planet cheney.he former vice president reemerged yesterday after weeks in presumed orbit somewhere to give an interviews on fox news offering his response to the just released cia report which concluded that we don't really know how effective torture was or if you reside on planet cheney -- >> i think the evidence is overwhelming, the eits were crucial in getting them to cooperate and that the information they provided did, in fact, save thousands of lives and let us defeat all further attacks against the united states. >> the evidence is overwhelming. i think so. you know, the actual evidence from the cia review of the torture program in 2004 doesn't say that at all. quote, there's limited data on which to assess their individual effectiveness. talking about interrogation techniques and in the case of abu zabida who was waterboarded 80 some times in one month the cia says it is not possible to say the waterboarding is the reason fortin ceased production or if another factor such as length of detent

look, cheney is right. bush team had a 100% perfect track record in keeping this country safe after the attacks of 9/11. it is absurd, reckless and irresponsible in the extreme for his successor to go after and potentially prosecute the very men who did those things that kept us safe. we should be offering these men who did this gratitude, thanks, and respect. we should not be hanging prosecutions over their head. >> we're talking eric holder, who is the attorney general conducting an investigation of cia interrogators who in our belief several on this panel and of many others believe yielded data that prevented anything from happening similar to that in the last eight years. >> right. >> what about it? do you think eric holder should be -- >> i think it's outrageous. it's double jeopardy. all of these cases were investigated by the u.s. attorney from virginia. they were cleared of everything. this was no criminal intent they stated in any of these things which is right. so i think to go after the good guys

dick cheney, the former vice president and his daughter, liz cheney, are using fear in this fight.s cheney last may speaking to the neo conservative american enterprise institute. let's listen. >> the administration has found that it's easy to receive applause in europe for closing guantanamo, but it's tricky to come up with an alternative that will serve the interest of justice and america's national security. keep in mind that these are hardened terrorists picked up overseas since 9/11. the ones that were considered low risk were released a long time ago. among these, it turns out many were treated too leniently because they cut a straight line back to their prior line of work and conducted murderous attacks 234 the middle east. 14% of those released previously are believed to be back in the business of jihad. i think the president will find upon reflection that to bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the united states would be cause for great danger and regret in the years to come. >> one of cheney's biggest allies in this debate, none other than his daughter, liz. her

laura: and cheney is holding mr. obama personally responsible. >> the president is the one who bears this responsibility. and for him to say gee, i didn't have anything to do with it, especially after he sat in the oval office and said this wouldn't happen and then holder decides he is going to do it so now he has backed off and claiming is he not responsible. i just -- i think he is trying to duck the responsibility for what's going on here and i think it's wrong. laura: also, senator john mccain, despite believing that waterboarding and other interrogation techniques are torture thinks holder is wrong to proceed. >> i worry about this thing getting out of control and us harming our ability to carry on the struggle that we're in with radical islamic extremism. so, look, i was radically opposed to it i think it harmed us. i think torturing harmed us. a number of antidotes that could substantiate that and i think it harmed our image in the world. but for us now to go back, i think, would be a serious mistake. laura: a

♪ >>> former vice president dick cheney has recently had surgery on his back.ecuperating, condoleezza rice has decided to take over as resident discredited bush administration national security authority. and if that doesn't make you want to smash your forehead into a stack of bricks, we have a very important story at the end of tonight's show that's about a man smashing his forehead into stacks of bricks. kept jones reports. that's coming up. >>> first, it's time for a few holy mackerel stories in today's news. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad is expected to address the united states tomorrow in new york city. he will do so in the midst of major protests against him and his government. and unlike the protests back home in iran, there's nothing he can do about those protests here. thousands of iranians ex-pats and exiles from iran to canada are expected to protest outside the building while mr. ahmadinejad speaks within it. they will be protesting the shady presidential election in june and the severe and violent crackdown that ensued. on thursday, proteste

a new swing is coming cheney's way and not from the president. national security adviser, retired general jim jones now saying cheney couldn't be further from the truth when it comes to whose policy are keeping america safe. obama pufs push to improve international relations is putting more terrorists out of business. >> we're seeing results that indicate more captures, more deaths of radical leaders and kind of a global coming together of the fact that this is a threat to not only the united states but to the world. >> and here with us to talk more about those comments, nbc terrorist analyst. >> can you score right and wrong whennia hear what cheney said in that interview on sunday and what you are hearing from team obama, especially from the national security adviser? >> you're talking about a national security adviser who is formally from the military and also admiral dennis blair and, again, u.s. military who said the exact same thing which is that there is no comparison and i think anyone who think the bush administration was better or tough

