howard bernstein has today's forecast. however, we start with breaking news out of rockville, maryland, this morning. where firefighters are on the scene of a house explosion and a fire. the first call went out just before 3:00 a.m. for a home explosion at the 11212 ashley drive in the garrett park area. >> the cause of the explosion remains unknown. assistant chief scott graham from montgomery county rescue says firefighters arrived on the scene to find a single family home destroyed by an explosion. two people have been injured and have been taken to a local hospital. their conditions are unknown at this time. graham says crew have found fallen trees and downed wires in the area. >> no word if those played any role in the explosion. stay tuned to 9news now and wusa9.com for updates on this developing story. >>> we'll be in touch with angie goff with traffic news coming up. first, we start with howard with your weather. it is raining already. >> moderate rain in spots. little lightning and thunder can't be ruled out south

bernstein, how are you? >> i'm good. out there, you might need a light pair of gloves. >> andrea is making a face. >> angie says -- it's official then it's freezing according to angie goff. >> it is so cold. this is why people are getting sick, hot to cold, hot to cold, everyone is talking about it. >> we're angry. >> close contact with many people. >> weather wise, lots of sunshine is a positive. winds will be 20, 25, 30 with gusts. but 15 to 20 generally sustained. by noon 59 degrees. by 5:65 degrees, upper 60s for highs. live doppler 9000hd, all quiet, we're not worried about rain today. temperatures, 39 in culpeper, 43 in fredericksburg, naval academy 49 degrees, and lower 40s for hagerstown. and win chills down in the mid-30s in manassas, feeling like 42 here this morning in washington. it's now 5:30. angie goff has more information on the bw parkway. the rest of the time saver traffic. >> the situation is it looks like we're going to keep the yellow light on throughout the morning rush because we're told by officia

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it was the first tried by baltimore's state attorney greg bernstein since taking office in january. >altimore city police completed the investigation into the death of an officer. back in january, officer william torbet it was shot to -- was shot to death. also killed sean gamble. police say officer torbet responded to a fight outside the club in plain clothes when uniformed officers arrived. they say officer torbet fired his gun and they didn't realize he was an officer and returned fire. now that the police wrapped up the investigation, the findings will be turned over to states attorney greg bernstein and independent review board appointed by the mayor and the baltimore city police commissioner. >>> you can expect to see a ticket in a school zone in howard county this fall. the howard county council voted 4-1 to allow speed cameras in school zones. under the proposal, drivers will wind up with a 40 dollar ticket for going faster than 12 miles an hour over the speed limit so consider yourself warned. news time is 6:08. the baltimore orioles are on the way to canas city after -- kanz

. >> who is being court-martialed because -- >> reporter: history professor barton bernstein here teaching a seminar on nuclear war was a young antiwashing faculty who was active in demonstrations against rotc and is still fighting against it. >> the faculty would presumably be chosen by the pentagon and not the university. i have moral doubts about the presence of rotc. it's primarily teaching people how not to lead but how to fight and kill. >> reporter: education professor calan is part of the faculty formed to consider these arguments. he wonders if it impinges on academic freedom. >> suppose have you an instructor teaching a course in international relations and decides that as the class assignment they will invite students to analyze some documents that have been made available through wikileaks. they're still classified documents. a student in rotc might jeopardize their future security clearance if they are required to examine one of those documents as a course requirement. >> reporter: but william perry is more concerned that the military be able to include in its ranks well-educa

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howard bernstein is on the weather terrace with the forecast. howard. >> it is chilly out here. i have a rain jacket almost wish i had some gloves on because of the dampness and the breeze and temperatures falling into the upper 40s here. let's go over to the weather graphics. we'll talk about today. it is going to be a lot different than yesterday. we start with -- and chilly and breezy, low 50s at 9:00. by noon, a lingering shower or two. partial clearing with upper 50s to maybe a couple of spots in the low 60s. we'll try to get 50 here in d.c. with winds gusting over 20 miles per hour. so, we've got some challenges for you. here's live doppler 9000 hd, you can see the heavy rains from the eastern shore. still moderate rains coming up from the south there. along the river just along and east of 95. out toward the park in the shenandoah valley, more areas of moderate rainfall. a chill. we've got some mid-40s in the shenandoah valley to around 50 in fredericksburg. bundle up. we'll have the seven-day forecast when we talk next. angie goff has yo

