dave owens is live at fed ex field where it is all taking place. dave, quite a welcome for the new quarterback. reporter: hey, what's ghg on, andrea? just a moment ago there were kids running around out here at fan fest. they sort of shooed everybody away because it started to rain here. i'm under the umbrella now. you've been in this community for so long and you know how important football and hence quarterbacking is. on this wet and dreary day, fans come out to let rgiii know we want you to succeed really bad. take a look. [ cheering ] reporter: this wasn't a day for practical celebrations. >> you walk into d.c. reporter: you get it, this was rg iii, defcon 5. >> it's great to be a part of the redskins. you know, i take pride in the fact i'll be able to chance to wear the burgundy and gold. reporter: burgundy and gold nation is happy to have you. >> he's coming for dallas and so are we. we want dallas! >> that's all you need to know. reporter: fans all the way in the upper tier and down here. [ applause and cheering ] >> super bowl, baby! [ chee

fed ex served japan. we tried to help in every way we could taking supplies. so i know the extent of the devastation. but the fundamental problem at fukushima was the unfortunate decision to locate the nuclear power plants where there could be a tsunami that kept the power plants from being safely cooled down. so i don't have any doubt about the fact whether the german government has made their decision stick or not, i would doubt to tell you the truth. i think the advantages in nuclear power, particularly for people concerned with

fed ex served japan. we tried to help in every way we could taking supplies. so i know the extent of the devastation. but the fundamental problem at fukushima was the unfortunate decision to locate the nuclear power plants where there could be a tsunami that kept the power plants from being safely cooled down. so i don't have any doubt about the fact whether the german government has made their decision stick or not, i would doubt to tell you the truth. i think the advantages in nuclear power, particularly for people concerned with emissions and so forth, there is a high likelihood that there will be a lot of nuclear power utilized in the next 20 or 30 years, if not in europe and the united states, certainly in china and elsewhere. >> steve cheney with the american security project. let me thank all of you for your service to our country right up front. i'm with the american security project. we cover topics that are virtually identical to this. bob, your comments about politicization of this, secretary mavis went up on the hill last week and was grilled hard

now listen, we know where lithium-ion battery technology at fed ex very well. we transport them in our airplanes. they can combust under certain circumstances. but they have not in the automotive sector because of the tremendous amount of r&d and manufacturing prowess that bob put into that product, and presumably toyota has put into theirs and so forth. so we are definitely moving in the right direction. we're down 5% year-over-year. but until we get to that point, and my guess is that people think we'll be a net oil exporter probably a bit overoptimistic based on the depletion rates of the oil that is coming up because of fracking. but until we get to the point where we are much less dependent on foreign petroleum, the foreign policy options that the successors to general conway and general kelley have to deal with are tremendously circumscribed in what we can do. we have to just as the general told you at the joint chiefs of staff, they're talking about the economic implications of whether we do this, that and the other thing. and if we have another oil cris

erika gonzalez is live at fed ex field where rg3 anticipation is building. hey, erika. >> reporter: fans have started to trickle in, we're t-minus and hour-and-a-half, we have crazy fans here, t-minus an hour-and-a-half until show. he's a heisman trophy winner, a baylor bear and redskin? >> rg 3ds, coming to d.c. >> are you sure? >> i'm p am positive. >> exciting player, a young michael vick. >> his workouts are ridiculous. humility is inspiring. and subway thinks he's good enough to make him a spokesman and create an rg3 bust out of barbeque chicken. he hasn't been drafted yet. >> you have to have a leader. >> reporter: hundreds are expected to come out and watch the draft from the club level. the redskins have the second overall pick. experts say the team practically mortgaged the future by trading three draft picks and fans are banking on the fact it will be rg3. >> i believe this is the price of doing business nowadays. we needed a quarterback in the worst way. >> reporter: at the hall of fame store the phone has not stopped ringing. people pining for a

