we've actually confirmed two states, virginia and connecticut -- whoo! and we've confirmed 26 communities. and so what i'd like to do, how many of you are from one of those communities or states? and kind of give ourselves another round of applause. let's see a show of hands, too. i see some folks over there. great. i think your leadership and the work that you're doing inspires us as well all to kind of continue to work towards this goal. and while what i want to say is we really don't think of it as a race but i would be remiss if i did not mention that of those two states virginia got there first. and governor mcauliffe's leadership and urgent focus on the goal was vital to that success. three of our confirmed communities, san antonio, houston, and philadelphia -- >> whoo! >> houston's in the house. they are all in the top ten largest cities in the country. so, if they can do it, we know everyone can do it. through the confirmation process i have to say we've learned a lot about what successful communities are doing right to achieve the criterion and b

we've actually confirmed two states, virginia and connecticut. [applause] >> and we confirmed 26 communities. so what i would like, how many of you are from one of those communities or states and give ourselves another round of applause. let's see a show of hands, too. [applause] >> great. i think your leadership and the work you are doing inspires us as well, if you continue to work towards this goal. what i want to say is that we really don't think of it as a raise but i would be remiss if i did not mention the of those two states, virginia got their first. [laughter] and governor mcauliffe leadership and urgent focus on the gold was vital to the success. three of our confirmed communities, san antonio, houston and philadelphia -- [applause] houston is in the house. they are all in the top 10 largest cities in the country. so if they can do it, we know everyone can do it. through the confirmation process i have to say we've learned a lot about what successful communities are doing right to achieve the criteria and benchmark. obligation o on the

the top line result from this poll in virginia, swing state virginia, is that hillary clinton is beatingts him by 3 points in virginia if you include minor party candidates gary johnson and jill stein, she also beats him by 3 points in virginia. if you just take hillary clinton versus donald trump head to head. so that's a good result for democrats. hillary clinton beating donald trump in this new virginia poll. but here is what is more interesting than that. this poll was conducted after the orlando shooting this weekend and they asked questions in this poll about gun laws. and check this out. on support for universal background checks, look at these numbers. this is among virginia registered voters, universal background checks supported by 93% of democrats, by 87% of independents, by 83% of republicans. even republicans favor universal background checks. 83% of republicans. ppp also polled support for stopping people on an fbi terror watchlist from buying guns and that support is also overwhelming. 89% of democrats support banning people on the terror watchlist from purchasing a firear

we have over 800,000 veterans in virginia per capita, the most of any state in america. ou know virginia is not only , for veterans, but active duty. we are the greatest state for of our military. we have the largest naval base in the world. 27 military installations. the pentagon, cia, quantico, langley. i could go on and on. you get the point. we are very proud of our military. when you transition out about 15,000 a year from active duty askederan status, i governor whenever veterans tuesday in the commonwealth of virginia. you've got to go to work for us for the future. you talk about a highly motivated highly disciplined workforce. you're talking about a veteran. we want to make sure we are coordinating folks when they move to the veteran status that we have employment opportunities for them. when i became governor, working with our v3 virginia values veterans program, who referred to as our v3 program. i put out a goal that under my term as governor i want to see 11,000 veterans hired through our v-three companies. i was very proud of our team. secretary of veterans

. >> the hash tag filibuster is now the top trend here states. virginia senator mark warner joined him on the senate floor and tweeted -- another man tweeted i am not a democrat but i like chris murphy doing this. >>> several people have been fighting for increased gun safety since the shooting that killed 27 people, including 20 children, parents and loved ones involved in the sandy hook shooting back in 2012. fighting for safety and supporting orlando. he brings us their story. >> those families say they thought for sure after the shooting at sandy hook that something would happen after that. now that nothing really has, they just keep on fighting. >> they leave, they went out for a night. >> bill sherlock is painfully familiar with his wife left one morning and never came back. she was a school psychologist the day 27 people, including 20 children were shot and killed. mary was gunned down while trying to protect those students. bill says you never get used to that kind of loss. >> turning around to ask your son or daughter or spouse, did you hear -- o

virginia. flooding is also a major problem across state lines in allegheny county, virginia. at least two people have been killed in the flooding including an 8-year-old boy and an elderly man.

