we use special hot peppers in ethiopian cooking.se take a piece of bread and eat what you like. well, let's drink to rebecca and welcome her to san francisco. here's to the beginning of a new life! yes. here, here! as a californian! ( group laughs ) ah. this is great. ( coughs ) melaku: rebecca, would you like some more water? uh, yes, please. ah, you see, melaku not everyone believes that spice is the variety of life. angela, i believe the phrase you're looking for is "variety is the spice of life." it means... what does it mean, huh? watch out, rebecca-- edward loves to correct our speech. only when it's wrong. melaku: i'm glad you do. it helps me improve my english. you speak very well, melaku. many americans don't speak english as well as you do. i'll need it for my business someday. i'd like to hear from the new arrival. you must be experiencing a certain amount of culture shock-- moving to a new city, sharing this old house with people you don't know, having a meal with a senior citizen let out for the evening. now, uncle, don

the breakthrough came after four days of talks and the ethiopian capital. however, differences between the two still remain as they are still at odds over the all important demarcation of the border. palestinian president mahmoud abbas will address the united nations general assembly later today. he is expected to outline his hope for formal nonmember status in the u.n. and hopes for statehood. many palestinians are losing patience with the peace process set in motion by the oslo accords nearly 20 years ago. vana but barring -- zena has this report from our malia. >> the west bank city of rolla -- ramallah is where yasir arafat's body lies. he personifies the palestinian struggle for nationhood. for decades, he was the face of the palestinian cause, not only here but also on the international stage. but eight years after his death, little has been achieved and the prospect of a palestinian state is such a distant dream. in fact, many would argue the palestinian cause has actually lost ground. they believe the oslo accord signed by arafat nearly 20 years ago

and ethiopians are remembering their long-serving prime minister today could lead the country from 1991il his death over one week ago. he was known as a leader who worked tirelessly to stamp out poverty, and at least 20 african presidents came to the ceremony. he died of an infection at the age of 57 years old. there were heavy clashes in syria as government forces battled opposition fighters in various cities. at least 162 people died across the war-torn country tomorrow, according to activists and refugees are pouring into neighboring turkey and the prime minister is calling for a no-flight zone over the area. a report. >> so far, turkey has absorbs about 80,000 refugees about two under thousand people fleeing syria, and many crossing the border into syria are going into well-established camps like this one at the border that provide a relatively decent amount and shelter, food, and water, and some are housed in schools inside turkey. the turkish schools are about to start up in another two weeks so the government has built more. there are schools and government buildings. they will b

about a 3.2-mile trail and you're going to want to stop and take a break maybe come in and have some ethiopianraditional tea which we're doing this morning as we have moved into the ethiopic restaurant a wonderful restaurant. tom of the washington poles reviewed it twice gave it wonderful reviews and i am enjoying it with two wonderful ladies here, jane with cultural tourism d.c. who joins us once again as does mary one of the trail historians. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: so this is not a bad way to talk about a history lesson, right? >> no. >> reporter: it's perfect. when you go through this trail there are 18 stops, you really -- each one almost is this treasure-trove of information. so we thought it would be fun to talk about this place called swamp poodle which a lot of people probably never heard of because it was a neighborhood that existed over 100 years ago. >> yes. over 100 years, that's right. >> wiped out. >> it was absolutely wiped out over 100 years ago when we belt union station and that opened in 1908 so it is just over a century ago that we lost swamp poodle but

. - i love ethiopian food.d i'll call you right back. okay, bye. hey. - heeey. - that was kim checking on dinner for friday night. we need to give her an answer. - kim? - yeah. arlo's mom. - friday night's rough. i don't want to be in the session just staring at my watch the whole time. you know, the musicians can kind of sense that. - come on. it'll be fun. - well... - we need couple friends. - are you sure that's a need and not a want? - yes. - okay, look, i can't commit to friday. maybe--i won't know until i see how the session's going. can you maybe check in with them on friday and tell them? give 'em like 80%? - all right. - okay, thanks. oh, hey, do you want to hop in? - no, your sister's coming in, like, 15 minutes to bring jabbar. - 15 minutes? - yeah. - we can make twins in 15 minutes, honey. come on. - that doesn't turn me on. - oh, all right. well, nice chatting with you. - you're getting water everywhere. - i'm gonna be in here. - yeah. - i was serious, okay? and the idea of an interview about a dog

s ethiopian community. rent students like -- restaurants like duke restaurant are receiving recognition. >> also making the lips of the top neighborhood -- list of the top neighborhoods, thai town and little beirut in dearborn, michigan for a wide variety of food from the middle east. . >>> howard here with your weather first. grab a jacket before you head out. we have 40s in the many of the suburbs. going to be a spectacular day once we start to warm up. lunch time 71. light southeast winds with highs today in the mid- to upper 70s. >>> southbound 270 has been incident free this morning, but we do have quite a bit of slow traffic leaving route 109 toward 121. a bit in germantown and at the spur as well. all lanes are open. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:18. back to you, jess. >>> the time right now is 6:12 on this thursday morning. here's a check of some of the stories making news. france hs put its embassy -- has put its embassies on alert. caricatures of the prophet muhammad were published

some people at the ethiopian restaurant across the street saw the third floor go crashing down. >> it was like something hit something, like a car hit, some cars hit each other. >> reporter: to make matters worse, the building had a stop work order posted, no doubt interest to the owner of the corner building next door who took lots of pictures. on the other side of the building is a day care center, which suffered damage. so did cars nearby. >> thank god no one was walking by at the time. >> reporter: in the upper northwest, the storm took out power. traffic lights didn't work. the only illumination along part of military road came from a house lit by candles. on 32nd street, one house was lit by a generator. sometimes you can at least prepare for power outages by having candles, batteries, generators on hand. but this is something nobody's ever really ready for. a huge tree crashed down on this parked car at 38th and appleton, taking down power lines. a few yards away, a lamp pole crashed down on top of another vehicle. >> when it first came down, it was sparking. it was kind of jus

ethiopian runner, didn't work out. norfolk tide. nobody got hurt. in minnesota, ostrich racing. better hang on now for the ben physician. >> does that counseled? >> in there racing. >> you think calling a race on helium was a good idea. >> the helium champion. >> good for him. >> all right. the phillie phanatic -- fanatic, the little girl getting the baseball until the lady snatches it away. cfl, chris williams for hamilton doing a little show boating, nicely done and, yes, he does get tackled. and ricardo russo in italy celebrating his win. way to go, ricardo. there was still one lap to go. he finished 14th. >> rabbit ears. in daytona, the music intern played "swit three blind mice." you're out of here. our olympic mom for the month, chinese hurdler getting all set for london and here he comes. >> isn't he supposed to go over? >> he didn't quite make it. >> perks of olympic reporting as you know in london. >> very good. no cheering in the press box. tell that to the bbc when a brit won the 10,000. >> two gold medals for great britain. beautiful. >>