how many of you suspected that jim mcpherson was going to nominate david farragut. one vote. >> how much do you think the efforts assisted farragut's activities in new orleans? the confederate forces. >> that was an important factor. originally the confederates had created what they called a river defense fleet down in new orleans, the 14 vessels, which could have given farragut a lot of trouble. but they were called up river, six of them were sent up river. i think ultimately this was a decision by confederate secretary of the navy steven malary and then endorsed by jefferson davis so those six vessels had been sent up to contest the union fleet's effort to capture island number ten. near new madrid, missouri. this was in late march. that lessened the opposition to farragut. another example of what lincoln was trying to get his commanders to do was to move simultaneously against confederate defenses to thin out those defenses rather than just one at a time. and so clearly i think simultaneous advance by the upper river fleet union fleet and especially island number

mcpherson, i would like to ask you a question. this question is about gettysburg in 1863. i hope it's appropriate. when stonewall jackson had died, had he not died, who do you think he would have sided with at gettysburg, general lee or longstreet? >> i think he would have sided with lee. like lee, jackson always wanted to seize and hold the initiative and take the offensive. he was more of an offensive commander than a defensive commander in contrast to longstreet. so i'm fairly confident he would have sided with lee on those decisions. >> james mcpherson, we appreciate you joining us this afternoon. we'll wait with all of the rest of our viewers to see if your choice, admiral david farragut is picked as person of the year 1862 and remind our viewers that we have covered a number of events with james mcpherson in the past of his many books and you can find many of those in our video library. thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you for having me. >> we are going to stay live. we'll go back live momentarily to richmond. we'll hear from john mountcastle. he is

we'll also hear from james mcpherson, the historian james mcpherson. all of that on the way today here on american history tv on c-span 3. ladies and gentlemen, if you could return to your seats, we'll get restarted in just a moment. okay. let's get restarted if we could. our next speaker, i mentioned earlier, he's a detroit tigers fan. i think the reason that he particularly likes richmond is that we sent justiner have lander to the tigers. but david blight is a familiar face here in richmond. coming down from connecticut quite frequently to speak with us in the virginia historical society and the american civil war center. david has done quite a bit to help our understanding here and nationally about the civil war. david is the class of 1954 professor at yale university. excuse me, professor of american history at yale university and he's also the director of the gilder lehrman center for the study of slavery resistance in abolition. best known to civil war audiences as the author of the 2001 book "race and reunion, the civil war and american history

protesters at mcpherson square have approved the merger while the other group must still ratify.r economic causes but often appear to be at odds. >> its friday. d.c. councilman marion barry apologizing for comments that upset asian business owners. he insists some businesses do need to make changes. john gonzalez is live in chinatown this morning to explain the controversy. >> not only changes but marion barry says he would like to see them shut down. the is apologizing. he says that this sorry if he offended anyone, but he is sticking to his original statement. he believes some of these restaurants in chinatown and throughout the city should shut down. marion barry and tells abc 7 news that his words were taken out of context during his election night victory speech tuesday night when he spoke against asian businesses in d.c. but is not exactly backing down from the claim he made that he said some of the restaurants are dirty and unsanitary, describing one of them in chinatown as not fit for a dog. the president of the u.s. pan- asian chamber of commerce is surprised because she

. >> reporter: prostate cancer is something 53-year-old warick mcpherson is all too familiar with. his father died from the disease and his brother is still suffering effects effects years after dwigs and treatment. when he was diagnosed earlier this year, he was worried. >> i'm thinking about my daughter. you know, if i'm going to be there for her wedding day. >> reporter: there was one big difference in mcpherson's case. his doctor wanted him to have his tumor removed through robotic surgery. a less invasive technique that requires only a few small incisions. >> generally there's less bleeding and less pain and quicker recovery for most patients. >> reporter: now a new study of 78,000 men with prostate cancer is finding that the less invasive robotic procedure is safer than traditional open surgeries where patients are cut through the abdomen to remove their tumors. >> the complications from the open procedure actually increased other time. >> reporter: researchers found over the course of four years patients who underwent the open surgery had a 32% increased risk of developing c

