(cannon blast) fort washington. (cannon blast) fort lee. finally, washington felt he had but one choice-- a retreat through new jersey. as they went through newark, george washington asked that young lieutenant of infantry james monroe to stand by the side of the road and count the troops. they had started with about 35,000 men in august, and he counted 3,000 men. they'd lost 90% of their command. narrator: in pursuit, 10,000 troops under british gen. cornwallis who likened this to a fox hunt. washington, of course, was the fox. the british were joined by hessians-- professional german soldiers-- and new jersey citizens who remained loyal to king george. fleming: the germans were mercenaries. they had been hired by the british, and plunder was what they were in the war for, so they ruthlessly looted every town they came through, and their officers did nothing to stop them. some british regiments behaved almost as badly. narrator: so now, it is december. washington and his army have set up camp on the pennsylvania side of the delaware river w

rockville, maryland; monique bourgeois, executive director, association of recovery schools, fort washington, pennsylvania; greg williams, co-director, connecticut turning to youth and families, danbury, connecticut; dr. mark godley, director, research and development, chestnut health systems, bloomington, illinois. fran, what is the extent of the problem with youth in america? our most recent survey from samhsa is that around 10 million, a little over 10 million of our young people, are using alcohol and substances. that actually breaks down to 26 percent of them are drinking and another 17 percent of them are binge drinking, which is having more than five drinks in a row at one setting. so it's a concern of ours that our young people are really starting to accelerate drinking and drugging than they have in the past. and mark, it's really...as fran has mentioned, alcohol is really the main problem. what other substances are youth taking today? while most youth who use, do use alcohol, marijuana runs a pretty close second with high use in marijuana. but probably the most rapidly growing segm

lisa sylvester fort washington. >> have you ever wondered how much it costs to run it commercial during the super bowl? coming up we will show you what advertisers are dishing out. them at record highs around the bay area today. 70's and 80's and will play about a coming up. >> at beautiful day at the bay area beaches today. all lot of sunshine and warm temperatures. people actually braving the warm temperatures this afternoon. but the water is still cold but the air temperature is in the 70's and even 80s. right now, the stillness. we are in the 60s for many spots around the bay area. it is 69 = marks per = richmond. santa rosa = 67. these temperatures are rivaling those that we would see in that summer time, sometimes. remember how cool it was last summer? well we are warmer than most of july. >> ones are up there. getting up to 30 mi. per hour in fairfield and livermore. some lands art, for instance the mount diablo, are running at 60 mi. an hour. here is a feature cast. wednesday its, that the strongest winds at least at the surface and the lower elevations. bedtimes' closer to the

they will spend the next month training at fort lewis, washington before heading to iraq to provide medical care for soldiers. for many of the soldiers is will be there first deployment. >>> congress heard from troops who say they face foreclosure at home was serving abroad. one captain testified that jp morgan chase overcharged him and then harassed him. he said the problem dominated his calls home. today a bank representative apologized and said most of the affected service members are being repaid. >>> for all of those who drink diet soda there is disturbing news tonight as john fowler tells us, diet soda appears to be linked to a serious health problem. >> reporter: he says he drinks almost nothing else. >> fewer calories, not much sugar. >> reporter: after all that the obesity warnings, many people drink diet sodas. >> i like the taste of it, and less carbonation. >> reporter: a new study links regular drinking a diet soda to 61% increase risk of stroke. a blood vessel in the brain blowing up. researchers say they have factored out at the risk factors and diet soda drinkers had a 48% h

the unit will leave for fort lewis washington before the end of the week. the idea is to get the california unit up to speed with regular military protocol. for one of the soldiers, the deployment is full of combat. >> it will be hard, my father passed away a few months ago. they are gonna kind of be working to kind of live on -- live on their own. >> we'll be using our social media to let our fans know that they have every opportunity to bring in a list of items that the soldiers need while they are deeing deployed and then being able to make those care packages and write cards and send them to the unit. >> many of us are under the impression that troops are pulling out of iraq to meet president obama's 2011 deadline to end all combat operations there. the 297 says as far as they know, the timetable is skill on schedule. the deployment of the 297th its first during the entire iraqi war campaign is to leave another company. when they leave, they will be stakessed in a forward-area of combat operations. a soldier we spoke narrowly survived the san bruno expl

balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it beacon of transparency in fort artsy washington d.c. and i wrote a piece for the u.k. a fantasy party jared barton has hit out of the british justice system saying join us on his extradition legalize kidnap. what mr science cries does illustrates the fundamental problems with the european restaurant which i've been talking about now and it was introduced in two thousand and four he's an australian citizen and i want to actually go to sweden but this affects every british citizen and anyone who's a guest in our country and what it does it removes the fundamental rights of the english courts to protect its own citizens and guests in our country because they are not simply not allowed to look at the primer for a sheer brilliance in a cold case like this and take it into account it's what the lawyers call today to what justice and i would now so i've been saying now for some time to vision which is now called judicial surrender has been reduced to a bureaucratic formality and now i'm saying that it's actually nothing better than legali

balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it beacon of transparency in fort artsy washington d.c. . the london court's decision to extradite joined us to sweden has sparked criticism of the british judicial and european arrest warrant systems with a country granting asylum to many high profile fugitives wanted on even more serious charges some claim the case exposes hypocrisy on the part of the u.k. authorities and basic tradition relating to asylum is that anybody can come here provided they are loaded provided they've got lots of money we will let the mean because we want them in with their money and therefore it's not particularly that russian not minutes and i already got so welcome here i would shakes who may have a criminal record i think torture they were like hope to swarm around london and knightsbridge bayswater wherever and no problem whatsoever. this week america's longest serving the space shuttle discovery has docked with the international space station on its last ever mission almost thirty years in service the spacecraft is to be retired and put out to pasture

balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it became of transparency here in fort r.t. washington d.c. . general bratton a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party so i suppose the decision to send the wiki leaks founder to sweden is symptomatic of a flawed system. what was the sound you guys does this illustrates the fundamental problems with the european restaurant which i've been talking about no because it was introduced in two thousand and four he's an australian citizen they want to actually go to sweden but this affects british citizen and anyone who is a guest in our country and what it does it removes the fundamental rights of the english courts to protect its own citizens and guests in our country because if they are not simply not allowed to look at the problem of facie evidence in the case like this and taking into account it's what the lawyer called what justice and i would now so i've been saying now for some time that extradition which is now called judicial surrender has been reduced to a bureaucratic formality and now i'm saying that it's

balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it became of transparency in fort r.t. washington d.c. all the extradition decision has drawn criticism towards the u.k. justice system and not only from a songe of supporters foreign policy expert william spring says a car a virtual verdant has an exposed the country park received when dealing with requests to hand over citizens to foreign governments. the basic tradition relating to asylum is that anybody can come here provided they are loaded provided they've got lots of money we will let them in because we want them in with their money and therefore it's not particularly that russian magnets and or legal so welcome here powered shakes. who may have a judicious criminal record as it were of torture yet they were allowed to fly around london. bridge water wherever and no problem whatsoever. now jared biden a member of the european parliament for the u.k. to paris party says the decision to send a sarge to sweden is symptomatic of a flawed system. what mr science price does is illustrates the fundamental problems with the european r

balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it became of transparency in fort artsy washington d.c. . the russian army will get a make over in the next ten years the government has announced that it will allocate six hundred fifty billion dollars to upgrade its equipment and i'm precious plan which fits in with russian president dmitry medvedev its long term modernization goals was the surface no reports of huge amounts of money these are the large scale spending plans that have been done by the defense ministry and so we needed a main focus of the spending that's going to take this up to twenty twenty five is going to be the development it has to teach it nuclear weapons and now among some of the stuff the defense has to gain to be purchasing games here on a hundred ships a thousand helicopters around six hundred planes and eight submarines that are going to be equipped with new generation missiles so a huge amount of touch this is a going to be made that she going to be the first time that russia has bought military equipment from a nato member is going to be purchased a heli

the combat support hospital is first headed to fort lewis in washington state for more field training. then off to afghanistan for a year-long deployment. >> families and soldiers are having one last conversation between them. and they're getting ready to leave camp park. we wish them farewell today. >> the team will provide medical care to soldiers while in afghanistan. >>> and still ahead at 5:00, change in the name of oscar grant. the group trying to bring a new beginning in the name of the man gunned down by a b.a.r.t. police officer. police are searching for a man who jumped out of a car in vallejo yesterday shortly before the driver got into a gun fight with officers. we'll tell you what police hope he knows. >>> what does teen idol justin bieber have in common with bob dylan? we'll show you straight hay head. >>> another gorgeous day around the bay area to kick off your weekend. 50s and 70s a little bit earlier. hinting at cooler changes, which will include some rain and possibly some low snow levels as well. ow it all imptes rf wturyoeekend forecast coming u. r >>> today marks

