a lot of veterans here in richmond and all across virginia.men and women to interrupt their careers, leave their families, risk their lives to fight for us. they come home and they can't find a job? the last thing they should have to do is fight for a job when they come home. pass this bill now. and put these folks to work. pass this jobs bill and we'll give small business owners here in richmond and here in virginia a tax cut for hiring new workers, but also for raising workers' wages. cut their payroll taxes in half, that will give small businesses money they can use to hire more workers. pass this bill and we give hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged youth the hope and the dignity of a summer job next year. and that instills in them good habits that will last a life time. it will make it easier for them to find a job in the future and to continue their education. passing this bill will give companies a tax credit for hiring anybody that spent more than six months looking for work. there are a lot of folks like that. this has been a terrib

. >>> a heads up to drivers in virginia. starting today, the left exit from the inner loop of the beltway to i-66 west will close for good. that is exit 49c. the ramp is being shut down because of the new hot lanes. drivers who want to take 66 west will now have to use exit 49a. that's the one on the right. >>> the virginia town at the epicenter of the east coast earthquake is still working to return things to normal. >> especially in the schools of louisa county. students are dealing with classes in different buildings, sharing rooms and even going to class on saturday. in a show of support, elementary school students from neighboring county became pen pals with kids in louisa county. they sent hand-written notes to say hi along with plenty of school supplies. >> the messages were simply that of caring, that we're thinking about them. it is kind of our version of a group hug. >> it means a lot to get something from somebody who you know, who does my job just in a different location and they understand the challenges or have

>>reporter: west virginia is the second largest coal producer in the us. it mines around 160 million tonnes eachyear, roughly a third of it by mountaintop mining, a practice that pulls coal from shallow seams onridges and peaks. environmentalists say it is destroying the appalachian mountains, and the health of all those who live in them. the coal industry, however, says it's completely safe, and here to stay. >>reporter: it isn't easy to get to a mountaintop mining site in west virginia...in our case, it requires the help of a four wheel drive and a keen conservationist... >>webb: lets get out and venture off. what we're going to do, we're going to walk down this road and go round the corner here and you're going to be blown away. really. yes. >>reporter: ben webb is right...it is an awesome sight....and not one he likes... >>jong: how do you feel when you see something like this? >>webb: i feel horrible. it's horrible what they're doing here. i think this site's roughly 21 miles. it's pretty bad. >>reporter: mountaintop mining accounts for about 40% of a

i don't think republicans have given up on west virginia quite yet.ou know, there's still a week to go. it's running out. there's no momentum in the race for either of them. but tomblin season at 50% but, you know, maloney needs to get momentum quickly. >> because of the inability, for instance, kentucky, they've moved a whole bunch of resources they would have used in kentucky to west virginia. >> exactly. the national republicans have spent $1.8 million on so far, so they have invested heavily, it is their shot. the thing about this race, one, it's the only one on the ballot. it's in october. so these campaigns virtually -- >> going to be really low. >> going to be really low. but they're going to know who votes. one of the things maloney did prove in the republican primary, which was an eight-way race, was that he could get his voters to the polls. i think republicans are hoping that they can have a repeat of that and pull off this upset. i think it's tough. it's not impossible. >> nathan, the west virginia republican party has yet to figure out ho

madison did nothing of the kind in virginia. george washington, another dear friend of madisons, about 10 years, washington freed all the slaves as well. madison didn't do that. and he had some younger idealistic friends, also virginians, it would free their own slaves who were disappointed he had not done so. he had a younger wife who was no longer with them so they didn't have his free hand. dolly was much younger and james madison, much younger and martha washington was younger than george. in fact, quite a bit older than george. so when george washington freed all his slaves, that was living martha for years and years and years to live without slaves. madison would know that. i'm sure he didn't. his hope was a fantastic one. he was president of the american colonization society at the end of his life. library was his american project to take freed slaves and ship them to africa. and a lot of idealism behind it. abolitionists came to criticize a very early because they thought it was a way of dodging issues. also where pushin

the goal is to program the services for the virginia veterans and members of the virginia national guardand reserve and families affected by the stress related conditions of a traumatic brain injuries resulting from military service. this is all done under the leadership of the great navy captain retired catherine willson operates across the commonwealth and kathryn is here today. stand up. where are you? kathy does a phenomenal job for us. [applause] kathy has an approximately $2 million a year budget that came out of the general fund in virginia which is incredible in and of itself. i cannot tell you how incredible it is to get the funds out of a budget. the wounded warrior budget as published five regional programs with regional coordinators most films are veterans are veteran family members and at the local level they are assisted by federal and resources specialists, family resource specialists and commissions. and they work with a consortium of local mental health abuse providers of representatives of the v.a. hospitals in the region, of the vet centers and community-based outpatie

