. >> liu xiaobo is in prison. is there any news as to whether he knows he is a new nobel laureate? i know his white said she was surprised. they know if she has been able to speak to him? >> we do not know. he is in prison in the northeast of the country. it's not clear if he has heard as of yet, or if, or when, he will here. in many ways, the chinese authorities want to try to silence this man. attack but he has just won the nobel peace prize -- the fact that he has just one of nobel peace prize means everyone is talking about him. >> i wonder what impact this will have across china. i'm assuming it will not be reported by the state media. will people know about this? what might be their reaction? >> generally speaking, the authorities here have not cover the activities of liu xiaobo in the past. i do not think it will give great coverage now. one of my colleagues was just speaking to chinese citizens and about liu xiaobo. most of the people here have not heard about him. the chinese authorities are certainly ang

acceptable. >> the chinese foreign ministry has denounced norway for awarding the nobel peace prize to liu xiaobo. in a statement, the chinese foreign ministry said "liu xiaob-- >> well, i think it is also -- the chinese government probably can claim some credit for liu xiaobo been awarded the prize because the threats that government officials made publicly and privately to the norwegian government and the nobel committee possibly contributed to liu xiaobo getting the prize. we do have the chinese governmento thank for this because they both laughed him up to make it -- locked him up to make an example of him and threatened an international body decided to award it toim. i should say within china, we are talking this morning about the fact chinese people cannot read on the internet, that people cannot see anywhere in the state-run media. so we are lucky in a way because the chinese people have no ability to access this news. it is nowhere on the internet or in the news. >> just the day before the announcement, "new york times" hadn't announcement said there were getting leaked information he was

." >> president obama has called on china to release the jailed dissident, liu xiaobo, who has just beenwarded the nobel peace prize. the chinese government has responded angrily to the award, calling mr. liu a criminal. the prize is awarded by the norwegian committee. liu xiaobo was imprisoned for 11 years. from beeng, here is our report. >> no one has seen liu xiaobo for the past two years. he has been locked up in a chinese prison. the government here says he is a subversive criminal, a threat to the state. but to his supporters, he's a brave advocate for democracy and human rights. today he has been honored with the greatest recognition of his work, the nobel peace prize. >> for over two decades, liu xiaobo has been a strong spokesman for the application of fundamental human rights in china. >> born in 1955, liu xiaobo was an academic who became an activist during the 1989 protests in tiananmen square. he was jailed for nearly two years on charges of counterrevolution. after his release, he continued to call for greater human rights. two years ago he helped draft charter 08, a manife

now on beijing's next move. >> an expert on chinese affairs welcomed the news of the award. >> liu xiaobo was awarded the nobel peace prize despite chins poticapressure. but now mr. liu is faced with very direct criticism through such kind of system. so this is very meaningful for chinese society. not only human right affairs in china but also the freedom of expreson, freedoof ming association. freedom of press. such kind of, you know, very important factors will be advised in the future by this nobel prize, i strongly expect. >> and this is not the first time the nobel peace prize has been awarded to a political dissident over its 100-year history. the 1989 winner was the exiled tibetan spiritual leader, the dalai lama, who has long been seeking to liberate tibet and draw international attention to human rights abuses against its people by chinese authorities. his non-violent stance was among the main reasons behind his being awarded the prize. then in 1991 the award was given to myanmar's pro-democracy leader, aung san suu kyi. the military government has ignored repeated international

china. >> born in 1955, liu xiaobo was an academic who became an activist during the 1989 protests. he was jailed for nearly two years on charges of counterrevolution. after his release, he continued to call for greater human rights. two years ago, he helped draft charter 8, a manifesto that demands peaceful change in china, he was arrested and jailed again, this time for 11 years. the bbc spoke to liu xiaobo before he was detained and explained the motivation for his struggle. >> in china, i just want to be an honest and dignified intellectual writer. if you try to do that, you will clash with the political system in this country. >> this was the scene outside the house where his wife still lives where the results were announced. the police are straining to keep control. she wasn't allowed out to speak to me, but a family friend passed on this message. >> great encouragement for the people who are pursuing freedom, constitution and democracy and rule of law. >> this is what the peace prize does, it draws the attention of the world to the plight of liu xiaobo and that will make the

