profiles charles hamilton houston, the first african-american on the harvard law review and dean of howard university law school. and his student, thurgood marshall, valedictorian of his class in 1933. and future supreme court justice. the two lawyers lead the naacp's legal office in challenging jim crow laws with a focus on school integration. hue-man bookstore in new york city posted the 40 minute talk. [inaudible] [inaudible]

at howard university we are trying to do what we can at this moment. we had several learning communities as you will hear later from nicole who joins us. we will have another one tomorrow and we hope to have the ambassador. you are all invited. young people of race in tandem close to $50,000 in support of the haitian community, we are trying to figure out how to spend their money and we are working to continue to work. i will take just a couple minutes to talk a little bit about the relationship of haiti to the united states. i am never sure what we mean when we say the united states. in some ways it is a road test. when we look at the relationship of these countries to haiti we see the relationship of these countries to each other and ourselves. congresswoman clark couldn't have put it better. we stopped being part of the united states along time ago but it is part of the world. i don't know there's a consensus about what we is. several great themes quickly. 80's role in the rise of the modern world system. haiti as the crown jewel not only of the fre

. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut howard university television. now, your host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king. and co-host linda gasparello. >> hello again. thank you so much for coming along. i am joined by linda gasparello, the co-host of this program, and by the great and remarkable paul dickson, a real man of letters, a phrase that we do not hear much anymore but we think is a high accolade. >> thank you, sir. >> you have written 53 books? how do you write 53 books? >> it is all i do. if i was a barber and i said i cut 2 million heads of hair, you would say that is what a barber does. >> how long has it taken you to write 53 books? >> i have been independent writer since 1968, so for 40 years. >> that is a little more than a book a year. this one is great fun because it is about drinking. but a lot of your books have been about words, haven't they? >> i have had several major books on words. my baseball dictionary came out again this year. this was a different thing. i have always looked on language as recreation. if you are d

. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. now, your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host linda gasparello. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello again and thank you for coming along. i enjoyed by linda gasparello, and i promised you -- i am joined by linda gasparello, and i promised you robert merry. i know him quite well as a journalist and as an historian. there are not many who cross that line, but those who do tend to do it quite well because they write in a way that people can read, not in an academic way. i think your book on -- you're wonderful book about american journalism was seminal, about a decade ago. then he wrote an excellent book about the troubles in europe, the disintegration of yugoslavia, america's role there, and now you have come out with this book, "a country of vast designs: james k. polk, the mexican war, and the conquest of the american continent." and here we are, that book that i fail to remember the name of was a "sands of e

he moved to washington, d.c., to attend law school at howard university school of law. he filed lawsuits to desegregate the public schools in georgia. after several additional years of fighting for civil rights, he became the first african-american member of the augusta bar association. after 33 years of practicing law, judge ruffin was administered the oath of office and took the bench as the 62nd judge of the court of appeals in the state of georgia. he made history as the first african-american superior court judge in the augusta judicial circuit and later made history again when he served as the first african-american chief judge at the georgia court of appeals. when he died he was still -- before he died he was still a working judge. we mourn his passing but we're pleased to honor his many civil rights and legal accomplishments today. he stands as did thurgood marshall and others as great individuals who used the courts to advance civil rights. i urge my colleagues to support this important resolution, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:

. >>> at howard university, several incidents were reported since the weekend. one student wokup to seven masked men and monday night a woman scared off several men in her home. >>> in the district, a young girl was taxed by a pit bull and is expected to be okay. it happened at fourth and atlantic streets southeast. police say the girl was walking down the treat when the dog which was not on the leash or with anybody bit her in the face. the pit bull was taken by animal control. >>> just one day after signing the landmark health care reform bill, the president will lend his signature to an executive order banning federal money being used for abortion. >>> here is the president signing the health care overhaul into law inside peculiared east room at the white house. the senate still has to approve the fix-it deal which eliminates certainly deals for certain states. democrats say it will improve the health care law but republicans are promising to change or delay the bill before the senate. >> while the senate still has a last round of improvements to make on this

