in washington, brook hart, wbal-tv 11 news. >> turning to sports now. the cleveland browns left town probably black and blue after running into the buzz saw that is the baltimore ravens. joe flacco turned in his second 300 passing yard day of the year with no, it had it had and interceptions. -- it had -- touchdown and ?echtions. the ravens' running attacked combined for three touchdowns and 142 yards. neither starting quarterback bradyin for replacement derek anderson were able to manage much against the ravens' defense. the final score, ravens 34, browns three. keith mills will have more highlights and reaction later in the newscast. >> that was a total blowout. great. 55 degrees in tv hill. coming up, many marylanders are toss ago side -- tossing aside what were once nifty devices. >> strolled through thinking that the road was open. there was no way to see until i was inside. >> scary moments for that georgia driver when a sink hole opened up beneath him. >> here's a live look at traffic. this is beltway at liberty road on the west side. moving fine

brook hart has that story from washington. >> it was a year ago today lehman brothers collapsed and the financial panic began. investors and homeowners saw wealth wiped out and two administrations stepped in with massive bailouts and aid. president obama today highlights what has changed and what hasn't. not a single new law has been enacted to prevent a repeat. but the president will say the economy is better off. thanks, he'll say, to bold steps. >> rescue the financial system, to ensure that our domestic auto industry didn't go out of business and to stimulate the economy. that certainly cost a lot of money, but it's something that we had to do. >> we have come to speak -- >> thousands of protesters came to washington this weekend angry over those steps. >> we're spending too much money we don't have. >> and wary of the obama health care plan. >> we must stop this government takeover of health care. >> one advisor to the president said more people need change than oppose it. >> i don't think we ought to be distracted by that. my message to them is, they're wrong. >> senate democrats

brooke hart joins us live from capitol hill with the latest. brooke, good to see you. thanks for joining us. let's start off with that congressman's conduct. explain what that was and why there's so much talk about it. >> reporter: right. this was house republican joe wilson and, joe, it happened off camera so you didn't actually see him do this, but it was a rare breach of protocol and respect. you saw some reaction to it as the president was delivering his speech. it came as president obama was talking about and trying to debunk some myths about his health care reform ideas, specifically in this case whether illegal immigrants would be covered by reform and get health care because of it. and at the same time, he was doing that, off camera you heard someone in the audience say, "you lie." as i mentioned, a rare breach of protocol and respect there. house leaders are weighing possibly punishing house republican leader wilson because of it. president obama was trying to appeal to lawmakers at the time to stop bickering. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter

in wash, brooke hart, nbc news. >>> you can watch it right here on nbc4, and it starts at 8:00 tonight. >>> a news pioneer is being remembered today in new york city. a memorial service for walter cronkite is being held at this hour. he anchored the nightly newscast from 1962 to 1981. he died in july. president barack obama is speaking at the memorial service and is expected to be back in washington well before tonight's big speech on health care. >>> let's take a look outside here in washington, d.c. where a lot of clouds above us, as you can see. we had rain as well. >> meteorologist, tom kierein, is up in storm center 4. >> the rain tapered off now. just a few isolated showers are lingering. a little sun may be trying to break out in the afternoon. still a lingering shower in southern principles -- prince georges county. temperatures are climbing now into the low 70s where there is some sun breaking out across parts of virginia in the san undougha valley. and upper 60s out in the mountains. all of the clouds and these scattered showers. light breezes. temperatures climbing into the

live on capitol hill, i'm brooke hart. back to you. >> okay, brooke, thanks very much. >> the top commander in afghanistan wants more troops but the white house says not so fast. the pentagon has told general stanley mcchrystal to delay submitting his request for additional troops. just yesterday, a confidential assessment he wrote was leaked to the media. it said without more troops in the next year, the mission will, quote, likely result in failure, but the president isn't sure. >> until i'm satisfied that we've got the right strategy, i'm not going to be sending some young man or woman over there beyond what we already have. >> president obama is pushing for another strategy review before mcchrystal makes his request for more troops. the general is expected to ask for 30,000 new combat troops and trainers within the coming weeks. >> our time right now is 5:39, 67 degrees. a busy metro station in northern virginia is losing hundreds of parking spots. >> also, a troubling trend in the increase of traffic accidents happenin