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. >>> i'm meteorologist howard bernstein. what a nice rain. temperatures we had today.he high so far 72. the morning low 51. just a trace of rain in the bucket but there are showers out there. doppler hd and your seven-day forecast when 9news now returns. x< >>> back on 9news now with a look at a brush fire spreading through north carolina's coastline. officials say the flames are hovering around highway 624 and could scorch 16,000 areas by the end of the day. so far no evacuations have been ordered but officials are tonight reassessing their containment strategy to try to put out those flames. the problems further west lie with the mississippi river. the worst flooding since the great depression is now seen evacations affecting thousand. we take a look. >> reporter: n neighbo rhoods and cars are sub merged in murky flood waters as the mississippi water overflows. director of shelby county tennessee's office of preparedness says rivers flowing into the mighty mississippi are beginning to flood two. >> the mississippi is rising. tributaries are flooding east and west. lo

bernstein will be in here tomorrow at 4:25 to check it out. outside story, well, it's kind of going to be chilly. almost cold tomorrow morning. so that means kids are going to need a jacket. you're going to need a jacket. you'll need your shades too. a fair amount of sunshine. and get ready for more showers on friday. not a blockbuster system. but by it looks like afternoon some showers will roll in here. it should be a dry morning commute on friday. overnight, partly cloudy, briez ee and chilly. -- breezy and chilly. winds northwesterly at 10-15. tomorrow morning, mostly breezy, sunny and chilly. 40s and 50s. you factor in the winds northwesterly at 10-20. that is going to make you feel a little more uncomfortable. more like early april and early may. by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy and cool. highs in the upper 60s. face value upper 60s. not bad. northwest winds 10-20. the lake will feel a little bit less warm, shall we say. high temperatures then, 67 in gaithersburg and rockville. 68 in arlington. 68 in springfield. 67 downtown. maybe 68

the case was first tried by greg bernstein, the first since take office in january. >>> a -- taking officejanuary. >>> a baltimore denied a request to try a 15 year ol girl -- old girl as a juvenile. she shot two men after they laughed at her because she was so young. the man was hit in the head and he died a week later. the other man suffered a grazing gunshot wound and holt was 14 at the time. her defense argued monday she needs the treatment and nurturing she could get in a juvenile system and she hassion she can do well in structured situations. >>> so you thinking of yeting -- jetting off to loppedon or paris? -- london or paris? think again. travelers are getting hit with an extra fee and surcharge for hopping overseas for the spring. you can get up to $500 more prices -- price hikes per round. airlines are spending billions of dollars a year on jet fuel for international flights and the costs are getting passed directly onto you. well southwest merger with air tran is a done deal but yo are not going see real difference yet. however travelers may be happy to see the prices drop when

there is no point to linger in europe what can we give europe or from wine with those turbulent bernstein down a long time ago but the feeling of resentment is still with me today i still can't . figure out what's going on that all society has become insensitive to politics it option of the press with what is good. andre was among those who retired in the parliament building two years ago today he is of a much more peaceful disposition since then he has graduated from university and given up politics now he has other priorities. my friend and i have founded a small organization in our town it is called eco shame. we are in the business of making minor ecological projects. now but they are only small projects because we are still in the initial stages. a group of young people gathering in the center of the moldovan capital call their act the hyde park project a reference to the british tradition of open at public debates anyone can add their views on the political situation in the country speaking through a microphone the project was launched hot on the heels the events of april two thousa

