that they -- they even experienced joy. >> when thomas jefferson died, the 130 slaves still at monticelloere sold at auction. the exhibit opens friday, at the smithsonian national museum of american history. so cool what we have in our town. >> for sure. >> absolutely. we forget that because we are so busy complaining about the weather. >> no one is complaining today. >> who is complaining today? it is beautiful. >> gorgeous out there today. wither going to see those changes. yesterday was a beautiful day today, pretty nice, tomorrow, the rain begins to move in here but won't be the heaviest rain. we are going to hold off until at least tomorrow night. outside right now, a very nice evening, a good night to get out, maybe walk the dog, maybe take a little bit of a walk or, hey, take a little bit of a coffee break outside this evening, 45 the current temperature, winds out of the south, 6 miles per hour, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky high-level variety, a some system approaches the area, gaithersburg, 46 degrees, leesburg, sterling, both at 46, manass manassas, herndon, reston, 46. th

his home, monticello. this is the lawn. it was designed by thomas jefferson.lled it the academical village. the top academic students compete to live here, in the lawn room. so this talented and fortunate student is living in a piece of history. he's carrying on another jeffersonian concept, a community where teachers and students live together. >> we try to maintain that same sense of community and there are no big buildings here. you know, you look around, and you want things to be on a human scale so we intentionally don't build skyscrapers or big, sprawling buildings. >> what does power high at uva is academic achievement. the school produces more rhodes scholars than any other state university. when it opened its doors in 1825 uva had 123 students. today there are more than 20, 0 20,000, and it all started with the vision of one extraordinary man. would you say that his presence is still felt here today? >> yes. i think it casts a long shadow and i think there is a sense that mr. jefferson is just around the corner. >> recently, uva joined harvard and pri

. >> reporter: wilson lived on this home at the corner of congress and monticello for 26 years. he rented his place, then bought the property five years ago and now the banks are trying to evict him. even after he is accused of mortgage banks of changing his loan terms without his permission. >> what i kept screaming about is they took a 30-year fixed loan changed it from a fixed to adjustable. >> reporter: wilson, who is disabled, was ready to be carried out by sheriff's even in his wheelchair. she is trying to buy time. >> basically we'll take it from the criminal to the civil. he gave me a lease agreement on september 15 that i was to rent this house from him starting january 1. >> reporter: she says the tactic has worked for her when she was facing eviction from her own home. >> i'm still in my house. i got a modification, $100,000 off my principal. >> reporter: wilson is well known in the community holding fundraisers in his backyard for 18 years to send young people to college. >> so far, i have sent 50 kids to college. >> reporter: little did he know that one day he would

have his economy and monticello's budgets and all this stuff. and these neat numbers and the budget for the university of virginia and they were absolutely perfect except they were always wrong. and, you know, like he was always much more indepth than he ever realized. he liked to control the world at his desk. he's like an academic. you know, it's like here is my desk. and i'm an academic. i try to do the same thing on occasion, i guess. if i can get it all controlled right around my computer, then that's reality. you mentioned jefferson and numbers. let me stick up for jefferson a little bit. >> oh, good. >> this is unusual. >> that's not common for you. >> not common for me. but here's where i felt the impulse reading the relevant chapter of your book. and this is where you discuss jefferson and madison and their role in the politics of the 1790s and the first two party system. which is the republicans who were now the democrats and the federalists who died without issue. >> well, i don't know about that. >> but we're still here. >> the wigs

new museum exhibit explores the lives of six slave families at thomas jefferson's plantation in monticello. one of the slaves featured is sally hemmings. many historians believe jefferson was the father of her six children. the smithsonian is still working on plans for a new museum of african-american history and culture. construction on that is set to start on the mall this year. >>> an historical marker at the wilson building is intended to call attention to the district's struggle for self- determination. the building was dedicated at the district on july 4, 1908. it was renamed for the late former council chairman john wilson in 1998. >>> an oklahoma hospital has an toward pay country music star garth brooks a million bucks. he filed a lawsuit against the hospital for failing to build a women's health center in honor of his late mother. he donated $500,000 to the hospital for the purpose back in 2005. he reached a deal about the use of the money years ago and the hospital basically reneged on the promise. >>> demi moore's health is affecting her career. >> the oscars are going high tec

