this morning she left from reagan national airport for a trip for a lifetime. 13-year-old alice hancock's magical experience began at the airport today. cheerleaders welcome to alex, her three younger systems, to their very own private high -- pirate party -- pirate party. she even had a few real-life visitors, including senator chris dodd. >> i had no idea there would be this much of a party at the

that hancock thought that adams was going to nominate him. and adams said he looked over at hancock, who had this big smile on his face at the day and then adams said, you know "i nominate george washington." and he said that the smile suddenly disappeared from john hancock's face. so you know it's interesting, very often people who ask me, brian, what would the founders have thought of this? and i always say the founders were not monolithic. the founders fought like cats and dogs with each other. the founders were very competitive with each other. the founders had very different political philosophies. but to sort of lump them all together in this one mass called the founders as if they all thought the same completely misrepresents what happened during that period. >> so when george washington was leading the troops during the revolutionary war, what was his philosophy? what did he want to accomplish when it was all said and done? and did most people agree with him? >> well, you know what he wanted was independence from england. exactly what

last, senate bill 1061 by senator hancock would have added the pedestrian and cross walking project as part of the bridge project. the governor vetoed that bill as well. there are several other bills and i will not go normal subcommittee process. there were not major issues that confronted the big five or the four caucuses as we got down into the 100th day of the deadlock on the budget. there were a couple of important items that were included in those waning days of the budget discussion. principally amongst those were the governor's request that was included in the budget to fully fund the state's commitment to the presidio parkway and to include language, in addition to the appropriations that comprise the billion dollar appropriation, included language that specifies and clarifies the funding mechanism availability payments and some other mechanism was it an eligible approach. that sweeps away a lot of the uncertainty that was in the underlying statutory authorization. presidio parkway is now fully funded from the state's perspective and has cleared the policy issues that were conf

this morning she left from reagan national airport for a trip for a lifetime. 13-year-old alice hancock's magical experience began at the airport today. cheerleaders welcome to alex, her three younger systems, to their very own private high -- pirate party -- pirate party. she even had a few real-life visitors, including senator chris dodd. >> i had no idea there would be this much of a party at the airport for everybody. we have a private party going on. it looks like we are going to have a lot of fun. >> she has been battling a brain tumor for the past three years. she has had to go through countless surgery, radiation, and chemo at children's hospital. today he is leaving it behind for a family trip to disney world. >> words can't explain what this means to our family, being able to get together as an entire family with alex and the rest of her sister. i think there will have a wonderful time. >> the family will spend five days and orlando at at a resort that provide experience is free of cost for children with life- threatening illnesses. when asked what she thinks, she sums it up in

julie andrews, morgan freeman, herbie hancock , paul simon, yoyo ma had a concert together, celebratinghe 50th anniversary of the inauguration of president kennedy. it will take place january 20th at the kennedy center. ticket prices are $49. you remember that song. >> i see you over there, dancing to it. >> moving a little bit. you got it. >> let's move into the weather department here. >>> you got it. rain showers are out of here generally, but we are left with cool conditions. we have the 40s and 50s. a jacket at the bus stop, you will need a jacket this morning. it will remain cool even this afternoon with sunshine. we're only going to be in the 60s. rainfall yesterday, about an inch and a quarter at reagan national. that's a good soaking rain. close to an inch at dulles, bwi marshall, good soaking rain yesterday. today we might see a few rain drops, rain showers, the best chance will be this afternoon. we'll show you why in a second. generally speaking dryer than yesterday, with just a chance for a few scattered afternoon showers. most of the rain off to the north and east. it's ou

hancock out in garet county. -- garrett county.ratures will rise today, but not spectacularly so. we expect readings in the mid to upper 70's, especially in the south. approaching 80 degrees down there. further west you go, temperatures mid 70's, and near 70, around 70 out in far western maryland. during the day today, plenty of sunshine. clear here, and you can see right up here in parts of new york state and new england some gray. a little smudge. that's some clouds, and it is associated with a cool front trying to push south. it will push south today, but with no moisture in the atmosphere, it is not going to be a rain maker. it might pop a few clouds here and there, but really this area of high pressure has all the moisture blocked from feeding into this front. it looks like kind of a non-event. if it does anything, it will affect the high temperatures tomorrow and be cooler tomorrow than today. the storm out west, that's kind of a late monday, mid-week next week, the sform in the plains states works its way into the mid atlant

