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she said please help us to get through to d.c. to fix these. fell, saralee, we drove that stretch of road and counted well over a dozen potholes just between colorado and oglethorpe. we have reported them to ddot which promises to fill potholes within three business days after receiving a complaint. in fact, they were starting this morning on that stretch. if you have a pothole that is driving you crazy, just send us an e-mail by going to tellwusa9.com. include a cross street and a photo if you can safely do >>> today a frederickburg, virginia first grader has a chance at survival. he survived several bouts with cancer that started when he was nine months old but the treatment compromised his immune system and a virus has left him near death. they were first cold the new annualty viral drug wasn't ready to be released but the company reach add deal with the fda to provide the -- reached a deal with the fda to provide the drug under the compassionate use policy. >>> white house advisory says traffic on the federal health care website jumped 40%

to the west of us across extremist -- western maryland. forwinter weather advisory higher elevations. nothing for us closer to d.c. a little bit of a lull behind it, at least for the next few hours. will fall intos the 40's to lower 50's. here is that winter weather advisory i am talking about. garrett county, extreme western washington county for the overnight and into the early morning hours of tomorrow. showers sticking around for tonight into the day tomorrow. we will see winds that are going to pick up so it will feel a little cooler than her actual the time i -- our actual daytime high. the rain and showers and clouds out of here by monday and are temperatures will also warm up. 45 to 53 degrees and then for the day tomorrow, temperatures in the 50 to 55 degree range. we may see slightly cooler temperatures off to the west. the windchill factors will make it feel more like the 40's. we haven't seen something like this in quite some time. talking upper 60's to around 70 tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. >> we knew we would eventually get here. uva's brush ing the ncaa turn it -- tournament would go on. >> you

just following on those remarks, i want to appreciate the board for coming and joining us on the advocate trip to washington d.c.. i think it was very important for the region to see that we are fully in participation and support of the regional priorities as well as to have presence at the state wide level with the california delegation in addition. seeing our delegation in washington d.c. was a great opportunity to see how the commissions are and what they're facing over there. it was a bit sobering to see that congress is really stuck on the sources for transportation. as my report notes, we will be seeing a highway trust fund moving to the red column by july. that's very vehiclesing for us. we rely on our previous /hraeugzs and hopefully we will have the ability to fund these for a little while. at some point, if congress does not come together with the president on a more sustainable funding source for transportation, we're going to see projects slow down and potentially have to stop. we really do want to urge everyone to learn about this issue and really work with our colleagues across the state and look

and shut down the soda fountain and handing out free bottled water to customers and steaming at d.c. water. >> no one has contacted usc. water to tell us how we're affected. we found out from news reports. had to go out and get cases of bottled water to make sure that if we're having anyone touching the food, that is being used for bottled water. >> for its water d.c. water says they did their best to notify everybody. d.c. water is still trying to figure out why the power went out at the ft. reno pumping station yesterday and why a switch gear to turn on the backup power failed as well. the pipes also feeding wilson high school and several other high schools failed. we'll be checking in with the folks at d.c. water to let you know just how much longer you have to boil your water. >>> thousands of you will wake up to a quicker way to get to work. it's all thanks to a new ramp that connects the 11th street bridge to the westbound southeast, south southwest freeway. it's been in the works a long time, but that ramp should be open in time for the morning rush. >>> a pothole alert for your morning commute tomorrow. it's

to 2006. he joins us from d.c. thanks for being with us. based on what you know of the situation right now. >> it is pretty clear that he is making a bid to take crimea. the referendum yesterday was 95% in favor. he is now playing very hard: talking about negotiations. is asking for conditions which no government could reasonably except. -- accept. the must agree it will be neutral. they must agree this was legitimate. it must agree on a time and need -- autonomy for russian speaking areas of ukraine. i think what putin is trying to do is use crimea as a point of leverage and ukrainian policy just as he uses the territory he sees in georgia in 2008 at point of leverage on the government. >> i am wondering if you could explain what leverage does he seek? what resources do putin and russia do not have access to if it remains a single sovereign entity? >> we are talking about resources, natural resources. also political orientation. in his ideal world, ukraine would become a state of russia. subordinate to russian interests. it would forget abo

