. >> bob: here is elijah dukes though singled solidly first time. dukes needed that. came into that at-bat 4-32 in 10 games. love to see him get a -- get a little elevation on a ball and see if this ballpark could hold him. i think willie harris will be an interesting guy. he might be a defensive player in transition. if morgan is going to play center field, willie harris could become an infielder and play -- dukes hits that ball so hard he got it through. willingham back in after making a big turn on cody ross, two on, nobody out. >> rob: you don't want to challenge cody ross' arm. >> bob: not with nobody out. >> rob: yeah, there's nobody out right here and this is ths a base hit up the middle. josh willingham has ideas of going to third. he thinks again and goes back to second base. a couple of singles already tonight for elijah dukes. it's what you want to see elijah. >> bob: now the nats need good situational hitting by two guys who don't usually pull the guy or shouldn't and shouldn't hit the ball in the air. alberto gonzalez is first and then wil nieves. you hav

elijah dukes hitting just .196. he it have 10 outfield assists which led the major leagues at the time of his departure. so off to aaa, play every day, get some things straightened out and we may see him back before too much time. debbi taylor will probably get the busiest reporter in the major leagues award this week. she will check in a moment and have more on elijah dukes and the arrival of two ball players. they landed this morning and made their way to land shark stadium. they will turn right around and fly home with the nats trying to get their housing straightened up. josh johnson, i would not call it laboring but after some of those borderline pitches to dunn and willingham, he has been missing by plenty to a few. now he will go ahead and walk nieves with the pitcher coming up next. they know that jordan zimmerman is 0-for-19. last night, craig stammen got his first two major league rbis. zimmerman has one despite not having a hit. maybe he can pick up number 2 here. here is the stub house schedule. official

dukes on a pitch away can't reach it. count is even. >> rob: come on, you've got to take that to right center. head down, smoke that bull. >> bob: yeah, he sing told left center tonight and then bounced at top spin, sharply hit ball up the middle. nats all over the bases tonight. came in hitting .258. it's interesting, nationals are three spots ahead of the marlins in team batting as far as batting average. the marlins are five spots ahead of the nats in runs scored. 2-2. way outside. >> rob: he's got a good, sinking fastball about 90. he has a nieps nice four-seam that moves a lot at 95. they have a kid with a live arm. >> bob: 3-2. sliced it. very little room here for foul balls. they had to improvise this place because of of the football configuration. if the marlins play in the playoffs or a series like they have a couple of times, they can get over 75,000 in here. it is vast. 3-2, runner goes. dukes pulls it foul. >> rob: the only other stadium, and i've played in it, was mile- high stadium in denver, colorado. i got

you have to go to the ben brenman park adjacent here to the shirley duke shell station on duke streetl line you up there and then you will come down to the gas station in an order fashion. you get 10 gallons of free gas. they are going to give away 7,000 gallons of gas this morning. it is first come, first serve. we are expecting a big crowd this morning. back to you, barbara. >> thank you, megan. >>> some drivers in our area will soon get paid to commute in a three-month test program beginning this fall. the commuters along several congested routes will earn $2 per day for sharing rides to work. that's accordingo "the washington post." those routes will include i-395 across the 14th street bridge and the capital beltway from bethesda to tyson's corner. >>> new details on marion barry's arrest for stalking charges. he hired the woman involved in the incident a few months after the two started dating. donna brightff is his former girlfriend. "the washington post" reports she was hired in october to work for barry who is a d.c. councilman. she was paid through the taxpayer-funded budget

northbound i-395 @ duke street, the right lane is closed. maryland traffic.o 270 and it is beautiful here in rockville on montrose road as. >> thank you. >>> we can track work will mean weekend delays on all five metro lines. the red line, the medical center will share a line with friendship heights. blueline and trains will not stop at braddock road. they will single track between braddock and huntington on the yellow line. >>> 6:44. coming up next, covering abortions with your taxpayer money. a new controversy is brewing. we will have the l[ >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> a new witness could come forward in the case against chandra levy's accused killer. matt brock has the details. the prime suspect will have a hearing later this morning. >> prosecutors revealed this new witness in papers filed for today's hearing. it says this person claims they were attacked on a bike path. i