-- well, across the river in virginia. we're very close. you can see us. [laughter] >> we made headway but it was a tough fight to get legislation passed to help our families with issues like school transfer, car registration, professional licensing for spouses and tuition costs. there was still a view of the military family answers transients. i heard that word so often. they're transients. they're not local voters. they're not permanent members of our community. then in 2001, everything changed. america woke up and service members were given the heroes recognition that they have always deserved. our policymakers woke up as well. and as my husband deployed to afghanistan, in 2005, i deployed to the state capital. it took tragedy to finally get legislation like instate tuition rates for military families passed and, you know, we've always been really careful not to exploit tragedy but sometimes it's a little easier to ask forgiveness than for permission. and when we finally got that bill through the virginia state legislat

pizzeria is serving up what it calls the virginia slice. vinny is in blacksburg, virginia.irginia tech alumn opened it because he said there wasn't enough post bar food in the town. the pizza is 28 inches wide, big enough for a dozen people. it's so big the box doesn't fit through a car door. we called pizza mart in adams morgan, at 32 inches, their pies are too big to fit in >> announcer: it's "the tonight show tonight, jay welcomes -- from "dancing with the stars," chaz

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madison did nothing of the kind himself in virginia.george washington, another tear friend of madison -- dear friend of madison's for be, i'd say about ten years in the middle of his early life, washington freed all his slaves in his will. madison didn't do that. and he had some, some younger idealistic friends, also virginians, who had freed their own slaves who were disappointed that he had not done so. now, he had, he had a younger wife who was going to outlive him, so he didn't have a free, he didn't have a free hand. dolly was much younger than james madison, much, much younger than martha washington was younger than george. in fact, martha was a year older than george. so when george washington frees all his slaves, he knows he's not leaving martha, you know, for years and years and years to live without slaves. but madison would know that, and i'm sure that's a reason he didn't. his hope was a fantastic one. it was liberia. he was president of the american colonization at the end of his life. liberia was a project to take freed s

it is split between maryland, virginia, and washington d.c. i cannot stress enough that reduction or elimination of urban area security initiatives will have a very negative impact on moving any of these programs for. it is not just about radios. it is about detection equipment, biological, chemical, radiological detection equipment. it is about law enforcement network exchange, personal protective equipment for firefighters and paramedics, planning, training, and exercises. those types of things that have actually been enhanced to a tremendous degree since 9/11. our fear is some of those programs may suffer or have to be absorbed by it localities. i understand that when we first started with the urban areas security initiative, the intention was this would be seed money in states and localities that would ultimately absorbed these programs. however, with the downturn in the economy, states and localities are just not able to do that. >> this week we are looking at emergency communications 10 years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. here is

on 9/11 i was the assistant fire and rescue chief in lowden county, virginia. i had retired about five years earlier from fairfax county where i spent almost 30 years in the fire and rescue department there. on 9/11 all the area fire and rescue departments participated in one way or another at the events at the pentagon either by responding to the scene at the request of the arlington fire department or in filling in their stations. early in the afternoon on 9/11, a crew of firefighters and myself were assigned to one of the arlington fire stations, and we were subsequently asked to come down to the incident site and work for assistant chief schwartz at the time, now our fire chief, and i became the planning section chief in the incident command system working for chief schwartz developing incident action plans and working with logistics and doing a lot of the support functions that needed to be done. >> host: as 9/11 was unfolding, particularly at the pentagon, what was the ability of the lowden county fire department, the arlington county fire department, the

