if he won he wasn't going to hurt the enemy at the potomac that much.he can't pursue -- i mean, he's not going to tear into the rear of the potomac as he crosses south mountain. so what we asked his men to do as one confederate officer, i think it is the greatest day in the history of the army worth rank-and-file. sacrifice folks ventured the hours and minutes at sharpsburg for the confederate. there's a north carolina soldier who somehow had time to chat in his diary. my god, when will the sun go down? the sun seemed to hang in the sky. in the opening attacks and we note the east and west would send dunker chair chuck, one that fighting was over 3000 men thousand men on the ground and then it's going to shift to a recall bloody lane. and the yankees are going to break through bloody lane. and who is in the front? james long street in detail, a major general rally not 200 then he could find somewhere. this is northern virginia at that moment and they are going to counterattack with 200 men are so. this is how close they came. and then you have the colla

if he won he wasn't going to hurt the enemy at the potomac that much.he can't pursue -- i mean, he's not going to tear into the rear of the potomac as he crosses south mountain. so what we asked his men to do as one confederate officer, i think it is the greatest day in the history of the army worth rank-and-file. sacrifice folks ventured the hours and minutes at sharpsburg for the confederate. there's a north carolina soldier who somehow had time to chat in his diary. my god, when will the sun go down? the sun seemed to hang in the sky. in the opening attacks and we note the east and west would send dunker chair chuck, one that fighting was over 3000 men thousand men on the ground and then it's going to shift to a recall bloody lane. and the yankees are going to break through bloody lane. and who is in the front? james long street in detail, a major general rally not 200 then he could find somewhere. this is northern virginia at that moment and they are going to counterattack with 200 men are so. this is how close they came. and then you have the colla

if he won he wasn't going to hurt the enemy at the potomac that much.he can't pursue -- i mean, he's not going to tear into the rear of the potomac as he crosses south mountain. so what we asked his men to do as one confederate officer, i think it is the greatest day in the history of the army worth rank-and-file. sacrifice folks ventured the hours and minutes at sharpsburg for the confederate. there's a north carolina soldier who somehow had time to chat in his diary. my god, when will the sun go down? the sun seemed to hang in the sky. in the opening attacks and we note the east and west would send dunker chair chuck, one that fighting was over 3000 men thousand men on the ground and then it's going to shift to a recall bloody lane. and the yankees are going to break through bloody lane. and who is in the front? james long street in detail, a major general rally not 200 then he could find somewhere. this is northern virginia at that moment and they are going to counterattack with 200 men are so. this is how close they came. and then you have the colla

both among the northern people and, i think, in the army of the potomac. one thing that mcclelland should be given credit for is reviving the morale of that army so quickly and reorganizing it, getting that army off its, off the mat at the count of nine and putting it in shape to win at least this qualified victory at antietam. but because expectations in the south, even in the north and abroad, were that lee would win -- that the third time would be the charm, he had won the peninsula campaign, he had won the second battle of bull run, and now he was invading the north, and this was going to be the coup de grace, the crushing blow. when that didn't happen, i think there was a great sigh of relief in the north. if it had happened, if confederates had won another victory, i think that the chances are quite strong that the democrats would have won control of the house of representatives -- >> and european recognition. >> and european recognition because we know that the french and the british were seriously considering intervening by offering their good offi

potomac and can the south potomac. this happens lots of times, there's a protocol for that. either the deeper branch or the branch that extends further is the branch that is referred to in such a boundary. the north branch of the potomac river does both, hence it's the boundary. but it's not the boundary his surveyors surveyed -- i'm sorry, the southern branch. i just reversed that. the southern branch is the longer and the deeper, that should be the boundary. but his surveyors surveyed the northern branch, they made virginia bigger than the charter really stipulated. one of those -- and maryland challenged it. lord baltimore heard about this, challenged it. number of things delayed the challenge, and then we come to after the revolution, and now it's states going back and forth. but maryland face add problem after the revolution -- faced a problem after the revolution with challenging it because one of the surveyors many years back was a teenager really named george washington. [laughter] and george washington was the

we got the strong southerly flow from it pushing up the bay, up the potomac. whereas this, irene is not going to be known for its storm surge. it's going to be known for downing trees and the rarn. >> those of us of a certain age remember when it was almost impossible to tell with any real certainty at all with where the storms will go. >> even at my age. >> believe us when i say we are grateful for it. adam, thank you so much for that. >>> we good to the news line. ben has been reporting for us for quite a while down in annapolis. glad to see you got in out of the rain a little bit. >> reporter: we hope to bring you back live pictures in a little bit but condensation got inside the lens of our camera, which is a problem you can't avoid when you've been in the rain as long as we have. annapolis has declared a state of emergency. the mayor recommended that folks in some of the low-lying areas evacuate. the rainfall is about 7 inches which we've experienced here, some of the highest we've experienced in our entire region. the real concern, though, is what will h

