there the aspen institute -- from the aspen institute, this is two hours. >> welcome to the aspen institute. my name is ross wiener, vice president here at the aspen institute and executive director of our education and society program, and on behalf of the harvard graduate school of education and the american enterprise institute, welcome to today's panel on the futures of education reform. so the last 30 years in education policy in this country has really been dominated by standards and accountability reform. and while we've made some modest progress, especially in elementary math, we really haven't made the kinds of dramatic progress we want to see, and really it leaves us with a status quo if terms of achievement and equity that is, it's not sustainable, it's not acceptable morally, socially and economically increasingly. so, and even with those results the current education policy debates are largely about how do we get better at the standards and accountability work that we've been trying to do over the last 30 years, and those are very important issues around how do we get smarter,

the lucky ones. most people in aspen stay pretty cool about it. he houses and cars and streetlights are all late arrivals that in truth it was the bears who for centuries have thought of this area as their home. for cbs "this morning," barry petersen, aspen, colorado. >> you can imagine waking up and there's a bear in your bedroom? >> then shouting for help and he just goes to the refrigerator and cleans you out. i loved watching your reaction charlie to this story. i know you love animal stories. >>> you would think by now we know everything about john lennon. but a new book has people jomem even a shopping list. that's ahead on cbs "this morning". ♪ [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette you celebrate a little win. nicorette gum helps calm your cravings and makes you less irritable. quit one cigarette at a time. you'd think i want to stay away from it at night. truth is, i like to stay connected with friends. but all that screen time can really dry me out. so i use visine. aah. it revives me, so i can get poked, winked, and -- oo

companies are expected to attend include verizon, johns hopkins university and the aspen group. >>> baltimore over control of the edgar allan poe house to the museum. so over the next year what is this going to mean? it's going to mean they will work with the newly reestablished nonprofit to craft a plan to make the poe house self-sufficient. after that, the nonprofit will take over the operation. the city's spending panel approved the deal and will pay the railroad museum $180,000. it's expected to reopen sometime next year. >>> the successful be more for healthy babies program will be celebrating healthy families at the national aquarium in baltimore. now baltimore marks two years of the decreased infant mortality rate. today, more programs will help reduce infant mortality and help build healthier families. that will also be announced this event will be taking place it's going to feature free tours of the aquarium for families. >>> a new twist on the 695. >> the outer loop became a makeshift delivery room. this was yesterday morning. can you believe this? the parents, they were on their wa

robert cruz gonzalez was sentenced yesterday for stalking a stranger at the aspen hill shopping center, then attacking her and forcing her into a wooded area where he sexually assaulted her. the womanaged to get away. >> another woman has come forward claiming she was fondled by a man in fairfax county. this is the sixth case police have identified in just over a month. the woman says a man approached her from behind, grabbed her and groebed her. investigators think more victims could be out there as well. so far no word on any leads in the investigation. >>> a family in frederick county says they may press charges because their teenaged son keeps getting bullied. preston diener was bullied in front of a reporter just as he was preparing for an on camera interview to talk about hi experiences being bullied at school. last week, diener was suspended for fighting back against bullies in gym class. as a result he was not allowed to go to homecoming. diener's family and friends are hosting an anti-bullying homecoming dance on friday. >>> fairfax county police are trying to determine if an

today companies are expected to attend they include verizon, johns hopkins university, and the aspen group just to name a few. >>> well, there's a special event at the national aquarium today. the bee more for healthy babies program will be celebrating families. today more programs will help reduce infant mortality and build healthier families is going to be announced. also feature free tours of the aquarium. >>> call him a beltway baby. >> a pregnant woman was on the way to the hospital to give birth and then things don't always work out as planned. her son couldn't wait to join us all. they are trained for situations like this one. when testifyny queen and her -- tiffany queen and her partner arrived on the beltway, they are contractions were -- her contractions were just two minutes apart. >> we got our ob kit ready. prepared the mother for the delivery. baby came out. it was very smooth delivery. father was present in the back of the ambulance and it was is very emotional experience and out came a little baby boy. >> all right, pretty emotional for tiffany queen too. this was the

the aspen institute is hosing a forum on the future of -- hosting a forum on the future of school reform and asks if educators are thinking big enough in remaking our schools. thursday, october 18th at the museum the story of douglas brinkley will screen and talk about a new documentary called first freedom, the fight for religious liberty. that starts at 7 p.m. and finally october 19th at 9 a.m. the national archives host says its 26th annual preservation conference, this year looking at how to save america's documents in an increasingly online world and that's your capital rundown for the week of october 15th, 2012. check out our website www.myfoxdc.com or contact us on twitter hashtag capital rundown. we'll see you next week. gecko (clearing throat) thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are ac

