and it's working very, very well. >> last question from you, lynn stanton. >> okay. you co-chair the broadband committee, the science technology committee. and i was wondering how that into the interacts with the agency effort to implement non-fcc part of the fcc's national broadband plan. is there overlap -- >> there is one interagency group that took the national broadband plan where we are looking to see what aspects of it or pertinent individual agency missions, in addition where there is interagency work that could be done we have set up two working groups, one to focus on longline safety, the second to focus on digital literacy. and so that group is working hand both in terms of monitoring what individual agencies are doing such as energy with smart grid and health and human services but also finding places agencies can work together and the two we have done so for our digital literacy and only a safety. >> finally, where b. strickling, the white house has had rumblings that the a working for a privacy azar when it comes to internet privacy. will the ntia have

stephanie stanton, nbc news, san diego. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america -- an ed elderly ohio woman is recovering after a purse snatch incident. grabbed the purse and drove off dragsing the woman alanguage. the suspect may have been targeting the elderly. >>> a mississippi high school coach face as lawsuit after allegedly whipping his players with what they describe as a heavy leather belt normally used by weight lifters. cell phone video shows one of the reported incidents. the players say they were afraid to report the beatings which they claim have been going on since september. the coach has been suspended 20 days without pay. >>> a massachusetts transit worker is without a job after her violent outburst against a commute perp the commuter claims he received bad directions and was attacked after he tried taking a picture when she refused to give him her name. a union rep claims she was "just trying to defend herself." >>> and in new york, a rockefeller center christmas tradition is once again taking place. a 74 foot tall spruce will be put

stephanie stanton, nbc news, san diego. >> what an ordeal. later this morning, honeymooners will be telling teir story to matt lauer. you can see that on the "today" show after we wrap up here on ws 4 today at 7:00 >>wl, they will have a story to tell their grandchildre and they probably will. 4:55. coming up, political plates. what the teaarty is pushing for in virginia. >>> plus why the creator of the garfield cartoon issued an apology to veterans. >> i'm pat collins. we're at t woodbridge community lot and we're here for the 10-second soundoff. it's a chce for you to step up to the plate. get up to that microphone, say what's on your mind. we have me rules, though. we have some rules. it starts with the bell. it ends with the whistle. and you've got to keep it ort. you've got to keep it clean. you've got to keep it snappy. i'll have it all for you coming up on news 4. [ male announcer ] we went to germany's nurburgring to challenge ouelves on the most demanding track in the world. with us, in spirit, was every great car that we'd ever comp

nbc's stephanie stanton has more. >> reporter: the sight that thousands at sea and thousands more on shore waited for. the carnival "splendor" being pulled into port in san diego. hours later the crippled ship was at the dock, and thousands of weary passengers set foot on dry land. [ applause ] >> reporter: the 3,300 passengers spent four daunting days at sea. early monday morning, an engine rom fire knocked out power. this amateur video captured some of the harrowing moments. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: no injuries were reported, but the fire left passengers without electricity, hot water, and hot the food. and for some, bad memories of what could have been a happy vacation at sea. >> i think the worst part was the food and the smells from the toilets and also from the rotting food. >> reporter: many gave high marks to the crew for hospitality during four days with few creature comforts. >> the crew was fabulous. they went out of their way. what they had to go through is just beyond -- beyond words. >> reporter: carnival says all passengers on the "splendor" will receive a full refun

stanton, nice to see you.for your time. >> good to be here. >> senate republicans voted to ban the practice of earmarks today. they weren't voting on that legally. this wasn't legislation. what did they do? >> they voted on a voluntary moratorium on earmarks without actually recorded votes. so if you don't technically know how everybody in the conference was voting. we know some of the folks, jim demint, for instance, obviously supported it. he's the guy that was behind it. jim inhofe from oklahoma who is a very big earmarker, very big proponent of earmarking. he's essentially already said he won't abide by the voluntary ban. so it's really more sort of like senator mcconnell said on his floor speech a way for the republicans to at least try to show they're being serious about paying attention to what tea partyers and others said in the election. >> sort of a symbolic resolution, but they obviously think the symbolism on this is important. i know the house isn't expected to vote on their version of the earmark

