the late model maroon jeep liberty is heavily damaged. as to the person who was struck, it's an adult male. it's not a child. not a teenager. that person is in very, very grave condition sustained extremely serious injuries as a result of the hit and run accident this afternoon. d.c. police are here on the scene documenting what they have here but also very much looking for that late model maroon colored jeep liberty with extensive, extensive front-end damage. back to you. >> jackie bensen reporting from northwest d.c. thank you. >>> two incidents near the capital disrupted things this morning. about 7:00 this morning, authorities were not able to figure out what it was. streets were closed for three hours. later this morning, the building on pennsylvania avenue was closed when a vehicle loaded with card board boxes tried to enter a parking garage. a search of the vehicle found nothing suspicious. >>> demolition crews are cleaning up the damage left from tropical storm lee. this mobile home park was hit hard by the flooding. dozens of hom

i'm in love with carter page because he is grooving to my favorite song, maroon 5's "moves like jaggeria skype we have stephanie page, carter page and dad lee page, welcome to "right this minute." >> hi. >> when did you realize that your baby had grooves, that he could get down? >> i think we always have known. no, he, he really enjoys music. we listen to a lot of music. and just the other day we were listening to michael jackson and he really enjoyed listening to "billie jean" and really got into it and loves maroon 5, every time we play that song. >> he definitely has moves like jagger. so we're going to play the song and see if he can hear it. >> there he goes! >> is there any music that carter doesn't like? >> he does not dce to uny. tocountry. 'sokay, carter. >> and basically, you're going to have to teach him itsy-bitsy spider before he goes to kindergarten. he'll be singing aerosmith and they'll be singing itsy-bitsy spider. >>> action! >>> got some pretty sweet go pro video for you, i know you're excited. >> sugar! >> this is sugar the dog, a golden retriever and its hunting. t

they're looking for a marooned 2003 jeep liberty. >> thank you. following developments in a has driveny that attention. ofy believe that the parents the missing 10-month-old are no longer cooperate with police. the parents also say that all of their cell phones were taken. police say they have no suspects. commander in afghanistan made some bold .omments steny stanley mcchrystal says that u.s. had a surprisingly simple the expectation of afghanistan when it entered. commanded u.s. forces in 2009 and 2010 until he was removed by obama from making it making controversial about the obama administration and. the latestain is the republican scheduled to come here to our region to more. there will be a book signing at the cost of tomorrow at noon. justonditions are the first perfect for of october. something to celebrate and savor. remember what was happening a week ago when we had clouds that would not go the cold and chilly rain for the weekend. fear not. there will be no repeat of that. there is absolutely nothing going on for the next few days. but

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christina aguilera will perform with maroon 5, along with justin bieber, kelly clarkson and mary jblaming. you can see them all on november 20th. that is your eye on entertainment. karin brown cbs news hollywood. >>> good morning thank you for watching 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >>> and i'm mike hydeck. >>> here's monika santani. she has traffic in a moment. justin bieber, you were so excited there a moment ago. >>> yeah. moving right along. 51 degrees right now. >> travis. >> a big bebober fan. >> weather first. hey we have patchy, dense fog right now in spots. some of those areas are going to be in northern virginia, a dense fog advisory nfort mead, we have to watch out there. here's a look at the day planner where temperatures will be climbing into the low 60s by noon. mid to upper 60s for highs with the 5:00 p.m. temperature of 65 and winds out of the northwest at 10

. >> 80 diggers or marooned in an ocean of mud water. -- two diggers are ruined in an ocean of mud water. cautiously, they wave their way through the day louche -- they weighed - -wade their wway th rough the deluge. people are doing whatever they can to help the animals. this is seeping through. if i climb up here, that is about a meter and a half, 5 feet high. on the other side, you can see that the water has risen to the top of the embankment. to the north of bangkok, the mighty river has already burst its banks. it runs from here right through the capitol and into the sea. closer to the city, desperate efforts are under way to hold back the flood waters and to shore up the last line of defense. protecting bangkok means that there is water accumulating around the city and that is causing some resentment. this man is deliberately dismantling a flood barrier. next to him, a woman calls out to me. we are short of food, he says. we have not had any help. these are the worst floods that thailand has seen in half a century and it is not over yet. >> i have a dream, the words of martin luthe

