-- mario barrett.he evidence of the scene bore that out. >> reporter: and there was a china closet shattered to pieces and she says it was because of mare mar -- mario and he shoved her. there she reported he shoved her and caused her head to hit the wall. she fears for her life as a result of his actions and the lawyer paints a different picture. it says, this is an unfortunate incident between a loving son and a mother who struggles to suffer with a devastating addiction. anyone knows the behavior that almost always accompanies their actions. mario supports his mother. >> reporter: barrett was released from jail on a $50,000 bond. weijia jiang, eyewitness news. >>> thank you, weijia jiang and he'll face a judge in november to face a second degree assault charge. >>> new at 6:00, the fate of three men accused of killing ken harris is with the jury tonight. the jury went home at 5:00 this evening and they'll resume monday morning three are charged with shooting the city councilman in 2008. surveillance

r&b singer mario barrett and his mother got into an argument and the sinker pushed his mother.ow the mother told police she hit her head on the wall and feared for her life. march -- r&b singer mario barrett is charged with second degree a salt. >>> if you are pulled over you could be fined $45 and $100 for the secondary one. you have to be committing some other type of defense like speeding. >>> maryland is the 8th state to make talking illegal without using a hands free device. >>> the notification act will make it harder to make sex offender harder to register without delayering themselves homeless. declaring themselves homeless. >>> for president barack obama's chief of staff, a high profile sent off. an emotional bittersweet testament, then turned his eyes towards the windy city. here is more. >> reporter: for the president losing his right hand man, it is an end of an error that transformed a nation. >> he has been an outstanding chief of . >>> as the president says goodbye, it is a chance to press the restart button. emanuel tiered up and said he was worked hard but the

we're going to talk to barrett how you get to a situation like that.et's go to gary tuchman who's at the mine. gary, it's been a remarkable 24-hour period. we're still watching these rescuers being brought to the surface. it's still not over. there are still folks deep underground who are still at risk. >> reporter: there is still risk involve. that's why we're keeping an eye on the spinning wheel as the rescue workers are coming up. once they're all up, they'll close the mine shaft for an eternity. this has been very inspirational. we didn't know what would happen when this all began. officials believe that this vehicle they were using, this rocket-like vehicle -- that's what's so interesting about it. when you see it in the bottom of the mine, the audio, when you see this beautiful scenery, it almost looks like an amusement park. it never carried a human being until the human being went down there yesterday, got to the bottom, we were all relieved, and the first miner hopped in. we waited for a few minutes but it felt like an hour and 15 minutes. we

. >> we're learning more about the arrest and assault between mario barrett and his mother. >> a weirdof headline that caught you if you didn't know the back story. >> if you don't know who mario barrett is, you probably do know him and just don't realize it. he sang "let me love you." also a contestant on "dancing with the stars" so essentially what happened is baltimore police officers respond to a call about a disturbance at the home he shares with his mom and find her sitting in a lobby of a high-rise building. she basically says he went after her. they go to the apartment. they find a broken mirror, shattered glass, well, now the truth is kind of come forward, and apparently his attorney is saying this is just a boy who is trying to get his drug-addicted mom into some help. it was an unfortunate incident and went on to reveal he made a documentary and made it in 2007 that chronicles his attempt to get his mom off of heroin. so they say the battle between these two is not over, but this guy has a lot of fans, so it is a sad story and sounds like it was aggressive. the mom claims sh

live from the montgomery county mobile newsroom in rockville, natasha barrett, abc7 news. >>> let's take a look now at headlines from around the region. in silver spring elementary, one of 200 area schools that participated in walk to school day. we live hood was there -- ray lahood was there. >>> and this morning, one area was a muddy mess, but now, it is a playground. they were up early this morning and worked down to the wire to get this ready for a dedication. you can find the playground just off the parkway. >>> first of all, let's talk about liquor. liquor makers at mount vernon are apparently toasting their success. there they are. >> yes, indeed. >> a group of historians and experts from around the country finished borrowing 60 gallons of peach brandy at the mount vernon facility. president george washington made this brandy, and historians were trying to retrieve his recipe. it could later be bottled and sold. it already produces rye whiskey, which george washington created, as well. >>> next fall, md. travelers will have traffic alerts at their fingers, calling 511. any driver