this happened in monticello, indiana, according to their police department, there will be no charges,ing this an accident. the driver was 64-year-old ruth ames and the crash report says she lost control of the car. >> you think? >> she said the car basically did this all on itself based on what she said. one witness who rushed to where she finally ended up noticed that she did have a cast on her leg. >> which leg? >> on her right leg? >> right leg. >> right foot. >> okay. so, okay, so mrs. ames has a cast object her right foot. has no tactile feel in her foot. so when she mashes the gas, am i pushing the gas? brrrrr. >> it's an accident. >> yes, it is an accident. but she shouldn't have been driving if she has a cast on her foot. >> this changes the entire story. who, who drives a car with a cast on your right foot? >> i think your theory is probably correct. >>> we've got a movie trailer that's simply -- >> legendary. >> lepicdary. >> see the stunt, coming up. >>> and the tributes for the late steve jobs just keep coming. >> this is the latest one. >> see the new way you can remember

look at that truck in monticello, minnesota. the driver appeared to lose control and ended up in the ice. it's being pulled out of the ice now as we look at the live pictures right now but on the left side of the screen that's the tape. that's how it looking at its deepest. imagine being in that truck. guess what, the driver managed to escape as well. he's been released from the hospital. so all is well. we'll move on now and talk about iran. the u.s. navy lends a helping hand to iran. take a look at this video. it shows an iranian ship high jacked more than a month ago. they captured 15 suspected pirates, mostly somali, and arrested a rescued a 13-member crew. and before leaving the iranian navy thanked the u.s. for help. >>> he's had more than a year and a half in custody and it's time -- a a lot of time to think about it, really, but today joran van der sloot told a peruvian court that he wants more time to reflect on his murder trial. he's long been the suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba but he went on

he has lived at this house at the corner of congress and monticello for 26 years. he's completely disabled. this morning at 6:00, his house is going to be foreclosed upon. he's going to be tossed, at least that's the plan. his story has caught the ear of 63-year-old tonya dennis who knows about foreclosures. one year ago she was evicted her house foreclosed upon. she is still living there, she back if, filed a lawsuit and she is still there. wilson, with dennis, is having a forensic audit done on this house. early indications are that this -- that hmc which has the mortgage is illegally foreclosing, according to miss dennis. they are planning on occupying the house they say he's not going to leave without a fight. abc 7 did did call hmc and did not receive a call back. mr. wilson is not just your ordinary resident he's an icon in the black community. through these backyard fundraisers he's raised enough money to send 50 young people to college. he's very well respected, very well liked. after 26 years at this house, completely disabled man is not going to give up w

his semi skidded off the road into a pond during the town of monticello. it broke through the ice on top and of sunk into the windshield. you can see it there. it's a target truck. the driver called out of the cab and made his way across the ice to safety. he's out of the hospital after being treated for minor injuries. >>> well, it's supposed to be an easy way to pay for parking, but some are hitting a roadblock when it comes to this popular pay by phone method. i'm surae chinn with a live report straight ahead. >>> sky 9 flew over a hurl, maryland neighborhood where a man -- a laurel, maryland neighborhood where a man was gunned down. 36-year-old gregory sears was shot to death on lang alley overnight. two men wearing masks confronted sears in his driveway. so far police have no suspects and no motive. >>> well, you could end up with a parking ticket if you pay it by phone even in the district. >> that's right. a new report finds every day about 25 drivers who pay the meters with their cell phones still end up with a parking ticket. this does not sound r

