in the 50s tonight, even here in dc with potentially 40s north and west. we have clouds forming in pennsylvania, some of these could make it into northern maryland in a few hours. outside puffy clouds, look at these lows this morning, 50 in a couple of spots here. york 49, mid-40s out in the mountains and down toward the valley. orange 55, manassas all the way down to 52. as of the noon hour, our temperatures are running in the upper 60s and low 70s. it is a gorgeous afternoon, annapolis 73, along with cambridge. 75 with leesburg. here's a look at tyson's corner. you see the puffy clouds forming out there today. 71 degrees, north winds at 1. you can tell by the dew point back in the upper 40s that the air has really dried out. that has given us the cool, crisp feel. we have temperatures today in the northeast in the 60s, 90s in the plains and looks like some of that will be moving in our direction. back in the 80s by the second half of the week. but our next front, still way out in the northern rockies. you see showers out ahead of it, it is not going to ma

the longest continuing festival in dc, it was first held back in 1978.ong time adams morgan businessman says the festival is great for the entire neighborhood. >> only in adams morgan can you get this kind of diversity. economically, everybody is out. you have food from everywhere in the world. people from everywhere in the world. >> organizers say the festival usually attracts about 25,000 people. not really sure as the exact count so far this year. >> it is hard to keep a secret in hollywood, but a secret celebrity wedding tops our entertainment news. >>> actors ryan reynolds and blake lively tied the knot this weekend. they were married at a plantation near charleston, south carolina. reynolds, 35, was previously married to scar let johansen and lively was part of the gossip girls. they met a year ago so something good came out of that box office bomb. >>> for the first time in years the top grossing film over the weekend made less than $10 million. >> it was the worst weekend for movie ticket sales since right after the 9/11 attacks. >> no filter. >>

everyone was in red at the headquarters, and thought dc schools. this picture was sent to chicago teachers as a sign of support.go many of the teachers in theache district of columbia are living vicariously through the chicago teachers union. >> reporter: the president obamt of the union says -- the president of the union says negotiations on a new contract are moving forward here in dc, but there are a few sticking points. a strike hasn't been ruled out. >> teachers say we want to go on strike. we don't think we're getting the results we need from this school system. then i will support a strike. but until such time, the members aren't saying that. >> reporter: former mayor note took on r:the teachers union whe in office is supporting a move to load teachers more accountable in chicago. >> for years, you know, teachers unions have fought forf essentially automatic pay increases just like being there for a long time, and automatic tenure. and in most organizations, yous know, there has to be more accountability so that people feel their jobs are on

. >>> the animal count at the zoo in washington dc, just got higher, female panda gave birth to a 4-ounce baby. zookeepers don't know the sex. they are letting the mom and cub bond. the question is always, what are they going to name it? >> we follow the chinese tradition of waiting for 100 days. our plan is to let the people in washington help us name the cub. >> mom probably won't emerge for a week while she cares for her cub, not even food or water. she has had false pregnancies over the years. >>> stay with us, we have seen injuries from athletes, especially football games. this morning , the mission the ravens are on to help players stay safe on the field. >>> also ahead this morning, he only had $200 when he died, you won't believe the treasure trove that was found while cleaning up one man's house. >>> the rain is coming down hard in harford county and 95, route 152, i will let you know how this weather will affect your commute coming up. >>> a live look in new york city. times square, great way to start the day. stay with us. anncr: a good job. it's the key to a good life. but it

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there's always been hopes in washington, dc area. this year was probably the greatest hope we've ever been sold in rg-iii. >> right. if you look at history and the stats, rookie quarterbacks, no one's ever gone on to have a .0000 .500 year. >> we're hoping rg-iii, touted way better than any other rookie of the past, should come in and do a pretty good job, but it depends on everyone who is around him. coaching staff, acclimate to his needs and skill sets, as well as the wide receivers. >> we'll see, come that game against the saints. let's move on to the nats, running a little bit out of time. they look like they are doing great. everybody's talking playoffs. do you think they will make the playoffs? >> i would think they would. you know, beginning of the year, everyone was worried about the nats and said, you know, they hit a skid. 182 games left. >> that's a lot of games to play! >> now at the end, we have hit another skid. teams don't win every single game. obviously it's a bad part of the season to have a skid, but going into the

