failures that led up to the accident >> this is a tragedy that could have been avoided. we wouldn't be sitting here if measures were taken. >> reporter: the service paused briefly in a moment of silence. nothing can change that day or bring these loved ones back. choking back tears, jordan mcmiller promised his late mother to finish school and take care of the family she left behind. >> for something so tragic like this because this is not supposed to happen. we are not supposed to be here right now. >> reporter: in a tribute to those who died, a plaque bearing their names will be placed at the fort totten station, a reminder of not just the lives lost but a pledge never again. in northeast, sherri ly, fox 5 news. >> all but two of the nine victim's families attended the service. as you saw, there was a moment of silence at the memorial service. metro observed the moment of silence on its trains and in the stations today. the hustle and bustle of metro center quieted down for a short time as passengers stopped to pay respects to the victim's of last year's crash. reform is the way to honor those killed. mikulski and ben cardin are calling on colleagues to pass a bill for national safety transit standards. >> we have safety standards for airlines and airplanes, commercial airplanes. we have safety standards for buses that carry passengers but we do not have safety standards for rail cars that are used in subways. >> virginia senator jim webb says he will work with his colleagues to increase funding and oversight of metro. the question that many are asking, has metro improved safety systems since the crash? the answer depends who you ask. fox 5 john henrehan is live at the fort totten station with a somewhat complicated answer, i understand, john. >> reporter: shawn, metro rail started running in 1976. in the history of the rail system, there have been two crashes in which passengers have died. there have been several near misses, particularly in recent years. when it comes to worker deaths, especially in the last five years, metro has a terrible record. let's start with the basics. metro is the second busiest subway cities providing -- system providing three-quarter of a million trips. all trains have been operated manually. metro rail they say is safe. >> we are putting procedures in place to make it as safe as possible for a transit system. do i believe it's safe, i do i ride the system. >> reporter: last year the unthinkable happened. the automatic train control system that is supposed to keep trains separated was apparently undergoing intermittent failures. one red line train slammed into another killing 9 and injuring more than 80. >> we have a lot of other transit systems that are facing many of the same challenges that metro is facing, financial, equipment, ridership. but we don't see them having the number of accidents that we are seeing on a modest system. >> reporter: the ntsb has been critical of metro since the roll back crash in 2004. metro has the worst record in the country for worker deaths of subway employees. next month the ntsb is scheduled to release the findings and recommendations regarding the 2009 crash. until that happens, metro has been largely unable to upgrade the signaling system. >> i think we have kept a place holder in our budget with anticipation that it could be a costly item. but we won't know until we get the recommendations in. we are waiting to hear from them. >> reporter: there are federal safety regulations for airlines and airliners and trains, there is virtually no federal oversight of heavy rail transit systems like metro. deaths spite president obama's request to establish transit regulation, some republicans in congress are disinclined. >> i can tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that the last person or entity that we need or entity that we need are federal bureaucrats or another federal responsibility. >> that was john henrehan reporting. he tell us that chris van hollen and gary connolly say democrats will double efforts to establish federal oversight of the system. our coverage one year later continues on our web site. head to myfoxdc.com for the latest on changes to safety measures and extended look at how family and friends are remembering the victims. it's there on the home page. after more than three weeks of testimony, a knife from the crime scene is still at the center of the trial of three men accused of covering up robert wone's murder. the defense called a cardiac surgeon to the stand to testify how quickly he would have died after being stabbed in the heart. paul wagner has the latest. >> reporter: brian, this is critical testimony for the defense for several different reasons. the prosecution believes that this crime scene was cleaned up, that it was tampered with, that it was staged and there should have been a lot more blood at the scene than was actually found. but the defense is trying to show that robert wone died instantly after he was stabbed three times in the chest and there wouldn't have been that much blood on the scene. there was no staging and that the knife found at the scene is the murder weapon. but today the defense called another doctor to the stand to say that the amount of blood that was found on the scene and the reason there was -- the fact there was no defensive wounds is because robert wone died instantly. the doctor was called to the stand a little while ago. he was the first witness to be called today. he