could a regional hire me to fly a northern route? >> no. that person would we strained extensively in the type of operations that he or she will be flying. >> i would disagree with that statement from this point*. that pile it has passed minnows for all types of operations or weather and of his or her experience has been specifically in one area or region of the country they could be thrown into the worst weather of the northeast were mountain flying without further training. and we have to talk about specific training at different points. when you move pilots around the system, we must continue the training cycle and i think it is deficient in that area. >> i will wrap up with this very, very quick thought. i asked these questions and i will be very candid about it because i worry that because of economics or whenever or trying to do this on the cheap. and we're hiring pilots at a very low wage i do not know how you live on that salary. and did you know, we were ending up with? people trying to build hours to move out of the regional syste

there are disparities between mainline and regional safety programs. if so, they should be closed and closed quickly. let me suggest a six or seven steps that need to be pursued right now today. first, i think we need to apply flight operation quality assurance programs used by major carriers to regional airlines it works, the collection and analysis improves safety. second, apply asap, aviation safety action programs which encourage safety issues and events that come to the attention of employees to those regional airlines that don't currently have such a program. third, identify advanced training at practices of mainline carriers to be used by regional carriers. it's in hup program and the jargon. fourth, we need a centralized database of pilot records to give airlines easy access to complete informatiinformation about applicants from the time they very begins her flying career. fifth, let's see if the faa needs to increase compliance with the sterile cockpit rule, and what measures it should use to do that. sixth, let's examine flight crew preparedn

regional airlines have one objective and that's to prevent any future accidents. and as we do that, as this committee has noted, it's important to keep our representative and to reassure the american public that flying is extremely safe. in fact, until this recent tragedy, commercial airlines had gone the longest period in aviation history without a fatal accident. working collectively, rolling up our sleeves, with all parties, government, labor, manufacturers, airlines have steadily improved our safety record over the course of many decades, safety initiatives, investigations and reviews of accidents and incidents large and small. nevertheless, we can and must do better. our industry's number one goal has been and always will be zero accidents and zero fatalities. mr. chairman, at your request, our member airlines provided the committee very detailed information about their operations, their training, their hiring, their employees. today we will try to better define the regional airline industry to clear up some of the misconceptions. more importantly we will tal

could a regional hire me to fly a northern route? mr. chairman, no, that person would be trained extensively in the type of operations that he or she is going to be -- is going to be flying in. >> captain, how much -- >> i would disagree at this point. that pilot has passed the minimums for all types of operations and all types of weather and if his or her experience has been specifically in one area or one region of the country, they could be thrown into the worst weather of the northeast or the mountain flying or whatever without further training. and that's -- we have to talk about specific training at different points. when you move pilots around the system, we must continue that training cycle and i think it's deficient in that area. i'll just wrap up, mr. chairman, with this very quick thought. i asked these questions and i'll be very candid about it because i worry that because of economics or whatever we're trying to do this on the cheap. and we are hiring pilots at a very low wage. i don't know how you'd live on that salary and

regional carriers are doing the same thing? >> senator klobuchar, when pilots are on duty, the minute they check in, their hotel costs on duty are paid for, 100% by the company. they also receive a travel -- the same main line and regional. there is no distinction between the way those policies are done between major airlines and regional airlines. >> anyone have anything to add on that? >> there's a fair amount of difference but where you are going is is the pilot getting adequate rest, and a place to get that adequate rest before he or she begins that trip out of whatever domicile they have been assigned to and the answer is no, they're not provided by the airlines. >> they fly to start the first trip from somewhere, and there may not be away for them to get reimbursed for of flight, because it is not in between flights. was that the case here? i know she was spending the day in an airport. >> i seriously doubt -- i can say without a doubt they were not given a place to get adequate rest, provided for or compensated for a hot

in that region do you believe that is one of the main problems that otherwise the regions have been ableharmonize their electricity transmission policies and in a way that is viewed as fair to all states? >> i am not familiar with specific federal government problems that may have come up in minnesota. my observation is the regional planning process has been effective and is a good solution to the problem. i think as many of us are pointing out, you worked the economics when you start putting effectively free transmission or poster stamp transmission abroad the regions and then change the economics dramatically rather than having them compete on a stand-alone basis. >> now, for the audience when we say post extent what are you referring to? why is the phrase postage stamp used? >> effectively with a postage stamp is referred to the postal system we put a stamp on the letter and send it anywhere for the same price. >> from the dakotas to new jersey for the same price. >> the reality of course is the costs are not the same and we look at the cost for transmission to move power from west to

