th united natio special representive also came to make a point. he has bn urging donors not to overlook provinces where there is potential and peace >>we have to seehere the most tential is, and the impact of money spentere is trendous. it is dierent than the rovinces that sufferfrom confli. >> and a warning thatost foreigaidmoney follows troops. >> we have gone much too far, ch too far. the sponse has been that we ignore provinces that are stable. we see alrey that we are paying a price for it because ose provinces are becoming unable. if we continue like that, there will simply be -- where we need trps. we do notave this. >> bodyguards are needed now, but the issome as promised re. it is mineral-rich and a tourist goldine. >> you have to take this. thiss for our fture generation >> now, afghans e still fighting. >> you came from kabul? >> fromhis side. >> jt an afghan fily coming for a day out? yesa day out. >> the afghanomen all in black traved from ira sh is here marvel at the beauty. she wi come bac for good, when it is more peaful. mayb in y

. >> jackie bensen on the natio l national. thank you. >>> two dos have been diagnosed with canine influenza. it isn't contagious to humans but it can make mets very sick. another 29 dogs have been exposed. they'll be quarantined as a precaution. dog's symptoms include coughing, wheezing and other o respiratory problems. >>> michael vick sat down today. he's the newest philadelphia eagle. there were tough questions and certainly more to come. dan hellie with more on this story. man, michael vick in nfc east, huh? >> it's surprising. to turn out at the eagles practice facility was the largest in years. nearly 100 media members and 200 camera hearing a soft-spoken and remorseful michael vick out on the field. he's back on the field after sevening 18 months in federal prison. the eagles say there will be no third chances for michael vick. if he screws up, he is gone. animal rights groups are already set to buy billboards next to the eagles stadium blasting vick and the headlines, "hide your dogs." as for vick, he's saying all the

e west african natio found by freed american slaves i led by the continent's first democraticly elected president. antoday clinton d strong praise for ellen johnson-sirleaf and he accomplishments. despite a recent apology for johnsosirleaf for givi an example to crles taylor, an inmiliar lus waord and later liberia'president. tayl liberia's leader at the end of4 years of a bral civil war. and it was t adven of a woman's moveme earlier in this decade tha helped to drive him fr power. in tonight's signature story, we want to ta a deeper ok at the por of women in liberia. a story we first brought you earlier this year. "worldfocus" scial coespondent lynn sherr sho us how theovement gave wome the kindf opportunities they could never have dreamedf. ♪ >> reporter: the meage from monria, the capital of liberia,s loud and cle -- women rule, literally inhe person of ellen johnson-sirleaf, the first female preside elected in africa, and optimisticly, as in is four-dayonference of women from around the world, strategiesing everything from stopping violencagainst women tounding political campaigns.

. >> after ecting ou first afrin-american president in the natios history, i think we'r more sensiveo racial issues, but all the criticism here has been blown way out of proportion. >> given repubcans' very serious commts that are racist, i find it hard to write off the ones that are mistakes. >> so what do you think, i mean, will persons ofolor stop voting for the gop becse of these kinds of things? >> alrea they're not vy likely to statistically, but i think you dri away more and more pple and youre left with smaller andmaller pool of people that yu appeal to. >> well, tre's an interesng dynamic going o here. i'm not going to defend the comments of these republica. they're inaropriate and it's unfortunat but, you know,t happens on the other side too. ihink the way is covered is mpletely different. >> give an example. >> when robert byr used the wo a few yea ago former grand whichar of the kkk, that was dismissed. but when trent lott made a comment about strom thurmond 40 ars ago, he had to rign his post a majorityeader. so, iean, there's certainly a double standard, but whatlse is

. >>> dd now, for this morning's weather fromom around the natio. scscattered owers and ththunderstorms from n mexexico all the way to vermonont. colorado and kansas will be the rdesest t hit with floodinghail, gusty winds a and a cnce of tornados. ststormy alsfrom florida into the mississippi and tennessee valleys. and the heat wave c continues i the northeast. >> aear recordigh of 94 in boston, 92 in new york. 80s in chicago, st. louis and detroit. poland height r heheatats upp t 94. sacramentoto, 99. phoenix, the hot spot today at 109. and itit's 90 in new ororlelean. 99 in dallas. >>> and comoming up, dirty mone. a closer look at what is lurking on the nation's currency. >>> ps, the biggestst c case of identity theft evever. 130 million accounts three men are under rest. >>>>> and a major setback foror upcominglu season. less swine flu vaccinene than expected. never thought it could happen to me... a heart atta at 53. i i had felt fine. but tuturns out... my cholesterol and otherisk facactors... increased my chance of a a heart attack. i shouldl