estan en la posicion numero 1 con su cancion "te dejo en libertad"...pero tambien los bailadores de "maroonuno pero en canciones en ingles con su tema "moves like jagger" que no deja a nadie sentado... en flor salvaje don rafael dio con sacramento y anda que no lo calienta el sol.. y vamos a ver si esta noche don rafael tambien le dispara a sacramento ahora que ya sabe que se caso con flor salvaje.. es todo de mi parte soy nancy leal y esto fue acceso total blanca ---nos enlazamos con lupita peimbert, quien trabaja con la oficina electoral del condado de marin, en el centro de llamadas. ---lupita, que tal...? que tipo de informacin estan proporcionan do hoy? anchor --a nombre del titular de este noticiero, cesar bayona, gracias por acompanarnos, les dejo con el noticiero nacional de telemundo. soy blanca garza, buenas tardes.

a late model maroon jeep liberty with significant damage to the front end. >>> a father sprang quickly into action after the car burst into flames in fairfax. he started his car and seconds later the engyp caught fire. he got out quickly and rushed to get his daughter out. we talked to him through his niece who translated. >> he's okay because he saved his daughter, but he's okay. >> father and daughter are both expected to be just fine. >>> last night we reported about a man who had attacked two women on the way to a metro station. tonight, police believe they found a third case involving the same guy. now, women who live near or commute to the suitland metro station are told to be really on guard. jackie ben sop has more on the story. jack jackie? oh. >> this is all anybody is talking about around here. >> fear is growing as word spreads that a man with a gun is preying on women in the suitland metro station in the early morning hours. two women were attacked on silver hill road in one week's time, detectives started looking at the crimes. a robbery at the 7-eleven in the 5400 block

now, police are investigating this case as a homicide and they're looking for the driver of a maroon jeep liberty. the jeep hit 22-year-old miguel drooler jr. on 14th and webster street yesterday afternoon. the police believe the jeep might be a 2003 model, now possibly missing most of the front grill. call police if you have any inform a. >>> developing tonight -- information. >>> hundreds of protestors hit the streets of d.c. the second straight day and some are upset bot economy and believe that corporations and banks have too much influence on the government. some are demanding changes like the end of the war in iraq and afghanistan. expect to see protestors throughout the weekend and they have permits to protest through sunday. >>> a huge surprise on the campaign trail this week. a new zogsby poll out shows a new leader. the poll has herman cain leading the field with 38% of the voters supporting him and that is well above the former front-runner mitt romney, who was at 18%. 12% each said they would vote for rick perry and ron paul. no candidate had -- no other candidate had dou

. >> two diggers marooned in an ocean of muddy water. these floods have been spreading for more than two months, submerging farmland and factories, turning roads into rivers as the barriers are breeched. cautiously, they wade their way through the deluge, heading who knows where. all the houses here are awash. these elephants are mow stranded on the only piece of high ground left in what was their sanctuary. revered animals in thai culture, people are doing whatever they can to help them. this is one of the embankments that's been built up to try to hold the water back, but it's already seeping through at the bottom. if i just climb up there, it's about a meter and a half, five foot high, and on the other side, you can see that the water has already risen almost to the top of the embankment. >> to the north of bangkok, the mighty river has already burst its banks. it runs from here right through the capital and on to the sea. and it's in a hurry. closer to the city, desperate efforts are under way to hold back the flood waters, to shore

. >> two diggers and maroons in a ocean of money water. these floods have been spreading for more than two months, submerging farm land and factories. turning roads into rivers as the barriers are breached. cautiously, they wave their way through the bay leaves, heading who knows where. all the houses here are awash. >> this is one of the embankment that has been built up to hold the water back but it is already seeping through at the bottom. if i just climb up, about a meter and a half or 5 feet high. just on the other side you can see that the water has already risen almost to the top of the amendment. >> to the north of bangkok, the mighty river has already burst its banks. it runs from here right through the capital and onto the seat. and it is in a hurry. closer to the city, desperate efforts are underway to hold back the flood waters, to shore up the last lines of defense. >> if we cannot protect this dam and this water -- the water will go through bangkok. i don't know what else will happen after that. >> but protecting bangkok mean

