i'm in, edward snowden.f whennk that in terms you think whether or not you should be a whistleblower that you are concerned about whether or not the system works and there are very -- very intistics out there that regard to the way the ig even investigates senior officials over a 2.5 year period regarding senior officials in the army, 482 the ig dod received allegations, accepted 10 allegations, substantiated one allegation -- the departments -- >> 0.2%. the army, however, also investigating senior officials, under eiji dod oversight, they had 372 allegations. 372 investigated all allegations. they had 102 substantiated. substantiatation rate. so this is a very major statistical anomaly. why does the army, looking at the same group of senior officials, have a 27% substantiation rate versus the ig with the 0.2%? amy: i want to go back to the case of tom drake. you alleged documents were destroyed. >> i don't allege that, documents were destroyed. ig -- e amy: you say you don't allege that come in fact to note

edwards' luck holds out. that capture the entire incident, including the pickup license plate, help police identify the shooter and issue a warrant. unfortunately, the shooter stays one step ahead. police believe the man escapes across the mexican border. surviving this brush with death motivates edward to act on his long-held desire to become a stand-up comic. >> he actually was a pretty funny guy and he cracked jokes left and right, always had something smart to say. >> i'm calling the cops on all y'all drunk asses. >> edward right now, the last-known whereabouts of him, he was in california and he's fulfilling his desire to become an actor/comedian. >> so sometimes a very bad day can give us the push we need to leave a steady gig and embrace a dream. >>> coming up, a different kind of towing drama. this time, it's the towed vehicle threatening the worker. >> i thought he was dead, i really did. i thought the man was dead. >> when "caught on camera: very bad day" continues. incredible bladder protection fro

prince edward, white leaders had been prepared for that day, right? i said they had mentioned this idea of closing the schools. they didn't just mention it. they raised money for that five-year period to try to start a private academy should the need arise. so so they had people promising funds for that period of time. in addition, the board of supervisors there, the governing body, had gone to a month-to-month financing model so that they could just close the schools at any time, you know? if courts came to them and told them to desegregate the schools, they would be ready to immediately close the schools. so when the courts finally did require in 1959 that they desegregate, they did as they had threatened to do and voted not to fund the schools. and by not funding the schools, they shut down all public education in prince edward county. the moment that decision was made, these people that had been planning for years to start a white academy went ahead and launched one, and they did so by calling all the white churches in town, the white, you know, v

>> whatever dude. >> the other one, edwards? >> yeah. one on the ground. >> the one that got knocked down? >> yeah. >> okay. mr. powers, come on, dog, let me talk to you for a minute. so he's the one that was aggressive? he was aggressive? >> yeah. >> that's it, dog, thank you. all right, jamie. i went upstairs, investigated five guys up there now. >> talked to 27? >> yeah, talked to 27. >> what did he say? >> he said he didn't see anything at all, however i've got about three individuals that said edwards swung on samuels first. >> that's right here, too, he was the aggressor. >> he was the aggressor. >> samuels is probably the one charged with grave bodily injury because he -- the injury that edwards suffered, he got knocked out. >> although the evidence leads to self-defense, samuels could still receive an additional year on his sentence if found guilty. >> it's not the first time edwards had been aggressive out on the yard. a couple of times they tried to stop him from fighting. this time he wouldn't listen. >> he thought he was a bi

police officer edward nero found the death of freddie gray. it is a significant blow in prosecutors' attempts to hold police accountable in the death of freddie gray. officials are calling for calm. for the latest. we are also following new allegations in one of the biggest murder cases in the last two decades. lawyers for the man accused of chandra leavy filing a new motion in that case. disappeared 16 years ago. lawyers for the man convicted the finger at former congressman gary condit. they say his aggressive sex involving bondage is to blame. upyoung people can be caught in the hands of predators and you don't know what happened to them. the new trial is set to begin this fall. in the race for the white house, donald trump is gaining on hillary clinton since locking up the hillary clinton -- the republican nomination. sanders is making it clear he is not out of the race just yet. sanders believes clinton is jumping the gun. in number of states and the south were hit with weather so terrifying it look like a scene from a movie. >> daddy, le

