for the purpose of wilderness and not to do with the reality of wilderness. much my district in colorado has wilderness areas. if there were these lawless areas, all the criminals would live in the wilderness and they would simply come out to commit crimes and go back in. it's simply not the case. law enforcement officials assure me that whenever they're engaged in hot pursuit they're able to, of course, continue to pursue immigrants into -- immigrants or other criminals, criminal aliens, etc., into wilderness territories. now, this is a problem, the immigration issue, that cannot simply be enforced away. when we're talking about immigrants without papers, they're in our cities and towns, they're in our schools, the grandmother of the american grandkids, they are residents of our community, i people -- i meet with them on a regular basis. we help immigrants get on with their lives, contribute to our economy, make it stronger. yes, there's a problem here and thankfully -- i ask for an additional minute. ms. slaughter: i'd be glad to yield you an additional min

so they're hearing the victories of the past while in the wilderness wearing hand-me-downs trying to figure out what the heck they're going to do when they face the walls of jericho. so there's a need to be able to show the same god, the same tactics that we used at the red sea would be helpful to, one, get them out of the wilderness but, two, tear down the walls of jericho and help them to get to the promised land living. but if you don't make the connection then all they see is wilderness and all don't make the connection all they see is wilderness and hand-me-downs and all they see is making not just to make it today but they don't see how to move forward to make it tomorrow and all they hear is giants in the land. >> all right. i will take a brief pause. i indicated to you that we would be joined by my colleague and friend representative maxine waters from california who has now joined us and all of you know congresswoman maxine waters. i also want to recognize terry sewell, representative out of alabama. terry joined us as well. and to draw your attention to the congressional bl

of northwestern connecticut, which seems like a funny thing to say, the wilderness, but in a valley he started the new town called corn wall. he was everything the town moderator, the selectman, the tax assessor, the tax collector, the grieve all of those jobs until enough people came along. the problem for ethan allen was you didn't build a school in a new community until there were 50 families. why that number? we have this old saying at least when i was growing up, we were told an idle mind is the devil's work shop. in fact, massachusetts had passed a law in 1648 called the old sanctum law, so whenever the community reached a population of 50 families they had to build a school house. ethan allen was born too soon. his younger brother ira and his youngest brother got to go to primary school. ethan allen never went to a formal school. what he learned in cornwall from his father was how you start a community. from the ground up, literally and from the ground down because people moved on to the frontier, the first year they had to clear enough land to plant two acres, that was the f

so it's true that a wheel barrow would be prohibited under the wilderness act?correct. >> which made kevin's job of fixing the water system difficult. >> we walk in. we walk in and carry picks and shovels and the materials are up on our shoulders. we access it on foot now. >> it's tough going. you can understand why this seems to be the intersection of bureaucracy and common sense. >> correct. >> and that has people scratching their heads? >> right. >> and i say that i don't like bureaucracy and i like to think that i use common sense, but in this case i have to make sure that we comply with the laws and regulations. >> after a few months the forest service relented and let in the machines and people needed to get the water flows again. sx and it is. it rumbles through that. but tombstone wants to do more work that could take years the forest service is willing to consider after it sees the plans and completes the necessary studies. tombstone says it can't afford to wait and shouldn't have to. it filed a lawsuit against the national forest service. tombstone doe

would find very useful to help them connect jewish people with the outdoor some majesty of the wilderness. >>> the one thing out of my book is my character creates these were the list and select makeup words i saw on the internet it was wonderful but rob connected now a little girl in canada reviewed rebook and said one thing she liked about it was making upwards as she puts in her review her favorite metaphor it's anathema was delightful. worldwide connection with something that put out there. >>> such conversation in the one a large about the impact of the internet in technology on the way we think and interact and communicates with a lot of conversation among the impact of internet and the way that we actually read and how you read on a computer screen and on newspaper and print and a book on a piece of paper the morning if you could share your experience about how these sorts of things interact with in the context of your particular book. >>> after it met am hoping children's books will be the last of the printed book that you and your hands because i think this and the lovely but a c

