community proposal we have been searching if you go to lynchburg everybody knows to ota benga is. he is the adored figure and everybody wants to know. so if people are prepared to take the lead dna test. yes. so he is buried somewhere in one of the two cemeteries. >> did the condo government ever reach out? >> today? there has been efforts by some to reclaim his remains. >> i came out tonight at of interest we gain the cover of the book. it is hard to draw linear ties to what is happening today and with a caricature. one but the problem in the community so one thing i have to say this past weekend, i purchased the book four years ago called the sanctuary in this is literally a picture ever write about that period. >> also there has been very little written in the south which is why i was so interested. i did know that history of the lynchings throughout the south but i did not know it was going on here. into the draft around the civil war when african-americans were beaten and killed by mobs had hanged entries. i knew that history but it seems like there was a drop-off. then this

children who he believed the hunting, fishing and lynchburg was embraced by the community that would go on to become a renaissance and having the teacher at the seminary camp. he spent the final years to find his way back from trying to adjust to american life so i will need a small expert in that area where he bonded with a group of boys. in lynchburg she found a home in the contours and boundaries when he crossed into the neighboring cottonwood in the community he was faulted and would come back and ask why they did that he recalled years later he doesn't understand. however long before he arrived he had seen on the faces among the spectators outside of the cage of the monkey house he learned to live in the carefully drawn lines and practice the customs as they have memory in centuries-old depression and he may have recognized the sorrow. they were the descendents of the people that knew the displacement and the loss of language and family, friendship. if i brought her there she was in there she goes again she's about to cry. these people are from a far consonant need a new. some h

what i'm going to do is focus life inn ashe's richmond and lynchburg, but i want to begin with his death in 1993 and then transition and talk a little bit about african-american athletes, especially in the 20th century, and then spend the bulk of my time talking about richmond and lynchburg and hopefully leave ample time in the end for any questions you may have, and i am willing to answer any questions life,any aspect of ashe's whether it is civil rights or anti-apartheid action or his you as an author, whatever would like to talk about, as well. so let's begin sort of at the end. let's look at ashe's viewing,'s funeral, because i think we can learn about their life by looking at the ways in which they are remembered, especially at the funeral. at virginia state flag flew half staff in 1993 on the waters of douglas wilder, the state's first african-american governor. hours before sunset on a cold white andwinter day, black, rich and poor, men and women, liberals and conservatives all lined the streets in downtown richmond to pay their respects to arthur ashe, a man they were membered as

on the left is johnson's home in lynchburg, now an historical site. the tennis courts would have been there in the back. would every summer, for quite a number of years, attend johnson's junior development program to kind of learn tennis, learn about how to survive in a world alien to people of color and the working class. basically a lesson in life, complete with a proper code of conduct. failure to follow dr. johnson's rules at this camp would result in a swift dismissal. a fact which ashe quickly discovered during his first three days. when johnson's son, bobby, who is assisting his father, try to teach ashe the eastern and western racket grips, ashe refused to learn, believing that his mentor had already taught him the appropriate grip. bobby't taking any shit, remembered, telling the young man, if you want him to d2, what are you go home? the elder johnson learned of ashe's stubborn behavior and phone his father, who immediately drove to lynchburg. after talking with johnson, ashe senior approached his son and told him, dr. johnson is teaching yo

community proposal we have been searching if you go to lynchburg everybody knows to ota benga is. he is the adored figure and everybody wants to know. so if people are prepared to take the lead dna test. yes. so he is buried somewhere in one of the two cemeteries. >> did the condo government ever reach out? >> today? there has been efforts by some to reclaim his remains. >> i came out tonight at of interest we gain the cover of the book. it is hard to draw linear ties to what is happening today and with a caricature. one but the problem in the community so one thing i have to say this past weekend, i purchased the book four years ago called the sanctuary in this is literally a picture ever write about that period. >> also there has been very little written in the south which is why i was so interested. i did know that history of the lynchings throughout the south but i did not know it was going on here. into the draft around the civil war when african-americans were beaten and killed by mobs had hanged entries. i knew that history but it seems like there was a drop-off. then this

kimberly: lynchburg college is considering changing the name to include university.ool president tells the newspaper that it includes university of lynchburg and lunchburg university. a third option could be a name referring to central virginia. consultants are holding focus groups to consider the options. jonathan: a trash can for every home. that is the plan of the baltimore mayor to clean up the city. a trash condition. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced that the city will spend $to million to distribute -- $10 million to distribute a large trash can to each home in baltimore. 210,000 to be delivered next year and she expects to offset the cost through savings of other programs. kimberly: hope it works. a fight offline for online retail giant amazon is responding to a "new york times" article portraying a nightmare of workplace, people were crying. it sounds hideous. jonathan: rebecca jarvis has more. rebecca: amazon, the world's most valuable retailer known for dreaming up delivery by drone andjy nan tick warehouses manned by thousands of robots is now defe

