according to local washington, d.c. slammed into the back of the police transport van apparently breaking his neck. the report cites multiple anonymous law enforcement sources who claim the injury found no evidence that gray's injuries were caused during the videotaped arrest and interaction with police officers. according to wjla it is unclear whether gray's injury was voluntary or not. joining me by now, msnbc's national correspondent joy reid. has news of this important, very, very important finding in the investigation made its way to the streets of baltimore yet at present? >> not yet, alex. i mean we were just with a group of marchers preparing to meet this two headed march, one from the east side and one from the west side, i think one you are taking a look at right now. i asked just sort of hypothetical questions about how they would feel about finding that didn't result in the indictment or any fault of the police officers and that idea wasn't even really occurring to people. they were looking for a young activ

but a local washington, d.c. station, wjla, is citing anonymous law enforcement sources, who say gray's injury was caused inside the van, when he slammed into the back of the van. it also claims a bolt on the van matches an injury on gray's head. we've got team coverage across baltimore tonight and we expect a police briefing within the hour. joining me now is msnbc national correspondent, joy reid who's on the ground with protesters tonight. joy, what is going on where you are? >> reporter: well rev, this was a protest that actually converged from both east baltimore and west baltimore. the two launching simultaneous launches that then converged and the entire team came down to city hall. hundreds of people out here in city hall. how are y'all doing? we'll walk through a little bit and let's see if we can talk to a couple of people. let's stop here. may i ask you what brought you here today? >> justice! that's it. just justice. >> and for you, what does that mean? what do you want to see in terms of justice? >>

tag nbc washington. >> a local fire department taking steps to deal with smoke incidents on metroe a station yet. >> police releasing video of members of the same family brawling with police outside an arizona wal-mart. police say that deadly shooting was justified. >> dramatic video showing the terrifying moments as this >> one person is killed in a family brawl with police. the fight was all caught on camera and we have a warning for you. the video is disturbing. this was the scene at a wal-mart parking lot north of phoenix. police are trying to get the situation under control. you can see they used batons pepper spray and even tazers. the family fought with officers and a worker at wal-mart. one of the family members tried to grab the officer's gun. that's when shots were fired and family member was shot and killed. family members struggled to get the officer's gun. >> this morning, workers will work to move a giant boulder that is sitting in the middle of a highway and about the size of a house. it weighs 1500 tons near the kentucky border. a pickup truck ran into the massive roc

shamari stone is a reporter with the local washington tv station for nbc. he was pepper sprayed by police earlier today. give us an account. >> reporter: right now i'm here at north fulton avenue andest estwest north avenue in baltimore. police have their tactical units. a man just threw a chair at this anne arundel county special operations ss vehicle. police are dispersing the crowd with pepper spray and now they're throwing what appears to be -- they're exploding. i don't know if y'all heard that. and this woman just threw a bottle at police. i think you should stop doing that. you're going to hurt yourself. >> all right. >> she just fell down and now she's up. police are slowly moving people back and they're throwing bottles, i've seen several stores looted. i actually talked to a man who was devastated. he worked so hard for his store, he says and now it's absolutely destroyed, shattered glass, police are moving people back. and right now, i am seeing some people who are trying to taunt the police cursing at them and it appears, from what i see, that p

in one hour in a local washington journal" we are joined by writers from the daily beast to discuss the policy debates in washington. a conversation with editor in chief. at a: 40 5 a.m., national security correspondent nancy youssef will discuss the fight against isis, the orion nuclear negotiations -- the iran nuclear negotiations. at 9:30, jackie kucinich talks about the religious freedom debate and what it means to the republican party. ♪ host: stepping down as chair of the senate foreign relations committee, senator menendez says he will fight corruption charges. and the justice department is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by house speaker john boehner against the president.