also here, adam levine from the band maroon five, may recognize their hit "sunday morning."a war of words with some of the guys, the two guys, greg gutfeld, i should say. he tweeted dear fox news don't play our music on your evil blanking channel ever again. thank you. they played it on the station one day. then apparently, andy leavy and greg gutfeld decide they'd would respond back all kinds of nasty tweets. dear adam levine, don't make crappie blanking music again. thank you. back and forth. sometime later they played more music on the air of adam's and maroon five. started trashing him. being mean about the music. back and forth. he has not responded. whatever reason that dude does not want his music on fox news. they took their battle to twitter. they were equally vulgar. let's just say that. >> all being mean over there. moving on -- an update on the story we told you about earlier this week, rancic underwent a double lumpectomy. tuesday as part of her breast cancer treatment. her husband went on the morning show. talked about it. he said, she is relieved to have it ov

sometime later they played more music on the air of adam's maroon five. started trashing him.that dude does not want his music on fox news. they took their battle to twitter. they were equally vulgar. let's just say that. >> they're all being mean over there. >> my goodness. >>> moving on -- we got an update on the story we told you about earlier this week, giuliana rancic underwent a double lumpectomy on tuesday as part of her breast cancer treatment. her husband went on the morning show and talked about it. he said, she is relieved to have it over with. the cancer is now out. she is doing well at home recovering. he is adding nursing now to his resume. >> very cool. >> being her home nurse. >> her husband, he's the guy, the first-ever winner of donald trump's "apprentice." tough time for them. they're making it through. >>> also, i pick this next story. hasn't been a name we have seen, mc hammer, remember this guy way back in the day. apparently this week's web 2.0 conference out in san francisco he unveiled that he has a new search engine coming out, called wiredoo, search

never go big or go home that's a lesson now let's take a look at something the ad levine who is in maroon five decided to tweet and he tweeted to fox news he says dear fox news don't play our music on your evil f. ing it channel ever again thank you which i just really like but i actually tweeted out to them and cox news had a little response or little discussion about that too. it's coming. i know what that is. it's crap. literally yes if you could write using search under the category called crack that comes up i guess that makes sense i do know chris morton once you know being in perry came from you can call the police. thing ok who wins here. i mean i just i love the business model we're going to use your song because it's good enough for us to play our crappy television show. we're going to talk about how crappy. i think they're both i mean i'm not a fan of either and i really have to do some. but i got the wires but i kind of like that called you know your evil epic channel yeah and i would like to point out that if you change a few words that tweet could have been from you like dea

like to help anyone that's been a five dollars on a coffee i'm not going to spend six dollars on a maroon five cd next to the register i'm not going to buy jewelry i want to spend on that shirt today twelve ninety five that's a deal that is i know is that i still seriously thank you so much for the errors you know very. well let's move on to our next story so hank williams jr got a little bit of trouble over the following statements that he made on fox and friends take a listen remember the golf game ladies and gentlemen yeah but the golf game one of the biggest political mistakes ever what did you not like about it it seems to be a really pivotal moment for you. would be like. ok ok not hardly. hitler playing golf was a win so what about all of that we didn't get to the you know the end of the story or the culmination it was more of that yes p.s. decided to kick him off at least temporarily i don't know he's not going to be the beginning of monday night football anymore do you think that was a fair punishment there i can't get my head around the fact that somebody actually said something

a 2003 maroon jeep liberty with a torn off front grill is what police are looking for. >>> police are also investigating a deadly pedestrian accident near the national zoo. a woman was struck and killed yesterday as she was crossing connecticut avenue. police tell us the driver stayed on the scene and the person who was hit was a diplomat. we don't have the victim's name but they say she was in her 60's. >>> the nation and the world are pausing to remember steve jobs, the man behind devices that have changed the way we communicate. he died wednesday, 66 -- at age of 56. people leftand tributes across the country. >> its hard to believe that he's gone. i grew up with the iphone being created van and apple computer's. i remember the first mac. >> he revolutionized personal computing. >> he developed personal computer further, as well as invented the iphone, ipad, and more. we have a look at his life and legacy of our website, wjla.com. >> apple sales remain strong even after its founder's death. and why it's not all doom and gloom on the economic front. rob nelson has those stories and

but in this picture he's wearing a maroon shirt.he man is described as being a slim man in his 50s, about 5'8" tall. >>> rescues from a burning home. up next we'll take you inside the inferno as firefighters battle smoke and flames to find two women. >>> back here, we're looking directly at your weekend forecast. one of the days is going to be cooler than the other. i'm going to let you know which one that is and t >>> firefighters in concord save two elderly women from a house fire early today with only seconds to spare. the fire in the 3700 block started about 130 this morning. police say it was too dangerous to enter. but we have video of the fire from a camera mounted to a helmet of a firefighters. the two had to go through a lot of thick smoke to get to the women. >> you could hear the victims in the back bedroom screaming. it was a pretty intense situation. chris and i were just a couple of guys from a whole department of guys that were capable of doing what we did this morning. >> chris peter had to carry the 83-year-old pati

