len, help us out here. first off, how long was she a nurse, working, what, at a pain, neurology center, is that right? >> that's right. it was the pain and neurology center for dr. gerald weiss in norwalk, connecticut, on east avenue. and she was there for about two years before this whole thing started to unravel. >> two years? did anybody get injured because of her -- come on, she didn't even know what she was doing. >> yeah, it was something like that, mike. basically what happened was that there were a number of patients who said that the injections she was giving were very painful. supposedly when you use that needle, you're supposed to do it very slowly, and she was doing it very quickly. and someone eventually made a complaint in march of this year to the department of health here in connecticut, and that's sort of what got the ball rolling. >> when was she finally arrested then? go ahead, len. >> she was arrested in may on a different charge, actually, for forging a prescription. she was trying to g

. >> this doctor said the earliest lens replacement only gate vision for distance. >> the vision waslurred. there are new lenses that are allowing us to see up close also. >> the crystal lens will be used for her second cataract. it helps with near and intermediate division. >> the muscles in the eye focus this lends and allows it to operate like the lenses we were born with. >> this is the actual size of the crystal lens. a tiny thing that has made such a difference in her vision. >> i do not wear context or glasses. >> you are seeing. >> yes, i am. >> wbal tv 11 news. >> the doctor joins us with more information. good morning. she does not look old enough to get cataract surgery. >> many people have that much earlier than those before. we have a range from 4 to 108. >> aid is not a barrier for this surgery. who is a candid it? >> -- age is not a barrier for this surgery. who is a candidate? >> we can bring all of our focus right in here and see everything. >> it really saves people from reading glasses. >> most of the time they do not need them at all. they may need a small prescri

. >> this is when len came back beating north carolina. >> he shows pictures of her precious soon son he calls four years after len es's death grief would hit once more with the senseless shooting death of her son. senseless death of two sons and inflicting unbearable pain and grief. >> my lot should have been the local mental institution. i should have been out of my mind. i should be at the cemetery today what happened to my son, why me, why me. but there was a bigger plan and the bigger plan involved humanity, taking that message and messages of inspiration and hope to other people in difficult times. >> kelly: by finding home. she found comfort over tragedy through her faith. her painful experiences now compelling to invest in the lives of america's youth. she created the abundant life resources a more excellent way. through this program, she shares her story with people around the world speaking at events like this summer for success camp graduation, sponsored by d.c. metropolitan police. places teens side by side with cops that care in helping teens. >> when that opportunity com

what len did is referred to as retiring a pool. >> this is the middle of my pool, what used to be my pool. >> reporter: covering it with a composite material decking. >> this is strong, very strong. you could park a truck on this. >> reporter: it cost him about $6,000 to do this. >> just pick it up and lay it on there. watch this. >> reporter: there's the pool. >> what's left of it. >> reporter: but len's move isn't permanent. the space underneath could be used as storage and it's all reversible. >> for the next buyer who wants to buy this house, if he insists he needs a pool, i'll be prepared to take this out, replaster it for him and bring it back to the pool even with the economy dropping our business is is increasing. >> reporter: his company is doing this to pools across the valley for homeowners who no longer use their pools. >> we have a structural engineer licensed by the state has has designed all our components we use. >> reporter: and by design, rainwater does go into the pool but an automatic pump removes it. >> we use the existing lines through the skimmer -- >> reporter

here to talk about it lenhart along with len bloom. i want to kick things off with you.this is a business you used to be in. are there risks out there? we know there are. but are the rewards outweighing them? >> in general, this is probably a good business for citigroup. there are fewer competitors. four years ago there were 119 companies making mortgage loans, now there are only 30. they'll probably get decent rates and terms, and of course it provides more capital for home buyers. the caution that should also be looked at with mortgage lending, warehouse lending, is warehouse -- and i'm not saying in this particular case, this is the case. but warehouses in general. banks use warehouses as a way to get customers to issue security through the banks. they lend money to the customer and then the way the bank gets paid off they get the loan paid off is when the customer issues securities, which puts the bank in a horrible conflict of interest position because the bank is selling a security to pay itself back. so there's lots of inherent conflicts and lots of thoughts about

