blake, down. down. good boy. okay. wait blake. watch. roll over. watch. blake, here we go. roll over. okay. down. come on. come on. how about the down. okay, blake sit. good boy. that's it. >> that's two more than bambino can do. >> you did good. come here. >> bambino can do eat and sleep. those two he's very good at. >> tell me about your weekend. >> started out last week. i've been trying to get to oxford, mississippi, for about three years since my very dear friends sam and mary haskell built a beautiful, beautiful home there. there we are at the sam and mary haskell theater at ole miss. sam was captain of -- you know, these people go to their universities and it's like for the great years of their life and have a great impact. i think he was president of the school and all of that. he went on to be the head of worldwide television for the william morris agency. i met him when he was in the mailroom at the -- and he said -- and that's so many years ago. he said kath, one day i'm going to be an agent and you're going to be my first client. and that's exactly what happened

. >> reporter: the woman behind all those shapely behinds, sara blakely, the inventor and founder oft's a product i created, like, you know i created it. >> reporter: spanx is now to shapewear what kleenex is to tissue. a billion dollar household name. >> what we are hear the most from e-mails and phone calls is confidence. i feel confidence i don't have normally. i mean just -- it's a really great feeling. >> reporter: and now guys are feeling it too. call them manx, the male equivalent of the physique enhancing shapewear. no man boobs here and launching a new line adding a third option to the endless tug-of-war between boxers and briefs. >> the underwear is spanx. >> i'm wearing spanx right now i can tell thaw. >> they do something for you down there. >> reporter: who knows for sure if it's really just a joke. spanx did indeed help a hollywood costume department transform adam sandler from jack to jill in his 2011 comedy. >> a little soul. >> reporter: blakely breathed new life into the tierld old tees and tank, good-bye undershirts and hello game changer. the compression teechlt p

sara blakely admits she's not your typical ceo. she's never taken a business course, nor did she have any experience in her field. but she's a grade a student when it comes to not taking no for an answer. >> i got laughed at a lot the whole way, but i learned that you had to keep going. >> blakely is the world's youngest self-made female difficult onair, thanks to spanx, tight-fitting shapewear for women, an idea that came to her while she was getting dressed for a party. >> there was a void for undergaunder d undergarments for women. so they created a shaper like a second skin. >> it will suck you in without being too tight or uncomfortable. >> i'm getting married and i need something that can hold in all the goods so nobody can see something only your husband should be seeing. >> she sold over 10 million pairs around the world without spending a dime on advertising. >> if a girl tells you at a cocktail party or sitting is the a restaurant about a product, you tend to become much more loyal or interesting in it than if somebody sh

>> i do have a thing for blake. when i walk my dog people go, that's blake shelton. >> i saw that episode where you weren't going to go with blake and then he called in and gave his blessing. >> did he think it was stalkerish? >> no. maybe a little bit. i'll tell you later. >> we're going to go to ms. sara haines. she's going to talk about our fan of the week. and our winner this week is kathryn petka from marietta, georgia. she watches the show on our nbc affiliate wxia and we have kathleen on the phone with us. are you there? >> i am here. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. i'm so excited. >> okay. well, i'll tell everyone a little about you. oh, sorry. kathleen loves all aspects of the show. she's such a great fan. she even tests the recipes from the show like this zucchini soup. when kathleen got married she made her husband watch the show with her every night. that's tough. now he enjoys the show so much that she thinks he'd even watch it without her. she painted wine glasses with your faces on them. tha

break but still ahead we'll get the latest on the trial bradley manning with our two web producer and blake. right from the scene. first straight to you and i think pictures. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. on. wealthy british style some time to.

