only devoted four percent of their coverage to it over the last year so i discussed that with georgetown university professor christopher chambers after the break. we'll be. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got this huge earth covered. it's no secret that on this show we like to have some fun at the expense of politicians who take themselves too seriously and when a politician makes headlines for the wrong reason well i'm not going to lie it kind of makes our day who doesn't like a little bit of entertainment so as we close out two thousand and ten we decided to pick three of our favorite moments of the year and tonight in no particular order we have a stumble a scream and a yell all while the t.v. cameras were rolling our first clip tonight is janet brewer during the arizona governor's debate this fall and i must warn you again it is really really painful to watch balance the budget and we are moving forward and we have done everything that we could possibly do. we have. i did what was right for arizona i will tell you that i have. god that was awkward

was diagnosed at age 11, he and his father, a retired fairfax county police officer, went to georgetown university hospital. >> when he was on radiation, he would come up to georgetown. >> villegas of spain, and brought pure joy -- after so much pain, today brought pure joy. >> it's a blessing because of was not able to give them something for christmas. >> today is a double celebration. it is the dalther son's birthdad his brother became a bone marrow donor. he is on the path to recovery. being surrounded by her son's best friends is the best she

i just finished master thesis at georgetown university on nathan hale. one of the forgotten people of history. i don't know if it was asked, but why did sugar ray robinson get his name? where did that come from? >> yeah, great question. he was born walker smith, j.r.. walker smith, j.r.. i think the ladies liked sugar ray robinson more. [laughter] he was a young fighter on a young boxing team based in a church in harlem, and they went into watertown, new york to fight. he was just 15-years-old, and there was a fighter on the team named ray robinson, but ray robinson got sick, and so young walker asked the manager, george gainford if he could fight in ray robinson's place. george didn't think he was good enough, but the young walker smith browbeat him in the locker rooms and said, coach, please, let me fight. i'm ready. walker smith fights, but george gainford, the manager has to change the name on the fight card. he has to -- he doesn't have an extra fight card, so he uses the fight card that says ray robinson, and he told the referee that the kid steppi

this georgetown university student says bring it on. >> i hope we get about 7 to 10 so i don't have to take my final. >> wel, as doug said, he'll probably have to study tonight because it looks like we'll only get a few inches. but they're done treating the roads tonight. they will be back on the roads bright and early at 7:00 tomorrow morning. if you don't have to be on the roads, just don't get out there. john shiffern. back to youn the stud. >>> they learned that vincent join will replace veneer. we also just lrned that kenneth ellerbe will be named fire chief. >>> the d.c. police are looking for a burglar who taund his victims through facebook. somebody broke into the house of "washington post" journalist mark fisher last ii. the burglar stole an ipod, sme money, a computer, and a new winter coat. he then took a picture of himself wearing the stolen coat and holding the stolen money. he opened the son's computer and posted the picture on the teenager's facebook page. with a sneer on his face and his fingers pointing to just what he had gotten from our house was meant to taunt and t

fellow at the brookings institution, a columnist for the washington post and a profesr at georgetown university. also kevin eckstrom, editor of religion news service, and kim lawton, managing editor of "religion and ethics newsweekly." we begin with a video reminder of the major events of 2010 assembled by kim. >> it was a challenging year for interfaith relations, as american muslims faced new tensions on several fronts. plans for an islamic cultural center near the site of ground zero generated a firestorm of debate and protest, and the proposed construction of mosques in other communities generated opposition as well. a florida pastor's announced intention to burn the quran on the anniversary of 9/11 set off an international furor, including violent protests in several muslim nations. the pastor eventually backed off his plan, but controversy continued. leaders from several faith traditions joined with islamic leaders to denounce what they called "growing islamophobia" across the country. meanwhile, amid several high-profile arrests of american muslims allegedly potting terrorist attacks, u.

facing we're here to discuss it with me from our studio in new york is christopher chambers georgetown university professor and author of the blog not turner's revenge chris thanks so much for joining us. if you're wearing a santa hat so i was so i don't know do you think a bear is a war on christmas going on here are you here to protect it or your christmas crusader. i am not a christmas crusader i am just full of the christmas spirit because christmas is in the heart. so no there was no war on christmas it's that is a you know what is going on here alone is basically it is not a war on christmas it is a war to get your books what they call the war on christmas either by media outlets ironically by outlets like news corp which is owned by fox or wal-mart or c yours or anything else or any there are people who advertise on media outlets is a war for books christmas is a marketing but man it is about marketing so when somebody says happy holidays it's basically a way to be super inclusive to get everybody's books it's analogous to what was going on that conservatives were upset about you know span

