the hunt morgan house is important to lexington's history because the stories that it tells both locally but also on a national level. john wesley hunt was particularly important to early lexington, but another character is kind of a broader narrative a more regional narrative, and that being the civil war. your third character is important internationally. he is the father of modern genetics. you are able to tell a complex story of both lexington and then the way that the city sits in a more national and international narrative. john wesley hunt is referred to as the first millionaire west of the allegheny mountains. he came here in the late 1700s and made a lot of money in hand and other ventures. he had a brother living here already from the late 1700s until the mid-1800s. it was a real cultural center for the united states, a place for a lot of opportunity. john wesley hunt bought the land that the house sits on in 1810 for $10,000. it is an urban lot. it has always been an urban lot. it was finished in 1814. it was originally called hopemont. it has a doorway with a palladium style

part of that is because of the family support and the opportunities in lexington. ou contrast that with the education of her husband, it is impressive. she had at least nine years of formal schooling but abraham lincoln said if you added all of his schooling, it might account for a year or so. there are accounts that are for the most part quite flattering, remembering a woman who was attractive, full of life and energy vivacious many accounts of her being quite spirited and stories associated with that. one of those stories was when she was 13 or so, she wrote her pony from here to henry clay's estate. henry clay being the most important political figure in kentucky at the time. she knocked on his door and requested an interview. he was otherwise engaged, but she put her point across that she was there to see him and he needed to come out because she wanted him to give his assessment of her new horse because he was a well-known horseman. he did so and her assessment was her pony seemed as spirited as its diminutive jockey. mary's home life is sometimes remembered as

most weren't around when the lexington fire burned 14,000 acres and destroyed 32 buildings. it was the second worst in local records. worst was 1948 when 19,000 acres burned. joe parker now a deputy chief fought the lexington fire as a young man. >> in that area it hasn't significantly burned since then. it is ready once again. the fuels are in worse shape than they were back then. >> reporter: that is whey they are training today even in oppressive heat. in saratoga david louie, abc 7 news. >>> the holiday is coming and fireworks pose one of the biggest threats in terms of wildfire. a north bay teenager is under arrest for trying to sell illegal fireworks on craig's list. this is the picture of the 16 year old boy. police did not have trouble catching him. they posed as customers answering the ad and arrested the boy at the home. >>> the stockton police department is mourning the loss of one of their k-9s after the air conditioning in a police car failed. officers were on the way to catch a suspect. they left nitroin the car. police say the air conditioner stopped working an

the examiner called the lexington county prosecutor's office apparently never heard back. that's why his status was a delayed pending status and if it's delayed pending, the transaction can be approved after three days so this gun shop following -- using this discretion it's allowed under federal law, saw it was delayed pending and moved forward with the transaction to allow dylann roof to buy this gun and we were told that that -- that it was never an approved status because the fbi never heard back from the lexington county prosecutor's office and unbeknownst to the examiner it wasn't until after the shooting that i think they realized that we contacted the wrong department we were supposed to contact columbia police but because that contact information wasn't on the sheet they were never reached out to it's just a confluence of issues here and clearly a big breakdown in the system and director comey said we are looking at a full review here we are looking at everything to make sure this doesn't happen again. he also said he spoke to that examiner and said obviously she i

the topic of the day being slavery. lexington and fayette county had a population that was 42% enslaved african-americans. she was surrounded by a community of enslaved persons. the topic of the day was very complicated. it was not as simple as being proslavery or anti-slavery. there were a lot of views on the spectrum in regard to slavery. her family members held different views. in addition to her father being a supporter of the colonization of african-americans back to africa, she had a step grandmother in favor of gradual emancipation. so her stepmother's mother, mary brown humphreys, chose nine slaves in her will, but they were to be freed over a time of decades. there are individuals who are still enslaved at the time of the civil war in the 1860's. this is a conservative anti-slavery position they were not radical such as abolitionists, but tended to be along the lines of grandmother humphries. when mary todd was 21 years old, that was of age. she made the choice to leave lexington to move to springfield, illinois and live