is the kre which is the regional bank. that gives you the short exposure. the reason you want the short exposure, jamie diamond, karen's boyfriend said it clearly. you still have banks and the regional banks are the ones that have the commercial loan and prime jumbo mortgage exposure. and that hits, melissa, that hits 6 to 12 months after the initial stages of the crisis because they can hang on in the beginning but now you're going to see the effect of that. that's why the regional banks. the city nationals, comericas. those are names you don't want to own. >> we have some reporting next week, u.s. bancorp, suntrust. karen, do you like joe's idea to go long to capital markets, go short the regional banks? >> i do, i do, because that commercial -- both commercial loans and commercial real estate, both of which the regionals like a bb&t have, you look at it today. the shopping mall reit, bad numbers, the stock was down 15%. what does that tell you?u? who lends to them? i don't know -- >> these are cumbersome transactions. a

clinton held with regional partners.she said there was a united front against p'yongyang. >> all four of the foreign ministers agreed that full implementation is important to demonstrate unity and resolve in the face of north korean provocation. and to make clear that complete and irreversible denuclearization is the only viable path for north korea. >> will have a written came to the meeting with the broader -- but hillary clinton came with the broader agenda and another message, america is back. she has repeatedly said the u.s. is also a trans-pacific power, and washington will now appoint a permanent representative to the afghan mission in jakarta. hillary clinton spoke at length about washington's commitment to its allies in the region. ras said that a collective policy and a united front were paid off on issues like north korea and burma. but washington is also trying to push back against china's growing influence in the region. >> the iraqi prime minister, nor el leakey has held his first talks at the white house a

the home region that is described by china as a region of tibet. 8 million uighurs live in china, that's half of the population, 2.3 live in the capital. mostly chinese who the uighurs complain of setting there for their control. they complain of persecution by the chinese government. joining me is the former director of the chinese studies. thank you very much for being with me. how serious are these clashes, obviously news still coming in. >> as you say news is still coming in and difficult to evaluate how serious. but at the moment they seem unprecedented. there has never been violence on this scale in the regional capital of xinjiang. there has been violence in places on the northwest borders, but nothing like this in urumqi. >> we are looking at clashes as we speak. there is tibet to the south, is it accurate to describe this as another tibet? >> i think it's as serious as that. we are aware of that cause of the prominence of dalla lama and making that known. the situation of xinjiang is a parallel of influx of hans chinese and the muslim population that are not related to the han.

carrier or own substantial portion of equity in the regional carrier. so it would seem to me that it would be any interest of the network carriers to require the things that you have recommended today prior to these recommendations. >> i understand that, that thought, senator. there was actually a proposal made light in tsv back in about 1994 when this whole debate came to pass and win 121 was created, put the regionals in 121 to have the mainline carriers be the enforcement of 121 for the regional partners. that was specifically rejected by congress and the faa because they want to have a single level of enforcement as well as a single level of achievement. and i think that decision was the correct one at the time and i think it remains correct, that the faa needs to be the principal enforcer. we have openly said here today, and will continue to say, if we need to change those standards and upgrade them, then that is something that we ought to look at doing. by the same token, i think the enforcement needs to rest with the faa. >> well, you know, i was

our region is going through huge trust formation. we are hosting eight zones and hot spots, the most complicated in the world. .. >> tyhhe victims of these wars are the audience. al jazeera speech to the people who are affected by all of us. this leads to frustration and anger, and this will be protracted in a moment of time, and it is not because we want to make this big. we cannot afford to have that on the screen, because this is happening for the audience. in a day where we go without a headline, that there is no suicide bombing and there has not been an attack, unfortunately this is the reality. we are seeing these kinds of issues and as journalists, we cannot hide this. say it is magnificent. it is not magnificent. and still continue to have we had a lot of difficulties in these kind of issues. how are we moving ahead? where are we going from now? mr. obama, did a great speech and he did end of the great speech in cairo. and the amount of response was overwhelming in the arab world. people fall for the first time they have a ch

