you describe fort mchenry to us? >> absolutely. from the air, the fort looks like a giant star. it has points on it called "bastions" so that the cannons can have crossfire all the way around the fort. and fort mchenry is named for james mchenry. he was the secretary of war at the time fort mchenry was being built. >> we are standing on the parade ground. this grassy area is where troops would muster for various ceremonies, such as inspection, morning parade, and whatnot. around us are the barracks. they would have been -- back in 1814, they would have been one story. the second story was added in 1829. the fort as you see it now, in general, looks more like it would have done in the civil war. >> the american general in charge of the fort wanted to show the british that we weren't afraid. so, he sent word here, to the home of mary pickersgill. mary was a well-known flag maker. so, mary, what did the general ask you to do? >> why, he asked me to make a flag that was so large, the british would have no trouble seeing

>> comment on this specific operational aspects of fort hood are fort hood are a little bit outside of my lame but what i would like to come to is some of the comments that were discuss on the earlier panel that relate to this question, things like doing a better job of enterprise data management. that was a key recommendation coming out of the webster commission. it's a key focus of my office. right there is a recognition that goes back to the 9/11 commission, a series of reports from the foundation that is codified in intelligence form terrorism prevention act. so we can knit together all the different aspects of national public security to keep the american people safe. think about 800,000 police officers in this country come 18,000 police departments, needing that together in a coherent national architecture requires a focus on policy and data stands but we had success with actually. i mentioned in my opening comments about the national information exchange model. it's not widely understood is that originate with state and local law enforcement. it's state and local innovation with

today we will examine the facts of the fort be hood case as we know them -- fort hood case as we know them to understand how these facts that seem so obviously alarming now were so missed by seasoned professionals and to understand how the fbi and intelligence community as a whole can benefit from the lessons learned from this tragedy at fort hood. the suspect in the fort hood shooting is major nidal hasan, a commissioned officer in the united states army who openly communicated with a muslim cleric and number two terrorist, anwar al-awlaki. hasan characterized himself as a soldier of al la and who -- allah and who was assigned the task of counseling our soldiers coming home from the battlefield. let's step back in time and examine the facts. on may 31, 2009, hasan sent one of several e-mails to al-awlaki. one of the ones that i found most disturbing, and the e-mail read in part: i heard a speaker defending suicide bombings as permissible. he contends that suicide is we are missable in certain cases. he defines suicide as one who purposely takes his own life but insists that the impor

the suspect and the fort hood shooting is major nadal. a commissioned officer in the united states army who openly communicatedded with the muslim clear gi and number two terrorist. he characterized himself as a soldier. and was assigned the task of counseling our soldiers from coming home from the battle field. let's stem back in time and exam the facts. on may 31st 2009 he said one of several e e-mails to al lack mack i can. in the e-mail read in part, i heard a speaker defending the suicide bombings is per admissible. he contends that suicide is permble in certain cases. one who purposely takes his own life but insÌs the important issues are intelligence. he compare it is to an soldier who sneaks an enemy camp during dinner to prevent an attack known to be planned the following days. the suicide bombers intelligence is to kill numerous soldiers to prevent the attack to save the fellow people the following day. he is successful. his intelligence was to safe his people, his fellow soldiers and the strategy was to sacrifice his life. this

worth and fort lauderdale as well. carrier comes on the heels of the busiest month in the airport's history. >>> tonight before the president takes the podium at the democratic national convention, you can set up your pop culture fix. the mtv video music awards happening in los angeles. those start tonight at 8:00. something to keep in mind. if politics aren't your thing. >>> all right, how would you like to pose for a picture with ray lewis? now there's a new app that will relate you at least make it look like you did. you see you can make pictures with lewis and then download them. the app will cost 99 cents when it comes out in the fall. the money will go to the united athletes foundation which is one of ray lewis' favorite charities. the app will be ushered in for the promotion where fans will be able to win a real photo with the real ray lewis after the ravens' home game. what do you think lynette? pretty cool. >> pretty cool. sounds like ha plan. all right, let's talk about what's going on right now because we ha

always a lot of fun with those guys at fort mchenry.unbarton middle school is closed in baltimore county because of a lack of water. ick outside the morning. the remnants of isaac is dragging a frontal boundary through maryland. that is producing some hit and miss light rain showers this morning. in harford county and back into the mountains. take an umbrella with you. scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. they could produce locally heavy amounts of rain. let's go back to the tropics. we have to keep an eye on this storm. it will probably travel across bermuda over the next few days. it will come within a few hundred miles of the east coast of the united states. this is a storm that may not miss the east coast. we will keep you updated. variable clouds and warm and humid today with a chance for a rain shower this morning. high temperature between 84 and 89. i think the chance for rain will go down on thursday and friday but it will stay warm. 20% chance for a shower or thunderstorm. another front will come through on satu