the city's history. learn more about lexington all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are at ashland, the henry clay estate, in lexington, kentucky. the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and could not be fixed, so he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had it with italian details architectural elements, and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it is very much a layer cake, or as i like to refer to it, and onion. you can fuel the layers back until you get to henry clay. henry clay was one of the seminal figures of the 19th century. he was of the second generation of great political american figures. he guided the nation from it makes sense to its ultimate test in the civil war. he was a speaker of the house, senator, secretary of state, but as important a figure as there was between 1800 and 1850 or so. henry clay originally came from virginia. he was born in hanover coun

all weekend here on american history tv. ♪ >> we are at ashland, the henry clay estate in lexingtonentucky. clay's original home had to be rebuilt. it fell into disrepair, and his son found it could not be saved. he built upon the foundation, so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal-style home, as henry clay had with architectural elements, etc., and an added layer of aesthetic details added high henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it's very much a layer cake or an onion, and you can peel the layers back. henry clay was of the second generation of great american political figures. henry clay guided the nation from its nascent -- nascence to its ultimate test in the civil war. henry clay originally came from virginia. he was born in hanover county near richmond. he was born during a revolution, saw the nation form essentially. he came along when our station was still sort of a toddler taking its first steps and he was seeing that happen and wanted to do everything he could to ensure its long-term survival and its development, etc. his parents

we continue with our look at the history of lexington. tom: this house was designed by benjamin henry latrobe. it is one of only three domestic structures designed by him and built that are still standing in the country. you might be familiar with latrobe he was an english architect that immigrated to america in the early 1800s and was immediately hired by thomas jefferson to do architectural work on the capitol and the white house. he never came to lexington. he and senator pope and mrs. pope met in washington. john pope was a one term senator. they picked him because mrs. pope had grown up in england she was familiar with british architecture. she admired latrobe's work. she talked to him more so than mr. pope about her needs for this house. they did not live in this house very long. they only kept occupancy about five or six years. they moved to other places. they rented the house out for quite a while and eventually sold it in the 1830's. this was a privately owned, it had a bad fire in 1987. the roof burned off the house and the chimn

, the topic of the day being slavery. lexington, fayette county had a population that was 42% enslaved african-americans. she was surrounded by a community of enslaved persons. the topic of the day was very, located. it wasn't a simple as being either proslavery or antislavery. there were a lot of views on the spectrum with regards to slavery. her various family members actually held some of those different views. in addition to her father being a supporter of the colonization of african-americans back to africa, she had a stepgrandmother who was in favor of gradual emancipation. her stepmother's mother, mary brown humphrey actually chose to many minute nine slaves in her will in the 1830's. but they were to be freed over a period of decades over her death. they were individuals that were still enslaved at the time of the civil war in the 1860's. this is a conservative antislavery position. and representatives of the views of northern kentucky who were antislavery men are radical. such as abolitionists. they tended to be along the

the fbi says the examiner called the lexington county prosecutor but never heard back. so the background check was still under way after the three-day waiting period expired. roof got his gun because federal law allows a gun sale to go ahead if the fbi hasn't blocked it. we are all sick this happened, fbi director james comey said today, "we wish we could turn back time." fbi agents met today with family members of the shooting victims including the husband of myra thompson. >> when i found this out today, it made me angry. you know, and i wasn't angry at dylann. i was angry at the system. >> reporter: some states that do their own background checks have longer waiting periods. and a former atf official says that would help nationwide. >> sometimes three days you just can't determine a person's absolute legal status to purchase a gun. >> reporter: and some big firearms dealers including walmart will not sell a gun even after the three-day waiting period if the background check isn't done. tonight the fbi director says this kind of failure because of a mistake in the data