the region right there. and then we had some thunderstorm activity that approached the area across the bay. as you take a look into western virginia, down into north carolina, that is the moisture heading in our direction document. larger picture shows that big slug of moisture right in this region right there that is making its way in our direction. and once it gets here, it's going to stick around for a while well. will see more active shower and thunderstorm activity starting tomorrow. continuing down through the end of the weekend. probably the end of the weekend the way things are looking right now. currently maryland's most powerful radar not indicating any precipitation around our region. but tomorrow things are going to start to get active into the afternoon. moncton at 75. manchester 75 degrees. 77 in fallston. kingsville 77. 77 in millersville. annapolis 80 degrees. 80 in chestertown. and northeast right now at 78 degrees. your forecast for tonight. basically, a bit of an overcast over the top of t

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hillary inton spoke atength about washgton's commitment to its aies in the region.ras sd that a collecti picy and a united fro were paid o on issues like north korea and burma. but washington ilso trying to sh back against china's growing influence inhe region. >> t iraqi pre minter, nor el leakehas held his first talks at thehite house and president obama's election. calling for more econoc support from the u.s., n the u.s. military ha withdraw from iraqi towns and cies. mrobama repted his pled to pull outll u.s. troops by the end of 20. he iraqi prime ministe has also bn lobbying the white house on e issue listing reparations to kuwait. he secured his public messa of support. >> i think it would be a mistake for iraq to ntinue to be burdened by the sins of the deposed dictator. in order to do that, wwill have to obtn cooperation from various members of the united naons. i think that tere will have to some spefic disputes that are resolved between iraq and some of itseighbors. we inte to be very constructive in at process, but we hve said clearly, d i have repeated

regional director t.j.stimated that the company has put in roughly twice that much to keep calls connected since the switch handled the first commercial cellphone call back in the early 80's. coming up in chart talk matt shapiro is back with us to talk about dupont. that's after this in the know message. and at shapiro of m w s capital back with the fourth chart talk i know you like the blue chip companies in this time focusing on dupont's. if dupont's is a stock i'd like they came out with earnings yesterday a kind of lukewarm baby lote lower expectations sales were down 20% because the economic crisis but one of the big reasons i like is because the big dividend almost 6%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%r dupont's. since cambridge the stock is up almost 12% in as much better compared to the overall performance of the doubt which is up 1%. right. classic american company think the dow is going to advance ticket dupont's because very leveraged to the economic cycle the crisis is going to abate and you're gonna be happ

spotty over the entire region. but the best chance for rain will be moving in on thursday afternoon and thursday evening. your forecast for tonight. mostly cloudy, scattered showers. you just saw it on the radar. 67 dries for the overnight low. during the day tomorrow, partly cloudy. it's going to be a warmer day with the humidity. it's going to be kind of an oppressive feel with a high of 86. a chance for afternoon and evening showers and storms. and the extended outlook. the best rain chance on thursday with a high of 83. on friday, saturday, and sunday, a chance for some scattered showers with temperatures in the mid-80s. then monday and tuesday, we clear up with partly cloudy skies, 84 both days. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. throw it over to mr. carlin, the chief of sports. >>> the orioles have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to move their spring training site to sarasota. the sarasota herald tribune is reporting the o's will train at ed smith stadium for the next 30 years. city officials are meetin

rather a regional package of dealing with regional security. >> what do you think that could take? because i mean everybody right now is focused on trying to figure a way forward while everybody tries to put as much cold water on the military option, including -- >> right. >> chairman mullan has been doing that. >> i think the first thing we have to do is we have to have some serious discussions. we need to know what it is that they want. and i'm not sure that that is very clear right now. what are their regional security concerns? why do they consider this important in the long run? what might it take to prevent them from going over the brink? i don't know the answer to that, and i think, i'm sure washington doesn't know the answer to that, because they haven't been in conversation. so you need to have the discussion first. >> when it comes to international pressure, what are some of the other disarmment prioritys? everybody looks at curbing nukes. what are some of the other prioritiess? >> currently the nuclear weapons issue is front and center on the table. and that's good. not

