we found a little spot of shade here on pennsylvania avenue. you can see the main shade right behind us, debra coughlin getting ready to perform at any minute. ets been a scorcher out here and it's great to be here when the ladder trucks come by to cool them down. at the capitol pride festival on pennsylvania avenue, singers and dancers performing in the heat before a crowd of thousands. scorching temps couldn't drive people away. >> it's hot, but i'm here, you know what i mean? like, i have to, you know, celebrate my pride. >> but a cool shower from a ladder truck certainly helped make it more tolerable. >> that's good. the water is definitely helpful. i just got here and was pretty hot, and then this was a blessing coming out. >> yeah, it was extremely fun. >> the girl scouts picked a wicked hot weekend to celebrate their 100th anniversary. their motto? be prepared. and you had to be to handle the heat during their trip to mt. vernon. sdplz the leader of our group brought cases and cases of water, made sure every girl that got off the bus had

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and traffic from the bottom of pennsylvania avenue, rhode island avenue as you head inbound. i want to mention that we've got some metro delays expected this weekend. plan an extra up to 20 minutes because of traffic work that we'll be experiencing on the blue, orange, yellow and red lines from 10:00 p.m. tonight till close on sunday. >>> marion berry says the d.c. council has turned itself into a laughing stock and one of his colleagues was driven to tears wednesday, when they picked an interim chairman who replaces kwame brown. joining us with a look at what the heck is going on with the council, tim craig who reports on d.c. politics for the "washington post." tim, good to have you here. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm good, thank you. let's talk about the council. seems like one black eye after another. some would say a big embarrassment. >> been going on two years. and especially the last six months where you had two council members resign due to ethical scandal and problems. wednesday, this past wednesday was supposed to be the day the council tried to move beyond

same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. a little nunn. the scorpion is about one mile, two miles up river from that bridge. so we're about 30 minutes from washington, d.c., 20, 25 minutes from annapolis, maryland, and 40 minutes from baltimore. in 1814, the river was deeper, perhaps wider as well. a lot of sedimentation from agricultural runoff. since 1814. during the early 19th century, sea going vessels were able to come fairly far up river. sedimentation prevented that by the mid 1 th century and by early 20th century, mechanized agriculture, there was a great influx of sediment into the river. the chesapeake was pretty much undefended. the british had free reign into the bay, come into shore, loot plantations, villages, take what they wanted as well to punish american citizens. joshua barney, a revolutionary war, naval war hero, proposed to build a flotilla of barges able to defend the coast during the day, intercept the british landing parties and then at night, hear tarry the british f. he was given permission to do this these were

the madisons never lived at 1600 pennsylvania avenue again. president madison did begin its reconstruction before leaving office. in 1815 reconstruction of the white house began and surprisingly james hoban was called upon to supervise and not latrobe. although latrobe's relationship with mrs. madison remained steady, his loose tongue and self-importance and endless amount of problematic insults had become a real issue for mr. madison. but as a gentleman he was, he did not lay any objection to the interview that was given to latrobe to become the architect of the capitol building, which he did receive. his less than favorable attitude began to take a turn again and in 1817 he resigned when james monroe was elected. hoban had not yet finished the structure so president monroe lived elsewhere while waiting for completion but wasted to time in ordering furnishings. latrobe went on to act as an engineer, traditional architect and landscape architect for sights in maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, ohio can be kentucky and louisiana. he aided in the

highway 4 is actually the very end of pennsylvania avenue. the same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. and ends right at the patuxent river. a little vocation call ed -- th scorpion, about one mile, two miles up river from that bridge. so we are about 30 minutes from washington, d.c. about 40 from baltimore. in 1814, the river was deeper. a lot of agriculture runoff since 1814. at this time during the early 19th search vi, sea going vessels were able to go up river. sedimentation stopped, prevented

the same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. and ends right up at the paw tux yet river, a little location calls waysin's corner. the scorpion is believed to be one mile, two miles up river from that bridge, so we're about 30 minutes from washington, d.c. we're about 20, 25 minutes from annapolis, maryland, and probably about 40 minutes from baltimore. well, in 1814, the river was deeper, perhaps wider as well, too. a lot of sedimentation from agricultural runoff since 1814. at this time, you know, during the early 19th century and then in the 18th century, sea-going vessels were able to come further up river. during the war of 1812, the chesapeake was pretty much undefended. the british had free reign could come into the bay and come ashore, loot plantations, villages, take what they wanted as well to, you know, to also punish the american citizens. joshua barney, who is a revolutionary war and naval war hero, he proposed to build a flying flotilla of barges that would be able to defend the coast during the day, intercept the b

