toogether, we consider this be the very birthplace of west virginia. the gentleman here have no -- had no idea this would work out. governor of the restored government of virginia, he once referred to what has been called the fearful experiment. this gentleman knew if the war,deracy were to win the very likely they would be seen as traders to virginia. traders in the 19th century, if you are found guilty of treason, you would be hung by the neck until dead. that is what they have to lose. when they signed the declaration their name toning the document just as the founding fathers at sign that their names to the declaration of independence mean everyone knew who they were. john fletcher, the confederate governor of virginia put out a call for the capture. face inwhat they had to this fearful experiment. was a lawyer from miriam county, west virginia. fairmont the city he lived in. he would have never thought of himself as a politician. he would have never thought of it of the civil war. placed in a set of circumstances. he was unanimously voted by the bo

of next, we visit west virginia independence hall. >> we are in the federal in thet court's room united states customhouse of wheeling, virginia in 1869 that is now known as west virginia independence hall. this is the birthplace of the great state of west virginia during the american civil war. it will be the place conventions will be held that will form a new government. a government loyal to the united states and union, and this new thernment will then create new state of west virginia. our nation was in the mid-of the terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia predominantly were supportive of the confederacy. went virginia -- when vendor -- virginia takes her last vote 1860 one, the majority of delegates will vote to secede from the united states and join the southern confederacy. those in northwestern virginia who were overwhelmingly against secession they will come to the side of the mountains. to decide what western virginia would do. they decided they needed a place or more formal convention and wheeling would be the best place to have that convention. it would be safe. it is

called the international center on clean transportation commissioned some researchers at the west virginia university to test these cars. they were expecting to find good results and they wanted to show that diesel could be a clean auto technology. obviously what they have found has really shaken that belief. and after a year of talking to california and federal regulators, vw admitted that some 11 million cars around the world were installed with this technology. >> they've already pulled the diesel cars out of their product lines. you can't find them there. what has the company said to american consumers who are driving around half a million strong in these vehicles? what do they intend to do? >> sure. that's a good question. basically they intend to fix the vehicles but the real question is how they'll go about doing that. they said actually today they would present a plan by the end of next month but what remains to be seen is what that will do to the cars. the fuel efficiency and the power which is a big selling point for these cars. and people are worried that what they propose to fi

bigger picture, west virginia. what's in west virginia and what trails behind west virginia is the area, the portion of this front that's going to be moving in our direction. that's why the models say it's going to get very heavy out there. 4:00 in the morning, could start to see whatever is moving in now being pushed off to the east of long island, 7:00 am, and pretty quiet for the morning. spotty activity, the mornings, afternoons and evening hours is where we're going to develop. the floent comes in -- front comes in, encounters that ocean influence. so by friday morning still a rain chance. tomorrow looks to be an on again, off again wet weather day. when someone is catching a really heavy downpour, another town not too far away will be getting nothing out of it. saturday pretty nice, sunday 77. >> we do need the rain. look ahead to your sports tonight. >>> brandon marshall stirring up controversy with his comments on inside the nfl. and another comeback for the amazings. they just keep finding a way to win. ..

about the mayor of baltimore having to step down, we have talked about the former governor of west virginia going to prison. the former governor of maryland, barbara mandell who just died. agnew having to leave the vice presidency. the recent governor of virginia. the three council members in the district of columbia, jack johnson in prison at the moment. and the former mayor of washington, d.c. vincent gray. what do you think based on what you have heard and five years of investigation, will he ever be indicted? tom: as a reporter, i should not say that i think he will be indicted. there have been a couple of opportunities, i mentioned one, that was a time for the prosecutors and the justice department to say that we have looked for five years into vincent gray, we cannot nail him to the corrupt acts that we know occurred. therefore, we will let the case go. they did not do that. that was a perfect window of opportunity that they did not take. from defense attorneys to people familiar with the prosecutors -- they agree that he will have to acknowledge that he knew about this shadow campaig