it was secretary stanton that made the decisions. in each stay, they build structures. there was no building big enough to have the viewing of lincoln's body and the thousands of people. they built a chinese type type e pagoda. how the viewing and displays and lights and flags and bunting. each city along the way tried to out do the other. so, of course, new york city, tried to and did out do washington, d.c. in terms of the extravagance and magnificent. new yorkers wanted to do outdo every city. chicago wanted to outdo new york. springfield was not a major city then as it is now. the state capital, not an important city. they thought if not with the display, they'd build a special hearse. others build so big, they were bigger than the log cabin that lincoln was born in. they looked like traveling houses being drawn by 16 horses, plumed horses. lincoln elevated on a platform so that all of the passers by could see the coffin. the coffin was e -- elaborate. no one that saw that lincoln funeral train ever forget it. one thing i try to do, give the flavor of who was it was

stanton, mid-30s. heading east, upper 30s. tap hang i can, another frost there.41, even though we are 43. light winds, south, southwest at 3 under clear skies at reagan national. nationally, the storm is gone. northwest getting rain and mountain snows. middle of the country, watching this guy coming across kentucky, indiana, down through tennessee valley. this is moving east. clouds are already increasing in west virginia, western maryland, and pennsylvania. over the next couple hours, they thicken up. any sun we see today will be early, bright sun that is. then fighting clouds during the day. mixture of clouds and sunshine. by noon, showers in ohio, west virginia, southwestern virginia. midafternoon, a couple of showers towards the shenandoah valley. by later in the evening, clearing out with mountain snow showers tonight. keep that in mind as colder air moves in. next three days, cool but decent for november. upper 50s today. low 50s tonight or tomorrow, so the football games will be chilly. saturday nice. mild, around 60. cool down to low 50s sunday, but back

. >> here to help us buy into some of the issues is lynn stanton. >> the report identified mhz to be considered. it is a less -- it is less than 1/3 of the federal spectrum. does that indicate what you will end up with in terms of finding the 500? do you think 1/3 will come from federal? >> i think it is too soon to predict that. there are industries in the 755 to 780 range. that is what we have tried to identify in our fast track. there is equipment to operate at band. there is commercial mobile use. that is a band we will be focusing on as one of our first priorities as we go forward with the 10-year plan. each band will be look at and we will determine its characteristics and its suitability for commercial use. the current federal uses will be look at it if we want to relocate those uses and if there is an opportunity to share. each band will undergo a diligent examination and scrutiny. i cannot predict where the spectrum will come from. >> some pending legislation in congress will address some of the issues you brought up in your report, one of which is the ability to have option

in the east died and they started to prove their highly position half way for the first period and stanton got a dead liquid in after eleven minutes of play their first choice goalkeeper michael garnett was having neighbors day and was arrested but he was pleased to see his team made the nice call credit of doubling dinars lead in the twenty eighth minutes and the blue in the wide seem to have put the match beyond four minutes later on when the missed out there can made it three nail break in for the opposition's defense that's a scar weren't finished and reply just one minute later was a nice effort from this is laughable learn in the army man went all out in a tag in deferred period and card to get to one goal was twelve minutes remaining yet a free of the score on the powerplay and he sighed and went on searching for an equaliser but failed to grade any major friends as garnett received the best of presents from p.c. mates evetts terry. we can't talk concentration after the third goal but we committed some fouls and c.s. car made us pay but still there feels great to win and we happy to

and records obtained by our sister publication, the stanton news leader shows that among those recommendationsre the cuts of -- or the closing, rather, of two state mental hospitals and eight correctional centers and that includes a hospital in falls church. governor mcdonnell is reviewing the proposal. >>> we're checking some news from where you live tonight, and fredrick county zoning board does not want a path in its back yard. that's the name of the high transmission power line that would run through several states, including maryland and virginia. planners wanted to build 15 steel towers on 42 acres near mount airy, but the zoning board said no. you can read more about what comes next at wusa9.com. just click on fredrick county in the where you live section. >> that's a nimby right there. >> not m my back yard >> when they transmit the electricity through these wires, we lose an amount of electricity just by moving that across. >>> we're looking at number eight, lesli, the eighth nice weekend in a row. >> we need to get you a gold star. >> let's look at what's going on right now. temperat

lunchtime everyone in the 50s. 60 for stanton and petersburg, west virginia, 63.ternoon, upper 50s to low 60s for the high and coming home this afternoon, temperatures back in the 50s. maybe 4 t by 6:00 at andrews and frederick. >>> this may not come as a surprise but apparently this holiday shopping season women will be out in force. >> yes. an american express survey finds 100% of women plan to hit the stores compared to 12% of men who have no holiday shopping plans at all. we have to buy for ourselves if they don't do it. >>> efforts to bring a new convention center and hotel to downtown dc are fanally coming to fruition. this is the ground breaking for the new washington pair marriott marquee hotel. the a $537 million hotel is built across the street from this dc convention center and will be connected by afternoon underground tunnel. it will draw more big name conventions and generate more in tourism dollars. >>> there's a new power couple being crowned in the world of country music. last night miranda lambert and her new fiance blake shelton walked away with

