if you go down the list of philosophers, the athenians are spartans, spartans, spartans, spartans. they when generally. they are orderly, disciplined, have strong moral code and the like. the athenians, businesspeople. really. business people. merchants, women. they let women talk. in public? they let foreigners live there. in fact, aristotle is called a sticker because -- -- they call them green card holders if you will. bit of agreeing card holders -- they allowed green card holders but they didn't have any national purpose. there was no state educational system unlike in sparta. it was all private. what kind of civilization is that. but as andrew coulson, one of my colleagues here at the cute institute, a wonderful book he did on the history of education, he said let's think about it. athens is not a state education system. it's all in the market. wiseguys if you will going around selling their instruction for money, and sparta essentially planned educational systems. from athens we can't poetry, drama, arithmetic, music, geometry, astronomy history, biology, not occult sciences

. >>> thousands of people are flooding into northern virginia tomorrow for the spartan race. wait until you hear what's involved in this grueling endurance test next. >> plus the looming props is not the only potential -- tropical storm is not the only potential problem for republicans in tampa. we'll explain coming up. >>> all eyes on isaac as the storm is barreling towards the gulf of mexico, some oil companies pulling workers off their rigs. companies including bp, shell and apache oil making the call friday in anticipation of isaac. we'll be keeping a very close eye on oil and gas prices as the storm moves in. friday oil prices ended north of $96 a barrel. meantime coal is the economic recovery that isn't. labor department out with new numbers that paint a dreary picture of the job market. while more than half the people that lost a job between 2009 and 2011 found a new one by the start of the year, most of them took a very big pay cut to get that job, some 20% or more. and when what happens in vegas doesn't stay in vegas, vegas fights back. in response to images of a nak

he knew it was the home of the spartans. that is where he met his wife. we did talk about how the spotlight is affecting his wife family. started the interview talking to him about one issue that have a big impact on our local economy. >> thank you for talking with us. about the talk to economy. in virginia, there a lot of concern about a e cuts. defens do you think congress should cuts until they up with some other alternative? of course, i do. we've already passed spending incutting other areas of government. the president's own secretary of defense says these would be .evastating we support legislation to prevent that from happening. done nothing.has >> the members of the tea party is others say that it can down the road if the cuts.ne >> we replaced the cuts with other cuts. if congress does not agree alternative, and those come due, today postponed come up withl they an alternative? i do not want to see the sequester take place. the president insisted on these .efense cuts this is not something the republicans wanted. republicans have passed legislat

. >>> and&speak of the spartans, just ahead, do you have what it takes to be one? thousands took on the gruesome challenge in virginia this morning. maybe not gruesome but dirty. >> and that is grueling. >> there you go. >> we'll explain as we continue. [ male announcer ] some think obamacare is thhe same as free health care. but nothing is free. obama is raiding $716 billion from medicare, changing the program forever. taxing wheelchairs and pacemakers. raising taxes on families making less than one hundred twenty thousand dollars. free healthcare comes at a very high price. the romney-ryan plan will restore medicare funding and protect and strengthen the program for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> gutting it out in the mud for miles just to show they can and to help out wounded vets as well and this is the second annual spartan race. if you ran the full course, did you eight miles of slogging through muck, climbing uphills, slopes and ropes and pushing your body to the limits and to the strongest and most

seam dole in laurel as we take a look at the home of the spartans. things are getting real active as we go back to school. temperature wise low 80s for the most part. 77 at the beaches. 77 in hagerstown as well. and with the humidity hotter, still summer like with the heat index around 90. winds from the east, helping to push in a little bit of that cloud cover. here's the cloud cover reaching all the way into the mountains, all the way into deep creek lake. not much in the way of cloud cover. we are seeing the clouds in the system still developing. this is our main weather player. you see the more significant rains in eastern carolina. this will be the area we're watching as it makes its move up the maryland coast. how much of the rain will stay offshore. we think the chances for rain will be higher the further east you g tropical storm isaac sitting out here churning and burning through the central caribbean sea. water temps are warm interacting with the air in haiti, dominican republic and eventually into cuba. the mountains there will shear the s

