president moran: thank you. commissioners? >> a little over a year ago, we were having conversations about your office rightabout when you came on board. these are the kinds of new procedures that will assist you and your staff to streamline some of the smaller leases and decisions that need to be made. i recall that we were looking at staffing situations in your office. there were changes that were made. this is a logical progression of a staffing changes. am i correct? >> actually this is an overall peace in permit several. it does not have anything to do with staffing. it guides the staff. -- it guides staff. one of the permits we issued or obtain, what we charge and the approvals for which we need to get, from the smaller items go to the general matter -- manager. the larger items go to calendar. anything over 10 years has to go to the board of supervisors for approval. it is a very detailed set of rules. >> it does make it more clear to staff, yes. >> the general manager can designate to you or you can desi

president moran: thank you. our next speaker. >> i am with s.p.u.r. thank you for letting me comment. certainly excited about these projects and do not have to much to add except for it is good to hear about the time line. i have put in applaud if it is possible to move that faster, i know staff has a lot on their plate but to have an open house will sooner than late summer might give people more time so that when it gets closer to starting a project in the fall that people have time to think about it and echo what dennis said -- dana said. staff has done an amazing job of outrage. some do not know the best way to plug in. -- staff has done a great job of outreach. if there is an announcement on a website that would give people an outline, it could help encourage ideas we do not know of yet. it is moving ahead in a great way. i look forward to seeing this happen as soon as possible. thank you. president moran: any additional public comment? seeing none, we should return to item nine. >> i have identified in the

president moran: thank you. we do have a motion by commissioner vietor, i do not believe we have a second. >> second. president moran: seconded. any further discussion on this item? any public comment? ok, all those in favor of tax opposed? the motion carries. -- all those in favor? opposed? we do not have any items for closed session. remind me to continue that or -- do i have to dispose of that in some way? >> i think if you do not move to go into closed session that takes care of it. >president moran: that will take care of that. >> we should remind you and the public that the next meeting on march 27 will be at 4:00 p.m. as opposed to the 130 pm regular meeting. it will be at the southeast community center -- facility as opposed to city hall and that will go into a joint meeting at 5 or thereabouts. president moran: thank you for that reminder. on to the next item. is there any other new business? for the commission. sing and -- seeing none, that concludes our calendar. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

in new york city, this is "nightline," march 30th, 2012. >>> good evening, i'm terry more r moran. just a half hour ago, $640 million drawing, and late into the night, people were still lining up to buy a piece of the dream. in all, americans spent an estimated 1$1.5 billion in hopig to win. with the odds stack against them, it seems nearly everyone had a strategy, and abc's ryan owens has a day in the life of a jackpot-crazed nation. >> tonight's mega-millions jackpot is a world record $640 million. >> reporter: the nation held its breath tonight. >> our first number tonight is -- >> reporter: waiting on those six little numbers that add up to so many hopes and end up dashing so many millions of dreams. >> 46, 23, 38, 4, 2 and the megaball is 23. >> reporter: with the biggest jackpot in history up for grabs, we spent the day crisscrossing the country to discover people's strategies to win it all. 6:00 a.m. in dallas. dawn of a dreamer's biggest day. this gas station is hopping. even as the long horning who live right next door are just waking up. >> five megamillions. >> good luck

i'm terry moran with a special west coast edition of "nightline." it's official. in the world record-breaking mega millions lottery there is a winner. the golden ticket came from a store in baltimore county, maryland, and there may be winners in other states. all day people lined up in a frenzy of last-minute buying, each with a strategy to win. so here's abc's ryan owens with the day in the life of a jackpot-crazed nation. >> reporter: tonight's mega millions jackpot is a world record 6$640 million. the nation held its breath tonight, waiting on those six little numbers that add up to so many hopes and end up dashing so many millions of dreams. >> tonight's winning numbers are 46, 23, 38, 4, 2, and the gold winning ball is 3. >> reporter: with the biggest jackpot in history up for grabs, we spent the day crisscrossing the country to discover people's strategies to win it all. 6:00 a.m. in dallas, dawn of a dreamer's biggest day. this gas station is hopping, even as the longhorns who live right next door are just waking up. >> good luck. >> reporter: keisha lyons

