they gave the gift card number to investigator and it was used in timonium.ormation lead them to the night supervisor at the fayette post office. investigators say he's worked there for about two years. it's upsetting i cannot buy a gift card and put it in the card and mail it for 44 cents. >> inside the car, investigators found 450 cards for everything from coffees, groceries and clothes. after several months, they found him stealing the cards. i thought, yes, they got him. >> so, that, if there's a crook in the post office, he won't open that particular envelope. >> now, investigators say he may have targeted brightly colored envelopes. the postal service had no comment. >>> it's not clear how much may have been stolen from the mail. >>> he's one of maryland's most powerful senators and this morning, he may be the target of another investigation. for the state prosecutors office is looking into the campaign money for personal use. they're talking about legal fees and online gaming. he's the senate budget chairman and at the center a. a federal investigation

caller: i have a question about gift taxes. we are trying to purchase a house and qualifying for a loan, and my spouse wants -- we are buying the house as my spouse invitationly and want to know how -- individually and want to know how we declare income that i deposit in my spouse's individual account to account for qualifying for a higher mortgage amount using the gift tax? guest: first of all, the gift tax almost never comes into play. when if is owed it is owed by the giver, not the recipient and between spouses there is no gift tax. you can give any amount without ever worrying about that. i think your issue probably is

the birthday card mailed in january with a $50 target gift card. tucked inside.it? if so, please let us know. so my husband did. >> her husband michael alerted the post office, the couple victims of postal theft. they discovered a postal employee at the processing and distribution center, on east fayette street had been stealing hundreds of gift cards. taking them from the envelopes. >> well sounds like a trend in baltimore. people stealing gift cards. >> now, an arrest. >> i came in the door, and i said michael they got the sucker. >> federal investigators have charged andrew walsh with theft of mail, a cockeysville man and late night acting supervisor, at the post office on fayette. according to court papers. greeting cards had been opened with their contents removed. numerous times. a hidden camera caught walsh. >> police arrested walsh tuesday night at his home in cockeysville. at the time, agents recovered more than 400 gift cards, from his vehicle. >> really violates the public trust. i mean, it is -- should be trust when you send things through the mail. >

i just want the gift card so i can give it to my friend. it was a birthday gift. >> he is scheduled to be back in court may 12 for a preliminary schuring. if you feel you may be a victim of the mail theft case, there is a hot line for potential victims, and 410-864-0158 and we have also provided the information on our website wbaltv.com. >> a disturbing sexual assault case has residence on edgeston night. 21-year-old the jervis staying to my magazine salesman, attacked a woman at her home. -- as jarvis stain, a magazine tilles and, attacked a woman at her home. >> please describe this as a crime of opportunity. the gap of this little dog turned out to be an alarm that may have prevented l.a.n. from being attacked. she said she got an uneasy feeling after her dog reacted uneasily to a salesman in the neighborhood. >> my door was open. it was a nice day and nine home, and normally, i do not like -- lock it. >> according to anne arundel police, 21-year-old jarvis and others were trying to sell magazines door to door. the one. he asked accused

anything above that, they would have to file a gift tax. above $13,000 a year, everybody gets $1 million of the gift tax. if the parents die why thehile e only house -- if they pay $50,000 and it is worth to under $50,000 and the child inherits its, there would be no tax on the $150,000. if it is a gift given while they are still alive, the $150,000 could be taxed. it gets tricky. you have to think about those things with a gift like this late in life. the key thing is to be careful, not to be scared. if you have not filed, you should. most people have a refund coming. refunds drive me crazy. the average american will get $3,000 back. they took that amount out of their paychecks then they should. what is your agi and how big is your refund? more allowances should you be claiming to get your moneyr >> tomorrow on "washington journal," a look and what to expect when congress returns from easter. following that, at international atomic energy agency department of nuclear safety and security director anita nilsson. also, a discussion on employi

