, this is a perfect example at dupont circle of frustration.s escalator is out of service but you still have two more year in operation. metro representatives said they had a plan in place to install a new escalator here at dupont circle and began testing the stopping distance on escalators. to this day, no work has been done. we know what happened october 30 at l'enfant plaza. that is when four people were sent to the hospital after an overcrowded escalator sped up and the brakes failed. we are now hearing that metro new one month earlier from the audit on september 30 on escalator safety issues. the report showed a worn out rope, wheels, and brake pads at dupont circle, woodley park and other stations. the staff did not share this with the board or public but in mid-october, and metro press release outlined work that they hoped to begin in mid-november. one metro members of that is the result of a preliminary audit. the full report was not complete very we now know that full report was completed september 30. it was released to metro staff. m

. >> we are here in the dupont. two escalators are out tonight. our home on the internet, wjla.com -- tbd.com, is your home to talk about these escalators and their problems. when one escalator reportedly came to a screeching halt on tuesday, one it turned to twitter to report it. he sent out eighth week after a credit dupont escalator abruptly stopped on monday. -- he sent out a tweet. >> i walked a few steps over and i just started tweeting. writers continue to have problems as metro investigates. >> metro center. >> dupont. >> they are increasingly turning to the internet to vance. >> this is great. this is what social media is for. >> our home on the internet, tbd.com, has reporters visiting and publishing nearly every matra-related tweet. we are asking for pictures, videos, and escalator issues. >> there seems to be a disconnect with the metro board members and what is actually happening. >> the will of this translate into something getting done? >> that is a good question. we cannot promise something will actu

if you have to travel in the area of green spring and dupont, be prepared for detours. the police have been turning cars around for the last hour or so since we have been out here. that is the latest from the scene. reporting live from the scene for wbal-tv 11 news. >> this is the third deadly shooting in the city since friday night. police say a 19-year-old man was shot around 9:00 on saturday evening on swann avenue. he was rushed to hospital where he later died. a 29-year-old man was killed in a triple shooting. it happened in the 1500 block a public road. one man was shot in the chest and died from his injuries. -- happen in the 1500 block of poplar road. authorities are working to see if the body is that of a young boy who grew up in baltimore. the body was found one day after missing persons report was filed in north carolina. the 16-year-old has be missing since last sunday. his mother still lives in baltimore. she is been working with police in north carolina. dna has not yet confirmed the identity of the body found. there is still no word on what caused the ear

. >> reporter: doreen gentzler, news4. >> the classes are health at the washington sports club in dupont circle tuesdays and fridays at 8:00 a.m. these classe are free for breast cancer patients even if they're not members of the gym. >>> a 14-year-old's attention to detail may have made the fference between life and death for mclean teacher. india was sitting in class at the school when she realized her teacher was choking. a few other girl went for help but india didn't wait. she learned the heimlich maneuver at a class for baby sitters at reston hospital and put what she learned to use. >> i asked her if she knew the heimlich maneuver and she did the motion to me to nod. i went behind her and the openheimer lick maneer. she's not dead. and he have one was happy. >> india has since taughtthe heimlich to her classmates. >>> coming up, what is it like bier being the better half to one of the leading quarterbacks? we'll find out from roxy mcnabb herself. d chuck brown talks about what keeps him going at 74 years ol with patented sonic technology philips sonicare is the number 1 recommende

the same for man at dupont circle, bethesda and foggy bottom 2. incorrectly adjusted and/or damage brake systems, warning damage machine components, failed electrical control elements. the report shows all the signs of conditions requiring immediate maintenance service address are being overlooked. some examples, brake pads worn beyond usable life expectancy and out ofment -- adjustment. -- out of adjustment. >> i have to use metro to and from school. i have to be more cautious. >> reporter: the report found brakes with no covers, metal shavings, leaking lubricant or none at all of the the revelations don't sit well with riders. >> people could fall, get hurt, be injured severely. >> reporter: in response, a metro spokesperson said the findings combined with our own inspections point out factors in our repair and maintenance that we need to address and will address. emergency inspections of the system's 588 escalators should be complete by week's end. the agency found a number of brake problems and shut them down for repairs. what is worrisome, th

