that was really heavy in charleston. many pro- southern -- proslavery authors coming from south carolina and charleston were very public about their slave trade. it took place in one of the largest open squares in the city, right in the center of their commercial district. >> is it considered an activity for families? >> it was a daily spectacle. every day at 11:00 a.m., near what we today would call the colonial exchange building in charleston, right at the foot of broad street on east bay street, what would be the post office, every day at 11:00 a.m., all the auction took place. slave traders would bring their slaves there for auction before taking them back to billings in which they were held they were held outside of charleston until 1856, when they were moved indoors, but because it was blocking traffic and interfering with commercial enterprise. >> the eyre crowe become a well-known painter within the states, particularly this original painting and other paintings? >> actually, not at all. his work was known in bri

now in charleston bay there are a couple of forts. the u.s. army commander in charge of those forts was a guy by the name of robert anderson. major robert anderson. he couldn't hold on to everything so he's consolidated all of his forces to one of these islands where you have for the ft. sumter. so you had charleston, you had the harbor there. and in the harbor is ft. sump r sumpter. major anderson has consolidated his forces there. anderson has orders to hold on to that fort. yes, south carolina has been saying since december that they are not part of the united states anymore. yes, since february you now have the organization of the con if he had dear rate states of america. they are saying that you are illegally in their country as an enemy army, okay? but as far as the u.s. government's concerned, we don't recognize the existence of the confederacy. you stay where you are. anderson's problem, okay, he's literally sitting in the hot bed of secession movement in charleston. he's on an island. he will run out of food and supplies at some poin

now when confederate forces in charleston open fire on ft. sumter, that convinces lincoln, okay, i need to do something. you need to understand, lincoln has been under a heck of a lot of pressure, all right? a lot of northerners who want this war who are saying, look, we have tried compromise, we have tried everything, all right? a lot of them -- there's a great line in one of the northern newspapers that says lincoln stands like -- can i say that? like an ass between two bales of hey wondering what to do. he's under all sorts of pressure, you know? come on, do something, man. we didn't elect you to sit there and stare at the last couple of presidents did that. he's desperately trying to find some sort of a peaceful solution. once confederates open fire, on ft. sumpter, u.s. military troops, u.s. military installation, no, that's not going to work. lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers. war starts on the 12th. 15th of april, three days later lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers. okay? he says, look, we need you guys to help put down this rebelli

and i rejoice, led by the sound of a black smith's hammer, i travel to charleston, south carolina, john shannon, black smith. a large european with red hair, comfortable. they were apprentices to all africans new and old, familiar yet fresh. i have sold another of your beautiful gape with the rice design, how did you learn to craft so well? a young man stepped into the light. i learned by reaching back with one hand and stretching forward with the other he said. people said you are a genius. my father dinka was the genius replied the apprentice. he taught me what 7 generations have learned, i am the 8th. i had bound [inaudible] who answers to moses shannon. both mean safe water. he seems more confident now, wiser. playful mostafa. i had so much to tell him, he could not see me. he could not see me or hear me in this strange land. he touched the spotting smiles. [inaudible] with birds, flowers and animals inspired. i turned to someone tell moses, shannon is going to free you one day. they can find joy, [inaudible] in my mind, i have always been free. free as the wind, thank you so much.

around charleston area, bad thunderstorms and much of florida will be in and out of the rain during the day. worst of it near fort lauderdale. florida will be dealing with hit and miss showers and storms. if you're watching us on whdh, 7 news in boston, see two types of seadragons with 25 other creatures that co-exist with them at the seadragon exhibit at new england aquarium. that is the "early today" event of the day. >>> bill, thanks so much. >>> an early look at headlines in entertainment, amid rumors she is about to leave "american idol," jennifer lopez finds herself at the height of her powers. she tops this year's forbes celebrity 100 list with $52 million in earnings, massive amounts of media spotlight. i'm surprised beyonce didn't get that. she beats out oprah in second, 18-year-old justin bieber took third. >> holding up there. >> rihanna in fourth, lady gaga slipped to fifth. what is happening there. >>> the canen seven film festival opened. while "the dictator" isn't in the competition didn't stop sas shfrna baron cohen with a came mel. the camel almost dropped him as he alm

