amy: reverend james lawson, your response? >> his earpiece came off.: reverend john dear, your response? >> president obama has said great things about the need to abolish nuclear weapons, but the practices we continue to fund devoted them in upgrading -- developing them in upgrading them. this is the great problem we're facing with our government right now and the solution is, we need new, stronger grassroots movement in the united states connected with a global movement to say, we need to start working for the abolition of nuclear weapons now. we can't wait and we can't have just one or two. amy: in this last minute we have, reverend james lawson, it is also the 50th anniversary of the signing of the voting rights act, august 6, 1965. the significance of what the voting rights act means to all of these different issues? >> well, the democratic experiment from july 4 1776 in the ited states accessible to all the citizens, to all the people, is a part of the major task that has to be continued within the united states. the voting rights act of 1965, th

i want to thank reverend james lawson and reverend john dear.t doesn't for our show. -- that does it for our show democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captio ' ut capitalism and white supremacy, with two brilliant minds, dr. cornel west and professor rick wolff. and later we hear about one small business that's operating under a different economic paradigm. all that and a few words from me on who's on the hook for the deepwater horizon spill. it's all coming up. welcome to our program. [music playing]

pat lawson muse and our team of volunteers standing by. give them a >>> now, on "news 4 midday," we are in weather alert mode, showers and storms lighting up storm team radar. >> the threat is not going to go away any time soon. let's get to meteorologist, amelia segal now for an update. >> here is the latest on storm team 4 radar. you can always download our nbc washington app. you can get the radar there in the palm of your hand. if you are heading out this evening, you can track the rain moving through. i am starting to see some very heavy rain develop mainly to the east of i-95 impacting parts of southern maryland generally moving north/northeast ward. this moving out, not impacting the district. walkersville, right around the noontime air dwra. the real reaction will happen this evening when this cold front pushes through the area from about 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. high temperature of 86 degrees. that will hit at 3:00 p.m. through the evening hours. temperatures hang around in the 80s. another check at future weather coming up in about

lawson who is a specialist on melanoma itself.o they have been a team, and i have complete confidence in them. and they have been gracious enough to reach out to others who have volunteered to consult with them, and i understand they have shared even the mri with -- with some others, so they can consulting, i guess with the best cancer treaters in the world, and i'm very grateful that emery is in charge. >> reporter: lynn anderson. first of all, president carter, i'm so sorry and sad to hear this news. and i just have a basic question. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i haven't felt any weakness or disability. the plain has been very slight right after the operation on my liver i had a little bit of pain in my stomach, it was a laparoscopic surgery. i had some pain in my right shoulder, strangely enough, but the doctor said that is expected, there's a resinating pain that knows from your internal organ up to your right shoulder, and if you have a heart problem it goes to your left shoulder. and it only took the pain medicine a

join me in welcoming guy lawson. >> thank you. there's some kids in the crowd so there's going to be a few word that start with the letter f, and i apologize in advance. so please forgive me. torture, massive illegal government surveillance. the coverup of the purdue of civilians in iraq by american forces. epic contractor fraud. these are the crimes of the 21st century in so-called global war on terror. each crime relates to actions taken by the government, policies implemented in secret, without public debate. each part hoff the voyage the united states took to what dick cheney took called dark side. who is accountable? torture, prison garth in abu grade named lindy englishing. the united states' massive illegal global surveillance. that's all edward snowden's fault. for the murder of iraqi civilians and the coverup by the army, the whistle blowing soldier indiana chelsea manning is in prison. and for private contractor fraud and the loss of tenses of billions of dollars worth of arms as well as the loss of wars in iraq and afgh

jeff lawson is with me now. glad to have you with us. are partnering with the nonprofit polaris to bring an end to human trafficking, as we know from hospitality to farming, domestic service, sex work, there are over a thousand cases in a year where people are held against their will, forced to work with no pay. how are you helping them? >> absolutely, great to be here. twillio, we launched it to help nonprofits to use communications technology to fight the problems of the world, and polaris is a great example of this. as an organization, they've been fighting human trafficking by helping victims get out of the trafficking scenario, and they have had a voice, a phone hot line that women could call to get help, but realized it was difficult to make the phone call, so they partnered with twilio and the sales force foundation to launch with the code to send a text message and the one text message puts them in touch with volunteers, and realize that sms was critical to getting help because you can send that message discreetly, and you can ha

