to is a pulitzer prize-winning biologist edward wilson comments on what makes humans profoundly different from other species at the free library of philadelphia. in ucla, meghan francis exa

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. >> sharp says edward hale had been living with jessica wilson for the past year but that he was in the process of moving out. domestic violence experts say when a victim breaks up with an abuser, it is one of the most dangerous times for the victim. >>> let's get to the latest on those ebola patients. tonight dallas nurses nina pham and amber vinson both reported in stable condition. pham at an nih facility in nearby bethesda. vinson at emory university hospital down in atlanta. in dallas, dozens of people who had contact with the ebola patient thomas duncan are now out of their quarantine. 21 days is up and they're not sick. duncan died of the virus in a dallas hospital after traveling from the united states from liberia. the united states has a unique history with liberia. it was founded in 1822 by former slaves and free born blacks from this country. >> some liberians in the dc area feel this ebola epidemic in their country could strain relations here, in some cases sparking fear and suspicion. bruce johnson has the story. >> ebola has caused a massive impact to me and my family

edward hale jr. shot and killed jessica wilson after an argument earlier this morning on lednock way in bristow. police say the two knew each other. hale has not been caught. police believe he is driving a 2009 gray, two door honda accord with maryland license plate 8ezl42. if you have seen him, call police. a bizarre chain of events at a popular hangout for local college students. police say a security guard accidently shot a bystander at the mcdonald's on baltimore avenue in college park. we'll go live to the restaurant tonight. jay korff will explain how all of this happened. >> students tell us candidly this mcdonald's late night on the weekends is packed and wild. they say they never expected a fight to escalate to gunfire. it's business as usual sunday evening at the college park mcdonald's that sits only a couple blocks from the university of maryland's front entrance. but early sunday morning when students filled the fast food eatery to satisfy late night cravings unexpected violence erupted. >> definitely surprising. i wouldn't think someone just opened fire at a mcdonald's. >> police s

getting ready to leave for a business trip when he saw the victim 31-year-old jessica wilson and her boyfriend edward hale jr. talking in the car. initially he didn't think anything of it until he says he saw hale choking her and yelled out, what's going on? then he says wilson yelled back to call the police, that the suspect had a knife and a gun. >> whilehe was on the ground and said, ed, don't do this, and he shot her. >> he says the suspect eventually drove off and he immediately went to help, performing c.p.r. >> i just kept talking to her, making her feel that things weren't as bad as what they really looked like. >> despite his efforts, wilson was later pronounced dead on monday around 8:20 a staff member noticed hale's car behind t. clay wood elementary school. students were diverted to another school and the neighboring high school was also secured so authorities could search the property. just a few hours later, a helicopter pilot noticed a body on the baseball field at the school. police confirmed it was hale. now as the family tries to pick up the pieces, two children try to figure out ho

edward hill jr. got into an argument with jessa wilson this morning. hail allegedly shot wilson and drove away and she died at the hosp from gun shot wound. went by the home and there are flowers and mementos placed outsid police say the accident was dome related. if you have any information, policet t hear from you. >>> in prince george's cou mcdona security guard shot an ie bystander after he was attack by two men. invests say there w the securit tried to pepper spray the suspec but that work, so he fired his gun and hit a woman standing nearby. the suspects took off and para had to rush the woman to the hospita she is doing okay tonight. thousand tow to the weat tomorr could the coldest we've seen this season. amelia has been tracking the drop in temperature. >> good evening. so cold in fact that the nation weather service has issu a frost advisory. this is for e counties in blue. includ frederick county mary a.m. until a.m.. r sense diffe is possible. plants. l be down right cold. temper coming in in the 50s and 60s. 60 at washington. and here is t

edward hail jr. got into an argument with his girlfriend sunday morning. they we in front of a hem on ledkno way. he allegedly shot jessica wilson and drove away. she died at the hospital from that gunshot wound. police say he has left the area, but he does have a gray two-door honda accord with maryland plates. >>> over at prince georges coun a mcdonald's security guard sho an innocent bystander r he s attacked by two men. it happened sunday morning outse the col park mcdonald's. invests say there was a stru in the secy guard tried to pepper spray the susp th didn't work, so he fired his gun and shot a woman stan nearby. the suspects took off. parame rushed the woman to the hoital. she is doing okay tonight. >>> well, caught on camera.

