written books that you may not have heard of and this month we are at george mason university in fairfax virginia on the all outskirts of washington, d.c. the metro area, and we are talking with johanna bockman, whose book is markets in the name of socialism the left wing origins of left-wing liberalism. what is left wing neoliberalism? >> a lot of people will ask me that. it's a word that is much more popular actually in europe. people in europe on the streets talk freely about liberalism. there are protests about new liberalism. a very popular but neoliberalism. it is generally seen as the idea that we think of ronald reagan's ideas of the pro-market an antistate, people generally identified up with ronald reagan or margaret thatcher. as of these ideas are market state and have other qualities i talked about in the book for different than people expect. >> such as? >> i say that often even though they are antistate often they have a strong seat it's just a smaller state projects things like private property, protect the market to be competitive and also neoliberalism is often related to capital

this month we are at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, on the outskirts of washington d.c., the mature area. we are talking with johan bachmann his book is a market in the name of socialism, the left-wing origins of neoliberalism. first of all, what is neoliberalism? >> guest: that's a very good question. actually a word that is much more popular in europe. people in europe on the street can talk quite freely. latin america also very, very popular about neoliberalism. generally seen as the ideas we think of ronald reagan's ideas. the eddy is of being pro-market an entire state. people generally at the divide that with our regular margaret thatcher. and so these ideas, they also have other qualities that i talk about in the book that rest of the different than what people expect. >> host: suggest? >> guest: often actually even though they are intestate, often they have a strong state, a stronger state to provide -- protection things like private property, protect market to be competitive. also, neoliberalism is often related to capitalism as opposed to any other economic sy

hours of nonfiction books every weekend and we are on the campus of george mason university in fairfax virginia on the oscars of washington, d.c. for our university series we have the chance to come to universities and talk with professors who also read the book you might not have heard about and joining nellis meredith lair a history professor and her book is not quite out yet. it should be by the time this airs but here is the cover of its. armed with abundance. consumer is signed soldiering in the vietnam war. professor lair, what was the typical experience of the american soldier in the vietnam? >> guest: that is the great question to start because the american public has an assumption what it was informed by television, movies, media coverage of the war that tends to focus on the experience of the ground in the boonies in imminent danger living a life of obscurity and degradation and enduring the frequent danger and that is a powerful image and experience that many vietnam veterans have during the war but it is probably not the dominated experience of the war because by the late 1960's the

we are on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, virginia, on the outskirts of washington d.c. for our universities series. we had the chance to come to some universities and talk with professors to have ultimately let's as you might not have heard about. joining us now is meredith lair, a history professor here at gm you. her book is not quite out yet, but should be by the time this airs. here is the cover, "armed with abundance." professor, what was the typical experience of the american soldier in vietnam? >> guest: that is a great place to start because i think the american public has an assumption about what that experience was. informed by television and movies and media coverage of the war. it tends to foreground the experience, the grunts, an imminent danger of living a life of obscurity and defamation and enduring frequent danger. so that is a very powerful image and certainly an experience many, many vietnam veterans had during the war, but it is probably not the dominating experience of the work is particularly by the late 1960's the estate's had built an incred

she's the fairfax, virginia, woman, charged with throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter from a skywalk at tysons corner central last november. peggy fox joins us from the fairfax county courthouse where deliberations are going on. peggy? >> j.c., the jury started in deliberating right at 9:00 a.m. they came back ten minutes later and asked the judge a question. they wanted to see some of the transcripts from the trial and he told them they aren't allowed to do that. they have to rely on their memories of what happened during the trial. so, they'll consider the prosecution which says carmella della rosa was not insane but evil, commonwealth attorney ray morrow says she killed her granddaughter because she hated her son-in-law and resented the baby and felt betrayed by her 19-year-old daughter after she got pregnant so young and out of wedlock. but public defender don grudder said della rosa was a loving mother until mental illness took over her life causing numerous suicide events in the months leading up to this incident. she said she didn't get the treatment or the medicines she despe

. >> this is booktv on c-span2, and we're on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, virginia, doing our university professors series where we have the chance to talk to professors from different universities about the books they've published. maybe you haven't heard of them, maybe they're not going on tour. we get a chance to talk with them. now joining us is professor christopher hamner, history professor here at george mason. and his newest book is called "enduring battle: american soldiers in three wars, 1776-1945." professor hamner, what three wars did you choose and why? >> guest: the book looks at the experience of american history soldiers in the war for independence, the civil war and the second world war. and i picked those three because i wanted to survey broadly the experience of soldiers fighting in three different centuries. so what was similar about their experiences of being on the ground and fighting and what the differences in that experience was, were and how and why they evolved over time. >> host: what consistencies did you find from the revolutionary war

