they left jamestown deserted, they just sailed away. to come back but they had not gone far down the james river when they encountered the answer to their prayers, with a years worth of supplies and more than 300 new settlers. as we can see today on this great anniversary, it would not be the last time that god looked out for virginia, together the settlers with what would become the time of the american character. they worked hard, they encourage in abundance and a wealth of self-reliance. they strived to turn a profit, they experimented with producing silk, corn, tobacco in the very first virginia wines. at a prior settlement, there had been no survivors. none at all. but where others had typically perished, the virginians were determined to succeed. they endured by the sweat of their labor, the aide of the indians and the leadership of captain john smith. as the years pass, ships buried supplies and settlers from england brought a culture in the way of life that would defined the new world, it all began here. in time doesn't of brave

from jamestown, the bbc's chris buckler reports. chris: jamestown is regarded as a place where the foundations were laid for what would become america. the first legislative assembly met here 400 yea ago in what what was then the colony virginia. pres. trump: right here in virginia your predecessors -- >> you can send us back! -- can't send us back! rgia is our home! chris: yet four centuries on, an invitation to the current head of government led to protests. he said, "you cannot send us back," a reference to recent comments by president trump that led some to refuse iions to this event. in the posts on twitter, he told several black and ethnic minority members of congress that they should return to the crime-infested places they came from. >> it angered me, because i don't feel like he win just tato those four women. he was talking to me. chris: it sa something about modern america that some democrats are choosing to boycott an event at what ise regarded as rthplace of this country's democracy because it is being attended by the e

chris buckler, bbc news,ir jamestown innia. laura: last week the image of a young girl clinging onto her ba sister in syria following an airstrike refocused global attention on the conflict. it happened in idlib province, the last remaining rebel ronghold. it led to dozens of civilian deaths in the last week. today the uncle of the girls has been speaking about what our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has the story. lyse: one small frame, a symbol of syria's pain. luthe five-year-oldhes her baby sister by her t-shirt as she dangles. their uncle screaming for help in the rubble of a devastating air raid. a few days on, speaking for the first time. >> we could hear the jet above us. suddenly the glass shatter. i immediately leapt towards the smokemidst thick black i found the girls right there. i heard her shoutg, " uncle!" but she ll as the rubble llapsed. lyse: both girls fell to the ground that day, pending the five-year-old's life. olthe seven-montmiraculously survived. these are the streets of their town in nor

the jamestown yorktown foundation. the jamestown rediscovery project. virginia, thank you very much. what a great job you do. in queue. the fact is that each of you have helped protect and preserve our national treasury here jamestown. it's a great debt. we owe you a great, great debt. on this day in 1619, just a mile south of where we are gathered now, 22 newly elected members assembled in a small wooden church. explorers, farmers, planters. soldiers, scholars, clergymen. all have struggled. all have suffered, all sacrificed in pursuit of one wild and very improbable dream. they called it that dream virginia. it had been only 13 years since three small shapes the godspeed, and the discovery, set sail across the vast ocean. they carried 104 settlers to carve out a home on the edge of this uncharted continent. they came from god and country. they came in search of opportunity and fortune. and they journeyed into the unknown with only meager supplies, and the power of their christian faith. upon reaching cape henry at the mouth of the chesapeake bay, in t

but allegations of racism are particularly sensitive in jamestown.first documented africans arrived on american soil, brought here as slaves, many remembering that difficult history, they felt it was appropriate for the presidency be here, even if they were critical of his recent words and attacks. just because someone is coming, doesn't mean you can boycott. you are still celebrating the birthplace of everything and it's good to come here and support just jamestown itself and the community. and democracy. and democracy in general. but on the other hand, we can understand the passionate feelings that he is not representing what this country was founded on, and the ideals that we hold dear to ourselves. it's exclusive, and it's racist. and as the leader of a free country, you should do things that bring our country together. fire! injamestown, you are given a glimpse of the past. and in that history of people and democracy, there may be lessons for america today. chris buckler, bbc news, jamestown in virginia. stay with us on bbc news. still to come:

