the proposal would subdivide this into two lots, one on pennsylvania, 398 pennsylvania. this would be located at 1120 19th street and the approximately 863 square feet. the minimum size for this property is 1750 square feet. they require a rear yard variants. the development pattern of the property has a structure at the rear trawling and a dwelling at the front that does not have the code compliance between the properties and would not have it. a parking variance is required because while two parking spaces are provided, the building up front i believe on pennsylvania is only accessible to the building. this will not be accessible to the building at of the rear on 19th street. i would like to go through the findings described by the sunni and diminish trader who denied the request. this is a typical want. there are no extraordinary circumstances. -- this is a typical lot. the survey of the parcels within a quarter mile found another 1001 pattern 70 in size and of these were only found three that were less than 1000 square feet and knees were subdivided prior to 1946. th

one is a cottage that faces 19th street and the other faces pennsylvania avenue. they are divided by completely enclosed fences, so they look like they are two properties. they look from all appearances like two separate lots. it wasn't until i was informed that they were t.ism c. properties. i don't think there is a negative impact to the neighborhood with this split. we have tiny cotages on little lots and large modern homes. a lot split for these properties would not be out of character for the neighborhood. i would like to state that the little cottage never had a parking spot. the two sparking spots in existence is on the large house. i don't understand the issue with parking. frankly, there is no issue with parking in our neighborhood, unlike a lot of neighborhoods. i want to say that con do conversion is not a simple solution. it takes a lot of money to do a lot of up grades and a lot of time as well. it is not just a simple solution. i think that we should do the lot split because they operate as two separate lots. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> go

you'll be delivering that message in pennsylvania. i want to put it in pennsylvania-centric terms. we should not apologize for the first 20 months of the obama administration. we should revel in the things that they have done. [applause] no president in my lifetime has inherited a tougher set of challenges not of his own doing and barack obama. and no president has done more in 20 months to achieve legislative enactments that are going to help solve and resolve those problems. the things that i think that are going to benefit this country the most along one of the things that we get virtually no credit for. i want to talk about what they had meant to pennsylvania very quickly. the stimulus -- it got a living tar be out of it all the time. everyone takes advantage to kick around a stimulus. we did not talk about the stimulus and we should because it were. there's no doubt that a word. everyone quotes the cbo. whenever the cbo comes out with something that they like, the republicans act as if it is the 10 commandments. the cbo has said that this stimulus has made a difference in the

it's a sign of our times that the state of pennsylvania has its own office of homeland security, and the governor of pennsylvania is reacting with shock and anger that they have been found to be tracking legitimate protest groups that pose no danger to public safety. our justice correspondent pete williams is in philadelphia tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, this has turned out to be a big embarrassment for pennsylvania, and some of those groups targeted for intelligence gathering by the state are already talking about suing. keep an eye out warns a pennsylvania state intelligence bulletin, for the screening of movie critical of natural gas drilling. >> the neurological effects are insidious. >> reporter: the showing of the movie "gas land" was among events in an official intelligence bulletin from the pennsylvania office of homeland security sent to local law enforcement statewide. but the discovery that the state was keeping tabs on a long list of peaceful groups stunned pennsylvania's governor, who ordered an immediate stop to it. >> the fact that they disseminated

it's a sign of our times that the state of pennsylvania has its own office of homeland security, and the governor of pennsylvania is reacting with shock and anger that they have been found to be tracking legitimate protest groups that pose no danger to public safety. our justice correspondent pete williams is in philadelphia tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, this has turned out to be a big embarrassment for pennsylvania, and some of those groups targeted for intelligence gathering by the state are already talking about suing. keep an eye out warns a pennsylvania state intelligence bulletin, for the screening of a movie critical ofatural gas drilling. >> the neurological effects are very insidious. >> reporter: the showing of the movie "gas land" was among events on a list called dates of interest in an official intelligence bulletin from the pennsylvania office of homeland security sent to local law enforcement statewide. but the discovery that the state was keeping tabs on a long list of peaceful groups stunned pennsylvania's governor, who ordered an immediate stop to

