today, montgomery county decided not to push it any further. in montgomery county, scott broom, 9news now. >>> nationwide, secure communities has resulted in more than 100,000 deportations. about 30% of those people were classified as noncriminals. >>> 5, 10, 15, 20 cents, how much extra it will cost you to bring home four bags of groceries in montgomery county. the county approved a 5 cent tax on both paper and plastic bags in all stores. that means you, too, mall shoppers! you will be paying that as well. the new law takes effect january 1st. it is modeled on the tax imposed in the district last year. of course, if you bring your own bag, there's no charge. >>> washington county, maryland has new school superintendent. yesterday, the board of education named clayton m. wilcox to the post. >> he has been a superintendent in florida and louisiana. he's currently a senior vice president for education in corporate relations at scholastic incorporated in new york city since 2008. if approved, wilcox would succeed elizabeth morgan who retired in fe

today montgomery county decided not to push it any further. in montgomery county, scott broom, 9news now. >> a nationwide secure community resulted in more than 100,000 deportations and about 30% of those people were classified as noncriminals. >>> the british are coming. actually they are already here. right now britain's prince charles is in dc for a three- day visit and this afternoon he attended a reception. then he got his hands dirty a bit, you might say, visiting a vegetable garden that grows food for low income families in the area. there was a big crowd to greet them there, and spent time shake hands. tomorrow he will speak at a georgetown community conference called the future of food and also meet with president obama at the white house. >>> picked a great day to do it, because if he was out there tomorrow, it would be 20 degrees cooler. >> and wet. we have a severe thunderstorm watch to the west. not in the immediate metro area, but in martinsburg and winchester. let's start with the big picture. circled the beltway down to the low

back to you. >>> also in montgomery county aikman stabbed to death.his happened late last night in a town house on country ridge drive in germantown. investigators say an acquaintance. victim is the suspect. they say he fled the town home and called police from a nearby wal-mart. you can see video of him being put into a police car in the shopping center. the suspect has not been identified. the victim was 22 years old. >>> now to the latest on the death of osama bin laden. we are learning some new details about how the raid unfolded. the u.s. navy seals conducted the operation dubbed geronimo. they found bin laden and his family on the sex oobd and -- on the second and third floors of the compound. . according to white house officials, his wife rushed the seals but was not killed. >> they resisted the raid and put themselves against the salters. whether or not they were trying to shield, whether or not they were trying to tax is still unclear. >> the debate over whether to release photos of bin laden continues at the white house. some don't want to i

right now it's near 60, though, in arlington, fairfax and montgomery.the district of columbia and prince george's county and much of southern maryland. mid-60s on the bay, northern neck and lower eastern shore. shenandoah valley, western maryland. there's that a little bit of light haze over washington now. our sun has been up now for half an hour. by 9:00 should be near 70. by noon time, near 80. sun in and out this morning. mostly cloudy this afternoon. and, again, if you have not heard we do have the risk of some severe storms late this afternoon. if you hear thunder, get inside. turn on nbc 4. we'll let you know if a storm is threatening your neighborhood. the severe threat time 5:00 this afternoon until around 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. we have the threat of strong storms coming west to east as a front sweeps on through. some isolated storms could produce wind damage, hail, maybe even an isolated tornado. again, that would be 5:00 this afternoon until around 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. then much cooler after midnight. showers lingering. this time

we are following breaking news in montgomery county.explosion leveled a home at about 3:00 this morning. firefighters tell us two people were blown into the street and debris could be seen for blocks. the home is ashley drive in garrett park neighborhood. an update at 6:00 a.m. >>> earlier this week a similar scene in northern virginia when a blast leveled a home there. this morning we're getting a close look at what is left and hearing the story of the neighbors who pulled the home owner out of that rubble. more on the heroic efforts. >> reporter: one look at what's left of the house on wayne drive in triangle, virginia, and you wonder how anyone could have survived the gas explosion that caused this monday morning. someone did survive thanks to caring neighbors. >> 8:45 in the morning, big boom. i was like, whoa, what was that? went out to the driveway and looked to the right and holy crap. a blown-up house. we all ran in there and just started screaming, hey, is anybody in here, is anybody in here? and we heard a scream. i'm calling

