and the madman with broom, madman in his night shirt with a broom, he, too, returns. he thinks to roust the crows from the mulberry boughs by jabing and swirling his broom, by crazily twirling his broom in the wet summer air and hurling curses skyward beyond the boughs and the crows toward the fading gods beyond the fading stars. but the realist crows know it is only a man in a nightshirt after dawn; that the broom is a broom and that his cries are nothing more than words and half words the heavy air will swallow. they rise anyway from the tree, as best to quiet him and let morning be morning. soon enough they will return again by twos and threes, settling among the spreading limbs, their laughter the same before and after. catherine case is the next reader. . >> one is called the mountain by hashim hafik and it's translated by sadi samoi. i have washed the mountain, i have washed the stones and the pebbles that clings to the trees. i have washed the mountain. i have lit the paths and the back ways around the mountain. i have lit the caves and the stairs and the hidou

no, we're going to be placing an order for new brooms soon. these are our clean sweeps. >> reporter: what are the rules of earthbound quidditch? >> well, we take a lot from the movies and from the books. we have three chasers, two beaters, a keeper and a seeker, >> reporter: the object of quidditch is to get as many points as you can before the snitch is caught, but more on that later. first, let's understand the other players. the chaser is the main offensive position within quidditch. they are the ones scoring the goals. like in soccer, the keeper is the goalie and tries to protect the quaffle from getting through the hoop of their own goal. >> i am a beater, and i have been for two years. they are the muscle of quidditch. their main job is to protect their chaser, and to defend their own goal through the use of bludgers. >> reporter: what position do you play? >> i'm the seeker. the seeker is a very important part of the game. >> their main job is to end the game. basically, how they do that is by taking down the snitch, essentially. which

and then she saw someone pushing a broom, another inmate. and this was scary for her because brooms can be used as weapons. and in cook county jails, we don't rehabilitate. it's just people waiting for trial. this is a holding cell, so people don't have jobs. we don't rehabilitate them, so there's no reason that child should have a broom but instead of doing anything, he came up to her, and i will turn this story over to jovan because i want to ask him something -- he came up to her, if you don't mind, if you move over, you'll be fine. they won't see you. you know, the guys. he told the guys to please back away and strangely they all followed his -- like right away followed his instructions. and so he and cathy started talking and i'm going to let jovan tell you how they met a little bit more. but what struck me is -- this is a woman who would take on his case, who would say you've been here for six years. you've been in this -- in that holding cell for six years? and this is a woman who would take his case on and essentially save him. and t

this broom gives me enthusiasm. have you actually gone. >> with all due respect, what do you think would happen? it would be chaos. i found the real.... >> jon: it would be absolute madness. >> it would be a nightmare. i think i'd be really good. >> jon: you'd be, in fact, the chosen one. >> nice. >> jon: harry potter and the deathly hallows, part 2. if you don't know, it is in the theaters right now. you should go see it because it hasn't earned its second billion yet. daniel radcliffe.

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scott broom has been on the scene all afternoon. scott, i mean, this is a bizarre case. is this man apparently still out there? >> reporter: yes, he is still on the loose and to hear police tell the story is he a real dangerous loose cannon kind of personality armed and screaming as this unfolded today right near the entrance to vwi airport. it happened about 11:30 this morning. the suspect emerging from the woods along the roadside where this speed enforcement trap was set up as usual with a worker inside the vehicle that had cameras on it. the maryland state police picking it up from there. >> he said that the individual went to the rear window of the jeep and began tapping on the rear window with a shotgun. the witness was obviously frightened at that point and began blowing his horn saying the individual came around to the front of the truck and began striking the front windshield with his hammer. >> reporter: now, the worker was not hurt. there were no shots fired. the suspect fled back into the woods. that prompted a huge manhunt. vw parkway was closed for about 3.

