next up, to think about duke ellington.o satch and to dizzy, duke ellington was something of a different kind of ambassador. i mean, he was the elder statesman of this bunch. he was born in 1899. he's basically an old man when he's doing a lot of these tours. and he'd kind of had these middle-class airs about him. he had been raised in a little bit better scenario in the united states than some of his other black counterparts on these tours. so the state department considered him this model ambassador. yet even he despite this kind of distinction, he was the only registered -- or one of the only registered republicans among all of these musicians. he was a very -- of a very different stamp from these musicians but even he saw the connection of his jazz as an american art form with african roots. even he saw that. and he saw that connection with the people as he traveled in africa as well. and so he, as kind of that old guard, saw the united states and their mission in the world and this mission to spread american democracy

the inspiration for this in the performing arts center was duke ellington. it's actually replicated around the school. this is affectionately known as the egg. come inside. this is an 800 space theater, that has more than 148 speakers, 28 microphones, and is the home of the duke ellington school of the performing arts. pretty spectacular. not only is the school about performance arts, but it's also about visual arts. here's one of the sculpting classrooms. one of the only performing arts schools that will have a kiln. this is the prop studio. the equipment that you see around the room is primarily for the design, and creation of theatrical props. let's go to the orchestra room. this orchestra room allows the students here at duke ellington school of performing arts to play with not only students that are in california, but could be in tokyo, could be in germany, through their live streaming system. >> before you were kind of converting a regular high school, trying to have state of the arts facilities in a regular high school, it doesn't really work. if you

s duke ellington school for the arts.ut inside, this modern 800-seat theater would shock international opera star denise graves, who graduated from the old school in 1981. and two orchestra rehearsal halls wired to play and record with any musician around the world also would surprise famous comedian dave chappelle, class of '91. this $170 million d.c. public school makeover, it has steps mimicking ellington's piano keys, opens next week for nearly 600 students. they've shuffled to temporary space for several years during construction. a. p. government teacher nicholas ojeda says the new school makes a strong statement. >> it shows that we belong here. we belong in the world class facility and it's just in this building will inspire them to become better artist scholar humanitarians. >> reporter: from music to arts to drama, the zoschool matches e intensity of the training. >> to imagine walking into these doors and having the spirit of ellington match the actual physical space is absolutely amazing. >> reporter: heavy eq

we will find out why it is a big day at the duke ellington school of art. you know slotew inrnet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads iwithnentereet spds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. >> you will get a good look at this video smashing through a bank drive through in arkansas, the forklift grabbed loaded the atm. the suspects could not be seen. police believe it is machine in the construction industry. a bank employee discovered the theft when she arrived at work. >>> the kennedy center says the show will go on even without the president. he announced he will not attend this year's kennedy center arts award. the white house says the president has als

and of the famous alumni. >> the chair, you know you're at dc's duke ellington school for the hearts. but inside, this modern -- of the arts. but inside, this shocked denise graves who graduated from the old school in 1981. and, two, orchestra rehearsal halls wired to play and record with any musician around the world would surprise famous comedian dave chappelle. this make over, it has steps at making the keys opens next week for nearly 600 students. they've shuffled temporary space for several years during construction. ap government teacher nicholas says the new school makes a strong statement. >> it shows that we're belong here. we're belong in the world class facility and it's just so wonderful that, hopefully, walking in this inspire them to become better artists, scholars, humanitarians. >> from music to arts to drama, the school finally matches the intensity of the training, tracee jenkins, class of '88. >> to imagine walking into these doors and having the spirit of ellington match the actual physical spaces, absolutely amazing. >> heavy equipment still buzzes around the sch

