it was formerly occupied by circuit city, and has been empty since that bankruptcy three years ago.the large storefronts have experienced the same fate. the streets are frequented by homeless drifters, and drug addicts, and graffiti appears nightly. it is difficult for large formula retail business to get a permit to operate in the city. environmental tape, historical building, and other committees take a minimum of a year to 18 months, not to mention hundreds of thousands of $1 must spend on lawyers, engineers, lobbyists. at least three large retailers consider leasing space, and eventually all dropped out because of time, effort, and unpredictable cost. for some strange reason, the city bent over backwards for the minority groups, mostly retired or unemployed, who had the time to mind -- to complain the loudest. the majority simply do not have time to show up and complain. this is what is happening with the cpmc. we have spoken about the difficulty of doing business in the city. everybody i have spoken to, from the mayor to the building department, have agreed with us that the cit

. >> circuit city, they tried to buy in bankruptcy and creditors, see you later, sister, we're going to liquidation. i mean, it's always creditors committee that decides, right? >> ultimately. but in this case the management has had a huge hand and sway over what's been happening. >> i thought you were mad because you tried to upgrade and there were seats left, but -- >> not after that column, i'll never get an upgrade again even though i'm a gold or special -- >> super duper platinum -- >> i've just been downgraded, i'm sure about that. >> i wasn't sure of all the things you were just talking about. i have to go back and read the column. i only read "science times," i told you that. >> and paul krugman. >> who's coming on at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. i know. it's going to be an interesting interview. don't cry just yet. >> i'm not going to cry. i have priors. i don't want to do anything that gets me, you know -- >> back in jail? >> -- back in touch with my -- i'm worried. a few other -- really, what gets me is when you try -- you have the miles, you're ready to do the upgrade, seats a

lot of answers and don't have a lot of strategies at the midterm level and may be the same as circuit citysame conversation as radio shack. >> if there's no turnaround in sight or no answers, is it going to go out of business? what is the end game? >> end game is they have to take a hard look at their real estate portfolio. look at what's gone away, cdc, dvds, a lot of that is moving digital. that was a third of their store square footage at one point. that's a starting point at the square footage they need to look at. take a profit from the store reductions and invest in a better customer experience and broadening awareness of price parity with amazon and other players out there. they tried to market themselves as being a service leader in consumer electronics business, low price always wins out. until they dispel that myth or bring the pricing of amazon in check, it will be an uphill battle. >> we have to leave it there. best buy down by 23%. up next, we will go private island hopping. >> sounds pretty good. >> yeah. >> we will look for bargains among the vanity properties. the super ric

we stopped at a circuit city, so i got to check out a lot of the technological innovations over the pastlus that i had no idea of, and i gravitated toward the huge tv with the surround sound, the real plush leather seats, and i'm like, yeah, i can get used to this. >> but paul would find challenges in even the most mundane aspects of this new world. >> i had some food dropped off and one of the things was pressurized can of cheese spread, and everybody would, you know, probably knows how to work a pressurized can of cheese spread, but it was something i hadn't seen. like everything else, i go to squeeze the can, and couldn't squeeze this can, so my first thought is go to the directions, and the directions state, you know, press tip firmly. so i'm pressing straight down on the tip and nothing is happening. so i'm holding the base of the tip and i'm pulling down. still nothing is happening. and i notice this black object at the bottom of the can. so i start pressing that. so by this time i'm completely lost, and a guy walked by and told me to press the tip sideways which from a logical per

we have one guest who thinks it's going the way of circuit city.xtinct? >> insane. >> announcer: "squawk on the street" will be right back. fidelity's etf market tracker shows you the big picture on how different asset classes are performing, and it lets you go in for a closer look at areas within a class or sector that may be bucking a larger trend. i'm stephen hett of fidelity investments. the etf market tracker is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. get 200 free trades today and explore your next investing idea. >>> we've seen what digitizing music books have done to stores and video, replacing physical retail in early stages. is it only a matter of time before the likes of amazon have to say good-bye to best buy. he sits on the boards of several companies including pinterest and open table. jeff, good to have you. >> thank you very much. good morning to you. >> this dynamic not new to anybody who reads the paper or shops in this country. you say we're approaching a sea change in retail even still. what's it going

city hall is closed. montgomery county circuit court is closed. montgomery county schools are closed. pepco is down to 130547 outages most in montgomery county but they are also spread across the district and prince george's county. dominion power has 82963 outages in northern virginia.

