but was shermans judgment on charleston. why charleston? that is still a question. why was that the vanguard? one reason perhaps more than any other in the south as much as anywhere in the country but the truth is by 1860 not just by york and boston but baltimore was dealing in more trade than charleston even in charleston there were headed for cincinnati there was a sense of dynamism as they were migrating to other parts of the country and even visitors from maine call it a little and antique mitropoulos he wanted people to feel locked and humiliated so let's get a bacchanal was the message. so with the stowe judge the independence will the days of glory have returned in now driving the uprising this was hope even in france rothschild that's what was said. so cotton was money so make charleston great again. [laughter] i am happy to take your questions. [applause] >> what surprised you the most to researching this book?. >> it gets to what i was talking about that i thought with the john brown raid that this would be a story driven by fear that once they turn the co

that was sherman's judgment on charleston. why charleston is still a question. of all places in the south why was it the day guard? windup thing is i think it stood for the old south. it had been one of america's great trading pordz -- ports. baltimore and new orleans were dealing more trade than charleston. even in charleston, people were heading for places like cincinnati. it was lost in charleston but migrated to other parts. it was called the little antique commercial atropolis. let's get it back was the message. the establishment of an independent southern republic, well the days of glory would return. it wasn't just feared driving the uprising. this was hope and even the child of france have invested. it might have made charleston great again. happy to take your questions. [applause] >> what surprised you about -- (inaudible). >> it gets at what i was thinking about. i think with the event and what we saw in the early part of the year, this would be a story driven by fear. once i turned the corner and the collapse happened in april at the convention, it be

when they finally got to the outskirts of charleston and checked into this roadside motel.. >> he had $5,000 in cash or a check? >> cash. >> in cash when he came back to the room? >> yes, ma'am. >> he gives you 4,000? >> yes, ma'am. >> tells you to go deposit it? >> yes, ma'am. >> where'd you deposit it at? >> in my bank. >> reporter: then said aaron, sam drove them to a nearby beach for a secret rendezvous with a woman, a good looking blonde, who handed sam a big envelope. apparently containing instructions for the hit. >> he came back and he had that manila envelope with all that, you know, pretty much all the biographicals, and then it had like a google map, not satellite image but more just like a -- just like a colored map or whatever. >> reporter: and the woman gave them a deadline, said aaron. the murder had to happen by the following monday, april 8th. and that, said aaron, is when he panicked. because now he knew too much. if he backed out, aaron feared sam would kill him and possibly his wife bethany too. and then he got lucky. back in the motel, sam's girlfriend

and bought a house in charleston. >> i did. >> stephen: that's my town.'s why i moved there. i did this to orchestrate a friendship between you and i. >> stephen: i'm up for it. i'm game, too. this is going to work out perfectly. i told my wife this was going to work. >> stephen: who sold you on me and what sit about charleston, the town? >> i just fell in love with it and when we scouted that location for vice principals, we were trying to figure out when we were going to shoot the show. i got on the plane and heard someone call pi name and it was bill murray and he spent the whole ride telling me what an incredible city charleston was and how we should shoot our show there. >> stephen: so bill murray convinced you? >> he convinced me. >> stephen: he's not from charleston. >> but he's been there for a while. >> stephen: i understand, but i'm from charleston. >> yeah. >> stephen: you have to clear this stuff with me. if you want to do this stuff in wilamet, illinois, where bill is you can ask him: ( laughter ) total eclipse of the sun 22n 22nd of august,

the sheriff al cannon detention center serves as charleston's county jail.ost of the 1,300 men and women incarcerated here are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and resolution of their cases. that includes david ratliff jr. he's currently in the jail's disciplinary segregation wing for his role the night before. >> i had a little altercation -- actually a big altercation with a few amigos yesterday. apparently i used to date one of his girlfriends. it's a small world. this is charleston. you know, everybody knows everybody around here. i didn't start it. i finished it. you got to. you got to fight if you're in here and someone calls you out, you know. come on. >> staff reviews surveillance footage which shows ratliff did not throw the first punch. >> this is ratliff hanging around the pillar a couple of times. officer breaks it up. >> seconds later, another fight breaks out. a different camera angle shows ratliff joining the fight, which quickly escalates. >> this is where all six get involved. >> the punishment will be the same for all the com