he ran illegal driver's license schemes in new jersey, connecticut and virginia and had apartments in three states. >> an investigation came from a lead from our virginia office asking us to run down and locate an individual by connected to automobile vehicle license address similar to the hijacker. >> this is where we are coming up to where mohammed atta's was found near the dunkin' donuts. >> 13 of the 15 came through new jersey at some point. >> bob let the investigation team in patterson, new jersey. he talked about the 9/11 case for the first time. >> he found out we were looking for him. there is no doubt. when he got tipped off he was in connecticut at the time. he walked into the connecticut office of the fbi and said oh, by the way, i just happened to meet the hijackers. we knew it wasn't true. >> until september, our patterson office called me and said hey, peter, are you sitting down. >> pete is an fbi agent in the washington field office. this is the first live person. >> yes. >> how did he meet the hijackers? >> his story changed back and forth. >> his first story was tha

en virginia, maria rosa lucchini univision...ches actualmente las temperaturas en la capital de la nacion se aproximan a los 70 grados, tenemos cielos despejados y una humedad en el ambiente que bajo considerable mente en comparacion con los dias pasados en tan solo 45 grados... los vientos si se perciben un poco mas fuertes provienen del oeste y podrian alcanzar hasta las 21 mph... a nivel nacional observamos como el sistema de baja presion que habia stado azotando nuestra region se ha movilizado mas al centro por que tendremos cielos mas despejados... esta noche las temperaturas podrian descender a 59 grados y los vientos volverian a la calma con una velocidad de 6 millas por hora... el panorama se pinta maravilloso para manana pues el sol brillara en todo su esplendor, tendremos temperaturas maximas de 77 grados y una leve posibilidad de lluvias que si suceden serian en horas de la madrugada... los dejo con el pronostico extendido... nos espera un fin de semana frio un reciente estudio rerealizado por una de las universidades

congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. ♪ and the flowers and the trees ♪ ♪ all laugh when you walk by ♪ and the neighbors' kids run and hide ♪ deep inside you, there's a person who refuses to be kept deep inside you. ♪ but you're not ♪ you're the one be true to yourself. what's healthier than that? >>> hello and welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm wendy rieger. our top stories paramedics detail the chaotic scene at michael jackson's home the day he died. richard says murray denied jackson was being treated for any problems and did not tell paramedics he was giving michael jackson propofol. >>> a major blow to al qaeda. the leader was killed today in yemen in a drone strike. anwar al-awlaki was killed in attacks. he's blamed for several attempted attacks to americans. >>> a beltway connecting i-66 is closing. exit 49c is closing permanently because of the new hot lanes. that's coming up on news 4 at 5:00. >>> another down day on wall stre

i have wonderful feelings about the commonwealth of a virginia. c-span.o [applause] the people have an innate optimism and a can-do spirit. i love you, too. it is good to get fresh air and perspective. i am grateful to spend some time with you, because we are going through a difficult time in this country. i know you are as frustrated about the economy as i am. i know you are also frustrated not just about our economic conditions, but also what is happening in washington. i got in a man there. -- amen there. [laughter] you have every right to be frustrated. here in virginia and richmond, people do not have time for political concerns. you have real-life concerns. he may be looking for a job or knows someone who is looking for a job. i love you back. you make sacrifices to make ends meet. you work hard to meet your responsibilities. you expect -- you expect people you sent to washington to do the same thing -- meet their responsibilities. [applause] [unintelligible] stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy, to restore

back in the days when who's afraid of virginia woolf?was up for the pulitzer prize, the qualified jury of theater professionals voted the play that it should get the pulitzer prize that year. but there were a bunch of newspaper editors who sat on top of the jury, so to speak, and decided whether the jury's recommendations were tolerable or not-- editors and publishers, i think. and this group of 15, the new york times, bless them, told us all, decided eight to seven that who's afraid of virginia woolf? was too what? too controversial, too good-- something; i don't know-- to get the pulitzer prize that year. and the new york times went further and talked to some of the eight who had voted against it and found that half of them had neither seen it nor read it, which gave them a kind of objectivity. [laughter] clearly. so i don't know that whether that year, i got the pulitzer prize and they took it away from me, or i didn't get it. so since i got three later, i think i have 3 1/2. (paulson) a lot of people apparently believe art can be dan

