lisa baden, what is happening? >> 395 northbound at the d.c. end of the 14th street bridge, there's a crash. it's complicated. the district is on the scene. an ambulance is there. one lane is getting by. that is a reason for this delay. >> that does not look good. >>> 5:40 on this monday morning, 53 degrees. >> coming up, the president's memoir will have a due date. we will tell you when to pick up the bush book. >> if you want to take the wilson commute, add extra time to your commute. i'm kathy park. i will tel wow, is this... fiber one honey clusters? yes. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i was expecting... expecting sawdust and cardboard? i know. i can only taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey, and brown sugar. no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >> you are watching abc 7's good morning washington. with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteoro

now to lisa baden. >> on 236, the lil river turnpike at 495.ng from the beltway on to 236, there's no area to merge. the beltway's ok between braddock road and to 36. heading up to a 66, there's growing volume out of springfield into tyson. there is normal volume on the beltway in virginia. in frederick, md., 15 south north of wfrederik, at willow, as a vehicle on fire. in silver spring, the crash is gone. now back to the news desk. thank you. >>> at a north was d.c. middle school when students return to class this morning there will be grief counselors. this is the first day of classes at shaw middle school since principal brian betts was found shot to death at his home in silver spring. a makeshift memorial has been set up outside the school. >>> our top story is the deadly shooting of frostburg state university. the crime its close to home because of students are from the metro area. the violence stems from a fight at an off-campus party. brianne carter has more. >> the two students that were shot both played on the university basketball tea

first to lisa baden. happy holidump day. >> there was overnight construction on the beltway, but that has been cleared. i-95 traffic in springfield on the camera. headlights are northbound in the camera. no problems to report on 270. there was overnight construction that's gone. metrorail reporting the first trains out on normal service. >> thank you. >>> and overnight house fire heavily damaged a house that happened in the 8300 block of rammell drive. firefighters from prince george's and montgomery county if took a half-hour or battling the fire. one person was taken to a hospital with burns. two adults and four children displaced. the cause is under investigation. >> our top story this morning, more questions about the police beating in college park and if missing moments from a newly discovered surveillance day. the case has attracted national attention. there are fresh accusations of a cover-up. now to college park with the latest on the story. >> good morning. the campus surveillance video has reapp

by want to can't comment on one thing that lisa said. and this gets to the scaling idea we did a project in north carolina when we asked permission to put solar on the rooftop. we went out and we invested $50 million put solar on the rooftop. and at the end of the day, we were able to do it cheaper because our costs to capital was much lower that our customers. and during the middle of the worst capital meltdown in the history, the depression, we raised over $7 billion in about we did not force families to make of the choice. we have either $20,000 to send your kids to college or do you do solar on the rooftop? we paid them. we install it. we operate it. we dispatch it. as a consequence, we have the equivalent of 1300 home powered by solar. this is an example, and i can give you examples of the energy efficiency side, where we become a distributor of these

with doug mcelway, alison starling, brian van de graaff, and lisa baden. >> welcome back.bama and if dozens of world leaders are gathering in d.c. for nuclear security summit. if the leaders will discuss ways to safeguard nuclear materials and prevent nuclear weapons from being used in a terrorist attack. the summit is creating massive gridlock threw out parts of d.c. investigators are looking for a man who allegedly murdered his 3-year-old daughter and her mother in an alexandria apartment building. the bodies were found yesterday morning at an apartment complex on south reynolds street. police are searching for simon asfeha. authorities believe it was a case of domestic violence perhaps. >> people in west virginia remembering 25 - who died in the explosion last week -- 29 miners. high levels of toxic gas have prevented them from recovering many of the dead. tiger woods having his first tournament in months. phil mickelson is wearing the green jacket for the third time. it was an emotional victory for him as his wife and mother are battling breast cancer. >> 6:46. lawmake

not lisa baden. what's happening with traffic? >> i'm getting complaints of a big bundle of insulation that has fallen off of a truck on 270 southbound close to pay 85. nothing to move out of the leg on this camera. beltway travel, headlights are the outer loop. 95 around georgia ave. running smoothly. springfield, va., north and southbound. metrorail trains are out on time. in bow>> the gop's dole democraa major setback last night. republicans blocked efforts to begin debate on an overhaul in the financial regulations system. democrats need 60 votes, but they ended up three short. harry reid is expected to try to call a second vote today. all eyes on goldman sachs. the investment giant is facing accusations that it bet against the american people and turned a profit on the country's economic collapse. executives will go to the hill today where they're expected to deny investor fraud. rianne carter is live in the newsroom with more on this story. >> good morning. the hearing will get underway at 10:00 this morning on capitol hill.

