my name is alexander ghindin. i'm a pianist, the honorary artist of russia. stanislav: in my personal opnion, anconflict any w means tt there some problem in the society. and i think that art, and especially music, cures souls, cures the society. my name is stanislav khristneko, and i'm originally from ukraine. i was born in ukraine. in my opinion, one of the reasons that many countries have problems these days is that they don't get enough events that have art, and that people can really get positive emotions, get really great feeling from. we have five pianists from five different countries. we haveur artistic director, a wonderful pianist from russia, alexander ghindin. francios-xavier poizat from switzerland. we also have a piano duo from israel and palestine--yaron kohlberg and bishara haroni. and myself representing ukraine. alexander: when i bring is isarali and palestine, russian and ukrainian, i want to say that our countries has difficult time, but it is not forever. that's why the message is that our countries are not in the best relations for this

i'm lamar alexander. good to see you. i would like to be your next president. >> i just got back from your home state in tennessee. >> i'm from maryvail. >> did you fly or drive? did you enjoy it? >> i had a great time. >> was dolly there? >> i was governor of tennessee when she opened that and she had me come over for the opening. there i was, dolly parton and the governor. people were saying governor, would you move out of the way so we could see dolly? >> so you do eight miles a day? >> yeah, 40 miles a week. >> can i give you one of these? >> sure can. >> i'm walking all the way to the city. my way of getting to meet people. >> get a break along the way? >> i take a lot of breaks. i just walk walk for two or three days at a time. then i put an x down and then i come back to that in a couple of weeks and keep going. >> nice to meet you. good luck. >> you don't look like new hampshire voters. hello, mike. i missed you yesterday. >> what goes on here now? >> i'm one of the people who lives and works in new hampshire. sma

this is a story told by alexander graham bell's lawyers. his lawyers succeeded in turning the story beyond everybody's wildest dreams. they persuaded the u.s. courts, and through them, created this cultural memory that alexander graham bell was the great inventor. the outcome went like this, this, extra of lady liberty garnering alexander graham praise of the invention. you can see the telephone of the 1880's behind him. that is a telephone with its arms raised in triumph. these lawyers secured for bell, control over this technology. the warriors were on the others -- there were lawyers on the other side as well. there were other inventors as well. that is the story of like to talk about. it all begs the question of who invented the telephone and the 19 century? was it a mere question of scientific curiosity? this was a question about who would have legal control over an entire growing new industry. about who fighting control the telephone, who invented the telephone was defined by the law. the law defined who was the inventor, who would be

i think they'll keep alexander county in this for a while. but i believe the threat for the most wind damage in alexander county has come to an end. i'm more concerned about this line that has a severe thunderstorm warning with it as it has a big history of producing wind damage across the area. mooresville, 12:12, 12:15 in toward davidson. we showed you pictures of christine rapp in the storm cam . >> reporter: we just moved into lincoln county. very heavy rain. a couple minutes ago we weren't able to see that far ahead of us because of the rain. we're just to the north of the strongest part of the storm. i mentioned just north of high sholes, very heavy rain and strong winds. it's moving very fast. the storm is under a severe thunderstorm warning until 12:45, it's moving at 60 to 70 miles per hour. so it will be here and gone but we had to really slow down our speed, both hands on the wheel because of the winds that were so strong. we've been hearing reports of downed power lines and trees. we're likely going to see some of those throughout

lamar alexander, a record from outside washington. a conservative governor who balanced eight budgets, kept taxes the fifth lowest of any state, reformed education, bro ugt in the auto industry and later helped found a new business that now has 1,200 employees. lamar alexander, governor, businessman, education secretary. a republican running for president froth

but good luck finding alexander hamilton. yes, pull a $10 bill out of your wallet or come here to national portrait gallery. for the most part he has been overshadowed by the other founding fathers. now he is finally getting his turn in the spotlight. new york's most talked about show, hamilton serves up a history lesson like no musical ever before. until recently alexander hamilton was best known as the stoic face on the $10 bill. that changed when hamilton hit broadway. so, this is hamilton grange. >> where he lived the last couple years of his life. this would be far from t cy. >> 100 blocks north of the theater is where the real alexander hamilton lived in an area known as hamilton heights. ron churno wrote the biography on which the musical is based. >> we are sitting in his house right now. the dining room table. what is it like for you to be sitting here? >> a thrill to be in this house. this was really the only house that we know that he ever owned. >> hamilton's story is an extraordinary self-made american immigrant.