. & pass duke a lot of brake lights. lake this so to seminary. cowboy ray in my live chat room wants to know what's the deal on this road. we are live from the fairfax county parkway. i can tell you from u.s. 15 to the roosevelt bridge looking at a 38 men commute. volume is building around 50. 270 southbound. 35 minutes from 70 to the capital beltway. that drive time is growing. finally wrap it up with 95 and the bw parkway. no complaints out of baltimore past powder mill to 495. now over to andrea. >> thank you. >>> it is 6:18. we have been telling you airlines, hotels and other areas of the tourism business are doing everything they can to get your money these days ney ththese days. inrege lyttgetting creative. the headline in "usa today" hotelsnd airlines offer treats to lure customers. managing editor lauren ashburn is here to tell us what they are doing. >> did you ever play rock paper scissors. >> yes. >> rock, paper, scissors or rock paper scissors shoot. it was a tie. it was a tie. so that's what you do. hotel monaco, morrisson house will

her love of the art that's inspired her to cofound the duke ellington school of the arts.sion wafl d reinecte her home recently featured in oprah winfrey's magazine. >> she's a wonderful dc activist. she started the duke ellington school for the arts and it is so ironic and horrible that something like this would happen to such a wonderful woman. >> reporr: e she also worked in local television. one of her jobs was as a producer here at channel 9 in the ' 70s. >>> hate dealing with bad customer service? who doesn't? the list is out of the top consumer complaints for the last year, samantha hayes looks at the stuff which drives us wild. >> reporter: to come consumers it is simple the more money you have to spend. >> the more you have to complain about. >> especially if you don't get the service to pay for. >> check the signature on the credit cards. >> according to the top ten list, grieve advances last year were up over the year before. in fact the 34 consumer agencies surveyed 62% reported an increase. the consumer federation of america, one of three organizations behind

at the sheryly duke shell station at 4670 duke street in alexandria.eing sponsored by allstate as a way to recognize alexandria as america's most improved city for safe driving. gas being given way for free at the shell station at 4670 duke city. first 10-gallons are free. don't get there any earlier than #:00. >>> a 9-year-old boy in texas is being called a hero. his mother was struck by lightning inside the family's home and he sprang into action to save her. emily lopez has the story. >> reporter: chris and kimberly crone have these children. kimberly was home alone with six of the children when she was struck by lightning. >> i was holding a pan. it just hit me in the chest. it actually came right through this recessed lighting. >> reporter: lightning struck the house, made its way through the wiring analyte fixture and then hit the pan that kimberly was holing while doing the dishes. >> it burned. it was like i was on fire. i wanted to let go. i knew it was hurting me. i just, for whatever reason, i was clenched to it. >> reporter: kimberly finall

this is on duke street right across from the fox chase shopping center.t is a giveaway by allstate who say alexandria is the most improved city for safe driving. there is a 10-gallon limit but it beats paying for it, right? >> ten gallons is ten gallons especially when gas is where it is. >> you can't leave. >> why not? >> free gas and as nice as it is outside this morning. >> i think the view ares will understand. >> if air not here. >> yeah. r just send somebody with y ca r. >> i could do your forecast. what is it? >> i could do it but then you and tucker would gheive me a hard time for the rest of my life. >> 68-degree he in . waon gt a 68degrees here in washington. jut of sunshine this morning. sta few clouds out there here and there. we are under the influence of high pressure so it will be a nice day today, comfortable day, quiet day. mostly sunny. here is your forecast. mostly sunny skies today. humidity, low. temperatures lower than they were yesterday when we got into the upper 80s today. we are looking if a high in the mid-80s. 83 up in germanto

a lot of those brake lights from duke to seminary.and then you are slowing down again across the 14th street bridge. to round it out, here's inbound new york avenue delayed from the times building to bladensburg road and for those that use metro take note the red line is delayed because of an incident at fair gut north. >>> a -- angie, back to you. >> i forgot to share this click with you. our friends kimberly and daniela and lauren are 9 news now watchers and we want to say thank you for joining our family every morning. >> i met a kim and she loves us and good morning to you. >>> a man charged in a gang- related shooting at wheaton plaza is guilty on all counts. the verdict comes in the case of 20-year-old anthony taylor. he was convicted on 16 counts including attempted voluntary manslaughter. we told you about the shooting last december right before christmas. one bullet hit an ms-13 gang member but another bum hit a car full of bystanders. >>> police say a life guard did just what he was trained to do when a boy was drowning. >>

