leland vittert is live in our newsroom now. what can we expect tomorrow, leland? >> shep, sunrise in just a couple of hours and istanbul and that's when we will really know whether police have been able to clear out the square, whether the protesters who contact in istanbul tells me are now trying to move back into the square and reoccupy it come morning have succeeded. only time will tell. the prime minister for his part had been belligerent at times, certainly defiant towards these protesters. but he is meeting with some of them tomorrow. that's when we will get a sense in terms of whether he is going to move this towards peace or whether the violence we saw overnight is just the beginning. shep? >> shepard: leland will be reporting from that square for us tomorrow. it's not a particularly safe place or welcoming place for reporters. his mike wasn't closed, our apologies. according to the committee to protect journalists the prime minister has cracked down on freedom of the press imprisoning more than 75 journalists since last summer. the organization reports th

you can see there is the 46 which is down along -- leland avenue. we tend to focus our foot beat activity along bike patrol and along the business corridors. they are very helpful and we receive positive feedback from the community regularly about the performance of our foot beat. they are very engaged and many of them will speak tonight about their relationships with the neighborhood. >> 46 on leland. we have an officer who is cantonese speaking and there are very many chinese merchants. they go to the asian community center and they will set themselves up there at 11:00 most days of the week so if anyone wants to talk to them they can have a regular meeting time otherwise their on patrol and talking with the merchants. i was there, and not many showed up here, nobody came. we grabbed the people from the center and did a merchant walk and met them at their businesses. they didn't want to close earlier to see me. i went to meet them and it helped to explain to me some of their concerns and i related to these two officers. like i said, 11:00 in the m

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leland vittert live with more from istanbul. leland? now, jon, quarter till 3:00 in the morning in istanbul. riot police are holding their ground. they have shutdown much of this city in an attempt to keep protesters have from getting any kind of critical mass. as i look behind me in the square where protests started good night. only because a dozen buses chocked full of riot police at this hour ready to take on demonstrators. [chanting] >> this is a mass protest and it's not just the young. it's not just the liberal. there are doctors out here. there are lawyers. in fact, many of the folks wearing white coats are actually doctors protesting the brutality not only against the protesters but also against physicians who are treating those injured over the past couple of weeks. >> we are out here because of the brutality coming and we are here for our rights, for humans' basic rights, actually. we just want to live freely in our country. >> >> of. >> the crowd is trying to reach taksim square. police are not letting them. they have come ou

back to you. >> leland vittert, stay safe yourself. live from istanbul.ng to the obama administration like velcro. is it taking its toll? well, take a look at this brand-new fox news poll. half of americans say the president is not doing a good job. well, he's under water. 50% disapprove. let's bring in our political insiders, former republican congressman for new york, fox news contributor, former pollster for president jimmy carter, doug too a tox news contributor and former pollster for bill clinton. all right. so he's under water, doug. >> yeah. >> i mean, it's not getting any better, but what struck me is this next poll. trustworthiness and honesty. it's the one thing you really need to have in a president. and look at that. i mean, half of the people polled thinks he's dishonest and untrustworthy. and you compare it all the way back to april. look at that 73% thought he was honest and trustworthy. so much for hope and change. >> that's really the point, gregg. bottom line this is a president who was sinking. he's at a tipping point and perilously cl

leland was right in the middle of crowd is live in istanbul turkey with the latest?er said his security forces knew how who clear the park and square. 30 minutes after he said that, did it come. you step out of shot and you see the last bit of hard-core protests. these guys have been pushed 300 yards by water cannons and taken refuge in this hotel area and surrounding that, you can't see it because it is so dark -- is the riot police. this is the final standoff. we have video to show you earlier from when we out there in the crowd. a lot of protestors have been in the park for weeks now. they say it's something along the lines of a dictator and he is using police brutality. you can judge for yourself. he has turned into something of islamic leader and turning the secular stated into an islamic country. at the same time a massive government rally was wrapping up in the capital of turkey where the prime minister delivered a rousing speech to tens of thousands of supporters. this goes to the divide that we are seeing here in turkey. we spent a few days here in istanbul

