this is like dudley do as many wrong things as you can in one day. >> you're right about dudley do wrong. this wasn't his first run-in with the law. >>> imagine coming out of a festival where you had an amazing time and you find your car in thearking lot looing hinged to a 16-year-old and there is video showing why this car ended up like that. >> apparently a very large van, one of our customers, ran over a 16-year-old girl's car while she was out with friends. >> this happened at the red neck yacht club in florida. according to some reports, someone said to this driver it's okay to crush this girl's car. the owner will be okay with it. >> no one is going to be okay with that. especially when you're 16. doesn't matter what your car is when you're 16. you love your car. >> i imagine the girl was horrified. >> this was her go to school car. she just got this car a week ago. when she came out, see hers car, immediately calls the police who start looking for the driver and identified the driver as 40-year-old norman who is a regular at the yacht club. he was arrested and charged with one cou

we asked bob dudley about this. we asked him about geo politics and asked him about how this company moves forward interest this. let's first of all hear how he is preparing for that big court case in new orleans at the end of the month. >> we have said all along that we would be 0 open to the settlement if it were reasonable but we are preparing for the trial. >> i'm interested in comments you made regarding the high price of oil and what that means for consumers such as those in the u.s. this brings huge benefits from a production point much of view, from an investment point of view, doesn't it? >> well, it does. here we are almost halfway through the first quarter. we're at $115 a barrel. it is good for investment, good for investors. but i've said before, i worry the consumer is in various countries in this type of condition will be affected if this moves up much faster. >> how concerned are you about tensions in the middle east and what it could mean for bp's operations there? >> all eyes are on the middle east

dudley said. so if you're not supporting principle reduction and you're not talking about how homeowners can get out from under this foreclosure problem, what are you suggesting we do to improve this housing market? >> well, we discuss a whole variety of things in our white paper. though again, with the proviso that our goal was to provide background analysis to help congress make good decisions. for example, we have a big overhang of homes in the market. one of the ideas that we've discussed is the moving reo, real estate owned to rental. that is something the fha has begun a pilot program on. that is interesting. we talked about tried to identify some of the barriers to doing that on a larger scale. that's one potential direction. it's a lot of issues right now with the tightness of mortgage standards where people are not able to get mortgage credit. even when they meet gse standards. so we have talked about clarifying the representations and warranties that are part of the mortgage contract. fh

dudley is a preschool teacher and has taught kindergarten. she is also blind.had to work extraordinarily hard over the past year to achieve her board certification. and she accomplished her goal. dudley said she's able to do her job despite her disability. >> i would love to see their faces. i miss that a little bill. when they get that look that comes into their eyes. >> not only is it amazing but it's inspiring to our staff and students and our parents. they love coming in and watching her teach. >> she was illegally blind when she first started teeing. she hasn't stopped teaching at all. about 100,000 teachers nationwide are nationally board certified. she went through a year of rigorous training before taking her certification test and said the process made her a better teacher. congratulations, brian. >> congratulations. >>> still ahead, life behind bars means no facebook. the contraband facebook is a big problem in the maryland jail. how officers are getting serious about the social media crackdown. >> first, love is in the air for all species. the nation

sharon dudley is blind. and worked overtime to receive certification from the national board for professional teaching standards. it is considered the gold standard in teaching excellence. sharon is a true example of dedication and perseverance. >> i would certainly love to see their faces. i miss that a little bit just seeing their faces when they get something, you know, that beautiful look that comes into their eyes. >> not only is it amazing, but it's inspiring to our staff, students and our parents. they love coming in watching her teach. >> dudley teaches preschoolers in bladensburg. she has a degenerative eye disease. when she first began teaching, she was legally blind. now she cannot see at all. >> this week we've had spring- like temperatures, but punxsutawney phil says not so fast. winter not over yet. phil saw his shadow this morning, a groundhog tradition which means six more weeks of winter. more than 20,000 people turned out for the annual ceremony. if phil is right, don't put away your winter