most are medical workers they leave dublin for fort lewis washington from there they go straight to afghanistansupport operation enduring freedom chef >> we are very excited to get our soldiers mobilized out the door and we look forward to them coming back home to their families. we appreciate their sacrifice. >> most troops are from the bay area. their tour of duty is expected to last one year. >> today the military leaders in egypt dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution, meeting two key demands of protestors, people are streaming back into at that rear square. you can see traffic -- tahrir square. not in the same massive numbers as we saw last week. cars are moving through the area into downtown cairo as they dissolved particle 789, military leaders say they will run the country for six months, that is a new time table or until presidential and particle meantry elections can be held they are forming a committee to amend the constitution and set rules for a popular referendum to endorse those amendments. >> meanwhile obama administration is trying to figure out the composition of

they'll be heading to fort lewis in washington for more training before a year-long deployment to afghanistan. >> today they're having a farewell ceremony before the unit gets ready to leave to go on their mobilization. so the families and soldiers are having one last conversation between the command and their families. then they're getting ready to leave here at camp parks. so we wish them farewell. >> the team is scheduled to provide medical care to soldiers while in afghanistan. >>> coming up next at 6:00, from egypt, to california. he was charged with guarding the life of ousted egyptian leader hosni mubarak. now a california man is talking about his time keeping that president alive, and how he changed over the years. >>> a night out turned frightening. a cab driver is at the center of this investigation. >>> also, star watching in the bay area perhaps? where you can go to try to catch d. if you're interesterntod ites ck in two minutes. ck >>> pretty pleasant evening around the bay area today. big changes include some rain and much cooler temperatures on the way.e >>> today family and fr

the 297th area sport medical community will spend about a month at fort lewis in washington.end-off starts at 10:00 this morning. we wish they and their families the best of luck and many thanks. >> it's 5:57. a lot more coming up today in the "bay area living." >> firefighters are talking about the death of an orinda man. what they say they did not see. >> looking into a fourth sexual assault near lake merritt. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! [ laughs ] instead of earning zilch, your savings will be earning three times the national average. three times more? roger that! go online and sign up at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet?! where to sputnik? [ chuckles ] >> burglars are breaking in right in the middle of the day. see where this is happening and what people there are doing to st

citizens united could reduce the role for washington lobbyists by using -- fort washington lobbyist. why use a middleman when you can buy direct? this may seem like a good idea. things could be worse. today's lobbyists are relatively identifiable. they spent a relatively small amount of money -- millions, not billions. they are less selfish that their bosses realize. i am not saying lobbyist advocate new government. citizens united -- stateless ad agencies are aimed at down by a satellite or cable -- messages without ever talking to a voter or elected official. ironically, the chore for citizens united may well be the corporations themselves. this would be a welcome reprieve. otherwise, there would have to be an amendment to the constitution or we would have to change it justices. wanted the new freedom the court gave them. will they be able to resist the temptation of using them? for a few years, most companies will be unfamiliar and uncomfortable with electioneering. meanwhile, a few corporate fanatics can damage the image of citizens united, causing a backlash in the core's decisi

citizens united could reduce the role for washington lobbyists by using -- fort washington lobbyist. why use a middleman when you can buy direct? this may seem like a good idea. things could be worse. today's lobbyists are relatively identifiable. they spent a relatively small amount of money -- millions, not billions. they are less selfish that their bosses realize. i am not saying lobbyist advocate new government. citizens united -- stateless ad agencies are aimed at down by a satellite or cable -- messages without ever talking to a voter or elected official. ironically, the chore for citizens united may well be the corporations themselves. this would be a welcome reprieve. otherwise, there would have to be an amendment to the constitution or we would have to change it justices. itel corp's wanted the new freedom the court gave them. will they be able to resist the temptation of using them? for a few years, most companies will be unfamiliar and uncomfortable with electioneering. meanwhile, a few corporate fanatics can damage the image of citizens united, causing a backlash in the c

