they didn't know anything about him that he was born in 1872 in dayton, ohio, graduated. so the learned the first lesson every write er must learn, you'll learn it the hard way or start from the beginning. don't be with afraid, tear it up, start over again. or go in and say i have got to move this, i have got to change this. the formal word gets revision. you'll revise and revise until you figure, i can't revise anymore and send it to the editor, we have lots of revision with this. revising is 90 percent of writing. i wrote that very first book in 1971. it didn't get published until 1982. no i don't have to work on books that long anymore. but that first one, learn how to rewrite, restructure, move things. i have written many more biographies. i have learned the most important thing, you must tell a good story, character, setting, action, and idea. you have it in fiction as well as non fiction. some where along the line we were taught that non fiction is simply facts. it is not truth. facts wrapped around a story. facts put in a story. let's go back to that porch again, t

dayton is famous not just for the dayton peace accords which helped end the blood shed in bosnia in thes also where john mccain introduced sarah palin to the nation in 2008. dayton, ohio, and montgomery county, ultimately rejected sarah palin and john mccain in the election in 2008. they went for obama by six points in the presidential election. it did so on the strength of the residents there, frankly, having lots and lots of opportunity to cast their ballots. montgomery county had early voting on nights, early voting on weekends. there were plenty of opportunities to vote in the leadup to the 2008 election. montgomery county residents took advantage of that. in particular, their african-american residents took advantage of that. more than half of the early votes cast in that county in 2008 were cast by black voters. heading into this year, into the 2012 presidential election, montgomery county elections officials wanted to repeat the success they had running a relatively hassle free, trouble free election back in 2008. last december, the two democrats that you saw earlier, tom richie

he was pressed this week by a very sharp local nbc reporter in dayton, ohio, about whether mr. mandel would have supported the auto bailout. very specific question. and mr. mandel's amazing answer earned him a page in the child's treasury. this is so great. >> he blasted those including senator brown and republicans who supported the wall street bailout. but refused to say what he would have done with general motors. >> i have a vision for taking the dayton area, taking some of the auto plants and former factories that used to be filled, filling them back up with dayton area workers to make pipes and tubes and fittings for manufacturing jobs. >> josh mandel, i appreciate what you're saying, but would you have supported the gm bailout. >> i'll try to protect auto jobs and grow auto jobs. we have talked about all of the great plans we have. >> you're not going to answer, are you? >> great seeing you. >> great seeing you. here's a very simple question about yourself. would you have supported this policy? yes, it is great seeing you. what happen -- >> then there's the ongoing contr

. >>> cameras were rolling when they captured an incredible sight in dayton, ohio. this is from whio. this is a house fire. look at this. it's a back draft you saw. it's when super heated gases and toxins in the air reach a high temperature and they form a miniexplosion. when you slow the video down, you can see the fire breathe out the right side of the house and the puff of hot air and fire come out of the porch. two firefighters were on the porch. another dozen of them were nearby. none of them were seriously hurt. i have to imagine the woman on the side, was this her home? >> that is her home, yeah. she was standing there watching it as it blew up near her. >> i was watching tv. then all of a sudden, i noticed something was jumping. looked like it was going in levels. i said what is this heat coming in my house? >> it's amazing no one was hurt since the firefighters were on the porch fighting the fire. >> good thing they had their protective gear on. nobody was ill prepared for this. >> were they able to contain the fire and save something? >> the house is a tot

had this vision of trying to sort of duplicate what he did with the balkans, the architect of the dayton accords. >> rose: yes, he would see it that way wouldn't he? >> so he wanted the grand deal, perhaps that was unreal link and even holbrook acknowledged that the chances of getting that sort of dayton like deal in afghanistan and pakistan were very slim. but he wanted to try and he believed that is what obama wanted. the problem was obama's national security team form her national security advisor jim jones, people who worked for him saw holbrook and he bow test with sharp elbows who had a thirst for spotlight who would damage his relations with president karzai and the leadership of pakistan, and so they didn't want him to lead this process and so they did everything they could to foil him and denied him the use of military airplanes to travel out there, they -- there is one remarkable event when president karzai comes to washington in april of 2010, and there is an oval office meeting that is set up, and some of the president's staffers try to exclude holbrook from this meeting and

had this vision of trying to sort of duplicate what he did with the balkans, the architect of the dayton accords. >> rose: yes, he would see it that way wouldn't he? >> so he wanted the grand deal, perhaps that was unreal link and even holbrook acknowledged that the chances of getting that sort of dayton like deal in afghanistan and pakistan were very slim. but he wanted to try and he believed that is what obama wanted. the problem was obama's national security team form her national security advisor jim jones, people who worked for him saw holbrook and he bow test with sharp elbows who had a thirst for spotlight who would damage his relations with president karzai and the leadership of pakistan, and so they didn't want him to lead this process and so they did everything they could to foil him and denied him the use of military airplanes to travel out there, they -- there is one remarkable event when president karzai comes to washington in april of 2010, and there is an oval office meeting that is set up, and some of the president's staffers try to exclude holbrook from this meeting and

