postal service presented vance's family with this large stamp showing vance and lucille ball in the sceneere they worked in the chocolate factory. >> i love that. >> it's one of many early memories the postal service will be releasing that's vivian vance's family right there. >>> 5:50 this morning. 72 degrees in baltimore. 78 philly. that is something to boo. we got 60s back into the mountains. >> boo! >> thank you. we have 60s back into the mountains of western pennsylvania. they had more showers in the front already sliding through there. the front itself, cold front, trying to bring in a fresh air mass with cooler temperatures, lower humidity, it will be stuck here for quite some time. it will probably slip on the cooler side of the boundary where we're looking at showers already erupting, holding together in the mountains of west virginia, the front extends all the way to the gulf coast. high pressure trying to build in but we have high pressure off the southeast coast and big block in the atmosphere. so this boundary gets hung up for a couple days, while the heat suppressed to the so

technologically vances mean that boats are equipped with satellite navigation and even autopilot, so you should never be of course. but leaving the comfort of the adoptees and months alone on the ocean requires a certain mental strength which many questioned whether a 13-year-old could possibly possess. but tonight, she remains determined to prove she is old enough to conquer the ocean. bbc news. >> we will let you know. madonna has said she felt compelled to comment on discrimination against romani gypsies on stage. she was cheered when she said at the discrimination made her feel sad. -- she was jeered. a lump of rocks from the first demanding has turned out to be a piece of petrified wood. it was given to the dutch ambassador shortly after the 1969 mission. people are using the internet to watch pirated copies of tv programs. the american drama series of "heroes" was the most popular. "top gear" also featured pretty high. children around world are concerned the fund may be coming to an end. the creators of bodybuilder and many other entertainments is -- the creators of bob the bui

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science fiction, i might recommend my favorite living science fiction writer and fantasy writer, jack vance, wonderfully ornate pros, most famous book is dying earth, a great influence on michael shaven, different ships in oakland. he might be someone i recommend or ursula k. le gwynn. a lot of people say i don't like science fiction or fantasy, read the left-hand of darkness. a book that examines every sort of aspect of our lives, sexual relations, the meaning of gender, the hero is black. there are all sorts of interesting elements. the key is things that were previously written. it is always hard to do that, to recommend books. this is why i had to write 5 of them, filled with lists and titles, things that i think people might want to check out. not to be self promoting but i think these books are useful for just the reason you describe. they will tell people about books they might want to try. >> what do we learn from reading literature? a lot of the book here are literary in nature. >> they are literary, even genre books are high end, we learn -- we enrich our lives, the aesthetic plea

. >>> lucille ball and vivian vance, now have a stance to call their own. the honors the memory of vivian vance, who won for her role as ethyl merts. >> that was great. >>> still ahead. massive housefire. >>> i'm ron matz at the maryland spca, where it's time to come on down. the price is right auditions are here. >>> and it's sunny outside right now. but rain clouds could be coming in. get your forecast. >>> for the top stories on wjz.com. instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. >>> beautiful shot of baltimore right now, bernadette. >> looking partly sunny, for sure. >> there you go. there's a good definition of partly sunny. when people ask us to explain it, right there. that's what you see. certain areas are getting thunder and strong ones, too. let me show you doppler radar. we have a strong line building up. and notice, these are moving south to north, whereas this one out to the west is coming from west to east. that's because it's all rotating around the storm that is just down to the south. so we're sort of in the thic

i'm jim vance. at y bth wodouasnd f at at body was found atza piz ma t prt mart at frtee sttr izms seet se bckenn oisnhe jackie bensen is on the s on th >> reporter: news that an employee had been found dead, murdered, inside the pizza mart here at fourth and adams street northeast has sent shock waves through the neighborhood just off rhode island avenue northeast. right now, police are looking into the possibility that the man was murdered last night. and not discovered until officers were sent to check on his welfare about 1:00 this afternoon. the thing that has investigators somewhat puzzled at this point is that police tell us the restaurant was locked uptight when the first officers arrived and they had to force entry inside and neighbors tell us they are very upset about this. >> very nice man. very, very nice man. >> very sad. we never expect this to happen here. very nice man. >> very sad. >> reporter: police are looking into the possibility that this was a robbery. jim and eun, back to you