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scott broom, 9news now. >> dc police are launching a new website in hopes of solving a murder from 13 years ago. back in 1998, christine was found dead along canal road. police said she was sexually assaulted and killed while caulking to her home in georgetown. now investigators say her dna connects her murder to a series of rapes and assaults. they hope the website will bring tips in for all of these cases. >> we have a missing teen alert. 17-year-old micah is from bethesda. he was last seen on sunday. his family says it is simply just not like him to vanish. if you have seen michael, call police. >>> we are monitoring the power outage situation in north arlington. ahead an update on when the lights will finally be back on. plus anny has your forecast. >> a nice night, but things start shifting with the winds and the humidity. first, here's your almanac. the official high 91. the average 98 degrees. i have your full forecast when i come back. >> but first, more on brazen criminals targeting churches in our area. we'll be back. >>> police in vienna, virginia, are investigating the the

. >> i'm scott broom in upper marlboro where convicted felon, lesli johnson announced her resignation today. a resignation that will not take effect until july 31. lesli johnson who pled guilty thursday to obstruction of justice released a written statement of resignation, saying she would stay in office until the end of the council summer session, not soon enough, said the council after emerging from it closed door meeting. glesktive immediately, district employees will report directly to the council administrator. >> so she is now stripped of a car, a cell phone, and a staff, but it does appear leslie johnson will be staying in office until at least the end of the month. >> that was scott broom reporting. zach johnson pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit extortion last january. he is due to be sentenced in september. >>> an appeals court says they can't force loughner for taking drugs. he was accused of going on that shooting rampage. he killed six people, wounded 13 others, including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. a district judge said doctors in missouri where loughne

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>> well, i don't know. >> broom? >> do you think that might be a good way for us to get it out?he set and my boss will be mad at me. >> you have jumped into newton's first law that tells us objects tend to do what they have been doing unless acted upon by a force. the force we are going to use is this broom. >> over here. >> we are going to pull it back. >> can you get this? >> i don't think they will be able to get that. it's too far over. the point is she is about to spring that broom on that thing. >> i am about to release some potential energy. >> does our cameraman have to worry about anything? >> no, he is going to be fine. >> let's get in tight. >> i want you guys to count it for me. 1, 2, 3! >> wow! >> we thought this was never going to work. she did it in on the first try! >> you just -- >> it is fun. >> it's not broken. >> i can feel it. it is raw. >> it is raw. from this, we get so many questions. and this is what we want to teach teachers to do so that they go back with their students and they provide opportunities for questioning and problem solving which are going

in whites ferry, scott broom, 9news now. >> and rescuers say this incident is a reminder to check thether frequently when storms are in the forecast and to be prepared to modify your plans accordingly. >>> in political news, the senate returned to washington tomorrow as the debt ceiling deadline fast approaches. negotiations between democrats and republicans have been deadlocked over the issue of raising taxes. president obama wants billions of dollars of tax increases to lower the debt. the gop says no way. >> republicans are opposed to any tax hikes, particularly during a fragile economic recovery. i'm confident the democrats and republicans in congress can find a way to give some ground, make some tough choices and put their shoulders to the wheel to get this done. >> some key senate republicans have signaled that they may be willing to compromise on tax loopholes. both sides seem far apart on a deal and no talks are scheduled. the deadline is august 2, but many believe a deal needs to be reached by july 22 in order to get it through congress in time. >>> fox news is apologizing fo

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. >> i'm scott broom in whites ferry, maryland. abandoned camping equipment, bicycle parts, and discarded first aid supplies. neil reich was hit and killed by a falling tree by storms early sunday evening. >> that's too bad because everyone out here is having a good time. >> like a lot of people you meet on the trail, reich was on a long distance overnight trip when they were caught in the weather. reich was putting on rain gear, his friend had just pedal add short distance away, both were a long shelter away. rescuers used an atv and used chain saws, he died at the scene. >> scott, thank you. some more very sad news this independence day. a six-year-old boy died this morning during what was supposed to be a day of fun at sandy point state park. pulled the boy from the swimming area and began performing cpr. first responders took over and rushed the child to the hospital. he died a short time later. >>> well the countdown clock is ticking and thousands of people are on the national mall waiting for those first fireworks to go off.

