at the waldorf school of the peninsula, learning is hands-on. blackboard, chalk, paint, shovels, but no computers. oddly enough the parents of most of the kids are bonified techies. >> i try to play with my dad but he's mostly on the computer. >> reporter: his dad is a google vice president. he's plugged in 24/7, but doesn't want that for his kids. >> i think we are providing them with a great childhood not constrained by technology but where they can just be children. >> reporter: the waldorf method is almost 100 years old. nationwide there are 30,000 students at 160 schools. here in silicon valley, a waldorf education with a full garden experience comes at a hefty price. it costs more than $17,000 for kindergarten through 8th grade and $24,000 for each year of high school. in the upper grades, waldorf students do use computers but sparingly. >> when it's appropriate, when it enhances learning then we'll use it. >> being able to think creatively and imagination are much more important than just being able to know how to google something. >> rep

, and, you know, it's now routine to raise $1.5, $2 million at a night at the waldorf. one of the things when we first began to have some money in our family and my girls sometimes were even more generous than i wanted them to be -- [laughter] on how much we should give away and when, but i'd grown up with no money, and when i, what i found part of the attractiveness of it is it does, a, give you freedom and, b, you can help out worthy causes. but robin hood is a model, but there are or a lot of model -- >> there are lots of models. >> i'll just share one other one with you that i'm particularly taken with now. and this has to do with education which i think a lot of how we reform education in america will depend on the public/private partnership. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> and now on your screen it's eli saslow who is a staff writer with the washington post. he's written a new book. it's called "ten letters: the stories americans tell their president." what are the ten letters, mr. saslow? >> so the ten letters are ten of the lett

the kids really get it. they really -- each kid. >> reporter: identify each child's challenges. waldorfno only master math problems on paper, but math and crocheting and knitting as well. >> as the child becomes more skillful at knitting and not dropping stitches they are helping their mathematic sense, sense of numbers you have to count. you have to make sure that you have one stitch in each stitch. >> reporter: life lessons teachers hope these private school students will learn through their heads, hearts, and hands. in arlington, jane watrel, news4. >> some students in bethesda had a unique way of showing support for one of their favorite teachers. 25 children from our lady of lords catholic school had their hair cut off. it was all part of a locks for love event to support a teacher that has been battling leukemia since may. each student donated ten inches of their hair. the hair will be used to make wigs for other sick children in need. >>> well, water is a perfect place to exercise, we know. you don't have to just swim or do aerobics. now you can run under water. it is called the

it's now routine to raise 1.5, $2 million on a night at the waldorf. one of the things that when we first began to have some money in our family -- and my girls sometimes were even more generous than i wanted them to be about what we should give away and when. i had grown up with no money, and when i found part of the attractiveness of it, it gives you freedom and you can help out worthy causes. but robin hood is a model but. >> lots of models. >> share another one with you i'm taken with now. and this has to do with education. which i think a lot of how we reform education in america will depend on the public-private partnership -- >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> conor o'clery, author of "mostly cloudy, depth 25, 1991, the last ai day of the soviet union." you call it the end of an empire without firing a shot. there are alternative versions of the day, including being called a geo political catastrophe of the 20th 20th century. can you give us a sense of the historical importance, your big picture take on the day? >>

i mean, i do a lot of events at the waldorf, and for sometimes for causes that almost no one knows about, and, you know, it's now routine to raise one and a half, two million dollars in a night at the waldorf. one of the things when we first began to have some money in our family and my girls sometimes were even more generous than i wanted them to be -- [laughter] how much we should give away and when. but i'd grown up with no money, and when i found part of the attractiveness of it is it does give you freedom and, b, you can help out worthy causes. but robin hood is a model. but there are a lot of models -- >> there are lots of models. >> i talk, i'll just share one other one with you that i'm particularly taken with now, and this has to do with education. which i think a lot of how we reform education in the america will depend on the public/private partnership. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> and now, catherine crier argues that partisan politics are hurting the united states. she discusses a range of issues including the economy, health care and poli

it's around the waldorf area. fredericksburg and portions of that area. to the west around 81 where we are seeing the transition from rain to snow around winchester. the current temperature there, around 40 degrees. we're going to continue to watch as the rain/snow line moves off to the east. a lot of snow toward western maryland. they have picked up two to five inches of snow in western maryland and western portions of west virginia. that will move our way to the south. maybe around fredericksburg. we could see severe

