he has strong ties to northern virginia. we are live at a church where he served for years. >> reporter: we are here at the islamic center in falls church where the controversial cleric was nine years ago. folks here in the local muslim community say after this his message changed drastically. >> reporter: for about a year ending in 2002. is statement says during his time here, he was an advocate of outreach and tolerance. they go on to say after leaving here and being arrested and tortured in yemen, he began preaching violence. they do not accept violence or extremism. this man spoke of passages that allude to violence. >> for you and me to understand the verses that talk about killing, you have to go back and look at the history and what happened during the time when those verses were revealed. what is changing is maybe our experience in life and how we relate to those verses in the koran. >> reporter: the statement from this islamic center and one from the islamic relations echoes the nonviolence theme and speaks about th

the annual star gaze by northern virginia.stronomy club takes place at crockett park. 3:00 to 11:00, it's rain or shine. it starts at 3:00 and you'll get a chance to ask a whole lot of questions as far as the forecast goes for the weekend, showers move through as you can see from saturday. high temperature on saturday, like mid-november around here. >> wow, can't wait. thanks a lot. great having you here. >> that's news 4 midday for today. thank you for joining us. be sure to tune in at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. all through the weekend we have news. i'll be back here monday morning at 11:00 for news 4 midday. be sure to

and some communities in maryland suffered a lot of damage and in northern virginia only a perfect we didn't get nearly the damage from the hurricane that other localities did so we communicated just fine. >> just to tie this up, ten years ago was 9/11. jack brown if such an event occurred today when you are watching how the communication system be different? >> we would certainly communicate to the public with the need to do. that is what they're looking to us to do is provide the information how they can keep their families safe and the message we tried to get across everyday's to be prepared to make sure that u.s. supplies of food, water, medicine, other necessities to stay home, to stay put christie at your office for a pleased three days. one of the challenges on the 9/11 was the area was attempting to evacuate. we don't do that very well during rush hour. we really don't, so a lot of washington, d.c. is very problematic. so we need to change the mind set. not just in the emergency management professionals but of the community. you really need to take care of yourselves and your

people in northern virginia are saying someone is using fake ads to score quick cash. police say it's happened twice in newington and another time in clifton. the suspected car buyers turned up to look at the vehicle, and they were approached by two men demanding money. in one case a gun was shown. police say you need to be careful buying off craigslist. they suggest meeting during the day in a public place and try to bring someone with you. >>> students at payne elementary in southeast washington are temporarily relocated today so utility crews can work to restore power to the school. buses will take students to the school along "h" street along east capitol street in northeast. the student will be returned back to payne elementary for dismissal at 3:15 this afternoon. all after school programming is cancelled today. officials expect the power to be restored by monday. >>> today in arlington, a change of command for the military's top brass. admiral michael mullen is stepping down as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. army chief of staff, general martin dempsey, i

protocols are the way we fight fires, tradition, and handle certain incidents, particularly in northern virginia. the fire and rescue departments are operating off the same playbook, so a lot's improved. >> also joining us this week is harlin mcewen of the international association of chiefs of police. chief mcewen, how would you describe the status of emergency communications in the u.s. today? >> guest: well, if you want to start with 9/11/2001, it was not as good as it is today. so things are improved, i think, in the last ten years fairly significantly. the issue of interoperability, i've been working in this arena for many years, has not, it wasn't something that all of a sudden came up on 9/11. it's something that we've been trained to address for many years. so 9/11 just really kind of put a focus on it. people started to realize it was a serious problem and needed to be addressed, and i think significant improvement has been made in the last ten years. >> host: the report, the tenth anniversary report of the 9/11 commission just came out recently, and can one of the original things that

. >>> the reaction to the death came from the northern virginia mosque where he was the imman in 2011 and 2002. andrea joins us from the church. >> reporter: an interesting statement from the mosque this afternoon. it is critical of both anwar al- awlaki's preaching of violence but for what it calls the extra judicial assassination of an american. as worshippers flocked in for morning prayers, they say their former imman's name was never mentioned. >> never anything that is violent, jihadist. nothing like that. i was surprised when i heard he is in yemen and doing this or that. >> we are not supposed to kill nobody. we are not supposed to hit nobody. >> that's what i believe. >> anwar al-awlaki spoke with 9news after the september attacks. >> working on providing enough security. >> reporter: after he left the falls church mosque for yemen, he used his perfect english and internet savvy to recruit allegedly aspiring terrorists. >> i don't think we have to worry about this person teaching hatred and using his excellent communication skills to convince younger, naive muslims to come and