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shortly after he was diagnosed he and his father helped bring the santa ride to georgetown universityuld be for 30 days in a row. >> in the face of some much pain, today brought pure joy. after his grand entrance santa handed out gives one by one. >> this is on my list. >> it is a true blessing because i am not able to do anything right now. >> for this woman and her family, today is a double celebration. her son turns 10 today after he was diagnosed with leukemia. his brother became a bone marrow donor. >> he is on the path to recovery. being surrounded by his best friends today is the best christmas present she could ask for. >> they are still our family. through that he still lives with us through them. >> that is all for abc 7 news at 5:00. developing new is that the senate approves billions of dollars in tax cuts. the president is making a plea to the house. a big change could force government employees to work during winter storms. the cold temperatures are bad enough but we are watching another story system headed our way. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.nc

researchers at georgetown university found the type of stem cells retracted from testicular tissue could more into cells found in the pancreas. well the effect was brief, researchers said that numerous studies have shown it can last substantially longer. a remarkable transfer this story out of germany offers new hope for parish @ -- patients in the u.s. a sandlin cysco company is trying to duplicate the procedure. -- a san francis company is trying to duplicate the procedure. >> he has been living with hiv since 1988. researchers say a patient in germany is proof that it is possible. >> a patient with aids develops leukemia and undergoes a bone marrow principate from a very special donor. it turned out receptor is the key doorway for hiv to get inside the cell. >> four years later with no other treatment, the patient is hiv free. the goal now is to replicate what happens in berlin. it is happening at qwest research in san francisco. they are replicating these cells and then putting them back. >> open the bill relating -- they're manipulating them and in using them, that is doable. >> vis

for civil rights well joining me here in the studio to discuss it is christopher chambers georgetown university professor and author of the blog now turner's revenge and from florida i lloyd marcus folks person and entertainer for the tea party movement gentlemen thank you both for being here with me chris i'll start with you are you how does this make you feel do you think that glenn beck and martin luther king are two people that you can just put into one basket no. but i mean let me just start out by saying that there are some things that mr marcus and i probably agree on i've. you know criticized some of the civil rights establishment i mean on this show people everybody from ben jealous to marc mero more you know i have also not been comfortable with that al sharpton has said that going back and pay with all these people and the national rifle association or hijacking the dream i don't think we're talking about a hijacking here i think that's very dishonest what i think it is fifty percent publicity stunt and fifty percent pandering to. an audience of fanatics and trivial. what's your resp

. >> they helped santa with a special delivery at georgetown university hospital and beth parker went along on this important mission. >> ho, ho, ho! >> reporter: santa captured the crowd but the really special guest was 16-year-old dalton. he wasn't there at georgetown's lombardi cancer center but to his family and friends it sure felt like he was. >> he never left his disease get him. he always worried about everyone else. >> reporter: dalton died of cancer just this past august. his dad use today the commander of the fairfax county police sully district station. after dalton was diagnosed, fairfax police started escorting santa to visit sick kids at georgetown. but this year, santa's elves were dalton's friends from westfield high school. for some, it was the first time they had been back here since dalton died. >> it is hard because you don't think about why he is not here with us. >> reporter: artie picket met dalton in seventh grade. >> it is sad to see that other people are still suffering from what he went through. at the same time, i know he fought hard. when i think about hi

stopped off at a place where people could use extra holiday cheer and visited young patients at georgetown university hospital. fox 5s beth parker shows us that santa got some help today from a group of kids that have gren up too fast. >> reporter: santa captured the crowd but the special guest was 16-year-old dalton. he was not there at georgetown's lombardi cancer center but to family and friends, it felt like he was. >> he never let's the disease get him. he worries about everyone else. >> reporter: dalton died of cancer this past august. his dad used to be the commander of the fairfax county police district station. after dalton was diagnosed, fairfax police started escorting santa to visit six kids at georgetown. >> the dodge challenger? >> reporter: this year, santa's elves were dalton's friends from westfield high school. for some, it was the first time they were here since he died. >> and it's hard. >> reporter: he met dalton in seventh grade. >> and -- to see the other people are suffering from what he went through and tame, you know, i know he fought hard. when i think about him, i have the