we have actually confirmed two states. virginia and connecticut. [ applause ] whoo! nd of applause? let's see show of hands, too. see some folks over there. great. i think your leadership and the work that you're doing inspires us, as well. all to kind of continue to work towards this goal. and while i want to say is we don't think of it as a race but i would be remiss if i did not mention of those two states, virginia got there first. and governor macauliffe's leadership and urgent focus on the goal was vital to that success. three of our confirmed communities, san antonio, houston and philadelphia -- houston's in the house. they're all in the top ten largest cities in the country. so if they can do it, we know everyone can do it. through the confirmation process, i have to say we have learned a lot about what successful communities are doing right to achieve the criteria and benchmarks. so want to share a little bit of that with you today. first and foremost, they have really strong partnerships across the community. including the coc working closely with the va, pr

flooding is also a major problem across state lines in allegheny county, virginia. at least two people have been killed in the floods there including an 8-year-old boy and an elderly man.

states. including virginia, north carolina, and florida. in a country with 320 million in a country with 320 million people, heck in a country with 50 states, how do you run a nationwide campaign with only 30 people trying to do the whole thing? "the washington post" made this i think helpful graph showing the trump paid staff, the trump payroll over time, compared to the paid staff payrolls of the clinton campaign which is in dark blue and the sanders campaign which is in light blue. the trump numbers on the bottom, looks like a pimple on a large face. that's the trump payroll compared to the democratic payrolls for the democratic primary thus far. "washington post" also put out this rather dramatic graph showing ad spending in the battleground states. and this is actually what you're that's the trump payroll compared to the democratic payrolls for the democratic primary thus far. "washington post" also put out this rather dramatic graph showing ad spending in the battleground states. and this is actually what you're seeing on your screen,

purchased, it was trvrd to a federally licensed fire arm dealer and weapons instructor in virginia following the state law virginia following state law within hours of us purchasing the weapon. >> pelley: kris van cleave for us. 6 >> pelley: today philadelphia became the first major city in t united states with a soda tax. one and a half cents an ounce on sugary drinks, including do it -- diet soda. the idea is to steer people away from fat thing in drinks. today's searchers record the cockpit voice recorder from egyptair flight 804. the airbus a-320 spiraled into the mediterranean last month in route from paris to cairo. 66 were killed. the recorder should have taped the conversation of the pilots, a flight data recorder that captures aircraft performance has not been found. today the blue angels soars once again through the blue skies of pensacola florida. it was their first training run since marine captain jeff cuss was killed in a crash in tennessee two weeks ago. their next show is a week from saturday in vero beach, florida. we'll be right back. >> pelley: we were reminded today of how many tim

this is one of the few areas of the entire state of west virginia not in a state of emergency. is down here. some towns in this area are still underwater tonight. drones video taken by a in west virginia, one of a number of places underwater. in some places, the water has left, leading to a new problem -- mud everywhere. the eanup is only beginning. there are also family members of two dozen people dealing with loss. among those who died, this four-year-old boy, edward. >> just hope for help. tom: help has begun to arrive. friday night, we told you about this gun shop owner, travis bishop, who used social media to organize a convoy of relief supplies. andconvoy has arrived bishop sent us these pictures of what they encountered. the governor declared a stable emergency in several , and three counties have been declared federal disaster areas, meaning they will receive help from the government. >> a lot of people lost their homes. what can you do? tom: fairfax county fire department has a nationally-known urban search and rescue team that has gone to several disasters. we checked

