please keep this in mind if you are coming in from stafford. this will affect your commute.n 95 northbound. this is exit 148. the best route would be route one because it is moving, but that will see a lot of build up traffic. also starting to see problems along metro line. this is along the red line due to track problems here rhode island. single tracking right now. keep that in mind if you use the metro in the morning commute. another update on the big crash along 95 northbound in quantico and let you know as soon as they do open up those claims. for now, traffic is stopped. live from the traffic center. back to you. >> big news for the housing market and the country's first legal online gambling site is up and running. >> america's money report. here is john muller. >> the booming housing price -- market. housing prices have went up in the fastest monthly increase in seven years. phoenix and giffords is go and is among the hottest. 25% more buyers than last year. for the second straight day the s&p 500 index starts at a record high. now less than three points from the 160

matching it to the current unsubsidized stafford loan rate. other federal loans have rates as high as 7.9%. any further temporary extension of the current rate only kicks the can down the road. we've done this already. politicians vs. markets. markets will always produce better long-term results and only those who refuse to deal with the truth of history and reality would say otherwise. congress has a unique opportunity to institute the long-term, bipartisan reforms. why not? we know in our hearts it's the right thing to do. both president obama and the house have favored market based solutions to current rates. the secretary of education desires a long-term solution like this as well. instead of another short-term fix, the smarter solutions for students act, provides a long-term solution to the student loan interest rate problem. it returns all federal student loans, except perkins loans, to a market-based interest rate and takes politics out of this part of our children's education. the only way this plan won't work is if the liberal progres

we have updates on the 95 crash from stafford. this is going to have all lanes open now, moved to the shoulder. great news for anyone coming up 95 northbound, fredericksburg or stafford. brake lights. it will be right there before garrisonville. it is exit 143. if you get off of that exit you should be able to skirt around that in exit 95. 66 is building coming through centreville and fairfax. typical delays. you want to start giving yourself extra time. route 123 between the lewinsville toll road and, still the left side blocked. 495 just north of the american legion bridge, looking pretty good but building on the outer loop coming in from montgomery county this morning. we will have more updates on that. and you can always go to twitter @gridlockgoddess, and we have a giveaway of free gas. just listen to the number today and we will do it again tomorrow. be the seventh caller and you will win the $700 in free gas. >> the fbi investigates the death of two of their own. the special agents died in a training exercise off the coast

the problem is not about stafford loans only. it's about pell grants, perkins loans, students not being given good information in high schools it's about allowing graduates to refinance their debt which they are now confronted with large barriers. that's the real work to solve the higher education challengehe and issue in this country. in theer meantime, let's extend the two-year rates and, mr. speaker, i have letters from 21m campus-based organizations representing real, live college students all across america who support the democratic measure to extend those rates, get a good authorization bill and totally, totally reject the bi measure that's on the floor today, the make college morege expensiv me act, and i yield ba. >> gentleman's time expired. >> [inaudible] >>ea gentleman from minnesotaomm reserves. gentleman from california. minutes to ms. bone mitch chi, member of the committee. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to the making college more expensive act, a bill that will potentially make college more be ex

detainees are saying and if we can talk to one of them right now here in odyssey that of a clive stafford smith of the founder of the legal group reprieve representing several prisoners at the camp including the last remaining a british citizen joining us live from london good to see you today sir thanks for coming on i'll see you or feel they're going ton of a detainee's undergo full body cavity searches just before they can contact their legal representatives camp authorities say that's all lawful and justified or can i ask you though it's not just normal practice inside a prison. no it's not normal practice because let's face it when my clients are coming to have a telephone call me last i heard you can't smuggle anything in and out on the telephone. and so the idea that they threaten the prisoners with full body and i won't go into the really graphic but it's basically a sexual assault is just a threat to try to get them not to talk to us and frankly the reason for this is fairly obvious that there's been an awful lot of information coming out of guantanamo bay that doesn't suit the a

a federal stafford loan that is subsidized comes in at 3.4%. of talk about warren's propositively own capitol hill and whether it is a good idea. >> in the disparity right now is 6.8%. that is what it will be on july 1, to go to, borrow money on a stafford loan. versus a bank that borrows it say, .75%. so somehow some way, we ought to be given some of the benefit of cheap credit that's available to the united states government to families, not just to banks. >> there is no free lunch here. you can talk about the fed discount window or whatever interest rate you want to talk about like the warren bill oes but you still got a cost. congressional budget office is likely to tell lawmakers that the warren bill would increase the federal deficit by about $50 billion a year. >> warren's office says next year alone the bill should raise $34 billion they say. of course the government would make more money if it didn't allow the new system, the one that would allow the discount rate borrowing over the current system. what proponents point out it should b