you know, why didn't one of those at least contact fort hood? why didn't anybody contact fort hood and say, you know what? there's an issue here. there's a problem. you've got a guy that could actually kill somebody, you know? and i don't think any of you really have the answer to that. i don't have the answer to that. it's just unfortunate that it didn't happen in this case. and so with that, again, let me thank you for your brilliant insight and your excellent testimony, and i'll dismiss this panel and move on to panel two. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the next gentleman requested to be on a panel all by himself, so that's why we're doing this. let me introduce kshemendra paul, the program manager for the information-sharing environment at the office of the director of national

reporting live here at fort mchenry.herrie johnson, abc2 news. >> all right, we'll check in with you, you are having tuition fun out here. >>> in southeast massachusetts a storm dumb about 3 inches of rain over the area and some spots had water up to four feet high. the firefighters called in to help the stranded cars in falls river. i think everybody no matter where you were experienced the humidity. >> exactly and humid once again for today. we have the game this evening. don't think it's going to affect it whatsoever. so make sure you get out there and show your support. but we're also talking about still the remnants of isaac. some of them moved north and some of them to the south. what i'm talking about right now megan and you can see it in the gulf of mexico right there. so this little disturbance has a 50% chance of becoming a tropical system. and the next 48 hours. again, this is remnants of isaac. some of them moved to the south and some of them moved to the north and that's what we'll be experiencing as we head

to be here at fort mchenry. we have the state-of-the-art visitors center and you can go through that. 120 living history reenactments and activities for kids. i mean wooden muskets and swords and paper dolls the whole gambit. we have people dressed up as the women from baltimore at the time. not just guys in swords, it's everybody. really cool. >> reporter: this is so exciting and you know what? now we have to show -- now what is this here? this is a musket here. and we're going -- ranger jim is kind enough he's going to demonstrate shooting the musket. go ahead there. >> and that will be almost as loud as the fireworks -- >> reporter: that was pretty loud there. so they used the muskets -- >> that's right. during the battle of north point shooting at the british. but the fireworks on saturday night. you have to come here saturday night for the fireworks and the ship to shore bombardment and the united states naval academy back. >> reporter: there's something to see and do for everyone. what a great time. thank

reporting live here at fort mchenry. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> cannons and costumes looking forward to it. >>> five things no know before you head out the door the morning. jury selection is underway today in the corruption trial of former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick. he has argued he can't get a fair trial in the city of detroit because of the area being biased against him. >>> a judge today is expected to order the army psychiatrist charged in the deadly fort hood shooting rampage to have his beard shaved which could trigger yet another delay in this upcoming murder trial. major nidal hasan is accused of killing 13 people back in 2009. this hearing is to determine how a federal relidge jus freedom law applies to the case. >>> this election day just two months away the federal voting assistance program acting director patch him ill holds a presser today. all in preparation for the upcoming elections. >>> the mtv music awards will be held in los angeles tonight and viewers will get exclusive access from live stre

fort mchenry tunnel. we have an accident at reisterstown road and primrose avenue. monument street is closed near patterson park. that is due to sinkhole of repairs. 11 minutes in the outer loop northeast side. 10 minutes to go south on 95 from the beltway down towards 32. here's a quick, live look at traffic. 95 at the fort mchenry. volume is building. no official delay. this is 895 at the harbor tunnel. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it was an emotional night at m&t bank stadium as the ravens took down the new england patriots. >> it was an emotional night for torrey smith. his brother died less than 24 hours earlier. kim dacey has more. good morning. >> good morning. no one including smith was sure he would take the field last night. he did not decide until late yesterday afternoon. he got about an hour of sleep. he got word early on sunday morning that his younger brother was killed in a motorcycle crash in virginia. 19-year-old tevin jones was riding his motorcycle when he ran off the roa