wow, a slow go has set in from duke to seminary. we are below speed. you are okay right now crossing the 14th street bridge but i suspect that will change shortly. maryland, 270 southbound no incidents or accidents to report. live from montgomery village avenue volume is building. to the outer loop we go. looking at a five-minute travel time from 95 to georgia and round it out with your delay on inbound new york avenue from the times building to bladensburg road. drivers are using the brake. okay from the florida avenue area to the third street tunnel. over to you. >>> beach six in ciocn ean tyi one of them to get the cleanes "usa to" da y.t bu it is an exemption. to tell us about the good and bad and the dirty we are joined by lauren ashburn and a lot of them are dirty. >> 90% in one -- actually i take that back. there are 20,000 beach closings in the u.s. the fourth year that happened and most of them fall way below the actual. the worst beach you can go to is shired island and 90% of samples exceeded federal standards. people are saying don't go and

it is heavy from duke street over to seminary. going to show you bw parkway and 9 a 5 southbound. going to the realtime graphics out of baltimore, clear to the beltway and we will fly the dulles toll road, pass the airport through herndon, reston, virginia, toward the toll plaza before -- moving at speed. the traffic is again. that's the traffic. now over to andrea. >> thank you. >>> we just moved to 6:50. >>> a heads up to alexandria drivers. a new detour this morning just outside of the beltway. the left turn lanes from southbound route 1 on to fort hunt road will close at 9:00 this morning and will be closed through saturday so crews can install new overhead signs. follow detour signs for huntington avenue. >>> in sports the nationals and brewers wrap up their series today with a game game in milwaukee. nats were leading in the sixth until a two run pinch hit home run. washington loses 7-5. >>> one day after losing his first international race in four years, michael phelps got back on the winner side and set a record in the 800

over to virginia, northbound 395, we are seeing volume building around duke street.e you continue up from duke street you will break away at seminary to the 14th street bridge. back to the graphics as we fly over 66 from centreville and continuing in to arlington and in to the city we have no problems or incidents to report at this time. time now is 6:31. here's andrea. >>> on the rundown at 6:31, a story happening right now. firefighters are trying to figure out what caused this massive blaze. it caused a half million dollars in damage to a knights of columbus hall. this son southern after avenue in oxon hill, maryland. no one was hurt but you can see the damage is extensive. it took firefighters an hour to get it under control. >>> the senate judiciary meet and will vote on sonia sotomayor. the committee will vote whether to recommend the entire senate approve the judge's nomination to the high court. three republicans on the committee say they will vote against her. while south carolina republican lindsey graham said he will vote for her. she is expected to pick u

-- duke street and that's toward landmark from edsel.the outer loop of the beltway toward the wilson bridge but the long-term construction project at eisenhower causing backup from van dorn past the scene. but again, the lanes are open all the way across the wilson bridge. inner loop looks great leaving oxon hill from maryland -- to virginia. here at coalsville, the pace slow and that's it. good pace leaving germantown out to the split. that's a look at your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> you can expect to pay more for the sales of cigarette and gas taxes in the district. the d.c. council agreed to increase tax this is week. after members discussed spending cuts would not solve the budget shortfall over the next three years. the council is expected to vote on this today. and joining us to talk about it d.c. council member at large. >> this was the last result. i don't think anyone wants to raise taxes and sometimes it's necessary and right now it is. and when you look at what the mayor sent down. it had so many cuts that would affect the lo

they just knew the one time at duke university.e just say that i do think that someone who grew up in her experience, given the fact that she would only be the third woman on the court and i guess, she would be the third minority person ever to sit on that court after thurgood marshal and clarence thomas, that she would bring something different than the white males and even the white females who have been exclusive to that body, the supreme court of the united states. now, if she brings a different perspective, if she in fact brings her experience if in fact benefits the people of the united states, i think it has benefitted the danger would be that she somehow thinks, i think charles, that charles and kristen say that somehow she's endowed, maybe a better superior way than white people. that's a racist statement. i think she's qualified and all, but you can't get away with that. >> and couldn't be greater than the sum total of my experiences, she's acknowledged she needs to look beyond this acknowledging other places she needs to

duke's trainer gunner, thanks for your day here and, a last good-bye from duke? kiss, kiss! >> put on the moves, thanks to everyone for joining us on fox and friends and join us for the afternoon show show, "fox & friends."com, right now.

