security upgrades at mark trains could cause use extra time. and a deadly day in afghanistan brings new focus to president obama s decision on a new strategy in afghanistan. that story coming up. an off-duty police officer scares him into making a bad decision. find out what he did that got him us is spended. what will the weather be like at the end of the day? [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] good morning. i m lisa robinson in for mindy basara. and i m stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. we ll get to the big story in a moment. but first let s check in with peterologists, tony pann. good way to put it. right now doesn t look very nice. rain showers locked in across the area. that will be with us at least through the morning commute. the showers go from southern pennsylvania to southern maryland. so at least for the next three to four hours we have to deal with steady rain. but things will start to improve. temperature
2009 is to be awarded to president barack obama. president obama wins the nobel peace prize. did anybody see this coming? on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda training camps and military strikes of the talha bound regime. a war in afghanistan for eight long years. strikes of the taliban regime. why is the general running the war running his mouth in public? the nonpartisan cbo says the health care bill will reduce the deficit. we can not stand for an epidemic of violence. the obama administration and zeros in on an epidemic of children killing children. friday morning, americans awoke to the news that their president who has been in office less than one year had won the nobel peace prize. the last president to win that was woodrow wilson. the committee attached importance to obama s vision and it worked for a world without nuclear weapons. only rarely has a president, should the world s attention and given its world s
2009 is to be awarded to president barack obama. president obama wins the nobel peace prize. did anybody see this coming? on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda training camps and military strikes of the talha bound regime. a war in afghanistan for eight long years. strikes of the taliban regime. why is the general running the war running his mouth in public? the nonpartisan cbo says the health care bill will reduce the deficit. we can not stand for an epidemic of violence. the obama administration and zeros in on an epidemic of children killing children. friday morning, americans awoke to the news that their president who has been in office less than one year had won the nobel peace prize. the last president to win that was woodrow wilson. the committee attached importance to obama s vision and it worked for a world without nuclear weapons. only rarely has a president, should the world s attention and given its world s
2009 is to be awarded to president barack obama. president obama wins the nobel peace prize. did anybody see this coming? on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda training camps and military strikes of the talha bound regime. a war in afghanistan for eight long years. strikes of the taliban regime. why is the general running the war running his mouth in public? the nonpartisan cbo says the health care bill will reduce the deficit. we can not stand for an epidemic of violence. the obama administration and zeros in on an epidemic of children killing children. friday morning, americans awoke to the news that their president who has been in office less than one year had won the nobel peace prize. the last president to win that was woodrow wilson. the committee attached importance to obama s vision and it worked for a world without nuclear weapons. only rarely has a president, should the world s attention and given its world s
it s wednesday, september 9th. this morning, joint session. before tonight s rare speech to congress, the president talks first to abc news about his new plan to persuade the public. it will add a lot of clarity about what i think is the best way to move forward. breaking news. a reporter rescued. a daring, early-morning commando mission to rescue journalists held hostage. and apple s announcement. the maker of the ipod and iphone unveils its latest invention the maker of the ipod and iphone unveils its latest invention today. captions paid for by abc, inc. good morning. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. six months of bare-knuckle negotiations on health care reform tonight come down to this. tonight, president obama aims to close the deal. but first, he gave an exclusive preview to abc news. john hendren has the latest from washington. good morning, john. reporter: good morning, vinita. president obama is putting his prestige on the line. he ll be talking to