during this past fiscal year, arlington accommodated over 4 million visitors, making arlington one of the most acidic historic sites here in the national capital region. also during this year, it will be conducted almost 3,000 ceremonies at the arlington national cemetery. thousands of letters visitors foreign and american have come to produce pete in various events ranging from a simple ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier to the national veterans day memorial programs which are attended to by the president. over 127 fall in service members serving in operation enduring freedom and over 445 paulen service members serving in operation iraqi freedom have been laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. among those buried at arlington is specialist ross mcginnis awarded the medal of honor for his her would act in iraq. sergeant first class paul r. donnelly and other is memorialized in section d at the cemetery for his deeds and operation iraqi freedom. on january 1st, 2009 secretary of army authorized all service members who were killed in action or died as a result of wounds to

more than 40 of arlington's office buildings are home to department of defense employees. some arlington officials hope the department of defense can come up with effective ways to protect its spaces without dramatically changing the area's landscape. >>> stay with us. we'll have much more on the terror alert coming up at 5:30. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams will join us live from a look at the national impact. >>> west virginia senator robert byrd is in the hospital. a spokesman says the senator fell this morning the at his home in fairfax county. his caregiver called an ambulance. he didn't break any bones, but may have an infection. senator byrd is 91. he is the longest-serving senator in u.s. history. he spent about six weeks in the hospital this past spring being treated for a staph infection. he returned to the senate this past july. >>> those deadl floods in the southeast continue the number of lives lost as going up tonight. georgia, alabama and tennessee getting hit the hardest by these rising flood waters. at least nine people are now confirmed dead

julie carey, news4, arlington. >> arlington county police department is doing extra patrols in the area. >>> soon it will be harder to find a parking space at the franconia-springfield metro station. october 1st, more than 200 parking spaces will be eliminated there as part of a garage renovation project that will take 18 months. metro is encouraging drivers to park for free the at the macey's at springfield mall or other park and ride locations throughout the area. >>> drivers who use the dulles toll road can expect delays this week. the eastbound right lane between beulah and trapp roads will remain close from 9:30 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon. the work is expected to last four to five days. >>> score another point for cora masters berry and her fight to keep the tennis center open. the council voted today 12-1 to approve legislation that would bar the city canceling the contract with berry's nonprofit group. the council legislation said any nonprofit in the city must now be given an opportunity to correct any defects before the city can cancel any contracts. last week a su

one is held at the hyatt regency crystal city hotel in arlington. and that one is for engineering technology or security jobs. now, if you are interested in health care, you should show up at the "washington post" headquarters in downtown washington, d.c. and of course bring plenty of copies of your resume. >>> northern virginia received a three year reprieve to move 20,000 military jobs. most were supposed to be moved from arlington to ft. belvoir by 2011. but ft. belvoir is not served by metro and the additional vehicles along i-95 and route 1 were expected to create a traffic nightmare. the extense also gives property owners in alexandria and crystal city more time find new tenants. >>> police are investigating a deadly pedestrian accident that occurred in arlington, virginia. officers kept part of eastbound route 50 action just past meade street closed after the accident. police confirmed that a car struck and killed a pedestrian on foot. they have released very few details and they have not exactly called the accident a hit and run. >>> hopeful

we are live in the arlington tonight with the story. >> it today, an arlington county detectives say they have not seen anything like this attack. it is handled device? thousands of votes of electricity. -- this hand-held device has thousands of volts. >> it is scary. as soon as i sat in my car, i lock my door. you have to be careful. >> the hand held and electrical device was -- the hand-held clutch of device was used. >> she heard the electrical sound of these town gone. he was trying to activate it, but for some reason it did not injure her. -- she heard the electras sound of the stun gun. >> it is good to know that people pay attention to screaming and are willing to help. >> the assault took place during -- near a busy intersection. witnesses may be hard to find. >> i will be on the lookout. i think of that every day now that i have a daughter. >> arlington county police say they are looking for anyone who could have been driving by and seen in this attack to take place. if it wants to hear from anyone to be bold -- so they cannot track down the suspect. abc 7 news. >>> the numb

fa over the last few weeks, a group out of new york has been in arlington county doing a lot of listening. they are oral historians with the september 11th memorial museum. >> their goal is to make sure this story about the attack on the pentagon is part of the permanent record at the manhattan world trade center site. we have the story. >> reporter: in a bare conference room with nothing more than a clock, a can of soda, steve recalls history. >> there ways huge cloud of smoke. >> reporter: he used to run arlington county 911 center and now does the same in fairfax county is one of many people who have been invited to the arlington county government center to tell their story. >> it's a pleasure. and it's an honor. and it's a privilege. to recount, to think back, to reflect, and to share. >> i think it's very important. >> reporter: jenny is an oral historian with the 911 memorial museum scheduled to open at the site. while the museum will largely focus on the events in new york, they are committed not to lose sight of what happened in pennsylvania and arlington, virginia. >> what people

