people still love their bathrooms. people think of them as an important room, as an investment for their home. yes, there is the gamut. some people are really just for function and utilitarian. some of them are large and lavish and everything in between. >> we are going to start looking at a couple of little vignettes of bathrooms. we can talk about fixtures and use that as a springboard for questions for our audience and discussions from some of the manufacturers we have here. let's start by looking at one right back here. this is a really interesting one because this has some of the characteristics of a traditional san francisco building. it has this starting with the board, i think it is called, and it has both old-fashioned kind of pictures and real modern stuff. what do you see here? >> looking around, it has gone a soaking tub. >> it has little jets in a, so like a spot/hydrotherapy kind of thing? >> exactly. what people need to be mindful on for these types of tubs are two things -- number one, they have a motor

i'm worrying about where the next bathroom is. if i'm on a plane in the aisle seat-- the worst one was i took my son to go see the last lord of the rings. i thought it was a 2-hour movie. i make the two hours on the nose. all of a sudden, this thing's going. i'm going, "oh, no!" you're going, "throw the ring! throw the ring!" please cut me-- is this the end? i'm very happy my wife is an r.n. she worked in a hospital and she used to get the urine caps. put it in the trunk. i'd reach down. hello. yeah, yeah. how's everything? oh, yeah, sure, fine. i thought it was normal to pee two or three times a night. my doctor would say, "you're not 21 anymore." i just sort of wrote it off as that. until finally he said, "just how many times are you going?" i said, "five, six, sometimes seven." you got up five, six, seven times a night? you didn't think there was something strange about every hour? did you sleep? i thought what goes in goes out. are we that stupid or that embarrassed over something we shouldn't be embarrassed about? all: yeah!

because of what i mentioned about the bathroom, kids not being allowed to go the bathroom during class hours, and my daughter had an accident had pee'and shed -- and she pee'd on herself. they kept her without underwear and that is completely outrageous. this should not be happening. >> [speaking spanish] >> they have a system, it is like a rule, but they have as a board where they have the stamps if the kids have a good deed for good behavior. every time they ask to go the bathroom, one of the stances taken off. it should not be done. >> [speaking spanish] >> if i am not wrong, years ago, there was a policy where the kids were allowed to go the bathroom any time they needed to. thank you. president mendoza: thank you. >> [speaking spanish] >> i have two children at paul revere and i am the same situation, the same case. my child was expelled from class and placed in the basement until i came to pick him up. [chime] >> [speaking spanish] >> i want to renew if this is district policy. there traumatizing children and the have a policy where they can't speak during lunch. and they are dra

you know he's just here to use the bathroom. customers only. no gas, no bathroom.her ] whoa, what are you doing? thought these were electric? >>> good afternoon, it's tuesday, october 18th and here's what's happening. stay out. herman and his republican cronies crow about their plan to crack down on illegal immigrants. >> i want to build a fence on the border. >> illegal immigration is something i will stop as president. >> you have to secure the border. >> secure the border for real. >> the debate is in the stake with america's highest percentage of illegal workers. >> this is no laughing matter. the border fence. >> for might be electrified. i'm not walking away from that. >> viva las vegas. #

i guess there's a toothpaste bathroom and a bathroom for toilet paper. have mine combined into one at my house. we've always done that, the kimmels. all right. here we go. all right. that's -- okay that's pretty good. >> i have time to touch it up, you know what i'm saying? >> jimmy: you look like a young santa claus. chris is probably trying to find something other than aqua fresh so he doesn't have -- >> it's aqua fresh. >> jimmy: you look like pee-wee herman. i'm going to have to give that to crystal. i think she really -- [ applause ] all right. well, thank you both for playing. chris and crystal, everybody. our dallas and chicago viewers, representing those cities proudly. [ applause ] and one more thing. you know, tomorrow's the last official day of summer. after tomorrow, the weather gets colder, the movies get sadder. the days get shorter, which keeps happening and somebody needs to figure out why that goes on every year. but today, my cousin sal decided to say good-bye to summer the best way he knows how, and that is by walking around our office