the police to permit says it will not comment until bernstein decides whether or not charges will be filed. a club patron was also killed during that incident. >> tomorrow family and friends will gather to remember yeardley love, the university of virginia student who was found murdered in her off-campus apartment one year ago tomorrow. recently i sat down for an exclusive interview with some of her closest circle of friends. it is the first time they have talked publicly about their friend and their loss. >> they or a circle of friends, bonded by love and loss. catherine, sarah, kelly, and jamie. stronger together than apart. they are now circle incomplete. one is missing. yeardley love. as they close their eyes and share their memories, they can still hear her voice, her laughter, and there is lots of laughter, especially when remembering the days together at notre dame prep in towson. back she was very bubbly, fun- loving. she always had a good sense of humor. if anyone was in a bad mood, she would play a joke rickrack she was full of jokes. she always had something up her sleeve.

need some time to get to work or school this morning because we have rain and we also have howard bernsteink. >> good morning, everybody. >> welcome back, howard. good to see you. >> welcome to you as well. thank you for joining us on this wet wednesday morning. better news for the afternoon. we'll have the rain around probably through most of the morning hours. a little bit from west to east. some sun this afternoon but a much cooler day. highs will only be around 60. yesterday, we were 81. today, about 20 degrees cooler with a stiff northwest wind. showers and even some thunderstorms have been moving in during the past several hours. down to the south and east. this is where we're seeing some lightning and thunder from richmond over toward southern maryland. rains still back across virginia and even west virginia. on live doppler 9000 hd, busy this morning. moderate rain toward i-81 and the shenandoah valley. the heavy stuff here, southern maryland, southern calvert county, watch out there. even for a little bit of lightning and thunder. angie goff, over to you. >> in addition to the wet

anny hong is in for howard bernstein and if you liked yesterday, how are we going to feel about today? >> if you like the warmth, we'll get even warmer today. it looks like it will be pretty nice. a mild start to this tuesday morning in the 60s. in fact, i was out passing dupont circle and people were out still playing chess at 3:00 in the morning. that nice outside. so, for the rest of today, look at your bus stop forecast, we start with this. the kids are getting ready for school this morning. expecting partly to mostly cloudy skies this morning and mild. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. your sunrise at 6:08 for today. here is a look at your day planner for the rest of today where we're going to see partly cloudy conditions and some storms arriving as early as this afternoon out to the west of 81 and then around the district later this evening. but for most of the day around d.c., it will be partly cloudy. warming up to 83 by 4:00. overnight, by 8:00, 74 degrees. partly cloudy conditions. here is a look at your satellite and radar picture where you can see right now, we're going to

the findings will be reviewed by both the state's attorney, gregg bernstein, and by an independent review board appointed by the mayor and the police commissioner. >>> another concern, rising floodwaters are threatening the midwest forcing engineers to take some drastic action. >>> coming up in 1 minute what is at risk if they don't blow up parts of the system that is supposed to keep the water contained. >> charlie sheen is taking steps to improve his image tonight. is it enough? you can decide. >>> here is is a story you had to see to believe it. you thought using leaves in medical procedures were strange, wait until you see what some people have to swallow to save their lives. these stories and more 60 seconds away. >>> new developments to tell you about out of missouri. listen to this. the army corps of engineers is going to blow up a levee in an effort to save a illinois town from rising waters. without this x police heavy flooding would destroy the town of cairo located with the ohio and mississippi rivers meet. >>> after charlie sheen and one of his goddesses got a firsthand look a

first, we begin with anny hong in for howard bernstein.e'll hear from angie later on traffic. >> grab a jacket as you're heading out. cool start for the day. may see areas of patchy fog developing. may encounter that this morning. we're talking about some conditions today where we're starting out cloudy skies out there. and it will stay cloudy for the first part of the day. right now, 55 degrees at reagan national. by 5:00, we'll get to near mid- 70s and we'll see a little bit of clearing for partly cloudy conditions. here's a look at live doppler 9000 hd, light sprinkles are possible farther out to the west. you may encounter that. nothing widespread, no heavy rain expected. currently it is in the mid-50s for d.c. 57 in alexandria. your high for today, mid-70s. warmer manassas up to 80. frederick, 77. luray, 79 degrees. we'll have more on your forecast coming up later. here's angie with your traffic. >> not too much going on. 95 headed northbound, everything is clear from fredericksburg up to 395. we kick things off with the green light.

