where we are trying to retrofit suburbia more closely to downtown washington, it is used as a criteria that people did not walk much further than five minutes. if the normal expectation is 3 minutes, the actual expectation will be beyond five minutes. in the existing established neighborhoods, like north beach in the downtown neighborhoods, you are probably walking a little bit further. more than just about 50% of the units lie beyond the walking distance. how do you resolve that many people living as far away from transit as they do? >> the bus that comes through the neighborhood, there will be a neighborhood shuttle. if you go back to -- [no audio] if you look at the diagram, there is a red line that moves through the neighborhood that is kind of like a keyhole shape. the neighborhood shuttle would allow residents to easily access all of the transit and it would also serve directly to the daily city. during non-peak hours, we would use it for the residents to have access to west lake as sort of regional shopping in the area. commissioner moore: you believe that a shuttle system will

some real key things we're investing in, that somebody in downtown washington has no idea what we're trying to do. so to take that responsibility away from an elected representative i think is wrong. >> but to push back on that for a moment. i mean, the bureaucrats downtown are presumably -- you know, we're talking about essentially the machinery of the executive branch. it's the civil servants and the appointed people in the executive branch who are making decisions in the other cases, right? and we think those are legitimate. why is this different? >> i think it's okay for them in the general sense. i think it's important for a locally elected representative in the united states of america in 2010 to be able to say, if this money's going to get spent anyway, why can't a locally elected representative take a small portion of that money as you said, half of 1% of the entire budget and this money's going to be spent anyway, why shouldn't they have the responsibility of carving out a small piece. i'm on the appropriations committee for example. we steer billions and billions and billio

. >>> a $5 million levee now will be built in downtown washington to save the city from the flooding that occurs every 100 years. the moveable levee will be built along th street. this could have a major effect on traffic in the area. without a levee, city leader say the nation' capital could risk a devastating flood. also, if it's not built, 2,000 property owners in the area would be forced to buy flood insurance, costing $1,500 for each property >> the blizzard that hit our area last winter is now getting credit for adding a new word to the lexicon. global language monitor put snowmageddon on its top 10 list of 2010. vuvuzela anderefeudiate, sarah palinersion of refute and repudiate. snowmageddon; seems like a distant memory. here we are approaching winter once again, tom. >> not distant enough. i am not hearing a word you're saying. i already blocked it from my mind. >> there you on go. >>> good morning. it's been raining since lte last evening. look at that. that's raining coming southwest to northeast into the district and maryland this morning. and everything is wet. so allow y

and geoffrey brown is at the grand hyatt hotel in downtown washington d.c., that is the headquarters the republican congressional campaign committee. geoffrey brown, i'm going to come to you first because the republicans are the ones that have some good news so far. three senate victories. one senate pick-up. tell us what's going on there. >> judy, hello. there's music in the background here. but i've got to tell you it's very quiet so far. i'd almost call it like a steady calm. there's a purposeful attempt not to be celebratory. at least in the early hours, judy. that's what they tell us. they tell us and they tell us again. i just want to read something to you that we were given all the media were given. this is from ken spain, communications director of the national republican congressional committee. he says, this event is not a fund-raiser. that's a little jab at the democrats who are at an event across the way. it is not a quote, party. even if voters remove democrats from power you don't celebrate at a time when one in ten americans are out of work and our children's future is

downtown washington, upper 30s to near 40 as well as right near the bay. elsewhere, near freezing temperatures on this friday morning. ts of sun day. we should make it into the low 60s by early to midafternoon. saturday, morning lows, mid-30s. brig sunshine. mid-60s. nday, increasing clouds, into the low 60s. monday might get some showers late in the day. just a small chance of that. for thekins game monday night, it still looks like there's a good chance it will be dry. how is the traffic, jerry? >>. >>> frid morning. key bridge, both directions between george ton and rosslyn, not too much to worry about. a little bit of activity on the outbound side tying up the ght lane. a little police activity. certainly very light volume. no worries there. elsewhere, picking up a little bit of volume 066, a couple ots. nothing to worry about there. lanes open all the way. outbound 66 road work west of the beltway should be wrapping up. smooth sailing. top side of the beltway, college park to silver spring, springfield to anoale, everything is loong good. >> thank you