the measure is set to pass today, and it would avoid a rate increase on new subsidized stafford loans students a deal and the first years of the new system before the interest rates rise later. interest rates are set to double on stafford loans from 3.4% to 6.8% for new loans on july 1st. >> general motors is recalling more than 27,000 moresuvs worldwide because the wheels can fall off. the company says the recall affects the 2013 cadillac as are ex with 18 in. wheels. safety regulators say that the wheel nuts may not be tight enough at the factory. general motors says the problem has not caused any crashes or injuries. so far, no wheels have fallen from vehicles. dealers will rotate the tires and tighten the nuts at no cost to owners. the recall affects 19,000 that are in the united states. >> another recalled to tell you about this morning, nissan is recalling 841,000 vehicles as a result of a steering wheel glitch. nissan is recalling certain models of the "micra " compact car that was made between 2002 and 2006. the bolt used to the steering wheel of the car may not have been prop

interest rate is set to double on stafford loans from 3.4% to 6.8% on new law on july 1st. >> here'sidge approach west bound 80 so far so good it. ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-selling plug-in. that's american ingenuity to find new roads. ♪ the 2013 volt. charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. ♪ but >> welcome back. the timing is 530 . that is a beautiful shot from our mount tam cam. it shows you the sunshine will get what will not get that one. is pretty chilly. this morning we will have more on that and your commute in just a couple of minutes. >> we are expected today to find out if bikes will be allowed on boardbart at all times. to gain more news faster returns are resulting reporter kron 4 jackie sissel live at else garrido bart station with more. >> >> bet that all kind of experimental programs to allow buses on bart. >> puffethey primarily allow by exit door in the commute

continuing north out of stafford, heave volume there as well. let's show you what else is on n the roads. metro rail is having trouble this morning, they're single sig tracking because of a crack on the metro red line between gallaudet, and experiencingencig additional time on metro's redrd line.line. we have additional traffic. we do have accident activity to report in mechanicsville in in st. mary's county and the crash at three knots road. ro. leaving eastern heading towardtd pennsylvania avenue with lanes open, 270 out of germantown. heading out of 124. that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thank you, julie. >>> days ahead of a court deadline to change sales restrictions on emergency contraception, the food and drug administration has approved a controversial new approach. >> the so-called morning-after pill will now be available toaio girls as young as 15 without a prescription.pr sarah simmons is here with details on the debate and why an the court's fight may not be over. sarah. >> reporter: well, tony and allison, drugstore aisles

in 1884, it also killed leland stanford jr., prompting his parents to begin stafford university. >>>se moments in san francisco's usually quiet valley. police evacuating an apartment building, calling in the bomb squad when a man told officers he had a bomb. officers with the psych units had been looking for this man. things escalated when neighbors called to say he had returned to his apartment building on cesar chavez them started making threats so they shut down the streets. police didn't find any explosives. neighbors say this is the first time he's made wild threats. >> it is a little bit terrifying thinking that you live next to somebody who could have a bomb in their apartment. >> police stay man will remain in custody on a psychiatric hold while they figure out if any charges he should face. >>> a political mess in florida might mean a super bowl for the bay area. it won't be official until may 21st. a decision by florida lawmakers tonight put santa clara in the driver's seat to host the 2016 super bowl. two sites as you might know were still in the running as of this morning

. >> michael: if congress fails to act on july 1st, interest on stafford loans will double. group of washington lawmakers have introduced plans. here is elizabeth warren's take. >> the bank on students loan fairness act would allow students eligible for federally subsidized stafford loans to borrow at the same rate that the big banks get. >> michael: is this just a short-term fix? >> senator warren's bill i think does an invaluable service for students and families by shining light on the fact that really banks are getting a much better deal than students and families are when it comes to student loans. the banks can borrow at about .75%, and we're talking about interest rates well above that for student loans. so it's driving the conversation forward. her proposal is for a one-year solution, and i think everyone is looking for the longer-term solution that can address student loan debt which we know is out of control. you talked about the $1 trillion mark being a real milestone and a sad milestone. we -- we need to get this problem under control. >> michael: and what about

