. >> and this guy that did better than anyone was wes simpson. his prize money totalled $1.4 million. and the fellow that interrupted the presentation was arrested for being drunk in public, handcuffed and released. when sobering up. >> andrew dudley taken away, but not pull in jail. he calls himself jungle bird. he was released after he sobered up and i, as i understand it, makes a practice of butting in front of cameras in order to do the bird call thing. in terms of benefits, usga estimating between 140 and $170 million for the bay area. abc 7 news. >> and the state department is launching a pesticide free parks initiative awarding grants to communities that stop using pesticides and switch to chemical free alternatives. and this including planting pesticide resistant shrubry. >> this either kills it or debilitates them to the point where you have kind of a fume investigation, if you will. >> in the bay area, the substances department says marin county parks are between 80% and 90% pesticide free. >> and spencer christian sup next with the acc

open champ wes simpson is playing this week at the travelers championship in connecticut.ike the open the plays are were having their way with the course. simpson fired a 2-under par-68678 this great approach sets up a birdie. it stops just short of the cup. he's 7-under but just five strokes back. >>> and master shot a 65 to put him 8-under for the tournament. brian davis hot 29 on the front line. he shares the lead with thatcher with 12-under par. first looking for their first pga victory. that's sport for sunday morning. i'm rick kwan. see you tonight at 35:00. >> straight ahead, dropped for a loss. a new twist some of the funding for the new 49ers stadium project in santa clara. state officials decided not to give the $39 million promised. and the unwelcome matt being rolled out at lake tahoe this summer. they are slow >> tomorrow our news this half-hour sometime this week or next state lawmakers will vote on committing $6 billion to commit on building the high-speed rail project. it is expected to easily pass the assembly but face as different vote in the senate. gov.

open champ wes simpson is playing this week at the travelers championship in connecticut.ike the open the players were having their way with the course. simpson fired a 2-under par-6. this great approach sets up a birdie. it stops just short of the cup. he's 7-under but just five strokes back. >>> and master shot a 65 to put him 8-under for the tournament. brian davis hot 29 on the front line. he shares the lead with thatcher with 12-under par. first looking for their first pga victory. that's sports for this sunday morning. i'm rick kwan. see you tonight at 5:00. >> straight ahead, dropped for a loss. a new twist some of the funding for the new 49ers stadium project in santa clara. and the unwelcome matt being rolled out at lake tahoe this summer. they are slowly winning the ba these sweehoney clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. are you guys alright? yeah. [ ma

simpson with his wife? they watched mcdowell's final putt. oh, yeah, baby, we did it. web simpson is your 112th u.s. open champ. >>> the nationals are actually sitting pretty even though they were just swept by the yankees. despite three straight losses, they only won one game. nats and yankees, part three. pick this up in the 2nd inning. nats down 1-0. laroche ties that up with one swing. deep to rightfield. 12th homer this season. off the bat of the red hot grander son, solo shot, his 21st. then in the 7th, with matthews warming, lefty-lefty match one back fires. takes him out. change made to matthews. pitch gets away, and matthews fails to cover the plate. mark teixeira crosses home. the only winner tonight, that guy, see that outfit? happy camper for some reason. here's johnson talking about the offense. >> offensively, we come up a little short. only thing that really concerns me, got to get zim going. need to get zim in a happy place. such a great athlete and a talented player, i haven't had much conversation with him about it. but i'm going to sit down with him and try to figure it out. >> zi

. >> in cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and every 10 minutes. first, adam caskey. >> we have some areas of rain far west said the metro. -- of the metro. springfieldn toward light raine areas of on the western part of the metro area. far west, some moderate rain. this is all drifting eastwards. a key spot the showers here and there. be a little unsettled comfortable. al they're talking mid-90's by thursday. >> i thought we would start by showing you the wet pavement the american legion bridge. have right here in the picture. this is helping us. no accidents reported right now bethesda. clean right through the dulles toll road. it looks like we have plenty of here through springfield. are on a little bit of what pavements. the beltway construction is that will be gone soon. we will keep an eye on this and more. we will be back in less than 10 minutes. new this morning d.c. say and of men lead apartment building fire. >> it did not take long for out theters to put flame. smoke throughout the building. was hurt in treated there. >> she spent two ho

