that is tom sherwood over there. i made him. that is what he would say. and i would shout back -- yes you did. brian: let's watch you to me when years ago. [video clip] tom: he did not talk officially for the book that he did talk for a decade. he would ask what was in it for me. it turned out we did not know all of the bad stuff. it surprised us. even now, he does not like to talk about the book or dispute the book. he just says that i am a better reporter then i am a writer. he dismisses it and says the book happened and these things happened in the past. i am a new person and a new marion barry. i'd knowledge my problems with women and drugs. taking my hand off of the tiller. i am moving on. he did not want to address the book for that reason. brian: just for a moment, how many different times was he a elected? tom: he was elected mayor four times. three times in a row. in 1978, in 1982. and then he was elected in 1994. brian: how many times with the elected to the council? tom: four times. in his political career, he was elected to the council at-large

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in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >>> a stranger helped save a woman in fairfax county.uy grabbed her in the mount vernon neighborhood before noon last thursday. she was backing on buckland wood toward the pine wood south apartments. the kidnapper tried pull her into his car. somebody driving by saw her fighting the man and he stepped in to help. kidnapper took off in a light-colored toyota. >>> tonight, we are hearing the dispatch recordings as rescuers rushed to help a little girl who fell from a fifth floor apartment. news4's david culver is in bailey's cross roads with details on her incredible survival. david? >> reporter: doreen, a tree, some shrubs and mulch, the combination of the three helped cushion a young girl's fall from this apartment building and very likely saved her life. >> 3-year-old female fell from the fifth floor balcony. >> reporter: the call came down around 8:30 last night, emergency crews dispatched from bailey's crossroads fire station 10. >> reports that a woman is yelling that her 5-year-old daughter fell from the tenth floor, also the fifth

>> this sunday night on "q&a," nbc 4 washington reporter, tom sherwood, on the political corruption in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> i think 44 attorneys general from around the country signed a letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonnell. that what he did was politics. not bribery. and that these gifts were -- he should have reported the gift, that might be a crime he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding. $50,000, $70,000 loan. the problem was, bob mcdonnell had been considered potentially a vice president -- vice presidential candidate was in over his in in the governor's office. another case where you have are a public figure and have a messy private life combine together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern n pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> history bookshelf features popular american history writers and airs on american history tv every weekend at this time. author alan brandt, chronicles the social and political history of smoking in america. and the various advertising campaigns employed by the cigarette companies to attract new smokers. the university of cal

i'm tom sherwood.l have the story coming up. ♪ >>> they came in the middle of the night and made a huge mess inside a d.c. library. d.c. police are trying to track down a group of burglars looking for pricey electronics. pat collins reports from northeast. >> reporter: d.c. libraries have all sorts of resources. they have books. thousands and thousands of books. they have computers. lots of computers. cds and dvds. oh, and they have one other thing. they have cameras. security cameras. burglary number one. june 16th. three guys break in through the front door of the woodridge library and try to steal some computers. only to find out the computers are secured by cables. now the library gets trashed but the computers stay in place. august 21st. another burglary caught by security cameras. this time the thieves came prepared. this time the thieves bring along a bolt cutter and they use that bolt cutter to slice through the security cables. eventually they make off with four apples. now, a lot of people ne

general assembly in new york. >> this week on "q&a," political reporter tom sherwood. mr. herwood, who covers politics in washington, d.c. talks about political corruption in d.c., maryland, and virginia. brian: tom sherwood, after 41 years of covering washington, d.c., as you look at it, what was the biggest scandal? tom: no doubt it is the marion barry years. from the 1980's to the 1990's. brian: are you surprised at all that they want to change the high school name to marion barry high school? tom: he died a year ago and there is a plan to try to give some kind of acknowledgment of

. >>> i'm tom sherwood.rning at the foggy bottom metro station, a mother and her 2-year-old child in a stroller, someone t >>> a dramatic scene this morning on an orange line metro train at foggy bottom. passengers jumped in to rescue a 2-year-old girl who was being grabbed from her stroller by another passenger. >> news4's tom sherwood talked to one startled rider today who helped subdue the woman as a grateful mother looked on. >> reporter: metro police responded quickly to the foggy bottom stop a suspect handcuffed and taken away after the bizarre incident about 9:30 this morning on an orange line train en route to new carrollton a nearby passenger. >> out of into where, i kind of see a baby in the air, and a woman screams "my baby, my baby." i stood up, at first, i thought, my god it is having a seizure. >> reporter: this 27-year-old arlington man did not want to be identified by news4 but described the harrowing scene, how another passenger first jumped in to the rescue. >> and then out of nowhere, lite