we have assigned scott broom to continue pursuing leslie johnson for answers. here's what happened today. >> the reason i've tried so hard to get leslie johnson to answer my questions is because of how absurd the situation seems to so many people. afterall, here at the federal courthouse in greenbelt, she's already pled guilty to trying to hide bribe money from the fbi. yet she continues to resist her colleague's calls to resign effective immediately. instead, she'll stay in office until july 31st and continue to collect her pay. so far, i've pursue disgraced prince george's county less he will johnson to her home where neither she or her convicted husband answers the door. and to her husband where leslie johnson did show up to work today. but my request to visit her office and interview her was denied. and she stayed out of sight. johnson is squeezing another four weeks out of the taxpayers by saying she will not resign until july 31st. she'll be paid $1850 per week until then. that's a total of $7500 before she's gone. added to at least $48,000 she's been pai

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you could put up a broom stick, a broom stick and call it a son of liberty, and the broom stick would win. and he says that's true of the frankophiles of the french party, and he says, alas, it's just as true of us, federalists. parties have taken over. character, stature, individual character no longer matters. it's who's the party candidate. and it's full of despair. and in a sense he was right because parties had begun to emerge and were taking over. there are and he felt his kind of leader would no longer matter. and, of course, that became increasingly true over the next 20 or 30 years as the society became more democratic. much more populist. and by the time you get to someone like martin van buren, then you're getting people who have no distinction whatsoever. martin van buren never won a battle, he never was a great figure. he just was a canny politician, and he built the biggest or the best party organization that the state of new york had ever seen and probably has ever seen. and catapulted himself into the presidency. but that's, that was the world that the founders had not

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scott broom joins us on the phone with more on what happens next. scott, is this effective immediately? >> well, leslie johnson wanted this to be effective on july 31st and as far as we know, she's standing by that. just within the last five minutes, council president ingrid turner called the council back into session and she says that effective immediately, the council is taking away leslie johnson's car and staff and calling for her immediate resignation. that's after about an hour and a half executive session where the entire thing was left hanging this morning. council came in as usual and leslie johnson took her seat shortly after the prayer and the pledge of allegiance, she stood up abruptly and left the room leaving the chair empty. at that point, the county council went into session. leslie johnson issued a statement saying she was going to resign effective july 31st, the end of this council session. she later issued a written statement to that effect calling on her district 6 to move forward and then just a few moments ago, the council pres

. >> hit him on the head with the broom. it was -- it's still coming at me. >> police came to the rescue also with pepper spray. the kangaroo was an escaped pet named eddie. vets will examine the animal before a decision is made about his future. >>> starbucks is going on strike. where coffee lovers are having to find other places to get their coffee fix. ush >>> welcome back. we're taking back another live look at the new york stock exchange where stocks are down for a second straight day. gridlock in washington has been pulling stocks lower today. the dow is down 66 points. as for the other indexes, we have nasdaq, that's up, slightly up, 1 point. s&p right now is down 2. >>> thety so ray oil refinery in -- the tesoro oil refinery has agreeed to paying a fine. the company officials say they reported many of the incidents at about 40% of the unreported incidents they say were due to paperwork errors. >>> american apparel is using a new strategy to boost its sagging sales of hoodies an t- shirt. they are teaming up with ebay

let's move up to the small broom. >> this is going to have to go on my chin.n't know why i can do it. >> that is incredible. >> that's it. i can do it forever. it's really therapeutic. >> okay. here we go. this is the biggie. now, this is heavy. >> yeah, this kind of sucks. >> this is actually a heavy old duty broom. >> if i get this can i get like 15 bucks or something? >> well, you can definitely come back. >> not even 15 bucks. wow. [ bleep ]. ooh, sorry. >> no, you can say that. this is a high pressure environment. >> adam levine breaks chin at "piers morgan." here we go. pressure. >> pressure's mounting here. that is incredible. that is brilliant. i take my -- if i had my hat on, i'd take it off to you. >> that's right, america. bet you didn't know that [ bleep ]. >> have you ever performed this stunt live on television? >> no. and you know what? i probably never will again. >> well, your talent is now exposed. the reason i like you, apart from the fact i actually genuinely like your music, the reason i like you is when you tweet things like this -- "when

