i will step out of the way, a tremendous amount of police and road crews and dominion power trying to deal with the cleanup. the tree is still there. , thethe storm only lasted hard rain, about 20 minutes, but it unleashed a lot of damage. it's pretty dangerous to be out here if you're not careful. with and theing rain fell in arlington like an avalanche monday afternoon. it was nicereason, and sunny. next thing you know it was raining cats and dogs. >> soaking anyone who was not covered. >> i don't have a number above. >> this storm was much more than an inconvenience. that is exactly what happened, crews in the district in virginia busy cleaning up after howling wind rolled through. >> looked out the window, the next thing you know the transformer on the cell phone thing totally went up. >> outside his window, a massive tree toppled, pulling down power lines and damaging the roadways s near north two car glebe dan henderson roads. >> i was not expecting it to be that wild. owner of the flattened pickup truck said he is grateful he was nowhere near his vehicle when the tree fell. now

nick and lanky. .rist which says it has been nicknamed old dominion?> >> we of '80s forecast the next couple of days or least near 80. there you can see fairly clear skies. king louis, the developing. 77 already in chicago. that means we're warmer than we were yesterday. the slow warming is underway. midway at 70 men. 75 now at valparaiso. along with gusto from the midwest. not merely the third mile per hour wind gust that we saw yesterday. it has been a favorite pattern of this summer. >> even 9100 degree temperatures up on the southern and south central canada. for austin northrop the jet stream coming down the south side brings these little cumulus clouds that will pop up throughout the afternoon. here's what it looked like throughout the day. fadeout and the night time period. that is 755 tomorrow. redeveloping in the afternoon tomorrow. they develop again during thursday. the same thing would happen if we continue the forecast until friday. they're not in significant amounts of rain. just depends on what they get under one of the heavier showers.

convertible into dollars, so this massive stock of useless sterling that the britains colonies and dominions built up could be spent on something else besides u.s. goods, in particular american goods. and finally, to accept the u.s. dollar as the basic unit of account for global trade. and as you can imagine the british resisted this fiercely, and in fact harry dexter white used rather remarkable rows at bretton woods in order to push this through. he did not even see it until he left bretton woods. it was remarkable part of this story. as lionel put it, we needed the cash. winston churchill famously referred to american land lease aid as the most unsword i had acts. but the yo u.s. was, in fact, oy willing to provide this aid after really milks britain dry. we forced them to sell all their major sub individual air s of british companies in the united states. there is evidence that fdr's administration was willing to take bits of the empire, but not every bit. here is a quote from henry morgan. he said there is one thing i can -- i know i can say for mr. roosevelt that we don't want any of t

. >> about 900 pepco customers and 900 dominion virginia customers without power tonight. those 50-mile an hour winds with the heavy rain did some damage. check out this traffic light we just showed you, one of two we saw knocked over. this is at the intersection of 14th and pennsylvania in northwest d.c. any other damage reports on storm tracker? >> what about doppler now and the morning commute? >> we have some more damage reports primarily south and east of town. a lot of the activity was near town. this was a tree down on the roadway at dominion drive and birch road, lot of reports of trees down, another report of a tree fell on wires and two cars on north lee road and north henderson road about 4:41 when the storms rolled through east to west and down toward quantico they had a wind gust of 45 miles per hour. winds were common between 30 and 45 miles per hour. the radar quieted down, but we're seeing showers develop back to the west essentially north and west up i-270, a little yellow here, a to an any bit of orange indicating heavier activity -- tiny bit of orange in

a family was heading to king's dominion and noticed the driver using his tablet. they have a record of safety issues and now the company is looking into the safety video and the allegations against the driver. >>> authorities in texas recovered more than 1,000 marijuana plants from a field outside of houston. they found further evidence and police discovered several camps with tents, generators and sophisticated irrigation systems. they are looking for accomplices in this elaborate operation. can you take the new 6abc.com wherever you go, the new smart design changes the lay out to fit any device no matter how large or small your screen. check it out at 6abc.com. denturthan real teeth.erent they're about ten times softer and have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor-causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture everyday. at ikea, we don't just we design good mornings. little experiments. big ideas. brighter ways. and better tomorrows you can take home today. imagine if everyday was just a l

the old dominion boat club has been located on king street since the 1920's. the city of alexandria wanted to make changes because the boat blocks public access to the waterfront. straight ahead, here on saturday --s extra, continuing prepare for big changes in the forecast. >> travelers at reagan national airport don't have it. -- don't have to trouble for. ben's chili bowl celebrated the opening of its new restaurant with a performance by the chuck brown band. it is located in terminal b reich of for the security checkpoint. this is the second ben's chili bowl in northern virginia. a lot of people stopped by to see the excitement there. a new app could signal the end of long lines at starbucks according to people magazine. starbucks is developing a smart phone app that will allow customers to pre-order beverages to a of time, then head local store to pick it up. the app is still in its testing phase. there's no word on when it might debut, but no worry, starbucks is still going to mess up your name on your cup. >> oh, man. it always is kind of fun to see. >>