. >> we're in baltimore, at historic fort mchenry. during the war of 1812, this is where the battle was fought that inspired francis scott key to write "the star-spangled banner," so it's the perfect place to learn about the right way to handle our flag. patrick rawle is a park ranger. but today, he's wearing a uniform from colonial times. don't let that bright-red color confuse you. >> to arms! the redcoats are coming! the redcoats are coming! >> so, could you explain your uniform for us? >> i am dressed as a musician in the united states corps of artillery. musicians wore red so officers could easily spot them on the field of battle. all right, guys! one quick thing! when the flag starts to pull as i'm raising it, you got to let go, okay? >> do you raise the flag every single day, even if no one's here? >> that is correct. we are mandated by law. president truman, in 1948, declared that fort mchenry should fly the flag 24/7, 365 days. >> like our country, our flag has changed a lot through the years. how long has the flag looked the

and an old guy called me up one day and said boy there's no goal left in fort knox and i just kind of roll my eyes and i developed a standard response and i said oh that's great send me something in the mail because i'm the cookie people never had anything to send but this guy wasn't kooky and he convinced me as a reporter that the federal government was hiding something that one time but the doors to fort knox were open in one nine hundred seventy three the a.p. reporter president reported that a little bit ago that was shown had a strange orange issue what this means is it's not good deposit gold if the federal government had any. good deposit gold it would certainly show it and in fact it is required by federal law to do an annual physical audit of the reserves the greatest treasure of gold ever in the history of the world and yet one on it has not been done since one thousand nine hundred fifty five so it was obvious that something was being hidden and so i figured out where it was that the plan is basically this is their backup plan after we get after we get tired of their machin

worth as well as fort lauderdale. the new carrier comes on the heels of the busiest month in airport history. >>> all right, well, remembering the bicentennial. that's what it's all ant. the war of the 1812. you might feel like we already did this earlier this summer. and then those tall ships sailed out? it turns out the celebrations aren't over. abc2 news' sherrie johnson is live this morning at fort mchenry with all sorts of festivities for the family and that little flute i hear right? >> reporter: i mean it, this is so wonderful here. we're talking about maryland's oldest holiday. defenders' day. i have ranger jim and tim and vince here. now good morning to you. first of all let's talk a little bit about the day and also the bicentennial the war of 1812. >> this year, 2012 is the 200th anniversary of the start of the war of 1812. we're commemorating the successful defense of the city and the write of the national anthem in 1814 but don't wail until 1814 to get your 1812 on. come this weekend and get in the game.

she is down at fort mchenry. i understand there is a holiday coming up. >> it is celebrate when we fought off the british. i'm here with ranger fince vince. what a beautiful sight. >> we're not going to wait for defenders day which is coming up this weekend. >> it kicks off on friday at federal hill. >> 6:00 on a federal help. we are firing a cannon -- 6:00 on a federal hill. on saturday, everything moves to fort mchenry. >> there will be a parade and a cannon being fired. >> we will fire everything. >> then everything comes to fort mchenry on saturday and the pride of baltimore is backed. our own tall ship will be docked and you can go on it. we will have a guest office, new books, firing cannons, muskets, people dressed as myself. paper dolls, wooden muskets. then saturday evening, we have the big evening program and that will have united states naval academy band. it doesn't get any better. fireworks, man, fireworks. >> a lot of costumes. >> beautiful. >> the pride of baltimore will be in the harbor. back to t

i have problems to tell you about on the roads, dealing with a disabled car at the fort mc henry, one southbound lane is going to be blocked now. first crash of the day, northwest baltimore, on reisterstown at prim rose avenue. traveling on 695, here is what the west side looks like, liberty, nothing to get in you way towards 95, parkville, here is what it looks like at harford, 695 in great shape traveling from parkville up towards towson. >>> sitting down to dinner with family and phone rings and it's telemarketers. >> now one lawmaker wants basically harsher penalties for those interrupting your time. >>> sad weekend at the national zoo after the baby panda dies. what we could learn today about the cub's death. anncr: more anti-maryland ads. from this west virginia casino. they want marylanders to keep coming to west virginia... casinos like theirs. spending one hundred seventy million a year. question seven will keep those dollars at home. with a limited expansion of gaming that will mean... hundreds of millions for schools in the baltimore area... and across the state... accordin

