with the vienna philharmonic in 1971. and since then i have conducted them every year with tours, concerts, 200 concerts in salzberg. so an enormous quantity. and so i was always-- i could engage-- enjoy playing with them thin the president of the chicago symphony started to appear here and there in berlin, in vienna, in paris. and i i saw this nice lady lady in the chicago symphony and so she started to-- her presence, one, two, three, four times, her enthusiasm made clear to me that she was interested to invite me to conduct the chicago symphony. so she invited me, in fact. and i went back to chicago. i was not sure because you know after, you have conducted so many orchestras in all your life, especially in the last years. i had reduced my presence with some four or five orchestras. the orchestras are very dear to my heart. so to go back to an organize tra that i had not conducted for 30 years, i was very doubtful. i said why to go there, to find new musicians and then even if are you a nam us conductser and they are a

swingle was devastated to learn his former teammate was found murdered in this van friday night in vienna. >> i was heart broken. it was really hard because he was one of those guys who brought me under his wing and kind of showed me what to do, what not to do. it hurts me that he's gone like that. >> reporter: investigators say the 19-year-old manassas man was stabbed to death during a struggle with someone he did not know but had arranged to meet. they wouldn't say why. detectives charged 22-year-old johnny bonilla with murder. he was arrested at his home in gainsville saturday afternoon. stringfellow was found behind the wheel of the van around 7:00 p.m. near chambridge road.

offer one vienna opera the bolshoi theatre. the. so a common garden has room for improvement. i didn't mention it i want this is not my opinion this is what daniel barenboim said i guess acoustics is like they want you can truly measure it with an instrument yes you can there are measurement techniques there are so many but to you what the conductor says is more important than the instrument definitely there is a lot of factors that come into play you are example you need the right balance between the sounds produced on the stage and the sounds of the orchestra. so. actually we worked very hard to reproduce the almost perfect acoustics they both used to have back in the nineteenth century. i like to tell you a funny story that you can then pass on to your colleagues and i have a friend who is crazy about sound like he buys all kinds of expensive sound systems from japan you know to make sound equipment by hand. i see him on the street the other day so i ask him what have you been he says and the bolshoi. and he goes well how is

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the town of vienna. on the second point, lots of questions, not many answers yet. clearly opec is pumping as much as they can. 31 million barrels a day or give or take a decimal. and yet the call for opec oil in 2013 is seen as low as 29.75 million barrels a day. and that extra pumping means inventories in the consuming nations is building up, leading to a breakdown in supply and demand. and the price which opec wants is between $95 and $105 a barrel. there are question marks about whether saudi especially, the swing producer, needs to take a little bit more oil off the market as indeed they did in november. now as ever, the light response from the saudi oil minister, kingmaker of opec, hard to get anything out of him. listen in. how are you, sir? >> what do i look like? >> reporter: you look well. very comfortable with the world oil prices. you look happy with the volumes you're pumping at the moment. >> very good try. >> reporter: i presume you have no comment on the level of production, whether you need to take oil off the table, sir? >> no comment. >> reporter:

and liberal muslim protesters point out that even as saudi arabia promotes religious dialogue in vienna, and to commit human rights abuses at home. >> it is a shame and a disgrace for austria and spain to have provided the saudis a center like this as a platform for their views in europe and all the world. >> the center is headquartered in this palace in vienna. representatives of all the world religions are invited to come here and engage in constructive dialogue. critics are predicting endless rounds of unproductive chatter and worry that saudi arabia could indeed use the center to gain a foothold in europe for its watch how the state religion, an ultra-strict form of islam -- for its wahhabi state religion. >> there was major support from all over the world, but let the critics, we will need dialogue. >> the capital of kosovo -- the economy is on the skids and many young people are out of work. 90% are sunni muslim who practice in moderate form of islam that grew out of albania and folk tradition and centuries of ottoman turkish domination, but things are changing. this reporter goes

