1848, the property qualifications were dropped and so from 1848 until 1867, the voters in the capitol city were what were all white men. and so all white men could vote and then -- and black men and women could not vote. so there's also -- that gives you -- and then the government -- the city government was usually in the hands of sort of the economic elite, the business elite, and so one of the dramatic changes is once you have african-american men right to vote, it really reshapes the electorate. and it allows for people with different priorities to come in to office locally and that's part of the reason why a coalition develops to kind of unseat that government. >> yes, sir. [inaudible] >> why did it take so long? from looking at over 100 years? >> that's a terrific question. and it's a complicated set of reasons why. some washingtonians were not too unhappy with the commission form of government. one of the things that the commission form of government made possible was it, made possible that people with connections and in particular people with real estate connections had the ear of t

. >>> overnight at least four nato air strikes targeted the libyan capitol city of tripoli. it was some of the heaviest nato bombings in weeks. one site hit is a building used by military intelligence agency. another building was reportedly used by parliament members. it was not immediately clear what the other two strikes hit. >>> in japan today a small group of people evacuated from the area around the damaged nuclear plant were allowed to make a brief visit to their homes. about 100 people boarded government buses and had to wear protective gear -- protective suits to guard against radiation. they were only allowed to stay in their homes for two hours. 78,000 people living within 12 miles of the nuclear plant were forced to evacuate after the plant's reactors overheated following the earthquake and tsunami on march 11th. >>> former house speaker newt gringrich plans on officially announcing a run for the white house tomorrow. gringrich says he'll make the announcement using two bay area based websites, twitter and facebook. despite the former house speaker's high profile

five loud explosions were reported in yechl en's capitol city.yal to the president. >>> jared lee loughner was sent to a federal prison hospital for mental evaluation. earlier this week, he was ruled not competent to stand trial. >>> treasury department confirms fee at will buy remaining stock in chrysler. that will pay down the nearly 2 billion they have to recover. >>> a memo obtained by cnn says lower than normal maneuver last sunday during the blue angels performed near lynch berg. >>> democrats think they have a new weapon, medicare. how will they use it. ♪ ♪ when you're resonsible for this much of the team, you need a car you can count on. ♪ [ sam ] my first ride lasted just 30 seconds. another reminder of what i couldn't do. ♪ the accident could have been my excuse to quit. i made it my reason to go even harder. ♪ [ male announcer ] helping people achieve without limits. at the hartford it's what we do... and why we're the founding partner of the u.s. paralympic team. show your support at facebook.com/thehartford. bridgestone is using natu

overnight at least four nato air strikes the libyan capitol city of tripoli. it was some of the heaviest nato bombings in weeks. look at the damage there. one side that was hit was a building used by a military intelligence agency. another building reportedly was used by members of parliament. not immediately clear what the other two strikes may have hit. >>> a mexican marine and 12 members of a drug cartel are dead after a gun battle near the u.s.-mexico border. show you some video sha shows the u.s. side of falcon lake. now on the other side of that lake is mexico. that's where the mexican marines found a drug camp on sunday. and that started a violent gun battle with cartel members. it's believed drug cartel members were using the camp to smuggle marijuana by speedboat into texas. >>> starting today peninsula shoppers you can charge more than clothes and gifts at the stanford shopping center. the mall will unveil a new recharging station for electric vehicles at 10:00 this morning. the station will be located on the lower level parking deck near macy's. the

military team located and killed osama bin laden not far from the capitol city of islamabad.akers said to be drawing all long list of questions about this military operation and pakistan and what it knew about it, where bin laden was hiding. joining us now, congresswoman sylvester reyes, democrat from texas, he is a member of the house armed services committee and former chairman of the house intelligence committee. last night's developments, congressman, obviously changed the tenor of this discussion today. what is your first question? >> well, first of all, congratulations to the men and women of the many intelligence agencies and military that carried out this operation and also the director panetta and president obama, who make that decision. but i think the intelligence committee's -- committees both on the house and senate side probably have had briefings on these operations or at least the planned operation. i think my first question based on tenure, service in the intelligence committee deals with exactly what -- how much information the pakistanis knew, were they hel

powerful intelligence service must have known the terror leader was living just miles from the capitol city. conor powell is streaming live from kabul. conor. >> reporter: well, jen yarks afghan officials have long accused pakistan of not only harboring terrorists like osama bin laden, but also giving aid and comfort and supplying the fighters who are waging war here in afghanistan. senior members of the taliban are believed to be hiding out in parts of pakistan. there also are other members of al-qaeda that are believed to be in pakistan as well. so there's long been sort of a lot of an-- animosity and disbelief and trust in pakistani officials because of this. today, one of the most senior members of the afghan government today said that he simply doesn't believe that pakistani officials didn't know where usama bin laden was hiding out in pakistan. >> even a very weak government, with weak intelligence service, would have known and would have had the information that who was living in such a house, which was seen through media and tv, and what was going on in that house. >> reporter: it's