doug when you tell or fort dietrich in maryland but of course that didn't stop the bush administration from continuing to peddle the propaganda that it was perpetrated by muslim terrorists think for a second about what it was that shifted our focus away from al qaeda and on to iraq remember this. a teaspoon of dry anthrax a little bit about this amount this is just about the amount of a teaspoon less than a teaspoon full of dry anthrax in an odd shutdown the united states senate iraq declared eighty five hundred liters of anthrax but unscom estimates that saddam hussein could have produced twenty five thousand liters it should come as no shock then that since saddam hussein forced out the last inspectors in one thousand nine hundred eight we have amassed much intelligence indicating that iraq is continuing to make these weapons we know that iraq has at least seven of these mobile biological agent factories. yeah all those mobile weapons labs that just didn't exist tom yep it was the anthrax attacks that really tied saddam to nine eleven laying out the justification for a preemptive inv

fort mchenry tunnel, toll plaza looking good at this hour. a few construction delays around baltimore city, not really going to impact your commute. 795 to 70 looking pretty good, lots of green on your screen. outside we go for a live shot. we'll show you, this is 895 just south of o'donnell street. things are looking good. 895 -- excuse me, 695 at harford road looking good at this hour. we'll do this all again coming up in less than 10 minutes. megan. >>> five minutes away from 5:00 right now. mike, thanks. >>> about a month ago we told you about airlines to shrink their seats to fit more people on a plane. now united airlines is going through with that plan. the airlines says it's going to retrofit 152 of its planes with slimline seats, reducing the seat size. we're talking about 18 inches to then 17 inches, so the change will allow for six extra seats in the cabin. united says its passengers really shouldn't notice the change, especially since leg room won't be affected. >>> record number of passengers flew through bwi airport in july. the

everything remains up to speed through the fort mc henry and harbor tunnel. using the beltway, the west side, going to be in great shape. here is a live look at wilkins avenue, 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795s towards 95. >>> another wild animal invasion inside a television news room and cameras were rolling. >> how a news team had the call in the experts to get this latest nuisance under control. >>> it's never too soon to think about the flu. the latest recommendations on which you need to consider for your children with flu season around the corner. what does fall smell like? like acadia national park. there is nothing like the parks this time of year. the falling leaves, the crisp air, the perfect inspiration for air wick's fall collection. yeah, when i smell all those things i know fall is in the air. the fall collection brought to you by air wick and the national park foundation. something in the air wick. >>> news team ended up on the other side of the camera when a bat invitedded their newsroom in omaha, nebraska. >> the bat had been hiding for

this is 95 at the fort mchenry. a little bit of a delay.s starting to ease up southbound into the tunnel. this is greenspring. traffic is on the inner loop over toward the j.f.x. and problem free in both loops. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. we have a few diversions. the 27, 44, 91 buses out going into the rogers avenue metro station. mark trains looking good. mta bus and metro updates are available on demand by phone and afternoons at 410-500-4444. that is 410-500-4444. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. another beautiful start on this wednesday morning. first we say good morning to ava marie. today she'll be opening up a couple of new libraries. >> this is a very exciting day for many baltimore city public schools. i am in south baltimore. this is one of three schools opening a new library. with kate. ing. is so excite >> we gave a few kids a sneak preview and they screamed when the doors were op

. >> next for our guest, a call from fort myers, florida. you're on. >> hello. how are you this morning. >> and great. what is your questionnaire? >> i would like to see a survey, if it has been done on the upper 5 percent top of income groups and find out whether the range of avocations is that wise as it once was before the recession and also find out, you know, basically what these individuals are doing for a living that is a little questionable in the way of monopolistic enterprise such as banking and energy. see you get where i'm going to iraq. >> so there are surveys out there that look and higher incomes. the federal reserve has a survey. consumer finances looks at a sample of higher income people, and economic in occupations. i don't know the results of what occupations there are, but that is a question the number of people looking at. >> here is a question about the fed announcement yesterday and it's affecting commodities. danny wright's, crude-oil prices are already climbing after the fed's announcement. i guess the fed thinks that the poor can afford

we just had -- at 5:00 at fort mchenry. the temperatures have dropped back into the upper 50's to around 60. seven-day forecast. the clouds are picking up a little bit tomorrow. should be dry during the day but friday night, early saturday morning there is a slight chance that we could see some rain. certainly not a big deal. saturday afternoon through sunday should be dry, sunny with high temperatures expected in the upper 70's. >> in this morning's consumer alert. the secret is out. apple unveiled its latest version of the iphone. the new smart phone is thinner and lighter than the iphone 4-s but has a smaller screen. starting next week, more than 14,000 mcdonald's restaurant also list calorie and nutritional information on in store and drive-thru menus. mcdonald's says it wants to voluntarily offer the information in an effort to educate customers. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. will seeing the calorie count change the way you order? send us your answer to wbaltv.com. we definitely felt it here,