here in downtown washington, 40 degrees. that is the warm spot. 40 in ocean city. winchester, 31 degrees. fredericksburg, 33. frederick is the winner at 27 degrees at this hour. lots of hard freezes taking place. once the sun gets up, it will be another beautiful day and, if anything, a degree or two warmer than yesterday. a cold front well out to the west. that won't get in here until the weekend. we'll have a beautiful afternoon, a nice saturday and a great-looking sunday. it will be even warmer for tomorrow. sunshine, mild afternoon, 64 degrees. it is a nice change of pace when you can bring good news in the morning. >> you got it. thank you. >>> a tour bus full of veterans caught fire. this is a photo showing all the smoke from that fire. it happened near the 14th street bridge in arlington. the engine caught fire. firefighters were able to quickly put out the flames and nobody was injured. >>> hundreds of nurses at washington hospital center say they will stage a protest the day before thanksgiving for what they are calling unfair labor problems. the protest w

superior court in downtown washington where our bruce lashan is reporting that jurors in the chandra levy murder trial have reached a verdict. however, that verdict has not been read in court. as soon as we find out that -- as soon as we find out that verdict, bruce lashan will bring it to us live. stay with 9 news now. >>> now we're going to new zealand where authorities believe that 29 miners who have been trapped since friday may have died. toxic gases have prevented rescuers from entering the mine, and there's been no contact with those missing miners. it is feared that they may have died in the initial explosion. rescue crews are drilling holes in preparation to send the robot into the mine in order to take pictures. >>> there is good news, however, for the miners trapped in china. 22 coal miners and seven rescuers were taken out to safety this morning. they became trapped more than a day earlier when the mine shaft suddenly flooded and the first team of rescuers to reach them also became trapped. all are alive and said to be in stable condition. china's mines are considered the

if you live in frederick, you will be down to 25 degrees by tomorrow morning. 49 in downtown washingtonright now. you can see the montgomery county holiday create -- holiday parade tomorrow on tbd.com. i have had the privilege of being the emcee for that parade. for the weekend, lower 50's on sunday. then things start to go downhill. there may be rain on tuesday night. untraveled day, wednesday, here is the national travel map. showers up and down the appalachians. that is the latest from here. back to you. >>> does that look like look whether to you? >> it gives us a warning. we need one after a tough week for the redskins. mike shanahan announced the quarterback for the game against the tennessee titans. it is goo d -- goo dgroin -- good groin weather. the final games this season are in their backyard. tim brant has more. >> the formula is easy. when the last few games and they advanced to their first acc championship game. >> it is a big game for us. there is a lot on the line. >> maryland has one --won only two games since 2006. >> i think they are motivated to beat people who beat

. >> host: "the communicators" is on location at downtown washington, d.c. at the government 2.0 summit, and our topic this week in open government and telecommunications policy. here is our lineup. first up is david east from vancouver, canada. he'll be talking about how the canadian government uses technology to create more access to government. after him, stacy donahue of the omidyar network. she's their investment directer, and this foundation invests in technology to increase access to government worldwide. and finally we'll talk with the kenyan pundit, and she uses her blog and technology to increase access and awareness of politics in africa. first up, david eves of canada. what do you do for the city of vancouver, canada? >> guest: i advice them there around open government and open data. >> host: and what is open government? >> guest: open government is this idea that we can have better access to decision making, to information, to the machinery of government, and then when we have it accessed, citizens have, you know, are more informed, are better

. >>> at the warner theatre in downtown washington it was a special evening. >> pireira chance to see activist and writer maya angelou. fans were not disappointed. >> i am supposed to talk about the uniqueness of my life. the truth is everybody's life is unique. each person. >> she has such fire and passion about life and people. >> she has been through a lot and that inspires me. >> maya angelou will probably be spotted during oprah winfrey's final season. they are good friends. >> an amazing lady. >>> still another half-hour or of good morning washington. >> the smithsonian in the cross hairs, the government's plan to climb out of debt could cost you to have to pay for the visit to the museum. >> find out what we have learned was not on the menu on the cruise ship, coming up. >> adam caskey and belfort fu >> what are the chances that it happens twice to the same person? so i'm going with the odds. >> back on dry land this morning. straight ahead, the incredible stories from onboard the carnival cruise. stranded at sea. good morning, washington. it's friday, november 12. i'm alison s

