they located the district of columbia. they are an accelerator. there an incubator of technology firms. they now have about 10. they already signed on. they are located in the city. they found their headquarters. this is as good as it gets. you see where the word is? there is the district of columbia flat. that is as good as it gets. if we could get the rest of the folks to do the same kind of thing we will really go. the last woman to his new brand analytics. on its way to california, they are a firm that has very interesting apps that there aren't gauge in. they're going to stay and they are expanding. it is a fledgling technology arena and bring more jobs here. we don't have a numerical goal. we are working with work force investment on what we talked about, seven agencies that are listed there. we moved the investment counseling to the deputy mayor's office. the rest of those are community college, a state agency in the city, juvenile justice has the grant from the department of labour to take older youth to the criminal-justice system and mov

this hearing takes place in the district of columbia. the capitol of the nation and the federal government. it is here perhaps more than any other place in the united states americans come to exercise their first amendment rights to peacefully assemble to petition their government for redress of grievances and to exercise their right of freedom of speech. all three injured 97 of america's national parks but especially the national parks in washington, d.c. are places where citizens' rights are guaranteed under the nation's constitution. among the law enforcement agencies in the nation, the national park service and its urban law enforcement organization the united states park release have perhaps the greatest experience handling first amendment activities. in 2011 alone there were 626 permitted first amendment activities on land here in washington, d.c.. not all first amendment activities require a permit their fourth these numbers are only a portion of those taking place in the capitol city. a few examples of the historic large scale fi

. >>> taking you now to texas where a teenager is back home months after she was deported to columbia. she remains at the center of an international mystery. she had no ties to the country, doesn't speak spanish. fox's julie investigates. >> u.s. officials deported the teenager because she was an illegal immigrant, at least that's what she told authorities and that is where the international mystery begins. how could the government responsible for tracking illegals in this country deport someone without verifying if they are illegal or not? that is what turner's family wants to know, especially considering she is a miner, is not fluent in spanish, and has no ties to columbia. they pointed fingers over who is responsible. the 15-year-old was returned to dallas and reunited with her family friday evening. >> i hope and pray there's no one that has to go through what i went through. i think the system needs to be changed. more protection. >> a family attorney says she is happy to be home and out of the family would not be issuing any further statements other than to say they are happy to

in texas teenager mistakenly purported to columbia will soon be reunited with her family. the 15-year-old turner ran away in 2010. she was arrested for shoplifting in houston and was sent to colombia. she told police that she was a 21-year-old from columbia. she will be handed over to u.s. officials today. it's not clear when she will be returned home. but >>> the prime suspect in natalee holloway's disappearance goes on trial for murder in peru. he's charged with killing 21- year-old stephanie floras in may of 2010. he stole money and bank cards, a woman and then beat her to death after playing poker with the woman at a casino. >>> in cumberland it is 30 degrees. >> still ahead, and other metro mess. and more track work. what that competition could mean for passengers this weekend. >> hollywood's take on the

there's 18,000 new residents that moved to the district of columbia. you have the high school reform in the city. we have a state's account that machines other in terms of the money we've had sur -- no other cities have in terms of the money we've had surplus in. the idea is get our message out and make sure we do everything possible to restore the trust. we've passed a comprehensive ethics reform bill. we have an official code of conduct in place. we have training manuals in terms of ethics reform for all the staff and we're going to do everything we can to earn back the respect and trust of the residents of the district of columbia. >> that legislation was passed just yesterday. one of the things it did was in the past the law had said you had to be sent to prison before you would have to give up your prison on the city council. now the standard is all you need to do is be convicted of a felony and yet i spoke to one council member today who said having that law in place before probably wouldn't have prevented what happened with council member thomas

