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

their equivalent of the pentagon. it is very similar around the way they did this, the mill at the present times, they unloaded out of a van in the main gate on the main street and opened an assault rifle fire on the gate and stormed it. four of these militants were killed on the scene. six soldiers were killed, two high-ranking soldiers. and then five of the militants were able to penetrate into the base itself and then that is when we found out that they were able timber gather the 15 hostages and they are still being holed up right now on the compound. geraldo? >> geraldo: aside from the real problem dealing with the health and well being of the 15 hostages is there any threat to the nukes, any threat to in a strategic sense of what is going on there? >> the building is one building within the massive compound. for them to get to any real sensitive area you would imagine there would be checks and balances and more security. we have nothing along those lines but still the fact that they were able to get into the com

. >> 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

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

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the pentagon says its newest ranks are better educated, 96% are high school graduates. that are meeting their own internal quality goals as well. >>> women's pay has risen faster than men's in this recession. in the past two years, women's median wanls rose more than 3%, men's rose 2%, in the "wall street journal." men still make more than women, about $155 more a week in a full-time job. we know that the recession has really hit many jobs that were traditionally men's jobs more, like construction and factory jobs. back to you, robin. >> they're calling it the men-cession instead of recession. >> yeah. >> thanks. >> presidents, senators, celebs. another high-profile newsmaker made it the weekend update desk. >> you play that song over my face? >>> queensland area, immediate threat to the home mace be over. fire officials say they're still trying to contain 14 fires burning across the state. the number is down to 41 fires in the area this weekend. firefighters will continue back burning as they try to help with containment. >>> "weekend update desk" on "saturday night li

cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr looks at that in today's eco solutions. >> reporter: at the u.s. defense department, the prospect of conflict over diminishing resources as a result of climate change is now part of military planning. for the first time, it will be considered in an upcoming military report to congress. >> when we look at climate change and when you look around the globe, you see three key factors. you see rising temperature chan changes. you see rising sea level changes and see increased intensity of extreme weather events. because of those, you see implications as far as food security, water security, increased disease factors, increased ecological system changes, so there's a full range of changes in the future security envirnment that we need to attend to. >> reporter: africa may be the new front line. sudan, somalia and kenya, which is already suffering the worst drought in years, topped the list of worries for relief groups. >> in sudan or just the long absence of government in somalia, you don't have effective national institutions that can manage confli

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

>> 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

bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon. thank you. the head of the u.n.'s nuclear agency says the inspection of iran's previously secret nuclear facility near qom will take place october 25. is iran playing ball with the u.s. and its allies or just playing them? we report. you decide. here is chief washington correspondent jim angle. >> mohammed varde sought to characterize iran's obligatory inspection as a sign of progress. >> i see that we are shifting gears from chron frontation into transparency and cooperation. >> but u.s. senators of both parties have seen this dance before and made clear on fox news sunday they think iran is just playing for time in an effort to build the bomb. >> we are on a path of a nuclear iran which is an unacceptable course. it is clear that iran is headed down the track of getting a nuclear weapon. they have the knowledge. they now have a secret facility. >> the senators are not alone. an unreleased report from u.n. inspectors that leaked out has a chilling conclusion. it says iran now has sufficient information to be able to

also, good news for the pentagon, for everybody. they said the newest ranks really well educated, 96% are high school graduates. above their targets. remember, for a while, right? there was criticism they were trying to get anybody they could to sign up. they're meeting what they call their own quality targets. >>> women's pay has risen faster than mens in this recession. in the past two years the median wages for women up more than 3%. just 2% for the guys. that's the "wall street journal" citing government data. now, men still make more than women do. $155 mariaa week. but the recession hit men harder. construction and factory jobs, meanwhile, women's fields have done better. education and health care. this isn't the way you like to see progress at all, but interesting to see some is happening. back to you. >> calling it the mancession, basically. >>> "saturday night live" has had plenty high-profile guests but making it to the "weekend update" deck, and you won't believe what "it" had to say. >>> the "weekend update" desk on "sat

most of the generals that are still running the pentagon are generals that came up with colin powell. grunts in vietnam. learned the lessons of vietnam or worked in the reagan administration. they learned the lessons from beirut. so after the tragedy of vietnam, the pentagon and the generals calm away with this, well, if we're going to go to war we better have a clear exit strategy and better go in with overwhelming force. right now, i think, you've got mcchrystal learning from the mistakes the generals made during iraq and also during vietnam. so he's speaking up. >> i'm going to switch gear, and go to the nobel peace prize. the president himself saying he was surprised. your reaction when you heard? >> i've got to be honest. i was, you know, i did a show early in the morning. so the news breaks overnight. i get an e-mail from my executive producer who said, hey, the president won the nobel peace prize and i e-mailed back, for what? i laughed when i first heard the news. my legitimate response. i'm sorry. just like the olympics the week before. i wanted america to get the olympics. i