is one of two cardiac surgeons on staff at george washington university. what he said is that robert wone would have become unconscious within five to ten seconds after being stabbed and would have died quickly thereafter. he said that the bleeding would have been internal and that there would have been little external bleeding. he said the blood that was found on robert wone's body and in the bed is basically blood that would have come from cut vessels on his body. on cross-examination, the doctor said this is the first time he was ever testifying as an expert in this kind of testimony as far as what might have happened to robert wone. he, of course, said that he is a cardiac surgeon, not a forensic pathologist. the prosecution will make a bit out of that. this is the testimony that we got today. the defense case is not complete. we expect it to be complete tomorrow. perhaps they will get to the rebuttal, the prosecution rebuttal case tomorrow then maybe closing arguments. brian? >> defense attorneys are often accused of muddying the waters for the jury's benefit to give maybe a perhaps a shadow of doubt and feed that in the jurors' minds. this is a judge trial, not a jury trial. a judge could see through a lot of -- some of this defense. do you see daylight here, not saying that you are accusing them of muddying the waters but do you see daylight here for the judge? >> reporter: well, the expert testimony that has been presented to star -- so far is from people well respected. dr. henry lee was on yesterday. a cardiac surgeon with a lot of experience working with hearts and we heard from a forensic pathologist in san antonio and dallas, texas. all three of these people have said that robert wone would have died instantly and little bleeding. let me say that this judge is very much intune as to what is going on. she is asking her own questions if she's curious and she asks a lot of questions. we have to say that these two witnesses have been paid by the defense. henry lee admitted that he was being paid between 10 and $10,000 for his work on the case. so, it's all given the weight that is appropriate. you hear that in court a lot. this judge, she shows that she is very much in tune as to what is going on. >> paul wagner reporting live for us. check out paul's blog on the trial. he is blogging while in the courthouse. now to a story everyone is talking about. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is in hot water with the obama administration. general stanley mcchrystal was summoned to the white house after comments he made in a magazine interview. tonight all of washington is talking about the general's remarks and whether he gets to keep his job. craig boswell has the story. >> reporter: the white house says president obama is considering all options regarding the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. >> angry. you would know it if you saw it. >> reporter: general mcchrystal has been summoned back to washington to explain his comments and those of his aides scheduled to appear in this friday's "rolling stone." >> without a doubt, general miss crystal has made an enormous mistake. >> in the article, an adviser describes mcchrystal as disappointed. he called it a painful experience waiting for a decision on his request for more troops for the war in afghanistan last year. >> the war in afghanistan is at a critical moment. and general mcchrystal is at the heart of it. so, that's why i say the president has a hard decision. >> reporter: mcchrystal had a previous wood shed meeting with president obama on board air force one about the public dismissal of vice president joe bid den's strategy he polled for the article saying it was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and shouldn't have happened. the general called many of those mentioned in the profile piece. he will meet with president obama along with the defense secretary and others in the situation room tomorrow. on capitol hill, craig boswell, fox 5 news. the president's man overturned. a judge is giving deep sea drilling the green light. karen? >> a d.c. agency under attack accused of racial discrimination. marion barry making the charge. the attorney general accusing him of race baiting. marion barry is levying charges of racial discrimination at a d.c. government agency. he is taking aim at the department of health care finance. karen gray houston is here with a closer look. >> reporter: marion barry pointed the finger at this agency over a month ago. now he has this spreadsheet that he says is proof of racial discrimination in top management there and he wants the director fired. well, attorney general peter nicoles says if the allegation are true he will take action but he thinks barry is way off base. >> what does this say about the government. >> reporter: marion barry is on a mission to get rid of julie hudman. >> we don't need that kind of person in d.c. government. set the clock back. >> reporter: barry says of the top 20 positions in her department, 16 are held by whites. he said that is based on favoritism and violation of existing personnel rules. >> there is clear evidence that julia hudman has practiced blatant racial discrimination. >> reporter: barry says he has data supported by a former human resources adviser at dchf who quit her job when asked to change ratings and rankings of job applicants in favor of whites. >> she said 20 people applied for a job with 90% of them being black people and she