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it is routine to raise $2 million on the night of the waldorf. e of the things when we first began to have somebody in our family and my girls sometimes were given -- even more dangerous than i wanted them to be. i had grown up with no money and when i found part of the attractiveness of it that it gives you freedom and you can help out worthy causes. but robin hood is a model but there are a lot of models. and will share one other one with you that i am particularly taken with. this has to do with education which i think a lot of how we reform education in america will depend on the public/private partnership. there's a man in atlanta named tom cousins who is a sussex the this successful commercial developer. he and sports teams and rebuild downtown atlanta. he is a third or fourth generation georgian, well educated man of faith. a presbyterian married to a wonderful woman and he is making a lot of money and doing small things and wanted to something bigger. there's a part of atlanta called the eastlake area whiff of golf course called the eastla

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it's not routine to raise one have come to mind dollars a night at the waldorf. the things when we first begin to have somebody in our family, my girls sometimes were even more generous than i wanted them to be, what we could give away and win, but i had grown up with no money. when i found part of the attractiveness is it does give you freedom, and you can help out worthy causes. but robin hood is a model, but there are a lot of models. i want to share one other one with you that i'm particularly taken with now. this have to do with education which i think a lot of how we reform our education in america will depend on the public-private partnership. there's a man in the land by the name of tom cousins you was a very, very successful commercial developer down the. he built the cnn center andy owns a sports team. he rebuilt downtown atlanta. he is probably a fourth generation georgian, well-educated man of faith. he's a presbyterian, married to a wonderful woman. he was making a lot of money, doing small things. he wanted to do something bigger, and he has an apar

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hoover, who presided over the crash of '29, hiked taxes in 1931, was thumped in '32 and moved to the waldorforia hotel as the great depression deepened. do you read anything into this? i mean, that perhaps the great depression continued for another nine years because rates were jacked up that high? >> there were many factors going into depression. tax policy was only one of them, so it's hard to know. >> reporter: "many factors"-- the vexing problem with trying to pin economic growth on tax rates. as the raised rates of president roosevelt make clear. we airlifted to an island named after him across new york's east river. so next stop roosevelt island, the franklin delano roosevelt drive over there. what happens under roosevelt? >> two big things happen under roosevelt: one-- the top marginal rates increase even more. they go up all the way to 94%, very high top marginal rates. and two-- the income tax, our income tax changes from a class tax to a mass tax. the percentage of potential taxpayers who are actually paying taxes goes from just 6% to 34%. now it's around 50%. >> reporter: why was

widespread and even in the '20s the 20's in most locations. waldorfthomas stone school, a great location. 25 in manassass. no wind chill factor to deal with. fairfax, 27. it is a cold start today. will warm up into the low to mid 50's this afternoon. into the weekend, increasing .louds on sunday otherwise, very pleasant and sunny. how about the commute? >>> the commute is still pretty good. the baltimore washington no problems so far. as you head inside the beltway avenue, you are in good shape. north african national. the parkway.n north ofnt -- here are backed reagan national. the parkway.n slow on the interchange. but everything is open. >>> 5:31 a.m. right now. we return to the latest last night'sn of a postaly worker. making his rounds when he was attacked at the intersection "t" streets. >> postal inspectors believe had perhaps the suspect employee and this now on his routine had found the time to strike. it all happened it just on the from a post office as well. happened when the employee was loading mail into the back of a truck when the maske