city. when everyone asks me about race circuits you know in london or in moscow for the city race i'm always yeah let's do it let's do it this is you know i think moscow has the opportunity i hope in the future to put on the street race i think i've seen the same images of moscow at night and it looks absolutely spectacular so i think having a night race here one day as we do in singapore would be you know one of the highlights of our season so i hope that you guys welcome us. tighten his grip on the moto g.p. standings the spanish rider cruising to victory at the telling gran prix to stretch overall lead the reins over to compared to who started from pole on the first and never looked back after that draws to second the result now lead to draw so why nineteen points at the top of the overall standings winning campaign cases turner is eighteen points back. to settle for a lower on the day running the track. or completed the porter. knew. it was going to be very difficult because. it would be nice but i tried to load the human the first. two and i knew that the drive a little bit more with. t

city street . when everyone asks me about race circuits you know in london or in moscow for the city race i'm always yeah let's do it let's do it this is you know i think moscow has an opportunity i hope in the future to put on the street race i think i've seen the same images of moscow at night and it looks absolutely spectacular so i think how many a night race here one day as we do in singapore would be you know one of the highlights of our season so i hope that you guys welcome us. former chimp and hall who runs starting his group on the moto g.p. standings the spanish ride to cruising to victory at the telling grand prix to stretch over a lead the runs over to competitor denny who started from on the first of the man never looked back after that to be. suffering the result means the rains now only drop by nineteen points in the sort of the overall standings reigning champion casey stone is eighteen points further back. to settle for a lower school on the day to day running of the track. hundreds of videos are completed the podium. over to and have been upset at the diamond league meeting in lon

cities across the u.s. data is being collected on closed circuit cameras, license plate readers and internet monitoring. . moore joins us at 9:15 eastern on wednesday morning to take your phone calls. >>> shreveport in march, oklahoma city, may. wichita in june and this last weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of the local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. next month look for louisville kentucky the weekend of august 4, and 5, on c-span 2 and 3. >>> long island university awarded the 2012 polk investigative journalism awards. among the winners, the reporter who broke the jerry sandusky sex abuse study and a post humus award. it's extraordinary that and it's gained strength and stature over the last decades. this remarkable man who was pursuing a story and was murdered because of it and then, of course, was there a complicated second half as an investigation was launched as to who killed george polk leading to some of america's most distinguished journalists participating at the very beginning of the cold war. so we are proud and privileged to keep hi

city hall is closed. montgomery county circuit court is closed. montgomery county schools are closed. is down to 130547 outages most in montgomery county but they are also spread across the district and prince george's county. dominion power has 82963 outages in northern virginia. potomac edison has 522 out aims most in allegheny frederick and garrett county. pg emost in prince george's county. monika samtani will have traffic for us in just a moment. we still have a problem with lights at major intersections, especially in montgomery county. >> she has a look at what we can expect temperature-wise. good morning olga. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday things were nice, air was dry. this morning we are not getting that much of a break. we are looking at very mild temperatures. in the 80s outside in the suburbs. we have nice 70s going around. plenty of sunshine today. brilliant sunshine by noon but we are going to be right back up into the middle range 90s by later on this afternoon. we will begin to have a little bit of a wind shift toward the end of the day. it won't impact us too

one should return to race here in the future when everyone asks me about race circuits you know in london or moscow for the city race i'm always yeah let's do it let's do it this is you know i think moscow has the opportunity i hope in the future to put on a street race i think i've seen the same images of moscow at night and it looks absolutely spectacular so i think having a night race here one day as we do in singapore would be you know one of the highlights of our season so i hope that you guys welcome us and besides that f one display thousands of muscovites and guests got to see the high octane action trucks and bikes leaving their imprints on moscow's pavement. mico here and he is currently in second place in may she is world rally championship he took time out meet season she misses a great. when there's no stress here you know i don't really need to care if i make a small mistake or some one second always my driving is not perfect so it's just for fun and so it's really. you know i can really enjoy this weather and i really do enjoy this is like this well. if one crew. spic secular schools. only the pi

