her husband's name is doug hampton. when doug hampton discovered his wife's affair with the senator, he confronted senator ensign. senator ensign promised to end the affair, but he didn't. and while he was still carrying on with mrs. hampton, he began looking for ways to get his mistress and his mistress's husband off the campaign. after some figuring with republican party senate campaign committee political director, and a few more calls to friends and contributors, none of whom presumably new that ensign was -- senator ensign did eventually get doug hampton a job, a job apparently illegally lobbying john ensign's office. what we are now learning from the "new york times," was the extent to which senator ensign leaned on friends to hire hampton. and did favors for those companies that did him favors by hiring that guy. senator ensign directly contacted the secretary of transportation to try to resolve a d.o.t. investigation. another one n.v. energy. ensign contacted the secretary of the interior to get them to move fas

her husband's name is doug hampton. when doug hampton discovered his wife's affair with the senator, he confronted senator ensign. senator ensign promptsed to end the affair, but he didn't. and while he was still carrying on with mrs. hampton, he began looking for ways to get his mistress and his mistress's husband off the campaign. after some figuring with republican party senate campaign committee political director, and a few more calls to friends and contributors, none of whom presumably new that ensign was -- senator ensign did eventually get doug hampton a job, a job apparently illegally lobbying john ensign's office. what we are now learning from the "new york times," was the extent to which senator ensign leaned on friends to hire hampton. and did favors for those companies that did him favors by hiring that guy. senator ensign directly contacted the secretary of transportation to try to resolve a d.o.t. investigation. another one n.v. energy. ensign contacted the secretary of the interior to get them to move fa

work directly with doug hampton. >> what do you mean? >> it's an odd way of dealing with the problem. doug hampton saw that. >> let him lobby as a senator. >> that's what investigators will have to look at. doug hampton's interpretation was that this was the go-to guy. >> anybody who knows a bit about the hill knows to lobby the chief of staff is to lobby the senator. there's no way to say you're skirting the law. you are violating it. you figure he is a confidential relationship with you and he won't tell the prosecutors. >> and we published all sorts of interesting e-mail between doug hampton and the senator where doug hampton is getting increasingly restless about this odd relationship they had and saying you promised me clients. you promised three clients. i said i would leave your office to save your career. now i'm looking at financial ruin. you haven't lived up to your end of the bargain. it is the relationship between these two guys. >> why are people so unhirable? now, this guy was kuk olded by his boss. he has reason to be worr

work directly with doug hampton. >> what do you mean? >> as a conduit, an odd way of dealing with the problem. doug hampton saw that. >> let him lobby as a senator. through the chief of staff. >> that's what investigators will have to look at. doug hampton's interpretation was that this was the go-to guy. this was the person he went to. >> anybody who knows a bit about the hill knows to lobby the chief of staff is to lobby the senator. there's no way to say you're skirting the law. you are violating it. you figure the guy has a confidential relationship with you and he won't tell the prosecutors. >> and we published all sorts of interesting e-mails between doug hampton and the senator where doug hampton was getting increasingly restless about this odd relationship they had and said, you promise me clients. you promised three clients. i said i would leave your office to save your career. now i'm looking at financial ruin. you haven't lived up to your end of the bargain. it's really this fascinating relationship between these two guys. >>

doug fees never got the chance to prove his case in court. before the trial, the state of tennessee reached an out-of-court settlement with fees on behalf of the families he represented. because of the malfunctioning fog-warning system, the state settled for $800,000 and also agreed to install a $4 million computerized fog-detection system. when the fog reaches a certain density, large signs automatically notify drivers of fog in the area and sensors trigger gates on key entrance ramps, closing access to the highway. bowater also settled out of court with 30 victims and families represented by doug fees and other attorneys for $11 million. bowater continues to maintain that the paper mill and treatment ponds had nothing to do with the fog on the day of the accident. however, bowater agreed to limit its use of treatment pond number four, which sits near the highway. >> but the issue isn't whether or not pond four is a contributor to fog, whether natural water conditions that are in the community are contributors to fog. the real point is that