por ejemplo, en el distrito de columbia causa preocupacion la salud de los indigentes... maria rosa lucchini nos cuenta mas... esta es la triste realidad en las calles.... desamparados... que desafian las bajas temperaturas... una situacion preocupante, ya que ponen en riesgo sus vidas... "siempre hay fatalidades y es algo realmente terrible, porque la ayuda esta ahi, nosotros podemos ayudar, nos comunicamos con otras agencias" el distrito de columbia activo su linea de emergencia de hipotermia....ya que las temperaturas descendieron a punto de congelacion.... los alberges abrieron sus puertas para amparar a los indigentes... organizaciones comunitarias tambien colaboran... neighbors' consejo es una de ellas... "en estas epocas de frio, la gente se quedan en las calles porque ese es su hogar, entonces lo que nosotros hacemos es vamos a las calles y recogemos a gente y las transportamos a shelters, a veces la gente no quiere ir a shelters, entonces le proveemos con una manta, con ropa para que se abriguen" pero no solo los desamparados estan pasando frio... rosa en su prop

joining us from columbia, ania, it's a little columbia but it's a lot the burbes of columbia.he closest media market we have to a swing market. >> reporter: that's right. and columbia of course, actually has a democratic mayor, a black mayor, it's an area john mccain did pretty well last go-around and important for mitt romney to do well too if he has a hope of making this thing close to winning. they are lowering the expectations now. i was out with newt and that's going to be important for him to get the voters out in this really, really wet, dreary weather. they were certainly excited to see newt gingrich and he very much was excited himself. i covered him initially he was very all over the place in terms of his message, running late to events and going after bain and trying to be a populist. that didn't really work. it seems something really changed in terms of the energy of the crowds and who he was on the stump after those debate performances. in talking to people on the stump, they very much were talking about the debate performances and also talking about him being abl

in barnard's case, the other school is right across the street -- columbia university. >> there are columbiamen were not allowed to attend columbia. they weren't allowed to vote, either. nowadays, most schools are co-ed, meaning they accept both male and female students. but even though many doors have been opened to women, barnard is here to open more. >> well, i think that barnard has just a very long history of providing leadership opportunities for women and really pushing women out there in the working worlds. and that's true, i think, from a number of the women's colleges. >> and here's the proof -- only 2% of all college grads come from women's colleges, but listen to this. 20% of the women in congress came from single-sex colleges. graduates from women's colleges are twice as likely to earn phds, and they are more likely to go to medical school. of the 50 top-ranking women in business, an amazing 30% came from -- you guessed it -- women's schools. dean fondiller told me that at a college like barnard, women get used to being leaders, and that carries them forward into science, govern

por ejemplo, en el distrito de columbia causa preocupacion la salud de los indigentes... maria rosa lucchini esta con nosotros para informarnos sobre las medidas que estan tomando las autoridades... maria rosa... asi es alfredo, la madre naturaleza esta haciendo de las suyas... y ha obligado a autoridades en el distrito de columbia activar la linea de emergencia de hipotermia ante las bajas temperaturas... esta es la triste realidad en las calles.... desamparados... que desafian las bajas temperaturas... una situacion preocupante, ya que ponen en riesgo sus vidas... "siempre hay fatalidades y es algo realmente terrible, porque la ayuda esta ahi, nosotros podemos ayudar, nos comunicamos con otras agencias" el distrito de columbia activo su linea de emergencia de hipotermia....ya que las temperaturas descendieron a punto de congelacion.... los alberges abrieron sus puertas para amparar a los indigentes... organizaciones comunitarias tambien colaboran... neighbors' consejo es una de ellas..."en ea gente se quedan en las calles porque ese es su hogar, entonces lo que nosotros