couldn't stand it any more. >> reporter: he has a spreadsheet that purports to show the top 20 staffers, their salaries and whether they are black or white and barry says some of their salary increases exceed the usual and customary 10% over the prior salary. we weren't able to catch up with julie hudman. a phone call placed to her office if he health department headquarters was not returned. at offices on martin luther king avenue, we tried again. do you have a phone number or something where i could find her? the city's attorney general butted heads with barry on this issue before and is skeptical about the allegations and said it looks like a cry for attention. >> this personnel related information is inappropriate. i don't know if it's accurate or not. the last thing we need to do in this town is to start race baiting. >> reporter: barry says he's not race baiting. >> dam lie. these facts speck for themselves. >> reporter: now, barry's constituent service in the southeast is in the same building as the health care offices inward 8. he said employees have been complaining about racism in the department. >> we saw marion barry take a couple of shots at mayor fenty last night at a get together over the new rec center. now he is back in the news today. i'm curious what is the situation with his own ethics investigation where that stands civilly or council wise and perhaps criminally. >> it's an election year, brian. everything is political. in terms of that investigation, you remember barry was ken sured -- sensured for that contracting irregularities where he steered the contract to his girlfriend. he got the committee chairmanship snatched away. peter nichols feels like he is missing the attention from that. if the u.s. attorney's office is seriously looking into the charges, we don't know what will come of that. >> okay. more travel questions for south carolina governor mark sanford. et cetera back in the office -- he is back in the office after taking another vacation without telling the lieutenant governor where he was going. you may recall sanford disappeared last june then returned to south carolina and revealed he was in argentina visiting his mistress. a small city in nebraska is giving the green light to controversial ban of illegal immigrants. the county's election commissioner has to peter identify the votes. if certified, the american civil liberties union says it will file a lawsuit to block the bill before it takes effect. more wicked weather in the midwest. a tornado whipping through wisconsin touched down outside milwaukee. you can see the aftermath. toppled trees. drivers were stuck navigating through the high water. one person was hurt. weather causing problems for crews battling wildfires in arizona. heat, low humidity and strong wind are fanning the flames. hundreds of residents have been evacuated. crews are using bulldozers cutting a five-mile fire line to protect the homes close to the blaze. the so-called schultz fire burned more than 10,000 acres and it's 10% contained. >> when you are getting more spot fires than what your crew and what the people that you have working on the fire can pick up, then you know you are in a bad situation. >> officials believe an abandoned camp fire is to blame for that fire there. meantime, back at home, we are dealing with our own share of high temperatures. heat index around 100 degrees. >> it keeps climbing the rest of the week. gary mcgrady is in the weather center. >> not going to get cooler the next couple of days. a little relief to the end of the week. you have probably heard about that a little bit. we may stay in the 90s, if not at 90 through the end of the weekend and next week as well. but the next couple of days real, real hot as the heat wave continues. over to max hd radar, the red up north of us is actually a tornado warning in the southern sections of pennsylvania. those thunderstorms are stronger. nothing for us yet. we will keep it in the forecast. true view will show you most of the activity is way up north of us. anything we get this evening we are thinking will be isolated. at 7:00 we will be dry, 92. maybe a rumble of thunder at 9:00 even into 11:00. middle 80s at 9:00 tonight. thunderstorms and heat stay in the forecast. we will talk about that for you coming up. >> see you then. the heat wave seems to be taking a toll on our cars. according to aaa, service calls yesterday were up as much as fivefold compared to last year. to keep your car running in the heat, check your radiator and coolant recovery tank, hoses, belts, oil and battery and your air and fuel filters. make sure you are safe. if you would rather ride your bike than drive, it got easier on pennsylvania avenue. bike lines opened up today. buick letterrists have the median to themselves and don't have to worry about sharing lanes with cars. the hummer will soon be history. one group is saying good riddance. the act at the vitt group code pink buried this old hummer in detroit. they say it should never have been made for civilian use. it drives the need for oil and therefore contributes to wars across the world. it will serve as a planter with a tree out of the roof. a hot weather alert has been issued. the sweltering summer heat could mean real trouble for some people. why people with diabetes are more at risk. first the disaster in the gulf now this, summer is ordered -- swimmers outed out of the -- out of the water. it's a dangerous time of year for people with