. >> i'm working on both bills. >> we applaud your efforts, joanne. wendy, you're with me on that, how is this happening, wendy? what's the back story on this? >> mike, sometimes it's just a terrible understatement to say we applaud your efforts, there's are other things i would like to say that would include stronger language. how can rhode island, be a place where in a sense, you can go, if you're a dirty old man, who in a sense might enjoy child pornography and child rape, child sex abuse, you go to rhode island, you can have what you want with a 16-year-old girl anywhere in the state. including having sex with her behind closed doors, because they do have legal prostitution, if it's done in a private setting. you've got to be kidding me. what is it with the lawmakers in the state of rhode island? was this really a loophole or is something that reflects their values. if they don't pass this law quickly, then we have only one phrase to say to the parents in rhode island, hide the children and don't go to rhode island for a visit. >> i've been trying

joanne and her sister earned extra pocket money cleaning nearby st. luke's church. >> i cannot overstate how cold it got in this church in winter when we were cleaning it. it was freezing. we must have been here loads because we used to sign this book all the time. oh, god, i never -- oh! me and di together. it's the name i stole for harry potter for an unpleasant character as well. hide the book, lock it away. forgot about that. yes. >> reporter: joanne's religious beliefs and her thoughts about love, death, heaven and hell were tested when her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1980. >> she had a very virulent form of illness and there were no drug treatments at all. they said, well, you've got multiple sclerosis, see you. >> reporter: she says the absence of any meaningful relationship with her father and the long, slow loss of her mother are two of the most important influences on her writing. ann rowling died in 1990. she never knew about harry potter or the magical journey her daughter was about to begin. >> i'd been writing for six

it was at least an hour later before joanne noticed her child was me -- was missing. the teenager found her sister's body in the car. >> i hope she gets buried under the jail. i have no sympathy for her whatsoever. >> the district attorney's office is looking into what to do next. parts of pennsylvania tonight are pounded by large chunks of hailstones. this is home video. a resident shot it while watching her chevrolet truck get bombarded. no injuries were reported in that downpour. we are about a month or so into hurricane season but is never too late to be prepared. we sent lowell melser to the wind tunnel at the university of maryland to see what it would be like to be in a category 3 hurricane. as you can see, it is no walk in the park. >> hurricane season actually started back in june and goes through november. we are here to show you what a category 3 hurricane might be like. what they are pretty rare in the baltimore area, they can still happen. we have always been fascinated by hurricanes and now we get to experience the winds up close and personal. this was b

joanne rowling, age 12. diane rowling, age 10.e i stole for harry potter, for an unpleasant character, as well. hide the book. yes. >> reporter: joanne's religious beliefs and her thoughts about love, death, heaven and hell, were tested when her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1980. >> she had a very virulent form of the illness. at this time, there were no drug treatments at all. they said, well, you've got multiple sclerosis. see you. >> reporter: she says the absence of any meaningful relationship with her father and the long, slow loss of her mother, are two of the most influences on her writing. ann rowling died in 1990. she never knew about harry potter or the magical journey her daughter was about to begin. >> i'd been writing for six months before she died. the essential plot didn't change after my mother died. but everything deepened and darkened. harry was always going to lose his parents. and it seeped into every part of the books. i think, in retrospect, now, i've finished, i've seen how it formed every

. >> reporter: joann colin was nervous about making the trip to her home this morning after hearing about a convicted murderer being caught in the village near her vacation home. >> there were a number of cars in the vicinity, so i knew something was up. >> reporter: dally was asleep inside with his wife and three grandchildren and outside a chicago police veteran noticed two men who looked disoriented, walking toward lake michigan. he says he was already on high alert after being informed late sunday night that these three prisoners from the nearby indiana state prison had escaped and could be in the area. smith only saw two of the men, but he says when he drove up next to them and drew his gun, they started running. he was able to catch 48-year- old convicted killer charles smith. he held him at gunpoint until other officers could get there. 46-year-old mark bore, also a convicted murderer, got away. the third missing inmate, convicted rapist lance bat rell has not been seen. the three got out through pipe ways underneath the prison. how they were able to do it it still under investigat

