it sounds like pennsylvania has a robust framework. you feel it works very well in pennsylvania. is that not correct? >> that is correct. i invite you to visit pennsylvania and show you firsthand how it works. i went to hollywood in pennsylvania. be glad to do it. are you in a position to testify based on imperical evidence that the other 49 states are as robust as pennsylvania. >> i don't know how to respond to it it's not a 49 state issue. other states, many other state dos not do fracking at all. the ones that do do it have a track record that indicate they can do it. oklahoma, texas, west virginia, ohio, et cetera. even if they don't have an existing prom now they as states and i can this as my experience as a state regulator are in the best position to know their states, know what to do and get the regulatory plan that they need in their state. >> but you would concede at least as an intellectual could see that will could be a state where fracking is occurring that is not as robust and diligent as pennsylvania. >> i could concede that sasquatch is in the woods. >> this is my

is not true.c fluids in pennsylvania is not true. not even the duke study crew a connection between any frac fluids being in the water in pennsylvania and methane migration let me remind everybody, methane migration has been a creature in pennsylvania for generations. it's probably been a creature in other states as well. any drilling if it's not done right can cause contamination or can cause methane migration. that's why in pennsylvania we have our well casing and cementing regulations that we put into place because we knew with our geology was like and we knew what was necessary on the floor. and i would agree with what the professor says that this area is complex. it is evolving. it is difficult. that's reason the states should be on top of regulating. the states know how to react to those things. it's a prechb record in pennsylvania. we know the science in the states. we're not idiots in the states compared to the federal government, for example, who knows everything. that's not the way it works. i would take a little bit of a d

in pennsylvania i did have a gentleman move into my urea here. he was a police officer from one of the larger cities, and his complaint was odor all the time. i actually went to work, and we actually put together this system, and i guess a lot of people are looking at what i'm doing and that's one of the reasons i'm here to share and hopefully promote this technology to continue to move forward in the next -- next years ahead here. additional income that i've received from that, the first couple of years, it was on the low side. i -- i actually managed to do some other -- invent some other technologies and bring them on to the farm. the last income statement we got, there were net profits of a little over $300,000 on dairy farm, and that's pretty good. when you start making as much money at the back end of a cow as you can the bottom it's really an appealing thing to us, and that's what's drawing attention. it's very vishlt environmentally friendly. community likes me. i haven't had a complaint since i've had it in here and right now as i sit her

-- punxatawny, pennsylvania. think most of the storms will stay to the east of downtown, but it's going to be close. we'll talk about more coming up. >>> some problems to report on amtrak tonight causing big delays between d.c. and new york city. services currently suspended between baltimore and wilmington, delaware. it's because of prisons with overhead wires. it is not yet clear when service will be restored. passengers who decided to use other transportation options can request a refund. a security guard narrowly escaped injury today when a car crashed into his booth at leisure world in silver spring. this happened at the complex entrance on norbeck road. the car jumped the curb and slammed into the guard's building. it's not clear how she's doing tonight. officials closed down the guard booth because of structural damage. >>> defenseless baby animals under attack. that's what investigators are looking into at a farm in fairfax county, and they're wondering if it's connected to a previous recent case involvin

i know the state of pennsylvania. that's why i can say pennsylvania. i haven't been to other states. i talked to an older gentleman from lancaster. he's a guy that got me started on this whole thing. i did a lot of research, a lot of work before i got started here. i took a lot of digests and duplicated and made something that turned around a pretty good profit. we sized or digester for 1,000 cals -- >> it's a big part of agriculture, especially in the dairy industry and hog products here. we can actually make renewable energy. it's a win-win for everybody and for the community and the economy. we power right now about 80 and 100 houses, plus run the whole farm. that's kind of amazing technology when you take cow manure, which used to be a waste product for us, people turn that into a commodity. it's another amazing technology. the heat from the generator is where we make a lot of our money off of. we got that technology that's actually heating the house, the barn, everything in the barn. you can read the power graph there, pasteurized milk and dry cor