she's in for howard bernstein with today's forecast. good morning. >> good morning. a little warmer today compared to yesterday when we only made it in the low 60s. the cloudy start out there on your monday morning on the second day of may. may see some areas of fog as well developing. patchy fog for your monday morning commute. we'll talk about visibility in a moment. but first, a look at your day planner. cloudy for the first part of the day. upper 60s by 1:00. may be breezy around the afternoon hours. we have partly cloudy conditions by 3:00 and 5:00. we'll work up to near mid 70 degrees. live doppler 9000 hd, we picked up some light sprinkles. around d.c., it is dry you about cloudy. visibility is all right. frederick, won to half a mile at this hour. martinsburg, 2.5. other locations looking good. no problems here in d.c. cumberland also down to 1.75 miles, that's the visibility. plan ahead. currently, it is 54 in arlington. 55 in d.c. here is a look at the next three days. 74 and breezy becoming partly cloudy. then on tuesday, 80 and warmer. here's angie with y

he collaborated with likes of albert hitchcock and leonard bernstein. >>> the hottest royal couple ind is now heading for the golden state. prince william and his new bride are planning a three-day trip to california beginning july 8th. their official schedule, though, has not been made public just yet. and believe this or not, it will be kate's first trip here to the u.s. >> that's amazing. that is surprising. >>> well, in sports, university of alabama baseball players, some of whom barely escaped last week's tornadoes, returned to the field tonight for the first time since the devastation. and as for last night's sports highlights, we go to espn news. >> good morning. i'm don bell with your espn news update. we start on the ice. daniel sedin and the canucks looking to take a 3-1 series lead before heading back to vancouver. second period. game tied at 1-1. christian ehrhoff feeds it up top for alexander edler. second of the playoffs for him. canucks lead 2-1. later in the second, preds on the powerplay. aaron roam gets the slash on the stick of marty erat. predators go on five-on-th

howard bernstein has the weather first. >> it's cold out there. i didn't know what to put on.n last night, and i got a jacket on, middle weight winter jacket. we have wind chills close to 40 degrees. some temperatures close to 40 degrees. some higher elevations in snow. >> snow shoe had snow yesterday, a little bit. may 4th not bad at all. your day planner for this thursday, sunshine, maybe a few clouds here and there, but generally a mostly sunny day. by noon around 60. this afternoon 65 at 5:00 with highs today into the upper 60s. look at the winds, northwesterly, 16, 18, 17 with gusts 25 to 30. it is going to be a brisk chilly day. some showers did pop even in the afternoon with the heating just bubbled up things enough. we had one or two sprinkles there. showers in pennsylvania this morning and a few clouds have come down. but for the most part clear to partly cloudy skies. there are the chilly temperatures, 43 in hagerstown, we're 47. southern maryland 47 with 49 on the bay. your wind chills this morning down to 39 in hagerstown, feels like 42. bundle up, 42 with the wind

is said to be a partial viblght ri for the city's state's attorney gregg bernstein.he two 15-year-olds were picked new a police van and left court smiling. a third officer has opted for a separate trial. >>> an awful discovery inside a vacant home in howard county. a young by huddled next to his dead father. >> reporter: inside this jessup house family members made a gruesome discovery -- a stranger dead in the basement along with his 5-year-old son. >> he kept saying my daddy's dead. >> reporter: police identified the man as 26-year-old najib abdullah. they said he broke into the home to get away, a mile from his own house. >> he assaulted a family member and left the home. >> reporter: she believes abdullah had been in the house since last tuesday when she noticed a broken window. police responded but did not find abdullah who was hiding in a closet. she said her father-in-law owns the home but passed away two weeks ago. >> we wanted to know if a dead animal crawled inside. if they hadn't gone in this little boy could have died. >> reporter: as for abdullah, police

