pompeys pillar is a sand stone rock formation in montana. c-span took a tour of the pompeys pillar national historic landmark. >> the natives have engraved on the face of this rock the figures of animals near which i marked my name and the day of the month and year. this morning, we're going to walk up pompeys national monument, talk a little bit about the history of the site. why is this place so important to the history not only of the united states but also the history of yellow stone county, montana, as well as the west in general. what i often tell students that come here, i want people to think about what was it like 200 years ago. clark and his party are coming down the yellow stone river hoping to meet up with lewis and as they're coming down the riv they're having to stop at various intervals. what are they stopping for? they're stopping to hunt to gather food. they're stopping because. immense herds of buffalo crossing the river and when i talk immense, i'm talking about herds of buffalo so large, they would stop for four to six ho

man home to scor double, two triples from pompey tonight blue jays beat the bird 4z-2. 4-2. two more games left on the schedule. saturday and sunday then all the good stuff starts next week. >>> preseason hockey continues for the capitals big night for alex ovechkin as head coach already pacing behind the bench. just preseason hockey coach. don't tell that to the. ovey doing what he does best. putting the puck in the net. caps tie it up two a piece. then in over time, troy braur ends, final score 5-4. alex ovechkin two goals toni another great preseason hockey anothea remote that livesockey on your phone. more wi-fi in more places. a movie library you can take wherever you go. internet speeds that have gotten faster 13 times in 12 years. at comcast, we're creating new possibilities. together with time warner cable, we'll be able to extend those to more people. comcast and time warner cable. together is better for more people. >> it's a milestone year for snl, we get to relive classic sketches, every saturday at 10:00, kicking off tomorrow night with the first season with ric

pompeys pillar is a sand stone rock formation in montana. c-span took a tour of the pompeys pillar national historic landmark. natives have engraved on the face of this rock the which iof animals near marked my name and the day of year.nth and this morning, we're going to pompeys national monument, talk a little bit the site.history of why is this place so important to the history not only of the united states but also the stone county,low montana, as well as the west in general. what i often tell students that come here, i want people to what was it like 200 years ago. party are coming down the yellow stone river lewis andmeet up with as they're coming down the riv they're having to stop at various intervals. are they stopping for? they're stopping to hunt, to gather food. they're stopping because. immense herds of buffalo crossing the river and when i immense, i'm talking about they of buffalo so large, would stop for four to six hours for the buffalo to cross the river. another reason they would stop is simply partly just curiosity and th

plus, pink floyd rocks pompey 40 years ago. >>> and in sports, the biggest tennis star and the two-time grand champion has called it a day at the age of 32. >>> more french airstrikes against islamic state and the lavant. mitt rand said that they destroyed in northeastern iraq, and he said that the aim is to weaken what he called a terrorist organization, and support iraqi soldiers, along with the peshmerga and the kurdish region of northern iraq. more now from baghdad. >> the office of frez francoise said that they have been surveilling targets on monday, and they will strike not only in iraq, but there will be more strikes in the coming day. it subjects french citizens for potential retaliation by isil. this happens as violence in baghdad increases. there were two car bombs on friday in baghdad, one in kirkuk, and that comes with mortar on a prison that was coordinatorred. so the violence continues as the airstrike and the military campaign moves on. >> libya's elected parliament has rejected the new cabinet of prime minister. he submitted a list of 16 ministers, but the parliament ha

as the winds blow in the heating goes on we will pompey's temperatures up to a little bit more.is 71 here in chicago. the warm air is taking control after a long stretch of cooler weather. 72 at midway. the dew points still in the upper 40's. they're heading for the mid- 60s tomorrow. that is not a gulf coast level humidity's. >> strong southerly wind blowing. 14 mi. per hour sustained at of hair. the humidity just 49 percent. the water temperature at 62 and up. moderate mold spores. here are the sun burned times. tbilisi appear to the north as to whether system that comes in. it is a cold front. behind a pretty good slug of cooler air. that one up here until sunday. no problems today. our model pickup on some scattered showers. the day he took up. they get additional thunderstorm development in the afternoon and evening. at that time we have some windshear around other conditions that support fairly vigorous thunderstorm. i'll look for possible severe weather the storm prediction weather. the most numerous showers and thunderstorms will be in the warmer hours. that doesn't have

dalton pompey had to run and dive to >>> we are keeping a close "eye on the bay" bridge. the folsom off-ramp closure the first morning commute where we have had that partial closure of that first off-ramp coming off the bay bridge into san francisco. so far, so good. but you're going to have to use fremont street instead to your left. those are the keywords of the day. we'll have the drive to work coming up. >>> good morning, everybody. the giants and dodgers in a pennant race it's like pizza and beer. they just go together. san francisco needing a sweep if they harbor hopes of winning the national league west. giants president larry baer in enemy territory last night. jake peavey nursing a 2-0 lead. but then! carl crawford watch this laser into the bleachers to make it 2- 1. l.a. would later tie it in the 5th inning. so we go all the way to extra innings. 11th inning, one out crawford going to try to score, puig with the throw, here comes belt, he is out at home plate. but belt would get one more chance. 13th inning, suseck base hit here comes belt with the throw this ti