chris buckler in jamestown, virginia.confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: north korea has fired two more short range ballistic missiles from its east coast — the south korean military says they landed in the sea of japan. the democratic party ‘s 22 hopefuls have started the second round of debates on the road to the white house. let's have more on that story. we'rejoined by stephen pomper, senior director of policy at the ngo crisis group. the core of the stabilisi

the bbc‘s chris buckler is in jamestown.first legislative assembly met here a00 years ago in what was then the colony of virginia. right here in virginia your predecessors... virginia is our home! yet four centuries on, an invitation to the current head of national government to come and commemorate that moment led to protests. he said, you cannot send us back. a reference to recent comments by president trump that led some to refuse invitations to this event. in the posts on twitter he told several black and ethnic minority members of congress that they should return to the crime infested places they came from. it angered me. because i don't feel he was just talking to those four women. he was talking to me. it says something about modern america that some democrats are choosing to boycott an event here at what is regarded as the birthplace of this country's democracy. because it is being attended by the elected president of the united states. i'm the least racist person there is anywhere in the world. what i have done for

. >>> virg since the settlement of jamestown.the colony is considered the first representativera democy in america. one of the attendees today is president trump. earlier this month, a group of virginia democrats vowed to boycott the event if the president attended. state lawmakers accuse the president of using, quote, racist and zenophobic rhetoric. trump first tweeted that a group of minority female congresswomen should go back to where they came from. then he blamed decades of trouble in baltimore city on congressman elijah cummings. >>> david ortiz is sharing his first social media post since he n s shot in the domini republic. ortiz confirming on instagram he has been released from the hospital in boston with a trio of photos showing some pretty good looking food here. the former red sox slugger said being at home is priceless and added, e,qu too bad i can't crush food yet. more than a dozen people have been arrested with that june 9th shooting. police say was a case of mistaken identity. >> i hope he gets to eat a big, fat

to jamestown losses to an african child what is the book about and why did you write it well the book was already. struck their love up for all the fire started were captured from the concept of our success. doctor. in the fall for the car full of prague dreams of plastic. a picture of the americas and the caribbean right and yeah i was proud go over there for all those shows dr and why did you write the book. i wrote the book for a couple of reasons one is that 3 you know we now school we always busy talk about after because it's all the hoppers these 3 syllables of what are helping me fall foul of being really hated of us. i'd be sort of stewards busy of research and find out exactly why we say that there was and the africans that i was the issue at that civilization began to not forget and that the origin of august in africa i needed to get all the information out and which is out there for you for about the subject that you do write an essay and babies are actually because we don't have all that much time but i wanted to ask you when you are now in cape coast some of the u.s. and

president trump heads to jamestown, virginia, to help celebrate the00 anniversary. but will his recent word for a maryland congressman overshadow that event? stay with us. >>> welcomeback. having an easy commute by car can be a impossible dak in the d.c. region and lines shut down have forced thousands of drivers on the road. >> adam tuesday detls how bad the traffic has become without metro service in the d.c. area. >> report: traffic is crawling at times because of metro's blue and yellow lines summer shutdown. >> the traffic has inccased beause the pressure on more people to have cars. >> reporter: city of alexandria just put out a report showing that travel times have gone up 4% across the city. but here is the kicker -- travel times usually drop during the summer. they don't increase. metro riders like ashley james are fed up with all of it and she does have a car but says she is not going to drive in sitting gridlock. >> i think this is outrageous and it's causing the issue. i've been going through nearly now. mmer >> it is inconvenient. no doubt about it. but

to jamestown lessons to an african child what is the book about and why did you write it well the book was already. struck the love of for all the fire starting with captured the process of our success. doctor. in the 4th of a car full of prague spring a plastic. to us the americas and the caribbean right. struggled over their fall for show doctors and why did you write the book. i wrote the book for a couple of reasons one is that you know you know who we are where busy it's all about after because it's not a hopper he's free to a whole box of what are 3 he falls foul talking really hit it from us. i do sort of stewards of research and find out exactly what we said that there was and the african president is the issue at that civilization began in africa and that the origin of markets in africa i mean you get you get all the appropriation out and which is out there for you for about the city that you do but right now the income bases are actually this is we don't have all that much time but i wanted to ask you when you are now in cape coast some of the u.s. and congressman before ther

