st. louis freedoms is in the cases were fomented through westward migration and national expansion. the role of freedom by residents, living on free soil was essentially derived from migration. and in these cases, from westward migration of owners with their slaves. in these cases, the petitioners directly opposed their master's wishes. they petitioned the court to override those wishes because for some time in the course of western migration, that person had lived on free soil. these cases were truly transformational. most slaves were brought west by floating with the current down the ohio river. the northern shore was free. and missouri's longest border was with a free state -- illinois. this quarter had to be passed -- this border had to be passed through in getting west. st. louis was as a marketplace for the west. st. louis was the depot for most westwood immigrants. it was the place to change steamboats whether you are going north, south, or whether you are going further west on the misso

st. louis freedoms is in the -- freedom suits and in the cases were fomented through westward migration and national expansion. the role of freedom by residents, living on free soil was essentially derived from migration. and in these cases, from westward migration of owners with their slaves. in these cases, the petitioners directly opposed their master's wishes. they petitioned the court to override those wishes because for some time in the course of western migration, that person had lived on free soil. these cases were truly transformational. most slaves were brought west by floating with the current down the ohio river. the northern shore was free. and missouri's longest border was with a free state -- illinois. this border had to be passed by or passed through in getting west. st. louis was as a marketplace for the west. st. louis was the depot for most westwood immigrants. it was the place to change steamboats whether you are going north, south, or whether you are going further west on t

he can reap more benefits there than st. louis. st. louis is trying to give him something new and shiny so he'll stay as opposed to spending his own money in another community. >> by coming out foursquare does it send a signal to the federal government on these finances. >> it brings sanity to the issue of what is a public and private enterprise. teaches and bonds are subsidised, some of the benefits going to people down river, and, therefore, you need to provide some subsidy to get the local government to make a plant big enough to provide benefits to those folks. >> part of it is whether or not it's a public use. we can't say if a private business is a public use. >> it's hard to find collective consumption, public good aspects to this. you sell tickets, pay a fee, watch the game. the money goes into the pockets of the business, the typical way to do things. in most businesses the capital costs are paid for by the business. in this instance, because they organised the cartels that restrict entry into the industry and franchises, givin

late tonight a wind damage threat towards st. louis and a lot of rain in the ohio valley with potential for flooding problems. as far as the severe storms go this area in red, possibility of very large hail with any storms that fall from wichita falls, kansas city, st. louis indianapolis. as far as tornadoes go today if we're going to have any tornadoes, it would likely be between oklahoma city wichita, job lynn springfield area interstate 44 and towards st. louis. even a few large tornadoes. we hope not. we hope they're all misses instead of hits. so farouthwest is cooler than normal with highs only in the 70s. now it's just a waiting game. we're well prepared and there will be hundreds of storm chasers out there. >> let's hope for calm. thank you so much bill. >>> a nasa scientist says we're getting closer to confirming alien life. how much food must the rock eat daily to remain the rock. what happens when mr. burger marries ms. king? you're watching "early today." >>> we've got breaking news coming in right now. a senior police offi

. >>> phillies start a long road trip in st. louis with cole hamels on the mound. home coming for the big fellow ryan howard is heating up, he talks about staying on track ahead in sports. looking for a man who stole a what will fret a planet fitness in the lawn dale section of philadelphia last week. they ask you to take a a good look at the suspect. investigators say after stealing a wallet a and other personal items from a locker, he used the credit cards at a rite aide across the street. he then fled the scene in the gray suv. if you recognize this man call the the police. >>> it is one step forward two steps back for the the new owners of the former revel casino in atlantic city. new jersey division of gaming enforcement glenn straub says cannot assume revel's casino license in bankruptcy court. straub needs to be approved for his own license in order to operate a casino. >>> seventy years after he walked free from nazi concentration camp a professor from atlantic county stockton university continues to share his account with students. >> murray cohen has been

