[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby in western pennsylvanialage of reduction. i'm here because a viewer wrote me to say this whole place is his strange inheritance. >> my name is david stawovy. when my parents passed away, my siblings and i inherited a town. >> hi, david. i'm jamie colby. >> hello, jamie. welcome to the town of reduction. >> you wrote me you inherited a town? this is it? >> this is part of it. >> david and his three siblings' inheritance encompasses 75 acres of hills, farmland, and forest nestled along the youghiogheny river. the town, population 60, stretches out along reduction road, which leads into reduction circle, and an area called "the village," a collection of 19 houses. >> and the house right in front of me is the house that my father decided to purchase, and that's where i lived when i was one year old. he wanted only one, but the people that was selling it asked him if he wanted to buy them all. so he ended up buying them all. >> your dad bought the whole neighborhood? >> yes, the whole town in 1948. >> but david's

thunderstorms in the predawn hours and western pennsylvania. part of the front. the front, its, may not geto the washington area in i-95 until sunrise tomorrow morning. ed tookheatndex today only feelg like 100 degrees. that is before the storms roll in, melissa. >> looking forward to the rest of the week. >>> a render. delays and cancellations across the brunswick line becae of trees along the track. so if that is your way to work, enu might want to think of something differ it may not happen for you. no problems on the beltway. this is just cleared. beltsville at 295 at 212 and that is now gone. 66 and 95, no problems. >>> heat is being blameddfor the th of a woman who took a weekend hike along the montgomery county trail. >> she was on the bill goat trail near great fall on saturday. she suffered what is being described as a heat-related emergency. she was taken to the hospital where she died on sunday, the trail was closed. first responder tell us that the high temperatures andumidity with that hikers can quickly run into trouble. >> wealked about hiking earl

thunderstorms in the predawn hours and western pennsylvania. part of the front. the front, its, may not geto the washington area in i-95 until sunrise tomorrow morning. ed tookheatndex today only feelg like 100 degrees. that is before the storms roll in, melissa. >> looking forward to the rest of the week. >>> a

. >>> authorities are vestigating a devastating house explosion tonight in western pennsylvania it happened in washington county near pittsburgh. as you can see the house was flattened and nearby houses were damaged. s fficials say a gas leakspected. at least five people were injured there. t >>> we've go disturbing story from dallas involving a man who called police for help but ended up dying in police custody. newly released body cam footage raises questions about how equipped police departments are to deal with mental illness. gabe gutierrezas t video which we shouldwa you is disturbing. >> help me! help me! >> tony had called 911 himself telling a dispatcher that he suffered from schizophrenia and depression and was off his meds. >> get off the ground. >> you're going to kill me. you're going to kill me. >> reporter: these body camera videos were obtained by nbc station kxias and the dallas morning news after a lengthy legal battle. he is restrained for 14 minutes as officers laugh and crack jokes. >> are youtill with us? >> reporter: then he goes quiet >> wake up. >> reporter: as he's

i am wching this little bit of rain that's tryih to pus out of pittsburgh and out of western pennsylvania. could clip our western areas in maryland and even through the shenandoah valley and eastern panhandle of west virginia. any showers we seeefore noon look to stay westf the district. 80 degrees is our temperatureri t now. if you have not walked outside yet, it's really humid. that humidity hits you like a ton of bricks. i think it's more steamy today because of the rain we got overnight last night. wever, that's going to translate into heavy rain later on today. let's talk about that flooding threat today. more storms coming your weay. ill time them out in just a little bit. >> thank you very much. >>> meantime, i want to tell you about a deadly crash. it has shut down traffic on the enter loop inaranham. c are getting by on the shoulder. traffic is backed up because of this two car crash. one person was killed. another rushed to the hospital. we have a crew on the way to the scene and we will have more on n this situatiater in the morning. but stay up to da on that. >>> and backo the

my aunt bess is 93 and alive in western pennsylvania. i posted these and said now show me your family pictures. i really wasn't trying to make a political point though there were so many to be made. and i was overwhelmed with fabulous family photographs and remarkable stories. here's a small sampling. posting here are my grandparents and great grandparents in new delhi, so my grand father could study civil engineering at the university of delaware. they immigrated with just two suitcases. he was born here, his parents came from mexico to work in the fields of california. hard work and passion for the country and their devotion to raising a family has created generations of happy and successful americans, passionate about the country in which we live. i'm grateful for their sacrifices. lawrence wrote, meet the original hale family. my great, great grandfather la mond monday ma lemond was born the slave master's name. due to my slavery and my ancestors being slaves, this is where my family tree stops. finally, these are carol ann's great g

