>> newland, in china, yes. also in other countries. >> reporter: newland develops software, chances are whether they are aware of it or not, people in china are using newland-based products every day. now she's branching out, doing deals internationally and opening offices in the u.s. and europe. she sees herself not just as a businesswoman but an ambassador for her country. >> translator: at the beginning, our technology company's target market was china. but later we found we should develop our overseas market, our business partners are surprised about china's development nowadays. >> reporter: you have very interesting friends. it doesn't hurt either to have friends in high places. crystal wang not only knows china's president hu jintao but is on first name basis with his likely successor xi jinping. >> he's very kind. >> translator: vice president is a very kind person. i'm a businesswoman and he's a high-ranking official. i should have felt the status gap between us but i never did. >> reporter: as governo

back tort newland and fredricksburg some -- toward newland and fredricksburg some lighter stuff. temperatures are warm. 58 in town. 61 in culpeper. it's 59 in hagerstown this morning. southern maryland 57 degrees with some of the rain still at the pax river naval air station. good visibility but cloudy on our michael & son weather camera. dew points have risen into the 50s. the air mass is becoming more and more moist and warm. it will support some thunderstorms. just want to show you this storm here. this is bringing snow to the oregon coast. high winds. it's springtime. some big changes and big storms. we've got one we'll be dealing with in a few days. 78 today. chance for a couple of storms. tonight we're down in the 50s, upper 40s. beautiful wednesday and thursday. mid- to upper 70s. friday some showers, 68. i think the bulk of the showers will be gone for the race so we should be in pretty good shape for the marathon. you can watch it right here from 8:00 to 11:00 on wusa. let's go to monika santami live in fairfax county with time saver traffic. >> reporter: thank you so mu

officers griffin and newland have been listed as victims in the initial police reports.y're currently on paid time off. currently, there are three investigations going on into the incident. by the pasadena police, the l.a. county sheriff's office, and an independent investigation by the l.a. county district attorney. all three investigations are expected to take weeks if not months to complete. miguel marquez, cnn, pasadena, california. >> as more information surfaces in the trayvon martin killing, there seems to be more questions than answers. we'll take a look at the police surveillance video. paperless discount. paid-in-full discount. [yawning] homeowner's discount. safe driver discount. chipmunk family reunion. someone stole the nuts. squirrel jail. justice! countless discounts. now that's progressive. call or click today. [♪...] >> i wish my patients could see what i see. that over time, having high cholesterol, plus diabetes or high blood pressure or family history of early heart disease, can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup. and they'd see that it's m

where it's snowing heavily, we have temperatures which are down in the low 30s with bill in newland saying he got 3 inches of snow to north and west sun is coming out. charleston, 37 degrees now. 34 in leesburg. 39 fort belvoir. up in columbia 36. crofton 39. so a chilly day. as we look outside, we still have generally cloudy skies on our michael & son weather camera with a temperature of 40. windchill is 33 right now with the north, northwest winds at 13. here's our clipper quickly moving through. some snow showers in the mountains now of west virginia, eastern kentucky. but as this slides away from us, we'll see a little bit of sun in a couple of spots but also the threat this afternoon for not much more than a passing flurry or snow shower and maybe even a couple of rain showers well south of town. but we've got the cold air in place, just cold enough for the snow. by 6:00 tonight, the storms off shore. a couple of flurries are left over. that's about it. the warm-up begins tomorrow. so for today low 40s here. mostly cloudy. a couple of flurries may pass through the district and souther

newland suggested the limited number of invitations falls short of international standards for election monitoring, but she said the u.s. would work with the other observers from asean. >>> washington is closely watching the vote to judge myanmar's commitment to democratization. myanmar's government apparently hopes that by accepting foreign observers, it will encourage the international community to take a positive stance and eventually lift economic sanctions. >>> myanmar steps toward political reform roo alreaare a changing the way international community sees the country. they now think of myanmar as the place to invest. foreign companies are scrambling to secure their piece of the pie. nkh's jim kobayashi reports.fir exhibition of japanese products was held in march. some 45 japanese companies showcased products, including motorcycles, household appliances, and cosmetics. >> translator: japanese products are a lot better than those from other countries. >> reporter: until now, few western brands have been able to secure a foothold in this market of 60 million consumers. but myanmar