erica gonzalez is at the party at fed ex field where the anticipation is building where they know the outcome. >> reporter: we're on the club level at fed ex field, in an hour, doors will open, people will come in and see the nfl draft and in less than three hours we'll find out who the next redskin will be. he's a heisman trophy winner, a baylor bear, and the next washington redskin. >> rg 3, coming to d.c. >> are you sure? >> i'm positive. >> robert griffin iii is the newest sensation to make sports headlines. >> it's just something about him. >> his workouts are ridiculous. people say his huh mill yates is inspiring and subway thinks he's good enough to make him a spokesman and create an rg 3 bust at a barbeque chicken. he hasn't been drafted yet. hundreds are expected to come out to fed ex field tonight and watch the draft live on the jumbotrons. the redskins have the second pick in the nfl draft. experts say the team practically mortgaged their future by trading three draft picks and fans are banking on the fact it's going to be rg 3. >> i believe this is the price of doing busin

boy, did they turn out to see him, rgiii we're talking about at fed ex field this weekend.s, over to you. >> thanks, mike. attention husbands and wives. it's harder nowadays to hide money so knock it off. i'll tell you why coming up at 6:06. you are watching 9news now. some places i go really aggravate my allergies. so i get claritin clear. this is all bayberry. bayberry pollen. very allergenic. non-drowsy claritin relieves my worst symptoms only claritin is proven to keep me as alert and focused as someone without allergies. live claritin clear. >>> just a few minutes before 6:00 a.m. we have a chilly morning out there with partly cloudy skies. some areas mostly cloudy, especially west of town. temperatures anywhere from around 40 north to some low 50s south of d.c. as we head toward mid-morning, low to mid-50s out there with mostly cloudy conditions. we'll take you to lunch hour. only about 60 so a little bit on the cool side and with a southeast wind today, we won't be warming up all that much on the bay. low to mid-60s with highs here in the upper 60s. maybe 70s south a

. >> reporter: the jericho city of praise church now located near fed ex field in landover, was a congregation of thousands people over 40 years by the late betty peebles and her late husband, and more recent years, by their son, pastor joel peebles. ♪ >> reporter: joel is now leading services in a rented ball room in a hotel. he was fired by the board that runs jericho this past week. the board members say when betty peebles put them in place, she told them she did not want her son to run the institution and are following her wishes. joel has challenged the board in court, but so far has lost. the congregation appears to be with the fired minister. ♪ >> reporter: the ball room and overflow room and the lobby were jammed with at least 1500 people in attendance for sunday services. >> his mother and father were my pastor before he were, and after they deceased now, he is my pastor. >> reporter: you're sticking with him? >> i'm sticking with him. >> reporter: during the service, peebles played down the long simmering dispute. [inaudible] [ applause ] >> reporter: but his wife referred directly t

bank of america will not admit it made a mistake it did agree to send back the jewelry but only via fed ex and only insured for $50,000, far less than what they say they're worth. now they have been forced to suv bank of america to have them shipped fully insured >> i just hope and pray that i get all my things back >> bank of america declined to comment on the case because it is in litigation. they tell us that bankamerica did finally agree to send back the hair limp but that was three weeks ago and they have yet to receive them. >> a beautiful weekend to stay off doyle drive >> i'm not going anywhere within 5 mi. of my house unless it is on my bicycle. we had temperatures today and five or eight degrees warmer than yesterday. right now, a bird's-eye view of the city where currently is 61 degrees with nothing but clear skies. 51-72 in santa rosa. what you cannot see is the breezy conditions. if you're heading out to the san francisco giants baseball game, game time temperatures near 60 but tumbling into the fifties. make sure you bundle up. tonight overnight 48 degrees in santa rosa. a ve

tomorrow robert griffin iii, rg iii, will be making his debut at fed ex field.hasn't thrown a pass yet for the redskins, but they have bet the franchise on him. they took griffin number 2 in the draft yesterday. he comes with high expectations. for rg iii and fans alike, the excitement is mutual. >> feels great, you know, to play for a coach that i watched growing up, knowing what he's been able to do with guys like steve young and john elway. it's exciting. and to get a chance to be in a new city and go and build and write our own legacy, our own history, is truly intriguing. >> i'm finally getting the chance to see a great quarterback play. i already planned my trips for the first eight weeks of the season, i'm going to any home game, preseason, i don't care where it is. >> reporter: the team wasn't won a super bowl in more than 20 years since joe gibbs left. that was the first time around. and fans will get a chance to welcome griffin to washington tomorrow. the team is holding its annual draft party at fed ex field from 11:30 until 6:00. during that party at

a fox 5 draft special, thursday at 6:30 and lindsay murphy is live in new york, dave ross live at fed exdoc walker in the studio and awful your draft needs covered if we get ready for rg3 coming to up to and virginia tech fired the basketball coach seth greenburg, compiling a 170-123 overall record and made one ncaa tournament. that is sports. back to you. >> thank you, now you have the news edge. the news is always on. see you at 10.

