customers, our residents, my voters have adapted to the change in d.c. quickly with relatively few complaints. the five cent fee really has proved to be what it was intended to get into your head, not your pocket so, you have that moment to say a choice. do you really need a bag with that. >> reporter: councilman wells said the d.c. program reduced the use of plastic bags by 85%. supporters of the montgomery county bag bill are hoping they see the same kind of results. >> it's out of your pocket every single time you go to the grocery store to bring your own bags. it's going to save you money and save the environment. >> now the next meeting is set for this coming monday. montgomery county officials still the tax will bring in more than a million dollars in its first full year. >> is this a blanket thing here or is this tax going to apply to everybody and every business? >> there are some exceptions and the only exception is the bags provided by pharmacists, newspaper bags, bags from the farmers market and bags given to customers at restaurants that take

the entire d.c. metro area seeing some light rain. we're also seeing some reports of snow if you head up to the north right around frederick and westminster. you're talking about some light snow. d.c., we may see a little bit of rain mixed in with some snow as well. don't be surprised. no accumulations are expected once again. here is angie with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> hello, virginia. 395 headed northbound, thanks. things starting to fill out a bit. still ok though crossing the 14th street bridge. we're going to have a look at the maryland roads at 5:48. he wants the system to end. >> an official reservation system existed at arlington until 1962. but after that, cemetery superintendent still allowed selected senior officials to reserve plots. the warner bill would revoke any reservation made after 196. >> that bill would also force an investigation that would find out how many plots had had been set aside. warner says he suspects that unofficial reservation system might explain why arlington reli

we're talking the tennessee valley, louisville, cleveland and then over into the d.c. area. by the end of the week, we could be talking the entire eastern seaboard. even on up into the megalopolis city.

approaching the beltway, doing just fine. same goes for d.c. 295 drivers approaching the 11th street bridge, a check on the beltway in virginia is up next in your next traffic report at 6:12. over to andrea. >> at the top of the hour, let's get to some of the stories happening today. president obama will be in landover, maryland this afternoon. he will be touting the clean vehicle fleet used by major companies in our area and across the nation. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray will be talking about the city's financial state now. he's going to release the budget for the 2012 fiscal year which happens this morning at the wilson building. >>> today was the day the d.c. circulator bus would resume its loop around the national mall but that line has now been shelved. ddot blames a sharp drop in ridership. >> roads in america are getting safer. >> in fact, they haven't been this safe since harry truman was president. a report out in the last few hours finds driving deaths are down sharply. >> that's a story that's new this morning. jessica doyle is live

customers, residents, my voters have adapted to the change in d.c. cents was intended to get into your head, not into your pocket. >> reporter: councilman wells says the tax reduced the use of plastic bags by 85%. supporters of the montgomery county bill are hoping they see the same kind of results. >> you can bring your own bags. it will save you money and save the environment. >> reporter: that was wisdom martin reporting. the next meeting is set for monday night. montgomery county officials estimate the tax will bring in more than a million dollars in the first full year. >>> a tough opening day at nationals park. up next, the nats shut out. but there was even louder booing before the game. we'll explain. hey resolve stain busters. this stain is ruining the look of my room, it has to go! she needs resolve triple oxi advanced. (lab-girl) its unbeatable new formula... ...removes stains... ...better than the others! everything looks great! (lab-guy) trust resolve. forget stains. up here! those are hard water stains. truth is, 85% of us have hard water

so a ruling by the d.c. circuit u.s. court of appeals could have a major effect on the rights of current one time of a detainee's the court heard the case of thirty one year old who've been abdulrahim muhammad with not a yemeni detainee who's been helping him over the past nine years his case that he's never been convicted of a crime when was captured on the afghan pakistan border back in two thousand and one and since he's been held without being accused so he filed an appeal requesting to be released but the court of appeals determined this week that was men although there is no evidence that he was a member of the terrorist group al qaida should not be released just because he was originally found in the same location as other members of al qaeda it's just another disturbing example not only of how our laws and justice system are twisted to make up for our wrongdoings but that obama's promise of closing gitmo is nowhere near close to becoming a reality joining me to discuss this is shah had to try executive director of