liz cheney joins us, and then, breaking news. police just found something on the property, of the neighbors of celebrex which of philippine -- of philipllip garrinodo, ande have branded photographs of the two daughters, and this is where it gets grissom. apparently, these are the two children fathered by the alleged captor, but first, hawpe john, but only if you are fighting mad about health care and taxes, and you think our government is sticking its nose too far into our business. 35 cities in 16 days to land in d.c. and give their politicians an earful. we were with them in nevada this weekend. >> and they are stepping on the constitution. they are stepping on all of our civil liberties. >> the movement is growing. >> ♪ bombs bursting in air >> america is not going the way we should be going. christianity is our base. >> ♪ if you love my country i do not mind working, but i mine all of this nonsense. >> ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ be greta: we are being joined now from flagstaff, arizona. griff? >> welcome to flagstaff, ariz

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she has adopted the more cheney. that's one case of like father, unlike daughter. >>> finally, batter up. newest addition to the supreme court, justice sotomayor, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to the yankees this weekend. hero to baseball fans everywhere for issues an injunction in 1995 that led to the end of that baseball strike. sotomayor got the yankees off to a good afternoon. they beat the sox 3-0. not that that's good for the country. >>> time for today's "big number." we learned today president obama will be traveling to copenhagen to especially make the case for chicago host the 2016 olympic games. according to the traders over in dublin-based entree.com, what are the chances the president will win over the olympic committee? well, 65% chance and rising. if he wins, so does tip o'neill's old rule that all politics is local. 65% chance of the second city becoming the first city of the world in 2016. that's tonight's "big number." >>> up next, why was 76-year-old filmmaker roman polanski arrested now, mo

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keith, this is like the golden oldies, you are going back to cheney and the old bush cheney trough heret the best the dnc can do? >> who has thought of this? cheney is on the television shows every week bashing the obama administration from day one so, i think at some point it has to be addressed. >> well, i think what dick cheney has done is respond to a number of things being said by president obama and his minions, namely that these enhanced interrogation techniques weren't right and in effects weren't successful and made our country more dangerous. is he standing up and saying wait a second. you can think i was wrong about what i said. can you argue with me about the iraq war and that's the historical fight that's going to continue. on this issue, interrogating the worse of the worse. we are talking about a handful of people. the american people are on his side on that issue. maybe not on the iraq war but certainly that issue. >> i think you have a point. but you have to remember. he is using the classic ends justify the means argument. we're a nation of laws. we have to apply them

she has adopted the more cheney. case of like father, unlike daughter. >>> finally, batter up. justice sotomayor threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the yankees. hero for issuing an injunction that headed off the baseball strike of the yankees beat the sox 3-0. not that that's good for the country. we learned today president obama will be traveling to copenhagen to especially make the case for chicago to host the 26-team olympic games. according to the traders over in dublin-based entree.com, what are the chance the president will win over the olympic committee? well, 65% chance and rising. if he wins, so does tip o 'neill's old rule that all politics is local. 65% chance of the second city becoming the first city of the world in 2016. that's tonight's "big number." up next, why was 76-year-old filmmaker roman polanski arrested now, more than 30 years after he was charged for statutory rape? american authorities push for his arrest. europeans are mad about it. but is justice being served here? that's our debate,

. >> former vice president dick cheney is in the hospital today. he underwent elective back surgery this morning. cheney had surgery at george washington university hospital to help treat lumbar spinal stenosis, when the spinal cord narrows. it puts pressure on the cord and nerve roots which can cause pain, numbness or weakness in the legs. cheney has been treated for various health issues over the years. >>> when you are online, spammers have a new way to get your attention and take over your computer. >> we'll check out a new vehicle that gets more than 100 miles to the gallon. you'll never guess what fuels it. >>> spammers are on the atta again. this time they are sending e-mails that create intense blasts of bogus messages. those e-mails overwhelm your spam filters. the malicious messages take over computers and generate more e-mails. experts warn to keep your anti-virus protection current and strong e-mail and spam filters. >> better check ours. >> got to keep updating them repeatedly. >> it's one big headache. >> stay ahead of the criminals.

