it or not has been my mayor and my governor and my senator i live in richmond and we work in arlington virginia and is my governor and became senator in our next guest has had an amazing career starting off as a missionary before moving into public service it is an honor to welcome him senator ten cane from the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] >> thank you for joining us the most exciting thing you will do for christmas quick. >> i have my summer vacation december 26 through january 31 in the election year you get no summer vacation so much mcconnell said senator should be prepared to work on december 26 so we will see. and we can wrap up next week with the better one - - border funding and you said make no mistake donald trump will shut down but to have do to bipartisan options there is a bipartisan deal and the administration cannot spend it all in with that continuing resolution both of those are bipartisan. >> so healthcare is a right. >> we are a long way so that uninsured rate is down there with those family policies i just came off the campaign cycle i heard everybody else years we w

. >> is it a good thing that apple is coming to new york and arlington virginia should arlington be excited? to make you mean amazon. >> know the new octopus in town am i excited? know. i'm a little frightened because i don't think the tax arrangement they have going is very positive for new york city i believe it is overloaded i take mta all the time and i would like to see amazon make the city better place if they are going to do this in our cit city. >>host: california you are on with the author of squeezed. >>caller: hello. what remedies do you have? you name to some of them and how do we pay for them like subsidized health care, subsidized childcare would make a huge difference for people who are struggling to make those payments but what part of the budget that is already in trouble would you use to provide those quick. >> do you support using federal dollars quick. >> i would definitely support health care because we have a very inefficient health care system and private insurance could still be available to supplement. >> as far as childcare i have not studied that i am not sure. >>

fearful about going on the trip i was actually in the process of purchasing a condominium in arlington virginia i literally had written into the contract that it would be no and void if did not survive the trip to guyana. i did that because i thought if anything happened i didn't want my parents to be saddled with a stupid property 3000 miles away and then people say why did you go? this was 1978. there were not many women in legislative positions in congress i feared if i didn't go then there would be a staff member from the committee that was going that it would set women back. so i told congressman ryan that i was very concerned about the safety and he said come on. you have nothing to worry about and from his perspective there had never been a member of congress assassinated abroad in the line of duty that was the first and hopefully the only one. but it was also a situation and where we were duped in part by the safeguards one .-dot - - the state department gave us the impression everything was great down there. the people were happy. even though there were defectors and told their stories

a lot of doordash started crowding into restaurants, including this one in arlington, virginia. police had to be called because a fight broke out. they even arrested one person. 40,0 slices were gone in two hours, leaving a lot of disappointed cheesecake lovers. >> folks were on that. >> i heard 40,000 and thought, wow, that's a lot of cheesecake. >> america likes their cheesecake. >> and they like to fight. >> more questions than answers about the we are a couple hours. not there. all right. let's take a look at what's going on outside. here's a look at live doppler 7. you can see the trend through the diablo range. we are definitely seeing dryer suotower. get the better commute. cool and dry this afternoon. the dry pattern will continue from today through saturday. the storm for sunday and monday is trending a little bit weaker. today's temperatures, 55 in lake port. 61 in rosa. a lot of mid-30s to low 40s there. same thing in the east bay valleys. low to mid-40s until you get to san francisco. here's a look.ing clouds. dry until we get into the afternoon and evening hours up

in arlington, virginia, you're honesty does. go ahead. caller: good morning. i had more of a question. i know that people are anxious to push through with the wall before people leave but it is my understanding and i'm not sure i have it right that there is an anti-semitism bill that they want to post through. i don't know the number of it. i know the israelis are potentially helping us with building any potential wall. i'm wondering if you could maybe speak a little bit about that and what you may know. guest: i am not aware of that bill. i can go look it up. basically, right now, this is the end of the congress. every bill dies on january 3. some of them are reborn and some of them are dead forever. everybody that has a bill is trying to get it in this last g spending package and ship it in as a christmas ornament. that might be out there, someone is try to make it a christmas ornament onto that big spending package. or maybe there is a talk of tax cuts. there are kinds of things that toward christmas, magically make it to the finish line. expecting, we are

and i had actually was in the process of purchasing a condominium in arlington virginia. and i literally had written into the contract that the contract would be null and void if i did not survive the trip to guyana. and i did that because i thought, if anything were to happen, i did not want my parents to be settled with a piece of property 3000 miles away. people often say, why did you go? and you know, this is 1978. there were not many women in legislative positions in congress. i feel that if i did not go, there was a staff member from the committee, that was somehow set women back. so i made the trip. now, i told congressman ryan i was really very concerned about our safety and he said, come on! we have nothing to worry about. and when you think about it, from his perspective, he had never been a member of congress assassinated abroad. in the line of duty. he was the first and hopefully, the only one. but it was also a situation where we were, we were duped in part by the state department. the state department gave us the impression that it was, everything was great

