i hired a genealogist in richmond, virginia, to try to find greeners. she said that her name was belle da costa greene and that her grandmother was genevieve da costa van vliet. you're giving away the--to make a long story short, i found out, by a combination of luck, accident and the sort of pathological curiosity that takes over biographers' lives, that her father was the first black man to graduate from harvard. his name was richard theodore greener and he graduated--he started harvard in 1865, just at the end of the civil war, graduated in 1870, and had five children, including belle. her name was not belle da costa greene. it was belle marion greener. her mother was african-american as well. i found belle's birth certificate, actually, in washington. she was born in washington, and it tells her birth date and lists 'c' for colored. and the family lived in washington for some years. greener was dean at the howard university law school. he was a very distinguished lawyer and scholar, an active republican. the republicans rewarded him for his service,

richmond, virginia, is a special place that i've called home my entire life. and i know that some of you, my friends in the press corps, have joined me there recently. but i encourage everyone to make a visit soon. we house republicans have made some tremendous strides over the past few years. we fought to allow every child, regardless of their zip code, the ability to go to the school of their choice and to receive a quality education. we prioritized medical research and innovation and have led the way into an unprecedented era of technology and its breakthrough. we forced a reduction of spending in washington in consecutive years for the first time since the korean war. and we fought to protect people from losing their insurance or facing higher health care costs due to obamacare. we passed bill after bill that would increase take-home pay and reduce costs for working middle class american families. some people think washington gets nothing done. well, there's a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows house republicans do get things done. we get a lo

he is someone who grew up middle-class in richmond, virginia. he went to college in massachusetts and got involved very early in the civil rights new -- movement. he was with a group of people, a group of kids who were going in montgomery in 1963 and 1964. what is fascinating is he to they is introduced student nonv

>> joe johns in richmond, virginia, for us. thanks. king. he's the anchor of cnn's "inside politics." and our political commentator, ryan lizza of the "new yorker" magazine. so does this mean nothing is going to get done in washington for the rest of this year? what do you think? >> sure looks that way. the republicans will now have this leadership election and fairly or unfairly eric cantor was viewed and dave brat campaigned against him as somebody who wanted to be a governing conservative, open to a modest deal with the president on immigration, someone defending the banks and, you know, wall street here. and so if you're a politician, you're cautious anyway. if you're a republican, now you're nervous. you're going to have a new leadership that will be more conservative than the current republican leadership. and they believe the message from this election is, you know, don't do business with president obama. could that change in a month or two? maybe. but as of tonight, no. >> so is the republican establishment the big loser here i

. >> reporter: it happened after the case of wayne cordal, of richmond, virginia, came to the attention a big letdown. a big letdown. because i felt like i was entitled to it. >> reporter: even after the abc news broadcast, cordal's claim was denied after a government claims examiner cited dr. wheeler's negative x ray reading. >> what i noticed was the department of labor hadn't connected the dots. >> reporter: abc news brought cordal's case to the attention of congress and senator bob casey and congressman george miller then demanded action in this letter to the secretary of labor about dr. wheeler's questionable and potentially unethical prak tictice thousand. >> his tainted evidence continues through the cyst temperature to work against the miners. >> reporter: a short time later the department of labor sent a directive about dr. wheeler to officials across the country just in time for the interview with abc news earlier this week. >> how recently was that done? >> today. >> reporter: the labor department expects the big coal companies who relied on dr. wheeler so much for so many ye

severe thunderstorm watch and a number of severe thunderstorm warnings remain in effect around richmond, virginia area one nasty cell there over portions of the chesapeake bay but back closer to home showers are moving out, we have seen kathy in atlantic city sun coming out down the shore as showers move off the coast. turning out to be much nicer this evening then it was earlier today. it has been a gray, glummy, steamy day but dew point dropping overnight. temperatures pretty comfortable. 95 degrees at the the the airport. seventy-six in reading. seventy-five at the airport. seventy-five allentown. yesterday it was in the mid 90's and look at this 24 hour temperature change. we have dropped almost 20 degrees from this time yesterday at philadelphia airport. we have dropped 20 degrees in millville. cooler weather for tonight does it last for weekend i'll have details in a bit, jessica, back over to you. >>> well, some are cleaning up after wild storms overnight left their mark around the region. lets look the at the lightening strikes in margate this video was sent from larry boarden, quite an i