simpson birdie's that hole. to 16 we go. tied with simpson at one over. drops the club.ou know he doesn't like that. he bogey'd the hole. simpson got sole possession of the lead. to 18. simpson trying to save par and stay in first place. not easy. he makes it look easy. he shot 68 for the second day in a row and enters the clubhouse as the leader at one over. mcdowel on 18. misses badly here. simpson is the 2012 u.s. open champ celebrates with his wife and meanwhile, craziness during the interview with bob. take a listen. >> three straight birdies and four in a five-hole stretch. >> yeah. that was kind of the difference. i got off to a slow start. i knew that -- >> unforgettable day to say the least. >> what was that? >> i don't know. >> andrew james dudley. he was not arrested or he was arrested for disturbing the interview. he was held in a drunk tank and released after he sobered up. >>> one final note on simpson with his wife. she is 7 1/2 months pregnant. he's not scheduled to play at the at&t national. he may miss the british open. >>> the nba finals have been ever

i am cynne simpson. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. baden in a moment. first, meteorologist adam caskey. pleasant. let's look at temperatures to start the day. at dulles airport and winchester, 66 downtown at reagan national. 64 in lexington park. will rise to about 80 degrees today. 83 today all across the region for the high temperature. humidity, another comfortable day, a few degrees below average. is trend continues through the low 80's, bright sunshine, low humidity. the nationals have a game on the yankees.gainst the normally you have to fix heat this time of but we will have it again next week. intense humidity by tuesday. >> we have a crash that closes 70 down at 32. that has been for quite some time. your document in an accident on -- on the westbound direction. at powder mill road in bowie accident. is wrapping up of.truction they have to change the traffic on the outer loop between new hampshire and three lanes to the .eft and one lane to the right we will see how that works out for the rush hour. no delays so far. we will see how that transp

simpson. i am steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather. lisa baden. >> wires down on canal road. ddot is sending over more equipment. things are evolving in that .rea that's not a viable option until tell you it's clear between .eservoir road and foxhall road 270 at 118, minor collision on the right shoulder southbound. there's a fuel leak in the area, so they're bringing in a vehicle absorbent to take care of that. let's go to adam caskey in the weather center. >> we are tracking comfortable conditions this morning. if you are runner, this is the of weather that you look of year, sohis time advantage. it is very comfortable with low humidity. now, 57s right in clarksburg and winchester, 59 in huntingtown. 60 in arlington, 56 in leesburg. today's forecast, sunshine, scattered clouds. highs near 80 degrees. most of the day will be spent in the '70s with a breeze. refreshen breeze out of the northwest at 10-20 miles an hour. heatll be cranking up the forecast.en-day a three-alarm fire displaces of residents in reston. it happened in an apartment complex. jummy olabanji is on the sc

. >> i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will start with lisa baden. >> we are off to a good start. particularly around the beltway, giving you the green light. all 66 miles running in our favor. overnight construction has been put to bed. looks good in and out. of the out now let's go to the weather with adam caskey. >> it's going to get active tonight and tomorrow. very soggy conditions later tonight and through tuesday. not bad today, 70 in hagerstown 64 in gaithersburg. we reached 92 yesterday at reagan national. it will not be as high today. you will feel the humidity in the air. 88 at 3:00 p.m. with variable cloud cover. more clouds to the west of washington. that is also where we will seek undershorts develop west of the metro later this afternoon and evening. areas of rain tonight and a little heavy at times off and on through the day tomorrow. >> starting with a developing story this morning. authorities investigating a series of traffic collisions involving u.s. secretary of commerce and john bryison. >> it was

. >> i am cynne simpson. we get started with traffic and weather every ten minutes.ment, but first meteorologist adam caskey keeping an eye on raindrops. >> a little light rain fall to start the day. you may want to have the umbrella through thursday. as i was saying yesterday, a compact umbrella that you can toss in the briefcase, because we are not looking at anything very widespread, just a few nuisance showers periodically. there through thursday. right now you can see it in calvert county along the patuxent river as well and over the bay, moving south. moving down calvert county and from fredericksburg eastward into the northern neck of virginia. temperatures are in the '50s. leesburg is 55

