seneca's task was to mold agrippina son into an emperor fit to rule the world above all however seneca would become neuros closest adviser. by the year fifty agrippina managed to persuade her husband emperor claudius to adopt a narrow. agrippina was conferred with the honorary title of augusta a title no imperial wife had acquired so young. claudius had been in power for a decade he loved mushrooms says to tony is noted and young girls. his wife and niece agra pina was twenty six years his junior and she had big plans ancient historians describe the emperor as ignorant weak and mean. modern scholars view him as an excellent administrator and of not full ruler. this is also tony is recorded the day of october thirteenth fifty four. the imperial family is gathered around the table. mushrooms are on the menu claudia's his favorite dish. near all the devoted son is that his mother under pinas. god is his biological son britannicus is also there. claudius. dotes on the board nero's biggest rival in the line of imperial succession. to tony's gives a detailed account of the plot to murder cla

the philosopher seneca was a celebrated writer and a charismatic orator. the view from the circus maximus to the politan hill the science of the emperor's magnificent residence. its remains still testified to the prestige of its former residence. agrah pina promoted the prospects of her son through scheming and intrigue. her brother caligula was murdered and succeeded by her uncle claudius home she married in the year forty nine. tacitus wrote from this point the empire was changed and all obeyed a woman. agribusiness choice of tutor for a young son proved wise. in his late forty's seneca was a brilliant speaker and an acclaimed author. as follower of stoic philosophy the a devoted much of his life to ethical issues he was attuned to social problems and analyzed things with psychological insight. senate his task was to mold the group in his son into an emperor fit to rule the world above all however seneca would become neuros closest adviser. by the year fifty agrippina managed to persuade her husband emperor claudius to adopt in europe. a group you know w

and that led, eventually, by 1848 to the seneca falls convention and i did give you he seneca falls declaration. you rospect, we sort of, know, gloryify the seneca falls convention but it was really kind of a last-minute naught by some women who had been very active in certain social reform movements, especially the anti-slave removement. women who had been involved in that began to see an analogy between their status and the status of enslaved people and so many female reformers and some male reformers moved directly from the anti-slavery movement to support universal rights for women. and in upstate new york in 1848, a group of women, including lue teesh trichea mott, elizabeth keady instanten and others, called for a meeting to discuss women's rights and we call this is seneca falls convention. 40 men as well as 260 women. frederick douglas was there, interestingly enough. the convention passed a series of resolves and you have them before you, asserting women's equality with men and they say that it is a self-evident truth -- it is a self-evident truth that men and women are equal and they'

. >> reporter: gwen rd daughter died crossing the street to seneca highway.he driver in that case was not prosecutn. tonightews 4, our full news 4 i-team investigation includes our cameras rolling as police conduct patrols in school neighborhoods. we'll show you whathe drivers including some parents are caught doing wrong as they bring their own children to the school. also, the one thing police say is behind this rising number of violations an unsa o driving ne kid's schools. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >>> 4:51 our time right now. chuck is back with us. i saw a little rain this morning coming in. >> is it going to be a dry day? >> primarily between nowound t 10:00, 11:00 this morning, a chance for rain. most 06 your afternoon and early evening plans should be rain-free. we're also watching very carefully for tomorrow afternoon as we have strong to severe stormsater tomorrow. ticking into the 90-degree days. good news is we won't add anymore to this count this week. we've already had 34 days of 90 degrees or higher. this week will not be hot. t

but in the right balance it's positive stress you keep your fresh and you know you soldier good at seneca is currently touring the u.s. with the scorpion. king harald the fifth and queen song you have no way celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on wednesday the couple rode to a service and also concedes will in one thousand nine hundred sixty six lincoln continental when they became engaged over fifty years ago it caused quite a stir sanju was a commoner to guess that this year's anniversary celebrations of the cathedral included two hundred ordinary citizens who requested an invitation via email. when we think of painting with a pattern we have a certain picture in mind is a picture on a sheet of paper a canvas perhaps but german artist not proven creates completely different works of pots with his pattern he can paint in the air so to speak his three d. pen produces then threat of plastic instead of pate he showed us how in his studio . fine threads strung onto a row of twenty frames each a fragment of the entire web. from the right perspective the three d. art merges into a male