serious brake problems with the metro escalators, including here at dupont. shows water getting into the elevator's put circuitry. this could cause serious safety concerns for workers. >> the men and women who repaired these may not be safe. the findings from our recent audit showed there are significant safety concerns with water in the elevator and escalator machinery in comptroller areas. this is a life-safety hazard for anyone working in those conditions. alex who inspected and repaired escalators for 35 years says he is not at all surprised by the findings. he says he frequently worried about the mix of water and life power and tried to get the word to metro. >> we had complained to a city person, and we assumed they complain to metro. >> in mid-october, responding to an earlier audit, metro give the timeline to improve them. its said by december they would complete a water intrusion plan. by the first quarter of 2011 they would award a contract and serve it the lighting circuitry for the elevator and escalator workers. they call the water problems at cr

the dupont family and the ones that set up the american liberty league. that was successful because they have unlimited amounts of money. there were so popular, they were not able to stop it. they began to finance right-wing think tanks. they have been successful to the university of chicago economics department and notable fraud such as milton freed man. the idea of neoliberalism is there should be massive, selective tax cuts. margaret thatcher it is there is no alternative. of course that's absurd. there was an alternative. we have to connect the dots to understand what is going on today. i read the chronicle. so what i've done is put together a montage of the murder of public sector, which is going on everyday. in fact all of the public sector is in body shape. public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. our character is among the worst in the world. the new deal deals with things in a different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my

september 30 which had results still no one knew about yesterday but the report focused only on the dupont, wsosdley park stations. it warned and showed a lack of adherence to make and standards. >> [inaudible] >> this woman worries about her 3-year-old daughter running up and down and metro as the letter. >> i don't want to think about it. it is scary. >> metro plans to begin work this month including testing the stopping distance on all escalators which has yet to begin. many riders by poor management for constantly dealing with broken, out of service and potentially unsafe escalators . >> i think our management issues and funding issues and we need to invest more than a starting last thursday and going through this week, metro workers are testing the brake pads on over 588 escalators in the system. they plan to release the results to the metro board safety committee november 18. >>> meanwhile, work on the metro dulles corridor extension project will completely closed a major threat for tonight. drivers will be detoured off of i-66 westbound at the dulles connector road starting at midni

. >> they met here at the mad hatter in dupont circle. they have an official name for the day. "dancing with the stars" has gone political. two years ago it was barack obama and know it is the start of "dirty dancing." >> i was texting and on the web site. >> they said they had to win crystal palin banister way to the top. it may democrats wonder if the tea party was stuffing the ballot box. >> i am fine with bristol palin. she seems like a nice girl but i don't think she has the talent to win. >> they say they are anti- politics on reality tv, especially when one of the star's mother may be running for president. >> there should be a fine line between politics and television. >> but it is washington. it is the vote that matters. >> in need to get on the web site and type "vote." one not do it? >> both palins say there is no organized campaign. tomorrow night we will see who wins. >> stay with abc 7 news. after tomorrow night's finale, cynee since and will be live in l.a.. she will be live -- cynee simpson will belive. >>> some new insight into the potential travel troubles man

this is just another example of where we could have walked up to dupont circle or something else if we knethere was an issue. but they're not communicating with us. >> no one was hurt in the incident. >>> security is stepped up inside and outside elementary schools around the district this morng after an elementary school spanish teacher nearly died after being robbed and beaten. this attack happened just before noon on monday near the intersection of howard and pomeroy roads in southeast washington. across the street from garnet wilkinson elementary hool. a masked gunman demanded the teaches purse. she refused. the robber then hit her three times in the head with a gun. the teacher suffered a concussion and has had two surgies for bleeding in her brain. >> that's very dangerous individual. that's an individual that shows he doesn't really care that he's being seen, because around school there's usuly a lot of people around. so we think it's a very dangerous individual. a lot of times we have individuals now wearing masks so that gives them some, guess they feel some security where ind

