for most of us, it's a wonderful welcoming to our home here in waterford. to celebrate both the journey through hollowed ground partnership, which is lal treale result of the work of many in this room, as well as to celebrate our dear friend and favorite author, tony horowitz. yes, indeed. yes, come on. [ applause ] . >> and former neighbor. >> we consider you a current neighbor under the economic conditions and c-span, thank you, he is selling his house. >> you can tour it afterwards. >> we're here today as part of the journey through hallowed ground national heritage areas institute. conversations, engaging both our partners as a in bringing to the fore the history in the swath the land from gettysburg to monticello. tony has been the bell-selling authors of confederates in the attic, voyages long and strange as well as the chronicle of captain cook's navigation of the globe three times, which he did personally as well. >> not three times. >> not three times. and, of course, his newest midnight rising, which is about john brown and the events that changed

waterford. you had rought 20 men and women crammed into this little hideout all that summer. you can imagine how tense and sweaty it was. they're all writing letters to their lovers and family, essentially farewell letters because they know they might well die. among the letters are astonishing are from harriette newby to dangerfield. most were illiterate obviously. it's unusually to have them illiterate and we have their letters. and he goes there, really joins brown's band to rescue his wife and children. and the tragic part of it is he's the first of brown's band who is -- he's gunned down in the street in harper's ferry. his body is desecrated by angry whites. 50 miles short of his goal of rescuing harriet. and the virginians collected these letters that he had from harriet that appear to have been on his person and published them. that's how we have them. the governor of virginia published all the documents, and they didn't see any indictment of slavery in these letters. they just published

but they have ordered a new one from the folks at waterford. >>> u.s.e sabo, jr. will posthumously receive the medal of honor for his actions during the vietnam war back in 1970. he repelled an enemy attack in cambodia, picked up a live grenade, shielded his fellow soldiers from it. before he was killed by a second grenade he threw inat enemies i close quarters. his own father died seven years after his son without knowing about his own son's actions. president obama will award the medal of honor to sabo's widow at a ceremony on may 16th. >>> a university if the university of chechnya say scientists have found a stash of giant fossilized dinosaur eggs. they're calling this find sensational, eggs this size have never been found before. we're going to be hearing, however, a lot more talk about this. there's good reason for the skepticism. paleontologists say there's no way the round formations are eggs, that they are way too large even for any known dinosaur. >>> when we come back here tonight, the remarkable new way they are counting the march of the pen

this one happened to survive in south waterford, maine, because it was in the middle of nowhere. the people lived across the street so it wasn't vandalized. the machines were fairly low impact. with maintenance, not too much maintenance, you can keep them going. the family that owned this mill was running it commercially, part time, now and then, into the 1950s. at that point, most villages and other museums, entered into negotiations to procure the mill. we moved it here in 1963. when the founders of the museum were looking for a place to build their recreated new england village, they realized they could move barnes and black smith shops and houses down to any piece of land. they learned all the communities had water-powered saw mills and brisk mills and fulling mills. for that you not only need water, but water that can be dammed and dropped to generate energy. the family that found a museum lived in the next town. they knew that there had been mills here in their boyhoods even though they are long gone in the 1930s when they bought the property for this reason. they called it

the waterford trophy, it bit the dust in tuscaloosa.acing another lawsuit from former football players to say the league did not adequately protect them from concussions. the new suit talks about the bounty system where players got paid for hard hit. and now to our panel keith sullivan and randy zelin and a sportswriter for the daily national. >> it looks like some of the players are trying to capitalize on everything going on with the saints bounty. these players from the 70's, 80's, and 1990 when this was not that big of an issue and you now it is in the forefront of football, college football, soccer, spanning through all sorts of sports and age brackets. >>shepard: i have friends randy who say concussions can bring down the sport. >>randy: which is why the bounty scandal has no place in this courtroom. these new players including a former giant, have in my opinion a legal problem and a practical problem. the legal problem we did not let any evidence into a case. evidence has to be relevant so whatever is in dispute, does what you wa

the $30,000 waterford crystal trophy fell off its display table over the weekend and shattered afteron tide scrimmage saturday when a player's father tripped on the rug underneath the table. alabama's athletic department says it will order a replacement immediately. >> who is going to pay for that? >> next the newly announced headliner for this year's music festival in san francisco. >> we'll be right back. >>> today at 4:00 the electric twropb nick gadget consumer reports calls a last resort for smokers who have tried everything to quit. potential pitfalls of the e-cigarette. >> upset about a truck promoting a strip club. later today at 4:00 and 5. >>> organizers have announced a line-up for this years music and art festival. >> it will take place in golden gate park from august 10thth through the 12th. >> among the -- headliners metallica, stevie wonder, neil young, foo fighters, norah jones and beck. you have plenty of time to get your tickets. >> thanks for joining us. >> wants to be a millionaire is next.

