to take the waters dominating from spring to spring. the waters are very mineral heavy. different s a little taste to it. of our key e was a cial activities result of treating patients are came and stayed. that is an of artist. he was a potter who came here recover from tuberculosis and was supposed to stop working and clay the chalice cup is one of his most recognizable pieces. that one international claim -- it won international acclaim. and then we have one of the cups from his collection. his pottery has been an active part of our community since he came to colorado springs in 1899. it is highly prized in collectible across the world and people come from all over the museum o visit today to do research aand to appreciate our extensive collection. i mentioned earlier that colorado springs marketed itself for healthcare. this is one of the pamphlets our chamber of commerce from the early 20th century. the title is called winning health and we promoted all over the country people stination for with healthcare issues, especially tuberculosis, to and seek to cure. ourselv

managed to, on the western side of colorado springs, contains the bulk of our mineral springs in the area. and you can still go there today and drink from the mineral springs. i we package a lot of water and water was, initially, one of the key reasons they came here. to take the waters dominating -- promenading from spring to getting exercise but also taking the waters. the waters are very mineral heavy. each spring has a little different taste to it. some of our key commercial activities was a patients who came and stayed. one example of that is an artist. he was a potter who came here to recover from tuberculosis and was supposed to stop working and clay but could not get away from it. this is a photo of him working on a piece of his called "the chalice cup." was one of his most recognizable pieces. that won international acclaim. and then we have one of the cups in our collection. this is from 1920. the pottery has been an active part of our community since he came to colorado springs in 1899. it is highly prized and collectible across the world and people come from all over the

springs, colorado. gold was discovered in the city ains surrounding the in the 1890's, resulting in one of the richest gold strikes in american history. it was nicknames, the city of millionaires. her staff y to recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. colorado e about springs all weekend, here on "american history tv". as colorado springs is known a city because of our fantastic of sunshine 00 days a terrific semiarid climate, but also because of great opportunities for outdoor recreation. tremendous trailer park systems you can spend everyday -- something the equivalent to a national park -- read outside your backdoor. but shortly after settlement of colorado springs in 1871, we really became known as a destination for people with tuberculosis, in particular. tuberculosis in the 19th century was the leading killer in the united states. it was a disease that affected just about everybody in the country. of during the early years the city's development, really that was treatments offer

to spring. getting the exercise but also taking the waters. the water is mineral heavy, so each spring has a little bit different taste to it. i mentioned that some of our key commercial activities was a result of tb patients who came and stayed. one example of that is a man named van briggle. he was a potter who came here to recover from tuberculosis. he was supposed to stop working and clay, but could not get away from it. this is a photo of him working on a piece of his cup. "the chalice cup." it was one of his most recognizable pieces. one international claim we have, we have one of the cups from his pottery in our collection. this is from 1920. has been anottery active part of our community since he came to colorado springs. it is highly prized and collectible all across the world. people come from all over the world to visit the museum today to do research. and to appreciate our collection of van briggle pottery. colorado springs market itself for health care. this is one of the pamphlets

springs, colorado. pike's peak lies west of colorado springs. trip to the summit inspired, "america the beautiful". learn more about colorado springs all weekend here on "american history tv". who o best understand spencer penn was, i thought i quote from his obituary in december 15, 1939. a says, he was more than community builder. he was of being such as the pikes peak region has never seen before, will never see again. he was a scholar and a gentleman. a man apart. as vigorous and a sturdy as the great pioneering west he loved. he knew his own mind and he experienced it. in my own words, who is spencer penrose? i think of him more in terms of his legacy towards the community. one of the most obvious was that he built the broadmoor colorado springs in 1918, one of the finest resorts in the world right here at the foot of pike's peak. created the el e pomar foundation. and that foundation he started years before his death, with $21 million. today it has grown to $580 million. over those years, el pomar