but anyway, the aspen institute is wonderful. art working for the senate race in 1972 is sitting here. so, anyway, thanks. the way i would look at it is the popular vote, the national polls i think is equal right now and i want to get into a conversation of the polls, but i agree that the electoral college situation looks a little different and it is more of hill for romney. the way that i would describe it is this. first of all, president obama was on the verge of putting this away in the first debate. it was all but done. you had a lot of voters that were not even considering thinking about voting. considering mitt romney -- if not terribly enthusiastic about president obama. suddenly it is in the way that obama drops and even the next two debates president obama to complete defeat could technically one but the feeling of open the door considering romney in a way that they had never considered him before. so national league this is a very close race. in fact we talk a. but i think the -- there is a lot of scar tissue in the seve

i think this question is appropriate with the aspen institute where they have this idea and it's not their idea but the executive conference where you have to balance these things like efficiency and quality and so forth you have to balance those in decision making policies, so you know in the abstract it's easy to say it is a strong man, but in practice how should we think about this question this sort of trade-off between efficiency and quality in terms of how we think about schooling? hammill if you are a policymaker how should you be thinking about that? >> i will see why it has to be a trade-off. i think the current system is horribly and equitable. that is the baseline. and what we want to do is move towards a system where money follows the child and where kids with various kinds of special needs get a lot more money than other kids. they have more money in them, and that can be adjusted. so, equity becomes a fundamental part of the framework to try to make the system work the way the we want it to work so this would provide a huge boost to equity and give disadvantaged families

this is at the aspen institute in washington. it's an hour and twenty minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i am here with the institute's vice president. it is a great honor to have you here and these great folks here. on behalf of the washington ideas roundtable and the michelle smith foundation. we thank you for being here. a lot of us are very interested in the politics for the next couple of weeks. i see old politicians up front. there is the congressmen and ambassador, i know there are others as well. we appreciate folks being here. i recognize gary nell, a friend of minewe have a great program. is here. that soothing, wonderful voice. it livens me. you do a great job. i will let steve introduce charlie cook and amy walter. charlie's son just came back from afghanistan. last month, he was 82nd airborne. i am sure he is delighted to be back safely and we all are, as well. [applause] steve is the co-host of "morning edition." i will turn it over to steve. thank you very>> is an honor to talk to both of you folks. m

the aspen institute is wonderful. i got my start working for a senate race in 1972. anyway, thanks. i would look at it. a popular vote, the national polls, it is about even. i want to get into a conversation about polls. i agree about 80 that the electoral college situation looks a little different and it is a little bit more uphill for romney. the way i would describe it is this. president obama was on the verge of putting this race away. it was all but done. you have a lot of voters that were not considering thinking about considering mitt romney but were not terribly enthusiastic about president obama. suddenly, it pushes romney up into the race. obama drops. in the next two debates that president obama technically one, the feeling that opened the doors for people considering romney in a way they had never considered him fee for. nationally, this is a very close race. it is actually tide. i think there is a lot of scar tissue in the seven swing states that saw the brunt of the aim capital plant closings, layoffs, outsourcing, income tax, cayman islands, switzerland, bermuda, all o

this is a forum on trade and manufacturing hosted by the aspen institute. >> the appointed amount of time. if i could have your attention. let me -- my name is tom, i'm the executive director on the program of manufacturing in the 21st century here at the institute. i want to welcome you on behalf of the institute, both in the audience and those viewing remotely. i wanted to ask our president, walter isaacson, just to say a few words. it's always dangerous when your boss knows as much or more than you about the subject matter. >> this is -- that is definitely untrue, and that's why it's such a pleasure to have tom here. the one thing we know about the issue of manufacturing is how important it is to america's economy and how ridiculous to think of a great economy that doesn't have a healthy manufacturing sector so when we were looking at the aspen institute and all the thing wes do in terms of the creation of jobs and the economy, we felt that there was a huge gap because people kind of understood the reduction of manufacturing jobs in america that was happening, but nobody was as fo

and so, when we were looking at the aspen institute and all the things we do in terms of the creation of jobs and the economy, we felt there was a huge gap because people kind of understood the reduction of manufacturing jobs in america that was happening, but nobody was as focused as they should be even though they had been on the call for this and many other things. so, when tom and i and others talk, it was with a realization understanding how to make a healthy manufacturing sector in america was key to our economy and to the 21st century so that's why it's great to have tom and this program here. thanks. [applause] this is the seventh in the series of programs we've been doing. our next one will be on november 28 here in this room. we will be exploring the impact of the energy renaissance from the u.s. manufacturing. we will feature, this man do leave now the head of the american chemistry council and the boston consulting group and tom peterson at the climate strategies each of which has recent reports on the importance of the subject. i want to thank you the supporters to make t

