that is the latest here in alexandria. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a tamers under arrest if a violent sexual assault in our area. this time, a 15-year-old is accused of an attack in fairfax. this happened over a week ago at an apartment complex in the greenbriar area. police say the victim was forced into her home and sexually assaulted by a suspect way weapon. she helped police create a composite sketch of the suspect an officers are crediting neighbors for their help passing it around the community. no word for the 15-year-old will be charged as an adult. >>> d.c. police say they are close to identifying someone involved in andality arer indication that killed a student. patrick casey ways veteran of the war in afghanistan. he was declared brain dead tuesday and his body taken to the medical examiner yesterday for an autopsy. police say much of what happened was caught on surveillance video but they are not willing to say exactly what happened until the investigation is finished. >>> we are learning new details about

alexandria police believe this white dodge care ran is linked to the case. it was taken at an atm in prince george's countiy around midnight last thursday. later, someone also tried to use his bank card at an atm on king street in alexandria. right before he vanished, witnesses say harris got a call on his cell phone and left in his car. his cell phone was later found on the wilson bridge. his family and friends call him a god-fearing man would would help anyone. >> if it is money, then call us. if it's jealousy or whatever, then what do you get out of it? i just can't imagine that someone would really want to hurt my husband. >> police are still looking for harris' car. it is described as a 1994 light blue toyota corolla with virginia tags xkg 8385. alexandria police at this point are not saying who that call came from when harris left the rec center right now. they just want to find the white dodge caravan and the people inside it. back to you. >> thank you. >>> now to the trifle grandmother accused of tossing her #-year-old granddaughter from a walkway at

looking good through oxon hill and down to the wilson bridge into alexandria. no problems northbound into new carrollton and college park. in my next report, we'll take a look at virginia at 4:56. mike and andrea? >> the state of virginia is withholding $20 million in transportation funding from fairfax county, arlington and alexandria and it is all over a seat on metro's board of directors. >>> the state secretary of transportation says that group hasn't signed a new transit contract, giving the state a seat on the board. but the northern virginia traffic commission says that could violate its terms with metro. if no compromise is made, the virginia railway express says it could run out of money at the end of october. >>> a heads up to drivers in virginia. starting today, the left exit from the inner loop of the beltway to i-66 west will close for good. that is exit 49c. the ramp is being shut down because of the new hot lanes. drivers who want to take 66 west will now have to use exit 49a. that's the one on the right. >>> the virginia town at the epicenter of

a -- on route 1 in alexandria after getting a tip she would be there. a spokesperson said it's not uncommon for her to slip out and run an errand. >> that's pretty cool. i wonder if anybody else recognized her. >> the woman at the checkout recognized her. >> could you imagine? >> no. they didn't get much warning either. >> you got to go in and do it. otherwise the crowd will swarm. she should can also next time. we love shopping at target. >>> here's what we're working on now for the news edge at 11:00. an attempt to block the repeal of the don't ask don't tell policy failed. >>> ahead tonight another teenager accused of a vie lint sexual crime, how neighbors -- a violent sexual crime, how neighbors came together to help catch the suspect coming up on the news edge. mmwaewia >>> the clock is ticking on the nba. players and owners are trying to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement. things are not going well. there is word the commissioner is thinking about throwing in the towel on the season and that would mean no wizards games, 41 homes game

that's the latest here in alexandria. back to you. >>> in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor, a bodyguard for the superstar says that dr. conrad murray told him to hide some drugs. alberto alvarez said that he was ordered to gather vials of medicine lying around the bed. murray supporters say he was just trying to prevent the world from seeing the king of pop's drug habit. >>> another big trial the world is watching, the italian case involving american amanda knox appealing a conviction that she killed her roommate. her defense attorney argued she is an innocent girl who was crucified by the media and wrongly convicted. the verdict in the appeals case is expected on monday. >>> joining us now with more on these cases is attorney keith waters with keith waters and associates. he is also a past president of the national bar association. thanks for coming n good to see you. let's talk about the michael jackson case first. this is an emotional case for because we all knew michael jackson. the circumstances of

alexandria and fairfax at 58. bethesda and damascus also at 58 degrees. day planner forecast, we'll hit a high today of 74 degrees. again, the sun coming up in about an hour, little more than an hour at 7:03. we start with sunshine. partly sunny by midday. and then breezy with more clouds by around 4:00 or 5:00 today. those clouds may give us a few very light showers, mainly east of i-95. around 11:00 p.m. to midnight. very light showers. and a chance tomorrow for passing light showers. i'll be talking about that more and the big weekend chill in just a couple of minutes. danella? >> good morning. >>> starting to slow down just a bit in our area, especially along 270, already heading out of urbanna, making your way towards clarksburg, going a little bit slow. passing clarksburg, it's not so bad. i'll give you a live look. volume is increasing at falls road, but you're still traveling at great speed as you make your way towards the spur. traveling at 395 at seminary road. i am seeing the traffic increase just a bit on 395. the good news is no delays, and i

