after the assassination of president mckinley in 1901. before that, there was no regular protection. over, of course, watching the president is the number one job of the secret service. walter introduced me to several of the men on our white house detail. while we waited for the president to come out, i got a lot of information about this phase of the work. for instance, walter told me how important the local police are, and how the secret service gets foreign help from them. suppose the president is to hotel.a banquet at a the entire security plan including routes of travel, duty, andsted preparation of order is discussed by the secret service with the chief of police and his staff. when the plans are completed, the building in which the banquet will be held is carefully inspected, from seller up. even the preparation of food is supervised. if the president goes by train, he occupies a specially-built armored railroad car. in advance of his trip, the secret service has talked with railroad officials come up arranged for protection of the

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after that time was appointed by mckinley and he was doing a great job fair. but they admit before and had bonded even though they were different. how did they develop a close relationship with roosevelt was president of what did he do with cast in terms of bringing about iraq's >> what happened when they were both in their 30s for the past was solicitor general and teddy with civil service commissioner, they moved near each other. their children were the same age and the use to walk to work together all the time. it's a wonderful thought of the pictures somebody described teddy walk it with all this energy, taft even then listening to teddy who is much shorter and much more energetic, but they developed in part because they saw in each other the things they didn't have. past telling teddy the fighting spirit might not have had. teddy saw a teddy saw it pass the person everybody loves. he was so kind and so gentle and so good and when he did become governor general the philippines, the very job he wanted, he definitely would've given up the vice presidency in

>> reporter: this is how bill mckinley tells me when the american veterans disabled for life memorial was unveiled. a first of its kind to honor those who suffer physical disabilities and invisible ones like ptsd. >> it means everything. it's finally honor for duty and service. i was at the original dedication of the vietnam veterans memorial. i was there at 3:00 in the morning with my dog, lady, and a 5th of jack daniels and i thought i was going to leave it all there and never happened. this happened and i can leave it here. >> reporter: architects used granite and glass to convey strength and vulnerability. and there's a reflection pool with a star with a flame in the middle sitting next to a grove of trees to show persist especially in hope.

this duty actually began with theodore roosevelt after the assassination of president mckinley.at, there was no regular protection. today, watching over the president is the number one job of the secret service. walter introduced me to several of the men on our way. while we waited for the president, got a lot of information about this phase of the work. walter told me how important the local police are and how the secret service gets help from them. suppose the president is to attend a banquet at a hotel. the entire security plan, including travel, timing, is discussed by the secret service with the chief of police and his staff. when the plans are completed, the building is carefully inspected, even the preparation of food is supervised. if the president goes by train come he occupies a specially built armored railroad car. in advance of the strip, the secret service have talked with robert officials have arranged for the protection of the train along the way, and sent advanced agentsahead. an important part of the presidential train is the communications car operated by the w

assassination of william mckinley in 1901. the secret service director thegned following congressional hearing in a security breach. in one, a man jumped the white house fence and made it through the front door and in the east stopped.re being ♪ >>> not bad for a beginner. was worseing business than learning to play golf. get a comfortable stance, line your sight. aim at 6:00. squeeze the trigger, don't pull it. practice, they said, and you'll be as expert as the coast guard instructor. that guy could put ten shots of agh a hole the size quarter. well, if he could do it, maybe i could learn. learning a lot of other things. a month before after my appointment to the united states secret service, i reported to the treasury building in washington. i had butterflies in my stomach. walter holt took me through the exhibit room in the treasury building. there i had a quick look at the work of the other treasury enforcement agencies. i knew that the treasury's unit investigated tax frauds and i discovered that the treasury also fights

in september.ns mckinley lives for another 14 days. the story is spreading. parker is a hero around the country. people wanted to touch him and take his clothes. all of this. the secret service gets embarrassed. they cantrial happens neither was a black person there. this is in the trial transcript. if you read the atlanta constitution, a conservative paper, they say that is not right. of course, he is a hero. washington is going around telling this story. as a result of mckinley being killed roosevelt becomes president. 16 1901, roosevelt finds out booker t. washington is going to be in town and invites them to the white house for dinner. this is the famous dinnerware the white house goes desert. a black man eating at the white house, and roosevelt's daughter and wife were there. a black man eating at the white house with white women becomes unacceptable. there are editorials across the country denouncing roosevelt. roosevelt backs off. they tried to deny washington was even there. they had issued a press release. you couldn't quite put the genie back in the