when everyone asks me about race circuits you know in london or in moscow for the city race i'm always yeah let's do it let's do it this is you know i think moscow has the opportunity i hope in the future to put on the street race i think i've seen the same images of moscow at night and it looks absolutely spectacular so i think having a night race here one day as we do in singapore would be you know one of the highlights of our season so i hope that you guys welcome us. while the formula one car shook the kremlin walls of the russian capital world series by rare no took to a brand new track in the moscow region the venue was designed by world famous architect herman tired and could hold f one races in the future constantly but top off as the story. the moscow raceway is the first i would track in russia that's going to host all kinds of more sporting events including formula one but it was world series by ran on that first got to try out the brand new course sitting some eighty kilometers northwest of moscow you have a lot of very good drivers in this area and it became. where you can

cities across the u.s. data is being unknowingly collected on millions of americans via closed circuit cameras and internet monitoring. mr. moore joins us on washington journal at 9:15 eastern to take your phone calls. >>> shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city may. wichita in june, and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of cspan's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv, and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> colorado christian university hosted its western conservetive summit. one discussion on national security featured geert wilders, a member of the dutch parliament who wants to ban muslim immigrants from coming

city. d.c. public schools are closed today. same case for montgomery county school there's. montgomery county circuit court is also closed today. we're running all the closures on the bottom of your screen. you can find them online at nbcwashington.com. >>> a dc diner is ale couping center right now. a few people spent the night at the american city diner on connecticut avenue northwest near the

as our bidders' circuit -- visitors are getting off the ship, they will land here at the pier gateway of one of the greatest cities in the world. stand here and think, what would be like to be a first-time visitor to san francisco? you get to see the gorgeous bay, bay bridge, alcatraz, and as you turn around, the coit tower and transamerica building. it does not get much better than that. we are really excited and we thank you for your effort. when this project is complete, where all of you are standing will be a 2.5 acre park. it has been planned for over 20 years, so it is very gratifying to be able to move forward on the long-awaited project. thanks to the influence of our partners at the america's cup, at the end of the pier is another new plaza where you will have about 270 degree views, your first use of the ac-72's as they start and finish here. cruise terminals are an interesting facility in that they are designed to be vacant as much as they are designed to be fully impacted. one day it is overflowing and the next day there is nobody here. with the help of our blue ribbon committee and partners at san fra

city for the 83rd annual all-star game. american league looking for a win. the senior circuit didn't waste time getting on the board. pitch off's wall into right. coming around to score and the national league take as 1-0 lead. later in the inning, verlander in trouble with the bases loaded. pablo sandoval hits one deep to right field, staying in the yard. jose bautista has a hard time tracking it down. three runs score and sandoval not known for speed pulls up at third with a triple. more fireworks courtesy of the san francisco giants in the fourth. ka brash cabrera, and tries to slap a former teammate. he leaves his hanging. look that. the national league fifth inning, the mets david wright hits one back to the pitcher and bryce harper shows his youth and gets caught in the rundown for the second oufrt inning. bottom half of the same inning. mike napoli hits a routine fly ball to hamprper. he loses it in the twilight. not a great all-star debut for harper, 0-1 with a walk and strikeout in addition to his problems in the field. >>> sixth inning. 40-year-old chipper jones set to retire at end of the season comes to

city of falls church is on liberal leave. louden county government employees are on leave. >>> prince george's county schools closed. montgomery county circuit court closed. the county district court is open in montgomery county. montgomery county college closed. prince george's county employees can take liberal leave. maryland state employees can take liberal leave. >>> thousands are still without power as you can see. at last check a total of 245500 outages. 48,000 are in the district. the most are in montgomery county. prince george's county 52700. dominion power has a total of 158882 in northern virginia. 54712 in the shenandoah valley. bgand e. total outages in our viewing area. calvert county 985. carol county 2352. howard county 26783. montgomery county 2973. prince george's county 20754. that breaks down to 263 in calvert county. 1024 in prince george's county. potomac edison has a total of 14318. allegheny county 3685. garrett county 2429. howard county 824, front good morningry county 1964 and washington county 58. >> oh, my goodness. hopefully we won't have to do anything like that until the winter. well it is weather that caused