to spring. commercial activities was a result of tb patients who came and stayed. one example of that is a man named van briggle. he was a potter who came here to escape tuberculosis. he was supposed to stop working in clay, but couldn't get away from it. this is a photo of him working on a piece of his cup. -- the chalice cup. it was one of his most recognizable pieces. one international claim we have, we have one of the cups from his pottery in our collection. this is from 1920. it has been an active part of our community since since he -- since he came to colorado springs. it is collectible all across the world. people come from all over the world to visit the museum today to do research. colorado springs market itself for health care. this is one of the pamphlets put together by the chamber of commerce from the early 20th century. we promoted ourselves all over the country and the world as a destination for people with health care issues, especially tuberculosis. we marketed ourselves as loc

in colorado springs for eight years. and so literally about a month later, spencer penrose arrived in crowell -- colorado springs and that started a lifelong partnership between the two gentlemen. penrose reintroduced spencer to his longtime , that was justd greek -- cng of the reek. perfect timing for penrose to come up to colorado springs, so much so that when he arrived, my great-grandfather had just found a mine called the cash on delivery mine. the c.o.d. mine was the same gold vein across cripple creek. bob was a gentleman who actually found gold in cripple creek. my great-grandfather sold mr. penrose half interest in the $500 and loanr him the money. our records of the foundation show that spencer penrose starting about 1909, frankly we are starting to build up towards world war i and there is great demand for copper. he was getting dividends himself of a million dollars every year. he started to enjoy the life of newly found wealth in the west. he bought a place in paris. he had a place in hawaii on diamondhead.

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all weekend, american history tv is featuring colorado springs, colorado. this explorer is credited with discovering pikes peak which y -- lies west of colorado springs. it inspired katharine lee bates " america the beautiful." we recently traveled to colorado springs to explore the city's rich history. learn more about colorado springs all weekend here on american history tv. >> the garden of the gods part is so magnificent, and many it is do not realize that a city park. it has national significance and a world-famous view. the fact that we are a national natural landmark, i really love the description of the garden of the gods park as being perhaps the most striking contrast between mountains and plains and all of north america. the natural history, the history of the earth, is almost like an open book here in colorado springs. what we are seeing here is the , lagoons, sand dunes the bottom of an ocean, and even glacial gravel that have million from the last 3 years. if you walk in the visitor center out into the park, it is like a walk back in time. in

where colorado springs is nestled, right up against pike's peak.hat he saw as our greatest economic driver was the climate the fact ountains and that -- people like him felt -- from the east coast would be drawn here to live for a few weeks or a few months. they would be drawn by the the ful climate and stunning, natural beauty. so he saw in this place potential. he built colorado springs along the rail lines, and in the rail lines connected further south, and he built this town, in to be his home and he always saw it as an anecdote, if you will, to eastern industrialization. this young man, who grew up in the second largest city in the looked to ntry, he the west and we have this vast open expanse of land -- seemingly limitless -- and he envisioned a place here where people could come and live or enjoy the healthy climate, enjoy the adjacent mountains, and experience a kind of vigorous lifestyle that he, himself, enjoyed. william jackson palmer was born in delaware. at the age of five, he and his philadelphia to where his parents were originally f

in downtown palm springs. parents had a motor court there. . just grew up with kids going to school. a regular life. it was interesting because of the fact that i had joined the women's republican club and was an officer. i was used to it. a well-run thing. we did not have a constitution. we did not have bylaws. we did not have anything. we had meetings. that was that. that was a shocker to me. that we did not have any of that. >> there was never a tribal attorney before she got involved. the first years and she was on the tribal council, she paid for this attorney out of her own funds. knowing the necessity for having legal counsel to go through the thick of the regulations that the government had developed around in the land. -- around in the land. she was determined to maximize this sole asset. -- around indian land. chancew if they had any of building a better future for their tribe, it was to maximize the land. >> section 14 became a bad for um. we did not have leasing. we would have some people who would say you can come and be on my land