. >>> a lot showed up at once, including at this arlington, virginia restaurant. a fight broke out.fficers arrested one man. they were gone in less than two hours leaving many disappointed that they didn't get their cheeseca cheesecake. and one person in jail. >>> we told people don't bombard cheesecake factory. but then you have the delivery guy. >> nothing is free. can we just put that out there? there is always a price to pay. >> a new business model. you can't get your building any bigger. they are starting to indicator to that. i think that was cheesecake factory seeing it and going we didn't realize it would be this big. >> we talked about it endlessly on the show. we are part of the problem, mike. >> we promoted it. we let everybody know. here's what's going on. i'll let you know approximate the weather. mt. tam, looking at partly cloudy conditions. a sprinkle or two in the diablo range. it is dry. it will remain dry. 280 and 17. a gorgeous sunrise about to develop here. dry push of air will bring us partly cloudy conditions. more stars. chilly tonight. fog in the north bay.

one of ten schools of colleges at george mason 2000 student strong with 11-degree programs in arlington virginia and fairfax virginia and among those programs and international security studies us news and world report ranked as number three in the country. we have a very diverse faculty that makes us quite unique that has been michael hayden himself an absolute gem in the classroom as he has been a public servant throughout his whole life we are very honored to have them on the george mason faculty in to be hosting the michael hayden center there we all wish him of course a speedy recovery to get back to the public square. he is such an important and powerful voice in the sphere of public debate and discourse during difficult times. i would like to introduce the executive director of the michael hayden center who i believe has a message from michael as well. [applause] >> think you. welcome we appreciate the turnout it is december and it is cold with competing priorities with shopping and holiday parties. thank you for coming out tonight. general hayden is very sorry he cannot be here tonight.

last month, amazon announced its new expanded headquarters would be located in arlington, virginia, and queens, new yoyork city, sparking local protests and opposition from a number of community organizations and some local leaders. and dr. christine blasey ford has made her first public appearance since her senate testimony in september when she accused then-supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. dr. blasey ford recorded a video message presenting the sports illustrated inspiration of the year award to rachael denhollander, who was the first woman to publicly accuse former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar of sexual abuse. nassar was accused of molesting 265 girls and women over decades and has received what amounts to multiple life sentences. this is part of dr. christine blasey ford's memessage. denhollander, i am inin awe of you. you took a huge risk in stepping forward and you galvanized future generations to come forward, even when the odds are seeminglgly stacked against the. ththe lasting lessonn is that we all have the power to create real change. and we cann

[applause] >> live now to the navy league in arlington, virginia, for remarks by admiral karl schultz. we join it in progress. >> the department of homeland security budget funded the same time we find the department of defense. it's about security. watch back to the home and waking away camping the sinking. we are not in the department of defense and that's kind of where we reside. where connected. we are each and every day of the county of men and women round supporting six geographic combatant commanders. that's south, come anywhere between six and ten ships, multiple airplanes, this the sd global specialist forstmann women. with two or 50 people in the arabian gulf 40 with the nasa command of the commander, southwest asia. also have a team of 20 folks doing training with international both coalition country borders and a height team of a dozen or so the advanced interdiction team. the commander has to high in response operation, seals up one day, expedition brings another. coast guard advanced interdiction team. these agnostic to what tv picks there are all equally capable high an

. >> we have live pictures, i think, now of president trump in arlington, virginia, there. while we look at those pictures, andy card, just talk a bit more about the challenges that president trump's new chief of staff will face. one of the issues will be, of course, the continuing issue has been the president's family around him in key positions. >> that is a particular challenge that this president has invited on himself. yes, he has his daughter and son-in-law serving as senior officials in the west wing staff. i think mick mulvaney understands that challenge. i don't think it's going to prevent him from doing the job that he thinks needs to be done as long as ivanka and jared and the president respect mick mulvaney and how he has to do the job. i would hope the president wants a chief of staff to succeed. if a chief of staff succeeds, chances are the president will succeed. i hope that jared and ivanka understand that as well. >> the pictures of the president at arlington. he's there for national wreath day. great to see him, you would say, wouldn't you, paying respects

