Get a little less exasperating starting tonight. The d. C. Department of transportation is changing the timing of traffic lights at hundreds of intersections throughout northwest. The changes are in neighborhoods highlighted in this map here. Those corners are clogged more often than not. Now, the goal of the timing change is to improve traffic flow and shorten wait times for drivers. Ddot tells us it will monitor the new patterns and make adjustments as needed. This new timing should also give pedestrians more time to cross the street. We are still gathering information about a fire in northeast this morning. It happened off of benning road around 8 00. The second floor of the building has significant damage. There were no injuries, and investigators are still looking for the cause. Right now eric holder wrapping up his final day as attorney general. Just a short time ago he addressed his colleagues in the great hall at the department of justice. He noted that he first came to the Jus
Dangerous synthetic marijuana packaged using the image of scooby do. Where they found it. News 4 midday begins right now. We begin with the developing story out of baltimore. The Justice Department is launching an investigation into the Baltimore Police department. U. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch just made the announcement. The agency will look for a pattern of civil Rights Violations committed by the department. This investigation will begin immediately and will focus on allegations that Baltimore Police Department Officers used excessive force, including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches seizures and arrests and engage in discriminatory policing. Baltimore mayor stephanie rawlingsblake asked the federal government to step in after the death of freddie gray. Prosecutors say is Police Officers illegally arrested the 25yearold last month. Gray died after being injured in police custody. Six Police Officers are now charged in grays death. The officers who arrested gray say tha
Hitting another car. It is hard to see but the driver flees the scene. The threeyear old still in the backseat. The Good Samaritan rushes to the vehicle. He can cpr lifesaving measures. A Police Sergeant soon arrives and helps resuscitate the child. The almost 12 hours later the vehicle is gone. The police tape and debris remains. And one thing is for sure if phil is not for the Good Samaritan the story could have a much better ending. Please continue to search for the driver. Hospital officials really cant tell as much of the time that the three rows condition has stabilized. This developing story. The cdc has confirmed a second case of mers. Officials say this new cases in florida. In travelling from saudi arabia contract officials and the Florida Department of health have scheduled a press conference. About onethird of those to develop symptoms from it died. Severe thunderstorm warning is now in effect for parts of the chicago area. Some are still cleaning up after sundays role of t
This is obviously very substantively important topic under what conditions will the public support military force, and its important we understand and its important we push each other really hard to try and make the work as good as it can. The halflife for any social research is probably fairly short anyway. So its worth discussing it sort of with as much friendly enga engagement as we can. So its hard to understate the importance of John Muellers work in shaping this whole Research Agenda and what people look at. And the importance of casualties in shaping Public Opinion about war. I think sadly sort of inside the beltway policy community has misinterpreted some of his work. Largely the public will immediately oppose war once the body bags start coming home. Im not exactly sure thats what his work se, but that became the conventional view and oftentimes was attached to him. There are several real difficulties in studying how casualties affect Public Opinion. The main way that we study
Good afternoon, everybody. Im mark kennedy, the director of the graduate school here at George Washington university, and we welcome everyone here from George Washington university to our panel on digital complaints, 2012 and beyond. We give a special welcome to our cspan audience thats joining us. We also give a special welcome to those from the American Political Science Association that have come to all day seminars here in advance of their conference study tomorrow. At the graduate school of political management, we are very pleased that one of George Washingtons trustees, Mark Shenkman who is with us here today has funded a series of research an digital campaigning. As weve all seen, the world in all aspects of our life is going more digital and we want to make sure that our students are at the forefront of understanding how you apply big data for political success. So todays seminar is very timely. Im very pleased to be collaborating with this with the school of media and Public