, and that allows faster, cheaper and direct access to the port of charleston and also takes over 400 tractor trailers a day off that portion of interstate 26 going between upstate south carolina and the port of charleston. >> bob. >> i agree that we missed an opportunity in the stimulus to really invest in infrastructure. there was the same kind of climate then that there is now and there seems to be bipartisan support. there's a big understanding that we need to invest. but because we are averaging jobs, we had to get the money out quickly then turned it around shovel ready projects and became a household term. then again, it made sense at the time but looking back, it's hard to feel like we didn't miss an opportunity to invest in those long-term projects that were not just what we needed to get done and i think we did do that. the mundane stuff had to be done, but we missed an opportunity to invest in those projects that are truly going to position the u.s. economy for something else in the future. really grow the economy the economy and not just put people back to work in the shor

so, i wanted to tell this fromse news, still an issue, north charleston and the shooting there. uson, baltimore, still in from the news, still an issue, north charleston and the shooting there. so, i wanted to tell this from sides, both sides equally. i spent a lot of time in chicago people in the community there and talking to police officers and police officials to get the real story what is go og there. talks.d blunt i didn't go into the neighborhoods with my suit and carried my alone, phone, just a recorder, and just at down in these neighborhoods to get the real story, blunt talk about what is going on between the police officers and community. host: may 2017, where are we in the divide between the police getting better or worse? guest: as you know, it still xists and depending what the flash point is, what story pops p in the news, that's a good barometer of whether it is getting better or worse. is reform re throughout the country among police chief necessary local police departments, moving what the feds r do, you see and this is about in hat i talk black and blue" polic

it crashed on landing at this airport in charleston, west virginia. two people on board were killed in that crash. and airport spokesman said the aircraft hit the runway, hard, and went off into a wooded area. it appears one of the wings clipped the runway. again, this was a cargo plane flying from louisville into charleston when it crashed. airport administrators have been proposing to spend 290 million into charleston when it crashed. airport administrators have been proposing to spend $290

. >>> from its seawall to historic downtown landmarks, charleston, south carolina, is a picture of southern charm. but not everyone displays southern hospitality. and for some, that could mean time at the county jail better known as the sheriff al cannon detention center. most of the 1,300 men and women incarcerated here are only accused of crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. and each one entered the jail through the intake department. >> take shoes off. >> it's a steady flow from body search to fingerprints. >> all right. you're all done. >> and a booking photo. and for those who will be here for a while, the important step of determining where to house them. >> i'm officer teagarten, i'm doing classification interview. >> william jarrett began his stay here in a unit largely considered the most desirable -- minimum security, general population. there are no cells. so inmates feel less confined and have more privileges. but 16 days in, jarrett requested a transfer to protective custody or p.c. >> there's some older guys in there that really were creeping me out

. >>> in south carolina, former north charleston police officer who was videotaped in the shooting death of an unarmed fleeing man entered a surprise guilty plea today. michael slager whose trial ended without a verdict, except for a plea deal, meaning less prison time. gabe gutierrez has that story. >> reporter: two years after the dramatic cell phone video shocked the nation, today former north charleston police officer, michael slager pleaded guilty to a federal charge of using excessive force. >> michael slager admitted what he did. >> reporter: the family of walter scott cried as the plea was read in court. the defendant use the deadly force even though it was object testifily unreasonable under the circumstances. shot was shot five teams in the back as he ran from a traffic stop. in a written statement, slager's defense team said we hope that michael's acceptance of responsibility will help the scott family as they continue to grieve their loss. slager's federal trial had been scheduled to start in a few days. he faced civil rights charges, lying to investigators, using a firearm i

charleston south carolina and my mom said that would be my first choice she said. >> pack up and go has already booked a hotel, paid for an uber and scoped out sites and restaurants they will go >> instead of like i'm going to on vacation, i have all this work to do. it's like i'm going to on a trip >> selfie stick in hand, she and her mom were off to an venture in historic charleston >> there were tons of options for food, lounging. it's acquaint little beach town to have so much history and the cobblestones streets make you feel like you're in a different place. >> it was the best trip. >> i just felt like i wasn't going to miss out on anything that i really needed to see. gave me a detailed list of all, the top attractions that matched my interest. i felt like i was able to get a really incredible experience and i didn't have to put in any of the work. i got to enjoy. we want it to be the easiest vacation you'll plan. >> would you do it again? >> absolutely. >> rahel solomon, cbs3 "eyewitness news" >> i want the go on a trip now. i'm packing my bag >> we saw that plane take off there

