us back to where it all began, and it is aptly called "the rockville lp."e road with philip philips and a portion of the proceeds of their tour go to habitat for humanity. >> they are mark, jerry, richard, ben, chris and mike. >> and joining them in the back there, the mt. carmel holy rosary gospel choir. hi, guys. >> you went home and all heck broke loose, huh? >> we really based our entire career off the feelings that our part of the world gave us when we were growing up, made us feel included. our friends were everything to us and music brought us all together. the music makes sense. home made sense. just being back there felt right. >> how was thanksgiving? >> thanksgiving gets you. i don't care who you are, you're home, you're with your people, you feel it. so we made songs about it. >> you guys filled the garden a couple of times, played so many great venues and we're glad you're here with us. what are you playing today? >> our new song "peace". >> looking forward to it. >> all right, here they are. ♪ ♪ i don't wanna fight no more ♪ only wanna get to

tom costello, nbc news, rockville, maryland. >> still ahead extreme measures how a growing number of companies are helping employees put down their cell phones and back away from emails to get back to time they deserve. >>> later an unbelievable close call caught on camera, a lot of people wondering what the pilot was thinking. >>> a lot of americans looked jealously across the pond after a french court ruled it was illegal for some employers to e-mail their workers after hours. something like that is probably far off in this country there are some american companies beginning to realize giving their employees time outside the office without staring at their smart phones may be good for their bottom lines. we get the story now from cnbc's sharon epperson. >> reporter: be honest. how often do you check your e-mail? >> 24/7. >> while i'm in the bathroom. if anybody tells you they don't check it in the bathroom they are lying. >> reporter: we headed to north carolina to check out bandwidth that offers a unique perk, guaranteed time to unplug. strictly enforced vacation embargo policy ba

longer than intended but the technology battling through the nation's political debate on guns in rockville maryland mirror david artes. and the battle to ban large sodas in new york city is finally over after former mayor michael bloomberg banned a large sugary drinks the decision was talked out in a court challenge the city appealed but today a judge ruled you can keep on drinking your big gulp our tails on a stack it's are going to has more. the battle between new york city and big sugary drinks lovers and sellers continues in full swing and the latest turn of events in this freedom of overconsumption extravaganza it's a win for the fans of the gigantic delights the state's highest court has decided that city officials have no business meddling in the sizes that people consume after all saying the city's board of health basically went way above their power when approving it and sugary drinks larger than sixteen ounces let's see who wants to celebrate on ball to get one running from where we are love them. as they're sugary they give you energy you know why not i don't really drink soda b

longer than intended with the technology battling through the nation's political debate on guns in rockville maryland near a david ortiz. and another debate there's always been a debate about the possibility of life on other planets now add this to the list of things that may go. now says that they found a mysterious signal that's baffled astronomers think about that for a moment astronomers are baffled by this signal take a look at this tweet that nasa sent out it says mysterious x. rays signal intrigues astronomers could it be dark matter the shondra x. ray observatory says the signal believed to be dark matter is some two hundred forty million light years away from earth and let me explain why this discovery is so mysterious dark matter is so named because it's neither absorbs nor emits light making it impossible to observe directly but astronomers do know that dark matter exists because it interacts gravitationally with the quote normal matter that we can see and touch so is this mystery sound actually dark matter and if so what could it mean researchers say dark matter is the key to eve

. >>> a boil water advisory is in effect for bucks county, cellarsville and west rockville township.airs are underway. >> the pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the taliban will be this year's recipient of the national constitution's liberty medal. terrorists shot malala in 2012 after she spoke out of women. she is this year's honoree because of her continued fight for education for women around the world. we're air the ceremony on 6abc at a later date. >> the check on weather and traffic is next. >> the search is underway for a young swimmer who was swept out to sea at the jersey shore. the update, plus when you need to do to stay safety goggles? this breakfast burrito is exploding with flavor. i think you're getting a little carried away. morning, guys. he knows what's up. does he? both: yeah. i really work with you guys... every day. dunkin's southwest steak breakfast burrito with delicious steak, fire-roasted vegetables, and fajita seasoning is packed with flavor. hurry in today. enjoy the big taste of dunkin' donuts' southwest steak breakfast burrito today.

