he also says that amin owes him back rent. >> amin is trying to do the right thing. the central characters now smoking a whale instead of a cigar. because the county complained that a cigar was advertising. >> smoke now looks like a wave of water. >> he struggled to make a living here since he left afghanistan. >> my hard work, money. >> and now, he fears he'll lose a work of art. in arlington, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> now we tried to get ahold of his landlord for an interview, but we have yet to hear back from him. >> calling on the city to help out victims of this weekend's flooding in the blooming dale neighborhood of northwest. he wants all relevant agencies to use their resources and use a relief fund. and ask for federal assistant. blooming dale and nearby areas had flooding issues for years and mayor vince gray set up a task force. >>> this winter, all that rain could be replaced with another snow megeddon. that's what the second oldest almanac is telling us. town and country almanac just released its 2013 edition. it predicts a very snowy winter for the mi

lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa? >> dan, the special tod de session -- special study session ended here, and the focus is on what to do about san jose's struggling and shrinking police department. >> how do we protect the safety of our residents and neighborhoods in the face of inadequate resources. >> reporter: the one leading the effort -- is chief chris more, but he uh -- chris moore, but he announced his retirement after 18 months on the job. it comes with a spike in crime. in august there were nine homicides in 11 days. the chief pointed out that tonight gang crimes are getting more violent. >> we are seeing guns used where we may have seen knives or fists used in the past. when you have guns involved you are more loikly to see fatality -- more likely to see fatalities. >> reporter: they learned that the response time to violent crimes is getting longer, nearly seven minutes. the goal is six. >> we have a lot fewer opposition on the streets. the time it has taken to get to the calls has increased dramatically. >

lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa? >> dan, the special tod de session -- special study session ended here, and the focus is on what to do about san jose's struggling and shrinking police department. >> how do we protect the safety of our residents and neighborhoods in the face of inadequate resources. >> reporter: the one leading the effort -- is chief chris more, but he uh -- chris moore, but he announced his retirement after 18 months on the job. it comes with a spike in crime. in august there were nine homicides in 11 days. the chief pointed out that tonight gang crimes are getting more violent. >> we are seeing guns used where we may have seen knives or fists used in the past. when you have guns involved you are more loikly to see fatality -- more likely to see fatalities. >> reporter: they learned that the response time to violent crimes is getting longer, nearly seven minutes. the goal is six. >> we have a lot fewer opposition on the streets. the time it has taken to get to the calls has increased dramatically. >

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa? >> dan, the fire started just after 7:00 tonight in the house behind me. take a look. you can see a lot of damage left behind. and right now firefighters and investigators are sifting through the remains. the cause is still under investigation. itthe fire started in the garage, and you can see how high the flames left from the building. there was a lot of confusion when firefighters first got here in east san jose. the family who lives here got out safely, but they thought one other person was trapped in the garage. so firefighters went in using thermal heat imaging cameras trying to find that person. who it turns out wasn't even home at the time. while crews are inside they realize the fire had gotten into the attic. >> the roof was weak early on. our crews took a lot of risk looking for the potential rescue victim. once we determined there wasn't anybody there and the roof weakened we pulled everybody outside for their safety and went to a defensive operation. >> there was a lot of

lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> 4:35.residents of 14 units in a brentwood apartment complex are back home this morning after a gas leak forced them out nearly five hours yesterday. pg&e crews were servicing a gasline in the 1200 block of central boulevard during the noon hour when there was a leak. crews could not shut the line off quickly because the pipe was being installed by a contractor they had to wait until they received lay-out of the complex from the manager. >> the challenge was locating the pipe. their records weren't up-to-date or they weren't given correct information from the complex developer, the building people who place the line. >> firefighters stood by until after 5 to make sure the situation was safe. >>> san francisco has its first case of human west nile virus in seven years. health officials say an unidentified san francisco man is recovering from the infection and it is likely he contracted the virus locally. infected bird was found near city college uncertain if the man was infected in the city o

