k. street versions. newly installed treasury secretary timothy geithner appointed mark paterson and this is a former top lobbyist for goldman sachs this is chief of staff and then last week there was a lot of buzz over william lynn he was appointed the number two position at the defense department where you're lynn also a former top lobbyist for raytheon which is a one of the five largest defense contractors so how is that a change in what washington works and how washington works well it's not a change. now to be fair voters didn't expect president obama to fully heed lobbyists of day after all the reality is that many are extremely qualified to work in the public sector and so the point is not the every lobbyist out there is some evil villain it's just the hypocrisy of the extent to which president obama has embraced business as usual was pretty astounding given his campaign rhetoric according to the website open secrets dot org the revolving door my end of spinning more during the obama administration

congressman heath schuler, also from north carolina, is openly negotiating for a job on k street even while he's positioning himself to be a major player in tax reform debates this year, and he's retiring so he can go to k street and get a multi-million-dollar salary. so is joe lieberman. he rejected our offer. last week he was just honored by hundreds of corporate lobbyists. >> so you gottlieb lieberman te you no way, jose, i'm taking the money and walking. you got schuler, and who is the other one who complied? >> dale kildee says he'll comply and negotiate. pretty much everyone else has rejected us. congresswoman jean schmitt ran away from us when we asked, so i'm not expecting her to answer. >> i'm looking at barney frank. he's a good guy, cares about the people, cares about the liberal, has good rhetoric. he would agree with this, right? >> one would hope so, but i saw in politico the other day, some of the biggest bank lobbying firms are recruiting barney frank to be their chief lobbyist. at the same time, we asked him to comply with this very simple disclosure request, and he s

k. street and as a result they couldn't get the votes to pass a bill to get loaded up in the senate you know for the front of the house house version in the house like they've been able to move a bill the senate passed an incredibly good strong bipartisan bill it funds a program even a slightly above baseline levels and it shores up some serious mass transit problems in this country one of the stories that's not be told in america is that mass transit says. we're facing huge growth in demand but they're cutting service and jobs because they don't have the resources to deal with with with the rising demand and this bill fixes that by giving them some flexibility in how they spend their money to keep trains running it's a big deal yeah it is a big deal what what kind of. what kind of america what kind of function how can how can business even function without a transportation investor i don't understand the logic of these guys what's interesting about it is that even the chamber of commerce is completely on board trying to pass a long term bill to the a.f.l.-cio and our organization which

k. street here in washington literally on k. street where all the lobbyists are having it in your face made people talk about it certainly people do talk about it a little less both in the mainstream media and the alternative media and just sort of by the water cooler what do you think it from what you research from the people that you're talking to what kind of things can we expect to see in the coming weeks . that's a it's a great question and it's a little bit difficult to answer because there are things that we know were going to happen right we know there will probably be protests at the g eight summit in camp david or outside of camp david i doubt the protesters will be let into camp david but also if they need the nato summit in chicago there will probably be protests at both of the democratic and republican national conventions this summer there's going to be a big need a celebration so there are things that we definitely know about and those anyone can go online and find out but to me the most interesting things will be

request on behalf of me and supervisor david campos, in memoriam of jake, the dog that was beloved on k street. this is not tongue-in-cheek. i take this very seriously. he was a beloved figure from the haight. jake was a bulldog that stood watch in front of his owners salon, blade runners' hair studio. he was a fixture, and i remember seeing him on many occasions as i walked down the street. he entertained salon patrons, greeted tourists, and collected all those who came into his presence. jake was a member of the community and an sure he was a beloved friend to his honor. for many people, animals are not only pets and france, but serve as a companion animals for those with disabilities or other special needs. jake reminds us of the important role animals have in our hearts and our communities. he certainly will be missed. supervisor mar: the ongoing rash of the ada disability-based lawsuits targeting many of our small businesses in many of our neighborhoods continue to threaten our merchants. this past week, i learned that hamburger heaven, and long-time richmond district landmark on clement

