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our personalities who natasha and our business desk so natasha watts' hitting the headlines in a world of business today. well many investors with all the doom and gloom coming out of europe many investors really see china as the only glimpse of hope but now we see some bad statistics coming out of china as well in fact china reported a trade deficit on more than thirty one billion dollars over the weekend china's a large just in a decade indefinitely bigger than most analysts expected the good news is that we saw some growth in imports they jumped by almost forty percent which is the strongest growth in more than a year but the bears seem to outweigh the bulls on the asian trading floors this monday let's now see how the indices are performing this hour and as you can see both the nikkei and the hang seng are in the red the hang seng is losing more than a quarter percent the nikkei was holding onto its gains for most of the morning trade but it has slipped into red a little more than an hour ago and here in law school predictably the indices are also losing value. basically the r.t.s.

eight summit in chicago the demonstrations have been in the works for months and earlier i spoke to natasha lennard reporter first lot of home and asked her why the big move especially the last minute here's her take. you know we'll never get straight about what exactly makes basic research vision making but it's definitely being bred and i think perhaps justifiably as part of protest is a huge amount of pressure with that promise to present it looking the context of occupy tens of thousands of people from around the country in the well promising to descend on chicago the thing is they still will be going because it's the nato summit. today go do it so i don't think a lot of protests heading for chicago will change and you know it is a lection season so could there be a fear that widespread protests could be an embarrassment to the administration. no doubt and i think that's true with a lot of the harsh crackdown surrounding the un rest my movement since the beginning of this year and before that. but i think got the kind of environment unavoidable when not protests from it and i'm doesn't

thank you very much for coming on the show that was natasha lennard reporter at salon dot com. well the f.b.i. today arrested top members of the hacktivist group sac the f.b.i. in new york filed charges against people it was reportedly made possible by this man twenty eight year old hector and they view him on seeger seeger five. it's a being a former member of the hacktivist group and is now working with the f.b.i. now with his help police today arrested a man by the name of jeremy hammond's hemet is named as the person behind hacking into strat for a private u.s. intelligence for he and the others face several charges including computer hacking conspiracy court documents say the group is responsible for hacking into several computer systems of businesses u.s. and foreign government agencies in response anonymous today tweeted we are legion we do not have a leader nor will we ever was a group but anonymous is a movement groups come and go ideas remain now the trial will be prosecuted by the u.s. district attorney's office their first court appearance is set for tuesday we will

we're going to start interviewing them one by one. >> a closer look at tiffany and natasha's case revealst appears to be a start-up pimping operation run by a convicted drug dealer out on parole. >> sorry to wake you up. i need some quick information. you can stay down if you want. >> investigators will continue to probe this fledgling outfit for any possible links to juveniles or bigger players in the local sex trade. >> tell me how you got involved in that. >> as for natalia, the pregnant 19-year-old yields perhaps the most promising tip of the night. >> kristen is, like, i need money. i want to do that, too. >> a lead on a possible juvenile going by the name of kristen. >> she said she wanted to do it because it looked like easy money. >> according to natalia the juvenile is being exploited by a local escort service. >> how old do you think she was? >> at the time 16 or 17. >> what makes you think that again? >> because she was in school and i knew she was under 18. >> she provides investigators with the description of the juvenile, her possible location and the name of the individual

natasha barite has the details. -- natasha bear it has the details. >> passengers said the flight attendant started ranting over the intercom, alarming everyone on board. several of them turned their cell phones back on to call 911. >> labor pretty frightened. we learned -- we knew something was wrong. >> you can hear a woman screaming. another woman on board recorded this video. it was heading to chicago this morning. >> she spoke in and out of the spanish. she talked about the flight crashing. >> the flight attendants started repeating her sentence is over and over again. >> passengers on board that american airlines flight said one of the flight attendants gave a rambling 15-minute speech on the plans intercom. >> she said i am not responsible for this airplane crashing. >> everyone started to undo their seat belts. we were ready to take action. >> the flight attendant mentioned 9/11, at union issues, and bankruptcy. >> another attendant reportedly denied the claims, asking passengers to dismiss the announcement. >> we will go back to the gate, and then you would hear, no, we are not goi