traffic is moving along no delays through the fort mchenry tunnel. in fact you are looking at the typical 8 minute ride northbound from 695 all the way to

everything up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel as well as the harbor tunnel. megan over to you. >>> back to class after a man was shot inside a building on campus. the shooting happened in a student center yesterday and witnesses say the victim was playing pool when he was shot. so far, they still haven't tracked down the gunman in the case but on "good morning maryland" at 5:00 we're going to have a live report from morgan state university this morning hearing reaction from students who are talking about the safety issues on campus that the shooting is now raising. >>> the teen charged in the perry hall high school shooting, he's going to be back in court today. robert gladden has a bail review hearing that's scheduled for 9:30 this morning. he's being held without bond pending a mental evaluation. he's accused of bringing a gun to school and shooting and injuring outstunted. >>> meantime a student in reisterstown being charged this morning. the 15-year-old had been in a time-out room when he told staff he had a weapon. he then said he was kidding. well, poli

he stopped by a restaurant and this is in fort pierce. the owner was so excited he lifted the president about a foot off the ground. he is a big guy. he says he just couldn't help himself. >> i guess i got caught you will in the -- caught up in the moment e opened up the door and was like where's scott and when i saw him he came right at me and shook my hand and i was just so excited i just gave him a big hug and picked him up. it was crazy. >> exciting having a president go to your business. and he says he describes himself as register republican who voted for obama in 2008 and plans to do so again in november. >>> there's a battle over territory going on in texas. it seems the town of austin not big enough for two teams. vandals loy to the university of texas used orange spray paint to put a giant ut over the top of a texas a&m football billboard and then a&m the logo covered in orange paint. >>> some runners in salt lake city literally gave the shirts off their backs to help the homeless. more than 303 -- 3300 people took part in the a

from for the all blacks stay perfect in this season's rugby championship but only after the close of fort wayne over south africa. before following last weekend's victory over spots at moscow city rivals lokomotiv have not yet another noticeable scalp in their quest for the first russian premier league crown in a decade the romancing off rubin one nail in the capital on saturday a tough task turning into an uphill battle for one christian on cell they received his marching orders towards the end of the frost off from the challenge a set piece would break the deadlock after the break alexander so many corner kicks like foster come on important players in pots and. we treated ourselves into the letter the fifty second minute rule being would press hard after that but to no avail the final school.

and everything up to speed at 395, fort mchenry tunnel in great shape. now over to you. >>> an eye doctor wants to offer services to the refs who official aid the seahawks packers game on monday night and thinks the ref who made the touchdown call may have visionproblems and the doctor is offering free lasik surgery. >> the referees had some vision issues. so we decided they shall we could help them with that. >> the doctor says he and his staff will talk to the referees about the decision make and the rules to the game of football. i have a photograph of this catch that was made at the time. this is absurbed. >> he is fired up. >> they are looking down. you see the jenkins has the ball. >> we will see you in 30 minutes. excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. denny's everyday value slam egis four dollars every day. wait, is that right? eggs, bacon, pancakes. yeah. that's right. the four dollar everyday value slam. only four dollars every day. only at denny's. how can the dishwasher do its

this is something you can do this weekend here at fort mchenry. adults, kids, families it's a great hands-on active. to really get into history to fold the flag here at the birthplace of our national anthem. >> reporter: and tell me about a few activities and events -- i mean this was a family event. you can bring the kids out. tell me some things that people can enjoy if they come out this weekend. >> well, on friday, you can come out to federal hill and see us fire the alarm cannon off the heights over the harbor. and then all day saturday and sunday we'll have fifes and drums. who doesn't like to listen to the fifes and drums? kids can drill with the soldiers. they can go into the tavern

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but few are luckier than the waitress here at woodlands cafe in fort myers florida. coming to hear michelle had a hard time securing a j. mainly because it came to mistakes. it was almost nothing on the menu that she had not tried. >> a little carolyn ... >> as a result of predictions that a state took away all three of her kids and she has been sober five years now but says that most employers do not want that baggage. >> did you think anyone would give you another chance? >> i did not. >> it was not just heard that got a chance, the owner gave the cook a chance, and john the delivery man. >> i was a crack cocaine addict. >> in fact just about everyone that works here is a recovering addict or opera hall like which makes you wonder, what are you thinking gwendolyn? >> tall staff has admitted to stealing. >> they have. >> they admitted to being out of control? >> yes. >> you ignore all that, why? >> i like to see them get better. >> obviously that was part of the answer ... >> what are you thinking? >> i have been very lucky, and i want people to have what i have. >>