to dealing with mclaren park, but nobody lives there, and i feel quite comfortable with the fact mcpherson -- that supervisor c oen into a good job that f, but that would be putting the hard work of the window. there is a ploy, a lot of people who have come to see have not been told it would get rid of petrero hill. i thing you should be aware. >> >my name is steven hooper. any of the neighborhood in district 11 could claim they lived since the district. i would like to speak in support of one particular item, and that is it per to the border should be further south. i have learned a lot. the demographics, everything points to holloway as being the barrier between districts 7 and district 11. i would like to say i support what supervisor cohen says. it is a question of a community that extends well beyond into visitation valley that would be denied its sense of unity in order to accommodate other people across town who want to influence by manipulating the map, so that is my point. get holloway is of great barrier. it works. >> thank you. >> i was a member of the redistricting taskforce in

workers from the national park service started spring cleaning at mcpherson square. >> i think it will be nice to have some more green in here. >> it is practically barren. last fall a project beautified the square. then occupy d.c. tense moved in. it is a mass of mud and holes. cleanup will cost about $8,000 to replace the grass. >> i do not see any. until they move out. i see the grass dying again. >> the problem, how to get them to move their tents so the grounds can be fixed up. park police give them notice. >> this beautification project is just another form of harassment. we are not leaving the park. >> i asked what they would do if asked to move out. >> we will not move. this is not the national park service part. this is our part. we are occupying it. on sunny days the benches are nearly empty. contrast that with this block parts away pact with once timers. >> this neighborhood used to be different. i think it is time the started cleaning up. >> a ultimately this could end up in court as it appears neither side is going to give in. gail huff, abc 7 news. >> a man charged in the

occupiers are getting cozy at mcpherson square. it is reported the groups will erect two large military tents with one operating as a full- service kitchen. this comes after neighbors complained of rats and increased trash. the sector committees program in montgomery county is taking new action, asking police to stop participate in the program. the federal plan requires the fingerprints of recently arrested suspects be shared with federal authorities. if the person is in the country illegally, they will face deportation even if they are arrested for a minor crime. >> whether it is a traffic or criminal offense if you do not have a form of id with your picture and address, you will get into a police station. >> supporters say the secure communities program will create a safer neighborhood. after some major backlash against metro, it does look like proposed fare hikes will not be as high as first thought. metro says it heard from a lot of people and is now going to consider making fare increases smaller than first proposed. the compa

. >> reporter: mcpherson with the u.s. geological service says the rains from tropical storm irene and lee helped to level the region but storms caused the water to plummet. >> winter is when the rainfalls, it replaces our rainwater. >> reporter: officials are praying for a little help. >> we're hoping for mother nature to kick in and give us some rain here shortly. >> reporter: no water revics have been issued -- restrictions have been issued yet. reservoir levels are still at 15%. >> we are hoping we get some rain sometime soon. you have any in the forecast? >>> there are a couple of chances, the first one coming late wednesday and another chance maybe a better chance for the weekend. we might get some of that much needed rain. right now it's dry and warm. take a look at the temperature this time of night. 78degrees now. it's i mean it's really pleasant temperature because the humidity is way down. still southwest winds seven, the barometer actually holding steady at 299.5-inches. around the state very warm. this time of

the single camp would be based out of mcpherson plaza. the decision was made because the freedom plaza camp is not sure if it's permit will be renewed at the end of the month now an update on that deadly shooting in oakland. police confirm they found a weapon that matches one purchased fwi suspected gunman. that was discovered this morning in an estuary. police say the serial number on that gun matches the one purchased by juan goh. that's the man charged with killing seven people at the school. investigators are still testing to see if it was the gun used in the shooting. >>> and this just into the 9news now newsroom. the student athletes who were declared ineligible to compete at howard university have been reinstated. you will remember friday we first told you that howard was temporarily shutting down its athletic program as part of an internal probe into possible ncaa rules violations. as a result of today's decision, all spring sports teams will compete as scheduled for the remainder of this season. despite today's news, howard's int

now, i know that jim mcpherson contends and -- contends nobly and righteously that sharpsburg, antietam was a significant turning point in this war, that this was the point at which the war was destined for union victory. bob crick insists, who is not with us -- he's now watching virginia v. north carolina in baskll