and we continue now with our look at the history of colorado springs. this is american history tv on c-span 3. >> nikola tesla became fascinated with this new creation going on in the world electricity. when he came to this country, he started working right away with thomas edison. but there was some conflict there, because what developed is what's referred to as the current wars, because edison was very committed to using direct current, and tesla understood that alternating current was more economical and more effective and could be transferred over a great distance at a far less cost. but tesla's interest in a lot of other areas of physics and electricity, and eventually he comes to colorado in 1899. >> this ek exhibition sort of explores some of the ideas that tesla was exploring during his career, through historical information and reproduction of photographs. and then also through artists' projects that may be mine some of this same scientific or creative territory. that's one of the things we found interesting to explore with the exhibition, is s

recent , a look at the visit to colorado spring, colorado. you're watching american history every weekend, on c-span 3. >> garden of the gods park is so significant, many people don't it's a city park. it's a world famous view. nd the fact that we love the description of the garden of the the park as being perhaps most striking contrast between mountains and plains in all of north america. the nation natural history, the the earth is like an open book here in colorado springs. seeing here is the lagoons, the bottom of the even glacial gravels that had occurred. so when you walk back to the back in s like a walk time. in a half mile, you can go 300 million years ago. know oft people that we in the pike's peak region were ute. which was their homeland, the their ikes peak area was homeland. they would circumnavigate pike's as part of the seasonal your anies because in the summer of game d find plenty and buy son and elk up in -- on mountain ide of the and as fall would approach, they would start making the seasonal area of ack to this colorado

it's a bank like sandy spring. it's concerning. >> so far he has stolen more than $100,000 in the past month, hitting dozens of unsuspecting customers. the bank has sent out warnings. >> they told us to cover our number when we enter our pin. and look for little devices. >> look for devices and stuff like that. recordsed a device to the card and a camera to record the pin number, one step ahead of the law. thing led to another and he keeps evolving. >> this kind of thief is becoming more savvy by the day and so bold that he does not even try to hide his face. awful, but i guess it's the nature of the beast. >> sandy spring bank is offering $10,000 reword. berlin state police are working with homeland security to track him down. live in bethesda, roz plater, abc 7 news. >> caregivers turned into healers this morning as they risked their lives to save others. action asmped into flames engulfed a group home springs that housed adults with special needs. >> the flames were shooting into the skies. it was really scary.

learn more about colorado springs all weekend here on "american history tv". [grumbling noises] >> nikola tesla became fascinated with this new creation going on in the world of electricity. when he came to this country, away arted working right with thomas edison, but there there because ict what developed is what is to as the current wars because edison was very committed to using direct-current, and tesla alternating alternating current was more -- was more economical and more effective. it could be transferred over great distances at a far less cost. but tesla was interested in a lot of other areas of physics and electricity. eventually, he comes to colorado in 1899. >> this exhibition really explore some of the ideas that tesla was exploring during his career. through some historical information and through reproduction of photographs, and also through artists' projects. that is one of the things we found really interesting to explore is some of the overlaps in artistic process and scientific movement -- the science is that totally straightforward. and er

all weekend american history tv is in colorado springs, colorado. gold was discovered in the mountains surrounding the city in the 1890's. it resulted in one of the richest gold strikes in history. it is hosted by our comcast cable partners. our staff recently visited many sites. to learn more about colorado springs, all weekend, here in american history tv. for as long as people have settled and lived in this area, pike's peak has been a marketing tool. we have used it to help identify this location. pike's peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. first 14,000 foot mountain that you reach when you are coming west across the plains towards denver. it is a beacon in many ways for people who are traveling towards the mountains. upemember many times growing in the midwest, coming to colorado, and knowing you're almost there when you start to see pike's peak in the distance. you can see it from 100 or more miles east of here. it is this thing that seems to pull you in as you're coming west. right now we are at crystal reservoir. we are at 9500 feet.