more on the new gift card rules. >>> how do you use those holiday gift cards yet?not, don't worry. the fed is issuing new rules to protect you from getting hit by unexpected fees or restrictions on those cards. >> some frustrating things that were happening after you were receiving your gift cards is that monthly service fees were happening. and another point was the inactivity. if you weren't using your gift card after a year. >> part of the credit card act in 200th requires the federal reserve to come up with a new rule. it's something that has been out there. and this is setting up to help encourage them to reuse the cards. now you have a little extra time before you start getting dinged with fees. >> with the fed rules, it's a year before there's any impact on the value of the car and we're hoping consumers get in and spend their cars -- cards well. >> also with new rules. gift cards must last for five years. companies can only charge an inactivity fee if the card hasn't been used in one year. and then only one service charge or inactivity fee can be charged ea

in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere -- using words like innate and gifted in the senset you have this gift from somewhere. i am not saying that there are things not out of your control, but we're learning more and more about how to tap into the psychology of this, build skills in all these areas. it is no accident that runners, swimmers, chess players, and the skill that you can imagine in the 21st century, we are all better than one-half years ago, 200 years ago, -- better than 100 years ago, to add years ago, so we're transmitting this knowledge. tavis: you actually give tips on how to advance the genius process. one of the items is practice. you also talk about the fact that it is about how you speak to your child, how you speak to the person's a new universe. did not surprise me, i have lived this, it is fascinating to read the science there are kids in certain environments to end up having their a genius stunted, in part because they did not hear a certain amount of words in their universe. >> that is right. tavis: the words they here are sophomoric and basic. it i

while at his home they recovered 400 gift cards inside of his car. if he is convicted, he could spend up toe up to five years d bars. no word on if he will have to pay restitution. >>> megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. >>> university students are the victims of armed robbers in just months. it happened a the fraternity house. one of the students who lives there was doing homework when six guys wearing red bandanas stormed into the house and robbed them. >> the first guy had a revolver and the 3rd one had a knife. he didn't notice the rest. it was so quick for him. he was told to stay in the kitchen and not to move. >> the robbers got away with cash, computers and a video game system. pleats are tryinpolice are tryio determine if the incident is connected to one last month where two students were assaulted and robbed in their dorm rooms. >>> police arrest a man in milwaukee for assaulting a woman in her anne arundel home. he went to a home of norton way and arnold and asked to use the bathroom. the woman let him, police say spain sexually assaulte

the gift card never made it. >> i was angry. how could somebody steal from a 3-year-old. i'm sure they did not know how old my granddaughter was, but still the birth card said happy birthday 3 years old. >> reporter: it violates the public trust. i mean, the mail there should be trust when you send things through the mail. >> reporter: police arrested walsh on tuesday night at his home in cockeysville. while they were there, they also recovered more than 400 gift cards found inside of his car there. walsh is charged with theft of mail. if he so convicted of that, he could spend up to five years behind bars. no word if he would have to pay restitution. live from the fayette street post office, megan gilliland, fox 45. >>> the latest incident happened after midnight tuesday at a fraternity house in the 200 block of east burke avenue. police say one of the students who lives there was doing homework when six guys wearing red bandanas stormed into the house and robbed him. >> the first guy had a revolver and he didn't notice the rest. it was so quick for him. he was told to s

and that stephen minister was the best gift i could have given myself. she came week after week after week when other people-- even my wonderful neighbors, even my wonderful friends-- stopped asking, "you doing okay?" she came and she prayed for me, just for me, and that's really powerful. >> when a person allows you into their life and shares their feelings and their hurts with you, they are giving you a fantastic gift. and i think when you listen to them and when you accept their feelings and when you share christ's love to them, you are giving them a similarly powerful gift. >> reporter: kenneth haugk started stephen ministries in 1975 when, as pastor of a church in st. louis, he found he just couldn't do it all. so drawing on his background as a clinical psychologist, he enlisted and trained a handful of lay people to offer confidential care to their fellow parishioners. and then it spread, becoming a nonprofit juggernaut. good shepherd is one of 10,000 congregations around the world where parishioners serve as stephen ministers. more than 150 christ

