john wesley powell actually was the founder of a club in washington. but john ross earned admission to the explorers club which i think is in new york. is that right? because of his, he planned, he organized and then paddled a trip which was the northernmost canoe trip ever made in north america. this was to emulate the travels of robert rogers who was the subject of his war on the run biography. for his new biography, and his family took a trip down the colorado river. they did not try to do it like john wesley powell, they had a guide which so tonight we will hear about the promise of the grand canyon by john wesley powell on the hope during the time john ross was writing about powell's life. so here is john. [applause] >> first off, i want to thank barbara for the wonderful introduction. writing is sometimes hard and difficult sometimes a lonely life but we can't do without such wonderful supporters as you and also i want to do it throughout to politics and prose. thank you all for coming and supporting this independent bookstore. it really means a

when the attorney general went there, he met wesley bell.joined us on that program on that day that he met the attorney general. he joined us by phone during our live coverage of the protests that were occurring that night. one of the targets of the protesters was district attorney bob mccullough who was guiding a grand jury through a process that would lead to no charges being filed against the officer that shot and killed the unarmed michael brown. i asked him then about public comments district attorney mccullough had been making that sounded biassed to the protesters. this is what he told us that night. >> what i do know is that our elected leaders need to set a precedent or a tone of confidence so the public feels confident in that justice is being served. and i think that, you know, again, i don't know mr. mccullough personally. but my one constructive criticism would be that the comments that are coming out of the office don't -- aren't -- they aren't inspiring. they aren't encouraging. they seem to be something other than transparenc

world war i space pilot who went on to become a race car driver and now the third one is about john wesley powell. i read all three and enjoy all three and inslee. i want to start with an anecdote that i read in this book as this week it reminded me specifically of this anecdote. in 1881 president garfield had been shot by what the assassins. remember this as long befor is r conditioning suffering pain from the wounds of his bullets. it is exacerbated by the washington heat. his physician consult with powell who's basically been the plaintiff to the geological survey and why they were consultative isn't made clear that he can solve to see if he has any solutions to that would mitigate the suffering. he cobbled together a fan of some cheese cloth moistened in water and successfully reduced the temperature of the room in the '90s to the 50s and that remains today one of the most effective air conditioning some history. one of the pleasures for me everything the book is that he seems to choose such multitalented man to write abo about. i think john wesley powell, the focus o of his book the f

and in another missouri race, ferguson city council member wesley bell unseated st. louis county prosecuting attorney robert mcculloch who was widely criticized for his handling of the police shooting of michael brown in 2014. to talk more about tuesday's results and what they mean for the midterms in november, we are joined by two guests. in washington, d d.c., zaid lali is a staff reporter at the intetercept. anand in madison, wisconsin, is john nichols, political writer for the nation. we welcome you both to democracy now! begin with, let's you. talk about the significance of these races. which were you watching most closely? >> we had also reported from

louis post-dispatch, with a story about the change in the prosecutor, wesley bell ime st. louis county elected prosecutor robert mccullough. upset by a ferguson councilmen promising to reform the kernel justice system, earning 57 -- criminal justice system, earning 57% of the vote. did that surprise you? guest: yes and no. given what's happening, local and national elections the last 24 months, i would say very little surprise on the electoral front. he ran against the incumbent, was also a city councilman, but also heavily organizing in the community. not really a political figure, but one who was a community activist. he did the organic sort of work, the grassroots work that elections require. so it does not surprise me that much. host: there has been a real of fergusonhe area in terms of tourism, etc. how about the community itself? how's it doing? guest: the community is still sort of struggling, and so if you look at the numbers in terms of rates of unemployment, median wages, of ferguson and the st. louis region. the high school graduation rates. they remained fairly

wesley bell now joins me from st. louis. thank you very much, congratulation s on your victor. what is the larger meaning of you inhabiting this place, instead of a career prosecutor? >> well, we ran on a campaign that was predicated on bringing people together, inclusion, making sure that everyone had a voi voice. i think that resonated in addition to the issues and ideas that we also ran on. i think it represents an acknowledgement that there is a need for criminal justice reform. there's a need to address issues like mass incarceration. but there's a lot of divisiveness not only in the region but around the country. and that's why i think it's so important for us to strike that tone of bringing people together and working together if we're going to really solve the issues and problems that we face. >> four years ago, the whole nation was absolutely gripped by the emotions and by the frightening results of the anger that the community felt and the police response. who knew that local police departments had this kind of brute force, well beyond what the national guard would ev

