the "bbc world news" online, go to bbc news/news.unfold. >> this is "bbc world news." the latest headlines for you. president obama is going on the road through four u.s. states to sell this plan for u.s. healthcare, and others are hitting back in britainç as thr healthç service becomes a mattr of debate. up to 15,000 taiwanese are feared trapped in remote villages after the typhoon. less than one week before the presidential elections in afghanistan, the main candidate has spent the day chasing votes. the current president hamid karzai is the front runner. he flew to a city to address thousands of supporters. his main challenger is a former foreign minister, traveled to the central province. he has been speaking to the bbc about halki would try to improve security. >> my first target would be thousands and thousands of people who have joined the taliban ranks, because of other grievances. all of those who have joined the taliban are not among those who would like to destroy it and take it back to the old days. there are thousands

there's new information about a new person of interest in the case.eal clues about mccan's abduction. >> at 2:00 a.m., the witness became aware of a well-dressed woman who he describes as appears agitated. she was seen many the area of the restaurant/bar for some ten minutes walking up and down. the witness got up and walk over himself towards the woman. and they had a short conversation, the woman spoke to him briefly. this conversation was significant to the investigation into the disappearance. this is the woman who the investigators now wish to trace. >> the woman described as an australian, she will be the target of a world-wide man hunt if she doesn't come forward. they're not releasing details of the conversation. a new person of interest. >>> police arrest a new wed from florida to hire a hitman to kill her husband. the 26-year-old offered an undercover officer $3,000 to murder her husband. police play along, calling her at the gym to tell her that he was kill. she learned she was still alive and in the next room and her husband is in shock. >

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bbc news, new york. >> so u.s. unemployment is still high, but how does it compare with other countries around the world? of the top end of the scale -- south africa at 23.6%, nearly a quarter of the population looking for a job. even in europe, numbers are high. spain has the highest jobless figure with 17.9%. it is struggling with declining demand. russia and unemployment is comparable to america -- are around 10%. its jobless total may have peaked. china with its impressive growth rate has a low unemployment -- 4.3% of its city-based population is looking for work. we will be tracking the vital signs over the next few months. it could mean a whole new time of cooperation. that is the hope in south africa for the u.s. secretary of state on a two-day visit. the latest on hillary clinton's tour. her husband did much to warm relations between south africa and the u.s. in the 1991 s, so could the clinton affect work again? we have more from johannesburg. >> popular as ever at the age of 91, nelson mandela received th

in this morning's "american landscape" we have coverage from new england cable news. >> from the capeto the capital of the commonwealth, bay state residents lined the highways and city streets to honor senator edward kennedy. >> what an iconic man he was, ted kennedy is going to find a place somewhere in the stars. >> and tonight they say good-bye to the senator as he lies in repose at the kennedy library. good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. i'm beth shellburn. >> and i'm r.d. saul at the kennedy library in dorchester. it's been an extraordinary day, thousands waiting online to pay their respects to senator edward kennedy who died 48 hours ago in his home at cape cod. they waited two hours or more to pass by his casket in the kennedy library, pausing for just a moment and moving on to sign condolence books outside the library. everybody who is here today has a reason for being here. they could have watched this on television but they took the extra pain, extra step to be here. >> the day is over for the kennedy family. the wake could commence now. a widow stands and waits.

and also, a fox news political analyst. this is big news.they will not go it alone. >> they are going to go it alone. it has never been a truly bipartisan effort. they have a huge, gargantuan government bill in the house that has no republican support. they're trying to get a few republicans in the senate. chuck grassley is going south on them, too. trace: the democrats say they have been trying to get this through, but the republicans do not want to hear it. >> it was not completely unpredictable. he did not even as we did it with something like tort reform, or something that would make them interested. maybe they should have just done what the clintons did. at this point, there has been so much debate that they are starting to lose democrats. trace: this is a democrat from new york. he was on fox news today. talk about a guy -- let's just play this. >> i am not voting for hr-3200 and people are angry at me. i am sorry i am going to all my life on this regardless of who pressures may. -- i am going to hold my line on this regardless of who