. >>> virginia state police are investigating two more deadly shootings. both happened in culpeper county. the first happened on gray street around 9:00 p.m. last night. police say a woman ran from her house after an argument with her estrangeded husband will list walker armed with a gun. woman ran to her neighbor's house. she says walker forced his way in and killed the man who was inside. police say walker was still holding gun when he refused to drop his weapon, officers shot and killed him. here's the radio transmission of what happened. >> he's got the gun pointed at me. i'm behind the tree. >> be advised the subject is yelling at us to kill him. the subject is yelling to kill him. >> he's walking past me. >> at culpeper he got one round in him not moving. >> they acted properly and showed restraints before firing and killing walker because this a police involved shooting, the sheriff is asking virginia state police to take over the investigation. >>> a form montgomery county high school teacher been arrested and charged with sexually abusing female s

ofcurrent home state virginia, those of you i know in the audience who know about nat turner's rebellion, in the period of 1830's. there was this idea that even if you were not a slave owner yourself, if suddenly the enslaved population rose up and perpetratedreversal in the brutal institution of slavery, this meant that possible violence could be done. to say everyone was invested in the social order of subjugating blacks and slavery in the south. the people who popularized the maintenance of the lost cause was a mexican confederate general. we will talk about him more in a few minutes. just a few months before his -- beforereminisced his death, his reminiscence is published. warainly recounts his career. per trail of slavery that he gives the reader is very typical of what you see in countless lost cause books. slaves are devoted and loyal to their masters. in thete and black races south know each other and understand each other. only during reconstruction when northerners come down to manipulate and take advantage of free people that the problems arise. gordon also points to how almos

last year he set a goal to run seve5k races and a two-mile fun run to raise money for a virginia statetroop er shot. way to go. >> he's asking state police to help out. what a great kid doing things like that. >> i love it that they have the wherewithall and motivation to do it. >>> and metro is not just impacting those who ride the rails. what they are going to do with the influx of cars we have seen tha there. >>> and another high-profile twitter account targeted by hackers. how the nfls i vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> 6:39 right now, another major hack on twitter. this time it was the nfl. someone got access to the verified account and tweeted, quote, commissioner roger goodell has passed away. he has not passed away. in fact,'s of hacking targets targeting celebrity accounts including katy perry and kylie jenner. >> you

virginia is now suing. records show he also took more than $8,000 in political contributions from cardinal health, a defendant in one of the state'sits. the west virginia bar was concerned enough about a potential conflict to launch an investigation. when he first took office in january of 2013, morrissey said he would step away from cases involving cardinal, but five months later, he met with senior representatives from the company. is it appropriate for you to be meeting with two executives and a lawyer for cardinal health care when the state is suing them? >> well, as you know, the state meets with entities involved in cases all the time. and i would argue, we should meet with everyone involved across the board to go solve this problem. >> reporter: two months later, morrissey again clarified his position, saying he was now "permanently screened from the case." but that didn't end the questions. morrissey's wife is a lobbyist. one of her biggest clients? cardinal health. while you've been in office, your wife's firm has made roughly a million and a half bucks from cardinal. >> you'd have to talk and take a look at those numbers

. >>> most of west virginia is in a state of emergency this morning. a band of severe storms pounded the state with heavy rains and whipping wind. rescue efforts are being complicated by raging floodwaters and mudslides and power outages. nbc dna shinman has more. >> reporter: a state of emergency in west virginia. at least four counties were under flash flood warnings thursday night. the region pounded by 7 inches of rain. causing drowning conditions for drivers. over 400,000 residents were without power. emergency crews in jackson county responded to reports of a child swept they stopped search efforts until the storms subsided cars trapped in deep floodwaters. what appeared to be a house on fire floated down a creek. just across the border in virginia, residents say they have never seen anything like this. >> it's really bad. there's a raging river. there is 500 gallon oil tanks and trash cans and gas cans. and tree trunks floating down the river where people's backyards were. you see people in the second story windows waiting to be evacuated. >> dn