think aboutor me to the people in west virginia. i have not covered west virginia politics.ou could go to almost every state, he used to tell people, put me in any jurisdiction in the country and i will find some kind of corruption. governor from 1969 until 1977. he was convicted of five felonies. if you go back, and look at the roads and schools in west virginia, he probably did a lot of that. successful politicians do things, and maybe that is where they get this fake shield of armored that they feel they can do these corrupt things. that is why we need better ethics laws and the application of the laws in every state. the washington post has good news for the district of columbia. an editorial recently praising the city for its much tougher ethics. there is an agency now. if you have a question about ethics, you can go after him a question or they will go investigate and they can fine people. it has put a damper on unethical actions in the city. has never daughter, been accused of anything and she was just elected to the united states senate. tom: that is a good example o

it's near 70, panhandle of west virginia, northern and western suburbs, low 70s. onshore coming in off the atlantic, bringing in this moisture and humidity. the rain is still well west of us and will stay that way through much of the day. late afternoon, early evening, we might get a passing shower, before then up around 80. here 80 tomorrow, greater chance of shower or thunderstorm on wednesday, highs upper 70s. >> thank you so much for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4. >> remember, get news and weather yupdates any time with our nbc washington app. we'll see you in the morning. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. this moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey...flaky...happy. toaster strudel. now with more icing. >> announcer: today on the meredith vieira show. and hugh jacksman's role drove his wife crazy and neal patrek harris playing the bad cop when it raises the kids. a hero cop

carbon, west virginia. they released 378,000 gallons of crude oil and ignited a fire that destroyed a nearby house. it could have been a whole community. on february 24th the commuter train in oxnard, chasm hit a tractor-trailer at a grade crossing and jumped the tracks. on march 6, 21 cars derailed outside of galena, illinois near the board were wisconsin. five of them caught fire. i'm a firm believer that elected officials need to be on the ground emergency situation, supporting first responders and assisting those in need. and i was impressed by sarah's response to the mt. carbon derailment in west virginia, which i witnessed firsthand. five weeks into her new job, she executed an efficient and effective federal response that was one of the best i've ever seen, in my experience as an elect official have been through many tragedies in my state there are a lot of smart policy people inned with. but the best policy in the world doesn't mean a thing if it doesn't translate into the real world. sarah's respon

what i mean is in west virginia, when john f. kennedy was initially losing because of his catholic faith, he was able to overcome that in west virginia, winning the west virginia democratic primaries, catapulting him to winning the nomination and presidency. west virginia should be proud and playing an important role in american history. i welcome the pat to visit me and washington, d.c. i welcome all of my constituents and folks to see me. but i would say to him, besides saying nice things about me, which i appreciate, he should be proud of his son. the american workforce is by statistical fact the hardest working and most productive workforce. i grew up in a working family, janitor, and my mother, before passing away, was a crossing guard in the city

in west virginia the guy kept flipping people. you see this on tv, right? he kept charging people that were one level below massive. then they would roll on massive. just, indictment, which i was reading again this weekend, that is what i do for fun, really need to get a life, had all of these notes quoted that somebody had saved, handwritten notes from blankenship. wasn't even emailing. he was, he probably had a quill and some parchment. [laughter]. >> on massey, i would say how traditionally prosecutors go after people. >> right. of course. >> and companies. but i think, you know, it was something else there. for generations people were dying in the mines in west virginia. this is the first time they went after them. >> yeah. >> you mentioned they were like individual prosecutors within the office who were driven by it. >> yes, that's right. >> we're going after it and get this. >> right. and actually, i don't know him but steve ruby, who is the individual prosecutor that served -- i think his father was involved in mining. >> [inaudible] >> i really than