. >>> vdot is closing a major exit in northern virginia for good. this is happening on 66 on an exit ramp, and this is expected to cause a lot of problems, especially for the rush hour. our tracee wilkins has been covering this story. she is in fairfax county with more now. tracee, good morning to you. >> good morning, eun. there are going to be some changes for folks who take i-495 to 66. take a look behind me. instead of having two options, now you're going to have one. this is all a permanent change for the hot lanes project. take a look at this. starting tomorrow, exit 49c, the left exit from i-495 north to i-66 west will close permanently

reporter: well, j.c., take a look at the sea of international media that has descended on this northern virginia mosque. that's because anwar al-awlaki was the imam here. back in 2001 and 2002. that's when he left for yemen. it was here that he and major nadal hasan crossed paths. after the fort hood attacks, al- awlaki hailed him as a hero. now, very few of the worshippers who just left from the morning prayers have been speaking with us. however, we did talk with one man who has been praying at this mosque for the last 20 years and knee al-awlaki when he was the imam here. >> that's what i believe. >> reporter: he said he was pleased with the killing but when al-awlaki was the imam here, he never heard him speak of any violence or any anti- american sentiments. we just did speak with some people leaving from the prayer. and apparently al-awlaki's name was not mentioned today. we're getting reaction now and hope to speak with the current imam. we'll have the very latest for you tonight at 5:00. reporting live from falls church, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >>> thank you very much, andrea. we hav

in northern virginia, two families have been forced to pack up and move out after a massive sinkhole swallowed up their backyard. the houses are teetering on the edge of a crater that's estimated to be 100 feet wide and 30 feet deep. both homes have been condemned. >>> in florida one family came home from vacation to find ten stinky skunks had moved in. apparently they snuck in through an open window and now the smelly critters are hiding out in the walls, living off whatever food they can find. so far, only one of the smelly scavengers has been captured and released. >>> in missouri halloween may be more than a month away, but one haunted house already has its headliner. take a look at this. unofficially the largest snake in captivity, 25-foot long, 300-pound python is sure to terrify even the most intrepid trick-or-treater. >>> there may be be a pumpkin shortage but not in connecticut where one giant gourd has set a new state record. time-lapse video shows the massive squash as it grew to a staggering 1,487 pounds. enough to take the top spot in the state but a few hundred pounds s

but the northern virginia traffic commission says that could violate its terms with metro. if no compromise is made, the virginia railway express says it could run out of money at the end of october. >>> a heads up to drivers in virginia. starting today, the left exit from the inner loop of the beltway to i-66 west will close for good. that is exit 49c. the ramp is being shut down because of the new hot lanes. drivers who want to take 66 west will now have to use exit 49a. that's the one on the right. >>> the virginia town at the epicenter of the east coast earthquake is still working to return things to normal. >> especially in the schools of louisa county. students are dealing with classes in different buildings, sharing rooms and even going to class on saturday. in a show of support, elementary school students from neighboring county became pen pals with kids in louisa county. they sent hand-written notes to say hi along with plenty of school supplies. >> the messages were simply that of caring, that we're thinking about them. it is kind of our version of a group hug. >>

you notice from northern virginia through central pennsylvania, this is the bulls eye, four to six inches of additional rain on top of what we've already gotten. we also don't want to forget hurricane katia out there. this is not a problem for anyone on the eastern seaboard as far as rain and wind. but the waves from the storm as it makes its turn away from us are going to be right along the coast. we're already looking at 13 foot waves over the north carolina coast. rip currents will be a big problem. i know over the holiday weekend we did have a fatality in daytona beach there because of the rip currents. so that's a threat from florida all the way up the coast. not that you'd be going to the beach in new york now. >> not even close. >> the southeast, some people still do. >> a good warning and important warning. thank you. >>> coming up, stocks dive,a hoo sacks its ceo and the most expensive car in america to insure. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, steen straussburg makes his return to the moupd and rain, rain, and more rain. ♪ i'd

meanwhile, strong reaction to the radical cleric's death came from the northern virginia mosque where he was the imam in 2001 and 2002. that mosque released a statement that is critical of both al-awlaki's preaching violence, but also for what it calls the extrajudicial assassination of a human being. especially an american. andrea mckaren reports. >> as worshipers flocked to the islamic center for morning prayers, their former imam's name was never uttered. never spoke attacks against americans. >> nothing anything that is violent or jihadish or anything like that. i was very surprised that he is in yemen and doing this and that. >> we are not supposed to kill nobody. we are not supposed to hit nobody. that's what i believe. >> al-awlaki spoke with 9 justice of the peace 9news, concerned about the impact on his mosque. >> working on providing enough security so we can work with our community. >> after he left this falls church for yemen in 2002, he used his perfect english and internet savvy to recruit aspiring terrorists. >> we don't have to worry anymore about this person teaching