d.c., they're also stockpiling sandbags and preparing for localized flooding, especially along the potomac river and in alexandria, virginia, right across the potomac from washington, d.c., old town always floods so they're watching that and stockpiling sandbags. but right now we have a vacant beach and the calm before the storm. >> the ocean behind you getting a little sporty there. tom costello, ocean city, maryland. >>> now we want to move past us here to the north and the city that has seen it all, except for this. new york city is under a hurricane warning tonight, extremely rare. so are the fact that mandatory evacuations are underway. lester holt is inside the evacuation zone, in lower manhattan. lester, we have had minor flooding over the years where they have taken some folks out of nursing homes, perhaps a hospital or two, but this kind of thing has never happened in new york city. >> reporter: you know, brian, it's interesting you said seen at all. there are 8 million of us living in new york city, we do feel at times we have seen it all. heck we had an earthquake this week. but

there's always concern the potomac river could overflow. how worried are you about that? worried about that than i am about the power outages. you know, maybe some flash flooding with our, you know, our drains and whatnot here in the city. one of the good things is we were able to give out 6,000 sandbags to people. so people who may live in areas where there's a water problem, they'll be able to augment what they have with the sandbags. >> especially in georgetown, we've seen flooding in georgetown over the years. >> we have. >> you don't think we have to worry about that? >> i don't think it will be as pronounced as some of the other issues we'll face. we've got the anacostia river, the potomac river. and we will see water coming up in those areas. but that's a small part of the geography of our city. >> what about the whole issue of the emergency -- you've declared an emergency here in d.c. has the president approved emergency aid to washington, d.c.? >> we have not gotten any official word on that, but i have every reason to think that that will be approved. i was on a

as troops sailed down the potomac river to the battle of the peninsula. -- capital of the confederacy fall. and from april 15th you could see literally hundreds of warships sailing up and down the potomac trying to stop john wilkes booth from crossing from be one side to the other. so while we can't trace our history to 1867, we can't trace it back to 1987. and we've sponsored conferences, about 20 of them, since that particular time. how many of you have been to ten or more conferences sponsored by the office of safe and drug-free schools? the raise your hand. okay. how many of you have been to five or more sponsored by us? how many is this your first conference? oh, great. well, thank you. we have some excellent feedback from those who have attended previous conferences, and we've taken most, i want to say most of that feedback into consideration in the hopes of making this conference even were the than -- even better than our past efforts. i should say here parenthetically, there's a note to all of you filling out survey forms or evaluation forms, use

surprised to see them bearing fruit kochi to palms and all of trees only served to be found in the potomac. but most of all a botanist pride themselves on the sago palm. him here in the garden you can find plants which are one hundred to one hundred twenty years old and they are thought to be some of the oldest on earth the history goes back to the coal age that is to say they're related to the tree for. today the park is still being restored to its former glory but soon it will once again open for the public to enjoy. good. news. if. the. wealthy british style. is not on. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on r.t. . if. the v.m. phone ministry is situated on the black sea coast twenty kilometers from. it was founded eight hundred seventy five by monks who had arrived in cars here from greece soon after that's the closest i came a leading religious sense in the caucasus the ministry stands on an elevation of surviving defensive force of cations of the end of copy a fortress around a nearby hill and a copy of is the name of

you're along the potomac river there.much water has the storm left behind, the sense of how long it would take to dry out, which complicates efforts to restore power, what's your sense, worse than they expected, about what they expected? >> where we are right now there's not the kind of flooding you'd expect to see in storms like this. as of right now, anecdotally, it looks as though this area did a little better than expected. i should mention something that t.j. brought up earlier, down a bit south from us in the chesapeake bay, calvert cliffs, the unit one reactor, there was an aluminum siding that blew off one of the buildings nearby during the heavy wind gusts last night. that aluminum siding flew into one of the reactors. unit 1 reactor is offline right now. they say the plan is the stable, the employees are safe, there's no threat to the airy. they call this an unusual event, the lowest level of emergency. so that reactor will stay offline until they can assess the situation there. but they assure us that there's n

