investigators say this man lured a woman into a wooded area in georgetown and sexually assaulted her. it's the second attack in recent weeks and it has a lot of people nervous. shamari? >> well, doreen, police tell me that the attacker met the woman here at the intersecti of m street and 31st street. police say he sexually assaulted her. this is the second time a woman has been attacked in less than a month in georgetown and pushed into bushes. >> you have to travel with your friends. >> reporter: 19-year-olds stay close together at nighttime in georgetown. >> where ever we go out, we try to go with at least a group of people. >> reporter: the man shown in this composite sketch attacked a girl 1:00 in the morning in the georgetown waterfront area. the suspect he. >> investigators say they walked near the c&o canal. she got away and he took off running. >> something not too good. >> reporter: maerio rosso owns a restaurant and police looked at surveillance video. >> the cameras were pointed to the wrong direction. they couldn't really find anything. >> reporter: this is the second repo

i teach at georgetown university, and i was at the woodrow wilson center as a scholar so occasionally i write books in my time off to write books and i talked to veterans and soldiers about going to war and coming home. islamic what is your connection to the naval academy? >> i used to teach at the naval academy for two and a half years i was there inaugural distinguished chair and ethics. they had a cheating scandal, and can they are in the nine limelight being near washington and needed to brainstorm about how to teach ethics so they called me in. i taught ethics for three years at georgetown, for 20 years, have some of that before a at yale as a graduate student. they were surprised there were people teaching ethics as part of the curriculum. so we modified the course to talk about character and war and with shipman and marines. was fascinating. it was an absolutely fascinating tour of duty. >> what's your educational background? >> i went to a remark college, prada women's college in pennsylvania, and then i have a degree from the university of edinburgh, second home you might say

it does not sound like we now.her right is the mn t bank in georgetown. -- m &t bank. it looks like somebody may have enter the bank from another building. we will get you all the details few minutes. >> the funeral is today for one two bros killed in the derailment. the church of the ellicottion in the city. viewings will be held today until 5:00 and also from 7:00 until 9:00. her funeral will be held tomorrow. she was a nursing student at the delaware. of autopsy revealed two students itself.led by the train they were killed by the coal that poured onto them from the cars. s have resumed at the side. rails underneath the bridge remain closed until the investigation is complete. no suspect or a motive in the of a high school student. a 17-year-old was asleep in her intruder broke down door, headed into her d shot and killed her. she was a star student at flowers high school. >> lance armstrong will not fight to the dumping allegations m anymore. tired of fighting an unconstitutional witchhunt. he wore 7 -- he won 7 tour de titles. the u.s. anti-dumping agency says-dop

seven on beach road six on the georgetown pike, four on walker road.great falls resident and arborist robert vickers. >> a lot of people are saying it is about time they are doing this. because there was a lot of trees downed in the big storm, and we lost our electricity for six days. >> reporter: this isn't, of course, just about preventing power outages. it is more, right now, about safety. one month ago 64-year-old carl ross was killed when an oak tree fell on his car. after the accident a team of arborists inspected trees all over great falls and they recommended 59 trees be removed, that is starting at 9:00 a.m. today. keep in mind more trees may need to be taken down, farther down the road. this huge tree, you can't really see it right now, but it is a tree at the intersection of walker road and georgetown pike. it is a big cre that caused a lot of residents and drivers to be nervous. for now it is not an immediate threat, not included in these 5 trees that will be taken down over the next three weeks, but a teem of -- a team of arborists will be

the fbi is investigating a big in overnight in georgetown. it may be the latest in a string crimes.ar brianne carter joins us from the on wisconsin avenue in northwest washington with the latest for us. >> mpd and the fbi remain on the scene. have been here several of its clues.ting the bank has only been open two weeks and authorities are looking into whether this is related to a string of other break-ins. this is the man authorities are now searching for after a series of brazen break-ins at d.c. banks. >> somebody just took a chance. >> the new m&t bank on wisconsin avenue this morning was the latest. wearing a blue hat and white jumpsuit. got into the room with the atm machine. suspect first broke into the building next door and caught all hole in the wall leading to the bank. got in.ow they >> it is scary to see that. ago there was a similar break-in at a bank on connecticut avenue, caught on camera. the suspect is seen wearing white suit and got into an adjacent vacant building. authorities say this same bank in may of 2011. >> this is

