tonight on "washington week." the week began with a jolt of energy. >> i am deeply honored and excited to join you as your running mate. [cheers and applause] >> people ask me why i chose paul ryan. the answer is i wanted someone who was a leader. gwen: but the campaign veered quickly into charge and countercharge. some of it rooted in policy. >> you pay into medicaid for years. every paycheck now when you need it, obama has cut $716 million. >> and some of the charges personal. >> this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. president obama knows better. >> unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. gwen: the campaigns go toe to toe. covering washington week, jackie calmes of the "new york times," john harris of politico alexis simendinger of real clear politics. >> coming from our nation's capitol this is gwen ifill for "washington week." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> whereever our trains go, the omecpmey on life. norfolk southern, one line, infin

washington had no part of that. washington reprimanded them. after that he offered him the left wing of the army. so i think it was just a crushing blow both of the personally and as far as debate of the nation. washington were so close during the french revolution he sent the children to mounter have nonabout safety. what is remarking about the will l.a. -- it was the only time i saw him break down and cry. other questions? >> right here? >> thank if i'm right, mark, there were -- we all know that agent often have a group of close other teenage female friends, and what was peggy's group? >> she had peggy and he two friends named becky. one of which was becky franks which was a fascinating person with a great sense of humor who had a father that imported the liberty bell to pennsylvania. so it was a group of two peggies and two beckys who hung out together. and peggy shy, that's the young woman who andre took to the party. that was his date. they dressed as knights or turkish maidens, by the way. in fact, that one of the bigamist i ares that we

washington. he was an important character. i think it's hard to talk about him without also talking about deboys, because as you said washington thought that blacks and whites could be the -- [inaudible] but dew blacks could be involved in all kinds of activities, education alike. so i would like to have a comment on that. i also want to know what rosin walled's -- [inaudible] my grandfather started a school they went to first eight of my years. his name is benjamin. i went to the teacher school for eight years. and it had some connection but i never had any connection with the rawsen walled. i wanted to know if that the teachers who were supervisors come out of that kind of -- [inaudible] >> the teachers were not part of the organization. they were sort of more like alongside of. and in some cases, worked in the risen walled schools. they were not part of the program. it was a separate, completely separate program and he did not involve himself with the teachers because the schools were public s

washington. a live look of the radar and that is to the south and east. generally washington south and east, north of annapolis and working on 97 to glen burnie and south here into parts of prince georges county, southern anne arundel county, dun work, you're not done yet. and all of this is lifting to the north and east, and to the frontal boundary at 35 miles an hour and some other places here in the heart of washington, and call from the potomac in the past 15 minutes and into georgetown. northeast washington, you will see some showers and can you see that getting going here and into northeast washington. another shower there to the south. right across the potomac. we will have some showers here in washington, points outing andest -- south and east and the next few hours. things will start to quiet down and this is what is going o thank you. the cold front is coming through. cooler and drier air on the horizon. once i show you the dew points, they're falling. the less humidity and cooler tempe

it was either washington or hamilton, according to washington irving. he said no, no, no. we have to go, your excellencies. we will be late for breakfast with general arnold. and washington says oh, i know. you young men are all in love with mrs. arnold and you can't wait to see her. and he offered them to go ahead but they obeyed their commander. so with both notes headed lickety-split for both men, guess where the first note got to. >> so, it gets to the house with the arnold's are staying. so benedict arnold reads the note, quickly goes upstairs and tells peggy. according to witnesses, the very quick conversation and and suddenly he is out the door and he runs down to the water side and orders his barge to go toward the british lines down the hudson. not toward west point. thought it was a little weird but he promised them all a bunch of rum if they got there fast. so they had to get to the british boat which was called the vulture. and later thomas paine said it was one vulture injuring another. because he gives a. he says i'm joining the british side, and so are these

begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's friday, august 17. i'm brad bell, in for steve chenevy. >> i am cynne simpson. let's get a check on the weather with steve rudin. >> quiet start on this friday morning. afternoon to the tomorrow,and early some changes are run away. a cold front off to the north west of us. this arrives tonight, bringing d thunderstorms. once that clears the region, conditions expected tomorrow afternoon. degrees at this hour at reagan national. today in the low 90's. checking out traffic with lisa baden. >> around the beltway, clearing overnight construction. complicated on 66, 270 start.a good you cannot access the fort tunnel. you may access the key bridge in baltimore and the 895 were tunnel. a fatal crash has northbound 95 in baltimore closed with a detour. news.ck to >> a developing story from afghanistan. that's where the investigation continues into the murders of two u.s. troops. nato coalition says an afghan killed aficer shot and members in the western part of the country. this killing