le sigue el condado de prince george's con 12.5% y en virginia los no ciudadanos llegan a 16.6% en alexandria, 15.5% en fairfax 13% en arlington , ademas de otros condados . segun el director de casa de maryland el objetivo es revertir esta situacion.en el área metropolitana de washington, hay mas de medio millón de personas que están listos para hacerse ciudadanos y nosotros estamos en esa función de ayudar a la gente a hacerse ciudadano el impacto va ha ser extraordinario.existen varias razones para que muchos residentes legales que podrian optar por la ciudadania, no lo hacen.las personas que pueden hacerse ciudadanos tienen muchas dificultades el costo de la ciudadanía, el ingles, y estamos trabajando precisamente ene so.la poca informacion es otro de los factores.yo pienso que hay que hacerle mas fácil a las personas para que ellas puedan hacerse ciudadanas mandandoles una carta diciendoles cales va n a ser las preguntas.el no ser ciudadanos tiene un efecto politico pero tambien economico.si no son redientes no tienen la posibilidad de poderles dar el trabajo, entonces de ahi ya es

fema has just added alexandria to the list of jurisdictions approved for disaster relief. >>> lesli, the results is a month-long warrant sweep are out tonight. those findings. it appears to be a direct result of these tweets. the crime rate continues to drop here in prince george's county. today governor o'malley said he thinks one reason why is the clearance of a backlog of old warrants. law enforcement teamed up to target the most dangerous offenders. 39 officers were split into eight teams fanning out across the county. they tried to serve more than 400 warrants and locked up at least 818 offenders. >> that's a lot of work in the middle of the night by a lot of dedicated law enforcement people going out and knocking on the right doors in order to protect the public from repeat violent offenders it, we are preventing, most likely, that person engaging in future crime. >> reporter: violent crime is down 12% in the first nine months of 2011 in prince george's county, at its lowest rate since 1975 but still with a long way to go. the warrant initiative in part was paid for by a quarte

. >> estas dos mujeres son parte de los testimonios de supervivencia que se escuchan en casa alexandria. >> este lugar da la bienvenida a mujeres que estÁn pasando por situaciones de emergencia. >> un albergue al que univisiÓn tuvo en exclusiva el primer acceso que se permite a un canal de televisiÓn. >> en los Últimos aÑos,1 total de 170 mujeres y sus hijos hanconseguir que la ayuda necesaria. >> la esperanza que morena encontrÓ en casa alexandria es una de las 6:08 historias publicadas en este libro, que se darÁ a conocer la prÓxima semana. >> son historias muy motivadores para cada mujer que en este momento quizÁs está enfrentando una situaciÓn y no encuentra la ayuda necesaria. si hay ayuda y si se puede salir adelante. >> en otros temas, el papa benedicto xvi se reuniÓ hoy en alemania con cinco vÍctimas de abuso sexual por parte de sacerdotes. el pontÍfice expresÓ un profundo pesar por el sufrimiento causado a las vÍctimas y sus familias. vamos a chile porque violentos enfrentamientos entre estudiantes y la policÍa se repitieron hoy en la capital del paÍs. las aut

the same in alexandria, 75 degrees. oakland, maryland, 85 degrees. there were gusts of 32 miles an hour earlier today. cool air and breezy conditions on the way tonight and into tomorrow. cooler air will to the north and west of us, temperatures in the 60's. lexington park, maryland, 77 degrees. 51 degrees in detroit, a 43 in michigan. the dew point levels tumbling. drier air will stick around for of a few days and then a sunshine will make another appearance. we will not see a lot of it for the day tomorrow. more sunshine on sunday. pressure over the great lakes will eventually bring us increasing clouds and a chance of a few showers tomorrow. 20% to 30% chance. cooler temperatures with highs in the upper 50's to ow 60's. slight chance of showers tomorrow. clearing out a little on sunday with more sunshine and cool air. highs today 73-77. added clouds later this afternoon. temperatures tonight in the mid 40's in the suburbs low 50's's downtown. tomorrow, mostly cloudy, tens of showers, 57-62. . the extended outlook. the most beautiful weather in was

