>>> asÍ partiÓ al espacio el columbia. de sus restos se recuperaron. >>> son fechas difÍciles, no quiero volver a pasar por otro columbia, otro chalenger, u otro apolo uno. estamos dedicados a hacer las cosas lo mejor posible para evitar que ocurra en el futuro. >>> el challen ger fue en el 1986, iba la primera maestra al paes cio. y luego el apolo uno. el primero de la serie de los accidentes. >>> los eventos se recordaron hoy en la estaciÓn espacial kennedy. se marcÓ el fin de la era espacial, llegamos a la luna, y sce realizaron 135 viajes a lo largo de tres de

>>> asÍ partiÓ al espacio el columbia.de la tierra, el 40% de sus restos se recuperaron. >>> son fechas difÍciles, no quiero volver a pasar por otro columbia, otro chalenger, u otro apolo uno. estamos dedicados a hacer las cosas lo mejor posible para evitar que ocurra en el futuro. >>> el challen ger fue en el 1986, iba la primera maestra al paes cio. y luego el apolo uno. el primero de la serie de los accidentes. >>> los eventos se recordaron hoy en la estaciÓn espacial kennedy. se marcÓ el fin de la era espacial, llegamos a la luna, y sce realizaron 135 viajes a lo largo de tres dÉcadas de oro, la nasa y sus contratistas privados espera recuperar la umociÓn con oriÓn. >>> aseguran que estÁ avanzando, y se realizarÁ el primer vuelo de prueba que irÁ desde aquÍ, desde la florida, para llevar al hombre a lugares que jamÁs explorÓ. >>> el primer viaje en septiembre del aÑo entrante, no irÁ con astronautas, la meta es que luego se realice una misiÓn tripuladaa, mÁs ambiciosa. >>> llevarÁ a explorar como el humano hizo. y se e

. >> i know if anybody, bill, you could spend $22,000 in columbia, but not that columbia if you know what i am saying. >> i don't know what you are saying. >> neither do i. nondrug humor here. >> from sucking to packing, joe salazar, is there any other kind, is the subject of ridicule after his comments last friday. during a debate on concealed weapons bans on campus, they explained why being armed is bad for women who are worried about being raped. here is a reminder people who need a reminder. >> that's why we have call boxes. that's why we have safe zones. that's why we have the whistles. you just don't know who you will be shooting at. if you feel like you are going to be raped or if you feel like somebody is following you around and if you feel like you are in trouble and you may not be and you pop out the gun and pop a round at somebody. >> pop a round. he is contemporary. on monday salazar apologized issuing a statement to our affiliate saying i'm sorry if i offended anybody. that was not my intention. we were talking about if guns make people safe other campus. if anybody thi

columbia pike. 29 at 32.an see just the left lane gets by the accident here. if you're traveling westbound 32 and you're entering on to 29 headed northbound, you'll have to merge to your far left to work around the accident. right now, delays are light because there's very light volume. no delays at all and the rails check out. eun, over to you. >> 5:22 now. word on how robert griffin iii plans to spend his 23rd birthday today. he has a hard off cena head of him as he works to recover from knee surgery. we. >> nomar: he's received at least one person from adidas. a company he's a spokesperson for sent him april box full of goodies. >>> check out the nba standings. the wizards now have only the third worst record in the league. they won again last beating the bucs 102-90. the victory moved o them a half game ahead of orlando in the standings. before you get too excited, remember that they are still 15-35 on the season. >>> georgetown hoya fans fired up. they beat marquette 63-55 last night. they're a half game

a college town, columbia, missouri. ryan ferguson and chuck ericsson, both at 17, considerably underwage gained entry at a college bar. judge a hangout named -- >> by george. got in, started dancing. >> that's young to get into a club. >> college town, university. a way people live in college towns. everybody wants to be in the mix. >> it was ryan's older sister kelly helped sneak them in. >> i remember seeing ryan and chuck one time in there. ryan was talking to a flamingo-dressed girl who was very tall. they seemed to be having lots of fun. >> outside, raucous music carried through empty streets till 1:30 a.m. 2:00 a.m. was quitting time at the columbia daily tribune. the deadline for rookie sportswriter michael boyd. i encountered his boss. as they talked, boyd says they saw of all things a stray cat clawing at a car. >> the cat was clawing his tire. >> clawing is a tire? >> like a scratching post. they said good night. it was perhaps ten minutes later, 2:26 a.m. when two janitors called 911. >> we need someone here

