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matthew van dyke is planning his next trip to the middle east.rotests)the filmmaker is keeping a close eye on libya this week from his home in baltimore.matthew van dyke, libyan freedom fighter: "this is where the problems in the world are occuring, and what happens there does affect us."the u-m-b-c grad helped his libyan frrends fight for freedom matthew van ddke, libyan freedom fighttr: "my friends needed help, so i went to help them overthrow the regime."he even spent nearly ix months in prison.which is whyywhen protests started popping up in egypt tuesday, he was concerned.matthew van dyke, libyan freedom fighter: "these things tend to spread. the arab world uses satellite something happen in one country, it tends to repeat protests spread to benghazi, libya.the u-s ambassador and 3 other diplomats werr killed. matthew van dyke, libyan freedom fighter: "you're talking a country of several million people and these were 20 guys--50 at the most--who attacked, you know, a few pickup trucks of lunatics."van dyke says security needs improved at emb

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team thank you mr van dyke as i mentioned the war on terror began some eleven eaters ago and u.s. troops according to president barack obama are expected to fully withdraw by the end of twenty fourteen is that a sign of victory or defeat in the so-called war on terror i don't think it's a sign of either one i think it's a sign that the u.s. public is tired of this we initially went in for one specific reason and that was to dismantle the government of the taliban and to destroy al qaeda now people ask why are we still there how many are there under president bush in the early part of the obama administration we heard the numbers fifty there maybe fifty left in afghanistan are we there because a fifty fifty al qaeda members know it is morphed into something far larger than that is it because the former soviet union the former the what we'll call the stands it was because ten tajikistan because if. you could stand to have the largest untapped oil and natural gas reserves in the world if you talk to the afghans you talk the taliban they'll say oh that's why the united states wants to

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next interviews or third gerry van dyke who spent forty five days in taliban captivity he discloses to us what he thinks of the real reasons behind the u.s. military presence in afghanistan he's here now. eleven years ago america began its war on terror and today in afghanistan a u.s. war continues to be waged by current guest has a very unique perspective on what has happened in continues to take place there joining me now to talk more about this topic is journalist and author jerry van dyke mr van dyke wrote a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban thank you for joining our team thank you mr van dyck as i mentioned the war on terror began some eleven years ago and u.s. troops according to president barack obama are expected to fully withdraw by the end of twenty fourteen is that a sign of victory or defeat in the so-called war on terror i don't think it's a sign of either one i think it's a sign that the u.s. public is tired of this we initially went in for one specific reason and that was to dismantle the government of the taliban and to destroy al qaeda now people

that is -- at van dyke park in fairfax. that is slighted to start around 11:30. >>> a health alert tonight that's showing promise to treat people with certain hearing disorders. scientists at university of california say they're improving the hearing of deaf animals through the use of embryonic stem cells. the work was done on gerbils and targeted the nerve cells that transfer the information from the ear to the brain. >>> we also have a consumer alert tonight about some cheese tainted with listeria. the centers for disease control and protest linked ricotta cheese to 14 -- cdd linked ricotta cheese to 14 imens sold between june 20th and august 9th, most of it used by restaurants or broken down into smaller servings or packages. so you may not even know if you bought it. so the cdc says ask the people where you bought the cheese where it came from or just throw it away to be safe. >>> coming up at 7:00 i'll be speaking live with former ambassador tom mcdonald who knew the late christopher stevens and he explains exactly wha

brigg and google, including swinefleet and crowle, suffered flooding, in part because our drainage dykest cleared out as drainage boards fear prosecution under conservation of habitats legislation. will the prime minister meet his new environment secretary and take away that threat of prosecution, so that drainage dykes that were built and dug to protect property can do their job? their job?

