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>> i can tell you the pentagon knew. military officials apparently knew about his speech. what's interesting is the president while in copenhagen had mckrchrystal fly out for a one-on-one meeting. it's unclear whether the white house knew what mcchrystal was going to say. there is some frustration with the fact that he's out so publicly and military is out so publicly pitching its strategy when obviously the white house is asking some tough questions here and really agonizing over what to do. i think it's not a debate they want to have in public. they're not happy that the mcchrystal assessment was leaked in the first place and many folks felt that came straight from the pentagon. they would rather not have this debate in public. >> how about general jim jones saying this weekend, let me tell you how we'll do it with this white house. it will come up through the regular chain of command. jim jones sent a message to mcchrystal and the pentagon this weekend which is play it straight. you won't win that way. >> he did. to be fair to the military it seems clear one would think

. >>> record fall at the run from pentagon and back to arlington. new best times were set. this benefits soldiers and their family. >>> and a runner stopping just short of the finish line at the race and to propose to his fiance. they went on a 5-mile run on the first date. either way he's a winner. it's time to say good morning to allison. he won in the long run. >> yes. >>> coming up, the decision to layoff teachers sparking protests. we are live with the latest. >>> plus we're talking with the wash teachers union. >>> and voters in virginia face an important deadline today. what to do to make sure your vote counts. >>> plus a deadly attack on troops in afghanistan, the worst in a year. as the president continues to weigh the options on whether thousands more troops should be sent to help efforts in that country. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. >>> starting you off with a nice view over the water this morning. it is

someone in the pentagon leaked that report and obviously came out a little bit earlier than the obama administration wanted it to come out. james jones, national security advisor was asked about whether or not politics had anything to could doo with it, in other words, far left putting political pressure on the obama administration to decide that they don't want to increase troops in afghanistan, and, of course, he answered exactly as you would imp him to answer no, politics doesn't play at all into this. a lot of people would have a lot of questions marks about that. steve: sure. if president obama doesn't send in more troops, which is exactly what mcchrystal wants, there could be a very embarrassing public resignation by general stanley mcchrystal. brian: and maybe general david petraeus. steve: while they say no politics involved, oh, come on, it's politics. brian: let's talk about iran. over the weekend the iaea and a secret report in the report says that iran really does have the ability to make an atomic bomb and this country has been working on it through their intelligence, th

and some in the pentagon have argued that the u.s. really has no business being there because they become bullet magnets. it's one of the reasons they are pulling back. i think what happens now is it really focuses america's attention even more than it has been on at is actually happening on the ground there. we've been talking a lot about this in washington. everybody is studying this. but when you see something like that happen, you know how urgent the problem is. >> the president's advisers are set to meet twice this week to debate the afghanistan war strategy. the u.s. commander on the ground there has asked for 40,000 more troops. >>> a teenager accused of trying to blow up a dallas skyscraper is back in court today. prosecutors are expected to lay out their case against 19-year-old hasom smadi. he drove what he thought was a bomb-laden truck underneath a 60-story office building. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >>> in indonesia, some markets and schools reopened today, five days after a devastating earthquake struck

it starts and ends at the pentagon and benefits soldiers and their families. >>> a good day for a run and not a bad day for baseball >> pretty much everyone was paying attention to the redskins game. they did it. the nats were playing their last game of the '09 season. dave feldman back with sports. >> a silver lining today at the end a very tough season. the nationals started the season with a seven-game losing streak. they finish with a seven-game winning streak and 103-loss season. today the longest game of the season 15 innings. nats and braves top of the 7th. two runners on for big adam dunn who rips the base hit to right field. alberto gone disolless is going to -- gonzalez is going to motor all the way around and score. game tied at 1. move to the top of the 15, tied 1-1. alberto gonlez, base hit to center field. elijah dukes score cans. nats up 2-1. in the bottom of the 15th, still 2-1, the braves on with two on, two outs. max logan with the breaking ball. called out toandz the game and -- to end the game and end the season. the nats become the first team to lose their first s