. >> hundreds of angry egyptian protesters are taking to the streets after dudley soccer riots. -- deadly soccer riots. many egyptians blame authorities for failing to stop the rioting. scores of people were suffocated or stabbed during the melee. >> president obama appearing at the national prayer breakfast this morning linked his economic policies to his faith. he says to me the nation's challenges me requires strong the values as much as smart policies. having the wealthy pay more in taxes and a health-care overhaul -- overhaul is consistent with the christian ideals of helping those less fortunate. >> still to come, we will see which threats are at the top of the list. >> ground is broken for a new place to shop in the district. we will let you know what has been the plan. today my journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes coul

resident amanda dudley lives in one of them. she has water and electricity but no heat and two sick children. >> it is terrible. my house is freezing. i had to buy electric heaters. it is terrible. >> natural gas is volatile and the process of repair is delicate. >> damage occurred to our gas main, as a result of that it has gotten water into it so we have for get that water out. you can't have water in a gas main. >> 100 residents also lost water service but it has been restored. before the utility can repair the gas line they have to go inside each building to shut off the gas. >> that is a la bore intensive process. we have people going door to door so we can get access. >> so far they have reached less than 600 homes. they are working on finishing the rest and hope to have repairs done today but it will still take time. >> once we make repairs we will go back and reintroduce gas at each building and have to relight each aappliance at each of the buildings. >> a few seconds ago we did speak with a representative. we do have a

there are no boundaries for them. >> reporter: jack dudley's mom was the team mentor. the science teacher was their coach. as specialist warren works on his long road to recovery, his inspiring story created another, young scientists using their brains to make a difference. mike hydek, 9 news now. >> great story, mike. if you've got an idea for cool schools, e-mail mike at mhydeck at wusa9.com.

. >> jack dudley and sydney crafted this helmet to protect soldiers and athletes from traumatic brain injuries. >> regionals, nationals, then you're invited here. >> where they shook hands with the president himself. >> you guys inspire me. it's young people like you that make me so confident that america's best days are still to come. >> in his final budget proposal before the november election, the president says it will include programs to help new math and science teachers, as well as help meet what he calls an ambitious goal of graduating 1 million more americans in the areas of science, technology, math, and engineering. at the white house, erica, news4. >> good for them. >>> well, it's a dream many fashion designers don't achieve at an early age, but one high school senior in fairfax did it, she designed a prom dress that beat out thousands of others in a nationwide contest, but she didn't know it until she got a huge surprise at her school. >> we're here because sam has won our contest. >> 17-year-old samantha bryant's life changed today. the w.t. woodson high school senior de

prince charles dudley his sister and already revealing and interest in horticulture. it seems it might have been a tiring photo shoot for the prince, but some light relief with their toys and books. >> i said, just wave. they did. >> these are wonderful memories 40 photographers family who is releasing these flood us. he even took one for himself with the children in the mirror. >> he was always worried that he had done it but he took the chance. i think he was pleased with the picture. >> the collection includes this, this is believed to be the first formal photograph of elizabeth as queen. it was used for an official portrait. imagine coming here in 1952. your job is to photograph the new monarch. she was a young mother coming to terms with her official role. as part of the jubilee celebrations, more and more material like this is being released to giving us a rare insight into her private life. one experts said that this collection is unique. >> in this picture of the queen, she is made to look like a film star. >> so secrets are the photos that they had been hidde

hard to avoid encroaching on with respect to the points you made about governor duke and president dudley, they are not representing any official position of the board, they're speaking on their own recognizance. if you pay attention to the speeches that reserving presidents give, there's a wide variety of opinion even on monetary policy. no official endorsement of those positions. we are trying to provide useful background. i apologize if it was misinterpreted. again, our goal was just to be helpful. >> well i guess i would take off, what the chairman was talking about. you have two mandates in the area of employment, monetary policy and that's obviously a lot for the fed to be responsible for. we have an area in fiscal policy and would like to maintain that. you do have a fiscal responsibility, officially have, well, you're the owner of about $1 trillion of more guelmortgag securities. wearing that hat, comment on the rephi plan. what will the impact be losses to the balance sheet if that plan was to go through? >> we haven't done that specific calculation. again i'm not going to endors

