. >>> so, a.b.c. 7 went under cover. >>> i'm waiting. >>> this says 26 minutes. >>> i don't know how that works. >>> now after we checked, the virginia department of motor vehicle, and it's average wait time. >>> the number of people in the office and, employees, behind the counter, it all creates variables, that will make it impossible to be precise. >>> in maryland, it works, for the number of people and, their specific wait time and, we tested add standing room only and, it was fairly close, instead of 64, we waited 71. >>> and giant dated photos of waiting rooms and, it didn't look crowded online, we waited 55 minutes, just to get a ticket. >>> the only thing worse, than the waiting itself. >>> is being led to believe, you won't. >>> it would be better if you don't put at wait time, because i'm assuming, it's going to be something that it isn't. >>> the maryland medical marijuana commission approved new rules at jump-starting a program. >>> allows doctors, to recommend doctors to give them to patients, with debilitating pain. >>> well, coming up right here, get ready for a quicke

. >>> i'm sam ford, a.b.c. 7 news. >>> what a life. >>> several leaders, including president barak obama, expressing shock and sadness and, we want to share with you, a statement issued by david grasso, who sat next to him, and it reads in part. stay with us, for any information, for the memorial plans, and you can view a photo gallery and, read more about his life and we have more news ahead. >>> consumer alert, one airline that won't charge you to check a bag starting next year. >>> it's soggy, will be it soggy for the morning commute, and a look at the biggest holiday >>> looking at the week ahead, a new exhibit opens up, and now a preview. >>> big and spectacular,. >>> t-rex are among the most popular, that have been studied and now they can see it, in person. the last american dinosaurs, and looking at one period of time, and, we see it, and the to do doom of the dinosaurs, they are the rock-stars, but, they want them to see them as one small part. >>> and huge amount of vegetation, and, so, really, would have a profound impact on the environment. >>> and they believe, this exhibit

hundreds of crashes, and deaths and injuries and, thousands in damages, and police officers are at fault, a.b.ci-team, how often police accidents happen across dc region, and how much these at fault crashes, end up costing taxpayers, and what they are doing to curb them. >>> and the ravens players, one of the best was in an accident. >>> a team spokesman said the bus was side-swiped by a car, after the team left. no one was injured, and the ravens are taking on the saints tomorrow night, at the superdome there. >>> unrest continues as ferguson waits for a grand jury's decision on possible charges against officer dan wilson, and it is schedule to reconvene, and, now, protestors again filled the streets. >>> the night, and protests. tension building, by people, in ferguson wait to learn about whether he will be charged in the shooting death of unarmed, brown. >>> the grand jury, has been going over evidence and testimony since august, and their decision could come any day and, police have been busy preparing for the reaction, and blocking off streets and the national guard and, f.b.i. here. >>> i

president obama told a.b.c.'s this week he's hopeful an acceptable deal will be reached. >> i'm confident that if we reach a deal that is very fiable. and assures that iran does not have break out capacity, that not only can i persuade the american people. johna hole has more on the talks. national powers and iran are in place. china's wang ye is due in on monday. some sources suggest it could be missed altogether. a state department official who has been speaking to both sides believes talk of failure is premature. ment not only is it too early, they are looking for a break through: this is president obama's assessment in a u.s. television interview. the good news is the interim deal we entered into has definitely stopped iran's newer leer programme. it's successful. >> a deal has a roll back. >> the gaps exist in the difference between the one hand on the determination to limit iran's ability to enrich iranian and her unwillingness to give to. up. they have a permanent sanctions release and the powers wanting t

consensus expressed by letters verbally and in writing by the "new york times", "the washington post", a.b.c. today. c.b.s., everybody, washington correspondents, photographers association - we commented that this has been difficult for transparency and freedom of the press that we worked with. that's a consensus new. >> and the flipside was although you were complimentary in the book of c.b.s., you felt in recent times there was a change, a lack of desire to offend the government in any way. >> i describe in detail the complex set of factors at play, it's not just a simple liberal ideological bias there were conservative corporate biasies, not wanting to hurt interests or advertisers or sponsors. that's what i gleaned. there's a general sense that all of the networks and the national press and local to not go after powers that be. we may be talking about corporations, not government. they are uncomfortable or increasingly uncomfortable with taking on important powers. >> why. we have seen an abandonment of investigative journalists at the broadcast networks. >> there are a few theories, whe

time saturday morning when both the defendants appeared close to collapse because they had had little a.b.cto food throughout the handwriting. one on those on trial is activist and writer yang maodong known by a pen name. he is charged with creating public disorder. he stood outside a newspaper office in january 2013, calling for an end to media censorship in china. the other dissident has been accused of the same crime. he had been calling on government officials to disclose financial assets. his plight is ironic, giving the crackdown on corruption ordered by president xi jinping this year. human rights groups say they are seeing a tightening of freedom of expression. pointing to the trial of a journalist, 70, accused of leaking state secrets. if she is convicted she'll spend the rest of her life in gaol. in the last few weeks, 76 people have been arrested in china for supporting the protests taking place in hong kong, calling for democratic reform. >> now for a check on the weather. news of a tropical storm little vietnam. >> that's right. heavy rain making its way out of the philippines.

to do that he said it's vital small-scale formers are given the a.b.c. they need. >> they can do that. they need good seed, one seed. once a new seed is discovered. some of his colleagues go out. meet and train farmers. you can have the best faith you want. if you don't have a farmer put figure into a working sustainable system. much of the research is conducted here. scientists work on developing new varieties, and testing ones in the field. a big breakthrough is a development of smaller wheat. now the challenge is greater. to produce wheat that can stand extreme weather brought on by climate change. a change that the world is ready to take on. >> people in france have the opportunity to own a little piece of history. more than 1,000 of napoleon's its are up for auction. one of his hat is expected to go for 500,000 dollars. monaco's royal family is selling the its to fund palace restoration. i'm morgan radford, that is it for this half hour. keep it here. stay tuned. i will back in a minute for the 8 o'clock hour of al jazeera america, and i cannot wait

a couple of callers have referenced the fact that darren did a spew with "a.b.c. news." push him back, why yell at him to get back and, he pushed the door and just stared at me. he threw the first punch. yeah, left side of my face. some of the witnesses have said, they saw you trying to pull him not a car. that would be against every training. i don't know how many hit me, i know it was a barrage of swinging and grabbing and pulling for 10 seconds. and i reached out my window to grab onto his forearm. i was going to try to move him back, and i felt the immense power that he had, it's like a five-year old, holding on to hulk hogan. very large, very powerful man. you're a pretty big guy. you tried to grab him and you feel that force. and as i'm holding him, i see him coming around, with his left handled, and it comes through the window, and, just a solid punch. are you figuring how do i get out of this. how do i survive? i keep my gun on my right hip. and i said get back or i'm going to shoot you, and he grabbed the top of my gun, and said you're too much of a. [bleep] to