so from kansas city to columbia, quincy st. louis, springfield, joplin tulsa, oklahoma city to wichita to topeka, those are all the cities that are in this enhanced area. we don't expect a wide concentration of storms but whatever storms do form can get very strong in a hurry and have the potential to contain tornadoes. the timing of it looks to be about 7:00 p.m. is kind of the peak of it. you can see the concentration of the storms. it's hit-and-miss and then some strong winds possibly going towards st. louis as we go throughout the overnight hours. and then thursday we do it all over again. and this time, a little bit further to the east including dallas, memphis, cincinnati. but the area of greatest concern, betty, is going to be from chicago to st. louis. you can notice we've said st. louis a lot this morning. you showed the pictures of the flooding. they have a chance for really strong damaging winds tonight and a possible tornado threat tomorrow. >> brace yourself if you're in the area. thank you, bill. >>> let's get down to b

moved to st. louis, got involved with my church there, and then they started talking to me about the things that started with an s and ended with an s, sacraments. you are saids i don'ts have any of those. i went through the r cia process, right of christian initiation for adults and lened what god had been calling me to all my life. i learned the beauties of my faith. i learned that the body and blood, was in the eucharist. the word of god made flesh in the eucharist and it set me on fire. i becameca lick april 19th, 2 tow 3 and 2 years later in 2005, i go out on the street corners of st. louis and passing out bibles and inviting people to come in to the church. i fell the call to start preaching or talking and the religious education teacher said, let the spirit lead you. i started out with saying a hail mary and our father and began speaking about what god meant to me in my life to others. administering to dope dealers, prostitutes, gang bangers. in the last ten years tings lord brought me from the s

>> reporter: mike bush, nbc news, st. louis to go ryan and collin. > thas "nbc nightly news" for this >>> tree, are waiving like crazy. what is being conon find survivors and more in the local man killed in the local quake. >> thank you for joining us. more than 2,000 people are dead. after a large earthquake in nepal. >> tonight rescuer are searching for anyone missing. take a look at the strength. a house, trees and all shaking violently. you can understand how unre-enforced buildings collapsed. >> the first patrolmentremor hit at 7.8, several powerful after shocks followed crating more damage. we have the latest on what is happening in nepal. >> rescues are continuing, people buried under the collapsed billings. some people posted updated on twitter. >> the

st. louisch newspaper, they're online edition of a stltoday.com. there are actually two of these standoffs going on, two simultaneous standoffs in ferguson and st. john's. both in st. louis county. a tense situation. the left side of your screen, man apartment the suv vehicle the white suv, cop car, then under the tree, another man, and another and another and another one, you know, everybody has surrounded this house and they all have weapons drawn and presumably are trying to get this suspect out of there. it would appear the front door is open, but i believe this is a duplex. i haven't been told this, look how it's set up's two front doors, clearly. the one on the righthood signed wide open. on the left, closed all activity appears on the left side. that may be a duplex. look at this. units all arriving here back behind the van. so they have a standoff going on in ferguson. we were told that a number of protestors arrived at this scene. i'm not entirely sure what business, a protestors would

a guy that spent three years with st. louis chris stewart. went to buffalo in front of that ryan miller deal. last year was the deadline and then went from buffalo at the deadline this season to minnesota. he was a big part of this series win for the minnesota wild. devan dubnyk is the man standing by with brian engblom. >> brian: pretty tough to hear in here right now. you played your first playoff game. you win your first series. from where you were last year where you were at the beginning of this year. this must be quite a thrill. >> it's unbelievable. it feels right. i kind of said that before. this is how i know we're ready for it. i'm ready for it. it just feels like where we're supposed to be. same with the game tonight. i just had a great feeling we were going to come out and respond. it was incredible to play behind these guys. >> what's the best attribute of your team right now? >> staying with our game. we trust our game so much and believe in ourselves. if we just stay with it for an entire 60 minutes we've been on the right end

a guy that spent three years with st. louis chris stewart. went to buffalo in front of that ryan miller deal. last year was the deadline and then went from buffalo at the deadline this season to minnesota. he was a big part of this series win for the minnesota wild. devan dubnyk is the man standing by with brian engblom. >> brian: pretty tough to hear in here right now. you played your first playoff game. you win your first series. from where you were last year where you were at the beginning of this year. this must be quite a thrill. >> it's unbelievable. it feels right. i kind of said that before. this is how i know we're ready for it. i'm ready for it. it just feels like where we're supposed to be. same with the game tonight. i just had a great feeling we were going to come out and respond. it was incredible to play behind these guys. >> what's the best attribute of your team right now? >> staying with our game. we trust our game so much and believe in ourselves. if we just stay with it for an entire 60 minutes we've been on the right end

