and, finally, welcome to the city that served as headquarters of the virginia railroad one of the country's most famous short line railroads from 1869-1950. ♪ >> welcome to carson city on booktv. with help of our charter communications cable partners, we bring you the capital of nevada, nestled in the valley of the sierra mountains. for the next 90 minutes we explore the history of the superstate with local authors and historians, beginning with guy rocha on samuel clemens, and his time in the nevada territory. >> mark twain was a very young man when he was here in carson city. he arrived in 1861, 25, 26 years old. very formative period in his life. and has the extent to see a circle all the things he does, then the things that he writes and then in a variety that the kids beginning in san francisco and new york city. this laid the foundation for the man who would become one of the greatest writers in american history. samuel clemens came with his brother on august 14, 1861. his brother been appointed by president abraham lincoln as secretary of nevada territory, and sam, looking for some o

it wouldn't be just in virginia city. a newspaper in aurora would pick it up, newspapers in sacramento would pick it up, newspapers in san francisco. mostly in the western united states through the use of the telegraph. and he's very, very funny although he says some things that they don't know if it's the truth or not. are they hoaxes? he has one story about a family not far from carson city, just east of town here, where the father goes berserk, kills the whole family over stock fraud, okay? scalps his wife and brings her scalp into town when he turns himself in. it's horrible, horrible. everybody printed it as though it was news. and he says, well, no, i told you, i gave you a hint here. a lot of people -- he made some enemies because sometimes he didn't really give it away. and so i want to capture mark twain. he's pursuing money. he likes to play games, hoaxes. he likes to manipulate be perception. people enjoy his writing, but they don't know sometimes when he's telling the truth or not. got himself in trouble here

mark twain wrote about virginia's territorial enterprise. finally, welcome to the city that served as the headquarters of the virginia railroad. from 1869 through 1950 the railroad ram. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to carson city on booktv. with the help of our charter communications cable partners, we bring you the capital of nevada nestled in the sierra mountains. for the next 90 minutes we explored the history of the solar stage with authors and history of carson city, beginning with samuel clemens, also known as mark twain. >> he arrived and he was 26 years old. a very formative period and light. then the notoriety lay the foundation to the man that would become one of the most great writers in american history. he came here on august 14, 1861 in his brother had been uploaded content appointed by abraham lincoln. sam was looking for a chance for jobs. they boarded a stagecoach in st. joseph, missouri and found their way to nevada. when they arrived here, it wasn't too long before sam discovered there wasn't much in the way of job opportunities and this is when he began to explo

cities have so-called underfunded pensions. some are leaning on taxpayers to make up the difference. i'll show you how charleston, west virginiais raising revenues and cutting costs so it can pay its pensions. >> reporter: the city is about to impose .005 cents sales tax and is charging everyone a $2 a week fee. >> we've got that story and much more as real money continues. keep it right here. antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> bankruptcy hearings resumed in detroit and has folks i with underfunded pensions worried. that's forcing some local governments to turn to taxpayers who were not supposed to be on the hook for pensions to shell out more money. reporting on one west virginia city taking extraordinary steps to stay out of bankruptcy and to keep those pensioners paid. >> reporter: charleston, west virginia, first responders dealing today with a barricaded gunman. after 20 years on the job they have access to healthcare and are guaranteed generous pensions. >> oh, it's sweet. you could retire with $50,000 a year for life

cities have so-called underfunded pensions. some are leaning on taxpayers to make up the difference. i'll show you how charleston, west virginia, is raising revenues and cutting costs so it can pay its pensions. >> reporter: the city is about to impose .005 cents sales tax and is charging everyone a $2 a week fee. >> we've got that story and much more as real money continues. keep it right here. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. share your story on tv and online. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans. >>san francisco, california. when i was a little kid, i just really loved the news. >>news was always important in my family. >>i knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. >>i learned to read by reading the newspaper with my great-grandfather every morning. >>and i love being able to tell other people stories. >>this is it, i want to be a part of this. >>this is what reall