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa? >> dan, the fire started just after 7:00 tonight in the house behind me. take a look. you can see a lot of damage left behind. and right now firefighters and investigators are sifting through the remains. the cause is still under investigation. itthe fire started in the garage, and you can see how high the flames left from the building. there was a lot of confusion when firefighters first got here in east san jose. the family who lives here got out safely, but they thought one other person was trapped in the garage. so firefighters went in using thermal heat imaging cameras trying to find that person. who it turns out wasn't even home at the time. while crews are inside they realize the fire had gotten into the attic. >> the roof was weak early on. our crews took a lot of risk looking for the potential rescue victim. once we determined there wasn't anybody there and the roof weakened we pulled everybody outside for their safety and went to a defensive operation. >> there was a lot of

he also says that amin owes him back rent. >> i don't understand too much. >> reporter: amin says he is trying to do the right thing. the central characters now smoking a whale instead of a cigar because the county complained that a cigar was advertising. >> it looks like -- [indiscernible] >> reporter: he's struggled to make a living here since he left afghanistan. >> my hard work and money. >> reporter: and now he fears he'll lose a work of hart. -- work of art n. arlington, bruce less hahn, 9news -- leshan, 9news now. >> we tried to get a hold of the landlord for an interview but have yet to hear from him. >>> our time is 4:38. it's the longest running game show in history. you can watch it every weekday right here on channel 9. coming up at 4:51, see ow "the price -- see how "the price is right" celebrates 40 years of giving away some pretty incredible stuff. >>> imagine a mcdonald's without cheeseburgers. it will be a reality first. jessica doyle will tell you where the first vegetarian golden afternoones will go up -- arches will go up. >> but first howard will be back with the

lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa?ession ended here, and the focus is on what to do about san jose's struggling and shrinking police department. >> how do we protect the safety of our residents and neighborhoods in the face of inadequate resources. >> reporter: the one leading the effort -- is chief chris more, but he uh -- chris moore, but he announced his retirement after 18 months on the job. it comes with a spike in crime. in august there were nine homicides in 11 days. the chief pointed out that tonight gang crimes are getting more violent. >> we are seeing guns used where we may have seen knives or fists used in the past. when you have guns involved you are more loikly to see fatality -- more likely to see fatalities. >> reporter: they learned that the response time to violent crimes is getting longer, nearly seven minutes. the goal is six. >> we have a lot fewer opposition on the streets. the time it has taken to get to the calls has increased dramatically. >> reporter: the department has 1,000 police officers.

we have live team coverage being with lisa amin gulezian in walnut creek where that officer is being treated. lisa? >> dan, that is very true. a few moments ago the assistant chief of the golden gate division of the chp gave me more information about officer kenyan youngstrom. you are looking at a photo of the 37-year-old married father of four from mare field. fairfield. he was shot today during a traffic stop. he is currently in critical condition and on life support. he has been with the chp for seven years, and he spent the past five years working out of the contra costa county office in martinez. prior to joining the chp he was a u.s. army reservist. youngstrom's family and friends have been coming by john muir medical center all day and into the evening. as you can see here, his family was escorted by officers this afternoon so they could be by his side. >> i have been speaking with officer youngstrom's family, and they have asked me to convey their thanks to their extended family and friends, the law enforcement and public safety community and the public for their support. >>

we have live team coverage being with lisa amin gulezian in walnut creek where that officer is beingrue. a few moments ago the assistant chief of the golden gate division of the chp gave me more information about officer kenyan youngstrom. you are looking at a photo of the 37-year-old married father of four from mare field. fairfield. he was shot today during a traffic stop. he is currently in critical condition and on life support. he has been with the chp for seven years, and he spent the past five years working out of the contra costa county office in martinez. prior to joining the chp he was a u.s. army reservist. youngstrom's family and ir medi muir medical center all day and into the evening. as you can see here, his family was escorted by officers this afternoon so they could be by his side. >> i have been speaking with officer youngstrom's family, and they have asked me to convey their thanks to their extended fr family and friends, the law enforcement and public safety community and the public for their support. >> a great individua a supe a super individual, a man of faith