the c-span video library, cable's greatest gift to -- latest gift to america. >> joining us now is the executive director of the center for auto safety. let me begin with the toyota possibility of getting a fine of $64 million from nhtsa. >> it is a well-deserved fine. first of all, toyota brag about saving $100 million in the format -- in the floormat recall. the imposition financially is peanuts. but it is a symbolic message more than a dollar a message. >> if it is peanuts, does congress me to increase the amount that nhtsa is allowed to find? >> absolutely. one judge imposed a $2.40 billion fine last year. the epa has an unlimited cap. if we matched the epa, it would be $25,000 a vehicle, and no cap whatsoever. >> and that is why nhtsa came forth with an unprecedented amount. >> toyota knew the system. they withheld information from the agency. it made the agency look like a regulator that was not very effective. that is really because it does not have the resources and it does not have the legal tools that it needs. when toyota took advantage of that, the agency had no choice but

, generous expensive gifts on many members. and on top of that, he made a point of cultivating friendships with these men. >> reporter: and as a result, when the vatican received allegations against the father, it touched off what appears to have been a high level power struggle between the vatican secretary of state and then cardinal joseph ratzinger, now pope benedict. the father's group, now operating in the united states and 23 other countries, with its well manicured headquarters in rome. it was here that the father was alleged to have molested some of the young men under his control as seminarniaseminarians, going decades. >> i didn't know anything about masturbation. and he says, you know how to do it, let me show you. >> reporter: juan, a former priest in his 70s, and living in new york as a college professor, says he was one of some 30 boys abused by the father. >> i was one who called them from their bedrooms to go to see the father. >> reporter: juan says the father rewarded him with special privileges, such as this

it's a story about a girl with a gift for giving. that's brianna playing for pop star spordin sparks to raise money for miami children's hospital. in the past year, this eight-year-old has performed at nearly a dozen charity events from florida to nevada, helping to raise more than $5 million. >> she has said before that she thinks music comes from the soul and it can make the world a better place, and she really believes that. >> reporter: so when brianna learned the massive earthquake in haiti brought down a music school and crushed ramle joseph, a violinist just like her, she wanted to help. >> because i was so sad that h he-- that he got so hurt, and then his beautiful music school actually collapsed on him. for 18 hours he was stuck in there. >> reporter: brianna started writing letters to famous violinists asking for money to rebuild the school and instruments to fill it, and she made the first donation herself. >> this is one of my first violins, and i wanted to donate it to you now. >> oh, thank you. >> reporter: handing over

caller: i have a question about gift taxes.we are trying to purchase a house and qualifying for a loan, and my spouse wants -- we are buying the house as my spouse invitationly and want to know how -- individually and want to know how we declare income that i deposit in my spouse's individual account to account for qualifying for a higher mortgage amount using the gift tax? guest: first of all, the gift tax almost never comes into play. when if is owed it is owed by the giver, not the recipient and between spouses there is no gift tax. you can give any amount without ever worrying about that. i think your issue probably is with the mortgage lender, not with the federal government. they want to see that she has income in her account and you may have to sign a gift heard. lenders often require that this is a gift because they are concerned about her having enough income to pay back the north. don't worry about the federal tkpwoeuft tax. host: new york city. maurice. go ahead. are you there? caller: hello. tkpwhr go ahead, sir. ca

in part because marshall was extremely gifted lawyer and a gifted student.arshall's class started with 36 students and only six of those graduated. houston was working very hard at howard law school at that time. marshall by virtue of his ranking first in his class after two years was able to get a job working in the library and for the first time he worked alongside houston and that's really when their relationship took off. marshall later justice marshall and his aides repeatedly say everything i learned about the law i learned from charlie houston and it was something that bothered justice marshall deeply that more people did not know about charles hamilton houston and his contributions and he would speak of him on prompted at every given opportunity. so that people would know what this man did and what he sacrifice. they also became very good friends, but it was certainly a case of an opposites attract. ended up traveling together throughout the south on road trips, working cases together and obviously working successfully, but the relationship was a tea