reporting on one west virginia city taking extraordinary steps to stay out of bankruptcy and to keep those pensioners paid. >> reporter: charleston, west virginia, first responders dealing today with a barricaded gunman. after 20 years on the job they have access to healthcare and are guaranteed generous pensions. >> oh, it's sweet. you could retire with $50,000 a year for life. >> reporter: but the residents are dealing with the payout that could easily exceed $1 million for each retiree. there the is so little fun that they're dipping in their general fund to keep the pensioners paid, and that general fund used to pay for street keening and salaries. >> we were paying 8% of our budgets into these retirement pensions. now we're paying 11.3% and it will go out. >> reporter: the mayor stopped pay out to the pension fund, in 2009 charleston had one of the country's worst funded pensions. it only had $0.24 for every dollar it promised to pay retirees. in all, the 100 largest cities in america were underfunded by $9 billion. and standar standard an standard & poor's said. >> pensions were

he came out west as a miner in the 1850s and found his way to virginia city. there he really took up his passion as a writer. worked for the territorial enterprise, the newspaper that mark twain worked for. and became the editor of the paper, eventually. he and mark twain were friends. at one point mark twain wrote to an editor on the east coast suggesting that dan might be a good person to way history of the come stock load inspect is the product. our local newspaper has produced a couple of books that are pictorial history of carson city. they represents the history of our town in pictures. one interesting piece might be this page here that represents the stewart indian colony school and the students from the early 19us. the native american children in carson city attended this school where they learned trades, and got their education. i pulled this book out just because not many people probably on the east coast know about the burning man experience. we have a large quiet desert in nevada, it's out east of reno. it's called the black rock desert. every sept

cities, $1,000. once virginia's capital, this city has made sure to keep its colonial feel. leonard. what is jamestown? no. tori. what is williamsburg? williamsburg is the city, yes, and you move into the lead. i'll take fictional females for $200, please. alex: leonard. what is "pirates of the caribbean"? you got it. females, $400. leonard. what is "skyrim"? "skyrim," yes. all right. short story, $400. tori. what is a twist? twist, correct. short story for $200. leonard. what is a setting? you got it. yearbook, $200. jordan. what is forgotten? that's it. yearbook, $400. jordan. what is ta-ta for now? yep, made you smile on that one. [ chuckles ] go again. yearbook, $600, please. jordan. what is summer? yes. yearbook, $800. jordan. what are digits? digits, yes. and yearbook, $1,000. leonard. what is cool? no. tori or jordan? jordan. what is hot? no. [ beep ] "what is sweet?" stay sweet. all right, we have jordan at $4,000, trailing tori by $800. leonard will be going first in double jeopardy! right after this break. [ applause ] rii wish i was made of money. i wish you were

the through lanes are open. 95 looks good in virginia, dale city, woodbridge through newington, travel lanes are open. rob woodfork live from the wtop traffic center. jummy and scott back to you. >> thank you, rob. investigators in st. mary's county classified a suspicious death as a homicide. minetta strickland was found over the weekend. detectives are gathering leads in this case and they're saying if you know anything please give them a call. >> also new this morning, we know that one man is dead after being hit by a car in prince george's county. this happened just before 11:00 in upper marlboro. the driver stayed on the scene and police say alcohol was not a factor in this accident. the road is back open this morning. >> and we've got good news for drivers this morning. gas prices, they're going down compared to last week. >> and we could see prices drop even more as we head into the fall months. >> good news for summer travelers. gas prices are coming down. the national average for a gallon dropped to $3.56, that's down a nickel from last week. >> never penny counts, it goes tow

i would argue that without the carson city experience, the virginia city experience, the nevada territorial experience, samuel clemens never could've been mark twain. >> more about samuel clemens is booktv and american history tv look at the history of array life of carson city, nevada. saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 and sunday at five on c-span3. >> lawmakers and agency heads met this week to talk about some of the current challenges facing the federal budget process. we will hear from former senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and don nickles. also joined the discussion, david obey to lead the house appropriations committee. and former wisconsin governor tommy thompson, republican. the bipartisan policy center and george mason university hosted this event. >> okay, good morning. welcome to the session which we're calling "budgeting on the brink," cosponsored by the bipartisan policy center and george mason university center on public service. i'm paul posner, director of the programs at george mason. this session is part of the longer-term multimedia project which we are und

