the fact that they don't have to fill some vacant jobs at the dmv. she also sd there will be some additional jobs cuts. as for drivers no, savings for you. you'll still be expected to pay $they've for your emissions inspection. in southwest, i'm tracy wilkins, news4. >>> so is decorum on the decline in our country? public figures from representative joe wilson to serena to kanye west. all of these tie raised have people in our area have people talking. is civility on the down side? >> beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> reporter: from kanye west interrupting at the mtv music awards last night -- to serena williams' tirade at the u.s. open. and of course, the heckling of president obama. >> you lie! >> reporter: are we witnessing a decline of decorum in america? some washingtonians think so. >> everybody wants to be seen. everybody wants to be heard but they don't know how to do it with respect. >> i think people are overstepping their bounds and people aren't putting themn their place. >> that's not what we want. especially children to

. >> reporter: on october 1st, the director of the dmv told me 20 other jurisdictions in the country that require this. it's proof that it's not necessary, but some opponents are saying while they understand cost-cutting measures, this is the wrong thing to cut. >> the safety inspection safety could be a long and drawn out wait. >> the safety part i have no problems with. >> reporter: but coming in october, only commercial vehicles, limos and cabs will face the safety inspection. >> we are starting to question why are we doing some of the things we are doing? >> reporter: cutting the inspections will save the city $400,000 with the budget. >> i can certainly understand that people believe they do, they believe that they serve some purpose, but without hard evidence saying that they do, the government needs to question why are we doing some things in which there is no evidence that shows us it really has a definitive impact. >> unfortunately for government, and d.c., sacrificing safety in the name of saving money is nothing new. that's what is happening here. >> aaa spokesman says in

. >> big changes at the dmv. good evening and welcome to news4 at 5:00. >> i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. a burglary suspect is killed by a college student armed with a samurai sword this. happened at the offcampus house near the johns hopkins university campus. the alleged burglar was confronted by the hopkins student who heard a come ocean inside his home just after 1:00. darcy spencer has the rest of this story. >> reporter: police questioned that students for hours today before releasing him. no charges have been filed. the man he killed was not armed. that suspect got out of jail just two days ago and has a lengthy arrest record. witnesses say it was a gruesome scene. a johns hopkins university student confronts a burglar inside his garage. during a confrontation, the student killed the intruder with a samurai sword, slicing him across the upper body, chopping off his left hand. >> i talked to the suspect. asked what he was doing. said he called for police and that's when the suspect lunged at him. in

the dmv said the driver failed his safety inspection just moments before he tried to leave the site and now many are questioning the city's latest move to eliminate safety checks on private cars beginning october 1. >> safety is first, the matter what. and after what happened, other drivers who were here to get their cars inspected were in disbelief over the change in rules. >> very ironic. >> not to mention frustrated that they could have held out a few more days before getting the necessary repairs. >> maybe i should have waited. i didn't know that. >> d.c. officials said the decision is a way to save $400,000, and they say there is no clear evidence the program improves traffic safety. today's accident is still under investigation and the driver of the lincoln said the car just took off. >> i had no control, no control. >> police say it is not clear whether the crash was due to driver. or -- driver error or mechanical area but it is clear the car failed inspection. from southwest, kathy park. >>> toll lanes may be coming to interstate 66. transportation officials are considering at e

ditto on his dmv records. did chester leave you, grace?ready left you when you took that trip with darcy? no! no, no, no. look, look, we were working things out. come on, grace. it wasn't over! we spoke to his family. he was stepping out on you practically from your wedding night. rush: but you couldn't admit it. reason why you're still hanging on to that wedding photo. i didn't have her courage. and misery loves company, right? if darcy had just married henry like she was supposed to... there would have been another wedding. chester would have remembered what it was like to be in love. but darcy wasn't going to marry henry, grace. darcy grew wings. and i was all alone. she didn't care what other people thought anymore. she was gonna take the situation into her own hands and you didn't like that. steward found darcy's shoes at 3:30 am. never said anything till today. this was sent half an hour later. after darcy was dead, grace. darcy's "suicide note"-- you wrote it. you sent it. there was only one reason to do that. (sighs) i never meant