what people have had to endure in their own lives and frankly, there are a lot of people in this capitol city who make a whole lot of money. i'll talk about some of them in a second. but recent polls tell us what the majority of americans are thinking about. according to two recent polls, four out of 10 americans believe our country is heading in the wrong direction. i agree with them. as gas prices rise and as -- and climb to record levels, 71% of our citizens are experiencing financial hardships. more cars are along the roads in ohio where people just simply run out of gas or you see them at the pump and they only put in $20 and they hope that maybe a week from now the pice won't be as bad. i want to dedicate my time this evening to talking about jobs, about america being held hostage to what the gentleman ahead of me was talking about, big oil, an policy changes, we -- policy change -- changes we need to make to get our economy running strongly here at home. i want to just point out a couple of more thans of our predicament so that people are thinking ability different aspects of what we f

capitol. the storm struck the city and surrounding suburbs during rush hour.o has launched more strikes on targets in the libyan capital of tripoli. there are reports of a number of large blasts near coffeepot compound. on monday, they carried out some of the heaviest rains in the city. the libyan government spoked and said 19 people were killed in those attacks. we have a latest on the air strike. >> and other night and nato is again bombing the libyan capital of tripoli. these strikes began around 11:00 in the evening. large explosions shook our hotel. it appears that they were aimed at the same part of the city that was last night. smoke coming from that area. nhtsa said yesterday -- and ito said yesterday -- it was reserved military force. they have reacted with fury to last night's heavy involvement. questioning how nato could declining to be -- there are terrorizing the population of tripoli. it appears that nato tends to carry on this pressure. this comes just before president obama and british prime minister are due to hold talks in london with libya a

bin laden not in a remote cave, but in a million-dollar mansion an hour outside of pakistan's capitol in a city called abbottabad. >> it was far from certain and it took months to run this thread to ground. >> reporter: the lead was that there was a high-value target under protection at the home. eight times larger than any other nearby. the house had extraordinary security with 18-foot walls and bashed wire but suspiciously had no phone or internet. >> our message to the taliban remains the same. but today it may have even greater resonance. you cannot wait us out. you cannot defeat us. but you can make the choice to abandon al-qaeda and participate in a peaceful, political process. >> reporter: in march president obama held the first of five national security meetings to plan the assault before giving the go ahead for the operation friday. >> his death is the most significant victory in the fight against al-qaeda. it sends a strong message to terrorists around the world. >> reporter: on sunday a team of u.s. special forces descended on the home by helicopter. osama bin laden was found on the

he planted a tree at common good city farm on capitol hill. it's a small farm that grows produce for low-income residents. they also toured the supreme court. today charles is slated for a speech at georgetown university on the future of food and he will visit with the president at the white house. >>> the caps's quest for the cup could come to an abrupt end tonight after a lead quickly slipped through their fingers yesterday. news 4's dan has more on another heartbreaker from down in tampa. >> reporter: it's not just the tampa bay lightning the capitals are battling right now. it's history as well. guys trying to become the fourth team in 164 tries to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. they came down to tampa down 2-0 and feeling very confident going into this one. second period, tied at two. 5 on 3 power play. mike green shoots. rebound back out to alex ovechkin. and ove goes top shelf. caps take a 3-2 lead. and they're looking good going into the third. but things unravelled quickly. stomkos with the wicked snapshot and t

fight for autonomy and voting rights continues in the nation's capitol and activists are taking the fight to the streets. the mayor and city council members were arrested outside of the heart senate office building and again, they are focused on capitol hill. fox 5s karen gray houston is live at the upper park and you can hear the activity behind her. karen, looks like they're trying to send, once again, a clear message to congress. >> reporter: they say they want to shut the city down but i want to tell you right now, there haven't been arrests yet, there haven't been acts of civil disobedience yet. the capitol police are ready and there are a lot of police cruisers on the scene here and in constitution avenue. and what is going on, though, is this protest by women leaders and one is joining me here right now. this is -- the lady with a lot of names. reverend doctor e. gayle anderson. >> yes. >> she used to be the president of the interfaith council of washington, d.c., and i want to know why you are here? >> we came today in the backdrop of the capitol and our sister. and we're stick and -- sick and tired of being d.c. r