chris buckler reports from jamestown.dations were laid for what would become america. the first legislative assembly met here 400 years ago in what was then the colony of virginia. right here in virginia your predecessors... virginia is our home! yet four centuries on, an invitation to the current head of national government to come and commemorate that moment led to protests. he said, "you cannot send us back". a reference to recent comments by president trump that led some to refuse invitations to this event. in the posts on twitter he told several black and ethnic minority members of congress that they should return to the crime infested places they came from. it angered me. because i don't feel he was just talking to those four women. he was talking to me. it says something about modern america that some democrats are choosing to boycott an event here at what is regarded as the birthplace of this country's democracy. because it is being attended by the elected president of the united states. i'm the least racist perso

today marks 400th anniversary in jamestown. president trump is expected to be there but could it overshadow the celebration. >> the president has done little tond the rift and stepping up his attacks yesterday. hallie jackson is live at the white house with more. >> reporter: there is more fallout this morning. the controvey still raging on over president trump and his attacks on prominent african-american democrats like congressman elijah cummings. the president met privately at he white house last night with a group ofat he describes as inner city pastors in a long scheduled meeting on the heels that the president describing the oity of baltim as infested by rats. language his opponents have described as racist. cummings, whose district includes part of baltimore, is the chair of the powerful house oversight committee. that committee is handling multiple investigations into the trump administration. whe house aide argue th president trump is fighting back against an antagonist in the congress and i wondhe if president has mor

he's coming to jamestown to celebrate 400 years of democracy on our shores. he is doing it by having a fourth day of attacks against elijah cummings. it is clear the president likes this fight. he's in it. he wants to stay on it. listen to what he told reporters just before leaving on mr. cummings. >> what elijah cummings should do is he should take his oversight committee, bring them down to baltimore, and invest all of -- and really study the billions and billions of dollars that's been stolen. it's been wasted. it's been stolen. >> reporter: so this is an historical event. i will keep my voice down. john meacham, at times a trump critic, is speaking about the founding of jamestown. the question and the challenge for trump, will he keep his remarks today on what we're celebrating here in 1619 or will the president go off on partisan attacks yet again? we will see here in a couple minutes when the president shows up and participates in this ceremony. hallie? >> nbc's hans nichols live in jamestown. hans, thank you. >>> it is also debate night in america. tak

to jamestown places to an african child what is the book about and why did you write it welcome the focus so far already of it struck your love of for all that time back to work captured from the concepts of our success. is there for a couple. of life to. ensure the american career right. here on friday bill over here. personally and i did you write the book. i wrote the book for a couple of reasons one is that you know what you know who we are where busy saw the tops of cars it's not a hopper it's 3 syllables of what are. you fall foul of hockey and really hated for the. idea sort of stewards busy of research and find out exactly why we say that there was and the africa that i was the issue at that civilization began in africa and that the origin of bonded in africa i needed to get all the full speech. which is out there for you for of up to sit there to do all right in this and pages are actually this is we don't have all that much time but i wanted to ask you when you are now in cape coast some of the u.s. congress members were there as well what is the significance also that cit

trump's face protesting at this speech in jamestown. >> right here in virginia, your predecessors -- >> you can't send us back. virginia is our home. mr. president, you cannot send us back. virginia is our home. >> you hear the delegate there saying and we're watching this footage pretty powerful, you can't send us back. the sign you see there says deport hate the person we're about to hear from was ultimately escorted out of the event but not "the beat." ibrahim samira, welcome to the beat." >> thank you for having me, ari. >> absolutely. we just saw that footage. i want to understand and viewers to understand, why was it important to you being a lawmaker being able be in that room to use your freedom of speech that way? >> it was extremely tough decision to go into it.