they just knew the one time at duke university.t me just say that i do think that someone who grew up in her experience, given the fact that she would only be the third woman on the court and i guess, she would be the third minority person ever to sit on that court after thurgood marshal and clarence thomas, that she would bring something different than the white males and even the white females who have been exclusive to that body, the supreme court of the united states. now, if she brings a different perspective, if she in fact brings her experience if in fact benefits the people of the united states, i think it has benefitted the danger would be that she somehow thinks, i think charles, that charles and kristen say that somehow she's endowed, maybe a better superior way than white people. that's a racist statement. i think she's qualified and all, but you can't get away with that. >> and couldn't be greater than the sum total of my experiences, she's acknowledged she needs to look beyond this acknowledging other places she needs

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shell, 4600 block of duke.think about camping out to be first in line. >> we will not allow that to happen. >> and you don't have to be from alexandria or all-state customer to take advantage. you have to be there at 6:00 to loon up. people here at the gas station to pump your gas. you won the have to get out of your car. live, now back few you. >> derek ward. thank you, derek. >>> ahead tonight, shopping in the district. gets more expensive. a jet leaving bwi, hits a flock of birds and has to make an emergency landing. president obama has a suggestion for russia that could help the u.s. in europe and the middle east. a new product hits the u.s. market, is promising better results than botox. bob, beautiful out there. no botox needed for the sky. >> no not a wren cull inkle in forecast. tell you all about it. lindsay? >> the painful error costs the nationals a run. a call leaves the orioles manager trembling with fury. star power, in the district, venus williams takes center court. news 4 at 11:00 coñw?ww

duke said he was such a agmatist. unle there was00% likelihood that he was going to recite those words,he wasn't going to waste any time planning them. >> rose: iraq and theunar landing next. captiong sponsored by rose communications om our studios in new york city, this is chlie rose. >> ros the mission in iraq is shifting from a military role to a civilian role. last month u.s. combat troops withdrew fromraqi cities. all u.s. forces e expected to leave the countryy the end of 2011. ahigh-profile bombing that raised questions about the reiness of theraqi security forc and the government of prime minister maliki is und pressure to pass the hydrocarbon law and speedp its national recoiliation process. joining me now from washington is ambasdor christopher hill. the new u.s. ambassador to iraq. he'sthe secretary of state and the lead negotiator in the space walks to end nth korea's clear program. i pleased to have him backon this broadcast, the first time since he wt to baghda thank you for joing us. >> thank you. >> ro

dukes, you have been a naacp activist for... >> three decades. >> reporter: three decades. how have you seen the mission change? >> we've worked on school matters, education. we're not there yet. in the city, the mayor has taken control of the school districts and we don't have school boards anymore. so that has helped, in some way. but the real issue here is we do not have quality education. >> we think about the -- where a white woman accused a black man of rape. >> in illinois. >> the backdrop of president obama's announcement of his candidacy, of course the context changed. and so we are in a different moment. but we still have to understand the relationship between race, life chances of fellow americans. in the united states we have had a problem. and the problem is that we thought about race and class as mutually exclusive when in fact class is the way, i mean race is the way that class is experienced in the united states. how else are we to understand. so in part what we have to do is we have to figure out a way to talk about the complex interrelation between class,

