1860s during the civil war, that was a tricky situation for a native southerner living in the capitol city. on the other hand sarah's former first lady of the union, many ever her best friends in the federal government in washington, her brother-in-law, the president's youngest brother was a unionist here in tennessee. then of course sarah very protective and his biggest legacy was extending the union to the pacific ocean. sarah remained in neutral, entertained politicians from both sides. and she sympathize with one side or the other she was smart enough to keep to the herself. after her death friends of hers, ansen and fanny nelson wrote a biography based on her own reminiscences called memorials of sarah childress polk. they speculate sarah did feel an emotional and sentimental attachment to the south but a sense of duty to the union. but then again she was recognized and respected by both sides. >> how did she support herself? >> very good question. challenging times for her. she did have other family members who helped her out. in fact, during her widow years she sort of unofficially

we happen to be in the capitol city of our great nation that has some of the most striking disparities of income, education levels, problems. so one of the things we do here at george washington university is find ways of engaging our students who live in one part of the town that has high education rates. fairly low unemployment. we make sure they go across all eight wards in their service projects and we formalize that in a number of ways. one is commemorating every september 11th not only with a vigil to remember the terrible losses that occurred on that day in 2001, kbu to have a service where we fan out across the entire city and paint schools so that children when they come back after a weekend find their schools have been cleaned and painted. they had no idea students were going to be doing that for them over the weekend. we have engaged our veterans. we have had a strong outreach to veterans. we have over 700 of those. we find that they are tremendous leaders. they have the experience, the dedication, the skills that they have brought back with them that enable them to be leade

so that part of china, which is the northern fujian province, around the capitol city of fuzhou, is the number one chinese restaurant exporting region in the world. and... >> hinojosa: in china, do they kind of own that? are they like, "we're from this area, we're the fujianese, and we export chinese food workers around the world"? >> they... i don't they're proud of it. they are proud, maybe, of the fact that they go to america, right, and that they... because they can save money, they can build these mansions. they send, you know, hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars back to these little towns, and then there are these mansions that are weird because they're empty, right? because everyone's left. so there's a ghost town called houyu, which means "monkey island," which is weird, because there are no monkeys and it's not really an island. and they are 80% missing. i mean, you just go in there and there are no men of working age. there are women, there are children, and there are old people. because, you know, they're in america cooking and taking the order and delivering your chic

it went down in farm land as it approached the airport capitol city of islam bad.icials say heavy wind are to blame for the tragedy. tv image show the wreckage slammed up against a building. everyone lost. >> mexican officials telling people living on sides of erup erupting volcano to get ready to evacuate. it's throwing ash smoke and rock high into the air 40 miles outside mexico city. also a low pitched roar coming from the volcano. people say sounds kind of like the ocean. farmers and family who live on the mountain flank have been alerted they may have to move. move quickly. security and exchange commission charged british twin brother in million dollar stock scheme that used a are bought to fool thousands office investors. according to complaint filed today they said that amaro can predict pen c stock with lease double in surprise allowing buyers to gobble up stuck and sell it for quick return. it was distributeed to investors each day shortly before the opening bell. investors bought the share spiking stock value yuma and the chair price. physical were really

crews hauled the capitol city diner away.ut down in january, and the former owner sold it on ebay. the new owner is the edens retail group. they're renovating it into a food destination known as union market. and that's where the diner will reportedly wind up. it's still not clear what's going to be on the menu when the diner opens. but -- >> bet there'll be a line. bet there'll be a line outside that diner. >> always is. >>> there's more to come on "news 4 at 4:00." >> a teenage girl walking along when out of nowhere, the sidewalk gives way beneath her. it's incredible video. >>> plus, dion sanders' wife is out of jail. she's accused of attacking him, but she says everyone else has >>> time to check out today's daily deals. >> we've got a good deal for the over 21 crowd. on groupon, you can pay $45 for a grand tasting ticket this saturday at the embassy suites downtown. it includes 150 wines to try and buy. and along the way, get a chance to pair your drinks with bread and cheese. >> that's why you were asking me my favorite

so far they have not been able to travel outside the capitol city. >>> 5:45. several u.s. senators are trying to keep up the pressure on african war lord joseph kony. they are asking them to sign on. kony is wanted now for crimes against humanity. the film invisible children documented the lras abduction of children that turned into soldiers and sex slaves. senator john kerry introduced legislation to expand the reward for capture of kony. >>> here in california the lottery pulled one of its newest ads over a complaint it glamourizes violence against men. >> i won. >> you have seen that commercial it's meant to represent lady luck that slaps a man that scores the winning scratcher ticket. however, the cochairwoman of the state legislate i have womens caucus wrote a letter saying that commercial negatively portrays women. a new commercial will show the woman blowing a kiss at the man instead of slapping him. >>> this is day four of testimony in o.k. calls patent infringement trial in georgiaen. today two more workers are expected to take the stand. now that e-mail is consid

