allan, like madden will be a very young head coach. madden who was 33 at the time, dennis allan was 39. >>> calls came in at about 130 on bay shore boulevard. it took crews 30 minutes to control that fire, nobody was hurt and it is still unclear what started that fire but it appears smoke was and coming from the kitchen. >>> this morning president barack obama heads out to sell his state of the union message. the president laid out what he calls a new program for the u.s. economy, he is calling for tax incentives and continuing investment in clean energy and others should not be able to pay a lower tax rate than middle-class americans. >> it is not fair, we can restore an economy wherever one gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules. >>> and congresswoman gabrielle giffords gave president barack obama a hug. and congresswoman gabrielle giffords is focusing on her recovery from being shot a year ago. >>> not surprised they did not like everything they heard. some republicans sat tog

the anniversary of the late edgar allan poe's birthday has come and gone. a mystery man has marked the occasion twith a visit to his grave. >> we do have some admirers around the cemetery, hoping to get a glimpse of the poe toaster. a rose supposed to place and some cognac. if he does not show up by 6:00 a.m., the tradition it is officially over. there were preparing to stay up all night. they staked out positions around the ceremetary. if the man does not show up with his offering, they are prepared to declare the much anticipated tradition dead. >> we have always made saying that if the poe toaster does not show up we will spend the next three years watching. this is the third year. if he does not show up at the poe grave, i think we can assume that this tribute which gets international attention is over with unfortunately. >> the actual toaster has not shown up at this point. three impersonators have decided to show up in its place. the have a secret handshake of sorts. it did not add up to the real toaster. we will be out here all morning. reporting liv

the life and death of edgar allan poe are steeped in mystery.t is fitting that a tradition involving his birthday is as well. in the 1940's, someone started leaving three roses and a bottle everynac on poe's grave january 19. this is the only known image of the figure cloaked in black. >> we have had several suspects, but they have passed away. this will be a mystery that will never be solved unless someone confesses on their deathbed. >> the curator of the museum has seen him approach the grave more than 30 times with the exception of the last two years. he failed to show up -- if he fails to show up this year, he will give up on the tradition. >> i will be sad, but part of it says it will be nice to sleep and not be out in the cold. >> he left a note in the 1990's indicating he was passing the torch to his son. did the tradition die with those men, a debate and it on the 200th birthday? >> i am glad it was done. this tribute has brought international attention to edgar allan poe, baltimore, and the poe house in baltimore. >> mr. jerome is prep

the life and death of edgar allan poe are steeped in mystery. someone started leaving three roses and a half empty bottle of cognac on his grave. this is the only known image of the figure cloaked in black. >> we have had several suspects over the years but they have passed away. this will be one of those mysteries that never solves. >> the curator has seen the toaster more than 30 times. he said if he fails to show tonight, he will give up on the tradition. >> part of me says i will be sad, but part of me says it will be nice to sleep. >> he says a note was left in the 1990's indicating the tradition will be passed to his son. did they see fit to end it on the poet's 200th birthday? >> i'm glad it was done. this triggered has brought international attention to edgar allan poe and the baltimore. >> there were three close calls in the form of impersonators but there were quickly identified. his birth date will be celebrated tonight. there will be readings of the writer's work at 8:00 p.m. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >

edgar allan poe died in 1849.the poe house curator plans to pay tribute and they hope the readings will turn into a new ritual. >>> the washington monument -- even though the cracks look minor repairing them is, extremely exexpensive. that's where philanthropist david rubenstein comes in. he is donating $7 1/2 million toward the repair efforts. >> i come from modest circumstances. i'm fortunate to have achieved -- wealth. i have the pleasure to giving it away to things. >> officials plan to award a contract to make the repairs by this august. they expect it will take 10 months to complete them. >>> what would you do if you saw a tiger on sop of a roof? some houston drivers called the local fire department. how they managed to get the beast down without injury. >>> facebook is making changes. will you like them or too many changes too fast? i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symb

