. >>> now, back to the story with the westboro baptist church. sarah simmons joining us from the foggy bottom campus of george washington university with more. >> reporter: it is the westboro baptist church. it's tiny, small church. a group of them will be here protesting at washington circle across the street from university hospital. george washington university students are planning their own counter-protest as well. that will be occurring here at 8:00 this morning. the westboro baptist whoich, if -- church, if you've not heard of them, they have an anti-gay message. they have been before the supreme court over that issue. the george washington university students planning their own counter-protest and all of it taking place at the washington circle. as for why the westboro group is targeting george washington university, well, church members say during a stop for lunch at the campus food court last year, a student asked one of them to sign a petition supporting gay marriage and that is what sparked this whole ordeal. the word is spreading qui

the westboro group is known for anti-gay protests at military funerals. but according to the washington examiner today, westboro protestors had to settle for a demonstration near a gas station about a mile from the funeral for lance corporal terry honeycut because hundreds of counter demonstrators outmaneuvered them. following the funeral, he was buried with honors at arlington national cemetery. he died from the injuries he received in afghanistan. >>> well it looks like donovan mcnabb is here to stay. brett haber is live where the qb is getting ready to face off against his old friend. >> and he's a very happy man tonight. we've been talking about the disconnect between mcnabb and shanahan, but apparently there is a reconnect. news of a lucrative new deal five-year extension. we'll give you the details and numbers coming in 9 sports. >>> we're going to see if you're going to get wet or not. we'll show you the almanac and temperatures close to average. 59 was the high, 48 was the low. averages are 58 and 40. record high of 83 and record low 20. we'll com

from kansas, the westboro baptist church members say they will be here this morning. here's a copy of their flyer off their website. we had to black out some of the language. it was not appropriate. they say they will protest this morning here at capuchino high school in san bruno. the group often referred to as a hate group has been known to protest against [ signal breakup ] military soldier funerals across the country. they are an independent church based in topeka not affiliated with the baptist convention. in missouri over the weekend the members of this group planned to picket the funeral of an american soldier who died in afghanistan but mourners managed to block them out of the area by taking up all the parking spaces and creating a human shield around the funeral. now, on its website, the westboro group says it will picket, quote, the worthless brats who attend capuchino high school as well as their teachers and parents who have taught them from the cradle that god is a liar. end quote. this protest group even declares on its website, thank god for the san br

. >> reporter: it is the westboro baptist church. they are expected to be here starting around 8:00 a.m. for this protest here at washington circle. the students here at george washington university are planning a counter-protest. this is a tiny church group based in kansas. they are known for going across the country and protesting. they have an anti-gay message and most recently, you may remember, they ended up before the supreme court for protesting at military funerals. the george washington university students planning that counter-protest as well, all of this taking place across the street from university hospital. as for why the westboro group is targeting george washington university, church members say during a stop for lunch at a campus food court last year, a student asked one of them to sign a petition supporting gay marriage. the word of all of this is spreading across the campus about today's protest. here what is one of the students had to say. >> although they do have the first amendment right to say what they are say

also the westboro baptist church members. this just got underway. you can see some of the church members are on the south side of the circle with their signs. on the other side you can see the students from george washington university with their signs and their message saying they do not believe in what the anti-guy message that the westboro baptist church has been spouting for several months as we've heard about them going to military funerals and protesting there. that issue came before the supreme court as you may recently know over a first amendment issue in free speech. so they've been a controversial the reason they're here at george washington university is because the church leaders said last year when they came to a food court here on campus there was a student who asked the church leader to sign a petition supporting gay marriage. so obviously that goes against what they believe and so they decided to come back here and protest today. but the students are out here strong this morning. i can tell you there is definitely more students out h

the westboro baptist church bringing its anticipate-gay message to gw after a student there asked one of the church members to sign a petition last year supporting gay marriage. gw students have planed a peaceful and huge rouse counter- protest at washington circle across from university hospital. >>> with the president still in the midst of his 10-day visit to asia, vice president joe biden will be handling some of the veterans day activities here in washington. he will host a breakfast at the white house. at 11:00, he will visit arlington national cemetery. also today, thousands of people are expected to attend a ceremony at the vietnam war memorial at 1:00 p.m. >>> president obama is commemmorating veterans day in south korea. speaking to hundreds of american troops from the u.s. army post there, the president saluted the bravery of those who fought in the korean war to defend south korea. the president arrived at the g- 0 in seoul about an hour ago. government and business leaders will be taking a look at international efforts to tighten bank oversight and avid a currency war. dur

