washington d.c. residents of d.c. have no voice in congress so will this ever change we'll investigate. it's friday october nineteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . all right well starting off this hour cia director david petraeus is urging the white house to expand the agency's drone fleet but try it said that the expansion will allow the cia to carry on with its missions in pakistan yemen and possible missions in north africa and the cia isn't the only one asking for more unmanned aerial vehicles in the next decade defense spending on known medium and large sized drones will be nearly forty billion die. alors the pentagon is planning to increase its inventory by thirty five percent so let's compare the drone fleet with that we have now versus the one that we have planned for the future now as far as electronic warfare of recognizance drones goes the u.s. has five hundred thirty six operational you avi's and is planning to buy another one hundred forty five

standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c.obierno federal continuara cerrado este martes, ya que sandy empeorara en la noche del lunes a la madrugada del martes. desde washington, fernando pizarro, en los aeropuertos, miles de vuelos cancelados deja el paso de la denominada tormenta perfecta .. lilian mass nos amplia.. tanto en aeropuerto nacional ronald reagan como el washington dulles mantienen sus puertas abiertas a pesar de las inclemencias del tiempo pero en su interior no encontrara ni una tan sola en los aeropuertos, tanto en aeropuerto nacional ronald reagan como el washington dulles mantienen sus puertas abiertas a pesar de las inclemencias del tiempo pero en su interior no encontrara ni una tan sola aeronave .. ya que las aerolÍneas han cerrado sus puertas hasta que las condiciones del tiempo mejoren .." las aerolÍneas han o sus aviones a otros lugares fuera de la region, en donde puedan estar seguros y asÍ evitar que se daÑen lo mas probable es que esperaran a que la tormenta pase por completo antes de traerlos de r

. >>> a 4,200-mile bike ride across the country ended in washington d.c. today for five military veterans, among them retired air force staff sergeant colleen bushnell who wanted to raise awareness about military sex abuse. audrey barnes has the story. >> reporter: the last leg of a summer long bike trip brought five military veterans to washington d.c. they're suffering from everything from post-traumatic stress disorder to the stresses of being gay military members. retired staff sergeant colleen bushnell is a military sex assault survivor. the iraq war veteran and mother of two was raped by a superior officer at lack land air force base in texas in 2003. the base is now embroiled in a sex scandal involving attacks on nearly 40 female retrouts. >> during this -- recruits. >> during this trip i've had the chance to talk to people in city and towns all over america. >> reporter: the bike trip was organized by the long road home project. founder casey miller says it's an organization designed to help warriors heal from the wounds of war and to raise money f

washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching our. all right starting off this hour cia director david petraeus is urging the white house to expand the agency's drone fleet but try to said the expansion will allow the cia to carry on with its mission in pakistan yemen and possibly expand into north africa and the cia isn't the only one asking for unmanned vehicles more of them in the next decade defense spending on known to medium sized drones will be nearly forty billion dollars the pentagon is planning to increase its inventory by thirty five percent so let's compare that with the drone fleet we have now and the one that we will have in the future as far as electronic warfare and the clinton's drone goes the u.s. has five hundred thirty six operational you avi's and is planning to buy another one hundred forty five when it comes to light attack and reconnaissance drones two hundred fifty five of those are operational and another five hundred eighty seven are planned so in total the u.s. has

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> today is a beautiful day for a ball game in washington, d.c. for the washington nationals this is what we were waiting for when the effort -- when the team first came here in 2008, suffering through a miserable year. it all came together and now, as we said for time, your washington national's are in the playoffs. we will talk about this in a couple of minutes, but right now we want to talk about coming down to the game today. very nice conditions, right around the corner from me. ♪ >> [unintelligible] looking up at the big american flag notice how it is blowing in little bit. -- a little bit. as we continue throughout the day, the wind is going to pick up. your hourly forecast, right now 61. [drumming] temperatures into the 60's, 70's for the high. a comfortable day. the wind is of the southwest right now. going from third base to right field, the outfield. here is a quick look at your travel forecast. minneapolis, detroit, chicago. [drumming] that is where the warm air is. >> you mentioned the lefties smiling right now, that ball is headed o

