more weekly or daley basis what it is you are doing, because at least for those of you here, i'm based in d.c., it seems like we are getting more of the indications from the transitional government than the national transition -- so, i would like to hear from you, what kind of training do you see is needed for organizations that are planning to come to libya so we can help out in the development of civil society, thank you? >> please, sir? >> yes. concerning russia, we wished that russia would have felt what was going on in libya during the past -- during the eight months of the revolution. you know, did they see what was happening? i don't know. i hope they didn't. was it okay if they saw what was happening and never cared? i would say maybe never cared is not necessarily the proper word. but whether they had the political agenda that served their own objectives in this world? they have the right to. are we happy with how russia responded to the situation? respectfully no. do we welcome russia to come back and work on projects? yes, as long as they do not serve the past regime and have no co

because at least for those of us here, based in d.c., it seems as though we are getting more of the indications from the national transitional council versus the government and with that regard can you explain what are the different responsibilities between the interim government and that of the national transitional council? i work with freedom house, where -- watch dog human rights organization and we do civil society fro gramming. so i would look to hear from you what kind of training do you see is needed for organizations that are planning to come to libya, so we can help out in the development of civil so sigh sunny thank yosigh -- development of civil society? thank you. >> concerning russia -- we wished that russia would have -- felt what was going on. in libya during the past -- during the eight months of the revolution. you know? did they see what was happening? i don't know. i hope they -- didn't. was it okay? if they -- if they saw what was happening but never cared? i would say maybe never cares is the proper word. but whether they had -- a political agenda that served their objecti

daily deals site which is based in d.c. has been testing the area.ocial account but sign-up is free. the living social gets a cut of their sales. joe, back over to you. >> thanks very much. have a great day. >> you too. >>> good times now as we say farewell to our friend and colleague joe krebses. one more day before you ride off into the sunset. >> yep. i'm looking for a horse right now. >> you know, that's the thing that a lot of people have talked about, the quick wit that joe's had in every exchange. we whammed to get some of the witty farewells. these are well wishes around the community. >> is that joe krebs? >> i'm too depressed to read that. i'm sorry. joe, don't retire. this is ridiculous. but, joe, in all serious news, i do adore you and woke up with you every single day. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> i know. that sounds terrible for you, but for me it was great. so anyway, you'll be very missed. we love you. god bless. >> hi. chief tom major from the montgomery police didn't. way. to kwish you the best of luck in the retirement. jim, you have be

they are joining us right this minute from an air force base in washington, d.c. >> where's my lighter talk to us a little bit about the lyrics of the song "send me." >> as a song writer for me i try to put myself in a position of the special operations airmen and see what's happening in their men. that's where the first line of the song came from. ♪ take a look into my eyes >> the actual title of the song, sergeant carson titled it. >> it's written on their wall, just send me. that's where we drew the inspiration because we were writing it for these particular airmen. >> do you perform for the other troops when you're overseas? >> it's one of the greatest things we get to do is get deployed and play for those troops. >> how did you all come together to form this group? did you randomly find talented people? >> a classic opera singer turned rock and roll. >> now that we know you're a classically opera singer, we have to hear your pipes. ♪ >> what? oh, my god. ♪ >> all right, for this one i need to do this. hold your jaw. >> what is going on? a hilarious video. >> here's a girl and you'

plus, new allegations this morning about the taxes of marines at a base in d.c. women who say they were victimized just wrapped up a news conference. and this is mccoy. he's looking for a home. we are going to tell you how you can help later in the newscast. >>> eight current and former members of the u.s. military are filing a lawsuit saying they were raped, assaulted or harassed during their service. the women also say they suffered retaliation when they reported the assaults to their superiors. two of the women say they were raped while at the elite marine barracks in washington. military officials at the barracks strongly dispute those allegations. one of the women filing the lawsuit says she was harassed after she reported the initial assault. >> the investigation included dozens of pages of signed testimonies describing how i was repeatedly called a slut and whore. p commander decided this was not sexual harassment. he also decided my running shorts and makeup and regulation skirt were the problem. >> military officials say that they are cracking down on sex

