northwestern bucks county in southeast pennsylvania southeasterly high county in eastern pennsylvania northwestern montgomery county and southeast pennsylvania three thirty pm at two thirty three pm national weather service doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm the storm was near pennsburg moving northeast at fifteen mph this storm is capable of producing quarter sized hail and damaging winds in excess of sixty miles per hour the severe thunderstorm will be near east green around two forty pm jerry bill round two forty five pm science around two fifty pm perkasie around three o five pm quakertown in perkasie around three ten pm this is a dangerous storm if you are in its path moving towards to a sturdy building and stay away from windows when it is safe to do self report severe weather to local law enforcement or to the national weather service very heavy rain also occur with the severe thunderstorm which could flood low lying areas quickly and covered with water do not drive into areas where water covers the road repeating a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued until t

. >> the bishop of the church of eastern pennsylvania conference says show will allow schafer to return to service. >>> about a dozen customers can not heat water or cook. their gas service is cut for a unique reason, a broken main under 56th and woodland got into the gas main, they are slowly vacuuming out the water but it's a slow process and they found that some water got to the gas meters and to the appliances. >> a man got in trouble for putting items in the middle 6 of a busy road near his home. he says he was trying to keep people from speeding, and now faces jail time. walter perez is live now where it all unfolded. >> reporter: most of us are on the back roads, seeing the homemade signs urging people to slow down, this is what happened here but the suspect's efforts took an unusual turn. >> they admit that speeding is an issue on this 25 miles per hour stretch. >> there are a lot of kids around here and if one comes out behind the car, there is no way you can stop in time doing the speeds they do here. >> but bruce mckeegan when too far in his efforts to get people to slow down

is expected to the upcoming heavy showers and scattered thunderstorms flash flood threat in eastern pennsylvania and far northern delaware is mostly deception in an evening while in new jersey the primary risk for flash flooding is between three pm and midnight residual runoff may force any flooding to linger well past midnight new storm total rainfall this afternoon and evening may reach two point five inches in many areas it will take only an inch of rain forty five minutes to an hour to produce running a flash flood watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding flash flooding is a very dangerous situation you should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued. fails to set at least part of it said this coming monday that's often the go see asians collapse and the kids insistence that any deal had to be fully on. extremist militants in a rapid advance to within fifty kilometers of the baghdad of the capital baghdad up to securing much of the north of the country which they hope to turn into an islamic state.

east central north hampton county and eastern pennsylvania middlesex county in northern new jersey central monmouth county in central new jersey until four thirty pm that's three thirty three pm national weather service doppler radar indicated a line of thunderstorms cycling upward toward seville levels again this line of developing severe storms extended from rock spring to bloomsbury to bottom moving east at twenty five mph these storms are capable of producing damaging wind gusts and hail wind gusts of between fifty and sixty mph occurred as this line went through the lehigh valley severe thunderstorms will be near newtown in language around three forty pm boxford and washington around three forty five pm woodside in levittown around three fifty pm yardley and said program three fifty five pm great meadows b.n. in flemington around four pm agates down in lebannon around four or five pm this is a dangerous storm if you are in its path move indoors to a sturdy building and stay away from windows when it is safe to do so report severe weather to local law enforcement or

there is a young man from eastern pennsylvania that over social media through a couple communications allegedly threatened to kill his wife. attack young children. it is very serious but the bottom line as far as the legal issue goes is whether you look at the threat of physical harm through the lens of being objective, with people who read the message would think or subjectively as to what he thought. they say you have to go into my mind and ask if i really meant that. the bottom line is this will have a deep implication on social media, social media communications. jo ling: this is one of the things he actually posted. there is one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you. this is very violent language. what does this mean depending on the ruling of cores for companies like facebook and twitter that have terms that might be impacted? >> these are portals that are a gateway for the communications. i think it will have more of an impact on consumers than the carriers themselves. this is a trend that has been going on at only in terms of personal can indication's but business co

. >> one of the largest lutheran churches in eastern pennsylvania has vote to do name a woman whose insex marriage to serve as its associate pastor. julie wrecker received more than the required two-thirds majority from members of atonement lutheran church near reading. the church is more than 100 years old, and has nearly 2,000 members. >>> skyfox over the scene of a water main break in spring garden that happened early this morning on 16th and brandywin brandywine. crews shut down the main while they repaired the minor break. >> the supreme court delivers a big defeat for legalized sports gambling in the state of new jersey. the high court left in place a ban on sports gambling in the garden state. the justices upheld lower court rulings that found legalizing it in new jersey would conflict with federal law allowing sports gambling only in nevada and three other states. new jersey says an estimated $500 billion is bet illegally on sporting events each year. >>> well, we see it all the ti time. technology with potential to improve lives. >> but as fox's greg, reports tonight sometimes

one large group graduating this afternoon in eastern pennsylvania might make you do a double take. >> good morning. 14 sets of twins will get a diploma today. despite what you think these students don't share everything in common. >> who's the smartest? >> he is. >> who's the extrovert. >> they rank in the top 150% of their class. while they're identical, the majority of fraternal who show how different twins can be. >> like freshman year i had a teacher ask me, you have a brother. said, he's my twin. >> just not this many. this yearbook adviser made the connection lag out pages for the senior class. she's also a biology teacher. >> how does this happen? >> i think times are changing. they say that the order you are when you get pregnant the more chance you have of having a twin and then fertility drugs or we could say it's the warminster water. twinning births have increased. 1 in 53 births in 1980 to 1 in 30 but 2009. the principal says his senior class simply one-upped the trend. >> 28 kids out of 485 which is just over 5% of our senior class this year. >> that's great theiren th