mckinley summed this up as -- >> everything. it's hon no, duty, and service. i was at the original dedication at 3:00 in the morning with my dog lady and a fifth of jack daniels, and i thought i was going to leave it all there. never happened. this happened here. i can leave it here. >> the structure itself sim is bole is -- the structure itself symbolizing persistence and hope. a lot of veterans say there's no visible scar. >> they don't really see what's going on or what we have been through, and so they automatically assume that we should be fine. >> reporter: but now judy and michelle, iraq war veterans, say they are thankful every visitor here will get a chance to see and understand what it is service men and women actually go through. >> that memorial officially opens to the public tomorrow. >>> a man is shot and killed in southeast washington. tonight authorities are trying to determine which law enforcement officer actually fired the fatal bullet. it happened last night in the 3200 block of wheeler road near the metro station. the police and u.s. marsh

kennedy, garfield, mckinley, and listen. harry -- mckinley and kennedy and garfield and lincoln. but john, look. >> how many all together, four? four out of how many presidents? >> 43. ronald reagan was shot. the harry truman attempted to assassinate him. teddy roosevelt took a bullet, but he was out of the oval office. gerald ford was fired at twice. look. the secret service and i had the fortune to have their protection. they are outstanding people. they have a tremendous reputation. they put their lives on the line for you. but something has happened when someone jumps over the fence, pushes over the gal at the door of the white house, which isn't locked, and running around the east room and stopped by a secret service guy who was leaving the building. >> something is wrong? >> something is terribly, terribly wrong and there's other incidents that seven shots were fired at the white house and they didn't tell the president. >> how come they gave you secret service protection? >> because jimmy carter -- they thought i was a national treasure at that particular time, john. [ lau

. >> reporter: this is how bill mckinley tells me when the american veterans disabled for life memorial was unveiled. a first of its kind to honor those who suffer physical disabilities and invisible ones like ptsd. >> it means everything. it's finally honor for duty and service. i was at the original dedication of the vietnam veterans memorial. i was there at 3:00 in the morning with my dog, lady, and a 5th of jack daniels and i thought i was going to leave it all there and never happened. this happened and i can leave it here. >> reporter: architects used granite and glass to convey strength and vulnerability. and there's a reflection pool with a star with a flame in the middle sitting next to a grove of trees to show persist especially in hope. if there's no visible scar, many think there's no injury. >> they don't see what we've been through and they automatically assumethat we should be fine. >> reporter: and these iraq war veterans are thankful that every visitor will fit a chance to see and understand what servicemen and women go through. >>> always watching, always tracking. wus

mckinley. where does this one rank? >> it's up there. gotta be top three.ike it. that's where my brain goes. how can i one-up this next one. maybe that's what we do together? >> oh, oh, i like that. a challenge. i hear lara looking at me. you're on, my friend. you're on. i would -- it would be an honor to hang with you. i don't know if i could keep up. i would give it a good college try. have a safe journey back home. >> thank you. i'll see y'all tomorrow. >>> coming up, naomi watts is here live. >>> coming up, naomi watts is here live. >>> it's great to have the lovely and naomi watts here with us this morning. she's stars, you have to see this, it's called "birdman." it's out on friday. rave reviews. i know you haven't read any. she plays a film actress about to make her broadway debut. she has to make sure the show goes on. she convinces the director to hire her boyfriend. >> our perfect dream actor is not going to knock on the door and say, hey, fellas, when do i start. >> can i talk to you for a second? >> yeah. >> did you find another actor? >> no. >>