. >> reporter: along the busy i-95 corridor between new york city and virginia and north carolina beaches, travelers taking advantage of falling gasoline prices to squeeze in one last vacation before kids go to school and getting a jump in what could be the largest travel period in five-years. >> from virginia heading back home and possibly over labor day we would like to go away. the kids will be going back to school, so. >> gas prices are a concern but you save up for that over the year as you go along. unless they go way over the top, like over 4.50, $5 we may change plans. >> i don't think it stops me from taking a trip, to tell you the truth. if i'm going on vacation, i go. >> reporter: 34 million americans will travel at least 50 miles away from home over labor day according to aa. 29 million, 85% will travel by automobile. with the average round trip covering under 600 miles and consumer spending about $800. aaa says it's not just cheaper gasoline prices that has more americans planning to hit the road but growing optimism about the economy and housing. >> americans are feeling mor

to get to elizabeth city, north carolina, today, i flew into virginia and got a ride with montraviusand crossed over. and just before we crossed over the virginia/north carolina border, i had a very "you're not from around here" moment, very embarrassing. >> interesting. >> well -- welcome to the countryside. in virginia. >> i was like okay, and then we filmed a plane crash on the highway. no, no, crop dusting, very nice. welcome to the countryside, new york city. more from elizabeth city in just a moment. has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself. aveeno® naturally beautiful results. aveeno® you know, from our 4,000 television commercials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipolicy. so call me today. you'll be glad you did. cannonbox! [splash!] [ sneezing ] she may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief f

the heaviest rain could be staying south and west of the city there in virginia and north carolina with rain continuing around dc. expect temperatures to climb to close to 80 degrees. nowhere near the heat we're dealing with in the midwest. . >> the syrian electronic army strikes again. a social media war on some american news websites. we'll tell you who the syrian electronic army is. ♪ that's the headlines "consider this" is up next on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm del walters. it was 50 years ago today that dr. martin luther king, jr. delivered those four famous words "i have a dream." thousands are gathering at the mall to remember that speech. >>> and weapons investigators continuing their investigation in syria. >>> the syrian electronic army is taking aim at american news websites. twitter released a statement saying no user data has been effected. the syrian electronic army using its twitter account to publicize the attack on both of the websites. the group supports syrian president, bashar al-assad. >>> the international atomic energy group says iran has i

to get to elizabeth city, north carolina, today, i flew into virginia and got a ride with montravius and crossed over. and just before we crossed over the virginia/north carolina border, i had a very "you're not from around here" moment, very embarrassing. >> interesting. >> well -- welcome to the countryside. in virginia. >> i was like okay, and then we filmed a plane crash on the highway. no, no, crop dusting, very nice. welcome to the countryside, new york city. more from elizabeth city in just a moment. [ male announcer ] staying warm and dry has never been our priority. ♪ catering to the conveniently located has never been our priority. our priority is, was and always will be serving you, the american people. we get to see everyone in america almost every day. and we've noticed that you're sending and receiving more packages than ever. so we wanted to give you a more reliable way to ship them. with improved priority mail flat rate. don't just take our word for it -- now we'll prove it every step of the way with tracking up to eleven scans, specified delivery dates, and free insu

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oklahoma city to little rock, west virginia into d.c. and new york. a huge area of rain developed overnight covering all of the southern half of pennsylvania right now. it's especially heavy going from areas of allentown to harrisburg and it's about to start pouring in philadelphia. and that will move right over the much to new york city during the heart of the morning rush hour. expect some major travel delays and airport delays also. as far as the severe weather goes, if we get anything, damaging winds most likely. richmond, virginia beach, raleigh, goldsboro, out to the outer banks could deal with some small hail. the forecast for the northeast, the mid-atlantic today you will see a period of rain and in some case like philly, northern jersey, eastern p.a., southern portions of new england, you'll see heavy rain during the day today. still hot in texas, and what a beautiful, cool fall day in chicago. oh, wait. it's not fall yet. 72 and partly cloudy. >> that's right. it's not. it's acting like fall even though it's technically summer. >>> just ahea