how exposed do your sources at the pentagon feel we are right now? >> reporter: well, they're very exposed, and they have been for a long time, and some in the pentagon have argued that the u.s. really has no business being there, because they become bullet magnets. and it's one of the reasons they're pulling back. you hear soldiers complain, we're not doing any good, we can't even clear here. and, basically, you have the fire fights day after day. and it's one of the reasons general mcchrystal wants to move them back from that area. you can have more people coming over from pakistan, more fighters coming over from pakistan to afghanistan. >> but right now, as we do this pullout, are we not especially vulnerable? >> reporter: it is always very difficult to retreat in a way, dan. but i have talked to officials today, and they said these particular outposts, they had all the people there that they originally had, and all the equipment, so they hadn't started pulling back, but it is dangerous when you start to do that and probably more troops there to h

military, basically, agrees with mcchrystal and this could be shaping up as obama's kind of war with this pentagon, over afghanistan. and i don't think that is where the president wants to be or is good for the country and i think he needs to buckle down and figure out what he is going to do in afghanistan. and, you know, send the -- spend the kind of time on it he has been spending on health care to convince the public that it is this right strategy. >> julie: and general stanley mcchrystal summoned, and gets 25 minutes talk time with the president and the same day obama was in denmark with his brief meeting with general mcchrystal the unemployment rate came out and climbed to 9.8% think highest since 1983. and you say the president is a woulding as commander -- awol as commander and chief and what about the economy. >> there are three main priorities the president ought to focus on and one is afghanistan because we have so many of our soldiers there, 68,000, and two, is iran, which the move towards nuclear weapons is really pretty clear, to everybody. and, the fact that we have got to get toughe

the pentagon computers alone are probed 360 millions times a day. some of it is about espionage. other times they are trying to tamper with or destroy damage. the world bank president says america's power is on the decline after the two year recession. is a stimulus package, a second one the right answer. lawmakers made their rounds on the sunday shows today. julie kirtz in washington. >> former federal reserve chairman alan green span predicts the unemployment rate will pass 10% and 11 ther stayr awhile. he is concerned about people out of work for a long time, six months or longer because he says they start to lose job skills. we don't have that sound from greenspan. more than 7 million jobs gone since december when the unemployment rate was 4.9%. indiana senator evan bayh says it things would have been worms without the stimulus package. >> i would have tried to have it go into effect sooner and had more directly related to jobs but it is what it is at that point. it continues to go into the economic blood stream and keep things from being a whole lot worse. >> republicans say

chris: over at the pentagon where you cover? >> right, there is. and also he really hasn't made up his mind. and i think the person who will be influential -- chris: is he respected over there at the pentagon, the president? >> yeah, he is. he does not have the background with the military the previous presidents have had, and you know, he worked very hard on it during the campaign. he did not have a great first off meeting with general petrais in iraq in the summer of 2008. there was a lot of concern in the military about the statements he was making during the campaign. he wouldn't say the surge was working for a long time, if you may recall. >> what you've got to say, what's he trying to do? and there's a lot of history here. they're trying to avoid another iraq. and you go back and look at the history of the decisionmaking on that and it gets about a d or a d-minus. vietnam, probably an f. and they're looking at this and they're saying now, wait a minute, let's really study it, let's look at what we want to do. now, they may come up with the wr

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macfarland, assistant secretary of defense at the pentagon and jerome coursy, author of the new book, "why israel can't wait" and journalist less sa dektari, and we'll start with the news of the day, the iaea thinks iran now has sufficient information, all it needs to make a workable nuclear bomb. >> right. iran needs three things to have a workable nuclear weapon, and toen rich uranium, we caught them red handied with a second enrichment site andy a missile to deliver it and they've tested those, long, medium and short range missionl missiles and up until now we didn't know theyed that a blueprint and got a lot of it, from a.q. khan of pakistan and now this u.n. says they are closer and are now months away, not years away. in the final stretch. >> alisyn: we know the iaea, the watchdog agency -- >> which is conservative and don't jump to conclusions. >> alisyn: good to know, because this is different than what the american intelligence officials have thought in the past and the iaea will go in october 25th, and it begs the question of what israel will do and how long will israel wait