. >>> deadly floods continuing to sweep across the state of west virginia. we'll have a live report from the ground. >>> new reaction from the state's senator, joe manchin. >>> the supreme court strikes down texas' abortion access rules. >> we're here today as members of the pro-life movement saying we will not give up. mr. brady, we've been expecting you. will you be needing anything else? no. not a thing. beautyrest black. get your beautyrest. >>> a fox news alert. standard and poors, the rating agency, stripping the united kingdom of a top credit grade just moments ago, saying the nation's triple a grading is no longer justifiable and warning it could cut it further. the dow in the united states is currently down just about 280 points. >>> a homicide bombing in lebanon killing at least five people and wounding dozens more today. this happened in a predominantly christian village near the syrian border. no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. >>> and the u.s. navy officially confirming the blue angels will resume performances on july 2nd in michi

those states are colorado, florida, which i know you're familiar with, these are states, virginia, northolina, these are states where looking at electates that feature minority populations. nevada is a fifth. states where you have a lot of, in the case of virginia and north carolina, you combine significant minority population with college white voters. they all voted for george w. bush. four voted for barack obama. they voted in 2008 but mitt romney in 2012. they're very competitive obviously. they're states where both campaigns are going to compete but they're states that have been moving into the democratic column over the past eight, 16 years. >> you're talking about this movement in the minority population that is african-american and latino. what percentage or where do you see the biggest growth? >> well, you're seeing it among latino voters and particularly looking at florida which has obviously has always had a large latino population. you have the cuban population in south florida. you have a huge influx of puerto rican who can vote as soon as they come in and register, you have

a bunch groups formed in the states. virginia delegates, colorado delegates, michigan delegates, ohio delegates. they have grown organically. they are starting to talk to each other. there hasn't been a leader per se of the effort. it has been groups coming together organically. david: comes on heels of couple of successes for donald, poll numbers don't look good for him. those are looking in rear view mirror, when he was talking about the so-called mexican judge and other things that hurt him badly. on friday he, his timing was impeccable. before the president could seek, before hillary clinton could send out these sort of meaningless tweets, there you had donald trump in scotland. >> right. opening up golf course. david: exactly why the british people voted against european union. i think he did a pretty good job. don't you? >> you know i think he spent too much time talking about his golf course actually. david: oh, please, eric, wouldn't expect that out of you. he made one brief, silly mention of it. that was it. >> he spent

state park. the 1500 acre park is opened by a private organization. virginiaof conservation will begin manning in it in september. it has been plagued with financial problems under current ownership. >> yesterday di a live shot for the morning show. >> where is it. >> near lynchburg not from the, virginia. it's really amazing and wonderful place. >> there's so many amazing places i've yet to visit. i've been here 14 years and feel like i have not scratched the surface is. >> you need to get out of the studio. >> good day to go to the park. right, gary. >> we got rid of thunderstorms and drier air and slightly cooler. i mean it will ache little cooler today. lower to mid 80s for highs and all the thunderstorms getting out of here. there's a little bit of linge lingering cloud cover off to the east of us. to a lot of sunshine. those east of i-95 few clouds linger until the dry air pushes through and frontal system is basically right on top of i-95 now. it is slowly progressing on off to the east. it's a summertime front and takes a while to push through. tempera

as the case in the previous presidential elections virginia considered a battleground state. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has a look at how candidates plan to get virginia voters to come on board. >> this is the fairfax county. if you win fairfax you could win virginia and win the white house. like nominees themselves they are taking aim at one another. >> when trump takes the stage tonight in richmond he will be introduced by a political kindred spirit. corey stewart. >> this is a blast. >> the republican chair of the prince william county board is trump's campaign manager in virginiament >> we will eke out a win. >> unlike leaders in congress, stewart running for governor in 2017 is not criticizing the comments about a hispanic judge overseeing the trump university case. it's the opposite. >> people are ready for a very blunt plane spoken direct tone. they are tired of the b.s. and the same old, same old. >> the fact he is so inflammatory is really ugly and wr every time stewart and trump talk, they are only helping democrats. >> this rhetoric is not goin