the caq just brief briefly is a public policy organization based here in d.c. and our mission is to focus on enhancing competence and public trust in our capital markets through public company auditing. so i, of course, am very interested to hear not only what our last panel had to say, even though it was a bit pessimistic, but also what our next panel will say. hopefully they'll have some ideas that will give us some optimism. one of the things that we do at the caq is an annual survey of investors. and these are main street, man on the street, woman on the street, investors. and we just issued a few months ago our fifth annual survey and i was very pleased to be able to present those findings working with the atlantic on their investor confidence forum here in washington, d.c. one of the things that we found is despite the bad economy, man on the street, the thousand investors that we interviewed or surv surveyed, there was still a remarkable amount of confidence in the system. 7-10, 70% indicated they had confidence in u.s. publicly traded companies. that wa

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in all consequences. >> mitt romney speaking to the apec conference, which is a pro-israeli lobby group based here in washington, d.c. this following remarks last night among others the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and the republican leader in the u.s. senate mitch mcconnell, on sunday, of course, the president speaking to the apec conference. all of these speeches have been posted on our website, at c-span.org. mitt romney speaking via video conference. he is in boston tonight, awaiting the returns, super tuesday, massachusetts among the states holding primaries today. rick santorum, here in washington to deliver his remarks before the gathering. >> iran continued on its mission not just developing nuclear weapons, but killing american troops, openly providing ieds that have maimed and killed more americans than any other country in the world. planning terrorist attacks. conducting terrorist attacks. supporting radical islamist groups. all the while, the united states sat on the sidelines and did nothing. what was necessary to stop this regime from spreading terror, and doing something even worse. dev

. >>> and the new allegations this morning about the actions of marines at a base here in d.c. >>> it's6:30. voting is underway for super tuesday. polls are already open in virginia, and they'll soon be open in ten states. we'll break down the field and the more than 400 delegates at stake today. plus, why one of the candidates who can vote today says he won't. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for joe krebs. it is tuesday, march 6. >> we're taking a live look outside right now. beautiful sunrise underway. it is 6:30. 32 degrees. watch out. it is a cold morning, cold start to the day. might be shocked pie how cold it is. >> march 6 but feels more like february 6 as we start off. look at the live view. attention on deck. all rise. and salute the sunrise. there it is. live view from our h.d. skywatcher camera. nbc 4 capturing that gorgeous sunrise live. step away from the toaster, look at the tv. live view. 's cold under this clear sky. -- it's cold under this clear sky. in bethesda, bright sunshine, by 10:00 in the upper 30s. th

to just, they on a more weekly or daily basis what is your doing at least for those of us here based in d.c. it seems as though we are getting more of the indication from the national transitional council versus t

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reporter: lewis-mcchord, the largest best u base on the west coast has 5,000 members serving in afghan stap. but the base also has a troubled past. this is where the d.c. sniper who murdered ten in 2002 was once stationed. four soldiers convicted in the 2010 murders of three afghan civilians were also based a lewis-mcchord and the 29-year-old iraq veteran alleged to kill a park ranger on new year's day also called this base home. jorge gonzalez runs a coffee house that caters to returning soldiers says multiple deployments are taking a toll. >> i don't think they were ready for ten years of war. >> reporter: last year, 12 soldiers here took their own lives. army ranger jared haigman, a married father of two killed himself before his eighth deployment to a war zone. >> it hurts to know that it didn't have to happen, that if people would have listened he would still be here. >> reporter: the military launched its own investigation into lewis-mcchord's health care system after nearly 3 million soldiers had their ptsd diagnoses reversed. the military declined to comment on individual cases but released this statement -- soldiers expect and deserve the bes