west virginia in town. west virginia hosting, i should say, and wearing the bumblebee uniforms.gibson, look at this. i don't think you would have been tackled in touch football. it was that kind of day for west virginia. they were rolling. this is how bad it got for maryland. watch shelton gibson make the catch. poor young lady, lookout. she was okay. maryland not so much. they get run over 45-6. ouch. 45-6. maryland hosts michigan next saturday. by the way, that won't be easy. virginia lost friday night and last night to boise state, 56- 14. so on the virginia tech, frank beamer spoiled fans, i'm surprise the losses has the faithful grumbling, sort of one of those surprising losses last year to east carolina. the rematch down in greenville, watch ryan malik right here. the old toe tap by the tight end, 14-0 virginia tech. later on, the pirates who was big today, five yard run. 21 straight points. later on, summers, look at that guy. summer breeze makes me feel fine. 41 yards, east carolina, upsetting virginia tech again, 5-28. navy uconn, that's reynolds approaching the record

light sprinkles out in west virginia as well as in the metro area. ginning to break up across northern virginia, the district and maryland. as they track off to the north and the east, they may have some light sheen of moisture on 95, the beltway north of washington. as well as along 395 up to the beltway and then 95 beltway down to quantico, woodbridge and fredericksburg. may be damp this morning. the temperatures are in the 50s now. panhandle of west virginia, much of the shenandoah valley, out of the mountains, sort of an autumn chill moving in. look at oakland down to 45 right now. closer to the metro area, we're in the low 60s. mid 60s downtown. right around the bay, low and mid 60s this morning. a lot of clouds around. i took this picture on friday. look at this parched field. under the gorgeous blue sky. so this greened up from yesterday's rain. if you're head out this morning, that's the marathon in washington and planning your own run, it will be cloudy. by 9:00 it will jump into the mid to upper 60s and by 11:00 near 70. then by mid afternoo

the rest of west virginia is in the 50s.ro area, low to mid 60s nearby suburbs and near 70 near chesapeake bay this morning. a beautiful autumn morning. things are still parched. i took this photo of a lawn in montgomery county on friday under that blue sky. the weekend rains helped out a little bit and the apple trees are almost touching the ground. they're so heavily laden with apples. this photo taken at orrs orchard. i love the autumn apples. temperatures climbing into the upper 60s, near 70 during the tailgate time. kickoff at 1:00. ought to be in the low 70s at fedex field. a small chance of a sprinkle during the game. in the low to mid 70s during the rest of the afternoon. we'll have that wind begin to diminish a bit under partly sunny skies. here comes the chill. chilliest temperatures we have seen since last spring. since may. it will be down into the 40s. much of the region including shenandoah valley and the mountains. nearby suburbs north and west. down to the upper 40s as well as across much of virginia. eastern

of west virginia. closer to washington, a few sprinkles around the beltway over to woodrow wilson bridge and west of there into fairfax, the beltway up to tysons. it's getting a little well as well as burke and shann tilly and west of 66. south of there through manassas and woodbridge and quantico getting a few sprinkles as well as south of cambridge on the eastern shore. cool start. we're in the mid-50s in shenandoah valley. upper 50s, near 60, right in washington, low 60s. low 60s aunld the bay. it's in the low 50s out of the mountains right now. hour-by-hour forecast. there's the capital under a cloudy sky. temperatures in the mid-60s. we may get sunshine breaking out in the afternoon, upper 60s nchl the afternoon the sun peeking out. landmark musical festival west potomac part later today, partly sunny, mild. then overnight this evening might get a few breaks in the clouds with a lunar eclipse but overall a lot of clouds around the lunar eclipse. watch out. a lot of clouds after midnight and then by

this postcard was sent from a holiday inn in west virginia. he hand wrote it to robert burger in 1974. burger told us he wrote the musician a letter after seeing him perform at his first carnegie hall concert. >> it is good to know you have been interested in my music for such a long time. i suppose i'm not as innocent as i used to be, but who is? the muse sick still the most important thing. and i don't think that will ever change. thanks again, love billy joel. >> well tonight, was the 68th time he has seen billy joel in concert. >>> so you return fan mail and you get a fan for life. it is nice to hear. it is nice to learn, you know,