. >> we now the lexington's office never responded for the f bhvment i's information. the police department was lifted as an arresting roof. while they told the fbi examiner during roof's background check to check with columbia's police, the bureau's own contact list omits columbia even though part of the thousand is in lexington county. james comey says we're accountable for not having reflected the geography of south carolina. had that happened, we wouldn't be having this conversation. david shapiro is a former fbi agent and prosecutor. >> we do have a serious problem in getting information both as complete and as timey. >> when they went to the choice, that same copier examiner was working 15-30 other cases. transactions were submitted to the fbi that day. roof's was among nearly 2200 marked pending. when the three day waiting period expires it's left to the gun store's discretion whether to sell the weapon. roof got his gun. last year there were 8.2 million gun transactions. less were delayed large than three days. 8-- were never resolved. >> axelrod: the confedera

our time warner cable partners worked with c-span city store staff when we travel to lexington to explore the city's rich history. learn about lexington all weekend here on american history tv. >> you are and what we call the best spot in the whole world on the grounds of the keeneland race course in kentucky. keeneland sits as the capital of the world during we are not only a great race course with pastoral settings in a wonderful spot in the middle of the country, but we are the world's largest marketplace in a thoroughbred sales standpoint. we sell a thousand or birds a year from buyers of 52 different countries. they run and race all over the world. our sales company started here in 1943 a few years after the racetrack opened in 1936. it was started because of the world war ii rail shortage. most of the horsemen were shipping horses to saratoga to be sold. without they roll service, they could not ship the horses to be sold. they started an option here on the grounds to service the local horsemen who are here raising their horses. it was set up as a trust because they did not want to be s

there were between 15 and 18 such taverns along the road between maysville and lexington. this particular building, the main building is on the left. the larger building which would've been the family home, you'll notice that the lower building to the right has two different doors to a. those would've been individual doors to individual rooms. you also notice there is a stairwell leading up to an attic area where the would've been another room. so this build is a great treasure in a sympathetic gives us a really good idea of how these taverns were erected how they were placed along the road for easy access and then now they were spaced out in such a way that it made sense for stagecoach accompanies who needed new horses every 10 miles or so. >> what is it to you right? >> so this would've been a mill site and the old mill part of the old mill is still there. tobacco warehouse right hip in this became a major tobacco wholesaling center, auction center by about 1905, 1910. there would've been a major distillery standing right here that's the old warehouse right there. that's

♪ >> we are at the henry clay estate in lexington, kentucky. e mansion is a unique situation. the original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair. he rebuilt on the original foundation. while we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with italian details and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it is very much a layer cake. you can peel the layers back until you get to henry clay. henry clay was one of the seminal figures of the century. the second generation of great american figures. he guided the nation from its ultimate test in the civil war. he was a secretary of state, a senator. as important a figure as there was between 1800-1815. he came from virginia, born in hanover county in an area called the flashes. he was born during the revolution, he saw the nation form, growing up as the nation was being created. he came along when our nation was still a toddler. he was seeing that happen and wanted to do everything it could to ensure i

to learn more about the history of lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is the bright star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who will be governor or president, a lot of people would have said it printed -- ed pritchett of kentucky. he worked in the white house in his early 20's. he came back to kentucky in 1940's and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. he went to prison. so that incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of senator henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is unique. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into despair and couldn't be saved. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, with italian details and architecture. plus an added layer of detail by his granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington today on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv rings archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ the american revolution bicentennial commission was authorized by a joint resolution of congress to prepare

the lexington county jail was responsible for his arrest report. the sheriff acknowledged there was a mistake in that report. because of the error, the fbi couldn't find the report when roof applied to purchase a gun. the waiting period expired and roof was able to buy the weapon. >>> more activity at the site where the confederate battle flag once flew at south carolina's statehouse. yesterday, crews removed the concrete slab that supported the flag pole. south carolina lowered the flag at its statehouse for the final time last friday. here it was last friday. when the flag came down. the move came weeks after that massacre at the historically black church in charleston. >>> the military is taking a step now toward lifting its ban on transgender service members. the pentagon will study the issue for six months so that it can figure out the impact on health care, housing and physical standards. the defense secretary says the current ban is outdated and anyone should be able to serve the run. >>> on capitol hill today, homeland security secretary jeh

