i don't think that we have been doing our jobs by letting it linder and proceed through so many different types of hearings. at the same time, i don't think that we should let it proceed on the basis of all of the technical and legal arguments that have been made by both sides. it comes to a point where some of us, it is no longer a purely technical or legal question. we accept the potential problems that might occur here or might not occur here. the potential benefits that may or may not occur here. i'm of the opinion that this particular body has a significant amount of history, a lot of legal challenges that have applied to the decision making by this body. i think in most instances, this is based upon a fairly broad discretion that can be applied to our decision making. on that basis, i am prepared to look at what i think our community standards, community needs, and therefore i will vote to revoke the permit. >> i agree with the commissioner that we do have broad powers. we are meant to look at what is in the best interest of the community. we heard in this hearing from neighbors, fr

. >> let's begin with the beltway and ashley linder. how are we looking? >> good afternoon. the early-morning rains proved to be a good thing for afternoon driver was because we didn't have road construction crews. all lanes were open. especially headed to 270 we're starting off with a cleaner slate than we typically would that the hour. you can see headlights coming toward us and that will be the inner loop leaving virginia, no problems. on the approach to river road, wide open. this is something we haven't seen for a little while. you see the far left of the screen and that's to continue up 270 and if you're continuing around the beltway, this is what you have past georgetown and you do hit the brakes on the approach to silver spring and here's the pace west of connecticut and right at it, you are on the brakes and fortunately, no accidents to report and see that one disabled over on the left shoulder and that's about it. pat, back to you. >> thanks a lot, ash. >>> honey bees are taking over a school in northwest washington. today students and staff at walker jones element

. >> ashley linder is behind the wheel on this monday for us. how bad is it and just where, ash? is really bad. 66 west completely blocked prior to 7100, but all drivers are being rerouted to route 50. they're taking drivers the opposite way along 66 east to get past this. you cannot get on 2066 at 50. those ramps are shut down beyond that 7100 or further west is fine, but 66 west completely blocked and police say it could be the rest of the afternoon. so plan your trip accordingly. big delays. back to you all. >> thank you, ashley. >>> the manslaughter trial for michael jackson's doctor won't happen as soon as expected. opening statements were scheduled for next week, but today a judge delayed dr. conrad murray's trial until sent september and it gives the defense team more time to prepare documents from prosecution experts. murray is accused of giving jackson a lethal dose of the anesthetic prop pol in 2009. >>> april showers bring may flowers. it is now may so its time to really hit the garden and put the grooem green thumb to work. of course, allergies can make miss reef your

. >> let's get the latest from ashley linder. >> we had an accident on the inner loop around river road. they clearedt pretty quickly. not quickly enough because it did have time to stack up delays. as you can see here, it's wide open. unfortunately, i don't give you much to look at there but that's where the accident was. these are the delays we've got. not too bad coming out of virginia. you've got a little bit of company. those are the headlights headed towards us. bigger delays prior to this though. we had an accident at little river. that was cleared on the inner loop. heavy from braddock to little river and through tysons we're stacked up. top side of the beltway is going to be heavy already as we pass old georgetown inner loop. no stranger to the delays there. heavy for connecticut avenue into college park. the pace starts to look a little better. as you can see by university, rolling at a nicer clip but still in delays toward 95 and college park. >> ashley, thanks. >>> one of the nation's top education honors has gone to someone from our area. today, president obama presented mi

go talk to the people -- talk to former represent tiff john linder.f he had been given an opportunity to refute it, he would have said exactly what i said. talk to leo lindhbeck, one of the gentleman who did the research on it. there are a lot of people who say -- look, if you do it according to the assumption in the legislation hr-25, you don't come up with that. they changed the assumption. >> chris: let's turn to foreign policy. you say president obama threw israel under the bus. your words. with his plan this week as a baseline israel to return to the 1967 borders. you say that cain doctrine, the cain doctrine is don't mess with israel. you mess with israel, you are messing messing with the u.s. >> yes. >> chris: question: what would president cain offer the palestinians to make peace? >> nothing. because i'm not convinced that the palestinians are really interested in peace. if the palestinians come to the table with israel, with a genuine offer that the two of them can sit down and negotiate the united states would, in fact, try to facilitate th

linder. he was the one who worked with us last year in putting this through and it's good to have that same thing going through. this is a rare bill, it's hallucinately -- actually a bipartisan bill. this bill reinstates the waiver authority to allow the states and tribes to implement and evaluate innovations, to improve outcomes for at-risk families and children. the legislation is cost-neutral and renews waiver authority over the next six years. 23 states and jurisdictions received waivers under the previous authority which began in 1997 and ended in 2006. although the authority for new waivers has expired, a handful of states and counties have continued demonstration projects including florida, ohio and los angeles county, california. the legislation also includes a new emphasis on the federal side of supporting waivers that identify and address domestic violence and related problems which lead to children being placed in foster care. it emphasizes early intervention and crisis interventio

we all know that fear and misperceptions linder on both sides of the specifics. i will be very open about that. some in our country see china's progress as a threat to the united states. some in china worry that america seeks to constrain chia's growth. we reject both of those views. we both have much more to gain from cooperation from conflict. the fact is that a thriving america is good for china, and thriving china is good for america. but to work together, we need to be able to understand each other's intentions and interests, and we must demystify long term plans and aspirations. that is why, for symbol, secretary defense robert gates and i have spoken often about the importance of developing more sustained and substantive military to military engagement that increases transparency and familiarity. so i am very pleased that for the first time senior military officials from both sides will participate in this dialogue. they will join civilian counterparts to discuss how we can reduce the dangerous risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. and in particula