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joining me is cnn contributor and "the washington post" reporter wesley lowery.call the president's tweets but these are official statements from the president of the united states. the only one thus far on charlottesville and here is what he said yesterday. there is the entirety of what we are hearing from the president with regard to charlottesville. how did you receive that? >> it's worth giving the president at least the credit of saying this is the most full-throat condemnation of the white supremacist violation in charlottesville last year and this was his statement in the moments and days after heather heyer was murdered amidst that vils maybe the response from him would have been different. we heard from how the president responded to this incident. the attempting to blame the anti-racist protesters and demonstrators on equal footing as the kkk and nazi members are gathered in charlottesville. beyond that, some of the criticisms we have seen of the president amount to a question of, well, you can't, in a tweet, condemn all types of racism, then pursue pol

. >> reporter: which means a job for wesley house. >> look at this. best office in the world. >> reporter: he used to work on oil rigs. >> to me this is more stable. >> it's beautiful. >> reporter: with oil it's either hit or miss. >> reporter: a few years ago it was impractical to generate power in this remote spot. then texas spent $7 billion on power lines connecting windy north and west texas with cities south and east. it happened under energy secretary rick perry. who was governor then. >> we can deliver power to san antonio, dallas, houston, you name it. >> where the people are. >> yep. >> reporter: including the city that uses almost entirely renewable power. it is 501 miles from adrian, texas where the wind turbines are down to georgetown, texas where the power is going. we've been driving all afternoon through the permian basin in the center of texas, and all along the way we've been passing oil pump jacks from an older economy and wind turbines from a new economy. when we arrived in georgetown, people told us coal plants kept the lights on

, currently the managing partner of the wesley group gentlemen, thanks for joining us today. >> happyre. >> steve, i wanted to start with you. we have a report from "the new york times" that the board is saying to musk, stop tweeting. trying to crack down on the tweeting now as somebody who was a member of that board, is there a scenario in which that actually happens >> well, look, i don't agree with everything elon does, but he's an extraordinary entrepreneur this is someone who has helped create revolutions in three different industries, first with electronic payments at paypal, then with tesla, now spacex. this is an extraordinary person so i think we should be glad he's an american entrepreneur. he's recharting a new history. he's helped create the electric vehicle industry and put it on an entirely new trajectory so i think we should be grateful for what he's doing. do i agree with everything he says not exactly. has he been an extraordinary entrepreneur without a doubt he's a role model for the country and the world. >> jim, you've worked closely with elon musk over at space x.

. >> on the other side, wesley, maybe it's about the energy, right, and the excitement about the movieal, global really in the feeling and is the appetite for seeing such a movie in many different places and the story line it exhibits? >> yes. there was an enormous wager taken by a major hollywood studio in casting an all-asian movie. hasn't been done in 25 years. but the culture has changed. there was plenty of reason thus all right exceeded all expectations. >> obviously, i have some interest in it, being an asian-american. i'm like hold on a second, could it crack that magical 30 million over the weekend? i think the number we're looking at is $32 million. will it break that, do you think? >> i think people are going to see this movie and bringing along their family and friends. and the book, there are a lot of people talking to kevin kwaun, who are not asian at all and are really excited to see this movie come to the screen and i think people are forgetting that there's a lot of time left, even today for movie goers to go out and see this film so they'll have something to talk abou

joining us now, wesley bell, who will run unopposed in november. good to have you with us, congratulations. >> thank you for having me. >> this is something we should point out that is near and dear to you. your father is a police officer, you've been a public defender. there are so many conversations that have been had in this country in the last several years because of events like what happened with michael brown and discussions of the community and a look of involvement. what do you think will change as you move forward? >> one thing i've learned as a city councilman in ferguson is that you cannot ignore the public engagement component of public service. you have to be vulnerable to your constituents and that's the way to build credibility and trust because at the ends of the day the justice system is predicated on trust so we're going to assign our prosecutors geographically so they know the communities they serve and we'll work on that trust component through communication and transparency. >> part of that transparency and communication comes

