wang: ramón, have you seen vincent? no, vincent hasn't been here all day.ere he is. he didn't come home for lunch and my wife is getting worried. somebody saw him with alex. that can't be, alex is home. let's call him and see if he's heard from vincent. vincent's missing. i heard. is there anything i can do, mr. wang? i don't know but thank you for offering. it's ringing. ( phone ringing ) ( phone continues ringing ) ramón: no one's answering. i'm going to have to go to the house to see if anything's wrong. maybe your phone is out of order. no, the answering machine picked up. sooner or later, we'll get a call from one of them. my wife is at home in case vincent calls there. is there anyone that can stay at your house to answer the phone? kevin and i would be glad to answer the phone. i don't want to spoil your day. no, those two boys are very important to me. i insist. kevin and i will answer the phone at your house. i'm going out to drive around to see if i can find them. please call my wife as soon as you have any information. i will. josé... kevin, i di

vincent, why st. vincent, not annie. >> well, i took my mondayic frere a song which references the hospital where dylan thomas died. >> stephen: oh, okay. >> yeah. >> stephen: so it is an upbeat choice. >> yeah. >> stephen: all right. so now he is intimidating to work with, this guy say legend. by the time you were born he had four all burjs already working with brian eno, and you were just finished guess tating. does he ever, like, play like the i'm a legend card on you. >> i have never heard him say i'm a legend. >> stephen: he never says like, well, back in cbgbs we used to or back when there was a music industry we used to-- now why are you, you're a legend, no offense, why are you bringing her along? you don't need her? no offense, again, you don't need that are you david goddamn byrne why are you doing this? >> do you think is a bad idea then? >> stephen: well, i don't know. the music sounds fantastic, don't get me wrong it is a fantastic sound. you have a brass band in there. >> we do have bras

vincent de paul parishoner: 2.00 "it made me proud aggin to be cctholic." viiee of the homily was taken declined comment to us, as rence well.joseph hamilton, st. vvncent de paul parishoner: 10.42 "i had no idea whattthe &pi figured it'd be something." maureen daley, st. viicent de paul parishoner: .17 "it was a kind, compassionate, thoughtful and baltimorees archbishop wrote an open letter addressing the permon.he wrote, "preaching the word of god requiies subordinntion of personal views..." archbishop william lori ccnttnued, "thhs was my as ittis he promise of every priest at his ordination."sara kelley, gay catholic: 14.55 "the hierarchh or aal i care-- they're never going to suppoot this, i don't think. at leest millioos of dollars have bbenn spent on bbth sides.(white opposiiion coming from faith-based groups.(nat of 'no on 6' ad)parishoners at st. &pviicenttde paul stood in support of father lawrencc sunday morning.joseph hamilton, st. vincent de paul &pparishoner::9.36 "that process of going beyond your that's very moving."jim ater, gillece,,st. vvnc

that is what vincent foster does the next day. pure tragedy. >> why was it chelsea's nanny, quote, discovered the missing billing records of whitewater? >> there's a direct connection between when those records were, quote, discovered and affect the two days earlier and memorandum was published by one of the people who would handle the entire whitewater affair for the white house. this was all getting very dirty, very public and was going to happen fast and i think that person decided it was better to come clean and reveal those records were there than to continue to say they had been lost. >> the clintons to remarkable job keeping chelsea out of the limelight as have you. where does she fit in? >> i think she was incredibly important to both of them and hillary was acting on her belief that her mother taught her nothing is more important than the family. and bill was devoted to her. i think they were successful in being able to keep her childhood as private as possible. when the monarch