west virginia in the low 60s now.chesapeake bay, eastern shore, upper 60s to near 70. there are all these gray clouds continuing to roll in from the south. however, there are a few breaks, a little brightening sky out in the mountains. there is the overcast now. sunrise in just a few minutes at 6:59. we'll have perhaps a little sun trying to break through the overcast this morning through midday. then during the rest of the afternoon, cloudy. maybe a passing shower, a small chance of that this afternoon. right now getting a few sprinkles up in frederick county, maryland, up near the pennsylvania border. later this evening, might have a passing shower early evening. cloudy after that. low 70s by midnight. and another cloudy day tomorrow. what else is knew? up around 80 degrees. and there is a greater chance of some showers, mainly in the afternoon tomorrow. wednesday and thursday, partly sunny. highs around 80 or so. then much cooler weather coming in thanks to canadian, cool dry pressure. 40s in the mondays saturdays

and some in the higher spots around west virginia. could have a few snowflakes mixing in with rain showers. saturday morning even colder as temperatures drop to the upper 30s in a lot of locations in western pennsylvania. big fall-like weekend coming our way. it's going to be dry today. getting up to 70 to 75 degrees for your evening forecast. 70 to 65. so falling off with chilly conditions for the evening. four-day forecast, slight chance for a few light showers on saturday. that's it. but the big thing is how chilly it's going to be this weekend. we'll start to see the mercury rise a little bit on monday with a high of 67 degrees after a chilly weekend and a very coat-like weekend, sbinto the l 70s most of next week. i'm happy to say that all of next week right now, all of next week for now is looking dry. let's get a look at traffic now. hit the roadways with danella sealock. >> that sounds great, veronica. we've had so much rain. looking forward to dry roads. right now not seeing a lot of congestion in our area. happy friday to yo

host: richmond, virginia. cheryl on our independent line.aller: i would like to start by saying that i wish i could hear in the republican leaders in congress stand up and say that the deficit that we are facing did not just pop up when barack obama took office. it has been going along for years and years. i wish i could hear them say this is not a problem that you can fix overnight. it is going to take years and years for this problem to be fixed. i wish i could hear the republican leaders, instead of always saying, "why would the president put forward?" i would like for them to find some common ground on what can work. i am tired of it all the petty, if i cannot have my way, that i am not going to do anything at all. guest: i may surprise cheryl from richmond. the deficit did not pop up overnight. that was the reason i ran. when republicans had power in washington, they blew it. they spent too much money. in my first term here, democrats had unfettered power in washington. they took the deficit that republicans running annually and made it

he has strong ties to northern virginia. we are live at a church where he served for years. >> reporter: we are here at the islamic center in falls church where the controversial cleric was nine years ago. folks here in the local muslim community say after this his message changed drastically. >> reporter: for about a year ending in 2002. is statement says during his time here, he was an advocate of outreach and tolerance. they go on to say after leaving here and being arrested and tortured in yemen, he began preaching violence. they do not accept violence or extremism. this man spoke of passages that allude to violence. >> for you and me to understand the verses that talk about killing, you have to go back and look at the history and what happened during the time when those verses were revealed. what is changing is maybe our experience in life and how we relate to those verses in the koran. >> reporter: the statement from this islamic center and one from the islamic relations echoes the nonviolence theme and speaks about th

beautiful ride in virginia. 95 66 and 395. this camera shows traffic in springfield, highlights are northbound and metro rail is reporting normal services. >> that's what we like to see. 61 degrees. coming up in "tech bytes," what's your twitter mood? a new study on how tweets and moods are linked. >> then fake news makes real news. 57b outrageous response from capital police. first, new bank fees on the way. how much you'll be so many great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. i'm embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to shining sea, through amber waves of grain, and i won't stop until i've helped every driver in america save hundreds on car insurance. well i'm out of the parking lot. that's a good start. geico, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent, or more on car insurance. >> checking our top stories this morning at 5:4. engineers will repel down washington monument again today searching for more damage from last month's earthquake. they are testing each stone. later officials w

