. >> washingtonians started the day eating a good breakfast while supporting a local nonprofit. honor of emceeing the event in northwest d.c.. >> a nice morning. >> a slow-moving system, we hope to have the sunshine returned but not tonight. the rain has been slowly moving. it has been very slow. this way and that way. southwest of washington, it is the southeast right now. you can clearly see the circulation center. some areas have picked up half an inch of rain. only 1300, these temperatures should be, ordinarily. 50s just about everywhere we look. 58 the morning low. now still 71 degrees. a little hot streak in november. 50s all across the mid-atlantic and the northeast. it is a different world. northeasterly wind, because it is slow moving. tonight and tomorrow, tomorrow night with scattered showers. but just to the west, all sunshine, lollipops, and roses. it shows more rain coming our way tonight. some moderate downpours. a very chilly night, two. new rain in the afternoon. the probability of rain is through the forecast. and finally by monday, tuesday, wednesday, a little

but living here and being a native washingtonian, i don't find it offensive. >> he says he will, quoter, never change that name. >> and, fire caused a house to collapse last night on m street near north capital street and new york avenue. no injuries were reported. >>> at 4:48, the superintendent will ever would not recues himself in the trial of a mid shipman raping a classmate in 2012. >> d.c. police need your help investigating a sexual assault. the ate tam panned blocks in the petworth metro station. the attacker grabbed the victim, forced her to the ground and sexually assaulted her. they find that upsetting, especially because it happened next to a school and a newly-rennovated recreation center. >> this is a place children come and play. this is a really unfortunate situation. my heart goes out to her shoot suspect also stole some of the victim's items. if you have any information, you're asked to call the d.c. police department. >> and employees who work for the defense department are back on the job. they returned monday after an announcement by chuck hagel. he said they were r

i'm a third-generation washingtonian. used the name all my life until the indians, the american indians raised my consciousness to something i veteran of the civil rights movement, did not know. so when people hear that it's derogatory, they wonder, are they saying i'm a racist? and since i'm not, i -- i go into denial. therefore i deny that this name is derogatory. but if we have a fencef to advocate people about why it's derogatory, and to make them understand that it is not for us to decide what is derogatory. it is for those who receive it. >> understood, but congresswoman, as larry pointed out, native-americans have real problems. in fact, listen to what one virginia tribal chief had to say about president obama's support to change the name. take a listen. >> why would my president say that's offensive to me? what's offensive to me is this? we have 11 state recognized tribes, and he hasn't done one thing to get thor tribes federally recognized. >> what are you doing for the native-americans that you care about, to er

. >> here's what greeted washingtonians tuesday morning as they looked at the "washington post" and therinted version of "politico." john boehner and his are public colleagues find themselves on an island. they do have ted cruz. tolden center cruise speaker boehner to take up a crusade to defend obamacare, the speaker did it. >> senator chuck schumer of new york. last,isan agreement at neither can stand ted cruz. how does a freshman senator managed to become a poster boy so early in his career? >> it is a classic example. not the first example but maybe the best example of how politicians, when they have media, the ability to command media attention and activist it all.do not need they are contemptuous of the traditional levers of establishment power, staying in good stead with the leaders and staying in good stead with the washington crowd. it is worthless to him. he is using a model that sarah palin and others before him used but he is using it, i think, toh kind of more ability drive a policy debate that i have ever seen. we have seen these comets streak across the sky but we have ne

what greeted washingtonians tuesday morning as they looked at the "washington post" and "politico. " john boehner and his are public and colleagues in the house have found themselves on an island. they have ted cruz. cruz toldnator speaker boehner to take up the post to defend obamacare heated. did it. the tea party behind him. how does a freshman senator managed to be a poster boy so early in his career? >> it is not the first example but maybe the best example of how politicians, when they have media, the ability to command media attention and activist support do not need it all. they're contemptuous of the areas of traditional power. staying in good stead with the leader and the washington crowd. it is worthless to him. he is using a model that sarah palin and others before i'm used that he is using it i think with wea buts before him used have never seen one exert that much clout on them issue of major -- an issue of major consequence. >> are we being unfair to ted cruz? >> no. he has been very successful. john is exactly right. you live by the sword, you die by the sword. you al