and mid-70s in montgomery, and prince georges and arlington and fairfax counties. low 70s around the blue ridge. shenandoah valley, and mid-70s. and it's in the mid-60s out in the mountains where they had passing showers this morning. over the last six hours we are watching other showers up near the northern neck of virginia. those may be moving up towards southern maryland in the next couple hours and other showers out in west virginia. partly sunny afternoon. a chance of a passing shower and a light breeze out of the southeast, as highs reach the upper 70s. we will show you the forecast for the rest of the week. we will take a look at the weekend as well. we do have changes on the way. that will all be coming up in just a few minutes. so stay tuned. b >>> and now we have the latest in the midday traffic. >> good morning joe and barbara. we will start with a map. over on the left you see the cones flashing there. that means roadwork on the inner loop of the beltway on 495 just after the exit 66. it's blocking a lane. and then on your way from springfield up to tys

during this past fiscal year, arlington accommodated over 4 million visitors, making arlington one of the most acidic historic sites here in the national capital region. also during this year, it will be conducted almost 3,000 ceremonies at the arlington national cemetery. thousands of letters visitors foreign and american have come to produce pete in various events ranging from a simple ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier to the national veterans day memorial programs which are attended to by the president. over 127 fall in service members serving in operation enduring freedom and over 445 paulen service members serving in operation iraqi freedom have been laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. among those buried at arlington is specialist ross mcginnis awarded the medal of honor for his her would act in iraq. sergeant first class paul r. donnelly and other is memorialized in section d at the cemetery for his deeds and operation iraqi freedom. on january 1st, 2009 secretary of army authorized all service members who were killed in action or died as a result of wounds to

. >> new today, police in arlington are looking for a dangerous criminal who waved a gun and jumped the counter during a bank robbery. take a look at these surveillance photos. this happened at a wachovia bank on south george mason drive. the man came in with a gun raised in the air. he h his face covered and wore gloves and camouflage pants. the man hopped the counter, put the cash into a bag and took off. police are asking anyone with information to call 911 immediately. >> news 4 has learned the man shot by police yesterday in montgomery county has an extensive criminal record. an officer confronted inning ham andre defreitas outside a home on indian river drive in normally quiet darnestown. police say the homeowner called police when he saw a stranger coming up his driveway. police arrived quickly and say the suspect tried to get away by turning his car around in the front yard. >> because of the recent rain, the ground was wet, back wheels of the car got caught in the grass, the mud. the subject got out of that car. at that point, police had arrived and witness statements tell us t

and it's a big day for a school in arlington that's the president delivers his address to school kids. i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm tony perkins. that speech has drawn criticism from conservatives. tom fitzgerald is live at wakefield high school in arlington where the president will deliver the speech. tom. >> reporter: as you well know, this is a speech that garnered controversy before it was delivered. and in that turnaround of opinion you heard came from a lot of voices that started this down in florida. the republican chairman in florida said after having read the speech he agrees with many of the main themes that the president will talk about here at arlington high school in about an hour. but that did not solve the couldn't versey -- controversy that has gone on for the past several days. outspoken critics were going to pull their children from the school and not let them listen to e address because they were concerned about the message to the school children. here at wakefield high school we have packed the gymnasium today for students who are eagerly anticipating this dress

en el condado de arlington, cada vez son mas los abann la escuela sin ue graduarse de acuerdo con lasde arlington solo el 64 por ciento de alumnos latinos se graduan a tiempo autoridades educativas esta organizando la pmera cumbre educativa donde estudiantes, padres de familia y profesores se reuniran con el proposito de buscar soluciones "es importante que los padres y los estudiantes participen ya que tenemos que mejorar tenemos problemas de desercion escolar." el foro de educacion se llevara a cabo en la escuela secundaria washington-lee el jueves 22 de octubre a las 6:30 de la tarde.... @úú agentes federales irrumpieron en nueva york en busca de ntos explosivos...virginia valverde nos dice que esta clase de operativos estan tras la pista de presuns terroristas... a la siguiente fase al derrotar 1-0 a tigre, tenemos imagenes y reacciones. la liga de campeones de la concacaf tambien vio accion esta noche asi es que vamos con alunas imagenes. en puerto rico, los islanders despues de tener una buena ventaja dejo que cruz azul patara y termi