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

you can't change washington, d.c. from the inside. really? ange washington from the inside. it shows his arrogance. it he really believes that, if he believes that, then what the hell is he doing asking for another four years? [cheers and applause] you could change washington, d.c. from the inside? that's fine. we are happy to give you a butt ticket to the outside, mr. president. and the worst part of that is when he says that, it shows even more about his arrogance. because what he is saying is it is not my fault. it is not my responsibility. it is not my fault. it is george w. bush's fault. it is dick chaney's fault, the coal company's fault, the gas company's fault. it's the fault of the republicans in congress. it is john boener's false, eric canter's fault. mitch mcconnell's fault, anybody's fault but mine. he says please, give me another four years, and i will figure it out. you know what, mr. president i am tired of waiting for you to figure it out. [cheers and applause] i feel bad for the president, i really do. i do. you see, he doesn

this is washington, d.c., a live look from the sky. water just rising and rising. 13-foot waves crashing into that east coast. we will continue to cover the devastation from hurricane sandy. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >>> this is a once in a long time storm. the surge is very high. >> this is now your responsibility. if you're still able to hear me, we need you to hunker down and get to the highest point possible. >> please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. >> after the storm this morning, the sun coming up on a trail of death and destruction left in the wake of superstorm sandy. it is 6:30. good morning,

washington, d.c. the very latest on this system, category 1 hurricane, winds of about 75 miles per hour, moving northeast at this point. that path is going to change by the time we get into monday and tuesday. it's going to make that left hook towards the coast of new jersey and just south of long island. some of the sorm itorm impacts be severe flooding. areas from north carolina up to washington, d.c., into parts of southern new jersey where we could see rainfall totals getting above 12 inches, so a foot or more of rain could fall down over a large area. wind is also a problem. power outages. look how this wind field will bill pacting the major airports by the time we get into monday and tuesday. washington, d.c. up towards the atlantic city, new york, and south of boston we'll see wind gusts getting above 60 miles per hour. all the wind will be pushing the wall of water. the storm surge that may be five to six feet on the coast there around new jersey and even perhaps towards long island. so we're

it's drenched at least 20 states and washington, d.c. the recovery effort cannot begin just yet. >> we have more weather to deal with. hopefully people will be able to stay safe until they can get to the other side of the storm. >> while some areas are dealing with high water, the national weather service is predicting if the water continues to rise, it will create the worst flooding in 15 years. residents brace for more rain. and forecasters say the wind and rain won't be as strong but they expect the storm to stick around for another day. and blizzard warning is in effect for west virginia where sandy is expected to blow through the appalachian mountains with high winds and snow. 554 arrivals. we spoke to an airport person a few minutes ago. some flights are opening up. there are some flights heading to boss top and washington, d.c. and very late night during the red eye flights. if you're headed in placeses places in newark. no word on whether air traffic will reopen. >> and they are still looking at possibly red eyes tonight. if you

but in indiana, we pay us to go pick that it's not the washington d.c. way. he talked about cutting taxes, clean across the board, but she's never said how you're going to pay for it. it's got to be paid for, congressman. you know that. that's a washington way. cut now, pay later. we can't do that. this is indiana our constitution requires their budget be balanced. the balance indiana's budget in a bipartisan fashion. i know from having been in the legislature away to billion dollar surplus after the end of the session in 2011 because of the attack on americans to 9/11 the economy that leaned dollars was gone. we can't spend that surplus about a way of replacing it. and congressmen coming your way span now and worry how to replace it later is not a solution. in a gregg, we pass a go. we've got a ways to pay for each and every tax cut that we have proposed. that is the indiana way, not the washington way. for those of you north of u.s. 40 about washington is watching, but that's the way i talk. thank you. trim for thank you, mr. gregg. mr. boneham, two minutes.