it starts and finishes at the pentagon and runs through d.c. 30,000 people are registered to run. people urged to take metro. road closures are expected. >>> and hopefully changes to the circulator will help you get around better. there have several new stops on columbia road and ontario road. the smithsonian loop will stop service for the weekend. but the wisconsin of a route will stay. >>> if you have a lead not is probably one application you need for that cell phone. it is the app that helps you avoid tickets for speeding or talking on your phone. critics say it could lead to trouble. anita vogel is telling us more. >> there is a red light camera. >> reporter: austin powers and arnold schwarzenegger can save you from a traffic ticket. this one is $400. >> reporter: that is why this free service called trapster is one of the most downloaded mobile applications around with 200 million users who have signed up. >> it is a way for people to share information about police speed traps and red light cameras and speed cameras. >> i think it is a good idea. it keeps people, their eyes

the decision will be in the pentagon between the joint staff, secretary defense and services on where exactly the equipment those. mr. sherman. >> let me point out in front of each member is the timeline for each questioner which is a new experience mr. wilson? i appreciate your leadership. i've two sons serving in iraq. the reason i felt so comfortable about their services person's iq, capable american military leadership. it is reassuring. i'm so grateful for our troops serving currently. they're making a difference defeating terrorists overseas. my question, and it is similar to my good friend's, solomon, it is relative to equipment. as you execute redeployment personnel and equipment from iraq, to what point is it reasonable to move that equipment to afghanistan? are we fully capitalizing on that opportunity? >> we are. let me give you an example what happened recently. we had nine sets of ground clearance equipment that we no longer needed, and we expedited the movement of that equipment to afghanistan. ed that we no longer needed and we expedited the movement of that equipment t

the pentagon has purchased 2.7 million doses of the h1n1 vaccine almost 1 1/2 million will go to active duty members. health officials in the u.s. hope it will provide useful information about the effectiveness of the vaccine. >> many are concerned about possible mandates from employers who get the h1n1 flu vaccine. could your company be one? here to break it down and give us a wrap of the big medical stories of the week is the doctor from the university of maryland's medical school. thank you for being here on this saturday. good to see you again. >> good to see you too. >> brian: i don't guess an employer can tool really make you take the shot? >> no. but they were talking about mandating it through the government. i'm not one that necessarily believes in that that the government should mandate this but there are instances we the government feels the good of the general public is at being. for instance with tuberculosis they can force take your medicine, if you don't they can quarantine you. they have that precedent. i think most people are upset because they are worried about the saf

to meet the pentagon's needs even under the most stressing situations? why has the administration, including the secretary of defense, been silent on $2.7 billion in member-requested earmarks? these are questions for which i don't spra good answer. what i do know is that the appropriators did not add $5.2 billion to the bill to pay for the unrequested additions, but rather secured this additional funding by offsetting programs in other parts of the bill. so what did the appropriators decide to cut to make room for most of these unrequested earmark and pork-barrel projects? they reduced $900 million from the president's request for the afghanistan security forces fund at a time the one thing we are in agreement on, the one thing we're in agreement on is that we need to increase the size and capability of the afghan army and security forces. it's a key component of the united states strategy in afghanistan. so they cut it by $900 million. reducing funding in the account runs counter to our ground commander's plan for the afghan forces to assume a greater s

the real fact i don't know if that was deliberately leaked by the pentagon or white house his assessment. it's been politicized because the left wing of the democratic party is putting a great deal of pressure on the white house. it's very clear is it a counterterrorism strategy, pulling troops out and using special ops or is it a counterinsurgency strategy which we used in iraq so successfully. it enabled the iraqis run their government like they are doing now. that is the question. >> and you heard what the general had to say. it brings up a great point, what may work in iraq may not necessarily work in afghanistan. we're trying to understand the differences and whether a surge would work in afghanistan? >> each case is unique, for instance, in iraq, we had people who could run ministries and new how to pump oil. in afghanistan, illiteracy up and each case is unique. we are calling upon our national leaders to do, when the president or chairman of joint chiefs of staff and to advise this country how best to proceed to lead to a situation that we prevail and our national security is inc

starts and finishes at the pentagon but it runs through parts of d.c. more than 30,000 people are registered to run this year. participants and spectators are all being urged to take metro. >>> now to the state of the skins which is hanginin the balance. the redskins take on the tampa bay buccaneers sunday at fed ex field. >> the team of course hoping to redeem itself after last week's embarrassing loss to the lions. lindsay murphy is here now with a preview. >> i have good news and bad news. the good news on paper bucs -- [ inaudible ] as of today running back clinton portis is listed as a game time decision. this by the way is the second straight week for him. jim zorn says there is a 50-50 chance he will be a go sunday but that's not good news for the skins who could use his help in getting this run game going. clinton portis has been hindered by bone spurs in both of his ankles the past few weeks but he has been getting treatment and does says he feels better. this week the problem is a bruised calf. he was kicked in the calf during last week's game