i can tell you i talked to one at his lunch, which was held at the waldorf astoria hotel, 200 people,omney at lunch alone. he's going to a dinner now. bottom line on that. and then we're going to talk to senator kent conrad from north dakota. you know we've been talking about a decent proposal to get this payroll tax done and have it paid for. tonight a big compromise by democrats, huge, they're not going to force that millionaire surtax through. so how will it get paid for? will we get a deal snp kent conrad, his point of view and talk about pipeline which republicans want. he's a democrat. may want that as well. we'll talk to him about that, all of that coming up at the top of the hour. back to you, john. >> looking forward to that. complicated chess on capitol hill. senator conrad, we'll see how that goes. see you in a few minutes. >>> toheene here in iowa, mike mu huckabee hosting a screening called the gift of life. michele bachmann and senator santorum all there, maybe to court evangelical voters. some prominent -- joining us here, rich and landen and in san diego, the pastor of

the suspect, 23-year-old shanay liggins of waldorf, maryland made her first court appearance yesterday. her bond was set at $350,000. she has been charged with first- degree murder in the death of 19-year-old kourtney mccoy of baltimore. mccoy was stabbed to death last month, outside an offcampus party. liggins says someone else stabbed mccoy. >>> the d.c. city council has approved an ethics bill which allows members to remove legislators for criminal wrongdoing and misconduct. under the bill, an ethics board and code of conduct overseeing the actions of council members would be established. legislators will also be allowed to keep their outside jobs but the amount of money that they can keep in their constituency services fund has been cut in half to $40,000. council member tommy wells says the bill falls short. >> i can't believe that now we said that we can use our constituent services funds for sports tickets again. >> some people, you know, want more. i respect that. but at the end of the day, the bill goes a long way. >> the campaigns of both d.c. council chairman kwame brown and

and, you know, it's now routine to raise one and a half, $2 million on a night at the waldorf. one of the things when we first began to have some money in our family, and my girls sometimes were even more generous than i wanted them to be -- [laughter] how much we should give away and when. but i'd grown up with no money, and when i, what i found part of the attractiveness of it is it does, a, give you freedom and, b, you can help out worthy causes. but robin hood is a model, but there are lots of models -- >> there are lots of models. >> i'll just share one other one with you that i'm particularly taken with now, and this has to do with education which i think a lot of how we reform education in america will depend on the public/private partnership. >> you can watch and other programs online at booktv.org. >> well, there's a new book out, it's called "court watchers: eyewitness accounts in supreme court history," claire cushman is the author and john roberts, the chief justice of the u.s. supreme court wrote the foreword. claire cushman, who are the court watchers? >> court wa

i did a lot of events at the waldorf. for some time. it's now retained to raise or nav to lay dollars. one of the things when we first began to have somebody in our family, my girls sometimes were even more generous. giving it away and went, but i have no money. when i found the objective is of it. another one that allows share with you. and this has to do with education. a lot of how we reform education in america will depend on the public proprietorship. thick. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. and smell on book tv, in discussion of william buckley book god and man in jail with a focus on the books political and cultural impact following its publication in 1951. just over an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second panel in this conference on the 60th anniversary of "god & man at yale." bill buckley wrote or edited for the nonfiction books at last count. cancel your own gut-subscription was the last to be published during his lifetime. to appeared posthumously, flying high, remembering mary gold

we've got sunshine that will be coming to us early in the day. 27 around, 25 degrees right now in waldorf, maryland. the clouds are starting to move in already. we've got clear skies left around, i-95 baltimore just down to d.c. those clouds coming into southern maryland in much of central virginia. clouds on the increase theed. here is a look at your future weather. by 4:00 today, we'll be mostly cloudy. watch what happens by the time we get to 9:00, 10:00, a few sprinkles coming through. not amounting to very much at all. kind of just moving in and out tomorrow. partly sunny. earlier, with it looks like we might have a few showers. those are taken out and that system heads to the east. we'll have wind around on saturday. today, 46. friday, 44. going up to 53 and 56 for saturday and sunday. and the real cold air blasts hits starting tuesday of next week. carol. >>> thank you. breaking news this morning. in the 3:00 hour, a fatal accident in silver spring. university and piny branch closed for hours. now we finally have the westbound university boulevard lanes open. eastbound traffic stil