renuncio a su cargo de concejal del distrito de columbia. esta noche, el concejal por el distrito 5 de la ciudad de washington, renuncio a su puesto en el concejo municipal. en un comunicado hecho publico thomas dijo: " estoy renunciando a mi posicion como miembro del concejo. cometi algunos errores muy serios y asumo la responsabilidad por mis acciones". las repercuciones en nuestra comunidad no se dejaron esperar. sot. harry thomas jr. admitio haber cometido dos delitos federales, apropiacion ilicita de bienes estatales y falsedad en la declaracion de impuestos. segun este vecino la ley es muy contemplativa. sot indagamos sobre cuales eran los vinculos de harry thomas jr. con nuestra comunidad sot thomas jr. renuncio despues de negociaciones que sostuvo con la fiscalia del fbi. manhana viernes, thomas se declarara culpable en una corte del distrito. segun analistas, harry thomas no podria ser nuevamente candidato al concejo despues de ser encontrado culpable y cumplir su condena al igual que lo hiczo el ex alcalde y varias veces concejal,

assume that the three judge district court in columbia, finds problems with two or three district saying of the congressional plan, does it just say there are problems with these districts and we deny clearance or does it give guidance and say we would give free clearance if you made the following changes? does it give you a road map? how do these decisions work? >> i don't think there's a road map to the extent they give a road map. two things are crystal clear. one is when the d.c. authority, attorney general or the court denies pre clearance it denies pre clearance. the plan is not free cleared. there is no such thing as free clearance in part or personal free clearance. it is a line-item veto. the second point is not to save the court doesn't provide reasoning for its decision or the attorney general. that is why the court -- this court knew the objections were to particular district even though the effect was to not pre clear the old plan. that seems to be the mistake of the district court that effectively treats the non pre cleared plan. that is the exact word judge johnson used in

a texas teen back with her family after she was mistakenly deported to columbia.he is not columbia and does not speak spanish. she lied about being an illegal and later deported. we'll hear from her family on america's news headquarters and your headlines coming your way. stay with us. trying to flip our way out of the housing crisis. they will give them government backed loans. critics say it is a bad idea. why do you like this? >> it is simple. you have a rim defense. simple western st. -- there is a problem with it. and anything to incent vise people to have the homes. and this workings. somebody is taking that home and refurbishing and rebuilding it and back on the market place. this is inventory off of the market. >> flipping has a bad conotation from the early 2000s when we were in a housing bubble and flipping was making prices far exceed the homes valley. we are in the middle of a severe housing crisis and you can get homes that are sitting there abandon blighting communitis and get them to be attractive to sellers and buyers it is a wonderful thing for th

but for one man in columbia, it will take weeks. joel d.mith is live at the home now, that was a national finalist for christmas decorations.good morning joel d. good morning patrice... the holidays are over... summer is still months away.. wouldn't it be nice to sneak away for a quick vacation? we say "go vacation"! - we aae giving away a trii for two to anywhere southwest airlines flies.. courtesy of namco bandai games. watch fox45 morning news for each day's codeword. enter the correct codeworr on our facebook page. page. each day... we'll draw a name. that person gets a "go and will be entered for the grand prize drawing. it's one of the hottest valentine's concerts in baltimore... a preview of the big event... and your chance to win tiikets to he show... next in your hometown hotspot. ((music nats)) plus... this girl can hostta concert using just her eyebrows... her unique talent just ahead. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. ((bump out)) ((break 1)) ((music nats)) nats)) it's all in eyebrows.... 14 year old girl from sydney au

el concejal del distrito de columbia harry thomas enfrenta serios cargos por robo...se especula que podria declararse culpable de los cargos a fin de recibir una sentencia mas ligera.. claudia uceda se encuentra con nosotros y nos trae los detalles.. asi es norma... segun documentos de la corte que fueron dados a conocer hoy, el concejal harry thomas enfrenta 2 cargos criminales... el primero cargo que enfrenta es por la malversacion de mas de $300,000 dolares de la ciudad, y el segundo, es por mentir en su declaratoria de impuestos... el concejal habria utilizado fondos publicos destinados a programas juveniles para pagar sus gastos personales que incluyo un vehiculo deportivo de lujo... el mes pasado, agentes del fbi incautaron varias computadoras y otros objetos de su vivienda.. fuentes cercanas a thomas indicaron que podria presentarse a una audiencia ante la corte manana viernes, y que podria enfrentar hasta tres anos de carcel si se declara culpable.. por su puesto la gran pregunta hora es si el concejal renunciara o no a su cargo ..... asi que estaremos atentos