in upper marlboro. on our michael and son weather cam. northwest dc, a beautiful morning. eels great with a dew point in the lower 50s. weather headlines we are in for a gorgeous start to the week today. chilly tonight, we are going to see 40s north and west. tomorrow a little bit of a breeze today. our next chance of rain will be by the weekend, perhaps saturday night into sunday. frontal boundaries offshore, with high pressure building in. 78 today. tonight 50s with upper 40s. wednesday looks good at 84 a little warmer. hold on to mid-80s for highs through friday. that is going to be our next chance for showers and thunderstorms. michael, you are outside enjoying this cool, crisp weather. >>> this is a band they are going to be here in dc tonight at the 9:30 club. mtv calls them buzz worthy. how long have you been together? >> three years. >> best friends in three years, because of our fans. > >>> they are so dedicated and we love them so much for that. >>> one of your singles is the last day of summer i don't we are going to let you hear action item 9:30 clubton. continu

as we look in dc, coming in at st and 7 winchester. feeling the air this morning, we have high pressure to blame for this, if you don't like the chilly air as we see the northwest flow, drying the dew points out, feeling like we are basically in the 40s this morning. it's cool out. there the scenario will continue in in to the afternoon. nice and comfortable with sunshine in the forecast. future trend picking up on that, not a lot to see, a few high clouds coming in through this morning and also the afternoon time frame. all in all, things will be looking stellar. here is your hour by hour forecast, as we take it through, by 10:00, temperature nice, 68 degrees, nice and sunny and pleasant by lunchtime. by 3:00 p.m., nice and the 77. now a check of the time save traffic with loren cook. >>> if you are heading to downtown, michael phelps is being honored at the afternoon theater. the big ravens game tonight at 7:00. expect congestion. leaf yourself extra time. you will need i. it's doing to be jam packed. 95 at 395, everything is nice an

are saying -- what you are saying is that senator patty murray and the democratic leadership in washington dcand this president have just handed the republican party their message and their definition and perhaps, the greatest, most compelling appeal to voters in 2012. >> yes. we know that now because patty murray in the president are bragging about it. but we also know it because they telegraph that when in all of of 2010, when the democrats have the super majority in the house come house come in the senate, and they have the presidency, if they wanted to make any part of those bush tax cuts permanent for any income group, they could have done that. but they chose to extend the tax cuts for nobody. not the poor or middle class. nobody. lou: grover, i think that i got it. nobody. i got it. what i don't quite get, is the fact that there seems to be some contentment that i don't perceive. i was going to november 6 without delaying the concerns and fears and anxieties in desperate need for leadership in this country by both this president, governor romney, and the republican house and democratic

after they have been in congress for a while and they become lobbyists and created this establishment in dcbasically just breeds the four-year campaign, so we are going to end in november and then we are going to start 2016 all over again. >> stephen: what is the future you hope for for the republican party? what are the two different out comes, romney wins, doesn't win, what does that mean for your party and all the people down in tampa? >> well for me personally the fact i am here with you having this conversation probably means -- >> stephen: what happens to the party if romney loses. >> the party then goes into the wilderness for a while. >> stephen: like where? >> and tries to figure out what it is they are and what they stand for going forward, and eventually we are going to lead up to the fact that the republican party draws from a lot of different chapters in history will there is a lot that can inspire the party going forward, so abraham lincoln believing in individual dignity, theodore roosevelt, believing the land is an important legacy we are leaving behind, eisenhower who left

