i'm craig bosswell in washington coming up. >>> and if you scroll through the president's ipod, you will find a lot of classics and a little bit of hip-hop. the president told rolling stone magazine that the play list includes bob dillan, steve wonder, rolling stone and he's been getting input from younger aides and his daughters who recently added artists like lil' wayne and -- [ indiscernible ] ananiges >> republicans on the house ethics committee drew a line in the sand pushing to schedule trials for democratic representatives charlie rangell and maxine waters before the mid-term elects in november. the republicans are accuse theing the committee chairwoman of stalling because proceedings in october could generate negative headlines for democrats. wrangle is accuse misuse of his office and waters is charged of improperly owning a bank where her husband opens stock. >>> president obama is lend his voice to help the maryland governor win re-election. >> i know this governor made the tough decisions to put education, safety, and job creation first. stand with me, brama, moving -- brama,

lee, associate professor at tulane university joining us from new orleans and here in atlanta, craig washington who recently wrote an article about bishop long and the sex scandal and martin savage. you were there at the church along with a number of correspondents from around the country. give me an idea of what that reception was like. what the restrictions were like during his sermon as well. >> first of all, probably the most anticipated day in the history of that particular church on part of the ed showin 5:30. they were already there waiting in the parking lot for the service that began at 8:00. when the 8:00 service began, there was still a huge line of traffic of people trying to get in to get to that service a half hour after the service was under way. and it wasn't until an hour after that service began that bishop long actually appeared. that gives you the sense of the anticipation and as we walked into the building and the parking lot, you felt that crowd. you could hear singing and celebration. they were in a very joyful mood even though when we spoke to people on the way in, we sa

republicans plan to rollout a packageeof economic priorities for the elections thursddy, in washington, craig5 news. >> that brings s to the question of the day. do you think the recession is over??3 10 percent of yoo say yes. 90 percent say no. joseph writes on our website. we have been told this every month for a year. ask the people that unemployment and the people that still cannot get a job. >> and gennralnell writes on facebook. i have beennin a rrcession, all of my life. so i didn't really even notice. >> leaking oillwell is finally sealed in the gulf and beaches on the florida coast are clean iffyou don't look closely. federal government prohibits bp clean up crews from ding more and dan thhmas, from our sisttr station in pensacola found out >> he said come to a public beach. which is right here, right? >> yeah, but you ccnnot dill. >> i cannot dig? >> no, you cannot. >> okay. why is that? >>>because you cannot dig in a national park. evennthough it is a public beach, open to the public, but still national sea shore and you cannot dig. >> the national park service now said that it is

in washington, craig boswell, fox news. >>> changes are coming in the way you do your taxes. the irs will no longer be mailing out tax forms and strucks because so many people file electronically. last area, more than 96 million people filed their taxes online. the irs expects to save $10 million. >>> placative flooding is defense participating parts of the midwest. p the waters are expected to hold steady today and begin rereading after that. in rapids, south dakota they are fighting flood waters from the big sioux river. water levels are expected to begin dropping today. several areas in minnesota are now in recovery mode. >>> a very different story out in california where fall is off to a dangerously scorching start in los angeles. a record heat wave is baking downtown los angeles. thermometers topped 11 # degrees there. lift aring heat caused widespread power outages. 0,000 homes lost electricity yesterday and several small wildfires broke out across southern california. -- thermometers topped 113 degrees there. >>> straight ahead, the riding cost of college means familie

in washington, craig bosswell, fox news. >>> lindsay might be avoiding jailtime but her trouble is farrom over. >> a starlet rocking a new piece of hardway. >>> and can you -- hardware. >>> and taking a death-defying leap. how about doing it more than once or how about a dozen times? the details behind one man's record-setting stunt. ich ceys >> how about a worldwide competition to see who owns karaoke bragging rights. amateur singers strutted their stuff on the stage for the three-day event and in the end, finland delivered winning the men and women's times. and able american woman finished third. >>> from a russian stage to the skies high over london. a british bungie jumper holds the world record for the most jumps -- jumps in one hour james fields hurled himself from a crane 42 times in 60 minutes and crashed the former world record by more than twice as many jobs. his previous high was six jumps an hour and admits to getting disy during this attempt. >> you can imagine doing that? >> i can't. >> i get busy watching them jump. >> and crazy but we're talking about them. >>> and some

