mr. washington's pick-up truck. actually came outside to investigate. and they were the ones who actually found mr. washington down in the parking lot and called 911. >> when i saw it, i just wanted to see him. i didn't look at the murderers. i didn't look at any of that. i was trying to see phillip. i was like, what happened to you? you were supposed to come home. phillip was strong. he was strong. he was a strong man. and so -- i still haven't processed him dead. and so when i saw him on the ground, i saw it but i still didn't get it. and it took me a long time to really believe that he was gone. >> no arrests are made in the murder for more than two years, after police acting on a tip arrest 31-year-old kenneth wayne rogers. rogers and two alleged co-conspirators are charged with capital murder and are currently awaiting trial. >>> nobody can escape cameras these days. they're everywhere, watching and recording our every move. sometimes that feels a little creepy and some people are concerned about the possible i

mr. washington of the planning department he did not find that project adversely affected the neighbor's property, and we have been in compliance with the planning department. my family has purchased this property with their savings and with the intent to build its dream home. within the last 10 months it's been a significant financial burden so i respectively request that the project be approved by the commission so we can complete the project. thank you for your time. >> thank you. calling for speakers in favor of the project sponsor or in support. okay. seeing none dr requester you have a two minute rebuttal. >> hello again. one of the points brought up that i have heard in the past is that if they make any changes the hoa at st. fran i guess woods would have a problem with that and i spoke to the chair yesterday if this is approved by you they're willing to work with the project planner to get in compliance so it looks if the roof is lowered -- that is a visual change, and the hoa is willing to work with them towards -- [inaudible]. this project has taken a long time. i agree with wh

mr. washington. what's he talking about, fixing the farm ? alarm. jess, my friend, i think you may be having a hearing problem. are you kidding me ? my hearing is just as good as it ever was ! i'm sorry, jess. i don't think it is. but that's nothing to be ashamed of. i may be getting old but i'm just as fit as a young man. you don't believe me. come on. i'll prove it to you. what are you doing ? i'm challenging you to an arm wrestle. - come on. this is silly. - i'll show you who's old and weak. i never said that ! stop wasting time, victor. put your arm on the table. ready ? one, two, three. go. you win. you let me win. that doesn't prove anything. i think you beat me. i did not cheat you ! but if that's the way you feel then forget the whole thing ! he doesn't hear what we're saying ! isn't this wonderful ? yes, it's very elegant. but i feel out of place here. why ? this is how it was for us before we came to this country but now things are different. but they can be like this again. if i can have a few moments with el sayed abdul salam, i'm sure t

mr. washington about that and circular stairs are not permitted anymore. >> i'm not an expert on the -- >> we had that before and remember the instructions at that time and somebody else tried to do it -- >> do you know what year that was? was it this past year perhaps? because they do change the code. >> 2010 that the city ask county of san francisco adopted the universal business code and changed some of the local code requirements. >> i could not definitely say. however, i am concerned that the element adds something they am not comfortable. i have a question -- i have a question for mr. [inaudible]. would you please confirm that the applicant owns both 1587 and 1589. >> thank you for asking that question. i didn't have a chance to speak to that. ms. woo doesn't own the building to the north. her folks own that now. the idea is get them under one roof. her sister's family will move to the building to the north. in considering how to get the family into one building they face the same issue and ms. woo and her husband and children and parents under one roof. they couldn't fit in two sto

mrs. washington. name is sally fairfax, an attractive, older sophisticated neighbor. what if washington's letters have become public during the french and indian war for the revolutionary war, much as petraeus is enough to team public and what we got rid george washington? bill clinton is not the first and the worst. and there, done that, a long history of it. it pains me to say even abraham lincoln visited a. say it isn't so, but it happened. the details on matters itchy. there's not a lot of letters written about this, but lincoln's best friend was joshua speed and speed was perhaps as dashing and from unlucky with the ladies as lincoln was homely and awkward unlucky in romance. they always called one another by their last names. speed, lincoln. speed and that is linking his door and didn't have a place to stay, so what can let speed stay upstairs at the general store. during the friendship, speakers using services of a professional woman. you imagine lincoln upstairs with a pillow over his head trying to mind his own business as speed is doing his business. he basic