let's go to rosalyn jordan now joining us live from washington, d.c. just remind us again why washington is implementing these sanctions. >> well, it's very simple with that the obama administration says that it needs to hold russia accountable for invading crimea in the past week. it says that it has to be punished for doing so, and you recall, president barack obama said that there would be costs for russia and now for any ukrainians who have been involved in what they consider the destabilization or attempted destabilization of ukraine. >> is there much congressional support for these measures against russia? >> there seems to be growing support to try to resolve this without the use of the military. however, there's a question of whether or not these sanctions announced just this morning, just on thursday here in washington, will be enough to persuade members of the congress that being unified behind the administration is in fact the way to go. there have been some talk of introducing resolutions with or bills that could actually go towards this, bu

used is basically being escorted out of the country. we want to go to the deputy director of the american inns put in ukraine. he is live for us in washington, d.c. as you listen to what is going on in crimea, the thing that strikes me the most is that russian president vladimir putin has been telling everybody that his troops are there to protect the russian sector of crimea from pro-ukrainian mobs. but it appears to be the other way around? >> i wouldn't put it pro-ukrainian mobs. one of the things that has bedevilled this entire discussion since the crisis began in november, is there a profound division among people in crimea. east in the east and south of ukraine who voted mr. yanukovych into office, and now seen him run out of town by a mob essentially, are ukrainian citizens. >> in terms of what we are seeing right now in the port, how would you describe it? >> we're just getting the initial reports of this abduction, and it sounds like these were not people with the russian military, but local crimean citizens who clearly are pro-russian, feel they are being backed up by russia, and consider the un envoy as a hostile presence in what they

to cash in. >> yes, it has happened again. a new scandal for the d.c. fire department. investigators tell us in the event or an admitted to setting his own car on fire. >> marcus jackson said he did it to collect insurance money. jay korff is in northwest washington with this i-team investigation. a number of arrests over the last several months ford d.c. fire and ems employees. this firefighter worked out of this fire hall. he is now on administrative leave. 27-year-old d.c. firefighter marcus jackson, who works out of engine company for a northwest, is paid to put out fire, but he has been charged with setting his own car ablaze on this dead-end street in prince george's county. according to the arrest warrant, jackson reported to his insurance company his 2006 dodge charger, similar to this vehicle, went missing in late january. the police say prior to that call, his car erupted on flames in capitol heights, maryland. phone recordsused to determine jackson was near the crime scene approximately 13 minutes prior to the fire being discovered. in a follow-up interview this week, he admitted

us to do. >> standing by in washington, d.c., first, to kiev to tim friend, and john kerry, when he talked aboutalking with the protestors who we might be able to see, if it wasn't so misty behind you, who he said had done what they have done was he able to offer anything more tangible? >> well, he has come forward with the plan for the new administration. some loan guarantees and he said that the quite will lead the way in any international monetary fund aid, that was forthcoming. but it all comes with a certain amount of strings attached, one suspects that the economy here in kiev will need to be reyou remember toed pretty drastically. it's said to need $35 billion over the next two years. just to survive. and it's dysfunctional, and we have seen in the past that when the west comes forward, with it it tents to demand a certain amount of posterity in return. and perhaps there lies the danger, because a lot of this turmoil and unrest, in ukraine is driven by the collapse in the economy and if the ordinary man and woman in the street were to think they were going to face yet more even though it

us today. diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis seem to be as a standstill. now ukraine's prime minister is coming to the u.s. randall pinkston joins us from washington, d.c. do we have any details yet of the prime minister's visit? >> reporter: yes, morgan. the administration made it a point to spell out exactly the fact that the obama administration is supporting the new government of ukraine. it is symbolically significant that the president will welcome the new prime minister into the white house saying to russia the u.s. does not accept russia's contention that the old leader of ukraine is still the legitimate leader. meanwhile, however, russia is creating some facts on the ground of its own with their military forces. in fact, the former u.s. defense secretary roberts gates who served president obama and president bush says russia for all practical purposes has control of ukraine, and it's only the beginning. >> i think it's part of a long-term strategy on putin's part to re-create a russian sphere of influence and russian bloc. i don't think that he will stop in ukraine until there is a government in ukraine, in kiev that is essentially pro-russian.

