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kristin fisher is live in gaithersburg with more. good morning, kristin. >> good morning evidence jessica. you said it best. it is opening day for the montgomery county public school system and we are two hours away from the opening bell here at quince orchard high school in gaithersburg. this is one of 200 schools opening today in the montgomery county school system which means 142,000 students will be returning to school this morning, along with 11,000 teachers. and one of the big things this morning on the minds of many parents and teachers is of course the swine flu. now, on friday, the superintendent of montgomery county public schools, jerry weiss was on wtop radio talking about how montgomery county public schools will handle the swine flu this year. here's what he had to say. >> we will treat it as the regular flu and encouraging everyone to get the regular flu shots because that's what we have been doing. we have been communicating with our parents. >> of course one of the other things many of the public schools including mo
kristin fisher is live in gaithersburg with more. good morning, kristin. >> good morning evidence jessica. you said it best. it is opening day for the montgomery county public school system and we are two hours away from the opening bell here at quince orchard high school in gaithersburg. this is one of 200 schools opening today in the montgomery county school system which means 142,000 students will be returning to school this morning, along with 11,000 teachers. and one of the big...
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and check out kristin fish ear's blog on the perseid meteor showers. whenever we have a boundary in the summer and moisture in the mid level winds. perfect combination to grow showers and storms. we will be on the lookout, ch. ialytrninterg y in tern virginia. today in the 80s. pittsburgh 79 new york city 83. not too many 90s on the map. here's the seven day. we will keep us in the 80s in to the week. tomorrow looks to be the driest day of the next seven. then friday, saturday and sunday we pick up the pace a little bit as energy in the mid levels tries to slip through bringing us when the sun is up thunderstorms later the day and things die down at night. next week hot again in the 90s. let's check in with kris sneed with the traffic. >>> an accident at route 28 and steriling boulevard. it is blocking all lanes. medevac on the way. if you want to get past this you are diverted to pacific avenue and then old ox road and back to southbound utteroe 28. going to 95 northbound in virginia. slow from the prince william parkway to lorton. 10 to 15 extra minu
and check out kristin fish ear's blog on the perseid meteor showers. whenever we have a boundary in the summer and moisture in the mid level winds. perfect combination to grow showers and storms. we will be on the lookout, ch. ialytrninterg y in tern virginia. today in the 80s. pittsburgh 79 new york city 83. not too many 90s on the map. here's the seven day. we will keep us in the 80s in to the week. tomorrow looks to be the driest day of the next seven. then friday, saturday and sunday we...
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you can find my twitter page at twitter.com/kristin fisher or on facebook.com/kristin fisher. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the nationals face a recently departed teammate out for pay back. >>> and jason campbell finally opens up about what it felt like when the redskins went after other quarterbacks this off season. stay tuned. sports is next. it is 5:21. >>> here's a look at who's celebrating a birthday today. >>> in sports redskins b@ quarterback jason campbell is the subject of a cover story in the sports illustrated that hits newsstands today. after holding his tongue for months campbell is sounding off about his team making plays for other quarterbacks during the season. the redskins flirted with the idea of acquiring two others. >> he said i am fine now but a couple of times in the off season i felt like a piece of tissue they were flushing down the ilheet had yesterday afternoon off but his teammate defended his quarterback to our sara walsh. >> he's human, you know. you can only take so much before you explode. you have to try to handle it in a professional manner
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nbc's kristin dahlgren joins us live from panama city, florida, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hey there. right now just some light rain here, light winds in panama city. but we are expecting heavier band looking at the radar to come through in just a short time here. some places can expect to get up to 6 inches, even more locally. so the rain really going to be the signature of this storm. but claudette's lasting impact may well be a reminder of how quickly a hurricane season can change. claudette came ashore on florida's panhandle with lashing winds. >> 55, 60, even 65-mile-an-hour gusts. >> reporter: and pounding surf. while to the south near ft. myers a tornado spawned by the system ripped into more than 20 homes. all hallmarks of a tropical system. but for many, a bit of a surprise. claudette seemed to come out of nowhere, growing quickly to a tropical storm on the same weekend the season's first two storms also formed. >> why has it been such a slow start? high pressure over the gulf of mexico. nothing has formed there. very few storms coming of
nbc's kristin dahlgren joins us live from panama city, florida, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hey there. right now just some light rain here, light winds in panama city. but we are expecting heavier band looking at the radar to come through in just a short time here. some places can expect to get up to 6 inches, even more locally. so the rain really going to be the signature of this storm. but claudette's lasting impact may well be a reminder of how quickly a hurricane...
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in gaithersburg, kristin fisher, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> not all of the scheduling issues within the prince georges county school system have been worked out because as of this morning, more than 400 students still had problems with their schedules. last monday, on the first day of school, 8,000 high school students either had no schedules or were missing classes. school leaders say glitches in a new computer scheduling system is to blame. >>> school districts in our region are taking steps to try to combat the rising trend of truancy and our friends at the washington examiner say the total number of students who are skipping school is difficult to determine but it is estimated to be in the thousands. in fairfax county, school officials have a new policy where they notify parents by phone and by e-mail about each skipped class. prince georges county officials are asking any adults who see a truant to report it to police. montgomery county uses a computer warning list which allows schools to highlight at- risk students before they reach truant status. >>> a university of maryland
in gaithersburg, kristin fisher, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> not all of the scheduling issues within the prince georges county school system have been worked out because as of this morning, more than 400 students still had problems with their schedules. last monday, on the first day of school, 8,000 high school students either had no schedules or were missing classes. school leaders say glitches in a new computer scheduling system is to blame. >>> school districts in our...
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right now, it is only in the pilot phase, but as 9 news now digital correspondent kristin fisher reports, this new program is already making a difference in the lives of some local heros. >> reporter: printing a document from a computer sounds simple but try to do it if you are blind. it took irving anderson two months. the vietnam vet lost his sight 28 years ago. >> it was a scary feeling at first. but then i learned to live with it. it was more scary then because i didn't know what i was going to do to make a living. >> reporter: that's when the bridge to work initiative comes in. a new program by columbia lighthouse for the blind training veterans to work, even after they have lost their sight. >> i think they bring a refreshing optimism. >> reporter: willis is in charge of teaching them the four steps to digital data scanning. >> just like in the military, you adapt and overcome. so they bring that to the work place. >> reporter: but the best part of the program is after three months of training, you are guaranteed a job. >> the training is one thing. the independent living skills an
right now, it is only in the pilot phase, but as 9 news now digital correspondent kristin fisher reports, this new program is already making a difference in the lives of some local heros. >> reporter: printing a document from a computer sounds simple but try to do it if you are blind. it took irving anderson two months. the vietnam vet lost his sight 28 years ago. >> it was a scary feeling at first. but then i learned to live with it. it was more scary then because i didn't know...