a bike share opens a lot mckinley and connecticut avenue. mayor gray and mary chay will take part in a ribbon county ceremony at 11:00 a.m. >>> more and more keep popping up. you'll see a lot of bikes are gone too. a lot of people are using them. >> stay with us. news 4 continues right now a 5:00 a.m. >>> an ebola patient is here and waking up in our backyard. we're live outside the national institute of health with more on the team trying to help nina pham recover. >>> welcome to news 4 today. it is friday, october 17th. . >>> let's take a live look outside right now. it is a chillier start to your day. 57 degrees outside your studios. >>> the stormy days are behind us. things are looking good today. amelia is filling in. >> how perfectly it works out that today is friday and beautiful weather to go along with it. plenty of sunshine. overall a nice day. the weather not having any negative impact on your day. you might want to grab a light jacket or throw on some long sleeves. 58 right now inhi this morning we're looking at a temperature cur

chief mckinley, thank you for your time. i will let you get back to your work. in the meantime, i'd like to ask the mayor, if i may, mayor freeman wilson, can you still hear me? >> yes, i can. >> this is obviously -- mayor, this is obviously a difficult time for your community. can you update me as to your resources and what your community is doing in terms of trying to solve these crimes? >> this is an absolutely difficult time for the city and citizens of gary. anytime you have someone who appears to be a serial killer who has been apprehended, you always think about what is and focused onned the bodies that been found. we're working in partnership with the hammond police department, the lake county corner's office as well as the lake county prosecutor and sheriff to make sure that we are recovering and identifying the victims as quickly as we can. we want to bring closure to those families and provide information to those families and we are certainly working from a police standpoint to gather as much evidence as possible and to ensure that when the time come

mckinley. where does this one rank? >> it's up there. gotta be top three.e it. that's where my brain goes. how can i one-up this next one. maybe that's what we do together? >> oh, oh, i like that. a challenge. i hear lara looking at me. you're on, my friend. you're on. i would -- it would be an honor to hang with you. i don't know if i could keep up. i would give it a good college try. have a safe journey back home. >> thank you. i'll see y'all tomorrow. >>> coming up, naomi watts is here live. a great movie out this is ceo tom macarthur's world. in macarthur's world, he opposes new laws to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. and macarthur opposes a woman's right to choose backed by a group that would outlaw abortion even for rape and incest. for us in the real world, aimee belgard. aimee will fight for equal pay and protect a woman's right to choose. aimee belgard's on our side. i'm aimee belgard and i approve this message. >>> it's great to have the lovely and talented naomi watts here with us this morning. she's stars, you have to see this, it

left preliminary hearings to superintendent carranza this is a native san franciscan she went to mckinley that's where she graduated from any was understanding the woman that we're talking about bumming she was bullied at the mckennel we promised her, she won't have to go to the middle schools so we started in 2013 applying for mifldz how can she be denied from every middle school how could that be and then get a letter telling her she can be accepted in visitacion valley which is no where in our district some children mature faster than than others mentally ariana is not like that she's a child and thinks as a child i'm not going to let her go through the city of san francisco over an hour that was on a street i don't know where this is and so many parents from sdidz 94110 and 117 and 118 was given the same letter to go to visitacion valley why i understand this commission to say those schools are our choice i guess dr. ackerman said that should have been changed because that's wrong a child is not able to go to a school in their own strict e district so the child in the district is push

kennedy, lincoln garfield, mckinley,. >> mckinly and president kennedy and garfield, and lincoln.but john. >> how many all together, out of how many president. >> 43 now. but here's the thing, ronald reagan was shot. the harry trueman, they attempted to assassinate him in front of blare house. teddy roosevelt took a bullet out of office. and gerald ford was fired at twice. the secret service are outstanding people, a tremendous reputation. they put their lives on the line for you. great guys. something has happened when somebody runs through the fence, runs over the white house line, pushes over the gal at the door, running around the east room and stopped by a secret service guy leaving the building. >> so something is wrong? >> something is terribly, terribly wrong. there were other incidents, 7 shots were fired at the white house and they didn't tell him. >> they thought i was quote, a national treasure at that particular time? have you put that in your columns. why don't you sign yourself. >> a dozen stories about him, and they're the greatest guys you'll run into. >> what do