state department spokesperson victoria newland says they're fencing their own people in she called the action horrific. >>> times have changed. in 1990, 120,000 sets were sold in the u.s. alone, but the figure recently plunged to 8,000 as a result of online reference services including wikipedia, google and britannica's own internet edition. the chicago based firm says it will focus on its online version. >>> the nuclear crisis in fukushima forced 88,000 people to leave their homes. and government officials drew up a two-year plan to decontaminate the zone around the plant. they hope some evacuees will return, but many residents say they'll never feel safe again. nhk world hiroki yajima reports. >> reporter: this woman and her family spend these days far from home. she, her husband, his father and their two children rent an apartment in iwaki husband. she and her husband landed jobs. >> translator: i'm just hanging on here. i don't know what my future will be. >> reporter: she lived in yamoka town for 16 years. on march 11th, everything changed. she and her family jumped in the car the

at the state department here in washington, d.c., spokeswoman victoria newland had this. >> we were shocked and saddened to learn of the horrific attack at a jewish school in toulouse, france. we stand with the victims of the attack and offer our condolences to the families and their community. we join the government of france in condemning this unprovoked and vicious act of violence zpl victoria nuland, state department spokeswoman. back in a minute with more "washington today." >> sub strib to the daily c-span alert and receive the latest c-span schedule of events. from the white house, capitol hill and politics. you'll also get the cap cal spotlight news story, trivia and unique c-span promotions. there are two more alerts available for the book tv and american history tv weekend line-ups. you can sign up for the c-span alerts at c-span.org. >>> welcome back to "washington today" here on c-span radio. two years after the president signed the health care reform legislation, and with the u.s. supreme court about to consider a challenge from a number of states trying to overturn it, that ch

host: erica newland, thanks for sharing your expertise.ll continue the conversation as we always do. tomorrow morning on the "washington journal," ken blackwell from the family research council. also bill galston. he will talk about congress and how to break the gridlock. france's mccarthy -- francis mccarthy will talk about fema. "newsmakers" is coming up next. enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great week ahead. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> i was quite a radical as a young person. i was the one that got that we shall -- singing "we shall overcome" was not a

and erica newland joins us to talk about recent claims that google bipe passed settings. "washington journal" airs at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on "newsmakers" this week, virginia ds attorney general discussing the importance of the 2012 presidential race. >> rick santorum spent the afternoon campaigning in illinois. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> i am overwhelmed by the number of folks here. this is just awesome. it is great to be here in southern illinois where the heartland really begins here in the state of illinois. thank you very much for coming out. thank you. what are we going to do on tuesday? are we going to have a big win on tuesday? what do you think? [cheers and applause] >> thank you so so much for being here. i appreciate the hospitality of the company making this -- we need to get closer. is that better? ok. just let me know what i need to do. beat obama something you guys are saying? well, let me tell you, the best chance to beat barack obama is to nominate somebody

easton 55 with the fog down south. 57 in newland this morning. bill checking in with us. the capitol dome becoming more and more shrouded with the fog. 59 degrees. drizzle at reagan national with a south wind at 8 and dew point 57. so some drizzle is also developing. just a damp morning out there with the low clouds and the fog but really wet now in the middle of the country. you are noticing this storm system spinning over oklahoma city but all the moisture continuing up from the gulf of mexico, across mississippi. they're being pounded today and there are signs over the weekend as this storm gets here for saturday and sunday. we could get one, two, maybe three inches of rain locally from this depending on where you are. maybe a slightly better chance north and south with the heavier rains. it does look like a sog gi weekend. if you have -- soggy weekend. if you have plans outside, don't know how much you'll be able to accomplish with the rain likely starting saturday morning. my wife wants to go for a run outside so she's not happy either. pleasant, 77 this afternoon. o

the heavier showers, you've got to go down toward king george, dahlgren, colonial beach and over to newland, st. mary's city. those are pulling away. we start with 50s and 60s. let's go to monika santami. monika, where are you now? >> reporter: i have moved and i'm now on the west park drive bridge connection at tysons corner. it's all part of the 495 express lanes project. in case you haven't heard of it, it's been going on since 2008. they're widening the beltway, adding lanes and there will be a toll. we'll give you the details on what they're doing now and the fact they're in the home stretch. that's good news for all of you virginia drivers. let's look at the beltway and talk about traffic. no problems on the beltway. it is running incident free all around town. we're going to zoom into 66 on the inbound side and take a live look near nuttily street where you've got a little -- nutley street where you have a little bit of slow traffic fortunatelying. overall delays out of manassas into centreville with the lanes open. 95 in springfield on the northbound side, you have slow traffic as y