if we could move on to st. louis then, you know, there's -- i read that st. louis only that is 4.5% immigrants in the city,dy. >> that's an increase. >> right. that's a quarter of what it's like in other major metropolitan cities across the country. now there is the mosaic project which has been alluded to a couple times. could you explain the mosaic project and how your organization supports that? >> sure. and let me just say about the percentages, also. because what startles people so much is to think that st. louis in 1850 was the fourth-largest city in the united states and we were 50% immigrant at the time. we've gone from that in 150 years to 4.5%. what happened in 2012, several of us, three of us actually, were working in different directions trying to be able to figure out how to get a handle on how do we get the message out about the value of immigrants. we kind of got together and realized that we were stronger as a group than we were individually. and we were able, through a local donor, to contract for an economic development study at that point. a

outside st. louis, today the debris field is as scattered as the weather. downed trees, roofs ripped off, and power is still out. in potosi, missouri, people said they could feel the storm coming. >> you could hear noise up top, there was a pressure change. >> reporter: tonight, more dangerous weather is closing in. as is often the case with tornadoes, the weather this evening is going to be unpredictable. they're asking tens of millions to listen to local warnings and to heed them. as for those already hit with damage, they could once again be in the bullseye. lester? >> miguel, thank you. >>> our meteorologist dylan dreyer is in the studio with us. dylan, where should we be focused tonight? >> there are several tornado watches in effect including major cities like chicago and st. louis. we've also seen a lot of activity across northeastern ohio and northern west virginia. they're firing up ahead of a cold front that will move east. sets up across the great lakes tomorrow morning and the east coast as we go into friday evening. we are looking for widesprea

>> reporter: mike bush nbc news st. louisyan teach us all a pretty good lesson tonight. that's "nbc nightly " for this saturday. i'm peter alexander reporting from new yo. see you right here tomw morning "to and then righ back here evening. for all of us here at nbc news, have a audrina patridge: tonight on "1st look," we're running for the roses as we celebrate the kentucky derby. horse racing is not a laughing matter. horse trainer: he is kind of the class clown of the bunch. audrina patridge: look at his tongue. [laughs] i ride with the big boys. this is really-- horse trainer: gotta get down a little bit lower. audrina patridge: lower? horse trainer: yeah. audrina patridge: we call them as we seem them on race day. luckykins in front. and my guy is-- [inaudible]. plus, chef edward lee gives me a lesson in some local slang. is it louisville? edward lee: say it like you've had a couple of drinks. audrina patridge: (slurs) edward lee: there you go. [laughter] audrina patridge: it's the fastest two minutes in sports. and we k

hail reports, damaging hail in st. louisf missouri dealing with strong thunderstorms that produce large, damaging hail. in fact, look at the images. we saw some it in the video. about $50 billion in insurance claims have gone out from hailstorms since 2000. nebraska, texas and kansas are the top three for hail damage in the u.s. but in missouri, this was the scene with strong thunderstorms, flash flooding, as well. these sort of storms not going anywhere the next couple of days for the state of missouri and areas in its vicinity. here's the perspective as far as what we saw on wednesday. nine reports of tornadoes. one within 15 miles of the city of wichita. another one about 70 miles south of st. louis. so certainly got close to an area with a high population density. think of the atmosphere as a boiling pot of water. if you keep the lid on, the energy is trapped inside. if you remove it, that energy escapes. we had heat building up across the rocky mountain states. that warm air, around 7,000 feet high above the lower eleva

ryan howard grew up in st. louis louis. always performs great at home. he struck out.nt one for four in the game but it was enough. cole hamels pitched of pitched great. here in the second he struck out mark reynolds. cole went seven innings giving up a run and 9ks. phillies down run in the seventh. two out, two on for ben revere. hits a flare to left and bounces into the stands and a couple of them score. jonathan pal pap pep bon goss hit 111th career safe as a phillie. he's one away from the most tying the most. so that's something to watch. great job bite phillies today. they win four-one. >>> nfl draft day three days away. eagles fans poised for a mariota run. who knows what chip is thinking would holes on the offensive line so i say start there then complete the secondary overhaul. pick up a wide receiver. but here's a guy who knows. >> our philosophy is best player available for us. so it's not just the best player available for the league. we grade and we set our board for the eagles. so it's according to our height, weight speed per meters. how they fit in our