. >> passengers captured this during a trip to kings dominion this weekend. the company, american transportation, we investigated them and found several violations for unsafe driving. they also failed to conduct random drug and alcohol screenings. they refused to comment on our findings, but the general services administration, who by the way has a federal contract with them says the company has a positive rating in its government data base. >> fairfax county leaders are set to vote any moment on a controversial landfill in reporten. they -- in lorton. they first proposed keeping it open until 2040. residents wanted the landfill closed in 201 8 as originally planned. >> you can now see signs of the work underway to restore the u.s. capitol dome. scaffolding is up around the peristyle level of the dome. work to assemble the scaffolding is expected to last through the end of this year. after it'svassembled, workers will begin repairing the cracking and crumbling 19th century iron work. the last renovation was 50 years ago. long before steve rudin came into this

it's >> a change of homes for alexandria's old dominion book. it is moving to a nearby building. sold it for parking in the city of alexandria for $5 million. it's been on the potomac river since the 19 20's. alexandria wanted to make changes in that area because the boat club blocks access to the waterfront. >> a new report from ddot says the roadways the agency maintains in d.c. are in better shape than previously reported. ddot says three quarters of the district's roads are rated in fair to excellent condition. an earlier report indicated 95% of the city streets were in poor condition. ddot says they use the pavement condition index to rate the condition of its roads. that index is nationally recognized and is said to be more suited to measuring the conditions of the d.c. roads. >> a house panel tonight recommends sending the national guard to deal with the flood of unaccompanied children from central america. currently the children are allowed to remain in the u.s. until their court cases are heard. house speaker john boehner wants president obama to change that rule so the

he recrated them and gave them dominion over the earth. he entrusted the creation to the man and the woman. so, from the very beginning we see the pattern set of marriage and stewardship and really marriage in a certain sense and stewardship of our bodies. our bodies are a gift of god. they are meant to be used for god's purposes that are meant for communion. the communion of the man and woman and love to bring new life in the world. >> let me stop there. you are broaching a topic of marriage and family that is very explosive in our area. it is misunderstood. perhaps, would you mind sharing a little bit about your sense of communion of persons and even being good stewards of the gift of our body and personhood. >> marriage is the image god uses in crypt tour for his relationship with us because marriage is a comprehensive union of mind, body, spirit of the man and woman who joined their bodies in an act which new life comes. >> and they join their heart and soul and treasures. >> so, our union with god is like that. and it as comprehensive

track to kings dominion. passengers got a thrill ride on this tour bus, watching their driver checking his ipad as they rolled down the road with his gps just above the wheel. company, but many writers say that is not what they got with america's bus and limo service. multiple reviews tell people not to use the company and we have even more reasons. we dug through safety reports and found they have two fatal crashes in their file and have been flagged for intervention because of safety issues and failing to test drivers for drugs and alcohol. we wanted to ask the owners about that but they weren't home. we also wanted to know why they say they are accredited by the better business bureau when the agency gave them an f rating. america transportation services has a five-year contract with the gsa. no agency says ats has compliance issues and a positive rating in the government database. tell us their driver should have kept his hand on the wheel, not on his rain. >> it is a sign of the times. repeatedly asked a

the bus was taking families to kings dominion when a passenger spotted the driver with a tablet in handould be seen taking his eyes off the road and taking his hands off the steering wheel to fiddle with the screen. >>> tomming our health headlines this morning, a stern warning from the surgeon general about skin and sun. with skin cancer on the rise he's urging americans to reduce indoor tanning and use one ounce of sunscreen for every two hours outside. his call to action, an effort to prevent some of the nearly 5 million cases of skin cancer in the u.s. every year. >>> and some sports. this a marathon of baseball games between the rockies and the cubs. >> they played 16 innings before the cubs finally won early this morning. catcher john baker scored the winning run. he also pitched the top of the 16th because the cubs were out of relievers. the game took 6 hours, 27 minutes which makes it the longest game timewise for both teams. they play again tonight. >>> as for some of last night's other games. >> let's get highlights from our man at espn. >> good morning, america. i'm neil ever