governor mark dayton ordered flags flown at half staff today to remember those who lost their lives.>> the fight over d.c.'s abortion law is not over yet. yesterday congress failed to pass a ban on abortion in the district past 20 weeks of pregnancy, but today a republican utah senator attached the same wording as an amendment to a cyber security bill. d.c. congressional delegate eleanor holmes norton joineddous fox 5 morning news to talk -- joined us on fox 5 morning news to talk to us about the original bill. >> this was the first stand alone bill in the history of the country where the district was attacked and where the attempt was made to take us out of the specter of constitutional rights that everybody enjoys. >> the senate is debating the cyber security bill with the new amendment this week. >>> a new insurance mandate affects all women. contraceptives must be covered, some not happy about it. >> a man calls 911 while being dragged by a truck. hear the unbelievable phone call. >> a new month, but the same weather. it looks like we'll be in for another dose of the hot stuff an

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tara dayton says of the possible assault on the academic embassy in london violates the centuries old principles of diplomacy making british embassy territories a potential targets as well. this has been the case for centuries you respect people's ambassadors and their. territory because otherwise you like yourself open to attacks in other countries and we all know that we don't like that when it does happen when it has happened in places like. in the past but i think this whole thing has got blown out of all proportion it shouldn't be where we are and i do think a lot of people are very suspicious about why sweden wants him back. on these charges which actually wouldn't amount. in the u.k. in fact. they wouldn't even be an offense under english law and put him in a big trunk diplomatic bag i'm not quite sure whether that would work but otherwise we might see him hold up there for the next couple of years who knows until solution to this impasse. that resides sweden of the u.k. an equitable the country watching the developments around asuncion most closely as of course the united stat

and last year's dayton final is rafael nadal has already withdrawn due to any injury. but feel like i'm playing great i mean to be free mentally ready to do sacrifices and work hard and make it happen for me but that other guys are playing well as well get such a great year with so much confidence it was just really hard to stop him marries into conversations well after winning the olympics of course it's a big opportunity and those are all around for many of the players not just the other top three guys. for me while in the first round of the women's draw top seed victoria azarenka faces russian alexander and all the second seed agnes but iran is also up against a russian audio brushed over while the mystery maria sharapova will take on time gary and melinda ching defending champion some stars of australia seeded seventh and will take on probation spectrum outage. the last couple of weeks have been playing pretty well and obviously you want to absolutely take it at this moment in these couple of weeks so it has been a bit of an up and down a bit you know i feel like d

one over easton and dayton. one little tiny shower just popped up here not too far east of our region. so there are some showers out there very widely scattered. at least some folks did get some rain on the eastern shore. particularly this morning where they had heavier showers. right now 82 in easton where they had rain earlier. 78 ocean city, light rain there mostly afternoon. 85 washington, 86 here, 85 and it's drier out to the west. a lot-sunshine in cup cumberland. last hour was six -- last hour the dewpoint was 67 now it's 64. 84 annapolis, rock hall and kent islands as well. average now is 86, 66 the records. 105 that's the all time high for august in 1918 and 53 in 2004. a light east southeast winds not going to be a major factor but it'll keep that moisture coming back into the region. that front stalled out over the carolinas that front stalled. another front going to drag into the region thursday and saturday. that's where we'll have warmer conditions and a risk of thunderstorms probably starting thur

thomas from dayton, ohio. caller: i consider myself an independent, but i have been in both parties. how did the vote in 2008? caller: i did vote for obama. i have been a manufacturing worker my whole life and i have seen this country take me and cut my third because i am supposed to compete with slave labor in china. mitt romney -- i will not be able to vote for him. i might go third party. i want somebody to put a stop to the outsourcing of our jobs. it is absolutely destroying america. mitt romney reminds me of -- he gets on tv and makes $400 million a year and he has a plant with 700,000 people in china. he says he cannot bring none of the jobs back to america because he could not afford it. he makes $400 million a year. i have been fighting this crap for 30 years. this is what i voted on for 30 years. god bless america. to the ones i want to say something. the 5000 votes he was talking about and west virginia -- gore lost the presidency even though he had 500,000 more votes than george bush. host: so you