baltimore born mario barrett reached stardom and now, mario is at the center of a police investigation. detectives say that inside the high-rise apartment he shares with his mother, a fight broke out between them 1:00 friday morning. >> officers responded and spoke to the victim, the mother of a marrow barrett. and she alleged they were involved in a physical altercation and the fact of the case bore that out. >> reporter: the officers report said he found a china closet torn to pieces and she said he shoved her in the chest while screaming to her. she also revealed to the police he pushed her eight feet and caused her head to hit the wall. she fears for her life as a result of his actions. and his lawyer paints a different picture. he says it's an unfortunate struggle between a son and a mother who struggles with a drug addiction. and mario remains committed to supporting his mother. and he was released from jail earlier today on a $50,000 bond. we're live in baltimore. >>> mario will face a judge in november >>> and and roundable county -- anne arundel county police are investigating

i'm natasha barrett. >> i'm scott thuman. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes so we go to adam caskey because, adam, you have been lucky the last few with the beautiful forecast. >> folks are in the mood for more summer-like weather. it will feel like june but that will change. we will drop below average closer to the weekend. right now at 6:00 a.m. 61 in hagerstown, winchester at 63, reagan national also. culpeper at 57 and quantico 61. on the way to the mid 80's for highs this afternoon. a few degrees cooler in outlying areas. hagerstown could be closer to 82. a lot of sunshine, scattered clouds and slight chance of a few isolated storms this afternoon in the early evening. we will talk more about that but now a look at the roads. >> not much to say about the highway this morning. federal holiday means it is very light. you won't be disappointed. h.o.v. rules relaxed for everyone except route 50 john hanson highway. along 95 great shape on the greenway, 66, toll road and 270 and we will jump over to a picture of t

my name is michael barrett. i have been a resident for 35 years right at california and stockton streets. first thing that happened at our wonderful neighborhood was the ritz carlton. they are not a good neighbor. they are commercially oriented and have no concern for the citizens above san francisco who pay substantial rent in that area. the second disaster was city apartments, which finally hit the papers after 10 years of stealing and creating a card house of false financing and going bankrupt, which they are now in receivership, as so many of our nice old buildings are now in receiverships. neighbors of the fairmont. we are at the fairmont now. i have been in this city 50 years, live in that area 35. they've ruined a classic beauty of a lobby, by dorothy draper, one of the world's finest designers, and now, the lobby of the family looks like any holiday inn, and that is what they are doing to the whole dam neighborhood. i have been an active member of the utility reform network for five years, and the last o

they got into an argument which led to r&b singer mario barrett pushing his mother. she said she hit her head on a wall. she said she feared for her life and he is now charged with second degree a salt. today the state of maryland began a crackdown on the talk behind the wheel, talking on the phone while driving is a secondary offense. they will have to pay up, $40 offense and $100 penalties for subsequent violations. >>> maryland is in compliance with the sex offender notification act. it will make it harder for them to avoid registering if moving to another state or declaring themselves homeless. >>> this time it is nasa workers who will have casualties. they are laying off 1200 workers many who have been there since 1980s. 1,400 workers were let go. the layoff comes despite a 19 billion-dollar budget which extends the retirement date to the shuttle program through june of next year. >>> the white house is on track to produce the .5 million jobs and the openings will come from president barack obama's 800 billion-dollar stimulus law. two-thirds have been spent and

details from tom barrett's. >> back in america, namely its beauty. in recent decades its finances were not so pretty. new reports in the region just offer more confirmation that things are changing with but american economy is growing faster than expected, the economies of south america of the biggest winners. gdp growth this year in brazil is expected to exceed 7%. the chilean economy has recovered after this year's earthquake. why is south america enjoying relatively high levels of growth so soon after a global downturn? partly because of the growth of domestic industries, like cars that are billed to in brazil. the fact that south american countries have developed their own industries and maintain and strengthen growth in the future is one of the most significant findings of the report. the imf warns that the investment needs to grow at a sustainable pace. take the marathon approach, rather than a sprint. the other main factor is south american exports to emerging economies. chile's exports huge amounts of copper to china. commodity prices are rel

