norton's call comes at a time when a lawsuit was filed aimed at letting d.c. residents and visitors carry concealed guns in public. >> at some point tough put a stop to it. >> reporter: omeland secured had no comment on the request. secret service said: >>> speaking of the town hall turmoil, one lawmaker came to his heat care meeting ready for battle, massachusetts congressman barney frank, the liberal democrat not only -- not pulling punches with voters interrupting him. one woman compared the president's plan to nazi. >> when you ask me that question, i am going to revert to my ethnic heritage and ask your question with a question. on what planet dyou spend most of your time? yes, you stand there with a picture of the president defaced to look like hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the nazi -- ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> the health care plan has near unanimous opposition from republicans and some division among democrats. >>> a

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norton's call comes at a time when a lawsuit has been filed aimed at letting d.c. rest accidents and visit irs carry concealed guns in public. >> at some point being you have to put a stop to it. >> reporter: home hand security had no comment -- homeland security had no accident on norton's ideas. >>> the race to see who can be the biggest loser. some of d.c.'s finest put to the test. you are watching fox 5 morning news. h0c coted d.c. police chief kathy lanier issued a challenge to her department, lose weight and they responded in force. >> 800 officers an civilians signed fun a weight loss contest and after eight week, they are showing a difference. paul wagner shows us how they're getting fit for the force. >> reporter: cops love food and the food loves them back. rib-sticking stuff they can grab on the go. it can creep up on you. >> you look at the profession and you look at the officers that have strokes and high blood pressure, heart attacks, diabetes. this is definitely a profession that all those weight-related illnesses, wellness related issues come up. >

so where does that leave the north -- nortons?ue what they said, how does it affect our case? we did not break any state or local laws. >> the nortons still face life in prison. how obama's justice department deals with them could be a sign of a shift in federal marijuana policy. whato you hope happens? >> we hope that people saw that we did nothing wrong, that california sees that we were a good help and we can generate $4 million sales tax a year and that's just one dispensary. >> for now it is federal law and marijuana is illegal to buy, possess or sell anywhere in the country. but to many californians, that's just dopey. i'm lisa ling for "nightline" in los angeles. >> a final note from california, the la brea wildfire that has charredacres in the national forest has been found to have been started by a cooking fire in a marijuana drug trafficking operation. our thanks to lisa ling. >>> when we come back, why saying no to sex is tonight's "sign of the times". (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for da

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eleanor holmes norton has scheduled a meeting with the army corps of engineers.ants the army to commit to say in the neighborhood and clean up the chemicals and munitions. >> we saw them leave twice, had to call them back. therefore, they are here for the duration. >> reporter: here what is was found in e house here in spring valley earlier this month. it was a flask with a solid substance at the bottom, an uncorked flask. testing showed that that solid substance is the chemical mustard used to make husband tarred gas almost a century ago. the army corps of engineers said they had air monitors at the digging site and the air monitors never went off. therefore, they think there has been no danger to the public. remember, nearly 100 years ago, this land originally owned by american uversity was turned over to the army. this was a rural area. there was nothing but hills an woods here and they used it as a proving ground and chemical ground for munitions and dangerous chemicals. and over the last 16 years, we have done numerous stories. the army keeps fining stuff he

it doesn't pose a danger to neighbors, but norton will hold a hearing on the issue next month. >>> if you ride metro you are going to want to add extra time to your trip. starting tonight, and going through the weekend, the first trouble spot will be the red line because starting tonight at 10:00 the fort totten station will be closed. that means that trains will run from glenmont to takoma and brookland to shady grove. there will be shuttle bus service. the green line will not be affected. and then on the orange line, trains will single track between vienna and west falls charge. every other outbound train will terminate at west falls church and that begins tonight at 8 p.m. >>> from metro to the airport. starting tomorrow, you are going to be asked for more information when you book a ticket. airlines will be required to get your birth date and your gender. now, the reason is to stop you from being mistakingly tagged as being on a terror watch list. the t -- the tsa says it happens hundreds of times each day. the government will now be in charge of checking names against watch lists

delegate eleanor holmes norton is not so sure.he has scheduled a 1:00 meeting today with the army corps of engineers. she is pretty muchelegraphed us that she wants the army to commit to staying in this neighborhood until the clean-up of old munitions and old chemicals is complete. more on this story in coming days. >> thank you so very much. >>> other news, he promised to lead detectives to the body but so far, michael dickerson has not delivered on that promise. llreturn to fort washington latr this morning searching for the remains of shaquita bell. she vanished back in 1996. ckerson admitted he killed her and made a deal it lead police to her remains in he can change if a lighter sentence. so far, he has not pinpointed the location. >>> alea for help to find out what happened to a d.c. mother. tiffany holte went missing nearly three week ago. her family is convinced a body discovered in a wooded street on m street this weekend is tiffany. they say the vic tip was wearing the same kind of clothes and had the same tattoo that ti