. >> host: you're watching booktv on c-span 2 on the campus of george mason university fairfax virginia talking with their professors here who have also written books currently talking with steven barnes "death and redemption" the gulag and the shaping of modern society." professor, i have you done more research in the soviet gulag archives than anybody else? >> i don't know if it is more than anyone else but there are russian scholars who have been doing work since the late 1980's but i am certainly one of those who have done the most. it is terrific because it is a subject we need to know more about there is a lot of young scholars coming along today who are doing work on this today. month-end ed davis center a few years ago we had well over 78 applications who are doing the kind their research that we need to understand this system. it is a very important contribution only begins to address to go into mourning death to think about the literature that is out there and no marinara this information available on the soviet and those that are employed by the camp system system, and need t

. >>> a fairfax, virginia woman could wind up spending the next 35 years in prison thinking about why she killed her granddaughter. a jury yesterday convicted 50- year-old car medicalla del rosa. she threw her granddaughter from a sky walk at tysons corner last november. we caught up with one family member after the verdict was read. >> it was the thing for everyone. >> i thought the case was a difficult case from both sides and so nothing really surprises me in the jury system. i'm disappointed. >> she was really an intemperate, mean and angry person. depression certainly played a role, but it certainly wasn't an excuse for killing a child. >> a judge will sentence del rosea in january. >>> 9-year-old calliceta kelly was last seen on goarman and terrace southeast. police believe she may be with her mother, cynthia kelly, but cynthia kelly is not the child's legal guardian. callista was wearing a tan skirt, a blue shirt and a black coat. if you see her, please call police. >>> three women will share this year's nobel peace prize. the three are being honored for their struggle for wome

back to breaking news on the toddler murder trial in fairfax, virginia, finding carmela dela rosa guilty of first-degree murder and decided on a sentence. peggy fox has been covering the trial since it began and joins us with more now as it all unfolds, peggy? >> reporter: well, it took a jury of eight men and four women just six hours to convict carmela dela rosa, to find her guilty of first-degree murder. and now, the jury decided to sentence carmela dela rosa to not life, but 35 years in prison. the jury did not buy her insanity defense. her attorneys tried to prove that she did not know what she was doing, the night she threw her grandchild, 2 1/2-year-old off the 35-foot high sky bridge at the corner center, right if many front of the baby's mother and other family members last november. and now, a short time ago, family and friends, they left the courthouse, there were a lot of tears in the courtroom today. and no sense of victory. >> i thought the case was, you know, a difficult case for both sides, nothing really surprises me in the jury system. i'm disappointed. >> she was reall

rosemarie zagarri is a professor at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, on the outskirts of washington, dc, which is where we are now on booktv doing our university series. this book has been reissued just recently in paper book. >> yes >> why? >> well, i think apportionment has plagued the states and come before the supreme court and i think people always want to know what did the founders think? how did the -- how did people at the time of the framing of the constitution think about these issues? and i actually think they don't provide definitive answers. i think what you see it's a political issue then and it's a political issue now. what i would say is that they did strive for justice. they did strive to make sure that equal numbers of people received equal numbers of representative so that the districts would have about the same numbers of people. and they would strive to have districts that made some sort of geographic sense barring these few oddities that i mentioned such as james madison's district. and so i think those principles provide a guide for people, state le

>>> mitt romney fired up the gop with a visit to fairfax, virginia tuesday.is hyping the democrats at a major fundraiser. tom fitzgerald was there. he joins us from the newsroom with more. tom. >> everybody is calling this an off year election, but it's not an off year election if you are one of the people that are up for election this november. virginia democrats have been trying to hold their ground and controlling the state senate in richmond where they hold a small margin over the republicans. so they brought in the big guns as they like to say. president bill clinton was the main event at a fundraiser held at the home of the former democratic national chairman, terri mccallif today. several hundred people were there and he told fox 5, this event put over $1 million in virginia democratic in their fight to hold on to the state senate. >> this is important election as we had in a long time. we have the entire general assembly up. we have all of our house of delegates. we control the house senate by two seats. we have many competitive races going on in the