good morning, washington. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> glad you are with us this morning. it's monday, august 20. i am steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. we're keeping an eye out for nasty weather. students headed to the bus stop the first time this year. let's get to adam caskey. >> thursday of school in prince george's county. bring an umbrella for your backpack. think you will need much. we will have a spotty rains throughout the day. much as yesterday, but as cool outside as yesterday. 66 in northwest d.c., 65 in hill, 65 inon gainesville. to about 80 degrees for the gh temperature. locations in the upper 70's sunnyh a few breaks. baden, what's the latest? >> off to a pretty good start as far as the beltway, interstate travel. been watching the commute begin to unfold. 81, route 11, interstate 70, 2790, looks good out of southern maryland and in prince george's county. looks good. normal between fredericksburg springfield on i-95 and good between washington and baltimore. >> summer is over for thousands youngsters in prince george's go ba

standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. los activistas del dream act indican que solo atendiendo las numerosas consultas del publico, las autoridades migratorias se daran cuenta de todas las dudas que todavia aquejan a muchos jovenes que estan postulando a la accion diferida. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision ... una organizacion latina del area de virginia inicio una campaÑa que busca registrar mas latinos para que puedan votar en las proximas elecciones. silvana quiroz tiene los detalles desde el area de alexandria..silvana ..le recordamos que solo quedan 77 dias para destino 2012 y usted tiene que hacerse sentir con su voto. si tiene dudas sobre este proceso electoral, llame de forma gratuita al 1-800-ve y vota... alli le brindaran mas informacion.. en otras informaciones, en washington se buscan mecanismos para proteger las viviendas de inundaciones, especialmente un vecindario que es afectado en cada tormenta.. estas son escenas devastadora s... las travesuras de la madre naturaleza especialmente en esta t

tonight, on "washington week." nice words on the stump -- >> is a choice between two fundamentally different visions about how we move this country forward. >> i believe we're on the verge of an extraordinary rebound in america's economy with good jobs and rising incomes again. gwen: down and dirty on the air. >> she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone and furthermore i do not think mitt romney is --ed. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. gwen: drilling down with mitt romney accusing the president of encouraging dependency. >> president obama in just the last few days has tried to reverse that accomplishment by taking the work requirement out of welfare. that is wrong. if i'm president, i'm put work back in welfare. gwen: and the president accusing romney of robbing the poor. >> it's romney hood. they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before and guess what, it does not work. gwen: the biggest

washington" at begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning, washington. it's tuesday, august 28. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. first we want to get a check on expect in our area with caskey on this tuesday morning. >> areas of light rain. there's a cold front dropping in and we have areas of light rain the frederickng and montgomery county line and moving through northwestern montgomery county. there is rain. leesburg there is a steady rainfall pushing east through the shenandoah valley. moving southtinue and east. that will spread over the rain.y, light by lunchtimeine into the afternoon. becoming sunny and less humid, degrees expected. now to angela. >> on the roads we continue to the problem on 95. in the next few minutes you will run into brief delays on 95. a tractor-trailer accident is northbound, blocking the right shoulder,he right between triangle and dumphries. route 1 could be a pretty good alternate for this time of morning. 395,u are c

when ann adams becomes president he had support of washington all the way through and washington supports him and because of the political situation adams was able to get a substantial navy going again fought every step of the way by jefferson and madison. when jefferson becomes president in 1800, adams fears it is going to be dispensed with but it can't be because the napoleonic war is going on and we have an ongoing war with the mediterranean pyrite states and so jefferson can't literally do away with the navy but he keeps them the art of his term and so does madison and we go into the war f-18 dolph unprepared. we have 16 warships and going into the war of 1812 not a single forget has been built since washington and adams' de. that's what we had going into the war of 1812. miraculously in the first six months of that format, the u.s. navy frigates won a series of victories against british ships. it was an incredible. madison went into the war and thought the u.s. navy would be wiped out very quickly just like it was in the revolutionary war. and in that our strength on would lie in pri