now to further break down and explain this crisis is scott, the defense attorney, a former d.c. council who also used to be head of the district democratic party and a man who once represented jeff thompson's company, chartered health, nits dealings with in dealing with city government. >> your reaction to somebody who worked with jeff before this all break down. >> i worked with his company, went into receivership and the company transferred hands as of late last year. this is incredible. an incredible bomb shell. when you talk about a pyramid prosecution, this is as close to the top as you get. i don't think it's as much about criminal justice, it is about that, but it's more about political justice if you will. you have a leading candidate who is the incumbent who has a good shot of getting reelected in the primary with 90% of the district being democrat. if he wins the primary, he wins the final, the reelection piece. that being said, you have a department of justice investigation that spent a lot of resources over 3 plus years investigating and two big fishes in this investigation. jeffrey thomp

to be with us for some time to come as this incident is investigated. we're being told to use 50 as an alternative to get through this area. this is westbound blocked bowie to d.c. very bad accident. you can see all that traffic there. we're going to move on to colesville at university boulevard. there was an accident here earlier this morning. that is cleared at this point so that is looking a lot better. and we're going to go into virginia at 395 at 14th street. crash on the d.c. side. so that is going to affect the commute. keep is slow. be safe as we make it through this commute. i'm send it ♪ [ wellington ] multimillion-dollar athletes can afford almost anything. ♪ but what they really want... welcome back, sir. [ wellington ] ...is what they never stop loving. ♪ [ whistles ] [ wellington ] mcdonald's dollar menu at breakfast. with options like the sausage mcmuffin and the mccafé coffee, they can pick their favorites and share the wealth. there's something for everyone to love at mcdonald's. ♪ there's something for everyone to love at mcdonald's. the all-new chevy silverado: from the family of the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the r

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to locate that wreckage. but they kept at it and found it. and the same thing will happen here. >>> lisa stark for us in washington, d.c. sa thank you very much. >>> earlier, todd curtis talked to us about whether a real time satellite based system should replace the long used black boxes, and here is what he had to say. >> the question is given the cost and the efforts to implement it, is it worth the effort for the airplane industry to do so, and if tomorrow the rules change, it could take years, perhaps decades before the entire world's fleet evolves to the new technology. >> that is todd curtis, the al jazeera america national transportation expert. in washington the head of the senate intelligence committee now saying the cia improperly searched a network established for congress. that accusation made by senator diane feinstein on the floor of the u.s. senate. mike these are very troubling accusations. what is behind it? >> can you imagine the cia is accused of spying on the senate intelligence committee. and that is the allegation that has burst into public view. this story has been percolating when we were all pre

to creating jobs, spurring innovation, and developing in emerging sectors. >> as a region, i do not think anybody can compete with us. >> we had to ask, with d.c. having governor o'malley pushing for minimum wage raises, any concerns about competition now thatat virginia has rejected a minimum wage boost? nope. at least that is what they say on camera. >> stutudy after stutudy showswe is no job displacement when it comes to one jurisdiction on one side of the border appeared w are all concerned about jobs. in terms of phobias and fears aboutt people packing up and moving because of minimum wage, i do not have that fear. >> i would echo what governor o'malley has said. we are excited to be able to offer a high wage to the people of district of columbia. i do not worry about his placement. we are all about jurisdictions growing. >> we asked evernham mcauliffe about metrostrated delays on the silver lines again? >> i asked the secreta o of a trans-petition to work with them. -- secretary of transportation to work with them. it is important that it is done right. itare not going to accept until a contract is called for. i am hoping thawill happen v

that's going to hold us to 50 near baltimore, d.c. corridor, but out toward the shore, things are a little bit different as temperatures will be slightly on the warmer side. at least hitting upper 50s to near 60 degrees. keep in mind we are staying under this yellow alert. not only for the overnight, but throughout the day, on our sunday forecast. then, we slowly start to build in some sunshine. we'll see partly to mostly sunny skies by monday afternoon and temperatures will rebound with southeasterly winds. we'll at least get out of the 50s and into the lower 60s. we'll push it into the middle 60s by tuesday. it isy anecit will be no problem for folks to get out and exercise their civic duty and get out to the polls. then as we head into wednesday and thursday, we are continuing our warmup. near 70 degrees by wednesday afternoon. we'll also bring in more cloud cover for thursday. we'll see the showers and even possibly a thunderstorm begin to develop. but at least we are clearing out with some of the heavier, steadier rain that we hav

to thank you very for keeping us up-to-date. he is the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine joining us from washington, d.c.. guest up it is mystery monday. it is time for clue number one. it is a career putting the pedal to the metal. more next. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. new heat on tobacco companies. attorney generals from 28 states and territories have signed a letter asking the five largest retailers to stop selling tobacco products in their pharmacies. one is the eternal -- attorney general from maryland. joining me is olivia sterns. you have been covering this story all day. great to have you with me. just highlight where we stand with this potential ban on selling tobacco products. they're asking the stores to stop selling the cigarettes but they do not have the power to institute a ban. what is interesting is that they are no longer just asking pharmacies. this follows the cvs moved to voluntarily stop selling tobacco products. they said it is fundamentally inconsistent with the new strategic mission. they are asking other retailers including walmart, safeway and kroger as well as writ