i do a lot of the events with the waldorf and some time for cause is that nobody knows about. . . up next on book tv, after words, an hour-long program where we invite guest hots. this week, conor o'clery and his book about the last day of the set soviet union. he details the day gorbachev resigned as president of the uss and the failed coupe of that day. he talks to thomas plan -- blanton. the director of the security archives. >> conor o'cleary, author of money possess scow, december 25, 1991: the last day of the soviet union" end of an empire without firing a shot. and there are alternative versions including the geo political catastrophe of the 20th century. what's your big picture take on the day? >> when my publisher asked me to write a book about the fall of the soviet union i came to realize this day was full of human drama because of the conflict between gorbachev and others, and it goes unrecorded in most histories of the time, and i came to realize this day marked the end of the superpower. if you consider that gorbachev was present of the soviet union, could say he was

remember being at a dinner in new york a month after 9/11, and as we landed that day, drove down to the waldorf where i was the guest speaker for the evening. received word that there had been a botulism attack at the white house. one of the detectives had gone off suggest that the president and i and others had been exposed to botulism toxin. deadly. deadly. and we didn't know for several howard whether that was true or not. turned out to be a false reading, fortunately. but there was a level of heightened concern in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 that we had to deal with. it was like on 9/11, you get a report that there are six planes hijacked, turned out there were only four. that was enough. a report there's a car bomb at the state department. turned out there was no car bomb at the state department. there was a report of a plane that had gone down on the ohio-west virginia border. now that was american 77 that simply dropped off the radar, hit the pentagon. there was a report of a plane down in pennsylvania. shanksville. that was true. that was united 93. so, as we went through the proces

i go to a lot of events with the waldorf and sometimes for causes no one knows about. it is now routine to raise $2 million. one of the things when we began to have somebody in our family and my girls sometimes were even more generous than i wanted them to be about what to give away and when but i had grown up with no money and what i found part of the attractiveness of is it does give you freedom and you can help out worthy causes but robin hood is a model that -- just share one other one that i am particularly taken with now. and this has to do with education which i think a lot of how we reform education in america will depend on public/private partnership. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. up next, frances moore lappe argues people shouldn't be pessimistic about solving the ecological problems facing the planet. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> my name is tim farmham and i'm director of the worley center for the environment. i would like to welcome everyone to our second event in our environmental writers series and i will begin by ack

even down to the south, right around freezing in waldorf. and in the 20s again out to the west in fairfax, loudoun, prince william county, 29 in fairfax. 28 in sterling. 26 in leesburg, middleburg, and manassas. wednesday morning, partly cloudy and chilly. you need a coat still and you need some sunglasses. 30s and 40s. winds southeast at 10. by afternoon, partly sunny and mild. there will be some increasing clouds tomorrow, primarily high and mid level clouds. stays dry, and need a light jacket. high temperatures in the low 50s and winds out of the southeast at 10. so temperatures pretty uniform tomorrow. we'll start in the mountains, though. remember, all six zones are on our website, wusa9.com. even oakland will make it into the 40s. 48 in cumberland. i think hagerstown and martinsburg and winchester will make 50. clouds will be on the increase. 52 in culpeper. so a little bit milder. low 50s, 50 in gaithersburg. low 50s into southern maryland. 51 by the bay. no winds to speak of tomorrow. there's not a small craft advisory for the bay or

some places and the stricter reporting as cold as 28. 27 now in waldorf. not much in the way of weather features through the mid- atlantic and northeast. high pressure is dominant. there is some winds shifting through late tonight and tomorrow to cool as down a bit. temperatures will be right about 51 in most areas which is average for december 2. maybe a few areas getting closer to mid 50's. the weekend looks terrific. sunshine through the day tomorrow. the seasonal temperatures about 50. but again, it is december. 56 with partly cloudy skies on sunday. any snow? we will find out. adam caskey has a look at the seven-day. have a great weekend >>> you do the same and enjoy the holiday decorating. >>> the road look pretty good. look at this great shot of the american bridge under the fraud and crowds. looking pretty good right now. what a great shot. let's head over to silver spring and see how we're doing on the beltway between college park and silver spring. starting to slow down, but lighter than usual so far. back to you. >>> 6:51 a.m. and 35 degrees outs