and dukes has turned into morgan because he is now playing a triple-a. and right out of the gate. next batter is the catcher he hits into a 4-6-3 double play but hejxt tejeda throws it out. i got to see back to the future. then they played another game all in one day, thankfully. and this one started out great for the nationals too. bases loaded in the third. players wanted to score a pair. nats lead 4-1. but a tough night for john lannan and the bullpen. 3-run shot off of mcdougal. the nats lose 9-4. albert haynesworth caused an accident that left another motorist in a wheelchair but he will go to jail not at all. instead the redskins defensive tackle with the $100 million contract will serve just three months probation. he pleaded no contest this morning to a charge of reckless driving. that's a misdemeanor in tennessee. he was driving his car nearly 100 miles an hour and made contact with another car causing him to lose control and hit the median. ed munson has filed a civil suit for $7.5 million. meanwhile across town tonight a public memorial held for steve mcnair. fans lined

right now you can fill up for free at the shirley duke shell in alexandria. it's on duke street.l up. we'll tell you about that in just a second. across the street from fox shopping certainty. it is a giveaway done by allstate. the first 700 cars will get 10 galls for free. they say it is the most improved city for driving and that's why they are giving it away there. >> good things for people in that area. >> it will take some time to get through 700 cars and not everyone who pulls in will need 10 gallons so that's good. >> very good. >>> let's talk about our temperatures across the region. a comfortable start to the day. it will be a great day today, folks. i've been saying this all morning. do what you can to be outside as much as you can. 69 is the current team at washington. dulles is at 68. bwi marshall at 68 degrees no. e ere a few clouds e o th r ational is n reporting partly cloudy skies. but you can see that there, one cloud or two. things look good. high pressure dominates. a lot of sunshine today. here is your forecast for today. mostly sunny skies. high today in the

shot past duke street to the 14th street bridge. the volume is light. to wrap it up, 95 northbound in virginia past backlick to the mixing bowl lanes are wide open. over to you. >>> tomorrow dc councilman marion barry is scheduled to appear in court over his arrest in though stalking charge. in a late night news conference, barry spoke more on the relationship with the woman. >> marion barry made two clear points through his spokes person last night. number one the woman accusing him of stalking is mentally unstable and the fact he hired her as a contractor was in fact legal. his spokesperson said that barry's exgirlfriend, donna watts was seeing a psychiatrist and her allegations of stalking against him is a product of mental instability. >> miss watts should not be believed. her allegations against mr. barry are simply not true. they are lies. >> reporter: miss watts crashed that press conference and denied those accusations. >> i only heard a little of what she said and what i heard was not true. >> reporter: they say that watts had been awarded a $6

we have a delay that set in from duke street stretching to seminary. going to the maps again, here's route 50 from the bay bridge through bowie to the beltway, lanes are wide open and to wrap it up we end at new york avenue where we have are slow from the times building to bladensburg road. that's a quick look at traffic. now over to andrea. >>> we are approaching 6:18. >>> massive retailor wal-mart wants to get bigger hoping to t ge the computer business. e ad ilihen netoday's "usa today" retail reboot, wal-mart has hot deals on laptops. managing editor lauren ashburn has a closer look. what's this about. >> it could mean a price war is near on computers. soon you are going to be able to go to wal-mart, starting on sunday and get computers, laptop for $298 with three gigabytes of memory if that means anything to you. >> not really. >> the cute mini type. >> yeah, so it is a laptop and wal-mart will be making a push. they are designing their store to look like best buy. look at statistics from last year where people are buying computers. not a lot of p

. >> now stacey and dan duke it out on how to play a potential deal. who will prevail? the upside call. how to play the return of steve jobs. >> i think the investment community is comfortable with the fact that this guy may not be there. >> the smart money setup ahead of the earnings options. "options action" begins now. these are the "options action" traders on the desk and across the nation in chicago, the windy city and in the city of brotherly love, of course, talking about philadelphia. stocks breaking a four-week losing streak to pose their best five-day move since march. a bevy of earnings from intel and ibm lifting tech and the broader markets on a busy friday but another crucial test is days away when the biggest week for earnings gets under way, so how is the smart money setting up? time to get "in the money." this week was the earnings quiz. the next week is certainly the finals. real fun beginning tuesday when apple and yahoo! report, but traders will digest earnings from wells fargo, microsoft, amazon.com and american express. volatility, which had spiked

