he detailed the plan during a gathering at the american legion post in green belt. the governor said the tax relief would be phased in over four years. >> that's my family in a lot of ways because it will give us more money to do some of the things that are important to us as far as paying other bills and taking care of other responsibilities college tuition and things of that nature. >> it's going to cost about $50 million for the tax exemption on military pensions. the governor is also pushing for tax relief for retired police officers firefighters and emergency personnel. >>> all right, phase one, complete. it's done. but it's going to take many more years and a lot more money before earthquake repairs are finished at the national cathedral. news4's tom sherwood gives us a tour of the progress thus far and explains what's left. >> reporter: the earthquake three and a half years ago rattled our region and caused millions of dollars in damage to the washington national cathedral. headstone mason joe alonzo. >> we were probably one of the first ones in the building

governor hogan announced that plan today during a gathering at an american legion post in greenbelt, maryland. the governor said the tax would be phased in over four years and he urged the veterans there to help him lobby for it. >>> new at 11:00, the fbi says it's opening an inquiry into the killings of three university of north carolina students. dozens gathered in dupont circle tonight to show solidarity with the unc community and to call for a hate crime investigation. police say the students all muslim were killed in an argument over a parking spot but friends are concerned that religion could be a motive. >>> next at 11:00, the bait used by police to arrest a couple of car thieves. >>> today is his birthday and rg-3 says he has a real gift to announce. >> i'm getting better every day. >> and it was fate that helped save a local pastor on the brink of death. >>> two men are in jail tonight after investigators say they literally took the bait offered by a local police department. chris lawrence is live at the newsdesk with more. >> it involves cell phones but it started with a bi

. >> hogan announced the plan yesterday during a gathering at the american legion post. the governor said the tax relief would be phased in over four years. >>> democrats are showing some love to the city of brotherly love. the party chose philadelphia for its 2016 national convention. that convention will be held on the week of july 25th. the republican national convention will be in cleveland one week earlier. >>> three marines are still in a california hospital after being exposed to fire retardant gas during a training exercise. 22 hospitals were hospitalized east of los angeles. a fire extinguishing system actually went off in an assault vehicle. >>> this morning two more women have come forward accusing bill cosby of drugging them. one of those women says the comedian sexually assaulted her during their 1969 encounter. more than two dozen women have accused the 77-year-old. he has denied the allegations and has never been charged with a crime. >>> some same-sex couples in mobile county alabama are waking up this morning to full marriage rights. within hours of a ju

he detailed the plan today during a gathering at the american legion post in greenville. the governor says the tax relief would be phased in over four years. >> touched my family in a lot of was because it will give us more money to do some of the things that are important to us as far as paying other bills and taking care of other responsibilities, college tuition, and things of that nature. >> lit cost about $50 million for the tax exemption on military pensions. governor is also pushing for tax relief for retired police officers firefighters and emergency personnel. >>> a convenience store in the district has been shut down for selling illegal synthetic drugs. it's the mobile station on bladesens bladesensburg road in north d.c. the city revoked the business license there. this is the first time district has ordered a business closed under new synthetic drug regulations. the department of consumer and regulatory affairs says it is building cases against other businesses. they could be shut down as well. >>> protecting abused children in maryland. a bill was introduced

after the war, the american legion post first blacked out the names of all the japanese. 11 from the town japanese americans who had been killed in combat blacked out their names and said that they would take care of anyone who tried to come back. there was a lot going on. the hood river became famous. but it wasn't only there. a lieutenant colonel named james hanley was from a small town manned in north dakota. and he was a commander. the battalion commander was in the 442nd were white men, although japanese, like innoate took over, when -- if the white commanders were killed. he was a commander. he happened to read a short commentary in his hometown newspaper. there was some good jap americans, but it doesn't say where they were editored. charles pierce, who was a friend of hanleys. hanley wrote him back and said yes, charlie,i know where there's some good japanese americans. there were 5,000 in this unit. they are american soldiers and i know where they're buried. i wish i could show some of them to you, charlie. i remember one japanese american. he was walking ahead of me in a fo

. >>> maryland governor larry hogan came to american legion post 136 in green belt maryland. >> just want to say hi to everybody and thank you for your service. >> reporter: to share his proposals to eliminate income taxes on their military pensions. >> immediately when we pass this legislation, 25% of your income will be exempted an then over four years it will go up to 100% and you will no longer -- maryland will no longer take a penny out of your military pensions. >> reporter: the american legion has been lobbying for this for years. >> i to know veterans that have left this state because of the taxes in the state and the fact that their military retirement is taxed. >> reporter: frank killebrew is a member of the east coast chapter of tuskegee airmen. he lives in ft. washington, a maryland income tax exemption would save him more than $5,000 annually. >> the money that i pay in taxes i would be able to put additional money into educational fund for my grandchildren. >> reporter: ultimately, the governor wants to eliminate income taxes on the pensions of all retirees in the state

after the war, the american legion post first blacked out the names of all the japanese. 11 from the town japanese americans who had been killed in combat blacked out their names and said that they would take care of anyone who tried to come back. there was a lot going on. the hood river became famous. but it wasn't only there. a lieutenant colonel named james hanley was from a small town manned in north dakota. and he was a commander. the battalion commander was in the 442nd were white men, although japanese, like innoate took over, when -- if the white commanders were killed. he was a commander. he happened to read a short commentary in his hometown newspaper. there was some good jap americans, but it doesn't say where they were editored. charles pierce, who was a friend of hanleys. hanley wrote him back and said yes, charlie,i know where there's some good japanese americans. there were 5,000 in this unit. they are american soldiers and i know where they're buried. i wish i could show some of them to you, charlie. i remember one japanese american. he was walking ahead of me in a fo