tonight's commentator, allan sloan, is among them. he's senior editor at large at "fortune" magazine. >> the hot investment idea for older people and retirees these days is dividend-paying stocks. at today's insanely low rates, you can't get meaningful income from cds or money market funds or even five-year treasuries. so, a blue chip stock yielding 2% or 3% seems like nirvana. i've been buying dividend stocks for a while because, as you can see, i'm sort of old. not retired, though. but there's one thing i watch out for, and you should, too. risk. as a stockholder, you risk not only having the price of your shares fall, but also your income. if a company runs into trouble or decides to re-allocate capital, your dividend can be cut, or disappear, as holders of supposedly secure bank stocks discovered when the financial crisis hit. so if you go the dividend route, keep in mind that dividends aren't guaranteed. diversify among companies and industries. don't chase the highest yield. and remember that, regardless of interest rate levels,

dennis allan right there has decided to leave for the 2012 season. he becomes the first since john madden was coach in 1969. he like madden will be a young coach and dennis allan is now 39. >>> president barack obama heads out to begin a three to five-day tour to sell his state of the union message. first stop, they make belts in iowa and he will pitch ideas to create jobs here in the u.s. later today the president will travel to an intel computer plant in arizona. >>> a lot is happening, where is it? >> it is 880 westbound and carlson has a fatal accident and chp says there is a person who was driving recklessly. at least three persons were hurt, at least a few lanes are blocked so if you are driving in funnel or richmond you will be in a big traffic jam. if you can get yourself on the freeway after carlson, use 580 and avoid 80 and pass the hoffman split. now when you get on to the bay bridge, you will notice traffic is a lot lighter than it would be because people who come to the bay bridge right now they are not getting there so if you are gettin

it listen lovingly carried with nuances of baltimore to honor edgar allan poe.e's the thing, guys. everyone here, if you're still heart broken, there's one thing we can still do to win. go to the computer and pull up kickhungerchallenge.com, you'll see the teams in the running raising money for the food bank. for 90% of the season, the ravens have been in the lead. we've worked hard to raise money. >> reporter: now, listen to this! >> so one of the other teams cheated and got a large donation to put us in second place. that's atlanta. >> reporter: so atlanta cheated. >> we don't want to lose. we want to walk away with something proud. if we win this, we'll raise money and whatever we raise, it will be donate bid general mills. we'll match every dollar. so if we can find it in our hearts to do something to say thank you to the team and the city and want to help out the food bank, we could all give $10 or $20. we could actually win this thing. we have a week left. we would really appreciate it. >> that's cool. >> and atlanta has 17,750. we have 10,745 and behind u

allan like madden will be a young head coach.nis allan is 39. >>> starting tomorrow, airline tickets may look a little different and consumer advocates are saying that is a good thing. >> reporter: it is all about being up front with what a ticket is going to cost you. >> well, ktvu channel 2 news claudine wong at fso but there is a transmission problem and we will fix it up and get back to claudine in just a few minutes. >>> a family was displaced by a fire in oakland last night. that fire started at 9:30 p.m. we have to look at where the fire started and the flames caused damage on the walls. people did get out without any injuries but the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> a gas line rupture prompted an evacuation. construction crews accidentally affected a line and that's ten miles from the deadly explosion in 2010. half a dozen homes were evacuated as a precaution. >>> the controversial plan to pulled a pipeline to the gulf of mexico is being spotlighted on capitol hill as we speak. you can see the testimony

. >> four decades, a mysterious man in black has been visiting the grave of edgar allan poe on his birthday. >> but it seems that decades old tradition may be nevermore. >> recovery efforts stalled off the coast of tuscany. "and what's your name?" "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> recovery efforts were suspended today after the huge rack shifted position. 11 people are confirmed dead and more than 20 are missing. let's go get the latest from italy. >> it has been a frustrating day for rescuers here. they wanted to blow four holes into the ship in order to reach parts of the vessel that so far have been blocked. but that changed overnight when the vessel moved ever so slightly, making it unsafe for divers. they have not been able to go on all day. we did see helicopters flying overhead, dropping equipment and we understand in the coming days, that will be used to pump hot liquid. -- to pump out liquid. we're moving away from a rescue mission and turning into a salvage

