sorry, aloha, tell me about the fightin third. >> is a great district it starts in capitol richmond, virginia, and goes down the hampton road. >> stephen: richmond has been ranked the third most that few-- tattooed city in the united states. congressman, do you have any tats. >> i don't-- . >> stephen: i mean obviously i can't sow but from the neck down, like a -- >> did you think about getting an american flag tattoo to show your love for america and your love for your constituents. >> no. >> stephen: no? what do you have against the american flag? >> i don't anything against the person flag? >> stephen: you won't put it on your body. i have a tattoo of ronald reagan wearing a cowboy hat riding-- coming up out of my butt crack. >> i will take your word for it. >> stephen: i notice a lot of your constituents have government jobs. so not a lot of real jobs. >> they are real jobs. >> stephen: the government cannot create jobs this is an accepted fact. >> some people will think that until they meet some government-- need government help. >> stephen: that government help, assistance, a handout. >

caught fire after hitting a power line both worked at the basketball program at the university of richmond virginiaitnesses reported seeing the fire after it separated the bat could the from the -- bass get from the balloon. you could hear them screaming sweet jesus please help us oh, my g-d we are going to die, please help us. >> they waited until later in the day and the ntsb is now investigating. >>> new details surrounding the search for the missing malaysia air lines yet. some of these did not come from a black box and the two transmissions may have come from the jet but acute particular analysis has led them to doubt they were may with 'under water search for the jet. they have offered to check all large passenger flights for free because of the cost but in march set, -- her set they will cover the costs and track ships around the world and relays will go for free. we are becoming so soon and on saturday the pilot decided to make an emergency landing in ireland. they examined the flight attendants and later released them. >>> they are hoping and -- they are hoping something will come forward

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we have breaking news tonight near richmond, virginia, as a mother's day balloon festival turns tragic. three people remain missing after a hot air balloon burst into flames and crashed after drifting into a power line. the dramatic images captured on social media show the passenger basket on fire. witnesses report hearing two explosions and seeing people believed a pilot and two passengers jumping from the balloon. rescue crews are searching for two wreckage sites on the ground, one for the balloon and another for the basket and people on board. hot air balloon teams from all over the country and spectators were planning to take part. the weekend's events all canceled. stay tuned to abc and abc news.com and we'll keep you up to date on the news throughout the night. >>> now we turn to ape very different kind of story, involving an undercover investigation. the united states gives over $175 billion from social security each year to those on disability. and for certain types of people that means only one thing. money up for grabs. you are about to meet some fraudsters looking for extra

the warm and cool air boundary over north carolina, goes down from 79 to 71 in richmond, virginia. the rain across the southern means, but cooler air is moving in to where the storms were yesterday. and that trend will continue this weekend. it will be dry, just a little cooler. memphis, 68 right now, and high pressure will dominate the weather here over the next fuse days. high pressure in control, and the skies will be clear. clouds across the south and the northeast. but there's a meteor shower tonight. it could be an impressive meteor shower. after tonight, skies area clear. >> the problem is we get a lot of rain on the parched dry land. >> dave warren, thank you very much. it is the memorial day weekend, and that means that it's time to hit the road. according to aaa, 56 million of you will drive to your destination, and this summer, the pain at the pump could be worse, the economy is improving and more and more of you are working. >> we're seeing a lot of disposable income increases too. we're out on the weekends doing more shopping and traveling, so there's definitely a corr

it was a somber graduation ceremony at richmond, virginia today. a appointment of silence was held for the three victims who died in friday night's hot air balloon crash. two of the victims were on the school's women's basketball staff. a veteran hot air balloon pilot was at the controls. earlier today they recovered the body of the last victim in a heavily wooded area. >>> the european union says they will not recognize the vote of two russian-speaking regions of ukraine to declare themselves as independents. >> reporter: a woman broke down in tears after a demonstrator was shot in ukraine. the national guards man opened fire on a crowd outside of town hall. the violence came as pro russian insurgents in two regions claimed victory on a reverendum to separate from ukraine. at one station trying to block the voters from casting the ballot. >> about in the town, much unrest. this woman -- i want order in the city. western nations said it did not meet international stand ars and russian president, puttin asked for it to be delayed. the ukranian gover