she was photographed recently at a target store in alexandria. some say tarjay. we're told the photographer who took the pictures had been tipped off. >>> coming up, anny and the forecast. >> j.c., turning out to be a fantastic friday. clouds moving in. we have some of the coldest air arriving for the season this weekend. i'll let you know how cold. here's a look at your allergy report where the mold is still high. your forecast coming up after the break. ÑÑÑ >>> the temperatures dropped! >> yeah, can you feel it? >> i can feel it. the drier air, the humidity is going down. this is giving us a little taste of what we're going to see this weekend. fall is here. and we're going to kick off october tomorrow with some very chilly temperatures in a lot of locations. today is actually pretty nice out there. the sun is shining. it does feel quite nice. here is a look at your day planner for this friday. sunny skies but we'll see some high level clouds come in. not worried about the rain for the day. late tonight maybe. temperatures will be in the mid- 70s by this aft

lenny harris, a longtime alexandria community activist, disappeared after leaving the recreation center on wednesday night. friends said he took a call from someone and then said he was going to meet someone. it's not known whether it was the caller, but he's not been seen or heard from since. his cell phone was found near the wilson bridge on thursday, but his car is still missing. alexandria mayor bill yule has known harris for decades. >> he's given of his time to make a difference in this community, particularly working for the underprivileged and the youth and young aduts. >> i think he's one of those guys with, if it ain't right, he'll make it right. he'll do whatever he can to touch his hands on it. >> police say they consider harris to be endangered, and they are investigating a possible threat against him. >>> today the trial for a fairfax woman accused of killing her granddaughter at tyson's corner will begin. carmela dela rosa is accused of killing angela last november by throwing her from a bridge that connects the mall with the parking garage. attorneys have questioned dela

had no advanced notice that first lady michelle obama would be coming to the target behind me here in alexandria, virginia. some of the employees say they didn't recognize her. she was described as undercover. they're surprised by all of this. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama blends in at the target store in alex andry yeah, virginia. >> i think it's great. >> we showed the photos to janine pratt saying the first lady is just like her. >> like regular people. >> reporter: she shopped 30 to 40 minutes wearing a baseball hat, sunglasses, a button down shirt and she pushed her own cart. secret service agents arrived a half hour before she arrived through the main entrance. >> why not? where else is there to get cat food and bras and bananas all in one place? >> target didn't issue a formal same, the company did tweet, quote, first lady michelle obama may be incognito, but there's no denying those signature target red carts. >> really her? >> yes, it is. >> that's terrific. >> a registered republican disagrees with the obama administration's economic policies. can we put shopping aside? >> it'

new clues in the disappearance of a community activist from alexandria. police released these surveillance photos of a person of interest linked to the disappearance. the man in this white dodge caravan used a credit card belonging to 53-year-old lenny harris. harris has been missing since september 21. the van was seen early on the morning of the 22nd in prince george's county. one hour before that, the man tried to use the card at an atm in alexandria. >>> the onion newspaper is famous for its very realistic take on fake news, but their latest stunt might have gone a bit too far. yesterday morning the onion tweeted out that armed congressmen were holding schoolchildren hostage. capitol police immediately responded, debunking the alarming news. the satirical news site posted footage of the hostage situation and continued to post fake updates throughout the day. capitol police said they understand the onion's satire, but this wasn't very funny. >>> facebook's recent changes are getting criticism everywhere. now the privacy groups asked the federal trade c

alexandria steele more that. moving faster but still slow. >> six, seven miles per hour, now up to seven miles per hour, the winds have gone up from last hour 50-mile-per-hour sustained winds to 60. expectations for it to be a tropical storm, not a hurricane. take a look at this. here's the gulf of mexico. tropical storm lee. here's the center of circulation. that expected to come onshore later tonight. already in new orleans about 3 1/2 inches of rain and we've begun to fight with this thing. take a look at something interesting. there's two swaths of heavy rain with this. one right here going to pound new orleans. that's where that 10 to 20 inches of rain is. also this other line. right here in the western area of western florida panhandle. you're getting a break, believe it or not, between these two, but still, that won't last for long. so there's the big picture. again its movement, north-northwest at 6 miles per hour, its winds 60 from 50. it's been sluggish, has been pretty disorganized. beginning to get it

tonight alexandria police are hoping some new photographs will help them find missing community activist lenny harris. harris disappeared last wednesday night and just hours later whomever was in that van tried to use his credit card at an atm in prince george's county. they also say the van is a white dodge caravan. no front tag. multiple people inside. and police are still trying to find out who this man is. they say he was trying to use harris's credit card at a king street atm at 1:00 a.m. last tuesday. >>> we heard the saying no such thing as a free lunch. apparently that goes for dinner too. >> it seems ward eight residents hoping for free turkeys are going to have to earn them. matt jablow explains. >> reporter: the turkey give away at the 8th ward is a tradition. if you needed a turkey, you got one. no questions asked. >> here you are. >> reporter: now that's about to change. >> we give a hand up, not a hand out? in order to get more residents involved in the community, this year councilman barry is requiring them to do two things. those with school age children have to attend ev

south of town, we're looking good through alexandria and oxon hill. more in my next report coming up at 6:18. back to you, mike. >>> well, before we take a break, here is another look at the question of the morning. >> what do you think is the number one trait we inherit from our parents? is it a, stubbornness. b, temper. or c, a sense of well-being. >> she thinks it is c but it is a. that's what she says. >> it is friday. log on to facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response and i still can't figure it out. >> the politically correct one is c. >> ok. we'll be right back. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. were you crying? >>> 6:24 on your friday morning.