por la liga internacional de maryland, grupo a, karon le gano 1-0 a jamaica, spartan supero 3-1 a lasupera 1-0 a screaming eagles, por el grupo b, ganaron, sunamy, atletico indio, la liga, olimpico, la coronada y cool spring, un solo emapate municipal 1-1 con annapolis. por la liga latinoamericana, inter le gano 1-0 a latin united, miralvalle 2-0 a tierra blanca, morazan goleo 6-1 a guadalupanos, veracruz 1-0 sobre san salvador, mt. pleasan goleo 5-0 a municipal, dportivo san antonio empato con san antonio y el salto derroto 2-1 a pumas. por la liga de veteranos de washington, ganaron suchitepequez, universitario, san miguel, maculis, palmeiras y local once. un emapate intipuca city 1-1 con boca jrs. por los cuartos de final ida del torneo taca, victoria supero 2-0 a juventus, fuerte israelita de anamoros le gano 2-1 a la chapin, juventud sureÑa derroto 2-1 a mt. pleasan y la torre goleo 5-2 al campeon screaming eagles. los partidos de vuelta seran este sabado siembre en herdon, pero vamos con las rea cciones de los les recuerdo que maÑana a las 8 de la noche dc united recibe a les r

living conditions at the main camp somewhat spartan. from the group just ordinary men have totally embraced the mood they've set up their camp in the dark and damp woods to try to recreate the water conditions as closely as possible. the history of the first squadron of the british army they took part in the famous operation of september one thousand nine hundred forty four when more than fifteen thousand soldiers were killed or taken prisoner. in the world series just. because in holland it's very wooded surrounding. it's perfect for. the. british paratroopers are at full combat readiness very soon they'll head for the central arena to encounter the enemy a motorized division of the very marked. for . just a uniform probably. weapons correctly. the spirit of a soldier it is. the memory of soldiers who never returned from war. british colleagues a multinational team of reactors arrived at the memorial at holy trinity church pack and. shout. as. i shall not weary their nor their years. at the going drone of the sun and. we will remember

cardinal face the san jose state spartans on september 21st. on offense the big question who is will replace andrew luck but there are any questions.the defense. coach shaw very impressed with that side of the ball. >> i toll the offensive staff it's hard to tell if sometimes we can't move the bull because it's our mistakes or the defense is that good. we have guys in college footballing renow, some of the most up blockable guys you can fine. person nellwise, we're really good and i can't dwight play fence somebody else. >> mike: ready for football. the 112th u.s. amateur championship held with cal's weaver facing fofntle weaver led most of the match but you can come back quickly. he can close it out on the 36th hole. look at this. violent lip you went to playoffs. on the first hole, fox with this tricky downhill putt to win. the kid from uc chattanooga, stephen fox, the u.s. amateur champion, heartbreak for cal's michael we've who gift a valiant evident. >> next week, federer facing djokovic. federer dominated the first set, winning 6-love in

. >>> you can the board and the spartan year. he started in here you are. it is a wonderful and look at this when you drive by it. you can see for the road that the tents are billing and it's by the day. and when you go in the art is lovely. the mine is terrific. and the food is good and all that carey had been proved a good thing. >>> what is special about this year as a weaker couple things. with competition called american icon. which is actually a photo and video competition for images of the golden gate bridge. so that was our way to celebrate and get more community art out there in galt and we also have are diamond jubilee gala which is sold out as of today. we're waiting list for a thousand people which is to launch a dollar ticket and the proceeds of that coat to a new program part artists teaching art. of the launching in 2013. >>> this is a sit-down dinner. and last time it did on the boat i think. was a little cramped getting up and down the steps. >>> this is a beautiful sit-down dinner with wine pairing it will be a lot of fun. i'm walking for

robert coleman with partly cloudy skies, laurel same, high school annex, home of the spartans. numbers showing up 70s now to near 80. with the humidity it's feeling warmer than that. take a look. dew point numbers, total measure of moisture in the air. you cool the air, you get to 100% humidity so if the air temperature drops to 74 it's 100% humidity this is what it feels like with all the humidity. 80 in the high country. take a look. line of showers pushing in. not particularly impressive. this won't be a severe weather producer. it'll bring showers overnight had to the morning. unwelcome rain because the ground is still saturated. it won't be the rain or storm action that will produce flooding other than maybe just a little ponding. there will be a few heavy to moderate showers but they shouldn't belong lasting much the front will keep moving, moving off shore. that will clear the sykes briefly. the next chance for rain, in fact could come from the storm that all eyes are watching, isaac as that storm makes landfall into louisiana and moves up in to the central part of the u