gainesville, florida. 5 to 12, he was forced into sex trafficking and child pornography and from richmond, virginia. holly austin smith, a survivors of child sex tracking and oughtor of walking pray. how america's youth are vulnerable to sex slavery. joseph, 169 kids saved in a week. where are they coming from and why aren't they being reported missing? >> first of all, let me just say, lisa, that this is a national tragedy. these are america's kids. these kids come from all over. all aspects of society from poorer areas to middle income to affluent areas and they are targeted olbermann. they are targeted at schools. they are targeted at malls. i had an opportunity to hear holly speak, very compelling. kids are vul numberable, and as i said, these aren't all high crime at risk areas you might imagine these kids would be coming from? >> that's right. >> it is true kids who are from homes of neglect and abuse are more vulnerable and often, this mirrors the backgrounds of the pimps as well. >> i think it's inconceivable that a kid goes missing. >> well, actually, only in two states in the united state

the state contended the confederate capital, richmond, virginia, which soon became an obsessive point of attack for union planters. and because that capital was defended by none other than robert e lee and his army of northern virginia, the largest fighting force the confederacy had to offer, led by its most brilliant commander. richmond,ons, lee and transfixed union military planners. therefore poses a problem, and poses a problem .ilitarily for union planners it is, after all, the home field of lee and his army. the army of northern virginia won all the big ones in virginia. if they left virginia, they might encounter a little difficulty, but in their home ballpark, they acquitted themselves exceedingly well against numerically superior union forces. how do you change that? pattern, inreak the the tennis parlance, of holding serve? in fact, that army was the primary target of an army with serious problems of its own. the army of the potomac, which today could be a fine reality show, at least in terms of its officer corps, its dysfunctionality -- i do not know who kim kardashian woul

you have places like richmond, virginia, charleston, new orleans. it is a place where many thousands of people were sold. they have the slave trade and markets. quite a bit of research done on nuance. but charleston was another place where slave trading took place right out on the street. washington d.c., slave trading took place on the street. abolitionists riding back saying what a disgrace. in the shadow of the nation's capital you see people being sold. and in places like new orleans and charleston they started to move the trading inside to take it off the street. you can still see some of these places in charleston, for instance. they're is a museum now in the ground that used to be one of these auction houses. >> of the 5 million population 1863, what percentage tried to escape? >> again, during slavery lots of men, particularly some women escape or attempted to escape. they know this through the -- people showed up en masse and the 19th century and a few ways. they showed up best property being offered for sale or somebody saying i want to pu

you've got places like richmond, virginia. you've got charros then, new orleans. it is a place where many thousands of people were sold here they had a slave trade markets and there's been quite a bit of research done on new orleans. the charleston was another place where slave trading to place right out on the street. washington d.c. to waste right out on the street. ec abolitionists writing that and say what a disgrace and in the shadow of the nation's cap though you've seen people being sold. places like new orleans moved to trading in side to take it off the street. you can still see some of these places. in charleston, for instance, there is a museum in the ground that used to be one of these auction house says. >> host: of the 5 million population 1863, what percentage tried to escape? >> guest: again, terrible with numbers. during slavery, lots of men particularly come as someone name escapes or attempted to escape and we know this through the sides. so black people showed up in hats in the 19th century in a few ways. they showed up as property being offere

. >> and doug mcelway starts the coverage in richmond virginia. what happened last night? >> that is the question that eric cantor is asking. a lot of mainstream republicans are asking always. i think if he could do it again he would come out strongly against immigration reform and he was portrayed as being in favor of amnesty which isn't true. dollars do not vote said brat and he tapped into a discontent with washington fueled by radio talk shows which are fueled in this state. speculation there was a small turnout on a rainy day and that turned out not to be true. 18,000 more people voted in this primary this year than did two years ago. and immigration reform is likely dead as a door nail in the house after this election result especially when you consider what is going in on border states with this influx of young immigrants, children and young adults, with no place to store them is pointing out things like brat and mark levin are pointing out, we are loosing the control of civil society if you look at the places where these people are being stored. >> live in richmond

