it is an old town, fayetteville.marks the spot where north carolina ratified the federal constitution in 1789. i'm standing on what was a slave market. sherman fought battles here in the civil war. now it is a military town and 160,000 acres back there is the army's ft. bragg where soldiers prepare to go to war. nestled up beside that is pope air force base. two institutions, two professional military men, one woman. that woman, michelle theer, now found herself caught between her husband marty, the air force captain, and her former lover, army staff sergeant john diamond who just wouldn't go away. >> i told him, i don't want to leave my husband. i never told him, i love you. i never said, i want to be with you. i mean i think i was pretty straight up. >> so now with the holiday season in full swing and a new commitment to her marriage, michelle and marty were on the road to raleigh for a night out. traveling with them was another couple from her office. >> they had gone to this christmas party that she specifically

i'll pass. >>> dawn in fayetteville, north carolina. it had been a long night at the home of major david shannon, now deceased, but the investigation was just beginning. the only thing that was perfectly clear was that somebody wanted this man dead, wanted it badly, shot him in the head and the chest while he slept. his wife joan sleeping soundly, then startled away beside him. >> she had seen the shadow of a person, just subscribed the subject as a male subject. >> just like that, in a split second, the kids lost a father. and their life together over their 11-year marriage was over. >> david and i had a good marriage. if he were alive, he would say, we had a good marriage. i do miss him. i miss what we had. there's not anybody that would ever be able to replace him. >> the murder of an army major was big news in fayetteville, especially an officer working in special ops. its waves are felt all over. and news of this one skipped upcountry and crossed the windy prairie to a place called langdon, north dakota. that's where the major was

andon western room, fayetteville mayor lionel jordan.et's give them a round of applause for our opening panel. [applause] >> good morning. i love that. the nora mcdonald from family foundation. we are a foundation that is led by three generations of walton family and spouses. the foundation works in three program areas. education,-12 improving quality of life in weansas and mississippi, and work on conservation of rivers, oceans around the world. by sharonm joined weston broom of baton rouge, louisiana, and the mayor of faithful, arkansas to talk about the role of green infrastructure , and helping cities with flooding and other water management challenges. i have a few questions. i think there are a lot of mayors out there who want to hear from you. made national headlines in 2016 as flooding overtook the city impacting hundreds of homes. us thatts are telling record flood of events like this are going to become more common. lines are on the front dealing with these events, what have you learned in baton rouge about being ready for floo

a severe storm near fayetteville, north carolina, blowing the roof off this gym. the numbers tonight are staggering. more than 20 confirmed deadly tornadoes now. this devastation in louisiana. and tonight, a series of new storms moving in, one right across the country. snow and ice eventually right here in the east. we time it all out, abc's marcus moore in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a powerful storm striking the carolinas a confirmed ef-1 tornado with winds of 90 pimiles per hour touching down this afternoon in this high school parking lot east of florence, south carolina. >> we were in class and we went under lockdown and nobody really knew what was happening. >> reporter: cars tossed on top of each other, windshields shattered. there was no tornado warning. thankfully, no one was hurt. and in north carolina, part of the roof of an elementary school gym blown off east of fayetteville. >> what a blessing it is that that only three students were injured and those three students are going to be okay. >> reporter: this after that multiday severe w

thank you >>> now to severe weather in this country and scary moments at an elementary school near fayetteville, north carolina strong winds ripped off part of the roof, blowing it into the gym and sending students running for cover. this as we're tracking another double blast of severe weather. and as we slide into watches. now the next big storm we're watching comes out of the plains, intensifying, with ice and know and impacts for the midwest. saturday rain/snow into the east coast with air and road delays sunday blustery and cold in the northeast with snow lingering on into new england it's a coast-to-coaster bringing heavy snow in new england and th upper great lakes, heavy rain in the plains and more rain in the southeast we're going to have to watch this one very, very closely >> i know you will, al thanks >>> we'll be right back in 60 seconds with talk of a big change on those annoying airline fees, and an urgent warning about highly popular dating apps. our investigation is next >>> now in tonight's price you pay. potentially good news for flyers hints that one of the country's biggest

>>> now to severe weather in this country and some scary moments at an elementary school near fayetteville, north carolina strong winds ripped off part of the roof, blowing it into the gym and sending students running for cover. this as we're tracking another double blast of severe weather. and a major new storm set to hit the eastern half of the country. al roker is here al, what are you watching >> lester, winter storm warnings right now in the pacific northwest. and as we slide into the southeast, we're looking at heavy rain and some flash flood watches. now the next big storm we're watching comes out of the plains, intensifying, with ice and snow and impacts for the midwest. saturday rain and snow into the east coast with air and road delays sunday blustery and cold in the northeast with snow lingering on into new england it's a coast-to-coaster bringing heavy snow in new england and th upper great lakes, heavy rain in the plains and more rain in the southeast we're going to have to watch this one very, very closely >> i know you will, al thanks >>> we'll be right back in 60 seconds wi

for any parent, a child's first steps are proud moments and for mom, shanell jones from fayetteville,ey are steps she had hoped and waited for for years. her daughter, kinley, has cerebral palsy. shanell has been documenting their progress every step of the way. her videos seen by millions in the hope of inspiring others. so many trips to the hospital, countless hours of therapy, but always the smiles, the hope, the encouragement. >> i did it, mama. i did it. >> you did do it. good job. >> encouragement from mom. >> keep going. >> reporter: and kinley does. inside their home. >> come on. >> ooh, you're tall. >> now, one year later, kinley's first steps on her own. there she goes. >> i want to go to the house. >> you want to go to the house? >> a proud mom and a proud daughter. mom telling us it brings jo i to my heart that my daughter is bringing hope to people. people reached out saying, i didn't feel like my child was ever going to walk, and this video helped me have >> so we i'climate is the number 1ove priority.sage. i would declare a state of emergency on day 1. congress has neve

and in north carolina, part of the roof of an elementary school gym blown off east of fayetteville. >> what a blessing it is that only three students were injured and those three students are going to be okay. >> reporter: this after that multiday severe weather outbreak claimed at least 12 lives. east of shreveport, louisiana, an ef-2 tornado with winds of up to 135 miles per hour destroying the home of jerry and mary sue franks. they did not survive. and in lubbock, texas, icy roads claiming the lives of two first responders. police officer nicholas reyna and fire lieutenant-paramedic eric hill were on the scene of an accident when they were hit by a vehicle. a third first responder was critically hurt. david, another look at the devastating scene here in louisiana, where that ef-2 tornado brought 135-mile-per-hour winds. it lifted a mobile home into the air and sent it tumbling across the land here. a married couple that lived in this house did not survive. and today, their adult children were sifting through this debris, looking for pictures of their parents they'll now cherish de

for any parent, a child's first steps are proud moments, and for mom, shanell jones from fayettevillehey are steps she had hoped and waited for for years. her daughter, kinley, has cerebral palsy. shanell has been documenting her progress every step of the way. her videos seen by millions in the hope of inspiring others. so many trips to the hospital, countless hours of therapy, but always the smiles, the hope, the encouragement. >> i did it, mama. i did it. >> you did do it. good job. >> a proud mom documenting the progress. >> keep going. >> encouragement from that mom. then kinley repeats her mother's word and keeps going. inside their home. >> come on, almost there. >> now with braces on. beginning to balance on her own. >> stand up tall. you got it. ooh, you tall. >> now, one year later, kinley's first steps on her own. >> keep going. >> there she goes. >> i want to go to the house. >> you want to go to the house? >> a proud mom, a proud daughter who thinks she can make it home. >> look at you walking! >> reporter: and mom telling us it brings joy the my heart that my daughter is

sharing that and just any final words from you, major rodriguez, anything you want to share just on fayettevillemmunity? >> yes, we want to share the love here and my heavenly sweets where it is all family. we pray for our soldiers every day. if there is anybody, you know, can come here and feel like family before they deploy, we are here. if they ask prayers, we're here also. and they can count on everyone one of us that we will be friends with them. >> we all will. and issa, good luck with the lgd girl. we'll be thinking about you. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. >>> the reality of american military and their loved ones. coming up next, an inside look at how secretary of state mike pompeo may have convinced president trump to order the targeted killing of soleimani. great riches will find you when liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> in the days since president trum

at least six members of the fayetteville north carolina church are on their very first deployment.de of the division has trained for this, they run drills to go from getting that phone call to boarding a plane in a hear of hours. still this deployment shook families right at the end of their holidays with the first notification september on new year's eve. this military spouse may have a smile on her face, but sunday was rough. >> i've cried a lot. >> reporter: she found out at lunchtime that her husband who was already deployed at training would be rerouted to join others in the middle east. she said an added challenge is that he was not allowed to tell her exactly what was happening so he told her to look up a particular news article. >> hard not to hear did from it person. >> reporter: and taylor smith is doing all he can to support his friend who got a notice to deploy. >> they aare trying too push bak the date as much as responsible. his wife is high risk pregnancy and i think that he is leaving tuesday and his wife is due wednesda wednesday. >> reporter: and they say the comf

at least six members of this fayetteville, north carolina, church are on their very first deployment.gade of airborne division has trained for this. they run drills to go from that phone call to boarding the plane in a matter of hours. still this deployment shook families at the end of their holidays with first notification sent on new year's eve. this military spouse may have a smile on her face but sunday was rough. >> i've cried a lot. >> reporter: she found out at lunch time her husband already deployed at training would be rerouted to join others in the middle east. we're not naming her or her husband for security reasons. the added challenge was he was not able to tell her exactly what was happening so he told her to look up a particular news article. >> it's hard not to hear it from somebody and see somebody else's perspective. >> from taylor smith he's doing all he can. >> 82nd is trying to push back his deployment date as much as possible. his wife is a high-risk pregnancy. he's leaving somewhere around tuesday and his wife is due wednesday. >> smith is a veteran like many ot

. >> in north carolina, part of the roof of an elementary school gym blown off east of fayetteville.three students are going to be okay. >> this after that severe weather outbreak claimed at least 12 lives. >> prince charles, prince william, and the prince at the center of a royal crisis today emerging from talks aimed at finding a way for the duke and duchess of sussex to step back from royal life. the queen voicing her support but admitting it was not what she wanted. we respect and understand their wife to live a more independent life as a family, while remaining a valued part of my family." >> lsu sits on the throne of college football. >> overnight the clash of the tigers in new orleans. the college football playoff national championship featuring two undefeateds. with his father, nfl hall of famer randy moss in the stands, thaddeus moss racked up two of the five touchdowns thrown by lsu quarterback joe burrow, the man of the hour delivering a performance for the ages. >> it's the oscar shutout causing controversy this morning. all five nominees for best director, male. one nota

did you have other kids back in fayetteville? >> yes, we have five children here.ed away two years ago, so we're in the middle of adopting three of hers. >> oh, my goodness. are you an incredible human for many reasons. but with all of these children and a husband who now is up, up, and away, do you have a group of spouses or a community who looks after one another when this kind of thing happens? >> well, it's kind of an unspoken thing, but you do know like in this community that there, you know, we're all here, it's a small community, and i just urge anyone out there that feels like they have some time or ability to help, to reach out to somebody and see if they need something. that's the best that you can do in situations like this. >> and just last question, april, and that is so you and your husband have just texted. if you could send one message to your husband, what would it be? >> come back home safe. >> we're right there with you and wishing the very same thing. april, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you, thank you. just imagine. >>>

randy is in fayetteville, north carolina. you're next. go ahead. >> caller: yes. thank you for taking my call, cspan. i was stationed in germany in 1984. i remember it vividly of the berlin wall. i was in the military at the time. i served in the third infantry division in germany. i was stationed in germany about 45 minutes from the checkle slovakian border. i remember we was on a field exercise not knowing that the wall was about to fall. and i have a lot of memories of germany, the transition of time. i remember the disco bombing of berlin. i listened to the gentleman today talk about espionage that was going on. that was one of the main reasons i didn't want to go to berlin. there was a lot of tension that was going on over there. but i remember 1985 libyan attack. a lot of people forget about that. moammar gadhafi was in -- i remember gadhafi experience that was going on over there at that time. the bombing of that. >> that's randy in fayetteville, north carolina, this morning. we're taking your calls throughout the morning on "the washington journal" and on

equivalent of a seventh or eighth grade education, through freedman schools that were established in fayetteville, north carolina after the civil war, but charles mainly educated himself, he wanted to become a writer, that's the main thing that he wanted, was to become a fiction writer and so what he did was to become the first african-american to publish fiction in the atlantic monthly, as soon as he could he started writing novels, the tradition is best known novel, the noel is an expose of what was known as the riot of 1898, so chestnut was talk about something that was really front page news in 1898, in the fall of 1898, the -- the novel he hoped would galvanize public opinion and make white people understand what the -- what the move to this franchise black people in north carolina and all across the south as well as the move to accomplish segregation, what that was really all about, where did it come from, what was the marrow of that tradition and he talked about it as deep-seeded rake thank you very much he knew -- racism that he knew of everybody living in the south at the time, the novel

happened during a severe storm that hit in sampson county, north carolina, about 30 miles from fayettevilleinjured, but they have been released from the hospital. happened so quickly. >> scary. >>> to ohio now and the heartbreaking discovery in the search for a 14-year-old boy near sandusky. >> he'd been missing since before christmas and now police found his body trapped inside the chimney across the street from the home in which he lived. here is alex perez. >> reporter: a tragic outcome for this ohio community that spent weeks looking for 14-year-old harley dilley. >> i promised myself not to break down today. >> reporter: emotional, investigators announcing they discovered the teenager's remains inside the 9x13 inch chimney of this vacant home just across the street from his home. authorities say he tried going down the chimney. >> the chimney was blocked between the second and first floor, which trapped harley. >> reporter: dilley disappeared from port clinton, ohio on december 20th. this surveillance image of him crossing the street was the last time he was seen. authorities had actua

equivalent of a seventh or eighth grade education through friedman schools that were established in fayetteville, north carolina, where he grew up after the civil war. but charles mainly educated himself. he wanted to become a writer. that's the main thing that one was to become a fiction writer, and so what he did was to become the first african-american to publish fiction in "the atlantic monthly." as soon as he could he started writing novels. the tradition -- the novel is an exposÉ of what was known then as the wilmington race riot of 1898. today it's more accurate to permit the wilmington massacre of 1898. so chestnut was talking about something i was really front-page news in in 1898, the fall of 1898. a novel he hoped would galvanize public opinion to make white people understand what the move to establish cradle-to-grave segregation, what that was really all about, where did it come from? what was a of the tradition to talk about in terms of the deep-seated racism that he knew growing up in the south. as well as anyone else of african descent who was living in the south at the time. the

my fourth of july every year starting at sunrise, we go to fayetteville and some of the places we would walk in the parade but sometimes we would jog in the parade because it was kind of fast. sometimes we would just write in it. i grew in the republican party. i know you have great hearts. i know we are loving people but i'm saddened by the fact we constantly get maligned nationally. i i want us to think about selectively how we combat that. so i'm going to transition from the 70s to hear for those that remember, my father when he was finally elected in 78 the speaker of the georgian house at the time was tom murphy. when you did in my dads six district is a reason i'm telling you this. he was not a very happy to have newt gingrich as his congressman. he wasn't happy. after the 1990 census at the redistricting because remember this applies to the future as well. as they were redistricting the democrats decided they were going to cut the old sixth district which was again south atlantic down to griffin, west alabama into little bitty pieces in an attempt to get rid of newt gingrich. spe

i have the eep come toll fayetteville and hear from my community. and hundreds of people attended and shared their concerns with the genx and serious health problems. i worninged with my chairman and we invited founding member of cape fear to testify. emily gave compelling testimony and the many people who have suffered from the trauma from cancer treatments and terminal diagnose no, sir cease. i talked to my constituents. and they don't know if it is connected to genx and they are worried about their own children. this is about getting answers to my community and my constituents are protected and the water we are drinking is safe. ntil i know the science behind genx and what safe levelsr until we can adequately clean up the exposure, i'm not going to be satisfied. i have a letter here from secretary from the north carolina department of environmental quality and i ask unanimous consent to have this letter added to the record. the speaker pro tempore: the request -- the chair: the request will be covered under general leave. >> we must act now. my a

one lester and last but not least happy 100th to james and jennings watkins identical twins from fayetteville>> we could do it. >> i like that >> assuming i'm not carrying someone in my bass days. >> well again we're going to talk -- coming up on the third hour and david alan grier stops by to tell us about his return to broadway. >> and fourth hour some consumer reports tips get results when you try to call customer service and get put on hold we're going to try to cut through all that. >> the wait time 48 minutes. >> first a look at your local news >>> good morning, everyone, 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. you've been watching the breaking news coverage of that u.s. air strike that killed a top iranian general. at home we're checking in with local police an transportation agencies about how they're increasing security. also we're taking look at the impact of local gas prices after crude oil spiked overnight. new information from patrick de haan, he believes this jump in crude oil will hold so we could see a 3 to 7 cent increase per gallon. patrick, a fuel specialist. >>> happening now later today

probably, in cincinnati, nashville, knoxville, charleston, portland, down to cape hatteras and fayettevilleystem. early next week, you can see temperatures fairly moderate in the beginning of the weekend by midweek, temperatures drop 10 to 20 degrees. that >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here is a live look outside in san jos beautiful sunrise. upper 50s for the high today. enjoy the sunshine. clouds and spotty rain tomorrow morning. the clouds may linger into the start of the game but it looks like the rain will be out of here and get more sun on sunday and spraking more rain next week for san francisco and along the coast watch out for those king tides. >> thank you, al >>> look who is at the table >> hey >> welcome back. >> hello >> thank you good to be here. happy friday >> i want to talk about what you were playing >> we can. >>> coming up, important health news the new recall of heart burn medications that millions of americans need to hear this morning. first, these messages. d covered by state farm? your she shed's covered, cheryl. you hear that victor? i'm getting a

jeffrey, fayetteville, georgia, opposed. caller: i cannot fathom the president's mindset.e did not think of the repercussions of his actions in the lives that would be lost. host: support, tom, new york. russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, now this killer, he is a good guy. the other guy was an austere scholar. [laughter] what a joke. the democratic party is a complete joke. host: why do you support the effort? caller: why do i support it? i support everything the president does. he is thinking about america. he is looking out for us. the guys killing people. they have been making fools of us for the last 40 years. these kids have been brainwashed nowadays. they don't know what iran has been doing. it has been a rogue nation so long, they have been behind almost every death going on in the middle east right now. they have their hands on. the stupid democrats, they just kiss butt the whole way through. host: what does this action accomplish? caller: excuse me? host: what does this action accomplish? caller: what do you mean? it lets every terrorist no -- [no audio] -

host: robert in fayetteville, pennsylvania. republican line. caller: i trust the president.'m a registered democrat. i voted for trump for president. i used the republican line today. i will vote for him again. theink what he did with iranian general and taking him was one onehe did of the most brave things i have seen a president do. in my ability to vote for him long before he did this. george from columbia, south carolina. independent line, good morning. caller: good morning. how could anybody vote for this guy? know how to shut his mouth. you could attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. he is a vinegar mouth to guy. -- mouthed guy. he is idiotic. he is supposed to be diplomatic, he is supposed to be the president of the united states of america but he has a filthy mouth. he just shouldn't talk like that. i saw his rally the other day, he does not talk like a leader. he talks like a child. i don't have anything against him. i am not a democrat or a republican. but, jesus. like one a man and act because there are lives at stake. i just don't get it. you a

randy is in fayetteville, north carolina. go ahead. >> thank you for taking my call, c-span. i enjoy watching your program. i was stationed in germany in 1984. i remember vividly the berlin wall. i was in the military at the time. i served in the third infantry in germany. i was stationed about 45 minutes from the czechoslovakian border. we were on a field exercise, not knowing that the wall was about to fall. i have a lot of memories of germany. the transition of time. the disco bombing in berlin. i listened to the gentleman talking about espionage that was going on. that was one of the main reasons. there was a lot of tension going on over there. i remember in 1985. a lot of people forget about that. moammar qaddafi. i remember qaddafi was going on over there at that time. the bombing. i got married in c-span talk with secretary baker last week about his memories from that day and being in the oval office that day and what it was like too much of all of the berlin wall and this is secretary baker from the university down in houston texas talking about where he was when he h