where you live in abilene, texas. >> i live in abilene, texas. >> not a whole lot, but high qualityts. >> high quality democrats. >> politics in abilene. >> now, austin, you're not necessarily from texas but you have a texan first name. >> yeah, that's true. and misspelled. my dad who is probably watching. >> let's talk business for a moment. >> okay. >> this convention so far so good from the dmblgtic perspective. but friday morning, as you well know, new jobs numbers comes out. >> yeah. >> i don't know if it's going to be good or bad. what do you think? >> i think it's probably going to be midling. i mean, that's the expectation. >> what does midling mean? >> in the consensus estimate is that there'd be i think 100,000 jobs created. >> so 8.3% would stay unchanged? >> the thing is the rest of the world is in a pretty tough spot. i mean, as much as our struggles have been, we're growing about the fastest in the advanced world. we're not getting any help from anywhere else demand for our products. and any given month the numbers plus or minus 100,000. so, you know, could be a lot --

. >> it was a teacher led abilene incident. >> the lawyer says they are all traumatized about what happened. >> the teacher told him in the valley and its but his bottom and his face saying he felt gassy. he had a pillow on his face and it could not breathe for several seconds. he had his own stocks shoved into his mouth. >> the school district said they looked at the videos after the incident and acted quickly. >> we immediately placed the teacher on leave. >> after an internal investigation the teacher was suspended for 10 days and reassigned as a substitute teacher for the rest of the year, given the training and assigned to different models of for the fall. >> we to a pretty significant disciplinary action. >> we were not able to contact the teacher by phone. in a letter, he apologized and explained he did not view the incident as anything more than harmless childhood corselet. the boy's attorney says the team has not been able to return to class after the incident, he has switched schools and require therapy. >> it was not horseplay, there was no play going on. >> the school did not re

they had 21 children in the home at the home on abilene way. investigators said the women did have a day care permit but only to watch 5 children. >> historic library in washington is reopening. we have more on that. and police in fairfax county think thieves may have been stealing from unsuspecting atm users. they found this simple looking device sitting on the card slot of an atm. users were seeing their cards being used to get cash from other atm machines. police are asking everyone who used the machine to keep a close eye on a bank statements. >> a new smartphone app will allow you to report crimes. it is an app called you ask. it allows you to call police find the nearest medical center, call support hot lines. it is already live. vincent gray will officially launch it tomorrow. >> and the mount pleasant library is reopening after a renovation project third city officials and residents celebrated knopfthe reopening of the library. and still to come on abc 7 news at noon, she and her husband prince william meters in public remarks. >> more

family where two sisters are accused of reckless child encontainment in operating the daycare on abilene way in dale city. 29-year-old anila qayyum and 23- year-old rabia qayyum arrested and charged. the family says two members including one of the sisters were taken to the hospital because of the stress from the police activity. >> they're good people. i know that his dad is a hard worker. >> reporter: child protective services came to the home to find the sisters watching over 21 infants and toddlers. >> seven children were under the age of 1 and all seven were strapped into car seats. >> reporter: in dale city, surae chick, surae chinn -- surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> starting tomorrow first lady michelle obama will be campaigning for her husband making appearances in richmond and the university of mary washington in fredericksburg. mitt romney arrived at dulles international airport this afternoon. tomorrow he is set to hold a rally ativan dike park in fairfax. that is -- at van dyke park in fairfax. that is slighted to start around 11:30. >>> a health alert tonight that's showing pro

they were different personalities that one can easily imagine harry truman in the abilene high school yearbook. you might've been wearing big losses and holding a violin or you might've been a piano player but he was a midwestern type in ike was a midwestern type. there was an episode and 52 campaign that i think is amusing and i'm not sure what to think of it but we are talking about an strange men between ike and truman and ike's bitterness towards truman and truman or less asked him to run for president. about september or so truman goes along the -- and i'm not sure stephenson won them on the hustings and he goes on the charge that he is a snarly costs are. starley guster is apparently a fighting warrior in the midwest and no one else would have any idea what it is but eisenhower and truman would have an i.d. and apparently this is a fighting word. and snarly guster means something like kind of a turncoat. is the idea that ike would work with democrats and now he's running as a republican and so forth. this, truman knew how to get under eisenhower skin and so he did in 1952 and i