. >>> wilmington trust corporation, founded by the famed dupont family, is being sold for a song to m t bank for about half what the shares were worth last week. >>> findly -- political robocalls can be annoying, but last week they were down right disruptive. comca comcast, perspective owner of his network, was forced to apologize to users in new england for disrupted service. it appears so many of the recorded messages were going out, they clogged up the lines and temporarily knocked out service to some. gives you an idea how tense this election season has been. >>> no moss in minnesota and the colts turn the tables on texas. >>> plus, from willie mays to barry bonds, the giants have never managed to bring a world championship home to san francisco -- until now. >>> your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and we have some stormy weather in the deep south. your election day forecast is coming up. >>> you're watching "early today." i'm among 30,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. [ cheri ] fiorina la

finally, the third one you brought along is dupont, chemical-maker, earnings were out last week. helping to fuel the recent rally. what is interesting here, scott, not just an agriculture play, but really is focused on the global chemical commodity business, isn't it? >> that's right. they've really have a sprawling set of businesses, plastics, and pharmaceuticals, and the pharma ceuticals were a cause of concern. a couple of their drugs came off patents. but they're doing well. they're a competitor with jonsonto, in the genetically modified seed business. >> todd: w>> tom: we mentioned s is a global business because it is intertwined with a bigger picture. maybe they could be a play on the weaker dollar, couldn't they? >> no doubt about it. and deere plays overseas, in india, china, brazil, all of which farmers are really upgreating to deere equipment. >> tom: any disclosures with this trio, ownership positions? >> oom not allowed. >> tom: you can find a link on thestreet.com. scott eden, with the >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: quantitative easing-- as we men

that they can they can rely on to to help overthrew especially if the government is cruel so to to dupont who is this is that there's a river in full there's a very good point and i think it's very reasonable as well mr ambassador well how would you reply to that i mean respect the process ok i think that's of the key thing right here i mean if even if even if a leader has even if a leader has shortcomings or or relatively failure in office etc etc shouldn't it be the process of the people that decide that i'm not outside forces because i know that that taints democracy just say. absolutely it's the process and the people that's why we have to be much more specific about how important this sunday is for example president preval has lost popularity for a number of reasons the opinion polls show that the principal opposition. candidate mr smalley guy is ahead of stan in the opinion polls and moving up and if there's a runoff in january that probably will be since neither one will probably get fifty percent it could move further if in fact though come sunday say last stand comes out way ahea

bike lanes, they are heading all the way down from wusa9 down to dupont circle and it will get you there. and the next big thing, that's right here. you see go and you see all your options, those little lines. it shows you exactly how to get there. all right. >>> get the link to the tool on wusa9.com. just click on 9news now extras. >>> well wal-mart says that dc residence spend nearly $41 million a year and it is maryland and virginia stores. so as we first told you last night at 7:00, now, the company is bringing the big box experience closer to those dc shoppers. armando trull reports a survey underwritten by wal-mart, finding it an overwhelming majorities. >>> he has owned this barbershop for 30 years. >> i think the economy has hit everybody, especially the barbershops because people are going to put a turkey on the table before they get a haircut. >> reporter: that's why he welcomes wal-mart's position to open up a store just on the street. >> i think that it would be good for business coming to dc. i think that it would help the neighborhood, it should improve to bring more people

for now folks should probably plan on uing dupont circle until we know for sure what's going to happen here. tracee wilkins live in northwest. >> thanks so much for that update. >>> there is still a lot of cleani up to do after those severe storms that rolled through our area, especially at a post office in northeast washington. strong winds caused this two story wall behind the brentwood post office to implode yesterday morning. nearly 200 workers were quickly evacuated and two workers who were outside had to be treated for minor injuries the storm also knocked out glass in more than 130 postal delivery trucks that were sitting in the parking lot. >> cinder blocks, never in my wildest imagination would i think that something like that would tear through here and have that much damage in such a quick moment in time. >> it will likely take several weeks to replace the broken glass and all of the postal service delivery vehicles. >>> the national weather service is expected to determine today whether it was a tornado that touched down in baltimore yesterday. the storm tore through northe

brianne carter is live the dupont circle metro station with details. >> this was conducted by an independentt identified a number of problems that metroaccess. -- has. one of three isleton of service at this station. metro is working on that. -- one of three escalators out of service. >> it is pireira to c three working at one time -- rae to see three working at one time. >> the general manager says of the major factor is of the state of the escalators and elevators is a result of many years during which then has been elected veterans to metro's all and ro's own sta ndards. >> it is not surprising that it would have malfunctions because of the volume. >> the interim gm says there will continue to focus on the 580 or so escalators and over 200 elevators. the independent agency will continue to monitor the progress of metro. >>> thank you. three teenage girls are charged with two child attacks in woodbridge. one of them "was wearing a mask. three suspects beat and robbed someone on dale boulevard last week's. there was a similar reports minutes later on donald edenfield avenue -- on darby aven