and russi want secuty in the region. but if and when that'achieved that competiti wil heat up more tn ever. > the pentagon told us today therwas one emergency fu dumping incident over kyrgyzstan in 08. but that "evarated before it hit the groundnd caused no ha to the environment." >>> there are new signs today thateace talks between israel and syria might resume soon. the turkish pme ministe who left for metings in syria today, said that he's gotten requests to media new netiations. syriacut off earlier in protest talks to protest the invasn of gaza. >>> and now to udi arabia, which tonight'seing accused by amnesty internatiol of gross violations of hun rights by secretly detaining thousan of people under the cover oa cpaign against terrorism. the report said the prisoners are held witht access to lawyers and th many are tortured. a saudi offial told t associated press that e amnesty charges "have to b proven." >>> australia began a rst huan trials of a n swine flu vaccine this week. with winter under way in the southern

a few light clouds over the top of the region. as we go lew the evening, thickening of clouds during the day tomorrow. you'll probably see more clouds than sun. the majority of the rainfall that was in the ohio valley affecting louisville up to cincinatti. over through the southern portions of illinois throughout the afternoon. that shower and thunderstorm activity move down through this region. some of it was on the severe side. and we've had some pretty hefty thunderstorms right here occur in the western portions of kentucky, as well as tennessee. those thunderstorms are heading on down into the georgia and carolina region. what we're going to be finding is more clouds than sun across the region, and a few pop-up showers are possible. now right now no showers showing up on maryland's most powerful radar, and again tomorrow afternoon tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, there a chance we could see one or two little light showers around. but quite frankly, i think we're going to be mostly on the dry side, even though we'll have e

surrounding region.i would also suggest that most of sudan's nine neighbors would prefer to see problems between northern and southern sudan

and russia want security in the region. but if and when that's achieved that competition will heat up more than ever. >> the pentagon told us today there was one emergency fuel dumping incident over kyrgyzstan in 2008. but that "evaporated before it hit the ground and caused no harm to the environment." >>> there are new signs today that peace talks between israel and syria might resume soon. the turkish prime minister, who left for meetings in syria today, said that he's gotten requests to mediate new negotiations. syria cut off earlier in protest talks to protest the invasion of gaza. >>> and now to saudi arabia, which tonight's being accused by amnesty international of gross violations of human rights by secretly detaining thousands of people under the cover of a campaign against terrorism. the report said the prisoners are held without access to lawyers and that many are tortured. a saudi official told the associated press that the amnesty charges "have to be proven." >>> australia began a first human trials of a new sw

the front is basically making its way through our region.l system is right through that area right there. and in behind it, we've got some cooler air that is slipping on in. what that is going to do is drop our temperatures just a couple of degrees during the day tomorrow. during the day tomorrow, the overnight period, we'll still remain in this warmer wedge of air. the overnight low is not going to be too bad. if you're travel do you think 95, you're going to run into quite a bit of shower activity into georgia and even florida where they're just getting hammered with heavy rainfall. also up in new england, if you're going to massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, you'll see quite a bit of rainfall in that region. right now over on the baltimore area, no precipitation is being picked up right now. with maryland's most powerful radar, nice clear scan out there. but again, if you go up 95 instead of going south you go up 95 to new england or take the train to new york, you're probably going to run into some rainfall up there. if you're hea

mainline carriers more regularly far exceed the standard than regional partners do. with virtually no exceptions programs, more robust training, as part of the recommendations that we have made before you today, in the house, we would suggest many of those programs be instituted at the regional level. >> the fact is, it is your name, the name of your company that you represent on the fuselages of these airplanes and in many cases, you own the regional carrier or a substantial portion of equity. it would seem to me in the interests of the network carriers, to require the things you recommended to day prior to these recommendations. >> i understand that thought. there was actually a proposal made by the ntsb in 1994 when this whole debate came to pass when 121 was created, to have the mainline carriers be the enforcement of 121, for the regional partners. congress and the faa, they want to have a single level of enforcement as well as a single level of achievement. that decision was the correct one. it remains correct that the faa needs to be the principal and force he