chris buckler in jamestown, virginia. round of democratic primaries in the us to be spread over two nights. the first one got under way about an hour ago, with candidates debating their plans for healthcare. as well as their positions on gun control. progressive candidates elizabeth warren and bernie sanders came under attack early on. the debates are being held to whittle down the rather crowded field of contenders to become donald trump's challenger in next year's presidential election. last week, the image of a young girl clinging onto her baby sister, as they teetered several storeys high in a damaged building in syria after an airstrike, refocused global attention on the conflict in syria. it happened in idlib province, the last remaining rebel stronghold, of forces opposed to president bashar al—assad. but in the last few months government forces, backed by their russian allies, have stepped up their attacks on the territory and today the un's humanitarian chief accused damascus and moscow of carrying out a scorched

before he boarded the flight to go to where he is in jamestown, virginia he took a lot of questions from the media as he often does. we will get into some of what was said earlier, but we want to give you the very beautiful wrappings of this event in jamestown, virginia. we begin with this fox news alert. president trump says he has no regrets in taking on elijah cummings, seeking his saying he is drawing attention to the mismanaged district of baltimore. but the fierce backlash is raging on. you are watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today, host of "kennedy" on the fox business network, kennedy herself. fox news contributor, lisa boothe. from ohio state center, capri cafaro. in the center seat, our friend from d.c. christopher bedford, editor in chief of "the daily caller." we are watching very closely. >> chris: that was a great speech to kick off. he had on the important things , like you mentioned. he didn't shy from some very difficult subjects, whether it's slavery or american lineage. it's important, and he brought this home. remember, virginia isn't just the home o

in jamestown, it was unclear whether it was tied to his spat with elijah cummings or the feud he recently had with the four congresswomen known as the squad. his immigration policies, or all of it wrapped up together. as the president was delivering his speech commemorating the 400th anniversary of the legislative assembly, there in the jamestown settlement, he was interrupted by a protester. the protester happened to be democratic virginia state delegates abrahamson mira. you can see there, he tweeted, "i've disrupted the speech in jamestown because nobody's racism and bigotry should be excused for the sake of being polite. the met is unfit for office and unfit to partake in a celebration of democracy, representation in our nations history of immigrants." the president had been expecting somebody because he tweeted as he left the white house, "heading to jamestown, virginia. where does the democrats will make it as uncomfortable as possible, but that is okay because that is not about them." at present not backing down from his feud with a representative elijah cummings come upset with hi

those two things would make it 95% easier. >> number democrats today tend to the jamestown speech todaynd he thanked them for coming and said it was a lovely event. >> shepard: john roberts. the president may not be on the ballot and californians republican primary next year or less he turns over his tax returns. you see the governor just signed a new law in california which took effect immediately. it requires all presidential candidates to release their tax returns in order to appear in the state's primary ballot. the law does not apply to the general election. the president's attorney responded saying the state of california in their attempt to circumvent the constitution will be answered in court. he is paid to be the number two military officer, denying claims that he sexually assaulted a female officer and he made that denial in front of both lawmakers and his accuser. the air force general john haydn is nominated to become the vice chair of the joint chief of staff, a powerful position and one that requires confirmation. that process unfolded a public today with the accuser sitti

trump's speech for the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly at jamestown. samyra later tweeted sying no one should support racism or bigotry, adding "mr. trump is unfit to take part in a celebration of democracy." myra was not alone in protesting trump's appearance. virginia's legislative black caucus boycotted today's event. >>> new tonight, arlington public schools will have a new interim superintendent in about a month. the arlington school board appointed cynthia johnson to that position d. johnson is currently the assistant superintendent of administrative services. she'll take over september 1st when superintendent patrick murphy retires. johnson is fluent in spanish and has 35 years of experience in education. a search firm will be hiredhis ll to find a permanent superintendent. >>> an already at risk community appears to be under attack in our area. we tolt you las night, three transgender women were the recent victims of armed robbery. >> that's in addition to the murders of two other transgender women earlier this year. tonight news 4'shomari sto

