when he got to be 65, the arlington county library, they 16th changed, -- since changed, notified him that they were reducing his fines for a -- late books because he was a senior citizen and i became a senior citizen that same week and he thought that was totally unfair and was going to bring to it to their addiction because people who were senior citizens had more time than people in the was nonsense and they should have lower fees for people in the work force and were more pressured. we would go out to dinner he and he always had a light beer before dinner, and he would ask the waitress, could you list the domestic light beers, he was afraid the imported beer might cost a little more. they listed the specials on a menu and he would invariablably ask, could you price that. he rarely bought the special but he told both betty and i repeat peteedly, he never should make merchandise offerings without telling you the price. his post office box in vermont, he doesn't have a post office box, he picks up his mail at general delivery. general delivery is a service rendered to all the citizen

president obama will take part in the wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. ries are honoring their veterans as well. for them the holiday primarily marks the signing of a truce to end world one. vaccines have arrived at guantanamo bay military prison. no detainees will be getting them until the facility's high-priority troops and health care workers have been vaccinated. but so far there aren't even enough doses available to do that. >>> good morning, sunshine. i'm robin meade. so glad you're with us today. 30 minutes past the hour. let's move ahead now to some of our other stories that we're talking about. thousands of people gathered yesterday to remember the victims of the ft. hood shootings but there are new developments in the investigation. correspondent richard lui joins us with more on that. good morning. >> good morning to you, robin. fbi agents showed up at the texas mosque where the alleged shooter major nadal hasan worshipped. they would not say what they were looking for, but they did search through a trash bin outside the islamic community cente

>> it has taken a lot of work but crews have finally finished repairing a water main break in arlington. the big pipe burst on monday flooding the area near gliebe and zitmar -- ditmar roads. on monday a worker was electrocuted at the site. another remains in serious condition. >>> d.c. police say they spotted a suspect breaking into a car and started chasing him on foot. but the man jumped into rock creek and floated away. police caught up with him still in the water near a boathouse. he was taken to the hospital with signs of hypothermia and a bump on the head. meanwhile d.c. police are also looking for a hit-and-run driver. we're told a man was hit by a car on nicholson street in northwest late last night. the unidentified man was critically injured. police don't have much to on. we're told all they know is that the car that hit him was red and it took off going south on 14th street. if you have any information about this, police would like to hear from you. >>> a financial crisis half a world away has banks all over the globe a little jittery tonight. du bye is $60 billion in debt and ma

republican was founded. >> after the amphitheater service, the president visited section 60, the burial ground at arlington for military personnel killed in iraq and afghanistan. >>> our money expert clark howard serves in the georgia state guard and this weekend you'll see him serving our troops. he and robin meade from "morning express" teamed up to help soldiers and you save more, espn less and avoid getting ripped off. >> marie brooks may be your favorite person. what's the best way to be debt free before retirm? when will you retire? >> two years from army reserve and two to five years from civil service. >> okay. so the question is what kind of debts do you have that you're trying to get your arms around? >> i want to get around to paying off the house and having just house and utilities by the time i retire. >> paying off your home mortgage is not always a priority. the big priority is paying off any unsecured debt. personal loans, credit cards, and then next would be car loans. home mortgage debt is not a high priority with me. it's more important that you beef up your savings than it is to be mort

historical artifact and they did not want to begin the president of exhuming bodies all, although a president has been a status i believe in arlington that's the reason they give. >> i read somewhere i think when the anniversary of the expedition started, that there were some people who followed the park service isn't really sure his body is there. >> right, but tony and i were talking about that earlier. first of all, you can see this on the web, on the genealogy sections for these family members. there's the coopers, the blacksmith family and others, local people, and they have the documents from that time. they said they saw the giant whole in the back of the school. they said they identified the iron nails. you, they undoubtedly determined it was lewises remains. if they are going to the trouble of building a great big giant monument over his remains, they wouldn't just, you know, they would do something very special. to maintain them under the monument. and we expect that we will find that out, or we hope so. that's the other thing. lewis never had a ceremony. and he never, you know, a burial ceremony. and he never had a chance