now, they are looking for a late model maroon jeep liberty with front end damage. police are offering an award for information leading to an arrest. >>> we are learning more about the woman killed near the national zoo yesterday. an suv hit her on connecticut avenue northwest. she was a long time board member and former president of the alliance of washington french language and cultural center. they say today would have been her 65th birthday. the driver in that crash stayed on the scene. police are still conducting their investigation. >>> demonstrators continue to pound the pavement in day two of the occupy wall street protest in washington. they marched from freedom plaza up to 15th street to the white house then the world bank. there was a heavy antiwar message this time. participants are pushing a number of causes from housing to jobs. here is derrick ward live with more on their messages today. derrick? >> reporter: as you can see behind me, freedom plaza is sort of ground zero for this occupation. there's a rally about to get under way and possibly another

arguing that the knuckle baller would keep the maroons off balance. there was a confession that he volunteered guillen because he had dreamed that the bears could win the title with him on the mound. and there was a pitch of 15 innings in two days. he would get the hook if he became wild, when you've got one left herrera would say later, that's who you pitch. austin's half of the first inning, each maroon hitter returned to the dugout with the same verdict, he was just a good batting practice pitcher as one told his coach, according to the austin american statesman and said we'll get him next inning. next inning came and the next and the next and austin couldn't get a hit off of him. bowie got the 1-0 lead jumping on a first couple of errors. after there was a walk in the fourth, herrera was true, lifting leftey for guillen. a right fielder tripped and two infielders allowed both bears to cross and put bowie up 3-0. austin finally kindled to life. brinkly, the pitcher led off with a single hit and advanced to second on a walk. guillen struck out but t

but in this picture he's wearing a maroon shirt. is described as being a slim man in his 50s, about 5'8" tall. >>> rescues from a burning home. up next we'll take you inside the inferno as firefighters battle smoke and flames to find two women. >>> back here, we're looking directly at your weekend forecast. one of the days is going to be cooler than the other. i'm going to let you know which one that is and the five day forecast. >>> a theater in san francisco is reborn. how the community is celebrating. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? this is what we can gather from an ordinary crash test dummy. two million data points. this is what we can

i love maroon five, and adam -- he's probably today my favorite artist.u have upcoming recordings, is that right? >> yeah, in new york i got a lot of exposure, so i met a producer there while i was there, and i will be doing some songs, they sent me a song. i just have to see what is next. hopefully good things will come out of it. >> you are doing all of this and still going to school. do your classmates treated you differently? what do you think of this? >> obviously i have gotten a lot of support from them. i am so glad with all of the support that you have got. just behind the website, but from all my friends. >> and you also have a band as well, and you are playing in a battle of the band here at the 9:30, is that right? >> yeah, i am playing at the 9:30 club, and it goes to a music school. we do it every six months. the band is calls pulse. it's something that i do on the side and really enjoy. it's a rock band and i love that, too. love all that stuff. >> do you do other stuff in school? the mom in me has to ask you. while you are doing all this st

police say the driver was in a maroon jeep cherokee, possibly a 2003 model, most of its front grill is now missing. if you were near that area or have seen the jeep, call d.c. police. >>> guilty, that's the verdict in a heart wrenching case in fairfax county, where a woman is going to jail for killing her grandchild. the jury returned the verdict in about five hours. carmela dela rosa stood quietly as the verdict was read. she was convicted of throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter to her death. defense attorneys had argued she was mentally ill. prosecutors said she was vengeful, trying to get back at her son-in-law for getting her daughter pregnant before marriage. outside court, both sides talked about how the verdict will likely not bring peace to this family. >> i thought the case was difficult case from both sides, and so nothing really surprises me in the jury system. i'm disappointed. >> there are no winners in a case like this. there's no joy. i'm not happy. i'm sad. we've all lost a little piece of our hearts in this thing. it's just grueling, and i can't imagine what james and