i'm terry moran. and we begin with a question of love. or crime? a california high school student has left school and moved in with her male, 41-year-old former teacher. she's 18 now. and she and her boyfriend say their relationship is a may-december romance. but her mom claims a crime has occurred here. and she points to some 8,000 text messages, dating to when her daughter was a minor, to prove it. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: this might look like innocent love for james and jordan. but he's 41. she's 18. and there's another twist. one month ago, he was her high school teacher. are you in love? >> yes. i do love him. i mean, my best friend. i mean, he's more than just a lover. >> i would say we're in love, also. i would say i'm in love. i guess i can speak for myself. >> reporter: james and jordan first met when jordan was a high school freshman and he was her business class teacher. >> when i had jordan as a freshman, when she was 15, she wasn't interested in school at all. she failed my class miserably. >> reporter: not the model stu

i'm terry moran. tonight it was a rollicking super tuesday with ten states and 437 delegates up for grabs in what now seems like a marathon republican contest to take on president barack obama. tonight saw mitt romney and rick santorum locked in a dead heat in the critical fight for ohio. right now abc news can report romney has the lead of about 1 percentage point over santorum with romney looking like the apparent winner in. and that razor-thin victory means he's still poised to win the nomination, eventually. with such a tight race it won't be easy. romney took virginia, vermont, idaho, massachusetts. santorum won in tennessee, oklahoma, and north dakota. newt gingrich took only his home state of georgia. we're not going to be projecting a winner in the tenth state, alaska. where results from the caucuses this evening are still coming in. in a race that is just now still too close to call, the way it's gone all night. here's a closer look at how the republican races went down tonight. >> thank you.

i'm terry moran. tonight, on super tuesday, a republican donnybrook out there. it's too close to call right now. mitt romney, rick santorum, they're in a dead heat in the critical fight for ohio. if santorum could pull off a win, he would turn the political terms on its head. he has won tennessee and oklahoma and north dakota. if he takes ohio, romney could be in jeopardy. he has won in virginia, massachusetts and vermont. but ohio is the one race that can change everything. and david muir is covering the romney campaign for us. so, david, mitt romney has got to be thinking, what have i got to do to shake this guy, santorum? it is really a test for him. >> reporter: yeah. and you really sense that within this campaign, terry. just 24 hours ago, one adviser told me, they really liked the numbers they were seeing. the momentum heading into super tuesday. particularly in ohio because they thought that a decisive win in ohio, would help them close the deal on this republican nomination. if they could start making the case, that the other candidates won't be able to

congressmen jim moran said the ad needs to come down and is disrespectful.ould beg to differ and so would ira. what happened to free speech? i don't remember people going nuts when anti-bush ads were placed and similar sentiments we got from christopher maple vicky. google anti-bush signs and they get worse than that calling bush a murder irand terrorist. there are signs that say he -- murderer and terrorist. there are signs that say he should be hanged. telling the president to go to hell is kind of tame compared to those against bush but tracy says that is not so. during eight years of bush metro never had advertisements that said hey, george, stop killing our kids and go to hell or hey, george, stop screwing our country and go to hell. i'm announcing my own personal boycott of the metro system. i think that's your right, but the other right on this one, telling the president to go to hell is totally rude and disrespectful but without question is protected by the first amendment. you don't have to agree with the statement too stand up for someone's right t

senator moran? >> madam chairman, thank you very much. mr. secretary, in 2008, congres pad -- passed the rural access act. and i was involved in it in my days in house. the program is now referred to as project arch. access received closer to home. and that legislation set certain criteria that if a veteran lived a certain number of miles from an outpatient clinic or v.a. hospital, they'd provide those services locally. using a local hospital. my legislation was broad in its initial form, it was narrowed by congress to create pilot programs. and the division that kansas was in is included as one of the pilots. i have expressed my complaint to the v.a. before because when the v.a. implemented the pilot program, it didn't choose a visen as a pilot program, but it chose a community. we have taken legislation and created a pilot program within a pilot program. and we now have a project on going in pratt, kansas, to demonstrate whether or not this idea works. i would -- i would love to hear the report of progress being made, but also use this mome

thank you, senator moran. m.d. issue first. we have this difficulty in certain parts of the rural country. if you look at the m.d. system, we don't have a recruitment problem. 's very important that we focus on the fact that this is rural area. two things we'd like to do. one is that we need to expand our tuition reimbursement program to be able to provide an incentive for people to go to rural areas by reimbursing them for the tuition from the medical school. the second one was an idea that the secretary had. i don't want to get into the details about it, but to do something like the military does with their uniformed services medical school and that is recruit people, pay for their medical education with an obligation to follow to work with us in particular parts of the country. those are two areas that we are trying to explore. >> thanks, senator. i'd put a finer point on what dr. petzel said. i thought if we went into areas, rural areas, and found a highly talented youngster, great potential, and targeted that individual an