doug fees never got the chance to prove his case in court. before the trial, the state of tennessee reached an out-of-court settlement with fees on behalf of the families he represented. because of the malfunctioning fog-warning system, the state settled for $800,000 and also agreed to install a $4 million computerized fog-detection system. when the fog reaches a certain density, large signs automatically notify drivers of fog in the area and sensors trigger gates on key entrance ramps, closing access to the highway. bowater also settled out of court with 30 victims and families represented by doug fees and other attorneys for $11 million. bowater continues to maintain that the paper mill and treatment ponds had nothing to do with the fog on the day of the accident. however, bowater agreed to limit its use of treatment pond number four, which sits near the highway. >> but the issue isn't whether or not pond four is a contributor to fog, whether natural water conditions that are in the community are contributors to fog. the real point is that

doug, what about that? eric has been bringing up, playing pretty good devil's advocate, no pun intended, on this one. your thoughts on that? because he's raising that. where do we override faith is what he's saying, right? >> yeah. he's a good lawyer and knows how to argue a position. and my hat's off to him. but again, not to be a broken record the reality is, you know, faith is a perfectly acceptable thing that we can debate all day long. but you draw a line again where a child dies under the care of their own parent because of their beliefs. again, you can agree or disagree with it. and then i take the side of our psychological or psychiatric analyst and say that it does become delusional. >> we lost somebody there. who did we lose? eric? if we lost eric, wouldn't it be appropriate? it is. someone might be talking, eric. great discussion. thanks again. wenldy, doug. we appreciate it. >> someone intervened. >> that's right. someone intervened. >>> coming up, new barbie dolls just coming out designed to lo

we'll let you know in a few minutes. >> thanks, doug. police tried to track down a man who tried to abduct a teenager. the student was approached on her way home yesterday from woodson high school. we have more on the bold action a police officer took because of a key clue in the case. >> that's right. the young gifrl was headed home, which is about a mile and a half away. she said that's when a man tried to kidnap hear -- her. tonight police pull over a man this afternoon but say it is too early to determine if he's the suspect. 2 hours after an -- 24 hours after an attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl, police officers were on the lookout. the heavy set driver and the truck resembled the police description of the alleged suspect. from the two large pittsburgh steelers decals to the goatee on the man's face. >> it's a huge concern. my daughter walks home from school. >> a student from woodson high was walking home from school yesterday. she claims a man in a pickup similar to this one stopped and got out. he approached and offered h

>> doug hanson, as you noted, the former aide to senator ensign and doug hanson's wife was having an affair for months with hanson. hanson came to us corroborated with us by separate interviews and documents, this was an active plan by senator ensign and hanson to move him off the senator's staff, first of all, set him up in a political consulting and lobbying job and get him business from donors of ensign's. and it went so far as to -- as to allow hanson to actively lobby ensign and ensign in turn to do the bidding of hanson's clients in calling, for instance, two different transportation secretaries in putting pressure on the interior department to release the environmental impact statement for $5 billion coal plant for a company that ensign represented and other instances as well. >> senator ensign spent much of the summer apologizing to constituents and drawing a contrast with senator clinton in the lewinsky scandal, subjecting that -- i'm sorry, president clinton, saying that president clinton had committed a crime by allegedly like under oath. now, doesn't this suggest that sen

doug, what about the punishment, itself, doug? >> the caller makes an excellent point which is the logical next step in the analysis, mike, which is that because of the view of religion and religious beliefs the courts have tended to hand down what i call sort of mid-way sentences and eric's point, i mean, if you accept they honestly and sincerely believe this would help their child, then there's really no intent to harm. what i was explaining earlier is as you said, it has to give way and another philosophical question is, do they have the right to automatically impose that on their child to the point where the child dies? >> good questions. there's a ton of them out there. let's get wendy in on this. wendy -- the couple is showing no remorse even through all this. almost using -- >> i am dying to get in here. let me tell you -- >> help us with their mindset. who understands it? not many. help us out. >> i have a word for you. i have one word for you, delusion. delusional, mike. first of all, religion performs a very important ps