. >> i grew up in richmond, virginia. >> this happened, what, 200 years ago? >> i ain't gonna tell you my age. nice try though. >> in terms of the statistics, the school shootings happening, it seems like a lot because of the media coverage. it is more of the glorification of the shootings than the issue that is really being covered. for example, and i think is it keeps happening because we keep showing it on tv. we don't cover teenage suicides, really. the media doesn't do that. what happens is it has been proven that more kids will then commit suicide after seeing it on the front page of the newspaper. >> they don't tell you when somebody jumps in front. >> how is this any different? you keep showing showing this school shooting. a lot of times that ends in suicide. and somehow that seems to be okay. we are doing this to ourselves. >> father's day is approaching. what do we do, lou? >> for father's day? >> i think we declare father's day all day long and maybe ask rahm emanuel to start being -- insist on him being honest about why 300 to 500 kids a year are

richmond, virginia 95 decrease in the next couple of days.temperatures almost hitting 100°, when you factor in the heat index we will be hitting triple digits. that's a look at your weather, national news coming up in just a few minutes. a few minutes. >> look at this fireworks display from earth. spectacular pictures of mt. etna, the world's most active volcano, the 11,000 foot peak stirred to life this weekend, forcing sicily's airport to reroute all of its flights on sunday. >>> turtles off the endangered species list. right now it is sea turtle nes nesting time. natasha guinane reports. >> reporter: committed to home. she was born on or near fort lauderdale beach. her first attempt at protecting her turtle eggs are also her last. >> sea turtles lay their eggs and are gone. >> they range from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 10,000, that a hatchling will survive to adulthood. one of the hatchling's biggest risks to survival is not mother nature, but man made. >> thus die every year because of lighting issues. >> when sea turtles emerge from the nest, th

again, two radio shows that have extreme penetration in the richmond, virginia, area. when you add to that news organizations like brett bart tee party favorite, with that dave brat wastable overcome the spending gap because of the free media he got from talk radio. >> the country knows who dave brat is today, that's for sure. you're back later. david shuster. we'll dig in deeper what this could mean for the republican party as a whole and the congress' ability to compromise, yeah, that is a funny word. >>> in other news iraq's government appears to be on its heels trying to repeal attacks from the islamic state of iraq. 23 people have been killed. the army is trying to keep control. isil fighters began the defensive, and it has controlled of anbar province, which it has held for six months now. >> reporter: one of the biggest refineries burn. they mounted the attack early tuesday morning quickly overrunning security force there is, but the takeover did not last long. iraq's fourth armor division and iraqi police took back control hours later. isil also mounted attacks

that is a headline in his home district's paper in richmond, virginia.hey probably thought they'd never print that. this is the first

the south and look at all that lightening, severe thunderstorm watch and warnings in effect richmond, virginia area and these will miss us to the south so we will not see anything american just showers we are seeing right now. lets do a least cap on what happened last night. here's a loop overnight to see how quickly these storms came through from midnight through three or 4:00 a.m. and lots of lightening with these. lets look at just one frame here on the radar, about 1:45 a.m. and we will query these storms and see how much lightening strikes we got just in this five minute frame and take a look at this numbers, over 1200 lightening strikes on this one frame of radar ape lightening strikes did produce damage reports all across the region. we have reports of house fires in the area the lets look at these west deptford township house fire on lynn drive due to a lightening strike. more over towards hockessin another house fire was reported thanks to the lightening strike v dangerous cloud to ground lightening up towards bucks county house was struck by lightening a lot of problems last night. g

obviously if you live in these areas you need to be taking shelter immediately and then west of richmond, virginiaour latest tornado warning south central buckingham ken whisenhunt until 6:30 doppler radar indicated seeing rotation within this severe thunderstorm warning. active afternoon and continue to monitor the storms. a couple batches across the midwest, the great lakes, ohio river valley and then over towards the carolinas and mid-atlantic region into tomorrow. so, again, we'll watch for the potential of hail, damaging winds and, yes, tornadoes. several of them right now. tomorrow's severe threat across the plains states again. with the potential for isolated tornadoes and you talked about the rainfall. not only severe weather but incredible rain on top of areas that have seen close to or over a foot of rain fall. that's going to cause flooding issues as we can see some cells open up and bring several inches of rain and there's your river gauge observations in the reds and purples. moderate to major flooding so any more rain is going to exacerbate an already bad situation. there are your te