other temperatures range through the 40's and 50's already. 43 degrees in frederick, 52 in downtown washington55 in annapolis. the cold front is on the way, but the front is showing the tendency to break up through our parallel, our latitude. the heavy rain will stay south of richmond. our future cast computer model shows them breaking apart across the area later this afternoon. this evening, clearing skies, a brief touch of cooler weather, so we will be in fine shape. our forecast -- it looks pretty good through today was clearing skies later tonight. a sunny day tomorrow, only 50 degrees. a great travel day. not so great across areas of the tennessee valley. temperatures across the rockies, very chilly with a few showers. seattle -- just reporting on the snowstorm they are having their -- they expect a high of only 27 degrees. nasty weather other places, but not so much here. we will have at the seven-day in a minute. >>> let's check in with lisa baden and the roads. >> the beltway in maryland was closed for 15 minutes because of a huge crash involving multi vehicles. this is north of andrew

in downtown washington. >> maryland canceled bids on a contract to take over operations on camden andlines. the bidding was canceled because of insufficient competition. officials plan to revise the contract and put it up for another bid. the state wants to improve service on the lines which have struggled to maintain an acceptable on-time performance. >>> ken cuccinelli says the department of motor vehicles does not have to accept a federal work permit. the dna removed the permit from a list of documents after a libya -- after a a bolivian citizen was involved in a fatal car crash. >>> adam caskey has the tuesday forecast. kind of tree outside. >> very dreary. -- kind of dreary outside. >> indoor activities today. where is it raining? it is raining across a lot of the region right now. southern maryland is getting a break. they got a few showers overnight. most of the rain is in virginia, especially culpeper, rappahannock county is, if moving into fauquier county, steady rain in stafford and fredericksburg. slowly moving to the north and east. in the beltway we still have a few stray

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the temperatures will quickly fall. 63 in leesburg. 60 in downtown washington. here is the forecast this tuesday. clear skies, cool temperatures. we will be in the mid 50's by 9:00 p.m. we will fall in the mid 30's by morning. how many more days of crystal clear skies and sunshine? you might be surprised. the forecast is minutes away. >>> more than 4000 people are stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of mexico. the coast guard is now in action trying to get the massive boat to shore. we are going live to the satellite center with what happened. >> there was a fire on board the ship that caused the carnival ships blunder to lose power. -- ship splendor. the crippled cruise ship was left stranded for more than 24 hours 55 miles off of the coast of mexico near san diego waiting for help to come. a fire broke out in the engine room of the carnival ship splendor forcing 3300 passengers to the upper deck while the crew battled the blaze. they were able to extinguish the fire, but it is operating only on emergency power. >> the cruise ship is still disabled. the pas

tech company will launch a streeching version of itunes >> a $5 million levee will be built in downtown washington kind of flooding that occurs once every 100 years. the moveable levee will be built near the washington monument along the 17th street area. the project could have a major impact on traffic. without a levee, however, the nation's capital would risk a devastating flood. 2,000 property owners in the area would be forced to buy flood insurance. it could cost $1,500 for each property. >>> all that talk of snow added one mo word to our vocabulary. snow mageddo snowmageddon, snow cam, vuvuzela and refudiate sarah palin version of refute and repudiate. and one of the phrases i think should be on there would be, i know, right? >> and have a few choice words for the snowstorm last year. >> but none we can publish. >> or say out loud. >> exactly, tom. >> this morning, thankfully no snow, but we do have rain falling. we have had this rain since late last evening. it advances southwest to northeast. now at 5:51, a band of moderate rain. you see the area of darker green out of culpepper, into faul

just 3 mile-per-hour in downtown washington.nd dulles checked in with the big zero. so winds lighter today. so here come the clouds and perhaps a sprinkle. but i think most of us will be dry this afternoon. waking up for sunshine with sunrise about an hour ago. things looking good. and here comes the clouds. and this is a weak piece of energy in the atmosphere. much of the rain will fall apart before it crosses the mountains. but as this passes through we'll see more cloud cover this afternoon so partly sunny and maybe a sprinkle, maybe a light shower as this kind of fades off to the south and east. and then cooler air behind it. tomorrow will be cooler with highs only in the low 50s. a lot of sunshine this morning and partly sunny this afternoon. could be a brief shower or sprinkle out there. cooler than yesterday's high of 70 degrees. winds out of the west at 5-10 miles per hour. and the five-day forecast, featuring the weekend, tomorrow cool and 52. saturday and sunday look beautiful with high temperatures about 60 or so. but