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enter ali vincent. trip to the farmers market and a cooking lesson showed the family how easily they could create a healthy life style together. i could eat that. okay go ahead dad. show us. and along with her mom betty sue ali showed them how they could exercise together. i think that that might be like a good family goal, is three times a week as a family walk the mile at the park. no question the martinez family was on its way. (knocking) hi! how are you? oh my gosh you look beautiful! thank you! i can't even believe you, you look amazing. there's this little waist here. it's a work in process. she's done really good. i mean its challenging still, its always going to be too. the kids are wearing smaller sizes of clothes, they're more active and they make better choices on their own. the kids are not really on a diet just changing the way that they eat. how proud of your mom are you? pretty proud. she's happier now, she does like more things with us. its pretty good. we've got a weight in, its been gr

mayor vincent gray announced fines for traveling up to 10 miles per hour over the limit will be reduced to $50 and for traveling up to 15 miles per hour, those fines will be decreased to $100. the fines for those driving more than 25 miles per hour over the speed limit will increase to $300. >>> the red up and are riding a three-game losing streak. they fell to the carolina pan shares sunday 21-13 despite being decked out in their 1937 throwback uniforms. robert griffin iii threw for 215 yards but was sacked four times. the redskins fall to 3-6 on the son heading into their bye week. >> at least the uniforms looked nice. >> that's something they got going for them. >> we still have plenty ahead. weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning to you. it is monday, november 5th, 2012. live look outside right now and really, it is not too bad this morning. just a tinge of a little tiny bit of cold air. >> welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. you see tucker barnes' shoulder in the picture so we migh

vincent, and st. vincent dupaul. >> it might seem like a small thing just one coat.but for folks who don't have one, it's a great thing. >> we're well ahead of last year. >> reporter: at the ferry building donations topped an all time high. >> reporter: in san jose at santana row the holiday spirit touched everyone. >> one warm coat ♪ >> this can help give coats to people who need it and so no one in our community feels all cold and left out. >> reporter: emeryville's bay street donation are not left behind. doe neighs faltered, this year warm weather inspired many but the need seems to always grow. >> i think it's important because there's a lot of people in need. you can't just be selfish all the time you need to help other people and be generous. >> reporter: today alone volunteers collected nearly 5,000 coats. the collection continues through christmas wherever you see a barrel like this one. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well we are on a roll. lots of sunshine today. temperatures maxing out in the 60s. look at these numbers from this afternoon. temper

vincent, and st. vincent dupaul. >> it might seem like a small thing just one coat.r folks who don't have one, it's a great thing. >> we're well ahead of last year. >> reporter: at the ferry building donations topped an all time high. >> reporter: in san jose at santana row the holiday spirit touched everyone. >> one warm coat ♪ >> this can help give coats to people who need it and so no one in our community feels all cold and left out. >> reporter: emeryville's bay street donation are not left behind. doe neighs faltered, this year warm weather inspired many but the need seems to always grow. >> i think it's important because there's a lot of people in need. you can't just be selfish all the time you need to help other people and be generous. >> reporter: today alone volunteers collected nearly 5,000 coats. the collection continues through christmas wherever you see a barrel like this one. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well we are on a roll. lots of sunshine today. temperatures maxing out in the 60s. look at these numbers from this afternoon. temperatures

mayor vincent gray weigh-in today. >> that is why we say consolidation. consolidation is a much better term. people hear the term closing and they think that doors are shuttered and windows boarded up. that is not true in a lot of instances. >> the school system said closing the schools will better utilize the facilities. the washington teacher's union is also addressing school closings. nathan saunders is the president of the washington teachary union. mr. saunders, good to you have here. >> a pleasure to be here. >> and let's talk about what i view as a headline. you want d.c.'s charter schools to unionize and tell us about the link here. >> there is a reason why they're being shuttered or consolidated and closing. part of the reason, we have an aggressive charter school law, which competes with public schools for students. as a result, the schools that we used to have and in washington d.c., have public school students and have 60% of them. >> and part of your concern is the ability or option for your members to work at these schools that are closing d

in expect some of the district's biggest names to visit tonight's birthday bash for vincent gray.the fund-raiser will be held tonight from 6:30 to 8:30. >> new developments with the redskins. their groin to build an $9 million training camp location for the new team. passed by a 6-2 vote. the camp is expected to bring about $8.5 million into richmond each year. >> the postseason honors keep coming in for the national. >> first was solar sluggers, now bryce harper wins the national league rookie of the year. at 20-year-old the youngest player in the the lead. he wants to do more. >> my biggest goal is winning the world series. this is amazing to win this award and how this accolade. but i want to bring a title to the sea. that is our main goal as an organization as a team. >> got to love that attitude. mike from the angels won the rookie of the year award. two of the best rookies. >> jeff gordon has been fined $100,000 docked 25 points for intentionally wrecking clint during sunday's race and phoenix. gordon has been placed on probation through the end of the year. >> only one race