this is where the vincent gray headquarters was located at 6th and k streets northwest. the same information that's been turned over to federal prosecutors alleged illegal cash contributions were used to make not just a handful of money order purchases, but 2 to 300 purchases. all of those money orders were bought at the same place, the safeway right across from the campaign headquarters. mayor gray has steadfastly denied any knowledge of wrongdoing, but, sos say campaign staffer howard brooks -- sources say campaign staffer howard brooks has admitted to the money order purchases. he's gotten immunity for relatives who forged signatures in an effort to conceal their origin in cash contributions. brooks agreed to wear a wire for the fbi. it's unclear who or what led the fbi to geoff thompson. the city paper reported last june thompson got around limits to his own campaign contributions by getting his companies and many employees to contribute to his candidates. it's called bundling. it's all legal unless the feds can prove there was fraud, forgery or conspiracy. >> the in

k. street you know a lot of ease treat i guess it is that the just charlotte outed him has his book about the this culture here of right wing religious republicans most republicans some democrats too they're passing legislation to kill gay people i mean is it to what extent is america exporting its sexual history. well i think you're right to the extent that we see it in places like africa and i hear that it's also starting in latin america to extend a lot of it is being pushed export it by americans who as you say you know these launching to power brokers with very high level of republican backing for these really grotesque kinds of legislation senator olympia snowe just announced that she was going to retire from the sun she was a moderate republican who believed in women's rights and stood up for birth control do you think that her retirement was in part a surrender to the sexual car revolutionaries or or was probably just associated with you know her deciding it's time to go. no i think it was absolutely her being fed up with the craziness in her party and the real recognition that sh

profound changes in our country have always come from the people, not from congress, wall street, k street or even pennsylvania avenue. we can't afford to wait for the change to come to us, we must proactively be a part of it. then we will all be making good. i'm billy parish. >> tom: and finally tonight, there's a new pecking order in burger land. wendy's has dethroned burger king as the country's second largest hamburger chain by sales volume. wendy's had sales of $8.5 billion last year, while b.k.'s sales were $8.4 billion. mcdonald's still rules when it comes to burgers with over $34 billion in sales. and for fast food overall, mcdonald's is number one, but its followed by subway and starbucks where sales neared $10 billion last year. susie i will put you down for one double cheeseburger. >> i have a real weakness for the french fries. i don't usually go for fast food but i will take the french fry. >> tom: i'll take the burger, you get the fridays that is nightly business report for this monday, march 19th. have a great evening,. >> susie: same to you, tom. good to morrow night. "nigh

he went there and lived in a million dollar plus home, lives on k street, that's how he's making his money and i'm so sick of him putting down i'm a little pennsylvania boy. but okay. i'm going to talk about what i really called about. this cradle to grave medical care, that's what cuba is about. you look at castro, you look at what's going on in cuba, if the democrats want to go there, go there and live that life. i don't want that life here in america. i'm a small business owner. they keep saying this is an individual mandate. no it's not. small business owners like myself have to pay for someone else's health care, when in the world has that happened. and they keep talking about canada and england. everyone of those people in canadaand england pay big taxes. they don't let these people off that don't pay any taxes like 50% of our country doesn't pay taxes. they have to pay taxes in those countries. and the other thing, this is already doubled the cost, doubled the cost that they told us that obama told us this is going to cost. does that remind you back in johnson's day when medic

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it is strategically located within walking distance to foggy bottom and k street. because this is federal land, d.c. parking enforcement cannot issue tickets. only the park police. issuing tickets to more than 40 cars, most of them without a state task. all of them intended for short- term parking. >> people are not paying for the parking spaces. >> the spaces are limited to three hours. police do not regularly enforce the parking restrictions, commuters have been using it for all day parking for years. today, we saw several people coming to their cars to feed the meters. that is also against the law. >> it is here to serve the boathouse. >> yesterday, a local woman posted a complaint on the lack of enforcement. park police were here is when tickets -- issuing tickets. more than 100 tickets have been issued. this man did not get a ticket, but many of its employees did. >> that has always been a problem. there is not affordable parking. >> nearby parking lots charge up to $25 a day. the same as the cost of the ticket. a lot of those commuters are just coming back to

there were also several in sections of 14th to 16th streets in northwest along i and k street not far from where we are today. so we begin to see that there are growing communities of african-americans in the city who are vibrant and creating self-sustaining institutions and organizations and businesses. among them were an oyster house at 15th and pennsylvania avenue at the washington hotel run by a man by the name of jesse garner. it was a pretty successful business. it's also successful that he decides to open a second shop that focuses on the shoe care business. and he advertises it as offering service unsurpassed by any business anywhere else in america. so he's doing pretty well. he's proud of what he's accomplishing. but he's not alone. there are other businesses run by african-americans that are located along pennsylvania avenue. ralph king has a business, and that's accompanied by what is called the epicurean eating house run by beverly snow, in downtown washington on pennsylvania avenue and sixth, not too far from here. in fact, there's a riot that occurs around that place ca

