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

in new york, new jersey, washington d.c. and los angeles if you're traveling to one of those areas you can expect to see a very noticeably increased security presence over there. for now live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. we're following breaking news this morning. let's listen in as secretary of state hillary clinton makes her formal announcement. >> voids they left, but i hope their families can now find some comfort in the fact that justice has been served. second, i want to join the president in honoring the courage and commitment of the brave men and women who serve our country and have worked tirelessly and relentlessly for more than a decade to track down and bring osama bin laden, this terrorist, to justice. from our troops and our intelligence experts to our diplomats and our law enforcement officials, this has been a broad deep very impressive effort. here at the state department we have worked to forge a worldwide anti-terror network. we have drawn together the effort and ener

ok artie's from washington d.c. thank you for that for now. and start we have live pictures now here on the scene of washington d.c. we can see thousands of people gathering there near the white house in celebration of the news today that some of bin laden has been killed is a spontaneous gatherings of people near washington d.c. . u.s. is facing accusations of policies used in afghanistan and 1980's helping to train and. another in libya while the pianist state t.v. has shown the bodies of the song and three grandchildren. were killed in a nato airstrike the deaths have sparked a wave of. the country. storming foreign embassies in the capital. british and an embassy suffered considerable damage right. from its mission in that it was also attacked fell. on the town of the based center for a search on google isolation thanks nato has ignored the rule of law. they brought balls and missiles and the evidence suggests that apartment buildings in tripoli have been targeted hospitals have been targeted can only have. rather conspicuous. people act o

this july an annual event is going to take place here in washington d.c. the christians a united for israel conference it's being billed as the premier pro israel event of the year side of course from a pac now on their website they claim to bring together the most influential leaders and thinkers to discuss recent developments in israel the middle east and washington d.c. then they go to congress to share their support for israel directly with elected officials who try to change the way the washington views the jewish state which i don't really think they need much help doing but anyway some of the headlines speakers of the july events are u.s. senator joe lieberman fox news host glenn beck and another man getting attention for appearing this year at the conference along with the likes of southerly lieberman is while he shot or at least that's the name he goes by converted from islam to christianity in one thousand nine hundred three and he's lived in the us since the one nine hundred seventy s. and he's got a pretty interesting story to tell and he's mak

let's look at the scene in washington d.c. as the demonstrations continue at one -- 1:30 eastern time. we will rejoin al jazeera. >> they have become less relevant not because they do not have the capacity to strike the ability to appeal to the public. i think it is ironic. you have somebody like that in trying to scare the public by saying that the ordinary people are nothing but terrorists tell you al al qaeda's name has been muddied in the arab world over the past through months. it comes at a time when they had lost a lot. they have to be watching the successes of people who would have opposed him. sure with a lot of frustration because he had failed to topple the same governments that ordinary peaceful people are succeeding at. in america, it is interesting this happened on brock obama's clock. george bush was disliked in arab and muslim countries. they do not have the same resentment toward this president. he has focused more on afghanistan and not iraq. frankly, the anchor with america was more over iraq and afghanistan

. >>> right now in washington d.c. a hearing is getting underway looking into high gas prices and tax incentives given to oil companies. coming up at 6:15 we're going to have a live report from washington d.c. you can see all the activity starting right now. democrats are saying it is time to stop subsidizing the oil companies while they make huge profits. >>> today the white house will unveil a new plan for cyber security across the country. sources say it will require industries to offer better protection to computers that run infrastructure including power plants and electric grid. now they say companies would also have to tell consumers when their personal information could be at risk after a cyber attack. and federal agencies would need to monitor their own computer networks more carefully. >>> time now 6:04. pg&e is writing checks. they're reimbursing cities and counties that responded to the san bruno pipeline disaster. eight people were killed, 38 homes were destroyed in last september's disaster. emergency res