-- "good morning washington" at 5:00 starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> it's thursday, august 23. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. >>adam caskey first. >> today looks dry and very sunny overall with the exception of this morning, where we have some areas of fog north and west of washington. round hill, 58, 69 northwest d.c. the five in oxon hill. generally in the '60s to start the day. 87 this afternoon with a good amount of sunshine. angela. >> one troublespots of our this morning travel. to the beltway on 66, blocking the right lane. a minor distraction. still looking at a pretty good flow of traffic with light volume for the most part. once you reach the beltway and travel on the inner loop through maryland, no problems. this is the american legion bridge. the inner loop and outer loop travel moving quite well at this hour. on 270, no distractions so far this morning. all lanes are open northbound and southbound. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, prince george's county police made a disturbing discovery inside a

en washington se deciaa que el presidente obama, hace meses firmÓ una orden secreta autorizando ayuda para los rebeldes, no en armamentos, en equigo de comunicaciÓn, y agentes de la cia, para mejorar la capacidad militar, una mayor participaciÓn de estados unidos en siria, preocupa a algunos, a presidenta del comitÉ de relable exteriores no cree llegar a eso. >>> creo que la operaciÓn es la copr recta, no creo que sea bueno comprometer a tropas americanas, hasta no ver la cooperaciÓn de mÁs paÍses. >>> durante meses el senador dijo que apoyen a rebeldes sirios, pero ahora muchos advierten que estados unidos no puede ser la policÍa del mundo, en washington laury, ldtelemund. >>> un reporte alarmante mÁs del 80% de niÑos en puerto rico, viven en Áreas pobres de la isla, lo dicen un estudio, enfatiza la diferencia en relaciÓn a estados unidos, el 22% vive en Áreas de escasos recursos, la situaciÓn de puerto rico en nÚmeros, 500 mil niÑos viven en vecindarios pobres, y 786 mil en zonas de extrema pobreza, vamos a la pausa, al regresar, un incidente involucra a tres aviones

gloria borger joins me from washington. it is interesting to see this state in national politics that's been democratic for so long, having so many republican faces. reince priebus now taking over. they want to change this state red come november. >> they hope they can make the state of wisconsin red. it is not anything that the romney campaign was counting on. but now i think they have it in their sights. everybody in wisconsin knows who paul ryan is. but most of the country doesn't. he's only 42 years old. and he's somebody who never felt he had a lot of time to accomplish his goals. and given his family history you can understand why. and ryan is a man in a hurry. in washington he bunks in his congressional office. it's cheaper, near work and closer to the house gym, which is good since he's a fitness buff who got some of his colleagues hooked on a gruelling exercise routine called p90x. >> it's a great workout. >> in a way he owes his devotion to fitness to his father. in particular, one day when the younger ryan was st

la embajada de el salvador en washington quiere tranquilizar a sus compatriot as ya que el sismo no causo grandes daÑos... a pesar que no se han registrado daÑos, ni fatalidades, para maria simplemente saber que ocurrio un terremoto en su pais, le causa temor... ella trata de llamar a su hija en el salvador..."me pongo bien alarm asustada porque como en nuestro pais tambien mucho tiembla, mucho hay sismos, mucho temblor" el sismo con una magnitud de 6.7 se registro el domingo en la noche en la zona costera de el salvador... el epicentro tuvo lugar a 119 km al sur de puerto el triunfo, segÚn el instituto geolÓgico de estados unidos... mientras que en washington dc, la embajada salvadoreÑa busca tranquilizar a sus connacionales.. " las cosas estan tranquilas, yo creo que nuestros compatriotas que obviamente deben de estar preocupados sus familiares el mensaje es esten tranquilos, porque no ha pasado nada, gracias a dios" el centro de alerta de tsunamis del pacÍfico indico Ó que el sismo tuvo una profundidad de 54 km.. se activo una alerta de tsunamis para varios paises centroame rica

desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. el presidente chileno sebastian piÑera, conmemorÓ este fin de semana, el segundo aniversario del derrumbe de la mina donde quedaron atrapados 33 mineros... en la ciudad de copiapÓ, piÑera encabezo los eventos a los que asistieron algunos de los llamados "33 de atacama" entre los que se incluye a un boliviano...no fuÉ sino hasta 69 dÍas despuÉs que los hombres fueron rescatados con el uso de una cÁpsula metÁlica que descendiÓ unos 700 metros para sacarlos uno a uno comenzamos la semana laboral con condiciones atmosfericas agradables, lluvias dispersas y viento ligero... actualmente la temperatura es de 89 grados con cielos mayormente nublados y viento que se desplaza desde el oeste a seis millas por hora... asi estan las condiciones atmosfericas actualmente a nivel regional... y bueno asi esta la tormenta tropical ernesto, aun no ha sido catalogada como huracasn y desde el jueves se ha estado desplazando por toda la costa de honduras, belice y actualmente se encuentra en la c

this is "good morning washington," on your side. a diplomat will be the new afghanistan, james cunningham. he will replace ryan crocker, in may.ped down has been deputy .mbassador in kabul teenage girl missing has been wasd in a home that she captive and sexually assaulted repeatedly. a 24-year-old man and his mother been taken into custody and custody ofaken into the girl saidwith rape.result >> a bridge collapse sent four trucks plunging to the ground. three people died in a train collision denied federal playstation and injured two dozen people, most of them train at thehe collision. >> now we know the fate of a man claiming responsibility for people in a rampage last july in norway. anders breivik convicted of terrorism and premeditated murder today. he was declared sane and d to preventive detention, a special terms for criminals considered dangerous to society. minimum of 10-21 prison. because of the special circumstance, the sentence could be extended later. looking at a news around the region. the interstate 66 westbound, th

tom hartman in washington d.c. and tonight we bring you another special edition of the big picture revisiting two previous conversations with great minds one with former special inspector general for tarp neil barofsky and one with g.m.o. expert jeffrey smith and we're going to begin tonight with the conversation tom had with neil barofsky just a few days ago on thursday the federal reserve sold off its last remaining shares in troubled insurance giant. you might remember in two thousand and eight to bring down the entire economy so was bailed out with one hundred eighty two billion dollars in taxpayer money as part of the tarp program well today fed officials are calling the move a huge success saying taxpayers earn nearly eighteen billion dollars off the rescue but it's an irresponsible bank or insurance giant benchmark of success neil barofsky would say no and in this conversation he explained why tarp was alternately a failure that did nothing to address the ongoing housing crisis and nothing to put an end to t

and can also my previous books, the last book i wrote with was about george washington. the one prior to that was about thomas jefferson. so there's a kind of logic to writing about the federal era. i know quite a bit about the federal era having done that, so i was sort of in this general vicinity. and the chronology fit. and i did also know a little bit about dolly madison which also attracted me to the subject because it makes it a little bit more interesting. you know, traditional history in the past has been all about sort of great white guys making, doing all these things, and now we can talk about spouses, we can talk about children, we can talk about slaves, we can talk about art, we can talk about architecture. and i think that taking this sort of more broad-based approach i thought maybe could make the history a little bit more interesting. so that was what i hoped to bring to it. >> well, you did. >> thank you. well -- oh, another question. >> of all the public, the public buildings in washington were burned except for the old brick building at 8th and high wh

that dynamic, and with the washington and rosenwald, of course washington's wives were active. and i imagine rosenwald's wife was or sisters. how tsh do they fit in to the story? >> that's a great question. women are always part of every story, and -- [laughter] certainly in the case of washington and rosenwald, they were -- and with the schools but i'll start with the two men. washington, you know, had a very tragic private life in the sense that he married a year after he started tuskegee, he married a women he had known from his the town he grew up, and fannie smith, and they had a daughter, and when the daughter was less than a year old, she died -- his wife died, and so a year or so later, he married 0 oliva davidson who was teaching and a very well-educated quite beautiful woman, and they had two children, two little boys and when the younger one was less than about three months old. she died. as a young man he lost two wives and married a third time margaret murray who was a graduate and became actived at the school, and quite involved in certainly in his life but also i

good morning, washington. >> good morning washington. it is 5:40. i am hearing about two things in maryland. a crash on fit the west near 301. a car fire and accident on the delta between 450 in the baltimore washington parkway. what we found on the other side of the beltway -- travel times working in our favor to and from the american legion bridge. good shape south of town on the wilson bridge. and 95 between dale city and springfield. about a 30 minute trip. now to the weather. >> it is going to be a lot like the past couple of days. thin cloud cover. some breaks in the cloud cover and a few isolated thundershowers. especially south of the district. 78 now. a warm start today. 68 in martinsburg. hagerstown near 70. on our way to 92 this afternoon. another warm and sticky day. if you isolated thundershowers. about a 30% chance of seeing that. here is the hourly forecast. into the 80's up until 2:00 p.m. when we should hit the 90's. it will peak at 92 at 4:00 p.m. let's go back to cynne simpson para >> thank you so much. it is 5:41. a landmark deci

