as far as drivers in the region, we told the washington d.c., had the worst traffic and washington, d.c. drivers are being called some of the worst on the road. our news partners at wtop found 49% of people say washington d.c. tops the list of the worst drivers in the area. 21% said maryland drivers are the worst. 20% said virginia had the worst drivers. each region is filled with an equal amount of poor drivers. still ahead, a f [ male announce] here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and phone for small business for only $84.99 a month. call 1.866.solutions now or visit verizon.com/solutions. only $84.99 for high-speed internet and phone. plus your choice of either no annual contract or a two yeaear price guarantee. call 1.866.solutions or visit verizon.com/solutions today. hurry -- this offer won't last lolong. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> coming up tonight at 5:00 a personal account from our reporter greta of her battle with lung cancer. as a nonsmoker she was shocked when

and therefore congress as a federal entity plays this weirdly local role in what the city of washington, d.c. can do with its own business. as such, d.c. often bears the brunt of whatever is in political fashion for members of congress that year. they tend to take their highest priority partisan issues at the federal level and impose them on the district of columbia against d.c.'s will. republicans are in control of the house right now, and what's the majority for republicans this year? what's the issue they are more focused on making policy about that anything else across the country? that would be the issue of abortion. abortion rights. trent franks, he represents arizona, has divided in his infinite arizona wisdom, has decided he should decide whether or not you can get a abortion if you live in washington, d.c. house republicans insisted last year as part of the national bug that washington, d.c. be blocked as a city from using any oifts own city funds to subsidize any abortion services. not federal money, but the city's own money, they're not allowed to decide what to do with it. congre

the reason is that all of the railroads that went from the north to washington, d.c. weren't through baltimore. i am going to use this google map to illustrate the railroad lines and it works well because the railroad lines of the 1860s followed our interstate highway system and so one line went from philadelphia down through baltimore and to washington d.c. it roughly followed i-95. another line went from harrisburg roughly down i-83 to baltimore and another line came from the west roughly along route 70, and from here the trains would go southward to washington, d.c. so for lincoln it was imperative to keep maryland and keep baltimore in the union. if you're going to get troops to the national capital, then they have to go through baltimore. baltimore had a quirky system. it was illegal to have trains pass through the city attached to locomotives so trains coming in from philadelphia would arrive at president street station, the station here, and it is on the eastern side of the inner harbor. trains coming down from harrisburg would arrive north of this map and then

and from here the trains would go southward to washington, d.c. so for lincoln it was imperative to keep maryland and keep baltimore in the union. if you're going to get troops to the national capital, then they have to go through baltimore. baltimore had a quirky system back then. the way it worked is it was illegal to have trains pass through the city attached to locomotives. so trains coming in from philadelphia would arrive at president street station, this is the station here, and it's on the eastern side of the inner harbor. trains coming down from harrisburg would arrive north of this map, and then trains coming from the west came south. what would happen because of this quirky law in baltimore when is the trines arrived, either at president street station or the one north of this map, they would be detached from the locomotives, attached to a team of horses and drawn by horse all the way through the city. so a train coming to president street from philadelphia would follow this line around the inner harbor to camden station. then from camd

this doesn't happen like this today without mayor gray and the government staff of washington, d.c. for making this happen, for representing d.c. like chuck brown deserved. thank you. we're going to begin with "i love the lord" backed by the special chuck brown memorial band who are ready to do their thing. music director my boy wayne bruce then we'll have the opening prayer by reverend tony lee, senior pastor. >> right now it looks as though there's going to be a beautiful song that's going to be performed. then we'll hear the opening prayer from reverend tony lee. sounds like they're doing a little setup now before that occurs. as we take a look at this, this is some kind of homecoming service. >> i'm so happy they're doing it right. what chuck means to this city, some people don't really get it. there's a lot of people who have come here and gone to school here and from other areas, and if you don't -- if you haven't been a native washingtonian, you have no idea what chuck means to this city. i'm glad that people will get a chance to see. >> people lined up to attend this home go