resident amanda dudley. >> it's terrible. my house is freezing. had to go buy electric heaters.s terrible. >> reporter: natural gas is highly volatile and the process of repairing lines is delicate. >> damage results. as a result, the gas main has gotten to it. you can't have water in a gas main. >> reporter: about 100 residents have lost water service. but it has since been restored. but before the utility can repair the gas line. >> that's a labor-intensive process. we've got people going door to door throughout this community so that we can get access. >> reporter: so far, they've reached a little less than 600 homes. they're working on finishing the rest and hope to have repairs done today. but it will still take time. >> once they've completed repairs, we'll go in and reintroduce gas at each and every building. and relay each appliance at each of the buildings. >> reporter: once again, bge is hoping to start turning on services tomorrow. but they have to go building by building so that could take sometime. reporting live from baltimore, wjz eyewitness news. >> once the gas

dudley said.ng principal reduction and you're not talking about how homeowners can get out from under this foreclosure problem, what are you suggesting we do to improve this housing market? >> well, we have discussed a variety of things in our white paper. though again the proviso the goal to provide background analysis that would help congress make good decisions. for example a big overhang of homes in the market, one of the ideas that we've discussed is the moving reo, real estate owned to rental, that is something that the fhsa has begun a pilot program on, that's interesting. we talked about -- tried to identify barriers to doing that on large scale. that's one potential direction. it's a lot of issues right now with the tightness of mortgage standards where people are not able to get mortgage credit even when they meet gse standards. so we have talked about clarifying the representations and and warranties that are part of the mortgage contract. fhsa and the gses have looked at that and that

. >> reporter: jack dudley's mom was the team mentor. the science teacher was their coach. as specialist warren works on his long road to recovery, his inspiring story has created another. young scientists using their brains to make a difference. >> if you have a cool school, please e-mail me. a great experience at the white house for them and it was great to be there and cover it. >> i bet it was. >>> our time 6:19. next in sports, the wizardses head to lob city while a group of d.c. elementary students get ready to run a marathon. >>> time to check in once again on our question of the morning. what do you think? according to a new survey when a woman goes through a tough breakup, what's the number one thing she turns to for comfort? is it a, chocolate, b, wine, or c, ice cream. >> a lot of you are offering your own answers which are funny but can't be repeated on tv. so we're going with facebook friend amanda's answer. she says all of the above. or maybe a float made with chocolate flavored ice cream. >> keep the guesses coming. we'll reveal the answer at 6:53. we'll be b

but a lot of the body language from chairman bernanke and dudley all suggests you could get liquidity here at home as well. >> radeem, tell me how you're seeing it. >> i do think you'll continue to see modest growth, 2.5% to 3% globally. what i find encouraging is you have a combination of pent-up demand in both durable goods and select areas of housing. i think the pent-up demand plus the liquidity keeps us going. you've seen the expectations of earnings come down quite a bit, so at this point i think $100 or so in earnings is achievable. as far as positioning, keep in mind two things. one, stability is expensive, and cyclicality is attractive. don't get overly defensive. two, the number, or percentage of companies that are attractive as takeout candidates is at the highest level since '75. new activities are likely to pick up. >> so you think the second half is going to be strong? >> i think actually 2% to 3% in the united states is probably the stable growth through most of the year. but exactly how it breaks out, i don't have a strong view. >> thank you so much for weighing in on