. >> reporter: also congressman moran was taken into custody as well. let me show you what it is looking like down the street. that's where george cloony aey a number of other activists were speaking before a number of them were taken into custody. accused of denying humanitarian aid to reach the people of sudan. hundreds of people gathered here in protest including actor george clooney who as we just said was arrested. taken into custody. he just returned from a trip to sudan. he was joined by congressman andrews, jim mcgovern, jim moran, also taken into custody. martin luther king iii and hundreds of protesters who have been down here. pretty write much all morning. they are demanding immediate action to top s-- stop sudan's use as a weapon. half a million people in sudan's newland mountains risk starvation because of the accusations against sthe sudanee president. he's blocking humanitarian aid and mood. here is what george clooney had to say just before his arrest. >> it takes the government to stop raping them and stop star offing them. that's all

i'm terry moran. while the church of scientology is one of the world's newest religions and growing. opening dozens of new churches around the world. and making high-profile converts in places like hollywood. but tonight, a former scientology insider will allege that there is much we don't know about this famously powerful, wealthy and secretive institution. allegations of misuse of power and physical harassment. abc's dan harris brings us an exclusive interview with a woman who was once a high-ranking church official. in his report, "scientology: on insider speaks." >> reporter: scientology, a church known for celebrity. >> i'm a scientologist. >> reporter: secrecy. and controversy. >> you listen to me for a second. >> reporter: and now, the latest p.r. hit involves a former high-ranking insider, named debbie cook, who is being sued by the church, and is fighting back by making headline-generating allegations in open court, about what she says happened to her behind the scenes in the church of scient

i'm terry moran. it's not just for the rich and famous anymore. nasty breakups, exposed for all the world to see, online and on facebook and twitter. now, it's easy to read up on the sordid details of the battles being fought by couples you barely know. all that tmi can come as a price. and christie brinkley and peter cook are prime examples of what can happen to a breakup gone viral. here's abc's elizabeth vargas. >> reporter: christie brinkley's world-famous for her stunning beauty. but the brawl between brinkley and her ex-husband, peter cook, is getting pretty ugly. they could have kept it all private. but their personal battle is now a public spectacle. it's a war of words between a famously feuding former couple. she's requesting you be put in jail? >> at the front page of the motion. >> reporter: before she was set to star in the musical "chicago," brinkley smacked cook with new legal pars. this time, she claims they violated their divorce court ruling, by sending her aggressive e-mails. she wants him to pay her a $140,000 fine or go to jai

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 22nd, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. drugs, jim morrison once said, are a belt with your mind. 40 years after his body was found in a bathtub, we have another belove and tortured artist to remind us of the stakes of that bet. the results of whitney houston's autopsy are in tonight, and they confirm her cocaine use and the toll that addiction took on her mind and her heart. here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: since the day her body was pulled from the bathtub of her beverly hills suite, it is the diagnosis whitney houston's life style has warned of. and her family, friends and fans had feared. >> the final cause of death has been established as drowning, due to heart disease and cocaine use. >> reporter: there was water in her lungs, indicating drowning. her heart weakened by 60% blockage of arteries. and the final, perhaps overriding factor, whitney houston's wlolong-time weakness cocaine contributing to her death. her body showing

and terry moran. >>> good morning, everyone. some news overnight. former vice president dick cheney is resting in a virginia hospital this morning after receiving a heart transplant yesterday. the 71-year-old suffered five heart attacks had been on the transplant waiting list for almost two years and his initial prognosis is good. >>> in the presidential race, rick santorum is riding high after pull a turkey in louisiana. >> very clear and crisp state and that is, we don't believe that this race is over. we're still here and we're still fighting. >> even with his 11 wins, santorum is way behind in the delegate race. romney in a commanding lead. after his win in illinois on tuesday, romney is the only candidate who can wrap up the nomination before the convention. what does this race against the president? let's begin with david plouffe. hearing rick santorum saying that he's going to keep on fighting, i know you and your president thinks this whole process is helping the president's chances, our latest poll shows that president obama is in a dead he