you got used to the 60s and the beautiful weather. d.c. up to new york, it is long gone.as far south as the mountains of tennessee, and the winds are howling too. wind gusts 30 to 40-mile-per-hour range. very windy. it's not snowing, but it's windy, and it's cold. philadelphia, the wind chill of three. that's like a january wind chill. negative numbers in buffalo and pets burg. by the way, we saw about a foot of snow for buffalo to syracuse and rochester. morning got a lot of snow and ice and freezing rain. there were power outages up there. as we look at the temperature change, this is your question. he wanted to know how much the temperature had changed in 24 hours. about 30 degrees colder right now in new york city than this time yesterday. pittsburgh, almost 40 degrees colder. again, that's the shot. look at the rest of the country. too bad we couldn't take the whole -- texas, beautiful. mid 60s. gorgeous spring weather. >> 80 on tuesday. >> 80? it's going to be pretty nice there on friday too throughout much of the country. even the middle east, we warm up by saturda

d.c. the further north you go, lesser amounts. it is out of by midday monday. in terms of snow totals, i want to caution you. this one computer model we are using. it shows approximately 4-5 inches of snow in a d.c. we have to shave off two inches because a lot of it is going to melt on contact. the higher amount in the south, i do expect that. much morexpect to see than six inches across southern maryland if you see that much. the heavier amounts south of the district. scatter clouds and cool and breezy. temperatures will fall into the 30's for tomorrow. change over to wintry mix and then all of snow. temperatures upper 30's. your extended outlook. witha look at a back lash a chance for showers on tuesday. then spring, finally. where have you been? then around the 60 on friday. saturday, lower 60's. >> we have to get through the next couple of days. >> not the biggest storm we have seen all year. >> thank you. hopes to make a splash on the big screen. arch >> from "breaking bad" to breaking the speed limit on the big screen. ,"e new movie, "need for speed< does arch campbell thing it is worth the racing to the screen? the starring role in "need

i think it's going to give us a good idea. >> dent is the 13th d.c. ter arrested in the past six months on everything from dwi to assault. firefighters required to notify the department if they're arrested. but the chief is now running background checks to make sure nothing is going unreported. >>> that's not the only problem that fire chief kenneth ellerbe is facing tonight. at a d.c. council hearing today, a retiring deputy chief accused ellerbe of creating a culture of fear and intimidation in the department. kevin burn blamed that culture for contributing to firefighters' failure to help a man who had collapsed outside a fire station and who later died. burns says they are afraid of being disciplined for breaking protocol. chief ellerbe says he was taken aback by the comments, and he says he has tried to be fair with discipline in the department. >>> tonight the fbi is helping alexandria police collect and investigate all the new tips coming in about three high profile murders that may be connected. but there are also questions about whether alexan

to this accident b. you i wouldn't be surprised if he gets asked about it. >> lisa stark for us in washington d.c. and thank you so much. with so many questions unanswered about the police night, experts are trying to figure out how far off-course it might have flown. cod curtis joins us to talk about how wide the possibilities are. >> the range where this aircraft has gone goes as far as india, australia, indonesia, and parts of china and mongolia, and this could greatly expand the search area. >> elsewhere, the ukrainian prime minister, addressing crimea today. earlier today, russia's defense ministry saying that it had posted 8500 additional soldiers on the ukrainian border, and add that to the troops already inside of the ukraine. phil, what can the u.n. do at this point in time? >> well, probably not a lot, del, frankly. we have to keep in mind that russia handguns a seat on the u.n. security council, if there's any talk of a resolution, they can veto it. and if they talk of course, there's still consolidation going on on the ground in crimea. and nobody is going to ship those soldiers through

amie parnes came to was a couple years ago after a mid level start up in arlington, virginia and joins us in washington d.c. and white house correspondent doing a fabulous job, great sources and a real adornment to the paper. jonathen allen in his nomadic career was with us in 2005-2006, done obviously great work which you already know. is a are the star attraction. please come up, jonathen allen and amie parnes. [applause] >> thank you. i want to thank you all for being here. it means a lot to us. for all of your support. we have been through a lot. we disappeared from the scene for a year-and-a-half. we spent not of nights and weekendss at my apartment, we wanted to thank you all for your support. this book is important, not just politics aside, it is about a come back story. republicans and democrats should rally around how do you get over come back, stay alive and that is important to know. i hope you read it, like and we like hearing from you guys. [applause] >> on behalf of bloomberg and held for throwing this party, in particular laurie hays who mentioned she hired me, so thank you, i really appreci