for viewers closer to washington, northern shenandoah valley and the panhandle of west virginia, washington county, it's only the upper 50s to around 60 there. closer to washington, though, we're generally in the 60s in the nearby suburbs. some patchy, dense fog is forming in some of the rural areas, so watch out for that. it's not widespread, but just some patches of some ground fog forming this morning. temperatures around the bay, southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore where they've got a lot of cloudiness, generally in the mid-60s now. hour-by-hour forecast, storm team 4 checking it out for you this morning. by 7:00 a.m., we'll be in the mid-60s, still a bit of that patchy fog in the rural areas and partly sunny. then, a lot of sunshine by your lunch hour, into the low 80s and a warm afternoon. great beach and pool weather, highs reaching mid and upper 80s, not too humid by the afternoon commute, back into the low 80s. i'll be back with a hometown 4-cast. "first 4 traffic" now with danella. >>> good morning. watching the key bridge, if you're taking the key bridge outbound this

. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. isaac batter in the gulf coast, making landfall twice, the second time happening on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. correct more than 300,000 people without power. now. get the latest >> we know that more than are without power in louisiana, which has taken storm.nt of the there is concern about an in a parishevee near new orleans. in gulfport, mississippi, areas have-lying flooded a. about the storm surge. situation could continue for some time. the hurricane came ashore night, the center of the r a louisianaove coast joe parish. over 80 miless of hour. . rex off a i am surprised by the damage of supposedly category one storm >> . is the seventh anniversary of leftcane katrina, which people dead and caused of dollars in damage. new orleans is better equipped handle the storm surge, but asking citizens to stay vigilant. >> we have a lot of standing water in the city. we have the potential for lot of catastrophe and electrical o

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in norfolk, washington. paul ryan discussing his family. >> it's where i was born and raised and i never really left it. it's our home now. for the last 14 years, i have proudly represented wisconsin in congress. there i have focused on solving the problems that confront our country. my dad died when i was young. he was a good and decent man. there are a few things he would say that just always stuck with me. he'd say, son, you're either part of the problem or the solution. regrettably, president obama has become part of the problem and mitt romney is the solution. [ cheers and applause ] >> now, that was paul ryan in norfolk, virginia, at the unveiling. here we are in waukesha, wisconsin. they're waiting for him to speak here. now, why would governor romney decide to put ryan on the ticket? there is no question of his knowledge on the budget. governor romney wants a debate with the president of the united states about taxes, spending, about how to revive the economy, about how to cut the federal deficit. he

. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is friday morning, august 10. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. let's get to meteorologist adam caskey. >> it's going to be an active day. we have widespread areas of rain already this morning but no strong the thunderstorms. the rainfall is shown in red and yellow on the screen. now stretching into stafford county. even along 66 from centreville to front royal, heavy rainfall. now it is starting to move over 95 in virginia. scattered rain this morning, then some breaks around lunchtime into the afternoon. if more thunderstorms and some could be strong to severe with gusty wind posting the biggest threat later on today. highs in the mid to upper 80s. the weekend forecast is coming up. now to lisa >> . 66 eastbound has a tree down after of the marshall exit. an accident westbound near the exit for mclean. and a structure fire in gainesville affecting 29 between 16 and 55. looks good at the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you. happening right now, fire investi