steve handlesman, news 4, live in columbia, south carolina.aron, back to you. >> steve, thank you. as we look ahead to florida, the candidates will debate in tampa bay on monday during a special edition of rock center. brian williams will monitor that debate. you can watch it monday night at 9:00 p.m. right here on nbc 4. still ahead tonight, the future of the alexandria waterfront has been decided. the results of a vote that could bring major changes to old town. how marion barry's friends say he's doing after surgery. and ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >>> the council approved a plan by a 5-2 vote tonight. more than 100 people weighed in on that is

you have to think, hunt valley, forest hill, finksburg, area near 100, approaching columbia.ecause of this, that's why we have in tact, this freezing rain advisory. not like there is rain. there snotting on radar. -- there is nothing on radar. if it hits untreated surface it's not impossible it could seize up. temperatures over the next couple of hours, will rise going to a high of 50 with rain. the early part of this morning commute. we haven't had enormous problems. 92% humidity. barometer 30. this is a big push of warm air moving our way. to the south, and west, the year's first widespread outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornados, happen during the overnight and still going on. this warm, unstable humid air mass is going to define our weather as we move through today. it's not a cold front, a wind shift. we stay mild and very calm weather, really for this time of the year as we approach the end of january. almost 50 today's with rain. overnight tonight, couple of showers. good amount of sunshine with a high tomorrow 52. 50 thursday. 53 friday, 48 saturday. it's two mi

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for a week and a half up in a place called smithers up in northern subarctic british columbia.e audience member cheers). >> jon: no, no. >> no, i don't belie that, either. >> jon: nobody here from smithers. (laughter) that sounds like one of those towns that is named after the person who died trying to get there. (laughter) >> maybe. you know, it's a population of 5,000. beautiful little village. in three feet of snow. i don't know what it's like in the spring. but it's got a great sushi restaurant. a great pizza restaurant. one of the best sushi restaurants i've ever been in. go figure. >> jon: that i can imagine because the fish there is remarkably fresh. or do they ship it in? >> i think it was caught. >> jon: in this town of 5,000, how did they react to the presence of eight movie stars and a film set? were you a curiosity in the town? where there a rise in, let's say, says scwawch sightings. >> well, i wasn't me. >> jon: we're a large man. how did they react to you guys coming to town? >> they were very sweet, very helpful. and we were shooting up the side of a mountain. a

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taxpayers and the district of columbia became his personal bankers. his piggy bank. >> the government plans to sell thomas' chevy tahoe and his motorcycle that they seized last month to pay back thomas' debt to d.c. meanwhile, the courtroom was packed as thomas admitted his guilt. family members, supporters, members of the media, but also his former colleague who said this. >> it's very devastating when the first council member in history steps down because of, you know, criminal violations and to hear a former member say guilty as charged, that's devastating. it's very painful to sit through that. >> the u.s. attorney made it clear today that this investigation continues, but would not elaborate on others who might be involved or could possibly be charged in the future. thomas was ordered back to court on may 3. that's when a judge will decide on that sentencing. we're hearing it would be 3 to 4 years, but once again, it's up to the judge to make that decision. >> matt acklin, thank you very much for keeping us up to date. a special election will be

but we also cut the safety net in the district of columbia. we have this grandparent subsidy. small amount of money, but critically needed for grandparents to take care of their grandchildren. we cut that. we made a lot of cuts in the safety net. our home lesser vises are not -- >> the mayor wants to put the money in a rainy day fund. >> i say that there are those most vulnerable in our society and need additional help. if you say to somebody that we're going to cut your monthly paycheck by 20%, when you have nothing, you know, there's real impact there. >> jim graham, we appreciate your time tonight. thank you for talking with us. the average price of a gallon of maryland is $3.51 and a new proposal would tack on another 21 cents. o'malley announced he supports applying the state's 6% sales tax to gasoline. right now, gas purchases are exempt from gas tax. o'malley's idea would leave 23 1/2 cent gas tax in place and it would be phased in by 2% a year. now that is a change that would have increased the flat gas tax by 15 cents a gallon. but o'malley said today on wtop adding a