we will check with lisa baden in a moment. first, brian van de graaff. >> if there is a dense fog advisory for a good portion of the. . that's until 9:00 a.m. and after that we will have a chance of an isolated shower or. we are nearly 50 degrees this morning. visibility is less a quarter mile in the foggy spots. today's forecast, a fall this morning. sunshine and clouds later. highs today near 72. let's take a look at traffic with lisa baden. >> we just heard about a crash if you're heading into chevrolet. it is southbound on the parkway near 202. several cars involved. dangerous fault of their-- fog. 95 between richmond and baltimore, no problems. 270, 66, the dallas green lake, and the dulles toll road, no problems. >> we begin with breaking news from prince george's county. two sheriff's deputies were involved in a shooting at a nightclub. details are scarce. it happened at brinkley rd. in temple hillel. and there's no word on the number of victims or what led to the shooting. we have a crew on the lake. >> a popular d.c.

. >> first of all, lisa, my great grandfather lived to be 104. my best years are in front of me. ok? so let's get over this young thing. [laughter] >> we're a unique position -- >> jim rogers. >> yeah, jim rogers with an old grandfather and i hope i have his d.n.a. we're in a unique position in the power industry to deploy the solutions to raise the capital, not raise the national debt, to do it at scale and to do it in china time. and let me put this in context. go back to 1910. i can barely remember it. but in 1910, we started down the road to provide universal access to electricity in america. and we did it. and the price of our electricity has been flat in real terms for 50 years. that scale. particularly in a world where 1.6 billion people have no access to electricity today and we did it for the prices are lower than other developed countries around the world. and it's allowed huge gains in the development of our country. when we started down that road in 1910, we couldn't envision what we would enable. for a hospital, x-rays, m.r.i.'s, laser surgery, just the ability to do

lisa, what else is going on?eral motors said he's investing almost $900 million in five north american atlantas. the facilities in michigan, new york, ohio, indiana, and ontario, canada, will be upgraded to make more fuel efficient vehicles keeping and creating about 1,600 jobs. just last week gm paid off the last of its $6 billion in loans from the u.s. and canadian governments. >>> and police have raided the home for an editor from the website gizmodo who recently published images from an iphone left in a silicon valley bar. gizmodo said law enforcement seized computers which a search warrant said may have been used to commit a felony. gizmodo paid $5,000 for the iphone and turned it back over to apple but not before revealing details of its makeup. >>> and a correction now about the funeral for the late civil rights pioneer dorothy height. it will be at the national cathedral in washington at 10:00 thursday morning, not tomorrow morning, as we initially reported. thanks to donna brazile for correcting us. pres

. >> we will talk with lisa baden in moment. let's begin with brian van de graaff. >> if temperatures are cooler this morning. we are starting off in the 40's. clients will be willing in -- clouds will be rolling in. 55-64 to decide temperatures. -- 55-60 for the high temperatures today. >> a crash on the allco luka near new hampshire -- it was a crash on the beltway near new hampshire that has been cleared up. we hope to have another quiet day in the district. if you have the option to telecommute or take a liberal leave, we are highly advising that so you don't experience gridlock in a major way. we don't want you to get lulled into a false sense of security because of yesterday. in virginia it looks good on 95. >> we did not see many major traffic tieups in the downtown authorities are still pressing forced ahead of the morning rush. the lock down around the convention center is in full effect still as police continue to investigate a deadly accident near one of the roadblocks. kathy park is live in northwest with the latest

let's go to lisa baden. >> not much from virginia state police. prince william and stafford county, you cannot see much because of the fog. police are not working anything on 95, 395, or 66. let's look at 270 southbound approaching 109. we had a crash before 109, but that's gone. delays are on 85 getting to 80. there was another crash and that's on the beltway. 50, route 1, rhode island avenue are good alternates instead of the baltimore washington parkway. >> thank you for that. >>> breaking news from temple hillel. two prince george's county sheriff's deputies were involved in an overnight shooting at a nightclub. kathy park is joining us by phone. what can you tell us? >> according to the prince george's county sheriff's department, we understand that a fight broke out in the parking lot right in front of club elite on brinkley road in temple hill. this happened around 1:00 in the morning. the three men were involved in the scuffle. two sheriff's deputies working part-time at the club were trying to break up the fight. one of the suspects tried