, north charleston coliseum, or whatever it's called, north charleston, south carolina, and i didn'towds get so excited at your concerts that they never shut up. >> sometimes i think-- i think sometimes yeah i don't know-- sometimes i get paranoid. i'm really paranoid on stage air, lot of times. i mean i smile but i'm like-- and my whole band knows it. and i turn around to carter, and-- my drummer. >> stephen: is that a side effect. >> theyt could be. sometimes i look at the audience and think they're having a great time. and that's a good night. and then i look at them and say why are they talking to each other? why aren't they looking at me. >> stephen: because they're saying i'm at a dave math use concert. 25 years on the road. >> we've gone from when they used to hold lighters up, and that looked like stars, and it was pretty. >> stephen: uh-huh... >> and now they hold cell phone-- cell phones up, and it's also pretty, but it's more consistent. it's more-- it's like digital stars. it's not quite-- it's not quite candle s. >> stephen: doesn't flicker. >> not quite candle flame. it

and bought a volkswagen van began ferrying individuals from john's island to the job in charleston.ut it wasn't simply a transportation service. during the ride from the island and back at night, jamie would teach the individuals literacy skills, teach them how to read and write and use the constitution of the state of south carolina to teach them about voting rights so that they would have the opportunity to take the test and apply for voter registration. service alonga with an opportunity for african-americans to gain their rights. in the midst of a segregated was one transportation of the great challenges for both african-americans and whites. to create separation for whites but allow transportation for the black immunity. this railway car told in 1923 was only in 1940 renovated to create separate sections -- that is the system became more restrictive as time went on and more african-americans joined the traveling ranks. this car was made for the southern railways and traveled between washington dc and new orleans and had to accommodate the notion of increasingly segregated socie

water scott shooting in north i charleston, south carolina something that comes to mind. eric garner on staten island is something else that comes to mind. freddie gray, so you can list off a number of issues and that's something i talk about in the book. people in the black community see these instances that they feel justice, where they feel justice has not been served and that's something you just don't forget. that increases the fear.li that increases the fear of police and that's why so many families who are african-american families in this country feel like they have andhave that talk with their kids. when they look at the images that they see and not just in the last four years but throughout the history of this country? >> host: describe some of that talk there you heard it as you are writing the book? >> guest: the top that i heard in the talk but i had growing u as an african-american in this country. my parents are from birmingham and montgomery alabama. they were growing up in the 60s. they were heavily involved in the civil rights movement. we grew up in an

charleston south carolina and my mom said that would be my first choice she said. >> pack up and go has already booked a hotel, paid for an uber and scoped out sites and restaurants they will go >> instead of like i'm going to on vacation, i have all this work to do. it's like i'm going to on a trip >> selfie stick in hand, she and her mom were off to an venture in historic charleston >> there were tons of options for food, lounging. it's acquaint little beach town to have so much history and the cobblestones streets make you feel like you're in a different place. >> it was the best trip. >> i just felt like i wasn't going to miss out on anything that i really needed to see. gave me a detailed list of all, the top attractions that matched my interest. i felt like i was able to get a really incredible experience and i didn't have to put in any of the work. i got to enjoy. we want it to be the easiest vacation you'll plan. >> would you do it again? >> absolutely. >> rahel solomon, cbs3 "eyewitness news" >> i want the go on a trip now. i'm packing my bag >> we saw that plane take off there

it crashed on landing at this airport in charleston, west virginia. we understand that the two people on board were killed in that crash. and airport spokesman said the aircraft hit the runway, hard, and went off into a wooded area. it appears one of the wings clipped the runway. again, this was a cargo plane flying from louisville into charleston when it crashed. airport administrators have been proposing to spend 290 million into charleston when it crashed. airport administrators have been proposing to spend $290 million to rebuild and extend that runway after a landslide in the area and 2015. it's an ongoing story and we wanted to bring that to you. >>> just about 6:01 am. let's check your weather. >> cooler and cooler. that's what we have. a lot of low clouds and high clouds coming in. the end result will be temperatures taking a huge drop compared to just a couple days ago when we had record heat. san francisco on tuesday was 78. today they will be 59 degrees. the record was 93 in 1987. mostly cloudy. windy and cooler with 60s and 70s through the

