who grew up on roanoke island. she now claims native american heritage, or algonquin heritage and is the chief of a tribe. which is not recognized by the state or the feds. she is part of a family, many identify as african-american while others who are first cousins identify as native american. she is very quick to say look, i'm a blend, i am a mix. i am the lost colony. we are white, we are black and native americans. >> you talk about science. today databases are now, exploding with -- we know that we can learn a lot about genes and where people came from and their history. i'm wondering if that will give us an insight to what happened through this sort of new developing information. >> it's a great question. whether dna can help solve the mystery there are a lot of limits to what dna can tell you about this. because in order to find say, the defendanttribe of the desce loss, she need a skeleton. and we don't have that as far as we know. or you need a descendent in england of colonist that came here. and we don't

they don't really say why roanoke. i think the thinking is it is relatively close by. >> yeah. >> they just say, we respectfully request the court transfer this case from d.c. to roanoke, virginia, for trial. >> pete, hang tight for a second. i want to make sure we keep up this conversation here. remind folks what the president has said about paul manafort. he's been particularly vocal about his former campaign chair after the virginia verdict came down, convicting manafort of tax and bank fraud charges. the president not shutting the door on a pardon for paul manafort. you heard pete williams explain there that the lawyers for manafort as it relates to the d.c. trial, the one coming up, are saying, there's so much publicity. how are we going to find jurors who don't know about this? here is my question to anna, gabby, ned, who joined us on set, and you, pete williams. this is a national story. is it not fair to assume jurors throughout the region would have heard about it? this is the president of the u.s. hearing abo

." >> brown: tess henry grew up in well-off surroundis in roanoke, virginia. her mother, patricia mehrmann, remembers her as an honor roll udent who wrote poetry at her catholic school. >> my tess was the one whoy would woery day, if her uniform-- was this right? she was very delicate, very sensitive. she s very quiet, but yet ve kind, veryentle. >> brown: in 2012, tess firs became addicted to opioids, after a prescription for bronchitis-related pain. over the next six years, her life would spin out of control to heroin addiction, homelessness and prostitution. >> i liken it to someone you were watching just slowly drown. >> brown: last christmas eve, tess henry's murdered bodys wafound in a dumpster in a las vegas apartment complex. she was 28 years old.e >> peoe so uncomfortable talking about addiction, still. i know people still to this day who have shared with me that, ( whispering ) "their loved one is struggling. hithank you for saying som." >> brown: but they don't want to y it out loud. >> they don't want to say it out loud. and i can't tell you how of

the outer banks and the only th thing to play being go for thet three or the three hour drama on roanoke island. it was endless with 1 million i mosquitoes and i thought i knew everything i wanted to know about the lost colony of roanoke. at and a few years ago i was in i was in england with an archaeology conference and i asked him where he was digging and he said a place a place called hatteras. i said the outer banks? did you find the lost colony? and that was from national geographic and that cap getting bigger and bigger and always the last to know. [laughter] in three decades in the case of los angeles so i am curious i am curious how you condense that much time into one narrative. >> when i first started aboutt the time of the bp oil spill ans i want my readers to know the gulf of mexico more thanr hurricane allie and how this t rich history to restore the i identity and to do that i was, intimidated initially but as a biography have to go from geological formation to the the present and to organize the book is the natural characteristics of the gulf of mexico around the estuary's

. >>> a train hit someone on the tracks.ut hour ago in roanoke park. train service is suspended and trains are running between san rafael and roanoke park. >>> a man has cannabis growing and not only have neighbors complained to the county, they sued in court. >> reporter: until last spring, carol and her family thought of this as their piece of the american dream, a big house amidst the now. >> it's hell. we lost our home. >> reporter: and it's leased to a cannabis grower one the police plan to stop down. >> they are operating without a permit and over 40ing permit violations. >> reporter: they have 40 growing structures and more and they placed a suit against the growing operation and flying rooster and there's more. they say the smell of cannabis is unhealthy. >> it's a big disturbance to all of us. >> like the stench of a skunk. a thick stench of skunk you cannot escape. >> reporter: no one from the vineyard or growers would comment on camera today. the neighbors made their opinion known. among their concerns not one but two schools less than half

he asked to move his first trial to roanoke as well, citing similar reasons.ies about the politicized media factory environment from the washington, d.c. area. will you recall the judge if virginia did not agree to move the trial, saying he didn't need to. the court was, of course, able find 12 jurors who said they could weighing the court without bias. this court in washington says she believes the d.c. court could find a jury when dealing with a high profile case. >>> on what would have been his 82nd birthday, senator john mccain will lie in state at the arizona state capital today. a ceremony will be held there for family and friends. they too can pay their respects. from will be another memorial service in arizona tomorrow before his body is flown to washington, where it will lie in state at the u.s. capitol building. joining me now, a man arc fellow prisoner of war a manner fighter pilot shot down in enemy territory, he too, enjoyed, brutal torture at the hasnnoi hilton. thank you for taking out time to remember your dear friend. >> thank you very much. >