. >>> and santa made a christmas stop today at georgetown university hospital. >> ho, ho, ho, merry christmas, everybody. >> nice ride, santa. st. nick joined by others at lombardi cancer center. they were handing out gifts to the kids being treated in the pediatric oncology unit. this was sponsored by fairfax county police. >> the need is so great at the hospitals and at home. we can't say it enough. we hope that people dig deep this year and donate to toy drive 9. this is toys for tots. kids all the way from toddlers to age 17. so if you have it in your heart and if you see the toys around our studio, think about dropping off a toy at the area firehouse. >> there is a football and amit or anything. >>> ready for a little snow. a little event but high-impact. let's start with temperatures because it's still cold. and i probably should mention this now. a little bit of ice is beginning to form on some ponds. don't have any thoughts of trying to walk on that water or try to place ice hockey. temperatures are 28 in arlington. 31 downtown. but mainly in the upper 20s in the burbs. 27 in bethesda

university md. couple laddy. georgetown and tust universities school of medicine instructor in peatrics, 3 years. the permanent medical group. multiple leadership roles including chief of pediatrics and associate executive director. 29 years all together and currently. hobbies, hiking. sharon levine. >> sharon levine, we are joined by vicki got lick, senior policy attorney for the center of medicare advocacy. are thru? >> i am. good morning. >> vicki, do you have thoughts on what we've been saying so far about the cost implications of by lodgics versus traditional drugs or any aspects of the conversation thus far? >> i have a lot of conthoughts about your conversation. cost is a very important factor and cost very often will cause the population not to be able to afford the drugs. even if they have drug coverage for a biopharmaceutical, very often the copayments are so high that people can't afford the copayments. people are bankrupting themselves in order to get these needed medications and it would be very useful if they could in fact have a generic version if a generic version were available.

host: tim, graduate of georgetown university, contributing writer for the american prospect. his work has been seen in the new republic, in the nation magazine, american lawyer and washington city paper. philip kline, a graduate across town at george washington university. one of our comments from our viewers saying, i was caught in the middle this week. i understand that bernie sanders anger but i alsoee the reality and the genius of the tax deal. james is joining u from greenville, north carolina. our mocrat's line. caller: thank you for taking my call. this thing about giving this 2% tax cut. but with the loop holes that takes it down. with the tax cut that makes them pay zero taxes for ten years. they don't need another tax cut. but i agree that's a pretty good compromise. the only thing, the problem with the compromise is that you left the unemployment out. if you're going to worry about 2 million people, what about 5 million already lost the unemployment? what about those folks? you know, the thing is that the problem is greed at the top. we'll never get anything solved

university md. couple laddy. georgetown and tust universities school of medicine instructor in pediatrics, 3 years. the permanent medical group. multiple leadership roles including chief of pediatrics and associate executive director. 29 years all together and currently. hobbies, hiking. sharon levine. >> sharon levine, we are joined by vicki got lick, senior policy attorney for the center of medicare advocacy. are thru? >> i am. good morning. >> vicki, do you have thoughts on what we've been saying so far about the cost implications of by lodgics versus traditional drugs or any aspects of the conversation thus far? >> i have a lot of conthoughts about your conversation. cost is a very important factor and cost very often will cause the population not to be able to afford the drugs. even if they have drug coverage for a biopharmaceutical, very often the copayments are so high that people can't afford the copayments. people are bankrupting themselves in order to get these needed medications and it would be very useful if the

our first witness, the social professor of finance at georgetown university. prof.markets. he serves on the board of directors. our next witness this thomas, brokerage firm with 5000 equity capital. it provides high-speed technology. third is the ceo of tradeworks. he held several positio at wall street firms. our fourth witness is kevin cronin. he is responsible for many firms. started invesco in 1997. he is currently the head of the equity market and buys series. does the largest with the united ates public. now pursuant to rule 6, would the gentleman please add fan racial right hand? -- please raise your right hand? >> they warranted the sec in writing. the markets are vulnerable. it can happen again. our market is a complex network. of all the broker-dealers, media enties, it is a complex ecosystem purda. most of the time, it works pretty well. this better than it did 20 years ago. a market has the capacity. it can only handle so much before it chokes. our market is overwhelm. if you live get the history, you will see that it is going over and over again? we sel

our first witness, the social professor of finance at georgetown university. prof. angel focuses on markets. he serves on the board of directors. our next witness this thomas, a brokerage firm with 5000 equity capital. it provides high-speed technology. third is the ceo of tradeworks. he held several positions at wall street firms. our fourth witness is kevin cronin. he is responsible for many firms. he started invesco in 1997. he is currently the head of the equity market and buys series. does the largest with the united states public. now pursuant to rule 6, would the gentleman please add fan racial right hand? -- please raise your right hand? >> they warranted the sec in writing. the markets are vulnerable. it can happen again. our market is a complex network. of all the broker-dealers, media entities, it is a complex ecosystem purda. most of the time, it works pretty well. this better than it did 20 years ago. a market has the capacity. it can only handle so much before it chokes. our market is overwhelmed. if you live get the history, you will see that it is go