when it went down in charleston.ugh a contractor for ups. at this point, local media reporting that they've not been able to contact the two people who were on board. pilot -- pilots they believe some media outlets reported things other than others we'll leave it at that until we get confirmation as to what may have happened. again airport in charleston closed until further notice because of this cargo plain crash text nick klee was an air cargo plane that's the name of the contractor that ups was using. twin engine turbo plane that went down just before 7:00 o'clock this morning. so that's what's happening at charleston, west virginia. let you know as soon as we get any more information there. >> let's switch gears right now. when it comes to dating certainly can be a slippery slope. especially when it comes to, upping, what is it that we're doing? >> where are we going. typically one person feels mc before the other and then you're just like are we committed, are we dating. >> what are we doing. >> seeing other peo

right now, an area and southeast of charleston will to the southeast. we cann the afternoon, showers pop. severe threat.d new england under a slight risk. in our area, we have a marginal risk. there is a possibility of a couple of isolated and heavy and severe thunderstorms. what we are seeing on the is literally just storms later this can seen p you yourself, 3:30, stuff is coming across. 5:30 or 6:00, a few thunderstorms possible. when the actual front comes through, and additional shower the north and clearing skies less humidity. the air will turn drier as the northwested to the stage forill set the beautiful weather tomorrow. lower humidity and 81 on friday. some sunshine on saturday. they get there early saturday channel eight. sunday is not looking like a great outdoor weather day at all. thunderstorms likely in the 70's. we may get to another pattern of three or four or five days and hopefully sunshine by the end of forecast, it is very and --ting weather >> i thought april was over. no more april showers. >> not developing peer we will see. >>

a news conference underway in charleston, south carolina.of walter scott expected to speak soon. easy going. a really smart guy. that's how former high school classmates describing the suspect in yesterday's stabbings at the university of texas. police say kendricks white was unvoluntarily committed for treatment. the police chief said the suspect was suffering from mental health issues, but did not elaborate. the 21-year-old was enrolled at the austin campus. police say white stabbed four people with a hunting knife killing one of them and he did not resist when officers confronted him at gun point. witnesses say the attack was sudden and appeared to be random. the ceo of united airlines saying sorry and promising congress that his company will do better after the viral video of security dragging a passenger off a flight. >> we had a serious breach of public trust. i'd like to apologize to dr. dao, to every person on the flight. no customer, no individual should be treated the way mr. dao was ever. >> united airlines ceo oscar munoz testify

he heads a group looking to improve relations in north charleston.an you clarify for our viewers, he faced federal and state charges. now with this plea, what happens to him? >> what happens now is he will be sentenced under the federal guidelines that that will be scheduled in the future and one of the great things that is great about that, there will be an opportunity for all the parties to come in and he can take into could when deciding the appropriate sentence for him. >> what's the advantage to him? he gets a lesser sentence upper the state charges? >> he does get a reduction prior to trial. i want to say this. there is always risk associated with trial as evidenced by what we saw. they thought they would get a murder conviction and they didn't. s have risk associate and this brings us to a conclusion. it is finite. he gets sentence and it's over. there is no appeals. it's over. the wonderful city can continue to move forward and improve their relationships with law enforcement. >> we are waiting to hear from the scott family. what does improve

it was done for the city of charleston. camaid and looked more like than anything. to the gilbert stuart because that is what people know more than any other. that will be the of reference. this is the famous trick that was commissioned for new york state. is the most perfect depiction of monroe in full figure. hand on him with his the map. i'm sure everyone is very familiar with this. it shows a stately presence, commanding presence. his sword is on the table next to his hand. a chair over here. this is a take off of the portraits of george washington that you have seen where he is standing with a curtain and the chair next to him as well. here we have a green and gold tablecloth, william and mary's colors, how did they know? this was the basis that i came up with my standing figure here. you can see with the takeoff on , they wanted a stately figure of him. have you portrayed it? the owens foundation who commissioned this piece had certain expectations. they wanted a stately, gravity-like figure of monroe. i thought this was the best way, using this to get him her

we have the lower 70s in charleston west virginia. majority of the day, northeasterly winds. we have high pressure situated to the north. northeasterly winds make for fair amount of cloud cover with cooler than average temperatures. you notice precipitation well away from the region for the day tomorrow. 8:00 in the morning, sunny breaks more than today. 56, 11:00 a.m. 65. we have mostly cloudy skies for the afternoon hours, temperatures in the upper 60s, falling to the lower 60s 8:00 tomorrow night. more in the way of sunshine to start the day but as the easterly component kicks in, we have more in the way of clouds coming back into the forecast. as we look at what to expect, temperatures drop below average with a stiff easterly wind tracking rain into next week. we take a closer look with the full and exclusive seven day, walter. thank you, melissa. you can get the forecast, seven day and storm tracker 6 anytime on your phone or tablet. the "6abc" app is a free device. >> police are looking for the suspects that opened fire on a ken

