the largest national day dedicated to helping others and sponsored by the parent company of wusa, gannett. lindsey mastis will take us to one school that will reap the benefits of all that goodwill. >> a lot of helpers. >> reporter: the kids love their school but they say it needs a makeover. >> it is really getting old. >> some students in our schools peel off the paint so we need our walls painted again. >> reporter: volunteers from hands on greater d.c. care today dropped off supplies for national make a difference day. the volunteers will spend their day painting the hallways in the classroom creating murals and organizing the library. outside they will work on landscaping. the students are excited but they also have some ideas of their own. >> if we could have lunch in our classroom that would be great. i just want to spend more time with my teachers. we need more windows. air-conditioning. >> reporter: many of the volunteers are from gannett, wusa 9's parent company and people from across the country are expected to participate as well. >> this day was started in 1992 and we have be

it's because of your generosity and the gannett foundation that a food pantry in northern virginia will be able to feed hundreds of people. peggy fox joins us from the acts food pantry in dumfries virginia with more on the story. a happy story to tell peggy. >> reporter: the story is ask and you shall receive here at the acts food pantry in dumfries. on mondays the shelves were bare. they told the community about it. we helped them tell the community about it and take a look. they've gotten so many donations in that now the problem is they've got to figure out where to put it all. bright and early a huge truckload of food showed up from the capital area food bank with pallets of all kinds of food. after news of the pantry's temporary closure, the community responded big time. with more than 12,000 pounds of food and $60,000 in donations. >> it's pretty -- pretty mind blowing. it's -- it's amazing i mean one day everything's bare on the shelves. the next day it's -- i mean look at it. just crazy. >> reporter: the pantry can now open a week earlier than planned. tuesday at 1:00. >> on a r

gannett was the second weakest s&p 500 stock on new concerns about the newspaper industry. the "u.s.a. today" publisher met wall street's revenue and profit expectations but shares fell on new worries about advertising sales. gannett was down nearly 9% today after reporting a 17% drop in national advertising at its publishing business. and finally, green mountain coffee got roasted thanks to comments made by hedge fund manager david einhorn. he said the market for its single-cup brewers is "limited"i and accused the company of shady accounting practices. green mountain tumbled more than 10%. it had been one of the highest- growing stocks in terms of share price so far this year. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: apple stock traded briefly in record territory, but was dragged down by the market sell-off. one other record the company talked about today? the sale of more than four million of its new iphone 4s over the weekend. those are topics apple's new c.e.o., tim cook, will talk about tomorrow when he discusses the company's latest quarterly earnings with anal

and $60,000 and that includes a $5,000 grant from the gannett foundation. yesterday lots of people in the community were dropping off boxes and boxes of food at the pantry and now today they're going to get this huge influx of food from the capital area food bank. so they should be able to open in just one week next tuesday and that is a lot better than what they were doing to have to look at -- what they were going to have to do is reopen the first week in november. a big improvement thanks to everybody here in the community that's come together to help out. hopefully we'll be able to see some activity back here when i see you next time in half an hour. mike? >> thank you kristin. sure is nice to tell a good story this morning. >>> if you're taking many et row this weekend, expect some delays. of up to a half hour on the red, blue and green lines, that has because starting tonight at 10:00, rhode island avenue and brooklyn stations will be closed on the red line. on the blue line, trains will be single tracking between stadium armory and addison road stati

. >>> well, thanks to the generosity of channel 9 viewers and the gannett foundation, a food pantry in northern virginia will be able to serve the public. wednesday it was forced to close its doors. >> this is a great story. this morning it's getting help from a big truck loaded with supplies adding to the list, kristin fisher is live in lorton, virginia with more on that side of the story. good morning kristin. >> reporter: good morning. well you know the food pantry in dumfries, that one that's called is in trouble and it's called acts. and get this -- in the last two days, they have raised -- excuse me they've received 2,000 pounds of donated food and $60,000 worth of donations and that includes a $5,000 grant from the gannett foundation. and because of all of those types of donations they're going to be able to reopen next tuesday. whereas before all this they were going to have to reopen first week of november. now one of the organizations that has been helping and working hard to make this possible is the capital area food bank and joining me now is roberto and we're here standin

united states vets received a $5000 grant -f the gannett foundation an arm of our parent company and have been founded by the fannie mae help the homeless walkathon. >> reporter: outside comfortable this noon hour, although the clouds have moved in. a little good, little bad. we have gotten rid of some of the tree pollen and wheat pollen. but the mold spores are way up there. i'll come back. we'll look at the radar really, talk about some rain before the day is out. when 9news now return. >>> mount aetna put on quite a slow last night. europe's tallest and most active volcano shot out lava and flames for several hours. the eruption closed a nearby airport just as a precaution. the small stream of lava rode down the valley. >>> how are you doing? >> i'm well. it was a great day yesterday. not bad today. >> it was a wonderful day yesterday. it was a fabulous day yesterday. it was an incredible day yesterday. >> but today? >> what was it? >>> it was nice. >> i'm a year older. >> happy birthday. i'm not picking up the clues, am i? >>> let's get moving on weather. clouds out there now. ot