are very insulated, we actually have a committee of three career professionals who are not based in washington d.c. that anytime an audit would be triggered because a potential political activity or but if there is a referral from a member of congress and other kinds of things that could be viewed as political, that group of three actually first looks at it. so no single individual can launch an audit. that there -- it has to the agreement among three. then the decision would be made for an audit based on resources, risks, allegations, facts. and it would be shipped out to an auditor to do the audit. that has been the practice for many years for anything to do with political activity. and that is the practice now. >> i thank you for your answer. dr. montgomery, do you want to inquire? you may inquire. >> >> i have a lot of lgbt constituents and they had been approached me about the problems of dealing with the irs about how to file their income taxes and are having the experience of having more than noe sidorsky -- one source give them a different answer. and they are spending about twice as much

d.c. org based in to work together as a blocker kind of an axis and bold in foreign policy kind of her getting back to that old axis of evil we heard about that foreign policy is not just limited to bush's wars what here they are meeting with libyan president moammar gadhafi in august of two thousand and nine at a time when it was in the u.s. interests to call him friend mccain later tweeted this calling him interesting but a year later wanted him gone if you want to go in one of the steps among many would be to establish a no fly zone over the world stand by. a leader like production slaughters on people an ongoing target for them iran if we use military action against iran we should not only go after their nuclear facilities we should just store their ability to make an additional war they should have no planes that can fly and no ships they can float we can point the gun we haven't pulled a single trigger yet and it's about time that we did the two years on that lack of the media and military action hasn't resulted in armageddon anything like it so the calls for action expand now across the

in washington d.c. the head of the u.s. based nonprofit organization the future all freedom foundation good to see you today the u.s. is hailing russia's latest rhetoric on syria but what moscow is saying is just been speaking the same breath all the time along which of the two sides do you think is more desperate for a compromise at the u.n. i think it's impossible to say you know each side is trying to maintain its control over the regime its influence over the regime the u.s. would love to have regime change in syria the russians would love to maintain regime the regime there but let's face it you know a cease fire leaves the dictatorship in power and that's exactly what the syrian rebels would like to get rid of so i'm not sure that that really accomplishes anything with respect to the what the rebels want. when you when they're trying to get rid of the dictatorship i would let's let's address the issue all of the u.n. security council if it passes a resolution on syria how much could it really affect the culture that i think

base in washington, d.c. >> we turn to politics now, and the republican battle for delegates as the candidates look forward to primaries in puerto rico today and illinois on tuesday. here's nbc's ron mott from the campaign trail. >> if they were movies, rick santorum's campaign might be the low-key independent breakout. while mitt romney's casts a look of a big studio blockbuster. it was noted in missouri with signs of romney everywhere. >> money is not going to buy this election. vision, character, and authenticity are going to win this election. >> from his famous sweater vest to a st. patrick's day pint, santorum continues to court blue voters. he told voters in illinois he would win the nomination if they give him a win in tuesday's primary. for his part, mitt romney sought to soak his swing and a-- leave the losses in the deep south. romney invoked a familiar campaign theme, u.s. statehood, which puerto ricans will again consider this fall. >> it was ronald reagan that famously said it was important for the people of puerto rico to have a choice to become a state. and if the people of pue

we're here in washington, d.c., at the tidal base basin, where the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.y blossom festival coming up. >>> more on the day's breaking news. eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> mitt romney in maryland. the presidential campaign comes to town. >> how this visit is putting local voters into the national spotlight. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >>> mitt romney arrives in maryland, hours after a critical win in the illinois primary. he's the first republican presidential candidate to stop here during the season. as local voters prepare to weigh in on the white house. wjz has more on tonight's campaign 2012 report. mike hellgren has more. >> reporter: kai, the former massachusetts governor is just wrapping up here.