and thank you for the gift. and finally, i also want to thank all the board members, the staff, the supporters of these museums, all of you for the work you do every day and for being here and sharing this moment with me as well. so here we are. it's the dress. and turf say, to be honest, i am very honored to be and humbled. but i'm also a little embarrassed by all the fuss being made over my dress. like many of you, i'm not used to people wanting to put things i've worn on display, so all of this is a little odd, so frig me. but at the same time, i truly recognize the significance of this day. this gown and all of the items that we'll see in this wonderful exhibit help us connect with a moment in history in a very real way. when we look at the gown that jackie kennedy wore 50 years ago or the one that mary todd lincoln wore more than 100 years before that, it takes us beyond the history books and photographs and helps us understand that history is really made by real live people. the detail of each gown. the fa

while there he also met a gifted artisan dedicated to preserving the ancient art of glass blowing. his story is told in the artisan's own words. >>> just as glass make has been going on for centuries in the middle east, so, too, has wine making. one region known for grape growing and wine making is the bekar valley of eastern lebanon. chances are you've heard of it because of political violence and the once drug trafficking there just with the palestinian glass blowers, the old ways endure. our report is from "worldfocus" special correspondent kristen gilespie. >> reporter: it's spring and that means pruning in the valley. it's the home of chateau bellevue, the award-winning winery. he they opened it in part to rebuild this christian village that was nearly destroyed by the lebanese civil war. they describe coming back to a village of about a thousand people. >> the trees had been cut. the buildings were empty and destroyed. the people had left. the valley was untended and had been left for dead. we had three pieces of land. we had a lot of goodwill. we had a love of wine. >> repor

walsh is accused of opening mail and looking for gift cards. authorities is -- say he was linked to the crime after using one of the kit carts. -- using one of the gift cards. >> it is insane. it is a criminal offense, especially someone who was a supervisor. >> if convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. anyone who thinks they may be a victim is asked to call the postal hot line. here is the number. >> the nfl took its annual draft which probably had reagan stands pretty excited. >> the ravens decided to trade their first-round pick and decided not to take anyone in the first round at all. first, we will go to pete gilbert in the studio. >> the ravens looked poised to take the best wide receiver at number 25, but the cowboys traded up number 24 and grabbed another player. that is when the broncos came calling to baltimore and said we are trading out of the first round. gerry sandusky joins us live with the particular is. how surprised are you that they made this deal? >> not terribly surprised in that we knew the ravens had three player

he won a gift bag today. he works downtown and lives just that -- just outside of the downtown area. >> it really helped us out, you know, the working man. >> free is good. the more than 100,000 riders in three months' time far exceeded initial projections for that service. >> and two years after former candidate john edwards admitted to having an affair with her, his mistress sat down with oprah for her first televised interview harpole productions has not said when that interview will -- first televised interview. harpo productions has not said when that interview will be televised. >> still ahead, baltimore is facing a $120 million budget deficit. the i-team breaks down the mayor's two biggest targets coming of new at 6:00 p.m. >> it is a new program that more and more kids are taking the advantage of. come to school to get an come to school to get an because your census answers are more than just answers. they're the first step toward a happier, healthier community. we can't move forward until you mail it

darcy spencer talk with the victim's sister and those who were touched by this gifted educator. >> a beloved middle school principal, brian betts, found murdered inside his silver spring home on thursday evening. saturday morning police got a huge lead in the investigation. ser rita mullen found his xtera parked in the back lot near her home. her mother called police. >> i think it's really shocking they would pull in the back of our building, you know, because it just seems like it would be unrelated. but it's just, you know, the violence is so widespread. >> place say betts' xtera had been missing since he was found in his bedroom. sherrita mullen says she actually saw it here about 1:00 friday afternoon. >> did you see anything peculiar about it beyond the fact that it was there? >> just that it was there. nothing peculiar about it. it didn't look like there was anything messed up on it. >> police say they believe betts may have known his killer but many are at a loss to explain why this popular principal of shaw middle school in d.c. would be murred. >> he was very open and very