cher will spend the entire week in washington, d.c. in frederick county, i'm jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> cher earned her masters degree from mcdaniels college in 1996. >>> if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check in with kristy breslin. hi, kristy. >> another hat in the ring, the field for mayor candidates rose. frank conaway declared his decision to warren. pat warren tells us the incumbent mayor gets a powerful endorsement. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake gets the endorsement of a major senator. >> i think she has leadership, know-how, dedication and integrity. >> reporter: frank conaway stands with his supporters before filing. >> i'm ready to g some of them -- go. some of them that are running are younger but i doubt as energetic. >> reporter: otis rolling said he's not surprised by the competition. >> you see a lot of people jumping in the race because they think the bar is low. they think i'm honest, so i can be mayor. it needs competency skim and -- skill and experience. >> repo

allison burns live in our washington d.c. newsroom with the latest briefings from the white house and pentagon. allison. >> reporter: dave, overnight we go an in depth break down from top white house officials. they say it has been a relentless operation to find and kill osama bin laden. here is a time line of how it all unfolded. in august of last year u.s. intelligence operatives identified the compound in pakistan. they believe houses osama bin laden's trusted courier. they soon learned bin laden himself might be there and notified president obama. by march president obama begins a series of very high level meetings to develop options to capture or kill bin laden. this past friday before he goes to see storm damage in alabama president obama authorizes the operation and on sunday around 3:30 eastern time a small team of elite u.s. forces raid the compound and kill bin laden. now this was some video of the attacks from pakistan tv that shows the sprawling property where bin laden was shot. it has been a pain staking intelli

." >> next, kate masur presents a history of washington, d.c., during reconstruction. through her book "an example for all the land." the author recounts the city's many organizations and public works that represented racial equality. the discussion is about an hour. >> good evening. thanks for inviting me to speak here tonight, and also i'd like to thank sabrina for doing such a great job making the arrangements for my visit. what i want to do tonight is talk somewhat briefly and kind of an overview way about what i tried to do in this book at that i wrote. i'm going to talk about it basically in terms of two threads. first, this book is designed to offer an updated history of washington, d.c., during the support and reconstruction that highlights the significance of the national capital or understanding reconstruction writ large. and second, the book makes an argument about the importance of the debate over the meaning of equality in a period after slave emancipation. i want to say something about my approach. i'm interested in the relationship between people and gov

live in washington, d.c. now back to you. >> thank you. >>> the news of bin laden's death spread quickly around the world. >> reporter: the scene from ground zero was incredible. it minutes it went from a hollowed ground to celebration. thousands of people packed the site of the world trade center to cheer bin laden's death. they chanted u.s.a. and sang the star spangled banner. >> it is bitter sweet. our friends or or family whatever we may have lost, they are still dead. however the person who is responsible for it is gone. >> reporter: the situation played out at the white house where people flocked after hearing the president's announce. many people brought flowers to ground zero today. >>> a new memorial at ground zero will be dedicated this september 11th. >>> similar celebrations played out across the country including at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. >> we all thought there would be an opportunity for justice and it came today! >> midshipmen erupted in cheer after getting the news of bin laden'

washington, d.c. are well south of there at that time. they were not yet over washington, d.c. >> it didn't veer from its course at all it was like a missile right into the side of the pentagon. >> and then a huge fireball pop, comes up in the air. there is all kinds of smoke coming out. i could feel the actual impact as the explosion, because the ground really shook. even though my windows were up in the car, i could feel the heat from the fireball. >> david asman,. >> jon, we are hearing another explosion has taken place at the pentagon. we have the heart of the financial district of america being attacked. now we understand that there is an explosion. there has been an explosion in the pentagon. >> i began to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. and i knew in my heart that was -- that aircraft. >> we just had an airplane crash at the american airlines plane heading east over the pike possibly toward the pentagon. >> high visible smoke coming from that area. high visible smoke. >> it was i

firms on the west coast and here in washington d.c. they are pro the tea party i don't see any women in the actual leadership well i think that's where you're wrong i don't think the koch brothers are funding the tea party or anybody else for that matter i have is thing to paycheck and i've been doing this since the beginning i think that dick armey has freedom works which is not the tea party movement but they do work collaboratively with tea party groups so tea parties are not funded by any particular republican group or. any particular you know brotherhood as such we are self funding and if tea party groups choose to work with those groups who can provide additional resources to help get our message out i don't see a problem with that bill we welcome funding if there's any out there for why would women work for a group. and not just the tea party but the more conservative agenda in general but you can look at the legislative record here trying to redefine rape as you know you have to prove that it was forcible. fighting equal pay fo