police in northern virginia say someone is using fake craigslist ads to store quick cash. fairfax county police say two incidents happened in newington and one in clifton. in one case they showed the victim a gun and demanded money. police advise you to use caution if you're buying things off craigslist. they suggest meeting during the day in a public place and try to bring someone with you. >>> one of michael jackson's bodyguards says he was told to hide vials of a powerful anesthesia that were factors in the singer's death. alberto alvarez took the stand and testified for the prosecution in the murder trial of dr. conrad murray. alvarez says murray told him to put the vials of propofol in a bag before paramedics arrived. the bodyguard said he assumed murray would take them to the hospital. >> he then pointed towards the iv stand, and he said, now, get that bag, or move that bag, and put it in the blue bag. >> prosecutors are trying to show that murray intentionally hid evidence that he gave jackson propofol. the defense is expected to argue jackson gave himself the final

buford knew he could not defeat the entire army of northern virginia when he showed up in gettysburg.e knew he could delay and they could possibly defeat the army of northern virginia, which had never lost a battle to the point. in those three days of gettysburg, things to joshua chamber, he held that far right flank, they were able to defeat the army of northern virginia because of an attack by george pickett. he lost 15,000 men in one day. this is how we have to stand and be able to fight this incrementally. we are not going to turn around 30 years of programs in eight months. if we can hold on, we can fight this action. ask yourselves, what made america great? that battle that is coming in november of 2012, america will discover itself and we will set the course for a new and brighter future for our nation. is it going to be tough? absolutely right. alright. let's talk about my trip to israel. the trip was sponsored four delegations, democratic delegations and two republican deliberations. we were allowed to bring our spouses. it was my second trip to israel. the only place we don'

area, i do realize that dc and some communities in maryland suffered a lot of damage, bud in northern virginia, we did not get near the damage from the hurricane that other localities did. we communicated just fine. >> 10 years ago was 9/11. jack brown, if such an event occurred again today on your watch, how would the communication systems be different? >> we would certainly communicate to the public what they need to do. that is what they are looking to us to do, is provide them with information on how they can stay safe and keep their families safe. the message we tried to get across every day is to be prepared. make sure that you have supplies, food, water, medicine, and other necessities, to stay home, stay put, stay at your office for a least three days. one of the challenges on 9/11 is the area was trying to evacuate. we don't do that very well during rush hour. a massive evacuation of washington, d.c. is very problematic. we need to change the mindset of the community. you really need to take care of yourselves and your families. make sure you have those plans. make sure you have faith

in northern virginia, two families have been forced to pack up and move out after a massive sink hole swallowed up their backyard. thousands are teetering on the edge of a crater that is estimated to be 100 feet wide and 30 feet deep. both homes have been condemned. >>> in florida, one family came home from vacation to find ten stinky skunks had moved in. apparently they snuck in through an open window and now the smelly critters are hiding out in the walls, living off whatever food they can fine. so far, only one of the smelly scavengers has been captured and released. >>> in missouri, halloween may be more than a month away but one haunted house already has its headliner. unofficially the world's largest snake in captivity, medusa, a 25-foot long, 300-pound reticklated python. >>> one giant gourd in connecticut has set a new state record. time lapsed video shows the massive squash as it grew to a staggering 1,487 pounds. i'd have -- it took the top spot in the state but was a few hundred pounds away from the world record. >>> now for a look at the national weather we turn to wtvj's

i want to take you into northern virginia and check out the trip southbound through the springfield area. dealing with an accident. 28 northbound at the toll road blocking to travel lanes. that is the latest for now. >>> coming up how 67-year- old man was able to survive a car crash and six days stranded. >> more fallout from the repeal of don't ask don't tell. >> get ready for more traffic troubles in tysons corner. i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >>> don't ask don't tell has been repealed and there is another big shift under way in the military. >> this is creating a lot of a buzz and confusion. chaplin's tell me they have already been allowed to do this. for this air force staff sgt today's news is another victory for equality in the military. >> it is incredible. we are extremely happy. >> toda

officials are reporting two deaths, including a child, in flooding in northern virginia. in the northeast, the threat of flooding is forcing about 100,000 people from their homes. parts of new york and pennsylvania could see up to ten inches of rain. michelle miller is in wilkes-barre tonight where a key levee is starting to leak. >> reporter: the national guard went door to door, ordering 70,000 people in and around wilkes-barre to get out. power was cut off to homes in the flood zone. >> well, this way nobody will get shot or electrocuted in case of flooding. no house fires will start. >> where is every one of these houses around this general area has been underwater. >> reporter: thomas toth wasn't leaving until he got everything he could to the third floor. >> the next time you might come here, this is maybe underwater and there's a boat going by. >> reporter: the susquehanna river runs right through city of wilkes-barre and is expected to crest overnight at almost 41 feet-- just about the height of the levee that protects the city. steven is coordinating emergency se

