, and mount vernon's new visitor' center, educational center is absolutely amazing. if you haven't been there, you need to go. they do a wonderful job of making washington again into a living, breathing human being who lived ab action-filled -- an action-filled life, who had all kinds of exciting things, who can still continue to be a leader and be authentic at the same time. but around this george washington, this man on horseback, this man of character still swirl dozens and hundreds and thousands of myths and stories. stories that we believe often because we want to believe them, because they seem to bring washington to us, they seem to bring him into our lives. now, the one lesson this shows is that we still need the founders. we still need george washington. all of us. we're still fascinated by him. and we still want him not to be a marble statue, not to be a two-dimensional image. we want him to be real. is mythology a bad thing? i leave that really to you to decide. it can be funny, it can be infuriating, all the false quotations, all the false stories. they c

they have this meeting somebody has to wonder people and mount vernon. and this great man greatly steps forward and says i'll do it. so he runs presumably through the night and stopping at all the cabins along the way. a major see if i can find this real quickly if it's a wonderful -- he said one of two things while he was doing this. if i can find this quickly enough, which i probably can't. rat. give me just one second. this is bad airtime. here it is. so he runs -- okay, he leaves mansfield about 6:00 at night in gathering the darker he rents the all the way to mount vernon, which happens to be a most exactly 26 miles by a miracle, exactly the marathon in the plains of marathon. many nine to five back again. and he told the stories himself. he didn't mind telling these stories. there were two different memories of what he said. when pioneer sun remembered and screaming fight, fight for your lives. the mints are murdering, scalp in mansfield. not bad. the other pioneer remembered him calling this message. the spirit of the lord has a trumpet in the wil

they have this meeting and somebody has to go warn the people in mount vernon. this clear-eyed man bravely steps forward and says i will do it. he runs presumably through the night and stopping it all the taverns along the way. that may see if i can find his real quickly. it is wonderful. he said one of two things while he was doing this and if i can find is quickly enough, which i probably can't -- rats. give me just one second. here it is, here it is. yes, so he runs -- he leaves mansfield about 6:00 at night and it is getting dark. he runs through the dark all the way to mount vernon, which happens to be almost exactly 26 miles. by a miracle, the marathon for liberties and the plains of marathon. then he might different back again. some accounts have him running back again. he told the stories himself. what was wonderful, there were two different memories of what he said. he would stop at every cabin and one of the pioneer pioneer sons remembers him screaming, fly for your lives. the indians are murdering and scalping in mansfield. the other pioneer remembere

robert non- -- vernon's dad died when he was 6. to clothe and feed her children. she was an insurance agent and drove four hours and days at a time to sustain her family. if his mother instilled in him the value of hard work. like my mother taught me, his mother taught him to dedicate himself not only to supporting his family, but also contributing to his community by public service. we both learned from mothers who are our parents -- heroines to this day to cherish our families and love our god, to support our country by being active citizens, and to be giving people to our neighbors. and we learned that it matters less what it is you choose to do than what you do when whatever you choose -- you do it with all your heart. vernon and my mom shared an unyielding passion for education. when i met him, he was deep in his dissertation about reconstruction in the old age bill district in south carolina, and often carried around worn census books documenting the history of the now five counties of that area. i was working on my own under

. >> it is a 100-year tradition in baltimore and it has takeover might reject taken over mount vernon this week and. >> get ready for the baltimore lawyer mark. >> marilyn turns its attention to the search for the nets basketball coach. we will tell you the leading candidates to replace gary and williams. >> showers and thunderstorms are putting into areas west of baltimore. we want the park at. 71 degrees right now and 73 at the inner harbor. curtis: welcome back to geico radio, it's savings, on the radio. gecko: hello clarence from stevens point. clarence: ok, you know the grapes at the grocery store? clarence: well, sometimes you try one. take it for a test drive, see how it tastes. clarence: well, my wife says that's stealing. i say it's sampling. what do you think? gecko: yeah, um, listen clarence, i can't really speak to the moral bit, but if you switch to geico, you could save hundreds of dollars on your car insurance. you could buy a whole heap of grapes. how's that? vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. it depends on you. it needs food. you have t