in downtown palm springs. parents had a motor court there. . just grew up with kids going to school. a regular life. it was interesting because of the fact that i had joined the women's republican club and was an officer. i was used to it. a well-run thing. we did not have a constitution. we did not have bylaws. we did not have anything. we had meetings. that was that. that was a shocker to me. that we did not have any of that. >> there was never a tribal attorney before she got involved. the first years and she was on the tribal council, she paid for this attorney out of her own funds. knowing the necessity for having legal counsel to go through the thick of the regulations that the government had developed around in the land. -- around in the land. she was determined to maximize this sole asset. -- around indian land. chancew if they had any of building a better future for their tribe, it was to maximize the land. >> section 14 became a bad for um. we did not have leasing. we would have some people who would say you can come and be on my land

springs as a health resort. weekend, out the american history tv is featuring colorado.p spring, our city tour staff recently travelled there to learn about its rich history. colorado about springs and other stops on c-span's city's tour. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. 1909, the russell senate office building's caucus room has witnessed many senate investigation. in the second of a two-part program, don ritchie tells us about hearings held from the 1940's to the present day, including the 1954 army mccarthy hearings and the watergate investigation. >> people come into this room all the time, and it is used for lunches. it is used for receptions. it is used for lectures, meetings, awards ceremonies, announcements. all sorts of things happen here. it is a grand room. it is just a wonderful setting, and immediately people are impressed by the dimensions of the room, by the wonderful carvings and the fixtures and the great chandeliers. there is even a plaque on the wall that lists the

. >> welcome to colorado springs on booktv. located 60 miles south of denver, the city got its start as a supply stop for minors traveling to cancer denver. and later due to its a dry climate of a censure for people suffering from tuberculosis. today, colorado springs has a population of about 440,000 people and is visited by nearly 5 million people every year. with help of our comcast cable partners, for the next one hour we learned about the regions history and literary culture from local authors. >> no matter what time pretty your talk about them american west it was never empty. in a way it is a challenge to the traditional high in your story where white anglo pioneers thrived on empty landscape. i would want to fill up that landscape with people before those other people came. >> we will also visit the u.s. air force academy and learned about aerial combat and mental health during the second world war. >> it's fair to say in his army air force and so this result of our experience in the first world war that there was a rec

up next, a look at a recent visit to colorado springs, colorado. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. is soden of the gods park magnificent. many of the people do not realize it is a city park. it has national significance and a world-famous view. the fact that we are a natural landmark, i really love the description of the garden of the gods park as being perhaps the most striking contrast between mountains and plains in all of north america. , the historyistory of the earth is almost like an open book here in colorado springs. what we're seeing here is the lagoons,of sand dunes, the bottom of an ocean, and even glacial gravels that have occurred from the last 3 million years. if you walk through the visitor center out into the park, it is like a walk back in time. you can gohalf-mile, 300 million years ago. the first people that we know of in the pikes peak region were the utes. this was their homeland. the hope pike's peak area was their homeland. they would circumnavigate pike's peak as part of their seas

what kandace springs sounds like when she sings.ymes. what kandace springs sounds like when she sings. tonight with a performance of "forbidden fruit" from her new self titled ep, thank you for being on the program. you're welcomed back. until then, thanks for watching and as always, keep the faith. ♪ ♪ close enough to touch, still a million miles away ♪ ♪ words that i can say ♪ why do we want more the things that we can't have ♪ ♪ ♪ i close my eyes and i see you and me but it's just a treat ♪ ♪ it can never be ♪ forbidden fruit, why do i crave you ♪ ♪ why did god make you just to torture me ♪ ♪ forbidden fruit, i long to taste you ♪ ♪ wish i could escape you but your love won't set me free ♪ ♪ ♪ walking through the desert, feeling like eternity ♪ ♪ just one drop of you surely poison me ♪ ♪ why is love so cruel ♪ why is love a fool ♪ can i be the kind of girl ♪ i close my eyes and i'm flying free ♪ ♪ but it's just a dream, it can never be ♪ ♪ never be, yeah ♪ forbidden fruit, why do i crave you ♪ ♪ why did god make you just to tortu