. >> with names like tough mudder and spartan race, the races are attracting everyone from fitness buffs bored with road running to 9-5ers, blowing off steam with friends and couch popotatos, the top free 3 race series expect 2 million runners in 2012. what is the attract. -- attraction? >> it's an opportunity for people to let loose and do something different. something different for their day-to-day lives and challenge themselves and who doesn't want to get muddy and to do it for a day and go back to work on monday is a cool thing to do. >> and there is always the risk of injury. two men collapsed in the heat and died while running a warrior dash in kansas city, missouri, last year and the runners' safety is paramount with water and first aid stations positioned along the route. the races are a novelty and novelties usually wear off. promoters insist that they have a staying power. kind of like the people who run them. wisdom martin, fox 5 news. >>> hello. looks like it might be muddy tomorrow and with some rain you have in the forecast. >> and hopefully we get rain tomorrow and we're

not the first time we've seen an ad on google's famously spartan front page, but it is rare. it's been a quiet week on the markets. we saw the fewest number of shares traded on the nasdaq for the entire year yesterday. apple shares sinking a bit after a big run-up yesterday, as well. pandora in the east bay right now up better than 4%. that company reports its profits after the closing bell. pandora's made big inroads on both regular and satellite radio as people listened to it through their smartphone in their car. the trouble, though, is the more listeners pandora attracts, the more it pays music companies in royalties. back to you. >> thanks, scott. >>> from wall street to wine happening now in livermore, a local clergy is performing a blessing of the grapes at the winery vineyards. it is a centuries-old practice. arturo santiago is live at the celebration. artu arturo, having some fun out there? >> reporter: they're having a lot of fun. i'm not actually having the fun yet, but a lot of people here are having fun. i'm told the fruit also is very healthy this year. there ar

if you hear dad say he was a spartan fan? wow that's got to be tough.oys raised more than 2,000 dollars and they did so since last week. >>> well a chance at being struck by lightning is slim. but try telling that to nine people in pennsylvania. the deadly lightning strikes shortened a race car event. also the latest on the deadly shooting in wisconsin war gunman opened fire killing 6 i side a sikh temple. how a look at sikhs in maryland are reacting when good morning maryland continues. there are projects. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them even better... ...that's a game-changer in itself. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get this decorative vanity and mirror set at a special buy of just $199.

z stephan tail lower rushed more than 1300 yards last year, two of the 10 touchdowns against the spartans in a blowout. san jose state coach knows what is coming. >> the great runner has got three other backs that are really good. what makes them go is the offensive line. they're great runners but that is figure and blows open holes sometimes i can run to. >> and join us this saturday for the kickoff edition of lexus after the game. there is a wrap up in college football. and former warriors head coach will be indetectived and deli had two stints for the warriors z nelson like a mad scientist. and he sat down with mike shumann and talked about the call from the hall. >> it's a great way to cap it off. isn't it? it's incredible without it. i was happy. with the way it ended up, everything is just wonderful. that is to get the call i made the hall of fame, you know? what a great day that was. >> what a career. >> yes. yes. >> now, nellie is dabbling businesses on maui. >> nice live. >> yes. >> thanks larry. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> the coverage is coming up at 7. >> we'll j

a former san jose state spartans making the play of the day, he sucks it up, and nice catch but the nationalt out the phillies 3-0 but he got play of the day. it is 626, bart is changing its rules today for bicyclist >> a word seal ends up in white. how he made it back home in just five hours. >> thousands of people are expected to kiss in protest today. the same-sex marriage debate heads to a fast-food,,,,,,,,,,,, >> the morning everyone. the search for a climber on the golden gate bridge held up because of all the fog. >> supporters of gay marriage fight back at chick-fil-a with a kiss. was snarled, all of this because of major police activity. >> our heart stopped when we heard there was a break in your grounds are >> and gas pipeline rupture in the same area of the san bruno explosion >> she called the police and that was on the appreciation days so we will see how the case in ghost >> more on the july unemployment report >> is a real gun in a child's hand, it is crazy >> i love taking my bicycle on bart >> michael phelps just won gold it >> the stories that matter on eyewitness news thi