. >>> the fallout continues over d.c. council's recommendation to make kaya henderson the new chancellor of schools. henderson has been acting chancellor and her appointment comes during a controversial time for d.c. schools. most recently, teachers at one elementary school are being investigated over allegations they helped students change wrong answers into right answers on standardized tests. at a town hall meeting last night, d.c. council chairman, kwame brown got an earful. many who took the microphone say henderson lacks the credentials and her appointment was made without considering other candidates. >> i don't even know her. she's just a carbon copy of michelle rhee. >> they already had in their mind who they wanted to select for the chancellor. she was close to michelle rhee. i think it should be a good selection process. >> another meeting for community input on henderson is scheduled for next wednesday. stewart hobson middle school. >>> montgomery county police are looking for two missing teens. 15-year-old ste

it saves the d.c. rtunity scholarship program, giving thousands of children here in this city a chance at a decent education. is it perfect? no. i would be the first one to admit that it's flawed. welcome to divided government. >> reporter: president obama and senate democrats accepted the d.c.-related measures as a way of getting republicans to back off other targets, such as funding for planned parenthood and the environmental protection agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gasses. but the deal incensed city officials who complained they weren't even consulted. washington's mayor vincent gray and six city council members blocked constitution avenue near the capitol to demonstrate their anger and were briefly arrested. speaking to the "newshour" later that week, gray said the budget deal was just the latest example of congresses and presidents casually meddling in the district's affairs. >> it just appears to me that the district of columbia was thrown under the bus in terms of reaching that compr

the d.c. department of public works helped us. said fleets of recycling trucks, they are taken to a transfer station where they are all consolidated. then they're hauled to a contractor, and the contractor sorts, processes and eventually reuses all of the materials that are recycled. and the department of public works wants to encourage residents to make sure to recycle cardboard like all kinds of tissue boxes and shoe boxes, et cetera. they're taking cardboard, as well, so yeah, it does not get thrown away. >> good for our ecology. and last question for you comes from yvonne. she wants to know, why there's no j street in washington, d.c. >> we took your question to the heritage programs from cultural tourism d.c. it says when d.c. streets were first planned in the 1790s, the written letters i, s, f and j all looked similar. the same is true for popular fonts for the typesettings. so leaders thought that having both an i and a j street would be confusing, so the letter j was simply left out. they didn't want people to get confused

here in the d.c. area, we mainly expect rainfall during the course of the morning and then a little bit more later on today as well. temperatures are cold. here is a look at the temperatures across the region. reagan national, 39 degrees. dulles is at 37. bwi marshall, 38 degrees so another cold start to the day. forecast for the day, plenty of clouds to go around. we'll see some periods of rain and drizzle. we will see our temperatures a bit milder today with highs ranging from the mid-40s to around 50 or maybe even the low 50s down to our south and if we get lucky later on this afternoon, maybe a couple of rays of sun possibly. that would be nice to see today. >> we'll try. >> let's get a check of the roads now with julie wright and on-time traffic. >> good morning to all of you. right now, so far, so good. no incidents have been reported as you travel along northbound 95 and 395 coming from dumfries headed up to the springfield interchange and continuing past duke street up and across the inbound 14

but the census numbers show the relative number of african-americans in washington, d.c. decreased to a meeting 50 and 1816 bible was the reason for that was people just leaving, free black people leaving and going north. so, basically what you have by the eve of the civil war is a population smaller than it's been in the past, then goes back up to one-third during the war and stays about one-third for the rest of the 19th century. a proportion of the population smaller than it's been in the past and also equally proportionately freed or a little bit more free than it's been in the past. >> [inaudible] do you have an explanation of why? second, what were some of the surprises in your research -- >> why have historians basically ignored this reversal reconstruction in washington and then simply deily to supplement its -- talk about your surprises. >> to use a rehearsal or reversal? >> rehearsal, i'm sorry. >> i wasn't quite sure. there's a famous book of rehearsals which is about the south carolina experiment which happens during the civil war, and for a while i was thinkin

