. >> michelle van cleave was america's top counterintelligence officer.irector of national intelligence, she was in charge of coordinating the hunt for foreign spies from 2003 to 2006. >> the chinese are the biggest problem we have with respect to the level of effort that they're devoting against us versus the level of attention we are giving to them. >> the chinese have stolen technology used in the space shuttle and in submarine propulsion systems. in the late 1990s, a congressional commission found that china now holds the most closely guarded secrets america had. >> we learned, and the cox commission reported, that the chinese had acquired the design information for all u.s. thermonuclear weapons currently in our inventory. >> make sure i understand. the chinese are in possession today of the designs of all of our nuclear weapons? >> yes. >> how did they get that? >> the questions of how they acquired it remain, to some extent, unknown. >> how the u.s. lost its atomic secrets may be unknown, but there are fewer mysteries in the case of tai shen kuo an

more people to london to watch michelle obama s.b. van ann romney. more than 26 million people opening night of the dnc were the first lady was the featured speaker. more than 22 million people as the first night of the republican national convention. >> a with abc 7 news and wjla.com for complete coverage with abc 7. news, ang at other observation hearing will georgetown and murdering his socialite wife. doctors say albrecht muth is noticeably weekend after a hunger strike last month. but they believe he is competent to stand trial. killed 91-0 viola drath inside their home last summer. the latest on the 12-year-old fort washington boy accused of oldally beating a two-year- foster girl. board entered an alford plea to involuntary manslaughter boy entered an alford plea it. the boy initially faced a more serious second-degree murder charge. be held at a youth facility until a hearing in october. >> students at northwestern high hyattsville wing bolt will bring home letters today stabbing at the school. the victim was a 17-year-old student. john gonza

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van park. first lady michelle obama will at the university mary washington at 5:00 p.m. tom roussey will have that story tonight on abc 7 news. it's all swing states all the time for the rest. president obama speaking in golden, colorado at 1:00. vice president biden at the wisconsin and. ann romney in fort myers. ryan will have a rally tomorrow in virginia. saying goodbye to an american legend. forblic memorial being held at the washington national cathedral. find johnre we gonzalez this morning with a look at what to expect. >> good morning. it is estimated that about 500 people around the world d that first landing on the moon more than 40 years ago. ine of them will gather d.c. later this for an emotional goodbye. the first man to walk on the moon and capture our imagination before will be time at thelast national cathedral. the 82-year-old died following complications from heart surgery. armstrong commanded the apollo aircraft that landed on the moon in july of 1969. a nasa administrator named will attend the service. be officiated by the episcopal diocese of washin

michelle obama. and representative chris van holland of maryland is among those attending that convention.man of the democratic congressional campaign committee joins us now from charlotte. very nice to have you this morning. thank you. >> it's great to be with you this morning. >> so the convention will be adopting the party platform today, and is that platform uses new language to express the party's views on a lot of controversial issues. can you talk to us about that? >> well, the core of the platform is to invest in middle class america, to make sure we build this economy from the middle out and the bottom up, rather than the republican theory, which crashed in the past, which is to provide another round of tax breaks for people like mitt romney and expect that all the trickle-down and lift the boats up. we know that didn't happen. and so we lay out very clearly in this document the fact that we want to empower middle class americans. we also deal with lots of other issues. we want to make sure we preserve a woman's right to choose. you know, republicans keep saying they don't want th

van dyke park in fairfax. this afternoon first lady michele obama seen here with the president at arlington national cemetery tuesdayill greet supporters at the university of mary washington in fredricksburg. >>> there's a new report that finds gulf coast is growing more vulnerable. americans wetland foundation submitted 30 ideas for saving the coastline to congress and the white house. those proposals include using dredging material from the mississippi river to rebuild the shoreline. >>> and starting monday, you'll know just how many calories are in those big macs and large fries. mcdonald's is going to put calorie counts on its restaurant drive-threw men -- drive thru menus. mcdonald's getting a big jump on the competition with that. >>> it's thought of as a smoker's disease but now more than half of all lung cancer diagnoses are nonsmoke e. 160,000 deaths a year, lung cancer remains by far america's top cancer killer. it may be time to rethink about who gets it. i'm joined by survivor joey smith. he's right here and i have the longevity foundation president andrea farris. they have new news about fighting the di