right the national stadium is in washington d.c. whereas most of the people over eighty five percent of the spectators are from the surrounding counties or outside of washington d.c. such that every time they come to the stadium their pain dollars into the the city for example on average at a minimum every spectator spends fifty dollars on tickets concessions merchandise and ten percent of that is taxes so that's five dollars per person who walks to the stadium just on sells tax. and you know in the article they discuss the opportunity cost we have to understand that businesses there was a business tax already in place and the businesses voted to continue that tax to support the national stadium that previous tax was to support the rise in center which it took ten years to build that area it didn't happen overnight we're only in four years in the nationals and it is developing but you still have to give it time to fully develop and lease and the business is that opportunity and lisa go ahead point owners of the big four sports teams

well what you were talking about that moat around washington d.c. filled with chocolate oh i see now swiss chocolate and most beautiful shangri-la in the mountains. with nothing but genetically modified and there cow bells ringing home the harvest of being laundered money for the mexican drug cartels join me up in the mountains stacey will sing together like my eating and other r's. the so don't miss it is beautiful all thanks thank you for being on the kaiser report thank you say too for the second half of my talking to michael craig or. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. this is a free. education free. religion which is free. range and free . three stooges free. free bluntest videos for your media project and c.d.o. don carty done time. and money by max kaiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to boulder colorado and spea

that's washington, d.c.many people there, and, of course, there's new york city, which is part of the mass transportation, and washington, d.c., new york city, and also philadelphia. so that's included for all of those regions. that's a lot of folks. many of you at home are watching the news coverage right now and waiting for sandy to hit, but there are several ways you can keep track of this super storm. so i hi some high-tech tips for you on the other side of the break. >>> since the apartheid time, kliptown has not changed. there's no electricity. people are living in shacks. clowing e growing up in kliptow makes you feel like you don't have control over your life. many children drop out of school because they don't have school uniforms and textbooks. i realized that the only way that kliptown could change was through education. i'm thulani and i'm helping educate the children so we can change the town together. we help the children by paying for their school books, school uniforms. our main focus is our

there is a flight to washington, d.c. weather cancellations are being felt for many east coast destinations. >> sfo to six key cities, boston, philadelphia, new york, newark, washington, d.c. and baltimore. any one trying to get to those cities may have to bait several days. most of the -- may have to wait several days. other flights are feeling the effect, american, jetblue, virgin, u.s. airways and delta. the airlines are trying to book people on other flights. this storm is causing major problems causing a significant effect on the west coast. it's difficult to say how long the cancellations are gonna extend to, obviously all of the frights are -- flights are canceled for today. i think it's reasonable to expect some cancellations tomorrow. the best advice for passengers and stay in touch with their airline. >> reporter: tsa representative told me this morning, the volume, in terms of passengers here seems very light compared to what it normally is. maybe people are getting the word before showing up. that's the best a

i want to show them back up here in washington, d.c. at you were seeing, that was the sewage treatment plant. now we also have more live photos from wrc, south of d.c. metro, by the way, has announced limited restoration of bus and rail service. most service will be on a sunday schedule and that begins at 2:00 p.m. today. normal service for all of this we expect to resume in the washington, d.c. area on wednesday morning. >>> all right. we will try to check back in with anne thompson, hope the wind died down a little bit. again, that's what's cutting off the audio, if you will, that's a problem we had this morning with a bunch of other correspondents on the "today" show. anyway, our panel will be here next after the break, we're digging into what the storm means, there is an election that takes place one week from today, folks. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. y