. >> that is a room inside the factory in eastern pennsylvania, hi q. >> hey, how are you doing. how are you doing. >> how are you. >> you guys went through a lot have of different changes. what are some of the changes. >> well, we have 25 all new hand on attractions. last year a lot of people noticed it is crayola factory but we closed, completely renovated and reopened to feature everything that crayola color has to do. here, in our mind we take your image and bring to it live on a larger than life scale, on these digital screens. right here we will start our image. you can color it with crayons, marker, another brush and we will do this here. >> we do this we do the color. >> it will come on the screen. >> ready, go. >> well, you you see the good day. it was there. and then it is there. >> kids can shape it all around inn and it will change color right there for you. >> yes. >> it is toddler town all the waste down here. kids are playing over here. what is this big thing over here. >> well, right here we have toddler town here. >> crayola here. >> right here we have thousands

make sure that the economic benefits are here in the united states, that our people in eastern ohio, western pennsylvania into new york and upstate new york area are able to benefit from this. and ferc is going to have to approve these ultimately at the end of the day. so i don't think we can pass up this opportunity to have a transition. now, i think quite frankly we missed the boat a few years ago when we had an opportunity to pass a comprehensive energy bill that would invest into the bill that came before this house money into coal research, was an opportunity i think we missed. there was an opportunity for wind and solar and the alternatives that i think ultimately will be a part of an extended portfolio here in the united states, but today the opportunity is with liquid natural gas and getting it abroad. we were in -- one of my positions on the german study group -- we were in germany talking to chancellor merkel and the first thing she said to us as our delegation was over there was, let's talk about natural gas. first thing because she had putin at that time, a year, year and a half ago, breathin

upstate new york and new jersey and eastern parts of pennsylvania. this is going to be a problem.row in parts of boston it's going to be a rainy day. that is going to get better as we go towards the rest of the weekend, beginning of the week. things dry out for new york. better conditions starting tomorrow. a lot of that rain is going to be make its way out overtime overnight. down through the night, rain throwd the weekend, very warm conditions. that is a look at your national weather, your news is coming up right after this. >> peter max is a pioneer in the world of pop art. decades later he's still creating iconic masterpieces. john siegenthaler recently sat down with him in his studio in new york. >> bold strokes, brilliant creditors are the signature -- colors aring the signature of peter max. >> you're known for the bright colors. >> i love brightness of color. i grew up in shanghai, china, maybe that was an influence. i love the stars coming up. i'm contemplating how big is the universe, how many stars, it's getting bigger and bigger as we talk. >> and in the '60s max was o

it's steadily moving through eastern ohio and into western pennsylvania. these showers will come after we get some breaks in the clouds. you can see the clouds are thinning out. we will see sunshine. and that's going to warm things up. it won't clear out completely. in fact, there's a chance for an isolated shower this morning but this afternoon, that's when we're likely to see steadier rain move back into the allentown and reading area at 3:00 by some heavy downpours. just a slight chance of a thunderstorm later today. and that wet weather will roll through philadelphia as well. look what happens overnight there go the clouds. late this evening it will be clearing out nicely. and the humidity will be coming way down. the heat nowhere near yesterday's levels. 94 yesterday. upper 70s and low 80s today. special showers, clearing out this afternoon. beautiful day friday. less humid conditions. saturday, a chance of a storm. not an all-day rainfall. and nicer for sunday. things looking up for monday. temperaturewise, 84 degrees. a little warmer on tuesday. and

this is moving through the ohio valley, eastern ohio and into northwestern pennsylvania. this is on the timetable for this afternoon for the philadelphia area. but before these clouds move in, we will get some breaks in the clouds. we'll get sunshine to warm things up. but the temperatures will be nowhere near as high as the last couple days. we will not see 90s. we'll top out the upper 70s and 80s. a few breaks of sunshine in the low 80s. it will stay cloudy and cooler. but showers are back with a chance of a thunderstorm. then tomorrow, the storms take a break, the seven-day forecast looks like a beautiful day tomorrow. humidity comes way down. high temperature of 83 degrees. there's a chance of scattered showers on saturday but not sunday. lower humidities for sunday. and monday's looking good, too. but a warmup on the way by tuesday afternoon, up to 87 degrees. and a chance we'll see more showers and thunderstorms wednesday. >>> eight minutes before 5:00, we'll keep you updated on the road. we know they're wet. jillian mele manning the track center. >> let's start out