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i have heard things about other capitol cities around the world.milar but you get this feeling of the bloat where we had what? how many people? now we know that there are at least 20 people, probably were 40 or 50 doing advance work for what was what? a 2-day trip to colombia. you have to wonder if they had all of that time on their hands, how many people there were and whether there were way too many. >> good point. the other thing is abc news reported last night t peter thomas that they have spoken for you and their defense was they didn't know they were prostitutes. >> well, i see. >> tell it to the judge. right? >> yeah she was pretty and very available. >> the stupidity of it. it does side to the gsa thing. here again, what were they thinking? you know $800,000 for this weekend retreat? >> true. what were they thinking because at least the colombia thing, you presume you are going to get away with it t it's far away. who is paying attention. >> they would have gotten away if one guy hadn't tried to -- i started to use the word stiff. >> not th

nearly 70 in ellicott city. 71 in the state capitol. 65 rock hall,. >> 70 tomorrow. by noon 74. a good one. >> a good one. good night of programming here. we will see you at 11.

greg palkot reporting live inside north korea and live in the capitol city. >> reporter: bill, greetingsng. the window for the rocket opened up today but bad weather here scrubbed the launch. north korean officials tell us they are determined to continue with the possibility of that launch and it could happen as early as tomorrow now. the launch as you note officials here say, claim is a peaceful civilian satellite launch. the u.s. and others say it is a test of ballistic missiles with some serious military applications. north korea has admitted to an arsenal of nuclear bombs. they have tested nuclear weapons in the past and could again. it is also all about politics here, bill. the launch marking the 100th anniversary of the birthday date of the north korean founder, kim ilson. and firm support for the his grandson new leader. more in line with his father and former leader kim jong-il. one other note in the time we have been here, we noticedded something else, this impoverished country is shelling a lot of money into dressing up this capitol, pongyang. we've seen it as we drove in from

there is a live view from our city camera of capitol hill. the tranquil waters of the potomac river on this friday morning. not much wind around. off to a calm start. don't nearly have as much fog as we had yesterday, although there's a little patchy fog around in some of the rural areas. good morning. right now you're waking up to a chill when you step out to walk the dog or head to work and school. you'll need a jacket. down to the low to mid 40s in prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties. farther south and west, near 40 in parts of prince william county, fauquier, culpeper, stafford and spotsylvania, mid 40s. much of southern ryland, charles, calvert, st. mary's, 40s. near the bay, near the 50s. but east side of the bay, easton, cambridge, mid 40s. shenandoah valley into the mountains, low to mid 40s there, too. here's your day planner. by 9:00, near 60. by noon, upper 60s. mid 70s mid-afternoon. and then by 6:00, clouds rolling in, back to near 70. sunrise at 6:2467. might have sun tomorrow morning. then does l

city. definitely a capitol hill in the air this morning and even this morning, we struggle with clouds to get out of the 50s in the northwe northwest. 60s and dry and feels like the beginning of spring. that's a look at your at least suny. not a lot of rain in phoenix. 70s in phoenix. >>> a little cooler than people would like heading into the weekend, but at least it will be dry. >> take me through the colors on the map. the green is -- >> the rain. white is snow. >> all right. where's the sun? i just want yellow. that's it. give me lots of yellow. >> yeah. we all like that. >> thanks, bill. >>> and amazon zooms and something brought to the theater the night that lincoln died goes on the auction block. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a couple that can't seem to get themselves off the aisle knocked off competition this weekend at the box sofs. >>> coming up, cleveland browns make a big move and game seven into double overtime in the stanley cup playoffs. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> a very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i'm ve