further down the line heading up 95 northbound, may be coming from staff -- stafford or fredericksburgwe do have free rolling lanes. i'm sure people who frequent that area or use that area in their morning commute are relieved to hear the construction is gone. we have a live shot for you. this is going to be there along 395. that looks great. things are looking good southbound as well as northbound. it shouldn't be an issue in your morning commute. if you would like more information on any incidents during your morning commute, you can follow me on twitter at @gridlockgoddess. i will put more information on there than i am able to put on air. that is always nice. take that into the search bar. i will send it back to greta and scott. >> 5:12. 65 degrees. >> coming up, we will tell you hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your r signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to g

i'm tailor stafford, president and ceo of pier 39 and on behalf of our grateful water front family, it is my privilege to extend a sincere thank you to the port of san francisco for all that you have done, and continue to do to build the best water front in north america. pause plause [ applause ] >> from at&t, home from the world champion san francisco giants to the building, to the new exporatorium, and new cruise ship terminal to pier 39 and all of the restaurant and businesss in between, we are all proud to wish you, the port of san francisco a happy, 150th anniversary. today, project such as the new warriors arena establish the port as a world class destination, due for large part to the vision of mayor ed lee and monique moyer and as well as the dedication of the port commissioners and staff. it is now my pleasure to introduce honorable ed lee, mayor of san francisco. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. happy birthday. i just want to make sure that you know that if you combine the ages of myself, or president chiu, and monique moyer we might get to 150 years, maybe. but i'm

what's happening, you are pretty slow in the area of stafford.e you get towards quantico, continuing towards the beltway, not bad at all. you can see fairfax county parkway, a fair ride for you. no accidents north or southbound on i-95 in virginia. >> thank you, danella. >>> 6:54. tony at the newsdesk with breaking news. >> breaking news out of dallas, text. new video. moments ago, you see the fire, how intense. this fire is at six alarms. 24 units. 100 firefighters on the scene. big news following, one firefighter is trapped. the last radio contact they had from that firefighter was that he said he didn't know where he was. we are monitoring tweets from our sister station in dallas and they put up a picture that had firefighters gathered around, consoling each other, hoping they get any word about where their fellow firefighter is. we're going to continue to follow on that. also, some slacollapses in some the units. 24 units on fire. a six-alarm fire. you can see some of the folks, we can describe at residents, sitting outside, figuring where th

subsidized stafford loan are 3.4%. unsubsidized stafford loans, 6.8%.mary credit rate, .75%. elizabeth warren, senator from massachusetts in a statement about this saying federal government will charge students interest rates nine time higher than banks for big. the same banks that destroyed millions of jobs and nearly broke the economy. that is not right. when you consider overnight loan is, banks have to put up ollateral. compare it to student loan you don't repay for 10, sometimes 20 years, don't put up collateral, one analyst says students already are getting a good deal. >> can't get a private student loan at rate of 6.8%. federal government has sort of with this program achieved that goal. they're providing credit to students, that is pretty much subsidized and getting a better rate than you can get in the market. and you're getting it no questions asked. >> subsidized student loans at 3.4%, that is set to double on jewel 1st. there are a number about different proposals in washington, d.c. going around. most would peg student loans to the 10-year

there's some cloudiness stafford county, fredericksburg, northern neck and we have a clear sky elsewherend chilly temperatures. in the 40s much of the region right now. it's just in the low to mid 40s in montgomery county, arlington, fairfax and also just low to mid 40s right now reagan national at 52. much of prince george's county just in the mid 40s. culpeper down to 43. we're going to stay a bit chilly here for another few hours and then a nice warmup on the way later today. i'm back in a few minutes with another update. here's danella now with a look at our very early thursday morning commute. >> good morning. tracking a few things. serious accident shuts down westbound suitland parkway. if you are heading outbound at forest hill road travel lanes are open but westbound lanes are blocked. also tracking a power outage widespread in old town alexandr alexandria. i'll be back with an update on both. >>> we'll be in the courtroom later today when a former culpeper police officer is sentenced for shooting a woman to death. daniel wright was convicted in january. prosecutors say he shot p

from moving smoothly stafford this morning and towards the beltway. 95 northbound and southbound, lighto moderate traffic. 14th street bridge, absolutely beautiful conditions. no volume coming into the city along 395 northbound and merging onto the 14th street bridge. another update coming up and 10 minutes from the wtop traffic center. back to you. >> thank you. 2, 50 degrees. capitals fans, rocking the red. a preview of tonight' >> a member of the 1990's rap group called kris kross has died. chris kelly was pronounced dead wednesday evening at an atlanta hospital. an official cause of death is pending an autopsy. it is expected to be a drug overdose. they were known for hits including "jump." another funeral will be held today at the grand old opry for country music legend george jones. the 81-year-old singer died a week ago after he was admitted to the hospital for blood pressure and seizure. today's guests include laura bush and kenny chesney. alan jackson and brad paisley are scheduled to perform. >> three college friends of the surviving boston marathon bombing suspect have been c