is this an opportunity for edward snowden to be seen as -- sandra: edward. >> excuse me, edward to be hero and traitor or can he be both? >> i called for holder's resignation or firing four or five times when he was working there. i thought he was incompetent. i think snowden is a traitor and should be charged for espionage. and put in jail. there is a reason he is in russia. god forbid he only had access to that material. i think if he had access to nuclear codes or troop movements or who our spies an firm ants were he would have released that. he has no conscience. to think eric holder oh, if he stimulated public debate. with all due respect we have the debate all the time, drawing line protecting our rights guaranteed under the constitution and protecting our safety and security. rand paul had them every day, every day in the gym we were talking he was on one bike and i was on another we were talking about that stuff. i think it is a line of crap. >> he i did say, holder, that he harmed american interests. is that indication do you believe that he is suggesting that he be prosecute

these were not felonies against edward nero. remaining officers will have felonies including caesar goodson, the highest murder charge of all of them. in this particular case, the doj does not like to come in as a backdrop on a misdemeanor level but there's a look at whether there's a pattern or practice of behavior that the police department is using that has an impact on members of color in the community in baltimore so that could be an ongoing issue but not the case the justice department would intervene but having said that, there are other cases that are looming in far more serious charges that may be the types of cases including officer caesar goodson that the doj may have them look at and have an interest in trying to intervene in. >> and paul callan, if you were looking towards the next three and four, because that mistrial still needs to be retried, would you be advising your clients, looks like the bench trial is the way to go, not only perhaps because this is the verdict everybody wants when you're a defendant but als

the man is 30-year-old edward hamilton of springfield.is body was found in the water near shell detectives do not suspect foul play. >>> we have breaking news about the service member killed in iraq. now we know his name, charles keating iv was killed by isis fighters yesterday. his high school coach said keating was moved after the september 11th attacks. >> the boys on that team, charlie included, were so impacted by that. they wanted to serve their country after that. >> keating is from phoenix. the governor of arizona ordered flags to fly at half-staff in the state today. >>> deputies in loudoun county want you to protect your cars. they are looking into a series of rim and tire thefts in the a ashburn and broadland areas. suvs and minivans with customized rims are a target this year. so far there have been 11 reported thefts. area and if possible install wheel locks. >>> today president obama travels to flint to get an update on the federal response to the city's water crisis. he will meet with community members and residents while t

edward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.onald trump is feeling bolstered going into this meeting because of his large support among voters. he has he has enormous respect for the speaker of t paul ryan will heat with touchdo meet with donald trump and other leaders. trump may be winning over traditional support. he now has endorsements from seven house members who chair very important committees up here on capitol hill. not to be outdone, hillary clinton also criticized donald trump for not releasing his tax returns. donald trump saying he wants to do that before the election, but after an irs and you had either takes place. senator bernie sanders saying that he is the only person who can actually beat nip on the republican side. sanders criticized both donald trump and hillary clinton at an event in billings,nip on the republican side. sanders criticized both donald trump and hillary clinton at an event in billings,. donald trump has won now more votes in a primary election than any republican in history. reporting live on

>> reporter: edward nero found not guilty on all charges. the judge saying that on the charge of assault, that he wasn't even there for the arrest. he did not put the cuffs on mr. gray. he did not arrest mr. gray. therefore, there is no assault. in the misconduct charge in office that he was charged with in connection with that arrest, he said if he didn't arrest him, then there's no misconduct in office. that also not guilty. on the reckless endangerment, mr. nero was one of the individuals that the prosecution said failed to put a seat belt on mr. gray or raise the fact that mr. gray had not been seat belted. he said that the state just did not prove its case, that a reasonable officer would have done just what mr. nero had done in that situation. so there was no reckless endangerment on the second count of misconduct in office related to that seat belt charge, he said if he acted reasonably in not doing that, there is no misconduct here. edward nero in court, this has been a year that he has been dealing with this, hung his head down low.

nbc's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill now. edward, good morning.this good news for hillary clinton right now in any way? >> reporter: good morning, eun. it's a tough position for hillary clinton in the moment. now you have both donald trump and senator bernie sanders after the same woman. they are all attacking hillary clinton. now, she cannot ignore the number of votes that senator bernie sanders is getting. he ran away with the election in west virginia. 77% of the vote there. now hillary clinton was not expected to do well because of her comments, saying she would put a lot ofin that was taken a little bit out of context. the next sentence was saying she would retrain the workers but that was lost in the soundbyte. her attention now has to be divided between democrats and republicans. speaking of the republican side, donald trump will be in washington, d.c. on capitol hill to meet with paul ryan on thursday. now donald trump's representatives will be here today to try to outline strategy for the meetings there. they are trying to bring the party

but edward nero, the office here was charged, did have a visible reaction. he was clearly emotional, wiping away tears after the judge said not guilty on all counts. >> a small group of protesters followed who they thought was officer edward nero, out of the courthouse, and down the street to a parking garage, where tempers flared. >> people shouldn't be in neighborhoods, if they're not trained, work with african-americans community. so all these guys could be victims. >> the fury with the outcome >> why they say no justice no peace. >> after listening to the evidence for five days, judge barry williams came to the conclusion edward nero played a minimal role in the arrest of freddie gray. and was not guilty of assault, reckless endangerment, and two counts every misconduct in office. >> took great pains to explain everything upon which his decision was based. that is a public service. >> billy murphy represented the family of freddie gray following his death, and one of more than 6 million-dollar settle. >> also proved convince inningsly that he's not susce

now, not guilty on all charges, that is the verdict just in in the case of baltimore police officer edward nero, not guilty four different charges. now, nero was one of six officers charged in the arrest and death of baltimore resident freddie gray last april. prosecutors were arguing that nero arrested gray without when he was not buckled in the van. prosecutors say nero committed a crime when he detained him, handcuffed gray after gray ran from officers, nero's defense argued that the law does allow for a stop like the one that happened. the 30-year-old officer was charged with assault, two charges of misconduct in office and also reckless endangerment. he did plead not guilty. again, this is a trial that was a bench trial, that is what officer nero opted for instead of a jury trial. it was a six-day trial. judge barry g. williams just issuing that ruling a couple minutes ago not guilty on all counts. back to you. >> all right. melissa, thank you. >> again, we have that breaking news a not guilty verdict in the case of baltimore officer edward nero. >> it is the latest in the fredfre fre

[applause] governor edwards: thank you. thank you, members of the class 2016, chancellor upolo, president belton, faculty, parents, friends, it's an honor to share this day of celebration with you. ukolo, my friend, thank you for your exemplary service for the southern university of new orleans and to the state of louisiana, under some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable over the last 10 years. donna and i and the state of you well in your future endeavors, and while i'm here, i want to issue an official statement in the name the authority of the state of louisiana, bel fically, i, john edwards, together with the citizens of this great state do hereby give special recognition to dr. victor upolo, chancellor, acknowledgment of your leadership and dedicated service university of new orleans and southern university system from 2006 to whereof, i n witness have hereunto set my hand fficially and called to be affixed this great seal of the state of louisiana, the capital, and the city of baton rouge on he 7th day of m

this comes on day three of testimony in the trial of officer edward nero. he is charged with assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct. now, the prosecution is expected to call a very unusual witness today. a fellow bike patrol police officer, garrett miller, who was with nero when freddie gray was stopped and handcuffed on april 12th, 2015. testify in this case. he was the one who actually stopped gray and put handcuffs on him. and he also faces criminal charges and a trial in july. the prosecution could wrap up its case today. and then it will be the defense's turn to present witnesses. that's the latest from baltimore. chris gordon, news 4. >> prosecutors are asking that a 17-year-old accused of murder be tried as an adult. that news just in from prince william county court. police say the teen killed 14-year-old eric kokocrespo last week. prosecutors call it a serious and heinous crime. the 17-year-old will be back in court next month ncht right now jury selection is underway for a fairfax county lawyer accused of terrorizing a mcclain couple. andre

edward lawrence has the laets now from capitol hill.ard, what does it mean about what will happen next? >> reporter: what's next is they will try to come together. now, no endorsement there paul ryan, but he's one step closer he says because he liked what he heard from donald trump. donald trump was all smiles as he went to unify and mend fences in the republican party. now, by all accounts from the senators and congressmen who talked with donald trump, the meetings went well yesterday. there were protests outside those meetings, but it did not stop the momentum of the presumptive nominee. on the democratic side, hillary clinton said she would not comment on trump or the republican meeting. however senator bernie sanders says republicans are still very divided. stressing in a general election they would feel the rn lasting power in this democratic primary. he's made it so hillary clinton cannot make that pivot and focus on the republicans. reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence. back to you. >>> 5:50. and we are s