afghan security forces on high alert after a coordinated taliban attack on four cities including the capitol, kabul. let's catch up now on the business news. let's start with spain, because the cost of borrowing, a country in trouble we know that, but today the cost of borrowing for the country, it went up. >> absolutely. this is within the bond market, the secondary market for bonds and they went up about 6%. why is that important? because when spain has to go to the market, it means it's paying more for its debt. it's not the sheer volume of debt that's out there. the worry with spain is the annual shortfall is simply too large. and the current prime minister is not going to be doing enough to shorten to narrow that shortfall. this is a concern. let's take a look at what commentator had to say about that. >> not going back to the where we were in december of last year. not unlikely that the markets will test again the resilence by central banks and a likely outcome of all that is probably an interveengs because they desperately need to avoid it. i -- so this under minds it and puts a dampe

capitol hill. a live pi from our city camera on this thursday morning. good morning. around the region, we have temperatures chilly, just near 50 degrees. hometown forecast. this is going to be typical for much of the region. by noontime, mid-f0s. sunshine breaking up. then a sunny afternoon. should be around 70 degrees and hofb hovering there. then tonight we'll have a clear sky by late evening down to 60 degreeses. another chilly start. friday morning will down to near 50 degrees. then during the day on friday we'll climb back into the low to mid-0 mid-70s. then over the weekend, saturday, it looks like a wet day. then afternoon, thunderstorms, some of which could be severe. stay tuned. we'll keep you posted on that. any storminess should be tapering off on saturday night. still lingering showers and cooler with high ms. in the mid-60s. the sun returns monday into tuesday. afternoon highs near 60. lots of sun. danella, good morning. how's traffic. >> two accidents on the beltway. the first one, inner loop of the beltway. police are on the scene of the accident there

mean, there are bus loads of people now coming to this particular section of the city, just not stopping to see the capitole mint, the smithsonian, they come to the neighborhood. so they will drop in to see two shows a night of whomever, whatever the place holds 600, 700 seating. and standing room for about 1100. so you can see busloads of people coming from japan, coming from denmark, coming from spain, mexico, to not only view and see the music that they know that is worldwide and the performances but they can also come and see this jewel. >> i want to ask about a few other topics if i can. can i do that? >> yes. >> political humor, something i think a lot about, thinking about politics. this is not an area of comedy that necessarily turns you on, is that right? >> that's not true. i have heard political humor come across from our night time guests. and some of it is very, very wonderful and makes me laugh hard. but, there are monologues that at times people are laughing and i just don't feel that the person who's laughing is going to walk out that door a changed person or want to change things. they've

the flight was traveling from the country's largest city to the pakistani capitol. >>> a gala is underway right now in honor of san jose state university's new president. the university held a diverse celebration to welcome 59-year- old president. he rose,the csu ranks to become president of east bay and now san jose state. >> when you work for something and you have great visions you can always accomplish it. >> during his speech today he said he wants to focus on creating a welcoming environment on campus that fosters a sense of home. >>> the football stadium renovation a peers to be a long way from the goal line. to pay for the work on memorial stadium they are raising money. the goal is $two70 million by next year. the officials say they are not worried. they have enough money already to pay the interest on their date through 2038. >>> a restaurant in chinatown for decades now is actually closing down tonight. noel walker says how the interior was too much for them to digest. >> how do you measure success? some businesses it is in earnings. at some, it is measured by the plate. >> you

the flight was traveling from the country's largest city to the pakistani capitol. >> summer like weathern the forecast for your weekend. numbers outside our door at this hour 4 to 14 degrees above yesterday, san rafael blue skies low 70s already at this noontime. we have a summer like pattern, 80s inland, 50s and 60s on that fog, point reyes, pacifica into half moon bay 50s and 60s, if you have the gray skies and fog you are cooler than the numbers, 70 degrees there, 69 sfo, 72 san jose, low 80 recess concord, 74 in napa at this time, mostly clear skies, air quality for today good to moderate and will remain that way for the weekend. tomorrow is the warmest day but it is building and strengthening. notice how that storm track pushed well to the north. finally we have a trough. that is going to cool us down by sunday more so on monday but if you don't care for the heat it is going to stick around then we will get relief. warmer, 70s around the bay, inland 80s and by tomorrow 90s for some of the hotter spots winds 5 to 15 miles per hour in the afternoon. and if you have a warm day in front

soaring through part of the city where you don't even normally seaplanes as it crossed across the capitol and the washington monument as well as the white house. not many events can bring a city to a halt. that's what it felt like for moments today. it has completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in total in space, and if it will be set up at the museum for people to take in four years to come in just days. the excitement was palpable. many people overjoyed. >> [no audio] >> this afternoon or tonight depending on the weather, there will be a process of getting the airplane and the shuttle separated in order to be able to pull the shuttle to the museum and eventually set it on display. before that can happen, they will have a ceremony with the enterprise that is currently here and the discovery swapping them. that will fly to new york city on monday. the shovel almost synonymous with special programs, is now here at the museum or will be shortly, for many to enjoy for years to come. brianne carter reporting. >> she's at the landing zone, but people all across the area were catching a glimpse.

