it took us until august 2 for the d.r. requester to withdraw his frivolous d.r. request. and then it took six weeks to go to three people sitting within 30 feet of each other on the first floor of 1600 mission street. those were p.p.c., d.p.w., b.s.n., and finally to the central perm -- central processing bureau. and the last one performed admirably. what i have liked to have done was to be able to pick that permit up after d.b.i. reviewed it when it came back from planning, it was reviewed fairly quickly the first time by p.b.c. but every time it went someplace else, it had to go back to p.b.c. they said, oh, you have to start all over. and so each time it went to another person, there would be like another three life week late. [tone] a permit that they had to just put a few notes on. that was the third entity. it literally didn't take half an hour for any of those people to look at it. and yet it delayed my client, so he missed a whole year. he can't take the roof off of his house to fix it now and upgrade the soft story because he'll have the roof off in the rainy sea

august 30. this was not recorded until september 3. this may usually cause us problems. but this case is still with the special investigations division. the sergeant has this and i have been in contact with him since this happened. we're trying to find out this individual's identity. there are several rantings and it seemed like he was mentally unstable. we are still working on this. this is what has happened this year, and the special investigations division does not extrapolate the specific crimes and match them to hate crimes. if you have any questions i would be happy to answer them. and go giants. >> another set of issues that has been brought to my attention, that has -- things that have happened in the system, that are not crimes but our very uncomfortable for people. homophobic things happening on the bus that are not taken very seriously by the driver or he may be participating. >> i think one of the questions -- what were the reactions of the employees and what actions are they required to take. and in both of these cases, let murphy speak to this. it appears t

calling "you're hired" siegel tells us about her journey on and off the unemployment line: >> my name is marci siegel, and i was unemployed from november until august. i was at a private school that was an exclusive environment for dyslexic kids, and we would all work together how to help these kids. if there was a teaching need, i would teach a science class, and then i turned into administration. over time, with the economy, they laid me off. every day is a full-time job to look for a job. you have to sit there and spend hours writing your cover letters, writing your resume over again. sending them out, looking at different sites all day long. after a while, when i realized i wasn't able to go back to a hospital because i didn't have two years recent clinical, when i kept getting turned down in that area, i flew that i had skills that i would have to diversify with. it just popped up. and then all of a sudden a few popped up in this industry, and i just sent out the resume. i knew i could do it, and i made that clear. i can do this work. about three months later i got a call. and she said, i'm very sorry, and i thought she was going to say she hi

until today. that car now belongs to insurance companies which can do anything it wants with it. >>> new numbers from the us labor department show the unemployment rate held steady. it was 5.6%, same as in august. the economy shed more, losing 159,000 jobs in the public sector. >> you don't want to see anybody lose their jobs, but if you're going to see somebody, you'd rather come out of the public sector instead of the private sector because it's the private sector that's going to grow our economy. >> about 15 million americans are out of work. the jobless rate has remained at or above 9.5% more than a year, the longest stretch since the great depression. >>> the stocks ended with the dow industrials above 11,000 since may. >>> earlier this week we reported that hilltop ford's lincoln mercury dealership in richmond was among 175 dealerships being closed around the nation. that information was obtained from a call to the dealership. the owner of the dealership now tells us it is not closing. >>> bank of america says it is expanding its freeze on foreclosures to all 50 states while it reviews tens of thousands of cases due to concerns that paperwork was rushed. one bank of america employee test

august 5th. originally, they were told they might not see the light of day until christmas. >> thank you, kai. crews on the surface have usedmall bore hole to send them food, water and other necessities. >>> in other news, a jet skier shot to death. today, his body still has not been recovered. and there is new pressure to step up the investigation. >> reporter: texas governor rick perry wants mexico's president to call him by friday. he is hoping to speak with president felipe calderon about the search for the body of david hartley who was reportedly killed on a border lake last week. [ phone ringing ] >> hello. >> ma'am? >> yes. >> are you sure that you're husband got shot? >> yes. in his head. >> reporter: tiffany hartley says mexican pirates shot her husband on falcon lake. because the attack allegedly occurred in mexican waters, american officials can't investigate it. but mexico insists it is doing everything it can. >> as far as we know, we don't think they have been looking. >> reporter: governor perry is calling on federal officials to do more to protect the area. he's asked the obama administration to dispatch an

used was approved by the chief toxicologist." that's the way these cases wer brought to court. last march, april, may, june, july and august. the problem is the chief toxicologist didn't approve this equipment until september. peter nichols the attorney general for the district says the dwi cases for e last six months will be reviewed. some charges may be dropped. some may be reduced. he promised to be fair and accurate. d.c. police say their machines are accurate. it's the procedure that was the problem. >> there's absolutely no issues with the integri through reliabily or accuracy of the instruments. >> the problem is? >> protocol. >> reporter: some history. from march 2008 until march 2010 police had calibration problems withhe intoxilyzer the equipment they used then for dwi arrests. since then 300 dwi convictions are now in question. i'm pat collins, "news4 today." >>> heads up if you plan to use metro this weekend. you should expect some dels and not just along one line. metro will do track and platform repairs this weekend. expect half hour delays on the green and yellow lines between mount vernon square and u street and on the red line between shady grove and twin brook. also on the red l

used was approved by the ief toxicologist." that's the way these cases were brought to court. last march, april, may, june, july, and august. the problem is the chief toxicologt didn't approve this equipment. until september. peter nickels,he attorney general for the district says the dwi cases for the last six months will be reviewed. some charges may be dropped. some may be reduced. he promised to be fair and accurate. d.c. police say their machines are accurate. it's the procedure that was the problem. >> there is absolutely no issues with the integrity, the reliability, the accuracy of the instruments. >> reporter: so the problem here is? >> it's protocs and procedures. >> reporter: some history. from march 200until march 2010, police had calibration problems with the intoxilizer. that's the equipment they used back then in dwi arrests. as a result of that problem, 300 dwi convictions are now under question. calibration problems last year, procedural problems this year. the dispute over dwi arrests in the city could go on and on for some time. jim, back to you. >> pat collins. thank you, pat. >>> well, the entireast coast is still cleaning up from yesterday's torrential downpours. city offic

used was approved by the chief toxicologist. that's the way these cases were brought to court. last march, april, may, june, july, and august. the problem isthe chief toxicologist didn't approve this equient. until september. peter nickels, the attorney general for the district says the dwi cases fo the last six months will be reviewed. some charges may be dropped. some may be reduced. he promised to be fair and accurate. d.c. police say their machines are accurate. it's the procedure that was the problem. >> there is absolutely no issues with the integrity, the reliability, the accuracy of the instruments. >> reporter: so the problem here is? >> it's protocols and procedures. >> reporter: now if the story sounds familiar, let's tke a look at some history. from march 2008 to march 2010, police had calibration problems with the intoxilizer. at's the equipment they used back thenin dwi arrests. as a result of that problem, 300 dwi convictions are now under review. the dispute over dwi cases in d.c. is likely to go on and on for some time. barbara, back to you. >> all right, thank you, pat. >>> now let's get a check of our weather. some places were hit with more rain than they normally get in month