a shooting last night happened of holbrook street in northeast washington. we are live from high school with the story. >> cynne, grief counselors came here and from what we heard they were very much needed. two students were shot in their neighborhood about 1 mile from here. 17-year-old joseph sharps was killed. and number of parents came kids -- came to retrieve their kids when they learned that joseph sharps was dead. >> my whole class, nina, the first two periods were terrible. everyone was crying. >> it happened on holbrook ne. another student was shot in the leg. the family members talk about the pair. perched in the neighborhood, chased, and sharps was shot "-- four times. >> i do not think i can take anymore. >> at home where it was big joe and a little joke, the parents are in grief. >> you think when someone else's kid gets shot, you think given never happen to you. is worse than death. >> he loved life. >> one teacher said he had the students write poetry today. one boy wrote, "who would have thought he would be gone today? let's just say life is

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police found the two in the middle of holbrook street. the name e victims have not been released yet. we do know the victim who died was between 16 and 18 years old. the survivor is 17. >>> a teenager knows his punishment for killing a popular school principal. brian betts was murdered in his home in april. alante saunders admitted he chatted with betts online and went to the house insteading to rob him. he was sentenced to 40 years in prison. three other teens are implicate in betts' death. their cases are ongoing. >>> the winner of the race in virginia's 11th congressional district may be known today. keith fimian is expected to concede allowing gerry connolly to serve a second term. sarah simmons is live with a closer look. >> reporter: good morning. as you know, this has been a very tight race. virginia congressman, the incumbent, gerry connolly, he has been leading in this race, leading by nearly 1,000 votes. but according to the "washington post" today, his challenger republican keith fimian is expected to concede in this race altho

ambassador richard holbrooke will be here. steve rattner will be here as well and tsa administrator john pistole will be here as well. not to make light of it, what are they supposed to do? i don't get it. what are they supposed to do? >> people are inconvenienced, there's no doubt about it. >> of course, and insulted, except for willie. >> at the tsa they have to be on top of their game every single moment of the day. some terrorist only has to get lucky once. >> but you can put a bomb in your tooth. >> having been subject to this procedure, not in the pleasant way you just did it but at an airport last week, this will not stand. there's just no way. the choice is, a lot of radiation for someone like me who travels a lot or the pat-down. neither is acceptable. we need a solution that protects us, but is actually going to sustain -- >> everyone does a really good job of saying that. no one can tell me what the solution s. what is it? there's nothing. >> it seems like this is a country where we have one hot war raging, winding

a gunman shot two teenagers in the 1300 block of holbrook street in northeast. both victims wre taken to the hospital. that's where police say a juvenile was pronounced dead. their names have not been released. lice also have not said whether they have a suspect or a motive. >>> also in the district, investigators will return to southeast today to search for clues after some hun remains were found. a skull and another bone were found along malcolm x avenue not far from the anacostia freeway. investigators returned to the scene to look for mo evidence. it's still too early to tell if it was a homicide and they're also not sure how long the remains have been there. >>> firefighters set a local home on fire. wait until you hear what neighbors have to say abt it. >>> middle school football team pulls off a trick play that you will have to see to believe. >>> 6:07 is your time. it's now 46 deges. the sun is getting ready to rise in the nation's capital. beautiful day ahead. your weather and traffic together on the ones arehead. stay with us. >>> still to come, new re

police are not sure what happened last night on holbrooke street. they don't think it was a robbery, and they don't think there was a connection to the school, although they cautioned that could change. what they do know is that d.c. homicide detectives are investigating another murder in the part of the city that has seen its fair share of violence. langston sharps and his brother adrian arrived with heavy hearts. the two were there to pick up the younger sister but their thoughts were on little brother joe. >> and i know i seem normal. if i was not the man and, you know, anyone would go back and retailiate. that is not me, though. >> a cool kid and had a lot of friends. i don't see why this hap had to happen to him. >> reporter: he was in the 1300 block of holbrooke street northeast at a quarter to 9 when police say that words were exchanged with as many as three other men. >> and he was wagging down hole brooke and jawing on each other like kids do, you know, and the guy thought the beef with him was saying something to him and said what are you