in the off year election of 1806 when settlers around mount vernon got to vote for the first time, john chapman was the first of the 15 eligible males to cast a vote. what a triumph and people wondering out of the woods to vote. also, another character almost lost in memory is the noted swedish scientist, a man widely thought to be the greatest mind of 18th century europe and undeniably the transforming muse of john chapman's life. i suspect, in fact, i know many of you here in this town and school with such rich roots know as much or more than about sweden borg than i do, so i'll share -- spare you my ignorance on the subject. his history is so rich i can't resist retailing it. maybe this is well known, so i apologize for repeating the story everybody here knows. he was having dinner by himself late in the evening at a london chop house, 1745 when the room went dark and the floor began rising with snakes. he writes that he looked off to the corner of the room and saw an old man sitting there and the old man offered him four words of add violation. don't eat so much, and then disappeare

the flower mart is there in mount vernon.ry and i are jealous because you get lemon sticks. >> reporter: kai, this is one of my favorite assignments of the year. and we get the lemon sticks every year. i hope my dentist is not watching. it's a tradition since 1948. it's the peppermint into the lemon. it's the sticky, sweet, bitter. and can t is so good. flower mart is a little cooler out here this year than last year. and i can tell you everyone is absolutely enjoying every minute of it. >> reporter: in historic mount vernon. >> hey. >> flower mart. >> this is like, i think our sixth year. we come every year, my mom and i. >> the bloosms are back. >> mother's day is when we plant our flowers. >> flower mart means it's time to celebrate spring. >> what's the best part of flower mart, you think? >> just the people in the atmosphere. a great place to take a stroll and pick up chicks. >> my mother used to take me out of school when we were younger, like when i was 10. so i've been coming here 40 years. so that's a lot. >> 30 year

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vernon. in fact, she had everybody meet and catch a boat to go down the potamic river, take an evening cruise, arrive at m. vernon and there were beautiful tents and marquees set up at mt. vernon with a lovely dinner and music for the president of pakistan and all those invited to the state dinner. it still sets the upper bar for amazing state dinners. this political symbolism, i want to say one thing about, note how it says it taps into emotional and psychological feelings. if she's in our consciousness, that's why. she tapped into our emotions. if people say, oh all that glitters is not gold. camelot there were things not so good, but that's the definition of a political symbol. it may not all be true, but taps ideas that people want to believe in as true, and certainly many americans want the to believe the legend and even the mythology of camelot. how did they have an impact on her husband's presidency? this photo comes from the summer of 1962. she's with her husband in mexico on a state

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the baltimore far more is back in mount vernon square. >> there is a great spirit and you can find everything need to start your summer. there are plants and herbs and vegetables. >> it is not all hours and plaster in many vendors are set up with crafts, jewelry, and handmade goods. mail, elling my famn sports jewelry for the ultimate sports founded eight. baltimore is a big ratings and orioles town. >> organizers say william donald schaefer might be gone but his spirit is still here. >> he loved the flower mart. always came down and what something and carry around another flour or two. he was always a presence at we still feel the spirit. >> let us remember william donald schaefer, the spirit of the flower mart lives on with them. >> had a moment of silence in his honor. this year is special because it marks and 100 years before our march has been a part of the baltimore spring culture. >> it is great to be a part of history and they have kept us going this long which is remarkable. it is a great event. the city comes out every time we are here. rather great vendors here. >> encourage everyo

she had thrown for him an amazing state dinner in the springtime and early 134er of 1962 at mount vernon. and, in fact, she had everyone meet and get, catch a boat to go down the potomac river, take an evening cruise, arrive at mount vernon, and then she had beautiful tents and marquees set up at mount vernon and had a beautiful outdoor, lovely dinner with music for the president of pakistan and all those invited to the state dinner. it still sets the upper bar for amazing state dinners that jacqueline kennedy had. but this concept of political symbolism i just want to say one thing about. one is that note how it says it taps into emotional and moral and psychological feelings. if jacqueline kennedy is still in our consciousness, that's why, because she tapped into those elements of our emotion. but when people say, oh, but all that glitters is not gold, you know, camelot, there were some perhaps things that were not so good about camelot. well, note that's the very definition of a political symbol. it may not all be true, but it taps ideas that people want to believe in as true. and cer