foul after foul after foul being called against georgetown. by halftime georgetown was called for 30 fouls and china was only called for 10. that was something that indicated to me that something bad could happen in the second half. >> hoya's coach john thomas iii says tensions were running high on both teams. >> it was an emotional game, tense game and that happens in athletics. those tensions, those feelings are not abnormal. >> but watching from the sidelines, wong is sure this is no normal basketball game. >> it wasn't a matter of if there was going to be a fight. it's when was there going to be a fight. >> it isn't long before wong's premonition comes true. the game is tied at 64-64 in the fourth quarter when jason clark gets in an altercation with two players from the rockets that ends with him on the ground. >> i heard a whistle blow and i saw jason clark on the ground. they started pushing each other. right there both benches simultaneously emptied. >> the floor erupts into chaos as both teams rush to enter the fray. >> players started

. >>> an unusual bank robbery today in georgetown caught on tape, but it's a familiar m.o. for investigators. >> reporter: i'm scott broom with the fbi in washington where there's been yet another bank break-in, not through the front door, but through the wall. a bold burglar caught on camera at 2 a.m. today after breaking through walls in a failed attempt to get to an atm machine. the damage left behind at the m&t bank at 1420 wisconsin in georgetown so bad that firefighters were called in to ensure safety during the investigation today. it may well be the same suspect or suspects who have done it before. here's a burglar in a similar tyvek suit on video august 17th inside a bank of america and again cameras caught two suspects in the same location doing the same thing may 24th. >> he's ending up in a room that houses the atm machine. >> reporter: in each case the burglar or burglars fled without managing to steal a dime for all their effort, but doing a lot of damage nonetheless. with the fbi in washington, scott broom, 9 news now. >> firefighters determined the bank in g

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six on the georgetown pike. four on walker road. this is going to be impacting traffic over the next few weeks. crews are going to be out from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. there will be lane closures while these trees are taken down. just plan a little bit of extra time. when you have these big limbs and branches coming down, the crews need to be sure everyone is safe. >>> prince george's county police say roommates fighting over food led to a deadly shooting over the weekend. police charged 19-year-old travis hoskins with the murder of his room mate. they -- of his ma'am roommate. >>> the major party presidential tickets are now set for this november. mitt romney's running mate will be wisconsin congressman paul ryan. the gop ticket appeared on 60 minutes last night. ryan said there needs to be new leadership in the white house. >> the senate hasn't passed a budget law for three years. it is dysfunctional. >>> president obama was in chicago sunday. here's what he had to say. >> congressman ryan is a decent man, he is a family man, he is

>> for sure. >> regents is the first high school program to implement them while in georgetown, they are up to 20 each. even college teams like usc and colorado are using them on a trial basis. >> and we love the game and want to win like everyone else. we're starting to pay more attention to kind of the health of the kids. >> reporter: considering studies show roughly 75% of college football concussions occur in practice, the decision to try the guardian tap was a no-brainer for region's coach. >> if you're the biggest, baddest, strongest, fastest dude on the team, you're on the bench because you have a concussion, you have neutralized all of the stuff you have. the other teams win. we have to keep our kids healthy. >> reporter: the region's booster club sprung for 110 of the interesting looking protective devices. at $60 a pop, he said that he'll take the function over the fashion every time. will it stop concussions? probably not. will it help prevent some? probably. 93 -- yeah, you know. that is our goal. absolutely. >> and while the guardian cap can't claim it, it reduces concus

outer loop at georgetown pike. only the left lane will get you by as you make your way in this area. you can see they're still working. outer loop, you can't get to westbound 66 or the dell husband toll road. >>> time is 4:42. a lot more still to come this morning on "news4 today." more legal troubles this morning at the virginia home once used by michael vick for dogfighting. >>> plus, the unusual encounter with a wild president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... the ground up, investing in innovation, education... and job training. it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened when i was president. we need to keep going with his plan. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. .