over to about hancock might see some activity in your area.tle cell just popped up around nopa town. the bulk of it looks like to our south or our west. this stuff out to the west may just brush parts of hartford county. 74, 74, 74, 67 ocean city. 71 in hagerstown with some clouds out there. the coolest spot out in oakland. the dewpoints high, the winds continue to the out of the south and southwest. having shower activity in october is kind of rare but it does happen from time to time because we've got the ingredients. warm humid air in the west. drier air causing shower and thunderstorms activity to be crashed right here across the mid-south. that's where we have storms that move across the car lie carolinas. down to our south, the bulk of activity continues offshore now as we move into the carolinas for our region. sun and clouds this afternoon to the north, a good batch of rain. just a few isolated shower, tomorrow we will see a misture of sun and clouds not a bad day at all. on wednesday, late tomorrow night and wednesday this front appro

and >> we hear a lot of these names today and almost nothing about the john hancock building in washington. clearly he meant more than a building named after him. what did he do? >> he was the president of congress at the time. haddam said, he nominated george washington. -- adams said, he nominated george washington. what would the founders have thought about this? the founders fought like cats and dogs. the founders were very competitive. they had different political philosophies, but to lump them in this mass as if they thought the same, completely misrepresents what happened. >> what was george washington's philosophy? did most people agree with him? >> what he wanted was independence from england? exactly what form it would take was postponed. in terms of his military strategy, washington recognizes that he lacks seapower. he is against arguably the greatest navy in the world. they can rapidly moved up and down the eastern seaboard. it becomes a war of attrition, an opportunistic war were washington tries to ebay the british, -- evade the british. it is one of the difficulties of writ

julie andrews, morgan freeman, hershey hancock, yy -- yoyoma and -- ticket prices start at $49. go to www.myfoxdc.com and click on web lathings -- links for more. >>> and on tmz, days after announcing she split from her husband, christina aguilera filed for divorce. harvey levin joins us from l.a. what do you know about the court papers? what do they say? >> we picked them up this morning and she ran to the courthouse and filed saying for irreconcilable differences. she wants the joint custody of their 2-year-old. they said there was a pre-nup. this is what is interesting, laura. based on everything we know, it appears that there was cheating in the relationship but on christina's part and she's the one, however, who filed for divorce and it's kind of an interesting turn of circumstances. >> yeah, definitely. and we'll watch that tonight and the guy who striked through president obama's speech on sunday on a dare is getting paid apparently and what is the deal with this one? >> we got up with alki david, the internet billionaire who offered anyone who could streak in front of pr

and looking north from the john hancock center you can see those winds just shooting down the lake.'s a strong north wind. it's cold aloft as well and the combination of that cold front willed and the temperatures aloft we produced the lake- effect rain. now, how cold was it? our temperature map shows a high of 57 degrees today. but that's actually a little farther inland. that's the o'hare temperature. a little cooler down by chicago's lakefront. still plenty of warm air south. we may get a piece of that toward next weekend. but in the short term, tomorrow it looks like we'll see more temperatures in the 50s. in fact, there's even a chance of seeing some frost tomorrow night. talk more about that later. look at these temperatures across the area. the coolest numbers are out in the western suburbs and dew point temperatures a good indication of how cold it will get tonight shows some 30s across the area. yeah, probably upper 30s to low 40s for overnight lows. wind speeds 5 to 15 but 10 to 15 would be a better call overnight. now, freeze warnings are in effect from northeastern minne

. >> loni hancock and with the state support of public schools will announce a plan to overturn governor schwarzenegger's veto of millions of cuts to child care services. the cuts made where 4,000 children in the east bay will lose access to low-cost child care. they said it was tough but necessary. >> the national study now finds several bay area counties are being driven towards bankruptcy because of ballooning pension costs. fourtivity ten counties in the worst trouble nationwide are sonoma consider sanaway keep and contra costa. the number on the left where they rank, the number on the right the year their pension fund will be bankrupt based on current projections. >> 6:46. let's check with business. forget targeting tweens. more trying to get kids still in the contribute. >> jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with our "moneyscope" report. believe it or not retailers trying to hook customers barely out of a contribute. i have a one and a half year girl. they'll be targeting her yet. the youngsters are more status conscious. they're among the retailers launching lines fo

like john hancock he wanted to sign it so large even king george could see it. they had to see them putting their names on the line that indicated that was the proof point these guys were serious. >> it wasn't just the announcement ceremony it was the way it was followed up with and advertised but also an ever vent. it was marketed over and over and over. >> the gamble paid off on election day republicans picked up 52 seats in the house and 8 seats in the senate. newt gingrich became speaker and republicans made good on their contract with america. >> the reason why the contract is still in our psyche, why it's still talked about 16 years later is as much what happened after the election. >> the fact we kept our word and we actually implemented it i think came as a huge shock to people who had seen so many politicians break their word. >> 16 years later republicans are looking to regain control of the majority this time with the help of a pledge. >> the goal of the pledge to america is to layout a governing agenda of items that can change the country right now,

