but friday the supreme court of virginia decided to close. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonald will launch a new program he hopes will reduce child hunger. no kid hungry campaign will give more children access to summer meal programs. only about 18% of children who receive free or reduced lurches during the school year take part in summer meal programs. >>> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is throwing support behind people who want to dance on the mall. it show that people want more events on the mall. she said she plans to meet with the national park service to bring more people-related activities to the mall. she plans to host a national dance day on the mall on july 30th. >>> what a beautiful setting to have a nice dance party. >> great place. . big band sound. >> it's going to be hot come july. it's already feeling hot now. >> it's feel more like our typical mid and late summer heat. astronomically it's still spring. we're off to a pleasant start. very cool. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. right now we're near 60 in prince george's county. arlington, fairfax near 60 deg

if you go to west virginia, democracy essentially doesn't exist. if you are a property owner, you have no right to stop corporations from raining boulders, poisoning your children and wells, drying up your streams. you don't have the right to participate in local democracy, which is the fundamental zoning laws and planning laws. in west virginia, you can't zone out these kinds of corporate activities. the transparency has disappeared in government, which is the hallmark of democracy. the agencies that are supposed to protect the west virginia public have become the instrumentialities for the companies they are supposed to regulate and the judiciary and virtually every elected public official has been corrupted by big coal. 2/3 of the people in west virginia want to see mountaintop removal banned and this is what happens when corporations take over government. you see the tea party out here saying big government is a big threat to democracy and i agree with that. i agree. when we have a government that tortures bill, suspends our bill of rights and

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well, you know, that's how democracy works in west virginia. it's really not a democracy anymore. you have a few large coal companies who have subverted democracy at every level. they've corrupted the judges. they've corrupted the public officials. and as we showed, two-thirds of the people in west virginia oppose mountaintop mining, but there is not a single politician that opposes it because they've been purchased by the coal industry. that's not a good thing for american democracy and a democracy is supposed to be about people, not about how much money you have. >> but the recent decision of citizens united says the corporations are people, too, and the aim of money they have determines how much speech they have, and so corporations just happen to be better at talking than people are. >> well, that's a good point actually. >> thank you, thank you. so few people say that. thank you, mr. kennedy. robert f. kennedy, jr. the movie is "the last mountain" opening in select cities this friday. we'll be right back. ♪ knock, knock ♪ who, who, who, who, who, who's there? ♪ ♪ laffy taffy

now, lee had a great virginia family named. west pointer, a model soldier in many ways, but he had commanded in western virginia in the fall of 61 and between lousy weather and even worse subordinates it was a failed campaign. that kind of hung over his reputation. actually, lee was temporarily exiled to the south carolina and georgia and coastal defenses until march of 1862 when jefferson davis needed a military advisor. so he chose lee, and he joined davis. what was critical for the next march, april, and make was that these two men developed mutual respect and trust for each other. davis, you know, has so many problems with joseph e. johnston. yes justin he would have some new problems. their relationship was very, very icy. getting more difficult. then of course johnston is wounded on may 301st. in davis roadway that evening on may 301st. the was with them. you can make the argument. he was going to command the army. there was no subordinate to give it to. he turned to lee and set on going to appoint a temporary command, no

and there is a little bit of ground fog in the rural areas of maryland and virginia, parts of west virginianear the bay, temperatures in the upper 60s. lower part of the eastern shore away from the waters it's only near 60. so quite a pleasant start to this monday morning. meanwhile, out of the mountains in maryland, west virginia, upper 50s to even mid-50s a few locations in western maryland. and a bit steamy to our south where temperatures are near 70 in the carolinas. but that steam is going to stay away from us today. we have a tphoenorthwesterly fl loft. a few clouds kwopg. a live picture from city camera. sunrise, 5:43. by 9:00, bright and sunny sky. we'll be in the mid-70s by then. by noon time, 80. by midafternoon, into the mid-80s. by late afternoon, back down into the low 80s. overnight tonight we'll have our temperatures in the upper 60s early part of the evening. a mostly clear evening by midnight, near 70. a few clouds starting off tomorrow morning. ought to be in the low 60s as we start off tuesday. then a little bit hotter tomorrow but still not real humid. up near 90 degrees