we will take up to one marines emotional homecoming ceremony in virginia.e will return with a look at the weatherth >>> we are following developing news from italy where the man did not appeals trial is entering its final days. there is an explosive testimony in court by the lawyer representing a man that -- a man not officially implicated in the man that knocks's were made to murder. the man spent two weeks in jail and he supposedly was detained. he called amanda knox she devil. >>> two american hikers held in iran for more than two years are now back on u.s. soil. josh fattal and shane bauer are talking about their experience in custody. >>> back in america finally josh fattal and shane bauer contend iran saying there were captured just because they were american. >> how can we forgive the iranian government when it continues to imprison some many other innocent people. >> they share gripping details. >> we had to go on hunger strike repeatedly just to receive letters from our loved ones. many times, too many times we heard the screams of other prisoners

the donald is rolling out a new business venture in virginia.ext week businessman donald trump will open trump vineyard estates in albemarle county. virginia governor bob mcdonald and trump's son eric will be on hand for the invitation only reception. eric trump will serve as the winery's president. trump bought the operation in april from socialite virginia klug and her husband. it's about 2 1/2 hours away in the charlottesville area. >>> coming up, attention target shoppers. you could have been standing in line -- can you imagine? next to the first lady and not even know it because she was incognito in a big way. >> she stopped in at the target on route 1 in potomac yard yesterday. she dressed incognito, wearing a nike baseball hat, sunglasses, and a button down floral shirt. secret service agents arrived about 30 minutes before mrs. obama. she walked in the main entrance with an assistant and shopped for 30 to 40 minutes. there's no word on what she ended up buying, but no one seemed to notice the first lady at first until she got to the regi

the president spoke just moments ago at fort myer in virginia. >>> al-awlaki and his organization have been directly responsible for the death of many yemeni citizens. his hateful ideology and targeting of innocent civilians has been rejected by the vast majority of muslims and people of all faiths. and he has met his demise the government and the people of yemen have joined the international community in a common effort against al-qaeda. >>> anwar al-awlaki was a chief cleric at a mosque in virginia before leaving for yemen. that's where he led accused fort hood shooter major nadal hasan. andrea mccarren is outside the mosque in falls church with more information. andrea? >> reporter: well, j.c., take a look at the sea of international media that has descended on this northern virginia mosque. that's because anwar al-awlaki was the imam here. back in 2001 and 2002. that's when he left for yemen. it was here that he and major nadal hasan crossed paths. after the fort hood attacks, al- awlaki hailed him as a hero. now, very few of the worshippers who just left from the morning prayers h

congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >> >> to fatal air crashes at two different heat of his brother weekend this is video after a man crashed his warlord to blame bob this was in west virginia new-line else was hurt in the crash it is under investigation by federal officials. >> witness is our call on the pilot and zero what >> but didn't toll continues to climb after an air show in reno nevada that casualty figures could be much worse that the pilots saved lives . >> that. last few seconds tried to pull back and he saved two or 300 other people i would consider him to be a hero he was aiming for the bleachers and he did his hr per attached the tarmac. >>. really said a developer and stunt pilot from all californi >> still i had on kron 4 weekend news in volunteers are cleaning up the coast of around the bay area abou. a live look outside when. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st

congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. an alternative to needles, a gel, is being pr >> bay area scientists are working to take the pain out of botox. an alternative to needles, but joe is being produced by obama -- biopharmaceutical company in newark. the company is so knew that it doesn't have the brand name but just like botox, the topical will be the medical procedure performed only at the doctor's office. >> time will tell whether this will be as effective or not with what the gold standard is for treating which is botox. >> breakout >> breakdowns until this point, critical trials. it's unclear what the joe would cost if it is approved for consumers. >> is the familiar sight for there to students at crime scene investigators. the lifeless body on the cold slab. >>> and, this medical school will be doing their cadavers dissected differently. >> inside the anatomy lab at stanford university, scientists will the human cadaver. it's time for dissection. but wh