>> we're based in alexandriaer t we women from d.c., alexandria, arlington, northern virginia, and marylando they find you? >> we partner with a viety of no nonprofits and organizations, homeless shelters, halfway houses. we'll go into local detention centers. other organizations involved in the housing spe. we'v had women refer friends and family to the program as well. >> i was reading stats. and your completion and placement rates are really very impressive. 83% of the women who start the classes, the program, finish? >> that's correct. i thinks -- >> tha fantastic. >> thank you. it's going up, our last class we had a10 0% completion rate. >> placement rates? >> about a 70% employment rate as well. really excited about that. >> that's a lot of success. >> thank you. >> for women who have had a hard time. >> yes. >> is this your first year in the catalog? >> it is our firste year in catalog and we couldn't be more thrilled. it's a huge opportunity for us. tht exposure t brings, also the training that they offer has been really helpful for our team. >> how long has this organization been a

we are 2000 students strong and 11 different degree programs in arlington, virginia, and fairfax, virginia. among highly, the masters degree programs. and ranked at number 3. and and for the past 10 years, michael hayden has been a gem in the classroom and public servant throughout all his life. we are honored to have him on the george mason university faculty and to be hosting the michael hayden center. we all wish michael a speedy recovery so he can get back to the public square. he is such an important powerful voice in the sphere of public debate and discourse during difficult times so i would like to introduce the executive director of the michael hayden center who has a message as well, larry pfeiffer. >> welcome, everybody. appreciate the turnout. it is cold outside and people have a lot of competing priorities between holiday priorities, shopping and whatnot. thank you for coming out. general hayden is sorry he cannot be here tonight. general hayden suffers a serious stroke in late november. he is very hard, working hard at recovery as we speak at elevated -- rehabilitation hospita

agent from arlington, virginia. kathy lombard is a retired cop from new hampshire.itter thousands of dollars to take them wolf-watching. so, what is it about wolves that bring you all the way out here from new hampshire, to sit out here and just hope for the chance to see them? >> kathy lombard: they've been able to bring wolves back into yellowstone and they've thrived. so, that's just an awesome thing to see. >> whitaker: it was january 12, 1995, when the first grey wolves, captured in canada, were carried into yellowstone park. it drew both national attention and fierce opposition. so much that armed guards were posted to protect those wolves. so, the first wolves released into yellowstone park were released right back here in this thicket? >> smith: yes. so, a total of 41, over three years. >> whitaker: how many are in the park now? >> smith: we've got 96 in ten packs, and it's been roughly 100 wolves the last ten years. very stable. >> whitaker: those ten packs, of about ten wolves each, are, without a doubt, the most closely observed and studied wolves on eart

month, amazon announced plans for a second headquarters in new york's long island city and arlington, virginiaand apple plans to build a billion-dollar campus in austin, texas. still to come on the "newshour," new details on how russia influenced the 2016 election; a world gathering to fight climate change; a growing movement to give kids morem free be kids; and much more. >> woodruff: there are new details on the scope of russia's efforts to divide americans and sway voters to vote for president trump in 2016. tsa pair of bipartisan rep commissioned by the senate intelligence committee were released today the searchers outlined the strategy by the russian government propaganda wing "the internet research agency." tactics included speciy targeting african-americans, using a wide variety of social media platforms to sprea, their messagd working toward electing candidate donald trump. democratic senator ron wyden of oregon sitets on the se intelligence committee. i spoke to him a short while ago about these latest findings. >> what is really new, judy, is that the companies have been excruciatin

we're about 2,000 students strong and 11 different degree programs in arlington, virginia and in fairfax, virginia. and among our very highly ranked academic programs actually is our masses degree program in international securities studies that u.s. news and worpd roworl report ranked as number three in the country. among our faculty for the past ten years has been michael hayden himself. he's been an absolute gem in the classroom, as he is been a public servant throughout all of his life. we're honored to have him on the george mason university faculty and to be hosting the michael hayden center there. we all wish michael of course, a speedy recovery. so he can get back to the public square. he is such an important and powerful voice. in the sphere of public debate and discourse during some very difficult times. so i would like to introduce the executive director of the michael hayden center. who i believe has a message for michael as well. larry pfeiffer. larry? >> thank you, and welcome, everybody, i appreciate the turn-out. i know december, it's cold outside and people have a lot of