. >> dooesz congresswoman eleanor holmes norton toured the area today. and she took federal officials with her. in the wealthy spring valley neighborhood of northwest washington near american university, residents for 16 years have faced a controversial and contentious cleanup of world war i era munitions and remnants of mustard gases and arsenic. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton toured the area wednesday after the latest gas rescue. of the 1600 homes in the wealthy area nearly 150 have had their yards and driveways excavated in the removal process. many residents say the army corps of engineers in charge of the cleanup has been less than forthright with the residents. >> they are downplaying the extent of the cld contamination and risk there is a burial pit under this house. >> reporter: after the tour, norton promised the army corps would remain in the area untilch is satisfied no matter how long it takes. but she and other officials insisted that the spring valley neighborhood is safe for area residents and visitors. >> the corps must remain until

then they were very angry and i try to make people understand. >> reporter: norton says she asked the attorney general for a special investigation by the civil rights division. >> it's a unique situation. i thought the best investigator would be one that has a reputation for -- [ indisearnible ] >> reporter: that e local u.s. attorney's office will lead the investigation. she says it's not who she wanted and it took more than a month to get answers. but at least now the investigation will finally begin. >> very no idea what that means. if there was such a unit, it should have been spelled out. they'll have to spell it out to me in my office and i think the community needs to understand precisely what is happening, what is the course of the investigation, when is it going to be complete and who is undertaking it. >> reporter: we wanted answers to those same questions, but the attorney general's office did not return our phone calls tonight. we'll keep on it and we'll let you know what they say. >> we know you will. tisha thompson tonight. >>> history on the hill today. the first ever l

norton says they are compiling a list of what has been found and will make it public. i think that will ease some of the frustrations. >> thanks, top. >>> reports of some strange sightings led ghost hunters to our area. the center in prince william county will be featured tonight on an episode of "ghost hunters" on the sci-fi channel. they visited the civil war landmark recently. visitors have reported seeing a woman in one of the windows. she' believed to be agnes, a slave ek cuted for killing her master with a butcher knife. other strange incidents have been reported there. such as objects being moved without explanation and cold bursts of air moving through the rooms and trance luisent figures gliding through the former jail cells. it airs at 9:00 on the sci-fi channel tonight. >>> coming up on our broadcast, nasa made an important decision today regarding the upcoming launch of the space shuttle "discovery." >> we will hear from the mayor that got beat up when he came to the aid of a grand mother and her grand daughter we will tell you about a woman that called 911

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the army core of engineers briefed norton today to tell her the munition has been removed. so far there are no reported injuries or illness in connection to the chemical. >> for the workers who uncovered the agent, they have all been examined. the testing will be reported by the time i have a community meeting in september. those workers are reporting no symptoms. >> american university was once used to develop and test chemical weapons which has prompted the army corps of engineers to evacuate the area over the last 15 years. norton pressed the court to syth in the area until it can confirm the cleanup is over. >>> nothing illegal, noggin appropriate. d.c. council member and former mayor marion barry sat down with me today and talked about using taxpayer money to hire an ex-girlfriend as a consultant. and documents that show he far outspent any of his colleagues on outside contracts. >> i have been very effective in organizing my staff and i think the other house members are jealous they are not as effective as i am and in getting their work done. hear is what happens. i n

