he was in this statehouse, sitting across from governor dennison behind me. he was delivered a telegram and lincoln opened the telegram and indicated that the electoral college had met and ratified the voice of the people. he was truly the president-elect of the united states. the oath of office used to be taken in march. so lincoln was on his way from springfield to washington, d.c., and in many cases that same route during his funeral was retraced. he was once again here at the ohio statehouse when his funeral train came to columbus on april 29th, 1865. and abraham lincoln did lay in state in the grand rotunda for 6.5 hours. in that short amount of time, 50,000 people filed past the president's open casket. it was a phenomenal site sight to see people travel to pay their respects to the slain president. throughout the ohio statehouse, we have eight of our hearing rooms named after ohio's eight presidents. ohio sometimes referred to as the mother of presidents and here we are in the grant hearing room. ohioans loved grant. they believed slavery should not ta

. >>> rich den dennison has those and much more. >> reporter:ed biggest names in music will hit the red carpet for the 34th annual mtv video music awards perry. it will be held in ethel wood california. pink is expected to receive the vanguard award, which recognizes an artist's contributions through visual arts. kendrick lamar leads artists with eight nominations. >>> monday the best tennis players will face off in the championship in queens, new york, established in 1881, the event will span two weeks and is currently the only grand slam tennis championship held in the united states. wednesday, tech giant samsung is set to unveil its newest product. the smart watch. the announcement comes just one week after the company released its latest smart phone, the galaxy note 8. also saturday marks the 72'nd anniversary of vj day. this date 1945 marked the official end of world war ii. over 290,000 military members died as a result of the war. that's a look at the week ahead, i'm rich >>> pizza lover listen closely. pizza hut and dominos could land you free pizza for life. all have to do is g

that's a look at the week ahead, i'm rich dennison fox news. >>> wouldn't it be nice if every day couldnational book lovers day? sitting on the beach, reading a book. can't get better than that. >> i think if, in lieu of national book day it should be national beach day >> are you reading a book right now >> you should be. i'm reading a historical book. >> my problem with books is once i start to read a book, i can't put it down. so i don't i don't communicate with them. it's >> you get lost in the box? >> absolutely. >> get your book on tape. >> you're engaged locked in >> very focused >> always very focused on our forecast, see what i did there >> i was just waiting. >> big time segway right there now, buddy >> how has the weather >> it's like he's been doing it years and years. this is always bonus august territory. when you're, you, yesterday was 81, the humidity was so you were low. this morning worry starting off actually with temperatures in the suburbs in the 50's. how great is that? some clouds today, we have out there this morning, they will burn off then we'll get sunshine. n