in 1977, he had been a suspect in the disappearance of two roanoke girls whose bodies had never beennd. he was also accused of molesting a young girl in 1984. with a warrant, police searched bramblett's home, which was nothing more than a room in a nearby motel. inside, they found numerous crime novels and textbooks. >> he had one book in his possession about forensic science and the techniques used by forensic science to do different things. >> police also found a detective magazine featuring an article about a murder committed with a pistol with no barrel. coincidentally, the gun found next to blaine hodges' body had no barrel. bramblett owned a pickup truck, but it was white, not red, like the one seen leaving the hodges' driveway. but in the back of bramblett's truck were several .22-caliber cartridge shells. police then visited bramblett's employer to see if he was at work on the day of the murders. on bramblett's time card for that day, one of the entries had been blacked out. and police found a pair of bramblett's blue jeans soaking in a back room sink. could forensic scientis

for stephanie bennett, graduating from roanoke college was only the start. armed with a business degree, she took a job with ibm and was anxious to finally earn some money. >> she was really starting her life. she was a young woman with a lot of potential. she was excited about being on her own. >> but after working there for about a year, one day, she just didn't show up. >> she was a very responsible young woman. she was somebody that always showed up to work on time. when nobody could get in touch with her, everybody got concerned. >> so family members asked her apartment manager to check up on her. >> 911. the location of your emergency? >> i need somebody to come down to lake lynne drive immediately. i've got a dead person. >> is the person conscious? >> she's dead. >> stephanie was dead on the bedroom floor. >> she had a dark indentation around her neck due to strangulation. >> stephanie had not an enemy in the world. i was flabbergasted. i didn't know why this would happen and why it would have to be stephanie. there was no reasoning for this at all.

toward richmond and roanoke. we're looking at a severe weather threat to our south as well. in fact you can see toward the western part of the state there's a tornado watch box in effect. that does not impact the philadelphia area. the cloud cover, the cooler conditions because of those easterly winds. the atmosphere a little more stable overhead for us. we have temperatures cooler, though. only in the 60s pretty much area wide across our area. the average high this time of year in the low 80s. the high today only 72 degrees. it's 10 degrees colder if you will in atlantic city right now. 15 degrees colder in trenton. so if you're stepping outdoors, cloudy, mild, temperatures hold pretty steady in the mid 60s. but the concern overnight we'll watch out for more fog developing. now coming up i'll have the timing of more heavy rainfall, plus that father's day weekend forecast. >> all right. thank you, scott. you can track the rain with an interactive radar right on our website just go to myfoxphilly.com and click on the weather tab. >>> the senate app pressed bill that would cov

the strong storms that moved through philadelphia have shifted to the south, including roanoke and raleigh. the upper midwest under the gun from minneapolis to kansas city and another area over northern texas. we're looking at the potential for large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding a big concern. david, i want to show you the area of flooding. it's a very broad area. there's a stationary front that's draped across the upper midwest into the mid-atlantic. along this front we're looking at the potential three to four inches of rain, could cause flash flooding. minneapolis already dealing with record rainfall. >> we'll be watching for that. thank you. >>> we turn our attention to brazil now and to the world cup. team usa playing this weekend. a giant headline tonight, perhaps the toughest player we're going to face on sunday is tonight hurting. his name is cristiano ronaldo, portugal's best known weapon nursing a knee injury. it's making global headlines because he's also known for his moves off the field. paula faris is in rio again tonight. >> reporter: he is soccer's reigning playe

we will go to joseph in roanoke county, virginia, where is roanoke?aller: i am in bedford, virginia, about 20 -- 30 miles east of roanoke. people trying to divide the gop and its in the media's interest to do that because they want to favor the democrats. the lady from new jersey nailed it. it's all about the constitution. the united states federal government has no business meddling in the affairs it is trying to get itself into -- health care, aside from the veterans, the reason eric cantor lost his race -- i'm not even in his district but i am close to his district -- he tried to get all the chairman from the various districts around the state to go along with immigration policies. host: so you think immigration was the issue. wants to allow more voters into the united states so that they can elect more democrats into office. it's all about communism. and socialism. it's the bottom line. host: let me ask you about immigration. this is from "the washington times" -- what do you think? compromise goes against the constitution. . i would love to get r