we have a situation in silver spring. new e avenue northbod powder mill, one lane and one shou closed because of constructiona live look at 95 i. >>> 5:02. some of you are getting ready to head to the polls to cast your ballot in the midterm election. a live look at spring hill elementary school in mcclain, virginia. polls open at 6:00 a.m. there. polls open at 7:00 in virginia and maryland. we have crews all over the city and will be where you are voting. one of the most closely watched races will be the election for the next governor of maryland. it is considered to be too close to call. richard jordan is joining us live in upper marlboro with a preview. go >> repor good morning. a lot of eyes on maryland because this is a tight race. and there are som politicians that say maryland could be the biggest upset for the democratic party in this midterm election. the hopes are riding right now on lieutenant governor anthony brown, the democrat in the race, he's hoping to get that top spot. he's making a last-minute push here

in downtown palm springs. parents had a motor court there. . just grew up with kids going to school. a regular life. it was interesting because of the fact that

and one of the things that tesla was exploring when he was here in colorado springs, was he was trying to understand whether the earth had enough resonant capacity that you could transmit electricity and radio signals directly through the earth to get a transmission to the other side of the globe instantaneously. that's one of the things he was exploring here. he left colorado springs thinking that this was a possibility, because he did find some resonant capacity of the earth. unfortunately, it's not resonant enough to do what he had hoped it would do. and then the intergalactic signals reference a phenomenon that he experienced when he was here. he heard some very mathematically precise and repeated radio bursts when he was listening with his large receivers. and he felt that the only conclusion that he could come to was that it was originating from mars and that it was a sign of intelligent life because of its mathematical regularity. and scientists later on came back and replicated the experiments that he was doing and found that what he was listening to was radio bursts from jupit

today colorado springs has a population of about 40 month 40,000 his visit to -- visit by nearly 5 million every year for the next hour we will learn about their region's history and literate culture from local authors. >> no matter what time frame you were talking about in the american west, it was never empty. seven a way it was a challenge to the traditional pioneer story white anglo pioneers arrived on an empty landscape. >> we will also visit the u.s. air force academy and learn about combat during the second world war. >> some of this was the result of our experience in the first world war, but there was a recognition that all air men or soldiers in this case, everybody was subject to anxiety and fear, in other words, it's perfectly normal. >> we began our feature on colorado springs with jason lewis, the first men to circumnavigate the globe using only human power. >> when i first said that i was going to go all around low world by human power, it was my mother who first heard this, and she was absolutely appalled by the whole idea. that did not compel the kind of back room necessar

the way the reservation land inside the city limits of palm springs. the book describes how 7000 acres of the city limits are tribal land. that is huge. that has to be managed somehow and you have to interface with the city somehow. because of her willingness to stretch out a hand, she was able to accomplish this. was a halfcause i breed, i was able to do this. i was willing to reach across. her father was white, european ancestry. here and they settled here and she was brought up in that -- those two cultures. to her, it was not something alien to do. it was the asset that allowed her to achieve what she did. >> i have always been a person who says if you have a job to do, you do it. if you sweep the floor, you have the cleanest floor. i did not have any apprehensions about not doing -- >> the modern palm springs we know today is a result of what that five women tribal council did. they reached across the aisle and worked with the city to come up with new zoning, new rights-of-way, new plans for infrastructure, new plans for gaming aspects of the rese

, of the cabinet, to vote for war in the spring. one of the reasons why he waited so long before he would finally vote for war was because he felt it would take an indoor miss and -- an enormous army, casualties as a result of that, to defeat the germans in the field. most of the other cabinet members did not agree with this. they thought the united states would just supply material aid menace, andu-boat that would be enough. daniels said, no, we are going to need an army. he thought one of the most important things the navy did was to get that army into the field. he claimed, now, in my research, i was not able to verify this, but he claimed that no u.s. serviceman or woman lost their life on a u.s. navy vessel while being transported to france. if that is true, that would be a .remendous accomplishment in any case, he did get the army over there. was eventually brought to a conclusion. the post-wart up settlements. daniels played an important role in the post-war settlements in two respects. he joined wilson in the late winter, ea