the 40s. that's where we are right now. 45 in aspen hill. vienna coming in at 47.bia, maryland, you have sunshine on tap for today. 44 at 7:00 a.m. just under 50 at 10:00 a.m. we'll top out there right around 60 degrees. we'll have another look at your four-day forecast. right now, first 4 traffic. >> crash on the outer loop of the beltway. a truck has crashed into a poll blocking the exit ramp. if you're traveling the outer loop, looks like you cannot get on 355 right now. also problems in the area. if you're traveling westbound at evans trail, the right lane will get you by, but eastbound, all your lanes are blocked at evans trail. what you want to do is make a left on cherry hill. >>> coming up on 5:43. a camera captured the scene as he was bullied. now the family of this teen is stepping up the pressure to put a stop to the abuse. >>> plus high the race for the white house is being credited with the must-have halloween costume of the year. ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new lexus es comes with a story still untold. ♪ places it will take you. ♪ dreams it will make

on wednesday, october 17th, 10:00 a.m., the aspen institute hosts a forum on the future of school reforms if educators are thinking big enough in remaking our schools. thursday, october 18th at the newseum, journalists will screen and then talk about a new documentary called "first freedom, the fight for religious liberty," starting at 7:00 p.m. and finally, october 19th at 9:00 a.m., the national archives hosts its 26th annual preservation conference. this year, looking at how to save american documents in an increasingly online world. and that's your capital rundown for the week of october 15th, 2012. check out our website, myfoxdc.com or contact us on twitter, #capitalrundown. see you next week. or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. okay, mommhas t

the lucky ones. most people in aspen stay pretty cool about it. d cars and streetlights are all late arrivals that in >>> you would think by now we know everything about john lennon. but a new book has people jomem even a shopping list. that's ahead on cbs "this morning". ♪ [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette you celebrate a little win. nicorette gum helps calm your cravings and makes you less irritable. quit one cigarette at a time. you'd think i want to stay away from it at night. truth is, i like to stay connected with friends. but all that screen time can really dry me out. so i use visine. aah. it revives me, so i can get poked, winked, and -- ooh -- party all night long. only visine has hydroblend -- a unique blend of three moisturizers that soothe, restore, and protect to keep me comfortable for up to 10 hours. pirate party, here i co-- uh, honey? visine with hydroblend. find it in these visine products. [ dog barking ] ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests, but your basic paper towel can handle them. especi

. >> secretary glickman, thank you very much, the invitation from the aspen institute. i'm sure tells george stephanopoulos what to do. whatever they say, it's from her brain to their mouth and out into the ether. when i first moved to washington in 199 sick, very early on, i had some political question i was putting to a colleague and they shade, you really ought to just call up charlie cook, because he knows more than anybody else about that. it was true then, it continues to be true now and it's great to be on stage with you as well. mr. cook, i should mention, for those of you who don't know, he is editor of the cook report and a columnist for the national journal. i want to grin with a really straightforward question. i'm sure the answer is really, really simple. we are two weeks from the presidential election. who is winning? >> you really had to put that out there. >> ladies first. >> thanks. >> so you look at the news coverage and you look at the data and you get kind of two different answers, right? if you look at the news coverage, especially since that first

>> in with the aspen institute. ction watchers -- i am wondering if you talk about super pac's, the impact they have on the election? >> i cannot wait for the real autopsy when all is said and done about this. i said a little earlier -- the amount of money spent, especially on the republican side, has been astronomical. it is the main reason why mitt romney is not going -- getting out spent by in major marchant, especially in battleground states. at the same time, flooding money is not always particularly helpful. first of all, no matter how smart these groups are, and believe me they are a heck of a lot smarter than outside groups ucb, which used to be much more ideological. they had a cause, and it would spend a lot of thought -- money, even if it was some stupid thing -- they have had to have jello in schools. now they know -- they have their own media shops. this is how we move voters to our candidate. we have to help mitt romney even though we cannot coordinate with mitt romney. their focus is oftentimes complet

also worked on qualcomm's asia pacific business development team, she was a project consultant for the aspennstitute. she's worked on chinese domestic and foreign policies for the scowcroft group. let's see, and also for the university of california institute on global conflict and cooperation, and she's also worked as a chinese english translator. melanie has a ph.d. in political science from the university of california san diego. and finally, derek scissors is senior research fellow for economics and heritage foundation's asian studies center. he's an adjunct professor at george washington university where he teaches a course on the chinese economy. before joining heritage in 2008, derek was at intelligence research, a global consulting firm. he has a master's degree from the university of chicago and a doctorate from stanford university. so i think we're going start off with melanie. >> good morning. i'd like to thank the heritage foundation for inviting me. our organizations often don't agree on things, particularly on domestic policy, but this past summer we invited derek and dean chen

