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his plan while the senate is taking a test vote on its $447 billion jobs bill. susan mcginnis is in washington with all the details on this. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the president has been on a crusade promising this will bring down unemployment by a full point. all that effort may not be enough to get it to pass this test vote. >> what do you want? >> more jobs. >> reporter: protesters stood along a crumbling bring in downtown los angeles demanding congress pass president oba...

taking a test vote on its $447 billion jobs bill. susan mcginnis is in washington with all the details on this. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the president has been on a crusade to pass this jobs plan, promising its going to bring down unemployment by a full point and add 1.5 million jobs. all that effort may not be enough to get it to pass this test vote. >> what do you want? >> more jobs. >> when do you want it? >> now. >> reporter: protesters stood along a c...

good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the president has been on a crusade to pass this jobs plan, promising its going to bring down unemployment by a full point and add 1.5 million jobs. all that effort may not be enough to get it to pass this test vote. >> what do you want? >> more jobs. >> when do you want it? >> now. >> reporter: protesters stood along a crumbling bring in downtown los angeles demanding congress pass president obamas jobs plan. >> my dad is unemploy...

an appeals jury overturning the murder convictions of knox and her boyfriend. the pair was convicted in the slashing murder of her roommate, meredith kercher. prosecutors sensationalized the crime by portraying its as a combination satanic ritual sex orgy gone back. kerchers family is backing the prosecu prosecutors plan to appeal the case. they say justice would have been served if the jury followed the evidence, not the media hype. >> you cant forgive somebody if they havent admitted...

hello again. im don scott. >> jessica kartalija. >> its breaking news, a day after a social security administration employee was shot outside his job in woodlawn police arrest the man who they say pulled the trigger. >> reporter: good afternoon. the suspect is now facing several charges including an attempted first-degree murder murder. gary stokes, jr. from gwynn oaks shot the man outside the social security administration headquarters. stokes was trying to rob the man. he is charged ...

around the 70 degree mark south and southwest of town. even warmer tomorrow. monika? >> were loving that. thank you, howard. good morning, everybody. weve got the green light because were loving traffic. can i say that? it is the green light because everything is clear all around town. let me show you the beltway. no problems. the green cars all around town show you that. well go to the southern side of maryland. no problems on route four, route 301 heading up to the beltway. a live lo...

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march 28th. if qixd, he -- convicted, he faces four years in prison. >> both sides will be back in court for a pretrial hearing february 7th. >> if youre weighting for somebody to get home from work, lets check in on the roads. heres kristy breslin. hi, kristy. >> this could get tricky if youre traveling on the beltway. were looking at brake lights from york to charles street. heavy from york to providence road. average speed about 30 miles an hour. on the west side inner loop delays t...