that's not a star filter, that camera on that tower is a standard straight lens. that's a naturally occurring sight. look at that. that's just a perfect star filter. wow. check it out. all right. let's look at the day part. clear sky, it is clear through the day. 84 84 at lunch, 86 to 89. if you are going to school. >> good morning. nothing too major r watch for construction, if you are traveling in on bell air, that's going to be in the southbound lanes between slater avenue and you are looking at traffic being alternateed in the northbound lanes, down wires nearby blocking all lane of bell air in both directions between mount vista, take hartford there. we have repair going on, saratogs closed. pennsylvania avenue your alternate there. we are looking at delay free roads. there's a look at the drive times as well as t 595 all -- there's a live look at the west side, no issues there, get a little busier there, but again still no delay, 95 still running smoothly. this traffic report brought to you by toy i can't at that, 16 different fuel efficient models. toyota m

a gunman shot into the crowd and killing two and wounding len.lice in jerusalem arrested a man suspected of making threats over the internet to attack the rally. it went on unsuccessfully without the attack. he is an ultrareligious soldier serving in the israeli army. he is not a suspect in the murders. rina ninan in jerusalem. >> and millions of do it every day. filling up the tank and grabbing a gallon of milk. this is a crazed man attempting to kidnap a woman in knife point and then a guardian angel coming to the rescue, but who is this hero in action. you will find out. dogs are blamed for eating homework. that was my favorite. but the cat blamed for his crime. you will not believe what he is blaming the poor kitty for next. if you're taking 8 extra-strength tylenol... a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. [ door closes ] [ footsteps ] [ ma

. >>> and police are searching for ouan ce inorprge len ige's prince georinhe .t64hein 6400 blo ofadro ro peas w . one person was kill, ranothe is in critical condition. megan mcgrath reports. >> reporter: police gather evidence. the stairwell, a crime scene. following a deadly early morning shooting. according to police, an argument broke out just before 1:00 a.m. shots were fired and four people were struck by the flying bullets. one man was killed. another critically injured. two women suffered nonlife threatening injuries. >> i think it's pretty bad. normally this is a good complex. but to come home to see this going on is kind of shocking. >> i've been here about eight years and this is the first time that someone that i know of in this area that's been shot. but it's everywhere. where can you go? you can't hide. it's always here. >> reporter: police cordoned off the parking will the lot as thed if witnesses. no word on what the argument was about. police say the shooting is an isolated incident. they say the gunman is an acquaintance of the victim. he was seen running from the sc

police chief kathy len near said there was no evidence of a robbery but this can be a tough corner. >> it's open 24 hours a day. it's a place where people congregate. the district commander can talk about the area but there has been calls for disorder list and things but that is consistent with most 24-hour establishments. >>> i talked to a number of business owners and none of them would go on camera. they did say that the co-owner of the business, the one killed, was scene about 5:30 this morning arguing with someone outside. they say the men that run the business do not put up with troublemakers. people that have been barred from the business, pictures have en put on the front window of the business. they call the police regularly to make arrests. this business was put up for sale about a month ago. paul wagner, fox 5 ews. >>> right now a developing story on metro. a cracked rail on the red line is causing delays. the trouble spot outside the bethesda bethesda station. wise come martin is live at the friendship high station. what is the latest? >> reporter: they are in the process

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they had been in that area before, one who lived next to labianca was a friend of the family. >> lenthe head of -- leno labianca was the head of a supermarket chain and he and his wife, rosemary had returned from a weekend of boating when manson slipped into their home. >> he convinced leno that if he cooperated no harm would come to him. he tied his hands behind his back with his leather thong is -- thongs and sent his killers in there. >> he was joined by leslie van houghton from california. >> leslie van houghton had been the homecoming queen in her hometown. but she fell in with a young man who turned her on to drugs. and he brought her to spahn ranch. greta: the three slaughtered the couple. leno labianca was stabbed 12 times with a niche and 14 times with a carving fork. the fork was left protruding from his abdomen and the knife was jabbed into his throat. the word "war" had been carved into his stomach. rosemary labianca was stabbed 41 times. death to pigs, rise, and a misspelled "helter skelter" had been screbled on the walls and refrigerator in the victims' blood. >> the to

one theory is that the plane hit what's called clear air tour buoy lens. that happens at high altitudes with clear skies. shep, it's very difficult to detect. shepard: this flight took off from the same airport that the air france plane crashed into back in june. in the atlantic, i should say, killing all 228 on board. any connection beyond that. >> definitely worth noting rio was the departure city for both departures. too early to draw any conclusions. temperature belens is being considered. both flights over large bodies of water when they ran into trouble. aviation official tells me today it is more difficult to detect turbulence over water because the pilots and crew does not have the benefit of land based radar systems, shep. shepard: this kind of thing is rare but definitely not unheard of. >> that's correct. according to new data from the faye today. the number of turbulence related accidents in the u.s. stood at 3 a over the last five years with nearly 60 injuries. that is a significant drop over the previous five years which saw 6 accidents and 2