. >> the former attorney, joanne branche claims the police procedures for investigating internal affairs are inadequate and corrupt. she was fired back in april. >> police are searching for a gunman after a deadly shooting this morning in northeast baltimore. a man was shot in the head around 4:00 this morning. happened in the 1300 block of cedarcroft road. victim died at the scene. police are not releasing the name. >> a man is at shock trauma after shot by anne arundel county police. it happened last night around 9:00 in the 1000 block of deep creek avenue. police say he threatened to hit another police officer with a chair. his injuries are not believed to be life threatening. >> a man is fatally shot in northeast baltimore and that leads to a standoff with police. the shooting happened at about 3:30 today in the 2900 block of the alameda. investigators found the body of antoine witherspoon on the ground shot several times. police bluffed in, putting the neighborhood on lockdown. surrounded a home on 29th street where they thought the shooter was barricaded inside. >> a swat unit, con

loved giving candy to iraqi children and leaves behind his wife, joanne, four children, a mother andan american hero. and dan, parker and cameron, all honor students. >>> thank you to all our guests and especially you for being with us. until then, good night, friends. >>> was michael jackson murdered? that's what his older sister is claiming. saying there was a ma nnipulato who were feeding him pills and didn't have his best interest at heart. she said he usually had $1 million in his house and that was missing along with gems. meantime, we have the latest on the custody battle. it was supposed to happen today. it's been pushed back a week. some are saying a deal has been made and it's between debbie rowe and katherine. we have so much to tell you about the jackson case. stay right there. it's all coming up nex

joanne goldblum. a spoeshl worker. surprised to see parents forced to reuse diapers., not covered by state funds. she created the diaper bank to provide diapers to families in need. donations of money and diapers coming in. joanne has heard from communities all around the country. all these people need more help. click on "gma." click on my face. go to the site. learn how to help these people. and tell us about the other ameri-cans we know that are out there. as always, you can tweet me about it. >>> 33 past the hour. bill evans, wabc's own. >> from sam champion or evansweather on twitter, as well. here's our weather for the day today. great ameri-cans here, from temple, texas. newfoundland, in canada. and this is tyler from new hampshire. where? where? where? where in new hampshire. >> new hampshire. >> where? all right. bill's beating up on little kids this morning. from west coast to east coast, we have nice weather. in los angeles, 85 today. san antonio still hot. in the southwest, the heat once again. orlando's 94. we're going to see temperatures across the count

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but for joanne fin -- joan fin, it was trouble. >> i started out having headaches.uld walk, i would veer to the right. and i thought, that's not right. i'm walking like i've been drinking. >> reporter: alcohol wasn't joan's problem. a tumor in her ear was. but even after doctors removed it, she still wasn't the same. >> the balance is terrible. i still veer to the right. or i veer to the left. and it is scary sometimes. >> we found 35% of people appear to have evidence of vestibular functions. >> reporter: it provides information about changes in head movements. when this doesn't function properly, patients experience dizziness, vertigo or imbals. >> one iny -- imbalance. >> one in three people over the age of 40 have this condition. >> reporter: she determined about a third of those at risk are unaware. which is why she recommends every person over the age of 40 have a balance test. >> the good news is that there is hope for patients who have vestibular disfunction. balance exercises that train the brain to compensate for the deficit. >> reporter: joan practices he

loved giving candy to iraqi children and leaves behind his wife, joanne, four children, a mother andister. greg sutton. american hero. good night from special friends of the show, dan, parker and cameron, all honor students. thank you to all of our guests but especially to you for being with us. i'll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp eastern. and until then, good night, and until then, good night, friend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello. i'm ashleigh banfield in for a.j. hammer. and this is a "showbiz tonight" nudes news break. here's some of what we're covering for you on "showbiz tonight" at the top of the hour. was michael jackson's death a homicide? tonight, brand-new explosive allegations from michael's family. plus the custody battle over michael's children. why was a hearing with jackson's mom and debbie rowe mysteriously canceled? tonight, "showbiz tonight" has all the late-breaking developments. >>> also jon minus kate plus one date. wait until you hear this. jon gosselin is actually dating the daughter of the guy who did kate's tummy tuck. >>> and levi john

. >> reporter: at 64, joanne says kick boxing in water is easier on our arthritic shoulder and knees.> i can do things in the water i can't do on the ground because of arthtis. >> reporter: anita potter added aquatic kick boxing to her low impact routine. >> i can't run or use the treadmill. so between using the elliptical machine, swimming and doing this class, it allow me to get in at least three to four days a week of exercise without causing further damage. >> kick. step side. >> reporter: while shallow and deep water workouts tend to be gentler on the joints, you should be extra careful with hip and knee injuries. >> just because it's in the water, doesn't mean you're free from anything that could cause you an injury. you have to watch your form. >> reporter: these women swear by their water kick boxing and say they get more than just the satisfaction of a workout. >> one of the things you get is how to deliver a strong punch and strong kick and those things are always useful. >> they sure are. depending on your weight and the innsity of your water workout, water aerobics can bur