. >>> what authorities found inside this columbia home has sickened neighbors here. i'll tell you about the startling discovery coming up on eyewitness news. >>> cold air knocking on our doorstep. i'll have the complete forecast coming up next. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. take a moment to ponder tender cuts of pastrami, piled sky high atop your favorite freshly baked bread with spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. okay, enough imagining how this fresh toasted number would tantalize your taste buds -- it's time to actually experience the subway big hot pastrami melt, built by the sandwich experts the way you love -- to per-fec-tion. subway. eat fresh. >>> it's 57 degrees and partly cloudy. the complete weather forecast is coming up. a freak january storm leaves a path of destruction in lieuville. the twister uprooted trees, caused chaos on the highway. more than 20,000 people were left without power. no deaths or major injuries were reported. >>> a massachusets man comes to the rescue

. >> despite a steady rain, there was heavy volume at this columbia polling place. newt gingrich supporter said she was undecided until recently, but likes his toughness. >> i didn't know if it was going to be romney or gingrich. i felt compelled to do gingrich, especially after the debate in charleston. i thought he handled that so well. i thought he's going to come up against a lot of that and that's the kind of candidate i want, that can handle themselves. >> some romney supporters say he is electable. >> i feel like out of the candidates in the field, that he offers the best chance for the republican party to regain the white house. >> with unemployment in south carolina close to 10% above the national average. this voter is backing romney. >> he gives you hope for the country that things will be better. it's been tough for a couple years. i think he has some ideas to make the country strong and get private sector going again. >> they like his authenticity and integrity. >> he is the most honest of all the people running. i just think that he is conservative. th

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that is an inquiry that is reserved to the district court and the district of columbia. >> when you say they can't approve something that has been challenged or not he was serving the plaintiffs are right? that is an inquiry that belongs to the district court in d.c.. ceramica didn't accept as a remedy with the proposed. it reverted to the state policy which is what it is directed to do by this court read it went back to the state policy and looked at the benchmark plan and it started with the benchmark plan even with the congressional plan where there are four new districts and there is no comparable district and the benchmark it looked to the legislative we enact a plan to determine where it would place those districts. >> that is not the current state policy. the benchmark plan is gone. it's old. the texas legislature now has a different policy. and that, you say, should be ignored. >> that policy cannot be deferred to. it is incorporated in the plan in the manner in which it refused the plan that is there is a presumption of its indolent eddy. you can't presume that a valid but you

>> still in columbia now.ctually after her grandmother found or had facebook she alerted the authorities and authorities contacted the embassy in columbia that alerted the officials and they have her in a detention center in columbia and refuse to release her. >> and she is pregnant. >> yes. >> what are the odds that she will be home? >> 100%. it has been report and they are taking this to president obama and we know what her identity is. it's a matter of releasing the girl. they have no right to hold her. she had an american citizen. >> this is unbelievable. i can't wrap my mind around how this happened, but it has. i know we will update the audience. thank you. >> casey anthony emerged in a newly discovered video diary. the first time we are hearing for anthony since she was acquitted in her child's murder. sources in the team confirmed to nbc news the blond short haired woman in the video is in fact anthony. the 25-year-old claims she recorded the video in october. she does not address the trial that had ma