. >> leland is live in istanbul, turkey. >> reporter: kelly, they are holding their ground and the crowdsere in istanbul are growing larger and more roudy. let's go ahead and pan off here. you are looking at the park and it is packed. we are going to switch to a live view. this is a live view of the square which is about 150 yards from where i am. and that's where the riot police are. hundreds if not thousands of riot police armed with rubber bullets, tear gas, and this is the square that the prime minister just said that his riot police know how to clear if these people don't clear it. haven't started clearing it yet, but that could happen. we haven't had violence here today. there was violence last night, however, in the capital of turkey. and that's where anti-government demonstrators went up with some government buildings. the police came out heavy handed with a lot of riot control equipment. number of arrests there, as well. and remember, that the prime minister has been in power for ten years. there's a lot of people who say he is turning to secular turkey into an islamic state. on

leland vitter is live with more. >> reporter: one protester here said to me this offer of referendums the stupidest thing he heard, called it almost insulting that the government would think after all these injuries you could make it go away by offering a vote. they said they're staying here in this park. on the other hand, the government says it is time for them to go and they're willing to use force if necessary, meaning this war could be far from over. all day, riot police armed to the t ring the square, ready for battle. protesters mostly relaxed behind a barricade of burned out cars, wounded but undeterred, at the park where it started two weeks ago. >> i am angry, this is against human rights. >> reporter: many told stories from tuesday night when demonstrators answered tear gas with rubber bullets and gunfire. they struggle to explain the violence. >> most of the demonstrators are naive. they are sincere. they have good, well intention, but unfortunately there's been a campaign to create a psychology of fear. >> reporter: the mostly young protesters say they're worried their s

leland, thank you very much.earn more details about the government surveillance programs new questions today about why all that data did not prevent tragedies like the boston bombings. a closer look at that, plus there is this coming up. martha: a great question. >> on the drive, nearly lost it, still dribble link. >> come from behind victoria free for the san anton kwroep san and san antonio spurs. just over knife seconds left in the game the the purchases meet the heath 98 to 88. bill: one of the firefighters who fought that deadly hotel fire in houston is talking publicly. marcus hernandez is his name. he was one of 150 firefighters who responded to last week's blaze and he himself had to be treated for smoke inhalation after helping to save a fellow injured firefighter. >> it's that sick feeling that you do get where you know where you need to be and you pray for the best. bill: prayers indeed. four firefighters died in that fire after the roof collapsed on them. it was the deadliest day in the house toon fir

program goes to places like victorian manor, university mound, the mental health rehab facility, leland house, peter clavier, so we cover the whole gamut of licensed home care facilities. and many of the residents there who might be adversely affected by these proposed cuts. particularly the behavioral health center, i was invited to the grand opening. they had three floors of [speaker not understood] and now they are eliminating the entire one second floor north and moving individuals either out of county or to laguna honda. my concern as a rights advocate is that everyone who is being moved out because of budget cuts have due process protection under the regulatory system for each of those facilities and be given a 30-day notice and a right to appeal their move out of county. it's embedded in the regulatory system for the behavioral health care nursing. the regulatory system for university mound, victorian manor and i ask that just because someone's mentally ill they cannot be yanked out in the middle of the month because of budgetary reasons. it defies social justice theory, the lack

you see how lovely leland street looks. do you like it? >> yes. >> beautiful, isn't it? we are going to continue. we have a library that is going to be opening up in june. that's right. so i will see you all there at the library. there is a lot of activity going on. it is important we remain connected and engaged. >> would you mind if we were to pull the seniors together and translate for me in a mini meeting? >> yes, sir. >> what we are going ready to do is we are going to have a quick little mini meeting to -- because we didn't translate my short message before. >> i just want to say i want to welcome everyone to the event. >> we have folks in visitation valley only talking with visitation valley. we have folks in bayview again only talking in a very small corridor of 3rd straight and the merchant corridor. we don't have people talking to the hill merchant association, doing patch. all these fragrmented conversations are happening, largely talking about the same thing, crime, keeping the streets clean, supporting sbaubs. that is something i made a concerted effort on t