. >>> edgar allan poe, are you out there? >> the poe house puts a shout out to psychics. friends of the poe house are going to choose three psychics or mediums to gather at his grave, march 3rd and 4th to summon the poet. >>> well, coming up, a politician's loose lips get him in trouble. >> it was a stupid comment. >> the controversial comment and the mess it's created >> and buildings reduced to rubble. >>> he's a walking miracle and now, a man with a message. listen to brian's story and find out how to save a life. >>> a wet and wild morning start to the commute. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at southwest airlines, we're always looking for new ways to make you happy. and we know what really makes you happy are new places to fly. announcing new nonstop service from bwi airport to atlanta starting february 12th. book all of our destinations only at southwest.com. ♪ today my journey continuestions across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famo

every jenrry 90, a close visitor mark edgar allan blow's birthday by living tree roses and a bottle oflding one left a vigil. at the visitor does not show, the curator will declare an end to this tradition. >> it turns out the grammys and the ladies love lj. ll cool j will host the ceremony. he is hosting the grammy nominations concert. this will be the first time in seven years that the grammy show has an official post. i sure hope he is fantastic. >> a professional dancer is hoping it will be the case. the activity could improve on her help. deen would be an inspiration to other people living with type ii diabetes. she has been under fire for keeping her diabetes a secret while picking up the rich food that could have led to our disease. >> she is always full of personality. she would be a great character on "dancing with the stars." >> we have 27 degrees on this third day. >> del ipad, a huge win for the washington wizards [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ mala announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling sneezing, cough

and "fortune" magazine's allan sloan tackles the latest go-to investment, dividend stocks. also tomorrow, voters in new hampshire head to the polls. we'll see who they're supporting in the republican presidential race. >> susie: macy's got a boost in its credit rating today, thanks to strong holiday sales and an improved outlook. moody's investors service lifted the retailer's debt from junk status to its lowest investment grade rating and said the outlook is "stable". the move comes just days after macy's raised its earnings outlook for the fourth quarter and doubled its quarterly dividend to 20 cents a share. the head of the swiss national bank quit in a scandal today. chairman philipp hildebrand said he was resigning to protect the integrity of the central bank. hildebrand said it was impossible for him to prove that his wife acted alone in a currency trade last year. that trade was made just weeks before he oversaw steps to cap the rise of the swiss franc. her profit on the trade has not been revealed, but its believed to be around 75,000 swiss francs. with partisan pol

. >> a baltimore tradition involving enter allen paul is ending -- involving edgar allan poe. >> one problem of note. >> one problem of note. will [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> it is chilly outside this morning. >> it is in the 20's. be prepared for that. there's not much wind. there's not much wind.

>> la situaciÓn de allan es una situaciÓn lÍmite en la vida, y desesperante y angustiante cuando unora nuestra espalda. >> ok, ven, ya no quiere. >> para abajo, para arriba, y asÍ, 1, 2, 3, 4 y 5 veces. >> quÉ pasa si ? -no se expulsa? >> llame al 911. tiene que seÑalar a la persona, si no lo expulsa , de vuelta se hace la misma maniobra, una maniobra muy sencilla que puede salvar la vida de otra persona. >> asi como es bueno que sepa cÓmo reaccionar, es bueno que reconozcan los objetos que son peligrosos en su casa, vamos a pasar por acÁ, puedes seguir jugando cristina. -cristian. >> mira, aquÍ nos trajo el doctor algunos objetos. >> son los objetos que sacamos en los hospitales, las monedas, canicas. que estÁn por todas las casas. >> y a veces hasta los dulces. >> igual, botones, muchas veces sacamos botones, tapitas de sodas, baterÍas que a veces se confunden en las radiografÍas con monedas. >> Ésto dr. mire seÑora, cuÁntos de nosotros no hemos visto esto en los juguetes? es importante que lea las cajas a secas y su hijo tiene dos aÑos, y la ca dice cuatro, no es para su hijo. >>