one of his gifted students is an -- in an accident and dice and he steals his work on -- dies and heals his work on photosynthesis. he splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. if we could copy that we would solve our energy problems right there. if you can split water cheaply you would have all the hydrogen you needed to run a power station. so he takes this idea and he ends up in new mexico with an industrial-scale opening for hawaii his power station but then -- for his power station but then all the chaos of his life has come trailing behind him. two of the women in his life, because he is a philanderer. a lawyer, things come pouring into this corner of new mexico, a sweet little town called lordsberg where i went and researched this.j@ something of chaos that the copenhagen meeting ended in. tavis: i want to come back to your research strategies in just a second but i have to go back and resurrect this. you refer to michael beard as a scoundrel in the text in the novel. indeed he is but the first few pages of this book, the way you start this book. you come out the gates -- you com

and the instinct to experiment all the time, she argues, is a gift we tend to lose as we grow up.ause to grow up is to know what babies don'know, which is how things work. isn't know more a good thing? >> it's a great thing for actually getting things done but it means it may actually make it harder for us to actually learn something new. >> the evolutionary purpose of early childhood is to make mistakes and not get eaten by a giant bird in doing so. >> they can try something and if it doesn't work it's okay because mom and dad are going to take care of them and they'll be all right. >> reporter: which is why gotnik suggests the best thing parents can do in terms of the education of very small children is back off. don't insist on teaching them all that much. because they're teaching themselves. and first grade is coming soon enough anyway. >> the message to parents is to sort of kick back. what you need to do is give children that support system that we were designed by evolution to be, give them things to play with, things to explore, people to play with, people to explore. that

they certainly really don't have some kind of special gift, but we're giving them a job. and they being judges and being somewhat independent or job for life or so forth, maybe they'll do it. and what means to me is i don't get into those questions. i'm not really in any case concerned with whether it's popular or not popular. i try to do the job. and the betting, if i do the job, the people who have the least popular protecting, the least popular people in the united states who are entitled to a right under our constitution will get it. now you have the answer as to why i can't give you an answer. [laughter] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> if we could ask everybody to remain seated under justice breyer and the dean can exist? if we could just remain seated. thank you. [silence] [silence] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> host: live later this afternoon, a discussion on conservatism and what free market systems must do to survive in today's global economy. from the american enterprise institute, live coverage at 5:30 east

and many years later, after that gifted child had become a gifted preacher, i'm she had been told to it's the heart of that instinct to redirect it towards advancing the greater good. towards changing a community and a country for the better, for doing the lord's work. i sometimes think dr. king must have had dorothy height in mind when he gave that speech. for dorothy height met the test. dorothy height embodied that instinct. dorothy height was a drum major for justice. a drum major for equality, a drum major for freedom. a drum major for service. and the lessons she would want us today, the lessons she lived out each and everyday. that we can all be first in service. we can all be drum majors for a righteous cause. so let us live out that lesson. let us honor her life by changing this country for the better, as long as we are blessed to live. may god bless dr. dorothy height. [applause] >> and the union that she made more perfect. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ lord unto me... [applau

and she wins a $100 best buy gift card. congratulations to leanne. and thanks to the over 3,000 people who took part in the bracket challenge this year. back to you, vic. >> i'll given you a gift card if you get rid of that ye haw cart. >> i other than. iknow. -- i know. >>> i think you should get a gift card for balancing the crown on her bobblehead. that's hard for a woman to do, you know. >>> toyota responds. government slaps them with a record-breaking fine. will the automaker pay it or fight it? >>> i'm suzanne collins. a paraplegic is having to use this wheelchair which is very uncomfortable because his own whee l wheel-- wheelchair has been stolen. >>> coming up, high altitude repair work. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> this is mark i didn't -- mark viviano. the season begins tonight for the o's. i'll talk to the team. plus, duke does a championship dance. and mcnabb lands in d.c. that's all ahead when eyewitness news continues. - at subway... - there's something for... - everyone. everyone! - so many footlongs... - are just $5.

