Downtown on pennsylvania avenue. D. C. Officials have privately said they would support moving the fbi to Prince Georges County, if the county would allow the redskins to move back to the district. Tom sherwood is here with new developments. Tom, whats the story . Doreen, d. C. , maryland and virginia all want the fbi headquarters. The redskins would be a new wrinkle. The fbi headquarters downtown has a hyper security focus. It creates a dead space along pennsylvania avenue, just blocks from the capitol. Now that the fbi is looking to move to a bigger and better space, Regional Business leaders say theres new hope the dead fbi block can be rebuilt with businesses, condos, retail and night life. This would be a very big shot in the arm to downtown washington, to better utilize that space. And god help us not that building. Not one of the it is the Ugliest Building in the city, and could be in the country. Reporter a regional battle has broken out between d. C. , maryland and virginia. P
Will decline. We want to balance the approach to help us get out of this. It will have a Significant Impact on Fairfax County if congress does nothing. Reporter in Fairfax County, peggy fox, 9news. The biggest expenditure for fairfax and other local counties is the school budget. Less money for the county will mean less money for schools. Weve dedicated our entire News Department to track this story and be ready with alerts on air and on the web. Every day were featuring of course that show how you will be affected should we go over that fiscal cliff. You can get alerts sent straight to your phone about all of our fiscal cliff notes by texting the cliff to 25543. More than 2 billion, that is the Staggering Amount of money spent on the president ial campaign according on Campaign Finance records. That includes nearly 86 million in fund raising by mitt romneys campaign in the final weeks of the election. A good portion was used on media ads. One of the senates most outspoken conservative
Grandfather. Even made a little joke. Another radio station. Nice to see him having a sense of humor about it. He was referring to a prank by two australian deejays in which they called kates hospital, disguising their voices, very badly we must say, as the queen herself and prince charles. They persuaded two nurses they were the real deal despite all of their wackiness in the process. They also received some personal information about kates treatment. Those deejays apologized, saying that they fully expected to be hung up on immediately and saying they only meant to wish kate well. Back to you. A student takes a gun to school in Montgomery County. News4s Keith Russell is at the live desk with the details. Pat, around 8 00 this morning, 17yearold student Octavio Estevez was seen in rockville. He wasnt supposed to be on the property today. He was asked to leave. Once he was refused, he was arrested for trespassing. A 22 caliber handgun was discovered in his backpack. No bullets found wi
This video. 2,000 for me would be paying a months rent. Reporter back in washington, more gridlock. Its up to the republicans to decide how long its going to take. The president actually isnt interested in a balanced agreement. Reporter with both sides stuck on tax hikes for the top 2 , economists wonder if lawmakers will reach a deal this year. Im skeptical, but i do think it can be done next year. Reporter warning a Congressional Committee they would just have a month to negotiate in 2013 before the economy falls apart. By midfebruary it will be doing a lot of damage. Reporter democrats called on lawmakers to continue an extension to jobless benefits expiring this year. Now theyre at risk of losing their last lifeline. Reporter 25 days left, no deal yet. Republicans have word they may be losing ground on the tax hike debate. The latest poll shows the majority of voters actually trust the president and democrats on the issue. Reporting live on capitol hill, im danielle lee, news4. The
State. What is it thats transformed and built the economy . Federal contracting. From 1980 through 2009 federal contracting in Northern Virginia increased from 1. 7 billion to 38. 5 billion, but theres worry the bottom could fall out. Government contractors stopped doing business in Fairfax County because it will be dramatically reduced. Reporter these two men were farther of the Board Meeting this week asking congress to hurry up and resolve the impending sequestration. If you make the kind of cuts that some suggest happen are then youre really hurting a lot of the Small Businesses and residents in Fairfax County who rely on federal contracts for their livelihood and ultimately that trickles down to and affects Fairfax County. Reporter Fairfax County pulled in 23 billion in federal contract money in 2009. Thats more than any county in the nation and 3 billion more than washington d. C. So what is it about Fairfax County that makes it so attractive . Dulles airport. The International A