this is pennsylvania intelligence bulletin 131 which they wrote. one of the groups they're warning about are animal rights activists of philadelphia planning to demonstrate peacefully at what they call the worst of the worst. what is the worst of the worst? according to the animal rights activists, well, it's the lulu shrine rodeo in plymouth meeting, pennsylvania. this is where they were going to protest. this is what this contractor was so concerned about. now, other bulletins, done by the contractor, warned about events like this one. this is the gay pride festival of central pennsylvania. this is a picture from last year's event. not sure what this has to do with critical infrastructure they were so concerned about. there were plenty of groups that these -- that these contractors targets, people protesting peacefully against gas drilling in the state's shale deposits, education protesters and even pass tests. governor rendell spoke with us about this earlier tonight. governor, you've said this is embarrassing. what particularly upset you about

. >>> and later, why pennsylvania's governor is so embarrassed. it comes down to this question, how would you feel if you found out government was spying on you, reporting you to local police as a potential threat just because you were taking part in a peaceful protest? it happened in pennsylvania. you won't believe some of the groups that got targeted. environmentalists, gays, lesbians, even animal lovers. we'll tell you where it happened and how taxpayers got stuck with the bill. >>> a lot to cover tonight but we begin, as always, with "keeping them honest" with an event that didn't have to happen. the huge explosion in san bruno, california, that's incinerated a neighborhood and killed at least four people. we've got new evidence tonight suggesting that this nightmare might have been preventible. the lives lost, the homes destroyed, the explosion and fireball so intense that first responders initially thought a jetliner had crashed. >> we've got multiple houses. we're trying to get close. we have extreme heat. we have possibly several blocks on

in pennsylvania, president obama is campaigning now for a candidate he did not want to run. the president is attending a dinner for pennsylvania democratic senate hopeful joe sestak. chief political correspondent carl cameron tells us sestak is embracing his early conflict with the white house. >> reporter: the president arrived to support democratic congressman joe sestak despite having opposed him in the may senate primary against republican turned democrat arlen specter. sestak courted latino voters and cast his feud with the administration as helpful, not harmful because it prove his independence from the president. >> everyone knows the washington establishment of the democratic party didn't want me in the race.

well, it's the lulu shrine rodeo in plymouth meeting, pennsylvania. this is where they were going to protest. this is what this contractor was so concerned about. now, other bulletins, done by the contractor warned about events like this one. this is the gay pride festival of central pennsylvania. this is a picture from last year's event. not sure what this has to do with critical infrastructure they were so concerned about. there were plenty of groups targeted, protesting against gas drilling in the shale deposits, education protesters, even pacifists. governor rendell spoke with us about this earlier tonight. >> governor, you've said this is embarrassing. what particularly upset you about this? >> well, because we paid out $125,000 for a yearly contract to get information about rallies that are basically just protest rallies. and our job, pennsylvania homeland security department, is supposed to carry out the federal mandate to report any credit -- when there's credible evidence of threats to critical infrastructure, we're supposed to report that to

remember pennsylvania is pretty interesting. pittsburgh, two big cities and there's a t that goes north and then to the west and the east. in the t, nothing. obama will not be a factor there. but he gets to philadelphia, gets to allegheny county here in pittsburgh and gets voter turnout it could be interesting. not in the middle of the state. we'll see what happens. >> woodruff: these are some of the most interesting campaigns any of us can remember in a long time. we thank all of you for talking with us about what's going on. we'll check in with you as we get closer to election day. michael bartley in pittsburgh, karen castle in columbus, ohio, ian millcrest in las vegas, and scott schaeffer in san francisco, thank you all. >> brown: next, a two-part take on the pakistan flood story. first special correspondent reports on the plight of the youngest victims. >> these are the faces behind the statistics. more than eight million children have been seriously affected by the flooding. each one too young to have such a miserable stor

pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, this has turned out to be a big embarrassment for pennsylvania, and some of those groups targeted for intelligence gathering by the state are already talking about suing. keep an eye out warns a pennsylvaniatate intelligence bulletin, for the screening of a movie critical of natural gas drilling. >> the nrological effects are very insidious. >> reporter: the showing of the movie "gas land" was among events on a list called dates of interest in an official intelligence bulletin from the pennsylvania office of homeland security sent to local law enforcement statewide. but the discovery that the state was keeping tabs on a long list of peaceful groups stunned pennsyania's governor, who ordered an immediate stop to it. >> the fact that they disseminated this to stake holders, local law enforcement on what were legitimate protests, citizens exercising their rights under the constitution, it's especially embarrassingecause this is pennsylvania. this is where the constitution was written. this is where the country started. >> reporter: along with enviro

we have severe thunderstorm thunderstorm warnings up for parts of pennsylvania and counties shaded in red. let's get into it with maryland's most powerful radar. you can see the storm that moved through northern harford county, cecil, basically fizzling out to rain shower activity. coming out wider, another storm of interesting beginning to form in carroll county. you can see basically we're expecting this to continue to move east -- west to east, rather and probably comes over i-83 in areas toward park ton in about 28 minutes or so and as we continue to go forward fit continues to pack ilts -- pack its same strength, jarrettsville could see in about 28 minutes. i think we have a couple more hours of clear weather at least in the downtown area but there is another cluster of storms diving south, we'll show you those in a second. 88 right now. mount airy, you can see the first cluster coming through. clear skies, nice and blue, then then there's that first round of storms. 93 in frederick for a high today. 91 downtown. you want to ends it on a hot note, you being about how hot summer w

michelle ridge, the former first lady of pennsylvania. [applause] former secretary of the interior and national parks director, welcome. senator kucinich and county commissioners, as well as representatives from our senator and congress offices. neal mulholland and chris sullivan. [applause] and the architects of our beautiful memorial and our landscape architect. [applause] we also just want to recognize that there are many students here from the high school. also, welcome to our general counsel. [applause] most important is all of you, not only our partners, the flight 93 federal advisory commissioner, are newly formed friends -- our newly-formed friends of flight 93, and all of you who show up to support this memorial. we hope that our flight 93 families are comforted by you, there american family. -- their american family. there have been many changes and much progress with the help of our community, our partners, our friends, and our elected officials. it is because of you that we stand here today. it is like a family reunion. we rem

into the history of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. along with benjamin franklin, who committed treason and risked his life to give birth to this new nation. all along with general george marshall of uniontown, who helped to lead the allied war effort in world war ii, and his secretary of state help to rebuild our allies throughout the world. general george mcclellan and general george meade, who had gettysburg led the army of the republic in the most vital battle that kept this nation as one. daniel views, of williamsport, who led the effort to speed the slaves to the underground were a way to freedom. daniel boone, the great frontiers man. mary hayes, of carlisle, in the war for our revolution in 1778, taking water to the soldiers and artillery men, taking the water through a hail of cannon and bullet fire. when her husband was wounded, in 100 degree heat for over five hours stood there, was wounded herself as she helped to load the cannon. they were all pennsylvania heroes. so were the 40 men and women that we honor today. on behalf

it's interesting when you look at 2008, obama won pennsylvania. that was a big win for him. now he has 37% approval rating. in pennsylvania, we really see the dynamic playing out where the leader of the democratic party is proving to be a political drag on the statewide senate candidate. it's hard to see how sestak is going to close that gap and even open a lead before november. >> bret: juan, we talk about polls a lot. nevada, as tight as it can be. what you see here seems to me to be evidence that some of the tea party stuff has balash attached to it. if you look at sharron angle, she is emblematic of this. i don't think there is any way that any of us who follow politics intensely in room would say that harry reid is going to win his re-election in nevada given his negatives. it took angle to keep him afloat. if you look at the money he has on hand, there will be onslaught on advertising. i would watch nevada to see what is happening. in fact, today, when you look at what harry reid doing for the dream act for immigrants he is trying now to energize the hispanic base that