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congresswoman eleanor holmes norton joins us now. i want to ask you about senator dick durbin from illinois and close to president obama and they served in the senate together. he said this past weekend that, yes, white house and president obama are finally willing to do a deal. are you worried at all the white house is too willing to deal or, in fact, is that the smart move to get into a conference committee where the president may be easily able to get the things in health care reform he wants to have happen? >> why do you think he is not in it now? of course, he is dealing with us in the house and the senate but he is not in the midst of it and i think because he sees himself and by the way, that the role of the president in our system, as the great arbiter. when you have two bills, somebody has to arbitrate them. i think that is precisely the role he'll play. what kind of, quote, deal it is he has to watch out for. there are hardened sides. i see them in my own house of representatives and that may be the mistake in waiting so lo

representative eleanor holmes norton toured the neighborhood and promised the army corps of engineers would continue a cleanup that began 16 years ago. some residents of spring valley complained there isn't enough being done to protect them. norton says she has been assured the neighborhood is safe. >>> virginia governor tim kaine says his state should get ready for another round of budget cuts. the governor says more reductions are necessary to close a $1.billion gap in next year's budget. governor kaine says everything is on the table and he will release a specific plan to cut spending early next month. >>> metro trains will continue runng a little slower than normal. the transit agency announced plans to continue operating every train manually. the shift came after the june 22nd crash that left nine people dead. metro general manager john catoe says trains won't run automatically again until problems related to the crash are fixed. >>> may be easier for some folks to afford a getaway this fall. amtrak is extending its discounted fare promotion through december 16th. prices for one-

. >>> delegate norton it visited a site in northwest this morning where traces of mustard agent was found. there was a flask found that contained mustard agent. horton says the digging us continue until all chemical weapons are removed. we are hearing from the 14-year- old girl who was shot by stray bullets inside her southeast home. she was shot in the back with twa zero of the six bullets fired from a gun early yesterday morning. they pierced the walls of her room at frederick douglass place. >> i thought i heard a firecracker, and that is when my mother called 911. >> tia now insists on sleeping on the floor of her mother's wrote. it has been a violent summer. patrols had been stepped up. >>> d.c. police say the victim found inside a pizza shop is the co-owner. the body of shahabuddin braha was discovered inside a pizza market on fourth street yesterday. police are treating this as a homicide. the virginia tech counselor who took home the medical records of a gunman had been fired following a 2005 independent review of the campus medical center. robert miller said he mistakenly put stu

. >>> eleanor holmes norton wants to know more about the chemicals found in the district's spring valley neighborhood last week. they found a canster full of the compound they used to use mustard gas. it was found on glenbrook road. >> i have asked for and we expect to receive identification of all of the sus standses that have been found in the entire spring valley neighborhood. >> delegate norton also met with the american university president about that discovery. the u.s. army corps of engineers has been scouring that neighborhood for years now after it was used by the army during world war i. >>> don't be surprised if you see jets scrambling over dc today and tomorrow and saturday. the civil air patrols national capital wing is conducting some exercises over northern virginia. on august 27th the patrol participates in a homeland security exercise with some local flying aircraft over dc. >>> rough weather around here, top, but last night even rougher up north. >> it's been hot up and down the eastern seaboard and it can spawn thunderstorms. new york had tremendous thunderstorms last

. >> reporter: delegate eleanor holmes norton says don't look for them to pull up stakes any time soon. >> we saw them leave twice. had to call them back. they're here for the duration. >> reporter: delegate norton is meeting with the head of the army corps of engineers tomorrow afternoon. she says congress will make sure the corps doesn't leave until the cleanup is complete. >>> now to a guilty verdict in a terrorism case involving a fairfax native. he was convicted of providing material support to terrorists. the most damming pieces of evidence were videos confiscated from him showing americans target of attacks including several landmarks. he represented himself during the trial which the judge said he did remarkably well. if he appeals the ruling, he won't be able to do that again. his friend was convicted in june of conspiring to supporter rich. >>> -- support terrorism [ inaudible ] >>> there are claims that they were hogged tied. police have maintained they were in flex cuffs. now aj peter nichols says he's going to find out if evidence in the case was mishandled, lost or destro

norton says since the cleanup work began in the neighborhood back in the early '90 the army has leftite twice and this time she says that is not going to happen again. >> remember, the corps left twice and had to be recalled. the court is not leaving again until this is all done. >> reporter: for its part colonel dave anderson for the u.s. corps of engineers says the job of the investigation is to locate any dangerous material so in his view the ol discovery of te mustard agent -- [ inaudible ] >> the site has been secured. the hole has been capped and we'll make a reassessment of the risk before we continue any type of work there in terms of protection of the workers, protection of the community. >> reporter: but former residents of this neighborhood grew up here and recently moved away say they are skeptical about promises from the army. he has been fighting for years for the site to be cleaned up since he heard promises of action before. >> we need more oversight. unfortunately i don't think the situation is going to change. i think we're going to continue to get more of the same