it goes for $20 and all of the proceeds goes to mount vernon. and to continue the flower mart tradition, you still have an hour and a half to get out here. it all ends at 8:00. then you can come back here from 11:00 to 8:00. i'm jessica kartalija, back to you on tv hill. >> recipe book is his recipes? >> it is actually everyone on the committee. but he is responsible for putting it together and responsible for adding the funding. >> that clears that up. >>> this morning, they honored the former governor and mayor william donald schaefer who was there every single year. >> i'm sure jessica had a beautiful flower hat. >> we don't allow hats here on the air. >> not anymore. >>> ortho exia. a surprising new type of eating disorder. you have to hear about it to believe. >>> the ultimate sacrifice. honoring firefighters and police who died in the last year in maryland. >>> judgment day. sentencing for a baltimore man who killed his wife in the street. >>> and stick around for the first warning weather forecast coming up. >>> killing his wife outside t

thank you, lisa. 49ers tight end vernon davis shared his passion for art painting a mural in the boysls club. and he presented the vernon davis visual arts scholarship to lowell high school student last night at the young museum's young at art gala. the scholarship provides tuitions to support the youth interested in pursuing a career in visual artsz. he majored in studio art at the university of maryland. in sports, pleasant bay sway away will try to defeat animal kingdom and 12 other horses in this afternoon's running of the preakness stakes. last night, the sharks tried to sway their fans into believing the men in teal could come back in their western conference final series against the vancouver canucks. here's larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. the sharks are back in their series with vancouver. game three in the tank. very different from the first two games. the men in teal built the lead and had to hang on for dear life. reversal of fortune from game two with vancouver committing the penaltys in this one. up high on ian white. t

there was enough evidence to try vernon. he's accused of failing to extinguish large piles of logs that he and a crew burned while cleaning a property. he faces up to five years in prison if convicted. >>> a memorial service is scheduled today remember the woman who's body was discovered in a suitcase floating in the san francisco bay. the family reported her missing one year ago this week. her body was found in the bay water shortly thereafter. a few weeks later police arrested her exboyfriend. he pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. he's currently awaiting his trial. >>> the prosecution key witness in the cain seeable -- cain see bailey murder trial is being called crazy. antwon macky is on trial for bey's death. >>> after being accused of spiking a teachers cup of coffee. a female student spiked the coffee with dry erase cleaning fluid and bleach on wednesday. the teacher spit the coffee out. oakland unified is not confirming the poisoning attempt only an investigation is under way. but it took 24 hours for police to

the flower mart in mount vernon this weekend, with events for all ages.hey are all part of this year's festivities. the flower mart will be open tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for more information, log on to our website, wbaltv.com. >> catastrophic flooding in the south has caused many to leave their homes and much of what they on behind. the army corps of engineers' plans to continue intentionally opening several levers -- levies on the mississippi river to help get the flooding under control. >> as the water moves then, emergency officials in memphis are urging residents in low- lying areas to move out and up to higher ground. >> no need to panic. this is not a flash flood. this is progressive. it will rise about a foot a day on average, so you still have time to plan. >> part of the plan now includes stopping barge traffic along a major section of the river in tennessee because wakes are pushing over and into communities along the mississippi. >> when you close the mississippi river, it has an impact on the economy nationwide. >> but the most

vernon. it's the second day of her bus tour, but still, she's not answering the big question. >> are you going to run? >> yeah, we're still kind of contemplating that. >> reporter: but there are signs that palin won't jump in. >> she's not raising any money. she doesn't have a ground game in iowa or new hampshire or south carolina. she isn't in contact with any of these really important key figures in the party. >> reporter: the latest gallup poll shows palin is only trailing mitt romney by two points. the front runner is expected to announce his candidacy on thursday. >> what are you going to do to beat obama? >> i'm going to talk about the the one thing he doesn't want to talk about. >> what's that? >> the jobs and the economy. >> reporter: the gallup poll shows other republican contenders are far behind. ron paul at 10% down to michele bachmann at 5%. the minnesota congresswoman turned up today in new hampshire at a memorial day event. she said she would announce her decision next month. >