police arrested mario barrett in his mother's apartment in phelps point early this morning. shantia hardaway claimed her son pushed her on to a wall and she feared for her life. mario is free on bond tonight. >>> a young life taken to soon. yardley love was just weeks away from graduating. tonight her friends and family are making sure her memory lives on. weijia jiang explains how tonight's o's game helped spread the message of one love, weijia jiang. >> yardley love grew up here in baltimore county excelling in sports. so there's no question why her family decided to start their foundation here. >> reporter: it's called the one love foundation, one because that was her athletic number as a lacrosse player and love for her name and heart. >> i think one love kind of says it all because people, people associate her with the way that she inspired people, just be happy. she was charismatic all the time. >> it will be for lacrosse, hockey. >> reporter: about half of every ticket purchased will go to building that field. the game got in more than $7,000. >> it's a perfect way to

adam barrett from department staff. the agenda item today before you is the better streets plan and relates actions, you probably remember three weeks ago i gave an informational presentation about the better streets plan and at that time you initiated the general plan amendment relating to the plan. so there are three requested action items before you today relating to the better streets plan. the first motion to adopt the findings. second the resolution to adopt the general planning amendment and third is the resolution to recommend approval of the plans, better streets plan itself and to -- an amendment to the planning code and administrative code. and those last two correspond to the mayor's legislation that was introduced at the board of supervisors. there were two pieces of legislation introduced there. to give a brief r the better streets plan presents a comprehensive set of citywide guidelines for the design of the pedestrian realm and all of the different functions and roles that it plays. the plan was develope

governor wanna-be barrett said he's cheap. cheap's good. >> this could be the year of the cheapskate. if you can defend yourself as fiscally responsible, he's talking about his personal and professional life. people can associate him with, yeah, i like that guy, he's tight fisted and that's a message. >> we didn't show the one out of colorado, where michael bennett says his opponent is like sharon engle. he is reaching across borders, saying he's like this other person. >> that's a harder sell, i think. i don't think most voters in colorado or nationwide are focused on nevada. i think that's a risk for a comment that has been out there, from the out-there things that the tea party candidates have said. if people associate the agenda with the candidate, that's not a problem. but it's a more stretched arguement to make. >> every candidate, republican, democrat says, cut down on spending, get jobs, not raise taxes. not a washington insider, i am for you -- i am you. i am for the truth. and the other guy wants to take all of your

this is where the shooting took place at 6:15 this morning barrett washington d.c. police chief cathy lanier says multiple rounds were fired at this location. two workers were struck and one was fatally wounded. that man has been identified as a 51-year old of suitland, maryland. he has worked for dpw for 24 years. colleagues reacted to his passing. >> i have worked with him for over 20 years. he is an outstanding employee and has never been in trouble or anything of that magnitude. it is kind of a shock to me. >> police say they are looking for a suspect possibly have uniform or possibly a dpw uniform. they don't know what would be the nature of this crime. this happened as employes were arriving to work between 6:00 and 6:33 a second victim was taken to a local hospital where he is listed this afternoon in good condition. thank you. also a major announcement for the future of d.c. schools. michelle lee says her time is up as d.c. schools chancellor. pamela brown is live with more on the story. >> speaking from the podium this morning, michelle rhee says her decisi

fichlt the police arrested barrett ii the 900 block of bell street in south easttbaltimore. say he apparently had an argument with bus that fell off a ramp on interstate 2 70 early this weee are ttlking aaout the sccry experience.. bus plunged off a ramp late wednesday afternoon. killed the driver and huut at least 12. eeeryone on board the students from a catholic school in pennsylvania. on their way home aboot from dc. >> it was over in about 10 secoods. seeing everybody hurt on the ground. >> everybody laying down blood!! the national transportationo safety board safety board. >>> how are the roads looking tonight. lauren cook has the traffic edge report. hi lauren. >> hello karen. we do have wind warnings in effect for thhse traaeling across the key bbidgeeand the bay bridde as we check in and ttke a leif look at rouue 50 you ill notice just how bad traffic is jammed. 11 mail back up across the ay& bridge and eestbound lanes really packed all the way back into 97 and if you are ussng the west side of the belt way here's liberty road ars moving along but again the outer l