we near record-breaking temperatures. >> >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. 6:00. friday, june 29. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a minute. first, the man of the hour, adam caskey. >> it is going to be as orchard today through the weekend. highs near 100. that is record challenging. six humidity -- thick humidity. thunderstorms on the eastern shore. locally we have a few clouds as well because of the thunderstorms moving across the bay on to the eastern shore. seven the 9 in arlington, 78 in annapolis, 73 in inwood. 79 degrees in frostburg to start your friday morning. heat advisory in effect for the vast majority of our viewing area from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. heat and humidity will combine to make it feel like 105-100 and sent. -- 105-110. a few storms possible late today, some could be strong to severe. that's your forecast. >> i was talking earlier about a collision on the george washington. has been taken care of. you can use the g.w. parkway. everything is open between the beltway and the airpo

we will read your responses on the air later. and allen simpsong congress better get it's act together quickly or risk fiscal chaos. his solution, next. >>> welcome back, we have a market flash update. >> the market sector has been beat up today, and the best of the bunch today valero. it is up 7% right now. they had a loss last quarter, but they have a upgrade based on valuation. >> thank you, brian. we have 30 minutes left in the session. if you're just joining us, the major averages up bouncing blow session highs on hopes that they will extend stimulus measures. right now the dow is up 116 points. financials among the leaders today in today's advance. the banks index hitting a one month high. it is up itself about 2% today. >> bill, there is plenty of talk of the death crisis in spain, but could something like that happen in the u.s.? allen simpson is calling for fiscal reform before things get to that point. he co-chaired a federal commission charging the federal deficit, but their recommendations were shut down. he joins us right now in an ex

. >> when we brought -- in the simpson/bowles commission when we brought them in to see where we might save money, the most startling testimony came when we asked about private contractors that work forward the department of defense. the basic question is how many there are? and the answer is we don't know. we really don't know. estimate somewhere maybe governmentwide, some 7 million. there are 2 million federal -- civil service employees to give you some context here. and when you look at the dollar amounts being spent in the department of defense for contractors, as opposed to the civilian workforce at the department of defense and those in uniform, it's substantially higher. for many of us, this outsourcing just became a passion. and people stop asking the most basic question. is this serving the nation well? is it saving us money? i notice that you are insourcing more. you are bring something jobs back into the department of defense. in your earlier testimony you said you need to reduce the service support contractors. so it seems to me that there has been documented waste when it

i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm cynne simpson. we will get started with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> we have happy stories to tell about maryland traffic to andrews air force base, in and out of baltimore 270 just a typical volume out of a urbana. 95, north band out of woodbridge -- northbound, out of woodbridge, status quo just the heavy volume. we will keep an eye on chopper 7, but let's go to the weather now. >> keeping an eye on doppler radar and our rooftop camera. you know i love the roof top camera around sunrise. beautiful blue skies over washington. but you go off to the west you have thicker clouds, especially the shenandoah valley with a few sprinkles and around culpeper county a few drops of rain. eastern shore, some heavier rains but not moving our way. warmer than yesterday but you can keep the windows open. you don't need the air conditioner. another refreshing day. a few isolated showers especially west of the district in the metro area. tomorrow, a little bit warmer but the real heat and humidity returns

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in traffic. >> no complaints for drivers in virginia, along the maryland highway overnight construction has been moved. all clear to the airport, south into richmond, north into baltimore. this is live on the beltway in montgomery county. now to adam caskey. >> tracking a cold front moving through the metro area. behind that will be sunshine today. humidity will drop. right now and clarksburg, 66. frostburg, 59. 67 in arlington. 83 this afternoon but a little cooler north west of town in the upper 70's. mostly sunny and breezy, north wind at 10-20. that will be refreshing because it will be less humid. tomorrow additional clouds and cooler temperatures. below average temperatures into the weekend. >> thanks so much. we get started with the latest efforts to move past the scandal affecting d.c. city council. council members will select an interim chair today. this will replace kwame brown resigned last week over fraud investigation. there's a debate over who should get that

