russell myers department adjutant, american legion "any time you're talking about a govt benefit - ahe people that depend on it...anytime it doesn't come it affects their lives." other people lives would be affected as well with those considered non-essential facing furlough. while social security payments would come, new claims may not be processed, and payments could be delayed. national parks and museums would be closed and housing and student loan applications would not be processed. lara brown is the program director at george washington university's graduate school of political management. she says who stays and who stays home has already been determined -by the office of management and budget. lara brown political management program director, gwu "we go through this to a certain extent when we have snow days n washington, d.c. non essential employees are not required to show up to their work. most of these kinds of decisions have already been written into law. the technical term is "those necessary for the protection of life and property" food inspections,bord er patrol nation

american legion, also absolutely beautiful. looks like they're picking up moderate conditions as you approach the american legion. so far, so good. jummy and scott. >> well, our top story, a host of important issues will be in the spotlight today as president obama goes before the general assembly. >> they'll talk about everything from global health care to syria. we're live with what we can expect. john. >> jummy and scott, now that a u.s. strike in syria has dwindled, president obama has discussed his willingness to engage with the iranian government. le' address the general assembly, also calling on the security council that would mandate consequences if syria takes back its word on turning over its stockpile of chemical weapons. things could get heated, especially with brazil's president be being critical of the u.s. accusing of president of spying on her and other world leaders. a meeting could be capped by what would be a historic face-to-face. we understand this is a chance that the president will meet with the president

american legion bridge rolling right along on the outer loop and inner loop on that live shot. send it back over to you. >> thanks so much, 4:42, 57 degrees. >> one community is saying enough is enough. how they're banding together after a toddler the senate measure would keep the government running in the october 15th. john boehner said wouldn't accept bill that doesn't take money away from the healthcare law. prince george's police are searching for suspects. men shot 12:15 on 100th avenue in lanham. no word on his condition at the hospital. police investigating whether the incident was result of home invasion. later tonight woodbridge high school football team will play first game since teammate was stabbed to death. 18-year-old kenny diaz was found dead last weekend in a park. several arrested in his murder. his funeral will be held later this afternoon. >> a man accused in a bizarre string of crimes is on the loose. arlington police broke into three apartments. women woke to him standing in their bedroom. all three happened in an apartment building in the court house neigh

take a look at the beltway at the american legion bridge which is moving well.nner loop and outer loop between maryland and virginia no problems there. the no early reports of incidents to show you down on the trip inbound on 66 through fall'sl's church and arlington, inside the beltway to the res roosevelt r bridge looking g. lanes open just with the traffic signals to slow you down right now with no problems reported on the beltway in maryland. did have light construction c north of route 50 before you goat 450, annapolis road, it was blocking two lanes, but it's not causing too much of a delay. d not too much longer before it's cleared away.wa everything wide frep bowie to the belt wisconsin and insidensd the beltway to town. that's a look at your fox 5 an a time traffic. >> ati metro train operator has been taken off the job thishis morning and could be discipline after opening the doors on theor wrong side of thes train. a rider tweeted tweeted this pho around 8:30 wednesday morning on the red line. metro said the train was at the station and in one was hur

lanes are open right now on the beltway west side of town across the american legion bridge and into tysons corner. back to you guys. >>> later today the postmaster general will have to justify his request for another stamp price hike. the postal service board wants to raise prices by 3 cents to help cover an expected $6 billion in losses this year. the rate hike would only raise an additional $2 billion. if the postal regulatory commission approves the request, stamps would be 49 cents. >>> maybe this is something you might not really want to brag about but 350 people twerked their way into the beginness book of world records. why -- guiness book of world records. why? i don't know. they twerked for two minutes. it's been around for quite a while. miley cyrus during the individual crow awards, that perform -- video awards, that performance that got all the attention brought us back to the forefront. >>> robin williams returns to television tonight. >> suzanne marquez has those stories and more in today's eye on entertainment. >> reporter: richard gere and terry mall are calling it q