vincent gray lower fines and what he calls an attempt to achieve fairness with the speed camera program. those caught going 10 miles per limit forthe speed be fined $25 to $50. if you get caught going more than 25 over the limit, you will e a $300 fine. that is $50 more than before. the new rate takes effect monday. track work will make for slow line as orange trains will not be running bottom andgy courthouse. n between and not ru bottom and the pentagon. if you are trying to get from virginia into d.c., be aware. red line trains will single twinbrook and gr --r, as well as to, and takoma. of asting the accuracy what streets in to be -- snowplow. >> it will be a beautiful day outside today. starting out with a nice time lapse. you actually have some color here. otherwise, mostly cloudy after sunrise. now we have a decent amount of sunshine. at the conditions outside. when we set our clocks back one on saturday night, that means sunset will be closer to on sunday and monday. 53 degrees and reagan national. northwesterly wind. at 70 miles per hour, but gusting even higher than that. same

vincent where we have a sapphire sky. the shot from dan rosen in towson. temperature wise, 40s and 30s, a few 30s in western maryland. we'll be cooling off a little more rapidly. last night we had the clouds around. it works to insulate us a little bit so we don't drop off as sharply. tonight will be crystal clear. we'll cool off rapidly. any weather maker at all. i don't see too much. we have the coastal system that will sit off of the carolinas. it will sit here and spin. the possibility of a stray shower maybe southeastern maryland down into virginia perhaps by monday into tuesday but this doesn't look like much. the bulk will stay offshore. has we look to the west, there's nothing. there's a big huge dome of high pressure. this will keep us high and dry through the weekend, hoping to keep that coastal system offshore, big bubble. this cold air mass will moderate. back in the 50s. you see the coastal low. >> the leonid shower. 53, mostly sunny, mid-50s, some sunshine. it's gorgeous, just a bit on the cool side. as we take a look beyond that some slight

mayor vincent gray celebrated his 70th evening.this was welcomed by friends and his birthdayorters was last week, but tonight was his party. >> we had a bizarre story to e with you. >> of former dancing with the celebrity, and the that led to an arrest. a brawl between a bus driver and a customer. the bus driver is the one who's through the first punch. wine lead you to the fountain of youth? >> heading out tomorrow, not y wine, but you better bundle up. makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibankba easier banking. [ l50858544p.at's me. but i'm not just a number. i have a purpose. a higher purpose. [ muffled ] have some respect! not good. oh, man. hello? mm, no! finally -- the buck stops here. [ male announcer ] mcdonald's new hot'n spicy mcchicken. tender, juicy chicken with a crispy, spicy coating. at only a dollar, it's spicy, not pricey. but only for a limited time. okay. [ male announcer ] with citibank's popmoney, dan can easily send money by email right from his ci

via skype we have one of the guys that went on the trip, vincent. how long was your entire trip?>> the first one was three months. we had to go back to kysp'y for a while and then went back for a three-week trip. >> we started traveling through asia last year and then did south america this year. >> were you setting out to docu anything specific or goingut to have a >> we were going out to have a good time and did that for fun. >> you saw pretty incredible sites. >> you can feel the water and the winds and it is loud. nature just hits you right in the face. >> how were you able to get around from place to place? >> we have a land rover. >> were there ever moments that you were afraid in different countries where there might be political unrest? >> there are situations where you never know what is going to happen but most the time people were scared of us because of our big truck. >> we dream of doing something like this. ahow do we make it happen? >> book a plane ticket and let the adventure start. >>> these are the famous pigs of china, famous for this. >> they are not labs. the