. >> just as an addition we have a city policy if you leave your station for more than an hour you need to turn your computer off. >> this is a huge short circuit. you plug it in and it short circuits the power and heats up and has a plan that blows the heat from the -- there are some people who theorize one of the reasons that san francisco has a huge power spike in the early evenings is people coming home from work and turning on lights, appliances and electric heat. that's one of the leading theories about why we have the spike? >> 80-90 megawatts. >> huge. >> these are gigantic power eaters, what's the alternative to an electric heater if you want to keep yourself warm? >> well, it depends on how you are using it. if you are turning it on so it's heating you while you are present it may be the most efficient thing you can do. >> somebody was talking about replacing a furnace and i have seen a lot of people replacing furnaces looking for energy efficiency furnaces. there are different ways to rate furnaces. new requirements say they have to be the ducts have to be sealed and insulated and meet all the efficiency requirements. one of the most

city, arguing that tenants had a constitutional right to receive their mail. the superior court disagreed. the briefing is due at the end of this month before the ninth circuit. supervisor mar: thank you so much. colleagues, i am going to jump into public comment. two minutes per person. there is a buzzer that goes off. please try to stay within time limits, if possible. i am going to call people in bunches of 10, but if people could live up on the left side, that would really help. jessica, james, jesse, tony, and [unintelligible] [reads names] >> good afternoon, supervisors, city staff, and supervisors. you have heard a number of recommendations for changes to be made. what you have heard so far are recommendations that can be implemented right away. these are urgently needed, given the concerns over health and safety. we urge you to take action in the days and weeks. by improving contacts and pursuing other changes, i have several other recommendations that might take more time. more targeted outreach to seniors and adults with disabilities in sro's, as well as access to services to make sure that seniors have access to in home affordable options and othe

city of falls church is on liberal leave. >>> in maryland montgomery and prince george's county schools closed. this is summer school and some of the courses going on. montgomery county circuit court is closed. montgomery county district court it is open. montgomery college is closed. prince george's county government employees can take liberal leave. maryland state employees can also take liberal leave. it would be nice to get a little bit of temperature relief. olga, good morning. >> reporter: we are seeing cloud cover overhead. temperatures have dropped just a little bit. around 80 degrees, into the 70s outside the beltway. we'll clear out clouds as the rain moves on later on this morning. looking at 90 degrees by noon, middle 90s 3:00 to 4:00. later on this evening we'll build in cloud cover which will bring an opportunity for showers later on this afternoon. most of the moisture is moving through the portions of southern maryland. that will continue off toward the close again. some of the rain had been steady overnight. it should be moving quickly as we head in toward the next two hours. our current temperatures are into those middle range 70s, look at a fewer lower 70s

circuit may have caused the fire. >>> and in india, a major power outage has left cities in the dark.dreds of thousands of train commuters are stranded. 370million people are affected. it may take up to 12 hours to fully get the electricity back on in eight northern states. hospitals and airs are using backup generators. >>> a scathing government investigation questioning hundreds of millions of your tax dollars spent on afghanistan construction projects. alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with our new report being row leased today. >> reporter: this calls into question very big projects, including $220 million for diesel generators meant to provide electricity until a hydros it turbine's built. $23million for a controversial road project that's angered local residents and $300 million for electricity projects that have not yet been awarded to contractors. the money comes from a fund that was intended to help the u.s. defeat the taliban by winning afghans over with extensive new problems. the problem this is not changing the security environment and could be making thing

the 9th circuit doesn't agree with them but it's a great argument. megyn: the citym to build the structure. so how can they now come and say but you can't use it if you want to. >> it depends on what the structure is used for. if all he's doing is storing their 4 1/2 acres of lawn and storing their tools and what not, but you are talking about putting 20-30 people into that location. that just changes everything. because with that structure you have got building codes and it boils down to one word, safety. fit was a shed we wouldn't be talking about it. megyn: to what extent does it matter? the parking -- they are talking about maybe 20 people showing up. the parking. in defense of the city. the neighbors don't like that every week. 20 people crowding the grass and the area. i don't want that next to me. >> this was all good until a neighbor complained. but i think that argument goes along with this argument. if the 20-30 cars are not members of the public in general. they aren't saying come everyone to my church. they are saying my friend, my family by invitation a