to roanoke, virginia.ent that is washington, d.c. they used a similar argument when requesting a change of venue before the first trial in virginia, but the judge refused to move the trial. cnn crime and justice report er are on this. why would they ask this if request number one was denied? >> reporter: good question, brooke. just yesterday they were all in court that they raised this issue to ask for the trial to be moved to another location. and then this morning, obviously, they filed that request. you know, it is pure strategy here. they are arguing in the court papers that there's bias here against paul manafort in washington, d.c. and that they can't get a fair jury here. the judge seemingly seemed to indicate she didn't buy that argument. obviously, she hasn't ruled yet, but it's strategy here on the part of the manafort defense team trying to get moving into a place like roanoke, virginia. and perhaps to be more sympathetic to paul manafort. and it could be really here, the lawyers are doing what

lynchburg is situated about half ry betweenhmond and roanoke in southwest virginia. something else to note here. there's no evacuations at the university of lynchburg. the school is not downstream from the dam. it's also summertime there. storm team 4 chuck bell says lynchburg could see two more ches of rain today. >>> today, a judge decides how the case moves forward of a man in their a famil home. the man is accused ohe t family back in 2015. defense attorneys want to inoduce evidence suggesting someone else may have been inlved in the murders. prosecutors say the defense needs to reveal who that second person is before trial. dna evidence connects him to the scene, t trial is in september. >>> the resentencing hearing for e boyd malvo could be o hold. he has asked the supreme court to blockn order granting a resenten re wntencing. he 17 years old when he helped john aln muhammad carry out a series of sniper attacks in 2002ek last we a court of appeals ruled that malvo should be sentenced under the supreme juveniles. rules for hearing argues that the sentence compl

roanoke 99 and d.c. about 96 and boston 97. slightly cooling off this typi areas. a few thunderstorms dodging the map from new orleans to houston. a> a high school teacher from story to tell his students about his summer. he arrived in england late saturday rowing solo unassisted across the atlantic ocean. it took 38 days, six hours and 49 minutes, saying it was a record for a solo crossing. his boat lucille is only 20 feet long. >> that's impressive. >> what did you do this summer? >> right? still to come being, the president comes out in defense of his son, don jr. over the infamous trump tower meeting. but there's one... that blows them all out of the water. hydro boost water gel from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid it goes beneath the surface and lock in hydration leaving skin so supple, it actually bounces back. the results will blow you away! hydro boost and our gentle exfoliating cleanser from neutrogena® i love you, basement bathroom of solitude, but sometimes you stink. febreze air effects doesn't just mask, it cleans away odors. because the things you l

you see heavy rain, thunder and lightning across parts of the roanoke valley. be ready for rainfall there first thing this morning. no heavy rain around town.e the comm getting off to a dry start. watches the flash flood have been extended to move to 8:00 a.m. friday morning. and you may have to extend it further because tomorrow's rain threat is just as high as today. steep.atures are you can squeegee your forehead off. you may see a peek or two of unn from time-to-time. don't getmoo far f your umbrella. your rain chance is at 70%. >>> a couple things going on in viinia with work zones. the one at centerport. they've been blocking the single left lane. 395, two left lanes get by that work zone. as you saw in footage, we have ouble in upper marlboro. main street at elm street. we have a fire going on. lot of equipment on-scene. the closure is a formal spot you would drive through. main strt a elm street. th fire department activity has all lanes blocked. >> thank you, >>> continuing our team coverage thismorning. a lot of alrey-soaked roads may be even worse as

a highhrloodeat in roanoke and the lynchburg areas this morning. that rain is coming northbound. our rain chances here around the d.c. metrorea will be increasing with time, as we go flu the remainder of the day. flood watches have bee extended, now, until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we may be able to get a chance for that to expire. we'll stay in the upper 70s and low 80s for highs today. rain andan thunderstorms be heavier today and especially late tonight. more about that weekend sunshine chance coming up. jack taylor, how is the friday morning commute? >> we start things off. crews were ableo do wor overnight. they were on the outer loop by connecticut avenue. crews are working and two left lanes are getting by. on 395, headed noghbound. a l couple of work zones between duke and king street, blocking a left lane. not causing a slowdown early. 95 in virginia, headed nortound after the center park parkway. right lane getting by. justearing of a crash in maryland on i-95 southbound, route 32. blocking the left half of the roadway. this can cause delays. hopefully it's minor inur

so we're here on roanoke island to look for evidence of the very first english colony in america.