another cause of concern was the possibility of flooding from the potomac river behind me.xandria is a low-lying area. many low-lying areas across the river in washington, d.c. there was worry about the tidal surge. that actually went northwest last night so we were quite lucky, high tide this morning around 8:00 a.m. i was here. no flooding of alexandria, virginia. which is rare. this part sometimes floods in the springtime when you get those april monsoons. overall folks in the d.c. area you might be without power, have a few downed trees, slowly coming out today on the alexandria boardwalk. folks walking their dogs. folks getting coffee. taking their kids out in strollers. people breathing a sigh of relief that they dodged a big bullet. >> it's a tragedy to report those three deaths across the state of virginia. due to not only the high winds but the saturated ground that brought down trees and that inluds the death of one 11-year-old boy. that's horrific news. in terms of the cleanup are officials giving any estimations as to how long it will take to get things picked u

potomac riviera hotel in the current situation. live in rebels are ready to storm gadhafi is home town nato air shield in a desperate effort to find the fugitive colonel paul that says european governments start their own fight for oil deals in the country. a world war two veteran who's leading a campaign to expose corruption in the british courts is a losing his battle after an appeal against a six month jail sentence is dismissed. from. this storm right in your places that sell for the fossil propane hurricane ivan as all public transportation . in the state of emergency declared.

it's going to feed the potomac river mind me.0 a.m., the water could break this dock where i'm standing and go into the city. now, the city of washington, d.c., there's a state of emergency as there is in the commonwealth of virginia. folks over there are holding tough. there is a worry about losing power. residents have been instructed to expect to lose power tonight and to watch out for falling trees. there's still a long way to go. but as you know, washington, d.c., alexandria, virginia, a lot of homes built around a lot of trees. people holding their breath that it passes through by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. >>> luke, thanks for your reporting all night. while there is a long beach, famous one in california, we also have a long beach here in the new york tristate area. it's on long island and specifically forecasters believe that what passes for the center of irene is going to make landfall on or near long beach, new york. al roker has been stationed there all evening long. al, good evening. >> reporter: brian, this is a barrier is

>> satan sandwich is not a tasty deal, and it's even worse when it's been sprinkled with potomac riverater, and i think that we've got to, you know, figure out how we can continue to govern in an atmosphere here where everybody is naft toe each other and there's no compromise. in fact, we -- we are up here in washington having fact-free debates, and it's -- it's frustrating because once -- one side seems to just throw out all the facts and you have no basis for an argument, and so right now i think you're going to see a lot of democrats struggling because i haven't seen one democrat today, not one in leadership or otherwise, who thinks this is a good deal. >> well, let me just be precise. even only minutes before you're going to vote, are you not 100% convinced which way you're going to vote, either yes or no on this legislation? >> that's absolutely correct, and i'm not playing any kind of political games. look, we cannot allow the debt ceiling to linger. we have to raise the debt ceiling, and i don't know of very many people who would sit by and watch the political process taking the

standing right now, had there been an intense tidal surge going through the chesapeake bay, through the potomace been flooded. that was avoided. that makes everyone breathe a sigh of relief. people right now are quietly humbling excited. they can go back out. this fear has passed through the mid-atlantic region. for the state of virginia, the bottom part of the state is certainly not out of the woods yet. there was a load of flooding in the hampton rhodes area. they even had some fatalities. that area will be a sizable cleanup. for washington, d.c. there's about 200 trees down around the capitol, high water in some areas, but overall the dc metro region really escaped. there will be some power outages. certainly those will not be pleasant. i haven't been back home to my parnlt. i don't know if i have power there. but all being said, not to have in fatalities here, not to have any flooding it, we certainly lucked out. >> and what i wouldn't do for a cup of stark bucks right now. if you were any kind of friend -- >> i don't go to starbucks. i'm a dunkin' donuts guy. >> more down to earth. >>> wel

i have a great club on the potomac, trump national. i really like him. i think he's been treated harshly. if you go to "meet the press" again i thought his answer was really made into a disaster. when perhaps it wasn't perfect, but it wasn't a disastrous answer. he got badly hit there i think he's a really smart guy. doesn't seem to be catching on. >> greta: senator rick santorum? >> when you are a senator and lose your election in pennsylvania by 19%, i don't think you should be running for president. i think, you know he's obviously not catching on. >> greta: one last question. warren buffet op-ed in "the new york times". he says that super wealthy are paying -- i think 17% income tax. many americans are paying more. he says the super rich aren't getting tacked enough. you are a rich guy, what do you think? >> i have a lot of respect for war buffet. i like him. i think everybody has different feelings. i have rich people that think he's right. many rich people says they nor not going to work any more, move to other countries and do other things. there

