named may hu she was a camp cook in the silver mines in northern idaho in the quarterly district. she married a railroad engineer by the name of hutton, and they buy an interest in the hercules mine. the hercules mind become the most profitable silver mine of that era in idaho, and they become millionaires almost overnight. she is a very colorful figure. you have emma, who is kind of comes out of the temperate abolitionist suffrage movement, and you have may, who comes to this from a colorful past. together they do send on olivia -- they descend on olivia and the legislature -- all men, of of courseh and 8 -- -- and they were to get an amendment to the ballot. 1909, the house votes for the amendment, and it passes by i think 10 to 20 votes. then in february, the senate votes, the washington state senate. by a bigger majority, and on february 25, 1909, the governor signed the bill to create the opportunity for washingtonians to vote for suffrage for women in washington state. upthat vote is going to come before washington men in november of 1910. so the suffrage amendment passes on

alliance, a nazi grouped based in washington, d.c., they got $50,000, the arian nations up in northern idaho, they got $40,000. that one heist, that ukiah armored car heist, it wasn't just a huge multimillion dollar robbery. it was also supposed to fund the start of the next civil war in the united states of america. the guys who robbed that armored car on highway 101 back in 1984, they were part of a neo-nazi gang that called itself the order. and the order is best remembered now for having assassinated this man, a jewish talk radio host in 1984, a man named alan berg. but most of the crimes committed by the order weren't just murder anassassination which we remember them for now. most of their crimes were about money. when they robbed armored cars and video stores and robbed banks, all of these robberies that they committed all up and down the west coast, they were all designed to collect cash to arm and fund a violent movement that was going to wage a race war in america, creating a white's only homeland in the united states. and these guys in this gang, the order, they weren't the only p

they were held up in northern idaho. they held a big piece of land up there until things started to fall apart for them in 1988. a bunch of the arian nations security guards were out patrolling while drunk one night. they ended up beating up and shooting at a native american mom and her son who had the misfortune to pass by while the drunk nazi guards were out patrolling the perimeter of that arian nations land. ultimately a lawsuit was brought on behalf of the woman and her son by the southern poverty law center and that legal strategy they basically came up with a way to bankrupt the nazis into losing that land up in northern idaho. they were forced to vacate and the town's fire department got practice and satisfaction on systemically burning down all the nazi's buildings one by one after they had been evicted via bankruptcy. >>> the united states, the modern united states of america has a stubborn problem with neonaziism and overt vieolent white supremacy. it always seems amazing when it surfaces but we've always had

that knows him has talked about him as a good, loving christian family man. >> never before has northern idahon this kind of firepower from the government. >> there is a shoot-out in which weaver's 14-year-old son sammy, a dog and a u.s. marshall all ended up dead. an fbi sharpshooter shot his wife dead while she was carrying the baby in her arms. >> fbi agents are trained to shoot only to protect themselves or others. the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. >> decisions were made within the fbi that allowed the snipers to shoot at anyone who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. >> put a bullet in my head! hey, i'll make it easy. i'll turn my become on you. >> not everyone who lives around here says randy weaver is in the right. but they say none of this would have happened if federal authorities had just left him alone. >> ruby ridge was not a story that was on the front page of national newspapers. most people didn't know about it at all, but it actually did energize the radical right. >> the siege ended at 12:15 when randall weaver and his three children walked off the

. >> reporter: in northern idaho, on land that seems destined to slide into a picture frame, ranchers surrounded by storms and sagebrush. >> this unit is a summer range. >> this is ground that jim hagenbirth's family managed since the late 1800s. much of it federal. >> there is means of federal land here. we used to work with federal land agencies hand in hand. and we're a wonderful team. getting a lot of things done. >> reporter: the federal government still owns nearly 62% of the land in idaho. just over 63% in utah. and about 80% in nevada. >> we are violating the am scan promise and reaping consequences. ion tau, legislature has been clear. >> today a fervent group of advocates and conservatives, including utah state representative, ken ivory say the status quo should change. >> is the land in to snau autah? >> terrible. treating the land like it is a museum. lock it up. hands all. don't touch. it makes no sense to have a distant, unaccountable, nontransparent, bureaucracy do a one size fits all hand off don't touch management policy. >> ivory says the federal government which own

. >> northern idaho has become a home for people like weaver. >> he's not a terrorist.not endangering everybody. everybody that knows him personally has talked about him as a good family christian man. >> what should have been a relatively routine arrest went badly wrong. there was a shootout in which weaver's 14-year-old son and a dog and a marshal all ended up dead. shot his wife dead while she was carrying her baby in her arms. >> the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. >> decisions were made within the fbi which allowed the snipers to shoot at anyone who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. >> put a bullet in my head. hey, i'll make it easy. i'll turn my back on you. >> not everyone who lives around here says randy weaver is in the right. but they say none of this would have happened if federal authorities would have left him alone. >> ruby ridge was not a story that was on the front page of national newspapers. most people didn't know about it at all, but it actually did radicalize the right. >> there's all this tremendous firmant that's arisi