showing discontent with gridlock in d.c. [ protesting: stop the blackmail ] >> reporter: it's many washingtonianstruggle to make sense of the politics while others just make due. there is a rippling affect from the sofas to the streets. >> we've actually had a big job offer. >> reporter: a dc general manager of national petty cat. he told us fewer tourists in the city is one hurdle his company is facing. the ordinary, barricades around the biggest attractions because they're closed for the shutdown. >> if you get to the heart of dc, if you want to see the washington monument, the jefferson, you're missing out on a lot of stuff. >> reporter: 20 million tourists visit every year. by some estimates the shutdown remains a loss of $220 million every day. >> 60% to 70% of our business is tourism. when the main tourist attractions aren't open it's hard for us to have our normal business operating. >> reporter: 800,000 federal employees are temporarily out of work. some like allen zilberman make the best of it. >> i decided to take my bike and bike around like for the exercise and it's a beautiful day. j

here in the beltway washingtonians have been facing a very serious question should the n.f.l. team the washington redskins change its name after all when d.c. was the murder capital of the country its basketball team changed its name from the bolts to the wizards this it seems like political correctness is great fodder for superficial debate when it comes to pop culture it's easy to have an opinion on the p.c. and i fell or rather than focus on what an american football team does how we start paying attention to the real issue at hand the dire condition of native americans in this country that americans were the original inhabitants of the us but european descendants took their land and either killed them or corralled them into a corner and ever since they've been largely forgotten over the past centuries their sovereignty has been stripped and their culture has been destroyed their poor have it from practicing their religion their children were taken to schools for reeducation the few survivors of this near genocide are often stuck on the remaining three hundred ten reservati

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as though interconnected and the players that have that connection it goes without saying that washingtonians don't know these people that they are fully divorced so not so much a town or a place but a class a ruling class? >> the political class they think they are the ruling class but not to the extent they may think but he essentially the people of this town these are the people one tv yelling if we should shut down the government peyser not the hundreds of thousands of people being furloughed. citizens lost their lives in the naval yard shootings last month these are anonymous government workers better all of the neighbors in washington d.c.. i've focused on a small group of people who has a disproportionate amount of money, visibility and influence. one of the criticisms of the book is that what about the real people who make up the city? site pleads guilty to that. i wanted to focus and inject some shame into the system on what this world looks like from inside. >> did it seems you are conscious during the course those that may not be considered wholly admirable characters see you were

. >> as a long-time redskins fan, a native born washingtonian, i really appreciate what he had to say. >> on wusa9.com, we asked if you would change the name. then there was the question of, what would you change the name to? that question is on our facebook page. we invite you to share your thoughts and see what others are saying. lesli. >> the government shutdown enters its second week and neither side is budging. president obama stopped by the management agency to pressure house speaker, jon boehner, to pass a temporary spending bill that will reopen the government. 86% of fema workers have been furloughed since the partial government shutdown seven days ago. speaker boehner and house republicans want to conditions in that bill that will reopen the government and the one needed to raise the debt ceiling. >> this morning, the senior white house official said that the president would rather default than to sit down and negotiate. really? >> one thing both sides can agree on is getting federal employees their back pay. this week, the senate is expected to pass a house bill, which woul

also, i am a lifelong washingtonian. the lincoln memorial has never been close to my lifetime.it is unprecedented. it is only in this administration it has happened. guest: thank you, sir. said, i think the issue of issue of itd the being a different world today post-9/11, there is more security and issues related to that. at the end of the day, we need congress to act. ableve the ability to be to make this move forward as americans. we need to speak to our members of congress in the house and senate and the to contact the president. we need to make sure they approve a budget. until that happens and until our national parks are open, we are all going to be very concerned in having to deal with this very difficult situation. host: fort lauderdale, florida, democratic caller -- are you on the air? caller: yes, i'm concerned about the parks. it's a terrible thing they are closing the parks. the people need to come together for the betterment of the united states. do the republicans think this will eventually effect their affectsas well as it the people of united states? we made th