he's a delegate to the 5th and final virginia state convention. he gets to take his first crack at drafting a bill of rights. those look very familiar. it came out of the committee that george mason shared. >> neither madison nor monroe were around during the declaration, that is they were not members the continental congress that i recall, madison or monroe; correct? >> no. >> more of a constitutional debate rather than the issue. did both of them fight in the war? >> they did not. james monroe was actually a very distinguished soldier. he actually takes a bullet at the battle of trenton which held the entire balance of the war. he takes a bullet in the battle of trenton rushing the canyon. they put up the canyons on the main road. they were to pulverize the american army coming into town. that battle has the balance and monroe decisive action in that battle held the balance of the battle. he actually would have bled out and died and never known his name had not the night before, the soldiers awaken a doctor. they woke him up and went out and sai

but in west virginia they blown up 500 mountains. they buried 25 feet but 2500 miles of rivers and streams and they over the past ten years have flattened an area larger than the state of delaware. the oldest mountain range in the northern hemisphere and it's all illegal and the only way they get away with it is by sub verting democracy. i debated don blankenship who is the ceo and made $190 million in personal salary over the past ten years. i debated him on west virginia tv last year and i said you are by your own admission your companies had 67,000 violations of the clean water act over the previous five years. you had tens of thousands of violations of other mine safety in health laws. is it possible for your company to make a profit without violating a law? >> i'm going to stop you there. we have another clip of the film that i think also shows people what exactly what you are talking about here. let's take one more look. >> our last great mountain here in the coal river valley that hasn't been blasted to ashes. >> i know we liv

they're going to head back into virginia. i know the second virginia which is a stonewall brigade, they will go with jackson's command to capture harpers ferry. and then they were ordered back across the potomac to go to sharpsburg -- they decided into maryland, they've seen enough of maryland and they're not going back. a don't go back. then they're basically doing duties south of the river. but when you look at numbers, it's hard to get -- we all want to have them come and get we studied this and studied this. how many confederates were on the field on september 17, 18 '62? the consensus is probably about 40,000. but i'm going to some of the records and the other fellows have come here there were regimens before the battle, not after the battle, before the battle, mustard 15 men. 25 men. these are regimens that it thousand in the ranks in 61. so when you look -- 50 men, you know, members of, not a full regiment of italians, eight. idly south carolina union, look at these numbers. what happens of course is lee is going to be

more virginia roads including 267, the dulles toll road. i'll have that coming up at 4:56. >>> the plane known for its miracle landing is in fairmont, west virginia. >> what a day that was! right now, that jet is resting overnight along interstate 79. >> tuesday it made its way through maryland. the plane started in cecil county. went along part of the baltimore beltway to interstate 70 then crossed i-68 into west virginia and along the way, people packed every overpass to get a glimpse of the us airways jet. it is making its way to the carolina's air museum in charlotte, also flight 1549's final destination on that fateful day. >> that is really cool looking, isn't it? >> nationals and giants wrap up their series. they have a matinee today. first pitch 3:45 in san francisco. >> last night, it was all about one man, jordan zimmermann. he was in control as the nats starting pitcher. he went seven innings, gave up one run and struck out the side in the third. in the top of the fourth with the game tied at 1 all, he laid down a perfect safety

they are going to hit into virginia. i know the second virginia in the stonewall brigade will go with jackson to command harper's ferry and then quarterback across the potomac to go to sharpsburg. they decided it into maryland and the it seen enough and they are not going back and they don't go back. they are doing duties south of the river. but when you look at the numbers it is hard. we all want to have them and yet, you know, we studied this and studied this. how many confederates were on the field of antietam september 7262? the consensus is probably about 40,000. but i've gone through some of the records and other fellows have, too. there were some confederal regiments before a battle, not after the battle but before the battle mustered 15 men, 25 men. these are regimens that thousands in the ranks of 61. 50 million, and i remember as a battalion of i think not a full regimen battalion of eight. i believe the south carolina and union looking at these numbers. what happens of course is lee is going to be criticized w