barrett was charged with second-degree assault.e was released on bond. >>> prosecutors are considering filing hate crime charges against two freshmen at rutgers university. both students are accused of streaming online video of a classmate's sexual encou ter with another man. the classmate was 18-year-old tyler clementi. he jumped off a bridge t his death last week. so far police have charged freshman darrin robby and molly wei with invasion of privacy. talk show host ellen degeneres today spoke out about intolerance. >> there are messages every day and we have to make it stop. wecan't let intolerance and ignorance take another kid's life. things will get easie people's minds will change, and you should -- you should be allowed to see it. >> at least four young men have killed themsels in recent weeks after being bullied over their sexual orientation. >>> u.s. officials apologized today for what they call a shameful medical experiment that exposed prisoners in guatemala to sexually transmit dead ceases. a wellesley college historia

barrett's a very attractive candidate, nice man. i think one of the things happening in wisconsin, paul, is its foreign policy is having some effect. wisconsin is part of germano scandanavian american, settled in large part by germans, scanndanavian scandanavians, et cetera. it's been an isolationist, passivist parts of the economy and 30% of the house declaration against world war i, and i think a lot of those dovish voters voted for barack obama. the democrats in '08 thought he'd immediately withdraw from iraq, take troops out of afghanistan, abandon that effort. close guantanamo and make loving, cooing noises with ahmadnejad and so forth. it hasn't turned out that way and i think some of those voters are either you know, dropping out of the electorate or are voting on other issues where they're more inclined to support the republicans, fascinati fascinating. what about the theory i've heard often that president obama and the democrats this time are doing the worse in those parts of the country, includes ohio and pennsylvania wher

and you can see off in barrett county only 41 raw degrees. temperatures today as the showers taper off to an isolated shower this afternoon, top off 55 to 60. >>> early morning tieup. inbound river road is where we see the bulk of the traffic. losing an eastbound lane on the left side. we have a downed tree in this westbound lanes that have lanes closed where river road meets brook side drive. looks like a big tree. drove by it this morning so it could take some time. eastbound lanes are getting by and westbound you are closed at brook side drive. to 270, we have slick pavement out here but no problems to report from 121 moving to the split. 66 virginia, we are tracking your trip, as well. lanes are wide open through centreville to inside the beltway. continuing in virginia, 95 northbound, look forward to a nice quiet commute from fredericksburg to the springfield interchange and wrap it up in the district. inbound new york avenue through dc, more wet roads and watch for standing water especially around rock creek park. >>> right now police a

on tuesday they tie criminal court dropped allegations of money laundering and fraud against barrett clearing the way for his extradition and these charges could have delayed him being sent to thank you us which is supposed to happen by november the twenty first was arrested in bangkok turned a half years ago and has been behind bars ever since washington accuses him of hearing terrorism and conspiring to supply arms to colombian rebels wish to deny a former u.n. arms trafficking x. that says that is but it's extradited to the u.s. he might not get a fair trial. i have concerns about what the verdict will be going back to based on the only other person who in recent times has been convicted on a sting operation involving the fox the colombian rebels is a man called monster all counsel who was an arms dealer who strangely also was assistance to the americans on many occasions and when his lawyer sought to bring that into the courts he was in the larger douceur or not president i think it's of largely that is depends chain will be able to bring into evidence the fact that he has on occ