in washington, craig boswell, fox news. >>> bill gates is one of the world's richest men but his kidson't always live like royalty. in a recent interview gates says he won't be leaving most of his fortune to his three children. instead, gates says he'll leave them enough money so they will be comfortable but will still need to work. he believes leaving the children the whole $50 billion wouldn't be good for them or for society. gates is planning on giving most of his money to charity. very admiral. >> i think. >>> here we go again, lindsay lohan adds midst on twitter she -- admits on twitter she failed a drug test. >> and already a bench warrant out for her arrest. tmz working this story live in l.a. in a couple of minutes. >>> plus the coliseum in rome on flames. who would set one of the most historic sites on fire? don't miss the details behind this next.  ring ring. progresso. i look great in my wedding dress with the help of your amazing light soups. now we're adding even bigger pieces of white-meat chicken. oh, so when's the big day? oh, we got married years

joining us now here in washington, craig crawford, columnist for "congressional quarterly." in new york john avlon, senior political columnist for the daily beast and a cnn contributor. and in san francisco debra saunders, columnist for the "san francisco chronicle" who also blogs at token conservative. john avlon, christine o'donnell has a checkered history no, question about that, but is the press piling on now? >> no. i think they're doing their due diligence after the fact, though. and that's part of the problem. a lot of conservative magazines, "weekly standard, "reason," "even "national review" tried in the late innings of this primary campaign to start raising very legitimate questions about her fitness for office, her qualifications, her honesty. that's what we're supposed to do, is hold political figures accountable and to try to be the honest brokers here. the problem is it came very late and now it's all happening after the fact. she has the nomination. and of course the gop's very nervous about what that means. and the fact that she's withdrawn from the sunday sh

that's why jenny's father, craig, helped raise money for this memorial in washington, d.c. official name is the national japanese american memorial for patriotism during world war ii. on the walls are the names of the ten relocation camps, along with the numbers of those forced to live at each camp. a statue of two cranes entangled in barbed wire towers overhead. >> they're a very honorable bird, and to have them entwined in barbed wire really sends the message that they're not free. >> reporter: the memorial also honors the thousands of japanese americans who, despite the prejudice they faced, fought for the united states in world war ii. >> they felt that they wanted to show their patriotism. they wanted to show that they were american. and so they volunteered and served. and while their families were in camp, they were fighting battles and dying and getting wounded. >> reporter: in fact, the units formed by the japanese americans became some of the most decorated fighting groups in u.s. military history. >> i was really concerned that my daughters would not know about an

let's go to fema headquarters in washington, d.c. craig fewgait is the administrator of fema.anks for joining us. fema got kind of a bad name in katrina. have we overcome that? is fema ready able and willing to tackle whatever occurs here? >> i think we are, mr. king. we were moving folks in several days before the hurricane ever got up to the coast. we've been working with governor purder perdue's teams there. we have teams in all the coastal states ready to support them, up to the new england states. we're not going to wait till things get bad. we've got supplies going into fort bragg in case they're needed. down in north carolina. we have supplyies going to massachusetts in case they're needed there. our role is to support the governors. if we think they need it, we're going to make sure it's ready to go. >> larry: the president signed an emergency declaration for north carolina. what does that mean? >> what it does for the governor here, it helps her for the cost of the response. provides up to 75% federal dollars to support that. as well as being able to provide direct fe

. >> larry: to fema headquarters in washington, d.c., craig fugate is the administrator of fema. thanks for joining us. fema got the bad name in katrina. have we overcome that? is fema ready, willing and able to attack whatever comes here? >> i think we are. we were moving before the hurricane ever got up to the coast. working with governor perdue's teams there. we have teams in all of the coastal states, ready to support them all the way up to the new england state. so, we're not going to wait until things get bad. we've got supplies already going into ft. bragg in case they're needed down in north carolina. we have supplies in massachusetts in case we need it there. our role is to support the governors but we're not going to wait for them to ask for help. if we think they need it we'll make sure it's ready to go. >> larry: the president signed an emergency declaration for north carolina. what does that mean? >> what it does for the governor there, it helps her with the cost of this response, particularly some of the local cost of the evacuation, provides up to 75% federal dolla

craig melvin of wrc in washington is here, he's got the other headlines. >> good morning.ew zealand where a powerful 7.1 magnitude quake hit, happened in the southern city of christ church, the second largest city. buildings damaged, power cut off across the region, broken water mains flooded many streets. it appears no one was killed and two serious injuries reported. president obama will unveil new job creation plans to improve the economy. in his weekly radio address the president insisted that the economic stimulus package prevented the economic slide from being worse. yesterday, we learned the unemployment rate increased one-tenth to 9.6% in august. >>> the bp blowout preventer that failed to stop tons of oil from spilling into the gulf of mexico has been replaced. workers are hauling it up from the bottom the ocean. charles hadlock is live. >> reporter: good morning. the blowout preventer is a key piece of evidence into what went wrong on the deepwater horizon rig site. the blowout preventer is the safety device that should have prevents the explosion that killed 11