this is a debate hosted by the aspen institute. it is about an hour and a half. >> if i could have your attention, i think we will try to get going and get through the program in the appointed amount of time. if i could have your attention. i'm the executive director of the program on manufacturing and 21st century here at the institute. we want to welcome you on behalf of the institute, both in the audience and those of you that are reviewing remotely. i wanted to ask our president, walter isaacson, just to say a few words. it is dangerous when your boss knows as much or as more as you about the subject matter. >> that is definitely on true. the one thing that we do know about the issue of manufactured is how important it is to america's economy and how ridiculous is it to think of an economy that does not have a healthy manufacturing sector. when we were looking at all the things we do in terms of the creation of jobs and the economy, we felt there was a huge gap because people kind of understood the reduction of manufacturing job

wednesday, october 17th, at 10:00 a.m., the aspen institute is hosting a forum on the future of schoolasks if educators are thinking big enough. and thursday, at the museum, a new documentary called "first freedom the fight for religious liberty." that starts at 7:00 p.m. and october 19th at 9:00 a.m., the national archives hosts its 26th annual preservation conference. this year looking at how to save american documents. that's your capital rundown for the week of october 15, 2012. check out our web site, myfoxdc.com or contact us on twitter hashtag capitalrundown. see you next week. >>> 7:44. >> here's tucker. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> nice and cool. quite cool. some of the coolest temperatures so far this season at the moment. bring a jacket. even with temperatures in the mid-60s this afternoon, winds will pick up as we get a shot of cool air moving in later tonight. 39 here in gaithersburg. 40 in baltimore. chilly temperatures start your day. cold front to the north and west. you can see the cloud cover starting to work through. what you'll really notice, we'll be lookin

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he attacked the women two years ago at aspen hill shopping centers. he grabbed a woman, tried to rape her. he was unsuccessful but then forced himself physically into the woman's mouth and she bit down. he screamed and left. he was caught and arrested. again 40 years in prison. >>> another woman has come forward saying she was globed. this is the sixth woman to say a man in springfield, virginia grabbed her inappropriately. she told police she was walking on cumberland drive near commerce street at a bus stop last month when the whole thing happened. the woman came forward after she saw a sketch of the suspect which we've shown on tv several times. this was released last week. >>> definitely changing gears from those stories. our time is coming up on 4:38. a nice day is expected across most of the region but it will also be a little cooler. howard is back in two minutes to let you know exactly what to expect. >>> at 4:51, the c.e.o. of one of the nation's largest banks said he will trade higher tarvetions on his -- taxes on his own personal income if h

. >> the last one aspen colorado is another good pick and value this time of year. >> the sky hotel isto stay at. >> thanks so much for joining us. get out and hit some good spots. >> heather, let's pack our bags and go. 5 minutes before the hour. he has the need for speed, but this sportscar is not going anywhere any time soon. we will tell you why. can you figure out what our word of the day is? stick around for the answer that's coming up next. . . note ♪ ♪ >> one minute before the hour with the good, bad and ugly. first the good. a korean war veteran is honored for his actions six decades later. he rescued a fallen soldier while under attack and that made him eligible for the bronze star but never received one. in a surprise ceremony his award was given to him in front of an entire family. max the bad. the driver of the porsche drove in a construction zone and ended up getting stuck in wet cement. and ugly, close call here. a girl sticks her head out of a train and show got hit. her friend told her to do it the person with the camera

. >> i think i remember when this broke and no one knew what was going on, i was sent to the location in aspenill and i remember in the days afterwards as we started to figure out these were sniper attacks, i think even us in the media out there reporting, you felt a sense of concern that maybe he would take aim at us because we were on live tv reporting the story. so it certainly had a huge impact on our region. >> no doubt, you go to a gas station and you watch people hiding behind the tanks to pump gas because that's what the targets were. >> terrifying times. mohammed was executed back in 2009. his partner lee boyd mel voe did an interview with the washington post and called himself a monster and also apologized but said there is no way to properly convey an apology to the families. take a listen. >> what am i going to tell them? i'm sorry i murdered your own child? i'm sorry i killed your husband? i'm sorry i murdered your wife? what do i tell the child who was waiting for his father to come home and dad never showed up? >> the washington post reporter josh white interviewed lee malvo and