washington, d.c. was south of the transfer -- the mason decisiodixon line. st. augustine was established in the late 1850's during the separate but equal and in most cases on equal time. this school was started by the first order of black roman catholic nuns, the oblate sisters of providence out of baltimore, maryland. their purpose was to educate black children. these nuns persistence and unflinching sacrifice influence my mother's life and my life. my mother was in high school when the march on washington occurred. the weeks leading up to the march, my mother participated in many peaceful demonstrations and picket lines in front of the white house. again, this is another example of unshakable persistence and sacrifice. she did this being afraid and not reacting when the white agitators were spitting on her and her girlfriend. it was important for her to peacefully continue in her fight for justice and civil rights. i mother was the first to obtain a college degree and went on to an education in education that lasted for decades. my work ethic was derived from

guys did a tool time on this arizona congressman that was calling for the abortion ban here in washington d.c. . and i think we have a little news clip to to remind you about some of the controversy they're. fighting for d.c. home rule will again hit capitol hill today a group of protesters target arizona congressman trent franks last week d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was barred from testifying at a hearing about the twenty week abortion ban in the district are it's the people are now there continue to try to protest him and they've got this other approach which is kind of funny i must admit d.c. residents are now just bringing their local every day problems that they have directly to this congressman they're calling him air their writing in letters and everything from potholes to road problems to public transportation complaints they're just flooding it all towards him i think it's a genius idea because this is an arizona congressman who's trying to make change rather the law in washington d.c. because we don't have any representation here are lone congresswoman who can't even vote on

he embodied the culture, the people, and the energy of washington, d.c. so coming up at 5:00, we're going to have an expert interview, a woman who has been writing a book about go-go and what go-go meant the for washington, d.c. she's going to give us a little more indepth analysis into the importance of this man and why this day and the following days to come, including the final goodbye on thursday, is such a huge historic moment here in washington, d.c. so we're going to have much more on this story and continue to follow it throughout the morning. we'll see you again in a half- hour. back to you. >> thanks, delia live at howard theatre. to recap what delia just said, public viewing for chuck brown is today at the howard theatre on t street in northwest. the viewing from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on thursday the community can attend a memorial from noon till 3:00. that is at the washington convention center. if you plan to attend this week's farewells, you are asked to please use public transportation. it's expected to be very crowded. many streets arou

also like to thank the united states capitol historical society, the illinois state society of washington, d.c., and the knox college d.c. alumni club. in the early evening of november 7th, 1837, an ugly, drunken crowd of violence-prone anti-abolitionists gathered together in the city of alton, illinois. by 10:00 that night, they had turned into a crazed mob. a few hours earlier, this troop of troublemakers attacked people barricaded in a warehouse belonging to elijah p. lovejoy. the crowd had learned earlier that day that lovejoy had received a new printing press that would make it possible, possible for him to resume the publication of his anti-slavery newspaper "the observer." lovejoy had moved across the river to illinois from st. louis in 1836, believing that he would be safer expressing his anti-slavery views in the free state of illinois, rather than the slave state of missouri, but alton was a pro-slavery community in a free state. its character was much different than the yankees owen lovejoy had grown up with and his brother elijah p. lovejoy had grown up with, in maine. lovejoy soon

he moves to washington, d.c. we believe, around 1861 through his association with redpath's newspaper and his rising stature and fame as a pamphleteer and speaker within the an libolitio community. what we do know at the time is that he comes to the attention of the lincoln administration. abraham lincoln was a colonizationist. this is a part of lincoln's legacy in history that has caused quite a bit of controversy, but it is also very reflective of what existed in antislavery and northern moderate at that time in history. kol colonization movement was the belief that after emancipation that freed slaves should be settled abroad. in another location. liberia was a location where freed slaves set up their own government. lincoln was interested in colonization some what closer to the united states, he investigated central america as his primary space where he was hoping to obtain land. in 1862, lincoln actually held a meeting at the white house with five free african-americans from the district of columbia, to pitc