a number of local organizations are sending help as many relatives are here worried about loved ones. the pictures are devastating. as new ones come in every hour, so many in the washington region are thinking about their own families. this woman and her husband live in rockville, where she works at a local subway. she got a phone call in the middle of the night from her sister letting her know everyone back home is ok. >> everyone was shouting crying. then i asked, what happened? she told me it was an eight magnitude earthquake. rebecca: after the initial relief the reality of what the survivors are facing sank in whener. >> i said, with ron, what happened? he said, there's nothing left. the moment he said that, my god it's --bad time, you know? i felt like everything was destroyed. rebecca: rescue workers continue to search for survivors. many are organizing rallies. on twitter, many washingtonians are using #prayers. this phd student helped organize a rally at the capitol. many carried the flag from nepal and carried pictures upload the ones from home. nepal is already an impoverished country without much infrastructure to get the relief items. from large internationa

the number of local media "washington post" and other people, eyewitnesss on the scene reported hearingrd described to me as. a series of three bangs. don't know if from the gunman or flash bang grenades. on the phone joining us is the cnn producer angie yak, and can you explain to us what you know from the scene. explain what you know and what you have heard and scene. >> hi, anderson. about a block and a half away from the census bureau. we've seen officers on motorcycles and vehicles coming to the building. we're a block away. we can't really see what's happening at the building. there's a metro half a block away. they are stopping people coming off the metro and heading in that direction. >> there was an initial report about or at least a chaotic scene nearby on, i don't know if there had been another incident. do you know anything about that? >> i don't have any information about that. that was on 8th street. we're in suitland, maryland, outside of washington, d.c. i believe the other incident was in dc near the union train station. >> so it's not clear whether, a, the nature of th

she has been featured in a number of local outlets, washington -- washingtonian magazine, the post, the times. she has been on the history channel and a number of others. she has been director of the silver spring inclusive theater. she has spent a lot of of time on this particular case, which i was discussing with her this morning. natalie we are very glad to have you here. natalie: thank you, peter. i'm going to be talking to you about cynthia, or codename cynthia. this is a very interesting woman. i call her a most unusual woman i find that she lived a very exciting life. when i did some research on her i kept seeing it in terms of a screenplay, so i started writing one. how do you hold a spy? how do you create a spy? if you were to go into a laborde tori and put in ingredients into a machine to concoct a spy, you couldn't come up with a much better one than cynthia. all the elements are there. in her early life she was born amy elizabeth thorpe in minneapolis, minnesota. she said she was of irish-scandinavian heritage on her father's side and mixed french-canadian and a very and on

local economy. coming up at 6:00 we'll take you to northeast washington and the campus. we were there covering an all together different story when the power went out. >> looking forward to that. >> they won't forget this at all. >> the pictures of the power outages from our area are really

. >>> also the new security threat of the golden gate bridge that has local leaders asking washington, d.c. for help. >>> reports of fires throughout baltimore. we have been keeping a close eye on one large fire. at this point we don't know if it's related to this day of protests but it's been a day of chaos. it's unclear if the fire is connected to this. this is some david owe from earlier today. you can see pillars of smoke from different parts of the city. this coming after the funeral today of a young man died while in police custody of some sort of trauma to his spinal cord. as a result the governor has put the national guard on stand by and the baltimore orioles cancelled the game because of safety concerns in the city. there's been reports of looting. they need to have more social justice. again, after the funeral is when massive protests broke out throughout the city. some of those protests they say may have been spawned by gang members who had said they were going to come out but that information is not confirmed. we know 15 officers have been injured in some of these clashes

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local store. >>> and we're back now with former washington post national reporter peter slevin about his new book about the first lady. let's talk about race. she had, i guess, a more conventional african-american experience than barack obama. >> right. >> that is that -- and you talked to some people and they'll say, michelle is his sounding board when it comes to race issues or at least was his introduction to race issues. is that what you found? >> i wouldn't say she introduced him to race. i mean he is still a black man growing up in america. it is interesting how she has spoken about race and his race in politics politically. when he was getting criticism, running against bobby rush for congress a race that he lost by 31 points a number of his black opponents said of him that he's not really quite black enough. >> that was an issue barack obama faced in '06 -- early parts of the presidential campaign. not black enough. whatever that meant, you know. it had nothing to do with color. >> right. and so she stood up for him, and she said in a very interesting interview at one point, barack obama