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he was driving along georgetown pike. the work is expected to take several weeks. drivers could face delays in the area. the maryland house of delegates begins work today on a bill to expand gambling in the state. the state senate approved legislation on friday to allow table games in the existing casinos and a casino at national harbor in prince george's county. there will be a moment of silence this morning. one year since the devastating collapse at the indiana state fair. seven people died, 58 others injured when a strong wind gust blew down the stage just before a concert by the country music duo sugarland >> . around the world, a u.s. navy guided missile destroyer collided with a japanese oil tanker in the persian gulf early sunday morning. the uss porter was left with a large gaping hole. no one was injured in the collision. the incident is under investigation. the death toll continues to climb after two powerful earthquakes in iran. this is the aftermath of the twin earthquakes that struck nearon saturday. 300 people have died and thousands are injured back

christopher chambers journalism professor at georgetown university always good to have you here and for those of you who use twitter and facebook and all of the other social media something to keep in mind that it's not one hundred percent protected information that that information is out there for good and that if law enforcement inquires that those sites could give up your information something to think about we do have a whole lot more coming up for you in our upcoming broadcast we have want to eight pm eastern as well as one at ten pm eastern for more on the stories we've already covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america our website r t dot com slash usa. at first break let's just burn your eyes right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. much stronger than anything you'd be biopsied loses thousands of times i'm stronger than any kind of ever put you know i. is the state run in english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. we just put a picture of me when

rest of our chambers journalism professor at georgetown university always good to have you here as well the capital account is up next on our let's check in with more let's start to see what's on the agenda today hey there laura. we've made it through half the reason for us we made it there half the week which means we're about halfway through this central banking extravaganza week which is rife with expectations of whether central bankers will put their hands into the economy and acts so the federal reserve came out today with its interest rate decision no change there so now all eyes are on the e.c.b. and there are high expectations around it because you may recall last week mario draghi made a very bold claim saying the e.c.b. is behind the euro we are vowing to support it and it will work this is at the same time when manufacturing numbers are out for the eurozone which are not good it paints a grim picture so we'll dive deep into this whole euro zone conflict and really pull out what's important only on the capital account would you hear extravaganza use with central banks but you

it comes under a driver died tree fell on his car drove along georgetown -- georgetown pike last .onth what's a jury deliberating on whether a gaithersburg man stepdaughter. stabbedors say hang because he was angry the mother over a divorce. >> the maryland house of delegates is set to vote tonight on a bill to expand gambling. what allowed table games and in princea new casino george's county. any legislation passed must be approved by voters in november. >> tonight wildfires spreading out west, and a real look -- a gets behind the wheel taking a pill. hello, i see tonight you are at the wildfires plaguing the nation. e to be gettingc worse. >> we are talking about a path of newthan the state hampshire. everybody the story this 20-year-old woman who came in to help. what happened? what went wrong? >> sleeping it's causing trouble outside of the bedroom. >> of many millions of people pills.ing sleeping we have heard stories but we to put them to the test. takes ambien and the steering wheel to show you what it is like a stages.t looking forward to it. we will see you in just a bit. tho

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because of her chambers journalism professor at georgetown university always good to have you here. so how do you run our genes underwater and drowning quickly millions of americans are facing that prospect when it comes to their mortgages so why isn't the federal government helping hold on to that issue in just a moment. a lot of american power continues. might actually be time revolution. or drink or starbucks or the surprising him really you. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made can you trust no one. is your view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capital score fashion when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question morning. is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. well since the financial collapse of four years ago one of the biggest issues in this country have been the bursting of the housing bubble and the large number of foreclosures that have happened as a result dep

for any campaign and wanted to find out where the registered democrats in georgetown were you would go downtown, make a copy of everyone's registration and go through the annoyance of looking at street addresses and it was half a day's work. now it is 30 seconds. i do not feel my privacy is threatened by this. >> let's check out news around the world. the tension between israel and iran continues to grow as well as prospects of war. there are reports the israeli government is ramping up preparation for strikes against iran's nuclear facilities. that is from a report from the international atomic energy agency who says iran may be accelerating work on its nuclear program. israel's leadership thinks there is little time to act. >> benjamin netanyahu seems very determined to launch a strike against iran before november. any time between now and november is the window of opportunity. >> the obama administration is against the unilateral strike against iran. they believe there is still time for diplomacy. one analyst said if israel was really on the brink of an attack, they would not be