washington. >>> waiting for supman is the title of a documentary that examines public education in america. >> the movie from the director of an inconvenient truth features d.c.xd school's chancellor michelle rhee. craig in northwest washington. a lot of people are awaiting this. >> reporter: to be honest with you, it is like access hollywood out here. the museum has roled out the red carpet. they are expecting a host dignitaries. we're told all sorts of d.c. powerful elite wi be here. congressmen, senators michelle rhee also expected to be here, as you mentioned. one of the stars of that movie. it is, as you mentioned also, brought to us by the same director that brought us an inconvenient truth for which he won an oscar. in ts particular movie he looks at public education in this country and all of its shortcomings. he looks at it through the eyes have five students and so call reformers. one of the reformers, scho chancellor michelle rhee. take a look at a snippet from the movie. >> you wake every morning and you know that kids are getting a really crappy education right now. >> so you think most of the kids are getting a crappy education? >> i don't think they are. i know they are. >> michelle rhe

given the short notice, jim was not available to travel to washington to testify today, and craig is focused primarily on his role as a member of my customer service team has not been involved in the day-to-day management of the company for about 10 years. i also wanted to echo the sentiments of speakers who have preceded me with respect to the horror and revulsion that we all feel about this issue. i also agree with congresswomen spears characterization of the issue as a human tragedy, because it is. i would like to sell a few words about the service that craigslist provides. we are for local, on-line classified ad listings and discussion forums used by over 60 million americans each month. craigslist users post and respond to add to help them find basic necessities in their everyday lives, such as jobs, housing, second-hand items, local services, personal relationships and event listings. today craigslist is far and away the leading classified advertising service used in the united states. until recently, craigslist included an adult services category. it was created in 2001 at the

craig himself. and you're joining us from washington this morning.o, i guess, is this a done deal for craigslist? >> well, that was a good question yesterday, drew. that these representatives asked this representative of craigslist. they were saying, you know, when this media pressure fizzles out and the heat's down are you going to reopen this under another name or possibly reopen the site when there's less attention. this rep said, you know what, we're done, we have no more intentions to open the adult services section. at that point, the representatives commended the site for making this decision. calling craigslist a potential leader in this industry in setting an example for others. >> you know, amber, are they just going to get more creative from their ads? it was clear from your reporting that craigslist had no idea what was going on on its website, didn't really have the ability or wherewithal to police its own site. i'm just wondering won't there be tricks of the trade, so to speak, to allow this to continue on other sites, as well as craigs

given the short notice, jim was not available to travel to washington to testify today, and craig is focused primarily on his role as a member of my customer service team has not been involved in the day-to-day management of the company for about 10 years. i also wanted to echo the sentiments of speakers who have preceded me with respect to the horror and revulsion that we all feel about this issue. i also agree with congresswomen spears characterization of the issue as a human tragedy, because it is. i would like to sell a few words about the service that craigslist provides. we are for local, on-line classified ad listings and discussion forums used by over 60 million americans each month. craigslist users post and respond to add to help them find basic necessities in their everyday lives, such as jobs, housing, second-hand items, local serces, personal relationships and event listings. today craigslist is far and away the leading classified advertising service used in the united states. until recently, craigslist included an adult services category. it was created in 2001 at the r

it's a case of hollywood star power joining forces with one of washington's most powerful politicos. two women with influence against craig and his list. >> reporter: demi moore, top presidential adviser, valerie jarrett, and 17 attorneys generals are all getting credit for pressuring craigslist. to get out of the gutter. >> it's done the right thing voluntarily by shutting down the adult services section. >> reporter: over the weekend the modern classified website made a simple change. the word "censored" appeared over the spot for so-called adult services. a market that craigslist said was intended for legitimate adult businesses. but after infamous cases such as the so-called killer philip markoff, craigslist came under fire from critics as a key player in prostitution. >> it was as easy, as convenient and as normalized to buy a child for sex as it was to buy a chair or a couch off of craigslist. >> reporter: malika salazar is executive director of the rebecca project for human rights. in may, she joined forces with the demi and ashton foundation. then the white house got involved, valerie jarrett, u.s. attorney genera

given the short notice, jim was noavailable to travel to washington to testify today, d craig is focusedrimarily on his role as a member of my customer service team has not been involved in the day-to-day management of the company for about 10 years. i also wanted to echo the sentiments of speakers who have preceded me with respect to the horror and revulsion that we all feel about this issue. i alsogree with congresswomen spears characterization of the issue as a human tragedy, because is. i would like to sell a few words about the service that craigslist provides. we are for local, on-line classified ad listings and discussion forums used by over 60 million americans each month. craigslist users post and respond to add to help them find basic necessities in their everyday lives, such as jobs, housing, second-hand items, local services, personal relationships and event listings. today craigslist is far and away the leading classified advertising service used in the united states. until recently, craigslist included an adult services category. it was created in 2001 at the request of cra