capitol. complex. and thousands of protesters from the georgian cities to demand present the resignation of the police and. there are some stories. well welcome to the scores on the big night of boxing action for yourself coming up the two languages russian cup and canada news letter that is taking on boxing legend roy jones jr in the big fight here in moscow this. was a stunning welcome top of the russian premier league a surprise to face facts all. on the pressure of the west that goes out of the world match play championship and could lose his wealth number one ranking. that's there's only one place to start boxing legend roy jones jr is taking on russia's dennys lead in a cruiserweight that here in moscow and so let's cross tracks from that group he said in our stadium hello richard so what's been happening there and who's the favorite. always so in the early rounds of a moment just went out of state about five minutes ago and it was really didn't lead idiot who was on. the very very strong puncher and roy jones is really starting to feel the weight of i live it it's punches jones well he has got

to the nation's capitol now and the site of another target on 9/11, the pentagon. just like in new york city people in d.c. and northern virginia turned out to celebrate the death of osama bin laden and remember those who died because of the terror mastermind. jeff hager is live outside the pentagon tonight with more on how people there reflected on the news of the terrorist's death. jeff. >> reporter: well, kelly, the news was very somber as friends, family members and co- workers brought flowers and prayers for the victims of the 9/11 attack here. >> we have been hoping he can rest. >> reporter: outside the pentagon osama bin laden's death prompted brian ball to return to a bench memorializing navy petty officer daniel cab layero. >> he was a friend of mine. we were both over in the barracks. he worked here. i worked over there. >> weighs among the 184 victims who died at the pentagon when american flight 77 flew into the defense department's headquarters 51 minutes after the first plane hit the world trade center. visitors here say bin laden's death represents justice for the victims' fam

he planted a tree at common good city farm on capitol hill.small farm that grows produce for low-income residents. >> he's a pro poepb epblt of sustainable agriculture. and i think more people will have awareness about eating right and growing food in a sustainable way so we have our resources indefinitely to continue to grow food on it. and i believe that the word will get out a lot quicker now that he's come to the farm. >> before meeting with the president charles is slated for a speech at georgetown university on the future of food. >>> the government is investing in the hybrid electric cars way of escalating escalating gas prices. they have two chevrolet volts in its fleet. it can get 40 miles a fuel charge at a cost of pennies per day. george hawkins drives one of the cars. and tommy wells praise the new vehicles because he said they are environmentally friendly. >>> and checking gasoline prices this morning. aaa reports the average price of regular in the district is $4.18 per gallon. maryland is at $3.97. virginia, #$.87. look at this,

newsroom with how troops are honored in the nation's capitol on this memorial day. >> cities all over the bay the bay are preparing to celebrate memorial day. allie rasmus is in san ramon with a look at events there. >> reporter: we are in san ramon park where an hour from now we will watch them launch balloons. the event is free although you do have to pay 5 dollars for parking. there is professional kite flying, arts and crafts booths as well as kite making for kids, this is one of the several events going on today in the bay area. one of the big events is the presidio memorial day ceremony in san francisco. this is video of last year event. it starts at 10:30 this morning. across the bay in the north bay area there is also a memorial cemetery -- a memory ceremony at the navel navel cemetery. there are other events happening today and we can't list them all and we will be checking back in when they launch these balloons. allie rasmus, ktvu channel two news. >> for more information on the ceremony at the presidio look under the right now section of our website ktvu.com. >> 5:06. fami

he planted a good at common good city farm on capitol hill, a small farm that grows produce for low-incomeesidents. and he toured the u.s. supreme court. today he is slated to tkhrefr a speech at georgetown university at a conference on the future of food. he's also expected to visit the president at the white house. >>> montgomery county will begin a controversial federal immigration enforcement program in the fall. u.s. immigration and customs officials told the county its secure communities program will be in tuesday, september 27th. the "washington post" reports fingerprint data from local police will be sent to federal immigration officials. some advocates for crime victims say they're concerned that some victims and witnesses won't call for help or report crimes if they are undocumented. >>> starting next year, you will have to pay a five cent bag tax in montgomery county. they imposed an extra fee on all retail establishments, not just stores that sell food. it applies to both paper and plastic bags. it's expected to reduce litter and generate a million dollars a year. part of that

which makes the campaign formally illegal but few on capitol hill the white house seem to be concerned. and thousands of protesters take to georgian cities to demand president suckers for his resignation with the reports that police have fired at demonstrators fueling fears a repeat of previous violent confrontations could take place over the lack of pictures around those headlines programs continue next state supermarkets and supermodels as martin andrews guides us through the best shopping in moscow. how well does the sell the space program have a exploring the recent capitals something false as supermarkets with the recent construction for hundreds of new still isn't complete syphon here the spaceship projects the ass a lot of the last the city scouring skyscraper area if someone has something like to say in a moment they must start showing the loss of andrews as he finds out the elsa expressed the most her shopping guide today is the triumph of capitalism you can see on this map how many major shopping centers they're all in city catering full trust brackets muscovites with sean. it's just not for a long time it wasn't anything to bu