hundreds gathered in washington, d.c. right outside -- outside the white house as news the killings spread. among them a man who lost his son in a deadly terror attacks and he said he knew he had to be at the white house. >> i feel that finally some vindication has been done. there's a lot more to be done. we know that. and the threat is not over. we know that. but, at least this is a big step. i came up from woodbridge when i heard. it's to be here this is where it's to be here tonight. it's to bring my son with me so we could share the time together. >> as being see he brought a picture of his son with him so they could be together to share the moment. >>> we wanted your opinions and many of you have been sharing thoughts on wmar facebook fan page. michael writes my question is it an empty victory. was he it will still the leader or is there one else running the show. how much of a setback is this for the organization?>> and wade said proud american and marylander. i was in new jers i when it happened and i remember in

nosotros vamos a una breve pausa desde washington d.c. tenemos mucho que hablar esta mañana, vamos a preguntarle a un experto ¿por qué los precios de la gasolina continúan subiendo?. también, cómo podemos evitar nosotros ser víctimas de el fraude?. y en londres mónica noguera con la boda del siglo eso y más al regresar . ( ♪ música ) ( ♪ música ) >>>josé: continuando con enfoque desde washington d.c. uno tlde s crímenes que vemos más a menudo en nuestra comunidad el robo de nuestra identidad y el robo de tarjetas de crédito y de débito, para hablar de cómo nosotros podemos prevenir este robo, está con nosotros eduardo ejecutivo de la compañía visa concretamente del área de riesgo gracias eduardo >>> gracias josé >>>josé: vamos hablar exactamente qué pasa cuando nos roban la identidad? >>> josé hay criminales en el mundo para poder tomar la identidad de este consumidor y usarla para fraude o cargos fraudulentos o de otra manera para beneficiarse de una manera económica >>>josé: ¿cómo hacen eso, cómo lograr robar mi identidad? >>> lo pueden hacer de muc

steve kingston, our correspondent from washington, d.c., joins me now. and steve, we just saw some pictures from inside that mansion that bin laden was living in. what is the very latest information you're hearing? >> those pictures came from american television. they appear to show blood, u.s. media reports say that is a room in which osama bin laden was killed. they also appear to show computer hard drives that have been ripped apart. possibly by the americans. and what is being reported here by the bbc's partner, it abc news, is that the navy seals who apparently staged this operation apparently came face to face with bin laden in the compound, abc reports. a small team of american navy seals carrying out what is described as a surgical raid by senior administration officials , apparently did not know where in the three-story compound they were likely to find their target. they walked into a room and reportedly came face to face with osama bin laden, recognized him, ordered him to surrender, it is said. when he didn't surrender, they are said to have

more news of corruption in washington d.c. earlier this year the federal communications commission the f.c.c. approved the controversy will merge or between n.b.c. and as a merger that will have huge impact on the internet and the future of net neutrality now for months after the comcast merger was approved one of the f.c.c. commissioners meredith attwell baker a republican appointee will soon leave her post to become a lobbyist for you guessed it comcast that's right just months after giving comcast the golden keys to national media meredith baker is rewarded with a top job there. so is there any agency in washington d.c. that's not bought off by industry lobbyists should there be laws against this sort of revolving door policy joining me now to talk about this issue as dave's communications director of free press dot net dave welcome thanks tom pleasure to be here great great to great to be insured thanks for joining us first of all does this transition to shall we say. call into question the original decision that she voted

john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. operations are the day. my stature this is the kaiser report talk about your leading economic indicators as you know that according to a recent study the best looking and highest priced talkers are now in washington d.c. and no longer los angeles california that's to give you an idea of how the economy is going in the united states let's take a look at all of the money in washington d.c. states where everybody got max we have a financial war going on and i have all the evidence you need in my headlines today the central banks pump three trillion pounds into world economy so the world central banks have pumped three chilean pounds or five trillion dollars into the global financial system since the crisis the equivalent of eight percent of the world economy according to a new analysis by fathom consulting yes and how do they do that coping they pump it through the banking system