. >> city homicide detectives sent to review gregg bernstein and the will not be a comment unless they decide charges will be filed. 61 degrees on tv hill. charlie sheen makes a stop in tuscaloosa, alabama. how he said he plans to help. >> a tornadic reps to parts of new zealand. >> this is the beltway at wilkins avenue. >> welcome back. 65 degrees downtown. no rain expected for the morning commute. we can see some rain off to the west. we can see thunderstorms moving across ohio and parts of kentucky. these are moving east. we could see rain catch up to us here in baltimore later today. temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's. 59 at the airport. 59 in jarrettsville. the wind will pick up out of the southeast later today. increasing clouds with a chance for thunderstorms. high temperature, 82 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. stay with us. >> a tornado rips up across parts of new zealand. look at this funnel cloud. pretty good-sized one. across a suburb of the countries largest city. cars were overturned. roof material was torn off build

sidney state's attorney greg bernstein will review the case himself to see if charges should be filed>>> an environmental disaster continues to be cleaned up in baltimore county. mike schuh has more. >> reporter: seven women and three men come to thomason everyday trying to make sense of the disaster that happened here in jacksonville five years ago in. in the past four months attorneys have given them reasons why evenon should pay hundreds of millions of dollars to 250 homeowners near this exxon station in the center of jackson. the leaks happened in 2006. workers drilled through this pipe and for a month 26,000 gallons of gasoline was pumped into the ground. gas that's found its way into the area's drinking water. this is the second trial against exxon. they lost the first. that $150 million verdict is now on appeal. in this trial exxon's story has change n. previously they told the court their monitoring equipment run by outside contractors was faulty but now an employee has testified that there were only two things that would raise an alarm like the one raised that first day. one,

gregg bernstein was disappointed with the decision. >> in essence, what he said was that police officers are never able or not capable of ever kidnapping anyone or false imprisoning someone, which just makes no sense. >> attorneys for the other officers said they will appeal the client's misconduct conviction. the retrial of two teenagers accused of setting a pit bull on fire continues. there are charged with animal cruelty and mutilation of an animal. they set fire to a dog in a southwest baltimore alley in 2009. the burns on the dog were so severe she had to be euthanized. >> a teenager has pled guilty to lesser sex offense charges. prosecutors are expected to seek against the teenager, kadeem santiful. the case against another teenager will begin later. another central and august 60. >> there was an accident in baltimore county that send a victim to shock trauma. this was on german hill road. police say a woman was hit by a garbage truck. the truck then ran over her again as the truck backed up. >> and fought world war ii -- a ii veteran waswar confirmed. yesterday, the body of robert

then later, joshua bernstein from the seiu on why the dream act stalled. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: on this saturday, scenes like this one playing out throughout the country. it is college graduation season. it is followed by job-hunting season. depending on what you read these days, college may not be worth what you pay for it. our question to start the "washington journal" this morning -- is college worth it? what do you think? the telephone numbers are on the screen. we had a fourth line this morning just for college students. his college worth it? we have found a timely editorial cartoon in the "washington post" -- actually this is the "atlanta journal-constitution." you'd think he is handing out diplomas but it is actually lottery tickets. there is one interpretation of what is going on these days and the college area and the real world. this headline as well in the "wall street journal." nicosia picture here from new students at the university of michigan, celebrating their commencement. but the recent that this year's college students hav

assessing how gregg bernstein did in his first case as baltimore state attorney. >>> and more on the nba draft and what it means if are the terps' basketball team. >>> when, if ever, is it appropriate to nap at work? for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast, from wjz's first warning weather team. >> gotta read about that napping part. >>> when it comes to food labeling, one of the areas is the meat aisle. consumers are bombarded with labels. manuel gallegus explains what they mean and found a growing trend at the butcher counter. >> reporter: a trip to the meat aisle can feel like an iq test. everything has labels. but what do i -- do they actually mean? >> you have a right to know. this is fuel you're putting into your body. >> free range may sound pleasant. but by law, it only means the animals have access to the outdoors. that could mean an opening in the barn. >> they're all going to peck at one another. and you can shut it after five minutes and then legally call all of those chickens free range. >> reporter: on the other