washington baseball. all right while the nationals are flailing and falling and stumbling all over fenway we found a smooth as silk local athlete running through washington at the cherry blossom 5k. >> i have a love for the sport. tim: dixon is getting faster with age. >> having run for so many years, i'm addicted to it. no question about it. tim: dixon is 90 years old. sunday, he ran the cherry blossom 5k. >> i'd be lying if i said i wasn't tired. tim: dixon took up running 40 years ago when he was 50. he's been derailed. >> i was hit by a car while i was training for the reston triathalon. broke my pelvis in a number of places. tim: detoured. >> i continued running until i had the right hip replacement and that was in 2008. tim: but never deterred. and sunday he finished the 5k. >> i ran a 47:01. tim: two minutes faster than he did last year. >> yesterday at the race many people saw me running and came up to me and said congratulations. and keep going. and when they asked my age, one of them asked my age in the middle of the race and immediately turned to her friends and said this guy is 90 years old. and everybody tu

more pressure that will put on state and local governments to choose between the capital projects and the resurfacing. the more there is uncertainty in washington, you will see state and local government spending less and less on their yearly servicing budgets, meaning more potholes. mike: you are going to detroit, norfolk, it's burke, austan -- if i ask you about one of those potholes at one of those events, is that what you will say? foxx: i will tell the truth. the under investing that we are doing is showing cracks. the cracks are revealed in potholes. that is the reality. i will not sugarcoat it. i think the more we sugarcoat it and dance around the facts, the less likely you are to get answers. mike: it is a small sign of the problem? foxx: sure. mike: i will bring in the deputy transportation editor at politico. hi cathy. [inaudible] -- i think the people -- [inaudible] -- at what point where the administration be ready to integrate -- foxx: let me rephrase the question. after the administration's wonderful grow america act it find such wide acceptance, what happens after that in terms of being able to sustain the system going forward? f

local level. contrary to what people in washington, d.c. think this one size fits all governing doesn't work. look every city across the country's different. every cop's beat is different. i think we need a way, the cost/benefit analysis, look at the numbers the facts and make a conscientious decision instead of a knee-jerk reaction. >> wayne? >> it may help law enforcement officers as well. they're under a lot of microscopes and scrutiny lately. >> well of course it helps, eric. anytime you get at the truth it helps. if the camera is the truth and that's what we see of course that helps. the other thing i think it avoids is all the problems that occur after these things. when somebody sues the police department or the police department is under fire, it clears all of that up. when you have a camera there, everybody can see it they see what happened you know what it is, you trust your eyes. you know, who you going to trust, my lying eyes? no. you'll trust what you see on the screen. >> i want to get to my real libertarian, not my fake one. so hold on one second juan. john a violation of fourt

and slowly methodically starts making his way to the washington area. his localalls the secret service and says our guy is flying towards the national monument right now, do you have any estimate? the secret service says, we have no statement. let me talk to capitol police. capitol police said they had no idea that this guy was coming. it was a surprise to the local authorities. liz: if the secret service isn't going to take action, the faa needs to step up. will you join us again? scott: absolutely. >> he's a former faa official. he's saying the secret service looks like it fumbled this one in part. the controversy still raging just weeks after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke before the us congress. it was this line in his speech that struck a major cord with jews around the world. listen. >> the days when the jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies, those days are over! [applauding] liz: it was that line that affected our next guest the most. real estate magnate bruce ratner. executive chairman of ratner companies and chair

local toyota dealers. tim: they played professional baseball in washington, d.c.ce the 1800s, and opening day is often exciting. the play that beat the nats today looked like the bad news bears. max scherzer was fabulous, a no-hitter into the sixth inning, eight strikeouts, only four hits over eight innings. he all to sue the team for nonsupport. bryce harper went 2-2 including this frozen rope liner. 1-0 nationals. two outs in the sixth inning, ian desmond goes over to the right side of the field to call off dan uggla. this is a bad play on any level. that allows two runs to score. then this happens, the next batter lucas duda takes the scherzer fastball to right center, there goes the no-hitter, two runs. nats lose 3-1, and the play in the sixth inning was the difference maker. >> pretty embarrassing. i feel like one of those little leaguers. i just looked up and i did not hear anything, so i kept going for it. coach: it did not get off on the right foot, but as you for it may say, we have another in a couple days. >>tim: the orioles come in the market, playing