vernon, virginia and gettysburg, pennsylvania. dover, new hampshire. businessman herman cane is in new hampshire. give us the impact of her tour. do you believe she's testing the waters on perhaps even running? >> i think that's safe to say, that she is testing the waters. as a matter of fact, earlier at the national ar dmivz washington when she was asked the question are you running for president, she said we are contemplating that. that is a clear signal that this bus tour is at least, in part, testing the waters sort of swing up the east coast. i can tell you standing here at gettysburg in pennsylvania, there are already some palin watchers here and we're still a good two hours out from her expected arrival at this national park. as i just mentioned earlier this morning, she was at the national archives. she went to the historic sites at mt. vernon and everywhere she went, not only were the national media in tow but there were palin watchers wondering what she's going do, what she's going to say. somebody asked her at the natio

and so she did the portrait and just the month before katrina hit, the head of mount vernon came to town to give a talk, took some people to look a portrait, and today it lives safely at the museum at mount vernon along with her wedding gown which was gold and wedding slippers which were purple so it's not just purple and gold because we are from new orleans , it's because she liked those colors so i saved her from old ladydom. [applause] >> i just wanted to know how you all handled when you come up with a subject matter of interest to you how do you know that there will have a more global residents? helm do you know that is the subject you need to write about because will be of interest to others? how do you know that even the with interests you how do you know other people will be interested in it? >> if somebody buys it. [laughter] >> i'm still working on that one. >> for my book the louisiana ramble it's my story about discovering and exploring, but as i told people that i was considering this a book they were excited to hear about it because it is a common taylor and new orleans i a

. >>> historic mount vernon is home to add history as city flower mart celebrates the 100th anniversary. abc2 news bill fink brings the color and character of the unique rite of spring. >> reporter: shy of a royal wed i go dare you to find an event with more beauty, general tillity and hats, hats, hats. >> 3, 2, 1. happy flower mart. >> reporter: you can almost turn back time to the very first flower mart in 18911. -- 1911. this dance with the girls from bren mar is one of special activities plapped for the fairest of fair nos we have everything. it will have something for everyone and i guarantee it. ♪ wonderful world >> reporter: from song to dance, to contests and parades. the flower mart is mainly about flowers. >> >> oh, i like this. these are beautiful. >> reporter: betty reid comes every year. >> i like the variety. there's so much to see down here and we always buy flowers. >> reporter: that's exactly what caitlin wants to hear. >> i think it's going to be a great year. we were worried about the weather today. but it turn out to be a gorgeous day. and it is mother's day weaning.

riders for black ribbons and paid tribute many starlets at the start of yesterday stage from genoa to vernon oh no points were awarded for the stage and teams took it in turns to right at the front before leopard were allowed to cross the line first as a mark of respect planted was killed instantly after falling during the stand of the batter mountain pass on stage very competitive riding regimes the day with the fifth stage from beyond the no to order yet though. tennis noun the last russian standing at the right masters egon bread has crashed out in the second round now rank outside the top one hundred in the world and they have had to qualify for this prestigious tournament in the hands of richard gaspé six one six two the french removes the first man into round three and he's in line to play roger federer next . briton andy murray finally recovered his clay cold feet you see i became belgians having nice ample his place in the third rank never really found his top form but good enough to shrug off a sloppy second set and try and sixty two six six three. while fifty eight past ten and of

congress is a bit of a wild west operation right now you've got these very right wing doris vernon and you've got here sort of standard peace talks. but i think there's probably a good chance that it will go through i mean not that it will have a significant impact on china or around for that matter right now but it's just another for the air or in the in the corner of the they can they use to harass and scream all right well thanks for being on the program brian drolet documentary producer on the line from new york tonight. some news in brief around the world in a round authorities have postponed the long awaited trial of three americans who were detained in two thousand and nine and taken into custody on the iran iraq border charged with espionage two of the u.s. citizens have been held in prison while the third was released. million dollars bail. they deny all allegations claimed they were hiking in the area at the time the f.b.i. was charges could bring him a ten year jail sentence. if poland firefighters dampen down now at the enormous blaze gutted a textile where it's just was al