and the signals, lisa, how do we get these right? >> well, i think that we need to figure out -- one of the issues is that jim's company, duke, is doing all this amazing stuff. but any other utility who may not be doing all this amazing stuff, who may be keeping their grandfather all plans online or whatever they're doing, they get the same perch. so we actually need to put incentives in place so that we does incentivize the bad stuff, the environmental effects, and we incentivize the good stuff. and those things need to be in place over the long-term so, you know, utilities, oil companies, all of them are thinking in 10 or 20 years time horizons. . . there will be costs but there needs to be this vision of where we want to go. and a willingness to let the market take us there if we can get those incentives in the right place. we need a long-term policy that is hard for policymakers to do. the long best people we have in office for the longest are in for six years. they're still thinking in terms of short and midterm election cycles

lisa bloom joins me again. lisa, do you think it's effective? >> a bit.i salute bristol for using her celebrity to get an important message out there. but i don't think it goes far enough. to tell teens to pause isn't really giving them the information that they need. you know, bristol grew up in alaska. it's been criticized by planned parenthood for not having comprehensive sex ed. i wonder if she had gotten information about the morning-after pill. if they get it by prescription, it would have made a difference in her life. i wonder if she got information about birth control pills, the patch. i think more information is needed. >> to her defense, it could mean pause, go get a condom. it could mean pause, think about your life, pause, decide to wait until you're married. >> it could mean a lot of things, but that's the problem. as the mother of two teens generally telling my kids to pause doesn't have a big effect. teens are impulsive. they don't understand the consequences of their actions. and i think giving them vague information is generally not all

lisa stark is in washington this morning. good morning, lisa. >> reporter: good morning, george.public health experts. they'll tell you it's a good idea to reduce salt in your diet. now, "the washington post" is reporting that the fda wants to help all of us do that. according to "the post," the fda has a plan, over ten years, they would work to reduce salt consumpti consumption. this would be a ten-year plan. they want to work with the industry to do this. and perhaps, "the post" is saying, set legal limits for salt. here are the current salt guidelines. we're hearing from experts that the recommended daily intake is about one teaspoon a day. how do we do? americans don't do so well, in fact. they consume about 1 1/2-times that, as you can see. reducing salt, we're told by half a teaspoon a day, could prevent nearly 100,000 heart attacks. that's according to the medical experts. you can see how important it is. here's the problem. why can't americans do that? most of the salt we get is, in fact, from our processed food. 77% of the salt that we take in every day, is in the proces

lisa?y over the deaths of four unarmed afghans shot and killed in their car by nato forces. nato said two of the victims were known insurgents and that their car was approaching it a nato convoy despite warnings to stop. afghan president hamid karzai said all four victims were civilians, one a 12-year-old boy. >>> the crew of the shuttle "discovery" is home after 15 days and 6 million miles in space. the seven astronauts were due back yesterday, but weather postponed their return. "discovery" is nearing the end of its service. it has only one mission left. and there are only three total missions remaining before the entire shuttle program is retired. >>> and in wisconsin, a funeral was held today for the actor who played the munchkin corner in "wizard of oz"," meinhard raabe parlayed it in into a lifetime career, appearing at "oz" festivals for decades. he also worked as a spokesman for oscar mayer. he died at the age of 94. >>> and kal penn was robbed at gunpoint early this morning in down

lisa stark is at reagan international airport with more. lisa? >> reporter: good morning, bob. it appeared that once again someone intent on doing harm had made it through security. in fact, security right here at reagan international airport. and then on to to packed jetliner. the flight was united 663, en route from washington, d.c. to denver. on board, 160 passengers and crew. one of the passengers this man, identified as qatari diplomat, mohammed al modadi. government sources say flight attendants noticed smoke coming from the restroom. and notified air marshals on the flight. >> they said he was probably trying to smoke or something. >> reporter: the air marshals confronted him, demanding to know what he was doing. he identified himself as a diplomat from qatar. and responded, perhaps sarcastically, that he was trying to light his shoes on fire. a reference, instantly bringing to mind shoe bomber richard reed, and the underwear bomber from last christmas. >> in is dead seriousness. you make the wrong comment at the wrong time, and you're going to come off the airplane in c