coloradohere to springs to teach a summer course at colorado college in 1893. the view down to the planes from the top of the mountain inspired the poetry, it inspired the images that are captured in the poetry of the united states. >> watch all never events from colorado springs throughout the day on c-span2 book tv and sunday afternoon at tw2:00 on c-span3. here on c-span, the communicators is next with aneesh chopra, discussing his book innovative state -- how new technologies can transform government. that is followed by a discussion on the current state of the economy. later tonight, the funeral service for former washington post editor ben bradlee. c-span, crated by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by a local cable or satellite provider. >> aneesh chopra, in your book "innovative state" the first three words are "government doesn't work. why do you say that? >> i think it captures the spirit if you ask the american people in general if they are satisfied, we are saying the number is at an all-time low. the perc

chopper 4 is live over the scene on new hampshire avenue in silver spring. a pedestrian was hit by a car. the road is closed near randolph road. news4's melissa mollet is following the story and will let you know how to get around it in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. >>> the other breaking news we are watching, a deadly house fire in arlington. two people died. a child and an adult in the fire on south emerson street in arlington. a child and an adult were also taken on to t hospital. we are working to find out their conditions at this time. stay with us as our team gathers new information on both stories. we'll bring it to you live on air and on your phone. >>> coming up on 16 after the hour, backo decis 2014 now. in maryland you'll vote for a new attorney general today. brian fraush is the leader right now. >>> right now police are looking for the gunman who shot a student at delaware state university in dover forcing a lockdown on campus. it has since been lifted with the shooting happening yesterday afternoon outside the residence hall near

>> i grew up in palm springs, california. i was born in 1921 and i was born in section 14, which is right in downtown palm springs now. and my parents had a motor course there and i just grew up with kids and going to school, you know, just a regular life. >> it was interesting because of the fact that i had joined the women's republican women's club and was an officer, and i was used to very much of a well-run thing, and down here, we didn't have a constitution. we didn't have bylauds. we didn't have anything. we just had meetings and that was a shocker to me, that we didn't have any of that. >> that was never a tribal attorney before mrs. ortner got involved with the tribe. the first year she was on the tribal council, she paid for the attorney out of her own funds. knowing the necessity for having legal counsel to go through the thick thicket of all of the regulations that the government had developed around indian land. and she was determined to maximize this sole asset. it was the land and the natural resources. you have

>> well, i think it tells us largely about the fate of the arab spring-- quote, unquote-- nearly four years after it began in a small town in the interior of tunisia in december of 2010. many of the hopes and aspirations that many of us had for the arab world, a renaissance, political democracy, human rights, rule of law, a new era of participation and so on, that largely that has not been fulfilled with the partial exception, quite a hopeful exception, of tunisia. but if we look at egypt if we look at libya, if we look at syria, certainly, if we look at bahrain, very little progress has been made. and authoritarian regimes in some cases very bloody and brutal authoritarian regimes, were really the absence of the rule of law, and chaos are the order of the day. >> brangham: okay, professor samer shehata, thank you very much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> brangham: in syria, isis reportedly orchestrated four suicide bombings within just a matter of hours today in the town of kobani. one of the bombs was detonated at a border crossing between turkey and syria. it's the first time

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>> 24 hour record for them and they aren't going to see grass until spring. but the good news is, it's going to get colder gradually. temperatures aren't going to fall off the table. let's start with the temperatures now across canada. look at this. it's still cold up stream. one thing we look at, how cold is it north of us as the jet stream keeps bringing down this cold air. it's in the single digits. that's pretty darn cold. it's only 10 in edmondton and 7 in calgary. it's only 2 in casper. it's 6 in denver. he was completely covered and for good reason. frostbite pretty quick to happen at that time. now, it is still 58 here. so the cold air has yet to go over the mountains. it will do so tonight and tomorrow. the real cold day will be on friday. here's the jet stream. it will be right on top of us. right around 50. 33 in chicago. 30s in st. louis. even dallas will only be 41 as the jet stream is moved south for this time of year. remember, it does snow in november. we average 1.6 inches for the month of november and yesterday was our anniversary, 1987. we