he's from st. louis. norly he lights it up. he did enough.e'll talk ahead in sports. >> how is this road trip going for the phillies? >> they played really good leading up to the road trip. the road trip is off to a smashing start. >> phils and st. louis start a 10 game road trip. cole hamels looking fog his first victory. ryan howard grew up in st. louis louis. always performs great at home. he struck out. he went one for four in the game but it was enough. cole hamels pitched of pitched great. here in the second he struck out mark reynolds. cole went seven innings giving up a run and 9ks. phillies down run in the seventh. two out, two on for ben revere. hits a flare to left and bounces into the stands and a couple of them score. jonathan pal pap pep bon goss hit 111th career safe as a phillie. he's one away from the most tying the most. so that's something to watch. great job bite phillies today. they win four-one. >>> nfl draft day three days away. eagles fans poised for a mariota run. who knows what chip is thinking would holes on the off

>> reporter: mike bush nbc news st. louisin and ryan teach us all a pretty good lesson tonight. that's "nbc nightly " for this saturday. i'm peter alexander reporting from new yo. see you right here tomw morning "to and then righ back here evening. for all of us here at nbc news, have a the. >> full house returns but who is moving back home? welcome to "access hollywood", welcome to "access hollywood", weekend edition. i'm liz. kit joins me with the return of full house. >> i'm excited about this. john made the bold announcement that beloved sitcom return on netflix as fuller house. plan is for reunion show followed by spin off series but exclusive interview with billy and me on "access hollywood live", lori says it all comes down to who signs on the dotted line. >> will the beautiful lori return as aunt betty. >> i don't know. >> what. what. >> what do you mean. >> i tell use. i think we would all like to come back. if the powers that be are fair to all of us. >> this is groovey have mercy. >> lori revealing to us in the eve

. >> and a man is beaten on the st. louisbecause he won't talk about the michael brown case, and where is the outrage on this? before i had the shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet grew up in a family of boys... married my high school sweetheart... and pursued a degree in education. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and she prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetes causes diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is fda-approved to treat this pain. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new, or worsening depression or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. those wh

we need more police engagement in st. louis, not less. i would be concerned again in that city and other cities that the police will simply find a way to be on fifth street when there's a problem on sixth street. >> you can look at a city like new york that's had over $1 billion in settlements because of police officer misconduct and recognize the fact that none of that was self-reported by the officers who were involved in those incidents. kou you could look at the fact that in south carolina we would not be where we are but for the videotape. the officer would have gotten away with murder which is what he committed on the videotape, because he could have fallen back on the very narrative that the gentleman from new york is putting out here right now. our job is tough, we don't need to be watched. >> we have an epidemic of murder in some cities in the u.s. >> what does that have to do with cameras? what does that have to do with police videotaping your actions? >> police are our first line of defense. we saw this -- >> what does that hav

st. louis has seen flooding, a lot of hail reports.her this morning, the kind of weather sending the dog scurrying underneath the bed, peoria and bloomington, illinois. large hail and damaging winds possible with those storms. and as we continue through the day today, we have a large area of the country that's under a slight risk an enhanced risk of severe storms. everywhere in that orange coloring, including wichita, oklahoma city, joplin springfield area tulsa, and even including st. louis late tonight has a chance of really bad, severe weather, including isolated tornadoes. the timing of it looks like to be the peak between about 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. that's a radar image at 7:00 p.m. notice that's not a large concentration of storms but we will see scattered strong storms. i know we'll have a ton of storm chasers out there. if there's any tornadoes during the daylight hours, i'm sure we'll have pictures of them. and this is a two-day event, for the most part. and as we go into thursday that severe weather risk includes the big cities

we are dealing with that from oklahoma city to st. louis for a moderate risk of some pretty sizable tornadoes we are dealing with this same feature. thankfully we don't have the severe weather to go with it. our air is so stable right now with the winds out of the northeasterly direction those numbers are more february like out there right now it's only 42 in philadelphia and 40 in trenton and 40 on the boardwalk and reading at 41 degrees and factor in the wind, and it feels like 31 degrees in trenton and 34 in philadelphia and 35 in reading and 33 at the shore and get used to this kind of chill for one more day before we get a big spike up in temperature at the enof the week. tonight 37 allentown and 38 in trenton and 38 in reading and 40s from philadelphia to the south and west with the northeasterly wind continuing 10 to 20 miles per hour. we'll deal with sporadic showers overnight they are generally light but tomorrow morning some energy that is pushing to the east will weaken with the severe weather risk but bring a batch of showers in