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employing a return to asia policy ties between washington and beijing are getting tense. is becoming. a crucial region the u.s. . is having you along. because the u.s. is in march and. they are coming to this region. trying to. china. and that intention has already been felt south korea the philippines and vietnam have already held nato military exercises with several more countries in the region expected to have similar war games soon during a recent extensive tour of the asian pacific u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta said washington will relocate at least sixty percent of its naval fleet to the region by the end of the decade the official reason for such moves has been china's territorial disputes with the philippines in the south china sea but experts say that's only an excuse the u.s. is now promising some kind of support for the armed forces modernization creating a so-called minimum credit credible defense posture but the end the end result would be more in favor of the u.s. than in the philippines seeing that the u.s. or so many economic and business interest

it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of a two truck foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you talk and smile when the other hand and mike in the back that's basically what's happening in syria all of this blather about negotiations with the outside regime is no more than that either they would like to see we've seen change although as usual i don't think washington has caught up with the consequences that is to say that there is a real danger that al-qaeda like forces will be coming to power sooner rather than later in the schools and then washington will be faced with a replay of what if helped engineer in afghanistan where it helped engineer the coming to power of the taliban which opened the door to gain influence there which led to the tragedy of september eleventh two thousand and one but the syrian death toll mounting bolts sides are increasingly forced to bolster their ranks with inexperienced and amateur fighters but many of the young blooded recruits are still willing to die for the cause expecting to be glorified as martyrs reports young mi

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darren gersh, "n.b.r.," washington. "nightly business report" >> continuing to reshape the investment market. >> join the discussion online at facebook and twitter. how confident are you in the technology that powers the market? will it change how you trade and invest because of the technology. join us online. >> on wall street, investors. helped the major averages to fresh three-month highs, despite selling in knight capital shares. the dow rose 21 points, the nasdaq added 22 and the s&p 500 gained three points. one other note about policing the markets, a major british bank was accused today of hiding over 60,000 illegal transactions with iran over the past decade. those transactions made by standard chartered p.l.c. were valued at over $250 billion. new york state's department of finacial services threatened to revoke the bank's license today and called it a quote, "rogue institution." so far, standard chartered is not commenting. ifrmentd a billion dollar bet may be play paying off sooner than comcast hoped. and it

the view of washington. we have low clouds over the washington monument now. it's sprinkling a little bit right in washington. the temperature at reagan national is 77. the dew point is back up to 7. yesterday morning it was down to the upper 50s. yeah, it has turned more humid. humidity at 84%. there's the rain. all the moving color on storm 4 radar showing showers. mainly west of i-95, passing southwest and northeast. pockets of moderate showers. areas of yellow and orange in washington county, fredrik county in maryland. farther south, a few other pockets of moderate showers now in southern county into far western spotsylvania county passing towards prince william over the next hour or so. just a few sprinkles in fairfax, arlington, montgomery. and only just a few light sprinkles around the beltway in prince george's county. and all this area in yellow is a zone of potential severe weather. it includes northern virginia, the district. just about all of maryland, eastern shore. for this afternoon, from 4:00 p.m. to as late as maybe 8:00 p.m. we could get dam

we cannot rule out a few thundershowers south of washington. near 90 degrees for the high temperature most. a bus in the low 90s this afternoon. a mixture of sun and clouds tomorrow, low 90's. back to lisa baden. >> overnight construction is still there on the inner loop of the beltway heading pazner hampshire ave. they are on the inner loop in greenbelt at kenilworth avenue several spots in virginia. they are opening the lanes between the american legion bridge and braddock road. they are sprinkled in between. 95 in virginia between fredericksburg and richmond is closed in both directions because of an accident. this happened at the carmel church exit. because of wires down on interstate and what is involved in removing those and replacing those will take multiple hours. northbound traffic is bailing out at king's dominion to get around. back to you. >> thank you. virginia governor bob mcdonnell will hold a ground-breaking ceremony this morning for the interstate 95 hot lanes project. 29 miles of express trains will run from garrison wrote in

exit live and in hd, this is "good morning washington." captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> pepco officials braced for a second round of public hearings on their response to the june 26 storm. the first hearing took place last night -- they did not hold back their frustration. good morning, it is wednesday august 8. i am cynnÉ simpson. >> in steve chenevey. >> good morning. here at the belfort furniture weather center we are -- tracking one isolated little shower. it is highly isolated. in the eastern section of culpeper county. it is creeping east. it is closing in on fredericksburg. 78 right now at reagan national. 72 in manassas. highs today will be in the low 90's for most of us. if you upper 80's northwest account. partly cloudy with thundershowers -- a chance of thunderstorms are. friday seems to be the most active day. we could have strong or severe storms thursday and friday. >> we are hearing from park police that there was an overnight accident on the george washington parkway -- stuff that is cl