to make a wheelchair-accessible bathroom, it takes a lot more space than a regular bathroom. so, it is a problem oftentimes with small businesses. especially if you have to do two of them. and it cost about $15,000 to $25,000 to build a wheelchair- accessible bathroom. for restaurants, bars, it's a truck, there is an issue on the height of the counters -- for restaurants, bars, at such wreck, there is an issue on the height of the counters. that keller would make the person wheeling up on in the chair not be able to be eye level. you cannot have it like that. you have to have a portion of the counter down level. it is 34 inches. i daresay most of the counters will not be that size if you have a business like that. however it may be. that is not what the normal business layout is. tables. there is a percentage based on the number of seats that have to be wheelchair-a accessible. they are required to be appropriately designated with a placard. you can get that any press run supply store. in place with commercial interiors can furnish you with those placards. you also have to ha

today on "tmz" -- >> i didn't think it was possible but there's someone in hollywood who has a worse bathroom situation than us. "x factor" and "dancing with the stars" are having a poop war. >> a note posted says these restrooms are for everyone. if you have a problem just ask for rob. i'm the 6'3" black man. >> chaz bono got voted off "dancing with the stars. chaz is a full-on star. what does chaz bono do now? >> he goes to congress and gets testimony and he -- >> goes and gets bitches. he's famous now. >> mandelar. he's been in all these "saw" movies. have you ever witnessed something crazy like that in real life? did you ever see anything like "saw" in real life? >> so harvey's singing again. he's in detroit but he goes to the studio where they recorded all these classic songs and he sang "my girl." >> harvey is like -- so bad. >> it's day 40 of the occupy wall street protest and still we have no idea what they're doing. but now, more than ever, they need our support. >> sean lennon and his buddies, they did a performance -- >> yes, sean lennon, son of legendary beatle john grabbed his gu

to make a wheelchair-accessible bathroom, it takes a lot more space than a regular bathroom. so, it is a problem oftentimes with small businesses. especially if you have to do two of them. and it cost about $15,000 to $25,000 to build a wheelchair- accessible bathroom. for restaurants, bars, it's a truck, there is an issue on the height of the counters -- for restaurants, bars, at such wreck, there is an issue on the height of the counters. that keller would make the person wheeling up on in the chair not be able to be eye chair not be able to be eye level.

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that's according to the best bathrooms. and two northern virginia bathrooms are on this list. the bathroom at the field museum in chicago is number one. the renaissance arlington capitol view hotel came in 2nd, followed by the bathroom at the scottsdale center up in arizona. and the don john's presidential luxury restroomtrailer in shantily had the longest name and the -- chantilly had the longest name and the best bathroom. >> okay a restroom trailer? >> yeah. >> somehow i'm not buying that. >>> costs are skyrocketing for the dulles metro rail long project. and that will be overbudget. also warning that they could like depletion, well into 2014. it's the end of the road for the tour mobile. the open air buses that have carried people around, washington and arlington cemetery and they are going out of business. the company says that their last day will be on october 31. and they are contracted out by the national park service. >> a lot of my friends had summer jobs. >>> welcoming up on 9news now. >> the prosecution wraps up the star witness. saying that michael jackson's docto

bathrooms are locked. people are upset. >> jetblue did issue an apology and is offering refunds and free strouchers, but the thing is there is an airline passengers bill of rights that is in effect. a rule a i waimplemented. airlines are supposed to make sure you have food, water and clean those bathrooms didn't happen here. d.o.t. says it has opened an investigation. >> oh, really. and that is just all they have said, they have opened an investigation to see what happened and if everyone abided by the rules. >> that's right. >> and they said, since this rule fwhent to affect last year they have virtually eliminated says the d.o.t. these kinds of delays. that's why they want to get to the bottom of what happened over the weekend. >> susan, thank you. appreciate your reporting. jacqui jeras now is joining me in the studio. we saw richard roth on the plane at last check. i think he was trying to get a bus and that is indicative of what people are go through across the country. and we have to remember that pe