. >> coming up next a woman attacked by a rabid animal in dc and not a politician. >> first a look at night line. >> coming up, president bill clinton taking the stage to make a case for president obama. we will take you inside their relationship. >>> and the money trail. what the politicians don't want you to see about what goes on behind the scenes here. that's on night line. . >>> a trip to the lake turned in to a trip to the hospital for an 83-year-old after she was attacked by a rabid beaver. >> two nearby fisherman saw what was happening jumped in to help. >> an 83-year-old woman swimming in lake barcroft suddenly encountered a violent beaver. this is the beaver that came after her and latched onto her with its teeth. in the hospital she describes what happened next. >> he attacked me. period. he latched onto my calf. >> reporter: mike was across the lake when he heard a noise. >> she was screaming for her life. i was like get out of the water. i was like i can't. >> reporter: after she got the beaver off he called for help. she suffered serious injuries to the arm and leg. the

most of this week will be very, very nice. 63 now in dc. but don't let that fool you. areas in the 50s this morning, with 73 by noon. a high of 78 or so and by 5:00 i think the high temperature happens at 3:30, 4:00 p.m. we had a couple of isolated sprinkles yesterday afternoon. i was the recipient of one of them up north of town. this morning though it is clear, cool and crisp outside. 52 now in manassas, and here 63. this afternoon perfect, spectacular, a great afternoon. 75 for gadget theresburg, and 78 here in -- for gadget theres -- gaithersburg. here's monika samtani. >> reporter: i changed my party for sunday and everything worked out great yesterday. southbound i-95 not looking bad at all. things are looking great from triangle to woodbridge. the construction southbound after route 17 is in place, stay to the right to get by. you might find a minor delay there. northbound i-95 if you are planning to head northbound 95, no issues to report as you travel up. no problems in springfield. >>> also want to let you know, a serious accident on the ramp from northbound

mothers against drunk driving and victims and survivors of drunk driving crashes will be in dc. >>> lieutenant governor anthony brown and health officials are taking part in health care reform today and to discuss maryland's health benefits plan and select the state's benchmark plans. >>> a pavilion and pedestrian bridge being unveiled today as part of the 6 million-dollar renovation project. today's event includes an art exhibit called off the wall. >>> nasa is holding a news conference today to talk about the findings from the curiosity rover. >>> we also have the wildly popular harry potter series is growing up. jk rollings book exclusively for adults hits stores today. >>> one of the big questions on the november ballot this year is going to be what they call the maryland dream acts. >> it would help undocumented immigrants go to college on instate tuition rates. and high schoolers are knocking on doors helping to drum up support for the dream act. >> our students are passionate about the dream act because they believe and we believe that every child this maryland deserves a high quality e

presidential candidate ross nader is calling for president obama and governor romney to hold a debate in dc on d.c. issues. >> the difference between romney and obama is that romney says the wrong thing and obama says the right things -- they are not worried about d.c. statehood and autonomy. he does not do anything. >> 617,000 residents, and the district only offers three electoral votes, giving romney and obama little motivation to purchase it. they expect jill stein and gary johnson to be there. >> more about politics -- tim kane and george allen are said to square off in a debate in northern virginia today. the debate starts at noon. it is prepared -- presented by the fairfax chamber. they call the race one of the most competitive in the country. stick with abc 744 coverage of the debate in our later newscast. >> business news -- chase users are experiencing outages. >> and the result of a census shows the economy may be in recovery mode. linda bell with the good news today. >> hello. the news you want to hear -- the big presidential debate between mitt romney and president barack obama

one student is in the hospital tonight but the other one is in handcuffs. dc school's chancellor kaya henderson said the students left and one came back to the school with a pistol. the other was shot in the leg and is expected to be okay. >>> john hinckley is the man who shot president reagan in 1981. he is allowed to leave people's place for 10 days at a time to visit his mom. the hospital said they didn't want to be involved in the decision but the judge has given them until october 19th to weigh in. >>> attorney general eric holder is in the clear but more than one dozen others could face disciplinary action. a new report from the inspector general of the justice department blames most of of the mess on federal agency and prosecutors in phoenix. the intent was to let the guns from the u.s. pass into the hands of suspected drug smugglers and then take them to mexican drug cartels. but they lost track of 2,000 of the weapons and hundreds of them ended up at crime scenes. >>> mitt romney going from defense to offense today. he was aggressively attacking the p