>> we have problems in virginia. accident on 66 now over to the shoulder and before the dulles toll road and only the right lane is getting by. let's look at the back up at arlington boulevard. it's been this way for a while. very slow going on the inner loop. as you can see, stop and go traffic here. we had an earlier accident on the right shoulder there. on the outer loop here we also had the left lane construction. moving along to 95 just north of van dorn street looking at telegraph road we have outer loop construction at the outer lane split. only the center lane has access to the center lanes here. it's slow going, as well. >> okay, thank you, tanya. >>> 11:21 is our time. >>> sensitivity to touch. it's a serious problem for some children. but an author and designer are helping make life a lot easier for kids with that problem. >>> what bryce harper the number one pick in the mlb draft did to make him a target for opposing pitchers. >>> first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> this is pretty

. >>> and virginia's attorney general is setting his sights on metro's silver line. ken says the extension to dulles airport should never get that far. instead, he is arguing the project aught to stop at willie avenue and fairfax and never reach the airport. the rail line just isn't worth the money. now he doesn't live around here and will likely never have to ride the thing, but does he have a point regardless or does he not know what he's talking about? weigh in on the debate with an e-mail to mcginty's mail bag. delays with those high occupancy toll lanes. transurban has been working on the plan for more than three years now, but the company says the recent setbacks from a lawsuit filed by arlington county has it rethinking its involvement. that lawsuit was withdrawn back in february, but it delayed other environmental approvals. >>> all right, let's get outside and check on the evening rush. monica with your time saver traffic. evening monica. i like to see the green light. >> i just changed it to green because things are looking better. if you are taking public

they did not win in virginia in december, the constitution did. it has been mixed results across the country, but these are all run up to the supreme court for this will be decided. my guess is it will be decided next year. it will be before next november. it will probably be june 2012, , but we willuess see. we will keep pushing in virginia. some courts will not like the ecommerce clause. but came up with it all back argument that the penalty you have to pay it to do not by their government approved health insurance is a tax. what they do that? they have vast taxing power, particularly after the 16th amendment. the court gives them great deference. this is their fallback position. you may recall that when the president was being interviewed by george stephanopoulos, before the bill became law, he was very irritated with the notion that his opponents were saying this was a tax. his response was that they say everything is a tax. this is not a tax increase, not at all. funny how things change want to go to court. i have almost felt sorry for some o

blair west virginia. now that second battle of blair about ten pits protesters against corporate interests protestors bringing attention to claims of horrific working conditions and the mountaintop removal mining techniques in the area which has a lot of allegedly polluted water cause health problems even death earlier i spoke with journalist the labor journalist mike and he helped me put this struggle which is a local struggle into a broader context darting with unions and mining in general here's what he said in the study that came out last week that showed that union mines are we safer. but fifty percent safer than non mountains and these situations constantly it's about safety it's also about providing for somebody's situation and unions really provide of ways for people to express themselves on the job and this is what's really at stake what about me it's a symbol but for what i understand there are union mines in blair mountain where the show union mines and blue mountain i mean there are throughout

>>> i'm julie carey in spri springfield, virginia. i'll tell you why state police inspections are limited, though, when it comes to passenger buses. >>> and a consumer warning. shards of plastic found in pizza dough. now there's a warning to stop eating this today is not about finding the time to do your homework. it's not about logging on to this week's class. today is a celebration, a triumph of dedication, a victory for that little voice that urges us on. today is a day to recognize that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and to prove that not all heroes wear a cape. some wear a cap and gown. congratulations to the strayer university graduates of 2011. >>> just days after the deadly bus accident on i-95, virginia state police are out in full force conducting safety checks on commercial vehicles. julie carey joins us from springfield with more on how they are making sure the vehicles on the road are safe. julie? >> reporter: it's just a coincidence this annual crackdown comes only a week after the fatal bus crash that kill