mmrio barrett was arrested friday morning after police say he assaulted his mother, insiie %->> evidencet tte scene,ome. took place. he was taken into cussody and >> according to police booking. -ocuments, shawntia hardaway this week.ers this was the fiist time monnay whennthe singer pushed her 8 feet into a living room wall. contains her to hit her head. mmaio's attorney calls the allegations completely false. >> it is just a tragic story between a loving son and a mother that has some devastating drug addictiin problems. ú%ck in 2007, mtv aired a relatiooship with his mom. as she struggles to stay clean. despite being chaaged with -econd-degree-assault. mario's attorney said his clieet still loves his mom. >> it is sad that his mother has sworn out the charges. but again, we will figure it out. and mario will continue to support her anyway he can. >> and far yao's fans will support himmtoo. >> it doesn't seem like he would do anything like that. >> maybe, but hope not. $50,000 bond.was released on we should note that it has no criminal record. his mom, on the other hand, has been conni

adam barrett from department staff. the agenda item today before you is the better streets plan and relates actions, you probably remember three weeks ago i gave an informational presentation about the better streets plan and at that time you initiated the general plan amendment relating to the plan. so there are three requested action items before you today relating to the better streets plan. the first motion to adopt the findings. second the resolution to adopt the general planning amendment and third is the resolution to recommend approval of the plans, better streets plan itself and to -- an amendment to the planning code and administrative code. and those last two correspond to the mayor's legislation that was

investors but he ensures that it will be at a minimum the former head of computer joint intel is craig barrett and he believes that the government does know what it's doing he's been recruited to head up and to take part in the silicon valley being built on the outskirts of moscow let's listen in to what he has to say. there's a good backlog of ideas in russia that you can immediately take into the marketplace so i think you should start to see new companies before within a few years and have some impact on the economy but. it's a busy day for the up to this day for america the moment as i say the hammering out deals we expect to see some announcements throughout the course of the day. if you like as if. he's already invested in world networking sites like facebook and you. will be going to meet him all through this meeting will be bringing you the results throughout the day. thanks very much donna that was one and done to bush headquarters and now let's take a quick look at how the extreme markets are performing in tokyo the nikkei shed more than two percent on tuesday the yen reached a fifte

l f to mobilise and i've been god will start there clashing katherine barrett in a few minutes time the big one of the day though sees western conference latest the normal moscow post garson paid his ball and the other games defending champions and bars take on some kind of people and since. in the mean time second place not my chief loss to struggling a more away yesterday the three zero four open for the hosts the very end of the first. strike to the second period now where raul man converted a powerplay to double a vantage. alexander goose called made the most of a power play with a powerful shot from the blue line five minutes to go into the second period that made it to one but. martin the pool is needed only one minute to restore a more through guarded by pantry i. was giving of the three strikes and it was a power play to make it great so if he started to say the gang that was it a number on the school board of mine the same until the final buzzer. elsewhere rushes preparations for next year's rugby world cup have suffered another setback after they were thrashed thirty two point

barrett will go first. this is a college campus. there are students in the room with us tonight and people around the state watching, so i would like to speak directly to the young folks. why should they plan a future in wisconsin? why shouldn't they go somewhere where temperatures are warmer, and the employment opportunities are greater. >> i cannot do much about the weather, so i will take a pass on that. i want my four kids to grow up here. i want them to get a good education. i want them to have jobs so they can support their families. i want them to take care of me when i get old. most people in this state want their kids to stay here. the reason is there will be opportunities and there are opportunities. we all recognize this is a tough time economically, but my message is we are going to get through this. we have gotten through this before. there have been difficult times for america and wisconsin. we are going to battle through it. one of my major concerns is the priorities. education is a priority in this state. there are a