the wife earlier by phone. she wasn't up to talking to us. she is being reminded. coming up at 6:00, we went to a number of locations, aspen hill, leisure world, where this really all began at ground zero on october 3. we visited some of those places. it still fresh in people's minds. the fear is so real. >> i remember this family. they had such a sweet spirit. i remember covering the memorial. i remember when andrea graduated from college. it's hard to believe it's been ten years. i remember being here. when that was occurring, mike buchanan was still here. i was filling in for andrea roane and we got a sense as this was happening that something was not right. this wasn't just any isolated shooting and as we began to put the data points together, it was clear that this area was not going to be the same. >> absolutely. covered roughly three weeks. i can recall sitting in a barber shop in silver spring. and young men were running in and out of the barber shop because they didn't want to become stationary targets. this was serious. the woman we talked to today said the same thing. people in bethesda were moving with extra st

no way connected with the process is not about the role but of course the situation in syria does affect turkey for instance. in aspen i had the summit heads of state of the u.s.c. acknowledge that the security of the u.s.c. is as they put it in extra could be linked with the security of this periphery and my last question may sound a bit philosophical but but it may affect both your and my family's you remember out of the innocence of muslims film some european groups continued annoying the muslims by publishing publishing those cartoons and stuff well you know in talking about well this showed us that the fundamental right the freedom implementation of the freedom of speech can really threaten the the the right for security of people do you have an answer how can we cope with that problem there is no easy answer we should play this we are working now for the mysterious doubling in a couple of months only decision on tolerance of nondiscrimination i think one of the things we need to work on is. opening more society so tight societies that are becoming increasingly multicultural multi-religious and we need to introd

arianna huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of "the huffington post" and walter isaacson of the aspend you bring us anything? you ever heard of the beware of greeks bearing gifts? >> never beware of greeks bearing baclava. >> and cookies. she's lulled me into this false sense of agreeing on everything, because arianna, you're so much about jobs, and we were talking off camera that we all want jobs but there are two different ways of getting jobs and i asked you whether the private sector avenue laid out by president romney -- oh, boy, by candidate romney, whether that spoke to you? >> well, absolutely, what the private sector can do is actually at the center of the initiative that "the huffington post" launched seven months ago and walter isaacson was a big part of it, two big themes at the conventions. we can't wite idly for government to do us something. government has failed to bring a sense of urgency with the jobs crisis. what can the private sector do and really going back to the second world war, when we all came together, when everybody did their part and walter has written an

this time we're going to take a look at the beltway north of town coming into the beltway from aspen hill, wheaton, bethesda, burtonsville. you're fine. no problems if baltimore and 270 in frederick. one last look this time on the south side of town at the wilson bridge. no issues to report here across the river. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:11. back to you guys. >>> as howard said, we are tracking hurricane sandy. exactly where and how the storm will impact our area still until certain. but area people are still getting prepared. >> emergency responders as well as local utility companies are revving up for whatever comes their way. 9news now reporter kristin fisher is live at pepco headquarters with today's readiness efforts. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. power companies from north carolina all the way up to new york are closely monitoring hurricane sandy's track this morning. here in our region pepco has already started to implement their emergency plan. what they've done already yesterday they put 400 contractors on standby throughout the weekend. they al

i personally go to the conference and you look at the aspen institute and their great conference in davoshose things have in difference, none of those are in chicago. by starting chicago ideas week, we wanted to create something that was globally great that on any level would be measured as one of the important global ideas conferences and ideas platforms. we wanted to do it right here in chicago. and that's what we've done. >> eric, is this about bringing new opportunities for lightbank and for yourselves? you've already created nine companies. you have investments in 50. $10 million in equity values. is it about bringing opportunities closer to you or are trying to great a greater good here? be honest. >> brad is really the architect behind ideas week. i think he did it when he decided to launch it last year. had nothing but the noblest of intentions. we have a larger mission of turning chicago into a world class technology and innovation hub. and we were convinced that the elements are ripe and that chicago's about to really take off. it's the third largest city in the united states of

the worst. we were really scared. >> they have offered to bring in generator later today. >> this car in aspen hill, md., was set ablaze by a live wire. the have to cut their way through a tree ravaged roadway. the same situation is plebeian pepco.ws in >> this has been a storm of unimaginable magnitude. we asked for more mutual assistance than we have never asked for. >> they were navigating numerous they spents and day in the dark. they say they dodged a bullet. >> her ratio was worse. -- horatio was worse. >> people were prepared g pepco. because they had so much for in 1400 out ofot personnel. is the largest preparation in the company's history. godfrey, abc7 news. where is sandy now? let's ask chief meteorologist doug hill. >> its northeast of pittsburgh. currently, the quick check of the area.es in low 40's. typical temperatures for january. here is the rate on the live r doppler seven radar. a little bit of snow continuing the mountains and a blizzard effect, but for us it is mostly light rain. will this be causing flooding issues? bob ryan has more. >> there are a lot of the flood warnings and watches that are

