and this was a big deal jest, joel. -- yesterday, joel. to clear that mess. >> reporter: this is the gilroy stop at the light rate and train. you use it anymore today. no one is over here. the people you see are using commuter buses to get from one spot to another to avoid this whole area. the crash actually happened a couple of hundred yards this way, that is when a tractor trailer pulled out passengers say ligh right from front of the light rail train and they had no choice but to hit it. luckily at last report the driver of the train is okay kind of in serious condition and no 35 leat enin35 life-threatenings there. the passengers say the tractor trailer pulled out in front of it. another car behind all of this hit the wreckage and there's no gates at this intersection. that could be part of the problem. it took a half an hour before a special team to get the driver out and get her to shock trauma. two passengers went to the hospital with minor injuries. the rest were left wondering how this happened. >> he probably didn't notice that t

joel d smith fox 45 morning news. >>> joel, thank you. >>> ever wonder what living in a small town ise play here in baltimore. >>> that wasn't such a good thing for me. >>everman's theater is doing big things with a small town. the theater company is performing our town. we are live with this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning, will, highway aree you? >> this is a play written in 1938. and it's sort of a slice of life, but it's a small town, grover's corner new hampshire and it's a day in the lives of these people. >> i know you're partnering with the baltimore school of the arts. it's going to be a great performance altogether. >> we are 20 people strong in the cast. 7 or 8 of them are from the baltimore school for the arts. wonderful students. this play is particularly meaningful to me because it's the first play i was in. i was 16 years old and i'm playing the same role i did then. >> very exciting. we can't wait i to see it in person. good luck to you. >>> they are playing through april 18. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. >>> in our town, your town,

joel d smith is live at the school this morning with more on what happened, good morning, joel. >> reporter: -- >> well we lost joel but we will get back to him as soon as we can. >>> rising costs and declining enrollment could force several catholic schools to close for good. over the last decade several schools have lost half of their enrollment for kidde kinder kind 8th grade. on wednesday the archdiocese plans to tell the teachers, parents and students about the plans on how to reorganize the school system and how their school will be affected. >> sane andrews is a beacon of light and that will be a sad day if that happens. >> since 2002, the archdiocese has closed 16 schools. 227,000 baltimore students are educated in the catholic school system. >>> for baltimore residents paper or plastic at the grocery store may not be an option much longer that is because of two city councilmembers are proposing bills to cut down the use of paper and plastic bags. bill henry wants to add a 25-cent fee on plastic bags. while counseling man jim craft wants to ban plastic bags altogether. the goal is t

joel d smith is live at st. ambrose catholic school where everyone no doubt will be on edge today as they wait to find out. good morning, joel. >> reporter: it's got to be tough. you bring your child here this morning and you got to be thinking in the back of your mind, will i find tomorrow if this place is shutting down what plans i have to make. the issue in st. ambrose here are the same ones across the baltimore, the cost are a big issue. this place had 300 students and now it's half of all of that. in archdiocese of baltimore there's 31,000 students taking advantage of the christian based education but costs are a big challenge and without them, there would be even a bigger cash burden on the public school system. you think about it. all the children currently enrolled in catholic schools if they were thrust on to the public ones, it would cost an extra 380 million for taxpayers to support that increase. in the way the state is saving that money right now. supporters say many catholic schools mean so much to

joel d smith is live at st.se catholic school where everyone is probably on edge today. good morning, joel. >> reporter: that's right, patrice. we are inside, these are the halls that so many staff members have been for so long. oob juicily thobviously we the e comfortable with students here. we now that changes are coming for a while. it doesn't make it easy when we're at this. >> it's not easy but we take it day by day. >> reporter: when it comes to what to expect and how you guys are dealing with it here, what are you telling parents? >> we're telling parents that they will know tomorrow afternoon. when the children come home, there will be letters in the backpack letting them know what the decision of the archdiocese has been. >> reporter: we know that enrollment is an issue, what has been the enrollment. >> in 2000 we had 230, and currently we have 160 students on roll. >> reporter: that is one of the issues. we will be talking to you soon. we will talk about what could happen next and what will happen to t