roanok t to pittsburg buffalo under slight risk. damaging wind, heavy rain, biggest threat tornado threat pretty low with this. of course if we get stormsan this a of the country, we're going to get airport delays today. especially washington, d.c. late today we could at dulles and rebegan have possible delays. clev dandinitely, chicago maybe a few storms early. should get better as the day goes on. tomoow we'll have to watch the storms early in new york and boston as we go throughout the middle of the day. that's a look at theeather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. >>>re t's all the coolish type temperatures and clouds aroundr from the system in the ohio vladimir i. it's a little humid. that's why the showers and storm. h if you want t summer like conditions you have to travel to the far south. temperatures in the 90s in florida and 100 near o. >>> weioould see san ant being one of the hottest spots in the country the next couple days. >> it's their turnnow. bill, thank you. >> in today's quick hits, hi

police say that 29-year-old man walked in front of the train around 5:40 just north of the roanoke parktion. witnesses say they saw the man walking with his head down with headphones, and then looking at something y they aren't sure if he walked in front of the train by accident or not. five people were hurt in a multivehicle crash on vasco road this afternoon. the crash was reported before 3:00 in byron. a total of three cars were involved and one of them flipped over. highway patrol says the crash happened when one car attended to pass another, and crashed into oncoming traffic. >>> a five-year-old child and adult suffered major injuries, three others suffered less serious injuries. >>> new 11:00, a san jose man is behind bars facing charges of kidnapping and armed robbery . solomon bell is accused of robbing an 18-year-old san jose state student at gunpoint last week. and then, forcing him to walk to more than one atm to withdraw money. the suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. the victim was released unharmed. >>> after burning for more than a month, the destructive a

some of the higher elevations at most risk through the spine of the appalachians includes roanoke and nashville. the ground is already saturated. more thunderstorms are expected. anywhere in the blue could be isolate the, too and that goes for the northern portions of the gulf all the way to pennsylvania. timif morning, numerous areas of rain but it spreads out by the time we get to thursday this afternoon notice most in the east of atlanta. hit and miss around washington, d.c. and then by the time we get to friday morning, still dealing with this area of moisture. then by friday afternoon it akarts to sne to the north. again, it's going to be widespread. just carry that umbrella and hopefully y 2 inches of rain. if you get caught in those storms, areas of florida will be dodging thunderstorms today, too. >>> we continue to watch that fire threat out west. the heat is not going anywhere unfortunately for them. >> really tough to hear that. all right, bill, thank you. >>> a bear in colorado trashed the inside of a car that was left unlocked. watch here, while looking for food, that bea

in roanoke,ette virginia. good morning. caller: good morning to you, sir. i have a statement for your guest. on both -- both sectors private and public schooling, they are in debt. i know quite a few people that are in massive debt and on it able to get employed. they have had to go back to school to get another degree. that puts some double in debt. would it be possible for college students, to go for the first two years of just getting curriculum, basic and then have outside companies recruit students, and therefore, the company would pay for that education? would that be workable is it about someone getting rich here? host: thank you, bernadette. guest: that is the question is what is the return on higher education? when unemployment was very hi, employers raised requirements for job applicants to have gone to college. another unemployment is very low and it is harder and harder to find workers, a lot of companies are rolling back those requirements, which raises the college have a return on investment, or is it away way for companies to filter their job

roanoke to pittsburgh to buffalo under slight risk. damaging wind, heavy rain, biggest threat tornado threat pretty low with this. of course if we get storms in this area of the country, we're going to get airport delays today. especially washington, d.c. late today we could at dulles and rebegan have possible delays. cleveland definitely, chicago maybe a few storms early. should get better as the day goes on. tomorrow we'll have to watch the storms early in new york and boston as summer like conditions you have to travel to the far south. temperatures in the 90s in florida and 100 near chicago. >>> we could see san antonio being one of the hottest spots in the country the next couple days. >> it's their turn now. bill, thank you. >>> in today's quick hits, hillary clinton is stepping back into the spotlight to help raise money for the democratic national committee with a series of fund-raisers. she's also planning fund-raisers for women run for congress in key races. >> two teen drivers admit to texting while driving. south dakota had

they did not simply win the areas close to washington dc, but he won in roanoke and coal country. >> yeah, part of what we're doing to address the fact that we need to do better in rural america is we're organizing in rural america. in tennessee, eight rural hospitals have closed in the last two years because of the id logical refusal of tennessee republicans to expand medicaid. so they lost their access to health care and they lost their jobs. that's why you have someone like fill who is ahead in the polls down there. >> we're still talking about ohio and the races taking place today, and danny o'connor is one of 25 that say he will not support nancy pelosi as speaker or party leader going forward. what does that tell you that you have so many younger candidates that want to see a change at the top of leadership? >> we are talking about making sure we save your health care, making sure if you have a pre-existing condition you can continue to get health care coverage, and all they can do is talk about nancy pelosi or trying to tout that reckless tax cut, do you think she is a burden?