been here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. new web site with twenty four seven live stream news times what to do about the ongoing financial heart unlimited free high quality videos for download. stories you never saw mainstream news. so. the political. posts aren't. just stand. by guys welcome to shellings tell the obama show. we've heard what our guests have to say on the topic now i want to hear you just go on to the video on our twitter for part of the question that we post on you tube every monday and on first day of the show long responses please let your voice be. heard it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we go to pat robertson all right wing loony preacher has a habit of saying stupid comments on his t.v. show the seven hundred club apparently paris really tired of being called a bigot for all busy embarrassingly hateful rhetoric towards his law so i first want to play you a very short clip of how he began his little rant i was letting you know if you oppose muslims what is said well you're a bigot righ

it even has laura lester coming to you from here in washington d.c. and you're watching r t now provisions of the patriot act worth that to expire today but lo and behold at the eleventh hour last night congress voted overwhelmingly to extend them until two thousand and fifteen provisions that allow wiretapping without identifying who or what you're surveying and allow law enforcement to access any tangible thing during investigations also separately soon it will be required that your cell phone has a chip so the government can reach you directly via text message. and intel from osama bin laden's lair has lawmakers calling for an amtrak no ride list meanwhile homeland security is talking to you through p.s.a. is that wal-mart in all of this what is happening to privacy and individual liberties is the emphasis the respect of those being replaced by fear and more importance paid to the security of the collective society before we get into that first artie's marina portnoy is going to tell us what kind of presidential text messages you can expect to get

the asian american justice center from washington, d.c. the center for state and local government law. the chief justice earl warren institute. the consulate general of mexico. the quality federation. -- equality federation. the national center for lesbian rights. san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground. since coming into office in january of 2009, he has br

as ktvu's allison burns reports from our washington d.c. newsroom at issue whether smart phones are secretly keeping track of you. allison. >> reporter: pam, the companies are insisting they are not stalking their customers. but some senators here want an explanation about the amount of personal information google and apple collect through android phones and iphones. researchers revealed recently that the mobile devices could track users' locations and privacy groups are crying foul. >> our cell phones are becoming spy phones collecting information about everything we do, every purchase we make, every place we go in our lives. when that information is added to an ever increasing data base about consumer activity, our privacy's at risk. >> reporter: some members of congress say the information gathering makes kids especially vulnerable. i'll have more on that during my next update in about an hour. for now live in washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> later today the fcc will announce an emergency alert text message system

washington d.c. . may third one thousand nine hundred seventy one more than two hundred thousand protesters and veterans converge in the capital to demand an end to the war in vietnam the idea was to shut the city down because the war would stop and the only way to stop the war was to was to stop the government and that was the slogan of the demonstration and that was by putting their bodies on the road and blocking traffic at the back or was there with his camera rolling i mean what haste circle look like i'm a thirty nine hundred seventy one we're back in seventy one you know a lot of the people were staying around to answer you know actually i was living there off of new hampshire and st and so it was just a block or two to be here and they were just thousands of people that we just converged and then we would disappear back in for spaces and we knew the turf and we knew the alleyway so but the spite that i mean more than i think on that day more than thirteen thousand people were arrested it was th

well i'm starvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture this steam is running out on board the republican crazy train i'll tell you which state supreme courts are firing back against the republican governors by shooting down the radical agenda of congress extent of the patriot act just in the nick of time tonight but there was one man who gave it its all to protect our constitution rand paul even a broken clock is right twice a day and the lone star state is putting their boot down against intrusive act details behind a bill that could jail t.s.a. screeners. you need to know this the backlash against union busting republicans is in full swing that a federal judge in wisconsin struck down scott walker's anti-union bill that was passed in the dead of night with little notice of the public a judge ruled that the way the bill was passed violated the state's open meeting laws by not giving the proper twenty four hour notice for the public to review that bill in her ruling judge marion so he

this is his first trip to washington, d.c. since 2007 and his first public duty since his duty in england when prince william got marelied -- married. >>> still ahead -- an attempted carjacking in vallejo. how the driver is doing for refusing -- forerefusing to give up his car. >>> and suffering from asthma. two main reasons that's baffling efforts. >>> good morning. we'll tell you more about morning commute straight ahead. >>> welcome back. new this morning, a -- 22-year- old man is in hospital after being shot while escaping from carjackers. it happened in vallejo on sterling street about 9:00 last name the victim said he pull over to make a phone call when two gunmen demanded that he give up his car. well he -- well, quickly pulled away but any opened fire on him. the driver was hit in the chest and eventually stopped at the corner of ascott and redwood parkways. a passerby spotted him crawling out of his car and called 9/11. >>> five workers have died. there's little hope for the men still missing after a mine explosion in