>> happy summer from eastern pennsylvania! >> and welcome back to "today."we'll have the artist in just a few minutes. >> it's very cool. took a long time to install it, but it's up for your removal. >> i can't believe you thought it was a chia pet. >> no, no. al is not with us this morning. we're thrilled to have dylan here. but al and hoda and their new best friend our superfan anita have been making their way to work. that's all about the launch on sirius xm tomorrow. how's it going? >> it's going great. >> we are plugging along. we're on the l.i.e. right now heading toward manhattan. how's the traffic today? >> not bad today. considering, so far so good. >> what's it like having the "today" show in your car. >> who do you like best? kathie lee? >> no. >> who do you love? >> hoda and al. >> yeah! wow. and this all was for "today" sirius xm channel 108. you're not going to listen to anything else. when you get bored there, tell us what channel you listen to in the car. come on, tell us. >> 102 the porn channel. >> the what? >> don't act surprised like you

and now will include eastern pennsylvania and parts of new jersey for your wednesday. the upper 70s in the south bay. same for the peninsula, low 80s for today in the hot spots across the bay area. as we head throughout the next couple of days, temperatures are going to creep up tomorrow and slowly cool back off. we're looking at a beautiful stretch along the peninsula all the way through sunday. >> and that's your latest forecast. back over to the ladies. >> thank you, dylan. >>> this morning in our series "tricks of trade school," the growing popularity of growing fitness training. >> it's become attractive choice for those of all ages. and for many it offers flexibility in more ways than one. >> reporter: it's no secret that we've become an overweight nation in the midst of what doctors call an obesity epidemic. and on the front lines of this fight to get fit, personal trainers. >> it's a growing industry. it's changing year in and year out. they are working much closer with the medical field. doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists. >> reporter: the field is ex

montgomery county in southeast pennsylvania northern philadelphia county and southeast pennsylvania until midnight eastern daylight time at eight pm eastern daylight time reports indicate that many roads across the warned area are still under water the local creeks and streams will run high overnight the river gauge on the w.y.s.s. eight chinese sea kayo and create cat fort washington reached just above flood stage earlier but appears to be cresting now the pennypacker p o q u e s s i n g t a c o n y and frankford creeks will all run high for the next several hours they may rise to flood stage do not go near any creek with fast running water a flood warning means that flooding is imminent or has been reported stream rises will be slow and flash flooding is not expected however all interested parties should take necessary precautions immediately precautionary slash preparedness actions the especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding if flooding is observed act quickly move up to higher ground to escalate flood waters do not stay in areas subject to flooding when wate

thunderstorm warning for northwestern camden county in southern new jersey eastern philadelphia county in southeastern pennsylvania northwestern burlington county and southern new jersey until six pm at four fifty seven pm national weather service doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm the strong was near a national park moving northeast at twenty miles per hour this storm is capable of producing damaging winds to sixty miles per hour the severe thunderstorm will be near cameron and ben franklin bridge around five ten pm power meter and within a minute around five thirty pm always bring in tacony around five thirty five pm riverside in northeast philadelphia around five forty five pm really broke down five fifty pm beverly around five fifty five pm this is a dangerous storm if you are in its path move indoors to a sturdy building and stay away from windows when it is safe to do so report severe weather to local law enforcement or to the national weather service repeating a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued until six pm for the following counties in new jersey burlington and camden and philadelphia

you notice we're track showers out across the eastern great lakes and right through central pennsylvania. a lot of the showers are lifting off to the north. and they're starting to fizzle out. so you don't have to worry about any precipitation fort rest of the overnight hours. but as the showers creep closer the clouds are start oing to build across the region. back to work on monday we'll be dealing with fillederd sunshine followed by a few more afternoon thunderstorms threat as week progressing here. we'll look at how you fill. look at the dew point we'll look at moisture in the atmosphere. it turns more humid monday dew point anywhere friday 60 do 65 and nothing terrible and nothing unbearable and temperatures, however, wilk coming up. future tracker 6 showing you waking up tomorrow, 6:00 in the morning. numbers along the 95 corridor middle and upper 60s. lower 60s allentown to lancaster and as we get to noon tomorrow temperatures lower 0s. 70s from accuweather to down to wildwood. down to the tropics we go. because we have something that we're tracking closely for you. some con vehic

as far as today goes, heavy rain that is continuing now eastern ohio, now pushing into western pennsylvania and right along the lake erie and lake ontario. just a soaking rain. interior new england and northern new england, it's a rainy, gloomy day for you. thunderstorms will move to the big cities late. significant airport delays from d.c. to new york all the way up to hartford. it will be this evening into the overnight hours. the daylight hours should be okay and dry on i-95. a threat of thunderstorms, richard, widespread. there's not many cities on the map that don't have a chance of rain in the east. >> you know what's good about that stuff, bill? it cleans the streets the natural way. >> waters the grass. we need it every now and then. >> especially in the northeast. it gets a little dirty, shall we say. >>> a "playboy" interview gets an actor in trouble. >>> plus the obama administration quietly okays u.s. oil exports. >>> and shocking new revelations from a v.a. whistleblower. we're back in two. thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. and thank you for your bravery. thank you co