mr. washington and the president? >> gaffers they were bemused this will flare up and go away but they quickly realized that would not have been. it seemed that every person america had to have an opinion whether or not the dinner was the right thing to do. funny responses, and mark twain you think would be in favor said absolutely not. president is a high class tenet at the white house and has no right to express his personal feelings by inviting a black man to dine there. the reaction fell into predictable sections the north was supportive and the south was not. but even the french had an opinion and it was actually we are not amazed it is the first time but that it ever -- never happened before but you can find a reaction all over the world. >> host: what was the gist of said dinner conversation? >> guest: very innocent. roosevelt had taken a hunting trip, their kids, to roosevelt children wrap the table, a just a wednesday night at home with the roosevelts. nothing special. after dinner they retired to talk about

mrs. washington. her name was sally terry fairfax, very attractive, older, sophisticated neighbor. what if washington's letters have become public during the for -- french and and -- ran the french and indian war. not the first and not the worst. patraeus is not the first and not the worst. been there done that. it pains me to say that even abraham lincoln visited prostitutes. say it isn't so. but it happens. now, the details on a sketchy. there are not a lot of letters written about this, but here is so we can piece together. lincoln's best friend was joshua speed. he was, perhaps, a dashing and handsome and i guess what you with the ladies as lincoln was allegedly only an awkward and of lucky in romance. he felt sorry for lincoln. invited him to work in his general store. and he did not have a place to stay. he let him stay of stairs of the general store. during their steve was using the services of a professional woman you can imagine lincoln of stairs trying to mind is on business. in lincoln basically says, you know, have to have a woman. it's been too long. only abraham lincol

mrs. washington. her name was salutary bear facts to my very attractive, older, sophisticated never. what if washington's letters have become public during the french and indian war or the revolutionary war? much as the traces e-mails became public. what if we get rid of george washington? so girlfriend is not the worst. patraeus is not the first and not the worst. been there, done that. there's a long history of it. in fact and it pains me to say that even abraham lincoln visited a prostitute. i know. citizens so. it happened. the details on the sketchy. there is a lot of -- there aren't a lot of letters written about this, but here's what we can piece together. lincoln's best friend was joshua stevens. and he was, perhaps, as dashing in this handsome and best of my guess, "and "lucky with the link -- ladies as lincoln was only an awkward and unlucky and romance. and he felt sorry. he invited him to work at his general store. he did not have up place to stay so he stayed as -- upstairs of the general store. during their he was amusing the services of a professional woman. you imagine

mrs. washington. her name was sally fairfax. a very attractive, older, sophisticated neighbor. what if washington's letters had become public during the french and unanimous war or the revolutionary war? much as petraeus' e-mails became public? and what if we got rid of george washington? so bill clinton is not the first and not the worst. petraeus is not the first and not the worst. been there done that. there's a long history of it. in fact, it pains me to say that even abraham lincoln visited prostitutes. i know, say it isn't so but it happened. the details on it are sketch y, there's not a lot of letters written. but lincoln's best friend was joshua speed, and speed was perhaps as dashing and as handsome and as lucky with the ladies as lincoln was allegedly unlucky in romance. and speed felt sorry for lincoln, always calmed one another by their last names, speed, and lincoln. speed invited lincoln to work at his general floor, and speed didn't have a place to say, so lincoln let speed stay upstairs, and during the friendship, speed was using the services of a professional wo

mrs. washington didn't even attend. that was pretty much it for the first inaugural and then you get to today where it's a huge part of not just our politics but our whole american culture. >> we talk about the tickets and the colors of the ticks. some of the inaugural balls, people just came in, trashed the place and left. >> well, that's why they don't do them at the white house anymore. president jackson's inauguration, he allowed people to come in and they trashed the white house. that's pretty much -- they don't do that anymore. >> thank you very much. we'll be right back. at honda, we know some people are never happy with the way things are. and are always dreaming of how they could be. smarter, simpler, how-on-earth-does-it-do-that... er. and they make it that way. because things can always be better. we like those people. they think like us. introducing the best civic sedan yet. made possible by honda. >>> welcome back. 6:27 on this monday morning. maybe a day off, the mlk holiday, schools are out. it's going to

mr. washington and of the president? >> they're -- their reactions at first were bemused. this is something that will flare up and go away. very quickly they realized that was not happening. it seemed that every single person in america had to have an opinion about whether or not the dinner was the right thing to do, and there was some very funny responses. mark twain, for example, who you might think would have been in favor of the meal, said, absolutely not. the president is just a high-class tenant at the white house, and he has no right to express his personal feelings by inviting a black man to dine there. the reactions show the