highway 4 is actually the very end of pennsylvania avenue. the same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. and ends right at the pawtuxet river. the "scorpion" about one mile, two miles up river from that bridge. so we are about 30 minutes from washington, d.c. about 20, 25 minutes from annapolis, maryland, and about 45 minutes from baltimore. in 1814, the river was deeper. perhaps wider as well, too. there's been a lot of sedimentation from agricultural runoff since 1814. at this time during the early 19th century and the 18th century, sea-going vessels were able to go very far upriver. sedimentation stopped, prevented that river by the 18th and 19th century and early 20th century mechanicized agriculture there was a great influx of sediment into the river. during the war of 1812, the chesapeake was pretty much undefended. the british had free reign to come into the bay and come ashore, loot plantations, villages, take what they wanted as well, to you know, also punish the american citizens. joshua barney was a revolutionary war, naval war

watching the capital while oning a beer and eating pennsylvania avenue. >> in northwest, abc 7 news.> the weather is absolutely for them today. >> unbelievable compared to yesterday at this time. like we will end this pretty nice note. a roller coaster ride. outside, just a few clouds. remain dry for the hours.ht 91 -- 91 degrees, that is the the overnightfor hours. are above where we normally are. we will see a change to the of the week. it is very comfortable. out of the north at 13 hour.per holding at 89 degrees. temperatures across the board in the 80's. winchester at 82. a cooler, drier air off to the of us.nd west you see where the frontal system located. late tomorrow and into monday morning, the dew point level, the lower 50's. that is why it does not feel so sticky outside. increase a little bit for the day tomorrow. i want to show you the gulf of mexico. the shows you what is now a debbie. storm it will take a turn to the west and could affect the texas coast thursday.s we will have wind gusts of 63. may pop up tomorrow afternoon. another round of storms and then will clear

. >>> overheard at 16 pennsylvania avenue, 1600 pennsylvania avenue this morning at about 8:31:00 a.may, june 1st, and this is "now." >> joining me today, radio host kurt andersen who is author of true believers, forth coming in july. msnbc political analyst richard wolffe, "the new york times" jodi kantor and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart of the "washington post." if you're president obama or mitt romney, there are five dates to circle on your calendar. july 6th, august 3rd, september 7th, october 5th and november 2nd. those are the five remaining monthly jobs reports from the department of labor. and if they're anything like today's assessment which found that just 69,000 jobs were created and the unemployment

she made an appearance at 1600 pennsylvania avenue.as in town for a speaking engagement at the smithsonian but took time to say hi to the president before he left maryland. >>> budget cuts that forced the city to close fire companies. >>> plus, the must packed item health officials say you should put in your luggage before you leave for your summer trip. >> if you're out there on the roads, one accident after another. be very careful. this is what's ahead on world news with diane sawyer. >> dangerous radiation. how much are you really exposed to these days? you'll be surprised. tonight the new information that will protect you and your kids. what doctors say you need to know on world news with diane sawyer. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no

headed out to the capital pride festival on pennsylvania avenue northwest, be ready to sweat. those are the four words today. temperatures 90 to 95 out there on a blacktop, in the sun, drink your water. fairfax festival near the government center. that wialso to be blazing hot. >> you've been warned. >> as chuck said, it's going to be a scorcher today. we mentioned that it's set to become the warmest day of the year so far. news4's derek ward at the capital pride festival, people will be dealing with the heat all day. i hope you have your bottle of water on hand. >> reporter: i do, indeed. it's just out of camera range. if i get hot or feel faint, just pardon myself and i'll get a drink. i think i'll be okay for now. take a look. you can see the capitol dome behind us. that's a barometer of heat and hazy, humid weather and that's what we're going to have today. as you heard from chuck, 95 today. just at the foot of the capitol is the start of the capital pride festival. there was a big parade yesterday. that was one of the many things people were out and about doing on what up