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we start with tracy thorne- begland -- traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> for once you get a break. 66. 95. coming out of southern maryland, you need to know about a huge threat on the beltway. we will call up a live camera things to geico. this is after our recent drive. only two planes are getting by. the headlights in this camera, the into a bout of greenbelt will be effective -- the inner loop outside of greenbelt will be affected. we're so tickled about 395 northbound. running at speed. we will run over to the weather center with adam caskey. >> we do not have anything to worry about whether wise. bright sunshine. comfortable conditions. comfortable with tiv to june. -- relative to june. nothing but sunshine. 59 in leesburg and carper. 52 in arlington. widespread upper 50's. we will climb to about 84 the high temperature. the upper 70's to the low 80 's. the low humidity will continue through the weekend. father's day weekend, high temperatures near 80 with low humidity. that

i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. wewant to start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden has a look at the roads. >> 70 westbound at east patrick street, a pickup truck rolled over. traffic was temporarily forced to make the exit, but it sounds like they're moving everything out of the roadway. on telegraph road south of the beltway there's been a water main break. a portion of telegraph road is closed. bailout at 644 or roseville. that will be a complication. we are taking a look at 270 not bad at shady grove road. adam caskey. >> clear outside, no clouds in the sky. if especially in arlington and washington-lee high school in ballston. basically overlooking the orange line. you can see the buildings in clarendon and courthouse in the distance. a beautiful sunrise about 12 minutes from now. 58 right now in washington, 58 in germantown, 53 in leesburg. not shabby on this friday morning. a comfortable start to the day but you'll need the air conditioner this afternoon, mid 80's with low humidity. 90 degree

simpson. first, meteorologist adam caskey >> . we will be checking temperatures. it will be toasty this afternoon 75. right now in washington, 69 in martinsburg, 73 in hagerstown. there's a heat advisory today and tomorrow. expect heat index values between 100 and 105. the actual air temperature will be in the mid to upper 90s today. we could be pushing 100 degrees tomorrow afternoon in a few locations. mid to upper 90 today and tomorrow. low 90's by friday with widespread thunderstorms expected later in the day on friday. cooling a little on the weekend upper 80s. stay in the air-conditioning and take the necessary precautions. >> be careful if you are going to take the beltway in virginia. periodic closures overnight. 495 near 66, the inner loop side. 66, they are working outside the beltway westbound. as far as prince george's and montgomery county, the beltway looks wonderful. near university boulevard, inner loop and outer loop, dividing around the work zone after this camera, but no delays. back to you. >> thank you. today is the intense heat will have to ma

we need to do. >> you know, there are a lot of people who say if only president obama had embraced simpson-bowles. you were chief of staff at the time. why didn't he? >> well, i was chief of staff when we created simpson-bowles and i think what the president has done is in my view right. first of all, a lot of people say that simply they don't know what's in it. but the blueprint of my view here, what i'm trying to do and i think i know this is what the president is trying to do, i'm trying to do it on infrastructure. create jobs today, get the economy with real productive investments, not just money, building our roads, building our bridges, building our broadband, building our airports, making those investments, and then make sure your fiscal health, both medium and long term is structured correctly. but if we as a country, we all of a sudden adopt some of the strategies being advocated in europe, we'll have the same results. they're in a recession. 1.9% gdp growth is not healthy, but it's not 3% contraction. okay? that's a big spread. and so my view is we need to do exactly what the president i

no, but perfect is the enemy of good. >> right. >> and we could be modifying simpson-bowles if some ofork out, but we would have cuts in discretionary spending, lower tax rates. >> what do you do about this political, this horrible political environment we live in, which is to say i'm not sure the democrats would have voted for it, i'm not sure the republicans would have voted for it. clearly that's why we're where we are, at some level. you're looking at me like i'm crazy. >> no, i'm not. you're asking me a question that i really don't know the answer. i don't know why, i don't know why we have people in our government who are willing to accept what we're going through now as being better than having implemented simpson-bowles. >> lou, could either party have done it? you remember in the past when there's a guy who sort of rides over both parties, the president and it was commission and we the opportunity at that point don't you think? sometimes you need that leadership from the only guy who can do it, don't you? >> yes, i mean, there's no question that the absence of fundamental chan

i am steve chenevey. >> i am natasha barrett, in for cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. let's check in with lisa baden. >> we are going to do that because we have been watching a crash in woodbrige for the last half-hour. good news. this is northbound 95 between occoquan and route 1. look at that. they have moved everything to the left shoulder. it has been complicated. you will still find delays out of dale city. getting to lorton will take a long time. at least the lanes open. to come from newschopper 7, but now, adam caskey. >> 99 was the high temperature yesterday at reagan national, bwi marshall made it to 100. we will bthe little cooler today. temperatures are on the downswing and we will continue to see that pattern through the weekend and into next week. pierre is a beautifully kept a sunrise over laurel, 79 degrees at the high school. bright sunshine shining through the holes in the clouds. -- that was a beautiful sunrise over laurel. thunderstorms likely later on today, some strong to severe with gusty damaging

