susan swain: ok.rissah thompson: i have a quote from "the audacity of hope" when he's you know talking about after sasha is born michelle would often say, "you only think about yourself. i never thought i'd have to raise a family alone." and this was an argument, this kind of classic marital argument, that happened in their household repeatedly during this time, because she was shouldering so much of the weight of raising a family. liza mundy: and supporting the family. krissah thompson: right, right. and so this is a this is a difficult point for them in their marriage, and kind of, what he's going to do with his life, you know? susan swain: and not the first time in the history of the first ladies where a political wife is left to really raise the family as the husband is pursuing -- krissah thompson: right. susan swain: so it's a real commitment on the part of both spouses to do, pursue this. liza mundy: and there have been first ladies who have prayed for their husband's defeat. i mean, there has

swain: thank you. weekend, the c-span cities tour explores the history and literary culture of worcester, massachusetts. located approximately 40 miles west of boston, worcester theed a role in industrial movement. we will learn about the life of henry george on book tv. then we will visit the american antiquarian society, one of the repositories in the country of pamphlets, books, and periodicals related to the history of the united dates. next, we will talk to author jeanette greenwood and her book "first fruits of freedom." >> there were lots of -- there were quite a few societies organized by black

it is a total breach of trust. >> prosecutors believe that swaine's motive here was gambling. they say once they started digging they found that she owed about $300,000 in gambling debts, they also believe there may be other victims out there they say if you believe you are a victim of swaine, to please give detectives edward castle a call and his number is (610)891-3974. we will also post this number on cbs philly dot the come. reporting live from the delaware county courthouse in media, ra local hell sol machine for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you. >>> we are learning new details about a fat shore triggered an amber alert allegedly abducting his three-year old daughter after stabbing her mother. this is dash cam video of the arrest of the 46 year-old valenzuela yesterday, on the garden state parkway in clinton. he is a former irving ton police officer and police say valenzuela abduct his three-year old daughter rebecca after stabbing her mom. rebecca was not harmed. >>> a man is behind bars tonight charged with the murder and deaths of the vineland mother and he

in 2013, swain became power of attorney. something the delaware county da says you need to be extra careful about. >> it's explosive. it's an explosive document because you put it in the person's hands that is unscrupulous it's the wrong person's hands. he may take advantage or she may take advantage of everything that you've worked for all of your life. >> swain had more than thee hundred thousand dollars in gambling debt and the da says there could be more victims. swain has been released on home monitor and preliminary hearing scheduled for january. >>> same sex couples who got married before federal judge overturned pennsylvania's ban on same sex march watch can keep their originally anniversary dates. montgomery county register of wills bruce haines and the state health department two year lawsuit over the issue. the city of philadelphia's head of lgbt affairs applauded the decision. >> everybody's anniversary day is their anniversary day. so to even have that level of publicity and understanding the importance to so ma

authority say jean swain wrote unauthorized checks from the account of a 100 year old client.ccording to investigators, swain had convinced the woman to give her financial power of attorney over three years. she is accused of writing $116,000 worth of checks. the delaware county district attorney's offers says swain used the money to pay for taxes her son's tuition, and to feed her gambling habit. >> she has a habit of betting, betting big, and we were able to document through the records at parx casino that over the last five years she's lost almost $300,000 in gambling funds. >> wow. the da fears there could be more victims. says the client had no reason to distrust swain because the two had worked together for 22 years. >> he will erray buys charges, as well-being probably. 4:37. free ride happening on nj transit. who is eligible for this perk. >> and what has these guys high-tailing it out after local store. how they got more than what they bargained for. this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing f

that she wrote numerous checks to cover her rents and medical insurance and that swain committed the crime while paying for her gamblele habit during a five year period. >>> coming up we'll have an update on the mass shooting in california and 14 people are dead and three active shooters are on the run. >> showers are breaking out in the far western suburbs ahead of a cold frn that brings windy changes our way tomorrow. details in the accuweather forecast. >> the eagles prepare for the patriots, ducis rogers has that. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3.500 hospitals. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com slash eastern. >>> we are looking at live video from a helicopter in san bernardino, california, we are looking for this at the first time with you. it appears like police are in pursuit. that is what it looks like, this comes hours after three gunmen burst into a mental health care facility. lets go to chad pradelli live in our satellite ce