and israel and foreign policy if if washington can't prevent someone like that i think washington would be happy i think washington would be happy if you have islamicist squabbling with other factions and you have this parliament that has no clear majority and that would last for decades in libya just kind of sinks into a a week powerless place. and stay in the region the arab spring in egypt has seen a clear worsening in relations with israel as our policy or now reports from cairo the sentiment is being acted out on the streets where the last remaining jews say they no longer feel safe. alone frightened and struggling one of the last of her people in a land that no longer wants them selene has merely the photos of her did family for comfort she is one of cairo's few remaining jews once there were eighty thousand now there are fewer than twenty and certainly i am afraid certainly i believe as the bad i tried to forget. she has reason to be wary the new rulers of egypt the muslim brotherhood call for jihad and want the liberation of palestine they've launched a war of words against jews

and israel and foreign policy if if washington can prevent some of mine that i think washington would be happy i think washington would be happy if you have islamicist squabbling with other factions and you have this parliament that has no clear majority and that would last for decades in libya just kind of sinks into a week powerless place. and staying in the region the arab spring in egypt has seen a clear worsening in relations with israel as leader reports from cairo the sentiment is being ak owed on the streets were the last remaining jews say no longer feel safe. alone frightened and struggling one of the last of her people in a land that no longer wants them selene has merely the photos of her did family for comfort she is one of cairo's few remaining jews once there were eighty thousand now there are fewer than twenty and certainly i'm afraid certainly i haven't been asked in but i tried to forget. she has reason to be wary the new rulers of egypt the muslim brotherhood call for jihad and want the liberation of palestine they've launched a war of words against jews that goes a

washington d.c. ranks as one of the core technology start-ups. >> hewlett-packard expected to have a rocky trading day. let's say good morning to linda bell at bloomberg headquarters. >> a rocky trading day. hewlett-packard shares indicated to land open lower after reporting a loss, $9 billion. consumers have been turning away from pc's. more than 11 dows and workers will leave the company by the end of october. silicon valley neighbor facebook just got the green light from the federal trade commission to apply as a photo schuring website instagram. the national venture capital association ranks your city fourth when it comes to a tech startups, based on how much money was invested in young technology companies last year. washington gave birth to aol and now has living social. americans are getting better at paying off automobile loans. more homeowners are still underwater on mortgages. more on that in the next hour. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. bac

say goodall like to washington. >> good morning, washington. coming up a 6:00, nasa begins a new it exploration of the. red the we will get an update from nasa. >> a wedding just too much for a fall or girl. decidedpened when she enough was enough. >> michael phelps talks about fromuture after retiring as the most decorated a linchpin of all time. that's coming up a 6:00. olympian.t decorated >> today marks the 67th anniversary of the bombing of in japan during the second world war. thousands gathered. they called for the elimination of nuclear arms. the bombing in 1945 killed 140,000 people. u.s. president harry truman approved the mission. of his three living grandchildren attended the ceremony today in hiroshima. daniel visited, a first by a member of the family. was there because he needed to know the consequences decision asfather's own effort to achieve a nuclear-free world. >> and a white man who shot his old wife in hospital will bee care unit arraigned today. saturday night's shooting in been an attempted mercy killing. the woman was i

"good morning washington -- "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine. it's 5:00 on this tuesday, august 14. i am cynne simpson. >> i am brad bell. let's check on the weather with steve rudin. u headb the umbrella as yo out the do. you will probably need it within a couple hours. during the midday and then later this afternoon, storms on the way. looking at the doppler radar, themontgomery county as county. and frederick hagerstown, frederic, thurmont looking the heaviest showers right now. southern maryland is quiet and dry right now. area will have the stormst chance of strong later this afternoon. keep you updated all day c 7. on ab daytime highs today will eventually make it into the upper 80s. the rush a check on hour commute with lisa baden. we like the way it is in virginia. they're moving overnight group tysons. ripon to be open on the beltway. on the virginia and, looks fine. are northbound out of newington up to the pentagon. that is moving freely

she was discovered last week in fort washington. she was last seen last week dropping her daughter off at day care. >> mitt romney is back on the campaign trail with stops in iowa, and illinois. cameras caught him picking up the food at the grocery store while on vacation. there is a new attack against mitt romney by president obama. >> he asked the middle class to pay more taxes instead of giving a tax cut to people earning more than $1 million a year it is like robin hood in reverse. it is romneyhood. >> the president referred to a recent report which claims that the mitt romney tax proposals will equate to a tax hike for the middle class. >> republicans say president obama's senior campaign adviser is behind the latest attacks. harry reid said mitt romney has not paid taxes in 10 years. he says there is an easy way to end the dispute. >> this whole controversy would be simple if the release his income taxes like everybody else. >> reid's source is an investor at bain capital. that is mitt romney's former company. he has released