about it, wendy murphy who specializes in child abuse cases and rhode island state representative joanne. >> no state law prohibits minors from working in adult entertainment. state law does say anyone who employs a person under 18 for prostitution or lewd or indecent acts faces up to 20 dwreers in prison and up to a $20,000 fine in. rhode island, since we allow strip clubs, stripping is not considered lewd or indecent behavior. >> are you going to take some action? >> oh, yes. i'm filing legislation such that they have in massachusetts, a state law that would prohibit employ employers from hiring underage to perform. >> a 16-year-old stripper for some old man, that's not lewd? >> i tell you it is. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg. we also have a loophole that we have no indoor prostitution law in rhode island, which makes it a double whammy. if these girls are doing that, who is to say they cannot do prostitution indoors, as well? >> you hit it on both fronts. that's frightening, as well. >> i'm working on both bills. >> we applaud your efforts. wendy, you are with me on that. how

joanne is glad her 000 mercedes fit the bill.driving a new ford escape. >> that was fox's christy fiardo reporting. >> you will need to have a clear title plus roof of prejudice rj station an insurance -- plus proof of registration and insurance for at least one year. >>> well, it is official now. sarah palin has stepped down and alaska has a new governor. former lieutenant governor shawn parnell was worn in yesterday. she leaves her post 17 months early. the former vice presidential candidate told a crowd crowd of supporters she will fight for the state even though she is no longer in office. palin got in a jab during a farewell speech. >> democracy depends on you. that is why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in on heir of the men sojournerrer, you quite qit making things up. >> palin has vowed to fight for conservative values in some fashion. parnell is only the second non- elected governor in alaska's history. >>> president obama is doing some break tracking and now admits he used wrong choice of words to de

i am convinced joanne freeman argued he was pulling jefferson's life and i think she was right. a big mistake because, of course, thomas jefferson had no humor and he thought the plot is revealed. [laughter] federalism has tipped its hand. and this is something i just got an e-mail from a friend of mine, in historian named al and his -- he is considering a political biography of the bell and the parallel he came up with this fascinating. it is frederick douglass and frederick douglass was also a private man, he never held office but he was a journalist, he was an eloquent orator, he was an organizer, in that worker, a wire puller. he was obviously an outsider for the obvious reasons, a black man in america, but i am eager to see al work this out because the minute i read that i thought -- so there are such people that you can find some resemblances to and we just have to, you know, we can't produce the next one, we just have to be sure that the opportunities are there and that when they knock the doors will open. >> at the moment that we speak we have two books on hand, very muc

that joanne out here -- get joann out here. >> how is the united states working with afghanistan's iec to ensure the most fair elections possible? >> first of all, secretary clinton has sent an ambassador out there with a special election unit. tim is a very experienced election official. he reported to the national security council staff. i was there for that meeting. that group is our primary interface with the election committee. there are two other commissions. there is a complaints commission and the media commission. one of the most dramatic things i did on this trip was to go out tuesday iec, -- to go out to the iec, and there were 200 or 300 young afghans in a blue jeans and t-shirts sitting behind computer terminals registering voters. they're a little behind with only 20 days to go, 22 days, and they are rushing to register three or 4 million additional people. -- and 3 million or 4 million additional people. there are about 70 million names on the chart. we don't know how many are still alive or still in the country. we will not have an exact number. in other words, one of t

joanne says, teachable molt. gates overreacted and the police officer did his jobment get over it. cop taught classes on racial profiling. rigo sayses this teachable moment. i hope president obama uses the opportunity. miss sunshine says do you think too much testosterone or racism had more influence on the arrest? let's talk about one of those. let's talk about the one who said he taught diversity, so, therefore, get over it, andra, does that make a difference? >> it certainly works in sergeant crowley's favor to suggest he's not in fact a bigot and perhaps more sensitive. >> people say if he taught about diversity and about how not to racially profile and lives in cambridge, he should have noekn professor gates. >> that's part of it. but you still have to be on your guard for your own self-conscious and implicit attitudes to come to the forefront. i teach african-american politics. i study this for my living. but that doesn't mean i don't have to deal with my own prejudiced attitudes and i have to check them. you're quite capable of having a racist moment if you're on the whole r

for coming today, i would like to thank national press club staff members melinda cook, and nelson, joanneoward rossman for our -- organizing the lunch. and thanks for the research. the video archive is provided by the national press club broadcast operations center. our events are available for free download on itunes as well as on our web site. non-members may purchase transcript, audio and video tapes by calling 2026627598 or e-mail in us at archives@pres o archives@press.o archives@press.org. thank you very much, we are adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> a couple of live events to tell you about on c-span3. the house appropriations committee works on the fiscal year 2010 defense spending bill at 9:00 a.m. eastern. at 2:00 p.m. eastern the house financial services committee continues its oversight of aid to financial institutions, the troubled asset relief program. >> join the conversation on civil-rights and release program with glen williams lives in two weeks, sunday, august 2nd, at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. although a senate committ