now i do not expect that to get all the way up to the potomac or all the way up to baltimore, because by the time that would happen, the storm will be far enough away, the winds will push it offshore. and i have also found that the waves, and this is how far we are away, almost 800 miles, the wind has pushed almost eight inches into is battery park. we are already up to three-quarters of a foot in battery park. and we are nowhere near battery park. and so in hours and hours of this storm coming in, that water will begin to surge into battery park, up to battery park city. and that's why that area has to be out of there. the same thing has to happen in long island and this bubble of water all being sucked in here gets pushed up into the northeast. and that's the biggest threat right now. let's take you to a couple of organized radars here. you'll be able to see here the eye, south of elizabeth city, our crew right there on nags head, they are really getting the outer eyewall right now, they're getting just pounded by this storm, winds at still 80 miles an hour, and the enormity of the

weekend and stand up for jobs and stand up and remember a man who sits there now on the banks of the potomac for those who founded the country. we have those who help interpret what the country was about. we have those that saved the union. now we have one

on t on potomac river, correct. >> this is a wonderful moment. but as you and others have said, dr.rk is not done. not done in terms of equal opportunity for all kids, not just spl kids, in terms of education being the great equalizer and making sure there are real jobs, good jobs, that people can feed their families on in america. ultimately that has to be what we champion every single day. we have to help people have the work force skills so that they can compete in the global economy that we have today. people want to work in america. they don't want this level of unemployment. the triple wammy between the housing market being under water. the unemployment being so high, the poverty increasing, this is regular people yearning and saying, we want to work. >> randi winegarten, president of the federation of teachers, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >>. >>> it's on between romney and perry. which candidate would the white house rather face in 2012? we will talk about that next. so me and the boys earned a trip to dc twice as fast! oh hi! we get double miles every time we use ou

other grounds, but you -- the wars are irrelevant compared to a trillion of stimulus tossed into the potomacllion and a half bucks. >> mark: i just said that's less than this year's budget deficit alone. you get 10 years of war whether you like it or not you can't object on cost grounds. >> i can object on many grounds. i don't object to the afghani war. >> mark: we'll come back to that. more with our great american panel, right after the break. panel, right after the break. i got to tosthth ♪ [ male announcer ] try fixodent with a time-released formula. use just once per day for dawn-to-dark hold. it is important to use the product as directed. fixodent and forget it. motorcycles, boats, even rv's. nobody knows where he got his love for racing. all we know is, it started early. casey mears, driver of the number thirteen geico toyota camry. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> mark: we continue with our great american panel. the worst day for americans losses in the nearly 10 year afghan campaign. matt, 30 american personnel, over 20 the elite of the elite from navy

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they get in a canoe and paddled across the potomac, got down to richmond and she could not follow him. then he would do something even more powerful. southern charm. he became so enamored he test himself to robert e. lee. his unofficial bag carrier. he even made eggnog, as we know. and so when he returned to london in the spring of 1863 he was an unofficial spokesman. yet his brother who shared his opinion, both members of the liberal party, liberal in terms of attitude, life, and politically from a pro north. so he had in a microcosm the macrocosm of america. >> one of the interesting things in your book, which i was really unaware of was the number of british people who fought in the american civil war on both sides, sometimes the same person, on two sides. generally not. why did britain's in list in the american civil war? >> well, it is one of those answers that run the gamut. first you have those who were genuinely led by ideology. we have instances of young men who joined the north because they wanted to help free the slaves. they wanted to fight for the north to maintain the un

to work, and we can do that and balance budgets at the same time as we have on both sides of the potomacvirginia and maryland to be creating jobs. this last month maryland had a great month of job creation. on the year we ranked 20th, and virginia ranks 44th in job creation. we both need to be stronger and create jobs. all the states need to create jobs to get our country out of the recession. >> i will ask you both to stand by. we will be right back. up next we wanted to talk 2012 politics, so stick with us. [ mrs. davis ] i need to reach peter, who's falling behind. and challenge janet who's 6 chapters ahead. [ male announcer ] with interactive learning solutions from dell, mrs. davis can make every student feel like her only student. dell. the power to do more. feel like her only student. any questions? no. you know... ♪ we're not magicians ♪ we can't read your mind ♪ ♪ read your mind ♪ we need your questions ♪ each and every kind ♪ every kind ♪ will this react with my other medicine? ♪ ♪ hey, what are all these tests even for? ♪ ♪ questions are the answer ♪ yeah ♪ oh >>> we're back w