some of you may have known lawson ramidge.hen he got dressed up and was wearing ribbons, the one in the upper right-hand corner of that top row of ribbons was a light blue-ribbon with 13 little stars in it. he had been a quite famous submarine skipper. anyway, he called me into his office and said, how would you like to go to guam and be the admiral's aide and flag lieutenant? i said i don't think i am cut out to be the flag lieutenant and he said go see the chief of staff. the chief of staff, commodore crawford, asked me the same question and i gave him the same answer and he said, go pack. [laughter] early 1943 -- 1944, get it right, i had -- or early 1945, i go to guam and was the admiral's flag lieutenant for most of 1945. at the end of the war, admiral nimitz directed all of the flag and general officers in the pacific, who could get away and turn their command to a trusted subordinate, and come to tokyo to be aboard the misery for the surrender ceremony -- to be aboard the missouri for the surrender ceremony, at that tim

at the live desk, i'm pat lawson muse. >> all right. >>> four young brothers in alexandria are getting a better night's sleep, thanks to some police officers with some really big hearts. the officers bought and put together new beds for the boys and their mom. these are facebook pictures of alexandria police setting up the beds on wednesday. the family had been sleeping on the floor. the officer heard about their situation from one of the boys who attends the alexandria police youth camp. officers raised more than $2400 online for bunk beds, mattresses and bedding. >> how nice. lovely. >> yes. >> good deed. >> absolutely. >>> so, finally, the weekend is upon us. >> right. and the weekend really isn't going to be bad. yes, it is going to be hot, the more extreme weather that we are talking about with heat -- >> next week? >> next week. we will have to deal with it for a couple of days for sure. so, get out and enjoy the weekend. >> while you can. >> while you can. right. everybody wants to get out and have some fun, especially if you have kids too, right? look at the temperatures across

and james lawson pulled me over say this is not going to work rickey. in and change. >> also inducted was former 49er defensive end charles hailey introduced by former owner. he played in san francisco eight of his 13 years. he is the only player in football history with five superbowl rings. in his speech, he told a story of playing golf at pebble beach with some 49er teammates. >> i'm driving the golf cart around. and i drive it up on the green. eddie, ronnie, joel, all the guys are laughing at me okay? some guys are flying behind us going like get off the green. i said what are you even talking about. so i go to the next hole. i drive up on the green. and so then, you know, this guy comes and opens his mouth again, i'm going to knock him out. [ laughter ] hey. so, i started to turn around, then, ed and them goes you can't drive up on the green. i said [bleep] green. >> a very entertaining speech by him. temperatures in the 90s tonight for the earthquakes game in houston. 76 minute tied at one. dynamos alex scores are fright to give houston the lead.

in a letter to captain ted lawson after the war, the commander officer of the uss hornet during the missionon every front, it brought an electric shock of hope. as general jimmy doolittle himself wrote years later, our country faced with the greatest adversity we had ever experienced, had fought back. some were killed or executed. some were grievously wounded. some faced years of captivity. but the doolittle raiders had pierced the axis war machines and given american a reason to believe victory was reason reach. for all of the men who made it through the raid in one piece, the war was only just the beginning. with many more dangerous missions ahead. more raiders would give their lives before the final victory was won. too sure, into danger, was the motto. and dangerous it was. and i want to say something to the families to the members of the air force. now it is the air force. as i travel in europe and north africa, and my colleagues can attest to this, we visit the american cemeteries there and what is remarkable and how we look across at the tomb stones and how proud we are, we have to g

i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us. "news4 today" continues. >>> "news4 today" starts now. >> today's top story, wow. sounds of joy there. new pandas in d.c. pandas with an "x" that is because mei xiang had a second one born last night. >>> and a barricade situation that lasted more than 24 hours in northeast d.c. is now behind bars. d.c. police arrested roosevelt robinson for the murder of his cousin loretta carswell. he is charged with first degree murder. >>> i want to give you a heads up right now, an emergency drill at the stadium armory drill. you can expect to see smoke and fire until around 10:00 this morning. so you probably should avoid the area. good sunday morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. welcome back. thanks for joining us. starting off another beautiful morning here. 60s. feels great out there. >> we want to check in with lauryn ricketts. looks like the rest of the weekend will be a winner. >> it is. much of next week going to be a winner as well because tue