bbc news. >> hello, and welcome. >> go to bbc.com/news. >> to experience the reporting of bbc news onlineit is easy. click here to watch the news summary. you can read the latest headlines, get the top stories from around the globe, and cli ck to play video reports. the subjects that really interest you, and find out what subjects the world is talking about right now. the bbc.com/news, and watch the news unfold. -- go to bbc.com/news. >> there has been international condemnation of the burmese democracy leader aung san suu kyi. they have just adjourned. and there is a huge effort for rescuing the victims of typhoon morakot. hundreds are still missing. more recently, the five top party has faced a challenge from the more radical party hamas -- the fatah party has faced a challenge. what does it mean for the hopes of a peace agreement with the israelis? our correspondent. >> outside the conference, there was a festive atmosphere. participants hailed a resounding success. >> he has been elected in a democratic process. the whole palestinian issue, and, therefore, i think this drastic change

. >>> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9 news now. >>> a ruling finding the furloughs of public safety worker withs was illegal could have ripple affects throughout our area. good morning. i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is here with weather. angie goff has the weather. we begin with howard. i thought the rain was over and there it was jenly falling. >> little waves of moisture. in some cases big amounts of moisture. anne arundel naval academy, 7/10 of an inch of rain. they really got hit with big time thunderstorms to the east and northeast. and bill has strengthened more on that in 15 minutes but this morning we ntwa to go to live doppler hd. a w ght sprinkles passing new land in to saint mary's city. go to the weather computer. the big stuff that went through ic. ver to e thntla erowshs in west virginia owcoul rehelater rml sewaw we get. it depends on how much sunshine but right now a sticky 77 and still 80 in fredericksburg. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. it is early, it's wednesday and we are tracking trips an the region and already a cou

bbc world news online -- go to bbc.com/news. watch the news unfold. >> and the latest headlines for year. the russians have found the cargo ship arctic sea which disappeared nearly three weeks ago. presidential candidates in afghanistan are making a final campaign push for thursday's election. some parts of the afghanistan are relatively peaceful. the central high lands, for instance. they are urging the world's biggest doubters to focus on these provinces. >> this is the jewel in the crown. the sparkling blue lakes. the emerald pulls cradled in afghanistan -- pools cradled in afghanistan. this is afghanistan's first national park. afghans are coming in large numbers. ♪ the un special representative also came to visit the governor and to make a point. he has been urging donors not too good to provinces where there is potential and peace. >> we have to see where the most potential is, and the impact of money spent here is tremendously greater than in the provinces. >> and a warning of danger. most foreign aid money just follows t

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in the new york/new jersey area. a sizable investigation under way. a search-and-rescue mission is under way to look for any survivors of a midair collision between a tourist helicopter and a small aircraft. cnn is confirming that on board the small aircraft three people on their way to ocean city, new jersey. we also have received confirmation from the liberty tours group that it was their helicopter involved in this midair collision. at least six people may have been on board that aircraft. now we also understand from the u.s. coast guard that one person has been rescued it is unclear the condiagnosis of that person. the search-and-rescue still under way to find any other survivors in this collision taking place just after noontime today. so many eyewitness accounts have been flooding in to us here at cnn. sharing their views of what they heard, saw and how the search is under way. mayor michael bloomberg of new york will be holding a press conference momentarily. when that happens we will be able to bring that to you live. earlier we spoke with a r

lucy kraft, cbs news, tokyo. >>> just ahead on the morning news, bidding on ebay for new gm cars. >>> plus the popularity of the cash for clunkers program creates a run on vehicles. >>> first, katie couric has a fre view of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> less than 20% of children with autism learn to ride a bike, and it's even fewer for those who have down's syndrome. now one program is teaching that rite of childhood to special kids, hoping to get them on the right track for life. that's tonight only on the "cbs evening news." start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. for a second course, choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, like our big mouth bites -- the mini burgers with giant layers of flavor. or a half-rack of our triple-basted baby back ribs. then save some room to share a decadent dessert. a lot of bold flavors, for a limited time only. chili's -- you need listerine® whitening vibrant white™ rinse. the mouthwash that gets teeth four times whiter than the leading toothpaste. and kills bad breath germs. listerine® whitening vibrant white™. combinatio