. >>> the car crashed into a radio station in fairfax, virginia, this morning. the walls caved in, glass shattered at 106.7 the fan. the sports junkies were on the air at the time. we're told a show producer had just walked out of that room that the car slammed into. the driver said he was trying to avoid a pedestrian. he's been charged with failing to maintain control of his vehicle. >>> the $1 for a dvd price that made red box so popular is changing. starting monday, they'll hike daily fees to $1.20. the company says the new price is due to higher operation costs and higher debit card fees. blu-ray and video game rental prices are not going to change. >>> charlie sheen is going to make his return to tv next summer. it was announced this evening that he'll be starring in a new show called "anger management." it's on the cable network fx. production set to start early next year. fx already airs reruns of sheen's former show "two and a half men." >>> four average americans got an extraordinary chance to break bread with the president tonight. they were the winner

thomasina borkman, professor of sociology emerita, george mason university, fairfax, virginia. keith, let's start out by letting the audience know what is the need for treatment in terms of substance use and mental disorders in this country? a lot of people aren't aware of how prevalent these conditions are, but amazingly there are 45 million american adults who meet the criteria for a mental health problem. and 23 million who meet it for substance use, alcohol or drugs. and most of those who also smoke and the overlap between those groups is about 10 million people who struggle with both of those problems. so that means at any given time one in four people in this country could conceivably benefit from treatment for mental health or substance use disorder. and actually, we're using the term now, behavioral health, do you want to explain a little what behavioral health encompasses? behavioral health is a bridging term, i mean, what is happening around the country is there's much more desire to integrate services, integrate thinking about these different types of disorders. and

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mac you're watching the tv on c-span2, and we are on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, virginia, talking with some of the professors here at gmu who have also written books. record we talked with history professor steven barnes. "death and redemption: the gulag and the shaping of modern society." professor barnes, as far as you can tell have you done our research in the soviet gulag archives and anybody else since they have been opened? >> guest: i don't know if i were to add in more than anybody else. that are other scholars have been doing work and there are a number of really good russian scholars have been doing work since the late 1980s. but i certainly am one of those have done the most. as terrific, i think it's a subject we really need to know more about. there are a lot of young scholars that are coming along today both in the united states and in the former soviet union who are doing work on this today. i ran a conference at the davis center for russian eurasian studies at harvard a few years ago and we had well over 70 applications from various scholars to participate

they are from fairfax, virginia.atulations. >> thank you very much. >> how do you feel win sng. >> i feel warm in here. >> you are becoming a baked potato. >> definitely. >> are you looking forward to coming back to see justin bieber? >> yeah. >> all right. >>> this is a special edition of "today" at the royal wedding. >> matt lauer took on the role as prince william. yep, that's him, the prince. al roker was prince harry's brother. savannah guthrie, the future king, prince charles. >> that was brave. >> kay think lee and hoda were pea tris. ann curry was kate middleton. >> natalie morales was pippa middleton. it was a surprise to some of the cast, meredith vieria surprised everyone as queen elizabeth with her dogs, the yorkies. they all looked so thrilled. she's back. look at this. >> look at the backdrop. it looks like they were there. >> they were there across the pond, that whole day, they were together. >> they were. they always put on an extensive and elaborate show. >> they do. >>> rock center with brian willi

when i thank you so much for coming on the show today ronnie holic a reporter with alter net in fairfax virginia. well protesters hoping to shed light on a system they call unfair are succeeding in part with more discussion in the public eye about the inequality gap as well as the campaign finance system for example but many protesters say the country the country is still on the wrong track and they also started discussions about the extent to which so many here feel imprisoned and about how freedom is no longer a given in this country i want to dig deeper into this notion as today is the one hundred twenty fifth anniversary of the commemoration of the statue of liberty it was of course a gift from france to mark the friendship between the two countries and that old lady liberty is also a symbol of freedom and opportunity in a country that calls itself the land of the free and the home of the brave people have a very different idea though about what this means earlier i spoke to two people with two very different opinions molly president of less government and jesse an activist with the occupy w

the big yellow bus stopped in fairfax, virginia, where they really dig earth science. check it out.ling mulch in the hallway of school, pretty creative way to learn lessons from the land. >> dump it right here. >> reporter: life science really is alive at larimeer middle school. students and teachers ♪ i like to move it, move it ♪ >> reporter: transformed their courtyard into a living ecosystem. [ laughter ] at first demonstrator allison scott wondered why whine -- anyone would want to plant this. it attracts insects. >> insects are the whole reason we have plants pretty much because they pollinate. >> reporter: students also learned how to test water for nitrates. >> 19.7. >> reporter: and they are also building a dry river bed to create a path through the garden and move water. you will even see phases of the butterfly on benches and decorative stones thanks to the art students, and what is really cool, the learning doesn't stop at the garden door. >> they are starting to learn how it's affecting the chesapeake bay, and the model system in the classroom. ♪ i like to move it, move