we have talked about the former governor of west virginia going to prison, arch moore. e former governor of maryland, going to prison. the studio and new having to the vice president. the current governor of virginia . the three council members and the addition of crimea. jack johnson, executive director of prince george's county in prison at the moment. and the former mayor of washington, d.c., vince gray. what do you think after five years of investigation? will he ever be indicted and should he be? tom: as a reporter, i should not say what i think about him being indicted. what i will say about mayor gray, and i have been a couple opportunities. i mentioned one. that was the time for the investigators and justice department to say we have looked for five years into mayor vincent gray, we cannot nail him to the corrupt acts we know occurred. therefore, we'll let the case go. they did not let that go. that was a perfect window of opportunity they did not take. defense attorneys, people familiar with the case, the prosecutors, they still believe they have a case where vi

they just lost to west virginia ranked 23rd and 130 yards now... bill's got a very tough lie here... looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. i believe that's a "kraken", bruce. it looks like he's going to go with a nine iron. that may not be enough club... well he's definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. if you're a golf commentator, you whisper. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. this golf course is electric... >>> just a couple showers tomorrow, kind of catch our breath before a cold start to october. get ready for some rain on thursday, maybe heavy at time thursday night and friday, may see more flood watches. stay tuned. >> that's wusa9 news for tonight. >> have a great night, everybody! stephen colbert is next. i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cuttin

holmes, abc news, philippi, west virginia. >> look at mr.mes in his element there. >> that teacher now she had been teaching there -- she has been teaching for three decades and guess what, all of this didn't traumatize her, she was back the very next day in school teaching after really her heroic actions. >> that's pretty incredible. it's unsuspected. there's obviously no plan. you have fire drills, have you tornado drills but not often do you have drills for somebody who walks in with a gun and takes your entire class hostage. i'm such a big fan of teachers on the show. we never express enough gratitude for teachers. don't forget, school starting up, say thank you to those teachers because they do so much more than we realized. >> that kid who is a freshman is now facing charges. he's in juvenile detention facility. he actually was not in that class but his ex-girlfriend who he had just broken up with was in there. that's why he went in there. teenage kid couldn't handle the breakup, walked in and did that. won't be going back to school, t

children evacuating that high school in west virginia. inside a student holding a gun, threatening to kill others and himself. tonight the teachers hailed as heros, revealing how they helped talk him down. here's abc's t.j. holmes. >> reporter: it was just nine days into the new school year and phillip barbour high school in phillipi, west virginia goes on lockdown. >> we have a hostage situation. second floor, hostage situation, barricade. >> reporter: the hostages according to police, twila smith and her class of 27 students. the hostage taker, a freshman who walked in and put a gun to smith's head. >> he said that he was going to kill people and himself. >> what were you in there talking to him about? >> i just kept asking him to let everybody leave and he and i would stay. anything i could think of, just telling him that he hadn't gone too far. >> reporter: when the bell rang for the next class to come in, other students began knocking on the door but smith turned them back and was able to signal another teacher, jen swift. >> he was

doing a little better, a report there, a little ding, so, a new warning just issued in areas of west virginia. meanwhile, you can see on our road impact forecast here for the evening, i think the weather will continue to have a moderate impact on area roads overnight, not quite as heavy and by early saturday morning, dry for most. we have got a lot more coming up on the possibility of some more showers and even a storm or two for your evening in just a few minutes. [ beeping ] >>> now to big new developments in the killing of a loudoun county teenager on his way to the bus stop. >> we have team coverage. we just learned the boy's name and we also spoke with his family. this is where the shooting took place this morning. it woke up neighbors, led to several schools being on lockdown. this is in sterling. let's start with northern virginia bureau chief, jewely carey, at the scene this evening. >> reporter: just spoke to the victim's family. their townhouse down the block, just steps away from the victim shot this morning on the way to the bus stop, too distraught to speak to me on camera but di

