hughes. at that time the park police became an assist ping agency to the park police on the scene and at their command post. this concludes my statement. i will be pleased to respond to any questions you and any other members may now have. german: -- chairman: thank you. >> mr. chairman, ranking member cummings, members of the committee, good morning. and thank you for the opportunity to discuss the event that occurred on wednesday april 15 and the action taken by the united states capitol police. i will begin by providing the time line and will gladly answer any questions. it is important to note that this is an ongoing criminal investigation. on wednesday, an individual from the tampa bay times sent an e-mail to the u.s. capitol police public information officer stating that a local man was planning on flying a gyro copter as part of a protest and was attempting to land on the west front. this individual requested -- no time or date information was provided regarding this flight. at 1:00 p.

and hugh -- >> i go first. all right. >> the password is -- >> steve: okay, hugh.d sarandon. [ laughter ] >> i'm jack offerman. >> jimmy: all right, here we go. one word clue. >> steve: one word clue. >> flipper. >> dolphin. >> yo! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: whoa! wowy zafowy! >> they call him flipper, flipper. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: i was going to go -- [ imitates dolphin ] is that one word or is that hyphenated? >> the password is -- >> susan, we'll start with you. >> oh, god. this is not easy. >> jimmy: here we go. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it can't be that hard? >> yeah, it is. >> jimmy: oh, really? okay. >> oh, god. >> jimmy: i can get it. i can get it. come on, we can focus. here we go. we're focusing. i can do it. i can do it. [ laughter ] >> pearl. [ light laughter ] >> oyster. >> yeah! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: what a barn-burner. hugh and jimmy! >> the password is -- >> oh, now it's my turn. >> jimmy: all right, ready? >> oh, god. >> jimmy: all right. this is a -- [ laughter ] i know if i don't get it we're going to give it to the

. >>> my interview with hugh jackman on his very real health scare. his important message here tonight. >>> and too close for comfort. the boaters, the plane, and the plan gone wrong? >>> good evening. and we begin tonight with breaking news. those tornadoes touching down. millions of americans warned as we head into the evening of severe weather coming. near oklahoma city, this funnel cloud coming down from the sky. and we have live pictures tonight, coming in from cleveland county, oklahoma, you can see how ominous the sky is as we're on the air tonight. in kansas, late this afternoon, you could hear the tornado sirens up. so many homes, so many families this evening taking this threat seriously. and here's the radar. the trouble moving across several states. a very active night ahead. meteorologist rob marciano standing by with the storm track. but first, abc's ryan owens leading us off from dallas. >> we have a large multiple vortex tornado on the ground here south of lincoln. >> reporter: severe weather striking the heartland tonight. several tor

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hughes. it was operating near the lincoln memorial and estimated it to be approximately 100 feet off the ground and traveling eastbound towards the united states capitol. the officer made a request to the park police dispatch center to contact the united states capitol police. a patrol supervisor confirmed the observation and requested the park police dispatch center notify the park police aviation union which in turn contacted the national capitol region coordination center to report an aircraft in restricted airspace. another park police officer observed and followed the aircraft eastbound in his patrol vehicle. to where the aircraft landed on the west grounds of the united states capitol. the park police officer arrived at the capitol grounds and observed the u.s. capitol police arresting mr. hughes. at that point the park police became an assisting agency to the united states capitol police on the scene and at their command post. mr. chairman, this concludes my statement. i will be please

and trish hughes's drowning.stigators called everyone with links to castro, the phone trail took goodwyn to south texas. >> it took us to south texas because patricia hughes the victim in the drowning was from beeville, texas. >> reporter: goodwyn questioned trish's family and a sister recalled trish had gone with a guy way back when. >> a guy by the name of daniel perez. >> reporter: had you ever heard that name in all your years of trying to figure out who lou castro was? >> no, i'd never heard that name. >> reporter: daniel perez. goodwyn immediately contacted the local authorities and it turned out there was a record of a daniel perez and a mug shot. >> they faxed that to me that day. >> i remember when ron finally got the fax from texas and i snatched it out of his hands and said where did you get that? it was often it was the person we knew as lou castro. but now we, of course, knew he was daniel perez. >> reporter: we got our guy here? >> yes. >> reporter: lou castro was daniel perez born in aransas pass,