let's take a live look at the american legion bridge. west side of town very very quiet across the river here. whether you're heading north toward bethesda or southbound toward tysons corner. you're going to be okay. let's go back over to the maps and this time heading tall way to the south side of town. lanes are open on 95 dale city, wood spring springfield. 395 to the 14th street bridge leaving edsall road. live look outside and in springfield still looking very quiet. both main and hov lanes everything is open. back to you guys. >>> this week newly declassified documents reveals a hydrogen bomb nearly detonated in 1961 in a crash over north carolina. then one of our photojournalists dug up another scary story from the depths of his memory. >> western maryland the height of the cold war a b-52 crashes in a blizzard with two nukes on board. bruce leshan and our photographer greg guise revisit a huge story that just a few of us remember. >> reporter: amazing thing. here at the crash site. almost half a century later. if you move a littl

wouldn't be surprised later if you're crossing the american legion bridge you see some of the fog. other than that a chill this morning and just another beautiful day. real busy, andrea, but this week we're sort of coasting. it's okay to get one of these weeks every now and then, right? temperatures will climb into the mid-50s by 9:00 so a chilly start. sunrise not until 6:58. 68 degrees by 1:00. then the afternoon looks fantastic with highs in the low to mid-70s. and less windy than yesterday. north, northwesterly winds running 5, 7, 8 miles an hour. so very comfortable and humidity levels are in check. there's the chill this morning. you see the 40s and these lighter blue colors are actually upper 30s that are popping across new england, pennsylvania, even not far from parts of west virginia and maryland right now are down in the upper 30s. that's a lot of little fog to form like in frederick where it's 39. half-mile visibility. we're seeing a little bit of fog in warrenton, the culpeper area but the bulk of the fog will be in the mountains and southwestern virginia this morning.

mark, first conservative groups and now the american legion. what do you make of this?her this is just bureaucracy run wild, or this is actual targeting for political purposes. the reason there's some suspicion about that is this is the same group, the same organization within the irs, that was responsible for the be on the lookout list for tea party looks under the auspices of lois lerner who pled the fifth before congress. at this point it's hard to imagine a scenario where there would be a reason to politically target a group like the american legion for a variety of reasons. they're not a partisan political organization. they're there to serve veterans, which if there's a nonpartisan issue in this country, it's the veterans. they have two and a half million members, so it's not a group you want to get riled up. and beyond that, what they're asking for is stuff that they've never had to keep before. historically what groups like these have had to keep is, yes, we verified the service of the veteran. here's our list. what the government is now telling them they have t

russell myers department adjutant, american legion "any time you're talking about a govt benefit - a mandatory spending, the people that depend on it...anytime it doesn't come it affects their lives." other people lives would be affected as well with those considered non-essential facing furlough. while social security payments would come, new claims may not be processed, and payments could be delayed. national parks and museums would be closed and housing and student loan applications would not be processed. lara brown is the program director at george washington university's graduate school of political management. she says who stays and who stays home has already been determined -by the office of management and budget. lara brown political management program director, gwu "we go through this to a certain extent when we have snow days n washington, d.c. non essential employees are not required to show up to their work. most of these kinds of decisions have already been written into law. the technical term is "those necessary for the protection of life and property" food inspections

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. >> beltway, the american legion bridge quiet, inner loop, outer loop, good visibility today, no fog across the river both sides of the beltway across the american region and on new hampshire between i-95 and college park, no more roadwork. everything there is open and at the 14th street bridge. >> that's look at your fox 5 onw time traffic.t , waop, dah cros5 >> thanks, we begin in we b prince george county this g morning after a car plowed into a car of higeohrgr schoolers.oo all of the students are members of the rotc and are expected to be okay. police say the 19-year-old9-yead driver was not speeding but hadt a learners permit. investigators say sun glare appears to have been a factor ii that accident. in virginia, a woodbridge highr school student stabbed to deatht last weekend will be laid to bei rest today. t police believe kenny diaz was dz killed in a drug-related robbery. >>> now to a news alert in the di a nstrict, d.c. police are warning people about a spring of violent robberies down town. the suspects are using tasers to attack people. fox 5's jennifer davis has the st