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police tell "eyewitness news" they found his mother dead at the home they shared on mckinley avenue earlyhis morning. pratt had just finished a 30 year sentence on friday for another murder back in 1984. >>> tonight philadelphia police are looking for a gunman who held up a man in philadelphia's belmont neighborhood. it happened just after midnight on westminster avenue. the victim tells investigators his attacker was riding a bike and wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt. when he tried running away he was shot twice in the leg. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. >>> a day of peace and prayer in the city in honor of a three-year-old killed by a stray bullet. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson tells us how neighbors in grays ferry paid tribute to a little girl. >> we ask that we just can come together today for her and her family. >> her mother. >> reporter: sunday in stinger park families that never forget. >> it's hard. it's really hard. nearly 60 days ago a young mother lost her daughter, a three-year-old caught in the crossfire murder in there a senseless shoo

and mckinley is standing there. security behind him. secret service and the police, and there's a guy standing there wrapped in a band aid which is hiding the gun, and big black guy standing is parker. which the secret service and the olice should be profiling this guy like what's the deal with him. they're not paying attention to this big wrap around his hand, right? and then on 1901, roosevelt finds out that booker t. is going to be in town and invites him to the white house for dinner. this is the famous dinner where white south goes berserk because the fact that the black eating at the white house nd voeltz's daughter and wife were there, so black man eating at the white house with white becomes completely unacceptable. across the orials country denouncing roosevelt, president. so roosevelt backs off, initially they try to deny that there.gton was even but they had issued a press release. so you couldn't quite put the back in the bottle after that because your own evidence says that he was there. basically means nobody black is invi

police tell "eyewitness news" they found his mother dead at the home they shared on the mckinley avenuepratt just finished a 30 year jail sentence on friday for another murder he committed back in 1984. >>> police say alcohol played a role in a delaware crash that ended with one man dead and another injured. robert hixon released and bail after being charged with homicide by vehicle driving under the insurance and other related offenses. investigators say the 5584 old hit two friends as they walked in the shoulder of mill town road at heritage park drive in wilmington just after 1:00 o'clock this morning. 19 year old steven devario was pronounced at the hospital. his 20 year old friend was treated for minor injuries recent leased. >> gunshots outside a philadelphia supermarket and one ma and is hospitalized in critical condition. police tell "eyewitness news" it started as, altercation in the parking lot of of this pathmark on frankford avenue. one man was armed with 95. the other had a gun. in the end, the man with the knife was shot once. police later discover the gun was properly lic

prosecutors say someone called 911 from that home on mckinley avenue. officers arriving found gwendolyn pratt dead from apparent head injuries. steven pratt was arrested on the scene. he was released from prison just on friday after serving 30 years in prison for killing his neighbor in 1984 at the age of 15. >>> an argument in a supermarket parking lot ended with a man being shot in philadelphia. it happened yesterday outside the pathmark on the 8700 block of frankford avenue. two men exchanged words. one threatened to stab the other with a knife. the other man shot him. the victim is in critical condition this morning. police say the gunman is licensed to carry a concealed weapon, and at this point, no charges have been filed. >>> in central new jersey, the town of sayreville came together last night to show their support for the alleged victims of a hazing scandal. seven members of the sayreville war memorial high school football team in middlesex county are facing sex charges. prosecutors say they forced sexual acts on freshmen members of the team.

police say that steven pratt murdered his mother at their home on mckinley avenue yesterday morning.tt just got out of prison last friday after serving 30 year sentence for another murder. >>> right now, 5:13, let's get our traffic and weather together. how are we looking today? >> today will be okay day. a lot of clouds, skewing that sunshine, not going to see quite as bright after day at all in fact as to what we saw yesterday. beautiful day thinned dollars up being. but that said, it comes with milder air, cloud cover, and all courtesy of warmfront. woe start things off by starting just with region wide zoom on storm scan 36789 you can see already around the philadelphia area, you see these little speckles of green firing up. i personally had couple of little raindrops to dodge on the win shield on the drive in this morning, so, if you see that, don't be surprised by t but that's about all you'll have to deal with here today. other than that expect to see some clouds. now, nice wide zoom on. >> this and we can see the combination of our next storm system. this looks like it is act

