it is an honor to be introduced by a fellow nantucketer. julia's parents were teachers in the high school, and both our kids were educated by them. and it's great to see you here in brookline. and it is wonderful to be in the coolidge center theater with this great bookstore and co-sponsored with the massachusetts historical society which has been an institution that has been absolutely essential to my life as a historian. i sometimes sort of feel like i've taken up residence at the, in the archives there. in every book i've done, there's been essential information that's come from there, but none more so than in "bunker hill." many of the characters i delve into, their papers are at what we call the mhs s. and it is just an organization that is essential to anyone who's looking into not only the history of boston, but this country. and the genesis for "bunker hill" really goes back to the summer of 1984. i -- my wife and i had just moved to boston full time. we were living on prince street in the north end. it was at that time a fail -- i

by saturday afternoon, north of nantucket and leaving the east coast alone. with that kind of trek, it will affect millions and millions of people on the eastern steer board. also down toward the del mar, you may see that move northward as we get into the afternoon and evening hours tonight. we have a flash flood watch for the entire metro area. the showers are not related to andrea. this is posted because of andrea tomorrow. we could see one, two, maybe three inches of rain. it this will slow us down tonight. this is unrelated to andrea. we will talk about how much rainfall could fall between now you can do to prepare to your t house doesn't flood. >> that's important, topper. we'll be watching that. >>> a dc woman is traumatized in a burglary and assault in her own home. a man armed with a taser and mace forced his way into her home. >> kristen fisher has the story. >> reporter: well, this was a brutal crime in broad daylight and a nice neighborhood. it happened at one of these homes on chesapeake street, we're not sure which one. it happened at 10:00 in th

put it back in motion, it will pass to the east and south of maryland and then on and off of nantucket as we get into saturday and saturday afternoon. so tropical storm force winds possible for ocean city. i think the main threat with the storm is heavy rain in florida and the south east and possibly heavy rain east of i- 95 on friday. that's why yesterday we made friday a yellow alert day. live look outside, it is our live cam. 79 right now. 81 was the high. dew points in the 50s, which is comfortable. although the dew points were in the 40s last night. that was crazy comfortable. here is a look at the radar. a separate system in the southeast. this is the system that is now andrea. tropical storm. about 300 miles northwest of tampa moving off to the north. it will increase in speed tomorrow night and tomorrow. a fantastic evening for a walk or a jog. so going downhill now. clouds tonight, but dry. a few showers tomorrow, but do not change your plans. and then a yellow alert day on friday. looking at rain, showers and maybe a thunderstorm. tonight, partly to mostly cloudy. 56 to 64 do

look it's near nantucket. you've got weekend plans with the beach. i know tomorrow is going to be a wet day and maybe a tough day to get over there. but to not cancel your plans. what does it mean for us? 1 to maybe 4-inches of rain here. a fast moving system with some heavy downpours. boy look at the sky this morning, really cool looking sky. our day planner 73 by noon and mid- to upper 70s with a better chance for showers and storms for the ride home unfortunately than the ride in. we have some rain out west this morning into pennsylvania. southwestern virginia. it's raining roanoke and lunchburg and coming out of north carolina and lifting to the north northeast. it's going to drift east and afternoon, mid to late afternoon, i think we'll have showers around. that's why yellow alert will go up for the afternoon. your commute home and afternoon plans may be in jeopardy because of the rain expected. 63-degrees in reston right now. bowie 58 with 62 in fairfax and 63 in arlington and bethesda. and another look at this very awesome sky here. on our mic

hours from now, it will be close to ocean city, maryland and accelerate friday night and out towards nantucket. we are looking at 45, maybe 50 miles per hour wind gusts. but it does appear that the beaches will escape the heavy rain. we will not escape the heavy rain. heavy rain looks like a lock for the immediate area. warnings go all the way up to the southern bay as the system begins to take aim on the mid- atlantic. we will talk about how much rain will fall and what you can do before possible flooding tomorrow. >> tonight, residents all over capitol hill are heart broken over the loss of a hardware storm. fragers went up into flames. the investigation on what caused the fire could take days. >> reporter: it took mere minutes for the landmark to go up in flames. it would burn for hours. the inferno hopped to all three buildings of the famed fragers hardware store. >> anything that you wanted, he had it. >> reporter: they helped her get whatever she needed. >> how could he find it? they found it in the basement. >> reporter: the owner was in the store last night. >> in what we call the rece