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weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is in charleston tonight with the forecast. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. we're here on the east battery where the wind from alberto has whipped up quite a chop out here in the bay. again, the good news is, the storm will continue to weaken and pull offshore, we think, tonight as it heads on off to the northeast. last night ts time we had a strong tropical storm with winds 60 miles per hour. something early obviously that's begun. 130 miles south of charleston, a few rain bands drifting in. rip currents will be the biggest threat. but notice the track taking and keeping it offshore for the memorial day weekend. there aren't going to be any problems with this storm. lester, never before in any year have we seen both the pacific and atlantic have a storm pre-season like this one. either way, though, it doesn't make a match for what is to come this summer. we'll just have to wait and see. back to you. >> jim cantore, thank you. >>> an update on the wildfires burning across seven states. in arizona, more tha

. >>> up next here tonight, doing the charleston as it's never quite been done before. >>> finally tonight, tv talent shows have become national obsessions. the new season of "america's got talent" debuts tonight on nbc. last night, in the uk, the finale of their season edition of "britain's got talent," and it's launched a new star who stole the show and walked away with the grand prize on four paws. our report from london, here is nbc's stephanie gosk. >> "britain's got talent." in fact, britain has so much talent. even the dogs are amazing, or at least pudzy is. in choreographed unison with trainer ashley butler, he danced, walked, twirled, and pulled off that move to win british tv's most popular reality show. >> you, ashley, are a star, and pudzy, i can't cope. >> it's a miracle. congratulations to both of you. >> 17-year-old butler, clearly a performer in her own right, is ready for big things. >> it would be an absolute dream come true to go to hollywood. >> pudzy, calm and self effacing at her side, probably wondering when he might get his next steak. he's no purebred, just a mutt.

we're here at the citadel in charleston, south carolina. we're back with secretary don rumsfeld. and we're talking about the bush doctrine and the war on terror. i'd like to start out by asking him, in what sense should the global military conflict with radical islam be seen as a recapitulation of the cold war? >> i don't usually use five-syllable words like recapitulation. >> okay. how do the lessons apply? >> i think that there is a greater similarity to the struggle against violent extremists, the so-called war on terror. a greater similarity between that and the cold war than there is between world war 1 or world war ii or korea. >> well, what are the lessons? how do they apply? >> one lesson, it seems to me, is we have to recognize it's not going to be won with bullets. it's going to be won in a competition of ideas, an effort not simply by the department of defense or people with weapons but by all elements of national power, finding ways to get that battle to be fought within the muslim faith. the overwhelming majority of people who are muslims in the world are not going t

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whether to send two pieces of artillery to the navy or to charleston -- the defenses to charleston. whether a captain wanted to transfer from virginia to the mississippi valley, whether it should be given him. he looked at these kinds of things. davis quite simply was his own secretary of war. he did have men, all but one quite able, in that position. he did not create areas of responsibility for them, nor did he delegate authority to them. he wished for their advice. he liked to talk to them, and they recount lengthy conversations with him about all kinds of military matters. but he made the decisions. although directives that left richmond carried various signatories, sent them to the secretary of war, all the decisions were made by jefferson davis. running the war office or the high command, jefferson davis was definitely a micromanager. yet. yet he did not deal with his generals in the field in the same manner at all. yes, he appointed the general officers that commanded his army, but once he put them in place he rarely told them what to do. his approach was sharply different. j

this is better earl coming just around charleston -- beryl -- this is beryl coming just around charlestonthe thing we're going to watch is this front back here producing a couple of showers as we head into the afternoon hours. she should be fairly isolated. so today about 84. midday sunshine. the afternoon shower, isolated coming through. tonight we'll be down in the 60s, maybe 50s in the cool spots north and west. 80 tomorrow. gorgeous thursday. friday features more showers and storms in the afternoon and evening. high around 80. saturday looks okay, 78. sunday may see a late day storm around 80 degrees. monika, how we doing so far? >>> really not that bad, howard. things are looking pretty good outside on all of our major thoroughfares. nothing big to report i'm happy to say. i'm going to start off first with the north side of town. if you're planning to come in from any of these major corridors, route 29 out of burtonsville, you'll be fine down to the beltway. we'll take a live look in college park. here you're going to be fine. i'll step away just a bit. on the outer loop leaving the

they had a beautiful house in charleston. they had plantations out in the countryside. and two of the daughters in the grimke family, sarah grimke and angelina grimke, are the ones who become abolitionists. and even as children they seem to have been very sensitive to wrongdoing. they noticed when they thought people were badly treated. and sarah, the older of the two sisters, started saying when she was, you know, still a pubescent girl, she started saying that slaves should be able to read so they could read the bible. well, it was illegal in south carolina to teach slaves how to read. and the younger sister, angelina-s also very tense tiff to wrongdoing and exploitation. and when both of the sisters were in their 20s they became quakers. they became born again protestants and they joined the local quaker church. and in their conversations with other people they get more and more outspoken in their criticisms of slavery. and the family tries to shut them up. the grimke relatives are embarrassed, deeply embarrassed by this. and some local law enforcement figures visit