. >>> finally, a frozen pond in monticello, minnesota, turned into annize si version of a slip-n-slideuck crossed into oncoming traffic and skidded almost 200 feet on to a pond before crashing through the ice. the driver was not seriously hurt. >>> time for the weather and over to ginger zee. >> good morning, ron, good morning, everyone. it's an on-and-off foggy, kind brownsville, texas, through to florida. if you're near i-10 in the panhandle of florida, take extra time and plan ahead. how about temperatures. that's the other big headline here for the weekend. atlanta, 62 today after dealing with all that chill earlier in the week. today, ten degrees warmer than average. washington, d.c., 61. boston will hit 51 for a high. so really warmer than average across most of the east. and portland, right around where they should be. and dry today, with decreasing cloud cover. in the center of the nation, denver, 39, with much-needed snowfall. chicago getting just shy of 40. tampa at 74. that's the big picture >> this weather report has been brought to you by splenda. dan and bianna? >> all ri

leonard wilson is sitting inside the house where he has lived for the past 26 years at college and monticellouties to come with an eviction notice. he says deputies will have to carry him out wheelchair and all. take a look at some pictures of mr. wilson. he says he has the documents that proves the foreclosure is a fraud. we checked with the sheriff's office, they say they do serve eviction know kisses -- eviction notices on tuesdays. mr. wilson says he with will not resist any effort to remove him out but he's not going to cooperate they have to take him and his wheelchair and put him on the sidewalk. he says he has nowhere to go. >> i'm not nervous, i'm mad. this is the first dogfight i've been in, in my life. i feel like whether -- injustice is injustice. all of these mortgage companies know that this mortgage is fraud. every time i brought to one's attention the other one sold it. >> reporter: hmc opportunity fund is the compan> !p which currently holds the papers, we contacted them they did not reply. mr. wilson is a former entertainer, he says he broke his neck shortly before he was s

the untold stories of monticello, a new exhibit opening this week following thomas jefferson's slaveschefselves u >>> there is an effort under way in los angeles to fight obesity by making it easier for cents bike and walk around town. l.a. county supervisors approved an ordinance today requiring all new development projects to provide wider sidewalks and bicycle parking. sidewalks will also need to have sufficient shadey spots. proponents of this plan say obesity rate goes up when people have no choice but to get in their cars and drive around. >>> the founder of file-sharing website megaupload.com will stay in jail for another month. the fbi went after german programminger kim.com for allegedly distributing 175 million dollars worth of illegal music and movies. he was arrested in his represented mansion in new zealand last weekend. today, a judge denied bail for dot com and deemed him a flight risk. he has several pass port and bank accounts in different names. he could be extradited to the u.s. next month to face piracy charges. >>> still ahead on news4, kennedy cousin michael skak

he wrote thomas jefferson and sally hemmings and the hemmings' of monticello. her third major book is this one, andrew jackson. she has a string of awards that would occupy our session, so i can't do it. she's a professor of history and law at harvard university, recipient of the national book award, the pulitzer prize, mcarthur genius award and on and on and on, an extraordinarily accomplished individual. i'll start by passing the microphone to craig simon. >> i think harold will be starting off. >> with all of our rehearsals -- [laughter] i'll start with the cronology and how we present the book. there's a conflict of views here that unites this panel because the "new york times," of course, covered all of the major figures of the civil war era including senator and later vice president andrew johnson. we have to set the stage by saying it's not the same "new york times" that we know and either love or hate today. the "new york times" now relishes the idea they just publish the news and all the news put to print. in the 1850 #s and 60 is printed all the news