patrick feeks of edgewater will be buried this afternoon at the fort myers memorial chapel. -- he will be there will be a memorial for him at fort myers memorial chapel and then he will be buried at arlington national. >> officials are getting rid of trees through friday between norwood drive and cumberland avenue during the daytime to keep the old trees from falling on cars, but it means one lane of wisconsin avenue will be closed. >> pickup trucks are driving u.s. automobile sales. >> and fedex delivers bad news on the economy. linda bell has more. >> good morning. the u.s. government is still bleeding money. the treasury department says it just hit $16 trillion for the first time ever. republicans and democrats continue to debate on ways to trim the deficit. 10 years ago but that was just over $6 trillion. fedex has slowing economic growth hurting demand. fedex it moves goods all over the globe and is a bellwether for the economy. automobile sales are picking up. pickup trucks carry u.s. auto sales to their highest level in years, led by ford. firliving social has a daily deal letti

ten minutes. >>> trial begins today for the amy major accused of shooting and killing soldiers at forthood. nasal is charged with killing 32 people. >>> trial starts today for the moe accused of her son's disappearance. she has given two stories about her 8-month-old. >>> council is discussing two bills preventing taxpayers from footing the bills, stemming from the issues facing john leopold. >>> standoff in contract talks is racing the possibility of a teachers strike in chicago. head of teachers union says more than 26,000 teachers and staff are prepared to strike. it would be the first one in 25 years. >>> ravens stars lewis teamed up with wal-mart to help stupes in need. >>> the national aquarium moved the turtle and zebra sharks. how do you move a 0-pound sea turtle? >> it helps support her underside and doesn't allow her flippers to dig in. she is an easy one to move. >> they will be in hibernation until if new exhibit, black tip reef debuts next summer. >>> is it tough for you not to look at you work email every ten minutes? >> betty white is adored by all. we will tell you abou

new developments involving the 12-year-old fort washington boy accused of fatally beating a foster girl living with the family. the boy entered an alford please for voluntary manslaughter charges. it does not admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a guilty verdict. he originally faced a more serious second-degree murder charge. to be held at a youth facility until a hearing in october. grandma and grandpa are helping out with more financial support -- >> here is linda bell at bloomberg headquarters with more. >> hello. we are talking about jobs today. we get the number of -- from the labor department tomorrow, but wall street gets weekly jobless claims figures. we see a few signs the job market is still struggling to rid the website simplyhired.com said as job openings declined in august for the first time in four months. cosmetics maker revlon said it would -- cut to one of the jobs as the close two plants, including one in maryland. many are taking over child care duties -- implement in the child care industry has dropped 2% since the recession ended. grandparents a

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speech continued down towards the fort mchenry. south on the harrisburg expressway, 65 down to mount carmel. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. 10 minutes to go south on 95 down towards 32. an update on 295 showing southbound traffic. 175 down to 32, things are just starting to build. north and southbound traffic in ellicott city looking great at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> today we pause to remember the nearly 3000 people who lost their lives 11 years ago. >> the nation's leaders will visit memorial sites. hallie jackson joins us live with that story. how was president obama marking this anniversary? >> president obama will start his day with a moment of silence after talking with his team to make sure what happened 11 years ago does not happen again. it has been one year since the sound of bells last echoed at ground zero. this year the nation has begin to mark the anniversary of september 11. leonnse secretary panetta visited shanksville, pennsylvania, yesterday. >> i want to pay tribute to th

the fort mchenry tunnel is nice and clear. if you're traveling northbound, 8 minutes from the beltway to the toll plaza. 695 on the outer loop up to 83, just 11 minutes. no delays, just that typical drive time on the west side, outer loop from 795 down to 95, that's 11 minutes. >>> a nearly three-yearlong operation by united states troops to squash the taliban is finally over according to defense officials. they say the last of several hundred troops that were part of the 2009 troop surge have left the country. you may remember in 2009 the president ordered 33,000 additional troops to afghanistan to stabilize the country so u.s. and international traders could develop some sense of security with the afghan forces there. >>> you want the new iphone 5? get in line. fans are doing it today because the iphone goes on sale. an across the country, people have gone mad trying to get their hands on it. linda is live at a verizon store this morning to tell us what people are saying. >> reporter: there are about five people waiting in l

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