. >> stephen: okay, but man has dominion over animals, right?w that. >> stephen: yes. well-- well, we eat them. we better, are you a vegetarian. >> not tommy. you're to the going to eat tommy. >> stephen: not if you let him out. (laughter) >> stephen: okay, but this really does, you've also got a book that's out in paperback now, re-released called rattling the cage toward legal right force animals. >> yes. >> stephen: you're on your web site here 2003 you said our goal is to breach the legal wall that separates all humans from all nonhuman animals. this case is just the beginning. this is the camel's nose on the slap and the camel gets hab cross corpus too. why should all animals have legal standing? >>. >> they shouldn't. we aren't say-- . >> stephen: all nonhuman animals, your words. >> i think you're twisting those words. (laughter) >> stephen: i accurately quoted those words. >> what our goal is to breach the legal wall that separates all humans from all nonhuman animals. >> that's right. >> stephen: again, you are taking mankind off of the

dominion is here on the scene. arlington county police are on the scene, obviously.this one lane of glebe is closed and another is open. traffic is a mess. this obviously terrified folks because this tree came down close to a building where residents were. preliminarily from what we have heard no one was hurt. but certainly a tremendous amount of property damage. we need to talk to authorities and find out exactly how long it's going to take because we just got here, before they can open up the area. power is out in the area and we're told it will take several hours at a minimum to restore power and put the lights back on. live in arlington, jay korff, abc~7 news. >> what a mess. >> those things happen so quickly too. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. heartbreak tonight for an arlington family who lost an 8-year-old son on vacation. >> the horrible accident that killed the boy. what we learned about what went wrong. >> some big news about the future of the iphone. the possible upgrade and why users may be disappointed. >> an extreme makeover for the military. the >

a large rottweiler type dog and that he saw him walking him from bridgeport apartments over into dominion apartments. >> stephanie bennett lived in the bridgeport apartments. >> apartment managers remembered a tenant with a big, black dog who moved away. >> their very words to us were, "we know who you're talking about. his name is drew planten and he is a strange bird." >> 35-year-old drew planten had no criminal history and wasn't married and analyzed ingredients for the department of agricultural. >> very reclusive individual. we went and interviewed people. he was very much to himself. very few friends. >> when police spoke with planten at his workplace, he claimed he never before heard the name stephanie bennett. >> wasn't many people within a 50-mile radius that was not familiar with the case. >> planten refused to go the police station so officers made an appointment to meet him at his apartment the next day. >> we told him we would see him at 5:00 and drew planten started shaking uncontrollably, like he was freezing cold. it was so bad, i looked back at him and said, "are you okay

some of the unaccompanied children who are in this country illegally have taken refuge in the old dominion and now some county leaders want to send them back. peggy fox has more. >> reporter: the prince william county board of supervisors wants answers from the federal government about the immigrant children who crossed the boarder without parents or guardians and are now here in bristow, virginia. what do you think about that? >> honestly at this point i don't know. >> i have mixed emotions about it. >> reporter: it's a tough issue, what to do with the tens of thous sandof unaccompanied children streaming across the nation's boarder. some have been brought here now to the youth for tomorrow in bristow, virginia, a nonprofit home for children in crisis. it was founded and chaired by former redskins coach joe gibbs. prince william county executive corey stewart thinks the children should be sent back. >> we don't want the federal government to be putting these kids in prince william county. we're concerned that it's going to lead to even more children coming into the united states. >> repor

hank silver berg reports. [ music ] >> reporter: a protest on capitol hill today about dominion resources' proposal to use a facility to export lng overseas. the company says the upgrade will bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars to the local economy. but environmentalists are worried it will encourage an increased use of fracing. >> we're going to get a lot more fracking. not just in appalachia, but the suburbs, northern virginia, montgomery county. >> reporter: the story is not just about the environment. it's also about national security, the economy, and where people live. among those who feel they have the most to lose are the people from calvert county who live near the facility. >> the people living close by are going to be exposed to 20.4 tons of chemicals every year. there's always big risk with possible explosions, a similar plan to. this people are living right next-door to this plant. >> one of those people is rachel. >> very peaceful. we love it there because of the peacefulness, and now it's completely changing. so we're going to be isolated by a giant wall. we're