. >> mcpherson square is getting cleaned up. park officials closed off the south end of the square yesterday to begin. the beginso -- to begin the cleanup. they will not get to the other side until the occupiers leave. >> more speed cameras and red light camera is coming to montgomery county, 10 of tspeed cameras and 20 red-light cameras by the end of 2014. >> a newly released study shows shocking numbers about teenagers being distracted behind the wheel. one-third of those admitted to reading text messages while driving. two thirds identify themselves as very safe drivers. >> we need to take the same kind of approach with distracted driving as we have with tough laws, tougher enforcement and personal responsibility. >> that was transportation secretary ray lahood. only eight states several years ago had a law banning cellphone use behind the wheel. now it is 37 states plus d.c. that have made it illegal. >> president obama has presented this year's teacher of the year award. rebecca receive the honor at the white house today. s

james mcpherson nominated a miller david farragut and you heard the nomination of george b. mcclellan. we're going to open up our phone lines for your thoughts and your comments and questions about the day and hear your comments for john mountcastle as well. a couple of ways you can participate by phone, the numbers are 202-3855. and also for the mountain and pacific it's 585-3856. we wanted to remind you in case you missed today's procedure at the library of virginia, we will reair all of this in its entirety including the phone segments this evening at 6:00 p.m. eastern and 1:00 a.m. eastern on sunday morning. that's ahead of us. also this afternoon if you don't get through on the phones if you want to make a comment at twitter.com you can do that and the handle we're using for twitter is totw1862. and also on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. before we speak to john mountcastle. a tweet from tammy price, she says her choice for person of the year 1862 would be frederick douglass although i think lincoln would be better for this year than for last year. you may recall we cover

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instead the protestors at freedom plaza voted to merge with the camp at mcpherson square. the reason is because the permit allowing protestors to camp in freedom plaza expires the end of this month and the group isn't sure if it's going to be renewed. >>> the proposed metro fare hikes we've told you about for months are 1 step closer to reality. the metro finance committee unanimously improved the increases today. under the plan the average peak rail fare would go up by 5.7%. bus fares would rise by 10 cents and an extra dollar would be charged any time someone uses a paper farecard. the proposals also eliminate the peak of the peak surcharge and would add one day and 28 day rail passes. the man heads to the full board for a vote. pass -- the plan heads to the full board for a vote. passed, the changes would take effect july 1st. >>> drivers on the beltway in virginia should expect big backups tonight. at 9 approximately vdot will shut down the -- at 9 p.m. vdot will shut down the inner loop of the i-66. traffic on 495 south will deturion to 66 west, do a u -- detour onto

we will reconvene here at exactly 12:40 to get restarted with jim mcpherson. on american history tv on c-span3, we're bringing you all-day coverage from the library of virginia in richmond, with a look at the person of the year, 1862. the premise, if "time" magazine had been around in 1862, who would they have selected as their person of the year. so far we've heard from two historians, robert krick and david blight. you heard david choosing frederick douglass as his choice for person of the year 1862 and robert krick who was the chief historian at fredericksburg for 30 years chose thomas stonewall jackson. we're going to open our phone lines here and take your calls. so you can get a chance to talk to david blight momentarily. the numbers are if you are on the eastern seaboard, if you're eastern and central time zones, 202-585-3885. mountain and pacific, 202-585-3886. make sure you mute your television. if you want to tweet us, our hash tag is poty 1862. and we will have one tweet from kashia who agrees with professor light that she says i think douglass shou

and i actually would like to argue that my dear friend jim mcpherson wrote a brilliant little essay years ago, some of you will remember called something like how lincoln won the war with metaphors. now, we all know wars are won with more than metaphors. but douglass won part of this war with metaphors, too. i am to speak to you tonight, he gave the speech in philadelphia by the way at something called national hall in philly. i am to speak to you tonight of the civil war by which this vast country, this continent is convulsed the fate of the greatest of all modern republics trembles in the balance. to be or not to be, that is the question. the lesson of the hour is written down in characters of blood and fire. we are taught as with the emphasis of an earthquake. that nations not less than individuals are subjects of the moral government of the universe, and that flagrant, long continued the laws of this divine government will certainly bring national sorrow, shame, suffering, death. of all the nations of the world, we seem most in need of this solemn lesson. today, we have it brought hom

metro transit police say the attack happened on a bus near mcpherson square in northwest washington. the man was a passenger, and police say he appeared to be drunk. the driver was not badly hurt. the surveillance camera on the bus captured the incident. metro transit police have not released the video. >>> this morning, d.c. police are investigating the death of a man hit and killed by a garbage truck. it happened yesterday in columbia heights. investigators say the man was in an alley near harvard and columbia roads. he had life threatening injuries when police arrived and died shortly after. police have not released the victim's name. >>> crumbling roads or a higher sales tax? that's the pitch that maryland governor martin o'malley is making. he told the "washington examiner" he would raise the sales tax from 6% to 7% if the extra revenue was dedicated to transportation projects. the governor is backing off a proposal to raise the gas tax because of skyrocketing prices at the pump. the senate called a sales tax hike a non-starter earlier this year, but lawmakers are looking to rai