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa?d just after 7:00 tonight in the house behind me. take a look. you can see a lot of damage left behind. and right now firefighters and investigators are sifting through the remains. the cause is still under investigation. itthe fire started in the garage, and you can see how high the flames left from the building. there was a lot of confusion when firefighters first got here in east san jose. the family who lives here got out safely, but they thought one other person was trapped in the garage. so firefighters went in using thermal heat imaging cameras trying to find that person. who it turns out wasn't even home at the time. while crews are inside they realize the fire had gotten into the attic. >> the roof was weak early on. our crews took a lot of risk looking for the potential rescue victim. once we determined there wasn't anybody there and the roof weakened we pulled everybody outside for their safety and went to a defensive operation. >> there was a lot of smoke. the fire was craz

lisa amin gulezian is live in east oakland with more on that. lisa? >> lisa: the march and rally ended here just a little while ago. people prayed and re-affirmed their commitment to making oakland a safer place to live. >> take back the streets. got to take back our communities. >> lisa: they marched 100 strong down international boulevard, demanding change come to oakland. pastors from several oakland churches are leading the march because right now oak lean is struggling. last night four people were shot during three different incidents. one was in this kentucky fried chicken parking lot on mcarthur boulevard. last week ten more people were shot, including three children. >> no one wants this to happen to their children. >> lisa: she is matching just for her children but for all of oakland's children. >> our youth, i don't know what's wrong. so you know what? you have nothing else, you do have to pray. ♪ >> lisa: they sang, prayed and talk about the city's real problems and real solutions. >> what i really think is african-american males need to st

capitol will be sentenced later today. 29-year-old amin al khalifi planned to carry out a terror attack. he tried to use phony weapons he received from an undercover agent who he believed to be an al qaeda operative. he faces up to 30 years in prison. >>> today prince george's county police will canvass a neighborhood hoping to solve the murder of a 17-year-old honor student. police will hand out fliers at the kettering shopping center and mitchellville shopping center. they're looking for information on the death of amber stanley. the man broke into her home and shot her as she was sleeping last month. she had dreams of going to harvard. >>> today central high school in prince george's county will honor a student killed earlier this week. students and staff at the school will wear light blue and release balloons to remember 18-year-old marckel ross. ross was shot and killed tuesday morning while walking to school. last night friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil. prince george's county police offering up to $25,000 for information on the murder in this case. >>> still ahe

authorities arrested 29-year-old amin al khalifi in february. he got weapons from an undercover agent to try to detonate a bomb near the capitol. he thought he was dealing with al qaeda operatives. he faces between 25 and 30 years in prison. >>> today prince george's county police will canvass a neighborhood hoping to solve the murder of a 17-year-old honors student. police will hand out flyers at the kettering shopping center and mitchellville shopping center. they're looking for information on the death of amber stanley. a man broke into her house and shot her as she was asleep last month. stanley was a senior in high school who had dreams of going to harvard. today central high school in prince george's county will honor a student killed earlier this week. students and staff will wear light blue

. >> reporter: lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> mitt romney brings his campaign to the bay area today scheduled to appear at a $50,000 per person fundraiser at a private home in hillsborough. has no public events scheduled. this event is closed to the media. he swung through in july attending fundraisers at fairmont hotel, dinner at a home and private lunch in woodside. >>> president obama will be return the bay area for his sixth fundraising event. tickets for october 8th rally and concert at the civic auditorium are on sale from $100 to $7500. president obama's last bay area visit was in july. he spent 83 million dollars last month on his campaign. mitt romney has spent more than 50 million dollars. >>> concord city workers will take to picket lines 7:00 this protest the first of 13 furlough fridays. the union that represents some of the city workers claim the furloughs are unlawful because voters passed measure q. union says that measure raised city revenue for the purpose of protecting and maining services. it claims the referendum is being ignored. >>> in the past four days we've