there were between 15 and 18 taverns along the road between maysville and lexington. his particular building the main building is on the left or the larger building which would have been the family home you'll notice the lower building to the right has two different doors to it. those would have been individuals towards come individual firms. you'll also notice there's a stairwell leading up to an attic area where there would have been another room so this building is a great treasure in the sense that it hits us a really good idea of how these taverns were erected and how they were placed along the road for easy access and then how they were spaced out in such a way that it made sense for stagecoach companies who needed new horses every 10 miles or so. if you look to your right, this would have been a mill site and part of the old mill is still here. a tobacco warehouse right here. this became a major tobacco wholesaling center, auction center by about 1905, 1910. there would have been a major distillery standing right here and that's the old warehouse right there. th

joe's cable car, the lexington club. so many others. get calls to my office from businesses over time in my distant and actually, other parts of the city asking for help as these commercial enterprises face increasing rent -- rental rates. so, what we have before us is a ballot initiative that is aimed at helping these businesses, these legacy businesses stay in san francisco. it is about preserving these businesses and in the process preserving the character of our neighborhood. phase 1 of this process was something that we have already done, and i want to thank my colleagues on the board of supervisors, because earlier this year we passed unanimously a legacy business registry in san francisco and we are actually diversity in this country to do that. other countries have done it but no one has done it in the us. the way that works is that members of the board of supervisors were the mayor can nominate up to 300 legacy businesses a year to be included in that registry. hearing a small business -- there's a hearing before the small busi

the sheriff said you need to call the lexington county police. the examiner pulled up the database for law enforcement agencies and lexington county. there wasn't a columbia police department. there was a west columbia police department. she called the west columbia police department and they said not our case either. so she never contacted the columbia police department which had made the arrest because she didn't know about it. and three days later the case was still open and under federal law a gun sale can go through if the fbi hasn't blocked it within three days so what he said today is it's heartbreak sing. he said we're sick about this. that's what happened. so there were several missed unts here. the fbi database not listing the right police department. the law enforcement in that police department not getting back to the examiner to say, here's what happened. and we don't know why the wrap sheet didn't list columbia police in the first place instead of sending the examiner off to lexington county instead. but for all these missteps the sa

his own army, the confederate army is going to court-martial him. now he's made into a hero in lexington. he was raised here and he is on this horrors and still is downtown. why could this happen when we were a union stayed. we were not the show as they taught generations of people around here. we were only for entrÉe neutral for the first few months. kentucky had to make up its mind which way of his going and i would suggest largely for economic and business reason he was known as the great compromise and he made all kinds of compromises and congress and with other states trying to hold off a civil war because he wanted the united states to remain together. so we went with the north. what is that guy doing on a confederate produced a bronze memorial downtown because these women, the daughters of confederate veterans are going after work but this huge undertaking of monument domains so future generations would not forget the confederate army, the confederate states of america. it was an era of memory building. now we get this image of a southern kentucky cast forever in a bronze statue.

the country exploring american history. next a look at our recent visit to lexington, kentucky. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> you are in what we call the best spot in the whole world right here on the grounds of keeneland race course in lexington, kentucky. it fits into being the horse capital and thoroughbred capital of the world in a number of ways. we are not only a great race course with a very pastoral setting, but we are the world's largest thoroughbred park from a sales and option house standpoint. we sell to buyer's from 52 different countries and they run and race all over the world. our sales company started here in 1943, 2 years after the race track opened. the sales were started because of world war ii because of the real shortage. most of the horsemen worshiping their horses to be sold and with the real shortage, they could not use trains. they set up an auction company on the grounds to be able to service all the local horsemen that were running and raising their horses here locally. it was set up as a trust because

to mourn -- to learn more about the life of lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, perhaps president. a lot of people would've said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he was destined for great things. he came back to kentucky in the mid-1940's. he wasn't dieted for stuffing the ballot box and went to prison. -- he was indicted for stuffing the ballot box. >> we also visit ashland. the former home of speaker of the house and a secretary of state henry clay. >> clay's original home has to be torn down and rebuilt. it cannot be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as henry clay had with italian details and architectural elements. and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's daughter and great-granddaughter answered on. -- and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington threat the day also on ame