you know, richmond, virginia, is a special place that i've called home my entire life. know that some of you, my friends in the press corp have joined me there recently. i encourage everyone to make a visit soon. we house republicans have made tremendous strides over the past few years. we fought to allow every child regardless of their zip code the ability to go to the school of their choice and to receive a quality education. we have led the way in an unprecedented era of technology and it's break through. we forced the reduction of spending in washington. >> some people think washington gets nothing done. well, there is a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows house republicans do get things done. we get a lot done. our priority is building an america that works for the middle class families who are struggling in this country. but there is more work to do. conservatives have solutions that can help alleviate the middle class squeeze and provide opportunity to all regardless of their circumstance in life. i will continue to fight for each and every american w

this richmond, virginia, area man won't tip the ballot, but it's a big win for the tea party and majoran establishment and leadership on capitol hill. karen travers, abc news, washington. >> hard to sum up how stunning this is. the first time ever a house majority leader in american history has lost the primary. >> such a big deal. i think people love stories of underdogs that win in america. this has just put everyone in washington on alert. what i found fascinating is there's a 23-year-old kid not even a year out of college who was the campaign manager. he got the job meeting in a panera, according to an article in "the washington examiner." look what he's shaken, capitol hill to its core. no one saw it coming. >> bright future. >>> let's move to a homeowner's nightmare. a luxury home dangling from the edge of a cliff 75 feet over a rocky shoreline. the earth beneath the back of that 4,000-square-foot house on lake whitney crumbled and fell into the water below. there are visible cracks all over the base. when the first cracks showed up in the land the owners were told to move out so

in richmond, virginia, showers and heavy thunderstorms right now also just outside of washington, d.ck at the severe weather risks. those yellow boxes that severe thunderstorm watch boxes also a tornado watch box so the atmosphere very unstable where they saw more sunshine to our south. as we roll the clock tonight, you can see we'll keep the clouds around maybe a spotty shower but otherwise, it stays mild and muggy right through your thursday morning. 66 degrees at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow on philadelphia with clouds. some fog around just be mindful of that. but watch the clock. by lunch time, watching scattered showers and thunderstorms arriving so they return across the area for your thursday and especially as we move into your friday. so you can see remaining unsettled tomorrow at 10:00 o'clock especially north and west of the philadelphia area. the high temperature today 10 degrees below average. only 72. we should top out in the low 80s for this time of year. so it's cooler in atlantic city. only in the mid 60s right now. only in the 50s currently in the pocono mountains a little warm

richmond, virginia, is a place i've called home my entire life and i no some of you in the press corpsi encourage everyone to visit there soon. you know, we house republicans have made some tremendous strides over the past few years which fought to allow every child, regardless of their zip code, the ability to go to the school of their choice and to receive a quality education. we prioritized medical research and innovation and have led the way into an unprecedented era of technology and its breakthrough. we forced the reduction of spending in washington in consecutive years for the first time since the korean war. and we fought to protect people from losing their insurance or facing higher health care costs due to obama care. we pass bill after bill that would increase take home pay and reduce costs for working middle-class american families. now, some people think washington gets nothing done. well, there's a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows house republicans do get things done. we get a lot done. and our priority is building an america that works for the middle-class

the house majority leader eric cantor lost in his bid in a primary in his district outside of richmond, virginialection. lost to a tea party favorite, dave brat. now we're beginning to get reaction, the fallout. dana bash is our chief congressional correspondent. no one, including the winner of this primary, certainly not eric cantor or any other political geniuses forsaw this. >> not alt all. there are a lot of people walking around here like sdom byes trying to just grasp the idea of what happened last night. what's also going on here is that there have been so many hush-hush rushed, behind closed door meetings among members of the house leadership with their staff, with one another, back and forth all morning long. so what we know now is that there is a house republican meeting -- of all house republicans -- at 4:00 p.m. today. unclear if that is a signal that is the time that eric cantor will make a decision. that's really what we were looking for here today, whether or not he will continue on as house majority leader even though he clearly will lose his seat in congress or whether he is goi