you have own chair of the d.c. council in support of vouchers and generally when the application process for vouchers goes through four times the number of that have spots. there is strong support in the city for school choice and it seems to me that your support of charters is not consistent with your opposition of vouchers because if you were true school choice supporter you would understand that vouchers contribute to competition for students in our city and will help improve all schools including d. krfpc.p.s. guest: firm, i think we have some -- first of all, i think we have some of the most wide-ranging choice of any public education city in the nation. we have 52 charter schools being operated on 93 campuses and almost 30,000 students in our charter system and about 45,000 in our traditional d.c. public schools. one of the issues here is that the citizens of the city ought to decide whether we have vouchers. this is an approach that is being imposed on the city by the congress. there's been no vote in the cou

we are trying to work with the mayor's office and d.c. yn. >> there are a couple of youth empowerments. and the whole goal of that fund, which john may know about the details is to empower the people to be the victors of their destiny. it's a way to let youth identify their dreams and be the leaders in terms of allocations. they dole out grants. so the youth empowerment fund is an exciting way in come san francisco is engaging its young people. we have one of the few youth commissions. they work on the variety of youth issues. the ymc has launched big brothers and big sisters. nick cannon has an entire campaign of stop hating. kind of embedded in citiess and communities around california. in terms of digital media, i think that's a very important part. we have a lot of digital lead companies. you have new america media. youth outlook. you've not bay cat and bay vac. each of those are engaged with probationers. so i think that people recognize the value of digital media. we have to connect and explore those job opportunities directing our y

a new plane was sent in, and the flight continued to chicago. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is proposing a mix of cuts and tax hikes to balance the city's next budget. of the tax increases would come from people buying movie tickets, parking in the city's garageses, and from residents who earn more than $200,000 a year. tom sherwood looks at the numbers. >> reporter: mayor gray has been warning for months that the 2012 budget would be tough. and he says it is. >> this is a tough budget. i'm not going to represent it as anything else. i have said that over and over and over again. it is a tough budget. >> reporter: the mayor's budget, a balance of cuts and tax increases, faces a two-month review by the d.c. council, which is divided on tax increases during tough times. >> i don't have any doubt there will be changes that will be made in this budget. because there always are. and it's a great opportunity to hear from people. >> reporter: the gray-proposed cuts. about $113 million in social service programs, like welfare and assistance and homeless services. $

d.c. coming up today on the big picture a. new website with twenty four seven live streaming news tells us what to do about the ongoing financial hard limited high quality videos for download. and stories never mainstream news. media. aren't. you guys welcome to shell and tell the obama show we've heard our guests talk to say on the topic now i want to hear audio just go on you tube his video response or the twitter profile of the questions that we post on you tube every monday and on thursday the show long response is. the. hardest time for tonight's tool time award and it goes to arianna huffington the self-proclaimed progressive just recently sold her website the huffington post to a.o.l. for three hundred fifteen million dollars and as part of that deal she gets to be in control of all efforts. real content for al well now for anyone who's ever been to her site well you can tell that it's left leaning or you can just plain call it lefty and in fact this site has been a voice for the left for years and home to numerous well

>> we've uncovered documents showing prosecutors in the d.c. attorney general's office used a breath machine that had been decertified by the chief toxicologist to win convictions in at least two cases. in one of those cases a man was sentenced to serve six consecutive weekends in jail. on july 7th, 2010, d.c. police arrested a man in the district on success suspicion of dwi -- on success suspicion of dwi. he was tested on an intoximeter. court records show he pled guilty on september 70 of the same year, but according to the -- 7th of the same year, but according to the officer of the chief medical examiner that machine was not approved for use over a three month period including the date of this man's arrest. in another case a 19-year-old girl was arrested may 9th in 2010 tested on the same machine. a separate document listing the same serial number shows the chief toxicologist said the results should not be used for a three-month period which includes the date of the girl's arrest. >> i have a very difficult time understanding it. the issues