this pass was written about ten days of the bottle of concord and lexington, the shots heard round the world that will begin, officially begin i guess, the american revolution. well then our collection gets even better because i think our most prized possession is the only known surviving handwritten copy of the declaration of independence. we know that this was created in philadelphia and then in early 1777 franklin will use tight communicate to the court of frederic the great of push sha exactly what's happening back here in this new united states. we have in essence the cover letter that went with this where franklin is saying we the united states of america have just declared our independence from great brit on the. here is our declaration of that independence and the reasons for our formation as a new nation. for many of our guests, wanting to see examples from the collection that speak to our history as a nation and particularly the revolutionary period. we have this wonderful painting depicting george washington and lay fayette at the battle of brandy wine by john vanderling. th

the fbi says the examiner called the lexington county prosecutor but never heard back. sol the background check was still under way after the the-day waiting period expired. roof got his gun because federal law allows a gun sfael the fbi hasn't blocked it. we're all sick this happened the director said today. we wish we could turn back time. fbi agents met today with family members of the shooting victims including the husband of myra thompson. >> i found this out it made me angry. and i wasn't angry at dylann the system. >> some have longer waiting periods and a former official says that would help nation wide. >> sims three days you just can't determine a person's absolute legal status to purchase a gun. >> some big firearms dealers including walmart will not sell a gun even after the three-day waiting period if the background check isn't finished. now the director says this kind of failure because of a mistake in the data base is rare but he lass ordered an immediate review to find out what changes should be made. >> thanks for that. new overnight lawmakers in greece

the lexington county jail was responsible for his arrest report but the sheriff there now says that there was a mistake on that report and because of that error, the fbi could not find the report when roof applied to buy a gun. and the waiting period expired before anyone found the report. roof was able to buy the weapon. >>> nearly $6 million, that's the amount new york city will have to pay to the family of a man who died from a chokehold while in police custody. eric garner died almost a year ago. police in brooklyn stopped him for selling untaxed cigarettes. the video shows police taking him to the ground there. a grand jury declined to indict the officer who gave garner that apparent chokehold, which is against police policy. >>> and an incredible story of survival here. a teenage girl survived a small plane crash in the cascade mountains, wandered around alone for days looking for help until finally a driver found her and drove her to safety. family members alerted authorities after the small plane failed to land saturday afternoon. there was no sign of the plane or anyone inside un

blocking all lines now with one line the far left lane and nastic backup the stretches beyond the lexingtond the cuban early brushfire out under control you have not recovered from the northbound slow not typical commit traffic out of south san jose of liqueur downtown sunnyvale mountain view auto for this, this morning to a did not agree alton is packed out of san jose all political potential for a northbound by 28 minutes from highway 101 tie with 85 that is still slow and the peninsula we have heavy traffic no. 1 01 as the lead menlo park another stretch of belmont. into san belmont >>robin w: a slight improvement decathlon's on the right-hand side wide open the car pool lanes a wide open the back of ride down the middle stretches into the maze and is stop and go all out for a fremont street over tool the san mateo bridge we have the shot back again still have from the nimitz across the span of about 4101. >>robin w: a quick check of the ride to the richmond san rafael bridge could yes yes the backed up this is the commute 580 west to be sitting in traffic from castro to the toll plaza i

the lexington county sheriff says the jail discovered the mistake two days after roof's arrest but the change was not corrected in the state police database. the fbi promises a full review of this case. >>> pentagon leaders are finalizing plans aimed at lifting the ban on transgender people serving in the military. senior u.s. officials tell the associated press an announcement is expected this week. the military would have six months to determine the impact and work out details. officials say transgender individuals still wouldn't be able to join the military during that transition. >>> the boy scouts are a step closer to allowing gay adults to serve as leaders in the organization. last week the scouts executive committee unanimously approved a resolution to change its adult leadership policy. the resolution doesn't require counsels or troops to allow gay leaders but lifts a long-standing ban that prevented people who are openly gay from serving. scout activists say the resolution isn't perfect but it's an important first step. it goes before the executive board on july 27th. >>> a he