hughes. go ahead.st: i was just going to say the average person can get into recreational flying. a lot of them don't know that. host: cecil in spring, texas on our republican line. you are on the air, cecil. caller: hello. i was just calling to say that i i am praying for mr. doug. and i am telling all of my facebook friends to pray for him. although i don't agree with his message, i do agree with his action. i don't think he ought to face nine years in jail. i think he ought to get like a traffic citation. and that's all i have to say about this sort of thing. host: doug hughes? guest: how do i get him on my jury? host: is the jury going to be seated here in washington? guest: yes, as far as i know. obviously, this is one of the areas i disagree with the prosecutor -- is i think the penalty needs to fit the crime and i don't think the charges meet that criteria. but i am going to see things differently than the prosecutor, obviously. host: tim is in littleton, colorado. caller: thank you. mr. hughes,

maureen: hughes tell me he is not done. the sole mission change election laws but tougher if behind bars. >> the judge has to hand the decision to 12 peers. i can live with that. scott: he still has his job with the u.s. postal service but he has been suspended with pay. tomorrow afternoon he will head down the street to the capital where he will face a judge and determine if it will be resolved from a plea deal or if it will heat to -- head to trial. scott thuman abc7 news. maureen: happening now republican senator and presidential candidate rand paul is trying to spur debate over the collection of american phone records. maureen: he plans to speak for hours in a filibuster speech against the renewal of the patriot act. it expires june 1. president obama says climate change puts the nation security at risk. he made the comment at the coast guard academy and says the military will be affected by the rising sea level and the warmer ocean temperatures. >> climate change did not cause the problems around the world but we know

doug hughes arrived shortly after his indictment by a grand jury for operating an aircraft without a license and flying it without registration. our mola lenghi is live on capital hull where -- capitol hill where we are hearing from hughes ahead of his court appearance tomorrow. >> reporter: it was about a month ago when the 61-year-old hughes landed his gyrocopter on the lawn of the u.s. capitol to raise awareness for an issue that he is passionate about. the stunt left him on house arrest. he's back in the district tonight for a court hearing he has tomorrow. doug hughes arrived at the nation's capital today like anyone else might, quietly in the back of a sedan, quite differently than the last time the 61-year-old u.s. postal worker visited d.c. like no one had before him in, a gyrocopter after flying through restricted airspace landing on the capitol lawn with a bag of mail. >> i delivered the mail. there was no property damage and no injuries. >> reporter: in the mailbag was a letter to each member of congress urging for campaign finance reform. >> doing this up the way i did br

hughes. go ahead.uest: i was just going to say the average person can get into recreational flying. host: cecil in spring texas on our republican line. caller: hello. i was just calling to say that i am praying for mr. dark. -- mr. dark -- mr. doug. although i don't agree with his message, i do agree with his action. i don't think he ought to face nine years in jail. i thought he ought to get -- i think he ought to get a traffic citation. thank you. host: doug hughes? guest: how do i get him on my jury? host: is the jury going to be here in washington? guest: yes, as far as i know. it -- obviously, this is one of the areas i disagree with the prosecutor -- is i think the penalty needs to fit the crime and i don't think the charges meet that criteria. but i am going to see things differently than the prosecutor, obviously. host: kim is an littleton colorado. -- tim is an littleton colorado. caller: thank you. i, obviously, agree with you. hillary is going to be the nominee because of those $2.5 billion

doug hughes soared through restricted airspace landing on the capitol lawn. he carried letters for each member of congress to push for campaign finance reform. >> if my flight exposed flaws in the safety nets, the security, they were procedure recall and they've already been plugged. >> reporter: hughes faces felony charges of operating the gyrocopter without certificate or proper registration. he's charged with violating airspace and using the postal service logo without authorization. andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> moves was released until his next -- hughes was released until his next court appearance may 27th. he has been confined to home detention, but the judge granted him permission to travel within his home county in florida. he's ordered to stay away from d.c. unless he's in court or meeting with his lawyer. >>> workers race to clean up the california coast oil spill as criminal charges are considered in the case. >> next at 6:00 a warning as china tells the u.s. to stay clear of new military here's to the explorers. those diagnosed with cancer who didn'