missouri governor jane nixon joins us live on the phone from the state capitol of jefferson city.n to caruthersville, blew over the levee that has been you can call it breached. i call it clearly blown up to move that water through there, deaf station and damage for half of a county, 130,000 acres. >> you did not want this to happen and you've been fighting against it yet it goes on. what is the latest act you're taking to prevent more breaching of the levees? >> well, we're focuses on making sure that we're recovering now. water's moving downstream. we're looking at a crest in caruthersville downstream from there, about 35 miles that will be 3 1/2 feet higher than water has ever been down there. so we're still flood fighting in southern missouri as the waters begin to slowly recede in that northern section. we're focused now on making sure the flood fighting in caruthersville saves that city. >> how many people are affected by flooding in missouri? >> i mean, tens of thousands of people own property in the area that's significantly flooded. this is the most fertile farmland in am

which makes the campaign formally illegal but few on capitol hill or the white house of the can see. me out of this protest is take george in cities to demand president saakashvili his resignation reports the police to fire the demonstrators fueling fears of the key to violent confrontations take place. this is a. sport i would kick. hello and welcome to this course and here are the headlines. couple of two empires russian up and comedies love their knocks out boxing legend roy jones here in the big fight here in moscow a. while the standard champions league title to go top of the russian premier league as a possible way to top. out the pressure lee westwood goes out of the world match play championship cookies as well number one ranking. but as any one place to start boxing legend roy jones jr has not sat by russian tennis level in a non-title cruiserweight back here in moscow and get all the details let's go for such. as it did on the stadium hello richard so let's recap on the fight which almost well before time runs. out so you're right it almost went ten rounds with just fourteen seconds from the end deliberative produce a fa

capitol of israel. >> palestinians want a capital in the city's eastern half.spoke of painful compromises for peace but is a long way from offering what would be necessary for a deal, even talk of giving up occupied and illegally settled land was put defiantly. >> you have to understand this, in judean times, the jewish people were not foreign occupiers. >> it was a big contrast with a public disagreement with president obama before he left for europe over the future of the territories captured in the 1967 middle east war. the president wants israel back to the boundaries it had before then adjusted by land swaps. mr. netanyahu's rejection of that idea today didn't leave much room for a deal. >> i think the direction that we will go is that realities will be driven in the region and in the international community but not by israel and probably not that much by america either. >> mr. netanyahu feels comfortable here in washington, seeing the sights and playing politics in the president's backyard. his critics, israeli as well as palestinian, will say he is deepe

city hall. >> several thousand people were expected to attend this rally here in the capitol. if you look behind me, it is a good mix of teachers, parents and students . here we are after a week of activitis and no additional votes for tax extension. friday's protest in several california cities capped off a week of demonstration over education funding. teachers are trying to pressure gop lawmakers to extend tax hikes that are set to expire. without the extension. more lay offs and a shorter school year will happen. >> engage the media and community and bring attention and the plight of our students who are having education robbed of them. >> the wisconsin-style protest in the capitol never materialized as teachers behaved during the building hours. after the building was closed at 6:00 it was a different story. >> they arrested more than two dozen teachers as they protested outside of the offices of republican leaders. among them was president of the california teacher's union, david sanchez. (chanting) he and others spent the night in jail and given a hero's welcome when they

operation was carried out at a heavily fortified compound in abottabad, and this is a pakistani city north of the capitol of islamabad, and intelligence officials have been monitoring this compound since august following the trial of an al qaeda courier linked by detainees to osama bin laden, and the million dollar fortress was built five years ago to house a major terrorist figure with 18-foot walls and barbed wires around the complex. senior officials say that bin laden participated in the hour-long fight where he was shot in the head by an american bullet. his body was identified and his body taken into custody by u.s. military, and then his body dumpeded at sea. muslim tradition requires that his body be buried within 24 hours of the death. only the white house knew of the attack and it was kept a secret of pakistani leaders. we are joined by correspondent miklaszewski. >> yes. it was top secret up to the very moment that the gunshots were heard, because those helicopters as they flew into the cokocompo north of the compound had to avoid detection of the pakistani military, because the last thing tha