unfortunately, this is something we're going to have to get used to in the d.c. area for some time, because the snow's only expected to get heavier and heavier. keep in mind, two weeks ago we were talking about, this is the biggest snowstorm they had with 6 inches to a foot of snow in the d.c. area, the biggest snowstorm here in three years. now once again, we're talking about potential for another 5, even 10 inches of snow, guys. unbelievable what kind of season this has been. of course, the bull's eye now further south. if you're out towards new york city, you're only talking about maybe under an inch of snow. that system has progressed farther south, so the bull's eye around the mid-atlantic, d.c., virginia, west virginia. the farther south you are, you'll get more of the wintry mix. even farther south than that, the temperatures are warmer, you'll be talking about rain. but regardless what kind of winter weather you're getting, it is so cold, guys. we are talking about another blast of arctic air. so temperatures are not just about 30, 40 below where they shou

to be aware of. >> a tough moment that we are watching unmold before our very eyes. libby casey joining us from washington, d.c. libby always a pleasure to have you. >>> hundreds of people were injured during the mass protest at kiev's independent square. but one woman who was nearly shot to death caught the world's attention with a tweet. nick schifrin sat down with her. [♪ music ] >> in independent square they refuse to forget. below the stage that helped launch the revolution the shrine goes every day. these are the new government heroes. they call them the heavenly squad. nearly 100 people killed in the last ten days by police pull let's. this country, this city is still mourning. >> they didn't come here to listen to president yanukovych's first presence since leaving the country. >> we all must i thank those what fell at the barricade. it's all because of them now. >> because of them last wednesday activist she walked into a massacre. she ran towards the bullets, towards the wounded. she traveled here from ten hours away. she is a volunteer nurse and knew she had to help. but then a sniper aimed at her.

d.c. news coverage to help us dissect this race.oining us today, robert mccacartney, columnist at the "washington post." mimichael martinez, producer of the "kojo nnamdi show." and the "politics hour." and michael neibauer, reporter for the "washington business journa and one of our regular contributors. welcome to you all. mimichael martininez, let me stt with you becse you all have the poll that was fresh out of ga thagot a lot of attention. >> we were interested to see how the guilty plea would affect these candidates. what w we found most t interestg is that muriel bowser r was told running in aially deadeat and that was corroborated, we fou the vincent gray actually have a very rocksolid base of support that keeps them around 26%, 27%, and he is not likely to lose any more voters an that. >> it seems to h have lidified for the mayor. 27% vincentowser, gray, 14% undecided, , and the rest of the candidates taking the remaining f field. he "washington post" came out tn march 25 with a pol we will take a look atat that. ♪ >> welcom

state, that does not give it the right to use force as a means of exerting influence inside that state. >> doesn't have the right to use force and then we turn from d.c. to kiev where secretary of state john kerry made a symbolic stop in independence square where that revolution began and visited a shrine to the fallen and after that he blasted russia. >> it is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force, that can best solve disputes like this in the 21st century. >> kerry brought a lot more than just talk with him. he actually put a big offer on the table, one billion in aid, including energy assistance. just for his arrival, putin took to tv to defend his presence in the crimea region. he called it a unconstitutional coup and any military intervention would be a mu humanitarian mission. >> there's no reset with vladimir putin. he is not going to expect the president to be more flexible after he is re-elected. >> the first shots were fired in the erupting crimea region. video captured russian troops firing warning shots at ukrainian soldiers who marched on an air field to demand their jobs back. let's gets more from kiev with ian wil

d.c. tweet us or leave your comments on facebook. more people are choosing to live in cities than suburbs. author of the great book "the end of the suburbs where the american dream is moving." lee is assistant managing editor at fortune. >> thank you for having me. >> i didn't really realize that this change had happened where more people are moving into cities. people are still moving to the suburbs. it's not a flight from the suburbs into the cities. what is your sense of what is behind this. >> reporter: your encapsulation was one of the best encapsulation of the trend and why we're here. >> i read your book well. >> reporter: kudos for you. this data is just the latest of data that has come out every couple of months to show you that this is a seismic shift here. some people want to live in the