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. >>> i'm tom sherwood in the district outside of firehouse. sometimes one of the hardest jobs of a firefighter is finding a legal place to pa >>> you could soon have to pay a bit more if you want to take uber or lfyt in prince george's county. the county council is considering a measure that would add a 25 cent surcharge on rides from ride-sharing services. according to the "washington post," the money would help improve the county's bus system. it would also apply to all trips that originate in prince george's county. both d.c. and montgomery county already have surcharges in place. >>> they're public servants charged with helping us in emergencies but even the city's firefighters and first responders cannot avoid getting parking tickets near the firehouses. tom sherwood reports on a new effort to ease that parking squeeze. >> reporter: the station at 13th and k downtown. one of the worst places for city firefighters to find parking and to avoid parking tickets. >> i've gotten several tickets. parking here. >> reporter: what's the worst one?

. >>> i'm tom sherwood in southeast washington. there's too much violence in some of these neighborhoods but what would a new community >>> breaking news now at 5:30, metro has just announced the resignation of chief safety officer, james doherty, been with lamotta five years and leaves with metro facing more scrutiny than ever. >> news4's transportation reporter, adam tuss, has been following this story all day. he joins us now on the phone. adam, how significant is this? >> very significant, wendy, when you consider that this is the top safety official at metro and of course, they have been dealing with this scandal for weeks now and it really all came to a head at a metro board meeting today. the metro board was as feisty as i have ever seen them, going after top metro staff officials. they went after the rail chief. they went after jim doherty who has resigned today. they basically called jim doherty's office a paper tiger, meaning that, yeah, looks all good on paper and you might be able to enforce some things on paper but you

i'm going to be out there with tom sherwood. i believe tom comes every year. and tom brokaw. at 4:00, he's signing his book as well. you can go to our nbc washington app to get more information. if you are out there and you are on social platform, don't forget to use # -- >> time is 9:43. he's getting bigger by the day. >> still ahead, an update on the panda that turns 2 weeks old today. >> we want to look outside the nbc 4 studios this morning. let's look at pandas. the weekend is off to a great start, already. how long is it going to last? meteorologist tom kierein is back with that answer. >>> you have been waiting for it. the panda update. she switched from one side to the other in the last hour as we have been monitoring this panda cam. that is the life. how do i sign up for that? >> right now, you are looking at the panda cam. this morning, we are learning the new cub, the little boy is growing normally. they say he has doubled in size. he's now like two sticks of butter. he was born two weeks ago. the cub weighs ten ounces, he was four at birth. he's still pink. they s

let's go to aaron gilchrest. >> reporter: tom sherwood for us live outside of st.atthews we expect that what we're going to see happen next here is going to move fairly quickly inside the cathedral here. the pope making his way down the aisle. he will have an opportunity to pray in the chapel there at st. matthew. we believe he will vest before cardinal wuerl and archbishop kurtz, they will make some remarks at the altar there as well. the pope obviously greeting some of the other bishops and cardinals who are here. the pope often speaks of his brothers. he was a cardinal before he was a pope, so developed very close relationships with many of the other cardinals and bishops around the world for that matter. so it's not unusual that he might have what looks like a personal moment with some of them before he makes his way up toward the chapel and the altar here to begin this prayer. as tom alluded to, we know some of what he might say during this time when he's at the cathedral. we also know we expect to hear from cardinal wuerl and archbishop kurtz as this gatherin

tom sherwood, news4. >>> now at 6:00, final preparations underway for the pope's visit to the u.s. his three-city tour begins here, as washington, d.c. gets thrust into the international spot, tomorrow. >>> tonight, team coverage of the crowds, the road closures, and the security challenges as tens of thousands of people start making their way to the nation's capital. meagan fitzgerald is live outside the basilica with the excitement that's building there. >> reporter: the excitement continues to build, because people are out here. they're looking at the preparations, they're seeing the progress, and they say it's starting to become real. in just two days, pope francis will be here celebrating mass. along with his arrival comes heavy security and road closures. it's quite the task when preparing for the pope's arrival. for the last week, crews have been working tirelessly to get the altar and east pour -- portico ready for the pontiff. no one will be allowed inside the gates without a ticket and going through a metal detector. >> it's a great time for dc and for the country. >> rep