on their social status they were killed or forced to commit suicide nero's former tutor an advisor seneca it was one of the. mural put his life on public display he gave guitar of performances and poetry recycles and increasingly he appeared on stage in roles that echoed his own first known history erasing the boundary between stay. each. other. he was clearly identifying himself with the characters he played. and he went so far as to specifically select roles that reflected episodes in his own life. and that's most evident in the murder of. he repeatedly performed the role of arrested as the greatest epitome of matricide in antiquity and by doing so repeatedly reminded the public of his own mother's murder. using. the rose first biographers describe using creasing panic attacks and growing state of anxiety. it was at this time that mural made a fateful decision. he really didn't want to rule over the roman world as the princeps the emperor he wanted to recycle witchery he wanted to perform he wanted success as a chariot race or because he wanted to stand in front of a large audience natu

position on the plastic bag tax and suddenly backed off plans to store gas in could have vernes by senecaake because our movement stood up and fought back and won. that is the power of primaries. [applaus [applause] >> and that is what happens when we held our party and its electeds accountable. these are real victories and none would have been possible without the support of grass roots groups like the working party. which i have stood with and fought with for better schools for the last 17 years. [applause] >> even so, these real victories only go so far, which need change, which is why i'm running. because at the end of the day we have a governor that doesn't believe in progressive values and flat-out doesn't support fellow democrats. if you haven't been following new york state politics closely, that might sound like an exaggeration, it's not. apart from encouraging, a break away party to convince democrats to vote with the republicans, giving republicans control despite being a minority in that body, apart from allowing the republican state senators to gerrymander their own districts

crossed into bubble how are crossing into it lip which is the last rebel held province in the country seneca sulu has more from inside syria the border with turkey. in the last ten days at this fifty thousand syrians have crossed the border of bubble have off from turkey side to the syrian side to spend their either the feast with their family with their relatives and the daily crossing at the skate is five thousand syrians per day according to turkish officials numbers that they tell us about the spike they come here the sentiment of each of the feast is not that much felt especially in the camps people know that there is a feast there is a need and it's a very important celebration for the muslims but they are so upset when we ask them how they feel about that because they miss their home they miss have used to spend the aid with their family of course forwards is one of the major problems over here during the day the. lissome sacrifice some sheep and other animals to share the meets with the relatives friends and. with the neighbors but however they don't have any money they are dependent

we got off the phone with a fire coordinator at seneca new york.ding, but nothing like this. >> reporter: watch this heroic scene. this is in upper darby. two good samaritans working hand in hand with police officers. forming a human chain, all to rescue a grandmother from her car. flash floods in westchester, pennsylvania. the murky water engulfing cars. >> the water starting coming in. i just kept praying and praying. >> reporter: up to four inches of rain quickly falling in bradford county. flooding more than 20 homes and buildings in bradford county. this huge sink hole in lancaster, pennsylvania. watch as rescue crews save this person trapped on a small island. in new jersey eight inches of rain pounding brick township. a state of emergency in effect. how long do we have to deal with this rain? that's the next question. you can see the rotation around that low. the answer is 24 hours. that slow moving front that's been with us for the last three or four days finally moving east. we are in such a wet pattern, robin. i was just speaking with peo

. >> gwen ward's daughter died one morninge crossing street to seneca valley high school. >> every day. ey don't always cross in the crosswalk but they are paying attention. r: the driver in that case was not prosecuted. tonight on news4 our full i-team inveigation includes cameras rolling in the neighborhoods and we show you what the drivers, including some parents, are caught doing wrong as they bring their own children to the . scho there is one thing police say is behind this rising number of violations and potentially instances of unsafe driving near ourki ' schools. >>> a familiar fe won the u.s.n' womes gymnastics championship. the messageo she sent te crowd with her uniform when a new breast cancer patient comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the muimodal therapy where the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team th would help us decide the best course of action. we have so many tools at our center. this is what attracted amy all the way from new yk. these were people who were experts in their field.