he would have had to petition the legislature to have her remain in the states because of a law and virginia saying if you did not get legislative permission you had to leave virginia or be re- enslaved after one year. the other thing is, she was at the time 50 years old. you could not free and enslaved person below the age of 21 or above the age of 45 without explaining how you are going to take care of them, how they would be provided for. so sally hemmings name and a well, a petition to the legislature, and him saying, saying, this is how much money or property i will for for her to take care of herself, we would never have argued about this question. if he had done that it would have been an admission that everything people have been saying was true, and he did not want to do that. the most important person in jefferson's life was martha randolph, his eldest daughter. this is just my speculation looking at the facts of what he would have to do, i don't believe he would humiliate her like that, to make that admission on his deathbed. the other thing is, i don't think jefferson would have

states. and for the past 80 years the virginia state parks have served as an avenue for families who enjoy the outdoors together. outdoor recreation is such an important part of our national heritage and our 36 virginia state parks have fostered that tradition by helping generations of virginians explore and understand our natural resources. with more than 600 miles of trails and convenient access to virginia's major waterways, our virginia state parks offer no shortage of opportunities for virginians to go places they've never been before. i commend the virginia department of conservation and recreation for their role in maintaining the commonwealth state parks and for preserving our lands in the public trust. thank you, virginia state parks, for keeping our commonwealth beautiful. mr. wittman: happy 0th anniversary -- 80th anniversary. and i wish you many, many more to come. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house

president, had been trying to get the right seed from vietnam to grow in his home town in the state of virginia propp and he wrote at that point in time "this dry rice from vietnam has the reputation of being the whitest to the eye, best flavor to the taste, and more productive." and more than 100 years ago, back in 1911, 1912, president ho chi minh came to boston, the cradle of american revolution, of independence, to find ways for the liberation of his country, vietnam. at that point in time under the french rule. and as early as 1941 during world war ii the vietnamese people stood -- and extended struggle by the national patriotism and by the promises made by the allies at yalta, san francisco, and potsdam conferences. and in september 1945 vietnam got independence from the french colonial and the new vietnam declaration of independence included the ideals of jefferson, and i quote. all men are created equal. the creator has given us certain inviolable rights. the right to life, the right to be free, the right to achieve happiness. between 1945 and 1946 president ho chi minh wrote several le

williams promotes his dietary supplement in the state of virginia and the conviction was later upheld by the federal appeals court in richmond which mcdonnell decided to take the case to supreme court where he won an overwhelming victory. the big question remains, what will happen with maureen mcdonnell's conviction? she was convicted in 2014 and safe to assume that conviction will probably be overturned as result of today's decision. another go, will they want to retry the governor and his wife or will they simply let this ase lie? we'll be following the story closely. abc 7 news. >> our team coverage continues with suzanne kennedy on more on today's abortion ruling. suzanne? >> it's the supreme court's first major abortion ruling in nine years and this one a big one in advocates and some of them remain at the steps of the supreme court right now. the court ruling 5-3 and the regulations on abortion clinics caused undue burden and violates a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. advocates on both sides of the issue rallied outside the court. some flying in from texas to hear the ru

the states mercedes mentioned when you talk about pennsylvania, ohio, virginia, there's a catholic vote there. there's a major vote that donald trump has been over performing with. those are very good states for him to focus on. if you extend it slightly further, i know there's this crazy notion that every time donald trump says he's going to compete in california and new york, that that's crazy. that's not. he has the earned media and certainly the financial capacity to start really playing in these bigger states which most republicans campaign -- >> yeah, we have to talk about this though, tony, and mercedes, the hispanic vote in light of the controversy that's going on this week. >> sure. >> the hispanic vote, how does he get that vote, specifically when you're talking about california, florida, arizona. mercedes? >> it's been difficult for republican candidates to win the hispanic vote. we saw in 2012, for example, mitt romney was only able to garner about 27% of the hispanic vote. i think you've seen recent polls, there was one that came out where trump was about 28%. we need those