on 395, we will take a look at the northbound trip with the pentagon heading up the inbound fourteenth street bridge. that is great. that has been much lighter than normal. northbound on 395 -- the lanes are open, delays in each direction between tyson's and a the 270 spur. nothing reported in the roadway. >>> coming up, we are on your side with how pint sized robots are helping disabled children. >> my daughter will tell you about a real soon. >> and coming up, the unemployment rate continues to climb. what do the numbers mean for the recovery? what do the numbers mean for the recovery? >>> babies and toddlers learn rapidly as they start to crawl, walk, and explore the world around them. >> what happens when a child has a problem with mobility? we are showed that small robots can be a big help. >> a few months ago, andrew would have been stuck on the sidelines. andrew was born -- >> i didn't want him to except that he could not do whatever he wanted to do. >> he can do whatever he can thanks to a robotic chair. mechanical engineers joined forces to create these chairs which are contro

but rather than end yellow line service at the pentagon, metro has decided to reroute yellow trains onto blue line tracks. so yellow trains will run all the way from huntington station to stadium armory. another part of the project, replacing the switches that will effectively stop continuous green line service into prince georges county. they will have to use shuttle buses between gallery police. when metro shut down the national airport station on labor day for similar maintenance, some passengers complained. >> that 45 minutes extra. >> reporter: but metro officials say it makes more sense to schedule major maintenance over a three-day weekend and get it done all at once. >> if we do it normally, it takes four weekends to do. so it is a measuring the customer impact if we do it over a three-day major holiday weekend where ridership on that holiday is about 60% of a normal weekday, then we're affecting less people. >> reporter: on columbus day weekend, the archive station and the waterfront station will be closed completely. free shuttle buses will take passengers north and south. john

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good near king street and the pentagon. nothing complicated on the freeway on either side. good out of southeast. no problems to report at falls road. headlights heading southbound. >> a cool start to our friday morning. temperatures in the 40's and 50's. fairfax, up 55. gaithersburg, up 52. a warm front is off to the west. it will slide across the area. it could trigger an isolated shower. by this afternoon, there will be peek of sunshine. gusty winds, around 25 to 30 miles per hour. rain showers are off to the west. all part of a cold front that will move through tomorrow. it will drop our temperatures just a bit and give us a chance for some thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. partly sunny and breezy this afternoon. we will cool down into the 50's tonight. showers will develop from the west. a possible thundershower tomorrow. daytime highs around 73 to 78. temperatures will warm into the upper 7's and then cool back down into the lower 70's by tuesday of next week. >> thank you. >>> googled gets an upgrade. >> netflix offers a free trip. vinita nair has those stories and m

but rather than end yellow line service at the pentagon, metro has decided to reroute yellow trains onto blue line tracks. so yellow trains will run from huntington station to stadium armory. another part of the project, replacing the switches at the l'enfant plaza station. that will effectively stop continuous green line service into prince george's county. metro passengers will have to use shuttle buses between gallery place and anacostia. when metrshould shutt down the national airport station on labor day weekend for similar maintenance, some passengers complained. >> 45 minutes extra. >> reporter: but metro officials say it makes more sense to schedule major maintenance over a three-day weekend and get it done all at once. >> if we do it normally, it takes four weekends to do. it is a measuring the customer impact if we do it over a three- day major holiday weekend where our ridership on that holiday is about 60% of the normal weekday and then we are affecting less people. >> reporter: on columbus day weekend, the archives station and the waterfnt station will be closed completely.