vance.his friendly -- your average chelsea fans >> [unintelligible] tens of thousands of tickets selling out. and yet, it is swallowed by the big three american football, baseball and basketball. >> the premier league will expand here. >> anyone looking at the progress has to be pretty impressed. in december -- on president in terms of what is going on -- it is unprecedented in terms of whsts going on out there on the field. >> the children are involved and it takes up by qualifier. -- like while from oupoint wild. craigslist ( futbol will never -- >> still futbol will never replace the main american sport, but even a share of that would be good. >> the vga is in minnesota and after the opening -- the pga is in minnesota and after the opening, tiger woods is 5 under par. he started with a bogey-free round. the irishman who played with on friday carried a four under par. >> you can play yourself out of the golf tournament, but you certainly cannot win it on the first day. that is something th

i'm jim vance. >> and i'm wendy rieger. this pardon came this afternoon from kim jong-il at the request of former president clinton. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: the official release says the former president and his party have now left north core re, a but it certainly sounds like in the party are these two american women who were locked up sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. so their families are certainly excited. and here in washington, a lot of officials, a lot of people are also hopeful that the former presidens

eun joins jim vance effects for "news4 at 6:00." >>> we are learning more of an own of a d.c. pizza shop who was found murdered in his store. >> car dealers are stopping cash for clunkers deal. >>> federal officials urging businesses to make preparations now and expected outbreaks of the swine flu. there are some storms moving through the area this evening. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm eun yang in for doreen gentzler. >> tornado warnings, some rorth of funnel clouds in st. mary's county and many reports of large hail and damage. now you can see that line and it is still a ferocious, as you can see, intense line of thunderstorms. now just moving out into the bay and i will briefly take off the radar. there you can see the last tip of extreme southern tip of st. mary's county. just past st. mary's city. hays beach and spots like that, you are still catching it. another couple minutes and it will be moving out into the bay. but it has been an afternoon with everything from large hail to almost ping pong ball sized hail in compton. that's moving off. the other big weather m

i'm jim vance. >> she is president john f. kennedy's younger sister and tonight she's surrounded byer husband and children and grandchildren. the 88-year-old shriver has been hospitalized for about a week. she suffered a series of strokes in recent years and has been living near the kennedy family compou where her younger brother is staying as he battles brain cancer. >> she's made an impact with a cause that's close to her heart. that's the special olympics, with more on this? >> reporter: mrs. shriver is the heart and soul of the organization which began at her maryland home. >> faces is a reasonable experience of people. >> reporter: many people in the washington area who have been touched by the work of eunice kennedy shriver say they're keeping her and her family in their prayers. they worship near the catholic home. as a teenager, a woman worked at an establishment that they had established at their counter home. >> that was my finlt intro dukds to working with children with them. mrs. shriver came out every day and work

. >> vance is not here. >> no. he is not. >> that's what it is. >> we'll seghnitot. outside tonight. partly cloudy. had a wonderful. wonderful. sunset. with those -- the sun breaking through the cloud. our temperature, outside, and gave us a nice colorful end of the day. right now, it's 77 degrees. after the high temperature of 87. we have really been under a dry summer, remember how -- up until, the summer sole ststices. our rainfall. three inches below average. many spots really wet. show you in a second. high temperature. 87 here. a lot of 80s. can i find a 90. yep. there it is. omaha. here we are in washington. 77 degrees. we have had six of the last ten august, by the way, hotter than july. could this be one? well, not tomorrow. we have had, little ripple in the atmosphere. you can see some cloud. showers, and there is a little area of low pressure. that wilkeep around us. as we go through, tomorrow.city. a few sprinkles. not the great beach day. over an inch of rain. tomorrow there may be more rainshowers also. well this could be become, could become and it is