. >> and natasha barrett live in our newsroom with more on this highly debated issue. >> president obama just said that at a town hall meeting. he also said that the military ban serving -- the military ban on gays serving openly in the military will end on his watch. the air force has stopped enforcing the span. >> a gay-rights group revealed an e-mail id says was written by the air force's judge advocate general. in it, richard hardee says the department of defense will stop enforcing don't ask don't tell and no longer continue discharging members who are ranked -- who are serving openly gay. >> i was definitely very proud to see the air force going out of its way to say we need to comply with this ruling. it is what you would expect the military to do. the military follows orders. >> alex nicholson says he was outbid for being gay and discharged from the army in 2002. he was a plaintiff in the federal lawsuit challenging don't ask don't tell. on tuesday, a judge ruled the policy unconstitutional. >> it is not necessarily something i should be ashamed of or embarrassed about. it is som

live from fairfax, natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >> some want the death of his senator to act as a reminder to drivers. this was where a bicyclist was hit and killed. >> hopefully, it can become a wake-up call to everyone. even though we have our personal interest, and we are trying to get from point a to point b, slow down. >> it is not just about slowing down. a new law goes into effect. coming up, find out more. >> tonight, investigators have ruled out almost any accidental cause for the deadly fire in the district this week. an apartment building broke out in flames and smoke early wednesday morning. we have more on the investigation. >> one man died when he jumped from a fifth floor window. four people remained in critical condition and nine families can still not go home. investigators will not say definitively that this is arson, but they acknowledge that they are talking with suspects. about 3:30 a.m. wednesday morning, fire raced through this hallway and one man jumped to his death and several others suffered severe burns. investigators are growing convinced that it is arson. >> th

oprah: but the search was on for the perfect harvard preppy--oliver barrett iv.many of hollywood's leading men turned down the role, including jon voight, michael douglas, and peter fonda, leaving room for a dashing ryan o'neal to light up the screen. >> how can you see me and still love me? >> that's what it's about, preppy. oprah: "lo oprah: "love story" was released in december 1970 and shot straight to number one, becoming the top-grossing movie of the year and earning 7 academy award nominations. "love story," as we've been saying, is one of the most romantic films in historythe onscreen chemistry between ali macgraw and mr. ryan o'neal. well, guess who's here. >> guess who's-- [cheering and applause] oprah: guess who's here. [cheering and applause] oprah: mr. ryan o'neal! ha ha ha! hi. ok, ok. hi, hi, doll. >> thanks for having me on. oprah: thank you for coming. we'll be right back. we'll talk to ryan when we come back. we'll come back. [cheering and applause] oprah: coming up...was it instant chemistry? "love story's" secrets revealed. and farrah remember

. >> i'm natasha barrett. alison has the day off. we begin with your traffic and weather with adam on this holiday forecast. >> it is a holiday. i forgot. >> why are we here? >> columbus day, of course. nina pinta and santa maria. i know more about the forecast than columbus day. it will be a very mild day. will feel like june. the average low near 50. at this time of day we should be upper 40's to near 50 but we're well into the 60's. falls church 68, gainesville 60. hamilton, virginia, 69. waldorf 62. you get the idea. let's look at the forecast. anywhere from 83 to 87 for highs. mid 80's. a lot of sunshine, scattered clouds. it will feel like june and look like it because we could have a few isolated thunderstorms pop up this midday in the afternoon. cooler tomorrow, 78 the low. low to mid 60's thursday and friday with the best chance of rain thursday. now let's get the latest of the roads. >> met rail has track maintenance through the end of day. blue and orange line customers anticipate an additional 40 minutes wait for trains.

and richard barrett, discusses reports that high- level leaders of the taliban are in negotiations for a bit ending the war in afghanistan. >> the c-span networks will give you -- all available to you on television, radio, online, and of social media networking sites. sites.

richard barrett? guest: a good point. the initial objection -- intention was to capture osama bin laden. on 9/11, you have to remember the context of the attacks. i think it was natural that the forces, even while you look for them, you can try to create an atmosphere where al qaeda could not come back. how long does it go on? when do you declare victory? that is difficult and a good question. what will victory look like? you cannot just destroy them completely. even without public support. how do you make sure that they do not come back to commit those atrocities again? host: can you answer that question? guest: how the negotiations would go? host: what does success look like? guest: it looks like a stable afghanistan. which is a fairly distant prospect at the moment. if the american forces withdrew next year in july or something like that, you can guarantee that there would be even more pressure than at the moment. all of the other factors in afghanistan would be concerned over what is happening -- happening next. at th