i was teaching gifted and talented inner-city kids in virginia and doing what i wanted to do. i didn't know what that was, but i thought i would try to do what my good mentors, great mentors that i was the tides. find out who your students are. really get to know them and find out what their passions are. but they love, what they care about. you find out what they care about and then build curriculum to that or around that. they love, their passion for whatever it is they are interested and will drive your curriculum. you don't have to teach very much because they'll be in charge because they feel they have ownership and it's the work they are doing. i asked my students in 1978, which you care about? i asked individually and in 1978, they loved boardgame. we did not face the. we didn't have computers. and so, i said we will have to have a boardgame. my school had a curriculum. i was teaching social studies. they wanted me to teach a unit on africa thing here. i'll put those two together. right around 1978, problem-solving had been invented as a curriculum tool. i will put prob

first city, richmond, virginia.ers, william young just tweeted me they should do this on capitol hill. perhaps they would get something done. thank you, william, i retweeted you. robots that look like animals. one newly designed robot crawled like a baby turtle. the name is flipper bot. this robot is on a mission. jonathan serrie explains. >> it's called flipper bot. a robot created the georgia tech to mimic the movement of baby sea turtles scurrying from their nest to the ocean. >> they inserted their flipper like limb into the ground and push themselves forward bending the wrist. we thought this was an interesting bit of mechanics. >> physics meets biology in photographer daniel goldman's lab where he and his team of students have rebuilt robots imitating ants, and snakes. >> researchers are study things in nature. rebuild to emulate the movement to see if there are practical application to the military, conservation, or search and rescue. >> we think that the principles we are discovering can be transferred on to

virginia. more are planned including one in an unnamed city in california. >> the latest ahead on the negotiations happening right now to avoid a b.a.r.t. strike. >> also ahead, get your ticket yet? the powerball jackpot hits 300 million. why waiting to play might be the right move. >> taking a live look outside of the bay bridge, our temperatures are dipping and there is some chance of drizzle. meteorologist leigh glaser has a little bit of everything in the works in the forecast. >> here's dan harris with what is ahead on "world news". >> tonight on "world news" the new protective measures across america after the threat from al qaeda. the office coworkers who won a giant lottery and wish they >> ama: here's the latest on the ongoing b.a.r.t. contract negotiations. both sides are still talking but still in dole. the agency and the unions have not reached an agreement on wages, healthcare benefits and pension costs. they have until tomorrow night when the current contract dead lan -- deadline expires. the unions say they'll walk off the job monday morning if there is no agreement in place. >> we'

however, there are scattered showers developing over west virginia and some will make it into the citypossibility of some scattered showers developing after the lunch going into the evening. in the a washout all day but we have to reflect the forecast to keep those scattered showers in play. so in howard county a lot of clouds today. maybe a peek or two of sunshine but that's not the story today. 78, 81 in laurel. so, well below average. should be around 85 this time of the year. this is maryland's most accurate planner. we are the most accurate station in the whole viewing area. sunshine and clouds today. 69 degrees. 71 fairly cloudy at 10 this morning. and by lunchtime, if you are going to have lunch outdoors you may be dodging a couple scattered showers. 74 gets us to 80 and it's a humid reading on 76 around the 8:00 hour. 90 degrees oh you bet you. we will show you maryland's most accurate 7-day forecast coming up in a little bit. this is lauren cook who is the most accurate traffic anchor in the entire state of maryland. >> reporter: absolutely mike. >> go for it. >> reporter: if

was crossing in retreat, that might now have been the army of northern virginia, which was called in to restore order in new york city ,-com,-com ma rather than union veterans fresh from their victory at gettysburg. gettysburg did not end the war in one stroke. but it was decisive in us to restore the sinking morale of the union. to keep at bay the forces that hope that lincoln could be persuaded to revoke emancipation. decisive enough to make people look back and understand that the confederacy would never be able to mount a serious invasion again. lincoln, however, he was not satisfied with a decisive enough result. now, by the way have this strange feeling that there may be some reconstructive confederate veterans. [laughter] who are getting in the last word on the subject lincoln was not satisfied with a decisive enough result and after a 10 day pursuit which ended, backing lee's army into a pocket with its rain flooded potomac river, no knockdown blow was struck at the rebels and leaves damaged army was able to slip across the potomac through barely usable for it. we had them in her grasp, wailed lincoln. we had