hughes says his stunt last month was meant touvuq0 attention toñs9s politics. >>> the u.s.tol police chief was grilled on the hill today about that gyrocopter landing, and other security lapses. lawmakers wanted to know how hughes was able to fly right up to the capitol, even though police had been warned about that stunt. >> it's my understanding you did get that e-mail about a half hour before the gyrocopter landed, along1qá/h a website for a live stream that this guy was live streaming his flight. so maybe somebody else wants to follow up on that. but it would seem as though somebody would tune in. >> and we attempted to tune in. we had no luck immediately. >> as for those other security concerns, the chief told the house committee that his officers are getting extra training after three incidents guns in public rest rooms inside the capitol. >>> next tuesday will there will be a full committee hearing on capitol hill about the deadly philadelphia. investigators are: still examining the cell phone of engineer brandon bastion. that process will take some time, though. inv

hughes shot himself flying his gyrocopter. mr. hughes, are you worried about going to jail? guest: i'm worried most of for my country. i knew there would be consequences when i flew and i am not eager to go to jail. this is part of a process that i knowingly set in motion. i don't have any great fear about going through it. what i have fear for is the trajectory that this country is on, where make money has gone a block on congress and congress loves it because they are getting paid off. we have to erect a wall of separation between big money and government. their source of funds has to be funds from the regular people, and when that is their only source of money, those of the people table served. host: are you paying for your own lawyer? guest: right now i'm using a public defender and that is all. i'm quite confident in my lawyer. host: what kind of support have you heard from the american people are what can of opposition? guest: i have heard and read a few e-mails from people who were angry, who misunderstand where i am coming from, some of them objected to the open" by

hughes says the throttle went out. tried to get up take advantage of that 80 miles an hour and reach that point where you are going to shut off on the throttle and put on the brake and something happened. and yesterday when they said that the windshield might have been compromised, somebody might have thrown something. i hit everything from bald eagles to deer and i had bricks thrown at my train. it is like an explosion. you're sitting there in the cab of a locomotive and all of a sudden you're completely jarred. i think what we have here is a perfect storm. if this is what i think happened. we had a perfect storm. you had an engineer accelerating this train and turning it down to 50 miles per hour and suddenly a brick came or whatever happened. and he lost concentration for a couple of seconds. well on a corridor where you're running trains 125 to 150 miles per hour as some of the accela trains do, you're talking a matter of second being the difference between getting your train down and not being able to get it down

has a look at what hughes had to say. scott? scott: doug hughes is in washington, d.c. now on the ground. under house arrest after that stunt of flying the gyrocopter to the mall and landing on the u.s. capitol lawn. i talked to him for a while today asking was it worth it? understanding he will face a judge down the street tomorrow afternoon. charged with a felony and a misdemoon nowhere. he -- misdemeanor. he says it is if they can do away with the citizen united. he admits that he could find himself behind bars for the eye-popping flight down the national mall. >> intentionally which you do breaking a wall. was it irresponsible? >> what congress is doing is irresponsible. get people to ask that question. all right? >> what is next for doug hughes? he says this isn't the end of it and he has more planned. we talk about what he means by that and what could happen in court tomorrow. all of that coming up tonight at abc7 "abc7 news at 6:00". leon: see you in a little bit. a couple of hour ago the blue angels kicked off in