. >> amin struggled to make a living here since he left afghanistan. >> my hard work, money. >> and now, he fears he'll lose a work of art. in arlington, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> interesting to hear all the different opinions from passer by. we tried to get ahold of his landlord for an interview, but we have not heard back. >> a humid tuesday. >> it was terrible tuesday as far as going back to school. >> and it's not going to change. we are still going to look at the tropical air mass, courtesy of isaac. i know he's still in the headlines. he's in many pieces, but he is still producing some tropical air across much of the east. let's start with a live look outside. live michael and son cam. it's nice out temperature wise. there's a few breaks in the clouds. the dew point in the low 70s. that is just not comfortable. pressure is falling a little bit at 29.88 inches of mercury. so when the humidity is 70% or the dew points in the low to mid 70s, that's just not a comfortable air mass. now the radar with lightning, good news is, not much lightning. this storm has intensified over the pa

a amine el khalifi thought he was plotting with al-qaeda but was actually working with undercough fbi agents. he was brought to authority's attention when he answered a facebook ad seeking muslim holy warriors. >>> justin wolfe spent 11 years on death row for a crime he says he did not commit. today he learned he'll have to stay in jail waiting for a new trial. wolfe was convicted of ordering the murder of his drug supplier. the triggerman initially implicated wolfe but recanted that story years later. a federal judge threw out the conviction, but the state plans to retry him. family and friends were hoping the judge would release wolfe on bail, but that did not happen. >> this is so unfair that justin has spent 11 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn't commit and it's time for him to come home. >> this has been the strongest scared straight program any kid could ever go through. >> wolfe's new trial scheduled next month and if he's convicted, once again he could be on death row. >>> hundreds of central high school students spent today honoring marckel ross. you remember

amine el-khalifi was arrested in february in an fbi sting operation. he was offered martyrdom payments of $30,000 a month for his family if he carried through with the attack. >> police are doing everything they can to find amber stanley. >> the murder case still a mystery. this afternoon and all morning long, police have been going around area shopping centers coffee shops grocery stores, passing out these fires. they're even going to hold a community meeting on the 26 of this month trying to break this case. >> somebody saw something somewhere, at some point. >> police are trying hard to find that someone. today, they're armed with fliers walking through the shopping centers not far from where 17- year-old amber was killed. as in other week comes and goes, police are still baffled with little to go on, and this community is becoming more and more impatient. >> people are coming together to make sure that this case comes to a close. >> police and the morning informing residents and talking to people who could perhaps shed some light on what happened.

amin al kalifi of alexandria was sentenced to 30 years in prison. the 29-year-old man was arrested last february with what he thought was an automatic weapon and an explosive laden suicide vest. they were fakes provided by fbi. >>> classes are back in session at two universities tonight after some eerily similar threats. the first came this morning at the university of texas at austin. a man called claiming to have planted bombs all over campus. there was also a bomb threat at north dakota state university. tonight the fbi is trying to figure out if they are related. >>> at valparaiso university in indiana is tightening security after threatening graffiti, but no word if that is related tonight. >>> new information about the former bus driver accused of ramming a school bus into an employee lounge in accokeek back in december. prosecutors claim 41-year-old theresa douglas was upset with some of her co-workers, so she drove her bus into the trailer that housed their lounge. the washington post reports the jury agreed and convicted douglas. she now fa

live in walnut creek, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> and that concern will mean a lot to the family. >>> tonight we have learned new information about the moments after the shooting including the commuters who stopped and tried to provide medical treatment to the wounded officer. john alston is live at the field office in martinez. that's where officer youngstrom works. >> dan, it is quiet now, but officers on duty and off duty were pulling up and consoling each other while investigators from the county and the chp are trying to figure out what exactly happened. more than ten hours after the shooting the dead suspect's jeep was hauled away from the shoulder of 680 in alamo. sky 7hd was overhead as the crime scene was cleared. investigators from the contra costa county department are working on a time line on the traffic stop that ended in gunfire. >> we do have dsh cam video we will analyze to see exactly what happened. >> they are also talking to witnesses including one man who pulled over immediately after the shooting and called 9-1-1. that man's boss tells abc7 news he spoke to