in the us state of west virginia, the death toll has risen to 24 people now dead. g floods. the u.s. president barack obama has signed a emergency declaration in the state. the professional golf association is canceling a major tournament in the area because of extensive damage and while the waters are recedinreceding, are leaving behind all kinds of debris and now many people are left homeless. many people looking for homes. a bad situation there. our meteorologist derek van damme is here. >> they can't go home because so many of their houses have been destroyed. the national weather service is describing this as i 1,000 year event. meaning there was a one-in-1,000 chance this would happen in any particular year. the clean-up ensues. take a look at what people in west virginia are dealing with right now. the complete mess. this was the deadliest flood event in 2016. 24 fatalities has killed more than all the tornado fatality events in the united states so far this year. that number at 12. come to my graphics. we'll talk about how much rain actually fell across cent

let's take a look at some of those states. virginia, ohio, iowa, colorado, new hampshire, florida, north carolina and nevada. so this really covers a broad swath. some of the ads are going to be hitting donald trump. but a lot of them, in fact, most of them are going to be these new bio ads that are just out today aimed at reintroducing people to secretary clinton and increasing her favorability ratings. that's been an issue for her in this campaign. take a listen to one of the ads just out today. >> for hillary, it's always been about kids. and when millions couldn't get health care, this first lady worked with republicans and democrats to fix it. creating the children's health insurance program. >> so that every child gets the health care that child deserves to have. >> now 8 million kids are covered. that's the kind of leader she is. and the kind of president she'll be. >> so as hillary clinton focused on the general election, senator sanders still in this race. he has not dropped out yet. in fact, this evening, he is holding an onl

the presumptive gop nominee is starting a battleground state swing. virginia tonight, then florida and pennsylvania for rallies. where typically it's almost always classic trump. no prompter, and no filter. lester? >> all right, hallie, thank you. >>> another kind of battle resulted in the takedown of a new media empire today by none other than hulk hogan and his billionaire backer. gawker media filed for bankruptcy protection and put the company up for sale after hogan won a huge judgment against the company in a lawsuit. joe fryer tonight with the play by play. >> reporter: has hulk hogan body slammed another giant? today the media powerhouse gawker filed for bankruptcy -- >> exceptionally happy -- >> reporter: -- three months after losing to the pro wrestling legend in court. the judgment, $140 million. gawker is seeking a new owner while it appeals the ruling. >> they don't have that much money. they want to keep operating. they think they will win this case in appeal. >> reporter: gawker said during the sale, it will maintain normal operations, publishing

we have to win the state of virginia.over the next five months i will be here a lot. >> clinton didn't draw a huge crowd at the richmond coliseum compared to the massive turn out at his rally. he stuck to the issues like repealing obamacare, nominating conservative justices to to the supreme court and protecting the rights of gun owners but took a couple of swipes at hillary clinton saying her connections in government are protecting her from prosecution. >> she is petrified because she doesn't want to go to jail. she doesn't want to go to jail. the system is rigged. bernie found it out. i would have found out out except for the fact by such big landslides. if you win by big landslide they can't rig the system, right. >> trump promised to deliver a speech focused on clinton next week. >>> donald trump was the primary target for hillary clinton in her first visit to the district today clinton spoke to supporters at planned parenthood ahead of d.c.'s primary and she focused on trump's controversial comments about women. >>

virginia, approaching sperryville. showers on the west side of 81 through the valley. raining themselves out along the state line with west virginia. allegheny county a few showers. trying to make it to cumberland. we'll have a quieter night and a nice weekend. final round saturday and sunday, bethesda. early clouds tomorrow, 84. 86 sunday. sunday is going to be beautiful. lower humidity. right now low humidity is not what we have. it's high humidity, sticky. 74 in town. some 60s out here. had rain earlier. with the cooler conditions, e fog being a problem now. 74 degrees with the clouds. good looking visibility. humidity high. watch this drop, though. as we head through tomorrow, dew points, which are lower up here, that drier air will move. we'll be in good shape for the weekend. monday afternoon and evening, we'll turn on the thunderstorm machine again. 60s tonight with that stray shower. patchy fog. sun will develop as the morning wears on. highs between 80 and 85. even better sunday with low humidity, 86. maybe yellow weather alert monday with scattered afternoon storms. 87. tuesday, 90. a beautiful we