. >> child protective services in prince william county got a tip about the home-based daycare on abilene way and moved in. when they arrived, they found 21 children ages 3 months to 4 years old inside with just two people watching them. police say 29-year-old anila qayyum had a business permit to take care of five children at this home. when child protective services arrived, they found more than 20 and only her 23-year-old sister rabia was there helping out. >> they had 21 kids in there, that they weren't licensed, i was pretty surprised. >> reporter: neighbors describe the sisters as friendly and say they always seem attentive with the kids when they played outside. that makes the disturbing find inside the home even harder to stomach. >> some of them were in the closet in a car seat. >> i heard about that. that was really disturbing because that means to me that you have too many children inside the house. so i think that's dangerous and i mean that sends out a really bad message and i would be really upset if that was my child in there. >> i myself work in child care at quantico mari

police and child protection found 21 children under the age of four inside the home on abilene way. some strapped into car seats and others kept in a closet and a bathroom. >> my heart bleeds. to hear something like that is very shocking. . to hear that a provider was not licensed with 21 children in their home is very shocking. >> police say the women did have a home day care permit but only to watch five children. >> today is the final chance for drivers to weigh in on proposed tax on the dulles toll road. airport authority will hold its final public hearing tonight at spring hill elementary school in mclean. it wants to gradually raise tolls from $2.25 now to $4.50 by 2015. >> an investigation about the alarming rate of red-light running in the district. most disturbing, drivers are district employees. we reviewed thousands of tickets issued to city drivers 4 red- light running. no. the tickets that are never paid as well. what we found is shocking. that's tonight on abc 7 news at 5. >> a bill bolling d.c.'s statue of frederick douglass -- a bill that will allow d.c.'s statue of

yesterday about six inches of rain fell in abilene. flash flooding resulted in road closures but no major damage was reported. on friday midland also suffered its worst flooding in years. underpass there is were flooded with about 5 feet of water. people did have to get rescued from their cars after getting stuck. >>> a lot of talk about oracle world in san francisco this week. but also today is the race. should abgood day. >> it is a gorgeous day. runners like it when it's cool. we are seeing that acrossed board. we are looking at temperatures -- across the board. we're looking at temperatures 10 degrees cooler. santa rosa 7 degrees cooler outside your door than we were in hours. -- 24 hours ago. what a difference a day makes. yesterday we woke up with plenty of gray. today just a little bit of cloud cover hugging the coastline. partly cloudy skies reported at paive came as well as half moon -- pacifica as well as half moon bay. the marine layer below a thousand feet so the high pressure that is strengthening over our area really squa

say 29-year-old anila qayyum had a business permit to take care of up to five children at a home on abileneay in woodbridge. when child protective services arrived, they found 21 children and only her 23-year-old sister was there helping. some of the children were found in closets and bathrooms and strapped in car seats. the sisters are now facing seven counts each of reckless child endangerment. endangermen >>> all right. it is time now for the morning line and the big college sports news. notre dame is switching from the big east to the acc. this includes all of its sports teams except football, of course where the fighting irish will keep their independent status. notre dame will play five football games against acc schools per year. the move means the basketball team will face traditional powerhouses like duke and north carolina. this is also rekindling rivalries with former big east members. the move is not expected to happen until 2014. >>> we've been talking about. this this is really popular. robert griffin iii is talking about a new internet craze dubbed griffinning. here is a litt

living for the first time in a long time, and as a matter of fact the day i got a scholarship to go to abilenestian university is right around the same day my father called me and asked me, hey, how much does it cost to get this guy killed? >> brian says his father told him his distant cousin, an 8-year-old girl who lived in california, was being molested by her father. the girl's grandmother and mother wanted to pay brian to kill the man. >> so told my father i would call him back and after a few days of thinking about it, i decided to come out to california and kill paul myself. >> a short time later brian flew out to the west coast to carry out the hit. he knocked on the man's door, but when a young boy answered, he got nervous and left. he went back a second time, but nobody was home. >> and by this time the two ladies that paid me, they're crying on the phone, screaming, telling me that their daughter, she cannot spend another day around this guy. they're afraid of what he's going to do. by this time i'm so tired of it if i get caught or i don't, i just cannot let this guy spend another d

police say the women were in charge of at least 20 children at a home on abilene way in woodbridge. the women are accused of simply leaving the babies strapped in their car seats during the day. some were placed in a closet and a bathroom. all of the children were under 4 years old. >> to hear that a provider was unlicensed with 21 children in their home is -- it was very, very shocking to me. so, my heart bleeds. because to hear something like that is very shocking. >> none of the children was hurt and they were released back to their parents. the two women each face seven counts of reckless endangerment of a child. >>> today family and friends will hold a candle light vigil for a high school junior shot and killed on his way to school. the vigil for markell ross will happen at 7:00 tonight in the 6100 block of central avenue in capital heights. police say he was gunned down there tuesday morning as he walked to school. police have not made any arrests in that case. >>> this morning, business owner facing charges for selling stolen hair salon products. police arrested esther goodwi