associate professor of finance at georgetown university, mcdonough school ofge business. specialized in the structure focesvelation of financial markets around the world. his current research focuses on short selling and regulation. doctor into currently serves on the board of directors on to dire direct edge stock exchange. our next witness is thomas that if he. thomas he is chairman and ceo of the interactive brokers group, aokee global market making firm with nearly $5 billion in equity capital. it's trading subsidiary is a registered broker-dealer that provide high speed technologyte. driven trade to individual clients come hedge funds and institutional investors and others. and a subsidiary was among the first electronic marketing firms on all major u.s. futures and security markets. our third witness is manoj narang, the ceo of tradeworkx. during the 1990 feel the bride of technology research and h trading positions at several major wall street firms gain experience in a multitude of trrketswa llincluding equities,s foreign exchange features and fixed income. in 199

host: simon lazarus ort in the carter white house and randy barnett who is a lecturer at georgetown university. chris in alabama says the mandate is set to fail and it will be replaced with a medicare-based public auction. that is broad of view. let's go to akron, ohio, good morning. caller: i think i heard the answer to my question already. i was called -- i was calling about the on constitutionality of the current practice of people who could be paying money for their own health care but instead they wait until they get sick and go to hospital and get their treatment and it is not free care. the doctors may feel like they are fulfilling their a socratic both but then they said that cost onto my health insurance costs. guest: what you have heard so far is the argument that congress can make you deliver services to the port or people who can't afford to pay it or they can make a private company do that, they can also make the american taxpayer pay money directly to those private companies to compensate them for it and that is not a scene that has been done before. when the government has servi

a senior fellow in that program and a visiting professor at the public policy institute at georgetown universityn a commission that deals with budgets and deficits that does not -- there is a commission that deals with budgets and deficits that does not include alice rivlin. there was a commission that came out with the important recommendations on the deficit, which included recommendations on cutting the defense budget. alice is the author of many books. a modest them is a series that she coedited called "restoring fiscal sanity." that is something we will try to do today. bob is also a senior fellow in the form policy program. he is one of the preeminent experts and commentators on u.s. foreign policy. a historian by trading -- by training and proud of it, he is the author of a book on u.s. foreign policy called "a dangerous nation." it is eight two-volume series on the history of american foreign policy. he is the author of another series of best-selling books. mike, why do you not give us a reprise of your argument of the defense budget? >> it is a treat for m

next, david cole, professor at georgetown university. walter dellinger, our moderator is seated in the center and he is appellate chair and partner in meltonny and myers. and john yu is at berkeley law and ken starr, president of baylor university. i know that somewhere in your materials you have the resumes of all these individuals. this is truly an all-star panel. it is a true privilege for me to be able to introduce them. but i could take the entire time our panel has to tell you about everything that all of these individuals have done rather than do that, i'll tell you a little bit about what we are as a group and what the panel is as a group. of our group, we have five law professors, five three that have been deans of law schools, we have four that have been appellate clerks, circuit clerks, three that have been supreme court clerks, we have of oral arguments in front of the combined -- combined in front of the u.s. supreme court, 70 oral arguments in front of the supreme court and hundreds of arguments before the intermediate court

professor in the practice of diplomacy at georgetown university school of foreign service. the chair of the albright stoneridge group, the honorable madeleine albright. >> thank you very much, i'm delighted to have this opportunity. distinguished guests from the people's republic of china and visitors and friends. i am truly honored to be able to introduce to you today a person whose name and faith and career are familiar to anyone who has been paying attention these past few decades. john kerry first appeared before the senate committee on foreign relations as a witness about 40 years ago. his hair then was dark brown, his face unlined and his words eloquent. one of the senators boldly predicted that the young man might one day himself become a committee member. today, as you will soon see, his hair is more distinguished, his face radiates the wisdom of experience and here in his capacity, want as a member of that senate panel, but as its chairman. john kerry was first elected to the senate in 1984 and he quickly earned a reputation for expertise and world affairs and espe