host: let's hear from ricky in roanoke, virginia, republican line. hello?aller: this is ricky from oklahoma. host: apologies for that, go ahead. caller: you guys keep on saying to tape thecost president -- don't they get paid anyway whether they are there or not? host: two stories taking a look at politics. "his is "the washington times midwestern presidents try to take act control of the house and senate seeing -- take back control of the house and senate. democrats outdistancing republicans and collecting more votes in numerous primary fights as both parties picture nominees. those are states where president donald trump led republicans for gains in 2016, but where democrats say things are swimming -- swinging back in their direction. spokesman tolda the washington times "that sign both well for november." if you go to the pages of "the washington post," a story stemming from minnesota following that election. this is paul kane who writes on politics about keith saying at least for now, fellow democrats have taken a latency approach following allegations

down south towards roanoke, down 91 getting hit. think in r area, we will be fine but we do have a chance for some thunderstorms this afternoon. d.c. taking on the red bulls tonit, the renaissance fest, my favorite thing, that's starting this week, taco mile in d.c., run a mile and each lap you get a taco. that's in kennel worth parks and rec. any restaurant week plans, there uld be a stray shower. keep your eye on the nbc washington it is 9:30, you can see the sunshine, somelouds out by the shenandoah valley. and maybe some stray sprinkles to possibly and isolatorm as we go through the afternoon. so you can see them right there at 5:30, then they dissipate. tomorrow morning, you wake up,i lo good, plenty of sunshine, then another chance of some popup showers through the fternoon, we're probably begging for it because it's going to be hot, in fact temperatures are going to be in the l 90s tomorrow. and plenty of sunshine, and we keep the sunshine tuesday, ur wednesday and ay and it's going to feel like you know when you're at ross s

and i think that there are -- one thing i ran across which was fascinating was i thought that the roanoke voyages were english, about the english arriving and creating something. but actually when you look at it, it was the portuguese who got dough english thrashings jewish metal annualist who tested for the metals, a variety of irish who their mercenaries so it was multinational mission and then of course without the native americans there's no way that the english could have survived on that coast. so i think you can make a bigger picture of all of these peoples who were involved, not just the english. the english certainly were key players but they weren't the only players, and when i was raised i wasn't taught that and by looking more closelity history you can see a fuller and much more interesting picture how we create what we call the united states today. >> thank you. >> we need you on the microphone for c-span viewers. thank you. >> this is particularly for jack davis because i'm sorry, he's the only one whose book i have raid so far but now that i've been here, game to -- >> the

case of sanoma returns at the green music center at sanoma state university on saturday in roanoke park offering wine and culinary enthusiasts access to taste and experience the bounty of sanoma county. a's and giants play at home. >>> interesting video of a bear being released in to wild in montana, the bear did not want to go quietly. he jumps onto just released him. the bear ran away after the the >>> another bear in rthome. resting in a swaying back they lounge in the nice backyard. >> hammocks are very popular again. >>> coming up on the 4, raiders to the rescue. the raiders will present a unified school district person with 1 quarter million dollars. we are working to learn more about where the money will go and which sports programs will be saved because of the donation. that's today on the 4 on 2. a few minutes away from the closing bell on this friday afternoon. not a ton of movement on the dow jones today. sepoints, the nasdaq in positive territory, up 24 points. massive celebration taking place now to pay tribute to the life of aretha franklin. [music] service has been going

lynchburg is about halfway between richmond and roanoke, given give or take, about a three-hour ride from d. lynchburg could see more than two inches of rain today. >> chs, thank you. >>> our stormy weather may be partly to blame for a virginia family's unimaginable loss. a tree crashed through the roof of a home in a neighborhood, just outside of warringtonwe esday evenin lydia gherghis' parents had just tucked her io bed. she was pinned by the tree and died in her ro. she playe violin and loved softball. om my heartbreaks as a mom, to have to go throughhing like that. definitely having met her a few times, she's a sweet girl. >> neighbors are collecting money to help hefamily. you can find a link in the nbc washington app, search memorial. fu >>> details on the upper marlboro fire in breaking news yesterday. o it tur the fire wasn't an accident. investigators believe a former employee set al's country kitchen on fire on purpose. 26-year-old jessica marie poole es arson and reckless endangerment cha. prince george's county police say she warecently fired from al's. 100 firefighters

they tried the same exact tactic in virginia, trying to move that case from alexandria to roanoke and were denied. when you look at the polling numbe numbers from washington, d.c., you can see why they might have cause for concern. 4% of the voters here in d.c., just 4% cast their ballots for donald trump, which might lead the defense team to believe there could be bias against their client, who was trump's campaign chairman for several months. prosecutors said they will not bring up that connection. the judge in this case, she made a slight comment, seeming to see the defense team's side, when she said more people in d.c. probably woke up surprised or disappointed the day after the 2016 election. more people in d.c. than those surprised in virginia. she did tell both sides she won't allow juror questions about whether or not they voted but if they have ties or posted about paul manafort on social media. this jury selection could stretch for a week because of the in-depth questions. >> bruce orr has been testifying behind closed doors. what have republican lawmakers learned from him a