national cemetery as the at arlington national cemetery as the us commemorates veterans' day. the usfghanistan. the afghanistan. the egyptian government has welcomed government has welcomed the conviction of a man government has welcomed the conviction of a man in germany conviction of a man in germany who stabbed a pregnant woman conviction of a man in germany who stabbed a pregnant woman to death stabbed a pregnant woman to death in stabbed a pregnant woman to death in a courtroom. alexander wiens in a courtroom. alexander wiens has been sentenced in a courtroom. alexander wiens has been sentenced to life in been sentenced to life in prison for been sentenced to life in prison for the murder been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of shash shash been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of shash shash shash for the murder of shash shash shash for the murder of shash shash shash -- marwa el sherbini. for the murder of shash shash shash -- marwa el sherbini. let's for the murder of shash shash shash -- marwa el sherbini

11:00 eastern, president obama will take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national ceremony. thanks to all of our veterans alive and past for our freedom. >> what a survival story for one teenager, two nights trapped on a ice floe in the arctic. he was forceded to shoot a polar bear. rescuers found him monday but four of them got stuck for one night when the ice shifted. they ended up dragging their boat about 2 1/2 miles across the ice. >>> a senator came out swinging with a sweeping plan to keep your money safe with some tougher regulations, though. the senate banking committee chairperson, christopher dodd, says this has been a long time coming. see how you feel about what he's proposing. >> you know, we'll see if this goes over well in congress, but dodd is basically saying, look at what happened. look at the economic collapse. in his view, banks cannot be trusted to oversee themselves. he thinks the federal reserve did not fulfill its responsibilities so his idea is, he says, let's take away their oversight power and instead give the job to some new go

secretary mchugh as you know ordered this review of operations of the arlington national cemetery after evidence of unknown great -- >> i do know that until i read that. >> i'm curious given this is where america's war dead in many cases are buried every day. has the secretary at all paid attention to this? is he concerned about this? has he been involved at all and trying to figure out how to get to the bottom of his? >> i don't think he has been involved in it frankly, brine, and i don't think he is necessarily aware of it. i don't know how wide the coverage of this incident has been. i read it in an online publication, i think. in reading it it was alarming, and i think we're all glad to see that the army secretary is going to look into it and see if there's any truth to the reports. it is a sacred place, especially for people who work in this building. and we want to make sure that everything there is as it should be, but as you know the army is in charge of the installation and they are the best people to take a look at what's going on there. or what is going on there. okay. thank

we'll have live coverage of the president at arlington right here on hln. we're watching of course some live pictures here of where the president will be soon. >>> a u.s. pilot was pulled out of the cockpit minutes before takeoff because a co-worker thought he was drunk. irving lamont washington scheduled to fly a united jet london to chicago on monday. british police say he failed a breathalyzer test and now he's grounded. >>> those are some of the stories we're watching for you on this wednesday. hope you're having a good day. >>> the attorney for the alleged suspect in the ft. hood shooting says he's not newer major nidal hasan can get a fair trial in texas but told our sister network cnn this morning it's his job to make sure that does happen. >> first and foremost, i share and extend my sympathies to all of the victims were involved in this case, but i'd also caution and remind everyone how important it is that we insure that as we go through a pretrial and trial process, whether it's within the military, outside of the military, that we remember why we

left and we'll ask our panelists to respond at the end, we'll try and see if we can at least get three or questions in. >> reverend benson from arlington, virginia a minister member of the national council of the present teary here in -- pez terry in factor detective. as we try to right the wrongs of the inequities we see, i would like to ask all of us assembled here and members over congress that we be cautioned as we move forward to promote the efforts for advocacy for our people and people of color, we do so on a position that supports our president, and his administration, as opposed to being on the opposite end. saying that... drawing on the words from reverend jackson earlier this is the time when we turn to each other and not against each other, because, i feel that sometimes there can be a move to disyet this great man at this great time, and we -- credit this great man at this great time and we need to advocate for the different issues that are placed before us. thank you. into do we have a question? right up here. >> thank you. carmen morris from miami, florida. sanctuary of moses, combating trafficking and... in west africa.