dr.hite is at howard university hospital.ok her to the hospital last week after thinking she and tired. >> she went there kicking and screaming, okay. this is not a happy moment. >> she needed a rest to be very honest with you. she was just plain tired. >> dr. hite remains in serious condition. she has been sedated so that she can rest. she just goes, goes, goes. >> she has been busy for about 70-plus years. >> exactly. >> coming up, with the master's just around the corner, tiger woods will once again break his silence. this time, the media has full rein. we'll tell you when that is hpening. >>> for one pop star, his manager has been arrested. the twitter connection that landed him behind bars. saving money on cereal. - bread. - laundry detergent. even paper towels and toothpaste. at safeway, we've made a promise to lower the prices... on thousands of everyday items throughout the store. and, with our club card specials like lucerne yogurt, only 40¢, and 12-pack pepsi or 7 up, buy 2 get 3 free, safeway is keeping that commit

school has been accepted to several universities including a 90 thousand dollar scholarship to howard university. >>> new details emerging tonight after a plane crashes into the south refer in edge water. the pilot 76-year-old richard dryer survived the accident thanks to fast acting witnesses who mrubingtd him from the sinking plane. >> we notice the guy actually just his head was sticking out of the water like in the distance so we rowed over to him and made sure he was the only one there and he wasn't injured and ended up pulling him up on the boat. >>reporter: state police say mechanical problems are most likely to blame for the crash. thursday crash is the third accident in the past month involving planes arriving and departing from lee airport. >>> man charged in the hit-and-run death of mcdaniel college student sentenced to continue years. convicted of neglect manslaughter thursday. bid struck and killed thomas low february 2 thousand 9 t.he was convicted through an alford plea meaning he didn't admit guilt but admit there was enough evidence for a guilty verdict. >>> core changes to toug

it happened just after noon yesterday at the starbucks on georgia avenue near howard university. police say two men walked into the store, demanded money. no one was hurt. there's no word on how much cash they took. >>> today students and staff at a prince william county school will get screened for tuberculosis. officials will not identify the person further but he or she is no longer at the school and is receiving treatment. tuberculosis is a bacterial infection spread person to person through the air. kit be cured but if left untreated it can be fatal. >>> a white start to spring for parts of the lower midwest. >> a storm dropped up to a foot of snow across several states. in northwest arkansas icy conditions were tough on the roads for drivers. several churches reported cancelling services and some schools are close this morning. kansas city was also hit hard but people made the best of the situation. warmer weather is expected over the next few days. you see what happens when kansas loses? >> i guess so. nature does not like that. mother nature doesn't like it. i guess they

height is at howard university hospital. she turned 98 years old yesterday. >>> robert koch, the star of the comedy adventure series, i spy, has died. he starred on the show with bill cosby and starred on the greatest american hero in the ' 80s. culp collapsed outside of his hollywood home apparently from a heart attack. robert culp was 79 years old. >>> still to come when 9 news now at noon returns, a close call for commuters and a pilot after his plane stalls while in flight. >>> and more proof that hard work pays off. nine dc school students are heading to college on full scholarships. we'll be right back. >>> first thing is to try to get the engine restarted and flying again. >> a pilot cheated death after landing his plane on a california highway this morning. john finley says he's thankful that no one on the ground was injured. he says the engine stalled shortly after takeoff. he says he found a space between some moving cars and merged in to traffic. >>> we have new information on the road rage shooting on interstate

her friends thought she looked tired so they took her to howard university hospital. she insisted the party go on so her 98th birthday was celebrated in her absence. >> they say she went there kicking and jeeping, okay. this was -- and screaming, okay. this was in the a happy moment. >> she needed a rest to be very honest. she was just plain tired. >> dorothy height remains in serious condition. meanwhile the people at the party made home video messages wishing her a happy birthday. >>> rather larry platt's song about pants on the ground some now one virginia student is using those lyrics to change his school's bad habits. >>> plus, a bandit breaks into cars at a metro parking garage. wait till you hear how he was caught. >>> two former presidents in haiti. but something about this video getting an awful lot of attention. >>> brian, the weather sure got a lot of attention today, too. it's absolutely gorgeous getting up to 68 degrees. our last weekend of march is coming up. what's the forecast going to hold? i'll have those details for you. >>> but first, a quick check