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. >> pailin has to perhaps kind of contemplating a residential run and shoot visited mount vernon, thearchives. >> this is not a campaign run, this is a bus to express to america how much we need our foundation. >>reporter: the former alaska governor started on the east coast are arriving in washington on the back of a motorcycle. she will be beginning the presidential primary in february. the tea party rival is michele bachman expressing her patriotism. >> live free, or die. >> the former ceo of godfather's pizza is also in new hampshire announcing his candidacy last week. tim valentple--polenti and rick santorum arrives and rudy guiliani will be here on thursday at likely to be overshadowed by mit romney will declare his candidacy on the same day. the polls show that mitt romney is the front-runner but perhaps only 17 percent of the gop voters. sarah palin = 15%. everybody else has a single digit. stay with us, more news after the break. >>catherine: just seconds away from winning the indy500. j. r. hildebrandt was in the lead until hit the wall. the very last lap. it was a difficult

the values that vernon was taught by his mother.that i know that your families and friends have taught you. i hope that each of you recognizes these values and these challenges in yourselves. if you let them be your guide, your life will be rich with peripheral and professional awards. you will enriched the lives of those around you. on this very special day i hope for all of you and your families and friends there is much joyous celebration in the accomplishment. thank you for allowing me to share this day with you. i wish every mother in this room a very -- an early happy mother's day and every father and a much earlier happy anticipated father's day. job well done, parents. best of luck to all of you, class of 2011. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> at this afternoon on c-span, more commencement addresses, starting next, a speech from women's rights activist, beate sirota gordon. after that, one of the little rock nine, minniejean brown trickey hono

. >> reporter: vernon huron with homeland security said the reported seizure of computers, hard drives and dvds may be a treasure trove for u.s. security agencies. >> what do you think will happen with the intelligence that was gathered at this ground it's going to help us with future investigations and maybe to defend any other terrorist act. >> reporter: the indentity of the navy seals involved in the operation is top secret. but at naval academy in annapolis where students celebrate many suspect a maryland connection. >> i know probably some of them were involved. people that trained there were probably involved in this and i am so proud of our young people. i really am. >> reporter: and another maryland connection is the national security agency down in fort mead they provided critical surveillance for the raid and in the months leading up to it. adam mays, wjz eyewitness news. >> complete coverage continues with jessica kartalija with reaction to his death. >> reporter: members of the muslim community say they are relieved to hear about osama bin laden's death but say there's a lo

the flower mart in mount vernon is going on with the event for all ages.lower market will be open today from a 11:00 until 8:00. >> they have great weather. coming up next, dr. kim hammond is here to answer your pet questions. >> and, lace up your shoes. the 5 k race. >> want to get mom some crabs for mother's day? we will tell you everything you need to know. >> the sun is shining. the temperature has popped up to 60 degrees. we will talk about the prospects for rain this weekend. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking -- this is wbal-tv 11 news saturday morning. welcome. i am lisa robinson. >> i am jennifer franciotti. we will get to our top stories in just a minute, but first, we will check in with meteorologist john collins. >> and earlier this morning, we had almost a complete cloud deck over the city, but it has broken through. right now, we are doing fine. it will not be sunny all day. there is something lingering that we will have to dea