chairman the average pay of a regional airline at captain is a $72,000 per year. the average pay of a first officer as eight member airlines is $32,000 that is very comparable to other professions that have lives at stake, medical assistance. >> but i am asking isn't the case we're hiring hiring pilots in the cockpit and paying them $23,000 per year that is $10 per hour roughly. isn't that the case? if it is then one wonders what is the capability of pilates coming out of school with a good many hours that beat the technical qualifications and get hired $10 an hour and live with their parents in seattle and apply to a duty station all night long? at that salary they are going to rent a hotel to get some sleep? i don't think so. my specific question isn't there is significant issue about experience and funding and salaries at the entry-level on some of these airplanes were we are getting on? the name is the same. we think it is northwest, continental, delta air it is just a different carrier with a completely different standard of hiring new pilots entering the coc

not as much shower activity is going to be around the region. and as far as our shower activity on monday and tuesday, it comes book is the region with temperatures of 87 on monday, and 85 on tuesday. we'll be back in a little while with more on the weather. >> all right, thanks, norm. >>> a popular way to get a sun- kissed glow is now listed as a threat to your life. international experts say tanning beds are among the leading cancer risks, right up there with tobacco and the hepatitis b virus. abc's diana avellar reports the new warning is directed especially at young people. >> reporter: new research confirms what doctors have long suspected. the pursuit of that summer glow could lead to cancer in the long run. finding the tanning beds are as deadly as arsenic, or mustard gas, and that the younger the user, the more dangerous they are. researchers found if tanning beds are used before the age of 30, the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75%. a troubling discovery, considering the vast majority of tanning salon patrons in the u.s. are young women b

in the region, we need to project stability in the region and in the international operations in afghanistan and smaller countries. >> let's go to the eu. what are the priorities when it comes to the priorities you want to see the eu engage? >> it is pretty much the same thing as u.s. and sweden. we need more usable forces. we have, at each time, two quick response forces for the eu. they have never been used yet. we need to find common political ground and we need to know when to use them. >> where do you want to take the relationship with the united states? it is a relationship that has grown since the end of the cold war. the engine on the grip is an american engine. where do you want to take swedish relations? >> the relations have improved lately and they have been good before that. we cooperate closely with any international operations. sweden took part in the afghanistan operations and nato. we had a good operation with the technological development. we could be better on that. there are still questions concerning black boxes and common perception of export markets that could improve

increasing across the region. majority of the shower and thunderstorm activity right now south of st. louis heading down towards cape gerardo, missouri. some showers moving down boo the carolinas. we will see some scattered showers tomorrow, but most of them are going to be south and north of the baltimore area. not a whole lot of rainfall on tap. but edo can have rain in the seven-day forecast. right now nothing showing up. no precipitation on maryland's most powerful radar. things are looking pretty good across the region temperature- wise. and precipitation wise. but we do need the rain. manchester right now 83. 84 in reisterstown. laurel at 85 degrees. towson 83. 82 in edgemere. aberdeen right now at 81. the forecast overnight. clouds will continue to increase as that system moves in our direction. but the majority of the showers will split apart and go around the region. the heaviest rainfall into the carolinas. we do need some rain, and there it is right there. friday evening, it will be getting its act toge

they make their way into the region. once they get here, they're going to be giving everybody a good drink of water. it's all coming from the ohio valley. throughout the day, a very warm surge of air coming up from the gulf of mexico, with lots of moisture. it's causing shower and thunderstorm activity. and that will be our weather that we're going to be seeing during the next 24 hours. but then tomorrow night into early wednesday morning, the showers come to an end, giving us a pretty nice weekend. right now nothing showing up on maryland's most powerful radar. but later on tonight, we will be tracking showers, making their way towards our region. right now in moncton is 85. 84 at manchester. 84 in the annapolis area. across in chestertown it's 88 degrees. the forecast for tonight, the showers that are lurking out to the west will make their way into our region overnight and during the day tomorrow. we'll see showers and even some thunderstorms. then they'll end early saturday morning, giving us nice sunshine a few clou