. >>> most of west virginia is under a state of emergency because of flooding. a house caught fire as it was swept down a creek. this is in white sulphur springs. flooding is also a major problem in allegheny county, virginia. at least two people have been killed in those floods including an 8-year-old boy and an elderly man. dangerous debris is now a concern, as well. >> it's really bad. a raging river. 500 gallon oil tappings and trash cans >> a toddler is also missing after being swept away by the floods. neighbors report people trapped in their cars while others are trying to swim and escape the high water. >>> in southern california, firefighters are struggling to get this new and fast moving wildfire that is already destroyed dozens of homes under control. i'm erika gonzalez. he'll have more on the damages from the live desk coming up next. >>> just scattered showers as you head out the door. chuck bell is tracking the impact these showers could have on your day plus your traveler forecast. >>> avoiding injuries when your kids head to the playground. we'll

let me give you an example from the state of virginia. 166he state of virginia, in 2, virginia legislators sought to curb interracial effects and the colonies growing mixed-race population by increasing a punitive fine from yet an earlier law, so the law predates 1662. 1662 says if any christian shall commit fornication with a black man or woman, he or she is so offending, shall pay double the fines imposed by the former act. the law was really meant to curb mulattos, and very much targeted to women. if you were a white woman and had a mixed-race child, that child would not be a slave. it would inherit the status of the mother. it's also interesting that this law uses the word christian for white people. while you might think, that's interesting, and maybe black people did not go to church, that's not true. some of the cases are black and white churchgoers. aboutd like you to think the post-brown decision, when many schools and counties in virginia closed. counties of virginia closed public schools to resist the brown decision. when they opened their white schools, often they were called c

in and around the clendenin area and southern portions of the state of west virginia.enin, this is what we are looking for in the forecast over the next four days, at least five days we are going to be dealing with clearing skies which is excellent news. real quick, greta, severe storms across the high plains tonight in colorado where we have tornado watches and unfortunately some warnings, which we will keep you up to date throughout the program. back to you. >> janice, thank you. and poor west virginia. wow. janice, thank you. coming up, something none of us should forget. us should forget. totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insura

a progressive running mate al lot of pressure to nominate someone from the swing state conservative moderate from virginia. so when you could theoretically set in for something to happen again that would be heard natured to nominate someone like that. but he will push for progressive >> pam: shut the the presidential numbers on the democratic side of the thicket of. on your screen we no-trump of course one on the republican side the clinton rate leading with the california vote. >> steve: tales coming up by news in the morning also apologize for not bringing you a special feeling tonight that will come your way tomorrow. all the numbers on nafta kron4news- dot-com stay in touch their a look and are whether. >> britteny: and the rest of tonight we see foggy conditions cloudy skies that will linger into tamara temperature is right now 64-57. the three antioch 58 livermore and celebrate our shots showing as we go into the rest of the week and as and dry weather disturbance will move then. the jobs in the drizzle but the 74 cast showing as we go into tomorrow and in locations ridge low 80s enemy jot down a fe