in a st. louisurb a violent storm damaged 15 buildings. >>> developing this morning, new incidents of police officers accused of using excessive force. video surfaced of a man being pummeled by officers in san bernardino county in the bizarre horse back pursuit. the man identified as 30-year-old francis housek was struck although his hands were behind his back. hard to see it there. the incident stemmed from an identity theft investigation. an internal investigation has been launched. >>> california power company facing the largest penalty in history. pacific gas & electric is forced to pay $1.6 billion for the deadly pipeline blast in san bruno, california. the company faces more than $1 billion in possible federal damages and has committed to spend $3 billion to improve pipeline safety. >>> deliberations resume in the aaron hernandez trial. this comes as the reporter from the tv station appears before the judge at two jurors said they were followed by a local news van. the judge ordered the media

he was the st. louis county officer shot in the shoulder.and handled this whole thing very well. the officer that was shot in the face obviously, has a longer road to recovery, but he seems to be recovering well. so thank you for asking. >> all right. thoughts and prayers with your friend. pass that on if you would, jeff. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >>> coming up the pop culture lead he might be on oprah's list of favs, but dr. oz is getting call add quack by fellow doctors. could it lead to the tv star getting pushed out of a prestigious position? >>> and the money lead. how about a little cannabis with your kale? that's right. pot is going gourmet. how the business of weed is reen inventing the stoner diet. that's next. well, my ultimate goal when i came here... cam asked me and i said, "i wanted to win the masters." i really don't know what to expect until i go out there and play. whoa, mister! what is that? the patio and everything on it's filthy so i'm giving it all a good cleaning. but that stuff can do a number on our grass

phillies in st. louis. ryan howard hitting.350. he'll be adding to that home run number four of the season. 2-2 bottom five. goes home with the throw. rbi base knock. you can see the writing on the wall. that's your look at sports. we'll be right back. there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> final look at weather. >> today we had a beautiful day. i hope a lot of people were able to enjoy it. tomorrow you'll notice more clouds. it will be cooler. 68 degrees friday. a couple of showers around mostly friday and saturday. temperatures warm up again into the

st. louis, you had a lot of bad storms and flooding as of late. as of this morning, you were dealing with a storm right over the top of you with a lot of active lightning. later on this afternoon, a new round of storms. this is where we'll have more problems out there. this area of yellow is where we're dealing with slight risk enhanced risk, illinois indiana, chicago, including st. louis and memphis. we should see a few tornadoes out of this. maybe one or two could be strong. those are the ones typically the most deadly. those are the ones we want to avoid. hopefully we'll get lucky like we did yesterday. >> thanks for that film. the man who captured the shooting death of walter scott on video tells craig melvin what he did after he witnessed the officer open fire and why he went to scott's family. >> i saw the police report. i read it. it wasn't like the way they were saying. >> reporter: you read the police report? >> yes. i saw on the news. i said, no this is not the right -- this is not what happened. i had a friend of mine and i showed him a

that scored jason heyward to make it 2-1 st. louis and after this, folks the cardinals seem to take over. they now lead 4-1. it's getting late in the ballgame. it's in the nineth inning and right now, it's all st. louis. the wizards were here earlier in this building practicing. getting ready for their series. they lead that series 2-0 games against the toronto raptors. the wizards continue to say the key to this series is focus. to be prepared. and to play like it's a game seven. this is the same situation they were in last year against chicago. they went up to toronto and took the first two games. now they have game three here friday night. but again, the big story here at verizon center right now, fans arriving. the phone booth should be rocking. it's game five in the best of seven, the caps and the islanders. back to you. maureen: good luck to the caps tonight. doug: all righty. look at how cold we get tonight into the lower 30's with a freeze warning in effect. areas shaded in purple. steve rudin will is a lot more coming up toni