for all places to take place in charleston shows that even there, where the structure of the society was much more hierarchical than it was, say, in boston, to have that kind of resentment expressed, typical american resentment against the snobbing -- the snobbery, this arrogance expressed by rutledge. expressed by rutledge. outrageous by our standards that he should go to the state legislature and banish the man. but that's the -- i think a sign of an emerging egalitarianism that comes to really sweep the country. the north in particular. it existed everywhere, but in the north, it really runs wild and transforms the society. even before the jacksonian era. one of the things that i have learned from all this research i have done is the realization that by the first decade of the 19th century, you already have a kind of egalitarianism that's unanticipated by the founders. but the leaders. i mean, the idea that simon schneider who has no education whatsoever should become governor of pennsylvania. he's running for the office and he's really running. he's got a modern kind of organizat

from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, birmingham and baton rouge, and last month in oklahoma city. the lcv crews have visited the places that define a city's literary and heritage life. watch for programming from wichita, kansas on book tv and american history tv on c-span 2 and 3. >>> saturdays this month, c-span radio is airing more from the nixon tapes, secretly recorded phone conversations from 1971 to 1973. this saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, hear conversations between president nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson, who passed away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff, mr. president. he really doesn't. >> you really think so? >> no. and he is on the verge of an impending -- >> disaster? >> disaster from his side. and everything he has done has

trees are down in charleston. beryl is expected to go out to sea leaving a miss behind. >> i hope we would -- i hope we do not see things like that around here this summer. >> we will see what happens here. some widespread showers and thunderstorms. we will talk about those potentials. first we will take you up to urbana and get a little time lapse. cloudy for many areas. the cold front was slowed down by its location on the mid- atlantic coast. it is partly cloudy right now under urbana and most of the area. on our ford board, 83 at reagan national. our average high is 79 degrees. it's 81 degrees and gaithersburg. 78 degrees and annapolis. on the eastern shore temperatures cooler because they're starting to see a little clearing. the cloud cover has kept them cool all day. we will see temperatures drop. it will be 59-66 degrees by the morning. look to mid 80's from the d.c. area, south and southwest. to get far enough southwest you will get a he bubble. -- if you get far enough south west will get a he to bubble.

around charleston there are showers and storms drifting to the northeast. even parts of eastern kentucky. some of that may clip western maryland this morning. that should be all for the morning. it is 63 in gaithersburg and 64 in lexington park with humidity in the air. warm and muggy, lateday storms likely, some of which could be strong to severe with potentially damaging winds. our tail is the bigger threat with highs in the upper 80s this afternoon. partly cloudy tomorrow, maybe an isolated lateday storms on saturday. that should been few and far between. still in the '80s. cooling down on sunday in the mid 70's. what about the roads? >> looks great. i will do the driving. traffic moving at speed on the beltway between new hampshire ave and the american legion bridge. was overnight roadwork on both sides, but nothing left. it is quiet at bradley boulevard at. traffic will meander around. and along the beltway at georgia avenue. travel times working for us on 95 between richmond and baltimore. a live picture of i-95 traffic in virginia. that is uneventful

not before residents from charleston to daytona beach see power outages, a storm surge of up to fleeup to six inches of rain. >>> mike joining us with a -- look at forecast, you said definitely weak this morning? >> yeah, any time it cost to shore it is going to weaken it loses power source which is the warm ocean water as it comes in it tends to stall still sucking in moisture from the ocean and 2k7ing it on the -- and depositing it on the land that's why you see impressive bands as it roll from jacksonville to tallahassee going to go into the panhandle loop back and head through southern georgia out along charleston, srbg possibly the grand strand near myrtle beach then -- as far as what is going on for us at them, sea breeze still here. so are the low clouds hard to see the top of the bay bridge, sfo saying everything is okay with this we usually have delays. as soon as they let us know, we'll let you know or check out our flight tracker. abc7news.com at bottom. upper 40s santa cruz and watsonville. still cool today cloudy tonight coastal drizzle possible. everybody going up minim