take this theory of blake's. a man named israel keys. he was arrested for murdering a young coffee barrista in alaska and later admitted he'd killed many more people, some in washington state. a serial killer whose family hailed from, of all places, a town just a few miles from chanin's house. well, why would you think it was israel keys? >> because he has killed over ten women. he admitted to four in washington. he was arrested a month about after my dad, so he wouldn't have been on the radar until then. >> reporter: serial killer? maybe. but here's the biggest reason they don't believe their father is a murderer. it was the children's bombshell. their mother had been keeping a dangerous secret, they said, a secret life, one austin said he figured out when he was just 8. >> she lived a totally different lifestyle. she lived her church lifestyle, her home lifestyle and her online dating lifestyle. >> reporter: to hear the starbuck kids tell it, that the racy and risky personal life. a secret from even her closest

doesn't like blake getting face time on the air. >> blake -- blake was kind of second fiddle, which is oddly familiar to the program. okay. but go on. >> that's right. yesterday we had had our babies with us yesterday and then bambino did growl a little bit. >> yes -- a little? >> then we went back to my house and we had a photo session there all afternoon. and i've never seen a dog love a camera more than bambino. he's in every shot. he knows exactly how to look. he knows how to keep his chin up. he's perfect. he was out last night. just so tired. but you know who was not happy was louis. louie was so jealous because i was taking the pictures. so that's louie. just to love on him. can you take the thing away, you guys? this is kathie lee and hoda. you got to see his little feet. he's flat on his back. >> is that a bed? what's he in? >> that's a little bed. he just wanted a little face time so i said, all right, louie. >> he is so cute! >> we call him fat lou and we pretend he's in the mob. >> kate middleton is about to have that baby soon. >> yes. >> so a lot of people -- there's a

could land manning a life sentence or even the death penalty or to his very own web producer andrew blake has been closely following the case and joins me now to break down the very latest hi andrew. so why wasn't this charge dismissed because i was under the impression that there was no proof that he actually did the enemy well what happened was so you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and you know the government song would say ok manning give way to the enemy because you want to wiki leaks you give them files those files got the internet and then osama bin ladin dialed up his modem and got those papers and because of that we can send you away to prison and you see it for the rest of life and you left because a lot people think that's kind of funny that i. using the internet and sharing documentation that has never been proven to cause any harm not really aiding the enemy right so that was that was the defense's argument and they said you know this is a bit preposterous and when you know this trial has been going on actually only happening for a

. ♪ is a va blakely admits she's not your typical ceo.ever taken a business course or any experience in her field. but she's a grade "a" student coming to not taking no for an answer. >> i got laughed at the whole way. i learned that you had to keep going. >> blakely is the world's youngest self made female billionaire thanks to spanx. tight-fitting shapewear for women. . an idea that came to her getting dressed for a party. >> there was a void for undergarments for women. spanx came out and kree yalted a completely invisible, lightweight shaper that became second skin. >> they give you a nice shape. suck you in without being too tight and uncomfortable. >> i'm getting married and needs something to hold in the goods to nobody see anything that only your husband should be seeing. >> she sold 10 million pairs all over the world. without spending a dime on advertising. >> the girlfriend tells you at a cocktail party or at, you know, sitting at a restaurant about a product, you tend to become much more loyal and interested in it, i believe,

. >> by the way, there's a blake there. did you see, blake was there and so was shakira.oked like "the voice" exactly. we should tell who we picked and find if we're wrong. >> all adorable. two are a little more experienced. the first girl is by far the most accomplished singer. >> i'm going with jennifer the second girl, just because i liked her. we're going to see who got picked. >> okay, hoda, why are you yelling? >>> wednesday, there's something awesome coming out for dog lovers, it's called dog tv. this is so crazy. it's a channel on directv that you pay for and your dog can watch other dogs having fun. >> while your dog's in a crate. >> i mean -- >> then you can get your dog a psychiatrist because your dog is unhappy. >> you know what's funny about dog tv, i have the tv on all the time in my apartment because i want blake not to feel lonely when the dog walker is not there. he doesn't notice the tv is on. it's noise coming from the screen, but the one time he responded was in the movie "the proposal" when that little dog starts going after sandra bullock, that dog m

blake, good to see you.or coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> bill: politico has been around now a couple of years. we know politico. we know the web site. what's politico magazine? >> it is a new project we're starting. going to be doing you know, different kind of style journalism longer takes more in-depth reporting daily. weekly monthly. all of the above. >> politico's mission as a web site is to the goal of winning the week, the month and the hour. >> bill: is it all going to be online or print as well? >> we're going to come out in print maybe six to eight times a year and daily on the web. so think of it like a daily magazine online. >> bill: like a slate let's say. >> like the post outlook section. similar, elevated, deeper looks at politics and power. >> bill: people can find it at politico.com? >> eventually. starting in september. right now we're just gearing up, you know, hiring the team and figuring out what we're going to do. >> bill: we can't direct people to it now but it is a work in prog