. >>> the judge released a video tape confession from a grandmother in fairfax, virginia.oman con vicked of killing her granddaughter. she told investigators she lost her mind when she threw the toddler from a walk way last fall. she said she was angry at the child's father. the jury recommended a 35 year jail sentence. she'll be sentenced in january. >>> key testimony in the conrad murray trial. after michael jackson's death, in that interview, he told police he was giving jackson propofol as a sleeping aid. a toxicologist testified a drug was found in jackson's stomach during the autopsy. the trial continues on tuesday. >>> a march from freedom plaza to the white house and the world bank this morning. they are voicing frustration about social and hot button issues from housing to jobs to the economy. it is expected to last through the weekend. there are similar protests under the way all over the country. >>> a child's mysterious death is the focus of a police investigation in vienna, virginia. >> an 11-month-old baby was rushed to the hospital unresponsive. the child di

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life science really is alive at linear middle school in fairfax, virginia, where students and teachers transform a court yard into a living eco system. at first this seventh grader allison scott wondered why anyone would want to plant yarrow which attracts insects. >> you need insects because insects are the whole reason we have plants pretty much. >> reporter: students also learn how to test water. they are also building a dry river bed to move groundwater and create a path through the garden. you'll even see phases of the butterfly on benches. the decorative stones thanks to the art students. and what's really cool, the learning doesn't stop at the garden door. >> this is how it is affecting chesapeake bay. fish. the molecules. >> reporter: and whether it is waiting on water or moving mulch earth science at lanier elementary, their work means -- >> we want it to be a healthy environment. >> a bunch of kids who don't mind getting their hands dirty. the city of fairfax helped out with the grants and manpower to get that whole eco system going. >> students, parents, teachers all volunte

the verdict could come as early as today in the murder trial against carmella della rosa, the fairfax, virginiah throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter from a skywalk at tysons corner center. the girl died. defense attorneys say della rosa suffers from mental illness and didn't understand what she was doing. prosecutors, however, say she knew what she was doing was right from wrong and she was seeking revenge against her son- in-law. she could be sentenced to life in prison if she is convicted. >>> a coalition of groups upset about the economy, lack of jobs, wars in iraq and afghanistan and other causes is descending on washington today. a massive protest is being planned at freedom plaza in northwest. surae chinn is there live and this isn't the first day of protest, correct, surae? >> it is not. they've been here all week long. protesting. we have even seen people camping out at mcpherson square a couple of miles from here. protestors want to build on that today where thousands are expected to be here at freedom plaza. >> jobs not cut. >> prosecutors say there is a lot wrong with our country r

and the always delightful martha maccallum representing john from fairfax, virginia.if you would like to win some great prizes simply go to bill o'reilly.com and sign up. got the black thing going on there and cat womanish. >> so i'm spooky and she is delightful. >> exactly. >> bill: question number one, lots of folks this weekend will be carving pumpkins into jack jk owe lanterns. practice comes from old irish tradition which involve which pump vegetable instead of pumpkins? cards up, please. and the answer is, roll the tape. >> between heaven and hell coal walking around and it turns out in the carved out turnip. >> bill: a carved out turn in. turnip not a pumpkin. >> turnips are popular in ireland. >> bill: jack lantern is really a carved out turnip. yes, it is. that was morina talking about halloween. michael jackson had a spooky hits three decades ago with ""thriller"" ♪ this is "thriller," "thriller" night, no one is going to save you from the beast about the strike ♪ you know it's thriller, thriller night ♪ they're fighting for your life ♪ inside thriller, thri

their homes listening to the online videos of an american born cleric who preached in mosques in fairfax virginiand san diego. he is now hiding in yemen hunt. he is one of the chiba operational plan is right now, knowing and understanding the ways of the west and the ways of some of the the united states and china to come up with new attacks. where does this leave us in terms of their response? clearly the government is marshalling much more of its response. cost hundreds of millions and billions of dollars. we're going now for an exercise in washington of reconciling the cost as the economy -- the trouble of the economy sinks in in trying to measure and assigned some risk. this country now takes more rest of the we are more mature and think more maturely about the threat we face, understanding that if you look at the 9/11 attacks. that day there were four hijacked. true driven into the world trade center towers, one into the pentagon. what was the threat that people were worried about? it was a concern that a couple of the ten possible u.s. citizens have gone back into the country and were going

particularly in the case of anwar al-awlaki, an american born cleric, preached in mosques in fairfax, virginia and san diego, and hiding in yemen where he's the chief operational planners right now, knowing and understanding the ways of the west and the ways of the united states in trying to come up with new attacks that way. where does this leave us in terms of a response? well, clearly, the government is marshalled response in millions of billions of dollars really. there's an exercise in washington of reconciling the costs as the economy, the troubles of the economy sinks in and try to measure and find risks. can this country take more risks now that we're more mature and think maturely about the threats we face? the 9/11 attack, there were four planes hijacked, two into the world trade centers and one into the pentagon, yet what's the threat they were worried about? the concern that a few u.s. citizens got back into the country and would carry out a truck bomb in washington or new york. the skill was different. skill, the aim is to -- still, the aim is to terrorize. this country's leadersh