xavier stringfellow was found dead last night in vienna and tonight police have made an arrest in the case. news 4's darcy spencer talked with former high school teammates tonight who are devastated by the news. >> ryan and xavier stringfellow show off their rings after winning the state football championship at battlefield high school in prince william county in 2010. swingle was devastated to learn his former teammate was found murdered in this van friday night in vienna. >> i was heart broken. it was really hard because he was one of those guys who brought me under his wing and kind of showed me what to do, what not to do. it hurts me that he's gone like that. >> reporter: investigators say the 19-year-old manassas man was stabbed to death during a struggle with someone he did not know but had arranged to meet. they wouldn't say why. detectives charged 22-year-old johnny bonilla with murder. he was arrested at his home in gainsville saturday afternoon. stringfellow was found behind the wheel of the van around 7:00 p.m. near chambridge road. he was a star player and a leader on and

security council on north korea expert professor really different joins us now from vienna university thank you for joining us here on r.t. today how effective would fresh sanctions on north korea be do you think given that such measures in two thousand and six and nine haven't really succeeded in making any any making it stop what its rocket launches obsessions or. means to show your political dissatisfaction but in terms of being effective almost useless in terms of north korea sanctions of the deployed for decades north korea had enough time to find ways around those sanctions though humanitarian concerns. the allies the tried and so i think sanctions have more or less a symbolical function but they will have very little actual effects on north korea well north korea is banned isn't it from conducting ballistic missile tests by the un and even its ally china criticised today's not so why is it so defiant against the international community both think it's easy to understand why for example china it is against those tests because. north korea depends a lot of china economically and

all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe -- baltimore, berlin, prague, viennast, belgrade, bucharest. all of these famous cities and the population around them lying in rubble -- lie under the soviet sphere. >> why did you want to talk about this? >> i was inspired in my first spoke -- book, and while this is in no way a sequel it represents thoughts i had. one thing i got interested in is the question why no people went along with it. what is the mentality? what are institutional pressures? why do camp guard do what they are told to do? i decided to write about this period right after world war ii, because it was a time the soviet union had reached a height, there was an apotheosis of stalinism. it was reinforced by the experience of the war. by 1945, it was a fully developed system with an economic theory and a clear ideology, and it was at this moment the red army marched into central europe and began imposing that system on the central european states, so you can see how from scratch -- what did the soviets think their system was? what did they think was im

this time at a vienna shopping center with two different guys. the news 4 eye team has found similar cases all around the dc area and gaithersburg and silver spring. he tried to fix his car but didn't know he's an investigator with montgomery county consumer protection. >> i do have cases where they're alleging that the guy actually dented the car in order to scam them and fix the repairs. >> most of these guys are not licensed and out to make a quick buck, leaving you with shoddy work. >> they slather on polishing compound to cover the fact that the paint doesn't match or that the repairs aren't good. they say they'll be back tomorrow to buff it out. >> he says they're targeting both men and women of all ages. >> the consumer i had recently let them do the work. that concerned me. >> members warn if you're approached while out shopping, write down the tag number, call police and do not agree to any work no matter how good the deal may sound. tischa thompson, news 4 eye team. >> consumer experts say there are legitimate mobile repairmen, but they

his body was found behind the wheel of a minivan that had crashed in vienna. police have charged johnny e. bonilla with his death. the two man apparently got into an argument, and zavier o. stringfellow was stabbed. >> the shooting happened on crawford place se. the victim has been identified as a 23-year-old. police say that he was shot in the chest and upper body. he passed moments later but the hospital. >> d.c. police are searching for the person who broke into a charter school last night. computer equipment was stolen. the next a charter school on 15th street in northwest washington. -- step charter school on 15th street in northeastnorthwest washington. >>firefighters responded to the scene. officials say the blown transformer did not affect power in the area, but cost oils to spell, some of which landed on a passer-by. >> we're going to go overseas to russia. this is absolutely incredible video. a plane crashed as it happens caught on tape near moscow. absolutely incredible. investigators examined flight recorders to determine what caused the red wings

