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during our white sale, receive $400 in free bedding. only at the sleep number store where queen mattrtrsses start at just $699. >> it has been heart wrenching weekend for america's heartland. at least five people including children are dead. tornado warnings worked in some places but not all. >> the threat proved real as twister after twister formed men asing the midwest. two developed at the same time in oklahoma. >> we heard all this loud noise. >> in iowa, a hospital took a direct hit from a tornado all in its path survived. one darkness fell that same
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danger fell down in oklahoma. lightning worked out the early warning system. when it was over, five were dead including a father and his two daughters. and several homes and buildings were leveled, especially in this business district. >> despite the devastation owners tell me they're surprised at what they've managed to salvage. take a look at this book shelf. it's still standing. as well as this clock that stopped at the moment the twister hit. >> office chairs, monitors even a large tv. >> i'm shocked that there's anything left. i mean it's just total destruction out here. >> on to the other big story from this weekend. the president is about to arrive at base andrews from his weekend summit in colombia. the president's trip was overshadowed by those allegations that 11 secret service members got involved with prostitutes. today the president address it had situation.
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>> if it turns out that some of the allegation that is have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course i'll be angry. because my attitude with respect to the secret service personnel is no different than what i expect out of my delegation that's sitting here. >> and the agents were sent home and five members of the military who were also in colombia may be disciplined. for more on that scandal and anything politics we welcome senior correspondent from politico here. and what have we learned or what do you know more than what we know? >> i think that we don't know as much as we will know. we don't know a whole lot. but what we do know is there were 11 secret service members. not the protective service but the guys that do advanced work. and we know that there was prostitution involved. but it's not clear what
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happened other than basically a fight apparently between one of the members of the secret service and a prostitute over $47. >> that he wouldn't pay $47 initially apparently. and then it got to the embassy and just mushroomed in the last week. >> and a lot of this came from former "washington post" reporter who has written a book on the secret service who was talking to apparently a lot of good sources within the secret service. so that's where this originally broke from and of course the government wasn't going to be able to hold that down for very long because there's so many different pieces of the government that oversee the secret service and the embassy and the white house involved. >> think it's going to turn political at all? >> i think there's a risk of overreach here for anybody that tries to turn this into a political weapon. if you are seen as giving a bad name to the secret service that could have a tendency to
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backfire. and we'll see if there are congressional hearings right now the investigation is within the secret service and the military doing its own investigation. i do know that these folks were flown back here and take ton the headquarters of the secret service in washington, d.c. other folks were told to move their stuff out so they could set up a questioning. >> i do recall agents involved in the clinton administration. >> it's not the worst dayr for the secret service. they lost their protectee in 1963 when john f. kennedy was shot and killed, ronald reagan was shot but those were much worst day force the secret service. i am sure they will have many better days than today. >> i want to turn to politics and mitt romney after the controversial comment involving his wife an romney. has he been able to make any traction in the polls as far as women voters? >> we are seeing different
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things in the polls. there's no doubt there's a gender gap between the president and mitt romney where the president is doing much better with women. i think it slows some of the momentum democrats seem to have with making an issue out of the way republicans deal with issues that are important to women particularly social issues particularly to liberal women and maybe some independent women on social issues, stop that momentum. i don't know that it gives him a big advantage but certainly stops the momentum. >> all right. we have several months to go and several other polls. all right. thank you. >> take care. >> tomorrow on the five-year anniversary of the virginia tech tragedy a survivor will testify on capitol hill. collin gutrd will speak at a gun control hearing when the killer walked in and opened fire. he was hit four times. he still has bullet fragments in his leg.
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he will be joined by other victims of gun violence in that hearing. also the hearing retrial will get under way accused of lying to congress about using steroids. a former trainer said he personally injected him. a mistrial was declared last year. jury selection begins tomorrow. and tomorrow a sentencing date for george hughley. a violent fight led him to kill love in may of 2010. lawyers for him of course are expected to appeal. the virginia general assembly officially adjourned last month by they're convening a special session on wednesday. law makers will take action on bill that is governor bob mcdonnell either vetoed or
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amended. the voter id measure. voters are required to show photo id before casting a ballot. the governor wants to give local officials more leeway in allowing people without documents to cast provisional ballots. still to come here on washington weekly we're going to take a look at stories that will make national headlines in the week ahead including the battle over former congresswoman gabrielle gifford 's seat. a new debate getting new life. >> a mild night ahead but get ready. the heat and humidity is back tomorrow.
