grain farmers in western pennsylvania where the worst. it was fundamental to frontier economics. farmers had no roads to transport grain in bulk across the appellations so they distilled the grain into whiskey which they could carry in jugs in barrels by mule over the narrow mountain trails. almost all farmers west of the the appellations had a still and for them to 25% whiskey cask was nothing less than government confiscation and would wipe out their profits and bankrupt them. the philadelphia newspaper asked what was it that caused a revolution if it was not this? when the first half collectors cross the appellations farmers came at them with pitchforks tar and feather and then gunfire. they been together with a threatened secession and union in canada. others wanted to march to philadelphia and overthrow the washington administration. the president responded with outrage. he squeeze back into his revolutionary war uniform and ordered a military strike against the whiskey rebellion's. it was every american's worst nightmare come true. george washington turned tyrant sending tr

the whiskey tax hit the grain farmers in western pennsylvania, the worst, especially hard. whiskey was fundamentally a frontier economics. farmers had no roads to transport grain involved across the appalachians. so they distilled the grain into whiskey which they could care in jugs and barrels by mule over the narrow mountain trails to eastern market. almost all farmers west of the appalachians had a still, if within the 25% whiskey tax was nothing less than government confiscation that would wipe out their profits and bankrupt them. philadelphia newspaper asked what was the cause the revolution if it was not this? so when the first tax collectors crossed the appalachians, farmers met them with pitchforks, tar and feathers, and gunfire. thousands of farmers and together, some threatened secession, and union with candidate to others want to match to philadelphia and overthrow the washington administration. the president responded with outrage. he squeezed back into his revolution were uniform and ordered a military strike against the whiskey rebels. it was every americans w

as it pushes through western pennsylvania, the warm air continues to move up the mid-atlantic.ere storms possible, gusty damaging wind through virginia, west virginia and maryland as the storm pushes east, and that could be followed by bitter cold wind chills. very heavy snow new york to england, it could be slippery tomorrow morning with that cold wind. >> dave warren thank you very much. and thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "the stream" is next. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you're in "the stream." zero tolerance policies are pen to keep schools safe. but are they going overboard and doing more harm than good for our kids ? our coost, rajahad ali, is bringing in all of your feed

the storms continue to move through western pennsylvania.his is where we'll see severe weather along the line developing and moving to the east. severe storm likely with gusting damaging wind. it will be followed by cold wind chills. temperatures tomorrow more 40 degrees colder with wind chills at 20 below. the storm will move right over philadelphia and new york. there is the cold air coming in. where the moisture is held in place, you can see that goes from rain to a mix of snow quickly. that could lead to a freeze on many surfaces. it quickly drops and the moisture stays in place. not where it's dry but where there is the storm. new england and botch could see the temperatures drop and it could become slippery on the roadways tomorrow. it's just a big drop of temperatures that we're talking about at the end of the week. >> it is a shock to the senses, dave warren. thank you very much. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "fault line" is next. >> every day across america, military-style raids are taking p

the snow across central portions and western pennsylvania down into west virginia.f you are traveling along i-81 today, we could see anywhere from two to four inches of snow. meanwhile, across portions of i-95 across maine, it's a mess out there. heavy rain coming down. in addition to that, we have some ice mixing in, across central portions of the state and snow, all the way across the north into portions of new brunswick. be careful out there on i-95. the flooding is going to be a problem along the coast in the central portions of pennsylvania. >> snow is going to accumulate across the great lakes and upstate portions of new york, if you are traveling along the network state freeway, keep that in mind. another thing to mention is the wind behind this front. you will fill it in new york city. we are looking at winds generally around 16 miles per hour. we could see some gusts across the northeast up to 35 miles per hour. temperatures today going to be in the 20s. further towards the north, the 30s once you make your way into upstate portions of new york and the 40s

now we come here today and i think that the area of the country that i represent is western pennsylvania, it's hard to look at a source that is so abundant, so accessible, so affordable, so reliant and so sustainable it keeps our energy costs low, it creates thousands of jobs. the administration's efforts have not only eliminated people who are mining coal, they've absolutely eliminated entire communities. and wiped them off the face of the earth. now we look at a piece of legislation and we say, wait a minute in 2008 we had a rule that received certification from the environmental protection agency, and was completely complied fully with the clean water act. so the question becomes, how good does the coal energy have to become in order to receive a pat on the back from the administration and the answer is they can never reach that level. they will never be accepted. it will not be -- never be part of our energy strategy. it will never lead america to be independent from every place else in the world. all you have to ask yourself is what in the world are we doing to the people we represe