this is the research center of the stockholm international peace research institute based in washington, d.c now, as many of you may well know, we are an independent in every international research institute dedicated to research on arms control, disarmament, but also of transnational security issues. i think many of you might be familiar with the annual your book that provides authoritative information data and analysis on security and conflict, military spending and armaments, nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. would you may not know is that sipri is increasingly present in the major decision making centers of the world to read a few years ago sipri opened an office in beijing and china and since we have an office here in washington, d.c. to but i must say we are delighted we are co located within institute in the center. the aim of the office is to bring new global innovative voices to the security and foreign policy debates across north america to strengthen cooperation between european, american and international experts and institutions, and we will be bringing our

in -- [ chanting ] >> the westborough trio leaves. the crowd, happy to see them go. >> reporter: the next protest by this midwest-based church is in 11 days in washington, d.c. reporting live in glen burnie, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >> glen burnie schools and police have been planning for this incident since they found out about it a week ago. >>> just three weeks and counting until the april 3rd primary election. and the first commercial campaign hits the air waves. adam may speak -- spoke with the senator about the adand his re-election plans. >> reporter: maryland senator ben cardin is facing a handful of challengers in the upcoming primaries. he's considered a heavy favorite to win. and considering another term here in washington. >> do you look forward to another campaign? >> i do. >> they're tough, though, aren't they? >> they are. but i look forward to another campaign. >> reporter: maryland senator ben cardin gears up for his first re-election. >> he wrote a law so everyone can see a dentist. >> his first ad, about a child who died from an infected tooth. >> a national program that guarantees every child access to dent

based on risc, criteria, coverage requirements, etc. in the area of political activities, just to make extra sure that folks are very insulated, we have a committee of three career professionals who are not based in washington, d.c., at any time an audit will be triggered because a potential political activity or there is a referral from a member of congress and other things that could be viewed as political, three actually first looks at it so no single individual can launch an audit. it has to be an agreement amongst three. the decision then would be made for an audit based on resources, risks, and it would be shipped out to an auditor to do that. that has been the practice for many years for anything to do with political activity, and that is the practice now. >> i think you for the answer. do you want to inquire? >> thank you. i want to shift the question just a little bit, or the issues we have been dealing with. i have a lot of lgbt clients or constituents. they have been approaching the about the problems of dealing with the irs and how to file their income taxes and are having the experience of having more than one source give them a different answer. so they are not quite sure -- and they are spending s

this is the newest research center of the so-called international peace research in the tube based in washington d.cw as many of you may well know, sipri is an independent under international research to toot dedicated to the research of arms control, disarmament, but also regional and transnational security issues. i think many of you might be familiar with sipri's annual yearbook, which provides very authoritative information data and analysis on security on conflict, military spending and rna, non-proliferation and arms control and disarmament issues. what you may not know is that sipri is increasingly present in the major decision-making centers of the world. a few years ago, sipri offered an office in beijing and china and since figure six, we now have an office here in washington d.c. and i must say i am absolutely delighted that we are located with a a triptych institute at the center. now, the sipri north america officers north america officers to bring new global innovative voices to the security and foreign policy debate across north america to strengthen cooperation between european, amer

the caq, just briefly, is a public policy organization based here in d.c., and our mission is to focus on enhancing competence and public trust in the capitol market through a public company auditing. so i of course am very interested to hear what only with our last panel had to say even though it was a bit pessimistic, but also what our next panel will say. hopefully they will have ideas the will give us some optimism. one of the things the we do at the caq is an annual survey of investors, and these are main street man on the street, woman on the street investors. and we have just issued a few months ago our fifth annual survey, and i was very pleased to be able to present those findings working with the atlantic on their investor confidence form in washington, d.c.. and so some of the things we found is despite the bad economy, man on the street, the thousand investors that we interviewed or that we surveyed there was still a remarkable amount of confidence in the system. seven of ten, 70% indicated that they had confidence in u.s. publicly traded companies. the was down 5% from the