. >> we now know the identity of a man found dead in a minivan in vienna. fairfax county police say the driver was a 19-year-old from manassas. investigators say the van crashed into a barrier at the end of chain bridge road at about 7:00 last night. the police are investigating the death as a homicide. >> a missing university of maryland student has been found dead after disappearing 10 days ago. officers found his body inside of his car parked in a lot in bowie./ investigators believe he took his own life. they say he had not spoken to family or friend since december 19. >> just three days until the so- called fiscal cliff, and there are new developments on the road to a deal. richard reeve has been following all of the twists and turns. while there is still nothing concrete, both sides are talking? >> that is right democratic and republican leaders are trying to broker a last-minute deal to allow a rank-and-file vote sunday, the radically house members back in session sunday night would look but time is running out. as the fiscal cliff deadline approache

still 50 in bethesda. 49 rockville. 51 in great falls. 51 in respectston, vienna.ll 50 in arlington. and still 50 in college park and bowie. 52 andrews and 52 down toward wall door. dense fog. use your low beams. keep yore distance. it will affect the evening commute tonight. it should burn off by midnight. the winds will scour the fog out of here. here's our futurecast. by 11:00 some yellows and oranges showing up around frederick. even a rumble of thunder not out of the question about 11:00 or midnight tonight. everything else just light showers that will roll through. clouds break away pretty quickly. lingering clouds to the north of town in the morning. maybe by 11:45, some leftover clouds gaithersburg, manassas and fairfax. after that we'll be left with a pretty nice afternoon. it will be breezy but it will still be mild in the wake of this cold front. just kind after misnomer calling these cold fronts. cloudy, breezy and cool, showers, early fog. low temperatures in the 40s. winds out of the southwest at 10 to 15. so staying mild. fog tonight. could your low

>>>a neinterfaith center backed and funded by saudi arabia opened in vienna this week. center is named for saudi king abdullah and is part of an arrangement between austria, saudi arabia and spain, with strong support from the vatican. the center's board includes three christians, three muslims, one jew, a buddhist and a hindu. some have opposed the project arguing that saudi arabia practices a radical form of islam. >>> there was backlash after the church of england's failure last week to approve a measure that would have allowed women to serve as bishops. the current archbishop of canterbury rowan williams and his newly named successor, justin welby, both expressed their disappointment. some british politicians have suggested the church should lose its tax-exempt status for violating antidiscrimination laws. church leaders meeting this week called resolving the issue of female bishops a "matter of urgency." >>> meanwhile, at the vatican last weekend, six new cardinals received their red hats, and for the first time in many years the group did not include any italians

. >> fairfax county police discovered his body at about 7:00 friday night in vienna just off chain bridge road, where his minivan had crashed into a barrier. investigators say he had been stabbed to death that they did not know his killer, they plan to meet that evening. he was a sophomore, a student well-liked in the classroom. >> he was so ambitious and willing to do anything for anyone. >> well-liked on the athletic field. >> anything he needed to do, he would do it, whether on the weight room or in the field. he would give you 120%. still in shock. i don't want to believe it. it is rough. >> the police are not saying how and why the two men met. we know that there was a struggle and the man was stabbed. >> d.c. police are investigating a shooting in southeast. shots rang out at 8:00 this evening in the 5000 block of errors place. the details of the shooting are sketchy. the victim was found lying in the middle of the road, not yet identified. detectives are canvassing the carrier, searching for crews lues. d.c. police say a teenager was hit by a car and a second time by an suv. the su

it's going to fall fast now, 50 in bethesda and rockville, 49 in vienna, 50 in fairfax. the next three days our 9 weather alerts all green, chilly tomorrow, 47 but mostly sunny, cool friday, maybe a bit milder, shower possible, low 50s and then milder saturday with shaws, 63. next seven days we'll have to trade the mild temperatures for the few showers on sunday, should not impact the game. you can watch the game here on channel 9, still 60 on sunday despite clouds and showers are then rain and showers monday 64 and colder tuesday back in the 40s and sunshine next wednesday with highs in the low 50s. >> showers. >> yeah. >> what do you want, snow? >> don't want that, okay. >>> turns out you can't say whatever you want on the internet. coming up, the possible punishment for a fairfax county woman who wrote a nasty review of her contractor. >> reporter: moms holding teddy bears walking the halls of this house office building. i'll tell you why am cog up. >> up next a lot more than beltway -- why coming up. >> up next a lot more than beltway breaking rights on the line, goi

