it may be a local d.c. program. we had a lot of problems in the mortgage market in the last decade. we had a lot of practices that in retrospect weren't very sustainable, even though, as you say, many were well intentioned, though some of the practices were not well intentioned and were just fraud and greed. we need to be careful about what we're doing. the congress is now requiring us to do a number of things to clean up practices in the mortgage market. we take that role very seriously and we will continue to be glad to have your input and counsel as we do that work and as you're hearing from your constituents, we're often hearing from many of the same people but that helps us with our perspective. >> thank you. >> i would like for the record that senator reed of rhode island would have been with us today but he is away at a funeral. mr. cordray, i thiank you for your testimony today and for your willingness to serve our nation. regardless of whether one agrees with the present decision to recess a point richard cordray, the fact of that matter is he is now director of the cfpb. h

local radio stations held 24-hour marathons with her most beloved songs. we continue the coverage with that part of the story. >> so many people in the d.c. ea, per songs bring that so many memories. -- croissant's bring back so many memories. local radio station wrapped of whitneyght hours songs and they've gotten more tributes planned for monday morning. >> when she first passed, we air with it. >> the news director says the mosts one of artists they have ever played. >> it could be argued that she the best of all time. a lot of our listeners love houston. to whitney >> while shopping in greenbelt, told us she listened houston as a girl growing up in jamaica. you."will always love >> others remember when she before theanthem ther bowl 10 days after first persian gulf war started. ♪ >> the super bowl, that was an amazing one. >> she started bellowing out beautiful song. >> in recent years, she became for negative things like drug use.ed many, that does not erase her talent. >> whether or not you agree with choices, she could sing. >> black, white, asian, you name it. so many folks really understood whitney houston's music. >> whitney hous

knocked out, he's tough and strong and i am ready. >> reporter: he helped put boxing back on the map locally, d.cother level when he beat kahn for two world times in december. >> and there is some guys that are the real deal. you will so that boxing is not something in this area people don't care about. >> reporter: he had to be patient to get his shot of glory and the same rings true for jimmy lang. >> and getting a shot? absolutely i will get that and i am this close right now. i am better and stringer and have some good boxing in front of me. >> all right, thanks. he worked with the trainer, legendary trainer, angelo dundee for six years who passed away last week at the age of 90 and we wish lang all of the luck. back to you. >> thank you, great story. >>> caught on camera, the new england patriot dancing the super bowl loss away and it doesn't stop him from hitting the stage or the dance floor and he joined one of the teammates on stage. he then showed off his dance moves at a club later on that night. >> i had a high ankle sprain. he can still dance, right in. >> and you see him trying to ma

the current national average at 3 -- aaa finds the current national average at $3.61 a gallon, locally d.c at 3.58, virginia at 3.56. >> something we've never seen in the dead of winter. >> reporter: john townsend of aaa says their survey shows virginia normally cheaper than maryland is just as expenses sieve as its neighbors. >> when you go across the nation and look at the 10 states with the highest prices, six of those 10 states are on the east coast including virginia, maryland and the district of columbia. >> reporter: but there are ways to find bargains. >> you can go on here, put in your zip code and it tells you the prices of places nearby. >> reporter: kristin nevells of aaa says their free fuel price finder helps drivers find the cheapest gas. >> there's a list with the addresses and price ranges in that general area of. >> reporter: the fuel price finder comes with a free smartphone app, but an app to pay for your gas? so far nobody has come up with that one yet. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> if only. part of the blame now is being laid on a lack of refinery capability on the e

could i watch local tv from washington, d.c.? >> you could watch local tv from las vegas. this is a local play. we'll have national content of course. we have the food network here for the booth, but it is the local broadcaster. and what we found is people value the local news, weather, and sports most highly. >> so people that may be interested in watching c-span, would c-span have to watch up for your service for people to get that over their mobile devices? >> it all depends on our deal with c-span. we would love to have c-span in. everything we are broadcasting now is free and in the clear. we would love to have c-span in our portfolio of stations and channels that we're building. >> does it include the broadcast network? abc, nbc, cbs? >> it does. there is a second consortium and they are lining up their stations and they will be broadcasting content from those stations. >> where is your device manufactured? >> the companies designing it are in israel and germany and it will be manufactured probably in china. >> we're also joined here at the booth by brian mchale who