in between weather systems, we have a blustery wesley breeze blowing showers across the western half notably sea —— notably so in scotland, perhaps the low 20s in east anglia and the south—east. 0n low 20s in east anglia and the south—east. on monday, this system moves into the north—west. we need to keep an eye on is developing low pressure around biscay. 0n to keep an eye on is developing low pressure around biscay. on tuesday, it should be nice for most. this system is pushing into northern ireland in scotland, elsewhere, fairweather cloud, but probably be dry and warmer, with temperatures in the south—east getting into the mid—20s. a few showers not to throw away. this area of low pressure could push northwards overnight. we haveis could push northwards overnight. we have is whether from could push northwards overnight. we have is whetherfrom coming in from the atlantic. there is uncertainty about wednesday, and most of this should mist east anglia and the south—eastern with a little rain coming on the second weather front, with brighter weather patterns coming in. it will turn c

and in another missouri race, ferguson city council member wesley bell unseated st. louis county prosecuting attorney robert mcculloch who was widely criticized for his handling of the police shooting of michael brown in 2014. to talk more about tuesday's results and what they mean for the midterms in november, we are joined by two guests. in washington, d d.c., zaid lali is a staff reporter at the intetercept. anand in madison, wisconsin, is john nichols, political writer for the nation. we welcome you both to democracy now! begin with, let's you. talk about the significance of these races. which were you watching most closely? >> we had also reported from kansas and we reported from a number of these locations. michigan in particular was interesting because we had about a dozen muslim americans running for offices. everything from governor down through congress to state house seats. in particular, we were watching dr. el-sayed race. a microcosm of sort of a populous base fighting with establishment backed by both labor unions and corporations. named who a wildcard

louis county there voted to nominate a black man to be the lead county prosecutor, a guy named wesleyell. what is good about that is wesley bell believes in criminal justice reform and he booted out the 27-year-incumbent who faced a lot of criticism for failing to charge the cop who shot mike brown in the first place. organizing paying off on the ground there. in other words, one year after charlottesville, let's stay vigilant. you know, america is not yet what it could be. it is not yet what it should be, but it is not what the worst voices in our country want it to be. that's because people keep fighting. let's keep fighting. now, my next guest knows a lot about how you keep your spirits up in tough times. she keeps us all laughing. she keeps us all moving through the difficult times in a good way. welcome to "the van jones show" a woman with the most beautiful last name in the world, the extraordinary leslie jones. [cheering and applause]. >> hi. how you doing? oh, my gosh. >> i know. >> hi. got pictures of me. >> so many. >> it is like a gallery of me. this is so -- can y'all put

. >> reporter: for wesley bell, becoming the first african-american top prosecutor in st. louis county will be another step on a journey launched after the killing of michael brown in ferguson four years ago. bell defeated robert mccaul la, nationally known for presiding over the grand jury that choose not to prosecute then police officer darren wilson who said he shot and killed brown in self-defense. a decision that reignited violence in ferguson. national symbol of everything wrong between police and minority communities. >> that's not what we want our community to be about. >> reporter: propelled by the moment, bell ran for city council in michael brown's district. a lawyer, professor and judge, raised in st. louis county. the son of a police officer. committed to criminal justice reform. we met him during his first campaign. how important is it that there be more diversity on the council? >> i think it's very important. i think when we work together, when we get to know one another, we reach better understandings. >> reporter: he won then and now the prosecutor's race