citi can help you write it. >>> this time for the capitols they would be losing the first two games at home and that is almostays a death sentence. one thing that the capitol players agree on is that they've got to get better on the power play. 0-5 on that first game and in two occasions, they want the first two advantages without firing a single goal. tampa is the number one penalty killer in the playoffs. 49-40 of the power plays killed, something has got to change tonight. >> and you just need to be smart, you know, maybe they are trying to do a little too much. that will be a simple game. they were good in the first series and we were really trying to get something going, i think maybe tried a little too hard to keep that tempo and good things will happen. >> reporter: there's one person that they need and that's carlton. he is in the lineup on the number one defensive pairing tonight. and another guy that the caps may have back is veteran winger who has been out since game three from the ranger's series, which we believe is a hand injury. that is a big deal if he will be back in the lineup. we'll have a

most of those they treated that night were living in the city's parks, short walks from the capitol of the white house. these are women convinced they were man castrated by demons, men bane at the moon. one man told me when he talked down the street and saw the stars overhead, he was convinced each start was part of a space fleet looking to him for direction. if i turn right, they turn right. if i tern left, they turn left. what if i turn the wrong way, he said to me. he was paralyzed in the middle of the intersection. i can't help recall those people when i think of johnny appleseed. they were dressed somewhat the same. they smelled horribly and john chapman probably did. voices exploded in their heads, brains on fire, occasionally their eyes glowing when he talked. by modern definitions yes almost was insign. as the old add yag goes if you talk to god in prayer, but if god talks to you, it's scrit -- schizophrenia. what a simple joy it is that walk among the woods and beckenning me to join them. there is a pleasure in the pathless woods lord byron wrote. there is a society where none

city. they were joined by labor leaders from wisconsin. >>> lawmakers on capitol hill are still grappling over raising the debt ceiling. the deadline for when the u.s. will max out its debt is fast a approaching. >> reporter: just because lawmakers went a way for two weeks doesn't mean the clock stops ticking down from the united states reaching the debt ceiling. members of both parties are back in town with democrats now acknowledging that something has to give and both sides are going to have to figure out a careful balance before it's too late. >> i want to see the spending side of the equation dealt with. right now we have the revenue of the united states is the lowest it has been in 60 years as a share of our economy. spending is the highest it has been. so, we have problems on both sides of the equation and they need to be addressed. >> reporter: senator conrad, a democrat, says he won't just vote blindly to raise the debt ceiling unless a plan to fix things is on the table. republican congresswoman michele bachmann has been saying that for a while. this could be a big deal because if th

springtime tourists common this time of year, their police from capitol hill to the white house were more visible and on edge and not shutting down the cityere proud to be in their nation's capit capitol? >> i hadn't seen it until this morning it was a surprise. it was interesting to see we finally got him, but that doesn't end anything. it's a step along the way. >> this is not going to be the end of the war on terror, but it definitely puts closure to what happened back on 9/11 almost teb years ago. so it does put closure on that. >> you were outside the white house last night. what did you think? >> we were. it was an amazing time. i'll tell you, the happiness and the joy and the american flags. just an amazing time to be in washington, d.c.. >> tom sherwood, news 4shgs washington. >>> we invite tou to stay with nbc news. "nightly news" with brian williams will have a special hour-long special after this broadcast. >>> a neighbor help red skew a man after a house explosion in triangle, virginia. it happened on wayne drive around 8:00 a. mrchlt. fire fighters say when they arrived there was no fire, but a heavy damage. neighbors say nob

which makes the campaign now formally illegal for a few on capitol hill of the white house seemed to be. thousands of protesters take to georgian cities to demand president saakashvili that resignation reports the police have fired the demonstrators are fueling fears of a repeat of previous violent confrontations could take place. now we take you to the u.s. state of louisiana next where water pollution is the disastrous cost of doing business we present the second part of the special report we've got for you. thirty five years ago wilma helped identify a toxic debt some suffocating marine life in the gulf of mexico the dead cell is all encompassing it's along the mississippi river it's in the gulf the dead zone has a huge impact on all the coastal areas where you have the fisheries researchers say . we know that it's being caused by runoff in the midwest. the midwest has been growing will kill more and more corn requires a heavy a fertile household. every you nine hundred thousand tons of agricultural fertilizer washes into the mississippi river from thirty one states outside. as the river moves through louisiana it brings all those

most of those they treated that night were living in the city's parks often short walks from the capitol or the white house. these were women convinced they were men who'd been by demons. men essentially baying at the moment. one man told me that when he walked down the street and saw the stars overhead he was convinced each star was part of an intergalactic space fleet that was looking to him for direction. if i turn right they will turn right, if i turn left they will turn left. what if i turn the wrong way he said to me? we found them paralyzed in the middle of the intersection. the sky was filled with stars. i can't help but recall those people want to think of johnny appleseed. they were just roughly the same in odd bits of cast off clothing sometimes with meaning. they smelled horribly like john chapman probably did. their brains were on fire and occasionally their eyes glowed as they talked as his was said to. by monarch definitions john chapman almost certain he was insane. as the old adage goes if you talk to god in prayer, if god talks to you at a schizophrenia. [laughter] i th