the bbc spoke with liu xiaobo before he was detained. he explained the motivation for his struggle. >> in china, i just want to be an honest and dignified intellectual writer. if you try to be that, you'll definitely clash with the political system in this country. >> this was the scene and outside of the site where his wife still lives when the results were announced. the police to watch her around the clock is strained to keep control. she was not allowed out to speak to me, but a family friend passed on a message. >> it is a great encouragement to the people who are pursuing freedom and democracy and the role of law. >> the nobel peace prize that draws the attention of the world to the plight of by use xiaobo, making the chinese authorities uncomfortable. -- to the plight of liu xiaobo, making the chinese authorities uncomfortable. president obama called on the chinese to release by use of boat quickly. france and germany echoed his call, but so far china this shows -- china shows no signs of bowling to the pressure. >>> it is so clos

let's start with liu xiaobo. tell us a little more about him.ould you agree with the committee that he is the foremost human rights activist in china? >> well, he certainly has been very tenacious. ever since 1989. he also has been rather consistent in his message which is that china needs to have slow, incremental and peaceful democratic change if it's going to continue to develop. and continue to be a contender in the world. of course some of his predictions seem somewhat belied by the fact that china has done quite nicely with authoritarian capitalism. but his point is in the future political reform will have to go arm in arm with economic reform. >> warner: he didn't start out as a democracy advocate. he started out as a writer and a professor. >> he was a professor at beijing normal university. and he was on a fellowship at columbia if 1989 when the demonstrations in teen mean square broke out-- tiananmen square broke out and he went back and played a prominent role particularly in the very last days of the demonúations before the people's

friday. >> the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2010 to liu xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in china. >> the 54-year-old liu became a human rights activist while attending university. in 1989, he joined the pro-democracy demonstrations at tiananmen square which ended in a bloody military crackdown. authorities arrested liu as one of the protest's leaders and he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. the incident did not deter him from releasing papers seeking political reform. the chinese government responded by detaining him or keeping him under surveillance. in 2008, liu, along with hundreds of intellectuals, released via the internet a political manifesto called "charter '08." it drew global attention for openly criticizing china's one-party communist rule. in december 2009, authorities again arrested liu on suspicion of inciting the subversion of state power. despite protests from foreign diplomats, a court sentenced him to 11 years in prison where he is currently serving his sentence. >> we continue to ca

in an internet message, she says liu xiaobo had already been informed about the prize and said he wept upon hearing the news. he reportedly dedicated to the victims of the 1989 t m in square massacre. >> he was thinking of those who were in prison and those who lost their lives in the protests and those who lost family members back then. >> chinese authorities have not commented since the choice. but since then, at a meeting with the norwegian fisheries minister has been called off. >> tear gas and is heading for a coalition government after landmark parliamentary elections. -- tear gas stan is headed for a coalition government. voting proceeded peacefully and turnout of more than 55%. the country still racked right political divisions that erupted into violent clashes in june between the majority and the ethnic uzbeks in the south. nearly one in six people around the world does not have to have the feet -- does not have emptied. one in six people. at the un undersurface for -- the un hunker symposium hope to change that. they're helping children in developing countries. >> india is on

in an internet message, she says liu xiaobo had already been informed about the prize and said he wept upon hearing the news. he reportedly dedicated to the victims of the 1989 t m in square massacre. >> he was thinking of those who were in prison and those who lost their lives in the protests and those who lost family members back then. >> chinese authorities have not commented since the choice. but since then, at a meeting with the norwegian fisheries minister has been called off. >> tear gas and is heading for a coalition government after landmark parliamentary elections. -- tear gas stan is headed for a coalition government. voting proceeded peacefully and turnout of more than 55%. the country still racked right political divisions that erupted into violent clashes in june between the majority and the ethnic uzbeks in the south. nearly one in six people around the world does not have to have the feet -- does not have emptied. one in six people. at the un undersurface for -- the un hunker symposium hope to change that. they're helping children in developing countries. >> india is on