delegate norton will meet with corps engineer and soon lead a congressional hearing in to the year'sg munitions dig. >>> an orange county, virginia woman faces 30 misdemeanor charges after a raid on her farm earlier this month. nancy was taken in to custody after deputies discovered ten abused horses including one which was trapped in a trailer. deputies discovered the decaying remains on 20 additional horses. one deputy described the scene. >> they were at various stages of decay. various stages of -- some of them had been reduced to bone. i came here in ' 90 with the sheriffs office and this is one of the worst ones i have seen. >> reporter: he is due in court for a hearing this friday. she faces a $2,500 fine and 12 months in jail for each charge. >>> jessica doyle is joining us again. she has some job hunting advice. >> we have heard this before. if you are looking for a job don't put anything on your facebook page that could raise questions, but there are new numbers to back up this morning. our partners at cortpo re5% 4 of oyplembuilrer.com report 45% of employers have used m s

>> i would say there are big norton said obama talked about in his big speech, which is about africanseing able to control their own government. >> that is fine, but is it really going to stop corruption in nigeria, which is endemic about ward is -- is it going to make the governmenin canada -- in kenya reconciled? >> what i was hoping for was a bigger kind of statement or narrative to emerge. >> you sound a bit disappointed. >> yes, i was. by the there were mis-mixed messages around corruption -- i think there were mixed messages around corruption and government, oil. perhaps there could bemoments that obama could meet african leaders in the way that there have been meetings with chinese leaders. >> is all about follow up, now, isn't it? thanks, it is. -- >> yes, it is. george bush did a lot for africa. they will have much to achieve. >> football is big business and of the region's premier league goes way beyond the country's borders. it started in 1992. the league is expected to earn over 1.5 billion this season. matthew price looks at the impact the league is having. >> this is how

norton says the digging must continue until all chemical weapons are removed. she plans to visit the site next week and hold a public hearing on the issue next month. >> switching gears to sports now, sorry to have to tell you this, but it was a preseason blowout for the redskins. the hometown team traveled up i-95 to face off with the baltimore ravens. and in the end, the skins couldn't even get a point on the board. final score, 23-0. tim brant will have a complete highlight wrapup and reaction to this in just a little bit. but the big news in the sports world this morning, michael vick has found a new home. >> the former falcon is headed to the city of brotherly love. vick has signed a one-year deal with the philadelphia eagles. it's the 29-year-old's first time back in the big leagues sense 2006. that's when he pleaded guilty to felony dogfighting charges. an official announcement from the team is expected later this morning, and we will have complete reaction coming up to this in about 20 minutes. >> have to wonder what the fans think there. >> they're tal

. >> general norton schwartz: it has become central to the way we operate. >> logan: general norton schwartztaff of the air force, its top military officer. as a system, do you see anything that has done more damage to al qaeda? >> schwartz: this is probably at the... at the head of the line. >> logan: in 2006, the predator played a crucial role in hunting down the most wanted al qaeda leader in iraq, abu musab al- zarqawi. >> schwartz: here's the way it goes. you had 600 hours of predator time over... over a lengthy period. >> logan: following zarqawi. >> schwartz: following zarqawi, and then you had maybe six minutes of f-16 time to finish the target. it reflects, again, the power of the unmanned systems to produce the kind of intelligence that leads you to a guy like zarqawi who... who was very good at maintaining his anonymity. >> logan: colonel chambliss told us he thinks the power of these unmanned planes is just beginning to be tapped. >> chambliss: next year is going to be a watershed year. we'll actually buy more unmanned aircraft than we buy manned aircraft for the first time in th

norton says the digging must continue until all chemical weapons are removed. she plans to visit the site next week and hold a public hearing on the issue next month. >> former d.c. first lady cora masters-barry says she is being evicted from the tennis center she founded. barry is the estranged wife of d.c. councilman marion barry, and she says the eviction notice came yesterday without warning or reason, and it left her in tears. at the southeast tennis and learning center she created, underprivileged children learn to play tennis and they improve their reading. >> this is the reason i get up in the morning, to do things for these kids. when the vision came to me, this was just a rocky with hypodermic needles. >> we called the attorney general, and he said he made the decision to evict barry because her organization's corporate status was revoked by the city more than three years ago. no word as to why. all a a final farewell today for eunice kennedy shriver. vice president joe biden will join shriver's family and friends for a private funeral mass later this