. >> president trump in historic jamestown virginia today praising the contribution of african-americanso american democracy. while at the same time continuing to hammer congressman elijah cummings. >> people living in baltimore are very happy that i'm bringing out the fact that it's like living in hell. >> the president again today ripping cummings for obsessing over investigations of the white house instead of focusing on problems in his home distric district. >> the corruption in baltimore is probably the greatest in our country or one of them. he's in charge of an oversight committee. all i'm saying is take your oversight committee and go to baltimore. you'll learn a lot. >> the attacks against cummings and the four women of the so-called "squad" have been denounced by many people as racist. the president's speech was interrupted by assemblyman ebert and samir who stood right in front of the president shouting and holding up three signs until he was escorted out. the virginia legislative black caucus boycott of event entirely, though some democrats did attend. >> i appreciate very mu

not only is she the president of the planning commission of san francisco, she runs jamestown community space for young people in this community. myrna melgar. >> thank you, mayor. so i was appointed to the planning commission by then president of the board of supervisors, london breed. [laughter] and people ask me why -- why are you doing this? [laughter] so muchwork! it is a lot of work. but i'm doing it because i, in addition to running the jamestown community center, i'm a mother of three girls who were born and raised in san francisco. and i want them to have a life in san francisco. i want my family close by and my community all around me. it's what makes my life worth living. like many of you. and i think there is no more important thing that we're doing right now than building affordable housing. and when then president of the board of supervisors breed asked me to do this, i was on it because i believed in her vision. so when i saw that she went to h.u.d. to advocate for neighborhood preference despite decades of people saying no, it can't be done, people in affordable housing

president trump arrives in jamestown, virginia to mark the 400th anniversary of democracy in the united some black groups stay away. people with alcohol problems in england are half as likely to get the right help compared to other areas of britain. it is 5pm, our top story. boris johnson has spent the afternoon meeting welsh farmers who have expressed their strong opposition to the uk crashing out of the eu without a deal. in the latest stop on his tour of the uk he visited a farm in newport and said agriculture could thrive with new trade deals, insisting the ball is now in the eu's court to make the next move on brexit. we are not aiming for a new audio brexit and we don't think that is where we end up, it is very much up is where we end up, it is very much up to our partners across the channel. they know three times the house of commons has thrown out that backstop. there is no way to get it through and we have to have the backstop out of the deal and we cannot go on with the agreement as it currently is. we need to get that message across to our it currently is. we need to get that

here we go. >> so jamestown was amazing. i very much appreciate that the democrats were so respectful because it is what it is. it's a very important moment. 400 years. so i appreciate very much the democrats. we had great receptivity. i guess i saw you. you only covered the protester, the one protester. but jamestown, i thought, was fantastic and was treated really -- and i have to -- i obviously thank the republicans, but i also thank the democrats. we had one person. and other than that, it was really fantastic. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, i know his son. i find his son to be outstanding. he's a brilliant, wonderful young man. i'm very happy he appointed him. i think it's a great appointment. i know his son. that's probably why they did it. he's outstanding. i'm very happy with that appointment. >> [ inaudible ]. >> no, i don't think it's nepotism because his son helped him very much in the campaign. his son is outstanding. it's a great appointment. >> [ inaudible ]. >> what? >> could you be more specific on who is reachin

. >>> virginia marks 400 years since the settlement of jamestown. colony considered the first democracy. one of t attendees today is president trump. earlier this month a group of virginia democratsvowed to boycott the event if the attended. state lawmakers accuse the president of using, quote, racist and zion phobic. trump first tweeted that a group of minority female congresswomen should go back where they came from. t dn he blamedecade of trouble in baltimore city on congressman elijah cummings. >>> this morning, we are getting new reaction from faly members whose loved ones depend on the 9/11 gencompensation funding. president trump signed the law yesterday through 2092 essentially making it public. t> it's hard to imagine that it's over, tha this fight is over, because every time you get together like this, it just brings the emotions back. it never goes away but it brings back 100-fold. >> more than 400,000 people have applied for the fund and it covers illnesses for being at the world trade center site and the pentagon and shanksville, pennsy