most important of which was william dawes, who rode off of boston neck, taking the land route to go and warn people in lexingtonher man is a man named dr. samuel prescott, who was actually out visiting his girlfriend that night and was roped into helping with the business when he met up with revere and with dawes in lexington. >> so, then why did longfellow leave out those two men? >> that is a great question, and there are many historians and academics who've researched that particular piece. their answers seem to be that what longfellow was striving at was finding a way to inspire individuals to take up their place in history and to do an action that could help to change the course of events in their country. >> others offer a different explanation. they say that the poem's opening line... >> "listen, my children..." >> "...and you shall hear..." >> "...of the midnight ride..." >> "...of paul revere." >> ...just wouldn't have worked if "dawes" and "prescott" were added. longfellow created a legend that turned paul revere into one of our nation's most "revered" heroes, and that probably would never have happen

. >> you are in the best spot in the world right here on the grounds in lexington, kentucky. we are not only a great race course with iver pastora setting and wonderful spot, but we are the world's largest thorough bread -- thoroughbred marketplace. buyers from 52 different countries. they run and race all over the world. our sales team started in 1943 after the race track opened in 1936. sales were started because of world war ii with the real shortage. they were shipping horses to saratoga to be shorted -- to be sold. they set up an auction company here on the grounds to be able to service the local horsemen that were here running. it was set up as a trust because they didn't want to be set up as a dividend corporation. he didn't want people to feel they had to make money because they wanted to fulfill those missions. we have three trustees that reverend -- that govern our trust. the associate itself is owned by the community. we are more of a park than a race track just because we only race 32 days a year. we have forces training year-round. a great spectacle for people to

you got to to call the columbia police department. so she pulls up in lexington police department and there is no columbia police department. but there is a west columbia police department. she calls them they have no such record. three days go by and at the end of three days under federal law -- it is a three day waiting period, remember. if the fbi doesn't say no within those three days the sale can go ahead. the case was still under review so there was no "no." so he goes in on a thursday he buys the gun legally and the law enforcement says that is the gun he used in the shooting. >> i want to go to joy reed. this news would be weighty no matter what day it was but the fact it's coming when the residents of the south carolina are taking down the flag and a page is being turned what's the reaction to this news? >> absolutely it is interesting timing for this information to come out. people here were very jubilant today both as the flag was brought down from the flag pole that used to stand behind he here at the state house and then again at 2:00 as the flag pol

and i have found the video to prove it. >> lexington, the british are coming. coming. >> america!pparently had bros way back ten. >> where is my steed? >> steed? i have the steed you need right here. >> but the videos don't lie. >> what about the dlaration of do i get like membership perks like personal training or juice bar? >> tas so ridiculous it's funny. >> what about the creation of the american flag? >> betty ross and the bros. >> hey, washington. this flag. >> glad we didn't go with that design though. >> i feel like i'm learning about my new country right now. it's fascinating. >> according to the guys over at oscar meyer, who are the people who produced this video, those people kept it simple. >> america wasn't built by bros or bro proteins. it was built by american heroes who ate meat cheese and nuts. >> this is all to promote their p3 portable protein pack package. >> this is a commercial for a snack? >> yes! and it's done so well. oddly, i strangely want tomorrow cheese nuts and meat. >> america. >>> that's our show. thanks for for over 60,000 california foster childre