leland, thank you. bill: there was a firey explosion at a chemical plant. one person is dead and dozens injured. martha: fbi director robert mueller facing tough questions on capitol hill yesterday. we'll speak to a congressman who got into one of the most heated exchanges. he will join us live in america's newsroom. >> i point out specifically. >> may i finish. >> i point out specifically -- if you are going to call me a liar you need to point out specifically where any facts are wrong. bill: there is an investigation into a ground rattling, deadly explosion into a chemical plant. 77 people injured. this plants in louisiana makes highly flammable gases common in the petro-chemical industry. martha: back to washington where a heated exchange over the fbi' handling of the boston marathon suspects prior to the attack. the russians warned us about the older tsarnaev brother years ago and dropped the coverage because they said they couldn't find anything on them. louie gohmert asking director muler why no one looked at the mosque he attended in boston which was

we will continue to watch this and continue to keep leland, his feed open and take a quick break.ll be right back with the breaking news. ... ...su.kt'ñp)zt5tty...v&0e++ >>> fox news alert, back now to our breaking news in theseryiots in istanbul, turkey. there had been a divide between local officials and the prime minister of turkey. local officials saying they would not be forcing the crowds out. the prime minister of turkey taking a very different tact and saying we will not show any more tolerance for these protests, vowing this end the demonstrations. you can see the clashes on your screen now that have emerged in the wake of the fulfillment of that promise, going on for hours. the crowds are growing as the government tries to drive these protesters from the main square. those efforts have failed so far. our own ralph peters joins us by phone. this is breaking news out of turkey, as we see a clash that involved the turkish prime minister, the key ally of the united states and protesters who seem to be complaining about growing authoritarianism, growing islamism, and your t

bill: leland, gla good to have u on the ground there.testers see the prime minister's increasingly authoritarian rule there. his government introduced new laws banning the sale of alcohol between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. women's head scarves have been banned in some colleges. now they are being seen in government offices. martha: we are moments away from a closed house hearing into the leaking of classified nsa surveillance perhaps. yesterday during an open senate hearing one senator grilled keith alexander, nsa chief. >> how do we get from the reasonable grounds relevant, authorized investigation, statement of facts to all phone records all the time all locations. i have my verizon phone. my cell phone. what authorized investigation gave you the grounds for acquiring my cell phone data? martha: underring moment yesterday. i'm joined by new york republican congressman peter king. he will be in that closed door briefing. so -- i know this is a closed briefing. so the contents will remain closed. but what questions do you want answered in

leland, what many the latest here? >> reporter: that meeting is going on right now between the prime minister and a couple of these activist groups. though a number of people pulled out because they said the violence yesterday was not conducive to any kind of talking. and they no longer were underred in making a deal. we -- they were no longer interested in making a deal. live pictures on your screen showing the square is empty. the police were able to clear it out using rubber business and teargas and brutal tactics as they tried to move through with throngs of riot police. protesters are gearing up for what they call the second day of war. he says he can't believe his government would do this. he says they simply want to be heard. they are carrying milk and water. that's a local an i dote to the teargas. once again back into the square where we saw that violence that was so awful last night. martha: we saw president obama with turkey's leader a couple weeks ago,. very big ally of the united states. but the protesters

station 87 on west at leland road is set to close next week, as part of a service reduction plan for the contra costa county fire protection district. fire stations and lafayette, martinez and walnut creek close in january, and hours were reduced at clayton's only fire station. tonight's meeting starts a 7:00 p.m. at his third city hall. >> a kidnap attempt in sonoma valley has police on the hunt for a suspect. authority say a 50 year-old girl, was walking near the area of highway 12 and veramp avenue just after 6:00 p.m. on saturday night. that is one police say four black men in a green lexus pulled up, got of the car and confronted her. they try to convince her to get in the car. eventually one of the suspects grabbed arm to try to get her in the car. that is when she broke free and ran to a nearby park. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> opening statements this morning in the murder trial of george zimmerman. this is a live look out of stanford, florida. zimmerman is the former neighborhood watch a volunteer who says that he shot and killed 17 year-old treyvon ma