she's gone to be in richmond and virginia's began at 8:40 a.m.. so he'll be telling americans that his plan will get people back to work. x code still at the details of the atlantic if the 460 political package would increase and extend a she also provides a tax cuts until the lawyers. the princess or to all interested pass this legislation all day and told congress should stop the bill sought this and fix the cost >> appear in court shall the election is 14 months away. the people who sent us here, if the people hired us to work for them, but they do not have zealously of week 14 months. >> michele bock litigate 80 party response to president lamas job speech. she said she did not hear anything- she has not heard a >> before. mr. president, what amount your proposals was new? what has already been tried and failed? while the president's speech comes on the heels of a trillion dollars in failed stimulus bailouts add temporary get mixed if that had been aimed at creating jobs, the president continues to cling to the idea that government is the solu

but i did say to him this, that virginia is the key to your election nationally.did not disagree with me. and i prepared that when i spoke with him in richmond, and i told him that virginia's demographics have changed so much themselves that it's almost microcosmic of a mix. no one wins virginia with just one party vote as you know that, so you have crossover. the best speech that i heard the president make during his time of challenging the republicans, for showing what could happen in america was when he spoke to the u.s. conference of mayors in miami in 2008. he spoke to all of the concerns that he is now addressing in terms of building bridges, building infrastructure, rebuilding our cities, that they are not the enemies of metropolitan growth. the unfortunate thing is that moneys that were pumped in originally did not go to that. i think the president recognizes that he has to reconstitute that connection with the people of america, and i think he's doing that, and i think he can do it to the extent that he repeats it, it's good. >> i want to pick up on somet

let's take a look at virginia, northbound 95. here we are, 270, father hurley boulevard, no issues for you as you head out of frederick. 66 in virginia also looking good making the trip out of manassas and all way in toward the beltway, nothing in your way there. 59 here we are. this is the beltway at robinson terminal as you leave springfield heading up towards 66. you are incident-free as well. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> before we get to headlines right now, a note to pass along about a school in the district. paine elementary school is relocating to eastern high school today because of a power outage. so paine families should drop children off at paine by # 45 this morning. buses will then take the kids over to eastern and bring them back to paine for dismissal at 3:15 this afternoon. -- paine families should drop children off at pain by 8:45 this morning. >> reporter: good morning. lenny harris disappeared last week from the old town recreation center here. about four hours later, someone

but in central virginia in louisa county and mineral and culpeper and other places around virginia has caused enormous damage. we had hurricane irene, which, again, through central virginia and down into hampton roads, enormous damages from that storm. and then most recently we had tropical storm lee where i had the opportunity in a community not far from where some of our distinguished folks who work in the clerk's office, one of the parliamentarians live, i know they live in alexandria, not too far away, there is a neighborhood named huntington, virginia and this community i walked through they had been flooded out three times in the last decade. 100-year flood plain yet three times in the last decade. all these folks whether it has been in hampton roads in richmond, whether it is the folks in louisa and central virginia in the earthquake or the folks in huntington have been saying we just need that -- that assistance that other communities have had when they've been met by natural disasters. what purpose do we have for government other than to make sure there is an emergency respons

congratulations virginia.a con histeria. detalles en breve. >> el número de niños latinos pobres parece ir aumentando dramáticamente todo por culpa de la recesión que está golpeando el mayor medida los inmigrantes y otros grupos minoritarios, maría rosa loquillo sin este informe. >> héctor está desempleado, apenas puede pagar sus deudas, pero lo que más le preocupa a este padre es poder mantener a sus hijos. que cada uno lo que hace es comprar la leche o paga esto, y tiene que esperar las utilidades. es un nuevo estilo de vida que tiene que agarrar. >> más de medio millón de niños vivieron en condiciones pobres en el 2010, sobrepasando las alhajas a los anglosajones y americanos, es la que señala nuevo informe del centro hispano. datos alarmantes, para este concejal. >> estamos viendo el resultado de todo este elemento en particular, uno el crecimiento en esta población, más de 5 millones, y el otro es el impacto de la recesión en otra gente. >> en jurisdicciones, condado de virginia, el 39% de los niños pobre

in virginia, things are looking good as well.the freeway, we had an accident at south capitol street. that's a check at the fox 5 ontime traffic >>> some of the big names are beginning to take a step back from the obama economic policies. so will president barack obama change his approach to the economic solution? some of the biggest names in business, names that we all know joining you to talk about where we stand right now as far as jobs and this economy. yeah, well, first of all, and you didn't mention it, we're going to have herman cain on. herman cain a businessman himself, the former head of godfather's pizza and he has summed to the top of the polls, now on the front tier of republicans, about 17% of the latest fox polls. part of it, i think, is because he says i've got a specific plan to create a good business plan. of a, that we'll be talking to bob johnson -- excuse me -- the founder of back entertainment television and fred smith, the head of fed ex. both of them are -- have begun -- smith is a republican but bob johns