look how quickly by saturday morning this thing is already passing nantucket. the weekend while we'll have a chance for the afternoon showers and storms will be a lot better than friday. looking at your day planner today. clouds to start the afternoon. mid 70s by 3:00. but look, we're going to finish afternoon with some showers and maybe some thunder as well. temperatures drop off into the low 70s by 7:00. so yellow alert for the afternoon and evening. i think the plans could be difficult to get in later on. because we've got all this rain out to the west into ohio and pennsylvania. and even down in north carolina, and south carolina, see this moisture? it's going to be moving up towards the northeast over the course of the day and that's why i think the afternoon not as nice as this morning. this morning is okay. we've got a few spots in the upper 50s like dumfries and waldorf and bowie right now at 59. it's 50 upper marlboro. but arlington bethesda at 63. so is dulles and 65 crofton this morning and upper 60s on the bay with a bay is starting to warm up a lit

other than being in nantucket where we have high speed and high winds expected there today, really won't feel those kinds of winds inland. record rain, between 3 and 5 inches of rain, and kennedy and new york, 4 inches, and 3.3 in laguardia, so plenty of rain. and they were talking about the airport delays. plenty yesterday. things will be better at the airports today. the rain is moving to the north and east and taking the center of circulation with it, which is good news. further south, south of washington, d.c. and in west virginia and north carolina, heavy rain coming down. to the west, believe it or not we got much drier air. we are seeing the clash of the air masses and today there is another threat of severe weather. from nebraska and kansas, what we are expecting, large hail and damaging winds and possible tornados as well, from omaha and wichita, and a clash of the air masses are setting up. it doesn't look like a widespread severe event. again, there is the dry air, and all the warm and moist air, and along the front, guys, that's where we have the potential for a tornado. keep

then it races on across nantucket as it goes through friday into saturday. we will show you where the watches and warnings have been posted and why friday is a yellow alert day. >> a historic road mysteriously scratched after a high end development gets approved. >>> once again a live look at the fire that destroyed a dc landmark tonight. a live update on exactly what happened. [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the united states postal service a small design firm can ship like a big business. just go online to pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. we'll do the rest. ♪ it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- america's fastest, most reliable internet takes your entertainment to ridiculous levels. i was streaming videos, movies, music. once i realized how fast it was, that's when i got it. [ male announcer ] it's your last chance to get fios for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for 2 years with $200 back, and a multi-room dvr free for 12 months with a two-year agreeme

so nantucket, the vineyard, areas east you will see the highest winds today.ved rainfall, look at this swathe, kind of just where we thought we'd see it, anywhere between three and five inches, laguardia, record rain, new york, kennedy all this record rain between three and five inches, the carolinas as well, so that's where the rain was. where is it going? for the most part it's done in the northeast. boston, hartford, new york, it has pushed north and eastward, although farther south a lot of tropical moisture still here. washington the clouds and the showers will come in toward you. you can see in west virginia, southwestern virginia and kind of eastern north carolina still some rain around, but a lot of moisture in the east and with that much drier conditions, incredibly warm here in the southwest but dry air coming in from the northwest and where we see this clash of air masses unfortunately this is the bull's eye for some severe weather today. kansas, nebraska, some isolated tornadoes, hail, some very strong winds, straight line winds may be some of the

we love that place and in nantucket i love the jewels bookstore which is the place to go. it was always a place to check in. the independent bookstore such a cultural phenomenon in this country. it's not just a place to sell books but a place to give lectures and it really is an ongoing intellectual life. it's the one place you love doing it so congratulations for doing this. i read the nerd times a day. business is not coming, it's living. what does everybody think? [applause] it's good to be in the big apple or is that was once called and may well be again called the city. that depends on who wins the mayor's race. it's going to get worse. actually our member growing up at the tv show called city. there were 8 million stories in in the city. this has been one of those. anthony weiner is one of the top two. i was thinking of helen hunt the other day and that movie is good as it gets the movie with jack nicholson and this woman said why can't i just find a normal boyfriend? is that too hard to do these days? anyway everybody seems to be leaving politics these days. the oth