mientras tanto en arlington, el consejo municipal aprobo hoy una resolucion que expresa el apoyo a losnmigrntes y pide a las autoridades federales la adopcion de politicas para promover la integracion de los inmigrantes a la sociedad..los gobernantes del populoso condado tambien piden agilizar los tramites de residencia legal y ciudadania.... a diferencia del condado de prince william o herndon, la policia de arlington no interviene en labores destinadas a controlar la inmigracion ilegal..los miembros del gobierno dicen que los inmigrantes no representan un problema como algunas instancias conservadoras quieren mostrar.. el sistema de transportes metro instalara camaras en trenes, estaciones y autobuses.. la medida esta destinada a combatir el crimen y otros actos ilicitos...ca seran instaladas en trenes subterraneos y autobuses como parte de los mecanismos de seguridad para hacer frente a cualquier emergencia en el sistema de transporte metro... "los tres propositos son esos, control de las personas, proteccion contra la criminalidad y como medida antiterrorista"

in montgomery, fairfax, prince george's and arlington county ins the upper 60s. southern maryland, northern neck near 70. 50s out of the mountains. a few light showers in southern virginia out of the carolinas. small chance of a few passing showers. otherwise partly sunny, warm and humid, highs low 80s. it will be partly cloudy and into the mid 80s. less humid in the afternoon. small chance of a passing shower. lower humidity and much cooler on friday night into saturday. drying out and cool after that. now a look at the traffic on this wednesday morning. ashley, how's it doing? >> well, we do have issues to talk about. on the beltway no problems to report. beltway is just fine. elsewhere in maryland, southbound 270 is going to slow right around 109, route 80. there's a work zone on the northbound side that's attracting a lot of attention from drivers. so do expect slowing going on there. out of springfield, as you can see, volume is light on 95. barbara and joe, back to you. >> thanks ashley. our time is 12 minutes at 5:00. the district passed a new budget. wait

en el condado de arlington, cada vez son mas los estudiantes latinos que abandonan la escuela sinuarse "les da flojera, andan en la calle yo pienso" "le toman mas importancia a las cosas de afuera que al estudio" de acuerdo con las escuelas publicas de arlington solo el 64 porciento de alumnos latinos se graduan a tiempo y es por eso que la dra emma violand-sanchez, miembro de la junta escolar de ese condado, esta organizando la primera cumbre educativa donde estudiantes, padres de familia y profesores se reuniran con el proposito de buscar soluciones "casi 50 % de los estudiantes que reprueban son latinos tienen que mejorar! " en la cumbre se creara una agenda de accion "es importante que los padres y los estudiantes participen ya que tenemos que mejorar tenemos problemas de desercion escolar." el trabajo es uno de los problemas dicen padres y estudiantes.. "yo estoy trabajando y estudiando y cada vez que me llegan cheques yo dijo, mmm mira, y eso que yo soy part time , y me pongo a pensar y si seria ful

. >>> the latest round in the battle between fairfax and arlington county over the hot lane proposals -- five supervisors have issued a statement urging tim kaine to end a state imposed delays on the project. the administration put the project on hold citing financial problems. arlington county has sued to halt the project. >>> there are renewed concerns over growing traffic problems in northern virginia. >> they are looking at interstate 66. >> 66 has a lot of problems. >> eight hours of concession daily in both directions, slowing down the 200,000 cars a day. vdot expects a 50% increase in drivers. that is not good news. >> it will be more traffic. no, that will not work. >> vdot one-out look at improvements for interstate 66 which iludes buses and natural expansion past vienna. carpool lanes and possible construction of hot lanes will be looked at. >> we are seriously looking at them at 95 and 395. we need to look at 66 as well. >> hot lanes might be tractive. a toll may not be popular in these times. >> i disagree with should have to pay for anything else. >> i am not a big fan of

ceremonies will also happen in arlington, virginia at the pentagon anding shangsville, pennsylvania, the sight of the crash site of united flight 93. whitt janson has more. >> reporter: two bright beams lit up the new york city skyline on the eve of the 8th and verse of the attack, the tribute lights were being tested ahead of today's memorial. this morning vice-president biden will attend a ceremony at ground zero. more than 100 volunteers who worked at the trade center after the tours collapse will read the names of the victims s even though it happened nearly decade ago for some it feels like yesterday. >> that compression your life flashes before up, it does. >> reporter: he saw up close ground zero, where more than 2700 people died. today construction is still being done to complete a lasting tribute to the victims a memorial museum. >> it is not a pit. it is not ground zero. it is now a zion of rebuilding and a sign of real hope. >> reporter: this year for the first time the country's national day of mourning will also be a national day of service. president obama is encouragin

drill tomorrow, with crews from alexandria, arlington, fairfax, loudoun and prince george's county. >>> sorry, travelers, but you're going to have to dig a little deeper to fly. delta, american and united stated airlines are all adding a $10 sure charge to most of their fares on three particular dates. the sunday after thanksgiving. we spoke with some passengers about it. >> i think it's been unfair to those folks who don't travel that frequently who are traveling to get home. especially military, students, that sort of thing. >> i think it's a bad idea. if they want to raise the ticket prices year round, they should go ahead and raise the ticket prices. sure charges are ridiculous. >> but that is the kind of taken advantage people resent. and they feel like the airlines have no mercy for them at all. >> right now, holiday air fares are running between 15-20% lower