. >> we are going to fed ex field in august to see preamble to the 2016 super bowl. >> as long as you driving. >> exciting. >> doug will take us out there. >> yeah! >> andrew luck/robert griffin iii could be playing in august. two top picks in the nfl draft. teams with the picks, colts, redskins will play in the preseason. that will be the marquee game of the skins' preseason schedule. they'll start on the road against buffalo. go to soldier field. play chicago. afterwards. back hope. week three match up against the colts. that will be either on the 24th or 25th of august. haven't figured it out. they'll play tampa bay. some of the games will be broadcast here on nbc 4. the dates and times will be finalized at a later date. verizon center. wizards in the first game of a become to become to back. taking on indiana pacers. doesn't it seem like we play the pacers every week. every ten dates. this in fact was the third time in three weeks those two teams have met. i'm tired of indiana. wizards lost again. they lost the other two by a combined six points. here we go again. tired of losses

. >> i like fed ex. >> brenda: what's your prediction. >> i like kraft, the maker of the cadbury creamicious. >> brenda: we love them. toby, what do you think. >> it's all about the pez, man. all about the pez right here. here is warren the pez man. >> brenda: i love that. and we wish you all a very, very happy holiday, neil is next.

. >> i like fed ex. >> brenda: what's your prediction. >> i like kraft, the maker of the cadbury creamicious. >> brenda: we love them.

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tonight on the close low of fed ex field. it is free to get in and there is free parking. reporting live, the jummy olabanji. >> thank you so much. it is 5:06. capstans have a reason to celebrate. >> a huge night. they beat the bruins in game 7. last night's winning play came two minutes into overtime. >> stop and score. on the rebound. the capitals a knock off the defending champs. the capitals will have to wait and see who they will play. it could be either the rangers the devils or the philadelphia flyers. >> there in a good position. it is 5:07. 56 degrees. >> still to come, an important vote. we'll have details on a proposed rate increase. >> lead when the house as expected to both on a new bill. >> we will check on your traffic and weather as we do >> welcome back. >> i am smiling. what overnight construction, but no longer. we are open for business on 95 between fredericksburg and springfield. we take you there live. rerun good shape on 395 and 66. nothing to report in maryland. we will go to adam now. >> most of the roads are dry right now. now we are looking at an

smith on fed ex. you have so many airplanes now. biofuel has been proven to work in airplanes do. you have any plans to use biofuels? and secondly, one of the big problems with that is funding on the development front end. it could it seems to me on the industry side it would be a good thing to invest in. >> well, the industry is working very hard on this. boeing and airbus, who agree on very few things, just in the last week along with embraer of brazil announced a consortium to work on biofuels. lufthansa, virgin, klm, i think alaska airlines, qantas, many commercial carriers have flown airplanes powered with fuel mixed with jet a, and the fuel is made from kamalina, algae and so forth. that's all been certified. the navy is calling the fa/18. they call it the green hornet. this has been derided by the popular press and the conservative wings. and again, i am a conservative. so let me reemphasize that about the president's remarks on algae. but i think the president is absolutely right. the most likely biofuel that can be produced at scale is likely to come from algae. exxon has

and they would deliver by fed ex, you know? that's, like, pretty hard core. they would, like, you know, cook it, freeze it on dry ice, and then they would, you know, ship it the next day. >> hinojosa: so what is it... you know, i actually... when i was reading your book, and i said to people... it's like, "gosh, you know, i really hadn't..." i mean, i guess if i had thought about it i would have put the fact that chinese food and jewish people... yeah. >> yeah, you're in new york. >> hinojosa: right. but, like, until i read it, i was like, "oh, my gosh, it's really true." and i hadn't thought about the fact that... this other great fact, which is chinese restaurants, their biggest day of sale is... >> christmas, by far, yeah. and it's really funny, because if you watched the hearings for elena kagan the other day, one of the queions they asked her, you know, was, like, "where were you christmas day?" because that was the day of the bombing. and she was at first, like, very defensive, because she didn't know, whether, you know, it was a terror question, or wha