and doctorat from oxford she's walked on qualcom asia-pacific's development team, consultant for the aspen institute, worked on foreign policy issues for the croft group. let's see, and, also, for the university of california institute on global conflict and cooperation, and she's also worked as a chinese-english translater. meanie has a ph.d. in political science from the university of california-san diego. finally, an adjunct professor at george washington university teaching a course on the chinese economy. before joining heritage in 2008, derek was at intelligence research, a global consulting firm. he has a master's degree from the university of chicago and doctorat from stanford university. i think we'll start off with melanie. >> i want to start by thanking you for inviting me. our groups don't always agree, but this summer, we had a conversation on china, and we actually agreed on some things with china. that was fun. we have remaining disagreements as well, but further dialogue is great, and i hope politicians will do more of the same. i'm hear to talk about the economic side of c

the door. so, i've made a reservation at a ski lodge in aspen. sounds great. ( sighs ) what's with you? hate the holidays. well, there's only one answer-- escape. i told you, come with me. and i told you it's impossible. you've got to do something, brother, before you turn into the grinch. i tried. what do you mean, you tried? i think i did something out of line. what was that? i had to deliver alex's present to rebecca... rebecca. and we got to talking and i told her that i'd be all alone on christmas and you'd be gone and so would alex and mama and papa and she said she was going to be alone so before i knew it... i asked her to join me for christmas. so... what did she say? that i was a nice man, and a good father. it's all true. i was so dumb to ask her. i realize i was out of line. i meant it in more than a friendly way and she picked up on that. hey, you were just lonely. it happens. this rebecca thing might be something we should talk about. definitely... but not now. um... we've both got work to do and these chats are great, but not on company time. all right. see you. all right.

the east along 28 here. and right along i-95, over towards laurel, very heavy rain continuing down towards aspen hill. we move farther down to the south, wheaton, bethesda, north bethesda, the 495 spur right here that we were just talking about, 270, right around democracy boulevard and the montgomery mall, very heavy rain. and down towards the american legion bridge seeing heavy rain there, too. in the district, most of it on the western side. northwest d.c. getting hit fairly hard. mount pleasant, along connecticut avenue, wisconsin avenue, both seeing fairly heavy rain. farther down to the south in through fairfax county, 395, right on down through 95, in through springfield, franconia, and 123, very heavy rain. it is going to make for a very slow rush hour. once again, this is going to be moving through over the next few hours. look how small this little line of showers is. but the big area of storminess still back to the west. this is still a huge, huge storm. most of us are in the dry section. here's where the clouds and rain are to the west. these clouds will be moving our way during the day tom

back over to the maps and this time to the north side coming in from aspen hill, wheaton, burtonsville. baltimore on i-95 through college park, no problems heading westbound into bethesda. 270 is incident free. from frederick a live look here in college park. this is a good indication of the beltway between 95 and the wilson bridge on the east side of town in prince george's county. i'll be back with more coming up at 4:55. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> november 6 voters in california will decide a high stakes battle in the food industry. >> indeed. prop 37 would require labels on foods that are genetically modified. teresa garcia reports the fight is getting loud and expensive. >> reporter: supporters of california's proposition 37 took to the streets of oakland. the organic consumers association has gathered over 200,000 signatures in support of the measure. it calls for labeling foods containing genetically modified organisms or gmos. on the other side corporations have contributed $35 million to fight prop 37 with biotech giant momsanto leading the way. >> i'm a very

looking great out of northern montgomery county in terms of the corridors here out of aspen hill, wheaton and bethesda. let's take a live look one more time this time in prince george's county. the beltway looks good here at central avenue. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:43. back to you guys. >>> later today a judge will sentence former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. >> the 68-year-old maintains his innocence following his conviction earlier this year on child sex abuse charges. kristin fisher joins us live from the satellite center with more on what to expect in court. >> reporter: good morning. sandusky's victims are heading into court today hoping for a harsh sentence but sandusky is hoping for a whole new trial, even after he's already been convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse. just yesterday the former assistant football coach called into the penn state radio station from his jail cell to proclaim his innocence. he said and i quote, in my heart i know i did not do these alleged disgusting acts. sandusky is facing a minimum of ten years and a maximum of