i assume he recognized the error of his ways in washington, d.c.ediately. >> almost immediately after the program air biden's office said he was speaking him r for himself and not making new policy. >> jon: it's the old mom routine. if it were up to me, honey, i would let you go to the party. i would buy you a six pack to share with your friends but you know how your father is. obviously bide season speaking for himself and not the president of the united states. >> david axelrod tweeted this "what vp said that all married couples should have exactly the same legal rights is precisely the position." >> jon: hash tag bieber just a refresm. he said it's the position because vp said hash tag gay marriage good lol. it's probably not as simple as vp and potus have same position. jay carney. >> let me be clear. the vice president said what the said about the protection of rights with citizens is consistent with the president's position on this issue. the president has spoken about this. the president is the right person to describe his own personal views

right now best spellers in the nation are in washington, d.c.taking part in the first rounds of the national bee. among the nearly 300 spellers is 6-year-old laurie ann madison most of the contestants are twice her age she is the youngest ever to qualify she started reading at age two and come an meeting at age three. >> it is not as big and not really like yeah, i'm more like it is fine. i'm hoping i will make night semifinals. i'm really, really -- hoping a decent, nice trophy. >> maybe bigger than her. when she grows up she says she wants to be an olympic swimmer or astro biologist you can be both. >> why do i have a feeling she will be a fan favorite if she makes it into the semifinals. >>> flight arrival delays over at sfo a lot on the east coast heading to new york or detroit. building warming trend on the way i'll show you where the 90s will be. >>> medicines you take to fight pain may also protect from you the deadliest form of skin cancer. >>> very die-hard cup fans are going to the distance for their team. why they think a goat can bre

right now best spellers in the nation are in washington, d.c.king part in the first rounds of the national bee. among the nearly 300 spellers is 6-year-old laurie ann madison most of the contestants are twice her age she is the youngest ever to qualify she started reading at age two and come an meeting at age three. >> it is not as big and not really like yeah, i'm more like it is fine. i'm hoping i will make night semifinals. i'm really, really -- hoping a decent, nice trophy. >> maybe bigger than her. when she grows up she says she wants to be an olympic swimmer or astro biologist you can be both. >> why do i have a feeling she will be a fan favorite if she makes it into the semifinals. >>> flight arrival delays over at sfo a lot on the east coast heading to new york or detroit. building warming trend on the way i'll show you where the 90s will be. >>> medicines you take to fight pain may also protect from you the deadliest form of skin cancer. >>> very die-hard cup fans are going to the distance for their team. why they think a goat can [ mal

they're dead they're scary there's a big you know we're here in washington d.c. . all right we're going to. the daily caller guess what they're doing they have a fun little thing going on a giveaway for their fans they're calling it the great gun giveaway and so basically until election day they're going to be giving away one gun per week and it's a nine millimeter gun each gun is raved with the bill of rights and it comes in one of three colors and so this is the daily caller's patel he says that like most americans outside washington d.c. new york city and most of our nation's newsrooms large numbers of daily caller readers love guns. and there are so i would love to see rachel maddow give guns as a present even like one of our t.v. shows and just see the rightwing freak out i mean it well do you think they would freak out i mean i think that most of the right wing loves the guy over and over they would tell they were trying something so sure about the liberals are training to attack us you know i mean that can you imagine if a liberal outlet like rachel maddow i

stories in thirty minutes from now with me and the news team that will be all to any other show in washington d.c. . ok it's time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to my brilliance and engaging viewer comments from facebook twitter and you tube because when you have something to say i listen now first i want to share some of our viewers' comments from our interview last week with the young turks and his spirit about what to do about the growing student loan debt problem mr roboto commented on you tube how about this don't take on loans you know you can't pay back interest rates will drop like crazy mountain man twenty three comments it simply not making education more expensive is not enough the banks got bailed out g.m. got bailed out the students should get bailed out too and last but not least a viewer who's name is very hard to pronounce said do what i do just don't pay them back expletive them now you know i wouldn't recommend that last comment but the point of reading all of those is that most americans have rather strong opinions on student loans that really run the gamu