she spent most of the last year in columbia after being deported by the u.s. government. turner arrested for shoplifting was deported after claiming she was 21 years old and an illegal immigrant from columbia. turner's family want to know why u.s. authorities didn't check her identity more thoroughly before deporting her. >> they want their daughter to get some rest, reunite the family. that's the purpose of this day. they are very happy we're able to get them home, to make the people responsible to pay for civil rights violations miss turner has had to go through. >> federal immigration officials are investigating this case. >>> all right. a couple of south carolina is desperately trying to regain custody of their adopted daughter. a judge ordered the child be returned to her biological father setting a law that makes it illegal to break up a native american family. it's an extremely controversial case. cnn's george howell has been following all the developments. george, why has had ruling -- first of all, how did it come about and why did it generate controversy. >> a c

the court papers indicate those items were purchased with funds taken from the district of columbia. if thomas does resign, we're told a special elect will be held in ward 5. i talked to the board of elections and they say they have been planning and preparing the last week or so, expecting some type of resignation to come their way. and this is not going to be cheap, brian. we're told at minimum, the special election here in ward 5 will cost at least $300,000. >> and the s. >> couple chairman expects to receive harry thomas' resignation soon and showed concern about his coworker. >> and right now, i pray for harry thomas and his family. right now, he will focus on the family and do what is best for the family and the city. that is probably the best thing to do. >> reporter: mayor gray told us he is calling for thomas to step down. >>> couple men thomas came to our studios last summer to defend him. we posted that introduce with the latest developments on www.myfoxdc.com. >>> and a bittersweet sendoff for national guardtrops this morning. family and friends gathered at the armory in

the court papers indicate those items were purchased with funds taken from the district of columbia. it's important to tell you that we have been trying to track down council member thomas all day long, as well as his attorney fred cook. we went to council member thomas' office and checked in there and went to fred cook's office to check in there and there is no comment. what happens next? we have the apply agreement at 11:15 tomorrow and should learn about the charges and what happens next. also, we have learned or we hear that council chairman brown expects council member thomas to resign, but would not elaborate on that. we'll keep you updated, shawn. >> so many things to stay on top of. matt ackland, thank you. >>> and d.c. leaders are reacting to news that one of their own is charged. bob barnard is live with reaction to today's big story. bob? >> reporter: even those who long called for his resignation tonight say they saddened by how far harry thomas has fallen. some of his d.c. council colleagues have not wished to speak out tonight. here are a few who have. >> disappointed i

and abolitionists went even further and they said, and the slave trade in the district of columbia has got to be ended. people who come here, tourists, foreign dignitaries and they see men and women and children bought and sold. what a horror that is. we got to stop it. you do said the southerners? and we secede and i will use -- -- a man got up in the house of representatives and said this is treating the south as though we are not part of the government. as though what we have to do what you want us to do. and you don't recognize that our way of life would be jeopardized. so we will leave. and mississippi passed a resolution calling on all the southern states to meet in convention, in nfl, tennessee, on the first monday of june, 1850. and they are setting up the machinery to take the south out of the union. think how desperate they were. and that's why we were really fortunate to have a man like henry clay in the house, in the senate, actually, he'd been speaker of the house who had the vision and the determination and the love of this country to keep it together, to try to work out

and he's trying to pass a bill that would only impact the district of columbia. >> what i'm saying is the truth. >> reporter: pro life and pro choice supporters squared off outside the u.s. supreme court. >> i'm challenging you. >> reporter: today was dominated by march for life. >> we will be. >> reporter: but the evening gave way to a vigil for choice. >> choice for women. >> reporter: the national organization for wn 's annual vigil was rocked by news from an arizona congressman. republican representatives introduced a bill that would ban the abortion of fetuses 20 weeks or older but only in the district of columbia. >> if he believes that abortion should be a crime prior to 20 weeks, then he should introduce it for the entire country. but to introduce it only for the women of the district of columbia is an act of cowardness on his part. >> reporter: terry o'neill is the president of the national organization for women. this bill is nothing more than an attempt to challenge roe verse wade. >> we are deeply concerned that they will reach out and deny woman our fundamental rights if

