slight good news, connecticut and university, power has been restored there. trees and power lines are off the roadway. that would have been a huge bottleneck. right now at the intersection of connecticut and decatur, this is going to be something if it does not change by rush hour. trust he, there are -- trust me, there are big power lines on connecticut avenue. if we go south a little bit more on connecticut you actually can see some of the power lines which have been kind of strewn across the doorway to this office building. cars are allowed through, but what they have done is taken it down to one lane. essentially you have southbound traffic on some of the northbound lanes. in certain spots it is down to one lane traffic in each direction. it is dark, that is going to add to the confusion and some of the other problem spots we are seeing is friendship heights area. totally dark on wisconsin avenue there. and connecticut avenue in kensington. no street lights to speak of whatsoever. the problem here, these lights in particular, pep co-had promised to get th

this is connecticut avenue, just south justviers mill road impassable.ll southbound lanes on connecticut avenue and shut down just south of vieram mill road. this is the kind of scene we have seen the what the weekend -- blocking access to traffic and of course, this morning despite the liberal leave declarations, transportation officials are almost pleading with commuters to use public transportation and real-estate home if you can. northern virginia, still dealing with about 100 air-traffic signals but here in montgomery county where more than half of the traffic signals were out for days. we have just under 300 traffic signal still in the dark. the governor urging state workers to stay home. but of course, try to stay off the rose. hundreds of power lines and trees littering the area. what we have been noticing on connecticut avenue -- there is an officer coming up the road perhaps of what we have been noticing -- there are neighborhoods that come out on connecticut avenue. when folks are at the light that are out -- some of them are working -- they k

connecticut avenue in the area of chevy chase, a number of signals are dark. thank you from gamer 27 for checking in with us this morning. as you continue further south on connecticut avenue headed down into the district, fox 5 is saying you lose the current lane on the southbound side of the highway. i noticed on my trip into work, that normally where you would have two or three lanes available for you, you are likely to lose a lane because of this debris clean-up that is ongoing at this time. a portion of connecticut avenue remains blocked off between veirs mill road and university boulevard. i know melanie is live out there and she said she noticed there was no traffic coming in the southbound direction. southbound is being did i haveed off at veirs mill road. if you were traveling around town, you will find that your lanes are open but your hov restrictions enter effect in maryland on route 50, lifted on 270. here is a live shot of traffic coming around from university boulevard actually portion of university blocked off between 50 and 4 other due to debri

on connecticut avenue because of downed trees. this was the scene all weekend on many area roads. massive trees on top of cars, blocking access to traffic. despite liberal leave declarations, transportation officials are pleading with commuters to use public transportation. many already made the decision yesterday. >> definitely not commuting tomorrow. it's not worth it if. >> northern virginia still dealing with 100 traffic signals out. more than half the traffic signals in montgomery county have been out for the entire weekend. at least 400 were still in the dark as of last night. the government is urging state workers to stay off the roads to stay home. many downed trees and power lines still blocking roads in gaithersburg and silver spring and rockville. officials have lifted the hov restrictions on interstate 270 and 66. at connecticut avenue you have to treat these intersections as four-way stops. you have to help out the police. for example, on connecticut avenue, the far lanes are being used as a two-way traffic because al

again from adams to decatur, southbound all traffic on connecticut is closed. pepco had said we are going to do our absolute best. they even promised to have the power lines out of the streets by this morning. that did not happen. this is really just going to be a nightmare for morning commuters this morning. in terms of the other parts of montgomery county, we still have 350 intersections still in the dark around the county. we were in friendship heights earlier. that was terrible. all the lights were dark. on wisconsin avenue, farther south on connecticut avenue. traffic nals in the dark. watch the traffic signals, make sure you treat it like a four way stop. as for all the residents who live along here, they too are still in the dark. >>> now we want to check things out in the district. near randall circle, minnesota avenue southeast. what about the mess there delia? >> reporter: as daylight breaks here, we can assess the situation here. a lot of the trees are down. take a look at the power lines and how frequent they have fallen. a branch here in randall ci