they were wandering around in the wilderness for nine days. >> you might think it was a big ordeal, but really we kind of -- we didn't have that much trouble. we could have maybe lasted another week. >> not too panicked there. they survived by rationing their trail mix and using the hot springs to stay warm. a search coordinator says without those hot springs the students likely would have died though, because temperatures in the region were below freezing. >> wow. they lucked out. they were in the right area. now you'll see an ecoadventure tour. >> i feel badly for them. they were going to spend another week. >> why did somebody have to find them? the city of los angeles still rocking today in celebration. >> that's because the l.a. kings are stanley cup champions for the first time in franchise history. >> it's like a lifetime literally for it to happen. it's great feeling. >> the fans filled into the streets outside the staple center to celebrate last night after the kings beat the new jersey devils 6-1 in game six of the nhl finals. the victory parade will be held on thursday. >> co

the massive fire scorching 190,000 acres of new mexico wilderness. nearly 300-square-miles. it's only 5% contained. firefighters face tinderbox conditions there. it could be another two weeks before it gets put out, now. >>> today marks the official start of the atlantic hurricane season. we've seen two named storms. forecasters are predicting up to 15 storms by the end of november. >>> no named storms on the horizon. but it will be stormy in the east today, with hail, high winds and possible tornados around philly, d.c. and the carolinas. showers in the ohio and tennessee valleys. thunderstorms from texas to the dakotas. and scattered showers from seattle to montana. scorching -- i'm talking about scorching heat in the southwest. >> you are, indeed. a near-record high of 109 in phoenix. 90 in sacramento. 88 in boise. the twin cities gets up to 72. and chicago, 63. 80s from dallas to miami. 78 in atlanta. and 76 here in new york. >> it's dry heat. it doesn't matter as much. >>> and a note from space. the first commercial mission to space was a resounding success. this reusab

two american college students stranded for over a week in the wilderness have been found.ay they were famished, but otherwise in good shape. monica viamese reports from london on how they survived. >> reporter: search teams flew over the mountains in new zealand hoping to find two american students stranded in the bitter cold. told friends they wanted to relax in the hot springs in the national park and study for finals, but they ended up trapped in a snowstorm for nine days before finally hiking over a river to safety. >> we were wearing hoodies and just not the type of thing that you want to be wearing and have when you're stuck in a mountain storm. >> reporter: but the university students from wisconsin said they heated themselves up in the hot pools and slept in a covered hammock like this one to withstand 17-degree temperatures. they survived on one biscuit and jelly a day. >> clearly, we were pretty comfortable where we were and survived it, no problem. we had all the right gear to get through it and had clean, fresh water and stayed warm and dry. >> reporter: but so

. >>> the civil war's battle of the wilderness lasted three days. the battle over wal-mart, that one lasted three years. but today wal-mart finally broke ground over a new super center in orange county virginia. now, the discount retailer scoped out a site near the battle of the wilderness. so the store is going up at a site several miles away from the battlefield. >>> well, still ahead tonight, if you want to catch a blue colored lobsters, the odds say you have to real in two million of them before you see one of them. or you can see one on 9 news, and we'll tell you where they found it. >>> plus we'll tell you to the new babes bash to show you how the local broadcasters joined forces for charity. you're going to see some familiar faces. that's coming up. >>> also ahead, harry read goes bryce harper. we'll show you how he turned congress into a comic relief coming up. >>> a commuter alert. the bay bridge will be shut down tomorrow for a short time. as it stands now, crews will close the bridge at 1:15 in the afternoon and keep it closed for about 4

they thought of the wilderness. you must permit me to say also to this audience, because look so many of our fellow americans, we are drawn to the civil war and to the second world war. but we forget what the country was up to in 1917, 1918. think abut these numbers just for a moment. in the seven weeks in the battle of the argon, we lost 26,500 killed, and 110,000 wounded. somehow, that war tends to escape our attention and as it is escapes our own attention it escapes that of our students. john willerbennett, cherished a powerful affection for virginia and for the confederacy and for the civil war remarked there are two fundamental staples of successful military generalship. one of them is what he called military strategic genius which we impugn and know that was possessed. and the other what willer bennett said the ability to rally an army in defeat. he meant something larger than that. he meant something which communicated itself to an army, a confidence, faith, the certitude that they're going to succeed, intel