the president if he haslinda amin done so per sevently and -- if he has has done so persistently and -- chris: does that -- when you take the offensive the opponent has it easy and knocks your block off when you go for it. should romney make a move now or keep his powder dry and wait for his opportunity later down the road during the debate? >> i'm plagiarizing but somebody wrote this week that the romney campaign is a bit like it's chasing after shiny ox. and each time they do that, they sometimes break the bauble. chris: the alternative is to calm down. >> the alternative for the romney campaign is to do what has worked for them. which is when they are focusing on the economy and jobs. and try not to get distracted by foreign policy issues. by even past health care issues but keep focusing on romney's strength which in the polls is shown is that when he's told the american people i am the person that is best suited and has the best experience to rebuild the economy and get you jobs back. that's where he's strongest andia see how he's benefiting from talking about other things. this

bonds since it will quash his house both hall who has hall of >>vicki: and al-amin year-old was shot while sleeping in his bed on thursday morning. he was the bit of a drive-by shooting but expected to make a full recovery seriously nichole shanafelt shows us how some people are trying to make oakland a bexley solicit seriousness call this < >> the areas are known for heavy crime and violence. loral we want to bring a visual awareness to show that the 95 percent of people in oakland that did not participate in this kind of behavior, they need to stand up and let their voices he heard theories and >> today is not about one person doing everything, but every person doing something. because we have that mentality we're on our way deceasing violence in oakland. >> the group sang and talked about the city's real problems. it's >>host: we build relationships with what we call high-risk clients, the guys out here that are involved in street activity >> he health at risk even get off the street and get the job training, services and rehabilitation. city leaders and police also spoke out, tou

speaker, this month, this month marks the 40th anniversary of the expulsion of patients in uganda by idi amin. they came to this country of with nothing but the clothes on their backs as they pick themselves up and soon integrated themselves into britain. will my right honorable friend, the prime minister, join me in committee this community and also the conservative government, which had the courageous decision to let them in notwithstanding the enormous amount of proposition both in the house and in the country at large? >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right to raise this. the asians have come from kenya and uganda have made an extraordinary contribution to this country, and he was absolutely right decision to welcome them here as happened in the 1970s, and those who oppose it i believe were profoundly wrong. and i would also say to him who is actually from that background what incredible achievement is for someone from that background to get with one generation to come to parliament and such a distinguished contribution. >> mr. speaker, last week we saw a painful experience fo

speaker, this month marks the 40th anniversary the expulsion of asians from uganda by idi amin. they came to this country with nothing but the clothes on their backs but they picked themselves up and soon integrated themselves into the fabric of britain. will my right honorable friend the prime minister join me in commending this community and also the conservative government of the time which had the courageous decision to let them in, notwithstanding the enormous opposition in the house and in the country at large? >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right to raise this, the asians who have come from kenya and uganda have made toextraordinary contribution this country and it was an absolutely right decision to welcome them here as happens in the 1970's and those that opposed it i believe were profoundly wrong and i would also say to him who is from that background, what an incredible achievement it is for someone from that background within one generation to come to parliament and make such a distinguished contribution. >> mr. speaker, last week reshuffle was a page e

when he accused the un of being controlled by a small number of world politics and i do believe mr amin. was paranoid or he had to say it or that he's paranoid but i find very few people really is that the united states mr obama in fact yesterday that he chooses to it says diplomacy before resorting to other means and diplomacy is engagement you do not boycott the speech because you don't like to hear what is being said the side of the opposite is true you could listen to what the party has to say grievances and they're going to come to terms with it i mean iran has to sit through a whole bunch of stuff that is not exactly fashion well speaking about not everything about him being flattering iran's leader has been branded as an aggressive dictator but his latest speech was one of words like love peace and justice is a looking for a new approach to his rivals or just softening towards the end of his term. mr ahmadinejad has always spoken of social justice often. it's always about how those words are being interpreted and who interprets them i think that he sincerely believes that there i