look at the block by ronnie van dyke. he wipes them both out. jarrett on his way to a 94-yard return. so that would cut a deficit to 21-10. later in the third quarter, pitt facing a third and five. tino throws it up the right side. 18 yards for the score. and the pitt panthers who will join the acc next year, make a big statement, they upset virginia tech 35-17. >>> and in other scores, penn state beat navy 34-7. georgetown at home falls to yale 24-21. howard defeats norfolk state 37- 36 in overtime. and congratulations to the washington capitals, they won 19-15 to advance to tomorrow's world team tennis fime against sacramento. they won 31 straight matches. >> wow. >> lindsey murphy, thank you. we have a check of the forecast up next. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is america's manufacturing when president obama took office. this is china's. under obama, we've lost over half a million manufacturing jobs and for the first time, china's beating us. seven times obama could've stopped china's cheating. seven times he refused. it's tim

romney will campaign at van dyke park and fairfax. megan mcgrath is live with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. you can see all the people that gathered at van dyke park. the candidate himself, mitt romney has not arrived. we are expecting him shortly. he's been criticized about the statements about u.s. diplomats and criticizing the obama administration for handling the situation while the events were unfolding. he is expected toouch on that subject again here this morning. romney is expected to talk about his vision for america's middle class. the banners say the romney plan for a stronger middle class. he's expected to talk about trade and china. now, the crowd here gathered very early this morning. they waited at the gates for them to open to go through security and grab a good spot to hear the speech. we have been talking to some of romney's supporters about the issue that is are important to them. >> well, i'm a retired registered nurse. i'm concerned about medicare and what's going to be happening to us. >> reporter: what a

he'll hold a rally at van dyke park in fairfax. the doors open at 9:00 a.m. the event is free at and open to the public, but the romney campaign is asking you rsvp on the virginia page on romney's website. and paul ryan is running tv ads for his congressional re-election efforts. he's spending $2 million on commercials this week in milwaukee and madison, wisconsin. a law in that state makes it legal for ryan to remain a canned at that time for his congressional seat while running for vice president. right now he holds a double digit lead over his democratic opponent in wisconsin. >>> if the world's investors are right, the federal reserve is about to take a new step to invigorate the u.s. economy. this comes after a record day on wall street. the dow closed at a five year high and ended the day at 13,323. expectations at a federal reserve two-day meeting gave bank stocks a boost. investors think it will keep short term interest rates low at least for another two years. >>> 6:48 right now. one stock to watch today, apple the company is expected to unveil a new

razor-sharp scimatars that could lop off your head and comfy padded foot stools that could trip up dick van dyke. (laughter) so get ready to go back to the days of suleiman the magive in sent and mepl mehmed the meh. our young men will be conscripted into the janissarys to guard the circumcision pa civil von at topkapi pal lals. mark my words. also, look them up on wikipedia. (laughter) congressman gohmert know it is economic impact this whole on our vital spice routes! oh, i hope you enjoy paying 13 kurus for a dram of fenugreek. suddenly gormeh sabzi is only a sometimes food. (laughter) and do not think that this new ottoman empire is going to be contained to the middle east. soon it will sharia creep on to american shores. and the next thing you know cat dealy is hosting "so you think you can dervish." (applause) we must fortify the city walls! we must call out the pikemen! prepare for the siege! ready the venetian fleet! (laughter) >> steven, we have reached your defenses! >> mustafa! you ottoman dog! >> yes, it is i, mustafa, grand viz year of the turkic hoard. welcome to obama's ottoman am

mitt romney holds a rally at van dyke park in fairfax. tomorrow, his running mate paul ryan will hold a campaign event at the fairgrounds in harrisonburg. that will be about 2:00. >> first lady michelle obama will also be in the commonwealth today campaigning for her husband. mrs. obama will speak to supporters in richmond at 2:00 this afternoon. then she'll head to fredericksburg where she'll speak to the campaign's grass roots network at the university of mary washington around 5:00 tonight. president obama, meanwhile, is trying to win votes in a critical western swing state. he arrived in aurora last night after a campaign seepeech in la vegas. later he'll speak in golden, colorado, in jefferson county, which helped the president to win in 2008, what was previously considered a red county. that is making it a popular battleground with both mitt romney and paul ryan having visited in recent weeks. >>> today we will learn just how long you can expect interest rates to stay at record lows. fed chairman ben bernanke will hold a news confer