4 andbc news. we will continue to follow the late-breaking developments in this case and bring you any .pdates as we get th as always, get instant updates at nbcwashington.com. >>> now to the weather. it's a sunny start to the day, but we could be in for a l of rain and maybe storms in some part was our area. tom per ryan is in storm center 4. >> this morning we had the humidity drop a bit from yesterday. at this hour looking at the radar, we have some showers now moving east out of the shenandoah valleyast of harrisburg and near charlestonville they're getting rain. looks like that's passing to our south. elsewhere around washington we had some increasing high clouds. there's the view from our sky watcher camera showing the cloud cover moving in. right now the temperature is 83 in washington, we're in the low 80s in montgomery and fairfax. around the northern neck and the lower part of the bay in the eastern shore it's turned more humid. off to the west it's in the 70s. these arexd the latest dew

new york. no longer was it this famed working-class capital now it became really represented as a more elite, luxury type city, and a city that could be, you know, prominently placed in advertisements in association with products that wanted that kind of cache. >> host: in fact in your book, branding new york, you talk about a famous new york brand, i heart, or i love ny. >> guest: that's right. >> host: what was the effect? >> guest: that campaign had two phases. in the initial phase of that campaign, it was designed by the artistic director of new york magazine. i think it really simulated a kind of sol dared with new york and new yorkers, and made people think about what would the central qualities of new york which they loved and would be sorry to lose. when i say this was a severe crisis, there was a lot of hype nationwide to the glee of some people that new york was going cease to exist and there were satires about new york sinking into the ocean, the famous scene in "planet of the apes"

news at 11:00. he's the boss. you'll be soon heading to baltimore. bruce springsteen is scheduled to perform on november 20. tickets will be available beginning september 25. he hasn't been here since 1973. >> wow. >>> thank now watching eyewitness news. -- thank you

in new york, jill dobson, fox news. >> not sure i know anybody who gets that cranky. >>> the news keeps coming tonight. shawn yancy in for brian on the news edge at 11:00. >>> right off the top tonight, more fallout from metro's deadliest crash ever. one victim's family is suing the transit agency for $25 million. that's not all. another company is also named in the suit and the family's lawyer says it might not stop there. fox 5's wisdom martin live in the newsroom now with the story. >> reporter: legal experts say all these cases could take months or even a couple of years before they get settled. so far the majority of the plaintiffs have focused on metro, but now another company is being added to the lawsuit mix. two months ago cameron ty williams was one ever the passengers ring metro car 1079 on the red line when it violently crashed into another train. williams was one of nine people killed in that accident. it was the worst in metro's 33- year history. today his family filed a $25 million lawsuit claiming metro was negligent and didn't take reasonable precautions to prevent the

was it alabama, new york, or new mexico? the answer when we come back. it is almost 6:19. in 1996 the new york legislature approved the first a sales tax holiday for 1997. since then 13 states and the district of columbia have passed sales tax holiday measures. however this year's in the district an maryland were cancelled due to economic restraints. >>> topping the sports news, more bad news for redskins wide receivers. malcolm kelly and deafen thomas are nursing injuries and now the number one moss pull his hamstring when he slipped during morning practice on thursday he didn't return for the afternoon session and it is not known how long he will be out. >>> coach jim zorn has brought back one of his favorite drills, quarterback dodge ball. both zorn and the assistants hurled giant dodge balls to teach them to elude pressure in the pocket. >> be sure to tune in to wusa9.com for live team coverage of redskins training camp. 9 news now sports director brett haber will be live from the team's ashburn facility. if you are not near a television, all you have to do to keep up

news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> good evening and welcome to ne news 4 at 5:00. >> our top story,uneral homeowner arrested as police investigate whether he took prney from wenhopleo who epaid for their funeral. li aycepoy' t srehe worrihat t lst e me ge theydai for. ioveatatig r. e invevestigation involving un fal unservice. th's-y a50ol usear- bdiness in the heart of fredericksburg, virginia. chris gordon joins us now with more. >> reporter: fredericksburg police say they are trying to identify and locate the potential victims, many they say are from northern virginia, maryland, and the district. according to police, money was collected dating back to the 1980s for what are called pre-need funerals. but investigators say the money may have been used for other