. >> northern idaho has become home for a lot of people like randy weaver who want to be away from the problems of civilization and civilization itself. >> he's not a terrorist. he's not endangering anybody. he's a good loving christian family man. >> never before has north idaho witnessed this kind of fire power from the federal government. >> what should have been a relatively routinely arrest went very badly wrong. there was a shootout in which weaver's 14-year-old son, a dog and a fire marshal all ended up dead. the sharpshooter shot his wife dead while she was carrying the baby in her arms. >> fbi are trained only to shoot only to protect themselves. the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. >> decisions were made within the fbi which allowed the snipers to shoot at any one who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. >> put a bullet in head. i'll turn my back on you. not everyone who lives around here says randy weaver is in the right but they say none of this would have been happened if federal authorities had just left him alone. >> he was not a story that was o

in northern idaho on land that seems destined to slide into a picture frame, ranchers herd cattle surrounded this unit is a summer range. >> reporter: this is ground that jim hagenbarth's family manages. >> we used to work with the federal agencies hand in hand and we were a wonderful team. >> reporter: the federal government still owns nearly 62% of the land in idaho. just over 63% in utah and about 80% in nevada. >> we are violating the american promise. in utah the legislature has been group of advocates and conservatives including utah state representative say the status quo should change. is the federal government doing a bad job managing the land in utah? >> it is terrible. they are treating it like it's a museum. it makes no sense to have a distant, unaccountable, nontransparent bureiocracy do a one size fits all policy. >> reporter: he says the federal government should get out of management all together. >> one of the criticisms is that you want the federal land to go to the state so you can transfer it to private buyers. >> the people who want to scare people that is where they go.

also northern california, idaho, washington.sked me, steve, will that obscure some of the eclipse? i don't think so. not enough. at least i hope not. 50s and 60s on the temps. mid 50s to upper 50s to low 60s. brentwood 63. martinez 59. lafayette 56. fog and thunderstorms in between sunshine, hazy sunshine, with highs about where they should be, 60s to 80s to low 90s. started off quiet, then got very busy for mr. alex savage. you have one issue in the north and one off to the east. is that still the case? >> thank you for mentioning that. we have highway 4. we will mention this right away for folks. highway 4 shut down in both directions at discovery bay boulevard because of a deadly crash that happened overnight. now we want to tell you about another issue in the north bay in solano county. those are the live pictures we showed you there of a big rig that caught fire late last night. we still have the right lane of southbound 680 shut down at this point, right at marshview road. southbound 680, still the right lane shut down for

many fires in oregon and northern california, and it looks good for oregon and in idaho.are saying there is a lot of smoke and haze which is true but not enough to obscure in oregon and idaho. the forecast models are spot on and clearing out and i think you are okay if you are up there watching. low clouds for us and the will be tough to get out of here. 31 at travis for the wind, 60s for many, 64 in hayward, and a few 50s with many 60s. san jose has been stuck at 66, los altos at 65, menlo park, atherton and belmont also in there. fremont 64. we have high clouds streaming off of the sierra and i don't think enough high clouds to stop the viewing if you get warren up inland. 61 monterey, the two in sacramento with thunderstorms popping up over the sierra. the low in southern california is the driver of all of this which is sending in these clouds and cooling us off along with that big fog bank. 60s, 70s and 80s with low clouds. you could get a break and see that fog lift for a little bit, for right now it looks foggy. warmer toward the end of the week. >>> it is 6:51 am.

idaho or kentucky to see the big event. the smithsonian's national air and space museum is holding special viewings here in d.c. and in northernirginia. dr. demessier is in charge of astronomy education for the smithsonian with more of what you can expect. everybody is excited about this solar eclipse coming up on monday. that's got to make folks like you happy. >> i'm so happy to see the enthusiasm we're seeing about this upcoming solar eclipse. >> what is the big deal for astronome astronomers and the rest of us. >> it's one that the entire continent gets to share. it's been quite a long time since we've had an eclipse which has covered so much of the country and so for this eclipse, only a will experience the total solar eclipse, but the entire country will get to see a great partial eclipse. >> so folks who are here in d.c. can go outside and kind of give us an idea of what people can expect to see, really see, if you're here in d.c. >> here in d.c., the sun will be about 82% covered by the moon at 2:42 p.m. on monday, august 21. now, you might not really notice much just walking around outside. it might feel like there's

visible in northern california was 1889. 500 million people in north america will see at least a partial eclipse. the best show in the area is in the spot called the path of totality including idaho is where we find lauren blanchard. >> we are in idaho falls one of the many cities where the moon will pass completely in front of the sun. nasa is here as our travelers from all over the world.>> once- in-a-lifetime. >> a bucket list event for millions. nearly 13,000,000 people live in this path of totality but today the number could double according to some experts. >> you can't imagine what it will be like. the drama will be impressive. >> hotels are booked and heavy traffic is expected with campsites filled many flights sold out. >> i have never seen the airports so crowded. so many people there. >> locals have been bracing for the influx. families foreigners scientists and psychics are all watching for their own reason. >> nature tends to talk in this type of situation. >> for those veteran eclipse chasers to the curious first- timers this view is an experience unlike anything else or anywhere else. >> to actually just observe it how you look at the moon it is not something we ge