chicago, rain, st. louis, oklahoma city showers and storms in the south.e was mentioning the gorgeous weather. doesn't get much better throughout the mid atlantic. melting snow in the north. no problems on the west coast. tuesday, the cold front bringing the rain today, chicago and st. louis sweeps quickly to the east. morning rain for you from d.c. baltimore, new york and philly but tuesday afternoon will be dry and shouldn't be all that bad. the rest of the week looks pretty good too. we're now getting toward peak tornado and if we can go through much of a week without a tornado, that's good. >> and it's also good folks in boston are getting some sun shine. thanks so much. still ahead music and the movie collides at the mtv music awards. we'll tell you who walked away with a statue. it took tennis legend serena williams, fencing champion tim morehouse and the rockettes years to master their craft. but only moments to master paying bills at chase.com. depositing checks at the atm and transferring funds on the mobile app. technology designed for you. so yo

it's important to royce that persons in citizen and natives of st. louis county have been telling these stories for quite some time and those stories of valid and important. the justice department report is leverage so the commission has been taking that, as well as the report from the policing task force on which i was privileged to be a member and help represent st. louis and our issues. we've been using those reports as an opportunity to say look, we've got indications from the highest offices in this land that something needs to be done and very specific recommendations that we can potentially push for. >> don't you have an idea of what needs to happen moving forward? i mean as you sit on this commission you bring all of your experience, you bring your work as a teacher now working with students, young people who have their own ideas and have their own stories. don't you have an idea of what needs to happen moving forward? i'm wonder be are you just listening or are you suggesting? >> well, we're doing a little built of both. we are suggesting after li

so he is doing detroit, chicago, st. louisand texas nebraska and is coming to williamsburg after starting in ontario. so the actually in some ways and i don't mean to be disrespectful because there's something very worldly about all of this, he is seeing america this crucial moment. is that now part of the journey that a religious person will take? >> without speaking in global terms now i don't think so but it wasn't then either. one of the things i realized from speaking to a lot of his classmates in seminary is what really set him apart was that his travels intellectually and physically were very different than three people were emerging from small-town german midwestern southern texas let's say life and kind of going straight into seminary. doing your time there and you go off to a small town congregation and off you go. you would probably see that as moral majority. he set himself back -- apart even and because the 1950s he is reading george santa ana. he is physically and intellectually elsewhere. i would say today to yo

. >>> this comes from a local fox affiliate in st. louis.n thursday night they had a story about a fro-yo experiment gone wrong. >> this is in the university city fro-yo. watch as the customer throws money at a cashier. then the cashier throws a bowl of yogurt at the customer. >> on my face, clothes, shoes, everywhere, my head. >> okay. so does anyone recognize that guy? well, maybe this will refresh your memory. >> i'm not gay no more. i'm delivered. i don't like men no more. women, women, women. i like women. i'm not gay. i would not date a man. i would not carry a purse. i would not put on makeup. i will, i will love a woman. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's the "i'm not gay no more" guy. he got hit with a fro-yo. his name is andrew caldwell. he won the prestigious "jimmy kimmel live" clip last year. he loves women and fro-yo apparently. we tracked him down. there she. we have him standing by. when we come back, we will learn everything there is to learn about andrew. hi, andrew. we will get to the bottom of this fro-yo. stick around. ♪ the ne

he returned the st. louis, had several jobs all of which were failures until finally his father invited him to work in his leather goods store in illinois. he was there when the war broke out. without backing he probably never would have gotten command. he had influence and saw the former captain got an illinois regimen. from there he went onto achieve great military success. he was ordered to washington on the 3rd of march 1864. on the 9th he was promoted to lieutenant general. i can't think of anyone that went from the street corners, so to speak of st. louis in a leather goods store to lieutenant general in three years. he had promise obviously. on the 12th of march he was given command of all federal forces but he took his position in the field. the field would bring forth wilderness of pennsylvania, cold harbor petersburg and finally the meeting with general lee. he said he is rather under middle might of a light build light brown hair and short brown beard. his eyes are clear blue. his face has three exp

they have to ship it to st. louis before the beginning of next week. >>> virginia's top prosecutor decides whether or not to get involved in a fight over closing a college. that story is coming up. plus, you can now buy tickets to watch the wizards as they get ready . >>> welcome back. apparently they may not be on your corner of happy and healthy anymore. walgreen's is closing 200 of its stores as part of a company goal to cut costs by a billion dollars. this very not decided which sites will be closing. walgreen's has more than 8,000 drug stores across the united states. >>> virginia's top law enforcement officer is not going to join the battle over closing sweet briar college. attorney general mark herring says the decision to shut down lies with the board of directors for the private women's college. sweet briar alumni and others have been seeking an injunction to try and stop the planned closing n. a statement hearing unless the board acted improperly or violated rules, it would be inappropriate for the state to

