. >> today we are in casco bay, one mile off the mainland shore of portland, maine, and we're on hog island ledge where they built fort gorgeous in 1858 to help defend portland harbor and was completed in 1865 and was built with two sister forts off to the south there, fort prebble in the south and fort scammel on house island and designed to work in conjunction to defend the war. they think it was a civil war fort before it was funded long before civil war and approved by congress as a response to 1812, things that occurred much earlier. gorgeous is a handmade granite fort and if you looked at it from a top view looking down, you'd see a gigantic d. what most people don't realize is fort gorgeous, just like a d, is open in the middle and has this wonderful parade ground and there are people that have grown up here their entire lives and never have been here and think it's a solid structure. the fort was named after sir fernando gorges who was the colonial pripetor for the state of maine and told he never sat foot here but was an appointment. the design was modeled after a lot of the

. >> today, we are in casco bay, one mile off the shore of portland maine and we are on hog island ledge, where they built the fort in 1858 to help defend the border. in 1865 andeted built with two other forts off to the south here. they resigned to work in conjunction with each other to defend the harbor. is aone thinks fort gorges civil war fort when it was funded long before the civil war . it was actually approved by congress and funded as a response to the war of 1812 which occurred much earlier. made,orges is a hand granite fort. if you looked at it from a top view looking down, you would see a gigantic d. what must people to realize is fort gorges is open in the middle. it has this wonderful parade grounds and there are people that of growing up their entire lives were never been here and think it is solid. the fort was named after sir fe gorges, the proprietor for the state of maine. i'm told he never set foot here. was modeleddesign after the forts being built at that time, fort sumter, the difference being sumter was built out of bricks and this is gigantic blocks of granite. t

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. >> a sweet moment in portland, maine. 97-year-old woman asked a local firefighter to help raise anrican flag for 4 july. as they were doing that they learned she is the widow of a world war ii veteran. they posted about it on facebook, a lot of reaction coming in. portland should be proud. heather: thank you to her and her husband, thanks. 26 after the top of the hour, donald trump and f putin face-to-face. and another one being announced today, can they find common ground? station chief daniel hoffman says yes if the president takes a page from reagan's playbook. >> did you see anybody from that cabinet and the crowd? >> maxine waters led the charge against the trump administration, women's large organizers taking it to the next level. and the left planning to unleash unrest today. ♪ heather: fox news alert. justice anthony kennedy sending democrats into a tailspin announcing his retirement from the supreme court. poised to make a second pick for the bench as the left mouse to obstruct. heather: >> i'm honored he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in

hometown of biddeford humming mill town perched on the half river, about a score a mile south of portland, maine. "i had no inclination," he reflected years later, "of the business of war." but then again, he could have never anticipated the halting progress of the federal war effort in those first 16 months. haley and so many patriotic and loyal northerners just like him had passed those months wringing their hands and rationalizing defeat. as you know, there were glimmers of hope in the western theater. twoses s grant achieved stunning victories by capturing fort henry and donaldson in february of 1862. i know grant had one bank that come from behind victory on the 1862, the same month his fleet sailed past four checks and and sync to philip and capture the crescent city of new orleans. there was a lot looking up in the western theater. the population centers, the political capitals, it was fixated, it was focused on that eastern theater. and then as we tracked over the , you know theks story. it was a stalemate for the federal forces. forming up, heading out, falling back, digging in. movemen

molly is in portland maine, to explain how it works. >> on tuesday, making history, becoming the firsthoice voting and a state permit for the system approved by voters via a ballot initiative 2016 will have republican and democratic primaries for governor. here's how it works. voters rank candidates in order of preference. if no candidate receives a majority, the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated. ballots for that candidate then go to the voters second choice. the process repeats until two candidates remain. the one with the majority will win. proponents argue system forces candidates to appeal to a broad spectrum of voters. >> candidates have to reach beyond their base those that don't agree with the issues! >> they say is unconstitutional and confusing. >> we believe one person, one vote. >> officials argue they should be able to select their nominated way they choose. a federal judge tossed the case but they vowed to fight on. >> a majority is in our eyes, 50 percent +1 of all ballots cast. choice voting throws a bunch of ballots out to get to the new majori