. >> i'm jim vance. for a while there, it was kind of rough today. jackie bensen has been in the weather in rockville. we begin with bob upstairs. >> we have had a wild time of it with tornado warnings. a number of severe thunderstorm warnings. no widespread damage, but some hail. we have another batch of thunderstorms coming into the western suburbs. can see a bit of lightning for you folks in fairfax, county, but nothing severe. look at what was happening earlier. these are great pictures. this is kevin mourn, berryville, they did have large hail in winchester, and look at this shelf clouf. sort of an outflow from a severe thunderstorm in frederick county, maryland. that is where the tornado warnings were. our temperatures into the 70s. the other big story is hurricane bill. whichs going to have a big effect along our coast for the weekend. i'll tell you about that. dangerous rip currents. when i join you, a few minutes. >> all right, thanks, bob. the storms have knocked out power to a few thousand people in our area. and it's also made for some to

. >> i'm jim vance. police say the alleged assault happened in a doctor's office in chantilly they're worried there may be other victims. tonight we are hearing from the man who hired the suspect. craig melvin in fairfax county with the latest. >> reporter: the man accused of fondling the patients is in jail. his ex-boss says there are probably more victims out there. people in pain come to the chantilly specialist for treatment. when paul baconi opened the police he hired jorge sanchez as medical assistant. he recalls the first conversation he had with the patient two weeks ago. that was the first patient who said sanchez violated her. >> he walked out of the room. another medical assistant walked in. and she just broke down and said please don't leave me alone. >> the same day he says another patient made a similar claim. >> was concerned maybe i was wearing the wrong dress. my blouse was the wrong thing. i led him on. no, sweetie this is a doctor's office. i said good gosh, i don't know how deep this

. >> i'm jim vance. since may 16th. 16 motorcycles most sports bikes have been stolen from homes in and around charles county area. police say the scheme involved stolen vans and thieves who struck in the early morning hours. tonight there may be a break in the case. jackie benson is in waldorf with more. jackie? >> jim, a police chase that began here in the parking lot this afternoon resulted in an arrest that may have broken up a brazen motorcycle theft ring. the thieves have been targeting charles county motorcycle owners for months. they steal a minivan, remove the seats and use it to steal motorcycles from parking lots and homes. 16 bikes have been stolen that way since may. riders have been on alert. >> i kind of wherever i am at. >> investigators may have gotten a big break in the case this afternoon at a park and ride commuter lot on beantown road in waldorf. a motorist thought there was something suspicious about a man loading a motorcycle into a minivan. diane richardson with the charles county

i'm jim vance. >> i'm windy rieger in for doreen. the nation mourns the death of senator kennedy. michelle franzen starts us off. >> reporter: a lone spotlight illuminated by a hazard ship in hyannisport, a beacon of hope off the shore of the kennedy family compound. inside family and friends including senator john kerry gather to mourn and reflect on the great life lost. >> there is a very beautiful and personal, private, vigil taking place. it's very spiritual and -- about as -- beautiful as it could be. i think it is everything that senator ken tnedy would have wanted. private and public tributes. kennedy would have loved. [ "taps" plays ] at at fenway park, taps played in his honor. and flags flew at half staff, near his home to capitol hill. >> the liberal lion's mighty roar. i'll always remember. may now fall silent. his dreams shall never die. >> those who knew kennedy personally or from his dogged leadership in the senate said he fought until the end, battling brain cancer, and at the same time helping shape health care legislation. today president obama who received kenne

. >>> i'm jim vance. we begin team coverage in boston, massachusetts. steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: a celebration of senator edward kennedy's life and work and character. a gathering of big-name democrats and the kennedy clan that had been led till this week by uncle teddy. nephew joe kennedy -- >> he came back after so much tragedy. because of that heart, because of that drive and that determination. >> reporter: senator chris dodd on kennedy's place among his famous brothers. >> john fitzgerald kennedy inspired our america. robert kennedy challenged our america. and our teddy, changed america. [ applause ] >> reporter: kennedy cssed the aisle to work with republicans like his friend john mccain. >> ted and i shared the sentiment that a fight not joined was a fight not enjoyed. >> reporter: a video by ken burns portrayed ted kennedy as the captain of the family sailboat. >> he is on a schooner now, sail on, my friend, sail on. >> niece caroline kennedy. >> now teddy has become a part of history and we have become the ones that have to d