it's vincent van gogh's starry night. he put that painting in a touchscreen.could actually manipulate the painting and repaint it. then, when you stopped manipulating it, it would move itself back to theñr original form. it was beautiful. another one i thought was really creative was the yao ming painting with the basketball. who does that? you needfá a real talent to pul that off. and love is aftermatrt. you can manifest your love with someone else on a painting that will be on your wall forever. >> this will be my christmas tree. >> besides that video, what are you thankful for? >> the c2e crap that comes out of russia. this lucky guy. destruction without injury. the hot air ball loan that went up and somebody forgot to untie it from the van and crashes into cars. really, we're all thankful for russia. >> if you'd like to see what else we're thankful for, head over to our website, right this minute.com. >> time for ourfá ipad give awa we have winners. >> bobfá hitchcock from iowa wo said he will use itfá for surfi the web from his easy chair. and cindy from

cress this to celebrate vincent gray's birthday. this is one of the big ones. number 70.at least it was on a number eight. but it is being celebrated tonight at president's club. >> the event also acting as a fund raiser. >> happy birthday mr. mayor. >> hello there, jacqui jeras. >> gets a little sunshine for the birthday celebration and pure and unfortunately i cannot help you with temperatures. surely there. in the 40's and overnight will drop down to about the freezing mark across much of the metro area. at least he will look good. >> thank you so [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen whatever you're craving. spend 35 dollars and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or spend 35 dollars and a frozen butterball turkey just 88 cents a pound. so raise your glass, pull up a chair, grab a plate. this tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. safeway. ingredients for life.

incumbent vincent orange will keep his seat but it looks like michael brown has lost his. he was beat by david grosso. >>> yvette alexander holds her seat in ward seven. and marion barry returns to the council to represent ward eight taking 87% of the vote in his race. >>> let's get the numbers on some of the d.c. council races right now if we can take a look at those perhaps. d.c. voters also, by the way, had some ballot amendments to decide on all stemming from recent ethic scandals that have plagued the d.c. government. >> all three amendments passed by an overwhelming majority. aamendment five will allow the council to kick out a member if that member has committed gross misconduct in office. >> amendment six will make it that a councilmember convicted of a felony will lose their seat. amendment seven does the same thing for the mayor. >>> lauren demarco reports from baltimore on the other races. >> reporter: the atmosphere in here is very jubilant and very confident as the decembers celebrating a lot of big victories. all of the big players, senator barbara mikulski o

good to see you again, vincent.should mention by the way, a michigan was a state won overwhelmingly by president obama in his election, 54-46 but almost the reverse number unions lost. why did obama win and unions lost in michigan? >> that is really odd. not just michigan. look at wisconsin. both states obama won. in wisconsin the unions lost half a year ago with the governor walker's recall. and it is just going to show that democratic voters may be voting for obama, they may be voting democrat but they're not voting for unions. and that's the union's main base and if they can't get democrats to vote out for their issues they have serious problems nationally. david: vincent, we'll come right back to you. we have breaking news on this amd story. robert gray, want to go right back to it. go ahead. >> that's right, david. we reported before the closing bell, reuters reported that amd was perhaps putting itself up for sale and hired jpmorgan chase to explore options. "wall street journal" says amd is not pursuing the s

mayor vincent gray announced a plan to create 100,000 new jobs for the city in the next five years. gray said the city is doing well economically. he wants a diversified work force not dependent on federal jobs. tom sherwood is here with details on his plan. >> the mayor wants high-tech jobs, more medical jobs, jobs in hospitality, more retail, the city's booming economy is helping provide them. with a major construction project just outside the window behind him, mayor vincent gray offered an upbeat vision of the city's economic future. >> yet another effort to keep our dollars right here in the district of columbia. >> reporter: surrounded by developers, neighborhood activists and university officials, the mayor said his five-year plan would add 100,000 jobs and $1 billion of new revenue to the district in five years. including long struggling wards 7 and 8. >> when you talk about microsoft locating in ward 8 of the district of columbia, that probably would have been occurred heresy not so long agent. >> reporter: the old convention center long vacant is now rapidly being transfor