will warm the temperatures up. 71 in ght now in dc. that's going to be the deal. 07's into the 50s.here is the wind direction. a cool wind. seven mile an hour right now. that's not a bad wind speed. terms of your dew point values, running around 50 degrees. that's a dry air mass. here is the planner through the course of the evening. 67 degrees. we will be down to around 59 and a pair of 5's to start the morning. temperatures will start to rise with a good amount of sun developing. take a look at satellite. to you clouds at the present hour. i think these clouds come into play tomorrow afternoon and then we will watch a strong storm system. look at this low over hudson bay. that's going to bring in the chance of source, maybe a gutsy thunderstorm before things start to turn more on the chilly side into next week. look at minute list. 64 degrees, 70 chicago. this is the cool air that will stay on top. true heat down to the south and west. 104, down in phoenix this afternoon. high pressure on top of us right now that. will keep us high and dry in the next 24 hours but as that starts t

the advertiser has responded by filling a lawsuit in dc. drea mccarron 9news now. >>> in recent weeks the ads have been plastered on san francisco city buses, prompting some to deface them and remove the words jihad and holy war. >>> the statutes were handed out in the emmy awards. john drier won for best actor in a comedy series. this was his second win and he has been nominated for seven years. >>> some of the other top categories, modern family walked away with four awards, including best comedy series. homeland won four for its first season. amc's hit mad men 17 nominations, not a single statue. you can read more on our website wusa.com. >>> last year john crier won best supporting actor. >>> two new films tied atop the box office this weekend. end of watch grossed $13 million in north american theaters. it tells the story of two police officers who become marked for death by a drug cartel. the house at the end of the street also debuted. it stars jennifer lawrence. >>> and clint eastwood's latest film trouble with the curve debut in thi

it was first held in 1978 and is now the longest continuing festival in dc. lots of great food and local art work for sale. the festival is a great day for the entire neighborhood and for the city. >> only in adams morgan can you get this kind of diversity. everybody is out, you have food from everywhere in the world, people from everywhere in the world and again, they all get along. >> organizers say the festival usually attracts about 25,000 people every year. no exact count for this year so far. >>> emma watson tops the list of the most dangerous celebrities to search online. the harry potter star is used most often to trick people into downloading malicious software or to steal personal information. when searching for the 22-year-old watson there is a one in eight chance of landing on a malicious site. other names on the list, eva mendez, selina gomez, and jimmy kimmel. >> it will end up in a routine on his show. you know that. >>> maybe it was football or maybe it was the great weather but this weekend will go down as a box office bust. according to holly

. >>> pret byey decent weekend weather wise but the flooding in dc prompted the closure of metro transit stations. the rain and thunderstorms are likely for today and isolated flash flooding could be a problem in the next few days. >>> all right that's true charley as we head through the day. we have a chance for more scattered showers andthunderstorms to work their way in here. and under the thunderstorms we could get heavy rain put down. as of now, we are looking at a few showers around cecil county. traveling towards elkton along i-95 be prepared for that. talking about the remnants of isaac and it's spinning across the ohio valley and will slide off towards the east and we will get some of that rain the remnants in here as we go through today, tomorrow and basically through the week. we are working with stalled out front around virginia. and that's going to add to the rainfall totals as we go through time. temperature wise this morning, though, well above average. good morning edgewood at 74 -- 74. 73 in stevensville. chesapeake beach at 73. hanover. westminster and also megan. >>> d

find out with the aarp voters' guide at earnedasay.org >>shepard: a tornado warning in the washington, dcrea, and now to the extreme weather center: >> we are under the gun in with thed with area and new york city, philadelphia, as well, tornado watches, five of them posted meaning conditions are favorable for tornado activity as we have a cold front moving eastward, we have warm, moist air ahead of that and rotation spot merchandise and around the washington, dc, area. this will be through the afternoon and the evening, the worst time to have severe weather as people try to get hope. we have severe thunderstorm warnings ahead and around that front as it continues to push eastward. so, millions upon millions of people are affected by the severe weather event which is going to continue through the afternoon and in through the evening. the storm prediction center issued this red shaded area, moderate risk for not only gusty winds, 50 or 60 miles per hour, but, strong rotation indicating some tornadoes are possible through the afternoon and the evening. of course, we will keep you up to date