. >> i'm jim vance. it has taken over a block in northeast washington. plans call for the show to rebuild a community center. but working alongside the builders will be d.c. police offser on the clock. and we have learned the city will not get reimbursed by the show. jackie benson in northeast d.c. with more. >> reporter: you can see the officers at work here at the construction site the home of an after school program for some of the city's neediest children. should d.c. police officers be providing security here? news 4 has obtained documents showing police chief kathy laneer authorized the use of dozens of on-duty officers 24 hours a day to protect a bidding under construction onned me street northeast the scene of an upcoming episode of the show extreme makeover home edition. christopher bowman. >> the idea that we'll take 30 officers and take them away from citizens. the citizens are anything rechlt police officers are angry. we are not here to be the police to pro tkt a corporation. >> home of the fishing school. founded 20 years ago by tom lewis,

good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm lynn yang in for doreen tonight. the sheriff was done by deputies in spotsylvania countyut w b is in fairfax where he's been working closely with teenagers. jackie bensen has our report tonight. >> reporter: the part time high school wrestling coach is accused of having an online conversation with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. turns out the person 27-year-old was chatting with was a response valgia county's sheriff's deputy. john sheehan is from the national center of missingnd exploited children. >> research shows one in seven children received unwanted sexual solicitations online. >> reporter: fairfax county admissions systems confirmed he worked for the high school for two years. they say as we not a teacher there and that he did pass a criminal background check. parents we spoke to say they think those background checks are very important. >> i think those criminal background checks are imperative so that we find out what type of persons we have. you cannot be around children and then later on find o

. >> news 4's jim vance and tom sherwood are both featured in the documentary. sherwood himself enjoyed a special relationship covering barry since the 1970s. >> i try to see the whole marion barry. so many people got so mad at him, the wrong things he's done, much of it self-inflicted on himself, they can't see that he's a human being. >> among the many challenges the filmmakers face was convincing people that this was a worthy project. the controversy that surrounds marion barry also surrounds most attempts just to tell his story. >> it was also incredibly difficult to get this funded because it's a difficult story, a dark story, and it didn't fit into any very grant-friendly pockets. and so, we really, really had to work to find the right people who put the money into this. >> and there were some people who said no to appearing in the documentary. >> people were devastated by marion barry and what happened in the hotel. the city was devastated. and so, people that were angry about him, a lot of people have never gotten over that anger. >> whatever viewers com

i'm jim vance. >> i am wendy rieger.reed hours after bill clinton met with north korean leaders. >> steve? >> jim, wendy, thank you. big issue nuclear weapons. a diplomatic door may be opening by this rescue of two americans. mission accomplished. freed u.s. journalists laura ling, left, euna lee on the right leaving north korea wednesday morning local time. with former president bill clinton. the women who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for entering north korea heading back home to a california airport. their families' nightmare ending. >> of course, i am elated. this is one of the happiest days of my life. i am going to go down there and see my little girl. >> the former president's private secret meeting clearly had the blessing of the secretary of state and president obama who demanded lee's andling's release. nbc news learned that al gore, who employed the journalists helped arrange their release before bill clinton went. even ailing and reclusive dictator kim jong-il came out to bask in the world spotligh

so no, i think we should rest because we don't have thakind of vanced knowledge. >> abernethy: apparentlythe c.i.a. tried hard to keewhat wasone within the guidelines of what existed, but that me cases people did exceed those guidelines. should they be punied? >> absoluly, i think that in fat if we gave guidance to those interrogators and the still violat those guidelines there nee to be a moral accntability so that we reinforce that you respect t dignity ofuman beings. >> abernethy: and whaabout up the chain of command. if the inveigation reveals that high official maybe up to the vice president or the psident, authorized things that shouldn't he been done. should they be punied? >> they shoulbe held morally aountable. that doesn't me criminalizationor actual legal punishment but in a demracy that esuses certain moral values, i think we need thave a ceain accountability not only of what has hpened but it also prepar us morally to face e future where we might find ourselves in a similaroral siation where we're facing a crisis and pressure to andon oral presidents that we've observed. >> aber

