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service is in the hot seat as mismanagement and misuse of funds continue to plague the organization. congressman john mika, chairman on transportation and infrastructure called another congressional hearing inside of an empty federal building. this time the meeting was held here in georgetown at the georgetown heating plant, which is again vacant and hasnt operated for more than a decade. its expected to cost $3.5 million in operating expenses. the committee has previously held two hea...

a pool of -- a jury is finally exceeded in the trial who are now 20 years old. back in late may of 2009, the then-17-rote set a pit bull on fire. phoenix would die several days later. the twins were put on trial but a jury could not reach a verdict and a mistrial was declared. in opening statements, prosecuting attorneys explained the evidence in the case would prove that the brothers set phoenix on fire. this evidence would include video surveillance showing them running from the crim...

and rolling in the bleep. is the superstar singer getting ready to say i do to someone like him? swooping down into times square this morning. good morning, everyone. we have a lot to get to. a crucial few days in politics. a speech where rick santorum said satan had his sights set on the u.s. and chris christie joins us. >> inside a bizarre love triangle on trial. man accused of gunning down a woman outside a day care sent her said he was vn an affair with. >> a strange one. youre...

help for the middle class through mortgage and student loan relief and jobs. >> tonight, my message to business leaders is simple, ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. >> the president urged more investments and incentives for manufacturing and the energy sectors, urging congress to support his agenda. >> i intend to fight obstruction with action and i will oppose any effort to return to the ve...

and whose remains were interred here. more than 30 lighthouses still stand in the chesapeake. some retired as relics of a past age. others still shine forth as important aids to navigation. perhaps most emblematic of them all, undoubtedly the most photographed, thomas point lighthouse warns ships of a sandbar extending out from shore near the sailing mecca of annapolis. brave thomas point light somehow survived the assault of 23 foot waves crashing upon it from tropical storm agnes in ...

as it pushes itself through. 66 right now in baltimore. that is warmer than we were yesterday. 75 right now in easton. that warm air will be fueled for more storms, heavy downpours is a slight risk of severe weather. the difference, besides the tem, will be fact that some of those rain bands will come with some thunder and lightning and extensive downpours which could lead to more of that flash flooding. flash flood watch goes until midnight. justin, thanks so much. if you are curiou...

lowest priority. >> patients will be the key. it is 8:00 now, so weve seen the worst of it. were still seeing another aspect of it, another band coming through. us go to the weather center. >> we have everything going on here. weve got wireless, laptop, we have that keep going up. the forecast on the facebook. we just sent out eight weeks. and you would 53 has comment. it is still a hurricane, irene is still a hurricane right now. it is 40 mouse southwest of new york city. it will rema...

night, the water has gone over the dunes and onto this roadway we are walking on. obviously that is a concern for flooding in this area. it will come over the dunes as the storm gets closer to our area. sand is blowing over from the beach. for folks who decided to stay here, emergency personnel said they would take all of the people off of the street when the twins got to 50 miles per hour sustained. we are at that point. we have not seen any police officers, firefighters, or emergency...

negotiations going on on capitol hill to try to avoid a government default. a scenario that could cost millions of americans their jobs and send this country plummeting into another recession. first, though, the deadly heat wave that has settled over so much of the country has brought record temperatures to our area. meteorologist chuck bell joins us with the details on that. and i know you posted on facebook that you were running this time yesterday morning. >> yes. almost this exact ...

was also hurt. all three were taken to the hospital. were still work to go bring you their conditions. in the district, police are looking for the driver who hit a teen and took off. the 17-year-old victim was riding his bike on stanton road, alabama, at 11:00 last night hit. he suffered serious injuries but they are not elaborating on his condition. in this age of cell phone cameras and youtube its not unusual to see a brawl posted on an internet. but a fight that broke out in ada...