we can see it in baltimore 9- mile-an-hour wind and we can see 13 in easton, 13 in dc. the southwesterly wind are helping to warm the atmosphere for today. and it's along ahead of the cold front. once the front moves through what's going to happen is it could stall out just to the south of us and that's why we will keep the rain chances in as we head through the next several days. next several days including the weekend. so we have wet weather to contend with as we go through time. 81 is what i am going with for today. it will be a warmer day that temperature at 64. and as we head through tonight, and by tomorrow, 75 degrees a little driver but i am going to keep a stray shower in the forecast. here's check of the 7-day but we can see the showers even as the o's play ravens playing tomorrow and we can squeak out drive time. a little patchy fog in some spots as well. >> reporter: yes. you want to expect reduced visibility and we are dealing with that rain. be extra careful as you head out. as we head over to howard county, no problems on interstate 70. it will be nice an

"the fiscal cliff that everyone is fearing" that political division in dc contrasts with unity among european leaders, and that togetherness may help make a positive difference for the economy. "germans do not like the idea that they have to pay the debt of the greeks, the italians, and the spaniards." as for his picks for this weekend's golf tournament, the italian economist will actually be paying more attention to the american pastime. as for the region that can bring the best returns, jack ablin, chief inveatment officer of harris private bank, says u.s. large-cap equities is his favorite sector. europe is his least favorite. reporting from the ryder cup, i'm paul eggers, first business news. a comparison reveals the 27 eu countries have a larger gdp, more fortune 500 companies and actually attract more u.s. investment. still ahead, with the election just months away, hear how traders pick a winner. traders unplugged is right after this. ñçbÑ traders unplugged gets into politics and money today. pro traders larry shover and alan knuckman are ready to duke it out just like the can

in dc there is biking town and walking town, guided tours of all the wards in the district.e is also national bike or i'm sorry, walk to school day. >> right in early october right? >> part of the state program in october. >> sounds great. you had what? about 7000 people participate? >> it was a weekend so it was a little bit of a different change up for us if terms of the day of the week. hopefully that will grow again as we move forward. >>> keep us posted. we'll have all the information you just talked about nicholas, thanks for being with us. >>> a check on the news before you go, is up next. ifrs >>> welcome back. jury weather first on this -- your weather first on this cool crisp day. sunshine returns, 65 by lunch time, highs today approaching 70, maybe 71. going to feel fantastic. michael? >>> good morning, here's a check on the news of the counselors will be at watkins mill high school this morning. a 15-year-old student was hit by a police car friday. the officer was responding to calls of a fight at a football game. the girl who was hit is still in the hospital, th

we have a fabulous staff that just comes together and we just -- we just take it in stride. >>> right now dc water officials are urging residents in flood prone neighborhoods to install a backflow preventer. that keeps water from main sewer lines from gushing into your house. the utility says it will rebate most of the installation costs up to $3,000. several dc homes flooded sunday night when storms rolled through. >>> the bail is set at $500,000 tonight for a maryland man accused of stabbing someone he met at a prince george's county nightclub. police say 20-year-old christian ariel romero attacked the man saturday night after discovering he was not a woman. romero is charged with attempted murder. the 41-year-old victim remains in stable condition at a local hospital. >>> copies of a book detailing the raid that killed osama bin laden are going fast. the book was just released today. it's written by a former navy s.e.a.l. who say he was on that mission. the pentagon claims the book reveems secrets that could put other service members at risk. the author who's writing under a pseudonym say

millions of dollars of so called improvements, it appears to have issues with the popular reflecting pool in dc. there's a green coating. those improvements were supposed to get rid of the problem using a filtration system but something's gone wrong and grossing out visitors coming to the capitol. >> there's a fluffy cloud like substance in the water like it's green. not very nice. >> it's a lot of money and still see all the scum here is disappointing. >> the park service says it's a new complex system that right now just needs to be fine tuned. >>> five things you may want to know, members of mother's against drunk driving are meeting with dc lawmakers today to provide funding for highway safety efforts. >>> maryland's lieutenant governor anthony brown will preside over a health care reform meeting happening today. they are going to select the states benchmark plan from the ten eligible options. >>> and the bridge at the robert lee park in washington is being unveiled today part of the 6 million renovation project in baltimore county. kevin cabinet will be speaking at today's ceremony. >>> th