. >>> first up, a grim search is under way right now in a wooded area north of richmond, virginia. crews are looking for one of the victims of a fiery hot ire balloon accident. three people were onboard when the balloon hit a live utility line and burst into flames. two of the victims are confirmed dead. here is an i eyewitness describing the tragic scene add flames engulfed the balloon. >> you could hear them screaming, "please, dear god. sweet jesus, help us. we're going to die. oh, my god, please help us. please help us!" >> more now from cnn's erin mcpike. >> reporter: fred, virginia state police wrapped up a news conference just a short time ago, and they said they've located the second victim, of course, earlier in the day they said this has moved from a rescue mission to a recovery operation, so now they are still looking for the third victim, and will continue the search until that turned victim is found as well as the basket, and all of the debris. you know, here is the spokesman for the virginia state police describing how the entire community has been helpful in the proc

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. >> witnesses captured these maths near richmond virginia friday night.a hot air balloon hit a fire line. >> you could hear them screaming, suite dear god, please help us. we're going to die. >> the search is ongoing. but the rescue operation is -- >> we keep finding debris. and that is encouraging to the search crews. >> more than 20 hot air balloon teams were scheduled to participate in a mid-atlantic balloon festival this weekend, but it is now canceled. >> a tragic end to what should have been a fest i have day. >> -- festive. >>> new at 8:00, the family of a seven-year-old bay area boy is doing what they can to save his life. leukemia -- the bone mayor zero drive to find a match for the boy with german and japanese heritage. >> he relapsed in the last two years and now needs a bone mayor owe transplant. >> -- marrow. >> he spent his days in the hospital. >> you can tellez worried. he's stressed. he's really trying to have a little smile like he always does. >> his immune system is quite low from the chemo. so the seven-year-old has to stay away from

richmond, virginia, also took a beating. the storm caused flooding along parts of i-95. giant hail filled the streets of cities along the east coast. when hail is this big, it's dangerous. a u.s. airways plane, flying through the storm, landed with a cracked windshield. the hail also peppered the midwest. in illinois, these homes were damaged. >> the siding on the south side of my home, and the west side of my home were damaged. >> reporter: in arizona, new wildfires are raging, threatening hundreds of homes and businesses. hot shot crews are on the lookout. the fight is on the ground and in the air. >> at the moment, we're winning the battle. but you know how the cliche goes. it's a war. >> reporter: a thunderstorm is forecast to hit the area today. and that could help the brave firefighters on the front lines. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. >>> also in the southwest, police are blaming a severe dust storm for an accident on interstate 10 in new mexico. at least six people were killed. >>> there was a dust storm in northern nevada with nowhere near tragic results

. >> train derailment is threatening drinking water supplier in richmond, virginia.ou can see flames and thick black smoke rising from the train. four tanker cars caught fire. some of the petroleum spilled into the james river. the city has since switched to an alternate water source, firefighters are letting the blaze burn out. >> oklahoma governor calling for protocols after the botched execution of a murderer he convulsed violently ten minutes after giving the second of three drugs he died of a heart attack. the first time oklahoma used this particular drug cocktail and experts say it further complicates the use of lethal injections. >> physicians are not involved in the process a lot of times because it's a violation of medical ethics to assist inputting someone to death. so it's become a real amateur operation in terms of how we actually pout people to death in the united states. >> the white house says the botched executions fell short of humane standards executions now on hold in oklahoma until an investigation is completed. >> president obama is blaming senat

it happened last night part of a balloon festival near richmond, virginia, three people were riding in gondola when everything went wrong and those on the ground were powerless to help. erin mcpike is in ruther glen, virginia right now. emergency officials just spoke to reporters. what are you learning at this hour? >> reporter: randi, earlier in the day we learned that they had recovered two of the victims' bodies but they are still working to locate the third. they say they will continue the search throughout the night until they find that person. now, they're not identifying the victims just yet, though, they have spoken with all the families. we at cnn, though, have learned that the two passengers in addition to the pilot, the two passengers worked for the university of richmond women's basketball program, randi, but authorities may not be releasing their identities to the public until sometime on monday or tuesday. >> and, erin, eyewitnesss, they're talking about what they saw, what they heard from this accident. it just sounds horrible from what they've been saying. is any of tha