doug at your service. 54 in charleston. mild temperatures around the mid-atlantic. you have to go far to the self defined anything warm. if you're traveling to baltimore, chilly temperatures during the game, and after the game, it may even drop into the upper 40's. tomorrow morning, many areas in the mid to upper 30's. garrett county, 31. s, a modestw day increase in temperatures. maybe our western viewing areas could pick up a brief shower thursday. it looks like the best chance of rain will come late friday into saturday. temperatures are chilly in the but only near 60 on saturday. this is anticipating a storm developing along the coast. turning partly sunny mid-sixties and by tuesday and wednesday, a little bit of hope. middle of next week. higher, butadically 70 it by then, only three degrees above average. a lot of people have outdoor plans on mother's day so they are fixated on that sunday forecast. lindsey: amazon eco's smart -- amazon echo's smart speaker. it is now $150 for mother's day weekend. ach experts say it is just way to clear inventory in anticipat

they had remnants in charleston. they were thinking about having me re-create it. the original was marble. it could be destroyed. we decided to do it in bronze. i did some research on the documents he is holding here. he has his crown. we gave a small version of this -- i made a small version of this, 18 inches or so, we gave it to the most prominent non-alumni supporters of the college. 2-3 years ago we gave it to a lord. he was the first lord of the admiralty. he was in submarines before that. he did research and was also an admiral. it was a nest connection there. this cartouche i try to mimic it over here with a cartouche again. this is the american president -- what's -- sorry. this is the american president here, and this is the british front. we go through the front yards, through wren building, to a nice progression. this is from charter day. green and gold the colors. students will decorate. i mentioned that they pried open the box. if they decorate in such a fashion that they do not do harm with it, that is good. in front of the law school, the historic d

charleston 72. satellite 6 with action radar, showers in jersey and delaware.ing unsettled weather across the v virginias and south carolina. back at home, partly cloudy, dropping to 54 in the suburbs. as we get to the second half of the weekend, at the shore tomorrow, 65, cloudy and an easterly breeze to deal with. sun and clouds in the poconos, high of 66 tomorrow. sunday, mostly dry but we are tracking pop up evening shower and more rain monday for the holiday. >> melissa, we'll talk to you in a bit. >> two of philadelphia's living legends were on stage for the hoagie nation festival. there they are, hall and oats performing before the packed venue at penn's landing. they were brought on stage by mike shut. schmidt. hoagie nation representing everything to do with the city of brotherly love. >> and the pops performed a free concert in honor of memorial day. >>> this weekend is a major holiday weekend in england but it was frustrating for a lot of travelers. a computer problem called for all nights to be canceled. among those are musicians. >> they are on a t

betweeni'm in charleston and savannah. 50 miles from charleston and about 50 miles from savanna.ery rural area. drug education and drug treatment is nonexistent in this area. aat allows drugs to be problem because nobody is trying to educate anyone on anything different. caller brought up health issues. you can find the story online. when it comes to mortality rates, an increase in cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease mortality. they make the assertion that large urban areas saw these trends in health and education. now happening in smaller areas of the united states. we are getting your snapshot of what's going on in these areas. jersey. to ali in new i would like to make three comments. i think there has been a brain drain. not have certainly heard the countryside -- that has certainly hurt the countryside. taxes help people. since the 1950's when we had a higher tax rate of 90%, taxes have come down lower and lower. the agenda with the neoconservatives starting in the was to get rid of the advances that the working class have made by lowering taxes which were h

we are at the scene in charleston. airporte at yeager where it is a very active scene. i want to give you a look at what we can see. directly behind the yellow caution tape, you can see the wing of the aircraft. we are waiting for the arrival of the national transportation and safety board who will begin its investigation into what caused the crash. there were no survivors. a man and a woman, pilot and copilot both from west virginia have been identified as the victims. the airplane was a short operated by air cargo carriers, a contractor for ups, landing hill from louisville where it was coming in sideways and hit the runway hard. it rolled down the hill. there was heavy entrapment and a huge response to get to the wreckage which is 150 feet over .he hillside you just saw and initial indications is that something was wrong with --craft >> lawmakers say the plan needs some drastic changes before they would get on board and it becomes law. senators on both sides of the art of the battle. -- uphill battle. you am sorry to disappoint mr. president, this bill in its current