edward lawrence arrive for us on capitol hill, thank you. >>> 4:47 right now. the trial for the second baltimore police officer accused in freddie gray's death continues this morning. edward nero is accused of assault, reckless endangerment and high school conduct in office. he was one of the officers who helped put freddie gray inside the police van where he allegedly suffered a fatal spinal injury. there are six officers charged in gray's death. today at least one of those officers garrett miller is expected to testify against nero. chris gordon will have the latest for you on air and onl e online. >>> sexual assault case against a d.c. man is getting closer to trial. police say he cut off his ankle monitor while on proceed pace and sexually assaulted a woman in her southeast d. october. a judge is expected to rule on motions today. jury selection could start as early as tomorrow. >>> 4:48. the supreme court could hand down decisions dwaid on a number of cases, one a challenge to the president's request to shield about 4 million people from deportation. anoth

baltimore police officer edward nero. he's charged reckless endangerment in the death of freddie gray he's loo looking to spend more that a decade. live in baltimore this morning with a presue on what we might expect tomorrow. good morning, alex. >> good morning and that judge is expected to hand down the verdict late tomorrow morning in the case against officer edward nero and this will be the first verdict to come down in the cases against any baltimore police officers charged in this death of freddie gray. gray died more than a year ago now from a broken neck after he was arrested and shackled and put into the back of a police van without a seatbelt. 30-year-old baltimore police officer officer nero is facing charges for second degree assault and misconduct in office and reckless endangerment and in connection with gray's death. five days of testimony prosecutors make the case that police have the right to chase and detain should have questioned him to determine probable cause. the state says officers did not do that t

steve burn, what think you of edward snowden? >> every time i see him on television he looks like every white guy who has ever dated an asian woman. every asian girl who marries a white guy looks like snowden. >> i think it was taken at a saki bar. they are always so nice and quiet at the saki bar. they know everyone. they speak the language. meanwhile, snowden is now an electronic dance producer. dj snowden collaborated on the eight track called exit that was released two weeks ago. now there is a music video for it. take a look. >> they are not just in a bridge war, and if you don't stand up for it, i will. and if you don't stand up for it, who will? >> before i find out how the panel feels, i would like to know what heather locklear thinks. heather? >> it was so good i told two friends and they told two friends and so on and so on and so on. >> heather locklear. >> she looks good in that. >> you know who directed that? steven spielberg. >> no. >> he brought warmth. >> he ripped off the commercial. and he ripped off national se

. >>> in maryland, a not guilty verdict for officer edward nero. he was one of six baltimore police officers charged in the killing of freddy gray. you may remember when gray's in custody death sparked protests across the country. we will have a live report from maryland on today's verdict and how people there are responding. >>> the warriors pushed for back to back championships hit a roadblock last night. they got destroyed by the thunder but a few hours ago they got good news. the nba has ruled that draymond green won't be suspended for kicking an opposing player. >> if warsier were not holding their breath they should have. came down an hour ago. draymond green will not miss any time on the court because of this. however, he will be fined 25,000-dollars and his actual penalty upgraded from a flagrant one to two, convoluted explanation but it means that green actually committed a more severe foul. as to kind of whittle it down for you. as far as steven adams he was interviewed before the nonsuspension was announced. and here is some of his comme

rishaad: great talking to you, edward bell.n for ai arabia's otetwar future has won the v of mark mobius. a small stake in aramco by 2030. sources tell me the plan is ambitious, but achievable. >> the fact that he wants change country too open the capital investment is the most impressive thing. we have been waiting for this for a long time. it is one of the major markets in the world. we want to make it bigger by having a more open market. manus: saudi arabia opened its markets this time last year and foreigners did not flock. what does it take to change the narrative? >> the issue is the freedom to go in and invest as much as you want and get out. problem, whichi china has as well. china is beginning to open up more and more. open necessary to completely and allow investors to come in and out at their will. will you go for qualified for an investor status this year? >> it is possible, depending on funds. we are running open-ended funds. we have to be able to get in and out. funds, it isd-ends possible, but it would be limited

edward lawrence has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: and that is the big takeaway. no endorsement from house speaker paul ryan. he did say what he liked what donald trump had to say, but again, he is not ready to endorse him. donald trump all shils when he went into try to mend fences and try to unify the republican party. by all accounts the meeting went well between the leaders. there were protests outside the meeting, but that did not stop the momentum. on the d.c. side, hillary clinton said she would not comment about trump's meeting or the meeting wth republicans. however senator bernie sanders said republicans are still very guided stressing in a general election they would feel the brn oig. he surprised most of his colleagues with staying power in this president is hal race. he's made it so hillary clinton cannot turn and focus on the republicans. reporting live in washington, edward lawrence, back to you. >>> and while donald trump is working overtime to get gop leadership behind will his campaign, virginians seem split. ken cuccinelli suggested unconvinced

nbc's edward lawrence joins us with the story.dward. >> wilfred and sara, you might remember, right now, we're at two republican candidates for president. you may remember at the beginning or end of last summer when we started all of this there were 17. >> reporter: indiana republican voters overwhelmingly made their choice for donald trump. the leadup to the decision saw fall, there were accusations. >> listen, donald trump is a serial philanderer. and he boasts about it. >> reporter: and finally defeat. >> we gave it everything we've got, but the voters chose another path. >> reporter: 53% of gop voters in indiana wanted trump. cruz's 37% of the vote ended his bid to be president. >> just so you understand, ted cruz, i don't know if he likes me but he doesn't like me. but he is one hell of a competitor. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders eked out a win over hillary clinton by five points with 57% of the vote. >> without being gent on powerful and wealthy special interests. >> reporter: because of delegate sharing, the win mathe

this officer, officer edward nero, was barely more than present at the arrest of freddie gray. [chanting] brad: immediate reaction outside the courthouse to the verdict. officer edward nero not guilty on all counts. >> somebody lost their life but still nobody has been held accountable yet. what does that say? brad: the attorney for the family of freddie gray offering a different view. >> if you didn't hear every bit of the evidence, you have no rationale basis to be angry about the outcome of this case. brad: in the videos of the arrest of freddie gray, officer edward nero can be seen only briefly touching grey, lifting his feet in the police van where freddie gray would soon suffer the fatal injury in a tumble in the front of the prisoner box. in rendering his verdict, the court there was no evidence that nero committed a crime. that other officers were far more involved in the arrest. attorney murphy saying the gray family only wants justice. >> i found no guilty with the reasoning. i think he was amazingly impervious to public opinion. that is the hallmark of a great judge.

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jon: on fox news alert and a not guilty verdict for officer edward nero. he is one of the baltimore police officers who was involved in the arrest of freddie gray. freddie gray obviously died while in police custody and his death led to weeks of unrest in baltimore. nero had been charged in a number of crimes in connection with gray's death. however, the judge who heard the case was not a jury trial but the judge who heard the case decided there was not enough evidence among the charges, reckless endangerment and the judge said the police training materials dealing with transport safety are aimed at the driver. nero was involved accused of failing to buckle freddie gray into his seat in the back of the police transport van. don't he also said the fate failed to prove that nero was aware of an updated transport policy. you are looking at live pictures in baltimore outside the courthouse. a number of people have been gathering their , not happy about another verdict that did not go the way they felt it should. mayor stephanie rawlings, brett blake who was cr

right now one of freddie gray's friends is testifying in the trial of baltimore police officer edward nero. he was there when gray was taken into police custody and put in transport wagon where he later died. officer nero a facing assault charges in this case. we're live in baltimore with the latest. chris. >> reporter: brandon ross says he grew up with freddie gray and was with him that sunday morning april 12th of 2015. he is on the stand in the courthouse behind me right now testifying as a prosecution witness in the trial of officer edward nero. ross identifies nero as one of the yellow-shirted baltimore bike police officers who put freddie gray on the ground after they chase running. and they handcuffed him, putting him into a van. he was later taken out of the van. he was put in plastic restraints and leg shackles. and, again, ross identifies officer nero as one of those who threw freddie gray head-first on to the floor of the van. ross says he ran to nearby gillmore homes to find a phone to call in and report what he called an assault. officer nero is charged with assault, reck