a nice clear scan across the region. don't forget, you can always go to our website, to abc2news.com. to check out our interactive radar. now what i've done is called up our tornado alley. and as you can see, we've got some shower and thunderstorm activity over portions of arkansas, down in this region right down in here. just a slight chance for some showers right there. here in the midatlantic not much, but all this moisture right here, that's what is headed in our direction. again, you can drive the radar outside at abc2news.com, 24/7, 365. as far as our forecast, for the overnight period, the showers out to the west pull in our direction. during the day tomorrow going to be a showery day. and they'll last into early, early saturday morning, then give way to some sunshine with a few clouds. and this should stay that way through sunday. but late sunday afternoon, the clouds start making their way boo the region. and that's when we can see some precipitation. so early saturday morning some showers. late sunday night som

but quite a bit of clouds rotating into the region. here is your forecast for the overnight period. 70 degrees for the overnight low. during the day tomorrow, mostly cloudy, showers and storms. primarily from noontime on. the high tomorrow 89 degrees. anthe extended outlook for the next seven days, there it is right there. things should clear up on saturday. but it's going to be a mostly cloudy day on saturday. sunday we're looking to partly cloudy skies. then that secondary frontal system comes in our direction. and that's going to cause some shower and thunderstorm activity on both monday -- well, i shouldn't say both because it's four days involved. monday, tuesday, and wednesday not going to rain everywhere all the time, but they are going to be around. you can always go to our website to abc2news.com to check out our interactive radar. what we have done is zoomed it out. you can see the shower and thunderstorm activity over portions of new jersey and portions of delaware. as it makes its way on towards the east. but again, it's so

let's zoom into the region. see the shower right there, making its way up towards the north and east. a few scattered showers right there heading towards the glen burnie area, going over the top of fort meade. you see some shower and thunderstorm activities. the pop-up showers because of the heat and humidity will continue as we go through the evening. but or the the next couple of hours, mostly cloudy, humid. temperatures hanging at 80 degrees. pop-up showers are going to be likely as we go lew the evening. we'll show them to you, coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>> it could be the longest lasting lunar eclipse any of us will live to remember. still ahead, details on tomorrow's astrological event, and now people halfway across the globe have started building the excitement. >>> surrounded by angels. off-duty firefighters spring into action, saving the life of a young boy. tonight the father expresses his gratitude. you'll never go back to your old mop again. ♪ don't you want me baby? ♪ don't you want me

just going to brush the region. the heaviest activity, around just to the south of frederick, moving across harpers ferry, brunswick. out in west virginia? a little bit of washington county the next hour. south of our region, there you see it. moving through, just north of columbia, toward the southern suburbs of baltimore. we have showers and thunderstorm activity. very heavy rain in a very short time. some areas may get an inch of rain and gusty winds between now and 5:30, 6:00. most of the activity will be done, we think, about 8:00 tonight. take a look at temperatures around the region. rain temperatures back in the 70s. didn't get that hot. but the dew points are high at 68. 81 here. 82 in ocean city. in oakland. generally 70s to low 80s. most places only got to around 80. this morning, heavy showers north. some spots in baltimore, howard, carroll county. picked up an inch and a quarter. and right now that, activity, creating heavy showers and really heavy downpours. ocean city, out of the east at 9. this morni

. >>> strong thunderstorms are creeping into the region. let's go straight to bob turk in the first warning weather center with a live look at radar. >> we've got a bunch of showers and heavy storms from york county, redding, all the way down to the washington area moving right for central maryland, a batch just to the west of crofton, affecting folks near easton, and flooding in southern york county, westminster, even western howard county, taylorsville, finksburg getting showers, moving right through the baltimore region. we do expect this to be in our area the next two hours with some possible heavy, heavy downpours. after that things should quiet down overnight. >> thanks, bob. >>> a threat to an airport put a baltimore county man in trouble with the law. now the maryland transportation authority admits it was wrong. tonight the final cleared wrong says stories like his could happen to anyone. eyewitness news is live. that man, george spying, spoke exclusively to kelly mcpherson. >> reporter: it's been years for this man fighting with t

this is an area of the helmand region. there is a band of fertile land that produces some of the largest poppy crops in afghanistan. can you tell us more about the strategy? guest: we have four thousand marines going in there. this is a really big operation. the taliban has clearly taken over the opium trade. that finances a lot of the fighting. i think i heard an earlier caller talking about an interview they heard. it was probably with gretchen peters. she used to work for abc news. she has looked into the opium trade as financing these militant groups in the taliban in that region. that is what u.s. forces are going after. this is a huge area that a taliban controls. this is the first major offensive since the obama administration has come in. i think what you're seeing now, when you see this -- i was struck when president obama talked about the new strategy in afghanistan. this is now his war. certainly, the iraq war is his as well, but the strategy -- there is a new strategy. it is his idea what failures or what succe