that's fine with arlington officials who hope the department of defense can come up with effective ways to protect its spaces without dramatically changing arlington's landscape. >>> we don't have large lots where you can develop a big moat around a building. it's just not possible in an urban community. >> the department of defense has employees in offices of more than 40 buildings in arlington. >>> we are learning new details about the murders of four people in central virginia. the victims were found last friday in the home of a college professor near longwood university. that's in farmville. this morning, police identified the victims. professor deborah kelly, her estranged husband mark niederbrock, their daughter emma and melanie wells. the suspect 20-year-old richard akrofsky is an aspiring rapper. the victims suffered a violent death. >> preliminary results indicate the causes of death were blunt force trauma to the head. >> reporter: he's already been charged with mark niederbrock's killing. a family friend says a week before the murder they attended a concert in michigan and th

. >> the next day, these horses are going to be back in arlington national cemetery, him to bury thelen comrades that did not survive. >> a fallen ride for our country's fallen heroes. >> it is honorable to do what i am doing. and i try my best every day to not forget that. no way. it doesn't become another job. because for me, it might be just another day at the office. but to that family, that's a family member they will never see again. >> each horse drawn cason at arlington cemetery can participate in eight funerals each day. this one is for sergeant william care. >> sometimes only sounds you hear is other people and things. >> sergeant care leaves behind a widow, who was pregnant with twins. >> you have to question yourself, and say, would i have the courage that they have to get on top of that horse, and get out here and ride week after week? >> since the civil war, more than 300,000 people have been buried here. >> we treat every mission the same. whether it is a general or a private. . >> precision, and perfection. a final tribute. >> you see the look on the family's face and

the orioles trying to stop a losing >>> arlington county police -- it happened this morning in the 3800 block near north glee road. investigators are trying to figure out whether the iphone slasher is linked to a ser reese of incidents that happened over the years. they approached students more than a dozen times to show pornographic images. after today's incident, they sent a note home today warning parents about what happened. >> i realized he was fiddling with his zipper and pulling himself together. we are on the lookout for him. our kids all know, you run, you scream, you don't talk. >> arlington police are investigating a similar incident that happened a week ago. a man exposed himself to a girl walking home from school. >>> dramatic video where a child escaped the path of an out of control car. a security camera capture d the images. a car suddenly came out of nowhere. an unbelievably close call. the child was not injured. driving with a suspended license, the car crashed into poles in front of the store and went up and over the child before hitting the building. >>> still to com

host: which is in arlington. guest: that was the last communication we received until we started receiving patients from the pentagon itself. they had come by vehicle and eventually by e.m.s. we saw about 40 patients or so in the hour or two after the attack on the pentagon. the hospital responded wonderfully. i had a lot of support. host: and like you said, did that change your emergency procedures here at the hospital? guest: yes, it did. i think it woke us up to the different things at the hospital, in the emergency department, to be prepared for. i think that was the introduction to that thought and that conversation. certainly there's a great focus on that. host: chris in new york city. uninsured. please go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. many years ago i worked for the new york city emergency medical. the amount of care, prehospital, just to anybody that gets hit by a car or anybody that dials 911 is quite extraordinary. better than anyplace else. really in the world. america does a great job a

to arlington high school -- we will carry that at noon today when the president talks to arlington high school. "washington journal" will return tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. goodbye. . . >> , returns today from the month-long august break. -- congress returns today from a month-long august break. live coverage starts here at two o'clock eastern. the senate gavels in at two o'clock eastern. senators began with a general speeches and a will continue debate on legislation to promote u.s. stores into a countries. live coverage on c-span2. on wednesday, house and senate hold a joint session to hear from president obama. leaders from both sides invited the president to speak. will have live coverage on c- span and online at c-span.org. as the health-care debate continues, you can go on line and follow the latest tweets and that video advertisements. you can share your thoughts on the issues with your own citizens video, including video from the town hall you have gone too. there is more apt c- span.org/health care in 1988, president reagan spoke to students from an address in the ea

bob in arlington and the gang back in new york. no time-out taken. two-minute warning. giants have two time-outs. remember, they took one earlier and if they don't make a first down here, there is going to be a very tough decision for tom coughlin to make. do you go for it on fourth down? or do you punt it away and use your two time jos and hope to stop it. he hopes it's moot and they can complete one here. they do so we'll never know the answer to that. caught by steve smith up at the 39 yard line. >> cris: mr. reliable one more time. he is sort of become the amani toomer of this team as they come back up with a hurry-up. >> al: at the 40 yard line. all they need is a field goal so they can milk a little bit of the clock down the field. plenty of time. two time-outs. pass is caught and then it is dropped. manningham had it initially and scandrick was all over him. he never had it. incomplete. >> cris: i think that's a break for the giants. two-yard completion. you can see manningham basically waving his arms trying to talk the official into an incompletion. that is abo

