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 body to be the governor. it was his idea. -- settingone sense at home reading the constitution when he came across the article, the idea that they could use to form the new state. you are going to make a new state from the parent state, the legislature of the parent state has to give permission. what did they do? we formed our own legislature, which then gave it self permission. that is how it happened. you can say how does that work thankfully for our story the united states won the seven -- civil war and completely different. this is recognized by the supreme court. he was not happy to have the state could bill on his desk. lincoln becomes a political decision to create the new state of west virginia? he had a of six people. he took the question to his cabinet. -- he had a of six people. and they did. against so his cabinet was equally's lit. it would be abraham linc

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

city tour is on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> welcome to wheeling, west book tv. on it was the first capital of west virginia and is known as "the friendly city." along the location ohio river and historic road, ed as a hub.m grexit drew a lot of immigrants from europe here -- >> it drew a lot of immigrants from europe here in search of opportunity. >> we will explore wheeling's literary scene, beginning with a ink at illicit drug policy the u.s. >> its billions of dollars. i was curious as to why that is and how does the war on drugs figure into the larger picture of american foreign-policy? the war on drugs is something as u.s. has used justification for intervention across the globe. we generally associate the declaration "war on drugs" with president nexen. -- president nixon. if you look at that time, you can see that the war on drugs is connected

keep in mind widespread from new york city to central west virginia. it could be under the influence of the storm. the center line that you see here, this is a best guest suggested track. this does not mean it will ride up the chesapeake bay toward d.c. metro area. if this does move this way we will see windy conditions and rain across the region. these are the latest with the spaghetti plot. this gives us insight as to where the storm may be going. look how it spins around and twists over north carolina. if that happens they could look at a significant flood event. north carolina in southern virginia. a lot of rain for the d.c. metro area. i will take you out with a look at the next seven days talking the daytime highs only in the 60's tomorrow. by friday, better chance for a heavy rain during the daytime and the evening hours. highs in the upper 50's. lower 70's on sunday. tropical moisture overspread the midatlantic. question mark sunday to monday. any good news with the seven-dayout look we will end tuesday and wednesday with sunshine. daytime high

from new york city to west virginia. these are the areas where the center of the storm may be located with the winds upwards of 65 miles per hour. if you have travel plans for the outer banks of north carolina come sunday and monday, this is a storm that we need to watch very carefully over the coming days. right now at 5:00 update. 85-mile-per-hour winds. wind bust at 105-mile-per-hour. the movement toward the southwest at 8-mile-per-hour. i will tick yaw out with a -- i will take you without with the next seven days and this is the spaghetti plot. showing where the action is located in terms of what could be sunday and monday. wide range. we will keep you updated as the storm progresses in the coming days. here is the seven-day now. middle 60's on saturday. lower 70's on sunday. on the weekend, feast the eyes on tuesday and wednesday. let's talk sports with erin. erin: you are talking about the weather, doug is talk about the weather and we are talking about the weather because it could have huge implication for the su

. >> 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

city and valero know about it. crude oil train wrecks like the one in north dakota and west virginia. is why some in bow knee shah want no part of it in their city. >> we saw this happen in castleton, north dakota. this stuff is so toxic they have to let it burn out. they can't put it out. >> they are not entitled to their own facts. >> during a special session at city hall, valero pitched 80s crude by rail project to a packed house. if approved the refinery can receive up to 70,000 barrels of crude oil per day by rail instead of ship. >> the crude by rail would offset the crude typically from foreign services we bring in by ship. >> the route begins in roseville and end at the refinery. it won't replace the crude currently received through pipeline. valero says it's the only way to get the oil. it's a republicy proposition for residents like christine speak package as a concerned parent. >> when the air is so toxic, i can't go to the school or i'm worried who is sick and who's not. >> now, there is no action taken tonight by the planning commission. this was the last comment hearing a