the $30,000 waterford crystal trophy fell off its display table over the weekend and shattered aftern tide scrimmage saturday when a player's father tripped on the rug underneath the table. alabama's athletic department says it will order a replacement immediately. >> who is going to pay for that? >> next the newly announced headliner for this year's music festival in san francisco. >> we'll be right back. >>> today at 4:00 the electric twropb nick gadget consumer reports calls a last resort for smokers who have tried everything to quit. potential pitfalls of the e-cigarette. >> upset about a truck promoting a strip club. later today at 4:00 and 5. >>> organizers have announced a line-up for this years music and art festival. >> it will take place in golden gate park from august 10thth through the 12th. >> among the -- headliners metallica, stevie wonder, neil young, foo fighters, norah jones and beck. you have plenty of time to get your tickets. >> thanks for joining us. >> wants to be a millionaire is next. have a fabulous day. copd makes it hard to breathe,b so i wasn't playing mu

the university says a players' father accidentally broke the $30,000 waterford crystal trophy when he tripped on the carpet, bumped into the trophy table. you can imagine the rest. the university spokesman says the father feels awful about it. but not to worry, they have ordered a new one from the folks atwaterford. >>> the white house has announced, u.s. army specialist leslie sabo, jr. will posthumously receive the medal of honor for his actions during the vietnam war back in 1970. he repelled an enemy attack in cambodia, picked up a live grenade, shielded his fellow soldiers from it. before getting killed by a second grenade that he had thrown to kill the enemy in close quarters. the records of his heroics were lost in the files for years. his own father died seven years after his son without knowing about his own son's actions. president obama will award the medal of honor to sabo's widow at the white house, in a ceremony on may 16th. >>> a university in the russian republic of chechnya says scientists have found a stash of giant fossilized dinosaur eggs. they're calling this find

this one happened to south waterford mae because it was pretty much in the middle of know where. the people who owned it lived across the street. the machines are fairly so impact. so the with the maintenance, not toot much maintenance, you can keep them going. so the family that owned they have was running it commercially part time now and then into the 1950s. at that point, old is it your bridge facilities entered into negotiations to secure the bill. we moved it here in 1936. when the founders were lookinging to build a new england vil, they realized they can move barnes and they knew that all these water communities had party powered, filling mills, and for that you not only need water but water that can be dammed up and dropped up. and the family that's in the museum lived just in the next town and knew there had been mills here in their boyhoods even those are long gone by the 1930s when they brought this property. the dam was still here and so they fought the property for this reason. in fact, when they bought the -- they called it after the town. the problem is people kep

waterford crystal football was shattered the. officials will send the school replacement. >> how bad could you possibly feel? >> after doing that. hard braking. at least it can be replaced. it is 6:12 right now. let's look at traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> let's check in with adam caskey. >> it's going to be a beautiful day to day to once the special discovery flying over the landmarks in washington get. outside and take a look at it. brianne carter will have more coming up the. look at the beautiful conditions. bright blue skies to start the day. sunrise at 6:30. we will be off to a lot of sunshine with a little cloud cover in the afternoon and evening. constable. 64 now and gaithersburg, 63 in martinsburg. 57 in cumberland, 62 in lexington park, 70 downtown if. highs in the mid 70's today. give the air-conditioner a break with partly cloudy conditions. chance of rain especially south of washington tomorrow, low 60's. better chance of more widespread rain on the weekend, especially on sunday. now to steve. >> having a

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the 100-year-old building was rehabilitated by the presidio trust allowing waterford hotels to open andn on the site. the government has ordered the park to be financially self-sustainable by 2013. critics say the trust is commercializing a historic gem. >>> a facebook site, -- a facebook fight, the unfriendly battle over who really owns the social network. >> reporter: today for the first time the suspect in monday's murderous rampage is expected in court as investigators try to pile up the evidence against him and last night they took -- it took them to the bottom of an estuary. shraoeupbl in a live report. edit you can seeñ

foot caught on a rug under the display case, knocked it over and accidentally destroyed the $30,000 waterfordin the studio is just going oh! >> oops, my bad. >> the tuscaloosa news reports it is unclear if it is insured. the dad would knocked over the trophy is wisely not being identified. >> good thing for him. >> i'm sure he feels horrible. >> dorothy's ruby slippers, kermit the frog, babe ruth's baseball. >> it is one of the coolest collections in the nation. check it out. now, some of the national museum of american history's most famous features are on display in a brand-new way. holly is there live with more on the american stories exhibit. time now 6:54. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, northrop grumman. >>> good morning i am holly morris on this wednesday. i am going to tell you a story it is called the american story there is no better place to do that from than the national museum of american history and the smithsonian where we are live a