the republican presidential nominee is holding a campaign rally at the van dyke park in fairfax, virginia. we're looking admit romney speaking. let's listen in to him. [ cheers and applause ] >> number four, we're not going to have entrepreneurs go out and start a small business or big businesses decide to build new factories in america if they think we're headed to the road to greece. this spending massively more than we take in every year is killing jobs. it's one more reason why it's essential for us to cut back on the size of the federal government and live within our means. i will get america on track to a balanced budget. it's essential to getting the job growth we need. >> we were listening live to republican presidential candidate mitt romney who is in fairfax, virginia right now talking about how he's going to get the country back on track economically. >>> by the way, first lady michele obama is going to be in virginia today. we're going to have more on both parties, how they're campaigning tonight on 9news now beginning at 5:00 p.m. >>> it's what wall street calls fed day. the

doors open -- at van dyke park in fairfax. doors open at 9 a.m. the program starts at 11:35. at university of mary washington at 5 p.m. michelle obama speaks and also tomorrow a national service for neil armstrong. former astronauts and other notable dignitaries will be there at 10 a.m. at washington national cathedral. that is our report tonight at 7:00. i'll be back at 11:00 tonight with derek. don't forget you can find us any time at www.wusa9.com. i'm anita brikman. see you later. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >> the truth behind the george clooney/stacy keibler breakup headline today. are they over? clooney's camp responds, as stacy talks about the relationship to "e.t." >> i've taken over the entire closet, are you kidding? >>> and miley and her man, under siege. >> what happened with that nightclub fight? was that over liam? >>> and where jessica simpson and her baby just battled the paparazzi horde. >>> the new season of "grey's anatomy." "e.t." is first on the set. and we brought a real life doctor. >> i'm quizzing the

also today, mitt romney will hold a rally at van dyke park in fairfax. this is video of the republican presidential nominee arriving at dulles airport yesterday afternoon. the rally is slated to start around 11:30 and you may want to avoid some potential traffic in the area. go to our website at wusa9.com to look for ways to get around. >>> it is 4:33 now. police in baltimore are searching for a gunman after a shooting at morgan state university. a man was shot in the chest around 5:00 last night near the field house on campus. he was not a student. detectives believe the shooting was a result of a botched robbery. the man is in stable condition right now. investigators believe the shooter and the victim knew each other. >>> police in prince george's county still haven't found a person who shot and killed an honor student on his way to school this week. marckel ross was gunned down tuesday as he walked to central high school in capitol heights. police are still also looking for a possible motive in the case. >>> two sisters in dale city, virginia face ch

he spoke to supporters in van dyke park our military commitment and keep america the strongest military in the world. >> romney will be in the swing state of ohio today and plans to turn his message back to the economy. >>> paul ryan will be in virginia today. the republican vp nominee will visit rockingham fairgrounds in harrisonburg this afternoon. it's been a busy political week for the commonwealth. yesterday mitt romney was in fairfax for a rally, and first lady michelle obama appeared at two events in richmond and fredericksburg. and virginia is just one of the key battleground states coming up in this election, and president obama is leading in most of them. a new "the wall street journal" poll shows the president ahead of mitt romney in three key states. he leads by five points among likely voters in virginia. that lead jumps to seven points in ohio. political experts say these are fairly large leads for the president, but they could easily be wiped out if romney has a strong first debate. that debate is scheduled for october 3rd. >>> today the board of health will reconsider re

republican nominee mitt romney will hold a rally at van dyke park in fairfax today at 11:30. his running mate ryan will be in the commonwealth tomorrow. his trip comes after controversial comments. romney called the white house disgraceful for an early statement on the attacks which romney said sympathized with the attackers. he is standing by the comments. >> the embassy of the united states issued what appeared to be an apology for american principles. that was a mistake. i believe that when a mistake is made of that significance, you speak out. >> the white house fired back saying that it was shocked that romney tried to politicize the attacks. >>> michelle obama will also be back in virginia today campaigning for her husband. mrs. obama will speak to supporters in richmond at the center stage carpenter theatre at 2:00 this afternoon. then she will head to fredericksburg where she'll speak to the campaign's grass roots. >>> the president meanwhile is trying to gain some ground today in one of the most hotly contested swing states out west. president obama arrived in aurora

brigg and google, including swinefleet and crowle, suffered flooding, in part because our drainage dykest cleared out as