unfortunately, the entire clemens family had the same gift for money, which was a negative gift. they lost it as soon as they got it. twain married a very wealthy young woman from elmira, new york, and inherited a small fortune from her father, and managed to run through that in a few years, investing if a printing press that never worked and if i recall, he started a publishing company, which also went under. and he had to go around the world on a speaking tour to reclaim -- to pay of off his debts, and siphon of them had a way with money. his sister, pamela, if i recall, her husband in st. louis, lost all his money also. so they -- they were all -- they're pretty much always broke and depending on mark twain for money. his favorite brother henry, who was closest in age to him, was actually -- was killed in a river boat explosion, just south of memphis, in 1858, when he was i think 18 or 19 years old. and in fact, i was just in memphis last week and we were talking about that. twain always blamed himself for getting his brother a job on the river boat, and always felt badly abou

the c-span video library -- cable's latest gift to america. >> this week on "the communicators," we take a look at how the state department wants to use to -- use technology to advance to pose a me -- to invest diplomacy. our guest today is alec ross. >> alec ross, describe your job. >> my job and my team have the job of driving innovation into america's foreign policy and figure of how to maximize the potential of technology in diplomacy. >> give us an example. >> i will give you a couple of very quick examples. there are things we are doing in mexico to the congo to siberia. in siberia, for example, we have a strategic dialogue with russia. if you think about the cold war, innovation was something that we competed with the russians on. in fact, if one of the nation's was perceived -- one of the nation's was perceived as losing. it is now a resource in has cooperation. we are building ties between the russian government and the private sector and the american government and the american private sector. by working together, we leverage our country's resources. we can produce scientific a

many years later, after that gifted child had become a gifted preacher, i am sure he had been towed to inspired a nation with his dreams, he delivered a sermon on what they called the drum major instinct. a sermon that said we all have to desire to be first. we all want to be at the front of the line. the great test of a life, dr. martin luther king jr. said, is to harness that instinct, to redirect it toward advancing the greater good, towards changing a community and the country for the better, toward doing the lord's worke#ñ. i sometimes think dr. king must have had dorothy height in mind when he gave that speech. for dorothy height met that test. dorothy height embodied that instinct. dorothy height was a drum major for justice, a drum major for equality, a drum major for freedom, a drum major for service, and the lesson she would want us to leave with today, the lesson she lived out each and every day, is that we can all be first in service. we can all be drum majors for a righteous cause. so let us live out that lesson. let us honor her life by changing this country for the bette

we are more than delighted, very pleased to have two wonderful, gifted, smart young people with us. you are very gone. you're much younger than i am. just go where same age. >> host: thank you ahmed janet. janet cohen and bill cohen, two wonderful people, two wonderful friends. back in 2008, you pull together a very moving conference. you brought together a journalist, social scientist, people with civil rights background. well, i was pleased to be there to participate, to talk about, to discuss, to debate the issue that raises the reconciliation in america. you have prepared a beautiful book, "race & reconciliation in america," an outstanding piece. is there something about the distance will come and the progress is made good but were not there yet. we have not laid down the burden of race, that we are on our way and i would love for us to engage in a conversation, the same way we did back in 2008. so janet, what about you my dear? >> guest: will land first of all honored to have you had a conversation with l. and me. the contributions that she is made to this country, to humanity

>> they got a number of what they call house gifts, individual agreements with countries. >> house gifts. >> health care reform, public option. >> it does matter. >> change. ukraine agreed to send back all of its weapons grade uranium and canada and mexico, all of these different countries had agreements. the problem is, of course, agreements are only going so far. one agreements they signed here is with russia to get rid of plutonium they no longer need. i was in moscow in 1998 when they first made that agreement with president clinton and president yeltsin. it's been 12 years since then. they still haven't done anything with that agreement. this was the agreement that put in place the agreement they made 12 years ago. >> even the start treaty has to be ratified by the senate and there's been noises that maybe that might be a little more difficult. >> it could be challenging. the republican is still trying to figure out whether they want to attack it for not doing too much or doing too little. it's a real question there. some republicans, conservatives like jon kyl, the number two in th