there's a live picture of our beautiful city downtown washington under full sunshine on a saturday morningrature have rebounded quite nicely. we were down into the mid and upper 30s around town early this morning. wee already up to 49 degrees now at national airport. dew points are in the low 30s. hardly a breeze to be found out there. winds have gone calm this hour. any wi we'll get will be light out of the north to northeast at less than 5 miles an hour. planning to go outside, enjoy the sunshine today. no problems weather related. 45 degrees in culpeper. 47 in quantico, virginia. you will be warming up into the 60s by later on this afternoon. look at the warm air back to the west across parts of the ohio valley. that is ahead of a storm system which is bringing snow this morning to places like minneapolis-st.paul. if you have flight connections through minneapolis airport later today, check on your flights to make sure they aren't too badly delayed. there will be slow air traffic out of chicago's airports with rain showers moving in. for us, mild november sunshine for today. the changes

. >>> a new project is about to begin that will hopefully keep parts of downtown washington from floodingd in recent years. the new one will be constructed across 17th street. >>> two of the nation's big of the retailers will be opening on thanksgiving. sears will be open thanksgiving day from 7:00 in the morning until noon except for stores in massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island and puerto rico. that is because of local laws in those places. as for wal-mart, awe wal-mart spokesman says most of the wal- mart stores will be open on thanksgiving day as well. >>> it look like the ipad will not be on many shoppers' wish lists this holiday season. analysts are predicting apple may not sell as many as first thought. the reason is consumers may be scaling back on technology or might be going for smart phones or laptops instead. >>> the second half of the season begins tonight for the redskins. the big monday night showdown. >> the big question marks, running back and quarterback. the sports junkies from 106.7 the fan will join us coming up after the break.  >>> we want to say

picking up volume on 95, 395 from fredericburg into downtown washington. so far no accidents, broken down cars, anything to disrupt the flow. that's very goodews. elsewhere, te a peek at the american legion bridge. i-66 to college park moving along pretty well for this time of the morng. one more stop, accident, inner loop off wilson bridge between route 1 and telegraph to be more precise. police are on e scene. an accident 66 inside the beltway near east falls church metro station. a car smacked into a guardrail. so we'll get more information on that as quickly as we can. out to the rails, metrorail doing fine. vre, not so much. two trains delayed, 300 and 302. mark rail, 503 nine minutes behind schedule. >>> we're on top o breaking news this morning. a man is shot and killed at 11th and galloway street. it happened at fort circle park. he was shot in the head. police say they're looking for a gray chevy tahoe with two people inside. >>> air force one just touched down in tokyo, japan. president obama will attend another economic summit. earlier today he

. >> the project is under way to beautify the busy downtown washington streets. now beginning on a street rescaping for the intersection of connecticut avenue near k street. unused center lane will be replaced with a barrier filled with plants and trees. that is expected to take three weeks and will cost $370,000 the next three years. center lane boxes and barriers will stretch all the way to coecticut avenue to dupont circle. >>> residents in community are smoldering over how firefighters handled a blaze. the fire was part of an upcoming cbs early show story on home safety. the now boarded up and unsightly structure will be knocked down and replaced with a green home. they want to know when. >> needless to say, it's an eyesore. we don't know what to expect this week, next week, months to go by. >> i think a dolition permit should be in place prior to the burn so when it's done we know it's going to be cleared off the lot anit's no longer an issue here for us on the street. >> neighbors say they only learned of the demonstration a day before and they would have l

[applause] in downtown washington dc. here is what the banks look like right here. well, we are pleased to be joined now by craig robinson who is the author of this book, it is called "a game of character". coach robinson is the basketball coach at oregon state university, not usually something covered on booktv but the ford was written by mary ann robinson so we thought it was worth having coach robinson on. coach, who is mary ann robinson? >> she is none other than my mother. mother of credit and michelle, wife of richard robinson, and one of the influence this in my riding a game of character. >> currently a denizen of the white house. >> obviously. >> michelle obama is brother. you have a picture on the front, an old family photo. tell us about fraser robinson. >> he passed along the lessons and values, and character that talks a lot about the lessons that i learned from him. >> and craig, you talk about life lessons you can learn on the court, what are they? >> you know, when you play pick up basketball, you can tell if a guy is selfish or not or eagle -- egg g