this is connecticut southbound south of adams road.at this (audio difficulty) (audio difficulty) (audio difficulty) >> we lost our audio signal with kristen. but you saw that huge tree that is in the middle of the road, blocking it. and until someone comes, and cuts that out of the roadway, it is cut down to one lane of traffic, which is going to be a mess this morning. >> that picture was connecticut southbound, heading into the district. coming from kensington southbound into the district, going to have to get crews there. >> we did hear from clay anderson from pepco earlier who said they didn't get to do what they wanted to yesterday, and we'll talk to them and find out what happened to cause them not to get to some of the issues they said they were going to get to. >>> one more thing clay anderson said we need to deenergize these wires. >> our coverage of the summer storm aftermath continues with a look at what's going on in the district good morning, with daybreak coming out, you can see the debris on minnesota avenue southeast in

starting to see two lane travel along connecticut avenue under police direction. side of town very much a busy ride and complicated. lot of folks using mcarthur boulevard. canal road blocked off between reservoir and arizona avenue due to debris and clean up. a number of signals dark, at least 80 out in fairfax. cascade parkway north of 7th signals are dark. callers reporting route 7 is jammed trying to get through wolf trap and continuing to the beltway. at least 80 signals dark downtown, including naylor road, good hope road at 13th to name a few. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> julie, thanks. heads up driving through virginia. you can use any lane no matter how many people are in your car. however, the hov restrictions in place outside the beltway. >>> heads up for metro riders today. we have details of that next. >> first, though, time for our facebook fan of the day. and today we say good morning to donna jean paul. donna says a cup of coffee and fox 5 has been her morning routine for several years now and she wants to know julie's secret f

on my drive out there, almost every major intersection other connecticut -- on connecticut has a police officer now that is directing traffic. you are able to go through a bit more without stopping and starting but you don't need to stop at the light, make sure there is an officer there and make sure you don't need to stop at the light. >>> let's check in. with delia. she is at the randall circle in southeast washington. >> reporter: j.c., we have been here all morning long. it would appear there was some sign of progress here at randall circle. the utility crews around -- arrived around 9:30. however the progress has been very, very slow. i'm actually told these are contractors waiting for pepco officials to come to the scene, to give them the go ahead to work on the downed power lines littering this area. crews come to the rescue of residents in randall circle surrounded by power lines all weekend. >> i heard this big bang, as though a bomb had fallen. >> it was no bomb, it was a metal roof. it was just a few doors down. >> reporter: we heard a rumble and we thought it was just thunde

connecticut avenue southbound in kensington. even though the road will reopen, this is the last of the road closures, but the power will still be out there least a couple more days here. john gonzalez reporting from kensington. >> the dark streets may be partly to blame for a crashed and killed a pedestrian last night in arlington? around 9:30. a driver hit a man who was crossing the street at columbia pike and four mile run drive. the man was killed. the driver did not stop for the traffic light. no charges have yet been filed. investigation is ongoing. that is a good reminder of what you are supposed to do at an intersection when the lights are out. you are supposed to treat it like a four-way stop. we set up cameras and caught plenty of drivers blowing right through the lights, like this one. stopping at every intersection is a hassle. it slows down traffic. but authorities are arresting you to take that life-saving precaution. >> another side effect, trouble getting gas for your car. there's a shortage. we have more on this

this is connecticut avenue. you see the roadblock there across the southbound lanes of connecticut avenue. a little further down the line. we've got a large tree koring all tft southbound lanes. they say it's going to take a while. they have blocked off all of those lanes. obviously a big commuter route. this is going to cause major tie-ups throughout the area. talking to the police police a little while ago, they say it's going to be a while. it's going to take some time to remove this tree and reopen the road. that's the kind of thing we're seeing all of r around the area. there are so many trees down that there just aren't enough crewing to get in there and clean it up. we're also seeing signals still dark. improvement, however, there are now 240 signals in month gmry county that is dark. that's an improvement to more than 400,000 last night. reporting live in wheaton, megan mcgrath, news4. >>> tracee wilkins is live from laurel. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. let me show you on route one. they have utilit