hughes' intent was to point out holes in our national security mission accomplished. >> hughes landed gyrocopter on the capitol lawn as part of a protest against campaign finance laws. >> carrying 535 letters one for each member of congress. >> the pilot had hoped to spark a conversation about the state of big 99 politics. >> jon: i know what? to be fair. campaign finance laws are a major problem. kudos to that fella. that is a conversation we should be having, and if it takes a pilot from "mad max" over here to start that conversation, then so be it. let's not ignore the complete d.c. security meltdown conversation. it's not just the capitol. these breaches have been happening at the white house. >> sweeping change religion coming including a possible 10-foot fence. >> a possible double fence. >> barbed wire. >> a moarkts. >> an electrified rail, even nondrying pant is considered. >> jon: here's your problem. let me tell you how the nondrying pant works. the intruders brush up on the nondrying fence, get a white stripe down their back, and a skunk tries to molest them. >> there's bee

hughes flew his gyrocopter over the national mall and landed on the capitol lawn. he said he did it to draw attention to big money's influence on capitol hill. while he doesn't want to go to jail, he knows it's a real possibility possibility. >> this is going to play out in the courts, and it may finish up before a jury of my peers. but i accepted the consequences of what i was doing because i believe it's critical that we return our democracy to the people and that can be done with the solutions that have already been defined. >> reporter: now, hughes is due back in court later this month. that may get postponed until june. for now, he aels head's headed hem to florida. coming up at 5:00 you'll want to hear what hughes said when he was asked if he would ever do this again. reporting live in the district, mark segraves, news4. >>> it is one of the biggest consumer complaints each month in our area. and now new legislation could give local governments more ways to crack down on predatory towing. an old federal law on the books currently limits state and local regula

remember doug hughes, the man who flew a gyrocopter here to the capitol lawn and landed it there?s back in d.c. for a court appearance this afternoon. doug hughes is a 61-yard mailman from florida who -- 61- year-old mailman from florida who said all he wanted to do was bring attention to campaign finance reform, an issue he's very passionate about. he flew the gyrocopter through highly restricted air space and landed on the lawn here at the u.s. capitol. he was immediately arrested and put on house arrest back in florida till today. he will be in court this afternoon after being indicted on six federal charges, including two felonies. this is what he had to say yesterday before arriving back here in d.c. >> congress is in it for the money. they're in it for themselves. they are doing what special interests tell them to do and we've been cut out of the political process. >> reporter: hughes could still strike a plea deal with prosecutors but if that doesn't happen and this goes to trial, he says that he doesn't think he'll be convicted by a jury of his peers on any felony counts.

doug hughes wanted to make a political statement. now he says he's willing to go to prison for his believes. mark segraves is outside district court where hughes talked to reporters this afternoon. >> reporter: that's right, doreen. hughes' statement that he wanted to make was about what he sees as critical flaws in the nation's campaign finance laws. inside court, he pled not guilty. he's facing 9 1/2 years in prison and the federal government wants to keep his gyrocopter gyrocopter. >> a lot of sweat and blood in that machine. i'd love to have it back. i never expected that i would get it back. we're going to have to see how the trial works out. >> reporter: it was a day best known as tax day, april 15th as tourists, hill staffers and others went about their business on the capitol grounds, above them the 61-year-old mailman from ruskin, florida, was completing a flight he had planned for years delivering 535 letters, one for each member of congress. the letters called for congress to reform campaign finance laws. they were in boxe

shery: hugh, thanks a lot. hugh bromley there in sydney. it seems the "avengers" may not be as strong as they seem to be. we will tell you their newest enemy when "trending business" returns. shery: welcome back. let's go straight to roz with a reminder of what's trending today. >> we are looking at greece after negotiations with international creditors. fall apart on key issues and, of course, many deadlines coming up his month. and it could be to avert defaults. and some comments on twitter saying -- agree with fischer -- greece's does not understand the difference between campaigning and governing. also looking at the fight of the decade between floyd mayweather and manny pacquaio. some people think it was underwhelming. mike tyson saying, we waited five years for that, underwhelmed. and "the age of ultron" took in $84.5 million on day one. second biggest to be in north america coming second only to the original movie. mark ruffalo, who stars as the hulk saying thank you for going to see the movie. fans of "avengers," it was a big weeken