dorothy height is in the intensive care unit at howard university hospital. she is said to be in stable condition. this comes hours after a party to celebrate her 98th birthday. she is president emeritus of the national council of negro women. >>> we have new details about the shocking case of road rage that ended in gunfire. police say both drivers are now under arrest. pamela brown has the latest from woodbridge. >> he is an upstanding die. >> john bringham said his son is a victim after his dump truck was struck four times by bullets by another driver on tuesday. >> i am thankful my son was not hurt. you fire 13 shots in public at rush hour. >> but now his son has been taken into custody. the other driver, gabriel poventud, faces five charges. he was trying to merge is a dump truck when it encountered a 2004 jaguar. that is when things started to escalate. >> he pointed a gun at me, i ran into the right guard yelled. >> after bringham slammed his dump truck into the jaguar, he got out of the car and started firing rounds. bringham said his son was acting o

there have been three similar instances at both howard university and georgetown unersity. >> policetrying to find out who still more than $60,000 from people who use an atm in alexandria. this happened at the wachovia bank. the thief attach a device to the atm. it allows them to get card numbers. a technician found the device on february 28. he stepped photos and alerted security. when he came back, the device was lost. but it is 6:37. >> a closer look at the health care fight. how the white house will try to sell it to a skeptical public. >> i am absolutely devastated that they are leaving the school. they are part of the school. >> a show of support for a pair of nuns who have touched hundreds of lives. >> another check on your traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we wi >> with the national coalition for women with heart disease. we want you to take charge of your heart. "good morning washington" >> welcome back to "good morning washington" i would jump into the forecast in just a second. i want to say hello in the morning to the kids at enterprise elementary school. thank you fo

. >> 18-year-old jeremy blackstone was set to begin howard university in the fall. the teen's facebook page told friends of a $90,000 scholarship he had recently received. today those friends are sending jeremy get well messages. this after the team suddenly collapsed during a pick up basketball during a friend's birthday party sunday afternoon. jeremy is still in critical condition. >> he was just a really nice guy, general, you could tell with his friends and stuff. it's really sad, yeah. >> doctors believe jeremy may have suffered a heart attack on the basketball court. but his family says jeremy seemed healthy. >> he has a little asthma, but he's a pretty good athlete, good student, goes to school and everything, he hasn't had any major problems. first time open the hospital i believe in his life. >> jeremy is a straight a student at annapolis high school and a student athlete. counselors will be on hand for students who need help. >> he was a well liked student, we have counselors, school psychologists there for all the kids if they want to just talk. >> and je

. >>> dorothy height is hospitalized in serious but stable condition at howard university hospital. doctors in the intensive care unit are treating the 98-year- old height for an undisclosed illness. she fell ill lance week and missed a birthday celebration in her honor at the national council of negro women. >>> later this morning a memorial service will take place at the dc historical society for paul devrouax. if you don't recognize his name you will recognize his work. he and his partner worked on the national convention center, verizon center and he died of a heart attack last monday. he was 67 years old. >>> an investigation is underway in to the actions of rescuers who mistakingly believed a maryland man was dead. that story is coming up. >>> plus, researchers maybe a link between the success of invitro fertilization to the mother's exposure to pollution. >>> and why some student protesters at georgetown chained themselves on campus this weekend. it is nine after the hour. you are watching 9 news now. >>> in the news now, rescuers in china are trying to to save more than 150

the "washington post" reports she is at howard university hospital. she turned 98 years old yesterday. the flooding threat in the dakotas isn't over yet. ice jams on the cheyenne river are breaking sending water downstream. many roads in the area are impassable. we say good morning to devon lucie. no complaints with our forecast yet. >> that's right. maybe the only complaint you can come with it, is a little cloudy and the winds picking up this afternoon. the temperatures are pretty good. looking at anywhere from the upper 30s to around 40s. by this afternoon the temperature will get all the way to 71. clouds building lout the day. partly cloudy skies this morning. mostly cloudy by noon. we will be overcast by this afternoon. and then the rain begins on the after 10:00. could see an isolated thunderstorm in the onset as storms shoot through. rain tomorrow. cold air is spilling in behind the front 51 tomorrow. rain cooled air and 52 on saturday. very chilly start though weekend. we will show you why the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, chilly, jacket,