a little bit of construction on mckinley and early morning hours is there at cumberland taking up to laugh lines in place to 05 this morning. hotspot the menu when a few minutes. >> the police in anchorage alaska release the body of a mob brawl involving the pailin family. >> blackhawks backup goalie comes and bake in his debut. >> were going to do the brookfield zoo of family fun stuff you can do there as well as a creepy crawly best scariest animals and insects than half at the zoo. get ready to get out of your comfort zone were born of calls for all that stuff raising more than half the losses for the amount that was gained toward effecting. nasdaq had based their dear at 100 points. s&p jumped 37 points. staples near target of cyber attacks. the same crew that target and dairy queen hit staples. new york city new jersey and pennsylvania were compromised. the tiny eye implant may help millions of people leave their glasses behind. in new study this and a thin cord in plant improved vision of 80 percent of patients. with the implant is easily read a newspaper. 1 million people by 1

pick up the scene as described in 1955 by the , whoset, mckinley kantor novel won the pool it surprise. this is what i mean by not being able to. i don't think it's read much anymore. arrest andribed the wirz saying -- he thinks he has amnesty. told, you don't have amnesty. he goes to change. his wife kindly offers a piece of cornbread. he kisses his daughters and ?ays, what should they do to me he responds, if they are satisfied you have been doing your duty and acting in accordance, you will probably be he said, that is what i do all the time. i carry out orders. i do my duty. you are a soldier. that you should know. when an accused war criminal, defending his action in a german accent, saying, i was simply carrying out my superiors orders, how could you not read this and not think about nuremberg trials 10 years before ? you cannot. that continues still today. -- in paul'shich talk, the evoke a show in of the concentration camps in world war ii is perfectly natural. i am not meaning to condemn that, but it makes it a fools errand to think we can get at the truth of this because we h

now i pick up the scene as described in 1955 by the novelist, mckinley kantor, whose " won thedersonville pulitzer prize. this is what i mean by not being able to see it. most people do not remember the novel. they may remember the tnt production if anything. kantor described the arrest and describes wirz saying -- he thinks he has amnesty. he is told, you don't have amnesty. he goes to change. his wife kindly offers a piece of cornbread. he kisses his daughters and says, what should they do to me? he responds, if they are satisfied you have been doing your duty and acting in accordance with orders, you will probably be released. z'se then creeps into wir voice. he said, that is what i do all the time. he is speaking in a german accent, you see. i carry out orders. i do my duty. you are a soldier. that you should know. so, an accused war criminal, defending his action in a german accent, no less, saying, i was simply carrying out my superior's orders, how could you not read this and not think about nuremberg trials 10 years before? you can't. that continues still today. this way in which

you say mckinley truman and wilson were the worst presidents why?the century. he got the u.s. involved in world war 1 and world war 1 was what led to permanent big government in the u.s. the new deal was just a retro of the -- they brought all the new deal -- i mean the war socialism programs back, renamed the agencies and f.d.r. went to town but woodrow wilson was the pioneer in creating big government. >> mckinley got shot. what did he have a chance to do? >> mckinley got us into the spanish american war which led to estate taxes. a lot of big government programs at home led to the war, the spanish american war. it was our first imperial and only imperial war. it up in a colony and it ended up really changing our foreign policy. it was a very small war but he got us involved in that. >> tyler would be on the new rushmore favorite today. ivan eland, the book is recarving rushmore. >> here's what's coming up. accused of going on a cop killing crime spree and now we learn he was an illegal immigrant deported twice. >> experts say it is not a matter o

a brand-new capitol bike share opens this morning at mckinley and connecticut avenue. mayor gray and mary chay will take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. that ceremony is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. >>> construction on the new eisenhower memorial could start as soon as next year. the u.s. commission of fine arts approved a revised project yesterday. that key approval could pave the way for a ground breaking sometime in 2015. it has taken a lot of criticism. congress still needs to fund the $140 million project. so far $63 million has been appropriated. >>> we are sitng on top of a a developing story. a nurse from texas being treated in bethesda. megan mcgrath just went through security at nih. she will be inside to show us the special unit treating nina pham. back in just minutes. stay with us. >>> news 4 coinghr the e. >>> right now at 6:00 a.m., doctors in bethesda are treating a texas nurse with the ebola virus. megan mcgrath is live to tell us about the special unit where the nurse is receiving care. >> but first melissa is following breaking news in your first 4