alison: hughes faces a maximum of 9.5 years in prison if he is convicted. his flight led to a congressional hearing and exposed a previously unknown gap insecurity. leon: freeing drivers from a portion of the dris a lot of folks scratching their heads. parallel parking has been cut out of marilyn's test. richard reeve is live with what drivers are saying about it. richard: it is a rite of passage for many of us not only learning how to drive, but also to parallel park in a limited space. it is a challenge for young drivers. tonight, many of them are pretty happy. 17-year-old -- [indiscernible] is learning the skill. >> are you a good parallel parker? >> everyone has a lot of trouble with it. richard: but now relief for parallel parking haters. parking is no longer part of the ryland drivers test. >> it is a shock because it is probably one of the things that the students need. richard: this rite of passage still has to be part of a drivers school curriculum. >> parallel parking is a good way to test a person's skills, how well they can judge the distance an

hughes hughes took a slight hughes took his life. a 29-year-old jumped on the 24th for this residential building. he was an investment banker. tom is a talented indicted member and positive force in our firm. he will be greatly missed. his father and family members speculating that his drug use had something to do with his death. the new york post backing that up by saying the nypd uncovered bags of cocaine in his apartment calling it and i quote a wealth of wall street type batch. this is going to be the 12th death in the finance world just this year alone according to the daily mail. i spoke to somebody who witness to this yesterday. >> people were shocked. firefighters, police officers. they were totally shocked. >> from lower lower manhattan until then stay tuned for "chasing news" and. >> check out this photo. it's a black suv with two windows smashed and a fire hose running thread. that's what happens when you park too close to a fire hydrant. the driver they seg -- seb jazmine rivera said she has no regrets. she was pregnant a

hughes said thank you. meantime he faces up to 9 1/2 years in prison but says he has not ruled out a plea deal. he'll be back in court next week. >>> homes and businesses got a shock when rocks started falling out of the sky in sterling today. crews were doing routine blasting at a dulles rock quarry near old ox road and there was an explosion. rock flew about 1/2-mile into a busy intersection and strip mall. the napa auto parts store captured it on video. a school bus goes by and later on a rock flies into the store. another rock went through 64- year-old ricardo brooks' home while he was sleeping. it hit him in the head and he got eight stitches. >>> the action to make your car safer faster, the takata air bag recall. >> up next this is not your typical newborn photo shoot, the big news and unique pictures from a former virginia delegate. you're watching wusa9 and your only local news at 7:00. >>> former virginia delegate joe morrissey said he plans to marry his 19-year-old assistant. just yesterday morri

hughes faces up to 9 1/2 years in prison. he said he has not ruled out a plea deal. he's due back in court next week. >>> murder suspect charles severance showed up at a pretrial hearing in fairfax county in a wheelchair. severance told the judge he'd been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment as alexandria deputies transferred him to fairfax county. he also told the judge he does not trust his defense attorney. at the hearing e denied a series of defense motions regarding evidence. severance is accused of killing three alexandria residents at their homes, ruthanne lodato last year, ronald kirby in 2013 and nancy dunning in 2003. >>> sex education in schools has been a source of controversy for a long time, but a proposal in fairfax county to include information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lifestyles is generating some sharp debate. >> despite everything we've learned about bullying and teen suicide i continue to hear rationalizations from supposedly educated adults that make my skin crawl. >> reporter: that is among the reasons why a change in t

capitol last month pleading not guilty in court. 61-year-old douglas hughes pulled the stunt. he said he had no regrets. >> nobody else could do what i did and get away without at best being forced down. at worst, shot down. i recommend nobody try it. >> the charges against hughes could land him in prison for nine years. he is pleading not guilty. he sent a video and letter to the media beforehand saying he was going to do it. it will be hard to defend him. >>> former defense secretary robert gates who is now the president of the boy scouts of america is calling to end the ban on gay scout leaders. if the boy scouts do not act on their own, gates says the courts will likely force them to do so. when he was defense secretary, gates helped end the military policy of don't ask don't tell. >>> big payments to the clinton foundation. it received more than $26 million in previously undisclosed payments from companies, universities and other foreign sources. the money was paid as fees for speeches by bill, hillary and chelsea clinton. this comes among scrutiny of the foreign donors a