but many of these roads are used by everyday washingtonians. if you shut off the traffic on this road, it would create even more headaches for an already congested area. so most of the time those barriers are left down, which is what you saw happen here except they were thrown up i guess a little too quickly according to eyewitnesses here. we're just trying to determine at these crime scenes exactly what happened on the outside of the capitol building. >> and, casey, can you help us with any further information on the condition of the capitol police officer who was medevacked out from the scene? >> we're still waiting to hear more details about his condition. at the last press briefing, they did say that he is at least stable at this point. so hopefully the news won't be too dire, and you were talking earlier with luke russert and also showing harry reid on the floor. senate majority harry reid actually was -- he started his career on the hill as a capitol police officer working the night shift. it's something he likes to talk about quite a bit

jarvis, sitting here in the district of columbia as a third generation washingtonian, i cannot bear to hear the employees of the parks service maligned, yeah, we have trouble with our civil servants, but i want to say for the record that how unfair i think it is for the republicans to shut down the government and then blame the national park service. i thank you for the way in which you protect our monuments and the people who visit our monuments. some of us are still recalling when green paint was splattered on the lincoln memorial, even though there was no shutdown, because of the difficulty of guarding the memorials. in 2007, i remember there was a horrific incident, vandalism as well, on the vietnam memorial. is a true that there are about 2000 cases of vandalism every day on the memorials of our country throughout the united states? >> that's correct. >> i also can't bear the way in which our veterans have been made poster children by my republican friends, looking -- making them look as if they are victims. my own paper, the "washington post," carries an article this morning abou

and it's something that's very significant, especially from you're a former washingtonian, there's atime off they were going to get because of the government shutdown, time they would not be able to work, they would lose their pay because in order for them to get their pay, congress had to pass like they did today. there was a few days ago an element within the house of republican conference we shouldn't be paying federal workers for doing a job they didn't do. however, it seems the gop leadership is able to dissipate that and pass this bill unanimously today, which is a quite significant win for federal workers decided to get their money. however, if you are a federal worker, you don't get your money until after the shutdown. it's retroactive. so it's still tough for a lot of folks who if they don't have savings, some are still going to be filing for unemployment until this shutdown is over, craig. but it should be passed on the president's desk by monday. >> in addition to that unanimous vote this morning, one very conservative florida congressman, named dennis ross, now says that

norton also said, i quote, as a african-american woman and third generation washingtonian, i want to say to redskin fans, no one blames you for using a name that has been used, but i can think of no argument for retaining a name that degrades our first americans. end of quote. mr. speaker, the game of american football has become one of the most treasured sports among american polynesian athletes. they learn to play the sport at a young age with dreams of playing in the national football league. football offers opportunities for higher education and economic opportunity. many of our polynesian nfl players have realized their dreams like troy polamalu of the pittsburgh steelers. and now mantei at this yow of the -- at this yow of the shall san diego chargers. let's do the right thing and i appeal to the nfl do the right thing, change the name of the washington football franchise. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. holding, for five minutes. mr. holding: mr. speaker, i come to the floor to

now, the vast majority of washingtonians don't know these people. there are a fairly divorce from these people's lives. what you're writing about is not so much a town or a place, but of class. you're talking about the ruling class. >> i was said the political class. they think they are the ruling class. many ways they are, but not to the extent that they might think. this is silly the people of this town are these political people, the people on tv, on the floor of congress of whether we should shut down the government. these are not the hundreds of thousands of people who are being furloughed in the washington area. these are the people who none of these people -- no citizens of this town lost their lives in the naval yard shootings last month. these are fairly government workers who worked very hard and are our neighbors of a live in d.c. i focus on a very, very small group of people who have a disproportionate amount of money, visibility, and influence. one of the criticisms of the book, but when of the most telling thing to do either, but what