. >>> welcome back, howard bernstein with you for your weather first on this thursday morning, chillymorning. the sun is shining brightly but it is cold out there. temperatures in the mid-40s, some spots in the upper 30s west of washington. noon 59 and 5:00 p.m. 65. it will be a breezy day with highs 65 to 70 west of washington. the clouds we had yesterday with a few showers now across the delmar. mid-30s from stanton, 46 in washington with lower 40s in frederick, gaithersburg, manassas and culpeper, 41. pax river naval air station 46. upper 30s to low 40s wind chills. it will be a breezy day but the sun will shine. >>> thank you, howard. two parts of a developing story this morning, a sooting along the bw parkway. the northbound side inside the beltway. around 2:15 park police found two men shot inside a car. the police investigation now has the road closed. angie goff has more on that part of the story with the time saver traffic report. >> thank you, very much mike. it's the reason all morning long since the beginning we kept the yellow light on because we wanted to have drivers fa

. >>> assessing how gregg bernstein did in his case as baltimore's state's attorney. >>> and when, ifver, is it appropriate to nap at work? for these stories and more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. and look for the updated forecasts from the wjz first warning weather team. >>> losing weight and curing disease, all naturally. that is the promise of a new training method that has just come to maryland. in this wjz healthwatch report, andrea fujii tells us about the alive program. >> squat down. >> in just three weeks. barbara rehack's body has changed. >> a 10-pound weight loss. more muscle definition. and a lot more energy. >> she's just one of 12 marylanders in the new alive fitness program, which stands for aggressive lifestyle intervention, variable exercise. it teaches that clients can rid themselves of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, with exercise and gradual changes and eating habits. >> reporter: sugary products, processed. it's all natural, healthy foods. this program has actually been designed to heal the person, rather than just put them on medication and just a tempora

bernstein has a responsibility to take those questions to the grand jury and lay out the facts in themost subjective manner possible. >> reporter: and a spokesman for baltimore state's attorney says there's no timetable as to when he'll decide how to proceed but assures the office is closely reviewing that police report. mary. >> okay. we just thank you. the officers involved in the shooting are on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. >>> maryland's casinos are apparently raking in the cash. the casinos in perryville and ocean city made more than $13 million last month. that's a slight increase from march. so far the casinos have brought in about $77 million this fiscal year. >>> if you drive a honda listen up. the automaker's recalling more than 800,000 vehicles to check a problem with air bags. the air bags can inflate with too much pressure and hurt you. the recall effects honda and accra models from the early 2000s. if you have one of these cars honda will contact you to check on the problem. >>> more records at risk after hackers hit sony. the el

. >> anny hong is in for howard bernstein on the weather terrace with our forecast.od morning, anny. >> grab the little umbrella for today because we do see some light rain on doppler radar. some really light stuff. here is a look at your day planner for today. we'll stay cloudy for much of the day. i think late this afternoon, we'll start to clear out a little bit for partly cloudy conditions. highs will be near mid-70s, currently 56 degrees at reagan national. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. some light scattered rain this morning. and we'll probably see this stick around for the next hour or so. highs for today, near mid-70s in downtown. a little warmer in manassas. 80 degrees. culpepper, 82. luray, warming up to 79 degrees. here is a look at the next three days. showers and thunderstorms, tuesday night into wednesday if you want to keep the umbrellas handy, the next couple of days. as i'm standing out here, i do see a few drops coming out. a little umbrella tucked away as you're heading out this morning. here's angie with your traffic. >> hurry back in, an