lawson is a specialist for melanoma and there is a specialist in radiation. they are working very closely with other cancer centers around this nation. indiana, houston, texas, national cancer institute, and others. i've had a lot of people call and recommend different places. i have referred those offers of help to the doctors to get their acquiescence of approval before treatment. for a number of years, we have planned on reducing the work at the carter center but we have not done it yet. remember when i was 85, and when i was 90, this is a time to carry out our long-delayed plans so i will cut it dramatically on my obligations at the carter center. as you know, the carter center has a full legal partnership with emery with trustees approved by emery and vice versa. we have built up a substantial endowment to tide the carter center over. there is over $600 million and that endowment but i will continue to sign letters requesting contributions and making calls to people. i will continue with the funding and the trustee meetings, i will attend those. i would

david lawson is a specialist on melanoma and dr. curren is a specialist on radiation treatment.ation, in particular, md anderson in houston and others. i have a lot of people call and recommend different places and i referred those offers of help to the doctors and they have reached out to get their acquiescence or approval of what they've decided to do in the treatment. for a number of years, rosa and i have planned on dramatically reducing our work at the carter center but haven't done it dwret. we talked about it when i was 80. again when i was 85. again when i was 90. and so this is the time for us to carry out our long-delayed plans. so i'm going to cut back fairly dramatically on my obligations at emory, at the carter center. as you know, the carter center has a full legal partnership with emory, half of our trustees are selected by emory and we approve them and vice versa. the president of emory university is on our board of trustees as is rosa and i. and we have built up a very substantial endowment to help when i discontinue. but i'll continue to sent out letters reques

david lawson is a special tis on melanoma and dr.n who is here is a specialist on radiation treatment and he's in charge of the cancer center. and they're working very closely with other cancer centers around this nation in particular, md. anderson in houston, texas, national cancer institute sloan-kettering and others. i have had a lot of people call and recommend different places, and i referred no offers of help to the doctors and they have reached out to get their acquiesce sense or approval of what they have decided to do in my treatment. for a number of years ros lynn and i have planned on dramatically reducing our work at the carter center but haven't done it yet. we thought about this when i was 80 years old, to begin when i was 85, again when i was 90, and so this is a time for us to carry out our long delayed plans. so i'm going to cut back fairly dramatically on my obligations at emory, at the carter center. the carter center has a full legal partnership with emory. half of our trustees selected by emory and we approve the

let's bring in jonathan hoenig from capitalist pig hedge fund and a fox news contributor and kimberly lawson, imperial wealth management. jonathan, i'm getting a sense at least what happened by end of the day the market already discounted the china factor. what do you think? >> david, great example, how it is not over until the final bell rings. this morning as you pointed out it was an absolute bloodbath. nice to see for bulls the resilience being able to come back. keep in mind, however, put it in context, market has been down nine of the last 11 days. some sectors like china, oil, commodities, even u.s. growth stocks have been heavily slowed i don't think the trend has changed. european stocks had worst day of the whole year. great to see it come back but you have to be careful in terms of breadth and everything else i think a very we can -- weak market. david: kimberly how does this double devaluation plays out for u.s. companies. they are betting on growing middle class. devaluation kills middle class, kills value of their savings and value of their paychex. this really retards the deve

for the chapel incident, gilchrist tries out a line of defense in a progress meeting with officer lawsonterday you indicated to me you were being discriminated against? >> yes. >> what's that all about? >> every time i'm alone with somebody, i have to go through this, and it's not -- this isn't the first time that it's happened. they just -- they watch me and it just gets annoying. >> checking your reports, i noticed you got a report of the same exact thing almost a year ago to the day. >> yeah. >> in the same place with the lights turned down low? >> yes. >> so you're telling us it's just a coincidence? >> it's not. every report i've ever gotten for sexual misconduct has always been the last five days of march. once a year, every year, for three years, it's like, my god. it's terrible. oh, well. i guess they take another blue footed boobie mates in march, so maybe i i'm one of those. i'm a hybrid. >> we caught up with gilchrist moments before his disciplinary hearing. >> i'm going to see the administrative law judge today. he's probably going to bang me with 90 days. i don't know. he do

helping out, doug kammerer, amelia segals, pat lawson muse.apple federal credit union is teaming up at nbc4 to collect donations for kids in need at back-to-school time. >>> our wednesday's child this week is a bright kid, does well in school. but of course, we could use the support of a loving family to help him succeed. >> news4's barbara harrison was with him as he celebrated his 15th birthday. meet joey. >> first thing we are going to do is see if you could be a spy. >> reporter: first lesson was in threat analysis to see how well joey could do in detecting hostile surveillance. >> which of the buttons on this coat is a camera? can you tell? >> that one. >> yeah. how did you figure it out? >> 'cause i can see the lens. >> is there a secret skateboard hidden in this museum and it's got a secret message waiting for you. >> reporter: joey thought about all he had learned here so far. he is a quick learner, a smart kid, but needs a family to help him succeed in life. >> a family who is just gonna love him and take care of him and have him real