. >> train derailment is threatening drinking water supplier in richmond, virginia. can see flames and thick black smoke rising from the train. four tanker cars caught fire. some of the petroleum spilled into the james river. the city has since switched to an alternate water source, firefighters are letting the blaze burn out. >> oklahoma governor calling for protocols after the botched execution of a murderer he convulsed violently ten minutes after giving the second of three drugs he died of a heart attack. the first time oklahoma used this particular drug cocktail and experts say it further complicates the use of lethal injections. >> physicians are not involved in the process a lot of times because it's a violation of medical ethics to assist inputting someone to death. so it's become a real amateur operation in terms of how we actually pout people to death in the united states. >> the white house says the botched executions fell short of humane standards executions now on hold in oklahoma until an investigation is completed. >> president obama is blaming senate

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crews have found the third victim of that deadly hot air balloon crash near richmond, virginia.wo other bodies were recovered yesterday. it hit a live power line friday night. what more can you tell us about the finding, the location of this third victim? >> fred, this is a difficult search. more than 100 people involved. that is heavily wooded area, a third person found today this morning located about 100 yards from another body that was recovered yesterday. investigators have now found all three people who were in the basket of that hot air balloon. i spoke to the father of the pilot, the pilot was daniel kirk. his father said he was an experienced flyer, more than 30 years of flight experience. the two gone up together more than 50 times and he wants to know what happened here, what wept wrong. one of their last pictures posted on instagram, two friends smiling in the basket of a hot air balloon ready for what might have been a great adventure. another snapshot from their tethered practice flight friday morning. it was hours before this fateful ascent in the blue balloon. tr

i was in richmond, virginia, yesterday.i wish my colleagues on the other side of the aisle had been in richmond, virginia, with me. they would have met a woman who has a gps ankle bracelet, two american citizen children, and i assure you while she may have -- because of the ankle bracelet you might have thought of her as a criminal -- i saw a mom. i saw a mother of two american citizen children. and she said, please, help me. and i'm going to help her. and i hope you do too, mr. secretary, continue to help people like her from this broken immigration center. i met three other women there, and they were reporters that had come from washington d.c. and one of after another they told me about their broken families. we met a young woman, beautiful young woman, 18 years old. been here since she was 6, spoke in two languages. clearly, the united states is their home. and so i simply say to my colleagues on the oh side of the -- other side of the aisle, i hear you. you want to talk about law and order, law and order and law and or

>> we recently in a court of appeals heard our appeal in richmond, virginia, and i think the fact thatere were such strong u.s. connections to the torture here and because the core purpose of the human rights statute rely on the alien tort statute is to provide a remedy when u.s. objects commit international law violations, we are hopeful that the court of appeals will reinstate the case. >> an issue of the prisoners having to pay the defense costs? >> that is also on appeal and we are hopeful that we'll get reversed as well when the court reinstates the case. >> if it didn't get reversed, what happens? how do these men who were formally imprisoned that abu ghraib pay caci? >> they likely can't pay caci. they don't have that kind of money. it remains to be seen what caci would want to do. i think their goal here is to send a signal to other people that not only will we not claim responsibility for allegedly unlawful behavior, we're going to impose costs on you try to hold us accountable. >> baher azmy, thank you for being here to talk about this case, legal director of the center for c

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and from there i went to the university of richmond virginia and studied music there ask came back andent to brooklyn college in a few months. and i got this gig singing and i have to obviously thank that teacher. his name is robert. he has passed away. and i have to thank my parents for making me do something outside of the norm. >> and by being outside of the norm, the rest, as they say, is history. will's career soared in the genre of r & b music. >> i've been very fortunate to have known what i've wanted to do for a very long time. and i've been able to make a living at it. and there's not a whole lot of people that can say that. >> everything was going well for will. he was making money with a successful career, but he kept ignoring a nagging health problem, and kept putting off going to the doctor. for several months until the pain was unbearable. >> i went to the hospital, and within two days, i was pretty much paralyzed. so the craziest thing ever. and it's something called poly myositis, a muscular disease. >> for nearly two years, will battled for his life. in the process of