should, as i proposed at the time, organize an unmanned aerial -- [inaudible] of those contemporary broom sticks known as the hot air balloons, load the wicker baskets with the allegedly offending material and using the latest witchcraft technology known as remote control, spew their contents all over humpty dumpty's wall. sooner or later true power will lend a hand -- [inaudible] sure to visit our geography of of -- [inaudible] and see the momentum that was begun north of the continent has carried not only southwards to sudan, the congo and zimbabwe, but further eastward to places like iran where writers and protagonists of their rights of the mind and the existence of daily insecurity under one form of menace to another; where activists, male and female, old or young are still secretly hanged in this -- in state prisons. paranoia has all but stifled the freedom that attaches to all forms of creativity, turning them into furtive exiles. i do not attach to my view of a literary occupation if only through its antiquity as not too distant there that of witchcraft or sorcery. raised against

the pursuit of the highest profits that's according to spy and that member of the young turks the broom movement the overall goal for the media right now is to profit i mean they're constantly worried about ratings why are they worried about ratings because in the advertising department or in the sales department those ratings need to be presented to advertisers and if you are cut they think that if you cover stories that are important stories on libya stories on the economy that americans are going to buy they want the sensationalism they're going to focus on the sensationalism there is an audience out there for it but it's discouraging because people are getting informed on the issues that are that are important to vet the issues that actually affect them on a daily basis and if they think that's going to bring in the money in the ratings then that's what they're going to cover and i think that that's discouraging and i think they're wrong i think they're wrong on that point. well some of the international nice stories in brief for you now islamist militants in somalia say this still

president is economic liberalization and the broom and in the sea of enterprises. channeling their hands i'm not sure that these liberalization idea is that. he is a much more focused on strongarm than. that opportunity to provide strong support. russia is going to sell ten percent of its high tech corporation ross now as part of a privatization plan the state could be sold in two years around one billion dollars and this believe investors will be interested in the search as nanotechnology zoran strong demand. so you have the markets now oil is continuing to lose ground despite trees fall in from peak levels fears of softening demand dominating the market with investors concerned about u.s. economic recovery and possibility of further monetary tightening in china blend is trading at around one hundred sixteen dollars per barrel light sweet ninety four and on. the stock markets now european stocks are seeing a heavy selloff after a sharp drop in the previous session and there's a continue to dump banking and insurance stocks on persisting sovereign debt. not helped

parliaments in berlin for instance and explain why these loans are going to greece and these are brooms come in the form of public as a sales and driver base ation then they're doing it because they want to get something out of greece and they're doing it in a state of panic and in a way that ensures minimum resistance to these huge loans to greece in the berlin parliament and why these huge loans to gaze simply because they very much fear lehman moment in the french banks which we need to be explosion of the spanish that situation and then do a complete collapse of the euro and then that it was a fusion of the dutch market will introduce a huge new recession in germany now are great politicians run london recently trying to sell great assets far knock down prices how does selling off income producing assets or start a large army cannot buy ability of grace it doesn't at all i mean don't you just give you a very great example take the state lottery international lot of greece it produces four hundred million euros of evidence a year for the greek state and they're now going to try to se

inside congress square is once again stormed by thousands of demonstrators demanding brooms. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world says goodbye to many readers as it turns the last page in its one hundred sixty you. shut down homes in the wake of phone hacking allegations wrists . germany has agreed to supply nato forces in libya with new missions for the continuing u.s. strikes inside a shift from its original position of the incident zone to pressure from on the announcement. well the next we'll take a look at how could it stone has read for twenty years without the union as a country remains largely dependent on agriculture there's rampant unemployment and political instability. kurdistan the central asian country and former soviet republic. in the space of just five years this state has gone through two revolutions the country is divided into two parts both by the mountains and by the unresolved conflict between the developed north and i call cultural south. kurdistan overcome its political and ethnic standoff could there be a repetition of spontaneous ri