break news out of montgomery county.e in the hospital and a home is leveled after an early morning explosion on the 11000 block of ashley drive in garrett park. that's where tracee wilkins is live on the phone with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. let me take you right to the pictures and show you what's left of this house. it has been reduced to absolute rubble. and they are trying to work their way through all of this. now that we have sunlight out here, as much light as we're going to get this morning, it's going to help their investigation as they try and figure out exactly what caused this. of course all utilities are here on the scene. washington gas is here as well. they're going to be helping with the investigation to see if this was a gas explosion. it happened around 3:00 a.m. this morning. two people inside the home at the time. they were told that was a man and woman inside the home and they were actually blown out of the house. when this explosion happened. they suffered some severe burns

established a 5-cent-a-bag tax last year and officials in montgomery county today followed suit. and this is that problem. consumers in montgomery county carry away 83 million plastic or paper bags a year and some wind up on the ground and blow negligent trees. the plastic bags last a long time and they're not biodegradable and to encourage residents to shop with reusable bags, the county couple took action. >> i believe the city of seattle, washington, at one time, proposed a 2020 fee and that did create a bit of a back lash. the district of columbia and with the tour following said no, let's be reasonable here and light try to plant a seed in people's consciousness, a nickle discretionary fee. i assure you it works. >> and not all bags will be taxed. there will be no bags on -- taxes on plastic drying error error cleaning bags or if you take a doggy bag home, no tax if that is made of paper. the bag tax goes into affect in montgomery county, brian, on january 1st. >> and this seems punitive as in behavioral modification. where is the money going to go? >> it is. unlike d.c., th

. >>> this sweeping bag tax in montgomery county prompts the question of whether other jurisdictions will do the same. they are quick and convenient. plastic bags are everywhere but often times they end up in places they shouldn't be like rivers, polluting the environment. >> i don't think it's surprising given how many of them we use. >> reporter: paper or plastic may be the question you are asked at the grocery store. but in montgomery county, customers are now paying more at all retail stores. >> our attempt is not to obtain revenue but get people to utilize more reusable bags. >> no one wants to pay more taxes but some we spoke with say they would beling to make the sacrifice if it meant cleaning up the environment. >> i think it's a great idea if it's going to eliminate bags. >> reporter: montgomery county estimates it will generate about 1 1/2 million dollars a year. >> the consumer pays it. it's a tax. >> 5-cents per bag, you said? that's a lot. >> reporter: left over from carry out, prescription drugs and bags at farmer's markets would all be exempt from the new law. >> repor

but here is what it means for shoppers in montgomery county.ou're going to have to fork over that 5 cents bag fee at nearly all retailers. not just grocery and food establishments. and that's the key difference there in montgomery county from the district. and there are some exemptions so these bags you get with your prescription or newspapers or items that you buy at a farmer's market you won't have to pay the 5 cents tax there and you won't have to pay any money for those fast food carryout bags or the ones that hold your leftovers from a restaurant. all right, my friends. i've got a bit of a test. a little test. going to give you a test. do you have to pay the bag tax if you carry out food from a lunch room or cafe? >> no. >> very good. no cheating. the revenue collected from the bag fund in montgomery county will be used to fund a cleaner environment, watershed protection activities, litter prevention removal or all the above? >> all of the above. >> very good. it is exactly the same as the dc bag tax? >> no. >> we listened. >> the law only

he took those two and northern armies and gave them to montgomerie. bradley did not take that very well. to bradley by this time it was all about prestige. not bradley adds prestige. he was not in it for him but for the american soldier. what was bad for brad was bad for the american soldier. so bradley decided this was a last straw. he put up with too much from the british and told eisenhower on december 20th i resign. he called in down, and brad would get his armies back. eventually the armies made it across the rhine river, the last act in europe. by the end of april, in the beginning of may german army capitulated, that was the war's end but eisenhower's career was just beginning. eisenhower was appointed the u.s. army chief of staff exceeding general marshall and it became effectively the ulysses s. grant of the second world war. bradley was sent to run the veterans administration which he did very well. he would eventually succeed his friend eisenhower as protector and mentor of the top general. as patton predicted in a letter to his wife, would