take a look, the only shower activity associated with this front down across northern virginia down fromicksberg may get to chris but it is pretty much it. now if you are heading out this weekend, much cooler air has dropped into the 60s and 70s and if you are going to the ravens game, prepare yourself for a pretty chilly night. a lot of clouds even a scattered shower on the early evening, temperatures around 50 degrees but dressing for cool temperatures. all right, thank you. let's check with christie. >>> a lot of congestion on the roadway especially on the west side of the belt way, you are looking at 30 minutes from the jones expressway over to the national pike, it is still sluggish over to -- route 40 over to harper road. congestion on the harper expressway and 70 westbound is bumper-to-bumper to mariesville road. at the polasky highway east of mg avenue, south hand over -- hannover over jeffery. that is on the belt way at frederic road, that traffic report is brought to you by lamb and in, they have it all for you -- laments, they have it all for you. >>> still striking, chaos cau

. >>> a traffic alert for drivers using the capital beltway in northern virginia. the exit allowing northbound 495 driver exit on to westbound 66 will be closed. drivers will have to use the right exit that will be expanded to two lanes >>> we are follow breaking news this month one of the most wanted members al-qaeda is dead. >> officials in yemen say that american-born leader andwar al- awlaki has been killed. it could be a major blow to the terror network. >> the white house now con if i were that al-awlaki has been killed. for years, the cia has been on his trail. for would-be terror recruits, this has been the face and often the voice of al-qaeda. with connection to terror incidents including fort hood, the time squares attempted carjacking, he was already on the kill or capture list. it's a major blow to al-qaeda which used him as a recruiting tool to tar get and groom american operatives. >> he wants to show the world that it's not an organization that is on its heels in afghanistan and pakistan but rather one that is recruiting beyond that region. >> born i

the rain is taking a toll on some business in northern virginia. accept anticipate and october is too much rain for them and that means that the grapes cannot ripen properly. doug says he's already lost $100,000 and could lose a quarter of a million dollars next month if the sun doesn't shine soon. >> we're going to make wine but we're going to come up short as to how much we can make. >> he would need two weeks of sunshine for the vinyard to dry out and ripen the grapes properly. >>> in the coming weeks, health officials expect to learn more cases of listeria linked to fruit. 13 deaths and 72 illnesses are blamed on cantaloupe shipped by jensen farms in colorado. the cdc says that a person can develop listeria weeks after eating the fruit. it's the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade. >>> it was a night for baseball fans that they will never forget. each league's wild card spot was up for grabs and the american league, the yankees were up 7-0 in tampa bay but the rays climb back to one run and then at the bottom of the ninth, to tie the

. >> reporter: for drivers in northern virginia, traffic is a way of life on the beltway. >> congestedserable. all the construction has not helped matters. when i'm driving in areas it's improved it. >> reporter: a new traffic pattern starting saturday at 9:00 a.m., the exit will be shut down permanently. the signs are informing drivers to stay to the right where an extra lane will be opened up. >> this is the old ramp that will be shutting down. >> v-dot gave us a private tour so drivers know what to do. >> as you are coming up from springfield, you notice the traffic is heavier as you approach 66 on the left hand side. when we open this in the morning, this all disappears. all the traffic should follow the signs and be as hugging, as you say, to those walls to start picking up that new two ramps over there. >> reporter: what happens if they miss this exit? >> they are going up to 7, turn around come back on 495 south, take the ramp to 66 west. >> reporter: the ramp is being closed down to make room for the hot lanes project currently being built. most drivers had no idea about the ch

more compelling, more real than in new york city, shanksville, pennsylvania, and right here in northern virginiay but the heroism as well, but hopefully give you some comfort and stiffened the resolve of this nation. at 9:36 am thousands of patriotic americans are going about their daily business in the building behind me. in this great citadel of our national defense. and one minute later at 9:37 and unconscionable tragedy struck. but what happened, what happened after that was far more remarkable than the damage inflicted in the building behind me. those who work in this building, many of you in front of me, a thousand more first responders across the region, firefighters, from arlington county, they're fox county, montgomery county, the district of columbia and many others, they spring to action. risking their lives so their friends, their colleagues, and total strangers, people they had never met might live. from corporals to cafeteria workers, right up the chain of command to the top brass to secretary rumsfeld, who i pay special to the today. i understand he is here. secretary rumsfeld him