legion. they posted a statement on their website and the head of the legion calls out the secretary for lying. it goes on to say that he made a poor choice of words in an effort to bond with a homeless veteran. second mcdonald told him he was in special forces. goes on to say he should be held to a higher standard. the secretary has apologized, as he certainly should. we hope he can restore the trust that he lost. and they go on to talk about that current membership 2.3 million wartime veterans in the american legion. do you think many of the millions of vets that see it will see it as what was described as a bone headed statement, what colonel gary bloomberg called it he was a retired army colonel. >> and that colonel who was in special forces said listen this guy, wasn't trying to intentionally deceive anybody, it was human connection. and tamron, i will tell you i am a member of american legion veterans of foreign wars. proud member. but at the end of the day, people have to look at the broader context. this is a man who is full of integrity, who is changing the dynamic within the va been

and my grandmother was post commander of the american legion for the women. and i just wanted to say that it's coming up now and i'm going out there and march by myself in that. thank you very much. >> guest: well, thank you ma'am. and thank your family for everything they have done and are doing. i really appreciate it. that's one thing that we do as a family on memorial day there's a national cemetery out here and we take the entire family out there, and we'll find a tombstone and lay a rose on it. and it's to show the kids that we are honoring these guys who have come before us and paid the ultimate sacrifice and i want them to understand it and be supportive of the military. you don't have to support the wars, i don't care about that but the men and women wearing that uniform are true heroes. like i said before, they don't decide where they go, but they're willing to do whatever their country asks. >> host: chris kyle is joining us from dallas. and daryl in freemo this -- fremont, california you're on booktv talking with chris kyle of "american sniper." >

post. they still have lesions of lobbyists. -- legions of lobbyists.ttle between now and the closing bell. i am more hopeful that i have been that this deal which should be dead on arrival several months ago when i got to the fcc will be turned down in the final analysis. stephanie: alex, what do you think? alex: one thing says the fcc is taking on a tighter look at this , and the different rule changes we have seen. obama coming out, and the commissioner tom wheeler of the fcc day that broadband will be treated as a utility other than price regulation. the two bumping up the minimum broadband speeds have happened recently. you can say it shows that the next stage is they will take a hard look at this deal. the other way of looking at it is they are setting up strict rules so that when they approve comcast time warner cable there will be able to say we set the groundwork for a tighter regulation of broadband, so when we accept this deal we can say comcast owns 57 percent of high-speed broadband in the u.s., but we have a rule saying they have to be net

legion for our national commander. with 2.4 million members and 14,000 posts across the country, we make of the backbone of the world's -- of the nation's largest wartime service organization. we focus on getting things right not just for our members, but for 20 million members beyond that, i was struck by something that secretary mcdonnell said. this is a team sport. we can do it by yourself. i think everyone agrees that the country owes a great service to the veterans, that the country owes a lot of things to the veterans. the country is not just the federal government. the v.a. is a piece of that. i think everyone here this table, everyone here in this room is also a piece of that. we all have to work together on this. i spent two of the last four weekends out of various grassroots events for the american legion and nebraska and kansas, out there with the blue cappers by myself, who were there wanted to go out and go into the v.a. hospitals and help out in whatever way they can. we had over 7000 legionnaires donating almost one million hours of volunteer service to the v.a.. this only works if we are all on the sam

legion of super fans never fail to get richard sherman his campbell's chunky chicken noodle soup. mmmm. looks good. hahaha! chunky chicken noodle now tastes even better! >>> here's time for conversation nation. the huchb ton postfor being here. >> i have to start by going to rudy giuliani saying he does not believe that the president loves america, but the real problem is people like scott walker refusing to condemn the comments, and bobby jindal saying the gist is true and ted cruz calling the president an apologist for terrorists. shirra rudy is one thing, totally irrelevant but the possible 2016 candidates not condemning it? how is this plays out? washington? privately a lot of them are shaking their head saying my gosh did rudy just say that? when i heard about it i just put that in my manila file of crazy things he says times, and that he's never going to run for office again. >> liz? >> i agree with that. the emphasis on black on black crime, he's always going off, but there are people who are listening to him. that's what we need to be concerned about. the white house played the high road do with the three monuments with with #obamalovesamerica. what about the other guys? the guys that have real followi

very fortunate to sit here and speak on behalf of the american legion for the national commander of the 2.4 million members and over 14,000 postshe country to make up the backbone of the worlds and the nations service organizations. it's not just for the 20 million members but beyond that who are veterans of the people that have have warned us had struck by something secretary mcdonald said earlier today this is a team sport. we can't do it by ourselves. i think everyone agrees that the country owes a great service to the veterans. the country owes a lot of things to the veterans. the country isn't just the federal government. it's a piece of that but i think everyone here at the table, everyone here in the room is also a piece of that. we have to work together on this. i spent two of the last four weekends out at the various grassroots events in the region in nebraska and kansas out there with those like myself who were there and actually out there wanting to know out and go into the va hospitals and health out in whatever way they can. we had over 7000 donating almost a million hours of volunteer service to the va. this only