the damage left behind at the m&t bank at 1420 wisconsin in georgetown so bad that firefighters were called in to ensure safety during the investigation today. >> this is the third instance of this similar m.o. >> reporter: fbi agent jacqueline mcguire says it may well be the same suspect or suspects who have done it before. here's a burglar in a similar tyvek suit on video august 17 inside a bank of america at 2236 connecticut avenue after breaking through a wall from an adjacent abandon business and again cameras caught two suspects in the same location doing the same thing may 24. >> he's ending up in a room that houses the atm machine, so we're thinking that he's after the money that's being housed in the atm machines. they did set off an alarm and fled the scene by the time the police arrived. >> reporter: in each case the burglar or burglars fled without managing to steal a dime for all the effort, but doing a lot of damage be in theless. from looking at the video and for the -- nonetheless. from looking at the video and photo evidence investigators are fairly sure this robber

so, why did this 33-year-old georgetown grad pick up arms against the libyan government and is now heading to syria? it is saturday, august 18th. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. we take you to the pacific northwest where a massive wildfire is closing in on a small town in idaho. the fires are fueled by drought, summer heat. some families are returning to their homes. at least 60 houses were destroyed there. firefighters are working to detain some fires. they are worried weekend storms will bring more lightning. now, to louisiana where four men and three women were arrested in connection to a shooting that left two sheriff's deputies dead and two wounded. they are the most violent, evil people on the planet. it happened outside new orleans on thursday. they first attacked a deputy, then fled to their homes. later, more deputies came to their home to investigate and the suspects opened fire. >>> breaking news just into cnn. conflicting reports of syria. the vice president president defected. they are trying to get him safely to neighboring jordan where the former prime minister fled

. >>> a pickup truck slammed into a house today in georgetown. it happened at the corner of 33rd street and p. street northwest at about 8:30 this morning. the driver has been taken to a nearby hospital. there's no word on his condition right now. investigators believe that the driver suffered a seizure. they're still trying to find the exact cause of the crash. >>> also in georgetown police are looking for someone who tried to break into a bank. this happened at the m&t bank on wisconsin of and o. street in the mid -- avenue and o. street in the middle of the night. investigators say that someone cut into the wall of the building that is under construction in order to get inside. police believe the atm machine was actually the target. they say that no money was taken. and investigators are looking at surveillance video in order to catch the suspects. >>> the countdown is underway to the republicans big event being held in tampa, florida. forecasters and convention planuries keeping an eye on -- planners are keeping an eye on the approaching trop

. >> an interview conducted georgetown university as part of booktv's college university professor maurice jackson talked about anthony benezet. >> joy in this is professor maurice jackson of georgetown university. he is the author of this book "let this voice be heard: anthony benezet, father of atlantic abolitionism". who was he? >> thank you for having me. anthony benezet was born in france in 1713. given non catholics some religious freedom. and the protestant huge nose were forced to leave. the family was a prominent family. the story of leaving france and going to the border. and they tried to stop him. in this and i have a pouch of money and in this and a pistol. and fled france that way and went to england for some years and remarkably this has been a steady at the same school learning english as his hotel. the greek hotel was far from a religious tolerance as you can imagine. and a great abundance of material, and what the quakers are too. and because of the huge no oppression because his family had been members of something -- mountain revolutionaries, and something else, the qua

georgetown university for theological studies. >> did you get a degree from georgetown. >> master's degree in liberal studies. >> in liberal studies. that includes, what, theology? >> theology, philosophy, yeah. >> do they teach you shakespeare? >> i managed totay away from shakespeare at the master's level. >> you'd be comfortable there now because i understand even for literature majors shakespeare is not a mandatory subject, do you believe that? what has happened to these? >> reporter, covered politics, weekly pbs series john ander nathalie. "u.s. news and world report," religion editor. your book to your credit. >> my first book. >> and still working at "u.s. news & world report." >> i still am. >> if i mention the name funk to you, who is he, robert funk? >> he's a bible scholar, new testament scholar who is founder and leader of a group called jesus seminar. a group of scholars for the last 15 years have been exploring the historical jesus. >> yeah, does he have very much standing in the academic community paula fredriksen interhe represents the school of representation. >> she's als