the controversial amendment. >>> someone stole a military veteran's ashes. and it happened just before his funeral at arlington national cemetery. someone broke into the family's rental van and stole the urn containing the remains of the retired army colonel along with other items. >> you know, he died in august. and we've grieved, and we've cried, and we've hugged each other, and we've gotten together, and we've tried. he's 83 years old. we've worked our way through this a lot. and we're sad, but we were coming here excited to -- to just kind of review his life. he's had a very full life. and we were -- we were coming here for all of us to just say, wow. think of all the great things daddy did. and, you know, it feels like he just died again. >> the family decided to hold the service anyway and is urging the burglars to return the urn. >>> bruce springsteen just had a nightmare come true. he kept telling his audience this weekend in ohio, well, hello, ohio. and nothing. the problem was he was in michigan. he didn't even realize it until his guitarist came over and whispered something to him. then he looked em

the witnesses. general very mccaffrey is president of his own consulting firm based in arlington va. he is an adjunct professor of international affairs of the united states military academy at west point and serves as a national security and terrorism analyst for nbc news. from 1996 to 2001 general mccaffrey served as the director of the white house office of national drug control policy. prior to that general mccaffrey served as the commander-in-chief of the u.s. armed forces southern command coordinating national-security operations in latin america. ambassador james cason is currently president of the center for free cuba. he is a retired career foreign service officer with 30 seconds-- 30 years varients. it just seemed like 30 seconds. [laughter] he was nominated by president bush to be u.s. ambassador to paraguay and confirmed by the senate prior to this posting in paraguay. ambassadors cason was chief of mission at the united states intersection of cuba from september 10th, 2002 until september 10, 2005. ambassadors cason retired from the foreign service in 2008. by videoconfer

the table. this morning during my commute in from arlington, i've read about 14 e-mails. i texted six responses, and i engaged in two brief cell phone calls. however, i did that on the 3-e bus connecting to the orange line metro rail service. there actually is a risk related to texting and distracted driving as it relates to public transportation. that risk lies in the center of the operator around the vehicle, but the own risk that everyone talks about as it relates to transit passengers is the risk of being so distracted that they missed their stop and then they have to turn around and come on back. i've done it. the point of going to make here is that we have studies all across that we gather routine at the fda that shows that people often off to drive instead of taking transit because it might save in 10 or 15 minutes on the commute of a great many of those same commuters spend their first half-hour of the morning at their desk answering e-mail, and a certain have to do with the last half-hour of the day at the desk also handling e-mail. when you really think about it,

host: north arlington, new jersey, on the lines the independence.rised that you told a caller that this whole thing was not a plot by the u.s. government, this being the whole al qaeda, cia-computer-based file. i know you remember the cia issued visas to shekhikhs to coe here to work for the fbi. they used these guys to recruit fundamentalists here to fight the soviets. the u.s. government was still using these guys up until september 11. they keep switching between the mujahedin and a taliban prin th. the mujahedin and the taliban are all the same. we are working with the ones that they can convert and control and manipulate. to dismiss the idea that the government is not manipulating and controlling these guys, i know you know about this network. they have done this before part. e. guest: i don't agree with your premise that the u.s. is to put it -- is behind al qaeda. i don't believe the u.s. is behind these plots. amas salem is a hero who informed to the fbi that stopped a second string of plots in 1993. ali mohammed was a second forces sergeant