liu xiaobo is a chinese dissident. last year's winner-- president obama-- urged china today to release lieuy calling him "an eloquent and courageous spokesman for the advance of universal values." jim axelrod reports tonight from beijing. >> reporter: 54-year-old chinese dissident liu xiaobo is a veteran of the teen men square protests. he subsequent close to tiananmen leading the call for free speech and religious tolerance in china and an end to communist party dominance. while the government sentenced him to 11 years in prison for subversion, the nobel committee calls him the foremost symbol of human rights in china. the chinese government is furious. police surrounded liu's home today so his wife could not speak with reporters and sensors are blocking internet reports. when we typed his name and nobel prize into one of china's most popular search engines we got this "search results might not comply with laws." chinese state-run t.v. called the award an obscenity. >> i would actually expect many in china to be very

the prize went to human right s activist, liu xiaobo, and president obama, who won last year, called for his immediate release. david kerley got the last tv interview before liu was jailed. >> reporter: chinese are furious, placing guards at the home of the new peace prize winner, forbidding reports on the story. and when the announcement was made -- >> liu xiaobo. >> reporter: international tv was blocked out. all because of a man who wants a democratic china. we met him two years ago in a beijing park, because authorities were watching his home, bugging his phone. that morning, they warned him not to meet with us, for what would be his last tv interview. you've come to meet with us today. tomorrow, will you be in trouble? "i don't think i'll get into trouble during the olympics," he told us. our talk came as the world visited china for the 2008 olympics. at that moment, he again stuck his pen in the eye of the communist government. "i know it's a difficult path i've chosen," he said, "but i feel i have a moral duty." he chose that path in 1989, a professor protesting with students a

in 1989, liu xiaobo was a professor who took place in protests. he's been in prison ever since. >>> the stepmother of a missing girl is now believed to be a person of interest in the missing girl's case. at first, investigators considered it a case of stranger abduction, but then they found inconsistencies in the stepmother's story. >>> sea world orlando is celebrating their newest arrival, a 750-pound calf born over the weekend. they're monitoring the newborn to make sure it's healthy. the newborn is baby number seven for the mom. the father is the 1,200-pound whale that killed the trainer. >>> and now, showers moving into pittsburgh, new york and philly, thunderstorms around tulsa, houston and kansas city, showers meanwhile in the northern rockies, record highs across the midwest. >> mid-80s in new orleans, and baltimore. 73 in new york. indianapolis hits 82. fargo, 81, and the twin cities, 77. phoenix and sacramento hover around the 90-degree mark. it's just 71 in salt lake city and 59 in seattle. >>> and coming up next, the newest smartphone i

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liu xiaobo sentenced in china last christmas day to 11 years for subversion has won the nobel peace award and the money that comes with it. jailed for wrooiting a manifesto with other chinese activists that called for free speech and multi-party elections in the totalitarian nation. china called the award a criminal threatening it would hurt elections with norway. >>> as americans across the country struggle to make mortgage payments, yesterday a bill reached the president that according to critics would have made it easier for banks to foreclose on homeowners. president obama stepped in and blocked the pressure using a rare pocket veto. the bill would have forced courts to accept notarizations including those made electronically from across state lines. the worry is such a change could lead to fraud. major institutions have acknowledged problems with foreclosure documents including suspected forgeries. >>> yesterday the white house was busy defending its decision to lets companies escape parts of the health care law. 30 businesses received a one-year pass on a requirement banning annual

the nobel committee cited liu xiaobo for his nonviolent struggle for human rights. president obama won the nobel peace prizelast year. >>> three dozen people are recovering this morning after a rally. it was held at bowie state university. thpresident stoppedis speech to request help when one person fainted. most people are treated on site for heat exhaustion and dehydration. president obama is supposed to address the latest jobs report. it's the last job report before the mid-term elections. it shows opportune employment ra held steady at 9.6% this september. economists had expected to it rise. president obama will address the job situation in bladensburg. he's touring a masonry plant as part of a small business visit. > now to decision 2010. tomorrow new jersey governor crist christi is expected to endorse bob ehrlich at a fundraising event. people who donate $50 to the republican candidate in the next 24 hours could be invid to the private reception. ehrlich running to get his old job back. >>> and today expect extra security at amtrak station,but don't worry it'

following her visit to her husband in jail, she told friends liu xiaobo had dedicated the award to all the lost souls of the 1989 tin and protests. meanwhile, a group of 17 pro- democracy activists were reportedly detained in beijing on friday as they arrived at a restaurant to celebrate the award. this year's prize for economics has been awarded to the nobel -- it went to peter diamond of mit, christopher of the london school of economi. the republican candidate for governor in new york said sunday children should not be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is acceptable. tea party favorite carl paladino made the remarks before group of jewish leaders in brooklyn. >> i did not march in a gay parade this year. the gay pride parade this year. my opponent did. and that is bad example that we should be showing our children. my approach is live and let live i just think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family. and i do not want to be brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid or successful