two people were shot along holbrook street last night. a spokesperson confirmed that the 17-year-old died. he was a student at svengarn high school. another student was hurt but so far authorities are not releasing any more details. >>> man died after being hit by a tractor-trailer bass -- last while walking along the beltway in college park. so far, the truck driver has not been charged. >>> pedestrian-related accidents are becoming too, and our area. today, police are out in force and issuing harsh reminders about the rules of the road. brianne carter is live in arlington. >> good afternoon, this is an intersection in arlington where there is always a battle between pedestrians and cars. police say that with the recent incidents that we have seen involving pedestrians over the past few months, a crack down like this is more important than ever. this is a dangerous situation that happens all too often at this busy arlington in -- intersection. pedestrians jaywalk inbev the only reason i cross here is because i hear the light changed. i k

. >> the 17-year-old was shot and killed in the 1300 block of holbrook street northeast. police say sharp was walking down the street when someone opened fire. >>> the dc police offer hired an attorney. the 20-year-old says the officer who was moonlighting as a security guard roughed him up at a college party. the officer has been suspended along with three other officers who were there. >>> 4:35 now. well, the race for the 11th congressional seat is over. he conceded to jerry connolly. he was reelected by only 981 votes. he spent the weekend in the hospital after a routine test found a blood clot. he said he is fine and will have no problem doing his job. >> he is listening to voters and may be open to making changes in healthcare which he voted for. >> i'm absolutely open to perfecting legislation. i well not support and i will vigorously resist any attempt to repeal it. >>> he declined to answer questions on camera but decided not to ask for a recount because he didn't think it would change the results. he said he would keep the option open if any problems were found b

they were shot last night in the 1300 block of holbrook street. >> they shot his friend first and then called the police on a cell phone and i guess they shot him. shot him four times. >> reporter: grief counselors were dispatched to the high school in northeast today. joseph is a senior here. >> never had any beef with anybody. >> we come here to help students avoid the perils in their community. >> reporter: putting the grief into words today. >> life was short. it was just yesterday. who would have thought he would be gone today. let's say just life is short. >> in less than one hour american university staff and students will gather to remember the life and work of murdered professor sue markham. the university is holding a remembrance ceremony for her at 8:00 p.m. in the bender arena. she was killed in her bethesda home two weeks ago and so far police have not charged anyone in that murder. >>> akron man accused of trying to help al-qaeda bomb metro stations says he is not guilty. that was his plea today in arraignment. the pakistan-born u.s. citizen said he plotted with people he

. >> he was shot and killed while walking on topix street -- holbrook street. >> a suspect shot at a police officer yesterday morning in greenbelt. he demanded the officers wallet. the officer pulled on with his gun and opened fire and the suspect fired back. it appears that neither was hit. >>> the cruise ship passengers stranded at sea, they will wake up this morning to real food. >> i bet there are excited. about excited and a hot shower. we are hearing news stories about what they went through when the ship and was addressed. now to emily schmidt. >> the post cards that come from vacations that say, i wish you were here, that is far from what they experienced. >> we have not had a hot meal in five days. no electricity or water to flush the toilet. >> the telebrands began working a day after the engine room lost power. but the refrigerator's did not. -- the toilets began working a day after the engine lost power. many people slept in the hallways because the cabins were dark. they have given the people a free voucher for future crews, but a lot of people are weary of trying this a

role of iran and afghanistan, what is your reaction to his concerns about the role of ambassador holbrooke and how effective these different players have been in trying to strengthen the dialogue in the region with the secretary of state intervening with the president and in the suburban brook intervening his conviction there's too many players attempting to have a dialogue in the region. i really would appreciate your feedback. >> as the ambassadors to not make comments on the former presidents of their own country especially remarks made so i'm going to treat all your questions independent of what the source of your knowledge in this particular instance may have been and i will define it as your first question about afghanistan. how should the future be decided, and i think the pasterns, and there are some who are pakistani, but the pashtuns our elfgin citizens and as i said earlier a decision within afghanistan has to be made by the future of afghanistan and that includes afghan pashtuns. people express concern about not having sufficient police in afghanistan that is an internal politi