well, it is happening to homeowners in one connecticut town. the navy's submarine base in groton is jamming garage door radio signals. the navy is now telling homeowners they need to change their system to another radio frequency. and yes, there is some regulation, i've been told, that that's what the homeowners have to do, and also for people who own cell phones and other, those sorts of electronic devices that have some sort of frequency. >> all right. 6:41 is our time right now, time for a look at weather and traffic on the 1s. tom kierein's in storm center 4. >> bright sunrise over the potomac this morning. and as we look at the temperatures, off to a pleasant start. good morning. low to mid-70s around much of the region, although in some of the highlands, from the blue ridge into the mountains of west virginia and western maryland, it's in the low 80s this morning. right around washington, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties near 70 now. there is that sun up over the potomac. here's your "day planner." by 9:00, mid-80s

it's blocking off cathedral avenue at connecticut avenue northwest. follow police direction. i'll have more on that and other area roads coming up once again at 6le 18. >>> -- 6:18. >>> the time is 6:12. here's a check on some of the stories making news. the penn state football program will be crippled for years because of the school's inaction against jerry sandusky's abuse. the ncaa hit the school with $60 million in fines, slashed the number of scholarships and stripped late coach joe paterno of every single win in the last 14 years. his family blasted the decision. >>> the prime minister of turkey believes the rebels are close to winning the civil war in syria. turkey has received 40,000 refugees from syria. rebels began a major offensive monday in syria's largest city. >>> the massive drought is not having a spooky impact on pumpkins. farmers in the midwest say pumpkins actually do well in dry weather. it protects them from diseases so there should be a healthy harvest in october. >>> america has lost a true pioneer. dr. sally ride died monday at age 61. >> she was the f

melanie alnwick joins us live from kensington along connecticut avenue. she joins us now by telephone. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the reason we are joining you by phone is because we are having a tough time finding a safe place to park. we have to be careful with power lines and trees just like any of the utility crews do as well. we are here at the corner of connecticut avenue and it looks like decatur avenue and this is where the beginning of the traffic troubles are really going to start this morning. several blocks of connecticut avenue southbound are completely shut down. the entire southbound lane shut down. just snarls of trees and power lines covering all three of those southbound lanes. what they've had to do is take the northbound lanes and make those into basically one lane coming south and two lanes going north. the drivers will need to use extreme caution in that area this morning. it is just one of the trouble spots that we're expecting to see. today is the day that pepco expects to get more boots on the ground and also

and people in the state of connecticut in the year... what year was that? >> that was in '69. >> hinojosa: and the entire state of connecticut said, "we want to support franklin chang-diaz. he may not have official papers, but he was welcomed here." >> absolutely. >> hinojosa: "and we are going to put our entire state behind him." and my god, look what we got in return. >> so very much the land of opportunity. and, you know, this is what we really ought to return to. you know, let the country bring in all these, you know, masses of people who really want to make a better life, because this is the fresh new blood that this country uses to grow. you know, if we don't do that, we basically stagnate. so i am very strongly in favor of a more open policy for the united states. and i think in some ways closing our borders is bad news for us. >> hinojosa: i wonder how your perspective as an astronaut kind of informs that perspective. >> well, the other thing, maria, is that, like i said, the world has changed. and now we look at ourselves as citizens of a planet, t

connecticut in particular hard-hit with hail and floods. the weather proved fatal for two men from texas. here's more. >> reporter: the swift thunderstorms surprised the players and onlookers. they took refuge under a tree. that proved to be a fatal mistake. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb go off and i looked to my left. and i could see the lightning strike hit the top of the tree, go all the way down into this person on the ground. >> reporter: the lightning bold struck three people. >> one of them, he was breathing, then two of them stopped breathing. one they got to. they got him alive. >> reporter: one man died instantly, another died at the hospital, and a third person is in stable condition. sudden thunderstorms also wreaked havoc in other parts of the country. racing waters stunned drivers in washington state and brought traffic to a crawl. in arizona, a street vanished under the rushing water, and with mud rushing down the street, drivers got caught in the middle of it. and there's more severe weather on the horizon. a new heat