i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. weand weather every ten minutes starting with lisa baden. it's an accident on the outer loop of the beltway near university, now on the shoulder. a change in the traffic patterns for both directions at university. 3 to the left and one to the right around construction. 70 westbound closed at 32 because of a fatal crash overnight. eastbound, only one lane getting by. now in accident reported on the beltway in landover. will have details on that in less than 10 minutes. now adam caskey. >> i can always tell when lisa baden has new issues on the road. her glasses are on the desk. thanks for keeping us informed. 59 in leesburg and clarksburg, 59 in strasbourg, 59 in bowie. 57 in la plata. pleasant with low humidity, another comfortable day by mid june standards, highs around 80. upper 70's to low 80s today through the weekend with bright sunshine and low humidity. high temperatures in the mid 70's at the beach. >> thanks so much. i want to look at the day ahead. two former metro employees wh

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you. we start on this thursday with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. this is your day, anddam. >> what do you mean? i am a snow lovers. -- lover. if it were not for the heat and humidity, i would not appreciate the snow as much. there is a hazy sun rise over laurel this morning, already 78 degrees at the high school. 77 in august washington. 71 in germantowvienna. 69 degrees in newington. hazy, hot, humid, summertime in washington. it will feel like 102 to 108 with an air temperature near 100. slight chance of an thundershowers west of washington. now to lisa baden. >> i was thinking about you when i was watering the plants on the deck yesterday adam. loving life. 95 in maryland, in virginia, giving you the green light across the wilson bridge, the american legion bridge, no extra travel time needed on the greenway, 66 270, and on 50 in maryland. now to news. >> the official start of summer brought almost record-breaking temperatures. it did f

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i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm cynne simpson. weith traffic and weather every 10 minutes and we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. but first, adam caskey. >> let's cut right to this and we will save this is right over 95 and even route 1, southern prince william just passing through quantico and parts of stafford county along 95 approaching stafford itself, -- indian head highway northeast of marburg, a nice little shower. temperatures in the 60's, fairly cloudy. look played at, 64. washington, 65. 87 this afternoon. warm and rather humid. isolated thunderstorms were west of the blue ridge later on. we cranked up the heat and humidity tomorrow and doug hill likes the heat and humidity. let's go to lisa baden. >> let's talk about 66 loaded up but in manassas, centerville no accident at 50. but we do have slowed traffic just coming off of the greenway melting but the dulles toll road. no problems out of manassas park but the lineup through 28 and through the battlefield on 29. 395, landmark and across 14th bridge and the norma

in order to do that, basically what we did is because simpson-bowles recommended for our federal workforce for every three positions that came open, our bill would say that for every three positions that come open you can fill two out of three and we would keep a federal pay freeze through 2014. that covers us for year one of sequestration. the house, chairman mckeown in the house has a similar proposal. his is just implementing the simpson-bowles for every three positions that come open that you can only fill one and then, of course, congressman ryan in the house have actually passed through reconciliation have passed a bill that would address sequestration. and what with i would say is my hope is what will happen is that we will see a bipartisan group get together before this election because this is too important to kick the can down the road to the lame duck session for the reasons we just described and i don't believe this should be used as some type of chip in the lame duck session where we have the tax rates and we have the dock fix, we have, you name it, it will be up in the lame d

i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm cynne simpson. we want to get started with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we will start with a look at traffic with lisa baden. >> starting to slow down southbound 270 frederick and this is 95 va, unusual delays out of stafford, heading north on 95 to the quantico marine base accident along the way is gone. are we suffering on the weather side? >> i would not say suffering. axel in '92 was a high temperature yesterday and we felt it with the humidity as well. on a bit of a gradual cooling trend but i think thursday will be back down to the upper 70's. bright sunshine over laurel high school. 68 in vienna. bethesda, 71. washington, 64 and winchester, 63. 88 a high today. a little cooler than yesterday. still warm and muggy. a few thundershowers will develop this afternoon and evening but i will -- think it will be west of the metro area. tomorrow, often on showers. not good outdoor day tomorrow. often on rain tuesday. should be heavier a times, too. >> we are following a developing story from cal