this month with congress on summer recess, the cities at 6:00c-span each day p.m. welcome to wheeling, west virginia, on american history tv , located in the northern panhandle of the state, it was the first capital and known as the friendly city. due to the location along the , it girl --o river boomed as an industrial hub in the earlier 20th entry. with the help of our comcast cable partners, or the next half-hour we ask for the history, starting with the first federally funded road, which went right into the city. >> the first project funded by the federal government for late production was the national road that extended from maryland to wheeling, virginia. one of the reasons for that was ohio had become a state in 1803, the country is moving west, and we needed to find a way of tying the new western areas in with the capital. the easiest way of doing that was to put in a road. that's road will eventually extend from baltimore,

of political appearances this week raising money in atlanta and kansas city before headlining a democratic event in west virginia. longtime clinton confidant virginia governor terry mcauliffe tells the ap that bill clinton is, quote, ready to get out there. meanwhile, in an interview yesterday with cnbc, the former president may have offered a preview of arguments to come, painting the attacks against his wife, and her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state, as mainly partisan. >> really it's similar to the strategy that the republicans employed against me with whitewater. but i'm glad it happened in 2015 instead of 2016. and i believe it will burn itself out. what the american people have to think of is this. a few months ago she was still the most admired person in public life in america. why? because she was covered because of the work she did. she'd been around a long time. people knew that she's on the level. she gets up every day and tries to do a good job. then all of a sudden the only thing that matters accept mails. what exactly does it matter? i trust the american people. they'll get t

. >> wheeling was the first capital of west virginia and a major manufacturing hub in the 19th century. of next on the c-span city store, joseph rocks me on his age."the heroic just: the title was taken from a schoolteacher, what am derby. when he was writing to dr. draper whose manuscript said a lot of the research, he referred to this as the heroic age. mr. darby would have been familiar with the folks of the area. he was a teacher. he was quite familiar with the stories. the area was first opened for intlement by fort stanwix the 1700s. they are considered the founders of wheeling. this was the western theater of the american revolution. fort henry was built and named of virginia.ernor one of his titles was the earl castle. patrick henry came in as the revolutionary governor. it was renamed for henry. for wheeling, wheeling was considered the head of navigation on the ohio during the low water season. fort henry and wheeling would have a symbiotic relationship in that a lot of places where forts were built where there was no population, they were abandoned because they were as in. because fort henry had people

city leaders about it. they pointed to crude oil train explosions in north dakota and west virginia to voice their concerns. >> we saw this happened in north dakota, this stuff is so volatile and toxic, they have to let it burn out. >> residents with submit public comments online through the end of october. >>> despite a midnight deadline, it looks like the federal government is not going to shut down after all. that does not mean lawmakers agreed on a spending plan. a last-minute spending vote later this morning and another in the house will hopefully prevent the government from shutting down. today's vote would add $13 million for the defense, $700 million to fight fires and it's what's called a continuing resolution. there are still several key issues hanging in the balance. conservatives still want to strip money from planned parenthood. >>> it's 4:56. president obama and john boehner were not the only ones who reportedly met with the pope. lawyers say clerk kim davis had a secret meeting with him last thursday in washington, d.c. the pope allegedly told davis to stay strong. davis was briefly jailed la

he will raise more money for the campaign in atlanta and kansas city later this week, before headlining a dinner for the west virginia democratic party on this friday. next week, he'll court donors outside of detroit. but will bill's road show overshadow the candidate or will he be her best advocate? jonathan cha tham, liz mair is a republican strategist, cornell bell is a republican pollster. so how do we know or should we think this is the cavalry charging in to save the vulnerable candidate or is this already planned? you know what i think. >> i think there's a maximum of two people who know the answer to that question. maximum. bill clinton and hillary clinton. >> and what would the bystander, the smart, informed commentator think is a foot here? >> if you go back and look at the history of the 2008 election was, it was bill clinton acting largely on his own, completely against or outside of the advice of any -- >> but this is all fund-raising work he's got tasked now. who's tasked him? >> sometimes nobody tasked him. >> who assigned him to go to these fund-raisers? >> the clinton campaign surely has. >> right at