runningback montgomery county estimates that the tax will generate $1.5 million.sed to clean up rivers and streams. >> the consumer pays it, it's a tax. >> five cents per bag you said? that's a lot. >> reporter: kai jackson, "wjz," "eyewitness news." >>> general motors is >> reporter:ing chevrolet cruzs to make sure the steering wheels were installed properly. the recall effects only certain 2011 model year cars. >> the road back to the big leagues begins today for orioles pitcher for simone. he has been off the mound since the january arrest accused of killing a cousin in his native dominican republic during a new year's eve celebration. so far, he has not been charged down there. >> in the nba playoffs, los angeles laker ron artest is facing a possible suspension for a shot of dallas guard. he was ejected from the game. dallas outplayed the lakers all night long. going up two games to one. >> chicago beat atlanta as well, tieing that series at one game apiece. >> how would you like to zip line your way from federal hill to the inner harbor? one idea that has bee

a house explosion in montgomery county. this photo taken by montgomery county fire and rescue. >> you can see this -- in this picture the house is a pile of rubble now. it happened just after 3:00 this morning on ashley drive in roshville and that's where we find stacy cohan live with the latest now. stacy, good morning. >> reporter: i do not have good news to report. we reported that the man and woman inside the house were rescued and were seriously injured but with nonlife- threatening injuries. i have just been told that that has changed. the female is reported to have serious life-threatening injuries. her condition has taken a turn for the worse at the hospital. here on the scene, i can tell you the investigation continues to be very active with fire investigators. we have members of the atf here, along with pepco and washington gas trying to determine what it was that set off the explosion at 3:00 this morning. i am here in rockville, i have reports that it was heard as far away as bethesda. the neighbors came out of

a great theme in montgomery that we continued to ride with dr. king shaking the hand of one of the freedom riders with his arm hanging out of the window, the freedom riders. dr. king just was shaking his hand as the bus is pulling off. >> woodruff: going forward, did it weaken the movement? did it strengthen the movement? what do you say? >> the freedom ride, the drama of the freedom ride strengthened the movement. it took the movement out of the urban centers off the college campuses into some small town, into areas. it was a movement on wheels. even after we had been beaten and mobbed in montgomery, after a church was almost bombed and almost burned down, we didn't give up. we kept the faith. we kept our eyes on the prize. and the freedom ride led to the desegregation of public transportation all across the south. >> woodruff: as a young person today, what does what they did mean to you? >> i realize that their efforts paved the way for many of the opportunities that i have today. to attend college of my choice. to get on a bus and ride through

it's near 60 in arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties. farther west and north, a few isolated conditions dipped to upper 50s, near 60. farther south and east, southern maryland, lower part of the bay, northern neck, temperatures there in the mid-60s on this tuesday morning. parts of the shenandoah valley into the upper 50s. central park. we have patchy fog that's forming in the open fields and rural areas right now over the jefferson memorial, partly cloudy sky. and sunrise is at 6:08 this morning. just a little more than an hour away. and we'll have a little bit of sunshine in and out through midday. a rapid warmup by 9:00 near 70. by noon, near 80. by midafternoon it may hit the mid-80s for a brief time. then late this afternoon, into this evening, strong storms are possible. some of which would produce damaging winds, an isolated tornado. a look at night planner in 10 minutes. >>> tom, lake forest mall just getting initial reports of an accident. fire department just pulling up on the scene. reportedly a pedestrian has been struck on 3

arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties in the mid 40s. shenandoah valley dipped in the 30s and areas east of the blue ridge also dip in the 30s. there's the clear sky over washington. we'll have our sunrise at 6:06. by 9:00, near 50. a blustery northwest wind will be gusting 20 to 25 miles per hour. and then with mid afternoon, we'll be soaring into up thor 6 -- the upper 60s to near 70s. chilly again. the planner coming up in a few minutes. joe. >>> ground zero in new york city to honor those killed in the september 11 attacks. it's been ten years since osama bin laden masterminded the terrorist attack on the world trade center in the pentagon that killed 3,000 people. president obama will lay a wreath on the world trade center towers and ltalk to the family members of those who were kill in the attack. >>> the white house decided not to release photos showing oles's's death. the pictures are gruesome. they say bin laden was shot twice by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, once in the chest, once in the head. releasing the photos would not represent w