special olympics is a monument to a life worth lived. >> holmes-norton says special olympics has done more than anything else to free the public from stereotypes about people with mental disabilities. read more about eunice kennedy shriver's life and work with special olympics at myfoxdc.com. you can see our photo gallery, plus tributes and condolences there. >>> we are learning more about a deadly pit bull attack in leesburg. 21-year-old carter delaney was found dead in his family's home on plaza street northeast yesterday. police saa preliminary autopsy confirms he was killed by two pit bulls. a small dog was also found dead. friends believed delaney was trying to break up a fight between the dogs when he was attacked. a cocker spaniel was inside the house, but safe. >>> new clues tonight in a fairfax county murder mystery. police have released this surveillance video. take a look, it's near e anondale home of chung auh. she was found in her home-based business last month. look closely as a black infinity suv turns onto the street. a man gets out of the passenger side, walks up the

. >>> so congresswoman norton, will these town hall protesters kill health care reform? i don't think so, bonnie. but republican put up jobs aside and there are plenty of those out there, there also are serious people with serious issues. and members ignore them at their peril. >> vocal critics are going to enhance the process of a reasonable health care reform, versus killing. >> i think if protesters go too far, for example the guy who showed up with the gun at the obama health care meeting, they do real damage to their own cause, and that's what i think may happen in the long run. >> i think they might stop obama care in its current form but i'm hopeful that they're going to redirect the conversation we're going to have about health care in this 61. >> bonnie: redirect it how? >> i think we can talk about how we can reform health care and the system we currently have without getting government in the business of health care. there are a whole bunch of ideas not included in the houss or the senate side. >> bonnie: back to your point too, eleanor, about i think a lot of

and it must be good because i've interviewed richard norton smith, that historian, before.ific. he knows everything out every president. fascinating?ibits are always >> speaking of fascinating, more >> president obama takes his health care reform agenda on the road to separate fact from fiction. >> yes, we can! >> then into the wild. living with lions. two men and their mission to save one of the jungle's most endangered animals. >> and jewel heist. thousand thieves got away with $65 million worth of gems in broad daylight. it wednesday, august 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> very daring heist. it was like the thomas crown affair meets italian job meets -- >> and there's car changes involved. >> and gunshot. crazy stuff. and a lot of money at play there. we'll talk about that this half hour. i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. the president is trying to regain momentum in the debate over health care reform by leading a series of town hall meetings. >> in new hampshire yesterday mr. obama accused his critics of trying to scare the public.

. >> reporter: presidential historian richard norton smith wrote and helped designed the exhibits at the new ford theater museum. >> space is limited, the story is unlimited, you disstill that to its vy essence. >> reporter: located in building's basement you're greeted by the image of a train that browse lincoln to washington in 1861 and parallel walls revisit april 14th, 1865. >> we've given the hour by hour, what booth is doing, what lincoln's doing, until they converge at 10:15. >> reporter: you then end up in the recently refurbished theater, the most notorious crime scene in american history. >> the only way you can understand wery that murder mattered so much is to understand abraham lincoln's life and presidency. >> rorter: you can still see treasured artifacts like the suit he wore when he was shot and the door to the box and the pistol used by john wilkes booth. >> it transfofrmd american history. >> reporter: only now, they're no longer randomly displayed, they're framed by history. >> we've taken those dots and d we've told a narrative story. >> reporter: the story of a n

attorney declined "nightline"'s request for an interview about the charges for the nortons. >> we're a prime candidate for someone that did not break any state or local laws. >> reporter: how obama's justice department deals with them could be a sign of shift in federal marijuana policy. what do you hope happens? >> we hope people saw we did nothing wrong, that california sees that we were a good help financially. our dispensary could generate almost $4 million in sales tax revenue a year. >> reporter: for now as confusing as it is, it federal law. marijuana is illegal to buy, possess or sell anywre in the country. but to many californians, that's just dopey. i'm li ling for "nightline" in los angeles. >> a l of pele on board with this but the food and drug administration is not, despite all of this, despite straits like california, the fda still says there's no medical use for marijuana. >> it might be and indication that times are changing. 13 states have recognized now medicinal marijuana. >> might be a way to make some money. stick around, the "skinny" is up next. next. ♪ skinny,