the westboro baptist church, as you may have heard about, spread an anti-gay message. they say that our troops will continue to die as the nation continues to sin. now they -- you may have heard of them. they attend military funerals across the country and they have gone before the supreme court because of that, due to first amendment rights issues, freedom of speech. so that has been a controversial issue. students had their own counter protest. we talked to a couple of them. actually one student said they had t-shirts made to try to kind of in a sense bring humor, if there is any, out in this. the shirts saying, "i am gay for today," in opposition to what the church members had to say. take a listen. >> i'm gay for today and we're all heterosexual, but we're an accepting community and hopefully this is something our whole community can come behind and get together. >> so we're here with the simple message that your soldiers are going to keep on dying as this nation keeps on sinning. >> you may ask why george washington university and why this campus? according to the

the members of the westboro baptist church of kansas is coming to town. here is a copy of the flyer. we had to cross out the one word there because of inappropriate language but they say they will be here protesting this morning. the group often referred to as a hate group has been known to protest against [ signal breakup ] military soldier funerals across the country. they are an independent church based in topeka not affiliated with the baptist convention. in missouri over the weekend the members of this group planned to pick schedule the funeral of an american soldier who died in afghanistan but mourners managed to block them out of the area by taking up all the parking spaces and creating a human shield around the funeral. now, on its website, the westboro group says it will picket, quote, the worthless brats who attend capuchino high school as well as their teachers and parents who have taught them from the cradle that god is a liar. end quote. the this protest group even declares on its website, thank god for the san bruno pipeline explosion. it sa

take you to gw where student leaders organizing that counter-protest say west borrow pap test will -- westboro baptist will get a faithful tomorrow. we found most students well aware of the dueling protests. >> i think the church is a prominent organization that affected a lot of people and they're equal opportunity haters. >> reporter: calling all gw students god hating heathens. >> a heathen wouldn't really be the word i don't think to describe me. i think that's a little harsh. >> there are a lot of kids in our school that totally believe in god. >> how are they going to judge us when they don't even know us. >> reporter: they are the tiny gay bashing church group from kansas that's traveled the country protesting military funerals winding up before the u.s. supreme court last month in a battle over the first amendment. >> although they do have the first amendment right to say what they're saying, we, too, have that right and we oppose hate in all forms and this is really going to unite everyone on this campus against hate. >> reporter: they'll square off at washington circle across from th

westboro baptist church is planni a demonstration tonight. membersre angry over play at the school. >> reporter: more than 12 years after matthew spherd was murdered, his legacy still lives on today at richard montgomery high school in rockville, maryland, students are in final rehearsals to perform the laramie project. a play about the town in wyoming where shepherd was killed and interviews with people that knew him. >> every word in the play is spoken by an actual approximate earn in laramie, wyoming. >> reporter: this ctroversial subject about a young person tied to a fence, tortured and killed, a killing that led to a federal hate crime la >> we felt like the message of tolerance and acceptance which is what this play is advocating is something that we thought our students needed to hear. >> reporter:he coroversy has now grown after the westboro baptist church from ksas announced it will protest the play saturday night. >> i think it's crazy that they think that this show is so worthy of their hate that they would come halfway across the

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westboro baptist church is planning a demonstration on the. it's members are angry over a play at the school. john schriffen has more on the controversy. >> i always think about his incredibly beaming smile. >> reporter: more than 12 years after matthew shepherd an openly y college student was murdered, his legy stillives on today at richard montgomery high school in rockville, maryland, students are in final rehearsals to perform the ramie project. a play about the town in wyoming where shepherd was killed an the interviews with people there who knew him. >> every word that is in the play is something that was spoken by an actual person in laramie, wyoming. >> emily davis is the director of the play willing to take on this controversi subject about a young person who was tied up to a fee, tortured and killed, a killing that led to a federal hate crime law. >> we just felt like the message of tolerance and acceptance which is what this play is advocating is something that we thought our students needed to hear. >> reporter: controversy has now

the gw students health adowner protest vastly outnumbering the westboro demonstrators. >>> a local muslim woman refused service at a convenience store because of her outfit. >> we'll hear her side of the story. >>> coming up, the metro doors closed separating the mother from her baby. the two were apart foreveral agonizing minutes. why does the transit agency say it didothing wrong? >>> plus a growi back lash over the full body scanners. and calling a boytt on one of the busiest days of the year. could it affect your travel plans? >>> clearing up cloudy glasses. find out the simple solutions viewers shared with us. >>> ws4 at 5:00 is just getting started. th capital one bank's new checking with rewards, me and the boys earn rewards just for everyday banking. like getting money from the drive thru. and taking out cash at the bank. paying our bills online earns us rewards. now send. we even earn rewards just r swiping our debit cards. it's new checking with rewards at capital one banks l over the dc area. what's in your wallet? >>> a fast forward through headlines. the 47-year-old silver sp

westboro baptist church plans to protest outside youtube they are hearing a case on whether the which are. can use its first amendment rights to protest u.s. troops. >>> new delhi is the next stop on obama ma's trip to india. he landed in the indian capital a few hours ago after speaking to business leaders and college students in mumbai he touched on topics like human rights, as well as india pakistan relations. >>> we will work with the pakistani government toker rad kate this extremism we consider a cancer within the country that can potentially engulf the country. >>> and on a much lighter note the president and first lady joined in a cultural celebration during their stop in mumbai. dancing with students at a local high school. they got some moves. >>> local politics, jean kwan is holding the lead in mayor race for oakland. she has a 51-49.9% lead that is enough for her to win the election the question is will she hold that lead. alameda county registrar says thousands of ballots still need to be counted and the election is based on rank choice which can shake up expectations. a

that's where some members of the westboro church took their campaign begins gays. the group if kansas also picketed picked outside of youtube headquarters. they claim both youtube and san bruno schools strongly support gay rights. just this past weekend, this same group stage ad protest outside the funeral of a fallen u.s. soldier in westen, missouri. sergeant first class c. j. sadell was killed in an attack in afghanistan last month. the topeka, kansas, kurch believes u.s. deaths in afghanistan and iraq are punishment for the country's tolerance of homo sexuality. >>> a new controversy over california's lethal injection penitentiary. the department of corrections says it has enough of these drugs to carry out up to four executions. however, some death penalty opponents are questioning where the state got those drugs. that's because a judge called off a scheduled execution back on september 30th because the state's supply of lethal injection drugs had expired a corrections department spokeswoman would not say where the state found the current supply of those drugs.

. >> the westboro baptist church could make an appearance in maryland for another protest. >> the education secretary comments on the possibility of maryland losing money from the race to the top. >> you know the saying a cat has nine lives? it could be true for one as he survives being buried alive. that 6:39. >> as far as the weather, we are buried in sunshine. looking great heading in the weekend and above normal temperature-wise. >> we have a new accident in the southwest corn er of the city.

the westboro baptist church is turning up for another protest in maryland. the church known for protesting mill tier funerals -- military funerals is picketting a play at rockville. they are performing the laramie project that chronicles the murder of matthew shepherd. the church says it plans to protest the opening night performance not to shut it down but to spread their message that acceptance of homosexuality is wrong. >> today president obama heads to his fourth nation on a 10-day trip through asia. this is japan and the apec summit. kate amara joins us live with more. good morning, kate. >> good morning to you, mindy. in japan president obama will encounter the same trade and currency issues that defined the g-20 summit in south korea. g-20 leaders smiling for a photo while in closed door meetings clashing over currency. president obama pressing china to act responsibly on a currency many believe it is unfairly low. >> it is undervalued and china spends enormous amounts of money intervening in the market to keep in undervalued. >> ladders working to --

. >>> westboro baptist church in to peek a, kansas, is known for holding controversial demonstrations and it plans to demonstrate outside a nile rockville. students are putting on the ay, the laramie project. it chricles the 1998 beating death of matthew shepherd, an openly gay student. his murder led to federal hate crime laws. the church said it plans to protest the performance. that the message of acceptance of homosexuality is wrong. >> i think it is crazy that they think this show is so worthy of their hate that they would come halfway across the cuntry to protest it. we're just a high school trying to promote love and understanding. >> there were repos this week that montgomery county school officials were working with police on a security plan. >>> let's get your first check the weekend forecast. >> it is looking good out there. >> it is looking great out there. this quiet weather pattern, we've had it all week long. it still with us today and it willtay with through the weekend. today low to mid 60s. we got to 65 degrees this last hour. now we're dropping off. 30 was the case

. > coming up at 11:00, the westboro baptist church is the one that has made all the headlines for that small church's protest of military furals throughout the country. now it has its sights set on a local high school play. also, a woman mourning the did he of her pet now has has to deal with the loss of its remain after a pet cemetery driver didn't realize his back door was open. >>> nato and sam were two little boys who live in suburban seattle will their fathe has been deployed to afghanistan since last november. >> thank you for everything you've done. we're going to be aamily again. >> their dad matt, the boys knew he would be home by christmas. or if they were really lucky, by thanksgiving. he was able to make it by veterans day but they didn't know that he embedded the surprise in a video from jalalabad. >> i've got a better idea. just stay right there for a minute. where my boys? >> you cannot replace that look on their faces. their moer said she's watched both her son grow in courage while they've gone through year-long accept vag

the group from westboro baptist church issued a news release for the event and at the bottom in bold letters it read, thank god for the san bruno pipeline explosion. the demonstration was originally supposed to happen at capuchino high school but they have agreed to hold that protest just a few blocks away instead. >>> in the oakland race for mayor, jean quan may win. here's how it looks based on voters' alternate choices. quan has a two-point lead over don perata even though he led by 12 after the initial count of first place votes. final results could be announced later today. >>> traffic and weather around the bay area coming right up. stay with us. >>> good morning. it is a slow crawl right now up the nimitz freeway northbound 880 through oakland. check that out as you pass the coliseum. the accident is up by 29th. multi-vehicle crash also involving a motorcycle. two left lanes are blocked. traffic jammed from 238. you're looking at almost an hour drive time there in 238 to the maze. southbound 880 traffic is also sluggish in the area. back towards the westbound 580 dublin interc

kansas based westboro baptist church will protest before the play tonight. the high school play is about reaction in wyoming after an openly gay student was murdered. >>> we'll look at our forect in just a moment. stay with us. >>> welcome back, chuck. we're in for another relatively warm day. >> plenty of sunshine out there already on your saturday morning. temperatures on the chilly side first thing. you'lleed a jacket for sure to get your day starte th all of the sunshine out there, especially if you walk on theunny side of the street today, it will be a wonderful outdoor day today. clear skies all day long. temperatures mostly in the 30s now. 41 in downtown. 35 in waldorf. forecasted high today up near 66 degrees with plenty of sunshine. sun doesn'to down until 4:56 this afternoon. another mild one this afternoon. rain chances return for monday and tuesday. aaron? >> thank you, chuck. we'll have more news and weather in about25 minutes or so. for now, back to new york and more of the "today" show. >>> welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm le

had they began -- that began in maryland with people who are protesting the westboro baptist church. they showed up a solid the memory of a veteran of afpak last week. 5000 mark in showed up at in memory -- 5000 americans showed up in memory at that protest. and the drive home for me, what this movement is all about, each and every one of you stepping up and doing yo part. history is not without this ironic moment. we reached one of those today here and now in washington, d.c. we have a system in america where we had tw of major parties, a republican party built on principles of the democratic republic that we have, republicanism, separation of powers, federalism, limited government. and we have a party, the democrat party, that is supposed to be based on the will of the people, right? that is what democracy is, all about the will of the people. and one would expect that democratic party to listen, when you? and yet here we are, because of that irony. we're here because despite the fact that americans overwhelmingly came out -- and do not let them tell you otherwise. the narrative th

had they began -- that began in maryland with people who are protesting the westboro baptist church. they showed up a solid the memory of a veteran of afpak last week. 5000 mark in showed up at in memory -- 5000 americans showed up in memory at that protest. and the drive home for me, what this movement is all about, each and every one of you stepping up and doing your part. history is not without this ironic moment. we reached one of those today here and now in washington, d.c. we have a system in america where we had tw of major parties, a republican party built on principles of the democratic republic that we have, republicanism, separation of powers, federalism, limited government. and we have a party, the democrat party, that is supposed to be based on the will of the people, right? that is what democracy is, all about the will of the people. and one would expect that democratic party to listen, when you? and yet here we are, because of that irony. we're here because despite the fact that americans overwhelmingly came out -- and do not let them tell you otherwise. the narrative

had they began -- that began in maryland with people who are protesting the westboro baptist church. they showed up a solid the memory of a veteran of afpak last week. 5000 mark in showed up at in memory -- 5000 americans showed upn memory at that protest. and the drive home for me, what this movement is all about, each and every one of you stepping up and doing your part. history is not without this onic moment. we reached one of those today here and now in washington, d.c. we have a system in america where we had tw of major parties, a republican party built on principles of the democratic republic that we have, republicanism, separation of powers, federalism, limited government. and we have a party, the democrat party, that is supposed to be based on the will of the people, right? that is what democracys, all about the will of the people. and one would expect that democratic party toisten, when you? and yet here we are, because of that irony. we're here because despite the fact that americans overwhelmingly came out -- and do not let them tell y otherwise. the narrative that they

had they began -- that began in maryland with people who are protesting the westboro baptist church. they showed up a solid the memory of a veteran of afpak last week. 5000 mark in showed up at in memory -- 5000 americans showed up in memory at that protest. and the drive home for me, what this movement is all about, each and every one of you stepping up and doing your part. history is not without this ironic moment. we reached one of those today here and now in washington, d.c. we have a system in america where we had tw of major parties, a republican party built on principles of the democratic republic that we have, republicanism, separation of powers, federalism, limited government. and we have a party, the democrat party, that is supposed to be based on the will of the people, right? that is what democracy is, all about the will of the people. and one would expect that democratic party to listen, when you? and yet here we are, because of that irony. we're here because despite the fact that americans overwhelmingly came out -- and do not let them tell you otherwise. the narrative