sonoma returns to the north bay at the greek music center at sonoma state university on saturday in roanokeng line and culinary enthusiasts access to taste and experience about two of sonoma county . the a's and giants play at home. that is your weekend watch. >> hard to decide what to do. >> i will do the salsa and you can do the taste of sonoma. >> i like this also also. salad, salsa? >> i do. you have met my parents. you knew where i grew up. >>> good morning. we do have a garbage truck that apparently is on fire. let's go to the maps and talk about northbound 680 as you come up to contra costa blvd. several callers say a black -- say black smoke is coming from a garbage truck. the fire department is on the way. now it says the driver was actually able to put out the fire, but the fire department is going anyway. so far not a big delay, but we will watch that for you. this is a look at westbound 580 driving to the altamont pass. you can see traffic is going to be moderately heavy. livermore to dublin traffic is all right. things that seem to be lighter than usual this morning. it is prob

lynchburg is about halfway between richmond a roanoke, give or take a three-hour drive from. ell says that cit see two more inches of rain today. >> thank you. >>> let's check in, now, with chuck, to find out more aboutfo ourcast. >> it's the storm team 4 weather here.day around what do we need to know? >> we need to know, in all likelihood, more areas of high standing water around the region, especially later today and night. use extreme caution when driving around this evening. a hather inch of rain yesterday at national airport. that, now, brings reagan national and dulles up to 16 inches of rain now for the summer. that's more than double our average over that period. and i-rshall, another quarter inch of rain. now, 22 inches of rain since june 1st. that's triple average rainfall over that stretch. right now, it i 74 in arlington. 70 in ft. meade and leesburg. 70 in charlestown, west virginia. all of the news 4 nation, covered up with a flood watch that's extended to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. today, rainy, breezy, southerly winds today. one to locally as much as three i

police say a 29-year-old man was walking in front of the train just north of the roanoke park stationwitnesses saw the man walking with his head down with headphones on and looking at something in his hands. police say they are not sure if you walked in front of the train on accident or on purpose . the man's name has not been released. >>> a newly rebuilt part of highway one along the coast of big sur is already showing cracks . the quarter mile stretch of road was rebuilt after a big storm last year sent more than 1 million tons of rock and dirt onto the road. caltrans tilt the new road on top of the landslide. it cost $54 million. just reopened last month. caltrans says they know about cracks and they called them superficial cracks. caltrans plans to watch the cracks to make sure the road remains a safe. >>> sal has been talking about busy roads and skies as people head out to begin the labor holiday weekend. the oakland airport expect some is 200,000 passengers to pass through the airport this weekend. the airport says most of the travelers will come through today. passengers are

to more conservative roanoke virginia, instead. the judge should rule on that moke in the next week or. so discussions in open court about that issue yesterday suggested that the judge might not be inclined to move the case. we will not know until we see her ruling. today was the deadline by which the special prosecutor's office had to tell the judge, sorry, had to tell the judge for manafort's first case whether they wanted to retry paul manafort on the ten felony charges for which the jury in his first case was unable to reach a verdict. prosecutors from the special counsel's office today filed this brief with that judge, asking for more time to make that decision. now, if the judge grants that extension, we think that means we'll go maybe another 30 days or so before we know if the president's campaign chairman isn't just going to start a second federal trial next month, but he's actually then going to go back on trial again for some of the charges he faced already last time in virginia. so, i mean, imagine paul manafort's legal

down tour south here towards charlottesville, roanoke. lookingt this line, thi is the line that may actually come through later this evening, but right now we are tracking some in our aa. those storms down towards the shenandoah valley right now. a pretty big storm there. this one making its way towards madison county and eventually towards colepepper county. if you live south of warrant. this is the area for the next two to three hours i expecte to storms. the rest of us could get in on the action a little later. that storm making its way your way. the update on this forecast is showing y what's nexto come. see you back here in about ten minutes. >> thank you,he doug. stay of any nasty eather your our nbc washington app. doug's hour byoour forecast t help you plan. >>> more breaking news from southeast washingto now nearly four months after police discovered three sets of human remains buried in and around an apartment building in southeast d.c., forensi teams were back at the scene today digging in a second location. the activit focused

