yesterday, care started snapping photos and fairfax city and alexandria. there may be more support for copper braziel enforcement ce than first thought. >> no blurry photos come these are recording video tape. this captures drivers making a turn on a red light. >> it slows traffic down and bably saves lives. >> i don't appreciate them, but if we are not obeying the law, get stung. >> 70% of drivers in d.c. support using the cameras at red lights -- 78% of drivers in d.c. it is >> closer to big brother care for. sometimes it is not your fault. >> i feel it is an invasion of privacy, but it does help me ning red lights. >> friday, two intersections in fairfax city will roll cameras, one in fairfax circle, the other university drive. in alexandria city, cameras will roll at three locations. th patrick and given street, patrick and franklin, and d south walker. >> i wish people would be more of the yellow. red is red. >> the next 30 days will be a grace period. you run a red light in xandria or fairfax city, you will not have to pay the $50. er that, that is w

and don't forget red light cameras will be activated today in fairfax city. university drive at north street. the other at fairfax circle. for the next 30 days, you'll just get a warning if you run a red light. after that, the fine will be $50. and the cameras will also capture video in addition to still photos that violators can watch online if they would care to do so. >>> today a new law goes into effect to help crack down on underage drinking in virginia. under the new law, teens caught driving with a blood alcohol level of at least .02 will lose their licenses for a year. that's twice as long as before. i hope they will perceive it being as onerous as they think. >> the new rule says if a teen is caught drinking and driving, it becomes a misdemeanor on their record. this isn't the only new law that takes effect with a turn of the calend calendar. in virginia, bicycle and motorcycle riders are allowed to run the red light after waiting two minutes. this is for vehicles who are not heavy enough to trip the sensor. also starting today, virginia restaurants

and red light cameras will be activated today in fairfax city. one on university drive at north street. the other is at fairfax circle. for the next 30 days, you will just receive a warning if you run a red light. after that, the fine is $50. and the cameras will also capture video in addition to still photos that violators can catch online. >>> transportation secretary ray lahood is supporting the decision to build the dulles metro station above ground. according to the newspaper, la hood says the move to build the station above ground will save $1 billion of the total cost. the transportation authority had been pushing for the metro to be built above ground, but with the higher price tag, it would make it difficult to secure federal help. >>> dominique strauss kahn will ask to be released from house arrest, this after questions arise on the credibility of his accusers. "the new york times" report that the victim had contact with a suspected drug dealer and spoke to him about the case. she also allegedly accepted more than $100,000 cash deposits

. >>> today keep your eye on stop lights in fairfax city. red light cameras are back. o will be activated this morning. one on university drive at north street. the other at fairfax circle. for the next 30 days, you'll just get a warning if you run a red light. after that, the fine is $50. the cameras will also capture video, in addition to still photos, that violators can watch online if they're so inclined. xaalexandria is also restarting its red light camera. it's set up at three intersections. the 30-day warning period also applies to those cameras. >>> it is now 6:46. the new law goes into effect to help crack down on underage drinking in virginia. upped the new law, teens caught driving with a blood alcohol level of at least .02 will lose their licenses for a year. that's twice as long as before. they also face a $500 fine or 50 hours of community service. the new rule also says that, if a teen is caught drinking and driving, it becomes a misdemeanor on their record. >>> also taking effect in virginia today, emergency vehicles now have to stop or use their sirens

. >>> today, keep your eye on stoplights in fairfax city. red light cameras are back and activated and snapping pictures this morning. one is on university drive at north street and the other is at fairfax circle. for the next 30 days, you will just get a warning if you run a red light. after that the fine is $50 and the cameras will also capture video in addition to still photo that violators can watch online. alexandria is also restarting their red light camera program today. the cameras are set up at three intersections, south patrick street and franklin street, south patrick and gibbons street, and duke street and south walker street. the 30-day warning period also applies to those cameras. >>> a new law goes into effect today to try to crack down on underage drinking in virginia. under the new law, teens caught driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.02 or higher will lose their licenses for a year. that's twice as long as before. they also face a $500 fine or 50 hours of community service. >> i'm hoping that they'll see it being as oner