mine would be blake -- i never had a dog before -- and i grew up on dogwood avenue. >> blake dogwood.kes more sense. >> we've got a song for you. this play thing every thursday. this one is a summer song. it is such fun. it's got, well, daft punk, let's just play it. ♪ we've got to find ♪ to define who we are >> yes. i knew this. >> here it comes -- here it comes. here's the chorus. we only have to know the chorus. here we go. ready? >> it's written there. ♪ she's up all night to get some i'm up all night to get some ♪ ♪ she's up all night to get fun i'm up all night to get lucky ♪ >> come on. ♪ she's up all night to get some i'm up all night to get some ♪ ♪ we're up all night to get lucky we're up all night to get lucky ♪ ♪ we're up all night to get lucky ♪ >> i love that. a great, great, great song. fun for the summertime. >> i was up all night last night, and i didn't get lucky. >> what happened? couldn't sleep. >> i couldn't sleep. coming from the west coast, you come out here, the hours different. i've been looking for big foot, doing night runs. all night. eyes open all night. i

sentencing will begin later on wednesday and it could be weeks before manning learns his actual fate blake was at the proceedings. after three years of pretrial detainment and two months of testimony the court martial of private first class bradley manning is finally wrapping up in fort meade maryland on tuesday in fort meade colonel denise lynn for senator verdict and acquitted private manning of aiding the enemy the most serious of charges now government prosecutors have said that manning aided the enemy when he took classified military information and uploaded it to the website wiki leaks in turn putting it on the internet and in turn providing a way for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to access secret government files starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private manning acted in an off of the battlefield what kind

thank you for that report and that was our web producer andrew blake. our team has been. following brother a man in from the very beginning and we have been bringing you all the latest developments throughout the trial r.t. correspondent liz wahl has been outside the courthouse at fort meade almost every day since the trial got underway but the saga of bradley manning started way before the current court martial began in june here's liz wall with a look back at the key events. he enlisted in the military in two thousand and seven bradley manning was a private first class from the second brigade combat team he was deployed to a base near baghdad iraq to work as an intelligence analyst it was here in may two thousand and ten that he was arrested for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti secrecy website wiki leaks among them iraq and afghanistan war logs and videos guantanamo bay detainee assessments and diplomatic cables the government filed twenty one charges against him total the most serious charge aiding the enemy a rare charge that carries a

but still ahead we'll get the latest on the trial bradley manning with our team lead producer and blake exactly what happened that day i don't know but oh well yeah i killed. piers lakers . i got arrested for. for a crime i did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results. and people to confront the police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse they were taking they could do what they wanted they can say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what they did or what they said. he. couldn't take three months for charges three. months three. three. free. download free blogs videos for your media project a free media done to our teeth on top. of a military judge in the trial of army private bradley manning who decided to not drop a charge that accuses the twenty five year old whistleblower of the enemy and he has pled guilty to ten lesser o

but still ahead we'll get the latest on the trial bradley manning with our two web producer and a blake looking pretty docile up in the field good luck you won't find it here if you're looking for relevant stories unique perspectives on top my scans and our. the military judge in the trial of army private bradley manning has decided to not drop the charge that accuses the twenty five year old whistleblower of the enemy and he has pled guilty to ten lesser offenses but is still denied culpability for twelve more charges that he faces a guilty verdict of aiding the enemy could land manning a life sentence or even death penalty artie's very own web producer andrew blake has been closely following the case and joins me now to break down the very latest hi andrew. so why wasn't this charge dismissed because i was under the impression that there was no proof that he actually did the enemy well what happened was you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and you know the government's long and saying ok manning you aided the enemy because you want to wiki le