that's a live view of that gorgeous blue sky over capitol hill from our city camera. can see the waters of the potomac reflecting that and also all the tree there is along the potomac river really have greened up here over the last couple of weeks. as a result, our pollen count has jumped as well. winds out of the north at about 13, 15 to 20 miles an hour. very dry. dew point down to 26. humidity only 37%. the temperatures are still generally in the 40s. shenandoah valley, blue ridge, much of maryland, much of west virginia. fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's county right around 50. also most of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore near 50 degrees. the bay water temperatures in the low 50s now. farther to our north up into pennsylvania, many location there is only in the mid 40s there. it was a hard freeze there this morning. now, over the last 12 hours, we've had some of this rain that yesterday passed well to our south pulled out to sea and behind that a large area of high pressure has moved in from canada bringing us this gorgeous clear blue

city camera. there's capitol hill under a clear sky this morning. as we take a look at the national forecast, are you traveling? ? well, there may be some flight delays from kansas city to oklahoma city to houston as well as perhaps south florida later today. otherwise no travel problems from washington, philadelphia, new york, boston, or down to atlanta. we'll have our temperatures that are right now cold under a clear sky, warming up by the afternoon. this is the latest satellite view. the latest temperatures, while we're not below freezing near wark washington, however, there could be showers here. we're in the mid and upper 30s locally. it's in the low 40s by the bay and eastern shore. where is it dry? all these areas in yellow. abnormally dry. it including northern virginia, parts of maryland as well as into southeastern virginia. it's going to stay that way. throughout the day today, a dry day, chilly through mid morning. the 40s by 9:00 and lots of sunshine. few clouds building in the middle of the day. by noontime for your lunch hour, it shou

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there's a live view from our city camera, capitol, the washington monument under a clear sky. 47 now at reagan national. thankfully the winds are gentle now, five to ten miles per hour. and it is chilly. all these areas in blue in the 30s and 40s. 47 at reagan national. in the upper 30s west and north of washington and down i-95 to the south, into virginia. and we'll have plenty of sunshine this morning. by 9:00, we'll be climbing into the 50s. winds will begin to pick up then, as well. then by noontime, a few clouds coming in. sunny, breezy. temperatures around 60 by then. and now danella, good morning. how's traffic doing at this hour? >>> good morning. right now, traffic is looking still really good. no major problems to discuss. here's a live look now on i-66 heading out of haymarket. looks pretty clear as you make your way eastbound. here's the travel speed for you from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. looking at 64 miles per hour. just 11 minutes for the trip. traveling inside the beltway, things look good. we had overnight roadwork. from what i can tell, it is mostly com

capitol out there somewhere together. not together as in right beside each other. they are in the same city, how about that? >> nice and tranquil early this morning. >> peaceful, just like tucker barnes. >> like how i put two and two together and the capitol dome and washington monument are in the same city. >> what is our word for today? >> theatrical thursday. >> why in. >> because of what i just did. >> try to say that three times fast. your forecast looks just fine. much cooler today with highs in the upper 50s to about 60. cooler air on the way. otherwise, sunshine for the next couple of days. so good looking weekend coming up as well. we're now down to 50. down to 50 at reagan national. our temperature continue to cool overnight and you can see lots of 40s breaking out to the north and to the west of the city. 43 in gaithersburg. 42 for you in hagerstown. the cooler you're working in from the north and west and even down into southern maryland across the bay, you will likely be in the 40s here shortly. other in cambridge. looking at our satellite-radar, before a cold front that came through yesterday.