. >> he was walking along holbrooke street with a friend monday night when he was shot and killed. his friend was shot and wounded. police are not sure if sharp knew his attacker. >> from overseas news, president barack obama arrived in japan where economy will once again be the top i can. he said the g-20 put the economy on the road to recovery but change is too slow. now with the latest from south korea. hi courtney. >> hi alison. certainly a busy day for the president. he is now in japan to meet with asian leaders to focus on global trade and growth. earlier this morning he wrapped up the g-20 summit. when that began the president said the global economy was on the brink of collapse and now is on the road to recovery. the economic global leaders reached an agreement and differences remain on trade and balances. now they are hoping to push china to end what they are calling currency manipulation. no headway was made on that front. during a media conference president obama said as for extending bush era tax cuts at home, he doesn't support tax cuts for the wealthy but does support

. >> guest: richard holbrook is the master diplomat. he's the one who negotiated the dayton accords back in the clinton administration that really brought peace to the balkans. and he has said and makes the point that you don't fix this war with the military victory. everyone agrees, the taliban surge si -- insurgency in afghanistan is part of the fabric and always will be. so you need some sort of diplomatic settlement. that's how we get out of the war, i presume. >> host: then the reports this week that the taliban might be at the table for talks is one that you would have expected. >> guest: yes, i report that there were secret talks through the saudis and, you know, but this is all very preliminary. the taliban still thinks we have the momentum and edge here. >> host: why would they negotiate? >> guest: exactly. >> host: ed from boston on the republican line. good morning, you are on. >> caller: good morning, mr. woodward. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: the russians pulled out of afghanistan after nine years. if it wasn't for ch

along holbrook street in the trinidad neighborhood.ow the teen who died was between 16 and 18 years old. the survivor is 17 years oldch the gunman is still on the loose. >>> elizabeth smart took the stand for the first time in this federal kidnapping trial. she told the jury mitchell snatched her so she could join him in a celestial marriage. they threatened to kill her if she didn't go with him and repeatedly raped her during the nine-month ordeal. >>> and amanda knox now facing a new charge of. she's convicted of murdering her british roommate and was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the murder. >>> and last hour we showed you a picture of calvin. we thought he was our one and only lizard viewer. >> check out this photo. war the water dragon is calvin's big brother. so it's all in the family. but he was up early this morning checking out tony's forecast. so maybe the camouflage comes from the tv. >> that is a hilarious photograph. look the at lizard -- excuse me, water dragon -- looking at the forecast. >> perhaps he's disappointe

i was watching ambassador holbrook yesterday.continue to be and taken our eye off them because of what's going on in afghanistan and pakistan and other parts of the world. you have a nuclear armed rogue power, lunatic running a critically important peninsula, the northern part of it in korea, tucked up against china, within range of japan. these episodes keep coming and keep coming. we don't have anybody -- we do have a permanent assignment in terms of special representative to that area but it's not on the radar screen, in terms of the general public. >> the security council is considering holding an emergency meeting, robert gibbs calling it belligerent action, jon meacham. the white house must be getting their thoughts together to figure out exactly what to say publicly about this. >> tom is right. the question is how much of a rational actor is north korea? >> not. >> we just don't know. to me, the question is, short of a nuclear strike outside its borders including the south, what's the worst case scenario here? do they have