there are also closures in polk county, swain county, and macon county. we have those listed on wlos.com >>> heads up if you are taking the parkway into asheville, there is a wreck with injuries on hendersonville road. we have had a few wrecks reported this morning, so please be careful if you do need to hit the roads this morning. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. >>holly: here is your live look around the world this morning. this is a shot of times square, new york. >>jay: countdown for 2016, preparations are underway for the iconic ball drop. >> >>holly: 6:24 tuesday morning. totoday's "morning surf," we are looking at earth from space. >>ingrid: astronaught scott kelly has been notorious for posting picks from earth, and we will post them on wlos.com. >>holly: we have will go known for posting pictures and videos. look at that. >>ingrid: wow, it looks fake, idoesn't it? >>holly: it does. the easter bunny. he says it seems sometimes the world shimmers. >>ingrid: beautiful. wow. >>holly: l

macon county, jackson county, cherokee, and swain county. already adding up to nearly 4/10 of an inch. shy of 1/10 of an inch in asheville. you've had plenty of rain so far today. almost to half an inch. upstate. look at this, 60s and 70s of here. boone and greensboro. that's the warm front, folks. certainly warmer for us the next but of course wet tonight. a lot of rain is going to fall. temperatures holding around 60 degrees. could be a little more of course in the upstate. your temps will be in the mid 60s. i'll show you the bigger changes by new year's, stick around for that. >> frank: there are real concerns it could lead to problems with flowers and farms. ashlea surles joins us live. >> anchor: ashlea, this is crazy. there are apple trees there growing buds right now? >> ashlea: that's right, hope. you can see some of the buds here. they're tightly packed cocoons. they are surprising to see this time of year. but folks at the orchard said they're really not that worried. the time to worry would be when these things started to turn in

cherokee, clay county, over in to graham and swain and macon county. this isn't terribly heavy but significant rain coming in the mountainin. that's why we have flood watches out through thursday morning. little more than a quarter inch in franklin. little more than that in andrews. 66 right now in asheville. 70s south. but only 40s in boone. what's going on? we have a warm front draped right there and that's lifting through and keeping us very unstable and soupy. temperatures in the 60s for your evening planner. it's going to be wet. could be two inches in places over the upstate. i'll see you again in a few minutes. >> larry: here's a reality we all like, lower gas prices are a holiday gift that just keeps giving. prices in the asheville area gasbuddy.com. production. >> i have three vehicles that that's good. >> it's good for me to travel and do what i want to do. so that's good. >> larry: prices in asheville the last month. >> tammy: enjoy it while it lasts. asheville. but there are congestion. >> jaclyn: get ready for delays between long shoals an

. >> reporter: swimmer and clean water advocate christopher swain has plunged into dozens of polluted waters to raise awareness of the need for action, including the gowanus but sewage runoff and toxic oil in the creek was disgusting, especially the smell. >> the smell of chemicals, like cinnamon toast. the fumes from gas and oil. there was some sulphur type of smell. i was ready for the gas and oil. not the visual reminders of sewages i got. >> reporter: this is the site of one of the largest oil spill in united states history. between 17 and 30 million gallons of oil have leaked into the soil from processing facilities. in 2010 the area was granted superfund status by the epa which promised a cleanup. the creek is home to the city's largest wastewater treatment plant which only complicates the cleanup. >> every time you flush a toilet in lower manhattan, that gets piped to the newtown creek wastewater treatment plant. and when it's raining, they can't handle the load. we need to fix that. we need to fix that. >> he collected samples he plans to share. onlookers gave him credit for h

south river road and old settlement road are closed due there are closures in macon and swain county. we have those listed. mount carmel road right there in front of the ingles. >> frank: coming up, another accident involving a hoverboard. the damage it caused. offering consumers a way out. this is the best block of all. it's like candy cane lane. i know. oohhh. oh, holiday ferris wheel. i kind of love it. look at those reindeer. jeffrey, you're awfully quiet back there. i was just thinking... maybe it's time we finish this test drive and head back to the dealership? that is so jeffrey... soooo jeffrey... so jeffrey... oh. elves.. it's practically yours. but we still need your signature. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment >>> the business report is brought to you by honda dealers of the carolinas. [stock bells ring] . >> frank: the nasdaq up 66 and finishing at 5107. >> hope: a new jersey family is cleaning up after fire damages ter a hoverboard burst in to flames. >> frank: left burn marks on the kitchen floor, covered the family's living room