sdidecisivo el voto latino, van a ir a las urns lass latinos >> 60 y algo dÍas nos quedan para que los polÍticos se den cuenta que los latinos sigoimos creciendo. >> michelarÁn en las urnas. >> al mismo tiempo presiÓn porque muchos tenemos que hacer... >> emocionada y ala vez concentrada en que en volumenemos la comunidad latina. >> se hicieron presentes manifestantes porque dicen que la administraciÓn obama sigue en la guerra y tambiÉn incidentes que con incluyo enero pa' pacÍficomente. >> estuvieron unos congresista y luego estarÁn los platos fuerte, juliÁn castro y va a dar el discurso principal de la convenciÓn y el plato mÁs fuerte en la primera dama michael obama que darÁ un perfil humano de su marido y vuelvo con ustedes. >> vemos algunas protestas tambiÉn de algunos grupos de inmigrant inmigrantes, platÍcanos sobre lo que pasÓ. >> asÍ es hubo una protesta de activistas inmigrantes que arizona que vinieron a esta ciudad en bus y trataron de hacer una propuesta sabemos que hubo arrestos y luego sabremos lo que pasÓ mÁs adelante. >> gracias fernando desde charlotte. >> dicen que la clase media en estados unidos va a desaparecer. >> una economÍa que

van dyke park in fairfax. doors open at 9 a.m. the program starts at 11:35. at university of mary washington at 5 p.m. michelle obama speaks and also tomorrow a national service for neil armstrong. former astronauts and other notable dignitaries will be there at 10 a.m. at washington national cathedral. that is our report tonight at 7:00. i'll be back at 11:00 tonight with derek. don't forget you can find us any time at www.wusa9.com. i'm anita brikman. see you later. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >> the truth behind the george clooney/stacy keibler breakup headline today. are they over? clooney's camp responds, as stacy talks about the relationship to "e.t." >> i've taken over the entire closet, are you kidding? >>> and miley and her man, under siege. >> what happened with that nightclub fight? was that over liam? >>> and where jessica simpson and her baby just battled the paparazzi horde. >>> the new season of "grey's anatomy." "e.t." is first on the set. and we brought a real life doctor. >> i'm quizzing the cast to see what they really know. you said, i need

van dyke park in fairfax around 11:30. tomorrow, paul ryan will hold a campaign event at the rockingham fairgrounds at 2:00. >>> first lady michelle obama also going to be in the commonwealth today, campaigning for her husband. mrs. obama will speak to supporters in richmond at the center stage theater at 2:00 this afternoon. then she'll head to fredericksburg and meet with organizers at the university of mary washington. she'll be speaking there about 5:00 tonight. >>> president obama, meanwhile, stumping in the critical western swing states. of colorado. he arrived in aurora overnight after a campaign speech in las vegas. later today he'll speak at a grass roots rally in golden, colorado. golden is in jefferson county, which helped the president win in 2008, but was previously considered a red county. that is making it a popular battleground right now with both mitt romney and paul ryan having visited in recent weeks. >>> in a couple hours, hundreds will gather here in washington to pay tribute to the first man to walk on the moon. politicians, space explorers and the public will all be on hand for a memorial service in neil arm

first lady michelle obama kicking off the democratic convention last night. representative van-term congressman from maryland. sir, thanks for being with us tonight. >> it's great to be with you. >> i know you'll be speaking tonight. what do you plan to say to the audience? >> i'm going to talk about the different choices the american people face, especially with regard to how we face our long-term deficit. the president has put forward a balanced approach saying we have to make some very tough cuts but we should also ask folks at the very high end of the income scale to pitch in a little bit. if they pay nothing, everybody else gets hit that much more. that's what the ryan/romney plan does. >> congressman, we have been having this conversation around the table here today. obvious there's a lot of politics on both sides. some of the people that we've spoken with, including people like simpson and bowles, including dave walker, who has talked about this have said what you really need to do is broaden the base. you need to have however much, you need to broaden the base. >> get r

michele obama will campaign for her husband. she'll make appearances in richmond and at the university of mary washington in fredricksburg. also today, mitt romney will hold a rally at van dyke park in fairfax. this is video of the republican presidential nominee arriving at dulles airport yesterday afternoon. the rally is slated to start around 11:30 and you may want to avoid some potential traffic in the area. go to our website at wusa9.com to look for ways to get around. >>> it is 4:33 now. police in baltimore are searching for a gunman after a shooting at morgan state university. a man was shot in the chest around 5:00 last night near the field house on campus. he was not a student. detectives believe the shooting was a result of a botched robbery. the man is in stable condition right now. investigators believe the shooter and the victim knew each other. >>> police in prince george's county still haven't found a person who shot and killed an honor student on his way to school this week. marckel ross was gunned down tuesday as he walked to central high school in capitol heights. police are still also looking for a possible motive in the case. >>> two sisters in dale