thenomination came during convention in roanoke where the former rnc chairman faces -- faced three challengers. in other incumbent senator running for reelection this year is south carolina republican lindsey graham. he faces six opponents in next week's primary election. tonight, a debate between all seven candidates. we will have all that for you later this evening at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. >> the reason we are trying to focus on the speaker is because it is the speaker, with the full majesty and weight of his position, who yesterday made certain allegations which at this point he has not yet answered to. very >> you have an audience. you don't normally have that on the 26 hours that you presented this case to the public. the interesting fact is, the whole tenor of your remarks going back to 1970 and 1972, taking out of context. you were there for one and one reason alone. that was to imply that members were un-american in their activities. you stopped, you waited. you motioned. you knew there was nobody here. you knew there was nobody here. >> ab scam. but those two men from your pers

this was his house, roanoke.and "absalom absalom." and many of his works took place in a fictional county, a place very much like this place, in mississippi. >> this is where faulkner started his writing career, in this room here. >> for the past ten years, bill griffith has been curator at william faulkner's estate. >> he added this room after he won the nobel prize. on the wall here is an outline of one of his novels. >> that was his greatest book. >> faulkner thought this was his masterpiece. >> jack pendarvis is the author of "your body is changing," "the mysterious secret of the valuable treasure," and "awesome" as well as a staff writer for the game-changing animated series "adventure time," all works of which i am a huge fan. he wrote right on the wall? >> he just wrote on it. >> it's his man-cave. >> it's his version. he said that houses in mississippi who have a family business have one room dedicated to the family business and this family's business is writing. >> from as early as 1919 through the early

all wait from buffalo, pittsburgh, roanoke to richmond.nd the pattern really won't break until we get into the weekend. so for at least the next two days, it's very muggy, unsettled. the jet stream is carve across the valley with an upper-level low. and it buckles to the north and under a highway out in the atlantic bringing up the heat, humidity and chance of downpours and thunderstorms around. looking at the next two days as a whole, four different forecast models that we tend to look at, you and see in general between a quarter and an inch of rain. and one outlier 3 inches. it depends on if you are in the wrong place at the same time. some won't see any and others can see more if you are hit. and most of us marm and muggy 62 suburbs, 67 center city. tuesday, the flavor of the day, clouds and sun and muggy. 72 at 8:00. and 11:00, 80 degrees. and the afternoon keeple umbrellas handy. 83 to 85 in the afternoon hours. and humid with pop-ups tomorrow, 85 degrees. and humid again with sun on wednesday with a lot of clouds, 81 degrees. still h

support i got brass about you would and my fellow virginia republicans who came to our convention in roanokeand supported me there. as i said there we came in through many different doors. but we all left through one republican with me as the no, ma'am me and very much appreciated that. i'm proud to be the -- for senator warren. the economic growth. right now what we are seeing in -- because of the policies of mark warner, harry reid and president obama is that, you know, we see lost jobs and lower take-home pay and sky-rocketing health care costs and higher energy prices. we can do better than that. i know had want us to believe we have to accept this as the new normal. it is not. the old normal is the old mediocre and we can do better. i'm putting forward a pro-growth economic and ed gillespie for economic growth. i think could it result in doubling our economic growth. bright policies p.m. i'm putting poured and others like them. >> would you also be in that camp, sir, that says because of the tip in the state senate, governor mccauliffe now is going to have a devil of a time trying to ge

nor folks snemp 97, roanoke 90 degrees above average.e have a risk, though, strong storms along the mid-atlantic coast. strong storms from the planes down into oklahoma, out west, >>> good morning to you. temperatures mostly in the 50s to start. we have a good looking day shaping up, although i have to tell you, it will be warm out there again my friends. everywhere except for the immediate coast, and i can tell you that as we get into the next couple days, temperatures will stay hot. we'll be cooling you down though as we get into this weekend. want to touch on the traffic alert northbound 101 at trimble, watch out the crash has cleared, but they have very backups. . >> and that's your latest weather. >> listen to this one because you love gadgets. now the newest entrance in the smartphone war, amazon unveiled its fire phone. we are in seattle with joe, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. this is it. the new amazon fire phone starts shipping on july 25th. the price begins at $24u6789, higher than some expected. we got