he preached in mosques in fairfax virginia and san diego and he is in hiding in yemen where he is not only that affiliates chief propagandist but also one of their chief operational planners right now. knowing and understanding the way to the west and specifically to the united states and trying to come up with new attacks. where does this leave us in terms of a response? clearly, the government is marshaled much more of its response at the cost of hundreds of millions and billions of dollars really. we are going through an exercise in washington of reconciling the cost as the economy, the troubles of the economy sink in and trying to measure and assign some risks. can this country now take more risks now that we are more mature and think more maturely about the threat that we face, understanding if you look at the 9/11 attacks of course that day there were four airplanes hijacked, three of course into driven into the world trade center towers and one into the pentagon and get what was the threat people were worried about on 9/11 itself on the tenth anniversary? it was a concern that

parts of montgomery county, down into the upper 20s as well as fairfax and much of virginia. out in western maryland and much of west virginia, it's only upper 20s to around 30 degrees. southern maryland, temperatures there just near 30 degrees as well. prince george's county, charles, calvert, and st. mary's, anne arund arundel. along the way waters, temperatures in the bay and northern neck, mid-30s. after that gorgeous sunny day yesterday, clouds on the increase. just high clouds drifting over us for the morning commute. sunrise at 7:34. here's your day planner for this monday as we get back to work and school. we'll have sunshine this morning, but then clouding up during the afternoon. temperatures climbing into the mid-50s by midafternoon. i'll have your spooky halloween forecast coming up in ten minutes. you'd better be ware. do we have anything to beware with the traffic, danella? >> no. your roads are clear, not really seeing any issues. let's head down to virginia and get a live look at i-95. taking on 95 in both directions in virginia, you are clear. as you continue

let's head down to i-95 in virginia at fairfax county parkway. you are clear. as you continue towards the springfield interchange, not seeing any problems in either direction. now back to you both. >> danella, thank you. >>> it is now 4:54, 51 degrees. you can win a new sony blu-ray courtesy of nbc 4. >> all you have to do is like our nbc washington page on facebook, then sign up to win great prizes. we will pick a winner today and make the announcement during our 11:00 p.m. news cast. time right now 4:55. >>> it's well-known that steve jobs had his hand in just about everything at apple. several of its hit products have his fingerprints all over them. coming up, why he may even have a huge impact on gadget that's are still months and years down >>> welcome back. steve jobs was working on new apple products right up until the day he died. that's according to a former colleague who spoke to the british newspaper "the daily mail." the president of apple's partner softbank said jobs called new apple ceo tim cook about the next product from the confines of his bed.

. >>> i'm julie carey in fairfax county. virginia'segislative race is drawing political figure who is have their eye on 2012. that story is coming up. >>> find out what d.c. councilmembers want to do to >>> yesterday, we showed you a marriage that started off stormy. last month, gus and jennifer were tieing the knot in arizona when all of a sudden, the wind picked up. it kicked up. in a matter of moments they were blanketed by dust. during their vows, they were barely visible. after their kiss, they ran for cover. they talked about the ordeal on the "today" show this morning. >> i looked up and saw the dust storm. it was about to hit us. you can see my face noticing the dust about to hit us. >> the thought was just let this, you know, we need to keep this moving and speed this along. we are going to get hit really bad in 30 seconds of less. >> it was eventful. it happened. but we got married. the end result is we are married and it is what it is. >> it is what it is. they are expecting their first child, a girl. they have no plans to n

virginia. he met with bob mcdonald privately in fairfax yesterday,virginia is an important swing state despite romney might ask him to be his running mate he did not say either way >> it would be presumptuous for anyone in my position, so far from nomination to consider who might be vice president i am sure all the people recognize the great leaders we have in the republican party and certainly this man is one of them i have asked every governor for their endorsement. >> mcdonald staffers tell fox 5 there were definitely not be an endorsement before election day next month. >>> earlier today -- later today sorry, herman cain will be in arizona, speaking to republicans at a lincoln day dinner, perry fresh off announcing his tax plan, broadcasting his first television ad in iowa, president barack obama back at the white house after introducing his new student loan program in denver yesterday. tony. >> u.s. supreme court could decide whether to hear a challenge to the health care reform law in two weeks federal appeals court rulings on health care in atlanta, cincinnati, richmond are on the agend