carol vance, a former district attorney, was one of the founding members. >> we picked rufus because he's a great pastor, not because he's black. but i think it's wonderful that he is because we're sitting right here on the edge. and i sort of like to think of our church as the "bridge over troubled waters." >> to me, one of the true tests of the power of the gospel is to unify people across socio- economic, racial lines, which is what the heart of christianity is and was. >> reporter: karen giesen has a doctorate degree in theology. she says she grew up in a white church where people bowed their head, folded their hands and worshipped quietly-- very different from what she experiences at city of refuge. >> the worship style is an issue. none of us are right in probably our heart language style. we're all making a sacrifice to be there. it's a mix. a lot of people go looking for churches saying, "i am looking for the one that ministers to me." and to go here we've obviously all made a choice that we want to serve there. >> reporter: rebecca miller wants to be a pastor. she says she s

i am convinced that is jim vance. when he is not on camera, i think he is fishing somewhere. a beautiful day on the outside with your favorite fishing pole or best friend. august rainfall, less than an inch. july, barely over an inch. less than two inches since july first. 65% below average. and the good thing about this summer, have not had to mow the grass too much. the stretch of try days will continue around here. today, and tomorrow and tuesday before a rain chance comes back into the pingture. 76 degrees in vienna. and then it's going to be a nice day outside if you like it hot and mid. plenty of sunshine for us. quiet weather, and high pressure in charge. warmer and more humid weather is coming our wayor the first half of the we. we have been talking about it all morning. the tropics have gotten active temperature tropical storm anna over here, and maybe not doing too much. that is tropical storm bill that is expected to reach hurricane strength within the next 48 to 72 hours. we will keep a close eye on tropical storm bill. now in the gulf of mexico forming overnight

i' vance. >> i'm wendy rieger sting in for doreen. we are going to start by getting a check on the weather with bob. >> we are under a flood watch and we have still very, very saturated air. you can just see it outside. here are the areas under flood watch until later tonight. including the washington, most of the metropolitan area but heaviest rains now are for you folks into charles county and into southern maryland. they are not only heavy rain but also some thunder once again. some areas have had up to one to two inches of rain while other che ca s eeyo satn yonee batch of moder b od ra coming up i-95, too. and as we go through the remainder of theigarht we e going to continue to see some of these areas of heavy rain. look at andrews air force base.w almost two inches. so again, it is a flood watch through later on tonight. after midnight things will be settle down. meanwhile, in the atlantic, there's where most of the weather is for danny. look. this is a great picture from, again, polar orbiting satellite. it is a minimal storm

jim vance is here with the preview. >>> coming up tonight, signals that white house may be giving upe idea of a government-run health care option. >>> last week, we told you about a cargo ship that vanished at sea. the crew of that ship has now been found. >>> and an environmental group has issued a warning about the future of pandas. those stories and more coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you. see you in a few. >>> let's check with lindsay czarniak. >> hey there. laron landry is in his third full season with the redskins. laron really might be the athlete on this team that's in the best physical shape. he also has a hobby that matches his intensity on the field. he talked to me about that hobby, and also about how good it feels to be healthy at the start of the season. >> i feel real good. i mean, last year i had that injury. >> yeah. >> and it was kind of hard to overcome. but, you know, i prepared my body, sustained it. i feel like i'm -- too much. >> really? how does someone get too much intake? >> i nev get tired. >> you never get tired? >> i never get tired. >> explain