we're going to continue up to 395, taking a live look here at duke street. you see those open roads, that's from here all the way up to the 14th street bridge. no problems. let's move on over to our realtime graphics. we're checking out route 4, route 5, 301. no incidents or delays to report out here. moving out to the outer loop in maryland, we're live here. you can see we've got a little bit of volume. those headlights coming your way on the outer loop there. no problems or delays, though. finally we're going to finish it up with a 3d fly from the bay bridge, through buoy, to 495. we have no problems to report. andrea? >> thank you, chris. >>> in living well headlines d.c. department of health officials say three mosquito pools have tested positive for the west nile virus. officials said the pools were collected near fort mcnair. no one in d.c. has been infected by west nile virus this year. in 2008 six residents tested positive for the virus. >>> the u.s. department of health and human services says virginia is eligible for nearly $9 million to prepare fo

everybody, they are wearing burgundy shorts and no daisy dukes for chris cooley.i think we can all be thankful for that. police welcome in my partner, former redskins pro, brian mitchell. left turn start with this demotion. we all know that he has not been productive. but are you surprised that even before the first snap of the training camp that they demote him and essentially get his job to duke two guys who have done nothing in this league? >> that is something that surprised me the most. the veteran. not playing to the caliber. but what has anyone else do to demote him and move him in front of them? absolutely nothing. they could not get on the field and as they say, they could not learn the playbook. >> we hope that they are healthy this year and that they can live up to the second round hype. but so far, they haven't. they are under the center. we know that they have talked about a bigger leadership role. a make it or break it yore. and a contract year for him. what are you seeing or hearing about him that you like or don't like? >> the fact that he came out

they duke it out over strategy. can get heated hence the call for friendship.onight dan takes on stacey who by the way has rule the against him in his last three bouts with mike. tonight we kick it off with a name that is a virtual options obsession, talking about mosaic. extremely active on takeover talk. it was up sharply today but then reversed after it acquired -- rumor acquire put the kibosh on any takeover talks. it sent shares lower but stacey and dan remain bearish on the name. kick it off, stacey. >> one of the things coming up for mosaic is earnings, i'm concerned about it. if i were comfortable being short a stock i would say let's sell it here. luckily options exist and we don't have to do such a thing. what i'm looking at is for a bearish strategy one heading into earnings. two, upcoming contract negotiations with india and china. both likely to end up by the august expiration. i think i'm concerned that those pricing levels won't come into one that is positive for mosaic. people aren't buying their product so, three, the one thing i'm concerned ab

more brake lights past duke street. drivers making their way to seminary. look like they are fine across the 14th street bridge and finally inbound new york avenue is slowing down from the times building to here at bladensburg road but you are okay to the third street tunnel. now over to kristin who is standing by in the 9 news now web center. >> reporter: good morning. it is time to look at the top stories on the web this morning. right now the bbc's website has got three stories that i keep seeing links to over an of on e m.to s it tto m. this is a sad story. the body of an debrrlelh ity isma 7 n,wos 7yeardeelolrly itish woman, 77 years olo whbrwho allege ashopaholic was found under a pile of clothing. the clothing did not kill her. she died usbuesca causes but her home was so mecrd amwithwi shopping d d otclothiip itos tr the to d sad or rbemiteepg ssd ine haen for several days and half five trips they were able to find her. >> reporter: moving on if that is not depressing sty andrea has told yo instu andr has told you you ane orstalb over e web througho

nadler because it seems to me that the language at duke university has already done so. i would point out the people of this country that judge sotomayor has had nine cases before the supreme court that she has decided upon and of those nine only one has been affirmed, seven reversed, awn one was vacated. she's batting 1 for 9 before the supreme court and, by the way, this supreme court is the supreme court that is there, that's the backup if mistakes are made at the lower court level. there's nobody to back up a supreme court justice other than the other eight and this is a high test situation that's going on. i would also point out that justice sotomayor does not seem to understand that the constitution has to be there to protect the rights of individuals in a rigid fashion. i don't think she understands that. >> congressman nadler? >> well, she obviously does understand that and i don't know about the sta ttistic i just heard, i've never heard it from congressman king. i've never heard it before, but she has participated in thousands of decisions. she's been on the co