. >> reporter: arlington is also marking the tragedy by draping flags throughout many buildings in the county. >>> last night in washington the national's baseball team honored those who died on this day by hosting survivors of the attack as well as members of the dc fire department and the police who partied in the rescue operations in one of the darkest days in american history. >>> later today, even as mr. obama lays a wreath on the spot where 184 innocent people were slaughtered, he will also call on all americans to work together and forge a better stronger nation. reporting live at the pentagon, armando trull, 9news now and wusa 9.com. >> there are local remembrances today at noon a service at national ka thread drail, a bell will toll eight times to begin the service. >>> the national museum of the marine corps will unveil its new exhibit oop the attacks and the city of alexandria will hold a moment of silence at noon at market square. >>> in pennsylvania the names of the 40 passengers and crew from united flight 93 will be read allowed. they stopped that plane from being crashe

it was in the 4200 block of fairfax drive in arlington county. fox 5's roz plater was in that area jerrylier tonight. she -- area earlier tonight. >> reporter: what was most frightening about this assault is where it happened and the victim's only crime? just waiting for a bus to take her to school. arlington police say the 17- year-old girl was just sitting at the bus stop when the man approached her. first he started a conversation. then suddenly began kissing her cheeks and when she got up to go, he grabbed her and tried to kiss her on the mouth as she wrestled away, he groped her. >> this is a very popular transition. >> it's commonly used to get around. >> reporter: it happened in the 4200 block of fairfax drive, a very busy arlington street. it's the site of a metro stop with buses coming and going. at 7:30 in the morning there were likely rush hour commuters and there's also a 24-hour i hop nearby all of which makes this assault so brazen. >> i think it's unusual. i haven't seen anything before. >> never felt unsafe. it seems i wouldn't ev

host: which is in arlington.uest: that was the last communication we received until we started receiving patients from the pentagon itself. they had come by vehicle and eventually by e.m.s. we saw about 40 patients or so in the hour or two after the attack on the pentagon. the hospital responded wonderfully. i had a lot of support. host: and like you said, did that change your emergency procedures here at the hospital? guest: yes, it did. i think it woke us up to the different things at the hospital, in the emergency department, to be prepared for. i think that was the introduction to that thought and that conversation. certainly there's a great focus on that. host: chris in new york city. uninsured. please go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. many years ago i worked for the new york city emergency medical. the amount of care, prehospital, just to anybody that gets hit by a car or anybody that dials 911 is quite extraordinary. better than anyplace else. really in the world. america does a great job at

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host: which is in arlington. guest: and that was the last communication we received until we started getting people from the pentagon itself, and they came by vehicle, by commandeered vehicle, and eventually by e.m.s. the hospital responded wonderfully. i had a lot of support. host: like you said, did that change your emergency procedures here at the hospital? guest: yes, i think it was up to things that the emergency department needed to be prepared for. that was in that conversation, and, certainly, there was a great focus on that in the subsequent years afterward. focus on that. host: chris in new york city. uninsured. please go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. many years ago i worked for the new york city emergency medical. the amount of care, prehospital, just to anybody that gets hit by a car or anybody that dials 911 is quite extraordinary. better than anyplace else. really in the world. america does a great job at that. and, also, when we look at public hospitals versus private hospitals, the

arlington's in the mid-50s. mid-50s in washington and near the bay. i'll have your forecast for the day coming up at 5:01. stay tuned. >> thanks, tom. >> thanks very much. we'll go to ashley linder now and the news 4 traffic network. good morning, ashley. >> hey, ashley. >> good morning. as you can see here, we are starting off to a quiet morning, no big problems around the area. this is 270 and father hurley. the headlights continuing southbound incident free right now. everything in great working order. overnight construction zones are pretty much a thing of the past. back to you. >> thank you. >> looks like a little fog out there this morning, ashley. >> a little haze out there. nothing too bad, though. >> thank you. >> thanks very much. here's a look now at the top stories happening today. >>> president obama meets in the white house situation room today toiscuss the war in afghanistan. he'll be joined by general david petraeus, general stanley mcchrystal, defense secretary robert gates and secretary of state hillary clinton. they'll talk about mi