there are two trees right behind me on walker road in georgetown pike. those have been the subject of much controversy. landowner there says he told fox 5 he would like to take these trees down but neighbors have urged him for 30 years to please leave them up. v-d.o.t. says at this point that those two trees are not an immediate danger but they will be surveyed soon. so, again, we don't know what time crews are going to get started today and we do not know which roadways they are going to be attacking first but i can tell you that drivers in the area should be on lookout because no doubt, with some of the roads here and the condition of the trees, it will be some heavy work and there will definitely be some traffic tie-ups recommend related to that. >> all in the name of safety. >>> two deadly earthquakes rock iran decimating dozens of villages. coming up next, we'll have the latest. >> trouble for a former nmplet fl star arrested and now out of a job apparently over a receipt and a head butt. checking more headlines coming up >>> there have been dozens

six on georgetown pike. four on walker road. two trees that will be removed on utter vac store road. the work gets under way this afternoon. three weeks to get all of these trees taken down. want to be aware of the crews out and about dhog work here over the next several weeks. >> megan, thank you. >>> today mitt romney and paul ryan will campaign separately for the first time. the presumptive republican presidential candidate will be in florida while his vp pick will be in iowa. in their first interview together on cbs' "60 minutes," romney made it clear he will call the shots and campaign on his budget plan. >> there's no question your campaign has been trying to make this election a referendum on barack obama. now some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan's budget plan. >> well, i have my budget plan, was you know, that i've put out. and that's the budget plan that we're going to run on. the same time, we have the record of president obama, if people think, by the way, utility bill has gone down they

. >>> police and the fbi are on the scene of an attempted bank robbery in georgetown. it happened overnight. police say the suspect appeared to get in through the roof. it's the second attempted bank robbery in d.c. in a week that appeared to have a similar m.o. sherri ly is live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see this is still a very active crime scene here. police and the fbi have been here all morning long. they still have this entire block here of wisconsin avenue in front of the m&t bank closed off. you can see the door open right there, and the reason that's important is just last week a burglar broke into a bank through a vacant building next door. that's one of the similarities in these two attempted robberies. police say someone broke into the bank on wisconsin avenue near o street after 3:00 this morning. the security alarm went off, alerting the security company, who we're told could see the suspect by video camera breaking in. apparently came in through the ceiling and into the atm room. police have been searching an aband

now, more than a year later, some of georgetown's most popular waterfront restaurants are back in business>> and another prize hike at >>> news 4 got an exclusive look today at two of the regs rants along the georgetown

[inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible] georgetown university. i was wondering if there was ang way that we could get all therio information that you just gave to us in a bulleted format so that we can make that more relevant -- >> to get it where? >> in a bulleted format or maybe just a transcript of -- >> well, it's not a hong book. [laughter] it's not a long book. [applause] t just published -- it's just published, it's out this week. we rushed to get it out before the election. and i don't know this, i think, will t be on c-span. maybe you can get copies of that.il >> well, thank you very much.n >> what i do is tell people more facts and fewer words than anything in print. so i've given you the executive summary this morning. >> all right, thank you. >> garrett van decamp, stanford, university. a few years ago there was talk about government funding for faith-based organizations that provide social services. some suggested that such government funding should be banned while others suggested that we should fund all faith-based charities such a

in georgetown paul wagner -- was taken. in georgetown paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> also caught on camera a ride on a bus slams into a home as passengers hang on for dear life. it happened monday morning in silver spring. this is surveil video from inside the bus. you can see the passenger goes flying when the bus drive lost control, then crashed right into the front door of a home. two people were inside the house at the time. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> in a press conference today republican congressman todd akin reaffirmed his plans to stay in missouri's u.s. senate race. he's been under fire for recent comments suggesting women's bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy during what he called legitimate rape. top republicans have asked akin to drop out of the senate race. >> apparently there's some people who are having trouble understanding our message. i'd like to be clear on that today and that we're going to be here through the november election and we're going to be here to win. now there may be some negotiations,