. >>> now, over the decades, he had an affect on the natio through his politics and seth stern is a reporter joining us to talk about the late senator. >> a wonderful articleyou can find on the quarterly.com. about the life and legacy you can find on senator kennedy and how do you begin to boil this down and say, this is senator kennedy's legacy. where do you start? >> well, it's extraordinary and unique. when you look at the bills he was involved in and the laws he helped enact and civil rights and immigration and what he considered the cause of his life, health care. it's a broad impact >> they've been doing it and you're hearing the term, the liberal lion. well, it can't be easy to stand alone and fight for the causes that are not always popular. >> well, it's remarkable he was the liberal lion fighting the causes that his brother's believed in and he continued throughout his career, whether or not it was democrats in the white house, controlling congress or republicans controlling congress, it was really a part of his legacy. outside of the capitol, he was a great liberal and inside cong

the 82nd bank to fail natio nationwide. m&t bank is taking over the assets and all bradford bank branches will open as m&t bank branches starting tomorrow. >>> a prankster strikes and baltimore mayor sheila dix john directly in the middle and tonight city officials including dixon are not laughing at this hoax. the controversy began earlier this week after a british lawmaker through a comparison between baltimore and the increase of crime in the english city of manchester. britain shadow holmes secretary chris graling said in many british, hbo's "the wire" which, of course, was filmed in baltimore is part of real life in his country as well. after those remarks that british blogger alex hilton got created and created a fictitious twitter account he called baltimore mayor and created this web site, mayoro mayorofbaltimore.org which looks identical to the city of baltimore's web site. >> i have no knowledge of how it happened and when it happened. >>reporter: fictitious web site included a strong-worded statement from mayor d

when he came back, the natio fired him.that did not mean that they hated him and he still wrote for them but they did not give him a job. in 1953, the past for his old back days old job back with his old salary and carey mcwilliams said he was very much in favor of them hiring stone but they just could not decide to do. they did not say yet know the did not say as. of poor's when you need a job is basically saying no. that is what happened. >> i went to nor about "pm" newspaper was that an acronym? >> a good question. nobody knows. it came out a. >> how long was it. >> it started in 1940 started by ralph ingersoll the first editor of "life" magazine used to do the talk of the town section of "the new yorker" and had been at it is right-hand man at "time" magazine. he was the editor o fortune they thought the newspaper men were the slaves to the advertisers he wanted a newspaper that did not accept advertising the way it would make a profit it would cost more but it would be worth it and part of a what would make it worth it

al shabab itself is an islamist extremist organizatn that's fighting the united natio and western-backed government of president sheik sharif ahmed in mogadishu. but they themsves have on occasio pfessed a allegiance to al qaeda and al qaeda lieutenants have caimed al shabab for themselves. so washingt is concerned abou the linkhere is and partularly concerned that this might bome kind of a haven for worldwide jihadists. warner: so in otherwords they wer really most concerned about the pspect of an afghanistan scenario, pre-9/11 afghanistan scenari >> i think that's exactly what they're concerd about. if you lo at the national defense strategy from 2008, one of the key things that they were talking about the was ungoverned space and somalia is the... really the perfect example of this. there is functioning government there. there is a transitional federal government in mogadishu but it controls very small pockets. the force, if you like, that has control isomalia, is these al shababxtremists. and, youknow, they ha professored an ideology of jihad islamism, a, you kow, we've en these w th

news in tod's commerce department port that the gross domesc product-- the broadest measurement of e natios economic activity-- ll 1% from april to june. separately,abor department fures showed first-time claim for jless benefits at 570,000an improvement from the week before. the ovall number of people receiving aid is at itsowest level since eay april. on wall streetoday, u.s. stocks overcame early loss to close with modest ins. the dow jones industal average was up 37 points to closat 9,580. the naaq rose three points to close near 028. and, an adventure sry of sorts for this late augustay: a 17- year-old from britain t a new record as the yogest person to sail solo arod the world. he ossed the finish line off the coast of sthern england today. nine months and 28,000 mil after setting out. we have a rept from natalie rks of "independent televisn new" >> reporter: a mistyorning off the coish coast. ot the stuff of deams, but for one tnager, a day he'd never orget. >> yeah, the royal navy officer sendsincere congratulatns. ths a remarkable a inspirational achievemt in one so young. >> rport