could land manning a life sentence or even the death penalty or to its very own web producer andrew blakehas been closely following the case and joins me now to break down the very latest hi andrew. so why wasn't this charge dismissed because i was under the impression that there was no proof that he actually the enemy well what happened was you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and you know the government's long been saying ok manning deleted the enemy because you want to wiki leaks you gave them files those files got on the internet and then osama bin ladin dialed up his modem and got those papers and because of that we can send you away to prison and you seas for the rest of life and you left because a lot people think that's kind of funny that by using the internet and sharing documentation that has never been proven to cause any harm you know really aiding the enemy right so i think that was that was the defense's argument and they said you know this is a bit preposterous and when you know this trial has been going on actually only happening

let's not get the latest from a tease andrew blake he's outside full made for some date with the verdict was handed out just over an hour ago on drew on the phone i can see that what kind of reaction are you seeing made obviously out of media that you weren't allowed to report on the side of the from within the courtroom but what are you seeing around you then now you know i have to tell you as long as there were. actually able to report from anywhere on the base it was actually disaster this afternoon when the verdict was read there was no internet in the media center shut off and we were told to come back on afterwards it did not so we had around a few dozen journalists scrambling to try to find a way to connect to the internet many. just for one saga has become a trial often to pretty much entirely secrecy it's been over over twenty charges over twenty counts for three years by the treaty confinement and the government has refused to release most of the documentation and the fact that the media couldn't actually report on this very important day today is a travesty but that being said

but still ahead we'll get the latest on the trial bradley manning with our team lead producer and blake. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glynn. something else you hear see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charged larkham is a big picture. of a military judge in the trial of army private bradley manning who decided to not drop the charge that accuses the twenty five year old whistleblower of the enemy and he has pled guilty to ten lesser offenses but is still denied culpability for twelve more charges that he faces a guilty verdict of aiding the enemy could land manning a life sentence or even the death penalty or his very own web producer andrew blake has been closely following the case and joins me now to break down the very latest hi andrew. so why wasn't this charge dismissed because i was under the impression that there was no proof that he actually is the enemy well what happened was you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and

blake keeping us up to date on the bradley manning trial thank you for that update. well northern syria could be facing the prospect of becoming a terrorist state within a state sources within the free syrian army which is the major rebel group there claim that al qaeda plans to declare islamic rule over territory near the border with turkey now until recently the opposition was believed to be cooperating with extremist groups in its fight against president assad but there are now signs of that relationship could be growing sour more now from artie's again if you can. you imagine okai hiding in some remote mountains not anymore they want their own country they found the land it's the part of syria which is under the rebels control we're talking about the northern part of the country that borders turkey according to an influential arabic newspaper off charcol outside which cite the source of the free syrian army a card affiliated militants intent to accidently assert their control over the territory immediately after ramadan ramadan and around the ninth of august acco

vivie and blake-- vivie's right here. blake is home and they're thrilled to death. - hi, vivie! say, hi, viv. - is it nice, vivie, to not be the baby anymore? - yes. - ( laughter ) - she's the greatest helper, ricki. you're not kidding. she's amazing. - how's michelle? how's michelle doing? congratulations on your marriage. - she's of-- she's telling me things that i should do-- like it was icy. we took the baby to the doctor yesterday. it was icy. as it was taking her out of the car seat, michelle looks at me real serious and says, "are you sure-footed?" now, what does that mean? she's like, "well, it's icy. i don't want you to drop her." i said, "i have four children. i've never dropped one." but the whole time i was walking i'm thinking, am i sure-footed? - ( laughs ) oh my goodness. so has it changed your relationship? i mean i know you were parenting the children that you have now, but this is the baby-- now that you're all together and your married, has it affected your relationship? i think it's really merged us all together as a family in a different kind of way than we