. >>> to a track alert now for drivers who use the capital beltway in northern virginia. starting this weekend, the left exit allowing inner loop drivers to exit on to westbound 66 will be permanently closed. it's still open this morning but it will likely shut down some time tomorrow. drivers will have to use a right exit that will be expanded two lanes to accommodate the additional traffic it will create. >>> it is hard to believe but a new study reveals a disturbingly high number of teens in d.c. have apparently attempted suicide. >>> coming up, we'll talk with a child and adolescent psychiatrist about some of the suicide warning signs and risk factors, too. it's an important topic that you need to hear and it's coming up next. 9:00 ten. we'll be back in a minute.  >>> welcome back. we warned you that the contents of this next story may not be suitable for younger viewers. the suicide of 14-year-old jamie rotomeyer of new york was the latest to gain attention of journalists across the country and even mega star lady ga-ga. jamie hung himself outside of his home af

we live in northern virginia. we're aware. we know other of our neighbors are aware.as a team. >> we usually walk in pairs just for safety reasons because we know it is dark and not a lot of people are out at this time of the morning. >> reporter: now police don't have a lot to go on. they are still looking for the suspect. they're asking people to be careful when exercising early in the morning to bring a cell phone with you to report suspicious activity. go with another person if at all possible. if you do see anything suspicious, you're asked to contact investigators. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live in arlington. megan, thank you. >>> new clues in the disappearance of a missing man from alexandria. police released these surveillance photos of a person of interest linked to the disappearance. the man in that white dodge caravan used a credit card that belonged to 53-year-old lenny harris. harris disappeared september 21st. the van was seen the next morning in prince george's county. one hour before, the man tried to use the card in alexandria. >>> a

whole network of fake cover names in a thread of mailboxes in five different post offices in northern virginia, which according to sources who are trying to help me figure out what this was theropod abjured drop boxes with different names. so i took this to the cia. i said okay, this is what we found. this is what my sources are saying. let's talk about this. and they said were not going say anything. so i thought that was really irresponsible way of dealing with us because they didn't said you put that in the paper. you expose all those things off, blah, blah. it is a time of transition for public affairs office was new. they didn't even know who to go to the west that question. i knew that. so we made the decision that it didn't take that much to think about what she might be exposing. in fact, we did at the names of the post office to in the paper appeared we tried to describe the whole network without many details so that we didn't act in any way that could harm anybody. but in that case, there was the government that it has its act together. so i think there should be people that governme

whole network of fake covered names and a set of mailboxes in five different post offices in northern virginia, which according to, you know, the sources who are trying to help me figure out what this was, they were dropping boxes and then they didn't exist. so i sent this to the cia and said this is what we found. and this is what my sources are saying. let's, like, talk about this. and they said we are not going to say anything. so, i thought that was really irresponsible way of dealing with us because they didn't even say if you put that in the paper you're going to expose all of those names, blah, blah blog. it was a time of transition at the cia or the public affairs office was new, they didn't even know who to go to to ask that question. i knew that. and so we made the decision on our own because it didn't take that much to think about what you might be exposing. in fact you didn't know what you would be exposing. so we didn't put the name of peace in the post office, even the post office in the paper. we try to describe the whole network without many details so that we didn't act in any

a whole network of fake cover names and a set of mailboxes in five different post offices in northern virginia which according to sources who were trying to help me figure out what this was, you know, they were drop boxes for fake names. none of the people lived anywhere. they didn't exist, so i took this to the cia. i said, okay, this is what we found, and this is what my sources are saying. let's like talk about this, and they said we're not going to say anything, 10 i thought that was really irresponsible way of dealing with us because they didn't even say if they put that in the paper, you're going to expose all those names. you know, blah, blah, blah. it was a time of transition at the cia where one was coming in, public affairs office was new, they didn't even know who to go to to ask the question. i knew that. we made the decision on our own because it didn't take that much to think about what you might be exposing. in fact, you didn't know what you would be exposing, so we didn't even put the names of the post offices in the paper. we tried to describe the whole network without many de

and when you consider we have a great deal of defense spending, particularly in northern virginia, andhave a great deal of military installations in our state and when you have a low tax base and low tax rate that we have, we are doing better than most states. that's why i'm saying it's so important for the president to do well here. is it going to be a tough sell? yes. can he do it? yes. then you've got to have that compounded a bit by the senate race. that's another horse that we'll talk at some other time. >> i was just going to say you brought it up. you brought it up really quickly. on that senate race, you're known as a democrat who doesn't always -- isn't always a sure bet to endorse a democrat in a general election. are you a sure bet to endorse kaine over allen? you've been open to supporting george allen in other races. >> well, i have never openly supported a republican. however, i am not always supported openly democrats, you're absolutely right. i've talked to governor kaine and as a matter of fact spoke with him just last week. we're going to be continuing to talk. i hope