we can tell you part of jake alexander are shut down. a patter by saw the flames at 3:45 this morning and gep, you can see firefighters trying to get this fire under control. if you look at the bottom of your screen, you can see a bit of flames from the building but you can see they're putting a lot of water on that trying to get that under control. we'll keep an eye on this and bring you more pictures here on daybreak. >>> we're following breaking news in cleveland county. in the last 15 minutes we learned the two people seriously hurt when a crash caused their home to explode here, they've died. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is live at the scene with exclusive interview from firefighters who pulled that joe, what are they saying this morning? >>reporter: they wanted to give the couple a fighting chance but in the past 15 minutes i learned the husband and wife died in the hospitalminutes apart. it is all because troopers say this truck lost control. the driver who was in it lost control and went right into their house causing multi

should sayntley: i governor alexander, but it's no senator alexander, this piece of legislation reallys fantastic for the state and i want to thank you for all the hard work you have done in supporting this . you know, i don't know how many are presidentere of the state school board in alabama. i am. you know, maybe it's unique to alabama. i don't know. but i look forward to working with my state school board in implementing this, as well as working with the ega, of course. i just want to thank you for your hard work. i wanted to ask you a question about an issue -- i don't know if this is something that we will bring up later in our discussions on the state school board, but it is something i mentioned earlier, it deals with pre-k education. is there anything specific in that would help that particular issue? by trueblue -- truly believe the most important part is a great decade. you, and yes. bill bennett as the secretary of federal rules and i set -- he said -- i will make you about area i bet that there are more state rules than federal rules. we started looking and he was close to

they're asking you to avoid jake alexander if at all possible. looking live at i-77 wood lawn road, that is northbound coming toward you, southbound going away and the volume of traffic here across the charlotte area beginning to pick up. we're seeing delays wt harris boulevard over toward albermarle road but major interstates continue to run in the green this morning. we're going to hop up in the hickory-granite falls area, an accident on highway 321 heading in toward hickory, right in traffic backed up along 321 in the hickory-granite falls area. hop back in the charlotte region starting to see the delays, southbound 77 coming out of lake norman region. >> christine: 6:46. look at any cleaning or beauty product you use every day, can you make sense of the alphabet consumers are demanding more natural products but every company has a different definition of natural. consumer investigator kristen miranda went straight to researchers in the carolinas to find out which ingredients we should look out for. that is all new in this half hour. >> report

that seat is held by yvette alexander. be what folks are now saying about the mayor, getting back into the ring. delia, what is going on? >> reporter: well, bruce, gray wants to get back to the wilson building. and he told me at wamu, the people of ward 7 want change. we spent a lot of time in ward 7 today, and the folks we spoke to certainly do want change. but not everyone is sure gray is the answer. >> iftsz looking -- i looking forward to it since i moved here. >> the hope of development, now littered with trash. >> that was kind of messed up. a lot of jobs in this area. >> do you think the current leadership fails? >> the fact of the matter is, when you're doing development, and i say that about my time as well, you've got to stay on top of these thingsful. >> vince gray says staying on top will be his top priority as ward 7 councilmember. >> do you trust vince gray? >> yes. yes. i would trust him to -- he has a lot of knowledge. he lives here, only two blocks from me. so i feel that's an asset. >> doesn't matter. jus

there is alexander hamilton and george washington. the most important thing, i think, of this small place with all of these people who all are interconnected, george washington is the center. everybody knows and admires him. everybody wants a portrait. everybody wants to paint him. if you are a painter. and everybody else wants a picture or image of george washington. it can be an engraving from the painting or maybe it is a vase that you bought from france, with george washington's image on it. considering george washington to be the modern day -- also one with john adams on it. or maybe it is a clock with george washington on it. imported from france. everyone wants something with george washington on it. this portrait that we are looking at, right here, is an image of george washington which was recently cleaned by a grant that the gallery has from the bank of america. it is to conserve paintings by gilbert stuart. i think we are working our way through them, but this is one of the first ones that was done. it is a replica of the v

