d.c. department of health is trying to make it well not so personal so they've launched a campaign they're calling the rubber revolution through her hear the word revolution they think change. in a city where three percent of people are hiv positive higher rate than any other city in the country doctor and then to come on to elias says change is needed we're having ads on t.v. on the radio media mixed media facebook twitter on the side of buses we have text messaging people can text and ask for where free condoms are they can go get it their website uses bold in your face seventy's style lettering you can even take the quiz to see what kind of condom you are that is if you don't already know what kind of condom are you. small on so what kind of what kind of condom are you on them. before he protect the condom. but as the washington d.c. health department urges people to have as many condoms as possible the police department here well there are different story several accounts of people arrested for being fact workers in the city police told them they simply have too many of these on their

d.c. department of health to the district to set up a rubber revolution website and i'm being serious when i tell you this the website really has this bizarre kind of seventy's vibe to it you can even take a condom quiz there it is to find out what type of condom you are and then it allows you to post your results on twitter and facebook i took the quiz earlier and apparently i'm a flavored condom whatever that means you can even star in your own condom video and win an i pad and if you're under age how would you like to explain that one to your parents hey mom and dad i was in this video about condoms and i got a prize now the site says if they're starting a new move in d.c. to take condoms out of hiding to remove them from your wallets in your purse as in every ward of the city they want condoms in the hands of men and women of d.c. to be used for responsible and good sex i say why just good sex why not great sex but despite that misfire the site it does have a useful site free condoms can be obtained from the city through a discreet web form or if you aren't so bashful then you can call

d.c. department of health and umc. >> we have had very sick kids, kids with seizures, children with asthma they see a lot of children with respiratory problems. this 2-year-old is heading home after receiving breathing treatment. infection, fevers, burns, cuts, and broken bones bring the children and. -- bring the children in. >> they want to be seen quickly. >> they have a full pediatric staff, open 24 hours a day. >>> the nation is honoring service men and women on this veterans day. a vice-president joe biden presided over a ceremony at arlington national cemetery. >> we pause today to thank the more than 23 million surviving veterans who have so bravely and faithfully protected our country. >> he laid a wreath of the tomb of the unknowns. he was filling in for president obama, who is in south korea for the g-20 summit. veterans day is celebrated on november 11, the anniversary of the end of world war i. >>> the deficit reduction commission has targeted the smithsonian museums. funding would be cut by $225 million, and they suggested charging $7.50 admission fee. the museums have been f

d.c. department of health had to move its bed bug summit to a larger room and change its state just to accommodateemand. the second annual summit will now be held january the 20th on the first floor south lobby in the old city council chambers on fourth street northwest. that facility can hold 200 people. twice the capacityf the room the summit was originally suosed to be held in. >>> the national zoo is getting into the holiday spirit by challenging people to build a very special ginger bred house. the zoo is hosting a competition to build a gingerbread lion habitat. the only restriction is that the creation can be no more than 14 inches tall. the winner of the contest will get a private tour to visit the zoo's newest lion cubs which were born in august. very cute. to participate you just register by november 29th. you eat gingerbre

d.c. department of health. thanks for coming in tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> and talk about the grim statistics in d.c. why this is prevalent. what are the numbers we should know about? >> reporter: about 3% is affected by hiv aids and that is a huge number and found in our research that they do not use condoms and are sexually active and because of the prevalence, and because of the issue around the diseases, condoms is 95% effective when it comes to fighting the diseases. >> again, the website behind is, rubberrevolutiondc.com. >> yes. >> and people can join and look at. that who are you frying to target here? >> -- trying to target here? >> we're trying to target everyone sexually active and there are a lot of barriers that residents tell us against using condoms. they are too small. >> a misconcession in. >> and they too small, they break the mood. and a lot of residents we spoke with feel that they trust their partnership, even if they met them and this is a website we want to use to break down

d.c. wants to find out how much doctors know about the hiv and aids epidemic. the health departmentsend the doctor is a survey asking questions about the epidemic and recommendations for screening. 3% of d.c. residents have been diagnosed with hiv. >>> the massive snowstorm that .ammered our region musfebruary it was nicknamed snowmageddon. that was one of the top words of 2010. it shares the no. 7 spot with snowpocalypse. m, regarding the oil spill camera. and the vuvuzela was another. >> i would be happy to forget snowmageddon. >> you hated the vuvuzela. >> i did. let's move on. >> this is the calm after the storm. as we had the active weather yesterday. the summer-like weather associated with it moved over headed for about eight hours last night. so temperatures went up to 64 degrees around midnight. that is rare. it gave us the conditions to form the line of thunderstorms. this is the picture of the storms last night, not what's happening right now. there is the line of storms that developed. the squall line caused damage from fairfax up to baltimore. it goes out all little and

department needs hunters to keep the deer population in check. >>> the problem of indoor pests is creating an overwhelming demand for answers. d.c. is hosting a bed bug summit and the department of healtho move it out of the conference to a bigger space. experts will talk about topics like how to control the pests. apparently this is going -- becoming such a big problem, not many want to get involved. >>> thank you for joining us at 5. >> the news edge at 6 starts right now. >> new information tonight in the long-running case of the 2002 mass arrests in pershing park. a federal judge now has permission to expand the scope of his investigation into missing d.c. police evidence. i'm brian bolter, we're going to start the news edge here. paul, a strange twist here, the judge has permission to investigate the city attorneys that are litigating the case. >> that is right, brian. since early october, john facciola, the magistrate judge in the case, has called as many witnesses into the crime in own -- into the courtroom. testimony that has razed new questions about the

department of labor which oversees retirement and health plans to approximately 150 million americans. previously, she was a research professor at george washington university, and of counsel with the washington, d.c. law firm of donahue and donahue affecting employee benefit plans. mrs. borzi will give us a sense of the problems and aimed at improving retirement security. mrs. borzi, welcome back. you've been before us before. welcome back. your statement will be made a part of record in it's entirety. please proceed if you so desire. oh the mike. >> no one ever accused me of not being heard. so sorry. good morning, chairman harkin, senator sauders. thank you so much for inviteing me to discuss how the labor is working to make sure that americans have a secure and safe retirement. i'm phyllis borzi, the assistant secretary of labor for the employee benefits of security. ebs is responsible for the regulation and enforcement of title one of ai race -- arisa. we see health plans and similar welfare benefit plans and these plans provide benefits to approximately 150 million americans and along, of course, social security and individual savings, provide workers and their families with income during th