dominion resources has applied for federal approval to export over 700 million cubic feet of frackedas each day. protesters say the project would contribute to climate change as well as increased pollution in communities where gas pipelines had being built. stay tuned because coming up on al jazeera, nasa couldn't launch this robert yesterday because mother nature wasn't playing so nicely. well can we will tell you if they had better luck today. and check out this costume of a wild west hero. it sold for thousands of dollars, but stay tuned because we will tell you just how much in a moment. when you compare the top speed of dsl from the phone company with the top speed of comcast business internet... well, there's really no comparison. why pay more for less? call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. and find out more about our two-year price guarantee. comcast business. built for business. ♪ >>> good afternoon to you. welcome back to al jazeera america live from new york. i am morgan radford. the death toll climbs in gaza as morrisisi airstrikes hit. despite calls for a ce

efforts to make territorial gains in the region but there are bishan is don't end there they want the dominion to stretch all the way to western europe as one jihadist posted in this video that's been posted online. spiny are still you saying it's the land of our forefathers and all the willing we are going to liberate it with a mind of allah. well thousands of european volunteers have already helped swell the ranks of the militants in the region the e.u. as well as its ally america's been beefing up security measures over fears returning jihadists will seek to unleash terror back home alexia's yes q reports. as isis continues its bloody rampage in iraq a quick look at the social media reveals that people from the west are more involved than you would imagine a man claiming to be not simple ton a twenty year old british national posted a photo of what seems to be fifteen homemade bombs it was accompanied by a tweet so the u.k. is afraid i'll come back with the skills i have gained the same man appears in a video with several others calling on brothers in the west to join their cause we have br

> a group of local families, about 50 in total, hit the road this past weekend heading to king's dominion. many brought ipads, so imagine their surprise when they see their driver scrolling across his own as they were rolling down the road. they sent us that video and we dug into the company's history and discovered that company is in good with the feds. >> he's got his hands on 10:00 and 2:00, but this driver on a party bus bound for a local theme park isn't following the rules of the read. he's reading his ipad. a passenger caught this video last week. we went under the hood to find more about their history. >> we're looking for american transportation services. >> sorry? >> they listed with the federal government this is their address. 4324. charter bus company? >> the feds know the company as america transportation services. with this building in brentwood maryland listed as their official address. people working inside claim they have no ties to the company. [door slamming] >> they may have slammed the door, but federal records show the company has been flagged and prioritized for in

more than 5500 dominion customers are without power. in maryland, pepco is reporting 4500 outages. they are split between d.c., montgomery and prince george's county. i'm pat lawson muse, back to you. wendy? >>> that doomed cruise ship is afloat again. the costa concordia emerged from the water one deck at a time today. it is being floated so it can be towed and scrapped. this is the most expensive ocean salvage mission in history. giant tanks filled with water kept it stable on underwater platforms. air is being pumped in to float it. 32 people were killed when the ship capsized in 2012. >>> hails a hero. a teenager who survived a shooting rampage that killed her parents and siblings is speaking out today. how she got out alive. >>> an anonymous donor at it again. how a local good will is hoping small business owners this is your last chance. your free upgrade to fios quantum internet from verizon will be running out soon. now's the time to double your download speed to 50 megs for no additional cost. switch to fios internet and phone with a 2-year agreement and get a free upgrade

a bank out of canada, td bank, toronto dominion., automatic banking machines for their customers. surprising them, gifts of flowers, tickets to travel, you name it. capture all this on video. good for them. i will take a pot of cash. >> you would. enough to make you happy. that would be your way of being thanked. >> and, thank you very much. >> oh. well i want you to meet the man who is probably the luckiest guy alive. >> okay. >> take a look at this man. his name is robert hamilton of indianapolis. and he has won the $1 million lottery twice, two times over and just over the span of a couple months. the first one back in april. he got $1 million. then he recently got another $1 million playing the scratch off game. >> scratch off. >> yeah. yeah, can you believe it, scratch off. $120 million scratch spectacular scratch off. the first round he paid off his financial obligations, he bought a house, which he th for wounded warriorsgram and their families to build new lives together. when my dad left, i was, like, this big, but now i'm,

they focused on cove point, liquefied natural gas export terminal proposed by dominion resources in maryland, which the agency is due to issue a final decision on next month. on sunday, more than 1000 people joined a people's march against cove point and the boom in u.s. fracking, which they say imperils health, safety, and the climate. missouri is set to execute a prisoner despite newly surfaced evidence he may be innocent. john middleton is scheduled to die by lethal injection just after midnight they for three murders. his lawyers say new evidence may implicate two other men and prove that on the day of one killing, middleton was actually 40 miles away in a jail in iowa. his lawyers have petitioned a federal appeals court to halt the execution. the south african writer nadime gordimer has died at the age of 90. she wrote more than two dozen works of fiction, three of which were banned under the apartheid regime. in 1991, she won the nobel prize for literature. in a statement, her family said her proudest moments included her testimony at a 1986 trial in defense of 22 members of the africa