. >>> searchers are combing through the woods and fields near richmond, virginia, looking for a third person who was aboard a hot air balloon that crashed friday. two bodies have been recovered. two of the passengers onboard were members of the women's basketball staff. brian is here with details. hello, brian. >> hi, shannon. that university of richmond community is a small, private school about 4,000 students. mourning the loss of two of their own this weekend. amid graduation ceremonies. the university confirming women's basketball associate head coach jenny doyle and director of basketball operations natalie lewis are two of the three people who died after their hot air balloon drifted into a power line, burst into flames and crashed on friday night. investigators finding two bodies 25 miles north of the university of richmond campus at meadow event park. though the identities have not yet been confirmed. as of 6:30 this morning, search crews are scouring the woods and fields, searching for a third body and debris. >> still looking for the basket. we continue to collect various it

part of a balloon festival near richmond, virginia, three people were riding in the gone doll la when everything went wrong and those on the ground were powerless to help. the bodies of two of those people have been found and the third not yet. virginia state police say they will not stop looking. >> and this will continue through the night until we're able to locate the third occupant of the hot air balloon. some of you were asking the distance perspective between where the first body was found and the second one. it was roughly about 1,500 yards between the two and, again, it's a very heavily wooded, heavy undergrowth area where the remains were discovered. >> cnn's erin mcpike is in river glen, virginia, right now, near the spot where the balloon went down. >> reporter: we're now transitioning from a rescue operation to a recovery operation at this time. >> reporter: from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery. virginia authorities confirming the terrifying hot air balloon accident was deadly for the three people on board. >> visual airborne hot air balloon. appears to be still

into the super ecologically sensitive chesapeake bay it's also a source of drinking water for richmond virginia about 100 miles downstream. richmond ended up diverting its intake of water to protect itself from the oil spill. that happened just two days ago on wednesday. exactly one week before the lynchburg derailment and explosion and the fire they couldn't put out, it was the last week on the job for the chair of the national transportation safety board last week, and one week before the explosion in lynchburg on the wednesday of her last week on the job, the outgoing chair of the ntsb warned that the cars we use to ship oil on trains, where we've had this 40-fold increase over the last five years, she warned that those cars actually cannot safely transport oil. the national transportation safety board chair says the obama administration needs to take steps immediately to protect the public from potentially catastrophic oil train accidents, even if it means using emergency authority. there isn't time to wait for the cumbersome federal rulemaking process to run its normal course said the outg

authorities say a hot air balloon was participating in the balloon festival near richmond, virginia.la, engolfed in flames. one witness heard two people screaming as they jumped from the burning basket. >> you could hear them screaming, please, dear god, sweet jesus help us, we are going to die, please help us, please help us. >> you are going to hear from other witnesses in a moment. first, let's go to erin in careline county, virginia. >> what is the scene like there now? >> well, victor and ana, we have seen a little more activity in the last 20 minutes. five virginia state troopers came up with road from the search area behind me. it's a densely wooded area. the search is going on in total darkness overnight and continuing this morning. >> mass casualty incident reported multiple hot air balloons have crashed into power lines and the balloons are now on fire. >> the airborne hot air balloon appears to be smoking and high there. >> a report the basket has come off. we are trying to find that right now. >> advise all units we need to locate the baskets. >> search and rescue crews c

police have recovered a second body from the deadly hot air balloon accident happening in richmond, virginiaaught fire and a third passenger is still missing and is feared dead. >>> putting out to pasture after 40 years of service. paying one cent to destroy the vehicle. and this morning there was a 5.8 magnitude this morning as far away as anchorage, but there are no reports of any serious damage. >>> the department of vetera affairs jolted by another case of cooking the books to conceal appointment waiting times. a new e-mail now revealing an employee at a v.a. hospital in wyoming instructed his workers to manipulate records to hide delays in patient care. this is following similar allegations of hospitals in phoenix and ft. collins, colorado. molly henneberg live in d.c. with the latest. hi. >> reporter: hi, arthel. >> so when did the word get back to washington, to the department of veterans affairs that they were scheduling shannon begans going on at the v.a. in chien. >> reporter: it happened back in december that the veteran affairs got word of it and the v.a.'s continues to make reco

i have to say i had a heavy heart, even before i arrived at the state capitol building in richmond, virginia, yesterday, the night before i received a call letting me know that the white house intended to announce yesterday that it wasn't going to take action on homeland security secretary jay johnson's review of deportation policy. therefore for the next several months the deportations will continue at a rate of 1,100 a day. moms with u.s. citizen children, women with 25 years in this country, and who have committed no crime will get no relief in the short run. i talked extensively with secretary johnson and had no illusions that a major policy announcement was in the work. rather there are enforcement adjustments that can be made now for the thousands of deportations doing more harm than good. i'm deeply disappointed the president chose to delay any action and i know many of us who have been fighting against the deportation that is needlessly break up families and leave communities living in fear are also disappointed. as i heard the stories of constituents of the majority leader who are f

