i felt ashamed that i had failed. >> pelley: vernon downes was a project manager for a company that maderking to find a job for two and a half years. >> downes: i've done everything that i was told to do-- the education, the certification-- and i still couldn't get a job. >> pelley: he's on food stamps, found work with a landscape company, and was glad to get it. >> downes: so then i said "okay, if i have to do leaf blowing to get some sort of an income, i'm willing to do that." and that's what i'm doing and that's how i get by day to day. >> pelley: did any of you wonder whether you were the only one? >> yeah. absolutely. >> diane graham: it was a very isolating experience for me. >> pelley: diane graham was an executive assistant. for three years, she's been scraping together part-time work. but she's on food stamps, and she had to move in with her sister. >> graham: i was possibly looking at... looking at homelessness. so, i... i was terrified. >> carbone: our goal objective of platform to employment-- "p2e"-- is to reconnect you to the workforce. >> pelley: they're in class four days

vernon, washington let down his guard. quote, i see the impossibility of serving with reputation. and yet i am told that if i quit the command, inevitable ruin will follow. in confidence, i tell you that never was i in such an unhappy divided state since i was born. but i will be done with the subject, washington continued, with the precaution to you that it is not a fit one to be publicly known or discussed. if i fall, it may not be amiss that these circumstances be known and declaration is made in credit to the justice of my character. and if the men will stand by me, which by the by i despair of, i am resolved not to be forced from this ground while i have life. none of this extraordinary interior dialogue is apparent in the equestrian washington. it is as if the commander in chief, in effect america's civil as well as military leader is already posing for one of those heroic likenesses that will one day grace innumerable parks and other public spaces in the nation that owes him its existence. washington has traveled far in the years since 1754 when we last glimpsed the strappi

. >> i have been down to mt. vernon when it was in the 20s. eck it out it is such a gorgeous sight. >> there is the potomac right there. >>> in the southwest part of the stay, if you have ever driven down 81, they had a little bit of the wintry weather. like so many places, sticking mainly on the grass, on interstate 77 as you got down to southern virginia toward the north carolina border one of my colleague's daughter goes to school there, they had big delays getting home yesterday. looking outside for us, it was pretty. wasn't pretty here. about a half inch toward la plata and parts of southern maryland. by noon 44. this afternoon sunny. winds will slowly diminish. 49 degrees at 4:00 p.m. with the high near mid 50. dropping to the 20s and 0z tonight. knees guys are four to five, six inch totals there. 35 at the moment. 37 apax river. winchester 32. when you factor in the breeze, now it is a little less comfortable. light winds at the moment. wind chill, look at this shot. a cool looking sky. breaking up just a little bit. 35 degrees, north wi

vernon jordan is. she said sir, that's against policy, we're not supposed to do that. somehow i convinced her to give me the room number. that's all it took. that's how that went down] >> vernon jordan is in very serious but stable condition this morning while local and federal officials are trying to find out who shot him and why. >> he talks about going after high-profile targets like mr. jordan and larry flynt. and actually stalking them, getting up close to where they were staying and where they were at the time, which really is a very stupid. because when you go after people famous, you are going to get law enforcement from all over the country. was there something that happened to you or did you decide that i need to kill somebody? >> i was actually trying to get a race war started. that was my goal. commit enough racial incidents to get the blacks all stirred up and they would start killing whites and the whites would retaliate for that and it would go back and forth until a full-scale race war was going on. >> joseph wanted blacks and jews to fear that anywhere they went, they would be gunned down. that is such a grandiose scheme and it's unrealistic. havin

. >> that -- vernon college basketball to pro baseball. the nationals are down in florida. pitchers and catchers are down on the deal today and everyone is expected -- excited. some of the regulars came in early to join them on the field today and they're going for their first full workout. the pitching staff is loaded with the addition of the gonzales, jackson, brad lidge. he is some kind of excited. >> of the like the first day of school again. in the off-season you keep in touch, but it is back to it today. we will spend the next 190 days together. >> the capitals last night were horrendous. they played perhaps their worst game of the season. the coach today said that it was just that. i take it down to raleigh, n.c. because the hurricanes just house them. to many turnovers, eagles struggling with the rhythm of the game. he was pulled from the game after giving up two quick. it did not matter who was between the pipes, wait to be easy. carolina spanking the capitals, the final five-zero. they will play ottawa tomorrow. at the comcast center tonight, miami and maryland. t