mr. washington and of the president? >> guest: their reactions at first were bemused. they thought, oh, this is just something that will flair up and will go away. very quickly they realized that was not happening. it seemed that every single person in america had to have an opinion about whether or not the dinner was the right thing to do, and there was some very funny responses. mark twain, for example, who you might thing would have been in favor of the meal, said, absolutely not. the president is just a high-classed tenant at the white house and he has no right to express his personal feelings by inviting a black man to dine there. the reactions fell into kind of predictable sections. the north was supportive. the south was not. but even the french had an opinion about it, and their opinion was actually, we don't -- we're not amazed that it's the first time. we're amazed it never happened before. so, you can really find a reaction in every newspaper in america, and other parts of the world. >> host: what was in the gist of the dinner conversation? >> guest: the din

i of course want to thank and welcome our washington advocates. mr. secretary, you may think that it is not sunny today, but the sun is shining here. you are feeling our warmth. i want to thank you. i want to thank our administrator rogot and thank president obama. washington dc gets it. [applause] and of course i have to thank our former mayor and senator dianne feinstein. her transit leadership began at city hall when she over saw the rebuilt of our cable car system and wonderful you have been part of this and champion for this all these years. congress woman spare thank you and speaker pelosi we want to thank you for shepherding this subway. we needed champions like all of you and thank you for that. to the mta staff and the director and everyone doing the work, to the ta staff, to the mtc, thank you for all that you're doing. now i had in my talking points a reference that we know you need the central subway if you get on the 30 stockton and apparently everyone else had that in the talking points. through the denser parts of san francisco, as some

wish to filibuster to actually stand on the floor of the senate and talk the entire bill mr smith goes to washington style another option spearheaded by more moderate senators john mccain simply reduces the number of redundant filibusters and gives more power to the minority to amend senate bills as an alternative to filibustering that whichever course of action majority leader harry reid chooses will have a profound effect not just on the senate but the entire congress the nation and perhaps even the upcoming midterm elections so for tonight's bigger picture discussion going to tackle the issue of the filibuster what it is history how it's been used and abused what are the current dynamics shaping filibuster reform so let's get started joining me on the panel tonight bob edgar former member of congress from pennsylvania now president and c.e.o. of common cause kurt walter research associate at the public campaign action fund and shane larson legislative director for the communication workers of america welcome to you all public campaign campaigns forgive the juror and. so let me start out occurred

then off to a night of galas in washington. mr. and mr. plrb pls obama expected in the commander in chief ball. and performances by alicia keys, then, on to the public ball. coming up at 6:00 on abc 7 news, we'll take a look at the role social media played that is far more prominent evidented by the tweet from church. >> today's ceremony came on the first day our nation pauses to celebrate dr. martin luther king junior. dr. king dreamed one day, every man and woman would be treated as equals. he visited a statue of king and also took his oath with one hand on the bible owned by dr. king and at the request, designing the bible. >> the city held a martin luther king junior celebration today and the legacy was bolstered by the inauguration. >> the parade is about more than music. for the family, it's a lesson in diversity. >> we're a community of multipeople people and histories. all to be respected and honored. >> this celebration is believed to be the oldest event in the east bay. >> 200 people filled the auditorium. and honored words of th

the speaker: the gentlelady from washington. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i yield to the gentleman from california, mr. becerra for the purpose of offering an amendment. mr. becerra: mr. speaker, i have an amendment to the resolution. but offering the amendment i request a division of the question on the resolution so that we may have a separate vote on the question of the chaplain. the speaker: the question will be divided. the question is on agreeing to that portion of the resolution providing for the election of the chaplain. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the portion of the resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. . the gentleman from california. mr. becerra: i ask for a resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk -- the speaker: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. about a sessa of california. that -- mr. becerra of california. and that richard meltzer of the state of illinois is chief administrative officer of th

here is gillibrand from ashington -- james o'brien -- here is our correspondent from washington. >> mrs. clinton left the hospital with her husband and her daughter. the 65-year-old secretary of state is eager to get back to work. the blood clot near her brain is thought to be the result of a concussion she sustained after she fainted and hit her head three weeks ago. doctors have been using blood thinners to dissolve the blood clot and say she is making good progress. the normally-energetic mrs. clinton has not been seen publicly in almost a month. her absence from the political stage has prompted speculation about her future, raising as -- raising questions about whether health concerns might affect her decision to run for president in 2016. prominent democrats have been urging her to consider a second bid. in 2008, she lost the nomination in a bruising contest to barack obama. bbc news, washington. in the police in nigeria say that gunmen had killed four people during an attack on a police station. a police officer, soldier, a civilian, and his ranch outside in the attack. -- and his