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para exigir la reforma migratoria en washington dc jose angel aguirre univision en arlington en resto del pais, los estudiantes que vuelven a clases tuvieron la oportunidad de escuchar las vivencias y el mensaje motivacional del presiden barack obama... pero el discurso fue precedido de una gran controversia mayormente orquestada por los sectores conservadores del partido republicano...claudia uceda nos amplia.. mientras tanto en las calles de washingtoniniciativa del presidente obama de visitar una escuela para alentar a los alumnos a que no abandonen sus estudios... para muchos, la politica estaria perjudicando a los estudiantes, especialmea los latinos que son los mas vulnerables para abandonar las escuelas... cerca de 600- empleadosde la rama ejecutiva de virginia, fueron despedidos, y las universidades e institutos se veran sometidos a una reduccion sustancial de la ayuda que reciben del estado dos prisiones estatales tambien seran cerradas bajo s previo al dia de recordacion de proximo ano..estas medias @ @ fue una &@orica jornada para los latinos, en especial para una

the president will deliver a speech from wakefield high school in arlington tomorrow. in it, he will encourage kids to work hard and stay in school. critics believe he could be pushing a political agenda. sarah simmons joins us live from wakefield high school with more this morning. >> reporter: good morning. this upcoming speech has really sparked quite the controversy to the point where some parents around the country are even urging teach enters schools to boycott the president's upcoming speech to the nation's schools. his critics are saying this is really a platform to push a socialist agenda. the nation's education secretary spoke out on cbs saying that the controversy over the president's speech is quote, just silly. he says the speech is about challenging students to take their education seriously and to be responsible with it. now, some schools around the country have chosen to pull the plug on it altogether. >> it falls during the 1:00 lunch hour which is really inconvenient for a left our planning during the day. >> i do think the superintendent shielded the

to arlington we go. look at a live shot of wilson boulevard and lynn street. flip that camera over and i can show you there are no incidents or accidents. just take my word for it. end with a fly over the bw parkway. the shot from the beltway past 132 to -- 123 to alexandria. we are doing okay. 9 news now will return after these messages. keep it here. >>> back with the living green tip of the day. i'm meteorologist kim martucci. do you have an ant infestation before you spend big bucks try the natural way. fill a spray bottle with white vinegar and fire away. it should turn the ants around. you can get more tips at wusa9.com. just click on living green. >>> here's kristin fisher. >> reporter: thank you so much, kim. in today's what's hot on the web segment we are talking about the redskins brutal loss to the lions yesterday. it is the big story on the web this morning especially in the washington area. you know, a tough break for the redskins but they are not getting any breaks this morning from the bloggers or from the fans posting comment on these sites and

the president's speech at a school in arlington virginia was broadcast live. craig boswell reports from dc. >> president obama challenged the students across the nation to stay in school and take control of their education. >> i am calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education. and do everything you can to meet them. >> the president's speech to students at wakefield high school in arlington virginia was broadcast and streamed live on the internet. mr. obama urged kids to find their talent and not be defined by occasional failures and work harder to achieve goals. >> you cannot dropout of school, and just drop in to a good job. you have got to train for it. and work for it. and learn for it. >> the roughly 15 minute address was at times percentage and motivational. critics feared the speech was a platform to a partisan political agenda. and also objections to a lesson plan accompanying the speech that originally called for students to write letters about what they can do to help the president. education secretary later called that idea an err

susan in arlington, virginia. jack, no i'm not. not many are. compared to a year ago i'm making $50,000 a year less. my job function has changed to one i don't particularly like or enjoy but i remain grateful every day that i have a job at all and keep in my thoughts those who don't and hope it'll be better for all of us in the near future. finally, jay writes, hell no. cafferty, can i have yours? i can ask questions all day long and really that's all it takes. ah, that's true, jay, but they're not on to me here yet. they think there's more to what i do than that. if you didn't see your e-mail here go to my blog at cnn.com/cafferty file. wolf? >> we got to be grateful all of us who have jobs. >> absolutely. >> especially those of us who love our jobs. the millions and millions over the past year and a half, two years, who have lost their jobs and some of those jobs, you know what? they're never coming back. >> i wish i had time. we got probably 1500, 2,000 e-mails on this question. i wish i had time to read a bunch more because people are very w

the entire school district in arlington, texas chose not to play the president's speech. but guess what they're doing now? they're bussing students to cowboys stadium to listen to, among others, former president george w. bush. wayne slater is a senior political writer from "the dallas morning news." can you explain this to us, i mean to the rest of the country who maybe don't speak texan? >> there is an official answer by the arlington school board, school district and then there's the real answer. this is bush country and a lot of folks don't like obama and the district was timid about allowing the students to see obama, but the idea that you could bus a bunch of kids to cowboy stadium which is a kind of church here in texas to hear the former president who still is well regarded in many parts of texas and some other, i guess, dallas cowboy greats, legends, i guess means folks who haven't been indicted yet or charged with anything, is the kind of field trip that is made in dreams here in texas. >> i will tell you this, i will pay to listen to tom landry speak, i think h

he's in wakefield high in arlington, virginia. let's go ahead and listen for a little bit. >> -- one of you has something that you're good at. every single one of you has something to offer, and you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. that's the opportunity an education can provide. maybe you could be a great writer. maybe even good enough to write a book, or articles in a newspaper, but you might not know it until you write that english paper. that english class paper that's assign to you. maybe you could be an innovator or inventor. maybe even good enough to come up with the next iphone or the new medicine or vaccine. but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. maybe you could be a mayor. or a senator. or a supreme court justice. but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team. and no matter what you want to do with your life -- >> you've been listening to some of what the president said. again, the white house released some of the speech an