. >>> fear that a 100-year flood could devastate much of downtown washington is prompting federal and city officials to construct a $5 million levy to hole back e water near washington monume. tom sherwood has a look at the plans. >> reporter: the summer of 2006. torrential rains flooded the irs headquarters and other buildings, displacing thousands of federal workers. they couldn't move back for six months. that flooding would be minor, compared to fears a 100-year potomac flood could devastate much of downtown d.c. the water filling the geraphic bowl that helps shape the area. >> the question is how bad can it get? kit get a lot worse than what we're planning to deal with here. clearly, there are absolutely huge storms that occurred maybe once every 500 years. >> reporter: federal and city officials monday moved to head off any calamity by planning to build the $5 million movable levy will it will span 17th street near constitution avenue. a wall that in the worst case cork hole back 19 feet of water rushing toward downtown. >> otherwise there wou be a massive amount of flooding toe

low of about 57 here in downtown washington. there is your forecast. partly sunny skies, could be a sprinkle or shower but most of the us -- of us should remine dry. high temperature 57 degrees. i'll have more on the good- looking weekend forecast in a couple of minutes. allison. >> tucker, thank you so much. >>> our top story this morning, the holiday shopping season is here, folks. but before you go out and buy the new toys for the little ones, tips you need to know to keep your kids safe. kim duelic joins us with some advice on purchasing safe toys. kim, good morning. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> the season ahere and you all come out with an annual checklist, if you will. and those recommendations have just come down today. >> that's right. cps c is giving parents a three- pronged safety approach for purchasing safe toys this holiday season. and first we want parents to remember which toy for which child when shopping. choose age-appropriate toys that meet the skills and ability of that particular child. >> that is tip one. and also you

generally cool conditions across the region. 48 right now in downtown washington. 34 in frederick. 38 in winchester. cooler air off to the north and west. hager town is 38 as well. and warmer down toward patuxent naval air station. 59 and 50 in ocean city. high temperatures near 60. i guess the only difference is a little less wind today and maybe we'll lose a degree or two as this area of high pressure builds in from the west. but quiet conditions out there. there are clouds out to the east but they won't impact as that storm system pushes out to sea. very pleasant afternoon. winds nice and light out of the north at 5 miles per hour. 61 is your afternoon high. going to love the weekend forecast. we'll have those details for new a couple of minutes. >> thank you. >>> and we're following a developing story in the district this morning. a protest and counter protest to tell you about at george washington university. it's wrapping up right now. >> now the protest put on by members of the westboro baptist church, the counter protest by g.w. students. now on this veteran's day members of t

remember from the past two months or so, seeing images of this tractor going through downtown washingtoning to make a point for the black farmers? guess what? they're a bit closer to receiving their settlement. we'll talk to the black farmers association president after this. ordinary rubs don't always work on my arthritis. try capzasin-hp. it penetrates deep to block pain signals for hours of relief. capzasin-hp. take the pain out of arthritis. >>> for thousands of african-american farmers it's a payout that has been a long time in coming. the senate has finally approved a multibillion dollar settlement against the agriculture department. as our brianna keilar explains the suit was settled 11 years ago, but funding for the final payment got the go-ahead yesterday. >> reporter: for years now, john boyd divided his time between growing soybeans and pressuring congress. fighting for tens of hi thousan of black farmers like himself discriminated against by the department of agriculture in the 1980s and '90s. >> it takes almost 380 some odd days to process a black loan application. it takes

and 58 degrees in downtown washington. 64 in fredericksberg. they will flirt with 70 later this afternoon so good looking weather for you. 58 in annapolis. 52 in frederick. should be a fine looking afternoon temperature wise as we continue to be under the southerly flow up ahead of the frontal system. so our temperatures are well above average later today. there is the front. notice the last couple of frames. it's nice and well organized and then it falls apart as it approaches the mountains. so that will be the theme around here. scattered showers in the afternoon forecast but then as we get into the nighttime, the cooler and drier air will filter in and it will be cold overnight with temperatures falling back to about 40 or so. let's do the future cast and see what we can find. and again at 9:00 a.m., a couple of showers out to the west. later this afternoon in time for the commute, a few more scattered showers will fire up across the 95 corridor and pushing off to the south and east. and clearing out tonight. tomorrow looks fine with a lot o