i want to talk about this with -- and joining us live is the maroon corp director. being with us. >> -- marine corp director. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, laura. >> tell us how this year compares to the past years. and this is the 36th year. >> reporter: it is and every year is special and unique about the marathon to come. the fact that we got 30,000 runners wanting to come to washington, d.c., indian summer and share with the marines to make a statement about their running and that this race is patriotic, $1,500 marines, another 600 sailors and law enforcement. that is one of the safest and most beautiful races we have. it's not about speed but a chance to see all of the bouty that washington, d.c. -- all of the beauty that washington, d.c., has to offer. this year is more special we get to go down independence avenue twice and which gets our runners and spectators to come out and cheer them on, close to the newest monument, the martin luther king memorial. >> is the root the same? and you mentioned the change there. any other changes to the roof? >>

police say the driver was in a maroon colored jeep cherokee, possibly a 2003 model. most of its front grille is missing. if you've seen that jeep or were in the area, give d.c. police a call. >>> hundreds of protesters are gearing up to spend the night near the white house. the occupy white house protest has spread well beyond wall street as frustrated crowds take their message across the country. fox 5's wisdom martin has the story from northwest. thwest. >> reporter: from freedom clashes to the white house to the chamber of commerce, protesters marched opt streets of washington d.c., make the -- on the streets of washington d.c., a mixture of people for a variety of reasons for their march. >> i'm here to protest the war in afghanistan among other things. i was going to join the army in january and started really investigating the reasons why we're over there, the reasons why we're bombing six different countries, started looking into it and it scared me. >> reporter: from war to taxes to the economy they agree the government has failed to fix the financial problem

a maroon jeep liberty struck 22- year-old miguel girard yesterday afternoon. the police believe the jeep may be a 2003 model missing most of the front grill after the accident. the investigators are hoping someone will call with a tip. >>> and though to virginia, police are investigating the suspicious death of an 11- -month-old boy in restin. it happened at the family's home on lakewood drive on wednesday night. the police say the boy's caregiver took him to his mother and when they got, there the child was unresponsive. he was flown to children's national medical center in d.c. where he later died. vienna police are heading up this investigation but fairfax county police are involved in one also. >>> and developing news from new york city where protestors are continuing their occupy wall street demonstration. protestors have have been camped out for weeks there and there is no sign of them leaving any time soon and the demonstrations are spreading to other major cities across the country amount similar protest in philadelphia. hundreds of demonstrators at ci

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further on, we found a giant car plant, owned by honda, now deserted, and marooned in waters 15 feetdeep. we saw motorists stuck on flyovers, forced to make camp on the road-side. a great inland sea opened up before us. the river and its flood plain merged as one-- a great body of water, moving slowly, inexorably towards the south. we returned to phatum thani on bangkok's northern flank where volunteers, equipped with shovels, bags and plastic ties, were hard at work-- an ad-hoc production line churning out sandbags by the thousand. government commandeered supplies of sand, every plastic bag, many of them are being used in the defense of bangkok-- the front line in this crisis. the thai government has moved into air terminal to better to coordinate its response. various ministries share tables in the departures hall. the prime minister's staff, now working from the muslim praying room, and they face a mammouth task-- 2.5 million people displaced, third of the country declared national areas. >> sreenivasan: a heavy new surge of flood water from the north will reach bangkok this weeke

then a maroon getaway car speeds up as the man wrestles the purse away from adriana. i tell the owner i just got robbed. i start crying. i start balling. that's when the initial shock was over. >> the security camera footage is released to the local news stations to help police identify the suspects. and it works. a tip called into a crime hot line leads them to the man in the video, identified as javier duenas. he is found, arrested, charged with aggravated robbery and held on $250,000 bond. another suspect, jonathan fuentes, accuse of being the getaway driver is also caught, and charged with aggravated. thelma is the woman who struck such fear into adrian pap she manages to evade police for a few weeks but is eventually arrested and charged with aggravated robbery. the three have yet to enter a plea. adriana doesn't get any of her belongings back, but now she knows she still has the most important thing, her life. and she says the episode has forever changed her. >> it changed the way i view things. it's changed my life. i think that i've become a more fearful perso

>> reporter: marooned on a sea of stagnant water. this the cause of great hardship. but it won't drain quickly from a waterlogged nation. there are months left to endure on the inland sea. >> sreenivasan: the monsoon floods in thailand have killed more than 370 people since july. in syria, thousands of president bashar al-assad's supporters rallied in damascus today. they turned out hours before a delegation from the arab league arrived. the league has called for talks with the opposition, instead of military assaults. meanwhile, activists said at least nine syrians were killed by security forces today. and nine soldiers died when a grenade hit their bus. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the debt and bank crises in europe, as leaders-- the 17 who use the euro and some who don't-- gather to try to resolve their differences. we begin with a report from laura koonsberg of "independent television news" in brussels. >> reporter: what is in and what has germany ruled snout close attention to the detail is still being do