capitol dome. washington, d.c., such a pretty city. >> really is. >> tom's been telling us we have a mild start, but's going to get cooler. hold on to this roller coaster that has been our spring. i would say just spring but it's been like this all winner, too. >> low 70s yesterday. gorgeous afternoon. and then overnight, we've had clouds rolling in. this is what's been happening the last 12 hours. that moving color were a few showers that came by over the last hour, passing north of washington. they've dissipated. we might get an isolated shower later today. temperatures around the region, most locations are in the upper 40s, low 50s. 55 at reagan national. a mild and muggy start this morning. the atmosphere is rather humid, and it's going to be a damp morning. a little sunshine breaking out, perhaps mid morning to early afternoon. then there is a possibility of a shower late afternoon. highs before then into the mid 70s. might have a little thunder, too, with a possibility of a shower into early evening. after that, clearing out. down to the 50s by midnight. a look at the week and weekend in ten min

capitol hill. the live view from the city camera. and it shows quite a bit of cloud cover over the capitol hill. the potairport is at 54 right n. there's a northeasterly breeze around 10 miles an hour. it's rather dry as well. here's the pollen count. numbers over 1,000. it's mostly tree pollen, and it's oak, pine, sycamore. this is half of what it was last year. still enough to cause problems for allergy sufferers. it will be high for the next couple of days. now the last 12 hours. we've had cloud cover coming in from a rain system passing to the south, getting a few sprinkles now. the areas in green and up near charlottesville. those are well south of washington. north and east it's all sunny in maryland and on the eastern shore. but areas south and west, it's mostly cloudy as well as most of virginia. here's the close-up view showing the cloud cover slowly moving its way in. lots of sunshine. in howard counties, eastern shore. from washington, fairfax, prince william, getting a lot of cloud cover now. a few sprinkles in charlottesville. that will pass well to the south in the next few hours.

that's a live view from our city camera showing capitol hill under a clear sky. from anacostia to oxon hill, upper marlboro, alexandria, great falls, clarksburg, we'll have temperatures near 60 by 9:00. and clouds closing in from the west. sunrise this morning at 6:40. this is the day planner. we'll have winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour, as well. dry, breezy conditions, it enhances the fire danger, unfortunately. by noontime, the mid 60s. near 70 by mid-afternoon. winds gusting 30 miles per hour. there's about a 30% chance of a shower later this afternoon and overnight with a lot of cloudiness. sunset at 7:40. we'll be to the 50s by 9:00. by midnight, the low 50s. a cool pattern commencing for tonight and lingering into parts of the rest of this week. we'll look at that in ten minutes and the weekend, too. danella? >>> good morning. right now we have a crash, if you are traveling westbound on the dulles toll road, trying to take the ramp to get to the outer loop of the beltway. right now the ramp is shut down due to a crash there. police are on the scene

capitol hill. live view from our city camera. cobs up at 6:46. we'll have a lot of clouds around. we'll be in the 50s by noontime and only reaching low 60s by brief afternoon. then tonight, clearing out and getting colder. 40s by midnight and maybe even near freezing this time tomorrow morning. we'll look at that, the weekend, and next weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. still looking at the crash. this is as you're making your way past the occocquanful still have police and ambulance on the scene. choppers en route now and hopefully we'll be back with an update. i've got to show you i-66 as your make your way eastbound. have a crash just in the right shoulder lane and you can see it here. i can tell you're seeing crowding on 66 eastbound as you make your way past this accident. but travel speed not bad at all right now. 57 miles per hour. just 11 minutes to get from fairfax county parkway to the capital beltway. if you're taking the beltway, i'm back with travel speeds in ten minutes. back over to you bought. >> thanks, danella. >> still ahead, how yo

capitol of kabul. the fighting that ranged there and other cities is over. security forces clashed for 18 deadly hours. at least 36 rebels were killed in the fighting along with a dozen afghan fighters. an al qaeda-linked group is claiming responsibility. >>> they're monitoring syria's crumbling cease-fire. the attacks were escalated over the weekend in the city of homs. another 25 u.n. observers will join the team later this week. >>> the coast guard has called off the search for four yacht crew members. the coast guard searched 5,000 square miles of ocean for more than 30 nours adings to the four missing sailors. the body of one who died was recovered. three others survived the ordeal. >>> time for a look at the weather. the threat of severe weather moved east over the ohio valley. west virginia, upstate new york. new orleans and houston could see storms today. winter over parts of minnesota and michigan. more like july on the east coast of boasten. a record-break 90 degrees. not good for the marathon runners. pleasant and mild in l.a. al but occ albuquerq