diabetes. studies show they are more likely to be hospitalized during hot and humid weather. many of them don't know how to protect themselves from the heat. uncontrolled high blood sugar can cause impaired ability to sweat as well as a risk of dehydration. c-section births have hit an all-time high in the u.s. 7800 women giving birth for the first time, when labor was induced, the odds of having a c- section more than doubled. the authority of the study is urging patients and doctors to be aware of the risks. mcdonald's called out in a major lawsuit. what could be your children's favorite treat may get the ax. gulf coast businesses struggle to stay afloat. i'm laura engle in grand isle, louisiana. the latest coming up. buy a meal, get a toy. that is the fast food thing forever. suddenly it smells like deceptive marketing to one group and they are asking mcdonald's to cut it out. melanie alnwick has the latest. >> reporter: the center for science in the public interest calls mcdonald's the big kahuna when it comes to marketing to kids. pass by a mcdonald's with kids in the car, this is what you will hear. >> can we have a happy meal, mommy. >> reporter: it's not necessarily burgers and fries they are clammering for but the lure of a toy. >> they are fun to play with. >> dangling a toy in front of a young child is unfair deceptive marketing practice. a 5-year-old kid has no concept of advertising. >> reporter: center for science in the public interest is asking mcdonald's to stop using toys to sell happy meals. >> we think it shouldn't be used to market unhealthy meals or the healthier meals. it's just an inappropriate marketing technique. >> reporter: why mcdonald's? the golden arches is the largest seller of toys for food. >> burger king uses toys. burger king is 1/3 the size of mcdonald's. so, first mcdonald's then possibly we will go to other companies. >> reporter: mcdonald says it primarily advertises the four- piece mcanything met -- mcnugget meal with apples and milk. he said parents make the unhealthy choices once in the door. parents like the free by. >> i think the toys are a good idea. when we have double toys, we donate them to the school. >> reporter: with millions invested in comarketing campaigns, there is little likelihood they will go cold turkey. >> toys stay. >> yes. >> reporter: the battle over romcdonald and his platoon of play things will probably end up in court. mcdonald's says since 2008 it sold more than 100 million happy meals with the apple dippers. we will know if they agree to settle or go to court. >> my 4-year-old likes to pick out what he wants based on fast food based on the toy. i say we are noting there for the toys. >> but fast food companies know that. that's what brings them in the door. but there is the question of parental responsibility. >> we get apple dippers. >> that is the choice thank you make. 90 days after signing health care reform into law, president obama introduced a patient bill of rights. children with presifting health coverage will get guaranteed coverage. annual coverage limits will be phased out. insurers won't be able to cancel policies of those that get sick. signs of progress in the gulf as crews collect a record amount of crud gushing from the sea floor. business owners continue to struggle to stay alive as the massive spill keeps tourists away. laura engel has the latest. >> reporter: thad allen announcing crews siphoning oil from the busted well have good news out of the gulf. >> we produced 25,000 barrels of petroleum. that is a new rod for us. with continue to make progress. >> reporter: allen says they have recovered a section of the riser pipe that was damaged and cut off during an at the same time to cap the leak that >> is being brought to the surface. it will be part of the board of investigation. >> reporter: major development as a federal judge blocks the offshore moratorium imposed by the white house after some business owners filed a lawsuit claiming the government arbitrarily imposed the moratorium without any proof that it posed a threat. bobby jindal was glad to hear the news. >> federal judge looked at the facts and said the six month moratorium did not -- was not supported by the facts. >> reporter: the administration says it will immediately appeal the court's decision. in grand isle, business owners are fighting to stay alive. this man says he got $5,000 from bp to help his strug be souvenir shop. >> does that cover your losses? >> don't even come close to that. >> reporter: the government says bp paid out more than $100 million so far to more than 30,000 people. in grand isle, louisiana, laura evening gals, fox 5 news. >> go to myfoxdc.com for updates on the smile. if you want to see the underwater cameras, we have a link to those as well. a pipeline carrying a -- carrying waste under the biscayne bay to a treatment plant cracked open. 20million gallons of sewage gushed into the miami waterway for 12 hours. one of the nude beaches is one of the affected shore areas. >> go to panama city to visit and obviously that is out of the question thanks to bp then i come down here to miami and there is 20 million gallons of raw sewage. >> the broken pipe is 30 years old. it was expected to last another 20. officials don't know what caused the break. story of survival for an ohio family. they were inside their minivan when severe weather hit causing a tree to topple over crushing the vehicle. amazingly the mother and three children inside