because i never knew -- like, dicky barrett, our announcer is from boston.dliest of the batch. and he'll punch you in the face and hit you with a beer bottle. >> there's great people in boston. we went through and did these open castings, right, because we wanted to get people to be in the movie who were not actors. we would get 1,000 people in the shot. we found some amazing people. and some gifted people. and occasionally there were people that stalked us through the remaining time of the filming there on the set. ben, ben, you never saw me do my pimp walk! you know, so -- [ laughter ] it takes all kinds, really, to -- >> jimmy: you know, i think it works out great in the movie. i remember in "gone baby gone," you had that woman, she played the sister-in-law, she was fantastic, and you just kind of found her on the street. and in this movie, i'm not sure which of the people were actors first or just people that accosted you on the street with their pimp walks, but that's a bad idea for you personally. when people know you put nonactors in the movie, it's g

i'll natasha barrett. >> i'm alison starling. time for traffic and weather. we will check in with metro traffic in a moment but steve, when will the rain push out? >> it started to break up a little bit. it will stick around for the rush hour commute over most of the area. looking at the radar we have areas of heavier rain across alexandria into the contradict but some -- district but breaks for fairfax and over to leesburg and bluemont you are looking at moderate rain. today the high 55 to 60. periods of rain will diminish to showers later this afternoon. winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 miles an hour. let's get an update of the rush hour chute now. skwraorbg southbound major delays out of frederick just before the interchange at route 1509. you see while everybody is pretty much on the left shoulder there is only one lane getting by to the right. it is causing huge delays. in virginia we have an accident 95 south at potomac mills blocking the left side northbound. all lanes open there. >> traffic along 95 in maryland we had two separate accidents at 212

here's tom barrett in wisconsin. >> i'm within of the cheapest guys on the planet and proud. as governor i will cut wasteful spending and put madison on a diet. in these tough times i'll stack my record of fighting for jobs up against anyone in the country. when it comes to the negative ads, i trust you to separate fact from fiction. >> greta: that's not all. some democrats are bleeping angry and on the attack like carol clark running for the united states house. >> no one does more for the special interests in washington than congresswoman michelle bachmann. she stood up for bp when no one else would. michelle bachmann not doing [ bleep ] for the people of the 6th district but more than her share for the special interests in washington. >> greta: candidates aren't the only ones. friends of harry reid paid for this brutal ad. >> introducing sharron angle's crazy -- made with real demint it will ref you up for second amendment remedies before militia practice. all made with nonfloor dated water. -- so, so, so extreme! >> greta: us rick klein editor for abc world news. at last

mira helped dicky barrett record the intro today.kay. >> dicky: "jimmy kimmel live" back in two minutes with zach galifianakis. >> jimmy: okay. this is little caleb in the tape edit room cutting one of cousin this is -- well, that's guillermo. that's noriah. she's one of the octuplets. she's putting mousse in guillermo's hair. that's young elijah, giving one of our security guards a well deserved foot rub. and look who is in the control room directing the show, right now? you know what, he's -- just a kid, he never misses a shot. thank you. hold on a second. caleb, i'm -- what do you want, oh, and look at this. one of the little ones is working security, too. [ applause ] guillermo's been replaced. wearing geraldo's mustache for some reason. this is kind of interesting. "sesame street" announced they are going to pull a music video they made starring katy perry and elmo. ♪ >> jimmy: they pulled it because parents complained about her outfit. which they felt was -- actually, i shouldn't say parents. moms complained about katy perry's

district, indiana 9, was would be won by john mccain, 58 to 48% of the vote for barack obama and barrettill won by 58% when he won re-election two years g and you will be able to look at this and see how much shift there has been in the -- and it may give us a sense of what the night will look like and if the republicans take the district, i think they will, the margin of shift from what john mccain got to what todd young will get, will give us a sense of what we might see across the country and if there is a sense of shift of four or five or six points, from what john mccain got to what todd young gets it could be a portend of a big night of republicans and all the indiana seats will report early and will give us an early indication of what kind of movement there is across the country. >> governor's races. karl you chose the new mexico governor's race and that pits lieutenant governor diane dennish against suzanna martinez and the average has martinez up 8.3 right now. >> look, i could have chosen one of the great lakes states, wisconsin, illinois, michigan, and, the michigan governor's