. >>> what would edgar allan poe say if he were alive. there will be a march weekend mediums will try to reach him. the poe house and museum are organizing beyond psych -- they will gather yards from the grab and try to contact the -- grave and try to contact the spirit of the dead author. >>> today is put up or shut up for a man who claims to be a lottery winner of $16.5 million on the line in the iowa lottery. the ticket was purchased more than a year ago dose 2010. and when it was 2 thundershowers away from expiring a lawyer chaims to represent the ticket owner, a trust -- but lottery officials have questions how they got the ticket and how they waited so long and if the investment company existed a year ago. >> we are saying show us the information. show ies the story and we will show you the monday -- show us the story and we will show outmoney. >> lottery officials are going through surveillance video trying to identify who bought the ticket. they have until 3:00 today to explain who bought it. i tell you, this is very interesting.

teammates were in front of the net on the goaltender couldn't see my shots i found the nets with this wind allan good lead for going cup holders a lot you live to go feet in the eastern conference while dinner must stay. third in the west this member of her team. let's now take a look at the other results for more games took place across russia on monday so the sol defeated and three. in the moscow region by the same scoreline sit. on the road while metal magnitogorsk needed a shootout to register a free. and fun day in boxing legendary world heavyweight champ and mohammed ali is celebrating his seventieth birthday his professional career started back in nineteen sixty the year when he claimed and olympic gold medal in rome since that time elaine won thirty one consecutive belt and remained unbeaten throughout all the sixty's who won his first heavyweight title in one nine hundred sixty four by beating liston in sixth round. most memorable fights were held against two other american boxers joe fraser and george foreman and with the greatest winning three out of those four a league was terminatin

. >>> allan stevenson said he noticed his mail piling up from one of his customers.n the floor and discovered him -- he went in the home and discovered the man lying on the floor and called 911. he was awarded with the prestigious award for saving his life. >>> she gets a personal goodbye from ray rice. here is more on how she won the big prize. >> reporter: it is not everyday ray rise shows up at your front door. >> get out of town. >> reporter: but today, as captured by the baltimore sun, he came to her home for winning a national contest which is sending her to the proball this weekend. >> it is like publishers clearing house showing up at my door. >> she is a win fur for what -- winner for what she does in the community and this is the time i get to go out into the community. >> reporter: she received an award for community involvement. her son is an 8th grader at a school ray rice visited in december after they won an nfl play 60 contest. joanne found out she won that day but with the help of votes she was named the ultimate super parent and is now going to the

and today january 19th is edgar allan poe's birthday. fans from around world circled the date for the site here in baltimore to see if the poe toaster will show. he's been a no show for the past two years and sherrie johnson is live outside the grave marker with the latest and sherrie you talked about impostors about an hour ago. how do they know who's authentic and who is a fake? >> reporter: well, you know what? we are going to answer that in just a few minutes. we have the curator jeff jer ohm joining us -- jerome joining us live but for the third straight year the poe toaster was a no show. we are inside the grave site here at his grave there. and as you can see some of the pictures. he shows up between midnight and 5:30 a.m., but not today. you know, the poe toaster paid a visit every year in honor of the writer's birthday which is today and he usually leaves roses and a bottle of cognac. some fans gathered and line hon and find out if the toaster will appear. and right now we have jeff jerome the curator joik me live -- joining me

if it's so allan. thank the. the headlines on all of the serious. league to solve the country's crisis that require president assad to step down damascus said the initiative was an interference in its internal affairs unquote an attack on syria's sovereignty. the e.u. adopts unprecedented sanctions against iran which include a complete embargo on its oil the measure is europe's latest response to iran's nuclear program which the islamic republic insists is for purely peaceful purposes . and croatia votes in favor of joining the stricken easy you get a national referendum but a low turnout and violent protests perceiving the vote show there are still deep divisions within the country. and now it's time for the sporting news headlines with kate. and i welcome to the sports update this monday afternoon a few of the top stories. giant-killer unseeded the captain in the car of a stunned by time winner serena williams in straight sets the second straight open quarter final against fellow russian media shut up about. while the final saying the new york gia