police say the thieves rummaged through mailboxes in the area of waldorf and stole mail and packages looking for gift cards and things of value. anything they didn't want was dumped in a park. >>> two baby jesuss are missing days after this one was recovered by police. officers are trying to track down stolen figures from the south point shopping center and from a furniture store off route 3. the suspected prankster last week was caught after posting a picture of the baby jesus on her facebook individual pa. two robbers rip out of a cash register and point a gun at the cashier. this is the latest in a string of robberies at 7-elevens. jackie bensen has the latest on this. >> reporter: the most recent crimes happened this morning. and once again they were caught on tape. now, what we're told is that in the first case two armed robbers terrorized a clerk at the 7-eleven here and cleaned out the cash register. an hour later one of the same suspect is seen picking up money from a dropped cash box a mile away. police are trying to determine if they are the same men who robbed three stores

toward the south, waldorf 64 degrees. a very warm afternoon. a frontal boundary is bringing us some shower activity now. not a lot of it. showers in calvert county. they continue to move across the bay. a few more showers overnight as the front moves through. i'm not expecting too much. what i am expecting is the change in temperature, once again. 54 degrees around 9:00. by tomorrow morning, waking up at 5:00. 48 by 7:00 a.m. cooler tomorrow, then colder. the the next couple days, we went up and now back down. coming up, we're going to introduce you to the mccarthy family. hello, guys. we'll be back and talk to them and ask them what prompted them to get into the holiday spirit like they do. that's holiday spirit. >> all right, doug. looks like the north pole there. thanks a lot. talk to you later. >>> a local family is breathing a sigh of relief now that a 10-year-old boy was found safe. near the 5500 block of b street in southeast. d.c. police announce he's been found and he's fine. no word on where he was. >>> still ahead on news 4 at 5:00, a

partly cloudy late tonight into tomorrow morning. 38 the overnight low in waldorf, maryland with a high of 55 to 60 throughout the area. really liking that. here is a look at the four day forecast. 57 tomorrow. not much rain at all. 50 with clouds for friday. a great looking weekend is coming our way with sunshine coming back to the area. back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> we have developing news out of montgomery county. a hospital worker is convicted of murdering a colleague inside the hospital new year's day. he hated his supervisor. he was found in the boiler room of the hospital with 72 stab wounds. prosecutors argue that little was annoyed because he would not allow him to keep a second job. this wasn't his first run-in with the law. he was accused of another murder in '03, but acquitted. >>> traffic headaches keeping virginia shoppers out of the mall and on the web this holiday season. erika gonzalez is live in tyson's corner with what's drawing the holiday trend. >> reporter: hi, there. lots of people opting to stay home and be in the comfort of their own home and using techn

down to the south, 36 in waldorf. upper 30s in arlington and springfield. d 30s in reston and fairfax. 33 in sterling and herrin den and right around the freezing mark in leesburg, manassas, and middleburg. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, but breezy and chilly. 30s and 40s. winds northwest at 10 to 15. and by a afternoon, mostly sunny and cool, seasonal. you'll need your shades. high temperatures low 50s and good news, it will feel nicer. the winds will die down northwesterly at 10. your zone forecast, oakland up to the 34-degree mark. a little bit above freezing. 42 in cumberland. mid 40s in hagerstown. winchester, you should hit 50. 53 in culpeper and 50 in warrenton and manassas and leesburg. all with full sun. downtown, 51. 51 in gaithersburg and low 50s into southern maryland. 53 for annapolis. that is a small craft advisory for most of the day and title potomac until 1:00 p.m. 30s to start at 7:00. 48 to 53 by evening. under partly cloudy skies. all right, next three days look like this. milder on friday. very nice finish to the week. 54 with sunshine.