>> about 15 miles east of roanoke. >> what do you think tonight of what is happening? no, the the party of beginning of something great that we can get rid of these people and get some things past. >> appreciate your call. says amid one of the biggest political upsets of recent memory, majority leader cantor lost his election. >> no house majority leader has lost the primary before. >> you also write his loss was shocking. what are those signs? >> immigration is a major issue. wasn't a full throated supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. he did support some smaller members. and yes, you have to remember that it remains a big story for places like foxx news and conservative talk radio. thataw some of the signs should not have taken everyone may be completely by surprise. eric cantor were spending over $1 million. that is not unusual for a candidate that wasn't going to have a stiff primary challenge. but still, a pretty enormous surprise. >> people calling in tonight talking about immigration. what did he attack eric cantor for? >> he was open to immigration ref

let me talk about my consumers in my district, in my hometown of roanoke number virginia, the bundle package that you refer to right now is available for verizon customers with directv. i and others can get that package that you refer to. what will happen to that package that i have or someone else might have with verizon and directv end of this merger? >> my expectation is nothing should change. >> what about at&t? do you offer those packages as well? >> yes, we do. mike referred to those as synthetic bundles. choir's it necessary to to bundle -- acquire directv continue the bundle? >> i would like mike to address that, if that's ok. >> we measure customer satisfaction on everything we do. satisfactionre the of a bundle experience versus someone who is just buying directv solo, it is dramatically poorer. two bills.ations, >> how does verizon solve the problem? do they acquire dish? i'm not sure what i have available to me with at&t. i know what is available with verizon and that does not solve the complaint you just outlined with regard to verizon. though i'm not familiar with the c

we do have a risk of strong storms today stretching from roanoke on into western pennsylvania and washington, d.c. heavy thunderstorms could see anywhere from two to four inches of rain from upstate new york into the virginias. >>> gr morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a damp morning. showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. mostly cloudy skies with high temperatures in the middle to upper 70s today. another stormy day in fact stormier later tomorrow. 85 muggy degrees for thursday and back up to 85 with storms likely friday. we'll be clearing out friday evening and that sets the stage for beautiful weather this weekend. sunshine, saturday, sunday and monday. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. hillary clinton's book tour is rolling on, has a stop in chicago today. the book is making headlines as the former secretary of state considers a possible run for president. nbc's cynthia mcfadden sat down with clinton this week and is here with more of her interview. cynthia, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. you know, hillary clint

we do have a risk of strong storms today stretching from roanoke on into western pennsylvania and washington, d.c. heavy thunderstorms could see anywhere from two to four inches of rain from upstate new york into the virginias. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>> good morning to you. the time now 7:16. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we have cool clouds out there and a gore nus geous ocean bree. same cloudy sky over san francisco and comfortable temperatures today. look at these numbers we'll be in the low 80s and temperatures in san jose. 76 degrees. y much. hillary clinton's book tour is rolling on, has a stop in chicago today. the book is making headlines as the former secretary of state considers a possible run for president. nbc's cynthia mcfadden sat down with clinton this week and is here with more of her interview. cynthia, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. you know, hillary clinton has her critics, many people who say she really didn't accomplish anything singular as sec