. >>> for the third year in a row the mystery man is a no show at edgar allan poe grave site.more on what it means for the tradition. >>> getting ready for the game. i am corinne redman at th

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were in front of the net on the goaltender couldn't see my shots and i found the nets with this when allan good leapfrogged got in cup holders solo at the live to go feet in the eastern conference while denominate stay . a third in the west was named out of her team. there are two things that are hard to hit and see there is a spooky ghost. just one of the greatest many memorable quotes the boxing legend will be making up a few more today choose day the date of his seventieth birthday at least fit in a lot since he turned pro in nine hundred sixteen the same year he also claimed on the limb pickle medal in rome in the ring he was heavyweight world champion three times pulling the canvas of the time with great boxers were not in short supply sonny liston joe fraser and george foreman all coming out second best against the louisville lip cutting his cake today ali can also look back on a time when he was vilified by many for refusing to join the american army and fight in the field war but just one of the many things which made probably the most famous athlete of all time a fascinating seven

were in front of the net on the goaltender couldn't see my shot and i found the nats with this when allan good leapfrogged got in cup holders a lot you live to go feed in the eastern conference while dinner must stay. third in the west this neighborhood of her team. let's now take a look at the results for more games took place across russia. defeated. three. nets in the moscow region by the same scoreline. spot on the road well. needed it should tell to register for. and finally in boxing legendary world heavyweight champion mohammed ali is celebrating his seventieth birthday his professional career started back in nineteen sixty when he claimed and olympic gold medal in row since that time a late one thirty one consecutive bouts and remain unbeaten for all the sixty's i want his first heavyweight title in one thousand six hundred. six rounds. most memorable fights were held against two other american boxers joe frazier and george foreman with the greatest winning three out of four a late was dominating in world sport another decade his last fight took place in one nine hundred eighty on

part time this time was to nail clip then see scored a hat trick has fallen thrashed charlton born allan a london darby and the previous took his bag signed former top jersey number where they came back with twenty one david rita's late helped bolton snap into two draw under replay against michael's failed long sixty four places below them in the well as well as high they held us and snatched the last minute equaliser under replay on three one one at least one and one hundred rangers were down to ten men the others struck the stoppage time without as new cancer came back to beat but when she won in the only old premier league tie deflected short of a small part of the county to swindon fight back in the top flight we can to one. rather than go back the second is to be lead to challenge three male and silent cocks netted a hat trick as west brom held in cardiff for two. turned in the me as i mentioned i should have denied a report wayne rooney is to be sold in the january transfer window a british newspaper claims rooney's relationship with managers around exposures and has broken down we

steve and said he will come out with some edgar allan poe-themed beer. >> when does the movie comes out? >> it will be shown tomorrow night here at the cradle alliance at 8:00 p.m. --corey of alliance. -- creative alliance. >> thank you. nothing scary about the weather this morning. 30 at the airport. 25 in parkton. this will feel balmy compared to yesterday. we had a couple of systems go by over the past couple of hours. first one went by with some light snow showers and flurries. there's a trailer that is trying to produce some snow flurries. here goes the first one and here goes the second one. this one will be dissipating over the next couple of hours. i think the sunshine will come out. early clouds and maybe a snow flurry and then it will turn mostly sunny. sunrise at 26 minutes after seve7:00. the record is 69 today. the temperature will be above average on friday and saturday. mostly clear skies tonight. we drop back into the 40's. the seven-day forecast, a nice warmup. 52 on friday. 53 on saturday. a front will come through on saturday evening. a chance for rain but i think for

