're legal or illegal, they're not traveling. >> reporter: alfonso garcia has a green card. he's worked these orchards for 24 years. >> and this last year, they deported more and arrested more because, you know, they don't have a license. >> reporter: and these migrant workers carry the load of this backbreaking work. they pick about 8,000 pounds of apples in a nine-hour day. so one guy pickies eight or nine of these things in one day? >> yes. it's a lot of work. >> reporter: are these jobs most americans would do? >> no. you can say, "oh, well, you don't pay enough." but i'm paying $150 bucks a day. unemployed people who are on unemployment aren't willing to get off of that and come work. >> reporter: the labor shortage has put the $1.4 billion washington apple crop at risk. >> without a labor force to do that, the industry is simply not goi

>>> you're watching nbc 4 washington's news leader. now live in hd this is news 4 today. >>> marylanders beware. a new texting law is now in effect. what you need to know before you get a ticket with a hefty fine. >>> the u.s. kills a top al qaeda leader with ties to the washington area. we have local reaction on the deadly drone attack. >>> traffic alert. getting around the washington area will be a little challenging this weekend. we're going to show you what areas you may want to avoid from the roads to the metro. good morning. >>> folks, it is the first day of october and we have got some cool numbers out there. let's get your first forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. refreshing start. >> new month, new atmosphere, new everything. >> i busted out the scarf and the winter coat this morning. >> you're going to need it. you're definitely going to need it this weekend. be ready for a november like weekend in october. we skipped the whole month of october. the leaves are still green, but man, has it cooled down out there. 40s and 50

y en washington el 2% de la poblacion latina tiene este mal... quienes tienen mas riesgo de contraer el sida son las parejas jovenes homosexuales " los hombres latinos gays son los mas impactados por esta epidemia sobretodo de entre los 20- 24 anos..." los preservativos continuan siendo la mejor manera para prevenir contagios "no nos cuidamos a nosotras mismas, use proteccion, use un preservativo de mujer, use un preservativo de hombre, cuidese, comuniquese con su pareja y si no tiene buena comunicacion con su pareja entonces trate de hacerse la prueba por lo menos ..." en washington claudia uceda unvision causa preocupacion el numero de victimas imigrantes de violencia domestica que no denuncian los abusos a las autoridades... las medidas contra los indocumentados una vez mas estaria permitiendo que estas victimas, mujeres y hombres se queden en silencio... por eso hoy se realizo un foro comunitario para informar a la comunidad sobre las diferentes organizaciones de asistencia y sobre sus derechos... "estos foros es lo que trata es de educar,de

security council and generally a lot of tough words in washington these days the u.s. administration strongly believes in the case against this iranian born man also a u.s. citizen mounts for our who is accused of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the u.s. attorney general said the man admitted being directed by quote high ranking you raney and officials and on these grounds washington says it will hold the reigning government accountable for the plot to kill the mass that are also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at the israeli embassy and the saudi embassy in washington denies all of the about all of the above are saying it's a childish game that you are playing possibly to divert attention from their domestic problems this is what they're saying meaning the ongoing protests across the u.s. but the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and have thing u.s. authorities for for preventing the alleged assassination attempt and going to what washington claiming. called sustentation w

on the leadership letdown in washington. it fuels the occupy wall street protests and is a backdrop for decision 2012. why can't we find leaders like steve jobs here in washington? with us, author of the new highly anticipated steve jobs biography, walter isaacson. nbc news special correspondent and author of the new "the time of our lives," tom brokaw. former democratic governor of michigan, jennifer granholm. and republican strategist, as well as columnist for "time" magazine, mike murphy. >>> good morning. >>> good morning. the first snowstorm of the winter makes an early fall landing, blanketing the east coast from maryland to new england, leaving more than 2 million homes without power. this is how it's going to look a couple of months from now in iowa when the caucuses are under way. and this morning we have a clear snapshot of how the republican field now stands in the new des moines register poll, herman cain and mitt romney are on top. back in washington, the president focused on his own re-election, and the need to