k. street. this was to tell the lobbyists in washington that their days of setting. oh. it will not work in my white house but if you look at my track record not only do i not see federal. money in this campaign. and that. your voice is well and hesitant as united states. are it's i think we've made this point pretty clear obama's administration would not be run by lobbyists it seems so straightforward talking to our attention that obama's appointed steve or sherry as a counselor to vice president biden now percent is very well known amongst washington politicians because he spends a lot of time in the nation's capital as a lobbyist and obama knows it so he has had some pretty big clients like fannie mae g.m. eighteen t. just to name a few and are the words of dana milbank over at washington post he's also been through the revolving door more than a bellhop at the doubletree hotel so check this out for the eighty's he worked in the private sector lobbying on behalf of firms like blue cross blue shield and the ninety two was a federal government employees serving as a dep

k. street lobbyists grover norquist in an interview with daily show last night jon stewart as the multimillionaire lobbyist grover norquist of president reagan should be scorned for raising taxes during his presidency with no. records that. reagan raised taxes one of them seven times eight times and george russian and lost the battle of new york that was not on purpose i mean the reagan didn't want to raise taxes he kept raising that eighty two eighty three eighty five on the list you think i mean so would you have run somebody against him you know did the good news is your route one he hadn't signed the pledge so while norquist wants to impeach president obama for raising taxes and he had some kludgy there president reagan gets a free pass just because he didn't sign norquist ridiculous pledge forcing lawmakers to respect the pledge before the constitution that's piri piri. so aside from a pet chimpanzee that starred with him in the film bedtime for bonzo that ronald reagan have the president obama doesn't have a track congress that cares about fixing the economy instead of one of cessed with mak

k. street it looks like it pays for lawmakers to sell out to lobbying firms how bots that are might give you a headache story to some home at. least put a picture of me even though i was like nine years old and just you know lived through . it i'm a total get over friends that i was going to happen for. that it was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world with its place. the. pepper spray which is burning gerard's right right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a free product essentially. i see much stronger than anything if you buy off. thousands of times i'm stronger than any kind of after you've ever put your. people calling like you said the free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the winter and you can hear behind me loud explosions. well apparently it's selling out pays off at least if you're a congressman lawmakers they serve their time make their connections and when they get out get lucrative careers as a lobbyist there are a few examples former congressman billy tauzin a republican from arizona once you jump to the private sector his salary

the remaining pages look at items that are also paid out of the street and traffic safety transportation system management category of prop k, including street resurfacing, curb ramps, sidewalk repairs, street cleaning, pedestrian countdown signals, and a number of other small but important projects. finally, in terms of national reporting, we have our annual independent audit, which yielded an unqualified audit report. no findings, no recommendations. i think this is the eighth year in a row. as a culmination of a good year, fitch ratings upgraded the authority's credit rating from aa to aa +. that is something to celebrate, will mean lower borrowing costs for us. it is coupled with the action that he took today to significantly lower the cost -- you took to date to submit a lower-cost of our interest rate in the paper so the program. i want to thank all of you for your leadership at the local and regional level and your partnership with us in making these accomplishments possible. i also want to thank the city departments and other agencies that are recipients of prop k, as well as regional planning and funding agencies.

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also in the top five, 14th and u streets northwest, 15th and k streets northwest, and benning road at east capital street. >>> coming up on 6:08. in about five more minutes, more from super tuesday. learn what lies ahead for the republican field as they head toward this summer's convention. >>> it's not going to feel like summer today but it will feel more like spring. howard predicting highs in the 60s. your weather first is next on 9news now. >>> after a chilly tuesday, spring like temperatures on tap for today and tomorrow. we'll be into the upper 50s by noon. sunny, a little breezy, too. those gusts could be toward 20 miles an hour with highs approaching 65. >>> on the northbound side of i- 95 here in newington, volume building into springfield. all lanes are open. the fairfax county parkway before i-95 an accident cleared. more on area roadways coming up once again in a couple of minutes at 6:18. >>> here's what's making news now at 6:11. the cost of building metro's silver line from reston to ashburn is getting cheaper. not cheap, though, by any stretch. the airport authority is