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. >>> the news keeps coming, here is brian with the news edge at 11:00. >> he took their money, credit, today, a district heights developer paid the price for scamming nearly a dozen buyers. while he sits in prison for many years, his victims are living a financial nightmare. fox 5 news will thomas has more on the suffering years later. >> reporter: and the real estate agents, lenders, they looked at building plans and later they took out loans for half acre lots in upper marlboro. but the homes were never built. it was a big scam. today, the developer was sentenced. but today we learned that the victims are living in a financial sentence of their own. >> i really trusted and believed that he would actually e t'reyc.d. ouse for us. ts c.r arents of one and two-year-old girls and 20-year-old twins. carl and raina johnson were chasing a dream of a larger home with big yards for their growing family . >> it was something we really wanted and to have this gentleman come by and steal your dream. there was so much anger. >> reporter: back in 2004, they met a self-described home developer nam

claire leka here in new york.laire, thanks. >>> just ahead on the morning news, tracking tropical storm danny as it makes a run for the east coast. >>> plus h1n1 hype. health officials say don't panic over worst case scenarios. >>> first, katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> as citizens pay their respects to senator ted kennedy, we'll look at the next generation of the kennedy family. how they're pursuing public service outside of public office. our coverage continues tonight on the cbs evening news live from boston. karl, don't you have friends coming over? yeah, so? have you smelled this chair? or these curtains? you've gotta wash this whole room! are you kidding? wash it?! let's wash it with febreze! whoa! [ sniffs ] hey mrs. weber. [ sniffs ] it smells nice in here. i like to keep things fresh. [ male announcer ] for all the things that you can't wash, wash it with febreze. febreze now comes in two fresh new scents -- downy april fresh and gain apple mango tango. some 100-calorie snac

bill weir, abc news, new york. >>> and when it comes to tweeting, we have learned that john quincy adams was way ahead of his time. a high school students studying adams noticed he made short, twitter-like diary entries. 200 years ago today, thick fog, scanty wind on george's bank. read massillon's kareem sermons. ladies are sick. that's 109 characters. the massachusetts historical society has put all of adams' postings on twitter, and he already has thousands of followers. >>> when we come back, remembering the director who made a career of making coming-of-age movies. ecoboost™ engine in the all-new ford taurus sho that has the thirst of a v6 with the thrust of a v8. we speak car. we speak innovation. introducing the all-new taurus sho from ford. drive one. a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. activia light!ht yogurt like no other./ delicious, fat free, and above all... the only one t

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stocks surge on new optimism from the fed chairman, and new signs tonight or a housing rebound. >>> losing luster. our latest abc news poll shows a significant slide in support for the president's health care reform efforts. >>> bill's due. the first atlantic hurricane on the season is now barrelling toward the east coast. >>> sex test a running controversy. why even the doctors aren't sure that she is not a he. >>> and, 80 years with man's best friend. charlie gibson and a very special anniversary for our charlie gibson and a very special anniversary for our "persons of the week." captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with some very encouraging numbers in a housing market that's been in a virtual stand still for some time now. something we haven't seen in four years today. four-straight months of existing home sales going up. houses sold in july at more than 5 million homes, extending a winning streak that began in the spring. it is renewing hope tonight that the housing market is making a comeback, and exand theed the rally on wall street. the dow rose 155 poi