. >>> students at georgetown and howard universities are on high alert this morning. >> there have been a series of burglaries at and -- at and off campus apartments, i'm trying it say. the most recent happened on 36th street in northwest. the student woke up and found four men in her bedroom. really disturbing details on all this. >> reporter: you know what, obviously this makes everybody pretty nervous, but luckily nobody's been injured. burglars have gotten away with everything from ipods to flat scene tv's and laptops, even social security cards. at howard, one student woke up to seven masked men. on monday night a female student scared off four men in her home. georgetown university students have been hit hard by the recent rash of burglaries targeting mostly off campus housing. this student says her neighbor's home was ransacked. >> it was a shock. i heard one of the roommates went to bed at 4:00 and he woke up at 7:00 and everything was gone, their tv, their playstation, their ipods, laptops. >> reporter: two break ins were reported a block from campus on 36th street. more than $

recently attending an event at howard university. >> use this as a teaching tool.ilbert needs to go in and tell them we need to stop the violence. >> reporter: all right, dave, thank you for that. we want to know what you think and so our 9 news now on-line poll question today is -- did gilbert arenas deserve to get at least some jail time? you can log on to wusa9.com and register your response and we'll give you the results tonight at 9 news now after the games. topper makes a point, what good does he do in jail? the flip side of that is send a message to people that you can't mess around with guns in dc. a lot of impression is made if you send high profile -- same rules for everybody, right. i don't care if the same rules applied to gilbert as they would have applied to anyone. >> all right. more to come. >> thanks, guys. >>> 9 news now at 6:00 is moments away. here's a look at what we have tonight, details on how a woman escaped two men attacked her and the latest on the surgery for the suspect. >>> a trusted local police officer is charged with bilking the syst

s newest hospital, freedman's hospital, which, of course, is now howard university hospital. more than just a preach every, sojourner truth was also a protecter for the people of freedman's village. slave owners from maryland had taken to raiding the freedman's village for black children to work for them, and if the children's parents complained, they were thrown in jail. but truth went through the village telling parents that they didn't have to stand for such treatment because they had rights as well. some of the whites in the area were upset that a african-american was telling freed slaves about their rights, and they threatened to thrower r in prison. she wasn't intimidated, however. if they tried to silence her, sojourner truth warned them she would make this nation rock like a cradle. she was left alone. [laughter] truth had powerful friends, and she knew it. while living and working in freedman's village, she was likely the first african-american woman to be received at the white house as a guest of the president. in his office. her work at freedman's village didn't ma

dorothy hite remains at howard university hospital this morning. her friends took her there last week saying she looked tired. still, a party to celebrate her 98th birthday went on yesterday at the national council of negro women where she has served more than 40 years as president. dr.hite is in serious but stable condition and has been sedated so she can rest. >>> coming up next axe piece of living history passes at 105 years old. he'll may johnson vowed to travel to washington to see president obama's inauguration. she did it but that is not the only thing she was known for. >>> also ahead, more help for haiti. president obama hoping to send more than $2 billion in aid to the earthquake-ravaged country. we'll be back.  hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in othat? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me. yeah, i got carri

. >> i want more people to know georgetown, howard university so they can become barack obama. >> theig that got bailed out we didn't tell the bankers, lift yourselves up by your bootstraps. we redistributed wealth. why is it poor people and middle class people should do something that even -- >> i have a question about the sense of entitlement. what we're going to do is take a break and deal with that issue, a controversial one on the other side of the commercial. michelle and michael will stick around if you've got a few minutes and we'll continue our conversion after this. >>> tiger woods gave his first interview since the sex scandal rocked the world over thanksgiving weekend. >> it was disgusting behavior. it's a person, it's hard to believe it was me looking back now. >> reaction from michael golic and doug gotlieb in a few minutes. we will continue our conversation here on african-american concerns and president obama on the other side of the break. you're watching msnbc. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days --

profiles charles hamilton houston, the first african-american on the harvard law review and dean of howard university law school. and his student, thurgood marshall, valedictorian of his class in 1933. and future supreme court justice. the two lawyers lead the naacp's legal office in challenging jim crow laws with a focus on school integration. hue-man bookstore in new york city posted the 40 minute talk. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> remarked after her husband fall from grace, she said we are who we are, because of who we were. and her words betray not only a mature compassion but also speak to a recognition that the past is always with us. and indeed, as william faulkner tells us in his 1950 know bella does, the past is not even past. and in this way we as a nation are who we are. because of who we were. ours is not a nation that hides from its history, or hides its history from its history books. and indeed, one reason why we can be so proud of who we are is in part because of who we once were. a nation that divided its own citizens by race. "root and branch," charles hamilton houston, thurgood marsh