this bill authorizes this transfer of the inner-city rail service from caltrans to a new jpa which would be similar to the capitol corridor trains. then ab1780 on page 9 of your matrix, we recommend a support position on this. this bill requires caltrans to fund project reports for local funding projects on state highway system, specifically the project initiation document. this is a self-help bill to maintain caltrans funding and we recommend support on this bill. the next bill is ab1950 on page 9 of your matrix. there also recommending a support on this bill which permits 10% of state grants to schools to be expended on hard infrastructure in addition to bus shelters. this would include grants for sidewalks and pedestrian walkways and bikeways. the next bill is ab2147 on page 9 of your matrix and we recommend a support position. and this bill was recently amended to enhanced penalties for violations of our railroads and fixed guideway crossings and would allow a revenue increase to allow safety and other measures that are needed. the next bill is on page 12. we are recommending a watch position. this allows unf

observer team just arrived in the city of damn damascus, that being the syrian capitol.hese observers are unarmed, this is the advance team to lay the ground work to see actually what is going to happen and what kind of freedom of movement they're going to have to be able to monitor if indeed the syrians are abiding by their ceasefire today. that same ground is on the phone lines from homs, told the press, better arrive quickly to our city of homs here, and if they don't, there won't be anything left called homs because of this sustain and continuous artillery barrage. back to you. rick: le learned vitter, live to us from the region, thanks. jenna: back here at home, congress is slugging it out over the president's buffet rule. coming up, what we can expect from today's vote and what it means to you. speaking of what things mean to you, you have less than 24 hours to finish filing your taxes! some of the worst segments you have to deal with. unpopular. you've got to deliver the news! that's a fact. tax day is tomorrow. we're going to find out if americans think uncle sam

city. they would go on the roofs of buildings which are planned to go over interstate 395 north of the capitol. two million square feet could be used to grow produce for the city. >>> jessica doyle is going high- tech in this your money report. >> some of the big stories from the big companies, we start with one of the big gorillas, apple. >> when i get this e-mail on monday, it reads update, have iphone and very challenged, love to you, mom. >> your mom bought an iphone. >> my mom bought annual iphone, one of the 35 million reasons apple had a blowout first quarter. they told 35 million iphones, my mom among them and 12 million ipads. profits surged 93%. sales topped $32 billion. that beat even the most optimistic estimates and if that's not enough to make rivals jealous, apple says it's sitting on top of $100 billion in cash just sitting in the reserves. the rumor mill right now says we'll all have to wait till october for the iphone 5 to come out. men time a.o.l. is launching an online video network. it will take all of its programming and put it on one platform. this is the latest bid by m

capitol hill. in new yorkers who are looking at today has the space shuttle enterprise over the city he and the world trade center enterprise actually never flew in space didn't know that the move to the smithsonian after washington last week the enterprise will now be part of the intrepid and space museum in manhattan. inside the home of one of the worst mass killings in bay area history and family member told cbs five what happens the next five people lost their lives. >>> a harrowing fair for the bay area cabdriver's robb and thrown into a strong and taken for a ride how this frightening ordeal finally ended. >>> 20 years after the riots in south-central los angeles a look at evidence that change the area for ever and is being down to done to prevent that happening again. when i got there the bloody gun around the cab driver of his money and is cellphone. >>> the handicapped was found later this morning near 83rd avenue in oakland. the event one of the worst mass killings in the bay area history the crime scene itself with five people harbor a berlin murdered joe vasquez takes us inside the house

and capitol hill, that's a live picture from our city camera. we've got a picture-perfect day under way. there's a chill in the air, everything is greening up, though. we've got the flowers out and it's certainly looking like spring. even though it doesn't quite feel like it yet. it is still chilly, and at 54 at reagan national, we've got a northwest breeze there around 15 to 20 miles per hour. occasionally the wind gusts a little bit higher than that. and that's going to be the story through the rest of the afternoon. if you're going to be out or if you're going to be heading to the game. you'll definitely need to have at least a windbreaker on. and a hat. and look at the color, speaking of spring color, this is shots of tulips taken by bill folsom and sent in to weather@nbcwashington.com. if you have any beautiful flowers or any azaleas out, send your photos to weather@nbcwashington.com. we'll show them on our website and we'll show them on tv as well. thanks so much, bill, those are great shots. >>> well we've had the pollen coming out earlie