virginia has now been located. the body of passenger natalie lewis was found north of richmond.he was following with jenny doyle and both worked together at the university of richmond. the pilot on board was identified as daniel kirk. his family says he had more than 20 years experience. that hot air balloon crashed friday night after it hit a power line and caught fire. investigators say they're still working to find most of the wreckage. >>> hundreds of people forced out of their homes this morningç as wildfire puts an entire town in texas at risk. more than 100 homes have been destroyed. 1,200 homes are now in danger of the fire. look at that right there. all those flames. this in the town of frisch, texas. at this hour the fire is 15% contained. nearly 800 people have been evacuated but many more may have to go as this fire continues to spread. >>> take a look at this, moms out there. this is the perfect mother's day gift. twin newborn girls were born. they have a rare medical condition but they are breathing on their own this morning. congratulations to that. but the inter

is the last person who is missing following the deadly balloon crash at the festival outside richmond, virginiawo other victims have been found and now identify identify. >> the university of richmond says two members of its staff program, ginny doyle and natalie lewis were on board when the air balloon crashed into power lines. >> good morning, erin. >> reporter: ana and victor, the rest of the hot air balloon festival was promptly canceled and virginia police held multiple briefings throughout the day saturday as they combed through this densely wooded area looking for the remains from this terrible tragedy. >> we are now transitioning from a rescue operation to a recovery operation at this time. >> reporter: from a search and rescue mission to a recovery. virginia authorities confirming the terrifying hot air balloon accident was deadly for the three people on board. >> got a visual of the airborne hot air balloon, appears to be still smoking, still pretty high there. >> got a report that the basket has come off, so we're trying to find that right now. >> advise all units the airborne balloo

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she joins us for the weekend conversation segment from richmond virginia. can't tell you much i appreciate you waking up early to join us. you and hundreds of your fellow students at high school walked out in protest. what were the conditions like. what sparked your decision to walk out. what sparked - parents attended pta meetings, trying to get us a better school. we had hand me down books, we had no gymnasium, cafeteria. there were teachers teaching and the auditorium. we only had one in the lap. we didn't have the materials. we had tried to get a better school. what they gay us was tar paper shacks that they said we had to go to school in. when you went into the shacks, on the days that it rained. we would have to hold up an umbrella to keep the rain off. there was a potbelly stove. if you sat close, you were burping um. if you were too far away you had to keep the coat on. it was deplorable conditions. >> no cafeteria, potbelly stoves, tar belly classes. how did that lead to your walk out. >> bubba johns was a 16 year-old and spearheaded the strike. sh

university of richmond in virginia are remembering two hot air balloon crash over the weekend.ilot was also killed. and photos of the crash scene. the hot air balloon drifted into into flames. at the university's graduation yesterday, a moment of silence the first time in arkansas. friday a judge ruled the state's ban on same sex marriage was unconstitutional. come back to the crime 4 morning news a long slow ride on the shore freeway the lower portion of that 40 minute drive time from rich men down to the berkeley curve overawe a hercules to berkeley is just about one hour to the west on 80 bride with a big backup at the bay bridge. there's also, the golden gate. >>:% of the niger and girls that were kidnapped three weeks ago. if one of the teenagers that escaped from the islamic is it said that they were to tear, 54 words issues too terrified to go back to school if they said more the girls could escape but they were frightened by the captain and threatening to shoot them. he has to nigeria to try to rescue the girls. others from her and france and china try to help also. >>:

. >> this line of storms knocked down trees in richmond virginia. heavy rain flooded parts of '95 in pennsylvania. the hail knocked out a sky light at a mall. one airline flew through the storm and landed in philadelphia with a cracked windshield. megan glaros says the storm threat will continue this weekend. >> good morning and good morning to our viewers in the west. we're still looking at a possibility of severe weather today, but the threat in the northeast has now diminished. it's basically the carolinas and then new mexico into texas where there are two pockets of severe threats today, generally large hail and damaging winds. i circled the area in the carolinas because there we have an outside chance of a few isolated tornadoes. the drought rages on in the west. 100% of the state of california in severe to exceptional drought. 56% of the state of texas and 28% of the entire lower 48. and it looks like it's going to stay dry and very hot in the southwest, stormy from texas up into the northern plains and you could see cooler conditions with the