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and hancock to the west of martinsburg and winchester and frederick county, virginia, pretty good rainsas well. it is coming from a storm system we have been watching for a couple of days. on our weather computer you can see the action moved in our direction. it's increasing in coverage and in charlottesville and richmond, lightning and thinger. we could see a couple of storms today, especially south. 56 by 9:00. 58 at noon. 59 or so at 9:00 as the rains shut down to the afternoon rush hour. we will get a decent amount of rain today. we start 40s and 50s. we are 55 in town. 63 at the pax river naval air station and the rains are moving in. in fact by 9:30, much of the area will have moderate rain in not heavy in spots. southern maryland you will wait until later today before it moves in. noon coming down at a good clip. i-81 corridor. you are clearing out. as we head to 4:00 p.m. look, dc east seeing the rain. we are seeing drier conditions to the west and clearing tonight and looks like rain totals in the metro could be an inch, maybe locally an inch and a half in spots. keep that in m

then this one from clinton hancock. he writes, americans want to be patronized.oy so understand rhetoric and bumper sticker slogans. give them that and you get their support. >>> paul heimsath says, most polls rely on landlines. most young and poor people have these things called cellular phones. they don't get polled. i love hearing from you. you can reach me on twitter or facebook. twitter.com/contessa.com. >>> the democrats want to swing their election their way. they scheduled rallies targeting minority voters who were key to president obama winning in '08. the president also had the backing of young people thattier. and right now, 2 7% of voters younger than 30 say they will definitely be voting. when you breakdown the numbers even more, 32% of young black voters say they'll definitely vote. 31% of white voters, but only 17% of young hispanic voters say they will definitely be at the polls next week. reverend jesse jackson is here. i mentioned these rallies scheduled around the country here. what does it take to get people who may not be as engaged this elec

and the moderate seeing toward hancock. see more moosture streaming up around the low pressure that is sitting around the loo coast. it's a coastal low that is the cause of this and hat coastal moisture that the tropical system was feeding into that loo. as far aa how much rain right -nw take a look and you can see that we have as much as a 3rd of an inch to the heaviest amount a half an inch on the eastside of the city. up toward the north and east where we saw the heavy rain quarter of an inch right now.3 not nearly as bad though we wiln somewhat. on he return flow we willl et showees moving in for tomorroww3 and wednesday, too possible before the low moves out. and then ittwwll pick upppace ask then we will seeethe rain mmve out and make way foo a nice here jet stream indicating upper level low and bringgng more moisture. this time around not bringing the moisture from the tropics. still it brings the feeddof33 enough moisture forrrrin.3 that will be in the half inch more in isolated locations 1-23 through wednesdayyis t

. >> reporter: usc political signest hancock says her illness couldn't have come at a worse time one week before the election with the candidate 7 or 8 behind barbara boxer in the latest us c-"l.a. times" poll. >> it hits her when she is down and it compounds that it's a week before the election and on top of that it's all hands on deck. and our primary deck hand is kind of not available. >> reporter: the boxer campaign released this statement saying, we wish carly fiorina a speedy recovery and hope she is able to return to her normal schedule soon. the question is, what is the definition of soon? with the election now 7 days a and counting. at usc in los angeles, randy paige, cbs 5. >>> something stinks in politics. it's the latest campaign tactic in california. there is a flyer arriving in orange county mailbox that looks like a perfume ad in a magazine. it shows the face of democratic congresswoman loretta sanchez on a model's body. on the inside a nasty smelling scratch and sniff that reads, something smells rotten about lohr rhettta . it's a stench of washington. >> the majority

she performed recently with an all-star group at a los angeles gala celebrating herbie hancock's 70th ♪ but these days, it's her singing that's transfixing audiences. and that, she says, is new and exciting. >> it's a whole new instrument. and it's kind of like acting too, i'm realizing. really being able to fully emote and live the experience of the story that you are telling. ♪ >> it's exciting to see how that alone sometimes can bring someone into music that might sound too confusing or kind of too brainy, too cerebral. just sometimes having that thread of symbolism with the words to draw someone into the music. then they can really dig everything that's happening around that melody. >> reporter: right now, spalding is gaining a faithful following. but a question for everyone in jazz these days, especially one so young, is how to build audiences for the future. perhaps remembering her own early exposure to yo-yo ma, spalding sometimes plays for school audiences. >> i've personally experienced the process of kind of modifying how i explain or how i present improvised music to, you k