us. this motion will make our its legislation easy to use for outdoors who want to use the modern formats and tools. this policy mysteries what our itself congress has already done in washington, d.c. promoted by people speaker john boehner and they've requested professional data on line so constituents can comment on bills and let their voices be heard and let the information funnel back to the congressional delegation i'm hoped to continue this we'll continue to have the third party developers we might develop it in house as well as the clerk's office where the san francisco residents can comment on legislation we introduce and continue to promote civic engagement in our legislation process. i'm proud to have worked with the sunlight coalition and the nonprofit leaders and within government that advocate for more government transparency our we work with those organizations as well as the clerk's office again, i want to thank our city clerk and willingness to work that on this legislation to come to the final product introduced today. posting the city's legislation in those more than that data formats will allow the third party people to promote civic engagement. i hope we all ut

and they have found no connections to terrorism or hijacking from their citizens. dell. >> randall for us in washington, d.c., randall, thank you very much. now to a very closely watched trial in north carolina. at 1 point, everiry st. clair was looking at life in prison, now it's no jail time for the army general accusing of mistreating a subordinate, who also happened to be his former misstress. in natasha joins us now by phone, natasha, what was the sentence? >> dell, as you alluded to, for this two year process, general st. clair lives with the possibility of having to register as a six offedder if he was convicted. sexual assault charges those charges were dropped this week, he pled guilty to 14 counts including adultery, and mistreating his former misstress. and he walked out of the courtroom today with a reprimand and a $20,000 fine. he spoke to reporters briefly. >> it's been a difficult time for me and my family. the system worked. i have always been proud of my army. all i want to do now is go up north, and hug my kids and see my wife. >> this is what happens next. sinclair will have to go to a se

to the anchor desk. >> thank you, jess. >>> d.c. police chief cathy lanier uttered the words none of us wanted to hear. for 8-year-old relisha rudd has now turned into a recovery operation. >> even with the change, investigators are holding on to some hope that she may be still alive but that hope is slowly fading. >> this morning police are expected to return to kenilworth park in northeast to continue looking for the child who hasn't been seen since march 1. nikki burdine joins us from the site with more. >> reporter: good morning. it's discouraging news to say the least. police are out here right now. they're waiting for the sun to come up so they can start searching once again in what they're calling a recovery effort for 8-year-old relisha rudd. police were out here all day yesterday searching this entire park. they had search dogs, f.b.i. agents, and police officers out here looking for any signs, any clues of little relisha rudd who has been missing since march 1. on march 2, police say that they -- that kahlil tatum, the man they believe may have abducted her bought 60 contractor size trash bag

d.c. teenagers are doing just that. news4's danella sealock introduces us to high school students that are already building their dream. we never did anything like this before in our life. >> reporter: eric and t.j. are juniors at roosevelt high school in d.c. with the help of a non profit called build metro d.c., these cousins are now business partners. >> bill use as four-year comprehensive model where we introduce rising ninth graders to the entrepreneurship in business building process. through their ninth grade year they write business plans and meet with businessmen towards competing in competition. over the next three years, through high school, we actually help them launch those businesses. we invest in those businesses and use those businesses to connect the entrepreneurship experience to academic and college and career success. >> reporter: when these young businessmen first entered the program, they were not so enthusiastic. in pact, t.j. says he thought that build was a wood shop class and eric's first thought -- >> eric and t.j. were not unlike a lot of the students that are in our build program in the nin

>> take us to d.c. >> hold wd.c. is a great place visit all year round.els in the area. and you can see why by reading those reviews from real traveler. they like the affordability, the location, short walk to the white house. >> yeah. all right. >> thank you so much. >> we appreciate it. >> spring, get here. >> time to get your kids busy. >> projects for kids, by kids. >> meet tristan and tyler. >> so adorable. >>> if your kid has cabin fever and can't wait for spring or you want them to drop the video games for a while, these guys have got something for you. >> they are twins, tristan and tyler. they have some fun spring crafts your kids can do, probably things you have around your house. >> most of them are easy enough to do without a grown-up. we'll help them out today, just for fun. >> who's who? >> raise your hand if you're tristan. raise your hand if you're tyler. >> i don't believe it. >> what are we making? >> right now? >> yes. >> okay. so -- >> next week if you want, but this would be good right now. >> okay. right now we're making -- we're eit