"the washington post" makes news caught in another plagerism scandal. mr. obama holds the last news conference of his first term and takes a shot at the media for the anger in washington and on the topic of doping, lance comes clean on oprah, will it help his cause or her floundering career? >> here we are in austin, texas. >> jon: on the panel, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller, and jim pinkerton and cal thomas and kirsten powers, i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> this will be difficult. there will be pundits and politicians and special interest public lobbyists, publicly warning of a tyrannical all-out assault on liberty, not because that's true, but because they want to gin up fear or higher ratings or revenue for themselves and behind the scenes they'll do everything they can to block any common sense reform and make sure nothing changes whatsoever. >> jon: president obama on wednesday flanked by his vice-president and four children with their parents, pushing his agenda on gun control, taking a swipe at his opponents and the m

mr. smith went to washington. >> mr. smith is here to see democracy's finest show of filibuster. free speech in its most dramatic form. well, i'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. even if this room gets filled with flies. and if all the armies come marching into this place, somebody will listen to me. >> no longer. the rules were changed in 1975, and these days that one senator, or a clique of them, can bring the entire senate to its these without being there in person or saying a word. while our founding fathers believed in checks and balances, they feared that kind of obstructionism. alexander hamilton, the handsome, conservative man on our $10 bill, argued against anything like it. the purpose would be, he wrote, to embarrass the administration, to destroy the energy of the government and to substitute the pleasure, caprice or artifices, to the regular decisions of a respectable majority. that's just what the republicans have been doing. since 2007 when they lost the majority in the senate, they mounted or threatened to mount nearly 400 filibusters, block

mr. smith went to washington.e us inside sort of the dark money, the lobbying money behind the overuse of the filibuster. >> well, the filibuster is nothing like it is in the movies. in recent years no one actually goes to the floor and speaks. in fact, a senator only has to send a letter to their party leader, mitch mcconnell or harry reid, and request a block on a piece of legislation then they can go golfing or skiing, and they never have to be held accountable. >> jennifer: and their letter is filibustering for them. >> exactly. >> jennifer: that opens up a whole bunch of blockage, which is the big concern. your latest article focuses on people in particular one guy named stephen duffield the master of using the filibuster. >> there are a lot of lobbyists who use the filibuster and obstruction tactics but duffield goes out and rallies the public against rules reform. >> jennifer: meaning filibuster reform. >> he's spending millions of dollars electing members of the senate as part of crossroads gps. he's the e

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reality for everyone, not just four words carved on the facade of the supreme court building in washington. mr. zack is a passionate and tireless advocate for liberty and justice for all. as he wrote in a letter in today's "daily journal," "that is what our profession does. we get in the way of wrong. we get in the way of attempts to separate and divide our society. we get in the way of those who would let our constitutional democracy whether away from ignorance. we get in the way of those who would further widen the justice happen in our country." please welcome a great lawyer, my friend, and our speaker, steve zack, president of the american bar association. [applause] >> that is a wonderful introduction, bob. thank you for those kind words and for all the good work you do at the aba and have done for many years. thank you for this invitation. it is the world's largest public affairs forum. i love your model. "find truth and set it free." what could be better than that? i have heard many mottoes under -- over the years. in many ways, it is what we are all about here today in finding some tru

so far failed to keep for more let's now talk to antiwar activist place who joins me live from washington mr glaser thank you very much for being with us. now barack obama won his first term on promises to put aside partisan differences save the planet from global warming restore hope and jobs to americans how do you sense assess his achievements so far well as is typical with politicians what they say is very different from what they do in the foreign policy realm. obama has unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's. excesses and recklessness and some plays he's changed it so for example in the first four years we saw a focus on drones and special operations forces and utilizing allied forces as opposed to straight up invasions you know like his predecessor did with iraq the one exception to that is the afghan surge. and that has had been an utter a bold failure has failed on every observable metric so i don't think we're going to see much more that in the second term i think obama himself considered that a mistake but we will see a continuation of. you know a foreign policy of extr

good afternoon of the capital account i'm lauren mr here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday december twentieth two thousand and twelve in the us that is the fiscal cliff approaches reuters reports republicans are aiming to vote today in the house on a plan which obama promptly says he would veto meanwhile this has warned the u.s. could lose its aaa credit rating if washington doesn't get a deal to treat what we call economy i know this may all feel like deja. and maybe it will all turn out fine maybe it won't though where do you want to place your bets we'll talk to the daily reckonings eric bryant and joe bowman about their choices plus a german study finds paying taxes has a positive impact on a person's subjective well being no word on what the findings would bring in the west but if you aren't. you feel like your quality of life is on the up and up state side will talk about some other economic options and the opec of maple syrup has been robbed millions of dollars worth of the hot commodity has been stolen from canada's maple syrup