. >> 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 with top nonfiction authors. here is our schedule. this weekend come alive from the national book festival -- this weekend, live from the national book festival in the nations capital. ofly october, the festival books in nashville. the week after, live in austin for the texas book festival. back on the east coast, the boston book festival. at the start of november, we are in portland, portland -- oregon and at the end of november, lies for the 18th year -- live for the miami book fair international. a few of the fairs and festivals this fall on book tv. >> when congress returns from summer recess next week, members begin debate on the resolution of disapproval on the iranian nuclear agreement. the president believes it's the only alternative to war. here is a look at part of his statement from last month. [laugh

cities tour. we go to wheeling, west virginia for more historical sites. we will travel national road, the first federally built mccarthynd recount joe 's speech that he delivered there in 1950. that is

cities tour continues at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we head to wheeling, west virginia, to travel the national road. the first major highway built by the national government. we look at civil war battle flags and recount senator joe mccarthy's red dating enemies from within speech which he delivered in wheeling in 1950. 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

virginia. there's the front. it gets closer thursday. shower or thundershower north and west of the city. the front moves through, falls apart and we transition to better weather. few clouds. it's humid overnight and 74 for the low in the city. 60s to the lower 70s out to the suburbs. tomorrow we'll do it again with 90-degree temperatures. the heat wave continues. here into early september. and moderate levels of humidity, a little higher tomorrow. thursday, the hottest day of the week at 92. late in the day in the evening, an isolated shower or storm. but look at friday, saturday, sunday. nick: dari: this is nuts. nick: a great holiday weekend. 60s at night. 88 on tuesday. steve: how psyched is everyone who rented a house this summer, this week, this weekend. not a bad week ever. it was great summer. nick: there you go. steve: perfect ending. thanks. dari: not many men would be brave enough to ask mma champ rhonda roussey out on a date. but there's the marines. take a look. >> be an honor to take you to the marine corps ball on december 11th. i hope it doesn't get in the way of training

city leaders about that plan. they pointed to crude oil explosions in north dakota and west virginia to highlight their concerns. >> this happened in castleton, north dakota. and this stuff is so volatile and toxic they have to let it burn out. they can't put it out. >> benicia residents can submit public comments online through the end of october. >>> levi's stadium has been recognized as one of the most tech friendly stadiums in the world. and now we're getting new details on how the stadium's state-of-the-art security system will be used to protect fans and players during super bowl 50. nbc bay area's michelle roberts shows us how that new technology will help police respond to any threats a lot faster. >> reporter: each one of these surveillance cameras at the great america vta stop is linked to a new state-of-the-art software. >> it allows us to share technology, security information across one basic platform. >> reporter: vta spokesperson says the new system is a collaboration between levi's stadium, local law enforcement and san jose-based company al allied telesis. >> quicker, more efficient and ultimately

cities tour. we go to wheeling, west virginia for more historical sites. we will travel national road, the first federally built mccarthynd recount joe 's speech that he delivered there in 1950. that is all coming up today on c-span. now, here is a look at the city tour stops for this weekend. >> working with cable affiliates , this weekend we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the history in literary history of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had long-term importance in colorado. >> especially here in mesa county we are surrounded by morrison rock. within it we find a lot of dinosaur bones and fossils. that has really intrigued scientists for a long time. but the other thing that we also find is a mineral or a rock called carter tight -- card a tight -- carnotite. it contains radium, and was used by marie curie to help cure cancer. it also contains the navy him -- frankly field. -- which strengthens steel. uranium, as we know, is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >>, -- congressman

city leaders about the proposals. they pointed to crude oil explosions in north dakota and west virginia to highlight their concerns. > castleton, north dakota. this stuff is so volatile and toxic, they have to let it burn out. they can't put it on. >> residents can submit public comments online through the end of october. >>> a similar meeting last month in the south bay. santa clara county leaders blocked a proposal for phillips 66 to expand its refinery. if passed, it would have carried millions of gallons of week through the south bay to the refinery on the central coast. >>> a rate drop for some businesses that felt their bills were getting out of hand. the oakland city council has agreed to cap composting costs. it seems the city's new trash contractual loud restaurant owners to be charged more for composting than trash service. that left many ditching composting altogether. the new compost rates will be at least 30% thanks to an amended contract. >>> researchers may have a new way to get rid of notoriously durable styrofoam. they're been raising beetle larvae, the bugs can digest styrofoam because of a bacteria