there are also closures jackson, swain county and macon county. we have it listed on wlos.com under the traffic page. here is how patton avenue is shaping up for the morning commute. minor congestion approaching approaching i-240. >>i'm jaclyn deaugustino. this on-time traffic r rort is brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. >> >>holly: ten years ago a woman accused killer has never been caught. >>jay: lauren brigman is live from the hendersonville police department. lauren, where did it happen? >>lauren: it happen add the victim's home out first avenue west, pamela kay gordon was fatally stabbed in the nec. she was just 34 years old. hendersonville police said they had a suspect right away, her boyfriend at the time, highmy arrow chez, a migrant worker from guatemala who came to the mountains awe few months before the crime. police believe after the murder police believe he used an alias to go to naple, florida. police believe he could still be florida. this case gained national attention after the victim's family reaeaed out to am

a bed of thunder working east ward now in to macon, jackson, swain county and approaching asheville. moving east by morning. a lot of us already done with the rain. sunshine in the afternoon. not a ton but enough. and there it goes again, rain back in to the forecast on wednesday, lasting much of the daylight hours. up to a half an inch of rainfall. it will add up again on wednesday as well. half an inch to an inch again. 60s for lows tonight. it is going to be mild, muggy. it is going to be the same tomorrow. we cool down, though. 30s for lows wednesday night in to thursday. so that likely breaks the streak of record warm lows. it is going to be cold come new year's day. but no snow. and you're chilling down, too, from 70s tomorrow to 40s by saturday in the upstate. >> larry: before some students went on their holiday break, they had a very special visitor at this school. >> tammy: as you'll see in my never stop learning, weeser showed up in a mobile classroom. that's weeser. she's a jersey cow and she's there to teach kids about milk and the process that it goes through before it r

whelan says this woman jean swain a certified public accountant out of yardley convinced her one hadn'td client to give her financial power of attorney. >> shortly after getting the power of attorney, the accountant went and started act accessing miss web's account and then started embezzling basically. >> reporter: we're talking big bucks. the district attorney says she stole more than $116,000 over a eye three-year period writing checks to herself and family members. >> she wrote numerous checks to her ex-husband of 14 years. he's 14 years an ex. >> reporter: da says the motive, plane and simple, a huge gambling problem. >> she has a habit of betting, betting big, and we were able to document through the records at parx casino that over the last five years she's lost almost $300,000 in gambling funds. >> reporter: and that's why investigators believe there may be more victims out there. >> when you're winning and los losing and you've already stole from one victim, a undread-year-old woman, shortly after you obtain the power of attorney form, i would expect that she's convinced other

> the district attorney's office is asking anyone who thinks they may have been victimized by jean swainntact their office. fortunately elizabeth webb's son noticed irregularities in her finances and contacted authorities before her bank account was completely wiped out. dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. >>> all right. we continue to staton of this breaking news out in san bernardino, california about 60 miles east of los angeles. where we do know that there are three shooters who are now on the run. they have left this area in a dark colored suv opened fire earlier today. 14 people dead and at least 14 people injured. >> the chief of police of san bernardino saying quote they came here as if they were on mission. the breaks news continues. we are back in a moment right here on fox 29. ♪ >>> news breaking terrifying scene happening really before our eyes in san bernardino, california. that is east of the los angeles in the inland empire. what you're looking at right there is basically the tactical center for a large group of authorities. we're talking hundreds of people from federal, state and

the "n" word appeared 200 times, swain used the term because he wanted to drive home a point about slavery. when the book was published it caused controversy, it portrayed the friendship between a black man and a white boy. >> the united states is entering a new era of deep see research. as jacob ward reports, a contest is aiming at opening a bigger window on the world's oceans. >> a new 90 million ship. the r.v. neil armstrong. built by the navy just for science is about to carry researchers to the deepest oceans on the planet. >> think of this as the most exclusive cruise line, it takes years to get a ticket. you have a raise a lot of grant money to earn your place, once you are out on the boat. the idea is to do big science, the kind that is hard to get funding. the funding for ocean research took a hit, just as the kinds game important. we know more about the surface of mars. climate scientists observed the ocean absorbed half of our carbon emissions. a study suggests the ocean may stop doing that as the climate changes. if it's true it will change all calculations. >> the human influe

in march of next year we welcome student swain and richard norton smith, a new book on first ladies as part of the martha washington lectures ceres, we add new content about martha washington to the mount washington website and the grace and wisdom of our own special martha washington to educate visitors here. it is impossible as we will learn tonight, to understand george washington in mount vernon without knowing the story of martha washington. in 1816 john adams posed this question, when washington had ever been commander of the revolutionary army for president of the united states if he had not married the rich widow? as you know, everett jealous of the deep affection shown by the american people to washington in life and death he frequently cited washington's stature, his rugged good looks and his luck in marriage as evidence that that is all but took him to where he got to. in her book john fialka turns that derisive question on its ear and make a cogent argument that washington's marriage to martha completed him. her conclusion is and i quote, martha in view george not only with