. >>> by the first lady's trip to an alexandria target store is getting so much attention. >> if anybody can find him we now we is alive. an amazing story of survival. >> that is crazy, that is insane. >> see the new pictures of their discovery. >> the state of maryland has an unambiguous message for motorists tonight. put your phone down. >>> starting tomorrow, he will not be allowed to type court agreed -- or read texts behind the wheel. >> it did not address texting and now it does. it may be one of the most dangerous things that we do. watching people here on greenbelt road, there is a lot of people that had cell phones in their hands. he walks with a cane and day -- and a limp banks to a distracted driver. >> a young fellow was fooling around with his cell phone. >> maryland is closing a loophole in its hand free cell phone law. it is not a primary offense. if an officer seize your texting -- see your texting they can make a stop. >> i like it. people will be holding up traffic. it is dangerous. >> that was the consensus of those we spoke to today. we also had no problem getting bet

good through oxon hill and alexandria. now, your travel times on 95, southbound, you'll be ok leaving 216 to the beltway. no problems on the beltway. metro, vre and marc, everything is running on time. we'll take a look at maryland roads at 6:00. back to you guys. >> making news now at 5:49, rescuers have found a man alive nearly a week after his car plunged 200 feet off a cliff in southern california. the 67-year-old man's children found him while conducting their own search for the wreckage. fire officials say he survived by eating leaves and drinking water from a small stream. >>> today is the retirement ceremony for chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at fort myer in arlington. navy admiral mike mullen has served the post for four years. he's a 1968 graduate of the naval academy and previously commanded u.s.s. george washington carrier strike group. >>> maybe fish aren't as dumb as you think. marine biologists on the california coast have video proof that fish use tools. their footage shows the fish banging a rock ag

. >>> new information in the case of a missing alexandria man. police have released new surveillance photos of a car that may be involved in the case. the picture shows a white dodge caravan with no front tag and more than one person inside. it was taken while someone was trying to use lenny harris' credit card just hours after he disappeared. if you recognize this vehicle, call alexandria police. >>> for the third time in a month, a teenager is under arrest for a violent sexual assault here in our area. this time, a 15-year-old is accused of and tax in fairfax. this happened over a week ago at an apartment complex in the greenbriar area. police say the victim helped officers create a composite sketch of the suspect. they credit neighbors for passing it around leading to an arrest. no word for the 15-year-old will be charged as an adult. >>> prosecutors in the trial of dr. conrad murray hope to use a key witness today to help show that michael jackson's doctor delayed calling police on the day jackson died. yesterday, jackson's head bodyguard tol

. >>> the first lady took a trip to the target store on route 1 in alexandria. she found a baseball cap and sunglasses and picked up a few items. the white house says the first lady spent 30 or 40 minutes shopping and mrs. obama misses the normal stuff. >> just like us. i wonder how much she actually spent? you walk in for one thing and you look at your receipt. >> you get all sorts of things. >>> you might need your gloves. >> realy? >>> you might need in this weekend. tomorrow morning starting at 11:00, i hope you can join us. abbottabad beginning to our friday. the sun is just about to come up in 45 minutes 52 degrees at the airport -- 62 degrees at the airport. in oakland maryland, is 50 degrees and the wind gusts are at 32 miles per hour and 57 degrees in the district and alexandria is now 59 degrees. 59 in winchester. an area of low pressure that has been with us for about a week is finally beginning to move off toward the north and east. a cold front to the west of us will bring clouds later this afternoon. we're not looking for any rain. it should be a f

president barack obama right now at a high school in alexandria, virginia. he is there to also talk about the america invents act, new protections on patents, but he can't help but talk about his jobs bill and how he's getting a little bit of resistance on capitol hill already. let's listen in -- >> and let me give you an example of why this is relevant. we're surrounded today by outstanding teachers, men and women who prepare our young people to compete in a global economy. if congress passes this jobs bill, then we can get t this jobs bll will put unemployed construction workers back to work, rebuilding our schools and our roads and our bridges, and it will give tax credits to companies that hire our veterans, because if you serve our country, you shouldn't have to worry about finding a job when you get home. it connects the long-term unemployed to temporary work to keep their skills sharp while they're looking for a job, and it gives thousands of young people the hope of a job next summer, and it will cut taxes for every middle-class family and small busi

