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The Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum cohosted this 80 minute event. Good to see all of you here. I am a historian and curator. Some of you i know, some of you i am meeting for the first time. I would like to welcome all of you to the spy museum and spy seminar, where we focus on the spies of the American Revolution. The first two weeks centered on wellknown personalities. You have the , which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and ben franklin is of course ben fran...

Tomorrow will be the best time to see the orionid meteor shower. The cosmic phenomena occurs as the earth moves through debris left by halleys comet. Its not related. Its as if you were having a big dinner party, and this strange, nonfamily member showed up just before things got underway. The best time to see it will be after midnight and before dawn. Just a reminder to all drivers. The san mateo bridge is closed this weekend for repairs and earthquake retrofitting. Youre looking at a live pict...

Michelle rhees journey to National Prominence began in 2007. Washington dc had just inaugurated a new mayor, adrian fenty. He had won a landslide election and promised to fix the districts abysmal School System. The lack of real opportunity for young people drives our unemployment rate, it drives our crime rate, and we cant have that. This is the nations capitol of the United States of america. We shouldnt have the worst School System. We should have the best. Are you ready . All right. Almost e...

Michelle rhees journey to National Prominence began in 2007. Washington dc had just inaugurated a new mayor, adrian fenty. He had won a landslide election and promised to fix the districts abysmal School System. The lack of real opportunity for young people drives our unemployment rate, it drives our crime rate, and we cant have that. This is the nations capitol of the United States of america. We shouldnt have the worst School System. We should have the best. Are you ready . All right. Almost e...

Maybe. But i can point to dozens of schools where there were dramatic gains that were maintained. The education of Michelle Rhee. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is...

But i can point to dozens of schools where there were dramatic gains that were maintained. The education of Michelle Rhee. Fr in ontlise made possie by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provi...

Tonight ofrontline. I am going to start a revolution. Michelle rhee had an aggressive plan. If their test scores did not go up, they were going to be fired. To reform the Worst School System in the nation. Im terminating your principalship now. It seemed to work. 42 increase in mathematics. But at what price . Correspondent john merrow examines her battles with the Teachers Union and accusations of a cheating scandal. Merrow whats your reaction to those numbers . They say the gains are phony. In...

luxury out of dc rides. city workers may not get tricked out cars and suvs anymore if one law maker has his way. take a look. they are graphic and in your face. the feds unveil their disturbing new cigarette warning labels. we hit the streets to see how effective they really are. we start with the hunt for a possible serial rapist. im shawn yancy. >> and im brian bolter. investigators think one man may be behind a string of sexual assaults in heightsville. bob barnard is following ...

another three hours or so. perhaps by 9:00 this morning might have a few more showers and thunder showers around. right now its just steamy and cloudy. temperatures in the low to mid-70s. now 75 at reagan national. near 70 in the nearby suburbs of montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince georges counties. southern maryland around the chesapeake bay, northern neck of virginia, eastern shore. out of the mountains, most locations near 70. we do have a few showers in the highlands of mar...

a man on the bicycle followed davidson, got her tag number and called police. ryans family is released by the verdict. >> the defense was quite adept at creating the spin doctor kind of defense and the hocus pocus and that is their job, i guess. >> reporter: ryan was just promoted to manager where she was working and had her eye on law school when she was killed. >> my thoughts are the same asef day. we love you and thank god we had you for the short 24 years. and youre missed. just --...