this one on the southbound side of connecticut avenue was caused by a fallen tree. while things are far from perfect, progress is being made. at the intersection of randolph and veirs mill, the signals were dark early this morning. before 6:00 a.m. the power came back on. motorists say things are better today than they were over the weekend. >> i came across from the east side of the county, it was getting better as i came. yesterday in the wheat ton area it was a nightmare. >> it wasn't as bad as yesterday. there's probably twice as many on today that weren't on yesterday. >> reporter: we also got a little break because of the timing of all of this. this, of course, is the week of july 4th. a lot of people already are out on vacation, so they didn't drive in to work this morning. then a lot of employers allowed liberal leave, allowed people to telecommute today, so that took some cars off the roadway. not as bad as it could have been, but certainly not an easy commute by any stretch. when these intersections will be back up and running? we simply don't know. the cr

. >>> some breaking news this morning out of connecticut. a standoff with a gunman on the campus of the university of connecticut is now over, but the man's condition is unclear. he had been hiding out under a dock at the avery point campus just after 10:00 last night. uconn police spotted the man and began to negotiate with him. that man was alone and threatening to harm himself. an alert was sent to students and staff and the campus was evacuated. it is not clear if the man has any connection. >>> the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring another 58 at a shooting rampage at a colorado movie theater will be in court next week. james holmes looked dazed during his first court appearance yesterday. leanne gregg is live in colorado now with more on that. leanne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. right now you can see the theater behind me where the mass murder occurred, still closed while the investigation continues, but yesterday the public for the first time got a face-to-face look at the suspect, 24-year-old james holmes

melanie is reporting live from connecticut avenue. we know the southbound stretch of connecticut avenue is shut down between deersville road and university boulevard. southbound traffic diverted and picking up university boulevard. still a portion of canal road blocked off between reservoir and arizona. basically headed into georgetown. can't do it this morning. use mcarthur boulevard as the work around due to storm damage and cleanup. if you are traveling over enterprise road, blocked off between 450 and 50 due to wires down across the highway. again, various situations across town. wires down, standing water to deal with along hunter mill road, south of sunrise valley. number of signals are still dark. be patient making your drive into work today. hov listed on 270 and 66 inside of the beltway to alleviate the tieups. it was a help this morning. things will change by tomorrow. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thank you so much. there are quite a few closures due to the damages and power outages. the federal governm

mccain: i would say that my friend from connecticut is exactly right. both he and i have visited lebanon recently, and the facts are that hezbollah basically controls the government. the prime minister, who is not hezbollah but was put into power by hezbollah, and their country is basically gridlocked as well. if syria goes, if bashar assad goes, that connection between iran and hezbollah will be severed. the people of lebanon will have a great opportunity to have what once was a very thriving democracy restored. and i just -- finally, i would like to mention to my friend, one of the things that surprised me from time to time as i have traveled to places like burma who were recently free, when i met three men who were in prison, one for 18 years and the other for 22 years, and when i have been to libya as i was at the elections the other day, and even when i have been in egypt and met some of the young people who have made the revolution and we were in tunisia and we met the young people there and the new government there. much to my surprise to some de

a big breakthrough happened on connecticut avenue just after noon. here, finally, progress. 12:15 p.m. and connecticut avenue southbound was being reopened at veers mill road. 2 1/2 days to clean up this major artery after friday night storm. the damage to utilities along connecticut avenue and north kensington, dramatic, dozens of traffic signals still dead. >> i'm a little nervous. >> all over montgomery county, motorists were left to trust each other at the busy intersections. >> we stop. wait for one to go, and i go. when they go, they continue. >> the lucky ones had portable stop signs standing in. do you trust the other guy? >> i guess. >> at 1:30 this afternoon, county police reported 240 traffic lights still out. and only enough officers to direct traffic at 90 of those intersections. >> what is helping is officers out there in the broiling sun and they are doing a great job. >> despite endless warnings to treat dark intersections as four-way stops, many motorists simply breeze through intersections. meanwhile, busy trying to restore power an