. >> maybe the senate foreign relations committee said, but that's not what the vienna conventional law of treaty says, nor is it what the treaty itself says. it's a super treaty that overrides inconsistent provisions in domestic law. under the vienna convention law of treaties no nation's law ever supersedes a treaty in the international arena. so you just need to understand the basics of international law which apparently is a little different for you and some of the people that are speaking about this. >> i actually understand it quite well, but there's also an advice and consent that the senate negotiated and put on this treaty which specifies this does not alter u.s. law in any way. this treaty does not supersede u.s. law. >> it doesn't have such a broad reservation that you're talking about there. there's a disability definition reservation that tracks it to a degree. but as a general proposition, we need to understand that the treaty is a law. it's not a declaration. >> what treaty -- what u.n. treaty has forced a state or taken over -- what u.n. bureaucrat has control over a ame

minus 3 in stockholm on wednesday and minus 4 and minus 2 in berlin and vienna. 3 degrees in london and 1 degree in paris. and i leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

very chilly this time of year, only 30 degrees in vienna and 1 degree on wednesday. here is the extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i am katherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

police say an officer came across a minivan that crashed into a barrier off cambridge road in vienna. the officer found 19-year-old xavier stringfellow of manassas stabbed to death in the vehicle. police arrested 22-year-old johnny bonilla. he is charged with murder. police say the two men did not know each other before last night but planned to meat and stringfellow was fatal alley stabbed during the struggle. >>> d.c. police are looking for a suspect for an armed robbery. the vic time, man and woman, were on mississippi avenue southeast around 3:30 when they were approached by a man with a gun. they were not hurt but the suspect made off with an undetermined amount of cash. >>> she thought that he was a muslim or hindu. that's the reason 31-year-old erica menendez gave to authorities for pushing a man to his death. the 46-year-old was killed thursday when he was pushed from the platform and into the path of an oncoming train. just three weeks ago a 58-year- old man was killed when a drifter pushed him from the subway platform after the two argued. the two incidents have prompted fea

minus 5 in warsaw and minus 3 in vienna. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

london and paris, both 4 degrees around the freezing point in berlin, as well as vienna, and minus 4 in warsaw and moscow. i leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. thank you for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

usually keller works out of augarten porcelain factory in vienna.ope's second oldest, founded in the early 18th century. keller is augaten's youngest master painter, but she's traveled to ishikawa prefecture, the home of kitani-style porcelain, to learn how it's painted. >> there are some differences, and it's very interesting to learn and to see and to get more inspiration. for working at home. >> reporter: keller's first stop is the workshop of the popular kitani-ware painter buz buzan fukushima. here, she can take a close look at his elaborate brushwork adorning the ceramics. keller was surprised that even for fine lines kitani artists used brushes. the austrians use a kind of metallic pen. >> everything's brush. >> brush. many, many brush. >> also for the small -- >> also so. there brush. all brush. >> oh. >> next artist ayako minami showed keller how to use pigment the kitani way. the artist used special methods for the five primary colors like red, blue and yellow. for example, they mixed the pigment with metal or glass. after firing the color

you'll see temperatures near the freezing mark towards vienna. 2 degrees for the high. london and paris, as warm air pulls in, you're seeing above average temperatures. london and paris 11 and 13 on your saturday. madrid, up to 11 degrees. let's look over towards eastern asia into japan. starting to bring heavy rain showers, you've been seeing 50 to 80 millimeters and now the rain is ending and shifting over towards eastern japan, even into tokyo, you're seeing rain into western tokyo. on the other hand a mix of the white stuff in there. doesn't look like it will be accumulating too much in the downtown area. don't be surprised if you do so 'see a flurry or two of the white stuff throughout the overnight hours. behind it a break in the weather going through saturday. cloudy skies will linger but then we have another system out of eastern china. this is also bringing freezing drizzle and that's going to work into korea going into sunday as well. bringing snowfall. you'll be seeing a high of minus 6 on sunday and working towards japan on sunday as well bringing widespread

you'll see temperatures near the freezing mark towards vienna. 2 degrees for the high. london and paris, as warm air pulls in, you're seeing above average temperatures. london and paris 11 and 13 on your saturday. madrid, up to 11 degrees. let's look over towards eastern saz asia into japan. starting to bring heavy rain showers, you've been seeing 50 to 80 millimeters and now the rain is ending and shifting over towards eastern japan, even into tokyo, you're seeing rain into western tokyo. on the other hand a mix of the white stuff in there. doesn't look like it will be accumulating too much in the downtown area. don't be surprised if you do so 'see a flurry or two of the white stuff throughout the overnight hours. behind it a break in the weather going through saturday. cloudy skies will linger but then we have another system out of eastern china. this is also bringing freezing drizzle and that's going to work into korea going into sunday as well. bringing snowfall. you'll be seeing a high of minus 6 on sunday and working towards japan on sunday as well bringing widesp