an adult and child were shot around 9:00 last night in the 1300 block of holbrook street. one person was killed. >>> a recent report shows metro know about escalator issues weeks before an accident that left four people hurt. riders at four problem stations are speaking out. >> good morning, metro says following that report, they had plans in place to address safety issues. the big question this morning is it metro had immediately acted on those plans, could have avoided at least one incident that led several injured? metro riders say it is hard to rely on escalators per route the system, often broken or out of service. that is something that riders deal with but metro could be dealing with not dealing with issues fasten up. >> is a cast of a problem and not enough is being done. >> we reported on two run away escalators. the most serious was on october 30 at l'enfant plaza on which an overcrowded escalator sent four people to the hospital. that incident came exactly one month after an independent audit warned of serious issues included worn out wheels, ropes, and brake pa

two teen-agers found shot on holbrook street in d.c. joseph sharps, jr., was killed. his friend shot in the leg but survived. sharp's family think that he had been joking around with a friend. they say the gunman was offended and opened fire. both were students at spring arm school. >>> and the president is in south korea. he wrote a letter to other world leaders pleading with them to work together, despite sharp differences. in indonesia last night he gave a speech on reaching out to the muslim world. >> i made it clear to america that america is not and never will be at war with islam. instead all of us must work together to defeat al-qaeda and its affiliates who have no claim to be leaders of any religion. certainly not a great religion like islam. but this is not a task for america alone. here in indonesia you've made progress in rooting out extremist and combating touch violence. >> last night's speech was similar to a speech the president game in cairo last year. >>> and a so-called handshake scandal from earlier in the day is making headlines. the administratio

they were shot just before 9:00 last night on holbrook street in the district's trinidad neighborhood

it happened along holbrook street in northeast last night where police found the victims. their names haven't been released yet. we do know the boy who died was between 16 and 18 years old. the survivor is 17. >>> alante saunders has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in the murder of brian betts. he admitted he chatted with betts online and went to betts' home in silver spring intending to rob him. saunders was later seen on surveillance video using betts' credit card. >>> police are searching for two men they say held up an armored car guard. investigators say two men approached the guard and stole a bag of cash and a gun from him. nobody was hurt. anybody who may have witnessed the crime or has more information on the suspects is urged to call police. >>> the national park service unveiled plan to put in a permanent security checkpoint at the washington monument. there are five different options to replace the old temporary guard shack put in place after september 11th. four who create an underground entrance. the fisk would be a glass building shaped to fit in with t

those dreams came to an end last night when joseph sharps was gunned down on holbrook street northeast. he was walking down thestreet th a friend. they were kidding each other back and forth. they ran across three guys, those guys think those joking words were meant for them. shots are fired. the friend is wounded, joseph hit four times. he falls dead to the ground. >> basically over nothing. >> what you make of that? >> it hurts. it reallyhurts. it really really hurts. but as a father, we just have to move on and say what the lord's got now. so i'm happy for that part. >> i've been through it all now. and this right here, i don't think i could take any more. and my father is ripped apart. >> reporter: joseph had been in some arguments, but it's unclear as towhether last night's shooting may be linked to that. fearing for their troublesome parents pulled their kids out of school. >> i don't need nothing to happen to him. >> so fa no motive. no suspects in the case. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins reporting, thank you, pat. >> policin montgomery county want to put an end to sex traf

. >> candle light vigil planned for tomorrow night on holbrook street. >>> a former frostburg university student sentenced to five years in prison today for an off-campus killing. the murder happened last april. hall pleaded guilty. hall claims the shooting was in self-defense. >>> security ramped up around georgetown university because of a rash of burglaries in the area over the past few weeks. the plan is for more patrols around off campus opportunities, new security observation reports have been added at prospect street and officers are also conducting student i.d checks at night in the area. >>> investigators trying to find the cause of this fire that heavily damaged a house in prince george's county. sky 9 was over the scene shortly before noon in the 8200 block of anayo court in clinton. five firefighters were treated for minor injuries. neighbors say the house was vacant but it is known to be used by vagrants. >>> maryland lawmakers are demanding answers after an audit showed more than 1300 residents could be driving on suspended or even revoked licences. maryland motor vehicle o