ditto on his dmv records. did chester leave you, grace?ready left you when you took that trip with darcy? no! no, no, no. look, look, we were working things out. come on, grace. it wasn't over! we spoke to his family. he was stepping out on you practically from your wedding night. rush: but you couldn't admit it. reason why you're still hanging on to that wedding photo. i didn't have her courage. and misery loves company, right? if darcy had just married henry like she was supposed to... there would have been another wedding. chester would have remembered what it was like to be in love. but darcy wasn't going to marry henry, grace. darcy grew wings. and i was all alone. she didn't care what other people thought anymore. she was gonna take the situation into her own hands and you didn't like that. steward found darcy's shoes at 3:30 am. never said anything till today. this was sent half an hour later. after darcy was dead, grace. darcy's "suicide note"-- you wrote it. you sent it. there was only one reason to do that. (sighs) i never meant

. >> later today, mayor fenty will announce changes to the dmv schedule.there will be the closure of the brentwood location. >> magic johnson will make a guest location in columbia heights. he will speak to students about leadership. >>> kanye west says it is the best review of all time. >> many people are doing their own version. ♪ >> it is the latest to hit the internet. a baby who cannot get enough of "single latest." the baby bounces and shakes it to the music, almost pulling off some of the moves. more than 100,000 people have checked out this video since it hit youtube. they are calling it "all the single babies." it is the cutest. >> it is as natural -- >> i'm going to do that for my son of this morning and put on the beyonce video. >> and then he gets down on his knees. it is funny. there you go. >> lisa, have you seen that? >> it is funny. it is hysterical. i will leave everyone on a happier note. a crash is now gone. 395 northbound, there is a stalled car. traffic is trying to get out of the left lane on glebe road. >> we do have some showers. we

dmv reform came into play. it was the first change to the dot since the early 1900's.e have gotten pieces of it but i would hope for the chance of working with people across the state and with different light- minded representatives to make this year the difference. with the lottery, house members said they were against it but it is such an important issue, it should be decided by the people of south carolina. we want the people to decide whether they want to elect or appoint different constitutional officers. that is why i am still here. i think there's a real opportunity to get a couple of things done that are important in improving allies of your kids and my kids and many other folks. >> we have gotten e-mails as being something similar to this. a number of people are asking if you had to do it all over again, but soulmates thing, would you do all over again based and everything that has happened? >> know, if you look watched less 60 days of my life -- no, if you watch the last 60 days of my life. that is the nature of being human. i apologize to aas i have so may t

but the fenty administration and the dmv convinced the d.c. council to make a change in order to save some money. about $400,000. now critics question it, saying that many people don't maintain their cars as it is. it's a difficult problem that they have right now. but in talking with people out here, many mention to me that they felt as though that's not enough money to be saved in order to make sure that people's cars out there on the roadways are safe and prevent those from getting into other accidents. of course we'll have mor information. we're going to talk to more folks out here as well. coming up here in just a little bit, we'll have the latest details and bring them to you in just a bit. allison. >> sarah simmons, thank you. >>> metro is mourning the loss of one of its own today. a metro worker, 41-year-old john moore was hit by a train inside the tunnel between the braddock road and reagan national airport stations last thursday. metro has launched an investigation into what happened. preliminary results show that moore opened a door

the fenty administering and the dmv pushed the city council to do away with the inpension program fornd that is expected to save the city about $400,000. safety advocates are concerned this might lead to an increase in traffic accidents. cars will still be required to have emissions inspections. >>> want to check in with tony once again with the forecast. it should be sound like kind of a repeat of yesterday. >> absolutely. that is what the forecast is. i think our temperature will be right about the same. same amount of sunshine. will be a good day. right now, take a look at the satellite-radar and like yesterday at this time, nothing to see. might be a couple of clouds out there but the skies are mostly clear. high pressure is dominating our region and all the weather that is happening is going around that high pressure. current temperatures, we are aat 67 degrees here. 6 # in pittsburgh. roanoke, virginia is at 67. and lexington, kentucky, it is 59 n new york city, 68 degrees at this hour. the forecast for d.c. for today look like this. a lot of sunshine. high temperature, we made