i went out to washington, d.c., i met with senator reid. >> did he encourage you to run?tor reid is the type of person if he doesn't want you to run, he will tell you directly you should not run. but the fact that he didn't discourage me directly from running meant to me that this was an opportunity for me to run. >> thank you so much. are you guys ready to go door to door? >> so ruben launched a grassroots campaign. sharing his experience as a latino immigrant who achieved his own american dream after emigrating from mexico with his family when he was 6. >> this is where my family and i first lived here in las vegas. when you get here with nothing and you get to live in a house with four bedrooms in front of a park, my father had a car, we had a home, he had a job, that is the american dream. i think to understand the issues of the people that live in this area, you have to have lived through the same experience that they live. my family has lost a home, you know, to foreclosure. we -- i've had parents who have been unemployed, both of them. we've been in situations wher

i swear the wind just picked up in washington, d.c.u normally do during a hurricane as the bands come closer and closer. soledad talked about the trees. well, the leaves are falling right now. it's fall and they're beautiful but they're falling creating another huge problem for the utility -- actually for those who keep track of the storm sewers. the leaves go in the storm sewers, so does the water. the leaves plug that up and you get flooding in the streets and maybe in homes. that's causing a big problem in that way as well. want to take a quick break. we'll be back with more. jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi® card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts. more events. more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with a citi card. [

i first came to washington, d.c. the first, 1961 to go on something called the freedom ride. 13 of us, seven white and 14 african-american. we came here on may 1st and studied and participated in non-violent workshops and i will lover frigate on the night of may 3rd someplace in downtown rest pete -- washington we went into a restaurant and i had never been to a chinese restaurant or had a meal at a chinese restaurant. that night we had a wonderful meal. the food was good, and someone said you should eat well because this might be like the last supper. the next day, may 4th, 1961, we left washington driven from here on our way to new orleans. the first incident occurred in charlotte north carolina. back in 1961 black people and white people couldn't be seated together on a greyhound bus. the same waiting room and restroom facilities. segregation was the order of the david in charlotte north carolina in may of 1961 a young african-american man entered a so-called white waiting room. he went into plater -- waiting rema

as we go across the country, i still think the airports from washington, d.c. to philadelphia will be able to open up as we go throughout the day today, especially washington, d.c. but to the new york city airports, not only do they have to deal with the windy conditions today, but there was water on the runways at laguardia and jfk, and they're right on the ocean water, the barriers got destroyed that are supposed to protect it from the water. they may have to replace and fix those barriers, too, because we have more high tide cycleÑ to go. i wouldn't count on the new york city airports opening up today. hopefully they can as we go throughout wednesday. if you're flying in the east today, especially the northeast, you'll be lucky to get there. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. >>> we're going to continue to watch the weak system moving through the northwest with a chance of showers out there. flagstaff, arizona, will have a nice day. southern california looks good, too. san diego right around 75. >>

and in washington d.c. and it's mostly to do with military contracting or prison industrial contracting this is sure and number two reason for the plunge in economic freedom in america increased use of eminent domain to transfer property to powerful political interests classic banana republic sort of action we've covered this in california with this proposed new eminent domain used to actually see these contracts i.e. the mortgages from one group of investors i.e. the pension funds and transfer it to some hedge funds and private equity guys who didn't come in and they had the eminent domain problem as well with the american military who threw them on reservations and took off their land and the number three reason why the u.s. is plunging down this economic freedom violation of the property rights of bondholders in the bailout of auto companies now this is also very to radical thing you see across the u.s. and across europe is this caprice is very capricious who they determine that situation that bail out t

well what you were talking about that moat around washington d.c. filled with chocolate oh i see swiss chocolate uniforms shangri-la in the mountains . with nothing but genetically modified and there cow bells ringing home the harvest being laundered money for the mexican drug cartels join me up in the mountains stacey we're all sitting together like my eating and other r's. paul thanks thank you for being on the kaiser report thank you say to the second half talking to michael craig here. i mean so no new city in europe the host of the twenty fourth the winter the picket . thank you. so much. thank you. dog. days it. it's so true. who. i am max kaiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to boulder colorado and speak with michael krieger of liberty bridge blitzkrieg dot com a lightning war for liberty michael kramer welcome back to the kaiser report thank you max great to be on you tweeted jamie diamond says iran is responsible for some bank cyber attacks your thoughts i guess i mean this is one of the most of all the ridiculous headlin