stanton, virginia, central shenandoah valley some of the colder spots. down to 34 in charles county. prince george's, arlington, fairfa most locations are in the upper 30s to near 40. 46 at national. upper 40s around the bay. inland away from the waters on the eastern shore a few lotions are in the low 40s to upper 30s. and it's at or below freezing i west. now over the last 12 hours, we've seen some clouds incrsing coming from an area of some light rain, southern indiana into kentucky and tennessee. that's advancing east. it's a weak disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere that will be cing our way, increasing the cloud cover today. but just a small chance of a sprinkle perhaps here by midafternoon. highs reaching the mid 50s. sunrise 6:54. sunset 4:52. a look at friday, saturday, sunday and the first part of next week coming up in ten minutes. how's the traffic? >> tom, thgs very quiet this morning. that is good news after yesterday. don't have a lot to worry about. as we take a live look, first check of the morning, 14th street bridge, there

along with stanton, gaithersburg, leesburg, 45 degrees this morning. nationals 47.inds at 8:00. windchill of 43, that's not so bad when you see some of the air temperatures we were looking at, mid-30s. across the country, look at all the real estate right here, under high pressure. that wants to move in. the lows, the storms keep coming to the west. want to push it toward us. this storm this way, this storm here continues to spin on the atlantic. that is slowly going to pull away. what that does, we'll see a decent warm-up just in time for the weekend. chilly north winds are going on across much of the northeast. mid-atlantic this morning, storm system offshore. we'll continue to watch it, through 6:00 tonight. light northerly winds. then again on thursday, veteran's day, we're dealing with the storm slowly pulling away. just some really nice november weather. next three days, 62 today. sunshine. veteran's day and friday, still looking sunny. back in the low to mid-60s on friday. upper 60s on saturday. should be nice friday night, also the high school football games

even in the afternoon, can't rule out one or two towards stanton or charlotte. for us, mainly dry. later this afternoon and evening, look at the rain and snow showers in the mountains. becoming snow showers overnight. will be minor accumulations. highs today in the upper 50s. 58. tomorrow, 52. a chilly one, and chilly for football games. playoff games tomorrow night. d.c. at high school sports.net. getting towards sunday, back to 52. next week good through tuesday. travel wednesday looking wet, temperatures near 60. >>> 6:19. good morning, angie. >> slow go setting in. new accidents to tell you about. we elevated traffic conditions to moderate. looking at the map. new accident on the gw parkway. jam up around turkey run. don't get much relief passing the scene. taking you over to maryland, show you live conditions here. this is southbound u.s. 29 at fair land road. crash activity off to the left. taking away a couple left lanes for drivers. you lose two of those. volume is not too bad on southbound 29. a lot of workers on the scene. looks like they could be there through the mornin

. >> stephanie stanton joins me from san diego. we watched the passengers walk off calmly. inside you bet they were bursting wanting to get as far away from that ship as possible. >> reporter: absolutely. they've been trapped on the ship behind me for four days. this is the first taste of freedom in four days. they are enjoying it. they started leaving around 9:30 local time. so this process has been going on for an hour and a half. they're doing it in a very orderly fashion by groups. so far, so good. everyone is cooperating. everyone here is in great spirits. tamron. just very happy to be back on land. we also talked to the gentleman you saw earlier in the clip. he told us about when the fire first lapped. he said it was r it was very frighteningment he said he asked officials, is there a fire? he said, no fire. just smoke. he says he did not not find out there was a fire on board until today when he was leaving the ship. that's the situation here in san diego. beautiful day here. >> yeah, beautiful day. hard to enjoy it with that stress level those folks have to be exper

stephanie stanton has a look at how the ordeal ended. >> the thousands at sea and thousands more waited. the carnival splendor being pulled into port in san diego. hours later, the crippled ship was at the dock and thousands of weary passengers set foot on dry land. the 3300 performs spent daunting days at sea. an engineer room fire knocked out power and this video captured the harrowing moments. no injuries were reported, but they had no electricity, hot water and hot food. for some bad mems are what could have been a happy vacation at sea. >> the worst was the food and the smell from the toilets and the rotting food. >> many gave high marks to the crew. >> the crew was fabulous. what they had to go through was beyond words. >> carnival said all passengers will receive a full refund and a free future cruise if they want to try again. nbc news san diego. >> may take a while to try again. >> the after school snack is a staple, but kids are snack instead of eating square meals. today in the bay's christie smith has the link between you in sigz and your kid's test scores. very important. >