china is showing more displeasure about the nobel peace prize going to pro-democracy activist liu xiaobo. norway says beijing is calling off a bilateral fisheries meeting scheduled for this week. the cancellation comes amid growing tension between the two countries after the oslo-based committee made the announcement. norwegian fisheries and coastal affairs minister lisbeth berg-hansen was supposed to meet with china's vice fish minister niu dun on wednesday. the norwegian government says china did not give any reason for counseling the meeting. the chinese government has criticized the committee's decision. it said liu is a convict under the country's law. he is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence. the authorities have set up checkpoints around the prison in leelian liaoning province, where liu is being kept. they're also denying media access to the facility. surveillance have also stepped up in beijing and here in the apartment where his wife lives. everyone except residents is being denied access. on a sunday, she was allowed to meet her husband. but supporters say police are

liu xiaobo was in tears when he said he was dedicating the award to those killed in the tiananmen scare uprising 21 years ago. back home it was a day of political counter-punching as election day draws near. president obama hit the road to rally support, while back in washington, the fighting words were about big money campaign advertising. senior white house correspondent bill plante is with the president in philadelphia. >> reporter: president obama and his team hope big rallies like today's will rekindle the passion that propelled democrats to victory in 2008. >> hello, philadelphia! >> reporter: but the polls say most of the enthusiasm this year is on the republican side, so democrats are also on the attack. this new ad from the democratic national committee alleges that republican consultants carl road and ed gillespie and the u.s. chamber of commerce are accepting secret donations from overseas. >> they're stealing our democracy, spending millions from secret donors to elect republicans to do their bidding in congress. >> reporter: the chamber of commerce called the claims ridicul

--hington has a hu accused the president of japan has said china should release from jail liu xiaobo,ho won the nobel peace prize this year. his remarks raised tension between the two big economies, just as a territorial dispute dies down. on november 2, the united states goes to the polls to elect all members of the house of representatives, 1/3 of the centesenate. it will be a test for president obama. his increasing unpopularity is expected to cause heavy losses for the democrats. reports now from the state with the highest unemployment rate, nev.. >> on the road, you can see the sprawling desert that makes nv of the driest place in the usa. the unwelcome distinction is having the highest unemployment in america. the silver state is a little tarnished. reno is on a losing streak. i have come here with a crop, the iconic picture by a shepherd farrey. you probably remember this from the election. >> i think he is terrible. he's the worst president that i know of. >> i think he's a good man. i think he's doing the best he can, but a lot of people are lined up against him. >> the bad i

liu xiaobo won the prize and he told his wife he is dedicating the noble peace prize to the pro-democracyonstrators that were killed in the 1989 up rising. he was in prison for his participation in that uprising. >>> people of north korea are getting their first look at the man who may become their first leader. kim jong un seen here on the left is the heir apparent to his father kim jong-il. this is the first time they were seen in public. it was huge military parade celebrating the founding of the workers party. >> it's difficult to estimate how many troops. but we're 10,000 to 50,000 have come here for this event. >> i have come to this square but never been able to stand so close, an evidence that this is a major event. >> celebration marks the workers party 65th anniversary. bob woodruff will have more on the celebration of north korea and kim jong un coming up on world news at 5:30. >> still to come, we'll show you one of the babies that was born today at a special time on this historic date 10-10-10 and fall >>> a woman in room ten of the at kaiser hospital gave birth today at 10-1

for over two decades, liu xiaobo has been a spokesman for human rights in china. part in the tiananmen process in 1989. he was a leading author behind the manifest to such rights in china which were published on the 60th anniversary of the united nations universal declaration of human rights. the following year liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison and two years depravation of political rights for inciting some version of state power. liu has constantly maintained that this sentence was what violates both china's own constitution and fundamental human rights. the campaign to establish universal human rights also in china is being waged by many chinese, both in china, itself, and abroad. through the severe punishment to him, liu has become the foremost symbol of this wide-ranging struggle for human rights in china. thank you very much. [ speaking foreign language ] >> if you're just joining us, that's chairman of the norwegian nobel committee announcing for the first time in a century, more than a century, the nobel committee awarded a nobel prize for peace to a