montgomery county and southeast pennsylvania northern philadelphia county and southeast pennsylvania until two forty five am eastern daylight time at eleven forty seven pm eastern daylight time the river gauge at w.y.s.s. a h.i.c. went on the w.y.s.s. a h.i.c. kayo when creek was above flood stage and continues to slowly rise several roadways may also be underwater due to the smaller stream and creek flooding in the warned area a flood warning means that flooding is imminent or has been reported stream rises will be slow and flash flooding is not expected. however all interested parties should take necessary precautions immediately precautionary slash preparedness actions most flood deaths occur in automobiles never drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the roadway floodwaters are usually deeper than they appear just one foot of flowing water is powerful enough to sweep vehicles off the road when encountering flooded roads make the smart choice turn around don't drown the especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding if flooding is observed act quickly move up to

institute summer, conference at gettysburg college in gettysburg, pennsylvania with .egan cate nelson tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. eastern time, we will error a panel marking the 50th anniversary of the mississippi freedom summer project. in 1964, more than 1000 white and black volunteers from around the country, many of them college students, went to mississippi to participate in a voter registration drive. for the next 10 minutes, we will hear more about this from lonnie bunch, the director of the national exam for african-american history and culture. >> this summer marks 50 years since freedom summer. what is freedom summarsummer? it is amazing almost 50 years ago that people throughout the south and throughout the north came together to basically challenge the , mainly college-age students, could come from throughout the united states, like in white, they would get training in ohio go college, and they would down the mississippi and they would reach out to the community. they would help register voters, but they were also do things like create freedom schools that would allow people to get educated in a way that the

our live coverage of the conference in gettysburg, pennsylvania, will continue at about 2 p.m. eastern time after they take a lunch break. coming up this afternoon, at 2 p.m., brian craig miller of emporia state university will speak on john ford -- john hoods tennessee campaign. and then the focus is the confederate burning of chambersburg pennsylvania, with megan cate nelson of brown university. and at 6:00 p.m. eastern time tonight, you can watch the entire days live coverage of this conference at gettysburg. now from our lectures and history series, the aches you into the college classroom. -- series that takes you into the college classroom, george main -- george mason university's christopher hamner explained how things like patriotism, money, and ideology initially factored into young men's decisions to enlist into combat. this class is about one hour, 10 minutes. >> good morning. we have taken a top-down look at this middle part of the war. today i want to change our focus, moving back to the individual soldiers. let's start with an image we have seen here for a couple times. t

eastern on c-span 2. tomorrow, live coverage of the iowa state republican party convention with speeches from louisiana governor bobby jindal, kentucky senator rand paul, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. that starts tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> one of the things people don't always recognize is that during the war of 1812, it was fought from 1812 until early 1815. it was really about america against theng british and this is our second revolution. this flag is the object for which francis scott key penned words which became our national anthem. 1995 that then flag was made to look old and a whole bottom's section that was reconstructed and then it was moved into a new space, theytate -- deliberately did not want to do it again. they wanted the flag to become the metaphor for the country. it is tattered and torn but it still survives. we're not trying to make it look pretty. we are trying to make it look like it has endured its history and still can't celebrate its history. >> this is the 200th anniversary of the naval bombardment of fort mchenry during the war of 1812. learn more about the flag francis scott key wrote about while we tour the

as you watch this slow mover, it brings the rain into upstate new york, eastern and western pennsylvania could pick up 2 to 3 inches and could even see more. >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley, a steamy start. clouds overhead and break for some sunshine and this afternoon watching for showers and thunderstorms and scattered showers and temperatures into the middle to upper 80s today. tomorrow, we'll get some storms overnight and then tomorrow morning the storms come to an end and we'll see clearing skies and 89 degrees thursday afternoon. and sunshine for friday, saturday and sunday. sunday the humidity comes down. the numbers go up for monday and tuesday into the low 90s. have a great day. >> we're talking cereals here. favorite cold? >> golden grams. >> i like raisin bran. >> what's yours? >> i like captain crunch berries. sometimes they sell a limited edition, just all crunch berries. that is the best. >> remember count chocula? >> i don't like the cereals with marshmallows in them. >>> up next, the pill that can help you lose weight and why women later in life can live l

under the threat of severe storms today from eastern montana through south dakota, including all the great lakes in western new york and western pennsylvaniaon people at risk of severe storms today. not everybody is going to get hit, but areas in the region will see strong storms. isolated tornados, not strong like yesterday. even an isolated tornado can do damage. large hail with the storms too. and by the way, the heat wave in the mid-atlantic. 94 today in washington, d.c. >> wow. all right. getting back to sticky as we know. >> yes, it is. >>> thank you. and coming up at the top of the hour, morning joe, conflicting plans of action, how the american president and the iraqi prime minister are butting heads about the steps to take in iraq. >>> and we will huddle around the water cooler with louis and jen, we're getting tweets. we need a shot of jen. she needs to pep up. we're getting tweets. step to it, sister. we're back with much more after this. >> o.j. simpson, now charged with a pair of gruesome murders is a fugitive tonight. there is a man hunt underway, and the former football star, one of the best known personalities, faces the po