we will check in with lisa baden in jusa moment, but we know it will be a nice afternoon. let's learn more about that. >> i was going to say we are on storm watch because it is able first -- april fool's. they're not paying attention. 1st.april 1it is temperatures in the mid to upper 70's. it gets even better tomorrow. some like it hot. >> and i am paying attention. it is able first we are all about business here. traffic is moving nicely. outer loop of the beltway, they did some overnight construction. the construction crews are gone but left se dust in the area. we will take you live to some cameras. 270 is moving nicely into montgomery camera. -- into montgomery county. >>> police say four people opened fire in a crowd and one is still on the loose. we're learning more about a possible motive. courtney robinson has the latest developments. she is live from police headquarters. good morning. >> police do have three men in custody -- two men and a boy. custody. they are still looking for a fourth suspect. a committee asks why, but looking for answers in to this senseless

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and the signals, lisa, how do we get these right? >> well, i think that we need to figure out -- one of the issues is that jim's company, duke, is doing all this amazing stuff. but any other utility who may not be doing all this amazing stuff, who may be keeping their grandfather all plans online or whatever they're doing, they get the same perch. so we actually need to put incentives in place so that we does incentivize the bad stuff, the environmental effects, and we incentivize the good stuff. and those things need to be in place over the long-term so, you know, utilities, oil companies, all of them are thinking in 10 or 20 years time horizons. . . >> we need long-term policies. that is really hard for policymakers to do. you know, the people who we have in office for the longest are in for six years. in fact, they are still thinking in terms of short midterm election cycles anyway. so we are kind of in a pickle with our political time being very different from energy time. energy time is 10-20 years minimum. >> one of the issues

bart lisa pastor of this small church in chester town and licensed foster parent. he is charged with continued sexual assault and sodomy against early teen boy originally put in his foster care. a boy, police say, he eventually adopted in 2008. while this may be the first sexual offense on his record he is no stranger to the system. quick look of his record you'll see a retraining order taken out against him. same charge from the same wife in 2005. it is in the court document where his ex-wife filed another domestic violence case against him in north carolina where she was staying in a batter women's shelter. his history points to a question. how was he licensed to become a foster parent in the state of maryland. state police say he did it through a private agency called arrow child and family ministries. they have a baltimore offers but referred us to the state department of human resources who regulates the foster and adoption programs. they refused on-camera interview saying they could not address the details of the case but said potential foster parents go thro

we will check with lisa baden in a moment. adam caskey, what is on tap? >> partly sunny. high-pressure. temperatures near 70 this afternoon. the storm system often are west will slowly move east. that will influence our weekend weather. its 47 in leesburg and stephen city. 49 in walkersville. partly sunny today with highs near 70. light rain showers off and on tomorrow. the same story on sunday. there will be unsettled weather pattern on the weekend until the first part of next week. >> i was a little nervous. there was a lot of construction overnight, particularly impacting the beltway at 66. i assure you all that has been removed from the roadway. all the exit ramps are open and we are moving nicely. let's jump to a couple of cameras. on 95 in virginia, headlights are northbound. that will take you across the american legion bridge. travel times in our favor. the the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road, 66, and 270 will give you the green light. >> we begin with the latest on the oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. authorities are looking to prevent a major envir

nbc investigative correspondent lisa myers has more on that from washington. >> reporter: hi, tamron. ceo of massey energy which owns the mine insists safety always comes first. but experts say the paper trail tells a different story. hundreds of citations for safety violations, some of them repeated and serious, which should have raised red flags. at the upper big branch mine, citations for safety violations spiked in the past couple of years, from 197 in 2008 to # 15 in 2009 and 124 already this year. experts say some of the violations are serious, even flagrant. it involved areas critical to preventing explosions, ventilation, excessive dust, and methane gas. the man that once over saw safety laws said the violations should have sounded alarms. >> the high levels of serious violations in the ventilation areas and concerns about methane, all of those should be giving you this kind of, whoa, we better take a look at this. >> still, even in the wake of this tragedy, massey energy's website boasts of its commitment to safety of the company's ceo don blankenship is defending the mine sa