one of enemy is west virginia. one of them -- one of them is west virginia. one of enemy is delaware. i want to talk a little bit about that. i'd like to go back in time 10 months, go back to the election of last year, and i'm reminded of the messages -- at least the messages that i heard from the electrielectorate that came outt election. there are three things that were -- voters were trying to tell us. number one, they want us to work together. number two, they want us to get things done. and, number three, they want us to get things done that'll actually strengthen our economic recovery. and i was just walking back in time. january, the week that barack obama and joe biden were inaugurated as president and vice president, 628,000 people filed for unemployment insurance in that one week. 628,000 people filed for unemployment insurance that one week in january of 2009. anytime that weekly number is over 400,000, people filing for unemployment insurance, we are losing jobs in this country in the economy. we're losing them, when it is over 400,000. we got a n

at least residents in west virginia hope so.too many people in the community have been complaining. now, as the vote passes, people caught screaming or making what police say is unreasonable noise in the streets between the hours of 11:00 at night and 7:00 in the morning, they could get in trouble. >>> redskins fans hope the team can turn it around and pull off a win when they host the rams this coming weekend. diehard fans lined up for the first tailgate game of the season yesterday. despite losing 17-10 against the dolphins, fans are still hopeful. >> we got here about 6:30. we always do. we tailgate with a group of about 15 to 20 people. the last couple of seasons that's been the best part of the game. we're hoping for a good season. >> that's what we like about the redskins fans, never giving up hope. let us know what you think redskins need to change to get ahead. head to our nbc washington facebook page. >>> new this morning jerry lewis is getting his own collection at the library of congress. you'll be able to see long lo

. >> i want to take it back to west virginia. welch, west virginia. a lot of people don't know about your story. people think you started off in sharp suits like this and beautiful shoes and ties and all of the above. i know better. >> my mother was a sunday school teach. she ingrained faith in us. my father never talked about faith but only about manhood and work. that was all he was. i thank god for that because that is the work ethic in me today. he said they can outrun you and outjump you, outsing you and outdance you. they can be better looking than you. they can run faster than you and jump higher than you but there will not be a man living that >> my father was the same way. no room for laziness in the house. you did all kinds of jobs. >> i wanted to be rich. i was exhausted with poverty. i was sick of it. i was allergic to it. i could not understand sometimes why i would be itching. i didn't know what it was. i was actually allergic to poverty. i didn't know it at the time. i thought the polyester will expose any allergy you have. i just wante

we hear from the small team of teachers and students in west virginia that made a shocking discovery about volkswagen. >>> we are back with more fallout from the scandal consuming volkswagen. the company announcing today that the head of its porsche unit is replacing the ceo who resigned yesterday, but the world may never have learned of volkswagen's deception if it weren't for a team of researchers who blew the lid off. their leader is speaking out. janet shamlian has our report. >> reporter: at a small lab at west virginia university, a team of just five engineering students and teachers led by dan carter became whistle blowers. they discovered the emissions cheating that will cost volkswagen billions and could threaten its very survival. >> we were surprised to see the numbers after we collected they were so high offcycle emission performance seen in the past and results in a voluntary recall and the situation is corrected. >> reporter: tonight, automakers are racing to distance themselves from volkswagen, including mercedes and bmw, which issued this statement. "the bmw group doe

true to her native west virginia spirit, she is fighting it. mr. johnson built a stock pond for horses and cattle on his 8-acre property. a stock pond of former army corps of engineers enforcement officer inspected and concluded it provided environmental benefits and at the water flowing out is three times greater than the water flowing into it, yet he has been fined $16 million. this is just a small farmer. then you have the situation with the range of resources corporation of texas being forced to spend $4.2 million defending itself after the epa issued an emergency order. the epa accused the range of sourcessources of causing or contributing to the contamination of two water wells, and then when it was quickly determined they had nothing to do with it despite incontrovertible evidence, the epa claimed it was not required to prove any alleged connection. you were going to continue on that path and force them to pay until you finally relented and gave it up. we also turned over the personal data of 80,000 farmers to environmental groups. i don't u