. >> and within the pentagon, is there any division there? >> well, i think there's certainly a skepticism among some in the pentagon that a counterinsurgency objective can be achieved over the long-term in afghanistan. i think that there is concern that adding more troops into the feeder could make things worse. but obviously the commanders on the ground feel that they need more forces to fulfill the mission that they've been given. >> alex their, thank you. >> my pleasure. >>> indonesia was jolted by a second earthquake today as m rescuers desperately search for thousands of people believed to be trapped in the rubble from yesterday's powerful earthquake. the second earthquake was also off the island of sumatra injuring dozens of people and damaging hundreds of buildings. authorities are now saying that perhaps 1,000 people or more died in yesterday's quake. the toll is expected to grow even higher in sumatra and from the tsunami that hit the islands of samoa and american samoa in the south pacific. we have more on the samoan and indonesian

but rather than end yellow line service at the pentagon, metro has ecided to reroute yellow trains on to blue line tracks. so yellow trains will run all the way from huntington station to stadium armory. another part of the project replacing the switches at the l 'fante plaza. metro passengers will have to use shuttle buses between gallery place and anacostia. when metro shut down the national airport station on labor day weekend for similar maintenance, some passengers complained. >> 45 minutes extra. >> reporter: but metro officials say it makes more sense to schedule major maintenance over a three-day weekend and get it done all at once. >> if we do it normally, it takes four weekends to do. it is a measuring the customer impact if we do it over a three- day major holiday weekend where our ridership on that holiday is about 60% of a normal weekday. >> reporter: on columbus day weekend the archives station and waterfront station will be closed completely. free shuttle buss will take passengers north and south. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >> it's going to be busy out there. metro says

>> well,i think there's certainly a skepticism among some ithe pentagon that a unterinsurgency objective can be achieved over the lo-term in afghanian. i think thathere is concern that adding more troops into the eder could make tngs worse. but obviously tcommanders on the ground feel th they ed more rces to fulfill the mission that theye been given. >> alex eir, thank you. >> my pleasu. >>> indonesia was jolt by a second earthquake tay as rescuers desperatelsearch for thousands of pple believed t be trapped in the rubble from yesterdas powerful earthquake. the second earthquake waslso off the isnd of sumatra injuring dozensof people and daging hundreds of buildings. authorits are now sayinthat perhs 1,000 people or mor ed in yesterday's quake. the tolls expected to grow even high in sumra d from the tsami that hit theslands of samoa and american samoan the south pacic. we have more on the soan and indonesianisasters tonight from this report from jey wivell of itn. >> buried ali but still breaing. is young woman w pull from the rubble by scuers searcng r survivo of the sumatran earthquak

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but rather than end yellow line service at the pentagon, metro decided to reroute yellow trains on to blue line tracks. yellow trains will run from huntington to stadium armory. another part of the project, replacing the switches at the lane fant plaza station metro passengers will have to use shuttle buses between gallery place and anacostia. when metro shut down the national airport for similar maintenance, some passengers complained. >> 45 minutes extra. >> reporter: metro officials say it makes more sense to schedule major maintenance over a three-day weekend. >> if we do it normally, it's four weekends to do. it's measuring the customer impact if we do it over a three- day major holiday weekend where ridership on that holiday is 60% of a normal weekday and we affect less people >> reporter: the archive station and waterfront station will be closed completely. free shuttle buses will take passengers north and south. so, with metro's decision to run yellow line trains on the blue line tracks through the district to stadium armory, it could be argued, because the gay rights march wi

general mccristal recently submitted a request to the pentagon for more u.s. troops but the pentagon will hold the request until president obama decides on what strategy to pursue. joining me now live is jan dribben, former spokesman for the state department and jamie, good to see you. let me ask you about the general's comments, in the context of the beginning of these series of meetings that the president's national security team is coming. the general saying today that we need to reverse the current trends and time does matter, waiting does not pro-long a favorable outcome. does that suggest that he is criticizing the current approach by the administration that there's too much waiting going on to decide the next strategy? >> i don't think so. general mccristal is certainly aware that the whole world is going to parse his statements precisely for this kind of question, as to whether there's some break between the military and civil yap leadership and the general is of the stature and savvy to know perfectly well that this is a system in wit military is subb