seven-term prosecutor robert mcculloch lost to ferguson's wesley bell.hey started after michael brown was shot and killed by ferguson police officer darren wilson. mcculloch came under heavy criticism after the prosecution failed to indict wilson. >>> the "washington post" reports a former michigan lawmaker is the first on track to become to first muslim congresswoman. she'll run unopposed in november. she was among protesters in 2016 when they interrupted a speech by donald trump. she would replace former congressman john conyers who resigned after allegations of sexual harassment. >>> and "the hollywood reporter" says changes are coming to the oscars. they approved the changes to increase ratings and shorten the show. some of the awards for less popular categories will be given out during commercial break and there will be a new category for blockbuster movies. >>> still ahead, amazon is looking for a few hundred workers. how you can join the online team without moving to seattle. few hundred workers. how you can join the online team without moving to

that wesley what it would be on this is the first time it's been on the streets of france you know. i get mad. at you like that. question but i sit there instead of getting a little bicycle i've got a little car there for. the feeling the fool well you know what the idea was to build additional not any other way but through the fire of my heart set on building a. house that they're full. of always a symbol of french while the viva the art of enjoying life to the fullest. michel's created venture began with this two cd. built in one nine hundred fifty three it was just rusting away in a barn. that's we've needed media toys my came here thousands of times with my pencil my meter stick and paper to take all the measurements. on to clean those. then the retired carpenter began creating the cart of wood in his workshop based on glue prints that he'd sketched. don't put them on tape yes but my assembled everything on pieces by piece. up with a fair amount of the platform on the chassis of the dish. and then i constructed my frame on the top. sort of. and then i had to wait till the doors

can explain why someone becomes a terrorist and that makes it so hard to find any solution so so wesley the european union seeks to try and offshore its migrant crisis where the holdings have just into north africa is that likely to have any effect well it could have an effect if we look at people who come to europe specifically to commit terror attacks but as we've seen over the last few years that hasn't really been the case usually we have seen attacks by perpetrators by terrorists who were radicalized here by by humans or by other. people in that field and who themselves radicalized themselves online so i think that's the big challenge it doesn't really have to do with migration centers or keeping migrants out it has really to do with finding a better solution within your. so is that it now is this the new normal this is the way that western governments have to accept that there will be people within the societies who just hate us and want to kill us well as we've seen over the last one or two decades this appears to be the new normal it does appear to be a way for currently we're g

, the white house said pull my finger ding ding ding, all of a sudden delta is like hold my beer, wesleyhead. away, go ahead. hold my beer. so... i'm happy to be here. it's very nice to see all of you. you're all looking well. today's a women in the workplace thing. jan's coming in from corporate to talk to all the women about, um... i don't really know what. but michael's not allowed in. she said that about five times. women today, though we have the same options as men, we often face a very different set of obstacles... in getting there, so... [knock on door] hey, what's going on? michael, i-- yeah, you know what? i thought we agreed-- i thought about it. i just have few things i wanna say. [clears throat] what are you doing? [clears throat]t. what is more important that quality? equality. now, studies show that today's woman,

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between men and women and i wrap up our primetime programming at 11 with john law who explores john wesley powell's journey down the colorado river or the grand canyon. all happens tonight on tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. reminder the full schedule is available on our website, booktv.org . >> ladies and gentlemen, this is an amazing and odd story, to say the least. we are here today not only to learn about ann marie ackerman's book but to witness the actual closure of a murder case set in motion 183 years ago in a small town in the southwest of germany nigheim. right? nigheim. who could have imagined at the time or at any time that this matter could finally be put to rest two centuries later in a city more than 4000 miles away in gaithersburg? it was enough to get the mayor of bonnigheim to fly over and join us today so before i introduce miss ackerman, i'd like to welcome mayor cornelius hamburger, the mayor of bonnigheim germany to gaithersburg to our book festival. let's give him a big round of applause. [applause] it is a wonderful honor to have you here. this is such

was memorialized with a major street in northwest, running across from washington to palisades, to wesley park. garfield was a member of the church, hef christ attended the church on vermont avenue regularly. ,n 1884, the church he attended which was then often referred to as garfield memorial church was replaced with a new structure. this building still exist, although occupied by a different organization. the church evolved into national christian city church on top of the circle, and includes a garfield memorial window. park, the city, garfield in southeast washington at new jersey and virginia avenue's was one of the original reservations of land set aside in plans for the city. remained unimproved for most of its existence up to that point. he saw the opportunity to connected to the capitol grounds with a park along the site of the old james creek canal. did not happen, improvements began in 1882, by 1883 the park, which had been , becamely unnamed garfield park. i did not find any documentation as far as a specific naming but that is when they start referring to it as such. garfield