higher than anyplace in north america say, for mountain mckinley in alaska above 20,000 feet, this is a high mountain environment. you know obviously during this time of the year they have excellent weather but it's not to say that you still can't have freakish snow storms, extreme high winds and then you can be out in this expansive pass with very little visibility, no landmarks to be able to find your way. and deep snow to have to travel through. and with travelers who don't have that much experience mountaineering. they're probably very poorly equipped. this is just the right type of chemchemistry for a disaster. >> peter, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you john we miss you in seattle. >> i appreciate that very much. >>> 16,000 people were killed in an accident ta at an outdoor venue. event collapsed, 16 people died, another 11 were injured. they were there to see the popular all female pop group, four minute. coming up. declined. even the president has credit card problems. plus, the campaign in alaska, wait until you hear what's being spent on each potential vote

about really his only political experience before becoming president with carrying a torch and a mckinley -- such a fantastic image of the young eisenhower. what role, again, did foreign policy bring to play in bringing eisenhower into politics country i suck at involved in politics because he was determined to stop senator taft. but more importantly to me, and that's worth pursuing if we can talk about that, he gets involved in politics because he is so horrified by fascism and he is so horrified this really by his visit to the concentration camp. this is kind of in european history i understand. this is kind of a test to eisenhower saw at concentration get 80 didn't like it but if you read his writing, a very extraordinarily intelligent men. very measured writing. the letter he writes is -- east shattered. he comes to believe over time it didn't happen immediately but this is no secret if you read his diaries or his letters, or his books as well. he comes to believe that the world is on the brink of annihilation because he now sees nuclear weapons. the only thing standing between today,

his only political experience before becoming president before the torch and mckinley -- there's a fantastic image of the young ike. what role did foreign policies bring in bringing eisenhower and? >> guest: eisenhower got involved in politics because he was determined to stop taft but more importantly to me and that's what's pursuing and we can talk about that. he gets involved in politics he is so horrified by fascism and horrified viscerally by -- concentration camp. if you read his writings he is an extraordinarily intelligent man, very measured writing. the letter he writes, he is shattered. it doesn't happen immediately but there's no secret if you have read his diaries are his letters or his books as well. he comes to believe that the world is on the brink of annihilation. the only thing standing between today, 1950s and 1940s and nuclear annihilation is the even distribution of wealth. i'm sorry, i put that badly. not the equal distribution of wealth, the ability of people to -- because if you have extremes of inequality of wealth they create a world in which it would be all too easy

steven pratt allegedly beat his mother glendolin to death in her home in mckinley avenue atlantic city. pratt just finished a 30 year sentence on friday for another murder that happened back in 1984. >>> your time right now 6:09. and some terrifying moments at a zoo when a toddler falls into the jaguar pit. that's coming up. >>> also this morning, dozen every people dining out in new york city over the weaken, run for safety when smoke bomb is thrown into the restaurant, and it is all captured on camera. >> thousands of snap chat photos hacked, now those images which were supposed to disappear in mere second could be published for the world to see. details on that coming up. we'll be right back. trading-in or selling webuyanycar.com takes thev?hassg in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. buying used cars is all we do... all makes and models... no dealership pressure. we'll even settle your loan or lease. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now at web

. >> reporter: people in this communally surrounding the 800 block of mckinley street in atlantic cityre shocked to learn police on sunday arrested this man, 45 year old steven pratt. they say he murdered his own mother. >> devastating. really. to me, i just could couldn't understand why a child would do that to his mother. >> reporter: neighbors were even more surprised to learn that pratt had just been released from prison friday. according to the atlantic county prosecutor's office. after serving 30 years for a murder in 1984 when he was just 15 years old. >> he just served time. i don't know. be back in jail for the rest of his life. >> reporter: it was sunday that police got a 911 call to the home where they found 64 year old gwendolyn pratt dead from massive blunt trauma to her hemmed pratt was also there and was immediately arrested. this woman listener by and says she didn't know pratt but she knew his family. >> i did know i guess that was his grandfather because he used to be my plumber. >> reporter: investigators aren't saying who made the 911 call or what caused pratt to al

