And there is breaking news out of lorton here virginia ths morning where police are on o the scene of the overnightvernit murder of a teenager. Nar. The investigation in the 9700 block of hagel circle. Melanie alnwick is there livehev with new developments for uss this hour. Ou mel. Reporter steve and allison, Fairfax County police c a short time ago identifieddeie the victim as maurice andersonno berger. They tell us he was just 17ust 7 years old. Now, neighbors here at the terrace townhomes of gunston oft say that he did live in thein neighborhood. Ig they think he lived just upus the street a little bit and and they remember seeing him ing i the neighborhood riding hisiding bike or sometimes at his place p of work. Of wk. Now, it was 10 36 last nightht when some folks here in thein neighborhood told me they heard a series of loud deep ld p booms that initially they thought may have been thundern n but they didnt see any seeny flashing so they realized it re was gun shots. S gunho po
T lumpur. In somalia. A nighttime raid has been carried out on a base of the al shabaab group. At least one was killed, in bawari, a port city three miles south of mog mogadishu. No rg group has claimed responsibility. Peter what more do we know . Well, knowledge al shabaab has confirmed that there was a raid, ive just been speak to an al shabaab spokesman and said the raid took place about 2 00 a. M. Exactly how many raiders were involved in the attack he said perhaps between ten to 15, nothing more. He said the attack was on a house was close to the beach, the attackers approached the beach in boats. He said they thought there was a gun blast between 20 minutes and half an hour. He said only one vessel was killed but speaking to another western source, a security source, told me that the attack took place, that he understood it was, quote, successful. The chair was killed. Were going oneed to wait for more details to come out but it certainly seems that this attack did happen. Clearl
Was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and from mote competition and promote competition, believing thered be innovation, more investment, more consumer choice, more innovation and, you know, fortunately, i think the result has proven us correct, that thats exactly whats happened. But now were in a situation, you know, not that many years later that there needs to be, again, i think, a massive overhaul. And out of all the new technology, all the new applications, all the new modes of service. Host rick boucher, youve covered, worked on telecommunications for a long time especially as a member of congress. Did congress understand what was going on with the 96 Telecommunications Act, or was it just limit today a few members with expertise . Guest well, as is often the case in the committees that focus on particular subject matters took the lead in this reform. Jack was chairman of our subcommittee. Other members of our subcommittee had been focused on telecom