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blake doesn't believe there is any danger.the russian government and everyone who hosts the olympics knows the world is watching. beijing knew the world was watching. they cleaned the air and the streets. there is no way the russian government is going to start arresting olympic athletes. the nazis didn't even do that when they hosted the games in 1936. there is no way it is going to happen. the russian government has said it won't happen. if it does happen, it is on the ioc. the ioc selected sochi to host this. russia has had a terrible human rights record. this is nothing new. they chose russia. it is up to the ioc to make sure the athletes are safe. >> good point there, cyd zeigler, co-founder of out sports.com. thank you for talking about us >>> years since the holocaust, still, dozens of nazi war criminals may be walking around free. there is a new campaign to bring them to justice. we will tell you about that campaign right after this break. stay with us. if your moisturizer leaves an oily finish behind imagine what it's

this is hodi on the day she adopted blake. >> look how miserable blake looks. just look at -- honestly, just look at his face. he's thinking -- what? >> he's thinking, damn, i thought she was going to take the shitzu. >> don't say that name. can i say you something -- he's so cute! sfles's so happy now. >> "paws chicago" has a great magazine. they were the ones who i adopted from. >> now we can talk about sexting. >>> so here's a question. do you think sexting is cheating. they surveyed both men and women and most believe that sexting is cheating, which i think is a no-brainer. if you are sexting, which doesn't necessarily mean sending photos of yourself, but it could just mean intense flirting. it's bad. >> then why is the word "sex" involved in it? >> because you're going beyond flirting. you're going beyond flirting. >> then it would be called flirting if you're flirting. >> you're going beyond. >> if you're going beyond that and including sex in any aspect then it is called sexting and that therefore makes it wrong. >> but fliing's okay? where is the line b

blake -- break is coming. they had smiles on their faces. we will recap [ male announcer ] on vacation, you want more of the things you love. ♪ hello, bacon. get more with breakfast and a two-room suite for rates as low as $115 per night at an embassy suites. book now at embassysuites.cogetaway. >> and now the toyota sports desk him abroad to you your local toyota dealers. weree washington nationals hoping to come up with a performance in miami that make them feel good going into the all-star break. they are looking for a three- game streak. something and cannot make the catch. he is trying to stretch the hit. he's trying to help his own cause. he comes around third. guess what, he's pretty good. he is out of there. anthony does that one to drop into left. --ce chopper is out there bryce harper hits it out there. cap.eaks the tie with this it 5-2. >> it is baked. and welpen is beat up have a lot of guys who need rest. there's character in this out inb we have to come the second half. >> they have some work to do. can you believe it. his leag

everybody you go to blake rare raholt. this is fascinating when they agree.ally they're not going to agree. >> how is having every phone call that i make to my wife, to my daughter relevant to any terror investigation? >> i don't know that every call you make to your wife-- >> but you got them. >> i don't know that they would be relevant, and we would probably not seek to query them because we wouldn't have the information that we would need to make that query. >> did you hear that? we probably couldn't look into your calls with your wife or your daughter unless, of course, we didn't like you. but then which means all bets are off. probably? and he admits it. we have your information. yeah, your calls to your wife and your daughter, we got it. we probably won't look into it. >> what does the criminality inside our government end? for me it started a long time ago, and nobody is prosecuteor torcherrers, it starts with that. at the tippy top of our government. we let that go. now they're just shredding the fourth amendment and everybody thinks it's cool, it's a

his jersey was the nfl's top seller, russell wilson, seattle, was second, followed by blake rt griffin iii. >> the tour de france, the last day. the trek through the alps won by the -- barring any major accident, from should capture the tour de france. bradley wiggins won the event last year. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> ama: coming up next at 6:00. we'll tell you how google >> tonight at 9:00, i'll tell you what caused a large sinkhole that forced evacuations in southern california. at 11:00, new information about the tainted meatballs left across san francisco that killed at least one dog. the new reward offered for information. coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> a self-described gadget enthusiast believes the new wearable google glass computer could help people battling autism. he suffers froes aspergers syndrome. he won an essay contest to be one of the 8,000 people google chose to test the prototype. the glasses record sights and sounds. things that can help people with autism who find themselves disconnected from their memories. >> that's it for u