. >> yesterday president trump traveled to jamestown to mark the 400 anniversary of the first session of the virginia general assemble. the president's remarks were interrupted by protester a democratic lawmaker from the virginia house of delegates. in addition a state lawmaker boycotted the president's visit. this is about 25 minutes.

the president was heading to a ceremony in jamestown, virginia. >> the just want to tell you economy is doing fantastically well. we are either going to make a great deal or not at all. a lot of great things are happening including with china. we are the number one economy in the world. it has picked up tremendously in the last three years since i've been here. the economy is through the roof. i guess we will hopefully get .ood decisions we have a lot of good things happening. we were just speaking with the department of commerce and we have interest in our country like we've never had before. >> do you regret targeting baltimore? >> baltimore has been very badly mishandled for many years. it's a corrupt city. there is no question about it. all you have to do is look at the facts. the government has been pumping billions of dollars to no avail. whatmore is an example of corrupt government leads to. billions of dollars have been given and i feel so sorry for the people of baltimore. if they ask me we will get involved. we are already involved from the standpoint that over many years b

how they cleared the land like they did in jamestown, virginia, how they established communities, and if it was not for their labor, i will think the united states would be what we are today. host: what are you working on next? daina: i am completing a book with my colleague called "a black woman's history in the united states." it will be published by beacon press in 2020. host: tell us a little about it. daina: it is study on african-americans women's experience in the united states from pre-1619 through today. we are looking at women of african dissent who came with some of the spanish explorers, and came into new mexico. we are looking at women in spanish florida and new york, and looking at their experiences throughout the united states, and understanding their contributions, and trying to uncover the stories of women we may not have heard of. host: tell us what stands out to you? daina: my favorite story is the opening story of woman named isabel de lavera. she was a free black woman who was part african and part indian. she petitioned the political leader in mexico and asked if

. >>> in virginia the says president trump to williamsburg next celebrate the 40 of jamestown.ecause of that some state lawmakers say boycott that event. f in a statementriday democratic heads of ur legislsays "th president does not rha values tt we wouldwa jamestown the fi representativeemoc america. democratic lieutenan justin fairfax says attend tuesday's cerem >>> a heads up for t in virginia, an emer is happening today at pentagon. military officials wan know, don't be alarm see any activity tod in the morning until afternoon. it's only a drill anto in response ny threat. it will have an impa min in here's melissa mollet with what youeed if you man plan. >> reporter: i'm mel with a look at your this weekend. trains will be bypas pentagon station, th yellow line, saturda to 2:00 p.m. for a exercise. bus and shuttling se relocate to pentag station. blue line between na airport and franconia/springfiel that's allood to k green line trains planning to run every 20 minutes. taking a look at the red line, and orange and silve e. weekend servic have a great weekend you monday mor

. >>> before leaving the white house on his way to jamestown, virginia, president trump talked about his recent tweets criticizing baltimore politicians including maryland congressman elijah cummings. >> i want to tell you the economy is doing fantastically well. we have people over in china right now. we're negotiating with china. we'll see what happens. we're either going to make a great deal or not make a deal at all. a lot of great things are happening. our country has gone way up in terms of its number one economy in the world. it's picked up tremendously in the last three careers since i've been here. a lot of great things are happening. a lot of really great thimngs ae happening. the economy is through the roof. we'll hopefully get good decisions from certain branches of government. we'll see what happens. we have a lot of good things happening. we were just speaking with the department of commerce and we have interest in our country like we've never had before. >> mr. president, do you regret baltimore? >> baltimore has been very badly mishandled for many years. as you know,