exactly does ryan stand today on his support for rand and a new voter id laws going to court in pennsylvania groups like the a.c.l.u. saying the law denies citizens their fundamental rights but this lawsuit throw a wrench at the conservative war on voting rights at a twenty five election and tonight's daily take across the pond british lawmakers tore apart rupert murdoch for his role in the news corp phone hacking scandal back here in the usa murdoch's ethically challenged media empire is doing just by one. of us to the rest of the news the streets of mt the banners are for old again one day after a massive mayday demonstrations rocked literally the plan and while the protests around the u.s. were largely peaceful there were a few unfortunate events as we talked about on the show yesterday in san francisco on the night before made a group of demonstrators dressed in black rock. broke off the main rally and ran down the street splatter in storefronts with paint breaking windows there are still a lot of questions about who these people were and whether or not they were actually affiliated with

law in pennsylvania is actually against the constitutional right to vote which is a stay. right and so we have sued on behalf of several organizations and individuals who will be blocked from voting in the fall because they don't have they don't meet the restrictive requirements of voter id in that state a centrist and because the u.s. supreme court i forget the case but has explicitly said that there is no federal right to vote it's not explicated or listed or whatever and find the guns and the supreme court has said it is fine to have voter id as long as that is free and accessible i.d. and also that they educate the public about this new requirement except what we're saying is that actually the voting rights act first of all stands in the way of that because we know the impact is on black and latino voters were also saying that under their state constitution you have a right to vote was my point is that it seems like the pennsylvania state constitution is more. radical is the wrong word because it implies a negative is is more emphatic about your rights the road and the

there is a storm watch in pennsylvania, but not at the maryland/pennsylvania line. this will eventually drift back north again. we're not a prime target for thunderstorm activity at all. the big area of high pressure is holding its front from coming south, and it is also keeping girl away from us. that is a sad tropical storm -- sub tropical storm and is drifting to the west. those winds are at 45 miles per hour moving southwest at 6 miles per hour. it is a loosely organized storm. its movement is going to take it on shore and then it will make a u-turn at jacksonville and go right up the coast. it's kwame storm -- it will be a storm.y our forecast is calling for 66 for the overnight low. hot and humid conditions are in the forecast for tomorrow. here's the seven-day forecast. we might see some thunder north of us tonight. and then during the day tomorrow. most of it is in pennsylvania. near 90 is the high. on monday, it oaks drive right now, 91. kind of unit, though. -- it looks dry right now, 91. kind of humid, though. >> we have a couple of maryland teams to talk

we have seen some storms fire up across parts of pennsylvania.w those on the radar in just a second, but that guy right there, he's not worried about it. drifting by the woodrow wilson bridge in the distance behind him. current temperature at national airport, a little bit of filtered sunshine, 84 degrees, dew points in the mid 60s so humidity 53%, south wind at 8%. southerly winds will continue for the remainder of the holiday weekend. so if you like today, there's very good news in the forecast for the next couple days. 84 now in frederick, maryland. 85 in waldorf, and la plata. 79 at naval air station. 80 degrees in annapolis, and folks, along the west side of the chesapeake bay, picking up a hint of a cooling bay breeze, but across virginia, mid to upper 80s. this evening, partly cloudy. there are some storms firing north and west. we'll be fading out between now and 10:00, and evening temperatures mostly back into the mid and upper 70s. storm 4 radar, most showers now along the maryland//pennsylvania border, drifting southbound but losing in

closer to pennsylvania, a sum of folks got some showers. dc then dropping out and of operating as they came down into our region. tomorrow that boundary is going to be up there. we will see if any rain develops. we will talk about it with the as to whether plus forecast in a few minutes. >> correction officials are looking for an inmate to walk away from his work assignment. he left the detention facility yesterday morning and did not report to his work-release job at a checkers restaurants. he was nearing the end of a prison sentence for second- degree murder. the driver who crashed into the back of a car who had been officer and center plunging has been convicted of three traffic offenses. robertson baltimore got three points on his license, a fine, and was ordered to perform 2350 hours of concern -- 250 hours of community service. her attorney says she will be forced to retire a medical disability. great news for anybody who drives through baltimore. the road work and road closures are finished. they and goodness. they had been completed