look at this emergency responders that spent most of the night in dc helping people whose cars were stuck in the fast rising waters. the flooding also prompted the closures of several metro transit stations. >> forecasters say flash flood something possible for the next few days. we seem to miss a lot of the rain this weekend. pretty pleasant up here. 40 miles down the road, not so much. >> we need the rain but nothing like that. so let's go over to lynette charles and see what's going on and what's in store. >> all right. what we have in store is more showers and scattered storms as we go through the rest of today and also this morning. we are picking up on the wet weather. let's start out around chestertown as we look at hefty shower to the south of that. we can see it off toward the west of churchill and we are seeing more showers around henderson and around goldsboro. let's go back upwards towards elkton where we are seeing showers around that area as well. light in nature but the grounds on wet side and we are dealing with reduced visibility out there. we have some patchy fog with al

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dc. that's the same at annapolis. 57 in baltimore, 53 at dulles, 51 at martinsburg.for today, by midday, talking 75 degrees. very nice and comfortable into the course of the afternoon. our daytime high will be around 79. very slight chance that areas near southern maryland and southern virginia could see a little light shower, but other than that, we're talking sunshine. >> we like it, gwen. like it when you get to be the bearer of good news! >> i like it, too. >>> a review and preview of this weekend's movies. kevin mccarthy is up next, after his trip to the second biggest international film festival. actor jake gyllenhaal talks to us. and what is bill murray doing to our film reviewer? why kevin says he's never washing that part of his jacket again, after the break. when you first got internet at home you probably had one thing online. but today, everything's online. in a few years, the number of devices in your home will double and what we are doing online takes internet speed, not every network can handle it, verizon fios is 100% fiber optic so it's faster and ca

. >> in dc tops the list for interesting this summer. interesting this summe[ male announcer ] this is america's manufacturing when president obama took office. this is china's. under obama, we've lost over half a million manunufacturing jobs and for the first time, china's beating us. seven times obama could've stopped china's cheating. seven times he refused. it's time to stand up to the cheaters, and make sure we protect jobs for the american people. [ male announcer ] barack obama: failing to stop cheating. failing american workers. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. about how tight parking restrictions. fanfare,was a lot of but not district neighborhoods are gettingity replaced with both sides. a residential parking 7:00 a.m. to midnight. just about everybody is getting by >> parking can pose but for her visitors, it is a lot harder. at 7:00e of the street, a.m. to midnight. >> in the new restriction will people.some one lady got one even though she thought she was good. advisory gives neighborhood commissions made up repre

kevin in dc. hi, kevin. >> caller: good morning, lovely stephanie. ed. >> stephanie: trust me i have been a very, very naughty girl. [ laughter ] >> caller: in the right-wing rag, "the washington examiner" yesterday, there were several right-wingers who whine about the alleged unfair coverage this the main stream media is making it romney look bad. >> stephanie: yeah it's awful. >> caller: the fox noise poll shows him up people. what are you talking about? >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: you -- for a strange reason on purpose, there were these people so i just sometimes need you to be my conduit, why do documental seeable facts, don't penetrate these people. >> stephanie: yes. [ inaudible ] in sauce lito and julie from seattle are coming to seattle. and met years ago, and they sent me a picture of kevin carrying me through a ballroom. >> caller: and if you go to [ inaudible ] you can see stephanie being even more affectionate. >> stephanie: yes, you can. we played the music from "officer and a gentlemen." kevin you scamp. what are you looking at. >> st

a watchdog here in dc this state government workers on average make more than 6% more in pay and benefits than those working for private companies. citizens against government waste is that is the case where employees performing the same job. >> hard-working americans were struggling to pay their bills, find a job, or find enough money to set aside for retirement are being forced to pay for these extravagant employee compensation packages. these employees are supposed to be public servants. not a privileged class. ashley: the numbers vary by state. the reports say new hampshire, rolled rhode island, south dakota and wyoming. six of the largest gap are california, new york, north carolina, ohio and texas. he referred fox business to an economic policy institute posting, saying that these claims are bunk and study after study has provided similar claims. if anything, public sector workers, most of whom have college breeze or higher, we have comparable, private sector workers. pensions are underfunded because of the market crashed during a recession communal equities have recovered since the

. >> and see the plays that set up what could be a big moment in dc sports history today. >> and caught on video. see just how powerful mother nature can be in a storm. >>> check bell has a look at the >>> che[ male announcer ] at the for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> incredible video to show you out of japan. this is out of okiawa. winds topped 100 miles per hour, and it caused power blackouts in okinawa and it is expected to hit the tokyo region with rain and strong winds. >> i used to live in the far east, and one of my friends who is a journalist says even the construction cars that came to help have blown over. 137 miles per hour discussgusts. >> that will knock some stuff down. that's almost as strong as hurricane andrew. our concerns and prayers go out to our friends and

. >>> the redskins play for first home game today and that's one of many events happening in dc. so heads up on this one. on the redline is what you have going. buss are going to take raiders between grovener and friendship heights by bus. in addition to the redskins you have the nationals playing at home today. the first pitch is at 1:30, and then the skins at 1u 00, and then madonna. so plan for plenty of extra time to your commutes this morning, this afternoon, because you don't want to miss a thing, and pack your patience, folks. >> yes right now at fedex field their opening the lots to salespeople can make their way down there because it gets really tight. >> they're expecting like 80,000. >> next, the exaggerations found when experts fact check mitt romney and president obama. >> and a possible iphone 5 >> and [ male announcer ]5 for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. becaus

in the cool air across parts of the great lakes. showers and storms across parts of the northeast. from places like burlington, vermont, all the way down to the dc area, new york city, philadelphia, you're included in this area that could actually see severe weather in the form of damaging wind gust, large hail and even some isolated tornadoes. we're already starting to see showers and storms across parts of the northeast. the heavier stuff concentrated across interior portions of northeast, across parts of upstate new york, through eastern portions of pennsylvania, but showers are already starting to pop up across northern parts of new jersey and right outside the new york city area. it's likely we'll continue to see those picking up in intensity and coverage and continuing to impact us as we head into the nighttime hours. ice as we head northwest ward, we do have an area of low pressure, pretty limited in moisture. not a whole lot of rain with this system. but there could be some dry lightning from this storm across parts of washington, idaho, and oregon. so that is keeping an elevator fire danger in place. we have a number of red flag warning

you're down in dc, in the center of the political media.the media finally standing up and saying we're not going to repeat these claims you're making without telling the public many of them are outright false. >> well, i think the media is starting to get it because there are some claims that are too bold and too bald to let go past. it's a been a little while to take a number of these things and add up before people catch on and say they're lying deliberately. but now you have a different phenomena. the right wing have their own watchdogs and they're pushing back against the actual fact. you have a dynamic here where they're not only creating falsehoods but creating their own reality against people who are calling them out for creating their own reality. it's very bizarre and i've seening in like it. >> eliot: you know richard it's staggering to me. there useed to be something called objective reality. we have a wholesale effort to ignore reality redefine it and some how change it. i've never seen anything like this. >> it's a very strange

>> guest: i've always lived in--in new york, except for three years in dc. i was in the department of education for two years and worked at the brookings institution for one year. c-span: you mentioned, though, california. what i--what was your relationship there? >> guest: oh, i was just invited by the superintendent of schools, bill honig, and i used to go out once a month during--this was in the mid-'80s--and came as an invited participant to help with the writing of a history curriculum for the state of california. at that time, california, like most states, had a rather insubstantial, subjectless curriculum of social studies, and i was one of those who helped make it a very substantive, knowledge-rich history curriculum, beginning in the early grades. c-span: so all your life, you've lived up in the new york city area, other than houston. >> guest: right. c-span: and you got involved in politics. earlier, you said johnson, kennedy, hubert humphrey. >> guest: right. c-span: did your politics change then? >> guest: well, in the '68 campaign, i was very dis