>> to the d.c. police headquarters where he was immediately questioned by a grizzled homicide detective named eddie myers. he had seen everything on the streets but not like john hinckley. he is a boyish thatch of hair and piercing blue eyes of one point* he was not talking in once a lawyer then types his report like you can imagine with two fingers and turns to dennis and says how do spell the word assassinate? [laughter] and increase spell it correctly. [laughter] and that is where he was and eventually the secret service agents question hinkley. another surprising thing about this story is the guy is investigating the case were not convinced he was a loner, a deranged loner until 7730 that night but then the veteran fbi agent question and are there other assassins in the city and called hinkley aside and said were you acting alone? he just looks up and says yes. in the meantime the secret service very experienced are called all the time to talk about the third cousin had taken the social security

the transportation of grain. -- transportation arena. i went to washington, d.c., march 13 through 15 for meetings on the hill with the obama administration to talk about san francisco transportation funding needs and progress on ongoing projects. we had a very productive meeting with the u.s. department of transportation with the deputy transportation secretary, and we also joined several mta board members in staff meetings. the prospects for the new federal funding for transportation continue to be less than glowing. there is no agreement in congress about a funding source, and there seems to be universal acceptance that the concept of a federal gas tax will not be raised, at least until after the next presidential election. there is a distinct possibility that the reauthorization of the six-year surface transportation act, if that happens prior to the presidential election, could actually contain less funding than the current levels. stayed tuned for future updates, but do not hold your breath about future money -- stay tuned for future updates. the name of th

the d.c.olice sheaf says she did not authorize the escort. >>> scientists are trying to figure out why dead sharks are washing up on the shoreline. it could be affecting other marine life. >> referree: the first dead and dying leopard sharks were found a couple days ago. >> the shark was in the water and acting strangely. it had its head kind of beached and his tail in the water, about a three, three and a half foot shark. >> referree: we found two dead small sharks today. and the bat ray was swimming erratically and seemingly confused. >> they are not an endangered species or anything like that but we are wondering why these fish are struggling so much. >> referree: state fish and game contacted a doctor in the california academy of sciences yesterday to see if he had ideas. >> until they can examine the sharks one will never know whether it was human caused pollutants or whether these were unfortunate sharked that got trapped at low tide. >> referree: stanford university is involved in the i

. >>> the d.c. school's acting chancellor has reinstated a principal accused of doctrine graves. he was put on paid administrative leave last week. the school officials later determined an investigator admitted to giving false information. he is scheduled to go back to work on monday. >>> a pair of high school seniors are accused of breaking into lockers. this happened at freedom high school yesterday. officers say they've broken to the lockers for ipods, cell phone, and money. they are facing felony charges. >>> we have disturbing new information about the three men accused of killing a man over pizza and wings. they remain behind bars. >> the prince george's county attorney and has more on the intermission leading up to their arrest. >> this is 38-year-old paul bennett. his parents say all he wanted to do was earning of money to take care of his son. >> he is a hard worker. he is very hard working. >> on sunday night, he was gunned down as he delivered domino's pizza and chicken wings. now, these three men are charged with the murder. is alleged they killed him for food that was

can the lower show get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can we live out of washington d.c. now in light of the news that respected journalist tim hetherington and chris hondros were killed while libya so they want to take time to reflect on the risks that journalists around the world take to bring us the truth and although tax day is already come and gone the country is still up in arms over the tax disparities between social classes and asked that a recent video showing republican paul ryan being booed and it really makes you wonder when will washington get the hint that they're not representing the average american then president obama is currently campaigning in california and yesterday he made a stop at the facebook headquarters so is this an attempt to get the young vote or just the money from silicon valley then people across the country are celebrating religious holidays this week whether it be passover or easter but today we'll tell you about another group holding a convention atheists and we'll speak to one of them and find out why they think they're the most pick