the mother of a girl hit and killed w to seneca valley high in 2012 told the i-team driefs have to be more cautious. >> you have to pay close attention, be aware of your surroundings. we've still got a whole -- a go >> loejal legislators proposed new laws to make school zones safer. in virginia speed limits, in maryland, as blem considering an order that every school board impose a safety review. >>> the u.s.paducation rtment is trying to clarify a reporthat it may allow states to useun federal to guy guns for teachers. nbc news has learned the departmehe did look into possibility. they were responding to a qu texas and oklahoma. those states were wondering if stent and academic enrichment grants could be used to purchase firearms. those grants don't specifically outlaw firearm purchases. the education department is considering allowing secretary betsy devos tose her discretion. no decision is 'em nant. >>> new developments on the sexual assault claims made against azia argento. jimmy benefnett says he was too ashamed to say anythita. in ament he says, at the time there was still a st

the rising water led to evacuations on seneca lake. >>> cooler than usual. it is. where sing that ball retreat. it is slowly peeling back after it made a really strong surge this morning. it made it well inland. every reporting station at one time said cloudy. now we have hazy sunshine. abby normal checked and instead a welcome respite from the sweltering heat. i feel like i can breathe. -- breathe again. yesterday temperatures came in in the 70s in concorde, livermore. low 80s for some. to what it has been for many. inland not so much. the coastal yes. livermore 70 at sfo. some delays due to low ceilings and fog this morning on some arises -- arriving flights. sfo at 61. morning fog retreating. bumping up slightly. still 60s, 70s, and 80s. it is already warming up a bit. 65 four san francisco. three and below average. 63 tuesday. monday was cool at 61. last monday was 67. san francisco has a water temperature of 57 . the mh -- makes a huge difference. more mugginess overnight for the coast and the city and around the baby when the water temperatures go from about

. >> reporter: the heavy rain washed out part of a road in seneca county, new york. one driver went through the water to get around. new york's governor issued states of emergency for more than a dozen counties amid the flooding upstate. i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> new video this morning shows a thirsty bear wandering into a connecticut liquor store. the surprise guest showed up monday and employees wasted no time locking the bear out. moments later a customer walks in seemingly oblivious to the wild animal. the bear left and no one was hurt. >>> coming up in sports, the a's inching closer to the top spot in the a.l. west as the astros drop their fifth straight and the rivalry game between the giants and dodgers got heated as we see a bench-clearing brawl. it's coming up. he could possibly... he likes to collect things. oh! wow, you got all this stuff from ikea? what do you like not let your kids in here? oh, no, they moved in here. here. this is where i hide all the cords and the remotes, and those clack-clack-clack things. oh and we have an entire comic book

students frequently cros >> yes, every day.ep >>ter: gwen ward's daughter died crossing the street to senecaley high school. the driver in that case was not prosecuted. tonight on news 4, our full news 4 i-team investigation includell our cameras g as police conduct patrols in school neighborhoods. ivers show you what the including some parents are caught doing wrong as they bring their own childreno the school.on also, ththing police say is behind this rising number of violations and unsafe driving near our kid's schools m for now, scofarlane, news 4 i-team. >> a very serious 'sissue. >> if school zone, i have little patience or for people, passing school buses with the lights going, come on. >> you have to slow down and be aware. >> we will see more kids on the roads today, chuck, in d.c. >> d.c. kids going back to school today, yes indeed. school year already beginning. a lot of couies went back last week. a lot of our maryland counties go back right after labor day. a cloudy start. made another 90-degree day last saturday. that brings the total to 1290 degr days inhe month of august. 34

seneca lake, they had significant flooding. look how high that water was. there were some water rescues that were needed. so we will do it again. this time we are focused on the ozarks. we've had numerous rounds of heavy rain and new thunderstorms are now moving from oklahoma towards areas into northern oklahoma and northern arkansas and southern portions of missouri, too. right up to 44. that's heavy for st. louis. here's where the heavy rainfall will be. the area of red is up to two inches. there is a possibility that areas of portsmouth and little rock, this will be a soaking rain with storms later today from southern illinois through indianapolis. indianapolis, you start dry. same goes for chicago, too. let's try to time this out. this is at 8:00 a.m. this morning. that area from st. louis to springfield continued with that thunderstorm three. notice it's spotty in northern illinois. as we go through the lunch hour that heavy rain in st. louis is coming to an end. chicago is dry by your lunch hour as we head towards the afternoon dry, these are sneaking