outside on a sunday morning, temperatures are in the mid-40s around downtown washington with a partlyes mostly cloudy skies. you can see there on our city camera view. dew points in the mid-30s. the winds are coming bk around now to the north and northeast. that will be a big part of our forecast for the later part of the day today and as a result of it mor clouds than yesterday and a switch in the wind direction around to the north and northeast. that should hold our temperatures five, six, seven degrees cooler than yesteay. yesterday 66. that was mild indeed. so 44 now in capitol heights. 40 degrees in bowie, mayryland. 36 in la plata. 30 in manassas. so only a few isolated locations at or below the freezing mark up to charlestown, west virginia, right around the freezing mark this morning. also out in winchester. but no real keld air anywhere around the eastern seaboard a. wedge of slightly cooler air coming down the eastern seaboard. that's what's going to keep us a little cooler today than yesterday. you could see on the 24-hour temperature change five to seven degrees cooler now

and while i was reading this in the bookstore at borders in the middle of downtown washington, my mouth dropped open, and i kind of looked around to think, gee, i hope people aren't wondering what it is i found in here. and i hurriedly bought my copy of the book and scurried back to the office and wrote a story. it's -- it's striking because this is not the kind of revelation you would expect to see in a book from a republican president about that current republican leader of the senate who is going to be even more prominent the coming years. >> now, senator mcconnell has pointedly not denied the allegations. and yet, i mean, this is -- as far as i understand, senator mcconnell and president bush were pretty close, at least publicly senator mcconnell was one of his biggest defenders, specifically on the iraq war. is there a potential rift between president bush and senator mcconnell we didn't know about before? >> well, we're put at a disadvantage a little bit here because it's sort of a he said/he's not saying kind of a story. oddly it flipped in reverse what you'd normally expect. peo

transportation work crews were out on connecticut avenue near k street in downtown washington thursday faching roadway median. jackhammers here wednesday around 5:00 jarred loose portions of metro'srans it ceiling in the farragut north station around connecticut avenue. no one was injured. the ceiling has now been patched th plywood but some riders are still concerned. >> i was talking about all of the metro's problems. >> it is obvious they have a lot of maintenance and reconstruction to do. a tough time and resources are tight. i do believe in the system and i hope they can get it together. >> i remember when they built it and it was supposed to be state-ofhe-art. the center between k and l streets is being ripped up for future median strip tree block. it will discourage jay walking. but they misrepresented how deep workers can dig. >> it looked like the drawing we were provided may have been incomplete. so it is not really anybody's fault. >> d-dot and metro engineers to meet friday to assess the street and ceiling situation. the metro repair will take time. >> we do expect it will

election night headquarters in downtown washington. jeff, there are some people there. how are they reacting? what are they seeing. >> they're quite pleased here. the crowd has grown. the band... it's not a band but the music has gotten louder here. i've been trying to keep track as the results come through to listen for who gets the biggest cheers. here's my list of the last hour or so. biggest cheers. nikki haley's victory in south carolina. russ feingold's defeat in wisconsin. then when they flashed at one one point that john dingell was losing, i don't think it's been called, but they flashed on the screen he has been losing, that got a big cheer. a long-time lion among the democra in the house. i just ha ju very interesting talk with one of the young rising stars among republicans in the house. that's kevin mccarthy of california. one of the so-called young guns. newshour viewers will recall perhaps that recently i think within the last couple of weeks ray suarez talked to him and eric cantor. he has sort put an interesting spin on this. he referred to this as a ge

downtown washington. ray suarez in las vegas. and we're going to be coming back to both of you as the night wears on. ray, jeff, thank you. >> thanks, judy. >> lehrer: in kentucky as we reported republican rand paul has won his bid for the open senate seat. the tea party favorite spoke to supporters in bowling green, kentucky. >> they say that the u.s. senate is world's most deliberative body. i'm going to ask them to deliberate upon this. the american people are unhappy with what's going on in washington. (crowd: yeah! ). >> 11% of the people approve of what's going on in congress. but tonight there's a tea party tidal wave, and we're sending a message to them. ( cheers and applause ) >> ifill: here with me now are newshour political editor david chalian and stu rothenberg. we just heard from rand paul. he is a perfect example of something we've seen building tonight which is a lot of tea party backed candidates having a good night. let's start in florida where we saw marco rubio who of course is the darling of the tea party and