four radar showing you to the south and east of washington, talking about mount vernon, stafford, over toward waldorf, downings, calvert county. this is all rain but in loudon county, in montgomery county, in parts of frederick county, we have started to see some accumulation there and it is very light. we are talking about a trace, maybe up to an inch in some of those locations, also started to see those -- that changeover from snow -- from rain

generally in washington, still getting some light showers and sprinkles down towards mount vernon and prince george's county. much of your county is getting rain showers out to the east here, crofton, bowie and now annapolis getting some rain showers. bottom line, showers here with us for the next few hours and then we'll quiet things down later today and we should get breaks in the clouds by early afternoon and that will help warm these temperatures up. what's happening out there? warm front to the north. that brought us a beautiful day yesterday. as that lifted off to the north, we got the clear skies yesterday afternoon and now a cold front out to the west is still hanging well off to the north and west. it will take the better part of 24 hours to get in here. later tonight, the clouds will increase and we'll get overnight showers into early tomorrow morning. once that arrives, our winds will shift out of the north and west and you know what that means. cooler temperatures on the way. bottom line, enjoy today as the temperatures will be cooler starting tomorrow. currently, we're 50

vernon in both washington nine. guantÁnamo began to seep the colony to, recognize the campaign. in early autumn 1741, newspapers have been downalmost accurately that admiral vernon was the right to to cuba and forces had safe assured a village a small distance from the city. they detailed descriptions of guantÁnamo company transports north. a finest harbor i ever saw, a pleasant island far exceeding all the west indies has been in come a country late and with cattle groups of horsemen, a place is healthy and no one of good deeds with indian court in abundance and what are plenty and peer as good as any i've seen among us. these are some of the images calculated distracted that the leaker columnists anticipating another long winter. make the best of the way here one writer said for a make no doubt we shall in a very short time have quiet possession of first come first serve now or never for plantation of cuba. unfortunately for the americans and supporters, british land officers did not share the enthusiasm for the campaign that they mention. colonial troops over europeans if they called them protesting be enough to expose the

vernon ready to go to higher latitudes. were reported to camp on fire. mr. wentworth having marched down and embarked on madison's ship, crew mates of vernon, completing self emulation. three weeks later on december 6th, he set fire to a fine new battery at the center of the bay and sailed out of guantanamo never to return. americans by contrast would be back. not these americans to be sure. not any time soon but soon enough. before any power including spain would occupy guantanamo and exploit its riches. the original american recruits survived the expedition. massachusetts sent 500 troops and returned 50. verizon returned 20. astounding figures replicated throughout the colony. lawrence washington was among the fortunate to return to the colony's securing vernon's place in american history. a stubborn case of tuberculosis accompanied him home. late in 1743, by the end of the decade ultimately killing him on july 26, 1752, at the age of 33. it was left to lawrence washington's half brother george to transform mount vernon from the solemn epitaph to a bungled military campaign in to the t

down right now. we will see where. 0.4 inches at mount vernon.a, half an inch. 1.5 inches in fredericksburg. south and west of washington, a higher the accumulations. there was a trace at reagan national. charlottesville four inches. stockton virginia, 6.5 inches of snow from this system. -- staunton. lexington park, 37 degrees right now. as the freezing mark in frederick. there's a breeze out of the north, gusting in excess of 20 miles an hour at times steady at 15. a little reason this morning which makes it feel lot colder than it is. it feels like we are in the '20s although it is in the 30's. the wind chill in hagerstown, 22. feels like 27 in lexington park. we still have cloud lingering on the backside of the storm system which has moved offshore. we are still close enough to the storm to get gusty winds out of the north through the morning and then it will subside this afternoon. the back edge of the cloud deck is moving into the potomac when that will move through our region. around and after sunrise we will see a clearing in the metro ar

down loaded the 10 billionth app. >> there will be several events today for presidents' day parade and a virtual race-lighting ceremony happened this morning at the mount vernonstate of george washington and there was a revolutionary war re-enactment and a small parade. all tours are free today. still ahe >> coming up tonight at 5:00 -- you might want to pay attention to this diet. this has been rated the number 1 died in the country. -- diet the country. join us tonight at 5:00. >> adam caskey, this one is for you. thousands of folks showed up for the fifth annual blue-ribbon bacon festival. it sold out, more than 4700 fans of bacon came ready to taste everything. they had bacon brownies and bacon cupcakes. >> it does not look so good. but bacon goes with everything. >> looking ahead at the rest of the week, well into the 60's by thursday and friday and maybe a few thunderstorms for the first part of the day on friday. >> thanks so much for joining