vincent white snapped this picture has his 91 acura went up in flames. that was a security camera which recorded the whole thing. >> unclear what the motive is. we may not know until we make an arrest. >> mark brady with the fire department says those fires are concentrated around central and northern parts of the county. so far, they appear to be random. >>> pretty chilly out there for most of us. here's a live look outside right now. clear skies. cold temperatures. top per is here in a minute to tell us about the full forecast. >>> and right after the break, how some over weight women are taking drastic action. they want to have kids and prepared to go under the knife to do it. >>> in tonight's health alert, america's obesity epidemic. a growing number of over weight women are struggling to get pregnant. but many of these women are now going under the knife to boost their chances. >> dreamed about being a mom. but 7 years ago it didn't seem possible. she weighed 340 pounds. high blood pressure and prediabetic. her doctor gave her devastating news. >> t

mayor vincent gray and chief lanier. on the other, several members of the d.c. council. it all has to do with the amount of fines given out from the speed cameras we all love or hate. matt ackland is live in northwest tonight to explain. hi, matt. >> reporter: hey, will. it all comes down to the amount of money it would take to stop people from speeding. a lot of people disagree on this. some people think that a flat fee will drive down the people speeding and will stop them. the mayor and police chief don't believe that $50 is enough. the problem with that is that they don't have a lot of evidence that said if they charge higher fees, it would reduce the number of speeders. >> we're working on a plan. >> reporter: using his emergency power as mayor, vincent gray decided just like that, he would change speed camera fines on the same day that a council committee was scheduled to take up the issue. >> it's not clear what the basis is for emergency rule making in this case. >> reporter: but some on the council say that gray's changes don't lower camera fines enough and they

meanwhile, vincent orange easily won re-election. news 4's derrick ward is live with more on that election. >> reporter: good morning. it took somewhere around 20,000 votes to unseat michael brown. as you said, an independent at large council challenger david grosso was the political newcomer who won the battle against brown. brown has faced allegations of spending impropriety in his campaign as well as questions about the operation of a nonprofit that he was associated with. brown actual ly outspent grosso. while ethics may have been the underlying theme, it was also front and center in changes in the city charter voted in. among them, a ballot initiative allowing the city council to vote out a member with issues of personal conduct or dereliction of duty. and there was another change approved by voters. that would be language allowing felons to be removed from office and barred from reseeking that office at some point later. those were the biggest changes from the election, an election with immediate and actual bearing on the curre

while we're here, police and politicians swarm by, including councilman vincent anezzio, who represents the south shore of staten island. >> i've been here since day one. this is my community. i was with people throughout the storm itself and i think the city response has been great. >> reporter: as night fell, the street took on a distinctly new feel. we meet dezzy, who's lived here for 20 years. here we go. he agrees to show me his house. it's destroyed. >> yeah. >> reporter: he's doing his best to figure it all out, but in conditions like these, it's hard. >> my refrigerator. >> reporter: your refrigerator is lying down. >> just the way you see how everything looks right now, that's how my life feels right now, a mess. just -- i don't know what to do. i just don't know what to do, but i got to just do something. ill just can't stay here anymore. >> reporter: as much as he's loved it here, dezzy plans to move, as does mike. both men say the risk is too great, the loss too painful to live through again. >> that is staten island. thanks to supt ya for that. one note. fema items us their

vincent have a new album called love this giant. it's a fan letter to chris christie. a new report says that paul ryan likes to shoot deer w

the way that this project came about was actually one of our staff members, janey vincent who is our graphic designer, you'll see some of her beautiful work inside, noticed that there was -- she's hiding. (applause) >> she noticed that president obama had designated part of his stimulus money to nih for the national institutes of health and they were putting a billion dollars to research infrastructure, biomedical research infrastructure, something that's never happened before. she said, you know, we don't have enough space in our section. all of the three units had grown so much that we really needed more space. she said, do you think we could apply for this money? and, so, the three units came together and our goals were one, to be able to fully really advance the science that we're doing by enrolling large diverse groups of study participants and we didn't have enough room to do that. the second was that we wanted to increase the space that we have so we could share collaboratively so we could work together with each other. and the third was really to engage with community. and we