before i started searching for living american veterans of world war i france undertook a program where and they would award france's highest military decoration, the legionof honor to living veterans who had served on french soil in world war i, living american veterans. this was just more than pr. they really wanted to give this away so they undertook an intensive search. they ran ads in the fw magazines and american legion magazine national newspapers magazines and by the by the end of that getting about 500 the legions of honor to american men and women who had served on french soil in world war i. i should know note that they didn't just put it in the mail. they had an elaborate ceremony where they dispatched somebody from the french embassy to travel to wherever the veteran in question lives. they put on a ceremony and in a few cases french president jacques chirac himself presented the medal. there was also a big certificate and i don't know if you have ever seen the legion of honor but it's a very beautiful medal. i didn't go to the nep ceremonieceremonie s in the vast majority took place in 1998 and 1999 so by the time i started this would have b

here's what it looks like on the west side of town at the american legion bridge. no problems to report basically between 270 and all the way down to 66. let's go back to the maps, and this time heading to southern maryland. route 4, route 5, route 301 all in good shape heading up to andrews air force base and down into oxon hill. a live look one more time and here's what it looks like northbound 395 at edsall road. back to you jess and mike. >>> thanks monika. today the senate is expected to vote on the federal budget bill passed by the house last week. >> however, they're expected to take out a key part of the bill and without a last-minute compromise that means the government shutdown looks more likely for tuesday. delia goncalves joins us live from capitol hill with the story. and just this is not going to go away is it deal jaw? >> reporter: let's see. i mean hope springs eternal right? but actions speak louder than words because even though many members of congress say they do not want a government shutdown, well, they're dragging their feet. if you do to mat

the beltway is looking good along 495 and the american legion bridge.'s go back to the maps and this time north. no problems on 95 in from baltimore. route 29 from burtonsville. everything in from the northern montgomery county corridors look good. we'll take a live look south of town in virginia. northbound 95 looking great here in spring field. there are no issues coming up from dale city right up the line to 395 and the 14th street bridge. back to you, andrea and mike. >> thank you, monika. >>> we're less than one week away from a potential government shutdown. president obama's health care reform is the reason the deal can't get double. republicans want to pass a bill but one that doesn't fund obama care. >> the democrats of course say that's a non-starter. that's not going to happen in the senate. texas senator ted cruz doesn't care. he is going to speak nonstop till he can no longer stand. he is of course wanting to defund obama care at all costs. he took the floor yesterday at around 2:40 in the afternoon and take a listen. >> to make them depend

let take a live look outside and on the west side of town at the american legion bridge, we're in good shape between 270, bethesda coming into tysons corner and beyond. we'll go back to the maps, this time out to 66 on the westbound side past route 28 in centreville. the two right lanes are blocked with construction. i'm told that that is scheduled to be there till about 6:00 this morning. so watch out for that on the westbound side. inbound is okay coming in from manassas all the way to fairfax. your lanes are open at this point in the morning. we'll take another live look outside in springfield on the northbound side of i-95. no issues coming up from dale city right up to 395 and to the 14th street bridge across the potomac river. andrea, mike? >> thank you, monika. >>> all right, you've heard about it but not seen t. it's a new fitness program that capitalizes on technology to give you all the carld crow and strength -- cardioand strength training you need in a single 40-minute workout. >> the key is a piece of exercise equipment already being used by pro football players and it mig

dulles toll road, i-66 both incident free toward tysons corner, the beltway between basically the american legion bridge and springfield and we'll take a live look one more time. here's what it looks like on 66 coming in from manassas. back to you guys. >>> you got a quarter million dollars kicking around? feeling like spending it? you can go into space. if you have some deep pockets and you're one of those travelers, you can actually sit down, get in a spaceship and shoot toward the stars. >> i think justin timberlake wanted to do that. virgin galactic will start shuttling passengers to weightlessness next year. we look at the next frontier in space travel. >> reporter: who would spend up to a quarter million dollars just for minutes in space? >> seeing the spaceship is just absolutely mind blowing. >> it's not a destination but a journey. >> reporter: these people, more than 600 have signed on. how much to charter one of these puppies? >> $1.2 million. >> reporter: i hear you're going to leave two seats empty? >> no, not empty. it's two angels coming with us. >> reporter: passengers won't just