. -- dyke. >> it goes down, and there you are. it is localized. it is not a big general rainstorm. and they have had the wettest summer they have ever had, over 3 inches of rain. looking at the weatherbug sites, it is different from our weather here. one to two inches of rain, and that is in the desert and some of those localized areas. meanwhile, look at our temperatures. looking at our weatherbug stations the dewpoint, that is the real measure of humidity. one middle school was in the low 50's. 49 degrees out in ashburn. not quite as cool tomorrow morning as we head out, and here we are in washington. interstate 95 of to baltimore. here is interstate 270. this is from the satellite from only 400 miles up above us. once again for you early risers the morning sun rise getting close to 7:00. that brilliant object that you see going from west to east is the planet venus. tomorrow morning, the mood is going to be well below venus. here we are with all of the clear skies. meanwhile, look at that. that is nadine, which may become a hurricane. we can see how far out to see that is. if th

. >> romney will be in our area tomorrow and hold a rally at van dyke in fairfax. it begins at 11:35. the event is free. the romney campaign is asking you rscp on the virginia page of their website if you are planning to go. >>> the obama administration approved the first group of applications for childhood arrival programs, months ahead of schedule. the department of homeland security notified a small group they can get work permits. the program is for undocumented immigrants that came to the u.s. before age of 16. to qualify, they must be younger than 30 and lived here more than five years. they received 72 applications. >>> right now, congress is honoring one of the greatest golfers of all time. around palmer is being honored. let's take a live look at capitol hill where conessional leaders are honoring him. it's one of the highest civilian honors. arnold palmer deserves that. >>> tom kierein is feeling like a king because everybody is telling him how great he is because of the weather we have been enjoying. >> if this is a dream, don't wake me up. >> keep dream

this morning republican presidential candidate mitt romney will speak at van dyke park in fairfax.his afternoon first lady michele obama seen here with the president at arlington national cemetery tuesday will greet supporters at the university of mary washington in fredricksburg. >>> there's a new report that finds gulf coast is growing more vulnerable. americans wetland foundation submitted 30 ideas for saving the coastline to congress and the white house. those proposals include using dredging material from the mississippi river to rebuild the shoreline. >>> and starting monday, you'll know just how many calories are in those big macs and large fries. mcdonald's is going to put calorie counts on its restaurant drive-threw men -- drive thru menus. mcdonald's getting a big jump on the competition with that. >>> it's thought of as a smoker's disease but now more than half of all lung cancer diagnoses are nonsmoke e. 160,000 deaths a year, lung cancer remains by far america's top cancer killer. it may be time to rethink about who gets it. i'm joined by survivor joey smith. he's righ

romney will hold a rally at van dyke park at noon. this comes a day after he called the white house disgraceful for its response to tuesday's attack on the consulate in libya. fellow republicans are distancing themselves from rom ne -- romney's comments, but he is standing by them. >> the white house appeared to issue an apology for american principles. i believe when a mistake of is made of that significance, you speak out. >> the white house fired back saying it was shocked that romney tried to politicize the attacks. >>> virginia is decision 2012 central today. michelle obama will be in the commonwealth speaking to people in richmond at 2:00 this afternoon. then she'll head to fredericksburg. there she will speak to the campaign's grass roots network at the university of mary washington around 5:00 tonight. >>> the president is setting his sights over winning over some votes in the western swing state. president obama arrived in aurora, colorado, overnight after a campaign speech in las vegas. later today he will speak at a grass r