the connecticut study looked at four different state agencies. there are couple of other studies that were done from 2008 that were not necessarily conclusive, but looked at a lot of the research. >> there is a number of studies. we refused -- reviewed them based on the comments on the draft. in terms of ingestion, they did a number of studies. we found the risks not to be significant. there are vapor inhalation studies. they did not result in a significant impact. they stated no public health risks in terms of ventilation. there was -- in terms of evaluation. there was a steady produced -- study produced on a sample of the height of four feet above the fields. ok. i will go through. 2009, there is a study. there is a 2010 study. there is a new york state study, conn studies, then there is a bainbridge island devaluation. there is a number of other studies, as mentioned before that. this constitutes a substantial -- i know one of the speakers raised the question of the integrated waste management. commissioner mar: that might have been paid for b

welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keyser time now to go to new york and speak with connecticut based journalist and blogger terry ball the third most dangerous financial list journalist in the world you can find all of her work at her website terry bull dot com welcome back to the kaiser report max how you do it it's good to see you number one financial journalists in the world now terry bull you were the first to break the news that senior executives are being told j.p. morgan the loss of their chief investment office in london is closer to nine billion dollars about two billion dollars you were the first to break this so tell us more you're right max so you know i got this phone call it was actually last weekend and there were a few j.p. morgan managing directors who were being told there are internal models and that the last could be as much as nine billion dollars that doesn't mean they're going to book at all in the second quarter but that was a really scary number and they started to call and ask me what else do you know about j.p. morgan you know what are their problems

eastbound along cathedral, you will find it is blocked off here at connecticut avenue. southbound connecticut avenue, a portion of that is also blocked off just south of devonshire. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> the man suspected of killing 12 people at a colorado movie theater last week is expected to be formally charged next monday. >> james holmes made his first court appearance in colorado on monday. his family also spoke out about a statement made to a report are the morning of the shooting rampage. lauren demarco has details. >> reporter: good morning. friday's shooting left 12 people dead and dozens injured and now prosecutor carol chambers says her office is considering pursuing the death penalty but she will first consult with the victims' families. james holmes made his first court appearance in colorado remaining silent and appearing dazed. his pair hair died shocking comic book red. authorities said he is refusing to cooperate and it could take months to learn what rich marriotted the shooting rampage. the judge ordered him hel

this entire southbound lane of connecticut avenue here for several blocks is shut down. you can see part of the rope why. we've got just part of trees tangled on power lines and the scene looked like that literally up connecticut avenue and so what they're having to do is shut down this entire side of connecticut avenue southbound. you can see the southbound traffic now squeezing by in one lane this. you will have to be very careful because the northbound traffic there is coming in the lane right next to you. this is just one of those situations that we are finding all over the area. the good news for pepco customers, i suppose, if there is any good news in this for people that are still without power, that those mutual assistance crews that they asked for are due to arrive today and they are supposed to get out in the neighborhood and start working right away. everyone has said they have described this as hurricane damage without the benefit of of three days to prepare. pepco first had to restore power to 21 substations. now that the power has been restored there, high

. >>> well, if uy're watching us on nbc connecticut in hartford, connecticut, in another buy stamford, work up the courage to visit the subtle giants of the spider world. that's tarantulas alive and up close. that's your earth event of the day. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. hally barry is out testify hospital after suffering a head injury while on the movie set. tmz reports she had a possible concussion following a fall. >>> sophia a very garcia, reality star kim kardashian came in second. eva longoria came in with $15 million thanks to the final season of ""desperate housewives."" >>> in the first interview since his divorce was finalized, he said while katy perry is young, successful, and dedicated he was, quote, into the idea of marriage and having kids. as for not going after any of perry's $40 million in their setslement, brand said simply, quote, gievet a good job. yeah, he does. >>> finally, is george clooney almost off the market? tmz reports both he and girlfriend stacy keebler flew their parents to italy for a gathering at his