the latest details on former bob mcdonnell's big corruption trial in the old dominion coming up next.hank you daddy for defending our country. thank you for your sacrifice and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. this is bill. his doubleheader day at the park starts with back pain... and a choice. take 4 advil in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. peanuts! peanuts! crowd cheers! >>> jury selection got under way today in the federal corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen who stand accused of accepting more than $165,000 in lavish gifts and cash loans from wealthy businessman johnny williams. in exchange for promoting his company's dietary products. they were slapped with a 14 count federal grand jury indictment. at the time the former govern apologized while ma

collaborating with other historical places, to work in tandem to strengthen the story of the old dominion and how it is told. one of those colleagues, dr. paul levengood. he is president of the virginia historical society. a position he has held for six years. he is a native of pennsylvania like myself. with degrees from davidson college in rice university where he earned his doctorate in history. his many scholastic accomplishments include managing editor of the magazine and publication of a book entitled "virginia, catalyst of commerce for 4 centuries." published in 2007. that volume was the official quadra centennial -- project of thel virginia chamber of commerce. paul is married and has three children and continues to stir the virginia historical society into the 21st century. one of our staff and some by you may all have imagine what it is has remarked he has been throughout every state of the south except florida and none can approach the virginia historical society for quality, ease efficiency, and usefulness. paul, we appreciate all that you do. we are assembled between the lines

of information act away from federal agencies that are subject to foia, putting it under the soul dominion of the white house exempt from foye i foye i can't. giving the white house their cake and eating it too. >> one of the most stunning things i have heard a couple weeks ago an interview with jill abraham some who was then at the "new york times" and as head of the names she said this administration and she covered a bunch of administrations here in washington. she said that is the most secretive. >> it is the most secretive. the organization that originally uncovered some of this material cause of action, accountability group here in washington, you know, they have done studies and they have determined that the obama administration really seems to have a grip on oexecutive power more than any administration in history. they understand executive power and privilege and they know how to expand it and through this memo they have done that they have gone around congress and they have come man deered the freedom of information act away from the american people and from the federal agencies

it's going to british dominions. >> that is unbelievable. >> even with the panic, the british are doing >> and everybody picks on europe, so i looked up who are the biggest buyers of russian weapons. india and china. i think it's safe to say, china is not going to have anything to do with any kind of sanctions. so there's that -- >> and have always had it very close. i think 80% of indian arms come from russia. another country to look at that hasn't criticized or condemned russia, very interestingly, is israel. remember, it has a russian-born foreign minister, lieberman. there are a million and a half russian -- they have been forging closer ties. so if you notice, this is different from iran and syria. russia is a big global power. it has a u.n. veto. it has its tentacles all over the world and lots of countries are putting their national interests over international or humanitarian interests. >> right. just fascinating. the money is what talks. fareed, thank. >>> and still to come, u.s. flights to and from israel grounded after a rocket attack. are airplanes in american skies also at

taxes, and armies and debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. no nation can preserve its freedom's enemies of continual warfare. that is the suspect, the continual warfare that has characterized our foreign policy over the past decade and which i believe the defense side will be attempting to support. we have seen that there is a murder weapon. the murder weapon for our liberties has been the patriot act and other legislation that is expanded executive power. it is been the practice of what's called rendition, what's been called by various euphemisms but is, in fact, torture. it has been any number of policies which have violated magna carta and the principles of anglo-saxon law going back centuries such as in definite detention without trial. that is the murder weapon that has attacked our liberties. our prosperity has been slaughtered by a different murder weapon and that is why the unchecked spending that has characterized these wars, a study from brown university last year said that the iraq war alone has cost $1.7 trillion, and,

georgetown pike, a crash near it dominion drive has closed.l climb anywhere between 90 and 95 as a slow moving cold front approaches the area. thunderstorms possible after 2:00 or 3:00. tomorrow night is hot, middle 80's. a few scattered thunderstorms possible. a beautiful end of the workweek forecast. >> groundbreaking set today for hotel in international downtown d.c. donald trump and his family will be there. he is spending about $200 million to renovate the old post office pavilion on pennsylvania avenue. we will have a report on the story coming up in a few minutes. thank you for watching this wednesday morning. ♪ >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m., and are you looking to lose weight right now? we'll tell you which diet plan will give you the biggest bang for your buck? ♪ i'm alive. >>> and clean break. 9 new way more couples are choosing to split amicably avoiding a drawn-out divorce and saving money. >>> plus, what a closet case. is this the ultimate fashion fantasy? 3,000 square feet stacked top to bottom with designer duds. we'