yellow ribbons in bergdahl's hometown can soon come down but not here, not yet, i'm with al jazeera, rockville. >> reporter: once had cocaine and car bombs columbia second city is on a new path to prosperity and recognized for the outstanding transformation over the past 20 years and it's a model for other cities to follow in the future and david mercer has this report from our urban pressure series. >> it's an innovative way to bring neighborhoods together and shows one way they are moving forward. just two decades ago the columbia city was the world's murder capitol and business is booming and drug violence can seem like a distance memory and at the heart of the change an urb urban renewal project that helped it win the city in 2013. and he is one of those leading the charge. he has created some of the city's most recognizable new landmarks and says this is only the beginning. >> translator: architecture and together with many other policies is working to reconstruct and reconnect the city. we are reconcurring public spaces and creating new symbols and it's a process of total transformation.

. >> lisa stark, al jazeera, rockville maryland. there response to the newly unified government, and the israeli housing minister says the community insulted israel by recognizing a government that include has mas. the government says 500 al quaida linked fighters have been killed since it began an offensive. the army has been frying to drive the group out of the strong holds. the government says 40 soldiers have been killed and saying nearly 40 fighters arrested and in the united kingdom, sol schools could be shut down because allegations that they are exposing the students to radical islam. the school is a hot bed of radicalism. the children 99.6% muslim are claimed to have been staat to last after christianity, girls and boyed separated. never mind the fact that educational standard has been classes outstanded it's reputation is mud. trying to fight what they see as a slur on their collective character. >> do you think it is right, that there should be a muslim focus. >> that's the issue, there isn't a muslim efocus. there needs

then over the next several minutes, fires broke out near west texas, and rockville road. they also effected traffic on interstate 80. >>> a substitute music teacher is accused of inappropriately touching students. he taught at music art studio school of music and fine arts since april. while the school's owner was on vacation. police say three female students reported that he touched their chest. the teacher is from danville. bail is set at $1.5 million. >>> it is being called one of the largest settlements of its kind, involving sexual abuse by a teacher. miraga school district is agreeing to pay for abuse suffered years ago. >> reporter: the miraga will pay for the actions of an accused sexual predator. daniel whitters was a science teacher here in the mid-'90s. >> and he had a supply closet in his classroom, a lot of the conduct took place inside that closet. >> reporter: whitters committed suicide in 1996. >> the district made reputations to the victims and the community that they had known nothing about whitter's misconduct over the years, and that was the end of the

rockville road. there is not a lot going on. fairfield is here. vacaville here. is in this area here. it is not -- i don't think it is a big issue for folks down wind. if there wasn't a lot of wind you would worry. winds will pick up because this is one of the windiest parts of the bay area. wind gusts 25, 30 miles per hour. we are seeing that now. fire in fairfield. okay. is it terrain? in the tree tops? what is going on? as soon as i saw this, it wasn't in the tree tops. we had fires in the tree tops, the fire would spread more rapidly. i am shocked that it isn't spreading more rapidly because the flames that we are seeing but firefighters are containing the fire well. i haven't seen one tree go up yet. that is huge. when i saw that, as soon as we see trees involved then with these winds then you start to worry. >> as we are watching another water drop, let me ask you something, coming from twitter, someone tweeted this is so sad, the oldest homes in cordelia. the building material, these are old homes, not up to code, could that have an impact? >> when all sai

rockville, maryland, michael is on the independent line. caller: good morning. was calling in reference to the hobby lobby case. think it is opening up pandora's box. if there is an exemption for any could i as anefs, employer refused to offer health insurance plans that cover blood transfusions for my employees? that is my question. the weekend this was a topic on the sunday shows. they were asked for their thoughts on the ruling. this is what they had to say. i think thease statute itself as interpreted by the president violates the first amendment of the constitution. i am hoping the court will uphold the right for the expression of religious freedoms. the end is not justified the means in these cases. decision was the 13th time >>. let me interrupt you and go to the congressman briefly. if i own a company and i have strong religious believes the government can tell me i can violent -- violate those beliefs? >> the government will not violate religious beliefs. no one has the right to discriminate against a woman because of her own beliefs. -- no businesser s