len bias, college basketball superstar for university of maryland appeared destined for greatness.ear was 1986. bias on june 19 had reason to celebrate after being drafted to his dream team. >> the boston ce celtics select len bias, university of maryland. >> but two days later, joy quickly turned to sorrow. bias died from cocaine abuse. stunning the sports world, his friends, family and his mother laniss bias. >> one of the most difficult cups to drink from is the death of a child. the natural order is reversed where the child should be burying the parent, the parent is boor are you iing the child. >> this is when len came back from beating north carolina. >> as she shows me picture of her precious son she recalls four years after len's death grief would pierce her soul once more with with a senseless drive-by shooting death of her son jay. the scourge of drugs and violence claiming two of her sons and inflicting unbearable pain and grief. >> my lot should have been the local mental institution. it should be out of my mind and at the cemetery today crying what happened to my son,

they had been in that area before, one who lived next to labianca was a friend of the family. >> lenianca was the head of -- leno labianca was the head of a supermarket chain and he and his wife, rosemary had returned from a weekend of boating when manson slipped into their home. >> he convinced leno that if he cooperated no harm would come to him. he tied his hands behind his back with his leather thong is -- thongs and sent his killers in there. >> he was joined by leslie van houghton from california. >> leslie van houghton had been the homecoming queen in her hometown. but she fell in with a young man who turned her on to drugs. and he brought her to spahn ranch. greta: the three slaughtered the couple. leno labianca was stabbed 12 times with a niche and 14 times with a carving fork. the fork was left protruding from his abdomen and the knife was jabbed into his throat. the word "war" had been carved into his stomach. rosemary labianca was stabbed 41 times. death to pigs, rise, and a misspelled "helter skelter" had been screbled on the walls and refrigerator in the victims' blood.

they had been in that area before, one who lived next to labianca was a friend of the family. >> lenabianca was the head of -- leno labianca was the head of a supermarket chain and he and his wife, rosemary had returned from a weekend of boating when manson slipped into their home. >> he convinced leno that if he cooperated no harm would come to him. he tied his hands behind his back with his leather thong is -- thongs and sent his killers in there. >> he was joined by leslie van houghton from california. >> leslie van houghton had been the homecoming queen in her hometown. but she fell in with a young man who turned her on to drugs. and he brought her to spahn ranch. greta: the three slaughtered the couple. leno labianca was stabbed 12 times with a niche and 14 times with a carving fork. the fork was left protruding from his abdomen and the knife was jabbed into his throat. the word "war" had been carved into his stomach. rosemary labianca was stabbed 41 times. death to pigs, rise, and a misspelled "helter skelter" had been screbled on the walls and refrigerator in the victims' bloo

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i interviewed the lead star and he said they tried out james cameron's new lens to shoot this movie intwo camera into one lens. >> and all of your interviews, we've put them on our web site. >> i interviewed the director of halloween 2 and the tractor of play the game and the jumpies on 106.7 the fan will be interviewing rob zombie this morning. >>> the university of maryland conducting clinical trials of swine flu vaccine on children. this particular vaccine is called a killed virus. researchs are say it will not make children sick. they are still looking for children three years old an younger for vaccine tryouts. go to myfoxdc.com for more information. >>> how would you like to put this on your resume, master of the chain saw. you can see one in action this weekend at the maryland state fair. holly has a prerow coming up next hour. >>> as we go to break, congratulation to the fox 5 high school game of the week. the first one for the year. it is bishop o'connell versus woodrow wilson. that means we'll be live on the field tonight on fox 5 news at 5:00. shh. shh! [ chattering ] delici

con coul lens -- condolence calls are flooding into his washington office. >> reporter: two vans left the compound before dawn this morning. there is no word yet on funeral arrangements. kennedy represented the people of massachusetts for 40 years. >> i feel that a great dynasty has basically come to an end, and that he was really a great man. >> for me, this is a season of hope. >> reporter: one year ago at the democratic national convention kennedy spoke of his own illness and the fight for health care reform. the issue the nation is now focused on. >> the ghost an spirit of ted kennedy is going to be with that health care debate. >> reporter: ted kennedy was 77. his meme what is due -- memoir is due out this fall. cbs news. >> thank you very much. our complete coverage continues now. we have reaction this noon from local lawmakers. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, don, and good afternoon, everyone. many local lawmakers say it was senator kennedy who paveed the way for them to pursue a career in politics who now inspires them in their work day after day indefinitely. >>