at the nats ballpark, tom sherwood, news 4. >> you have an opinion, tom? thumbs up or thumbs down on williams? >> he was manager of the year last year, and i think the team sank on a lot of teams and it wasn't the manager's fault. >> what a waffly way to answer a direct question. >> man! >> never mind! >> listen, i cover politics. i know how to play it. >> yeah, we learned that! we asked you folks to weigh in on the suspension. so far most have said that jonathan papelbon should have been suspended each longer, in fact, more than 60% felt that way. the team is also weighing in today, carol maloney with a look ahead at what's coming up in sports. >>> we're following the latest developments out here at nats park. jonathan papelbon suspended. bryce harper out for today and manager matt williams is under fire. and the gm, mike rizzo talking about the future of the nats closer coming up later in sports. >> still ahead, a top school official under fire, now thousands of students may be asked to leave school, and that's just part of the problem. >> a confrontatio

in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> pretty cool.e have rounded up more video show casing people doing more great things in their community, just go to the washington app and search the words do good. >> so many people in our community doing good things and kind of like the lego pope. >> me, too. >>> a kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples returned to work today. kim davis did not issue any licenses, but didn't interfere with the deputy who did. the marriage licenses have been changed so they can't carry davis' name and kentucky's governor and attorney general both say they're still valid and davis disagrees and her attorneys have filed an appeal. >>> a repeat offender back behind bars. see the dramatic video that led to his arrest. >>> a prison employee sharing her story for the first time since capturing national headlines, why she says she did it. >>> i did wrong. i deserve to be punished, but you know, people need to know that i was only >>> he got probation for a robbery several years ago, but

tom sherwood joins us where the 5,000-seat building will go up. tom? >> jim, this old st. elizabeth's hospital campus has been here since the late 1800s and closed for decades, but now this new wizards deal is about to bring new life and new hope to the area. >> wizards owner ted leonsis hands a team jers toe muriel bowser to build a $55 million practice arena that will be the homecourt for the wnba mystics. it will be near the metro stop in mostly poor ward 8. the deal was part of bowser promised to bring long star development east of the anacostia river. >> basketball is a vehicle to change in this ward and across this city. we made a big promise to ward 8 that we would not forget you. >> team owner leonsis had explored sites in maryland and virginia, but the lucrative d.c. deal prevailed. >> i really got to know this area, and i got to go around the anacostia, and i walked around this area to see what we could do, and the mayor was with us every step of the way, and i was kind of afraid to say we would go some place else. >>> the new facility to open in about two years

. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in southeast washington, the old st. elizabeth's campus where the washington wizards hope to make a big impact on this poor neighborhood and the mayor says this is a new day forward 8. >> basketball is a vehicle to change in this ward and across this city. we made a big promise to ward 8 that we would not forget you. >> the welcoming embrace that we have felt from the people in this community made the decision very, very ease owe where we would commit and grow and really commit to a 20-year narrative in helping you and working together to make this fantastically well-developed neighborhood. >> officials say they hope to sign all of the contract, start construction and have this new facility open in two years. i'm tom sherwood, news 4. >>> we are getting our first look this afternoon at a guy who police say robbed a bank in the busy section of arlington. surveillance shows the man handing the teller a note and while waiting for the cash, he appears to yawn. we are told he ran out of the t.d. bank in claire endon after get

tom sherwood, news 4. >>> you may soon be able to grab a beer or some wine at a starbucks in sterling. the store on pigeon hill drive off route 7 has applied for an abc license. starbucks hasn't received details about the offerings at this specific location, but it is increasing the number of stores with what it is calling starbucks evenings. the menu includes small plates and craft beer and wine. this would be the first store with that menu in our region. >>> you have to learn to help prevent these. up and down the east coast right now, communities bracing for the worst as a newly formed hurricane, joaquin, barrels in. we'll tell you what the state of virginia is doing tonight to prepare for them. >>> there stood the killer in the courtroom as the judge read out charge after charge after charge. no contest, said the killer. there's not going to be a trial, but there's more to be done here. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do th

tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> having 44 attorneys general from around the country sign a letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonald, that what he ,id was politics, not bribery and that these gifts -- he should have reported the gifts. child's wedding. $50,000, $70,000 loan. the problem was bubba donald had been considered potentially a vice president of candidate. he was in over his head when he got into the governor's office. this is another case where you are a public figure and you let your messy private life combined together. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern and >> each week american history brings theamerica" archival films that help bring context to today's public affairs issues. film documents the september 1963 trip of afghanistan's king and queen. frommed zahir shah rain 1933 until 1973, when a coup abolish the monarchy. returning to afghanistan after many years in exile, zahir shah was given the symbolic constitutional title father of the nation. as seen on the right in this photo, when hamid karzai was sworn in as afghan

tom sherwood and myself we all took part.bc 4 is a proud sponsor of the book festival. >>> maryland terrapin breaks a record held over 70 years. and bryce harper pounds the braves pitching. dave >> it's a win. there we go again, kind of like every time i talk to you, dave, there has to be a common injunction. >> what she's talk about is the braves aren't very good. but it's still going to count in the standings. how about we add #september surge. that's what the nats need. at the start of play tonight, down five games to the fist place mets but hosting the team with the worst road record in baseball. that's what erica was talking about, the atlanta braves. why not pole magic in the house. also the home run going. this one to his 500th career hit. bounces the pitch off the plate. christian betancourt, coming home third, now he tries the throw. that gets away. ian desmond, why don't you come on home, and he does. he didn't know what happened. all right, gang, what happened? there's possible heads there. it might be the nats fan

our tom sherwood has our report. >> reporter: one shovel at a time, wheel barrebarrows haulin.unteers building a $100,000 playground off wheeler road, home to the achievement preparatory academy. >> doing it for the kids. i went to school not too far up the street. so when i found out they were doing something for the community, i thought i would help out. >> reporter: mark is a suburban car max car service specialist, but he remembers this town's rough neighborhood and the people here. >> i grew up in the area, i live out in maryland, but went to school here for the better part of ten years. some of the nicest people i ever met live two to three miles from here a great jest xhur but a small gesture considering what i think is owed to people, hard working people around here that deserve it. >> reporter: chantell wright is a former corporate lawyer who switched car tears are open this academy eight years ago. >> too many children simply because of their zip code or color of their skin don't have access to quality education. >> reporter: is the school ceo getting her own hands on

>> tom sherwood. the pope in his speech, he invoked the works of four americans, president lincoln and martin luther king, thomas martin and dorothy day. dorothy day was born in 1897 and she was a pacifist who fought for social justice and she founded the catholic worker movement. in an interview in 1971, she said if your brother is hungry, you feed him and the pope's inclusion of day is notable because her supporters have pushed for her canonization and dorothy day had an abortion early in her life. >>> after his address on capitol hill the pope got in his fiat and went to went to st. patrick's church on 10th street, northwest d.c., there he addressed the needs of the poor. the pope called on more people to help those who are hungry, sick or homeless. afterwards he met and spoke to some of the 120,000 people who have been helped by catholic charities in the d.c. area. later this hour, our chris gordon will give us a closer look at how pope francis identifies with the disadvantaged and the poor. >>> s

i'm tom sherwood at nats park. >> we asked you to weigh in on the suspension.a majority of you think papelbon would have been suspended longer in some cases. 63%. >>> and students at a new jersey high school are remembering their star quarterback after he died collapsing during a game over the weekend. 17-year-old evan murray was a three-sport star at warren hills regional high school in new jersey and he took a hit during friday night's game and collapsed making it to the sideline. he later died at the hospital and an autopsy is under way and we'll have more from the school and some nfl players and how they're remembering murray. that's coming up in the next half hour. >>> to a developing story at the united nations where president obama is meeting face-to-face with vladimir putin. addressing the civil war in syria. putin says it would be in his words an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the syrian government. president obama said syria's future cannot include current president bashar assad. despite that statement today president obama said that the

elizabeth's hospital could spur more economic development but news 4's tom sherwood also reports theree concerns about crime in the nearby neighborhoods. >> reporter: the washington wizards playing and practicing at the verizon center nearly 20 years. the team has wanted a new state of the art practice facility. it was looking in the city and the suburbs. now major muriel bowser and the team wednesday will announce d.c. will spend $55 million to build the practice facility in southeast washington's congress mig heights. council members must approve the deal. several council members say they weren't consulted in advance and needs to see how it affects taxpayers and city finances. >> i think it's an intriguing proposition, and i'm looking forward to our seeing it, seeing what the details are. >> i'm a nats fan and i'm a sports fan. i played sports. so i understand the value of sports but we have to make sure that it's a good deal for the city. >> reporter: ward 8 council member may says the project in her ward will jump-start economic development. she down played crime concerns in the ar