. >> reporter: lisa adores her year-old miniature golden doodle, lucy. >> she is my baby. i got her for my birthday last year, so she's very special to me. >> reporter: as a puppy, lucy got into all sorts of things, shoes and socks, but when she it a gum, sugarless gum, it almost killed her. lisa found a bit of wrapper and realized lucy it a nearly a whole pack. >> googled, is gum bad for dogs? everything that popped up was toxic. >> reporter: it's designed with an ingredient that can cause a dog's tloifr fail and that's what happened to lucy. >> if i had not noticed that wrapper she would have most likely die. >> reporter: many pet owners often forget a dog's system is different from our own. they can't tolerate foods like gum, chocolate, grapes, or raisins. lisa called animal control, who told her how to induce vomiting, then she rushed lucy to the vet where she spent three days. >> it's in sugar, pudding, lots of different sugarless human foods. >> reporter: lucy bounced back after a $1,400 vet bill, but now lisa warns everyone. >> everybody seems to know about the choc

kate amara 134r5eu7bs. -- explains. >> good morning to you lisa. president obama is getting some early dividends from this nuclear summit, especially on the issue of iran, which is at the top of his agenda. >> early signs of progress at president obama's nuclear summit. chinese president hu jintao agrees to possible sanctions against iran for trying to develop nuclear weapons, canada will return unspent nuclear fuel to the u.s. and ukraine announced it would give up its weapons grade uranium. press secretary gibbs says that's enough material to construct several nuclear weapons. >> this shows the ukraine's continued progress in non-proliferation. >> the u.s. fwoonts secure all vulnerable nuclear materials worldwide in the next four years. >> there are materials out there that terrorist groups are trying to go after. >> by the close of this conference president obama hopes each country will sign off on a plan. >> i think the proof that we need to see coming out of that conference is did we really get anything substantive or was it used to be one han

i want to bring in these guys, lisa and tim again.i don't think anyone is saying, even roland, anyone is saying that we should not learn about the confederacy and not learn about the history of this country. it is part of the history of the country. i understand that. i am a southerner. i grew up in the south. i know what it is about. you don't think it is insulting and hurtful to some people when you celebrate this type of event? go ahead. >> i think your choice of the war celebrate is a slanted word. i think we are -- our goal is to educate. we are not celebrating an atrocity where hundreds of thousands of americans on both sides were killed. >> even a proclamation, it may be a right to celebrate, but even a proclamation, some people are still insulted by that. >> i'm not sure why that would be. because of any major conflict, anytime where american blood was spilled, that would be something for us to note, something for us to reflect on and say this is something that happened that was significant. for us to celebrate, no. and that's

i'm lisa margonelli, i'm the director of the energy policy initiative at the new america foundation. i come to policy as a reporter, i spent four years hanging out along the oil supply chain and watching how the sort of microeconomies of oil work together. i think one of the things that sticks in my mind when i think about the task that we have in front of us is that the mckenzie global institute estimated that over the next 40 years, we essentially need to have the productivity growth of the industrial revolution, which means that we node of to have the industrial -- need to have the industrial revolution in triple time. that is a huge whoosh of activity, an enormous opportunity and of course, an enormous upset, the equivalent of the previous industrial revolution. and i think the real question is, how do we get to the power stick that skip talked about. how do we make sure that we're on that path. one ethics that's really a problem in the u.s. at the moment is that the issue of green house gases has become a competitiveness issue. right now, we -- which may seem strange. if you tal

what else is going on, lisa?woman is pleading not guilty she saided aided a terrorist. the government seized evidence that were recordings. he wanted her to keep silent so prosecutors wouldn't have a sample of her voice. she is one of two american women accused of traveling to europe to participate in a violent jihad. >>> mark bernard, madoff's penthouse is off the market. he says that while he and his wife were worried about the apartment's karma, they fell in love with the view of the manhattan skyline. the couple reportedly paid $8 million for the place. and most of that money will go to madoff's victims. >>> the obama family has new neighbors to meet when they travel home to chicago after seven months on the market. the house next to the obamas and their south side neighborhood has sold for $1.4 million. the listing agent says the new owners weren't attracted to the house because of the president. and that secret service has been in touch. new neighbors for the obamas back home in chicago. i'm sure they'll ha