. >>> today vice president joe biden will be in alexandria to push president obama's jobs bill. in just a few minutes, the vp will help sell the $4700 billion bill which the obama administration argues would help keep first responders on the job. if passed, the jobs plan would provide billions -- a billion dollars to hire and hold on to public safety personnel, like firefighters and police officers. >>> and we are having not such a great day today but not so bad. you've got another round of rain. boy, that rain last night, that was unbelievable. >> and heavy rain. >> no more of that though, right? >> no. today will be a much calmer day. the risk was all stacked along yesterday and we had a lot of rain around last night. the rainfall is drying up. outside, at almost lunchtime, it's still a mostly cloudy day. light rain to be found on the radar. i'll show you that in just a second. the rainfall amounts are going to be very, very light for the remainder of your thursday. that is welcome news and some people won't even see another drop for the remainder of the day. right now, 74 deg

she strolled the aisles of target in alexandria, virginia. we know what she picked up and how she was spotted. michelle o'donnell has the details. >> mrs. obama said she likes to get out and do normal thing that is not part of in the white house. it turns out this alexandria, virginia shopping center was on the first lady's to do list. check this out. behind the dark glasses, tucked under the nike cap, one of the world's most famous women. yes, that is the first lady of the united states at target. >> when you have a photo of the first lady out of context, there is a wow factor. >> like whether mom but her egg was juggling two blackeries. her agents were blending in. she spent 40 minutes in the store apparently unnoticed by other shoppers. sources say she was recognized only by the cashier and a photographer from the associated press who worked sources to find out she was there. >> really the only way they can go out and shop is if it is incognito and on the fly and no one paying attention. >> aides say she likes to get out and run errands. s

it will stay this way for the remainder of the afternoon. 74 in alexandria and it feels like 78 degrees. the current temperature is 76 in silver spring. in the district, that is 76 degrees and winds are out of the south at 4-8 miles per hour. temperatures are holding in the mid to upper 70's. you can see where the cooler air is located, just to the west of us chicago 55 degrees, 64 in detroit. there is a ton of grain out there and moisture. the dew point levels are holding in the upper 60 possible the further west you go, the drier the air becomes. an area of low pressure continues to thin. this is the same area that has been with us since friday. that has locked in area of high pressure to the east. mostly cloudy skies on saturday and sunday and today we will see some sunshine later in the afternoon along with a chance for a few showers. the next 48 hours tuesday our better chance for showers and a few thunderstorms mainly late day and we will see these showers and storms west of d.c. for today highs in the upper 70's, about a 30% chance for a shower or two and nighttime lows fall into

she stopped by target in alexandria yesterday. it caught shoppers and employees by surprise. michelle obama was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses while picking up a few items. a photographer snapped pictures. the white house says the first lady mrs. normal stuff like running to the store. that's pretty neat. i was going to go to that started yesterday. >> you would have been shopping with the first lady. i love that she is keeping it real. it's just down the street on 1. we will do an investigation. >> but that is definitely a target store. >> we know that. >>> there's a cooldown on the way. you'll probably want a jacket for the weekend. and maybe wear hats because it can be breezy, especially at tased of bethesda -- taste of bethesda. on this friday morning 62 degrees with dew point levels in the upper 50's. 53 in frostburg, wind at 28 miles an hour. not as women in the district, 62 degrees downtown, 59 degrees in fairfax. -- not as windy in the district. there's a band of light showers beginning to move across western maryland. it's dry for us. expected to remain dry fo

obama signed the bill during a vision detroit a school in alexandria, virginia that specializes in science and technology. he also had a chance to see what the students were developing, including a wheelchair that responds to brain waves and other robotic devices. the bill will make sure that the patent office has the money to expedite the application process. >>> the man seen in this dramatic life or death rescue this week is now speaking out and answers the question, will he ever ride a motorcycle again? >>> if you are hoping for warm weather this weekend, you'll want to hear the bay area forecast next. >>> the french fries and fruit and nutrition. >> and from happy to healthy. the new changes coming to happy meals across the bay area. >>> one day after a deadly fire on a norwegian cruise ship, efforts are underway to keep it from cap sizing. salvage crews are busy pumping water from the ship. the ship is only tilting at 17 degrees. earlier today, it was at 21 degrees. the ship is still taking on water and it's not clear yet what started the original fire that killed two crew members and

a live look at alexandria, virginia. the president arriving at thomas jefferson high school for science technology. he'll be signing the america invents act that will reform the patent approval process to streamline for entrepreneurs. let's listen in. >> i am thrilled to be here at thomas jefferson high school for science and technology. and thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. i want to thank rebecca for the unbelievable introduction. give rebecca a big hand. [ applause ] in addition to rebecca on stage we have some very important people. first of all, before we do, i want to thank your wonderful principal, dr. evan glazer. right here. stand up, evan. [ applause ] the people who are responsible for making some great progress on reforming our patent laws today. senator patrick leahy of vermont. [ applause ] and lamar smith, republican from texas. [ applause ] we have representative bob goodlet, representative jim moran, representative melvin watt. they're all here. [ applause ] becky blank our acting secretary of