as chairman of washington shared with all of us, advocacy and local education. re, we could share the messages here in washington, d.c. you hire us to come up and see the experts. but you need to share that local message in your towns and your communities. it is so important. but when you go up on the hill the next couple of days, take this packet with you. it is loaded with information to help you educate our members of congress, to help them see the $10.8 billion that -- or 10.8 billion trips that we've got going on in this country. you need to show them how this investment is paying off in growing demand and how we need it to continue provide safe, dependable, reliable service each and every day. congress doesn't need to go very far to see public infrastructure. look at the capitol dome. it's happening right where they work every day. now it's time for you to help share the message how we need to make investment in our infrastructure as well. when you're up on the hill, some may ask you, how should we pay for this robust transportation bill? certainly it's our

at washington square i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> it's been a very -- rough couple of weeks for localamily after they lost everything in a fire that just ripped through their apartment building. >> but tonight an incredible act of generosity is putting a smile on that family's face. tara and her two daughters living out of a hotel. fire destroyed everything they owned inside their northeast philadelphia apartment on academy road back in march. so they turned to fox 29 for help. especially wis help getting 17-year-old belong to her upcoming prom. after we brought their story last night anonymous local organization gave a large donation to the family so belong will be able to go to prom. >> dubbed the mrs. doubt fire bandit. he's already pulled off two bank robberies. how police say they got -- they knew this guy -- think guy new exactly how to get away. >>> a 60-year-old woman tries to stop a shoplifter. why chasing down the crook cost her her job. >> a night of mischief for one teenager leads to a 30 year mystery. >> let me clean this mess up now and let me hunt for my rake. >> how a

that have similar bans or regulations in place and colorado and connecticut and washington and others have something on the local level as well so i have one particular amendment to make today. it's non substantive on line four and page 16 and strike out the american association and replace with global animal sanctuaries when we submitted copies to the clerk. the reason that we're making the amendment the global sanctuary for animals and we wanted to include that. i wanted to thank dr. allison stangly and the executive director of the california chapter of league of voters dr. chaplain and everyone that is speaking in support of the legislation and my cosponsors again supervisor wiener and supervisor yee and before i turn it over to the department i wanted to give supervisor wiener an opportunity to say a few words as well. >> thank you mr. chairman and supervisor tang. i want to thank you for your leadership on this legislation and supervisor tang and i have partnered on various pieces of animal welfare legislation and budget support for animal care and control and it's a real pleasure to be able to work with y

local innovations. not innovations coming from me or anyone else in washington. local innovations, those invested in innovation program. we received more than 2hundred applications for this program -- 2800. unfortunately we only had resources to sport 140 fantastic local ideas. we're focused developing evidence to maximize results both for students and for taxpayers. through first in the world we're aiming to promote student success at scale. a set aside for minorities serving institutions at historically black colleges and universities will support their critical contributions to this work. we also here had an overwhelming response to the competition. 460 applicants. we were able to fund only 24. educators and schools need support to advance their progress. this isn't about spending money for its own sake. about making prudent investments to insure excellent and equity for every student. quickly before i close, i want to thank senator alexander and senator murray for their good faith, bipartisan work to fix the broken no child left behind. it is long overdue. we'

not by john kasich, not by washington. it is locally driven. high standards for our kids. curriculum developed by local school boards. i can't think of anything that represents local control more than that. in terms of the assault weapon ban, here is a governor of ohio, i was supported overwhelmingly by the nra. because i do believe in the second amendment. in regard to medicaid expansion, that's a matter of bringing our money back from washington that's ohioans money to treat the mentally ill, and if we don't treat them they'll be in and out of our emergency rooms or prisons with an ongoing societal cost. there was a poll that came out and it said that i had the highest rating of in i governor in the critical swing states in the country. why is that? because ohio is doing better economically. if we don't do better economically, nothing else matters. >> you're looking at the polls in the swing states, and you're taking a trip to south carolina where ted cruz just went and jeb bush just went. south carolina, this time of year i'm sure it's just purely coincidental, when are

check your local listings for the show times. >>> on to washington, d.c., the capitol building is now back open after shots were fired there earlier this afternoon. right now we are waiting for an update from the metropolitan and capitol hill police. peter doocy is live at the scene where the gun shots rang out. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago, they lifted that lockdown that followed a man shooting himself just on the west terrace of the u.s. capitol. you can see that some units are still arriving, this from the friendship fire association, washington, d.c. we have seen four different big agencies from washington, law enforcement agencies, responding to this. there are fbi agents, d.c. police, capitol police as well as dhs. they are all still over there trying to assess what happened. so we don't know too much. but things could have been a lot worse. it's already very scary but could have been a lot worse because today is one of the busiest tourist days in washington, d.c. of the whole year. it is the first nice saturday and it is the cherry blossom festival. they have these beaut