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troops here filling sand bags at a military base along the potomac river. we got the word that the martin luther king jr. memorial scheduled for sunday in washington, that has been postponed. the navy is sending 27 warships based in norfolk, virginia, out into the ocean where they will be safer. three subs also put to sea. vessels moving inland to safety. we got the announcement of this moments ago. take a look at this. this is the capital, nassau, on the bahamas, outlying areas really got hammered. the long island reports taking direct hits. no deaths so far there. but serious damage, and major flooding as well. joining us is max mayfield, former director of the national hurricane center. max, you say one of your greatest nightmares is having a hurricane go up the northeast coast. why? >> well, just because the population. and, you know, i think people up through the carolinas, they've had enough experience with hurricanes, they know how to respond. but get too far north of there, and a lot of people just understandably don't have the experience with hurri

to and that's the south because it's 1862, the war is on, they got in a canoe and paddled down the potomacnd she did not follow him. he was then seduced by southern charm and became so enamored he attached himself to robert e. lee and even made eggnog on christmas day. when he returns to london in the spring of 1873, he was -- 1863, he was an unofficial spokesman for the cause, and his brother who shared his political opinions, both members of the liberal party, both liberal in terms of their attitudes to modern life was pro-north, and so he had a microcosm, the macrocome of that. >> host: one of the interesting things in your book which i was unaware of is the number of british people who fought in the american civil war on both sides, sometimes the same person fought on two sides, but generally not, i guess, but why did britains enlist in the american civil war? >> guest: well, it's one of those answers that run the gamet. first and i think most interestingly, you had those led by ideology, and we have instances of young men who joined the north because they wanted to help free the slave

troops here filling sand bags at a military base along the potomac river just across from national airport. moments ago we got word that dedication of the new martin luther king memorial scheduled for sunday in washington that, has been postponed. the navy is sending 27 warships based in norfolk, virginia out into open ocean where they will be safer. three subs are also putting to sea. other vessels moving inland for safety. moments ago we got the announcement of this. take a look at this. >> this is the capitol of nassau, looks pretty rough, bahamas outlying areas really got hammered. san salvador, long islands report taking direct hits. no death so far there but serious damaging and major flooding as well. joining us max mayfield former director of the national hurricane center. you say one of your nightmares is having a major hurricane go up the whole northeast coast. why? >> well, just because the population. and i think people up through the carolinas, they've had enough experience with hurricanes, they know how to respond. but you get too far north of there and a lot of people just u

i don't expect that water to be up here into baltimore or the potomac because by the time the storm getse water could go up the chesapeake it will be pushed back down and out. but here, new york city the threat for you is 16 hours of wind blowing the same direction and already i can check the tides, i'm checking the tide at battery park, it's already up a foot higher than it should be and now we have what 16 hours of the winds still blowing and getting stronger? that surge in new york city, down by the battery will be tremendous and that's going to be for the next, i would at least the next 16 maybe 20 hours, and there it goes. there goes the storm. still perfectly forecast to go right over new york city. i'm telling you, wolf, we talked about fema with a couple of the governors a little bit ago, how well fema is doing. i have to give a shout to the national hurricane center and the forecast for this. they were spot on since it's been out of the bahamas, we had the forecast, they had it right on the money. >> noaa too, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. they've done an

. >>> look at the new video in from alexandria, virginia, ak grosz the potomac river in washington, d.cdbags to protect against anticipated flooding due to hurricane irene. and the meteorologists at the weather channel say irene is expected to reach the outer bank by this evening, and baltimore by saturday and philly and new york, and portland, maine, sunday morning. another story we are following this sunday, the national geographic channel will air a special called "george w. bush the 9/11 interview." in that interview, the former president will reveal his thoughts before and after the attacks. he provides new insight into what many considered the president's blank look when he was told about the attacks on the world trade center while visiting a school in florida. >> the classroom was full of kids. who were reading. >> and read this word. >> fast. >> get ready, yes. >> and in the back of the classroom was a full press corps. and staffers and some adults, and i'm intently listening to the lesson. >> read these words the fast way. >> and i felt a presence behind me, and andy card's mas

so he and be his friend got in a a canoe and paddled across the potomac. and then he was seduced by something even more powerful than skittleses, and that was southern charm. and he became so enamored, he attached himself to robert e. lee and was his unofficial bag care carrier, even made eggnog for them. so when he returned to london in the spring of 1863, he was an unofficial spokesman for the southern cause, and yet his brother, lord frederick catch dish, who shared his political opinion -- they were both liberal in terms of their attitudes to modern life and liberal politically -- were pro-north. so he had in britain a microcosm, the macrocoz m of -- >> host: right. you know, one of the interesting things in your book which i was unaware of was the number of british people who fought in the american civil war on both sides, sometimes the same potential fought on -- person fought on two sides, but generally not, i guess. why did bitons enlist in the american civil war? >> guest: well, it's one of those answers that run the gamut. first, and i think most