lightning struck the upper deck of the stadium in morgantown, west virginia.ame was delayed twice as the stadium was evacuated after the lightning and wind gust of 68 miles per hour. espn reported that a fan was struck by lightning in the upper deck, but west virginia disputed that claim. in the end, west virginia won the game, which was called due to severe weather in the fourth quarter. and we'll be right back with a looknnis ppened to tennis star rafael nadal when he collapsed during a press conference today. has reached . now, you guys found the other airline guilty of charging a 150-dollar change fee. you bet! southwest would never do that. and that was after she changed her flight and paid the difference in airfare. that other airline treated her wrong. she was understandably upset. well, who can afford a 150-dollar change fee? he was surprised with the verdict. you got that right. [ male announcer ] don't pay a change fee on top of a fare difference. fly southwest, the only major airline that never charges change fees. >>> here is a quick look at some o

congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >>> don't ask don't tell has been repealed and there is another big shift under way in the military. >> this is creating a lot of a buzz and confusion. chaplin's tell me they have already been allowed to do this. for this air force staff sgt today's news is another victory for equality in the military. >> it is incredible. we are extremely happy. >> today's memo stated a military chaplain may participate in or officiate any private ceremony as long as the ceremony is not prohibited by the applicable state or local laws. chaplains have always been able to marry whomever they want as long as they -- as long as their state allows it. this may encourage more gays in the military to do so openly without fear of reprisal. >> to be able to have our chaplain mary alice in our millet -- merry us in our military chapel -- >> they may be pressured to toe the line. >> i think there will be challenges in the future from the homosexual

born and bred in virginia, the boy who grew up to become a terrorist, charged in the deadly ft. hood rampage. tonight, only on abc news, his family breaks its silence. >> do think he should get the death penalty? >>> and cold feet. the big day arrives for our favorite lost penguin, happy feet. time to be set free. but does he really want to go home? >>> good evening. and here we go again. with parts of the northeastern united states still under water tonight from hurricane irene, now comes tropical storm lee. tonight, spreading misery across the deep south. here's the view from 22,000 les above the earth, as lee made landfall on the louisiana coast earlier today, unleashing tornadoes and causing flooding. up to 20 inches of rain are forecast, causing much anxiety in new orleans and other communities still recovering from hurricane katrina, such as lafitte, louisiana, where we find abc's yunji de nies. yunji? >> reporter: good evening, jake. it continues to rain very heavily here and this water isn't going anywhere. dozens of homes here are now flooded and many more are susuounde

the state of virginia since lyndon jan on-- johnson did it way back in 1964. martha: how about this? sarah palin out for a slice of new york pizza, $2 for a slice for pizza in new york. last night, donald trump took rick perry out for a very nice dinner. >> how did it go? >> very good. >> he knows his restaurants. martha: trump knows his restaurants! no word on whether or not this means the real estate mogul plans to endorse rick perry for the republican nomination. meanwhile, people are talking about rick perry's speech last night. it was very interesting, a very spiritual speech, it focused on his christian faith and how he came to that faith in his life, how that will play in his run for the white house is something we're going to talk about coming up. bill: trump is the gate keeper, huh? he ought to go on with that cooking show! come to new york and see trump. >>> meanwhile, mitt romney taking a shot at rick perry and his comments on social security, romney talking to a large group of senior, taking the texas governor to task for calling that program a pon

where, she has no idea. >> jane o'brien, bbc news, west virginia. >> >> the quiet zone sounds tempting to me. that brings us to the end of today's program. remember, if you are one of those who still uses wi-fi, you can find constant updates on our website at any time and see what we're up to. simply go to our facebook page. from all of us here at bbc world news america, thank you so much for watching . see you back here tomorrow. 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. union bank offers unique insight in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> bbc world news america was presented by kcet, los was presented by kcet, los angeles. (george chattering excitedly) this program was made possible by: >> ♪ i'm a whirlibird... >> chuck e. cheese's, proud supporter of pbs kids, solutes all the parents who know staying active with their kids is fun and healthy for them. >> ♪ i'm a whirlibird. >> pbs kids, where a kid can be a kid. for over 90