well, you're back in new york. welcome back to new york. you're from new york. >> i am.o. >> jimmy: is your family still here? >> well, my siblings are here but my parents have moved to new mexico. they lived here, literally, my parents are 75 years old, they were born and raised new yorkers. went to bronx high school of science, i mean, they are, like, new yorkers and at, like, 70 they were like, "we're going to new mexico. we're leaving everybody we know and love. and we're going to be the only jews that don't go to florida. we're going to new mexico." [ laughter ] really, they went to new mexico, which is -- i'm sorry, new mexico, but it's kind of boring and beige and -- yeah, it's kind of -- >> jimmy: beige? >> it's very beige. it's like, 64 colors of the crayon box of beige. it's, like, all different colors of beige. yeah. >> jimmy: really? >> except for, like, four minutes when the sun is setting. and then it's beautifully red and gorgeous. but four minutes. >> jimmy: yeah, i've heard to tell -- i read somewhere that you dad let you know-- because they film a lot o

welcome to "11 news sunday morning." i'm kate amara. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti here for lisa robinson. we'll get to our top stories in just a moment. first we want to look outside with john collins. it was certainly active outside. >> yes, we had an interesting past week here. really warm or some could say hot or humid. then we had a hurricane buzzing along off shore and stirring up the ocean. and a lot of rain. it still feels like that this morning. the rain will be less of an issue today than it has been. not gone necessarily, but less of an issue. so let's take a look at our live h.d. doppler radar. it is more of an issue for those on the peninsula than it is for those of us west of the bay. we have partly cloudy skiesment our temperatures are -- cloudy skies. our temperatures are a little cooler now. the activity is pulling away from us. there are also isolated and scattered showers in the mountains of virginia and west virginia at this time. at least there are some breaks in the clouds, and some less humid air

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"i'm in hard news." don was not a news snob.r, but he also had the common touch. he could relate to the people. >> kroft: you think he was concerned about the ratings? >> walters: i think that don may have been one of the most competitive people i know. >> kroft: and it's true. the first thing he did every monday morning was to call the research department for the overnight ratings. >> hewitt: okay. >> bradley: how'd we do last night? >> hewitt: i'm afraid to find out. hi, hon, it's don hewitt. you got the fast track nationals from last night? we dropped under 11.5. i'm being... yeah, most people would pray for 11.5. oh, ( bleep ) yeah. 10.8. that's pretty bad. what was the share, 20? >> kroft: don said he worried that he had ruined television news because he had made it profitable... >> hewitt: now, how did disney do? >> kroft: ... and that profit, not quality, would become the driving force for network executives. >> hewitt: all right, it looks like we'll have another good season. >> kroft: don had nominal bosses at both the n

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> wake up. i'm to do the news. >> we are those walking zombies they're talking about. >> it's like you're always dealing with jet lag. that's what it feels like. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. president obama sits down with the leaders of mexico and canada. >> and topping the agenda, the h1n1 swine flu. jake tapper is traveling with the president. >> as president obama and mexico president felipe calderone got together, the foremost topic is the outbreak of the h1n1 flu. it's crucial to collaborate with mexico and canada on vakson development and distribution and how to best prevent the spread of the illness. i think everyone recognizes h1n1 is going to be a challenge for all of us and there will be people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die. >> another deadly issues, president calderone's war against mexican drug cartel, which are only getting stronger. drug-related deaths surpassed 12,000 this month. president obama stands firmly with calderone as the cartels have

showers and thunderstorms in boston, new york, dc, new orleans and nashville.ely scattered thunderstorms in parts of texas, the rockies and central plaica a sndttered showers in the northwest. >> 92 in boise, 94 in sacramento, highs in the 80 for chicago, detroit and indianapolis, 74 in boston and mid 80s from new york down to atlanta. >> maybe he was just curious or maybe he thought his own coat wasn't stylish enough. >> for whatever reason a bear decided to stroll into a fur shop in aspen, colorado. then he left without damaging anything. >> wildlife officials say quite a few bears have been venturing into aspen this summer, breaking into homes and businesses in osearch sf food. >> they're either fashionable or hungry. >> i would have thought that was part of the diplay if i was walking by. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ i've been in the wrong place but it must have been the right time ♪ time ♪t have beearn the rit th >> welcome back. civil rights icon joseph lowery is receiving the presidential medal of freedom this afternoon. >> he del