most locations, except right near the bay and in downtown washington.e mountains they've had cloud cover overnight but not quite as cold there. eastern shore and around virginia's te water in the upper 30s and lo40s there. we do have some clouds on the increase as a weak wave of low pressure that is going to be driftding over us, and we'll have increasing clouds today. but a clear start this morning for the most part, just a few high clouds and cold at the bus stop. by noontime, increasing clouds. mostly cloudy this afternoon. highs reaching the mid 50s. sunrooiz 6:54, sunset 4:2. overnight tonight we'll have a clearing sky after that wave goes by. just a small chance of a sprinkle this afternoon and clearing out tonight and by dawn tomorrow we'll be down near freezing. friday morning, tomorrow afternoon, a chilly day. bright and sunny, though, highs just in the low 50s. a bit milder saturday afternoon, and sunday afternoon into the low 50s but chilly both morning. but we'll have sunshine saturday and sunday. and then monday, tuesday, wednesday, a bit w

a live shot look dave zahren here. 42 downtown washington, a cool 30 degrees in man nasssass.igh pressure still in but just to the west a cold front. that bodes rain for tuesday. until then, today's temperatures in the mid 60s. tonight not as cold. temperatures in the lower 40's. then for tomorrow, anoth >>> your sunday outlook in the next half hour. bianna? >> all right, jc, thank you. >>> well, british troops in afghanistan had a surprise visitor today. prince william showed up along with the british defense secretary to take part in remembrance sunday commemorations. lama hasan is in london for the story. good morning, lama. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. that's absolutely right. just a couple of hours ago prince william was in afghanistan spending time with the troops will, and he may have only spent a short time on the ground, but it is a trip that is being described as a huge boost for the troops. prince william touched down in afghanistan this morning visiting british troops and u.s. marines. >> good morning, sir. >> how are you doing? >> how are you doing? >> repor

the years have made a difference in the lives of americans, projects that the bureaucrats in downtown washington never hear about because they do not communicate with constituents on a regular basis. programs like the predator and the human genome project, they are so innovative that an unelected, unaccountable government official is reluctant to include in the budget out of fear that he or she will be accused of wasting taxpayer funds on an unproven technology. mr. president, other members will be speaking against this amendment, and we will have examples of why simply stopping all earmarking is wrong and detrimental for our government and our citizens. the founding fathers bestowed upon the congress the responsibility to determine how our taxes should be spent rather than leaving those decisions to unelected bureaucrats in the administration and obviously with good reason. certainly, we can all agree that members of congress will return home nearly every weekend to meet with constituents have a much better understanding of what is needed in our cities and towns across rural america than do the

but last night the obamas were out volunteering at a food pantry in downtown washington where they gave up turkey dinners to families with the trimmings. >>> thousands of miles away in afghanistan, a cbs news correspondent mandy clark reports, the u.s. military is making sure thanksgiving is not just another day on the battle front. >> happy thanksgiving! >> reporter: for a moment, at least, giving thanks in a war zone, it started early for american troops in afghanistan. a 10k turkey trot brought hundreds out at 5:00 a.m. >> have fun with my friends. >> that's all there is to do in afghanistan on thanksgiving. ♪ >> reporter: but in an only in afghanistan moment, a thanksgiving parade with pilgrims carrying guns, yes, even penguins were armed and there was a lot of christmas mixed into the floats. from the hand-carved decorations to the yams and pies, organizers to make the troops feel as close to home as possible this thanksgiving. >> i had turkey and ham. and also finished it off with some pecan pie. >> reporter: u.s. ambassador carl eikenbury visited the wounded. private young was in

let's go to the fall family day going on tomorrow in downtown washington d.c.the neighbors of the president's consortium. you can enjoy the sites around the white house neighborhood. crafts and demonstrations at the featured locations. going on 7:35 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. it is free. steve, if you want to get your gobble on, head to the heritage farm museum in virginia for the turkey event. they will have turkey-themed games from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and for my marylanders this week, the 35th holiday craft fair is going on at the deerfield run in laurel. you can check out over 75 displays made by crafty peeps. they will have a bake sale on sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. it is free. my last event this week is the grand opening of the specialist palace in the fair oaks mall in fairfax, virginia. i got a sneak peek. >> tell me about the experience. >> we came through the arch or ice palace. this is what the kids come through to see. they come up to the first snow globe here and see the dvd and movie. >> okay. what do we have here? >> this is cool. this is cold