it just wasn't bathrooms. >> what's wrong with her cleaning the bathroom on a saturday?my problem is i know how other kids will say things to you when you clean the toilet. kids can be cruel. >> it would be a deterrent to other kids, heck i'm not going to be late to school, i'll have to clean the toilet. >> in today's world, it won't fly, someone will get in trouble for making a kid do this. >>> this is the size of a regular salamander. fits in the palm of your hand. i'm going to introduce you to a salamander you might not have seen before that's been dubbed endangered by the federal government. >> hurry up! >> pick him up! >> oh! >> he's a beast! >> that is a salamander, this is called the hell bender salamander. you can only find this guy in the ozarks in arkansas and missouri. it's just become endangered. there are only a little over 500 of these huge guys left. they're two feet long and up. >> it looked like an otter. >> wow. >> look how big this thing is. >> they just came out with a report that all of these salamanders that they can find have been infected by this

the bathrooms are cleaned every hour. the museum beat out two local finalists.ton. the other is the luxury restroom trailer at -- in chantilly. i would like to have my bathroom cleaner once an hour. >> let's see what is coming about 6:00. >> interesting story. >> we will have much more on the troop withdrawal in iraq. while some critics are calling it a failure. the latest on gaddafi's and jaffa -- death and conflicting reports about to killed him. >>> here is a chance to follow breaking news on our platter account and help fight breast cancer. >> we will donate a dollar to the sewage -- susan g. komen foundation for the first 1000 new followers that we get on twitter. thank you for helping us help a great cause. >>> let's go to a great meteorologist. >> beautiful weather cool temperatures. great conditions. let's take a look at damascus. mostly cloudy skies but other parts of the area have a lot more blue sky overhead. 87 pumpkins in that arrangement. feel free to send your pictures. it is going to be called by morning. we're talking 43 in the city. the clouds

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>> no bathroom. can't you just walk off the plane? i would have gotten off on the tarmac, too, snow or not. >> yeah, you could escort the people off the plane, they could slide down the chute, right? who cares. >> i would have slid down the chute in that situation. anyway. >>> occupy wall street protests in new york city still going strong despite that nor'easter this weekend. these pictures from a cnn ireporter show the protesters in zucani park hold up in tents. now, live pictures of zucati park, which has become the epicenter of the occupy wall street movement and you can see it really is an encampment. people only strengthens their resolve with the bad weather, digging in their heels and staying put. >>> pursuing your passion is not always the best career move in a down economy. take the nba lockout, for example. according to reports, more than 400 jobs have been eliminated because of the labor dispute, and it's kind of tough to find a job with such a specialized set of skills. but in this week's

its restrooms have won the 2011 bathroom competition. check them out.e pristine and family friendly and are build as what is a unique and memorable experience. betty, i have to go see that myself. >> what does that mean? a memorable bathroom experience? sounds kind of frightening. >> it does! >>> dr. conrad mur i didn't's defense may get its chance today in his manslaughter trial for the death of michael jackson. no word yet on whether murray will take the stand. >>> actress lindsay lohan will get another chance not to be late for her first day of community service. the los angeles coroner says lohan was 40 minutes late for an orientation session at the county morgue yesterday. she was turned away, but will be allowed to try again this morning. >>> straight ahead, your the latest in weather >>> and in sports, a ninth inning comeback in game two of the world series. did you know that acids in everyday foods can soften and wear away tooth enamel? once enamel's gone, it's gone for good. try... it uses an innovative gel-to-foam technology to surround your t