she told the true story of the 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott through the eyes of four women.ase help me welcome her. >> i guess you are wondering why i'm standing here. [inaudible] my teachers have been teaching me a lot about standing up for what is right. it was a week right after negro history week. i like negro history week a lot because we learn about people who make a difference. that is what i want to do. teh white -- the white section was empty, and the colored section was full, so i sat in the middle, the seat on the left, the last one in the middle. i was not thinking about anything in particular. i had a chocolate candy bar, and i was looking out the window. an older girl sat next to me. i continued looking out the window. more people got on the bus, and some more color and some were white, and soon, no more seats were available. colored folks started getting up, and white folks started taking their seats. i just stared straight ahead. "make light on your feet." other people got up, but i told myself that i would just stay seated. folks started staring at me. you k

in montgomery county, where there are 72 cameras, that same contractor gets $16.25 per ticket. that is a 40% cut worth more than $5.8 million last year. >> i expect top-quality service. >> i do not like that at all. >> it should be making money for the state not the contractor. >> official said the contract -- the camera so you down. what of its selling point to the cameras, they are proven way to increase revenue. >>> for a more specific breakdown of where the speed camera money goes, go to wjla.com. >> i do not think that story is going to make a lot of people happy. coming up, how they hit a home run in more ways than one. >> gabrielle giffords takes a big step but -- forward in her recovery. >> it is a popular river walk project going to the birds? [ male announcer ] with the most branches and atms in the dc area, it's hard to miss a capital one bank. alright, let's get ready to work alex. rosslyn! ♪ ♪ arlington! ♪ ♪ falls church! nice save! [ trainer ] tenley! k street! [ horn sounds ] herndon! mclean! cleveland park! capitol hill! [ groans ] sorry penguin. georgetown! [ m

the montgomery county council has decided to follow d.c.'s lead and impose a bag tax on disposable plastic or paper bag starting in january. vote was nearly unanimous too. john henrehan was at the county council meeting when the vote was taken. >> reporter: near lay million people live in montgomery county, maryland and each time they go to the grocery store, they mostly carry away merchandise some paper on or plastic bags. the county estimates that 83 million bags a year are carried awade. some of them wind up polluting the environment. plastic bags generally don't degrade and that polluting trash becomes semipermanent. the county council has followed d.c.'s lead and established a five cent a bag tax. nancy fluorine was the only know vote. >> i do think this tax is over the top. it solves no problems as far as i'm concerned. it is just another regressive tax that creates its own set of administrative costs. >> reporter: some constituents agree the bag tax is a bad idea. >> the cost of living is getting higher and higher and higher and now y

the difference between b and d in montgomery county law. from his office to court when he got snagged by the speed camera allegedly going 45 in a 35 m.p.h. zone. >> i was aggravated about it. >> he received this $40 citation showing his car going through the intersection. >> like i would do for any client. i pulled the statute. he believes he found a typographical error. it states violators must receive evidence from police of their violations under section 21800 b. he took his ticket to court and argued the statute should refer to article d. >> they will have to send to the certification or it will have to stop prosecuting these cases. >> the case went to the court anyone. the judge agreed there was a mistake. he said that throws a wrench in the speed camera programs. motorists who live near the camera said he is a hero. >> i have been hit 20 or 25 times. i understand he went to court and are refunded. send me a check. >> the statute is written the exact same way in every county in the state so that is why it could affect the entire speed

the initial reports are that trains are being turned around at montgomery street. that would mean incoming trains from the east bay are not able to get any further and in montgomery street. that is the first report. kron 4 newsroom is working to get additional details. if you head into san francisco on march, we could be facing some major delays. we will try to get more information as quickly as possible to update as we have been free of hot spots on the roadways, the west on right looks good on the bay bridge. on the san mateo more volume and no delays. or the golden gate bridge ride has been a problem free without any delays in either direction. also, some great road work for antioch highway 8804. i will tell you about that in a moment. take a look at san francisco, there are no connection delays to the james lick. antioch eased out, so bleak road work blocking the road with, we will update that in our next report. >>: and a developing story in san jose, we will zoom in on the area of a fatal shooting that is being investigated. this happened at 11:00 p.m., it wa