here he is leaving his home in the richmond, virginia area today, dancing around the topic of immigrationn this q&a on the run with cnn. >> i don't want to do too much on policy right now. i'm just -- the first thing we need to do, we have a disaster on the border right now, humanitarian disaster with kids. and so we need to close down the border and i'll just leave it at that for right now. >> reporter: it looks like his biggest problem right now is handling all the attention. republican leaders, including house speaker john boehner's office were calling, but a washington source said they couldn't get through because his voice mail was full. the state gop is pledging to give him and his three-person staff some badly needed help, including additional people and resources for the coming election. meanwhile, on the nearby campus of randolph macon college where brat and his democratic opponent in the fall, jack tram millennium are both professors, students and faculty are hoping to hold a debate wean the nominees. students are still coming to grips with their college suddenly the talk of the

you know, richmond, virginia, is a special place i have called home my entire life.w that some of you, my friends in the press corps, have joined me there recently, but i encourage everyone to make a visit soon. you know, we house republicans, have made tremendous strides over the past few years. we fought to have every child regardless of their zip code, the ability to go to the school of their choice, and to receive a quality education. we prioritized medical research and innovation, and have led the way into an unprecedented era of technology and its breakthroughs. we forced the reduction of spending in washington in consecutive years for the first time since the korean war, and we fought to protect people from losing their insurance or facing higher health care costs due to obamacare. we've had bill after bill that would tick takehome pay and reduce costs for working-class american families. some people think washington gets nothing done. well there's a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows how republicans do get things done. we get a lot done. our prio

cantor in a republican primary in richmond, virginia, despite being massively out spent, and he did so the results of other primary elections that seem to indicate that the tea party was on the decline. candidates having failed to achieve any significant party nominations in this year's poll comprised of a loose afl wrags of national and local groups who oppose tax increases and the inference of so-called big government, the tea party has often been a thorn in the side of the less conservative republican establishment and was blamed for sparking a civil war within the party. david willis, bbc news, washington. >>> now, uzbek militant group based in the pakistani tribal province of north waziristan says its fighters were the ones that attacked the karachi international airport on sunday. 39 people, including the militants, were killed in the gun battle. the islamic movement posted this picture of ten men wearing black turbines and holding rifles on its website. it says that they were the ones who stormed the airport. well, we were told about the uzbek militants. >> the pakistani taliban

that is a headline in his home district's paper in richmond, virginia. they probably thought they'd never print that. this is the first time in h history that a majority leader has been ousted. we are going back to 1889 when the houposition was created. he was not just beaten by david brat, but he was trounced by 11 percentage points. a man with a sweeping interest is going to have an impact. and we will talk about the immigration reform and the minimum wage and chuck pushed him on the other issues as a sort of welcome to the big time. >> i thought that we were going the go through the aspect of celebratory aspect, but my mind is just -- overall policy questions i am happy to do them all, but i wanted to talk about the victory at hand and i wanted to thank everybody that worked so hard on my campaign. i'm happy to take policy issues at any time. >> dave brat's win shakes up the republican leadership and changing what gets done this year and in the future in washington. tea partiers are saying this is rewriting the narrative and the establi establishment

both candidates are professors at randolph-macon college near richmond, virginia. >>> san francisco voters will decide whether to raise the minimum wage in november. mayor lee and the coalition for a fair economy introduced the plan. it would raise the minimum wage in stages beginning with $12.25 an hour by may 2015. it would go up each year after that ending at $15 an hour by july 2018. san francisco currently has the nation's highest minimum wage $10.74 an hour. >>> a california tribe sent a public message to the washington redskins. they aired this ad in the middle of the nba finals last night that showed photography highlighting different indian costumes and tribal names. at the end of the name is offensive. they refer to the redskins as. "r" word. washington redskins owner says he will never change the name. just in the past year, several newspapers including the "chronicle" have decided not to use the word redskins in their coverage. >>> coming up, it is 6:09, comedian trace say morgan remains in the hospital after that horrific car crash over the weekend. coming up the driver charge