host:seiu.org is the website and our guest is josh bernstein.has a law degree from cal he has a law degree from cal berkeley and was a clerk to the ninth circuit court of appeals and spent 14 years at the national immigration law center and is currently with the seiu and our next call -- we have about 20 minutes left - fairborn, new jersey, a democrat, thank you for waiting. caller: i oppose your point of view not so much because i don't support immigration. ina legal and a grim myself -- i am a legal immigrant myself. to the moral concept of the violation of american law. not being able to pay in-state tuition is punishment, essentially. the children's problem is they have to speak to their parents. it is a punishment for them and their parents, morally. most of the time they're parents are part of a cash economy that don't pay taxes. you also said th in-state tuition covers tuition and does not cover more than the cost of educating the student. yet every year, in state colleges come to the legislature and ask for more money because otherwise t

. >> and we had todd bernstein in the last hour and it seems like he's going to be back. but you're getting the feeling that some people are questioning whether or not that's the right move. and scott talked about certain guys that won't be back like the free agents and other teams courting them. it's going to be interesting to see, in the next couple of weeks, not necessarily a month, but in the next couple of weeks what happens in that locker room and which guys are not back. alexander semin, will he be back? var lomoff be back? who knows. a lot of questions. he do -- i don't think we would ask these questions this early. >> the caps have a great team. not a great playoff team. if they do move players they have good trade value and maybe just get a shuffling of the lineup. >> if there are holes in the organization that they think that can be filled, they can fill them by trade. >> it's a long wait until next season. dave ross, thanks a lot. allison, back to you. >>> it is now just about 8:36 on this friday morning. just into the news room, the april unemployment numbers

and leonard bernstein. laurents fighting pneumonia when he died in his new york apartment.es follow? and could it mean relief at the pump, finally? matt gutman takes a look. >> reporter: all-time highs in four states and 24 other states are within pennies of their records. hawaii still has the nation's most expensive gas, but the nation's heartland is catching up. >> these prices are crazy. i've put $20 in here and by the time i get home, it will be gone. >> reporter: national average may have peaked short of the $4 mark. oil and gasoline futures collapsed. crude oil tumbled nearly 9% to less than $100. its lowest price in almost two months. gasoline futures which helped determine the price at the pump down 23 cents. >> i'm hopeful that in average places, prices will drop as much as 20 cents here in the next seven to ten days. >> reporter: so why the dramatic drop? it's partly due to sagging demand. americans are already driving less. a strengthening dollar has dragged down oil prices as is poor economic news like higher than expected jobless claims. still, don't expect to

. >> i'm jim bernstein with walkabout development solutions, and you're right, our moderator told me in the other i was going to the 12th floor and it was a very good moderator for that conference last night. >> thank you for saying that on c-span. >> i agree with you. i'm enjoying this, kind of the way i enjoy watching espn during the playoffs. one of the characters that we get in this meaning, people take an event present event and they dissected. and what does it all mean. there's a rather famous futurist who once said those of us who are deaf and by the presence can't get the future. i would like to throw out three short words to you, and i'd like to hear you comment on them. food, water, opium. and 150 million plus people with nuclear weapons are going to run out of water, going to run out of food and are increasingly influenced by opium. we're talking about a guy who's already dead. >> okay. shuja? >> i couldn't agree with you more. i testified on hill two days ago and i said until and unless you change the economic and political landscape in the case of pakistan, you're not go

and they took the movie of watergate coverage that carl bernstein and i did come all the presidents men, and they showed in downtown warsaw. april were hanging from the balconies. this was a subversive act. and i came back and drafted an article saying a freedom has come to poland, and you know, here we are in a very wise editor said, well, let's wait and see. six weeks later the general clampdown with martial law and it was six to eight years before poland became really free there and i remember the editor coming around after finally the fall of what happened in eastern europe in the soviet union and said, well, that piece was actually. it was just eight or nine years to early. [laughter] >> remarkably an editor could remember. >> i remembered, and i took him to lunch because he kept me from publishing this story that would've been premature. and the problem here in all of these countries, where does it go? >> i mean, the outset to where do they goat takes me to the second component that i want to take issue with, the facebook revolution. because it seems to me that revolution in its b