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virginia, 66.looking perhaps at about 8 minutes longer than usual to get from fairfax over to the capital beltway. the inner loop is checking out ok from 395 to the toll road and the toll road itself, no problems to report. still ahead, a look at interstate 270. mike, that's up at 6:25. >> see you then, angie. >> coming up next in sports, the nationals and giants play until 2:30 this morning our time. see how the whole thing ended in the 13th inning. >> a first for dulles airport, the beginning of scheduled flights of the airbus a-38 0, the double-decker jumbo jet. service began yesterday. the plane can fit more than 500 peaks. >> wow! it was spotted by one of our facebook friends. look at that monstrosity! he posted this shot on our facebook page. visit facebook.com/wusa9. we'll be right back. ;ç beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right,

virginia takes a 1-0 lead. 2-0, virginia in the eighth.ing lines one just out of the reach of chad bunting. they go on to win 4-1. the bears next play tuesday in a loser's bracket. another loss and they're done. >> i think we've got them right where we want them. from here on out, everybody is going to be coming off a loss and we're going to be coming off a win. that's when we were at our best. >> cal being here is one of the best things that could happen for college baseball. i think it sends a message across the country that there's a lot of programs that really care about their baseball programs. you know, i was just glad we had an opportunity to play them today and fortunately fortunately we won. >> you have to think brian say yap is making a lot of calls. trevor cahill, winless in his last several starts. nate schierholtz comes around to score, and the giants lead 1- 0. nothing can end a pitching slump better than facing the giants' offense. cahill strikes out the side in the fourth. retired ten straight at one point and with the bull

i-95 northbound in virginia.nants of the accident over to the shoulder here near the prince william parkway. pretty hefty backup even with the travel lanes open. good news there. after that, some usual delays up towards springfield. maryland side, had i-270, pretty much the same story. relatively minor slowdowns. sporadic delays. northbound looking good. travel lanes open. checking the trains this morning. good to go all the way around with no delays metro, vre or marc. joe, eun. >> 6:23, 69 degrees. the new plan for metro to get all of those broken down escalators back up and running. >>> scenic route through the area for the miracle on the hudson plane. how you can get a glimpse of it or avoid getting stuck behind it, whatever you want to do. >>> in it is. the world's biggest passenger airplane. the air france a-380. the largest commercial aircraft flies daily from dulles to paris. the plane is huge, needless to say. nearly a football field in length and includes two passenger decks with four cabin classes. lux

western maryland, west virginia, many locations in the low and mid-70s. near 80 across the rest of virginia and into the carolinas this morning. we've had high pressure pushing in from the north and it's going to be with us here bringing plenty of sunshine throughout the rest of the day. and dry weather here for today as well. mostly sunny this afternoon, warm, with a light wind, highs reaching the mid 80s. we'll have a light northeasterly breeze around 5 to 10. big changes coming in midweek. i'll have details on that. a look at the end of the week and the weekend as well in a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. >>> we'll check the midday traffic now. let's see what tanya hutchins has to tell us about how things were moving out there on the roads. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. it has not. a good morning traffic wise. things are slow, 95 southbound in maryland. let's take a look top side of beltway in maryland through silver spring because it's very slow there, on and off as well. 495 at new hampshire avenue is showing some improvement. we have two p