city in there. menlo in there. 68. cool as a rule. >>> the san francisco-based 9th circuit court of appeals is changing plans after beingcized for wasteful spending. jamie dupree joins us via skype from washington, d.c. with more. >> reporter: good morning. at first, the 9th circuit basically told several members of the u.s. senate to go mind their business and butt out but now after some thought, the 9th circuit has decided they will go ahead with their judicial conference in maui. but any will delay next year -- bur they will delay next year's conference. so instead they will delay that until 2014. obviously, the issue of the budget has come up. a number of senators accuse the 9th circuit of wasting tax payer dollars. if it is a million bucks that would be more -- that would be more expensive than that gsa conference in las vegas that create the all of the -- created all of the furor earlier this year. tori? >> do you have any more information on the commerce department scandal 1234. >> reporter: department -- department damage signal. >> signal -- department scanned signal. >> reporter: yes, this is really interestin

city roads for the 2012 grand prix of baltimore. a forklift placed the trucks ceremonial first jersey barrier downtown the 12 turn, 2-mile circuit will be complete in 32 days, with crews working from 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m., the race is scheduled to run on labor day weekend. >> our day started off beautifully but the humidity is back a brief shower moved through around lunchtime, but the sun is out now, wjz has weather and traffic together, bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. >> hello. well, we had clouds earlier today a couple showers and is thunderstorms we will show you first warning doppler radar a few out there but scattered, about because there is not a whole lot of movement to them if you get underneath one of these you are going to get a dour pour with a lot of rain -- downpour with a lot of rain. elsewhere clouds have mixed with sunshine it is warm and muggy 86 degrees where we sit now in baltimore that is our high so far on the day 88 in dc and dew points upper 60s so you can feel the air thick out there. we will have your forecast coming up. >> thank you we will check on the road

circuit is believed to cause that fire. >>> in syria government forces and rebels are claiming victory in battle for ray leep pro. 200,000 people have left the city in two days to escape the fighting. >>> a kent state university student that tweeted he wanted to shoot up the campus he is scheduled to be arraigned today. his name is william coberna. he is also facing hearings that could lead to him being suspended or kicked out of the university. the head of the kent state university says all threats against the school are taken very seriously. >>> new this morning a scathing federal government investigation questioning hundreds of millions of your tax dollars spent on afghanistan construction projects. ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with this new report that is coming out today. alison. >> reporter: this report is the latest from the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction and it calls into question some very big projects. including $220 million for diesel generators to provide energy but the project won't provide as much electricity as the generators. $23million for a controversial road project that has angered

the israelites around the city of jericho, they went around and around blowing their rams' horns so that those walls would come tumbling down. it didn't happen on the first circuit. didn't happen on the second. according to the bible, joshua had to go around the city of jericho seven times before the walls came atumbling down. i don't care if we have to do this seven times or 77 times, we are going to do this because it's right. i thank the presiding officer, and i will go into the closing sequence. i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that at 3:00 p.m. tuesday, july 17, the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to s. 3369 be agreed to, that the motion to reconsider be agreed to and the senate proceed to the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to s. 3369, the disclose act, upon reconsideration. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate

this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >> the ninth circuit court of appeals in anchorage, alaska will decide if the supreme court's landmark decision establishing the second amendment as an individual right to bear arms extends to having a homemade machine gun in the home. matthew hannity is appealing his conviction for possession of a fully automatic homemade machine gun. he fired a machine gun from the front door of his home in a residential never would north of the. anchorage he was sentenced to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and a fine of $7,500. his attorneys argue that under the second amendment based on the supreme court's 2008 decision in the district of columbia, the conviction should be overturned. the court ruled the second amendment protected an individual's right to possess a firearm not connected to serve as a militia. the oral argument is 30 minutes. the next case is the united states vs. henry. >> good morning your honour's and welcome to alaska. i represent matthew henry in this case