. >> so now, gibbny has focused his documentary lens on healthcare.bad guy in this film, in your notion of the healthcare system? [ laughter ] >> is there a bad guy? i mean, i think in a way the bad guy is all of us in the sense that we have allowed this to just morph into something that's become kind of like a frankenstein monster. >> dying is not no big deal for me, but people have to go through a lot to get there. >> what makes money driven medicine compelling is how the film listens to patients and even more to doctors. >> take some nice, deep breaths. >> i do a lot of shoulder injections because and i get paid far more for that than talking about diabetes and hyper ten. >> so they were saying it's broken. we've got to fix it. well, when you -- you know, who are you going to listen to but falydocto the thing i miss most is sitting in a room and talking to patient for an hour. you know, 15 minutes is a long time these days. basically, you get on the assembly line. >> that assembly line is give -- is driven is by a profit not by making sure they're

. >> rose: and mel len mirren. >> it was shakespeare that took me into the world of the imagination in terms of drama. and i was just so cometely blown away by the fst shakespearean production i saw. >> rose: grand ladies: dolly pardon, meryl streep and mel len mirren next. captioning sponsored by rose comnications from o sdios inew york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the great dolly parton is here. to millions of fans, she was one of the most iconic and enduring performing artists in america. born on a farm in severe county, tennessee, she was the fourth of 1 children. she startededed performing in te age of ten and says "making music is all i have ever known." her classics include, "jolene" "coat of many colors" "here you come again" and "will always love you." she has received 25 number one billboard hits, seven grammy awards, ten country music association awards and a kennedy center honor. here is a listen some of her work. ♪ now if you see that other bld, there'somhing you might tell her ♪ she need not waste her time away trying tosteel m old yeller away to the westonlysaili

. >> quince lens dentally we are going to turn up the heat in to the weekend.etch of dry weather including today. around 90 degrees both days on saturday and sunday. the rest of the afternoon partly sunny skies, warm and humid, nothing unusual for this time of the year. the highs in in the mid-80s. overnight, partly cloudy skies. a little fog will develop after midnight. kind of like what happened last night. low temperatures a little bit either side of 70 degrees. right now 81. atop the hour at national airport, an east northeast wind bringing in the humidity. the dew point is 66. producing relative humidity of 60%. not oppressive but you will feel it when you go outside. 78 winchester. 83 hagerstown. one of the warmer spots 79 at bwi. everyone will settle to the mid- 80s this afternoon. right now a little cloud cover out there. these are fair weather cumulous clouds. i don't see any precipitation chances but i condition rule out the chance of an isolated storm, especially on the eastern shore and to the south. a stalled front 0 off the coast and you can see t

. >> the world looks a little bit different through your lens than it does through anyone else's, and this is a way to show them. >> and with that, a whole new group of tweeters is born. wendy rieger, news 4. >> and you know what, news 4 is also on twitter. check us out. we've got more than 2,000 followers so far. also, much more ahead on "news4 this week," including the summer checklist you'll need if your kids are going to camp. and an update on the lite girl who stole everyone's hearts with her charm and >>> there he is. that's wynton marsalis, one of several jazz talents invited to the white house. he shared his music with students across the country. this was hosted by first lady michelle obama. she said it's only natural to start with jazz, america's indigenous art form. >> indeed, jazz is considered by many to be america's greatest artistic gift to the world. the understanding and appreciation of jazz is integral to understanding and appreciating american history and culture. >> country and classical music will also be featured in future sessions of the white house music series

a poll by kodak lens vision center found men spend an avrage of 43 minutes a day staring at women.adies, we spend just 20 minutes a day checking out the guys. mothers men -- most men like to stair at women in supermarkets, bars and nightclubs. >>> number three good news for families with children who have autism. the advocacy group autism speaks has launched a nationwide campaign calling on congress to get insurance covers to governor autism therapies. -- to cover autism therapies. >>> maryland's governor wants you to log on to the website and state ideas on ways you think the state can save money. maryland is facing a $700 million budget shortfall. >>> number one tonight d.c. and maryland may have canceled their tax free shopping holidays but virginia didn't. from friday through sunday you can buy certain school supplies under 20 bucks and clothing and shoes under $100 all tax free. you can check out all of tonight's top five on myfoxdc.com. just click on web links. >> thank you. >>> did you see it? a baseball brawl on the field injuring someone in the stands. a minor league pitch