. >>> new clues in the disappearance of a missing man from alexandria. police released these surveillance photos of a person of interest linked to the disappearance. the man in the white dodge caravan used a credit card that belonged to 53-year-old lenny harris. harris disappeared september 21st. the van was seen the next morning in prince george's county one hour before the man in the van tried to use the card at an atm in alexandria. >>> a man accused of impersonating nfl quarterback vince young could soon be extradited to texas. authorities in texas are trying to decide if stefan pittman violated his probation in connection with a sexual assault charge in 2009. pittman was charged with first degree felony fraud when he swindled thousands of dollars from a woman who thought he was actually the philadelphia eagles quarterback. if texas does not extradite pittman, he faces a hearing next wednesday in d.c. superior court. >>> want a new pet? it will be cheaper to adopt a dog in prince george's county next month. the county is lowering adoption fees to cel

no. 2, will help alexandria recover from hurricane irene. the county is among 48 counties in virginia eligible to receive federal aid. only local governments and some nonprofit groups are eligible to use the federal funds to pape for emergency services and repairs. -- pay for emergency services and reap pairs. known 1, d.c.'s cherry blossom fest -- no. 1, d.c.'s chirp blossom festival always a hit. next -- cherry blossom festival always a hit and will expand to five weeks next we're. first lady michelle obama will serve -- next year. first lady michelle obama will serve as the chair. >> it's spring-like, but falllike. >> it's been all over the place but not as fall-like as we would like it to be, but it's about to begin. it's a typical september night with temperatures in the 50s. here's what's a typical, we're not chasing showers on doppler radar. tonight is clear and really very refreshing and comfortable and it was so wonderful to see that sunshine today, but i think most of us will agree it's terrific to chase the humid tip out of town a

she spent about 30 minutes in the store in sal alexandria, virginia. the only person who recognized her was the cashier who rang her up. >>> keeping your kids safe on the baseball diamond. the high-tech helmet that is getting tested right here in the bay area. >> his backpack was stolen. sorry. >> a blind teenager robbed of a valuable tool. the critical piece of equipment he needs to learn and why it's probably worthless to a thief. >>> and some worried wineries in napa tonight. the threat they see coming to the crop this week and the crush to get the grapes off the vines. >>> and from napa to san jose where we have the spirit of japan festival this weekend. if you have weekend outdoor plans, you have to stay tuned. the seven-day forecast as eyewitness news continues. afghanistan. 21 year old specia >>> a soldier from napa county has been killed in afghanistan. 21-year-old specialist of american canyon was on patrol monday when he was wounded in a roadside bombing. he died a short time later. this was his first deployment to the war zone. >>> protectin

you talked a bit about alexandria, virginia, and charlotte, income mnorth caroli. you not only have teachers and parents, but you also have the business community helping. >> and there's a very important role for the business community to play. what we have to -- and what the 100 best communities show is that it's a matter of all of us coming together in a community. it's not just one entity. it's not just the schools. it takes everybody, churches, businesses, parents, civic organizations, all working together and coming together around a common cause. just last week, i was down in a very rural community. it isn't one of the 100 best because they didn't even know we had the competition. but they initiated their promise ten years ago, and they invited me back to see what they have done. everybody in that community works together for the future of the children there. and it was so heartwarming in this little rural community to see the sheriff and his men who have a part in this, the l librari librarians, the boys and girls clubs, the 4h group, the day-care center, al

he did a lot to help prepare not only arlington and alexandria but the entire region for terrorist attacks and a lot of what happened or what will this do to people i cared and the others i mentioned you prepared to reach in with planning and contingency. glad to have him here. thanks for all your help at the boat. [applause] >> i'm going to talk about another part of the story that i thought really intrigued me and if someone would interrupt us with some intelligence questions, we'll stop reading from her book. there was such a conflict between the different missions people had at the pentagon. you had firefighters who were there to put out a fire. this is a crime scene and effectively a war zone and also the nation's military headquarters. firefighters try to put up the biggest fire any of them had never seen. the fbi is there to collect evidence and try to keep this all in pristine condition while firefighters are just chomping over parts of the airplane and driving over it with fire trucks. and then you have inside the pentagon most of the pentagon had evacuated, but you have the war p