the burger kin wouldn't let us in. >> when is the last time you -- >> went to the bathroom. >> yeah.> i just went -- >> are you being respectful of the local businesses. >> i'm not patronizing them but -- >> you're not patronizing them. >> that's my right as a consumer. that's how-- the free market works. >> no, it isn't. you are supposed go in there and buy something, you can't sponge bathe your genitals in the rest room. everybody wants to support what you are doing but when you go into the stores and use their washrooms and then the sink breaks and water goes everywhere, and the place floods, and there's ass juice on everything, it's not good for anybody. >> i don't disagree. >> there had to be a way to bring these two sides together so america could move forward. i had a couple of ideas. >> stacey, this is bobbie, bobbie this is stacey. >> how are you doing. >> okay. >> bobby came in here once before and got turned away because he wasn't going to buy anything. we are going to build a bridge here today. >> that would be great. >> bobby has to go to the bathroom and he is going to

or hexagonal pearls addressed on the bathroom floor. i flip through a 12 month calendar each tile numbered, each 30, each sheet of a dozen passing, passing. thank you. [applause] >> our next speaker is nancy hong. nancy is an artist, writer, children's book ill administrator, curator and art's administrator. devoted her artistic career to the nonprofit art's sector creatingim mags for political, social and community events and causes her writing has been published in severalan tholologies. with that i introduce nancy hong. >> thank you for coming this is called bread and soup. beneath the bear bulb we gather to eat our evening meal of bread and soup. here behind the mission walls the kind speaks to us in euphemisms we avoids staring at our brown roasts faces, our hard boiled hands and violet veins he mouths his words like a fish careful not to mention china to us who are now fartherless and motherless in this new country. he does not know we created our own miracle that transformed the stale, hard crust into wrich crackling pork skinnin

bathroom? if you use somebody's bathroom, buy something there. so the people in the restaurants welcome you. this is the difference between the tea party and the pee party. at the tea party they had permits. they cleaned up after themselves. all of these businesses now are pissed off. where do these guys go? where do they go now? >> they follow the tea party. there are millions of liberals that watched the birth of the tea party. what a lot of liberals saw were angry people showing up townhomes and showing up politicians. was that the tea party? no. do i have sympathy for a group of americans -- you know, i have sympathy for it. but that's what i saw them begin as. >> but as greg said, they didn't leave messes. this is essentially a mob. they are leaving messes and going topless in front of toddlers. it wasn't that way with the tea party. >> no, but there were signs equating the president with osama bin laden. >> one out of a crowd of a thousand. >> all it takes is one thing to slander. >> there are a plethora in this movement. >> the toddlers ar

these are bathrooms that will take the wear and tear and look new and fresh 15 years from now as one year from now. for those of you who don't know what serious construction really can be,s is the civic center, the normer -- the former john sweatt building, that's what it looks like inside if you walked over there. so this is a total interior redo seismic retrofit and when we're done, everything in this building will be brand new. the outside will look almost exactly the same, complete with children's murals on the outside wall. this is to preserve the historic sort of landmark integrity of the architecture of the building. this is the old laguna honda building, the new home of the principal center campus. once it's done, if you drive by, you'll see that building and if you walked inside, that's what you would see two months ago. walls are starting to go up. this is what happens when you take a 1920's building, strip it down to the bricks and the walls, seismically retrofit it and make it safe. the steel pricing you see, that's an earthquake retrofit from the 1930's when the field ac

bathrooms are locked. >> firefighters took them off the plane, and jet blue is offering free refunds. this was not a surprise storm. >> a lot of snow fell, and in connecticut, that storm is long gone. as you look outside annapolis the sun set at 6:10. one week from today are you ready? the sun will set at 5:03. daylight saving time ends this upcoming saturday. not tonight but next weekend. 55 is the high temperatures. the average is 64. weather like that on the way. record high is 82, from 1996. no wind chill. 39 at george washington. a high at 51. 38 in rockville. some rain earlier. 40's the name of the game. 43 in culpeper, and some snow on the ground. mountainsburg, 46 degrees. the freeze warning is in the east until 8:00 am tomorrow. temperatures will warm. out to the west, this is what is on the way as we go to the upcoming week. look at the temperature change. yesterday, it was 15 degrees cooler. yesterday, with the snow. this storm is off to the north an dd east. this will zip to the east and give us increasing clouds. then some low pressure up the coast. it will remain to the