eleanor holmes norton joins us with the latest to keep riders safe. we're cox right back. anncr: hot fudge brownie meets cool, creamy ice cream rey from youour microwave in less than a minute. new edwards sings a la modes. share one with someone you love. or not. >>> 7:13 now. she's known to keep her cool, she understood the pressure of being a first lady and presidential contender, but what set her off. someone asked her what her husband thought about archine's loan offer to the country and listen to her response? >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. [ inaudible ] so if you ask my opinion, i'll tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channeling my husband. >> the man said that what he metropolitan was, he wanted to know what president obama would think about it, but he said president clinton instead. he chuck it up to being lost in translation. mrs. clinton told him it's okay and not to worry about it. >>> another hot o -- how hot it will be today. >> hot again. >> i feel like it's groundhog day. didn't

delegate eleanor holmes norton is trying to stop congress from with holding that money. at number two, breast feeding can save lives. that is the word from the world health organization. the u.n. agency says teaching moms to breast feed could save the lives of 1.3 million children each year in both rich and poor countries. the problem is it can be challenging and without help many moms just give up. at number one an easier ride for some motorists in virginia. vdot is spending non-hov hours on 95 south through the summer to ease the pain of summer traffic and lane closures from construction. the lanes rel remain open to all traffic -- will remain open to all traffic monday through thursday. for more on tonight's top five, go to myfoxdc.com. >>> an all out effort to keep -- [ indiscernible ] over licensing technology use to power. if it loses the technology rights t could severely affect skype. >>> all eyes on the skies right now. wicked weather storms through our area today. will it put a cramp on your weekend plans? sue's got your forecast on the other side. >>> plus, no

. >>> still ahead, we'll talk with eleanor holmes norton of her memories of kennedy after 7:30 this morning. >>> and a photo gatery of his life -- gallery of his life is on myfoxdc.com. >>> right now it is 5 minutes after 7:00. students at d.c. public schools headed back to class this week. but not everything went to according to planned, including some students being given face masks because of continued construction. we'll talk to the mayor about that. >>> and after spending time in prison, michael vick returns to the playing field tonight, but not before he appears in a virginia courtroom. details coming up. it is six minutes past the hour. cu.esnd pcu (announcer) it's time to raise the bar with the full flavor of aft mayo with olive oil. with half the fat and calories of hellmann's real mayo, kraft mayo with olive oil is the new standard in mayo. >>> welcome back. 9 minutes past the hour. we are joined as we are every thursday by mayor adrian fenty. >> we have been looking back on the great life of senator ted kennedy and we would like to start with your recollections of the man. and wh

. >> eleanor holmes norton met with the army corps of engineers. since the cleanup began, the army left the site twice and this time she says that is not going to happen again. >> remember, the corps left and had to be recalled. the corps is not leaving again until this is all done. >> reporter: for its part, colonel dave anderson of the u.s. army corps of engineers says the job of the investigation is to locate any dangerous material. so in his view, the discovery of the mustard agent means their success has been proven. for now, the work is on hold until the army figures out what to do next. >> at this point, work has ceased at this site. the site has been secured. e ho has been capped and we'll make a reassessment of the risk before we continue any type of work in terms of protection of theworkers, protection of the community. >> but former residents of this neighborhood, like kent, who grew up here, but moved away recently say they are skeptical about promises from the army corps, he has been fighting for years to get the site cleaned up, says

delegate eleanor holmes norton [ inaudible ] >> my good colleague, the nine republicans in the united states senate that voted for the most qualified candidate to come in decades. >> sotomayor will be sworn in at supreme court by chief justice john roberts on saturday. >>> congress is giving the green light to cash for clunkers. first the house. late tonight the senate approved a $2 billion cash infusion for the wildly popular program. it was running on e after burning through the first billion in the first two weeks. cash for clunkers gives consumers up to $4500 as a rebate to trade if their gas guzzlers for a new, more fuel efficient ride. >>> check the fine print. credit cards trying to sneak a few fees past you. we'll tell what you to look out for. >>> rather this -- remember this brutal baseball brawl? that pitcher is headedo prison for what he just did right there. >>> guys, think about this one over the commercial break. how much time do you spend checking out the ladies? a new study has the answer next. >>> but first, we're almost there. thursday night. a quick check of our ru