. >> this week on "inside washington," the showdown in wisconsin. is this the beginning of the end fort unions? >> it is a disaster. >> the bloody rebellion in libya. >> these actions violate every standard of common decency. this violence must stop. >> the obama administration decides not to defend it the defense of marriage act. >> the president's the position has been consistent. he has long opposed it as unnecessary and unfair. >> meet the next mayor of chicago. >> thank you, chicago, for the stumbling a victory. all i can say -- you sure know how to make a guy feel at home. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a couple of thoughts as we begin in today's discussion at. want, elections have consequences two, it is no longer your father's labor movement. republicans got majorities in statehouses across the midwest. union members are feeling the consequences of those elections. in wisconsin, gov. scott walker has come up with the plan that would strip collective bargaining rights for most public workers. here is a tea party member. >> i don't believe in

fort lauderdale, florida; dr. w. douglas evans, professor and director, public health communication and marketing program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences how people create their opinions, particularly about addiction and treatment issues in behavior health. and doug, why don't we review what we mean about media today. some time ago, marshall mcluhan said that the medium is the message and that is more true today than ever. media have proliferated and they now permeate our society. we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media reaching out, people are forming opinions, ideas, attitudes about what they think about addiction and mental illness based on

next up, fort wayne on the line. welcome to washington journal. >> what affect do you think this will have on the situation. >> it is going to make it a more level playing field. if they are going to take occur of their problem, make it a level playing field host: back to the phones. orange county, california. caller: i listen to everybody and have been watching this situation. i'm a photo journalist myself. this man has never for given ronald reagan. he is going to attack america. we will see what stress he's under and the full plate he has here in this country. he has this other problem here and the problem also in egypt as well. you will say i can't take the stress. the men doesn't have just a minute to take a deep breath and just say ok. let's handle one thing at a time i ask god to be with this man for another four years and give him time to prove himself. they said the un security council is likely it also says the european movement government on the asset freeze in an agreement to be taken early next week. san antonio, texas. calle

fort meade, maryland. he previously held assignments as deputy chief of staff at the headquarters for the department of the army in washington d.c. and as commanding general of intelligence security command in virginia. he has also served in command posts in germany and saudi arabia during operation desert shield and operation desert storm. general alexander holds a number of degrees including degrees in electronic warfare, natural -- national security strategy. see to his left is undersecretary rand beers from that part of homeland security, who was appointed by president obama to the department's national protection and program directorate to oversee its integrated efforts to reduce risks through physical, cyber, and communication infrastructure. he entered foreign service in 1979 and civil service in 1983, serving mostly in the department of state. he went on to serve on the national security council under four different administrations until his resignation in 2003. previously, he was the president of the national security network, seeking to foster discussion of progress of national security ideas around the country an

fort duquaine, current pitt campaign. he knows that the indians' intelligence network is aware of their presence. they're being killed and scalped every day. when they get close to ft. ducane, washington asks braddock to be sure he's called up, because he's back in the rear with dysenteryy and a bad case of the hemorrhoids. he is called up and just as he's called up they are ambushed. in this battle, 200 of the 2,000 british and americans are going to survive. it is a debacle. washington rides right into the middle of it on horse. braddock is at his side. braddock is cut down almost immediately, shot in the shoulder and chest, he dies two days later, they bury him in the road. an indian chief says he had 17 braves and they saw washington and thought he was the commander because he's on horseback riding back and forth. the british soldiers have lined themselves up in rows and are virtually annihilated. pursuing their own basic training in the european war mode. these 17 braves fire at washington for over half an hour. he has three horses shot out from under him. he has three bullet holes through his coat, one in his hat, and he's never hit. and the indian chief says, stop. the great sp

fort bragg you updates on her programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> there's a new online enterprise just starting up and it is called the washington independent review of books. david stewart is president of this organization. mr. stewart, what is your organization? >> it's a group of writers and editors and similarly minded people, mostly in the d.c. area who are very dismayed by the shriveling a book review space and sort of the standard media. a lot of book review sections have been folded. they have shrunk, and it's just hard to find information about what's going on in the world of books these days. the coverage of the publishing industry has shrunk. so we decided to try to do something ourselves. this is really sort of from the old judy garland, mickey rooney knows what they say let's put on a show. we decided we would create our own book review. it's about 70 of us have been engaged in it, and we've just launched and had a great response. it's been a lot of fun and very gratifying. >> what kind of books will you be reading on this i'd? >> a wide range. we are going to really review nonfiction and fiction. we suspect for now