the man behind the lens is rankin who has decided to feature regular citizens alongside some of his more celebrated subjects. bbc's anna holigan has been in studio with him. >> a portrait of britain. shot by rankin, one of the country's most celebrated photographers. >> i wanted to have a recording of what i was like. it's amazing to be photographed by rankin. >> certainly a lot nicer image than any i have had taken of me before. >> he is still with him. >> it's much easier than i expected it to be. usually shy in front of the camera. >> that's good, yeah. >> i like democratizing everybody at one level so you could put a famous person next to it and a not so famous person and there would be a democracy to that. >> the subject of today's shoots are being displayed alongside some of the most famous faces in the world. so where did the concept come from? >> in the camps, where people have been displayed from the fighting there. and we have gone across and we have taken it across to people. we put them against the white background. i wanted to make them the subject of the photographs, not th

>>ot as much as otherpeople thin this time last week, i would have been surpsed to len that hen waxman, the chairman of the energy committee in t house, and a blue dog democrats would come gether on a plan. the stuff that is happening over there and the fact tha you have the republicans in the senate still at the table suggests that this thing is comi together. what you are getting, slowly by slowly, r buy-i from y elements ihe congress. think it will be in a different in la fallhen they produce the final product. >> chles? >> i tnk the wheels are coming off, and it not from advertisements from repubcans, not fr the blu dogs, not from the insurance companies, isrom the congressional budget office, nonpartisan. they came at three tes with findgs that are just devastating. th sticker. --he sticker pce is$1.60 trillion, then 10 da ago, they saidbama's miracle cure, a committee of exper to make cuts to medicare,s not going to do a damn thingand thirdly, it said in a lter last sunday thn the out years, the deficit wl produce will be even larr. numbers like that -- youannot have alan that wi

are getting byon very lo interesrates because othecountries, the hinese in particar, are willing to len us endss amounts of money. as long as it goes on, were ne and people shouldn't worry about it. the problem is it's t going to go on forever. and if we are t prepared and we han't done things to rece our reliance onforeign borrowinand at some point they decide they have lent enough money it ll be a wrenching adstment. i assume these foreign countrielend us monday beuse it's -- led us money because 's something in for them. why do theyhink so? >> because there are not ery ma alternatives. ifhe world economy looks like it's really goingo be a basket case, people would raer have money in dollars an absolutely anythin else. but as the economies of the rest of e world begin to recovery, eveually people are going to say we'e lent enough money tohe u.s. soit's one of those ings ere you can't quite say wt is going to be the precipating event but it seems unwis for us to cntinue toely on thechinese a otrs lending us even more money each yar forever >> how was en benanke's reapintment received o

t len cayofindmorere rdaf abfo esacceplon you get there. prepare some meals for yourself.that'll save a lot of money too. we have more tips on our website on wusa9.com. click on living smart. the house voted last week to give that initiative another $2 billion after the initial $1 billion fund that came close to just plain old running out. >> now, we were told that this program, theyed would last for several months as they turned out, running a lot of money in a week. now, we take another, well, $2 billion, they could take that program through september. and that it is a good thing. >> a good month that you'll do, well, $250 cars or so. that is 3 cars in a week. they are looking at what could be, this is 100 cars, easy this month. >> well, nearly a quarter million cars, sold in the first week of the cash for clunkers program. >> and regardless of the future, the program, they are seeing it. that is at least so far. and they have a program to help boost sales, 1.6% last month. compared to july, the year before. chrysler, they say that the program, they did not quite get int

. >> assume these feign countries nd us monday becae it's-- len us money because it something n for them. why do they tink so? >> because thee are not very manylternatives. if the world economy looks le it's really gng to be a basket ase, people would rather have money in dolla th absolutely anything else. but as the ecoomies of the rest of thworld begin to recovery, eventlly people are ing to say we'vlent enough money to t u.s. so t's one of those things whe you can't quite say wha is going to be the precipitating ent but it seems unwise or us to continu to rely o the cinese and others lending us eve more money eachyear foreer. >> how w ben bernanke's appointment received on the hill? i w chris dodd put ut a statement ere he said this is probably the right cice. which doen't sound like h was holding him tight >> ben bernanke eems to be ry popular on wall seet right ow. the wall streecrowd really wanted him reapointed. the senate ismore ambilent ansome members of the house are downrit hostile. i think that refles the high-profile that rnanke and the fehave taken in this rescue a become a