. >>> gannett ceo has resigned.rey magner has been named chairman of the board. >>> president obama says unemployed americans need help and they need it now. >> this is not a game. this is not the time for the usual political gridlock. >> fielding questions from reporters today, the president defended his hitting the road to sell his $447 billion jobs bill. he insists he tried to find middle ground with the republicans but that got nowhere. the president says he will continue to take his case directly to the voters, but republicans believe he's really only focused on campaigning for reelection. not on helping the nation's economy. >> i would love nothing more than to see a congress act so aggressively that i can't campaign against them as a do nothing congress. >> gop lawmakers are pushing back against the president's proposals to raise taxes. the president is asking his congressional rifles to come up with -- rivals to come up with something better if they don't like his idea. >>> detectives are questioning a man w

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a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack allegations iran dismissed as a comedy show argues gannett should count as the latest from the u.s. capitol. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranian government accountable for the plots to kill the ambassador of saudi arabia to the united states also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at these really embassy in washington and at the embassy of saudi arabia also in washington and here is how the u.s. department of justice came up with those accusations the f.b.i. and the u.s. drug enforcement agency have arrested a new raney and born u.s. citizen his name monsoor are burps yar u.s. investigators say the man tried to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador to the united states and for that according to the americans this iranian man turned to members of a mexican drug cartel who turned out to be undercover f.b.i. operatives the attorney general said the man comes fast in the plot and said he was directed by high ranking iranian officials iran's firmly denies the alleg

united states vets have received a $5000 grant from the gannett foundation, an arm of our parent companyand have been founded by fannie mae help the homeless walkathon. i'm j. c. hayward. >>> thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. >>> monika santani will have traffic in just a moment. >> reporter: howard bernstein has our weather first. it is going to clear up, the fog, north and east up around college park over to fort mead. fredericksburg and those areas as well. 61 by noon with sunshine. 65 with highs today between 65 and 70. a

born muslim cleric anwar allah locky had been killed in gannett now this was the first attempt on his life by the us but i guess this time and cia and special ops forces had enough intelligence to make sure that the drone hit the right target so the mainstream media obviously very dutifully reported the news as another big victory in our war on terror but take a very careful look to see what's missing from their coverage. one of all kind as top recruiters who once preached at a mosque in virginia and california he was called the internet bin ladin because of his skills of recruiting terrorists online just two of the world's most wanted terrorists our dad. who was killed by a missile from a u.s. drone to he was considered one of the biggest terrorist threats to u.s. homeland security and more level aki the head of al qaeda in yemen killed in a u.s. drone strike two predator drones equipped with how fired missiles took out. now to start with let me find out who the second person was that was killed samir khan an american citizen of pakistani origin who is the editor of inspire english l

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largely of a biweekly column that is done by tony who covers the court on a daily basis for connect -- gannett. >> what was your goal in life that then? >> to be a good journalist. i was the editor of "the legal times." steve brill had bought it, and he wanted it to have deep and juicy coverage of the legal and lobbying profession, and the mission that he gave me and that i had my eyes set on was to really get behind the curtain of powerful lobbying firms on k street. no one had really tried to cover them comprehensively before, so i had my work cut out for me. >> what do you think has happened to that story in the last 20 years to today? >> justifiably, it has drawn more attention from local reporters, just the role of politics and the role of lobbyists as the middlemen. that has gotten so big. we have had so many scandals here in washington, many of which, i hate to say, i have covered myself. >> where were you educated? >> i grew up in new york city and went to a school there and went to harvard for college and no graduate school. >> when did you get interested in journalism? >> in college.