it was in the military strategy, in the wilderness, an affair of nightmarish inhumanity, an inept military strategy that ranks one of the worst such episodes in our history of national warfare. to soldiers of the two next generations when they were searching for comparisons of the agony of war and the argon forest in 1918, and in the hertgen forest in the fall and winter of '44/'45, they thought immediately of the wilderness. you must permit me to say also to this audience, because look so many of our fellow americans, we are drawn to the civil war and to the second world war. but we forget what the country was up to in 1917, 1918. think abut these numbers just for a moment. in the seven weeks of the battle in the argon, we lost 26,500 killed, and 110,000 wounded. somehow, that war tends to escape our attention and as it escapes our own attention it escapes that of our students. john willard bennett, great historian of the army, who cherished a powerful affection for virginia and for the confederacy and for the civil war remarked there are two fundamental staples of successful military gen

under the wilderness act?at's correct. >> reporter: which has made kevin rudd's job difficult. >> we walk in, we carry picks and shovels and the materials are up on our shoulders and we access it on foot now. >> reporter: it's tough going. you can understand why this seems to be the intersection of bureaucracy and common sense. >> correct. >> reporter: and that has people scratching their heads. >> right. and i say that i don't like bureaucracy and i like to think that i use common sense. but in this case, i have to make sure that we comply with the laws and regulations. >> reporter: after a few months the forest service relented and let in the machines and the water is flowing again. it rumbles through there. but tombstone wants to do a lot more work that could take years. the forest service says it's willing to consider after it sees the plans and completes the necessary impact studies. tombstone says it can't afford to wait and it shouldn't have to it's filed a lawsuit against the national forest service. >

it's very close to the wilderness area. >>> to look at the studio. some firefighters are dealing with a small fire which started near a playground they were able to get under control quickly but the red flag warning has been extended until 8:00 monday morning and as for the north bay hills and also for the east bay mountains were talking about the gusty winds will high temperatures a that can be recipe for several wildfires. they're urging people to be careful and use precautions especially if you think you ought to win the sec outdoor grilling and going outside. we're live and on the county this morning. >>> a hot weather has prompted a spare the air small device free today carried the air quality management district asking people to limit the strenuous exercise. the people are also being asked to cut back on their driving. that may be low that easy cases saturday is not a commute day for most of us. the ft 50 people are out of their homes after a fire an apartment building overnight. this started just after 11 o'clock were to permit units and the t

we are back with karen finney and ari and doug wilder. okay.stion for you, karen, on this issue of social and civil equality. you sent me an e-mail link to the piece by fred harris saying that we are still waiting on our african-american president and this critique that the president has been insufficient on issues of racial equality. i'm thinking, wait a minute. we have the settlement on african-american farmers. we've got the fair sentencing act around reducing the crack and cocaine piece. we have real sort of accomplishments here. lilly ledbetter has an impact on african-american women who are more likely to be single family wage earns. >> health care reform. >> health care reform. >> has the president does none on race? >> this is a controversial subject. where is the agenda for black america? and to me, you know what i see the president doing and i think i've said this to you before, one of the pieces that got the least amount of attention but i think was the most important was him talking about his own personal journey where he says, i've

students describe how they survived being trapped for nine days in a snowstorm in the new zealand wilderness. >> your risk of stroke may be connected to how much sleep you get. i'm theresa garcia in los angeles. >> but up next two council members out, a mayor under investigation. where does the d.c. government go from here? we'll get some answers when we come back. >>> we now know when that special election will be held to replace kwame brown as d.c. council chair following his guilty pleas on fraud charges. the d.c. board of elections says it will happen november 6th, the same day as the general election. petitions for candidacy will be available on this friday for all those who may be interested. so as many d.c. residents are still sort of scratching their head wondering what the heck happened to our city government, we turn to a man who just may have some answers on that sun. bill light foot, a former at large d.c. council member and lawyer and long time city resident and active if politics even if he's no longer on the council. bill, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> what went