the virginia supreme court upheld the school board's decision. the board ordered the closing because of declining enrollment. safety issues and poor quality of well water at the school. parents appealed to keep it open, but the last day of school is june 21. >>> transportation officials in virginia are out to reduce the noise from the cars. they are unveil ago new blend of pavement today called forest friction force. engineers say the pavement is designed to absorb the sound and reduce noise. it is being tested right now on the prince william county parkway in manassas and they plan to begin testing the new pavement on three more roads later this summer. >>> so perhaps you have seen them. those car commercials that promise you 40 miles per gallon. with high gas prices, you may want to take the bait. those ads may not tell the full story. >> they are tempting, cars that claim to give you 40 miles per gallon and more. >> chevy cruise gets up to 40 miles per gallon. >> the 40-mile per gallon alantra. >> the ads get your attention, but auto editor ri

we're in the upper 50s across north central virginia. closer to the bay it's in the upper 60s as well as in washington. but the nearby suburbs in montgomery, fairfax, arlington, prince george's county near 60 degrees. and weather watchers are up bright and early this morning reporting a mostly clear sky. a little bit of haze in the air over the jefferson memorial. there is the live picture from city camera. we'll have sunrise here shortly in just about three minutes. by 9:00, into the upper 70s. quite a warmup quickly. by noon time, mid-80s. we'll peak, though, in the low 90s. by midafternoon that is a good 10 degrees above the average high this time of year. in addition, a a code orange for poor air quality this afternoon. anyone with a heart or respiratory ailment should stay inside. a warm evening. dip into the upper 70s by late evening. by dawn tomorrow starting off wednesday morning with more humidity. it will be near 70 for the low tomorrow morning. a look at increased heat and humidity and into next week along with my latest schoo

a touch of fog in the mountains of west virginia. we've got temperatures at the bus stop we'll be in the 63 to 73 range. right now, some upper 50s. with your sunrise, we'll start to come off the lows a little bit by bus stop time. our day planner will be near 70 at 8:00. lower 80s by noon. winds out of the southwest at 9 miles per hour. the southwest winds continues at 4:00. probably be a high then around 91 degrees and 83, down to 83 as winds become southwest to southerly. low 60s there on the delmarva. delaware and salisbury. we've got upper 60s from the pax river naval air station and also at national and culpepper, 57. oakland, 59. we're down to 59 at the reston town center. fort belvoir at 50. college park and columbia this morning, 63 degrees in alexandria and baden at 64. national though, 6 9 with a light southwest wind at 5. clear skies and a barometer continues to rise. 30.01. showing you national temperatures because if you think about this, it is 3:45 here minneapolis time. 82 degrees here this morning. lots of warmth in t

crash in caroline county, virginia.e requiring travelers -- drivers to maintain a valid license. one measure requires periodic inspection. >>> 6:36. get ready for a new traffic pattern on the 14th street bridge. it was closed overnight silanes could be realigned. -- so lanes could be realigned. the lane on the far right will head only to the freeway. >>> 67 degrees. when we continue, party gone wild. one teenager took the phrase open invitation to a whole new ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina change engineering in dubai aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason 80% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >> welcome back. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >>

. >>> the virginia department of health says a deadly e. coli strain is responsible for the death of a toddler over the weekend. a 2-year-old girl from dryden, virginia, died on sunday and the lab results confirm the prchbs e. coli in her system. according to the coroner's report, the source of expose surbelieved to be a contaminated pool. this is not, however, connected to the deadly outbreak of koerks lie in europe. >>> health officials in germany, however have seen 100 new infections in the past 24 hours. again, this is a difference strain from the bacteria in virginia. the european outbreak has killed 24 people and authorities believe the source may be an organic sprout farm in germany, but they are still not sure. in the meantime, spanish farmers are angry that the outbreak was initially blamed on cucumbers from spain. those farmers across europe are losing millions of dollars because people are afraid of raw produce because it could be infected with e. coli. >>> coming up, a bar beatdown and the newly released video that police hope m