we're joining by chef tony star from a brand new restaurant in georgetown on m street. we're just plating the first one. we'll show you how to make a second one. what is this? >> this is a classic dish in mexico. the circles are -- they are calamari. we basically do a sauce. we'll use fresh tortillas and peppers. >> let's show you how you get everything started. you start with a little oil. >> basic will you you glaze your pan. >> want to try another one? >> definitely. >> you were telling me bandolero just opened recently. >> yes. we opened in may. >> opened in may. so only a couple months now. business is going well? >> business is good. >> excellent. >> been busy. >> what's going into the papineau? >> this is the garlic right there. cook the garlic a little bit. >> up next is the calamari. >> calamari. >> it smells wonderful. is that olive oil in the base of the pan? >> yes, olive oil. >> what else in addition to the calamari is on the restaurant week menu? >> we have the tacos and pork tacos is really one of the popular tacos. we have the spicy habaneros with apples

next. 3 a young graduate of georgetown university is raising money to go to the front lines in syrianddtime with the rebels. matthew vandyke says he knows what the risks are. last year, he fought with the rebels in libya, and ended up spending months in prison valencia has more.ed by 3 more. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 &p 3 3 3 3 3 vandyke is still raising money for his trip - mainly through websites.. e says he plans on being in syria for at least 4 weeks and when he's done, he'll post a documentary film 3f his experiences online. - how addicted are you to your smart phone. what a survey found out about cell phone users. and the health risks involved. "he ran and he jumped that fence but i got him with this here i got him in the neck." a texas grandma fights off a burglar with a áforká. why she says she's not worried that he'll ever try to rob her home again. 3 3 3 3 if you're looking for things to do this weekend you might want to stop pass the inner harbor. the 4-th annual art festival is being held this weekend along the waterfront and at the power plant.one hundred states will b

too >> most of the work zones around area and virginia, traveling georgetown we are in the intersection of m street. you will have lane restrictions inbound and outbound. traveling on 95, we are seeing a work zone. the good news is it is southbound 95. the two right lanes are block on 66. also in fairfax we have operations still going on on the county parkway so be a word for some brief delays there. untilill be going on 6:00. >> the republican national convention will wrap up with a presidentiale nominee mitt romney. wednesday night his vice presidential pick it got the party energized. >> america learned a little bit about paul ryan's routes. on the same block where i grew up. >> a lot about his political beliefs. >> these past four years we have suffered no shortage of words in the white house. what is missing is leadership in the white house. >> mitt romney will accept the nomination ande biggest speech of his life. in the nomination biggest beach of his life. >> we have a plan for a stronger with a goal of generating 12 million new jobs years.e next four finished with one last sale

we're here in the georgetown neighborhood of washington, d.c.lue flags at the homes of registered democrats. we're going to see if we can talk to some of the voters. does this concern you? the fact that this is available, someone could walk up to your door? >> of course i'm concerned. sure. yeah. yeah. i'm very concerned. i mean you did it this morning. you walked up to my door. you knew where i was and knew what it was all about. i had no idea. >> it's not just about maps. these apps can also get access to a lot of information from those who download them. we asked privacy expert just in brookman about this. >> it is designed to be exposed to the applications you download. whatever they think is valuable as far as data monitoring, tailor message you to and figuring out who is going to give the most money, they have the ability to get. you can't say no to. >> reporter: while the romney campaign declined to comment, the obama campaign said this campaign has always and will continue to take great carr with the information that people share with us

it is just down the street from m and wisconsin in the heart of georgetown cited for 28 violations. even after a closure at cheng's carryout on kenilworth avenue in capitol heights customers raved about the crabs and rice, but it's the smell and mice that alarmed inspectors. these prince george's health department records cite the restaurant with mice droppings all over the place including in the food specifically in the flour and the carryout's rice. at federal center near the waterfront regular's carryout in hand were shocked to learn inspectors suspended sou's middle eastern -- sal's middle eastern citing roaches, flies, unsafe food temperatures and mice feces. >> all the issues you're seeing is already resolved. that's why it reopened. >> reporter: the question is how did it get to the place where you had mice? >> because of the pest control contract. they didn't want to come on time. >> reporter: the manager invited me inside behind the counter where they make the food. inside we didn't find any violations. at north capitol and florida northwest inspectors shut down new york pi