to go and maybe a little snow in our seven-day as well. >> right now, we are hearing of complete gridlock in downtown d.c. >> amanda meadows joins us now with more on this mess. >> that's right. we have bumper-to-bumper conditions downtown around the convention center. a couple of different things that are contributing to this right now. we will start out with this live shot. this will be along new york avenue. it is just slammed around this area. police officer right there beside the cones, they have police directing traffic around that area along l and m street as well as oceans of 14th. 14thhad -- as well as street. they have closed down streets all over the area. that is combining with the two-hour delay for a lot of d.c. workers. that is what is causing all of this gridlock. it will take a while for it to clear out. concerty, for the aipac in the convention center, they have closures along beach drive. so keep that in mind. >> thank you. eric dane coverage of this winter weather now continues. xd slick roads created a dangerous situation for this morning's commute. >> we have to take it easy here. i thought it would be more clear. >> t

to you. >> families living at d.c. general shelter have followed the search as well for relisha and russ ptacek joins us with reaction to today's discovery from folks who were living there. >> reporter: this is the a man entrance to d.c. general. -- main entrance to d.c. general. it is a hospital converted into a homeless shelter. you can see a child walking in now. they've been playing out front, the children without an apparent care in the world, the parents not wanting to go on camera as this has unfolded throughout the day beginning with the rumors before the 3:00 news conference and then when they learned it was an adult male and not relisha, there was a moment of relief, but now what's going on here is the continued fear, that question bruce just asked. where is relisha? so the concern here and lack of answers just like there is all over our area. back to you. >>> panic grips a suburban baltimore college campus after reports of a gunman on the grounds. stevenson university still on lockdown this evening. folks are ordered to stay put until further notice. scott broom joins us live from the campus in owings mills w

to hear hopef hopefully from 5:00 p.m. we'll have updates from the president himself. thank you, libby casey, for joining us from washington, d.c. also joining us, james, deputy director from ukraine. is there a difference between authorization and action? >> not really. it seems to me that the big question is no now is whether ts an expo facto or is something more ambitious being planned by russia in the future. >> president obama said that he was deeply concerned about russian intervention in the ukraine, but what options does he have on the table? >> there is very small options. there is canceling the g-8 this year. i'm sure that really scares president putin. president obama has stayed clear of the red line characterization that he used in syria because there is not much the united states can do unless we want a nuclear confrontation with nato on one side and russia on the other. i don't think people want that. remember how people reacted to the military action in syria. >> you mentioned syria. is it possible that the syrian peace talks are now in jeopardy? there is up tension, could the peace talks be derailed? >> well, th

to prosecution rape and other serious offenses. the pent gone opposed the lemn sleighs, says commanders should have more responsible for the men and women they lead. rosalyn jordan is in washington, d.c. for usand has more on this, good to see you, what is this change going to mean for these cases. >> well, basically, the status quo stays, tony, right now when someone has a complaint, that he or she has been sexually assaulted by someone else inside the military, the persons commanding officer is in charge of not only investigating but also has the ability in some cases, and it is quite controversy to overturn a decision should that person actually go before a court marshal and be convicted. of course, this is a very controversial decision, because there are many people in the u.s. senate where this vote took place, a couple of hours ago, who want to see a change, they feel that the military hasn't been taking the problem of sexual assault jeerly enough, and they say the only way for this to be stopped is to bring in civilian lawyers. what was the flash point for this, how do we get to this potion, where there was this legislation and debate. >> you would have thought it was the tails of sca

to 370. >> randall pinkston joining us live from washington, d.c. this morning. ank you very much. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, some say florida is one of the most dangerous states to live in, especially if you are homeless. and celebrating america's architecture, we'll talk about an exhibit that puts the spotlight on immigrants who came here and made history. >>> we are following breaking news out of a new york city courtroom. the son-in-law of osama bin laden has now been convicted of conspiring to kill u.s. citizens. serving as a spokesman for al-qaeda, he was the voice in these videos made after the september 11th attacks on the u.s. calling for recruits to go on mores missions. again, he has been found guilty in that case. ♪ >>> wall street at this hour, building on yesterday's gains. the dow right now is up about 33 points, but it is off of the highs for the day. investors getting a dose of good news on orders for manufactured goods. the initial offer for king entertainment not good enough for investors it seems. king digital relies on candy crush fo

rosiland jordan reporting to us from the capitol of washington, d.c. >>> bolivians still trying to cope of heavy rain. thousands of people are stranded waiting for help in some rural areas. >> reporter: isolated from the rest of the world, several weeks of heavy rain have cut off towns, villages and indigenous families like this. homes flooded and crops left to rot in the fields. communities like this one now lack clean water, food and medicine. most of their life is lost in the floods. >> translator: my daughter has all of these burns all over here, they think it is because of the water, because of the dead imagines. the water is filthy. >> translator: now more than ever, we need support, especially food and medical supplies, and also a doctor who stays permanently. now when the water level is lowering, the sickness is affecting everybody, elders and children, but there are no doctors to help us. >> reporter: a massive aide operation is underway, but few are satisfied with the response. they want the go to declare the region an official disaster area, to allow international aide organi