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rush and miss dukes are cheap for playing that race card against you. what you said was harsh. it was harsh. you know, the man just died. yes, people love him. in hindsight, might you have waited a week? >> no, bill, because this had already gone on for nine or 10 days. i guess what put me over the edge was i spent the whole fourth of july with veterans, cops, firefighters, different parades. as you would say being with the folks. there was such a resentment building up, people saying why is this guy getting all this adulation? ok, he was a good singer, a good dancer, but why is he getting all this coverage? why has the nation stopped for michael jackson? i went to an american legion hall on sunday. i was with somebody on my staff. we had a video camera. i said hey, i'm going to say what's on my mind. we posted it. the reason i was harsh if you want to call it that is i had come through this 10-day glorification, this onslaught where he was made out to be a saint or a hero or whatever. i wanted to get right to the point. this man was a child molester. he was. by his own admissi

news4 spent the early morning hours at the shirley duke shell station on duke street in alexandria tod out that answer. >> a traffic cop in a parking lot in one lane of duke street. the holdup, all those zeros posted at an alexandria shell station. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: no one in line minded the backup. >> blessing this year. >> reporter: small price to pay. for year tank of free full service gas. >> otherwise i have been -- >> reporter: complements of -- compliments of allstate insurance. >> are you a resident of the city of alexandria? >> reporter: they are not the safe drivers. city ranks 174th according to allstate data. >> mainly because you saved us money and improved the most over the last year. >> reporter: the company claims it is congratulating alexandria for the most improved status. 7,000 gallons of free gas. >> include their years between accidents by 1.8 years which is more than any other city on the list. >> typical driver here will go 7. years between wrecks. even the mayor is on track. >> 2000, fender bender. it made the press. >> reporter: more a publici

here we are, 395 right before you get to duke street. it's a disabled box truck and has some little cones out behind it. everybody is slowing down. further to the south t vol y'all still is steady out of springfield. further to the south, delays begin toward morton. that kind of spreads a little bit. keep in mind that on the outer loop on beltway as you leave springfield, it's a tough ride because of the new traffic pattern before you get to eisenhower where traffic now splits. that right lane is down to 35 miles an hour. it's a tough ride. that's your traffic. >>> thank you very much. kidnapped in afghanistan, a u.s. soldier in the hand of the taliban. >> he disappeared three weeks ago and now appeared on a videotape. we have the latest developments from the satellite center. >> reporter: the pentagon is calling this a propaganda tool, also a violation of international law, this video. as you watch it, there are t times where it looks like he's reading from a script. he al seems frightened. >> reporter: in the 28 minute video private bo

northbound 395, delays in the clearing stages between duke and seminary -- duke and seminary.ic anytime, log on to wusa9.com. >>> >> they log thousands of miles every summer rving and this year they are doing something special. this isn't an ordinary rv but the first hybrid rv on the mark and brad is here to tell me about it. >> you do this every summer. >> ten summers in a row we do it. >> our kids have gone to 45 states. >> there is something on the side of the bus, hybrid. tell me about the technology and how it differs from other rvs you have been on. >> if you want to go inside. >> yeah. >> they create motor home and better gas mileage and suvs an solar and wind power kits you can adapt to your rv and this is sort of the next step. this is winnebago industries which is at the forefront of technology. it has an concept rv. it is not on the mark yet but they are testing the viability of it. it has a diesel engine an electric motor. >> the kids are here and they have the morning yogurt and breakfast going. >> it is comfortable in here and it is hybrid. they work in conjuncti

on 395 live from duke street.king their way to seminary and finishing with our trains metro we are still experiencing some delays on the red line between takoma park and photon on the. it will be like this until july 19th. over to kristin fisher. >>> thank you, angie. good morning, everybody. one of the hottest stories on our website is about the metro train operator caught texting on the job. the operator has been suspended without pay for a week but that hasn't stopped some from sounding off on our website. i want to show you comments we were getting in yesterday and this morning. >> anyone who drives a metro train and texts should be fire. when i heard it is the driver of a blue line. i ride that line. it is my life you e armessing with and not to mention countless other ves, as well. another one from sam 1974. he wrotes, the way the economy is someone else who is just as experienced could do the job. these employers are too lax on their employees. very sad. i tried to find some sort of positive comment out of