in washington, brooke hart,bc news. >> some democrats are complaining the measure doesn't make insurance affordable enough for americans who don't have it. >>> more u.s. troops could be headed to afghanistan. the top military adviser says there needs to be an increase because the situation in afghanistan is deteriorating. admiral mike mullins says he doesn't know how many will be requested. some have spoken out against sending more troops. >>> this morning we're learning new details about a metro bus driver who hit a jogger near dupont circle. it was apparently her third accident while on the b jo. that's the word from "the washington post." the patient says carla procter stepped off her bus in 2003 when it rolled down a hill causing a chain reaction crash that damaged seven other vehicles. the next year she reportedly crashed a bus into the back of a park car. she got remedial training on both cases. she's on paid administrative lead. the woman she hit this month is still in intensive care. >>> school bus drivers in spotsylvania county are speaking out against a new policy requiring the

live on capitol hill, i'm brooke hart. back to you. >> all right. thank you, brooke. >> new numbers reveal most terror suspects are not being prosecuted. a research group from syracuse university found the government is only prols cuting one in four people charged in connection with terrorism. the study found the other 75% are going free because the evidence is not strong enough. the justice department is already responding, saying it disagrees with the study's conclusions. >>> well, it's been 14 years since the oklahoma city bombing and now the fbi has released some security tapes showing the immediate aftermath. in this video, you can see people rushing from nearby buildings after the blast at the murrah federal building. the tapes do not show the murrah building itself. neither do they show the explosion. 168 people were killed in that blast. bomber timothy mcveigh was executed back in 2001. his co-conspirator, terry nichols, is in prison serving a life sentence. >> acclaimed film director roman polanski has hired a swis

live on capitol hill, i'm brooke hart. back to you. >> thank you, brooke. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> five more american troops have been killed in what has become the deadliest year in the war in afghanistan. the department of defense says four soldiers and a marine died in three separate incidents. the top general has asked for more troops in the war torn country. a request the obama administration is now considering. >> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is in the hospital this morning after feeling sick in her chambers yesterday. the 76-year-old ginsburg had received a treatment for iron deficiency at her office and began feeling faint and lightheaded about an hour after that. those are both possible side effects of the treatment. ginsburg, who had a small malignant growth removed from her pancreas back in february, was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> well, thousands of people are expected to gather outside the capitol building today for a muslim prayer service. that could affect a lot of folks who

live on capitol hill, i'm brooke hart. backo yo >> thank you, brooke. >> it is now 6:39, 65 degrees outside. >>> the excitement is building. the redskins hoim opme opener t days away. metro is ready for a crush of football fans. what they're doing to get everyone to the stadium. >> plus, having some fun at fashion week. models take the catwalk in snuggies. >>> let's talk with the weather a little bit and traffic, too. but we begin with weather. >> hey, tom. >> hey, bagood morning. a view down pennsylvania avenue. you can see we have a cloud cover there. it is cloudy from dupont circle to clinton, reston and colesville this morning. on radar as we look, we don't have any precipitation at this hour around the region, although a few hours ago we did have some drizzle passing west and north of washington so some of the roads may still be wet there as the morning progresses, though. a gradual drying trend and gradually warming, too. right now low and mid-60s around the region. highs reaching the mid-70s. finally some sunshine co

and in washington, brooke hart, nbc news. >>> later president obama will travel to pittsburg where he will host world leaders of the 20 largest economies at the g-20 summit. >>> a book yet to hit shelves makes surprising claims about john edwards and his extra marital affair. a former aide is writing it. the aide claims edwards told the mistress he would marry her when his wife dies. the former aide also claims to have worked with campaign finance chairman to hide the affair. a grand jury is investigating whether edwards paid hunter with campaign money. there is speculation as to whether edwards is the father of the hunter's child. edwards continues to deny that. >>> and a man suspected of murdering four people at the home of a professor is in court today. mccroskey is charged with killing a pastor at the home in farmsville, virginia. he is also suspected in the murders of professor debra kelly, and kelly's husband and their teenager daughter. and they believe mccroskey had a romantic relationship with the daughter. >>> and there is an investigation where authorities raided his home a