folks are very insulated, we actually have a committee of three career professionals who are based in washington d.c., that any time and not it will be triggered because of potential political at david e. or if there is a referral from a member of congress and other kinds of things that could be viewed as political, that group of three actually first looks at it to no single individual can launch a knotted that there is -- it has to be an agreement among three, then the decision would be made for an audit based upon resources, risk, allegations, faqs, et cetera and it would be shipped out to an auditor to do that audit. that has been the practice for many years for anything to do with political at davidian that is the practice now. >> i thank you for your answer. dr. mcdermott, do you want to inquire? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to shift the question just a little bit or the issues you're dealing with here. i have a lot of algae bt claims her constituents and they have been approaching me about the problems of dealing with the irs and how to file their income taxes and are having the experien

are very insulated we actually have a committee of three career professionals who aren't based in washington, d.c. that anytime an audit will be triggered because of potential political activity or if there's a referral from a member of congress and other kinds of things that could be viewed as political, that group of three actually, first, looks at it. so no single individual can launch an audit. there's a, you know, it has to be agreement amongst three. then the decision would be made for an audit based on resources, risk, allegations, facts, etc. and it would be shipped out to an auditor to do that audit. that's been the practice for many years for, um, anything to do with political activity, and that's the practice now. >> i thank you for your answer. does, dr. mcdermott, do you want to inquire? you may inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i, um, want to shift the question just a little bit or the issues that you've been dealing with here. i have a lot of lgbt clients or constituents, and they have been approaching me about the problems of dealing with the irs and how to file their income ta

d.c. i'm based here in washington and all of my artists are local except for charles who is here from puerto> charles, tell us a little bit about this sculpture you've created, cherry blossom cloud. it's gorgeous and it's participatory. tell us a little bit about it. >> i decided to do a sculpture that used the cherry wood to produce sound. i wanted to do something that was participatory and that really organized form and people around sound. so it's a piece that has about nine wooden drums and has two xylophones. >> can you demonstrate for us the sounds we could hear? that's fantastic. this section here is also a xylophone. people will be able to come in with drumsticks and be able to use that, correct? >> yes, that's correct. the two xylophones are argued around the sequences of a japanese sequence of notes. so it's very specific to the cherry blows n festival -- blossom festival celebrating the trees and gift of friendship. >> it is gorgeous. last question for you. how long is this public arts project going to be available for visitors in the washington area to come out and see? >> charle

they all turn as judge kavanagh wrote in his dissent of his opinion based on the injunction act in the d.c. circuit that the statute wasn't quite right. he said he came close, would have been upheld but it was this distinction, the fact that the mandate wasn't conditioned, and that the people were not given an option of either buying health insurance or paying tax to interpreting have been written explicitly that way, he would've had no trouble upholding it as a tax. and so in terms of power, putting aside what this particular statute is, i think there's no really serious argument that this can be done under the taxing power. the only argument is maybe because of some details in this case it wasn't done quite right. i think that's one for the reasons i explained about the new york decision. i think it's wrong to characterize this as a penalty because that's sort of, what makes him the ability of what the court has said if something is a penalty when it has the condition of a criminal sanction, criminal enforcement, disproportionate monetary sanctions related to the underlying activity. non

censoring on popular opinions in the process will show you how most media coverage is based on what's profitable. it's wednesday march twenty eighth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our. well a group of countries banding together in a troubled world economy they have been coined the grex that is brazil russia india china and south africa heads of states from the emerging economies gearing up for their annual summit tomorrow in new delhi the brics are the five fastest growing economies in the world and i want to take a moment to show you how far they're a global reach actually is to gather these countries make up forty two percent of the world's population and a quarter of its landmass are responsible for twenty percent of the global g.d.p. and that is expected to surpass the u.s. g.d.p. in just three years and they own a whopping seventy five percent of the foreign reserves worldwide now their influence on the global stage is only growing and with their growing power they have plans in the works to form a joint development bank artie's preassure the reports to us from india with a sneak peak of the summer. of c. from the five lea