the day after he signed it virginia passed its own law in the state of virginia saying you can not requiredividual to buy insurance coverage. they sued on that basis, that we have a state law saying you can't make us do something. a federal law is saying we have to do. the law didn't get to the question whether or not that individual mandate is constitutional. they're strictly looking at issue of standing. whether the state of virginia has the right to sue over this. they say, this law that virginia passed does not give them the right. it does not create a conflict that allows you to go to federal court to fight back against a federal law. not surprising. i attended arguments at the fourth circuit the day they argued this case. it was clear the three judge listening were very skeptical. turns out we have the ruling, this opinion on paper saying basically virginia doesn't get to argue about the constitutionality of that individual mandate. they don't get that far. bottom line the court says virginia has no right to sue regardless of the fact they passed a state law saying you can't force us

to service loans secured by property in west virginia. it was discovered that bear stearns had been buying west virginia loans for several years now. and we're not allowed to service it without reporting the oversight to regulators there and forced a mafia style code of silence within its walls to quietly fix the problem ok that was top of his game directed by nick verbinski nick welcome to the kaiser report hi thanks for having me max all right nick before we get into the substance to tell us a little bit about bear stearns what sort of bank were they added they fit into the wall street matrix and when and how did they collapse just on a timeline well it's a good question of bear stearns was known for many years as the most brass bald prophet powerhouse on wall street and they had a reputation that that they really reveled in which was that they did business with whomever and however they pleased. and for many years at work to their great advantage as the profits kept piling up but what eventually happened was half of their fully half of

our brian todd has been investigating the situation over at the plant in virginia.hat are you learning, brian? >> well, wolf, for the first time in american history, an earthquake has actually shifted those massive casks that hold spent nuclear fuel. these weigh 115 tons each and hold at least 15 metric tons of spent fuel. this information coming out now, even though officials at the plant knew about it shortly after the quake. east coast's biggest earthquake in decades had this effect on a school at the epicenter. now it turns out just a few miles away in central virginia, huge containers holding spent nuclear fuel rods, each of them 16 feet high, weighing 115 tons, holding at least 15 metric tons of spent fuel, shifted during the earthquake. something plant officials never said at the time. an official with dominion virginia power, which owns the north anna nuclear power station says 25 of the 27 vertical casks moved between 1 and 4 inches. the official says none of the casks were damaged and no radiation leaked out. but anti-nuclear activists are alarmed. >> very

congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia.m a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >> 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> the ravens and jets will get plenty of attention, but the developer of both quarterbacks could make this a different game than last year's season opener. both joe black and mark sanchez had a below record passing game last sunday. that puts both in the league top 10. the offense looks like a track meet. the first game and third game. it is considered a great offense when you string together big yards and win week after week against the fences like the rams and the jets. >> we are doing a lot of things well. how do not think we are doing anything great yet. -- i do not think we're doing anything great yet. but we have to improve our consistency. >> injury concerns. lee evans unable to practice. the same for david re-. -- david reed. the ravens linebacker has the best quote so far. he said that if rex ryan was michelangelo, they were the sistine chapel. the will show how good the creation ha

patrick henry was joined by -- there we go, by richard henry lee of virginia. richard henry lee favored independence as well in the 1760's. the leader of the radicals was john adams. adams, we can pretty much determined when he became -- began to favor independence. adams was approached by samuel adams back in the 1760's, but he kept samuel adams cousin at arm's length. and when samuel adams tried to get john to speak in public and attack the british, and john adams' response in his diary was, that way madness lies. he thought that samuel adams was plotting an american revolution and wanted no part of its. but in 1773 some letters written by the governor, the royal governor of massachusetts were made public. those letters convinced john adams that there was a conspiracy afoot between british officials in american and british officials in london to destroy american liberties. from 1773 on john adams favored independence. i think probably george washington came around to independence in the 1760's, and i think thomas jefferson came around to independence around t