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the whiskey tax hit grain farmers in western pennsylvania the worst, especially hard.iskey was fundamental to frontier economics. farmers had no roads to transport grain in bulk across the appalachians, so they distilled the grain into whiskey which they could carry in jugs and barrels by mule over the narrow mountain trails to eastern markets. almost all farmers west of the appalachians had a still, and for them the 25% whiskey tax was nothing less than government confiscation that would wipe out their profits and bankrupt them. the philadelphia newspaper asked what was it that caused the revolution if it was not this? so when the first tax collectors crossed the appalachians, farmers met them with pitchforks, tar and feathers and then gunfire. thousands of farmers banned together. some threatened secession and union with canada. others wanted to march to philadelphia and overthrow the washington administration. the president responded with outrage. he squeezed back into his revolutionary war uniform and ordered a military strike against the whiskey rebels. it was eve

they went out to the frontier, which was western pennsylvania, and ben was grateful to her for being a good businesswoman writing her saying, you're a fortune to me, you do wonderful work. she said, would you please come home for me? i'm lonely here. i want you to come home, and he wouldn't, and then some of their friends and neighbors thought that he was not really fighting hard enough against the stamp act. does anybody know what the stamp act was? yeah. go ahead. >> british decided to tax the colonies. >> taxing, at that point, paper and other various things, and that was one of the reasons that the americans started to rebel against the americans was because of the stamp agent, and ben franklin was in england, and his people in pennsylvania thought, well, he should be fighting harder against the stamp act, and so they were so angry that they came, and they were going to tear down the house. nay warn him to get out of the way, said i'm not going to do that. she got a gun and got friends with guns, and she defended her house, and ben wrote to her and said, well done, debra. he stil

one western pennsylvania teenager took that advice to heart and it could mean hundreds of millions oftaxpayer dollars saved. how? changing fonts on print-outs to save ink. using the font as opposed to the times new roman or century gothic could mean a 29% savings in ink costs. federal agencies are expected to spend about $1.8 billion on printing this year. the government printing office has praised the work and said it will review the suggestion. >>> in america's election headquarters tonight, michigan republican dave camp says he will not run for re-election. camp is the chairman of the house ways and means committee. he is the second committee chairman from michigan to announce retirement in one week. mike rogers of the intelligence committee is the other. camp had been trying to put together the first comprehensive tax reform bill in 30 years. >>> from the house to the senate, and a look at the republican road map to taking control of that chamber. chief political correspondent carl cameron sells us there has not been anything like it in decades. >> republicans are targeting 14 sta

. >>> since 9/11 i've taken a keen interest in flight 93 which crashed in western pennsylvania.k object jose perez, unsung american hero responsible for keeping the 20th hijacker off that flight. i've often visited the national parks services memorial in shanksville and i raised money for its completion which is why last week i was thrilled to take our 16-year-old son not commissioning of the usss somerset, the newest war vessel named in honor of the flight 93 passengers and the people of somerset county where the plane crashed. i shot that footage with my iphone. maybe you already know but a commissioning marks the ship's entry into active service. the tradition is three centuries old and in our country, it began in 1775 when our continental navy commissioned the alfred. the event was filled with pageantry. it inspired a sense of patriotism. i literally got goose bumps from the combination of the flags and the songs and the speeches. but most exhilarating was the setting of the first watch and the manning of the ship by sailors and marines. the somerset carries many remembrance

snow moving to western pennsylvania and eastern ohio. nothing happening in our area yet.is afternoon and earlier this wee. even though we are looking at last year's biggest films, we're detecting a trend for this year. >> the new movie "son of god" is in the huge opening weekend. some predict 2014 is the year of the bible at the movies. >> breaking toward the top spot with $10 million in opening ticket sales, the movie "son of god." >> who do you think i am? >> you are the son of god. >> it was a huge release. 3100 screens nationwide. the producer mark burnett. >> this is a passion project for us. the most important thing is this movie gets seen and used. >> it certainly help had the the film maker spent months preaching at mega churches

that's right across portions of ohio making its way into western pennsylvania right around pittsburghlong i-70 and columbus ohio on i-71. also mixing in with a little bit of snow. be careful because the roads could be just a little bit wet. we have a flood watch in effect across the coastline from central pennsylvania all the way toward portions of new york it's been raining all day long. we expect more into this evening as well. could see spotty ice and around areas later night tonight into tomorrow. we are looking at snow across the far north earthen portions of new york. we could see up to eight inches of snow in some places. meanwhile, out west, the rain continues to come down. we have a flood warning in effect just to the north of seattle right around everett be, washington. >> goes through monday. they could see an additional half inch of rain almost to three fours of an inch of rain. a little farther south, in southern california, reain as well. and across sierra and the southwest, we need the rain and snow given the fact they have been exceptionally dry for a long time. toward

rural parts of western pennsylvania, and everywhere i went i heard a story i didn't think was possible. i heard about a man in toledo who national action against foreclosure decided with a few friends would steal himself inside his home which was in foreclosure using bricks and cement. he and his friends literally built an entire house within the house filled with bricks and cement and it took the police base, this was a day before his scheduled eviction, the police came the day of the schedule the eviction and they opened the door to find a brick wall. they spent literally days chiseling him out of this house and the story made national headlines. an incredible amount of taxpayer money. as a result the local police forces are required to carry out the bank's dirty work. they met a woman named melanie quite, single mother, incredible woman, and she had been fighting her eviction for more than a year, she protested in the local community group. and the legal process, she spoke out at the shareholder meeting, they're quite clear that she was not going to be able to keep her home so prett