-- [as dick cheney ] "we're going to get 'em, see."n afghanistan, a presidential candidate named abdullah abdullah says there has been election fraud, and that he deserves to be president. yeah. abdullah abdullah said, "they're going to hear from my lawyer shapiro shapiro. [ laughter ] and you'll see something. larry king in the news. larry king taped an interview with controversial singer chris brown. and, in the interview, brown said he doesn't remember assaulting his girlfriend, rihanna. [ audience boos ] in response, larry king said, "hey, if we're going to sit here and start listing things we don't remember, get comfortable, buddy." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] international sign for larry king right there. >> andy: good. >> conan: do that anywhere in the world, and they know what you're talking about. >> andy: yep. >> conan: simple travel tip for you. >> andy: if it comes up. >> conan: if it comes up, yeah. oh, it comes up, yeah. this is weird. in illinois, get this, a a 10-year-old boy, who does nothing but collect vacuu

cheney has a history of health problems.our heart attacks, angioplasties and quadruple bypass surgery. >>> a former kentucky high school football coach has been cleared of charges in a landmark case. he was accused of causing a death of a 15-year-old player, by ordering a strenuous workout on a hot, summer day. eric horng reports from louisville. >> reporter: it was on a 94-degree day last summer, that stinson, angry after a lackluster practice, ordered his team to run sprints. >> a child died on a football field. he was run to death. he needed a break. >> reporter: witnesses testified players were vomiting and crying, as the coach hurled insults, pressuring the boys to keep running. >> was this a boot camp? was this the nfl? what lessons was he teaching these kids? >> reporter: two players collapsed. one of them gilpin. his temperature topping 109 degrees. shocking, even to his doctors. >> as a heat-related illness, he's the most critical patient i've ever seen. >> reporter: gilpin died three days later. but the defense sai

"it was all cheney's fault. pleez don't put me in jale" -- j-a-l-e. [ cheers and applause ] don't laugh. don't laugh. he worked eight years on that. this is pretty cool. cnn is selling t-shirts with headlines from the news on it. you can go to cnn.com, and you can buy a t-shirt with a headline from something that happened that week. here's one of the more popular ones -- "obama wins!" [ cheers and applause ] that's right. and one of the less popular ones -- "peanut butter kills elderly couple." and, finally, the oscar nominations were announced this week. i think the biggest surprise for me was this one right here. check this out. >> for best performance by an actor in a supporting role, the nominees are... robert downey jr. in "tropic thunder." >> all right, robert downey jr. for "tropic thunder"? really? he gets nominated for playing a white actor playing a black man in a movie about making a film? [ laughter ] right? and then it got weirder. look at this. >> philip seymour hoffman in "doubt." >> it's the daily double. >> what? [ laughs ] thank you.

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and, you know, i'm unable to interview vice president cheney and ask him these things. i tried and tried, and was not given access to him. and i think it was probably was component. there was a certain amount of thinking that this is the kind of things that arabs understand. so it was sort of a, you know, a cultural thought. and they did right after kr-9d 11, the ci@ called up a number of arrear lab allies and said what works wh your people. and so we kind of turned to the wrong places for advice sometimes. thanks. >> yeah. i remember reading your story about alberta in the "new yorker" o of the things that struck me of that story and other stories i've read since is the amount of deception that went on. [phone ringing] . >> excuse me. the amount of deception that went on to keep him from kngwing where things stood with the policies that rumsfeld and haynes. >> it was incredible. he felt the policies were wrong. so they d @ washington thing. they had a study, and everybody participated. and he was under the impression that they weretill studying years later or a year la

[laughter] vice president cheney in some ways had been practicing for doomsday for years before 9/11 but i was for a different kind. they were practicing for a nuclear attack from the soviet union or a major enemy state but in some ways you can see they were unprepared for terrorism. >> host: when they went in the bunker it was the pocket size constitution they consulted? >> guest: absolutedy the presidential emergency center there was no lawbook but there was david adding tens constitution that told them what to do and how to carry on. >> we are not sure where the plane would like and. >> to put more contexinto the book, not just tking about the interpretation of the law or tradition butf it is possible can you summarize the enhanced interrogation techniques that you are talking about? there are some very graphic hard to read sections of the book when it comes to certain people. can you summ@rize that so we can put it into the prope context? >> there have been some variations there was the military program but the idea of basically came after 9/11 two pre-empt any future tax to get