what did you find out for blake. >> he was playing the guitar early too. go to nashville and be a country singer. look at him as a young kid picking up other instruments as well. >> he was always playing music. he knew what he wanted. >> the long hair look, this is great. no star can be complete without it. look at that. those are a few years ago. >> iz early years in nashville he wore a cowboy hat and had the mull let. he's not ashamed. he looks good anyway. >> let's move on. the popular taylor swift, raised in pennsylvania, inspired by the dixie chicks and faith hill. what have you got from them. >> taylor grew up on a christmas tree farm. there's lot of pictures when she was a little kid. the camera loved her and she was made for the stage but in the beginning she thought she might be a stockbroker like her dad. she was giving stock tips when she was 8. >> then she took a turn. darius rucker. he stepped out as a solo artist. >> he has. he had great success in nashville. he was obsessed with sports. played baseball, played basketball, played football. he

his jersey was the nfl's top seller, russell wilson, seattle, was second, followed by blake rt griffin iii. >> the tour de france, the last day. the trek through the alps won by the -- barring any major accident, from should capture the tour de france. bradley wiggins won the event last year. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> ama: coming up next at 6:00. we'll tell you how google >> tonight9:00, i'll tell you what caused a large sinkhole that forced evacuations in southern california. at 11:00, new information about the tainted meatballs left across san francisco that killed at least one dog. the new reward offered for information. coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> a self-described gadget enthusiast believes the new wearable google glass computer could help people battling autism. he suffers froes aspergers syndrome. he won an essay contest to be one of the 8,000 people google chose to test the prototype. the glasses record sights and sounds. things that can help people with autism who find themselves disconnected from their memories. >> that's it for us at

. >> blake, the one you just heard of. and the rest.g of eight. >> now the boys over her here-- think-- that's going to be a series on its nostalgia channel. the boys over here think they can get conservatives like me to swallow their amnesty earning landa by including so-called security measures otherwise known as a border surge. now don't get me wrong, i like the idea of a surge, it worked in iraq. you hardly see any mexican sneaking into baghdad. but it's not nearly enough, folks. this plan would merely double the border patrol with one agent every thousand feet. no sir! we need them every three feet that way they can link arms and call out red rover red rover don't let francis cocome over. no immigrant should get citizenship in this country until we know the border is sealed. and i'm not just talking about the mexican border, folks, i'm talking about any border and that includes somebody coloring outside the lines on a denny's place mat. sorry jose but you can't get your green card because maria drew a blue sun. nation, someone has

. >> right now i want to bring in blake, michelle bernard, attorney, political analyst and president for bernard center, anna marie cox and alberto nationwide association of ethnic media organizations and an online latino advocacy group. so, i guess this is the week. i don't think i have heard as much pessimism in one week towards immigration reform as i heard in one week. maybe i'm too naive with this stuff, but i don't think it's quite over yet because it's hard to read house republicans literally these days. if you read these things literally, no chance of us getting through. i look at it and say more posturing than ever to get anything through the house these days. maybe there is still some room here. >> i was talking to a member of the tea party who told me that they're steadfast in their belief that this immigration bill is just not going to happen. they don't want it to happen. they say if they vote for it, their constituents aren't going it re-elect them anyway. they don't have anything to lose. a few weeks ago i felt this was going to happen. but it looks like republicans do

stephanie rolls blake took part in an anti violence walk.reducing violence is a complex problem and requires collaboration with the city and the members within the community. she isn't the only one working to stop the violence. yesterday, at the apples and oranges market another rally was held for peace. >>> we can't always rely on other people, you get help when you say i care about the community. i care about the community. >> they have been working in the community before the rally, talking to young people from the city. outspoken against gay rights and same-sex marriage, after two decades, emmitt burns is retiring. the democrat from baltimore will not seek re-election. published reports say she has frown tired of the e at the present time to which a liberal agenda took hold of state. he wrote to baltimore ravens owner, urging him to silence line backer who was an outspoken supporter of same-sex marriage. he said that he was entitled to his own opinion. >>> o's hope to get back to battle with texas and each the series. rangers rolled past

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will attend that event. the program cleans up and redevelops old and abandoned buildings throughout baltimore city. >>> a professor at an indiana college says he has found film footage showing president franklin delano roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair depicting a secret hidden from the public until after his death. he found an 8 second clip while doing unrelated research in national archives. this is him visiting the uss baltimore in in july. roosevelt never used a wheelchair for any public appearances. time now for one more check of that forecast for you on this wednesday. could be an indication of what's happening in the days prior to and leading outer loop this up to this wednesday, we could be in for another steamy one. >> thanks for holding it down. as we check out what's going on with satellite and radar right now, not a lot of action across maryland right now. all of this back towards the west. as we continue through the day, severe weather is possible as we go through the northeast. also the