washington times." now at the center for strategic and international studies. next is tony from fort lauderdale, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. your last comment about the hostages in iran. i was involved on the uss nimitz on the fuel team. we trained for the situation that the oil fields would be shut down. all this will go back to israel. i talked to the jewish rabbis in south florida, are you ready for ezekiel 38, 39. the wealth of the world are worried about making money. there is no way out of this one. guest: i would agree with you said that this has made things measurably more dangerous for israel. that is why i do not seek a settlement between the israelis and the palestinians. there is a hardening of attitudes in israel and it is quite understandable when they seek the enemy is up -- when they see the enemies of their country now moving all the way from "the today show" all we down to bahraithe tunisia to ba. the saudi royals should stetp down. guest: there are 7000 princes and 25,000 princess's. most of the jobs are in the hands of the family. they are not lik

washington region is as far as traffic. it does have an impact on jobs. and when the decision has been made to put all this growth as an example, in our state, fort meade, cybersecurity come in as a, all of these issues and these people coming to these areas, we must provide infrastructure and transportation. i have another concern with my friends on the other side of the aisle is that i'm hearing, and i'm not sure whether it's do or not that we're not going to be funding the transportation needs of all of our areas throughout the country. and we do know and you can look back at eisenhower and the transportation and infrastructure, how important that is to create jobs, number one, but also make sure you retain jobs and you can increase or economic development. do you have an opinion on the need that your city and the country, state and local jurisdictions, need federal money to help them move forward with a deteriorating infrastructure throughout this country, roads, bridges, rail, all of the different areas of transportation? >> we sure do. i know i speak for every democratic governor, and actually even the republican governors behind closed doors will tell you hone

washington journal, mississippi senator, roger wicker, jeff bingaman and stephen rose. >> a new senate homeland security report claim the army and fbi are not doing enough to prevent the 2009 fort hood shootings that killed 19 people. they criticize the fbi for failing to notify the army. the committee investigated on its own. ranking member susan collins presented their findings earlier today. this is 40 minutes. >> this is a copy of the report which i believe has been distributed to you. we're very proud of the report and grateful to our bipartisan staff that carried out the report which we embrace today. the staff was led my mike alexander and his team led by gordon letterman, there were full partners in this endeavor and i think senator collins will name others in her statement. they worked long and hard on this investigation. the product of their labor, this report, presents, i believe, the most comprehensive understanding yet of the massacre at fort hood, and enables us to make recommendations particularly to the department of defense and the fbi about how they and we can work together to better combat radicalization for violent islamist extremism among people like the ac

fort meade, maryland. he previously held assignments as deputy chief of staff at the headquarters for the department of the army in washington d.c. and as commanding general of intelligence security command in virginia. he has also served in command posts in germany and saudi arabia during operation desert shield and operation desert storm. general alexander holds a number of degrees including degrees in electronic warfare, natural -- national security strategy. see to his left is undersecretary rand beers from that part of homeland security, who was appointed by president obama to the department's national protection and program directorate to oversee its integrated efforts to reduce risks through physical, cyber, and communication infrastructure. he entered foreign service in 1979 and civil service in 1983, serving mostly in the department of state. he went on to serve on the national security council under four different administrations until his resignation in 2003. previously, he was the president of the national security network, seeking to foster discussion of progress of national security ideas around the country an

washington for help, governor. just sign the application. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess. mr. burgess: at this time i'd like to recognize the gentlelady from fort worth, texas, ms. granger, for one minute. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. granger: i know it's late and people are tired but it's not too late to right a wrong and the wrong that was done is against the school children of texas to the tune of $830 million. the congress is asking the governor of texas to do something that he has constitutionally unable to do. and what's happening to our schools is the schools, as they are in many states, but with this extra burden in texas, scrambling to find ways to afford to keep those classrooms openly and the teachers there. what we're asking you to do is release texas from this burden that only texas had that was put on texas by this congress, i think unintended by most of the people in this congress. so i would say tonight, this is an issue that deals with texas but it is every school child and every teacher in our state. thank you. i yield back my time. the chair: the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delau

fort lauderdale, florida; dr. w. douglas evans, professor and director, public health communication and marketing program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences