washington cigar wrappers, washington apples, washington ceremonial hatchets that he chopped down the cherry tree with supposedly. it's all over the place. inevitably, there is a reaction. after the first world war and we move into the 1920s and the 1930s, it's a very, very different time from the 1800s. it's a time when people believe they needed to overturn the old ways of thinking, the old ways of doing things, all of the old ideas about patriotism and about god and about morality, throw them out the window. world war i has shown that all of these just lead to destruction. we have to find a new way. in the 1920s in america, people began to feel that washington was part of that old way. and in entered rupert hughes. shown here, rupert was a hollywood mogul and author. he, with another man named w.a. woodward, decided that they would debunk washington as being representative of the old ways. they were quite cynical about it. bunk, their stories about where that originated from, it was popular in the 1920s, it was associated with henry ford and how he liked to say bunk to mean "nonsen

más cartas sospechosas llegan a escuelas de washington. un joven muere en trágico accidente en arlintong. ♪ >> nitza: las autoridad de washington, investigan diez cartas más que han llegado a diferentes escuelas de la ciudad con polvo blanco adentro, la situación tiene a la ciudad capital en ascuas y contemplando la posibilidad de recibir más cartas. >> continuan llegando cartas con un polfo blanco sospechoso a las escuelas de washington, y con ella una nota que tiene a las autoridad y padres de familia en alerta. >> nosotros creemos que todos el día de hoy, y psos hasta el lunes, vamos a estar revisando las cartas, el equipo va a estar trabajando y seguiremos así. >> se ha confirmado que en la mayoría de los casos el polvo blanco no es el fatal polvo de antrax, la información se maneja con cautela. >> hay que tener precaución con los niños y el estado. >> por su parte, loso padres dicen que lo que más les molesta es que se ponga en riesgo la seguridad de los niños. >> los niños yo creo que ni saben qué es lo que está pasa

why did i study washington? this slide didn't turn out particularly well as a translator but this is basically an 1862 map of the city of washington. the capital is often seen as an anonymous city. won his history wouldn't necessarily tell us anything useful about anywhere else besides itself. this is largely because washington is entirely a creature of the federal government. it didn't spring up as an industrial hub. it's not in a state. it's an oddball. the federal district and the city of washington itself were invented by the united states government and police by the constitution under the exclusive jurisdiction of congress. i found this unique status all the more interesting. in the mid-19th century and specific a record of the civil war, washington was a place where federal and local affairs collided, sometimes generating sparks. local citizens attended sessions of congress, congressman road in street cars alongside the general public. the largest collection o

this is an 1862 map of washington. the capitol is seen as an anomalous city, one whose history wouldn't necessarily tell us anything useful beside itself. this is largely because washington is a creature of the federal government. it didn't spring up as a hub, it's not in a state. it's really an odd ball. the federal district and the city of washington itself were invented by the united states government and placed by the constitution under the exclusive jurisdiction of congress. i found this unique status made washington's history all the more interesting. in the main 19th century specifically around the period of the war, washington was a place where federal and local affairs collided sometimes generating sparks. citizens attended session of congress, congressmen rode in streetcars. the lives of citizens played out in washington. in some ways, this was a normal city that followed normal pattern, but in the ways that it wasn't, and in particular the relationship with congress, it is a particularly interesting and tell

future of afghanistan so what it's needed now for washington to do is to show. a commitment to afghanistan because to succeed in afghanistan means that pakistan also will change its calculus from supporting the taliban instead of that. legitimate ways to have strategic loss or influence in the country ok if i go back to islam about so i guess it's all about who controls afghanistan not the afghans themselves are never mentioned in all this it's going to come from islamabad where it's going to be washington ok and they have their puppet there is karzai that they want to support so i mean what is the vision from the pakistani establishment how do they want to see the americans leave destabilizing the country even more. where you know the pakistani establishment. has clearly shown his preference for the establishment of a trade corridor through afghanistan connecting to pakistan connecting to the arabian sea and they want it done in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility and harmony between all this they called us and all the states in the region they want friendly

hey tom are in here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture.

the washington dc city? >> that's an interesting question, and, no, there was not -- there were periodic -- well, the answer's no. there were sort of episodes of racial violence but actually they didn't connect to the redemption that i'm talking about, the kind of changing form of government. and so but one of the things that i want to highlight by talking about washington's redemption in those terms, redemption in the public confederacy wasn't always violent either. in some places our kind of vision of it, at least, i think, right now, many of us have a vision of a rampant and organized plan -- the kind of plan and democratic party planned coalition and these violent campaigns to overthrow republican governments and that certainly was the case in those states. but in a lot of states, particularly in the border south and particularly in places like virginia, not that there wasn't violence in virginia but in terms of politics, redemption happened much sooner in virginia. in fact, there was almost no reconstru

a student at washington high school collected on his own. so, please, this is really not fair to all our kids at lincoln and all the kids who are matriculating into lincoln from the other middle schools. it's an equity issue. we do need to have a sequential arts program. thank you very much. [applause] [instrumental music]. >> good afternoon, my name is martin areola and i'm a junior at lincoln high school. sadly, this year as well as next year i will not be able to participate in any music program at my high school. me, along with 40 other students at lincoln high school are devastated. this is a list of 40 juniors at lincoln who love music as much as i do and would wish for you guys to keep mr. pane's promise and reincarnate the music program for the 2011-2012 scholastic school year. thank you. president mendoza: i'm sorry, i'm going to have to have you speak into the microphone and identify yourself, please. >> this is kevin sand and he has been my student at roosevelt middle school for three years and he's an excellent base player. he wa

addressing the powerful pro israel lobby in washington president obama is make sure to be really firm that no pressure would be put on israel to advance the process and he's proposed solution was just a friends advice least cannot be imposed on the parties to the conflict. no vote at the united nations will ever create an independent palestinian state and the united states will stand up against efforts to single israel out at the united nations or in any international forum israel's legitimacy is not a matter for debate analysts say the contradiction of words and deeds has been a constant source of global frustration about the us foreign policy in the middle east one example the obama administration has called these really settlement expansion illegitimate when it came to actually voting at the un security council to condemn the settlement expansion is illegal the u.s. veto the resolution the failure of the united states to deal effectively with your israel palestine issue. the double standards that we have actually apply the president made a very strong case but we should not tolerat

for years and on his latest visit to washington he didn't fail to show how devoted he is to american values we. really believe and we. know what a message we get across to the american public that really here to join hands and democrats could be in the libyan soil and washington big join hands with those seeking to replace gadhafi and who power in the via. to help prop them up the u.s. pledged to funnel billions of dollars of could up is frozen assets to the transitional council i am currently drafting legislation at the request of the state department and the administration there will authorize the trails for of available cash. to the council but the support from washington comes not only in money and tomahawk missiles but also in military command one of the commanders of the lead in rebel army is gen calif i have heard a long time khadafi to factor he lived in an washington suburb for the last twenty years before he took off to leave here in march this year to command the rebel forces calif i have her leave just minutes away from cia headquarters although any intelligence connectio

if we need to be the response once in washington -- we need to be the responsible ones in washington. stop trying to take care of the budget on the backs of our seniors when it comes to social security and medicare. i will not go there. >> you have 45 seconds. >> like i said, we need to address the big problems. if we continue to kick the can down the road and avoid making introductions of proposals, having the discussion and debate, we will never come up with a solution. that is why i got involved in government in 2008 at the assembly level anyway. how can we continue to -- you know, we recognize the problem and have the statistics to show what we are facing. but no one wants to step forward and introduce a plan. i am introducing a plan. let's put this out there. let's talk about this. let's come up with a solution. all i am hearing is that we cannot do this or that. i have yet to hear solid proposals. the crux shawn -- >> sean carroll. >> kalla all -- all of the candidates in this race have said in a variation of one of these things. we need to create jobs and only government can cr

did or paulsen did in washington. i wanted to stick -- you know, as you point out, there is a long enough book as it is. if i had delve into, you know, policies rubin had pursued in washington that may or may not have benefited goldman sachs or paulsen, people have already written the story of what paulsen did in the treasury, during the bailout, what may or may not benefited goldman sachs. i was mostly interested in how they would evolve in their positions at goldman sachs to the point where they were willing to leave what has got to be seen as the holy grail on wall street and willing to leave to go to washington. yes, it is -- we've evolved to such an interesting point in early 21st century america where people like bill clinton before they could be considered legitimate serious candidates had to get the approval. the people who run wall street appoint the candidates. i assure you, nobody is going to take donald trump seriously for a while as the presidential candidate if they ever do until, you know, people on wal

james kickfield of the "washington journal." and john babbington of "the "associated press"." >> live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. corporate funding is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to connect our forces to what they need when they need it. to help troops see danger before it sees them. >> to answer the call of the brave and bring them safely home. >> around the globe the people of boing are working together to protect. that's why we're here. >> corporate funding is also providing by, prudential financial. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the anenburg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting and through contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again live from washington sitting in for gwen ifill this week gloria borger of cnn. >> good evening. what a week as reporters scrambled on sunday with word from dramatic news of the president, 57 million americans tune in to hear president obama announce the death of o

i'm a freshman and george washington high school. my goal is to attend college and to do so, i need, of course, at least three to four years of math and science to get into u.c. or c.s.u., so why let budget cuts determine my future? i will not sit here and see my education thrown away out the door. i just studied this year, in the beginning, and i plan on doing dance for several years. it's what keeps me going and a passion i've had for the longest time from elementary school through middle school and up to now. as you can see, it's a pretty big deal to me. not only are you cutting dance class but you are also -- i don't have enough years of my world language and i would like to take spanish for the next three years but now that budget cut will cut me so i will only have to do two years. please stop our budget cuts and find the money in your budget, please, somewhere else. thank you for listening. [applause] >> good evening, my name is john frank. i am a music teacher at hoover middle school but i'm here in support of the reinstating

washington must put its own foreign policy and political houses in order. america can help no alliance partner or other foreign nation until it is reanchored in its own history and traditions. indeed, until this reanchoring occurs, america cannot even help itself. to achieve this goal, we must return to the governing doctrine crafted by washington and the other founders in foreign policy, the key to reanchoring is an approach that is more independent and less interventionists. if there would be one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every american jefferson wrote in 1791 it should be that we have nothing to do with conquest. in america's dealings with iran and less obviously with saudi arabia as well as with its war in islamism we are losing because our bipartisan governing elite and it's academic apologists have turn mr. jefferson's guidance on its head much to the detriment. because of this interventionism, which the founders would have damned to hell, we as a nation are mired in an environment in the persian gulf region that is conducive to an e

in washington, they may call that smart politics. but i'm not from washington. i grew up in minnesota. i glue up in the hard working blue collar town of saul-st. paul whfment i was 16 years old, my mom passed away of ovarian cancer. a while later my dad lost his job for a while. in a situation like that, you see some things, and you learn some things. at a young age i learned the value of leaning into nage in god and in chall nchinging times -- challenging time and in all times. i saw the value of a loving family that rallied around each other in a time of crisis. i learned the value of hard work and the responsibility for doing my part. i learned that education was a ticket to the opportunity. and i learned the value of a job and a paycheck. i had a chance it work in a grocery store for about seven years. i was a union remember. i was proud to earn some money to help pay for school costs and to help make ends meet. the values i learned are america's values. i know the american dream because i've lived it. i'm running for president to keep that dream alive. the

for us in washington, cloudy morning. cloudy sky over the washington monument and maybe a little sun breaking out midday. a small chance of a passing shower later this afternoon as temperatures climb to the upper 60s to around 70 by midafternoon. now, this morning our sunrise is 6:10. that's getting earlier and earlier. and we're getting later and later sunsets too. the sunset is not until 8:00 this evening. we'll take a look at your night planner. chance for more showers as well coming in. details on that coming up in 10 minutes. eun and joe. >> thanks very much, tom. we'll check on traffic in just a bit. first back to our top story. >>> the crusade to capture the terrorist leader has been years in the making. it was august of last year when president obama was briefed on a u.s. intelligence lead that linked him to a compound in afghanistan. just last week the president determined there was enough intelligence for an operation. u.s. special forces killed bin laden at a firefight at his heavily guarded compound. >> it mar

. >>> a beautiful picture of the washington monument this morning. it is rather chilly out there but a lot more clear than it was yesterday. good morning. thank you for being with us early this morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's take a look at that beautiful day. here is tony perkins. he is here with the latest on that. >> i think i've been saying all week that today will be the best day of the workweek and i stand by that. it is going to be windy. the winds will pick up later on but other than that, quite nice. let's start by taking a look at hd radar. we can show you what is happening out there. what you will see is there is not much happening. there is nothing in the way of precipitation. we have only a few clouds moving through the skies early this morning. so that looks good. and for much of the eastern third of the nation, things are quiet today and you know what? we could use the break. it has been rather stormy in much of the eastern united states. here is a look at the current conditions b

future of afghanistan so what it's needed now for washington to do is to show. commitment to afghanistan because to succeed in afghanistan means that pakistan also will change its calculus from supporting the taliban instead of that it was. legitimate ways to have strategic influence in the country ok if i go back to one of my so i guess it's all about who controls afghanistan not the afghans themselves are never mentioned in all this it's going to come from islamabad where it's going to be washington ok and they have their puppet there's karzai they do want to support so i mean what is the vision from the pakistani establishment but how do they want to see the americans leave destabilizing the country even more. when you know the pakistani establishment. has clearly shown his preference for the establishment of a trade corridor through afghanistan connected to pakistan connection to the arabian sea and they want it done in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility and harmony between all the stakeholders in all the states in the region they want friendly governmen

that is what we did when we were in washington. we were thinking about reelection, the compromises to hold on to public opinion. it was when i got away from washington and had perspective on it that i began to see the consequences, even well- intentioned, of politics, particularly as more and more money began to decide the outcomes. tavis: i have been honored to be on a couple of hit lists over the years with you, my name right next to bill moyers. i want to ask seriously whether or not there is a place on public television, a place on public radio for opinion. you have been accused of having a left opinion. i have been accused and certain conversations of having a left opinion. is there a rate -- is there a place in public radio or television today for opinion? >> there should be a place for diversity of opinions. that is what i talk about in the book, these people range across the spectrum and beyond the liberal and conservative spectrum. i even interviewed a couple of socialists and libertarians and a couple of radicals. there s

here in washington, d.c. security is tight, but that is not stopping many, many tourists and others from coming to the nation's capital. the weather turned out to be decent, even hot for those who dressed for cold rainy conditions. for more, here's meteorologist bernadette woods. >>> that's right. we did warm it up despite the clouds. let me show you radar. there are a couple of thunderstorms off to the northwest. they will skirt by parts of western maryland. we'll see better chance. let's take you back first. we had that rain yesterday. it kept a chill in the area. we're in the warm air. they also saw a few peeks of sunshine and then the wind started to pick up out of the south. with that southerly wind, not only are we warming up, the dew points are up. so it's feeling somewhat muggy. 74 in baltimore. 75 in d.c. right now. so far today that has been our high an the average sup to 70 degrees. we're above average. we'll romaine above average tomorrow before the cold front comes our way. this is the cold front

it's thursday may nineteenth or pm in washington d.c. and christine for his hour when you're watching r.t. . starting off today president obama speaks out responding to the arab spring and laying out some guidelines for the future of the middle east and north africa calling this a moment of opportunity so some of the out freedoms then and the future is bright all right so it's not that simple but we did hear some tough talk on democracy and much much more the united states opposes the use of violence and repression against the people of the reach. the united states supports a set of universal rights and these rights include free speech the freedom of peaceful assembly the freedom of religion equality for men and women under the rule of law and the right to choose your own leaders and by thinking a little deeper here some of these rifts run deep and as art is going to change your congress not everyone fight for freedom it's washington's plan. words could be about democracy actions are about interests as the wildfire of public rage spread

in washington is a senior research associate at the american enterprise institute and islamabad we have seen a sad case she is a security analyst and columnist and in tucson we crossed the hudson she's an associate professor at the university of arizona all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's take a look at where this troubled relationship stands now. pakistan and the u.s. strategic allies on the collision course both say they're committed to fighting terror though each in its own way and both have divergent ideas about geo political interests pakistani american relations have rarely been described as good but after the u.s. navy seal raid killed osama bin laden on may second the shaky alliance is finally in question the fact of the world's most wanted was discovered in the compound near islamabad has deepened american distrust of pakistan even some of pakistan's biggest supporters in the u.s. have had to put on a brave face coming to terms with the fact that pakistan may have been harboring bin laden for

>> northeast washington along new york avenue at bladensburg road. there is ponding of water at least enough to make it a little on the slick side as you head on in. so please be aware of that. a little extra travel time won't hurt. let's head out. south of town looks for the moment as tom mentioned reprieve as far as the rain depose at the woodrow wilson. 395 through landmark and shirlington moving along nicely. >> jerry, thank you. 4:53. heads-up root 50 through arlington is about to get a major makeover. known as arlington boulevard will be renovated near courthouse road. it will include new ramps and bridges, as well as pedestrian and bike paths. stag erred closures of the 10th street and courthouse road bridges. fairfax drive will be closed between the two bridges. >> this project will separate that local traffic from the through traffic. >> vdot insists all three lanes of arlington boulevard will be open in both directions during rush hour. the project should be completed by november of 2013. >>> well, the baseball season is just a little more

washington, 47, privilige privilige, upper 40s. mid 40s in montgomery, arlington, and fairfax counties. upper 40s in the eastern shore of the bay. 30s in the blue zone. western pennsylvania, western maryland, most of west virginia in the 30s. a little above freezing. deeper valleys may get below freezing in the next couple of hours. a clear sky. a few hours coming through right now. the washington monument on this thursday morning on the mostly clear sky. by 9:00, should be near 50 degrees. lots of sun, and northwest wind will be blustery today gusting around 20 to 25 miles per hour as temperatures by noontime reached low 60s. upper 60s to 70 by mid afternoon. by 5:00 in the mid 60s. by 7:00, a clear sky this evening. still have the winds diminishing. by midnight, down to the mid 50s. low to mid 40s starting off friday morning. in the day sunday morning, clouds reaching the afternoon. highs reaching near 70 again. then there's a small chance of a shower and an afternoon thundershower. partly cloudy, morning lows near 50. afternoon

what better way than to come to washington? especially if president clipton or -- clinton or president bush is going to tap you on the shoulder and say, you know, will you be my treasury secretary? so that, you know, there's a long tradition of that at goldman, and, you know, again, unfortunately, i think there's now a chill of having people of goldman coming to washington because of all the political hay that was made, you know, in the last few years. >> host: well, that's a very good point. i mean, i think most people today look at the history would conclude that washington has benefited a great deal from goldman's expertise in these financial matters and helping to structure the regulations and the various institutions that prop up the wall street and the banking industry, the fed and sec and so on. >> guest: they've had a very big role. i mean, all wall street firms. i mean, this is sort of ironic. you're seeing it again in the wake of dodd-frank. i mean, wall street has always had a big role and a big influence in setting

we are at 46-degree here in washington. so it is definitely a cool, breezy start to the day. 46 in d.c. 43 in gaithersburg. frederick, maryland is at 45 degrees as is dulles airport. manassas, 43 degrees. as we look off to the east, cambridge, maryland is at 46 degrees at this hour. let's take a look at the satellite-radar composite -- no, i want to show you the wind. the current sustained winds, 10 miles per hour here in the district. 12 at dulles. eight in bald. six in fredericksburg so a breezy day. these winds could gust later on today up to around 25 miles per hour or so. now, the satellite-radar, what you will see is mostly quiet conditions. we do have i few clouds out there this morning but -- a few clouds out there this morning but today will be a mostly sunny day. things are quest well out to the west as well. there is a frontal boundary out there. it will make its way eastward and it will bring us some showers but that won't -- you can barely see it way out in the plains. that won't be until friday evening and fri

it's important that washington be proactive. you will see increased uniformed security on union execution, on vre, marc, pretty row and airports. expect more bag checks and random screenings. d.c. police are working with federal law enforcement and reinforcing transportation security around the city. police are also keeping a watchful eye on area mosques and synagogues. tsa is coordinating with mass transit agencies around the country to duplicate efforts where it's necessary. it's not clear on how long or how much this increased security is going to cost. but all security officials are saying their first line of defense are the people. they're asking folks to report any suspicious activity they see specifically when it comes to mass forms of transportation. back to you all in the studio. >> thanks very much, tracee. >>> and a tornado in new zealand. the tornado ripped across parts of auckland today. the funnel cloud cut across a suburb of new zealand's largest city around midday today their time. the roof of one small shopping

inslee of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 257, the gentleman from washington, mr. inslee, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. inslee: thank you, mr. chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in -- the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. inslee: the beaches and shoreline and the economy of the state of washington. this amendment is quite simple. it would simply say we will not allow the federal government to run over the state of washington on issues of drilling off of our coastline, that we won't be shackled to thisant kuwaited policy of drilling without -- this antiquated policy of drilling without reasonable protection, without first addressing the issue of rampant speculation which is exposing my constituents to $4 a gallon in the state of washington. and we should be developing new clean energy sources. i want to i address each one of those. basically our position is we don't think in the st

he going on lauren lyster our team washington d.c. political analyst ivan eland told our team that congress is shying away from a decision on libya to make obama the scapegoat for any possible failure yes it's illegal and unconstitutional and it's not the first president to do it to have done it but it's clearly a move in the direction of more executive power and more executive years or patient of the. congressional war making power people they want to take credit if it goes well the praise the president or if it goes well badly they can criticize him but if you have a vote on a declaration of war or anything or a sort of authorization for that they have to go on record as either opposing it or supporting it and therefore you know they get blamed by their constituents one way or the other so just like the president take responsibility and we'll you know will be kit's or is on the side and say he did a great job or he didn't do a good job george bush for all his failings he did get congressional authorization for afghanistan and iraq a

that afternoon it's monday may sixteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lister and your watching our t.v. well it's a scandal of multinational proportions and top news on the u.s. mainstream media outlets is all reporting on it take a look. she's a lawyer for you now the head of the international monetary fund just arriving to new york courtroom he said to be arraigned on sexual assault charges in new york city. of course the latest developments on the arrest of the head of the i.m.f. on charges of rape head of the international monetary fund the i.m.f. will be arraigned inside this manhattan courthouse shortly that is going to happen a hotel housekeeper accuses dominic strauss kahn of attempted rape well it's taken a great scandal for there to be any major attention paid to the international monetary fund in the u.s. never mind the bank's involvement in greece ireland and portugal bailouts of late war it's criticism of policies over the years by scholars like nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz and from countries who receive the bank

washington d.c. . syria is the current focus of u.s. middle east policy washington has introduced a new batch of sanctions which for the first time target syrian president bashar assad is accused of human rights abuses violent crackdowns on anti-government protesters measures into an asset for use in the prevention of americans dealing with us our european union also agree to tighten that sanctions against syria on the grounds of that which was the place which raises fears that the western troops can further countrymen repeat linson are something russia strongly opposes. they solicit by syria ignored support resolutions on syria frankly speaking they were disregarded by the actions that some states took even though initially russia supported the first resolution and didn't veto the second what happened afterwards demonstrated that these kinds of resolutions can be manipulated this is deplorable because it undermines the all thirty of the un. sanctions against the syrian leadership will affect civilians rather the country's political eli

andrew north, bbc news, washington. >> let's go now to washington, where our correspondent, adam brooks, is there. adam, you've been briefed on the details of this operation. >> senior administration officials are briefing reporters here in washington overnight. it's a long and complex story, but it goes something like this -- four years ago, we're told, u.s. intelligence started looking very closely at people they believed to be close to osama bin laden, particularly one man, a courier, who they thought was carrying messages for him. two years ago, they say they identified who this man was, and it was this man, according to the version of events we got here in washington, that led them to a compound, a big -walled compound, in the city of abbottabad, not far from islamabad in pakistan. when u.s. analysts started looking at this compound using satellite pictures and all the other tricks of their trade, they discovered that it was very big, had very high walls, it was very private, and it was just the sort of place they thought that you might find somebody who was trying to hide from pry

the baltimore washington beltway remains closed. the police activity, all traffic on the northbound parkway is being diverted. all of this activity occurred earlier this morning. update you on the details coming up. what you need to know, take the bw parkway out to the capital parkway northbound. all traffic will be diverted on to riverdale road. take that up to the capital beltway. southbound, the travel lanes unaffected. the northbound side, north of the beltway, no concerns. northbound and southbound on the bw parkway. outside of the beltway, your lanes do remain open. all activity inside the beltway. the beltway inner loop, an accident. it ties up the right side of the roadway. the police are there. there's a delay. the traffic is getting congested trying to get past the accident. inner loop of the beltway near kennelworth avenue. keep you updated on that. in virginia, 66. no delays quite yet. getting on the heavy side. eastbound of manassas, centreville, fair oaks, and vien vienna. though delays, vre was of train movement is ru

northbound baltimore-washington beltway. all of the traffic will be diverted to 410 which is riverdale road. it's riverdale road over to route 201, kennelworth avenue, kennelworth avenue northbound will take you to the capital beltway. we're told there's a mile of backed up traffic that has developed around this closure. so be warned of that. the inbound lanes of the bw parkway and the beltway all the way to the northeast are open. everything north of the beltway both directions of the bw parkway, unaffected. northbound inside the beltway at route 410 near diversion point. keep you updated all the way around on that story. head south to the wood row wilson bridge. no hangups either direction. just a little building volume. but the outer loop will slow to the sunshine if not already here very, very shortly. that sun is intense. one more stop as we head on out, to florida avenue in new york all of the travel lanes are open but building volume through the traffic lights. no delays on metro. continuing delays on vre fredericksbu

washington has long suspected pakistan of playing this double game. on one hand, supporting the u.s. fight against extremism. on the other hand, suspected of having links with this groups to get into afghanistan and fight off their rival in india. and i think this is going to fuel those suspicions in washington that they're still maintaining those links. there's been a lot of finger pointing. there's been a lot of accusations after this raid, after it was discovered that bin laden was in the compound. most people you speak to say this does not mean the end of this relationship because these are two kuntz countries that still desperately need one another. the u.s. desperately needs pakistan to hammer out a political solution in afghanistan to eventually pull out, and pakistan needs washington to give its government some credibility and to help it economically and give it leverage with its rival in india. >> all right. thank you for islamabad. we'll check in later as well. and we'll check in with a nrb of our analysts in this hour, asking their perspect

washington high school. this commencement was especially hopeful because of just how much the kids at booker t. washington high school had overcome. this is a school and in the middle of a tough neighborhood. there's a lot of crime. there's a lot of poverty. and just a few years ago, only about half the students graduated from the school. just a handful went to college each year. folks came together to change all that. under the leadership of dynamic principal and devoted teachers, they started an academy for ninth graders, because they found that was when a lot of kids were lost. they made it possible for a lot of students to take vocational courses or advanced placement classes. more importantly, they did not just change the curriculum. they provided a culture that creates hard work and discipline and they showed it every student can matter. today four out of five students at the school earn a diploma. 70% continue their education, many the first time in their family to go to college. so booker t. washingt

three-quarters in washington county. closer to washington anywhere from half an inch to around 0.8 as did southern maryland and much of virginia. the higher amounts were down towards charlottesville. they have about an inch of rain from the system and it has stopped there now. and the temperatures are certainly chilly here for the 4 4th day of may. it's only 46 at reagan national. where the sun has been breaking out the last hour, it's rebounding nicely now. shenandoah valley is at the mid-50s there but still raining on the eastern shore, only near 50 degrees there. out in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, many locations in the low to mid-40s on this wednesday morning. over the last 12 hours the last of the rain exiting. we've had a front come on through. a few sprinkles with an upper level disturbance. now the wider view showing that we have a large area of high pressure that will be moving in from the tennessee valley will be tracking right over the top of us, drying things out as we get into tomorrow.

down into the 40s west and north of washington. near 50 in washington and prince george's. arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. down into the 40s now from yesterday's 80s. it's beginning to drop in southern maryland. lower eastern shore, the front is just now coming through there. those temperatures will continue to drop as well. there's the cloudy sky and the light rain falling over jefferson memorial. sunrise, 6:07. occasional showers early afternoon. wind gusting to 25 miles per hour. highs today near 60. midafternoon. by then we'll be drying out. gusty northwest wind overnight tonight. by dawn tomorrow as we clear out, into the low 40s tomorrow morning. sunny thursday, upper 60s. a blustery wind. partly cloudy friday. might get an afternoon shower. right now for mothers day, sunday, might get a passing shower. jerry, how's traffic? >>> could be a tough commute approaching the intersection. roads might be a little slick headed through northeast, new york avenue, kennel worth, rhode island avenue. good news it's just the weather. we haven't had any accidents to report

more people heading toward washington, d.c. together at the white house and pentagon throughout the day. >> our time 5:39. we'll take you live to new york city where a huge crowd gathered at ground zero should and we'll take a look at your monday - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>> good morning. i'm tom kierein. cloudy sky over washington. live picture from the city camera. temperatures now in the 50s. we'll stay in the 50s throughout much of the morning. hit the 60s this afternoon, maybe a little sun breaking out. slight chance of an isolated shower. then overnight tonight, cloudy and cool. small chance of a sprinkle. near

i was in washington not to landau somebody brought up the point* what does washington make? hollywood is known for movies to try it was known for cars silicon valley known for microchips orlando is known for disney world what does d.c. make? >> influence in giving away taxpayer dollars. the other reason they have you get out of town is to get back to hang out with your peeps. you hang out with average people so you know, how much a gallon of milk cost and what a home mortgages like. so you see them every day and know the problems but not until you see the exorbitance salaries been to buy a chauffeurs flying on private planes going to the finest dinner parties it cannot we too bad out there. excuse me? i don't mean the in a cloistered town meeting for your followers, an open meeting where people can shut you down see how many like you then? it would we totally opposed to what we have today. >> talk about national security, at the time would one say the loyalist is a threat to our national security? but infiltrated in the administration but today, that infiltration, it is jiha

arche washington d.c. . economic weapons are being directed at syria's president over claims of human rights abuses in a violent crackdowns against anti-government protesters the measures include an asset freeze on preventing americans from dealing with european union also agreed to tell you it's too raising fears that the next step could be military action is something russia strongly opposes citing the libyan scenario was a failure nato has heard anders fogh rasmussen said that the operation there will continue until the gadhafi regime falls but russian president dmitri medvedev believes a ceasefire is the only condition for pink's split. i believe that despite the fact we still have problems us two ways to resolve the existing deadlock i mean the situation in libya which i believe can be settled only peaceful week through the renunciation of the use of military force by bush signs. middle east expert so the impact of any sanctions is likely the words tony galli told r.t. that hitting the syrian leadership

many of them want to stay away from washington where the taxes and regulation get made, and i gather when i was reading the book that was sidney weinberg essentially started that tradition he took an intense interest in political affairs. it seemed he was also tended to be more of the democratic and republican also we worked with as you mentioned with eisenhower and other republicans. >> guest: after a while they became sort of ecumenical. if there's a chance to be closer to the president, he didn't really care what political party the president had and he advised every president from roosevelt, whom he had known when he was governor of new york to johnson until sidney weinberg dhaka, but there's a couple things going on. first of all, wall street executives, once -- that is one of the nine sort of reasons i like the title of the book is because once people on wall street have money than they tend to want power and there has been a long tradition of wall street executives going to washington and not just goldman sachs so people with names like to the lan and bush have been going from

byron, washington -- you are on the "washington journal." caller: this is a set up. we will be invading pakistan next. anyone following this knows that bin laden has been dead since 2001. the picture you keep showing us, that is his double. there is a big difference to twin the picture they are showing of bin laden and the bin laden of 2000. he died in the later part of 2001. host: how do you suppose that the u.s. administration and anyone they had to work with could keep a secret like that for 10 years? caller: this is part of the bush plan. everything that obama is doing is a continuation of the bush administration. they are planning more wars. host: albert, a democratic line, your thoughts on the future of u.s. pakistan relations? caller: the house knew something about this thing. i know what the senators knew it. it was the same thing that obama had known. republicans calling and talking about taking him alive? you know how many people had to juggle to take him alive? hijacked, chopped off, hostages and all that. i cannot believe he was soaking. the press keep pu

washington d.c. . trucks t. shirts billboards signs on the buses and on the metro those who believe the referee is coming have to advertise it but house of those of us who aren't necessarily rapture believers look at this entire spectacle too i mean discuss this is david silverman he's the president of american atheists david thanks so much for joining us tonight so i have to know as an atheist how do you look at these end of the world theories. well there all those things and we're getting kind of tired of them this is the or the brash rejection and we're all in nineteen ninety nine this is going to change that we really didn't actually hurting people we're about because the people some are all being hurt because they believe their creature without thinking very much they looked and they were so desperate for the end times that happened because. whatever cycle going on in their head that they actually had given up their lives their dignity and all their money for our campaign and tomorrow they're going to have

for years and on his latest visit to washington he didn't fail to show how devoted he is to american values we. really believe and we really aspire that our message will get across to the american public that we are really here to join hands to build a democratic a dream and the libyan soil and washington they join hands with those seeking to replace gadhafi and take over power in libya to help prop them up the u.s. pledged to funnel billions of dollars of conduct its pros and assets to the transitional council i am currently drafting legislation at the request of the state department and the administration that will authorize the trans for of available cash assets to the council for the support from washington comes not only in money and tomahawk missiles but also in military command one of the commanders of the lead in rebel r.t. is gen calif i have to her a long time khadafi to factor he leave you know washington suburb for the last twenty years just minutes away from cia headquarters although any intelligence connections have never been officially confirmed at the moment we have

for years and on his latest visit to washington he didn't fail to show how devoted he is to american values we. really believe and we really aspire that our message will get across to the american public that we are really here to join hands to build a democratic a dream and the libyan soil and washington they join hands with those seeking to replace khadafi and take over power in libya to help prop them up the u.s. pledged to funnel billions of dollars of could up its frozen assets to the transitional council i am currently drafting legislation at the request of the state department and the administration that will authorize the transfer of available cash assets to the council but the support from washington comes not only in money and tomahawk missiles but also in military command one of the commanders of the lead in rebel r.t. is gen calif i have to her a long time gadhafi to factor he leave you know washington suburb for the last twenty years just minutes away from cia headquarters although any intelligence connections have never been officially confirmed at the moment we have ci

tonight on "washington week." the 2012 campaign gets off to a stuttering, stumbling start. >> i don't think right wing social engineering is anymore desirable than left wing social engineering. >> but -- gwen: leading presidential hopefuls on the defensive. the leading g.o.p. candidates spent more time apologizing than campaigning. while another chose to defend rather than apologize in this case because of his work for a president he now seeks to defeat. >> i worked for the president of the united states and during a time of war, during a time of economic difficulty for our country. if i'm asked by my president to serve, i'll stand up and do it. gwen: meanwhile democrats aim their outside big money at the early frontrunner. >> with m.i.t. romney, you have to wonder, which page is he on today? gwen: but romney has raised $10 million in sing ale day. on the foreign policy front, the president's middle east speech revives the israeli-palestinian dispute. >> only piece -- peace that en will -- that will endure is one