local expertise are emerging. >> reporter: the hanford site in southeastern washington state is known as the most contaminated nuclear site in the united states. established in 1943 as part of the manhattan project, the site produced plutonium for the nuclear weapons program. when all nine reactors were shut down more than 200 million litters of radioactive waste remain. clean up began in 1989. originally it was set to be completed within 30 years. but due to leaking waste tanks and other technical challenges the process has faced extensive delays. across the river clean up work continues even decades after this nuclear weapons related facility was shut down. they estimate that it will take at least until 2060 before the work is completed. the decontamination effort has supported the local economy with it's $2 billion annual price tag. the region has become a hub for research and technology. new companies have been springing up. like this consulting firm. many of its employees used to work at the hanford site. they now provide radiological and nuclear services to u.s. and internal science. >> if you're trying to find

depend on this commonsense deduction, and the dollars that stay in the local community help grow their economy rather than grow washington's economy. a permanent state and local sales tax deduction provides certainty to american families makes federal budgets scorekeeping more honest, and removes the as tirrisk from this temporary provision so the pro-growth tax reform can advance. it's certainly important to texas since its been restored, my neighbors have saved more than $10 billion, which buys a lot of school clothes, gas for your car, and helps with rising college costs. to be sure, this provision isn't reserved just for sales tax states. it allows you will american taxpayers to choose whether they deduct their state and local income or their state and local sales taxes, which ever is greater. that's fair, that's equal treatment. let's be honest, extending this provision temporary year after year, which is exactly what's been done since 2004, that won't cost anymore than making it permanent today and creating that certainty and fairness for taxpayers. i want to urge my colleagues to join me in supporting middle class f

. >>> first the story that's sparking a lot of discussion on nbc washington's facebook page today. localents are accused of possible child neglect. >> letting their kids walk to the park without supervision. kristin wright has more. kristin? >> reporter: well the meitiv parents say their kids were playing here at the park while police say a homeless man was eyeing the children when an officer spotted them and right there is the conflict between child protective services and the free range kid movement. the free range kids movement is a parenting philosophy that gives children even very young one it is freedom to play outside and walk down the street without their parents. via skype, the founder of the movement explained why they call themselves free range. >> we don't believe our kids are in constant danger. so we don't have to parent like they are. we don't have to police as if they. >> reporter: she is outraged a family in montgomery county is in trouble again. >> i can't believe it happened again. they're trying to let them play outside on their own for a little bit. there's two kids.

we commit to supporting and spreading local innovations, not coming from me or anyone else in washington, but local. we received more than 2800 applications for this program. unfortunately we only had resources to fund about 140 of these fantastic local ideas. our aim is to focus on using and developing evidence to maximize results both for students and taxpayers through first in the world, we're aiming to historically black colleges and universities will support their critical contributions to this work. we also here had an overwhelming resummons to the computation, 460 applicants and we were able to fund only 24. educators and schools need support to advance their progress. this isn't about spending money for its own sake. it's about making prudent investments to ensure excellence and equity for every student. quickly, before i close, i want to thank senator alexander and senator murray for their good faith priority work for fixing no child left behind. long overdue. i can't ask you to work any harder. a long way to go as you said, senator murray. appreciate your combined leadership an

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washington, dc. that system does connect to our local power company pepco. liz. >> please keep us posted. ings look better now. it was a scary moment, i'm sure. peter barnes, live from washington, dc. he may very well be the first president to use facebook, twitter, and bitcoin to announce a run for the presidency. the newest member of team fox business was watching rand paul's announcement. thrilled to have you, blake. it was clearly targeting the new america. >> yeah, rand paul was on facebook just a little while ago as well. this was a highly choreographed entrance. he announced in his home state of kentucky earlier this afternoon. paul began by saying, quote, we've come to take our country back. he took a swipe at colleagues from all sides saying they will never balance a budget unless forced to do on so. republicans and democrats are to blame. he spoke to millennials for his libertarian ideas. often citing for nonintervention in foreign policy. now, he tried to separate himself from president obama in his speech by saying, the president is negotiating from a position of weakness. list