virginia. went from new york city to fredericksburg, which was a river port in virginia.t know nebraska. they bounced along the roads from new york to fredericksburg, not knowing where she was going, what it would be like when she got there. she was just shy of 18, she was seven months pregnant. so it must have been a grueling trip. i think it indicates the sort of stamina, the strength she had that she was willing to make that short of -- that sort of trip and she could do it. >> the monroes had three children, a son who died in infancy, and two daughters. we talked about one of them in particular. we have about five minutes left in this shorter version, there's not so much documentary evidence about this first lady. and the question comes from someone who calls himself president pondering, this will wrap up our understanding. how involved in politics was elizabeth monroe. how might she have used the monroe doctrine? >> i don't mean to -- have viewed the monroe doctrine? >> it's realy john quincy adams who wrote it. elizabeth didn't write it. everybody else has gotten cr

city school are going back. berkeley county west virginia. dave anderson reminded of that on facebook we know that fredrick printed george county also going back tomorrow. our temperature tomorrow at warmer than today. this was our temperature. quite unusual in mid atlantic but i want god see high temperature today across rest of the country. because there no short pbl heat and that will be make run back at us. for those of you feel like just a little bit too earlier going back to school. for monday though our temperature about 81 degree. mix of clouds and sun probably hiv tkwrer on cloud. and shower or even thunderstorm can't be rule out. although think the gull it may lots of sunshine and temperature about 87 degrees but it will definitely feel like august. >> look across region at this hour. down 61 degree fredrick. moment everybody in 60s leonard town 64 humidity at showing us due points in low 60s and so when those temperature get down closer to due points it we get some breaks in clouds, that's recipe forring to: some areas of to be wil

i [indiscernible] let's get you started with time lapse from virginia and loudoun county. areas west of the city some dense fog. once it earned off it turned into a beautiful day. kind of warm and summery. some fair weather clouds and that is all. at reagane at 90 national. 88 in manassas, 89 fredericksburg. humidity levels are up but not oppressively so. degrees temperatures, 59 degree dew points, that is not bad at all. shape.in good pleasant for outdoor activities. if skies stay clear, this is the night -- the last night of the perseid meteor shower. the appear to come from constellation perseus. they are much closer than the constellation. inre is a disturbance moving ringing clouds later on. higher humidity levels and temperatures to the south of the area. the high heat still hangs on for the central and southern plains. here is the story. that disturbance is pushing eastward. we could see an isolated shower and a rumble of thunder. the best chances are to the south of washington. are lucky skies will hold clear to get a peek up in the sky. it will turn very warm and humid. this cold front

city early this morning, manassas, front royal, winchester, you guys have been dealing with reduced visibsibi y visibiliti visibilities. it will be a mostly cloudy day, some of the shower activity into southern virginia, some of that will sneak in later today. we'll have scattered showers in the forecast. upper level low associated with storm system from yesterday. we were not quite done with the rain threat but bright sunshine by tomorrow. plenty of clouds, few showers. highs in the low 80s. you may see little sunshine as well. lots more on the weather coming up, let's do traffic with julie wright. >> all right. tucker, coming through the fog, northbound along route 5 slowing out of brandy wine headed to 22 miles per hour. no issues coming out of clinton headed for beltway.

the bulk of this will stay south of the city but there are a coupleattered showers developing over west virginia i have the showers in the forecast during the midday hours going into the evening. 62 in town right now. 65 to the south and to the west pushing 70 in nashville. and the dew points numbers are climbing. so with the southwesterly wind kick we are going to get more moisture in here. and it's going feel muggy. look at the forecast numbers indenver. 97 today. so the core of the heat that's developing over the tennessee valley going to slide to the north and to the west. here comes the heat. it will last into the day on friday from tuesday. average to above average temperatures. higher humidity will feel like the to go days of summer getting into tuesday. maryland's most accurate seeing sunshine and clouds. 80 foggy -- spotty showers and it's not as cool as last night. we will forecast around 66 degrees and patchy fog develop to the west. maryland's most accurate 7-day forecast shows 80 today but 88 by tuesday and muggy air arrives by wednesday with a temperature around 9 and we could prob