why did baltimore city states attorney marilyn mosby indict officer edward nero and drag him to trial? personal vendetta? personal gain? just hours ago officer found officer edward nero not guilty on every count in connection with with the death of freddie grey. ted and katie are standing by. griff jenkins on the ground and taking you inside court today, griff? >> that's right. judge berry williams finding officer not guilty on all four charges. stating the state failed to meet the burden of proof on each count. reckless enendangerment and two counts of misconduct in office. in his finding, judge williams said that nero was legally justified his actions with regards to the assault charge and he was not criminally liable in the reckless enendangerment for failing to seat belt freddie gray. at the center of this child, greta, is whether or not a lawful stop evolved as the state alleged into an unlawful arrest. key testimony came from officer garrett miller who testified that he alone detained and arrested freddie gray. so earlier today ted williams and i returned to the scene of the ori

edward lawrence is in washington with more. good morning to you, edward. >> reporter: good morning. this affects all public schools and most colleges and universities. there will be strong language in the letter sent to those educational institutions, warning them if they don't comply federal funds will be cut off. this means that accommodations need to be made for the locker rooms and bathrooms. this comes days after the north carolina and the federal government sued each other over the bathroom bill. states backed down and so far, north carolina has not backed down. the white house says they will not cut off funds to north carolina until all of the lawsuits are settled here. this bill or this directive goes into effect today. and it means that -- or there is no word actually on when the financial institutions or when the schools and other institutions will lose money if there is a violation. dara? >> interesting day ahead. edward lawrence, thank you so much. >>> well, mr. trump goes to washington. thursday's high profile meetings on capitol hill may be over, but for the republican

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edward nero is the second of six officers charged in the case. the third trial is scheduled to begin in two weeks. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: baltimore police officer edward nero is a free man, acquitted of assault and other charges for the arrest of freddie gray. >> officer nero at this point is the most relieved person on the face of this earth. >> reporter: in a bench trial with no jury, judge barry williams ruled the 30-year-old acted as any reasonable officer would and only touched gray after he was in handcuffs. prosecutors had argued that nero arrested gray without probable cause and was negligent for not making sure the suspect was seat belted inside the police van. billy murphy represents the gray family, who says they respect the decision. >> to the black citizens in baltimore, you ought to be proud that such an accomplished jurist with a background in prosecuting corrupt cops had the courage to go against public opinion. >> reporter: officer nero teared up after the verdict was read, while outside the courthouse emotions were

he says he wants to do it after the audit is complete. >> all right, edward. thank you for bringing us up to speed. edward lawrence for nbc news in washington. >>> meanwhile, mark zuckerberg will meet with prominent conservatives to discuss allegations the social network left political stories out of its trending list. the invitees include glenn beck and dana farino. they said viewers are not allowed nor advised to discriminate against sources. >>> the sun on sunday revealed that beyonce's new sports brand ivy was made in a sweat shop, some making 30 pounds per day. top shop claims to empower women through sports responded saying the company is working very closely with suppliers and their factories. >>> still to come here on "street signs," taking a bite out of the chinese market as apple's ceo touches down in beijing. we'll go live to the chinese capital for the full story. right after this short break. if you had a dollar for every dollar car insurance companies say they'll save you by switching, you'd have like a ton of dollars. but how are they saving you

reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence.ack to you, eun. >> edward, thank you. >>> david burke is the new chef of the trump international hotel on pennsylvania avenue. he will replace chef jose andres who withdrew from the project last year after donald trump's controversial comments about immigrants. burke has received numerous culinary awards and appeared on "iron chef" and "top chef masters." the hotel is expected to open this fall. >>> 5:52 is your time right now. we turn to storm team 4's chuck bell for a look at the forecast. >> you know, chuck, i did see the sun yesterday for a minute. i did. >> you and me both. the dog and i were out running at 2:00 in the afternoon and it was sunny for five or ten minutes. before we could get back home, it was raining on us again. that's sort of the pattern we are in. have your umbrella ready to go. the dog was not happy about getting rain drops if her ears. i heard about it. she gave me the look. is giving me the look today. cloudy and cool once again. off and on shower chances mov

might have died of smallpox if edward jenner hasn't discovered the vaccine. john: anybody heard of these people here? >> no. john: you cite businessman like sam walton, ted turner, boy, i don't think of them as heroes. walton started walmart, gets filthy rich. >> he absolutely started this business in order to make money. but what he did was bring necessary stuff to working class people at lower prices than they could get anywhere else, and that is a -- he is a much greater benefact offer humanity than barack obama or elizabeth warren or any of these others. [ applause ] >> and then there's a whole group of people, ted turner who created cnn. brian land who created c-span. jeff bezos at amazon, jimmy whales at wikipedia. larry page and sergei bren at google. they brought knowledge to the world, transparency, we get to find out more or less what politicians are up to because of this. john: but some of this did it to make money. >> some didn't, jimmy whales created a charity. he may wish he didn't do that. sure they do it to make money, by the invisible hand as

amy: louisiana governor john bel edwards has signed a so-called "blue lives matter" law, which expands the state's hate-crimes statute to add pololice officer, as well as firefighters and emas personnel to the list. the new law is the first of its kind in the country. it's signing sparked outrage by civil rights groups. louisiana naacp president ernest johnson said -- "hate crimes law is based upon a history of discrimination against certain groups of people, and a bill like this just tries to water down that reality, because there is not a history of discrimination against police and firefighters." in new york, a new lawsuit accuses the new york police department of intentionally profiling and harassing people who live on the streets. the suit was filed by the aclu and the group picture the homeless. it says the nypd is engaging in discriminatory policing by targeting people who live on the streets with so-called move along orders, in which officers tell people sitting or standing

reporting live on including, edward lawrence, back to you. >>> 4:47. opening statements could start today in the murder case of a 95-year-old man. eric dyson stands accused of stabbing dan blevin at a senior complex last february. police say it was in response to unwanted sexual advances. dyson is also accused of charging thousands of dollars on the victim's credit cards. >>> defense lawyers are now revealing why university of mary washington student killed his house mate. the victim grace mann was a popular student activist on the fredericksburg campus. defense attorneys for steven briel believe he strangled her during a paranoid delusion. they want jurors to find him not guilty by reason of insanity. prosecutors say briel changed his clothes and shaved his face after the murder arguing those are not the actions of an insane person. >>> a sprinkler system saved the lives of half a dozen patients at a laurel assisted living facility. prince george's county fire officials say one of the caregivers was cooking when the fire started at the abundant love h

. >> edwards is burned over 60% of his body. trapped inside the blaze, he had wondered if his time had come. >> the fire and everything was about ten foot away from me and from all of that heat and everything it was heating me alive and i couldn't go know where it was scary and i was just wondering if i was ever going to see the next day or not. i figured this was the end. >> over the next three years, edwards undergoes a dozen surgeries. along the way he contracts an infection that ultimately claims his eyesight. despite his hardships, edwards remains positive. >> the good lord felt like it was not my time to go. i feel like i still have something to offer, to give to people. i'm blessed to be here still today. i talk to people about how important it is to not take anything for granted because you can lose everything in a flash. >> in recall, six people die in the fire. what went wrong to start this deadly blaze in the first place? turns out it's something that went unnoticed. accumulating for years. dust, polyethylene dust, a

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morningod to see you. it's 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday may 3rd. >> here's what we're following to your. a live look at storm tracker six shows the rain all crocks the area which could slow down your morning commute. >> police are trying to figure out who shot two cousins in north philadelphia overnight. >> donald trump says that if he wins the indiana primary the republican nomination is his. >> and let's delve into the rain and see what's going on with the commute. >> we're off to a damp start. you can see bands of rain still popping through and some of the steadiest stuff with a little bit of yellow mixed in with that darker green is right over heavily traveled roadways like i-95 the jersey turnpike and 295 so that will slow you down a little bit. we have a bit more of that in the northern suburbs in particular doylestown and pushing over into huntingdon county and parts of mercer county. not quite so bad down south. wide view on satellite and radar shows you lots of clouds out there today an

p donna edwards. he was able to coalesce with the younger people, and conddonna edwards were not happy. she pointed out that the maryland bosses were not for her, and this is the first time in a long time that there will be an all male congregation, delegation to come into capitol hill. but it was a hard-fought win and we will see where chris van hollen goes from here. probably into the senate because the republicans don't have that strong a challenger. >> a lot of talk was the after the election and what donna edwards had to say. and basically she's saying i'm putting the democratic party on notice. you're going to have a ticket here of democratic legislators that are all men unless the republican nominee for the u.s. senate wins that race. and she also talked about race. she really threw a molotov cocktail into the scene and she said, listen, you cannot come to churches singing the first two lines of lift every voice and sing. so she threw in obviously she was not very happy. if you look at the numb

chris gordon is live in baltimore getting reaction to what happened. >> reporter: officer edward nero is the first of six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray put on trial and found not guilty. today in court, judge barry williams read the reasoning behind his verdict. it took nearly half an hour. officer nero was found not guilty on charges of assault and misconduct because the judge said a fellow officer, garrett miller, who was compelled to testify for prosecutors said that he stopped freddie gray and cuffed him. the judge found nero not guilty of reckless endangerment and conduct charges even though he failed to seat belt freddie gray into the wagon. he acted as any officer would, assuming that a superior would belt gray. gray suffered a broken neck in the van and died a week later. the president of the naacp who monitored this trial says she is disappointd verdict. >> the emotions keep coming with everybody until this whole thing is over and someone gets convicted or has some kind of charge with doing something reckless and endangering and also at the re

nbc's edward lawrence is standing by in washington with the very latest.i, edward. >> reporter: good morning, nancy. the west virginia primary was yesterday. boy, the outers ran away with it. senator bernie sanders got 51% of the vote. 36% went to hillary clinton. she was never expected to do well in west virginia because of something she said a few weeks ago moving off coal energy. she said she's going to put a lot of coal companies out of work. she's going to put a lot of miners out of work and that took offense to voters of the west virginia. because west virginia is a mining community. she was never expected to do well there. on the republican side, donald trump ran away with it after her two competitors dropped out. he got 77% of the vote in west virginia. they also had a republican nebraska primary. he got 61% of the vote there. running away with it. he's the presumptive nominee on the republican side, nancy. >> another big victory with donald trump who said he's getting closer to picking a vice president. we understand he's got a meeting with paul r

edward lawrence, a lot of surprises overnight, edward, yet, maybe not?some big surprises but historically both donald trump and senator bernie sanders did well in open primary state which is mean independent voters could also vote which is what indiana was. now, we have just two republican presidential candidates left. when we started this process at the end of last year there were 17. indiana overwhelmingly chose donald trump on the republican side. he won with 53% of the vote, 17 percentage points above senator ted cruz. in the win there, donald trump was very humble in his acceptance speech saying that ted cruz was a good competitor. he says he doesn't know if he likes him or not. but he was a very tough competitor for him. in defeat, senator ted cruz suspended his campaign ending his bid to become president. he said that he gave it his all but the voters chose a different path on the democratic side the choice is not quite as simple. senator bernie sanders eked out a win over hillary clinton getting here by five percentage points however his win actu

derek edwards was one of those guys who just does everything right. he graduated from high school with his class on time, he went to tulane, and he ended up getting his degree. then he got his master's from tulane. then he got his law degree. now derek edwards is running for senate and he happened to have been at that tulane graduation because he's one of the -- he's on the board there and i was just -- >> you met him years ago, right? >> i met him years ago and it was so interesting to see him and his mom. i have to tell you, that mom, when you think about how this man ended up where he is, you look at his mom. because they didn't have any money when he got hurt and the doctors said to his mother "you know what? you should probably just put him in an institutional setting because you don't have the capability to care for him." and she said "if god did not take my son, he's coming home with me." and she brought him home and cared for him and now he's running for senate. it shows you a mother's love. >> and his dedication, too, to survive. people were

edwards referred to, rusher was a major conservative debater for a while. most prominently on a pbs show called "the advocates." it was a debate show, he did extremely well. a lot of people would watch that and say, we can do that, too. we can be as good as he is. go muchot had time to into his mentoring role with young conservatives, but he loved to advise them. he loved hearing about what they were doing. like people who just sat around and talked. or, have patience for sitting around and talking. of now senior conservatives will tell you they knew rusher either personally or by reputation, but he spent a lot of time for -- with them, give them great advice. rusher remained very proud of that. he retired to san francisco, he loved the climate, the relative sophistication of san francisco, he had fallen in love with it in the 1950's. he lived there for the last 20 years of his life. and i will leave you with this quote, which gives a sense of .usher's attitude in perhaps my last interview sanh him, he said to me " francisco has a dreadful reputation among