.& >> now, what was it last weekend secretary gates and admiral null len the joint chiefs flew out to meet with general mccrystal. >> right. >> that suggest there is may be some sort of, we may be in some sort of crisis mode this is a secret trip that wasn't announced until after they completed it. would you say that things in afghanistan at this point are they crisis level? >> well, we are coming up to a& very important election. we have, i think -- no. i don't think -- i don't think we are at a crisis level in terms of -- or that there is going to be any movement on the ground by the taliban that is going to over throw the government. we are going to have, i think, a good election, the signs are that it is going to be -- the instruments of security are being well thought out. i think with the success that we had on the pakistan side of the border, which we can talk about if you like, and the growing troop strength by the u.s., and some of our allies on the afghan side, i think the security aspect of things is going to get better. there is going to be a little bit more fighting, unfo

[applause] >> thank you so much, gail and len. we're going to take questions now from the audience. we have some roving microphones. we ask you to wait until a microphone comes to you before you ask your question. and if you would identify yourself by name and affiliation as well, that would be helpful. while we wait to see if there is a question from the audience, i'm just going to start with one -- from the moderator's prerogative here. len, what i understood you to be saying is that the biggest single change that we have undertaken in our society is that we now pool our dollars through the government to pay for care for people who used to not get it at all. chiefly the elderly and the poor. and so what we're talking about now is -- ised a -- adding more to the pool. more of the poor who we have not covered today, as gail said and this is a stubbornly resistant problem. if you had to characterize that, are we talking about a huge change? or are we talking about a change at the player gin? >> well, it depends on how you define margin, but i would say this, the reason i put the numb

with a good year, favre could beat the numbers of warren moon, len dawson and sonny jurgenson did inir golden age. >> no t.o. this weekend -- the bills prize acquisition with an injured toe injured in the hall of fame game. dick jauron says owens will be back on the field next week. he's missed five of six practices and a preseason game. >> nascar champion jimmie johnson and his number 48 car were at the white house. joining j.j. were other sprint cup drivers and past champions. president obama said "fortunately we got jimmy to agree not to do any burnouts and tear up our backyard." obama joined our "nascar now" crew. >> you're excellent, mr. president, at filling out your college basketball bracket. you picked the tar heels to win the championship. >> i did, i'm sorry. >> what about the chase championship? did you fill out that bracket? >> first of all, it's a little early. we've got to see more information before we make a final determination but when you have champions like jimmie johnson, jeff gordon, tony stewart, just a lot of folks who are capable of winning at any given time,

ce he figures t that this is likehat again, heooks at the whole world through that lens. some people think he's overreacting or jst sticking to the paradigm heknows, but it becomes clear tat it is the right paradigm it is the right metaphor, and becau he saw how serious it was when financial institutions collsed during e depression,he collapse of lehman was qui painful to him. >> brown: it's also interesting that u wrote about the fact that he didn'tcatch on rig away, rig? he wasart of the fed -- alan greenspan's f, in spite of all this perience, ben bernanke soun like was slow to catch on, slow to undetand the magnitude of e potential prlem. >> i think at's right. i think bot ben bernanke at the fed and hank ulson at the treasury ud the word "conin" a lotn 2007, by which they meant they thoughtg was a prblem but they thought the damage woulde conined to housing and someow other parts the economy wouo well, after all oilrices were rising suggesting there was mand for oil so therwas growth somewhe and they didn't understa how much the house-price problem had infected the e

kathy len near says her challenge was so popular she is about to begin a phase 2 combing all the weight that took part totaled up to over 1200 pounds. sherman was the individual winner. the winner of the team competition, a play on words. >> once we lose ll the weight amongst our team members, folks will come up and say who is that. >> reporter: perhaps you will agree. here is a picture before the competition began. >> i lost 13 pounds. >> betty williams, i lowest 13 pounds. >> george boulder. i lost25.4 pounds. >> matt brumlin, 24 pounds. >> combined the team lost 78 pounds. they all swear it's staying off. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> hear the music in the background as he ran up the stairs there now to another story, hotel packed. guest information is at risk. we are all over this nationwide consumer alert. plus, dealers are feed up. no sign of promised money in the cash for clunkers program and some of them are pulling out. >> h0c >>> some of the nation's car dealers are pulling out of the cash for clunkers program. dealers say it's taking too long to get