thanks for waking up with us, i am natasha barrett. i am cynne simpson. . we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will have meteorologist steve rudin in a moment, but let's start with lisa baden. >> starting on a quiet note. overnight construction put to bed. in good shape on 95 between richmond and baltimore. pretty quiet on 270. traffic heading away from us -- looks good in germantown and in rockville. more from newschopper 7 and a little while. now to steve rudin >> . looking at temperatures outside not so bad as we start this thursday morning. still in the low 60's at reagan national airport 61 at dulles, 48 in manassas. 41 in oakland, maryland. cold front that moved through yesterday afternoon that brought spotty showers and isolated thunderstorm did not amount to much. high pressure over now brings sunshine for the day with highs around 60-65 degrees. the wind starting to pick up right now. that will stick around until mid afternoon. we could see gusts exceeding 25 miles an hour. talk about a freeze wiped in effect for parts of the are

live from northwest d.c., natasha barrett abc7 news. >> that's it for abc7 news at 5.oming up at 6. >> the fallout from the u.s. soldier that opened fire in afghanistan. the white house response. >> a university of maryland student accused of -- threatening to shoot up his campus. >> white everytime gas prices go up to the president's popularity goes down. that and more coming up at 6. >> live in hd. this is abc 7 news at 6:00. on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the white house stands firm on its plan for afghanistan despite growing tension that to the deadly shooting of 16 people.

and natasha barrett abc7 news. >> now to the race to face president obama this fall. tonight, to make states will cast their ballots for the republican nominee. results could have a significant impact on three campaigns. mitt romney, rick santorum, and newt gingrich are hoping for victories in alabama and mississippi. all three candidates took potshots at each other and that the president. >> birds, elect a conservative. that is the one that will be the most electable. >> i am like one of my competitors, i have had bricksgrits before. >> mitt romney hold a sizable lead in the race for delegates. turn to our sister station for coverage beginning at 6 blog 30 -- at 6 got 30, right after this broadcast. -- at 6:30. >> big news about the big bang. tonight the results of a new stress test. >> x breaking news about the help of the u.s. banking system. several banks have failed the fed's stress test. that means they don't have enough capital for survive another serious downturn. >> 7 is on your side with new signs that the u.s. airways may be able -- either to take over airl

my name is natasha and i director of government relations for next g networks. we are here today about two permits that are slightly different. there is the one near 43 brussels street and the other near 644 morse street. the permits at brussels street is not particularly relevant anymore, due to the particular location. it is going through the article 5 permitting process, which as you know, perhaps there is extensive notice, protests, further notice, and then again, another board of appeals process that will be available again during the article 25 process. this permit has either been submitted or is in the process of being submitted. i was not able to confirm that. but i do know for sure that this side is going to day -- this site is going to stay on hold and then go through the article 25 process. is for that reason that we ask you to deny the jurisdiction request because it will have to do with that insulation. in regard to 10wr-0145, it is in regard to those that did not have notice process, which understand that you most likely will grant that today. and

. >> i'm natasha barrett. traffic and weather first period steve rudin. >> not a bad start to our thursday. at skies gradually clearing and mild temperatures for the morning. 62 degrees at reagan national airport. dulles airport. 59 at winchester. the cold front moved through afternoon and brought some showers and embedded thunderstorms. it did not amount to much. cooler, drier air funnels across now. 60-65 this afternoon under partly to mostly sunny skies. it will be a cold night ahead. freeze warnings and frost us.ings to the west of first, lisa baden has traffic. 270 out of frederick into county, a very nice. looks nice in clarksburg. travel times in our favor between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. across the american legion bridge. normal on 66 between centreville y.d the beltwa this is 95 traffic in springfield. they are moving overnight construction. back to you. >> thank you. police are looking for a who led officers on a chase from prince george's county into d.c. the chase began at eastern r

natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish the death penalty in california and pursuing the goal of reforming capital sentencing procedure. before we start with the first question, we have a short video. i have been told that this is a video from the former warden of the mississippi prison. >> it is clear that the execution will take place and something happens. they may not come out and say that they did this, but they will tell the victim -- i am sorry. and then they say, i did this. and i leaned down to whisper in his ear, and i thought i could reach them because i wanted to make certain that he is at peace with themselves. i said it is not important for you to confess to this crime and is not important for anyone in this room. the only thing that is important is that you let your god know the truth. and he looked at me and he sai

i also want to echo what the process said -- please join, please help -- i also want to echo what natasha said. talk to 10 of your friends, send e-mails, send letters. thank you. [applause] >> 1985, when i was sentenced to death for a crime i did not commit, i thought right away that this would be rectified. i was convicted of two different crimes. it took 18 years. it took me seven execution dates. i watched 12 then be executed while i was there -- i watched 12 and then be executed while i was there. i'm not in a position to say whether either of them -- whether any of them were guilty or innocent. mr. d.a., i am asking you, truly consider leaving the death penalty along. let that be in god's hands, what that person goes through or deals with. there are too many flaws in our system that we cannot control and we cannot trust a man. i am asking you to consider that, to take the consideration of that. the question we did not answer was it one of these guys were in this and that was executed by a prosecutor that had evidence that was clearly convincing that that person was innocent, what wou

of yanza media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islanderaffairs, and law partner with the law offices of g.c.r. l.l.p. unfortunately, all three judges were not able to join us tonight to present the awards. but we have three very capable individuals who are proud to make the presentations on their behalf. and now for the presentation of the emerging leadership award, please join me in welcoming supervisor eric marr. [applause] >> thank you. i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar. but we went to the same high school in sacramento so i'll stand in for him. i'm pleased to announce the finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, we have all of the criteria listed in the award booklet. but it's important for us to recognize and celebrate the next generation of leadership, passion, and commitment to serving the asian pacific community. and it's critical also that we ensure that our voices, our needs and concerns continue to be heard and addressed. i would like to ask the finalists for the emerging

some of natasha's bears a real antiques including one that's supposed to have belongs on nicholas the second she used to be a toll maker who turned to teddy when a scottish friend brought us some plans to make back loading now she can put together a new furry friend in around ten hours and she's a pretty good teacher too so i think she has kindly offered to show me the arts of making your own any pets i'm going to see. if i can get this little guy to look a little bit more cuddly. quick tutorial on stuffing my first there began to look far more healthy and i was ready for something a little more delicate. or that was easier said than done. well after fail. and then there was the question of how to get them in the right position and how do you with your good. looks brittle that it's been called to be kind promising. nine has. come quite tricky. but eventually after some minor brain surgery we were ready for the finishing touch on then oh boy. apparently according to the tacit it's only when the eyes go in that the bear actually becomes a bear so. they would think i'm going to be an osc

some of natasha's there's a real antiques including one that's supposed to have a launches on the cholas the second she used to be it told me can you turn to tell us when a scottish friend will to some plans to make their clothing now she can put together a new furry friend in around ten hours she's a pretty good teacher too so let her see his kindly offered to show me the arts of making your own that's going to see. if i can get this little guy to look a little bit more cuddly. culture a quick tutorial on stuffing my first began to look far more healthy and i was ready for something a little more delicate. or that was easier said than done. nothing failed. and then there was the question of how to get them in the right position and here with me. looks brittle when it's in calls me kind of promise. and i. can't quite cheerfully. but eventually after some minor brain surgery we were ready for the finishing touch. on then oh boy oh yeah i only according to the classics only when the eyes go in that the bear actually becomes a bear so. i don't know what to think it might not be an oscar win