unit will have to follow new directives. among them, no more subjecting prisoners to sleep deprivation, for long periods in an effort to gain more information by sleep deprivation. >> a short time ago, attorney general eric holder took time to look into this. >>> we've had a long stretch of very muggy weather. that is gone at least for now. the dew point down to 62 degrees. humidity, look at it. 50%. 82 degrees outside. with a breeze out of the northwest. and we will have your forecast when we come back. >>> that would be a nice place to be tonight. >> that's a beautiful shot right now. oh, what a great afternoon for that. and overall, for most of us, it's been a great afternoon to be outside. the one exception, southern parts of the eastern shore, we do have thunderstorms around. and it's from the same front that has broughtub problems -- brought us problems the past few days. now, it's starting to move away. but the tail end is still causing showers and thundershowers. and eventually, it will leave us overnight. the reason

the new icy hot medicated roll.th the roll, pain's under control. >>> on cap hill -- capitol hill, you're watching history in the making live. these are live pictures of them taking debate to confirm sonia sotomayor as the first hispanic justice on the u.s. supreme court. thatted could have the political reprocushions. >> they could check his or her personal agenda on the door. a test that sotomayor knows how to pass. >> this is the kros roads moment i think for the republican party. i think that they will always remember this vote. >> they are planning to make that vote on sotomayor's nomination this thursday. she would replace all of them out there who is retiring. those three americans who strayed across the border are under arrest. as friends and family members say that they were staying in the hotel in northeast iraq and gone hiking with when they wondered into iran. they have referred cases for them along the east coast for the possible criminal trials in washington and new york city. that's a change from the

there are new questions tonight about whether new taxes could be in store. here's john cochran. >> reporter: with encouraging economic news this week, everyone wondered if the worst is behind us. >> is it over? >> not quite, but we're getting very close. >> we still have a ways to go before we hit bottom and it's going to be a long hard shlog getting out of this. >> reporter: that might surprise some. manufacturing activity jumped up this past week. the drop in economic growth slowed dramatically and new home sales had their biggest monthly increase in eight years. so why are experts so cautious? in a word, jobs. >> i'd be really surprised if we see any noticeable improvement in the unemployment rate before late next year, quite possibly into 2011. >> reporter: that's bad news for americans who rely on unemployment benefits to get by. a new study shows by the end of this year, 1.5 million workers will have used up their benefits. >> one of the first things congress should do when it returns is to extend unemployment benefits for these millions of folks who w

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back in the 1960s he changed the way tv news was delivered. >> so what was news like in the '60s?nd what did you create that changed that? >> well, back in the '60s it was was one anchorman reading the news to one big large audience and that anchorman was a man, and it was a white anglo-saxon protestant man and what eyewitness did was to bring reporters onto the set, and create a family of news pepeopl and what that really meant was it elevated the importance of their story, and increased the audience view of what was really going on. >> the eyewitness news format caught on quickly with the viewers. what was so special about eyewitness news? >> well, i think the most special part of eyewitness news was the fact that we had a group of multi-talented reporters, ethnic reporters, we had women, we had minorities, and we had really a news family, and it was really something that connected very well with the audience. >> pretty soon, wabc's new news format was beating the competition in new york city. and faster than you can say - eyewitness news - stations all across the country began

jane kreuttner of new york, new york, 100 years old.le loan officers in new york city. and she walks 45 blocks a day. look at that smile. healthy lady. we have kathryn bibbins of norfolk, virginia, 102 years old today. organized a bible study in her home, and attributes her longevity to having a plan. now you know, that's an idea. people joke about that but having a plan is the idea. harry madow from los angeles, california, maybe have breakfast with him. migrated from poland in the '30s where he learned english by studying fashion design. and knows every verse in the bible. how about that? now there's a man for you. gretchen mefford of grant, nebraska, next to robert e. lee, nebraska. we have 100 years old. makes dinner for groups as large as 30 different people, gretchen does. good bless her. and finally peter and philip bellico of infield, connecticut. both are 101. identical twins. both enjoy playing cards and participating in church activities. happy birthday to one, to all. and now lester, who is just 22 years old, a young fellow.