in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> everyone took away something different.erage of the pope's visit to d.c. continues on our nbc washington app. you can read a complete text of the pope's speech to congress. >>> we're also working breaking news right now. a duck boat and a tour bus have collided in the pacific northwest. the death toll has just doubled. we're getting information on how this happened. we will bring you the latest. >>> plus, it was the last church the pope visited in the district. find out what the holy father did when he stepped into st. patrick's. you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >>> we're tracking a story out west that involves one of those duck boat tour mobiles. it's been a deadly crash and first responders are still on the scene in seattle. the duck boat and a tour bus collided on the aurora bridge. the fire department tweeted this picture of an awful crash. at least four people we know now, have been killed. a lot of other people are critically injured and have been rushed to the hospital. we're still working to find out how this happene

>> tonight, tom sherwood on the political corruption in washington, d.c., and baltimore, maryland. there are people saying what he did was politics, not bribery. he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding. $70,000 loans. could potentially be considered a vice presidential candidate and was in over his head when he got into office. this is a case where you let your messy private life and political life combined together. >> on friday morning, speaker of the house john boehner announced that he will be resigning from that post at the end of the month. he has been facing the threat of a vote on whether he should stay on as speaker. that is a challenge that has not happened in more than 100 years. he discussed his reasons in the news conference. this is about 20 minutes. this is a stunning and abrupt change. ziplinzip a dee ♪ da, zip a dee a i have spent every day of my service fighting for smaller, more tenable government. i have advanced conservative help.s that would we will reduce government spending by $1 trillion over the next fears. -- few years. % of thected 99 a

>> this sunday night, tom sherwood on the political corruption in .d.c, maryland, and virginia. >> 44 attorneys general from around the country signed a letter saying they agree with governor mcdonnell that what he did was politics, not bribery. these gifts, he should've reported the gifts, that might be a crime. $15,000 for a child wedding. a $70,000 loan. bob mcdonnell had been considered a vice presidential candidate. was in over his head when he got into the governor's office. you are a public figure and you let your messy private life combined together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. 8:45, president obama welcomes pope francis to the white house. later at 4:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage of pope francis leading mass at the national shrine of the immaculate conception. coming up, we continue our look at the pope's visit to the united states. our guest is jim nicholson, former u.s. ambassador to the holy see for the bush administration. he will talk about u.s.-vatican relations, the pope's visit to th

tom sherwood is outside the police station where the recent krip trends will be discussed. >> this has been a summer of violence and hz homicide. tonight here at this police station, worried citizens will be seeking answers. >> the revived urban area has attracted many new residents but older residents worry. >> yes, i am and also the other young people in the neighborhood. >> i don't know what the trend is but i know to be more alert. >> the jump in homicides and street crimes has added extra meaning to the monthly meetings of the council. >> chairman of the citizens council is from the city activist for years. citizens want to know about this crime spike. >> what we want is to understand what's happening neighborhood by neighborhood. >> we don't feel they have enough information. >> now coming up at 6:00, citizens and civic leaders are upset that the police union and the chief are fighting instead of fighting crime. i'll have that story. wendy back to you. >> thanks tom. >>> a former white house aide is accused of shooting an officer has been indicted on assault charges. she invited

eun yang, angie goff, tom sherwood took part. nbc 4 is a proud sponsor of the book festival. eat event. >> look at all those people that turned out. that's fantastic. >> tom brokaw was there. al roker was there. i met doris kearns goodwin, love her book about the lincoln administration. she's going to be on "meet the press." i'm a huge history fan. always have to have a book going, right? a great day to sit outside on the lounge chair and read or get on your bike. a beautiful summer morning under way. there's a live view from the tower camera looking off to the west and just a few high clouds drifting through a blue sky on this sunday morning. temperatures right now are climbing quickly from that very cool start. we were upper 50s near 60 around dawn. now upper 60 near 70 shenandoah valley, the panhandle of west virginia and into the mountains. it's cooler there in the mid-60s. closer to the metro area right near 70. prince george's. montgomery, fairfax, alexandria, falls church. low 70s there. low to mid-70s on the bay waters. away from the water inland on the eastern shore i