every january 19, a visitor marks edgar allan poe's birthday by leaving three roses and a bottle of cognac he has not appeared since 2009. they will hold one board vigil. if the does not declare, the will call an end to this tradition. >> boughn for quite some time. >> it is frigid out there. it is safe to say that, yes? >> yes. pretty darn cold. about 20 below. maybe 10 below. none of that. it is cold. it is definitely poll. temperatures for the most part in the teens. a big change from yesterday at this time. we could be facing some flakes later today. not a big deal, just a few flurries. saturday morning could get a little interesting. something we are keeping a close eye on. look at the temperature difference between now and this time yesterday. 23 degrees cooler in martinsburg and quantico. we are about 20-25 degrees colder this morning than yesterday morning. 19 at dulles airport. 19 at kohl's pepper. 18 at gaithersburg. along the warm waters, are for 20's. annapolis 30. listed in part, 29. frederick, only 16. clear skies called the wind, has helped temperatures plummet. we will wide

several saluted edgar allan poe on his birthday and the authentic toaster would have given signs showing it was he who was back. >>> after ed reed criticized flacco, he says, he bares no hard feelings. >> i thought, what was going on. we talked about it. it's not an issue. i don't really take things that bad. it's ed. it is what it is. >> after the broadcasted interview. ray say that flacco seemed rattled. >>> numbers 5 and 20 are having a big game. it's the afc championship this weekend. we'll have the game live at 3:00 on wjz-13. don't miss the live championship special this friday night. get fan reaction and team updates and the hometown send off friday night at 7:30. that's only here at wjz-13. >>> the idea is for flacco to have a big game and ed reed not to have a big game. reed has a big game, we have problems. people have said, he's quiet this year. there's a reason, because of the defensive player of the year, suggs. they cannot get to where reed is. also, let's put his comments into perspective. it's nothing folks aren't saying in the stands, the social gathering hauls -- halls

. >> edgar allan poe fans will meet on his birthday, hot january 19th. >> it cloaked visitor will visitve site, but the mysterious person has not visited since 2009. let's get a check on the traffic situation. mike davis has the details. >> a problem on independence avenue shutdown between washington street and pennsylvania avenue because of police activity. they should be out of the way in just a bit. on the beltway all lanes open but heavy delays on the innerloop making the trip from river road to georgia avenue on the envelope of the beltway delays from a river to 66. if you're making the trip southbound to duck on 95, slow. very heavy on that stretch. off and on at down the quantico. >> still to come on abc7 news at 5:00, a new drug, but discovery that could be a breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer. >> the morning for pedestrians who wear headphones. i will fill you in in a moment. >> at 6:00 tonight, we will show you why americans seem to be -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. i

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stranger beating -- leaving cognac and flowers at the grave of agron pol is never more -- of edgar allan is never more. it appears the tradition stopped two years ago. it is thought the tradition died, perhaps, because he did. but there was some activity during the overnight vigil. >> we had some -- we had three wannabes, but it is not the same. we appreciate the gesture, but if it is not the real thing, it is nothing but a cheap imitation. >> they will celebrate the writer with special events. but there will be no more all- night vigils. the governor's plan to change the state tax code is just one day after he laid out his budget blueprint. now he says the $100,000 tax cap is too high. details coming up. but first -- >> we will introduce you to a >> as the baltimore ravens traveled new england to take on the trees began, the regional baltimore raven will not be travelling with them. you may not know him by name, but you have heard his call. >> you might think you are the ultimate baltimore ravens fan, but this is fine feathered friend might have something to say about that. median is no