we could see record temperatures. good morning, washington. friday, june 29. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. rise and shine. we get started with traffic and weather every ten minutes. baden.ng with lisa >> we go live to a picture of southbound. in the 3:00 hour at edsall road hit an overhead sign. you can think of last night's, traffic getting by to the left southbound. that is against the rush hour. we will start to monitor the traffic northbound, particularly in hov lanes. you will have an eyeful. so far so good out of through landmark. sticky today. make sure the air-conditioner is running. it will be near 100 degrees this afternoon through sunday. we will cool off by early next week. we have a heat advisory in afternoon from 11:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. 77 currently in frederick, 73 in winchester, 79 in the district, manassas. in frederick, 73 degrees. hot and humid today. will feel like 105-110 when you factor in the heat and humidity. possible late this afternoon and through the and they could be strong to severe. the weekend forecast, coming up >> . the heat is so bad that metro is mak

we are in for more potentially record temperatures today. good morning, washington. it's thursday, june 21. i am steve chenevey. >> it i am natasha barrett, in for cynne simpson. d weather every ten minutes. adam caskey has the forecast. hot when i walked outside today. >> here we go again. 14 hours and 54 minutes a day like today, all the way through saturday and we have the longest days of the year. the long days in terms of daylight all the way through saturday. let's look at the rooftop camera, hazy sunshine over the horizon. not quite at sunrise, but that will be soon. 77 in washington. 75 in morning side. 72 in winchester.\ near 100 this afternoon. pretty good chance of hitting back at reagan national, but it will feel like 105. slight chance of a few storms along and west of the blue ridge later on today. a better chance tomorrow. now to lisa. >> a motorcycle crash on north on 395 at the beginning of the 14th street bridge. no life-threatening injuries reported. two lanes to the right are open with delays from pentagon city. newschopper 7 will join us in a little while. now to news. >> the heat is so bad that metro is making an exception to its no drinks

. >> i am cynne simpson. we will start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. roads. first, meteorologist adam caskey. cooldown. >> yes, with low humidity. then temperatures rise again by the end of the week. with what's happening right now. beautiful photograph of the sun rise over arlington. a few scattered clouds. view frome , 71ington-lee high school degrees. 67 in leesburg, 70 la plata. 72 in huntingtown. berkeley springs, 62 degrees. scattered showers and thundershowers later this morning through lunchtime. some storms could become severe east of 95. maryland early afternoon between noon and 3:00 p.m.. becoming less human later today and breezy. degrees for the high temperatures today. humidity tomorrow, near 80 degrees. doug will talk about the heat, coming up. on 95 and 395, plenty of traffic. a couple of accidents. ,ith don 395 near edsall road there's an accident. center the road. one vehicle made it onto the shoulder. is still waiting for help. next, an accident upstream and shirlington. lanes of andhe hov it was moved to the side. pace of stratham n

simps simpson>> will he go et -- what governor romney has said is, look, first of all, we need to cut marginal rates, and he would cut them to exactly the same levels in the bowles-simpson so-called compromise plan. part of that revenue is made up in economic growth. most of that, though, has to come from base broadening, about which he said two things. one, everything should be on the table. there's nothing eliminated. put everything on the table. second, that the bulk of the adjustment be born by upper income households. remember, the bowles-simpson was trying to raise close to 2 percentage points of gdp in revenue. governor romney is trying to be revenue-neutral. his tax plan wouldn't have to raise as much revenue from base broadening as bowles-simpson. >> i want to press ow this because even if you're not trying to raise as much, it's very tough to get any significant revenue if you don't touch the big deductions. the big deductions are the interest on mortgages, the interest on -- the health care and federal and state taxes. i am sorry. those three collectively -- >> those are th

hundred scandals using the gate including bart and homer simpson. so we look up to watergate to remember, people forget, for you it's all distant history. i recall the 25th anniversary there was a man on street interview in champagne, illinois where i lived and they asked the young college student what was watergate about? one of the presidents resigned, we can laugh but it's easy to forget. a poll in germany showed that 20% of german college students do not know, had no idea what auschwitz was. they had a reason to forget. when we think of wear gate as a triumph but not a blemish on our history. time grows old teaches many lessons. time is passing what are the lessons of watergate. one of the things relate to the people involved in this conspiracy didn't decide in 1972 let's get together and violate through. they took baby steps, happened a step at a time, at one point they were on the other side of the line. many of them were no older or just a few years older than many of the people in this room. i mean we shouldn't be self-righteous, therefore but for