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while news organizations ranging from "the new york post" to nbc news -- quotes sources who say thereson to believe the informant who triggered the warning simply made it up. a senior u.s. counter-terrorism official tells "the new york times," "there was no there there." number 11, a sequence of events in august 2006 best understood now in chronological order. as the month begins, the controversy over domestic surveillance without legal warrants in this country crack. then on august 9th, the day after the connecticut democratic senatorial primer, vice president cheney says that this is a positive for the al qaeda types who he says "clearly are betting on the proposition that ultimately they break the will of the american people in terms of our ability to stay in the fight." the next day, british authorities arrest 24 suspects in an alleged imminent plot to blow up u.s.-bound aircraft using liquid explosives smuggled onboard in sports drink bottles. domestic air travel is thrown into chaos as carry-on liquids are suddenly banned. on august 14th, british intelligence reveals it did not

. >>> this is fox 5 news mid-day news. >>> we begin with breaking news in the search for shaquita bell good morning, i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> bell's body has never been found. yesterday, d.c. detectives began the search. this is a live picture now where the search continues for bell's remains. and today within the last hour we told that a dog discovered some kind of clothing at the dig site. and you can see in the video where they are out there. we're told that authorities are not commenting on what they found or what it actually they continue to dig they continue to dig off the site off old fort road. bell disappeared in 1996, and her old boyfriend, dickerson, admitted killing her and took a pl ea deal. past searches have turned up nothing. we'll have more updates as we get them into the news room. >>> and the other big story is a chemical has been found in a d.c. residential neighborhood. >> the army corp of engineers has been attempting to clean fo now. that area is now a residential neighborhood called spring valley. yesterday the corp reveale that the workers came across a small amo

unless it hits in new england.uld for the happen until late in the weekend or the beginning of next week the way things look now. as if our local weather, 75 degrees right now. not pleasant out there, warm and muggy. a look at the local satellite- radar, wave got some clouds with us this morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today similar to what we saw yesterday. the difference is today we have a better shot of precipitation as we were telling you yesterday. we could see some of the clouds throughout around us this morning. more clouds out to the west. forecast for washington for today looks like this. we'll call it partly sunny. if you get a thunderstorm, you could have a little bit of a downpour. your five-day forecast, tomorrow, wednesday, high about 90 degrees. again, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. no big changes to this forecast and as we head into the weekend being more of the same. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. now, let's got an update on the morning rush hour traffic

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topping our news this evening. police make 2 more arrests in an attack which investigators are calling a hate crime. 2 teenagers are locked up facing a string of charges. jeff is live at police headquarters tonight with more on our top story. jeff? >> well the suspect in this case are 16 and 17 and tonight we know a lot more about what led to that violent attack on a south baltimore fisherman. 76-year-old james now home from the hospital with his wife by his side who is asking not to be shown. >> he is recovering very well. not 100 percent but he is recovering very well. >>reporter: police say he was attacked while fishing here at the park early tuesday morning. during the attack police say 28-year-old calvin lock a white supremacist shouted racial names at the victim and he was arrested on tuesday and today police made 2 more arrests. 16-year-old miller and 17-year-old watson. >> at least through their version of this event that mr. mr. lock took a primary role in the assault and much of the racial aspect. >>repor

we'll be right back. . >>> fox 5 news on call tonight with news of a new strain of hiv,the virus thatauses aids. researchers say they discovered the strain in a 62-year-old nation from an african woman. they say it differs from the other strains, saying it appears to be related to another form of a virus discovered in wild guerillas. the report is published in the journal. >>> and a lesson regarding skin cancer, one man believes his wife got cancer for tanning for decades. more on the story. >> reporter: the photographs, the memories in this old shoe box are now more precious than everything. >> i have lost my best friend, we did everything together. >> reporter: but on june 21st, last father's day, he lost his wife of 17 years to a deadly form of skin cancer. >> it was a mole on the upper center of her back, between her shoulder blades. about the size of a nickel. and what happened was it changed. >> reporter: jones believed the cancer was caused from you ultraviolet rays that she used for 20 years. >> it is not worth looking good, there is other ways to do it. >> reporter: others sa

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