but coburn saw himself as the senator's friend and doug hanson's friend. he explains it, at least, he was trying to achieve reconciliation between the parties and see a way that the hansons, who clearly have been harmed, could be made whole. and you know, but it -- >> with money? >> right. yeah. it was very odd and i'm sure that's going to be looked at as well. >> well, this was a long piece. you guys have clearly done a lot of great reporting. eric with "the new york times," thanks, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> all right. health care reform is now getting closer than ever before to the possibility of action on the senate floor. >> that's right. you know, the senate finance committee worked until 2:15 this morning to try to hash out what amendments would be included in its bill and the committee will hold a final vote next week, seems like they have been voting forever. of course -- >> you say that for the last amendment? >> exactly, 2:15 vote. they were working on it until 2:15, i should same after the congressional budget office figures out how mu

joining us for more on this is democratic strategist alicia menendez and republican strategist doug hyde. they are talking about notion that former treasury secretary henry paulson said on october 14th the banks were, quote, healthy and just accepting this money for the good of the american economy. was that really the case? >> well, according to this report, it's not and i think this gives us a good moment to pause and thank the obama administration for putting in the type of oversights that have led to this type of report and type of the oversights in the future might stop from getting this bad but the report is not good. >> doug, i guess you're not ready to thank the obama administration right now after looking at this? >> the reality is businesses don't really accept anything for the benefit of the good of everybody. they do it for the benefit of their shareholders and that's really why you look at people and who have bank of america stock, people who work for bank of america, they are really concerned about what is going right now. concerned about the continuity of were their compan

after the fact. >> to renee rockwell and doug burns. in our jurisprudence and our legal system, renee, nobody is under a duty to be a good samaritan and come forward. if you're under oath on the stand and lie, that's perjury. if you're under oath on the stand and refuse to answer, that's contempt. but other than that, what else can they do? >> nancy, i think it's interesting the dynamic you have now. you have mom that's in jail and she's got $100,000 bond. she's about to be brought down to florida. i clearly think that they will approach her and say, okay, do you want to get out of jail? you need to tell us something. look at it. her husband's gone. her friend's a plant from tim miller equusearch. her mama's in jail and her brother's already flipped on her. i think it's getting close to her cracking. >> doug burns, my question was, is there any way these people, if they know something, can be charged with not giving it up? >> the distinction is that as you said it perfectly, you're not required as a good samaritan to come forward. if yo

doug burns -- >> off base. >> doug burns, you have to be in custody, all right? you have to be a target before your miranda rights kick in. >> i agree with everything said except, though, if she's represented by a lawyer, law enforcement may not be able to put somebody in to get statements out of her. >> that's irrelevant here because this wasn't law enforcement. >> i know. i'm saying -- but renee was saying you can do it willy-nilly. i'm not so sure i agree. >> is there any possibility that she left the home that evening and hasn't told you? >> if there is a possibility of it, i don't know anything about it. dddddddddddddd >>> what time was haleigh last seen by anybody other than cummings and croslin? >> the last time i seen her was -- >> i didn't ask when you saw her. certainly you as the biological mother know the facts of this case, so when was she last seen by someone other than the father and the stepmother? >> that i don't know. >> have you asked her what happened? what does he tell you? >> i ask her, but that -- i don't get any answers from

doug, drew, appreciate it. coming up reality stars jon and kate -- i guess now just kate plus eight grabbing their attorneys and heading to court taking their squabbles before a judge. he's telling them cool it. play nice. and the judge is right. you've got kids here that could be watching this. if not now, at another point. taking your calls on this one at 1-877-tell-hln. >>> all right. here we go. jon and kate battling over money in court. tmz is reporting that jon has been ordered to return 180 ground in marital funds which kate says he stole one of their joint bank accounts. there's another $55,000 if question. a judge will decide on that later. getting ugly -- well, it is already, face it. the judge actually had to tell them to keep things private. a little late for that. the reality tv stars, let's hash this one out. we'll take your calls by the way 1-877-tell-hln. back with us criminal defense attorney drew findley also carlos diaz from "extra" and lauren macland with us as well psychotherapist. carlos,