the area. waldo waldorf, it was completely with rain. we will get up to a high temperature today, between 45 and around 52 degrees, the low 50s, mainly south and east. your four-day forecast, a soggy one today. good day to stay inside, and maybe if you can make it to the movies. for tomorrow, 45. and the rain will move out of here around 7:00, and tomorrow we are dry, and sunshine, but windy with a high of 45, and that means it will feel more like 40. we will take a look at your new year's eve forecast, coming up in a couple minutes. >>> well, skin discoloration can be hard to hide, especially on the face, and makeup can cover some pigmentation problems for the short term, but a procedure can help in the long term. the doctor is here to talk about the skin rejuvenation. it's always nice to see you. what is this fraktial dual. >> there are two wave links, and there's a 1927 wave link that attacks pigment, and then there's the part that tightens the skin with several series of treatments. but, yes. >> who would be a good candidate for this

it's going to be built they were knocking down the waldorf astoria and were going to break ground for this right around the time the stock market crashes. but they continue through. the dupont family and all the moneyed interests that wanted this built, this huge building that goes up just as the depression happens, just as the rents are, everybody is leaving their leases and nobody wants to rent anything. it's dubbed the empty state building and smith who is making $50,000 a year as the president of the corporation -- >> a large amount? >> large amount but he's running like $1 million deficit as a year because nobody is renting the he goes to f.d.r. and says could you put some people in there? he goes hat in hand, by the way, could you put someone in the empire state building? of course the economy changes and he does recover, but at first it was a very difficult job to have, trying to rent space in new york city. >> one of his failures is really bad timing. he ends up as democratic candidate in 1928. if it had been 1932 he would have been a shoe-in. he ends up taking over this build

southern maryland got the most. 4 to 5 inches more than that in the walt of -- waldorf and lower eastern shore. we had the cool, dry forecast for you. have to come up in a few minutes. denise? >> thank you, bob. and stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage, for updates on the forecast and closings and delays, when it happened. log onto wjz.com. >>> will a takeover by a private company save the baltimore grand prix? wjz's news partner is in the works. we're live downtown, where race cars zoomed through. pat warren has more on the prospects of the race. pat? >> reporter: that's right. $12 million owed. $100,000 on hand. those were the figures reported in a proposal to take over baltimore racing development. >> reporter: it all goes by in a blur. >> love it. love it. been waiting two years for this. >> reporter: but leaves a mess behind that still needs to be cleaned up. it's baltimore racing development, hobbled by a reported $12 million in debt and humbled by a city threat to kick the grand prix to the curb. if it doesn't pay $1 million, it owes the city by december 31st. >> that'

around the region temperatures are on the cool side but not cold. 37 in winchester. right now in waldorfthe radar -- our radar not showing anything in the d.c. area. but showing an enhanced echo down here. this is most likely melting snow aloft and sleet in st. mary's county the same areas that saw it earlier today could see more in the next couple hours. we widen out here. it looks like we have some of this making its way into the washington area but it is not reaching the ground in this region. if it does it would be a sprinkle or possible flurry but that's about it. tomorrow night it is going to be chilly with the clo uc moving in. and a storm system moves down from the north from canada. watch what happens here. this model around 10:30 brings snow around the washington, d.c. area. i think we will see the potential for at least some flurries out there but i don't think we see accumulation just a reenforcement of the cool air for sunday. monday we get back in the mild temperatures with the high of 50 degrees with plenty of sunshine. no at lot of significant weather going on. tomorrow m

the next two to three hours. some very light showers around bowie and waldorf around areas around waldorf. the rain moving out of here. the clouds, that's not going to move out of here. those are sticking around. mostly cloudy at 11:00 p.m. the temperature at 11:00 p.m., 53 degrees. that's a very mild evening. a mild overnight coming our way. light showers out there now. the other thing, folks wanted snow, believe it or not. we have the possibility of a few snow showers coming our way. you have to stick around for the four-day forecast. barbara? >> we'll stick around then. thanks, veronica. >>> the fbi is launching a search for a rapest. he's called the potomac rapist and wanted for a dozen assaults in the area. >> this is the picture from back in 1988 of the man who could be the potomac river rapist. here is what they believe he looks like today. his last known victim, 29-year-old chris dean. she was attacked, sexually assaulted and struck multiple times in the head with a boulder. left for dead. it happened near the whitehurst freeway. there is no excuse for this violent string of attacks

this happened at a bus parking lot in waldorf, maryland. the school officials say two female drivers had an ongoing dispute when a judge refused to grant one a restraining order she allegedly drove her bus into the building. three were injured slightly. >>> the search is on tonight for the baby jesus that was stolen from a nativity scene in fredericksburg, virginia. this has happened before. so to prevent someone from stealing him again he was filled with concrete. but that didn't deter the thieves. the only clue, the tire tracks across the grass proving a vehicle was used. police say the theft is considered grand larceny. >>> it's not the economy, so what's really keeping shoppers at home in virginia this holiday season? we'll tell you. >>> the obamas talk about their favorite tv shows and the one thing that the west wing don't have. >>> a lot of planes won't take off when your phone is off so how are pilots using ipads in the cockpit. >>> we have changes in the next 24 hours. there are changes that you need to hear >>> vienna police are on th

remember being at a dinner in new york a month after 9/11, and as we landed that day, drove down to the waldorfere i was the guest speaker for the evening. received word that there had been a botulism attack at the white house. one of the detectives had gone off suggest that the president and i and others had been exposed to botulism toxin. deadly. deadly. and we didn't know for several howard whether that was true or not. turned out to be a false reading, fortunately. but there was a level of heightened concern in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 that we had to deal with. it was like on 9/11, you get a report that there are six planes hijacked, turned out there were only four. that was enough. a report there's a car bomb at the state department. turned out there was no car bomb at the state department. there was a report of a plane that had gone down on the ohio-west virginia border. now that was american 77 that simply dropped off the radar, hit the pentagon. there was a report of a plane down in pennsylvania. shanksville. that was true. that was united 93. so, as we went through the process i

remember being at a dinner in new york a month after 9/11, and as we landed that day, drove down to the waldorfwhere i was the guest speaker for the evening. received word that there had been a botulism attack at the white house. one of the detectives had gone off suggest that the president and i and others had been exposed to botulism toxin. deadly. deadly. and we didn't know for several howard whether that was true or not. turned out to be a false reading, fortunately. but there was a level of heightened concern in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 that we had to deal with. it was like on 9/11, you get a report that there are six planes hijacked, turned out there were only four. that was enough. a report there's a car bomb at the state department. turned out there was no car bomb at the state department. there was a report of a plane that had gone down on the ohio-west virginia border. now that was american 77 that simply dropped off the radar, hit the pentagon. there was a report of a plane down in pennsylvania. shanksville. that was true. that was united 93. so, as we went through the process

the twist to this, this morning in waldorf. learning more about what led to all of this. the driver is charged with assault and malicious destruction of property. she was released this evening on a $25,000 bond. here's what we know about what happened. we learned that what happened today stem frd some kind of conflict with a coworker that started a week ago. >> teresa, a veteran prince georges county bus driver arrested after police say she purposely rammed her bus into this building. three of her coworkers who were inside were injured and taken to the hospital. so what prompted this rage? >> sources say douglas went to her supervisor wednesday to report she was being harassed by one of her coworkers. management and the school system had a meeting with her friday. during that meeting, management informed her that they did an investigation, but they didn't find any evidence of any harassment. so monday, douglas went to court to get a peace order against the coworker. >> but the judge dismissed the case. it's our understanding that she was upset about that decision. >> while

the wind. four degrees in rockville right now, 40 in northwest d.c., 42 in oxon hill. 39 in poolesville, 40 in waldorf. mid 40's this afternoon. temperatures will not climb much from where they are the moment. despite rising temperatures, the wind will pick up as well. it will feel like we are in the 30's pretty much all day. gusts up to 40 miles an hour later on today. clear tonight, not as windy, temperatures in the '20s. low 20s northwest of town. upper 40's tomorrow, partly cloudy, not as windy. warming into the 50's for the upcoming holiday weekend. >>> serious problem in montgomery county. the clara barton parkway atnear macarthur boulevard and the cabin john parkway. a serious accident, one person extricated from a vehicle. activity continues in the investigation and cleanup. this is inbound on a clara barton parkway. river road is the best alternate and macarthur boulevard. let's go to the beltway at university boulevard. so far so good, like yesterday. lanes open between college park and silver spring. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a developing story from north korea. the country is saying g