let me talk about my consumers in my district, in my hometown of roanoke number virginia, the bundle package that you refer to right now is available for verizon customers with directv. i and others can get that package that you refer to. what will happen to that package that i have or someone else might have with verizon and directv because of this merger? >> my expectation is nothing should change. >> what about at&t? do you offer those packages as well? >> yes, we do. mike referred to those as synthetic bundles. >> why is it necessary to acquire directv to continue the bundle? >> i would like mike to address that, if that's ok. >> we measure customer satisfaction on everything we do. when we measure the satisfaction of a bundle experience versus someone who is just buying directv solo, it is dramatically poorer. two installations, two bills. >> how does verizon solve the problem? do they acquire dish? i'm not sure what i have available to me with at&t. i know what is available with verizon and that does not solve the complaint you just outlined with regard to verizon. though i'm n

let me talk about my consumers in my district in my hometown roanoke, virginia the bundle package you refer to right now is available for verizon customers with directv, so i and others can get that package that you refer to. what will happen to that package that i have or someone else might have when verizon and directv under this merger? >> my expectation is nothing should change. >> what about at&t? do you offer those kinds of packages right now as well in other parts of the country? >> yes, we do. referred to those as synthetic bundles. >> why is it necessary to acquire at&t to have that bundle you're referring to that we already enjoy. >> if you're okay with it, i'd like mike to address that, doing this in the marketplace and has some very good data. >> congressman if we measure customer satisfaction out of everything we do, and when we measure the satisfaction of a bundle experience versus someone just buying directv sole okay, it is dramatically poorer and two calls on two different days, two different installations, two bills. >> how does verizon solve that problem? do they ac

if immigration was really driving this vote, then i guess it stopped somewhere south of roanoke. >> speakingepublican party, dana, we've been hearing about mitt romney hosting another retreat in park city, utah. he's not running, but if you look at perhaps some of the things he's doing, he might be positioning himself as a party kingmaker. what do you think? >> well, this notion of mitt romney going for the presidency a third time is like what rich was describing of eric cantor losing the primary and then getting kicked upstairs to run the party. it's hard to imagine that republicans would come to him again as a standard bearer. but that said, he does have sort of this elder statesman kind of quality to him in the party now, particularly if jeb bush isn't going to be running. there's looking for something resembling the establishment. we keep saying tea party establishment. they've essentially merged talking about a guy who is a chamber of commerce republican, a businessman. he's sort of the guy still holding that position in the party because jeb bush may not be in the race, because chris c

>> take yourself to roanoke and throw it away so it's not in the office. >> my god!as that improv? >> let's all keep a straight face while i read this news story. >> so you understand when i say who are these men? who are these men? who are these idiots. >> okay. a lot to get to. >> we do have a lot to get to. i'm going to do my best. >> we've got to get dick cheney in. >> we do need to get there. e-mails from the woman at the center of the irs scandal says that the e-mails will possibly may be nowhere to be found. >> lost forever. >> ever. republican senator orrin hatch says he was told that lois lerner's crashed hard drive was actually recycled. >> see, i like how they even, willie, how they use the word recycled. instead of we trashed the evidence and tore it up and buried it, no. we were earth friendly, willie. have you ever heard that? like what if a mobster went before a panel. where is the body? we recycled it. >> we compost is what we do. we compost out back. >> willie, i'm glad you're back. stop, okay? the hard drive was subpoenaed as evidence earlier this w

today washington, roanoke, norfolk, isolated tornadoes can't be ruled out. the bigger area from the plains, fargo, minneapolis, omaha, wichita and on south into oklahoma again. rainfall amounts, some areas in this central area from iowa into minnesota could pick up another two to three inches of rain. so flash flooding is also going to be an issue as well. but after today things calm down, the atmosphere actually starts to get a little calmer. >> al, thank you. >>> meanwhile, new violence in iraq is raging this morning. insurgents targeting the country's key oil fields. in a moment we'll hear from secretary of state john kerry exclusively. first nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in bagdad. >> as the fighting rages near iraq's key north even oil fields, the government increased security at the oil facilities it still controls. major foreign companies including exxon and bp are evacuating staff according to iraq's state-run south oil companies. iraq's main oil refinery is no longer working, cut off by islamic militants. in northern iraq there