nathan: duke ellington school is set to teach 600 students. d.c.'s auditor recommends: locating some high school classes from other classes inside the new campus to create better value for taxpayers. dgs stands by their work. >> we are the district of columbia. we are charged with creating the contributors to society. d.c.'s auditors says there's another fact that alarms her. it is going to cost $700 million on the loan payments for this project and other projects around the district. that is more than the entire police department budget. >> a harsh message today from virginia governor teri mcauliffe towards president trump. mcauliffe says he doesn't want the president to come to charlottesville if he continues giving speeches that divide the country. he blasted the president over what he says is a failure at providing leadership. he added that tearing down statues wasn't the most important issue. instead, it is confronting racial division. president trump has yet to speak with the family of heather heyer, the girl killed during the charlottesville

ellington has no issues.people stranded at bush intercontinental and they are working to try to get them some assistance and hopefully get them home soon. >> what you're seeing outside the sheriff's department is saying that is different. one houston resident took video after water flooded his how. take a look at the video that he is posting. there it is. his dogs apparently, i don't know if we can drop the banner. there they are. just running around and fused by the rising water. you can imagine what their senses are thinking. we do want to point out, jesus was rescued soon after this. >> jesus is on the phone bus right now. give us an idea how bad it got and how quickly the water came up. >> pretty bad. bayou i live by is pretty full. got to my house and got into my garage. cars are out there. over halfway full. they are literally flooded up. >> is everybody okay at your house? and when you were rescued, where did you go? >> everybody is fine. we are actually not rescued. we are still stranded out here. luc

we are claiming ellington's legacy. >> reporter: a grand re-opening is set for saturday at 11:00 a.m.umni all welcome. in the district, tom sherwood. news4. >>> you might want to consider finishing your back to school shopping today if you live in maryland, the final day of the tax-free holiday meaning you don't have to pay taxes on shoes or clothing that costs $100 or less and the first $40 of a backpack purchase is also tax-free. you only have today to take advantage of this. >>> something you will only see on news4. a survivor of the reuniting with the family that hid him and his family. it would not have happened if it was not for a high school assignment. [ speaking foreign language ] don't tell anyone. >> reporter: those words, tom will never forget hearing from his mother. >> we were not to say anything in school or to our best friends. that was drilled in by my mother. >> reporter: it was early 1945, the van roons and seven kids living in the netherlands. the house got a bit fuller. >> my parents decided they would take them in. >> reporter: two young jewish children, a boy an

actual budget that will open to the zoo next week a year behind schedule and it's not just duke ellington. washington elementary started $14 million and cost close to $40 million. mayor says she wants to put truth in budgeting to make the process more transparent. >> i do have something to say about that whiling the post got some of the story right the headline was exactly wrong let me explain. and i don't work for the post for anything. i might write the headline a little differently. i would say we're finally getting school budgeting ri right. >> mayor also aannounceed up improvements in the past two years. >> a warning for parents about a messaging april popular among teens serahot allows messages cents and received anonymously teenagers are using it to cyber bully one another. >> kids have unrealistic reality of what life should be and it's based on likes. when you start getting negative comments they take personal and it leads toe mental health conditions and suicide. >> sarah has more than 200 million. >> after admitting to pouring windex and aj ax no coffee maker at workers fall fr

we've brought over 75 to ellington field. >> i'm sure you guys have battled storms in the past. where does this one rank so far? >> this is obviously an historic storm. time will tell on how historic it actually is. obviously, we want to encourage people to remain safe, communicate, call 911 if the they're in distress, and everybody be safe. >> the rain could last through thursday. what are you guys doing to keep prepared so that we you can still help save the people? >> on the aviation side we're brig more assets we can have more than 18 coast guard helicopters on site, two dozen air crews coming in and a couple dozen containers to work on the aircraft and turn them around. we're working with the partners to get enough fuel to sustain us through that period and continue the rescue as long as needed. >> colonel, can we get you to talk about the texas air national guard? >> colonel jones, wing commander for the 147th attack wing, we are partnering with the coast guard and the rest of the texas military forces, but the guard is here to support, obviously, the event that's going on