the beltway is in good shape it the american legion bridge here, tysons corner, annan gale and springfield -- annandale and springfield. if you're planning to head on the northbound side of 395, it looks good to the 14th street bridge. back to you guys. >>> 4:49. new this morning, dangerous mold spores and a -- in a family apartment sends 59 moamed baby and -- 9-month-old baby and a mom to the hospital. but it may still be impossible to get the landlord to clean up his act. >> reporter: dad would do anything to keep his little girl safe but he couldn't protect her from dangerous mold. >> one morning like at 2:00 in the morning, i woke up out of my sleep. could not breathe. >> reporter: the family rushed to the e.r. the diagnosis? mold exposure. the 9-month-old's rash was treated by the pediatrician, mom prescribed an inhaler. in a week's time the family moved. most of their furniture was destroyed. their mattresses, clothes, and shoes covered in mold. >> we would hang up the towels in the morning. come back and the towels would still be damp. >> not a good complex at all. >> reporter: and

may want to go to the left.f >> it is northbound.boun southbound, everything is okay.o at the american legion bridge,n, no problems.s. inner loop, outer loop looking good between fairfax county anda american county on the beltway b in silver springs, stale smootho ride on both sides of the beltway. college park around to georgia avenue. 395 at king street, northbound, hov lanes looking good rightht now. farther south of that, 195, no delays both in the main lanesne and the hov lanes. metro rail starting off on timem this morning.orng. that's a look at your fox 5 on 5 time traffic. >> thanks, steve., ste >> so far, no compromise on capitol hill. for more, we are jtooined by sherri ly, the clock ticks,icks ticks, ticks. they've got into midnight monday to prevent a partial government shutdown.utdown. democrats are expected to removm the house cuts to the affordabll care act.re. that would send the bill back tk the house where republican leaders have already said they t won't accept the bill that doesn't take away money from the health care law. >> some of these same people who said this would b

but absolutely, veterans, utilize the american legion, utilize the disabled american veterans, go to the local groups that you know, if you're part of the marine corps league, i'm quite confident they can direct you in the right way. any affiliated organizations will have counselors either associated with me or be able to direct you in an area. as far as filling out the claims wrong, yes, and no. it's not what hard and shouldn't be that difficult. and especially people who are elderly, may have disabilities, a lot of younger veterans, this process is fairly smooth for them to get it submitted correct. but seek out a counselor to help you ensure that it's submitted correct. absolutely. host: concerned veterans for america's web site is concernedveteransforamerica.org. lots of information for you to check out the organization for itself and to submit claims. anthony joining us from south carolina. veterans line. hello. caller: good morning. how are you? host: fine, thank you, go ahead. caller: i had a claim that i submitted, i had frostbite. they turned me down. one, they said my age.

interlinked, ring bells, very heavy -- intergroup, beltway, slow the from the toll road to the american legion bridge. northbound has a broken down car near 212. from the beltway, that is the way it looks. >> for those that do not want to sit in traffic in montgomery county, good news. opening a new program. county leaders launched the first installment across the country today. it started in the district where it has recorded more than 4 and already spread to arlington and alexandria. >> coming up, days away from a deadline on the health care overhaul. a lot of small businesses are stressed out, but not for the reasons you may think. >> efforts to help veterans to protect their comrades in building her own business. >> and a movie based on the sniper attack opens in our region today. why some >> amputees got some tips from a gold medalist. today to showvent amputees ways to keep fit. he also teamed up to talk about the new technology available. >> they are looking good out there. honor to tellute the story of those overcoming the odds, particularly the working women in the area. >> after doze