comes out of the bathroom.ut, that's not the end of it. >> the best part. >> not going to get you yet. not going to get me again. brian! >> i love how he was so cocky coming out of the bathroom. oh. >> not going to get me again. >> that's great. >> best part is the slo-mo of his nose. >> i love those pranks. and he knew it was coming. he totally planned that out. awesome. >> i love finding stuff that will help you be a really cool parent at halloween or maybe a really cool party host. >> halloween is almost here and we are going to make something super spooky in honor of the event. >> this is chef susan odell. she was trained at cordon bleu and she has the best cookie idea for hall low when i've ever seen. >> severed finger cookies. >> the fingers. >> okay. >> we found this creepy cooking video at monkeysee.com. >> i need to pull out almonds like finger nails. >> cream cheese and butter and powdered sugar and vanilla and seem simple to make. >> this is like a big, big, big step beyond the bowl of like peeled gr

they came up with the idea because they want two of three bathrooms on each plane so they can make moreeats according to the independent, the company claims the change would lower airfare that still needs to convince boeing to retrofit those planes to remove bathrooms. you know, who is it, girard depardieu who did number one on the plane because he didn't -- couldn't get into the bathroom. >> during take-off. they wouldn't allow him to get out of his seats. so think about that. >> put a bunch of kids on that plane and all drinking little sippy cups. deep trouble. >>> money may not be able to buy you relief on a plane and can't buy you love, either. just like the beatles song. that's according to a survey that found less materialistic couples were more likely to have a happy marriage. couples who say that money isn't that important scored up to 15% higher in terms of communication and conflict resolution. affluent couples were more likely to describe money as a source of tension. >> if you win the lottery it's all good. all bets are off. >>> 6:52. we're keeping an eye on that large fire

you see me writing lyrics in the bathroom. [laughter] you hit the nail on the head.avis: why so much activity at this time? is there something happening bringing this creativity? >> i have no idea. i started certain projects a few years before. for some reason they started coming out in the same few months even though super heavy we started two years ago. for some reason, between march and september of this year, there is a bombardment of everything. we just found out the news a call i have been writing opened in london -- the musical i have been renting opened in london on broadway. that is very soon because usually there is a break. it seems like it's going to be non-stop. tavis: that you're going to broadway. don't you hate people like that? some guys have all of belloc. -- luck. super heavy, it is impressive. how did a group like super heavy happen? >> like anything that happens in my universe or in my head, it is triggered by, i was up in the hills of jamaica where i co-own a house with a friend of mine and his family. in jamaica, the sound systems are important

bathrooms are locked. >> reporter: as for the power outages, there will be added danger to halloween night as millions of trick or treaters will head out into the night without streetlights. >>> to sports now, the once promising season is starting to slip away for the redskins. the burgundy and gold suffered their third straight defeat sunday losing to the buffalo bills in toronto 23-0. fred jackson had 120 yards rushing. the redskins managed just 17 # yards of offense and ten first downs. coming up later, dave ross will join us to break down this latest loss. -- the redskins managed just 178 yards of offense and ten first downs. >>> fox 4 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> good morning to you. monday, october 31st, 2011. taking a live look outside at the washington monument. certainly a better day today than saturday when that nor'easter swept through. before we get to weather, we have a school closing to pass along to you. blue ridge elementary school in jefferson county, west virginia is closed today because of a power outage. that is just the blue ridge elementary in jeff