we do it ourself. there is a road map called simpson-bowles. if we had done something remotely like simpson-bowles, you would reduced uncertainty about taxes. you would have increased confidence in america. you would have shown a realtime fix of the fiscal problem. you would have had a more efficient tax system and more effective tax system conducive to economic growth. i would everyone to support getting something like that done. the specifics unfortunately i know people will argue about every single one aren't as important as getting something like that done. >> thank you. >> we missed an opportunity to do it. i think it caused a little damage last year. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator shelby has a very brief observation to make. >> mr. dimon, do you know of any bank that's been well capitalized, well regulated and we will managed that has failed? >> i do not, sir. >> are you aware -- i know you're aware, we've closed about 500 banks in the last four years. just about every one of those banks failed because they were inadequately capita

. >> i am natasha barrett, in for cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden. >> i am thrilled that we don't have an accident. interstate travel looks like it will work in our favor. 95, 66, 81, 11, 70, 270, and it looks great at the chesapeake bay bridge. in virginia, the pace is working in our favor through rosslyn and over to washington boulevard and fort myers. now we turn to adam caskey for the weather. >> looks good on the roads that's good. 5:00 in the belfort furniture weather center. temperatures are in the 70's, low 80s downtown. 83 at reagan national 79 in college park, 73 in winchester. western paige county, there's light rain. also, in western maryland across the potomac and moving from luntz to hancock maryland, light rain. if increasing clouds otherwise. storms likely later on today after lunch time, some of which could be severe. highs in the low 90's. less humid tomorrow and a little cooler. prince george's county police investigating events that led to an officer's shooting a suspec

. >> i am cynne simpson. weith traffic and weather, starting off with adam caskey. >> the humidity drops today. our temperatures will be dropping into tomorrow. let's start with the rooftop camera picture from our rooftop. you can see a nice sunrise off in the distance. that is the back edge of the cloud cover. 66 in a buoy. arlington, 68. maryland, a cool spot. a refreshen 57. 83 as the high this afternoon. refreshened a breeze, really out of the north. -- refreshing breeze, really out of the north. let's check in with lisa. >> all right adam. moving forward with the news. the d.c. council will start a new chapter. there will decide who will take over the chairmanship from kwame brown. good morning. >> good morning. the new interim chairman is up for grabs today. i can tell you that council member vincent orange is making his second go round. it appears his colleagues would choose someone else who is also well-known and respected inside the chamber here at city hall. at-large council member, phil mendelson. he

that's where we were. >> that's just incorrect. >> the question about simpson/bowles. i can answer that question. simpson/bowles is a plan, it rais raises, enshrines obama-care, but that was not enough for the president because it also lowered tax rates for wealthy people for everybody for businessmen and this president is committed to raising tax rates to levels we have not seen since the 1970s, so he killed it. >> that's why he's cut taxes 18 times. >> he took it to levels we've not seen since the 1970s. >> you know, jennifer rubin, in the interview, which is going to come up later with speaker boehner, we talked about this, why didn't that deal get done last summer? and he said, because at the last minute president obama put in another $400 billion in taxes. >> correct. >> there was already $800 billion in tax. >> then why don't they -- >> excuse me, mayor, that's exactly right. >> right now. >> mayor, i don't know how you run atlanta, i'm sure you do a great job. >> balance the budgets, no tax increases. >> but raising taxes right now with a 1.9% gdp economy, there

. >> i am cynne simpson. we want to start with traffic and weather every ten minutes.dam caskey has the forecast. >> a beautiful sunrise about to begin in washington. let's go to the rooftop cameras 36 floors above us in rosslyn. pink and orange on the horizon over the district of. the kennedy center in the middle of your screen? . we will have a little sunshine locally, but there are light showers and sprinkles in the shenandoah valley, especially around woodstock and strasbourg and stretching into rappahannock and culpeper county and strasbourg, virginia. a few isolated downpours on the eastern shore to start the day. we still have a chance of rain in the forecast today and tomorrow. 49 degrees in martinsburg, 48 in gaithersburg, 59 in the district for. 55 and culpeper county and 54 in manchester. on our way to the mid 70's today. keep the windows open. low humidity with a few light showers especially west of the metro here and there. hot and humid by the weekend, 90 on sunday. s>> new this morning, fairfax city police investigating the worst accident they have seen