or whites in roanoke who are republican trump voters, they will vote to convict if the evidence is thereshould be denied. >> jonathan, i got to give you a quick last word on this change of venue motion, manafort wanting to get out of the d.c. court down to southwest virginia, and we're just about out of time, so i'm sorry. but go ahead. >> good luck with that, and also remember that part of virginia, there are black people there, too. my family is down there. >> jonathan and jill wine-banks, thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. we'll be right back. precision or it isn't. it's inspected by mercedes-benz factory-trained technicians, or it isn't. it's backed by an unlimited mileage warranty, or it isn't. for those who never settle, it's either mercedes-benz certified pre-owned, or it isn't. the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event, now through august 31st. only at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but climbing 58,070 steps a year can be hard on her feet, knees, and lower back. that's why she wears dr. scholl's orthotics. they're clinically proven to relieve pain and give

lynchburg is in the blue ridge mountains east of roanoke. there's lynchburg. it's home to liberty university. if the dam were to collapse, here's be potential impact zone. this is the dam here, this is the area that they say would be inundated. the neighborhoods are in red where everybody is reportedly been evacuated. and they say all of this would be under water. 125 homes are in that immediate flood zone. the areas in yellow and green could potentially be impacted. local police and firefighters were rescuing families by boats in some areas and cops say it could be another day before people is can go home. the good news is, locals emptied some water this morning and the dam is stable. there's more rain on the way. the news conference is just beginning on the stability of this dam. they're coming out with emergency plans now. let's listen. >> the overall stability going into tonight and tomorrow morning, but we are pretty confident at this point that the dam is stable and safe. we are working on plans to do repairs to the dam and get people back to their homes

to roanoke, virginia.y say don vix of president former campaign manager on fraud charges had a negative impact on pretrial publicity. >> the judge in the trial signalled on tuesday she likely would deny the defense's request on the belief an impartial jury can be found in washington. manafort's lawyers made a bid to move his trial out of alexandria, which they lost. >>> i want to bounce back to don mcgahn and the announcement that he will be departing the white house. joining us from washington, capitol hill reporterin for "th hill" molly hooper. molly, good morning. wey, have this blindsided announcement, not surprised thad he's leaving but the manner that it was announced that came out of t nowhere even after we were discussing it on this show. talk aboutng the president's inr circle, especially when it comes toci white house counsel, seemso be closing in with the announcement of his departure and the worry it may cause, especially with words like kbiechmentke coming across. >>. >> reporter: keep in mind

. >> reporter: that's why roanoke city schools is in negotiations to purchase electronic bags to storehe high school students' cell phones in during math class. >> i think it's good because i know that test scores show that children are affected negatively by cell phones in the classroom. and they are not tempted to look at answers in class. >> reporter: this girl used it to stay in touch with her mom. >> i don't know what it is, to keep kids from being distracted but kids are always distracted. i was distracted for people distracting their feet. the phone makes no difference. >> in my college if you were caught with a cell phone you would be kicked out. it doesn't just stop in high school. it goes on to college. it goes on to your careers. >> reporter: cell phones distract from learning. >> don't be on the phone. kids shouldn't be on the phone and maybe we can learn from that. >> that was eric pointer reporting. the school district is reportedly planning on buying 800 magnetically sealed pouches costing about $19 each. >>> well, that's it for us. the "four on 2". ktvu fox 2 news at 5:

pittsburgh, jamestown and roanoke could be in store for strong storms for tuesday.storm activity with 1,200 lightning strikes across this area in the country. we have flooding rains in the forecast as we go in toward philly and evening hours. the cooling trend is there. cooler temperatures thursday and friday and saturday. the forecast for areas around chicago is 78 today. in >> thanks for that. >>> while you're sleeping pop culture and politics collide at the mtv video music award. top prize of the year going to ka mill low for havana. cardi-b got best new artist. jennifer lopez paid this beautiful tribute to her boyfriend, former yankee, alex rodriguez. >> you're like my twin soul. we're mirror images of each other. my life is sweeter and better with you in it because you make me realize it everyday the sky is not the limit. the universe is infinite and so is what we can accomplish together with love and trust and understanding. >> write that down for your anniversary card to your wife? >> politics very much front and center last night. rapper logic wore an at the

. >> there's a severe thunderstorm warning in roanoke which eventually will make its way through our if it can hol the dynamics. a few scattered and stronger downpours n lightning associated with these. right up here on 140 out of clark county, and shenandoah county getting nice downpours. here inside the beltway and d.c. area not seeing much, but south of quantico marine basee're seeing heavier downpours through south of gaithersburg. a few isolated showers are moving across st. mary's county into the chesapeake and eastern emaryland. weooking good in our area, but i think this is going to increase in coverage as we continue through the afternoon and evening. we'll talk about timing coming up. >> more things to know. let' c get yought up this afternoon. check out the scene at a popular park in sfford county, virginia. crews are removing storm debris by the truckloads from the falmouth park. so far they have carted away 76 truckloads of debris. the park along the rappahannock river has been closed since it first flooded at the end of june. the familiar life an unarmed accountant shot