this morning, byron leland will take the top spot. he replaces the former president who is taking a position in texas. the search for a permanent president is ongoing. >>> time to check on the weather forecast. >> we do have cooler conditions today. that is going to change by the end of the week as we take a look at live doppler, low clouds and fog here. it will burn off later in the afternoon and take a look from roof cam. gorgeous shot and you can see the cloud layer. it will start to burn off. currently we are going to be topping out on in the mid 50s as far as temperatures shall concerned. 54 in san francisco and mountain view, 56, santa cruz, 55 degrees. as we head out the door, pack a sweater because the cooler temperatures will be coming back later tonight. starting off inland at 58 degrees. up to 62 here and temperatures will jump up a few degrees and come back down. full accu-weather coming up. take a look what is happening on our roads. we do have a couple accidents. this one involving a motorcycle. second one of the monk. s

hundreds leland vittert spoke were is protesters.ernment is cracking down on reality and they are not having it. riot. before the violence started two weeks ago. >> i'm terribly angry because this is against human rights. >> many told stories from tuesday night when demonstrators volumes of tear gas and rubber bullets are bonfires. turkish minister most of the demonstrators are. they are sincere. they have good well intentions but create psychology of fear. there. >> there are thousands of people now streaming here into this area, they are prepared not only for the rain but also for the tear gas. we have got guys with safety goggles on, makeshift gas masks and then there is these yellow hard hats that they have to protect against the rock and rubber bullets that will come later. >> we are not marginal. not terrorists, we are just living in this normal people. just democratic rights. >> well, the unrest in turkey could have a big impact on the crisis next door in syria. turkey's prime minister is a big supporter of the syrian rebel. a

leyland is with us now with the rest of the story, leland.rter: right nowç we have te battle of the square. the violence and belligerence si is bringing thousands of more people out to the street, and we see the crowds growing there inside the street, and we hear the loud cracks of rubber bullets and also the volleys of tear gas. the protesters that were peaceful when this thing began, have been responding with stones and molotov cocktails, and the riot police put more and more people there into the square, as do the protesters that say they are not leaving andç they have legitimate demands. their main demand now seems to be rising over the prime minister trying to move turkey from what was a largely secularr state, now towards more of a religious state, and there's a lot of evidence here that the latest straw that broke the camel's back in turkey was the change of the liquor laws there in turkey. it brought a lot of the youth and secular youth out to the street, and that is who is there in the square right now. the prime minister has remai

leland, thank you. jon: from protests to celebration. right now honoring our nation's armed forces and veterans as our nation celebrates flag day and the 238th anniversary of the founding of our army. finish a national tour kicking off in the city of brotherly love. the highlights include an air show and the first-ever tolling of the freedom bell. david lee miller live in philadelphia for us now. we have all heard of the liberty bell there, david. what is the freedom bell? >> reporter: well, jon, you could say this is a story with a familiar ring to it. you're right, not far from where i'm standing there is the liberty bell, but over my shoulder off in the distance here you can see the newly-cast freedom bell. it was created by the spirit of liberty foundation. it was cast only two months ago, made of metal reclaimed from the world trade center site. this bell was created to honor our nation's troops. it is being rung by members of the general public to pay tribute to the army, marines, the air force and the coast guard. people who ring

leland, thank you very much. jon: the attorney general, eric holder trying to move past the scandal involving his justice department seizing reports from skwrourp skwrourpb lists meeting with several news outlets. we'll get insight as to what was discussed from someone who was there. the search for the missing continues in tornado-ravaged, oklahoma. is the threat of severe weather there over? meteorologist maria molina joins us next. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? o

leland, thank you. than here at home we have fox news alert, an explosion at a petition throw chemical plant in the guisemoore area of louisiana. there is a fire, we have reports of injuries. a big question about what exactly caused this. it's the williams company's olaphins plant. one official on the ground doesn't know how many people were hurt but he does see ambulances taking folks away from the plant. we are trying to work on how many people worked there and what caused the explosion. we talked a lot about weather, jon in the country today. we checked on that, weather is not a factor here but we know there are chemicals being made at this plant. as we get more information w tht of louisiana. jon: i see blue skies behind the smoke cloud there. that is an ominous picture. we'll get you more information as it becomes available. fires burning in colorado. homes destroyed, people asked to get out. what they say they may have resort to doing now. jason leffler, the 37-year-old killed in a crash during a