we are reclaiming ellington's legacy. >> grand reopening ceremony is set for saturday at 11:00 a.m. alumni all welcome. in the district, tom sherwood, it just looks amazing. >> oh, why. >> how did this happen. awe, man. >> i've always got you guys over my shoulder. just love it. tracking some shower activity out there across the area. we're going to continue to see the showers moving on through. we'll talk much more coming up. a chance of severe weather coming up, as well. i've never had that happen on the air in my 20 years. can we're did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. >> doug in the flesh and real life size. >> he was real

and visiting with the speaker of the house at that time, alan ellington. they were here. and in fact, as you like to when you accompany me, we'll walk to the speaker's desk where huey and eleanor had just finished a discussion or were discussing everything. you get an idea that from there, you can see the entire chamber. you have to remember, huey long, while being a hands-on governor, he was also a hands-on senator and never really felt like he was no longer governor. o.k. allen was the governor at the time but huey long still wielded great influence in the legislature. even more so, some say, because now he was a u.s. sitting senator. so as we walk, this is where they would have been, and the last known photograph taken of huey long was -- prior to his assassination was huey long standing right about here where this chair is. and the speaker of the house who was presiding, watching the happenings was leaning over, talking to senator, former governor huey long. it was after those conversations were finished that they walked down the chamber. walked down the hall right th

that are going to call duke ellington school for the arts home. there is something for about every single creative pursuit out there. we are talking pottery kilns, dance studios, recording studios heart,icians, but at the the very center of this campus is a clea theater. inside that, a full-size theater. >> pretty amazing. 148 speakers. 28 microphones. nathan: now, the school cost about $165 million. that is worth more than double its original budget. why did it cost so much? 7 on your side investigates at 5:30 p.m. tonight. reporting live in georgetown, nathan banca, abc 7 news. jonathan: we look forward to that. this is how you typically would find august. we have gotten weeks of bricks where it has been wonderful. not today so much. temperatures as cool as it was. now back to reality. haze in the clouds in frederick, where it is very muggy. close to feeling 100 degrees in frederick right now. sauna will continue tomorrow. let's talk temperatures. they are pretty impressive right now. very impressive. [laughter] doug: that camera is moving awful

public schools reopen monday, including duke ellington school of the arts in georgetown. that school has undergone a three-year renovation project. the school now has state-of the art dance and music studios, a rooftop terrace, and an 850-seat multimedia auditorium. but the school is reopening more than a year behind schedule.. and about 100-million dollars over budget. seven is on your side as school starts up again. we want to see all your back to school photos. send them to us at burst dot com slash wjla. prince george's county. its kevin durant day - and the city of seat pleasant is celebrating the nba star with a parade this morning. john gonzalez is live in seat pleasant with more on what we can expect. a new food choice for fans at the atlanta falcons' it's 5: and time for a check on - hot and humid to round out the work week - storms tomorrow - nice, august weekend ahead - still dry for the solar eclipse monday today: partly sunny. scattered afternoon and evening storms. highs: 87-89 winds: s 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. mild and very muggy. patchy fog. lows:

andre ellington short tuesday run. cards up 15-0 in first quarter.boys scored tds through the air. moore, a 26-yard pass to rico gad disfor six. hall of fame indiction set for saturday. with the cubs and the d backs, both bullpens have a camera and tv monitor can see each other. check out improv for the second city. d backs for the bob sledding team. nice flow. cubs answering with good old fashion pitching. they knocked down the 7-10 split in bowling. showing how playful baseball players can be. >> this "abc 7 sports" brought to you by river rock casino. i have to say steph shooting 74 is pretty impressive. he actually beat the guy that won last week by eight strokes, beat him by a stroke today. >> i want to point out on first tee he made a three-pointer. >> there you go. >> second career after basketball, yeah. >> thank. >> "abc 7 news" continues online, on twitter, facebook and all of your mobile devices with