earlier today republican presidential candidate mitt romney was at a place called van dyke park in fairfax and our own bruce leshan was there checking him out. what was the deal? >> yesterday even as these details of this libyan tragedy were unfolding, mitt romney actually held a news conference and accused the obama administration of apologizing for american values. he ran into some criticism even from members of his own party. today he seemed eager to move on. governor romney opened the fairfax rally with libya. >> what train did i to lose such a wonderful -- a tragedy to lose such a wonderful people. >> reporter: and was interrupted almost immediately by a heckler accusing him of trying to score political points during an overseas crisis. >> why are you politicizing libya? >> why are you politicizing libya? >> usa! usa! >> i would offer a moment of silence, but one gentleman doesn't want to be silent, so we're going to keep on going. >> reporter: then launched a broader critique of president obama's foreign and defense posture. here in battle ground virginia governor romney is blaming t

. >>> we are keeping our eyes on the van dyke park in fair fax, virginia.to hold a rally there in just a few minutes while he criticizes the president's handling of the embassy violence in libya. now what has grown into cairo and also reports of yemen. but republicans have been critical of him, although he does have some support. and we show you these live pictures on the streets of cairo where protesters continue this hour. tear gas being fired into the crowd. we'll bring you the latest and take a closer look at the controversial film being blamed for spark this uproar. >>> developing right now, two events we are keeping an eye on. they're about to kick off on the campaign trail on the left of your screen, you see live pictures from eau claire, wisconsin. that is where -- excuse me, from virginia where mitt romney is attending a rally in fair fax. a suburb of washington, d.c. peter alexander will join me there in a few minutes. and on the right, live pictures from eau claire, wisconsin, where vice president joe biden will address supporters coming up in th

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minister meet his new environment secretary and take away that threat of prosecution, so that drainage dykes that were built and dug to protect property can do their job? >> as someone who represents a constituency that has frequently been subject to very bad flooding, i know how many frustrations there can be in local communities when things that need to be done do not get done quickly enough. sometimes that is the fault of different agencies, sometimes that of landowners, sometimes that of local authorities. all sorts of issues have to be crunched through, but i am sure that the environment secretary will have listened closely to what my honorable friend said. >> will the prime minister confirm, with no ifs or buts, that there will be no third runway at heathrow airport while he leads his party? >> let me say clearly that, while i believe that we need to establish a form of review that will bring parties together and make a decision about airport capacity, i will not break my manifesto pledge. >> a letter from and meeting with the secretary of state for defence has confirmed that the 2nd b

mitt romney is holding a rally park.an dyke michelle obama making stops in richmond and fredericksburghis afternoon. as we told you on "good morning there will be a memorial service for neil armstrong. the first man to walk on the moon. the service will be at the washington national cathedral. died last month at the age of old.ear- news channel 8 has an in-depth report coming up in a few minutes. malick check on the morning commute. >> thank you. good morning. heavy slow traffic out there, 66.cially eastbound for prince william parkway, on the brakes. 395, in a slow traffic as you head north of 14th street bridge from the mixing bowl. traveling in maryland, not too bad on the american legion bridge. still slow from route 12 georgia ave. let us get a check on our forecast. d morning. on the way. changes this was the fifth day in a row beautifulen the weather. hiccup have a bit of a tomorrow. fog starting to develop. 51 at reagan national. 61 in the district. and a slight chance of shower tomorrow afternoon. >> thank you for watching. it is 7:28. i like to score mymydesigner shoes and ha

individual flood insurance holder has absolutely no incentive or means to say, build stronger levees or dykes holder would have the means and incentives to take those kinds of precautions. in theory, under this model the homeowner would pay insurance like a utility bill on a monthly or quarterly basis. finally i want to point out that there is precedence for this idea. under current regulations, fema could issue group flood insurance policies. the program was limited but it was successful. this bill only adds for fema to examine the cost of benefits to using this approach on an ongoing basis as an option for communities. i urge all my house colleagues to support this legislation and i would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from illinois. mrs. biggert: thank you, mr. speaker. i would ask if the gentlelady has further speakers? ms. moore: no. i would yield back the balance of my time. mrs. biggert: ok. and i would yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady from wisconsin