and joshua bernstein on why the dream act stalled and why some states are making their own rules for undocumented students. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next on c-span, remarks by president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. then the discussion on u.s. policy in the middle east. after that afl-cio president richard trumka. >> this weekend on book tv on c- span2, the gaithersberg book festival. a panel discussion on the book industry. also, the former ambassador to yemen on the u.s.'s counter- terrorism efforts in that country. one of the most significant standoffs of the cold war era, the berlin wall. look for the complete schedule and our web site and get our schedule e-mail directly to you. signup for our book tv alert. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that its country cannot go to borders that existed in 1967 as part as a peace deal with the palestinians. which president obama called extremely is. in a speech, president obama said that the 1967 borders should be the basis for negotiation. this is about 15 minutes. >>

. >> i am jim bernstein with what about solutions. our moderator said i would be -- and there was a good moderator were was going to. >> thank you for seeing none, -- saying that on c-span. >> i am enjoying this the way i enjoy watching espn during the playoffs. one of the characteristics that we get in these meetings that people take an event, at the present event and they dissected and what does it all mean -- the sect -- dissect it and what does it mean? those who are in the present cannot -- and deafened by the present cannot hear the future. food, water, opium. 150 million people plus with nuclear weapons who are influenced by opium and we are talking about a guy who is dead. >> shuja? >> i could not agree with you more. i testified on the hill two days ago and i said until and unless you change the economic and political landscape, in the case of pakistan, you are not going to be able to make any changes here in the future. you cannot create the possibility of change which means addressing the question of energy, food, water, an

immigration reform, the dramatic is one way, that is the way to make a better country host: host: josh bernstein, thanks for your time. guest: it is great being here. host: thank you for your attention and your calls this morning. we will see you back here we will see you back here tomorrow for another edition of the journal. we start every day at 7:00 a.m. we will talk about politics and the 2012 race tomorrow morning. we will also talk ... al qaeda after osama bin laden -- talk about al qaeda after osama bin laden. and you're right -- you might roberta lieutenant general russel honore. he has been active involving the mississippi flooding. we will talk about what is going on there with the army corps of engineers. and lots of politics this weekend as well. enjoy the rest of your saturday and we will see you back here tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> live today on c-span, wrote to the white house, with 2012 republican presidential candidate herman cain as he kicks off his candidacy in atlanta, georgia.

feel the solidarity movement and you -- they took the movie of the watergate coverage that carl bernsteindid, all the president's men, and they showed it in downtown war saw and people were hanging from the balconies. this was a subversive act. and i came back and drafted an article saying freedom has come to poland and here we are in a very wise editor said, well, let's wait and see. six weeks later, the general clamped down with marshall law and it was six to eight years before poland became really free. and i remember the editor coming around after finally the fall of what happened in eastern europe and the soviet union saying well that piece was accurate it was just eight or nine years too early. >> remarkably that an editor who remembers. >> and irmed and i took him to lunch. because he kept me from publishing a story that would have been premature. and the problem here in all of these countries, where does it go? >> well, the answer to where does it go takes me to the second component that i want to take issue with of the facebook revolution, because it seems to me that revolution i

after that, joshua bernstein of the service employees international union discusses why some states aretheir own tuition rules for undocumented students. plus, your emails, phone calls, and 2003. "washington journal" live c-span. >> history is much more than blocks and soldiers. it's social issues. it's also medicine and science and art and music, and theatre and poetry and ideas, and we shouldn't lump things into categories. it's all part of the same thing. >> samuel more retires, harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison, henry adams, sunday night on "q&a" on the americans who made the greater journey to 19th century to paris at 8:00 on c-span. >> next today's white house briefing with press secretary jay carney. the middle east was a major topic of discussion after a meeting at the white house between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. yesterday the president called for a palestinian state based on the borders before the 1967 arab-israeli war. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thanks for waiting. we pushed the briefing back obvi