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more i talk to democrats in the days since and even just now, i was going to my home bases western pennsylvaniaratic sources out there. even the ones who know all about those purple swing districts in western p.a., i didn't sense that they were saying, oh, no, don't you dare do this. they're almost -- personally they think and substantively they think that this president should be impeached. there is that. substance does matter. politically, they're saying it wouldn't kill us. would it help us in those swing districts, those real swing districts? not necessarily. but they didn't say to me it'll kill us, which makes me think that to some extent the pro-impeachment people are pushing a little bit against an open door in the fact that jerry nadler has a primary challenger, that's happening all over new york, by the way, and that's real. >> i think one of the interesting quotes i read today came from andrew sullivan. he's very frustrated that democrats haven't started an inquiry. he goes, and he was talking about the debate between aoc and pelosi. it's as if we have to choose between craving coward

somebody from west virginia or western pennsylvania who is angry about the liberal nature of the bigwell, get out of here. >> you know the constituency that is going to respond to this, frankly, populists throughout the electoral college key swing states. the same constituency that responded to toby keith after 9/11 when he wrote that song, we'll put a boot in your ass. it speaks to the spirit of nativism that we're strong. if you don't believe it, get out. >> do you believe the person on the commuter train is willing to engage in this kind of racist talk? >> you know, economic grievance is one thing. >> on the train with other people around. >> we've certainly had economic grievance in this country. this is racial grievance directed at america's diversity. i think that is different and more dangerous, more dangerous for trump, more dangerous for the republicans. >> i just counted today and went through the census, the one that we have, 40-some million african-americans, 56-some hispanic americans from different backgrounds. that's almost 100 million people in the country. it's not s

haines of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the western district of pennsylvania. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of stephanie l. haines of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the western district of pennsylvania. signed by 17 senators as follow- mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 326. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those i

pointed out, it's a small area but as you've said this will go up to ohio river valley, indiana, western pennsylvaniais going to go on for least a week of potential flooding if not more. >> the winds die down but the moisture will drag in heartland, that eventually runs to ohio and back to mississippi and floods all the areas once again. eric: wow, that's tough, adam, thank you. arthel, we won't forget folks who had covered as path of barry goes up north. we will take live look on conditions of baton ro, >> this is the mississippi river and you can see it's extremely full and the fact that the weather is letting up, it's sort of deceiving, we caught up with the mayor checking out the conditions, because the forecast calls for the worst weather to come in the morning of barry to make landfall in the morning, hey, it's not too bad but the worst is yet to come and here is what she had to say about what residents could expect. >> i don't want people to be -- be off guard, you know, i want people to continue to be vigilant, watchful, be prepared. weather is unpredictable. >> the mayor also saying that the

go through the midweek but talking about rain reaching all the way to western new york and western pennsylvania the order of two to three inches from what is left of barry but some of the heavier bands from arkansas to mississippi today could leave six to ten inches, george. >> wet start to the week. ginger, thanks very much. >>> to washington now where president trump has sparked a storm of outrage after a series of racist tweets targeting members of congress who are women of color. he wrote they should, quote, go from, ignoring the fact they are all citizens, three of the four born in the u.s. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce tracking all the latest. mary, the president was trying to divide democrats. it appears to be backfiring. >> reporter: while the president may have thought he could exploit tension between democratic leaders and these progressive members, instead we are now seeing democrats coming together rallying behind these members and calling out the president for these racist tweets. from congress -- >> that's a racist tweet. >> reporter: -- to the campaign trail.

i think there's four at this point, and they all live in, like, ohio and western pennsylvania and weficially cares way too freakin' much about these four voters and that's the theory of victory and the other theory of victory is you actually recognize that the present and future of the democratic party is people of color, new immigrants, women and progressive whites and pro dominantly people of color and you actually stop taking them for granted and stop assuming because you can run for president and assume all these things and you know what? not only is that not true. that's messed up. and that's this sort of continuum, if you will, white supremacist implication of our politics that the only voters who matter and thus the legitimate way to win an election is to win a majority of white voters. not only is that no longer going to be politically true, that's messed up. >> philip, i want your reaction to this as well and not just the backyard exchange and the way he's dealt on it. >> i'll put a finer political point on these guys. you're not becoming the democratic nominee with 0% of bl