melted away but signs of summer are already trickling across the capitol this weekend sees the launch of the season of fountains. in the city so probably. sprain has been india a moscow for more than a week old ready the temperatures are warm the strongest trying as you can see now that's the time usually because many fountains it's amazing and impressive and spectacular display imagine five hundred sixty will took a page being switched on some of thomas the roll of the capital many of them with lights and music with streams of different colors and shades listening for the african classic. most god's law the very macho every year the fountain season opening ceremony closing many people nationally families with children from the most fascinating things i hear but in ha exhibition sunset in the sun to where we are now it's home to this time flower polish and for instance the colossus that's the biggest of them all is the wall that you can see behind me now a friendship all the people's fountain let me give you some stats the size of a fountain basin is about four thousand square meters which is called the sons of google peach

makes the campaign formally illegal but few on capitol hill of the white house seem to be too concerned. about thousands of protesters take to georgian cities to demand president sappers release resignation is reports police of fire the demonstrators fueling fears a repeat of previous pardon confrontations could take place. that would take it to the u.s. state of louisiana where water pollution is the disastrous cost of doing business the first part of our special report coming right up. everywhere you look inside in the reason there is one. rivers creeks swamps the gulf of mexico the mississippi river. and because of this abundance today everyone in louisiana has a water start. almost three. louisiana. for me it's in some ways a dream place. if you have a little bug or whatever within ten minutes you can be away from. you can be in the world yes. ok some fish for supper you can watch birds to your heart's content that's the beauty you know you can own a little place like this one and i have my own little swamp and on the wall long it's a really is a magic place to live. in the space of about five to seven thousand years all of coastal loui

city with the cleanest air, honolulu. >> the giants could use some of the president's mojo in the state's capitol.us holds its value better than any other luxury brand. ♪ intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any brand. ♪ and j.d. power and associates ranks lexus the highest in customer satisfaction. no wonder more people have chosen lexus over any other luxury brand 11 years in a row. see your lexus dealer. bright, colorful screen, high-speed downloads, hd video. she'll want videos of grandkids. i'm not ready for kids. what would i name it ? brian's good. a brian will make eye contact, work with his hands, return e-mails. okay, mom's getting a phone. get mom a new samsung fascinate for $99.99 and unlimited data for only $29.99 on america's largest high-speed wireless network. verizon. games to 0... sharks taking >>> the red wings have lost six of their last seven play-off series, falling behind two games to none. the sharks are taking notes. stop the clock. justin gets his -- nailing. wasn't sure in the pace. and he shot howard. it's a game winner. ought to win 2-1 now.

mayor says the city is not taking any chances. >> we are the nation's capitol. more of a target than anyplace else. >> for the residents and tourists we spoke with some of the possibility of retaliation did not keep them from their normal plan. >> i feel safe here. we were right down here. we see high security of the time. >> i feel safe. if something is going to happen, it is going to happen anywhere. >> sources tell abc seven that in addition to the more than 100 reserve officers, about 100 more police personnel were shifted to patrol duty today. she says her officers are including mosques, the pentagon and other areas as part of a heightened alert. >> as far as security now, i feel as good as i did yesterday or the before. >> the district director of homeland security says there is no credible threat against the district right now. police chief live nearnnear stresses that the high alert is not distracting from regular patrols in the neighborhoods. >>> abc news will have special extended coverage tonight of osama bin laden's death. world news and "9" will bot

banners to be brought to the streets of the capital allen deeds cities across russia and that is exactly what they did standing. heart of the capitol with slogans such as bring back the sun which is of course not exactly a very feasible thing to do but they had fun and not as many say is what matters that seems to have become the spirit of may first and also like these people take it more seriously for others it is just a day when everything is possible and they do have a chance to speak their mind or maybe even have a little flawed. back in a couple of minutes with a look at our headlines stay with us for an r.t. . a moment when the world has changed forever. thousands pounced to nothing. thousands wounded. nurse her mother's hand to suffer to end. it was the first one from a bully not the last military uses of this weapon. commonly morning we'll meet. children in the common get on in the future. download the official antti outlook cation job on the phone i pod touch from the i choose option. which all teachers life on the go. video on demand oxys minefield costs and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the t.v. dot c