the wonderful biography about seneca.aybe would be him at some point but my style, i think i'm much more, i think, faster writer. i think i sort of enjoy editorializing and trying to make points, you know? i'm not sure i could do like, you know, work on book for six years answer just like all out there. i'm not sure, i respect that and i'd might. i'm not sure i have what it takes. >> over here. >> i'm not a writer but i just recently read your book, and for marketing you should just give all your money away. do you think the music video took that advice? >> of course. he did and got a lot of press. although i remember everyone freaking out about it. maybe this was like the first of i'm old. i remember like when i was in middle school, i remember blink 182 did the same thing in the music video. when i saw the drake think i didn't get why it's such a big deal. the same publicity stunts tend to work over and over can because the media as a little bit of amnesia about them. not wha where i thought this conversation was going.

the rising water led to evacuations by boat on seneca lake. this is incredible.as been talking about this. >> 30 inches of rain since june 1, baltimore and other locations, it's been relentless. saratoga has had a lot of issues as well. if you're traveling in the northeast, most of new england will get a break today with the main thunderstorm activity in the st. louis area. we have delays at the sfo due to the fog. seattle had issues yesterday but looks okay so far and as well in la. vallejo currently at 61 degrees with fog and no wind. yesterday the mid 70s were great, 50s and 60s. american canyon at 60, nap at 57 and leila valley 59. we are overcast and muggy due to the lows up in the water temperatures have,. it is day 3 of the cooler pattern with low clouds in place, retreating slowly. 50s and 60s, already low 60s which will allow was to warm up a little bit. we have the onshore breeze in place, some activity in the sierra with a little bit of rain. overall it is 60s, 70s and mainly 80s with gray skies. >>> it is 7:31 am. >>> getting to the city right now, an

applause] his position on the plastic bag tax and suddenly backed off on storing gas in taverns in senecaake because our movement stood up and fought back and won. that is the power of primaries. [applause] and that is what happens when we hold our party and its elected accountable. these are real victories and none of them would have been possible without the support of grass roots groups, like the irking families party, which have stood with and fought with for better schools for the last 17 years. victorieshese real wey go so far, which is why need a change, which is why i am running. because at the end of the day we have a governor who does not believe in progressive values, and flat out does not support liberal democrats. if you have not been following new york state politics closely, that might sound like an exaggeration. it is not. aart from encouraging breakaway group of democratic state senators to vote with republicans, giving republicans a control despite being a minority in that body, apart from allowing republican state senators to gerrymander their own districts, andrew cuom

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reversed his position on the plastic bag tax and suddenly backed off plans to store gas in taverns in seneca lake because our movement stood up and fought back and won. that is the power of primaries. e even so, these real victories only go so far, which is why we need a change, which is why i am running. because at the end of the day, we have a governor who does not believe in progressive values, and flat out does not support liberal democrats. -- does not support fellow democrats. if you have not been following new york state politics closely, that might sound like an exaggeration. it is not. apart from encouraging a breakaway group of democratic state senators to vote with republicans, giving republicans a control despite being a minority in that body, apart from allowing republican state senators to gerrymander their own districts, andrew cuomo is also running on the independent party ballot line. that is a line he is sharing with mostly republican candidates, including our top four congressional targets in this state. by headlining the ballot line, he will single-handedly be delivering

up to six inches knell fell, near lodi, seneca lake. numerous water rescues were required.s washed out. there was a little pooch rescued and saved. let's take a step back on the maps, year-to-date. in the west, below average. it's been hot, all the fire weather. in the east, we have been well above areas. some of these red spots on the map for the season. in the mid-atlantic, where it's been extremely late, new york city has had 4 inches of rain, richmond at 42. these are well above average. some areas are a foot-and-a-half above where we should be this time of year. if you think it has been wet, yes, it has been. new york city we're at 7th wettest on record. the rain is over for now in the east. we return friday night with thunderstorms. heat advisories are up in the fivebo bo boroughs. now also the heat index will jump into the 90s. the worst morning commute this morning, unfortunately, that's you, st. louis, showers, heavy rain and thunderstorms over the top of you. i'm concerned with a flooding threat in ports mouth, arkansas, the northern portionles. it's going to pour