speaking of light volume we have a very good ride against the american legion bridge.visibility this morning inner loop and outer loop. l not too far from there it was an incident on baltimore washington parkway. thehicle struck a deer in dark it's a risk this time of morning. theappened and it's off the road right now.ht a little more volume on the beltway near colesville road. no major delay as you head to college park to silver spring. r >> thank you very much. in the news morning, presidentps obama will tout the health care law in a speech today in largo, maryland. at princeent speaks george's community college this morning. mr. obama will lay out the case that access to affordable health care is essential to have a strong middle class. the president will encourage people to sign up for health insurance through government exchanges. they are supposed to be up and running next tuesday.to bday. but we now know that d.c.'s health exchange will not be ready by october 1. a major computer glitch are preventing the marketplace from being able to calculate whether someone

the fog is not affecting thatctg stretch the potomac river, the american legion bridge, the camera isompletely out because you can isn't seyou can't see th the fog. >>> the redskins desperately needed to win their first gamefi of thers season against the raiders. >> matt flinn hits michael rivera or the 18 touch down tot1 go up by 14, there it is. and the redskins scored a fieldl goal, and then came a game changer, flinn would get picked up, by ame amer son, he runs, ad robert grirch throbert griffin t pierier gapierre, and they camed won. >> i don't think anybody wasdy s down. the leaders on the team was to make surete that we got a fight. we can't turn over, and ken said something positive before the game for all of us, you know, it was a met a a for, an metaphor,t alone because it stays in our locker room. we got a lot of brothers on this team and that's why we stick together. >> when it doesn't happen, you keep your exiew sure and you exp on fighting through it. it. sometimes it's a fall ball, and sometimes the team keep going in a different direction. >> rgiii, we got to go. >> w

but absolutely, veterans, utilize the american legion, utilize the disabled american veterans, go tohe local groups that you know, if you're part of the marine corps league, i'm quite confident they can dreact now the right way. any affiliated organizations will have counselors either associated with me or be able to direct you in an area. as far as filling out the claims wrong, yes, and no. it's not what hard an and shoult be that difficult. and especially people who are elderly, may have disabilities, a lot of younger veterans, this process is fairly smooth for them to get it submitted correct. but seek out a counselor to help you ensure that it's submitted correct. absolutely. >> concerned veterans america for web site is concernedveteransfoforamerica.o. lots of information for you to check out the organization for itself and to submit claims. anthony joining us from south carolina. veterans line. hello. caller: good morning. how are you? >> fine, thank you, go ahead. caller: i had a claim that i submitted, hi fros i had frost . they turned me down. one, they said my age. when i w

things are looking good on the american legion bridge as well and that is going to be on the outer as well as the inner loop and that is coming in from virginia toward maryland or vice versa. for now i'll send it back over to you. >> 5:03 is the time and lawmakers are coming up hard and fast on a deadline to avoid a government sunshine. >> our brianne carter live on capitol hill this morning, where time is a-tickin'. she's got the latest, brianne carter. >> actually, autria, with four days to go it's down to the wire, once again, for congress and a government shutdown is looking more likely with no compromise on the table. later today we know the senate will reconvene, they're expected to take up the measure later today voting on a bill that would fund the government but not defund obamacare. the president's healthcare law. that's something the republicans have been looking to do over the past couple weeks. the house passed ameasure that would strip money from the president's healthcare law. many people say this is going to be a bitter back-and-forth. >> the american people don't want

let's take a last live look at the american legion bridge on the west side of town.s is great between basically bethesda and tysons corner. back to you guys. >>> he's done it again. how does he do it? he has the best rolodex in the news business. we're talking about our partner at cbs this morning standing by live. >>> we're talking about charlie rose. he does so many interviews, so much. sometimes i wonder if there are multiple versions of him running around. good morning to you. >> good morning, mike and jessica. i've been cloned. there are many of us. >> they're all delightful. >> and that is not a good thing. ahead my conversation with iranian president hassan rouhani. what needs to happen before he can meet president obama, the changes he's willing to make on nuclear policy and whether he recognizes the holocaust and laura bush joins us in studio 57. we'll talk about her husband's health, the relationship with the obamas and what it's like being a first-time grandmother and robin williams is also here. the news is back in the morning and we'll see you at 7:00. >