our that was new york and washington d.c. what do you think i mean our show we obviously osama bin ladin is enemy number one of the united states but is it cool to go out and run around and scream usa usa and be happy when someone dies i mean i don't want to be the old fart in the room you know saying them. to to be fair to those twenty one year olds among us they've lived through one of the crappiest decades in a long long time i mean it's just been this lousy depressing economy such an exception and this shadow was hung over everything and people their age they've known have gone off to war it's not been nice in a way they're blowing off steam but just on a personal level for me i get more euphoric when we see tens of millions of people get liberated from totalitarian tyranny rather than necessarily going to one guy getting a bill through that well if you think i mean let's say that maybe one day our war in iraq or our worn out and dad were to actually end are we going to see the same amount of people coming out on the stre

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

back on 9/11, the plane was hijacked and headed to washington, d.c. presumably to crash into the white house or the capitol building and the flight revolted and it crashed in an empty field in pennsylvania. we spoke with the husband of lauren grencolas on the plane and three months pregnant at the time, about whether or not he feels justice has been done. >> to some degree. obviously, they took care of the man who ultimately decided that innocent people should die. i know a lot of people say it is a symbolic gesture, because he was mitigated to what he could do in the last 10 years. but i hope it is also a symbol of hope, that this hatred that caused all this, will diminish. >> i think he is a hero. he stopped what could have been the pentagon or white house from being blown up. and more people need to step up when it is time. >> and that was mickey moran, she came down here from fremont. she actually met the spouse of one of the victims on the plane, and she felt the need to come down here and pay her respects. as far as doing that, we've seen people

good morning to all of my friends in washington, d.c. >>> a painful reminder of the courage of our men and women in uniform, the remains of seven u.s. military personnel killed overseas returned saturday to dover air force base in delaware. the fallen troops include sergeant christopher solesby, killed thursday in an attack in afghanistan and chief warrant officer christopher thibodeau, died in a helicopter crash thursday during combat. >>> it's tough for children of fallen service members to deal with their loss but the good grief camp organized by the nonprofit tragedy assistance program for survivors also called t.a.p.s. brings children in mourning together and tries to help them cope. here's our sandra endo. >> reporter: a game of balance for 11-year-old anthony balmer. >> here you get happiness and then sadness. >> reporter: a mix of emotions at this memorial weekend camp for kids of fallen service members. are you hoping to smile a lot at camp? >> yeah. i do every year. >> reporter: his father, ryan, was killed by a roadside bomb while serving in iraq in 2007, but at this good gr

kelly o'donnell is live in washington, d.c. what kinds of questions did the lawmakers have for the head of the cia today? >> reporter: they really have been a couple of big issues. people want to know about pakistan's involvement and we have been told that they have raised those questions. some members have said to us that they felt they had some satisfaction, that some new information was given, it is all classified. we can't share it. they didn't tell us. and a lot of this has been about talking about what the s.e.a.l.s actually did and what the operation from the intelligence community involved. and senators did give their perspectives on that, calling it a riveting story of what actually happened. and so i think what the situation room was like when this all occurred, they have tried to, in a verbal way, re-create that for members of congress to really answer their questions about the training, how the operation was conducted, and what was found at the location. that's the sense that we're getting. they did say they got som

when i came back to the states i want to washington d.c. to the white house or a caucus i'm an aide to mexico just say that i would not go back if we had not. when i arrived back stateside i was ordered to report into the middle health clinic and twenty and i'm told. the. psychologists looked at me and she said waddle deal with conscientious objectors and. just about lost it. for then to label me as a conscientious objector that's the ultimate slap in the face you call your conscience subject i just killed thirty plus individuals for you and you calling me a conscience no. stood up and i said. ma'am if you want to label me as a conscientious objector for not wanting to kill innocent civilians then i'll see you court. i went down a hard attorney. a man by the name of mr kerry meyers. and. mr mars was represented during the may lie trials. and. mr meyers in the marine corps came to a very discreet mutual understanding i was on it with this charge december thirty first of two thousand and three and here i am. when i came back i think that that