this evening, we are hearing from those soldiers and our pat lawson muse joins wuss their story. >> reporter, rangers shaye haver and kristen griest did say they did feel pressure knowing they were the first woman to take the course. both women say tomorrow will be one of the highlights of their lives. the two are among 90 that will graduate from the ranger training course. it is considered one of the most gruel and difficult courses in the world. the soldiers speaking this afternoon say they hope that the next women to come along and take the course do so with a strong mind. >> the reasons why i chose to come were the same as these men here, to get the experience of the elite leadership school that the army has to provide to give me the opportunity to lead my soldiers the best i can. >> i just came here to try to be a better leader and improve myself and i felt like i did that and for other women who have that same goal in mind, just keep that goal in mind and, you know, just don't lose sight of it and just keep reminding yourself why you're there. >> whenomes to the way the military treats

southern poverty law center released a statement overnight saying bond died saturday night in fort lawson beach florida avenue a brief illness. they didn't specify what that illness was. the native was considered an icon of the civil rights movement. he served as board chairman of the naacp for ten years. one was 75 years old. >>> now to campaign 2016, donald trump has a commanding lead in the race for president. billion air and his rivals are in iowa for one of the most important events of the campaign so far. cbs news correspondent wendy gilette has the the latest. >> reporter: donald trum april arrived in style at iowa state fair and took questions. he criticized his fellow republican candidates jeb bush for a comment he made about isis and what the u.s. need to do in iraq to control the terror group. >> jeb bush is a puppet to his donors. he has got lobbyist. he said we have to prove we have skin in the game. i think it may be within of the dumbest statement i have ever heard. >> reporter: trump promised to unveil his first policy proposal of his campaign. they would outline his plans

my name is chad lawson and i'm composer and pianist a few years ago i wanted to see what would happen if i put my own interpretation on chopin's works. where as chopin would have the melody in the left hand. beautiful melody. i decided to take it to the right hand. i want to reintroduce chopin. the variation debuted number one on itunes classical. and all of a sudden you have an audience that was not listening to classical music to begin with it. when i was five years old we used to sit around the television and watch this show called sha na na. i was like, captivated. a year later my parents took me to see them live. after sha na na i started piano lessons i was five years old. i began classical, played in rock bands at weddings and then turned to jazz. in 2007 i received a phone call to do the tour of julio iglesias, i was so excited because i practiced so many years. i'm going to show you the ex department of what it's like to tour with someone like this. that was it. because that's all the song needed. i do everything on my own. i spend my life on two keyboards. the piano then thi

david lawson, a special and a doctor who is specialist in radiation.ng closely with other centers in texas, and sloan kettering and others. i've got a lot of calls. and there's approval of what they've decided to do in the treatment. for a number of years, rosalynn and i have planned to reduce our work and haven't done it yet. we talked about this when i was 80 and talked again when i was 85 and talked again about wh it when i was 90. so this is a time for us to carry out our longer day plans. so, i'm going to cut back fairly dramatically on my obligatio obligations. and at the carter center, as you know, the carter center has a full legal partnership with emery, half of our trustees are by emery and we approve them, and we have bildt up a substantial endowment for the carter center, but i'm no longer able to raise funds and have $600 million in that fund. and i'll sign letters for contributions and key calls. so, i'll continue with the funding, and the trustee meetings at the carter center, i'll continue to attend those and i'd also like to schedule t

ask your hep c specialist if harvoni >> pam: falling a lawson delivers refinery explosion happened back in february. the blast injured for contractors heavily damaged equipment and and white ash a car and home investigators are classifiying 18 out of the 19 citations as serious because they could have caused major injury or even investigators found that exxon did not take action to eliminate known hazardous conditions at the refinery which could have prevented the explosion. in china -- emergency crews are suspending their efforts to put out a raging chemical fire in the city of tianjin - at least for now. they first want to learn more about exactly what they're dealing with. update. >> catherine: the official death toll in that disaster stands at 50 -- with a port company says dozens of its employees are still unaccounted for -- after yesterday's fiery explosions at a warehouse packed with hazardous chemicals. today - a man caught who lived nearby -- talked to a cnn crew about what happened. personnel saw the flash he his wife migrant construction workers to of the 15 million citizens