his lawyer site intentional juror bias in in and request ie moved to roanoke, virginia. he was found guilty and eight counts last week. jury selection for trial number two is set to begin september 17th with opening statements one week later. also today, the special counsel's office is asking now for more time to decide whether to retry manafort on ten counts, the jury in the first trial failed to resolve. and we told you last night, the official death toll in puerto rico from hurricane maria last year has risen astronomically. tonight, correspondent steve harrigan looks at the reasons for mouse from our southeast newsroom. >> the official death toll from hurricane maria stood at 64 for almost a year. now suddenly, it is 2,975. making maria one of the deadliest storms in the nation's history. the revised finger, i can figure comes after a report from george washington university citing deaths caused by the hurricane indirectly, like delayed medical care. the island's governor said there was no political motivation behind the initial low figure. >> yes, in hindsight, thin

sonoma returns to the north bay as the green music center at sonoma state university on saturday in roanokesiast access to taste and experience in the bounty of sonoma county. in sports, a's and giants play at home, that is your weekend watch. >>> pressing forward into the weekend, we have some fog out now, temperatures on the mild side, smoke might show up in the area tomorrow but it shouldn't be a big problem. there is an air quality advisory, but i think it will go largely unnoticed by most of us. there could be a little bit of anges, and that as the circulation is suchto pinch dow quite yet. it pinches down as temperatures warm up, that is the forecast, it is going to warm weekend, it turn into a red flag warning, nothing like that, it is just going to warm up because this last week has been so very mild, to say the least. this is interesting. it is fascinating you can do that on that huge tower up there. you can see the fog out there, that fog basically pushing well into the inland bay valley again tonight, this low is one of the reasons it's been so mild, and it goes away a little bit

or whites in roanoke who are republican trump voters, they will vote to convict if the evidence is there it's a useless motion and it should be denied. >> jonathan, i got to give you a quick last word on this change of venue motion, manafort wanting to get out of the d.c. court down to southwest virginia, and we're just about out of time, so i'm sorry. but go ahead. >> good luck with that, and also remember that part of virginia, there are black people there, too. my family is down there. >> jonathan and jill wine-banks, thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. we'll be right back. right back. let your perfect drive come together during the final days of the lincoln summer invitation event get 0% apr on select 2018 lincoln models plus one thousand dollars bonus cash. that's confident. but it's not kayak confident. kayak searches hundreds of travel and airline sites to find the best flight for me. so i'm more than confident. how's your family? kayak. search one and done. >>> this is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight white house counsel don

joining me now a long time reporter for the roanoke times. now she's author the "dope sick."d the quick send that traps millions. where much of the information we just reported came from. so beth, walk me through it. how does a company put out a drug without fully knowing and letting people know how addictive it is? >> well, the fda allowed them when they introduced it in 1996, to make this kind of squishy claim that it was believed to reduce the risk of addiction because of its time released mechanism. and that squishy claim then became made into a truth that was sort of repeated and exaggerated, as i say in the book like a game of telephone going terribly awry. they particularly targeted areas where their competitive opioids, which were lower dose largely, immediate release drugs, were already being marketed. that's why this open yoioid epi was seeded in rural areas where already work relaced injuries and closing coal mines. these reps, as you say, september out a lot of swag, and the shocking thing was that children were dying in these regions while doctors were besent on

roanoke is here, lynchburg is in the mountainous areas and more rain is sliding that way. 38 million people, it is like two weeks in a row we've been talking about the numbers like this and flood watches. it goes from savannah to charleston, all the way through the appalachians and up to albany, new york. here is a map depicting how much rain could fall. notice how scattered it is. that's the nature of these tropical downpours in the summer. it is not like a winter storm that covers everything. everyone from portland, down to d.c., charlotte, everyone has a chance for a period of rain. we're hot in the middle of the country. we will talk about the rest of the weekend forecast coming up, but i will give you one nice day this weekend in the northeast. >> all right. we will take it, no matter what day it is. preferably not sunday when we have to work. saturday would be nice. >> he talks about this every week. >> still ahead, the yankees and red sox, we will tell you why mike barnacle will have an extra smile on his face take. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on ki

still some overcast in portions of the north bay for roanoke park, petaluma, down toward the novato area. still some cloud cover across the bay bridge, out toward oakland, alameda, and san leandro. current numbers, no 90s, no 80s. warmest locations right now in the 70s out toward livermore and fremont. san jose, 73. san jose, 61 and santa rosa, 70 degrees. here is the plan at san francisco. clouds and drizzle tomorrow morning. there is cloud cover tomorrow afternoon at lunchtime. still not completely clear. we'll call it partly sunny and temperatures will be approaching the 60s. overnight lows, we are thinking 50s and 60s. here we go. that is a big blanket of clouds over a good portion of the bay area and possibly some drizzle. the clouds clear back to and near the coastline during the afternoon hours. still, we could have some leftover patches for san francisco. i'm thinking tomorrow will be warmer than today. we'll take a look at our forecast highs and let you know if the cooler weather pattern sticks around into the weekend forecast. >>> i should clarify within texas, it was 95 at thi