. >> i >> that tragedy unfolded right here along georgetown pike. i spoke to the daughter of the man who died. she says she's hoping this tree removal project will save lives. work crews in fairfax county are taking down dozens of trees deemed dangerous. it's a move aimed at saving lives. 64-year-o 64-year-old yelled albert carl rough was killed when a decaying tree fell on his car in great falls after a severe storm. lyn simmons says she was driving along georgetown pike the day of the accident. she says she was so close to it she could see the tree falling. >> i counted my blessings because i could have been under that tree. >> reporter: the death of roth shown in this "washington post" death notice forced the vdot to take action. vdot is removing 59 trees that pose a potential danger to drivers in the great falls area. some residents have mixed feelings about the lossst trees that provide shade and beauty to their neighborhoods, they support the project. >> this is not a mixed feeling. i think if the tree is identified as a dangerous tree, it sho

a decayed oak tree fell on a moving car on georgetown pike.dot says all of the trees being renovembmoved are dead or close dead. 25 of them along riverbend road. the project is expected to take three weeks. >>> police are investigating a deadly motorcycle grash in gaithersburg near high gables drive just before 5:00. one man is dead. they have not released any other details about the crash. >>> police say an argument over food led to the murder of a capitol heights man. prince george's county police say 19-year-old travis hoskins shot and killed his roommate. he's now charge with first degree murder. prince george's county police are tar geth six cities in an effort to reduce crime in the county. they're patrolling what they call crime hot spots. the focus is on langley park, east riverdale, suitland, kentland, hill cyst heights, and oxon hill. police say the goal is to get as many guns as possible off the streets. >>> all right. it is now 5:35. 70 degrees. the political fire storm surrounding chick-fil-a and gay marriage is leaving its mark o

news 4 megan mcgrath is live at the bank in georgetown with more on the investigation. megan? >> well, barbara, you could see the bank over my shoulder here on wisconsin avenue in the heart of georgetown. the fbi still here on the scene investigating what happened here early this morning. now, there are three attempted bank robberies that hapened in the last year, two of them very recently. they have striking similarities. the would-be robber cut through the wall of a building next door to gain access into the bank and in two of the incidents, he wore a very unusual outfit. he was actually wearing a white, full-length tivek jump suit. the fbi is trying to figure out whether the same man is responsible for all three crimes. investigators focus on the vacant building next door to the m&t bank. with the door open, you can see the hole that the would-be robber cut through the brick wall. he accessed the bank's atm room, but that's when the alarm went off and the suspect ran away without any money. >> it sounds like something out of a mystery novel or something like that. >> the wh

two trees at the corner of walker and georgetown pike have been talked about a lot by some of of the residents. the removal will take place over the next three weeks. >> thank you, melanie. >>> and in other news, the d.c. airport authority board is take some heavy criticism from federal officials. transportation secretary ray lahood tells the "washington post" he has serious questions about how the board has operated. he also accused some board members of lavish spending and cronyism but secretary lahood says he is confident in jack potter president and chief executive of the authority and hopes potter can clean up the issues. >>> it's not what drivers want to hear but gas prices are going up. according to aaa, the national average for a gallon offing very now $3.70. that's up 31 cents from a month ago. prices are even higher in the district where drivers are shelling out about 3.97 a gallon. in maryland it's 3.67. and 3.55 in virginia. >>> in the penn state child abuse scandal the university is backing tough penalties that were imposed by the ncaa last month. in a conference call ye

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police are on the scene of a bank break-in in georgetown. tracee wilkins is live for us on wisconsin avenue with more. tracie? >> good morning, aaron. look behind me. you can see that now the fbi has joined d.c. police in this investigation into what happened here at this m and t bank in georgetown. this all started around 3:00 this morning. according to d.c. police, a man dressed in all black forced his way into the atm area there. a this point we're still investigating to see if something was actually taken. the point is this person set off the alarm. now, there is an area there for you to swipe an atm card if you are a part of this bank or if you have an atm card, to get in there and take cash out. so, of course, the number one question, why was this person forcing their way in. was this an attempted robbery of this bank. at this point they are not classifying it as a theft but they are investigating it and they are saying, according to d.c. police, if they find this suspect he's facing possible charges for burglary. in the north west, i'