she celebrated her 98th birthday earlier this week but is now being treated at howard university hospitaln washington for an undisclosed ailment. a long-time friend of the civil rights trail blazer says they're optimistic about her recovery. just last month height participated in president obama's race in an economy summit at the white house. >>> isn't it almost april? you know, we have winter storm warnings in the rockies. >> well, the rockies. >> i guess. >> i guess that's okay. right? >> we just got over a brutal winter in new york. i'm hoping the weather is warming up there today. reynolds wolf has a look at all of that for us in the cnn weather center. hey, reynolds. good morning to you. >> good morning. t.j., it's okay? i mean, if you're out there and sick of shoveling, man, it's not a good day. you're angry. probably at t.j. holmes right now. >> my goodness. >> just teasing. it's not that bad. there are going to be some points out there, guys, where you'll see the snow possibly go to a foot of snowfall in some places in the high mountain peaks and if you're a skier, it has been pur

. >>> civil rights icon and activist dorothy heights is in intensive care at howard university hospital this morning. yesterday was her 98th birthday. she was supposed to be celebrating with friends and supporters but is now in recovery. she is the founder of the black family reunion. dr. dorothy heights has been the civil rights advocate and educator for more than 75 years. >>> our time right now is 11:10. new threats against americans. coming up, what a new audiotape from osama bin laden says about putting the self-professed 9/11 mastermind on trial in the u.s. >>> plus, this morning, defense secretary robert gates has announced new guidelines for how the pentagon carries out the 1993 law banning gays from serving openly in the military. >>> and scientists have been flying over southern iceland to evaluate whether a volcanic eruption is now safe for nearby residents. we'll have the spectacular pictures. stay with us. >>> al jazeera has aired an audiotape purportedly from osama bin laden. the authenticity of the tape, however, can't be independently confirmed by nbc news. the man on th

. >>> civil rights icon and activist dorothy height is in intensive care at howard university hospital today. yesterday was her 98th birthday. she was supposed to be celebrating with friends and supporters they are this morning praying for her speedy recovery. she is president of the national council of negro women and founder of the black family reunion. dr. dorothy height has been a civil rights advocate and educator for more than 75 years. >>> it is now 6:07. 47 degrees. a d.c. firefighter arrested and charged in a 20-year-old crime. >>> the new mandate that could cost you money. why more people are going to get ticketed for their trash. >>> and tom says there's a chilly change coming. when it will arrive ne >>> good morning. time for weather and traffic on the ones. a chilly 48 in washington. 40s in the suburbs and rural areas. few spots in the 30s. highs today should make it in the 60s. increasing clouds after some morning sun. rain likely tonight and off and on through the rest of the night and through midday friday. sun back tomorrow afternoon. windy and chilly with highs near 5

. >> howard university, one student woke up to find masked men in her home threatening her with golf clubs, knives, bricks. police don't think the georgetown and howard incidents are linked though. luckily, no one has been hurt so far. >>> just one day after signing the landmark health care reform bill, president obama will lend his signature to an executive order restricting federal dollars for abortion. it is what whitehouse's way to apiece anti-abortion lawmakers. federal money can't be used for the procedure except in cases of rape, incest or when i woman's life is danger. here is the president signing the health care overall into law inside a packed east room in the white house. the senate still has to approve the fix-it bill which eliminates special deals for individual states an increases subsidies to make insurance more affordable. democrats say it will improve the health care law but republicans are promising to change or delay the bill in the senate. >> while the senate still has a last round of improvements and these are improvements i am confident they will make swiftly. >

dorothy hight remains at howard university hospital.er friends took her to the hospital last week saying she appeared tired. still a party to celebrate her 98th birthday yesterday. dr. height is in serious but stable condition and she's been sedated so she can rest. >>> diplomatic tensions between the united states and israel are deepening and that is clear following a less than harolded visit by benjamin netanyahu. just ahead this morning, we'll take a closer look at the dispute over housing construction in jerusalem. >>> plus spring is in bloom and so are millions of allergies. why they sprung up so early this year. >>> and as we head to a break, we'll give you a live look outside. traffic looking pretty good there. 395 at route 27. at least on one section of the road there. other areas look like morning rush hour is in full bloom so to speak. we'll be right back.  >>> we're back. time now is 7:30 and tucker barnes said today should be a decent day. >> near 70 today. clouds will increase and yesterday was beautiful with bri