our visit to wheel, west virginia, begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> a signature feature of book tv is our all-day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with top nonfiction authors. here's our schedule. beginning this weekend, we're live from the 15th annual national book festival from our nation's capital. near the end of september, we're in new york for the brooklyn book festival cell braebrating tenth year. the southern festival of books in nashville. the weekend after that, live from austin for the texas book festival. near the end of the month, two book festival oz the same weekend from our nation's heartland. the wisconsin book festival in madison and the boston book festival. at the start of november, we'll be in portland, oregon, for wordstock followed by the national book awards from new york city. and at the end of november, live for the 18th year in a row from florida for the miami book fair international. that's a few of the fairs and festivals this fall on c-span 2's book tv. >>> coming up next

a couple of showers way out in the mountains of west virginia. that's going to be the area that has the best chance of getting rain along into the west of the blue ridge out into the mountains of west virginia. a little area of low pressure generating these showers way out to our west. that's why western and northern parts of our viewing and listening area will be the best chances for rain. current temperatures already, mid to upper 80s. in the 90s today. seven-day forecast coming up. >> right now, a funeral service underway in pikesville. governor mandel will welcome friends at his home in annapolis. he died on sunday. he was 95 years old. >> vice-president, joe biden, in florida, meeting with skeptical jewish leaders about the pending nuclear deal with iran. this comes amid news that president obama has secured enough votes to keep congress from derailing that deal. biden is trying to areassure the jewish community that there will be checks on that program. the vice-president has not said whether he is running for president >>> a new report from

it's moving across virginia out of west virginia and farther to the south. it's raining harder, too. the areas in the yellows and orange, lightning and thunder. a close up view of the radar, the leading edge in the green, sprinkles now. fairfax county into montgomery, loudoun, prince william and southern fauquier county and patches of green and yellow over the metro area in the next hour. right now, low to mid-60s in suburbs and nearby the beltway, by the bay as well. a cool morning, only in the 50s from frederick county, west virginia to frederick county virginia. here is the hour-by-hour timing of more rain moving through, 10:00 to 11:00 this morning through noontime, a chance of thunder. a greater chance of thunderstorms developing, that's starting around 3:00 p.m. in the shenandoah valley. then into the metro area between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m., some could be heavy downpour, producing an inch or two of rain. watch for ponding water late this afternoon and into the evening hours. by 11:00, it is gone. for the afternoon, the threat of severe weather is very lo

west virginia around 70 degrees. 60s out in the mountains. there's the cloud cover over washington. a live view from the tower camera. the clouds are going to break up by noontime. 1:00, low 80s. mid-80s by afternoon under a partly cloudy sky. the lower humidity moves in after that overnight and into sunday. a look at that coming up. >> thank you, tom. >>> let's get back to the breaking news we are following out of northeast d.c. three men shot on 25th street northeast after 11:30 last night. derrick ward is live at the scene with more on the victim's condition. derrick? >> reporter: good morning. this remains a crime scene here in the 3,000 block of 25th street northeast. police have been focusing on both sides of the street. the entire street is blocked midway down the block. they have been going in the house and canvassing. we were told this started at 11:37. that is when police were called to the scene and found three people shot, two in the upper body and one in the torso. one victim is in critical condition. folks who live on the block say they heard chaos. sounded like someth

prince george's, fairfax counties and panhandle the maryland and west virginia mid 80s. moderately human around the bay. the eastern shore, there's a live tower camera. you can see the humidity in the air. live view from our tower camera overlooking the washington monument, and the air quality alert in the areas in gray include the metro. it's a code orange day. avoid strenuous activity. >> all right, tom. right now president obama is in alaska doing something no sitten president has done before. he's in the alaskan wilderness. a tv host is taking him on a hike to a glacier out there. today is his second day of a three-day trip to alaska. yesterday he called an world leaders to take action on climate change. >> right now, family and friends are bearing a victim of last week's on air ambush. adam ward's funeral is happening right now. ward was holding the camera for a morning live shot wen vester flanagan shot him and reporter alison parker. flanagan killed himself after several hours on the run. ward's visitation was at his high school. and yesterday they remembered alis