we have answers about what people saw on the belt way overnight. it is thursday morning june 14. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm cynne simpson. rise and shine. n with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> travel times and our favorite even with the volumes starting to increase. i will still give you the green light not only on 95 but 270 father hurley bell award and 66 between centerville and 495, and a live picture of 270 at 370 moving at speeds. >> a comfortable start. you can open up the windows. the good amount of sunshine in the metro area but clouds here and they're closer to the bay and on the eastern shore. wide-ranging temperatures. petersburg, west virginia, 45 to start your day. hagerstown, 57. 68 along the water at reagan national. high temperatures today will be around 80 degrees. some morning clouds but over all a pretty pleasant day. tomorrow, high temperatures right near 80, give or take a few degrees, with low humidity. it will be comfortable through the weekend. >> new this morning, and twitter abuzz all night with pictures of a ufo spotted on the beltway in maryland. john gonzalez will tell us what was really happening.

we need to get backbone. if we're doing simpsonhave to tell republicans the truth about the entitlement programs we can save them without taking away basic protections and with a little pain and republicans have to tell their constituent and grover norquist that we have to raise revenue, get rid of tax loopholes, may have to get rid of the bush tax cuts and the wealthiest people in the country. it concerned me. i also wanted to write a book that made people feel the fun and exhilaration and wackynesin in the a life of public service. andrea, i thought, people can sfwerpt nip way they want. i treated the president very well. i said he's a non-wuss and gave three examples. one, the president continued the financial bailout even though everyone in country hated it, and it would have been easy for him to stop it and blame it on president bush. it would have been politically popular. it would have been the wrong thing to do, it would have hurt the country and maybe hurt the world. two, he went forward on the auto bailout, even though he

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-bowles and where could we be and is there an adoption of a simpson-bowles plan likely in theed a long-term deficit reduction package that's combined with a lot more stimulus up front. for example, not simpson-bowles but demin chi rivlin, reported at the same time, had $650 billion in stimulus in one year. that was combined without your deficit reduction. now on simpson-bowles, specifically, the core problem is there while it may have plausibly passed the senate, it had no chance in the house which actually has now been demonstrated. >> peter, let me -- >> we need -- >> let me stop you one second. >> hold on. we need a long-term deficit reduction package, but a long-term deficit reduction package that has zero revenue, that's very challenging. >> so you talk about $650 billion spent in short-term stimulus spending. a lot of people out there would say that's reckless, irresponsible. it could never happen. but, explain how if that stimulus spending is coupled with a long-term debt plan, to take down the debt over a generation, how the markets not only would free up those $650 bi

we have dominici-rivlin, we have bowles-simpson and president bush's 2005 commission. are lots of ways. everything has to be on the table, and again, the adjustment really has to focus on upper income households. >> when you look at the spending reduction, you said he is going to take spending down to 20% gdp. that is from about 23, 24. it's a very big drop. medical record to do that, what is he going to do specifically? what programs would get cut, particularly, again, the big money, that's medicare and to a lesser extent, medicaid, social security? what would he do to medicine conveyor? >> well, he has two parts to the spending plan. the first is the near term, the 2016. getting spending down to 20% is not as radical as it sounds. spending was 20% of gdp, or a bit less before the financial crisis, so this isn't some radical rethink of the size of government. how to do that would be cuts in discretionary spend and block granting the medicaid program. he has been very specific about that. medicare and social security are longer term issues. he specifically said those a

we going to get into o. j. simpson now? e's very busy going after that murder so let's give him a break. oh, that's right, he's in jail. >> you know what, we don't have time for this right now to revisit. but coming up, gender-based abortion is perfectly legal in the united states of america. why? the democrats and the white house oppose a bill to end it. you will hear from them up next on "the five." ♪ ♪ home of the brave. ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ guts. glory. ram. another cup of coffee? how long is this one going to last? forty-five minutes? an hour? well... listen. 5-hour energy lasts a whole lot of hours. take one in the afternoon, and you'll feel alert and energized 'til the cows come home. it's packed with b-vitamins and nutrients to make it last. so what's it going to be, partner? 5-hour energy. wise choice. 5-hour energy. hours and hours of energy. >> welcome back. yesterday the house of representatives didn't get the two-thirds