lisa stark has that part of the story from reagan national airport. lisa? >> reporter: good morning, ashleigh. i'm going to use the same word "frustration." yesterday, u.s. carriers canceled more than 80% of their flights headed to europe. that's more than 280 flights. no reason to expect much difference today. it's almost more than the scott family can take. they had come to new york for a short celebration, now, they're stuck. >> we came for a 40th birthday celebration for three days. and now, we're obviously stuck for another search. >> reporter: they're franticly searching for flights home to england because their airline says they can't find them seats until next thursday. their nerves are shot, so is the wallet. >> and it's got costs, if we haven't got it, where we do go? >> it's a complete nightmare. >> reporter: the travel mess has ruined vacations, work trips, weddings. and in the case of these senior high school students from buffalo, the trip of a lifetime. they spent 2 1/2 years planning a visit to france. >> all of our hearts just sank, because

because according to swimsuit designer lisa curran, that's a credit money can't buy. >> we are makingp suits specifically for the issue that are not in my collection. >> is it very small in terms of what the cost is? because you are only making a couple? >> no, it is expensive because you are buying sample yards and more expensive than production yardage. it is not cheap. it is "sports illustrated's" swimsuit issue so of course, if you have to pay for an ad in there it would be much more expensive. it is worth it. >> curran, a former fashion buyer, launched her line in 1997 after she had trouble finding a bikini for her honeymoon. the next year, the still unknown set her sights on "sports illustrated." >> as a swimwear designer you want to get in that issue. >> it's validation. >> it is like it is okay you are in there and you made it. i was sort of determined to get in there right away. i called up one day and said can i come and show you my bikinis? >> started off with a phone call from the very eager designer. new on the scene. i have to show you my suits. >> before you say what is

>> lisa stark. >>> moving out west, 20 million in southern california and northern mexico faced a day of uncertainty. dozens of aftershocks after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday, the fourth big quake this year including haiti. everyone is asking is this just a coincidence or a sign of a bigger quake to come. david wright in mexicali, mexico tonight. >> reporter: at 3:40 p.m., utter panic in this mexican border town. this camera man could barely keep steady. >> all the ways, you know, and my wife was crying and my kids were scared. >> reporter: for 45 seconds the earth shook, so hard 20 million people could feel it. some more than 300 miles away, in phoenix, las vegas, los angeles, san diego. >> i was like, i'm done. this is the scariest thing i ever experienced. >> reporter: if didn't take long for youtubers to share their experience. it occurred during easter dinner. the only tsunamis were the waves in the swimming pools. the most serious damage is downtown. 80% of these older buildings have been red tagged. here in mexicali, the destruction is worse. more than 200 people were

lisa sanders is here today.he writes for "the new york times" magazine diagnosis column and technical adviser for "house." >> yes. >> prets interesting background there. >> i like to keep busy. >> one thing people may not know about you is you were a television producer first and then went to medical school and dabbling in both. >> not really. no. i was a television producer. that was great. my mid life crisis i decided to go to medical school and be a doctor. >> you're a producer for 12 yores and then went back. something specific? you called it a mid life crisis but what happened? >> no, it wasn't really a crisis. a few years before i made the decision to go to medical school i was with a correspondent i worked with, bob ar naught. we were shooting something about white water rafting on a river in north carolina. and i was looking at him and the monitor and he was coming down the white water looked fantastic and he was doing the stand-up and he disappeared from the screen and the camera sort of runs around loo

the author, doctor lisa sanders is here today.o a technical adviser for the hit television program "house." >> yes. >> pretty interesting background there. >> i like to keep busy. >> one thing people don't know is you were a television producer first. then you went to medical school. now you're dabbling in both. >> no. i was a television producer. that was great. then midlife crisis i decided to go to medical school and be a doctor. i thought it would be fun. >> you were a producer for 12 years and went back. there's something specific. you called it a midlife crisis. >> it wasn't really a crisis. a few years before i made the decision to go to medical school i was with a correspondent i worked with. we were shooting something about white water rafting on a river in north carolina. and i was looking at him in the monitor and he was coming down, the white water looked fantastic, and he was doing his standup, then suddenly he disappeared from the skrun. the camera sort of runs around looking for him. he's up on the bank and he's pul