leland vitters from istanbul. is it having any impact on helping the rebels in syria? >> reporter: short answer, no, harris. prime minister erdogan seems to be willing to soldier on business as usual. he calls it his duty to put down these protests. we watched protesters try to break into taksim square, they were pushed back by riot police who sealed off the area for 500 or 600 yards around the square where we are right now. however, it was a very different seen yesterday as the square was filled and riot police had to try to push everybody out. we were there as the latest round of violence began. the battle for gezi park has begun. you see a stream of people running in with gas masks and helmets. they know what they're going up against. tear gas! overwhelming. our face is burning, our eyes are burning. you can hear them launching more tear gas. it is absolutely incredible, the speed at which they move 10,000 people or more out of this park. in about 20 minutes, they were able to push all the way through. >> they tried to kill us, they tried to, you know, make some ter

doppler 7 hd shows around bay count pulling out of concord across willow patch, and concord boulevard, leland road, headed to pittsburg and antioch with a few sprinkles possible. willow pass road near, say, driftwood drive where we have the better radar returns. this is a small disturbance in the atmosphere rolling across and when it passes, just low clouds for the morning commute. that is it. from the roof camera, there is the top of the exploritorium with the solar panels and you can see the gray start and the high clouds this afternoon. slow warming the next few days. a cooling trend for the week. we have wild roller coaster swings in temperatures the last couple of weeks. we can get in a routine, now. 72 in milpitas, a cool spot, and most of us in the mid-to-upper 70's and possibly 80 in gilroy. on the peninsula, low-to-mid 70's and you head up to the north, millbrae at 66, we will have low 60's along the cost, to mid-60's on the bayside in downtown and south san francisco, and sausalito, and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley and upper 50's at your beaches, and berkeley and oak

also leland avenue. we'll look to the south of here. fremont, a live look southbound here.have a nice new flow with the headlights, past the truck scales at tesla. until you get south through fremont, past mission boulevard, things moving nicely here. 880 bogs down, right around 237, early morning construction between 237 and brokaw. that's likely what's still going on. crews headed down to one lane. i have not heard the full clear from them yet. that's probably what's happening as it did a few days ago, the portion of the last week. these crashes on 880 are on the shoulder and on the northbound side. we're sorting all the activity that's kicked in between milpitas and san jose. over all the south bay is very nice and 680 will keep you completely clear of all that slowing. in palo alto, an easy drive northbound past willow and heading into san mateo. san mateo county and santa clara county all looking clear except for that one section of 880. >>> thank you very much, mike. dress code for the county fair will be up for debate at the marin county board of supp vice source mee

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this is a great, great mystery. >> leland, thank you.ou. >>> coming up, we have a packed u.s. economic agenda today. housing report is the major theme. a comeback looked like it was in the cards, but then rates started to rise. we're going to raise the roof on the real estate industry. but first, i'd like to address something i said about snowden yesterday in relation to that snowden story and glenn greenwald, "the guardian" journalist who broke the snowden story. i put my foot in my mouth and i apologize when i veered into hi be pie person lee. i'm sorry i said it that way. i didn't realize the way i said it until later when i saw the clip. just a little context, because i know there was some media around this. i was trying as we did in another segment to raise a question not about the legality of publishing the leaked information about the nsa but about the implications if a journalist aided someone like snowden in trying to evade authorities on the run and what that would all mean, and i overstepped with my language. let me be clear o

the closure of station 87, located at 800- west leland reduction plan.ed in order to close a multi- million- dollar budget gap. stations in lafayette, martinez and walnut creek closed in january. station. were reduced. closures are a last resort. revenues from property taxes and soaring personnel and operational costs. >> jacqueline: it has been a dreary and saud soggy with low visibility the cloud coverage is stained near the coast and for most of the bay area. drier conditions. still, with the the east bay shores, the east inland valleys and the delta. the rain is going to continue as we move towards tomorrow. the rain will continue with mainly in the morning through the north bay. however, the rainfall is continuing for the north bay as we continue for the rest of this week. a major warm up. first, let us talk about the satellite & radar. to the bay area, it has pressed through with some rain falloff to lake tahoe. we have a couple of areas through low pressure. that is what has brought of the showers so far. we will time this out. the showers are app