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that number equal to the population of cities such as portland, maine, lynchburg, virginia, and santae, new mexico. it was as if i in one year a ply get ininjured one of these towns and killed every single inhabitant. >> we're in the midst of the greatest public health disasastr of the 21st century. it started outut with the drug like oxycontin and morphed since then into a kind of hydra headed these. on the one hand you have the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. on the other hand, your this growing death toll from counterfeit versions of drugs like fentanyl. we're in this very, very complicated situation. the kind of policies that the posing -- is never now proposing may not get as out of it. we're going to need aa real exextreme effort to o get out o. amy: we're talking about in n 20 years, 25050,000 people have di. >> that is just from prescription painkillers alone. that is from legal drugs. that is from drug companies are allowed to produce, sell legally, and prescribed by doctors. and that alone is a stunning sterling figure. ad fromant to go to an purdue pharma. this is f

so that should cool things off a touch for boston and for portland, maine.the 80s, but everywhere else, in the northeast, will be scorching. it's not just the heat, it is also the humidity. when you take the humidity and add it to the temperature, you get the real feel. if you look at philadelphia, new york, down towards washington, d.c., we're talking about temperatures that feel like 105 to 110. that's again why we have those excessive heat warnings in effect. again, this is likely going to extend on into the next several days. i think we will even have this heat in place for the 4th of july. likely won't break until next weekend. so some tips for you to survive the heat, we want you to limit your strenuous activity into those early morning hours, and also into the late evening hours, wear light-colored and loose-fitting clothing and of course folks who are especially susceptible to heat-related illnesses are young children and folks who are upwards of 60 years of age. so check in on your neighbors and keep safe. jon? jon: julia widen from accuweather, tha

a pastor from portland maine tweeted in d.c. today, met with senator collins to talk about the farmville. hunger is a moral issue. any legislation that puts up barriers making it more difficult for people to access food is immoral. senate bill good, health bl bad. andrew lorber sending the message thank you senator joni earns. we appreciate your support of the farmville and usda programs to increase trade and create opportunities for agriculture in iowa and across the globe. the meetingsarhead othe senate agriculture committee memrs will reewhe . farmvie. >> democratic and republican members of congress face off in the 57th annual congressional baseball game for charity. live coverage begins at 7 pm eastern on c-span 3. >>> c-span, where history unfoldily. today we continue to bring you unfiltered congress -- coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite ider. >> t juste department is likely to is yo

from topeka, kansas to portland, maine, there are heat advisories and summer doesn't start until laterut don't tell anybody in indianapolis or toledo, where it will feel like more than 100. schools closing early from westchester, new york, through massachusetts. then we've got to turn to that flooding. guys, the pictures are incredible. i just got off messenger with the national weather service out of marquette. this is a live look at hancock, michigan. the damage, they said more than half a foot of rain fell in just a couple of hours sunday morning causing landslides crushing that house, and guys, the rain isn't done yet. >> reporter: this is what three inches of rain per hour looks like. water rushing down the hills of northern michigan and it's still raining this morning after a weekend washout across the northern great lakes. flash flooding causing sinkholes and debilitating damage. in michigan's upper peninsula, seven inches of rain fell in just three hours turning this county road into a gushing river with emergency services reporting more than 60 sinkholes and washouts. people t

a pastor from portland maine tweeted in d.c. today, met with senator collins to talk about the farmville. hunger is a moraissue. any legislation that puts up barriers making it more difficult for people to access food is immoral. senate bill good, health bill bad. andrew lorber sending the message thank you senator joni earns. we appreciate your support of the farmville and usda programs to increase trade and create opportunities for agriculture in iowa and across the globe. these meetings are head of the senate agriculture committee markup tomorrow morning. when members will review the farmville. >> democratic and republican members of congress face off in the 57th annual congressional basebacharame y. live coverage beginsat eastern on c-span 3. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. today we continue to bring you unfiltered congress -- coverage of congress. the white e, thsupre court and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> the justic