the d.c., maryland and virginia. nd money to close the gap, metro riders will face cuts in service. the 1.7 billion operating budget, to close the short fall, each would have to give additional money. they are considering some of the cuts they reviewed before. changes in late weekend service. looking at all the options, hoping to come up with something else. good news is, before any change can take effect, they will have to have a public hearing and hear what they would have done. if they want to make changes, it would take effect in september. >>> head's up if you take the 14th street bridge to work, your commute could be tricky next week. crews will be moving the barriers to the north half of the brinchdge on monday. the project is said to be finished this fall. >>> drivers can expect delays, soon v do the said it will be worth it. the project is half way complete. v do the coming up with c >> president obama is expected to visit a facility to check out green fleets from several businesses. martin o'malley is schedu

the u.s. islamic world forum d.c. is going to be hosting the conference for the first time but is speaking out in form and do they really represent the entire islamic community i'm sorry marks a very important anniversary one hundred and fifty years ago the civil war began here in the u.s. so take a look at the changing role of african-americans in our society i will see of prison has become akin to a new form of slavery for black men i mean space fans are all celebrating an anniversary today as well fifty years ago he got guided and became the first man in space so let's talk about how this day change the world i will ask if the end of the space race has meant the end of human space exploration and i'm sure it's only tuesday but that doesn't mean we can't treat ourselves to a good happy hour so our views lucy cough and often jenny churchill will join me to discuss all the stories that are grabbing headlines this week or saving that plan for the end of the show now our top story. although the government has been workin

the mortgages in the entire system you look at washington d.c. as the only market in the housing sector that has actually increased over the last two months all the other nineteen have dropped in the case shiller and you look at . transfer payments in terms of people getting their i arrest check back the i.r.s. has already said you know we're going to process the checks so that we get our money but we may not necessarily give you your refunds back and you look at all the government workers that are everywhere within the economy they're not going to be getting their salaries so how many of them are here in washington d.c. you and i were just talking about this how do you see really has. been you know example there is so different from the rest of the nation not only in terms of housing prices but in the sense that we've really bounced back so quickly you know some would even say that it never hit so hard here is it ten other parts of the country the recession but here now d.c. would be hit disproportionately because there are so many government wor

today, as i said on the board of the asian american justice center in washington, d.c. off, and the locally, and my day job is helping to supervise immigration attorneys at the immigration clinic at davis. i see a range of clients that have pressing needs. while we all hope and wish for compehensive immigration reform, i have got to tell you from what i've heard the last several months, the question we all have to ask ourselves is at what price? if we get an immigration bill introduced that a serious blow for the spring, i'll tell you right now the provisions i will not be happy with. i know they're going to be in there. you should be aware of these provisions. first of all, the price that the estimated 10 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country may be to pay is they may all be forced to plead guilty to a crime before they can file their application. that is before they actually have to pay a fine that is attached. right now what is seriously being discussed is what level of crime should they have to plead guilty to before they apply for legalization

we stay outside the d.c. -- of d.c. they do have the president attend. and again, we have the board of supervisors recognition. this is a reminder to know that we are not going to be able to do that this year. the golden gate business association, they traditionally have their small business expo, and they are moving it during small business week. they think this is a more appropriate time to be conducting the expo. what i would like to focus on in the -- is the shock-your- neighborhood program to highlight retailers that are retailing sf-made products. and encourage retailers to think about considering carrying sf- made products. we will be happy doing a consignments trial. there is an affirmation in the packet that talks about this. we will be doing a joint promotion to help promote sf- made products. and the sidewalk sale as well. they're hoping to bring additional energy and attention to marketing. also, we will be highlighting shop-your-neighborhood day. >> director? what kind of outreach effort do we have of the then other than g the communities? [

you have own chair of the d.c. ouncil in support of vouchers and generally when the application process for vouchers goes through four times the nuer of that have spots. there is strong suppo in the city for school choice and it seems to me that your support of charters is not consistent with your opposition of vouchers because if you were true school choice supporter you would understand that vouchers contribute to competition for students in our city and will help improve all schools including d. krfpc.p.s. guest: firm, i think we have some -- first of all, i think we have some of the most wide-ranging choice of any public education city in the nation. we have 52 charter schools being operated on 93 campuses and almost 30,000 students in our charter system and about 45,000 in our traditional d.c. public schools. one of the issues here is that the citizens of the city ought to decide whether have vouche. this is an approach that is being impod on the city by the congress. there's been no vot in the council of the d