hale says that's the tragic lesson of the "columbia" disaster.uote, we will never again say that there is nothing we can do. i'm joined by nbc news space analyst james oberg. mr. oberg, great to have you with us here tonight on "the ed show." >> good evening, ed. >> good evening to you, sir. >> i know wayne, because wayne and i trained together on the first shuttle flights 32 years ago. so when he talks, we listen. and he made some comments that as you explained did get taken in the wrong direction. but it didn't get to the actually most serious question, which is why didn't they know the shuttle was damaged? did they deliberately or unconsciously not look very hard? and why were they caught by surprise? >> would nasa ever keep vital information from a crew during a mission? >> everyone i've talked to and my own experience in mission control is no, because if you start doing that, you start developing a distrust between the ground and people in space, and that communications barrier leads -- will lead to all sorts of trouble. all this conversatio

problem in columbia, maryland. the ramp from westbound 32 to north on 29, a tractor- overturned on the ramp on its side. it's hard to see. the ramp from was down 32 to go north on 29 is closed. traffic going northbound on 29, only the left lane getting by. .n colombia, lanes open lanes are open southbound. >> it is 46 degrees. >> for the first time >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and scott thuman. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> in protecting our top stories. police investigating an and houseshooting fire in college park. there's reports three people were shot in the home of 36 cabinet. called to put out a small fire. 36th.me on the u.s. and others are condemning or career for nuclear out another test. successfullyd it detonated a miniaturized nuclear device early tuesday. you and security council will ancuss the issue during emergency meeting this morning. president obama appears before a of congress to night to deliver his state of the union address. ex

it's on columbia pike and it's causing heavy delays. i will have more on that coming up in a minute. several other accidents, too. a bessy morning. >> it is. -- busy morning. >> it is but weather wise it's not bessy at all. we are going to do -- busy at all. we are going to do the calm before the storm. tomorrow is going to be a different story. we are going to talk about rain and snow mixing in across the area once again. can't get rid of that. let's show you what's going on as we step you out and about. temperatures at 42 degrees in sykesville. those winds out of the northwest at about 5 miles an hour. those will pick up as we go throughout the day. millersville' temperatures at 45 degrees right now. and we will have wind gusting up to 30 miles an hour going through time out of the west. ijamsville is at 42 degrees and we have a wind chill because of the wind. make sure to dress appropriately before you step out and about. don't let the 40s actually on the screen this morning fool you. it's chilly outside. as we check out maryland's m

erica gonzalez from columbia, maryland, with some disturbing video. erica. >> doreen, at one point, in the video, the woman, the manager of this group home here in columbia, maryland even threatens to kill the victim. 57-year-old donna everett is out of jail after posting $100,000 bond charged with multiple counts off sacount s of assault. the following video may be disturbing. >> reporter: taken inside the columbia group home that if relt managed and uploaded to youtube. police say last friday, emerge incorporated the company that runs the home for developmental, physical and mental health facilities called authorities and told them about the video. police showed up hours later and arrested everett whom you see here, spitting and punching this man. you can hear onlookers laughing. >> you're going to send me a copy of this too, right? admitting to the recording. we went to the home, but no answer. we called emerge incorporated to no avail. other portions show everett standing by while other residents abuse the man as well. now we recently spoke with d

we've had this one issue only really in columbia on the westbound side of route 32. route 29. let's go to our traffic camera and show you what's going on there. it was an overturned truck. it happened an hour and a half ago. the ramp remains blocked, equipment on the scene but they need to upright it and clean up. use i-95 instead. let's go to another live picture, this time to the other side of town. no issues to report if you're planning to head over to the northbound side of i-95 in springfield. let's go to that live picture now on the southbound side of i- 270. this is a live picture from our sky 9, 270 exiting on to the beltway, a slow exit here on the spur but that's about it on 270. andrea, back to you. >> monika, thank you. >>> valentine's day is just a couple of days away but you can show your love with your own special design. kim from cookies by design is here to give us some unique decorating tips. thank you very much for being here. starting out with the basics, the sugar cookie. you make your own but could we just buy plain sugar cookies? >> yes. i thin