. >>> and the much anticipated hbo movie "game change" based on sarah palin's role in john mccain's failed presidency had its dpk pre-- d.c. premier. critics claim it only focused on two chapters. >> hello, i'm roosevelt leftwich. coming up all brand-new at 6 new details as second dog shows signs of being in a dogfight. police hope a nice reward will get people to speak up. and what the mild winter here means for your wallet. john matarese takes a look at the extra money we should have in our pockets. now a preview of what's coming up at 6:30. >>> she hecheed -- helped shape women around the world but she had tough times. what was the secret word that turned her into a billionaire, our person of the week. >>> stocks are ending the week higher. the dow jones industrial average rose 14 points to close at 19,922. the s&p 500 closed at 1371. >>> starbucks isn't lowering their prices but you will soon be able to get one of their cappuccinos at home. they unveiled the single cup home brewing machine known as barismo. they have a deal with green mountain. there's no mention of dissolving that partnership in the starbucks announc

in the prosecution of ted stevens. the government's prosecution of senator stevens was arguably the highest profile case ever brought by the justice department's washington, d.c. based public integrity section. it had consequences far beyond the jury's guilty verdict and impacted the senate election in 2008. while all criminal cases should be handled with the jut most professionalism, cases of of this level of importance and publicity where elections can be swayed should be shining examples of the best of the justice department. they should have the best prosecutors, best agents and should be the centerpiece of america's criminal justice system. unfortunately, this case appears to be the opposite of the ideal. according to our witness today, the prosecution of senator ted stevens was "permeated by the systemic concealment of significant exculpatory evidence which would have independently corroborated his defense and his testimony and seriously damaged the testimony and credibility of the government's key witnesses." these are shocking statements that will call into question the conduct of those involved in this prosecution and threaten to resonate further throughout

based on seniority. she used to run the worst school district in washington d.c. and forced chains by shutting down locavore high-schools. organization now has 47,000 members in the bay area alone with 170,000 state wide and growing. the mostly agree that tenure for teachers' needs to go. >> tenure means that you have a job for life regardless of performance. and that is problematic. because we have to insure that all teachers can't, consistently, are effective you're in and you're out with their children. we cannot have a system that protects people who are not effective. >> she has influence legislation in seven states from florida for nevada. love or hate her, california is down in her sights. >> wrongfully accused of beating out brian stowe, and jailed for months. >> there was a point where i thought this kind of stuff only happens in movies. >> the original suspects in the case breaks his silence. >> rumors had been swirling since her death, now we know the tr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> it was not easy, but the largest ships ever to enter the seventh disco bay is n

in. having a news conference at the base. they're not going to ask specific questions on this soldier. the d.c. sniper. four soldiers convicted in 2010 for a so called thrill murder of three unarmed afghans. the 29-year-old iraq vet that murdered a park ranger also called the base home. last year 12 soldiers at the base took their own lives. i do not want to take a picture that this base is a bad place. that would be wrong. i do want to get your insight into these big events that are associated with the base. you have good men and women there that don't want to be walking down the street and someone associate them with these things and say they are from that base. >> i've heard a big uptake on interviews directed to me about this. i spent five and a half year at fort louis. it's the most beautiful place in the country. seattle, soldiers love it. it's something like 60,000 troops. they probably sent a quarter of a million people to war. a lot of them have really put it on the line. remind our viewers 52,000 killed and wounded. the force is under stressed but force life-support is a terrific environment f

performance base pay for teachers and to stop laying off teachers based on seniority who choose to run the country's worst school district in washington d.c. and force change by firing principals and shutting down low performing schools her organization now has 47,000 members in the bay area alone with 170,000 statewide. the mostly agree that tenure for teachers has to go. and that is problematic because we have to ensure that all teachers consistently are effective year in and year out with their children. and we can't have a system that protect people who are not effective. >>> 3 has already influence legislation and from florida to nevada lover hitter california is now in her sights. in san as a kid does cbs five. >>> there was a point where i thought it only happens in movies. at a prison in breaking a silence so here from a felon wrongly accused of beating friends go. the while the 85 mi. ride in the bay area for this so we keep. >>> it is certainly cold outside its clear and austria next rain and the timing then point forecasts as eyewitness news continues. >>> the felon who was arrested and then later exonerating for the beating a