. >> reporter: the battle against opioids in west virginia, the state with the country's highest rate of fatal overdoses is being fought on many fronts. patrick morrisey its the attorney general. >> what is happening in west virginia right now is that we are losing a generation of people to despair. >> reporter: in the last five months, morrisey implemented statewide prescription guidelines, moved forward with a lawsuit inherited from his predecessor against 11 drug distributors and filed a new suit against the nation's top drug wholesaler mckesson for flooding the state with 100 million pain pills in a five year period. but the fight against opioids in west virginia is complex. as one look at morrisey's career path makes plain. >> in my past practice i was the co-chair of a large health care pharmaceutical practice. but i had worked on capitol hill before. so i had done a lot of compliance work, regulatory work. >> reporter: from 2010 to 2012, were you lobbying on behalf of health care companies, pharmaceuticals distributors. >> i was a private lawyer. and we did do some lobbying wor

also virginia state police are investigating this, the sheriff says since this was a police involved shooting, he is asked virginia state police to investigate what happened there last night and one more thing before we go. the sheriff tells us that the 911 call, there was a woman inside the house, her partner, that 74-year-old man who was shot and killed apparently she was on the phone calling 911. as she's askingo can hear gunfire in the background. it was hard to hear. he's waiting for the prosecutor to see if the prosecutor wants to release those tapes. or it will be used as evidence. but we'll bring it to you if they are released but the sheriff said it's definitely chilling. live in culpeper matt eckland. >>> ellen's race si joke backfires. the talk show host is at the center of a lawsuit. >>> axle rose is demanding google take down an unflattering picture. >>> richard simmons reply responds to transgender rumors. >> police indicted 26 member me howard county. >> a quarter selling for thousands on ebay. we'll be right back. k. vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable ener

now, it is worth noting that last year in virginia, the state board of health delivered a big blow to abortion opponents, voting to reverse hospital rules for clinics under a campaign led by governor mcauliffe. that's the latest from the live it's in the muggy 70s right now and lots of sunshine. don't have any rain in the metro area. off to the west, a few light sprinkles in the shenandoah valley and unfortunately here in southeast virginia where they had terrible showers. there won't be much rain there as it moves through there this morning. sprinkles may make its way across the blue ridge and southern frederick and maryland. a few sprinkles there. the counties in green, central and southern shen nan doe yeah valley, watch out for water there later today. >> tom, thank you. >>> right now, heavy rain is coming to west virginia as flood victims salvage what is left of their homes. yards and roads are filled with mud and flash flood watches in 25 easier. 25 people have died. president obama has issued a federal disaster declaration for three counties allowing aid for temporary housing a

decision. >> donald trump immediately cried foul. >> that's crooked politic, because virginia is a very close state, i would win virginia. >> hello, everybody. >> supporters of mcauliffe's decision say it makes sense. >> whoever you vote for, democrat or republican, getting more people to vote and more people engaged in society should be a good thing. >> critics vote to 40,000 felons in the group convicted of violent crime. that's not all. numerous cases of felons still serving out their sentences or object probation for crimes like child sex assault and murder were apparently wrongly swept up in mcauliffe's executive order as well. the governor's spokesman has acknowledged the errors and said quote we're working constantly to refine the database we're using to implement this process. while that plays out, several state republican lawmakers have asked the virginia supreme court to overturn the order. and to roll back the voting rights already given to some 5800 felons who registered after mcauliffe restored their rights in april. given the urgent timeline, the virginia supreme court has set a speci

states that we thought of as big battlegrounds in 2012, thought of as future battlegrounds, state like virginia where trump will be. state like colorado that has a fast growing latino population. maybe donald trump is the worst man trump could put those states into play again. >> you can imagine him putting states like new hampshire and pennsylvania in play. obama won new hampshire. i think trump is strong there. pennsylvania, i can see the white working class vote e him doing well. i would see on the other hand if you look at a state like north carolina is one where i would say you have a big minority population and a big college educated population. you could see him losing that mitt romney won. also, there's a part of the midwest where it's really significant to watch is obama's going to wisconsin with hillary for the first stop. that's not an accident. you have these three states in the mitt west. wisconsin, iowa, michigan. those are three states where the white vote is pretty large but obama and democrats tend to do well. obama's numbers were really strong. if trump can't win those states,