a deadly plane crash under investigation in charleston, contracted by the ups group.ey made a hard landing at yeager airport. it went off the runway. the pilot and the copilot were killed. no one else on board. now investigated. >> this is from los angeles. hiker on ple cares you ground clinging to a trip of ground only inches wide. it took repelling from a hovering helicopter to grab the hiker and pull them to safety. michelle: a navy seal is dead and two others were hurt in the raid. this is the first american military death in somalia since 1993. jonathan: the dedicated team that helps the wounded warriors. for ten years the warrior brigade helped those suffers from the body shattering in as they celebrate the time gone by and the lives that are forever changed. at the height of the wars, the wounded warriors and the care givers have the short coming in the old walter reed army hospital. >> there were the wonderful non-profits and the moving parts but nobody brought them together. >> the army created the warrior transition brigade. streamlining services with a miss

this day-long event sponsored by the dea anti-drug coalitions of america and university of charleston school of pharmacy will bring together stake holders and professionals working in law enforcement, prevention, education, treatment, recovery, health care and emergency response. in washington, secretary of commerce ross is speaking this afternoon at the 47th conference of the americas which is taking place at the state department. the event brings together administration officials, distinguished leaders from across the region to focus on major policy issues affecting the hemisphere. also at the state department this morning, secretary tillerson participated in a signing ceremony for the united states and georgia general security of information agreement with the prime minister of georgia, a major milestone in security cooperation between our two countries. the president was also pleased to see several top administration officials recently moved through the senate. last night, heather wilson was confirmed to be secretary of the air force and governor branstead was approved to be ambas

the attorney general will be speaking on opioids on thursday at a summit in charleston, south carolina. strategy is designed to help cities and surrounding regions deal with heroin and prescription drug abuse and the violent crime associated with it. will bring event together stakeholders and professionals working in law enforcement and prevention education, treatment, recovery, health care and emergency response. , secretary ross is speaking this afternoon at the 47th conference of the americas which is taking place at the state apartment. the event brings together administration officials and distinguished leaders from across the region to focus on major policy issues affecting the hemisphere. secretary tillerson participated in a signing ceremony with the prime minister of georgia. a major milestone in security cooperation between our two countries. the president was pleased to see several top administration --icials go to the senate heather wilson was confirmed as secretary of the air force and was confirmedtad as ambassador to china and is moving on for a vote on the floor of the

it was vandalized following the charleston shootings. in charlottesville, virginia, the city council has voted to remove a statue of robert e. lee from a downtown park, but opponents vow to fight that move in court. >>> in news4 your health tonight, news on gluten-free diets that are raising questions about some of the health benefits of gluten. >> doreen is here to tell us more about that. >> we hear about gluten-free all the time now, it seems like. a lot of people who go gluten-free have sillback disease and they couldn't eat gluten. but many gluten out of their diets for many other reasons. two and a half million people follow a gluten-free diet who don't have sealback disease. a study found that when it comes to nutrition, some glueden-free products just don't measure up. researchers evaluated about 1,300 foods, half with gluten, half without. they found foods with gluten had up to three times more protein than the gluten-free products they studied. bread, pasta, and flour, even pizza were all found to have higher protein than their

now to charleston. a man's gag costume became zero laughing matter. it was bad. people saw a t-rex running down the street. but horses pulling a carriage did also and they were spooked by this. you see the video from immediately after ward. the horses ended up slamming the carriage to aer a and throwing the driver to the ground. he was hurt. got to the hospital in time. the man in the custom by the way, the other guys tackled him. he surrendered to police on charges of disorderly conduct. michelle: joke gone bad. coming up, job that a street mad. jonathan: but first a man bashing in the skull of what was a mannequin. the police say it helped catch a killer. of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities. dominion energy. more than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. michelle: shocking video from las vegas as p

the problem is this one spinning here through charleston, that will throw energy toward the east with daytime heating that will pop up showers and storms and we have some well south of the area, south of lynchburg with sprinkles west of charlotte and into virginia. we have some time but midafternoon, 2:30, upper 60s and low 70s and into the later part of the afternoon, showers and storms scatter for the ride home, and we have showers and storms threatening the commute home. this evening, showers and storms at 8:00, 9:00 or 10:00 that will settle down overnight and tomorrow, i'm happy to tell you, it looks okay. we can't rule out a couple of showers here and there but nothing as wide spread as what we had this morning or this afternoon with highs tomorrow's in the mid-70s. a quick look at the three day forecast, the clouds are breaking with a little bit of blue and some sun here and there and temperatures in the low to mid-70s and upper 70s tomorrow and s weather alert. we will look at the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. >>> angry protesters greeted president donald trump in bel