well what you were talking about that moat around washington d.c. filled with chocolate oh i see now swiss chocolate and my beautiful shangri-la in the mountains. with nothing but genetically modified and there cow bells ringing home the harvest of being laundered money for the mexican drug cartels join me up in the states doing well sitting together like my eating and other r's. the so don't miss it is beautiful all thanks thanks for being on the kaiser report thank you so too for the second talking to michael krieger. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. i'm in sochi for the latest city in europe on the host of the twenty fourteen winter the picket. thank you. thank you. it's so true. download the official application. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch on t.v. any time. period. i am max kaiser a welcome back to the ka

this one from washington, d.c. >> yep. this is the washington, d.c. area, as you can see. we're going to take a look at a photo that was taken right over by truckston circle. >> take a look at that. you can see the sidewalk of it. remember, ground is really wet, so be careful around those trees. >> for sure. next we're going to go up to atlantic city, which obviously as we moved up the coast, the photos were getting more intense. and take a look at all this wood up on the beach. >> we've been showing pictures of the famous boardwalk in atlantic city. you can see all the woodpilings from there. of course, you go up to new york city, and that's where we get all the flooding and all of that worse. >> these next two photos were from lower manhattan. take a look at that. tons of water. one last one, which is down in battery park. unbelievable. tons of signs in the water. >> see the construction site. just massive flooding. really cool feature. simon thanks for showing that to us, pictures from up and down the east coast. we want your pictures. we're putting them up on the websi

well what you were talking about that moat around washington d.c. filled with chocolate oh i see now swiss chocolate and my beautiful shangri-la in the mountains. with nothing but genetically modified and there cow bells ringing home the harvest of being laundered money for the mexican drug cartels join me up in the mountains stacey while sitting together like my eating and other r's. this. is beautiful all thanks jason for being on the kaiser report thank you say too for the second half of it talking to michael krieger. was the strangest attempt of a true take on. the u.s. president trying to overthrow a foreign country's government but his strategic games. and america recognized its defeat. if cuba managed to cope with its victory all don't talk. i leave you think you are you go but the roger. the cuban missile crisis games in rio. who are on the rise. for the dismissal of the offensive players. stuck to a selection close to the second. max kaiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to boulder colorado and speak with michael krieger o

are you from the washington, d.c. area? >> i really don't see the relevance in asking that. >> if you were a long suffering washingtonian, you could know, sir, that this guy makes all the difference in the word. you want to take away the one thing that makes washington, d.c. proud now and excited now? it's rg3's legs. >> you're wrong. >> i stand before the american public today -- >> you're wrong. >> -- and tell you let rg3 run. >> ross is wrong. i never said anything about taking away rg3. you misrepresent the facts again. >> if i'm not mistaken, you just want him to throw. >> isn't that his job? >> yes. >> isn't that what a quarterback is defined at. >> we could both get injured tomorrow when we walk down the street. i don't see the relevance in telling rg3 to take a step back. >> gentlemen, no one ever said anything about taking a step back. we're talking here and now -- >> gentlemen, may i step in now? we think we have your views on this point. we do thank you for the time. we're out of time for this particular debate.

earlier today i went to the emergency office in washington, d.c.'s mayor, vincent gray, to hear about his plans to keep the city safe. mayor, i've been in the city 16 years and i've never seen washington looking and feeling like it does today. describe the mood in the city today for me. >> well, i think people are taking it seriously. this is a very serious, perhaps the most severe storm of this type that the city will ever experience. we've asked people to please get off the streets, stay off the streets, go home, stay home, and people really are adhering to those warnings. we appreciate that. and we're doing everything we can to try and prepare the city to be able to mitigate it. >> as mayor of the city, what are you most concerned about? >> well, i'm concerned of course about power outages and getting people's power restored as quickly as possible afterwards. the potential of flooding. we have areas where we know we have flooding even when we have serious rain. we worked hard. we have the sandbags out. 16,000 distributed across the city. we worke