s mayor vincent gray has a lot to say about this. he's a huge pro upon ent for d.c. state hood.wants the district to be the 51st state. >> we're glad they stepped up. perhaps we can join forces to help make the case as to why both of us should be a state. >> reporter: his words are kind but make no mistake. mayor gray is racing to get statehood for d.c. before anyone else does. he does offer some advice. >> they're going to have to work very hard to make the case. snow he pledged his support saying he will respect the will of the american people. >> it's great to be part of a democratic government that is going to allow us to pick what we want. >> reporter: but will congress agree? ken molestina, 9news. >>> voting is supposed to be a privilege but yesterday it turned into a serious ordeal for people who stood in line for three or even five hours. do we need more machines? more polling places? would you believe, none of the above. ironically, it's those brand- new fancy touch-screen voting machines which are the bottleneck. >> after the 2000 election a lot of jurisdictions went t

he will be joining vincent orange, who will return as an incumbent democrat in one of those at large seats. and there was a series of ethics related charter amendments on the d.c. city council -- by the voters today actually for the district government. they deal with ethics issues. so anything like someone who commits a felony or a gross misconduct can be voted out by a member of the council. and if an elected member of d.c. government, say a council member is convicted of some crime, that person will have to leave the job and can't reclaim the job again. some pretty not surprising races in terms of incumbents. delegate eleanor holmes-norton will return to congress as d.c.'s nonvoting delegate. and browser, alexander, and evans will also return as incumben incumbents. we're live in northwest, back to you. >>> coming up, now that question seven has passed, how soon could we see a casino at national harbor. we'll take a look at what happens next. >>> adding insult to injury for thousands along the east coast already hit by hurricane sandy. a coastal storm making its way into the north

they will go to saint vincent depaul society. they will go to those who need them the most. now, we have been raising -- we have been pulling in coats this entire time and we hope to reach 1500. what we have gotten so far is just a little under 14coats. pretty amazing. the girl scouts have been helping out. they actually separated all of the coats. if you saw any of our hits earlier today we had a pile. it was -- it was taller than i was. a pile of coats. each one bagged the coats. now they will go to those less fortunate than us. this was just a kick off. five coats in all were collected and distributed throughout the bay area. amazing in san jose. emeryville, walnut creek. a as you can see it has been a fun, fun event for all. if you still want to donate a coat you have until the end of the month. just bring in any gently used or new coat. bring it down to where you see a 1 warm coat barrel. all for a good cause. reporting live. back to you. >>> instagram broke records after people shared photos on the site. people shared more than 10 million thanksgiving-themed photos yes

. >>> vincent orange easily won re-election in city council. but newcomer independent david grosso beat out incumbent michael brown. phil mendelson is chairman of the council after serving for five months following kwame brown's resignation. yvette alexander retained her council ward seat. 88% of the vote for marion barry, who begins his third term on the d.c. council. >>> maryland democrats picked up a seat in the house of representatives in the 6th district. john delaney beat long time incumbent roscoe bartlett. the lines were recently redrawn. in virginia's 8th district, jim moran beat patrick murray by an overwhelming margin. it's the second time murray challenged moran. >>> it is now 4:36. 40 degrees. still to come, lots of voters stood in line to cast their votes. coming up, we'll keep an eye on the voting problems in virginia and nationwide. >>> welcome back. at 4:39, it has been a cold start to the week and getting even colder. we've mentioned the "s" word. i had to dig out the winter coats for my kids. they said, you know what, it's no

eric vincent from bleacher report.com. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >>> it was a road warrior thanksgiving in the nfl. houston won at detroit. in dallas, washington redskins quarterback rg3 threw for four touchdowns as they hung on. they beat the cowboys 38-31. the cowboys came back at some point. it was a feast for the new england patriots as they devoured the new york jets 49-19. ouch. >>> look at all the mangled, twi twisted metal in this deadly highway pile-up. more than 100 people hurt. now we're learning what may have caused these wrecks. americans o work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> 17 minutes past the hour. egypt's president mohamed m