what is dupont doing now that's innovative?all kinds of agricultural businesses like seeds and also chemical business is doing well. that company was kind of on the rocks. she's taken that thing back and the stock is up 40% this year. >> what's he done? >> she's restructured it, moved out of a bunch of businesses and emphasized that agricultural piece. >> all right. alan mulally, is that hard not making him number one? >> it was hard. he really in a way in business is the closest thing to a hero, right? this guy didn't take any government money. the company was on the brink. he came from outside detroit and, you know, now he's doing all kinds of deals. they closed down mercury, sad to say, but emphasizing lincoln, building plants in china. the chock has gone from low single digits to the high teens. netflix is smaller. it's hard were a big company. >> why don't you put your number three guy number one everywhere. steve jobs has not only transformed business, not only transformed technology, but transformed our culture. who is t

i could have walked down to dupont circle and been where i need to be right now. >> reporter: our witness says just think of what that concrete could have done. >> again, nobody was hurt but it was very scary and had someone been standing there, because people were getting on and off the train at the time, it could have killed somebody. >> that is very upsetting. any time that we could have put somebody at risk, we don't want to do that. >> that was sarah simmons reporting. >>> the jury in the chandra levy trial will continue to deliberate today. yesterday marked day one of deliberations. there is new evidence in this case but the judge ruled that the jury won't see it. suspect ingmar guandique's fellow prisoner is the prosecution's only witness. in 2008, he wrote a letter from behind bars saying that he knew that guandique had killed levy and wanted to help investigators. it was written after he heard guandique would be arrested for levy's death. the letter was discussed during the trial but never introduced into evidence. paul wagner has been blogging about the case. you can coke that o

association of silver and this is a group of the biggest users in the silver market which is like kodak dupont dow chemical those type of companies and they have an association and you can take their word for whatever means. wish but they basically have a good contract with the end producers which is basically your base metal companies like r.t.c. you're b.h.p. those type of companies that spin off massive amounts of silver but really don't care about the price because their primary markets are lead and zinc as an example so silver of the silver one up zero three times it might add a tenth of a cent to the bottom line because there's so much of the other metals that are produced so those metals are in the system and these users can make deals with them in the forwards market not in the futures market which most people even though you know we're talking about and they keep getting their steady supply and they have an incentive to manage the price let's say so that's been going on for years and i defy anyone to come up with the gasoline use associates or they go along those lines so that's step

brianne carter is live at the dupont circle metro station with all the details. good morning. >> the metro system, there are 580 escalators, 275 elevators. metro had this conducted by an independent consultant group that showed a number of problems surrounding the escalator. for liz cameron, problems surrounding the escalators come as no surprise. >> it is very rare that you see three escalators working at one time. >> escalator problems came to light after a brake failure last month. in a statement, interim general manager says, "one of the major factors of the state of our escalators and elevators is a result of many years during which there has been a lack of adherence to metro's own maintenance standards." >> del into it, look into it, and fix it. >> metro says it is working on it. metro says rick inspections are complete for 405 escalator units, 25 breaks have been replaced, and 47 as clear units are now out of service for repairs. >> because of the volume of the metro system, it is not surprising there would be malfunctions and what not. >> at the agency's

productions were documentary's and series produced under her leadership earned three peabody awards, the dupont columbia university award, and dozens of emmys. mrs. shuler will be -- mrs. schiller will be interviewed by dr. ernest james william -- wilson iii. he is dean of the annenberg school for communications at the university of southern california. he is also a professor of political science, a university fellow at the center on public diplomacy and an adjunct fellow of the pacific council on international policy. he was elected the first african-american chairman of a corporation for public broadcasting in 2009. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage mrs. vivian schiller and dr. james wilson. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. is anyone out there? that is better. it is after dinner, we need to be lively here. i have come with the accouterments of every modern person, whether i know how to use it or not, which is the ipad, a sign of the importance of communication and new ways of transmitting affirmation. this is going to be a conversation, and began i have talked about this