outside on the american legion bridge on the west side of town looking good between 270 and the bridge span. no problems in tysons corner on the beltway toward annandale and spring field. back to you guys. >>> this morning the firm that employed the navy yard shooter has lost a key business tie. hewlett-packard announced the florida-based subcontractor who aaron alexis worked for failed to respond appropriately to his mental health issues. >> that firm called the experiments says the pentagon confirmed twice alexis had a valid clearance. delia goncalves has more on new f.b.i. revelations. >> reporter: good morning. we're learning more about the gunman's mental state. the f.b.i. releasing gut wrenching video of the brutal attack monday which i must warn you is very hard to watch. investigators cleerld the release of the -- cleared the release of the video with the victims' families. the video shows alexis arriving at the navy yard at 7:53 carrying a backpack as he eventually entered building 197 about 15 minutes later. then the terrible images of a man investigators describe as a derang

people trying to go all the way around the beltway to get in maybe toward the american legion bridgeng to run into serious delays. we still have things building inbound on the 11th street bridge. reports of debris on the left side just before the m street exit. send it back over to you. >> ok, amanda, thank you so much. 6:52 is your time and tie for the friday express. >> what you need to know before you go. here's what's coming up on "good morning america." >> and a good friday morning to all of you. coming up here and breaking overnight a scare in the sky. a united airlines pilot apparently suffering a heart attack in the cockpit during the flight from houston to seattle. the plane had to be diverted. we have the very latest on the developing story and much more coming up next, right here on "good morning america." >> all right thanks, josh. 6:53, what you need before you go this morning. family and friends are saying final good-byes at a funeral for a woodbridge high school football player killed during a robbery. kenny diaz was stabbed at marumsco acre lake park. >> maintaining t

here at the american legion bridge on the west side, things look good.problems at the dulles toll road or 66 coming in from manassas and the airport on the toll road you're going to be just fine early this morning. let's take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 where you're going to find that it is slowing down or southbound 270. we'll start with that route 109 to 121 in clarksburg and then the pace picks up in germantown. river road through bethesda and the beltway on the top side of town. let's go back to the maps. this time over to the bw parkway on route 50 through cheverly. they're pretty normal into the northeast corridor. we're looking good over the anacostia river bridges and one last live look outside here on the beltway at colesville road. still no big delays on the outer loop through silver spring. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> 5:50 now. here some of the stories new we're following this morning. the death toll continues to rise after an earthquake late yesterday in a remote part of southwest pakistan. more than 200 bodies have

predecessor went out with a message first on monday that followed by joe biden on wednesday to the american legion and kerry passionately on friday coming out of the national security council and it wasn't until that night that the president clearly had a change of mind about getting a congressional authorization. does that undermine the message and the unsrpt with which the white house came to this decision? >> i believe that the bringing together of congress and support of a resolution for limited military actions this this particular regard will be a stronger message globally. some may see it as weakness at this point. at the end of the day it sends a message to our allies that we mean what we see and will do it and have the support of a full government of the united states. as well as sending the similar message to our enemies. i think the president and the country will be strengthened by that support and the ultimate mission will be more successful as a result. >> the pentagon acknowledged that the u.s. was involved in planning and executing this israeli anti-missile defense over the mediterr

let's go back to the maps this time to the gw parkway coming in from the american legion bridge. dulles toll road, 66 no irks as you travel inbound toward the roosevelt bridge. we'll end with one last live look and this is springfield on the northbound side of i-95. a few brake lights now coming out of dale city. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> the nfc is sort of weak in the east so far. the redskins are still in the thick of it, even though they only have one win so far. >> take the nails out of the coffin. plus, the nationals bid goodbye to manager david johnson as they close out the 2013 season. that's all coming up in sports. >>> good morning. 5:19. here's a look at the question of the morning. according to a survey, which one of these political figures do 58% of women find the manliest? >> across the country. >> this apparently is across the country. i find this crazy. a, m.i.t. romney -- mitt romney, b, barack obama is the machineliest or c, bill -- manliest, or c, bill clinton. >> one viewer says c. say what you will, but the man has a certain masculine sex app