i integrated the public early alert and morning act, along with chairman norton and the subcommittee. i also introduced the state building code incentive back. both bills are intended to help prepare for a big storm and to mitigate against disasters. but providing for states to enact building codes it is an effective, common-sense way to minimize damage and the loss of life that a catastrophic disaster could entail. we have seen that it does work. and developing an integrated public alert warning system is critical to saving lives. with countless methods of communication available today, twitter, facebook, e-mail, etc., we are still using a 1950's model, the lead on our tvs and radios. that is not enough. there are more ways we need to communicate. have raised in past disasters of all sizes but the big one, the catastrophic disasters magnify obviously their significance and importance of its support for as to determine if the current supreme court is out acquits for a catastrophic disaster or should there be some are capabilities and flexibility in, so i hope we will hear from witness

. >>> nor holmes norton plans to visit a site where trace amounts of mustard agent have been found. they have been cleaning up those munitions for someime. a flask was found that contained mustard gas. the digging should continue until all of the chemical weapons are removed. >>> expect metro trains to move slow for awhile now. they will be in manual mode indefinitely. metro's general manager said it will stay that way until he is satisfied that all problems related to the crash are fixed. crews worked overnight to fix a cracked rail on the red line. it was discovered yesterday during a routine inspection. trains took a turn cash -- sharing one rail. >>> president obama will welcomeome nascar stars to the white house today. after that, mr. obama takes his health care pitch to the nation's religious leaders. more on that health care debate. liberal democrats say a reform cannot pass a less in includes the government-run insurance option. the white house said president obama still believes in the so- called government-run option. house democrats want to look into executive compensatio

. >>> eleanor holmes norton plans to visit a site where trace amounts of mustard gas were found. a flask containing the chemicals of mustard gas were found. the digging must continue. >>> you can expect metro trains to move slower than expected for a while longer. they will remain in manual mode indefinitely. they have been running in that mode since the june crash. john catoe says they will stay that way until he is satisfied that all problems related to the crash are fixed. the red line trains are expected to be on schedule. a cracked rail was discovered yesterday. trains took turns sharing one track. that track was repaired overnight. >>> president obama bowl welcome some nascar stars at the white house. then he will take his health- care plan to religious leaders in a separate conference call liberal democrats say it is reform bill cannot pass unless it does incle the government- run insurance option. there has been criticism about this. another -- they are seeking in detail financial records from dozens of insurance companies as part of an investigation into compensation pac

sean: thank god he has you and norton. >> we like to straighten him out. like getting feedback on the show. one guy will say, my god, you are a conservative, right-wing, radical. the next person will say, i agree with you 100%. sean: you are a libertarian? >> i am a christian conservative. i have some views that dripped over. sean: independents now have been swayed. they are moving away from obama and obamacare. he has the lowest numbers since he has been president. >> it is down to 47%. he did it to himself. the aarp endorsement, come on. he was called on the carpet on it. he was on tape in 2003 stating that he was a fan of single pay. he said it. sean: steve, you follow polls. i know you like barack obama. as attacking -- attacking the american people as a strategy, independents move away from him 2-1. >> he did not attack anybody. there were remarks made by members of congress. sean: shut up, get out of the way, we will clean up. >> not barack obama. that is not barack obama. let's talk about health care reform. you have an opportunity where 70% of what

. >> you think somebody murdered michael and is trying to pin i on conrad norton? >> carrying out orders. in further conversations today joe jackson says one of the reasons the family feared for michael's life was his isolation. according to joe in the last weeks and months of his life aeg ruthlessly controlled the pop star's access to the outside world everything to whom he saw to the doctor who allegedly provided the drug that killed him. here is joe from today. >> what do you think this suggests? >> >> there's more behind this because michael is the type of guy he loved to help everybody, i don't care who it was. at the same time, he knew he could do ten. he was going to do all 50 shows like they are talking about there should have been spaces in between so he could do all of those. >> joe, did you ever see those track marks? >> i didn't see no marks. >> joe, did you ever have any conversations with michael about drugs? >> no, i never did. >> did you know what was going on? i mean they say you knew. >> i knew about the pain pills. that's as far as i knew. >> dur