her run for city council myrirrs that of wesley bell, a concerned ferguson citizen who won a council seat and is now poised to take on an even bigger public office. st. louis pr what makes the win so stunning is that four years ago bell stood on the front lines of protests in ferguson, missouri, trying to quell anger after the shooting death of michael brown by police officer darren wilson. bell promised to deliver change to policing in his community after grand jury found there was not enough evidence to indict wilson. >> i would like to introduce you next city councilman of fernson. >> reporter: change came after a strategic door knocking campaign earned him a seat on the ferguson city council. >> what was it that you saw the need? >> i saw a need for leadership. >> reporter: three years later, he's poised to lead most impactful crime-fighting office in the country. >> how did you win this seat? >> we came in with the mindset we wanted to focus on the issues. we wanted to give people a reason to be inspired to go to the polls as opposed to the fear and antagonism that we see with a

in the summer of 1968, i was an intern, junior at wesley, and after this program where we would spend about eight weeks in washington, and i was assigned to the house republican conference committee. and gerald ford was the minority leader. and there's a wonderful picture of us somewhere that i'm sure will show up on twitter or some place elsewhere he took pictures with all the interns. but i will never forget the -- just the -- you know, the real joy that i had around him and others who seemed to have the country's best interest at heart, okay? so fast-forward, and when president ford became president ford, i along with the rest of the country was introduced to betty ford. and aside from being beautiful and graceful and gracious and humble and welcoming, she was fierce. i mean, standing up for the e.r.a., with at that time was not quite as off limits as it later became because of all kinds of efforts against it, but betty ford as the first lady speaking out in favor of the equal rights amendment was astonishing. and i was living in arkansas, and the work that she did was just like a

wesley krohn was arrested in lake county after a high speed chase.itted to robbing banks in pleasant hill, walnut grove, rohnert park, brentwood, and suisun city between 2015 and 2016. ( james ) back to our breaking news this morning... hurricane lane barreling towards hawaii. right now it is a category 4 storm. this is the latest satellite image showing the storm. rain has already started to fall and is only expected to get worse through out the day. ( james ) i am here in the weather center with john shrable who is tracking the storm. ( james ) ( james ) ( james ) we're also tracking hurricane lane on kron-4 dot com. you'll find an interactive map... and see the weather conditions in hawaii. it's all at kron-4 dot com. nd always stay connected with push alerts from our free mobile app. ( darya ) the u-s state department is issuing a travel advisory for mexico... after eight bodies were found in the streets of cancun. cancun has become increasingly dangerous - as drug cartels fight over territory. the 12-hour killing spree was between monday night a

john ross discovers the life of john wesley powell who becomes the first person to travel the entire colorado river through the grand canyon. >> good evening. are we ready to start? the microphone is working? you can hear me in

for wesley was only 2 when his father died which makes hisemotions more complicated. >> it feels like i am supposed to this somebody i never knew. that is consuming. i feel like my life would be different if i did know him. i do not. i have to deal with that. >> my dad was funny and caring and hopeful. >> reporter: steve is teaching fire safety at preschool. christian was old enough and remembers him picking her up for class and lunch dates in the red pickup and she remembers the day that call came. >> all i could remember is people crying in this house. i had no idea who they were. my mom took me out on the porch and told me what happened. >> he was a hands-on debt.>> reporter: they find comfort knowing he was doing this dream job and helped people every day after his death, kathy gave up a career to stay home with the kids and what to law school and does pro bono work with the disadvantage. >> i love giving back to my community, to the people who are down and out those that steve used to help. >> reporter: the kids are growing up and try to be as positive and passionate about their