the confederates. we got one in lexington. this is what started the entire research for me. i wondered whyi wondered why we can have a guy a horse in front of an old courthouse confederate guy who actually was court-martialed always waiting for court-martialed to take place when someone often because he lost control of his men. his own army is going to court-martialed and. now he is made into a hero in lexington. he was raised here. he is on this horse and still is downtown. why could this happen when we were union state? we were not neutral, as they taught generations. we were only neutral for the 1st few months until the confederate army invaded the state. kentucky had make up its mind. i would suggest largely for economic and business reasons and the influence of henry clay who had wanted his country to remain together. he was known as the great compromise or. he made all kinds of compromises in congress and with other states trying to hold off the civil war because he wanted the united states to remain together. so we wentso we went with the north. we were union state. w

the newsroom. flooding that turned deadly in eastern kentucky following last night's storms. take a look. >> a woman two hours east of lexington. the emergency crews search for the missing in the hardest hit neighborhood. one person confirmed dead. the national guard activated and is helping with the rescue operation at this hour. breaking news in the abc7 news. get to jonathan elias to learn what is happening. what is the story? jonathan: you talk about the weather. further south of us is a second system that broke apart in tennessee. there was a tornado that touched down in smithsville. no damage. a lot of video on the social media frame to us. this is a work site. i have been was on a high floor. the next thing you know that the wind is blowing through there by crazy. look at the visibility through the windshield. you can see there is not a ton of water on the road yet. but they get more rain than this. this is early on in the system. look how dark the clouds are. people post pictures and we just look to see what is going on. give you an example. there is video from earlier on. give you an idea. this is a clout coming in. t

he proposed that the maysville rod from lexington to maysville be supported by federal government money to turn it into a hard surface turnpike. hard surface meaning stone covered. and in an engineered road rather than a mud track across the countryside. and his argument was that it would serve a larger area, and it would serve commercial traffic. andrew jackson in his literal interpretation of the discussion, did not see the argument that way. he said that the constitution said that any project that was essentially local in nature could not be supported by federal moneys. and so andrew jackson saw the road the 67-miles from lexington to the ohio river as a local project even though the turnpike signs that later are going to list nashville tennessee, and florence,alabama, on them, suggests it's a regional road if not a national road but a it was connect with new orleans. so we have two sides to the debate. the side that sees the larger picture, and sees the maysville road as one sex of a much larger highway that's going to connect the pittsburgh area with new orleans on the one side, an

protesters and police tangled outside the old lexington club in the mission just after the dice march. tony winn was walking out of a pizza parlor about the same time. >> i decided to just go outside and get fresh air to breathe. >> reporter: this is what winn saw. officers on top of a screaming woman trying to restrain her. as the cell phone video shows winn walked closer. a police supervisor was nearby. >> i said hey you're using excessive force, that's really unnecessary. and he tried to like slam me down to the police car. like i've seen a bunch of other cops joining up like trying to take me down to the ground. the whole time i was telling him i'm not resisting arrest. like i'm willing to comply. anything you request me to do. you know? >> reporter: officers cuffed winn and took him to a waiting police car. he says he asked one of them. >> why am i being arrested? what am i being charged with? and he told me like yeah i have no rights. >> reporter: he was booked on charges of resisting arrest and assault on a police officer. >> were you assaulting a police officer? >> no. i didn'

the grave of general gordon granger. general granger did not come from lexington. he came from new york, graduate of west point, class of 1845. a prominent combatant in the mexican war and the war in the west for the civil war and after, he wins his fame at the battle of chickamauga at the 20th of september, 1863. but that's not what we know him more. at the wars and on june 19, 1865, he was in command of

they say this area where the 1985 lexington fire started is ripe to burn again. >> it was 98 degrees. this is what firefighters do to refresh their skills and learn new ones to stop many fires from spreading. >> everyone was setting pretty good. it's a good test and getting acclimated to the weather is good in this controlled environment. >> the training is realistic, wearing heavy weight gear and protective masks. they can easily get over heated dehydrated. fire hoses had to be laid. line hz to be cut to create fire breaks. only one compromise was made. >> i see engine five eight we have a spot fire. >> incident commanders couldn't set fires because of weather conditions so they did a simulated wildland fire using a sand boflx. there's conditions are ripe similar to three years ago this month 14 acres were burned and building destroyed. joe was on the fire line in 1985 and is running the training. >> that area 30 years hasn't burned since so it is ready once again. the fuels are in worse shape now then they were then. >> chief knows they need to mobilize resources sooner than later l