we go to arlington, texas, that is going to be great.iants and cowboys great but especially in that environment. >> that stadium. it's like the eighth wonder of the world down there! they say the scoreboard is right in front of you. it goes 20 yard line to 20 yard line. can't wait to see it. >> see you from arlington, texas. giants and cowboys next week on "sunday night football." bob costas and the gang, "football night in america" next week. live from cowboys stadium. 7:00 eastern time. coming up next, except on the west coast, your local news followed by "dateline nbc." al michaels for cris collinsworth and andrea kremer saying good night from lambeau field in green bay. . -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> it is the day ravens fans hrahebeve waiting for all summer long. i am melissa carlson more on tonight' isbigve ti comtig up. >> lots of rain to the south. that is what we willlhebupookiin s hisve be [capair ltingmade possible by world wrestling entertainment, tic.] - > gllhd evening, i am deb what wiener. hir btoo 6 crys r lt

arlington had no choice but to build up to compete with the outer suburbs.nvironmental perspective, we love this sort of place because we're building here on old parking lots instead of building out in forests and farms. >> smith: arlington's strategy is to focus development not around the car, but around washington's mass transit system, known as metro. >> around each of the stations, we call it a network of livable communities and increasingly the world's cities are being built this way. using transit as the spine for >> smith: what's been the track record in arlington county in terms of jobs, development, congestion on the streets? >> they've had an explosion of development in the corridor in the last 30 years. they've had tripling and quadrupling of the number of residents, the number of jobs in the corridor, and it's all been achieved without an increase in traffic. >> smith: the key to smart growth is high-d%óy living combined with mixed-use development. commercial, retail and(nyf residential all mixed together. >> smith: you know, looking at this, the

captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> with matt lauer live from arlington, texas, and meredith vieira live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning and welcome to a special split edition of "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer from the new home of the dallas cowboys. meredith vieira is holding down the fort in new york. and trust me, meredith, this place puts the big in the big "d." this stadium is an engineering marvel, and it boasts some mind-boggling numbers, meredith. how do these sound? 20,000 tons of steel. 3 million square feet of space. it can hold more than 100,000 fans. and, of course, a price tag of $1.12 billion. that's a lot of jack, meredith. >> that sure is. and what a big tv set you've got there. talk about a big head, lauer. >> yeah. it's a little scary, isn't it? it is the centerpiece of cowboys stadium. it's the largest high-definition video wall in the entire world. to give you a sense of just how big it is, you probably have one of those 52-inch television sets at home, a flat-screen tv. you could take 2,000 of those to fill one side

arlington county has sued to halt the project. >>> -- it is also considering toll lanes on interstate 66. officials are real launching a study to examine potential solutions for the gridlock. ddot expects a 50% increase in both people and shops along interstate 66. drivers say toll lanes are not the answer. >> i disagree with should have to pay for anything else. >> i am not a big fan of pace. >> we are building them on the beltway. we need to look at 66 as part of that seamless transportation system. >> vdot plans to look at car pool lanes and mass transit options as well. preliminarreports should be done by next year. >>> there is a big security change at dulles international airport. >> a new screening center is replacing the current check points. it is part of a new $3 billion airline expansion project. >>> eight minutes there after the hour, 66 degrees. >> still to come, is the housing market on the rebound? >> this is probably one of the best buyers markets i have ever seen. >> one local counting has soaring sales. >> adam caskey live at wolf trap. today will be a lot like yeste

we caught up with some people in arlington. they say they were impressed by what the president had to say, some were hoping to see health care reform passed. they wanted to hear how he plans to pay for this 10-year, $900 billion program. >> the fact that this will not move forward is just obscene. >> the president played out that it will be paid out for with funds already being spent. there is concern. >> we will see how this speech plays out with the american people, hoping to take on some of this momentum. president obama will be speaking later on this morning and on saturday in minneapolis. >> thank you. >>> during his speech, president obama read a letter from the late senator ted kennedy. it was written back in may. the president said kennedy wrote that health care is decisive for our future prosperity and was a moral issue. kennedy died august 25. >>> democrats holds -- told a crowded hearing in boston that the governor should be allowed to name an interim senator. this said filling the seat now would help insure the heal