now one of those sites is opening a storefront in d.c., how local business owners will earn your cash>> tomorrow's sweet success, a tasty treat from d.c., part of the oscar celebrations in los angeles. >>> in the mailbag tonight goo gobs of reactions on our wusa9 facebook page to the arrest over the weekend of the owner of that town square market for allegedly selling booze to minors as was first documented by andrea mccarren's report on underage drinking. esther mae writes good for you. we applaud andrea and it's too bad it took so long for that liquor store owner to be arrested. sure hope he gets more than a slap on the wrist and this from reggie. ditto. i would also home the county seeks warrants for any parents that allow kids to drink as a right of passage. this ain't the '60s. also on our facebook page we're getting reaction to the story regarding the number of young kids convinced they want to change their gender. erica writes god made you the way you are. leave the way you are create ad loan because you weren't meant to be another sex -- created alone because you weren't meant

for our local area, d.c. through baltimore, maybe up to cecil county, a coating to an inch. this saul day -- is all day, mainly into tonight. by evening, it will accum accumulate on the streets. if not treated. 48-plus. a little rain-flurry mixture down to the south and east. 42 here, up to the north of us, a few upper 30s showing up. we did have a few flakes of snow around owings mills. now, 40, westminster. 44 down by the bay. annapolis, d.c. and kent island. 46/27 today. the average is 44 and 26. and the record, 66. and a very cold 1899, 7 below zero. right now, very light winds in the area, really not a major factor until late tomorrow, when low pressure off the coast of florida and low pressure to the south of us, moves off the east coast, develops into a low pressure that is going to cause snow across eastern new england, boston area, maine, cape cod, could see some decent snow by late tomorrow afternoon and sunday. for our area, this arctic front. you gotta see these snow showers breaking out of the great lakes. a little area of snow down to the south and west. all mo

could i watch local tv from washington, d.c.? >> guest: you could watch local tv from las vegas. so this is a local play. we'll have national content, of course. we have the food network here for the booth, but it's the local broadcaster. and what we've found is if people value the local news, weather and sports most highly. >> host: so people who may be interested in watching c-span, would c-span have to sign up for your service for people to get that over their mobile devices? >> guest: it all depends on the deal. we would love to have c-span in. everything we're broadcasting now is free and in the clear. we would lo to have c-span if your pl of stations and channels that we're building. >> host: does it include the broadcast networks, abc, cbs? >> guest: it does. there's a second consortium headed by fox and nbc, and they're lining up their stations. the nbc, fox and telemundo stations across -- >> host: where's your device manufacture? >> guest: the companies that are designing it are in israel and germany, and it will be manufactured probably in china. >> host: well, we're o

. >>> in local news, d.c. police have released surveillance video in hopes of talking to a man seen walking way from a scene where a transgendered person was murdered. this video shows a man walking calmly across east capitol street, heading away from a bus stop where 23-year-old parker jones had been stabbed to death. they said a motive has not been established but want to talk to the man in the video. any witnesses could be eligible for a $25,000 award. >>> an illegal immigrant who killed a nun in a car accident was in court. he killed one an injured two other nuns. this was montano's third drunk driving offense. during the sentencing, he said he's extremely sorry for the pain he's caused and ready to receive his punishment. >> i'm extremely sorry for the destruction and harm i put the sisters and their families through. i feel horrible for what i have done. i take full responsibility for my actions and i'm willing to accept my penalty. >> the judge actually had a longer sentence in mind but lowered it after