hughes. he set off the magnetometer but quickly pulled up his pant legs to show the security guards the gps monitorings device on his ankle. the judge did grant him the freedom to travel within his home county in florida until his next court appearance. >> speaking of that next court appearance, he's scheduled for a status hearing may 207th. he faces up to 9 1/2 years -- 27th. he faces up to 9 1/2 years in prison but has not ruled out a plea deal. >>> the rain is winding down. first alert chief meteorologist howard bernstein is here. what are you seeing on doppler radar? >> i'm seeing this move quickly to the east. most of us have dried out. on the he'll shore give it another hour or less. i think easton may be 20 minutes before this stuff pull away from you. you can see how it's pretty much cleared the western ashore, easton over to denton, denton maybe 45 minutes to an hour. you not anybody driving out toward the coast, still wet there a few more hours. if you're headed out this evening, yo

mr hughes joins us via skype. it's good to have you with us. in app interview before the flight you described yourself as a combination of circus show men and paul revere. the focus has been on the security of a nation's capital than the issue of money and politics. >> i didn't expect that congress was going to enter into a discussion about campaign finance reform and they went to security as a way of keeping the topic off of the prop. if there was an issue with security, it was procedural. the f.a.a. said they tracked my plane from gettysburg. if there was a hole in national security, that's been taken care of. i'd like to go to a topic that is more important, and that's campaign finance >>> is congress reacting that way because people don't care. officials spend more time fundraising than focussing on their constituents. when average americans hear the words campaign finance, i suspect their eyes glaze over. >> that's what i'm trying to talk about solutions, there are groups that have been working on this for years. there is a constitutional

he spoke about it with david muir. >> hugh jackman. no movie, no block buster right now.al script. a health care are roots beginning as a boy. you were outdoors all the time. >> i grew up in australia. it was all outdoors. be home when it's dark. be home for dinner. mom or dad yelling out from the house, dinner done. >> reporter: the youngest of five keeping up with his brothers. under the blazing sun. >> sun screen when we were growing up i don't think my dad or mum ever bought it. >> reporter: how dangerous the sun can be. 1 in 5 americans will hear the two words from their doctor at some point. skin cancer. filt ming x men, a makeup artist notices a speck of blood on his nose. >> i thought i hit myself. i mentioned to it my wife. she's like get it checked. you have to get it checked. >> reporter: he remembers the doctor's words. >> she said i don't need to do it. i said why? she said, it's a skin cancer. i don't know which one. >> reporter: there are three types. his the most common and least dangerous. >> i grabbed my phone, pks it up. took a photo. bang, with the thi

hughes. he's the secretary for the commission. he was commander of artillery -- artillery. john quincy adams did not think too highly of mr. hughes. he said, houston leave the whole science of diplomacy consists in giving -- hughes believes the whole science of diplomacy consists in giving dinners. who are the british sending? dr. william adams, admiralty lawyer. he's on the team because americans are known to favor legalistic arguments. lord gambier will look out for the british naval interests. they're not going to budge on this issue. the reason they can't is the minute they give up the idea of impressment, what any british sailor does not want to be part of the navy, what are they going to do? desert to an american flag vessel. if you're great britain, if you give up impressment, you just shot yourself in the foot. henry goulburn, is there to look after canada. still some very smart people. any questions so far? ok. what are the main issues they're going to tackle? we know the seizure of

on wednesday, hughes was charged with six counts with a maximum of 9.5 years in prison. speaking to democracy now! last month, hughes said it was worth risking his life and freedom to raise awareness about getting big money out of politics. you can go to our interview with doug hughes who was under house arrest and -- in his home in florida at democracynow.org. a royal navy whistleblower who exposed his enable police custody after about a week on the run. and an 18 page report published by wikileaks, he wrote "we're so close to a nuclear disaster it is shocking, and yet everybody is accepting the risk to the public." he describes a fire on board a submarine, the use of a missile compartment as a gym and alleged cover-up of a submarine collision and lax security that makes it harder to get into most backups in restricted areas of the nuclear base. british authorities have said they will not prosecute them under the official secret act, move verdicts have said is aimed at averting further scrutiny of his revelations. and dozens of activists gathered outside a nestlÉ plant