and they need an example of where our economy is well look no further than west virginia archers and miners prepare for round two in the battle for blair mountain will have been on the ground look. it's friday june tenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for watching our team. i want to start out by taking a look at what you might have seen if you turned on some of the mainstream cable networks here in the united states today what the other guys are talking about take a look. wiener gate as it's come to be called just keeps getting more bizarre and must be mattering photo back and i mean i'm going to be what i am because i'm ready to hurt the democratic party if he doesn't resign casey anthony back in court she is accused of killing her two year old daughter in two thousand a timer and of yesterday was harsh today was just awful sure that she was sick as much as sick of the testimony she has been so stone faced so cold so callous maybe the gig is up and maybe that's why she's crying. casey anthony and winner date i want to tell you what they're not talking about an event that

back in the days when who's afraid of virginia woolf?was up for the pulitzer prize, the qualified jury of theater professionals voted the play that it should get the pulitzer prize that year. but there were a bunch of newspaper editors who sat on top of the jury, so to speak, and decided whether the jury's recommendations were tolerable or not-- editors and publishers, i think. and this group of 15, the new york times, bless them, told us all, decided eight to seven that who's afraid of virginia woolf? was too what? too controversial, too good-- something; i don't know-- to get the pulitzer prize that year. and the new york times went further and talked to some of the eight who had voted against it and found that half of them had neither seen it nor read it, which gave them a kind of objectivity. [laughter] clearly. so i don't know that whether that year, i got the pulitzer prize and they took it away from me, or i didn't get it. so since i got three later, i think i have 3 1/2. (paulson) a lot of people apparently believe art can be dan

in the mountains of west virginia a battle is raging. for the feet of a mountain it's cool it's joe. and it's. of resistance in appalachians the same cause let's see. more than three hundred miners activists and environmentalists marched at blair mountain to demand an end to mountaintop removal. technique that blasts right to get a call seems within which environmentalist say send debris reading down causing flooding in contaminating rivers water through water they retrace the steps of more than ten thousand coal miners who in one thousand twenty one took up arms for the right to unionize and survive to fifteen thousand coal miners forming an army and marching up the mountain that's right behind me you know and fighting you know against an army paid for by coal operators chuck amy's great grandfather led the charge is the president of the west virginia miners union but it's a history he didn't learn from textbooks this is a history that has been concealed from west virginians the only time you see the word union in the book is when they

more virginia roads up at 6:00.to you. >>> making news now at 5:49, a major sandbagging effort is underway in hamburg, iowa. residents there are racing against the clock to prevent flooding from the swollen missouri river. a levee protecting the town is already leaking if it fails, part of hamburg could end up under eight feet of water. >> arizona's governor has declared a state of emergency. an out-of-control wildfire has charred more than 350 square miles and forced the evacuation of at least three towns. about 2500 firefighters are working to contain the flames. >>> authorities are warning people south of denver about dangerous haze from that arizona wildfire. and another one burning in southwest colorado. they were advising old and young along with those who have respiratory conditions to avoid prolonged exertion outdoors. >>> we have a follow-up to a story we brought to you last september. it appears a mistake by a heating oil contractor will soon cost three people their homes in alexandria. >> brittany morehou

petersburg, west virginia quarter mile visibility.an improvement from zero readings that were coming in in the past hour. 67 at national. dew .64. there is only a 3-degree spread, giving us a relative humidity of 90%. low level moisture around right now. last night we had an isolated shower. there to our east on the bay, north and west of chicago, we'll be headed toward green bay and milwaukee and even chicago in the next few hours could be affected by that. that could slow things down for air travelers. looking at the future cast, relatively quiet. tried to pop a shower on the models, i think that's probably not going to happen. we stay quiet today into tonight. tomorrow afternoon you'll notice with the daytime heating north and west, we're looking at showers, thunderstorms potentially developing. there for the afternoon and evening hours, that settles down on the afternoon. then probably do the same thing wednesday, although maybe a little closer to the district wednesday as we have high heat and humidity returning. 85 today, tonigh