breaking news coming to us from monticello, minnesota.a look at these images where in the left middle of your screen you can see that a large, big rig target truck has run off of i-94 eastbound and slammed into the frozen waterway there off of the side of the highway. we understand that the driver escaped with only minor injuries. no other cars are reported to be involved. but just amazing pictures of how far you can see that target truck making its way. you can see the trail mark behind it all the way off of i-94 eastbound slamming into the frozen waterway there. again, no injuries to report. good news on that front. again, we want to pass along keeping a close eye on the consumer protection bureau in washington, d.c. president obama expected to arrive any minute addressing the staff including their new boss. that is richard cordray. we'll bring you that as soon as the president starts to talk. stay posted for that. you know from now until the last vote is cast on november 6th you are no doubt going to hear the word small business more t

this is all happened in monticello, minnesota. state patrol spokesman says the driver managed to escape the cab. he has since been released from the hospital. dramatic pictures there. >>> rick santorum not off to a very good start in new hampshire. why the leading conservative alternative to mitt romney goot got booed offstage. plus you look at the comments that he's made and his position on some of the issues next. >>> but first, we want to give major props to a crew of portland firefighters. when they arrived at the scene of this accident they quickly realized a pedestrian was pinned under that car knowing that he had little time to save the victims's live. they lifted that 3,200 pound car off that trapped man. another firefighter happened to be driving by the scene, pulled out his cell phone. congrats, guys. are you all rock stars. [ female announcer ] in the grip of arthritis, back, or back joint pain? aspercreme breaks the grip, with maximum-strength medicine and no embarrassing odor. break the grip of pain with aspercreme. >

where a semitruck left the highway near monticello and plunge through the ice on a nearby creek. state patrol says the driver managed to escape and crawl to safety. he was treated and released from the hospital. investigators are trying to figure out why the truck left the road. and british police are asking for help in identifying the woman whose body was found sunday on queen elizabeth's es kate. the woman was white and between the ages of 15 and 23. they're looking at people who worked or held events there in august of september of last year. and the dallas teenager who was mistakenly deported to colombia is on her way home. officials say she was an adult from colombia when arrested for theft in houston. her family has been looking for her since she ran away from home in 2010. now, they plan to sue the agencies involved in her deportation. very strange story. >> ed lavandera did a good report on that yesterday. >>> four days until the new hampshire primary. jon huntsman is rolling the dice of a good showing. myne-on-one interview with huntsman is just ahead and can mitt romney

this is a semi-truck that left interstate 94 near monticello, plunged through ice in a nearby creek.ed just before 6:30 in the morning. state patrol man spokesman says that the driver amazingly managed to escape and crawled across the ice to safety there. he was treated and released from a local hospital. the truck live who -- it appears this trucker lost control of the rig, he left the road, plowed through catcher cables, across two lanes of freeway traffic, then into this pond. amazingly, these pictures here, that driver surviving but obviously you can see that semi-truck in the ice and that truck driver amazingly managed to escape. >>> serious business, folks running for president, but there are also a lot of laughs, too. comedians do it at candidates' expense. last night david letterman aimed his top ten list at newt gingrich. >> number ten -- new campaign slogan -- what up beginnigingst. nine, since losing iowa, he's married and divorced eight different women. number two, losing it. when did he ever have? number one sign newt gingrich is losing it -- claims he was born in kenya.

this is minnesota, it's in monticello in the minneapolis/twin cities area. what has happened is a target truck somehow has veered off of interstate 94 and hit a pond, an icy pond. and what witnesses are saying is that the truck was there for a moment or then crushed or crashed through the ice. the driver of the truck had minor injuries, we have been told he's been taken to the hospital, but look at this brand new video coming into fox news. the minnesota state patrol is tweeting out pictures of this, they've got a tow truck on the side to try to haul this thing out of the ice. but when they take a wider view, you can see just how far away he is from interstate 94. they're thinking he may have hit just an icy patch of road and ended up on this icy pond. and in minnesota, having lived there, i can tell you that the ponds are thick. probably not going to hold an 18-wheeler quite like this. the lakes, yes. the ponds, no. wow. we'll bring you up to speed if there are any other pictures, and there they are, the people walking on the ice to figure out how to get th