. >> a story dominating local headlines. occupy d.c. protesters at mcpherson square will have to find somewhere else to sleep. >> in a dramatic early morning move, police began taking down tents, enforcing a no camping rule set by the national park service days ago. >> ross is live there with what's happening right now. good evening. >> good evening, will. things picking up a little bit. a group of protesters made their way across k street. things quiet than they were earlier today. police opened the streets up again to traffic. let's set the scene for you. outside that park, a handful of d.c. police officers inside the park, you can see in the southwest corner. a number of u.s. park police still in riot gear in mcpherson square tonight. a few protesters as well have returned. one section of the park that is open, they are complying with the order not to sleep there tonight. all of this is the aftermath of a predawn raid and inspection. john hanrahan has that part of the story. >> reporter: some on horseback, some in full riot gear, inc

d.c. the center for state and local government law. the chief justice earl warren institute. the consulate general of mexico. the quality federation. -- equality federation. the national center for lesbian rights. san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground. since coming into office in january of 2009, he has brought thoughtful leadership to our city. we're pleased to welcome the president of the s

d.c. and blame local government prove that your fellow we're sick of carpetbaggers here and resign we've had one governor come from a different region than another one when the new governor came into office the region had a public debt of one hundred million dollars now it's almost five hundred million many businesses are shutting down we have a lot of places here that only exist on the map the actual villages are deserted all the residents have moved out just outside the city of busy and we find another village with another cement factory. is only of the latino work there for twenty eight years she tells a story of a very different life than what we saw in moore dorothea fisher way mccord you my dear it's very cold here we don't take off our clothes day and night even in bed life is not great but there's one thing we desperately need heating something we got a pension right but it is not enough. never mind voters in the clear about what they want from their elected officials. still the town has been given a facelift but it's not enough there's not enough confidence either. in you which he h

d.c. off, and the locally, and my day job is helping to supervise immigration attorneys at the immigration clinic at davis. i see a range of clients that have pressing needs. while we all hope and wish for compehensive immigration reform, i have got to tell you from what i've heard the last several months, the question we all have to ask ourselves is at what price? if we get an immigration bill introduced that a serious blow for the spring, i'll tell you right now the provisions i will not be happy with. i know they're going to be in there. you should be aware of these provisions. first of all, the price that the estimated 10 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country may be to pay is they may all be forced to plead guilty to a crime before they can file their application. that is before they actually have to pay a fine that is attached. right now what is seriously being discussed is what level of crime should they have to plead guilty to before they apply for legalization. should it be a misdemeanor or in a fraction? that is going on right now. the second thing is an att

find a list of local events in the d.c. area by going to wjla.com. >> it is 6:12, 25 degrees in leonardtown. >> if the new deal to get the grease out of debt and the countdown to a market milestone. -- greece out of debt. >> stephen colbert is back with a special message for special woman. >> first, sp >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> around the region, anacostia high school in southeast washington will reopen today four days after a fire. the truth caught on fire around noon on friday, forcing hundreds of students to evacuate. the investigation still underway, but it appears construct materials ignited. a big financial boost for the national mall restoration project. the chairman of the group heading the project donated $1 million yesterday. john s. doddridge. the group hopes to raise $350 million in private donations. -- john eckridge. a fund-raising campaign will kick off in may with the help of laura bush. >>

d.c. is not a place where trance kept chefs can come and make name for themselves, a place for local, put ke d.c. the mark and the monument it is today for the rest of the world. >> l the top chef casting team has taken their search to new york, atlanta and to san francisco. but they say there's real potential here in d.c. it could still be several months before they make any kind of decision. >> potential? >> yeah. >> real talent here in d.c. >> that's what i'm thinking. and all around. plenty of it, too. >> give us the respect we are due. >> thank you. and have earned, as a matter of fact. nightly news coming up

d.c. governments greater control over local budget. in short, the district would be able to spend its own money without waiting for congressional approval, which it has to do now. >> it's a huge step forward, ladies and gentlemen, in advancing our cause. >> among other things, protect the district government in the event of another federal shutdown. >> usually in a trial, the public and media can see the evidence, but that is not the case for a lot of the evidence at the uva lacrosse murder trial. and today, the judge denied a media request to make it possible for us to see and evaluate things, like george huguely's video taped statement to the cops. >> reporter: that video tape statement from george huguely played back here, well it was wrenching just to listen to, but you could not see it. because the judge has the tv monitor positioned in such a way that all the audience, the public, and the media can see here is the back of the tv. what did huguely look like when he sobbed and told police on video tape that he struggled with yeardl