predominantly 30s, 36 bethesda, 37 great falls, 38 vienna, 39 fairfax, upper 30s college park, 35 bowien toward brandywine, 34 at andrews. unsettled but milder. it's going to be a tradeoff the next few days. clouds return tonight, a wet morning commute late tomorrow morning, not a big deal, just light activity, a little milder friday and then warmer over the weekend and that's going to be nice. we're getting kind of lucky. 7:00 tomorrow you see this the patch of magenta or pink up near bed forcounty in pennsylvania? this are some freezing rain advisories. we're looking at light showers in the immediate metro area. if you go to work between 8:00 and 10:00, you have a better chance of seeing showers especially d.c. north up 270 and notice it's green, so it's light activity. it scoots out quickly. we'll be left with clouds much of the day tomorrow, but the showers get out in the late morning hours. we get into the evening hours, more showers in the mountains, but we're in good shape here. for tonight dressel cloudiness, not as cold -- increasing cloudiness, not as cold, winds out of the so

he taught initially at the university of vienna. he was jewish. city left turn or to permit him to america , and his economics became more popular never as popular as milton friedman, but certainly a heroic figure in my book. one of his students -- close associates won the nobel prize in economics in 1974. so he is an important character in my book. >> what does that mean? >> well, the austrian school is one of two major free-market schools of economics. the other school is the chicago school the milton friedman and george stevens developed in the 60's. and this is a more hard core school that advocates the gold standard. very suspicious of intervention, the central banks, particularly the austrian business cycle is really important because they basically say the manipulation of interest rates by the federal reserve can only have disastrous effects. a boom bust cycle that is unsustainable or a boom that is unsustainable. so it did not surprise austrian economists that the real-estate boom could not last and have the macroeconomics facts. it. >> pa

away our wind chill. 40s now pry dominantly, 45 -- predominantly, 45 gaithersburg, 45 rockville, 48 vienna, fairfax, 50 in bowie, 51 at andrews. colder but not long. you'll need a coat tonight and sunglasses tomorrow, a little milder friday and then warmer over the weekend, but it comes with a little cost. tonight clear and colder, winds diminish, one to two blanket night, 28 to 36 downtown, winds eventually northwest at 10. by morning mostly sunny, cold, a coat a good idea for the kids, 20s and 30s. by afternoon plenty of sunshine, bright but brisk, chilly, highs 45 to 49, a shade below average. your average hype is around 50 still. the next -- high is around 50 still. the next three days 9 weather alerts are all green, doesn't mean you don't need a jacket. chilly tomorrow, sunny, 47, clouds, maybe a sprinkle saturday, clouds and milder, temperatures in the low 60s. next seven days, mild sunday for the big game. you can watch it here on channel 9, but a couple showers or sprinkles probable and around 60. rain showers on monday, 60s and upper 40s on tuesday and low 50s wednesday. there is

usually, keller works out of the porcelain factory in vienna. it is europe's seconds oldest, founded in the early 18th century. keller is the youngest master painter but she has traveled to ishikawa preif he can hurricane is the home of kit tanny-style porcelain, to learn how it's painted. >> there are some differences and it's very interesting to learn and to see and to get more inspiration for working at home. >> reporter: keller's first stop is the workshop of the popular kit tanny ware pay thor busan fukushima. here she can take a close look at his elaborate brush work surrounding the ceramics. keller was surprised that even for fine lines, kit tanny artists use brushes, the austrians use a kind ofani arti use brushes, the austrians use a kind of metallic pen. >> reporter: next, keller was shown how to use pigment the kitani way. they use special pigments to make the five primary colors like red, blund yellow. for example, they mix the pigment with metal or glass. after firing, the color changes critically. this does not happen with austrian