we need ideas and solutions in washington d.c. d someone who recognizes them and works with both sides. because republican plans are not going to nass washington i need your help to get solutions done in washington d.c. it's going to take republicans and democrats working together. i need your help, your support and your vote. >> we've come to the conclusion of the debate. thank you to dean heller and shelley berkley. don't forget to vote. good night. >> now another debate for a u.s. senate seat. this one live from indiana. the republican nominee is richard mourdock. from ind app liss >> to night the indiana debate commission brings you the first of two debates for the u.s. senate. the candidates will answer questions from indiana voters and they will take a page and respond to each oofment tonight's broadcast is being cared live throughout indiana and nationwide on c-span. in keeping with the indiana debate commission of putting voters first, citizens will ask most of the questions tonight, most of them in person. each candidate w

ktvu's scott mcfarland is in washington, d.c.e impact the storm is having on the federal government as well as the president's schedule. scott? >> reporter: let's begin with president obama returning from a campaign stop in florida this morning to washington, d.c. to oversee the response of the storm. the rain is moderate, the winds are moderate, this is a warm up for washington, d.c. by dinnertime 60-mile per hour gusts and torrential downpours. let me give you a live look at atlantic city, new jersey. the epicenter, is expected to go through southern new jersey, through atlantic city later today. for that reason, the wind gusts are going to hit new jersey, maryland, and virginia and dc. the u.s. government closed, congress shut down, the white house, as the president gears for response. here's what he said last evening. >> at this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the prepositioning of resources, commodities, equipment that will be needed to respond to the storm are in place. >> reporter: power crews from

are you from the washington, d.c.a. >> i don't see the relevance. >> if you were long suffering you would know sir this guy makes all the difference in the world and you want to take away the one thing that makes washington, d.c. proud right now and competed right now? it's -- excited right now? it's his legs. just telling you and i say -- for the american public today, and tell you let rg3 run. >> ross' wrong because i never said anything about taking away rg3. you misrepresented the facts once again. >> if i'm not mistaken you just want him to throw. >> well -- that's his job? to be a passer? isn't that what a quarterback is defined as? a man who passes the ball? wisdom, we can get injured tomorrow when we walk down the street. >> i don't see the relevance in telling robert griffin iii to take a step back. >> gentlemen, no one ever said anything about taking a step back. we're talking about here and now. >> here's why your politics -- >> gentlemen, we have your vies on this point. -- views on this point. we're out o

if there were more howard felds in washington, d.c., how do we get more of you in washington, d.c.?>> that's what i actually wanted to ask you about. one of the problems that leads to the mob mentality that you were just talking about and this problem is we have spent a good, um, 30 or so years systemically undermining the legitimacy of every non-mob violence way of resolving our differences. and -- >> well, give some examples. what do you mean by that? >> what i mean by that is, um, you know, we used to pride ourselves on being a country that was a rule of law, that had institutions that we by and large trusted concern. >> we'll leave the last couple of minutes of this event and go live now to the nation's capital for a panel discussion with business leaders discussing some of the key economic and business issues in the upcoming election. we will hear from chamber of commerce thomas donohue, business round table president and former michigan governor john engler and heads of the national association of manufacturers and national retail federation. this is just getting started. >> t

and enboldened by his trip to washington, d.c.s vegas. >> i love you, ruben. >> reporter: continuing his campaign to become nevada's first latino congressman but the polls are telling a different story. must have been people in your campaign crunching those numbers and saying, ruben, we're in trouble. >> we were not focused on what that poll or any of those polls were saying because i was confident by the time election day came around, they knew who ruben kihuen was and what he planned on doing for them. >> reporter: then, on february 7, 2012, just two weeks after ruben's d.c. trip, a surprising turn. kihuen releases this statement and withdraws from the race. >> here at home, state senator ruben kihuen has dropped out of the race. >> reporter: rancho high school is the home base for ruben's volunteer youth support. both students and teachers struggle with the news. >> it's so shocking because just this saturday, we were out canvassing for him and his campaign manager was there and you know, the field director was there and how co