he'll be formally introduced in washington at a draft day party tomorrow at fed ex field. it's from 11:30 until 6:00. there will be a 2:00 press conference to welcome rg iii to washington. that party is free, but you have to get ticketsg iii mania around washington here at redskins park, into maryland, and in the district. everybody watching and waiting to see what he will do. of course, as the old adage goes, we're in first place right now, right? we can always dream of super bowl. >> we are every year. sherri, i got to tell you, i was at the verizon center last night for the wizards' game, and they showed the drafting of rg iii on the big screen, and it got a big cheer. it was pretty cool. >> reporter: absolutely. you can't help but get caught up in the excitement. whether you are a skins' fan first or whether perhaps you follow another team. this is one of those stunning players. you saw what he did in college, and you can only imagine what he'll do with the ball in his hands for the redskins. >> cross our fingers. >> looking forward to it. thanks. >>> unfortunately not

lindsay murphy will be live in new york, dave ross at fed ex field. that's a look at sports. believe the draft is here. >> should be exciting. >> i think we all know who the redskins are going to take. >> we've had a hint. thanks, dave. >>> we often turn to music to left us up when we're down. why not turn to it when we're ill or hurt? more doctors are prescribing music therapy to patients after gabrielle giffords' story. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, northrop grumman. >>> chuck brown is in the hospital tonight. his family is asking for prayers, but no other details are given. his show at the howard theater has been rescheduled. >>> music therapy could soon be recognized as a medically licensed profession after it was said to be a big of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords' recovery. >> reporter: he gets an iv treatment every two weeks, a dreaded process. ♪ >> reporter: until the hospital introduced music therapy. >> makes me

the newest member of the skins will be officially introduced at washington's draft day party at fed ex field. >>> fairfax county police are investigating a disturbing case of animal cruelty. someone slashed three horses in reston. the animals are part of a program known as spirit open e quest r -- equestrian. >> it's out of my concept of thinking that somebody with human appearance might be able to do that. something is wrong in that picture. >> a veterinarian cleaned up the mares and stitched their wounds. >>> a key witness in the john edwards trial said at one point he feared for his life. in his fifth day on the stand, antd you young testified that he thought the former presidential candidate would have him killed. he said it happened in 2008 when he told edwards he had a sex tape of him and his mistress rielle hunter. his attorneys argue it was young who decided to take money from donors to hide edwards' mistr s mistress. he also admitted he kept some of that money and did not pay taxes on it. young's wife will continue testimony monday. >>> george zimmerman's lawyer says it's simp

the qb countdown airs thursday at 6:30 and we'll be live in new york, red-- redskins park and the fed exnk i want an ice cream cake. >> anyone out there? laura would prefer a ice crime cake -- ice cream cake. >> would take cup cakes. >> okay. all right. >> and either or. >> the meltage would not be pretty joe. and that was a couple of days ago. >> that was. >>> some clouds this evening and blocking some of the sunshine. you see that looking like the clouds are fall something. >> yes. >> and that is like rain trying to fall and that does not make it to the ground, virga. >> oh. >>> and i knew that. >> the rain is coming down and you can so it falling to the bottom of the clouds and they dry at the surface. and don't expect much more sunshine than now. and you may get a raindrop on your head here and there and it looks like most of what is coming on down and making it to the ground is to the north of us and not bad. and into some 60s. gaithersburg, typically a chilly spot and dropped off to 67 and to that northwest with frederick at 59; and along i- 81, martinsburg and winchester in the 50

some of these lighter showers to around clinton, almost toward forestville, maybe getting up toward fed ex field another while and charles county we've got scattered, generally light showers tracking east at 20 to 30 miles an hour. at the bus stop this morning, the spotty showers mainly south. temperatures much milder than yesterday into the 50s out there. sunrise occurred at 6:16. it will set just before 8:00 tonight about 7:57. day planner clouds, a couple of sunny breaks but also the threat for a shower, rumble of thunder. temperatures in the upper 60s eventually to maybe low 70s. winds will be southeast to southwest. you can still see the chill up north in hagerstown at 49 but it's 60 in fredricksburg. 61 at the pacs naval air station. here in d.c. -- pax naval air station. here in d.c. cloudy skies. reagan national reporting winds out of the south at 10 miles an hour. it is dry in town right now but it's just south where we're seeing the showers and will for a few more showers on and off. we'll get into the mid-morning, not too bad. spotty showers. maybe a rumble of thunder or shower