walked away. >> no, they were able to get out. actually they came into the lobby of the police department here and there was firefighters here on the scene. we were attending to them within seconds of -- after they came in the lobby. the vehicle is totaled. it was a huge tree. so, we are counting our blessings here, that's for sure. >> wow. paramedics took the family to an area hospital to be checked out. they are okay. thousands of fans are expected to northern michael jackson on the anniversary of his death. cops are ready. tmz is working the warnings live in los angeles about -- in about 15 minutes. this bloom stinks. why hundreds are expected to line up for that stench. here we go again. greece is pulling out all the tops to attract tourists back to the nation. they agree to pay any tourists that get stuck in the country the cost of their extended visit. the volcano and transportation strikes disrupted normal travel forcing some tourists to overextend a stay. when a group of california 7 graders get asked what they did over vacation, they can say we made a discovery on mars. using a camera orbiting mars, they found a cave near a volcano. it has a hole in it similar to a skylight. scientists may take a closer look at their discovery. the anticipation is growing in charlotte, north carolina, for the blooming of this unusual flower. it titan may bloom within days and when it does, it will stink up the place literally. it smells like rotting flesh. the flower can get as big as 9 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. >> in case you wanted to know what rotting flesh smelled like. >> i don't. it is only the second day of summer. hot and steamy. now it's the norm around here. >> the question all of us are asking, why is the re -- where is the relief. 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hayward has the story. >> reporter: everyday american airlines thrives passengers to fort lauderdale-hollywood international. june 11th, american airlines flight 2288 arrived from haiti at the with one more passenger than it left haiti with. how many times have you delivered a baby. >> this is my first. it doesn't happen often, especially in the back of a boeing 737. but we are trained for this sort of thing. it's a possibility. and, association we do have those procedures in place. >> reporter: the 737 was 80 miles from landing when junior made his impromptu landing. >> one popped up, said i'm a doctor. okay. cross that off the list. don't have to ask for that. i was verifying that her water had broken. when i came back, another doctor said i'm a surgeon. can i help. he said it's a boy. here, take him and turned and gave him to me. i was like hello. >> was that exciting. >> exhilarating. >> it was more drama than trauma. but when you are handling something like that in the back of a 7-3, you burn about a gallon of adrenalin. a lot of teamwork involved. >> a flight she will remember forever. now, according to american airlines, mother and baby are doing fine. these temperatures keep climbing. humidity seems, i don't know what the range is, but it seemed like it was less than over the weekend. we were sweating when you walk out the door. >> it was another ponytail day in terms of the humidity radar. >> i wish i had something for you. i got nothing. can't make this go away. we will have to deal with it. a little bit of relief as we head to the weekend. not much. i think we are still talking about temperatures right around 90 degrees, certainly in the 90s the next couple of days. the heat index will stay up there around 100 degrees. air quality, code orange for tomorrow. a lot like today. you will be able to see the air, like we are now. hot, hazy, humid outside. listen, there is a chance, not a great chance but a slight risk we may have a couple of thunderstorms pop up this evening. so far, as you can see up here on max hd radar, the thunderstorms stayed to the north of us. this storm moving out of southern lancaster county is a very, very strong storm. the red indicates that there is a tornado warning on this storm. now, i just checked and so far they don't have any confirmation of a tornado on this storm but a dare indicates that may happen. you see there is a little hook on it right through. that is a radar signature of a potential tornado developing. they are watching that one quite closely. you can see the blacks in there and that indicates hail. now, i say this because the storm that we could get this evening -- thanks, sue. the storm that we could get this evening could pop up and be strong, maybe even severe. the tornado threat appears that it's well north of us, up in pennsylvania. that is not a big concern. they issued severe thunderstorm warnings down in parts of maryland as this thunderstorm is moving down to the south and southeast. we will continue to watch the radar. there is a slight risk this evening that we could have a couple of thunderstorms become strong, maybe severe. everybody in red, pennsylvania, maryland and down into virginia, maybe one or two thunderstorms. no more than that. 96 degrees right now the current temperature. gaithersburg cooled to 91. dulles 93. washington has been far and above the leader with the temperatures this evening. but look what happens when we factor in the humidity. fredricksburg, it feels like it's over 100 degrees down there. 108 is what it feels like. in washington it feels 96 degrees. 