. >>> the twitter war is on between maroon 5 sing yer adam levine and fox news.evil channel ever again" and anchors tweeted back "dear adam levine, don't make crappy music ever again." harsh. >>> and someone's jealous! this guy took his girlfriend for a walk in the woods where he set up his camera to record a once-in-a-lifetime marriage proposal. well, just as he's popping the question, take a look at the dog. yeah, ruins the moment. i guess that memory will have to last a lifetime. >>> and coming up, we're going to talk about some of this week's hottest trending stories as well. it is 8:04 right now. let's go back outside to matt and savannah. got to love that dog, knew right where to go. >> that's a good one. >> they'll have to remember it in their minds. >> natalie, thank you very much. mr. al roker has gone catty-corner to us with parts of the crowd. >> i have. we have a lot of coldplay fans here. excited? >> yes. >> big fan? >> kind of, yeah. >> kind of, yeah. you're going to be even bigger in about 25 minutes, huh? oh, that's great. let's check that weather

. >>> well, the accused serial killer is set to appear in a maroon county courtroom this morning. his own attorney. they will get an update on the preparations for the preliminary hearing now set for january 10. he's charged with killing four northern california women, between 1977 and 1994. he has pleaded not guilty. >>> and santa cruz county sheriff detectives are investigating the death of the woman found here. members of the california conservation course, they spotted the body yesterday afternoon, while cleaning a creek bed. and the deputies say that items found near her body, they leave them to believe that she was homeless. they say that the unidentified woman in her 40s, that they may have fallen from a train track. >>> and a southern california assemblyman is working on a referendum to overturn the jet's sign dream about, allowing qualified undocumented immigrants in college to receive state funded financial aid. he told the sacramento bee that people are so bottled up over this one issue. this is really the straw that breaks the camel's back. >>> well, voting begins next

in that 5% of schools marooned in those schools for the rest of their k-12 education and the rest of our lives. i think that is the issue here. >> mr. chairman -- i know we want to get to of votes but i do think we got a little sidetracked on the vouchers may be. i think this is the key point. what is best for the kids? remembering that this is the bottom 5%, i still remember joel kline saying these mechanisms, these turnaround models gave him the ability to do it. on the other hand, i too understand senator alexander has the best intentions here and there's another part of this that 50 laboratories and maybe some other states will find a better model. those of the two side. i would not be so quick to go to a vote. the crux of this is we're talking about the bottom 5% of schools and what is best for those kids. this is a tough vote for me i can tell you. >> we got sidetracked on the voucher issue. still a murky area. i think states will find the least onerous have to take, what ever is the easiest way out and we want to be rigorous on those bottom 5%. and make it very rigorous. we di

because otherwise, we are going to have the children that are marooned in the 5% of schools, marooned in the schools for the rest of their k-12 education, and for the rest of our lives. so, i think that's the issue here. >> tram ti know we want to get o vote, but i do think we got a little sidetracked on the vouchers. i think we did, maybe. i think this is the key point. and what's best for the kids, and remember that this is the bottom 5%. and we, you know, i still remember joel klein saying these mechanisms, these turnaround models gave him the ability to do it. on the other hand, and i, too, understand that senator alexander has the best intentions here. and there's the other part of this that 50 laboratories, and maybe some other state will find a better model. so those are the two sides of it, and i just wouldn't be so quick to go to a vote if anyone wants cash that because that can is the of this really, is not vouchers. it's really, the crux of this is we're talking about the bottom 5% of schools and what's best for those kids. so, this is a tough vote for me, i can tell you th

we have held onto one small sliver of children that are utterly marooned in our society and have said you need to do something about it if you are going to take federal funds. the chairman has pointed out there is nothing that requires states and local governments to take local funds. they do not have to. but the idea that we would insist that the very bottom of the heap be dealt with, i think is not an overly intrusive federal intervention. it was enormously useful to have the levers of "no child left behind" to begin the school reform that we started. i will tell you this. i do not want people in this town to tell me how to do my work. i do want them telling me that we have to do the work, that it is not acceptable that our children are shackled to the drop-out factories that they are shackled to. >> i would ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment because i think senator alexander will have one that i think has a chance of passing. [laughter] but i would like to make a comment directly to senator bennet. we have talked a lot about where accountability should rest. even over t