the entrepreneurship of virginia as businesses. i think we all have a great deal of hard earned. these are things that are not helpful for growth and economic development. it is critically important to have a coherent energy policy. we are trying to create those in our states. i know you have a lot of things going on in delaware, but we have great reserves of coal and natural gas. offshore resources with oil and natural gas, and told my friends we have the best class a wins outside of congress. we are trying to develop those resources. having a good energy policy is critically important long-term. by lee, higher education. we invested tremendous new money this year in higher education. focus more on stem areas. that is where the growth is. i just got back from a trade mission to china and japan. there are positives with tax incentives that are significant. those are things that help us long-term and create a well- trained work force. one of the things we did early on was to generate a strategic marketing plan to assess virginia, ou

blair west virginia. move over tea party here comes the tequila party that's right there is yet another new political movement named after a drink. in this country and this one if you haven't figured out is reaching out to the hispanic community and it's not about supporting one party or the other it's about getting the growing hispanic population to actually go out and vote and let me give you a few numbers so you understand just how many people we're talking about the latino population grew from thirty five point three million in two thousand to fifty point five million in two thousand and ten the number of latinos eligible to vote went from thirteen million in two thousand to twenty one million in two thousand and ten and yet in last november's midterm elections only thirty one percent of latinos actually cast a ballot so it seems like the only way to get politicians to move on immigration reform is for the hispanic population to move to the polls forced but do they actually want to do it joining me to

the virginia roadways at 6:25. andrea and mike back to you. >>> thank you, angie.ic landing is scheduled for later this morning at dulles international airport. >>> there is good news for nationals fans. we're back with sports headlines coming up. hi. hi. i just got my car insurance bill, and, uh, wow! i really need to shop for a better rate. any thoughts? well, i can do two things. first, we'll show you our progressive direct rates and rates from our competitors. people who switch save an average of over $500 a year. very cool! oh, and the second thing? it's origami. you just blew my mind. making it easy to shop and save. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we're coming up on 6:22, a fine start to the week, it will get hot by mid week. enjoy your monday day planner calling for temperatures in the 60s, getting to the lower 70s by 9:00, upper 70s by noon. a high of around 85, with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 83. we'll talk about high heat and humidity during the next half hour. now, here's mike and andrea. >>> there's good news for a member of the washi

. >> we found out who cal's opponent will be, virginia cavaliers.e was 1 strike away from advancing but chris taylor brought home a couple runs and virginia stormed the field 3-2. cal versus virginia this sunday morning at 11:00. the college world series can go up to 2 weeks. this is a big, big deal. the cal bears, you know, face, it that story has been told over and over again. they were going to not have baseball after this year because of funds, now they are at the world series. talk about a tough job. luke, ladies and gentlemen s the new head coach of ohio state. he has been an assistant coach for a while and replaces jim tressel. this is why they are extra tough, one of the most talked about programs in america, you know what's his problem will be? >> what? >> i don't know him. >> i don't know. >> he goes into a place where you can't even now, you know, steel a paper clip was of what happened to ohio state. so -- you know, my motto is -- >> what is your motto, you have so many. >> the mottos come out. the point is, you know, if you are going ch

virginia had a couple of tournaments also every year. and the virginia beach and the nationals was last year out in nebraska. a little bit warm and a lot of corn. >> and greece, have you been to greece before? >> no. >> what are you most excited about? >> um, seeing what the environment is like down there and make new friends and have a good time. >> it should be a very good time. i want to mention, we said that there are several young folks from virginia who are going. nine athletes from across virginia. four from this area and in addition to david. karen dickerson from springfield, we should say you are from springfield as well. she's a marathon runner. rose lessco from reston, track and field. and elizabeth klein from alexandria is swimming. you fly out on june 19th, the games get underway june 25th. do keep in touch with us about it. let us know how it goes. >> we're looking forward to it. >> it should be fun. a great time. congratulations to you. and much success and great work with the folks at the special olympics. should be a goo