three new cameras are in place arelexandria and two others fairfax city. cameras are by going on to wjla.com. we will be back with another update at 8:27. for continuous news coverage, tune in to news channel 8. >>> good morning, america. now the moment you've all been waiting for, it's time to blast your july 4th weekend off in the most spectacular way because now is the time for -- are you ready -- are you ready? beyonce! [ cheers and applause ] >>> you heard the man. are you ready for this? do you see this? thousands and thousands here in central park and they are here for beyonce. a summer concert awaits. a performance -- i've been doing this the longest coming out -- i have never seen anything like this. >> you could not get into central park today and possibly get up here, everyone out here for the 16-time grammy winner, 785 million records sold. that's nothing and this morning we're going to hear old classics, lots of new hits from her album "4," as well. >> i don't know about you guys, this is awesome. i am so excited. beyonce always wants her fans

hanging over the roadway and therefore you're going to have to follow police direction in the city of fairfax. i suggest you use 66 instead. back to you, lesli. >> all right. >>> morgan smith barney is contacting 34,000 of its customers tonight. their personal information got lost on the way to a government agency. two cds are missing containing the list of numbers and details most of us would rather keep private. social security in connection with, account information and tax i. d .s. if they give you a call to let you know that you are included in that number you want to make sure you alert the credit bureau to keep watch for any suspicious posting. >>> it is a decision that could have changed the course of american history. according to a new book president obama's father considered putting his son up for adoption. boston globe reporter sally jacobs writes that the elder obama told administrators at his college that his wife was making arrangements with the salvation army to give up her unborn child. according to former white house press secretary robert gibbs, president obama said he is a

. >> the red light cameras in the city of fairfax virginia are now operating. there are two of them. one at fairfax circle. the other at university drive at north street. you'll get a warning from now until july 31st. and after that, it's a $50 fine if they catch you running a red light. >>> when students in montgomery county return to class after the holiday, they'll have a new superintendent. dr. joshua star officially took over as superintendent of the county's public school. he arrives in rockville after leading schools in kentucky and he takes over for dr. jerry wees who led schools for 12 years. >>> coming up on 9 news now, mending those that protect all of us. we'll show you a special program that is helping all of the brave men and women hurt while serving our country. >>> but first, fire racing towards a nuclear lab. the race to put out one of the worst wildfires in new mexico's history. >>> welcome back. firefighters in new mexico say they're confident that a wild fire will stay away from the town's nuclear lab. crews clear trees and brush around the

including fairfax county, montgomery county, prince georges county, city of alexandria, this thunderstorm warning until 7:00. the storm moving southeast at 25 miles an hour. now, you folks up in howard county, eastern montgomery county, this storm and the one that also includes rundal county, until 7:15. that storm moving east at 35 miles an hour. we don't want to leave out the viewers to the west. no warnings on the storm. upper ville, north foxville county right in between barriville. all right. led back to the maps. busy weekend. we had a high of 92 today before the storms came in. we had the early morning storms as well. we did have that nice low today i was talking about this morning, where we could sneak in the highs up into the 90s with the sunshine. here we are right now. this is going to drop quickly when the storm gets here with the hour in d.c. we're going to drop down to 72 tonight and the storms get suppressed to the south. tomorrow afternoon, i think we'll have pretty much a rain-free day. isolated storms towards fredericksburg and southern maryland. how the computer model h

. >>> the red light cameras in the city of fairfax, virginia get turned on today. there are two of them. one at fairfax circle, the other at university drive and north street. you will get a warning from now until july 31st. after that a $50 fine. >>> this morning, police in hyattsville, maryland are investigating their first homicide of the year. >> a man was stabbed to death in a fight and four other people were hurt. >> this happened at the university town circle. lindsey mastis is there live with the latest. >> reporter: supposed to be a nice night out. it happened around 6:30 right down here at the theater. police say two groups of young people and teens got into a fight. now basically a man in his 20s was stabbed to death. four others were also stabbed. they're in the hospital. prince george's county is doing the investigating because hyattsville doesn't have a homicide division. >> officers discovered two groups of individuals were fighting. one of the suspects pulled out a knife and the victim received trauma to the upper body. he was transported to the --