host: fairfax, virginia. rick is a republican. go ahead.aller: last year, if 20% of that is wasted, that's $1 trillion. we also had about $2.5 trillion of indirect cost by government for regulatory tax system and excessive legal system costs. there's probably $1 trillion of waste there. $2 trillion of waste in government-related costs each year, and that's more of the accumulated wealth of the bottom 50% of the population. after just a year and half, it's more than that thanplus -- more than that group plus the top 400 richest people in the country. host: what is your point? caller: we are wasting more and government-related cost in 1.5 years than the accumulated wealth than the bottom people plus the top 400 richest people. guest: a lot of people think the federal government waste money, but the truth is, there are reasons for every program. that's why they have not been cut. that's a bipartisan problem, not just a partisan problem. george bush cut taxes, but they never got around to cutting spending, which is one of the reasons the defici

alison, julia and steven, from fairfax, virginia. congratulations. >> all right!o you're kind of a baked potato. >> baked potato exactly. >> are you guys looking forward to come back to see justin be bieber? >> yes, the runners up get a $50 cash card, nintendo 3ds, a pair of vip tickets to the justin bieber concert on november 23rd. >> you still are coming to the justin bieber concert. are you cool about that? yes? okay, good, awesome. >> congratulations to everybody. every year we go through this massive extravaganza to get ready. here comes victoria beckham. >> looking good. >> any minute now, she's going to blow. >> you're barely showing it off. >> i may be showing more than she was. >> at least you're a girl. >> oh, that's true. we always like to do, this is time for our "behind the scenes" right? >> yes. >> we love getting into this every year so we'll give you a little glance of what goes on behind the scenes. ♪ on the road to royalty -- >> hello, hello! >> reporter: it's sometimes smooth. >> also fun as a whole team. >> occasionally bumpy. >> please take th

fox business network correspondent peter barnes live in fairfax, virginia. peter, is mitt romney under pressure to propose some variation on the flat tax of his own? >> reporter: well, jon, if he is he didn't show any of that today at a rally here earlier this morning. governor romney announced his own tax proposals back in september and said that, for now at least, he is sticking with those. take a listen. >> i like my tax plan better. as you might not be surprised to hear which has a number of features. my view is that the key to a tax policy is to reduce the tax burden on the people who have been hurt most by the obama economy. and that is the middle class. >> reporter: but he did say he would support lower, flatter tax rates as part of overall tax reform if he becomes president. jon? jon: so what are the details? that is always where the devil lies, in the details, right? >> reporter: back in the plan he announced in september he basically supports making permanent the current bush tax cuts. he also would eliminate capital-gains taxes, taxes on interest,

virginia. this includes loudoun county and fairfax county and prince william county. stafford, culpeper, green county. areas already hit is making its way north and east. anne arundel county, you are not seeing that right now. you are not seeing that right now but you will see the storms from the south. you notice one thing here, ood tornado watch or another tornado warning, this is to the south. this is well to the south but this is the storm that is going to continue to move this way. again, if you are up toward the leonardtown area, it's st. mary's county and will be there in a couple hours. >> let me zoom in here around 234. areas around i-66, suddenly area. we are getting reports that it is raining very, very hard, i-66. we have a camera we can show for you. a live camera what the road conditions are here for the evening rush. a lot of headlights right now and a lot of ponding on area roads and extremely heavy rain coming down in a short period of time. we may, in fact, before the evening is over with, we may see flash flood warnings issued. a lot of rain and lig

northern virginia, fairfax county parkway, you can see the lanes filling up.ular lanes as well as hov lanes starting to see congestion. your congestion starts in lorton. maybe best to hop on route 1 and avoid the mess. on the marc, two delays. penn south train number 505 six minutes, and train number 409 11 minutes. >>> the ramp from gallows road to the outer loop of the beltway shut down and will be for the next two weeks. this is all part of the hot lanes project. tracee wilkins will have more coming up later in our news cast. >>> the trial of the woman accused of murdering her coworker will start today. brittany norwood is accused of killing jayna murray inside a bethesda yoga store back in march. megan mcgrath is live with more on what's expected to happen today. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. this is a very strange and disturbing crime, one that receives a lot of media attention. for that reason, jury selection could take a day and a half. they have 300 people in the jury pool. they'll be questioned by attorneys about what they know