still how the president and while clashes in cairo continue the country's present president morsi amin is nowhere to be seen and he's in brussels to drum up business do you think he has his priorities straight oh do they clash is not required his. yeah exactly you're right it is about his priorities isn't it and he's clearly prioritizing at the moment his relationship with europe and his relationship with the west. the policies and the priorities of the western powers match those of more of the leadership of the muslim brotherhood like i say on the economic front they are completely in tandem the you have this project called the european neighborhood policy since two thousand and four most sixteen of the neighbors are basically to be incorporated into a kind of nafta style arrangement nafta is the free trade area between us and mexico which mexico's basically sacrifices economic sovereignty to is more powerful northern neighbor is no longer able to provide subsidies to the poor or to tax imports etc all of this has been lost and the e.u. is trying to impose this type of policy on its n

amine el khalifi pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against government property. el khalifi was arrested in february during an fbi sting operation. authorities say he accepted what he thought was a suicide vest containing explosives and a gun. he put on the vest and was quickly taken into custody as he tried to leave a parking garage and walk toward the capitol building. a volcano eruption has forced 35 thousand people to evacuate their homes in guatemala. the 12,000 ft. "volcan de fuego" began sweeping ash at about 10 o'clock yesterday morning near antigua. white smoke poured out of it by late afternoon. it's the volcano's sixth eruption this year -- and the strongest. people who live within 12 miles of the mountain are being shuttled out of harm's way. ten shelters that could house 200 people were opened in at least two villages. abc news is being hit with a billion dollar defamation lawsuit by the makers of a beef additive that became known as "pink slime." in the 1.2 billion dollar incorporated claims abc misled viwers into believing its l

amine el khalifi pleaded guilty in june. he talked with undercover fbi ho said that his parents to zeroceive up thousand dollars a month if the completed the attacks. was wearing what he thought an explosives-laden suicide given to him by an undercover agents. pleadedvirginia man guilty to a sex trafficking minors.g is prostitution ring involved teenage girls between ages of 16 and 18. he faces up to life in prison. >> hopping on the campaign president obama attending campaign event at a private residence in the district tonight. attend a lady will afternoon. this vice-president joe biden's wife attending the events today in minnesota. the republicans are keeping on battleground virginia a day after mitt stumped for votes in fairfax. the gop vice presidential attending a ryan is rockingham county fairgrounds in harrisonburg. also speak this morning at the values summit at the omni hotel. the first man to walk on the moon will be laid to rest today. neil armstrong will be buried at after a public memorial service at the natio

clean up oakland day when volunteers will pick up trash on international boulevard in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news. >> alan: in the south bay work continues on the dumbarton bridge which is closed for a major seismic retrofit. caltrans says so far the work is on schedule and the bridge is expected to re-open by 5:00 a.m. on tuesday. just in time for the rush hour. the closure began friday night, and crews are working around the clock. they're replacing replacing thed joint on the eastern side of the bridge across all six lanes of traffic. >> this area of the bridge has been decked out by up to five inches in preparation for work over the next few months. >> alan: the upgrades are intended to protect the bridge from earthquakes. the entire $153 million project is expected to wrap up early next year. >>> in san francisco, fremont street between howard and mission is also closed until tuesday. crew are excavating the underground rail level of the transbay transit center and installing a temporary bridge to keep traffic moving while they dig. our wave app can help you navigate aro

clean up oakland day when volunteers will pick up trash on international boulevard in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news. rkuth bay work continues on the dumbarton bridge which is closed for a major seismic retrofit. caltrans says so far the work is on schedule and the bridge is expected to re-open by 5:00 a.m. just in tuesday. just in time for the rush hour. the closure began friday night, and crews are working around the clock. they're replacing replacing thed joint on the eastern side ofbris bridge across all six lanes of traffic. >> this area of the bridge has been decked out by up to fivatik over the next few months. >> alan: the upgrades are protec intended to protect the bridge from earthquakes. the entire $153 million project is expected to wrap up early next year. >>> in san francisco, fremont street between howard and mission is also closed until tuesday. crew are excavating the underground rail level oftransbe transb t transit center and installing a temporary bridge to keep traffic moving while they dig. our wave app can help you navigate around the detours this weekend.