this is from mckinley lewis, the press secretary for the florida department of corrections.p, the entire history of your organization is about advocacy around these closed moments, whether that closed world was prison or that closed world was the jim crow world. how, then, do we prick the public consciousness so that these women and these men in these institutions know they are not alone, that we are watching? >> let's start with a moral assumption, that being this. a prison sentence does not represent a death sentence in terms of your humanity. let's start there. miss ellington is a human being. was a citizen of our country. the fact that she could lose her life while being in prison for theft, for theft, and that we have 14 years of suspicious deaths in the department of corrections and the department of juvenile justice, an uptick in the last four, 32 security officers being fired as a consequence of their relationship in terms of these suspicious deaths, we have a crisis. we have a crisis. and we need the department of justice to get involved. the naacp has called on the

mayor gray was on hand today to cut a ribbon at the corner of connecticut avee and mckinley street hereves d.c. more bike sharing docking stations than any other city in the across the region, there are more than 350 stations and thousands of bikes. capital bike share has more than 24,000 membe >>> with winter fast approaching, one oth best weighs to save money, of course, is to make sure your home is ready for the cold. and now is the time to do it. news4's consumer reporter, erika gonzales, details the best ways to weatherize your h >> reporter: leaves may be falling and your home likely looks like this. but before it turns to this, i'm going to walk you through five things to help protect your home from the element this winter. you may be so tempted to take the shears out while doing all of your our lawn care in the fall, raking the leaves, and trying to get some of this under control. but actually, experts say that you should wait until late winter until these plants have been nearly dormant. and once you prune them, they are rey for spring. you are going to be using your fireplace

mckinley said there will be no hammering while i live hire. and that pretty much did it. september 1901 brought the president -- brought to the presidency the vice president theodore roosevelt just as a group of private architects had dethroned the army corps of engineers and set about creating a master plan for the city of washington. they named their plan for their patron in the senate senator james mcmillan of michigan. charles mckim, one of the country's best architects and major player in wanting to redesign washington, all the architects got together at the american institute of architects. he realized politically to make the whole plan work, its supporters needed full presidential support. he learned that the roosevelts loved the old house. he loved -- all roosevelts love old houses and loved antiques. he loved that they wanted the historic white house and they wanted to live there. it was inevitable to be central to his administration and so mckim spun a web and wrapped the youthful president like a hero's cloak in all the prestige of the past. it was all to be a

about really his only political experience before becoming president was carrying the torch in the mckinley race and i thought that was just such a fantastic image of a young tyke back. what role again did foreign-policy bring, play in bringing eisenhower to politics? >> guest: eisenhower was determined to stop -- but again more importantly to me and that's worth pursuing and we can talk about that, he gets involved in politics because he is so for a fight by fascism and so for a fight this early by his visit to a concentration camp. this is in european history i understand this is kind of a -- that eisenhower saw a concentration camp. if you read his writings he's an extraordinarily intelligent man, very measured writings. the letters he writes after he shattered. he comes to believe over time and this is no secret if you read his diaries are his letters or his books as well, he comes to believe that the world is on the brink of annihilation. the only thing standing between today and the 1950s to the 1940s and nuclear annihilation is, i'm sorry but that badly. not the even distribution of

police say steven pratt murdered his mother at their home on mckinley avenue saturday morning.out of prison last friday, after serving a 30 year sentence for another murder. >>> police say alcohol played a role in a delaware crash that ended with one man dead and another injured. robert hixon out on bail charged with homicide by vehicle, driving under the influence, and related offenses. investigators say, he hit two people as they walked in the shoulder of milltown road at heritage park drive wilmington, just after 1:00 sunday morning, 19 year olds steven was pronounced dead at the hospital. his 20 year old friend suffer minor injuries. >>> happening today, primary air traffic control facility for chicago airports set to reopen since fire shut it down late last month. the federal aviation administration says contract worker intentionally set that fire in a apparent suicide attempt. incident led to hundreds cents of flight concellations cents. faa technicians working around the clock to get the aurora facility fully operational by midnight. >>> your time now 7:37. a check on bu