>>> virginia's presidential primary still months away but one of the leading republican candidates is already schmoozing and raising money in our battleground state. >> i'm bruce leshan in fairfax. mitt romney and virginia governor bob mcdonell side by side. could we be looking at a potential republican presidential ticket? >> hi there, how are you? >> reporter: for mitt romney and bob mcdonell, plenty of buddy/buddy, but so far no commitment. >> no endorsements today although those are always welcome. >> reporter: mcdonell says he is holding off on endorsing any of the g.o.p. presidential candidates. although he did have positive things to say about romney's years at a private equity firm. >> governor romney gets it when it comes to free enterprise. >> reporter: a recent poll suggests romney is tied with herman cain in virginia and tied as well with president obama. so would picking him as his running mate help? >> in my position so far from the nomination to start thinking who might be a vice president. >> bruce leshan reporting right there. >>> coming up tonight at 7 p.m. are you ready to see some snow? well, out in denver they are already about to get a foot or so. but you'

virginia, not seeing any problems there. this is what the view looks like from fairfax county parkway. traveling 95 north and south in virginia, so far you are clear. if you continue to make your way towards 395 here is the scene at glebe road, nice and clear as you make your way to the 14th street bridge. >> danella, thank you. >>> happening today, the man accused of killing a germantown mother will be in court in charlotte, north carolina. curtis lopez will have his first appearance on a homicide charge this afternoon. jane mcquain was found dead in her home last week. her 11-year-old son william mcquain is still missing. police tracked the mother's missing suv to a hotel in charlotte, where they arrested lopez last week. >>> in germantown, a host of people, some who never even met the mcquains, are offering to help search for the missing child. volunteers did just that this weekend and gathered in numbers to support them. meanwhile, police have a search going of their own. news 4's darcy spencer has those developments. >> reporter: friends, neighbors, classmates, teammates, and coach

elsewhere, across much of northern virginia, fairfax, loudoun county, fauquier, low 30s. prince george's county near 30. farther west where the heavier snow fell over the weekend, it's right around the freezing mark and clouds closing in there. we'll have high clouds drifting over us during the morning. sunrise at 7:34. and partly cloudy to mostly cloudy by noontime and a cloudy afternoon. we'll reach the mid-50s by midafternoon. here's your halloween scary forecast for trick or treaters. this evening should be cloudy. dress warmly, it's going to be in the 40s this evening. some sprinkles are possible after midnight tonight until around dawn tomorrow. during the afternoon on tuesday, sun back. highs mid-50s. and then a warming trend for wednesday and thursday. it will be climbing into the upper 50s, near 60, with sunshine wednesday, thursday. might get showers friday. the weekend now looking dry. highs low 60s saturday and sunday with sunshine. you can check the weather 24/7, weather channel on cable. here's a look at our monday morning commute. good morning, danella. >>

the tornado includes most of northern virginia, fauquier county, prince william and fairfax county. toward the district and southern maryland, anne arundel. we have those thunderstorms

. >> host: fairfax, virginia, rick, a republican. go ahead, rick. >> caller: yes, last year we spent $5.5 trillion on all government spending according to bea. if 20% of that is wasted, that's $1 trillion, and we also had about $2.5 trillion of indirect costs by government for regulatory tax system and excessive legal system costs. there's probably a trillion of waste there as well, so $2 trillion of waste in government related costs each year theansz more than the accumulated wealth of the bottom 50% of the population, and after just a year and a half, it's more than that group plus the top 400 richest people in the whole country. >> host: so what's the point, rick? where are you going? >> caller: my point is that we're wasting more in government related costs in one and a half years than the accumulated wealth of the bottom 155 million people plus the top 400 richest people. >> host: dr. dean, any response for that caller? >> guest: people think the federal government wastes money, but there's reasons for every program, and that's

virginia. former massachusetts governor mitt romney will tour the fairfax county gop headquarters today with governor bob mcdonnell and lieutenant governor bill bowling. a mcdonnell spokesman says it is not an endorsement of romney, and the governor likely won't pick a side until after virginia's legislative elections next month. mcdonnell appeared last month at a gop luncheon with texas governor rick perry. lieutenant governor bowling is the chairman of romney's campaign in virginia. >>> right now search crews are calling for volunteers to help them look for a 9-year-old autistic boy. robbie wood jr. was last seen at north anna battlefield park on sunday. the hanover county sheriff's office says he wandered away from his family. some 900 volunteers showed up to search 2,000 acres of the park yesterday. the air rea is not fenced in. so the boy could have roamed far away. robbie also cannot speak because of his autism and likely is not aware of his own personal safety. volunteers say that has made more people want to help. >> everybody should come together when a child's missing, especially a child wi

virginia. i-66 at fairfax parkway, clear. if you're taking i-66, inside and outside the beltway in both directions, not seeing any problems. if you continue east through the rosslyn tunnel, nice and clear. again, i know that tunnel is cold. i'm not in it, but it's cold. now back to you both. >> some things you just know, danella. >> you're right. >>> this morning a deadly shooting involving a deputy. two deputies responded to a domestic assault call in hermanville. when police tried to arrest the suspect, there was a struggle, and that's when one deputy said he was forced to shoot. the suspect died. the deputy has been placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. >>> d.c. police are looking at new clues to figure out who killed a man on board a metro bus. take a look at this video. investigators say these two men were caught on the bus' surveillance cameras. they're considered persons of interest in the murder of 30-year-old demetrius thompson. it happened between alabama and 23rd streets s