el elsewhere around the beltway, crossing over the american legion bridge heading to river road, traveles are open. a live look at river road in both directions. no accidents to report. you can see here crossing the wilson bridge, an easy commute for folks, continuing from the wilson bridge to vandorn street, that drive is just seven minutes. i'm back in ten. eun, over to you. >>> thank you, danella. we are now just 19 hours away from a potential government shutdown. congress must pass an emergency spending bill by midnight, or part of the federal government will shut down. house republicans want the affordable care act delayed a year, but senate democrats say that is a deal breaker. and we have every angle of the shutdown showdown covered for you that morning. right now let's check in with nbc's tracie potts on capitol hill for a look at the impact the shutdown could have on you. good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. this will have a huge impact on tourism. take a look. national parks all over the country would close their doors for the most part if we go into shutdown mode. an

john buckland into a markham were both think costume and event at the nearby american legion post they teach positive lessons to chill during the interview. but the lesson became real life they spring into action rushing towards the flames checking to see if anyone was inside a couple living here was out of town their cat couldn't get out it was trapped and had to be resuscitated by a real life superhero first hollywood screenwriters could have written a better speed of hollywood warner brothers has taken a lot of flak for tapping ben affleck to play the dark knight in the next batman movie as one commentator on gawker dot com pointed out john buckland one of the weekend warriors who made the kiddie rescue is another person better suited for the role of batman than ben affleck so if warner brothers ever needs to make a change they can just head on over to west virginia and good luck with their call . dear mr president now that russia and syria indicated a willingness to work with the un secretary of state kerry on resolving the issues of chemical weapons it's time for you to follow the

the two men were in costume for an event at a nearby american legion post mentoring a group of childreney saw. they respond. they were heroes. literal and figurative. >> imagine the sighs of those kids when they showed up? >> no, i can't. parents have a lot of 'splaining to do. >>> now we move on. to a chilling confession that has gone viral. powerful words from a young man admitting in an online video that he killed a man while driving drunk. he's expected to be charged this week. this morning, the victim's family is reacting. linsey davis has that story for us. >> reporter: initially, the man's face is blurred. his voice distorted. >> i ended up going the wrong way down a highway and struck a car and killed a man. >> reporter: then he reveals himself. >> my name is matthew cordle. on june 22, 2013, i hit and killed vincent canzani. >> reporter: in the 3 1/2 minute video, cordle explains what happened after a night of drinking with friends in ohio and pledges to take responsibility for the death of canzani. a 61-year-old photographer and navy vet. later today, he's expected to be charg

thlegion group.and heading to tr nothing in the way, everything is looking pretty good across the american legion95, at the prince williamwi parkway starting to clear out after getting by a couple of accidents. broke not down vehicle not cause -- broken down vehicle not causing too much of a backup, that is a look at your fox 5 traffic. trying to toeral are shutdown obama care, the president is pushing the changes despite the obstacles on implementation. those are the twoi topics on sunday this morning. chris, good morning. >> good morning, allison. >> you are talking about the same thing thatta everybody iss talking about, especially herepe in the district,ci the showdown and how the affordable careff plays in all oforda this. of >> it's all going to be playingl out on sunday morning because i looks like the senate is going to pass, take out the defundingg of obama care, send a bill to to keep funding the government for a couple months and send it bac to the house some time later today. figure outgu has tor what to do.to right now, not only do i nott know what they're going to do, o don't think

around georgia ge avenue and silver spring, the te lanes are open, usual, and very good across the american legiondge and both directions inner loop and between montgomerymonto county and no delays, no dela incidents to report as you makea your way through fairfax, innern loop is heavy, springfield to 6o but nothing unusual. that is a look at fox 5 on time traffic. >>> my opponent has spent mostmo of his career in a social ideological gender.gende he has pushed personal pe legislation which would outlaw most forms of contraception, and he bullied the board of healthal to shutdown the women's health e centers. comparison here is is someone who halls toll the new york times you help me, i help you. politics talking about aabou case wheret he was an unindicted coconspirators in a teamsters money laundering case. if terry is elected governor we areel going to change the state motto to quid pro quo. >>> round two, the republican ken cuccinelli and democrat terry mcauliffe got personal got during the debate. they clashed a innumbe a addrer of issues, including school funding. a seemingly ly a pathetic v