. >>> former vice president dick cheney had elective surgery at george washington hospital today. >> we'll report on the debate between the candidates for governor in virginia. >> we are talking about the rams. a bad memory haunting the res skins. santana moss speaks up about his role in the offense. and gilbert arenas speaks out about his rehab. >>> a yale university technician ryan clark is being held on a multimillion dollar bond. kris clacken has our report. >> reporter: the first court appearance for 24-year-old yale employee raymond clark lasted about three minutes. the judge detailing the charge of murder in the strangulation death of yale graduate student annie le. >> the bond set by judge fisher of $3 million is appropriate. >> reporter: enyeah le disappeare last week, last seen outside a research building where she and clark worked. her body was found sunday stuffed inside the wall of the lab in the building's basement. connecticut's medical examiner says she was choked to death. police collected dna samples from clark tuesday,ut published reports say the murder charge was

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cheney is planning on attending.going to take part in the ceremonial ribbon-shooting. [ laughter ] the dick cheney center for international students. it's just two buildings over from the george w. bush institute for pretzel safety. [ laughter ] [ coughs ] do you remember he actually did that? our president, he choked on a pretzel. poor guy. [ laughter ] claudia schiffer appears topless on the cover of the new issue of "tank" magazine. [ cheers and applause ] you know "tank" magazine, that magazine that half my audience is googling right now. [ laughter ] here in new york, six building inspectors were videotaped dealing cocaine at construction sites. which explains why that hotel by my apartment got built in four days. i think that's what -- [ laughter ] now i get it. [ applause ] police became suspicious when workers were seen jackhammering without turning on the jackhammer. [ laughter ] they were like, "hey, man. what's up? how you doing? what?" this is sad. a 94-year-old woman in texas passed away last week, and h

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some will remember the famous debate between dick cheney and joe lieberman, and dick cheney said thatis company, halliburton, had made millions of dollars without any help from the government. it all came from the government! they were defense contracts! so, what's happened is the american ethos, which is a different thing from our political order. that's the rugged individualism, the cowboy, the frontiersman, the robber baron, the great explorer, the conqueror of the continent. for that aspect of our myth, the market has been the engine of it. so, what brought them together, is what we've seen in the right is what i call a politics of organized cultural enmity. everybody-- >> moyers: accusatory protest, you call it. >> accusatory protest. with liberals as the enemy. so, if you are a free-marketeer, or you're an evangelical, or a social conservative, or even an authoritarian conservative, you can all agree about one thing: you hate the liberals that are out to destroy us. and that's a very useful form of political organization. i'm not sure it contributes much to our government and so

remember a story in "the new york times" back in january of 2005 when former vice president dick cheney made the comment saying that, you know, the israelis may take them out before anybody else. how do you think this news is being received by israel? what do you think their next move would be? >> i think israel will reemphasize its desire to deal with the iranian situation before dealing with the palestinian/israeli. i think we have to deal with most simultaneously. >> this is former president bill clinton with david gregory on "meet the press." let's watch this exchange. >> is this a moment where the president says to iran, we got you and now it's time to act, or you're going to face serious consequences? >> i think that's what they want to communicate with them. i think the reason they want to have talks is if they have talks then they just don't hurl assaults in the press about it. they can more explicitly lay out things they may not be prepared to say in public yet what the options are if iran continues down this path and they can also talk about where we might go together as a rev

cheney said the justice department's investigation of cia interrogations is politically motivated andsays the current administration is making the nation less safe. in an exclusive interview, mr. obama's national security adviser dismissed cheney's charges. >> obviously the former vice president feels strongly about certain things. i don't knowf it's a question of legacy. i was on active duty when these techniques were used. i was surprised and disappointed. i just think it comes down to the basic our laws and values. >> jones told us the obama administration is having greater success fighting terrorism than the bush administration. >> the obama administration is reportedly doing a major overhaul on the justice department's office of civil rights. this morning's new york times says the attorney general eric holder is planning to enforce policies in areas from housing to firing where minorities don't fare well. the bush administration focused on individual cases instead of policies. >> the white house has no comment on a new book by former illinois governor rod blagojevich. in it he bl