it includes chicago to st. louis and that's where we could see scattered strong storms and even a couple strong tornadoes. we understand maybe only a few but thursday is going to be the peak. >> we have been warned. thank you so much bill and we want to tell you about a tragedy in maryland. a father and his seven children have been found dead inside their home. they say carbon monoxide poisoning has been expected. a generator was being used inside the home. near africa a may day situation at sea turns into an ironic rescue. the crew of a sinking illegal fishing ship accused of poaching vulnerable species was sunk. was the vessel intentionally sunk. christy brinkley is a bit worse for wear after apparently trying to save a bird while on vacation. here are the pictures. she posted photos from a hospital showing her new black eye but still looking pretty good, all things considered. now, to what appears to be one big oops moment from the new york times jeb bush listed himself as hispanic on a voter form. it was on an ap

school robotic scene earned a spot at the first robotic world championship in st. louis in less than two week. as lillian kim explains, this rookie team beat the odd to compete among the best. >> tell 89 pounds. >> next high school robotic team decide what to pack. >> we can take the steel bar out. >> trip about wires gadget and stuff the teens long had a passion for. >> i just like building stuff. i used to like build a lot when i was a little kid. >> fact that the team earned a spot at the world championship is remarkable. considering this program began only last year. had no mentor the and no money. but senior winn was determined to get the program started. she aapplied for grant and found the people with expertise to help. >> i thought it was a great idea to try to show the students here that even those opportunities aren't there. you can start that opportunity. >> this is the robot they are taking to the world championship in st. louis. it stacks recycle toichlt my students think about being a policeman or teacher. now they see other options for them. think about co

high school will go on a trip of a lifetime, earning a spot at the first robotic world chapship in st. louis later this month. here is that reporter, the rookie team beat the odds to compete among the best. >> 89 pounds. >> members of the robotic team are deciding what to pack. we can take this out. >> the trip is all about wires and gadgets, stuff the teens have long had a passion for. >> i like building stuff and i liked to build when i was a kid. >> they earned a spot at the robotics world championship is remarkable considering the program began last year with no money or mentors but a senior was determined to get the program started and applied for grants and people to help. >> it was great idea to show the students that even though opportunities are not this you can start the opportunity. >> this is the robot they are taking to the world championship s in st. louis. >> my students only thing of being a police officer or teacher and now they are seeing other options for them. thinking about college. that is what the program ons. audit team is getting a lot of support and hundreds have do

mostly tornadoes possible in illinois between st. louis and chicago. once again a lot of wind damage today from little rock all the way out to tennessee and tomorrow severe storms to the east coast including big cities like philly d.c. richmond but wind damage not tornadoes. >> this morning the man who captured the shooting death of walter scott on video tells msnbc what he did after witnessing what he did after he witnessed it and why he went to the family. >> i saw the police report. i wasn't like that the way they were saying. >> reporter: you read the report? >> yes. i saw the news and i said this is not the right -- this is not what happened, and i had a friend of mine and i showed the video to him and i tell him what i witness, and he was agreed with me. he told me think about what you want to do with this and i just put myself in the position of the family. that i know if i would have a family member, i wouldn't know -- i couldn't tell what was going to be the decision in this case if the police would be charged but i want them to have this and

school robotic scene earned a spot at the first robotic world championship in st. louis in less than two week. as lillian kim explains, this rookie team beat the odd to compete among the best. >> tell 89 pounds. >> next high school robotic team decide what to pack. >> we can take the steel bar out. >> trip about wires gadget and stuff the teens long had a passion for. >> i just like building stuff. i used to like build a lot when i was a little kid. >> fact that the team earned a spot at the world championship is remarkable. considering this program began only last year. had no mentor the and no money. but senior winn was determined to get the program started. she aapplied for grant and found the people with expertise to help. >> i thought it was a great idea to try to show the students here that even those opportunities aren't there. you can start that opportunity. >> this is the robot they are taking to the world championship in st. louis. it stacks recycle toichlt my students think about being a policeman or teacher. now they see other options for them. think about co