which is that he personally harbored two of the 9/11 hijackers in san diego, and then moved to northern virginia and knew some of the rest of them. so he goes back a long way in terms of heinous crimes against innocent citizens in america. that's point one. the other thing i wanted to add, andrea, is that mike mullen is not only a patriot in terms of his efforts with the war on terror in afghanistan, and pakistan, but he more than any other member of the military was responsible for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." he was the guy who stood up and said it's not right for people to hide who they are. i think we should salute him on the day he retires from the military. >> indeed. that is a point we've been making. he said if you believe in and you follow the military code, that code requires you not to lie about anything, including who you are. let's talk about the cia's kill, and kill and capture of terrorists. who else is on the list now? >> well, i'm not going to reveal who's on the list. but we do the activities we do extremely carefully. in my long years in congress, spent a lot of time

turns out that buys you about 2 1/2 years of a server, you can pick northern california, virginia, ireland, right? most of the kids in the room are looking at me saying that it is kind of boring. they can get a server in beijing. what difference does it make year or $3,000 buys 10,000 computers for 30 minutes. nobody has ever been given 10,000 computers for 30 minutes for $3,000. it is in the question that they looked at me at that stage and went, "what would i do with that?" that is the seat of the next step. there are lots of examples already happening around us, but this is the magic. as soon as the smart kids out there start figuring out what you do, we ignite this thing with a rocket ship. this has nothing to do with total cost of ownership or any of that. it has to do with being able to do things we economically could never do before. i will conclude i see the floor. >> thank you, tim. simon. >> well, now you know all about how computing. [laughter] let me give you a slightly different angle. i think of the cloud as being roughly categorized into two worlds. there is the clout as env

where they say it -- you cannot possibly have driven past insufficient roads if you came in from northern virginiawe had to massive tax hikes that are going to fix that. they may have spent the money on other people's pensions, giving perret's is to people who do not build roads, that is what they did do. when they keep doing that and people come back and say, let's build roads, understand that taxpayers say, we played this game before. we are not falling for it. to the first point, if the government takes a dollar from somebody who earned it, and gives it to somebody who is politically connected, are there more dollars in the room? if obama and nancy pelosi walked over to one side of the lake and day put a three buckets of water and they take to but it's out, and they bore the three bucket's back into the lake. -- they announced that their project is to stimulate the lake. you laugh and -- in a room full of taxpayers, everybody laughs. what happens? we will do this 800 billion times. oddly enough, it does not work. there are more people unemployed than when we started stimulus one and a stimulus

in 2003, omar a northern virginia resident and islamic saudi academy's 1999 valedictorian, was arrested in saudi arabia and was later convicted in federal district court in alexandria for conspiracy to commit terrorism, including a plot to assassinate president bush. he was sentenced to life in prison. and probably the number one priss threat today is alack which, an american citizen, went to college on american taxpayers' money, was with a mosque in northern virginia, falls church, which used to be my old congressional district. so this issue of radicalization is very important. with it again i want to thank the chairman and his staff and mr. ruppersberger and his staff. with regard to that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time of the the gentleman from maryland. mr. ruppersberger: just want to thank my friend, mr. wolf. the chair: does the gentleman claim time in opposition? mr. ruppersberger: yes. i want to thank my friend, mr. wolf, for his involvement in all national security issues. we served together on the commerce and

a northern virginia man is suing starbucks after his 5-year-old daughter found a spy cam in the bathroomsink and was recording. two similar incidents were reported in other starbucks this year. the company says incidents like this are extremely rare. let's hope so. but the dad in this case is suing for $1 million. >> pretty scary stuff there. >> really. >>> and if you're up late playing online poker, you'll want to hear this. a popular internet poker house is being called a global ponzi scheme. prosecutors say full tilt poker told players it was keeping their money in secure accounts, but the money was really divided among the company's owners. $444 million over four years. the ceo is currently on the lam. that's a lot of money. >> you wanted to gamble, you were gambling big time. >> before you even laid anything out. >> that's right. >>> here's a look now at your wednesday weather. fall comes early to the upper planes. temps will be a good 15 degrees below average, but still hot and dry in texas. also some showers along the east coast and in southern colorado. otherwise, beautiful out w