in addition to be being an author, ken is an attorney in washington, d.c. and a 35-year veteran of senior position in congress the executive branch, financial regulation, and private law. young j.young j. edgar presents a portrait of man. hunted by the preciouses of a demanding mother and a deor it your ration of a mentally ill father. he mansioned to be in the right place at the right time. receiving a slew of job promotions at the young age. he sacrificed his personal life for his career, took on the dubious task of accord raids and deportation, and deathly ma moveds through the politics of department of justice to outlive many of his superiors including the bloc i are attorney general mitchell palmer. despite the possibility that the intentions of hoover and many others were noble in fighting red scare. the tact its insighted criticism from legal loom theirs, holmes, frankfurter, helping to foster the modern conception of civil rights. in exploring the early career almost 100 years ago, ken touches on several themes that are strikingly pertinent to today

sam and sara met at american university in washington d.c. the families urge them to wait until they have their diplomas to get in days. so they waited about a minute until the diploma was in her hand. a mississippi woman is living proof that you are never too old to learn. 70-year-old carol received her bachelor's degree from university of southern mississippi on saturday. she earned her degree 50 years after graduating high school, she admits the cluster was very different than she remembered. despite the adjustments, she graduated with a 3.95 gsa pa. tv networks will unveil their schedules this week. nbc will introduce its lineup tomorrow. we have a preview. >> are you serious? >> former friends star matthew perry is returning to nbc. his new comedy about a wisecracking sports caster coping with loss is one of six new series. >> you frighten me. >> he is a big star. he is a great actor. not only a comic actor, but a great actor. >> following perry will be the new normal. it is about a gay couple who enlist the help of a surrogate. >> all i

it was a fairly dark time in washington, d.c. the republicans controlled washington at that time. at least on the senate and house side. there are many things that immigration advocates were not able to get done. i moved here for many of the reasons that i think we're all here in san francisco. we're a city of compehensive immigration refoimmigrants. we know that san francisco was built on the backs of immigrant labor. we also know that for the past 10 years on so, it has been fairly dark nationwide for our immigrant community. we've had a new record number of rates belief had a tremendous backlog of applications of legal immigrants that are trying to become citizens. there have been countless stories of constitutional and civil rights violated of many of our family members and friends. i used to be an immigrant rights attorney. i can tell you firsthand that i would visit the ins detention center and see individuals who had been beaten by ice agents. this conversation cannot be more timely and more important with the new administration and a new recognition and importance of build

the census bureau report that is 40,000 black residents have left washington, d.c. over the last 12 years. >>> it is an exciting day for investors. facebook began trading publicly this morning. the shares are initially priced at $38 a share. however, none have been traded. experts expect facebook's stock will close at $45 a share or higher. edward lawrence has more from the company's headquarters where many employees are now very, very rich. >> reporter: facebook ceo mark zuckerberg rang the nasdaq opening bell from the company's headquarters in california. [ cheering and applause ] thousands of employees packed the square to celebrate the company's initial public offering. many of them are freshly made millionaires. the offering price was $38 a share. the ipo makes the social networking site worth $104 billion. >> the prices are going to shoot up right away and then shoot right back down. i don't think it's worth buying shares right now. >> reporter: there's new problem with -- pressure with that much cash. the 28-year-old zuckerberg will have a network of almost $

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at the outbreak of the civil war in the spring of 1861, washington d.c. was a lightly defended city and vulnerable to attack with one fort located 12 miles south of the city and the fate of virginia across the potomac river. by 1865, the capital had been the most fortified city in the world. we visit three of the surviving forts with dale floyd. author of the studies for the national park service. >> right now, we are in the museum at fort ward which has a variety of different artifacts in it. the nice thing is they have a map of the defenses of washington and it gives you a good idea of where they are today. we have at fort ward, which is here. and, today, we are also going to go to fort foot, which is down here and all the way up to fort stevens, which is up there. the reason that the forts were built was to basically to protect the capital of the united states. it first started in may of 1861. soon after, virginia, seceded from the union. the troops moved over one night, across the potomac, over in arlington and alexandria and started building fortific

this was in 1970 in washington, d.c. going to a -- it was a school in washington, and i never really got to know her nor did i really get to know her husband that well, but this is a picture of the two of them leaving some event, and i like the light. she was always very nice to the photographer. the world is divided into two kinds of people for me, the photographers and then those trying to keep them from taking pictures, and so pat nixon was very good with the photographers. her husband, not quite so much, but my first first lady was really a true friend was betty ford. mrs. ford and i became really close friends. i was treated like one of the family there during their white house, and, of course, we were talking about how lady bird johnson came to the white house. it's not quite as horrible a situation but betty ford became first lady really overnight almost, and they hired me as their white house photographer when i was 27 years old, and i was a little bit older. now, these are the kinds of pictures that i'm sure the

