it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field of clarity and whoever crosses the barbed wire comes back to life. but who is interested in crawling through undergrowth? who dares sail a tempest? who wants to come face to face with purity? that's why we're fenced off in this no man's land under permanent cross fire. three bomb holes. flag study. red. she walks into the bright vegetable garden, chopped water to life from brittle landscape, leans her hoe against goat wire, admires shoots balanced on turned earth, looks up, fulfilleds a leaves sigh, clouds, hands on her hips, her jaw falls open and a bomb drops down her throat. white. the horizon, a black line against brilliant white landsca

. >> eisenhower had that and george bush had that. >> and evan, we were talking about some presidentsious war to catapult them to the great list. bill clinton, we heard bill clinton fretting about this at the end of his presidency. it is safe to say that dwight d. eisenhower constantly fretted about the possibility of war. >> oh. he had a heart attack, a stroke. i mean he was a mess. he was addicted to sleeping pills, couldn't sleep. he was a mess but couldn't didn't show it. he showed a smiling, confident guy who was enormously popular. he had 65% average popularity. one of the presidents who would kill for that. the public sensed in him a goodness and command. he once said, you know, look, the '50s were boring so he doesn't get credit for much happening. eisenhower said, by god, it didn't just happen. >> and that is -- that is the key, isn't it? that the 50s were boring because eisenhower made sure they were boring. made sure that he stared down the french and english and made sure that there wasn't a nuclear war during the suez crisis. >> one of the most important qualities you loo

laura evans has your fox 5 top five. >> investigators say george zimmerman did not shoot trayvon martin because of his race. no. 5 tonight, the fbi found no evidence racial bias was a motive in the shooting, but detectives believe zimmerman may have shot the teen because of his clothing and the circumstances. zimmerman claims the shooting was in self-defense. no trial date has yet been set. no. 4, growing outrage over the u.s. olympic team's uniforms. athletes will wear clothing designed by ralph lauren made in china for the opening ceremonies. senate majority leader harry reid said the olympic committee should be ashamed. the committee defended her decision. no. 3, it is possible -- their decision. no. 3 it, is possible to fall in love through social media. the love hormone was found while texting through social websites. it causes people especially women to feel a greater bond with their partner. no. 2, don't love your new chevy. bring it back. they're offering a full refund on new cars and trucks, can't have more than 4,000 miles no, damage. the money back guarantee lasts 60 days fro

george w. bush institute. >> secretary evans, you can open the cabinet meeting with a prayer.we have to cover 92 years of tax policy. we will do it by decades and will have to fall presentations on the nine decades. i will leave the extensive biographies to be found in your notebook to suffice for most of these people. you know them. i will give a brief introduction. they have been each asked to describe their decade in a word or phrase. why do we not launch into it so we will get through each of the decades with enough time for each of them to go at each other in mortal economic combat. there will be blood all over the floor. let's start with 1920's with amity. she is also working on a biography of calvin coolidge coming out. she is going to talk first about the 1920's, which she describes as boring. >>-- roaring. >> they did not start with a roar. i am looking at it now from the point of calvin coolidge when he was coming to washington. the federal debt went up from 1 billion to $26 billion. it was out of control. taxes -- they had nationalized the railroad, kill it, and d n

. >> jim spellman live in evans doll evansdale, iowa, this morning. >>> george zimmerman facing new allegations. he is already charged with second degree murder of trayvon martin. now a woman claims that he sexually abused her for about a decade and says the abuse started when the two were children. a florida judge has released an audiotape of her accusation. >> it started when i was 6. he's almost two years older than i am. he would reach under the blankets and try to do things. and i would try to push him off, but he was bigger and stronger and older. it was in front of everybody. and i don't know how i didn't say anything. but i just didn't know any better. >> the woman identified as witness number nine said the abuse went on for years. cnn has reached out to her father, who said the family would not be speaking to the media. in the meantime, zimmerman's attorney, mark o'marra, spoke exclusively to cnn's piers morgan. >> on the face of it, you're right, they seem damaging. of course, as you mentioned, my frustration is that they are absolutely not relevant to anything that is at hand in the

georges county. it's unclear if the proposal will end up passing the house. >> metro is changing one of its rules for your commute tomorrow. laura evans is here. >> up first, they didn't make the playoffs, but the redskins ranked near the top. number five, according to forbes magazine, one of the world's most valuable sports teams. worth $1.56 billion. they tied at number four with $1.85 billion. madrid soccer team is number two. and soccer's manchester united is number one at $2.23 billion. number four, the iphone 5 could be out this fall. insiders say it will be thinner by integrating touch screen sensors and removing an extra layer of the screen to improve image quality. no comment yet from apple. >>> number three, medical marijuana may not be as effective as previously thought. researchers say there's little or no evidence that it's an effective treatment for anxiety. there is not much research, due to the fact there are restraints. >> number two, the fda is officially banning the controversial chemical, bpa from baby bottles and sipe cups. but the chemical will be allowed in other food containers like cans and water bottles. and

evans. court records identify him as neil prescott. he is accused of threatening to shoot up a prince george's county business and police say they found an arsenal of weapons in his home using a screen handle we found several posts prescott made on a gun enthusiasts website, the most repeat post? this target with a night scope he posted this morning a few hours before the feds and police raided his apartment and found dozens of other guns. fox 5's bob barnard with more. >> we are here this afternoon to announce a thwarted terror threat. >> it was an ominous statement from police regarding a man named neil prescott taken into custody around 3:20 this morning at his home on park ridge circle in crofton, maryland. police told us an employee at pitney bowes working in largo had called to say prescott was of the in process of being fired and had twice threatened him over the phone. prince george's county police chief mark magaw. >> in fact, he said i'm a joker and i'm going to load my guns and blow everyone up. >> reporter: according to court documents, prescott told his boss he would like to see his brains splatter all over the sidewalk.

evans introduced legislation to form a group to find out how to fund it. the project is expected to cost about $5 million. >>> pepco customers in montgomery and prince george county may have to wait a bit longer to learn if their bills will increase. following last week's devastating storm, the power company is requesting a delay in issuing the final decision. pepco originally requested a 4% rate hike for its maryland customers. the decision was expected this week, but could be pushed back an extra 7 days. >>> when the storm that knocked out power hit our region a couple weeks ago, people in northern virginia who not call the 911 for emergency for three days. now, the fairfax county chairman wants answers. she is calling for a task force to call out for verizon facility did not work. later this morning, she's asking the metropolitan washington council of governments to create that task force. >>> fox 5 is monitoring metro, and a new safety report that is raising eyebrows. the report on metrobus fatigue s were 12 hours or more during july of last year. of those drivers, they worked 20 or more hours without 8 hours off 50 times. in some cases, drivers worked

evans introduced legislation today to create a group to determine how to finance the project and there are reports the project cost $5 billion. >>> and speaking of pepco, the customers in montgomery and prince georgesmay have to wait longer. and the power company requested a delay issuing the final decision and pepco originally requested a rate hike. that could be pushed back an extra seven days. >>> thousands of people are without power in virginia, some are beating the heat in jail and the old county jail decided to open the doors to residents. >> and they had a jail and emergency shelter. >> with the air conditioner. really bad. >> and that is like i did something. >> the old jail closed a few months ago. appalachian power expects to have service full restored today. >> and this is how you get create kif and cool. >> six messages. like they being punished twice. >>> coming up, the debate over texas continues on that campaign trail as president obama and mitt romney travel to states that could be crucial to the november elect. >>> and the new book giving the insight into the uss cole bombing. why a lack of action ultimately sealed our fate on 9/11. >> and a teenager jumps from a chair lift on the