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the gentleman from connecticut. mr. larson: it gives me great honor to introduce the dean of the connecticut delegation and a voice for compassion, who believes passionately about this health care law that's in effect for the american people, rosa delauro from connecticut, i yield a minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for one minute. ms. delauro: what will happen if the house majority skeds in repealing the -- succeeds in repealing the affordable care act? 16 million children will once again be denied coverage. 6.6 young adults under 26 will no longer be covered by their parent's insurance plan. insurers will be allowed to discriminate against women again, charge them more, deny them coverage because they had a see syrian section, leaving maternity and peed at rick care out of -- pediatric care out of their policy. 360,000 small businesses will lose tax credits. americans will have to pay out of pocket for preventive services like cancer screenings and wellness exams. preventi

i am listening to connecticut. and what i hear from connecticut, the people of my state, as so many of my colleagues are hearing from their constituents and citizens, is they are losing trust in the greatest democracy in the history of the world, the greatest country in the history of the planet is losing the confidence and faith of its people. i'm hearing from people like katherine sturgess of new cannan, connecticut, who says undisclosed campaign money influences candidates, elections and determines the role of the voter. in turn, the election process is corrupted. only a few cannot be allowed to impact a system which is intended to represent us all. lawrence coyne of fairfield tells me -- and i'm listening -- right now, foreign governments, oil tycoons and wall street banks can spread millions to buy our democracy and the american public will never know. and i'm listening also to garrett timmons of brooklyn, connecticut, who says i think campaign and election reform should go much further and include a constitut

i think of people in connectic connecticut, 13,000 people in connecticut who will have jobs if we move forward on this bill. i think of a man named hecker -- hectare hernandez. i met hector at a jobs fair that i hosted in east hartford this past september. after 25 years of working for the same company, as they say, working hard and playing by the rules, hector lost his job. and he's willing to do most anything to find a new job but he can't find one. there are simply no jobs for hector and this measure will help to provide him one. at that same jobs fair, i met ty wagner. ty took a very smart path. he decided he was going to get all the education that could possibly be accessible to him. he got a technical degree from a top university. he wanted to work in the state when he graduated. his dream job control was to give back, to provide public service. he hasn't been able to find any job, let alone his dream job, and he is every bit as lost as hector hernandez. and that situation faced by hector and ty is only one aspect of the crisis in america's job market. i think of jodie lazarus wh

tells about a place like connecticut. >> well, connecticut right now is looking -- they are looking to, for some people, looking to eliminate coverage that had assets over $10 # ,000 and have limited income. we want to be careful talking about cutting medicaid, especially in all the states. we are not cutting the whole program, limited amount of people in that state, but, again, connecticut, like a number of states faces financial issues, and they are looking to see where they may have place to limit to some degree who qualify, and, again, this may just be some short term thing because, again, in 2014, some of the things cut now may be restored in 2014, and that's why some of the these cuts -- that's why the cuts today are a big issue. as we pointed out, states cutting medicaid, this happens each time the economy goes down. it's nothing new. what's new this year as we are getting closer to the expansion, so people worry about, well, hey, how can we cut now on the verge of the major expansion? won't this hurt the cause? we want more doctors. we want hospitals to, up and down services. s

connecticut especially hard hit.state 95 had been closed down for a while because of water on the roadway and power outages as well. >>> if you're traveling today, roads around phoenix and albuquerque could be flooded. storms possible in the northern rockies. >>> there are no weather-related airport delays to tell you about. >>> but how is this for an airport delay. >> more than 200 passengers have a horror story to tell this morning. they were stuck for three days. the passengers on a united airlines flights to newark were supposed to leave shanghai wednesday. but mechanic problems kept them on the ground until saturday with a lot of anger and frustration mounting. >> the passenger that actually organized the protest. he turned the lights off on the jetway. it was dark. he turned the lights off on the jetway, it went pitch black. people started to get crazy. it was surreal. like it can't be. >> for the third day. the are airline is promising the passengers will get more than a refund. how about more than that? doubl