and gifts. he can draw, and has a great memory.not, his dad hopes, endure wasted years as maz had to, before everything changed for him here. >> here i am treated like a norm normal, so, yes. >> reporter: and you like the job. >> i like the job. >> reporter: and it's a job that needs to be done. >> yeah. >> that's really what i hope and foresee for my son, as well. it can be done. >> reporter: you've improved the odds for him. >> yeah, i think so. >> reporter: john donvan, abc news, copenhagen. >> by the way this is the beginning of autism awareness month. >>> and on this first day of april, we thought you'd like to see the cherry blossoms in full force in washington. enjoy them and good night. here she is... pretty cool, huh? yeah, but... what happened to the back there? well, here's the thing: this was the only "sporty two-seater" they had on my budget. uh-huh. and the seats go all the way back. (announcer) settling for less is not smart. what is smart is getting more car for your money at carmax. for the money you'd spend on a s

for he was not just a gifted musician but a gifted writer.e of his biggest fans, said that he uses words like peace drinks strings notes together, artistic way and vividly. armstrong strung his words together very neatly indeed when he told the story of his encounter with big gun toting shall kabul gangster in 1931. he was working at a bot that nightclub called the showboat when what he described as a big, bad good named frankie foster came backstage after the show and told him that he would be playing in new york city the next night. armstrong said he already had a gig in chicago. foster pulled his pistol and caused it. here is how armstrong described what happened next. jesus, it looked like a canon and sounded like death come so i looked down at that steel instead well, maybe i do open in new york tomorrow. i tried to get that side of "pops," of armstrong into "pops" because it is as much a part of his genius as anything else. joe blaser his manager once said that armstrong was a real, real man. he reminds me of something that my namesake,

last september ted loza was accused of taking money and gifts for trying to take money and gifts for taxicab legislation. a grand jury indicted loza on four new charges yesterday including conspiracy and extortion. loza has pled not guilty in that case. >>> metro filled its top safety job. the agency has appointed james daugherty. he'll start at metro on april 19th. as you may recall metro has had a string of safety lapses including a deadly crash last june. >>> get ready for a beautiful weekend here in the district. the weather will be warm and cherry blossoms are in full bloom. if you plan on heading down to the cherry blossom festival at the tidal festival plan ahead. the crowds and traffic backups are expected to be big. megan mcgrath joins us now from the tidal basin with more. you're down there. is it worth it? >> reporter: it is absolutely worth it. i came down earlier in the week and i came down, over course this morning and just look at these trees. they are absolutely beautiful. we're a little bit beyond peak bloom but i tell you it doesn't matter. we're still seeing all ki

. >> a post office supervisor is being charged with stealing gift cards. andrew's is accused of opening mail. authorities said pay linked him after he used one of the stolen gift cards. police believe he stole from more than 1000 people. >> it is insane. it is a criminal offense. he is supposed to be a supervisor. >> i do not even want the money back. >> walsh faces up to five years in prison. you are asked to call the postal parkway if you think you are a victim. >> four carroll county families are settled a lawsuit. there was a leak from a local gas station. the spill was traced to the gas station. that leak was coming from mike nearby junkyard. the families were awarded a total of $400,000. residents who live nearby are still concerned about how the neighborhood was affected. >> people who live closest to the gas station or angry about it. the people living a little further are just sort of curious, about how it will affect us. it has been a whole range of emotions. i am not sure how you put a value on that. >> one resident testified he has been using b

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. >> he had a real gift of gab. i don't know why he kept on talking but now it has aid off. >> he said 25 years doesn't seem like a long time but when you said a quarter of a century he felt old then. what was he like as a teammate? >> i only played 4 games with him. he came in as a rot is d. the ps we ded justagoog i kiofrewhd he dr d i unod ing b to ke y j i ki waoin e eini son. whe call second asked you to be a part of tonight's activities, was it a hard sell? >> i talked to phil and he asked me to come back. obviously anything phil wants is good. now in his 25th year of broadcasting, did he really have to work tonight. >> besides you, wes is going to be here, bobby. it has been a tough year for the wizards, can we get 10 minutes out of you tonight? >> 10 minutes might be a little much. >> we appreciate you being here. thanks a lot. i look forward to tonight's event. >> it is certainly special for phil. >> the pearl is here. if we need him in the 4th quarter he might be ready. >> you mentioned winston-salem state