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kristin fisher is outside of quince orchard high school with a preview. kristin? >> good morning, jessica. the first day of school is well underway for the 1800 students that are now inside of quince orchard high school in gait orsburg. about 400 of those students are starting their senior year and the class of 2010 made a loud entrance in to the school this morning. take a look ♪ [ music ] the quince orchard high school drum line led the way for the class of 2010 as they marched to their first day of senior year it. >> is weird. it is weird being on the top. it is exciting to see everybody. not excited to work but other than that it will be fun. >> nervous but got to go through it. >> reporter: most say their big worry is where to go to college but for many parents and teachers their top concern is the h1n1 flu virus. the superintendent of montgomery county public schools says the district is well prepared. >> we know how to clean up. we know how to work together. we know how to communicate with all of our parents. >> reporter: another challenge facing montgomery
kristin fisher is outside of quince orchard high school with a preview. kristin? >> good morning, jessica. the first day of school is well underway for the 1800 students that are now inside of quince orchard high school in gait orsburg. about 400 of those students are starting their senior year and the class of 2010 made a loud entrance in to the school this morning. take a look ♪ [ music ] the quince orchard high school drum line led the way for the class of 2010 as they marched to...
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. >>> right now, let's say good morning to kristin fisher. she has the hero central update. >> that's right. the 9 news now hero central team is always hard at work, putting together stories about local heros in our community or stories about people who need a hero. if you would like to nominate someone for an upcoming hero central segment we'd love to hear about it. e-mail s@he9.wuro m.sa in mhentime, you have to the h page, all you have to do is go to wusa9.com and e e hero central icon. and this is where you will find all ho tofse stories tjust to y me the last ree rie thorst about the g that saved lives hein t deadly metro crash. a story about a sno dseaina y ds a hero to tse sndheirtoon send their son to schoolnd helping blinck geho back to work and i want to point you to t wetiofme ifs t ofs meif we have a s he, ro somebody who is in edne segmen to get them the help they need. edwill post an update on these ith w pphath wedish this story here. we were able to fin d funds to hopefully get that teenager to college. so i want to give you a
. >>> right now, let's say good morning to kristin fisher. she has the hero central update. >> that's right. the 9 news now hero central team is always hard at work, putting together stories about local heros in our community or stories about people who need a hero. if you would like to nominate someone for an upcoming hero central segment we'd love to hear about it. e-mail s@he9.wuro m.sa in mhentime, you have to the h page, all you have to do is go to wusa9.com and e e hero...
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. >>> kristin fisher is here now. you have got the latest on our hero central project. >> that's right. this is a story about the washington-based columbia light house for the blind. now, this nonprofit has been around more than 100 years, but in january the nonprofit launched a new program to help veterans who have lost their vision. right now it is only in the pilot phase but this program is already making a difference in the lives of some local heros. take a look. printing a document from a computer. it sounds simple but try to do it if you are blind. it took irving anderson two months. the vietnam vet lost his sight 28 years eight ago. >> it was a scary feeling at first but then i learned to live with it. it was scarier then because i didn't know what i was going to do to make a living. >> reporter: that's where the bridge to work initiative comes in. a new program by columbia light house for the blind that is training veterans to work, even after they have lost their sight. >> they bring a refreshing optimism. >>
. >>> kristin fisher is here now. you have got the latest on our hero central project. >> that's right. this is a story about the washington-based columbia light house for the blind. now, this nonprofit has been around more than 100 years, but in january the nonprofit launched a new program to help veterans who have lost their vision. right now it is only in the pilot phase but this program is already making a difference in the lives of some local heros. take a look. printing a...
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. >>> time to say good morning to kristin fisher. in the web center and i can't imagine what you are talking about this morning, kristin. >> i know. i feel it is the same story the past few days but it keeps progressing and what i am talking about is the debate over health care reform which is the top story on the web. what we are seeing right now is the white house is really getting in on this web war and engaging the debate on-line. yesterday the white house launched a new website to fight oppones ofthe presidenres it i look at reit is look at it right now. itis called reality check. according to the white house new media director secu foons focuses on ans for you al ans r you your your family and about debunking common myths along the way. those rd ofe th s rde itwhthe white use hoa w dimedirector. ou aoke lotht site you can see it is set up to aggressively go after opponents of the president's than. and if you scroll se cae see the site features six alleged rumors oufore d rmanforerm and each of those rumors are disputed in a vid
. >>> time to say good morning to kristin fisher. in the web center and i can't imagine what you are talking about this morning, kristin. >> i know. i feel it is the same story the past few days but it keeps progressing and what i am talking about is the debate over health care reform which is the top story on the web. what we are seeing right now is the white house is really getting in on this web war and engaging the debate on-line. yesterday the white house launched a new...
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new this morning, kristin fisher sat down with one expert to talk about nasa's future. tell us more. >> well, when discovery launches early tomorrow morning, if it goes as planned, there will be six more shuttle launches left. the fleet is set to retire in 2010. that's next, the moon, mars, or could it be the beginning of the end for nasa ' human space flight program. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: in 2005, president bush announced nasa's new vision for space exploration. >> return toe this moon. >> the program is called constellation the mission to put men back on the moon and then on to mars. four years and $4 billion later, consolation's future is in crisis. >> its future is an open issue today. >> reporter: the chairman of the u.s. human space flight plans committee was appointed by president obama in may to rethink nasa ' future. and his findings could have dire consequences for constellation. >> the bottom line of our effort was that the current program as it is funded today probably can't be executed. the funding doesn't match the work to be done. >> reporter:
new this morning, kristin fisher sat down with one expert to talk about nasa's future. tell us more. >> well, when discovery launches early tomorrow morning, if it goes as planned, there will be six more shuttle launches left. the fleet is set to retire in 2010. that's next, the moon, mars, or could it be the beginning of the end for nasa ' human space flight program. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: in 2005, president bush announced nasa's new vision for space exploration....
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over to kristin. >> thank you so much, angie. >>> good morning, everyone.oubt the death of ted kennedy will be the big story of the day. political commentator and kennedy colleagues will be all over the media. if you want to cut away the chatter an look at the life of the liberal lion on your own there are a lot of ways you can do it on your own. many newspapers have posted interactive time lines of kennedy's life on their website this morning. i want to show you inmy top two my favorite pick would yohave t be "the boston globe's" website. we know kennedwas the senior senator from massachusetts. his hometown paper has a very informative, metitime line on it is nice betesi e ca is nice because it le u yo e sethe big monts in his life and ey have picture had anve d old video clips. another time reen mmincogod g tos i recommend going to is reon "usa today." the lien i really like this one is they have the best video that i have ene se so far out o all of these interactive time lines. if you want to check them out and look back at his life on your own, i'd reco
over to kristin. >> thank you so much, angie. >>> good morning, everyone.oubt the death of ted kennedy will be the big story of the day. political commentator and kennedy colleagues will be all over the media. if you want to cut away the chatter an look at the life of the liberal lion on your own there are a lot of ways you can do it on your own. many newspapers have posted interactive time lines of kennedy's life on their website this morning. i want to show you inmy top two my...