it's about 260 miles east to charleston, south carolina. this is going to move quick to the south and west tonight. we think by sunday night and early monday morning, making landfall as tropical storm in north east florida or possibly along the georgia coastline. that's going to mean a wet and windy holiday weekend for these areas, including the south carolina coast. even into next week it may turn around and reform as a tropical storm somewhere near cape hatteras, north carolina. not the news you want to get going into the holiday weekend. we don't anticipate the storm to become a hurricane. >> dave, what are we looking at for the hurricane season this year, which kicks off on june 1st, as you know? >> right. i guess right now the best guess that we can talk about when we look at numbers is that we're looking at an average hurricane season. that usually consists of, say, 11 storms, 6 hurricanes and also two major hurricanes. that would be below the 19 storms we had last year. and one of the big factors in that, jeff, is this developing el

the book is now housed at the college of charleston.15 other copies are known to still exist. >>> hey, if you look forward to girl scout cookies every year, well, we've got some news for you. coming soon to a store near you, girl scout candy bars. >> oh, wow. >> yeah, they're being produced by nestle. there will be variations on the company's famous necessarily crunch bar. three varieties, thin mint, caramel coconut and peanut butter cream. they hit store shelves june 1st. but there will also be a special presale through facebook sometime tomorrow. >> coming up on our broadcast at 11:00 tonight, john travolta's lawyer is speaking out after a second lawsuit filed by a ma sewer claiming inappropriate behavior. new details emerging after parts and ammunition for a gun were found hidden in three stuffed animals at an airport scanner. >>> and a rooster problem right here at home. an entire neighborhood being kept up at night. >> oh, that's not good. >> oh, my goim one more check on our weather, doug? more showers throughout the rest of the e

we contacted charleston, -- charles than and some others and they came and cooked a meal for the entire school last year on the field. it's always a cycle. at the end of last year, the challenge was if scores go up, we would find a boat for a boat dance. there is a second place and third-place. second was i would each 25 worms if i couldn't find a boat and we would have a fair on the field. scores went up and we've had almost 100 points in three years, which is by far the highest in the city. i thought we would never find a boat, so i was truly about to eat worms. lo and behold, monique, peter, and brad came through and the horn blow or and they heard about the story and i talked to my community coordinator and within days, people were jumping in to say we want to support this effort. i want to thank the port, peter, brad, monique, the giants, the horn blow or, metro cruises, the san francisco shipyard and the water from partners because they've come together to support the kids and i have to tell you i left, kids or a look tralee running down the stairwell because we are distributing t

the hurricane is drifting westbound, weather will continue to deteriorate from charleston to jacksonviller good weather is going to continue. look at the explosion of strong thunderstorms today. that will happen again tomorrow right along that weather front up to our north. we'll be watching for thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. overnight, passing clouds, patchy fog and muggy. tomorrow sunshine with summer humidity and late day thunderstorms once again. beach and boating weather. surf temperature 70, upper 70s to near 80, and our extended forecast hot and humid, all the way through tomorrow, monday and tuesday. rain chances lingering about, but essentially not going to be a washout by any stretch of the imagination. northern maryland, southern pennsylvania, a better chance you're going to get wet with tomorrow. >>> coming up in sports, the maryland/duke rivalry continues in lacrosse. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with a two-year agreeme

near charleston and southwest. following the developments.med the good news is no threat for our area. will be a quiet night ahead. take a look at the radar. it is quiet and drive across the mid-atlantic right now. maximum sustained winds of 45 gusts aroundr with 58 miles per hour. we will talk about the track of how it couldnd impact parts of our area in a few minutes. >> we continue with a meeting of 8 summit. at the g- critical time european union on the brink of collapse. world leaders for greeted by hundreds of protestors. the protesters did not stop the from beings discussed. >> the session. topics, iran, syria, and the ups downs in oil prices. biggest concern is your's financial -- europe's financial crisis. they are holding another kind of discussion in the street. >> this is the largest gathering ever of international leaders at camp david. >> while president obama and leaders continued their protesters are on the streets. talking about white western countries. >> they are voicing concerns about trouble at home. too much money spent