alexander county you are in the clear, the warning has been canceled. they have now added until 1:15 mecklenburg, union, caveras, and eastern sections of roane county. here's why. the next cells are coming up. i am going to put a tracker on this, pretty intense cell west of tega kay, cramerton. these are hauling. so you can see mount holly, as we head toward lowsville, huntersville, cornelius, just before 1:00. that is that cell. again, the main line man up, there's likely another align from the west. that, rutherford county. that will likely develop into something as well. that is what we are dealing with in the charlottemer area and to the west. we have a tornado watch in effect until 7:00, for most of the wbtv viewing area. i really think the threat is the next couple hours. if you are in the path of a tornado, we have no active warnings now. this is what you should be thinking about, sturdy building, lowest level. if kids are at school, don't run to the school. the schools know what to do. they go through fire and tornado drills. that's a safe place

follow me. >> reporter: according to this man, alexander was full when he arrived.ow the apartments on either side are empty and uninhabitable. >> this is unsanitary. that's my backyard. >> that's a dead animal. >> yes. >> reporter: another resident allowed us to take photos of the black mould beneath her sink. for tennants, legal recourse is limited. the state of arkansas does not require habit ability from renters, landlords are not required to provide the basics - working plum of course, heating, hot water, unless it's written into the lease. >> most substandard property exists below the interstate i 630, a dividing line between black and white, rich and poor. >> reporter: new city is a nonprofit organising low income people around issues of civil rights, economic justice and tenants rights. if renters had the right to withhold the rent. if repairs aren't made, to terminate a release or take a landlord to court. that would be easy for the city to maintain property and keep it up to standard. >> reporter: they don't have those rights. >> they don't have those righ

they were caught a few blocks away at another home near rainbow and alexander. it's about a 10 minute drive from the home where neighbors say the victim escaped at about 5:30 this morning. mel goldberg neighbor "someone rang the doorbell like 5 times really fast. by the time i got downstairs there was nobody there." to the door she had already moved on to another home where she stayed until authorities arrived. a short time later.. police were called to a residential road near alexander and rainbow where they found the two suspects. now... to the latest developments on the valley weather... as we head into the weekend... it's shaping up.... to be a gorgeous one out there.. a live look right now.... where things are nearly perfect. let's check in with..... 13 weather first.... chief meteorologist bryan scoffield. bryan. the winds have died off and high pressure with tons of sunshine is firmly in control. temperatures will rise into the low to mid 70s tomorrow with just a few high level clouds around and will continue to rise into the mid and upper 70s

peter alexander reporting. a metro organization is working to help kids with special needs stay active this winter. courage league sports in urbandale provides activities for kids of all abilities. children with disabilities are 38- percent more likely to be obese than a typically growing child. they say a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the end of this month will help the organization. "any time you buy adaptive equipment it usually cost 2-3 times cost of what normal sporting goods equipment can be. it also gives us funds to support or programming. we spend a lot of time with our programming and developing it to be a ll the different adaptations for all the disabilities we see coming through our doors." there are still spots open to play in their tournament and we have more information up now on our website w- h-o tv dot com. still ahead on the channel 13 news at noon. we have a guest on our show to mission to help others and a upcoming community blood and bone marrow drive. when and how you can donate. plus..

there's alexander after hours of not seeing anybody. once he spotted the drone, okay, they know where i am, get me. >> wow. out there. >> yep. the sun now has gun down. two coast guard boats in the g alexander jump in the water, we'll try and get you in the boat. because he knows how dangerous the surf has been to him icopter also really not able to do anything for him, so, they've got to wait until a guy can repel all the way down this >> this is like a combination of five different rescue videos in one. >> yeah. >> there's so much at play here. >> imagine if nobody knew that he was out there. this is what it looks an entire team out there, imagine. >> it's incredible because there is alexander talking to ordeal, uninjured, no hypothermia. he was checked out by a medical staff. he's good. >>> we've seen a lot of animals and creatures rescued on a show. >> trapped >> actually, inside of a cat's mouth. >> what? >> that is huge. >> yeah, it is huge. >> this video posted by alexandria, she does, carries then turns the camera, puts the lieg