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mr. president. okay. we have two questions each i think from u.s. and afghan press. we'll start with scott wilson of "the washington post." >> thank you, mr. president, president karzai. mr. president, does moving up the deadline for the transition to an afghan security role in the spring mean you're winding down u.s. troops faster than you expected this year? and specifically, as possible, how many troops do you expect to leave in afghanistan beyond 2014 for the two missions you outlined and would you consider leaving any troops in afghanistan beyond that kate without an immunity agreement for their actions? and president karzai, you've spoken often about the threat the american presence in afghanistan poses to your nation's sovereignty but i wonder if you're working on an agreement to leave some troops in afghanistan after the 2014 and how many troops you would accept after that time. thank you. >> okay. >> scott, our first task has been to meet the transition plan that we set first in lisbon, then in chicago. and because of the progress that's been made by our troops, because of the progress that's been made in

nancy has helped in her way as a leader of a great political party in washington, so mr. secretary everybody that is here we thank you for our responsiveness. it's just great to welcome you here and go giants. [applause] >> mateo county supervisor to both houses of our california state legislature since 2008 and she has been in congress for jobs and our environment and she been such a great champion of public transportation that even cal train named a loco motor after jackie spear. please welcome congress woman jackie spear. >> thank you mr. mayor. thank you secretary lahood. thank you to the incredible leadership, senator feinstein, nancy pelosi and mayor lee and the board of supervisors to chairman nol an from the sfmta. i am on pins and needles. do we have anything else to report? it's l

i spoke earlier with george galloway and self respect member of parliament and author mr galloway goes to washington a brit who said congress straight about iraq i first asked him about the allegations against him for taking or oil from iraq and why he thought he was being targeted politically check out. the loan and the political signature to know some mondello the political secretary. and his holiness the pope and me the former foreign minister of france know exactly rogue's gallery more a gallery of people who had been a thorn in the side of u.s. policy towards iraq during the sanctions period when every six minutes of every night and day an iraqi child was dying as a result of sanctions that were imposed for possession of weapons of mass destruction which it turned out of course infamously didn't even pose this so it was a kind of giovanna. but it was one of my best days you could put it this way the senator in charge is no longer a senator i'm still a member of parliament and they never asked me. or that's what made it so absurd is the fact that you know here the us is having these close close

washington," on your side. >> i have one of those on right now underneath this. >> move over, mr. t. >> good morning, washington. it's thursday, january 10. >> we will get straight to meteorologist jacqui jeras. we are excited about the temperatures. >> we will not see a lot of improvement throughout today unfortunately. if we have a northerly wind,shine, and cloudy. overall, it will be mild. we have about two and a half hours for temperatures to continue dropping. it's 47 degrees in the district, 45 in gaithersburg, 43 at dulles, 44 in culpeper. there's a satellite picture. a variable amount oflienouds. there you see be express forecast. temperatures moving into the 50's this afternoon. sixty is around a corner. details on that in a few minutes. now, but the roadwaythe roadways. >> it's quiet from the traffic center. no problems early on connecticut avenue, silver spring, landover, new carrollton. the beltway andin howard county does a crash on old frederick road. closed each direction between 29 columbia pike and old mill road. no problems on 395, getting across the in down 14th

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i spoke earlier with george galloway himself respect member of parliament and author mr galloway goes to washington a brit who said congress straight about iraq i first asked him about the allegations against him for taking from iraq and why he thought he was being targeted politically check out. the loan and the political signature at the notes and mondello the political secretary. and his holiness the pope and me the former foreign minister of france know exactly rogue's gallery more a gallery of people who had been a thorn in the side of u.s. policy towards iraq during the sanctions beauty had when every six minutes of every night and day an iraqi child was dying as a result of sanctions imposed for possession of weapons of mass destruction which it turned out of course infamously didn't even pose this so it was a kind of giovanna. but it was one of my best days you could put it this way the senator in charge is no longer a senator i'm still a member of parliament and they never asked me. or that's what made it so absurd is the fact that you know here the us is having these close close ties with