this happened near pennsylvania avenue and mayorra posea street. and -- mariposa street. witnesses say the shooter placed his gun in a bag, walking away. >> $91 billion budget included $195 million in last minute line item vetoes. education, social services taking the hardest hit. cal grant forced students will be cut 5%. the governor slashed child care funds for low income families leaving family was out child care. and he used a line to realoe indicate special funds democrats set aside to keep state parks open but 65 of the 70 parks scheduled to close including for tolla and redwood and castle rock state park will remain open n an accounting change, the governor sign aid bill aloe indicating $10 million in new park funding. the project will generate revenue. >> a lot more to get to. coming up more good news for homeowners and buyers, mortgage rates hit nornl low. >> and pilot program kicking off in california letting soldar powere homes say what they don't yous fr a rainy day. >> there is a speak he peek of what is coming up. changes in time for weekend plans. i'll deta

police officers investigating a suspicious vehicle in the 1300 block of pennsylvania avenue.fficers have shut down pennsylvania avenue between 12th and 15th streets. you see that here. stay with us, we'll update you on this as the morning progresses. >>> let's get a look at the forecast before you head out the door. tom? >> could get strong storms this friday evening. some could produce wind damage and enough heavy rain to cause some isolated flooding. get inside, turn on nbc 4. we'll let you know if any storms are threatening your neighborhood when you hear thunder. maybe a lingering shower. otherwise, weekend looking great. 70s saturday afternoon and sunday afternoon. maybe some more showers tuesday into wednesday. danella, how's friday traffic? >>> we're taking a look at i-270. making your way past father hurley build. no issues here. i can tell you out of frederick you are going to hit the brakes past 109 and continuing to clarksburg road. past clarksburg, clear through germantown and even through rockville. aaron and eun? >> somebody got a day off, looks like. all right.

thousands of people are sampling the food along pennsylvania avenue and the winner of the barbecue battleill be named in just a short while. we're waiting for that. >> and i think the weather downtown will cooperate at least for another 45 minutes or an hour or so. we may see showers downtown. look at our doppler radar. montgomery county, north potomac over to rockville, wheaton, you're going to look for a cluster of thunderstorms, actually a lone cell. this is pretty much all that's out there. it is going to drift off towards the north and west as we move through the next 45 minutes to an hour. expect additional showers and storms to pop up as they move through the day, and the text extended outlook is going to be cool tuesday but as we move into the end of the week, by thursday and friday, are you ready, 100 degree heat on the way. >> all right. so enjoy that little bit of relief before that. thanks so much for being here with us. we will see you back here at 11:00. have a good night,

hundreds of pit masters lined up on pennsylvania avenue for the 20th annual safeway barbecue battle.ea. that looks good. more than $40,000 in cash and prizes. some local pit masters from tickled pink barbecue explained the long process involved to get such a tasty result. >> so we got up at 3:45 this morning and got our chimneys going at around 5:00 a.m. and at 6:00 a.m. we had brisquit and pulled pork and they'll go until well into the evening and the pork will smoke for 12 hours and we'll let it cool and pull it and sauce it and tomorrow morning we'll turn to into the dredges. >> it benefits the boys and girls club of greater washington. i can't even read this, i'm drooling here. the barbecue battle runs through tomorrow at midnight. >> the best-smelling weekends in downtown. >> does it take almost that long to formulate your forecast, too? >> sometimes it does. i've been known to really sit there and think about it and think about it. days like today a whole lot easier. >> they're dealing with the damage. >> a lot of people still dealing with the power outages and it was unfortuna

. >> from main street to pennsylvania avenue, all eyes on the supreme court. and some big decisions. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> in egypt the week-long wait for election results is over. mohammed morsi has been declared the winner. there is a great deal of uncertainty about how much real power he'll have. >> reporter: egypt's supreme election commission declared mohammed morsi as the winner making him egypt's next president, scheduled to take office july 1. celebrations among the supporters of the muslim brotherhood and all who voted for him are behind me and other parts of the country. no doubt just as soon as he will assume power there will be many questions whether or not he actually has the power to be the president. that is because the supreme council the armed forces, a ruling military council has stripped away the powers of the presidency and limiting it to a handful of important measures. the question is going to be to what extent will dr. morsi or the muslim brotherhood, rather, challenge the armed forces to assume more of those responsibili

