That is according to a statement. The two men they want to see freed are the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and pakistani scientists. Algerias state news service says 100 of those kidnapped has been freed. This despite a failed rescue attempt by the algerian army. The hostages and include americans, britons, and people from eight other countries. David cameron said he was not consulted before the raid began. I was told by the algerian Prime Minister while it was taking place a bit he said the terrorist had tried to free sleep. He felt obliged to respond. U. S. Officials also kept in the dark. At least five americans managed to escape along with an irish worker. The fallout continues for Lance Armstrongs and admitting that he used performance enhancing drugs. He revealed the details during an interview with Oprah Winfrey. We have highlights from that interview and how people are reacting. The situation is one big lie. I repeated a lot of times. After more than a decad
Different tone. Before he is sworn in, president obama is shipping in. Today, the first family picked up their paint brushes and volunteered in northeast, d. C. This is what americas about. This is what we celebrate. They started the day of service at their first inauguration, a call for people to volunteer on this specific day. Vicepresident joe biden spent today in southeast at the d. C. Armory, filling care packages for troops. On the national mall, a service summit, with celebrities like eva longoria and chelsea clinton. It is inspiring to see all of these people out here. Everybody is here to give back. And people did not even have to wait. They can participate on Service Projects on site. It shows the love and passion we have for one another. President obama said this service they should be a symbol of how the nation can work together. They spent the day pending a bookshelf. The president says he knows that he is told now that bending down to paint kind of hurts. The president sa
Personal moments yet, in part two of his confession to oprah. He talks about disgrace and shame. And he starts to cry when asked what he told his son. I said, dont defend me anymore. This morning, a former teammate and friend is in our studio with the first reaction to armstrongs most emotional comments yet. Is he still lying . It is a very, very busy news morning. Including two stories from the world of sports. Lance armstrong finally showing emotional. And the first interview with manti teo. Jere jeremy shaf speaking with teo. A very candid interview. Also this morning, new developments in the racy scandal involving a zuma dance teacher. Well hear from her Business Partner, just days before it goes to court. It rocked that small town in maine. And check out this video. Its a firefighter climbing to rescue a child in a burning wilding. A chunk of snow knocks him off the ladder. Well show you what happened next. It was extraordinary. Were going to start with the breaking news on the ha
5 00 a. M. Begins now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. It is wednesday, february 5. I am scott thuman. I am Cynne Simpson. It is hard to watch that video. She will be ok, fortunately. Lets get to meteorologist jacqui jeras. Its a little warmer this morning. We can thank the clouds for keeping us a little warmer. We will get rid of some of them by this afternoon. We will be near normal today. This is normal. More sunshine expected later this afternoon. We will watch the potential for coastal system friday. That will bring us a good amount of rain and maybe a wintry mix. Thing we will have to watch closely as it is still developing. 35 degrees in d. C. , 32 at dulles, 32 in frederick, 33 in martinsburg, 36 in cumberland. Manassas is 28 degrees. Looking for partly sunny skies cold temperatures, 36 at 9 00. 41 and partly cloudy by noon. 43 at 5 00. Hightemperature around 45. Thats normal. What about the roads jamee . Check out this s
These new discussions. Established in 1932, the Washington Redskins have been professional sports darling of the d. C. Area. But some say the term redskins is anything but cute. The first time i heard the name, i was surprised someone would think that would be a good name for a team. The Smithsonians National museum of American Indian is discussing that today. They are hosting a day racist stereotypes in american sports. I just dont know. Miss sullivan says she thinks that the team names show respect to native americans. Correct there were here first. I think it is an honor to them and a lot of streets and downs have indian names. So we would have to change everything. Many feel the opposite. I can see where it would be offensive. The redskins are money makers. The team is the second most valuable franchise in the nfl valued at more than 1. 5 billion. The redskins are one of the highest grossing teams in the league. Many say changing the name might be bad for business. Its because of t