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this young fellow jack dudley from ashburn and another from leesburg were representing virginia. the middle schoolers invented a new helmet for the battlefield, an improvement of the existing one. it consists of layers of kevlar and even has an air bag. >> we wanted to invent a helmet to save many troops' lives and reduce injuries and save our country billions of dollars. >> you're 11. save your country billions of dollars. is he fantastic or not. this is not the last time we'll see them. we'll feature them next week in cool schools so tune in for that too. >>> time to take another look at the question of the day. super bowl weekend, the slowest weekend in the america for movie ticket sales, b, wedding, or retail shopping. one of our views says the super bowl weekend? no way. we'll have the answer to the question of date in about an hour. >>> washington, d.c. once again ranked as one of the best places in the country. >> the material girl announces her tour dates and stops. we're back in less than three minutes with your weather first. >>> the biggest school system in the washing

encroach on congress's fiscal responsibilities, especially on the made about governor duke and president dudley are not representing any official position of the board. they're speaking on their own recognizance. if you pay attention to the speeches, there's a wide variety of opinion even on monetary policy. so there was no official endorsement of those positions. we are trying to provide useful background. i apologize if it was misinterpreted. again, our goal was just to be helpful. >> i guess i would take off what the chairman was talking about. you have two-man dates in the area of employment, area of monetary policy and that's a lot for the fed to be responsible for. we have a mandate in the area of fiscal policy and we would like to retain that. you do have a responsibility in the position that you have, you're the owner of about $1 trillion right now of mortgage backed securities. in that position wearing that hat, can you comment on the president's new proposal on the refi plan? what would the impact be as far as realized losses to the balance sheet if that plan was to go through? >> no,

we just don't think that the measures on dudley finally the constitutional rights of the individuals involved. there are not any less restricted method could be as a practical matter employed. i appreciate the court's indulgence. >> thank you. >> i think you indulge me and i hope you didn't go too long. >> you didn't save any time but we will give you two minutes any way. >> may i please the court - theodore olson i am here on behalf of the plaintiff. it's important to focus on the fundamental fact that california has engraved discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual orientation into its fundamental charter to read the label given to proposition 8 in the official voters pamphlet said it all. it eliminates the rights of same-sex couples to marry. this proposition marginalized and stripped over a million lesbian and gay californians of access to what the supreme court of the united states has repeatedly characterized as the most important relation in life. >> do you think that there is a difference between taking the right away and not supporting it in the first place? >> yes, we

dudley says bp is ready to settle on what they call fair and reasonable terms. he also adds he's ready to fight. >>> ebs posted a loss be a the swiss bank is also warning that global economic concerns could generate head winds for revenue growth in the current quarter. >>> toyota is reporting a stronger than expected profit. they are raising its annual forecast on cost cuts. hackers sought $50,000 in return for the stolen blueprints to the company's flag ship product. i would think you would want more. symantec set it was uncovered in a sting operation. >> $50,000 will go a long way when you're somebody who sits in a bathrobe behind a computer. you need some new clothes, some underwear. i guess they weren't trying to get greedy. >> remember when "dateline" used to do catch a predator? this could be catch a hacker. you wouldn't watch this? >> i don't think it's compelling television. >> was it chris -- what is chris' last name? now i'm embarrassing myself. chris hanson. >> let's move on. >> i think to catch a hacker would be great. i'd watch. you could do a speci

congress' fiscal responsibilities with respect to the points you made about governor duke and president dudleythey are not representing any official position of the board. they're speaking on their own recognizance. if you pay attention to the speeches that reserve bank presidents give, you know there's a wide variety of opinion, even on monetary policy. so there was no official endorsement of those positions. we are, again, trying to provide useful background. i apologize if it was misinterpreted. again, our goal was just to be helpful. >> well, i guess i would just sort of take off -- you have two mandates, in the area of employment and monetary policy, and that's a lot for the fed to be responsible for. we have fiscal policy, and we would like to retain it. you do have a responsibility where you're the owner of $1 trillion of mortgage-backed securities, right? in that position of the owner, wearing that hat, can you comment then on the president's new proposal on the refi plan? what would the impact be as far as realized losses to the balanced sheet, if that plan was to go through? >> no, w