much of that being wilderness and endangered species habitat or conservation rights of way. one of the ironies is our border patrol, which is tasked with securing our border, has almost unlimited rights do what they need to do to protect our border on private property and no one objects to it. which is why the statement of the gentlelady from new york is somewhat disengine win because most of her district is private property. border control already has these options. it is only own federal property that the federal border patrol is prohibited from doing its federal government. -- job. that seems bizarre and unusual. this is what the border actually looks like. when the world is turned upside-down. that's the fence and that's the one road that the border patrol is allowed to use if this happens to be federal wilderness designation. the break in the fence by the way happens to be there so that animals can go freely from mexico and the united states and back and forth. i think i could contend not only animals are using that kind of break in the fence. but needless to say the is

>> well, what's happened since is the existence of the wilderness act and the national forest. >> ineclared the national forest around tombstone springs a federally protected wilderness, preserving it for future generation, letting nature take its course and banning anything mechanical. and i mean anything. >> so it's true that a wheelbarrow would be prohibited under the wilderness act. >> correct. >> which has made kevin rudd's job of fixing the water system difficult. >> we walk in now. we walk in. we carry picks and shovels and the materials are up on our shoulders and we access it on foot now. >> it's tough going. >> you can understand why this seems to be the intersection of bureaucracy and common sense. >> right. and that has people scratching their heads. >> and i say that i don't like bureaucracy and i like to think that i use common sense. but in this case, i have to make sure that we comply with the laws and regulations. >> after a few months, the forest service relented and let in the machines and people needed to get the water flowing again, and it is. >> it rumbles throu

. >> rose: back to 39/40, when he had been in the wilderness since 29...u know, and had seen, though, the coming of hitler and argued passionately between council of government. somehow that received at that time. >> well in the middle of the 30s he was regarded as a real nuisance. he was talking about hitler but he was also making a fuss about other issues like india or the and station on which he was felt to be way out of opinion and the feeling was winston was making a fuss because he wants to get back into the office. by '38/'39 particularly after munich there's a strong sense actually although winston is a nuisance he's right on this fundamental thing and the great advantage for church shill that when war comes he is in a position of not having been tainted, he's not got dirty hands, he has a really clear record, he can speak with authority and there is an overwhelming desire to see him back in government. >> and he manage an extraordinary passage for britain and the british parliament because there was this growing unease, particularly after munich s

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but if you do not make the connection, that all they see as wilderness and handouts. and they see how they can make enough just to make it today, but they do not see how to make it to tomorrow. and all they see are giants in that land. >> all right. [applause] all right. i will take one brief pause. i indicated that we would be joined by my colleague and friend, representative maxine waters from california, who has now joined us. all of you know congresswoman maxine waters. [applause] i also want to recognize terri sabol, the representative out of alabama. -- terry sewell, the representative alabama. [applause] i also want to point this out. take a look of this today, this call to action. see if you can articulate for the audience what the message is today of a voter suppression. what message is being conveyed to our committees and how can we counteract the message being fed by the passage of these laws? it is open to any person on the panel. go ahead, congressman. -- congresswoman. >> i just asked if she would give me a little breathing room. i just came in. let me t