incumbent vincent orange will keep his seat but it looks like michael brown has lost his.r the second at-large spot. >> the other contest the races were in wards seven and eight. yvette alexander hold her seats in ward seven fending off a challenge from republican ron moten. and marion barry returns to the council to represent ward eight taking 87% of the vote in his race. >>> let's get some more numbers on some of the d.c. council races if we could right now. d.c. voters also had some ballot amendments to decide on, all stemming from recent ethics scandals. >> all three amendments passed by an overwhelming majority. amendment five will allow the counsel till silver hill to kick out a member if they committed gross misconduct while in office. -- will allow the council to kick out a member if they committed gross misconduct while in office. in office. >>> it is 2012 so why are we still having so many technical problems at the polls. that is i topic generating a lot of buzz this morning. even president obama is chiming in. we'll tell you about that straight ahead. >> a remin

vincent. and also it's also become very confusing since and now when you say. i want you to. come. on ledges and. confusing and so. it's really hard it's going on a time a big confusing mess no way to go will be watching closely at this story thank you very much amorally middle east analyst at the university of sydney. buy this read european union leaders failed to to reach a deal of the days of negotiating the blocks financial future in brussels will see members supported an increase in the budget while some including britain called for cuts claiming that in a time of austerity nations don't have money to spend r t sara for its reports. with the european commission in london but in a week that seeing the brussels budget debate also met lee ending in failure is once again britain's place within europe is back in the spotlight the european leaders all similarly failing to come up with a deal that would please everyone in the budget that would take us from twenty forty to twenty twenty that person very much wanted to be seen as leading the way in calling for the cuts indeed in the le

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vincent orange of course ruling the day here getting 36% of the vote. but david grosso actually coming in at 20% versus 15% for michael brown. this really became an election about character and we didn't just see that with these two men running for that particular office. it also came with the question a charter amendment, charter amendment number 5, voters said yes to allowing the council to expel a council member for gross mission conduct. let me show -- misconduct. let me show you this here. on question 5 the amendment, 86% of voters in the district volted in favor of that against 14%. it also came up in amendment 6, this would be disqualification from the d.c. council. 22% against and 76% for it. and one more question. amendment 7 which would be disqualification as mayor of the district if you were convicted of a felony. 78% of voters voted for that and 22% were against. now let's take a look at some of the other results. city council chairman that's a big one. we saw mend ellison carrying the day with 72% of the vote against gurley who was his clos

mayor vincent gray instituted the changes just as the council was preparing to introduce legislationnes even more. gray and police chief cathy lanier say, if fines are too low, drivers will not have an incentive to slow down. some experts disagree with that. >> there is no link between abusive fees and modifying behavior. it is a myth. >> mayor gray says any surmuse generated from the speed cameras will be used to hire 100 more police officers and that pledge has put some council members in a tough position. while they believe fines should be lowered, they don't want to be seen as opposing hiring more officers. officers. >>> a health alert this morning concerning the am of salt you eat. now, new guidelines supported by the american heart association say daily salt untake should be limited to less than 1500 milligram a day. -- daily salt intake should be limbited to less than 100 milligrams a day. >>> apple sold three million ipads in the first weekend that the new ipad mini and fourth general generation ipad went on sale. the tech company is touting this as a new launch record. we do

vincent gray says he does not believe that metrobus roach need to be changed because of rock- throwing incidents. the mayor and deputy mayor said there have not been enough incidents to make changes. his office found for your interest -- incidents in four different places and four last year. it is crucial the routes are not changed. >> that is exactly the direction we do not want to go in the district of columbia where when you live in a particular place you feel like the services of the city are not available in the same way. >> the deputy mayor said he could not speak for the metro. this was more about getting rid of some routes and less about rock-throwing. police are searching for the robbery suspect who shot a wal-mart store manager. it was in the parking lot. the store manager is expected to recover. the suspect's karr was found burned near the walmart. >> a tractor-trailer that killed and injured two men was found to have faulty brakes. six out of the 10 breaks were either not working or not properly aligned. >> there is an arrest warrant for the principal of a high school. thel