and we have a crash on columbia pike. i will have all the details coming up on good morning maryland. this is so sick! i can't believe your mom let you take her car out. this is awesome! whoooo! you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom) but just to be safe... i got a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. use chaget 5% cash backs stations this quarter, whoa everybody get, everybody get! activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom >>> we are working for you. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. we begin with a check of the forecast with lynette charles. you say it could be the calm before the storm. >> it's going to be cearm today but -- calm he today but windier. temperature well above average. 43 right now. wind out of the northwest at -- winds out of the northwest at 5 miles per hour feeling like the upper 30s. dress accordingly as you step out and b myersville at 39 degrees. wind out o

so right there in columbia. apparently it's an overturned tractor-trailer. so what you might just want to do if you're heading westbound on route 32, use 95 instead and avoid that area heading here to northbound route 29. that's where that overturned tractor-trailer sits on that ramp and you won't be able to access route 29 because of it. i will of course keep you posted on that situation. let's take a live look at the beltway. a little closer in, no problems to report here at university boulevard. as you head from the 95 interchange westbound on 495, that looks great into silver spring and bethesda. back to the maps this time over to virginia. on the inbound side of i-66 we're incident free from manassas to centreville. we're looking good on the beltway west side of town as well and a live look outside. here's what it looks like route 50 at 495 in the annandale area. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> this morning we're following breaking news out of college park, maryland. >> that's where three people were shot earlier this morning. one of them has die

. >>> 10 years ago, the nation went silent, as the shuttle columbia dissentigrated. today, nasa honored the seven astronauts who died on board. families gathered at the kennedy space center in florida, same place they met 10 years ago today to await the return of their loved ones. that was before nasa broke the news the shuttle had intent grated in the skies. one family chose to honor their loved one at arlington national cemetery. we spoke with the brown family today. >> reporter: three of the space shuttle astronauts are buried at arlington national cemetery side by side. doug brown says his brother would be happy to know that. their mission had been delayed for two and a half years and the astronauts became best friends, who died trying to fulfill their dreams. before he became an astronaut, mission specialist doug brown of fairfax, virginia had done so much more. doctor, navy flight surgeon of the year, a-6 and f-18 pilot with two sets of wings. his brorks doug, says he was also an aspiring filmmaker. >> he always looked at life as the next great challenge. he ne

eldersburg 32 and columbia. looking across the eastern shore, 36 easton, the temperatures are above freezing. we will be seeing rain across the area, especially in to the afternoon. >>> we are certainly off to a cold start, we do have problems in howard county, dealing with a crash along the westbound lanes of route 175, this is at snowedden river parkway, problems on route 32, a crash westbound as well there at broke and lands parkway. using interstate 70, no delays from columbia pike, over to 695, that's in great shape, westbound frederick, 695, north west, moving along. nothing to get in your way, as you travel to 83 and route 40. >>> he practiced in private, fearing something bad might happen, a daredevil is sharing his latest stunt with the world. >>> when a gunman opened fire, you are told to runaway, now, law enforcement is offering new advice in light of so many recent mass shootings. details straight ahead. what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new b

the district of columbia is affecting 600,000 people out of millions of people in the country. i don't think eleanor has a good argument here as to why it wasn't brought up. he is trying to do a lot -- >> well, she has a right to bring it up. we have a right to keep asking. look, we play checkers, one move at a time. this president plays chess. don't be surprise, he has three more state of the union addresses to give. >> this isn't to say -- after all i said, it's not to say they aren't working on it in the white house. >> thank you, and that's "reporter's notebook." stay with us as "news4 today" continues. >>> good morning. it's sunday, february 17th,

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district of columbia also right near the freezing mark. we have storm team 4 radar just a few flurries in the shenandoah valley. panhandle of west virginia and from richmond south and west of there. right around the metro area, no precipitation now. through the day today, chance maybe of a flurry 8:00 a.m. through noon. then a bit of a mix perhaps by late afternoon. maybe a little snow and sleet melting on roadways. maybe just a light coating on some grassy areas as we get into the evening hours maybe a little light snow and sleet. changing to maybe a little light icing. areas north and west, i'll show you that zone and we'll look at the seven-day coming up in ten minutes. a look at traffic with danella. >>> good morning. checking on roads. if you're traveling in virginia making your way from stafford, all the way north, i'll give you a live look as you head past the occoquan river bridge. north and southbound clear. hardly any volume. northbound looks like a lot of lights. again, no major delays. checking for construction, roadwork as you