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and reagan natio l, cloudy skies. at we can show you the clouds ove theanidtlre-ac tigion. it's over us right now. five-day forecast. high today about 93 degrees and that's above normal. looking for a normal high will be 86. it will be humid and 30% of rain showers in the afternoon. a better chance on wednesday and thursday and friday, another chance of a high of 88 degrees. that's the weather and more coming up in a little bit. >>> lit's check in with julie. >> all right, you guys, it's been busy. we started out with a crash on the georgia avenue exit and that's off of the shoulder. what we're looking at now are the delays. going to college park and georgia avenue and all lanes were open and southbound 95 in great shape. vw parkway at 450, out of the way as well. delays easing from greenbelt road. and inner loop of the beltway. heavy, slow and steady. and no accidents to report. the ramp is closed on 123 and tie son. and that's a check of the fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> julie, thanks. as michael vick moves forward with the career, he's reflecting on his time in federal pris

happening again, and the great fear out the path of violence that apparently had en opened up in our natioarror: all the next day the country waited for news of kennedy's coition. dallas: when the predent was assassated, e family became very stoic. when bobby washot, the whole house ll apart. mrs. kennedy fell apart, and she kept sayin "my son, my son." and mr. kennedy crie i cried. was too much. senator robert francis kendy died at 1:44 a.m. today... june, 1968. with senatorennedy at the time of hiseath wereis wife, ethel; hisisters, mrs. steven smith and mrs.atricia lawford; brother-in-law, mr. steven smith; and his sister-in-law, mrs. john f. kennedy. heas, uh, 42 years old. thank you. and it w over. i mean, thwhole thing was over. the whole period lift and hope and struggle was all over. it was just over. we loved him as brother and as father and as a son. from hisarents and from his older bthers and sisters, joe and kathleen a jack, he received an inspiraon which he passed on to l of us. he gave ustrength in time of tuble, wisdom in time of unceainty d sharing in time ofappiness. heil

 >>> the pitch for the natio he will be given the number 37. >>> i haven't heard that yet, you know what that's -- we're happy to have him here. if he wants the number we can negotiate for it. >>> what would you like in exchange. >>> we'll have t talk to the etch coulding staff. >>> and he paul said it was okay and they have since retired the number 4 in milwaukee. back up to you. he is going to have to. >> it is a tradition to give them a gift. >> bob: such as. >> rob: a token. most guys this is a kid we're talking about. >> bob: that's an o-2. >> rob: if you go for the coaching staff. i don't know maybe call coors and get a couple of cases. i know the coaching staff. i don't know if it will take that much. they have watches. all the guys. >> bob: i would not want to negotiate. >> rob: me neither. >> bob: that was a mistake by martin. and 02. he gives up a base hit down the middle. the parch kerr bunt. and loop ser a good hitter. he has 9 hits. he has 9 sacrifice bunts. >> rob: it looks like trickery and try to shoot through the hole. you try to get him to 2nd base with no out

obama and his family are expected to take off for the coastal gem that is a favorite defendant natio desr presidents. the president, is he ever really on vacation? >> he is never actually really truly on vacation. this is a coastal hot spot. one of the most covet places to spend vacation time in america. beautiful coastline. where we are is in front of the elementary school because that is where the press corps is stationed here so i can't show you beautiful pictures of coastline or boats or anything like that. just an elementary school. that is where we are so that it where it willle be. he has one intelligence briefer with him every day. he gets a daily intelligence briefing. he will also receive any updates from a traveling international security council staffer. he will receive be daily briefings on paper. during the staycation, not to receive a face to face briefing but he will be plenty of economic updates on paper. that is how the president will be president here in martha's vineyard. >> the family about hell of a >> we don't expect manyl be he. pictures at all of the presiden

the natio annl association of realtors reports resales for single f bilies, townhomes, and condos soared and foreclosures accounted for a third of those. >> people are recognizing the housing market has reached bottom and now they are entering the market with further price -- with little fear of further price decline. >> pe, of a 10% home buyer tax credit that expires that aul fall. >> a programming note. maryland's first lady judge katie o'mall ba will be ourhopeuest this morning. she'll join us at 9:00 a.m. pl on our stoq & a" segment. if you have a question for judge o'malley, send it to sundayquestions@wbaltv.co jo >> coming up, be healthier, feel ,etter. our nutritionist says it's all in what you eat. >> plus consumerhoperoups take publishers. >> and a live look from our skycam. john is up next with your john is up next with your insta-weather plus forecast. ♪ [ woman ] ♪ early light breaks through ♪ music and dance calling you ♪ just need that@ mountain grown lift ♪ ♪ before you share your gift ♪ ♪ now there's rhythm and sound ♪ making their hearts pound ♪ the best part of wakin' u