police caught up with him near fed ex field. luckily none of the children witnessed the attack. >>> d.c. police are on alert in the pet worth neighborhood. all the victims were hit in the head. a tourist from colorado was killed earlier this week. a woman was beaten. the police chief is telling people in that area do not go out alone. >> all three of the victims did suffer pretty significant blunt force trauma to the head. preliminarily it appears that the victims may have been attacked suddenly and without provocation. >> police think this could be the work of one person but they're not completely certain right now. chief lanier says she cannot confirm that at this point. >>> coming up on 6:06, jessica doyle is watching your money and just how much you're spending on your car. >> we're not just talking gas prices. >> there's good news and bad news for drivers as they grab their keys this morning, grab the cup of coffee and head out the door. this comes on thage report on the cost of owning and operating a vehicle. our partners

the fox 5 sports team will be live in new york, redskins park and fed ex field. >>> we asked our facebook fans should rg three start from day 1. he wrote in and said yes, if we had a good quarterback already, then we would have him sit underneath said quarterback. we lack any consistency at that position and gerald bright, yes, why get them and not use them. plus, can't do worse than grossman,ca can we? ouch. >> the city is abuzz. >> yes. >> and that is exciting. >> and let's hope the season is as exciting. >> and -- >> still ahead on fox 5 news at 5. >> the police in one city reopening their search for a boy who went missing more than 30 years ago. >> and a registered nurse accused of shooting a woman and stealing her newborn son makes a first appearance in court. >>> and later, a local family awaiting the loved one's return gets the surprise of a lifetime. sue. >>> and we love those stories. >> we do. >> what a beautiful thursday we have had. i'll let you know how the weekend is looking. we're making changes to the weekend forecast. it's coming your way in a few minutes on fox 5 news at

we will be live in new york and redskins park and fed ex fold.ck expected to go number one and robert griffin 3 expected to go number two. >> and that is good fun. >> yeah. >> and hopefully the weather is nicer that day. >> on thursday? >> yeah. >> no showers on thursday. >> and this is -- . >> and stay inside and watch. >> exactly. >> they might be out of here by thursday evening. >> okay. >> is come when we have that special. >> and that is bound on happen. and we know a lot of folks were talking about this and how it was a nice winter. >> yeah. >> and this is -- . >> exactly. >> and we need to catch all -- up on the movies. >> and listen, and this is working as well. most of the showers are breaking up and we made a dent in these and did officially get a report of a wet snowflake around damascus and there is some around the metro as well and i think we were seeing some of that on radar and this is what that is looking like there as well and going round and around and there is not much. detectiving in intensity and coverage the last 45 minutes

the last time springsteen played a stadium concert in our area fed ex field 2003. >>> "the hunger games" just keeps eating up its competition. for the fourth week in a row the big screen version of the best selling teen novel stands in first place. the movie grossed $21.5 million this weekend becoming the first film in three years to stay number one for four straight weeks. the new "three stooges" movie debuted in second place. another debut movie, "the cabin in the woods" came in third while "titan 3-d" and "american reunion" round out the top five. thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> good morning. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika santami. >> the four stooges. >> right now howard bernstein has our weather. [ multiple voices ] >> weather wise a very warm day ahead. exactly, right? very warm day ahead with temperatures 20 degrees above average. right now it's 63. we'll be pushing 70 by 9:00. 80 at noon. highs today mid- to upper 80s. maybe near 90 with south, southwesterly winds 10, 15, 20 miles an hour. so a bit breezy at times. we've had some high clouds,

look at it, the last major terrorist plot they were engaged in was the attempt to send bombs through fed-exlanes and that didn't work and that was two years ago. look, they have achieved some level of progress in places like afghanistan, pakistan and yemen. but at the united states, their real goal, the thing that we're really worried about, they seem to be striking out so far. >> we were looking at the video nearly a year ago. the president walked out and told the world that osama bin laden in fact had been killed in that compound where he had been hiding. when you look back at this year, we'll talk more about it next week. when you look back at this year, many people wondered what impact the death of this man most wanted terrorist in the world would have and we see it now in our foreign policy conversation with joe biden and mitt romney today. >> yeah, look. there's good and bad. the good news is that al qaeda has suffered a blow. i think the one lesson that we've learned in the last year is that al qaeda wasn't defeated by killing osama bin laden. al qaeda is still there. it continues to