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. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> welcome back. president obama is in copenhagen making a personal pitch for chicago's olympic bid. chicago is in it for this way race to host the 2016 summer games. >> iran is showing signs of compromise. there will allow access to a recently revealed nuclear plant. president obama has given iran two weeks to follow through on their promise. >> elizabeth smart said she was raped repeatedly each day after she was of abducted from her bedroom. she is testifying for the first time about the 2002 kidnapping. it is part of a hearing to see if her alleged abductor is competent to stand trial. >>> the swine flu vaccine is expected to reach the public next week. >> it is considered safe for those who are not pregnant. pregnant women will receive an injection. they are especially vulnerable to the swine flu. >> through late august, we can report that about 100 women in iran states have re

. >> a check on some of the other stor >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> welcome back. in our top stories, irani and leaders are linked -- are meeting with diplomats for talks in geneva today. officials want to run to come clean about its nuclear program or face tougher sanctions. >> the senate finance committee could vote on its version of the health care reform bill tomorrow. if approved, the debate in the full senate will begin in about two weeks. >> investigators say a handful of men in new york are being watched, believed to be possible associates of terror suspect najibullah zazi. police believe he had helped to build a homemade bombs. zazi has pleaded not guilty. >>> two teenage girls are now charged with assault. >> temperance maupin was attacked last friday in silver spring after performing with the pom squad. she suffered blows to the head. a vice principal was able to pull the attackers 0 way. >> i

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safeway. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> checking our top stories. lay-off d.c. school teachers are fighting to get their jobs back. they are planning to rally outside mckinley tech high school later this morning. nearly 400 school employees on friday were let go because of budget cuts. >> authorities continue to watch several people linked to najibullah zazi, the man suspected of plotting a bomb attack. the group traveled from new york with zazi last weekend is now back in the united states. further charges are being considered. question nearly one in 10 of world's babies are being born premature. they can have a lifelong problems including cerebral palsy and learning disabilities. >>> the fight against breast cancer is getting a boost from redskins fans, players, and coaches. >> nfl teams are aming up with the american cancer society to raise awareness about breast cancer. at yesterday's game, players w

. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories, nuclear talks are underway in geneva. run-in leaders are meeting with diplomats, and president obama wants iran to come clean about their nuclear program or face sanctions. >> if approved, but debate in the full senate would start two in start weeks. the public option was defeated. they will push for again in the full senate. >> a handful of men in new york are now under surveillance believed to be possible associates of najibullah zazi. officials say he had helped in a ploto use homemade bombs. more arrests are expected. zazi has pleaded not guilty. >>> two teenage girls accused of attacking another girl are charged with assault. >> temperance maupin was attacked last friday after performing with the pom squad . pay melee -- a melee followed. a principal was able to pull the attackers away. >> this will make me a stronger person. >> something has to be done.

i couldn't get out the front door. >> narrator: jeremiah and doug help her and her dog to safety. >> i am so happy to be alive. >> narrator: the ferocious storm cell leaves the quiet community looking like a war zone. the nance siblings are just lucky their close-up encounter... >> let's go! >> narrator: ...didn't add them to the suburban waste heap. >> oh, my god! oh, my god. >> narrator: for youth living in the burbs... the quest for excitement is a challenging pursuit. but it doesn't take much to turn backyard fun into dangerous stunts. in rural georgia, two gals decide to film a playful video they can use to entertain male friends. wearing skimpy bikinis, their footage is sure to be a big hit... just not in the way they planned. >> ohh! >> [ laughs ] >> narrator: when the bouncing bettys wander too close to the edge, they snap a spring and hit rock bottom. >> ohh! >> narrator: fortunately, they're able to laugh off the embarrassing fall. but leave it to a frat boy to elevate trampoline antics to new heights... as well as dizzying lows. the showboat tries for a triple lindy... but

. >> to renee rockwell and doug burns. in our jurisprudence and our legal system, renee, nobody is under a duty to be a good samaritan and come forward. if you're under oath on the stand and lie, that's perjury. if you're under oath on the stand and refuse to answer, that's contempt. but other than that, what else can they do? >> nancy, i think it's interesting the dynamic you have now. you have mom that's in jail and she's got $100,000 bond. she's about to be brought down to florida. i clearly think that they will approach her and say, okay, do you want to get out of jail? you need to tell us something. look at it. her husband's gone. her friend's a plant from tim miller equisearch. her mother's in jail and her brother flipped on her. i think it's getting close to her cracking. >> doug burns, is there any way these people, if they know something, can be charged with not giving it up? >> the distinction is that as you said it perfectly, you're not required as a good samaritan to come forward. if you conceal information, th