i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger. the coroner in los angeles unseals reports today that say that jackson's death was caused by lethal levels of propofol. jay gray has more on this developing story. >> reporter: nbc news has confirmed that the los angeles county coroner now considers the death of michael jackson a homicide. police sources say their investigation continues to center on the pop star's personal physician. those sources indicating he could be charged with manslaughter. investigators search dr. murray's clinic last month. new information from search warrant affidavits unsealed today in houston show jackson had "lethal levels" of propofol in his blood the day h died. t murray had been treating the pop star for insomnia about six weeks, given wrajackson propofo every night. >> propofol was never meant to be used night after night. >> reporter: the bigger problem may have come the night before and in the early morning hours of the day he died when, according to the warrants, dr. murray was apparently worried j

eun joins jim vance next for "news4 at 6:00." > >> >>> prince william county they found a couple dead inside their own home. >> metro is making preparations for the tens of thousands of redskins nationals and d.c. united fans expected to use the transit system saturday night. >> stocks way up today on news that home sales posted their biggest increase in ten years. >>> we got slammed this afternoon. big old thunderstorm rolling through. they are not done yet.

i'm jim vance. >> i'm eun yang. let's get right to bob ryan with a check on the forecast. bob? >> last night we had tornado warnings and severe storms in southern maryland. now there are a few showers and a few thunderstorms trying to get going. but i think today these are not going to amount to severe weather. that will be a different story tomorrow. look at the storms, though, heading towards charlottesville and you folks out into loudoun county and northern parts of maryland andust see something rain. regular showers up around lancaster, pennsylvania, though, there are nasty storms. but we have another storm to keep an eye on especially you folks heading for the beach. look at this dramatic picture. this is from the international space station. this is hurricane bill. this is the way it looks up from the international space station. right now it is a thousand miles southeast of cape hatteras and north carolina and winds are 125 miles an hour. i want to show you another dramatic picture. this is what the eye looks like. this is from 400 miles up. this was the eye as seen from

i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger. senator kennedy lost his battle to brain cancer last night at his home in hyannis port, massachusetts. during his nearly five decades on capitol hill, kennedy served alongside ten u.s. presidents vigorously championing causes such as health care and civil rights, earning him the nickname the lion of the senate. michelle franzen has our report. >> reporter: good evening. short time ago senator john kerry, who just left the kennedy compound, came out to give a statement. he said that the family is having, obviously, a difficult time today but they are pulling together and holding a private vigil tonight. this compound served as a retreat and at age 77, senator nnedy was the patriarch of a dynamic family dynasty that captured america's attention for more than a half century. tributes poured in today for a towering figure in american politics. s are zpents visitors in hyannis port left flowers for senator kennedy near the family compound. a summer haven, now in grief, along with the natio

wendy joins jim vance next. first we leave you with final memories of an unforgettable senator. >> i'm embarrassed how emotional i get. he left the world a better place. er

i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger. doreen is off this evening. senator kennedy was taken from his family's home on cape cod to the jfk library in boston. he arrived late this afternoon. steve handelsman is in boston this evening to talk about this. >> reporter: good evening from the jfk library in boston where senator kennedy's coffin has arrived. been taken inside and nearly 100 members of the kennedy can't are paying their respects. when they come out, there is a big line of the general public here. one security officialed 1600. it could be many more than that. the line stretches off into the distance and thousands of others in this area have already paid their respects and as the senator's motorcade made its way here. senator edward kennedy began his final journey. his casket carried from the family's legendary home at hyannis port. the whole kennedy clan had gathered to joyfully and tearfully remember the family patriarch. earlier there had been a private family mass. the procession would leave cape cod and make its way through massachusetts