ski masks is going to reduce robberies in the district of columbia. >> council member phil m mendelson. people are allowed to wear headgear to protect themselves in the cold. >> and suppose ski masks were banned. what's next? scarves? >> wheeler realizes the ban might be unconstitutional, but something needs to be done to protect crime in the district. >> it's one of many, many, many tools that could -- that should be explored. . >> live here in northwest d.c., news 4. >>> breakingews out of phoenix, arizona, right now. crews are battling a huge fire at a 7-eleven. so far, no prort reports of inj it could be several hours before they put this thing out. no word on what sparked the

in memory ofçaÑv 7 astronauts wo perished aboard the space shuttle columbia. have a special report coming up. >> and first a special message from our troops overseas. >> supporting my san francisco 49ers. it's been 18 years, i need to update >> this song comes from the voice of ed man yule, known as singing mayor of contra costa. >> he wrote several cheer songs in the 80s before he became mayor of hercules. he is hoping it lands him singing a gig at the games. team mascots patterns and feng sui. he says it points to a viblgtry sunday. >> you done. >> according to some rock star there's is something special rising from ash autos plus, bruce willis celebrates an action packed milestone. >> it's been 5 years since bruce willas starred in the first "die hard" movie. there is a massive new mural showing the famous character in the die hard original. >> no one has one like this in hollywood you don't see it often. >> do you remember what you were say something. >> now, it's time for yet another adventure. a good day to die hard opens valentine's day. rock stars hitt

there's a crash here along the northbound lanes of columbia pike. ate the off-ramp to westbound -- at the off-ramp to westbound route 32. one lane getting by. more problem on intersteat 70 westbound a crash passing route 32. traveling on 695, it's a much different story. here's look at green spring avenue. everything is up to speech. no trouble down to route -- speed. no trouble up to route 40 or up to 8 3. looking at 83 in hunt valley, everything is nice and clear from shawan road to the beltway. that's a look at your abc2 time safer traffic now over to you. >>> the state of the union is tonight and you will likely see some familiar faces in the crowd. >> for one family it's going to be bitter-sweet as they honor their daughter killed in chicago. >> it's a day of decadence leading up to lent. fat tuesday in new orleans and around country. a preview coming up with a carnival celebration scheduled for later today. you can party now if you want. >> exactly. bourbon street is starting to clear out but you can see people celebrating. we will be right ba

. >>> the district of columbia's ethic board says they have found substantial evidence that d.c. council member violated the city's code of conduct when he intervened in the awarding of a lottery contract. the boy says they are not pursuing the matter because they don't have the power to punish them. >>> investigators say a burned out truck found near this ski resort does belong to the l.a. cop who has been fired and wanted in three murders. there is a huge man hunt underway tonight. he's suspected of killing their daughter and a riverside officer and also suspected of warning two other cops. now investigators say he posted an online manifesto, warning that he would be targeting officers he considers racist and abusive. >>> well, are thieves taking advantage of the recycling scene? they said apparently so. they spoke on ask the chief show this morning and she said

diez anos han pasado y la tragedia del columbia y el recuerdo aun sigue latente. en los deportes les cpntaremos porque baltimore esta de morado. ...buenas noches... se nublan las esperanzas de cientos de jovenes en el estado de virginia, esto tras el acta del sueno ser rechazada hoy en el comite de apropiacion en el capitolio en richmond. lilian mass nos amplia.. esta noche se encuentra con nosotros edgar aranda, activista latino del area de virginia, quien favorecia la aprobacion de un dream act en el estado... edgar, gracias acompanarnos... una tragedia fue lo que se vivio anoche en un incendio en el condado de frederick en maryland despues de que dos hermanitas no pudieron ser rescatadas y murieran en las llamas... bomberos del area de myresville acudieron a la cuadra 3900 de la highland avenue a las, 11:20 de la noche y lucharon arduamente para apagar el siniestro, pero las llamas y la inestabilidad de la vivienda no les permitieron rescatar a las niÑas de 3 y 6 anos... la causa del incendio aun estan bajo hoy fue el ultimo dia de trabajo de la secretaria de e