virginia. lanes opening out of dale city.and leaving for the -- kennel worth avenue remains slow out of d.c. avenue. no accidents to report rolling down the hill. let's continue with the maps. accident activity traveling into downtown heads up along northbound seventh street at constitutionality. metro's orange line experiencing delays due to a train malfunction. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks so much, julie. 7:46 on this wednesday morning. coming up next, helping find a four-legged friend a home. >> good morning, holly morris. >> reporter: good morning. i know miles and james are cute. if you want uber cute, look at zipo and bungee. there are a lot of homes looking for homes at washington animal rescue league. they have not just your usual adop adoptathon, they are in a nationwide competition.  "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." it's been called "cuccinelli's witch hunt" "designed to intimidate and suppress" ken cuccinelli used taxpayer funds to investig

virginia. financially rewarding or not, d.c. faces a lot of competition. with cities from coast to coast, bidding for the worry to host the games. >> do you know the saying men are from mars and women are from venus? it turns out we all might be from the red planet. newly search -- new research supports the idea that billions of years ago, mars was a better place to form the building blocks of life than earth was. scientists have questions how -- questioned how adams came together to form the three components of life, rna, dna, and proteins. rna is created by templating adams at the crystalline surfaces of minerals. according to a florida professor stephen benner, earth did not have enough oxygen to support the formation of rna. once rna was transported to mars, it was transported on meteorites eventually leading to the creation of life. thanks for watching. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> welcome to "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. u.n. inspectors are packing up their equipment and preparing to fly out of syria. they've f

city. -- upper 70's out towards parkton. all of the activity focused on western pennsylvania, west virginia. this is drifting into western maryland. these will be the areas that ve to face more of the scattered showers and storms tonight. we will talk about when the stormy pattern could finally end coming up. >> still ahead, travelers may have been caught a little bit off guard. womenause dozens of staged a nurse in. why did breastfed in protest in which airline was their target. plus -- is nowuse of horrors gone. now beginning the healing. >> a serious challenge for least one group of students. the house were three kidnapped women were held captive came crashing to the ground today. it is being called a house of horrors. and take of the victims are trying to move forward in the city of cleveland. to go the house was reduced to a pile of rubble in less than two hours, part of a recovery and healing process that is really only just beginning. >> michelle night, the woman held captive inside the house belonged is returned this morning with yellow balloons and the message of hope. i want the pe

started cold calling every eugene allen in, say, you know, all of the neighboring cities -- i mean towns outside of d.c., virginia, maryland. because if he was catching a taxicab, then i just said, well, he must live in the region. and on the 57th call, a gentleman answers the phone. i say my name is wil haygood. i'm a reporter for the "washington post" and i'm looking for mr. eugene allen, who i think worked at the white house with three administrations. he said i am that eugene allen. however, i worked for eight administrations. from harry truman to ronald reagan. and i almost dropped the phone. >> so then you knew you had a story. >> yes. >> and no one had talked to him in 34 years of service in the white house? >> 34 years. i went over there, of course, the very next day. a day later, because his wife said, yes, we'll talk to this writer, but you tell him that we both have doctors' appointments tomorrow. and so i waited a day, fairly nervous, hoping that they wouldn't change their mind. i went over there and sat with them throughout a whole day. at one point she said, honey, you can show him. and i didn't kno

arenas in the nearby areas of baltimore maryland and northern virginia financially rewarding or not d.c. faces a lot of competition but cities from coast to coast bidding for the glory to host the games in washington liz wall are. all right that does it for now for more on the stories we cover and go to youtube dot com forward slash our to america and check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa right back here at five. the more. the a. the army. i've. got the. lead it was a. very hard to take the lead a long a. sax. player. the celebs posts leg lifts. it's. oh no. the. polls. close close. it's too late for me i'm old done in quarter past.