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would see that as a sellout i would see it more as the time for the libertarians to come out of the wilderness. terry we are at a time that i thank you so much austin for coming on the show that was austin peter said director of production for freedom mark thank you. like an eighty and students back on the streets after talks with a call back government over to wish an fees collapsed protesters are now vowing to continue daily rallies which as we've seen over the months have led to fierce clashes with police and thousands of arrests artist can reports that what started as a student strike has grown into something much more fears that canada's system is on its way it's some mirroring the ways of the u.s. the canadian province of quebec a region that prides itself on free healthcare and affordable education for its residents students here pay a fixed amount for tuition fees around twenty five hundred dollars a year for all of the colleges and universities that's the lowest rate in north america and the taxpayers pick up the rest but that model might change as their government looks south they ar

would see that as a sellout i would see it more as a time for the libertarians to come out of the wilderness so. we are at a time that thank you so much austin for coming on the show that was austin peter said director of production for freedom mark thank you and that's going to do it for now for the news but for more on the stories we covered you can check out our you tube channel that's youtube dot com slash our team erica you can also check out our website it's our t.v. dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter at lance wallach will be right back here at seven. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old to tell the truth. i confess and i am a total get a friend that i love rap and hip hop is that patrick. he was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the will without you see its place.

a former virginia governor named douglas wilder first proposed the museum, but now faces $7 million in debt. today's hearing will be held a bankruptcy court in richmond. >> there may be a deal to prevent a hike in federal student loan interest rates. senate leaders reached a deal to keep stafford loan rates steady for another year. house speaker john boehner says that he's not sure if it will be approved. the rate is now 3.4%, but that could double on sunday if congress does not act. 64 degrees. it will get hotter after today >> . a woman who made her mark in journalism and in movies. we will look at the life and accomplishments of the late nora ephron. >> a live look outside on this wednesday morning. >> adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. get ready for heat and humidity. it will be back with a vengeance over the next couple days, especially by friday into the weekend. we have one last comfortable day with low humidity and a refreshing northwesterly breeze. there is very hot air in the midsection of the country. that will slide over washington over the next couple day

and that would change after the wilderness campaign when grant would assume control of all tactical decisions and relegate both burnside and meade to secondary roles. the new commander worked tirelessly throughout the month of april, although he gave few obvious signs of strong activity. his 42nd birthday passed without fanfare. he customarily was seen whittling on a stick while puffing on one of the two dozen cigars he smoked daily. a new england officer watched grant closely for a time and declared he had a low, gentle, vibrant voice, not a hint of self-consciousness, impatience, or restlessness. either of mind or body. on the contrary, he was the center of a pervasive quiet which seemed to be conveyed to everyone around him. no parades or grand reviews occurred during the army build-up. grant preferred to ride casually down the lines, looking intently into the faces of the soldiers who were going to be fighting and dying for him and giving the impression to all that it was more important for him to see them than it was for them to see him. and that reaction was -- garnered respect. not nec

we had the web of co payments and co insurance that can be be wildering to many. that lack of catastrophic coverage and the complexity of the cost sharing creates uncertainty and anxiety and we believe contributes to the demand as a way of protection against this uncertainty. we think by redesigning the program we could update it and make it more consistent and reduce uncertainty and more fairly distribute the cost. >> thank you. i'm aware of how challengething it can be for providers to remain viable. i agree that rur aal ben fis fishiaries have access to care. as congress has to make tough decisions pertaining to specific payment adjustment policies, can you elaborate on your principles for evaluating special payments with an example of how to allow them? >> sure. so, our three principles are that special payment adjustment should be targets to isolated providers. if that provider were to go out of exsite eps that it would compromise needed access for beneficiaries. the amount of adjustment ought to be based for data. so if we adjust for low volume providers hav

the least there in to the kern county wilderness.d movie here that could be based on the stock about the weather today it's going to be another nice day can't get enough of this. the sell mostly clear start still with some areas a patch of fog mainly in coastal areas and then sunshine for this afternoon and lyrical and trend on the horizon the weekend is indian a chance of rain as early as next week sell this is the reason why high- pressure is continuing to movies to some minor changes for today slightly cooler but he really knows the cool down as early as tomorrow. an upper level local news much cooler weather saturday sunday in and not is a monday with dutch chance of rain in the forecast. the focus on today friday nice weather going to be gorgeous out by this afternoon in the '80s in places like the south bay 89 is expected our hottest areas bread with still bumping up into the low 90s in some spots 90 expected among the creek circle areas along the coast on a sticking around to the '60s there places like the date of them in area