next day at 2:00 okay my darling secondary, joann kendall and italian grandmother, been my secretary over 10 years she buzzed me and said, microsoft on the line. i was very, i started to say kiss , because i knew they were going to say toast. they were calling me to be polite. it was craig bartholomew, skip we finished marketing survey. yeah, yeah. he said, i have great news. we're going to do encyclopedia. we'll call it encarta after fri kahn n. 24 hours, ladies and gentlemen, anthony and i had our two million dollars. only one caveat. microsoft insisted we he had it and deliver $2 million word encyclopedia in 18 months. can you do it? i can do it. anthony and i hired 45 people and staff on heart sqard -- harvard square. next to the divinity school. i wrote to 450 scholars. anthony did too. some in africa. some in china. some in india. some in israel. some in russia. i didn't care where they were. if they were expert on black experience, wrote to them. 18 months later, november 1998 we shipped as they say in microsoft parlance, shipped not two million words, as the contract, specifi

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melinda cook, pat nelson, joanne booze and howard rothman. also thanks to the npc library for its research and npc member. the video archive of today's newsmaker is provided by the national press club broadcast operations center, our events are available for download on itunes as well as on our website. nonmembers may purchase transcripts, audio and video tapes by calling (202)662-7598, or e-mailing usd >> in a few moments, monday's news conference with defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs chairman mike mullen. in a half-hour, more about the health care debate from judy fader and after that, republican senator john kyl. and then senator dick durbin. >> a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow morning. the senate judiciary committee meets to discuss the supreme court nomination of george dodd -- of a judge sonia sotomayor, on c-span 3, fed chairman ben bernanke testifies before the house financial-services committed. >> how is c-span funded? >> donations? >> sponsorships or something like that? >> taxpayers? >> for philan

joanne a for th spokesperson for the mta is joining us this morning. new policy go into effect. >> if someone sees you using a cell phone while operating the train, you will be terminated. >> immediately. >> we will have to investigate. we can corroborate, but there's never an acceptable time for you to be on the phone and operating a vehicle. we already have many protocols and procedures. if the folks need to use a cell phone, you can stop the vehicle and stop off. >> and this new poly is different than -- policy is different than the old po polic. >> there were a lost opportunities but there's no opportunity for someone losing their lives when you're praight a transit vehicle. so we have to be strict on this poly. poll see. >> is this directly in connection with the two high-profile more serious accidents accidents that you have had? >> we have been very fortunate. the mta to my knowledge has never had an incident related to our operators using it. we have to be proactive and we have had some lines with the sister agencies in the region who are takin

joann in phoenix writes, i have a new russian daughter-in-law.s to act in accordance with the party's core principles and believing. one of those core principles is family values, except when it is inconvenient, which, in this case, it apparently is. sanford refuses to resign on his own, thus joining the soiled ranks of larry craig and john ensign. he gets a slap on the wrist for falling below the standards expected of republican elected official, even though they are not very high. deliberations went on for hours on all of this, four hours on a conference call. there were multiple rounds of voting. this patty cake gesture on the part of the party of family values in south carolina is meaningless. just to be clear, sanford's own party is saying, they don't trust him. they don't think he can effectively perform his duties as governor but it is okay with them if he continue ns south carolina's highest office. it is just pathetic. what does it say about the republican party in south carolina that they won't call for governor sanford's resignation? s

melinda cook, pat nelson, joanne booze and howard rothman. also thanks to the npc library for its research and npc member. the video archive of today's newsmaker is provided by the national press club broadcast operations center, our events are available for download on itunes as well as on our website. nonmembers may purchase transcripts, audio and video tapes by calling (202)662-7598, or e-mailing usd >> in a few moments, monday's news conference with defense secretary robert gates and andrew mike mullen. in a half-hour, the apollo 11 astronauts talk about their mission to the man who they lend it 40 years ago today. after that, we will air again the comments about health care legislation from president obama and republican national committee chairman michael steele. on washington journal tomorrow morning, we will discuss afghanistan with michael o'hanlon ambassador christopher hill has an update on iraq. we will focus on the health-care debate with representatives christopher murphy and joe barton. also, we have mike allen, the chief whit

