i wanted to visit henson's space and here i am.anks for setting this up so i could do this. >> reporter: for someone that knows so much about the book, what does it really mean for you to be standing here in this space? >> it gives me goosebumps because this is the space that connects harriet beecher stowe and her best selling novel "uncle tom's cabin" that changed american attitudes before the civil war and it connects josiah henson who is one of her sources for writing about what slavery was really like. and he lived here on this agricultural plantation. >> reporter: this makes the pages of this book right here qom to live. by the time these volumes were printed 60,000 volumes were already printed. the printing presses couldn't keep up. >> everybody wants a copy of this book. >> everybody wanted it. >> that was back then. today we were talking -- people don't necessarily understand that maybe internationally, this book is even bigger than what we appreciated for here in america. >> that's totally true. i was speaking in denmark t

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ah henson's special park in north bethesda. i bet you didn't know it was here. they've been work on the site for some time. but they discovered just recently what they think to be the foundation of eager a barn or black smith shop in which josiah henson possibly worked. they know he is a slave here. and he is important because it is his autobiography that inspired harriet beacher stowe to right the landmark novel uncle tom's cabin. we'll fopped out about the dig. we have the executive director of the harriet beacher stowe center from connecticut coming down to talk to us. -- we'll find out about the dig. >> thank you so much. we'll check in with you. time now for our facebook fan dost and today, we say hello to brandon washington. -- facebook fan of the day. he says he looks forward to tuning in so he can learn what is happening here and around the world. thank you for watching and for your chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day, log onto our facebook page and leave a comment under branton's pick. >> that does it for the 6:00 hour. now, let's send it over to sai

we're at josiah henson special park. but it was the pbs show time team america that targeted this site a few weeks ago. they picked four national sites, and this was one of them. it's going to be featured in an episode coming up in the next year. they bring the team on location and have the latest technology in he remembers of it archeology but they also need a little help from young people in our area and they were up to the task. they are part of the field school. alexandra jones joins us as well as young budding archeologists. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: so tell me about the field school. >> what the field school is, a 4.5 day program where the students come out, they have all signed registrations forms, they learn about archeology, then learn about all the sciences that are incorporated with archeology and then get to participate and conduct hands- on activities for the full week. >> sea,' week. >> reporter: we should have video of the upcoming video. >> what happened was we come into the area. we not

. >> reporter: even the muppets have joined the opposition, the jim henson company dropping out of a deal to join the chain and create toys, donating the money they already received from the chain to a gay rights group. other city leaders say a businessman's personal views are irrelevant. >> you don't want to ask political beliefs before you issue a permit. >> reporter: experts say this shows the risk of speaking out. >> it is difficult enough to attract customers that the last thing a brand wants to do is get on one side or the other of a really controversial topic like this. >> reporter: as a fast food chain becomes a battleground in the culture wars. >>> coming up tonight the loss of an american who had lived a larger than average american life. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [

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. >> nell sop worked with jim henson in the '60s and joined sesame street in the early 70s. he was born in oklahoma and raised here in d.c. actually. along the with the count, he voiced big bird's best buddy mr. snuffleupagus. jerry nelson died last week in cape cod, massachusetts. he was 78 years old. i loved count. >> i didn't realize he was both. >> i know. >> more on the insurance impact of isaac king up. >> we want to share more back to school pictures now. this is zion and his little sister davon. they are both in programs at j. l. wilson elementary in northeast d.c. good luck at school, kids. you can e-mail us your child's back to school pictures. pictu >>> welcome back. hurricane isaac will have a big impact on insurance claims. more on that in just a moment. first, a look at the markets. we have the business beat. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. we are locking at more light trading. yesterday, the nikkei saw its second full day of trading. investors are waiting to see if there is any chance of possible stimulus. we saw the markets down yesterday becaus

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it it took place at shanghai henson import and export.omeone answered the phone, he answered and said are you open, he said i am from fox news and we have no comment at this time. our investigation continues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male aouncer ] at&t. t nation's largest 4g network. covering 2,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. at&t. rethink possible. >> we continue to cover the shooting at 10 west 33rd street grid around the corner from the empire state building. a former coworker is dead. 41-year-old man, we are not releasing his name at the moment, the victim is dead. the shooter is dead, the shooter is 53-year-old jeffrey johnson, killed by police. charlie gasparino joins me to tell me how the gunman died. reporter: new details. mr. johnson, a designer of ladies handbags, shot the gentleman who owned the company where he works. >> he was laid off one year ago. he was fired yesterday, and today he acted in revenge. it is a chaotic, tragic scene. there is a silver lining, he confronted his boss, mr. johnson did. from what i understand, with a

in fact, the jim henson company is pulling toys from l.a. >> thasm their right to do it but how do you decide when to do business with the companies? liberal companies have who work for ben and jerry's who are christian. if i take all my business aways i may be hurting christians that brk at ben and jerriy's. here is the bigger point i would make, juan. i think that the issue is tray tron nice people that you like but buy products and if they want to into use their products for political -- respect it. >> juan: no discrimination by chick-fil-a. they may support groups that are antigay but they are not discriminating in the way they do business. governor, thanks for coming in. we would like to remind you that the governor has a set of historical dvds for children information about them available at learn our history.com. next up, harry reid doubles down on his attacks on mitt romney repeating unsubstantiated rumors that he hasn't paid taxes. even the left thinks we have even the left thinks we have gone too far in a [ male announcer ] if you had a dollar for every dollar car insurance c

jerry nelson joined jim henson's team of puppeteers back in 1965.cters on the municipality show and sesame street. i remember him. i loved it. snuffalufagus and friendly vampire long count. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ha ha ha ha ha ha. [thunder] 6. >> harris: jerry nelson continued to voice some of his most beloved characters until his death. reportedly died at his home in massachusetts after a long battle with emphysema. jerry nelson was 78. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of shareable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. [ woman ] welcome to learning spanish in the car. you've got to be kidding me. this is good. vamanos. vamanos. vamanos. gracias. gracias. gracias. ♪ trece horas en el carro sin parar y no traes musica. mira entra y comprame unas papitas. [ male announcer ] get up to 795 miles per tank in the 2013 passat tdi clean diese

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