the book guy. ♪ >> hello everybody. welcome to washington, d.c. ere we have a distinguished boring looking panel of guys with great here but we are going to talk about exciting things, the encyclopedia the library of congress. it's an oddity no building with the title library can possibly be as or need as the main building to its the national library the was resurrected after an 1814 burning by one man who sold his personal library to get it going again. while it is the library of congress, scholars from all over the world come to use its vast research capabilities perhaps honest of all except in washington only one of the libraries of congress was a professional librarian. most of the others were political appointments at various occupations. with us on the program to talk about the library as well as the services and encyclopedia of the library of congress for congress the nation and the world is john cole. his co-editor is jane of the national endowment for the humanities. john is the come tour of the book in the library of congress. we will tal

political exploits the more anger the public gets yesterday more than two thousand protesters marched on the d.c. offices of koch industries to recognize the forty third anniversary of the assassination of the reverend dr martin luther king jr who was killed while supporting the rights of sanitation workers to unionize in tennessee the koch brothers were a target yesterday because they bankrolled efforts around the nation to attack the rights of union workers to look at some of the scenes in the rally. despite the fact that last week's tea party gathering here in d.c. that garnered a few dozen people has picked up on loads of different media outlets fox out of their yesterday's protest with far more people receive no mainstream news coverage what's so ever why is that with more on this plus the latest on what's going on with the koch brothers lapdog scott walker in wisconsin i'm joined by reporter and blogger at think progress alex sites well alex welcome to the program thanks so much for me i'll come back thank you great to have you. protest yesterday what kind of press was on hand and how come

the integrity of test scores in washington, d.c. is on the line here with a possible cheating scandal. several schools saw a dramatic rise in test scores which are now being tested in the wake of the possible cheating scandal. the acting school chancellor is promising to step up security has asked the inspector general to investigate. he is making the move as a precaution. an outside firm audited the sizable improvement at schools. they concluded that teacher emphasis makes it possible for the increase. she said she has no proof of cheating, but should any be found, she will act swiftly. and on monday, security will be beefed up too. we will continue to have a tip line where people can report irregularities and we hope that they use that. we will have central office people in schools. especially schools where there have been questions and extra careful about test security after the exam. the state superintendent has actually gone through a process where booklets will have a seal this year that they didn't have before so you can't get

we are learning an american airlines flight from the d.c. region has made in emergency landing after several passengers fell ill. it left reagan national airport this morning. it was bound for chicago. passengers began feeling faint. the airlines said the plane did suffer a cabin pressurization problem. the pilot drop to the oxygen masks. this was at about 8:30 this morning. three passengers were taken to the hospital. their conditions are not known at right now. >>> now, we turn to breaking news out of the district where the sea's near unveils his plans. vincent gray is warning residents to brace for big cuts. mike is live with the just- released details for us. >> as i speak, council members are still speaking with the mayor. there was a press conference call today but that has been delayed because the questions are ongoing. the district is facing a $322 million budget gap --. he has proposed cutting $187 million of expenditures and he has proposed increase in revenue $127 million. and then an additional income of $7.9 million with other ch

a surprise guilty plea in the d.c. to guard case. philip and nancy reno admitted their crimes. -- jaycee lee dugard. he faces a sentence of 431 years- life. nancy, pleading guilty to will also likely spend the rest of her life in bars. kron4 shows us how this case started nearly 20 years ago. >> jaycee lee dugard was 11 years old, when she was kidnapped while walking to rostock. her mother appeared before reporters to make this plea. >> please do not hurt her. she's a good girl. >> it correct when philippe showed up one uc-berkeley campus august, 2009, two young girls sparking concern. >> i got a weird, uneasy feeling. >> reporter: she did a background check. his parole agent was tipped when following up with that parole agent he brought his wife nancy. the two children, a young woman calling herself a live set. --alicia. her identity was revealed. an army of law- enforcement descended on the compound where jaycee lee dugard and her children were concealed for years. at the age of 29, j.c. along with her girls reunited with her mother