people that died aboard the columbia as well as the apollo one and challenger accident. officials will be on hand at the arlington national cemetery. in washington, secretary of state hillary clinton is serving her last day in office, and she will say goodbye in a public farewell to employees. senator john kerry will be officially sworn in as new secretary later this afternoon. as clinton leaves office, authorities confirm a suicide bomber detonated a bomb outside of the us embassy in turkey. a number of civilians were injured, but how many remains unclear. american and turkish authorities are leading a joint investigation. >> now, your 11 insta weather plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> it was really busy this morning. most of the snow was like. we have moved offshore. we have some spotty clouds, but we are done with the snow for the time being. let's look at the temperatures. that will get your attention. one, it is cold. 29, annapolis area 33 in ocean city. oakland, nine degrees. factor in the wings, that have gusted at 39 miles an hour. we have come up

five men, they say they pick them up in prince george's county and the district of columbia. the story we are hearing is these guys were running around in a van looking for potential victims. they saw this young man. they stopped. that opened fire. >> all 54 at the scene. all five were in the suspect vehicle. all five participated in the murder of charles walker jr. >> police are pleased to announce this case is closed. they believe these five are the only ones responsible, and again, they took the life of a 15-year-old because they wanted a pair of shoes. abc7 news. >> thank you. former congressman jesse jackson jr. could face prison time after pleading guilty to using campaign funds for personal items. the illinois democrat use the money to buy among other things, a rolex watch furniture, and electronics. he cut a deal with prosecutors today and waived his right to a trout. >> jesse jackson jr. will face up to five years in prison. he will have a guideline range of 46 to 57 months. he will have to pay back the money he stole. >> jackson remains free until he is sentenced in

on february first, 2003, the space shuttle columbia broke up upon re-entering the earth's atmosphere, seven astronauts on board. today, a large group gathered at the space mirror memorial, the 42-foot high black granite memorial at kennedy space center in florida. the memorial contains the names of the 24-people who were killed on missions and other training and commercial accidents. former astronaut buzz aldrin also helped lead a tribute to fallen astronauts at arlington national cemetery. former massachusetts senator and one-time presidential candidate john kerry. is now officially the country's secretary of state. kerry was sworn in today by supreme court justice elena kagan. kerry becomes in the nation's 68th secretary of state. according to a u-s official, kerry's first trip will be to israel and egypt. that could happen in a couple of weeks. kerry follows hillary clinton as secretary of state. she officially stepped down from the post earlier today. her colleagues at the state department gave her warm send-off in washington. clinton also submitted her official letter of resignat

how the columbia disaster changed the culture of nasa. >> high clouds moving in.ay on the weekend, saturday or sunday will be the warmest with the specific temperatures. >>> the space community today paused to remember the seven astronauts killed on the space shuttle columbia, including one from the bay area. john fowler has obtained some of the last video of them just before the shuttle exploded. >> reporter: at nasa's kennedy space center memorial a solemn remembrance and recommitment. >> ten years ago it would have been easy to pull back from the frontier of space and say it was too miskey to pursue. instead we rededicated ourselves to improving. >> booster ignition and liftoff. >> reporter: improving a flawed launcher and a flawed nasa culture that failed to prevent the tragedy. external tank foam broke off on its launch. this time damaging columbia's wing. we obtained this video of the crew during a fateful reentry. bay area astronaut in the back prep a former nasa official reportedly said even if engineer history confirmed fatal damage, no one would have tol

de transporte esta considerando un aumento en las tarifas de estacionamie nto en el distrito de columbia" en varias Áreas de dc es muy difÍcil dependiendo del tiempo del dÍa, localizar un estacionamiento asÍ que lo que queremos hacer , es asegurarnos de que hayan espacios disponibles para que la gente se pueda estacionar, y para eso estamos analizando diferentes cosas y una de las ideas es incrementar las tarifas para estacionarse ." pero segÚn don juan lo que deberÍan de aumentar son los nÚmeros de estacionamientos y no las tarifas " estamos en la capital , los turistas que vienen de otros sitios se van a sentir mucho mejor y ya no van a estar renegando por el parqueo o por los tickets que reciben si tienen una emergencia y no encuentran parqueo se cuadran en algÚn sitio que aunque no este bien .. no tienen otra opciÓn pienso que lo que deberÍan hacer es construir mas parqueos" autoridades aseguran que esta serÁ una decisiÓn cera tomada en conjunto con aquellos que pagan impuestos en el Área.. " es algo que nosotros vamos a coordinar con las personas que operan negocios y los residentes