you're in the checkout line at the target, in this case today in alexandria, virginia. that would be the first lady in the checkout lane in the target. the white house politely told us tonight they routinely don't comment on the private lives of first families but they also added the first lady sneaks out from time to time to do all sorts of things, as people like to do. >>> not far away in d.c. today this was going on. the rappelling team inspecting every inch of the washington monument for earthquake damage. they were back at it 500 feet above the ground. they removed big chunks of loose stone which could have caused big problems if it fell. all of this from that earthquake. katie francis who is part of what they call the difficult access rappelling team was savoring the moment. >> it's a fun part of the job. we want to make sure we get an accurate record of how the monument is doing. i was shocked to hear that they used this as a means of access and they asked me if i would be interested. i said, absolutely, i would love to be involved in the team that does that kind

one study, in alexandria, has shown how much could be saved. >>abu-zeid: we are looking at least 20% in the current demand this could be achievable at the current assessments that we are working on. >>reporter: yet despite all its conservation efforts the country will still need to find more water. one route is desalination - which already plays a role. >>abu-zeid: if you look at the tourism sector in egypt in south sinai, the red sea resorts all of these are actually using desalination for their main water supply >>reporter: ten more desalination plants are planned and the hope is that desalinated water will eventually provide ten per cent of the country's needs. yet another problem egypt needs to address though is the demands from the other up stream countries in the nile basin for a greater share of the river's water - all of whom reject treaties putin place by the british - which give egypt and sudan full rights over all the nile's water. >>blair: egypt had used rather bellicose language when the upstream countries started the discussions a

> given that this is a multi jurisdictional area, chances are you probably want to communicate with alexandria or washington, d.c. or fairfax. were you able to do that as well? >> absolutely. we have a phone system called the washington area warning alert system. it is a secure system where you basically patella on and it -- it basically pick up a telephone and you can speak to all the national been jurisdictions including the federal government. so we do that. we have automated systems. we have a web based program that we used to enter data and make resources requests. so we do have other methods other than typical telephones. we also have ham radio operators. if everything goes down, i have these great amateur radio folks to come in an exercise all the time. they love doing what they do, and we just love having them. >> given all those different systems, why is a d-block dedicated to public safety necessary? >> that is the hard primary system, and i think we need it for our use. the other systems of talking about are really support systems, if you will. we don't want to have to depend on ham

. >> first lady spent about half an hour browing through the alexandria, virginia, store unnoticed until a photographer snapped these photos as she checked out. the white house called it a routine error. mrs. obama mentioned how she actually liked target before she moved into the white house. the difference now, secret service had to scope out the store first. >> i'm dieing to know what the first lady picked up at target. what's in those bags? >> we still don't know. good to see people that high up doing normal, human, everyday folk things. >> must have been a big relief for her to get out. >>> for any of you who might be skeptical about reincarnation, we have pictures that may convert you. >> look at this old photo from the civil war days. does that face look familiar to you? we think it looks a lot like nicolas cage. now, check this one out. ding, ding, ding. it is the spitting image of john travolta. isn't that amazing? >> if you're thinking photo shops our colleagues at abcnews.com talked to an expert who insist the old photos are, in fact, authentic. >> i guess certain facial featur

she was spotted at a target in alexandria, virginia, and the white house won't say what she had in the bags. but they did say it's not uncommon for her to slip out, run an errand, eat at a local restaurant and otherwise enjoy city outside the white house gates. >>> and coming up, the science of losing your confidence, big time. what really happened to the red sox? could it happen to any of us? i habe a cohd. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! from centrum. omega-3s go beyond heart health. probiotics go beyond digestive balance. and fruit & veggie has antioxidant properties. new pronutrients from centrum. help make nutrition possible. with listerine® total care. its multi-action formula works to restore enamel, help prevent cavities, and kill bad breath germs for a whole mouth clean. whooo... [ male announcer ] listerine® total care. the m

nbc's kelly o'donnell is in alexandria, virginia, with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. there is obama has said she likes to do normal things that aren't a part of her white house life, but those trips have been pretty much a secret until now. it turns out the first lady's to do list included this virginia shopping center. check this out. behind those dark glasses, tucked under that nike cap, one of the world's most famous women. yes that is the first lady of the united states at target. >> when you have a photo of the first lady out of context there's a bit of a wow factor. >> reporter: like any mom except her aide was juggling not one but two blackberries. secret service agents were blended down in casual clothes. she spent 40 minutes in the store unnoticed by other shoppers. sources say she was recognized only by the cashier and a photographer from the associated press who worked sources to find out she was there and really the only way they can go out and shop is if it is in cognito, on the fly, with no one paying att