it is in the boiling brook region of montgomery county.e is absolutely nothing left of this house. we have pepco on the scene. we poke for a neighbor who said he awoke when he heard the sound and ran outside trying to help. here what is he had to say. >> i saw my neighbor who moved in two days ago and he was just searching for his wife. he couldn't find his wife. i just jumped over the fence and i found his wife about 0 feet away from the house, maybe 20 feet away from the bedroom where they were sleeping. >> reporter: an adult male and adult female were transported for a local burn unit. we are told they have serious but not life-threatening injuries. at this point, once again, there is still no word on what caused that explosion. they have also checked the nearby houses for any gas levels to make sure anybody there is safe. we did see neighbors removing their belongings there their homes early this morning. back to you. >>> now to the latest on the death of osama bin laden. photos of the dead leader of al- qaeda are supposedly gruesome a

actually much of montgomery county, fairfax and loudoun county.m in a little bit and see light to moderate activity around this hour around loudoun, chantilly, also the east side of gaithersburg and 270 over towards damascus. where will this go in the next two hours and will we see any intensity? probably. do you see manassas, that is moderate rainfall. that is going to cross over 66 as we get into the midnight hour and 12:30 as well. so just prepare for a wet commute tomorrow. outside story, well, here we go. wet start wednesday. no doubt about that. the other shocker tomorrow, much, much cooler. we were 81 today. we'll be lucky to be 61 tomorrow. dry evening commute. there is some silver lining there. you'll be able to drive home on dry roads tomorrow as we get partial clearing late. i think we will see the sunset as the rainfall moves out from west to east either late morning or early afternoon. but we'll stop the future cast here. 6:00 in the morning there is rain everywhere. albeit light to occasionally moderate and nothing severe in the morn

and in my memory -- -- montgomery -- [laughter] in montgomery, you had to go through the back entrance. now you can go through the front. and they took down all the signs. my sisters even said, you know, we have that cosmetic change that you see on tv. she said, before you could not go into the department store to try on hats. now you can go into the department store and they have malls and they have expanded it and everything. so that has changed. and the attitude of white people. when i was growing up, my father did not mind people calling him by his first named. his first name was qp. in the court case, they ask, what does that stand for? it stood for quinnith paul. the white people use to just call him jordy and they would call his son, boy. even the teachers and the faculty members of my school said they never called him buy anything other than his first name. and he was a professor of alabama state. so i have seen all of that change. it is an attitude change. and as my sister called it, a cosmetic change. they say, dixie had a cosmetic change. they have the same mental attitude h

the others touched down in montgomery county and st.y's, calvert, baltimore and carroll counties. >> i remember that day. it was wild and windy. >> wild. seven tornadoes in virginia. that's kind of crazy, right? >> it was. >> hawaii. winter weather advisory. >> what? in the mountains of the big island. >> wow. >> for snow and freezing rain. >> do they ever get that? >> they can. >> obviously they can because they are. >> not usually in may. in other months. but elevation. that's the key. >> that is the key. >> what are we looking at, sir? >> i think you will like sunday. kind of cleaning up a little bit. >> let's start with the radar because we do have a couple of showers on the radar. couple thunderstorms too. some rather intense. marching across loudoun county, across the river into montgomery county. had some hail up near 97. also lightening with these storms. then another trailing storm that will roll into southern frederick county as well in the next 20 minutes or so. that's the big picture. we will kind of zoom in now on doppler.

the explosion and resulting fire shook wisconsin avenue near montgomery avenue around 10:00 last night. no one was hurt. >>> let's get to the latest this morning on the death of osama bin laden. we have learned recently that the president did not actually see the actual killing. cia director leon panetta says there was a good 20 minutes in the situation room where no one was sure what was going on. he calls those moments very, very tense. we're getting a look now inside bin laden's compound. this video was released this morning by pakistani television. the cia is going over thousands of documents recovered there. so far, as far as the photograph is concerned of bin laden, it may be released. >> it could be inflammatory. >> it is simply possible that this is an issue that we are taking into consideration is that it could be inflammatory. >> islamic hard liners in indonesia will hold a prayer service today on bin laden's behalf. >> the death of bin laden hasn't given president obama any political boost. a new gallup poll shows the president's approval rating is at 47%. that's up 1%. from