look it's near nantucket pushing away. if you have weekend beach plans don't cancel them.on't expect a good day friday but the weekend will be fine. with the exception of maybe a stray afternoon shower or storm and you'll notice next week, this thing is just a tropical low. or next to tropical low in the north atlantic headed potentially toward the british islands there. all right, for us, we are looking at a nice start to the day. cloudy skies out there. but dry. temperatures are in the 60s now. they'll be in the low to mid- 70s by lunchtime. and then this afternoon mid to late afternoon, a few showers from storms around so a yellow alert will go up because the ride home and afternoon plans i think are going to be impacted be i the rain. the rain this morning out to the west down in roanoke into north carolina. these tours are moving off to the north northeast. so that's why i think in the afternoon, we're going to get a little wet in spots. and west of the blue ridge some of showers even by mid to late morning. 63 rockville. 62 fairfax. 57 for upper marlboro and 67 in no

the top listing in nantucket is this historic mansion called long hill.re feet, newly renovated, right in the middle of town, overlooking the harbor. the price tag? 20 million snackaroos. we're talking breaking news today. you heard it here first, bill koch, billionaire investor, selling his cape cod mansion for $15 million. the property is in oyster harbor. it has a renovated interior, state-of-the-art wine cellar, ships room modelled after a napoleonic frigate, as one does. the perfect home for billionaires who have a love of wine and maybe a napoleon complex. >> bizarre room. okay. let's move on to another bizarre story. ellison, founder of oracle, buys an island, and now has bought a second regional hawaiian airline that flies between the islands. which those things prompt me to ask the very simple question of what the held is he doing? >> what he's up to. here's the answer. he bought, as you mentioned, anotherary line with this personal island in hawaii. ellison is now buying go airline for an undisclosed amount. this follows the $300 million purchas

up in nantucket i love the bookstore which is the place to go and hang out.was always a place to check him. the independent bookstore such a cultural phenomenon in this country. it's not just the place to sell books. really have an ongoing intellectual life and it's the one place you love doing it. so congratulations for doing this. i read "the new york times" today. the business isn't living, it's booming, which is a great thing. [applause] it's good to be in the big apple as it was once called and they will be again called the naked city. that depends on who wins the mayors race. [laughter] it's going to get worse. i remember growing up with a tv show called naked city. there are 8 million stories in the naked city. this has been one of them. 8 million people in this city and anthony weiner is one of the top to. [laughter] i've been thinking about how unhealthy of the day in the movie, it's as good as it gets. the movie with jack nicholson and this woman said, why can't i just find a normal boyfriend? is that too hard to do these days? [laughter] everybody

>> can i take your helicopter to nantucket. >> any time. >> all right.at is josh writes, a week that will shake the gop for the last few years, characteristic of the gop, republicans have fixated on a handful of per roque yal issues, debts, deficits, burdens of the entrepreneur and looming minutes of obama care to the exclusion of almost everything else, one way of looking at this week's momentous events in washington, from the supreme court's ruling to the senate's passing of the immigration bill is they'll be forced to engage in a set of other issues central to american life and the decisions the party makes will go a long way to determining the future of its electoral fate. this is fantastic because i probably couldn't disagree with you more. serious. >> let's go through. >> go through it. >> tuesday, the voting rights act decision strikes do it down on its face. good news for republicans they aren't blocked from the voter i.d. laws. that forces to the front burner disenfranchising voters which is what these laws do. if you as the gop are trying to br

. >> nantucket. >> this guy is not a hero on this set i'm taking it. >> it's a question. >> well, i thinkith rand paul who was upset he went from one tyrannical government to another. it's kind of hard fighting for openness in government and you pick the five most tyrannical closed societies on the globe. >> right, right, free speech, epicenter of free speech, china, go. >> no, i'm going to russia, no, maybe cuba or venezuela. >> right. >> if you want to make the argument that there's too much secrecy, that too much is classified, the best choice obviously is come back here, get a great lawyer, you make bail obviously, and you articulate your case. >> right, right, if you want to be courageous, if you want to prove to the world you're a man of principle. >> let's give everybody the very latest here because there's some interesting side twists to this. after being charged by the u.s. government with espionage, snowden has fled hong kong and reportedly arrived in moscow. from there, he may head to cuba and possibly ecuador where he has requested asylum. after revoking his passport, american