washington, d.c. is the best place for women. the research was done as part of the project that's called the measure of america. it compared differences in the womens' education, earnings, marital status as well as life expectancy. in 25 of the most populated metropolitan areas. here's a look at the other cities. washington, d.c. number one, we told you rounding out the top five though san francisco, boston, minneapolis-st. paul and new york city. if you're curious baltimore is number eight. >>> time now for a little sports and jake arrieta the baltimore orioles may now have the yankees' collective attention. he gave up just five hits no base runner reached second as the orioles move seven games over opinions 500 for the first time -- .500 for the first time in seven years. o's win in the bronx winning that series, final score 5-0 baltimore over new york. team is off today and they start a weekend set with boston. that's tomorrow night at fenway park. >>> game three of the stanley cup playoffs went in

back to washington d.c. next this time the no so pulls no punches on the politicians on capitol hill. welcome to the ilona show where we get the real headlines with none of them or see it coming live in washington d.c. now it's a night we're going to talk about the national day of reason it's created to counter the national day of prayer which is also today so we're going to see what the non-theist movement in america really wants then ron paul is still in the race and he's rocking of delegates not enough to beat romney but maybe enough to cause some real trouble at the republican national convention so we're going to talk about what exactly he could do to stir it up and then be he said she said between google and f.c.c. continues so who's really responsible for trying to keep the whole story from the public going to get out of the bottom of that and we're going to all of that morphy tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media decided to miss. well tonight i wou

washington, d.c. changed. it was on autopilot and these that is an achievement for a bunch of unknown people and folks, so i think you've got to give them credit for that. here's the downside of it, the tea party and i write this in the book, the tea party went from protest politics very quickly. they were protesting and then the registered voters supported scott brown and grout taricani's old seat in the senate and broke the majority -- sometimes you get a senator that's voted democrat at some time. test cody did an extraordinary job. they went from the energy of protest which is important and then they were able to implement their agenda. not always in d.c. but they held it across the country. that's an incredible achievement from my point of view. wall street is different. thir interest in that direct democracy and they don't want to participate in that way. maybe it meant they have less of an impact on long-term than anybody. the rest of us though who are not occupiers but are concerned about the 99% neede

expelled senior syrian diplomats from washington, d.c.his was in response to the massacre of 100 civilians in western syria last friday. the killings were believed to be carried out by pro-government forces. today u.n. envoy kofi annan met with syrian president bashar al assad urging him toned the violence. the u.s. and european allies are pushing for sanctions. >>> the search for survivors is under way in north italy after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck this morning. at least 16 people have been killed. an estimated 14,000 people are now homeless. rescuers with search dogs have been digging through the rubble all day. residents are also dealing withes could of aftershocks that have hit the area. this is the second major earthquake to hit that same region in less than ten days. >>> the nation's highest civilian honor and among the recipients, stockton native and co-founder of the united farm workers delores quarta, in washington, d.c. along with legendary singer bob dylan and senator john glenn. a touching ceremony. she is among 13 rec

at the outbreak of the civil war this the spring of 1861 washington, d.c. was a lightly defended city and vulnerable to attack. with only one fort 12 miles south of the city. and the confederate state of virginia across the potomac river. by 1865 the nation's capital had become the most fortified city in the world with a ring of 70 armed forts and batteries circling the city. we visited three of the surviving forts with dale floyd. >> right now we are in the museum at fort ward with a variety of artifacts in it. one of the thins they have a map of the defense of washington. we are at fort ward which is here. today we are are also going to go to fort foot, which is down here and all the way up to fort stevens which is up there. the reason that the forts were built was basically to protect the capital of the united states. it first started in may of 1861. soon after virginia succeeded from the union. after the first battle of ma nas sas in july of 1861 in which is union was actually defeated, the men came streaming back into the city. literally the confederat