victoria newland elaborated on the developments at today's state department briefing. >> it is reallyficult to figure out how we move forward from here. >> many analysts contend that the north korean about face was a ploy for more aid. >> the international community will eventually deliver hundreds of thousands of wheat and rice to the north koreans to allow this to continue for another food cycle. i think the right answer is to back off. >> while scales calls for an end to our compliance with extortion like demands for food former ambassador bolton says the u.s. should push for korean unification through long-term talks with china. >> china doesn't want a nuke north korea because that leads to instability in northeast asia which is bad for chinese economic development. they fear massive refugee flows into north china and instability that might have other consequences. that is why we need to work with china. >>> the state department hints that all outreach to north korea is under reconsideration from inspections of nuclear facilities by iaea inspectors to humanitarian food shipments t

half a million people in sudan's newland mountains risk starvation because of the accusations against sthe sudanee president. he's blocking humanitarian aid and mood. here is what george clooney had to say just before his arrest. >> it takes the government to stop raping them and stop star offing them. that's all we ask. >> george clooney just produced a movie where he discusses these exact things. he was there in sudan and at one point in the movie his life was threatened by a bomb that they found there in sudan in the area where they were shooting that had not detonated yet but just proof of what the people in sudan are living with and living through right now. he's using his celebrity to bring attention to this cause. and today he was arrested on massachusetts avenue just outside of the sudan embassy. tracee wilkins, live in north west, news4. >> what are the charges being -- against those being arrested? >> reporter: he was taken into custody. we don't have charging documents. the way these things go if you are protesting outside of the embassy, the idea is to keep moving because

erica newland from the center of technology about recent claims that google bypassed security settings7:00 eastern sunday on c-span. >> they would wear garments made of homespun cloth. this clause would be much more rough textured. it would be much less fun than the kind of goods they could import from great britain. by wearing this cloth, women were visibly and physically displaying his their political sentiment. >> ended at 9:00, george mason university professor rosemarie zagarri on the role of women in the u. -- in the revolutionary war. >> a few days ago when we were in the nub amaountains moms are dropped on a village. we found a nine-year boy who had his hands blown off. as we travelled further north we were greeted by hundreds of villagers carrying signs reading "stop --" we were met with 3 300 millimeter rockets overhead. we witnessed hundreds of people fighting for their safety. that happens every day. these people are not the cave people of a new boss -- nuba, they live and farms. they have the old society in the world. yet, now are forced to fight -- now they are forced to

and erica newland joins us to talk about claims that google bypasses privacy settings. "washington journal" is sunday on c-span. interestingly enough, the u.s. did focus sometimes on some liberal activists when they were the victims of the regime's raft -- wrath. there were 20,000 or 15,000 egyptian political prisoners in jail, but she seemed to only focus on a one. that means that other people in prison, including people of the muslim brotherhood -- the deputy guide, who was unfairly tried in an egyptian military court and sentenced to five years in prison and served many of them -- no mention was made by u.s. officials of that injustice. it does not only and on january 25 with the beginning of the revolution. you might remember that on january 25, the first day of the revolution, secretary clinton and said the egyptian government was stable and that it was looking for ways -- and i am quoting. the following day, she called on all parties, meaning the protesters and the regime, to exercise restraint, setting up "some kind of moral equivalency between the predecessors a

an author and he'll talk about the latest developments in afghanistan as far as the war and erica newland will join us and talk about the latest privacy problems with google. that comes your way tomorrow. for "washington journal" at 7:00. thank you for joining us today. happy st. patrick's day. happy st. patrick's day. we'll see you tomorrow.

and erica newland talks about the obama administration's consumer privacy bill of rights.essional efforts on internet privacy legislation. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. oklahoma renascenter tom co-gurn -- republican center tomko burn says changes must be made. his remarks came during a hudson institute forum thursday. focusing on the future of medicare. this is about an hour. >> good morning and welcome to hudson institute. i'm ken weinstein, president and ceo of hudson. i'd like to welcome our live viewing audience at home on c-span, and thank our friends at c-span for covering today's event. hudson institute was founded 51 years ago as a forward-looking policy research organization designed to think creatively about how to achieve a better future in the face of the then unprecedent challenges of the early 1960's. key to our research then as today is a unique approach, a unique focus in trying to solve problems deemed unsolvable by the so-called experts. we have done this repeatedly over the past five decades by understanding policy in a broad