the bus. >> another shooting happened at this gas station on aspen hill road and connecticut avenue. prem, a husband and father of two was killed. >> this was mobile gas station at the time. it was just after 8:00 in the morning. the 54-year-old part-time cab driver was shot and killed as he was gassing up for this very pump, like the other victim. he was hit with a single shot. >> it's been a long time. i mean,. >> friends say the 33-year-old andrew looked exactly like his dad. ten years after his murder and the family and the entire washington area still can't make sense of the slain. >> no, you can't. you can't forgive what happened. you can't even forget. you lost loved ones. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >> other two victims, james, sonny buchanan, killed while cutting grass. and pascal killed near the montgomery county line. as for the gunman, executed back in 2009. leboyd is behind bars. he's serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole. >>> right now, you are looking live at i-270 where the southbound lanes near 270 and germantown road are shut down. that's where montg

the exit ramp is closed. in virginia, prince william police reporting an accident between 234 and aspen ave. accident with injuries. back to you. >> thank you. our top story, an incredible finished for must win games for the nationals. jayson werth getting on walk- off-home-run in the bottom of the ninth inning sending the nationals through today's games 5. >> the winner will face the giants in the championship series. tim brant takes us back to nationals park. >> the question begs, are you ready for game 5 tonight? the nationals are alive and well. d.c. got its first postseason win him since 1933. it was a classic. we pick it up in the bottom of the seventh inning. adam laroche. barrels it to deep center field. homerun. the nationals leading 1-0 over the cardinals. jordan zimmermann struck out the batter. all that set the stage for jayson werth in the bottom of the ninth inning. 96 miles an hour, a fastball over the wall. let the celebrations begin. the nationals win, 2-1 with game 5 looming. >> jayson werth had not hit that many home runs this year. it was a great effort on his part. >> it

. >> the first shooting on the morning of october 3 happened at this gas station at aspen hill road and connecticut avenue. a husband and father of two was killed. >> this was a mobile gas station at the time. it was just after 8:00 in the morning. the 54-year-old part-time cab driver was shot and killed as he was gassing up at this pump. like the other victims. he was hit with a single shot. >> it's been a long time. i mean, we miss my dad. >> the 33-year-old andrew looked exactly like his dad. ten years after his murder and the family and the entire washington area still can't make sense of the slain. >> no, you can't forgive what happened. you can't even forget. you know, you have lost loved ones. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >> john allen mohommed and lee boyd went into d.c. that night, killed charlotte at georgia avenue, charlotte was a 72-year- old retired carpenter. >>> fourwomen were fondled between campus and some popular offcampus housing. >> i'm in northwest d.c. cam police say four women were fondled between this stretch. between birkshire apartments and american university.

it started with a stray bullet going through the window of a crafts store in aspen hill, maryland. an hour later 55-year-old james martin was killed in the parking lot of a shoppers food warehouse in glenmont. at first it seemed just like a random crime but the next day four people were shot and killed in the span of two hours across montgomery county. it took three more weeks before police arrested john allen mohammad and lee boyd malvo. the to werelinked to the shoot -- two were linked to the shootings which killed ten people and hurt three others. >>> rhett leverett was killed monday morning in northwest washington. he was hit by a car while walking his dog. the driver of the car had some kind of medical episode. he began teaching at marymount in 1991. he had a doctorate from catholic university. >>> tomorrow two d.c. council members will look into lowering the amount that we all pay for those red light and speed camera tickets in the district. going 11 miles over the limit will cost you $125 in some places. running a red light $150. council member mary shah and tommy wells will

the potomac river. out in manassas northbound at sudly road at lamond drive, authorities were dealing with a fire. watch out for lane closures. no problems from aspenill, wheaton, bethesda, burtonsville, 270 from frederick. a live look outside on the beltway in college park. a good indication of what it looks like all around the beltway. more traffic at 4:39. >> thank you, monika. >>> robert griffin iii is easily the most exciting player in the n.f.l. this season. yesterday we helped the redskins beat the vikings. >> just one week after being knocked out of the game. he led the skins to their first home win in more than a year. at the start of the game many were wondering if rg3 would be okay. he proved to everyone watching he was perfectly fine. better than that, he finished the game 17-22 with 182 yards. he ran the ball 13 times for 138 yards and two touchdowns. that included a 76-yard touchdown run late in the game which helped seal the win for the team. final score on this one redskins 38-vikings 26. >> took off running and got to the sideline. thought i ran out of bounds because everyone has been telling me that lately. and then, you know, you

no issues to report on the north side of town as you come in from aspen hill, wheaton, bethesda, burtonsville and baltimore on 95. let's take a live look if you're planning to head in from 95. here's what it looks like at route 198. here's 66. no problems to report as cause in from manassas on 66 and 59 in from baltimore as well. we'll take a look at our maps again. this time at 66 coming in from manassas. you can see all lanes are open into centreville. no problems on 95 as you come in from springfield on 395. a live look once more. here's 95 at 198. no issues coming from laurel to the beltway. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:55. back to you guys. >>> in health news this morning, new guidelines from the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists suggest women can wait three to five years between pap tests. many medical groups have long recommended a pap test every three years for most women and that holds true for women ages 21 to 29 whose paps show know sign of trouble. but for healthy women ages 30 to 65, the preferred check is a pap plus a test for the cancer causing hpv viru