potomac the half police >> in tampa florida say they were able to stop a mass murder plots at a highchool. an attack was planned for the first day of classes. the police chiefs just wrapped up a press conference and said that this could have been a catastrophic event. the tampa police department received information around noon that there was an individual that had intentions of exploding some devices at freedom high school on the first day of school next week. the tampa police department's in cooperation with the hillsborough county school system started to investigate the information and found that it was very credible. they were able to put a name to the information, the individual was a 17 year-old white male by the name of the jury kingman. a previous student at freemafreedom eyes. >> they sowed explosive materials and a manifesto outlining the minute by minute plans he had ended detailing dozens of specific targets. the 70 year-old is under arrest and police believe he was acting alone. kron 4 morning this will take a break and be right back. >> the dow jones is up over 100 poi

as you stand overlooking the potomac, we know that it symbolizes you standing as you looked over the mountaintop and you saw that promised land. the children of israel had to cross the jordan see, and as we crossed the water, we will get to that promised land that you talked about, and we will not sleep. we will not tire. we will continue to work together. we will continue to struggle together. we will continue to hold onto each other. we will fuss and fight and get over it together, because we know there is going to be a great camp meeting in the promised land. so far, women of greatness, women of substance, women of power, women of dreams, and let's take this love to the whole world. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> please welcome back for final remarks alexis herman and harry johnson. >> we are back. first of all, thank bernice king one more time, please. --bernice king. a very special reception for you after that. i have to acknowledge my staff, because we have not done that. our cfo, dr. ed jackson, robert stewart, all of them, we love you, we appreciate you very, very mu

[applause] >> always quick to push me up when other people would have me slipping and west potomac park. linda, as many of you know, is a former member of the cwa international executive board and past president of my old union, the newspaper guild. i also want to recognize and thank for their cosponsorship and turnout here tonight, the vice president, national vice president of the national writers union, uaw. and current union affiliation. [applause] and i want to also thank of course my publisher haymarket, and recognize a great fellow who is right here in front, dave, who many of you -- [applause] , if you are sports fans know is the most knowledgeable and incisive left commentator in amateur sport a great new movie out, whole series of books, and also haymarket author. this little civil wars book tour got started last week with events in hartford and my hometown of boston, an amherst massachusetts and cleveland last weekend. last night we had an event in a city of macon and the baltimore orioles, at a little place called red and this which is a radical bookstore downtown. i have a

it's a beautiful day there as we look across the potomac from virginia on to the mall.t, we do have a wildfire in southern virginia. you can see the smoke right here. this is a nasa satellite shot. it is blowing away from the district and down towards cape hatteras. and looks like this will be the trend until this weekend when the storm system brings you some rain. in the meantime, in the northeast for the next three days, it will be spectacular. so, enjoy it. that's your nationalalalalalalal well, that's your national forecast. more weather a little bit later on. >>> in the meantime, though, here's lara. >> thank you. here's what's ahead on our "gma" morning menu. moms are walking in thr daughter's shoes and jeans and right into their closets. new trend of moms dressing like their girls to look and feel younger. >>> love and money. who pays for dinner? who buys the popcorn? mellody hobson gets real answers from real couples on the high financncof romance. >>> and emeril joins us for the most beautiful places. he's taking us on two of our favorites, destin, florida, and

but, you know, if you want to empty the potomac river you've got to empty it off in there. >> that's right. >>> libyan rebels have control of 80% of tripoli, sending moammar gadhafi into hiding, but the ousted libyan leader is refusing to tell his fighters to lay down their weapons. listen to a clip from that audio message apparently from gadhafi to his supporters. >> translator: do not be afraid of bombing. you will not be hit. do not be afraid at all. they are just stun grenades to scare you. do not be afraid at all. do not surrender tripoli. >> so, let's bring in cnn international correspondent nick robertson in tripoli. and i guess, nick, the million dollar question still is, where's gadhafi and whether they've gotten any closer to locating him? >> well, i guess you can say, joe, that they've narrowed down a couple of places he is not this afternoon. rumors abound here about where he is. we were told in the middle of the afternoon that rebel commander, we were told by the commander himself he dispatched extra troops to surround a number of apartment buildings where he was held up