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doug burns -- >> off base. >> doug burns, you have to be in custody, all right? you have to be a target before your miranda rights kick in. >> i agree with everything said except, though, if she's represented by a lawyer, law enforcement may not be able to put somebody in to get statements out of her. >> that's irrelevant here because this wasn't law enforcement. >> i know. i'm saying -- but renee was saying you can do it willy-nilly. i'm not so sure i agree. >> is there any possibility that she left the home that evening and hasn't told you? >> if there is a possibility of it, i don't know anything about it. dddddddddddddd >>> what time was haleigh last seen by anybody other than cummings and croslin? >> the last time i seen her was -- >> i didn't ask when you saw her. certainly you as the biological mother know the facts of this case, so when was she last seen by someone other than the father and the stepmother? >> that i don't know. >> have you asked her what happened? what does he tell you? >> i ask her, but that -- i don't get any answers from

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. >> to renee rockwell and doug burns. in our jurisprudence and our legal system, renee, nobody is under a duty to be a good samaritan and come forward. if you're under oath on the stand and lie, that's perjury. if you're under oath on the stand and refuse to answer, that's contempt. but other than that, what else can they do? >> nancy, i think it's interesting the dynamic you have now. you have mom that's in jail and she's got $100,000 bond. she's about to be brought down to florida. i clearly think that they will approach her and say, okay, do you want to get out of jail? you need to tell us something. look at it. her husband's gone. her friend's a plant from tim miller equusearch. her mama's in jail and her brother's already flipped on her. i think it's getting close to her cracking. >> doug burns, my question was, is there any way these people, if they know something, can be charge charged without giving it up? >> the distinction is that as you said it perfectly, you're not required as a good samaritan to come forward.

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doug hill has a first look at the forecast. >> the latest from the belfort furniture weather center, the temperatures on the weatherbug are moving down. partly cloudy skies, 46 degrees walkersville, 48 hagerstown, 54 rockville, 50 degrees odbridge. the storms and -- the storm scan is tracking the warm front that is approaching. it is possible we could have isolated showers early in the morning during the drive, but in the skies clear. for the wake up forecast, mostly cloudy skies, slight chance of stray showers, in the 50's. what about the weakened? details in a couple of minutes. >>> a d.c. councilman says he will introduce a bill next week to legalize gay marriage. d.c. councilman david catania said he will introduce the bill tuesday. earlier this year, the d.c. council voted to recognize same- sex marriages performed in other states. mayor adrian fenty says he supports the bill. >>> a paper trail of problems surrounding d.c. councilman jim graham. one week after his chief of staff was charged with bribery, john gonzalez has the latest twist in the scandal. >> even though councilme

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first to you doug burns. cops are convinced there are individuals with information that have not come forward. weigh in. >> they're asking for people to say who didn't show up for work, who is acting differently. >> don't you remember this latest case of annie lay, the graduate student? her alleged killer was covered in scratches that day. >> no question about it. and the fact of the matter is it's a fine line between asking everybody to use their eyes and ears versus as you highlighted -- and i think you may be right -- that they think specifically somebody knows something. that's a tough distinction. >> also to you carmen st. george, you've seen plenty of cases like this. investigators say 90 sex offenders have been interviewed, but they didn't say any of them had been cleared. >> well of course, nancy. i think those are the main suspects because clearly she was abducted and killed. it had signs that somebody had been casing the area, saw an opportunity, took her. she was by the abandoned house. within a th

doug fields studies full-time. that's the underpinning ofhe coyle code theory, because the rats and we have in our brains, myelin. kind of an insulating material that wraps around the pathways. the insulation grows each time an action is repeated. >> white matter continues to develop and myelin continues to form. so it wraps that wire, gives it more insulation, and the signal moves much more fast and more accurately. >> faster and more smoothly. so if you repeat the same action a lot of times if you're say tiger woods, practicing the same golf stroke, over and over, the myelin gets really thick and the brain cells start firing much more in sync and that makes all the difference. >> imagine walking two miles per hour and having someone run by at 200 miles an hour. that's the difference we're talking about that myelin can make. >> how important is over and over and over? is it talent in the end or is it the work? >> that's a very good question. talent plays a very important part in that it makes my job easier. persis

doug fields studies full-time. that's the underpinning of the coyle code theory, because the rats and we have in our brains, myelin. kind of an insulating material that wraps around the pathways. the insulation grows each time an action is repeated. >> white matter continueto develop and myelin continues to form. so it wraps that wire, gives it more insulation, and the signal moves much more fast and more accurately. >> faster and more smoothly. so if you repeat the same action a lot of times if you're say tiger woods, practicing the same golf stroke, over and over, the myelin gets really thick and the brain cells start firing much more in sync and that makes all the diffence. >> imagine walking two miles per hour and having someone run by at 200 miles an hour. that's the difference we're talking about that myelin can make. >> how important is over and over and over? is it talent in the end or is it the work? >> that's a very good question. talent plays a very important part in that it makes my job easier. persiste

doug luzader joins us now from capitol hill. doug, the decision now just hours away. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, just a few hours away here. chicago is considered a favorite, but it's certainly not a lock. the president is hoping that he's able to convince the international olympic committee to select chicago to really kind of seal the deal. so this was a concerted effort on the part of the president and the first lady, even oprah winfrey was involved in this. kind of the final message here for the chicago team that's been trying to sell that city. they're up against three other major contenders here, tokyo, madrid, rio degentleman narrow and rio may be the real challenge. chicago is coming pretty cheap and that could help them. they do have a couple of strikes against them, though, one of which being a fair amount of public opposition in that city to having the olympics there, surprisingly enough. but given all of that chicago is still considered a front runner, especially having this high profile team going there to try t

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it became a part of the american security when doug taliban kimber into domination of afghanistan and the taliban was a regime about its offensive to our head conviction of fundamental human rights has existed anywhere in the world. that in itself would not have produced american intervention. it then became the base from which a series of attacks on american national security objectives is conducted in africa, yemen and finally in the united states. therefore, to intervene in afghanistan became an issue of national security. as fundamentalist jihadi evolves, afghanistan also became a place with a conflict between fundamentalist jihad and the other institutions in the muslim world and security of the whole world came to be tested. so, now afghanistan as a center of terrorist or jihadi activities is in a position where it threatens fundamentally the cohesion of pakistan where it threatens an directly the security of india where this and fundamentalist islam will go. the muslim regions of russia, some portions of china and even iran. is it is now a problem in which the future security o

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. >> reporter: doug is a forensic anthropologist. >> just like you can read a book if you are experienced in the field you can read a skeleton. >> reporter: the remains will be-- be separated and returned to an individual grave after the mason have made their repairs. lot of the work is along the ceremonial walkway. if you were buried over here you were more working class. >> the founders of washington, d.c. are on this walkway. this is the heritage of the city. >> reporter: a past preserved and prepared for the next century. in southeast washington, beth parker, fox 5news. >>> the news edge at 11:00 starts right now. >>> military families and peace activists creating an illuminating display protesting and calling for change in afghanistan. it comes as the anniversary of the war nears. i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm will thomas. demonstrators hope to sway president obama who could make a decision on the war effort in a maer of days. ing thing the's j.d. j.d. is

empty handed this afternoon, president obama must face questions such as posed by our very good friend doug ghee cass. does this signaled the end of the american economic and financial hygemony. it's a high wire act of the greatest importance in protecting the security of the united states. mr. obama bungled this. now, it's not the end of the world, but it is an ill timed setback. coming uh, what does this humiliating defeat mean for president obama. what does it mean for america's credibility around the world? is this an issue of loss hi hygemony. this is serious stuff that goes way beyond the olympiced by that failed for the city of chicago. . we will talk about it when "the kudlow report" comes right back. >> why did obama go to denmark without a gold medal deal in hand? here now is steven hayward from the american enterprise institute and author of "the age of reagan." we also have our friend russell mead who's a senior fellow for the u.s. foreign policy and foreign relations. . >> big nuclear crisis and the afghanistan problem, pakistan problem? this seems like a whimsical five-hour tr