as you watch this slow mover, it brings the rain into upstate new york, eastern and western pennsylvania 3 inches and could even see more. >>> 9:10. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. look at this, we have showers on the radar. very far north of the bay area. i can tell you, we're about 100 miles away from where those showers are coming in. as we head throughout the next couple of days, though, with that storm track just to our north, we're a fair game for a couple of light showers. i will tell you right now, you'll notice those added clouds for today, definitely cooler conditions as well, only breaking into the 70s in places like san jose. 72, and that's it, for the peninsula today. >> we're talking cereals here. favorite cold? >> golden grams. >> i like raisin bran. >> what's yours? >> i like captain crunch berries. sometimes they sell a limited edition, just all crunch berries. that is the best. >> remember count chocula? >> i don't like the cereals with marshmallows in them. >>> up next, the pill that can help you lose weight and why women later in life

also we'll have video of the pennsylvania bus driver caught on camera texting behind the wheel. "action news" is on in two. of the eastern finally this morning, a young artist whose work has been seen by millions and millions of people, it's never hung in a gallery. instead it was right there on google's home page yesterday, the work of 11-year-old. >> just started drawing the google sign, the g-o. >> reporter: three times seemed to be the charm, she's been a finalist in the google for doodle contest in the past. but this year, she won with her back to mother nature artwork. >> the first one was light. there wasn't that much color. >> reporter: the second one? >> it had more color, but it was still too light. >> reporter: so this time, she focused on incorporating more color, it took just a week to create this paradise, this is audrey in the purple with a friendly dragon. she spent a day at google animating her design which is on the google home page all day monday. in her picture, everyone is clapping for clean water. >> it said that did you know that 3 million people died of diseases from polluted water. >> she's been

morning a lot of unsettled weather along the eastern seaboard and how it will stay for the rest of the week. looking around the region, mainly along the pennsylvanianpike on either side where some of the heavy downpours have been popping up. one in western lancaster county with a flood advisory. the biggest concentration southern parts of montgomery county and the western section of philadelphia county. as you go closer on double scan live the brightest areas jenkinson down. it is a wet afternoon. and street level on double scan, willow grove near valley road and south and east of horsham, south of the turnpike. and they issued a flash flood until 8:15 for that seconds of montgomery county. west of there many roadways flooded as the downpour passed through the region with some thunder and lightning associated with it. no thunder or lightning at this point, it is really a torrential area of rain because of the higher humidity and dewpoints we have that the atmosphere is wringing itself out. right now 72 in allentown. 78 in philadelphia, 80 degrees in fill vil millville. and rieft along the shore the temperatures 70 degrees. it doesn't feel cooler,

can see a few high, thin clouds stretching over pennsylvania, showers and thunderstorms across the virginias another batch of moisture across the easternreat lake states that will follow this and push to the south. we don't have to worry about any rainfall today. bigger storms to the west. if you're traveling across high plains or the heartland. nation, you'll see clufers of showers and -- clusters of showers and thunderstorms. we'll zoom into this area, the cluster of storms, what happened you get a quick cluster of thunderstorms moving through, it will drop 3 inches of rain in a half-hour's time or 40 minutes that producing the flash flooding. we'll seer quite a bit of lighten strikes and strong windy gusts that competed 70 miles per hour. in this area this highlighted area from omaha to the panhandle of texas, we could see the winds gusting from 65 to 70 miles per hour. that's the only part of the county that is expecting strong weather today. most of the county is nice and quiet. this model is off in la la land we'll not see these specks of green. we'll see combination of sun and clouds that's about it. overnight tonight partly clo

for the two brothers in eastern washington, and for the millions not roes like them, we're going to stop fighting until they are protected. > i'm keith ross from pennsylvania 12 and western pennsylvania. six icklaus was one of pittsburgh-area veterans who died of a disease contracted at hospital.burgh v.a. he was a world war ii veteran he was issued more than a year ago. today what we know is that those responsible were given bonuses. the da has yet to discipline anyone. culturalmust develop a accountability to better serve our veterans. that culture is missing now. the house has passed bipartisan legislation to pass it. secretary shinseki should use it to clean up the mess. this is a printable of solidarity. . whatever the injury, what their blindness, loss of a limb, genetic brain injury, posttraumatic stress, no veteran should feel as though he or she is alone. >> let me take off my congress had been put on my united states marine corps hat. i had two surgeries. i did two tours in iraq and one in afghanistan. private health care. does not work. i knew that. i had it done with private health care. not everybody is that lucky you for those of us to go in

pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandon by both political parties and offers conservative answers to their problems. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "after words." part of book tv on c-span 2 and this month on our book club, we're talking about "the forgotten man." start reading and join others to discuss the book in our chatroom at booktv.org. book tv, television for serious readers. >> we got an update on what's happening in iraq from a former u.s. ambassador to iraq, john negroponte, on this morning's "washington journal." continues. is a john negroponte former u.s. ambassador to iraq and he joins us as we continue our discussion on the militant uprising in that country. ambassador negroponte, you started your service in iraq a decade ago as insurgents then were trying to destabilize the country. iraq facese threat today compared to what you saw firsthand hand in 2004, 2005? guest: i think things have really changed a lot. probably the most important thing is we withdrew our troops at the end of 2011 so there is really no u.s. military presence , nor is there the kind of diplomatic presence that we had previously. we say,o l

former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate, rick santorum argues the working americans have been abandoned by both political parties and offers conservative saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "afterwards" fpart of booktv on c-span2. this month on our online book club, we're discussing amity shlaes' "the forgotten man." discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv. television for serious readers. >>> this weekend, american history tv is live from the gettysburg college civil war institute. saturday morning starting at 8:45 eastern. you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by arizona state university professor brooks simpson on ulysses s. grant. later, historian megan kate nelson on the burning of chambersburg. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> federal reserve chair janet yellen on wednesday expressed confidence that the economic recovery was largely on track and that the fed would be able to begin raising interest rates next year. she spoke at a news conference following two days of meetings of the federal open market committee. it's just under an hour. >> good afternoon. the federal open market committee concluded its

eastern delaware county and extending in northern gloucester county. i want to show you this, i wish i could do it in slow motion but we have one over pennsylvania, one in jersey, coming together. watch these last couple of frames, do you see that. i will show you one more time, right there, bingo, heading toward south jersey. if you you are in the path of these particular storms we're talking about torrential downpours, where you see red it is rain rates between one and 2 inches an hour, moving very quickly. in cherry hill, meadow brook, also into delran, rather, moorestown, medford, mount laurel, home of the national weather service in mount holly, thinks all heading your way and it is moving toward the north northeast, also some heavy rain as you head towards south through somerdale, east oak avenue, also 41, route 30 south, precipitation rate right there between one and 2 inches an hour. we are talking about a flash flood warning over a wide area now between south philadelphia and delaware county extending down through salem county although, no heavy rain there right now, all of gloucester county and camden county. this flash flood warning means flo

eastern state penitentiary. >> perfect spot. >> you can go to any part, any play station, new jersey, delaware or pennsylvania. >> wisconsin, whatevere leaving, come here. >> cool. >> this is prx, and you say using this kind of playground equipment mimics what you would do in a gym setting. >> yes. >> here's your regular rope. >> as low as you feel comfortable w row it right up. give me one more. now, step up. come on up. do it right over here. >> yes. >> you can do the same thing. >> lets do it together. >> all the way down, all the way up. we want to make it dynamic. we have the legs up. >> you can still see your kids, holy cow, wow, i cannot do that. >> so they have been working out since 7:00 o'clock this morning. >> yes. >> first thing we will do is a modified mountain climber. >> one legged. >> by the way, we will try to get to you to do the high five. >> pop it, girl. >> up there. >> yes. >> abs are real tight. >> you are using your arms a bit. >> go up further. >> now i'm doing real climbing. >> go up further. >> yes, now touch my hand all the way down. >> good. >> your kids will think you a rock star if you are doing this w

. >> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum argues working america been abandoned by both political parties and office concerted answers to the problems. saturday night at 10 eastern on "after words," part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. this month on our online book club we're discussing amity shlaes the forgotten man. start reading and join others to discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv, television for serious readers. >> "the wall street journal" held its annual cfo network conference yesterday in washington. in this part of the conference pollsters peter hart and bill mcinturff talked about this year's elections and the upcoming 2016 presidential campaign. this is one half-hour. >> good morning one and all. we have two of the great political minds in bowling with us today. bill mcinturff, peter hart. we are the only three in all of washington, all the country i think is so the eric cantor defeat coming. didn't want to let anybody know into what happened. but that's our pride of place. bill, i'm going to turn to you first and go kind of migrator. eric cantor's defeat, none of us are coming but it was one of those rare shocks in political l

pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandoned by both political parties and offers conservative answers to their problems. saturday night at 10:00 easternn "after words." part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. this month on our online book club we're discussing "amity shlaes' "the forgotten man." book tv. television for serious readers. >>> so the idea behind 250 & 250 is instead of trying to tell the entire history of st. louis as a timeline or sort of era by era we would absolutely miss vitally important things. instead of trying to do that and failing we decided what if we just gave snapshots of st. louis' history that would give people a glimpse of all the diverse things that have happened here and they could use their imaginations to kind of fill in the rest. so we chose 50 people, 50 places, 50 moments, 50 images and 50 objects and tried to choose the most diverse selection we possibly could. we're standing in the 50 objects section of the 250 & 250 exhibit right now. this is what most people would call the real history. this is where the object is right in front of you. brewing is such a huge part of st. louis's history. it's