we expect hughes to speak to the media and thank his supporters. this incident left lawmakers livid about the lax security that allowed hughes to cross three no-fly zones. hughes says it was an act of civil disobedience. >>> a judge is making several decisions at charles severance's first hearing in fairfax. he's charged with killing three people in alexandria over the course of a decade. julie carey is in the courtroom, she tweeted the judge denied motions to throw out some evidence. she also said severance is in a wheelchair and told the judge he doesn't want to trust his lawyer -- want or trust his lawyer. you can follow julie on twitter @juliecarey nbc to learn what's going on. >>> on storm team 4 radar, light rain across the area heavier activity in southern maryland and parts of the northern neck. here's future weather, there will be dry spot overcast skies, 2:00 still tracking showers inside of the beltway, once we work toward 4:00 5:00 p.m. rain moves pushing toward the east still impacting areas like payannapolis and cambridge. coming up i

joining us on our outdoor set, author and radio talkshow host hugh hewitt. mr. hewitt, we brought you on to talk about your newest book but i i don't have a copy of. >> guest: secrecy. it is about hillary. we are keeping it very under wraps until it releases. first of all i want to to congratulate you on bringing books to usc. all all my trojan friends out there command talking about you. i have written a book based closely on nokia valleys the prints which was published 500 years ago. some people say was that was 502, published 502, some people say 498. and so i wrote a book of advice for hillary on how to when and how to govern. that will be released on june 19. some of my republican friends are going to like it because it is how she could win and govern. >> host: what is it called? >> guest: it is called the queen. >> host: how did you come up with that name? >> guest: because it is not the prince is the queen. i we will do everything i can to stop her from winning. to adapt billion dollars, the dollars, the electoral college, the confusion of the republican

hugh: the vice president was amazing. we have had supporters like hugh jackman, ben affleck.ames have really shown her support. -- their support. we are honored by these incredible personalities because this is the month where we need more people across america to take this challenge. alix: such a great pleasure to get your perspective on this. hugh evans, with the global poverty project. tomorrow, i will be joined by the ceo of ashley madison, the dating service for married couples. ♪ . . >> with all due respect to ben carson and carly fee arena, really, on the same day? >> another one of these gimmicky cold opens. they are always ridiculous. ♪ ♪ >> on this show, a l, bridge

hughes, gyrocopter's. the question was simply would we be involved in civil does obedience displays by individuals. we said we would be, if it involves our protecting or one of our protected facilities. mr. walker: one of the opening remarks, and trying to remember who talked about this, talked about on the radar distinguishable versus on undistinguishable. can someone speak to that? >> and unfiltered radar feed picks up everything. it is cluttered with traffic on the streets, birds, anything that is moving around. for our purposes at the faa, we filter it for what our primary function is, which is to safely separate aircraft. that means we filter out small things you might be a distraction to a controller. what our forensic analysis showed was that the radar did indicate something after the fact that we were able to piece together is most likely the flights of the gyrocopter. mr. walker: would you agree that after the fact may not be a good scenario? mr. huerta: i agree. but the air traffic controller can

their version of a commemorative stamp, one featuring hughes and his gyrocopter. hughes faces up to nine and a half years in prison. he said he has not ruled out a plea deal. he's due back in court next week. >>> caught on camera, a driver in cleveland lucky to be alive this morning. his car slammed into an embankment before crashing into a bridge and catching on fire. here's the end result. the flames destroyed the car. somehow the man managed to escape thanks to two police officers. investigators are still trying to find the cause of the crash. >>> memorial day break just one work shift away. coming up nikki burdine is going to have a look at what you can expect if you're traveling today. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. nice and pleasant out here on the weather terrace so of course it is chilly. you need the light jacket if you're headed out the door. it's going to be breezy today. we'll return to the sunshine all day long. high temperatures in the upper 70s. the breeze this excess of 20 pirms at times. a beautiful people -- 20 miles per hour i love