. >> i dressed nicely today to show that it is everybody in iran to the gannett from the--it runs the gamut from the coocs to the not coocs. >>james: we are on a weather watch. in the oakland hills fire crews will be on a heightened alert over the next 24 hours. erica is keeping an eye on the part of the forecast this morning, good morning. >> good morning that red flag warning is in effect for all the places highlighted in red on your screen. this means that we are at a high risk for fire danger for both the north bay and east bay hills. a quick look at where thefog product is around the bay area. currently we do not have any. but as we take a look at this for temperatures--your current temperatures, we have temperatures in the forties and fifties around the bay area. it is a little warmer for some of our east bay locations. 51 degrees currently for those in hayward. as we take it into the afternoon and the morning hours by 8:00 a.m., i have said the future passed for 8:00 a.m. you can see a lot of the 40's hanging on with us as we progress in to the later part in the afternoon. by l

cox as gannett 85 in no delays. the spots that could start to back things up. in marin county and san fell, heading towards linking is were the slowest traffic is southbound, still under 33 minutes. >>stanley: cup >> dysthymia if needed >> one of the places, so that is perhaps a security guard in cook father of one of the girls that was shot and killed believes his daughter coming up at 80 yen. >> in other news around the bay, the governor has signed a bill that will prevent local governments from banning deals circumcision. the bill was written in response to a ballot as a proposed in san francisco. backers collect more than 7007 a ticket to put the measure october ballot to outlaw the circumcision uphill of most the people east. it was later blocked by a judge. the supreme court begins a guitar to it. the first order business is disposing of appeals in more than 1000 cases that have piled up over the summer. after that the justices will hear arguments on the case till your help for his plan to cut medicaid payments to doctors, hospitals and other radical prov

at gannett, we're very committed to serving communities. 21 years ago at usa weekend, the staff cameof that, millions of americans get out today and make a difference in their local communities. >> best of luck with it and thanks for coming on to talk about it. make a difference day. >> that you can so much having us. nbc has been a great partner this year and we really appreciate all your inspiring stories. >> thank you so much. that's going to do it for us today on "today." [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning. welcome to "11 news saturday morning". i'm deborah weiner. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti. here's a look at some of our top stories for you. traffic has reopened on eastbound i-70 after a fatal crash shut down access to the beltway. michael means of montgomery county was killed when a tractor-trailor cut off his s.u. v. his vehicle slid under the trailer and became pinned. he was pronounced dead at the scene. no charges what -- no word on charges for the driver of the truck. >> another murder at criminaliston t. perkins hospital in jessup.

at gannett, we're very committed to serving communities. 21 years ago at usa weekend, the staff came millions of americans get out today and make a difference in their local communities. >> best of luck with it and thanks for coming on to talk about it. make a difference day. >> that you can so much having us. nbc has been a great partner this year and we really appreciate all your inspiring stories. >> thank you so much. that's going to do it for us today on "today." i'm kris sanchez. coming up next on "today in the bay," a woman trying to do the right thing is struck and quakes overnight. >>> plus, a bay area mother killed in a southern california shooting rampage, how her family is remembering her life and coming to grips with her death. you don't have to go home but e.ca presters here. prn'esters play a game of chicken with police. "today in the bay" starts at 7:00. [ male announcer ] sizzler's steak fest! a tri-tip sirloin, and endless salad bar, all for just $10.99. sizzler. thinking fresh every day. ♪ a couple years of up all night ♪ ♪ and a few thousand diapers later ♪ ♪ oh,

at gannett, we're very committed to serving communities. 21 years ago at usa weekend, the staff cames of americans get out today and make a difference in their local communities. >> best of luck with it and thanks for coming on to talk about it. make a difference day. >> that you can so much having us. nbc has been a great partner this year and we really appreciate all your inspiring stories. >> thank you so much. that's going to do it for us today on "today." >>> good morning. i'm angie goth. >> i'm john schriffen. straight ahead, his team is getting ready for their first game since the discovery of william mcquain's body. how the community is working to remember the boy today. >> we'll check on a major construction project on i-95 north that has caused major traffic headaches. >> and how to carve that perfect jack-o-lantern. >> all that and more coming up when you join us for "news4 today" in a few minutes. but first chuck. >> don't worry. >> check on chuck. >> we'll see you in two minutes with a complete check of the weekend forecast. >> i'm sorry, chuck. ♪ [ male announcer ] when

down to one basic thing which is fun and looking at what the human behavioral drivers, that will be gannett to allude to, that motivate us to take action. -- that will had alluded to. you think of high school and someone tried to get you to smoke a cigarette, but today we are seeing positive peer pressure. there is a company called recycled bank, an online rewards platform that rewards for everyday green actions. there are leader boards, points, challenges, educational websites to teach you about going green. at the end of the day, not only did they create a social community where you are able to showcase the actions were taking and feel good about them, but you also received real world rewards like this counts -- discounts on kashi and more robust incentives. there is another great startup called simple energy. they work with utilities and track household energy consumption. then through facebook and other social platforms, they have leader boards and a means for people to compare themselves to their peers and friends. it is really using the notion of a social comparison and positive carry