police say the two women were in charge of at least 20 kids at a home on abilene way in woodbridge. the women are accused of simply leaving the babies strapped in their car seats during the day. some were placed in a closet and in a bathroom. all of the children were under four years old. >> to hear that a provider was unlicensed with 21 children in their home was very, very shocking to me. so my heart bleeds, because to hear something like that is very shocking. >> now, none of the children was hurt and they were released back to their parents. the two women each faced seven counts of reckless endangerment of a child. >>> this morning a business owner faces charges for selling stolen hair care products. police arrested esther goodwin. officers say they found $20,000 worth of stolen goods when they raided her salon. they believe she placed orders with professional thieves to steal what she wanted. the business is now shut down. >>> d.c. councilmember michael brown's former treasurer is denying brown's implications that he stole more than $100,000 from his campaign. brown came forwar

yet he never forgot where he came from, that's why his presidential library is in abilene, kansas, closeonal politician, yet he was one of the most successful politicians in our history, and supremely protective of his hero's image. ike did not hesitate to use subordinates like john foster dulles as lightning rods for controversial policies that were, in fact, ike's creation. eisenhower was volatile-tempered, a temper that exploded like a rocket but at tense moments requiring great decisions he was unfailingly cool, calm and deliberate. this was a profoundly religious man who had prayer at the beginning of cabinet meetings. yet when that famous temper erupted, he could turn the air blue with soldierly profanity and did so frequently. above all, eisenhower saw himself not as a warrior, but as a peacemaker, and that's what this book is about. >> from his exposure to secret intelligence and his ability to use it, game true world war ii, eisenhower knew that the sow outs -- soviets were behind, so he essentially said we don't have a need to increase defense, it's more important to have a bal

they were different personalities but one can easily imagine harry truman in the abilene high school yearbook, he might have been wearing thick glasses, might have been holding of violent or him i'd been a piano player but he was a midwestern type and ike was a midwestern site. there was an episode in the campaign that i think is amusing that would talk about the strangest between ike and truman and ike's bitterness towards truman, and truman asked him to run for president. about set 10 or so truman goes on, i'm not sure stephenson wanted him there but he goes there and he erupts with the charge that eisenhower is a -- [inaudible] a parent it's a fighting word in the midwest. no one else would have been a deal with it is that eisenhower and truman would have an idea. and apparently this is a fighting word. smaller gaster means something like kind of a turncoat, the idea that ike at work with democrats and now he's running as republican. truman and how to get under eisenhower's skin, and so he did in 1952. and i think that contributed to the very frosty relations between -- >> truman

host: now to abilene, texas, doc. caller: i agree about the credit card problems.n it comes to mortgage loans, i believe it is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. it's like saying, please stop me from taking more money from these people. if you are that stupid -- and everybody knows this -- and i used to be a democrat until the party left me -- i believe it is helping people, but i don't believe in getting shook down to help people. i used to work at a financial institution and we were threatened by a county commissioner in dallas named price who shook us down like jesse jackson. and then dodd-frank came along. what i am trying to say is look at these things that go on. people should be smart enough. if you don't know how to read and write, don't buy a house. if i appreciate all your help. guest: i wish it were as simple as average people could simply a make good judgments on their mortgages. it has become so complex and deceptive that people who think they are doing the right thing often wind up doing the wrong thing. we are all paying the price for the dec

he grew up with five brothers in abilene, kansas. .. .. it was deliberate.g to go to church every sunday when he was a cadet at west point and said he wasn't going back. eisenhower also clearly did the political resonance of religion and he did later join the methodist church. the sender aye added the words, under god, to the pledge of allegiance. it was under a fake that we put in god we trust on the currency. and also, it was eisenhower who is the recommendation of secretary of agriculture began each cabinet meeting with a silent prayer. one day, cabinet secretary has a note to eisenhower, which said, mr. president, you forgotten silent prayer. eisenhower read the note and said that the imac, we forgot the family prayer. [laughter] eisenhower entered west point in 1911 at the age of 21. he was three years older than his classmates, unlike grant, he went to the academy to get an education, unlike perhaps mcarthur and patton, who went there interested in future glory. eisenhower graduated in the top third of his class. he was the color sergeant in the color