. >>> well, some of our taking over pennsylvania avenue this weekend, hundreds of pit masters have invaded d.c. for the 20th annual safeway national barbecue battle, all vying for more than $40,000 in cash and prizes, some local pit masters say low and slow, that's the key to a prize-winning pig. barbecue battle runs through tomorrow at midnight. >> oh, yeah. >> smells good. >> why don't we have msmel smell-o-vision. >> i don't live far from there. you can smell the hint of hickory. >> we say they invaded as if we don't want that. >> we're fans of that particular invasion. >>> so good news is the barbecue weather for tomorrow is looking a-okay. the problem is we've got debbie born in the gulf of mexico and this could be a big problem fora lot of folks from tampa to houston over the next couple of days. it will be worth watching. outside, though, for us on a saturday night, mostly clear, just a few high, thin clouds drifting harmlessly overhead. it's remaining nice inside the city limits, still a balmy 80 degrees, the wind calm, the dew points which are always the biggest number you should

one of the new cameras is on pennsylvania avenue near alabama avenue in southeast washington. there are also two cameras on the southeast southwest freeway. there is a camera in the 9th street tunnel, and there are two cameras on georgia avenue in northwest washington. for a complete list of where those cameras are, you go to our website wusa9.com. look under morning show. >>> the d.c. city council is meeting behind closed doors to discuss a possible new chairman. they are concerned that chairman kwame brown may have to resign. bruce johnson reports there is a federal investigation into brown's 2008 campaign. here's how brown responded. >> i don't think i broke any laws in the 2008 campaign. that's all i'm going to say about the 2008 campaign. >> prosecutors are looking into whether brown benefited from campaign funds that were steered to his brother's firm and that investigation is growing. brown also raised eyebrows yesterday for allegedly shoving wtop radio reporter mark seagraves. brown did not respond to questions about that. >>> in the last month maryland's two casinos b

slow traffic, inbound, pennsylvania avenue, here is traffic coming in from branch avenue, across anacostiayour fox 5 on time traffic. >>> today marks the anniversary of the d day invasion of france during world war ii. in france today an unvailing of a statue of the pennsylvania man who inspired the band of brothers miniseries. major dick winters served with alleyed forces during the d day invasion he died last year at the age of 92. there is his picture and there is that statue a 12-foot statue is being unvailed near the beaches of the invasion that began june 6th. 1944. >>> historic discovery at the nasial archives shedding new light on a national -- nationalarchives shedding new light on a national tragedy. >> a medical reported discovered hours after the assassination of president lincoln. papers explain the type of treatment the president received in minutes after he was wounded leo wrote that he found lincoln paralyzed, come toes and leaning against his wife the doctor ordered brandy and water to be brought to the president's box immediately, while the report does not provide much ne

bush and president obama having a sort of bipartisan moment at 1600 pennsylvania avenue or 16 pennsylvania avenue as i led off saying. we had david axelrod getting cheers angiers on the steps of the massachusetts state capitol and, of course, we had mitt romney in a secret surprise visit to solyndra. jodi, did you think -- did either side play this well, excluding the president which is to say the re-election team versus the romney campaign. >> >> i'm so struck by the sheer thee atricality of it. we have entered into stunt season. by the way. >> caller: think social media is pushing this, right? because every campaign is trying to create video clips that their side can joyfully post on facebook the next day saying isn't this cool, isn't this cool? we're watching theater as much as we're watching substance now. >> and not good theater. >> not good theater at all. you know, the portrait unveiling yesterday which completely overshadowed mitt romney and his solyndra stunt was fantastic. i think it was a great moment for the country to see two presidents who really, if you just listen to the on

tomorrow pennsylvania avenue will be closed between 3rd and 7th streets for the capital pride street festival . the festival begins at 11:00 a.m. >>> overseas, the horror in syria just seems to keep getting worse. activists say more than 40 civilians were killed today, this after bashar assad's forces may have massacred more than 80 civilians on friday. now even russian leaders are pushing for emergency talks that would include iran. drew levinson reports from the united nations. >>reporter: burned out buses and shattered windows can be seen in parts of the capital city of damascus. activists say it's the worst violence yet in this area. this man advisably upset walked through a mosque, pointing out the victims from saturday's attack in the southern city of darat. at least 20 people were killed. activists say syrian troops shelled this town where the uprising against president bashar assad first erupted. and amateur video reportedly shows the weekend violence spreading in the city of homs. there are concerns syria is on the verge of a civil war. more proof of that came with the relea