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. >> rose: and the pentagon. >> and depending un it andho are those leaders depending on? they don't have responsible ofcials in officeeady to share the loa and pele who have bee vetted. buthat's a... it's... up and down the le inivil service it just doesn't have the attraction that it wasn'thad d the government doesn make 's easy. it's hard too to work for government you think at's an easy thing to do and you're attracting a t of peopleho can't compete, at's not right. a lot of ople compe very well and havean interest in thisot and haven interest in the couny, want to work for the government a they findit so hard to get thugh the recruitmenprocess, or the non-existi recruitment process. >> rose: the vetting they get discraged and off they go. it's not... i mean, the lackf kind of basiclement of trust... it's good to be skeptical about goverent. we ought to be skeptical. but the bottom, you know, we need somtrust thathese officials are there, they're sponsible, they're doing the best they can inhe interest of the country. a lot of that's been lost, this feeling that the lo

he can order the pentagon to develop a troop redeployment plan and a timetable for withdrawal. at the same time, he can be bold and shift to a new mission that will be far more likely to succeed because it will actually have the support of the afghan people. this new mission in afghanistan would include economic development, education, infrastructure, humanitarian assistance, better governance and improve local policing and intelligence to hunt down extremists. this is what the afghan people want from america so that they can have hope for a better future and reject violent extremism. mr. speaker, president obama deserves credit for reviewing his decision to send more troops earlier than was expected. he's showing political courage and he's showing an open mind by considering other alternatives. i urge him to choose a new course, one that will make our country proud and the world a much safer place. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. poe from texas. mrs. capps from california. the gentlelady is recognized for five minu

. >> rose: and the pentagon. >> and depending upon it and who are those leaders depending on? they don't have responsible officials in office ready to share the load. and people who have been vetted. but that's a... it's... up and down the line in civil service it just doesn't have the attraction that it wasn't had and the government doesn't make it's easy. it's hard to go to work for government. you think that's an easy thing to do and you're attracting a lot of people who can't compete, that's not right. a lot of people compete very well and have an interest in this got and have an interest in the country, want to work for the government and they find it so hard to get through the recruitment process, or the non-existing recruitment process. >> rose: the vetting. >> they get discouraged and off they go. it's not... i mean, the lack of kind of basic element of trust... it's good to be skeptical about government. we ought to be skeptical. but at the bottom, you know, we need some trust that these officials are there, they're responsible, they're doing the best they can in the

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. >> the pentagon recently announced more troops will return home by the end of the month. >>> michelle obama is in denmark today as the white house pushes to bring the 2016 olympics to chicago. the president is on his way to copenhagen for an hour of ground time to meet with members of the international olympic committee. it is still up in the air if the president's visit will help chicago's chances. >> the new and transformation leader in a country that is important to the world and the olympic movement. he comes here to say this is my country and is behind the bid. that is better than having the senior public servant saying that. >> chicago is competing against rio and madrid and tokyo for the bid to host the 2016 games. the ioc will announce the decision tomorrow. >>> the radio city spectacular starring the rockettes will come to baltimore on december 17th. you have an exclusive opportunity to meet face-to- face with the dancers. you could win four tickets to the radio city christmas spectacular. go to wjz.com and click on our contest section to register. >> all right. we have a cof

i was stationed at the pentagon when 9/11 happened. yes, we will continue deployments because men and women go over there for a short time and we need to rotate them. there might be a slight increase in trips. they are doing what they signed up to. thank goodness there are those who say "here am i, send me." the decision made by our commander in chief is, do we have the right strategy? is it more troops or more intelligence-gathering apparatus that can help to stop al qaeda from planning against us? that is the decision being made this week. i think it is a combination of both. this president must provide us -- these are the benchmarks' i can demonstrate to show at the strategy is working. we have not had that up until now. that should be provided along with any request for change in strategy or troops. host: how can you promote economic development if you crush the only method of making a living in afghanistan -- that is from guest: twitter it is interesting. can it be done? yes. we have had the wrong counter- drug strategy. we brough

lockheed martin says that the delivery and launch date for the newest pentagon satellite system will be delayed to early 2011. the system was supposed to be launched this december but has been pushed back five times. that is business news at the new york stock exchange, reported for wbal tv 11 news. back over to you. >> we will see you back here at 6:15 for your next report. >> coming up, we will get another ligature morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> -- get another look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> and we will tell you all about the patriots and the ravens coming up. >> do not forget to e-mail us your answer to the water cooler question of the day. do you think kids who are alloawed to eat candy every day could be more likely to commit violent crimes when they grow up? >> the ravens are looking to go 4and -0 this sunday against the new england patriots. a big sunday needed for ray lewis and the defense because they are going against tom brady. he has yet to find that touch which has made him almost unbeatable at times. the ravens k