. >> alexander hamilton., that was awesome. >> thank you. and it's amazing to get t do it on our home turf. >> the hip-hop musical about ourhers on our sound stage back in l.a. the performance crashed hamilton's website, tickets are sold out until january 2017 and o see why this multiracial cast has drawn so many a-listers to see their show. you think it is about this s that people are just fawning over? >> because we put our whole hearts into it. >> i think it's all in>> the biggest night in music is family night. julie chan and her husband, brought their son charlie. >> if he wants to go. it took a few ye i don't want to go to that thing. >> you have more style influence than him. >> you know moms do the shopping for the famiparents watched him win his first two grammys ever which included song of the year. >> my parents come to the grammys every and every year i lose. so i say, maybe next year. >> christy teagan and her husband bombed during the show, are expecting their baby daughter this spring. >> you wrote a song for about a song for

peter alexander reporting. last night ted cruz and marco rubio pledged to release their tax tomorrow. a bill advancing in the statehouse could help iowa combat bullying... the bill would allow bullied students to enroll in another school and immediately be eligible to participate in varsity sports. currently, the law calls for students who transfer to wait 90 days before taking part in sports. the bill was approved by the house yesterday and is now awaiting senate approval. iowa lawmakers are also working to make the streets safer for bicyclists... a bill is moving its way through the state house to that would require drivers to move into a different lane any time they pass a bicyclist. the rule does not apply when there is a bike lane in place. advocates say 50-percent of fatal bicycle vs. car crashes have been caused by a vehicle overtaking a rider. they think this could help prevent at least some of those incidents. 'its not going to change everybodys behavior but its just something that will be on peoples m

while mc- alexander has not been found guilty ... police chief todd foreman says it's disappointing and upsetting. southern virginia internet crimes against children task force investigated this case and says ... mc-alexander was the target of an investigation centered around file-sharing programs. lt. mike harmony/southe rn virginia icac: "it's sad i can tell you that much. anytime that someone who is in the eye of the public and has the faith of the public betrays according to bedford county circuit court .... mc-alexander is expected to have an arraignment tuesday morning. unfortunately .. cases like the one we just told you about ... aren't uncommon. southern virginia i-cac was one of the original task forces in 19-98. today .. it is one of 61 throughout the country that works with hundreds of local, county, and state agencies. an investigator tells us he's seen child porn cases involving people of all backgrounds -- including teachers and clergy. he says some of the trends he's seeing now include self- victimization ... children

abc' s alexander marquardt was at tonight' s show. alexander: it was an emotional return to paris tonight for the eagles of death metal. three months after some 90 people were killed out there show, the band played to a sold-out house. outside, there were rows of tight security and streets blocked off. some did stay away. rob aired but there were free tickets for survivors of the attack as well as therapist at the ready in case of panic. but it was a different venue this time and no direct references were made to that deadly night. so the significance was lost on no one. >> let' s take a moment to remember. alexander: for the eagles of death metal and many here, it was a moment to remember and try to move on. like for marine burger, who gave her november concert ticket to a friend was killed. >> and i wish he was here. and i wish he was here instead of me. but i felt so happy to be in the room surrounded by people. alexander: the band said they wanted to come back to paris to finish the concert. tonight, they did that and more. clearl

federal courts and through them, alexander granda was the great inventor. the outcome was something like this cartoon from 1880's of lady liberty garland and they'll with the honor of inventing the telephone. it looks a little bit like it is in a witness box which would not be inappropriate because he spent more of his life giving depositions than he did inventing telephones. we have lots of cartoons where the bells make cogley eyes. these lawyers secured for bell incredibly broad control of the technology. hard-fought battle. it's also part of the story i'm going to talk about it all meant that the question of who the telephone was not a question of scientific curiosity. it was a question about who would have legal control over an entire growing industry. and all of the fighting about who would control the telephone or who invented it was defined by the law. the law defined the terms of what it meant to be an inventor and what you need to argue to have a broad patent and be seen as a great inventor. this is a process that plays out through law and legal in

