Something else to look forward to along with the bradford pear and the blooming magnolia. Lot more to come around the Cherry Blossoms and around the tidal basins as you can see, not the prettiest of days. If you missed out this year, its always next year. Back to leon. Leon all right, steve. See you in a bit. Good try. Alison now, we turn to a developing story this afternoon about two men arrested for a bank robbery back in march. Now believed to be connected to serial bank robbers that the f. B. I. Has called the black hat bandits. Stephen tschida live outside the federal Court Building in d. C. About what hes just learned about this. Stephen . Stephen yeah, alison. We just nailed this down just a few minutes ago. Actually now one of them is a 65yearold arrested in connection with that bank robbery in upper northwest back in march. His name is thomas george. Well, george was interviewed after his arrest and according to this affidavit which we have uncovered, george has admitted to an
Different incident that gave the police the clues they needed to make the arrest. Diane police say that 15yearold Marvin Frazier is facing attempted murder charges after gunshots rang out in this neighborhood monday morning come just down the street from Seneca Valley High School. A spokesperson for the school said the student told the staff member about the shooting, which prompted administrators to lock the doors for a shelter in place situation as classes continued inside and parents were notified. It sad. Diane tuesday, a day after the shooting, a fight broke out at Martin Luther king Junior Middle School as students were heading home. One of the students was arrested for having a knife on school grounds. Officials say the student did not use the weapon during the fight, but that case helped investigators piece together what happened monday. The circumstances surrounding that oevent provided information that led to the suspect involved in the shooting. Diane the 16yearold victim wa
The law. Ll. All season history. The russian president convening a joint session of parliament to dismiss sanctions and say the west had crossed the red line. He signed an annexation treaty with crimea. Shortly after news reaction from the us Vice President in poland. Most notably hinted that nato military exercises i mean his nose at the last minute or two and nineteen built at an aunts crimea progressive president defended his actions in a defiant speech that accused the west of double standards the latest the al west and on his head is on the haunted states prefer not to be daunted by the school or in a practical policies. The bar the role of the god squad is they start to believe that they had been chosen and they are unique. Theyre about to start the fight to the welsh open in the bacon to waste the rights to what to do whatever they want. What does this question palins brand weekend dantes days rest of crimea treaty. The shares offered a variety of arguments to justify was not th
Brink. And im terribly pleased, because it was so dangerous. What now . Thats the really big question, isnt it . Theyve set themselves the task of preparing a budget by middecember. The continuing resolution will run out in january and the debt ceiling issue will rise again in february. I dont see how theyre going to agree a budget. We know why its been so difficult so far. I hope they will. And if they dont, i imagine there must be a possibility that well be in the same place again early next year. So, how are the markets likely to handle that uncertainty between now and then and as we get close once again to the brink . The interesting thing is that the markets have taken all this in their stride largely. Theres been very small tremors in parts of it. But i think the markets still assume that nothing bad is going to happen, that in the end it will be so insane for the us actually to default even for a few hours that its not going to happen. Its not a real threat, its just political t
Jpmorgan chase is juggling. A 6 billion settlement with Institutional Investors is in the works and criminal charges may still be filed in california. The bank is under investigation on so many fronts its hard to keep them sorted out, everything from the deceptive sales in its credit card unit to Bernie Madoffs ponzi scheme to the criminal manipulation of Energy Markets and the bribing of chinese officials. Nor is Jpmorgan Chase the only culprit under scrutiny. Bank of america was found guilty just this week of civil fraud, and eight other banks are being investigated by the government for mortgage fraud. No wonder wall streets camp followers at fox news, the wall street journal, cnbc and other cheerleaders have ganged up to whitewash the banks. This could be the biggest egg yet across the smug face of unfettered, unchecked, unaccountable capitalism. Lets sort this out with someone who covers wall street without fear, favor or flaming headlines. Gretchen morgenson has been called the m