live on capitol hill, i'm brooke hart. barbara and joe, back to you. >> thank you, brooke. >> thanks very much. >> now to a crime alert along the c & o canal. police are warning about a rash of break-ins. the thief strikes during weekends on macarthur boulevard in potomac and the way he goes about his crimes is a bit unusual. kimberly suiters joins us live from potomac with a story that is new today. kimberly? >> reporter: good morning, barbara. there are a lots of things about this crime that make it unusual. first of all, only happening on weekends, only targeting one car a day. and in this location, the 10800 block of macarthur boulevard. it's across the street from the old anglers inn. we understand that people who use the restaurant parking lot are not being targeted. again, people using the restaurant not being targeted. it's across the street, the people who are parking there to use the c & o canal and are going for long walks, jogs, bike rides, et cetera. another unusual aspect about these break-ins is that the thi

i'm brooke hart. back to you. >> thanks, brooke. >> just days before president oba was scheduled to leave for new york city, police arrested three men believed to be involved in plotting a terrorist attack. at the center of the investigation 24-year-old najibullah zazi, an airport shuttle driver in denver. agents say that he drove a rented car to new york city two weeks ago, carrying a laptop computer. according to court documents, that laptop contained instructions on how to make bombs. officials also say that zazi admitted to getting weapons training from al qaeda. authorities cannot say whether there was a specific target, but there are hints a plan was well under way. >> you have a guy driving from denver to new york. you have a whole group of backpacks. you have people trying to rent the largest u-haul van that they could find. all these events together, there just wasn't an innocent explanation to cover all of that. >> agents also arrested zadzi's father and another man from new york city. all th

. >> i'm brook hart in washington. iran and afghanistan top president obama agenda in a week of critical meetings on both. >> and the baltimore book festival has wrapped up but we still have some closures in effect. we'll update you on those and check on the roads coming up. [captioning made possible by constellation energy] >> good morning monday. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we'll get to our big story in a minute. first a check of the forecast. yesterday shaped up to be a bee -- decent day just in time for the game. >> the rains on saturday night, about an inch and a half. a good amount of rain, but thankfully it was great for the game. what a win. we killed them. looking awesome this year. as we look at our weather for today, we're going to be partly cloudy and breezy. 77 our forecast high. pretty chilly start this morning, 61 downtown, 55 at the airport. generally mid 50's on the eastern shore. 64 down in ocean city. today we have a front that's going to mov

. >> i'm brook hart in washington. president obama today goes to new york to talk reform. not health care reform but regulatory reform. that story coming up. >> and we're tracking an early morning accident. we'll update you on that, how it's impacting traffic and [captioning made possible by constellation energy] >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. >> we'll get to our big story. first a check of the forecast with sandra shaw. yesterday was a winner, that's for sure. >> all the way around. what great football conditions. go will hav ravens. thank goodnes

brook hart is in washington with what to expect. >> it was a year ago today lehman brothers collapsed and the financial panic began. investors and homeowners saw wealth wiped out and two administrations stepped in with massive bailouts and aid. president obama today highlights what has changed and what hasn't. not a single new law has been enacted to prevent a repeat. but the president will say the economy's better off. thanks, he'll say to bold steps. >> and rescue the financial system, to ensure that our domestic audio industry didn't go out of business and to stimulate the economy. that certainly cost a lot of money but it's something that we had to do. >> we have dom speak. >> thousands of protesters came to washington this weekend angry over those steps. >> they're spending too much money we don't have. >> and wary of the obama health care plan. >> we must stop this government takeover of health care. >> one advisor to the president said more people need change than oppose it. >> i don't think we ought to be distracted by that. my message to them is they're wrong. >> senate democ

brook hart is in washington with what we can expect. >> in iran today more missile tests. the second round in two days. is tehran working to eventually arm missiles with a nuclear warhead? that's the u.s.' suspicion. the u.s. and allies revealed friday iran has been building a second plant in secret. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them in october, they are going to have to come clean. >> the long-term weapons goals. >> the iranians are in a bad spot now because of this deception in terms of all of the great powers. and there obviously is the opportunity for severe additional sanctions. >> on tuesday, war strategy in afghanistan tops president obama's agenda. general stanley mcchrystal meets with the president along with defense secretary gates and secretary of state hillary clinton. she said sorting out election results in afghanistan where the regime's been accused of fraud is step one in u.s. strategy review. >> it's not over yet. we have to wait until it is resolved, hopefully very soon. then make a new commitment about how we're going to meet our strategic