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in columbia, south carolina. making it an important stop for presidential candidates. >> jesus is speaking to us. >> the reverend is the pastor. many in his congregation have not yet chose n a candidate in the upcoming primary. >> today i asked our staff, i said how many of you decided who your candidate is? no one raised their hand. >> rick perry is banking on winning over some of the church-goers. he's already here in south carolina ahead of the other republican hopefuls who are still in new hampshire. perry is making sure the evangelicals know he shares their faith. >> i understood as a young 14-year-old, as i gave my life to jesus christ, that was going to be a central part of who i am. >> 55% of the republican voters in south carolina are evangelicals. more than double the percentage in new hampshire. that means the candidates will be trying to win over a very different audience here. mitt romney knows the challenge ahead. a mormon, he finished fourth here in 2008. he's now leading the polls. but voters like

they came to the district of columbia a few months ago. we were able to talk them into working with us, and they gave us the responsibility for recruiting, screening and pretraining some people, they hired 65 people to open that store, all of whom are district residents, and i think 40 or 45 of them were unemployed at the time that they were hired. we also are focusing a lot on expanding our economy. we are principally an economy that is focused on, um, tourism and government. at one time, several decades ago, government in the district of columbia represented 60% of the employment. believe it or not, it is down to 12% at this stage, and i suppose with the prospect of sequestration, that probably bodes well for those of us who live in this area. um, but one of the things we are doing is creating a work force intermediary which for those who have a copy of this is on the previous page. the work force interimmediate yea which we worked with our city council to create would actually establish a permanent way of connecting people who need jobs

>>> moving forward, working and earning the trust of the residents of the district of columbia, we passed a conference we have a new code of conduct for the council and new training manuals, nothing can take the place of having good ethical standards and i think the commitment from all of my colleagues is to continue to move forward to earn that trust from the residents of the district of columbia and work hard to make sure not only we increase our numbers but let people know what we are doing and what we are going to continue to fight for. >> council chairman brown, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> thank you bruce now just 30 minutes ago the monthly meeting of the dc democratic state committee wrapped up at the wilson building where matt got reaction and continues our team coverage live to tonight's announcement of this resignation. matt. >> anita, most of the people i talked to tonight all long time members of the dc democratic party and long time friends and or associates of harry thomas junior declined the talk publicly about thomas out of respect for thomas and his family but o

es por eso que el concejal jim graham ha pedido al fiscal del distrito de columbia que se investigue al departamento de vivienda y desarrollo .... sospecha que alguien en esa agencia favorecio a una constructora para que desarrolle el proyecto... jim graham/concejal de washington no tenemos una explicacion clara de quien obtuvo el dinero ni para que fue utilizado. no h"ay documentos que demuestren los gastos que se hicieron...." dijo graham.. . el presupuesto era para rehabilitar 37 departament os... el departamento de vivienda aprobo que se gastara un aproximado de 300 mil dolares por cada departamento en la zona noreste del la capital.... zona conocida por la delicuencia...por que estam 300,ooo dolares por apartamento en u na zona - que con todo respeto- pero las viviendas no son muy caras... nosotros pudimos ir con 4 millones de dolares a comprar departamentos desocupados y listos para ser usados, no habia necesidad de renobacion..." se pide que se haga una investigacion exhausta de lo que ocurrio.... no se sabe con exactitud cuantos jovenes latinos no tendran rehabilitacion graci

president obama believes in saul alinsky's radicalism, a lot of strange ideas he learned at columbia and harvard, in a european socialist secular model. we are about as far apart as you can get. i believe the founding fathers were correct when they wrote, we hold these truths to be self-evident. it's very important. they didn't say ideology, philosophy, ideas. they were trying to understand the truth by which humans govern themselves. and the truth about human nature. they said all men are created equal, which at the time they wrote it was a very radical idea. it was a time of kings and emperors and czars. they said, no, no. we are all equal. and then they said, we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights. this is what american exceptionalism is all about. we are just people. we are exceptional because we