. >> that is my three-year-old, blake. so he is going to have to watch where he is roaming around. >> i do, absolutely. never mind running on to the field and getting hit by a ball. but just keeping him out of the street and away from rattlesnakes. >> as for the little boy who was bitten by the rattlesnake, he was taken to oakland hospital. he is back home tonight. in danville, kpix5. >>> we got them out there, man. you have seen them, right? walnut creek. >> there have been rattlesnakes around, you know. >> you have to be careful. >> it's hot and it's dry. there is no water out there for those snakes. where is the water? it's in our backyard, it's in our irrigation systems, and snake says, i'm thirsty. here's a live look outside right now. it's our dry time of year. we have a chance of showers 24 hours ago and right now we're looking at things calming down. that moisture is moving out to the north and looking at that regular old low cloud cover moving back in. i'm sure this is on your mind in mid july. snow boarding. i kn

why can't the country agree on gun control, mayor blake?i wish i knew why we couldn't agree -- why congress can't agree. the country has agreed. you've already said over 90% of americans believe that we should have stronger background checks on guns. that is us agreeing. the problem is congress can't agree. mayors agree and the public agree but the congress just hasn't had the courage to act. >> thank you so much. we have to get back to the trial but thank you, mayor, for welcoming us so well to this wonderful city. great job as congressman. i think you're going to be great. congressman richmond, thank you for joining us from new orleans. we're back to the trial now. >> three weeks ago. >> yes. >> about how long trayvon martin may have lived after sustaining the gun so the wound? >> yes. >> and is that based upon additional research that you did? >> no. based on another autopsy i did -- not i did, in our office. we had a case very similar to trayvon martin's case three weeks ago. first i need to explain to you what is opinion. okay? opinion

. >> let's blake it down in a way that parents can actually understand it, i have two kids in public school, there's 1,000 school districts here, parents have been dealing for the last few years with districts in schools that are very lean and mean, that's about to change significantly, you say? >> yes. the local control funding formula increases money dramatically, over an eight year period. indeed, low income districts like alam rock will go from 7,000 to 12,000. that's a $5,000 increase per pup pupil. >> it raises the base funding for every student about an average of $537. districts, as we heard the governor receive for low income english language learners, an additional 20% of that base. maybe 1400, $1500, depending on where the base starts, correct? districts were 30% of high needs, 50% of the base. so those districts like you're seeing may receive $3800 more than what we're getting right now? >> yeah, over time. and all of them get an increase in the short range as well. plus we added some money to implement a new curriculum called a common core curriculum. the whole package i

. >>> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake will visit the maryland institute of college of arts to announce funding far youth summer job. they will meet with 20 students students. the program provides more than 5,000 baltimore youth ages 14 to 21 with summer jobs. >>> and today we're going to learn whether ocean city streets are safer thanks to a walk smart campaign. the safety campaign rolled out this summer as a result of countless pedestrian accidents. one of those accidents involved a towson university student killed in a hit and run crash last year. his parents will be at that event today. officials will reveal the as a results of their campaigns. time for a check of that forecast. it's especially danger out there for those of us in the region who spend much of our time outdoors working. we need to be safe. >> you are definitely right. download our storm shield app, just in case we're not on, we're going to alert you to the warnings in your area and keep you safe. for today we have that temperature coming at 87 degrees and we have the potential for showers and storms. as we go into the

police say the suspect rang the doorbell at a house on porter street and blake howell road yesterday. when the woman opened the door he doused her with pepper spray and then got into a fight with a man in the house and shots were fired. the swat team responded but he escaped. the fame is not hurt. the suspect is a thin 30-year- old latino man with a long bushy ponytail, goatee and tatoos above both eyebrows. >>> construction crews may be moving forward with the quick fix for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. ktvu news has learned special wedge like materials designed to make sure the new bridge will with stand a earthquake will be ready by early next month. this material called shims will be used after the failure of a few dozen metal rods caused major safety concerns. however, there will be a number of safety reviews in the weeks ahead. >> this idea of using the shims to open the bridge sooner is being vetted but again no decisions have been made as to whether or not the shems can be used that and no decisions made on a new opening date. >> it is still possible though the new b