prosecutors say 29-year-old amin khalifi wanted to blow up the capitol. authorities arrested him in february in an undercover fbi sting. they say he tried to use phony weapons he acquired from an undercover agent who he believed to be an undercover operative. al khalifi is an illegal immigrant from morocco. he faces 25 to 30 years in prison. >>> mitt romney will be in ohio speak at a college just outside cleveland. this comes a day after yet another visit to virginia where his rally got off to a rough start. >> what a tragedy to lose such a wonderful -- wonderful peoe that have been so wonderful and appreciate their service for the country. >> a heckler tried to interrupt mitt romney as he tried to offer a moment of silence. that protester was met it chants of "usa" from romney supporters. he continued to attack president obama's handling of the situation in the middle east. >>> and paul ryan will visit rockingham fairgrounds in harrisonburg, virginia. yesterday mitt romney was in fairfax, and first lady michelle obama appeared at two events, one in richm

capitol building got a maximum sentence. 29-year-old amine el khalifi received 70 years in prison. he had a mission of a bomb-covered vest. but the vest was a fake and his supposed al qaeda connections were actually undercover fbi agents. el khalifi did not express any remorse at his sentencing today. >>> a man from west virginia tried to bring this gun onto a plane at reagan national airport today. he also had a magazine clip with six rounds of ammunition in it. transportation security administration officers identified the items inside the 49-year-old man's carry-on bag. they confiscated the stuff and cited him for violating a state weapons law. then he boarded his scheduled flight to detroit. >>> well, we have another beautiful day, and another beautiful weekend. and then, wham, it's going to get ugly. veronica's standing by with that good news for you. >> yeah. well, it is going to get ugly early part of next week. i want to stress just how nice today, this evening, and this weekend is going to be. 81 degrees, after a temperature right now, we got up to a high temperature earli

a judge sentenced 29-year-old amine el khalifi to 30 years in prison. federal agents fooled el khalifi into thinking he was wearing a vest filled with explosives and arrested him as he tried to carry out his plan. >>> news about abortion clinics in virginia, earlier today the virginia board of health approved new and stricter regulations for the clinics. they must now meet the same building standards as hospitals which opponents say could put them out of business. dr. laura meyers is the ceo of planned parenthood and joined us on fox 5 at 5:00 and says women in the commonwealth will be hurt by the board's decision. >> it's a very disappointing day for planned parenthood and for the medical community as politics have come before women's health and politics should never interfere with women's health. >> the board voted 13-2 to pass the regulations including a provision that requires nearly two dozen existing abortion clinics to meet the same building standards as new hospitals. >>> developing in chicago tonight, the teachers strike could be over. ing in t

amin, most -- the conventional view of economists and federal reserve board studies say that 99 weeksf unemployment added to the unemployment rate at least one percentage point. over 8 percent unemployment contradicting million americans, and some of that is because we have 3 million job openings and not enough takers. sure, there may be a mismatch of skills, but there seems to be a mismatch motivation. liz: one thing, and we don't want to look mismatched. corporate profits as the president took over are up 63%. and the s&p 500, for example, up 65%. there are positive signs through all of this, and yet there seems to be at disinclination to really embrace that. is that all because -- and we will talk about the skimming of, the fact that we still have millions and employed? and would that solve much of our problem? >> well, you are certainly right. corporate profits to be night. the s&p is, you know, rebounding although if you look over 20 years or ten years to my should say, it is not all that impressive. corporate profits, money is there. business investment has been the weakest link