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> that was house majority leader eric cantor speaking in richmond after losing his primary race tonight against a tea party challenger in virginia. now judge schapiro of the richmond times dispatch. the politics columnist for that paper, what happened there? >> this was quite a surprise. no one expected eric cantor to lose. a lot of people thought he might be embarrassed or wounded, but nobody thought he would lose. that there are a couple of forces at work here. one, the growing tea party libertarian presence within the republican party. there is a substantial number of these grassroots insurrectionists, if you will, within virginia's seventh district. early indications in march and may, organizational meetings, republican organizational meetings that he was losing his control of his home county and his home district party. sensel, there was this that eric cantor as this young man, the second ranking member of the house, clearly interested in succeeding john boehner inmed a lot more interested positioning for the next stretch of news. >> what do you see about the turnout in the seventh district. >> there were about 45,000 or 50

some of them are going to be shipped up to like baltimore and richmond, virginia, very soon. the purpose of this trip is to try to figure out what the -- try to figure out what they can do to help those countries. it isn't as simple as trying to seal down the borders down there. as we well know it's pretty hard to do that. what they are talking about is providing assistance in terms of short-term thing like trying to lock up those borders. but also trying to work on the longer term issues that's prompting this. the economic insecurity down there. the incredible violence in those three countries. el salvador, guatemala and honduras are three of the most violent countries in the world. the highest murder rates. i think 3 of the 6 highest murder rates in the entire world. so they are working on, figuring out what they can do to stem this right now and also long term to work on the security and economic issues so that push to get those kids up to the united states can be eased up a little bit. >> alan, i can't even imagine what would motivate the level of violence that would moti

look at the demise of eric cantor, house majority leader, and that was not that far away in richmond, virginiacover this. >> virginia reporter at the time of watergate. >> and you find out what's going on the ground, and the reporters who did this for small papers and had a sense the earth is moving at the big papers. we did not have enough of an understanding because people were not sent down there to live. >> i have to ask, over the weekend, it was announced that the zoning or the planning people in virginia, they're going to tear down the garage where kru met with deep throat. is that upsetting at all to you? >> not unless i had a parking sticker. >> there's no -- you don't have any nostalgia? >> they say they're going to put up some kind of plaque. that's okay. but -- >>. >> he's one that went there. >> history can't stand in the way of progress. >> that's right. >> and that's a case where you know, everything -- >> starbucks. >> i mean, everything moves on. >> you should get the newseum to buy that specifically post where you met with the mark felt. don't you think? >> i don't think so. y

. >>> a few weeks ago my good friend jake sherman from politico returned from richmond, virginia, andd brat had a chance against house majority leader eric cantor. i laughed him off. brat was maxing off at $220,000 and cantor was outspending him 26-1 and had a budget of $168,000 for steak dinners. there's no way he would lose. he was on his way to become the first jewish speaker of the house. well, i and the rest of the reporter pundit operative class all had egg on our face today. nobody aside from maybe jake saw this coming but the question must be asked. what does it mean? people are quick to say this is the ultimate victory for the tea party of the establishment, but as lee c orsow says, not so fast, my friend. mitch mcconnell beat a well funded tea partier in kentucky a few weeks ago. what happened here is simpler. it goes back to the line some of us have heard in relationships. i don't even know who you are anymore. that's what the seventh district of virginia said to eric cantor. he had been the modern face of new age politics. facebook at palos ail toews festival and davos in

you know, richmond, virginia,'s a special place that i've called home my entire life.know that some of you, my friends in the press corps have join immediate recent l. i encourage everyone to make the visit soon. we house republicans have made tremendous strides over the past few years. we fought to allow every child, regard office zip code the ability to go to the school of their choice and to receive a quality education. we prioritize medical research and innovation and have led the way into an unprecedented era of technology and its breakthrough. we forced reduction of spending in washington in consecutive years for the first time since the korean war. and we fought to protect people from losing their insurance or facing higher health care costs, due to obamacare. we passed bill after bill that would increase take-home pay and reduce costs for working middle class american families. now some people think washington gets nothing done. well, there's a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows house republicans do get things done. we get a lot done. and our prior

joe johns is joining us from richmond, virginia.re with us the details, joe. >> reporter: wolf, we're on the campus of randolph mcacon college. we saw him going in and out of his house in the area and he was mum for the most part but he gave cnn a snippet of the problem of immigrant minors surging on the southern borders. you remember that immigration was something that helped propel him into the primary. >> the first thing we need to do, we have a disaster on the border right now, a humanitarian disaster with kids. we need to close down the border and i'll just leave it at that for right now. >> reporter: you know, on the campus, a state of shock with the realization that both candidates in the general election in november are professors right here at randol randolph macon. i spoke to the provost and he can't believe that he's running. >> i thought the elevator was not going to the top floor, that this wasn't going to make it, it might be a foolish endeavor like i think the entire rest of the world, we were all wrong. >> reporter:

doug mckelway is following this from richmond, virginia. good morning to you.second most powerful republican in the house of representatives. brat was wildly outspent by cantor last night, who was a fund-raiser for the republican party. cantor raised $2.5 million to brat's $250,000. so it's a phenomenal difference there. but brat had the support of a lot of talk radio people like mark levine, laura ingraham. as brat also said last night, dollars do not vote. this district has been inspired by the immigration issue, especially given the influx of young central americans across border states which is overwhelming the infrastructure in those states. in his victory speech, he focused very heavily on constitutional principles. >> we believe in god who gave us this miracle today and we believe in the faith of the founders and we believe that that faith and that strong moral fiber is necessary for the continuation of our republic as it stands and i truly believe that. >> reporter: cantor was pretty much gracious, even a little optimistic in defeat last night and total

virginia, and my parents were music teachers. my father was the first black band director in richmond, and my mother was a first coordinator of music in norfolk, virginia for schools. so they had a big musical impact on my life. >> were your parents virginians. >> my parents are virginians. my father is from danville, my mother is from suffolk. >> how old were you when you moved from suffolk to richmond. >> i was 5. i don't have too much independent recollection of growing up in suffolk although we went to suffolk quite often in the summer when my parents were off from summer school working on their degrees. >> where did they get their

virginia, a republican. where is the leeza compared to richmond? miles due's about 40 east and eight miles from mineral where we had earthquake. >> what are your comments tonight? caller: i've been listening in on the calls and it's interesting. on immigration reform, i'm an immigrant myself. i migrated from hungary back in 1959 and i became a united states citizen by the law, by the book. i was ordered and i had to sign a document that when i became a teen in this country that i would have to join the military. i did everything by the book that i was supposed to do as a migrant. the route thet country is taking. this is not just the republicans. this is the democrats who are the authors of this situation. they offered this madness we are in with all of these kids brought in here from mexico. the gentleman just prior to me is welcome to the united states. all you have to do is just walk across the border. that's not true. i migrated through europe. how can i walk across the border? through hoops and hoops, many documents. >> i want to get to a few

foo fighters fans in richmond, virginia have been feeling a little neglected for the past 16 years.since 19-98, even though virginia is frontman david grohl's home state. so four people tried to convince the band to come back with an internet campaign. through a crowdfunding website, they set the goal of selling 70-thousand-dollars worth of tickets to a hypothetical concert. they met their goal -- and the band let it be known on twitter that they would come and play. the date and location have yet to be set, but it will be this year. one retired marine got the welcome home present of a liftetime yeserday. master sergeant jacinto bernardo has served in the u-s marine corps for 21- years. and for the last seven years he and his family have lived in japan. yesterday he was expecting to come home to this three- bedroom fixer- upper. but a friend and fellow marine raised 20-thousand dollars to remodel their home. master sergeant bernardo and his family were very surprised when they arrived home. master sergeant bernardo says he and his wife had saved money to do the work themselves. now

this richmond, virginia, area congressional district won't tip the balance in congress. win for the tea party and a major blow to the republican establishment and leadership on capitol hill. karen travers, abc news, washington. >> hard to really sum up how stun had gone is. this is the first time ever that a house majority leader in american history has lost the primary. >> such a big deal. what i love, people love stories of underdogs that win in america and this is just put everybody in washington on alert. and what i found fascinating, a 23-year-old kid named zachary not even a year out of college who was brat's campaign manager. he got the job meeting in a panera according to an interesting article by "the washington examiner." look what he's shaken, capitol hill to its core. no one saw this coming. >> he's got a bright future too along with brat. >> sure does. >>> let's move to a homeowner's nightmare. this happened in central texas. a luxury home dangling from the edge of a cliff 75 feet over a rocky shoreline. the earth beneath the back of that 4,000-square-foot h