down the stream of life until i'm entombed of the dreary mansions of my fathers. in public protocol forced him to walk the line between aloofness and sensibility. at mount vernon he could relax his guard without lowering his standards. format dress gave way to buckskin breaches and boots. manner of living is plain, he wrote, soon after the revolution, when the house became in the words of its owner, a well resorted tavern. a glass of wine and butt of mutton are always welcome, those that expect more are disappointed. here washington gave free reign to his talent for innovation. rotating 60 different crops in place of soil depleting tobacco, automating his grist mill and speaking mud from the potomac to fertilize his fields. wouldn't you love to be a fly on wall with the argument over the comparative virtues, the fehr fertilizing virtues of cleansing mud versus seaweed. washington mixed sand with fresh paint to make his wooden house look like stone. and then as lover of gadgets, delighted in a continue shower bath that doubled as a card table and chair that petals let him shoe away flies. still it was with considerable reluctance that washington consented to jo

and it was washington who stepped down after two terms and went home to mount vernon.t, that aspect of his character was imprinted upon the american character. that aspect of modesty and restraint on the part of the executive branch in a recognition that our system depends absolutely on checks and balances. i'm struck by that attitude and the different attitude that i see in the administration of president obama today, which has shown really disregard for those checks and balances and those limits on presidential power that our founders and george washington felt were so important. this administration over three years has been arrogating more power to the executive branch of government and upsetting the delicate branch which the powers created for the purpose of what? for the purpose of guaranteeing to each of us as individuals the maximum amount of liberty. i remember senator byrd saying time and time again that the purpose of the united states senate, more than anything else, was a restraint upon the tyranny of the executive branch of government. that is our purpose

vernon davis was there as well. he reminded barack obama supporters that it takes time to achieve goals. davis fans brought down house when president obama hit that stage. the president laying out the change he has accomplished and said he's determined to spend four more years in the white house. >> hard work and fair play and shared responsibility, that is what we're fighting for. that's what is at stake in this election. >> supporters paid from $100 to $10,000 to be at that event. >> 6:50 now. the final countdown is here, drivers heading to san francisco before -- be warned the weekend shutdown of the bay bridge goes into effect later today. christie smith is live on the bay bridge with the latest on this closure g. morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's busy but in about 13 hours you won't see cars out here at all. just construction crews getting busy on the lane reconfiguration between the toll plaza and the incline on the upper deck. the lanes will shift south. this is part of the seismic work tied to the new eastern span. part of the old bridge is in the way of the new construction. they are going to re

down some of its heavily handled surfaces. >> prevention is the best thing. >> reporter: in northwest derrick ward news 4. >> cases are also reported at gw's mount vernon campus. authorities have yet to determine the common factor among those two sites. >>> still ahead new features could be coming to new cars designed to protect drivers from themselves. >> and we'll tell you why your favorite candy bars will be getting a little sma >>> high levels of arsenic have been found in a sweetener commonly used in baby formula. that's according to researchers from dartmouth university. they tested products that contained organic brown rice syrup. the researchers found one baby formula had an arsenic concentration six times higher than the epa considers safe. the epa says chronic exposure to arsenic has been linked to increase risk for lung and skin cancer as well as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. the scientists did not say which formula brands they tested. >>> your little snickers bar is going to get skinny. mars announced it's going to stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories by the end of the year. mars is based here in mclean, virgin

vernon that you might remember is a literary critic. he ended up at washington but he went from harvard to oklahoma and while he was at oklahoma he coach the football team there and he went down in the annals of oklahoma as he was the man who brought harvard style football to oklahoma. [laughter] so they were big-time. >> benefits you mentioned a of football were civic virtues, civic modeling and race relations and providing it a quorum in the community. is there any reason to think that those could not be achieved if we were to abolish college sports tomorrow say through professional sports or some other form of amateur sports? >> i thought you were going in a different direction but both directions are helpful. one option would he to say okay we are going to give up the pretense. we will lease the name tar heels to any corporation that wants to come in here. we will set some stipulations and they can pay us rent and the people playing in the light blue will be known just like minor league player so that would be one way to do it and that might generate and then certainly in europe that is something that communities love their team and it's not a university at all. that is a