city. hot summer like weather but there are changes ahead many we see showers and storms near west virginia. that will be the kind of day we have. a partly sunny start to the day but things change. more on that and a look in detail at your most accurate weekend forecast coming up. >>> new information about the man who walked into an atlanta elementary school yesterday armed with an ak47. >> we have more on his background, his medical condition and the woman with nerves of steel who talked him down. >> classes resumed at the school. the man accused of terrorizing them, michael brandon hill, faces terrorist threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. hill has a history of mental health issues and a troubled past. his brother said it was only a matter of time before he went off. >> i couldn't tell you what his mind-set was when he went in there. i can tell you he's got a long hex of medical disorders and including bipolar. >> reporter: we're learning more about that hero book keep are antoinette tuft. she single handedly talked him down. >> he said no one loved him. >> i said i l

arenas in the nearby areas of baltimore maryland and northern virginia financially rewarding or not d.c. faces a lot of competition but cities from coast to coast bidding for the glory to host the games in washington liz wahl r.t. . well do you know the saying men are from mars and women are from venus it turns out that we only be from the red planet new research introduced at a global geochemistry meeting in italy earlier this week supports the idea that billions of years ago mars was a better place to form the building blocks of life than earth was for years scientists have question how atoms first came together on prehistoric earth to form the three components of life are in a d.n.a. and proteins are in a is thought to be the first of these components to appear and is created by templating atoms at a crystal lean surfaces at the crystalline surfaces of minerals now according to florida professor stephen benner who presented the theory ancient earth did not have enough oxygen to support the amount of these minerals needed to form or in a book mars did it better goes on to suggest that once the r.n.a. was created on mars it

city. and a lot west. take a look at radar. pretty good thundershower activity. and allegheny, around cumberland and west virginia. they've had heavy rain reported there in hardy county, west virginia. most of that is moving off to the east and a little to the northeast. so we still have a chance in the baltimore region, central maryland of getting more showers tonight. maybe some thunder. right now, a pretty good shower here. just to the east of towson, across northeast tections -- sections of the baltimore area. and heavier echoes there, around delaney village, oakley manor, parkville to over leah. -- overlea. shower activity to the west. pretty good stuff around cumberland anything on now. from pumpkin center, just west of hancock to just about frostburg in garrett county area, moving up across southern pennsylvania. some areas will see more showers and thundershowers. this evening and later tonight, we could see some stuff up to 77, eltk -- elkton. but they'll be in the 70s in the next hour with showers. dew point, back up in a humid, sticky 72-degree range. locally, temperatures, where it's raining, temperatu

cities are already getting a jump. shcharlottesville charlottesville, virginia, passed the first anti-drone law this year and similar legsbeing considered in 13 other states. brianna, martin. >> thank you, chris. >>> now, one woman's story of being sent to prison is getting rave reviews, including it's portrayal of a transgender woman. >> do you really think i will be killing myself. listen, doc, i need my dosage. i have given five years, $80,000 and my freedom for this. >> it's all part of the new netflix series orange is the eww black. and two stars will be joining me next live. lein houston, coca-cola'sg. club balón rojo, is kicking off fun and fitness on and off the field, with the help of soccer stars. these free clinics, help kids gain confidence in their game, and learn how important it is to get moving every day. it's part of our goal to inspire more than 3 million people, to re-discover the joy of being active this summer. see the difference all of us can make. together. but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. h

just across the river this crystal city, virginia. not more than a 10-minute car ride from capitol hill. and it's part of their flight demonstration center. it looks like a futuristic kind of museum and it's a place where not just journalists can go but members of congress and their staff members and other government officials. and so it's a chance to show off the virtues of this airplane to the washington crowd. >> season two of "first ladies influence and image" begins monday, september 9, with the look at the life of edith roosevelt. all this month we're showing encore presentations of season one. each weeknight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, programs on every first lady from martha washington on. . night, lucie hayes >> it is so unfair to her. it is a dismissive, condescending title. it suggests she is smooth talking and her function in life was to not serve alcohol. lucy hayes is so much more. as was her husband. everything she accomplished in the white house was in spite of the fact her husband's legitimacy to be president was quest