. >>> an employee at the lexington county jail entered the wrong information into a data base of souths, allowing dylann roof to buy a gun authorities say was used to kill nine people in a church last month. the information was corrected two days after his february arrest, but wasn't sent to the state law enforcement division which maintains the records the fbi uses for background checks. >>> kraft lowering prices of maxwell house and uban coffee in the u.s. starbucks raised coffee prices citing higher overhead costs. that is the cnbc news update this hour. back to you. >>> please do. i'm just thinking when it comes to coffee competitors are smelling some opportunities. >> absolutely. especially with prices dropping. >> thank you, sue herera. >>> are sheering economy companies like uber keeping presidents low? are they to blame? robert wolf will weigh in next. >>> later, live to cincinnati and major league baseball all-star game. mark teixeira paying attention to batting averages as well as the dow jones industrial average. coming up, which investments are scoring. ah! aflac? aflac! i

told you about a bit ago in cherry hill running a little bit late along 38 westbound between the mall and lexington avenue by camden catholic. they still have the left lane blocked but should be packing up and clearing out of there shortly. this is 42 in camden county northbound side some building traffic headed towards 295 and the walt walt whitman bridge. egg harbor township black mon road closed. stick with steel manville road to get around that construction. matt. >> thank you matt. >>> crews in delaware county worked through the night and the morning making progress towards the reopening of several stores damaged by fire this week. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at the fire scene along 69th street in upper darby. katherine. >> reporter: matt, that's right, the hope is that at least some of these stores can reopen today but it really just depends on the progress. crews have been working throughout the night. we've seen crews drive in this morning and you can see some going up the hill right now as they work to tear down this payless. you can see this block is still closed. no ca

they say this area where the 1985 lexington fire started is ripe to burn again. >> it was 98 degrees. this is what firefighters do to refresh their skills and learn new ones to stop many fires from spreading. they have to be prepared. >> everyone was setting pretty good. it's a good test and getting acclimated to the weather is good in this controlled environment. >> the training is realistic, wearing heavy weight gear and protective masks. they can easily get over heated dehydrated. medical volunteers enforce breaks and sit in front of fans. fire hoeses had to be laid. lines had to be cut to create fire breaks. only one compromise was made. >> i see engine five eight we have a spot fire. right flank outside the line. >> incident commanders couldn't set fires because of weather conditions so they did a simulated wildland fire using a sand box. there's conditions are ripe for major fire in the santa cruz mountains similar to three years ago this month 14 acres were burned and 42 buildings were destroyed. joe was on the fire line in 1985 and is running the training. >> that area 30 year

she called the lexington county prosecutor.to -- she also checked the court records and saw no disposition, no end, no conviction on this drug charge. so she put it into delayed status and under federal law the fbi has three days to block a sale and if the end of those three days they can't find a reason to block it the gun sale can go through. that's what happened here. roof went back to the gun store on the following thursday and then bought the gun because the fbi hadn't stopped it. but what the fbi director says is there were a number of missteps here that the sale should not have gone through and directed fbi agents in south carolina to meet with family members of those who were killed in the church in mid-june and explain to them what happened. >> yeah. indicated that the data either not properly entered or mishandled. thank you for joining me with that update. appreciate it. >>> and joining me now outside the state house in columbia, craig melvin. craig, you saw that flag go down. any moment now the flagpole should be co

the city's rich history. learn about lexington all weekend here on american history tv. >> you are and what we call the best spot in the whole world on the grounds of the keeneland race course in kentucky. keeneland sits as the capital of the world during we are not only a great race course with pastoral settings in a wonderful spot in the middle of the country, but we are the world's largest marketplace in a thoroughbred sales standpoint. we sell a thousand or birds a year from buyers of 52 different countries. they run and race all over the world. our sales company started here in 1943 a fe