. >> host: we'll let helen join the conversation, arlington, virginia. you're on with steve dennis, go ahead. >> caller: yeah, hi, good morning. i had -- i guess it's more of a question. i know that people are anxious to push through things with the wall before people leave, but it's my understanding, and i'm not sure i have it right, but there's an anti-semitism bill that they want to push through? i don't know the number of it or not.t. and i know, obviously, the israelis are potentially helping us with building any potential wall. i'm wondering if you could maybe speak a little bit about that and what you may know about -- >> host: steve dennis, is that something you cover? >> guest: i'm not aware of that bill. i mean, itm is, you know, maybe -- i'll have to go check it and look it up. basically, right now is the end of the congress, so every bill dies on january 3rd. and then some of them get d reborn, and some of them are dead forever. so everybody who's got a bill is trying to get it in this last package, the big spending package and try to shoe ho

>> arlington, northern virginia. >> don't miss it. >> we're in the limousine. it's raining.own this rain-soaked highway. and this is the transition. this man is about to become the 41st president. in three or four weeks. and he looks out the window and says, you know, i've been getting some flack. he said, do you think i'm looking too anxious? am i coming off as being pushy? and i said hell no. i said you've got a matter of weeks to get the right people before you're president of the united states. at that point, i turn over and look at barbara. she cut her eyes at me and -- he was concerned about appearances. >> he had this great relationship after both he and bill clinton had left office, with the man who defeated him. >> right. >> bill clinton. he wrote in "the washington post." given what politics looks like in america and around the world today, it's easy to sigh and say george h.w. bush belonged to an era that was gone and never coming back. i know what he would say. nonsense. it's your duty to get that america back. >> you know, actually, when you tell me that story,

in arlington, virginia, you're honesty does. go ahead. caller: good morning.ad more of a question. i know that people are anxious to push through with the wall before people leave but it is my understanding and i'm not sure i have it right that there is an anti-semitism bill that they want to post through. i don't know the number of it. i know the israelis are potentially helping us with building any potential wall. i'm wondering if you could maybe speak a little bit about that and what you may know. guest: i am not aware of that bill. i can go look it up. basically, right now, this is the end of the congress. every bill dies on january 3. some of them are reborn and some of them are dead forever. everybody that has a bill is trying to get it in this last g spending package and ship it in as a christmas ornament. that might be out there, someone is try to make it a christmas ornament onto that big spending package. or maybe there is a talk of tax cuts. there are kinds of things that toward christmas, magically make it to the finish line. expecting, we are this

virginia --ton arlington, virginia. jessica, go ahead. caller: just wanted to ask the question about the impact of farming on our food in our environment. that, i want to get into i want to say my heart goes out to all the farmers out there. nationally, it, is kind of known that farming, with all of its wonderful benefits to us as society, unfortunately, also impacts our water quality. are residual impacts on the food that we eat from pesticides, herbicides. we have also had tremendous problem with chicken farms throughout the chesapeake bay region, their impact on water. i was wondering if barbara could speak a little bit too what is being done broadly with some of these issues? guest: thank you for the question. i want to start by saying farmers are the first environmentalists. if you will allow me to say that. there is definitely a very close relationship between our farming practices and environmental quality. which, together, provide us a sustainable, affordable food. environmental quality is a top priority for agriculture, farmers.

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. >> transportation tops the list of concerns among arlingtons reside when amazon moves into northern virginia want to know how much thep the estimated 25,000 additional jobs will have on an area already struggling with traffic. people voiced their concerns. officials say amazon would be obligated to create one parking spot nfor every six employees. me questioned whether that would cause some people toark on residential street. >> they'll try to park for cars in our neighborhood where it's zoned parking. >> we want to get all of those employees or as many as pop riding transd -- possible ride be transit to minimize traffic on roads. we're going to follow through th metro and the state and or partners. >> residents are also concerned whether there will be enough affordable housing for everyone. >>> a popular dance from the 90s is at the center of a lawsuit against somery popular video games. >> the "fresh principles of be " stars suing the "fortnite" game for his dance. >> he says they used his dance move without his permission ori giving credit. they say he's in the middle of copy righting the

. >>> transportation tops the list of concerns among arlington maresidents whenn moves into northern virginia. >> residents want to know how much of a impact the estimated 25,000 additional jobs will have on aea area a struggling with traffic. people pack the cteteria l night to voice their concerns offials said amazon would be obligated to create one parking spot f every six employees. they hope this will encourage people to use publi transportation but some question whether that will push some to park on residential streets. >> you're trying m to parke cars in our neighborhoo and that's worrisome to me. t wee want to make sure t have the capacity to get all of those employees or as many as possible riding transit to minimize any impacts on the traffic and roads. >> residents are also concerned about whether there will be enough affordable housing for everyone. meanwhile, amazon is making it easier to get the last minute gifts under thetm chris tree in time. coming up, how tota take advan of free shipping. on as far as what you need to pay atteno today as you walk out the door, pay attention

