names like world war i's general pershing, world war ii's general douglas macarthur, and desert storm'sman schwartzkopf. >> two of the three astronauts on apollo 11 were west point graduates -- michael collins and buzz aldrin. you think of all our great generals and officers -- most of them were educated at west point. we've had two u.s. presidents that gained their education here. we've had all kinds of incredible personalities come through here and serve. >> when we return, we'll learn what it takes to attend west point. k >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> the u.s. military academy at west point doesn't look like your typical college. and it's not. students here are called cadets. in all, some 4,000 attend the academy. >> and the author describes it as, it's basically the mechanical efficiency of that pump/motor combination. >> the education here at west point is outstanding. in 2009, we were chosen by forbmagazine as the best college in america. >> it is equal to 210 degrees. >> and it has ju

september, we're back under and pershing 5%. this is a critical one for us. we have to get the service on the street. supervisor avalos: what is it about the l line, why it is most often at the top? >> the reason is the l line -- my apologies for not addressing that in my remarks. that is an excellent point, because it does stand up in that regard. the reason that it does is what we're doing here is essentially when you have 10% of the service gone, you have to spread the pain. one of the things about the l line, for example, is it is the easiest to bus. to is a straight shot. you just follow the rail. in many cases if you have only ifrail operator -- if you have only one rail operator and you had the choice between a j line and l line, you choose the j line. supervisor avalos: from west portal, right? >> ok. part of the reasons that the l line is higher with misruns, is as a system we look at how we could get people to where they need to go, and with less than what we needed, we made a decision on a real-time basis, on a daily basis, to say, ok, we can move

you can see frederick and northwest of frederick, the showers pershing to the north. cool. 59 in winchester and cumberland. obviously, it will be a lot cooler northwest of town than metro. locally to mid-70's. we will talk about storms coming up later. >> first it was the washington monument. now repairs are under way the national cathedral. workers are taking off part of it pentacle which was damaged by the august earthquake. we're live with the latest on the delicate work being done out there. as the weather caused a problem at all this morning? >> today not at all. the head stone mason in charge of this process says when it comes to the ordeal of removing the top of the pinnacle iran is not an issue. he says the wind is an issue. he said the fog not a problem this morning. he will take the rain and fog over wind any day. they began the oppressive task of moving the two-ton pinnacle, just as planned today. workers prepared for the dramatic the construction of the gothic pinnacle left damaged from the august earthquake. >> when the quake occurred and everything shoul

at 843 south pershing, nancy fox. >> i'm sorry, sir. i can't understand you. what is the address?843 south pershing. >> that is correct. >> in the jailhouse interview, rader said in hindsight he thinks that call was dumb. >> that was kind of an impulse, really a stupid thing to do. because i left my voice pattern, and my voice on there. >> and still, rader was not done communicating. the following month he sent a poem, written with a child's printing set on an index card to "the wichita eagle newspaper." the poem, patterned after a nursery rhyme, referred to shirley vian's murder. several days later he sent another letter, the most disturbing one yet. the one that finally put the killer on the news, and put the community in a tailspin. >> what kind of leads do you have? >> we have absolutely nothing that will point us to any one particular individual. >> a killer now in the spotlight he craves. >> he absolutely terrorized the community. everyone is a suspect. >> the fear was palpable. s ] [ kid ] dad? who is honus...wagner? no idea. let me see that. that's a honus wagner autograph

people fighting for their rights ok over fifteen so that they were going to have a major march and pershing square to city hall and. i feel like like yesterday we did have a city council meeting so i think it's going to continue on china hold banks accountable for what's been happening in china see i suppose what other allies we have and what steps to take next certainly an important message when people look at this and they see that this is not just happening in new york that it's happening coast to coast we do appreciate your time nina lopez occupy l.a. protesters in our l.a. studios thank you and we're keeping our eyes on occupy wall street in new york of course as well now earlier today tom morello the guitarist from rage against the machine performs at occupy wall street in new york he was in l.a. just a short time ago too and argue producer lucy catherine i'll so spoke to him asking him among other things to grade it president obama's performance thus far. my support for obama was three conditional begin with i never had hopes that would be beyond the sort of centrist democratic presi