our report from nbc's lisa myers. >> reporter: they are the whales of wall street. rej fund managers operate with few rules and handle investments for the super rich. while 2009 was a tough year for millions of americans, "ar" magazine reports that the recession was over early for hedge fund managers who had a record year. get this. the top 25 managers made over $25 billion. profits driven at least in part by the government's bailout of big banks. >> they saw that the government was not going to let most of these big banks fail and they went in and bought the stocks at very low levels and those stocks just continued to go up all year long. >> reporter: at the top of the heap, david teper who earned a staggering $4 billion. >> he was willing to go in at the bottom and say, i don't think armageddon is around the corner. >> reporter: tepper is not your stereotypical master of the university. he lived in this new jersey home for 20 years and has no vacation homes. >> he is the typical middle class guys that makes billions of dollars. >> reporter: in the top five, george

washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories, the redskins have a new phase of the franchise. the team will get donovan mcnabb from the eagles in exchange for two draft picks. he has spent his entire nfl career in philadelphia. mike shanahan called mcnabb an accomplice quarterback who has a proven track record. at least two people have been dead as a result of a powerful earthquake in california. it damaged buildings in mexico. there are reports of significant damage in the united states. at least 20 million people felt the quake which ship san diego and phoenix. president obama will have another opportunity to nominate a supreme court justice. john stevens says he will retire while mr. obama is in office. he has not decided if he will leave this year or next. he has served since 1975. >>> 6:15. tiger woods is scheduled to hold his first press conference sie a car crash four months ago. he arrived without water at the masters on sunday and sp

lisa stark has the story from the test track in connecticut. >> reporter: watch what happens when the lexus gx-460 comes into a curve too quickly and the test driver tripes to slow down by taking his foot off the gas. the rear tires slide out, resulting in a long, uncontrolled skid. consumer reports warns the suv could roll over. >> i've been here for 11 years. i have never seen an suv do anything this bad. >> reporter: fisher told me the suv's electronic stability control, designed to stop skids and rollovers did kick in, but too late. that's a pretty drastic recommendation, don't buy this vehicle. >> yeah, it's been almost 10 years since we've put a do not buy designation on any vehicle that we've tested. so, this really is a serious concern. >> reporter: in a statement today, toyota said it is concerned with the results of consumer reports' testing and will try to duplicate the results to determine if appropriate steps need to be taken. yet another big bump in the road for an automaker that can ill afford one. lisa stark, abc news, connecticut. >>> and today, the white house announ

. >> do you understand that, lisa? >> i understand it's a hot topic.nerve with a the lof people. it's not something that should be democrat mond be demonized. i think that if we're not careful and don't honor that and don't think through that and shuffle it under the rug, then we're neglecting part of the heritage. >> as a southerner, believe me, i get southern pride, but do you think to the african-americans who were slaves during that time and for them and for the people in the north and in the south, that's what the war was about to end slavery and the south did not want to end that. do you get that? >> i understand that part. but there's a lot of things that our history books and they leave out. it's not just strictly over the issue of just slavery. 93,000 african-americans participated on the side of the con fed ra see. they don't bring that up. >> those people participated but they were not willing to participate and at a time when they could join the con fed ra see, it was 1865. many people didn't -- they weren't considered enough of a person to

. >>> and if you're a running in the boston marathon today, keep your eyes peeled for lisa, the last american man or woman to win the race. she's doing an anniversary run this year, 25 years after taking first place by eight minutes. while the 48-year-old mother who now spends her time coaching army athletes doesn't expect to win, she hopes her presence will provide a little inspir rags to her fellow countrymen and women. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill vrks you ever run a marathon? >> no. i think like i've done a 10 k and that's it. >> that's pretty good. that's more than i've done. >> let's talk a little bit about what's folk to happen up there in boston for patriot's day. we had miserable weather in northern new england and encentral new england all day long. rain and cold. today is going to be a little bit better. temperature up in the 50s. it will be dry. the runners don't actually like it too hot. we also have a little bit of wet weather down in arkansas. little rock has l

but i think it would be a huge mistake, and i know lisa hinted at this, having the federal government step in and mandate things. over the last hundred years state commissions have done it. that is why we have universal access where the real price of electricity is flat. that has been done by state commissions, and with the right charters they can also achieve this transition. >> i think this is kind of where the vision thing comes in. we don't need to know what color the cat is. it needs to catch mice. we already regulate gasoline based on performance standards. we don't tell bp which molecules we want in it. we say we want them to explode this way when they are in your engine, and we don't want them to fly off into the air when they are lying on the ground. we have performance standards. there needs to be real-time pricing for consumers. i am interested in my scripts, but i am also interested in enabling the ron popeal. he is the pocket fisherman and the stovetop rotisserie. that is exactly what we want on the smart grid. we want the weirdest possible solution to air-conditioning th