president, i guy who was not allowed to go to african-american law schools and what do i think howard universitypick. than the great irony of course is in the age of obama, my fellow democrats and your senator dick durbin, harry reid are keeping him out of the u.s. senate like they were some segregationist governors in mississippi and arkansas for previous era. wouldn't let him in. wouldn't let him in. and then when they saw, when they saw that there is going to be some backlash, the party of opportunity was keeping out an african-american they let him and. and interestingly enough, that evening dick durbin who's blocking of hosted a reception for roland burris. so under the factors and considerations, i thought that was the best decision i could make. you don't like burst? that's okay. [laughter] [applause] >> my friend, i've got nothing but love in my heart for you. >> on that note,. [laughter] >> i thank you all for coming, and i think governor blagojevich and i thank our panel. [applause] >> what we say when i put this right? what would you say? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversat

there have been through similar instances involving students at howard and george and university. the police have not made any arrests. >> investigators of the thing for the man that shot a man last night. the.c. the victim was shot in the leg. investigators are looking into whether this violence is gang related. there is looking for the guide that rocked the hotel last night. this happened for 2:00 p.m. police have not said how much was stolen. they are no reports of any injuries. >> we have a new promise from toyota. they are giving and gas pedals to drivers who are not satisfied with the first round of repels. -- repairs. dealers were inserting a piece of metal into the gas pedal to fix it. toyota will give those drivers replacement petals. >> the time is 5:06. it is 49 degrees. >> an extreme case of road rage the day man behind bars. >> the metro region is getting more crowded . surprise, surprise. you have a live report. >> eric holder started this wednesday. >> eric holder started this wednesday. chges on until i had my coffee. oh, hey. sorry, i haven't had my coffee yet. we

[applause] >> howard bloom, a visiting scholar at new york university is the founder of the international paleopsychology project. in his previous career as a music publicist he worked with run dmc and kiss. for more information visit howardbloom.net. >> mr. speaker, on this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televise the coverage. >> 31 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. today we've expanded your access to politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history through multiple platforms, television, radio, and online and capable television's latest gift an extensive free video archive. c-span's video library. >> while researching his book "the prohibition hang over: alcohol in america from demon rum to cult cabernet" he began giving temperance tours. and how it led to prohibition to 1920 and why prohibition was repealed in 1933. >> first of all, what is prohibition and how did we get it? >> it started actually in january 16th, 1920 with -- once the 18th amendment was ratified but it was pa

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[applause] >> howard bloom, a visiting scholar at new york university is the founder of the international paleopsychology project. in his previous career as a music industry publicist mr. bloom worked with such artists as michael jackson, case, ac/dc and run d.m.c. and founded music and action enterprise. for more information, visit howardbloom.net. >> we are here at the conference talking with david about his new book, silent cal's almanac. >> the book is about the silent president who is actually very quotable and he compressed the conservatism and americanism into a few well chosen words primarily talking about something of sycophant to this day the importance of low marginal tax rates for creating investment for creating prosperity, for making the american system work for the average american because when he was in vermont he saw how his father would go around to collect tax money from people and he replaced it came from ordinary key will by the sweat of their brow and should be collected wisely and no more than was absolutely necessary. taxation he said in excess of what was necessar

university dorm room and attacked and robbed students. police will not say how they identified him as a suspect. officials are still trying to figure out what caused a train howardy line. eight train cars derailed patapsco valley state park philadelphia. material. >> good morning. the sunshine is out. there is a storm system out to the west. we are in good shape right now. this storm will move in during the day tomorrow. the storm yesterday brought in some colder air. we have chillier than normal temperatures. some suburban temperatures around 20 degrees. the high temperature around 50 degrees. if you can station dissension, and you will be ok. more cloud with the storm approaching. a chance for some rain. temperatures stay cool for the first part of the week. by the end of the week, near 70 degrees. >> another update in 25 minutes. >>> we are back on this saturday morning, this 20th day of march 2010, we have an excited enthusiastic crowds waving their hands to friends and family at home. we thank them for joining us on this quite chilly morning here in new york. back inside studio 1a i'm amy robach along with lester holt. coming up a scam that every grandparen

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