last friday jailed chinese activist liu xiaobo won this year's nobel peace prize. china's foreign ministry spokesperson said giving the prize to an imprisoned man shows disrespect for china's judicial system. >> translator: if some people are seeking to change china's political system, and block the path of the chinese people in this way, they are missing the point. >> ma defended the chinese government's decision to unilaterally cancel meetings with the norwegian go liu xia has been under house arrest in beijing since last week's announcement and he said he didn't know anything about it. with japan/china relations strained by last month's maritime collisions in the east china sea, foreign minister seiji maehara says he cannot predict whether the leaders of the two countries will meet on the sidelines of an international conference in vietnam later this month. he told reporters on tuesday that japan must stand its ground over the collisions close to japan's islanders also claimed by china and taiwan. he said there is no territorial dispute in the east china sea and

. >>> over the weekend the wife of chinese dissident liu xiaobo visited him in prison to tell him he won the nobel peace price. this morning, agents are standing guard outside her apartment where he is under virtual house arrest. he took place in protests in tiananmen square. he's been in prison ever since. >>> the stepmother of a missing girl is now believed to be a person of interest in the missing girl's case. ten-year-old zahra clare baker. she was first reported missing saturday. at first, investigators considered it a case of stra bu inconsistencies in the stepmother's story. >>> sea world orlando is celebrating their newest arrival, 7-foot long, 350-pound calf born over the weekend. it's too soon to tell if it's a boy or girl. they're monitoring the newborn to make sure it's healthy. babyn for the 34-year-old mom. the father is the 1,200-pound whale that killed the sea world trainer. >>> and now, showers moving into pittsburgh, new york and philly, and washington by tonight. thunderstorms around tulsa, houston and kansas city, showers meanwhile in the northern rockies, record

minister has said that china should release the jailed winner of this year's nobel peace prize, liu xiaobo. the comments were made in japan's parliament, but stopped formally requesting his release. the chinese government has reacted angrily to the nobel award, calling him a criminal. the u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger once famously s, who i call if i want to call europe? now the problem is solved. the eu foreign-policy chief is a person to pick up the phone on this side of the atlantic. >> i have found someone who has just gotten into this job with extraordinary energy and i know it is a huge job that she has undertaken on behalf of the european union. it is very helpful to have someone like her in a position to take those phone calls. i think it is going to improve our coordination, as it already has come on so many issues, and it's also fun. i love working with her and spending time with her. i in my ear greatly her grasp of the very complex issues -- i admire greatly the grasp of the very complex issues that we both face. >> you can see the whole interview on a special edition

. >>> the wife of jailed nobel peace prize winner liu xiaobo says she's barred from communicating with media and friend. she says she was detained after visiting her husband in northeast china yesterday. he won the nobel last week for seeking greater rights in the nation. >>> a gay rights rally in serbia descended into violence yesterday after police clashed with thousands of anti-gay protesters. dozens were injured and several rioters were arrested in the country's first gay rights parade in nearly a decade. >>> and the population of the international space station has doubled. a russian spacecraft brought three new members over the weekend. two russian cosmonauts and american astronaut for what will be a nearly six-month stay at the orbiting lab. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street is going to be kicking off the day. the dow opens at 11,006. the s&p rose 7 points and the nasdaq added 18. as we take a look overseas at trading in tokyo, the nikkei closed for the holiday. while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 263 points. >>> wall street will likely be stuck in low gear th

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the committee announced today the award is going to liu xiaobo. he helped spearhead a campaign for freedom in china and is currently in the first year of an 11-year prison sentence for subversion. the chinese government blacked out the news stories, censors blocked reports of the nobel prize from internet websites. a few hours ago, president obama asked china to release liu from custody. >>> coupons a great way to say money. coming up, we go undercover to show you how target is shortchanging some customers. and he evaded capture in the bay area for weeks. today, surgery to help that sea lion who was shot in the face. >> we have a pretty decent forecast this evening. we do have the giants and the braves yet again. forecast for this evening, 65 degrees with clear skies. we have your weekend forecast. the 80s are moving back into the bay area coming up. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. as ceo, she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jobs to china. china. india. russia. poland. i know precisely why those jobs go. [ male announcer ] because fiorina sh