to researchers at duke university. they also found thousands of gas leaks in boston and washington, d.c. using a street level detection vehicle. at least a dozen leaks in d.c. were potentially explosive, according to their analysis. >> more surprising was the fact that when we went back four months later, 3/4 of those dangerous leaks had not been fixed. >> reporter: from this explosion in san francisco in 2010 to this one a year later in allentown, pennsylvania, gas incidents cause an average of 17 deaths every year, and $130 million in property damage. if gas caused the blast in new york, with seven fatalities, it would be one of the nation's deadliest accidents of its kind. from this vantage point, a close-up look at the utter devastation. that hole over there, that pile of debris is where the two apartment buildings once stood. firefighters are still here. the conditions are harsh, the temperatures frigid. it's windy. when you look at that pile of debris, you get a sense of how difficult it's going to be to conduct a thorough search and rescue operation for any survivors or victims. today,

i want to bring in kerry sanders who joins us from d.c. kerry, uyou have been listening to this, what does it tell you that they believe are two objects off the indian ocean? is this something that you're hoping can possibly be the key? >> it appears that for the first time there is something to go on. now, remember, the area where it appears they've spotted something, and this is satellite imagery, is in an area just south of the target area thafgs established by the scientists. some math me tixs used the available data that they could. and they first found an area off the coast of australia to the southwest. and they officially thought that they were looking at an area that was about 3 miles which is just immense. they narrowed it down today to 120,000 square miles. and now we hear that the satellite imagery are just south of that narrowed target area. to it seems to fall in line with what the australians said that this is not any confirmation of wreckage. but they would not have come forward with this if they did not have some degree of

. >> for more we want to go to nbc's kerry sanders who is live for us in d.c. i know it was roughly about 40 minutes ago that you were able to confirm that the air asset that the u.s. has in the area, the poseidon was unable to confirm debris. >> this is a very high-tech piece of equipment, an aircraft that flies over the area with ability with radar to see anything floating on the surface, and it was in the area for almost four hours. it sees a good 10,000 square miles. they have a general idea of the target area of where this is because of the satellite photographs. after almost four hours in the area they found nothing. that aircraft is now returning back to perth which is where it's based for the time being. there are some p3s which are similar aircraft from both the new zealand and australian na navies that are making their way there. i don't know their timetables, to pick up and look at the area to continue seeing. it's now 5:30 in the evening there. but really daylight or darkness does not impact the ability to see. but i think the real headline is that a

you need to use two, three four. the c d.c., recognising the situation saw the opportunity on the back of a recent study that you just discussed to put in stop a set of guidelines. they are nonsense call. when put into institutional policy can decrease the unnecessary use of antibiotics pushing the resistance. >> we had 2 million sick because of super-bugs and 23 die. the president and his budget is asking to double the amount spent for detecting and enough? >> it's never enough. but it's a good step in the right distrctirection. what we need to do is step back. like the park bench, we need to sit on it, but no one wants to pay for it. if you are a doctor and you have a patient and your patient is sick, you want to throe the biggest gun you have. when the doctors do that, it's a matter of time when we treat people for the wrong antibiotics, we are giving too much, too little and all lead to the selection of bacteria that become like super-bugs. always. >> time to see what is trending on al jazeera's website. >> you were just t

. >> garrett, many thanks to you for joining us from washington, d.c. >>> the philippines has presented a united nations tribunal against china over its territorial claim to around 80% of the south china sea. just 24 hours earlier, a chinese ship tried to block a philippine vessel as it headed towards the disputed islands, that incidents was caught on camera as erica wood reports. >> reporter: making its presence known and warning the philippine vessel to turn around, the standoff report today have lasted two hours was noisy but but violent the fill fine ship continued on its journey but the actions of china was filled thinkefirmed byjournal ill. it's one of many attempts of china to get a stake in the potential oil and goose reserves as well as the philippines, several others lay claim to the islands, including taiwan, brunei, malaysia and vietnam. the majority, but not all of the islands in the spratley group are occupied by the philippines. the drew was on its way to this rusty military outpost to give supplies to the marines who live on board. thus station today guard the philippine