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top pentagon brass, including the u.s. commander in afghanistan, are pushing for up to 40,000 additional troops. >>> well, it was a stressful night in michigan, which narrowly avoided a government shutdown because of a big budget crisis. the state began preparing to close offices and lay off workers. but at midnight, lawmakers approved a stop gap deal. they have 30 days to close a huge, $2.8 billion deficit. >>> some really dramatic video. something we don't see too often. a sailor being plucked off a massive navy submarine. the coast guard came to the sailor's rescue tuesday, off the coast of oregon. he was suffering a health problem. the coast guard crew lowers a basket to the waiting sub and evacuated him to a portland hospital. for security reasons, the name of the sub hasn't been released. and the sailor is doing just fine. >>> now, for a look at this morning's weather from all around the nation. it will be stormy from texas to tennessee today. hail, gusty winds and isolated tornadoed in places like dallas, little roc

top pentagon brass, including the u.s. commander in afghanistan, are pushing for up to 40,000 additional troops. >>> well, it was a stressful night in michigan, which narrly avoided a government shutdown because of a big budget crisis. the state began preparing to close offices and lay off workers. but at midnight, lawmakers approved a stop gap deal. they have 30 days to close a huge, $2.8 billion deficit. >>> some really dramatic video. something we don't see too often. a sailor being plucked off a massive navy submarine. the coast guard came to the sailor's rescue tuesday, off the coast of oregon. he was suffering a health problem. the coast guard crew lowers a basket to the waiting sub and evacuated him to a portland hospital. for security reasons, the name of the sub hasn't been released. and the sailor is doing just fine. >>> now, for a look at this morning's weather from all around the nation. it will be stoy from texas to tennessee today. hail, gusty winds and isolated tornadoed in places like dallas, little rock, k

the decision will be made back in the pentagon between the joint staff, secretary defense and services on where exactly the equipment those. mr. sherman. >> let me point out in front of each member is the timeline for each questioner which is a new experience mr. wilson? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank the general for being here. mr. secretary, thank you. general, i appreciate a briefing by a received last month with you in baghdad. i appreciate your leadership. in fact, i had two songs serve in iraq. the reason i felt so comfortable about their service is persons like you, capable american leadership. it was reassuring as a parent and i am so grateful for our troops serving currently, for the veterans. they are making a difference defeating the terrorists overseas. my question and it's very similar to my good friend, congressman solomon ortiz and relative to equipment and that is as you execute the redeployment of personnel and equipment from iraq to what extent is it reasonable to move the equipment to afghanistan? in your opinion are we fully capitalizing on that o

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even the pentagon itself says we have already. no matter the senate voted to move ahead with plans to give the military 10 more c17s that would cost taxpayers 2.5 billion. >>> you might see and hear other military aircraft over dc later tonight but don't worry, it is all just a training exercise. it will involve f16 jets and coastguard helicopters and it is all being coordinated by the north american aerospace defense command. >>> the supreme court planning to take a closer look at chicago's ban on handguns. it is a case that stems from a ruling last year. the chicago case will decide if the ruling should apply to local and state laws as well. the justices are expected to hear the case early next year. >>> turning now to the virginia race for governor. a new poll shows bob mcdonald extending his lead over the democrat. it puts mcdonell ahead by nine points. two weeks ago that same poll had the republican ahead by only two points. >>> coming to false church to open a brand-new campaign office was craig deeds. voting in virginia for

. >> rose: and the pentagon. >> and depending upon it and who are those leaders depending on? they don't have responsible officials in office ready to share the load. and people who have been vetted. but that's a... it's... up and down the line in civil service it just doesn't have the attraction that it wasn't had and the government doesn't make it's easy. it's hard to go to work for government. you to do and you're attracting a lot of people who can't compete, that's not right. a lot of people compete very well and have an interest in this got and have an interest in the country, want to work for the government and they find it so hard to get through the recruitment process, or the non-existing recruitment process. >> rose: the vetting. >> they get discouraged and off they go. it's not... i mean, the lack of kind of basic element of trust... it's good to be skeptical about government. we ought to be skeptical. but at the bottom, you know, we need some trust that these officials are there, they're responsible, they're doing the best they can in the interest of the country. a