the stamp was unveiled yesterday and actor vivian vance's place of the birth, kansas. i shows the memorable scene with lucille ball in the chocolate factory. >> i love that and the vitavetavejamen. i love that. this has nothing to do with thanksgiving but this stuffing is for burgers. welcome back. we have photograph you don't have to make the burgers outside. you have a grill pan here. >> i love using a grill pan, yes. >> we are talking about stuff we will stuff in the burgers. >> a little twist on the average burger. kicks it a little bit. and not only that i brought gluen free buns with me. >> tell me what it means. honestly i didn't know. >> when you have an intolerance to wheat so these buns are made with tapioca flour, rice flour. they are delicious actually. >> you can get your flour other ways. >> uh-huh. >> what are we stuffing in the burger. start with the ground beef. any particular kind. >> it is a special blend. it is a special blend, a secret recipe but it is a 78/22 and the grind is our secret. >> is that lean. >> so one i will stuff with blue cheese. th

wendy joins jim vance next for "news 4 at 6:00." >>> the man who opened fire in a health club and kill toledo people wte that he experienced years of rejection from women. >>> d.c. high school stunts are going to get the option of being tested for sexually

i'm jim vance. >> eun yang in for doreen gentzler. straight to bob ryan in storm center 4 for the latest this. >> we did have some very, very heavy tropical rains right in washington. essentially the watch is down. there was a watcherier. you can see a nasty thunderstorm that's moved through winchester with nickel-sized hail there. it is now movingnto the panhandle of west virginia and those are the areas you folks that are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 tonight. let me how is some of the towns and it includes spots like harper's ferry very soon and charlestown, west virginia. as well as lovettsville and parts of loudoun county. those are the areas under the warning now. severe thunderstorm warning for possibly some strong winds but also hail because there has been a report hail. we will keep an eye on that and you can see that the bigger view of things is that these storms will continue to move more towards the north and northwest of washington. more out in the shenandoah valley, too. meanwhile the other concern is bi

i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger. president obama hailed bernanke's action during the economic crisis and said he is the man for the job. steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: president obama said he is keeping ben bernanke on as federal reserve chairman because bernanke averted disaster. >> approached financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom. with bold action and out-of-the-box thinking that helped put the brakes on o economic freefall. >> reporter: some economists axwreed. >> i think there's little debate that bernanke has done an excellent job of getting us threw it. >> reporter: others complain bernanke's bold moves dropping interest rates to zero came after he let the housing bubble burst and wrecked the economy. >> very similar to the captain of titanic arguing for another command based on how effective he was in getting people into lifeboats. >> reporter: bernanke's current term runs until february. why did president obama interrupt his vacation and bring the fed chair to virginia

wendy joins jim vance next for "news4 at 6:00." >>> police rescue ad baby from g > in rncarg inrbu that crashed aftera chase in prince william county, virginia. >> michael vick expected to mick his debut for the philadelphia eagles tonht after appearing in bankruptcy court in virginia this

the arguments have not changed that much in the the arguments over national health care did not a vancemuch but i.f. stone th marked a the career that saw him rise to national prominence not only television and radi but as a correspondent for the natn and a columnist 4 pm the tabloid that refused advertisements to revolutionize american newspapers he was about to disappear, not literally for the moment he still had a job the daily compass had your readers in the same citie and the-- of him sauering into new deal agencies making three with the phones and the ioc still have friends in washington some were willing to be seen talking to him but it is another 18 years before i.f. stoneas next on national television and win political pundits dominated he was never again invited back on "me the press". one decade earlier stone had our developed as much access as a journalist in the country and included a harvard law professor at teacher supre court justice, the president's political fixer during world war ii stone worked closely with union leaders to propose plans to increase production of air

the key is the government of khartoum moving to redress the critical humanitarian concerns and to a vance the piece process itself we have a very different situation confronting us and that is the main thing we have to look for with our policy there are real measurements of what they're doing and we advance that process and i think that is exactly what general gration is doing. the time frame is critical and it will take heavy lifting by special envoy and others to advance this. so with that said let me invite a seamless transition to the second panel. i need to meet with some folks for just a minute and a senator lugar will chair in my absence so thick you for being here we will leave the record open for one week there will be additional questions that will the clarification a particularly mr. gast we did not have a chance to get to some of the things we need to know about the program and we look forward to doing that. thank you for being here. we invite the second panel to come up and take their seats. [inaudible conversations] >> may we have order so we can progress with our distinguis