the spartan band playing. got their instruments ready and came out for us.ers, this is their final dress rehearsal. >> gretchen: the inspiration fort band members to keep tooting along. >> brian: i know. right now they've been told to stop about two minutes ago. they just keep playing. >> steve: apparently our camera operator is actually in charge of staging now. >> brian: i love the university of tampa and i also like the tampa bay buccaneers cheerleaders. >> steve: we were supposed to be outside a couple of days ago. but because of the hurricane, and it is now a hurricane, we're finally outside. the tampa bay history center, we'll be here outside we hope today, tomorrow, and friday as well. >> gretchen: that all will depend on the weather situation. so let's begin now with a fox news alert out of louisiana because water has come over the top of a levee near new orleans there. reports of people trapped in their homes. close to 415,000 people now without power in that state alone. we have fox team coverage. phil katy something in theodore, alabama. first, le

he will face the san jose state spartans on august three 1st.nford held a scrimmage in front of 1500 fans. on offense, he will replace andrew luck at quarterback. but there are no questions about the defense. coach shaw impressed with that side of the ball. >> i told the offensive staff, it is hard to tell if sometimes we can't move the ball because the defense is that good. we have guys over there that are in college football right now some of the most unblockable guys you will find. we are really good and i can't wait for them to play against somebody else. >> petaluma put up a good fight, but 1010 had too much game. this tournament is double elimination. it was a rough start. two runs scored on past balls and tennessee goes up 2-0. but they tied it up in the bottom half of the inning. bradley smith drills a solo shot. 3-2 petaluma. tennessee regained the lead in the second. luke brown with an infield single and tennessee up 1. bottom of 4 and deep to left center and you can hear the aluminum bat. tennessee up one. and then tennessee blew it u

he will face the san jose state spartans on august three 1st.rd held a scrimmage in front of 1500 fans. on offense, he will replace andrew luck at quarterback. but there are no questions about the defense. coach shaw impressed with that side of the ball. >> i told the offensive staff, it is hard to tell if sometimes we can't move the ball because the defense is that good. we have guys over there that are in college football right now some of the most unblockable guys you will find. we are really good and i can't wait for them to play against somebody else. >> petaluma put up a good fight, but 1010 had too much game. this tournament is double elimination. it was a rough start. two runs scored on past balls and tennessee goes up 2-0. but they tied it up in the bottom half of the inning. bradley smith drills a solo shot. 3-2 petaluma. tennessee regained the lead in the second. luke brown with an infield single and tennessee up 1. bottom of 4 and deep to left center and you can hear the aluminum bat. tennessee up one. and then tennessee blew it up w

. >> with names like tough mudder and spartan race, the races are attracting everyone from fitness buffs bored with road running to nine to pfeiffers blowing off steam with friends, even couch potatoes. >> it is an opportunity for people to let loose, do something different from their day to day lives and challenge themselves, test themselves and who doesn't want to get muddy. i think everybody has that kind of inner child in all of us. to be able to do it for a day and go back to work on monday, i think that is a pretty cool thing to do. >> as with any physical activity, there is always the risk of injurery or worse. two men chanced and died while running a warrior dash in kansas city last euro. they say that runners' safety is pair rae mount with water and first aid stations along the route. wisdom martin, fox 5 news. geyser weekend in -- your weekend. >> today, with say hello to claude smith. his little girl wakes up every day and flips the channels until she finds fox 5 news. >> training them early. >> she is beautiful. >> she is a cutie. >> thank you, claude. we'll be back. what 

october 26, and a special recognition before the state football team plays texas state on october 27 at spartantadium. >> 151 victories. beautiful thing. 6:25. looks like a beautiful day outside. christina loren tells us temperatures keep coming wn. >> they do. and that on shore flow stronger this morning, that means plenty of low clouds to start and a nice sea breeze this afternoon. 91 inland, 79 bay side and 67 at the coast a. potential of showers and thunderstorms coming up. first, let's see if there are problems on a thursday. >> pretty predictable. so no problem other than the fact there is a lot of company for you. coming through the tri-valley. vasco and north livermore. and also smooth toward the dublin interchange. you have this backup but nothing unexpected. back to you. >> thanks a lot. southern california restaurant has a deal some diners might stomach. >> here's the deal. a discount offered if diners give up their cell phones as they walk into the restaurant. that's at ava restaurant in los angeles offering 5% off if customers hand over their devices. the owner says it's not all ab