. >> is that something ambassador holbrook said on "morning joe." let's play it and we'll talk about it. >> i know negotiations when i see them. there's no negotiation going on. there's nothing that comes close to that word. all this press talk, and it is heavily press talk is discussions about talking about talking about the possibility of talking. >> do you agree with that assessment? >> i don't know. i'm not privy to what the status is of these discussion. secretary gates, chairman mullen and others and to some extent general petraeus, that we need to keep the pressure on the taliban more than we already are, change the dynamic on the ground more than it already has in order for them to feel the pressure enough to finally come to the negotiating table. >> how much a part of that is what we learned in nato, lisbon, the transition of forces are going to be taking place over a series of several years, the end of 2014 the target date. this just felt like a little bit of writing ling out of the initial july 2011 -- >> i don't know why it would, savann

police say he and a fellow student were simply joking around on holbrooke street monday night when they came across three other men. investigators believe those men may have thought the laughter was directed at them, sohots were fired and he was killed. doctors say the second teenager shot will be okay. so far no arrests have been made. >>> this morning a maryland teenager is facing charges in a deadly robbery. police say he was one of four men who held up mr. wings and pizza on baltimore annapolis ulevard friday night. bullets hit and kled the 20-year-old flores who was a customer there. police charged 17-year-d vincent buhner as an adult with first-degree murder. detectives are still looking for the other three men involved in the shooting. >>> one of the world's most prominent and political prisoners is free this morning. aung san suu kyi was released early yesterday, greeted by cheering supporters. she told a crowd of 5,000 she will continue to fight for human rights in the military controlled country. it's not clear whether the burmese government has imposed any conditions on her r

the shooting happened last night in the 1300 block of holbrooke street northeast. bruce johnson joins us live from the scene with details on what unfolded there. >> reporter: we are in the trinidad section. this neighborhood has a violent history. they actually set up roadblocks up here to keep a lot of the violent element out of here. the courts overturned that said the roadblocks were unconstitutional. police says this doesn't fit that mo. the two people who were shot here, young individuals, males who attended the high school, they were good kids according to police. >> he was a sweet loving, caring. >> reporter: 17-year-old joseph sharps is dead. his friend de'onte bill broad wounded. they were shot last night. >> they shot his friend first and then joe was calling the police on his cell phone and i guess they shot him, they shot him four times. >> reporter: joseph sharps' mother says the family moved to the trinidad area a short time ago. >> it's pen a lot of stuff, you know, with the young men around. >> reporter: grief counselors were dispatched to spin garn

one of the people i had the opportunity to work with, a great pleasure, ambassador richard holbrooke.nd then in the course of discussing a poll about political divisions in serbia elected me and said 367. 367. don't you know ty cobb's batting average? i guess i knew that, but not in this contest. is sports editor turned to politics. substitute one kind of statistic for another. i did. >> host: you also did work in the uk. i believe your first book, can you tell us a little bit about power and then you also wrote a book about when and. and how you went on this political journey and what you found with these early leaders. >> guest: i decided when i was young that i was obviously interested in ideas. my doctoral dissertation was on the social basis of support. for anyone who has any interest in what i've done coming to the tea party movement in america was in a lot of ways a return intellectually to the same kind of questions i faced in the uk. that was a social and economic issues. this is purely if not exclusively economic. and so i wrote the about free-market economics in britain in