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. >>> we say good morning to kristin fisher in the web center. what are we buzzing about today? >> we are talking about health care again. today marks the official beginning of the recess for congress. last week we saw videos posted often youtube. videos of people who oppose the president's plan to. they increased over the weekend and now after all the sunday political talk shows the issue w.isri no b weonterie now. one of e the biggest webses bel'sfun ing this story is the drue reportinand they have been doing it by posting . zos poto utubyoe iut zoom in here. you can see omthe latest links. the latest one ritysa fesafety kill event and another po edcace lla r edll a town hall hi s.ng inme but the big headline you need to watch is here, e avtoy saabu haeye to say about what is ppening at the town halls. they say iidisev ent that an lyev campaign is underwamiseree health insurance t up disrupt public meetinup gsand enevmb erofs encongress and constituents from conducting a civil lie dye log. i guarantee that story will be picked up on all the blogs this morning. back to you. >>
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kristin, what are they concerned about? >> well, our cameras were not allowed inside the school. you can see part of the problem by standing outside. look at these big pieces of my wood. they are covering large holes in the big exterior of the school and that's only part of the problem. parents, including the president of the pta say there are holes in the ceiling with wires coming down. the floors are not quite finished. there's a lot of boxes in the hallways and classrooms and a lot of dust and that dust is why parents say they are so concerned about their children's safety. now, a group of concerned parents held a press conference outside of the school just over an hour ago an they say they don't see any way it will be ready by monday. this construction that you are seeing right now is part of the renovation project undertaken by the dc off of public education facilities modernization or opef income and it was supposed to start in june but parents say they didn't see any real work start until three weeks ago. joining me is one of those parents who is actually the president of
kristin, what are they concerned about? >> well, our cameras were not allowed inside the school. you can see part of the problem by standing outside. look at these big pieces of my wood. they are covering large holes in the big exterior of the school and that's only part of the problem. parents, including the president of the pta say there are holes in the ceiling with wires coming down. the floors are not quite finished. there's a lot of boxes in the hallways and classrooms and a lot of...
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at wusa9.com. >>> we all say good morning to kristin fisher. >> thank you. morning, andrea. >>> guys, congress is officially in recession but -- recess but don't expect the health care debate to ache take a break anytime soon especially on the web weapon saw on youtube a lot of people who opposed the president's plan disrupting town hall meetings across the country. they increased over the weekend and a new one that is su elfu th ele the date ev en more. here it . ise onreth asitwi llfuel that de teevev more because it is written by the house speaker mad he. re's the headline un-american attacks can't derail health they have to 's atthvesa haey to say about iitw evnot enide ots iw evide that an ugly t ailyremeun , ayt misrepresent the alhe th buurance reform legislation e t to disrupt public meetings and prevent t mbermes ofcongre and constituents from conducting a civil dialogue. this story has rey adivcereed ieeddrudge report, which you can see right here. they haven't post a link to it just yet but i'm guessing eyth will shortly. already this is causing a
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. >>> time to say good morning to kristin fisher in the web center. >>> good morning. a british teenager has just become the youngest person to d.wo solo hoaround rl ea17d r--yole rlwod. 17-year-old wois one of rearched term tes.rm he is crossing the finish line he spent nine months on the high seas by himself where he battled equipment failures. celebrated his 17th birthday and kept on top of his studies and if you look at his journey he went 30,000 miles. sailed around africa, australia, new zealand and panama, through the panama canal. one reason it is hot on the web is because he kept a detailed video blog on his website. you know, i got to say, some of these videos remind me of tom hanks talking to that fasoccer ball winston in the movie ay wa. hes all alone for nine months but he had tr inaoexjoarrdy.ury ne bu aordexary journey. but he w isno in e this now in bookof world records officially. but his record is already in jeopardy. a 13-year-old deaf girl is trying to persuade the girl to let her sir gate the globe. 13. i'd be trying to convince my parents, not the
. >>> time to say good morning to kristin fisher in the web center. >>> good morning. a british teenager has just become the youngest person to d.wo solo hoaround rl ea17d r--yole rlwod. 17-year-old wois one of rearched term tes.rm he is crossing the finish line he spent nine months on the high seas by himself where he battled equipment failures. celebrated his 17th birthday and kept on top of his studies and if you look at his journey he went 30,000 miles. sailed around...
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. >>> let's go to andrea and kristin. >> thank you very much. >>> i'm in the web center with kristinher. she will tell us about this teen who had an excellent adventure sailing around the world. >> it is so crazy and the reason we're in the web center for the story is because the teenager kept an incredible account of his journey on his website. e e iitwethbs i seem to have lost my microphone. can you hear me okay? here we go. sorry about that. this is his website and it is h--tsin idl eae e here and it reads breaking news, he is the ou ndar ouar the world. and rehehe is. victorious. this is a shot of seoscrd e mit ye of co. rnll wa 30,000-mile journey. mike perham sailed around africa, australia and the panama canal fobe remakes his way to cornwall yesterday. he spent nine months on the anf elmsand pt a detailed codeuncount, video blog on his website. look at how he celebrated his birthday. >> hi, everyone. it is the 16th of march. my birthday today. and i had a nice shower earlier to celebrate. a nice shower, but a good wash and change of clothes i feel much fresher. >> i bet he do
. >>> let's go to andrea and kristin. >> thank you very much. >>> i'm in the web center with kristinher. she will tell us about this teen who had an excellent adventure sailing around the world. >> it is so crazy and the reason we're in the web center for the story is because the teenager kept an incredible account of his journey on his website. e e iitwethbs i seem to have lost my microphone. can you hear me okay? here we go. sorry about that. this is his website...
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. >>> we say good morning to kristin fisher. he's in -- she's in the web center with what people are buzzing an on-line. >>> if a football fan or video game addict or both this story is for you. the latest edition of madden nfl game is hitting shelves on the at midnight and already one of the top stories on the web th is morning. now, here's the madden nfl official website from ea ports. it is getting a ton of hitsmog inr for the midnight launch. you can read review and find out how to preorder on-line and that's thwawato go unless you wantto wabe one of those peop waiting in line at wal-mart at the wee hours ofe ofthe morning nd there wines lirossac cothnelie s across the couny tyetpr chlimun prett teguetanaritse bausteclaye an a the game sold over 2 million units in august alone. if you take alo ok ghlorit rihe early repothat weth atwe simil despite the recession. here's the story on "usa today." madden nfl 10 completes its ifu yoas. et so, if you liwould like to pre- order thgame before it hits the shelves, they have a list o
. >>> we say good morning to kristin fisher. he's in -- she's in the web center with what people are buzzing an on-line. >>> if a football fan or video game addict or both this story is for you. the latest edition of madden nfl game is hitting shelves on the at midnight and already one of the top stories on the web th is morning. now, here's the madden nfl official website from ea ports. it is getting a ton of hitsmog inr for the midnight launch. you can read review and find...
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now over to kristin fisher. >> thank you so much.he health care debate is heating up on the web and heading away from the hill as congress heads in to august recess. what we have seeing is conservative groups crashing town hall meetings held by democrats on health care reform and they are posting the videos on-line, especially on sites like youtube. w, nothese osvideno are getting an incredibly high numberf vi hits ar we ecia ees bls, especially d ogbp the drudge reports are posting links to cl s. edowyou on edaymondon . monday. rehe ook here lo under the title see them scream, they posted two more clips. e first owckd crs molawmerthplan arkansas. below tor xebor xesays well- dressed protesters at town halls are out to our presenid president. now the democrats are fighting back. has released this video on youtube called enough of the mob. here's an excerpt. >> this mob activities is straight from the play book of high-level republican political operatives. they have no plan for moving our country forward so they have called out the m
now over to kristin fisher. >> thank you so much.he health care debate is heating up on the web and heading away from the hill as congress heads in to august recess. what we have seeing is conservative groups crashing town hall meetings held by democrats on health care reform and they are posting the videos on-line, especially on sites like youtube. w, nothese osvideno are getting an incredibly high numberf vi hits ar we ecia ees bls, especially d ogbp the drudge reports are posting links...
