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on the wall, lots of photographs of herer sons and none of her daughters. >> the compmpound includ several adjacent houses owned byther members of the kennedy clan. >> this is my brother'shouse. >> in 2004, senator kennedy gave george stephanopoulos a tour. >> it's in that house where he heard that he was elected president. caroline woke him up and said, you're p president of e united states. >> this where the family gathered in the months of triumphs. this is ere they have come togeer during generations for tragic times too. the compound has seen more than its share of that. beginning with that terrible day in dallas. president kennedy's kid brother was still a freshman in the senate when he had to break the news to his father in hyannisport. >> to be the person that had to go tell him that his golden son who was president of the united states had been killed was -- had to be one of the hardest things that anybody ever had to do. >> on to chicago and let's win -- >> all the more tragic to have that scene repeated with bobby a few years later. joe kennedy, confined to a wheelchair after a

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greg, you said pelosi's comments come on the heels of barbara boxer who accused healthcare protest herersnts. i would appreciate if you would call her senator boxer. she worked hard to earn that title. >> bill, you showed a picture of a protester with a swastika to point out what pelosi is talking about. larry, can we put that picture up. notice it is a swastika with a circle and a slash. so it is an antiswastika. >> the truth will set you fee and it is fox news contributor bill schulz. i know i earned that tight. >> the nazi becauses the nazer. >> huh? >> andrea you pointed out that boxer and pelosi made the stupidest comments of the week. isn't this just proof that women shouldn't be in politics or have jobs in general? >> that is right. absolutely come down on that issue. >> california girl, lemonade stand shut down. first i figured wow, what a jerk this code officer is. turns out he told the girl that the lemonade stand which was on the corner of a busy intersection wasn't safe and helped them load their ice chest and equipment into the car and then called city planners to find out wh

. >> greo be herer >> where is ron anyw? >> it was his birthday this week?ti >> international bon vivant. hope he's having fun. hope you have a great week, hope he's having fun. hope you have a great week, everybody. captions by vitac ho oupe y honnt. avho he's having fun. hope you have a f live and in h.d. this is an abc 7 news uate. >> good morning. it is 8:56. in the news, a lightning strike may be responsible for a fire that broke out in prince georges county apartment building. the blaze started around 5:00 this morning in the top floor of the building in district heights. everyone was able to get out safely while dozens of firefighters got the blaze under control. several families will have to find a new place to live. the fire caused about a half million dollars in damage. maryland and virginia make the top ten list of states with newly naturalized citizens. virginia ranks 7th with 30,000 people who became citizens last year. maryland is hme to 23,000 newly naturalized citizens n total, almost 10% of all new residents who became citizens last year liv

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jejenknkins reported herer miss before disappearing on saturday.ion warrant has been issued for jenkins arrest. he faces a felony couldn't of murder and if convicted he faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison. police will not comment on a possible motive. reporting live, leslie sykes, abc 7, eyewitness news. >> ctv national news with lloyd robertson. >> there are dramatic developments for the hunt of a canadian wanted in a sensational american homicide. prosecutors in california have laid murder charges against ryan jenkins in the grisly death of his ex-wife. he may be armed, dangerous and in canada. rob brown has the latest. >> reporter: a black hawk helicopter on the hunt at the u.s. border searching for a man who pulled into this american marina yesterday. >> he docked like he was coming in normally. that was all i saw. i didn't even see him leave. >> reporter: no one has seen ryan jenkins since. police believe he left his boat behind and simply walked across the border along this beach. >> last weekend jasmine's neighborhood body

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. >> if you're directionally correct, i think it will be herer than it is now? >> no, not really. i mean, corrective action and pullbacks are certainly part of any market advance. i think there's some fear stemming from asia with this big pullback. you know, we're seeing in chinese equities. but they also doubled in vary short period om of time. so i don't think that's outside the bounldz of what you typically see when asset markets surge like this. the important point, i think, is that we've had a huge improvement in the credit markets and that really hasn't been threatened yet. so as long as that's the case, i still remain upbeat. >> you were not shaken about any of the confidence numbers or retail sales numbers from last week? >> well, the retail sales data certainly was soft. the confidence data, again, is more of a subsequent dental indicator. improvements have come up from where we were months ago. and the depth of this recession, which is a fairly good indicator of what kind of recovery you're going to go suggests that we should be in for at least a period here. i don't mea

and one thing that i like about her ishahat she e took herer ti with you, she didn't rush you by. >> reporter: it was poignant for the visitors. >> it feels really special, you know, to be out here to support them, and to have them out here shaking hands, it just feels really personal. >> reporter: and longtime kennedy adviser robert schru says, poignant far the family, as well. why do you think it's important for the family to be out here today? >> they are saying "thank you." they understand for all he meant to them, he meant a great deal to other people. >> reporter: inside, the casket was attended by a rotating vigil of close family and friends, longtime colleagues filed by. senator john kerry. congressman john lewis of georgia, a veteran of the civil rights struggles who was also at robert kennedy's funeral. >> it brings back so many memories. it brings back days of hope, days of optimism. >> reporter: on this, a day of remembering for thousands. the speakers tonight will include senator chris dodd, senator john kerry, republicans, john mccain, orrin hatch, senator kennedy's nie