. >> the book that was for me that was the formative book growing up was norton gesture the phantom toll booth. go back to book on rainy days and people often ask us which is our favorite of the books that we've written and it's so hard to answer. it's like saying which is your favorite chocolate in a box of chocolates or your favorite child, you know, because you love them all for different reasons. but i would say that i'm particularly proud and excited about the one we've just finished, the poetry anthology, which is a real labor of love and so beautifully produced. >> it's given us an enormous amount of pleasure to full together. i love the music in poetry. and find that a lot of the songs that i've been associated with or even songs that i love and i haven't actually sung have sometimes the most beautiful lyrics and i usually choose songs for lyrics first and foremost and then the melody -- if it's a beautiful melody, just everything comes together. and so i always felt lyrics to songs are sometimes poems in themselves. so i've included a lot in the book. i'm hoping that children wi

. >> well, congress woman eleanor holmes norton. thank you so much for talking with us on this day. thank you. >> of course. bye-bye. >> bye-bye. >>> ted kennedy spent more than half of his life as a member of the u.s. senate. he left a memorable mark on his countless colleagues and the political world in general. news4's megan mcgrath spent the morning on capitol hill. she joins us now. i'm assuming lots and lots of reaction. >> reporter: absolutely. senator edward kennedy was one of the longest-serving, most influential senators on capitol hill. when he was unable to attend his sister eunice's funeral two weeks ago, it was a sign to many that his condition had taken a very grave turn. so while his death is not necessarily come as a surprise, it's really still quite a blow to his friends and colleagues here on capitol hill. at the u.s. capitol, and at his office in the russell building, flags are at half staff in honor of senator edward kennedy. with his passing, the senate loses one of its most effective and dedicated lawmakers, and a politician willing to reach across the aisle t

eleanor homes norton will meet with the army later today and try to encourage them to stay here until everything is cleaned up. claudia. >> thank you uatpde update on that. >>> d.c. investigators are back in fort washington searching for the remains of shakita bell. last year her boyfriend michael dickerson admitted he killed her back in 1996. he promised to lead police to her body in exchange for a sentence of 15 years. so far he hasn't been able to point out that location. >>> the hunt for a missing d.c. mother may be over. tiffany holsey disappeared nearly 3 weeks ago. over the weekend a body was founin a wooded area off m. street a block from where her father lives. they say the victim was wearing the same type of clothes and had the same tattoo. so far officials have not released an official cause of death or id. >>> and now more on the pit bull attack this week. on carter delanie was found dead inside a home next to the remains of a small dog. he had been malled to death. >>> the man convicted of terrorizing elderly women will be sentenced for 14 charges, including first-degree

delegate eleanor holmes norton is re-assuring residents of one affluent neiborhood that it is safe as the army continues its cleanup of munitions. spring valley has been the site of a 16-year cleanup operation of munitions there. officials thought they were almost finished when the -- with the excavation when a flas k containing traces of the chemical agent mustard was found last week. some residents -- some residents think the corps of engineers is not telling them the whole story, but norton insists there is nothing to worry about. >> that the corps must remain until there is an objective all-clear here. now, nobody need move out of this beautiful neighborhood. and it really isn't fair to alarm people about this neighborhood. >> spring valley, of course, is near american university which the army used to develop and test chemical weapons during world war i. >> they called it a kiss-in. same-sex couples stage ago proceed tells t at a local diner. a number of same-sex couples came out to the tastee dine ner sill ser spring last night for a dine-in demonstration. this couple organized

delegate eleanor holmes norton praised senator kennedy today for his longtime support of d.c. voting rights and statehood. she spoke with news4 by phone this morning. >> you know, we didn't have any senators but we did have ted kennedy. there was no important issue since i have been a member of congress where ted kennedy was not only involved but at the head of the line. you know, they say that there's a crusade no one is irreplaceable. all i can tell is ted kennedy comes darned close to it for the district of columbia. >> meanwhile, maryland senator barbara mikulski remembers kennedy for his achievements and how he helped her personally.nt >> when i came to the senate, i was the only -- one of two women. he was, along with paul sarbanes, a tremendous help to me. he showed me how the inner workings of the power got me on great committees and sometimes when i had to put up with bad times or bad jokes, lee would take me out and give me a little shooter or something, and give me a pep talk. and i knew what he was doing for me, he was doing for so many people. he was a lot of fun.