we partnered with comcast for a visit to colorado springs, colorado. >> in 1806, montgomery pike was set to the american southwest to explore the region, similar to lewis and clark, who are sent to the northwest part of the louisiana territory. was sent to this southwest part of the territory. from his perspective, when he came out here, he really walked off the map. he went to an area that was unknown. sees the peak, he thinks he will reach the top of it in a few days, but it takes weeks to approach. he reaches what he believes was a lower mountain on the flanks of pikes peak. he turned around. at that point, pike wrote in his journal, given the conditions, given the equipment they had at the time, no one could have made it to the peak. pike's peak inspired the poem that became "america the beautiful," by katherine lee came to colorado springs to teach a summer course at colorado college in 1893. the view down to the plains from the top of the mountain inspired , inspired the images that are captured in that poetry of the united states. >> watch all of our events from colorado sprin

never once went to spring break. besides, ft. lauderdale is really looking out for the homeless. >> this is a public safety issue. it's a public health issue. the expert have all said-- if you are going to simply feed them outdoors to get them from breakfast to lunch to dinner, all you're doing is enabling that sieblg of homesness. >> stephen: yes, by feeding them, abbott is causing them to be homeless. he's really a food pusher. and for decades, this serial offender-- i assume he serves breakfast oofs down in his lab getting people hooked on the products or as it's known by its street names, nosh, grub, chow. some of the people were so addicted, they needed their fix three times a day. and with hardened crooks like grandpa here, these homeless will just want more and more. they'll come to expect food whenever they see humans around. oh, they're smart little critters. some of them even know how to pry the lid off a trash can. so, ft. lauderdale, do what i do at the end of the day-- tie your humanity in a bag, hang it in a tree. t

now iraq is planning a major spring offensive with u.s. help. >> the fierce campaigning before polls open. >> israel following clashes over settlements in the closing of gaza crossings. secretary of state john kerry trying to restart negotiations between the israeli's and palestinians. >> the calendar says fall, but mother nature had other ideas. the east coast slammed with whipping winds and snow. the wintery weather won't last long. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. as peshmerga ground troops join the battle for kobane in syria, iraq forces plan a major spring offensive against isil. it's being devised with the help of u.s. military advisers and will require thousands more iraq troops. the goal is to force isil out of northern and western iraq. >> iraq confirming more than 100 members of a sunni tribe were killed, tribal leaders blaming the iraq government for not giving them supplies and weapons to fight back. >> we are live in baghdad this morning. there were multiple attacks, mostly

to push the warm air down compared to the spring where the warm air is trying to come back up to the north. we will keep watching it for you on cnn. you guys up there have a great morning and great day. >>> thanks, chad. stocks could end the week with more records. u.s. stock futures pointing higher right now. tiny gains could mean a record day. s&p 500 and the dow rose to close at records. sound familiar? stocks have not exactly been shattering records, but enough good news to inch them forward to the record highs. positive reports on inflation, home sales and falling jobless claims did the trick yesterday. >>> obamacare sign ups have been overstated. the administration previously reported 7.1 million people were enrolled in obamacare health plans by mid-october. now officials say that was a mistake. 6.1 million americans enrolled. it included people withsta stan alone dental plans. >>> bill cosby facing allegations from another woman. what she claims the comedian did decades ago. >>> and adrian peterson speaks out. talking about his child abuse charges and why he feels he deserves

it made idaho springs look like an old ghost town in the process of decay. this was not a good first impression for unsuspecting visitors. for small town boosters and business owners trying to capitalize on the exploding post-war automobile vacation industry, it would no longer be enough, now they had to take a tourist-eye view of their own hometown to consider what kind of landscape and atmosphere would be needed to attract vacationers and to compete with other communities that were trying to do exactly the same thing. so in short, already with this very first stretch of i-70 to be built up in high country, we can already see a hint of how large scale post tourist development would change people's view of the land the way people related to place and the ways they saw fit to take care of it. so, i'll dive into this story now as sort of a condensed version of the story i tell in "vacationland" about how tourism came to be in this region. really, making the high country seem like a great place for a vacation would mean fundamentally changing how most people th