washington. appreciate your time on this monday evening. >>> now let's bring in the small business owner that hosted the republicans' dog and pony show last week. craig fritchey, the president of tart lumber county. nice to have you on "the ed show" tonight. i appreciate your time and thanks for offering up your business to the republicans last week to get involved. i think it's great when businesses are active. >> it's nice to meet you. i'm glad you would have me on to represent small business. >> okay. do you feel the republicans, what the pledge to america, have your interest at heart? >> yes, i do. i realize it is short on some specifics, but the point is that they realized the last time they had control, and i waited most of my life for the republican party to have control of the house and senate and presidency. they knew they blew it. they didn't control spending. they let things get out of control. it's worse now. we have to get it under control. i'm appreciative they put a stake on the ground and trying to tell you something about what you're going to get when you vote for them. i realize it's short on specifics. i realize politicians don't l

craig melvin, news4 today. >>> harry reid says he plans to bring the issue up again after the november elections. >>> we know when michee lie and vincent gray are scheduled to meet about the future. "e washington post" reporting thatit will happen tomorrow at noon in gray's office. gray has said hel continue to pursue aggressive education reform and that may or may not include michelle re. >>> tom, it's one of those days when you wish they wouldn't close those pools so early. >> we'll need it, a way to cool down. aid many is a battle between summer and winter. just a few days ago many people had their wood stoves going, but now it's time for summer-type weather. we should approach 90 today, and it looks like a sumry sky, a bit of a haze ov the foliage that's beginning to show color in a few isolated areas. the equinox arrives tonight at 11:09. now, it has hit the low to mid 80s throughout many locations, around the blue ridge through central virginia, into southern maryland as well as the lower eastern shore, closer to washingtoand points north, upper 70s generally, but it will be warming there into the upper 90s to near 90 elsewhere. or maybe a little higher through central virginia into the

temperatures for you, washington, d.c., 73 degrees, morning showers ending. 80 for you in chicago and temperatures in the 90s in south texas. that's a look pg&e. >>> a good sunday morning, i'm craig herrera. hope you're having a great weekend. yesterday we had 90s, and today we're in the upper 80s so similar to yesterday. bayside and inland. closer to the coast, a whole different story. a lot cooler, plenty of fog this morning. we'll stay there for most of the afternoon. through the remainder of the week, o yeah, feeling like fall yet again. we drop into the 70s by the time we get into tuesday with a strong sea breeze in place and a lot of fog during the overnight hours. and next saturday, stay tuned for some rain. >>> jenna. >> still to come, the roar that made milwaukee famous but now the two-wheel icon could leave wisconsin in the dust. es ft aeyory coming up after this. [ male announcer ] at triscuit, we're a fan of simple ingredients. so we seeded that into something much bigger. the home farming movement. ♪ join us at triscuit.com/homefarming. a touch of that... yup, there's a new head chef in the kitchen. introducing new quaker mix up creations. does your breakfast make yo

washington post" this morning. grisly allegations against u.s. soldier. this is it correct with locked -- craig whitlock. in the article, it goes on to say that in addition to gibbs, are made charged four other soldiers in connections with the killing. their release limited information about the case although a pretrial hearing for one of the accused soldiers began this week in washington, all of the striker brigade -- home of the stryker brigade. up next, republican from texas, kevin brady. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> i trust that following my testimony, both sides will work together on this issue in the best interest of the american people, as you always do. >> whether poking a little fun at congress or dealing with issues more seriously, celebrities have often. in washington. take a look at some other causes with the c-span video library. nearly every program since 1987. search for names you might know any time. >> washington has -- had one of the most difficult mothers of all time. crusty, domineering, self- cente

washington post" this morning. "housing market out of sync." "buyers, continuing jitters lead to discontent. next to that is the headline this morning that craig'sist has stopped offering adult advertisements, say that one of the world's biggest providers of internet classified advertising abruptly shut down the adult services section of his website. if you go to the website, there is a black box containing one word -- censored. the associated press is reporting this morning that palestinian president abbas says he warned israel's prime minister that he will quit peace talks unless israel extends a curb on some construction. benjamin netanyahu has not said what he will do but he told his cabinet on sunday that creative solutions are needed to make the talks succeed. the front page of "the new york times" this morning has a long piece about secretary of state hillary clinton's role in these peace talks. clinton is facing a crucial test in these talks. mrs. clinton will be in the thick of the negotiations between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian authority president abbas when they meet on september 14 and egypt. her role will