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. >>> good morning to kristin fisher. she is telling us what is happening in the web. >>> welcome back. two prominent people in the u.k. are attacking technology this morning. the leader of the catholic church in england is going after social networking sites and a british robotics professor is calling for an special debate on robots. those are two of the orto thiestth web this morning. let's start with the comment from the archbishop of westminster. his name isghrit there. his name riis vincent nichols. just styedaerhe told a british newspaper alciso da ngtworking sites are driving us apart and inhug rtr ouanability to form healthy relationships. this is a story on telegraph.e k.co.u te graph.co.uk. hiss sa"u y""usa today" state to tte arshchuobit sangyiand let's zoom in ng silo social skills human interaction skills how to tigepa anduahow to be patient we until the moment isnd right to makeor orpress a point. use chmuuse ofelontrecic information p intantapaor rtofic an important part coitmmy unli nd afeco mmunity life a
. >>> good morning to kristin fisher. she is telling us what is happening in the web. >>> welcome back. two prominent people in the u.k. are attacking technology this morning. the leader of the catholic church in england is going after social networking sites and a british robotics professor is calling for an special debate on robots. those are two of the orto thiestth web this morning. let's start with the comment from the archbishop of westminster. his name isghrit there....
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. >>> kristin fisher is joining us with the story of another hero firefighter. >> i love doing story on all heros but there is really something about the everyday heros the firefighters, the police officers, they are the ones out there putting their lives on the line each and every day. we'd like to honor one this morning. take a look at this picture of prince georges county firefighter rachel ebney. she was awarded the emergency services award for a truly heroic act on february 1st of this year. i don't think we have that picture. i do apologize, but listen to this story. she had been off duty when she responded to calls for help coming from the dock of an edgewater restaurant. when she got there she realized a man had fallen off the dock in the freezing waters of south river in february. according to witnesses, she did not waste a second. didn't think twice. and there she is. you can see a shot of her right now. she jumped in the water, pulled the drowning man to the surface and stayed in the water, holding him above the water until additional help could arrive. well, yesterday, yo
. >>> kristin fisher is joining us with the story of another hero firefighter. >> i love doing story on all heros but there is really something about the everyday heros the firefighters, the police officers, they are the ones out there putting their lives on the line each and every day. we'd like to honor one this morning. take a look at this picture of prince georges county firefighter rachel ebney. she was awarded the emergency services award for a truly heroic act on february...
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good morning to kristin fisher in the web center. >> that's right. the death of senator kennedy is the top story on the web this morning. ever since the news break we have been getting a ton of comments on our website and our facebook page and i want to share a w thwi you this wig.ou e if go to 9.sawu ym coyom ll top top story is r setona d tekennedy dead d at age 77. and right below it, in red, herit ghre, you will see re something that says afe avle condolences. if you click ha tits t'ers e you can e arshe ar tyour though you can read what other le aish sd ane aryope le have said and share your own thoughts. there are some good an some bad i an want to share a th you right now. here's one wrote. military ofi salute senator kennedy for rrwar for the people because that's what he rrwas al b out. on the othe detha anugly. the good, d mr. kennedy has upset the lyfama omiryf jomily of mary . a >>ne o >> and one are wr ae otrdga reee of what mr. kennedy did in his s life uched t a a lot of people's lives and that's lowha mattered most. you can leave a co
good morning to kristin fisher in the web center. >> that's right. the death of senator kennedy is the top story on the web this morning. ever since the news break we have been getting a ton of comments on our website and our facebook page and i want to share a w thwi you this wig.ou e if go to 9.sawu ym coyom ll top top story is r setona d tekennedy dead d at age 77. and right below it, in red, herit ghre, you will see re something that says afe avle condolences. if you click ha tits...
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. >>> let's go to kristin fisher and say good morning and find out what's on the web. >> good morning, as congress heads to the august recess the health care debate is heating up on-line. this morning the fastest rising search on google has to with that. if u yoanyou clk icanyou click on hot dsentr isthwill pop up. you can seise right here at the top of thph seraphrase cess ecess rally. see it is u can search hotness orctis is d an as volcanis sscere recess y ra are people searching for it? turns out recess rally.com out cess rally.com is down this morning rether g e ceenaito oanmao r people cayon u e, l st you can still find an image from that website on google and here itca is recess rally, we noy sa e.iclso mizciineded ugon aalci mt usedicede. on august ed, 22nde me thigig wing group behind those tax day parties lainin thtogeerjo g inr together for foa sscere rally p for healthcare reform. i'm sure you have heard they have started toal make headline at town hall meetings across the country. it is the stop story on e dan beil daily beast. town hall roars but you better believe the d
. >>> let's go to kristin fisher and say good morning and find out what's on the web. >> good morning, as congress heads to the august recess the health care debate is heating up on-line. this morning the fastest rising search on google has to with that. if u yoanyou clk icanyou click on hot dsentr isthwill pop up. you can seise right here at the top of thph seraphrase cess ecess rally. see it is u can search hotness orctis is d an as volcanis sscere recess y ra are people...
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digital correspondent kristin fisher has the story of pat forester's journey from springfield to spacehis is pat. solve more year. >> reporter: in 1973, pat forester was a sec baseman on the junior varsity baseball team at west springfield high school. his coach was ron tugwell. 36 years later, the coach retired and walks back on the field where he first met forester. >> he was on the small side. i remember him being likable, coachable, athletic. >> reporter: he was also popular. >> this is pat and he's an escort through the sweet heart court and the sweet heart dance. >> reporter: most people remember him as smart. he was a member of the national honor society and when he graduated in ' 75, he went on to west point. it would be 30 years before coach tugwell ever learned what became of his old second baseman in he gave me his card and i didn't look at the card initially and saw he was living in houston and then i saw on his card he was an astronaut. >> great to be down here and we are looking forward to a great mission. >> reporter: forester logged 600 hours in space, including four sp
digital correspondent kristin fisher has the story of pat forester's journey from springfield to spacehis is pat. solve more year. >> reporter: in 1973, pat forester was a sec baseman on the junior varsity baseball team at west springfield high school. his coach was ron tugwell. 36 years later, the coach retired and walks back on the field where he first met forester. >> he was on the small side. i remember him being likable, coachable, athletic. >> reporter: he was also...
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. >>> here's kristin fisher with the hero central report. good morning. >> good morning. this morning's hero central segment, i want to point you to a story on our partnerseb w si to "urs say. toda" it is " about a t oua massachus -- achusetts as maas the thwheelchair recycler. the 47-year-old was in a car accident and has been lcee ewhhairsi wheelchair ever since. three years after that accide ve he ara testd a company boro, rlmassse which he refurbishes donated wheelcha and s llsethem for a fraction of the normal price and in some cases them lls them away. here's his company's website, right here. the wheelchair rerecycler. in the past years he's helped 500 ndhaicapped pele opop get in wheehanormally wo hnormally wouldn't have access or be able to he custneeds. if you have antir chau needs. f you have a chairu neulyod wo kelito donate keto davis da organization, the wheelchair recycler or need a power chair isth e thisis the website i would point you to. ler. m.eirlcwh rcoha again, i will have a link on m d og at gofish@wusa9.com vidais t isnothe only organization s tho
. >>> here's kristin fisher with the hero central report. good morning. >> good morning. this morning's hero central segment, i want to point you to a story on our partnerseb w si to "urs say. toda" it is " about a t oua massachus -- achusetts as maas the thwheelchair recycler. the 47-year-old was in a car accident and has been lcee ewhhairsi wheelchair ever since. three years after that accide ve he ara testd a company boro, rlmassse which he refurbishes donated...