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two things in virginia as far as road work as well. two other things. arlington eastbou 66 at roosevelt bridge, left lane getting by the work zone. arlington southbound gw parkway, left lane is getting by the work zone there. still have the lanes blocked because of downed wires from overnight. >> thank you. it's31 we're working to learn more about what caused an overnight accident on the parkway. police say two men were in a car at went off the road. one of them died. the second wasth taken t hospital. this happened just before midnight at stanton road. the roaen re a short time ago. our team coverage begins in virginia now. >>fredericksburg saw the brunt of the storm this weekend. that's where we s nicole jacobs now. what are you seeing there? >> well, i can tell you, we are nd thedericksburg now minute we hit the line there was a distinct change over in terms of the road conditions. you'll see how ice y and sketch they are. very dangerous iould say. we're on williams street as we head into the downtown area. whatever fell last night has frozen and we're seeing

if that's the position the supreme court would uphold, their crosses and arlington and west virginia.country that would fall. charles: the notion of religion and state. a lot of people have suggested may be a re-examination of the cons to tuition may be to take a look at this interpretation and see if we are applying at the right way. you have any thoughts on that? >> when the founders set up the constitution and the establishment clause, they were trying to provide some form of neutrality for various forms of religion. i think most people agree with that basic concept. but what you have here is there are efforts underway to raise all form of religious symbols from public property. that goes way too far not only not what the founders intended, but not consistent with supreme court rules. keep in mind some of the cases we've seen with the supreme court we've seen the 10 commandments have been upheld looking in the context of the rule of law. charles: we have to leave it here. we are coming to what they call heartbreak. i do have to say good luck with this. i really hope you prevail. th

arlington. next february marks 60 years stratford made virginia estory, a daten wants her students to appreciate. >> i see it as part of my mission as pncipal to help kids understand the work of the community and the work of the individuals who w actuallyked really hard to desegregate this particular building and continue that work. >> reporter: tomorrow the school board is expected to hear more about what wt into the process to finding these two options for the name andhihen later month, they'll cast their vote for which one they want to see on the building behindme. reporting in arlington, david culver, news4. >> when we come back, the local tragedy that's catching rah's attention. her message to a family from maryland. >> it will be a chillyght. a live look outside. some of us saw flurries today. next, doug is back to tra a snowstorm possibly on the way for the weekend. >>> beautiful sunset. and the moments you may have missed at today's washiton funeral for president george h.w. bush. our live coverage continues next. ♪ you're still out there chasing what matters. at innovation health, a par

arlington county school board willr consiew names for two of its schools. >> the one is being renamed, the other is just being built. as news 4's northern virginia reporter david kculvert explain, aming them can be more complicated than you think. >> reporter: they are making progress on the new arlington middle school but can the name that will eventually go on this building reflect society's progress? >> we don'tant that to be forgotten. >> reporter: levelellen smith i principal of a school yet to be name ld. >> this was the first building in the commonwealth of virginia to desegregate. >> reporte at the time, it was strath ford junior high. the name comes from the plantation oed by the family of confederate general robert e. lee. thechool board already voted to have lee removed from washington lee high school. they're considering washington loving to honor the virginia couple who allowed for interracial marriage. the proposed renaming has some of you comments on our n washington facebook page. one writing, this would be a very beautiful thing, #virginiaisforlovers another concerned saying, my personal issue is simply the nst when there are ot

and around 500 people are expected to gather at arlington national cemetery in virginia as well, wherehey include representatives of the emergency services and first responders. the scottish ambulance service, police scotland, scottish fire and rescue, the glasgow veterans association, the glasgow veterans association, the search and rescue dog association and galloway mountain rescue. the representatives of victims and theirfamilies. and as you just heard, this penultimate group poignantly will consist of the families of the victims. all 270 who died on that night, exactly 30 years ago. names being pointed out to children, of course, who will never have had the opportunity to know these relatives. any other individuals or groups who wish to lay a wreath... the of the bagpipes providing a poignant backdrop to this memorial. —— the sound of the bagpipes. the 30th anniversary memorial of the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie. the time is 16 minutes past 12. let's recut the headlines. gatwick‘s runway reopens with over 700 planes scheduled for departure and arrival today, but th