sometimes louisa looked out at the moonlit church fire across the way, going down the potomac river.ll that river water could not watch out the blood stains on the land but what had been washed away was hurt night a n --naive --naivete. she was at the bedside of the new jersey man reliving the horrors of battle. he cheered on or cry out to fallen comrades duck incoming shots and grabbed louisa's armed to pull her from imaginary bursting shells. the man's ratings were impossible to restrain. in the meantime, legged soldier propelled himself through the ward like ghosts. with no orderly louisa was helpless to stop these two men and the situation deteriorated when sobbing broke out from the 12-year-old drummer boy. it was the death of the wounded soldiers who carried him to safety. this tempered louisa, much shorter and replaced her book knowledge of behavior with real-life experience. her liberality, her parents notions of human character, they were idealists, especially her mother who did not see people for who they were so much as how far they well short of where they should be. loui

along the potomac, you will have storm surge potential. we may see low lying areas flood.lling people to be prepared well inland. >> can you address the disaster relief plans in disasters from january through today? what happens now? >> first of all, the disaster relief fund. we will have the resources we need to respond to this hurricane. now there will be some financial stuff done with the d.r.f. disaster relief fund. craig? >> again, as the secretary said, it is not a limiting factor. we have been putting money back in as of early this week where we were over $900 million in the relief fund. we are looking at making sure we have the resources to respond. you have to remember, we have open disasters, including puerto rico which was hit by irene and the storms all the way back through early spring. we are continuing the immediate needs and response to those areas and prepare for this response as well. i forgot to tell you this, as gail told you about going to the red cross, you can go to ready.org. for people on the go, m.fema.gov. it will link to mobile information to us

trees town and a lot of power lines down and heavy rain, lots of localized flooding and along the potomacurge potential and the low-lying areas may flood and that is why we're telling people not just on the coast, but well inland, be prepared. >> last question... >> [inaudible] definitely below a billion dollars, $765 million... [inaudible] from january through today. what happens now? >> first of all, the disaster relief fund, we'll have the resources we need to respond to this hurricane. now, there is some -- going to have to be some financial stuff done, with the daisaster relief fund but in terms of the immediate needs, and have resources made available. craig, do you want to address that? >> as the secretary said it is not a limiting factor and we have been putting money back in as of early this week and were over $900 million in the relief fund and are looking at making sure we have the resources to respond and we have open disasters including puerto rico which was hit by irene and the storms back through early string, string spring and we continue to respond to those needs and will

and as you stand overlooking the potomac, it symbolizes you looking over the mountain top and you sawl had to cross the jordan, and as we cross the water, we will get to that promised land that you talked about. and we will not sleep, we will not tire, we're going to continue to work together, we will continue to struggle together, to hold on to each other together, we will continue to pray together, we will fosse and fight and get over it together, because we know there is going to be a cramp meeting -- camp meeting in the promised land. let us take this love to the whole world. god bless you. [applause] >> we are back. first of all, thank bernese king one more time, please. [applause] as we prepared to leave, we have a special reception. i have to with knowledge my staff because we have not done that. if you would wave your hand. all of them, let's say thank you to martin luther king's staff. we appreciate you very much. let us thank the wonderful, the vivacious, courageous -- please -- alexis herman for all that she has done. >> thank you, harry. and i want to do a special thank yo

because the potomac river is at zero elevation.d pushed the tidal surge in, which it could. remember in katrina, it raised the tidal surge in biloxi up to 30 feet, and inside of new orleans, up to 17 feet. so tidal surge will be the big threat. >> and general, what about in a city like manhattan and new york city? this is a place that relies certainly on public transportation, you have the subways, you have the bus systems. what happens there in a case like this? is there anything they can do to prepare? >> well, let me just tell you this model that we've talked about the hurricane conference and other locations. if we were to get a katrina-type surge in new york city, the first story of wall street will be covered in water. >> wow. that's quite an image that you painted there. general, appreciate your expertise and your advice as always. i'm sure lots of our viewers were taking notes there. thank you. >>> libya's hope for political stability could hinge on the economic stability. what's the key to making that happen? we'll find ou

host: let's go to potomac, maryland. a democratic collar, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a couple of things i would like to say. i am a democrat and i do like barack obama, but i'm very disappointed in what happened in congress. i think both parties have sold america out. i am sad they have done that. i think one of the big issues that nobody is talking about is we have a failed global economic policy. that is what has caused the deficit. it has outsourced american jobs. it has made huge deficits because we no longer collect import taxes from countries like china. we could solve all of our problems by looking at the global economic policy that has caused all these problems for our country. the fact that our political organizations have gone along with these corporations, there's no alternate minimum tax for corporations, and i think those are things we have to start looking at. to put america back to work, we have to start bringing back jobs to america. that's really the problem. we are spending $2 billion per day on wars in a country that do not give a darn about