robert joseph pershing foster who left for california because he could not practice surgery in his own hometown of monroe, louisiana. and that was a journey that i recreated myself by renting a buick as he had. he said, if you'd seen his buick, you would have wanted it too. [laughter] and i recreated that journey. i wanted to be able to see what it was like to drive that are without being anal to stop -- able to stop. during that era african-americans in the 1940s, 1950s and into the 960s could not be assured of a place to rest, to get gas, to recharge their batteries, to be able to even eat, to get a meal. so they had to take great care, planning and caution. after a certain point be one could stop, but he had a very difficult time. so i attempted to recreate that journey. i rented the buick, i had my parents with me as tour guides, and we got to this dangerous, frightening part of the journey where you're going through the desert, and it's night, and i had not slept for hours as he had. it had gone on for many, many, many hours and into the night without being able to rest. and my pa

pershing jumped out of the car and carrying a rifle and pistol raced along the ranch to the northern. two soldiers made a similar -- along the southern wall while the privates covered the windows in case any jumped out. padden reached the eastern side first and move toward the gate. when he was 15 yards from the large arched door three men -- three armed men on horseback burst out of the house. seem patton standing with his pistol drawn, the dash towards the southeast corner until he saw soldiers coming from the south. the mexicans turned and rode straight at patent. quote all three shot ami patton recalls. one bullet grappled at me and i fired back five times from a range of 20 yards. to a patent shots hit their targets one injuring a horse's belly and the other breaking the writer's right arm. patent soldiers began firing from the southeast corner putting padden in the line of fire. padden.in the corner and reloaded his three bullets hit a foot above his head and covered him in adobe does. consequently did not see the man he had shot turned back into the courtyards. went patton cam

in january, 1914, pershing was assigned to command the army brigade in texas responsible for security along the u.s.-mexico border. under the command of general frederick funston, he led the eighth brigade on the failed expedition into mexico in search of revolutionary leader pancho villa. he met him in 1913 when he invited him to fort bliss. that's all it says. if you do more tigs you find out, actually, after pancho villa and his cut throats had come into the united states proper and killed some americans, woodrow wilson ordered american troops led by pershing to go into mexico to pursue these murderers and end their killing spree and make it clear that there would be dire consequences for coming into the united states illegally. one report i read said there had been as many as 100,000 or more national guard troops put on the u.s. southern border, pershing went in, depending on the account you believe, 10,000, 14,000 troops inta mexico, pursuing pancho villa, kill manage of his lieutenants, never got pancho villa, but it ended for a long time anybody coming illegally into the united

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. -- helmets and even some pershing guards. each organization, by definition through our by lies, selects one or two of its members to sit as the director on the board. we have two non-voting positions representing the national sports governing bodies of the ntia and the high school federation, the nhs. there is no single controlling interest group on the board. it is not a trade organization. there is no membership category. funding is undertaken through licensing fees that were charged to manufacturers who want to certify equipment to our standards and to use our trademark and logos and property and phrases. although we are not a certified body -- we do not certify equipment independently of the manufacturers -- we do engage in surveillance and monitoring product performance through validation testing as required by our standards, as well as direct product testing in an accredited testing laboratory, with whom we contract to provide technical support and services. decisions regarding changes to standards or the creation and a

. -- helmets and even some pershing guards. each organization, by definition through our by lies, selects one or two of its members to sit as the director on the board. we have two non-voting positions representing the national sports governing bodies of the ntia and the high school federation, the nhs. there is no single controlling interest group on the board. it is not a trade organization. there is no membership category. funding is undertaken through licensing fees that were charged to manufacturers who want to certify equipment to our standards and to use our trademark and logos and property and phrases. although we are not a certified body -- we do not certify equipment independently of the manufacturers -- we do engage in surveillance and monitoring product performance through validation testing as required by our standards, as well as direct product testing in an accredited testing laboratory, with whom we contract to provide technical support and services. decisions regarding changes to standards or the creation and a