madam last week i had the opportunity to visit the community volunteers in madison center in western pennsylvania which works to meet the health care needs of the working poor and uninsured in my community. guiseppe has diabetes and major ardiac issues and bring in $2200 and their prescription drugs is $1,790. they would be paying 81% of their income to pay for prescription drugs. the cost of drugs affects everyone. neither being a democrat or republican will get you a discount. we are failing the people of this country to relieve these burdens. congress has used people's access to health care as a political pawn. as my mother would say, we need to knock it off. we need to work side-by-side to help people across the country with these issues. d i want my fellow pennsylvaniaians, i will keep fighting for you. please join me. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek rerecognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minu

you can see jefferson imagined a pretty aggressive western boundary for pennsylvania, to open up these lands to new settlements. you can see by 1784 that jefferson is imagining the possibilities of 14 different new western states, right? in both the land ordinance of 1784 in the northwest ordinance of 1787, they are very conscious of the kinds of problems that the virginia land ordinance created. they want a system that will allow for rapid western expansion in a more orderly way, so uniform surveys and public sales are principles that are woven into these early ordinances, and then the thing that is most famous, most noteworthy, and also i think most easily overlooked by americans, by us, because we take it for granted, the territorial system. what do i mean by this phrase territorial system? what is a territorial system? student: areas with a population that can't be incorporated into states until they reach a certain number. technically there are some states in the u.s. today that would not of reach that number. i think kentucky is one of them. kentucky is big enough but that's righ

see jefferson has imagined western boundaries, including a pretty aggressive western boundary for the state of pennsylvania to open up these lands to new settlements. by 1784, jefferson has imagined the possibility of 14 different new western states. both the land ordinance of 1784 in the northwest ordinance of --7 are very conscience conscious of the problems virginia landowners created. they want to have a system that will allow for rapid westward expansion in an orderly way. salesm surveys and public are principles that are woven into the early ordinances. mosthen, the thing that is famous, most noteworthy, and also most easily overlooked by americans because we take it for granted, the territorial system. what do i mean by the territorial system? what is the territorial system? areas with less than a certain population cannot be incorporated as states until they reach a certain number? technically, there were some states they could not reach that number? -- then, they can gather together and apply for statehood status. this is so unusual. to the example of the british model of colonization. great brita

attorney for the western district of pennsylvania, also the creator and executive producer of the "talking feds" podcast. carol, if donald trump is just donald trump, the ceo of trump org, or let's say he lost the election after this exact same set of facts, and now he is just a private citizen, it really -- i'm not a lawyer, but it really looks like he very clearly is indictable. >> i think that's right. i think you probably would have seen an indictment. there are enough witnesses here who probably would testify against him, certainly michael cohen, his close lawyer in this situation. i think that, you know, the southern district of new york sort of found itself in a checkmate situation. they had immunized david pecker at ami. they had, you know, michael cohen has already testified in front of congress. they've already convicted him. and the end of this story was written a long time ago. they cannot indict the president. so at the end of the day, they've given immunity to some people. other people have plead that that's where it is. and i think if the president were a private citizen, i

western maryland. the lower tier of counties in central pennsylvania. that experienced the most concentrated combat. and of the 10 costliest battles took place in the eastern theater. 19 vessel for the highest percentage of casualties during the war fought in the eastern theater. asked at 10 of the 15 confederate regiments. several factors conspired to focus attention on the east. by europe i'm in london. the rest of it did not matter. the eastern theater. you know this. they contain the 2 national capitals. there only 100 miles apart. also contains the words most famous armies. the army of northern virginia. it was the theater closest to the most large city. tested newspapers with the largest circulation. they habitually case the progress of the war but what was happening in the eastern theater. they had a view of the united states that is very similar to the view that new yorkers are. to see everything to the appellations. it is like everybody concealed way to the hudson as we know. then it becomes indistinct. and maybe los angeles. a final factor. it is the presence of orale. 's emergence as the

the eastern theater embraced most of virginia, parts of western maryland, the lower tier of counties in central pennsylvania. that theater experienced by far the most concentrated combat of the war. eight of the ten cost least battles for united states armies took place in the eastern theater. more casualties took place within 20 miles of fredericksburg, virginia, than in any other state in the confederacy. 19 of the 20 union regiments that suffered the highest percentage of casualties during the war fought in the eastern theater, as did 10 of the 15 con federal regiments and eight of the ten con federal brig aids that earned that grisly distinction. several factors conspired to focus attention on the east in the united states, in the confederacy and in in europe and by europe i mean london and paris, the rest of it didn't matter. the eastern theater among these factors are the eastern theater, and you know this, the eastern theater contained the two national capitals, they are only 100 miles apart. it also contained the war's two most famous armies, the army of the potomac and the army of northern virginia

