on people in northwest the last couple of months. it s hard to say right now. it may like i said, we made multiple arrests. we made arrests in different districts and arrests this morning. reporter: councilwoman mary jay is hearing from residents in her ward. she is concerned about the street robberies. when you have armed robberies, people with weapons, you are a step away from a serious assault or even a death. so, it s especially urgent because these people have guns. reporter: so, what are police doing to stop the robberies? stepping up stepping up the uniform presence but we have covert operations that we can t discuss. reporter: back out live in upper northwest in friendship heights, police are looking for help in the case. the one clue they have from two robberies last night, the men got into a dark-colored vehicle. they are not sure about the warren street robbery because they believe the men ran away. they may have had the car parked on another block.
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. they cannot order the military to change but their words carry great weight and today at the pentagon this nation s top military commanders, military and civilian said the time has come for gay americans to serve openly in their nation s armed forces. they said that the time has come for the policy of don t ask don t tell to come to an end. they admitted it will be difficult at first but attitudes are improving and strongly indicated the nation owes it to patriots who want to volunteer to serve. we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. reporter: good evening. for the most part this pentagon report out supports the repeal of don t ask don t tell but it won t come easy. airport lieutenant, a decorated combat pilot was outed more than two years ago but his case is still pending and he s still on active duty, proof he says, gays can openly serve in the u.s. military.
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. they cannot order the milita to change but their words carry great weight and today at the pentagon this nation s top military commanders, military and civilian said the me has come for gay americans to serve openly in their nation s armed forces. they said that the time has come for the policy of don t ask don t tell to come to an end. they admitted it will be difficult at first but attitudes are improving and strongly indicated the nation owes it to patriots who want to volunteer to serve. we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim,ood evening. reporter: good evening. for the most part this pentagon report out supports the repeal of don t ask don t tell but it won t come easy. airport lieutenant, a decorated comb pilot was outed more than two years ago but his case is still pending and he s still on active duty, proof he says, gays can openly serve in the u.s. military. i ve go
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. they cannot order the military to change but their words carry great weight and today at the pentagon this nation s top military commanders, military and civilian said the time has come for gay americans to serve openly in their nation s armed forces. they said that the time has come for the policy of don t ask don t tell to come to an end. they admitted it will be difficult at first but attitudes are improving and strongly indicated the nation owes it to patriots who want to volunteer to serve. we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. reporter: good evening. for the most part this pentagon report out supports the repeal of don t ask don t tell but it won t come easy. airport lieutenant cool her a decorated combat pilot was outed more than two years ago but his case is still pending and he s still on active duty, proof he says, gays can openly serve in the u.s. mil
throughout this friday morning. any time there s a big thing of meat cook up, you can count on dave being hovering around. when there s a huge cookie, the biggest you ever have seen, clayton will be making his way out there soon. we start with a fox news alert for you. it was a scene out of the violent wild west. 21 people are dead and six hurt after a shootout between rival drug gangs in mexico. this happened just 12 miles south of nogales, arizona. this is a hotbed for drugs and immigrant smuggling. gangs often fight for control of drug trafficking roots that major gun battles like this one are rare. all of the victims are believed to be members of gangs. a one-two punch from the taliban this morning leaving four dead in northern afghanistan. first, a suicide car bomber detonated an s.ument v. outside a compound and four others stormed a building used by a washington, d.c. consulting company. no americans were killed in those attacks. tropical storm alex has been downgr