might want to bring your own bag or opt for the reusable ones or you will be paying more soon in montgomery county. the county ounce sill approved a five cent bag tax yesterday for disposable paper and plastic bags. the tax is expected to start in january. >>> rate changes in the works

head of the major crimes division for the montgomery county police department. he says he's aware of the domestic violence complaint against norwood but he says there's a big difference between the two incidents. >> these type of orders are issued on -- and through the courts sometimes on a regular basis. this particular instance would not be indicative of the level of violence that occurred that would show that she had a propensity for this type of violence on the night of this murder. >> apples and oranges? >> absolutely. >> reporter: suspect norwood still in jail awaiting further court action in this murder case. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins reporting, thank you. >>> investigators in loudoun county in virginia are trying to figure out what led to an apparent murder-suicide. it happened early this morning on south birch street in sterling. investigators have identified the victims as larry and

and how is montgomery county going to use this money?> we did to speak to the department of montgomery environment for this one. it has brought in $1 point 5 million in 2010. most of the proceeds from that bag feeia river cleanup protection fund. proceeds from this fund help clean and protect the anacostia and other local waterways.the d eventses have reported significantly fewer bags in our local waterways. that's interesting. in month bomby the proceeds will be used for the water quality protection mouth fund and that's a mouthful and proceeds will help improve local water quality and cleanup litter from county streams. there you go. >> if you have a question you'd like us to consider, send it to ask liz@nbcwashington.com and search liz crenshaw and on facebook by searching liz crenshaw's consumer watch. all about bags. >> at whole foods what they do when you get money back they'll give you wooden nickels and then they have other charity things by the exit to give money to other charities which is nice. >> it reduces the number of bags

a scary morning in montgomery county.s are right now at the scene of a major house explosion in rockville. >> it is amazing but two people were inside the home. they were injured. the explosion happened in the 11200 block of ashley drive. our surae chinn is at the scene with more. >> reporter: what neighbors are telling me is this was a massive explosion. here's what's left of the house that exploded just a pile of debris right here. there's damage to the neighboring homes as well. we have jorge fuente who was asleep at the time this happened. tell me what you heard. >> one massive explosion. there was just a tree that fell on our house. then glass shattered. glass fell on my back. debris everywhere. we didn't know what to think. we went outside. we heard voices. trees up there. it actually spread into the neighbor's house over there. thankfully, they were quick enough to get it off and that's all that really happened. >> reporter: describe the sheer noise you heard that woke you up. >> it was massive. like one massive th

you have heard the professional side of it. 20 years ago, i was a very young reporter in montgomery, alabama, and our -- they decided, they had come out to san francisco and decided that they needed someone that looked just like her, and i was the only one in the newsroom in montgomery, alabama that look like her. do you know they forced me to do this show, and that started me on my road to coming out to san francisco and the bay area to live and work here and become part of the community. i thank jan for that. i had no idea who she was, but that is how i got my start in the coming out to california. on a quick personal note, 10 years ago, she says she works out, but she really just kind of talk to people on the machine at certification, asked a fellow should in london, and she said she had a single friend she got really needed a date. i was really busy. i had a new job. we end up going out, and we have been married 10 years now. never say never. some george died. [applause] -- some george guy. she does not work out. she just talked to people. >> it is all true. is she doing a great

arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties. loudon county, mid-50s there. mid and upper 50s panhandle of west virginia, washington county and the shenandoah valley. farther south, prince william come county in the 50s. there's the sunrise over the potomac. partly cloudy sky. by 9:00, near 70. a little sunshine this morning in the afternoon. near 80 by noon time. midafternoon should be into the mid-80s. so quite a warmup on the way. dress accordingly. by late afternoon when you hear thunder, get inside. turn on nbc 4. we'll let you know if a storm may be threatening your neighborhood. in fact, there is a likelihood of storms from 5:00 this afternoon all the way until mid evening. unfortunately there is a risk that an isolated storm could produce damaging winds, hail, maybe even an isolated tornado. then much cooler and a wet start tomorrow morning. a look at the rest of the week, the weekend at 6:21. how's traffic, jerry? >> tom, chopper 4 checking for the report of an accident. reported to be westbound route