the capital pride festival on pennsylvania avenue. >> the humidity. >> i have my pinnacol lad day. >> reporter: it's the fourth time this year we have seen temperatures in the 90s but the hottest day of 2012 does not stand up to 2011. one year ago yesterday we were already at 102 degrees. of course it's only a matter of time. some may not mind. >> i love my 90-degree temperature. it's perfect. >> reporter: most everyone we spoke with had a strategy. >> cooling mist, sunscreen and water. we will stay hydrated and hope for the best. >> what we try to do is keep cold water in our bottles, keep the core temperature down. >> drinking tons and tons of water and ditching into buildings at every opportunity. >>> but the secret to staying cool on a day like this may be to take a lesson from the kids. >> when i see how the children are enjoying, why not. i enjoy that, too, along with them. >> it tickles a little. >> it splashes. >> reporter: in washington, lauren demark corks fox 5 news. >>> new details tonight on the man who crashed a vehicle right into a building two days ago. charles ball is

. >> now, tomorrow the capital pride street festival will close part of pennsylvania avenue northwest between 3rd and 7th streets. the festival begins at 11:00 a.m. and will be hosted by recording artist debra cox. >>> still ahead on 9 news now tonight, homes and cars going under as fast as moving floodwaters swallow up entire neighborhoods. >>> and government troops and rebel forces battle in the streets of damascus. we will have the latest on the deadly violence. >>> and the summer like weather continues. for your sunday waking up to lots of sunshine. temperatures start in the 60s and 70s. we heat up quite quickly. by 11:00, we'll already be in the 80s. i'll let you know how hot and humid it gets coming up. stick around. 9 news continues after the break. >>> new information tonight about the driver of a jeep who police say deliberately plowed the stolen vehicle into a downtown office building. authorities tonight have charged 32-year-old charles ball of new market, maryland, with three felonies. just after 8:00 last night, ball allegedly doused the stolen vehicle with gasoline and t

the former first lady, the 43rd president and the current potus exchanging schtick about 1600 pennsylvania avenue>> i will always remember the gathering you held for all the former living presidents before i took office. plus you left me a really good tv sport s package. >> i am pleased my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with a george w. when the british burned the white house, as fred mentioned, in 1814, dolly madison, famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now, michelle, if anything happen happens, there's your man. i'm also pleased, mr. president, that when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do? it is my privilege to introduce the greatest first lady ever -- sorry, mom. >> it was really gracious of you to invite us back to the white house to hang a few family pictures. and i'm sure you know nothing makes a house a home like having portraits of its former occupants staring down at you from the walls. >> you have to wa

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and we find that everywhere in this country, except recently on pennsylvania avenue. and i wonder what the future holds for us. and much of it, i think, it was said by thomas jefferson that his toughest job of his presidential office was appointing other people to office. and that's now our job. we have the job of appointing other people to that presidential office. and whom will we choose? i'm a centrist, and i'm not happy about my choices. as i think many americans feel on both sides. and somehow, as the arnold brothers said, we have to educate our masters. we have to find a way of reminding people of the leadership traditions that we have had in this country. and they have seen us through very hard times. times much harder than what we know today. and i believe that we can do this. yet again. thank you. [ applause ] >> questions? >> yes, sir? questions? >> we do have time for a question, if anybody wants to step down to the microphone. anybody? please. they're being shy. >> here's -- david. [ inaudible ] >> about slavery. [ inaudible question ] >> yes. the question

a portrait put up at 1600 pennsylvania avenue.e have a report. >> reporter: the current president welcoming his predecessor to washington, george w. bush and former first lady laura bush, paying a visit to the white house having their portraits unveiled during a ceremony in the east room. >> today, with the unveiling of the portraits next to he moshings president and mrs. bush will take their place alongside men and women who built this country and those who worked to perfect it. >> reporter: this is the first time the former president has been back in the white house in two years. >> we may have our differences politically but the presidency transcends those differences. we all love this country. we all want america to succeed. >> reporter: the 4 #rd president suggesting the current chief executive look at his painting for some inspiration. >> i am also, pleased, mr. president, that when you are wandering these halls as you wries we'll tough decisions, you will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do. >

