thomas burns was basically sherlock holmes of the united states and had an incredible reputation but he had made himself quite rich by taking gifts, roosevelt was -- could not tolerate that behavior. roosevelt wanted harsher punishment. he wanted all promotions based on merit. he began telling reporters he wanted all was enforced and call police conduct rules and forced. he was a whirlwind trying to street -- sweet the corrupt area. you can't imagine the courage of the man to come into a city this corrupt intent on turning around. arthur brisbane wrote a front-page item ten days into roosevelt's tenure for the new york world saying we have a real police commissioner named theodore roosevelt. think what must be the policeman's feelings when he comes up for trial before a man like roosevelt. roosevelt speak english accurately. he does not say i'd done it for i seen it. he talks like a boston man or and englishmen more than a new york police commissioner. roosevelt's voice is the policeman's hardest trial. an exasperated she -- sharp voice. a voice that comes from his teeth and seems to

he forced doug williams and police chief thomas burns. and there's the idea of a red light district. basically the sherlock holmes of the united states. he had made himself quite rich by taking gives. roosevelt just could not tolerate that kind of behavior. wanted harsher punishments, of promotions to be based on merit. he began telling reporters he wanted all laws enforced and police conduct rules enforced. he was likes psoralen trying to sleep the corrupt era out of 300 mulberry street. you just can't imagine the courage of a man to come into a city this corrupt and used to doing a certain way. and with this just reckless reform attitude change the whole place. it is just amazing. anyhow, arthur brisbane was a front-page item ten days into a residence to year. and he said, we have a real police commissioner. his name is theodore roosevelt. they "must be the police his feelings when he comes up for trouble for a man like roosevelt he speaks english accurately. he does not say eidetic or seen it. he tax much more like a boston man are eng

burned d.c. in 1814, thomas jefferson sold over 6,000 of his own books to restock what institution? ongress? wow. would it be the university of virginia? that's an institution, but the library -- but they said after they burned d.c. yeah. so it's the library of congress. the library of congress. that is correct, and you're up to $200. good job, kristin. [ laughing ] all right, we got a short ride. i'm gonna keep them coming. here's your final $100 question. invented to aid pilots, what specific type of headphones use acoustic waves to eliminate ambient sound? i don't know. [ indistinct speaking ] um, soundproof headphones? oh, no. strike two. soundproof -- you guys were on the right track. it's noise-canceling headphones. oh, my goodness. noise-canceling headphones. all right. that's your second strike, guys. be careful. one more, and out you go. all right. seven blocks to go. that's it for the $100s. these next questions are worth $200 each, and they're a little bit harder. meaning "a small group of conspirators," what word has its roots in the name of madonna's mystical religion? c

. >> as the sun began to set, a 12-year-old thomas per se cheered on the champion, helping the olympic flame burned even brighter. >> on tuesday, bbc world news will be following the olympic torch on its journey to bristol. we are still at the training based k for theenyan team. the team is currently trading at high altitude. join us on bbc world news for a day of live coverage, the progress of the 2012 olympic torch. prince charles and the duchess or on a four-day tour of canada as part of the diamond jubilee celebration. the couple received a full military welcome in new brunswick on monday. charles and camilla as visit is among many royal legacy trips to the diamond jubilee. prince harry -- cringes and spent three days in south africa. -- princess anne spent three days in south africa. >> let's bring your reminder of the main news this hour. the nato summit in chicago has ended with the new agreement to and control of afghanistan to its own security forces by the middle of next year. mr. obama said nato troops would shift to training and support role in afghanistan. the headlines are next. thank

. >> as the sun began to set, 12- year-old thomas pierce, whose dad ran with his sister, cheered on with the champion, helping the olympic flame burns even brighter. >> and on tuesday, bbc world news will be following the olympic torch from its west country journey from toward to bristol. james will be reporting from kenya where the team is currently training at high altitudes. it will have live coverage of the 2012 olympic porch -- torch. stay with us. headlines next. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. what's at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angele

mainly minor injuries although one person was taken to hospital with burns in tennis roger federer came back from a set down to beat thomas burdick at the madrid open final after know about djokovic sure nuff only had been knocked out on the blue clay federer was the clear favorite to lift the trophy although burdick wasn't going to roll over having beaten the swiss two times already this year and the world number six broke his opponent in the second game before taking the first set six. however federer then break twice in the second to level the match and finally six five in the third he converted his fourth match point to claim his third madrid title and record equalling twenty masters crown he also leapfrog in the world rankings to gave number two. and american three no williams is the women's champion she thrashed world number one victory as a rank in straight sets plays never met each other on clay before but the belorussian was totally played williams racing to a six one six three picture. and finally math teacher has won the players championship gold richest event the american picking up a nice one point six millio

thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze breaking news in the east bay crews on the scene of a fire that burned three homes on bethel island on stone road two of the homes are gutted. the third house has minor damage the couple living there may be able to return. we are gathering more information and bring you more information as we get. >>> searchers will begin gathering at a morgan hill school shortly to resume their search for 15-year-old sierra lamar. many refuse to believe she is dead even though her alleged killer is in custody. terry mcsweeney is live in morgan hill with the story itch >> reporter: sierra lamar's mother is -- one who still has hope that sierra is going to be found alive. 8:00 searchers will be heading out as they have every wednesday and saturday since she disappeared in the middle of march. investigators say the most they will find is a bed or clues to find that body, because the girl -- is a body or clues to find that body, because the girl has been killed. this is 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres of morgan hill charged with the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old sierra l

thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. a marijuana set-up fueled a fire last night. so intense neighbors could feel the heat from the middle of the street. it started 8:00 last night and burned more than an hour spreading to electrical wires and shutting off power. nine people had been living in the home, including one child. a person suffered from smoke inhalation. the home next door also caught fire. >>> the san francisco police s.w.a.t. team descended on a visitation valley home last night to serve a search warrant. >> officers detained four while serving the warrants around 9:00 last night. the police department won't say why the warrants were served, what the charges are or how many people were arrested. >>> 13 suspected gang members arrested during an early morning sweep in several bay area cities will be making their first court appearance in federal court. abc7 news spoke to family members who were inside that petaluma home on mcneil drive during yesterday's raid which we followed live here. agents were after 20-year-old victor flores, jr., who authorities say is one of the gang members arrested. three immigration and customs enforcement agents suffer nonlife-threate

of credit. 1879, the light bulb thomas edison, the idea for using a light bulb when someone has an idea? >> i will take a lot of credit. >> 1446, b.c., was it the burning 0, that's right: >> i will take a lot of credit. >> this sunday at 9:00 p.m., when it comes to great ideas, history is 100% mitt. i will take a lot of credit. >> all right. well, thank you all for joining

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