we also provide free diagnostic care to out-patients at the arlington free clinic and at the arlingtonthat is why we are here. host: you also have a business to run. where did -- who did that $30 million go to? guest: part of it was patients who could simply not pay their bills. parted it was a subsidy of medicare-medicaid. around $5 million to medical education expenses that are not fully reimbursed. we are a teaching hospital. we provide training for residents at georgetown, primarily. so there is a lot of expensive and is not directly reimbursed. host: 9 law, do you have to treat anyone who comes to the emergency room? guest: as a nonprofit hospital, that is part of our obligation. host: is that federal? guest: i am not really sure. it is simply what we do. guest: a physician has a choice. guest: the physician does not need to enter into that relationship, but again, that is what physicians do. host: that brings it in the liability issue how many lawsuits are pending against a hospital at any one time? guest: i would say perhaps one or two. host: is that a big concern for you, liabi

mid-60s in montgomery, fairfax, prince george's and arlington counties. all clouds around the region. upper 60s eastern shore, low 60s ouin the mountains. over the last six hours we've seen this conveyer belt of moisture west to east coming through and it looks like this will pass by in the next couple of hours. if you're traveling today, there could be some flight delays around denver. upper level low spinning there with showers and thunderstorms. light rain from minneapolis, st. louis, kentucky, toward the carolinas. maybe some storms from tennessee down to the gulf coast, perhaps some flight delays there. for us, we've got this stalled front just to our south that may trigger some more showers this afternoon across southern virginia, into southern west virginia. this low pressure system is heading off to the north and east and will be moving in tomorrow. here's the bus stop forecast for this morning. a passing shower likely, temperatures in the 60s. sunrise just a few minutes away. and then overnight tonight should be good weather for the high school g

arlington county filed a suit last month. the county say that the state failed to fully assess the public health impacts of the plan. >>> a bad start for the redskins. >> the team dropped the seaso opener to the new york giants. there were penalties and mixed opportunities. the final score, 23-17. will have more details a little later in sports. >>> seven minutes aftethe hour, 64 degrees. >> the flu is hitting hard and spreading fast at some local schools. will check route the latest tally. >> we do have a cool breeze this morning. will sunshine and warm us up? >> lisa baden will be back with another look at your morning commute. you're my name is louise an this is my eggo. on tuesday i go in even earlier than usual. thank goodness for eggo, a nutri-grain waffle... with a quick smudge of cream cheese. at least that part's easy. there's only one way to eat an eggo... your way. l'eggo my eggo. >>> 5:10 on this monday morning. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> let's check in with brian van de graaff. we had

it did not rain in arlington. good news, gradually clearing over night, maybe just a little bit o the morning. in the morning. nothing that will cause problems. three stops on the weatherbug, past midnight, the rainfall totals have reset. just 1 inch of rain in ruston, 1 inch mount airy. in the district, nothing. currently 63 degrees at wtop radio. the official high at reagan national, 74 degrees. the average is 81, and 63 komondor clo te o serdreth of 96 back in 1931. -- 81 and 63, nowhere close to the record of 96 back in 1931. if you are looking for warm air, had to the south. some of this will push in our direction. we will have to wait a day or so, then a sizable pool down wednesday, thursday, and friday. a high pressure will build into the great lakes region, the high pressure spinning off to the northeast. not a good day at the beach tomorrow, partly cloudy skies at ocean city, 80 degrees. but the wind tomorrow out of the north, lots of sunshine. increased humidity, so what will feel sticky. temperature at

last night in arlington she decided to mark childhood cancer awareness month by shaving her head. she's been raising money for pediatric cancer. she says she's been blessed. one way she can give back is by raising awareness for those who have faced life-threatening diseases. i say she looks pretty good just like that. >> still looks like miss virginia. good for her. >> yes. >> drug bust in florida has landed an alleged drug dealer in jail and the officers who won deducted the raid in some pretty hot water themselves. the officers also found a anyone ten at the wii system and they had plenty of time on the hands so the video shows the officers playing wii bowling for nine hours. they might have gotten some high scores on the video game but they certainly didn't score any points with the community. >> my deputies know that they shouldn't have been playing wii while they were involved in that search warrant. >> citizens are thinking, wait a minute, we're paying these people to go out there and protect us and here they are playing bowling on our time. >> there is a certain duh aspect

to find out, we put up a taste test in arlington, virginia.e put three coffees in front of days ters. coffee a is via. we measured it out to starbucks' exact directions and were supposed to get a cup of coffee with rich aroma and the flavor of starbucks' brewed coffee. coffee b is starbucks' brewed coffee directly from the store in the mall. and coffee c is nescafe days ters choice which claims to be gourmet. we followed the exact instructions to make it. we marked our cough feesa, b and c. all w were needed were the tasters. >> we want you to taste them and tell us which one you liked the best. now, starbucks says its instant secret is premium beans and a patented process that produces a coffee that looks and tastes brewed. starbucks says you'll think this is the same high quality coffee you'll find in a starbucks store. so let's just see about that. coffee is via, the instant starbucks. >> i like a. >> reporter: going for a? >> yes. i'm from brazil and i love brazilian coffee and this looks like for me my brazilian coffee. >> reporter: why a