. >> this is definitely the worst reporter: christopher swain has plunged into dozens of waters to raise awareness of the need for action, including the nearby canal. but he says the common nation of toxic whale was uniquely disgusting, especially the smell. >> the smells like chemicals and it smelled like cinnamon toast, the fumes from gasoline and oil and the sulfur smell as well. >> i wasn't ready for his much of the visual reminders of sewage that i got. >> at the sight of one of the largest oil spills in united states history. 17 million gallons have leaked into the soil from processing facilities. in 2010 the area was granted status by the environmental protection agency which promised a conference of cleanup. this also home to the city's largest whitewater treatment plant. >> every time you flush the treatment plant. when it rains they cannot handle the load on the goes right in here and i swim right through it. we need to fix it. reporter: he collected samples that he plans to share with science teachers. onlookers gave him credit for his dirty work. >> i am willing to swim into

marion: neil swain.st thing we did was to study the script with the play, because we needed to understand all the subtleties of shakespeare's writing to make our choices. because there are different meanings, different interpretations that can be given from only, like, one sentence. and sometimes you don't see it right away, all the different levels of meaning. and that was very interesting for us, when we would actually play and rehearse like a play, to understand all the meanings of what shakespeare wanted to say. that was really, really interesting, and so rich. charlie: this is a scene in which she is wracked with guilt and imagines she has the blood of king duncan and other victims on her hands. here it is -- >> what need we fear? when none can call our power to account? yet who would have thought the old man would have so much blood in him? his wife, where is she now? what, will these hands now be clean? no more of that, my lord. no more of that. charlie: you did joan of arc here in new york. what

. >> neil swain. he-- well, basically the first thing we did was to study the script with the play and because we needed to understand all the subtleties of shakespeer's writing to make our choices. because there are like different means, different interpretations that can be given from only like one sentence. and sometimes you don't see it right away, all the different levels of meaning. and that was very interesting for us when we would, like, actually play and rehearse like a play to earnest and all the meaning of what shakespeare wanted to say. and that was really, really interesting. and so rich. >> this is a scene in which she is racked with guilt and imagines that she has a blood of king duncan and other victims on her hands. here it is. >> the power to klt. >> who would have thought-- had so much blood in him. >> what? >> these hands, no more of that, my lord. no more of that. >> you did joan of arc here in new york. >> yeah. >> rose: what kind of characters are there that you haven't played t

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swain: our guest this week is tennessee republican senator lamar alexander.he took over the gavel of the help committee, which is health, education, labor, and pension. first time with the gavel, oversaw the rewrite of the no child left behind. a big process. i want to tell our audience that you bring to this perspective on education, particularly serving as president bush's secretary of education, and you are the former president of the university of tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, susan. is swain: alyson klein "education week" reporter. ." -- els "cq roll call niels lesniewski, "cq roll call ." mr. lesniewski: what i wanted to ask first was having completed one big project with a rewrite of the l w

i nominate brian lam, susan swain, all the staff from c-span.inful as it is to listen to , youof us who disagree force us to do it, you educate us. the present series, the first ladies -- the president's series, the first ladies, the landmark cases in the supreme court. you provide us with the context to understand this crazy world that we live in an struggle in. you put the issues out there. i particularly appreciate -- first, some examples. the crisis in the world is better understood through on johnkinzer's book foster dulles and alan dollars. black lives matter is better understood through the context 's michelle alexander book on the new jim crow. isil and violent extremism has been rampant throughout the islamic world for decades, and systematically, the public closed its eyes to it. c-span has been a wonderful gift to the nation. the incredible insight and adventurism into the newest technologies that are out there -- c-span was a pioneer in iowaer, back with the caucus people in 2008. it is just a remarkable gift to the nation. i do not