temps, low 40s now. 45 in vienna. 45 in fairfax. 46 in arlington. 47 in college park. 47 also in bowie. 47 andrews. 46 waldorf. staying breezy or windy right on through friday. colder tonight. you'll need your gun glasses tomorrow. wednesday will -- sunglasses tomorrow. the next storm will be the latter part of thursday and will be different. it will have more rain with it and more cold air behind it as we get into friday and saturday. so tonight, clear to partly cloudy, breezy colder. a one-blanket night. 34 to 42. winds westerly at 10 to 20. by morning, mostly sunny, breezy and chilly. still need a light jacket. 30s and 40s to start. winds west/southwest 10-15. by afternoon, nice day. mostly subpoena -- sunny, breezy, pleasant. winds west/northwest at 10-15. next three days our weather alerts will be green, yellow, and green again. 54 tomorrow. afternoon evening rain on thursday could impact the rush hour. that might be a bad thing. temps around 50. yeah i've got a snow flurry in early friday, windy and colder. high temperatures in the mid- 40s. next seven days, mid-40s again on satu

he was found stabbed to death in a van in vienna friday night. his girlfriend is trying to cope with it. >> it's unbelievable. i'm floored. i don't know what to do. i don't know how to take the next day and the next. >> police arrested 22-year-old johnny bonilla in gainesville. the two did not know each other, but arranged a meeting. no word on a motive in the case. >>> same sex couples in our area will be celebrating more than just the start of 2013 tonight. they'll also be celebrating many weddings. same sex couples will be able to get married in maryland as soon as the new year begins. some couples plan on tying the knot right away. at least one couple plans to say i do at 12:01. >>> right now hundreds of thousands of people are preparing to ring in the new year at times square in new york city. the crowds will begin gathering later today. the confetti is already in place. organizers have been preparing for tonight's ball drop, too. >> organizers lit and dropped the 12,000-pound waterford crystal ball yesterday. everything worked properly. as

i had vienna beef, red hot chicago- > you love to being a businessman. > > it's great. > it sounds likest two different people. > > the kid is dead. the 19- year-old john cappas is dead, never to come back. now, to me, i get out of bed, and i am always trying to figure out how i am going to be better and set myself apart from everyone else around me. > what do you tell your employees? you motivate them too. > > i tell them, you know, let's make the customers happy, number one. let's not argue with the customers. if you make someone's sandwich wrong, don't take it back- > that's different from what you were. you'd bust somebody's chops sometimes- > > no, i would never do that bill. you can't take a guy to small claims court back in the '80s. but, it's like, does it make sense to argue with a customer? no. let him keep the first sandwich. make him another one, and say you're sorry. and they're going to come back. you want to win the battle, or you want to win the war? > john cappas. "tall money" is the name of the book. john, thanks so much. > > thanks again bill. appreciate it. thanks bi

. >> reporter: he was found stabbed to death in a crashed van in vienna friday night. this man of gainesville was arrested less than 24 hours later. police say stringfellow and the other did not know each other but agreed to meet friday. many are still trying to make sense of the murder. >> xavier was a great kid and this leaves a hole in our hearts. we've lost someone that's had a huge impact, very important to the battlefield family. >> reporter: he was a sophomore in college in virginia where he was recruited to play on the football team. >> he was just such a kind hearted person. he was funny. he was just a great all around perp. someone that you're proud to call your friend and teammate. >> reporter: stringfellow's uniformed number here was 53. now there's talk of retiring that number. darcy spencer, news4. >>> a man is dead after a shooting in southeast washington. shortly after midnight, police got a call about gunshots in the 3400 block of crawford place. when they got there, they found 23-year-old angelo payne shot dead. police are offering a $25,000 reward fo

traffic volume coming inbound from manassas through cent irville and no problems to report leaving vienna towards the capital beltway. your lanes are open if you are traveling 395 coming across the inbound 14th street bridge. light volume continuing over to the freeway. again, we pull up the camera shot in germantown. this happens to be 207 at father hurley boulevard. a lot of that thick fog hanging above us. allow a little extra time out here on the roads. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> just in time for the christmas holidays, gas prices are dropping to their lowest level of the year. according to aaa, the national average is now $3.25 for a gallon of regular. it is $3.47 in d.c. and $3.27 in maryland and in virginia, it is $3.11. this is exched to be the business -- expected to be the busiest travel season in our area in six years. >>> the gun control debate growing even louder. we'll hear from both sides of the issue when we come back. >>> two prominent democratic senators say the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut has cha