zones include busy car traffic areas like u street and 14th street and this intersection, 16th and k streetays they are trying to make improvements through out the year some people are wondering if it is enough. >> cars versus pedestrians, it is a battle waged daily on dc roads. but pedestrians and bicyclists coming up on the losing end, far too often. >> drivers don't really care pest direason -- pedestrians, cyclists they never turn around. >> they have identified 24 of the worst intersections for pedestrian crashes over the last three years mlk and howard road southeast, banning road east capital, georgia avenue kennedy northwest, are just a few danger zones. 14th street northwest also had several spots, three of them are in the heart of columbia heights at columbia, irving and park it didn't take long for our cameras to capture the problem. >> pedestrian i am not sure where cars will come from. >> it is not just drivers being careless. they choose some of the blame to have crashes for wreckless behaviour. >> people walking and jay walking all the time. >> he shares the pedes -- she shar

in here you lose you go to k street and become a lobbyist. it is nasty. you saw it in that tone.ll he do to get 20 delegates, betray his principles? is that betrayal of principles to say if puerto rico won statehood and admitted that not everybody has to learn english overnight i'm not sure. you have the slow and steady romney accumulating the delegates. santorum nipping at his heals but big deal. >> bret: 5 to 6, 6 to 1 in illinois on the ground with ads and super pac. one more -- one of the pastors in illinois introducing rick santorum for a speech there in front of a congregation. and controversial statement where santorum responded to it today. >> if you don't love america, and you don't like the way we do things, i have got one thing to say. [ laughter ] >> get out! [ applause ] we don't worship buddha. we don't worship mohammed. we don't worship alla. we worship god. we worship god's son jesus christ. >> though i agree with his statement that america shouldn't do that no. speaking for himself. is he obviously allowed to believe what he wants to believe. obviously i believe

the prom will be held at the almas shriner's ball room on k street. carnival extravaganza. hopefully i'll see you there tomorrow night. >> what are you wearing? >> a red dress, i'm so excited. satin and zippers. it will be awesome. >> i want to see it. okay, bring us pictures. >>> we'll see you again shortly. >>> the tower containing the world's most famous clock, big ben, could be renamed after the queen. some senior members of parliament said the tower should be renamed elizabeth tower in honor of the queen's 60 years of reigning. big ben is technically only name the clock has right now. the tower that holds it is actually called st. steven's tower. of the 41 monarchs that have ruled the country, only queen victoria and queen elizabeth have celebrated a diamond jubilee. and lawmakers say, this would be a fitting tribute. >>> well, if you've ever dreamed of a royal life, there may be a new job for you. buckingham palace is hiring a trainee butler. the help wanted ad is the official, on the official website of the british monarchy. the hours are long. 45 hours a week. but m

to communicate with them and if you just come in and say, i don't know, i saw some nice woman on k streett doesn't really help us. please know their name and particularly their fax number so we can communicate with them. in terms of your insurance, it is the patient's responsibility to know that we do not memorize all the co-pays and all the deductibles and we have no way of keeping track of all that stuff. we are just the middleman. that's for the parent to go to the insurance company for. have that ready before you come. we are able to check you in faster, get you back faster and keep everybody on time. >> all right. good advice from the doctor. thank you, dr. jackie. >> thank you. >> jim? >>> breaking news right knew controversial bill requiring women to have abdominal ultrasound exams before undergoing abortions is now virginia law. governor bob mcdonnell signed that bill into law today. abortion provide letters have to comply beginning in july. women's rights groups protested the bill for weeks. when we come right back on news4 at four the student feet these might have cost a photo t

henceforth, the door would be wide open for the entire legion of washington's k street lobbies, reinforced by the campaign libations prodigiously dispensed by their affiliated political action committees, to relentlessly plunder the public purse." that's a pretty strong indictment. >> yeah and -- but on the other hand, i think you would have to say it was fair. when you look at what came out of 2008, the only thing that came out of 2008 was a stabilization of these giant wall street banks. nothing came out of 2008 that really helped main street. nothing came out of 2008 that addressed our fundamental problems, that we've lost a huge swath of our middle class jobs. nothing came out of 2008 that made financial discipline or fiscal discipline possible. it was justified as sort of expediency. we need to do this. we need to stop the contagion. but it wasn't thought through as to what the long-term implications of this would be. >> how did you see it playing out? >> i think there was a lot of panic going on in the treasury department. i call it "the blackberry panic." they were all looking at th