news 4's tom sherwood will have a look at the potential speed bumps for this project on news 4 at 5:00. >>> it's a case of murder. the scene, the great seneca valley stream park. the victim, a man. but police, they don't know his name. they don't know the motive. they don't know the suspects. they need your help on this one. so they're releasing pictures of just about everything they have. pictures of the clothing he was wearing, the items he was carrying. they're hoping that someone will recognize these things, help identify the victim, so homicide detectives can solve this case of murder. i'll show you those pictures and have more details coming up. news 4 at 5:00. >>> blindfolded, weighted down and repeatedly knocked down. disturbing new images, details emerge in a vicious college hazing case. >>> getting up close and personal. these kayakers were getting some pretty good views of a humpback whale feeding off the coast of california, but the whale that jumped from the water then slammed into kayak on the year down and nearly crushed the two hen in it. luckily everybody's okay. the k

tom sherwood, news 4. >>> you know how people are excited to catch a glimpse and imagine the family whoget to greet him at the airport. >> the bowles family has been chosen to meet the pope because of their faith. >> faith is what got us through everything and our darkest moments. >> it would be funny if i asked him to try a cheesesteak or something like that. it's just an honor to meet him. >> his dad richard bowles was a philadelphia police officer who was shot and wounded in 2008. >>> top catholic officials are condemning the scalping of tickets to see pope francis in new york. 80,000 tickets were given out using a lottery system to watch the motorcade through central park on the 25th and right after the winners were note nighed tickets began showing up on websites like ebay and craigslist for thousands of dollars. ebay has since removed the listing saying it violates their policy. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> this morning, students at the bus stop needed their jackets and needed their coats and we're in the 40s and here's a look at the bus stop forecast for tomorrow mo

. >>> i'm tom sherwood in potomac, maryland.her winning video about the pope's visit next week that she really wants to talk abou >>> razor wire fences, troops on the borders, tough new security measures in effect in the european union countries that are struggling to deal with the influx of migrants. as a record number of people arrived in hungary hoping to head elsewhere. nbc's nightly news anchor lester holt reports. >> migrants pour into hungary threatening to seal its border and this morning for the first time, helmeted troops patrolling the razor fence. >> on monday this little girl collapsing in sickness had to be carried across by a volunteer. >> where will you take her? >> this afghan teenager was separated from his family during the night. he has no money, only two eggs. two miles away, a squalid, overrun and unofficial relief camp where there is food, water and medical aid. police are also there to take the migrants to government detention camps for processing. for yousef, the alternative, returning his son to syria i

myself and angie and tom sherwood and a hn. see you there >> great interviews there, too, that are going to happen there tomorrow. >>> we want to give a head's up to check your refrigerator. >> kraft heinz is expanding its recall of a lunchtime staple much the company recalled 335,000 cases of kraft singles due to a potential choking hazard. that's on top of 36,000 cases already recalled back in july. the hazard comes from the film that covers the singles which can remain stuck to the slices even after you unwrap them. and if you've got the impacted singles, you can return them to the grocery store for a full refund. >>> same-sex couples tying the knot in a kentucky county. why the family of a defiant court clerk says they are not giving up the fight to stop the marriages. >>> a killer snake slithering near a play ground. the escape that has an >>> right now in rowen county, kentucky, the eyes of the nation are on them. the clerk's office is once again issuing marriage licenses to couples, this after the clerk who refused to is

tom sherwood on the political corruption in the seat, maryland and virginia. >> 44 attorneys general signed a letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonnell that what he did was politics, not bribery. wedding,or a child's $70,000 loan. he was in over his head when he got into the governor's office. case where your public figure and you let your messy private life combined together. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> a signature feature of book tv is our all-day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with top nonfiction authors. in early october it is the southern festival of books. the weekend after that we are life didn't austan and near the end of the month, we will be covering two festivals on the same weekend. the wisconsin festival in wisconsin. at the start of november we will be in portland oregon for word stock, followed by the national book awards from new york city and at the end of november we are live for the 18th year and a row from florida for the miami book fair international. that is a view of the fairs and festivals on book tv. francis is