pennsylvania, it's even longer. about half of our state, in the western part of our state, 316 days; 294 days in philadelphia in the eastern part of our state. so to have a veteran and his or her family wait that long for the processing of claims is, in a word, unacceptable and should be addressed. and that's why we introduced the 21st century veterans' benefits delivery act, which was developed from the findings of the working group and the report that was produced. this is a commonsense approach, a bill that focuses on three areas that will ensure faster and more accurate -- a faster and more accurate delivery system. the bill will ensure that the v.a., congress and all agencies of the government will work to give the veterans the benefits they deserve? a timely manner. it does basically three things. first, update the claims submission process. two, improve the v.a. regional office practices. and, three, demand more from other federal agencies. this backlog problem is a v.a. problem but it's also a problem of other agencies not doing their job to help the v.a. as senator heller noted, we had great support in the working

. >> former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandoned by can -- political parties. saturday night at 10:00 eastern time part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. this month on our on line but club the forgotten man, a new history of the great depression. start reading and joined others at booktv.org. book tv, television for others -- serious readers. >> president obama was in new york tonight to attend the democratic national committee's lgbt gala. the president talked about his administration's record on gay-rights and his recent decision to ban discriminatory hiring practices by federal contractors. [applause] >> i want to thank debbie for the great work she is doing as chair of the dnc. making sure the money goes. [applause] thank-you, henry. thank you for the beautiful performance. jesse, congratulations on both of your weddings. they finally tied the knot. it michele and the girls were crying. [applause] other newlyweds year. married a couple of hours ago. they decided to make this there after party. pretty cool. if you have a glass, raise it. a lifetime of health and happiness for them. so, a

former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandoned by both lyrical parties and offers answers to their problems, tonight at 10:00 eastern on "afterwords." this month, we are discussing s "the forgotten man." book tv, television for serious readers. on transparency and freedom of information. i think my colleagues in journalism would give is -- a similar grade. the freedom of information process has become a joke. wayas already well on its prior to the obama administration, but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the reductions . it is really shocking because i feel very strongly that the information they would hold and protect many times belongs to the public. we own it. there is no sense of it when you ask for it. they covet it as if they are product corporations defending their trade secrets rather than understanding that what they hold as information they've gathered on our behalf. >> investigative reporter sharyl attkisson on the changing face of network news and her career, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's next maryland governor martin o'malley speaking to democrats in iowa. after that a convers

pennsylvania senator and former presidential candid argues that working americans have been abandoned by both political parties and offers conservative answers to their problems saturday night at 10:00 eastern, part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. and this month on our online book club we are discussing the forgotten man, a new history of the great depression. start reading and joined others to discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. book tv, television for serious readers. >> ohio republican senator and maryland democratic representative today discussed the federal budget and different priorities repeat -- between republicans and democrats. they serve on their respective budget committees hosted by the national press club. >> hi, everybody. welcome to the national press club. i am than newsmaker committee event coordinator for today's bipartisan, bicameral news conference by two national leaders on the federal budget's future. our two speakers will address future federal budget priorities and methods to achieve them. they will cover areas budget should attend to, programs that should or should not be funded and to what extent the usefulness and future of shutdowns and sequestr

. >> former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working members have been abandoned by their political parties. saturday night at 10 easternon "after words," part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. and this month on our online book club, we're discussing amity shlaes, "the forgotten man." start reading and join others to discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv, television for serious readers. >> federal reserve janet yellen expressed confidence that the economic recovery was largely on track which would allow the fed to begin raising interest rates next year. she spoke at a news conference following two days of meetings of its federal open market committee. her remarks are about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. there are the federal open market committee concluded its june meeting earlier today. as was indicated in our policy statement, the committee decided to make another modest reduction in the pace of its purchases of longer term security. the committee maintained its forward guidance regarding the the federal funds rate target and reaffirmed its view that a highly accommodative sta

eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> the supreme court ruled unanimously that an international chemical weapons treaty should not have been used to convict a pennsylvania woman who tried to poison her husband's mistress. she was eventually found guilty of violating an international chemical weapons treaty. the supreme court disagreed saying the intent was not to aevent an amateur attempt by jilted wife. this is about an hour. case 12 15 eight, bond versus united states. the court, if the statute at issue here really does reach every malicious use of chemicals anywhere in the nation as the government insists, then it clearly exceeds congress's enumerated powers. this court case has made clear that it is the bedrock principle of our assistance that congress lacks the police power without regard to a jurisdictional element or some nexis to a matter of distinctly federal concern. the president's negotiation and the senate's replication of a treaty with a foreign nation does not change that bedrock principle of our constitutional system. valid andaty is implementing legislation seems to largely copy the words of the treaty. without adding anything. >> i gue

pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandoned by both political parties and offers conservative answers to their problems. saturday night at 10:00 eastern part of "booktv" this weekend on c-span2 and this month on our online book club we discuss the slaves, the forgotten man. a new history of the great depression. start reading and join others to discuss at booktv.org. >>> today, defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chair, general martin dempsey. on the budget request. answered questions about the situations in iraq and afghanistan. troop readiness, medical care for service members and veterans. and the effects of any potential future sequestration. the defense appropriation subcommittee is chaired by senator dick durbin of illinois. >>> good morning, we receive testimony on the fiscal year 2015 budget request for the department of defense and we welcome if leadership of the department, secretary hagel, general dempsey to present their views on the strategic and budgetary challenges facing our armed forces and mr. hail, thank you for your expertise as well. your continuing contributions make a big difference. let me c

pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandoned by both political parties and offers conservative answers to their problems, saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern. and this month in our online book club, we're discussing "the forgotten" man. a new history of the great depression. join others at book tv.org. television for serious readers. >>, john negroponte, former national intelligence director discusses the situation in iraq and options for a u.s. response. from washington journal, this 45 minutes. >> john negroponte is a former u.s. ambassador to iraq, he joins us now as we continue our discussion on the militant uprising in that country. you started your service in iraq a decade ago as insurgents were trying to destibl az the country. how does the threat today compare to what you saw first hand back in 2004 and 2005? >> well, i think things have really changed a lot. probably the most important thing is that we withdrew our troops at the end of 2011, so there's no u.s. military presence, nor is there the kind of diplomatic presence that we had previously. so we're no longer, say, an honest broker in the situation, and i think that was very

pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandoned by both political parties and offers conservative answers to their problems. saturday night at 10:00 eastern part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2 and this month on our online book club, we're discussing "the forgotten man." start reading and join others to discuss in our chatroom at booktv.org. television for serious readers. >> u.s. house gaveling in next for a full afternoon of debate. 17 bills dealing with federal lands and postal facilities and a bill providing for the use of the capitol rotunda for presenting a congressional gold edal to the israeli president. and we'll likely hear about the in ure of the militants benghazi. the senior leader of the benghazi branch of the terror group al-sharia in libya will, quote, face the full weight of the justice system. lots of comments from members as well. chairman of the oversight committee, darrell issa, releasing a statement saying in part that the arrests is long overdue and our military deserves credit. he also says the obama administration has an obligation to share whatever information he offers with chairman gowdy and the select comm

eastern. we will talk about that in a second but i want to begin with this arrest of khattalah. obviously it's welcome news. we heard from the president making mention of that in his stop in pennsylvaniaow has to answer to the question what took them so long. >> well, it's a legitimate question given that so many people, especially our own arwa damon, but other journalists as well, were able to not only locate abu khattalah but meet with him and interview him and talk to him. arwa met with him for two hours in august 2013. so obviously, it is not the same thing for a journalist to make an appointment or to see a terrorist interview him and a special forces team to go in and grab him. obviously those are two different things. but the administration response so far from the pentagon, from the state department, to be fair, i think they have been a little snarky about the question. obviously there are a lot of political rumblings out there suggesting that the timing is convenient for the president. i find that a little hard to believe. politics sullies so many things but it's a legitimate question, if they had known, if the public has been able to see him, why wait. >> valid question. so

pennsylvania, jon tester, michael bennett, joe donnelly of indiana, and mazy horono of hawaii. that anniversary tomorrow, we'll have live coverage from the president, and french president we expect 4:30 a.m. eastern. the 70th anniversary of d-day, over on c-span. and, of course, online at c-span.org. we're waiting for the senators to arrive for their news conference on college costs. we'll also let you know that later on this afternoon we'll bring you live coverage on a senate hearing looking at the first responder wildfire training. that will be coming up at 2:30 eastern. >>> there's $1.2 trillion in outstanding student loan debt in the united states. senate leaders momentarily will be talking about a proposal to legislation to allow borrowers to refinance their old loans. it should get under way shortly. live coverage here on c-span3 as senators finish up their legislative work on the floor of the senate. a vote coming up in an hour and 45 minutes or so, and that would be on the nomination of burwell to be the head of health and human services. the house has been out all week. they are back next week to resume legislative work. >> ready? good. student loan debt is an emergency in america now. t

pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues working americans have been abandoned by both political parties and offers conservative answers to their problems. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "after words," part of book tv this weekend on c-span2, and this month on our online book club we're discussing "the forgotten man: a new history of the great depression." booktv.org. book tv, television for serious readers. >>> general motors ceo mary barra said she was saddened and disturbed by the findings in a new internal report about why it took the automaker a long time to issue a recall on the defective ignition switch found in certain vehicles. barra testified before the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations on wednesday. along with the attorney hired by gm to conduct the internal investigation. the faulty switch is believed to be responsible for at least 12 deaths across the nation. this is just under three hours. >>> i now convene this hearing of the oversight and >> investigation subcommittee entitled the gm ignition switch recall investigation update. i thank my colleagues and representatives for being here.t ms. barra, when you were be

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