there is a little activity up in pennsylvania moving into pennsylvania coming out of high -- ohio. with the front moving by, i think we could pick up a shower. i think the highest chance would be up in western maryland or pennsylvania. at any rate, i don't think it will be a big issue. we'll talk about the insta-weather plus forecast in detail coming up. stick around. >> thanks to falling gas prices, it looks like more and more people will be driving in our area. >> sheldon dutes has some advice for you if you have not yet left. >> you may want to pack extra patience before you hit the road. >> it seems like everyone is traveling. >> i'm planning to go to ohio. of the group, almost all of them will be traveling. a bird's eye vue of how people will be traveling. drivers aren't too concerned. >> it is another $1.50. we're still going to go home, we're still going to the beach. it does not impact our decision making too much. >> the tolls are something we will deal with. >> gas prices are much cheaper than they would have been. you may end up with blue lights as your chaser there will

and next week, we're going to have more stories from pennsylvania. how in the world can youut $1 billion out of school budgets and expect families in america to have their kids get the proper education in this great country? "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, ed. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the pulitzer prize-winning author of "ghost wars," steve kall is going to be here tonight for the interview. i'm really looking forward to that. he has just put out something totally ground breaking and totally amazing.

pennsylvania, pennsylvania, a state with a rich tradition and development of this country, is now making a concerted effort to close doors on public education. mr. hampel, i really appreciate you being on the program tonight. what have you been told about the future of your middle school? >> i just want to first say, thanks for having me on. i watched you last night and i felt it was my obligation to come on and talk to not only pennsylvania, but the nation about what we're facing, not just in york city school district, but harrisburg school district, and all urban school districts across pennsylvania. we're facing a closure at our school. they're looking to close our school, hannapin middle school and also smith middle school. like you already said, they furloughed 50 teachers and we totally expect another round of furloughs to follow. >> what's happening in this country is this is a result of going into two wars that weren't paid for, big pharma, and two rounds of tax cuts that nobody did the math on. and now we're gutting our infrastructure in this country. professionals such as yours

send them back to pennsylvania. you've got to find a new way to get soldiers from the north to the d.c. cap call. you can't keep sending them through baltimore. so the union army came up with a new solution. they would ferry -- they would take soldiers to the northern end of the chesapeake bay, they would ferry them down to annapolis and send them to d.c. from there, avoiding baltimore. trusting the wisdom and experience of his visitor, lincoln agreed, okay, i'll send the soldiers camped out in cockeysville back to the pennsylvania line. so on the morning of april 23rd, 1861, the union soldiers camped out at john merryman's farm packed up their as longings and headed northward. secessionists were not yet satisfied. a general of the maryland militia who was in baltimore sent out an order to maryland state militia units saying follow those soldiers back to pennsylvania, back to the mason-dixon line, and burn all the railroad bridges between baltimore and pennsylvania. so on the morning of april 23rd as the union soldi

under the pennsylvania avenue project. it's really much more like pierre la font, the designer of washington wanted it to be, instead of something that looked like a third rate provencal town. >> take a look at some buildings around here. what were they like when you first came here? >> they haven't changed on this side. on that side of the street, they've been here for a long time. it's the buildingings on this side of the street that have really changed. they're all new and right down there they're building the museum, which is going to be a terrific thing. canadian embassy is down there. on, this is just a gorgeous street. the archives building was -- they call it market square. actually the market was across the street there. the washington market. and in 1929 in the heart of the depression they built the archives building and the united states tore down the market. that's a place where every american should visit and see the great documents, declaration of independence and constitution. >> so, you sleep across the str