capitol hill, i'm tracie potts. >> thank you. 5:37 now. the antioch cityuncil will hold a hearing on a moratorium on medical marijuana. they approved a 45-day moratorium last week after learning that a center opened without permits. the ban, which includes mobile delivery services, warehouse style grow operations and dispensaries. if it's passed, it could be extended two years. >>> a new area code is coming to santa clara. county supervisors take up the plan at a meeting. the current area code will be either split in two with one area 408 and the other 669. or the public utilities commission will use an overly method allowing them to keep their current area code and 669 to people signing up for new service. a lot of people are upset. they want to hold on to 408. >> i have my chico 530. >> awesome. >> that's right. good morning to you. we are bringing you back to old school in the weather department. we have fog out there. traditionally, it's what you are used to in the bay area. not heavy. visibility is greater than five miles. morning hours are mild overa

capitol you see tanks by the side of the road. you see riot police and military manning check points around the city. it is not a heavy, heavy security presence here in the financial hub that is the capitol. but you do, you do feel it. the situation is very different when you go out to the shiite villages. and we went to one today to hear the bahraini shiite ayatollah deliver the friday prayers. and there you do see armoured vehicles out on the highway, checkpoints, military convoys cruising around, riot police cruising around. and the, just by happenstance the mosque that we had chosen to visit overnight, we were told, had been vandallized by security forces. the television sets and sound system ripped out. other allegations of other kinds of destruction. now when we got there new tvs had been installed and the sound system appeared to be working fine. but what was striking at least to my producer and i who were on the women's side of this with about a thousand women was a pervasive sense of fear. a lot of women all in thei their-- clustered around us, wanted to tell us their stories about night raid

which makes the campaign so many illegal but feel it capitol hill or the white house saying to the concepts of. the causes of its mistakes in georgia cities to the man's presence up the street is resignation whether falls police are provided demonstrators killing the is a repeat of thought it was caught on tape shows great takes place. after i had skated with this force and the weekend's big fight here and also between it roy jones jr and dennis. hello and welcome to this course and here are the headlines. battle of two empires russian up and colonies lebedev not cite boxing legend roy jones jr the big fight here in moscow. was splitting stones champions in a failed to go top of the russian premier league after a surprise defeat at saumur. under the pressure lead westwood goes out of the world match play championship and could lose his world not go on ranking. but there's only one place to start boxing legend roy jones jr has been stopped in the final round by russian chinese labor day in a non-title cruiser right back here in moscow and with all the details which of course fleet. well this fight almost went the full ten rounds just fourt

campaign formally illegal now the few on capitol hill or the white house seem to be concerned about that. and thousands of protesters take to the georgian cities to demand president saakashvili his resignation with reports that police have fired the demonstrators fueling fears a repeat of previous violent confrontations could take place. turmoil in the arab world prompted some european states to impose border restrictions to keep out refugees fleeing the violence nextel going off and spotlight asked the separate general of the council of europe if freedom of travel within europe could become a thing of the past. hello again or welcome to the spotlight. potsie i'm going to have them today my guest is. the. popular uprisings in the arab world led to bloody conflicts some of which are still. the fourth humanitarian situation in the region forced thousands of people to flee their houses and sail overseas to the safe and happy europe pluck the old world was not perfect the problem has scared the europeans so much that some governments have restricted the border control end up thinking even suspending the get agreement basic for the e.u. are we witn

capitol may not look so different. but upon closer inspection, this weekend looked and sounded very different. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." 15 citiesre expecting record high temperatures. temperatures in the 70s phoenix gets into the mid 80s. salt lake city 57. showers in seattle will become thunderstorms for portland on your tuesday. everybody heads back to work. if you are watching us on kmir 6 in palm springs, california. that is at the palm springs air museum. and that is your pacific event of the day. thank you so much. here is an early look at this morning's headlines of entertainment. >> it helped put hollywood on course to set a new record for memorial day weekend. almost doubling the business. part two took in $86.5 million. although some estimates had to do it better, the numbers are nevertheless impressive. in the first four days since opening thursday, $118 million on track to finish memorial day weekend with $140 million in the bank. >>> kung fu panda 2 opened solidly in second with $40 million well below the $60 million plus debut of the first installment three years ago. >>> last week's number one, "pirates of the ca

crashed near shanksville, pennsylvania, was intended for the capitol but was overtaken by courageous passengers and forced down. >> everyone in the city should remain calm. the best thing to do would be to remain home. >> president bush spoke to the nation. >> terrorism against our nation won't stand. >> reporter: new yorkers and all americans were vulnerable. were you afraid for your life? >> completely hysteric. >> reporter: from the passengers to the first responders, the definition of brave changed forever on september 11th, 2011. today at ground zero, there is still pain. >> no would should have to die like that. >> reporter: but also, a new sense of a beginning with bin laden dead. >> there was a dark cloud looming over the place nowalive. now that he's gone, the sun has come out and the cloud is gone. >> reporter: time seems to stand still on 9/11, but now, each new day seems to bring a little more healing. brian. >> reporter: and from here in ground zero in lower manhattan, that is, with thanks to rehema ellis and all of our team, our special hour-long broadcast tonight. i'm brian williams. we'll look for you here tomorrow eve