. >> that is my three-year-old blake so he is going to have to watch where he's roaming around, too,ht. >> i do. absolutely. never mind running on to the field and getting hit by a ball, but just keeping him out of the street and away from rattlesnakes now. >> as the little bit who was bitten by the rattlesnake, he was taken to oakland's children's hospital and treated with antivenom. he is home tonight. >> well, rattlesnake season generally runs between april and october. >>> also tonight, the big question, how could the oakland police department not have seen this coming. the violent protest after the george zimmerman verdict. thoo's what the oakland city council demanded to know just a few hours ago. linda yee got a blunt answer from the police chief. >> within hours of the zimmerman verdict, the protest turned violent, and there were not enough cops to stop it. police chief sean went. >> what happened that evening really largely is an intelligence failure. >> the chief explained they expected a big protest the next day. >> we had a plan for -- for responding, however, when all th

it was inspired by blake, although that is not the actual wording. tavis: since you mentioned typography, i know that afghanistan is always a central character in your novels. we will come back to that, but how does the typography, how does the geography play in this particular novel? >> well, there is a number of passages in the book where characters are actually travelling across the country and happen to whether the elements and typography, crossing mountains, and, in fact, the book begins with a fable, where one of the characters makes this rather difficult journey and ends up climbing mountains, and so on, so it is a recurring image in the book, and what i loved about the problem is the word eco. -- echo. there are things that happen in the novel that go throughout the story and how far-reaching consequences, so the ark of the story. tavis: this might seem like a pretty simple question, maybe even a silly question, but let me ask it anyway. why after three novels are you still fascinated by your homeland, afghanistan? >> well, it is a huge part

. >> that is my 3-year-old blake so he is going to have to watch where he is roaming around too. >> i do absolutely. nevermind running on the field and getting hit by a ball. but just keeping him out of the street and away from rattlesnakes now. >> reporter: juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> rattlesnake season generally runs between april and october. >>> two little northern california girls just landed the deal of a lifetime. >> amazing. their book on advice for life is going to be published. the story of two cousins from sacramento county, there they are, and their book of rules went viral when one of the girls lost her handwritten notebook in a walmart parking lot. an employee found it and went to the media to find the owner. >> it's advice -- [overlapping speakers] >> published, i would have probably made it a little neater. >> the girls are 8 and 10. here's some of the rules. don't bite the dentist. don't stuff food in your mouth. and color on paper, not on people. simon and schuster is publishing the book and it's due out in october. >> that's good advice, don't bice the dentist. >>

america's largest cyber fraud case the syndicate could now face decades behind bars as artie's andrew blake reports. we had five guys four russian nationals and one ukrainian man who over the course of around seven years were able to penetrate a number of the networks of leading financial institutions banks all sorts of systems where very important information was being stored over the course for several years those men broke into the databases allegedly took sensitive information and in the end u.s. prosecutors now say that those five men were able to compromise roughly one hundred sixty million credit cards causing upwards of three hundred million dollars of damage they were able to elude authorities for around seven or eight years now but actually masterminding this operation itself took a lot of very careful planning now of the five men that are believed involved in this each one kind of had a separate little niche that they would specialize in for instance were experts when it came to penetrating computer networks others were would go into these networks after they were compromised in

years sentencing will begin later on wednesday and it could be weeks before manning learns his fate blake was at the proceedings. after three years of pretrial detainment and two months of testimony the court martial of private first class bradley manning is finally wrapping up in fort meade maryland starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private manning acted in an off of the battlefield what kind of experience he had as an army intelligence analyst however not all of those testimonies will be heard by members of the public or the press in fact or more than a dozen of the testimonies that will be entered in the court will be done so under seal those are all classified witnesses whose testimonies could harm national security if they were released earlier this year we heard from manning himself how he did it and why he di