this is still expecting to slam into the northeastern coastline anywhere from washington, d.c. all the way to new york city. we're in that cone of uncertainty and winds holding possibly at 70 miles an hour. at some point before sandy makes landfall, we're still expecting that repositioning to take place where sandy is not necessarily a tropical storm but we see it become a hybrid storm. as we take a look over the next 24 to 48 hours, these are the kinds of storm surges we'll see with sandy, all that wind on shore bringing all those waters back to the coastline. as we go to coastal massachusetts, four to eight feet possible from atlantic city to new york. these are going to be life-threatening storm surges possible. we take a look down further on the coast, even north to ocean city. you can see two to four-foot storm surges over the next 48 to 72 hours, even four to six along the outer banks of the carolinas. that is definitely a category 1 hurricane force winds, so power outages will be a huge issue with this as we go through the next couple of days. gusts as high as 60 miles a

including washington, d.c. we are hearing figures of between $10 and $20 billion in damage and 15,000 flights across the country have been canceled. ines ferre has the latest in new york city. >> reporter: thousands of new yorkers today are without power and the southern part of manhattan is virtually shut down. >>> reporter: a storm surge nearly 14 feet high pushed ashore flooding hundreds of miles of coastline from virginia to massachusetts. >> it's the most flooding i have seen in all the years i have lived here. >> reporter: floodwater and high winds have knocked out power to millions of people. >> we are seeing a large number of fires caused by downed wires and electrical problems relating to outages. >> reporter: more than 200 firefighters are still battling a blaze in an evacuation in queens. more than 50 homes have already been destroyed. the cause of the fire is still being investigated. and power outages prompted a mass evacuation from nyu hospital when a backup generator failed. dozens of ambulances

as an inch of rain for washington d.c. and again sandy starts to track its way north. we will be keeping an eye on it. we are concerned about power outages and flooding and deaths that could be associated with that superstar. here in the bay area we are dealing with foggy conditions waki1& visibility one-half mile for napa. limited visibility for highway one through half moon bay down to 4 mi. from oakland. allow yourself extra time on the roads. be mindful of the cars in front of you. however, into the afternoon we will see sunshine by 3:00 p.m.. sixties in the heart of the bay. seventies everywhere else. a cooler conditions storeo 8:00 p.m.. your afternoon highs 65 downtown san francisco. 74 set fairfield. 72 for hail in redwood city. the victory parade forecast tomorrow 11 a integers in the upper 50s low 60s expecting mostly cloudy conditions. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows how wing the day should be a dry one after 11:00 that evy lon map so far so good for the east shore freeway was down 24. at interstate 580 in the westbound direction of the altam

darren gersh in washington, d.c. >> thanks, tom.

washington, d.c. -- cancelled, as you can see right here.his is all as a result of hurricane sandy shutting down airplanes on the eastern seaboard. the weather cancellations are piling up. the airlines have cancelled all their flight from sfo to six east coast cities today -- boston, philadelphia, new york's jfk, newark, washington, d.c., and baltimore. any travelers trying to get to those cities may not make it until later this week. most of those flight that are on united airlines because this is one of their hubs, but american, jet blue, virgin, u.s. airways, and delta impact by the storm as well. the airlines are booking people best they can but of course, a major inconvenience. a short time ago, i talked with a couple from italy who are here in san francisco on vacation and now their cancelled flight to new york means extended vacation. >> we were supposed to leave today but our flight was delayed and now we leaving on friday. a longer stay. three days more in san francisco. >> reporter: you get an extended vacation. >> ah, yes. [ laugh