montgomery county firefighters are finding themselves in a tough spot. they're overworked and understaffed and money to pay them overtime is running out. >> it could be very strenuous with a lot of firefighters out here. >> with several months still left over time budgets for a number of agencies are just about drained. critics point to a decision made earlier this year by the county executive to give 9000 public county workers 500 hours of extra leave exchange for giving up a salary increase and accepting eight days of furloughs. other government workers were given 26 hours of leave. >> it is compensation for not giving raises. >> but only so much to be done. the work still had to be done. the executive wanted to exempt public sector workers from furloughs, making believe offer unnecessary. but the council disagreed. >> the root causes we don't have enough and have a staffing shortage. that is what is driving everything. not necessarily -- why wait until it gets right up on them? >> the county executive and a fire chief say the executive will not be com

and those young students really began there and then went on to the freedom rides in montgomery and then finally-- and not finally at all, because they went on to do great things in the country professionally-- but then to selma and to edmund pettus bridge for that crucial showdown there. david found them, and they found him, and the dynamic on this paper then gave voice and coverage to the movement. it was an electric moment when david halberstam began to report on that sit-in movement that had its genesis in that city. (halberstam) i would like to say very simply that it was not so much me, that there were any number of four or five reporters on that paper. wally westfeldt had been our senior civil rights reporter, and he had taken the year off in sweden. but because of coleman harwell, our editor's, decision-- from day one on brown, he had assigned wally, who should have won the pulitzer prize in those years, to go wherever it was that this story took him-- little rock; clinton, tennessee-- and cover it. and that had set the orbital thrust of the paper. and we were different. we not o

the man convicted of the countyzing a montgomery synagogue will learn his fate from a judge. the 23-year-old faces up to 6.5 years of prison after a jury found him guilty of malicious .estruction of property last year, police say that baron painted swastikas and anti- epithets on at the albany.e in thousands gathered in washington take part in what is called a ride.r it is to bring awareness of soldiers and the challenges they've overcome. they use state-of-the-art including tricycles and bicycles. another ride is being held tomorrow in annapolis and a dozen other cities. still to come on abc7 news that new, separate fact from hollywood fiction. inside look at what when the special forces put down bin laden. tomoprah" farewell from hanks an thi the sleep numb store, a place that changes lives every day. welcome to the sleep number store. a visit here can improve your whole life. as the sleep number setting goes down, the mattress gets softer. that's nice. as the sleep number setting goes up, the bed gets firmer. it's really molding to my body. here, you'll learn how your bed

well, in came then field marshal bernard montgomery. the commander of the british forces and probably by this time one of the people in europe aside from the be hitler who bradley disliked almost bar none bradley was concerned when he heard rumors that montgomery had this idea of how to win the war. he called it the narrow thrust. under the narrow thrust idea montgomery said, basically, give me some of bradley's armies and give me all of bradley's gasoline. tell brad and patent to sit on their rears further south, and i will go through the north part of europe. abcatoo holland, northern france, through the low countries and carry the union jack all the way to berlin. well, this, of course, would give the lion's share of credit to the british which was exactly what the patent and bradley were dead set against. eisenhower, as the team's manager, i have to of balance might to wings. he had to consider paton and bradley who wanted to run into the southern part of europe into germany and try to win the war their way or at least keep themselv

montgomery county law takes effect january 1. not just those that sell food. >>> all right, let's talk about the quest for the cup. it is a must win tonight for the washington capitals after losing the first two games at home. the caps second round playoff series shifts to tampa. >> and brett haber joins us live from st. pete with more on tonight's matchup against the lightning. brett. >> reporter: well lesli, anita. the capitals are not panicking yet. if they were to lose tonight's game, their fingers would be hovering over that panic button because you can come back from two games to none down, but less than 1% of teams have ever come back from three games to none down and that is why tonight is such a desperate time for the capitals. they have a track record, however, of digging out of holes just like the one they are in now. they lost the first two games at home and came back to win the series. they are going to need to improve some things if they are going to make that happen. the power play has been no goals in 11 tries and