and cumberland and far west allegany county and in west virginia look how that activity really loses a lot of its colors, losing a lot of strength, too. so this evening kind of hazy out there, warm, temperatures next hour 83, not dropping much. by 10:00 79 and by midnight 76. i do have some good news about the coming weekend and labor day and as we get into next week, well, looks like the heat is going to be back and could be worse than what we're seeing labor day. be back with that in a few minutes. guys, inside to you. >> thank you, howard. >>> some incredible video out of prince george's county county tonight, this car fire in suitland broke out around 12:30 this morning. the first two police officers on the scene found out the driver was still inside but could not get him out because the flames were just too intense. two more officers arrived and they had to use a baton to lift a door handle and start to pull the driver out. two tires exploded causing even more problems and finally with the help of firefighters they pulled the man from that car with severe burns, but he is expect

for generations people were dying in the mines in west virginia.his is the first time they went after them. >> yeah. ou

. >> senator from west virginia. >> mr. president, when i go home to my beautiful state of west virginia i have always said if i can't explain it i can't vote for it. when this process began i was supportive of the diplomatic efforts led by secretary kerry and moniz i always believed to be truly a superpower you must engage in super diplomacy. whenever i'm able i will choose diplomacy over war because these stakes are so high for west virginia and our entire country which in our state of west virginia we have one s highest rates military service in the nation participationwise but as i struggle with this decision i can not ignore the fact that ran, the country that will benefit most from the sanctions lifted refuses to-yea change 36-year history ofl sponsoring terrorism. for me this deal had to be more about preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon for the next 10 or 15 years. terrorist actions. without doing so it would reward iran's 36 years of deplorable behavior and do nothing to stop its die instructive activiti

in west virginia, when john f. kennedy was initially losing because of his catholic faith and was able to overcome that in west virginia, he was winning the west virginia democratic primary, that catapulted him into winning the democratic nomination. west virginia played an important role in american history. i welcome the pat to come visit me in washington, d.c. i'm in office building 118. i welcome all my constituents and my folks to see me. besides saying the very nice things about me, which i appreciate, he should be proud of his son. the american work force is not by bragging, statistical fact t the hardest working in this country. american people are working harder today than ever before. that is a fact. more hours. more productive, and yet real wages aren't any higher today than they were at the beginning of this century. that's a disgrace. it affects west virginia. it affects philadelphia. it affects most of our country. the more we can focus on those issues, i think the better off that we'll be. >> represe

. 28-0 west virginia. terps can't get it right. man to beat. ross fumbles the ball. third interception of the day. he had four. he finds jarvis davenport. 46 yard t.d. mountaineers win it 45-6. maryland hosts michigan next saturday. east carolina hosting virginia tech. not so fast. pirates up a touchdown when the quarterback finds jones. worth another look. one-handed touchdown. one final chance for virginia tech. hail mary time. clock ticking down. heaves the ball one last shot. knocks it down, game over. virginia tech to drops to 2-2. uconn hosting navy. navy up 7-3. second quarter finds tillman. reynolds known for his work on the ground. 10 yard t.d. run. second in ncaa history. navy wins. 3-0 on the season. montreal beats d.c. united tonight >> we are going to start off with cloudy skies. a cool start. >> maybe a nice light jacket. it may be starting to feel like fall. that's our news for tonight. "saturday night live" is next. see you again tomorrow. >> oh, gosh, what a perfect day for a picnic. it's so nice out here. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm so glad it's

