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community college. the 440-seat auditorium was filled and there were hundreds of people left outside. it has become a familiar scene around the country as people turn out in large numbers to voice their opinions on this contentious issue. steve handelsman has more from capitol hill. steve? wendy, thanks. good evening. a lot of what s said is just flat wrong. that s what we are going to talk about in part tonight. here in town, right now, two different organizations. they are putting together lists of what they say is misinformation. in the health care debate. one fact is not disputed. a lot of americans are concerned and some are angry. your government has lost the faith and trust of the american people. reporter: in maryland today, another democrat got pummeled. senator ben cardin. i think that the obama administration has already started to restore trust in the health care by the efforts reporter: as the health care debate heats up who is going to pay? who is going to pay? reporter: one casualty is truth. this was texas. even says in the bill that it is for illegal aliens. reporter: north carolina, democrat g.k. butters can field. they are not legal, not counted in this bill whatsoever. thank you. yes, they are! reporter: that s one of the main myths complicating the health care debate that illegal immigrants will get guaranteed  care. othe myths, that president obama is for a single payer government system. that suicide will be encouraged by government death panels and that care will be rationed and medicare cuts and tax dollars used to fund abortion. are those true or are those false sf. in general, false. reporter: lori robertson from nonpartisan factchekt.org. hope people would say wait a minute, that doesn t sound quite right. let me look into that a little more. reporter: many americans are angry about the recession and all of the bailouts and big government. it is housewives and it is bus drivers and it is plumbers and people with real jobs that just feel like things are out of control in washington. reporter: fatcheck.org says president obama is untruthful when he says health care reform will be paid for when the plan is a work in progress and who pays is not yet settled. one way to get past the myths is to go to the website. fatcheck.org. politifact.com. both organizations say they are neutral and nonpartisan. wendy, back to you. steve handelsman. it was a celebration at that time white house in honor of the newest supreme court justice. president barack obama introduced justice sonia sotomayor in the east room this morning to thunderous applause. she was sworn in saturday. becoming the first latina justice and the third woman tovr sit on the high court. sotomayor thanked the president saying that the momentous opportunity will not be lost on her. i stand here today knowing that my confirmation as an associate justice of the supreme court would never have been possible without the opportunities presented to me by this nation. reporter: supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was also at today s ceremony along with sotomayor s family. in charles county, maryland, accusations that a judge let the esai mt of the t gan cma inn.wo le caning woman. h itnepeap it hap ine apema rkn i a restricted area at the courthouse. tracee wilkins is in laplata to tell us how all this unfolded. reporter: ts woman tells me that all of this construction messed up her parking routine. so she took a chance and she thought she would park here in this reserved area. by doing that, she was risking the possibility of tow but she got a little something else. she has four gd bu mt on but on monday thayd tt someon called and the judge had deflated my tire. reporter: she spoke to us by phone and said she was told that charles county circuit court robert nally, seen here, deflated one of her tires because she was parin is seot outside the cour w it to work. and ar p wdked on tehe s sidtre like i do.mall do. nd i went in the bld ca init d grdsit came down to let me know that i ed edne to get m -edy- teak care of cauarud bec jsege jllnay was about to let the air out of my tire. reporter: by the time jean got to her car, it was too late. she had one flat tire. a guard, who supposedly caught he judge doingt cis hlelt i on his cell tn ieldel b itve. en a wenten out and saw that my tire was at, i mean, i a not because of the fact that the air was out of my tire. it was because of who did it. reporter: jean was illegally parked in a reserved space assigned to permit holders. she worked at the courthouse as a custodian for 13 years. she says when construction started at the court she started parking in this area because it is closer to the door and she leaves work after dark. now the alleged vandalism is under investigation. but laplata place are not naming possible suspect. what i can tell you is we are investigating an incident where the air was let out of a lady s tires. and where the investigation is going, i m not at liberty to discuss now because it is ongoing. rkysou fo sewhere else to fomree . . indge gives peoplees f for destruction of other people s properties. i wonder what is going to happen in this matter. reporter: that s jean s car you are looking at there. parked all alone because most folks have already left the courthouse. that s where she is going to have to walk, from this corner over here where you see some of the folks here in maintenance working, over to that vehicle and as you can see, these space hears are empty. we contacted this judge s boss. he is over the seventh judicial district and saying he is going to reserve comment until he can speak with his supervisor who is a part of the highest court of maryland here. court of appeals. he plans on talking with him on friday. i m tracee wilkins. live in laplata. interesting. thank you. it has been 13 years now since alexandria resident bell was murdered. bell s parents were digging in an area in prince george s county. her self-confessed killer claims to have buried bell s body there. crew was backhoes dug deep in that area. with mixed emotions. her stepfather says he s more hopeful about the prospects of finding something. it is