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here's what it looks like at pennsylvania avenue at the willard hotel. incident free this morning. we'll look at the other area roadways at 6:12. >>> at the top of the hour, we have a commuter alert for you. it is your chance to weigh in on the upcoming metro fare hikes. >>> metro is expected to raise the amount you pay to commute. >>> here's a quick look at what metro is proposing. he wants to hike rail fares about 5%. people using paper fare cards would get a high flat fee, but metro would dump the peak of the peak surcharge. metro bus riders, 30 kenseth for using cash. the priss at parking garages would go up about a quarter. >>> there are six public hearings over the next ten days. the first one is at the chevy chase regional services center. doors open at 6:00 with the meeting beginning at 7:00. >>> we have a list of all six hearings on our website. look under morning news. >>> there will be a prayer service this morning for senior rico webb. the 17-year-old died sunday in columbia, maryland. he was on the offensive line for the stags. webb was a football recruit. according to

in fact a live look downtown at pennsylvania avenue near the willard hotel and you can see it's just that traffic light slowing things down. coming coming up in my next report, we'll go into maryland at 4:55. >>> thank you monika. it's a pretty well-known fact that a red light means stop. >> but for tom cyclists a red light seems to be just another pretty color. ken molestina explains. >> reporter: the district is infamously known to have some of the worst drivers and most congested streets in the country. now you can add disobedient city bike listst to the list. -- boilists to the list. >> reporter: that's what we saw in dupont circle over and over again. this psychist seemed to be more interested in showing off for the camera than in obeying the red light. james hash strapped on a helmet cam to get a closer look but check out what we saw from another camera. james is stopped at the light and gets passed by a daring cyclist who never stops. this guy speeds through a red light and darts in front of a metrobus that narrowly misses him. so by now you get @ point. this happens all the t

much eloquence was in that speech besides that line until we heard steven lang deliver it at willard's hotel last february. it's a marvelous composition that deserves re-reading. if lincoln's declared policy is not to act first, remember lincoln represents a party that itself is still something of a coalition. of old abolitionists, old line wigs, the old know nothings that don't agree on anything except they disagree. they oppose the extension of slavery. remember lincoln's elected with 39% of the popular vote. his own north is something of a coalition. large -- there are large chunks of diseffected people in illinois and indiana and ohio. lincoln also believes, perhaps to some degree wrongly, but lincoln also still believes there is, as has been mentioned, still widespread attachment to the union in the south. in fact, the confederates themselves to get back to that montgomery convention, really kind of aligned themselves into three groups. the ses sessionists, those for independents, the cooperationists, those who thought there ought to be some mean to cooperate with the north in order to

we'll take a live look at pennsylvania avenue near the willard hotel.oming up in my next report another look around the area it is 6:43. back to you guys. >>> friday a man living in arlington was arrested and accused of fighting to detonate explosives at the u.s. capital of the. the fbi had trailed him for months. >>> charlie rose joins us now live from new york with a preview. good morning charlie. >> reporter: good morning mike and andrea. ahead the nypd spent more than a year looking at muslim student organizations. one student who was targeted said it is like the kgb. john mill soldier here to address the question of whether the intel gathering has gone too far. we'll see you at 7:00. >>> thank you, carley, wii we will be watching. as you remember cbs this morning, now police actions from those reports. >>> the owner of a liquor store accused of selling booze to teenagers. he was shown on our 9 wants to know series. jessica doyle is live with that story. good morning jess. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. that's right a major development af

willard marriott, right there in the middle, who's the marriott hotel chain, and as you keep going back, you see herb klein there. pretty soon there's ronald reagan, and right up above ronald reagan is jimmy carter. >> guest: and if you will look--if you will now move the camera further over to the left on that picture, all the way over, get as far as you can, get to the other side, and get right to the edge of the picture in the bottom row, and right--oops--let me see--can--yeah, there, there--there is a half a face above... c-span: yes. >> guest: ...oh, what was his name--secretary of defense... c-span: cap weinberger. >> guest: yes. right above him, and that's bush, president--well, at the time, he was the head of the cia, but unfortunately it was cropped off, and i didn't catch it until too late. in the exhibition you see his full face. and it looks quite strange to see the future president bush and the future president reagan while president nixon was delivering his inaugural address. c-span: and the man in the glasses there is john scali... >> guest: yeah. c-span: ...here at abc a

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willard scott in florida. >> from beautiful sanibel, florida, at one of the nicest hotel resorts in the country. have smucker's in there? if they don't, we'll close them down. earlene stacker from indianapolis, indiana. 106 years old. keeps her mind sharp by watching the news and reading the newspaper every day. that's good. that will fix you up. elmer carter of marlton, new jersey. 101 years old. proud wwii veteran. six battle stars including the bronze star. we salute you, sir. a patriot. how about that? anthony silva of hampton beach, new hampshire. 100 years old today. drove an rv across the country after he retired. then had an extended stay in las vegas and a week later bought the rv back. i just threw that in there. louise borst of west palm beach, florida. 104 years old. enjoys riding her bicycle. how about that? and watching soap operas. we were saying there are not many left to watch. that's an era gone by. i used to listen to them on the radio. george jarrell of blacksburg, virginia. 101. good for him. that's pretty country down there. i know it well. he loves watching baseball. favor