the two right lanes are blocked around to connecticut avenue. be very careful. can you make the exit at connecticut avenue but it is quite tricky and they do have a couple of fellows out there in the cherry pickers. lanes are open at van dorn street. traffic flowing each way between the wilson bridge and the springfield interchange. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> another big story we are following, more claims of fraud rocking d.c. politics. a woman connected to d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign admits illicit campaign funds helped get him into office. melanie alnwick has the story. >> reporter: there have been whispers after shadow campaign to elect convince grant for a long time. yesterday in federal court, eugenia harris confirmed it. -- to elect vince gray for a long time. >> harris plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy for straw donations to gray's 2010 campaign and some federal campaigns in 2008. the u.s. attorney says the guilty plea shows the 2010 mayoral campaign was compromised by back room deals and secret payments. >> what

from california to connecticut that's our top story.hen there's the pastor from massachusetts kidnapped in the middle east. why it's extremely important that he be freed sooner rather than later. >> yeah, that's an interesting story. >>> also this morning the honors given out to the nation's top doctors. you know how you go to the doctor's office and you look for that? >> those plaques, right. >> apparently anyone can get them, including, get this, michael jackson's doctor and even a notorious pedophile. >> not good. >>> from one fraud to another, supermarket coupons that are supposed to save you money, some of them are fake and you could end up paying. >>> but first, dangerously high temperatures are back this week for much of the midwest and the east. heat advisories of in effect for 13 states from the dakotas to new york. >> and then there were the damaging storms which hit the northeast last night. connecticut in particular hard-hit with hail and floods. the weather proved fatal for two men from texas. here's abc's check sivertsen.

. >> in connecticut, a report of an armed man on campus course university of connecticut police to evacuate the school's a ridgepoint campus at around 11:30 p.m. last night. a school spokeswoman said a despondent man had crawled beneath a dock and threaten to hurt and so. he spoke with police negotiators throughout the night. the standoff has ended. police say he does not appear to be a threat to others. the arlington county board has voted in favor now of a proposed streetcar line along columbia pike. the board voted 4-0 with one abstention to approve the $249 million plant. it happened just after 1:30 a.m. this morning. county planners say the light rail can mix with bus service carrying a combined 25,000 passengers a day. it would run from airport -- to alexandria campus. >> a ne d.c. neighborhood is on edge after police say two men were brutally attacked because of their sexual orientation. michael hall and his partner were walking along third street when people started yelling anti-gay slurs'. he said the suspect and started beating them. the attackers fled after a neighbor started scr

the correct title is the connecticut compromise. this was the conflict between the states that had a lot of population and the smaller states. how were they going to be represented in this new congress? and sherman and ellsworth came up with a great compromise. we'll have one body -- the senate -- where every state has two representatives and another body in the house will be represented by population. i always like to say to people the very institution that we are privileged to be members of was created as a result of a compromise. generally speaking, this congress, which represents, you know, 300 million-plus people, 310 million now, extraordinarily diverse in every way, you can't succeed here, we can't get things done if people say "i must get 100% of what i want on this bill or i'm going to vote against it." so that's the way we have felt, particularly -- and that's why we've compromised, particularly because of the urgency of the threat and the urgency of the cyber threat which is real, present and growing. senator collins and

the gentleman from connecticut. mr. larson: it gives me great honor to introduce the dean of the connecticut delegation and a voice for compassion, who believes passionately about this health care law that's in effect for the american people, rosa delauro from connecticut, i yield a minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for one minute. ms. delauro: what will happen if the house majority skeds in repealing the -- succeeds in repealing the affordable care act? 16 million children will once again be denied coverage. 6.6 young adults under 26 will no longer be covered by their parent's insurance plan. insurers will be allowed to discriminate against women again, charge them more, deny them coverage because they had a see syrian section, leaving maternity and peed at rick care out of -- pediatric care out of their policy. 360,000 small businesses will lose tax credits. americans will have to pay out of pocket for preventive services like cancer screenings and wellness exams. preventi