city, ten degrees warmer 69 degrees. what we're watching is this little cluster of showers and thunderstorms pushing west of richmond, virginiat this hour, closing in on washington, d.c. and ballot are -- baltimore. if you have plans for the first part of the day you should be okay. after 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. that's when the wet weather pulls in. 72 degrees by 9:00 a.m. lunchtime, 80 degrees and some of the wet weather moves in by 3:00 p.m. this afternoon with highs closing in again on the 80-degree mark. i'll talk about the timing of this, and i will have the correspond numbers in the seven day eva. >> new this morning, a tractor-trailer crash is causing trouble on 295 in camden camden county. the truck overturned in belmawr early this morning. the driver wasn't hurt, but the wreck is blocking all northbound lanes. fuel leaked on the road so crews have to clean that up and unload the fuel all before they can begin to upright the tractor-trailer. the best bet at this hour is to steer clear of 295 northbound in belmawr, camden county. >>> a woman stabbed another woman during an argument in north philadelphia. police say the tw

west, it misses us and pushes across virginia and eventually off the coast. warm and humid tonight and fog redevelops and 56 in the suburbs and 75 for center city, we are watching a front to the north, high pressure in canada pushes the front through tonight and into friday, prior to that, it's another day with temperatures in the middle 90s and 95 degrees and again the humidity will not be as bad tomorrow, we are not looking at heat advisories across the area and could be an advisory with the front in the poconos tomorrow afternoon, as we get into thursday night and friday, the front continues its journey, 86 degrees, we break the heat wave here at the end of the week and could be a scattered downpour or thunderstorm, but most areas are missing out on the opportunity of rain again on friday. >> very muggy at the shore tomorrow, the afternoon sea breeze once again kicks in at 6-and up in the lehigh valley another hot day 92 degrees, late in the afternoon there could be an isolate the thunderstorm, but again they will be very scattered. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast hazy sun tomorrow and hot day at 95 degrees and humid with a stray thunderstorm on

on a series of political appearances raising money in atlanta and kansas city before headlining a democratic event in west virginia clinton confidant tells the ap he's at the point that he's ready to get out there talking about president clinton. in an interview yesterday the former president may have offered a preview of arguments to come painting the attacks against his wife and her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state as mainly partisan. >> really it's similar to the strategy that the republicans employed against me with whitewater. but i'm glad it happened in 2013 instead of 2016 and i believe it will burn itself out. what the american people have to think of is this. few months ago she was still the most admired person in public life in america. why? because she was covered because of the work she did. she had been around a long time, people knew that she's on the level, she gets up every day and tries to do a dood job. then all of a sudden the only thing that matters search males. what exactly does it matter? i trust the american people. they will get this. they will work through it. they

city's south and west sides. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> police say no one is in custody in the case of the family shot while walking home. >>> virginiattorney general mark herring has announced a plan to improve police community relations in the commonwealth. it calls for officers to be trained on bias awareness, trust building, dealing with the mentally ill and deescalating situations. >> this initiative really started last year following what the nation was watching with ferguson and some of the other cities around our country. >> attorney general herring will travel to richmond and hampton roads to spread the word about the initiative. >>> covering prince george's county, there's about to be another option to the table in materials of way -- terms of way iewber and lyft -- iewber and lyft -- uber and lyft get operate [ inaudible ] [ audio difficulties ] >> the surcharge legislation still needs to be formally introduced to the county council. the council could vote on the legislation in about a month. >>> how much would you pay to get a reservation at your favorite restaurant? >> open table, the on-line dining reservation app is te