the average person knows how bad the dmv can get and what kind of job the government does running thingsnt obama had more political capital than anybody. he should be a commanding presence in this argument, making sure congress does his bidding, not the other way around. he should not let this happen. this is hurting the chances for the passage of his plan. trace: john mccain, lamar alexander, and others are now calling for a 72-hour waiting period where they would put the bill on line for everyone to read, the cbo would tell us how much it would make -- but it was shot down. >> this definitely sounds like what we need to have happened. if you want legislation pushed through, this is the last thing that you want. of course, the obama administration had hoped that this would all be done by now. when you put this out there for everyone to look at -- which i think we should do -- considerably slows the process down. trace: we have to know what this is going to cost, right? >> that is right. it is hilarious that republicans have to learn about the rules that they have to abide by. this is ri

i made everyone in this audience mad when i was governor when i shut down the dmv one wday a week. to save money. i think it is time and we're dealing with the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes, other than those of you that live to the great depression. it is going to take folks r's and d's at the door. i commit to work with both republicans and democrats to do that. the folks that want to shout me down, they can fire me five years from now if i do not get it done. >> i have a basic question about costs. you talked about the spending and money, and passing the medicare partd without paying for it and how bad is a problem now. al is what we are doing now any different? how is what we doing in america any different than that? we have had a bailout, ok? we have the cash for clunkers. if we're going to provide all these people with insurance, how was that going to save us money? >> i couple of comments. thank you for your question. by the way, i voted against the extension for the cash for clunkers program. two, as i said, whether looking at the question around reimbursing doctors

dmv, here i come. pittsburgh, i love you all.r ] >> god, we're so excited, angie. >> to all of the contestants, that were awesome, they made my stomach hurt to each day that i woke up and listened, to every facebook to every -- to my family, who i love so much, everybody from atl to new york to d.c. to maryland. >> she has a one-year contract to be a part of the morning show with donnie simpson, mike brooks, d.j. simpson and the rest of the gang here at wpgc. stay with us, because in a little bit we'll tell you what happens to the runner-up, bootsy vegas. he has a surprise in store coming up in just a little bit. allison and steve, it's very exciting here, back to you. >> that's great. >> i can't wait to see what they'll do with bootsy. we loved having the d.c. connection. a big redskins fan. you have to keep him around. >> see you soon, angie. she'll like the weather. >> she'll love the weather. >> especially since it was 46 in pittsburgh this morning. >>> beautifu neayhere. . sunshine today. wt behl niilisce a s setch of weathe

drivers are happy about this decision because it means fewer trips to the dmv.fe cars on the road. d.c. officials say that this is -- starting october 1, motorist will get a break. if your vehicle is not for commercial use than a state inspection is not required. >> it is a waste of time. if your car is in good shape, that would work. >> it is a move by the city to save $400,000. some critics say it is not worth flooding the roads with unsafe cars. the numbers from last year showed that 45% of vehicles fail inspection. >> i am not enthusiastic. you have to be more cautious, that's all. >> cars have many safety issues. city officials say around 20 states require inspections. taking the district off that list is affected. the change does not go into effect until october 1. the district will be the first jurisdiction in the mid-atlantic to do so. >>> some security changes at dulles international airport starting today -- you have to go to a new place to screen your bags. a new screening center will replace the current checkpoint at the ticket level. it is part of a

the in the reform, -- dmv reform, accountability can with that.een able to restructure within our own cabinet agencies. i would hope for the chance to work with people across the state and a different like- minded house and senate members. a lot of people say that with constitutional officers, wait a minute, with the lottery, a lot of members say they are against the lottery, but it is such an important issue. it ought to be decided for the people -- by the people of south carolina. can't return it back out to the people and have them decide whether they want to elect or have appointed the constitutional officers. that is why i am still here. there are couple of things that are important for the lives of our kids, my kids. >> there are some in the mails asking something similar to this. let me throw it your way. a number of people are asking, if you had to do it all over again, because of the soul mate thing, someone the really cared for, would you do it all over again? >> no. have you watched the last 60 days of my life? we all want to do it over