. >> the festival will pick up again in money vernon this morning after opening yesterday.te it's name flowermart is not just about flowers. >> the event features a hat contest, antiques, a dance contest and lemon peppermint sticks. >> sticky, gooey goodness. >> you can head to mount vernon at 11:00 today. the festivities run until 8:00 p.m. that picture right there, the line yesterday was a great place to pick up chicks. , which i thought was great. >> that is so cheesy. >> i thought it was cute. >> if you meet a chick, go to flowermart. >>> that's our first hour of eyewitness news saturday morning. there is another hour yet to come. >> be sure to stick around. we'll be right back after this. >>> we're getting a first look at valuable intelligence from the raid on bin laden's compound as u.s. leaders weigh in on the biggest threat now facing america. >>> good morning, i'm kelly mcpherson, maryland schools are put on alert after 28 d.c. schools were shut down because of the mail. we'll explain coming up on eyewitness news. >>> good morning. after a vicious attack at a rosed

vernon, the national archives.de a pit stop in baltimore and is on her way right now to gettysburg. however, i have to tell you, we're not really sure she's going to come to this spot where we are standing right now. we are hopeful that she will. there are about another 100 people that are hopeful that she will swing through this spot in gettysburg. we are following sarah palin for all of those reasons. a lot of people are expecting her to indeed run for president after speculation that she wasn't going to run. we are following sarah palin this afternoon. also, on twitter today, mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, he is expected to run for president. he has said everything but the fact that he expects to run for president. he tweeted that he's looking forward to the event in new hampshire on thursday. not to be outdone, tim pawlenty and michele bachmann are also out on the campaign trail today. michele bachmann is up in new hampshire. tim pawlenty out in iowa, both are being overshadowed a great deal by

the flower mart continues until 8:00 tonight and all day tomorrow, around the monument in mount vernon are the lemons with the peppermint sticks? >> i love those. and i love the hats. >> a lot of flowers this year. >>> straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. >>> unanswered questions. a missing woman in georgia turns up with amnesia in illinois. what her family is saying. >>> case closed. final two suspects make a deal in court in the bullying death of a massachusetts girl. >>> and it's a warm spring afternoon. will we see the same this weekend? bob turk will tell us coming up. >>> just moments ago, president obama personally thanked some of the navy seals who stormed osama bin laden's compound. the president also spoke publicly to hundreds ever troops at fort campbell, kentucky. the soldiers are recently back from tour in afghanistan. president obama also thanked the countless people who have been part of the mission to bring down osama bin laden. >> 101st airborne. intelligence, military, over many years. the terrorist leader who struck our nation on 9/11 will never threaten am

vernon. live music each saturday.his first saturday they are having music the entire time from 10:00 until 4:00 and the other saturdays are from noon until 2:00. special thanks to the kate maron band entertaining us all morning long and will be here on saturday as well. and you can see she already has quite a crowd. come on out and have as much as these kids too come this weekend. back to you all. >> and that fox news thing is adorable. thank you, so much. >>> well, no money, no insurance and a bad tooth ache just the start of the troubles faced by poor raymond in the new play called i'll always love my momma opening tonight at the warner theater. it is from jd lawrence and he acts in his place and he joins us now. now you see jd here but what you don't know is that you are looking at ten characters you'll see in the play. good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm well. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> i know the opening night is this evening and you're just getting into town so we appreciate you mak

and it takes over mount vernon today and tomorrow with 11 peppermint sticks and pet parade and all theorgeous flowers there. there's plenty to do and lots of information regarding plants and gardening items and tasty treats. flower mart kicks off today less than two hours and, of course, it runs until tomorrow. since we are talking about great things going on this weekend, here's one for you if you don't have plans. wine, dine and design at the home show going on may 7th and 8th starting at 11 in the morning at five in the evening. if you wonder what this whole spread is, this is an example of what you will see. i am not drinking wine at 9:30. they have 100 elegant designs style and homes and yes over 50 fine wines and beers and spirits and they have gourmet foods we are told chocolate and gourmet sauces and all this happening at the baltimore convention center. the design and home exhibit mother's day a complimentary lounge, gourmet food tasting and fine wine. beer and spirits tasting. if you want more information, i will give you a website to go to. it's wine dine design home shows.c