west moving across 522 coming out of northern and western virginia. here in town, we've had light showers. you see them coming from the south from western charles towards dale cityg to the north, north. up 395 -- and the prince georgia county through -- wilson bridge looks clear. and also national harbor and coming towards northeast arlington and into downtown. fairfax county, we have showers coming towards spring field and also approaching tyson and western part of the country -- towards sterling if -- sterling and this is lifting. spotty showers. the heaviest stuff, i said it a moment ago at 522, north of winchester moving up towards 881. these areas out to the west. this is the heaviest stuff we're seeing. cross junction, north berkeley springs, this is headed your way. washington county will have to watch out. light showers -- over to peceville frederick county is cloudy. occasional showers mainly west and south of town. we'll get to the 7-day in a moment. temperatures in the low to mid-70s for highs with a northeasterly wind at 5 to 10 miles-per-hour. if we're lucky, we'll see the lunar eclipse. it will have an orange look to the moon. maximizing or maximum

west virginia. and you can't go play at the truck stops because if you do, you don't eat for a week. >> but you would have just driven into one of the towns or the big citieseded it. that's where you were operating. you would have had to do it. you could have been living in a cabin, but you wouldn't have stayed in the cabin. do you really think you would have? that's again, one of the lies you tell yourself. >> i think he is acknowledging that that need still exists. it is a compulsion. it's a need-driven behavior that he feels that he has to have. he felt it for 17 times. if he hadn't been caught he would have continued. he would have just continued until he was caught. >> over the next 19 months rifkin pleads guilty to the murders of 17 women. >> i want you to know that i am sorry for dilling your daughters, i will never understand the part of me that caused me to do these terrible things to your children. >> he is sentenced to a total of 203 years in prison. >> mr. rifkin, if case there is a thing of reincarnation, i want to be sure that you spend your second life in prison also. >> today, rifkin is housed in a special unit of the prison for high-risk a

with congress on its summer recess, the cities tour is on c-span every day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today we head to wheeling, west virginia. the first major highway built by the federal government. we'll take a look at civil war battle flags and recount senator joe mccarthy's "enemy from within" speech which he delivered in wheeling in 1950.t >>> next, legal analysts talk about government surveillance and data gathering technologies in the digital age. they examine the role of congress, the courts, and the administration in enacting rules to protect consumer privacy. american university hosted this event. >> >> the senior counsel with the national association of criminal defense lawyers. if you missed it, but if you're watching online and you have questions you can e-mail them to nacdlquestions@gmail.com.xrikz we'll do our best to get them asked. for those tweeting we've been tweeting with the hashtag fourth amendment. so feel free to use that. i want to introduce the moderator of our next panel, who is gerry morris. a sole practitioner in austin, texas who's practiced criminal defense both state and federal for 36 years.

and this month with congress on its summer recess the cities tour is on c-span every day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today we head to wheeling, west virginia to travel the national road, the first major highway built by the federal government. we'll take a look at civil war battle flags and recount senator joe mccarthy's red baiting enemies within reach speech. >>> next, a hearing on the benefits of and concerns about hydraulic fracturing or fracking, the process of injecting water, sand and chemicals into rock deposits deep underground to release natural gas. the house science committee held the hearing in april. >>> the committee on science base and technology will come to order. chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. welcome to today's hearing on the science behind hydraulic fracturing. i'll recognize myself and then ranking member. the combination -- called fracking is arguably one of the most significant technological advancements in the history of the oil and gas industry. this technological breakthrough has helped create hundreds of thousands of jobs, been the catalyst for a surging manufacturing secto

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

west virginia. this is actually one of the largest city parks in the united states. people are surprised, they think it may be a state park. this museum was the former .ummer estate of earl w ogilvie when you think of great american industrialist, you may not have heard of mr. ogilvie. he knew those people, work directly with john d rockefeller. he was a native of this area. he was born across the river in bridgeport, ohio. when he was five years old his dad moved to wheeling. he was in the host cell measure industry and involved in a stockholder, iron industry and in nails, which was a big thing. wheeling made and produced a lot of cut nails, which was very important, because being located on the national road and river that was the national highway and railroads, cut nails were used to make all of the things out west. this was an important part of the industry. at that point it meant you were an entrepreneur. you saw the opportunity to make knew the connections and the people to work with at that time. he had all of those advantages. when he was a young man, he suc