. >>> seattle and washington, d.c. were the only two major cities saw prices rise. >>> apple ceo steve jobs will take a break for a medical leave to deliver the keynote speech in san francisco. he received a standing ovation when he walked on stage back in march to unveil the new ipad. jobs went on medical earlier this year. he had a liver transplant two years ago. it will feature mac's software and the next version of iphone and ipad software. >> battles on the first day on the new rule on the golden gate bridge. pedestrians have to share the eastern sidewalk after crews closed the western one for seismic retrofitting projects. what are you are seeing? >> i saw two bicyclists nearly crash into each other. when i asked this question, can the experimented work for four months, the resounding answer is -- maybe. >> the golden gate bridge just got smaller today, smaller for tourists that walk across the span on the east sidewalk and smaller for cyclists that must join them while the west side undergoes a seismic upgrade.

at the beginning of two thousand and nine democrats want to work in washington d.c. with a mandate from the american people rocco bamma just won a landslide election for the presidency and progressive swept into congress with huge majorities in both the house and the sun and american people wanted change and bought what the democrats were selling health care reform energy reform and a new new deal but there was one group of democrats who didn't get the memo they call themselves the blue dogs coming from mostly conservative states the blue dogs made a calculated political maneuver to sabotage the progressive agenda in the hopes of winning reelection in two thousand and ten it wasn't about doing what's best for america it was about bringing in the corporate campaign contributions to be reelected in two years so just like the republicans the blue dogs opened their office doors to lobbyists from wall street health insurance industry and said how what would you like to me to do for you and from that point on most of the fifty two members of the blue dog krokus set out wat

capitol hill baptist church, washington, d.c., pastor, six years and cur dever. born palestine, 34 years of age, wife soran. two children. muslim. university of jordan. b.a., university of jordan, m.a. islam historic. hardford seminary m.a. karattive religions and muslim-christian relations. council on economic relations, washington, d.c. director of public relations. two years. national naval medical center, washington, muslim chaplain, three years and currently, georgetown university. muslim chaplain. one year and currently. yahya hendi. >> yahya hendi, imam, you are a muslim theologian, is that correct? >> i think so. >> how many years did you spend studying muslim theology? >> i would say about 15 years. >> how does the koran depict jesus? >> well, jesus is looked at as a prophet, as a messenger of god. there are 15 chapters in the koran out of 114 that talk about jesus christ. the total verse he is that mention christ in different ways are 93. he's seen as the born baby of mary, virgin birth. >> virgin birth. >> yes. >> in the desert? >> he was born in pales

i'm here in this neighborhood in georgetown in northwest washington d.c. and the houses look like this and the median income is nearly one hundred forty thousand dollars a year and you can call it or better really closely around this area i think there are a lot of them yeah yeah reston our current president might think we're filthy rich but you know i don't think we're absolutely consider myself middle class absolutely do you think this is a lower class neighborhood our neighborhood or a middle class neighborhood it's a middle class neighborhood to me we're right in the middle economists like gary burtless isn't surprised i can tell you what people thought about five years ago i think over eighty five percent of americans thought they were in the middle class for reasons. only found that americans believe the richest twenty percent only hold about fifty nine percent of the wealth the actual number eighty four percent but ideally they said the breakdown should be much more equal though clearly it's not america was a country that sort of stood stayed togeth

prices were up slightly in washington, d.c. and in seattle but they were down in the other large cities. foreclosures continue to drive down prices in most areas. well, ceo steve jobs of apple, he will take a break from his medical leave. he will deliver the keynote speech at next week's conference in san francisco. steve jobs went on medical leave in january but he's been involved in major company decisions. he also demonstrated the new ipad ii at a news conference in march. >>> four minutes after 8:00. the suspect in the bryan stow beating case is due in court for a parole hearing. 24-year-old giovanni ramirez still has not been formally charged in the attack two months ago outside the dodger stadium. authority says they are holding him on a parole violation to give them more time to gather evidence in the bryan so case. there is an important meeting in the stow case today. we'll have more on that coming up at 8:30. >>> it could be a bit crowded on the golden gate bridge today. but we're talking about the sidewalk, not on the