and richard barrett, coordinator of the u.n. al qaeda monitoring team discusses reports that high-level leaders of the taliban are in negotiations over ending the war in afghanistan. . >> charlie johnson, along with william mckay, you have written a book called "parliament and congress -- representation and scrutiny in the twenty-first century." what is it? >> it's in part a comparison. it's in part an update of a book written 30 years ago by two clerks of the british parliament, ken bradshaw and david pring, called "parliament and congress," but now, totally outdated. but it's also, i'd say, a comparison. we kind of projected our various segments into each chapter and then wove, as the occasion permitted -- bill is a wonderful weaver of text and context -- between our two versions. but for me at least, more than that, it's a way after 40 years, brian, of being a nonpartisan official for the house of representatives, to be somewhat -- not personally -- but somewhat judgmental institutionally about change, and the extent of chang

brett barrett is here this morning. he's the founder of give your soul and here talking about a charity that plays a big role in the event. they have a lot going on. the music and the running but there are a lot of kiosks and a lot of -- you can get running equipment and stuff like that but there are charities there and yours is one of them. >> we attend the expos and collect shoes from all the participants and runners at the events we go to and the rock 'n' roll races have been good to us. we collect the shoes from all the participants and donate them to a local rescue mission in the city that the race is held to help those people faced with poverty and homeless. >> how many shoes do you usually collect? >> last year at this event we did 500 which is a great haul. that was the most we've collected at any event. san jose has been really good to us. >> you go all around the country doing this. >> we'll be in denver next. denver rock 'n' roll and l.a. and vegas too. >> what kind of shoes can people bring? i know you focus

game 1 belonged to the giants >> and how about those drives, the gen fever 8 barrett said is afford to it was gear one of the national that at a 99 t. he's retiring as firstnighters with the one nothing lead the toll the bill is to try this " for the third adjacent from the phillies hit a home run in the sec's and ron wilson combined relief to close out all winter and kron4 news will have complete coverage. we will have highlights of the raiders tonight. >> it is turning into another big game, decision 2010, it will be in this upgrade tonight for rallies they're starting at 730 and the san jose center and friday mr. clinton is joining candidate jerry brown at use felt a rally it in less angeles. just as president 'til braun, is trying to rally college de ms. appetit to lose the election and to continue the reform. clinton and to some plan to our campaign and the midterm election was his to weeks away. >> that it to party it is lg away and the gathering drew less than 100. the part was clear that they want new leadership in sacramento. >> there is an expected group of 10,000 on the pled

dana bash and ted barrett reached out to the campaign today. they say they will be up very soon. but is that not, john, a fundamental mistake. it's a long shot to begin with. >> it is a fundamental mistake. it's political malpractice. the thing about that poll i thought was interesting was it said if mike castle had gotten the republican nomination, he would be leading by the exact same margin, 55 down. so here you've got a case where, be careful what you wish for. the republicans nominated a conservative populist out of step with a state in a close primary. she's hemorrhaging 15% of republicans in delaware say they're going to vote for the dem kuralt. that's what you get when you nominate someone from the extremes. >> the only way to fix that, erick or try to fix that -- delaware is a liberal to moderate state. would be a tough race for her any way. the only chance is to be engaging in the fight on television? >> you know, honestly john, i think that's irrelevant for one big reason. in the past 30 days we've spent more time talking about christine o'donnell than ken buck, rand p

and richard barrett, coordinator of the un-al qaeda taliban monitoring team reports that high level leaders are in negotiations for ending the war in afghanistan. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> one of the great features of the c-span 2 library is the ability to clip and share our programs with your friends. during this campaign season, that includes over 100 debates we have erred on c-span. what's the tutorial on how to clip and share right there on our website. -- watch the tutorial on how to clip and share right there on our website. >> we have a choice. >> we have a choice.