blair west virginia. the second battle of blair mountain deals with protesters panem against corporate interests and what activists call her if it were king conditions and the mountaintop removal mining techniques in the area that have allegedly polluted the water and cause health problems and even death now this case affects local residents but here to put these issues in context in the united states is labor journalist michael has covered a number of these stories also has deep roots in the labor struggle movement i would say that you think that's fair my question to you in that case you have miners pitted against corporate interests and of course the issue of corporations putting profits before people of profits before safety this is just one case but i'm curious of how representative you think it is of the modern day struggle in the labor movement in this country and you know certainly you know being there was a study that came out last week that showed that union mines are received than up fifty perc

as well as the shenandoah valley in virginia. around the bay, eastern shore, around 60 degrees. over the haze, a mostly clear sky. we'll have hazy sunshine this morning. a live picture from sky watcher camera. this time we're looking toward arlington in the distance. you can see that backe of fog right over the potomac river where the american legion bridge crosses. that fog will be around for another hour or two. we'll have temperatures by 9:00, mid-70s. we'll have it up near 80 noon time. peaking in the mid-80s by midafternoon. not very humid. not the sweltering humidity we're so used on. that's coming later this week. a look at night planner at 6:41. jerry, how is traffic? >> busy at the american legion bridge. a little bit of volume both directions. generally speaking, pretty smooth sailing. good monday morning. outer loop, river road moving nicely. around the tysons corner area there has been a ton of it that's all picked up. about an hour ago. that's no longer a concern. you're likely to find sunshine delays. 395 to the 14t

. >>> virginia state place-- police are changing the way that buses operate. they are cracking down on unregulated tour buses. this comes less than one week after four people died in hague -- a bus crash. >> commercial carriers are getting the safety emphasis. after what happened last week, the emphasis on interstate 95 is going to be on tour buses. >> we interview the driver. >> virginia state police say this is part of an enforcement ever that centers on the safety of buses the condition of the vehicles, and the drivers after last week's crash were four women were killed and dozens of people injured. the challenge is that they are boring to be required to call in to stations. >> normally wouldn't -- we would not stop the before and inspection. >> they have depots or stations where inspections and maintenance can take place, but the involvement in last week's crash officials say that the buses and operators are difficult to crack and that has to change. >> we are seeking assistance from congress to strengthen the authority to keep bacteria from operating agai

we have a lot of needs in west virginia as all america does.uch better job back home. we're facing financial challenges, and i think our war on terror should be very direct. i know we can do that mission. we did it, we found osama bin laden. they can't hide. we have the greatest special op forces in the world, and they are quick, mobile, and fluid. i think let them do their job. we shouldn't be there trying to build a nation and place they don't want us anyway. >> is your position pull them all out now, and if so, is there a risk in your view that immediate withdrawal will cost the united states more in the long run if we have to go back and clean up the aftermath? >> joe, here is the thing, i have never nor have i attempted to tell military experts and generals and all the forces we have so much expertise how to do their job. i know one thing. when the civilians give the military in america the mission to be done, it's accomplished and it would be done in the best manner that possibly could. so i would not advocate any of the things that would

top two, virginia's john barr singles through the right side. duper as our photographer guru chris would say. uv in front 5-0. on the mound, tyler wilson. goes 6 1/3, strikes out seven. top four. john hicksop. two rbi double for hicks. cavaliers win 13-1. virginia will host the winner of the los angeles regional but that's between ucla or uc irvine in the super regionals next weekend. here's lindsay czarniak with a preview of "sports final." >> coming up tonight we have a lot of things to talk about, including capitals forward mike knuble who stopped by the studio to join us. right now you're golfing a ton but you really want to be playing hockey. >> i love it. i'd trade positions with any of those guys in a heartbeat. >> tell me about biting in the nhl. >> i know, it's a big scandal. then he goes off and scores two goals, including the game-winner. i think he's going to be not very well received in boston come game three. >> mike knuble talking about alex burrows of vancouver. >>> french open and game three of the nba finals. i'm pumped or i'm