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primary for former arizona congresswoman's seat. her aide is running unopposed on the democratic side. several candidates are running in the republican primary the special election is in june. turning now to sports. the capitals continue their playoff series. the nationals enjoy home games all week long. the houston astros are in town then the marlins come to nats park saturday, sunday. the season is starting to come to a close, the team in chicago monday then they come home weand, when the bucks come to town. then it's back on the road saturday to take on those miami heat. d.c. united are home this week. they take on montreal impact at 7:30 on wednesday. then the new york red bulls next sunday at 6:00 p.m. a long time debate is getting
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reignited. should d.c. keep its height restriction on buildings? not everyone is on board with this idea. >> washington is up there on the list of major cities like new york city, chicago and l.a. but it stands out because of what it doesn't have. tall buildings or sky scrapers. >> we love new york, don't get me wrong. but the buildings are so tall that it just feels nice to feel comfortable. >> buildings in d.c. are mostly limited to a height of 130 feet. but the mayor wants to change that. to add businesses and more living space in taller buildings. gray has the support of delegate norton and darrell issa all have said they envision adding an additional story on to projects and there's this. considering taller buildings in areas away from downtown. >> the advent of terrorism and you just never know with tall buildings and know what happened with 9/11 i don't think people here want to worry
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antithat situation. >> what sets this city apart, its historical buildings, monument, and european feel seem to be why people who live here want it to stay the same. >> keep it as it is. >> one of the things that makes d.c. special is the relatively low height of the buildings. >> in fact it was tough to find people who are in favor of changing d.c. sky lines. when we did their decision was based on economics. >> >> they're smaller and they don't have enough capacity to accommodate more people. >> you get more business. >> and it probably will take more than just three people backing this new idea. a congress that's on the same page and maybe even a presidential signature. >> still to come it's a popular social networking
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>> the space shuttle tiss covery will make its final flight over the area tuesday as it heads to the air and space museum anex. the flyover, there will be a location at the national mall and southeast waterfront are good spots. you can head to oldtown,
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alexandria. and in maryland national harbor is the perfect spot to check out the shuttle. a lot of people curious what the weather will be like tuesday. >> tonight it's going to be hot and a bit humid and on tuesday a little cooler. the space shuttle you won't be able to miss it. it's going to be a spectacular site between 10:00 and 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> take a look at what's going on right now. a mild, mild overnight with temperatures in some areas not even falling below 60 degrees. look at the high today 83 at reagan national airport. 67 where we normally are for this time of year. the record 89 still stands back in 1941 when it was set. this is what it looked like earlier in the day. we had a little sunshine just enough to warm us into that lower 80s. now we've cooled a bit. 76 degrees at 11:00:52.
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you don't see this very often for april 15. 72 upper northwest d.c. alexandria now at 73. temperatures across the area, cool this evening. just a little cooler in annapolis now at 67. plenty of warmth to go around. temperatures in the mid 60s in chicago. our weather maker change in our wind direction late tomorrow night into tuesday. that's going to be the cold front. then behind it cooler drier air. 12 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time at the airport. satellite and radar, high pressure just off the coast, winds out of the south and west. but once this moves through winds will turn out of the north and west and that's going to allow daytime highs on tuesday only in the 70s. severe weather, a welcomed change compared to what we had last night at this time. nothing going on across the
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midwest or the mid-atlantic. our future cast looks like this. tomorrow highs will rebound well into the 80s. the record high 92 at reagan national airport. i think that's unlikely at this point but would not be surprised if we see a few pockets of 90 degrees temperatures around the area but not many. our forecast for the overnight. mild, upper 50s to middle 60s. daytime highs tomorrow 83-88 degrees. could be talking about a little heat index. haven't talked about that in quite some time. here's the extended outlook. showing a cooldown. highs in the upper 60s to lower 70's by fried night into saturday. some -- friday night into saturday. we could be looking at some much needed rain across the area along with the potential for some severe weather. of course we'll keep you updated. you can check out the forecast and get your latest news. >> but tomorrow not likely flirting with that 92 degrees.
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i think it's going to be unlikely. >> thank you. >> always something. >> still to come, it is considered one of the best ways to land a new job. but could one social networking website also put you at risk for identity theft?
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>> tonight we've got a warning for anyone who uses websites like linked in. those might be a job seeker's best tool and an employee's
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networking necessity but also a hacker's paradise. you might be surprised to know just how little information scanners need to steal your eye deputy. >> many people -- identity. >> many people turn to web sites to make business connections but at the same time many of those people put themselves in jeopardy of identity theft by posting seeming i inok was information. >> i didn't know that people could use that information to steal your eye dent tifment >> you could be potentially exposing a lot more of yourself than you really had planned on doing. >> once they have your name where you work they can find your address. once they have your address then it's probably easy to find out where you bank. >> and it's different from other sites like facebook where security settings can protect you. here the whole point is to put yourself out there.
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>> you don't want to restrict so much access that they can't find you. >> so scrutinize every piece of information you put on linked in. and if it's not necessary, take it out. >> yes it may hinder somebody from looking at your profile but if they really want to they'll add you as a connection. >> i'll be careful u going forward more so. >> good to know. i'll change my practices. >> and one more way to protect yourself from hackers, make sure you have very strong pass words on all of your personal accounts and don't use birthdays because of the names of your kids or pets because they can usually find that information on line. >> we'll be back with a final look at the

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