eaten vance, two miss on the third quarter. lower here today even though the assets under management grew sharply about 13% on a quarter and quarter basis. back to you. >> thank you, matt nest tonchts co . >>> coming up, that is next. you don't want to miss it. this is "squawk on the street." market trying to crawl back to positive territory. we'll be right back. >>> let's take a look at the market and the internals. they're not bad. an hour and a half ago it looked like we were heading into the tank. and we're down only five points and the s&p is up a bit. what is advance/decline tell us? okay. that's not too good. all right. so most of the action is to the downside. but again, the index is not getting hit that hard. will the president's health care plan lead to rationing? on op-ed in today's "wall street journal" said, yes, it will. but again, that's the "wall street journal." here to explain why, martin feldstein, professor economics at harvard university. professor, why would it lead to rationing? >> because that's what the

nasdaq will voluntarily stop offering flash order types of the service that lets firms get addan vanced at trading orders and the strategist told cnbc that 1050 to 1100 is a reasonable target for the end of the year. we are first in business worldwide. >> here's what wall street is talking about this hour. nearly half of americans with mortgages are going to be under water in a couple of years that. could mean the housing problem is bigger than the market is banking on. the u.s. postal service is continuing to believe billions in red ink. they lost money almost every quarter for the last three years. demand was saying how bad things are. you can be our guest and talk about whether we need a postal system at all. president obama wants to be number one in alternative energy. they need $30 billion to make that dream come true. this is street signs and it starts now. >>> we begin with a check with the dow. you heard what courtney just said. adding to the course to make the full-fledged bull market. energy and health care stocks are leading lower today. a few out liars were a few of the most

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>> parts of broadband, the argument or the way to would vance the agenda has to be at a higher level. what i mean it is the value to create such as how we live fundamentally change the way medicine is practiced in the united states? however fundamentally change education or change the way government operates? i think it is less about the technology or the deployment of technology itself to make a very powerful case in terms of value it will add to the public sector but more importantly to the it american people. if we look at the gao example, it was not driven just because of the broadband technology underneath it but because there is a demand, leadership in terms of adopting new technology to make sure they are changing the way those institutions were running. in the same way what we need to do better with the federal government is to make sure we look at ourselves and self-image of the $76 billion consumer and think about how we can leverage some of these technologies and ensure we are scaling these ideas or the good work that has already happened at gao across the u.s. government.

it uses 300 vance with gadgets galore and then they have cameras mounted on them. 360-degree cameras. they have a pair of laser beams as well. the lead engineers for the project says the goal is to map the entire world. lofty goal there. they are make something impressive progress as well. last year the 300 vans covered 350,000 miles. each one snapping more than 100 million images at of at the headquarters they analyzed the data and look for errors. of course, you would expect some errors to pop up and send off the maps to our cell phone computers. the next goal, this will be terrific. 3-d mapping. that was the purpose of the laser beams i mentioned. the laser beams are going to allow us all to travel from point a to point b eventually using 3-d map. >> oh, my. have you ever looked at a satellite map of your house? you can see the color of my deck furniture. >> a little too close. >> you are right. you can't see anybody. while we are scoring things, discovery in the hall of fame lay as, getting attention. >> some 300 species have been discovered in the eastern himalayas. a project ong

the key is the government of khartoum moving to redress the critical humanitarian concerns and to a vance the piece process itself we have a very different situation confronting us and that is the main thing we have to look for with our policy there are real measurements of what they're doing and we advance that process and i think that is exactly what general gration is doing. the time frame is critical and it will take heavy lifting by special envoy and others to advance this. so with that said let me invite a seamless transition to the second panel. i need to meet with some folks for just a minute and a senator lugar will chair in my absence so thick you for being here we will leave the record open for one week there will be additional questions that will the clarification a particularly mr. gast we did not have a chance to get to some of the things we need to know about the program and we look forward to doing that. thank you forn4Ñ; would you please be seated? >> thank you very much. i want to emphasize that the situation existing in the sudan today very much involved the entire regi