tavis: columbia is happy you are doing it.nside -- it is repackaged, but the original album cover is on each of these. >> the first album cover and the last album cover. the first one i have nothing to do with it. "the house of the rising sun." that came out in the 1990's. out of all of them, that is the man. ry cooder is the man. every time i heard somebody was supposed to be somebody, it all fell away when i heard him. after that, every album cover i was involved in, this was downtown l.a. somewhere, and i said, i am going to take a picture of it and sit right out in front of it. this is available as a beautiful print. tavis: this piece of art. >> that scared a lot of people. tavis: i am looking at this. what all do you have someon? >> a ukulele. tavis: what else do you have? >> a six-stringed banjos with an up.ra lows set u set- ♪ my friend from mississippi said, which is that yours? that is a devilish instrument. tavis: how did you become proficient at so many instruments? >> i look at them like people you have not heard f

columbia pike road crash is gone. now we are overhead of the beltway.the left side of the screen is the volume. nothing in the way. we have problems in virginia persisting unfortunately. going live to the springfield camera. for almost an hour cruise dealing with this crash. 95 before the beltway. the left side block. delays at of dale city. solid. -- out of dale city. >> a good thursday morning. outrage over how airport security handled her. a three-year-old child confined to a wheelchair. agents refused to return the little girls that animal. she wouldthe family speaking out. we have it next right here. >> thank you. >> we are going to be doing a top round of the top stories. starting with john gonzales covering a tragic situation in glenarden. >> fire investigators still at the scene of this early morning deadly fire. it started shortly after 4:00. four people pulled out of the hon. two other people escape the burning home through a window. at this hour we have been told two children had died and the adult male also died. the cause is still unknown.

shows a woman savagely beating a disabled man under her care in columbia. the man said she attacked, spitting at her. the man was also beaten by another person. the woman repeatedly slapped him in the face. it was sent to the head of emerge, incorporated, the not for profit. the care take are was 57 -- taker was 57-year-old donna everett. executives saw the video and contacted limits i talked to the executive director of emerge, david wamsley and said the horgs has a strict hands-off poll spi. everett had been with their company for several years and had no problem. now they will have to go through every home she worked in to see if there have been violations of policies. >>> an abc2 news investigation found how drivers sped through lights. now a hearing is up for final reading. if it passes, it will require the copies of every speed or red light camera issued to a school bus driver be handed over to the direct, the -- district, the coun sill and the mayor. >>> coming up, an american hero shot and killed by a man at a gun range. how police say the former na

temperature coming in 34 degrees columbia, stevensville 36. 37 edgewood. the further back towards the west, we are looking at carroll county, frederick, 29 degrees, wouldn't be surprised if we saw a mix going on there on the onset of this as it comes in this morning and switching to rain. that's a scenario for this morning. graphics, i can show you what is going on. at the surface, we are waiting for the cold front to move in, the cold air will begin the filter in, colds air as we go in to tomorrow. check out the most accurate future trends as it goes in to motion. this is what is going on for today's. this is a depiction of what is going on, this will be rain in to 10:00 and all this will slide towards the east as we make our way through the remainder of today. we will have high pressure build in for your wednesday and thursday, and then by friday, we will have a change in the forecast once again. here is the planner, the high temperature, 49 degrees, temperatures will be soaring. 40 by thursday, look what happens in to friday, in to saturday morning. we

>> yeah, 632,000 people living in the district of columbia. it's an exciting place to be. i have now asked the council for support for another 100 police officers. i think we will get the support. the chair that chaired the judiciary committee forany years sent a letter saying he is excited about supporting that so that will allow us to get up to about 4,000 officers in the city, jim. >> we will talk more about the council after the short break. gun control, you have been visible and vocal in recent weeks. much more to get to after the i got it when we could download an hd movie in like two minutes. [ male announcer ] once you've got verizon fios -- america's fastest, most reliable internet -- you get it. but don't take our word for it, ask a real fios customer. ask me why fiber optics matters. ask me about the upload speeds. [ male announcer ] so, send a tweet, and get the real scoop from a real fios customer. supercharge your internet speeds. switch to fios online for only $94.99 a month and we'll triple your speed for free with an upgrade to fios quantum internet. call