so, we moved to connecticut when the suburbs were really quite rural and i grew up in riverside, connecticut. i went to public schools in riverside, through junior high school. and then the high school in riverside was this building that had six or seven stories with three- minute or four-minute passing periods between classes. and while at that time i was quite good at going up and down stairs on crutches, i was not going to be able to do that in three or four minutes with crowds of high school students, so my parents thought i should go to a prep school and i went to exeter. i was at exeter for three years. and i had to climb stairs there, too, but the schedule extends through the day and it was easier to organize. i enjoyed exeter a lot. i often think today most of what i know really comes from exeter, because i actually worked hard at exeter. law school, too. harvard not so much. then i went to harvard and graduated in '66. i went to columbia law school and i enjoyed law school a lot and i became editor in chief of "the law review" and did well at columbia. i first went to check for a ju

it didn't matter that we had to provide the same technical assistance in connecticut. we had to think about the way we did our work differently. we created teams to address the state's. the requests were too comprehensive. we didn't just handled in the office of elementary and secondary education. we brought in folks from the policy shop and conferred race to the top and our lawyers and budget folks and title free folks and teacher quality folks and all of these program offices that are traditionally silos. no choice but to come together and provide the level of technical assistance and support and office hours and working until 10:00 or 11:00 at night most were on a west coast and walking through these requests we get them to a place where the secretary felt confident we were holding states to a high bar but this is our plan. this is what we want to do to improve outcomes and it made us look at our work differently. we established relationships with these and we continue this moving forward. my point is we have already started down that road of doing business differen

the gentleman from connecticut. to recognize, move to strike the last word? >> move to strike the last word. >> recognized for five minutes. >> i support the intent of this amendment. i am somewhat concerned about the fact that we have through the u.s. department of commerce, in my opinion, an effective export assistance program and embassies all over the world. i've been on trade missions with connecticut agricultural interest as well as non-ag interests. they have gold key programs that set up, again, opportunities with customers in creating markets and other parts of the world. i just sort of wonder whether we're just kind of adding another layer here in terms of bringing in another department to deal with issues of export when the department of commerce, again, has that mission already to assist u.s. private sector interests in terms of promoting new markets and customers. and i would yield to the proponent just to ask him whether or not, you know, this -- how do you visualize this, or, you know, see this in terms of the efforts that are already under way

again this top of the utility pole is still there along connecticut avenue. the latest numbers from pepco, still more than 96,000 customers in montgomery county without electricity, the number in prince george's county a little more than 42,000. back to you. >> stunning pictures, what a mess. >>> it's going to take homeowners days, even months to clean up even after the power is back on. fox 5's paul wagner spoke with a couple today who entered their house for the first time since two trees came crashing down on it. he has their story. >> reporter: jacqueline borda and javier cordova are one very lucky couple. at the height of the storm friday night two huge trees came down on their house, one in the front and one in the back. >> we saw quite a turbulence of wind, very strong wind, and i just grabbed my wife and we went downstairs in the basement. >> reporter: a frightening few minutes knowing the house was severely damaged. >> what happened is that i opened the garage door and i came to the door and i called the neighbors. the inside was impossible. it was f

he is now the soon to be senior center from connecticut.him about anything and that's what we're going to do. senator blumenthal, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you very much eliot for having me. >> eliot: let's begin with this enormously important decision from the supreme court last week that put mitt romney in a bind with the healthcare act that was upheld. mitt romney, it seems bizarre beyond words is now attacking chief justice roberts for being political. does this make any sense to you? explain this crazy dynamic to us. >> you know, i wish i could explain it. but it is bizarre. first of all for governor romney to be switching his campaign characterization initially calling it a tax and now a penalty and vice versa. i think the public is justifiably confused by this shifting labeling but bottom line the supreme court upheld it because it could constitutionally interpret it as a tax and it has a duty to uphold the law if it can. and you and i know from our cases in the united states supreme court that the first argument we