lawson who is a specialist on melanoma itself, they have been like the team working closely with me andmplete confidence in them. they have been gracious enough to reach out to others who have volunteered to consult with them and i understand they shared the m r i with some of us. consulting with the best cancer treaters in the world and grateful that emery is in charge. >> led anderson with the atlanta journal constitution. first of all, mr. president, i am sorry to hear this news and i have a basic question. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i haven't felt any weakness or disability. the pain has been very slight. right after the operation on my endeavour i have a little pain in my stomach and laparoscopic operations, three tiny incisions in my stomach, some pain in my right shoulder strangely enough, the doctor said that was expected, resonating pain that goes with liver and internal organs,er problems for a heart problem it goes to your left shoulder but i survived that, took the pain medicine for a few hours and didn't have to take any more. i had a slight reaction last night to

it has patent for a hydrogen fuel cell that is more economic we have urable and mark lawson here.lse." you have the answer. you have the creation to all of my problems, a battery that would last for a week. how close are you into putting this into production with apple? >> well, we have a number of partners across the globe. onsumer electronics. retend not to discuss our partners. we spent 20 years on this journey adopting the fuel cell technology. it is applicable not only to consumer electronics but in cars and the replacement of diesel engines. using consumer electronics is relatively new. francine: talk about -- what are the dangers? it is taking you 20 years. you're one of the few that is trying to figure this out. it looks a little bit bulky. what is the one thing that actually makes you think this could be delayed? this may be pricey? this won't pick up as much as we want it to. >> the first generation is in the apple storrs called the up. it is the first generation product. now we're on that journey. we're closer to the end of that journey being able to embed the fuel cell

i'm pat lawson muse. metro derailment.e now know what caused the derailment of that empty metro train a couple of weeks ago. metro's interim manager jack requa said the track was too wide at the very spot where it was derailed and it was a problem that metro knew about and a problem that should have been fixed and wasn't and now there are jobs on line. even requa, bremante said heads should roll on this. >> i think he had no choice but to go here. you have congress coming down on metro about manufacture on the problems besides this one. it's simple to say it doesn't look good, but that's the case. it doesn't look good. you have the union coming out saying this is mismanagement. you have the interim general manager saying it's mismanagement. you have chris van holland saying this is unacceptable. jerry connally saying this is unacceptable. metro leadership knowing the problems they had, just in general from the pr stand point, you would have thought this would have been fixed just knowing you don't congress to get into your

lawson who is a specialist on melanoma itself. they have been like a team working very closely with me. i have complete confidence in them. they have been gracious enough to reach out to others who have volunteered to consult with them , and i understand they have shared the mri with some others. they are the best cancer treaters in the world. i am very grateful that emory is in charge. lynn anderson with the atlanta journal-constitution. first of all, president carter, i am so sorry and sad to hear this news. i just have a basic question. how are you feeling? president carter: i feel good. i have not felt any weakness or disability. slight, has been very right after the operation on my .iver i felt pain in my stomach the laparoscopic operation had made 2, 3 very tiny incisions in my stomach. and i felt pain in my shoulder. the doctor says that is expected. you have pain in her right shoulder if you have liver problems, if you have heart problems that goes your left shoulder. i only took pain medicine for a few hours, and that i d

lawson to a letter if you're tired and his group needs to be replaced and will be replaced for free 49cker is not going to practice this week after he was charged with misdemeanor sexual battery. >>darya: he was not sure how long the expulsion last four weather and might be permanent the santa clara county d.a.'s office charged him with alleged assault for something that happened on december 15th at the home of former teammate. >>mark: chris has been making his first arsons coming back after giving out a home run he rocked the struggle over a they tried to rally late in this one of the giants cannot hang don the job to item 3 in the series and not for an have games behind the dodgers and five and have back in the wild-card race. tperrms e #1on-dwsyalrgy ll. most aller pil onlcontl one nflaatorsubsnce, flone corolsix. so youre gaterhan ur alrgie flone. six greer tn on thishang evethin so on ts li at e staes williven lowest prices? weave 110%riceatch guantefor ck. looke inhe e andell staps hathe westrice staples s thlowe pris th o pri mat guantee workfor . make 110% pre mah guante for ho