>> rise and shine, washington. it's wednesday, august 1. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we will check the weather first with adam caskey. >> similar to yesterday, high temperatures around 90 degrees. showers and thunderstorms off and on with heavy downpours. in martinsburg injoe picked joe picked up an inch and a quarter of rain. it is 68 degrees right now in manassas. some areas of rain in southern maryland now moving over the bay. partly cloudy tomorrow with highs in the low to mid 90's. now to lisa baden. >> everything was good on 95 between richmond and baltimore but there's been a collision in maryland on 95 northbound between the beltway and powder mill road and nobody is getting by. temporarily blocked with a crash in the calvert and area. southbound coming from baltimore towards washington, if everything is moving. -- temporarily blocked with a crash in the calverton area. >> the driver hit and killed a woman in herndon and did not stop. the woman was found in the 500 block of center street last night. john gonzalez has

talking about how to wield power in washington today. so johnson becomes president, and you point out that he picks a small bill -- >> yes. >> that he wants to pass because he wants a clear victory. explain that. >> well, you know, congress has stopped presidents. after the supreme court packing fight of 1937, franklin roosevelt is never able to get a major piece of domestic social welfare legislation through congress. neither is truman. congress has stopped presidents. johnson picks -- when he comes in, he says, what -- the kennedys haven't even let him know what's going on in the legislative process about kennedy's civil rights bill. he has to say to ted sorenson, kennedy's aide, i don't know what's in the bill. i have to read it in "the new york times." he says, what's on the agenda? and the republican conservatives have introduced the bill that would limit the president's authority on a minor thing, a weak -- a weak deal with russia. johnson doesn't see it as minor because lyndon johnson is a legislative genius. he wants to teach con

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tonight on "washington week." the week began with a jolt of energy. >> i am deeply honored and excited to join you as your running mate. [cheers and applause] >> people ask me why i chose paul ryan. the answer is i wanted someone who was a leader. gwen: but the campaign veered quickly into charge and countercharge. some of it rooted in policy. >> you pay into medicaid for years. every paycheck now when you need it, obama has cut $716 million. >> and some of the charges personal. >> this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. president obama knows better. >> unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. gwen: the campaigns go toe to toe. covering washington week, jackie calmes of the "new york times," john harris of politico alexis simendinger of real clear politics. >> coming from our nation's capitol this is gwen ifill for "washington week." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> whereever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern, one line,

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closer to washington, low to mid-60s. and near 70 right in the district and right near the bay waters. but elsewhere, it is a fresh and cool, delightful summer morning under way. you'll have a wow moment when you step outside. getting just a few sprinkles in southern maryland, northern neck and over to the lower eastern shore. that's passing south and east of us, but west and north of washington, it's all clear with a little patchy fog forming. meanwhile, the tropical satellite view showing a sort of disorganized tropical storm isaac now passing south of puerto rico. here are the latest statistics. isaac's winds have decreased overnight to 40, so it's a weak tropical storm. the latest track takes it, unfortunately, maybe as a category 1 hurricane right over haiti tomorrow. heavy rain the main threat there, mud slides. then as it does track farther to the north and west over eastern cuba, it may weaken a bit but still be a really strong tropical storm. may not be a hurricane. latest indications are the track may take it ri

he is the second all-time rushing leader ever in washington. his often crazy costumes, always theatrical. >> my run was great. the people i met, my teammates. the guys i looked up to that did not know i was looking up to them. it was wonderful, man. >> a lot of laughs as well. he called gibbs when this favorite people of all time. >> yes, he was a great running back. he got a ton of yardage. his record speak for themselves. he was probably the best running back i have ever seen without the ball in his hands. he would lay it on the line for his teammates. he was aggressive, physical. you could look to many eyes, that guy was going to give the redskins everything he had on sunday. >> he did. >> quite a tribute. >> coming up next, and state's former president is accused of not doing enough during the jerry sandusky scandal. >> hear what he says he [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars