it's the eastern garter snake. the legislation survived an unsuccessful amendment at naming the timber rattlesnake virginia's official snake. the washington post reports a boy eastern garter snake's behalf. lawmakers were persuaded when the 11-year-old pointed out the timber rattlesnake is neighboring west virginia's state snake. for the latest weather anytime, turn to our webpage at wdbj7.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. >> jon: stephen colbert! ( band playing intro music ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: thank you. ( cheers and applause ) welcome to "the late show." thanks, everybody. thank you. thank you, sir. thank you! >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: hey! thanks so much! welcome to "the late show," everybody. i'm stephen colbert. now, a couple weeks ago... thank you so much. i don't know, friday night, wonderful to be here on friday night.

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it's the eastern garter snake. the legislation survived an unsuccessful amendment at naming the timber rattlesnake virginia's official snake. the washington post reports a boy from williamsburg eastern garter snake's behalf. lawmakers were persuaded when the 11-year-old pointed out the timber rattlesnake is neighboring west virginia's state snake. the price of a first- class stamp will soon go down in a little over a month. back in 2014, the us postal service was given permission to temporarily increase stamp prices. the price hike was contingent on a planned price drop that's scheduled to happen this year. the increased charge will end on april 10th. the cost of mailing a one-ounce letter will drop from 49- cents to 47-cents. commercial prices are also set to decrease. donald trump stopped his closest rivals in their tracks with a high-profile endorsement that surprised almost everyone. on the democratic side, the candidates are down the wire in south carolina. weijia jiang has more. "i endorse donald trump for pr

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able to get juliet home port in all i knew serpent is slithering into the history books the eastern garter snake is the virginia general assembly approved it today and were told the idea came from eleven year old aden coleman of williamsburg senator thomas garrett said he initially wanted the timber rattlesnake to represent the commonwealth but coleman pointed out that that is west virginia statesman an eight year old killed by something you'd see in a regular old birthday party coming up a family's warning about balloons. then at six and explosive moments in newport news as an officer is cleared of wrongdoing and officials today about my right hand and would write about my shirt they don't make it as the town of waverly rebels were learning more about the lives lost in the storm here from i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. what they're worth... who's held back by student debt or a system tilted against them- and there are far too many of you- she understands that our country can't reach it's potent

the eastern garter snake made it through both the virginia house and senate, although there was some debate. this is all according to the debate about it. >> maybe they didn't want a different kind of snake. >> paper says an 11-year-old first pitched the idea after attending a science case and now there a debate. got it. >> i think there was somebody according to the richmond times it is pat dispatched if a rattlesnake would qualify. >> eastern diamond back lives out in the mountains. but i think they want a friendlier snake to represent the state. >> you process that statement. >> well, a rattlesnake -- >> are other states going to follow through and everyone has to have a state snake? >> there are more important things to discuss. >> why am i here? here's what we're thinking with. winter to spring. i was ready to lead in you to a the snake. last year in d.c., our last freeze did not occur until large 29, so still about five weeks away from that but our first 80 glee day was just on its heels, april the 13th. so it won't be long. spring like weather just around the corner. weather w

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right along route to the north and south of their through fitchburg and leominster heading out of garter right now. lunenburg and ashfield also seeing some of that snow squall activity at this time. reduce your visibility if you're driving around this evening as well keep that in mind activity going to do diminish but the still out there right now here's what you're looking at you to cast for seven dirty p.m. this evening left over snow showers most activity gone and clearing out during a 10 and 11 o'clock newscast talk about the cold temperatures there and still be icy underfoot after any melting that happens today. night when this melting snow to contend with during the day. tomorrow morning you wake up to sunshine more snow showers poised to move in will see afternoon so late morning to the afternoon more snow showers more snow squalls called the ground pretty quickly. so overall it's not a lot of snow coming our way test new snow next couple of days leading edge of the bitter cold that's on the way this weekend. coding of two inches of snow comes today and tomorrow the way i see it r

virginia is poised to approve the eastern garter snake at its state snake. a bill made it through the house and senate. p all that is left is for governor mcauliffe to sign off on it. the "post" says an 11-year-old first pitched the idea after attending a science camp. >> science camps are great. >>> take a live look across our area this morning. here is the district where it is only 37 degrees right now. but the windchill is making it feel much cooler. we'll telt before they head to the bus stop. and i'll add -- go ahead. >> mineral county, two hours delayed. p forget the days of candy bars and potato chips. the law being tossed around that would make it mandatory to put healthier snacks in vepding machines. snacks in some vending machines. an act aims to make healthier food and drink more widely available on state rot. if passed, 75% would have to meet healthy standards. >>> good morning. i'm chuck bell. it is now 5:41 on your friday morning. friday morning indeed, everybody. mostly cloudy outside. a couple of snow flurries or occasional conversational sno

assembly has approved making the eastern garter snake the official state snake. the senate gave final approval to legislation thursday that would designate the official snake the washington post reports that 11- year-old aiden coleman of williamsburg came up with the idea. residents of a california community didn't believe their eyes when the saw what appeared to be a unicorn roaming the streets. the animal led police on a chase. it's not really a unicorn of course. it's a real life pretty pony with a fake horn that poses for pictures and makes appearances at parties. it took the california highway patrol three hours to catch up to the horse. tatum boos/horse owner she got afraid, then she got pulled out of the guy's hand and she ran away. ofc. josh mcconnell/california highway patrol "the calls were coming in as a unicorn running around out there on the roadway." she got in a time out because she's was being bad pony. the pony was not hurt. meteorologist ashley baylor tonight: mainly clear. cold. lows: upper-20s. winds: n 5-10 mph. saturday: mostly sunny. still

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. >> absolutely it will be impossible to garter the information so we'll be hearing from the interview but the report one way or the other won't identify the officers alibi as is team goes 2, 3, 4 ride along these we know that part will be confidentiality we'll have an opportunity for interviews and talk to the police union and the community-based organizations and concerned about at their own - we're talk to them this is there are issues we should be focusing on but that part we'll not say who we talk to and get people to be open i see our experience your challenge any city we're not - we're starting the process in san francisco one they know i'll ask the community to look at because people are concerned many cases i think my cherns shows the for the right of police officers want to do do right thing this is the opportunity they become very vocal and supportive of the idea of change who wants to be not disrespect two wants to want the community to respect them and not have respect to make their jobs safer that makes it better and the crime fooishth relationship better so the level is

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. >> absolutely it will be impossible to garter the information so we'll be hearing from the interview but the report one way or the other won't identify the officers alibi as is team goes 2, 3, 4 ride along these we know that part will be confidentiality we'll have an opportunity for interviews and talk to the police union and the community-based organizations and concerned about at their own - we're talk to them this is there are issues we should be focusing on but that part we'll not say who we talk to and get people to be open i see our experience your challenge any city we're not - we're starting the process in san francisco one they know i'll ask the community to look at because people are concerned many cases i think my cherns shows the for the right of police officers want to do do right thing this is the opportunity they become very vocal and supportive of the idea of change who wants to be not disrespect two wants to want the community to respect them and not have respect to make their jobs safer that makes it better and the crime fooishth relationship better so the level is

box areas are marked with the stencil at intersections act as advanced limit lines for people to garter at a red light this increases the 1r0ir7b9 to drivers people will ride past stopped vehicles at the fronltd of the intersection give them room and stop short of limit line behind the bike without objection and cross only after the green light and people cleared the bike box bicycle traffic lights allow people on bikes to proceed while vehicles are stopped be unaware aware of those bike san francisco general hospital but stay alert and only skrans when the vehicle is cleared the intersection let's take a quiz to see what all of learned here we go number one when do month collisions happen did you say in daytime you're correct question two if an intersection is not marched is it still a crosswalk yes did you get it right great job one more before we go on what's one of the best things to do to avoid collisions? you can it take a breath pay attention and slow down city streets are crowded and chaotic so seeing everyone every single everything is difficult here's a test how many times did

. >> absolutely it will be impossible to garter the information so we'll be hearing from the interview but the report one way or the other won't identify the officers alibi as is team goes 2, 3, 4 ride along these we know that part will be confidentiality we'll have an opportunity for interviews and talk to the police union and the community-based organizations and concerned about at their own - we're talk to them this is there are issues we should be focusing on but that part we'll not say who we talk to and get people to be open i see our experience your challenge any city we're not - we're starting the process in san francisco one they know i'll ask the community to look at because people are concerned many cases i think my cherns shows the for the right of police officers want to do do right thing this is the opportunity they become very vocal and supportive of the idea of change who wants to be not disrespect two wants to want the community to respect them and not have respect to make their jobs safer that makes it better and the crime fooishth relationship better so the level is

. >> absolutely it will be impossible to garter the information so we'll be hearing from the interview but the report one way or the other won't identify the officers alibi as is team goes 2, 3, 4 ride along these we know that part will be confidentiality we'll have an opportunity for interviews and talk to the police union and the community-based organizations and concerned about at their own - we're talk to them this is there are issues we should be focusing on but that part we'll not say who we talk to and get people to be open i see our experience your challenge any city we're not - we're starting the process in san francisco one they know i'll ask the community to look at because people are concerned many cases i think my cherns shows the for the right of police officers want to do do right thing this is the opportunity they become very vocal and supportive of the idea of change who wants to be not disrespect two wants to want the community to respect them and not have respect to make their jobs safer that makes it better and the crime fooishth relationship better so the level is

box areas are marked with the stencil at intersections act as advanced limit lines for people to garter at a red light this increases the 1r0ir7b9 to drivers people will ride past stopped vehicles at the fronltd of the intersection give them room and stop short of limit line behind the bike without objection and cross only after the green light and people cleared the bike box bicycle traffic lights allow people on bikes to proceed while vehicles are stopped be unaware aware of those bike san francisco general hospital but stay alert and only skrans when the vehicle is cleared the intersection let's take a quiz to see what all of learned here we go number one when do month collisions happen did you say in daytime you're correct question two if an intersection is not marched is it still a crosswalk yes did you get it right great job one more before we go on what's one of the best things to do to avoid collisions? you can it take a breath pay attention and slow down city streets are crowded and chaotic so seeing everyone every single everything is difficult here's a test how many times did

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i want to make sure that that a a case by case brace basis so whatever the city attorney's office garter the materials it provides the process of attorney giving you advice it is a attorney/client advise but different to each the commissions at the time our appoint the materials are attorney/client and rightfully so the commission didn't disclosure that the commission need to take a vote and it had been to say a majority vote to releases overseeing materials as case by case boos in terms of making sure you're fully informed of what materials are in you to releases to the blue-ribbon task force we're not to treat any member of the public different once it is available it is available to everyone what you have front of the it is not available to the public it operationally is still the attorney/client until the privilege is waved you have a list of material that is come appeal fil pile - and provided that information to the blue-ribbon task force and commissioner mazzucco a couple of questions for the city attorney and the tnt attorney/client we're all clients of the city collective mynt a

. >> absolutely it will be impossible to garter the information so we'll be hearing from the interview but the report one way or the other won't identify the officers alibi as is team goes 2, 3, 4 ride along these we know that part will be confidentiality we'll have an opportunity for interviews and talk to the police union and the community-based organizations and concerned about at their own - we're talk to them this is there are issues we should be focusing on but that part we'll not say who we talk to and get people to be open i see our experience your challenge any city we're not - we're starting the process in san francisco one they know i'll ask the community to look at because people are concerned many cases i think my cherns shows the for the right of police officers want to do do right thing this is the opportunity they become very vocal and supportive of the idea of change who wants to be not disrespect two wants to want the community to respect them and not have respect to make their jobs safer that makes it better and the crime fooishth relationship better so the level is