bill haas prize-winning biologist edward wilson comments on what makes humans profoundly different from other species at the free library of philadelphia. next day at ucla megan yao ming francis examines how the civil rights movement affected the landscape of the 20th century. wednesday night at the university of virginia bookstore in charlottesville virginia, up markets and weighs in on the contributions football makes to american culture. that is a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this coming week. for more go to our web site booktv.org, visit upcoming programs. [inaudible conversations] >> founded by former first lady laura bush the texas book festival has been held in austin, texas since 1996. booktv live coverage from the texas book festival will resume in a moment. [inaudible conversations] >> booktv asks bookstores and libraries throughout the country about the nonfiction books they are most anticipating being published this fall. here's a look at the titles chosen by northshire book store in vermont. travis smiley recounts the final year in the life of

sharp was getting ready to leave on an early business flight when he noticed wilson and her boyfriend, edwardat first just talking inside a car in the driveway. then he saw hale choking her. he shouted. >> he let her go. once he heard my voice. and she yelled out to me, "call the cops. he has a knife and he has a gun." >> reporter: sharp says he opened his front door and told his son to call 911. when he turned around, things were even worse. wilson had fallen, trying to get away. >> he pointed the weapon at her while she was on the ground, and she said "ed don't do this" and he shot her. >> reporter: sharp says he ducked into his house, shouted at his family to get down but he year merged soon after as the suspect drove off. as he knelt down to the victim, she was not responsive but he began cpr. his wife and son urged him on. >> i told her she needed to live for her children. and that i was here. and that i was helping her. and that she -- that she needed to live. and that -- and that they were on their way. >> reporter: jessica wilson died at the hospital. sharp cancelled his business trip

edward hail jr. poli he killed his girl, jessica wilson, this week he was shot -- or wilson was sh and killed yesterday on ledky in bristol. poli bel it happened after a domestic dispute. stay with news 4 as the search for hai continues. barb we're following a developi sty in virginia right now. we're waiting for the medical exam report to see if the hun remains found are those mig student hannah graham's. what can you tell us so far? >> r well, barbara, we can tel you that the results d . that would obviously be the big ne confirming whether ot if that find was hannah graham. the searching remains intense, pa where those remains were found. is where the focus still rema not confirmed in it's cod to hannah graham's disa e learned ty is a few miles of the home whe jesse matthew with his mom once lived. mattw is being held in the co jail, charged with hann abduction. the time line still unclear as to whether the identity of the body will be made. jesse matthew is is being held right now at the regional jail not far from where we're stan here. he's going to be back in court de 1st. the december court date

the neighbor was ready to leave on an early business flight when he noticed wilson and her boyfriend, edward hale, at first just talking inside a car in the driveway. then he saw hale choking her. >> so i came out a little bit off my porch and said, you know, what's going on? and he let her go once he heard my voice, and she yelled out to me, you know, "call the cops. he has a knife and he has a gun." >> reporter: sharp says he opened his front door and told his son to call 911. when he turned around, things were even worse. >> when i noticed he had the gun in his hand, he cocked it. and when he cocked it, she was walking backwards and slipped and fell on the ground. and she said, you know -- he pointed the weapon at her while she was on the ground and said don't do this and he shot her. >> reporter: he says he immediately ducked into the house and yelled to his family to get down. he heard two more shots fired and then listened as the suspect is drove away. sharp went to the victim and did cpr until emergency crews arrived. his wife and son at his side urging him on. >> i was talking to jes

police are searching for edward hail after he shot and killed his girlfriend, jessica wilson over the weekend. chopper 4 was over the scene of t clay wood elementary in bristol, virginia when the suspect's car was discovered about 8:00. students were taken to a nearby elementary school for their safety. a police chopper spotted the body. >> they saw a body of a person lying on the baseball field right behind the elementary school. and the person was not moving. the helicopter pilot was able to direct the officers to the body where they could check him out. and they have just been able to confirm for me it is, in fact, edward everett hale jr. >> police believe hale killed himself. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, talks to a neighbor who witnessed yesterday's shooting and ran to try to help the victim. >>> now a developing story in georgetown where police say a man sexually assaulted a woman inside her home from the busy m street corridor along prospect street in northwest. police say a man went into a house around 6:00 in the morning yesterday and attacked the woman. george

on tuesday prettier prize-winning boyle jiu-jitsu edward o. wilsoncomments on what makes humans profindly different from other species at the free library of philadelphia. the next day at ucla, megan ming francis examines how the civil rights movement affected the american political landscape in the early 20th century. and on wednesday night at the university of virginia bookstore in charlottesville, virginia, mark ed mundtson weighs in on the contributions football makes to american culture. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. for more go to our web site, booktv.org, and visit upcoming programs. >> all the big -- [inaudible] at least if we're thinking of a time scale of a century or so, arise from or will arise from human activities as opposed to nature. so there are existential risks from nature, but we can see that they have to be fairly small. we've survived earthquakes and firestorms and volcano eruptions for years. but we will introduce can entirely new kinds of hazard, particularly, i think,