wesley krohn was arrested in lake county after a high speed chase. and suisun city between 2015 and 2016. ( james ) a bill requiring state prosecutors to erase or reduce thousands of criminal marijuana convictions... now awaits governor jerry brown's signature. the bill was approved by the state legislature yesterday. it orders the state department of justice to identify eligible marijuana cases... between 1975 and 2016... and send the results to the appropriate prosecutor. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a bay area woman says her uber driver attacked her... for snapping her fingers. ( james ) coming up after the break... he has a job... and now we're hearing from the man who went viral... for handing out his resume on a bay area street corner. ( james ) and a bizzare scene on the bay bridge.we have the story ... coming up. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. and comfortable weather to look forward to today. it's back to the 70's and 80's inland with some more 60's along the coast today. sunshine into the afternoon

wesley bell earned 57% of the vote in that race. did that surprise you? yes and no. in thehat's happening local and national elections the last 24 months, very little surprises me on the electoral front. running against the incumbent, , buts also city councilman also heavily organizing in the community, so a political figure that was also a community activist. he did the organic sort of work that an election requires. it doesn't surprise me, really, that much. there's been real fallout in terms of the area for ferguson in terms of tourism, etc., like that. how about the community itself, how is it doing? guest: the community is still sort of struggling. if you look at the numbers in ,erms of rates of unemployment look at the numbers in terms of -- median wages and the high school graduation rates, they's remain fairly consistent the national racial disparities. this is some improvement, actually, in some of those categories, but it is such a wide gap involved in terms of white fear in the broader society. and it's not just a ferguson that become. there are issues of

this guy is like wesley snipes with his taxes and trump hasn't said about it. >> what did he say? he is getting the raw deal. >> his campaign was managed by blade. they are mistreating him so badly. paul manafort was exposed during the trial of being a massive tax from a you had a-- fraud and he ran the president's campaign. >> jill, i was thinking about this idea of the fish rots from the head or culture of corruption. one of the things that preceded watergate or preceded watergate bringing down nixon, was like oh by the way, vis presidece presi getting bags of cash. in the case of nixon, you have this corrupt president, and it says something about the kinds of people the president selects. >> as they say, birds of a feather flock together and the same thing that happened in the nixon administration where you had a lot of cash flowing overflowing saves in the white house. and the same thing is happening here, you have cohen, gates, and manafort all underreporting income. and the person that is missing from the list is donald trump. and that is because we haven't seen his tax retu

some of that work falls on the shoulders of wesley bell, the 43-year-old ferguson council member whoulloch in the democratic primary for st louis county prosecuting attorneymany ferguson residents say his stunning political upset gives them new hope.wesley bell/st. louis county prosecuting attorney-elect:"i had the honor of serving on the negotiation team that worked with president obama's justice department creating the ferguson consent decree which brought community policing, the first african american police chief to ferguson, as well as some of the most broad court reform in the region." (grant) that was (grant) (grant) that was dan gray reporting. in an effort to contiinually improve relations... town hall meetings are scheduled in the greater saint louis area find ways to address racial inequality. (pam) new dramatic video of a mudslide in switzerland. you can see the mudslide raging down these steps and carving its way through the village. people standing on the road quickly moved back to avoid it.the heavy, fast moving landslide ran through a track and on to a street.some str

. >> reporter: wesley was only two when his father died which makes all of his motions more complicated. >>> it feels like i am supposed to miss somebody that i never knew. that absence is consuming. i feel like my life would be a lot different if i didn't know him. >> reporter: here is steve teaching fire safety at preschool. his daughter was old enough that he remembers him picking him up and lunch dates in his red pickup. she remembers the day that the call came. >> all i can remember is that a bunch people were crying in this house and i had no idea who they were. my mom took me out on the porch and told me what had happened. >> reporter: the family finds comfort knowing steve was doing his dream job and loved every moment running the toy drive, helping people every day. after steve's death kathy decided to stay home with the kids and then went to law school and she does pro bono look desmet work with the disadvantage. they are all trying to be as positive and passionate as steve was. >>> it is so hard to think that six firefighters have been killed in the past month. >>> defense at