most of the blacks in pennsylvania by 1810 are free. and so free black children who are on the streets of pennsylvania are free, but in maryland and delaware slavery's an ongoing institution. so the presumption of the law changes. once you get into a slave state, the presumption is that if you're african-american you are a slave. and so if someone is taking a black child through maryland, nobody's going to intervene and say why are you carting this black child off? if the black child is chained, no one's going to say why are you carting this black child off? they'll assume the child was a slave. whereas if you're doing it in pennsylvania you would be stopped by all kinds of people saying why are you kidnapping this child? >> who's behind these gangs? >> people who are professional criminals. the most interesting one is a woman named patty cannon. and patty cannon has a gang of kidnappers including some mixed-race people, that is, people who are both of not and european descent who help entice children on the theory that the children wil

later on in this broadcast, i will bring you a story from pennsylvania. i'll show you who needs a break. and i'll show you what they're doing to the poor and the middle class in this country when it comes to education. because this is where all the breaks are going. mitt romney's policies will protect these wall streeters. he wants to return to the supply-side economics of ronald reagan. reagan was a nice guy. he was just wrong. the unpaid tax cuts of the bush administration, of 2001 and 2003, and hold it right there, we did a story on this the other night and we're going to do a lot more on it. the territorial taxes in the paul ryan budget. now, let's face it. people that watch msnbc are smart. we're lefties, we like to research, we love facts, we love charts, we want interviews, we want people saying stuff. here's your assignment, folks. go dig into the ryan budget. it's fun. do it. dig into it. and find out what the territorial tax really will do to this country and to the vultures at top of that chart. i mean, it is going to grease the skids like you'

pennsylvania. the confederate core are all over the place. they are crossing and lee has lost control. he does not have them under control late july 2nd. it cost him dearly going into the battle blind. said mead is always better informed. alternately the rule is a commander is responsible for everything his men do or fail to do. stuart who was incredibly brave needed a jolt supervision. napoleon said he wanted princeton educated general's. luck does matter. some people have better luck than others. lee had a run of bad luck that compounded his mistakes as a commander. 1864 overland campaign he was outnumbered two /1. the most brilliant fighting is over mead and he performs miracles. but it is brutal a of savage fighting. not the picturesque nature of pickens charge. lee does not get credit for his finest performance. just as mead finest hour after gettysburg is in bottom 1863. he gets orders from abraham lincoln, suggestions, commit tee increase handpicked by washington he comes up against lee. he has been ordered to destroy the year me. gove

the line of storms and pennsylvania works its way towards the maryland- pennsylvania line at about 10ht, drifting south, getting weaker early morning saturday. after it gets to the south, things look good. still a risk of a storm early tonight, low 60's. the wind will shift to the north as the front goes by. there is cooler air here, 40 degrees around maine, 63 degrees caribou, low 60's northern michigan. some of that cool air is coming down on the north brae is beginning tomorrow. the front right now approaching cleveland, approaching chicago. just to the west of kansas city. that will gradually come down. this southwardly flow of air will be cut off and the temperatures will be more comfortable. the upper 70's tomorrow, warmer than normal, but less humid. partly cloudy during the day. sunrise at 6:03. the cooling trend underway tomorrow into sunday morning. the high pressure builds in from the north. should be a very nice sunday afternoon, comfortable temperatures, low humidity. the next threat of rain likely to hold off at least until monday or tuesday of next week. on the chesapea

in pennsylvania, the poorest school district in the nation in redding, pennsylvania is taking the biggest cut per pupil. about a thousands dollars. the wealthier school districts are looking at $100. that's because they are eliminated the formula. the peop who need it the most are paying the most dearly for these cuts. it's really just morally wrong. >> good to have you with us. thanks so much. that's "the ed show." >>> biden rings the wedding >>> good evening. thanks to you at home for staying with us on this hour on what's turned out to be a big day in the news about the politics. republicans in the united states senate filibustered on student loaned today. how is that youth vote coming along republican party?