. >> reporter: edward hale apparently killed himself after killing his girlfriend. milt sharp saw it happen. sharp said hale was choking wilson as they came out of the car. >> i came off my porch and said what's going on? he let her go once he heard my voice and she yelled out to me, call the cops. he has a knife and he has a gun. i noticed he had the gun in his hand. he talked it and when he talked it she was walking backwards and slipped and fell on the ground. he pointed the weapon at her while she was on the ground. she said don't do this. and he shot her. i closed the door and immediately yelled for my family to get down. >> reporter: inside sharp's home they heard two more shots then heard hale speed away. sharp raced out to help. >> i kneeled down over her and checked her pulse and she still had a pulse. and then i started doing cpr on her. >> reporter: sharp said he knew it was bad. it looked like she had been shot in the head and face. >> they were talking to me as i was talking to jessica telling her that she needed to live for her children and that i was here and that i was helping her and that she needed to live a

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edward hale apparently killed himself on the baseball field after killing his girlfriend jessica wilson, early sunday morning. a neighbor saw it happen. sharp says hale was choking wilson. >> i came a little bit off my porch and said what's going on? and he let her go once he heard my voice and she yelled out to me call the cops, he has a knife and a gun. i noticed he had the gun in his hand. he talked it. -- he cocked it. she slipped and fell on the ground. while she was on the ground, she said don't do this. and he shot her. when she shot -- when he shot her, i closed the door and yelled for my family to get down. >> reporter: inside sharp's home they heard two more shots then heard hale speed away. sharp raced out to help. >> i kneeled over her and checked her pulse. she still had a pulse. i started doing cpr on her. >> reporter: sharp said he knew it was bad. she had been shot in the head and face. >> i was talking to her saying she needed to live she needed to live for her children and i was here and i was helping her and that she needed to live and that they were on their way. if

edward hail jr. got into an argument with his girlfriend sunday morning. they we in front of a hem on ledkno way. he allegedly shot jessica wilsonve away. she died at the hospital from that gunshot wound. police say he has left the area, but he does have a gray two-door honda accord with maryland plates. >>> over at prince georges coun a mcdonald's security guard sho an innocent bystander r he s attacked by two men. it happened sunday morning outse the col park mcdonald's. invests say there was a stru in the secy guard tried to pepper spray the susp th didn't work, so he fired his gun and shot a woman stan nearby. the suspects took off. parame rushed the woman to the hoital. she is doing okay tonight. >>> well, caught on camera. a man runs into the flames, but could he make it out with a man he went in to save? >> i'll tell you what d.. >>> and a pumpkin festival gets out of control. what's behind the chaos that put what's behind the chaos that put a smal have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara com

wilson school. he returned to the post temporarily in 2013 after receiving various nsa documents from edward snowdenwith his colleagues he's broken stories about many of the things that we're going to be discussing tonight. so, i'd like to have you join me in welcoming our distinguished speakers and the national audience of c-span. welcome to american university. >> thank you. >> now, the format for this evening's presentation is we're going to have conversation amongst ourselves for the first hour or so. and then we'll open it up to questions from you all. and there are two microphones. i see one in the middle and one on the side over there seems to me all the fundamental questions on the nsa and privacy rotate around balancing security and privacy. how have we done it so far? how should we do it? and there's the further question of what privacy even means in a digital age, where every time you go to the store or use your ez pass, people are keeping track of you, let alone every time you use an e-mail en masse of the accounts. to make an informed judgment about the nsa programs, we have to know wha

to is a pulitzer prize-winning biologist edward wilson comments on what makes humans profoundly different from other species at the free library of philadelphia. in ucla, meghan francis examines how the civil rights movement affected the american political landscape in the early 20th century and on wednesday night at the university of regina bookstore in charlottesville virginia market in some ways in on the contributions football makes to american culture. that is a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this coming week. for more go to our web site booktv.org and of his upcoming programs. >> you are watching the tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. here are some programs to watch on booktv this week and. live from the texas book festival in austin where we will bring in numerous author talks and panel discussions, retired four star general wesley clark comments on america's superpower status. living paycheck to paycheck and argues for the need to assist america's for on after words. and a critical

and edward wilson looks at what humans have that sets them apart in the meaning of existence. look for these titles this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> a future where machines are more intelligent than humans in our next book. this hour and 45 minutes program is next on booktv. >> hello, everyone. can you hear me okay two in the back, can you hear me enact excellent. okay, i am the executive director of the intelligence institute and we are a nonprofit research institute just two blocks off the uc berkeley campus and we are very excited to be hosting nick bostrom who is the director of the humanity institute and he collaborates regularly on topics including the subject of his book, "superintelligence." and so before we begin, i had just a couple of comments on the logistics. after the comments you can buy a copy of the book right out here at the