the area where we could pick up an inch or two inches in spots. here is wednesday afternoon around 2:30. anywhere you see shading of yellow, that's moderate rain coming through areas of d.c. and waldorf. and the spots right now that could pick up most of the snow will be west of the blue ridge. there's a chance we could be anywhere between five and six inches of snow, and for areas around western area as well as davi davis, west virginia, maybe some accumulations of snow, but there might be light snow falling on grassy services late wednesday night and early thursday morning. for your afternoon, occasional showers, and call it mild, 57 to 62 degrees. you will want to say umbrella ready for today. for your afternoon, more wet weather. as far as wednesday goes, a 90% chance of rain across the area, likely to be wet and pretty soggy and traffic probably a real mess, too. from 55 on wednesday, temperatures will head on down to freezing, and upper 20s to freezing, and a high of only 45 degrees on thursday. 45 the high on friday, and starting out well below freezing, and that will be the first time on thursday morning that i think here in d.c. that we dropped below freezing. >> it has been

the rain and snow totals, we had some very impressive. in fact, even flooding rains in? areas. generally 2 to 3 inches annapolis. waldorf came in over 5. to the west, 2, 3, as much as 7 inches of snow, over portions of garrett county. it's one of those very, very difficult forecasts. just not quite enough cold air. and it wasn't raining heavily enough to change that rain to snow to drag down some of the cold air. maybe have to wait another week or two before another chance of wintry precip. >>> let's check in on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. northbound 95 seems to be the problem at this hour. we have delays there from 32 to 175. you're already looking at 20 minutes to get through. as far as the beltway goes, on the west side inner loop, slowing there from 70 to security boulevard. north side of the inner loop, also back down there, from york road to providence. and if you're traveling, we have an accident at the northbound direction right there at the beltway, tying things up. traveling in towson. two areas in that portion right there. york road at timonium road. let's take a

clearer skies to the south. waldorf and la plata, cold start for you. 27 degrees. 33 in annapolis. even some chilly stuff in gaithersburg at 25 degrees. here's a look at live doppler. one or two lonesome snowflakes, winchester, toms brook and luray. not going to add up to anything. a few more upstream from us in far western maryland. we'll be keeping an eye on those. as a result we'll call it clouds around for the front half of the day. afternoon clearing. a bit breezy again today. high temperatures in the upper 30s in the hot spots down into parts of virginia. all in all, a good sunday afternoon with the sunshine coming back, but it won't last for long. >> thank you, chuck. >> all right. see you later. >>> starting today, drivers coming into d.c., you're now going to have another option. the new 11th street bridge is now open. it brings drivers from 295 into the downtown area. it's just one section of a three-part construction project. the second part will be the outbound part of the bridge that is set up to be opened next week opinion and the third span will open in about a year.

and to the south as well at la plata and waldorf. you are seeing that heavy rain too. we do expect areas of heavy rain, there is a floodwatch that goes into effect at 1:00 this afternoon and lasts through the afternoon. that is specifically because of heavy rainfall that will come through here and could cause somed intoing in some of the low-highing areas with some of the creek and streams. there is a lot going o we have a frontal boundary that is sink through the area. there is rain all along that. an area of low pressure that is going to ride up that frontal boundary. that will produce more in the way of precipitation and then behind the front, cold air works its way in so the back end of this system, you already see somewhere temperatures are cold enough. there is some mixed frozen precipitation well off to the west. we are talking in kentucky, maces like that. it gets close enough that we have a winter weather advisory that goes into effect for much of the area at 7:00 tonight,s until 1:00 in the morning. that is what i moon by a quick- moving system. that is not ev