. >> stephanie stanton live this afternoon in san diego. thanks, stephanie. >>> red light cameras will start turning into green as in dollars for the district tomorrow. police will begin mailing out $75 tickets for getting caught on one of thr red light cameras beginning tomorrow. all three are in northwest d.c. they're at the cone of connecticut avenue and porter street. 14th and k, and thir and new york avenue. up until now, drivers caught on camera at those locations only got a warning. >>> metro inspections have uncovered bad breaks on dozens of escalators around the metro il system. the inspections started just a few days ago in response to an accident tt left several people injured at the l'enfant plaza station. megan mcgrath has reaction. >> reporter: after the know at the l'enfant plaza station, metro ordered every escalator be inspected. that work is underway in what inspector are finding has raised concerns about safety. metro riders have long been frustrated by broken escalators like this one at the dupont circle stion. now there

today in the bay's stephanie stanton is in san diego with a look at the latest on a long rescue effortrning. passengers certainly can't wait to escape the nightmare on the high seas. the ship is outside the harbor about six or seven miles offshore. take a look at a live picture. you can see what's happening. the ship is being towed by two tugboats. four vessels are going out to meet the 113,000 ton ship. once the sun comes up, they will maneuver the ship into port. it is expected to be here as early easy 7:00 a.m. local time. at that point passengers will begin the process of dis-em bashing. one of the reporters from one affiliate in bakersfield, california was speaking to one of the passengers on the cell phone. she was explaining that each passenger is being given a number and they will be going in groups in an orderly fashion to get off of the ship. as you can imagine, that can't happen soon enough. they lost power when a fire broke out in the engine room. a power with a generator. it has been drifting offshore. they have been without air conditioning, hot food or telephone service.

. >> do you believe that there was a conspiracy beyond john wilkes booth that edwin stanton was involvedin andrew johnson was involved? i don't -- no, i don't believe that. [laughter] you think he acted on his own. >> is it true that john wilkes was kept a major coney in prison continuous -- prison conditions after his capture? >> i -- from what i understand he was shot on sight before there was any imprisonment. yeah, he was never imprisoned. >> out of the dough was a theater critic. can you describe some of the relationship between man and edwin booth? >> absolutely. this is one of the best parts of researching the boat. the fact that general grant's private secretary, who was with grant through some of the hardest parts of the civil war on the battlefield at the headquarters was constantly corresponding with edwin booth the entire time. you can read their letters at the players, this private club had been established. they're beautiful. they have this incredibly close friendship. an added before he became a soldier was a drama critic in new york and he was the one alongside julia ward

if you're right and that derailer fails what are the odds it makes it to stanton?you saw the train, what do you think? >> great movie here. 4 kernels from me. dwritty acting. some folks have compared this to "speed." not all the same special effects, gritty fun, gritty acting, entertaining. based on real events so it makes it that much more exciting. really a fun time at the movies, it was good. >> that's good to hear it delivered. >> oh, yeah. i was overdue. >> mine was based about our lives. >> yes. >> all about morning news. after losing her job at a local tv station, rachel mcadams decides to apply for a job at a network show and becomes the ep at a morning show that is dead last place. she's full of ambition, always got letter blackberry, always watching 24-hour news. she happens to have two anchors who loathe each other. >> excuse me. who's going to say good-bye? >> oh. uh -- doesn't really matter. mike, you don't mind -- >> who do you think the public would rather hear from last? someone who's won every broadcast award on the face of the planet? or the forme

stephanie stanton joins me live from san diego now. what are we hearing from the passengers there?nymore, and how mad were they that they didn't get their buffet? >> reporter: well, you know they were pretty upset about that. they did eat spam, although it was like little spam sausages. surprisingly the mood is upbeat despite what the folks have been through. you can see the ship. it hit the dock here around 8:30. the disembarking process began around 9:30 local time. some people reunited with friends and family here at the port of san diego. others will be put on buses and taken back to the port of long beach just a couple of hours north of here. that's where the ill fated cruise ship first set sail. so the journey is not over for some. >> right, and i know they had to deal with these are they willing to go back on another cruise? >> reporter: i know. right. i don't know how many of them will be running to sign up, but i can tell you that carnival that has really reached out to these foams. they're offering a full refund. also refunds for air transportation, ground transportation,