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and when he was that age, digital correspondent, kristin fisher has his story. >> winston duncan was only 10 years old when he took a trip to africa. what he saw changed his life. >> i saw an older woman and young boy and they are walking down the street and they both looked tired. i thought why not give them bikes. everyone has an old bike. bikes can be used everywhere and that's where it started. >> i thought he was pretty silly really. and then he sat down and explained to me, very reasonable that there was no infrastructure -- and i'm not sure where he got the word infrastructure but there was no infrastructure to support cars in africa so he was going to send bikes to africa. >> what we do is we get old and used bikes from people who donate them and disassemble them and put them in a big storage container and ship them to africa. >> that's it. >> four years later the boy with the bike sauce week away from his freshman year in high school and every year his charity has grown with him. >> to put it in perspective. the first year we had 250 bikes and the last collection we collecte
and when he was that age, digital correspondent, kristin fisher has his story. >> winston duncan was only 10 years old when he took a trip to africa. what he saw changed his life. >> i saw an older woman and young boy and they are walking down the street and they both looked tired. i thought why not give them bikes. everyone has an old bike. bikes can be used everywhere and that's where it started. >> i thought he was pretty silly really. and then he sat down and explained to...
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i'm kristin fisher with what's hot on the web. so what's hot this morning, our website of course. i'm kidding. i'm biased. tote not totally kidding but a new section on our website at wusa9.com that i want to share with you guys thmorning. so if you go to wusa9.com, and you click on news and then you llscwn ro and to national rl wod d news, what in toglwoe se e g in, k uc see gluck , it is pulling , u yollup here, you wi see on your computer, i just , it zoin edin. you see mi liliry news. or is pr styaiwaghortfrds istht is ie where to go for t whlate onstiraq on , stiraq and ghafn taisann and here at home in the arlington area and especially at you nge inc ning for instance you can find stors pilot flf pilot remains spent two decades in an iraq desert after his plane was shot wn reup. he a story hey sty ororon celebratinobg a celebrating the encetment of the g.i. bill and finally a story million abt million ofrsceb filu cnearing extinction country. so those e tharcountry. so those are the itest the ites stories on our ryantas ewwed s ewd we have s ts onloon is . e is page. so i en
i'm kristin fisher with what's hot on the web. so what's hot this morning, our website of course. i'm kidding. i'm biased. tote not totally kidding but a new section on our website at wusa9.com that i want to share with you guys thmorning. so if you go to wusa9.com, and you click on news and then you llscwn ro and to national rl wod d news, what in toglwoe se e g in, k uc see gluck , it is pulling , u yollup here, you wi see on your computer, i just , it zoin edin. you see mi liliry news. or is...
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digital correspondent kristin fisher is live outside of quince orchard high school in gaithersburg with more. >> reporter: that's right. you can see it is still pretty quiet here at quince orchard high school in gaithersburg but you have to keep in mind we have an hour and a half to go until the opening bell. now, in total, 142,000 students in montgomery county will be heading back to school this morning. and one of the big issues at the start of the school year is the h1n1 virus which is a concern at districts across the country. now, superintendent jerry weast was on wtop radio on friday talking about how the montgomery county public school system will handle the h1n1 flu virus. let's hear what he had to say. >> we will treat it as the regular flu and encourage people to get regular flu shots. we have been commute kateing with the parents. then we will treat it -- >> the superintendent will be speaking with us live right here at 6 listen 30 a.m. this morning in just about a half hour. no teachers or students yet but we have the superintendent. we will speak with him shortly. for all o
digital correspondent kristin fisher is live outside of quince orchard high school in gaithersburg with more. >> reporter: that's right. you can see it is still pretty quiet here at quince orchard high school in gaithersburg but you have to keep in mind we have an hour and a half to go until the opening bell. now, in total, 142,000 students in montgomery county will be heading back to school this morning. and one of the big issues at the start of the school year is the h1n1 virus which is...
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in four minutes, kristin fisher tells us how you can be a hero this weekend to students in need. >>> and in ten minutes, more airport security. the extra information you'll have to provide when booking your next trip and why it is needed. >>> but first our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. we start with kim martucci. >> andrea, every morning at this time we focus on maryland's weather. let's get started with a satell ate satellite and radar loop. no rain in sight. we're in good form this morning. we will zoom in and show you the mpteurateres across maryland. it is comfortable d at72 in hagerstown. andrews air force base 69 if you are hadding to montgomery county remember the montgomery county fair is starting this afternoon at 3:00. 8 is the goal at mechanicsville. send over to kenny burns with maryland traffic. >>> foggy conditions on i-270 southbound as you travel through germantown. traffic is moving at speed continuing down to the beltway. you will also find foggy conditions here at connecticut avenue and randolph road but no problems to report at this time. good morning,
in four minutes, kristin fisher tells us how you can be a hero this weekend to students in need. >>> and in ten minutes, more airport security. the extra information you'll have to provide when booking your next trip and why it is needed. >>> but first our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. we start with kim martucci. >> andrea, every morning at this time we focus on maryland's weather. let's get started with a satell ate satellite and radar loop. no rain in sight....
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kristin fisher has that part of the story. good morning. >> that's right. it is the big story on the web this morning, both on websites here at home and overseas. now, senator kennedy was a senator from massachusetts, but he really was a national political figure and very well known around the world. here's a look at how the international community is reacting to the news of senator ke nnedy's death. t arstin australia. the sydney morning herald. this is their top story, kennedy a great friend australia. that's coming from prime mitoer y sa say has ed adey nnaohas made an extraordinary american ceraman politics, an extraordinary contribution to america's role in the world. ted kennedy will be sadly missed in america and sadly missed e world bue world thcluding in one a. one bbc's websitin the u.k. y. ir headline d teednn atthis ted kennedy. e go onn brow on n owd and he is highlighting senator kennedy's in n heer tthor d anlero the northern s.inand peacesoc he says evenil ngcis lness and death he r venelnstopped fighti for the causes, which were 's feli lif
kristin fisher has that part of the story. good morning. >> that's right. it is the big story on the web this morning, both on websites here at home and overseas. now, senator kennedy was a senator from massachusetts, but he really was a national political figure and very well known around the world. here's a look at how the international community is reacting to the news of senator ke nnedy's death. t arstin australia. the sydney morning herald. this is their top story, kennedy a great...