. >> let's give doug hill another opportunity to gloede. >> he deserves a round of applause. >> that means we get the band stuff -- the bad stuff when it is day after day of fog and rain cavalla i will be in trouble. a big happy face their with the third and fourth and fifth graders listening to how the weather gives them opportunities to see live what is going on at their school and around the country. thanks for having me there. we have a roof top camera, hd version looking across the city with bright blue skies. it is going to get myteeth chili by morning. ted rogers right now in the mid 60's. it is going to get my de chile by morning. temperatures right now in the mid 60's. 70 at falls church, 66 in rockville. 65 in pouy. high pressure moving off the coast. and it will be closing of the morning and giving has lots of sunshine. clouds will increase through the afternoon. a low pressure area and a cold front will move in israa. we're likely to see showers wednesday morning. clearing by wednesday afternoon and a couple more will follow. a few postulate -- possibly isolated thunderst

. >>> we're going to see what doug has to say about the weather. >> a very pleasant afternoon out there the first day of october. a little bit of a warm-up heading this way. we will look around and see what we can see, getting closer to sunset. just a little bit over an hour from now. we will see more cloudiness move in the night. it will eventually drop to the 50's and the 40's. temperatures on the network, comfortably cool given the time of year. 60 degrees in damascus. 65 in stafford. it is 64 degrees and the district. here is what we're watching on our storms ca it warm front of to the west with showers developing north of the front. the pressure moves off the coast with clouds moving in. the isolated shower is a possibility. i think we will start to see the sun come back and warm up nicely in the low to mid 70's. see the cold front of the left- hand side of the screen? a that is saturday's whether maker. -- weather maker. we will check out what happens for the next couple of days. at a cloudy start in some areas early with skies brightening a bit. mid 70's in the afternoon. it will

steve and allison. >> doug, thank you very much. >>> turning now to a deadly attack in pakistan. police say a suicie bomber targeted the u.n. world food program in islamabad. the attacker blew himself in a building. three people were killed in that blast, including an iraqi working there. this happened one day after the new leader of the pakistani taliban vowed for new attacks. the united nations has closed their offices in pakistan as a precaution. >>> time now is 8 minutes past the hour. the high court starts a new session today. coming up next, the supreme court and newest jusice sonia sotomayor face new issues ahead as they come back from break. >>> and the new wildfires raging in california, forcing thousands from their homes. 7:09 on a monday morning. we'll be right back. more and more, the quality of r lives depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go, is no longer a luxury. it's how our children access education. it's how we find jobs, discover information, and connect with family and friends. it's the spark that drives innovation, cre

director doug haltsaggen -- >> if they score on the concepts, he, we could get more expensive legislative processes than they started with. >> democrats want to expand children's healthcare, medicare for seniors, medicaid for the poor, create a government insurance program or a non-profit cooperative, and not raise taxes. republicans say that's impossible. today's example, that the proposed expansion of medicaid for the poor, the biggest since it was created 35 years ago, about break state budgets nationwide. >> governor schwarzneggar of california says it will add $8 billion to california up to a billion dollars a year and california was near nearly going broke anyway. >> harry reid wants white house input on whether the final senate bill should include the senate health committee's version of a government run option or the finance's committee less costly cooperative instead. talks could take weeks. in the house, lawmakers must blend three bills all with the public option into one. democrats say it will take at least another two weeks over there just to get started. >> today staffers sai

doug hampton. >>> howard fineman's sources now report to us that the senator that proposed the jail time if you do not buy the new crapola mandatory insurance is part of the max baucus committee. first the worst. the republicans celebrate hispanic heritage month by not mentioning sonia sotomayor. cesar chavez or even mel martinez. you're watching "countdown" on msnbc. >>> glenn beck is a cynic in the nation of believers. that's next. first, the number two story, a fun house view of the mirror in the world. obama's safe school czar is a guy promoting homosexuality in the schools and a 15-year-old kid to have a homosexual relationship with an older man, and even facilitated it. the the adviser is named kevin jennings. he wrote while he was a high school counselor he met a male student who had a relationship with an older man who was 16. past the legal age so he didn't call the cops. for this limbaugh said he was promoting homosexuality in the schools. as to limbaugh's fascination with that topic, i refer you to the limbaugh comedy are you teen by the late bill hicks. the runner up. he has

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