good morning, joel. >> reporter: hi, everybody. you got to set sometime aside for today, 9:30 to 2:30. if you're unemployed this is the day to be. i will be doing resumes here across the way. interview skills, how to manage your finances in uncertain times. we will have seminars going on throughout the day at various points. go there first, come to the resume area, get ready and meet employers. that's the pa pattern of the dai think. to tell us more here is michelle. hi. >> how are you. >> very good. >> tell us what you're going to be doing in the workshop area? >> we are bringing some of our staff from the workforce development centers who will help job seeker easy to get the resume as perfect as we can. they need to realize that resume is a marketing tool. they will have to have several to fit whatever they're looking for. >> reporter: they can get those when they get here. >> exactly. we brought staff who are certified resume writers to help them do that. >> reporter: we have the templates and we will bring you an idea -- bring

joel brown reports for wjz from washington. >>> a proud president obama took the stage before a friendly crowd in iowa. >> health insurance reform is the law of the land.

in washington, joel brown, wjz- 13 eyewitness news. >>> and the governor will also create a coordinating council to lend the health care to maryland families efficiently. >> and still to come on wjz-13 eyewitness news at noon. a police beating on tape and how the victims are fighting back against chicago. >>> a safety recall on a baby carrier. >> and take another live look outside this noon. we'll be back with the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> two men pleaded not guilty to the murder of five teens. the teens murdered without a trace. after a dispute over missing drugs, the men forced the boys at gunpoint into an abandoned building and then set it on fire to kill them. their bail is $5 million each. >>> two men are claiming to be beaten by two plain clothed officers. the students say it started when they accidentally blocked the officers path on a sidewalk and three uniformed police officers arrived on the scene and they allegedly refused to help. >> we thought, we're safe, the cops are here, everything's over. and they took a look at me. i was covered in blood, i

i know the joels after meeting them are so incredibly grateful of what you all do.his is how you can find out more about your organization. the andresobelriveroflife.org is the website in which to locate you, perhaps they want to make a contribution or learn more about you. there are so many people in this situation who have to make a decision. how do i spend time with my sick child or do i go to work and pay the bills. ann swire, thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. >> thanks so much for your time. >>> top stories coming up next. >>> back now to a look at our top stories. it is back to drawing board for the white house when it comes to picking someone to leave the transportation security administration. their second nominee retired army general robert harding has withdrawn his name. he admits over-billing mistakes as a defense contractor, and says that would be too big of a distraction. >>> and the commandment of the marines is raising new concerns about gays in the military. general james conway spoke with the website military.com and he says he won't ask h

joel brown has more from captiol hill as lawmakers prepare to vote on the so- called fix it bill. >> reporter: president obama left the white house this morning, heading to the midwest to sell his health care reform plan to a skeptical public. he speaks today in iowa city, iowa where he first campaigned for health care reform three years ago. as the president left washington, his allies on captiol hill were pushing through round two of the health care reform plan. republicans found problems with the so-called fix it bill and they are sending it back to the house for another gop. the gop searched for this hoping to bring it down. >> we fought on behalf of the american people this week and will continue to fight until the bill is repealed. >> reporter: top democrats think it will be on the president's desk in the next couple of days. the heated debate triggered concerns over the safety of lawmakerrers and their staffers. capitol police and the fbi are investigating threats of violence against members of congress who voted for the bill. >> we need to be careful in public life our rhetor

joel d smith is live in baltimore with details.so people are getting on board with this, knowing that they're getting a party at the end. >> reporter: yeah, it's working. they're getting more recycling and that is good for the city in a lot of ways. the recycling coordinate for the city tonya simmons. >> it is a revenue contract. in the first year of recycling in 2008, we generated $380,000 in revenue. the markets took a hit in november of 2008. so we weren't making money for a while, but in '09, the end of the year we started to recover so we were getting in, we brought in about $22,000 in revenue. >> reporter: when you get people he can ited to d excitedu can bring more. we talk about how the proposals can affect the recycling department. >> from my bureau, the bureau of solid waste it can affect the trash pickup. >> reporter: that is where we will stop there. let's talk about winning right now and who is getting the block party. >> sure the contest leader is chess wald. they're in first place. and hambden is in second place. >>

joel d smith is live at the university with more. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, the university has experienced amazing growth during the tenure of the president ramsey but there's a cloud over the tenure giving a state audit last week that is questioning the use of that money. we are talking about the audit that outlines the payment to a karen roth enberg, a dean to the university. she received a payment 300 howdz for sabbatical she never took. this is in addition to the salary. the university chairman is saying that payments like these to administrators never happen again but these particular payments and bonuses were approved by the school's president david ramsey. >> in my 42 years with the university system of maryland i never heard of anybody else receiving such a payment for awn used sabbatical. >> reporter: state auditors say this is one of several universities as thdiscrepancies. e albert the dean of university of maryland school of medicine will serve as acting president until july when the new president actually begins and more questions could be raised today in annap

joel d smith is at santoni store. >> reporter: he is very much against this and he has his reasons why. this happened before and it didn't work then. he doesn't want it to happen now and it would affect his bottom line. we're talking about beverages, sodas, and juices of the we are not sure of the specifics. if it was similar to the tax they had back in 1989, it could be a hit for places like this location sanotni's in highlands town. they lost $500.000 a year for shoppers who took their shopping across the county line. it could be $0.5 a unit. maybe $0.5 for a 12 pack of cans, things like that. with that in mind, he is firmly against this. we will learn officially what the city is looking for when they have the proposal come out in a couple of weeks. but if this is one of the options on the table they are very much against it. in 1989 they had had this, and lost $500,000 a year. and it was repealed five years later. people like the owner of this place, say it's not going to work. they're going to fight this all they can. we will talk to customers to see if they will want to pay $0.5 e

with one day to left to go, joel d smith is in it hambden with more and with the score. >> reporter: cups, and bottles, they're collecting everything for recycling and there's something on the line. we will tell you who is on the lead here. she is a recycling coordinator for the city of baltimore. we got a good idea going here. tell me about the idea of trying to make it competitive with these neighbors. >> it's the recycling competition. it's the first time ever for baltimore city. it's come up a couple of times. we want to get excitement going. we didn't want them to die down. we got the neighborhoods to compete against each other. >> reporter: it's working. >> yes, it's working. >> reporter: has it increased the amount that people are recycling are they trying to win. >> yes, they're trying to win. chess wald and hambden started the contest from january until now. >> reporter: what are they competing for? >> the big item they're winning is a major block party. we're going to preside the proceeds for them to have the hot dogs and sodas. yeah, one saturday we all will be having fun.

in three years here at home, 41-5 at the joel. >> tim: one of the real great guys in this business. untimely passing of skip proctor, everyone knew this job really did belong to team struggling, we know about clemson never winning in chapel hill. it's been 17 years since they won in this building. you know who the coach was for wake forest? he's in the building tonight. >> tim: dave odem? >> mike: dave odem. he's coming off a terrific game off georgia tech. smith is in his own right getting to the rim. >> tim: his third. c.j. harris checks in for him. think about the coaching fraternity and what it means. skip having been a pittsburgh guy. he was successful. dino thought he had so much to do with that staff and recruiting the talent. when skip passed away, he recruited many of these guys to be part of wake forest. >> mike: one of the things dino talked about was attacking the pressure to dunk and score. it's what you have to do. don't be satisfied with getting the ball over half court. >> tim: booker gives it up quickly to potter. nice recognition by trevor. he wasted no time. a fou

i'm joel brown in washington. the story is coming up. >>> plus, wizards fans react to gilbert arenas ' sentence. dave owens brings us their thoughts. >>> and top? >> we are checking a couple of showers south of town. st. mary's and calvert county the activity is pushing away. we will tell you how cold it will get tonight. stay tuned. [ crowd cheering ] male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every day. ♪ >>> a quiet end too the week on wall street. the dow ended up nine points to close at 10850. the nasdaq dropped two and the s&p rose a fraction. >>> john mccain is turning to the woman he turned in to a national figure for help these days. sarah palin is campaigning for the arizona republican in the toughest re-election battle he's

joel, good morning. >> reporter: kelly, good morning to you.ith that long hard fight over health care reform finally over, the big question at the white house is there time left for any other big initiative this year. midterm elections are in the offing. members of congress have gone home. and they're wondering if they can get anything done before the election. >> for the stake of your state, you send the maverick back to the united states senate. >> reporter: together again, sarah palin and john mccain are on the campaign trail. this time the former vice presidential candidate rallying support for senator mccain in his hotly contested arizona senate seat. and in turn, giving the glimpse of what the midterm elections may look like. >> we're going to take it on in the streets, water going to take it on in voter registration. and my friends, we're going to take it on on november the 10th when we take control of the house and the senate. >> reporter: it's he a message expected to be repeated by republicans as they go back to their districts for ea

in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >>> now, the main part of the legislation means that there will be coverage for 32 million uninsured americans over the next 10 years. >>> growing speculation tonight that former governor robert ehrlich may make a bid for the state house again. and an announcement could be coming soon. according to reports, ehrlich will announce a run for governor on april 7th. aides to the governor had no comment. so far, ehrlich himself has remained silent on his exact plan, saying he is only considering a run. >>> after a short run, spring has returned. clouds and showers have moved on. bringing back the sun and warmer temperatures. what is next is this wjz has first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are updating the forecast. >> take a look at radar. around here, very quiet. lot the -- lots of sunshine. temperatures in the mid-60s. but as we head west, another weather maker out there, with showers and thundershowers. generally, we'll see clouds that increase by tomorrow afternoon. and this time tomorrow night, we'll l

joel d.reports pennsylvania is not waiting to up the annie again. >> those playful bells and beeps are the sounds of losing and winning for gamblers. and the sound of profit for pennsylvania. >> telephones millions of dollars were returned from hollywood casino and, of course, we have seven casinos in the state operating right now. same sounds expected to be in maryland by now. but instead. expected locations like arundel mills mall remain without a single slot machine. but that sounds like success for slota proponents. >> the only way we have slots passed in the first place was through defeat. >> thousands signed the petition to have it revisited during the general election. and now cordish is questioning the signatures and suing the board of elections. >> for every day of delay, right now, in terms of putting slots at arundel mills, the state and the education trust fund is losing over $1.1 million per day. >> supporters say that money will be gambled somewhere and some of it is definitely

joel brown reports. the gop is determined to force house lawmakers to start all over again. >> reporter: republicans flooded the senate floor with proposals to change healthcare reform. >> the amendment i'm filing today. >> reporter: it's a last-ditch effort to fight the new law. >> this is undoubtedly the greatest assault on liberty this country has ever had. >> reporter: the battle over healthcare now centers on the so-called fix-it bill, passed by the house second. democrats want to pass that bill as is. but republicans are fighting to delay or change it by offering a full slate of amendment. >> reporter: gop senators propose reversing some of the cuts to medicare. another amendment bans coverage for viagra for sex offenders. democrats vow to strike down each amendment, one by one. >> how serious could they be. offering amendment. dealing with viagra for rapists. >> reporter: while senate democrats were working to get the fix-it bill passed by the end of the week, president obama was busy making good

in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> and house republican leader john boehner of ohio, who you just saw, says he understands but, and i quote, violence and threats are unacceptable. >>> a live look outside right now. how are things looking as we approach the weekend? wjz has first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk, updating the forecast for us. we're going to start with bob. >> grass is really greening up. i'll tell you that much. up to 72. but there is rain on the way. which makes things even greener. take a look to the south and southwest. swept virginia. roanoke. up to columbus. it's all moving in our general direction. still very dry out. humidity only 29%. it's going to take a while to moisten up. but later tonight, into tomorrow morning. it will definitely rain around the region. and some folks might see pretty decent rain. tim has a look at what we can expect for the rest of your friday. >>> as bob mentioned, it's taking a while for the system getting here. low that is driving it is still back around kansas city. as it moves on thr

joel brown reports for wjz that a top gop leader is determined to force house lawmakers to start all over again. >> republicans flooded the senate floor, with proposals to change healthcare reform. >> mr. president, i rise in support of the amendment that i'll timing today. -- filing today. >> it's a last-ditch effort to fight the new law. >> this is undoubtedly the greatest assault on liberty this country has ever had. >> reporter: the battle over healthcare now centers on the so-called fix-it bill. pass the bite house on -- by the house on sunday. republicans are fighting to delay or change it by offering a full slate of amendments. gop senators propose reversing some of the cuts to medicare. another amendment bans coverage for viagra, for sex offenders. democrats vow to strike down each amendment, one by one. >> how serious could they be? offering amendment dealing with viagra for rape ists. >> reporter: -- rapists? >> reporter: while senate democrats were working to get the bill passed, president obama was busy making good on the last promise he made, to get healthcare reform thr

joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> in respect for the late senator ted kennedy who spent his career championing all healthcare for all americans, the senator observed a moment of silence before voting on the healthcare fix-it bill. >>> al qaeda leader osama bin laden issues a chilling warning to the u.s. jessica kartalija has more. >> reporter: in the new message, bin laden threatens to kill any captured americans if the u.s. captures the mastermind of 9/11. khalid sheikh mohammed is the most senior al qaeda being in u.s. custody. mohammed faces the death penalty for murder and war crimes relating to 9/11. obama is trying to decide whether to hold his trial in an american court. >> bin laden is believed to be hiding somewhere in the rugged, lawless border between afghanistan and pakistan. >>> the mayor calls it a doomsday scenario. but it is all too real. helpeds of city police officers and firefighters could lose their job because of a massive budget shortfall. wjz stays on this important story. mike hellgren breaks down the tough numbers. >> reporter: a lot of people are angry abo

joel brown, cbs news, washington. >> after the president signs health care reform into law he will hit the road and hope to win support from a skeptical and as we heard sometimes confused public. >>> but won't get it from the virginia attorney general. he says virginia will sue the federal government over the constitutionality of the health care reform plan. karen gary reals has more. >> reporter: a dozen state attorneys general now plan to charlie the constitutionality of the legislation. those ags say they will sue. to stop implementation of the bill on various grounds and it's clear the fight over the reform package is far from over. he put sound bite clips on the net. here's one. >> there's never been a point in american history where the federal government has been able to order individual citizens to buy any good or service. such a power to the federal government would represent an enormous erosion of liberty in this country. >> reporter: he also argues congress's power to regulate commerce does not apply because of the decision not to buy medical insurance, is not commerce but t

joel also gave some useful information. i love this photograph because he looks so warm and approachable, and this was the man that i have heard described. he was, he was just exactly as warm and lively as he looks in this photo taken just a few months before his death in 1859 which was then a few months before the origin of species was published which was, would have been kind of a nice speculation to imagine had he read the origin of species. well, counterfactual history. anyway, he was worn in berlin -- born in berlin. some people know the humboldt name also through his brother born just a couple years earlier, the famous linguist, philosopher, founder of the university of berlin. alexander von humboldt is probably most famous for his american travels. 1799-1804. when i say american, we're speaking north and south america. i'll be putting up a map in a moment. may and june of 1804 he finished off his american travels with visits in philadelphia, washington, d.c. and land lanca, pennsylvania. returned to europe to live in

on captiol hill, i'm joel brown, back to you. >>> immigration reform appears to be the next issue on the president's agenda. president obama told demonstrators gathered on the national mall he would do everything in his power to forge a bipartisan consensus on allegation reform this year. they want to protect the rights of undocumented workers and their families. >>> thousands of demonstrators marched near the white house this weekend protesting u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq. at least eight people were arrested after mock coffins were placed in front of a fence outside of the white house. surae chinn has more. >> reporter: some stood out more than others. >> we'd rather have money funding communities rather than war. >> reporter: but all had a message at peace. >> people don't have jobs and education system is broken. >> reporter: they called for renewed efforts. a mile and a half away, democrats are expected to vote on a massive health care bill to help americans. >> i will take what i can get at the moment. >> there's more that can be done with health care than they are talki

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can joel get credit for the pass? >> of course he can. >> i know sidney crosby is god. the goal. layout on the ice and put a pinpoint on the guy's tape. that is not because he is one of the few brothers we have in the sport. let's give him credit. let's go to al's take. we will get more take on the caps as well. thanks for joining us. he did it. what are your impressions and what feedback are you getting? >> make sure will is not in here behind me or anything. he was one of my idols growing up. he is still one of the best. i have a lot of respect for michael. i think a lot of journalists, we are on multi multiplatforms and we don't always think things through before we write it. he may have gotten ahead of himself when he said that. >> he is not miles ahead. no. you can say crosby is better. i cannot argue that. i personally would pay to watch ovechkin. they are both great players. crosby has ring. give him his props. >> i completely agree with you, ivan. the one thing people don't get, unless you watch sidney crosby on a nightly basis, you don't know how well he does t

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that was the point joel is making, that right now before this is being passed, the american people aree way this process has gone so far and it's difficult to disenta disentangle that anger with the actual underlying substance of this bill. it is the white house's belief that if you give a few weeks, if we pass something, if we move beyond the process, that the american people can be convinced by november that this is a good thing. >> what do you think about the president's approval ratings? because it's down a couple of points than where it was in january. it's at 48% now. those who disapprove of it, 47%. how much of that you think has to do with health care? >> i think a lot. it is not just the american people are concerned that health care isn't the most pressing issue facing them. the economic situation is the most pressing issue. it is also this process issue. american people hate watching this stuff. after we had the loss in massachusetts -- the democrats had the loss in massachusetts in january, obama made the decision to go back for two more months of talking about the cornhusk

after night after night, especially my staff director mary nailer along with bill dofter, john rider, joelriedman, my counsel, joe vieta. >> randy deval, kate leen, they left their families at home. she left her baby at home. >> and i want to sing about one person. that one person is sitting next to me. her name is liz fowler. in many ways she represents all the people who have worked so hard to make this bill such a great accomplishment. >> yes, plenty of staffers eventually walk across the street and cash in their experience for lobbying money. but sitting on the senate floor today were people who have made a career of service to this country and have steadfastly refused to walk across that street, even though millions of dollars are waiting for them on the other side. you know anyone who's turned down millions of dollars? i do. i know many. and it may surprise you to learn they all work for you. after thanking the staff, there was just one more point of order before the vote. as chris dodd noted today, it has been exactly 200 days since the death of health care reform's greatest advocat

thanks for that, joel. >>> a slew of amendments to the healthcare bill are being considered tonight and one of them deals with same sex marriages in the district. utah republican senator wants dc residents to be able to vote on the measure in november. same sex marriages began two weeks ago in the district. >> virginia governor, bob mcdonald found legislation challenging the healthcare reform law. the move comes a day after the attorney general file as lawsuit, seeking to declare this bill unconstitutional. the freedom acts rejected federal requirements to require people to purchase healthcare insurance or face penalties if they do not. >>> a father in tennessee -- school officials in columbia said the parts amounted to gang symbols. they were told they couldn't come back until they changed the part. >> hair must be cut so the line does not show. they need to be shaved before we allow them back in school or stay in suspension until their hair grows out. the boy's father produced his father showing their sons have had the same hair style since they were toddlers. the school board relente

joel epstein did. a voter. a democrat who lives in rorbacher's district. >> i vote because i vote but i know my vote is worthless. >> reporter: epstein blames republicans and democrats who hatched the deal to change the district and he says protect incumbents. >> it makes the government stagnate. there's no no blood in congress because of this. and there's too much happening. nothing is goaling done these days. >> reporter: redistricting experts like douglas johnson not surprised by congress' unwillingness to compromise. >> these people don't have to worry about being re-elected back at home because of the way their districts are drawn. >> exactly. the grassroots movements, whether it's the tea party today or the obama movement last year, you would think they would have more influence but really the incumbents don't have to answer to them. they answer to the voters they chose so they don't respond. >> reporter: lowathal is responding by pushing for an initiative to have an independent commission redraw californ

joel dittman was the guy that did the calcium -- the ddt thinning studies initially. concluded ddt in fact this caught the thinning but that was pointed out that his studies were using by it's deficient in calcium. he ran the tests because he was a darn good scientist right here in the maryland area and lo and behold there was no impact on the eggshell thinning. my big concern with ddt and keeping it out there and using it when it is appropriate and use it responsibly and by trained personnel because i think that should be done with all chemicals is the death of children. these are 25 kids out of 50 who died at the course of one year in a one school in ugonda. friends of mine are supporters of the school so imagine in this country 10% of a class of kids just being did from one disease in one year it's just a tragedy we don't want to repeat. >> host: lee in south carolina. you are on booktv. >> caller: i would like to challenge a few things mr. driessen has said. when ddt was used in the second world war, it was used in a power perform and it's extremely hard to absorb

weekend, night after night after night, especially my taf director mary, bill, finance quit, john, joelounsel. >> they left their families at home. >> now, they are not only getting public attention. but privately many staffers, according to a new report, are making a lot of money, a lot more than you might think. literally thousands of aides on the house side are compensated on the house side particularly well. joining us politico congressional reporter erika lovely. what sort of figures are we talking about here? there's about 2,000 house aides making six figures or more. that's a striking number for two reasons. one, you think of hill aides not getting paid particularly well. secondly, the number of aides making that kind of money has been going up significantly just in the last five years, more than 40% additional staffers have made six figures or more. that's a striking figure especially in these financial times when the average american doesn't have a whole lot of money, there's a lot of debate over where our tax dollars are going. i don't know this is necessarily the place some t

joel fine, who is the director of the philadelphia collaborative violence prevention center and philadelphialy news reporter yvette osley, who has been covering the story. yvette, let me start with you. i want to show people this video. take a look at this. this is of a flash mob that took place in philadelphia just this past saturday night. and you can see hundreds of teens sort of taking over the streets while the cobbs are out trying to maintain order. walk us through how this came about, and take us inside one of these things. what happened? >> campbell, first of all, how are you? i think what is happening, i think you have young people who want to socialize with each other who are getting together at popular hot spots in the city. but i think what is important is to understand that you have kids who are going who are good kids, and within those groups you have children who go to these locations to wreak havoc on them. and then you have kids who belong to rival groups. and they all end up in the same spot. and somebody bumps somebody or somebody doesn't like somebody, and they start figh

. ♪ the dude in the white tank top leaning his head on his hands ♪ >> reporter: so he's no billy joelmi italian looking just like his parents had plans ♪ >> reporter: but this piano man is youtube's latest hit. video of his chat roulette performance has received more five-sr ratings than any other, making it the highest-rated youtube video ever. >>. ♪ you guys have a thumbs-up situation over there ♪ >> reporter: so who is this guy? at first many suspected musician ben fultz. though they do look alike, both have denied it which means much is still a mystery. until now. sort of. we asked merton for an interview, and he agreed to talk to abc news only if we agreed to a few ground rules first. we can't reveal where he lives, who he works for, or his real name. oh, yeah, the hoodie stays on too. >> i'm not trying to create mystique to build up publicity or something. i'm not making my money off of anything. it's easier for my personal life. and i just think it's more fun for everybody. >> reporter: we do know he lives somewhere in the rocky mountains and works with computers. he taught him

we stood over here for 30 -- excuse me, joel klein. it was a great conversation. and one that people are so anxious to have and to hear about. i think we started something good. >> again, it's very positive, bipartisan. let us hope the president and congress can come together and they're going to have to stand up some very powerful special interests. the overwhelming majority of america will be with them. willie, let's talk quickly. and let's not talk about syracuse for chris's sake. >> that was bad. >> take us through what happened last night in the ncaa tournament. i didn't get to see a lot of it because we were actually having dinner with my one friend in the world, mark mclaughlin and his wife cindy. what happened? >> well, they lost. do we need to say anymore? number one seed syracuse lost to butler? >> to duke, to ken? they had to lose to a good team. >> butler. a scrappy bunch out of indianapolis. they were up pretty billing big in the first half. syracuse came back -- >> the coach is 12 years old. >> he is. he is. he's a kid. i

well, we have a letter here from i believe 25 or so of the top pro-life citizens in our country, joel hunter, senior pastor, northland church, i believe he was the head of the focus of the family at one point, jim wallace from a magazine, a lot of evangelical and catholics, the former society general secretary of the -- associate general secretary of the conference of the catholic bishops saying that this senate health bill upholds abortion funding restrictions. the catholic health association, 600 catholic hospitals. i went to catholic school for 12 years. i know where the catholic church and the catholic hospitals stand on the issue of public funding for abortion. and believe me, believe me, i had a lot of nuns and a lot of priests and a lot of brothers going to our lady of mount carmel and i will tell you that those nuns and those administrators who run catholic hospitals, 600 of them, would not support this legislation if they believed that there was public funding for abortion. and i think the head of the catholic hospitals said that, we're all pro-life but they believe that the

the students received the gw steven joel tractenberg scholarship award.excel but can't afford the g.w. tuition. >> the sacrifices that you all are making, there are rewards on the other side of it. the first 17 years and 18 years of your live are short in comparison to the breadth of opportunity that await you once you transition. if you remain steadfast in your focus and determination, there is no altitude to which you cannot ascend. >> one of the scholarship recipients in the third person in her family to receive the award. another recipient will be the first in her family to ever go to college. >> that's great. very good. >>> a couple of weeks ago we told you about an artist's work that is turning heads and making me people call 911. he's put sculptures of naked men all over new york city. now we're hearing from the artist about his inspiration. carolyn gooseoff has the story. >> he's down here and up there. and just about everywhere you look in the flat iron district. and just about everyone has something to say. >> it's different. you don't usually s

your "cnbc edge" now with joel hider, chief technical strategist with schaffers investment research.yan, what are the options telling you these days? >> well, mark, right here when you look at the options market, the interest overall sentiment, the one thing we continue to notice is probably too much skepticism. i've been coming on with you for a while and said two things are driving the market higher, too much skepticism and the other is the economy. the economy had 7% for activity, manufacturing's doing well, steep yield curve. the yield curve is a great determining long-term trend of the economy the last 20 years. i wouldn't bet against that. i think the economy, this trend is going higher. look at the stock market. we have mutual funds that are money coming out of stock mutual funds, money going into bonds. a lot of money on the sidelines. you look at the investor sentiment polls. people are still luke-warm to this rally. two weeks ago, the "wall street journal" had an article that said even after the run-up, investors kind of yawned at the gains. i think that really sums us up.

darya's son joel was born with a cleft palate. >> when you look at these pictures, as a mom, how doeslator: it makes me sad because i look at them, and i remember what we had to go through. it was difficult for him to eat. >> reporter: maria's daughter ashley also had a cleft palate. she died. when you knew she didn't have a strong immune system and that you were losing her, what did you say to her? >> translator: i apologized for not taking her earlier to the hospital, but the doctors told me it wasn't my fault. that with babies like this this is what happens. >> reporter: and just this past february another baby was born with a birth defect. this is baby azul, the tenth known case in kettleman city. yet in december, local officials voted in favor of expanding this waste site, sparking protests across this small town. our investigation led us to a shocking document. take a look at this 1984 report commissioned by the state of california. it actually identifies communities that are least likely to resist a waste site in their area and some key characteristics, low income and catholic.

host: joel in new york city. caller: i have to agree with the individual before me. there is a battle line being drawn right now. there are 35 states saying the health care bill is unconstitutional. it will be contested in the supreme court. i am glad this is happening because it is showing when the government + true policies are. -- government's true policies are. guest: not all 50 states share the enthusiasm that, say, nancy pelosi feels about this bill. that provide the impetus to try to contest. the other thing is, much of what is going on in this has to do with states. medicaid is a state program. therefore, everybody in the state of new york today will have to figure this out. is this good for new york? is this could for queens, brooklyn, upstate new york? people will make different calculations about that. those on the short end of the calculations wealth and about ways to fight back. host: deborah from south carolina. caller: i am and unemployed single mother of three. i receive medicare benefits in 2008 due to open heart surgery. now that i am on medicare pa

robert peck, joel speed assistant secretary of army for civil works, john fernandez assistant secretaryor economic development, martin rajk. mr. porcari we will begin with you. thank you for being here. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member micha and members of the committee. it's great to be here to talk about the department of transportation's accomplishments that this one year anniversary of the recovery and reinvestment act. as you know, february 17th was that anniversary. we have accomplished much. i will tell you we have met if reasonable deadline and intend to continue doing so. over all the recovery act provided $48.1 billion for transportation projects for the nation's highways and bridges, transport systems, railways, and shipyards. to date we've obligated $36 billion. that's for more than 13,600 projects around the country. this is a substantial progress in a relatively short amount of time and it was made possible in our transportation program because the recovery act reliance on the d.o.t. existing formula based structures and authorities and procedures. the single lar

applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the rtca committee would also like to welcome john baran's father, joelr coming each year. [applause] our next award is the aid of blue award. the blue award is given for courage and enterprise in feature or investigative reporting that is dangerous or daring. this year's judges were libby casey of alaska public radio, jerry bob linder of ap radio, john thacker of television and robert seliger of pbs. here to present this award are david bloom's daughters, ava and nicole. [applause] [applause] >> our sister christine couldn't be here tonight because she has mandatory counselor in her high school lacrosse team. so tonight i get to. [laughter] almost seven years ago, my sisters and i found out that her father had while covering war in iraq. at the age of three comments hard for me to understand that he would never come home and i was left with very few memories of my dad. one memory i do have is watching him on tv every morning and learning how to kiss the screen when he came on. whenever i saw him on the news, i just saw him, not where he was or what he wa