fans of writer edgar allan poe are planning what could be final vigil tonight to watch for a mysterious visiteddor. for decades a man in black dropped off a rose and some cognac at poe's grave. the tradition dates back to the 1940s, but the visitor hasn't appeared since 2009. the curator said he'll wait one last time tonight before calling an end to it all. >>> it's a show that revolutionized crime drama, a look at a big change for the cast of csi. >>> it's getting cold out here. the winds died down, but check out the temperatures. everybody is in the 30s. remember 58 at midnight last night? that's a distant memory. we'll come back and talk about clouds on the increase and maybe a couple snow flurries. >>> deal chicken is working hard to find only the best deals in town. here's today's deal just for you. 50% two for one tickets at the home remodeling show january 20th through the 22nd. >>> just three days to go until the south carolina primary and tonight a new cbs news poll shows mitt romney with a solid national lead, but as susan mcguiness reports, that's not keeping his republican r

very fine american historian named allan taylor has written a lot about this middle space with peopleith different kinds of allegiances and loyalties. one thing i should point out, the great warpath is not really a commercial routes. a route of war share. if you are canadian looking to the west, the fur trade and so on, looking along the st. lawrence to france. we are very much connected to -- the americans are very connected to the atlantic system. but the border land is really quite mixed and people with mixed and uncertain allegiances, another one of the colony's. interesting story is a vermont which is a test of space which is -- the long to them. the settlers of vermont many of whom are from connecticut to the connecticut river getting these grants has field operators. governor of new hampshire. that is a long and interesting story. we don't have time to do that now. i would like to make some concluding remarks if i might. this is really stupid but can i borrow a copy of the book? hy forgot to bring it up here. i just want to say thank you. first person i would like to thank. per

also with her, allan west from florida. tea party member.e talked about your election a year ago now. >> yes. >> nice to have you was this morning. appreciate it. first and foremost, you're the new bye newbies, how is it going? >> i have to say my heart and prayers are going out to the devastation people by the tornadoes yesterday. part of it was in my district as well. last year was frustrating for me. >> americans would agree. >> 365 days and no jobs plan. and frankly, the folks in my district didn't send me out there to be part of the problem but part of the solution. >> frustrating a word you would use, too? >> a lot of things we could have done. for me, serving 22 years in the military to have the opportunity to continue to serve my country is a great honor and privilege. that's what makes it special each and every day. when i look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the united states of america, you know, the house, one of the things we did, we passed a budget last year. but that is still sitting over

. >>> an edgar allan poe fan tradition has come to an end.oe fans waited past midnight at the writer's grave in baltimore, but the mysterious figure known as the poe toaster was a no show for the third year in a row. the tributes of the anonymous man in black who leaves three rowses and cognac at the grave are -- roses and cognac at the grave are thought to date back to the 1940s. >>> he was supposed to be on one of the flights that crashed into the world trade center on 9/11. coming up why actor mark wahlberg is now apologizing for what he said about that tragic day. reporter: i'm scott broom in bethesda. coming up pepco gives orders on trimming trees, so what happens in this neighborhood when they finally start to work. >> hopefully they'll lose power and we won't. reporter: a big neighborhood controversy is coming up. reporter: i'm peggy fox. five months after that big earthquake i'll tell you how this high school is going modular. >>> nearly five months after an earthquake rocked mineral, virginia, aftershocks continue in the small town.

asked if they were excited for the game, quote, the ravens nevermore. [ laughter and applause ] edgar allan poe. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: a little -- a little poe for you. a little poe for you. >> steve: a little poe poem. >> jimmy: yep. hey, did you guys see this yesterday? in florida, president obama kissed a woman on the cheek after she told him he looked good. [ cheers ] which explains why last night, michelle made him sleep on air mattress one. you know? [ laughter ] now it makes sense. [ light laughter ] that's not a thing. >> steve: yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't know what to make of this. there's a new facebook app that will post a final status update for you after you die. [ light laughter ] that's ridiculous. i don't need someone to change my status when i die. i need them to water my farmville crops. [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: they got to grow. that's right. an app that posts a facebook status after you die. that way, you can leave a nice heartfelt message to your loved ones, or prank them and go, "i'm not dead. dig me up." [ laughter ] you know, you could d