. >> i'm brook hart in washington. president obama is in pittsburgh this morning and set to announce the g-20 has new authority over world economic matters. >> and the weekend looks like it's starting out on the dreary side. the insta-weather plus forecast as the news continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group]

brook hart, wbal-tv 11 news. >> could the way you discipline your child reflect his or her intelligence? a university of new hampshire professor says his research shows children who are spanked have lower i.q.'s. the study tested ages 2-9 then retested four years later. the kids who were spangde had i.q.'s 3/4 lower. they believe it can be a stressor posing post traumatic stress-like systems. >> our water cooler question of the day do you think spanking a child can impact their i.q.? >> email your response at watercooler@wbaltv.com. the time is 5:70. the state of massachusetts will have a new start by the end of the day. >> and details on an investigation. >> and details on an investigation. >> sandy point, more >> and details on an invewe call the bunches >> sin honey bunches of oats the prize in the box. well, now there's a prize inside the prize. pecans! pecans! baked into crunchy oat bunches. taste the delicious surprise in every spoonful. new honey bunches of oats with pecan bunches. beautiful. of maxwell house's flavor lock lid. hear that? seals it tight. smells like fresh ground.

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. >> i'm brook hart in washington. iran and afghanistan top president obama's aend in -- agenda in a week of critical meetings on both. >> week three of the ravens' schedule looks more like a scrimmage with the practice squad as joe flacco and crew roll all over the cleveland browns. >> and a chilly start to your workweek. can we expect a warm-up later in thee

live on capitol hill, i'm brooke hart. joe and barbara, back to you. >> thank you, brooke. >> friends and family are mourning a local marine who was killed in afghanistan while serving his second tour of duty. lance corporal jordan chrobot of frederick, maryland, was killed during combat this past weekend. he had already been deployed once before to iraq. relatives say the 24-year-old always wanted to serve his country. >> he loved civil war re-enacting. he seemed to be -- have a heart for that. he always wanted to be a marine. >> chrobot leaves behind a wife and three younger siblings. the department of defense has not released any details of his death. >> new today, police in arlington are looking for a dangerous criminal who waved a gun and jumped the counter during a bank robbery. take a look at these surveillance photos. this happened at a wachovia bank on south george mason drive. the man came in with a gun raised in the air. he h his face covered and wore gloves and camouflage pants. the man hopped the counter, put

brooke hart joins us with more on mr. obama's hopes to change that tonight. >> reporter: you said it. as you know, the president has tried to stay at arm's length from the health care debate in congress and shape it from a distance. tonight all that changes as he steps into the center of the fray. ahead of tonight's speech, the pressures on the president were loud and visible. liberal activists showed up outside the white house, even some who worked for barack obama during his campaign threatened to abandon him. >> i will not work for him again if he abandons the ub public option. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi pressured him inside and huddled th democrats later. >> i do believe in order to pass a bill in the house we will have a public option. >> reporter: fiery town halls this summer have driven some democrats like arkansas's mike ross against public insurance. after members paused to remember ted kennedy, some republicans said start over. >> let's go back to square one, sit down together and get this issue res

brooke hart joins us from capitol hill with more this morning. hey, brooke. >> reporter: good morning. health officials told lawmakers that 250 million doses of the vaccine will be available next week, enough to cover everyone who wants it. those doses will be available overtime, not actually starting on monday when the program begins. and while some parents don't want another vaccine for their children, others wish only that it came sooner. her mom says cloe see was a healthy 14-year-old old. she went home from school sick wednesday, diagnosed with swine flu friday, hospitalized by sunday. >> she was just gasping for air. and i asked her, i said, baby, y are you breathing like that? she said, mamma, it hurts. >> reporter: her mom said it didn't seem possible. >> it killedy baby. >> reporter: the first doses of the h1n1 vaccine become available next week. the military is requiring the shots. health care workers in new york, too. some resisted. >> today we take action. tomorrow we stop the mandates! >> reporter: only four in ten parents plan to vac