doug hughes has been under house arrest in florida. he is due back in d.c. this week when he will go to court in the criminal charges. hughes wrote an op-ed in the "washington post" saying he didn't want to cause damage or hurt anyone. he said he wanted to call the way big anonymous donations influence elections. part of what he reads is we want to live in a 21st century democracy where reknow who is influencing our government. >>> police have a person of custody in the death of a couple in rockville. we'll bring you any new developments as they come in. >>> and a fairfax rescue team returns after helping quake victims overseas. find out what they realized there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv, at a price that's totally affordable. starting at $74.99 per month. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. plus, get a $300 visa prepaid card with your

the judge will allow hughes to remain free until his next court date, but he's banned from going near the capitol and the white house. >>> it's officially pool season in d.c. and it kicked off with a big cannon ball dive. the district's outdoor pools and spray parks opened just in time for the memorial day holiday. they're free to all d.c. residents. you live outside the district you'll have to pay just a small fee if you do want to go. >>> memorial day wuss alsoas also marked by solemn remembrances. but a lawsuit could put an end to the lawsuit that's been there for decades. at the center of the lawsuit is the cross that honors 49 fallen veterans from prince george's county. but there's also a lawsuit followed by the american human association. they say its religious symbol on state property violates separation of church and state. one local resident says it's a peace memorial and is making it her mission to save the cross. >> the judge needs to know that the world war i memorial peace cross is now part of the national register. that should be a game changer for the lawsuit. >> the c

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. >>> doug hughes, the man who flew a gyrocopter and landed it on the lawn of the capitol is back in d.c. today. the 61-year-old florida mailman will be in court this afternoon facing six federal charges, four of them felonies that stems from the now infamous sky row copt ear incident when -- gyrocopter incident when hughes said he wanted to bring attention to financial reform. so he flew the comenter here, land -- copter here, landed on the lawn and was arrested n. is what he told a reporter yesterday during his road trip back here to washington. >> i engineered the stunt so that washington would get warning that already vetted me through seat chet service so they knew who he was and was nonviolent. >> he could still strike a plea deal. he faces up to nine and a half years in prison if convicted. he's expected in court at 1:45 this afternoon. wusa9 will be there as well. >>> another court appearance for today for accused serial killer charles severance. severance' attorney submitted a motion to suppress evidence in the case. a fairfax county judge denied that request. severance is a

hughes gyrocopter. the question was would we be involved in civil disobedience by individuals and we said we would be if it was a protectee or a facility. there was nothing specific. >> somebody talked about on the radar, distinguishable versus undistinguishable. can somebody speak to that as far as help me understand that. >> an unfiltered radar feed picks up everything. it is cluttered with addition to aircraft will include things such as traffic on the streets birds. anything that is moving around. and so for our purposes at the faa we filter it for our primary function which is to safely separate aircraft and filter out small things that might be a distraction to a controller. now, what our forensic analysis showed was that the radar did indicate something after the fact that we were able to piece together is most likely the flight of the gyrocopter. >> but would you agree that after the fact may not be a good scenario. >> no. i would agree with that. but the point being that a air traffic controlle

scottie nell hughes. everyone is wondering particularly on the g.o.p.re's so many candidates out there. many have not officially announced yet. what plan should emerge? scottie: we need to see a plan. most of them sound exactly the same. a lot of them are advocating the flat tax. a couple of differences that we've seen. you have somebody like a rand paul who wants to reduce -- continue to reduce defense spending. and scott walker says, that's not the way to go. i'm going to sit there and reinstate the cuts put in the past. that's the problem. that's why we don't have a clear frontrunner. no one is putting out an economic plan. chris christie did with social security, it didn't go over well with the base. matt: rubio, lowering taxes. from 35 to 25, corporate tax. that will get people's ears perked up. he's actually putting numbers out there. >> right. charles: president obama, won the election and reelection talking about specifically how harmful the bush tax cuts are. marco rubio will say that's his plan, and the american public will like that. >> they'