the independence day celebration at fairfax starting with a parade around the city's historic district. that kicks off at 10:00 a.m., a day's worth of entertainment, and then fireworks. in daleshistory, the parade going down dale boulevard. a tree concert at george mason high school at 7:00 followed by fireworks around 9:20. >>> there may have been an official changing of the guard at the wimbledon final. >>> the cubs will be coming to town today. more in sports. >>> a time to take a look at the question of the morning. >> it is every year we spend $111 million on two things during the 4th of july weekend. one is charcoal. what's the other? problem sickles -- popsicles, hot dogs or beers? here's the response you posted on the facebook fan page. joy brown, b. you to put something over all the charcoal. making sense there. >> log on to the facebook fan page and leave your response. we will reveal the answer later this morning. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. goo

fairfax. he had to go to this european to ask him if he could work in the city in which he was raised in. i find that. to be. -- i find that to be deplorable. it made me sick to my stomach. i think francisco and charlie for being very nice in their presentation of the problem. the problem is deeper than that. it is systemic. me, for one, i think that it is an emergency situation. we certainly need to address this immediately. i do not want to have to see my brother going to the east bay to sub with someone who is not even bested in san francisco, because they get millions off the top. if you want to get the details on who the european contractor is -- he told us he's not necessarily interested in an lbe. he said he could also have one of his relatives rent an apartment in san francisco, a white woman, and then go ahead through the lbe certification process and eliminate hiring the african-american males in this community. i just wanted to bring this home to you and let you know. put a real face with this problem. thank you. president vietor: very. thank you. i just want to make a quick re

city approved ordinance banning smoking in all large apartment complexes. that's the first town in marin county to do so. lurks purchase and fairfax have approved non-smoking law but with few restrictions. smokers have a 3 year grace period before the law takes effect. >> man shot and killed by bart police at the civic center station in san francisco sunday night has been identified as 45-year-old charles hill. police say he had no known residence. passenger who witnessed the shooting has become the first to publiccly share what she saw. she told bay citizen that is hill was definitely not running or lung lunging at the 2 bart officers who shoot him. she didn't think the somewhating made sense and scoobd hill as a quote drunk hippie who manufactured like frankenstein. bart says one officer had a taser that was not used. >> in sacramento state lawmakers are considering a bill to repeal the death penalty and to replace it with life in prison without possibility of parole. during hearings today democrat argue that the death penalty does not reduce crime and is a drain on state rae sources. >> california death row is the largest and m

my home county of fairfax county has over 1 million people in it. one of the eight largest cities in the country. when you look at that county, it is a battleground counted. it is slightly blue, it went read it in the governor's election. if you were just drawn district to respect the existing political boundaries, you would be drawn districts that would be competitive. >> i would argue that it makes it harder -- not impossible to draw competitive districts -- but over all, the sorting that we have seen makes it harder. >> we are starting with districts that are already sorted. drawing them up blind they will be more competition, not going overtly out in congressional districts in illinois, going through golf courses -- that is the sort of thing that you could undue. >> this exchange alone was worth the price of admission, but we have not answered gary's first question. is there a reasonable expectation, that by depolitizizing things, will that in some way counter the extreme polarization of the parties and legislatures? >> there is something we have not mentioned and that is the

cities could be the warmest as we get into the weekend >> >> many in marine county thinking better late than never. marine county officially received a state of emergency declaration. this was the scene from fairfax on march 24th when water flowed in some businesses. the declaration makes the county eligible for state and federal assistance >> >> burglars stormed his home. the growing concern over a string of crimes that appear to be getting more aggressive >>> >> we'll take you to marine county where folks jumped into action to help save three people. . >>> it's not what you would expect, but police are so concerned about a spike in violent crime, officers are offering to help people make certain their homes are secured. mike neiback talked with the police chief and homeowners about the burglars targeting their city. >> reporter: the city of orinda on alert >> mainly, they concentrated on my closet and taken all of the expensive jewelry. >> reporter: for those living on north lane, the stories are filtering in >> the door was busted and panel on the kitchen floor. >> reporter: this man, who did not want to be named told us it was this week when he was sleeping inside of his bedroom, doors locked