the story later developed and changed and it was shifted to a somewhat warmer location and the potomac river. he said he was baptized there. this is the reverend who supposedly it did it but then i was moved north again and somebody said no, it was in hudson. [laughter] all of these reflect, again, a powerful and passionate need to feel that washington was one of us. if we are believing christians and we believe in our nation, there is this powerful need to believe that washington was with us, that he would understand come he would support us. and now this image of washington a christian has become a compelling. there are quotes that gwen becker likes to use and sean hannity that washington supposedly said it is impossible rightly to govern the world without a dog in the bible, and this quotation is all over the place, you can find it on the internet there's no evidence washington ever said or wrote it and was most likely made up in the 19th century by somebody else. but again, there's this need to believe it. now, what was washington, was he a christian, what did he really believe is

reminds me of one of the 1980s races when a guy said, we wake up tomorrow morning, look out at the potomac and bok ma is walking on water. they write, obama can't swim. >> we heard what reverend sharpton said. president obama inherited this mess. they are saying it. he's saying people worked on his 2012 campaign are saying it. he inherited this mess. he's working through it. is that a good message when we are at 9.1 unemployment and people don't have jobs? do they want to hear about george w. bush? >> no. it's been long enough. he's got to own this. the point of the criticisms he gets, they are unmerited. we didn't hear conservatives saying where is the exit plan. you have given us this mess. you didn't have a plan to deal with it. we don't know who we are getting into bed with here. that was not accomplished. now we are hearing it in libya. it's all very partisan in terms of who it's coming from and when they choose to say it. >> didn't we have to go find saddam hussein? >> that's right. >> let me make a point about jobs here. i think you are right in that we can give obama credit where c

the moonlit church fire across the way at the passersby on the street and a boat gliding down the potomac. all that river water could not wash off the blood stains on the land she thought, but what had been washed away was louisa's naÏvetÉ about the excitement and glory of fighting righteous battles. one night she found herself alone at the bedside of the new jersey man reliving the recent horrors of battle. he cheered on or cried out fallen comrades, ducked incoming shots and grabbed louisa's arm briefly to pull her away from imaginary bursting shells. the man's ravings are pitiful to hear an impossible to restrain. in the meantime the fever wracked one leg at soldier propelled himself to the war like a ghost. telling louisa that he was dancing home, crashing into bed and threatening harm to everyone and to himself and everybody else with no orderly there. louisa was helpless to contain two sadly unhinged men and the situation deteriorated even more when solving broke out from a 12-year-old-year-old drummer boy in his bed. the boys love lament was for the death of the wind is soldiers th

one colonel could hold a piece of high ground in gettysburg and delay in time for the armies of the potomacce back up to him, then they could possibly defeat the army of northern virginia, which up to that point had never lost a battle. in those three days at gettysburg, thanks to a man such as joshua chamberlain who held that far right flank, they were able to defeat the army of northern virginia because of a foolish attack by this confederate general, george pickett. he charged across an open field and of course lost 16,000 men in one day. this is how we have to stand and be able to fight this thing incrementally. like i said, we're not going to turn around 30 years of fiscally ir responsible programs in eight months. but if we can hold on and fight and if you can once again ask yourself, what made america great, then that battle that is coming on november 2012, america will rediscover itself and we will set the course for a new and brighter future for this great nation. and that is what i believe will happen. is it going to get tough? absolutely right. but we have to trust in the values

that if he can hold this piece of high ground, he could delay and a fine time for the army of the potomaclink up with them. then they could possibly defeat the army of northern virginia. which, to that point, had never lost the battle. in the three days of getty's three -- gettysburg, thanks to a man like joshua lawrence chambers, who had that -- held that far right flank, they were able to defeat the army of northern virginia because of a foolish attack from the confederate general, who charged across an open field and lost 16,000 men in one day. this is how we have to stand in order to be able to fight this thing incrementally. like i said. we will not be able to turn this around in eight months. but if we can hold on and fight disaster, ask yourselves what made america great. that battle is coming in november of 2012. america will rediscover itself and we will set the course for a new and brighter future for this great nation. you have got to believe in the trust, principles, and values that made this country great. that is what i stand for. about muchlet's talk of to israel. the ameri