president bush and dick cheney -- dick cheney rarely engages the press.erviewed him three times, but correct me if i am wrong, nbc news just savaged you, savaged you, but you did not change your opinion of them. you still gave them the access you gave everybody else, right? >> well, they might disagree that we gave them as much access in the last eight months. bill: well, tell me what your point of view is. it did you, or did you not? >> we tried to make a distinction between what we saw as aggressive and ridiculous behavior on msnbc and the reporters that we dealt with in the white house from nbc, and that does not mean editorial comment from nbc. bill: and what you would do it chris wallace and some people on fox news. >> 100%, absolutely, absolutely. bill: i talked about the criticism and how he engaged the press, president bush, and when his father got hammered, he was very aggressive, but when he himself caught this, he was not. >> not really, not really. bill: you do not take it personally? >> no, i do not. bill: because they are trying to destroy y

we went in with 1002000, cheney signed off on it. -- we went in with 150,000, cheney signed off on it. again, thank you for c-span. president obama is going to fight the fight. host: next caller, are we safer than we were eight years ago? caller: yes, we are safer, but we will never be safer until we get rid of this regime. the previous caller, understand that he is from new york and all that. i do not know if he does his homework. i do my homework. i am not one of those people that gets home and sits down and watches tv. i like to read a lot and investigate. we will not be safe until we get rid of this government. how many people die a year because of the normal flu? we have not found a cure for that? host: we are talking about 9/11, a lot of security measures, a lot of money has been spent in the last 80 years. we want to know whether or not you feel safer -- in the last eight years. we want to know whether you feel safer. "usa today" editorial -- " college sheikh mohammad, the reputed tactical mastermind behind the attacks. the military has eliminated about qaeda training camps in

greta: what did you think of meeting president bush and vice president cheney? did i think about it? greta: you wrote a little bit about it, which is funded read, but what is that like? >> very intimidating, especially the vice president, who is that classic bond villain. president bush was very friendly and kind of candid and open. it was an interesting meeting. the president himself was very friendly, very nice, very open. greta: when reading your book, it is interesting, in the beginning of talks about how exciting the white house correspondents' dinner, then the sadness in the end with your mother. i do not know how else to explain it, but in the middle you talked about coming back from drinking too much. let's [laughter] maybe it was -- >> [laughter] maybe it was the hell of not being able to drink enough. i could not get enough in need work. it was a difficult time. i am concerned, coming out saying -- and it is another guy on tv talking about this, but my life sucks, but now everything ok -- is ok. greta: how were you able to climb back from that? >> gett

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. >>> and former vice president cheney i recovering from back condition.e had lumbar spinal stenosis. it's a narrowing of the spinal canal. his office says the operation was successful. mr. cheney has had a number of medical problems over the year, including four heart attacks. >>> the massachusetts legislature is one step closer to carrying out one of the late senator ted kennedy's wishes. it passed a law that would allow the governor to name an interim apartment to fill kennedy's empty seat. kennedy said the governor should be given the power to appoint a successor so the state could be fully represented in the debate on health care. >>> mcdonnell faced tough questions. he debated creigh deeds in fairfax county yesterday. deeds criticized mcdonnell for his master's thesis in 1989 %pundermined the family. deeds promised new money for roads in his first year in office, and monnell wants to sell off state-owned liquor stores to generate cash. he criticized deeds for not saying how he would fund his plan. >> i handed out my plan, and here is my opponent's pl

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. >> dick cheney waking up this morning in a hospital bed. why the former vice president had to undergo surgery. >>> horror on the highway. a woman carjacked and taken for a wild ride. the suspect still on the loose. >> an incredible escape. a maryland man plunges in a ravine. how he made it off that hillside with the help of a friend who lives hours away. >> and a family affair. president brl enhis tipping some help as he continues his full-court press for health care reform. >>> thanks for waking up with us this morning on "news 4 today." i'm keith garvin in for joe krebs. >> i'm barbara harrison. it's friday, september the 18th, 2009. let's take a look outside. still dark. think we've got another just -- almost a half hour before sunrise as tom's been telling us. a glow out there kind of on the hazy, foggy looking side, tom. >> yeah, just a little light fog in the air. we had a little drizzle overnight just west and north of washington so some of the roads may still be a little bit damp there. but we do have the cloud cover in place here a