he is the first, unabashed, committed leftist to live at 1600, pennsylvania avenue because this presidentis president would rather bow to foreign leaders than stand up for america's greatness. [ applause ] this is a president that would rather trash the constitution than preserve our rights. he's a president that would rather defer to the united nations and defend the united states and our allies. we serve the principles of washington, lincoln and reagan. obama serves the principles and the demands of union bosses, the central planners and elitist bureaucrats. we believe in the philosophy of our founding fathers, but barack obama believes in one man's philosophy. the philosophy of barack obama. you know, after the conservatives and by the way, when i say that i want you to know that the republican party is not in competition with the conservative movement. we're just part of it. and when the conservatives won big in 2010 the pundits said that the president would move to the middle. does it look like he's moved to the center? we're still marching to the far left. this is a president who wo

was constructed between 1836 and 1869 and is located beside the white house at 1500 pennsylvania avenue. american history tv visited the treasury building to learn about a long-term restoration project begun in 1986. >> welcome to the office of the secretary of the treasury. this is timothy geithner's office. and this became the office of the secretary in 1910. and as we have seen, the office of the secretary has progressively moved around the building as the treasury building has become modernized. and in 1910, what happened was a major renovation was done of the treasury building. and at that time, new systems were put into the building and it was deemed that the corner office, and we're now at sort of a -- sort of the corner of the building with a very nice view of the washington monument, the department of commerce, that this corner office, very well-lit office would become the office of the secretary of the treasury. with the secretary's office right across the hall, this is the large conference room. and this particular space was created under secretary james baker. baker wanted a

and what's even more amazing is this just pales in comparison to the major festival down on pennsylvania avenue as one of the top summer summer festivals in the country and right here in our area. i'm getting my breakfast right now. trace here from justin, texas is cooking me up a one eyed jack. they are with the cross-country cookout and this is a smoker and grill here. come on boys from texas they know barbecue right? this weekend at the festival which this right here i know you saw a little preview there but here's mine. lock at this. eggs in the bun and on top. we got a little ham, cheese and a hamburger. hmm and let's see it's only six minutes before 8:00. i love my job. and i also love this guy right here. this is heath hall. and of course everyone knows him from our area. he is with pork barrel barbecue restaurants in alexandria but more importantly, the reigning grand champion of the barbecue battle. now, where does that fall in comparison to all that you have done in your life? >> i tell you it's one of the highlights of our barbecue career. you know our very first conditions test was

really i don't really care where the president was born i care where he lives at six hundred pennsylvania avenue and i want him to stay there you know. bill clinton. kind of blew it by applauding romney's time at bain. how is that going to play out thirty seconds. you know i mean today i don't think anybody's criticizing being capital for what it does i think they're criticizing what mitt romney did it being capital and the horrible things that he did to working in middle class americans so that you can applaud being for the fact that it creates you know american businesses and creates american jobs but you have to criticize what mitt romney did it being when he fired workers to rehire them on the union contracts and i'll go so far as to say that what is a scam based on loopholes in the tax code and as hundred eighty they should not exist but. richard. while both romney and obama share similar experiences investing in failed solar companies there is one thing that romney did do that president obama never did and that's make hundreds of millions of dollars as a pirate equity manager devouring com

in post 9/11, is there more going on down at pennsylvania avenue in the name of national security that we should know? and would that taping system -- maybe we don't know. you study the presidency now. >> yes, i have. i don't know what's going on. i know that a president, if the country is attacked, has a responsibility to respond to that. he will put things into motion that he thinks will be responsive. whether it's outside the law, i have no way of knowing. i do know president obama brought in someone to run his conflicts and ethics office. the question of national security, these threats are with us all the time. every president is going to respond to them in some way. the problem is that when national security is used to justify political activity, and i think that's what happened to me. at least that's what i bought into, in 1971. it was wrong then. it's wrong today. >> what do you think, the institutions, legacy of watergate, enough checks and balances that that kind of thing can't happen again? >> i think we have a potential repetition of watergate because we're looking at water

this is the end of pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. and ends at the patuxent river. little location, way son's conner, the scorpion, about one mile, two miles up river from that bridge. we are about 30 minutes from washington, d.c. about 20, 25 minutes from annapolis, maryland, and about 40 minutes from baltimore. in 1840, the river was deeper. there's sedimentation from agricultural runoff since 1814. this time during the early 19th century and 18th century, vessels were able to come far up river. due to war of 1812, chesapeake was pretty much undefended. british had free reign to come into the bay and come ashore, lute plantations, villages, also to punish the american citizens. joshua barney, revolutionary naval war hero proposed to build a flotilla of barges that would be able to defend the coast during the day, intercept british landing parties, and at night hairy the british fleet. he was given permission and funds to do this. these were put under department of the navy. since joshua barney had been retired, was no longer in the seniority of the navy, he was ma