. >> this is the bane of local weather photographers. washington, d.c.tty much right on where the rain-snow line often falls. >> as you saw yesterday. >> perfect example. if you are north an west of that snow line where it tends to be colder and closer to the mountains, you tend to get more of wintry precipitation. if you are south an east of, it often it tens to be rain or a rain-snow mix. that is what happened with the most recent storm. we refer to north and west as having accumulations we mean western maryland. we could be talking -- >> cumberland. >> real quick, want to we are question number three i a free lansing this. we get this question all the time. let's go to max 2 and we are always asked why we don't get a temperature out of frederick. this you go. we are not getting a temperature right now. they have a weather kit there and it doesn't always report the temperature. so it has nothing to do with us. we are just not receiving the information from frederick. we just don't get that information. >> sometimes when we think of it, we will look it

in return, customers are asked to donate to children's miracle network or other local charities here in d.ct will raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. it is a very good cause. very good pancakes. >> if i don't make it there, i'm still going to go home and at least make the pancakes because that is all we've been talking about. >> we'll have some breakfast today. >> i can't wait. i'm ready. >> wear always starving this time morning. >> -- we're always starving this time of the morning. >> it is good eating weather. it is important to have cool temperatures for good eating. >> is it cool enough. >> yeah, it's cool enough. a few clouds out there to start your day. we have a weak cold front coming through and our winds have shifted out of the north. temperature will be a little cooler. we should still see bright sunshine and it should be a dry tuesday. temperature at reagan national, 41 degrees. 38 at dulles. 39 at bwi marshall. yesterday, our high temperature were in the 60s. it will be cooler than that today. about 10 degrees cooler. probably need a jacket this afternoon. should

this is a local washington, d.c., situation, where people don't forget.est assure, marion barry, whether you like him or not, he is a pillar in this town. and regardless of all of that, the fact is that a council member that we're supposed to be looking up to as voters. >> right. >> we're supposed to be looking up to, they can only resort to cursing out each other. that's wrong. >> another councilman, jack evans today -- >> so, what do you tell children? >> how are you going to tell that kid, any place, southeast, northwest, where else, oh, don't curse. oh, yes, mommy, but i saw the 6:00 news. >> well, and we did not air that, but we did tell about it. jack evans says these investigations, the probes, if things don't get cleared up soon, it's going to hurt us on the hill as a city. >> well, it could, and it has. these kinds of things before -- there are members of congress who are only too happy to get into district affairs, citing the constitution, that the congress has final power over the district. technically, that's true, and that is in the constitut

locally. you know, college education as a deliverable, stunning 40% of d.c. high school students don't go to college. so, that's a metric that people are rallying around locally because we know the biggest indicator of poverty is not getting a college education. so i think there are glaring big things we can metric and measure. maybe that is something the board at brookings can start to work on to have a national index that we can have dialogue with. and probably more instructive and helpful to politicians who basically listen to the loudest minority voices that have been amplified by the web. in the downside of what we've created in social media and this plethora of new distribution is that if you have an opinion you can deliver it on twitter and facebook and on video and youtube. instead of it being one vote, one voice, it looks like a majority of the voices. so, i do think that there's been an overhang, negative overhang from this plethora of communications on the political system. >> we're out of time. i want to thank peter, ted and bill. we will have a bu

local high schoolers. >>> first, though, a mini library lockdown in d.c., all triggered by a wild animal. you see a deer smash through the window of a washington highlands library in southwest. causing quite the commotion. tom was there, and he was there for the aftermath. >> reporter: just before the normally quiet 1:00 opening of the washington highlands library branch, there was a crash. >> looked down the hall, and i'm like, what was that? a deer was laid out across the floor. he got up, he started charging back here. so we ran into the work room and closed the door and locked ourselves in the work room. we could hear him banging and running into the walls, running into the chairs. >> reporter: that's right, a frightened deer had broken through a front plate glass window. fortunately no one or no children were there. >> it could have been a disaster. but i'm glad it came when it did. he was actually in the back area. >> reporter: were you calm? >> no. >> reporter: officials say the deer was badly wounded, and animal control officers later euthanized it. and workmen began clearing up t