>> this sunday night on q and a, nbc 4 washington reporter tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland and virginia. >> i think 44 attorneys general from around the country signed the letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonald, that what he did was politics, not bribery, and that these gifts were, he should have reported the gifts. that might be a crime, but he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding, $50,000, $70,000 loan. the problem was, bob mcdonald had been considered potentially a vice presidential candidate was over his head when he got into the governor's office. this is another case where you're a public figure and you let your messy private life combine together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> at a senate hearing for the active head of the federal railroad administration, members questioned the mom knee about implementation about positive train control. a safety implementation to preefrt derailments, two-thirds of rail companies wouldn't be able to implement the system before a december 31st deadline. this

>> this sunday night on q and a, nbc 4 washington reporter tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland and virginia. >> i think 44 attorneys general from around the country signed the letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonald, that what he did was politics, not bribery, and that these gifts were, he should have reported the gifts. that might be a crime, but he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding, $50,000, $70,000 loan. the problem was, bob mcdonald had been considered potentially a vice presidential candidate was over his head when he got into the governor's

>> nbc washington reporter tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> 44 attorneys general from around the country signed a letter saying they agreed with the governor. what he did was politics, not bribery. and these gifts, he should have reported the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding. $70,000 loans. been considered a vice presidential candidate was over in his head. this is another case where you are a public figure and you let your messy private life combined together. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on q&a. >> david patrice spoke before policy.te armed service he talked about syria, iraq, and agreement. he starts with an apology for sharing classified information. this hearing is almost three hours. >> i asked the committee to consider a list of 3725 pending military nominations. all of these nominations have been before the committee, the required length of time. is there a motion? and second. motion carries. the armed services committee meets this morning to receive testimony on u.s. strategy in the least. ago, our nation was lo

"q&a," nbc for tom sherwood on the corruption.people signed a letter saying they agree with governor mcdonnell, what he did was politics, not bribery. and that these gifts, he should have reported the gifts, that might be a crime, but he didn't report the gifts. child's wedding, $50,000, $70,000 loan's. the problem was, bob mcdonald had potentially been a vice president of canada. he went in over his head when he got into the governor's office. this is a case where you are a public figure that let your messy private life combined together. tonight it into eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> pope francis is wrapping up his visit to the united states today. in philadelphia, this morning, the pontiff met with 300 visits the seminary, and then victims of sexual abuse and inmates of philadelphia prison. later today he celebrates outdoor mass on the binghamton -- benjamin frank at berkeley. we will show you some of his visit to the u.s., we begin with his arrival in washington, d.c. at joint base andrews where he was greeted by pr

>> this sunday night on q&a, nbc 4 washington reporter tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland and virginia. >> i think 44 attorneys general from around the country signed a letter saying they agree with governor mcdonald, what what he did was politics, not bribery. and that these gifts, he should have reported the gifts, that might be a crime, but he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding, a $50,000, $70,000 loan. the problem was, bob mcdonald had been considered potentially a vice presidential candidate, was in over his head when he got into the governor's office. this is another case where you're a public figure and you let your messy private life combine together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> when you look at the role that the supreme court is having on our society now, it has to have ral advance. when we thought, what can we do to have relevance on current programming, a series on court made all the sense in the world. >> the court is an equal branch of government. it's the third branch of government. it still h

. >> this sunday night on q&a, nbc 4 washington reporter tom sherwood on the political corruption in.c., maryland and virginia. >> i think 44 attorneys general from around the country signed the letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonald that what he did was -- was politics, not bribery. and these gifts were -- he should is reported the gifts but he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding. a $50,000 or a $70,000 loan. but bob mcdonnel has been considered a vice presidential candidate and he was in over his head when he got into the governor's office. this is another case where you are a public figure and you let your messy private life combine together. >> sunday night, at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> today marine corp general joseph dunford became the new chair of the joints chiefs of staff, taking over from general martin dempsey who is retiring after a 41 year career in the army. president obama and defense secretary ashton carter both spoke at the transition ceremony in arlington, virginia. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentle

tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> having 44 attorneys generalaround the country sign a letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonald, that what he ,id was politics, not bribery and that these gifts -- he should have reported the gifts. child's wedding. $50,000, $70,000 loan. the problem was bubba donald had been considered potentially a vice president of candidate. he was in over his head when he got into the governor's office. this is another case where you are a public figure and you let your messy private life combined together. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern and >> each week american history tv's "reel america"