their call came in an open letter just days after jailed pro-democracy activist liu xiaobo was awarded the nobel peace prize. the message to the national people's congress was posted on the internet on monday. it criticizes the communist party government for restricting expression, even though the country's constitution guarantees freedom of speech and the press. those calling for freedom of speech include former deputy head of the party's organization department, former editor and chief of the people's daily newspaper hu jivei is also on the list. their proposals include giving the media independent status and abolishing internet censorship. the moves will allow citizens to post information and express opinions freely. the open letter and copies of it are being deleted from internet sites as soon as they are posted. >>> japan's chief cabinet secretary yoshito sengoku has criticized china's reaction to liu's nobel peace prize victory. sengoku added it would be better for china not to be regarded as deviating from human rights and other issues. >>> a program to invite chinese military o

. >>> china is showing more displeasure about the nobel peace prize going to liu xiaobo.eijing is calling off a bilateral fisheries meeting scheduled for this week. the cancelation comes amid growing tension between the two countries after the oslo-based committee made the announcement. norwegian fisheries and coastal affairs minister hansen was supposed to meet with china's vice fisheries minister in beijing on wednesday. the norwegian government says china did not give any reason for canceling the meeting. the chinese government has criticized the committee's decision. it said liu is a convict under the country's law. he's currently serving an 11-year prison sentence. the authorities have set up checkpoints around the prison in liaoning province where liu is being kept. they are also denying media access to the vicinity. surveillance was also stepped up in beijing near the apartment where his wife lives. everyone except residents is being denied access. on sunday she was allowed to meet her husband but supporters say police are posted just outside her apartment, effecti

controversy with beijing strongly denouncing the award given to the prominent chinese dissident liu xiaobo it says the move will damage diplomatic relations with norway and it's also threatened to block international news broadcasts we mar barack obama's call for the immediate release from prison schauble the pro-democracy activist and the tree critic was sentenced in general to an eleven year term for inciting subversion of state power . a russian rocket with the u.s. and two russian cosmonauts on board has blasted off successfully for the international space station it's the first flight for the modernized soyuz spacecraft and it's due to reach its destination in a couple days from now multis top button was at the baikonur cosmodrome for the knowledge. baikonur has been the site of rocket launches for about fifty five years this year its anniversary it's also been the site of soyuz launches for decades it garnered three from here and now this soyuz rocket is an advance upon a long line of previous ones one thing that hasn't changed several decades is the people of flying the humans crews

. >>> in norway, the piece prize was awarded to liu xiaobo who started his campaign during the riots in 1989. he is in prison in china. >>> in sports, an ejection last night in minnesota. and ron gardenmaier was tossed. he was upset over a strike call. and lance becomeman hits got ahead run. they take the lead in that series. rangers beat the rays last night as well. >> another stellar performance. and san francisco ace pitched a two hitter striking out the hitters in the debut. game two is tonight. ravens prepare for the game with the broncos. and chris carr said it will be a tough day but they are ready for the challenge. >> they're very food. we have our hands full. we have to communicate and work hard. we know the it is coming our way. >> you can see the game sunday at 1:00. right here on wjz. >> heard the horses, ride the honey -- pony. mouthing offment the guy in the upper deck. and we swear it will be illegal. >> we hope so. >> and listen the ravens, there are a lot of questions. ky not tell you how many that i got here. why dependent they wear pink, it has opinion in the plan

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he is 54-year-old liu xiaobo.e is in prison for calling for more freedom and an end to communist rule. in china, the announcement went black in hotels popular with foreigners. >>> here is a live look from nats park in southeast washington. people are getting ready for this year's susan g. komen three-day race for the cure. people will be chris kossing that you are way in and around the district. the three-day 60-mile journey raises money and awareness for breast cancer. should be a beautiful weekend for it too. >> they want to get an early start. you hate to a it will affect things but when you are walking 60 miles, it will be warm. >> not a bad start to the day. it is cool but it is not bad. we've got clear skies across the region. the only clouds arrest cross northern new england. that is it. clear skies really from the southern new england all the way down the east coast into northern florida as a matter of fact so very, very nice an quiet conditions. current temperatures around the region, definitely cool this