my sister is the head librarian in rockville, maryland. my nephew is a librarian, my mother was a public school teacher, my sister-in-law the public school teacher, and i once was a public school teacher. in washington, they would be called takers. but we regard ourselves as the family that has had a long commitment to public service. and i'm very proud, if i could be so bold, to say that i'm part of the library community. some would like to express of the realities of the situation, and not everything i say is going to be good news. folks, we need to step up our game. we are in the playoffs. we need to aim higher, we need to pull together, we need to fight more fiercely, and we need to understand that this game is definitely worth the candle. that everyone understand the political realities that face chairman wheeler and the fcc. before i go into anymore detail, i want to make sure that you understand that i was not in fact the creator of the e-rate. leadership is critical in every walk of life and i want to knowledge the two principal pe

aljazeera, rockville, maryland. >> it's been called the turning point of world war ii. today marks the 70t 70th anniversary of d-day. heads of state gathered in france to pay tribute to the normandy invasion. more than 160,000 american, british and canadian troops took part in the operation and thousands died fighting nazi germany that day. in the process, they helped bring peace and unity to europe and changed the course of history. here to discuss the historical significance of d-day, joining us from washington, d.c., professor, thank you for being with us. neptune, the code name for operation overlord. give us an idea of the scale of the d-day landings. >> the amphibious landing was the largest military operation in the history of western armies. 5,000 to 6,000 ships, depending whether you count the small landing craft, hundreds of thousands of men, thousands of aircraft, it's a scale almost unimaginable. >> how were the allies able to pull off an operation this monumental and high risk in the end? >> well, of course, planning. it had been in the works for years as t

host: rockville, maryland, independent. caller: good morning.senator, you have nothing to be crowded out. your role with the v.a. is a scandal, people are dying and miserable. what i want to talk about in particular are the union work place rules. i heard very casually that the union does not allow surgeries after 3:00 p.m. how wasteful, how expensive. guest: where did you hear that? caller: c-span. guest: i do not believe it is true. caller: do you get money from the unions, do they help you get reelected? what is your relationship to the union? we know about workplace rules. in tradey believe union -- do i believe in trade unions, yes. nor,ise more small do individual contributions than anybody in the senate. my average contribution is $47. i do not get money from the koch brothers. money comes of my from independent people who are making modest contributions. do i receive contributions from unions, i do? i am a union supporter. to suggest that problems with the v.a. have to do with the fact that they have a union is wildly inaccurate. host: t

my sister is the head librarian in rockville maryland and my nephew is a librarian. my mother was a public schoolteacher. my brother is a public schoolteacher. my sister-in-law is a public schoolteacher and i once was a public schoolteacher. in washington they would be called takers but we regard ourselves as a family that has had a long long commitment to public service. i am very proud if i could be so bold to say that i import the library community. now i would like to express some of the realities of the situation and everything i say is going to be good news. the library community folks we need to step up our game. we are in the playoffs. we need to aim higher. we need to pull together. we need to fight more fiercely and we need to understand that this is something we can handle. it is critical that everyone understand the political realities that face chairman wheeler and face the fcc. the before i go into more detail i want to make sure that you understand that i was not in fact the creator of e-rate and the leadership is critical in every walk of life but par

. >> let's go to susan, waiting in vernon, rockville, connecticut. good morning. >> caller: good morning, c-span and thank you for letting me be part of the conversation. good morning, proffessor negropon negroponte. you said we don't have a vested interest in chaos in the region. but according to samuel huntington's theer, that's in the best interest of the u.s., to make chaos in the region. c-span had a speaker yesterday that talked about the conflict in the north of iraq, but the oil production is still going on. so that's really in our best interest. because we're able to get the oil, we got them fighting among themselves, which was our plan, by the way. and i would advise everyone that's listening and maybe even everyone on the program, this seems like a timely time to watch the movie "no end in sight" if you want to understand what our did and what our long-range goal is. our long-range goal is happening. >> would you like to respond? >> i think i would simply say, as i mentioned earlier, the overthrow of saddam unleashed a lot of political for