the measure, expected to pass, would avoid a rate increase on new subsidized stafford loans.erest rates on those loans are set to double from 3.4% to 6.8% for new loans july 1. the parties want to avoid that, but there is disagreement as to how to do it. live house coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. watch gavel to gavel coverage on c-span. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. none morecollege -- meaningful than the education you received here. you see, education is transformational. .t literally changes lives that is why people work so hard to become educated. and that is why education has always been the key to the american dream. the force that he races arbitrary divisions of race, class, and culture, and unlocks every person god-given potential. as john f. kennedy once said, all of us do not have equal talent him about all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents. visitsy spring, c-span college and university campuses to your comments and beaches from leaders in politics, the arts, business,, and the finances. the next two weekend

. >> and these are the stafford student loans, student loans, the subsidized student loans who affect the students who need it most. but some educators are telling us that the real issue for most college students, are the tuition levels that cuts in federal and state funding for public institutions have led to tuition increases that are just killing our students. >> oh, absolutely. >> and you know what, i agree with that completely. and i do remember in the president's state of the union address, he talked about the fact that colleges need to get together and figure out how to lower tuition, period. because that is of course, what's underneath all of this. but you know, the other thing that is happening, in the republican budget, they are calling for cutting pell grants. so you know, at the same time as they want to have the student loan rate be subject to the fluctuations of the market, they're cutting grants for the lowest income students. and it just seems to me to all be consistent with the whole argument of protecting the 1%. people who are millionaires, they don't really need st

under the bill, students with stafford loans would be charged interest based on the 10-year treasury, plus 2.5% or more, with a maximum rate of 10.5%. currently, the the fixed rate on students loans is 3.4%, and set to double july 1st unless congress approves an extension. the controversial keystone pipeline bill now heads to the senate. the bill, which would bypass the president and accelerate construction of the oil pipeline, passed the house this week. the bill's sponor, congressman lee terry of nebraska, calls it "the most studied pipeline in the history of mankind." opponets contend the passage of the bill is rushed in order to avoid enviornmental review. the bill now heads to the senate, where it will likely face defeat. irs offices are closed today - and four more days this summer. federal cutbacks from the sequester are forcing four agencies to put workers on unpaid furlough. that means taxpayers waiting for refunds will have to wait to dial hotlines or speak to representatives. also included in the closings: the department of housing and urban development, the environmental p

at 95 northbound in virginia, no problems reported as you travel from fredericksburg up through stafford and into triangle to prince william parkway and look at prince william parkway roads are looking good. cars are running at speed. aaron and eun, back to you. >>> live desk getting new info about the building collapse in bangladesh. >>> why some say d.c. bike lanes are too confusing for drivers. >>> pushback over gun control i hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> we have new information for you on the building collapse in bangladesh that killed 1,100 people. the government report is faulting poor quality construction materials and code violations.

interest rates of new subsidized stafford loans, set to go from 3.a4%, to 6.8% in one morning which may put college out of reach for some americans. >> because folks made their voices heard, congress acted to keep interest rates low. they only did it for a year. that year is almost up. so the test is simple. we have to make sure federal student loan rates don't double on july 1st. >> both republican and democrat lawmakers want to avoid the increase, but they can't reach an agreement just yet on how to do it. >>> the organization of petroleum exporting countries or opec as we know, met to decide on what to do on oil prices. they decided not to raise outputooutput over 30 million per day. oil sits right at $100 per barrel, the favored price opec known to desire. >>> coming up, battling cancer. what three of the world's biggest drug companies are doing to fight the deadliest forms of the disease. the top performing sectors this month, and it was a good month for most of us. >>> shares of epizine soared after they raised more than $77 million in the initial public stock offering. shares ope

what the president did was immediately declare a president declaration under the stafford act, deploy search-and-rescue teams, put management teams down and pretty much the full force of the federal government on the ground to give the local communities and the state the tools that-to-do their job. fema's not a first responder. that belongs to the local fire, law enforcement, emergency management team. but fema does back them up with resources to make sure they can do everything they can do to help the people that have been devastated by this horrible tragedy. >> rose: what kind of resources? >> right on the ground right now are three urban search-and-rescue teams. there's incident management teams, working with the red cross to help the staff shelters make sure supreme a place to stay tonight and the next few nights until there's a place to stay. communications equipment, bringing in food and water, supplies. everything that they can possibly need to get these people as comfortable as possible. give the rescue people the tools to do the search-and-rescue part bring in dog teams. pret