freshmen class demanding they attend the event at the reagan building in downtown washington d.c. could be infected and co-opted by the ways of washington if they didn't meet them first and the freshmen were trying to have a meet and greet, and the third group, the constitutional congress had a rival event at the reagan building, a sponsored conversation with senators jim demint and tom coburn and scott shaddag, and, a congressman elect from colorado said he'd hit all three, a freshman hat trick and that is what the members were doing, going to one event and the next one and the next one and didn't spend too much time at any one of them and are pulled a million different places and is good practice for freshman lawmakers when they are sworn in. >> julie: people compared to it college move-in day. >> reporter: there is a reason they are called freshmen, they are getting class schedules and learning who professors to avoid and someone joked that rahm emanuel doesn't teach here anymore and that is probably good, for the freshmen. but, they are freshmen and sometimes there is freshmen

sunlight now on tuesday morning, november 23rd as we pan off to the east and look toward the downtown washington area. nice shot of the national cathedral. >> i'm so impressed. >> thanks for being here. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. you see there is a big monitor that you can't see. but any way, tony perkins, good morning to you. >>> sunrise just occurred, 6:59. and you saw it here live. and we're going to see a very pretty morning. as the day progresses we'll get more clouds and they'll bring a chance of rain showers. let's look at hd radar. we'll show you where the rain is now. it's way aout to the west -- way out to the west across west virginia and kentucky. we don't expect to get all of that. but we'll see some showers move through during the course of the afternoon hours. all of that rain won't hang together but some of it will work in here. current conditions being reported, right now at reagan national airport, current temperature is 52 degrees, relative humidity is 83%, your winds out of the south at 8 miles per hour. that's significant because those southerly winds br

that it's the middle of november. 33 degrees in prince george's county right now. 38 here in downtown washington. 31 degrees in fallschurch. so our forecast for today, sunny d warm. temperatures mid to upper 60s today. mid to upper 60s for tomorrow as well. next chance of rain shows up monday afternoon and lingers into tuesday. right behind our beautiful crowd, the christmas tree is up, and putting all the ornaments on as we go throughout the next couple weeks. ba to you, lester. >> bill, thanks. still to come, dangerous drug combinations. can certain foods change the effecteness of a prescription drug. what you need to know. and deadly dive. why was a man who refused to save his drowning wife released from prison after only 18 months d what happens now? we're going to find out. but first, these messages. ing o. took some foolish risks as a teenager. but i was still taking a foolish risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more... and n

>> i'm at the regan building in downtown washington where two of the other events are going on.ent as well as the constitutional congress and they will hear from john shaddick and tom colburn and jim demint. i talked to the republican congressman elect from colorado and he says all of the tug and war back and worth doesn't matter. he says we share most of the same values and i will try to attend all three. you have a lot of members who will attend all three events. at capitol hill and the two events down here at the ronald reagan building. >> so, any sense that there are folks who think that there is more of this being made publicly for our benefit and for the audience out here than is being felt internally as they seem to suggest? >> i think that is one thing. they want to meet with as many people as possible and go to see as many people as possible. it is really about meeting the others in the freshmen class. this is kind of like freshmen moving in day in college minus the milk crates and moving into the dormitories and things. everybody is trying to meet everybody and figure

sun shining here in downtown washington. temperatures are on their way up.tional airport. 39 out in fairfax county. 37 degrees in the northern parts of montgomery county this morning. 44 in annapolis. going to be a bright and sunny day today. very pleasant outdoor weaer this afternoon. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s. tomorrow increase clouds, a little cooler. mild weather returns for monday and tuesday. >> all right, this is number 23. what's number 107b your bucket list? >> go to pari >> you're young. you've got plenty of time t get all that done. send it now to lester. >> all right, bill, thanks. we want to introduce you this morning to an american here in afghanistan. she's not fighting for her country. she is a former beauty queen, a mom, and a lawyer, who is representing her clients in court. nothing was going to keep kim motley away from watching her 9-year-old son play in a championship soccer game. >> good job. >> reporter: but motle is not your average soccer mom. this wife and mother of three is a former mrs. wisconsin. and a lawyer whose pri