going to be sad pulling her out of the grod and all. the closure and the gravesite to go to, put flowers, it is going to be joy. it is going to be joy. this was the third time a large search effort has been coordinated to comb that area for bell s body. the gs that attacked and killed a young man in leesburg have been euthanized. loudoun county animal control says the two pit bulls were put to sleep at the request of their owner, the victim s older brother. investigators say a bite to the neck likely killed 20-year-old carter delaney. he was found inside his grand en leesburgn s monday. police sayey delay man have trade to help a small dog that was being attacked when the pit bulls turned on him. the federal reserve says the economy continues to slowly improve. today the central bank decided to leave key interest rates alone and the fed also moved to in-debt buying programs later this year. however, analysts say any economic recovery is still vulnerable to relapse and is if something is not done by the crisis in con sirm confidence. michelle franzen has that story tonight. reporter: the federal reserve left interest rates unchanged wednesday. a sun that central bank believes the u.s. economic activity is leveling out. key forecasttors the recession may have hit bottom include median home prices, up 4% last quarter. a surge in the stock market and growing stability in the financial sectors. the committee says it expects inflation will remain subdued but the optimism is guarded. the fed will keep a close watch on other indicators. rising prices for commodities, crude oil and gas that are tied to the global economy. and analysts say for the fed to avoid a double-dip recession, timing will be everything. they have to pull back quickly and be fleet of foot in terms of not wounding the economy the other way. gettg it overstimulated which would cause hyper-inflation potentially which would be ruinous once again but in another separate way. reporter: a numbers game on the surface but for millions of out-of-work americans and businesses teetering on bankruptcy is a game of survival. in july, jobless numbers showed some improvement but businesses are still cutting costs. and economists are concerned how long it could take for the unemployed to find jobs. consumers are still struggling with sluggh income growth and high unemployment, and higher state and local taxes and a lot of concerns about the loss of wealth in the stock market and drop in the home values. reporter: the real recovery will not be felt until the crisis and confidence sxlifts consumers spending, the true engine that drives the economy, shifts into gear. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. stocks rallied today boosted by the improved outlook from t fed. experts believe enageing housing report pushed investors back into stocks after two-day retreat. the dow jones closed at up 123 points. tomorrow the market is expected to react to july retail sales which are due out in the morning. still ahead the government is getting involved after that continental jet left passengers strand order the runway. newly released video shows president obama back in 3wr when he was at community organizer in chicago. hear what he was saying back then. u.s. marines launch a new assault the taliban. got away with $65 million in jewels. now amateur video may give police a clue as to who they are. hey, bob. it is going to be a nice night. we have clouds. there are showers and thundershowers. nothing really severe. it is august. these things happen in august. what s in sports? the big man, wizards. arrived in d.c. usa soccer tries to do something that the team has never done before. plus, skins safety reid daugherty lost hisst . government transportation officials getting involved after the continental airlines jet left pass enjers strand order the runway overnit. ay kwfno io know if a ws e wlaatered. thghe flit had to causes fbe bchroe r teofbecause of bad weather. brian mooar with our report. reporter: dozens of passengers stranded overnight in a cramped regional jet just yards from an airline terminal in roeste minnesota. the six-hour ordeal is under investigation by the u.s. transportation department. secretary ray lahood is demanding an explanation from continental airlines and the regional partner, express jet. continental called the incident, quote, completely unacceptable. passengers of flight 2816 are using language a bit stronger. it was a horrible ride. when i went into the restroom it did not flush. reporter: this weekend sins accident is renewing calls for a passenger s bill of rights. the airlines have already promised to try to limit tarmac delays to three hours. the passenger advocates want an actual law. treat people like humans and not like cattle. that s really all the passenger rights is seeking. reporter: bills are currently making their way through the u.s. house and senate. consumers have no rights when they walk on to an airplane. and the congress has been considering for years passenger rights legislation but the airlines keep striking it down. reporter: passengers will have to hope the airlines get it right. yeah. i can t imagine being stuck on a plane all night long with her. i m surprised there wasn t just all-out mutiny on that plane. big corporations making all this money. who is protecting us? reporter: a push for legal rights to make sure passengers are left to fend for themselves in the future. brian mooar, news4. supporters of a passengers bill of rights are hoping congress will take action this fall. video of president obama not widely seen before has just been released. it was shot back in 1993. the footage appear in a n video called becoming barack obama. it shows mr. obama at his law office in chicago. where he talks about his work as a community organizer. he also talks about the importancef citizens becoming involved in the political process. although you would like to think that folks would register just because it was their civic duty, i think, you know, the media age like this, you really have to reach out to young people and show the registrations what hit, what was popular, trendy. politics does matter. it can make the difference in terms of benefits check and kit make the difference in terms of school funding. citizens can t just remove themselves from the process, they have to engage them selves and not just leave it to the professionals. gonzalez shot that footage about 17 years ago. he was making a film about african-american role models. president obama awarded the nation s highest civilian honor to 16 people at the white house today. mr. obama described the recipients of the presidential medal of freedom, agents of change. among those receiving the honor were actor sidney portier, sandra day o connor and senator edward kennedy whose daughter accepted the award for him. other recipients included archbishop desmond tutu, billy jean king, joe crowe. the last living indian war chief that fought in world war ii wearing war paint beneath his uniform. also a posthumous award for harvey miller. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton is more than halfway through an 11-day seven-nation tour of africa. today nigeria. clinton met this morning with my jeer yeah s president and foreign minister urging nigerians to embrace broad political reform and ease 10s that have led to sectarian violence and disrupted oil production. she s also urging greater efforts at battling corruption and said the steps were necessary to protect nigeria s status as africa s largest oil producer. we strongly support and encourage the government of nigeria s efforts to increase transparency, reduce corruption, provide support for democratic processes and in preparation for the 2011 elections. mewhile, the nigerian media is reporting the u.s. embassy is being criticized for a perceived breach of protocol regarding secretary clinton s visit. the vanguard newsper reports that some nigerian government teficials are insulted, that theyere not given n security bi fer h and they s accused the embassy bing being too secretive about clinton s itinerary. ahead of next week s presidential elections, stepping up security. the marines continue meeting resistance from the taliban. about 500 u.s. and afghan troops exchanged heavy fire with insurgents near a town that has been under taliban control for years now. the marines are fighting to gain control of the strategic area but also hope to cut taliban supply lines. additional marine units are meeting heavy fire as they try to be rouz the taliban from surrounding pointtance. a news photographer embedded with the marines shot video of this particular battle. amateur photographer in london happened to be on the scene of a jewelry heist last week. he was just shooting a basic street scene in london s upscale may fair district last thursday when all this started happening. two robbers came out of a jewelry store dragging a hostage. blond store clerk in a white coat which you might be able to see there. someone yelled call the police. robbers fired a shot and the hostage was released moments later. the robbers managed to get away with 43 expensive pces of jewelry and no one was injured. when news4 at 6:00 returns, a crackdown on car break-ins in montgomery county. and what you can do to make sure you are not a target. workers try to rescue hundreds of people trapped after mudslides destroyed parts of taiwan. bob will update on us our chances for rain coming up. 700 people who were reported missing following the deadly typhoon in taiwan have been rescued. the storm hit the island over the weekend causing the heaviest flooding that country has seen in 50 years. villagers in the area were wiped out. many of them by massive mudslides that were triggered by the torrential rains. despite rescue efforts 67 people have been confirmed dead. no one knows how many people are missing. rescuers are still combing through the debris searching for survivors. fortunately nothing like that here. no. theyad direct hit from the typhoon. taiwan has some very, very steep mountains and, of course, that tropical air, 15, 25 inches of rain in a short time. we may have our first tropical storm out in the atlantic. i will show you in a second. outside today, we get a break. the umbreallas over us and the loudsheat the aring heat at bay. our temperature, high temperature today, made it up only to 87 degrees which is average. and the one thing i know we have all noticed especially wendy heading home, we are now losing more than two minutes of daylight each and every day. just four weeks the sunset is at 7:25 p.m. outside now, we have the clouds. but also somehowers that are getting closer now. and maybe a few rumbles of thunder for you folks in loudoun county. i will show you that in a second. 84 degrees, the dew point 67. here is why i mentioned the dew point so much. remember on monday, when it was in the 90s. the relative humidity at the same time was 40%. now the relative humidity is 57%. does that mean it is more humid today than it was on monday? of course not. it was about the same amount of humidity but boy, that temperature really made a difference. so the dew point temperature is the real absolute measure of how hot or how humid that is, how humid the air is. look at the temperature change. right now. we are in the 80s. our temperatures have dropped six degrees. along the coast into the 10, 15. there is where it is still humid. raleigh-durham. with the humidity and a wave in the atmosphere coming along, that set the stage for nasty weather down there. as a matter of fact, they have a severe thunderstorm wch until 9:00 tonight. right now in and around us, there has been a line of showers and thundershowers you can see with lightning coming out of mount mountains of west virginia. now they are moving around front royal and the other batch is out to our east where it has been sunny. let s zoom in to that patch that s now beginning to move for you folks into loudoun county. there will be some of these. as we get later into the evening, they will setting down. right now just coming out of front royal and another batch heading into rappahannock county. that one up to the north of leesburg and there s another these are plain august run of the mill showers and thundershowers. not anything severe. more over the eastern shore. the area that has r

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