the end. we'll try to see if we can at least get three more questions in. >> thank you. i'm reverend benson from arlington, virginia. i'm a minister member of the national council of presbytery here in washington, d.c. as we move forward in this effort to talk about advocacy to right the wrong and the inickities that we see, i would like to ask all of us that are assembled here and members of congress that we be cautioned that as we move forward to promote the efforts for advocacy for our people and for other people of color that we do so on a position that supports our president and his administration as opposed to being on the opposite end. drawing on the words from reverend jackson earlier that this is a time when we turn to each other and not against each other. because i feel that sometimes it can be a move to discredit this great man at his great time. and we need to try and support him as we advocate for the different issues that have been placed before us. thank you. >> do we have a question? right up here. >> thank you. carmen morris, miami, florida, sanctuary of moses, combating child traffickin

the end. we'll try to see if we can at least get three more questions in. >> thank you. i'm reverend benson from arlington, virginia. i'm a minister member of the national council of presbytery here in washington, d.c. as we move forward in this effort to talk about advocacy to right the wrong and the inickities that we see, i would like to ask all of us that are assembled here and members of congress that we be cautioned that as we move forward to promote the efforts for advocacy for our people and for other people of color that we do so on a position that supports our president and his administration as opposed to being on the opposite end. drawing on the words from reverend jackson earlier that this is a time when we turn to each other and not against each other. because i feel that sometimes it can be a move to discredit this great man at his great time. and we need to try and support him as we advocate for the different issues that have been placed before us. thank you. >> do we have a question? right up here. >> thank you. carmen morris, miami, florida, sanctuary of moses, combating child traffickin

the witnesses. general very mccaffrey is president of his own consulting firm based in arlington va. he is an adjunct professor of international affairs of the united states military academy at west point and serves as a national security and terrorism analyst for nbc news. from 1996 to 2001 general mccaffrey served as the director of the white house office of national drug control policy. prior to that general mccaffrey served as the commander-in-chief of the u.s. armed forces southern command coordinating national-security operations in latin america. ambassador james cason is currently president of the center for free cuba. he is a retired career foreign service officer with 30 seconds-- 30 years varients. it just seemed like 30 seconds. [laughter] he was nominated by president bush to be u.s. ambassador to paraguay and confirmed by the senate prior to this posting in paraguay. ambassadors cason was chief of mission at the united states intersection of cuba from september 10th, 2002 until september 10, 2005. ambassadors cason retired from the foreign service in 2008. by videoconfer

millions of americans who realize those buried in arlington did not fight and die for united nations or world trade organization they fought and died for the united states of america and the constitution of the united states of america. and as we resolve to go back to those principles of the founding fathers, to work with states which will have my and tenth amendments resolutions i feel we have a time that's historic to take america back and make a statement to the future which is that we want to leave an american not that our children and grandchildren are burdened with debt from which they will never emerge, but have the opportunity instead to live in an america where our founding fathers cherished of liberties and new the limited form of government was by nature a human right, human nature demanded we have these types of constitutional protections. three branches of government balancing each other, a government whose powers were limited. if we can get back to that we can leave our children the same free nation we were born into. and i think that that is not only our birthright, it is our birth obligation and it's for those reasons i wro

the government has shown a lot in disturbing money and having subsidies for certain items. host: arlingtona. on our democrat line. caller: morning. you have touched on a couple of points i was going to bring up. i wanted to get your take on contrasting the bush administration as opposed to the obama administration. the second component is the issue of the sanctions. the fact that the sanctions -- in the case of iraq, it pretty much destroyed the backbone of the technocratic component of the country which is in a very tenuous condition with this recent change that we brought about through the invasion and has really shown the weakness of the middle class because cuts of the sanctions and all of the other problems that have happened. i wanted to get your feel as to the right approach of bringing about change but in a positive way that would galvanize the people around it and not just hurt the entire population and not come out with any kind of positive result. guest: the bush administration unfortunately was concentrating on regime change and referred to iran as part of the excess of evil. t