watch what happens when we show you what happens to the west of the mountains. 83 in charleston. 83 in morgantown. 81 in jackson. temperatures a lot cooler to the east. only 23469 philly and 62 towards ocean city. we need to see that warm air move here. move in here to give us that instability. we get some of the showers and storms. i think that will happen tomorrow. here comes the frontal boundary. south winds cop studded continue. winds will be gusty tomorrow. once again during the day tomorrow most of the activity will stay west of i-95. if you live towards the mountains, talking about front royal, winchester, martinsburg, shepher shepherdstown, you have a good chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. some could be on the strong side. locally heavy downpours for you. this front will wash out as it makes its way our way during the day tomorrow so, yes, chance for showers and in the d.c. area. not a great chance. wednesday, more of the same. system stalling out to our south. we will see another chance of showers, couple of thunderstorms on wednesday, too. could even be strong to

and he was surprised he could get away without harm civic the only other major southern city was charleston and savannah. it was more public. south carolina was one of the most proslavery states in the union. many pros slavery authors were coming in very public. it took place in the largest open square in this city. >> host: was it considered an activity? >> daily spectacle. today will be would call the colonial exchange building. what was then a post office office, everyday at 11:00 a.m. and they wear held outside landesk city ordinance moves them in doris because it was blocking traffic. >> host: losses crow a well-known painter? >> not at all. the painting is exhibited in the royal academy and illustrated in the london news but not the broad lead known purpose is a topic that could not be exhibited and american men exhibition hall, it even in the north. there is still the strong southern fried men because of the amount of money the york makes. there are many sympathizers. maybe it boston you could the exhibits of the things similar, but it would be difficult. american artist did not pain

charleston, 83 degrees. pittsburgh, 80. detroit is warmer than us at 84. there's a boundary overhead. that is slowly creeping to the northeast. on the cool side of the boundary, we're in the 50's. on the warm side, in the 80's. that will continue to move north. tomorrow, we will be warmer than today. in terms of thunderstorms this afternoon, and looks like kind of like yesterday in terms of where and when the storms will be developing. they will be developing just northwest of washington. there is d.c. in the center of your screen. off to the northwest, you will see them form. they track south east. later on tonight, there are some indications that some storms could come north to south, right down the bay. it could be in parts of the western shore and southern maryland. that is later tonight. i want to point this out on the wider view. we have a cold front to our northwest. that is the source region for the cooler air that will spill in by the end of the weekend mainly on sunday. it will not just push straight south and moving to washington. will take its

. >> residents along the path from south of charleston to daytona beach were expecting to see a storm surge of up to 3 feet up to 6 inches of rain with wind gusts 65 miles an hour. >> the waves and the winds are picking up. >> there's also the issue of recurrence -- of rip currents. they're causing ms, forcing at least 100 rescues along the coast and emptying out beaches over the busy holiday weekend. >> i am encouraging everyone to stay out of the water. that is important. >> upper level west winds will push it back to see likely by tomorrow night. but that may been too late to save the outdoor plants for so many this holiday. >> stay with abc 7 news and wjla.com for the latest on the storm. >> we want to check on the roads. >> and al steve hershorn >> . good morning. let's look at this map. a tree came down on river road in montgomery county in the somerset road. it is closed both ways mirror goldsboro near springfield drive --- near goldsboro. the inbound and outbound lanes of river road are still closed right now. we will head over to 270 near father hurley boulevard, not many sca

here's where the center is now just about to charleston. it's going to grey's the outer banks of the hampton roads area, 3 to 6 or more rain possible in these regions. a lot of it will be off the coast. for us spotty showers, a front coming through. can't rule them out in afternoon. that front will do its part to sweep what is left of the tropical storm out to sea and brings in a beautiful day thursday. tomorrow is not bad with the exception of a spotty shower. -sets up for thursday and it's looking like it's going to -- high pressure sets up for thursday and it's looking like it's going to be the best day of the week. temperatures will be mile during the week, in the district 72 degrees. upper 60s to our north and west, but we have not gotten that break in the humidity department yet. overnight the thunderstorms are ending, showers will linger a little longer, our temperature about 72 overnight, right around where we are now. tomorrow we'll start off with clouds, perhaps some fog, back to full sunshine. you might notice lower humidity with

temperatures are responding appropriately, even in west virginia where they have sunshine. 79 in charleston, 76 in elkins. richmond, 69,. around here, at reagan national, 6660. for in hagerstown. ocean city under sunshine with an onshore flow, near 60 degrees at 12:15 p.m.. we see the orange color in the background, that's where they have sunshine. we are still dealing with a flow off the ocean. that cost the clouds yesterday, a dreary on sunday. the marine layer. we're still dealing with the leftovers of that. we will have to wait for that to give scour out a little tomorrow if. then we will see more sunshine. ongoing showers especially in parts of the great lakes and down to the south in arkansas, tennessee, mississippi seeing a little rainfall,. beneficial rain for them. part of the low pressure system tracking along international borders through lake erie and ontario. that will swing the front to our region, enhancing our stance of rain the next couple days. tomorrow i think we will have late-day rainshowers probably around and after sunset of. wednesday we have morning and more afterno