main line slows from duke street headed out towards the accident. southbound 270 in the clear.heck of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. >>> it was an ambitious plan. monday, the government rolled out what it called cash for clunkers with $1 bill wrong available to pump up businesses for struggling dealerships. that machiney was supposed to last for months. as of wednesdayings there is only about $4 million left and now the white house is scrambling to encould the program up and running. with the african-american running out of cash, dealers are worried about getting burned on a backlog of sales that are now in the works. >> the white house says it will honor valid transactions and it is searching for more money to keep cash for clunker stalling out. matt ac lapped joins us live from rockville with more. >> reporter: who knew that this program was going to be so very popular. dealerships like this one behind me have been so busy, some dealers are saying they haven't seen business like this in a very long time. the government is worried this program could run out of crash very soon. it

right size is leaving duke street. -- right side is leaving duke street. >> temperatures are warming up nicely. we will look for plenty of sunshine and later this afternoon. clouds will deteriorate just a bit. 62 in gaithersburg. temperatures in the 50's well to the north of bust. there are clear skies in pennsylvania. those clear skies will make their way to our area they run today. there is a cold front just to the south of bust, allowing thunderstorms developing later on this afternoon -- just to the south of us. temperatures will warm up ruickly with the sunshine late morning into the afternoon hours. we will keep the heat and humidity will to the south and west. temperatures will increase during the week. lots of sunshine today. mostly clear and comfortable tonight. we will see mid 60's downtown. a bit more humidity in the air tomorrow. near 90 degrees. temperatures are warming. wednesday, temperatures near 90 with a chance of a thunderstorm. then some cooler and drier air on friday and into saturday. nighttime lows rebounding into the 70's. >> ok. thank you. >>> tim geithner pr

let's bring in priscilla duke. how are you doing? >> doing great this morning. >> reporter: she works nearby. >> been there late 1800s. >> reporter: almost as hold old as i am. >> i'm in the accounting department. >> reporter: thank you for coming down this morning. priscilla has family all over the country. >> in multiple states. they will get a chance to watch priscilla perform on wjz.com. gang is here, tony, joe, the coach, and harry, happy birthday. i think he is older than that joke. >> reporter: we are going to put you in the spotlight, go ahead. [music] >> reporter: priscilla duke. [music] 6:00 already i was just in the middle of a dream. i was kissing value enteeno by a crystal blue italian stream. but i can't be late because then i guess i just won't get paid. [music] these are the days when you wish your bed was already made. it's just another manic monday. i wish it were sunday. [music] because that's my fun day. my, i don't have to run day. it's just another manic monday. [music] [applause] nicely done. an excellent job.

for example the duke case is one example. conservatives' new early the case was bogus. people i would speak to about it didn't know. if they read "the new york times" the simply didn't know. now there are -- does all this talk now about the chrysler dealerships at least on the conservative websites and maybe it will expand and i take it with a grain of salt the chrysler dealerships targeted for extinction were largely those who had been donors to mccain during the campaign and none of the big donors to obama, which were shot down. now, i couldn't have that conversation with her it is true or not remains to be seen. but no 1i know in my neighborhood has heard about this except me. every conservative i know is hyper aware of this, they know about stuff that goes on in their world and stuff that goes on in the mainstream world. >> host: in the past, conservatives were largely satirists. almost every satirist was a conservative because you had to have something set before you could make fun of it and that's why all the brits, george was a comic genius, needed britain that w

she's responsible for founding the duke ellington school of the arts. our coverage of this story continues at wusa9.com. >>> today services will be held for three victims in the helicopter crash. the chopper crash last thursday night near hagerstown, maryland. services for felix will be held this afternoon at 2:00 in damascus and at 6:00 p.m. family and friends will attend a visitation for george tutor es in manchester, maryland. and at 7 p.m. a funeral will be held for pilot jeff nordaas. arrangements have not been made yet for neil booth. >>> metro is cracking down on bad behavior by bus drivers and train operators. this is after a recent string of questionable accidents including everything from arguing with passengers and detaining one of them against her will. the general manager says the agency will review all rules connected to employee behavior and discipline. >>> the national transportation safety board says there were changes to the metro train signal system just before the deadly crash on the red line. the equipment, known as an imped dense s

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