82 at 11:00. spotty thunderstorm. one or two this evening. that's about the best we can do with that. warm start tomorrow morning. 80 there. muggy by noon, up to 91 degrees. the heat index will be 93 to 94 and again tomorrow afternoon the heat index will be around 100 degrees, give or take a few degrees here or there. plan for it. these thunderstorms coming out this evening, the line has stayed north of us but we have enough instability in here and, of course, we have the heat that we could get a thunderstorm this evening. by overnight tonight, everything will come down. high pressure here and it's very, very hot, too as you might imagine. we look back to this to see if there is relief in sight for temperatures to cool down and the heat extends all the watexa right now, the actual air temperature is 100 degrees. wichita kansas 95. little rock 97. there is a little bit of cooler air well up in canada now and for the western sections of the central plains that will make a run for us late in the week and try to cool things off a little bit. not for tomorrow. it will be hazy, hot, humid. you know the drill. we start off at 80 in the morning. we get to about 91 at noon. by 4:00 temperatures at 94 to 95 degrees. with the humidity, it will feel like 98 to 103. we will have a chance for thunderstorms tomorrow. we will have a chance for thunderstorms on thursday. those thunderstorms on thursday are coming with a frontal system that hopefully will get far enough to the south of us on friday and saturday to actually kind of knock some of the extreme heat off the table. we will be 90 on friday. 90 saturday. i hope that forecast holds. that would be nice to be a little bit cooler for friday and saturday but if the front doesn't go all the way through, we could still stay 93 to 94 >> fun to hear you say 90 would be cool. >> you start to knock the heat down a little bit but it will come back sunday and monday. >> all right. >> 90-degree cool fronts. great. >> summertime cool front. >> thank you, gary. "american idol" star will light up the 4th of july celebration in d.c. the talent line up has been announced for the capital fourth concert. david archuleta will perform the national anthem. glad disnight and reba mcintyre, darius rucker, a fantastic singer and the national symphony orchestra. actor jimmy smit will host. michael jackson fans hoping to mark the one-year anniversary at the cemetery where he is buried may be out of luck. daxx holt is live in l.a. what happened? >> reporter: all these fans want to show up to forest lawn memorial park to celebrate the one-year anniversary but they want to release balloons and sing and dance and perform these michael jackson songs and forest lawn is a strict cemetery. no way you can do that. you can come up, stay outside the mass lee yum, drop off your cards, flowers, anything you want to then mossy out. they don't want anyone sticking around, performance, anything like that. michael jackson fans are bummed. >> reporter: will there be a special service to mark the occasion. >> they are being restrictive on anything. they don't want special lights brought in, no productions put on. i don't think forest lawn will make it easy. >> reporter: the lawyer for michael jackson estate think a businessman working with katherine jackson is hurting michael's children. what is the story there. >> reporter: this is howard mann. he is helping her put together this book that she will put out. howard had done a bit on a storage unit that the jackson family lost a while ago. he got it and he got about 20,000 photos, unreleased songs that michael made and he wants to publish the photos and put out the songs. the estate is stepping in saying absolutely not. you cannot release the songs. as much as you think you own them, you do not. they just think that's a lot of money going toward the children and if you try to sell them yourself, the kids will be out of a lot of cash. >> dax holt reporting live. thank you. now to a leave it to beaver reunion in beverly hills. the cast of the show hit the red carpet for the first ever pop culture classic festival. did you see that, eddie has skill. you can relieve your favorite moments. is that wally? it will be rereleased in a 37 cd box set available june 29th. >> those guys don't look any different. >> no. here is a look at a few of the stories we are working on for 6:00, one year ago today metro's deadliest accident. how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live, and better for where we all live. turn to the experts during cool choices and get up to $1200 cash back on an infinity system by carrier. ' dozens of pianos are popping up on new york city streets and the public is encouraged to play them. it's the brainchild of luke gerom and sing for hope. >> we want for all the kids in this city to have access to arts programming. that's what we do, bring programming to these wonderful students over here. >> the project will run until july 5th. after that the pianos will be donated to community groups and schools. the "news edge at 6:00" starts right now. we are starting off with breaking news. moments ago president obama talked about the controversial comments made by u.s. commanding general in afghanistan, stanley mcchrystal. he was ordered back to washington to talk about an article in "rolling stone" magazine. in the article, general mcchrystal made a few disparaging remarks about the president, vitt president and senior advisors. hear is what he had to say. >> it's clear that the article in which he and