. >> al: philips sims is a virginia kid, born in lynchburg. went to virginia tech. starts this drive from the 9 yard line. batted down at the line of scrimmage scrimmage. stacy mcgee got his hands up, 92. second and ten. >> cris: good news for logan thomas is he's got his starting right tackle in the game. they now have bobby massie out there in the game who because of the suspension is playing at the end of the game. maybe their pass blocker and tackle are playing in the game in the final two minutes. >> al: thomas almost gets sacked and does. a flag again. shelby harris got in there. >> referee: personal foul, facemask, defense number 75. 15-yard penalty. automatic first down. >> al: harris gets the sack but it is erased on a penalty. >> cris: right there he steps to the outside, then harris going to beat him back to the inside. unfortunately for him, grabbed that helmet. >> al: takes the ball out to the 24 yard line. 2:04 left in regulation. oh! from behind at the 18 yard line, mario edwards, number two draft choice, rookie from florida state. thomas comes limpin

. >>> this is what's left of a small plane that was supposed to be on its way to lynchburg, virginia,just moments after it took off in florida, the plane went down, bursting into flames. incredibly, the two people aboardwalked away. bobby brooks from our affiliate in south florida has the amazing story of survival. >> if you can believe it the rubble you're looking at was once an air men and the people that were inside survived the crash. no one can believe that, not even ems crews who have seen it all. >> completely destroyed. the fact anybody was able to get out is simply amazing. >> reporter: more amazing, the victims gout to out of this thing under their own power. >> two people standing in the levy inside of the plane. >> reporter: the people inside, kenneth and sonia mckenzie, husband and wife, took off from fort lauderdale executive airport heading up to lynchburg, virginia. >> mrs. mckenzie told bso deputies that they had a drop in the engine oil pressure and then the engine failure. >> reporter: kenneth was the plight and told did a tech hurricane katrina of a job landing the

there's more showers down to lynchburg and the roanoke area. that's lifting steadily northbound. so our rain chances will continue to increase. now, it's not a guarantee you'll get rained on today but i would have the umbrella ready to go just to be safe. 72 in frederick, maryland, 72 in manassas, virginia. high temperatures today. mid to upper 80s. we should see a little bit in the way of sunny breaks mid to late afternoon today and it won't take much sunshine to get the temperatures up into the mid and upper 80s. plenty more chances to be 90 and higher this week. that's in ten minutes, melissa. >> we have road work, this is at kepsington -- kensington. two lanes blocked there in the southbound lane. so that's something you'll probably be dealing with here for the next i don't know, 45 minutes or so. if you're headed out some time soon. 270 at old hundred road, no problems there. everything looking quite good. same thing when looking at 66 into town and out of town. rolling along quite nicely. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car after th

. >> al: philips sims is a virginia kid, born in lynchburg. went to virginia tech. starts this drive from the 9 yard line. batted down at the line of scrimma scrimmage. stacy mcgee got his hands up, 92. second and ten. >> cris: good news for logan thomas is he's got his starting right tackle in the game. they now have bobby massie out there in the game who because of the suspension is playing at the end of the game. maybe their pass blocker and tackle are playing in the game in the final two minutes. >> al: thomas almost gets sacked and does. a flag again. shelby harris got in there. >> referee: personal foul, facemask, defense number 75. 15-yard penalty. automatic first down. >> al: harris gets the sack but it is erased on a penalty. >> cris: right there he steps to the outside, then harris going to beat him back to the inside. unfortunately for him, grabbed that helmet. >> al: takes the ball out to the 24 yard line. 2:04 left in regulation. oh! from behind at the 18 yard line, mario edwards, number two draft choice, rookie from florida state. thomas comes limping

. >> reporter: husband and wife, they took off from fort lauderdale, heading up to lynchburg, virginia >> she said she said they had a drop in the engine oil pressure. >> reporter: the husband was the pilot and did a heck of a job landing the plane. some people fishing didn't hear it land. >> i didn't hear no crash at all. >> reporter: the plane landed near a canal a few 00 yards off a road and went up into flames. >> after you seen smoke, then i heard a pop and a little bit later i heard another cop. >> reporter: the couple was air lifted and their injuries are nonlife threatening. >> he like any good pilot was looking for a place to put this plane down and chose an access road. they had a hard hit. the plane burst into flames, but they were able to both get out. they were both walking around and talking when our flight medics got there. >>> that is amazing. >> it is. >> a true story of escaping in the nick of time, and smart for him to land it there on the access road. >> everybody on social media at work, at school, talking about the vmas this morning. >> we'll show you the moments,