. >> reporter: residents along beryl's path from south of charleston to daytona beach were expected to see a storm search of up to three feet, three to six inches of rain wind gusts up to 65 miles per hour. >> waves and winds are picking up, tides coming. >> reporter: there's the issue of rip currents, currents that pull perpendicular to the shore forcing swimmers to swim outside their powerful force. they are causing a mess forcing at least 100 rescues along the coast and emptying out beaches over the busy holiday weekend. >> i'm encouraging everyone to stay out of water, very important. >> reporter: one bit of good news meteorologists think upper level west winds will push beryl back out to sea by tomorrow night. that may be too late to save outdoor plans for so many this holiday. tahman bradley, abc news. >>> let's get mike to take a closer look at beryl. >>> we've got him rolling around in florida and georgia where he's going to stay, dropping heavy rain and flooding possibility of tornadoes there too. you will see that what he's doing is losing strength, losing a little winds. but

last year in charleston, with house chair ranking member, the sentiment of those in the room that day was washington slows the process. environmental review and bureaucratic policies tie the hands of the state and delay construction and time is money. concurrently rather than consecutively to save money. granting states are categoric exemption on existing right of way can allow states to add new lanes of highway with the environmental review process within the performed one and encouraging states to enter public/private partnership to help states leverage federal funds and decrease the need to spend money and maintaining roads and bridges. and classified as hazardous materials would increase costs and constrain the ability to improve infrastructure. the reason of a highway bill is so important and the reason we are all here is jobs. the surface transportation program is a jobs bill. companies will hire in every single state. the keystone pipeline means jobs and energy. being from an energy state we need to tap our own vast resources so i would echo the thoughts of many in this room th

c-span's local content vehicles city tour has taken book tv on the road from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, and last month in oklahoma city. the crews have visited the pl places that define heritage. june 2nd and 3rd, watch for our programming from wichita, kansas, on book tv and american history tv on c-span 2 and 3. >>> the national committee to preserve social security and medicare released a report today on women and social security. it finds the poverty rate for senior women and widows is 50% higher than male retirees 65 and older. the organization has proposed changes to how benefits are c l calculated to address the discrepancy. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everybody. could i ask you to turn your cell phones off? c-span has made that request. or ipads or whatever else is going to make noise. my name is max richmond, ooip the president of the national committee to preserve social security. we are a member-supported advocacy educational organization that for 30 years has been committed to protecting and promoting the health and income security of older amer

called line 109 runs along charleston road. city leaders say pg & e has no testing record of line 109. crews will also dig up parts of line 101 which runs parallel to highway 101. now, a public meeting about the projects will be held this afternoon. this is at herbert hoover elementary school on east charleston road. it gets underway at 4:30. >>> it is 6:53 right now. trying to keep protesters off of university-owned farmland permanently. the regents will ask for an injunction and restraining order against occupiers known as occupy the farm. each protester could face up to six months in jail. protesters have been camping out on and off at that farmland in since earth day in april. activists say they want some of that land preserved as a community garden. the university says the land is used for research by the college of natural resources. >>> this morning, an elementary schoolteacher is behind bars facing child pornography charges. police arrested 50-year-old johnny urias at his home on wednesday accused of possessing and manu

charleston area. west, pittsburgh. 51 right now. so over 20 degrees cooler.rontal boundary. well out ahead. still very warm. down toward the norfolk area. down around virginia beach. a lot of rain wecht s. we saw that yesterday. cold front. warm temperatures. cold front to the south. see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. a fantastic thursday. very nice weather. i think even better on friday. beautiful weather. with more sunshine. saturday will be more of the say. and then on sunday. watching the coastal system here that could bring us clouds. maybe rain. towards early next week. tomorrow morning. partly cloudy. great start. 50, 59 degrees. you are going to notice how nice it is when you stop out tomorrow morning. for lunch tomorrow. a lot of people out and about to day. tomorrow another day to gout there. wind out of the north. 10, 20 miles an hour. great day, friday. saturday. sunny. 77 sunday. we introduce aid chance for rain there. right now the best chance looks like it could be monday and tuesday. so we have a nice three to four day stretch in, in again, i do