. >> vice-president cheney next to me. >> what had a was that that? did he laugh?e didn't shoot you? >> i was worried because i looked over and the president was supposed to be there. and the vice-president made fun, the president couldn't be here today, he's in cancun. and then i was like, good the president wasn't there and realized he didn't know what i was doing and vice-president cheney, boom. and then he was on the floor, like, oh! i've been working on the obama impression, the president obama impression, i don't have the voice yet. i'm relying on my physical re m resemblance to him. >> what do you do to-- >> well, first of all, it's like cartman from south park. but it's somewhere in here. look, here is the deal. and he says look and here is the the deal. he wants to you listen and might cost awe couple of bucks. i don't care in your a republican, democrat. >> mike: i care and-- >> here is the deal. i'm going to talk slow at the beginning and fast at the end. ta-da ta-da ta-da. bush would get to the end of the sentence and couldn't find the last word and roo

a cheney spokesperson says that the former v.p. ate dinner with his wife lynne in the hospital room and he should be released soon. supporters say it will make college more affordable. opponents say just the opposite. a drastic financial aid overhaul, one that would cut private lenders and leave the government the only provider of student loans. will it work? we will report, you decide. the push to make americans healthier in part by taxing sugary soft drinks. you like a diet coke? that's still ahead. you know, a lot can happen in a year. life changes. your insurance coverage should change, too. people get married, move, have kids. that's why nationwide insurance does an on your side review. we help you get the right coverage at the right price. i'm marlene dailey, and i am on your side. ( marlene ) switch to nationwide insurance now. ( man ) call 1-877-nationwide. what do you say to a spin around the color wheel? - to paint with primer already mixed in? - ♪ yeah yeah yeah... - test samples instead of can commitments? - ♪ whoo! - w

pulitzer prize for exposing the bush administration's secret domestic surveillance program and dick cheneydenounced the paper for doing that. critics say the journalists who received and published classified information are every bit as morally culpable than the daniel ellsburg's of the world who actually leaked the material. >> if you think it was culpable, by the way, people who do that unless it involves communication intelligence or the identity of covert op rat ofs as in the case of valerie plame are not actually breaking the law of a moral precedent. >> what about morally? >> morally i would say they are very complicit in not putting out that information when they understand that lives depend on their revealing it. and i feel i was culpable earlier and that those who have led to so many deaths, iraqi and american in iraq by not risking their careers are morally culpable for that. you have to make your choice. you have to make your decision as to where morality lies. >> >> daniel, ellsberg, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> after the break, policing a paparazzi pre

that's in the briggs cheney area of silver spring. she had been reported missing earlier this month. now police arrested a 17-year- old and he's been charged with first-degree murder in the case. because of his age we cannot show you his mug shot. he had an argue with vasquez, killed her and placed her body in a plastic storage container in the corner of the backyard. >>> right now a car jacker on the loose, somewhere possibly in prince georges county. he led police on a wild chase last night. it started in prince william county, virginia where the suspect stole the car and held the driver captive. the chase ended with a five- vehicle mashup on saint barnabas road in oxon hill. several people including a virginia state trooper suffered minor injuries average dc police are posting a picture of a man who is terrorizing cab drivers. police say this have a man targeting cab drivers in northeast dc. he's taken money from two drivers in the vicinity of the 2200 block of 13th street in northeast. >> everybody has their personal fears. i just

it's the ash ford at wood lake apartments inhe bridge cheney section of silver spring.und 12:30 this morning, police received a 911 call, someone repting hearing shots fired in the area. when investigators arrived on the scene, they found a 37-year-old woman lying dead on the walkway that leads from the parking lot area of this complex to the front door of her apartment building. no word on whether this was a random act or whether she knew the person who fired the fatal shots. they're still working on all of that and looking for witnesses as well. eun, back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. >>> totoday's news4 morning pern bogo aveesve andey yato todaytidu.du thr washington office of enghio llc.ge geier woods, co-workers say she aiv aest f houralve e ry h day to mak s y re ready to open on time.ad gr e sheets all the clients of i tn irkerssf i they were members of her family. if you know someoneike l syherr bettis, e-mail that person's story along with a cleary close-up picture to morningperson@nbcwashington.com. >>> it's all eyes on the 9s in las vegas today for9/9/