viewer joanne says a great percentage of americans are not interested in polished.straight answers that palin is known for. she will have my vote for president. and terry in minnesota e-mails she should quit complaining about being roasted by the press. the press made her in the first place. in the second place if she wasn't an ethical slagheap, what is that? >> let's just leave it alone. >> oh, you know what that is? >> it is not a dirty word but not complimentariment. >> no the a kind word? thank you. she would not be resigning. sorry if that was offensive to anyone, i wasn't aware what that s she is afraid to face the music. she has she'd make a terrible president. so, go ahead and text me, make sure that your comments are something i can read on the air. text it to hlntv, 45688 and start your message with my name, robin. >> the fcc is not coming after us into the dirty word but definitely not complimentary. >> gotcha. how do you know these words? >>> lance armstrong didn't whip the tour defrance, but you know what did he a great showing there. it has been so man

joining me live is joann, she is working to change the law. thanks for being with us this morning. so, tell me -- >> thank you for having me. >> you heard about the case of the 16-year-old and how did this all come to the attention of police and legislatures? >> well, there was a newspaper article about a 16-year-old young gurl from boston who was found by local police and a rescue worker and she had told them she was stripping in a club and turns out she was 16 years old and, basically, they couldn't charge the perpetrators because there's no law. banning minors from working in adult entertainment zones. >> one of the interesting things is that there are laws on the books regarding underage people working in general. the lieutenant governor said she was just jumping through hoops to get her 17-year-old to be able to be a camp counselor with the working papers it requires. how would this slip through the cracks? >> this slipped through the cracks. we also have another loop hole where prostitution indoors is illegal, which makes both these loopholes extremely disturbing and both nee

to thank you all for coming today i would like to think the staff members malinda cook, pat nelson joanne and howard for organizing today's launch. thanks to the national press club's library. the video archive of today's lunch are broadcast from the operations center. our events are available for download on itunes as well as on our website. for more intermission about the national press club, please go to our website. thank you very much. we are adjourn. ed. >> coming up to look at how the health care debate stands at the end of the week with remarks from house republicans and democrats. then a hearing on oversight of the troubled assets relief program. tonight, funeral services for walter cronkite. friends and colleagues play tribute -- pay tribute at st. bartholomew's church in new york city. that is tonight at 8:20 p.m. on c-span. >> q and a sunday, susan dey -- susan jacoby on the fascination with the espionage trial of alger hiss. at 8:00 p.m. eastern and this -- eastern and pacific. >> republicans told reporters at a health care bill would not pass if pelosi brings its straight to

. >> joann tilly and eddie mcclintock are the stars of "warehouse 13."t someone handed me? they're handing out newspapers already with their pictures on it. tell us about the show. >> well, the show is about a mysterious installation in south dakota that warehouses all the supernatural, fantastical artifacts that humans have discovered over the centuries. >> like the library at alexandria. >> but the government's trying to keep it a secret? >> yes. >> just don't want u to believe the aliens are out there? >> because people are evil. they could use it for bad. >> they could come in, take stuff and mess things up. >> like mankind isn't already messed up? >> exactly. >> who is this show for, younger people, hold older people, men, women, who? >> i think it's for the whole family. it's not to scary. has a lot of heart and has a family dynamic. i think everybody could watch it and enjoy it. >> i envisit to be a show where everybody could get together, the whole family, make some popcorn, turn down the lights. it's funny, it's spooky, it's thrilling. everythin

melinda cook, pat nelson, joanne booze and howard rothman. also thanks to the npc library for its research and npc member. the video archive of today's newsmaker is provided by the national press club broadcast operations center, our events are available for download on itunes as well as on our website. nonmembers may purchase transcripts, audio and video tapes by calling (202)662-7598, or e-mailing us at archives@press.org. for more information about the national press club, please go to our website at www.dot press.org. thank you, and we are adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> our live coverage continues at 1130 eastern as the national governors association closes its summer meeting in biloxi mississippi. governors will hear about energy, climate change and hiv-aids. at 1230 eastern, c-span3 will be live with a discussion on the apollo legacy. today marks the 40th anniversary of the landing on the moon. participants in the discussion include buzz aldrin, the second man on the mound, alan bean of a poll 12, charlie duke of apollo 16, shu

melinda cook, pat nelson, joanne booze and howard rothman.s to the npc library for its research and npc member. the video archive of today's newsmaker is provided by the national press club broadcast operations center, our events are available for download on itunes as well as on our website. nonmembers may purchase transcripts, audio and video tapes by calling (202)662-7598, or e-mailing us >> today, alaska gov. syrup palin officially steps down. she will turn over power in fairs