and so cissy bought not all leave the "washington herald" but also the evening paper, the washington times and merged them in 1929. one reporter described the merger as electric in that washington went for the product like trout for a head. one of the interesting things about the times herald was the damnedest paper to hit the streets. she had the bright idea to make it a locally focused paper but also to use the irresistible elements of the tribune and new york daily news in the along with the william randolph hearst syndicate items and she had taken these elements that usually not at war and put them side by side and created her own sort of irresistible makes. it was a guilty pleasure. people might not admit they read it the circulation statistics don't lie and it was the leading paper through the end of the new deal and for the war until her death in 1948. this is a small description of what she did. although cissy patterson shed the vitriolic isolationism of other papers proctor in charge of the existence of the mccormick patterson actress for rival press outlets and roosevelt ad

herald which was running fifth in the sixth paper of the washington market in the late 1920's. so cissy had had a number of boyfriends after her second marriage several of whom were her legendary newspaperman. walter how we was one in particular a very colorful character who is the model for the main character in the play the front page and others. one of them a lieutenant who was famous for creating a huge circulation gains so with the help of her brother and cousin and hearst and another of the deputies a columnist called arthur brisbane who is often credited or faulted with creating the journalism she took the helm of the herald in august of 1930. during her tenure when she first arrived in the city room it was filled with sort of old curmudgeons who were skeptical to say the least about the arrival of a woman at the helm, and i think that hearst's attitude towards it was maybe it will work and if nothing else it is a publicity stunt to have a woman editor a major metropolitan newspaper. and was sometimes said in the press of the time that cissy was the first woman editor of

coming to washington. they are protesting not only wall street but congress and the president for a lack of action or inappropriate action to solve current economic problems. and the recent "washington post" abc news poll shows the president's approval ratings continue to be low, 42% job approval rating. 54% disapproval and only 35% of the american public approve of the handling of the economy. >> the american people now disgusted with a debate in washington that really has left them out. for two years, wave done really nothing on this crisis and -- we've done really nothing on this crisis and their condition is getting worse. they are coming here and making a demand that is going to grow. >> reporter: part of the taking back america conference will include a rally today on capitol hill that will call jobs not cut. it will be followed up by what is expected to be the larger protest down at freedom plaza. that will be by the occupy wall street movement and the folk here at the conference all to continue pro

megan mcgrath live in northwest washington. megan, thank you. >> you don't want to be up there swinging when those bells go off. that's a headache. >> that would be bad. >>> time 6:07. coming up on this tuesday, how coming up on this tuesday, how thieves just got her flu shot, like a champ -- mom! taking on the master of disaster, the flu! it's the fight of the season! your flu shot's next, champ. let's do this. flu shots. every day. no appointment needed. most insurance accepted. get a $5 cvs gift card if you're not covered. find us at minuteclinic.com. i'm jack, and i took the flu down. >>> welcome back at 6:10. take a look at this video. a dust storm in lubbock, texas. this moved through last night. winds over 70 miles an hour pushed the dust through the city, reducing visibility to almost zero. if the dust wasn't bad enough to deal with, the high winds knocked down street signs and power lines. west texas is in the middle of a major drought. the national weather service says that 2011 could be the driest year on record. >>

embassy of saudi arabia also in washington and here is how the u.s. department of justice came up with those accusations the f.b.i. and the u.s. drug enforcement agency have arrested a new raney and born u.s. citizen his name monsoor are burps yar u.s. investigators say the man tried to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador to the united states and for that according to the americans this iranian man turned to members of a mexican drug cartel who turned out to be undercover f.b.i. turney general said the man comes fast in the plot and said he was directed by high ranking iranian officials firmly denies the allegations saying it is a comedy show fabricated by america fear mongering against iran has been going on for many years now what they are not bringing up is possible motives behind accusations like that whether those accusations make any sense at all why would the government of iran want to kill the saudi ambassador in washington would the rainiest actually do it taking into consideration the potential fallout i heard legs you heard on am

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