. >>> president trump is visiting historic jamestown, virginia, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of democracy in america. during his remarks, a democratic virginia state lawmaker interrupted him while holding a sign with the words deport hate, sparking boos and chants from some in the audience. the interruption is after president trump spent weeks deriding a group of democrats who are women of color. some boycotted the event over it. >>> and if you have a capital one credit card or applied for one, your personal information might be compromised. the company says a seattle woman stole the data of 100 million people in the u.s. we look at the breach and how to protect your information. says the breach was discovered on july 19th and the system was immediatelily fixed. not before a hacker stole personal data of tens of thousands of customers. the fbi says former software engineer paige thompson is responsible for the attack and under arrest, accused of stealing about 140,000 social security numbers in the u.s. and 80,000 linked bank account numbers. >> it's not the firs

jamestown was the first representative democracy in anerica.mocratic lieutengovernor erstin fairfax said he will attend tuesday's cony. >>>hey have proven their soccer skills so, tonight, two world cup championsill take a crack at baseball. rose lavelle and mallory pugh will be at nationals bark and throw out the ceremonial firstt pi in the game tonight against the brave they are returning after bringingeam usa their fourth u.s. title in the world cup.ry >> ve exciting! >> washington spirit have a game augt 24that home. >>> 6:10. next on "news4 today," poor parasites. the visible danger that could ruin summer fun. we are working withou for tips to protect your family. >>> a savvy shopper buys all of the shoes from her local payless shoe before it closed. we will tell you what she plans to do with them. >>> we have got a warm day out there. a few degrees warmer than yesterday. we could have a stray shower as we head through the afternoon. mostly just hot wth increasing humidity. let's talk about more rain chances and more heat coming our way bef

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jamestown was the first representative democracy in america.mocratic lieutenant governor justin fairfax says he will attend tuesday'son cerem >>> we also have an update from puerto rico this morning, the woman in line to replacethe island's outgoing gernor says she doesn't want the job. puerto rico justice secretary wanda vazquez says she hopes governor ricardo rossello will appoint a secretary of state before he resigns this friday. formerecretary of state luis marin would be in le but he resigned. >>> nothing says summer quite like a dip in the pool, especially this kind o weather. bout some ws 4 midday continues things lurking in the water. what you need to know before you take a splash. that when we come back.'s >>> the citi open is under way in the district. other young tennis players are having others dreaming big. news had'sre molette has details on the partnership helping those young players. >> i'm here with my friends from the washington tennis and education foundation. oh, my goodness, they all love tennis. what's it like to play ten

response coming after he attended an event in jamestown, virginia, commemorating the 400th anniversary of virginia's ut st legislative assembly, even before today several addemocratic lawmakers h announced that they would not be attending today's event citing mr. trump's presence and a state delegate from herndon who is muslim stood up and held a sign that read deport hate. dbrahim samira later writing on twitter he di not believe the ld president shobe partaking in an event that celebrates democracy and our nation's rahistory immignts. this event overshadowed by the recent attacks by the opinion on maryland's elijah cummings and the city of baltimore. today the president without offering any evidence accused cummings and the city of squandering, even stealing billions in federal funding. >> the most unsafe city in the country, in our countryis baltimore. it's received as much money -- it receives top of the line, billis of dollars. somebody said $15 billion over a short period of time. the if you look at what i've done for african-americans, it's more than almost all presidents. >> no

." >> president trump's appearance in jamestown from a disruption of a virginia delegate fro herndon. the delegate held a sign that read deport hate as you could hear chants of trump erupted in the audience. hevwastually escorted from the ceremony. >>> this event was intended to mark thery 400th anniver of jamestown's first assembly. it was written on twit their president trump was unfit for office. some black lawmakers in the commonwealth boycotted this se event becauof president trump's presence there. >>> there's a new poll that shows about half of american votersde think presi trump is racist. this is according to the quinnipiac university national poll.e 51% believ he is. another 45% don't agree with this. broken downy race, 46% of white voters say the president is racist. while those numbers jump to 80% among black voters, 55 among hispanics. >> he's ban fanavorite for year and this thing the's some new things about ryan kerrigan. spures joins us fr richmond to explain least of which is not the new look, sherree? >> the new look is a part of it, but when you see the redskins def

attend the 400th anniversary of representative governm america and it is scheduled for july 30th in jamestown. democratic state lawmakers reaten tooycott any ceremony attended by the president saying president trump doesn't represent the values. the event they are celebrating, they slammed governor ralph northam for inviting the president. lieutenant governor justin fairfax plans to attend, releasing this statement, quote. the white house has not confirmed that the president will attend. >>> today, congressman jerry connolly will host a round table discussion at 11:00 this morning athe he wants to encourage participation by communities who may be fearful after president trump's failed push to add the shape question. >>> in puerto rico, the island's governor refuigd to over the weekend but he did say he will not seek re-election next year, and will step down as head of his political party. he addressed the situation on facebook following a week of protests down there. all of the troubles began after locaedia gave access to se of his private messages. they then published them. he had made profa