based on ash len specter, the folks didn't just read the bill, they are now quoting. it is coming from the twitter crowd. suspicious of the huge rush they are not motivated by racism. their concerns were raised at the dinner table as opposed to on twitter. i only bring up twitter because today i came across a column by megan mccain where she brags that while may shell has the number one book in the country she has twice as many twitter followers than she does. the fact is the phone book has everything i need to know for survival but i don't take it to the beach to reid. read. it inspires no one, it is just a tool, much like twitter and megan. that was a funny but honest spectacle generated by a generation who need not tweet for they realize that followers will not pay their bills and sadly for megs, they probably don't buy books either. >> tucker, you know, president obama was out there talking about healthcare and he told people to ignore the scare tactics. do you think that t. is scare tactics causing the people to go to town halls and it is all a lot of ex-age rati

nothing but clear skies there and maybe a little spider on the lens.uy. >> he looks mammoth. >> that's a good-looking spider. >> can you identify that, mr. meteorologist? >> he looks poisonous. let's get him out of the way. 87 the high for chicago and point out a couple things that happened yesterday. this is definitely, this is what we call a spider, spider drowner in savannah. torrential downpours yesterday. this one, obviously, stranded a couple motorists. they actually had to get out of there by being rescued. i want to show you this satellite picture. we had to go out pretty far here. here's the atlantic ocean and this guy right here coming off the cape verde islands there near africa. national hurricane center thinking it will develop into something, if so, the first tropical storm of the season. we haven't had one named storm yet. this is easily the latest hurricane season start in the last decade and it has been rather quiet and i should mention this that the colorado state has just put out a press release. they have lowered their forecast for

we'll take a break for 15 minutes and come back and turn the lens you. heard the secretary to talking about doing what works and after the break we'll take a look at what is working on international level and comparing our results to theirs and then we're also going to take a zooming lens in terms of what's happening across america. all right. 15 minutes. thank you. >> up next it's q & a with the former aid to robert kennedy. and then your calls and comments on "washington journal". the ran corporation releases results on a study of rising healthcare costs on united states industries. see that live today at 1:00 profit margins eastern on c-span. live cove rubble of a town hall meeting with virginia congressman gene morn and doctor and former vermont governor. at 7 profit margins eastern on tuesday on c-span. >> as debate over healthcare continues the healthcare hub for c-span is a resource. go on-line and follow the latest tweets and video adds. watch town hall meetings and share your thoughts with your own citizen video including video from any town hal

stop looking at it through the partisan lens. both parties are screwing you.hen are you going to get that? they are using me. they're using you. they're using all of us. ignore the r or d next to their name and start supporting or opposing politicians in a different way. look at what they believe. look at not what they say they believe, but what they actually do. you know, a little thing i learned, a great man taught me, what was it -- judge a man by the content of his character. here is something i want you to send to every politician. i want you to sen to every politician, and demand an answer, and they are either in or out, ok? i made it big because i think they have a hard time reading things. ok. so make it really big. one, i believe in a balanced budget and therefore will vote for a freeze in government spending until that goal is realized. i know, that's crazy. i believe government should not increase the financial burden on its citizenry during difficult economic times, therefore, i will oppose all tax increases until our economy has rebounded. three,

it was an airline passenger's wot nightmare, jolted awake on an everfight flight after rough turn lens the jet. this morning, passengers recall the terrifying moments in the cabin. >>> we'll check the traffic and an up oy when fox 5 morning news continues.  dad, could you help me build a sand castle? sure, pal. let's just find a good spot. [ dramatic music plays ] a big day at the beach with the legdary taste of dunkin' donuts coffee on ice. this looks like a good spot. you kin' do it. america runs on dunkin'. treat yourself today with an authentic caramel swirl iced latte. is. >>> more on the breaking news overseas. we have learned the pilot was killed and ten passengers injured when a passenger jet skidded off the runway just a short time ago and hit a control tower as it landed on the thailand resort island. the captain of the bank bangkok airways aircraft died in that crash. we are told the ten injured were snot seriously hurt. most were tourists an all passengers we evacuated from the plane. there were 68 passengers on board the plan and it was raining at the time

hosting the mar lens again, zimmerman is up and slams his 22 under homer of the year. his six knot the last 12 days. one pitch later, adam dunn hits his 29th of the year making it 2-0 nats. there would be no stopping the nats ' bats. they go on to win this one 5-4. >>> montgomery county unveils a plan to try to keep pedestrians out of harm's way. >>> and a new group of metro transit officers will focus on entirely antiterrorism. here's angie. >>> we are live from washington boulevard near the pentagon. traffic is not an issue here. roads are wet, though. please be careful. we will have more shots that matter to you early when we return. >> not just the roads but the weather terrace is wet. light rain falling here in northwt. at li r loppleve9000 and pp th ll letyou know when i thin l the rain will be out of here remorain to go isthni morre. mback with 9 news now in just moment. >>> welcome back to 9 news now. it is 6:29. >>> zoos are expected to have fences that keep animals in but a south carolina zoo is putting up a fence to keep people out. it seems party animals fr