we'll ask obama's senior strategist if biden can make up for the president's performance last week. also, at pen, colorado has a -- aspen, colorado has a big bear problem. we'll ride along as police confront the neighborhood troublemakers. also, we'll look at new documents out this morning 50 years after the cuban missile crisis. that and more when we see you at 7:00. >> all right, charlie. have a good time in l.a. and hope you get some sleep on the flight back. that's going to be a rough haul. >> wow. >>> it is not over yet. the washington nationals really, however, need to win today to keep their world series hopes alive. >> it is do or die in game three of the national league division series. the nats were shut out at home against the cardinals 8-0. kristin fisher joins us live with a look ahead at game four and fan reaction to game three. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. well, today the nats have got to win. they've got to win or else their season is over. i was at yesterday's game and you could feel the crowd just begging for a run. they wanted it so bad. but that run never came. cardinals beat the

probably the equivalent today of at some of the big events that happened in aspen when you see folks in short sleeves kind of rubbing elbows with each other. so jackson was coming out in august of that year to do that. and so, his professors said first, which eucom? there's a groundbreaking of the law school, which you can speed? and then the professor surprise to rehnquist by saying i'm going to arrange for you to make an aired the interesting thing is that rehnquist gave me 10 and met with jackson and jackson just didn't even really interview him. rehnquist had a swedish ancestry, which was kind of a talking point of his always. and so, jackson got off on this tangent of talking about his swedish client study it had and told rehnquist some stories and rehnquist really didn't get a chance to really talk about himself area much. he didn't think he had done a very good job in the interview. and jackson thanked him and went on to say enough is that. so rehnquist doesn't hear anything now for a couple weeks and so he starts getting worried and he writes a letter to jackson and sissy nel

. >> we have a tropical jungle in the middle that's just hatched his 43rdman banana crop. >> here near aspennd environmentalist avery lemons cure rates tropical flora and fawna. >>> this jungle is a sort of green house that acts as a furnace, for the 4,200 square feet home using integrated design concepts, it lets light in, stores heat and captures seven kinds of energy. >> heat, light, hot water, hot air, photo sen phthisis and the pure distilled water and the energy it took to evaporate it. >> there's no heating system in the house and yet crops sprout here even during the winter solstice. >> it's really fun to sit here when it's blizzarding outside and munch on tropical future and know you're not burning any remains of prime evil swamp goop. >> he sells back any excess to the grid. fully charged batteries serve as backup in case the grid goes down. >> he knows that most people won't build homes like his, but he insists we can start to save the earth and save money just by being a little more efficient in our energy use. >> the u.s. could get completely off oil and coal. and eliminate nucl

behind the deadly sharing which killed five in turkey as uncorrupt targets in syria in response sounds a wake up call for international bodies to. be true as government has charged eleven people with aspen arch for allegedly transferring secret military technology to moscow. the u. power center plans and increased its own budget of the expanse of all stars he pressed states while in was tape greece an increased number of families can't even afford to raise their. new song russia and iran the world this is see with me thanks for joining us syria's civil war teetered on the brink of international conflicts after take it turns to nato and the un over an unprecedented fire exchange between the countries ankara has struck targets in syria in response to the mortar shelling of a texas border town which killed five civilians his policy has a story turkish forces launched artillery attacks against syrian targets there's a follows a mortar bomb from syria that landed in a south east turkish village earlier in the day now it landed in a residential building killing five members of the same family and wounding another nine in the turkish prime minister has said that the turkish response is in line

. >> we have a tropical jungle in the middle that's just hatched its 43rd banana crop. >> here, near aspenronmentalist amory lovins curates tropical flora and fauna. this jungle is a sort of greenhouse that acts as a furnace for the 4,200-square-foot home using integrated design concepts, it lets light in, stores heat and captures seven kinds of energy. >> heat, light, hot water, hot air, photosynthesis and the pure distilled water and the energy it took to evaporate it. >> there's no heating system in the house, and yet crops sprout here even during the winter solstice. >> it's really fun to sit here while it's blizzarding outside and monitor your tropical fruit and realize you're not burning any rotted remains of primeval swamp goo. >> during the day the house runs on solar power. lovins sells back any excess to the grid. purchased wind power fuels the house at night, and fully charged batteries serve as backup in case the grid goes down. >> collecting hot water in here. >> lovins knows that most people won't build homes like his. >> runs on ambient light. >> but he insists we can start