richmond, virginia down river from lynchburg is getting ready to switch to an alternative supply.tha: near los angeles there is a dangerous wildfire spreading in that area good. the heavy winds pushed the piled fire * towards 1,100 homes and forced an evacuation. but that order has been lifted. you have got a red flag warning that's been issued. will carrs is watching this in rancho cucamonga. >> reporter: crews made some good progress overnight. but the winds are picking up. these are the same santa ana winds that created scary moment for residents in this community 40 mimes east of downtown los angeles. we were able to go to the front lines with crews. they were seeing wind gusts 80 miles an hour. overnight crews mopped up hotpots near the communities. they cut some new lines. but he tells me as of right now fire crews have zero% zee zero t contained. >> the interior of the house was getting filled with smoke even though the windows and doors were shut. reporter: the fire has burned 1,000 acres. thankfully no structures or homes have burned. they tell me today they are hoping th

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an example of that being what recently went on down in the capital of my present home state, richmond, virginia. seems to me, the u.s. needs to be expressing its own unhappiness and directly challenging these elements in both countries. to tone it down, to back off. the kinds of things they are doing and hope to do more in the future. we have not done that, and i think because we're not done that, and there are many things we could do by the way which i don't have enough time to detail now, but by not doing these things, this issue has gotten worse and it has approached, as general gregson pointed out, a point of really debilitating security and military cooperation now among tokyo, seoul, and washington. >> thank you, larry. anyone -- grace, please. please line up. >> hi. my question also gets to the historical discussion. and that is, do you think united states should specifically pressure japan to be more germany like in apologizing what happened with world war ii? after all, it's korea has suffered far more from what has happened because of japan, not only the colonialism and the aggression

search crews are scouring a wooded area north of richmond, virginia, looking for victims of that horrifying balloon accident. flames engulfed the balloon after it hit a power line. one person is confirmed dead. but two other people who were on board remain missing. erin mcpike is live in the search area. erin, what are officials saying about the victims and how they're going about this search? >> reporter: well, fred, officials are not naming the victims just yet. they have spoken with all of the families, but they don't want to name them just yet. i want to play for you a little bit of what the spokesman for the virginia police said earlier this morning when she was talking about what happened last night. >> we had witnesses tell us they may have seen two jump or possibly somehow they got out, whether they leapt on their own or maybe the basket and the condition of it, they fell, we don't know that for certain. but we've also seen video that people have provided us, it does have that appearance, is two people exited in whatever fashion the basket. >> reporter: and, fred, unfortunately, tha

both worked for the university of richmond virginia's women's basketball program.irk was already recovered. let's get caught up on other sunday headlines. history made in the world of sports. last night michael sam became the first openly gay player drafted into the nfl. the rams took him in the final slot of the seventh round. in this clip on espn he kissed his boyfriend after getting the call. maybe the 20th time will be the charm . the democrat is a favorite among liberals saying again she won't run for the white house. >> i am not running for president. >> if hillary clinton decides not to run, will you reassess? >> i am not running for president. >> no, bob. i'm not doing it. one woman who may be running for president, hillary clinton on this mother's day. we are getting the first excerpt from her new memoir. she writes, quote, from the moment i first held chelsea in my arms in a hospital in little rock i knew my mission in life was to give her every opportunity to thrive. now that she's expecting a child of her own, i am preparing for a new role that i have l

. >> arguments are scheduled today before a three-judge federal appears court panel in richmond virginiaa closely-watched same-sex marriage case. the lower court judge threw out virginia's dan in february. the u.s. circuit court of appeals also covers three other states with similar laws. north carolina, south carolina and west virginia. in beijing, china today, u.s. treasury secretary jacob lew pressed china to the ease it's exchange-rate controls and lower barriers to trade and investment. should,y lew says china in his words, demonstrate a renewed commitment to move to a more market determined exchange rate. meeting with is chinese economic officials. finally, two new service find that small businesses do have more optimism but not enough for taking more risks. surveys by wells fargo and bank of america find many small-business owners still have conservative hiring plans and not much interest in borrowing money. the increasing optimism is fueled by stronger revenue and cash flow. the surveys are online with other recent reports that show owners' confidence is slowly improving. some of