he is 51 years old, born in richmond, virginia, representing the state's seventh district since 2001, including most of the northern and western sections of richmond, most of the city's western suburbs. he's been serving as the house majority leader since 2011 after previously serving as the republican whip in that chamber. >> he and his supporters were knocked again shortly after his defeat. >> those there in the video immigration activists. they had pushed into the ballroom at the richmond hotel where cantor gave his concession speech. the activists clashed with cantor supporters and demanded reform. many believe immigration reform is even less likely now that cantor is no longer the house majority leader. >> coming up in about 15 minutes, we'll dissect eric cantors historic loss further and what cost cantor this primary race. >> the tea party did not succeed against lindsey graham, he easily won in south carolina, beating out six leger known challengers including the tea party candidate lee bright. he grabbed 57% of the vote well ahead of bright with 15%. the five others were in si

richmond, virginia, is a special place that i've called home my entire life. and i know that some of you, my friends in the press corps, have joined me there recently. but i encourage everyone to make a visit soon. we house republicans have made some tremendous strides over the past few years. we fought to allow every child, regardless of their zip code, the ability to go to the school of their choice and to receive a quality education. we prioritized medical research and innovation and have led the way into an unprecedented era of technology and its breakthrough. we forced a reduction of spending in washington in consecutive years for the first time since the korean war. and we fought to protect people from losing their insurance or facing higher health care costs due to obamacare. we passed bill after bill that would increase take-home pay and reduce costs for working middle class american families. some people think washington gets nothing done. well, there's a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows house republicans do get things done. we get a lo

with richmond virginia i have called home my entire life. some of you have jointly their recently.ut i encourage everyone to make a visit soon. house republicans have made tremendous strides and fought to allow every child regardless of their zip code the ability to go to the school of their choice of receiving a quality education. and have led the way. at the unprecedented era of technology. reid have him since the first time since the korean war with those facing higher health care costs due to obamacare. bill after bill to increase take-home pay and the jurors one dash reduce cost for american families. some people think washington gets nothing done but there is a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows house republicans to get things done. we get a lot done in our priorities to build an america that works for the middle class families that are struggling but there is more work to do. conservatives have solutions to help alleviate the middle-class squeeze to provide opportunity regardless of the circumstances of life and i will continue to fight for each and every americ

richmond, virginia is a special place i've called home my entire life. i know that some of you, my friends in the press core have joined me there recently. i encourage everyone to make the visit soon. we house republicans have made some tremendous strides over the past few years. we fought for every child for the ability to go to the school of their choice and to receive an education. we prioritize medical research and led the way into an unprecedented era of technology and its break through. we forced the reduction of spend in washington in consecutive years for the first time since the korean war. and we fought to protect people from losing their insurance or facing higher health care costs due to obamacare. we passed bill after bill that would increase pay' reduced cost for middle classworking families. some people think washington gets nothing done. well there's a stack of bills sitting in the senate that shows house republicans do get things done. we get a lot done. and our priority is building an america that works for the middle class families tha

are still very southern, like southwest virginia, like south side virginia, but northern virginia, the richmond roads and virginia beach area, these are more culturally middle atlantic. they're more like the rest of the country. >> let me ask you this. if we were to move the mason dixon line, where do you put putt it now? put it south of richmond? >> well, it would be south of richmond. there would be skwigley lines all over virginia. they're still southern in character and nature. it's the urban areas that dominate. really the two-thirds to three-quarters of virginia could be classified as urban, suburban, ex-urban. they're the counties, they're the cities that run virginia. >> all right. i wanted to go more into this, but the resignation over the weekend or announced resignation seems very transactional in nature. there's a lot of fall-out here. this is a democratic state senator who is resigning. apparently some republicans have a good new job for him lined up. explain that. is this a good transactional move here? what's going on? >> well, chuck, it sure looks like it. you know, the republic

crowd looked like when congressman steve king of iowa dressed in anti-immigration rally in richmond, virginiais is the size of the crowd when pro-reform activists marched in washington. it's fair to say immigration advocates did win august, august of 2013. they kept up their end of that supposed bargain with john boehner, but as we all know, immigration reform in the house didn't happen and hasn't happened. it's not that members of both parties haven't tried. john boehner called for the legalization of undocumented immigrants on paper. the gop retreat was described as a major shift. as recently as this month, politico reports that florida republican mario diaz has been trying to drum up support for his colleagues for a bill. just yesterday in chicago pro-reform advocates demonstrated out the district office of congressman dan lapinski but the rally came after this happened. house majority leader eric cantor being kicked out of congress. he became a short -- he lost his primary and then lost his leadership position as well because he failed to fend off a tea party challenger a few weeks ago. i