another tornado, a massive fast moving wedge churning over a road shot in mcpherson, kansas. a highway blanketed by large chunks of hail in woodard, oklahoma, likely an indication trouble was ahead, more than five people killed in woodard early sunday, residents there taking shelter and some say they had just a few minutes warning, the town's police chief saying today that residents were saved by "the hand of god." survivors picking through what little they have left. >> our bedroom and our closet and our sunroom, that's all this back wall and it's all down here. >> i think the main thing is all you can do is pray for us. >> reporter: with the clean-up underway and thousands still without power, the national weather service is warning that the danger is not over for the nation's interior. in wichita, kansas, mike tobin, fox news. >>> just moments ago president obama says he expects an investigation of several secret service employees to be thorough and rigorous. 11 secret service employees are on leave and five are confined to their hotel rooms after allegations they solicite

jim mcpherson sitting back there, i see him and his wife next to him has always supported the old apcwcs, the civil war trust, the central valley battlefields trust. i see him all the time on the printouts. he deserves credit for that. i can't get shrill with those of you who are battlefield oriented. if you're special interest to some figure you'll hear today. political figures like you heard about last year and lincoln was the man of the year. the publication of their papers deserves support and fiscal and otherwise. the preservation of their sites, their houses deserves preservation, but most especially the battlefield, which is my own venue. you folks need to support us. a lot of you do, more of you should. there's my sermon. not a predestination sermon. we've got to work at it or it's not going to happen. anyone else? walter? >> bob. >> got to go to the microphone or you'll make the media folks unhappy and that's a bad thing. >> a little later in 1862, stonewall performed at sharpsburg. when did his difficulties with a.p. hill arise? >> well, the jackson had a good bit of difficult

jim mcpherson has argued that this is a heads i win, tails you lose option. lincoln created the circumstances where they either had to accept the firing the first shot or allow an undermining of federal sovereignty or nationalism by allowing supplies and so forth to be put back into ft. sumter. so lincoln crafted this careful, well-plotted strategy to throw the ball into the court of jefferson davis and compel him to make the first move. i think there's a lot to be said for that, but i want to also harken back to what some of us said earlier. how lincoln was picking his way through a political mine field in the first several months in the presidency. and that is that lincoln wasn't sure how any of this was going to turn out yet. he harbored the hope that there was latened nationalism. certainly in the rest of the south that could be brought around given time for tempers to cool so that you could postpone and delay the confrontation, you might, in fact, convince some of those states to recant secession and come back into the union peacefully. if that didn't ha

james mcpherson is among the historians who nominate for the most influential person on the stage 150 years ago. >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicles cities tour takes our book tv and american history tv programming on the road the first weekend of each month. this past featured little rock, arkansas with book tv at the university of arkansas. >> he was interested in the 19th century. the civil war. these are two friends, union and confederate, who knew each other prior to the civil war, who fought against each other at the battle of pea ridge. survived the war, came out alive and remained friends after the war and here they are at age 100, sitting on the porch talking about the old days. >> an american history tv looked at life 18 world war ii japanese internment camp. >> wrote a book called the art of gamon. and gamon meant surviving the unsurvivable, sort of. and she talks a lot about how the arts and the crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and gave them something to do. and about how depression was so bad in a lot of the camps and that people -- there was a high inst

and over in the western theater, of course, they're dealing with grant, sherman, james bird eye mcpherson, and if you're second your dregs to take care of grant, and a lot have that had to do with lee's personality and the way he handled problems. >> host: you refer in your book to his savage moods. what did you mean? >> guest: lee had a huge temper. he was sort of like his idol, george washington. washington was an incredibly controlled individual, and a lot of people don't realize that washington had a horrible temper and when he lost it, he could spew profanity with the best of them. lee was the same way. and that's one of the reasons why he led a self-controlled and isens because he wanted to keep his temper in constant check. >> host: walk us through lee's wife, april, 1865. >> guest: lee by that point had really been ready to give up as an army commander for quite some time. lee was suffering pretty seriously from various medical conditions, but of course at the time he just wrote down to resume resume tim but probably had to do with heart conditions that contributed to his death. i