pennsylvania. detroit's had showers overnight. definitely some rain in western kentucky. everybody is dry this morning, most of us are. 93 million people, 1 in 3 americans, under some heat advisory. everywhere in the bright eye pink is excessive heat warning. and it gets into dangerous category for people being in apartments without air conditioning, especially the elderly. so, you get it. it's the peak heating of summer. it's almost like what you get at the end of january with big cold waves, well, this is the opposite. 108 it feels like in oklahoma city. 108 in arkansas. those are 100 to 110 across the board from the midwest through the plains. on thursday, we see the heat cranking. savannah will feel like 107. philadelphia today, very hot and humid. you'll get thunderstorms which actually help on thursday. same for new york city. maybe travel delays or airplane delays because of the storms but at least it won't be as hot. when those storms are gone, it will crank up. washington, d.c. will feel like 104. i know i'm throwing a lot of numbers at you, but that was kind of

western-style liberalism. plus, this look into political warfare up in pennsylvania. >> you need to follow the rules, mr. president. >> homeless living in shelters. >> you need to follow the president. point of order, mr. president. point of order, mr. president. point of order! >> tonight i'm going to talk to that state senator there who was shouted down by her republican colleague as she defended a program for the state's poorest people. we begin tonight with what a difference a debate makes. the first democratic debate in its history now, a new poll out just today, shows significant gains for senator kamala harris. also for elizabeth warren. and bad news for joe biden. the cnn poll found the former vice president maintaining his front-runner status, but down at 22%. down ten points since may. california senator harris has evolved to second place, up nine points for her. senator elizabeth warren gained in her case eight points to come in third and overtaking senator bernie sanders who went down four points. kamala harris' rise comes from a breakout challenge to biden for his comments over working with

western hemisphere. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: mr. president, i ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: and also ask consent because i have three separate topics to discuss, that each of those topics are placed in the appropriate part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to celebrate one of the seminole moments in american civil rights history. this week marks the 29th anniversary of the signing of the americans with disabilities act. on july 26, 1990, president george h.w. bush signed a sweeping bipartisan bill that acknowledged and affirmed the rights of people with disabilities. the passage of the so-called a.d.a. promised that people with disabilities are included in the guarantee of fundamental rights. just by way of example, the right to petition the court when discriminated against, the right to apply for and be considered for a josh, the right and the access to vote, the right to economic security,

watch s been put up for all of our northern and western zones here from prince george's washington, arlington, fairfax, everywhere north and west into pennsylvania. that is a flash flood watch for late tonight. the other highlighteolor down here in southern maryland in the lower eastern shore is the he excessive warning today. heat index in maryland could be over 100 degrees. closer to town and points north and west, only about a hundred degrees. severe weather likely between 3:00 and 11:00. heavy rain. some spots wll get more than 3 inch of rain between now and the time this comes to an end later tomorrow. temperature not as bad this morning. 78 in arlington. 71 a popular number. warrenton also 71 this morning. a risk for severe weather and highest chance in the yellow shading area from richmond to washington up the i-95 corridor, new york, philly or boston, you have so significant weather delays. the front is across parts of ohio. ahead of it thunderstorms in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. a quite monday this morning commute. storms develop not long after lunch time and 2:00 to 3:00, severe weather is possible in parts of the shenandoah valley. pos

western-style liberalism. plus, this look into political warfare up in pennsylvania. >> you need

western athens. so far though no reports of any deaths or serious injuries. >>> a pennsylvania school district is taking heat for sending a threatening letter to parents over their school lunch debts. it says parents could be taken to dependency court if they don't pay legitimate went lunch bills and their children could be removed from their homes and placed in foster care! the district is trying to collect some $20,000 in payments. an attorney who works for the district says that foster care was only one option. >> hopefully that gets their attention. certainly did, didn't it? i mean, if you think about it, you're here this morning because some parents crying foul over they don't want to pay a debt. a debt attributable to feeding their kid. how shameful. >> i found it very disturbing and upsetting. it's a total misrepresentation, a gross misrepresentation of what our agency does. >> counties officials involved in foster care placement say the threat in the letter is false. they say foster care is not supposed to be used to scare parents into paying school lunch bills. now, meanwhile, five types of rag