this happened in fairfax county, virginia. a lawsuit or excuse me a criminal case misdemeanor against a woman for failing to clean up the dog's poop. >> they found her not guilty. >> not guilty. is this the highest use of our judicial resources? >> it is really what makes people hate lawyers. somebody would actually take this case to court and then we'd have to waste resources and then the court would have to make a decision. and we have, you know, a man on trial for killing michael jackson. so you have these two cases and that are in the news right now and we have to focus on the pooper scooper. >> i'm always amazed human beings are willing to follow an animal and clean up its excrement. that stunned me. it's just amazing. >> i have somebody who built a big business on that. >> you know what's fun bit thny the lawsuit? they were considering bringing in some of the dog's poop as an exhibit. >> that is one reason we have a deficit. >> there is nothing wrong with poop. >> okay. then finally, from the ridiculous to the absurd, ar

virginia. massachusetts governor mitt romney will tour the fairfax county republican headquarters today with governor bob mcdonnell and lieutenant governor. mcdonnell says this is not an endorsement of romney, and the governor will not likely take sides until after virginia's legislative elections next month. mcdonnell appeared last month at a luncheon with texas governor rick perry. lieutenant governor is the chairman of romney's campaign in virginia, though. >> let's have a look at the weather. >>> the autumn party is coming to an end. even though there's smiles on the pumpkins, it's coming to an end. we'll have cooler weather. good morning. right now the temperatures not as chilly as yesterday morning. generally low and mid-50s in washington and the nearby suburbs. parts of virginia have dipped down into the 40s, and it's near 40 in western maryland and much of west virginia, and it's in the upper 50s right near the chesapeake bay. over the last 12 hours, we've had the cloud cover increasing last night. it is mostly cloudy right now. just some thin clouds coming over. you can see a little bit of s

loudoun county virginia, and fairfax and arlington, low to mid-50s. w 50s in charles and prince george's, calvert and st. mary's. around the shenandoah valley and throughout much of west virginia, western maryland, it's only in the 40s this morning. we've got a stalled front and clouds riding along this front that will be with us here from time to time throughout the morning. a little sunshine should break out later this morning. sunrise at 7:20. by early afternoon, we'll be near 70 degrees. here's your evening planner, back down into the 60s under a cloudy sky. does look like rain by this time tomorrow morning and a wet day with occasional showers. maybe an afternoon thunder shower with highs near 70. that should end wednesday night. blustery and cooler on wednesday with the sun returning. chilly saturday and sunday. afternoon highs only the low 60s. we'll have light winds and certainly a beautiful autumn weekend coming up. now, danella, how's traffic? >>> if you're taking metro today, may have a headache for you. if you're traveling at the wheaton me

fairfax county. the victim apparently committed suicide. a witness saw a man falling from the bridge on the back of the trash truck as it drove across on tuesday afternoon. virginia state police pulled over the driver of the fairfax county, or the driver of the truck who was on the fairfax county parkway at the time and no word of the identity of the victim. >>> an iphone app is getting credit for tracking down two suspected thiefs. police have used the finds my friends app to help those who have been robbed. it's used to track the phones and the police found the thieves 20 minutes later. >> i am amazed the metropolitan police department responded so quickly and just didn't say, look, there's nothing we can do for you because this is about as close to looking for a needle in a haystack. >> and then a man said a responding officer used his iphone and the same app to track down the robbers. >>> a school closing will be closing at 12:30 today due to an power outage. we will check in with tom kierein. >> it's going to be cold later tonight, but we are getting cold showers this morning. in fact, getting moderate rain in prince william county, and that just developed i

host: fairfax, virginia.aller: i was there with the tea party where 3000 people showed up outside the capital. four helicopters flew in and took the car. that is why he does not know what he is talking about. the reality is that george soros, he is the one who puts all of this stuff together. he is the party man. he has a small minority of people out here, stinking up the place. the tea party are people that had to go to work on monday. host: ill., padang betty, occupy supporter. caller: good morning. first, i have three comments to make. a few days ago you had a young man on the program that was a part of the tea party. a very intelligent young man. he said what this was all about. he explained it very thoroughly. go to college, explain what you are going to do by getting a job. the tea party does not know how to communicate with these young people. fox news was laughing about the president not getting support from wall street this time because he is against them. host: if you had to highlight the difference