and simon lazarus from the national senior citizens log center and georgetown university randy barnett debates the legality of the new health care law specifically the mandate for americans to purchase health care coverage. "wall street journal" live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> tonight on c-span, q. & a with lord john wakeham former leader of the house of common. after that senate debate on the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. >> this month, q. & a. expands to two interviews this weekend, looking at the new british government, it's program of planned cuts to a variety of programs and to compare it to what's happening in the united states. our guest is john wakeham who is leader of the house of commons when we first interviewed in 1988. . life. >> go back to when that happened, please. >> well, i got married fairly soon afterwards to a great friend of my first wife's. and i have had one morrison. three sons. and we have just celebrated our silver wedding, my second wife and i. 25 years ago since that happened. so i have rebuilt my life in that sense and i have a wonderful family around me

host: tim, graduate of georgetown university, contributing writer for the american prospect. his work has been seen in the new republic, in the nation magazine, american lawyer and washington city paper. philip kline, a graduate across town at george washington university. one of our comments from our viewers saying, i was caught in the middle this week. i understand that bernie sanders anger but i also see the reality and the genius of the tax deal. james is joining us from greenville, north carolina. our democrat's line. caller: thank you for taking my call. this thing about giving this 2% tax cut. but with the loop holes that takes it down. with the tax cut that makes them pay zero taxes for ten years. they don't need another tax cut. but i agree that's a pretty good compromise. the only thing, the problem with the compromise is that you left the unemployment out. if you're going to worry about 2 million people, what about 5 million already lost the unemployment? what about those folks? you know, the thing is that the problem is greed at the top. we'll never get anything so

my friend jennifer, used to be be -- teaches at georgetown university talks about sort of the half-life of secrets of information that you should only keep information secret to the extent and i would say for so long as it gives you a decision advantage. so another way to think about protecting information, protecting it for a shorter period of time. and i think open source intelligence obviously is leading the way to helping prepare us to live in this world a fewer secrets. i am concerned about the tendency to classify open-source products for precisely that reason. i understand the impetus behind it, but i think it is something that we need to really fight hard because it undermines our preparedness to live in out world of no more secrets. i have not suggesting that today we should throw open the doors and release all of our classified information. i think it is something we need to learn, we need to train to get ready for that world. we are not there today. i make the analogy to learning, if you trained every day to fight in the dark, you could meet your adversary at night and you wo

governors, the federal reserve served in that capacity since january of 09 was professor of law at georgetown university we thank you for observations. john walsh again, frequent participant in our discussions of the comptroller of the currency overseas, that office took charge of federally commercial banks and about 500 of the agencies of foreign banks in the united states, send in the oc season sophia. we thank you for your service as well. add demarco is the acting director of federal housing finance agency and has been doing a good job in my view regulating fannie in friday in the 12 home on banks within the united states. prior to this capacity was chief operating officer of fhfa. let me just say by the way a lot of the criticism going on, a lot of good news coming out of the management as well on this process to put in place a number of years ago. so we thank you for your work as well. what bad i want to ask consent that all the opening statements and comments of her colleagues be included in the record. as well, all of your statements and any supporting documents and information you think would b

professor in the practice diplomacy at georgetown university school of foreign service. the chair of the albright stoneridge group, the honorable madeleine albright. >> thank you very much, i'm delighted to have this opportunity. distinguished guests from the people's republic of china and visitors and friends. i am truly honored to be able to introduce to you today a person whose name and faith and career are familiar to anyone who has been paying attention these past few decades. john kerry first appeared before the senate committee on foreign relations as a witness about 40 years ago. his hair then was dark brown, his face unlined and his words eloquent. one of the senators boldly predicted that the young man might one day himself become a committee member. today, as you will soon see, his hair is more distinguished, his face radiates the wisdom of experience and here in his capacity, want as a member of that senate panel, but as i chairman. john kerry was first elected to the senate in 1984 and he quickly earned a reputation for expertise and world affairs and especi

she's also instructed medical residence at georgetown and howard university. a phi betakappa graduate and a part of the nonaction violent group, known as nag, and she worked for sncc in southwest georgia and mississippi, and now i'll give the floor over to jean to tell some of her stories. [applause] >> hello? hello. i'm testing this, okay? we are soldiers in the army. we've got our hands on the freedom employee, but one day we'll get all we can and fights at most, we'll have to stand up and fight anyhow, so here we are -- [applause] i started with that song because i like it, and also because it represents the book, "hands on the freedom plow," and the third reason i started with that because i want to talk about the importance of music and song in the movement, so judy asked me to start first with how did i get there, and the way i got to sncc and mississippi and georgia was i joined nag, the action group at howard, and it would be another day to talk about how wonderful nag was, but one day i said was this sounds kind of good. i think i'd like to go south,