ten days later they play monday night football at fed ex against new york. then december 9 they host the baltimore ravens. >>> nationals astros in action. gonzalez has yet to give up a run at home and the streak continued last night. seven scoreless innings striking out eight. fans gave him a standing ovation as he left the mound. bottom of the 4th, adam la roche, shallow left. the nats win 1-0. >>> as the capitals prepare for game four, they'll have to do it with nicholas backstrum. he was suspended after this cross check. the league called his actions excessive and reckless. game four against the bruins is thursday. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great wednesday. >>> virginia's governor has some harsh words for lawmakers who ditched a budget deal at the last minute. that story is coming up. >> plus, ddot crews pay not have to work nearly as hard during this year's pothole palooza. >>> here's your delay from dale boulevard heading up to the prince william parkway where an accident was quickly moved to the shoulder. more coming up at 5:30

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. >> it did three or four laps, south of the mall and circled out by rfk stadium and fed ex field and of the white house and did that. >> over my house and i missed it. >> 100 feet up. it was pretty impressive how close it was. it was pretty neat. >> so the -- and, you know, the idea that the big plane like that flying over the capitol where know planes are shroud to fly are pretty impressive and the sad part of it is though that people -- it was the shuttle going home. the shuttle going to the retirement home, you know. and i must give newt gingrich credit for this yesterday. of course, he tries to make it a slam for obama but we have talked about this. we don't know what's going to replace the shuttle. nasa didn't say, okay closing down the shuttle and next is this. i mean in terms of to use the phrase "manned space floyd" i. >> here is newt. >> as an example of what's wrong with washington bureaucracy, in the last 10 years, nasa has spent $181,000,000,000 without successfully developing a replacement for the space shuttle. >> i think the 181 billion is well spent. why don't we now

if you are at fed ex or ups or your local one, they have a big component in their business, led to. their business model covers their input costs. let's not be a victim of fuel. iif it is for the% of your costs structure, you cannot just say it is not in your control. then you have given up on free will at that point. we have been about changing our model to be much better at hedging and buying fuel. our last published quarterly or at $2.96 a gallon. most competitors were at 30 cents higher. that is a lot of money. a lot of investments in the wing glyphs and much more efficient flying. we are not relying on any governments to finance those for us. we tried to pay cash for most of them. we do have to make sure our capacity planning and our distribution covers the cost of fuel. we have determined that there are three important constituencies that will make the airline it successful. that is what we are thinking we are thinking about how it is successful 10, 20, 30, 40 years from now. lacher we distributed over $300 million -- last year we distributed over $300 million. every employee

. >> he has been very active in raising the funds with fred smith, the ceo of a fed ex. $185 millionii memorial. >> that is something that would not be there today were it not for the fact that bob dole almost single-handedly continued to press to get that accomplished, despite of extraordinary odds to the contrary. >> he led the process. the rule says you cannot do it. to hell with that rule. >> he was very much of a generation who believes that at the end of the day you're judged by what you delivered. that meant what you got done. it meant what bills you wrote, what programs you created. >> you do what is right. if you fail, you fail. but you have to have your heart into it. you cannot have a half-hearted approach. put it all on the table. the stakes are high sometimes. you better be good at counting votes or you lose. i did not like to lose. ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentleman, i stand before you with the welcome opportunity. in the last tribute this evening. i will share a few thoughts. the third is that the bars in the room are paid for until 2:00 this morning. stick around. [

fed ex.'s business model is to outsource and move their profits -- fedex's business model is to outsource and move their profits overseas. host: here is the cover of the book. "99 to 1." chuck collins is the author. the first call comes from eric in atlanta. caller: thank you for taking my call. i had a comment and a question. i wanted to point out that he stated earlier that they use their wealth to control the congress, to control the government. as far as legalizing bribery, lobbying, donating more than the taxpayer pays the congressman in salary. what are congressman working for? the wealthy guys are paying them millions. of course the congressman are working for the wealthy guys. host: let's leave it there. guest: i think you have stated one of the problems which is the power and influence of voters is diminished in this current, extreme inequality era. the research shows the policy orientation is to pass laws and regulations that benefit the 1% or a handful of companies at the expense of