this bill authorizes this transfer of the inner-city rail service from caltrans to a new jpa which would be similar to the capitol corridor trains. then ab1780 on page 9 of your matrix, we recommend a support position on this. this bill requires caltrans to fund project reports for local funding projects on state highway system, specifically the project initiation document. this is a self-help bill to maintain caltrans fundin

city. this is gambling immediately adjacent to the capitol of the free world. >> for crying out loud, there's more important things at stake here than whether or not we have a sixth site for gambling. >> the budget in the state of maryland goes down and the senators are more concerned about the obsession with gaming than school construction. let them wear that when they go home and tell their constitute ants. >> reporter: an 11th hour bid for gambling here at national harbor effectively derailed the fractured legislature as time ran out on its 2012 session monday. the critical tax package needed to pay for state government, it never got a vote and a so- called doomsday budget of deep cut is was passed by default. >> it really, really sucks. >> reporter: at the university of maryland a surprise tuition hike as high as 13% now looms. local school worlds face shocking cuts and -- boards face shocking cuts and that lot on the top of the hill, well, it's still vacant. no gambling bill got passed either as the clock ran out on the legislature that couldn't get its act together. so the question now

capitol hill. there is a live view from our city camera. and little bit of high midty in there. not simi humidity like we usually get in the middle of the summer. right now it is 74 at reagan national. 11:00 in the morning already about ten degrees above our average high for early to mid april. we have a southerly breeze around ten miles an hour and temperatures elsewhere under this sunny sky are really beginning to climb quickly and they have already jumped up to around 80 degrees from fredericksburg to warrenton and manassas and culpeper. winchester, this area is already near 80 degrees. closer to washington we are in the mid and upper 70s. that 74 reagan national, there is a wind off of the potomac which is much cooler than the potomac water temperatures in the 50s. reagan national it may not get that hot today. elsewhere any wind off the water is cool. look at annapolis. only 66 there with a little bit of a breeze off of the chilly waters of the bay. inland, anyplace there is no bay breeze it is already in the 70s to near 80 degrees and later this afternoon, these are the hi

. >> live now on capitol hill where in a moment we'll hear from defense secretary panetta and joint chiefs chairman mark dem city testifying on syria's anti-government uprising and the violence there. syria's conflict is in its 13th month, a death toll of at least 9,000 in that country. a half dozen u.n. monitors were allowed into the country by bashar al assad this week. and our live coverage getting under way now here on c-span3. >> the meeting will come to order. i was informed that first votes could happen between 10:10 and 10:25, secretary has a hard close time at 12:30 so we're going to be as expeditious as we possibly can here. good morning ladies and gentlemen. the house armed services committee meets today to receive testimony on the security situation in syria from the secretary of defense, the honorable leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. gentlemen, thank you for your distinguished service to our nation and thank you for being here today. the syrian conflict is now in its second year and the situation remains both uncertain and dire. as we convene a tenu

all green today mayor grey will present a 20 year plan to make the nations capitol, the greenest healthiest most livable citykdrop of a ribbon cutting for the new anacostia river walk trail bridge to make his announcement. >>> maryland governor o'malley is sitting down for breakfast with top house and senate leaders this morning the governor wants to hold a special session of legislature and asking michael bush and senate president, thomas miller for consensus before ordering lawmakers back to annapolis a half billion dollars in the budget cuts are due to kick in, because lawmakers failed to pass a tax package during regular session. >> virginia's legislative session is a done deal but not without its share of budget drama that did include extra money for the dulles rail project we will talk about that plus immoving economic outlook and presidential -- improving economic outlook and presidential politics this morning at 9:15 a.m. >>> one time aid to former senator and presidential candidate john edwards back on the stand in his criminal trial andrew young claimed he helped edwards use nearly a million dollar

scenes from the capitol be a more than a passing similarity to the pictures out of the embattled syrian city of homs but it's a citizen joy to a very different level of attention. politicians and the media stayed surprisingly silent considering their stance on other middle eastern revolutions they were all but silent when the bahraini revolution was crushed last year they are all but silent about the human rights abuses in bahrain itself and the formula one race has just focused attention on that society and when the media does turn to her they seem to do more harm than good foreign media coverage but also as a big do they always use the framework of birth here of course as a good support and they don't understand that this actually helps the government the city was it was their whole phrase experience such as the opposition says hundreds have been wounded in standoff with police and many sacked from their jobs or arrested for taking part in mass protests but unlike in syria and libya no one has called for foreign intervention. problems put before the international human rights council europ