well, in pennsylvania, there are 150,000 small businesses under 25 employees. if they give health care to their employees, they're going to get a 35% tax credit this year for the money they laid out this year. it's going to be a big help to small business. we ought to be talking about these individual things. they're all very, very popular. and to boot, and you and i have been talking about this, and by the way, we can't say that this makes health care suck a little less. it actually is good stuff. not to criticize the host, but it's good stuff. and we should be talking about the good stuff that the stimulus bill has done. it's avoided another, perhaps, 1.8% unemployment. that's what the cbo says we'd have if it wasn't for stimulus. we should be talking about all these things. we've been scared, we've been hiding behind shower curtains. it's time to get out there and campaign about the good stuff we've done. and also as i said on your show a while ago, about the fact that the opposition is being influenced more and more by wackos. michele bachmann says the firs

mainly north and west up to the pennsylvania border. the farther west you in to in to west virginia and western maryland the shower chances increase. mid to upper 80s. westerly winds 10 to 15. tonight some showers and rumble of thunder can't be ruled out. 57 to 67. southwest winds start to turn to the northwest overnight. sunset 7:15. this morning we have been watching the clouds. they have been high clouds but thick enough to give us almost overcast conditions at the moment. we are watching showers from columbus through toledo approaching cleveland in to charleston, west virginia seeing a shower this morning. temperatures in the 60s. once you head from williamsport north and east through new york state earning it is a crisp, autumnal morning. it is 63 now at andrews air force base. hello, columbia 62 for you. crofton 64 and brandywine is 65. 5 t in reston and montgomery county. laytonsville 59. rockville and sterling across the river at 62. reagan national 69. some clouds mixing in with the sunshine. 62 on the dew point. the humidity i

it is right along the pennsylvania line. it is giving east at 41 miles an hour, racing along the border, tracking to the east over the next hour or so. additional storms could get in later this evening. we will keep a very close eye and give you the latest in a couple of minutes. >> you can be prepared for storms and track storms where you live. >> our other big story tonight is a string of robberies at mondawmin mall has patrons of and vendors on edge. >> we have more live on the scene with a police are trying to do to cast the suspects. >> police say this is part of a pattern of armed robberies not just here at mondawmin mall, the arkansas turned that several stores have been robbed this summer and they're making progress on finding the suspect. >> these are not cat robbers, this is not something you would see in a james bond baby. this is street level. >> police are investigating a series of robberies in west baltimore, six in june with the most recent on saturday and thieves making off with $1,000 of merchandise from a j

we have wood stoves going in southern pennsylvania, west virginia. it's down into the 40s. frederick, 46 degrees in maryland. manassas, 46. dulles, only 50 degrees. near 50 in prince george's county. near 60 in waington and near the bay. elsewhe, we have temperatures in the 40s in west virginia, much of western maryland and pennsylvania. and on the eastern shore, the low 50s right now awa from the waters. so quite a cool start. but some are saying not so fast. it will be warming up tomorrow. today's high in the upper 70s to near 80. tomorrow, soaring to near 90. a chance a shower. near 90 again on friday. but you'll be turning cooler for the weekend. let's check traffic on this tuesday morning. how is it looking? >> tom, good morning to you. good mornin everyone. off we go. we have a ton of overnight road work. crossing over the 14th street bridge. no early worries there. loks like the same lane configuration of the last several days. capital beltway, inner loop and outer loop as you travel between i-95 and wilson bridge off to a very fine start. joe, eun. >> jerry, tha you

it's interesting when you look at 2008, obama won pennsylvania. that was a big win for him. now he has 37% approval rating. in pennsylvania, we really see the dynamic playing out where the leader of the democratic party is proving to be a political drag on the statewide senate candidate. it's hard to see how sestak is going to close that gap and even open a lead before november. >> bret: juan, we talk about polls a lot. nevada, as tight as it can be. what you see here seems to me to be evidence that some of the tea party stuff has backlash attached to it. if you look at sharron angle, she is emblematic of this. i don't think there is any way that any of us who follow politics intensely in room would say that harry reid is going to win his re-election in nevada given his negatives. it took angle to keep him afloat. if you look at the money he has on hand, there will be onslaught on advertising. i would watch nevada to see what is happening. in fact, today, when you look at what harry reid doing for the dream act for immigrants he is trying now to energize the hispanic base th

that is one to watch in pennsylvania, and we trust carl to do it. thanks. over to delaware, now, and senate hopeful christine o'donnell. heard of her? she's getting twitter advice from sarah palin who endorsed her. alaska's former governor tweeting the republican nominee after she, christine o'donnell, canceled her appearances on two sunday talk shows including cbs' "face the nation" and fox news sunday with chris wallace. sarah palin saying, time's limited. megyn: critics say o'donnell bailed on those interviews because she didn't want to face questions about an 11-year-old clip saying that she once dabbled in witchcraft, and she later came out and said, well, that was as a high school senior. the campaign says, look, we canceled before that video was released, and we did it because we need to focus on local issues. >>> and president jimmy carter, former, is today talking about the tea party saying that he sees parallels between the tea party and his own election. he thinks the anti-government movement will heavily influence the midterms just like anger ov

there were services at ground zero, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. as michelle franzen reports, despite recent political and religious controversies, the focus today remained on the victims. >> reporter: on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, families and survivors gathered as they have every year in new york, virginia and pennsylvania to honor the 2,752 victims who died. near ground zero, family members read each name of loved ones lost. >> my father. >> reporter: and at times, the public ceremony included personal and emotional tributes. >> we love you and life has not been the same. >> reporter: family members, firefighters and first responders also walked down into the ground zero construction site, carrying photos and laying flowers in the reflecting pool. the day of reflection and remembrance was not overshadowed by the recent controversy over a proposed islamic center near ground zero or threats by a florida pastor to burn copies of the koran if the center was not moved. on the "today" show, pastor terry jones vowed he would n

out of the mountains, much of pennsylvania only in the 40s. afternoon highs should claim to the 70s to near 80. ts of sunshine. tomorrow, southwesterly breeze will make it feel like summertime. upper 80s to near 90. not too humid. lo of sun. after midnight wednesday, thursday midday, we might have a passing shower. a dry pattern continues into the weekend. just a small chance sunday and morning. >> tom, we continue to follow breaking news wi an accident jamming things up big time this morning. the accident occurred on the inner loop of the beltway. between i-66 and rout 7. right now authorities are on the scene. you can see the two right lanes of the inner loop are blocked. two left lanes get by. delays reaching back towds springfield. it is also having a major effect for folks coming in on 66 because of the location of the accident being for a very difficult merge 66 inbound trying to get to the beltway. it's jammed from centerville on in. another problem on out on the west, see the flashing lights and the tractor trailer? this is 66 westboun

wolf bus lines out of york springs, pennsylvania. the company runs a lot of charter trips to new york city, dc, atlantic city and other locations. back in 2008, a charter crashed along route 15 near gettiesburg, pennsylvania. a group of students was on that bus headed to washington. three kids and a principal was hurt and hospitalized in that wreck. >> anitta, we should know you were reporting on the scene live, reporting thoughts and actions. >> we were at montgomery county high school for another event. even at that, it took our news crew a long time to make it through the traffic grid lock like everybody was experiencing. what we're seeing there was the state police chopper that was giving investigators a bird's eye view of the bus wreckage before it was hauled away. you can see the windows that were cut out to get inside to get the people out. dozens of fire and rescue teams were there and of course the ntsb was coming in because it was a commercial vehicle involved. derrick, we just heard it was good news that bus never went air

pennsylvania. anybody know what happened in pennsylvania into a dozen 9? it was the most important election. you go back and read the comments from some of these guys, they will talk about it. they will talk about it because it was the most important election, what happened in pennsylvania in 2009? we had seven or eight judicial races. we elect our judges, not a bad idea. particularly what given on -- what went on here in iowa. why the executive offices, these are not very expensive campaign. it's been $200,000, and name recognition is everything. people do not know the position that these people hold. in a sense, in many respects like this race, their party races. they are how people feel about the democratic party and the republican party, and they're much more reflective of the generic mood of this country. what happened in pennsylvania 2009? 1.2 million more registered democrats -- we won every race. white allies say that? people will look as you probably know -- people live to iowa particularly in this election cycle. starting in january and february

in pennsylvania, 60 gas companies hold more than 4500 permits to drill, almost half granted this year alone. >> the development of shale gas in the marsleis and across the country is a very important part of the nation's energy strategy. >> reporter: what's driving the drilling rush here and across the country are advanced in hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, a process whereby millions of gallons of waters and chemicals are below the ground. it is at the surface where >> no water for gas! >> reporter: at public meetings... >> green energy should not put lives in danger. >> reporter: ...environmental griewppedz, and, groups, and prodrilling land owners who receive royalties. >> it is my house, it is my land, it is my property and i deserve to be able to frac if that's what i want to do. >> reporter: ...have squared off over potential health risks and safety. >> there is no such thing as zero-impact drilling, even when things go well. >> reporter: john hanger is head of pennsylvania's department of environmental protection. since 2008 he's doubled the number of state regulators an

pennsylvania avenue and branch avenue. be careful over there. inner loop of the beltway, route 7, multiple car accidents. just happened. authorities are headed over there. at least one lane blocked inner loop between 66 and route 7. over on the approach of the 14th street bridge, looking okay. just a little bit of volume at the moment. joe, eun. >> jerry, thank you. >>> time is 5:42. a t-shirt brings the immigration debate to a lcal mall. what it says that has some people up in arms. >>> members who said the numbers don't lie, lied. turning losers into winners. >>> national leaders will be out during the morning rush hour >>> the defense department is revising plans to move security check points closer to the pentagon. that's according to the washington examer newspaper. back in july, pentagon officials announced plans to move the security screenings farther away from the pentagonto increase security. that came in response to that shooting at the metro station back in martha wounded two guards and ended with a gunman being shotto death. the nort

the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. critz: mr. speaker, at this time i have no further requests for time, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1605 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. critz: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 319 as introduced. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 319, concurrent resolution recognizing the anniversary of the tragic shootings that occurred at fort hood, texas, on november 5, 2009. the speaker pro tempore: pur

what is going on in hazeleton, pennsylvania? >> we were having an illegal immigration problem although 2,000 miles from our nearest southern border. the illegal immigration problem wasn't coming from the southern border. it was coming from those who were entering the country illegally through new york andn new jersey. creating problems in our city. our small budget could not withstand the drain that illegal immigration was bringing to the taxpayers and legal residents of our city. >> greta: what is the legal drain? what way were the illegal immigrants costing you money? >> well, you know, through crime, hospitals, education. our population grew by 50% since the year 2000. but our taxes remain the same. every time we send a police officer, health officer, fireman, code enforcement officer it continued to drain our small budget to the point it was effecting the quality of life in our city. the federal government clearly was not enforcing immigration laws. i took an oath to defend the people of my city and that's what i did. >> gr

well, in pennsylvania, there are 150,000 small businesses under 25 employees. if they give health care to their employees, they're going to get a 35% tax credit this year for the money they laid out this year. it's going to be a big help to small business. we ought to be talking about these individual things. they're all very, very popular. and to boot, and you and i have been talking about this, and by the way, we can't say that this makes health care suck a little less. it actually is good stuff. not to criticize the host, but it's good stuff. and we should be talking about the good stuff that the stimulus bill has done. it's avoided another, perhaps, 1.8% unemployment. that's what the cbo says we'd have if it wasn't for stimulus. we should be talking about all these things. we've been scared, we've been hiding behind shower curtains. it's time to get out there and gain about the good stuff we've done. and also as i said on your show a while ago, about the fact that the opposition is being plu influenced more and more by wackos. michele bachmann says the firs

notice from york, pennsylvania to dc. we will watch to see where it develops. as we go through tonight it is all quiet. friday morning start off clear. going to be a hot day. well to the t 0s. by 8:00 looking at the front from buffalo. by saturday morning a few showers in the mountains and looks like we don't have a lot of moisture. other than early sprinkle knot and west of town not expecting much weather with the front. few spots 94 like culpeper. tappahannock, 93 if not 95. quickly in the tropics i want to show you this is developing potentially in to matthew over the next couple of days. honduras, belize will be the most likely path for this. the seven-day forecast before we go outside for pet line thursday, got 91 today. 94 tomorrow. again, a stray storm can't be ruled out. as we head over to the weekend, temperatures will drop off nicely. saturday 80. sunday 70s and then next week we have chances of spotty showers on monday, tuesday, wednesday as we have readings that will be in a much more fall-like, close to fall like any way. it is thursday at 9:00 and

no more than in rural areas of pennsylvania. in pennsylvania alone, there are an estimated 1,800 natural gas wells being drilled or in production. drew griffin now with a report on what the drilling has meant for some pennsylvania families. >> reporter: bill's pure artigues well water they have been drinking for nearly 50 years is now full of methane gas. he's sick of telling people about it, so now he shows them. >> the wind is blowing. it's going to blow it out, but i'm going to try it. >> whoa. looks like you scared me. >> you are really lucky. >> reporter: what just happened? >> the gas went down. come back and blow it out the holes. if i turn it up a little bit, it will burn a flame off the top. >> reporter: the gas bubbles through the well. you can't see the hose in the bottom of that. it's all gas. >> reporter: it was, at one time clear? >> crystal clear. >> reporter: it steams off like alka-seltzer. what's causing it? like a lot of people in rural pennsylvania, he has been fraked. this area is seeing boom in the natural

this stronger line coming through pennsylvania. it will be a close call this evening for our viewing area, but most of these storms should stay north of the metro area. in leesburg, 77 degrees. it dropped from 93. with the new storm over head now they have had 0.74 inches of rain. mclean at 81 degrees. the sun is coming back out. the entire viewing area remains under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. the anticipation of the pennsylvania line we will keep an eye on. we will let you know if the status changes. where it has not rained is plenty hot. 90 degrees in fairfax. 94 at reagan national airport. it is a hot afternoon. this is the first of three days temperatures are in the 90's. this cold front will arrive saturday and snap us back to normal temperatures for early autumn. reagan national is 14 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. to the west, not much change. cleveland is a bit cooler this time than yesterday. three severe thunderstorm watch is in affect. this will be very muggy overnight. temperatures in the

the district now has the three largest cities in the northeastern pennsylvania. he has served on the house financial services committee. he was a big part of rewriting the wall street reform package. he is -- he succeeded a very popular congressman who succeeded in bringing home the bacon, and he has tried to emulate him in many ways. he has the authority that the new congressman would not have, plus he is in the majority party. >> longevity and seniority is much more than years. it means that you know who the people are in washington, in the 2000 most powerful positions in the federal government of the united states. i have worked with most of those people for 26 years. >> at one time, lackawanna county was one of the oldest counties in the the nation. the median income fall slightly below the state median income. our major industry is health care. manufacturing used to be, but it has been on the slide for years. it's a big hit here even before the recession. it is considered working class and is targeted a lot by presidential candidates because it is full of sw

correspondent christine for south first brought us the story from dimmick pennsylvania months ago where homeowners have learned a very hard truth that fracking is affected their lives for the worst let's take another look at. a lot of metals water and very i'm. saying well fed an acceptable level i don't want to hear it's an acceptable level i want to hear that it's not there they keep on telling us just be patient with us be patient with us you know well you know it will straighten out all straight now it's killing the flowers it's killing the rose bush if he's killing. it's killing everything i had here for years they are the desperate voices of people who say their quality of life has evaporated before their eyes people accustomed to waking up to the sounds of nature. who now wake up to this. news night sky was once lit only by the moon now they see this. and people used to clean drinking water who now instead get this. they are the people of carter road it's a quiet street talked off the main road in dimock and speckled with homes many envision spending the rest of their lives in no