residents in the southern half of charleston county georgia are people in western nassau county in florida are being warned to be ready to go at any time. firefighters are working incredibly hard to get this thing under control, but the winds are making it increasingly difficult to get this under control. in all, 140,000 acres have been consum consumed. >>> a new era official begins at the d.c. police department. chief peter newsham will be sworn in this afternoon. newsham has been on the force for 30 years. >>> a prince george's county police officer is facing serious charges for irinterfering with with a case. a grand jury has indicted the officer for intimidation, suspended without pay a state's attorney's office did not provide many details. it would only say that he interfered with an investigation which dates back to 2015. he's worked for the department for nine years. >>> the fbi says a teenager accused of murder told her 15-year-old victim i will see you in hell. chilly testimony came in a hearing yesterday for 17-year-old venus romero hiroheta. she was the lead attacker of alexand

charleston, lexington. mid to upper 80s. we're seeing showers and storms that pop around charlotteville. some hail down there. looking at it on first alert doppler. seeing the activity well south of town. maybe if you get to la ray here. up here. you might see it. not worried about showers this evening. if you're going out, grab the jackets. temperatures are going to be generally hanging in this evening. we'll see a partly to mostly cloudy sky. tomorrow will be a cloudy day with a few breaks in the morning. i think it'll be okay. 50s to start. we get late in the day. notice the showers to the west. they're going to move in tomorrow night into monday morning. monday morning should be a slow commute around here. more on that in your seven day forecast in a few. >>> plenty more here on wusa9 news at 6:00. including donald trump on his first foreign trip as president. he's already making deals. >>> take a look at this. this package is in your fridge right now on this weekend, listen up. nathan's is recalling them. we'll tell you

this is pretty heavy rain too south of charleston and to the east of winchester.will track this for you. this will head up toward hedgesville at 650. this will add injury -- insult to injury because we are looking at flood warnings still in effect over this year. please be advised along 181 come across a flooded street, turn around. a few showers and a thunderstorm tonight. we will keep them in all night tonight. in town pretty quiet. weekend not a washout but cool. almost chilly. temps tomorrow will be in the 50s. some showers both days. sunday is a little better. and dry and cool start couple showers north and west. still 68 downtown at 10:00. by 7:00 a lot of clouds but not much in the way of showers. by 10:00 a couple of light showers leesburg, gaithersburg mid 50s. by 1:00 a shower downtown. and 6:00 temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s with a few showers. we'll take you into sunday some breaks in the clouds on sunday. so upper 50s, low 60s to starlet. we remain there. about 62 at 1:00. subbed a little more sun but a few showers. 66, 65 on monday. cool b

there was flooding in parts of downtown charleston and at least nine reported tornados in georgia and north carolina. powerful winds in jacksonville brought down the canopy of the gas station on top of a car. and a semiwas pushed on to its side. landing on another car in georgia. >> more of the same today in the area. >> let's get details from accuweather's justin povick. >> severe weather over the southeast. need rain throughout florida. and, do not like to see potential for winds, and harj hail. ponding on the roadway possibility as well. notice wet weather advancing towards d.c. but not into the northern portion of new england. just yet. memorial day weekend around the corner. notice wet conditions will continue throughout the east. hot out west. diane? kendis? >> thanks there. nding thick black smoke high into the air. see how it happened. >> first, get ready to feel the need for speed. the big news about "top gun 2." coming up ahead in the "the skinny." >> no! >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by stamps.com. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to yo

that news coming just moments ago from the federal courthouse in charleston.hat's where we find nbc's gabe gutierrez. gabe, get us up to speed. >> reporter: hi, katy, good afternoon. michael slager is upstairs in the federal courthouse entering a guilty me as we speak. we just got our lands on the document. in the key line it says, "the defendant used deadly force, even though it was objectively uncleanly under the circumstances." pleading guilty to one federal count. that still carries the possibility of life in prison. let's back up here a little bit. you recall that slager shot and killed walter scott in april of 2015. and that he said during his state murder trial a few months ago that he feared for his life and he did so in self-defense. of course, walter scott's family has said all along that this video that got national attention showed that walter -- that michael slager kill walter scott in cold blood, the family says. they say -- we just spoke with their attorneys a short time ago. they say they feel excited by today's developments but say they won't