in pennsylvania, the poorest school district in the nation in redding, pennsylvania is taking the biggest cut per pupil. about a thousands dollars. the wealthier school districts are looking at $100. that's because they are eliminated the formula. the people who need it the most are paying m

further north into pennsylvania, a higher chance for that. evidence of that as the storm activity for the great lakes -- of high pressure is giving us some good weather conditions. responsible for keeping beryl away from us. the high pressure keeps beryl to the south. beryl is a sub-tropical storm. not as well organized as a normal tropical storm. elements of the hemisphere, not as warm at the higher altitudes and everything else. it cannot be as well organized. it has some strong winds. 45 miles per hour. it is moving well southwest at 5 miles per hour. it will make a u-turn and be near cape hatteras by thursday with 40 mile an hour winds. watch that all week long. scattered clouds in our forecast. an isolated storm and out of the question. small chance. 85 to 94 the high. future cast shows the spotty nature of this in pennsylvania. ocean city, sent all weekend long with high temperatures in the 70's. water temperatures are cold. 60's. we move into sunday, it looks fairly dry. maybe something isolated on monday. the rain chances are very low

you see them in pennsylvania. then down in the southeast we're watching tropical storm beryl which made landfall last night. you see it moving west on interstate 10. here's a closer look at the temperature letter radar. jacksonville here, these heavy bands of rain into southern georgia, south carolina. we've got bad drought conditions in southern georgia so that's good news for them. for us we could see an isolated storm this afternoon come through. maybe better chance in the mountains. tomorrow that's when the front is going to get closer to us late tomorrow into early wednesday increasing our rain chances. so today 90, isolated storm. scattered storms tomorrow afternoon through wednesday morning at least. temperatures both tomorrow and wednesday upper 80s with lows around 70. we cool off nicely by thursday around 80. then check out friday, saturday and sunday. scattered storms friday, 79. mid-70s with a chance of a shower this weekend. it's 5:16. let's go to bev with time saver traffic. >>> we're checking out th

the address 1300 pennsylvania avenue.ou don't have to be italian to enjoy the food. >> not at all. >> going to be some fabulous food. there will be live music. there will be activities for kids. >> exactly. >> it's going to be so much fun. >> not only salami. >> no, not only salami. a lot of other things. this is the second annual festival like this. >> yes, the second. the goal is to present italy to washingtonians. it's a festival organized -- [indiscernible] a nonprofit. it's to present italian pop culture to washingtonians. it's food, arts, wine. it's lifestyle. we want washingtonians to come and expend a wonderful day from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. with us. >> bring the kids out as i said because there will be lots of kids activities. there will be wine tasting. ivan brought some wine not for us to taste, just for me to look at. he's teasing me. he has a pine know green crow -- he has a pinot gregio and this is a sparkling wine. and as you know, italy is phone for its great pass -- is known for its great pasta. >> this is a

obama would desperately like to put pennsylvania away. erin's organization, real clear politics, has a good map where he keeps track state by state. they have obama 253 electoral votes, if everything stayed the way it is now, with nine states undecided. that means obama could win either with ohio or florida, he doesn't need both, or with, say, a combination of virginia or north carolina or with a trio of states, colorado, iowa and new hampshire. so i think at the moment, unless the job news go crazy, obama has more than romney has. >> let me talk about more. i want to bring in secretary of labor hilda solis. good to see you this morning. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> the new job numbers coming out tomorrow, what are you expecting? >> i'm not going to speculate on that report yet because we'll talk about that tomorrow. all we have to do is look back a year, two years ago, we've now seen more than -- close to 3 million private sector jobs created. we continue to see steady, slow progress in manufacturing, leisure, hospitality, bu

the gentleman from pennsylvania. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. fattah: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fattah: we fund the department of justice to deal with crime, the protection of our country and our citizens. and the crime rate has went down each and every year this administration -- violence crime is down. homicide is down. the department of justice is intertwined in ways with the prevention of terrorist attacks on our homeland and on our citizens and they had an extraordinary record. now, there may be occasions in the house for a committee to do whatever it is they need to do. i know there have been seven hearings with the attorney general. i know thousands of pages have been turned over. but the last thing we need to be doing is stripping away resources from a department whose responsibility through all of its agencies to protect the people who've elected us. they have responsibility. i was there at the opening of the terrorist screening center in virginia. i've seen the v