. >> county executive,er con grand jury -- columbia, congratulations. >> reporter: jamie benoit tells eyewitness news he hopes neuman will remove employees that aided leopold. >> neuman will now complete the 2 years left on leopold's terms. she said it's too soon to know if she will run in 2016. >>> legislation involving two hot button issues is headed to the senate. ron matz is in the news room with the latest. >> reporter: the committee voted 7-4 last night in favor of the gun control bill which would prohibit someone from owning a handgun if they have been involuntary committed for mental health reasons. lawmakers also voted 6-5 to approve a bill that would repeal capitol punishment. in the house a bill to legalize marijuana was introduced. it will make legal for adults 21 and other and create a system to regulate it and tax it like alcohol. lawmakers say it's unlikely to pass. >> the gun control measure will go before the full senate for a debate next week. the bill repealing capitol punishment is expected to pass. >>> we have breaking but not unexpected news to tell you about reg

there is an accident in columbia, though, westbound route 175. watch out for police arriving on the scene. we'll be back with more news, we honey, don't use your sleeve. vo: for cold and flu seaso the's clorox bleach. >>> good morning. welcome back. happy tuesday. i'm andrea roane. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani. >> thank you. >> howard bernstein is here. he calls it a precipitation sandwich. >> you mean soggy? >> soggy sandwich. >> soggy middle. toast on the outside. tomatoes on the inside. >> some folks go with cabbage and spinach, not lettuce. in new orleans, that's what you do. you shred the cabbage. >> no way jose. >> in the bernstein household. >> weather wise let's get moving here because we do have rain coming in on your tuesday. with some luck is we could potentially avoid the rain for the commute. that's going to be the good part of the day. the middle of the day, the meat of the day, that's when it's going to turn soggy on you. yellow alert out for today. we've got rain and in the mountains well west

chopper 4s in columbia, maryland right now. if you're traveling westbound 32. trying to get on a northbound 29 northbound pike. your exit ramp is blocked by an overturned box truck. crews on the scene trying to turn the truck back on its wheels. it you're thinking of avoiding this mess altogether, the volume is light. depending how long it takes to get the accident out of the roadway -- thinking of taking 95 northbound. instead, here's a look at 32. very light volume here. 95 in maryland north and southbound between columbia and the beltway, no issues to report. crossing over the wilson bridge, picking up volume. no major delays just yet. as you make your way to van dorn, not bad at all, back in ten. >>> danella, thank you. 6:03. angie goff is at the live desk with breaking news out of north korea. >> world powers are angry and preparing right now for an emergency meeting after north korea successfully conducts a nuclear test. since our last report, we've learned from experts the underground explosion had twice the power of the country's second test in 2009. ri

. >>> continuing coverage at this hour of two cases where a man exposed himself to girls in columbia. howard county police arrested 49-year-old steven lair last night and charged him with indecent exposure for flashing a group of girls in the columbia mall in january. police released this surveillance picture of lair a couple weeks ago and said he was caught doing the same thing to an employee of the mall's housekeeping staff last night. lair was released after posting a $7500 bond. police are investigating the possibility that he exposed himself to two girls just days ago. >>> all right. a baltimore dentist faces charges for practicing without lap license. >> he's also the focus of an abc2 investigation. joce sterman is in northwest baltimore to explain. >> reporter: well, the doctor has been without lap license since tween. he is accused of acting as a done ties anyway and the state's attorney's office is far from his only problem. tonight at 11, we'll explain why press and hundreds of other doctors and dentists are on the radar of the federal government. the government calls them d

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advancements in the life extension subject to the latest book wrong for this world it's been a carrot columbia and university we are pleased to be joined by award winning professor who's won both the pulitzer and the national book critics circle award for previous books and his most recent book is long for this world the strange science of the immortality. professor, who is aubrey and blacks >> keys on of the most interesting i've met. he grew up and studied in new england and became a computer scientist and then developed the idea that we might live essentially forever or a thousand years, some modest stand like that. oddly enough, the more time i spend, the more time i found some of his ideas, not his predictions for his hopes for a thousand years or more but that longevity to be taken seriously to be worth listening to. >> such as? >> well, he argues that aging should be viewed as something that we can study and understand and perhaps fight prospectively and that we can do more evaluation now than we ever could before. those are ideas that i think the consensus is building around. although