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here's kristin fisher with she hero central segment. we will be highlighting an unusual hero tomorrow morning. i drove to a farm in southern maryland and this is not just any farm. it is called villa del alpacas. this is a special farm because it e onis one of only ur buy i of maryland. which means it is fabeen around over 200 ar mo the time it was a tobacco farm and check out the pictures back in the ictuorici ps rehistalic tuicwi featuring in the story rr. ow . er time land was sold, family mbmes passed away and the farm became too difficult to manage. e th farmons the vethrge of being sold mifa lymewh en a mbm st. pein shmoved to maryland to try to t only problem is she was all by herself. katofwhind crop can you ha in rvest or livestock can you raise if you are just one person? it is a great question. for angel, her solution was right here, can you see this little guy to the right side of ontitionluso onwas alpacas. she says alpacas are her heros because they helped to save her ymily. rmfa ou look at her website alpacas have ma demy
here's kristin fisher with she hero central segment. we will be highlighting an unusual hero tomorrow morning. i drove to a farm in southern maryland and this is not just any farm. it is called villa del alpacas. this is a special farm because it e onis one of only ur buy i of maryland. which means it is fabeen around over 200 ar mo the time it was a tobacco farm and check out the pictures back in the ictuorici ps rehistalic tuicwi featuring in the story rr. ow . er time land was sold, family...
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we have highlights of madison debut and much more from ravens camp as kristin talk was quarterback joeo. all coming up tonight on sports unlimited. back to you. >> all right bruce thanks so much. humid out there. could storms be far behind? let's go back to vytas with one last look at the sky watch forecast. >> yes. very humid conditions on the warm summer day. temperatures in the lower 90's. continue to stay in the range for the next couple days. looking at the sky watch hd sky cam downtown. heat 80s in engine as we continue to see the sunshine out there. mixed with clouds we had a few pop up showers and thunderstorms but most of that activist up in harper county and then cecil county has fallen apart with just a brief thunderstorm out there. 87 right now in the inner harbor. some areas seeing about 90. looking at sun and about 90. looking at sun and clouds. winds out of the
we have highlights of madison debut and much more from ravens camp as kristin talk was quarterback joeo. all coming up tonight on sports unlimited. back to you. >> all right bruce thanks so much. humid out there. could storms be far behind? let's go back to vytas with one last look at the sky watch forecast. >> yes. very humid conditions on the warm summer day. temperatures in the lower 90's. continue to stay in the range for the next couple days. looking at the sky watch hd sky cam...
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kristin fisher has the latest on back to school prep. >> reporter: hi, surae. many are all set for the first day of school. one school in the district parents say will not be ready by monday. volunteers at emery elementary school took a break during d.c.'s annual beautification day. thousands of volunteers helped out at over 100 schools in the district putting on the finishing touches for the first day of school. less than three miles away, there is a much bigger project taking place at john burrows elementary. >> reporter: it's brocationen. >> reporter: lacy would like to go to the first day of first grade on monday at burrows elementary. lacy's mother is having second thoughts. she's one of many parents angry at the district for not finishing a summer long renovation project on time. >> the work started late so they are traying to squeeze three months of work into a four-week time period. >> reporter: unfortunately, our cameras were not allowed inside the school. the vice president of the ward five council on education was able to get inside on friday and sho
kristin fisher has the latest on back to school prep. >> reporter: hi, surae. many are all set for the first day of school. one school in the district parents say will not be ready by monday. volunteers at emery elementary school took a break during d.c.'s annual beautification day. thousands of volunteers helped out at over 100 schools in the district putting on the finishing touches for the first day of school. less than three miles away, there is a much bigger project taking place at...
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reporter kristin dahlgren has that story. >> in the murky waters off the shore, they suspended the searchbefore they were finally able to pinpoint what they believe was the plane's wreckage from saturday's mid-air collision. >> the water in this area that they're looking is very deep. they have continued to have positive hits from their scanning sonar throughout the day. they're working to verify those targets to see if they can pull up the aircraft. >> twisted metal already pulled from the hudson tells the tale of how the small plane and sightseeing helicopter were torn apart in an instant. 911 calls the gop panicked moment. those along the waterfront of the two -- 911 calls in detail the panicked moment. those along the waterfront calling 911. >> among those killed from pennsylvania and five italian tourists. could i do not know who made the mistake. that is for the -- >> i do not know who made the mistake. that is for the ntsb to decide. what i do know is that nine people are dead. >> the plane literally sheer drop its wings. it may have been in declining right turn when it hit the hel
reporter kristin dahlgren has that story. >> in the murky waters off the shore, they suspended the searchbefore they were finally able to pinpoint what they believe was the plane's wreckage from saturday's mid-air collision. >> the water in this area that they're looking is very deep. they have continued to have positive hits from their scanning sonar throughout the day. they're working to verify those targets to see if they can pull up the aircraft. >> twisted metal already...
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and in the case of kristin lardner, i think a lot of those indicators were present. she did everything right. >> what are -- that's right. >> in her case, i mean, she went -- >> she sought a protective order. >> the problem was, as i understand it she got a protective order in boston and he had been arrested in other jurisdictions and across state lines in new york. and so we need, obviously, databases that speak to one another and it would be great if every judge were able to pull up that information while on the bench and that is something that we need to continue to do. but in lieu of that, i think that our judicial institutes that we support, the leadership institute for chiefs of police that we support and the prosecutor's resource center that we support are ways of getting that information out. we have the information and we need to get it in the hands of local practitioners. >> i really think that's true. but just because you do a study and issue a report in washington does not mean that a busy prosecutor, a busy judge had the opportunity to study it. and i do
and in the case of kristin lardner, i think a lot of those indicators were present. she did everything right. >> what are -- that's right. >> in her case, i mean, she went -- >> she sought a protective order. >> the problem was, as i understand it she got a protective order in boston and he had been arrested in other jurisdictions and across state lines in new york. and so we need, obviously, databases that speak to one another and it would be great if every judge were...
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>> early on this year i was given a copy of this book by kristin downny. it's the life of francis perkins. he was the first cabinet woman member. i find a lot of similarities with the kinds of challenges that we are facing. i see unemployment, a lot of dislocation of workers, protections in the workplace, safety for children even, i mean just making sure we uphold our labor laws and provide adequate help. it's a really interesting book. she was someone who had great courage and someone who broke barriers for women. every time i think about what she was going through i can relate to it. i see it as i go around the country and we continue to still see poverty and the financial crisis affecting so much people. and just she helped resolve and give strength to the administration and to the president in terms of providing good leadership for reforms. basic wages and hours to be met, safety in the workplace, there were many people that were for example killed in a sweat shot. she saw that and created laws and procedured to make sure there was safety outlets. whic
>> early on this year i was given a copy of this book by kristin downny. it's the life of francis perkins. he was the first cabinet woman member. i find a lot of similarities with the kinds of challenges that we are facing. i see unemployment, a lot of dislocation of workers, protections in the workplace, safety for children even, i mean just making sure we uphold our labor laws and provide adequate help. it's a really interesting book. she was someone who had great courage and someone...