eun yang, angie goff and tom sherwood were there. is that why she's not here this morning?the pest val. >> she read one too many books and is taking a break. >> tired of talking and reading. >> yes, exactly. are we in a drought? >> we really had kind of a wet june and july but we could use some rain. some of the area lawns are getting parched as we've not had a lot of rain since the first of august. we've only had about an inch or two of rain around the metro area. as we take a look at the sky. no rain. a few high clouds coming in from the east this morning. and your weather headlines, there is union station with a light breeze, a cool morning and lower humidity in place here all the way through the afternoon. then a heat wave this coming week. as we look at radar, no rain anywhere in the vicinity from the atlantic beaches into the mountains. a gorgeous day for outdoor recreation. temperatures are fresh and cool near the low 60s in our nearby suburbs. look at dulles down to 61. manassas, clinton, ft. meade down to 59 degrees. shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge moun

>> nbc reporter tom sherwood on political corruption. mr. sherwin: -- mr. sherwood: people saying they felt it was politics, not bribery, not a crime. the problem was bob mcdonnell had been considered potentially a vice presidential candidate. this is another case where you are a public figure and let your messy private life combined together. >> now a discussion on pope francis' comments on climate change. from today's "washington journal." this is about 40 minutes. " continues. host: ben geman is an energy and environment for correspondent at t. with speaker boehner leaving how do that change some of the major energy bills moving through congress, and how does it change the reaction from republicans in congress trying to push back about -- against the president's climate initiative? guest: it is interesting to while we have a speaker who is leaving under fairly intense pressure from the most conservative wing of his caucus climate change issues, it is hard to imagine that speaker boehner could have given conservatives anything more than he already did. th

>> washington reporter tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland and virginia. >> i think 44 attorneys general from around the country signed a letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonald that what he did was politics, not bribery. these gives, he should've reported that yes, that might be a crime but he did report that gives. $15,000 for child's wedding, 50,000, $70,000 loans. the problem was he was considered a potential vice presidential candidate, was in over his head. this is not the case where you're a public figure and to let your messy private life combined together. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> up next on c-span2 a discussion on this year's supreme court term and what cases to look out for including once on redistricting, abortion across the states, government employees and the case for mandatory union dues. held by georgetown law school this is about two and half hou hours. >> i'm irv gornstein, professor at georgetown and executive director of our supreme court institute. thanks for coming. to discuss this terms of

>> this sunday night on q&a, nbc 4 washington reporter tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> i think 44 attorneys general from around the country signed a letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonnell that what he did was politics not bribery and the gifts he should have reported the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding. $70,000 loan. the problem was bob mcdonnell had been considered potentially a vice presidential candidate. was in over his head. this is another case where you're a public figure and you let your messy private life combine together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> all persons having business before the supreme court of the states are admonished to draw near and give their attention. >> number 759, earnest miranda, petitioner versus arizona. >> argument number 18, roe against wade. >> barbara madison is probably the most famous case this court ever decided. >> they enlisted as slave people here on land where slavery wasn't recognized. >> it will take presidential orders and the presence of feder

ry this sunday night on "q&a," porter tom sherwood on corruption in government. >> 44 attorneys general signed the letter with governor mcdonald that what he did was politicsing not bribery he should have reported the gift bus he tnt report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding, $50,000 or $70,000 loan. the problem was bob mcdonald had been considered potentially a vice-presidential candidate, was in over his head when he got into the governor's office. this is another case, you're a public figure you let your messy private life combine together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific,ed on c-span's "q&a." >> wisconsin governor scott walker today announced he's dropping out of the race for the 2016 republican presidential nomination. his speech announcing the end of his campaign was four minutes. governor walker: thank you for coming. i want to say on behalf of our family, we want to extend our sympathies to the family of wisconsin supreme court justice brooks, we want to pass on our prayers and sympathy to him and his family, certainly his wife and children and his extended fam

>> tom sherwood on the political corruption in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> 44 attorneys general from around the country signed a letter saying they agreed with government mcdonald saying what he did was politics and not bribery and he should have reported the gifts. that might be a crime, but he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 for a child's wedding. the problem was bob mcdonald was in over his head when we got into the governor's office. this was another case where you're a public figure and you let your messy private life combine together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> former cia director general david petraeus testified before the civil armed service committee today about the middle east and apologized for sharing classified information, which led to his resignation in 2012. here's what he said. >> mr. chairman, senator reid, members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the situation in the middle east. as you noted, mr. chairman, this is the first time i have testified in open session before congress since resigning a