and she ended up going from a farm in spartans burg, south carolina, to georgia, where she fathered a child, a biracial child, and the question has been who was the father of that child. >> ifill: so you set out to figure that out. how do you trace that sort of thing? >> it's very challenging. i mean, just telling the stories are challenging, particularly for african americans because melvinia was unusual. she appeared in a will. but before the civil war, people simply didn't appear. african americans didn't appear in the censuses and marriages and births weren't chronicled in newspapers so it's not easy. >> ifill: i noticed throughout the book you often had to fall into a "this may have happened" construction. that must have been kind of frustrating for a reporter. >> it is. and the reality is there are some things we just won't know. >> ifill: was the path that you took, the path that they took, that this family took, was it typical? how widespread was it? >> her family story is very, very typical. it is the story of so many americans. and they basically had front-row seats to major

much what our executives call church and state, and i call it athens and sparta with us being the spartans yeah, i say when i put on the news editor hat because i wear several hats as the editor, but certainly my team, our journalists, the white house press core, pentagon press core, same press conferences everyone else is, in communication with the pundits and various principles like any news organization is, and so, yeah, i think in that capacity we're very much a journal organization. c-span: got video from an interview we did here sometime ago with wheeler. i want to run it. it's self-explanatory, but i want to ask you you fit. he's a critic of the military. let's watch. >> guest: okay. >> imagine this, you are tasked to oversee purchases of the f-35 fighter air force and the job of the arm services committee is to ensure it's effective and affordable. meanwhile, your ambitions is to go work for the air force as the senior acquisition executive. you're going to ask all of these really aggravating, tough questions getting to the bottom of the f-35, and you'll aggravate those officials w

the work was hellish and living quarters beyond spartan. >> >> there was a room and i was the youngestto sleep in the closet. >> and yet he was shocked to find not appalachia but relative affluence. the community hummed along in a cool boom and a surprising spirit of cooperation. >> it had everything, food, a post office, a movie theatre, shops, and even a brothel, the only thing missing was a funeral home and a cemetery. >> at its peek this island was the most densely populated place on earth. yet despite the overcrowding and the difficult conditions in the coal mine, the people of this island somehow managed to create their own kind of utopia. canadian native and nagasaki historian burt gaffney says the surprising degree of harmony was in its common purpose. >> it shows a successful example of people not under duress, people of their own free will living under these very tight conditions, but eking out a happy lifestyle. >> it had a jail but crime was all but unheard of, doors were left unlocked, neighbors looked after one another. but after 80 years the coal boom went bust, and the

because i'm a spartan fan! >> that doesn't matter. you're a businessman. money is green.ank you so much for being here and helping the city of detroit. i know you're a fellow tigers fan. go tigers. >> yeah. thanks. >> bye, joshua. what a cute boy. we'll be back after the break. r. you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support, backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >>> 47 minutes past the hour. checking our top stories. police in new york may be closing in on the person who tweeted violent threats against a broadway theater. twitter has backed down on the

take any sleeping medicatio medications, and her, you know, accommodations on the plane are pretty spartanroom and her bed is apullout couch and she doesn't have a shower. >> in a thumbnail sketch, she is superwoman. that's what it sounds like. >> you know, she's a pretty remarkable person, i have to say. you know, she just -- she does not tire. the interesting thing is that when she could have some spare time, some time to decompress, maybe to enjoy the 13-room suite she's staying in in delhi, she actually takes that time -- she uses her rock star status to draw the spotlight to causes that are important to her. you know, those would be primarily women and children. so in calcutta, for instance, we went to an event. sex trafficking is a hujt problem in asia and we went the an event where women who had been sold into sex trafficking from as young as age 9 were being rehabilitated, and there were performances and, you know, women spoke to her about their experiences and the organizations involved, talked about their work and the extraordinary thing is that, you know, you really got to see t