this is the burger king that caught fire on jake alexander boulevard. you can see they're no longer putting water on the fire at this point but you can see there is not much left of this restaurant right here. that fire had been burning since before 4:00 this morning but again, you can see they have it under control. there are no flames anymore. firefighters say it will be a long time before they're able to go inside just to investigate this fire. channel 9 will remain on scene and update you to on firefighters progress on eyewitness news this morning coming up on tv 64. >>> we'll get an update on the number of mumps cases in north carolina. there are already three con films cases across mecklenburg, cabarrus and iredell. two are linked to lowe's headquarters in mooresville. there are nine other probable cases. the state said some of the people have already recovered. in an iredell county man will be on a chase while in a dump truck. james keith call pleaded guilty in june to robbing a worker at a produce stand. in 2014 and leading deputies on the chase

peter alexander reporting. republican senator charles grassley, who is head of the senate judiciary committee, says he will not hold confirmation hearings for any of the president's supreme court nominees. what's going to happen, we move forward. you're going to have hillary clinton on the one hand and some republican on the other hand having four national debates about who should be the next president and they the white house is reportedly considering republican governor brian sandoval of nevada for the supreme court seat... once held by the late antonin scalia. sandoval served as a district court judge before running for governor. he was nominated by president george w. bush and unanimously confirmed by the senate. iowa lawmakers discussed the invasion of privacy, or better known as peeping tom laws at the capitol. supporters say the proposed bill is a step in the right direction toward harsher punishment for "peeping toms" 'i defiantly think this bill is going to help future victims by clarifying it.' the cu

they arrested alexander and charged him with first degree murder. hehelater bonded out for half a million dollars. emily fazzino is the daughter of richard beckwith, the chairman of the board for fareway stores. the trial, originally slated for boone county, now taking place in winneshiek county, in an effort to nearly 100 people today summoned to the courthouse for jury duty. most of the potential jurors knew little about the case, other than that the trial was being moved here. we've got you covered live in opening statements will start tomorrow morning at nine a-m a man is arrested after three store employees sttp him from stealing. according to our coverage partners at the t-h media, cory johnson was arrested at the super stop 3 in dubuque sunday night. johnson tried to steal a 30 pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes while holding a knife. when johnson ran, three employees chased him down and tackled him. johnson is charged with first-degree robbery. police are linking a man killed by officers in a hotel lobby to a january homicide. des moine

. >>> alexander hamilton referred to as the forgotten founding father. he never became president and dieden a gun duel over a woman. now he is the centerpiece of a hit broadway show and also getting more props in the nation's capital. chip reid is at national portrait gallery in washington with hamilton's story. >> george washington and thomas jefferson are all over this but good luck finding alexander hamilton. yes, pull a $10 bill out of your wallet or come here to national portrait gallery. for the most part he has been overshadowed by the other founding fathers. now he is finally getting his turn in the spotlight. he bind the rap-inspired lyrics and hip-hop beats. new york's most talked about show, hamilton serves up a history lesson like no musical ever before. until recently alexander hamilton was best known as the stoic face on the $10 bill. that changed when hamilton hit broadway. so, this is hamilton gran ge. >> where he lived the last couple years of his life. this would be far from the city. >> 100 blocks north of the alexander hamilton lived

alexander told news4 she's confident of re-election. >> i have my eye on ward 7. i'm continuing to do the work i'm going to continue to do the things that i do no matter who runs, whether it be vince gray or not. >> reporter: as you saw mayor bowser didn't flatly endorse yvette alexander today, but you can bet that the bowser team will be strongly backing her for the june 14th primary. it will be a little easier than me saying it. >> that's all right. you're hanging in there, tom. running for office means raising money. would that be a problem for vince gray? >> i don't think so. vince gray is very well liked. a lot of people liked his time as mayor. he knows enough people to raise enough money in a council level race. it will be very interesting. he held that seat the ward 7 seat, before he got elected chairman. >> and a whole lot easier to run for ward 7 than to run citywide. >> if he ran at large it would be a big issue and one of the issues would be white voters. his own team thinks he would get few white voters. he's very popular in ward 7. this is a tough ra