. >> sid ellington is a former cell and the program that's correct. >> it gives them that immersive sortf experience and once they've been through that they're more confident. >> it may sound strange that experienced veterans would need a confidence boots. as barry frederic points out the student is different than being in uniform. >> many of us getting out of the military that's a big chunk of our lives so we lose that part. >> the program own encourages vet like 21 year old tracy sanchez to consider community college with an eye of eventually transferring to a top school after first learning how to be a student again. >> i think it's about these people i'm now see rounded by have come from schools. >> he has joined the marines right after high school. she says one key of the program is it's taught by veterans. >> they know exactly how to talk to you and what you've done before in the service to what you can be doing now. >> he spent 11 years in the army including three tours in iraq. he was in the warriors program himself in 2015. he uses his personal story to remind students of what's

andre ellington short tuesday run. cards up 15-0 in first quarter. cowboys scored tds through the air. moore, a 26-yard pass to rico gad disfor six. hall of fame indiction set for saturday. with the cubs and the d backs, both bullpens have a camera and tv monitor can see each other. check out improv for the second city. d backs for the bob sledding team. nice flow. cubs answering with good old fashion pitching. they knocked down the 7-10 split in bowling. showing how playful baseball players can be. >> this "abc 7 sports" brought to you by river rock casino. i have to say steph shooting 74 is pretty impressive. he actually beat the guy that won last week by eight strokes, beat him by a stroke today. >> i want to point out on first tee he made a you go. >> second career after basketball, yeah. >> thank. >> "abc 7 news" continues online, on twitter, facebook and all of your mobile devices with food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra month fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica hust

he's worked with duke ellington, bruce springsteen and pink floyd to name a few. natsotjohn herrington - a jazz musician with his own band...who's taught thousands of students.do the kids realize how lucky they are? sot/randy2:15 "at some point in their life they're going to think 'oh my gosh i was working with art barron for a whole week? and he played with steve wonder and springsteen and recorded with those guys??" art9:37 "i'm as old as a lot of the guys were when i was in duke ellington's band. i was 23. i was young and white and jewish and now, only one of those things has changed.' laughs the attitude is gentle and encouraging...you try things...you have fun....you learn something about music. (see daniel playing violin) daniel starts 8th grade soon...with a whole new appreciation of what he can accomplish.daniel ahanonu "i play violin and i'm working on drums. and saxophone. which mr. porter taught me."parents love it. and see their kids' confidence levels soar. sot/mom????"it allowed them to feel comfort in themselves. to encourage others."thanks to distr

wide receiver bruce ellington...waiv ed today, thus ending his three-year tenure with the team.hise as a 4th-round draft pick in 2014... and missed all of last season due to a hamstring injury. it was expected that ellington would be cut due to the signings of pierre garcon and marquise goodwin. and time now for our daily colin kaepernick update. it doesn't look like a signing is happening in baltimore, but it appears another team is showing interest. reports say the miami dolphins could be in the mix... after starting quarterback ryan tannehill suffered a non-contact injury to his left knee, the same knee he injured at the end of last season. right now, the extent of the problem is unknown, but the dolphins are weighing their options. turning now to the warriors-- you can't talk enough about this team. our sports director gary radnich recently sat down with general manager bob myers. they covered all sorts of subjects and the reigning executive of the year provided tons of insight. one of the real intrguing topics-- head coach steve kerr. his leave of absence at the start of th

. >> we met him at ellington field in houston two weeks ago.asa's science team hopes to learn about how energy is trained frerd from inside the sun to its hotter outer corona. our results will lead to a better understanding of the corona which will lead to better understanding of flares and coronal mass ejections which affects the public how? >> they can cause lackouts of radio frequency communications. cell phones can have trouble working. it can cause power outages by knocking out power grids. >> from above the art, there was plenty of wonder too. this is the moon shadow. also known as the umbra, that tiny speck flying across the sun is the international space station. >> all of a sudden this huge black shadow was going across the earth. >> as you might imagine, six engineers on board the iss had a view that was out of this world. >> for us being able to witness it from above was really special. >> the hope is that this eclipse inspired a whole new generation, to have an appreciation and maybe even a love for science and nature. >> you have a

isria: this coming monday the fit reopening as the duke ellington school of the arts.he school in georgetown has undergone a three-year renovation project. the school now has state-of-the-art dance and music studios, a rooftop seatce, and 850 auditorium. it is about $100 million over budget. we want to see all of your back-to-school photos. send them to us at burst.com/wjla and you just might see them here on "good morning washington." a huge celebration in prince george's county. kevin durant day. a parade is set to step off in a matter of hours. john gonzales is live there right now. wearing some golden state colors maybe. it is allowed. johnny g, good morning. john: it is all for kevin durant. prince george's native kevin durant like myself. 2800 miles from here where kevin durant, the m.v.p. in the golden state warriors, won the nba championship in june. he is coming home for a tickertape parade. this is where it will start this here at the queer montessori school in prince george's county. montessori -- hoyer school in prince george's county. everybody in d.c., vi

the duke ellington is having its grand opening this morning and how the school has undergone its own dramatic renovation. >> reporter: it's one thing to slap a lot of white paint on an old building but do a $170 million renovation and 100,000 square foot expansion and you've got something. ask ronald lee newman, a 1994 graduate at the old building at 35th, that dates back to 1988. >> this building in 1994 was apart. >> reporter: tracie jenkins class of '88 how the old building felt back then. >> much different than it does today. it was still an awesome environment. >> reporter: the old auditorium is 108 theater with retractible orchestra pit and students will begin next week after several years in flex space across town. >> we have the kids for 10 hours sometimes as they're rehearsing and performing and learning. so this is home. >> we've come a long way. when i started this process i had long hair flowing down my back and i'm bald now. it's all worth it. >> reporter: final touches being made before the students arrive. history teacher lynn moore but it >> reporter: how do you feel

david begnaud has the the story from nasa's ellington field in houston. the nasa air crafts, two of them will be flying at 50,000 feet above the crowd and any kind of atmospheric turbulence. two guys on board. the pilot and operator. the man controlling the joy stick to get the photos. to get that they have taken the nosecone off this old bomber plane and outfitted it with a precise telescopic lens. that is going to help nasa unlock secrets of the sun. it is co-time for nasa's airborne science team. these pilots at elling gon field next to johnson space center in houston going on an atmospheric research flight. their ride is a 1960s era, former bomber jeca 57. during monday's total solar eclipse, the same planes w serve a very different purpose. suit. but you have to wear eclipse >> yeah, more important to wear the eclipse glasses at high the sun. and the sun is a lot stronger. >> kerry clim is one four nas stau flight crew members chasing e mes per hour. >> my job is to calibrate and initialize the camera payload using to look at the eclipse. that includ

. >>> the niners new manager continues to dismantle the regime as they fire bruce ellington today.s been beset with injuries his entire career. played wide receiver, running back as well as a return man. 19 catch said, two touchdowns and over 1500 yards on punts and kick off returns and shanahan gave his reasons. >> we have a bunch of guys very similar, kind of the same type of players and we had to get different skillsets in and give bruce a chance to go somewhere else and handled everything great. he's been a great person here. he came back and battled from tough injuries and gave himself a chance to go for a week. >> tv monitor so they can see each other. check out the improv from the second city. good flow through the track there. cubs answer with good old-fashioned fishing and the d-backs will take the bull pin prize as they take down the seven pin in bowling. this abc 7 sports report has been brought to you by toy oeltau. probably the most fun of any sport are baseball players because they have a lot of free time on their hands. >> you're a football player so you can say that

. >>> the 49ers new man continues to dismantle the regime as they waive bruce ellington today.he fourth round pick in the 2014 draft, but beset with injuries his entire career. he played wide receiver, running back as well as a return man. he played in 26 games, 19 catches, two touchdowns, one rushing td and over 1,500 yards on punt and off returns. coach shanahan gave his reasons today. >> we have a bunch of guys that are similar, the same type of player. we had to get different skill sets in. to give bruce a chance to go somewhere else. and handled everything great. he's been a great person here in the short time he's been here. gave himself a chance to go for a week. >>> the bay bridge series about to get under way at the at&t park with the a's leading the series two games to one. graveman facing block on the mound. last night it was the a's turn to go deep as ryan healy sends this one packing to give oakland a 4-0 lead. they would hold on for a 6-1 victory. it's been tough for fans of the local nines. >> i like both teams for first place. it does change when we play them. c

other schools, like duke ellington and several others throughout the system have indeed undergone renovationse-ups as well. you need to watch out for kids on the roads much the city has an initiative called the slow down campaign which takes effect this time year. it says, watch out for the kids. a lot more of them on the street now that the public schools are going back. the mayor will be here later today to talk about that campaign, as well as the everyday counts campaign. it's aimed at upping the attendance rates at d.c. schools. so the system wants them here. you got to make sure you let them get here safely in one piece. we're live at the community learning center. derrick ward, news 4. back >>> 6:51 is our time right now. the man accused of stabbing his 6-year-old sister and their two young cousins will be in court. antonio williams could be ordered to undergo a mental evaluation. this happened on friday ina home in clinton. we're learning about one of the last times she saw her father. the two went shopping and out to dinner. that was the last time he saw his little girl. prince george

we also brought in i believe currently we have four additional aircraft at ellington at our air station in houston. as well as additional flight crews to support flight operations. >> people know about this part of the country have a lot of refineries along the coast. can you speak to what prepare operations and communications your office is having with those refineries and are you concerned that this weather and this really strong system will take a couple days at least in this area and my cause any dangers of leaks or spills or any other hazards? >> that's a good question. so prior to a storm arriving or as it was forming in the gulf, we work closely with our port partners and industry and we monitor the track of this storm. so upwards of 72 hours out, we will start working with them to identify if houston/galveston area is at risk of being impacted by a storm. at that time we start working with them to identify which ships are going to be departing port and we start placing conditions on them as well or making notifications so they can plan. and the facilities here, they take prepara

. >>> the 49ers new man continues to dismantle the regime as they waive bruce ellington today.d pick in the 2014 draft, but beset with injuries his entire career. he played wide receiver, runnin. he played in 26 games, 19 catches, two touchdowns, one rushing td and over 1,500 yards on punt and kickoff returns. coach shanahan gave his reasons today. >> we have a bunch of guys that are similar, the same type of player. we had to get different skill sets in. to give bruce a chance to go somewhere else. and handled everything great. he's been a great person here in the short time he's been here. gave himself a chance to go for a week. >>> the bay bridge series about to get under way at the at&t park with the a's leading the series two games to one. graveman facing block on the mound. last night it was the a's turn to go deep as ryan healy sends this one packing to give oakland a 4-0 lead. they would hold on for a 6-1 victory. it's been tough for fans of the local nines. >> i like both teams for first place. it does change when we play them. certainly the fan base gets behind it. an

. >>> the 49ers waived receiver bruce ellington before practice today in santa clara. the former fourth round pick is plagued by injuries and had 19 total receptions in three seasons. >>> tom brady turned 40 today and he is still going strong after 17 years with the patriots. there are a lot of brady stories floating around. current 49ers quarterback brian hoyer was brady's backup for three seasons and remembered a wild night in buffalo. >> we couldn't fly back home and the team went out to dinner and people were having beers and someone said brady can chug a beer. he is like no, no. we egged him on and literally when you couldn't pour the beer out of the glass faster than how fast he chugged it down slams it down and puts his hands over his head and he erupted. it was cool to see him being one of the guys because that's what he craves the most. >>> trying to reach the quarter finals at the bank of the west classic despite with a lead in the first set, she battles to win in the tie break. much smoother in the second set coming to the net. the 18-year-old wins 7-6, 6-2

first i want to go to casey seeing it is life in ellington field in houston where two nasa planes took off earlier to capture the high def video of the thing. >> the people of houston have been waiting for this for some time. it's about a million degrees here about 200% humidity. any shade from the sun is certainly welcome. they're only getting 66% totality here. we're about the height of that coverage. these nasa planes are incredible. we watched them take off earlier from this point at 11:15 eastern time. they were playing flying at 400 miles an hour at 50,000 feet zipping over to kansas missouri. they were going to follow the path of the eclipse throughout missouri and kentucky, some of the areas experiencing totality. the cool part about it is because they are so high, well above the first layer of the atmosphere nasa scientists tell us it's extremely clear, no weather or dust in the air. that allows them to get some of the best images that have ever been captured of an event like this. because of course technology has ee involved a whole lot since the last time we had one of these

thurgood marshall, but with this book i am hoping well, somebody once came to duke wellington -- duke ellington and is said that they would rerecord a song that does thellespie had made and duke said, don't, dizzy has closed the door on that song. so i like, i am hoping that people will pick up my book and if somebody else comes to them with an idea to write a book about thurgood marshall they will say, don't. closed the door on that one. [applause] wil: what i think though what was really a magnet to me was marshall's hearings that were five days stretched over 12 days, and his nomination set a in limbo for six weeks. before marshall the supreme court had been all white. and before him, no nominee's hearing had lasted more than a day. so with southerners leading the charge i knew that there was , great drama in that, and i wanted to figure out why that happened and why they wanted to stop thurgood marshall. algenon: wil, you told it beautifully. wil: excuse me? algenon: you told it beautifully. [applause] wil: ok. algenon: against the backdrop of the confirmation proceedings, and we will talk

currently we have four aircraft at ellington at the air station houston an additional flight crews to support flight operations. >> people know about houston and galveston that they have a lot of refineries along the coast, can you speak to flood preparations your offices having with those in are we concerned that this weather and system which will take a couple of days might cause danger with leaks, spells, or any other hazards? >> prior to us in the gulf we work closely with our partners in industry. we monitor the track of the storm. upwards of 72 hours out we will start working to identify if the houston, galveston area is that risk of being impacted. at that time we start working with them to identify which ships are going to be departing and we start with conditions and making notifications they can plan. the facilities take preparations to ensure their cargo line and tanks are prepared for storms. then as the storm approaches we sent conditions which allows them to plan for example on wednesday, excuse me on thursday we restricted deep draft vessel traffic to one-way outbound s

. >> reporter: i mean, a boot >> reporter: sid ellington is a former navy seal and the program's directiver a sailor is coming out of boot camp. >> reporter: as former navy corpsman says being a student is different than being in uniform. >> that was a big chunk of our lives so we lose that part. that sense of being part of something, so we go to school, we become part of something else. >> reporter: and it's completely foreign in a way. >> in a way, yes. >> reporter: the government spends $12 billion a year helping veterans pay for college through the gi bill, but currently 40% of that goes to for profit colleges. post 9/11 veterans barely make up 1% of the elite colleges and universities. he says colleges like his need more veterans on campus. >> it's like a source of strength in this context. it's not something that you check at the door. >> reporter: the program encourages those to consider community college with an eye on eventually transferring to a top school after first learning how to be a student again. >> i think the scariest part is that these people that i'm now surrounded by

people are being brought to ellington field in houston.xas and getting them to shelter and making sure they are getting fed and it's going to be a very, very chaotic situation. but i'm beginning to see that order is coming. order is being brought to chaos. it's going to get worse before it gets better. i'm going to be upfront with you about that. brian: keep yourself available. we like knowing what's going on. brad, thanks so much. >> you too. ainsley: 49 minutes after the hour. president trump heading to the disaster zone in a matter of hours. what does he have to do to make sure the mistakes of hurricane katrina are not repeated. pete: while flood victims watch everything they own get destroyed. liberal college professor said they deserve it because texas voted for president trump. you are not going to believe this one. ♪ ♪ i have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation. so i use restasis multidose. it helps me make more of my own tears, with continued use, twice a day, every day. it's also what i prescribe