. >> in one of the dark days of this long process, my wife who works for richard holbrook and was in pakistan or afghanistan or some place, was in despair, she couldn't reach me on the phone and she was really upset about this and i sent her an e-mail and i said i have the best wife in the world. i have four wonderful children, everybody is healthy. we're financially secure and nothing else matters. and that's how i think about this. at the end of the day, i have the four things that most matter to me and whatever else happens in my career, will happen. i'm proud of the work i've done over 35 years in the business. i hope to do more, particular me in the non-profit areas but i have the things that most matter to me. >> charlie: and you continue with your employment with mayor bloomberg. >> i continue to do what i've done for mayor bloomberg. >> charlie: thank you for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> charlie: steve rattner. the attorney general soon me governor will come here or someone else. this is an interesting story about politics and ambition, it's a story about technology th

. >> rose: not the ambassador, not richard holbrook, not him, not him, not him. >> rose: you? >> you. >> rose:. >> and you can see how he is the master of tactician. >> rose: on the face that may make it sound like mcchrystal and the others are dupes. >> of course not. >> rose: it is sophisticated on the part of mcchrystal or anybody else to be able to -- why do you deal with karzai? answer. he is the president. >> she the president. of course he is the president of a sovereign country and you have to have relationships with him, of course, and, you know, demands on, you know, whether it is general ms. mcchrystal or petraeus are kind of impossible to imagine. >> rose: but is it different because petraeus is there rather than mcchrystal or is it a -- has petraeus with all of his enormous talent, the fact that, you know, the president desperately needed him and has had to in a sense say if you do this i will give you this? >> yeah. well, i think -- my understanding is the relationship is much more intense, tense, it is more difficult between general petraeus and president karzai

of the people i had the opportunity to work with and was a great pleasure was ambassador richard holbrooke, and in the course of discussing the poll about the political divisions in serbia, if you look at me and said 367, just stopped. i said 367? he said don't you know the date lifetime batting average and i said well i guess i knew that but not in this context. he said like you, i was a frustrated sports editor who turned to politics because you substitute one kind of statistic for another. i did. >> host: you also did some work in the u.k. and i believe your first book was about [inaudible] can you tell us a little bit about powell and then you also wrote a book about lenihan? and how you wind of this political journey and when you found with these early leaders. >> guest: i decided when i was young i was interested in ideas, so my dissertation was on the basis of support of powell and the british electorate and for anyone who has any interest in what i have done coming to the tea party movement in america was a lot of ways the return intellectually to the same kind of questions i faced

president obama has taken an interest in the matter, ambassador holbrooke has been to pakistan more thanvivors that said private giving in america has been much less than it could have been and i'm hoping in the next few days pakistan the americans and those americans support of and sympathetic to pakistan and we must also that knowledge when the floods came our neighbor provided $25 million of assistance to the united nations so it's not like the international community has risen to the location it's just the magnitude of the tragedy requires a far greater dressed in has been possible given the circumstances of how the world sees these days is not just our problem is but half the problem is seen is equally important and i hope discussions like this will educate people more on the needs of pakistan and the aftermath. >> my question still remains of the international aid is the way it is it's not coming in droves. what steps can the government take or planning to take to transform the economy in a way that it can better look after its own needs rather than rely -- >> the international ass

it happened in the 1300 block of holbrook street. 17 and 18 years old. there's no word on a suspect or >>> good morning. we've got the bright november sun. we have temperatures in the mid and upper 40s. later today, a bit blustery. afternoon highs 60. tomorrow not much wind, near 60 again. should be sunny on friday into the 50s again. over the weekend, sunny on saturday, near 60, bit milder sunday. how's the traffic now, jery. >> >> the outer loop has come down from the river road. very slow afterhe bridge around toward rockville pike and over to i-95. an accident. 66 westbound. this is westbound 66 coming out of roslyn. the accident near the east falls church metro station. traffic really slow because of it. eun? >> coming up today on >>> tomorrow on "today," live, president george w. bush continues his candid conversations with matt lauer in our studio and answers your questions. only on "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> it's 8:30 now on a tuesday morning, the ninth day of november, 2010. this is the juststonishing voice of 10-year-old jackie

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