like coming into the pentagon. how do you see the inner relation between putting more troops in afghanistan -- >> and the elephant in the room with pakistan and to a certain degree of afghanistan, their lack of understanding that we're going to stay in that region. they're not sure we are. and given our track record in afghanistan and also in pakistan is reason for that skepticism. that's why musharraf and this regime to this day has a hedging strategy with the taliban. we have to convince them that we're there, we have to prove that as well by stabilizing afghanistan. i agree with the senators. if we lost in afghanistan that contributes directly to destabilizing pakistan. our actions in afghanistan relate clearly to pakistan. the other thing, specifically to your point, we're starting to make some headway with the generals in pakistan to pull forces away from the indian front so to speak. we have great difficulty convincing them that the major threat is fact the raging insurgency inside the state. not external sta

the pentagon says general david petraeus was diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer in february. the radiation treatment is considered a success. his office says it did not affect his work schedule very much. petraeus kept this private but key administration officials did know about it. >>> brett favre has been at the helm plenty of times when minnesota and green bay squared off on the football field. this time number 4 was wearing purple and not green. find out how favre did against his longtime team turn heated rival. >>> welcome back. tyler perry is sharing a painful part about his past sharing details about his troubled childhood. he wanted to share that survive after watching a screening of the movie "precious" about a 16-year-old girl who is physically and emotionally abused. here's something that may surprise you. in eight states and washington, d.c., insurance companies can use domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage. that's according to a study from the national women's law center. some lawmakers say that it's another reason the health care

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

what are those guys in the pentagon doing? they are supposed to be fighting a war. >> you have got to pull it all together and to do it, you have got to get the top people involved. bill: general, are you telling me that our enemies in the world feel that barack obama's hesitation going on three weeks now, to send more troops to the theater is a strength play? do you think iran sees obama as a strong guy? i don't. >> well, you know, i don't know what the leaguers privately say about him. but i would say this that if barack obama were to make the decision today to send those 40,000 troops, they wouldn't be there tomorrow. in fact, the last couple of brigades from the january reinforcement decision aren't there yet. bill: aren't there yet. but it's the perception of commitment. >> that's right. bill: you are asking other nato countries to step up. look, rangers lead the way. right? army rangers lead the way. ok. who is leading the way in afghanistan? we have to. >> the president is leading the way. bill: he is not right now. >>

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today the pentagon con on firmed president obama has received a informal copy of a request for more troops. white house said the president is considering strategy first. and then troop levels. >> very windy out there today weather wise. >> it was. will it keep up for the rest of the week? check back with jessica starr. jessica? >> hi guys, it was very windy out there today. the good news, is that the winds are slowly calming down. and we will have a beautiful day in store for us for tomorrow. for thursday. sky watch hd regional radar. dry sweep across the state of maryland. and they stay that way tomorrow. it will be a chilly night out there 52 degrees at bwi thurgood marshall airport. partly cloudy skies. and the winds are now out of the west at 9 miles an hour. and humidity at 63 percent. we had a cold front that pushed through the region today. that allowed for the strong gusty winds out there. but temperatures behind the front will be on the cool side. right now, 56 degrees in baltimore. 56 in harrisburg. 60 in new york and a chilly in the upper 40s already in pittsburg. 47 in pittsbur

the first is from 495 from seminary and again from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. next stop is 86, still slow from nutley over to 495. that's about 30 minutes. and can't leave out 270 southbound. we are looking at a 26-minute drive from father hurley to the split. we will wrap up with the beltway real quick. the outer loop jamup from new hampshire to georgia. i'm going to go catch my breath and send it over andrea. >>> students are walking the halls of st. vincent pallotti in laurel, maryland again. the principal ordered the campus shut down yesterday and brought in cleaning crews to sanitize the building after five students were diagnosed with the h1n1 virus. 9 news digital correspondent alex trevino is live outside of the school with more. >> reporter: students are in the second class here at st. vincent pallotti. no one seemed terribly nervous about the h1n1. we talked to a mother of the student who was diagnosed with the virus. >> my daughter has the swine flu. she did. but she is feeling much better. it is very intense for a few days but then they seem to reco

in the end they won the day. >> the pentagon confirms another soldier from ft. carson was killed in a separate afghanistan attack last weekend. he's the 24th soldier from the post to die in afghanistan. >>> at least 17 people are dead and dozens of people are in the hospital in the capital of afghanistan. victims of a suicide car bombing outside the indian embassy. the taliban issued a statement claiming responsibility for that blast. the afghan government is blaming elements from outside the country. a government suppose person said the bomber tried to drive an suv full of explosives through one of the embassy gates. it was the second bombing at the indian embassy since july of last year. afghanistan's government blamed pakistani intelligence services for that attack. >>> a hate crimes law to protect people attacked because of their sexual orientation. the bill has to be to the senate. if it passes u.s. attorneys will be able to charge someone who attacked someone because of sexual preference, i had it, or disability with a hate crime. the white house says pres

the pentagon has not endorsed either plan. >>> all of the speculation about u.s. troop levels coincides with what's been a horrible day for u.s. mission in afghanistan. 14 americans were killed in 2 separate helicopter crashes. that's the heaviest one-day loss of life for americans in more than four years. in the first incident a chopper went down in the western part of the country killing seven u.s. troops and three civilian dea agents. the helicopter just left the scene of a firefight. in the southern part of the country four u.s. troops were killed when two choppers collided in midair. >>> more than 160 people killed in the bloodiest attacks in baghdad in more than two years. at least 540 people were hurt yesterday when twin suicide car bombs targeted government buildings. president obama calls the attacks outrageous. nuri al maliki says it will not derail the january election. >>> well we have learned mark mcguire, home run king, heading back to the big leagues, doing it as a hitting coach for the st. louis cardinals. he'll be replacing hal mcrae. in 1998, big

he survived the pentagon attack, 9/11, lies. >> and why? >> that's the question. we'll be talking about that top of the hour. 1-877-tell-hln is the story. and a rape case involved 19 years later. we're going to hit on that. but the brave heart of generjen is something to behold. from the age 8 on never wanted to be thought of as a victim. she said it best, i'm not a victim, i'm victorious. today is the day of victory. so really just an incredible story. and want to hear from you on that. >> i know i said it already, but i'm still so struck by the description she gave of her attacker. when you look at the sketch and the person they arrested, it looks -- it's striking how great the description is. and she was 8. so much more to talk about there. see you in a little bit. >> thanks, richelle. >>> this story is wild. congressman jeff blake, he might want to compete on "survivor." seven days this summer, he toughed it out on an island in the middle of the pacific ocean. nobody but him. now he's sharing pictures. he says he planned this trip for more than two years. it w

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

obama delayed action on don't ask, don't tell saying the pentagon is reviewing it. he may want to skip what he saw with president clinton one of the first things he did in office tried to get gays in the military and push back. some say they were strong supporters during the campaign and now behind his other priorities like bailouts and health care and afghanistan. many participants at last night's dinner are headed to capitol hill today. the national equality across america march starts in d.c. at noon and end on the west lawn of the capital. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> in the meantime i have other headlines for you, fox news alert. u.s. and afghan forces storm a compound in afghanistan that had been used by an al-qaeda commander. more than a dozen militants have been killed in the raid. in recent weeks, president obama is deciding whether to send in more troops. a bloody standoff ended at a compound in pakistan. freed 30 hostages. the siege lasted for 22 hours and it ended with four of the five hostage takers being killed. the attacks on the compound w

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

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

but there's one agreement between relief agencies and the pentagon. the u.s. military should only move in with relief supplies and help when impacted countries cannot or will not help their own people. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> well, for much more on this pressing concern and other important environmental news, please go to our website, cnn.com/e cnn.com/ecosolutions. >>> well, you may be drawn to the lights of las vegas, but a darker side of sin city is hidden underground. we're going to take you in to the storm tunnels that many people call home. >>> details about the shooting death of a soccer mom. police say she was chatting on her web cam when her husband killed her. >> a bit early, isn't it? to be giving him a nobel peace prize? >> people all over the world are weighing in on president obama winning the nobel prize. but find out why many are saying he doesn't deserve it. >>> and look a this dramatic video? it shows just how dangerous mother nature can be. last month's tsunami in american samoa washed out this parking lot in a matter of second

at the same time, bill kristol reports that rahm emanuel seems to be -- without consulting our pentagon. he said this this past sunday. >> it would be reckless to make a decision on the u.s. troop level is, in fact, we have not done a thorough analysis about whether or not there is an afghan partner to fill that space that the u.s. would create an become a true partner in governing the afghan country. sean: excuse me. who is asking the sky about decisions about afghanistan? -- who is asking this guy? the press is not supposed to ask about that, because to do so would mean that you are under white house control. >> very rarely did we communicate to the president that we did not absolutely -- sean: i guess we will stay out of that rabin whole. joining me is a former white house secretary -- stay out of that rapid poll -- rabbit hole. joining me is former white house press secretary dana perino and another guest. >> it is hard to understand their priorities. i can understand the president wanting to think things through, but it has been a long time. i also think that it is interesting that

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

. >> 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

"time" magazine reports president obama could simply tell the pentagon that investigating service members' sexuality is not in the best interest of the armed forces. harry truman used an executive order to end segregation in the military in the 1940s. >> one group is more likely to be kicked out of the military under the don't ask, don't tell policy. let's talk about that. >> women, robin, much more likely than men to be kicked out of the military under the don't ask, don't tell. more than a third of people discharged last year because of their sexual orientation were female. women only account for 15% of all active duty and reserve military members. a researcher saying a partial explanation may be homosexuality is more common among women in the service than males. it could also be from rumors. >>> a bus carrying a high school band steered off a highway. a band instructor died saturday and 44 students were injured. the head director says the driver slumped over just before the crash and the instructor grabbed the wheel. this band has played at a presidential inauguration and the macy's th

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the pentagon says that all four military branches have met their recruiting goals this year. officials say that increases in military pay have helped especially in a time when the recession is hitting so hard. >>> police in toledo, ohio, say that a cook who works at this bar is one of the suspects in that wild shoot-out last week. no one's been arrested yet. police say they have been getting tips on the street names used by some of the gunmen. that was one piece of tape. >>> all right. good morning. hugh are you? i know you look at this video sometimes and you're like, okay, my life is calm compared to that. how are you may? it's wednesday. i'm robin meade. morning, sunshine. all right. some of the other stories we're following this morning, let's get to those. a girl who ran away from home after she converted from islam to christianity, will have to return to her home state of ohio. a judge in florida said the teen will be put with child welfare officials while a judge in ohio takes over the case. the girl says that her father threatened to kill her for changing religions. h

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

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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

. >> a lot of debate going on at the pentagon and white house right now. in just the first five days of october, there have been more deaths than in all of october last year. violence is up 60% and the call for the and to the war is -- for the end to the war is up-to- date. >> hundreds marched on the white house today, demanding we get out of afghanistan and where is the change they were promised, they said. the change they were promised, they said.

the pentagon requested an congress quietly approved more than $50 million for a 30,000 pound bomb known as a massive ordnance penetrator, which is capable of hitting reinforced targets 200 feet underground. it's exactly the type of weapon that could destroy a nuclear facility. so, tonight, we ask you, would an attack with this weapon be a wise strategy in the showdown with iran? tell us what think by clicking on the "nightline" page at abcnews.com or on the "nightline" twitter page. and tomorrow night, we're going to take you to the home of miss universe 2009 that's venezuela, a place where pageantry has grown into a national past time. >> i think it's a national hobby. and one of the things is that, i just really can't explain it, but since i was small, you've been hearing about the miss universe. this is our super bowl. >> so, see who survives the cut throat culture at the miss venezuela school as the field is paired down. they prepare to defend their crown. that's tomorrow night. and that is our report for tonight. i'm terry moran. for cynthia mcfadden, martin bashir, and all of us a

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

. >> reporter: mortenson's philosophy has attracted the attention of the pentagon. >> i thought his approach was exactly right. he's at the heart of the right example for all of us. >> you're welcome again. >> reporter: the people he's helped agree. when greg mortenson arrives at the schools he's helped build, he receives a hero's welcome. guys, what does dr. greg mean to you? what has he done for you? >> translator: now, we will be educated and our future will be good. >> reporter: christiane amanpour, cnn, new york. >>> we have dramatic new video of a shootout caught on tape. take a close look at this unbelievable surveillance video. [ gunfire ] fight turned into an all-out gun battle at a bar in toledo, ohio. people had already scrambled out the door. [ gunfire ] and a few minutes later, a second camera captured several people outside firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, as many as 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunmen and figure out what started the shootout. >>> pakistan says it's ended a hostage standoff in its army headquarters. a military spokesm

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

steve is tracking developments from the pentagon tonight. we are hearing about a new attack against the coalition, boy. -- the coalition convoy. >> two nato troops were injured when this convoy came under attack from some kind of explosive, probably an ied. this is clearly still a weapon of choice among insurgents and terrorists in afghanistan. but the there was another similar instance southwest of kabul, where there was a small arms incident and rbd fire. no one was injured there. shepard: we're learning about one of the deadliest recent days and the war. >> it was a bad saturday, this past saturday, in a province far northwest near the pakistan border. when a u.s. military force was overrun, outnumbered by taliban fighters firing from the hillsides. they killed eight american soldiers and two afghan soldiers who were there. we're now learning that some insurgents, the enemy, were also killed in that attack carried since then, forces have been chasing those responsible for the attack in the hills around that area, and they killed 40 more o