virginia. four people rescued from a mine after being stuck for ys. da >>> close call in arlington this morning when a person pushing a strolr wasit bay truck. n the id culver is live scene with the latest. this is a terrifying story, david. how isry edy doing? >> reporter: absolutely. erica and aaron, you're going to start to hear cars coming past me because they are just reopening the roadways here, specifically lee hignday a fort meyer drive they're going to start reopening. look over my shoulder. you can see the dump truck. thiss the vehicle believed to have been involved in this incident. we're told a woman was crossing the street here at about 9:30, 9:45 this morning when that dump truck hit her. whatakes it even more disturbing, she was pushing a stroller at the time. i want to show you that a photojournalist shot shortly t afters incident. scene.on can you see the aftermath of this horrific accident. as you point t, erika, the woman was rhed to the hospital. witnesses from a nearby building were looking down watching the aftermath of this and one of those witnesses tells me

virginia is home to five of the wealthiest communities in the country. >> the city of fairfax was at number 10 with a median household income of $107,000. arlington county is in thehe fih slot. the city of falls church is 4th. fairfax county is t secon highest earners ithe country. and loudon county claims the top spot. >> i joke with my sister. i say youich pooempl there. she says oh, please. well, a issue developing over tiny little hedgehogs. they're illegal to have in d.c. and fairfax county but there's a new push to change that. a coupleook their complaint to counsel member charles allen. they often don't know how to care for the exotic pets and many of them lik turtles end up in shelters. >> hedgehogs do pose a different scenario for people that choose them as pets because they are nournal and don'tant to be handled during the day. >> they carry salmonella. none of the major pet retailers in our area sell hedgehogs. >> two types of pets, you get a dog andou get panda. all the rest are out of commission. >> one is you f bestend and one will eat you in your sleep. >> let's be clear, ifhe circumstances are right, your dog will eat you too. i'

virginia state police have taken over investigation. about 2.5 hours later, police found a man thatad been stabbed on executive avenue. officers say he was stabbed in arlington and ran through alexandria. the victim is expected to rvive. no wor on who may have stabbed m and why. >> police arrested the perso they say shot a clerk inside a whole foods store.ic 28-year-old mel whatley jr. tried to rob a crowded whole foods on late sunday mornin there was a struggle. >> young man was heroic in ayying to defend himself. >> investigators the suspect hopped in a red zip car found just off minnesota avenue a few miles away. the cashier is going to be okay. >> it's 4:07.g, this morn officials in montgomery county are searching for an arsost. take look at this large shed fire outside of a home early yesterday morning in kensington. fire officials say the fire caused $70,000 in damage. >> now to a developing story that may impact your monday morning. angie at the live desk. >> good mornin to yo we just got off the phone with the washington suburban sanitary commission. making the emergency repairs to the big watermane breakelissa mentioned earlier. there's images of th

arlington. the woman was walking in the area when the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed her. ble victim is now in s condition. >> political backlash at a virginia school. the superintendent says he der sed to use a transg student's preferred identity o noun. this was in october. the principal put him on leave.strative when he returned his continued using the incorrect pronoun for th transgender student. he was fired. the school superintendent chief calls it discrimination. he says it was a slip of the tongue. >> i'm totally happy to use the name, the new i'name. happy to avoid the female pronoun so as not to offend. >> that was discriminary. >> the man widely expected to take over as the white house chief of staff says he will not expect the job. nick ayers is serving as chief of staff for mike pence. after a week of conversation ayers and the president couldn't come to are ent. ayers wanted the position to be temporary and the presi nt wanted a two year agreement. he has plans to move back to georgia to be with his family. no word on whether any candidates are under consideration. the president announced that john kelly would be leaving by the

again, if this cross were allowed to fall, then you could see arlington, some of the cros is there are troubled. in my home state of west virginiaweather in elkins of the state capitol, there are a number of capitals that could fall because this starts to stretch first jurisprudence and not the way the founders intended. >> that's just ridiculous because we have worked with arlington national cemetery to make sure that you human nests and other non-christians. we want a variety of symbols on tombstones because we want to honor them all. those four memorials that are cross the street from the bladensburg cross our secular i nature and we do not challenge them. we support them. we only challenge the one that is a 40-foot tall. >> we've got to get going. fred, i don't agree with you. i don't think you're honoring them at all. coming up, santa claus in the meat to era. and actor kevin spacey disturbing new video in the wak of his felony sexual assault charges. all of that next. >> of course are going to say i'm being disrespectful and not playing by the rules. i've never played by the rules before. i never did. and you loved it. eal

again, if this cross were allowed to fall, you could see arlington, some of the cross as they are in trouble. in my home state of west virginiaether you are in the state capital, there are number of capitals that could fall because this starts to stretch first amendment jurisprudence, and not the way the founders intended. >> that is just ridiculous. we have worked with arlington national cemetery to make sure that humanists and other non-christians -- on their tombstones, we want a variety of symbols on tombstones because we want to honor them all. those war memorials, across the street from the bladensburg cross, or secular in nature, and we do not challenge them. we support them. we only challenge the one that is a 40-foot tall latin cross. >> lisa: we got to get going. i'm sorry, fred, i don't agree with you. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you so much. >> lisa: coming out, santa claus in the #metoo, lebron james learning how jobs work. and the disturbing new video in the wave of his felony sexual assault charges. all of that next. >> of course they are going to say i am being disrespectful, not playing by

virginia that just landed amazon. >> hundredsf thousands of holiday wreaths for the graves of our fallen heros in arlington national cemetery will arrive in our area. wreaths across america h been doing this honor every year since 1992. this is video of them assembling the wreaths in maine. there will be several road closures around arlington national cemetery this morning. tomorrow,er volun will begin placing them at the foot of every grave starting at 8:00 a.m. >> for decades, a piece of art was a staple in a neighborhood and now it's gone. he returned to his east capitol street home last saturday to find his sculpture called the ll taken off it's base. the piece was 6 feet tall and weighed about 50 pounds. he believed this was no random act. shs whoever stole it knew what they were doing. >> that's part of the beauty of ving inner city gardens that you can walk around and enjoy. not just me but people that walk around in the neighborhood. >> he is reason cornered the thieves will melt it down and sell it for scrap medal. it was one of only thr in the world. >> take a lookth a individual grvideo from fort washing

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virginia state police arend ting the investigation. >> 2.5 hours later police officers found thean stabbed on executive avenue. officers say he wastabbed in arlington and ran to alexandria. no word about who may have stabbed him or why. >> now to a developing story at may be impacting your monday morning. a water main break couldause he aches for the morning commute. what's going on? >> well, we have been talking with the washingtonur sn sanitary commission about this. their crews still working for this big water main break in tha aston hia in silver spring. here are images of that break on georgia avenue a connecticut avenue. news 4, we're told at this point, about 300 customers are without water overnight because of this. a water stati was put in place, but we know hundreds were impacted. customers were set up at harmony hills elementary scho. no f no word on whether another water station is going to open up. in addition, melissa has beenbo mentioning the imfapact on the drivers and commuters. many peopled use it to get to from the beltway. be sure to follow melissa on twitter. it's at first 4 traffic. we'll break in with any updates about them o

arlington. the woman was walking in the area when the suspectulled out a knife and stabbed her. the victim is in stable >> political backlash at a virginia school. the superintendent says h refused to use a transgender student's preferreddentity pronoun. this happened in westpoint in october. the principal put him on administrative leave. when heur rd the principal said he was insubordinate and continued using the incorrt pronoun. and he was fired. >> totally happy to use the name, the new name. i' happy to avoid female pronouns so as not to offend. m not here to provoke. >> that was discriminatory cause all the other students were being used pronouns, but this student was not being used pronoun. >> the teacher says he is ass hs assessin options on how to proceed including circuit court. >> the man widely expected to take over as white house chief of staff says he will not accept the job. ayer wanted it to be temporary and the president tanted a year commitment. he already has plans to move back in george to be back with his family. this weekend, mr. trump announced that white house chief of staff john kelly would be leaving by the end o

to say a word about it, the virginia solution came at a really heavy cost to local jurisdictions. essentially it redirected funding we used in arlingtonnd alexandria to do things like improve pedestrian access, , bikes, the things that provide that last mile connectivity. we are facing a significant funding challenge. we saw significant road funding stripped which is critical to the outer jurisdictions in being up to provide part of that infrastructure. i worry greatly about the future transit funding. not for nothing have living capital fiscal cliff in virginia which could connect our local buses as well. we are not even a little bit out of the woods when it comes to those investments and transportation. the thing we continue to think about as a region of course is housing which is a may be less often talked about part of infrastructure but this region has not kept up with the defense of her growing workforce for housing. i've been saying and the sun will likely the housing affordability crisis he comes we already have in this region. making sure we have the policy tools and the capital to create not only the committed affordable hou

arlington. the woman was walking in the area when the p suspectled out a knife and stabbed her. e e victim is now in sta condition. >> political backlash at a virginia school. theuperintendent says h refused to use a transgender students preferred identity pronoun. he was put on administrative leave. when he returned the principal onsaid henued using the incorrect pronoun for that student. >> i'm happy to use the new namd and a female pronouns so as not to offend. i'm not here to tovoke. >> twas, in fact, discriminatory because all the other students were being used pronoun but this student was not. he wanted the position to be temporary and the president t wanted a year committee. he already has plans to move and to georgia to be in his white house chief of staff john kelly would be leaving by the end of the year. volunteers now loaded them on tractor-trailers and that convey of trucks is making t 740 mile journey. >> it is such a scene. >> if you have never been out, a lot of people have never been there. it really is -- i is a total different look and feel out there at arlington national. check this out.lu absoly. it will not be snowy. >> okay. j

virginia is home to fivhe of wealthiest communities in the country. >> the city of fairfax was at tnumber 10 ont list with a median household income of $107,000. arlington county in the number 5 spot here. the city of falls church is 4th. fairfax county hashe second highest earners in the country with the median income and loudon county claims the top spot with $130,000 per household. >> a lot of concentration as well in n thernvirginia. >> sure. >> a prickly issue developing over owning littleeh hes. they are illegal to have as in d.c. and fairfax county but there's a new push to change a d.c. couple took their complaint to charles allen. they say people don't know how to care fors exotic p and many of them end up in shelters. >> most people buy them as anim lse purchase and they do pose a different scenario for people choosing petsecause they are nocturnalon and want to be handled during the day. none of the major pet reilers in our area sell hedgehogs. >> what a odd thing to fight for. hedgehogs. >> some people are passionate about their pets. >> that lady at a took her s emotionalport squirrel on a plane. >> your flamingos. there has to be limitatio

virginia is home to five of the wealthiest communities in the entire country. >> the city of fairfax was at o number 10 that list with a median household income of $107,000. arlington county is in the fifth slot here. the city of falls church is number 4. fairfax county has the second highest earners in the country with $118,000 and loudoun county claims the top spot with a median income of $130,000 per household. >> a prickly issue developinger wning tiny hedgehogs. they're illegal to have as pets inndd.c. fairfax county but there's a new push to take that. a couple took their complaint to council member charlesal n. he was on the council last month to preliminarily approve legalizing the ownership of hedgehogs but that changed when thean h addrerescue alliance stepped in. they say people don't know how to care for exotic pets and many of them end up in the shelter. >> most people buy these animals as an impulse purchase and dgehogs do pose a different scenario for people that choose them as pets because they are nocturnal and don't wanto be handled during the day. another concern is they carrie salmonella. i get that. they're adorable, i butyou don't know how to

the virginia solution came at a a really heavy cost to local jurisdictions. it redirected and gutted funding we use in arlingtonnd alexandria to do things like improve pedestrian access, bikes, things that provide that last mile connectivity for facing a significant funding challenge. we saw significant road funding stripped which is critical to the outer jurisdictions in being able to provide that part of the infrastructure. i worry about the future of transit funding. we are not out of the woods when it comes to those investments. the thing we continue to think about is housing which is a less often talked about part of infrastructure but this region has not kept up with the demand of our growing workforce for housing. i've been saying amazon likely not cause a housing affordability crisis because we already have one in this region. and making sure we have the policy tools and, frankly, the capital to create not only the committed housing that would be so critical to keeping a low income in the community but just adding housing to make sure we can keep up with the demands of our workforce and others who are s

arlington's cherry dale neighborhood, the school will serve about a thousand students next fall. len wants tho students to understand the significance of this spot. >> this building was the first building in the commonwealth of virginiaatdesegr >> reporter: at the time it was stratford junior high. it comes from the name o the confederate general robert e. lee. the school boardo voted have lee removed from washington lee high school. they're considering washington loving, to allow the virginia couple who allowed for interracial marriage. one person writing, this would be a very beautiful thing. #virginiaisforlovers. another concerned at the added expense of renaming, my personal issue is simply the cost. >> i see it a part of my mission as principal to help kids understand the work of the community. >> reporter: ellen's school is different in that choosing a new name, not renames. the committee considering two option, both with the word stratford. they believe it is what many associate th successful tegration. >> we don't want that to be forgotten, right, so the most important tng for me is how can we keep that history alive. >> reporter: tomorrowchool board is expected to hear more about what went into the process t