. >> next, kate masur presents a history of washington, d.c. during reconstruction in her book, "an example for all the land," and she recounts the works and racial inequality. the discussion is about an hour. [applause] >> good evening. thanks to tom for inviting me to speak here tonight, and also i'd like to thank sabrina for doing such a great job of making arrangements for my visit. i want to talk somewhat briefly in an overview way of what i try to do this in book that i wrote. i'm going to talk about it basically in terms of two threads. first, this book is designed to offer an updated look of washington, d.c. during the civil war and reconstruction that highlights the capitol for understanding construction at large. second, the book makes an argument about the importance of the debate over the meaning of equality in a period after slave emancipation. i want to say something about my approach. i'm interested in the relationship between people and government, policy, and the law. this isn't strictly social or political history. it's not le

and overnight in washington d.c. outside the white house as well. it also touched off a wave of worry about possible al qaeda retaliation in cities around the country, and they're on extra alert today. the president is in the east room of the white house now for a previously scheduled medal of honor ceremony. we're monitoring that room and will bring you his comments on bin laden. they are expected to top his briefing there in a moment. we know that the obama administration as reported last night, used dna testing along with other means to confirm that it was in fact osama bin laden. they do understand that the administration is now weighing on whether or not to release an image of bin laden dead. as you know, sit on his income as dr. -- after his death, he saw an image. zarqawi as well. that debate is going on. we will be checking in in a moment with our chief white house correspondent who has new information on that. but first, we turn to president obama, who is expected at the beginning of this medal of honor ceremony to once again address the de

photographs of his injuries were transmitted to washington d.c. for proof. also, u.s. officials say osama bin laden was far from alone in that compound. 23 children and 9 women were among those inside, they have been turned over to pakistani authorities. officials broke their silence. there for suspicions pakistani forces may have been sheltering osama bin laden. the president denies that claim and says their cooperation with the u.s. led to osama bin laden's elimination. at ground zero with the latest. >> reporter: the code used to inform white house officials that osama bin laden was killed early monday on a raid in his compound. >> i want to recognize the heroes that carried out this incredibly dangerous mission, as well as the professionals who made the mission possible. >>> the operation involved four helicopters and 2 dozen commandos on the ground, was praised even by president obama opponents monday. >> it's important we remain vigilant to protect the american people. this makes our engagement in places like afghanistan more important, not less. >> reporter: aft

. >>> more money from washington d.c. is heading to santa cruz county to help in tsunami recovery efforts. the labor department announced it has awarded santa cruz county millions of dollars to hire temporary workers to assist in clean up and repairs. the money will also provide badly needed jobs in a county with a 14% unemployment rate. the announcement came yesterday two months to the day after that destructive tsunami ripped through santa cruz harbor. >>> time now 5:03. pg&e is writing checks. they're reimbursing cities and counties who responded to the san bruno disaster. eight people were killed, 38 homes destroyed in last september's disaster. emergency responders rushed in from all over the bay area to help out. well, according to the examiner 60 applications have been filed by various cities and counties seeking more than $4 million in reimbursements. >>> less than an hour from now top executives from the five biggest oil companies are set to face some tough questions at a hearing on capitol hill. coming up at 5:1

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a live look to washington d.c., people gathered at the white house. a lot of excitement around the nation. >> reporter: i'm in san jose talking to people about the killing of osama bin laden the man behind the 9-11 attacks. what is your reaction? >> i thought it was interesting. interesting to hear he was killed, i wanted to hear what the reaction from the muslim world is going to be cured >> reporter: did you ever think this they would come? >> i had a feeling it would come, that feeling all along we were tracking him and knew where he was. >> reporter: are you worried there's a vacuum other people may assume his role in this cause more harm? >> that's why the reaction from the muslim world will be interesting to see. if there will be future attacks. >> reporter: so far have seen this, surprise regarded his death more reaction in the coming minutes. >> vicki: it was a surprise announcement, this is what the president said. there is no doubt al-qaida will pursue the attacks against us. we must and will remain vigilant off home and abroad. as we do, we