have you on the show and i don't know if that was christopher chambers journalism professor at georgetown university well still ahead here on our own companies are pumping out the products and hauling in the profits but not from their usual customers up next we'll show you how mad aerial vehicles are being used from for everything from catching criminals to conservation. r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al jazeera . and. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. that just burns your eyes right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. this is much stronger than anything it's used by a lot of. thousands of times was stronger than any kind of ever put you know. as defense spending in the united states dwindles down the defense industry is pushing to expand their market drones and they're looking not just to our overseas allies but to groups right here in the u.s. commonly used in military operations drones are now finding air space domestically we're talking drones being used for thi

well for more on this i was joined by christopher chambers journalism professor at georgetown university i first asked him what exactly is google hiding. it's hard to say i mean this this is a this is utterly beyond the pale this whole thing is just unprecedented i mean usually when a judge orders part not the reporters it's a different thing but orders the parties to disclose who your your allies and your shills are it's because there's been some you know outward evidence of jury tampering or something like this there's been a jury verdict in the copyright and patent actions this is after you know the smoke is cleared and this judge is doing this it's it's utterly utterly. unprecedented so there must be so you know i mean i do believe in there where there's smoke there's fire thing and because oracle who had lost you know who was the plaintiff you know had you know one or two people that they said they had dangling there must have been something there must have been some tip off in camera as they say in latin that to the judge that you know something was going on here or he just looked

is after a man died when a car,e of tree fell on his him, along georgetown pike. bge customers will get a chance their mind about the utility's performance during the june derecho storm. maryland public service the first will hold four public hearings in annapolis tonight. thousands of bge customers lost days.several pepco customers in maryland got tell about the company posted performance last week. maryland lawmakers resumed their special session today. of delegates taking a gambling inpand maryland. will hold aittee hearing on the bill today. the legislation would allow casino ats and a new prince or discounted. open 24 hoursstay a day. senate approved the bill on friday. , it willse passes it the ballot in november. the maryland house is expected take up legislation making dog owners liable for dog bites. the senate approved the bill on friday. addresses issues raised in a decision that declared pit bulls to be made landlords and property owners liable for -- attacks. there will be a moment of silence this morning to mark a stage collapsed at the state fair. a

pleasure to have you on the show you know if that was christopher chambers journalism professor at georgetown university and the narrative of media and bloggers making money from their sponsors for positive coverage is not a news story as we had just discussed with mr chambers we showed you another example of this media bias yesterday with the case of our planet money reporter adam davidson and ally alley bank here is mark ames he's one of the founders of the web site shame which stands for shame the hacks that abuse media attics take aleck . the real problem is when you're taking money from these people covertly and then you know and then promoting their agenda on n.p.r. you are centrally a product spokesman and davidson is a product spokesman but we don't we haven't been disclosed that fact. and to see the entire discussion of the n.p.r. bias and the role money plays in journalistic ethics go to our website youtube dot com slash our team america was defense spending the united states dwindles down the defense industry is pushing to expand their market of dro and they're looking not only to

. >>> a thief has broken into a third bank in d.c., his latest targets, the m & t bank in georgetown. as meg been mcgrath reports, police are concerned he's up to his old tricks. >> reporter: investigators focus on the vacant building. with the door open, you did see the hole the would-be robber cut through the brick wall. he ultimately accessed the atm room. that's when the alarm ran out and the suspect ran away without any money. >> it sounds like something out of a mystery vel. >> reporter: the whole thing was caught by the bank's security camera. the would-be robber is seen entering wearing a jumpsuit, an unusual getup, but police have seen it before. just last friday, someone broke into the bank of america in woodley park. he cut through the wallen an adjacenta adjacentant, and then there's the incident at the same bank the america a year ago. once again the would would-be robber cut through the wall. >> he didn't get anything? he's wasting his time now. he needs to come up with a new plan. >> reporter: in georgetown megan mcgrath, news4. >>> we are tracking tropical storm isaac

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now at 9:00, an attempted bank robbery in georgetown.e latest on the investigation. plus, the unusual way the suspect tried to get into the building. >> seven time tour de france medalist lance armstrong could lose his title. why he is no longer fighting anti-doping charges. and the harsh consequences it may have, straight ahead. >> your child may be heading back to school, but are they ready to hit the books? tips from an expert coming up at 9:15. >> the omg girlz, they're in town and in our studios. they're out with a new single and about to release their first cd. they are stopping by, and they