they are making their case in the state capitol and shopping malls and anywhere they can draw a crowd. laura anthony is in union city tonight. >> here in union city, the action is taking the form of a barbecue. here teachers are joining with public employees to tell the state that they are not adequately funding education among other things. this morning, it was the students who carried the message. (chanting) >> it is a student walk out organized through facebook and other social networking sites. >> we are not doing it out of anger but there is concern for the communities and parents. >> this morning, 35 0 students staged a loud protest over the proposed cut to education. unicity voters rejected a parcel tax that would have brought three million dollars a year to the local schools. >> we lost by 30 votes and i don't know why they would say no to >> the students face a real prospect that their sports and other extra curricular activities could be gone or pay to play by next school year. >> i am thinking about the choir students that come in and they will be here when i leave. how will they feel when they have to pa

capitol as well. the most troubling thing is another development, again in the south, in which the key city was the main militants. yemen is very important in the fight against al qaeda. it has the most active, the most dangerous cell of al qaeda there. >> we are talking about a very small country, very little room for this kind of strife, but it is permeating the country. >> yeah. and counter terrorism efforts have stopped because the president has pulled out his security forces from the south where the hot bed of al qaeda is to backing protests against his government. >> very worrisome in that region. thanks so much. appreciate that. >> you're welcome. >>> all right, a woman facing a daunting task looking for her missing grandmother amid the rubble of an ef-5 tornado. >> that's the bathroom, and that's -- they always say the safest place to be is in the bathroom. even if she would have been in there, she wouldn't have made it because it's collapsed on itself. >> our jacqui jeras was there in joplin as this search continued. what happened? next, that story in two minutes. our jacqui jeras tried to help

city hall all over the name. in 2007 the council voted to name the area the saigon business district but the community here wouldn't have it. >> saigon is our former capitol and we want to leave that name as the formal capitol. >> it is our homeland now so we want to have in our memory it is little saigon. >> reporter: the compromise was to have the community pay for the monument with $10,000 in donations gathered from individuals and businesses. >> any money, even 1 dollar or $1000 doesn't matter. >> reporter: and here it finally is on this city-owned trip. >> okay. >> reporter: this man lives nearby and while he is not vietnamese he is glad they got their way. >> it is nice. really friendsly. >> reporter: vietnamese council woman that many here are angry with for not supporting her view was not here. >> this is a fantastic opportunities. so i will ignore what happened in the past and i will say it is a great day. >> reporter: now they want a sign on 101 directing more business into the district. in little saigon, anne makovec, cbs5. >> mayor reed also absent from the unveiling. he said he was pleased that private funds could be raised and that they work

city of misurata today killing len people. nato's deadly attack is proof it is targeting qaddafi. >> they have shifted the focus from support from rebel to attacking the center. they are hoping capitol healing was damaged after a moll tol cocktail was put in the shore. the other threw the cock tale inside . and wed the - on and we charge 45 and no tax. and i think that you know it is probably undercutting people. >> they have about 12 patients. >> a 28 year old san jose and a pedestrian was killed. this is the scene where the damage is. the driver was attempting to leave the scene of an accident when she lost control of the fire. they struck a pedestrian and drove up to the house. the suspect put the car in reverse . backed away and flooded again. >> the suspect hit a blocked car around nine:45 . police were able to stop thempt and 25 tourist off of alcatraz. all visitors were evacuated as a precaution . after further investigation alkatraz confirmed there was no fire. >> we should have gotten our money back . all of the sud the fire alarm came on . exit out of the building . we had to wait. >> two scheduled night tours were cancelled and the tour company said they would refund anyo

time touri tourists, common this time year, police from capitol hill to the white house were more visible and on edge, but not shutting down the citys tourists were proud to be in their nation's capit capital. >> i didn't see it until this morning. i was kind of surprised. it was interesting to see we finally got him, but think, that doesn't end anything, right? it's a step along the way. >> i mean, this is not going to be the end of the war on terror, but it definitely puts closure to what happened back in 9/11 almost ten years ago. so it does put closure on that. >> you were outside the white house last night. what did you think? >> we were. it was an amazing time. the happiness and the joy, the american flags and just an am e amazing time to be in washington, d.c. >> coming up at 6:00, coming up at 6:00, was there a small peace demonstration in front of the white house today and they didn't get the best of all receptions. i'm tom sherwood live at lay fayette park, now back to you. >>> in just one hour we had 57 responses to this question, so you've had a chance to sleep on it. would you have rather osama bin laden been caught de