but washington mutual did not have political washington, d.c., washington mutual was not in new york bank there was a healthy part of washington mutual in the retail branches, so the regulators that have their real power don't care. sheila bair wants to shut it down and meanwhile something interesting is happening in the bank job. >> you point out kerry killinger never made a priority of building up these relationships in washington, d.c.. he just never did come wamu didn't have a look of any funds back there. meanwhile there were bankers like jaime dimond who consider their line of business so wamu suddenly finds itself even after it raised all this money in the summer of 2008 in the middle of a panic situation they just field in california and remember we saw the picture of the line around the block and people pulling up their money and it's a wonderful life and how could this happen. everyone panicked. what no one knew is that wamu suffered a run that was far bigger and they did it very quietly. no one knew about the time that they were leaving massive amounts of money every day s

. >> washington, d.c., fans support the nationals. >> let's talk about the nationals. they're going to come home and had in the game. >> despite tonight's loss, they e for game 3 on wednesday. y reports from the stadium where fans are excited the series moves to nationals park. game to had fans looking future.the the sun sets on a rough day of for the nationals, fans with heavy hearts. >> a little disappointing. , the die- in the day hards, at the dugout. getting an autograph or two. they made the journey here from winchester, virginia. >> it has been a storybook year. been unbelievable. last year, we were one game below 500. 2 win 98 games, it is like christmas. of the day, a not what many had hoped for. >> we came here to get one or two. >> i was a little disappointed lost, but it is a five game series. >> the national tied back to washington, d.c., with one win their belt. the next game is scheduled for wednesday. >> tonight, the man at the the natalie holloway disappearance is at the center of the new sex scandal. >> the response. >> firefighters work hard to a kit

in washington d.c. he's the washington d.c. bureau chief in fact of the into press service news agency jim good evening thank you for being on the ice to see the white house has been ramping up pressure on iran recently both candidates have talked about how to run shouldn't be allowed to lead a nuclear weapon how might the approach to iran differ the depending on who does end up in power end of the day. well i think that's that's very difficult to predict i think on the one hand i think the obama team is quite determined to avoid any military action if at all possible and indeed we had what are described as leaks out of the white house this past weekend covered by the new york times indicating that. obama is looking for one on one talks with iran although the white house denied that report there seems to be a lot of buzz around it so presumably something is going on and it seems also that the europeans are also encouraging such an approach at this point and it's something that obama himself had promised when he ran for presiden

washington d.c. is like a boat anchor on this economy right now because we're not working together, we're not getting things done. >> reporter: now his fight to keep that seat could make the difference between a senate held by the democrats or shifted to republican control. >> the government doesn't create jobs, small businesses do, people do. >> reporter: republican danny rehberg has been the loan congressman for 12 years. he lines himself with conservatives who want to shrink the size of government. >> balance our budget, tighten your belt like the american >> tester may have wanted this your belt like the american public has to. >> tester may have wanted this race to be about issues in montana but his opponent has turned it into a referendum on president obama. one of rehberg's ads make tester out as an obama twin. >> having trouble telling us apart? check out john tester and barack obama. >> reporter: voting with the president 93% of the time. >> it's not factual, that's really the bottom line. t

look at this only 8 degrees in washington, d.c. 10 degrees in philadelphia. lots of heavy know is occurring along the appalachians. we'll will joined later on in the program for more of our updates. president obama and republican challenger mitt romney have cancelled their campaign appearances. obama returned to the white house after calling off a campaign stop in the u.s. state of florida just three hours before it was to start. earlier he san selled events in virginia and ohio. obama said he's not worried that the hurricane will affect the election next tuesday. former president bill clinton was in orlando, florida to rally support. clinton said obama is the best choice for president. romney cancelled vents in on monday. he issued a statement calling on people to come together across the country and focus on giving support to those who need it. the two states are not in sandy's path but observers say romney did not want to appear to be koe kusing on the campaign in the midst of a potential national disaster. >>> u.n. and arab league envoy says the truce he