however, virginia congressman, jim moran says there is another consideration. >> the courts consistently hold that you should not be allowed to put profanity and obscenity on public property and this is public property and it is obscene to be doing this kind of thing. >> reporter: but the question really is whether the word hell would be considered obscene or profane by the courts. in a legal context from what i'm reading, it looks like many would say that it is not. back to you. >> good point. thank you. >>> new developments in the standoff over north korea's nuclear program but will it lead to a resolution. that is coming up next. in the midwest. the deadly why more trouble could be looming. stay with us.  >>> the ringleader behind the biggest prison break in modern history has been put to death. george rivas was executed last night. the so-called texas seven broke out of prison and went on a robbery spree. rivas gunned down an officer who responded for a hold-up at a sporting goods store. rivas is in the second of the group to be executed. >>> the storm system that s

senator inouye, jack reid, jerry moran, representative mack thornberry, representative mike simpson and representative sanford bishop. our chairman is rocco sis sill an know. i understand the purpose of this meeting is to discuss the memorial. you recently just heard from him. commissioner of the house seated behind me. appointed by the president. your congressional colleagues. senator inouye, jack reid, jerry moran, representative mack thornberry, representative mike simpson and representative sanford bishop. our chairman is rocco sis sill an know. i understand the purpose of this meeting is to discuss the memorial. while some may be here to discuss a design point of view which may be legitimately different from the commission's standpoint, i'm here to answer the questions to the best of my ability and demonstrate what the proposed memorial is and what it is not. since if in my extended statement for the record, you'll see how we worked with congress and numerous government agencies such as the national park service, gsa, ncpc, commission of fine arts, the district of columbia and many

it pretty much eliminated moran from being a suspect. what we'll do is we'll close it out.o a confidential or closure chronos. we'll submit that to committee. and they'll make a decision. we pretty much have a knowledge of who it might be. we're trying to gather more evidence and more facts on that. >> carlton was subsequently released from ad seg but declined to talk to our producers any further due to fear of retaliation.

northern virginia congressman jim moran calls it offensive. >> when you put something on a government building, it sets an example and this is saying it's okay to tell the president of the united states, whoever it may be, to go to hell. well, it's not okay and it's particularly not okay to do it on government property. >> reporter: metro says it really had no choice in the matter in. a statement they tell us wmata advertising has been ruled by the courts as a public forum protected by the first amendment of the constitution and we may not decline ads based on their political content. congressman moran isn't buying it. >> the courts consistently hold that you should not be to put profanity and obscenity on public property. this is public property and it is obscene to be doing this kind of thing. >> a short time ago i spoke with the man who paid for the ad, logan bar row clemons who wrote and produced the film sick and sicker about the obama healthcare programs. clemons was on his cell phone in los angeles. >> hey, wake up, we are not going to tolerate socialized medicine. basically wh

terry moran reports. >> reporter: it is a movie that takes you straight into the nightmare reality thatlions of our children live every single day. >> they punch me in the jaw. strangle me. take things from me. they push me so far that i want to become the bully. >> reporter: for lee, the director, this is more than a movie. >> our goal is that we built a very simple call to action. stop bullying, speak up. >> reporter: but that call to action is likely not going to be heard by millions of teens. the footage is so raw, teens use profanity and the filmmakers refuse to sensor it. the motion picture association of america has given the film an r rating. no one under 17 admitted without an adult. now, major hollywood players are fighting back, hoping to lower the rating so kids can see it. meryl streep hosted a screening this week to draw attention to the film and revealed she, too, was bullied. >> this one bully was hitting my legs with a stick until they bled. >> reporter: and kids themselves are rallying to change the rating, led by katie butler, 17 years old and a bullying survivor. so

. >> reporter: virginia congressman jim moran, he wrote a letter to metro today, asking that the ad be taken down and he argued the public should not be subjected to this profanity. advertising in the system is protected by free speech. the agency cannot turn down political ads based on content. moran worries this sets a dangerous precedent especially as we head into a contentious election season. >> this is an inp appropriate ad. if this gets allowed, it's going to be a signal to others to put even more inappropriate ads on public property. >> metro says it doesn't endorse the ads in the system, and said that it does not reflect thoughts of the company. and a lot of people we talked to who walked past the ad said they didn't notice it. back to you. >>> thanks, wendy. >>> the senate will vote on a bill tomorrow to deny health coverage they find morally objectionable. the blunts bill is backed by a number of senate republicans including roy blunt, who is a major romney supporter. >> the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions about contraception within a relationship betw

