drum circles only have been on seoul's disses to ward off evil spirits or to give the seniors of asheville something else to watch because they couldn't figure out how to operate the smart t.v. the rhythm is going to get you i mean it already got them. too late for them. many say am a doesn't serve the patient support even the doctors rather they work as p.r. for the insurance industry and it's very difficult for the a.m.a. to deny those claims since they just joined the partnership for america's health care future which is spending millions of dollars to buy the m.f.a. and is backed by the blue cross blue shield association and cigna am tim's and other insurance giants in other news tomorrow the american plumbers association is announcing a partnership with giant tufts of hair americans also borrowed a whopping 88000000000 dollars last year simply to pay for medical expenses and there's been several reports of people spending their lottery winnings on medical expenses. now but it sounds to me but fortune cookies could along with numbers offer referrals. oh while americans pray away in the

landscape architect behind new york's central park, just a few hours from here the biltmore estate in asheville, north carolina. what was it in only stead's late 20s -- ohm ted's late 20 -- ohm stead's late 20s, early 30s that he wanted to pursue a career in writing? >> part of the reason i was attracted to this subject in the first place was the sort of making of this peculiar genius. he does not have a particular path for that day. he's kind of a lost soul. he comes from a privileged family. his father's a merchant in hartford, his brother goes to yale, and here's fred, and he leaves school as a teenager, and he goes off as a merchant marine to china. he can't find himself. and there are these wonderful letters in the library of congress between his friends and family. they recognize he's got some kind of genius there, but, you know, if only fred could get it together and settle on the one thing, you know, he might make something of himself one day. and he really, with landscape architecture, he's in his mid 30s before he begins and really even his mid 40s before he settles on that career. so

wisdom have decided the people in charlotte are going to be represented by a democrat, the people in asheville are going to be represented by a republican, that we're going to split gilford county and north carolina a.n.t. to ensure the students in that school are going to be represented by a republican in one district and a republican in another. they would be dictating electoral outcomes even if it were 7-6. the whole idea of the democratic process in a general election is the people elect a member of congress in a general election which everybody can vote. and when you rig the districts in that manner, you are making the general election irrelevant. you're making the primary election in which only some people can vote -- >> so even the map provides only a very small partisan advantage, that would be subject to challenge in litigation? >> if it the facts that i posited you had the legislature essentially deciding that the people in "x" part of the state were going to be represented by a democrat and people in "y" part of the state were going to be represented by a republic an that people in

richmond, asheville, new orleans, and memphis. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> i'm chuckbell. it's a storm team 4 weather alert day today. there's an opporenity for som severe weather later on in the afternoon. the weather alerts, download our nbc washington app. not much of a rain chance in the next couple t hours butre is a flash flood watch from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. os think the m likely timing for any severe storms in and around the city will come between 3:00 and 5:00. we're in the m to upper 70s now. we'll be close to 90 for a high today. lots more rain to come this week. >> that's your latesthe weatr. >> thank you. >>> coming up, yankee legend ccn sabathia, aarooone are stopping by to shine a light on a good cause. >> and the cost cutting secrets to save you a lot of money on your summer vacation. >> steven spielberg taking on west side story. we have your first look. >> firss the voi of a generation left behind by the opioid crisis. teens share their family's stories and what they want lawmakers to

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he is in asheville. independent line. melvin on the air, go ahead. caller: yes. i just wanted to make mention of the fact that they label some of a party ofts as, uh, the socialists, socialist democrats, and the word to me," -- tolist" man's sharing sharing,alist" means and that is fine to me kurdish negative spin on what -- to me. they try to put a negative spin on it. and sometimes success is not set in what is going on with the country and the people that are involved is sometimes meddling and trying to keep the nation from making any progress by putting things in motion affect the country and put into a negative spin, so i cannot agree with them trying to put a negative spin if they want to label the democrats and socialists, "socialist" just means sharing, and sharing is not something that is country really, really wants to do. host: all right, here is jenny, republican, texas. caller: yes. i have been watching the campaign this morning. who pays for all of the democratic candidates running around the country? who is paying for all of that? i mean, it looks