. >> al: philips sims is a virginia kid, born in lynchburg. went to virginia tech. starts this drive from the 9 yard line. batted down at the line of scrimma scrimmage. stacy mcgee got his hands up, 92. second and ten. >> cris: good news for logan thomas is he's got his starting right tackle in the game. they now have bobby massie out there in the game who because of the suspension is playing at the end of the game. maybe their pass blocker and tackle are playing in the game in the final two minutes. >> al: thomas almost gets sacked and does. a flag again. shelby harris got in there. >> referee: personal foul, facemask, defense number 75. 15-yard penalty. automatic first down. >> al: harris gets the sack but it is erased on a penalty. >> cris: right there he steps to the outside, then harris going to beat him back to the inside. unfortunately for him, grabbed that helmet. >> al: takes the ball out to the 24 yard line. 2:04 left in regulation. oh! from behind at the 18 yard line, mario edwards, number two draft choice, rookie from florida state. thomas comes limping

he gave his announcement speech at a school in lynchburg, virginia.chool that calls itself the largest evangelical university in the world. liberty university founded by the late teleevangelist jerry falwell. as you can see, ted cruz drew quite a crowd at liberty university for his announcement. that crowd that day turns out to be by far the biggest crowd that ted cruz has drawn throughout the course of his campaign. in fact, the 11,000 people that ted cruz had at that event, that is tied for the largest crowd any candidate has had at any 2016 event this year so far. if you rank the largest crowds for events on the 2016 presidential campaign trail, if you rank the size of the crowds so far. ted cruz is the only republican who makes it into the top six. the other five places are all held by bernie sanders. every single one of them. and given the relatively small poll numbers ted cruz has gotten, it is quite impressive that he got 11,000 people to show up to hear him announce at liberty university. it is impressive except for the fact that attendance at

are not out here and i turned to one of my colleagues at the local affiliate here in the roanoke lynchburg area, i said are they not out here? they said, today, all the other local stations, wendy, are covering the news for them, providing them the video. a competitive business, here a sign of solidarity. >> good for them. thank you, david. >>> after shooting and killing those two journalists, its gunman took off. virginia state police spotted his -- and that set off a massive manhunt. virginia state police spotting his car in fauquier county on i-66, the gunman headed toward the d.c. area. >> flanagan shot himself before he got further. >> pat collins is live in fauquier county with new information on what happened when the chase came to an end. pat? >> reporter: wendy, vester flanagan's get away didn't last long. it ended here in markham, virginia about 200 miles from that murder scene down near roanoke. about four hours after he shot and killed that tv crew, vester flanagan, a former reporter, finished this story himself. [ sirens ] this is what it sounded like on the police radio as it

they were flying from fort lauderdale to lynchburg when the engine fail old sunday. >> completely destroyed the fact anybody was able to get out is simply amazing. >> he, like any good pilot, looking for a place to put the plane down. hard him. the plane burst into flames, they were both able to get out. >> the pilot and his pan passen a couple from fort lauderdale. his wife is already released from the hospital. >>> the suspected shooter in the execution-like ambush of a texas sheriff's deputy made his first appearance in court today. >> as nbc's jay gray shows us, prosecutors laid out their case in graphic detail as the community continues to show its support. >>> you shalled in court under a heavy police presence and locked in shackles, shannon j. miles stood quietly, showing no emotion as prosecutors described in graphic detail his alleged attack on deputy darren goforth. >> shot him in the back of the head. deputy goforth fell to the ground and the male stood over him and fired several more times. when deputies arrived. they found deputy darren goforth face down in a pool of blood, dea

host: bill in lynchburg, virginia. caller: to me, people claim that the second amendment is the most important thing. the right to vote is the most important thing -- right that we have, and republicans are doing everything they can, all over the country, to try to make it harder and harder for people to vote. we have holidays for everything, but the day that we elect the president or a congressman or something, many people cannot get there to vote and they are trying to make it even harder. to me that is the most important thing that we have in our constitution, is that right to vote. they do so much. bill, what do you think about early voting, as well as a day off? voting, they have tried to present that in some states they are working -- some have early voting. they make it difficult to get absentee ballots, you have to give some special cases are outright lie to get one. now in virginia where they are oath,g about the loyalty i have another comment on that. that again is to keep people from both -- from voting from