morning, police got a call and they found his 64-year-old mother, gwendolyn, dead inside her home on mckinleygators say she died from apparent head injuries. steven pratt was arrested at the scene. now, he had just been released from prison less than 48 hours earlier after serving a 30-year sentence for killing his neighbor in 1984. he's being held now on $1 million bail. >>> and good morning. i'm katy zachry with a look at your traffic this morning. in new jersey, drivers should be warned if you're headed on the turnpike southbound. here's a live look, skyforce10 over the scene right near exit number 2. an overturned truck has crews on scene investigating. they have closed off the turnpike southbound between exits 4 and exits 2. i'll have an alternate for you coming up. route 73 north to i-295 is your best bet around that. moving on in pennsylvania. northeast extension southbound at quakertown, two tractor-trailers are involved in an accident. but first, let's get a shot of the liberty towers in center city, philadelphia. bill, what is the weather shaping up to be like today? >> well, it's n

morgan mckinley has a report out, get your cv ready because and 8% pay rise.to hiring more bankers from the european union, france specifically. more bankers pay more taxes. >> and we heard from boston consulting group a lot of people want to leave france. join our conversation on twitter. talk about anything we've talked about or move the conversation on. here are the handles where you will find us. german factory numbers disappointing. more data coming out. stay with us. ♪ >> the federal reserve maintains his pledge to keep interest rates low sending the u.s. dollar down. the case that more time is needed to shore up the recovery. we look ahead to today's rate decision. >> facebook had ceased. founder billionaire mark zuckerberg is in india to meet the prime minister. welcome to the program. this is "countdown." london onm. here in thursday morning. getting some data out of germany. it has been a week of disappointing data. factory orders, the biggest decline since 2009. industrial reduction a day later. that was on tuesday. we are getting some export and im

. >> it goes back to mckinley which was a different time. >> we would love to see leadership that has someone being able to deal with crisis in a leadership and decisive way, the ability to handle a capacity of issues which we currently face today. you talked about isis and ebola and the economy. we need leadership that can fulfill a multitude of things. we like leadership and raise the dividend as we dive into goldman sachs. there are fewer headlines but the basic idea of boosting the quarterly dividend above the estimate, two cents above $.58, not bad. sachslooks like goldman third quarter earnings-per-share $4.57 when the consensus was $3.21. the most optimistic was $3.86. it seems like a buyback would help the bottom line there. and terms of revenue, eight point $39 billion. -- $8.39 billion. hintz, can wead say that? he's a professor now. he has gone to academic heaven. he would say that they are allowed to beat or lose. it's a more volatile situation. >> and they are putting more dust aside more money for compensation. the compensation ratio was 40%. that is versus the consensus

joibing me now is karen freeman wilson the mayor of indiana and chief larry mckinley, gary, indiana'sef of police. my goodness, you guys have a lot on your hands. a lot to deal with. meredith, you first. six of the victims were found in a five-mile stretch in your city of gary. what can you tell us about this investigation tonight? >> well, first and foremost, our heart goes out to the families of anneth jones and the victim afrikka hardy from hammond. we can tell you that charges were filed on the case in hammond, indiana. that was the victim was afrikka hardy. we can also tell you that the investigation is ongoing and the good news is that the gary police department as well as the gary fire department, the hammond police department and the lake county sheriff's department and the prosecutor's office are all working together to follow up every lead on this case. >> let's talk to the gentleman silting next to you. the chief there. the bodies were found, chief, in abandoned homes. and tonight are your officers going house to house to search for more victims? >> well, we've escalated ou

he has twice won the everett mckinley dirksen award for distinguished reporting on congress.also won the george polk award and received an award from the national press club for best political reporter under the age of 33. so i want to -- >> back when i was under -- >> not eligible. [laughter] >> well, that's still a great way to start your career. i'm going to start with peter. so you have great expertise in money and politics. what do you see as the political impact of billionaires, and has their influence changed over time? >> well, billionaires' influence has changed just because when you start looking at the history of money and politics, there weren't any billionaires yet. you have the inflation stack to have. -- factor. but there's always been big money in politics. that's a given in america. one popular example is eugene mccarthy's campaign in 1968 was basically financed by 11 guys. so, you know, you have that history. what you have now is after a period of more disclosure, more openness, more campaign contribution limits, you have a rise in unwanted contributions and