washington, d.c. warming up here in the big apple, too. its -- what's shaking locally outside a little bit of sunshine and a high this afternoon of 70 and we're in the 50's now but getting warm later. 64 tomorrow, cooler at the shore and a spotty shower friday. you by mazda cx 5. >>> it's a girl power wednesday. very excited to introduce you to this woman. no doubt you have seen her work worn by men and women around the world. but her journey to where she is today will certainly inspire you. meet marissa webb the newly appointed creative director at one of america's big retailers. some fun headlines. glamour magazine, five reasons you're going to love the new bah banana republic. you've been at the job for almost a year now. quite a year. >> amazing year. >> describe the new banana republic. >> it's about exploring. taking risks. thinking about things differently. color. pattern. and also -- >> oh that's so cute. >> i think we're on a really amazing journey. we have so much more to do and so much exciting things coming. >> speaking of journeys. let's go back. you were

the contract also costs more than the current plan with local company unity health care. despite that "the washington post" says mayor bouser supports the new contract. >>> maryland lawmakers passed next year's budget. the $40 billion spending plan caused a divide between governor larry hogan and democrats. hogan will likely use the money to offset a likely deficit next year. >>> we'll get a much closer look at hillary clinton's campaign strategy today when she meets with community college students in iowa. for now she's skipping the star studded high dollar private events and she's asking for small donations on line. experts say they may eventually top the $1 billion that obama raised in 2012. florida senator marco rubio faces an early test here in washington just one day after announcing his campaign for the republican nomination. he's slated to vote on a bill this afternoon that would give congress more influence over any nuclear agreement with iran. he's positioning himself as the ford-looking candidate. a little late this morning you can see matt lawyer's -- lauer's interview with rubio. >>> it'

locally. thousands attended the earth day celebration in washington, dc which was billed as an event quote to inspire citizens, to take action and to protect our planet and its people. but screw the monkeys. the good intentions were over flowing. and so were the trashcans. that's disgusting. mobs of environmentally conscious citizens came to listen to performers like mary j bliej and fallout boy. they were discussing the threat of global warming and they left the place a total mess. look who was forced to clean out the garbage. >> and we weep for them here tonight. >> all right, so let's start with you. you like to throw trash on the ground. >> oh yeah. >> am i right about that? >> i am a huge slob. was this celebration well meaning or totally .less? pointless? >> totally pointless. the point of the can and people leaving their garbage everywhere is to show us what we are doing wrong that we slobs are the problem. >> there is no resepta cal big enough for the malarkey generated on earth day. the world wants to know with bated breath. rich how did you celebrate earth day? >> today i played gol

programs and will continue to foster cooperation among federal state and local tribal international agencies. along the washingtonrder. we participate in an important role in intel sharing and the enforcement initiatives training interdiction and analytical support to conclude i would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. >> thank you, mr. rodriguez. next is richard harts indiana for -- hartunian. mr. hartunian sits on the attorney general battery committee where he is the cochair of the subcommittee in which he leaves the northern border group. prior to this he served as the assistant u.s. attorney in the northern district or can't achieve a organized crime drug enforcement task force coordinator. mr. hartunian. [inaudible] >> -- sorry. thank you. u.s. attorneys for the 16 federal judicial districts along the northern border know well the border security is a critical component of our national security and work with federal, state, local and tribal law-enforcement agencies and canadian counterparts to combat the trend national crime that threatens it. before distressed with the largest vol

local volvo showroom for details. >> phillies try play come back kids against washington. >> smallest crowd ever in 11 year history ofhe ballpark. over 19,000. excitement fullys worst hitting neem baseball and ryne sandberg switching things up. ryan howard off to slow start starts on bench in favor of darren roth. howard zero career hits off gol sdan he's. you shut there young man and think about that. thats wasting no time. first batter of the game. jerome williams gives off lead homer to taylor. that's all williams allows in six innings, 7th, down 1 hernandez pinch hitting run in. cameron ruff play at the plate safe. phillies take 2-1 lead later in inning fredly galvis bases loaded. jay-roll what. galvis is best hitter on the team now. phillies win 4-1. fans go nuts. >> on a lineup light tonight is serves two purposes gets guys off their feet and involves other players on team get their feet wet and contribute with the written more special but involves everybody and really creates a spark. >> it's a good one. lowest score in history of the masters after two rounds doesn't belong to jack nicholas or arnold palmer an