file charges against brown's killer lost the primary challenge to former ferguson council member wesley, now running unopposed as st. louis county's first black nominee for the office. and just three days later, michael brown's mother, leslie mcspadden, announced her can candidacy for a seat on city council on the spot her son was killed. joining me now is leslie mcspadden who is planning a bid for ferguson, missouri's city council. good morning, leslie. >> good morning, reverend al. >> i remember four years ago when your father called me and i came into ferguson and got to know you and the family. and from day one, you always committed to making what happened to michael brown about more than just you and the family. you said to me from the moment we met and we've remained very close since then that you want to make sure that there's a bigger message and a bigger purpose than michael's life served. and then when you told me you were thinking about running for the city council, and you decided to announce it that day, is this where you were headed, and is this the purpose of your run, th

an early political scientist is a professor at bryn mawr wesley admin princeton. he was also the greatest public speaker of his time. he's an adoring husband and father. it's really wonderful to read his letter to his first wife and his children's memories of him. he was a sole support. he had a lot on his shoulders. a sole support not just of his wife and their three daughters, but this parade of relatives who were always turning up meeting hall. woodrow was the only wilson who really made good. so everybody else counted on him for financial support for years at a time in some places yet he never complained about this are talked about it. we only know about it because his wife alan mentioned this in a letter to someone else. he was not a warm, extroverted guy. he was very courteous and unusually thoughtful. one of my favorite stories about this is the summer of 1914, his wife had just died. world war i had just begun and the family had rented a summer house in new hampshire. so he went up there and his friend u and confidant came to visit him and will send -- the

john wesley dean, iii, fired last april by richard nixon told the senate watergate committee today thatnvolved in watergate wrongdoing and having accused the president, dean said he hopes mr. nixon will be forgiven. that's how dean began his testimony today. >> it is my honest belief that while the president was involved, that he did not realize or appreciate at any time the implications of his involvement. and i think that when the facts come out, i hope the president is forgiven. >> john dean followed that assertion with a 245 page statement that took all day to read, crammed with quotes, dates, memoranda and detailed recollections of talks with the president. >> a 245 page statement that he read outloud. nixon's white house counsel john dean had decided early on in the watergate scandal that nixon was going to try to make him the scapegoat. once he figured that out, he made 180 degree turn. he went straight to federal prosecutors. he told them he would cooperate with them fully. by the time nixon fired john dean from the white house counsel's job, dean had already for weeks been help

wesley bell he was a counsel member in ferguson. >> right, seven terms.ccolough has faced some criticism before. he talks about the failure of prosecuting the police officer that shot michael brown and other issues like cash bail and sentencing reform. we are seeing a lot of energy in these local elections. we are talking about the anniversary tomorrow of michael brown when we think of what transpire after that and all the other related issues and other jurisdictions, jonathan, this is a movement and it is starting at the grass roots level. >> right, this is a piece of that i am working on frantically right now. tomorrow is the fourth anniversary remembering what was happening in the days immediately after where we were watching on television of a militaryi militarized response in a population -- where they. >> reportewere being stopped. the african-american community was led up time and mumbai a police force and a city government that was funding itself through its fines. a movement was started that came about a week after eric garner di died. the grass

. >> reporter: sun wesley was only two when his father died, which makes his emotions all the more complicated. >> it feels like i'm supposed to miss somebody i never knew. that absence is consuming. i feel like my life would be a lot different if i did know him. i don't. i will have to do that. >> my dad was funny, caring, hopeful. >> reporter: here is steve rucker teaching fire safety at preschool. kirsten was old enough to remember him picking up -- picking her up from class and lunch dates in his red pickup and she remembers the day the call came. >> all i could remember was a bunch of people crying in this house and i had no idea who they were. that my mom took me out on the porch and told me what happened. >> >> reporter: the family finds comfort knowing he was doing his dream job and loved every moment. helping people every day. after steve's death kathy gave up her chemist career to stay home with the kids. she went to law school and it does pro bono work with the disadvantaged. >> i love doing that. i love given back to my community, to the people who are down and out. steve used to h