cities could be the warmest as we get into the weekend >> >> many in marine county thinking better late than never. marine county officially received a state of emergency declaration. this was the scene from fairfaxrch 24th when water flowed in some businesses. the declaration makes the county eligible for state and federal assistance >> >> burglars stormed his home. the growing concern over a string of crimes that appear to >>> it's not what you would expect, but police are so concerned about a spike in violent crime, officers are offering to help people make certain their homes are secured. mike neiback talked with the police chief and homeowners about the burglars targeting their city. >> reporter: the city of orinda on alert >> mainly, they concentrated on my closet and taken all of the expensive jewelry. >> reporter: for those living on north lane, the stories are filtering in >> the door was busted and panel on the kitchen floor. >> reporter: this man, who did not want to be named told us it was this week when he was sleeping inside of his bedroom, doors locked when burglars stormed into the house. the next thing you were trying to kick down his door. >> reporter: he said the burglars are g

so, one downers is that my home county of fairfax county has over a million people in it. it is, it was a cityit would be i believe one of the eight largest cities in the country. if you look at that county, is it is a battleground county now. it is slightly blue. it went red in the governor's election. so it is a competitive county and if you were just drawing districts that were respecting the existing political boundaries there within fairfax county you would be drawing districts that are going to be competitive. >> well, i would argue that it makes it harder. it doesn't make it impossible to draw competitive districts but overall the self-sorting that we've seen across the country in the last ten years makes it harder to draw competitive -- >> we're starting off with districts that are already sorted. just drawing districts blindly you will get more competition by just not going overtly out like illinois 17th current congressional direct which is a block wide and foes through springfield, illinois, picking up golf courses and -- >> democrats made that direct three points more democrat in t

so, one downers is that my home county of fairfax county has over a million people in it. it is, it was a cityit would be i believe one of the eight largest cities in the country. if you look at that county, is it is a battleground county now. it is slightly blue. it went red in the governor's election. so it is a competitive county and if you were just drawing districts that were respecting the existing political boundaries there within fairfax county you would be drawing districts that are going to be competitive. >> well, i would argue that it makes it harder. it doesn't make it impossible to draw competitive districts but overall the self-sorting that we've seen across the country in the last ten years makes it harder to draw competitive -- >> we're starting off with districts that are already sorted. just drawing districts blindly you will get more competition by just not going overtly out like illinois 17th current congressional direct which is a block wide and foes through springfield, illinois, picking up golf courses and -- >> democrats made that direct three points more democrat in t

so, one downers is that my home county of fairfax county has over a million people in it. it is, it was a cityit would be i believe one of the eight largest cities in the country. if you look at that county, is it is a battleground county now. it is slightly blue. it went red in the governor's election. so it is a competitive county and if you were just drawing districts that were respecting the existing political boundaries there within fairfax county you would be drawing districts that are going to be competitive. >> well, i would argue that it makes it harder. it doesn't make it impossible to draw competitive districts but overall the self-sorting that we've seen across the country in the last ten years makes it harder to draw competitive -- >> we're starting off with districts that are already sorted. just drawing districts blindly you will get more competition by just not going overtly out like illinois 17th current congressional direct which is a block wide and foes through springfield, illinois, picking up golf courses and -- >> democrats made that direct three points more democrat in t

continued across fairfax county, across the same route and road, the same major roads that the army had taken out from washington, and the march that had taken the men two days to get out to the cityas made in reverse in the day. by the next day, the federal's were streaming back into the capital city, and the campaign had been a disaster. it was an embarrassment for the lincoln and ministration. -- administration. >> the all civil war weekend on american history tv is live at 11:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow on c-span-3. >> on tuesday, the senate banking committee looked at the proposed work and structure of the new consumer financial protection bureau. the bureau was created as part of the dodd-frank financial regulation law that president obama signed a year ago this week. witnesses include the center for the -- the head of the center for responsible lending and the american bankers association. on thursday, the house approved some changes to the new bureau. those changes would have to be approved by the senate and the president has threatened to veto any changes. a south dakota democrat chairs this hearing which is just under two hours. >> mr. marcus schaefer is the president and c