city of richmond thanks the washington redskins for making richard pond virginia welcomes all fans of the burgundy and gold to visit the new facility and explore the richmond religion. >> the washington red skin training facility is really state of the art. they sit on as follows around the field. 100,000 people come down for fan appreciation day and believe me the players love it. they enjoy the facility the work out part the clean part it's all very good. and there's typical making the play. >> jump it by lance lewis and in for a redskins touch down. now there is a flag. the officials get it together to talk about it. >> illegal formation. offense no. five yard penalty still third down. >> richmond is really something. the players love it. it's great to get away and totally dedicate yourself to football. it's one of the things mike shanahan talked about. it's 24/7 football so the guys aren't going anywhere. you get away from some of the extractions at home and issues that happened in the family. kids getting sick things happening. for those three weeks your wife, partner, girlfriend

good i am a schoolteacher at last year here in the city of richmond, across virginia we went through some unique changes as far as our contributions to drs, contribution to social security and and a health insurance policy exchange. the company we were dealing with, the cost of insurance went up. a lot of us found that we had to do some very unique things in order to be out of cover health insurance. myself, rather than carry my son and i on my insurance policy, it is cheaper for me to say under my insurance with my job. but to pick up an insurance policy for him because it was cheaper for me. i found out a lot of this had to do that. unfortunately, so my colleagues of other people that did work for the city were unable to afford that insurance. when you think about the social security furlough days, those kinds of things, you have to become very creative of what you do. fortunately, my son got a full-time job -- a part-time job. what is unique is the company he works for dead offer him an insurance policy, which was again cheaper even than what i was for hand. that gap may become on

entry details how hours have been cut sharply to avoid obama care costs from cities and counties from wisconsin to texas to virginiahere in new jersey. so could it be that obama care is the real job killer? we continue now with our free market panel. ahmed shihad aldin, and mark simone of wor talk radio. okay. do you disagree with me? this came from a washington post blogger, so you know it's a liberal point of view. >> my question is why do you need to actually do this. why do you need to create more jobs at lower hourly rates and i don't understand that and i don't see the evidence people -- i remember seeing forever 21 and i understand they want to keep the manufacturing costs low, but this will harm the reputation. >> this is government. >> i understand. but isn't this going to harm their employes. >> they're going to cut employees. here's the thing, they're going to do both. they read carefully, reed wilson, and two things. they're cutting back on hours worked which have to pay the mandate and it costs them $10,000 per person more, but they are also, they are also cutting back on staff. it's both. >> listen, i

virginia border. it will move northward. that will increase chances for showers and storms in the afternoon tomorrow. ,ooking at the doppler radar this'll move toward ocean citythe futurecast looks like this. hours, a chance for a shower or two in the middle of the day tomorrow. by monday, temperatures will be back in the 80's. better chance for showers and storms and a cold front on tuesday. here is our graph showing temperatures falling overnight. falling into the 70's. highs will make it around 80-85. be prepared for some scattered showers. it will not be a washout. cool.atures will daytime highs only in the 70's wednesday through friday. our suburbs could see nighttime lows in the 50's. happens in the summer. it is a weird summer. >> it is a nice transition. >> it is great. great for not look so the washington, but a bright light shining on the nats. i sat down with the redskins and the rookie start. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. when game is not a lot, but it is a gain in the right directions. the nationals picked up a win last night. juice. little extra delivered three strong outings. how about the offense? it l

city. baltimore does look mainly try. you can see how clouds in virginia can move back in at any time. it is going to be a mix of clouds and sun. here is the unstable boundary that we have been talking about, hanging around for days. it is now down to our south but lifting back up to the north. that is where we are going to talk about isolated showers and storms. for today, a mix of clouds and sun, becoming more humid. you cannot rule out a shower. a few neighborhoods will get them. you are going to have a lot of time for dry weather. be moving upwill into the mid 80's we will see a lot of cloud cover during the evening but then the skies become partly cloudy again tonight. we will see areas of fog beginning to develop. the temperatures fall to the 70's downtown and 60's as you step into the suburbs. the meteor shower continues tomorrow morning. if you are lucky enough to get a break in the cloud cover you may get a chance to see that before sunrise. it will be up at 6:17 tomorrow. isolated storm and temperatures once again in the mid-80's. here is a look at the futurecast, fast forwar