it is 63 and roanoke. it is 57 with the westerly component.ll not warm up that much but the high pressure is building in to allow and temps to move to the upper 80s and low 90s. 7:31. what are you looking at?>> b.a.r.t. has improved. we have improvement there. they had an earlier problem. the trains are running as normal with residual delays. it is better than we had a few hours ago. let's talk about interstate 80. a 31 minute drive no major problems around the corner to the date ridge. it is crowded on the 880 ramp. this is maybe a 25 minute delay at the very end of the line. san francisco on northbound 101. traffic is looking good. traffic is moderately hot -- heavy. the freeways are beginning to fill in. here is 280 in downtown. it looks pretty good. let's go back to the desk. >> we are going back to breaking news. >>> aretha franklin has died. >> she had been in declining health. laura remembers the music icon died this morning at the age of 76. >> [ music ] [ music ] >> reporter: with those letters, aretha franklin made her mark in the mu

will speak in roanoke, virginia. afternoon, the united states is set to spell -- set to sell $26 billion in 2018 notes. at 4:00 this afternoon, 21st century fox releases its earnings after the disney earnings yesterday. alix: tesla taking the spotlight after elon musk tweeting he wants to take the company private. what is the reality of that with dwightught up stone -- dwight scott of blackstone. lbo, the first word being leverage, it is hard to put leverage on this company for an $80 billion enterprise value. the discussion in the market for the last three months has been one of the company can continue to fund its business without issuing equity into the markets. going private and putting more leverage on that business is very hard to do. you have to compare with dell and dell is a much smaller deal. at the time, they had 5.5% free cash flow. -- the red line is break even. this is -$800 million of cash flow. who is going to lend them money to take this private? dwight: $10 billion worth of people have so far. they

looking at heat indexes up and down i-59 corridor, 90 new york city, 93 norfolk, 100 wilmington, roanokeay of the week will feel like 90 in boston, salisbury, maryland, the hottest day. temperatures will start to break as we get into the weekend with a passage of a cold front. by sunday 75, 82 in new york, 85 in philly and 82 in d.c. and even cooler as you it will be very warm for some spots but it's about to turn hot once again. looking at mid-90s on saturday. that's when we'll reach a peak in temperatures and gradually cooling off next week. >> and that's your latest weather. hoda. >> thank you. to new developments in the story we've been following. we showed you that video of a teenager being shoved off a 60-foot bridge in ohio state. she did survive. she did suffer serious injuries. now police are publicly identifying the person who pushed her. here is nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: in what appears to be a moment of teenager impulsiveness. >> ready? >> 18-year-old taylor smith doing the unthinkable. authorities say she pushed her friend, jordan holgersen off this this 60-foot high bri

the entire state of west virginia, charlottesville and roanoke and could see funnel clouds like we did throughout the midwest just yesterday. so this thing has that potential. we're watching it throughout this afternoon and evening. michael. >> thank you so much, ginger. george. >>> we turn to dramatic protests at the university of north carolina chapel hill where hundreds gathered against the 105-year-old silent sam statue. it's attributed to confederate alumni. two hours in, several students took matters into their own hands and dragged down the statue with a rope. north carolina's governor sympathized but said there's no place for the destruction of public property. they said we are fortunate no one was injured. authorities did not say whether they will try to restore the statue. >> you can understand the frustration. that statue stood on campus since 1913. >>> we want to move to the deportation of a new york man authorities are calling the last nazi collaborator. authorities say the 94-year-old came here in 1949 hiding his past as an armed guard in brutal nazi prison camp. he was s

host: let's go to roanoke, virginia. john, what union are you in? caller: sheet metal local.ost: how do you plan to vote? caller: i wouldn't vote for trump again. on account of the corruption. the reason i call this morning is to tell you that every time i walk into a walmart, i see these greeters standing there. older people. there to keep their health insurance and try to meet -- make ends meet. if you are union and you put 25 years in the union, you don't have to do that. you don't have to and and walmart and begged for tips and quarters. it's kind of a pitiful thing, was lucky. i was in the union. i get a union pension. i see these older people around me suffering. trying to make ends meet. your pension will last you through retirement? how much do you get a month? caller: through our union we had three different plans we could take and i took one where my die, she gets the pension until she passes away. , but itess of a pension covers me and then my wife. that was the deal that i took. host: you say you voted for president trump. caller: no, i did not vote for trump. i d