opportunities to give us the land base, to continue to protect our sovereignty and give us that right. i appreciate my time today. and, again, it's good to be back in d.c. may god bless you and the decision of the committee and this great united states. thank you. >> thank you very much, chief, for your testimony. now chairman shepherd will proceed with your testimony. >> thank you. [ speaking foreign language ] good afternoon, chairman akaka. i'm honored to be here and represent this testimony on behalf of the great plains tribes and consisting of 16 sovereign nations. the great plains tribes have the largest geographical land base with over 11 million acres. our tribes have a total population of over 890,000 people second only to the navajo nation. although we're not adequately funded. no unit of government can or should ever be asked to operate essential services on competitive grants. these grants are short term funding solutions to long term problems. and now have requirements that some tribes aren't able to meet and this results in limited services. we have, therefore, call upon congress to maintain the b.i.e. and ihs budget. the only way to achi

in northeast d.c. was rented the most dangerous station based on reported crimes. -- was the most dangerous metro stationrimes. >> also on the most dangerous list anacostia lenfant plaza suitland, and college park. many say they avoid college park out of here. >> this sell drugs out of there. it is too much. >> here is these -- here is the breakdown for the safest. arlington cemetery clarendon eisenhower. they have been seen two or three times a week while also working anacostia as well. >> more crime happens at night. >> most of the metro stations on the most dangerous less are located in the washington, d.c. and prince george's county. for the complete list on both sides, log onto our web site wjla.com. >> thank you very much for that. tomorrow is expected to be a very big day for apple. that is what we will know what the next generation of ipads will offer. we are not waiting to make one available to you. whether it is called the ipad 3 or something else, you can enter now to win one. if you share the post after you enter, you can get another entry. we will announce the winner on friday at 5:00. good

in its cross hairs. the signature color of those sodas and whether it's dangerous. we'll be back with that story. >>> the food and drug administration is responding to on going pressure from a d.c. based consumer watchdog group about the safety of caramel coloring in soda. last night we told you about new chemical analysis. they say reveal high levels of the cancer causing chemical, 4mi. >> the fda should ban products that contain more of this cancer causing contaminant than the agencies own regulations would permit. >> executive director tells 9news cspi found unacceptable levels of 4mi in pepsi, coke, diet pepsi, and diet coke. the chemical forms when ammonia is used to create that caramel coloring. >> i suspect people would rather have a clear beverage than a cancer causing beverage. >> fighting back, saying research simply doesn't support the claim that the amounts of 4mi in colas are dangerous to humans. the american beverage association released a statement that says in part, this is nothing more than cspi scare tactics and their claims are outrageous. cspi claims to be operating in the interest of the public's health when it is clear its only motivation is to scare the american

of senator stevens was arguably the highest profile case ever brought by the justice department in d.c.-based public integrity section -- section. it had consequences far beyond the jury's guilty verdict and impacted the senate election in 2008. while all criminal cases should be handled with the utmost professionalism, cases of this level of importance and implicitly were elections can be swayed should be shining examples of the best of the justice department. they should have the best prosecutors, best agents, and should be the centerpiece of america's criminal-justice system. unfortunately this case appears to be the opposite of the ideal. according to our witness today the prosecutor the -- prosecution of senator ted stevens was both permeated by this is to make concealment of significant exculpatory evidence which would have independently corroborated his defense in this testimony him and seriously damage the testimony and credibility of the government's key witnesses. almonds the desert shocking statements the call into question the conduct of those involved and threaten to resonate for