. >>> a quick look at the local hot topics on twitter this afternoon. d.c. users are talking about rick santorum and mitt romney. the virginia abortion screening debate and the smithsonian's groundbreaking. the president helped celebrate the construction of the museum of african-american history and culture on the national mall today. president obama says it will celebrate those who worked hard to perfect the nation. the new museum will sit near the washington monument. most of the space will be below ground. >>> in honor of black history responsibility, african- american women in education were honored in the district today. the u.s. secretary of education around any duncan and d.c. public schools chancellor led the event. it focused on the importance of educators and the legacy they believe behind. >> that we have a responsibility to persevere for our young peep that we serve every day, to serve the young people that we serve every day, and to lead the young people that we serve every day. >> the u.s. department of education says it's calling on a new gene

d.c. 53 degrees. >> coming up next, a local library will be closed today all thanks to a strange sbrired.in as you can see caught on tape what happened employees are saying about coming face-to-face with a deer. >> another check on traffic and weather. >> welcome back. 4:50 is your time on this wednesday. we want to get a check of traffic and weather. >> adam, it is supposed to be another good day, right? i stayed in and did my taxes yesterday. >> you didn't. >> so wrong. >> that is so wrong. >> i was a nerd. >> why not do them today. more clouds. just as warm. even some areas of rain earlier this morning. later on this afternoon you'll be able to get back outside and enjoy a little bit of sunshine. a few light sprinkles this morning. moving through frederick county and montgomery county getting clipped especially around silver spring. fairfax county, moving into stafford county and out to the west in the shenandoah valley a few little sprippingsles. this afternoon we'll be in the 60's again. near 70 south of town. more rain develops south of the metro. tomorrow cooler, back in the 50's.

d.c. there by the river at 41 degrees. locally anywhere from 30 to near 40 by the bay as you see.ate winds as you can see everywhere but tomorrow the winds go back to the south temporarily and saturday go back to the north and some things are going to happen tomorrow night. we have an area of rain and snow across kansas and oklahoma. it's going east. it's an arctic frontment a -- front. it may be cold enough tomorrow night for rain, snow mixture and as the front comes through it might kick off snow showers in a couple of spots in the afternoon so there will be a lot of cold air behind that. a risk of rain and snow tomorrow night and early saturday morning. new into the city may be a coating to an inch deal. then on saturday windy and colder with that front coming through and perhaps a quick snow flurry or shower. sunday temperatures holding in the low 30sment -- 30s. tonight clear and cold down around 24 and 32 in the city. tomorrow sun shine and then clouds up to 50. rain tomorrow night mixing with or changing into snow and then maybe a snow shower again saturday afternoon. down

d.c. control greater control over its local budget. the district would be able to spend its own money without waiting for congressional approval as it does now. budget aton my would protect the district government in the event of a federal shutdown. >>> today dozens of teachers in prince william county are expected to stage a sit-in during a board of supervisors waiting. yesterday a small group of teachers walked out in unison as soon as the school day was over wearing work-to-rule buttons on black clothes. most days teachers stay wait to help troubled students or club activities but many say they'll only work as long as their contracts designate until their demands are met. >>> a dispute over an unpaid restaurant bill ends with the death of a maryland state police trooper. the man accused of pulling the trigger is on trial. prosecutors say the officer was shot to exact revenge before brown threw him out of an applebee's in forestville. prosecutors say after being tossed out, the suspect drove to a friend's house, picked up a gun, drov

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d.c. at 57. locally, temperatures still in the mid- to upper 50s. cooler by the water. annapolis, kent island, and rock hall in low 50s. 63 today. the record, 74. that was in 1874. the average high now. you can see it's 47. this morning, we were at 36. normal low would be around 28. 7, the record low in 1963. right now, it's the southerly winds. if you happen to be right in the bay, and the wins are coming off the-- winds are coming off the water, it's probably 10 degrees cooler. but everyone else, very mild night. and a pickup later on. by late tomorrow night and friday, we could get quite gusty as a front will come through the area. weak front passing through the area. showers to the south. we're kind of in between. but we may see some shower activity breaking out later tonight. and maybe during the day tomorrow in the morning. maybe a shower. and late tomorrow night, another chance of more rain moving in as the second front will come through the air. we'll be in the warm air tomorrow and friday. the front coming through with showers on friday morning. maybe even a ru