president and his team were very quick to sign that declaration and that opens up the floodgates of the stafford act, the disaster response teams to move down there and make money available for this disaster. >> rose: the amazing thing about this. not only were there homes destroyed but also it hit schools and it hit hospitals. so a lot of the people that you think might be involved in another kind of tragedy are themselves impaired because their own facilities have bee damaged. >> we see that time and time again. what we saw in the -- in katrina where we had police and firefighters who were supposed to be responding, their homes were destroyed also. we saw the same thing in hurricane andrew. i was a fire chief down here then. 250 firefighters lost their homes. so people who are responding also r also impacted. that's why it requires a great amount of empathy by the leaders to make sure they understand that those people out there working have been damagedlso their homes have been damaged, their families have been damaged and to make sure that they take care of those people that are actually help

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bay spokesman contradicts what detainees lawyers are saying we talk to one of them out of a clive stafford smith he represents several inmates there including the last remaining british resident he was the first to reveal some of the harsh methods allegedly used by officials saying detainees now have to undergo degrading body searches just to phone their representatives let's face it when my clients are coming to have a telephone call that me last i heard you can smuggle anything in an out on the telephone and so the idea that they threaten the prisoners with full body and i won't go into the really graphic but it's basically a sexual assault is just a threat to try to get them not to talk to us and frankly the reason for this is fairly obvious that there's been an awful lot of information coming out of guantanamo bay that doesn't suit the authorities last friday two of my clients refused to have called with me for the simple reason that they didn't want to go through that process i had one of the other lawyers from reprieve was at the base last week and twice prisoners didn't want to come

we need to overdo a lot of changes with fema and the grants and the starngdz stafford. but this starts a process that sets is precedence that will be terrible and it is nothing right now but an earmark on one area to benefit one state when we need to make improvements in the whole process. i would hope my colleagues would look at the big picture rather than the small picture. i yield back. i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: anyone wishes -- any senator wishes to change a vote or to vote? hearing none, on this vote the yeas are 56. the nays are 40. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: madam president, i rise to

this was near exit 148 in stafford county. was thrown off his motorcycle when he hit the back of a car that had rear-ended someone else. the man was airlifted off with life-threatening injuries. police have not released his name. as youave seen delays head toward duke street. also the outer loop of the beltway. oneport of a cyclist struck 16th street. that is close between euclid and it's take a look at the inner loop of the beltway. those delays will take you to were the 270 spur. over toward 95 and picking up again. .70 northbound near georgetown additional delays heading into germantown. and 121 and two frederick county. that is the. back to you. >> controversy continues to swirl around the silver spring transit center. it is behind schedule. they set out to get information from the county executive but he was a no-show. >> the county executive was the man the council wanted to hear from. they had a lot of questions about the status of this project but he did not show up and the council was not happy. it has major structura

under her proposal, new student borrowers could take out a stafford loan at 3.4%.o you think that proposal might not be as rosy as it looks on the surface? >> we need to look at the ramifications and see who subsidizes the loans. to date, the public has been subsidizing the loans. who pays the loans back too? there is a lot of provisions in there for student loan forgiveness. we propose 25 years ago the income contingent loan. and you graduate from college, if you owe money and you're going to venture fund capitalist and make a million dollars, you pay it all back. if you go in at the lower edges of journalism, let's say or philosophy professor, you pay it back in small amount each year. i also think the colleges need to have skin in the game. if they advertise, charge these amounts, kids come, they don't graduate or they graduate and don't get jobs, i think the colleges need to give some of that money back. >> you to think the colleges are adapting to the new reality of the job market? do you think they're still delivering -- >> some are. >> -- a product the way t

the captives are being held in unbearable conditions and are subjected to daily harassment clive stafford smith represent several of the hunger strikers and says that they are being forced to keep silent about the truth let's face it when my clients are coming to have a telephone call that me last i heard you can smuggle anything in and out on the telephone. and so the idea that they threaten the prisoners with full body and i won't go into the really graphic but it's basically a sexual assault is just a threat to try to get them not to talk to us and frankly the reason for this is fairly obvious that there's been an awful lot of information coming out of guantanamo bay that doesn't suit the authorities last friday two of my clients refused to have a cold with me for the simple reason that they didn't want to go through that process i had one of the other lawyers from reprieve was at the base last week and twice prisoners didn't want to come out for a visit because of what they've been threatened with in order to negotiate an end to the strike we have to give justice to these prisoners an