vernon.he may hit another historic site in between there and gettysburg but this is all in sort of a state of flux. and not to mention the fact that her potential presidential campaign could be in a state of flux. reporters asked her earlier this morning what are her intentions and she gave a very interesting response. take a listen. >> do you think you could beat obama in 2012, sarah? >> oh, i think that any republican candidate is re, very electable. i think americans are ready for a true change, change to get our country back on the right track. >> does that mean you're interested in running? are you going to run? >> you know, we're still kind of contemplating that. >> the key words there, she is contemplating that. i can tell you if she is going to contemplate it, there are a lot of folks out here in pennsylvania right now who would be very supportive of that, joe. we are hours away from her potential arrival at gettysburg. there's already a pretty decent crowd gathering. we talked to a f

ocean administration and geological survey corvalis, oregon safest place to live followed by mount vernonwashington state and city of bellingham unless washington state. the so most dangerous place to live? dallas, texas. it can be hit by tornadoes. hail. gusty wind. floods. grass fires and hurricane as well. remnant of hurricane. >>> give you some idea. we'll take the risk. too knight nice in the bay area. let's talk about the forecast. >> no such disaster headed our way right now. start with time lapse view from our high definition south beach camera this afternoon looking eastward across the bay. lovely sky few clouds around mainly sunny conditions and turned 0out to be a lovely day. here's a look at the weekend outlook if traveling north or south mendocino and monterey both have wet weather on saturday into sunday but dry on monday memorial day. if you think going out to the sierraen coun counter some snow rain showers mixed in tahoe on saturday. sunday monday are dry but looking a little bit cool. dry the entire weekend here in the bay area here is our accu-weather 7 day forecast. so

vernon, virginia, and gettysburg, pennsylvania..c. 360" tonight at 10:00 eastern live from gettysburg. now, back to "deadly impact." >>> this is bad. oh, my gosh. this is awful. this is -- look at that! that is destroyed. completely. >> so many families in joplin are still searching for loved ones and refuse to give up hope. will norton is one young man who went missing in the tornado. he disappeared while driving home with his dad from his high school graduation. his dad, mark, survived. he's seriously injured, though. the powerful winds of the twister pulled will right up through the sunroof of his suv, according to his dad. his family heard reports that a young man matching will's description was taken to a local hospital and then moved to another hospital. well, will's sister tracked down that hospital and visited the young man, but sadly, it wasn't her brother. >> i'm so sorry, sarah. >> it'll be okay. we've got a lot of people looking, sweetie. a lot of people love him. >> for will norton's aunt tracy and his sister, sarah, t

was a guest of washington at mount vernon. he worked for a while as a waiter in a restaurant that's still in business in boston, the union oyster house. so when the americans showed up over there, in the 1840's, those american indians native americans were astonished to hear him say he had been out there on the great plains. he had spent time in there with their tribes and could speak some of their language. and he really had seen more of the what was 2 wild west than most all but a very few americans had. so from the point of view of the americans who came to paris, he was a wonderful king. and he was the kind of king who would take a walk in the gardens in the afternoon. it was sort of a quasi republic with the monarchy but it didn't last about ten years. and then came in another first republic and then after that came nap olian the third as he called himself who made himself the emperor. and that led to this whole complete rebuilding of paris under him. the paris that we see today is really the paris that napeolian and his

and when noah webster has an idea, he does some things and he takes it to mount vernon and takes it to george washington. washington was on a college guy. john adams was a harvard man. washington was in college. he's very impressed by webster and it's a very interesting idea and he's a great delegator. so he says i'll give it to mr. madison as soon as possible. he gives it to madison in webster's pamphlet becomes instrumental in the drafting constitution. in 1787, webster's at the constitutional convention. they are now evolving into mover and shaker moments. in 1787 he set the constitutional convention. as soon as washington arrives, the first thing he does is not on webster's door. he's not a delicate. if there is a journalist at the convention than realizes talent. right after the convention may ask them to draft a pamphlet in support of the constitution is compared to pamphlet to the federalist papers and may have been circulated throughout the entire country and was ready and published right after the convention is supposed to federalist papers which were mostly in new york. i hav