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caller: i have a question about gift taxes.and qualifying for a loan, and my spouse wants -- we are buying the house as my spouse invitationly and want to know how -- individually and want to know how we declare income that i deposit in my spouse's individual account to account for qualifying for a higher mortgage amount using the gift tax? guest: first of all, the gift tax almost never comes into play. when if is owed it is owed by the giver, not the recipient and between spouses there is no gift tax. you can give any amount without ever worrying about that. i think your issue probably is with the mortgage lender, not with the federal government. they want to see that she has income in her account and you may have to sign a gift heard. lenders often require that this is a gift because they are concerned about her having enough income to pay back the north. don't worry about the federal tkpwoeuft tax. host: new york city. maurice. go ahead. are you there? caller: hello. tkpwhr go ahead, sir. caller: yes. i fill my tax out and i

. >> on the day we spoke, one of her fans sented her a gift, a do -- sent her a gift. a donated piano to play at home. she told us she's a good example of why we should always do what we love. >> wow. >> amazing. >> how about your family tree. anybody out there? >> my great, great grandmother they get up there. the i'm excited. i have good genes. >> megan's 103. she says good morning maryland keeps her alive. >> [laughter] >> we'll be right back. >>> now t forecast certified most -- the forecast certified and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> it is 9:54. i have some exciting things to show you. it is not moms in prom dresses. we have to get them back. they promised swim suits, right? >> tomorrow. >> we don't want to give them false hope. tomorrow i will be at the national aquarium. we'll save that for another time. the fog is decreasing now. 54. look at this fog in wesminster. it lifted. 54 across the area. sun in the parking lot at 50. it is amazing that a gloomy morning can turn into what looks to be a beautiful afternoon. also lifting the low haze. the fog

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the video library, cable's latest gift to america. >> the deadline for filing federal income tax returnsemarks from the commissioner on his role in overseeing the collection of over $2 trillion in tax revenue. this is >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists and we are committed to the future to programming and fostering a free press worldwide. for more information, please visit our web site at www.pre ss.org. to donate, please visit this same site. i would like to welcome our speaker and attendees. i would also like to thank our c-span and public radio audiences. after the speech, i will ask as many audience questions as time permits. i would now like to introduce our had cablecasts. -- our guests. senior writer for cnnmon ey.com. tax reporter for reuters. the vice chair of the speaker's committee. the press secretary for legislative affairs for the natural resources defense council. the bureau chief for the cch news bureau. [applause] our guest is in the second year of his five-year term as they irs c

the c-span video library, cables latest gift to america. >> let's meet another winner and c-span's studentcam competition. today, we talked to an eighth grader at independence day school in campeau, florida. >> how is it going today? >> good. >> you told she would do york documentary on hundred in the united states. why did you choose that topic? >> the only thing you really need to survive is food and a lot of people are not getting as much as they should. >> how has hundred affected your community? >> i do not live in a neighborhood, but in the city, there has been a huge impact. >> has the situation changed over the past two years? >> they spend less on food because they have to choose between food or health care or telephone service. the cannot choose food that is healthy because the food that is not healthy is the cheapest. >> you interviewed a lot of volunteers. what did you learn from them? >> the one volunteer new the owner of a food bank very well and that provided the food and did a personal perspective to it. >> tell me about the people who rely on those services for food. >> food

. >> the gift my ancestors gave. i am the dream and hope of slave, i rise, i rise, i rise. >> we take the lyrics of popular hip-hop songs and use those for the basis of vocabulary, comprehension. >> reporter: founder gabriel bend says h.e.l.p. improves reatding comprehension. it provides a cultural relevance that engages them. >> we wanted something socially relevant to relate to their everyday life but at the same time be academically rigorous enough. >> reporter: rapper ti's lyrics led to a spirited discussion of struggles and comebacks. >> it is a song of redemption, look, i know i messed up. this is my offer to make the changes. >> he is talking about overcoming the things they go through. >> that is the point of a teacher, the point of education, to get the student to care about what they are learning and have an opinion and say about what is being presented. >> that was jim hanley reporting. the program has been at belew three years. >>> coming up, opinions on where >>> there's been a lot of talk and speculatio