not ups, not fed-ex.> yesterday two big envelopes full of tax returns to get to the irs. right to the post office, right down the street here. >> yeah. >> and they do great service. but a lot of people feel first of all, that they are losing money and that our tax dollars are just not being well served. what is the cost to american taxpayers of the mail service. >> zero. it's fully funded through sales of stamps and products and shipping. >> so we don't support -- i mean, our taxes not at all? >> none. trucks going around and the mail handlers and postal offices that you see are not paid for by -- >> that's correct. >> that they are not is very very important. are they making or losing money? >> they are losing money but not at the rate that has been reported in the press. they have an obligation to fund a retiree health benefit fund for future retire easy 75 years out and they must do it within 10 years. >> that's costing them 5.5 billion a year. >> congress required them -- >> yes. to fund these pension

no fed ex pen difficult tur, no federal stimulus, no tax to the american people and we are trying to solve the problem with the free market that has caused this country to be so great in the past. we are faced with unemployment in the west that is actually much higher, 10.1% in the west, which tells us that the accusations that there is a war on the west, war on jobs in the west by the administration are verifyable in the unemployment figures. we have other documentation, gas prices have doubled since 2009. the public lands are facing increasing restrictions. the president has recently stated that the oil production is up in the u.s. well, he stated a correct thing. but what he should have been from his perspective, talking about is oil produced on public land. and when we analyze that, we find out in 2011, that oil on -- produced on public lands decreased by 14% and that the gas production, natural gas production, decreased by 11%. a so when secretary salazar levees his charge that the facts don't speak for what our position is, maybe we could redirect the secretary to go to the web

fed to chickens. chickens eat it and ex kreet it. ty has nutritional value and sometimes it is ground up and fed to other animals like cows. i asked patti la vera. >> ban cow feed from being given to chickens. >> we think so. we think if we didn't allow the cattle parts in any animal feed it would really lower the risk of accidents happening and contamination and accidently having the cattle part get fed back. >> you don't need to worry about getting mad cow from eating chicken. experts say even if a chicken eats feed from a sick cow, the agent that transfers mad cow disease doesn't infect chickens, doesn't contaminate the meat. >> we asked richard raymond a former under secretary at the department of agriculture that over saw safety in the meat industry why take chances, there is still a slim chance infected proteins could make their way through the chicken population back to cows or rum nants as they're reared to in the industry. >> i do not believe on poultry litter to rum nents is necessary at this time. i don't believe there is s

fed up that they may not seek medical care. >> smokers, do you ever read the labor on the side of the cigarettes. they want to put more graphics on them. they feel smokers and exmokers need vivid reminders. you're looking at some of the wet weather moving through. this was the shot in essex. let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart to find out how long this rainy weather will last. wyatt, you understand the weekend is coming. >>> the weekend is on the way, game mi. looks like a mix of weather great friday, saturday, a little in doubt. we're watching for reduced visibility. you can see why. a little sun trying to break through. we've sleen that on the satellite view. we'll continue to look for, you know, breaks in the clouds but also spots of reduced visibility. maryland's most powerful radar. we've been tracking it out to the west. earlier today we did pick up some precipitation but right now the closest rain looks to be ago heaping shout into winchester. a little bit can scatter showers over the baltimore area later on this evening if it holds together. in the looking for much in the way of additional rain tonight. all right. right now temperatures mu

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fed minutes echoed yesterday. investors taking money off the table across all asset classes and come mod imodities is no ex. >> it'sg to save something for the tax wall that we hit at the end of the year? >> it's absolutely the case. you know, just came from breakfast with treasury secretary and points out rightly that the combination of those tax expirations and a number of other items making a perfect storm that could produce as much as a 2% to 5% drag on gdp. yes, the fed definitely talking its book to give itself some room for potential easing either just before or after the election. that's right. >> would you go as far as to say -- you said the fed is talking the book. would you suggest we're actually despite appearances now in an era where they micromanage? if the market does fall, you can bet your bottom dollar gnat doves will be out talking up the prospect of qe. this is surely, lincoln, a major, movable feast. >> bet your bottom dollar. no pun intended. the dollar finding a very big bid after yesterday's minutes coming out and the dollar related crosses in the commodity complex, canadian aussie hit today