at a point, you cannot do that via school in carlisle, pennsylvania, in montgomery alabama, or anyone of our excellent colleges in the western hemisphere. fort benning or here in the perry center at washington. at a point, we've got to be in the region, be present. that means u.s. navy ships, coast guard cutters, marine special-purpose forces, special operations forces, small numbers. we have in some cases adequate numbers now, but if we took reductions we might have to for the global fight that would have a disproportionate impact in the long-term ability to work with our partners. >> are there capability gaps, currently, that you are concerned about that we should be doing some thing about? adm faller: i'm concerned. the litoral combat ship is an excellent platform the navy is bringing online. it is had some issues. i'm confident we're going to come out of those. the sergeant major and i spent several hours on a ship in florida recently. mayport, it's a capability we need. the navy is committed to deploying one in october. we look forward to that so we don't have a navy combatant now so that's a gap. intelligence, surveill

into pennsylvania away from the washington capital region so good news for the morning jog or walk to starbucks for your coffee. temperature in the mid-70s. 77 wn and even to our west. extreme western maryland mid to upper 60s, close to 70 degrees in cumberland. here we talk about future weather. loud will get that heating in the atmosphere. where you see the gray aloudy morning and not a lot of brea w buth the heat and humidity and upward versatility motion and unstability of the atmosphere, notice the showers and occasional rumbles of thunder, everyone will not get wet or see heavy rain but those who do, it will be across the area until midnight tonight. tind a pool today. temperature nos hot as it has been. storm chance will definitely be after about 2:00. with that, the impact, as i said, heavy rain and wind, not really a hail or severe weather event today but showers to go around. to the beach we go. we take a look at the preview for the weekend. saturday and sunday a chance of rain shower with temperatures in the low 90s. with that, here is the forecast. we have had 4 out of the last 6h days wit high temperatures in the 90s and take a sly break but back to it again as we talk

pennsylvania. the johnson reed immigration act of 1940 before becomes law and it remains law with very few amendments until 1965. the quota system kept immigration from certain countries. all countries outside of the western hemisphere at approximately 154,000 people per year and it divvied that up by country. it is not a quarter you have to had, the quota is the maximum number of immigrants that can enter. the upper limit, not the goal. germany and great britain had the highest portion since you genesis saw them as easily assimilated. 86% northern and western europe. 12% for eastern europe and 2% for elsewhere. some countries had quotas of 100 people per year. the entirety of africa had 1100 visas available each year. the johnson reed act codified a bar zone immigration was prohibited. professors, clergy, rabbi, people born in the western hemisphere those were not hemieed re those were not act. officers were responsible for paperwork so applicants had to wait to receive their visa. all of this happened in the 1920s 15 years before the crisis of european jews. the seeds are so long in advance of . it is a slow and elaborate process not designed to work in a crisis there is no differentiation between immig

haines of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the western district of pennsylvania shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber who have not voted or wish to change their vote? if not, the ayes are 87. the nays are 1. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of ada e. brown of texas to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of ada e. brown of texas to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the cle

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, william shah stickman iv, of pennsylvania, to be united states district judge for the western district of pennsylvania. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. there's a request for the yeas and nays. is there a second? there appears to be a circuit second -- a circuit second. the clerk will -- a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: does any senator wish to vote or change their vote? if not, the ayes are 56. the nays are 34. and the nomination is confirmed. the clerk will report the next nomination. the clerk: kelly craft of kentucky to be the ambassador of the united states of america in the security council of the united nations. the presiding officer: the question is on the last nomination. is there a second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

nicholas ranjan of pennsylvania to be united states district court judge for the western district of pennsylvania shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change hair vote? -- their vote? if not, the yeas are 83, the nays are 15. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, j. nicholas ranjan, of pennsylvania, to be the united states district judge for the western district of pennsylvania. mr. thune: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that at 11:00 a.m. on wednesday, july 10, the senate vote on confirmation of the following nominations in the order listed -- executive calendar 47, 52, and 51, that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. i further ask that at 4:30 p.m., the senate vote on the pending cloture m

surprising when judge phipps was first nominated to serve as district judge for the western district of pennsylvania, the senate confirmed him on a voice vote. this body saw what everybody else had seen, an impressively qualified intellectual individual who understands the job of a judge. so i'm sorry that this nominee who earn add voice vote to his current position will require a cloture vote this afternoon but nevertheless i look forward to voting his nomination today and voting to confirm later in the week and i would urge our colleagues to join me. following that nomination, the senate will tend to another of this body's unique responsibility, the ratification of treaties. for the better part of the last century, the u.s. has engaged in bilateral tax treaties with foreign trading partners. these measures cultivate robust trading relationships and put in place important clarifications to ensure that american businesses can avoid double tax burdens. today americans engage in about 60 such treaties, with major allies and developing partners alike. together they account for literally trillions of do