pastor jerel keene of abita springs wanted a real church to house his congregation. at the time they had only makeshift worship arrangements. at first pastor keene, with a historic structure in mind, searched for his ideal building just in the american south. >> i began looking in the mississippi delta, along east texas for old churches. after looking for maybe seven or eight months, a year, i saw something online in nova scotia, a nice church. and so i flew up there, liked what i saw. and i walked through a nine-foot door and i said, "wow, this is really nice. you know, this is the real thing." so i fell in love with it immediately. i told them i wanted it, we'll buy it, let's do it. >> reporter: a mammoth task then followed. the church was taken apart, in itself no easy matter, because of the solid way it was originally built-well-seasoned, old-growth spruce timbers and yellow birch braces, fashioned entirely in keeping with the area's rugged farm buildings. >> one of the things about this building that is certainly interesting to me is that it's built in the style

we do still have this that i told you about a few minutes ago with a water main break in silver spring on deal drive between pershing drive and kingsbury. th shut down. we hope to get that out of the way shortly. taking a live look in virginia, 66 at virginia visitor center is looking good. i'll be back in ten minutes at 4:41. >>> thank you. 4:33 right now. today virginia governor terry mccauliffe heads to the airport where they screen passengers for ebola. they are also given a kit that includes a thermometer, pictures outlining symptoms and information on who to call if they become sick. >>> this morning a lockdown in dover is over following a shooting that hurt one student. this happened yesterday afternoon outside a red dense hall near the main campus. the victim is expected to be okay. police are looking for the shooter now. the university leaders say even though the gunman is still out there, there is no threat to any other students at this time. >>> right now d.c. police are looking for the person who shot a man near the shaw metro station. the shooting happened near eighth and

colorado springs is nestled right up against pike's peak. he saw the possibilities in terms of capitalizing, if you will. >> later, find out what drew tesla to colorado springs. his is phrase when he gave first talk your was to send a message from pikes peak to paris. he tested out this -- what we know as the tesla cloud. basically, it was having lightening go off in the room. by we will begin the hour traveling 14,110 feet to the summit of pike street. the mountain that inspired the song, america the beautiful. for as long as people have lived in this area, pike's peak has been a marketing tool. we have used it to identify this location. pike's peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. it is the first 14,000 foot mountain that you reach one coming west across the plains. so it is a beacon in many ways people who are traveling towards the mountains. i remember many times growing in the mid west and knowing that you're almost there with you start to see pike's peak in the distance. you can see it from 100 or more it is east of here and so t

beverly farmer joins us live from silver spring.ing, bev. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. we have a couple of issues. d.c. 295 slowed early with a problem at east capitol cleared. northbound i-295 sluggish past nrl and d.c. 295 northbound past pennsylvania avenue there's a car broken down in the roadway slowing things down. the inner loop at oxon hill headed for the wilson bridge seeing things bogged down with the fog and local lanes in particular to get across the bridge in alexandria. getting word after crash on the outer loop of the beltway near georgia avenue where it's already been slow out of college park. northbound 95 lining up into dumfries, dale city, heading into woodbridge. an earlier crash cleared. how about the fog, how long will it last? >> a dense fog advisory till 8:00. some areas will see it dissipate before that, especially when the winds start kicking in from the west. you're right about the visibilities. near zero in manassas and out toward dulles at an eighth of a mile. up to two at reagan national but

to our good fortune, the movement began to accelerate in the spring of 1960's seven. we sent many busloads of people to the big national antiwar demonstration at the you in building in new york city. from madison. in 1967, an event happened on campus about a mile that way that would have important ramifications for the antiwar movement. >> ♪ almost started a period unlike any other in american history were every week something would change. we had come off the summer of love. the climate was changing. vietnam was becoming more intense. the civil rights movement have moved through much of the sludge of the moment. completelypuses were embroiled in what was going on in the world. in october, dow chemical company based in michigan was one of the many corporations visiting the university wisconsin campus to try to recruit students to work there after they graduated. it was a process that went on every year. when the 19 city seven fall semester started, the antiwar , probably a few hundred people that were activists , held a protest could there have been one the previous s