. >> first personal note, my sister is the head librarian in rockville, maryland.public service. and i'm very proud to, if i could be so bold to say that i'm part of the library community. now i would like to express some of the realities of the situation and not everything i say is going to be goodness. the library community folks we need to step up our game. we are in the playoffs. we need to aim higher. we need to fight more fiercely, pull together, and understand this game is definitely worth the candle. and it is critical that everyone understand the political realities that face chairman wheeler and the fcc. before i go into any more detail i want to make sure that you understand that i was not in fact the creator of the e-rate. leadership is critical in every walk of life but particularly in politics. i want to acknowledge the two principal people who were the lead thaers created the e-rate. first, al gore. it was in the winter of 1992, 1993. al called me into his office. he was a senator who had just been elected vice president of the united states. the off

rockville maryland, you are on the air. good afternoon. >> guest: good afternoon, peter and a amity shlaes. enjoying the show this afternoon. i lived in washington, d.c. right outside of washington, and in washington, d.c. and the downtown area, there is a large brick building that was built in the 1920s that's called the district of columbia jewish community center and there is a different picture built during the presidency of the 20s and they ha had to the initiation wn it was open and then that depression in the modern times. what struck me is that president coolidge went to this building when it was opened in the 1920s and it was unusual for a president to do at least i thought and he went there and gave this wonderful speech about how jewish people and christian people could be friends and neighbors and how it featured u2 their friendship with him and his administration that they would -- that this great building would be opened up and i got the impression -- i've never read anything about this but being a historian a

host: rockville, maryland, independent. caller: good morning.senator, you have nothing to be crowded out. your role with the v.a. is a scandal, people are dying and miserable. what i want to talk about in particular are the union work place rules. i heard very casually that the union does not allow surgeries after 3:00 p.m. how wasteful, how expensive. guest: where did you hear that? caller: c-span. guest: i do not believe it is true. caller: do you get money from the unions, do they help you get reelected? what is your relationship to the union? we know about workplace rules. in tradey believe union -- do i believe in trade unions, yes. nor,ise more small do individual contributions than anybody in the senate. my average contribution is $47. i do not get money from the koch brothers. money comes of my from independent people who are making modest contributions. do i receive contributions from unions, i do? i am a union supporter. to suggest that problems with the v.a. have to do with the fact that they have a union is wildly inaccurate. host: t

waiting in rockville, connecticut, on our line for democrats. caller: good morning.thank you for letting me be a part of the conversation. i wanted to say you mentioned we do not have a vested interest in the region, but i would argue according to a harvard professor, that is the usa's vested interest, to make chaos in the region. speaker yesterday who said, although there is all this conflict in the north in going ons is all because there is still no conflict there. it is in our best interest. you have got them fighting among themselves, which was our plan, and i would advise everyone listening and maybe even if you went on the program, this to be a timely time to watch the movie, no end in sight erin if you really want to understand our long-range goal. i would simply say, as i mentioned earlier, the oh throw of dumb unleashed a lot of lyrical as is. our notion was to try to encourage it in a democratic and floristic pluralistic direction. that has proved harder than we would like. there were never any instructions to foment or violence or acquiesce and instability

. >> host: joe from rockville maryland on the independence line. >> caller: good morning. senator, you have nothing to be proud about. your oversight role with the va is a scandal. people are dying and are miserable. what i want to talk about in particular are the union workplace rules. and i heard a very casually the union doesn't allow any surgeries after 3 p.m.. how wasteful -- >> guest: who told you that? >> caller: >> guest: don't believe that's true. >> caller: do they help you get reelected? what is your relationship to the unions? we know about the workplace rules. >> guest: do i believe in trade unions the answer is yes. if you are interested in how ie raise money for my campaign that is unique. i raised more individual contradictions than anybody else. my average contribution is $47 so i don't get money from the brothers and other billionaires. the vast majority of my money comes from small independent people who are -- >> washington journal live everyday at 7 a.m. eastern. we'll leave this portion now as the senate is returning following their weekly party meeti