more heavy downpours and flooding from northern virginia into pennsylvania and new york.hter rain closer to the coast around philadelphia, new york and boston. showers from cleveland to chicago. thunderstorms for much of the rockies. >> 76 in albuquerque. 80 in salt lake city. 90 in boise. mostly 70s kansas city to detroit. boston gets up to 65. new york a comfortable 76. 80s in both new orleans and dallas. >>> this was an easy one this morning. here comes our, ready? oh! >> there we go. >> slow on the uptake. all right, this is our favorite story of the day. got to feel sorry for this four-legged friend. just a little. >> check out this elk in sweden helplessly caught in the branches of a tree. he had been eating fermenting apples and we're told he got caught reaching for just one more. famous last words. >> that's right. the elk was drunk. neighbors said he had been at it all day. even nearly running into a car. he was finally freed then just lay on the ground for a while before stumbling away. >> who hasn't been there on a friday night. little rough happy hour. not dru

area all the way from northern virginia into parts of northern, maryland, from the rain that came downthe overnight hours last night. and i have talked to friends in vermont which is close to killington, and they cannot get out of their house. there is no road in front of their home. they were there when it happened in irene, and they still can't get out. they are waiting for a plow, something to make a road for them. and these rivers are not done yet, t. j. >> chad meyers, thank you for the perspective. we appreciate you. >>> 23 minutes past the hour. we will check in with rudy giuliani coming up next. we talked to him today along with secretary of state, hillary clinton, and they made a stop at the new york stock exchange. ( singing along ) ( singing high note ) that should do it. enjoy your new shower. ( door opens, closes ) setting that goal to become a principal. but, i have to support my family, so how do i go back to school? university of phoenix made it doable. a lot of my instructors were principals in my district. i wouldn't be where i am without that degree. my name is dr. c

believe quarter of reactors may need safety modifications, and it includes these two located in northern virginia. ♪ >> as the united states marks the rise of freedom some ten years since the 9/11 attacks, we are reminded of of the tremendous loss of life. but the attacks on that september morning were not the first to target the trade center. shepard smith now takes us back to 1993 when extremists first tried to blow up the twin towers. >> reporter: on february 26, 1993, a group of muslim extremists tried to destroy the skyscrapers by detonating a truck bomb beneath the north tower. their plan? make the north tower collapse and bring down the south tower with it. that ambitious plot failed, but six people died, more than a thousand were injured, and the cleanup and rebuilding cost half a billion dollars. >> the attack of '93 was an eye-opener. it staggered everybody. thereafter, however, measures were taken that were extraordinary. >> reporter: the port authority rethought and revamped security at the towers, and life eventually returned to normal. while worker at the world trade center went bac

we know that a bankruptcy auction at the winery they own in northern virginia is scheduled to occur thise a lot of money. a law firm almost half a million dollars, an accountant $700,000. i talked to the auctioneers, is equipment and winery is still expected to go on auction

. >> it wouldn't be too hard in northern virginia to grab less than four churches and come up with 30,000 people. we've got a large congregation, 40% of the organize volunteers come from faith-based organizations. so it's there. take advantage of it. ideas and work with the christian men's bible campus, out of nebraska. and i know he has done some work within the marine corps and the senior chaplain within the marine corps. instead of turning to drugs and alcohol for returning veterans that are having difficulties, about turn to jesus christ. >> let's see if we can squeeze in our last four. we have people anxious enough to get up in front of the microphone, i want him to be heard. we will go for some short questions and short answers. >> i am an intelligence profession. one of the most important lessons learned from this latest war was the importance of culture. as was alluded to, great cultural society is between civilian and military culture. and only 1% of the population actually serves in the military. and that makes them particularly isolated and vulnerable population. so my question

third which visited san diego and met with ham and so he then comes east, he is at the mosque in northern virginiare he continues to be a spiritual guide to these -- so he has got a long history with al qaeda, especially to the united states. >> and fran, you were in the bush white house when al awlaki came to the attention of the united states as a dangerous american terrorists looking for arms and weapons. you met with yes, ma'am answers president sal lay and other bush administration officials to try to convince him to arrest this guy and turn him over. why didn't that work at the time? >> with well, al awlaki was a dual american/yemeni citizen. when we talked to president saleh about turning over al alack kirk he was a teacher of english at a university in sanaa, we believe he was using those classes as radicalization and recruitment -- as a recruitment tool and president saleh made perfectly clear he would never turn al awlaki over, even if he believed he had valid charges, because he couldn't under the yemen's constitution turn over a yes, ma'am menny citizen and not willing to bring him int

memories more compelling or more real than in new york city, pennsylvania, and right here in northern virginiathese losses. paying tribute and recalling not just the horror of that day, but the heroism as well, can give you some resolve. at 9:36 a.m., thousands of patriotic americans were going about their daily business in the building behind me. in this great citadel of our national defense. one minute later in not clot 37, and unconscionable tragedy struck. 37, and unconscionable tragedy struck. those who work in this building, many of you in front of me, and thousands of more first responders across the region, the firefighters and many others sprang to action risking their lives of their friends, their colleagues, and total strangers they had never met might live. secretary runs felt himself did what he did as a young man. you, him and others went into the breach where death came in an instant. there were some survivors to be found,. a tour guide on the far side of the building, so far away that he never heard the plane hit. but he felt the commotion. he could have gone home. no one would