northern virginia congressman jim moran calls it offensive. >> when you put something on a government building, it sets an example and this is saying it is okay to tell the president of the united states, whoever it may be, to go to hell. it is not okay. it is particularly not okay to do it on government property. >> reporter: metro says it really had no choice in the matter n a statement, metro told us wmata advertising has been ruled by the courts as a public forum protected bit first amendment of the constitution and we may not decline ads based on their political content. congressman moran isn't buying it. >> the courts consistently hold that you should not be allowed to put profanity and obscenity on public property and this is public property and it is obscene to be doing this kind of thing. >> reporter: metro says the ad was purchased for just one month and it is scheduled to come down on march 12th. coming up in about half an hour, we will hear directly from the film maker who paid for that ad. >> thank you. >>> we are also following several news stories around the globe this

clooney who just returned from a trip to sudan joined congressman tom andrews, jim mcgovern and jim moran of virginia who was arrested. also martin luther king jr. iii was here along with hundreds of other protesters. they're demanding immediate action to stop sudan's use of food as a weapon is what they're saying. hundreds of activists are supporting this demonstration and they were here today. 500,000 people in sudan's nuba mountains and other regions risk starvation and they're accusing sudanese president omar albashir of blocking food and humanitarian aid and being responsible for this among other hate crimes. here's what george clooney had to say before his arrest. >> we're here really to ask two very simple questions. the first question is something immediate and immediately we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world -- immediately. the second thing we are here to ask is a very simple thing is for the government in khartoum to stop randomly killing its own innocent men, women, and children, stop raping them and

terry moran, you cover the court for us, basically the supreme court has four options.orrect me if i am wrong, they can uphold the law, overturn it or split it. or punt. until the tax takes hold in 204. what do you think is most likely and why? >> the smart money is betting that the supreme court will uphold this law. lot of smart money it won't declare corporations will award the election to 2004. i think what we overlooked here is the politics. not the impact that the supreme court can have on the presidential race. but the other way. what does the presidential campaign do to the way the justices think here? now people are engaged in a great, free, democratic, political debate. why should the supreme court come in and call a halt to that debate preemptively and they can punt and i think they will. >> why did they take the case? >> they took it at a different time in some ways. the republicans, michele bachmann are making this is the number one issue. john roberts as chief justice, loves the court, he's very protective of the institutional authority. the more it gets i

congressman jim moran believes it is profane and not good for children to learn this way about publiccourse. but a metro spokesperson says the message is protected by a political speech and cannot be taken down. metro can refuse an ad is misleading or has to do with alcohol or tobacco. it's not clear why the station was chosen in arlington. it will come down on march 12 according to the advertising agreement. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> a budget battle and in the virginia senate could pull the state's finances into limbo. democrats killed the last version of the budget yesterday. are angry republicans are not sharing power in the senate. a new budget could be introduced but would not go anywhere without a truce between democrats and republicans. lawmakers have until july 1 to approve a budget. >> changes coming to windows google, and facebook. you might not like all of them. >> rob nelson has those stories. >> a first look at windows 8. made to look more like a mobile system. works well on tablets. >> it's one of the first operating systems that will be able to compete with the ipad

moran: mr. president, i thank the senator from south dakota and pleased we're here on a topic of significance for the country. we've heard about the necessity of creating jobs, creating an opportunity for americans to succeed. i guess that's the primary motivation for why many of us serve in the united states senate, is so that every generation, those who follow us but those even today, have the opportunity to pursue the american dream. i think our goal here is not to create a circumstance in which there is no one -- in which no one fails, but the goal here is to create a circumstance in which many succeed. and so, while it's been very disappointing that the senate has failed for so long to get to the important topic that we should be addressing -- job creation -- we are finally here today. and i commend the leaders of both parties for reaching an agreement that allows us to begin the discussion and ultimately, hopefully, hopefully we pass the jobs bill in the form just like the house passed a f

i'm terry moran. it's the story that ignited fierce passions across the nation as allegations of rayism and ju v misjustice tear apart a florida town. trayvon martin was shot down by a man who claimed self-defense and has not been arrested. and it has sparked public out cry that spread like wildfire. is the face of trayvon martin whose face has sparked internet protiss and tonight a rally in new york city. and in the small city of sanford, florida a vote of no confidence for it's embattled police chief. these are just the latest twist in the case that is galvanizing the country following the shooting death of martin. on february 26th, he left his father's fiance's house to buy skittles and iced tea in the all-star game. making his way along 24 path. and george zimmerman spotted him and began to follow him. >> they always get away. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> we don't need you to do that. >> but zimmerman is anyway. i had is chasing him. >> he looks like he is up to no good. >> martin is terr