brooke hart has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: max baucus is confident gop backing will come. but today he releases his health care reform measure without it. >> i expect by the end of the day, by the time we vote in the committee on the final passage, there will be republican support. >> reporter: gop senators helped shape the reformed plan. it would require americans to buy american insurance or be fined, and tax insurance on high-end plans. >> are you fired up? >> reporter: in pittsburgh, president obama rallied union members for reform. >> it's the broken health care system sucking up all the money. when we will stop it? >> reporter: late yesterday after house lawmakers rebuked joe wilson for his outburst. and jimmy carter says race explains it, and anger shown this summer. >> i think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man. >> reporter: wilson dismissed that claim. >> that's totally a distraction. >> reporter: earlier brushed off the punishment, too. >> when we are done here

in washington, brook hart, nbc news. >>> today 30 people were killed in afghanistan when a roadside bomb hit a bus in kandahar. children were amo the dead. >>> and in vietnam, rivers are overflowing. 175 people have been forced out of their homes. in china, the typhoon stirred up surf and rough rains. >> in the philippines, the typhoon was a killer blamed for more than 240 deaths. the country is now cleaning up nearly 400,000 people. they can't go home because of flooding and damage there. this is the most rainfall they have had in 40 years. several nations including the u.s. have always donated money to help pay for relief supplies. >>> we have been lucky around here. we have not had to deal with any inclement weather in the last few months. >> for the philippines, another typhoon that may be coming close there in the next few days. here around our part of the world in the atlantic, we had a quiet season. as we take a look outside this morning, we had the autumn chill arrive. and we look at the sky going back in time, and over the last hour and a half, we can squeeze that down to 30 sec

brook hart, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the lawyer who has filed a civil suit on what of two former employees of the advocate -- advocacy group acorn -- the bloggers who posed as a pimp and prostitute in a hidden camera sting was filed not to make them pay but to enforce laws barring secret recording. >> used to be three network television stations and a newspaper all of which played by the rules now we have a bunch of bloggers who think the rules don't apply to them and if we don't take a stand here and say no there is both a criminal and civil law that prohibit it's secret taping i think it becomes then sort of wild west news gathering. >> here in maryland it's against the law to record someone's voice without their knowledge. they said the pimp didn't wear the outrageous costume inside baltimore acorn offices. >> a new hampshire professor says his research shows children who are spanked have lower i.q.'s. the study tested the i.q.'s of children 2-9 and tested them five years later. more frequent spankings was associated with even lower i.q.'s. that brings us to our water cooler question of

brooke hart, nbc news. >>> though the president and vice president accepted representative wilson's apogy vice president joe biden reacted. >> i saw unity in terms of the wilson's o e demeaning comment, not only to the president but to an institution i love. >> it seems representative wilson's disruption is benefiting his opponent south carolina democrat rob miller. since last night his campaign has reportedly raised thousands of unexpected dollars on line for a possible rematch with wilson next year. >>> today a taxpayer rally kicks off in washington. thousands of people are expected to protest what they are calling a non-stop tax and spend agenda on capitol hill. the rally begin this is morning with the liberty s ummit heldt at the.c d. near rfk m.stiuad after the summit participants are eraouncged to visit ou legislators. on saturday mningngegniin at 11:30, a march is scheduled fmni freedom plaza tohe t capitol sts. ep s e group freedom works i events and week's predicts that tens of thousands will attend. >>> today safety upgrades and a possible fare hike are among the issues debated

we welcome back hln law enforcement analyst mike brooks and t.j. hart 97.3 fm in gainesville, florida. t.j., let's hit on what tommy croslin is say something. >> he said i was called by ronald. ronald was at work. he had not been able to reach misty by telephone. he called tommy to go down and check. they live a few yards from each other. he goes to the trailer where haleigh, junior and misty is supposed to be. he sees no lights on, no television. no sound of a radio. nothing. dead quiet. knocked on the door, banged on the door, no answer. reluctantly he left. we have no word from law enforcement whether or not he called ron to tell him that news or not. but that is what we are getting from a conversation with croslin. >> what is he saying, were the kids there and she wasn't? >> he could not see anyone, could not hear anyone, not a light on in the house which is odd because they usually have a tv or movie playing in the home at that time. absolutely dead silent. he stopped short of saying not home. family members had been told this prior to this weekend