the western theater dealing with grant, dealing with sherman, they are dealing with james birdseye mcpherson, so u.s. invented trachea of ulysses s. grant a lot of them have to do with lee's own personality. in the way he handled problems. >> you refer in your book, in your biography, to his savage moods. what did you mean? >> lee had a huge temper. and that he was like, and his idol, george washington, washington was an incredibly controlled individual. a lot of people don't realize that washington had a horrible temper when he lost it he could -- with the best of them. lee was the same way. that's one of the reasons why he led such a tightly controlled self disciplined existence because he knew what his temper was capable of and he wanted to keep it in constant check. >> brian melton, walk us through lee's life april 1865. >> lee, by that point, had really been ready to give up as an army commander for quite some time. lee was suffering pretty seriously from various medical conditions. of course, at the time he just broke down to rheumatism but when a probably had to do with some of the he

. >> we are in mcpherson square where the d.c.ark police. >> two signs things could be looking up for the economy. that and much more right now at 6:00. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> our big story at 6:00, the president takes on gas prices as a campaign issue. >> it is not an easy job. the national average is up to $3.94 a gallon. today maryland was over the $4 threshold. how can the campaign handle these prices? scott thuman is in the newsroom. >> it is easy to be frustrated when you look at the prices. some. two big oil companies and others to other countries and some washington. >> when prices at the pump seen this stifling -- >> i have an as tv.

and senior pastor miles mcpherson a former defensive back for the san diego chargers. >> i think the greatest way to share the gospel is by asking it. >> reporter: so why did he choose this church? it could be because the lead pastor is a former player himself. pastor champion was a champion at lsu. and his father coached for the atlanta falcons. he told us that god is great and despite his famous guest, that still is the message this morning. >> the sacredness of easter. it's not a tim tebow show. it's not about a celebrity. >> reporter: for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> one of the most outspoken voices in the christian faith, is speaking exclusively to jake tapper on "this week," rick warren. warren. jake joins us from washington. what does pastor warren say about this? >> one of the questions that i asked him. pastor warren had a lot to talk about coming to his sermon that he'll be delivering today. other messages. the role of faith and politics. i did ask him about that famous christian football player. tim tebow is very public expression of faith

. >>> occupy protestors at mcpherson square used some fun to make their point this april fool's day calling it the carnival of resistance. a few protestors donned costumes and hosted games delivering the message that the economy is unfair and the governor is corrupt. later they held what they called a 1 percenter fool's parade. >>> a less serious demonstration in the district, the american moustache institute holding a million moustache march today to support the stash act. it would provide a $20,050 annual tax deduction for groom -- a $250 annual tax deduction for grooming supplies. h&r block sponsored the event and donated to millions and one which provides clean drinking water to people in areas that don't have it. >>> mitt romney staff played a little gag on the republican presidential candidate. romney thought he was walking into a pancake brunch, his first appearance of the day, and he didn't expect to see an empty room. check it out. >> mitt romney, the next president of the united states. [ cheering and applause ] [ laughter ] >> over, you guys. >> yeah, his campaign workers got eve

. >> reporter: wendy mcpherson, with the u.s. geological survey says the rain from tropical storms irene and lee helps sustain the region. but no snow this wintzer caused levels to plummet. >> we hardly had a winter. we didn't have a snowfall. and winter is the time when the rain falls, it recharges our groundwater. >> reporter: with the levels reaching record lows, emergency officials are praying for a little help. >> we're hoping for mother nature to be kicking in and give us some rain here shortly. >> reporter: the good news, reservoir levels are still at 98%. so there are no water restrictions yet. meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> and wjz 13 is always on. check if for first warning weather coverage. for updates on the forecast, and the latest on the drought conditions, log onto wjz.com. >>> well, the sentencing date is set for george huguely, the maryland man who killed a popular lacrosse player from cockeysville. mary has the update. >>> huguely will be sentenced on august 30th, for killing yardzly love. back in feb

pastor ken hutcherson who played for dallas and senior pastor miles mcpherson, a former defensive back for the san diego chargers. >> i think the greatest way to share the gospel is by acting it. >> reporter: so why did the jets' new quarterback choose this church? it could be because the lead pastor is a former player himself. pastor champion was a champion at lsu. and his father coached for the atlanta falcons. he told us that god is great and despite his famous guest, that still is the message this morning. >> there will be the sacredness of easter. it's not a tim tebow show. it's not about a celebrity. >> reporter: for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> and continuing on that theme, one of the most outspoken christian voices in the country is talking exclusively with abc's jake tapper. pastor rick warren on tebow and the spiritual state of the nation. jake is in for george this morning on "this week," and he joins us from washington. jake, i'm curious, what does pastor warren say about tebow who has his critics being a little too ostentatious in his manne