violating rights of armed block man he shot and killed walter scott from a traffic stop in north charleston in 2015 this is five months after a jury dead locked against him. as part of the deal prosecutors agreed to sdrop the murder case. >> dramatic video out of china. a toddler runs across a busy road, is hit by a car, and then is driven over by a second car. the whole incident caught on surveillance video there. the child darted out into traffic and into the right lane where she is immediately struck. and then a second car passes directly over the 2-year-old as she lay there in the street. wow the slightly gradesed and amazingly enough she was not hurt and she was running from her grandmother before this incident happened. >> you can say guardian angel. >> yeah. >> that's amazing. >> wow. >> amazing. >> the united states air force academy football team well they were awarded com commandner chief trophy tuesday by president trump. this is 20th time air force won the trough: team won fourts of the last 7 years. >> i keep saying one day i'll go to win these teams when the military teams fac

the sheriff al cannon detention center in charleston, south carolina, is no exception. there are about 1,300 men and women incarcerated here. most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. keeping them all fed requires an inmate kitchen staff to work nearly around the clock preparing 3,900 meals per day. mohammad be a call abdullah is a cook on the afternoon shift. >> seven days a week, eight hours a day. we go in at 1:00, get out at 8:30, 9:00. the benefits of that are you don't have to lay around all day. your owns aren't getting achy. you're constantly working. working in the kitchen keeps you alert and aware of things going on around you. you get to eat good, you know. make sure the food is hot and warm. that's the rice right there. gourmet. professional, i cooked it. that the patties there. i cooked those, too. they're going to want seconds of those, i guarantee you that. >> although abdallah takes pride in his work, he may be overestimating its appeal. >> the food sucks. >> i can't wait to get pizza when i get out of her

she addressed the class of charleston, west virginia, high school. class entered her facebook contest, and the prize, her honor as their commencement speaker. >> judge judy is all about empowering women. she's celebrating the tenth anniversary of "her honor," the girls mentoring program she helped establish with her daughter, nicole. >> i spent a lot of time in the courthouse, watching her do her thing and there came a point in time when we both decided, let's do something for the community. >> are you proud? >> we know she's proud. >> i'm proud of me because i raised you well. >> over the years, we've shared many moments with judy and her family. >> she's my fourth grandchild. this one is an angel. and she loves her nana. >> at the gramg wags, she says she prefers to counsel young people, because they're more open. >> pliable mind than a hard boiled one. >> she's the greatest. and she shared this bit of wisdom. the greatest gift a parent can give a child is confidence. >> during the season premiere of "the bachelorette," we watched rachel meet her s

plane that crashed after going off the runway at the charleston airport there. apparent lay, there were several people onboard when it went off the run way. we don't know the conditions but we're staying on top of the story. >> 5:01. now to the latest developments in the high-profile sierra lamar murder case. we could be hours away from learning the fate of the man accused of killing the morgan hill teenager. this as jury deliberations continue this morning. the question is, will they find antolin garcia torres guilty of murder? legal analysts are weighing in. bob redell live at the courthouse this morning as we await this much anticipated decision. bob, this is five years coming. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. today being day two of jury deliberations in the trial of antolin garcia torres here at the hall of justice. according to a santa clara university law professor we spoke with, she tells us one issue expected to weigh heavily in the jurors' decision making process, the fact that sierra lamar's body has never bib found. >> there's no crime scene,

we have new information on the cargo plane that went off the runway in charleston, west virginia.ccording to the n.t.s.b. the crew of the plane that carried cargo made no distress call and went down hard enough into the runway and into a hill. bad weather was apparently not the factor. crayola revealing a blue crayon for the retired dandelion yellow. it was accidentally discovered by chemists at oregon state universi university. it doesn't have a name. crayola is asking for one. now back to cashin' in. eric: so what's next on president trump's agenda? here is something no one has seen or heard yet. president trump revealing his next big plan. >> we will give democrats an infrastructure and they want that as much as republicans. we're almost finished. every the next two weeks or so we'll have a massive 1 trillion dollar infrastructure plan. eric: so, richard being a democrat, will you support the 1 trillion dollar infrastructure plan? >> he won't have a problem with that, but the hawks-- he proposed a bank which is nowhere near a trillion dollars and republicans opposed it vehement