advertising in the region is controlled by government. they will not put ads on al-jazeera and as we have good relationship with government. we have to be friendly with all arab governments in the region. and that would be the end of al-jazeera as we know it. so therefore, we do not accept to be, you know, fully to put commercial standards. the agreement that we have has been respected for the last 13 years. it does not dictate the policy of al-jazeera. qatar has benefited from us because it has hosted al-jazeera and al jara is also in the connection because it really made that are obvious on the international and region scene, but that does not mean that al-jazeera took a line or to be the spokesperson of their politics. that is not the tool. if it wasn't true we would have because many other channels in the region were established with billions of dollars, much more than was spent on aljazeera, but they could not really match aljazeera and its credibility. the always continue to be the mark of certain government. that was a red line tha

and when i say that, i mean, let's take it region by region, starting in the north and the west of that country. how are things there? >> well, in the north where the germans are in control, things are relatively calm. these are ethnic groups that aren't associated with the taliban. so the taliban hasn't really been able to make inroads into that area. and the same is pretty much true for the western part of the country, which the italians control. these areas over the last few years have been relatively safe and stabile. >> and what about, say, the south and the east of the country, a very different portrait coming out from there. >> well, yes, that's where most of the fighting has been. the pashtun belt of the east that goes into pakistan and into the southern region. and in the south, you have the united kingdom, canada, u.s. forces. about 30,000 forces fighting there. and then in the east, the u.s. is in the lead. and you have about 20,000 forces. and that is predominantly where most of the casualties have taken place. >> the targeting of government offices, part of what happened to

and approach the region and give us a chance for some showers. but it looks like they'll be overnight showers. and we'll tell you when and where. washington right now in baltimore. no precipitation showing up. but there are the little showers that have been passing down do the south and east of us, not really affecting our region. and like we said, not expecting any until probably saturday evening. westminster 77 degrees. 80 in columbia. bel air 76. 79 in stevensville. and galena 73. 73 up in elkton. here is our forecast. for tonight, the few clouds that we've got around right now are going to dissipate as the evening goes along. nice evening overnight. and during the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine. friday looking pretty good. saturday, here comes a nice day saturday. but here comes this line of showers and thunderstorms. looks like it will pass through region saturday night and be out of here by the day sunday. so saturday and sunday looking pretty good. but some rainfall saturday evening. here is your forecast. for tonight, mostly clear. shower

where does this particular region fit in?> it has been a thorn in the side of anybody trying to come to a peace agreement in the sudan. no one could agree on whether it could be rather to the favor of the north, fairly friendly reactions. the people of the region will be able to decide whether they would like to join the north or the south. if this is handled well and there is no violence, both sides respecting the ruling as the country tries to have a elections next year, once again. >> oil is important here? >> critical, certainly. that was one of the reasons why the verdict was sofa heavily weighted for. one of the major ones in the country. and there are also local rivalries for the cattle farmers. not purely strategic, there are local realities creating problems, as is probably the case in the other sudan complex. even the darfur complex, going on your respective of whether their respect the process or not. >> thank you. this hour, a new report for hint -- amnesty international, detaining thousands of people without char

the clouds are going to gradually thicken over the top of the region. and during the day tomorrow, they'll get continually thicker. and that's going to keep a lot of the sunlight from coming in. it's not going to get as warm tomorrow. it will be more humid. so it's going to feel a little more sticky there is going to be showers associated with the system. but it look like at this point in time, the majority of the showers are going to slip down to south of us, and also to the north of us. there will be a few spotty showers around the baltimore area, but not general rainfall. but we do have some general rainfall in the forecast. we'll show you that in a second. right now maryland's most powerful radar not indicating any precipitation across the region. what we do have right with our tornado alley, that's on our website at abc2news.com. as you can see, we've got some thunderstorm activity currently taking place over sections of oklahoma, portions of arkansas, right in this region getting some shower and thunderstorm activity. southern portions of missouri

