he's been at spring creek for 3 1/2 years. >> they sentenced me to 99.ind of was like trembling the whole time when the jury was coming back for the verdict. it wasn't what i was expecting. now, i can't say that i'm perfect. but i'm not some kind of monster that they're trying to portray me as. and it is hurtful, you know. >> lockdown. it's count time. >> the thought of spending the rest of my life in jail or at least being 40-something before i have a chance at parole, it's pretty depressing but there's nothing i can do about it right now. >> for branden ling, the educational opportunities offered at spring creek give him the hope that he can turn his life around. >> you've got school classes. you've got other classes you can take. like first aid classes. some college courses. and you have teachers that help you, you know. okay, i think you would go ahead and do division. try that and see if that doesn't work. >> while the majority of prisons in the united states offer educational programs for their inmates, spring creek is the country's only maximum se

since then and since the arab spring turkey wants to be the role model for the arab spring so they're trying to sell the a keep the model we are a moderate islamist party in power in the army is in the background but the. still more or less a secular society and relatively democratic they're trying to sell this to everybody so in libya but in syria they're trying to sell it via a blatant intervention so we wonder what what he's going through the mind of the mill and prime minister erdogan at the moment i think they lost the plot completely and let's talk a little more broadly about this and what about this notion that there are certain interests powerful interests outside of the middle east that want to this chaos that we've been seeing and that even assist in keeping this chaos so that nato has to come and militarized the region and in turn of course take over the control of oil resources and what about that theory it's not only oil christine it's in terms of cultural link parts of the global economy there are not integrated told to lean the global economy like parts of lebanon and e

has so far only produced a form of political islam tunisians election the first vote in the arab spring for a parliament that will draft a new constitution and have more than sixty percent voter turnout and was hailed free and fair by international observers but the release of the results proud of wave of protests and more than a hundred appeals filed mainly over the zamost amount of party which came in first claiming ninety seats in the two hundred seventeen seat assembly. you know. this is a day of victory this is a day of pride. this is a day if humility. spoke with one voice in order to realize the aims of the revolution. in the coming months and years tunisia will be testing to see if the new assembly can translate the struggle for democracy into real changes that serve the people this may be a long shot probably not a party which now has to juggle good governance secular skepticism and a shattered economy. hopeful also the. commission report it turns out to be. a reasonable and moderate party that would be a good battle for the rest of the region for that exact reason to just expe

you've got to understand that the bahrain is just part of the total irish spring we sure. are not a lot was said there and then of course we had libya you know what happened there was a total regime change in an unjust war took place we saw a year ago almost to the turmoil in egypt which is now returning no democracy there obviously the americans or the west are waiting for a western friendly government to be imposed and this of course sucks up to the israeli situation so that the the border with gaza is controlled by the west and by israel so there's lots of problems and even the small country of kuwait has got a very hidden agenda there which we're not actually seeing in the media yet and of course the whole thing in syria we got another potential libya coming up here and plans are for already in the arab countries to impose a no fly zone over syria where is this going to stop what do you think about it. surely the the just aspirations of the arab peoples i mean the previous speaker was talking about the lack of democracy that been an uprising in egypt and had been clamp

goes so does the rest of the arab world to be sure successfully holds the first election of the arab spring with the islamic party coming out on top egyptians also will soon go to the polls and there's an exam a party they're expected to garner the most votes should we now get used to the idea of islamic democracy. taking. to cross-talk the future of islamic democracies i'm joined by you sort of got nucci in tunis she is a member of the in the to party in jerusalem we have david rosenberg he's a columnist for the jerusalem post and in denver we cross to major me he's a professor at the university of denver all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want my very much encourage it but first moshe should we get used to the idea of islamic democracies well at least in so far as elections go democracy and social change may have been the arab spring slogans be events unfolding in the margin regimes show that real changes might be slow in coming while democracy has so far only produced a form of political islam tunisians election and the first vote in the arab spring

. >> now to the legacy of the arab spring in morocco.ast week, the country had its first elections since king mahomet virgin islands introduced constitutional reforms. on tuesday, he recognized the country's first ever islamist prime minister. the prime minister has the moderate justice and development party, which won the election. the keen agreed to reforms following widespread demonstrations in the country earlier this year. he still has the final say on defense and national security and religious affairs. there has been another arrest in germany in connection with a neo-nazi killer gang. the group is believed to have killed nine immigrants and one police officer of the past decade but two weeks ago, the nation was shocked when security forces admitted that they had not followed up on leads that could have possibly prevented the murders. >> the new suspect was brought to the federal court after his arrest in -- on tuesday. he has been identified as a known member of the neo-nazi scene. investigators believe he provided a gun and ammun

yes, our programs is reflecting the events of the american spring. >> did the arab spring increase your viewership? >> i think it did. it created a lot the interest in an objective point of view. in each one of these countries where these events happened, they have been covered differently by different stations because of their political alliances or historical affiliations and so forth. people quickly realize that we do not have those influences. we journalistic cover these events without these other encumbrances. we got a lot of e-mail and facebook postings that said, we value your independence. we doubt you your objectivity. at times, during the egyptian revolution when the administration here was trying to decide to support or not support mubarak, we were not reflecting that. we were not supporting their position. we were telling it straight. i was in cairo a few months ago. they said, that when i knew you were independent. you were not there just supporting mubarak. the perception was that america was supporting mubarak. we were telling both sides of the store. they expected the al