bill which we feel is a perversion of the american way of life and a great blow at the right of dominion that has been the genesis of our greatness. >> lbj and his allies knew they were short. so thus began a 24/7 campaign. he bullied. he cajoled. he made deals in order to get enough senators on board. >> surprisingly, after a year on capitol hill, this bill is stronger than the one president kennedy first requested. president johnson should have the bill on his desk by the fourth of july. >> we hope to send into mississippi this summer upwards of 1,000 teachers, ministers, and students to open up mississippi to the country. >> freedom summer, an operation to flood the state of mississippi with volunteers, white and black students. >> we were there because we could assume that if the white mississippians mistreated us the way they mistreated the black people, that would be the basis on which to mobilize national opinion. >> we will treat anyone with great respect here in mississippi, but we will treat the people who come here, these children, like any other backward children should be tr

can he name all of the dominions in the empire. >> all of the dominions?the royal parenting kind of in their own way. it's the good news story of the year. let's embrace it, people. >> friday we can't wait to see it. you'll also enjoy our must see moment because i believe it might have been picked by you. listen to britney spears' song "alien." ♪ hope the stars in the sky looks like homes ♪ ♪ take me home >> and now feast your ears on the raw audio of that same song that is now burning up the interweb. ♪ hope the stars in the sky look like homes, take me home ♪ >> as you can imagine the response on the internet has not been kind. the song's producer took to his facebook page to defend the pop star saying "i'd like to affirm any singer when first at the mike at the start of a long session can make a multitude of vocalizations in order to get warmed up. i've heard all manners of sounds emitted during warmups. the point is that it is not supposed to be shared with millions of listeners." so here's the question. britney has always been some would say more of a

i had a good run in dominion or electric power, but the runs are over for now.tfolio. >> if we have this number, you are going to have to start to have that conversation about qe ending perhaps earlier than we expect. the two-year yield, the highest since may of 2011. >> there's stocks that get hurt. look, you can come with a wrap about how they were doing better, and i think the secret that happens now, tax receipts go up, and that means of the goch government, a bad source of growth, will start hiring again rather than laying off. it's a circle. i use the word virtuous because in the end, when jobs are created, there's more money. when more money is created there's more wealth, and wealth means more to buy stock, meaning more retail sales, more companies making it so you can have 19 million cars sold. i'm just telling you it's not -- i'm not a polyana, economic expansion helps the market. >> see the realtime exchange at hq, and cheering going on at the nasdaq, that's the off broadway production of heather's musical, and that's the four block foundation, provid

debts and taxes -- and debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominionthe few. so that is the suspect, the continual warfare that that has characterized our foreign policy over the past decade and which i believe the defense's side will be attempting to support. we have seen there is, in fact, a murder weapon. the murder weapon for our liberties has been the patriot act and other legislation that has expanded executive power. it has been the practice of what's called rendition, what has been called by various euphemisms but is, in fact, torture. it has been any number of policies which have violated magna carta and the principles of anglo-saxon law going back centuries such as indefinite detention without trial. that is the murder weapon that has attacked our liberties. our prosperity has been slaughtered by a different murder weapon, and that is by the unchecked spending that has characterized these wars. a study from brown university last year said that the iraq war alone has cost $1.7 trillion, and, in fact, that's not counting the additional outlays

dominions, christians who believe in the united states as a christian nation, founded exclusively onn values and principles and should be, as rick santorum has repeatedly said, as mike huckabee said on the campaign trail when he was running for president, should be predicated exclusively on biblical values and to paraphrase mike huckabee, the very constitution of this country needs to be changed so it aligns with biblical values. one can say that is an antidemocratic view because it is essentially prioritizing religion and one version of religion, one interpretation of religion, over all others and over civil society. so, in a sense, all religions are both antidemocratic and democratic, which goes back to what i have been saying for the last hour. which is that religion is nothing more than interpretation. religion is what a religious person says it is. islam is what any muslim says it is. my version of islam is as valid as osama bin laden's version of islam. i would love to sit here and say that his version of islam is incorrect, and my version is right. except that's not true. we a