. >>> and it was a huge night in washington dc. for the first time in 79 years, a washington baseball team is headed to the playoffs. they clinched that spot within the last hour. >> tonight we've got team coverage of this monumental occasion for our team. matt jablow is hanging out with the fans, but first let's gets to dave owens. >> reporter: derek, i'll tell you what, 30,000 plus showed up at nats park here tonight to witness a little history. and i think they saw it. check that out, huh? nats playoffs 2012. i tell you what, whoever thought those words would be put in the same sentence. let's take a look at some of the video from the game tonight. it was a beautiful night for baseball. i'll tell you, the weather broke. it was absolutely perfect. a lot of guys getting into the act. danny espinosa. doubles to the wall. he scores ian desmond, the birthday boy. nats get a solid performance from ross detwiler as well pitching wise. and we can say it, it's official, nats playoffs here we go. >> what's the big deal? [ laughing ] >> it

. >> coming up, we will sit down with actress kathleen turner and talk about her new role in dc. find out who is suingpected of a woman's disappearance in a rowboat. >> a memorial for victims of a famine has neighbors upset. let there is controversy swirling around a new memorial planned for downtown washington. >> people are not upset about the location or the symbolism what has some work that is the direction it will be facing. we have them following the story. let's go to northwest with the details. >> the memorial will honor the victims of the ukrainian famine of 1933 and it will stretch along this grassy path where you see people walking. memorial will face massachusetts avenue, leaving nothing but a blank wall for everyone else. >> many called it genocide. from 1930 to 1933, millions of ukrainians died from starvation. congress approved a memorial honoring the victims was chosen as the site. it's now home to food trucks during the day as hundreds of residents and workers passed through. >> it would be nice to have a place to sit to eat from the food from of the drugs and it'

this time in washington dc. it happened in northwest. not far from silver springs. the shooting followed an argument between two students earlier in the day. they say one student left the campus, came back and his classes were letting out he shot the student he had been arc arguing with. this was isolated. >> i do want to repeat that this seems to be isolated incident tentless two young people. parents should feel safe sending their kids to school. >> there was only one suspect, police have him in custody. the student who was shot is expected to be okay. >> monarch med spa has been shut down after three patients came down with an infection. onene of them died. the state and health department went in yesterday. the investigation was focusing on how the people who worked there, what they do and the equipment. they are trying to find the source. >> we don't know exactly where it comes and that's why it's important at this point now to stop everything, let's figure out what's going on before someone else dies. >> monarch med spa said they are cooperating, they preform t

and catherine is in washington, dc, this afternoon. at are we learning of the suspects and the targets in this case? >>reporter: the targets including the naval base in india, which is in the arabian sea offering support and maintenance for india and can be used as a base for the submarines of india. and another target was a nuclear plant 300 miles from the city of bangalore, the third largest nuclear facility. 18 suspects have been arrested including this man. we do not know the strength of the evidence beyond the cell phone and laptops and cash were confiscated by india authorities. >>shepard: what are we learning about the groups? >>guest: no official comment on the arrests here in washington, dc, but the state department's top counterterrorism advisor said the group remains a bad actor. i have not seen any decrease in this group. >> they are members of two pakistan terrorist groups including one who is such a threat he was droned by the c.i.a. in pakistan in june of 2011 and seen as a possible replacement for osama bin laden. india'

>>shepard: thank you, doug, from the pentagon, in washington, dc. the israeli prime minister says the united states is running out of time to get tough on iran. the prime minister binyamin netanyahu yesterday warned that iran could be just months away from building nuclear weapons. he says that adds urgency to the demand that the white house set a asked "red line," a limit, really, that iran cannot cross. or else. the former he of the equivalent in israel of the c.i.a. has been publicly criticizing the prime minister for not showing restraint and president obama says he is leaving every objection on the table to stop iran getting nuclear material. iran is doubling down with tough talk. a top iranian official warned yesterday that if the west attacks and i quote, "there will be nothing left of israel." and rick is live with us in our jerusalem newsroom. what is the reaction to the prime minister's statement? >>reporter: well, he does not have universal support in israel. many current israeli security officials say they do not believe there should be