there is one bathroom that is in between the two of then that everyone uses.t x factor cleaned it for themselves and someone decided to write a note back to them saying look, this is rob. this belonging to everyone. if you have a problem with that,cacome find me on page 46, i'm the 6'3" black guy, and ask for rob. dancing with the stars. the x factor said you're sorry, rob, you are more than likely to use the bathroom. we dote want to step on toes here. >> dax holts, we'll see you here. >>> and a look for what is next on the news edge at 6. >>> the national zooworker accused of poisoning cats. a key piece of evidence from the prosecution and this is surveillance video you will see on fox 5. >>> and monitoring metro. the transit agency announces an arrest after a rash of robberies. >> and a line lover's worst nightmarry caught on camera. tonight on the news edge.  >> nearliest is years after they died as heros, 10 u.s. army airmen are at rest at arlington national cemetary. >> they went out on a world war ii bombing raid in berlin and never returned. toda

nobody wants to be stuck on a plane without water and access to a bathroom. the bathrooms were getting nasty. >> jetblue says six of is planes were diverted to connecticut. officials there say power outages made refueling and deplaning difficult. the airline has apologized saying they did the best they could. a federal law the airline could face huge fines for holding passengers on the tarmac for more than three hours. >>> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> hi there! it is halloween. >> yes and i'm dressed up like a big pumpkin. >> you look great. i went a little more minimal. i don't think an orange suit would work for me. >> a little fog out there, this is going to be short-lived. we have fire danger on the way, rain and even frost in the forecast. >>> countries around the world mark a new milestone in our population. the symbol -- symbolic held @ >>> the world's population reached a record seven billion this morning. in the philippines a baby girl named danica was two minutes before midnight and welcomed with a cake and gift certificate f

. >> i was controlled and lived in a room, i went to the bathroom in a bucket.of water. >> reporter: she told part of oh her story back then. now she is telling it in a book with the attorney who had been at her side the entire time, entitleed the tonya nicole cash story, memoir of a milk carton kid. in book she describes living conditions, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. sometimes tom hose smuggled he leftover from dinner twice a week in the dead of night he led me down in to a cellar with coal floors to take a shower. i was fine at first, i thought i was in love and felt my sacrifices were a labor of my love. soon however the ordeal began to take its toll. the book describes cash spending christmas eve for years locked in a closet and using a bucket for a bathroom. she goes on to describe her break to freedom and thomas' arrest. >> tonya was living less than two miles from her father's home. she says she was sexually abused daily and brainwashed to believe no one cared and if she tried to escape she would be killed. dr. phil sits down exclusively wi

but it had a small bathroom and a room in the back home i cannot recall the bedroom as it did not have an escape window. the studio unit with the legal sleeping room would be right off the street. not really desirable or conforming with the street pattern when most of the living units are above the ground. the unit was vacant and of that run down when they bought the building. there are already five other living units above. it will bring it more in conformity to city planning code. based on the area, there should only be for residential units which are allowed. they considered legal nonconforming units. removing one will actually bring it more in conformity to the planning code. combining the side-by-side aerospace will give us a square feet which gives a functional large square room to work with. the best part about it is to have 13 feet 9 inches existing ceiling height that will make both spaces one level with the false ceiling height of 13 feet 9 inches, plenty of jumping and climbing room to work with. we will have full handicap accessibility. we'll have a handicap bathroom with i

. >> reporter: replace your hand towels with paper towels in the bathroom. >> if you walk in a bathroomhere's a hand towel and someone else just wiped their hand on it you don't know the order of that towel. >> reporter: the last tip that is usually the hardest, try to get enough sleep and exercise. doing both can really boost your immune symptom. >>> listen. if you use a hand sanitizer, make sure it contained as least 60% of alcohol and make sure that you rub it under your finger nails go to abc2news.com and the health tab. and you'll find today's health headlines and a different health category that you can get for all the information that you need to keep you and your family healthy. >>> we continue to count down the susan g. koman race for the cure. we're a little under two weeks now here in the home valley. and we'll be broadcasting life from the event. the ease vent is coming up sunday -- the event is coming up sunday, october 23rd. it will start at 8:00 in the morning. there's a 5k and a one mile walk. for more information go to abc2news.com/think pink or susan g. koman.org for m