lisa bloom, appreciate it. dr. aaronson, always good to see you. we have also been talking about how this should have been handled. when we come back, another little russian boy adopted by another family who says they can't control his violent threats. they didn't send him back, they are seeking help. we will take you to the ranch in montana that is helping deeply troubled russian kids. >>> also tonight, sarah palin and other conservatives slamming barack obama for the arms treaty signed with russia. palin said no administration in america's history would have considered such a step, except, of course, for the administration of ronald reagan. we are keeping them honest. oh sure, we have plenty of employees that... you can label as "different." like janice. uh-huh. yeah. fashion deficient. and tom... copy incapable. it's open kimono time. looking good, dan. oh, we want to make sure all our ducks in a row. yeah. volume control syndrome. but we focus on the talent and skill that each person... brings to the team. i mean, no one's really concerned abou

nbc's lisa myers has the details. >> reporter: they are the whales of wall street.und managers operate with few rules and handle investments for the super rich. while 2009 was a tough year for millions of americans, ar magazine reports the recession was over early for hedge fund managers, who had a record year. get this, the top 25 managers made over $25 billion. profits driven, at least in part, by the government's bailout of big banks. >> they saw that the government was not going to let most of these big banks fail and they went and bought the stocks at very low levels. those stocks continued to go up all year long. >> at the top of the heap, david tepor, who earned a staggering $4 billion. >> tepor was the bravest of the hedge fund managers. he was willing to go in at the bottom and say, i don't think armageddon is around the corner. >> tepor it's not your stereotypical master of the universe. he has lived in this new jersey home for 20 years and appears to have no vacation homes. he says he plans to spend less time in the office this year. >> he likes to call h

. >> i am lisa margonelli. and the director of the energy policy initiative. -- i am the director of the energy policy initiative. i watched how micro economies of oil work together. one thing that sticks in my mind is the mckinsey global institute estimated that over the next 40 years, we need to have the productivity growth of the industrial revolution. that means we need to have the industrial revolution in triple time. that is a huge whoosh of activity and of said to the equivalent of the previous industrial -- oupset to the equivalent of the previous industrial. how do we make sure the we are on that path? one thing that is really a problem in the u.s. at the moment is that the issue of greenhouse gases has become the competitiveness issue. right now -- this may seem strange. it seems like it is a huge political issue. there is a letter confusion in the u.s. in asia and in europe, policies are in place to take advantage of this massive remodeling of the global energy system. when you look at europe's stand

. >> reporter: is this the lisa? >> this is the original macintosh. the lisa is right next door. >> reporter: the trip down ram memory lane reminded us that in the high tech era, computer sellers have come and gone as fast as the hardware they've peddled. yet this firm, system source, has grown for three decades. a key reason, says the c.e.o.: the decision to drop sales commissions 15 years ago. he explains, with a hint of karl marx. >> we find that money often disrupts relationships. it disrupts customer efforts and sometimes it makes the customer feel like a piece of meat where you can't trust the salespersons recommendations. and that's a very slippery slope at that point. >> this is jason calling from system source. >> reporter: weinstein says sales spurted 44% as soon as commissions were canned in 1994; profitability rose three-fold. ed johnakin, a system source salesman for 17 years, says commissions have a downside. >> some salespeople may push customers into things that they might not necessarily need. >> reporter: did you ever do that? >> no,

lisa van sustren wonders about that too. >> that's what we need to be prepared to be able to do to interact with all of the intensity like seeing the whites of the person's eyes four out of five kids say they sometimes sleep with their cell phones. >> oh, my gosh. that's terrible. >> caught my kid in her bed this morning. >> it's usually plugged in and laying on this pillow. >> kid who's no longer have cell phones, 27% say it's because their parents have taken the phones away. van sustren says there's a lot of good that comes with texting and social media. >> kids being able to respond peedly. they can form a movement. if we want action, we've got it from this group of kids. >> that's the good part. >>> and the kids themselves tell us they know when it's time to and the phone away. in washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> probably heard by now the rain is coming but maybe we could take a moment and appreciate this beautiful california weather we're having today. >> 72 degrees. >> isn't it perfect. although there must be something flying in the air because i don't think of myself as someo