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in orange county, kristin fischer, nine news now. >>> if convict, she faces a $2500 fine and 12 monthsin jail on each of those charges. stkpwh-frpblgts an iowa woman will have one heck of a story to tell her grandkids. the 63-year-old vanished for more than five days, out fishing on a raft. she was sunbned and dehydrated. otherwise okay. the river current tookneer a mile off course and then got heavy brush. now resting at a cedar rapids hospital. >>> if the heat in iowa was anything like it was today, you can understand how that poor woman got sunburned. >> some people went on the bike ride this afternoon. good idea. 98 at dallas. >> blistering. >>> we're going to talk about bill in a minute. first thing first though, we'll talk about our forecast first. the chances of thunderstorms increased tomorrow. and then on thursday, even friday, a pretty decent chance of storms. high temperatures around 90 which is actually not a bad thing because a lot of our lawns have gone brown, it is august here in d.c. for tonight, partly cloudy and muggy. some thunderstorms, at least until about the midn
in orange county, kristin fischer, nine news now. >>> if convict, she faces a $2500 fine and 12 monthsin jail on each of those charges. stkpwh-frpblgts an iowa woman will have one heck of a story to tell her grandkids. the 63-year-old vanished for more than five days, out fishing on a raft. she was sunbned and dehydrated. otherwise okay. the river current tookneer a mile off course and then got heavy brush. now resting at a cedar rapids hospital. >>> if the heat in iowa was...
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> i think that maureen dowd put it well, this was language and body language straight out of-- >> kristinis shaking her head. >> i don't know why people are so mean to hillary. you know, i don't understand that. i voted for obama, but i still don't know why people have to be-- this is hardly a rage. this is somebody who is annoyed, understandably so, no way for her to know that that's what the person asking then. if i was asked that question i hope i would keep my composure, but you know, she wasn't like throwing furniture. >> because she's logged in 100,000 miles in 200 days, the lady is tired, so however, the next time i urge her to take a hair and makeup person from fox along with her during the campaign. >> and we have all had those days, i thought it was interesting the way that the media covered this. especially the difference in the man, the men and the women covering it. there were women in the media saying she react this had way because she had a bad hair day. we've all had them, but not a diplomatic person, like sending me overseas to be a diplomate. >> secretary of state, anoth
> i think that maureen dowd put it well, this was language and body language straight out of-- >> kristinis shaking her head. >> i don't know why people are so mean to hillary. you know, i don't understand that. i voted for obama, but i still don't know why people have to be-- this is hardly a rage. this is somebody who is annoyed, understandably so, no way for her to know that that's what the person asking then. if i was asked that question i hope i would keep my composure, but...
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. >> i'm kristin fisher at john boroughs elementary school where the first day of school is less than 72 hours away. but if you look at this construction you can see a summer-long renovation project is still not complete. parents, including the president of the pta say there are holes in the ceiling inside with wires coming down. the floors are not finished and there's a lot of boxes in the hallways and classrooms. and a lot of dust. that dust, in particular, is why parents say they are so concerned about their children's safety. a group of these concerned parents held a press conference outside of the school on friday afternoon. they say they just don't see any way this school will be ready by monday. now, all of this construction is part of a renovation project undertaken by the dc office of public education facilities modernization or opefn. the project is supposed to start as soon as school got out in june but parents say they didn't see real work start until three weeks ago. still they say they are just putting the finishing touches on the school and the school will be ready for
. >> i'm kristin fisher at john boroughs elementary school where the first day of school is less than 72 hours away. but if you look at this construction you can see a summer-long renovation project is still not complete. parents, including the president of the pta say there are holes in the ceiling inside with wires coming down. the floors are not finished and there's a lot of boxes in the hallways and classrooms. and a lot of dust. that dust, in particular, is why parents say they are...
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kristin connell iseporter forlobal post, based in nairobi. >> the main line between hllary clinton' meetinwith somalia's sheikh was an reiteration of e american govement's strong suort of his administration such as it is. but its as mrs. clintonut it the best chance somaia's had in aong time. at least that's the u.s. government view. somaliaens involved behd a movementre suspeed to be behind several plots around e gle. earlier this week, australian authorities arrested seral men, includi some of somia descent, accuse tem of planning an tack on an australian military base. >> translator: we ve no links at all to the muims arrested in australia this week. the arrests are arab trashy. it's yet anotr trick design to legitimize the war on muslims. >> it's hard to s what will turn thingaround in solia and somalia has really beco theort of preeminent failed state and simply offering a few more guns and a few more arr and a bit of trning and some aid, it's not revolutionary in any way. >> as secretary cnton makes her way thugh africa, enomic velopment and human rights e also expected be high on the en
kristin connell iseporter forlobal post, based in nairobi. >> the main line between hllary clinton' meetinwith somalia's sheikh was an reiteration of e american govement's strong suort of his administration such as it is. but its as mrs. clintonut it the best chance somaia's had in aong time. at least that's the u.s. government view. somaliaens involved behd a movementre suspeed to be behind several plots around e gle. earlier this week, australian authorities arrested seral men, includi...
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kristin mcconnell is a reporter for global post, based in nairobi. >> the main line between hillary clinton's meeting with somalia's sheikh was an reiteration of the american government's strong support of his administration such as it is. but it is as mrs. clinton put it the best chance somalia's had in a long time. at least that's the u.s. government's view. >> somaliaens involved behind a movement are suspected to be behind several plots around the globe. earlier this week, australian authorities arrested several men, including some of somalia descent, accuse them of planning an tack on an australian military base. >> translator: we have no links at all to the muslims arrested in australia this week. the arrests are arab trashy. it's yet another trick designed to legitimize the war on muslims. >> it's hard to see what will turn things around in somalia and somalia has really become the sort of preeminent failed state and simply offering a few more guns and a few more armor and a bit of training and some aid, it's not revolutionary in any way. >> as secretary clinton makes her way through a
kristin mcconnell is a reporter for global post, based in nairobi. >> the main line between hillary clinton's meeting with somalia's sheikh was an reiteration of the american government's strong support of his administration such as it is. but it is as mrs. clinton put it the best chance somalia's had in a long time. at least that's the u.s. government's view. >> somaliaens involved behind a movement are suspected to be behind several plots around the globe. earlier this week,...
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digital correspondent kristin fisher takes a look. >> reporter: the cash for clunk er program has been a big -- clunkers program has been a big hit. >> it's been doing really well. we've done nearly 1300 in total. >> reporter: 350 of those clunkers are here. you can pick them out here by these bright orange tags in the window. but the dealership says they're not going anywhere until they get their money from the government. >> it's been an extremely slow process. we got paid for the first one last week and we've only been paid now on a total of close to 30. but we still have over four and a half million dollars outstanding from the government that the time. >> reporter: it's the same story over at fitzgerald auto maul. >> we've gotten some payments. they started to come in and they seem to be increasing. but it's been a slow process. >> reporter: part of the problem has been too much paperwork and too few government employees to process it. >> frankly it was a pass to get this thing done and they had less than 30 days to do it. >> reporter: but over here they're not sure what the hold
digital correspondent kristin fisher takes a look. >> reporter: the cash for clunk er program has been a big -- clunkers program has been a big hit. >> it's been doing really well. we've done nearly 1300 in total. >> reporter: 350 of those clunkers are here. you can pick them out here by these bright orange tags in the window. but the dealership says they're not going anywhere until they get their money from the government. >> it's been an extremely slow process. we got...