willie -- we will be joined by the -- the local correspondent from the "washington post." that is tomorrow morning on "the washington journal." ♪ >> next, a conversation in on the latest in batter technology. then, in conversation with biochemist craig venter. then, the world bank president. next, a look at next generation battery technology with washington correspondent steve levine and a director from argonne technology. hosted by atlantic council. jeffrey: welcome everybody and good afternoon. welcome to the atlantic council. we are pleased to have you all here today. i want to apologize in advance. we had some internet difficulties today. we will be passing microphones back and forth if it is not up and running by the time stephen and jeffrey start. i'm sure it will all work out. i do want to emphasize that this is a very important event today. it is the inaugural event and in our new technology speakers series. one of the things that are new global energy center that we are emphasizing is the critical role that technology will play in helping us to meet clean energy c

localities. as far as washington is concerned, and i am an open book, as you know. in essence, there are quite a few requests we have made. the key issue we have had has been the administration. the administration has been very understanding of the challenges. because of the people and the traffic flow on both sides and the relationship with officials. however, we do have an issue with congress for them to appreciate the politics. as far as the issue of blaming everything on prime minister maliki, we need to move away from that. we have common interests. understanding of politics and the nuances of it is a mission for us. we are here to sell our project. we need customers. we need others to buy into it. we need to explain that, and the prime minister is here to do that. we also appreciate that there are certain politics in washington where both houses are partisan or bipartisan. we need to understand that and communicate our concern. we do need u.s. support to not just appreciate the politics but we want them to appreciate our politics as well. and be our partner mo

localities. as far as washington is concerned, and i am an open book as you know in the sense there are quite a few requests we have made. the key issue we have had has been the administration. the administration has been what i call very understanding of the challenges. because of the people, he got the the tropical of people both sides and because of the close relationship, so many conferences and others with the families have but officials. however we do have an issue with congress for them to appreciate the politics. an issue of blaming everything on prime minister maliki we need to move away from the. we need to look at the core issues and the court challenges we face because of the common interest we have. so understanding of politics and the nuances of it is a mission for us to do. we are here to sell our project. we need customers and others to buy into. we need to frame and the partnership is here to do that. we also need to appreciate that the assets and politics in washington in both houses where there's partisan, bipartisan cross party issues and we need to understand that and communica

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meanwhile today hundreds of students rallied against sexual assault at a local university with a troubling distinction. "the washington post" found gallaudet university has the highest per capita rate of reported sex offenses of all u.s. colleges. stephen tschida went to today's events on campus. stephen: gallaudet university tops the list when it comes to reported sexual offenses on campus. in 2012 there were more than 11 per 1,000 students. and today, students and faculty rallied to try to change this situation. they pounded a drum and signed gallaudet's fight song. not in opposition to another college team. but a more serious problem. >> we need to stop sexual assaults. stephen: analysis revealed that gallaudet had 100 reportable offenses for every 1,000 students in 2012. the statistics prompted students to rally. >> it's our attitudes that make us who we are. stephen: hundreds wore teal t-shirts labelled "it's on us." >> we felt it's a special color. i think one thing is it's very very easily seen. it's bright. stephen: they want to bring attention to a haunting question -- why the highest rate of forcible sex off

the communist nation's flag between the american flag and the washington state flag and at exactly the same height. that is a no of no. localriots understandably offended by the governor's move and with the help of an unnamed washington state trooper, they lowered the flag and removed it from the capitol building yesterday. action, independent action. it's good to see it's still part of america. >>> up next, the allure of higher office so strong that some political candidates actually seem to lose their own identities. my commentary, coming up. >>> and getting drilled by a box truck the least of this chinese biker's problems. the resolution truly uplifting. that story and much more straight ahead. stay with us. people ship all kinds of things. but what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. that need to be kept at 41 degrees. while being shipped to a country where it's 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldn't get their vaccine? we didn't think so. from figuring it out to getting it done, we're here to help. lou: a few comments now on folks who want to be pres