-- and 15 miles per hour approaching the green spring.e awhile before the problem is cleared up. 14 miles per hour on the outer loop with a delayed that stretches back toward reisterstown toward edmonton. delays are in place on southbound i-395 and if you want to go west on route 50 off the bay bridge, watch for that accident that is being cleared from the left shoulder. this is the pace of things not moving much at all at par kites. in our live traffic is backed up close to 795 and continuing until you get to just prior to green spring. we have all but one lane getting by. let's switch to a live view of the accident on westbound 50. there is still a bit of a back up on the bay bridge. where in the world is eva? hershey, pa. this morning. >> good morning, this is heaven. there's more to do in hershey and just eat chocolate. there are animals. here is an interesting animal theme we found him roaming around current. >> we have many things to do at hershey park and one of those is a zoo. we have animals native to north america and this is on

. >> host: brian, did the arab spring increase your viewership? >> guest: absolutely. it created a lot more interest in our point of view, and in another point of view, in an objective point of view. each one of the countries where these events have happened, they have been covered differently by different stations because of their political alliances or historic call or -- historical or religious afghanistans and so forth, and people quickly realized we don't have those influences, that we journalistically cover these events without other encumberments, and we have an incredible amount of e-mail or facebook postings that say that, we value your independence and objectivity. in fact, at times when during the egyptian revolution when the administration here was trying to decide when to support or not support mubarak, and we weren't reflecting that -- we were not supporting their position. we were just telling it straight, what was going on, and we got so many people, and, in fact, i was in cairo a few months ago, and they said, that's when i knew y

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cold spring shut down at roland avenue over toward roland spring drive. on the webb side, emergency gas line repairs happening there. eastbound cold spring is blocked. faceburg expressway, delays at padonia down to the beltway. a live view of the southwest corner of the beltway, slow go all the way down the west side. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony, over to you. >> good morning, everyone. the weather is nice and quiet on this thursday. partly cloudy skies to kick things off. temperatures are above freezing, and that's a good thing. 34 in frederick, one of the colder spots. it's 39 at b.w.i. the forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds, not as much sunshine as yesterday, but you'll still call it a nice day. high temperature right around 61. we'll check the forecast for the weekend when i come back. first, we're going to send it over to the man. here's keith mills. >> thank you, tony. good morning, everyone. leave it to terrell suggs to stir it up as we get closer to sunday's game with the steelers. suggs said, "we're taking 53 men to the ap

as you can see across the roadways traffic is now getting by through silver spring. our surae chinn is on the scene and veal have more details in a couple of minutes. in the meantime, the other side inner loop at connecticut avenue. as you can see the delays have eased. you're getting by now and you should be okay although there is still some activity so slow down through that area in silver spring. let's take you over to the other side of town on the inbounds side of i-66. slow traffic because of an accident right at the beltway just getting word that it's in the light lane. be aware of that in the area of 66 close to the beltway. and 395 at duke street overall northbound 95 occoquan as you can see 395 running at speed to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report,, more on area road conditions at 5:39. back to you guys. >>> thank you monika. maryland state police are investigating still that deadly crash on the beltway. >> that was just before 2:00 this morning on the inner loop between connecticut and georgia avenues, surae chinn is live with more overloo

spring and traffic is going through the exit for coaled cold spring on 8 3. all tern -- cold -- through the exit on cold spring on 83. now with weather, let's look atwith just in. >> a rough start to the day. maybe you want to extend your holiday. maybe the weather was the problem. we had nearly two inches rain with the storm system. most of that for many of us hadfall neent few hours until 3 in the morning and look at rainfall tallies over 2 inches and ahead flood possibilities up in carroll county and frederick the possible flooding and even cecil and up towards york. maryland's most powerful doppler radar a few passing sprinkles downtown. but let's switch it over with the heavy rain. falling and it's still on the eastern shore. we are watching you easton leftover showers and south of cambridge and especially towards salisbury getting rocked with heavy rain. and localized flooding possible there. and that extends towards the beaches a little lull in the action but another band of showers trying to push through the mountain right now west of hagerstown. tryi

live in western springs where they're paying their respects. why >> good afternoon. the funeral mass wrapped up within the hour here in western springs but there really is a number of communities come together to remember the 14 year-old. the majority of those who shed tears never even met her. the family requested privacy during today's funeral mass so those who did not know them personally kept their distance. at of the mass hundreds of people lined the street and stood in silence as the procession made its way through the streets of countryside and western springs. parents school kids and longtime residents released balloons as the casket went by. >> i think we just want to come together. we all parents a could've been any one of us. it was so random. >> many say the tragedy has brought this community closer together as children have had to learn to cope with a painful life lesson. >> but it's great that everyone pays their respect to a girl that they hardly knew. no one ever hated her. she always had a smile on her face. >> timing of the funeral during the arraig

the so-called arab spring what can we honestly say that the middle east and. north african countries which have gone through with their changes have they really become more democratic gyptian tunisian friends of mine say that it's just the opposite the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of. the economy of egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were and the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the reports kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so all the instigators of the conflicts all turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon who