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it turned wheeling into a major city for west virginia. because of its location on the ohio river and because the national road came through wheeling as i mentioned before, it was a transportation hub. so naturally and there is a lot of resources around here. iron or and coal. it was easy to transport goods like steel to market from wheeling. so industry was naturally drawn here. and industry requires labor. and so because it was an industrial town, there were a lot of jobs and these people came from rp regions of europe or the middle east and they needed work. many times the patriarch among the men of the family would come to the united states. the companies here would go to new york or one of the other ports of entry and recruit for their business. we have jobs and that is how the ended up here. others can because family members were here but they would send back money. they sent for their family to come over. their family, there was a coal mine owned by a gentleman who had come from italy. from a town in italy. he eventually did well an

that meteor flew over west virginia tuesday night.ou can see that little white speck near the top of the screen. we'll circle it for you. this is from an earth cam on top of the monument. you can see the meteor from several states including west virginia. you need to be pretty tall to see it from d.c. which is why we have the video. >> and chuck bell telling us when to watch and what to look for. he's the expert. >> what's falling today, rain drops, they'll keep on falling on your head as we go through the course of the day. take your umbrella with you to be on the safe side. since it's thursday, it's time to start thinking about the weekend. i wish that i had great news for your weekend, but unfortunately we have that rain chance continuing on both days this weekend. i think the weekend will start dry and end dry. but showers likely saturday afternoon, saturday night and at least into the first half of the day on sunday. the only upside is, we will not have any 90 degree weather over the weekend. even though we had rain, we cleared o

what i mean is in west virginia, when john f. kennedy was initially losing because of his catholic faith, he was able to overcome that in west virginia, winning the west virginia democratic primaries, catapulting him to winning the nomination and presidency. west virginia should be proud and playing an important role in american history. i welcome the pat to visit me and washington, d.c. i welcome all of my constituents and folks to see me. but i would say to him, besides saying nice things about me, which i appreciate, he should be proud of his son. the american workforce is by statistical fact the hardest working and most productive workforce. i grew up in a working family, janitor, and my mother, before passing away, was a crossing guard in the city of while raising my brother and me, which was a challenge in and of itself. american people are working harder today than ever before. that is a fact. more hours, more productive, and yet, real wages are not any higher today. that is a disgrace. virginia, west philadelphia, and mos

>> tomorrow, the c-span city store has to we link on the west your -- your heads to wheeling, west virginia. that starts wednesday on seas and at -- on c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern. a signature feature of the tv is our all-day coverage of affairs and festivals from across the country

we have the showers on first alert doppler, most of them in pennsylvania and west virginia. a few off to the west and southwest, places like culpeper, sperryville over toward front royal. luray is seeing them. this is all moving to the west, northwest toward the park and eventually the shenandoah drive. we do have a lot of clouds and drizzle out there which isn't detected by first alert doppler. your temperatures mid- to upper 60s now. a spotty shower later, a peek of sun. highs close to 80 this afternoon. it will be a warm one. here's larry miller with your timesaver traffic. >>> met free riders, everything is -- metro riders, everything is running on steadual shus -- schedule thus far. canal road reopened. a tree that fell now removed. again, this is eastbound between arizona avenue and reservoir road. no issues out along 50, the bw parkway or 95 on the midmerchandise side. here's a live look to -- maryland side. here's a live look at how things are shaping up in virginia. traveling eastbound on i-66 traveling toward fairfax, you won't havefully problems. just volume. your

of ohioing is the seat county, west virginia. up next, we visit the ohio county public libraries historic wheeling room to look at a collection of photography from -- late 19th and early if early 20th centuries. >> wheeling was known as the gateway to the west. the national road came through wheeling. waysuspension bridge was a to get to the west over the river. a four that it was the ferry, ferryboats or things like that. you had to go around. and a transportation hub city full of creeks, streams, and rivers, ridges were an important way to make commerce possible. part of our collection of basis ands was the foundation of the archival collection that was donated by a intographer named w.c. brown 1950. these show various wheeling scenes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. i chose to focus on some of the --toric ridges in wheeling ridges in wheeling. this one was built in -- under construction in 1891. this is the stone arch bridge which is a couple walks from here. it was the longest single span stone arch in the united