michelle obama is speaking even as we speak. earlier today republican presidential candidate mitt romney was at a place called van dyke park in fairfax and our own bruce leshan was there checking him out. what was the deal? >> yesterday even as these details of this libyan tragedy were unfolding, mitt romney actually held a news conference and accused the obama administration of apologizing for american values. he ran into some criticism even from members of his own party. today he seemed eager to move on. governor romney opened the fairfax rally with libya. >> what train did i to lose such a wonderful -- a tragedy to lose such a wonderful people. >> reporter: and was interrupted almost immediately by a heckler accusing him of trying to score political points during an overseas crisis. >> why are you politicizing libya? >> why are you politicizing libya? >> usa! usa! >> i would offer a moment of silence, but one gentleman doesn't want to be silent, so we're going to keep on going. >> reporter: then launched a broader critique of president obama's foreign and defense posture. here in battle ground virginia governor romney is blaming t

on the campaign trail, republican nominee mitt romney y at van dyck park fairfax county this morning. first lady michelled fredericksburg this afternoon. now, angela foster for traffic. >> good morning. still seeing a lot of slow in virginia on 95to the springfield interchange. continue on the beltway, from alexandria barnabas, it's a jam. in maryland on the american legion bridge, folks trying to trip, the accident has cleared. southboundstopped .70 at the spur how much the forecast, jacqui ?eras >> its beautiful. looking at the potomac and national. a little patchy fog will be p quickly and it's be a beautiful day. mostly sunny and warm. 78-82.-temperature a cold front approaches. a 20% chance of rain tomorrow. get that.ody will perfect on a weekend, cooling down a little. >> thanks so much. thanks for watching. another news update coming up in 30 min [ cheers and applause ] >>> great crowd out here in times square this morning, having a whole lot of fun. what a gorgeous morning it is out here. robin is on her medical leave. great to have amy robach with us again today. and lara is keeping up with the

michelle obama? >> i have. once or twice. >> what was your reaction like? van, i want your impression too. >> the governor lost. >> my wife just waved to her and made connection with her at the white house correspondence dinner. my wife put her hand on her chest and said you inspire me so much. and michelle obama looks back and she seems to be able to connect to everybody. it seems to go right down through her staff. she does seem to have a personality that really radiates. what was your interaction like? >> four years ago i gave her a cruel indian bolo tie. so i'm expecting maybe she'll be wearing that tonight. >> oh, dear. >> here's what americans see in a first family. they see upward mobility. every family in america dreams that their children will be able to climb mountains that their generation couldn't have. and when they look at this family, this family says to every family in america no matter where they started that they can climb the tallest mountain. and i don't think you could have a better symbol than that. >> van, you got to know the first lady a

van jones made it sound like celebrities were leading the country when he said this on television. let's liz listen. >> you had michellebill clinton like elvis and tonight justin bieber ask michael jackson and prince roll would up together. >> steve: they cancelled the big stadium but it was beautiful outside and not a cloud in the sky. not a rain cloud in the sky. >> gretchen: we'll do head lines for you. a true american hero killed trying to save a life. david nelson was visiting friend no, sir destroit when a car pulled up and start tod shoot a girl. nelson was killed . he earned a purple heart after being hit by enemy fire in iraq. >> steve: just like old times. except for hospital food. koch has been catching up with sphen year old peter balone. he is getting a stint put in koch set to go home later today. >> gretchen: there is a new food fight playing out in minnesota. stunes are outraged over the federal meal guide lines. and so on the chopping blook. cookies and old milk and rationing ketchup to one packet per stune. >> i plan on bringing a bag lunch. we are just play by ear. >> gretchen: the school blaming was

oportunidad, no van a ser políticos los que pronuncien los nombres, sino más bien los familiares de las víctimas, las imágenes llegan desde washington, donde el presidente barack obama y su esposa michellera nueva york, él dice que si no hacemos eso, si no hacemos homenajes de qué pasó en el 11 de septiembre del 2001, hace 11 años, puede pasar como un hecho más en la historia, esto puede ser una especie de holocausto, guardando las proporcions. >>>cclaro, sin duda alguna, blanca rosa, 2983 personas murieron en ese 11 de septiembre del 2001, estamos honrando la memoria de todos ellos, estamos con los momentos de silencio, quedan 5 más para marcar lo que vivió este planeta y nueva york, tenemos más para ustedes en despierta américa, adelante mi querido raúl. >>> este segmento de despierta américa, es presentado por goya >>> ha llegado la hora y el momento de saborear, señores la cocina en despierta américa, tenemos una receta criolla de gallina con papa guisada, está con nosotros raúl santa cruz. >>> bienvenido. >>> muchas gracias. >>> el chef nunca viene solo, sino que también viene con sus ingredientes y también con su esposa, muy guapa, cómo se llama. >>> carolina. >>> qué vamos a coci