in northern virginia. he has been hoofing it ever since. we thought he was heading west to l.a.ing he joins us from outside the cnn center in atlanta. did you not take a map with you, man, why are you in atlanta? >> i got lost. i took a wrong turn. >> things have changed for you. you're deciding to take the long route to l.a. >> well, i always planned on going south first and i wanted to go to new orleans from the very beginning. but when i was in d.c. and looking how to get is to new orleans from d.c. my plan was to go to kentucky and tennessee and i decided to come down from the carolinas and georgia. i'll meet up with my parents in alabama and i'll keep going to new orleans. >> this is your first time in the south. >> it is. >> what do you think, what do you think? >> i'm really liking it. it's growing on me. i don't know about the sweet tea. i'm still getting unsweet, but, you know. >> well, you said your journey from washington down south was life changing. what do you mean by that? >> you know, it was, okay, so, i live in d.c. for five years and then i've lived in new york

. >> it wouldn't be too hard in northern virginia to grab less than safe for churches and come put 30,000 people. we've got a lot of large congregations. 40% of the organized volunteers come from faith-based organizations. so if it's there, take advantage. >> i know it up-and-coming. i work for the bible campus, needy recipient from vietnam and i know he's done some work within the marine corps and the senior chaplain within the marine corps instead of turning to drugs and alcohol for returning veterans that difficulties are turning to jesus christ. >> lets see we can squeeze in our last word. if the people anxious to get impreza microphone, i want them to be heard. we'll go for sure questions and short answers. >> i not only military veteran. i'm an intelligence professional. one of the most important lessons learned from this latest worm was the important culture. as mr. keyes and mr. ortiz alluded to, only 1% of the population actually served in the military. and that makes them particularly isolated in a vulnerable population. so my question is, is there a resource, maybe a handbook o

>> no, but i'm meeting my parents who live in northern virginia.they are somewhere around here, somewhere, yeah. >> it's like a family affair? >> yeah. i mean, my mom's the one who got me into reading, i guess. she's a big, big, reader, reads everything. i guess like when she heard about it, sthefs excited, so i figured we'd meet up, so e,, yeah. >> if you say i'm going to the book festival and say, i don't want to go, why would you tell them to come? >> i don't know -- just -- to promote literature, i guess. i don't know how to say it, but the vibe here is just all about books, just like heaven. >> what are you majoring in? >> english and marketing. i love books. i always read my entire life. >> thank you very much for talking with us. that's it from the book signing area of the national book festival. if you want measure information -- >> live at the national book festival, 2011 national book festival in the mall at washington, d.c.. we've been live all day. a couple more hours of coverage, and now joining us is the author of this book, sylvia na

host: washingtonpost.com writes "at the northern virginia mosque where al-awlaki preached, some had yet to publicly embrace the anti-american extremism that would make him a target of u.s. drones." that's from washingtonpost.com. here's thomas, independent line. welcome. >> thank you. thank you for taking my call. while i am glad he was gone, al-awlaki was an american citizen. the administration attempts to bring to trial foreign detainees who were not citizens of the united states. now is it the law in this united states that a u.s. citizen can be murdered without due process while noncitizens will have a trial? thank you for allowing me to speak. host: thank you for calling. this is eddie on our democrat's line. caller: hey, there. how are you doing? i'm a veteran since 1970. i think a job well done. once he crossed the line, he was not an american. he was killing americans, wanting to kill more americans, and no way. job very well done, mr. president. thank you very much. host: a couple comments on one of our twitter feeds -- if you go to twitter.com, you can see what members are say

. >> it wouldn't be too hard in northern virginia to grab less than four churches and come up with 30,000 people. we've got a large congregation, 40% of the organize volunteers come from faith-based organizations. so it's there. take advantage of it spent i do some work with the christian men's bible campus, out of nebraska. and i know he is done some work with in the morning court and a senior champlin within the ring core. instead turned to drugs and alcohol for a returning veteran that are having difficulty, turn to jesus christ. >> let's see if we can squeeze in our last four. we have people anxious enough to get up in front of the microphone, i want him to be heard. we will go for some short questions and short answers. >> im market are not on a multi-veteran, i am -- [inaudible] one of the afford lessons learned from this war was the importance of culture. as was alluded to, great cultural society is between civilian and military culture. and only 1% of the population actually serves in the military. and that makes them particularly isolated and vulnerable population. so my question