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>> the situation existing in sudan today very much involve the entire region, surrounding region.i would also suggest most of sudan's nine neighbors would prefer to see problems between northern and southern sudan resolved with southern sudan remaining united with the rest of sudan even though that is not the way it seems to be headed today with egypt perhaps being most forcefully taking that position. it is clear that a geographical unified sudan is dependent on the willingness and the ability of deng xiaoping -- khartoum to make the unit the attractive and southern sudan's willingness to leave the door open to that possibility. some observers might argue that a breakup of sudan, and i would suggest that a breakup might very well go beyond just northern sudan and southern sudan, but possibly the breaking off of parts in the north and in the south. some would argue, that that might be a good thing. i respectfully disagree, so long as khartoum can make unity attractive to the south. should that fail, it is incumbent upon khartoum to allow the cpa to move forward, to allow the indep

we have rain around the region, it's mostly south now. some of it is going to effect the region. pretty good batch of rain to packs river. some thunderstorms as well. most of it looks like to the d.c. area, a few sprinkles leaving the ocean beach region and more showers through allegheny and western washington county and portions of garrett up to the north towards pennsylvania. around baltimore, just a few sprinkles showing up across some of the mountain areas east of fredericson, generally some possibility of some showers moving in this evening and hopefully we get some decent rain. 81 at dwi. 65 they're getting rain in oakland. cumberland down to 72 and showers. the dew point hasn't come up a lot. very comfortable. upper 70s and more like early september than mid-july right now. east winds have been bringing in some additional moisture off of the ocean keeping it cool. temperatures not extreme this week anymore around the region. a lot of clouds, sprinkles across virginia and during the day they move north. we have a lot of dry air, the radar shows precipitation, nobody is repo

that front has gone through the region. winds bringing in more dry, pleasant conditions in the next several days. just a few passing clouds right now. off the organization -- portions of washington county. might see a few clouds in the next few hours. but generally, clear to partly cloudy skies tonight. and just a few passing clouds tomorrow. most of the action, well, some stuff out west. we're not really going to talk about that. but to our north, lots of showers and thunderstorms. new york state. northern pa. northern jersey. buffalo had storms earlier. now it's around boston, connecticut, new york, long island, new hampshire, vermont, and into maine. showers and storms up there, with that low pressure passing well to our north. we are looking at generally northwest flow. that means more dry air. just a few passing clouds. high pressure builds in. pleasant. the flow out of the north/northwest. keeps us from getting the heat and humidity. temperatures down there at 90, 95. humid, afternoon thunderstorms. all along the gulf

a lot of us get on regional flights ourselves every week going back and forth to our home states. we assume a lot when we get on a plane, and i know all americans do. and we do need to make sure that there is a standard of safety for every american. i'm looking for two working with the chairman on language that would reveal all of the pilot records just as we have them for an airplane, and some things seem to me, since right now. i do have the pleasure of introducing mr. scott lauer this morning. mr. mao is the father of 30 year old -- a 30 year old who was in flight 3407, lauren bauer. he was born and raised in reading pennsylvania where he and his wife raised their daughter. he currently lives in south carolina or i appreciate him taking the time to come to washington. i think this is his third week here and i know this is very difficult for him to continue to recount this tragedy in public as well as in private. mr. maurer comes before this committee this morning as a representative of over 150 people in the families of the 3407 crew. they come together as a result of the terri

all of the watches and warnings being canceled as they make their way out of the region. heavy rainfall experienced. i want to show you where the heaviest rainfall was. let me go ahead and click on our rainfall totals and as you can see, the heaviest rainfall was in the region right around the bel aire area, just north of the beltway, right here, going down through the mount area area. that's where the heaviest radar was, as tracked by our radar. >> our temperatures -- -- as far as how much rain we got, some of the places in the region, not municipal at all, not much in hanover. >> the weather station, heavy storm a quarter of a mile from that. they got much heavier rainfall. as far as the forecast for ton. showers continue to make their way towards the north and east. during the day, sunshine, a few showers bubbling up, same kind of a situation on tuesday. you won't see sunshine, but heat gives rise to showers and thunderstorms activity. overnight, mostly cloudy with some breaks in the overcast, patchy fog and areas that did get rainfall. 6 degrees for the overnight low.

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