this is an be at stockholm research institute based in washington, d.c.s many of you may have known, sipri, a very international research institute dedicated to disarmament, but also international security issues -- i think many of you may be to sipri million with's and you -- may be familiar with sipri's annual your book that contains data on non-proliferation, arms controls, and disarmament issues. what you may not know is the sipri is increasingly present in the major decision-making centers of the world. a few years ago, they opened an office in beijing. we now have an office in washington, d.c. i must say i am absolutely delighted areco-located with -- we are co-located with the center. our aim is to strengthen cooperation between european, american, and international experts and institutions. we will be doing that by bringing experts from stockholm to this side of the atlantic by organizing events and roundtable discussions like the one to date. by seeking partnerships with other institutions, universities, think tanks, governments on this side of t

in uniform are a legitimate target. that's my own assessment based on my reporting. and what's troubling is there really has been an acceleration in these cases. i mentioned earlier this man down in the washington, d.c., area, this alleged suicide bomber, the alleged target was the capitol building. but in fact, he considered several military targets before he settled on the capitol building. initially, he wanted to hit a building that housed generals. then there was a restaurant that was popular with the military. you see it in almost all of these cases. >> there was a recent case in las vegas where someone walked into a restaurant where five military members in uniform, unfortunately unarmed due to policy, walked in and gunned them down. >> there was a case in arkansas, you may recall this recruitment center shooting. this is in 2009. that case was not prosecuted as a terrorism case, by the way. even though the young man wrote a letter to the judge saying that he committed that shooting on behalf of the cleric's group in yemen, al qaeda and the arabian peninsula, even though this young man carlos bledso traveled to yemen for training, it was prosecuted in state court like a drive by shooting. than

base in afghanistan he wasn't on board we hear and an explosion has not been officially confirmed this barack obama hosts favorite camera in washington these the latest live pictures from washington d.c. the two leaders mulling over their afghan strategy just days after the massacre of sixteen people by an american soldier in the country the two leaders said the relationship between the countries is the strongest it's ever been they've got a serious and important agenda that would also include iran's. china warning of the urgent need to slow down its economic growth and bring in political reforms to averts political and financial disaster it comes at a time when debt ridden europe rise up the world's second largest economy as a potential cash. you're up to date always more from us online as well r.t. dot com next though we sit down with british m.p. john baron who believes that sanctions and threats of military action don't work when it comes to solving the iranian nuclear dispute. i'm joined by john baron a british member of parliament and the only member of the conservative party to vote against taking military action in libya john thanks for speaking to r.t. you know you recently

in washington d.c. and here are your headlines for march second two thousand and twelve brushoff of the e.c.b. his latest liquidity injection are we still based in new euro zone crisis well let's follow the money ok two days after eight hundred banks left up to five hundred thirty billion euro from the european central banks three year l.t.r. zero deposits at the e.c.b. have shot up to a record seven hundred seventy seven billion euro more than a trillion dollars as banks choose to make a negative return on their money instead of engaging in this saga and carry trade is a sign that banks could be terrified of this. because you. are the space. station right i'm talking about what could be lurking beneath the surface of euro zone banks' balance sheets and since we're on the subject of liquidity brazil has fired off another round of global currency wars and response to all that easy money brazil's stepping up intervention in the market and extending a tax on foreign borrowing to fight against developed nations that print print print now burning he continues to defend the fed's policies in response to its purported objectives. president with your

rights act section 5 which professor piercely requires that changes in election law be precleared by the d.c. court or by the doj. it's based on historic turnout. this variable didn't explain turnout variations before 1992. but it does subsequently. and it's since 1992 that we see the dramatic expansion of the minority/majority opportunities in section 5 states. so part of what we may be seeing is an intersentivention use by justice department in 1991, '92. we have a relationship between noncitizen population and variations of one vote and we protect equal participation on the basis of race. how does this come to bear on the issues of apportionate? the first is that in apportioning seats apportionate should be on the total population. if you're to pursue this approach, what would happen is states like california, florida and texas would lose congressional seats, they would return to the midwest and to the northeast. so there is a consequence to the apportionate of political power. it's not an insignificant number of seats. four or five from texas. as many as seven from california. if you were to adjust it on the basis of ci