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711 on -- at a 7- eleven silver spring store.y left behind a big mess after stealing many items. >>> 8 republican presidential candidates will gather in d.c. tonight for their 11th debate this year at constitution hall in northwest. it will focus primarily on foreign-policy and national- security. >>> a suspect attacked a jogger in alexandria. this happened around 6:00 yesterday morning on east del ray ave. the man grabbed the woman from behind and threw her down and did a program which touched a woman. then he ran away. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> a tsa employee is accused of assaulting a manassas,. the approach two women on sunday near his home. he was in full uniform when he flies to baghdad and then assaulted one of the women. he is charged with aggravated sexual battery. >>> egypt owes the cabinet resigned in the wake of a deadly protests in cairo. the government has been criticized for being inefficient and under the rule of the military. 26 people died in three days of classicists in the capital. p

we're looking at an arab winter and maybe a new way or spring around the corner as tensions rise and as certain global powers are pushing for regime change in more countries of the region the wave of revolutions turning to a notion of chaos i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . the arab league ultimatum to syria to let in foreign observers or face sanctions has come and gone with rebels and government troops continuing to fight nationwide illegal now discuss new measures including a suspension of flights to syria as well as crippling restrictions on its central bank tensioners to force regulators on the government of president bashar assad. table but neither side is showing any willingness to make concessions and there's a series of protests now tearing into the lead surgeon saying the same. some say that pressure from outside the country to make the situation worse. the arab league called an emergency meeting karo to discuss syria meanwhile real reformers genuine egyptian citizens are getting their heads cracked open by the military police in egypt which is u.s. ba

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violence far soften it at once again as the cradle of the arab spring seems tear gas and rubber bullets with thousands of protesters all across the country saying military role is destroying the results of the february revolution. you rob perseus sand and wave of on the left a favorite state powered europe as it walks much vaunted democracy is seen as being plays on the back burner in the face of a detonating debt crisis. and the syrian president refuses to crack under international pressure while the threat of further sanctions and tough diplomatic taps still fears you're about to see another reinstall of intervention. now injury away the editor and publisher of the nation magazine is coming your way here are today. artie's during the break it's there have been some who vote at the turn publisher of the nation magazine katrina's new book has just come out it's time to look at the change i believe in fighting for progress in the age of obama katrina thank you very much for joining our team thank you and so for having me on your interest obama's candidacy you supported him you just celeb

a las 4 de la tarde anoche y estamos buscando si alguien ha visto manuel enriquez gomez de silver springui donde vivia manuel sus vecinos lo recuerdan como alguien trabajador, alegre y tambien como alguien que tenia una enfermedad por lo que requeria medicamentos..." de una enfermedad que le daba a el como movimiento en el cuerpo, presion ,...el tomaba medicina pero el nu nca le vi la medicina que el tomaba ..." la policia insta a quienes los hayan visto antes de su desaparicion, se comuniquen con ellos anonimamente..."neces vieron, si estaba solo o con el carro o con alguien ...nada es muy pequeno..." en silver spring, maryland claudia uceda univision la policia metropolitana de washington ha dado a conocer un segundo incidente en el que un manifestante fue arrollado por el mismo vehiculo la noche del viernes... el conductor de clinton maryland no recibio un citatorio porque presuntamente tenia una luz verde cuando impacto a tres personas que presuntamente corrieron hacia el vehiculo o saltaron frente a este... sin embargo las autoridades han reabierto las investigaciones en ambos casos

. >> one of two accidents in that area in silver spring. jummy olabanji is on the scene. >> there were two accidents this morning, one after the other. i will step out of the way. the first accident happened before 2:00 this morning near a construction zone area in the inner loop. police are not confirming the construction area caused the accident, just that it was near the accident. they were called and working on the first accident when they're gone to the clock 15 a second accident occurred where driver pressed into the back of an 18 wheeler. an adult man in the second vehicle actually was killed. no word on his identity. this has caused the inner loop of the beltway to be closed. between georgia avenue -- this is georgia avenue in silver spring. they hope to have this portion of the beltway reopened within the next hour or so. for now they are asking everyone to get off at connecticut avenue get on to east-west highway and then get back all to the beltway after that. >> thank you. >>> now to the controversy surrounding republican presid

with damascus now the main capital of the arab spring. tells us here in the hot seat who could be pushing the middle east and north africa towards the political change that discussion with the author is now. today we're talking to f one and of the author of several books among them gods of money wall street and the dearth of american century and he is also a political risk consultant so we're going to discuss several more several of the most burning our political and economic issues in the world today mr engel thank you very much for joining us to be here to start off basically a never never before has the world faced so many economic and political problems all at the same time would you say that these conflicts which we're seeing today i in terms of you're in the dollar situation and what's happening in the northern africa and in the middle east do these conflicts feed off each other or are they somehow related or not particularly what i see in all these conflicts the decision to libya the crisis with the dollar crisis with the american