indicators provide a valuable wide angle lens to the economy, but not a tight focus on the individual's bouncing through these tough times. we want to hear from you. so tonight we ask, are you still feeling the effects of the recession or are things looking brighter for you and your family we us what you think -- tell us what you think clicking on the abcnews.com page or the "nightline" twitter page. and speaking of twitter, we officially have our 1 millionth follower. remember, you can join the conversation any time at the twitter page. tomorrow on "nightline," we look at the epidemic of obesity in america and we'll take you inside a special camp for overweight families as they battle to get healthier. that's our report for tonight. "jimmy kimmel live" is up next. from all of us at abc news, good night, america. >>> tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" -- >> first baseman for the brewers -- [ bleep ]. >> teri hatcher. >> like "the bachelorette." you know when you walk out. >> so no one gets rejected here on the show. >> that's why i keep coming. [ laughter ] and how about those glasses? >> t

. >> we could see it on the lens there, jessica. go grab an umbrella. jessica, thank you. and first warning weather will continue tracking the storm. we'll have another update coming up in a little bit. >>> another fight in a pennsylvania courtroom caught on tape. and it involves the father of a woman accused of faking her own abduction. william center, take a look here, attacked by several news crews after his daughter entered a plea of guilty. check this out here. she is convicted of calling police to say that she was kidnapped near philadelphia. but she was actually taking her daughters on a trip to disneyworld. >>> a bizarre scene in atlanta, where a naked man jumps on a moving school bus that was filled with students. the suspect then jumped through the driver's side window of the bus to try to take it over. the driver fought him off. but then the bus crashed into a ditch. two children suffered minor injuries. police have taken the suspect into custody. they believe he may have been high on drugs at the time. >>> stock market ends on a disappointing note today. [ stoc

be careful as you travel south out of rock shill toward the len divide. 66 close in.beltway, all lanes are open on 66 with no ad incidents to report. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> fox 5 is following a developing story now. the full-time staff at the capitol heights fire cut leaving volunteers to take over and no round the clock coverage. >> early this morning, put to the test already. flame broke out inside a nearby station. >> a fire struck caught on fire at the boulevard heights station and when firefighters called for backup, well, they had trouble getting the help they needed. sarah simmons live on this story this morning. >> reporter: it is amazing that when he hear a fire broke out at a fair stietion like it did here at the boulevard heights fire station here overnight but then on top of that, when you hear that they're having trouble getting help themselves to put out fire, it is kind of shocking. what happened was 2:00 a.m., there was a fire that broke out in one of the engines here at the fire station. they called for backup from the capit

stop looking at the president and anybody else in washington, right or left, through that lens. don't see the man that is you projected on him. see him as a man who happens to be our president or a senator or a congressman. how was he raised? what does he believe? more importantly, what do those around him believe? here is fox news contributor and syndicated columnist michelle malkin, who is going to help us out a little bit more on this book that i read two weeks ago. it is called "reclaiming revolution." it is terrifying, michelle, and it's not an ancient book. can you tell me a little bit about it? >> well, it's very creepy. what it is essentially is a self-published history of this group standing together to organize a revoluntionary movement, and it is a rhett prospective of what -- a retrospective of what this group did and how it splintered and essentially disbanded and yet grew its evolutionary cadre that is out there today over the '90's and into 2004. there are a lot of parallelled here -- a lot of parallels here between acorn and the seiu operate and this left wing op

[ cheers and applause ] >> that's -- i would never -- i think len goodman may have graduated from therethis morning on the "today" show there were brief technical difficulties which resulted in a little treat for those of us watching. watch here as nbc newsman david gregory prepares to go on air. >> tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of apollo 11 historic lunar landing. it was on july 20, 1969. >> he's making his hair look insane all the time. what he's doing is called wolfing your blitzer. who brushes your hair -- let's look at that again. how hard he -- like he's trying to fling the hair off his head. [ laughter ] that's when -- when you give a chimp hair brush that's the way they do it. also this morning on the "today" show meredith vieira asked the -- she scored an exclusive with the president. she asked the president about the mom jeans when he threw out the pitch at the all-star. i guess he was put in the position of having to defend his pants. >> you're married to one of the most fashionable women in the world. do you want to defend the pant? >> no. i hate to shop. those pants a