. >>> a new renovation is under way at mcpherson square, northwest washington.k service is trying to fix the damage done by all of those occupy protesters. it's going to cost about $6,000 to repair the grass at the south end of the park. this is after a $400,000 renovation last year. all the grass was turned to mud by the occupiers and their tents. they are allowed to continue their protests on the opposite side the park but are not allowed to sleep there overnight. >>> jessica doyle is not just watching your money but watching facebook, too. >> the company's growth has started to slow down a little. >> that's right. just a couple weeks until the company has its landmark initial public offering. it's showing a little bit of wear and tear. facebook revealed yesterday that its first quarter profit and revenue dropped in the final quarter of 2011. the season network is having to spend more nowadays. it's building data centers, hiring engineers. "the wall street journal" reports facebook is now showing the strain the company assured with the potential valuation of a

. >> reporter: wendy mcpherson with the u.s. geological survey points out the mild winter has meant less water from melting snowfall. orange dots represent the streams well below or far below normal levels. in fact, right now, most of maryland is considered abnormally dry, with much of the eastern shore, experiencing a moderate drought. >> if it keeps up like this, there will be the chance of fire hazards throughout the summer, unless we get some rain. >> and as long as this red flag warning is in effect, people are prohibited from doing any kind of outdoor, open burning. and people who want to use their backyard grills and fire pits are urged to use extreme caution. we're live, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right. good advice. derek, thank you. >>> first warning weather continues now with meteorologist bernadette woods. she's taking a closer look at why conditions are so dangerous out there. >> hello. and the thing is, there's a combination of factors that have led to this point. one, it has been incredibly dry. t

"the washington post," protesters at freedom plaza are considering joining the demonstration at mcpherson square. it could happen in the next week or so. a spokesperson with national mall and memorial parks told "the post" a perfect miss for occupy d.c. at freedom plaza expires april 29th. other groups have is reserved the space for spring and summer events. protesters say they might have is an information at the plaza. >>> spring sports are back in swing at howard university. the number of students sus is pended for violating ncaa rules. those students have since been reinstated and games have resumed. hu would not say how many students were suspended. the university plans to continue with an internal investigation into other possible rule violations. >>> one of the winners in the mega millions jackpot has claimed their prize but we may never know their identity. the winner in kansas came forward to collect their share of the $656 million jackpot. kansas law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous. the executive director for the kansas lottery said the winner chose to stay private bec

. >> reporter: wendy mcpherson, with the u.s. geological survey says the rains from tropical storms irene and lee help sustain the region. but note this caused levels to plummet. >> we hardly had a region. we haven't have snowfall. and winter is when the snow falls. >> with those reaching record lows, emergency officials are praying for a little help. >> we're hoping for mother nature to kick in. and to give us rain a little shortly. >> reporter: now, the good news, reservoir levels are still at 98%. so there are no water restrictions yet. reporting live, meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> meghan, thank you. stay with wjz to first warning weather. to find first warning weather updates and watches and warnings, log onto wjz.com. >>> disturbing video of a man beaten up and stripped naked. now, the only suspect in custody gets a small legal victory. wjz is live at central booking. adam may has the latest in this twist. >> that suspect cut his bail in half today. but it was so high, his attorney says it is unlikely he'll be ab

metro transit police say this happened on a bus near mcpherson square in northwest washington. man was a passenger, and police say he appeared to be drunk. we're told the driver was not badly hurt. a surveillance camera on the bus captured the incident. metro transit police have not released that video. >>> this morning, d.c. police investigating the death of a man hit and killed by a garbage truck. this happened yesterday afternoon in columbia height. investigators say the man was in an alley near harvard and columbia ads. he had life threatening injuries when police arrived and died shortly after. police have not released the victim's name. >>> a virginia grand jury will decide whether to charge a culpeper police officer in a deadly shooting. the officer shot and killed 54-year-old patricia cook in pay church parking lot in february. state police say cook trapped the officer's arm in her car window and started to drive. at least one witness said the officer's arm was not stuck. the grand jury should have a decision in may or june. >>> fairfax county police are asking resident