just ask president wesley clark. but it clearly is important to a lot of the biographies of these candidates. maybe not in the way it was for h.w. bush, clear war hero, but it wasn't enough for john kerry. and it wasn't enough, for that matter, for john mccain. >> after mccain, there's only one vietnam war veteran still in the senate. that's delaware's tom carper. there are many coming into congressional from the iraq and afghanistan war, but it's a different generation. those wars were not as part of the draft. >> that's an incredible stat. okay. up next, a guatemalan woman says it is the u.s. government's fault that her child died. send you running... can so try febreze one. with no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. so you can spray and stay. febreze one. you may be learning about, medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything ...only about 80% of your part b medicare costs. a medicare supplement insurance plan may help cover some of the rest. learn how an aarp medicare suppl

pepper and wesley grabbing cones at the ice cream parlor and shopping, for the ladies.bought cattails. we had a newcomer, my daughter brought her pet parrot. vacations are supposed to be restful but sometimes you can tire yourself out. you just get tired. lots of fox five fans. linda stopped me on the beach and says she never misses a show. >> dana: thank you, linda. >> kennedy: aretha franklin is an incredible singer born in memphis, tennessee, march 25. her birthday shared with my niece and nephew. unfortunately she is gravely ill at home. she's been fighting cancer recorded from multiple sources. she is now comfortably at home in hospice. she has been visited by the likes of stevie wonder and jesse jackson. at this woman has such an incredible powerful voice. she has sung that the inauguration of four different presidents. she has won 18 grammys including ten for vocal performance. her voice, pitch, power all on display throughout her beautiful life. this incredible legend deserves all of our thoughts and prayers and gratitude for the inspiration she has given millio

princess bride" -- so was dan, he won't admit it -- you know the last scene in "the princess bride," wesleytalking to the prince and he says it's not a fight to the death, the death to the pain. that is what is going to happen in the last two years of the trump presidency. if they tried to go and take them out of office, they will guarantee him four more years. i don't think the democratic party wants to do that. i think what they want to do is make sure that the people who are making things bad in this administration, the cabinet secretaries who are abusing their power, -- >> laura: that's a different matter. i get that. >> that stuff needs to be looked at by congress in this congress has been feckless and doing at -- >> laura: i get that. if democrats have the house -- actually, things that are helping in the government, i understand that. we are talking about, why does he not release the tax returns -- americans already litigated that brady was called the election. i also want to get your thoughts on something else. last week we all heard from the media that trump was finished, dan bongi

his son wesley was 2 when he died. >> all i could remember was a bunch of people crying in this housewho they were. my mom took me out on the torch and told me what happened. >> it feels like i am supposed to miss somebody i never knew. i feel like i life would be different if i did know him. i don't. i have to deal with that. >> his wife gave up her career to stay home with an filter. she went to law school and does pro bono work for the disadvantage. >>> a man accused of slashing customers is due in court. he is facing assault with a deadly weapon. he was on a train bound for richmond when people were fighting a/the passengers. one was cut on the face and hands. video helped authorities track down espinoza after the attack. >>> bail is set at seven and $50,000 per man accused of a deadly hit-and-run. the police accused michael smith of crushing his bmw. they said he hit eight bicyclist. the victim is gregory blackman was pronounced dead at the hospital. the suspect was caught a block away. he was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence o

this is video of the high speed chase in lake county that led to the arrest of 34-year-old wesley allenbbing banks in pleasant hill, walnut grove, rohnert park, brentwood, and suisun city. the total stolen from those banks is believed to be less than 15- thousand dollars. krohn would enter a bank, hand the teller a note indicating that he had a gun, and demand money. krohn will be subject to three years supervised release after he serves his term. he has also been ordered to pay full restitution to the banks. (pam) also new at 6... a bill requiring california prosecutors to erase or reduce thousands of marijuana criminal convictions ... now awaits governor jerry brown's signature. this, after the bill was approved by the state legislature today. it orders the state department of justice to identify eligible marijuana cases.... between 1975 and 2016 ... and send the results to the appropriate prosecutor. however ... most district attorneys tell kron four, they do no t have the resources to review past convictions to identify eligible cases. (ken ) coming up... dangerous sideshows... a na