secretary stanton was related to all things related to the lincoln fiewn -- funeral. telegrams started coming in, send him to philadelphia, we must see him in new york. the president was lincoln's great train journey east in february 1861 after being elected president. this was his inaugural journey in reverse. they sent him north first and then the great turn west to ohio, indiana, cleveland, chicago, and then south to springfield. mary lincoln gave permission for this. it wasn't known whether she would allow it to happen or if she allowed this plan, an open coffin all the way. 1 million people viewed the corpse of lincoln. children, several million people saw the train. there were exotic rituals along the way, thousands of flowers, women came on board at each stop of the trap and weeped at the tomb, left notes. little children sent a wreath for willie lincoln. lincoln, of course, planned himself to take willie home at the end of his second term in 1869, and they traveled together back to springfield. in new york city, a photographer captured photographs of lincoln d

quaker foundation where is she hasn't understood the story of frederick douglass and elizabeth cady stanton and many of the people buy now, it isn't not for want of trying, and so what i not be fatuous or demagogic if i said that the quaker is and to be the same as wahabism or the shiite pherae to become theory of course not different religions take their turn at that i think to be -- to show how dangerous the religious proposition is. quakers, fort example, a spill from the ranks those who support the american revolution because they fought the had taken an oath and that it was it transcended all of the principles and there had to be another quaker meetings and in philadelphia. people had been shut down. it's the ross -- betsy ross was thrown out for making an episcopalian. you realize these are only innocuous because they become so by having their fangs drawn by civil society over the years. when jefferson says to the baptist of danbury connecticut, don't worry, you live in a country that has a wall of separation between church and state and it will ever be thus. .. >> what am i to make o

secretary stanton was related to all things related to the lincoln fiewn -- funeral.telegrams started coming in, send him to philadelphia, we must see him in new york. the president was lincoln's great train journey east in february 1861 after being elected president. this was his inaugural journey in reverse. they sent him north first and then the great turn west to ohio, indiana, cleveland, chicago, and then south to springfield. mary lincoln gave permission for this. it wasn't known whether she would allow it to happen or if she allowed this plan, an open coffin all the way. 1 million people viewed the corpse of lincoln. children, several million people saw the train. there were exotic rituals along the way, thousands of flowers, women came on board at each stop of the trap and weeped at the tomb, left notes. little children sent a wreath for willie lincoln. lincoln, of course, planned himself to take willie home at the end of his second term in 1869, and they traveled together back to springfield. in new york city, a photographer captured photographs of lincoln de

this is inbound suitland parkway, heavy volume in from stanton road. traffic slows to the douglas bridge headed for the free way. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> general motor was in bankruptcy protection a year and a half ago and now driving back to financial health with the new stock offering yesterday which pay be an indication of recovery for the troubled car industry. but there are still skeptics who say it's just one step in a very long journey for american car makers. joining us now is ken thomas with the associated press. >> good morning. >> let's talk about gm and take us through the last year and a half or so and where we were yesterday. we saw the ipo funneling money into the company. >> yesterday was a pretty significant moment for the company. they were able to go public again. the government reduced it's stake from 61% to 33% and the taxpayers got some money back. >> was this just a one-time shot in the arm for gm or is there enough staying power that the company can continue on without continued government assistance?

i joining us former nypd detective bill stanton.ood to see you gimplts morning. >> what are they doing, basically the procedure with so few leads and little to go on, where do they stand at this point in the investigation? >> they are going to do an investigation as if it were any homicide investigation. they are going to canvas the area, this regoing to be looking at video, surveillance video for residential and/or commercial, checking phone records, et cetera. >> when you see and hear something like this, doesn't sound random, does it? i think a lot of people say -- the severity and nature sounds a bit more targeted. >> you're correct. what's captured america's curiosity here, this lady did live a privileged life, it happened in beverly hills driving a mercedes and you know there for the grace of god, you know, you don't want it to happen to you. the fact it was five shots to the chest is very curious. >> we talked about video surveillance. you made mention of it a second ago. in this type of area, did -- are there surveillance ca

lynn stanton, senior editor telecommunications report. thank you both. >> thank you. corker >>> in december the u.s. supreme court will take a case involving a 2007 arizonan law concerning businesses who knowingly hire undocumented workers. this law is different from arizona 2010 statute that requires local law enforcement to check the immigration status of suspected illegal immigrants. hosted by the american constitution society, this is over an hour. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining. welcome to the briefing on chamber of commerce which is a case currently pending before the supreme court and argued in a few weeks on december 8th. on the and this is the director of programs of the american constitution society for the law and policy. for those of you not familiar, we are a network of lawyers, law professors, policy makers and promote the vitality of the constitution and the fundamental values it expresses. individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy and it will fall. the case under discussion today is a challenge to the leg