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. >> reporter: link kristin was one of 47 passengers on the aircraft. continent flight 2816 left houston at 9:23 friday night from minneapolis. it was supposed to arrive at 11: 54 but thunderstorms forced the flight into a holding pattern. running low on fuel, it diverted to rochester, minnesota, at 12:28 a.m., 80 miles short of its goal. and that's when the real trouble began. the three-person crew hit its time limit and could not fly, so another crew had to be brought in. but the passengers were not allowed to get off the plane. >> i mean, there was no explanation at all. the terminal was 50 yards from where we were. >> reporter: express jet refused to let them deplane because the tsa screeners had gone home and there were not enough airport personnel to let the passengers sleep in the terminal. instead, the passengers and the crew slept on the plane. >> they deposit have food, and they didn't have water. and there was one bathroom, and there were two babies crying all night. >> reporter: after tsa screeners arrived the next morning, passengers were f
. >> reporter: link kristin was one of 47 passengers on the aircraft. continent flight 2816 left houston at 9:23 friday night from minneapolis. it was supposed to arrive at 11: 54 but thunderstorms forced the flight into a holding pattern. running low on fuel, it diverted to rochester, minnesota, at 12:28 a.m., 80 miles short of its goal. and that's when the real trouble began. the three-person crew hit its time limit and could not fly, so another crew had to be brought in. but the...
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. >> kristin hawkins was 23 years old and three months pregnant when her body was found her 49-year-old friend robert headley was arrested that night. he pled guilty to murder in may. the state's attorney glen ivey said no motive has been established. >> this is a horrible, bru killing. it is hard to know what was in this guy's mind when he did this. >> heidi found out only today that her daughter was stabbed over 130 times. >> she was a really good person. there was no reason for this. you could not do anything to anybody to make them that viciously mad at you. there is nothing. she meant everything to me. >> the victim's family in this case originally one that the death how they, they learn from prosecutors this case did not meet the requirements under maryland state law. state's attorney glenn ivey said they felt it was best to move ahead with the plea deal and the 40-year sentence was the best way to make sure that this man went to prison. brad bell, abc 7 news. >>> prosecutors have released bout $100,000 in gold coins who call,0n who callsf clark rockel hefelmskr. ckefeller. het ka
. >> kristin hawkins was 23 years old and three months pregnant when her body was found her 49-year-old friend robert headley was arrested that night. he pled guilty to murder in may. the state's attorney glen ivey said no motive has been established. >> this is a horrible, bru killing. it is hard to know what was in this guy's mind when he did this. >> heidi found out only today that her daughter was stabbed over 130 times. >> she was a really good person. there was no...
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her name is madam kristin davis. she says he was awful to deal with.id he would call relentlessly, especially when she alleges he's on cocaine. he said sometimes when the girls would show up, he would take their cell phones. she said a lot of the girls would come back from appointments with him and be in tears. he promised these women they'd have movie roles, nothing would come of that. she said she eventually banned him from calling her service. she put of warnings on craigslist, encouraged these women not to date him. the flip side is his attorney is saying he had a severe stroke in april and as a result of that doesn't have a clear memory of exactly what happened between these women. but it's a bad -- >> it's a strange story because that's such a sweet song. it won an oscar, i believe. he sort of used that as bait allegedly to get some of these women. >> it's hard to think of these poor women thinking their career might have been helped by interaction -- >> i know what they'll be talking about on the "view" today. big news. less beth hasselbeck had
her name is madam kristin davis. she says he was awful to deal with.id he would call relentlessly, especially when she alleges he's on cocaine. he said sometimes when the girls would show up, he would take their cell phones. she said a lot of the girls would come back from appointments with him and be in tears. he promised these women they'd have movie roles, nothing would come of that. she said she eventually banned him from calling her service. she put of warnings on craigslist, encouraged...
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here's kristin fisher. >> ready to work?>> yes. >> reporter: these two women have beth spent 30 years working in montgomery county public schools. >> we worked together for about 18 years. >> reporter: they are both retired but never stopped thinking about their students. there seemed to be a group of children that we had through the years that social problems, behavioral problems, what we did was eventually come to the conclusion that they had an incarcerated parent. and as a result, we did a little research. >> reporter: they found one out of every 50 child in the united states has a parent behind bars -- behind the bars. what's worse, there's little help how to help them. >> we feel there is a great need for these underserved children. >> i must say, initially i knew i had two very bright well- intentioned people. >> reporter: with this man's help sue and judy wrote a book for kids with incarcerated parents. it's called "mommies and daddies incarcerated in prison." in the past four or five months, we've delivered more tha
here's kristin fisher. >> ready to work?>> yes. >> reporter: these two women have beth spent 30 years working in montgomery county public schools. >> we worked together for about 18 years. >> reporter: they are both retired but never stopped thinking about their students. there seemed to be a group of children that we had through the years that social problems, behavioral problems, what we did was eventually come to the conclusion that they had an incarcerated...
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. >>> i'm going to send you over to kristin fisher who is standing by in the web center. >> it has been tough 24 hours for the top social networking sites. both twitter and facebook were attacked yesterday by hackers. the good news is atth e both sites are back upand running. you can see twitter's home page here an anright erise facebook's. if you are one isll iomi ns ofllmileions of people peofof s u yon caget back this morning. so, what happ? itter was was th hit let's go he ttatoir stus ir blog to find tuout. e latestfromurs hoago tehours where they said arwe e defending against a deny of service attack and th eylater said itis back wewe are continuing tofeded an r vedefe and recover what ndat. ck atwh wh aisniofservice attack? mashable says it is take out a unavailable to aiav e blto users. thdo it by doby flooding it wit external communication quifu yos if you tried to it yetetwyor da twitter yesterday, this is woul network time-out. the server is taking too long to e thats tack whnds d esbehi the attacks that's what all the blogs are wondering this morning. the epicenter says isa
. >>> i'm going to send you over to kristin fisher who is standing by in the web center. >> it has been tough 24 hours for the top social networking sites. both twitter and facebook were attacked yesterday by hackers. the good news is atth e both sites are back upand running. you can see twitter's home page here an anright erise facebook's. if you are one isll iomi ns ofllmileions of people peofof s u yon caget back this morning. so, what happ? itter was was th hit let's go he...
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. >>> it is time to say good morning to kristin fisher. she's in the web center. >>> good morning. the top stories on the web right now. these are the oropies pele are looking s at most. conu ere mbon erone is the st t y the jan sockl aejackson deh l investigation. no surprise there. you heard eaanl tdryoelu abou e e y a few minutes ago. of coroner said hehe died fro of> >>e in swu. fld swine flu. cnn says cnine swflu coswd caus 90,000 deaths in the u.s. and 50% u 50ericans could be infected with the virus this s flu season. dirot ngoue ding t ouththtop three is th isstory frommsn pope com. s ten most americ stolen rserco. number e eronisona 1994 honda accord. i have to say honda's mitenath e list. the reason why is there a lo and for m out there thieves they t n'doraise as many eyebrows as a mercedes would and they have easy to sell, d easy rts. see veatpawh see what i . seanme number two a an' 95 civic. and at number three, a ' 89 toyota camry. four four, a ford f-150 pickup. if you would like to see the top ten list i have a link on my blog at gofish@wusa9.com. >>> the nationals
. >>> it is time to say good morning to kristin fisher. she's in the web center. >>> good morning. the top stories on the web right now. these are the oropies pele are looking s at most. conu ere mbon erone is the st t y the jan sockl aejackson deh l investigation. no surprise there. you heard eaanl tdryoelu abou e e y a few minutes ago. of coroner said hehe died fro of> >>e in swu. fld swine flu. cnn says cnine swflu coswd caus 90,000 deaths in the u.s. and 50% u...