director of economics, author of the battle of bread and woods and leon allen at the american enterprise institute. legion, are relations the worst they've been since the cold war? >> they are simply at a very low point probably since the '98 bombing of serbia. but that was corrected very quickly because there was a different regime in russia. that regime has not seen the hostility of the united states with the united states as a b bonus for its domestic political literacy. on a personal level, i think it is probably the worst, as just the other day, putin essentially accused the american president of lying to american people and the world. and if there is proof, there is no proof that they were used by the syrian forces, rather than the forces that he calls terrorists. in order to provoke a military intervention. he also directly accused the secretary of state kerry of lying. hi actually used -- there are seven russian words for lying. he used one of the rudest ones. more importantly, he accused them of lying where they did not at all. he denied that al-qaida is part of the rebel forces in syria where as

to the fellow in florida, if you have such a tough time with his 272rnment and the va, post american legion is inviting you to come to chicago. we will help you with your difficulties with the va. job, i got run out of a paper factory and the va has been generous and kind and welcoming to me. we will have to leave it there and we appreciate all of you called to give your opinion this morning. believes that the u.s. has more obligation. rowdy thinks we have more responsibility. their leader medea benjamin joins us later on washington journal." going to annapolis, maryland. if you have been watching our networks over the weekend, you know that they give you a chance not only to talk to all of us, they give you sights and sounds. we will take a break and then we will come back as "washington journal" continues. we will be right back. i didn't realize how bad the jim crow movement had been after the war in the early 1900s. and that i found a real shock. annapolis was one of the two cases decided by the supreme court of the united states for the grandfather clause. you couldn't vote in annapolis

the vice president gave a passionate speech last wednesday to the american legion.riday, he spoke coming out of a session of the national security council, you know, sent out by the president to give an emphatic call to arms and to declassify the intelligence critically. that's the pen ultimate step. that's what you do right before you send the missiles flying. that's not what you do a week or two before. my friend here, robert gibb, talked about the sequencing on "meet the press." he was being, i think, very careful in signaling it was not the way you would have ordered it up. right next to me here. the fact is is now they are where they are. and i think kerry -- you talked about how dominating he was yesterday -- he took over that hearing. john mccain, when he wasn't playing iphone poker, tried to push him back and was withering in his questioning. rand paul i think most people thought was posturing. i covered that whole hearing. marco rubio signaled he has real concerns, you know, what happened to the 100,000-plus people who died not from chemical weapons. why wa

outer loop of montgomery sluggish and traveling between i-66 hating to the american legion bridge, slowte for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i want a governor who's focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. who's ken cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia? ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody! >> we have a great show to do. >> we always say that. we have a little lighting. not a good way to start the week. >> have a great show! >> we do that every single morning. >> it's a thing. and today as the first day we haven't done it. >> we did it. >> i can only imagine how things are going to go now. i'm feel gg. >> funday monday, everybody, september 30th. last day. >> i hope

that speech comes from -- that statement comes from a speech president eisenhower gave to the american legion i believe it was 1954, in which he was describing a story of four immortal chaplains, and that story, it's a story young people don't learn anymore, a lot of people don't know, i had the opportunity recently to speak at the american legion's national convention and i had the opportunity to share it and there were a number of older veterans, world war ii veterans of the who knew the four immortal chaplains. this was the u.s.s. dorchester hit by a torpedo and there were hit by a torpedo and was sinking and there were four chaplains, two were protestant, one catholic and one was jewish. they realized they didn't have enough life vests for the memorial on that ship and each of those four chaplains removed his life vest and gave it to another passenger. those other passengers were saved and those four chaplains stood together on the deck of the ship, singing and praying as the ship went down. and the point of the story is when the chaplains put the life vests on other passengers, gave thei