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little known today but walden really inspired a generation of african-american lawyers, including vernon jordan, a lawyer, the counsel to the president who i'm sure some of you have heard of. jordan called walden so impressive. he said, quote, i wanted to be a lawyer just like walden. i wanted to walk like him and talk like him. and hang out my shingle on auburn street just like walden. above all else, pragmatists like walden and the black college presidents prioritized voting rights as the path to black power. and here we see walden challenging the so-called white primary. the laws, the tradition of excluding african-americans from the vote in georgia and elsewhere. and here is the result of his activism. in 1946, after the fall of the white primary, blacks lined up all over the streets in atlanta eager to exercise the franchise. and yet walden and other pragmatists and uncle tom's. why would that be? they didn't challenge segregation and he found housing for african-americans whenever he could. in the midst of a post-war housing crisis. and this has the effect of maintaining the color

. >> i and vernon glenn.ennifer purdy but we want to sing her praises. gracing the cover of scottsdale health of magazine. how about that jennifer? but here's the thing, one of less than 400 people who have run seven marathons on every continent! wow! and that would include and arctic up. >> yes. >> what was that about? >> that was really hard. that was one of the hardest ones i have ever run. >> if i understand, you have read tweet marathons'. >> into a half years i have done all seven in all continents. i did one in peru, south africa, and china. in >> while! i bet you construct around and say i did marathons'. >> i am not the fastest but i got through it. >> let us talk about this yvette, it is not the iron man. >> but it is iconic. >> it is, just off of alcatraz island. as i understand, is not like a straight shot. >> now know, there will be swimming in an l shape, they jump off of a ferry, 2000 athletes will jump off of the ferry within six minutes. they will start the race, they will swim toward to the

friends, pictures, videos, what they did over the weekend, so i asked college student vernon alford ifelt it was an invasion of his privacy. >> honestly it wouldn't really bother me is, basically i look at it as a way to network with future employers. it's just pictures of who i am. basically just trying to figure out who is he about? >> reporter: his profile is already public. other than some school performances and events, he says he doesn't have much to hide. >> i think that when certain users have a private setting it's kind of like, man, you know, what is he trying to hide? or what is he trying to conceal? >> reporter: albany city officials recently discussed implementing facebook as part of their screening process when hiring new employees. >> we cannot be arbitrary. we have to be fair but we also have to move along with the world of today and look at these things so that we make sure that we get the best candidates so we don't have baggage we don't want. >> reporter: assistant city manager wes smith says they're still in the beginning stages of setting up policies and procedures

hosting, we will have cameras and cruise along the course, henry will be at the pastry shell, of vernon glenn will be along the arc runners. i will be out there find in the wild is to costumes, and jackal will be at the finish line is zazzle bay to breakers run on kron 4 news. >> justine: your weather forecast on this tuesday morning. >> louisa: gorgeous weather into the afternoon, if you like yesterday today will be nicer. clear conditions in your shot appointed bay bridge approach this morning. as we head and this afternoon and nice warmup continuing as we head for the day today, then we will cool down as we head towards the weekend, the weekend brings with it a potential for showers. we will start you off with current temperatures, if we could take a look at that map. we will be back with your full forecast. >> erica: the bay bridge and easy morning complete bridge check for you and tell you if we have been a hot spot straight ahead. >> james: on toward developing story, and here we have the power outage in san francisco, pg&e is unclear as to what the causes timor news faster let st

she started the day at the national archives, went to mount vern vernon, and then to baltimore to fortenry and then gettysburg where she finally stopped, all leading to speculation she is making a run for the white house. obviously she was asked along the way, as you noted, before coming to me, that she was asked about whether or not she's running for president several times. when we finally had a chance to catch up with her here in gettysburg, she was asked the question about the overall presidential field on the gop side, does she think it's weak, strong? she thinks that the field is pretty strong, but that there may be room for others. >> the field is already quite strong, it's going to change up a lot and i think there will be more strong candidates jumping in. truly there is still a lot of time for folks to make up their mind and jump in and get their campaigns together. the field isn't set yet, not by a long shot. >> reporter: now, all of the details as to where she's going later today and later this week are still being kept very close to the vest. we understand from talking to