the air is unstable over pennsylvania. colder air coming over the great lakes generating a few clouds. cooler here on the ground, too. a few of these cuts may generate a sprinkle this afternoon. not likely, but possible. other than that, it is a really nice day, but it is breezy out there. let's take a look at the pollen count. pollen getting blown around today after the rain yesterday. today may be a little aggravated with all this wind blowing things around. temperatures, you can see two shades of green, one blue-cream. upper 50's in the darker shade. then they get to the emerald color, around 50, even in the 40's. oakland was down to 41 this morning. definitely some chillier air coming in. satellite image showing these spotty clouds and some green in pennsylvania. that is where the clouds are generating enough instability to produce a few showers. northwest air coming in behind this low pressure system. the change in the rising pressure centered around chicago is helping to intensify these wins just a little bit. that w

you can see how everything blew up last night in pennsylvania. came down toward northeastern maryland. some other storms hanging back from pittsburgh to bedford there. locally we're looking at some of these showers just east of columbia over to bwi, across caroll county. everything moving southeast. nothing imminent. cloudy skies. it is 60 in luray. we're going into the 80s if we get enough sunshine. >>> if you're planning to head to the northbound side of 95, if you're one of those commuters, you'll want to know about a delay. on the the northbound side this accident has been sitting on the shoulder before route in leaving quantico -- route 234 leaving quantico. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95. this is the best camera shot i could get. you can see the accident right here on the left shoulder. it's very slow and heavy getting by. beyond that you're okay into springfield. we'll take a live look there which is looking fine n. is just your normal volume for 6:01 in the morning. looking fine up to 395 and the 14th street bridge.

there are some thunder storm watches in pennsylvania for the evening. we will tell you more about the forecast tonight and tomorrow in a minute. >> the orioles lockup a cornerstone for the future. it is a six-year contract extension worth a lot of money. it is a big story for a lot of reasons. >> $85.5 million is a lot of reasons. it is the largest contract in team history. jones signed a deal last night. he knew for a while he wanted to get this done to stay in baltimore. he arrived at a press conference greeted by kids. he gave us all the reasons why he wanted to stay in baltimore. the $85 million helps, but also o jumpstart the orioles' glorious history. >> i will be in baltimore. it is a great baseball city. it is coming back. we have to prove to the fans we are for real. we're slowly doing it. i think this is a big step in the right direction. >> we're telling orioles fans with committed to this. -- player and team. we are committed to providing hope to rebuilding our fan base. >> the contract is the largest foreign oriel by more than $16 million.

most of the thunderstorms should stay north here of the maryland-pennsylvania border n. is subtropical storm beryl. maximum winds just 45 miles per hour but an impressive circulation. it's moving to the west, southwest. it could bring very heavy rains over the next couple of days and track to the north and east. this will be a weather maker for the southeast over the next couple of days. if you're headed down to the beaches in portions of the carolinas the next couple of days, you're going to have cloud cover and the possibility of thunderstorms. not a terribly strong storm but the movement is going to be very slow the next couple of days and then it will get lifted to the north and north and east as we get into the middle of the week. so it could get fairly close to the washington area. i don't think it will be a terribly strong storm when it does so but maybe some shower and thunderstorm activity by the middle of the week. winds 45 miles per hour. gusts 60 miles per hour. forecast to become just a tropical storm over the next 24 hours. forecasts for tonight partly clou

>> pennsylvania avenue. the south street closes periodically but it is not closed always. >> isn't impossible to imagine in lincoln's time people could just walk into white house. they didn't even need a card. you are floating around and he is going between people to get to his office. they said he had this little passageway through -- what was his reception room into what's now the yellow living room. so he wouldn't have to go out in the hall upstairs in the second -- on the second floor, and where job seekers are -- people would be out there trying to shake the president's hand. >> wasn't it teddy roosevelt, who had so many children and he changed that. >> he built -- yeah. he didn't have enough bedrooms at the time when -- i was thinking when you were talking about the athletic activities, i was just reading, i am working on teddy roosevelt now. he took the ambassadors and senators on these walks through rock creek park, really fast walks. fast walks. the rule was whatever you -- whatever you came across,