this is what's left of isaac, cincinnati, dayton, eventually making its way eastward toward pittsburgha 87 degrees. that continues on monday. west coast, though, beautiful conditions, 70 degrees in seattle, 76 in los angeles. 106 in phoenix, boston 72. that ace look at the next seven days. remember "wake up with al" weekdays monday through friday. tomorrow we'll continue coverage of isaac. you know, i'm not tired anymore after taking it. i was skeptical but i decided one day i'd try it. 5-hour energy works fast. i have the energy to get through a meeting, to get through a workout. it keeps me alert for a long period of time, and keeps me going. on or off the course, play with energy, 5-hour energy. >>> on this special edition of "today's travel," places to reinvent yourself. sometimes you've just got to head out of dodge to get your courage up for some real change. >> and there are many different places to go for people to get the help you need. "travel and leisure" magazine's digital projects editor is here with us again. we love her. "under the tuscan sun," that movie that diane lane

southern and eastern frederick county and mount airy there to dayton ask columbia county. still seeing moderate downpours. prince george's county just east of 301 seeing the heavier rains moving up to upper marlboro. we go farther south and look at this little lightning and thunder showing up there in mechanicsville and virginia beach. this is lifting to st. mary's and charles. calvert is going to get hit as well. temps this morning running still 80 in annapolis. but with the rain we cool down to 67 in leesburg and 68 in winchester and 69 in gaithersburg. i'll be back with a few minutes and talk about the weekend and let you know which is the better day and right now, we go to beverly farmer she's in for monika samtani with timesaver traffic. >>> busy morning especially out to the west howard with all the bad weather that had come through 66 fauquier county still dealing with the remnants ochoa crash eastbound coming in to marshall. westbound near the plains. right side of the roadway was still blocked there. and folks coming out of lynn don fauquier county you will have t

. >> dayton, ohio. december 16th, 2010. shortly before 6:00 a.m., police officer joshua campbell walks into this walgreens pharmacy following up on a reported robbery that happened just hours earlier. >> we had the tape we were going to get for evidence? >> as seen in footage, officer campbell waits patiently to collect the video from the cashier who appears to be ringing up a customer. but seconds later it's clear to the officer that this is a robbery in progress. >> as soon as i had turned around and looked at the teller and i saw her put her hands up, back up, take off running. >> officer campbell can't believe what he's seeing. the suspect seemingly oblivious to the officer standing inches away reaches over grabbing money from the register. officer campbell approaches guns drawn. he tells the suspect to get on the ground. >> he says he didn't do anything. that nothing is wrong. i'm still telling him get on the ground. >> but the suspect isn't about to give up. >> i tried grabbing his left wrist trying to sling him to th

. >>> last night on this show for the interview, we hosted two election board members from dayton, ohio're democrats and the ohio secretary of state is threatening to fire them because they voted their county in ohio should have early voting on weekends. that issue is still unsettled. john husted is still considering whether or not to fire the local elections officials. now the issue is spreading. the county commissioners in ohio, where the city of youngstown is located, their county commissioners voted unanimously that their county also should allow weekend hours for early voting. the county commissioner said they have the money to do it, the space to do it, and they're able to make early voting on weekends happen. ohio had early voting on weekends in '08, in 2010, early voting on the weekends even for the presidential primaries this year, and now these democratic leaning parties are in revolt over the secretary of state getting rid of early voting on the weekends just in time for the general election. i realize this is not getting a lot of national attention yet, but this voting right

during the balkan wars when he was negotiating an end to bosnia, i was with him, and with him in dayton, and saw him work his miracles. and then later at the united nations where we had this extraordinary journey together. and i write in the book about our 12-- our whirlwind trip to africa covering 12 countries which resulted in richard forcing the security council to put a health issue, aids, on its agenda for the first time so all of this i write about and as a result, of having written this, it is now permanent. you know, it's not "gone with the wind". it's, i have it and you have it. >> rose: this is you quoting brodsky f there is any substitute for love t is memory. to mem orize, then s to recover intimacy. >> yes. >> rose: and that's what it is about. and you say this too, he disappeared that is how it seems to me. i assumed death would be a gradual transiltion, a passage after a long illness and sad, unhurried goode bye, not a midlife thunder clap. >> that's what it was. it was one hour before he collapsed, never to regain consciousness, ripped and ri were on the phone laughing a

basically to put anything in the air, anything in the water, and they sell things into this country in daytonttsburgh. they sell below cost and basically are trying to create jobs and taking our jobs. that's how they do it. it's unfair. >> gordon, you and i have talked at great length about what you call china's coming collapse and its fragility right now. i'm wondering, do you think this administration has missed opportunities to exploit those weaknesses in china? >> well, i think they have. but it's more important what the administration hasn't done is taken a realistic view of what's happened in china. the obama administration, like all administrations before it, comes in with these unusually conciliatory policies but we really haven't adjusted because china's posture in the last couple years has become not only assertive but belligerent and that is why nations in the region have been turning to washington and we need to show a little bit more leadership because things in that area are getting very, very difficult and troublesome. >> gordon, i want to play a clip of you talking in the film