eight at union station and nine at gallery place, six at the pentagon, three at tinley town, two at dupont and of the six stations we visited only one had a crew working on the problem. for katherine kelly getting a pair of crutches comes at a very bad time. >> it's been a while since it's been out, but this is just not fun at all. i can't imagine what it would be like every single day if you had some kind of disability and the escalators were out so frequently. >> reporter: it's all so unpredictable. the fix-by dates change so often markers and duct tape are used on the sign. today we walked the walk with weary metro passengers, many of the escalators simply gated off. how tough is this for you? >> it's a bit tough because i have lupus. i suffer, you know, i have a lot of pain, but i go. >> reporter: at gallery place metro roby chavez, fox 5 news. >> so what is metro doing to respond to all the escalator problems and the recommendations? joining us now is peter benjamin, chairman of the metro board and david albert, the d.c. vice chair of metro riders advisory council. mr. benjamin, i kno

levi disappeared after leaving her apartment in dupont.t of 2001, congressman condit denies any connection. and man walking his dog in rock creek park finds the remains. and in 2009 decay is charged with levi's death. one other note. earlier in the newscast, minutes ago, we showed the wrong video in talking about chandra levy's convicted killer. >> well, the public outcry over the body scann and pat downs at airports nationwide is a result of incidents described by passengers as down right degrading. a flight attendant that was a breast cancer survivor and has a prosthetic breast claims that she was pulled into a room with female screeners where she was patted down. she said when the agent got to her righttbreast where she had breast cancer surgery she was told toothier show them the protheses. >> they had told me that they had gotten a memo from tsa saying that flight crew members weee the most obvious potential terrorists out there. >> well, the tsa said screeners are not supposed to remove any and touch them. >>>michigan man said he was

in dupont circle where they found a bunch of crackers like ten years ago and sent them over to starving people in bangladesh so well you know if you can get used to it. still to come on tonight's show it's been a while but our favorite little crier on t.v. wins our tool time award tonight we're going to tell you what stupid thing glenn beck has done this time and forty five civil rights human rights peace and environmental groups are after the f.b.i. they want the agency investigated for its conduct its over speaks to our executive director of the bill of rights defense committee about that just a moment. you're watching r t seven thirty in the morning here in moscow and you are the headlines for this hour police across europe round up twenty six people suspected of plotting a christmas campaign of terror those detained reported to be linked to international terrorist networks and militants in chechnya. the impact of the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan is becoming more visible on home soil as of late a recent report shows a record number of young men are committing suicide in march. n

i thought about getting off at dupont circle, thought i would take a chance. >> shocking to me., metro needs repair. we all know that. just hope they can get on it really. >> you feel safe ride tg daily? >> i do. i feel safe. they still -- i never had a problem riding it all these years, even with the problems, it comes with the business. >> reporter: we now know that this was not specifically metro's fault. these falling pieces of concrete were caused by construction taking place here on connecticut avenue just above farragut north platform. so that was the cause. still, metro comes under fire this morning for response time. took them about over an hour to contact d.c. fire and police about the incident. so that is what we are hoping to get answers to today. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. according to metro, farragut north is the fourth busiest station in the system. in 2009 on average weekday, more than 25,000 people entered and exited that station. only union station, metro center and gallery place were busier. >>> later today, metro board meets to discuss sa

it is happening from silver springs to dupont stations. they will renovate eight restrooms and the public address system. >>> a new cell phone service will soon be available in southeastern virginia. cox communications, the country's third largest cable country is launching cellular service. for now it will be available in hampton roads, virginia, orange county, california, and omaha, nebraska. cox plans to expand the network but hasn't said where or when. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi will bring back a measure to extend benefits set to expire. >> reporter: hi. good morning to you, joe. it feels like deja vu all over again. the house failed to approximates the measure which could leave 2 million americans out in the cold. the lass extension after the summer expires december 1st. it's looking iffy at best. lawmakers, who are fighting other issues, like extending tax cuts, will get this one done i time republicans are willing to vote in favor but they don't want the cost of the bill, $12.5 billion, added to the $13 trillion national debt. t

center lane boxes and barriers will stretch all the way to coecticut avenue to dupont circle. >>> residentsunity 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 liked more notice. >>> a lone survivor of a home invasion that clald the lif of a mother and her two daughters say a death sentence still not sd not bring him closure. he and another man broke into the pettit home in 2007 and ran someoney to spare her family. when she returned from the bank, hayes and his accomplice sexually assaulted and strangled her. her daughters were