it's waterford crystal, a football thing there, see it? reportedly worth some $30,000.after beating lsu for a second time in january. it may be a first in nba history. a dallas maverick point guard got a technical foul last night for not for fighting or arguing with the ref. but for a wet willie. i'm serious. see that? that was a wet willie. the refs didn't catch it live. wet willie. fox news can now confirm stuck his financingner a utah jazz player's ear and shoved him. he later said he went over the line but joked he wanted to help the utah player take care of some lint. the jazz got the last laugh. they won the game in three overtimes. wow. soccer riot tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. egypt. the defendants were locked in a courtroom cage. they chanted and pumped their fist in protest. 73 people standing trial for these riots at a soccer match that happened in february. the violence killed more than 70 people. some defendants face murder charges. china. a small plane crashed at a farm in the central province. we're told an oil leak forced the pilot to mak

unfortunately, could not bring their waterford crystal trophy, because it shattered after a player'sher stumbled on a rug under the trophy display. no word if it was a trip or he was, i don't know, having a beer to celebrate winning. not sure how it happened, but it's gone. the school is working on getting a replacement crystal football which cost about $30,000. one expensive trip. a lot of money, but it's not enough to get you into a dinner with president obama. 40,000, as in dollars. how much 25 supporters of the president are paying tonight to attend a fund-raising dinner with president at the w hotel in washington. the money raised going to the obama victory fund. wow. crystal football, money for your campaign. hmm -- all right. the keystone pipeline could be on its way to being a reality. making a lot of people, a lot of people angry, but nebraska holds the cards. >>> tomorrow is 4/20. we read through the news to bring awe story from colorado. with the spark miles card from capital one, thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. [ garth ] thor's smal

the zafrt is working to get it replaced the bcs trophy is hand made, sculpted in ireland, made of waterford. >> not easy to fix? >> after trying to glue gun it together the crystal doesn't work like that. not the first time the covet the trophy is destroyed. the captain of the spokane chiefs. >> that was great. >> sad. broke the memorial club after winning the hockey club tournament and last year they're holding the trophy, watch clo closely. re reale madrid dropping the trophy and it was run over by the bus. >> $30,000, much less expensive. >>> a british lawmaker accused of putting a bounty on president obama's head doesn't go over very well. an exclusive interview with the man accused of gunning down five african americans, killing three. she'll tell us why he's not a racist. joins us with a prison interview, she's incarcerated. you're watching "starting point." we're back in a moment. what we achieved here. what we learned here. and what we pioneered here. all goes here. the one. the accord. smarter thinking from honda. [ female announcer ] weak, damaged hair needs new aveeno nourish+ st

the team actually got the rings just this past monday and got this trophy, a beautiful, $30,000 waterfordtly one of the players dad's knocked it over. that shattered. at least they're at the white house. president obama will recognize the alabama team forgiving back to the city of tuscaloosa after the horrendous tornado ripped through the area last april. and from football to basketball. she won more games than any other men's or women's coach in college basketball history. now facing the biggest challenge of her own life off the court, pat summit is calling it quits. earlier cnn broke the news the white house is awarding her the highest civilian honor. they'll give her the presidential medal of freedom and her time as head coach for the university of tennessee lady vols will go down in history. in 38 years they led thoem to 1,100 wins and eight national championships. eight months ago she revealed she has early on set alzheimer's and says the time has come for her to step aside. >> i have loved my work at the university of tennessee. it has been awesome. i can say for almost four decades

maybe waterford crystal could provide them one free of charge. that would be the nice thing to do.t should be replaced. it would be a great pr thing for a company that wants to help out a university. >> "madmen", season five started. you saw it, right? >> yeah. >> the fight scene might have been one of the best scenes. >> that was great. >> i haven't had time to watch any tv. >> great scenes. christina hendricks if she were ever to grace our presence here -- >> i have never done this on the show. >> if we were blessed enough to have her here, there would first be, we would make sure a court issued an injunction to keep her away from you. >> she's married. >> why are you getting in the way of love? are you the guy that storms the store on valentine's day angry. >> your little dogs you can't get off his leg. >> the dog? >> anyway, matthew -- i thought season 4 was incredible. did you see it? >> yeah. i love it. >> fantastic! >> can you stay focused? >> dude, we're talking television. now, i'm making pop culture observations. >> shut up. >> you shut up. stop with the shut up. >> wow.