this is from mcpherson county in central kansas.tremely dangerous tornado moving northeast at 55 miles per hour. and they're using that strong wording again that i was talking about, don, saying major house and building damage likely, and complete destruction is possible. location, salina. mullen, which had some damage earlier today. gypsum, salina airport, all being included on this. this includes along i-70, so two tornado emergencies taking place in kansas at this time. one area which has already been hit today. >> jacqui, okay. don't go anywhere, jacqui. sharon watson, we've been speaking to her on and off this season. she's with the kansas emergency management agency. what can you tell us about wichita and also this new threat to salina? >> right now, the focus has been on trying to determine all of the damage that may be there around the city of wichita, because of the continual reports of the funnel dropping down and picking back up, dissipating, hitting again. so it's been an on and off again situation. so some homes affecte

the protesters from freedom plaza have voted to merge with the camp at mcpherson square. say is because the permit allowing the protesters to camp at freedom plaza expires at the end of the month. the group wasn't sure if it was going to be renewed. >>> time for another your money report. we have some car news for you. >> ford has finally plugged into the electric car craze. we have more on the spring debut of the focus electric. >> reporter: ford wants you to kiss the gas pump goodbye. in san francisco thursday it unveiled its first electric vehicle, the ford focus electric. >> it can go up to a hundred miles on a single charge. this vehicle is very low cost to drive. you can be looking at less than a $1 to go up to 100 miles. >> reporter: ford claims it will only take three hours to charge the battery. it's also green on the inside. the upholstery and carpet is made from recycled water bottles and there's the equivalent of two pairs of jeans as insulation. some of the biggest buzz could be generated by ford's partnership with microsoft allowing you to program the car at

. >>> the national parks service wants to restore the grass at mcpherson square northwest. it isn't sure how it's going to do it. that square has been home to occupy protestors since last year and most of the campers were cleared out in nebraska. the grass -- february. the glass on the square is damaged. you can see it every time you drive by. it's working with the protestors to get that done without evicting them. >>> us is 6:04 and we're watching your money and more of your money is going into the gas tank. i know mine is. fresh numbers out from triple a fuel gauge report regular grade gas in the d.c. metro area now averages $4.05 a gallon. that's up a penny from just yesterday and up 29 centss from a month ago. nationwide the average is up to $3.94 a gallon. but there are a few things you can do to bring down those gas costs and jessica doyle is back with some good advice. >> don't pay $4.20 like i did last night for gasoline. i had no choice because -- i was running out of gas but we're going to start with loyalty to a gas station because it really can pay. now if you u

one is at mcpherson square, the other at freedom plaza and that group the plaza one may not get the permitenewed and may have to move at the end of the month. >>> they beat the florida panthers last night. 4-2. meanwhile buffalo lost so the caps clinch a spot. they can win the division with a win tomorrow and if the panthers lose in regulation. >>> "cbs this morning" less than six minutes away at the top of the hour. hear from the major's oldest starting pitcher. jamie moyer, he's just 49 years young. >> before that one more check of traffic and weather. stay with 9news now. thanks. i'll take the usual. got it. if you're open to choosing your own batter, mix-ins and toppings, come in today and build a stack you'll be proud of. only at denny's. >>> one more thing before we go. we cannot stop talking about this nfl mess. her saints could not be in a worse position as far as their pr is concerned. >> i know but we're talking all right, he's the defensive coordinator and supposed to get out there and motivate. you were talking incentives and business? what do defensive coordinators at other te

i want to talk about one particular tornado warning that was issued for ellsworth, mcpherson, wright and central kansas because the national weather service confirmed that rate now a large and extremely dangerous tornado is on the ground and they are talking about major house building damage likely complete destruction of vehicle as well and kansas really seek shelter medley. go to basement or try to just stay away from window on the lowest level of the home. not safe to be in a car when tornado strikes an area. here's a look at the tornado watches currently stretching from oklahoma up into nebraska and also have a new one issued out until midnight central time for southern parts of iowa and also northwest missouri so large area that we are looking at for the possibility for tornado to touch down and also a number of tornado warnings. all of those in red is what we have tornado on the ground. look at the west of wichita. so mike over there needs to stay alert as well and seek shelter when the warnings do basically move into areas lake wichita because we are expecting them to continue