sunglasses, is the first lady of the united states, michelle obama, shopping today at target- - the one in alexandria, virginia. she spent about half an hour in the store pushing her own cart, but apparently the only person who recognized her was the cashier. we don't know why, but we just can't get enough of those pictures of another fixture on the washington scene: the washington monument. today we got a view from the top. 550 feet above the ground, four engineers are using ropes and harnesses to explore every stone. last month's earthquake opened numerous cracks on the inside and the outside, but the park service tells us that the monument remains structurally sound. his company has never laid off a worker. what the c.e.o. of jetblue says it will take to get companies to start hiring again. that's next. and with it comes some aches and pains and one way to relieve them all is to go right to the advil®. i have become increasingly amazed at regis's endurance. it's scary sometimes what he accomplishes in a day. well i'd rather not have time for pain but unfortunately it does comes your way every now

sunglasses is the first lady of the united states, michelle obama shopping today at target, the one in alexandria, virginia. she spent about half an hour in the store pushing her own cart but apparently the only person who recognized her was the cashier. we don't know why but we just can't get enough of those pictures of another fixture on the washington scene: the washington monument. today we got a view from the top 550 feet above the ground. four engineers are using ropes and harnesses to explore every stone. last month's earthquake opened numerous cracks on the inside and the outside, but the park service tells us that the monument remains structurally sound. his company has never laid off a worker. what the c.e.o. of jetblue says it will take to get companies to start hiring again. that's next. and with it comes some aches and pains and one way to relieve them all is to go right to the advil®. i have become increasingly amazed at regis's endurance. it's scary sometimes what he accomplishes in a day. well i'd rather not have time for pain but unfortunately it does comes your way every now an

plight given that this is a multi jurisdictional area, chances are you probably want to communicate with alexandria or washington, d.c. or fairfax. were you able to do that as well? >> absolutely. we have a phone system called the washington area alert system so we can communicate with each other and it's a secure system where you basically take up a telephone and you can speak over the net to all the capital jurisdictions including the federal government infected sexually hosted by the federal government so we do that. we have automated systems and a web based program that we use to enter data and the resource request for the practitioners out there so we do have other methods other than the typical telephones. we also have the radio operators and the base stations at every fire house as well as the office of emergency management so if everything goes down i have these great radio folks that, and they do stuff and the drill and exercise all the time and they love doing what they do and we just love having them. >> given the different systems what is the d block dedicated to the public safety? >> i

given that this is a multijurisdictional area, chances are you probably wanted to communicate with alexandria or washington, d.c. or fairfax. were you able to do that as well? >> guest: absolutely, absolutely. we have a phone system called the washington area warning alert system. so we can communicate with each other, and it's a secure system where you, basically, pick up telephone, and you can speak over the net to all the national capital region jurisdictions including the federal government. in fact, it's actually hosted by the federal government. so we do that. we have automated systems. we have a web-based program that we use to enter data and to make resource requests, it's called web eoc for the practitioners out there. so we do have other methods other than the typical telephones. we also have ham radio operators. we have base stations in the every arlington firehouse as well as my office at the office of emergency management, so if everything goes down, i've got these great amateur radio folks that come in, they staff, they drill, they exercise all the time, and they love doing what

director, national community anti-drug coalition institute, community anti-drug coalitions of america, alexandria, va; jordan burnham, mental health advocate, active minds inc., washington, dc; dr. wendy greene, assistant director of trauma and critical care and program developer, screening, brief interventions and referral to treatment program, howard university hospital, washington, dc. fran, what is the definition of behavioral health, and how do we distinguish between prevention, early intervention, and treatment within that definition? the definition for behavioral health for samhsa is we are taking the substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment programs, and we are encasing it within the disorder realm. so substance abuse, prevention, intervention, and treatment are exactly the same, same levels, and so is mental health. we are finding that mental health properties for prevention, especially, are very similar to the properties of substance abuse, and treatment is different in one respect, but the intervention to get people into treatment is very similar. it is

at the time of 9/11 he was the chief of alexandria farted.com since retired. people like you many others mentioned to prepare the region planning and contingency. so glad to hear. thanks for all your help with the book. [applause] >> i'm going to talk about one other part of the story that i thought was just really intrigue me. if someone would interrupt us with some intelligent questions we will stop reading from our book. there was such a conflict between the different missions people have and the pentagon. your firefighters who were there to put out a fire. this is also a crime scene and the war zone. it's also the nation's military had courted. tigers are trying to put out the biggest to any of them had ever seen that the fbi is there to collect evidence in trying to keep us all in pristine condition while firefighters are just dropping over parts of the airplane and driving over with fire trucks. vignette inside the pentagon most of the pentagon had evacuated but you had the war planners and operational people in the national military command center who j