amin ell el kalifi admitted he planned operations with who he believed were al-qaeda. he was given nearly 6,000 bucks and prosecutors argue al kalifi came to the authority's attention by answering a facebook post seeking to recruit muslim holy warriors. >>> 9 wants you to know before you demand better performance from pepco, check your wallet. if you were expecting fireworks at a hearing today, what really happened might be considered a dud. there was no finger pointing on this summer's eight-day long outage. instead regulators and utilities agreed the current system isn't built to do much better. investigative reporter russ ptacek was there. >> reporter: we're here in downtown baltimore. we have been inside this state office building listening to people in suits, mostly men, talk to other people in suits about very complex issues. well, rather than making you go in and listening to all that i'll just tell you what it boils down to. it's a question of how much extra are you willing to pay? so we'll ask people. how much extra would you be willing to pay to make sure the

amin, about 50 are in custody about the attack on the consulate. many say it's not about the film. it's a smoke screen for attacks they were planned and not spontaneous. what are you hearing? >> it's important to put it in the proper perspective across the region. what happened in benghazi is different than in other places. according to libyan officials we've been speaking to and even by that assessment from u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice, the protests at the benghazi were sfont nus. it's what happened during the protests in terms of attack on the u.s. consulaequenculate tha difference of opinion. libyans think it was a preplanned attack. it was a group of people that came into the country in the wake of revolution and exploited the security vacuum in the country and planned to carry out an attack on the diplomatic facility. something that happened previously over the past several months on other targets. the rest of the muslim world if you experience it is a more genuine anger towards the anti-islam film. here in libya the people have denounced actually the u.s. consulate

anything, and so this woman in gsa in kansas city basically didn't have to listen to the regional aminraders appointed in the political process whatsoever. i mean, no power. is that a good idea, and why did no one ever say anything about that because all i it was, in fact, muscle up the calcified middle management of this agency at what i think could be the expense of the congressional oversight. >> i'll take the first stab at it. i actually agree with you that there was substantial problems with the way that the organizational changes have been made, and that's why i have done everything i can to reverse them and clarify the role of the regional administrator. some of the changes are going to require some additional work on what is the long term role of the regional add min straiter, how does the region fit in the organizations. there's bigger questions, but in the meantime, i don't want administrators out there not feeling they are empowered to call out waste, abuse, or concerns and say they don't have power to resolve them. we've done a couple things giving them the head of contract

finally to my left is fed veal amin. those of you both into our meetings know he has been a frequent speaker on libya. he is the president of the american libyan counsel, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening u.s. libyan relations. he is the senior cultural advisor for the department of defense and he travels frequently to libya. so without further ado, we are going to go in the order in which i've introduced and start with fred and move on to peter. >> thank you very much. i think it's important to analyze september 11 this year in the attack on the consulate as really the symptom of a larger problem of ms. governance and instability and marginalization in the eastern region of libya known as sarah mega-that really comprises the three territories you see in on the map, the eastern half of the country. this is a conference on the periphery of libya but in the eyes of the standards especially people in benghazi, the beast should not be the periphery. it should not be on the margins of governance. they see this

amine sort of assessment is my view very early stages of this process. we need to buckle up.e of this is coming. and what to do about this? i think first despite the region in change the u.s. interests remain quite the same, preserving the flow of energy resources out of the region, preventing major wars particularly the cross border conflict on the counter terrorist solutions and the regions, stopping the spread of mass destruction to the coup disruption. we have men and women doing this every day and we need to continue to stay engaged there. given the complexity by a understand no one-size-fits-all approach. i'm not going to apologize for it or things like this by a understand the sort of pragmatic approach that's been adopted over the last two years or so. three things i think we need to do. number one, we need to continue our investment in regional security in putting a u.s. footprint based on the touring the strategic threats to the we shouldn't forget this in the turmoil within this part of countries. the u.s. is the indisputable leader in the region. nobody has the wi