>>> stone is not a happy camper, he has been out trying to cover this story, but at 295 and pennsylvania avenue where he has been stuck with a whole bunch of other people, i assume, for three hours now. are you on the phone with us? >> yeah, i am on the phone with you and i tell you, traffic at times is moving at a snail's pace. and then all of a sudden you're just stuck and sitting there, which is exactly what we're doing right now. 295 heading north at pennsylvania avenue in d.c. and the roadways right now, they're pretty clear. everything is fine on the roadway itself, however, when you're dealing with this traffic, ominous clouds above, people are just taking their time, trying to get through this traffic to get home to pick up their kids from day care and a lot of folks are just wondering when this is all going to clear up. >> all right, i would imagine that, well, not imagine, under the best of circumstances traffic there is a mess. you have been down in that area before. you said that, though, it is at least moving along, crawling along, inching along, right? >> well, yes. at times you w

you have a political system that is broken that unless one party winds both ends of pennsylvania avenue with 60 votes in the senate, i think there's very little chance of anything rationally being done and worse than that, no matter who win withes the election, you will have change in the leadership with the departments and it will be five or six months after the election or more until you have a chance for people who are in the position to talk about reprogramming and the like. now i think you're absolutely right that we have to make far greater cuts to our overall spending. there's probably not going to be any agreement between the differences over taxation and spending. so give me a couple of big idea, how you deal with a system that's broken. we really have to accommodate by cutting trillions and trillions of dollars and doing it in a sensible way and who do we get to lead the charge? mr. obama will not did that, unless he's reelected and mr. romney will not be elected until he does it. tell me about the looming catastrophe that everybody rick ozzes is coming and nobody wants to sta

one at pennsylvania avenue. this is the pace. -- two wrecks. adam caskey. >> we will see more showers moving to the metro area. often gone through the day today. tomorrow, back to sunshine. highs are near 80's for the rest of the work week. were a little below average again for the majority of this week. goodbye 90 degrees. see you later. >> if you will not be missed. and that's our quarterly wrap-up -- any thoughts? wow. outstanding. off the charts. boo-yah! excelente! that went well. add flavor to your day with dunkin's new breakfast burritos with fire-roasted veggies and delicious steak. try one today. ♪ ♪ [ ale announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you'rere choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies e

one of the new cameras is along pennsylvania avenue near alabama avenue in southeast.o on the southeast-southwest freeway. one in the 9th street tunnel and two more on georgia avenue in northwest. for a complete list of the new cameras, go to wusa9.com. look under morning show. >>> in just the last month, maryland's two casinos brought more than 14.5 million. most of that money made at a slots parlor in perryville. the state's newest and largest casino opens its doors near the anne arundel mills mall in hanover. you'll have 3200 slot machines available tonight and then another 1500 installed later this summer. the gambling starts at 10:00 p.m. >>> at 6:36, jessica doyle is watching your money. >> wall street's favorite soap opera, the facebook stock. >> that's right. some investors may be getting a check to compensate them for taking a bath on facebook's stock. nasdaq reportedly plans to cut those checks for investors who lost money because of technical glitches. no word yet on just how much it plans to compensate them. banks and trading firms lost a total of $100 mill

delays began around pennsylvania avenue. big delays on the inner loop near the watershed. as you work your way from the american legion bridge toward old georgetown road, things start to get a little better toward new hampshire ave. 270 northbound and was delays here working your way into germantown. on 121, delays eastbound with a crash. the left side of the roadway is blocked. back to you. >> speaking of traffic, we will show you where the most profitable speed cameras are in that district. >> when they found that you were with a resistance group it was death. >> members of the greatest generation coming together with the latest generation for a history lesson like no other. >> at 6:00, airline aggravation. >> a group of local men and women in their nineties do something they do every year to make sure the lessons of world war two are not lost on the children of today. this group of veterans and citizen survivors are tonight's harris' heroes. >> at the white house announces germany's attack on pearl harbor. >> one day and not too far away, all the remaining survivors of