virginia that left three people dead. the balloon hit a power line friday, it burst into flames, killing the pilot and two women's basketball coaches from the university of richmond. the governor of virginia said the pilot may not have had any way of knowing that the power line was there. >> they didn't give me anything more than they believe it was flying low and hit a power line. that apparently wasn't on the map that the pilot was looking at or not looking at. we don't know for sure. >> the ntsb is calling for strict regulation. but the hot air balloon is calling the recommendations unnecessary federal oversight. >>> texas is scheduled to carry out the first execution in the country since a botched lethal injection in oklahoma. attorneys for robert campbell are appealing for a stay, citing the case of clayton lockett, who died of an apparent heart attack after officials stopped his execution. the attorneys say campbell runs the same risk if the punishment goes wrong. >>> and nasa is sounding the alarm about the warming planet. new studies show that the ice sheet at the bottom of the earth, in eastern antarctica, is melting so fast, it's now unstoppable. 40 yea

when the war breaks out the next thing you to hotze and this fellow is sent to richmond, virginia, andn to norfolk to set up camp outside of hampton roads in that area. hotze in this case left us two very good firsthand accounts of what he did. he's only gone for three months but in these accounts, what is called the cadet letters. he sends a sense of letters back home to mobile paper. in these literacy talks about monday and things. who from mobile came to visit, what gifts that god, how the guys are doing in drill, things like this. but a year later when he's in europe he rewrites the story. he writes a series called three months in the confederate army. this state you see a propaganda coming into play because it's the same story but he knows there's a new audience so he changes his focus. he starts to talk about big issues, like the justification of secession. he talks about the like a of what they are doing. he talks about how the alabama soldiers are aristocratic, try just tried britain, for example. so in his second series, it's the same events, the same place but you can see now

virginia festival. both passengers worked for the university of richmond women's basketball program. they were remembered at sunday's graduation ceremonies. all three bodies were recovered over the weekend. >> an extensive search. >> an extensive search and that ceremony was supposed to be a time joy. >>> the washington monument is set to reopen since 2011 when that quake rocked the area. the quake caused a substantial drak in the top of the monument. the world's tallest stone structure. this morning, nearly here in years and $15 million later, the tower is back in business. cnn's erin mcpike is in washington with much more. good morning, erin? >> reporter: >> caller: kate, good morning. i'm sure you remember from your time in washington, the washington monument is the tallest building in washington as well, in fact, there's a regulation that no building could ever be made taller. so, of course, the national park service took extra care in completing this project. it's generally on time and budget, although the very tough winter we had here set it back a few week, kate. >> and, erin,

virginia. witnesses say it hit power lines and burst into flames. the bodies of two victims have been recovered. both were senior staffers with the women's basketball program at the university of richmond in virginia. strong storms have been sweeping through the midwest this weekend. at least one tornado touched down near oric, missouri. homes were damaged but no injuries are reported. uncle sam haunck the first openy football player was picked in the nfl draft. he was the southeastern conference player of the year. they held the annual song contest in copenhagen last night. ♪ an audience of 180 million people in 45 countries saw austrian drag queen concheata worse take top honors for "rise like a phoenix." more on the weather this mother's day. dangerous storms are threatening the nation's heartland. they're also giving the west another dose of winter, dumping up to eight inches of snow on denver. in the week ahead, calmer in the plains, but stormy in the northeast and the southeast. next -- mother's day 2014. and later -- by a hair. >> the eye bras are basically the voice over the shoulder commenting on everything else that's going,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, everywhere i look, i see a country r

but the first call is from john in richmond, virginia. you are on booktv on c-span 2. thanks for holding. >> caller: mr. rodriguez, growing up here in richmond there were not many hispanic folks like there are now. especially throughout the south. and the experience between black and brown in the south is positive. i visited places like new york into the northeast they are usually positive. what is the bases of the conflict between black and brown in la? you would think it would be natural allies but there is a conflict with me being from the south i don't understand. can you explain and i will hang up and listen. >> host: john, why do you think there should be an alliance or do you think there should be an alliance between black and brown? i guess john hung up. >> guest: it is a great question. it is an issue. and one people think about los angeles and why is it so hard. but black and brown definitely got along where i grow up. if you go now, you will see black and brown kids interacting. i think, this is just from what i get from my experience, most is manufactured in