. >> so jamestown was amazing. very much appreciate that the democrats were so respectful because it is what it is. it is a very important moment, 400 years. so i appreciate very much the democrats. we had great receptivity. i guess i saw you. you only covered the protests, the one protester. jamestown i thought was fantastic. it was treated really, and i have to, obviously thank the republicans but i also thank the democrats. we had one person the other than it was really fantastic. [reporters shouting questions] reporter: [inaudible]. >> well i know his son. i find his son to be outstanding. he is a brilliant, wonderful young man. i'm very happy he ap.ed him. i think it's a great appointment. i know his son. that's probably why they did it. he is outstanding. i'm very happy with that appointment. reporter: [inaudible] >> no, i don't think it is nepotism. his son helped him very much in the campaign of the his son is outstanding. i think it's a great appointment. i didn't know that. reporter: [inaudible] >> what?

for instance, today i was in jamestown. i made a speech that was sent to be very good, not a political speech at all. it was an amazing, very important period of time. one protester stood up and held up a sign and said something. he got more publicity than the speech got. i don't need publicity at all, but i thought it was so terrible, and it was on fox, with john roberts. he talked about the protester for almost an entire segment. isn't that a shame, one guy stands up -- not an impressive person -- he stood up and he took the whole thing away. one person. it wasn't like we have 20,000 people going crazy. it was one person. i say that's pretty sad. >> we cover your rallies. we will be with you in cincinnati. behind the podium looking at that crowd, what are you thinking? pres. trump: i think that never in the history of politics has that happened, because i have never had an ftc. i think because you do cover it really well, one of the reasons i am doing the interview is respect for you and the fact that you do a good job of

. >>> virginia democratic state lawmakers say that they will not attend the 400th session in jamestown on july 30th. president trump is expected to be there. the lawmakers say mr. trump does not represent the values the event iselebrating. they offered three words of advice tohe organizers, quote, send him back. >>> tonight a grandmother is fighting for her life. it happenedt lasght in virginia, the woman rear ended another car in herpickup truck, that's when her truckt stuck on the train tracks. moments later, the train came barrelling down. >> she got all of them out of the truck and then i believe what happened is the train hit the truck and then it hit her. >> these kind of accidents are l unfortunaty common. the slogan fothe d.o.t.'s campaign is, quote, you have more than you think. >>> still ahead tonight, infected on purpose. >> a mother will learnlo ho she will spend behind bars. her sentence and why she said she did it. >>> and we think about thero dange heat and our kids and pet es. no amount of time is safe to leave your kids or pet in a hot car remember walking the dog this

. >> there are leases on all of the various businesses so jamestown, i am told, doesn't want to go in and break leases because that so ey wi wa until leases are coming up for renewal and choose not to renew them. >> the worry wasn't about adding new housing but a congestion problem. even with another ferry landing and bike bridges coming. >> absolutely not enough affordable housing. you have to look at location and how much of a good thing can you fit in a small space. i just look at congestion and traffic is already a pain. >> even if it was apartments there are already 1200 people on the island. >> caller: zoning laws would have to change and at this point doesn't even have a date for the planning. >>> tonight residents are divided on the plan to help the homeless population. the district supervisor is eyeing a parking lo ants tturn itfor the homeless. it would have 24 hour, stetted instead hundreds of residents attended a meeting. >>> you have seen car chases before but you have never seen one like this. officers were pursuing a black bmw. the driver stood up and sat on the roof of