she's also instructed medical residents as georgetown and howard universities. afy beta phi beta kappa graduate of howard university, the nonviolent action group known as n.a.g., and a published author, jean smith young worked as a field organizer for snicc in southwest georgia and mississippi. and now i'll give the floor over to jean to tell some of her story. >> thank you. [applause] >> okay. hello? i'm testing this, okay? ♪ we are soldiers in the army. ♪ we've got on our hands on the freedom plow. ♪ but one day we can't fight anymore, we'll have to stand up and fight anyhow. >> so here we are -- [laughter] [applause] i started with that song because i really like it, i but also because it represents the book, "hands on the freedom plow." and a third reason is i wanted to talk about the importance of music and song in the movement. so i want to say -- judy asked me to start first with how did i get there, and the way i got to snicc and to mississippi and georgia was i joined n.a.g. action group in d.c. at howard, and it's for another day to talk about how wond

. >> so my daughter went to a very good catholic school in washington, georgetown visitation. she goes to universitylvania and realizes she's ahead of the kids there at a great ivy league school. so how come the catholic schools do better than the public schools? >> i wouldn't just say it's the catholic schools. we have a lot of public schools that do a great job too, a lot of public charter schools that do a great job. i don't think it's about the sector that a school's in. i think it's the ability to have a great principal, to have that principal have a great staff of teachers. and if you talk to some of the best schools, whether they're public schools or charter schools or private schools, what they'll tell you is it's all about teacher quality. >> is the teachers unions of america, are they for education or for the teachers? >> well, look, you know, people want to give teachers unions a hard time right now, and people are saying, why aren't the unions coming along. why don't we get them to change. why can't they embrace reform? but the bottom line, the purpose of the teachers union is to protect

university boulevard. remember, the inner loop is slow from old georgetown road with an accident on the shoulder. was an hour trip. you tack on the other incident east of university boulevard and we have a good hour back up at bethesda toward college park. still on the brakes here at 95 to route 100. lanes are open east 66 as you continue to work inbound this morning leaving the beltway. 4th street to 5th street, an accident in the left lane. that is the check of on time traffic. >>> thank you. allison said it. it is holly time. anytime of the year you would agree it is a great time to support our troops. >> it takes on a special meaning during the holidays. holly, good morning. >> reporter: it is a happy holiday for our troops thanks to the uso. we are live this morning at the uso center at joint base myer henderson hall. we will talk about the christmas programs they have and all of the people that support the uso. we will talk to someone firsthand who has benefited from the holiday programs they have. it is all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.   yo

georgetown. but this is the second floor of attack on metro. the suspect is 26-year-old awais younis of arlington. he was studying to be a doctor at george mason university. he spoke with his girlfriend about building a pipe bombs and planting them in crowded metro cars as well as georgetown manholes. he describes the types of shrapnel that create the greatest amount of damage. the fbi seized a facebook photograph of him in afghanistan molding an ak-47 rifle off in front of a 10th of explosives. the caption read, "my family business." we spoke with his father yesterday. we will have some of that interview later in the morning. so stay with us. abc 7 news, arlington. >>> some people living in anacostia plan to protest a recent spike in crime. they are calling for more police in the neighborhoods and they wanted to administration to come up with a plan to reduce crime. the protest is at 6:30 this morning at martin luther king avenue near w. st. se. >>> montgomery county schools are bracing for some big budget cuts. the county council voted to cut more than 32 maiden dollars from the budget yesterday. $19 million will come from the school system. the counci

university. he spoke with a girlfriend on facebook about building pipe bombs and planting them in sac metro cars and in manholes in georgetown. when a facebook friend told him he would never do it, younis told her, "watch me." he described the type of trap nell that created the most damage. he also said christmas trees would soon go boom. and the was a picture of him in front of the 10th of explosives and holding an ak-47. the caption read, "my family business." we will have highlights of an interview with his father, later in the morning. >> thank you. >>> looking at the day ahead, people living in anacostia plan to protest a recent spike in crime. they are calling for more police in their neighborhood and they want the noaa administration to come up with a plan to reduce crime. the protest is set for 6:30 this morning. that's at the corner of martin luther king jr. avenue and w st. se. >> montgomery county schools are bracing for big budget cuts. the county council voted yesterday to cut more than $32 million out of the budget. and $90 million will come from the school system. the council rejected plans to remove 9 police

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