leland vittert is streaming live from istanbul. >> reporter: jon, right now protestors are gearing up for today's battle at taxim square. right behind me is a park where this all started. that is the place where the protestors came because the prime minister wanted to build a mall. the prime minister sent in the police to clear them out and now we've had 12 days of violent, violent protests, the same turkish coffee vendors in is tan bill are selling helmets for $5 to protect the protestors against the rocks and rubber bullets and also of course gas masks are a high commodity, painters' masks become a valuable asset as there are volleys that go off. we we've talked to a number of protestors here and they shay they can't believe that the tkpwhof government would turn on them this way. they claim it's a democracy. they say they would never treat the people the way it's gone on for the past couple of days especially the all out police assault on the protestors yesterday in the square that left so many people injured. right now there is a meeting going on of sorts between a number of prote

leland vittert has the latest. >> reporter: the violence still continues at this hour today.ut you so you can look at taksim square. it's relatively quiet, there are hundreds if not thousands of police staged here and all the major choke points around the could square to prevent people from coming in. this is where demonstrators wanted to come out. anti-government demonstrators wanted to come out and police cleared them out. >> the battle certainly begun. we see a stream of people running in, all with gas masks. they know what they are going up against. [ siren ] >> tear gas is overwhelming. its total whiteout. our face is burning and eyes are burning. more and more tear gas. it's absolutely incredible the speed at which they move, 10,000 people out of this park in no more than about 20 minutes they were able to push all the way through here. >> they tried to kill us. they tried to make some holy terrorism. >> reporter: daylight brought more clashes and attacked people headed to various protests. violence in one of neighborhoods in the battlefield as crowds swell with people

. >>> and san francisco state senator leland yee will hold a news conference in support of immigration reform. he will unveil a measure that pardons 11 million immigrants and branses them similar immigration rights as same-sex couples. >>> a new volunteer center has been launched for sierra lamar. they've moved to central high school. it used to be at burnett elementary. sierra's father, steve, made the move will allow volunteers to rico -- refocus on finding her. now, antolin garcia-torres has been charged with her murder. >>> a shooting happened about 10:00 at 6th and natoma. the victim was shot twice but is expected to survive. police say the victim refuses to cooperate with investigators. the investigation continues. >>> a key ruling is expected today in the florida murder trial of george zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman charged with the shooting of trayvon martin. a judge may rule on whether an expert witness for the prosecution can testify about screams that are heard on 911 calls made during last year's fatal confrontation with martin. the expert says there were screams for

his life intersected with that of leland stanford, one of the great robber-barons of the 19th centuryly wealthy, was the owner of the central pacific railroad and also had an incredible love of horses. and that gives us a little bit of a way to talk about the story and to get into both books. i'll start with john. you wrote very early on in your book, you say: kercher was so prolific and so ingenius that he might have been remembered as a 17th century leonardo. the problem was he got so many things wrong, and this is where the terrifying part comes in. a somewhat untrustworthy priest, egomaniac, quote: his works in number, bulk and uselessness are not surpassed in the whole field of learning. so just to begin, i'd like to ask you why then did you write his biography, and what were you thinking? >> very good question. i can say, first of all, i told my family and friends i had a book coming out called "a man of misconceptions," they all thought it was my memoir. [laughter] i had to correct them, no, indeed, this is the story of a 17th century jesuit who was an author and inventer. very

leland stanford, -- >> stanford university -- >> of stanford university. and mrs. potter palmer, whose husband built the palmer house in chicago. julia ward howe. elizabeth blackwell, the first female doctor in the country. luisa katherine adams who i think was a granddaughter of the first luisa katherine, the first lady. ann carrie thomas, head of bryn mawr. these women decided this would be their mission, they were going to raise $100,000 to help johns hopkins put up this medical school and the men acquiesced and the women divided the country into 15 geographical regions and invited caroline harrison to be the person in charge of washington, d.c. -- caroline harrison to be the person in charge of washington, d.c. she had several receptions in the white house and of course this was wonderful publicity and legitimacy for this group of women and their mission to get women into the medical school and she also went to baltimore several times. and was the guest of honor at the reception that mary elizabeth fware rhett held. it was a very successful kind of lobbying, if