>> i ran for congress in my hometown in western pennsylvania.ss. i was trying to get a voice for my i want to give my generation opportunity, no pun intended. to give a whole generation of americans who never lived the american dream. jenna: i have a filing this will not be the last. we'll have you back many times. thanks for the time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. gregg: all right. did you hear about this baby gorilla, san diego zoo, 24 hour care after coming down with pneumonia. the veterinarian staff is keeping eye on the baby round-the-clock. it was born by emergency c section at safari park. the zoo staff the baby is recovering from her surgery and doing well. adorable little baby gorilla. we hope everybody will be okay. jenna: latest in the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 as an international effort to find it searches an area really the size of australia. the questions whether we're looking in the right place. we'll speak to a pilot at top of the hour. >>> the russian president confirming a treaty signed with russia. we're

considers this case tomorrow and hears oral arguments, i join men and women of faith from western pennsylvania and across the country in defending conscience rights and religious liberty and standing with hobby lobby and conestoga wood. i thank the gentleman from texas and yield back. mr. gohmert: i thank my friend from pennsylvania very much, ery, very good points. it is also along the lines my friend was talking about, those of us who are -- who were here when our fine president stood at that podium and spoke to all of us here and he said in his , that that in his bill there would be no funding of abortions. we all heard that. in fact, there was such a response i have -- responsive -- it was an involuntary response of joe wilson to categorize that statement because from the bill we had seen from the democrats it was clear there was going to be money forced out of taxpayers' hands and forced to fund abortion and we now know that is true and so, you know, most of the time the decent thing to do if you find out that something you said was simply not true, the decent thing to do is to step up an

. >>> we are learning more about the western pennsylvania woman among those on board the missing jet.ght a house last october and made such a strong impression on the seller that the two have stayed in touch ever since. >> a very accomplished young woman. you could tell by the way she carried herself and spoke. she had a very gentle demeanor, soft-spoken, but extremely intelligent. >> she was working as an engineer for a company that makes supplies/chemicals for the rubber industry. >>> stay with abc news for all the developments. we'll have live reports on "america this morning" and on "good morning america." >>> now to stunning testimony at the terrorism trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law. the jury saw video of sulaiman abu ghaith in days following 9/11 threatening what he called a storm of airplane attacks. they also heard from a government witness who said he was trained by al qaeda to blow up a flight with a shoe bomb. he testified via video from london to avoid arrest in the u.s. also speaking via video to avoid arrest in the u.s. was edward snowden, the former security contr

suburban north carolina and chattanooga tennessee and minneapolis minnesota and rural parts of western pennsylvania everywhere i went i heard a story that i didn't think was possible so i will tell you two quick ones. i heard about a man in toledo who on day of national action against foreclosure decided with a few friends to seal himself inside his home which was in foreclosure using bricks and cement. he and his friends literally built an entire house within the house filled with bricks and cement. it took the police days and this was like a day before his scheduled affections of the police came on the day of the scheduled affection and they opened the door to find a brick wall. they spent literally days chiseling hiout of his house. the story obviously made national headlines and it's worth adding an incredible amount of taxpayer money as a result of the fact that the local police forces are required to carry out the dirty work. they met a woman named monique white, a single mother, incredible woman actually and she had in fighting her if action for more than a year. she protested and was workin

the chairman -- and if the chairman doesn't believe this is affecting people, come back to western pennsylvania, walk with me, go to the little towns where there's no coal mine open, and the towns are shut down. isn't that a marvelous thing to have accomplished and saying, we're doing the right thing for america, we're going to drive your energy doses up, make it impossible to heat and -- heat and light your homes, change the cost of everything you use to raise your children, because it affects the cost of everything, the sum total is made up of energy costs also. we'll raise the bar so high it will no longer be possible for these folks to operate and then we'll back up and say, my goodness they couldn't meet the standard. when we ask what does the standard have to be, just a little better than it is now. how would we begin to measure? we haven't derled that. we have set standards but we don't have any way of doing it. if we don't get to the point to measure the metrics on it. i would just ask you for one thing, to think about those thousands and millions of people who have forever relied on co

. >>> this is how it looked today in western new jersey where a huge explosion leveled a townhouse complex. it happened in mercer county near the pennsylvania border as utility crews were trying to repair a gas line that had been damaged previously by a contractor. one resident the of the building was killed. at least seven other people were injured. amazing it wasn't a higher number. >>> overseas a dramatic day of testimony on day two of the murder trial of oscar pistorius. the former olympic sprinter, double amputee listened as a neighbor gave more testimony about what she heard that night when pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. and for the first time today we heard from the victim's mother. nbc's ayman mohyeldin was in the courtroom again today in pretoria. >> reporter: the heavy rain didn't slow oscar pistorius' dash into court. >> there's no mention about screaming. >> reporter: where today the defense challenged michelle burger, the neighbor who testified she heard screams and gunshots from the direction of pistorius' home. >> you heard that out of a closed toilet and a house 177 meters away. >> reporter: burger

this morning there's a lot of rain in pennsylvania, out through ohio and in toward the tennessee and ohio valleys. around here, it's just come into western west virginia. you see this right here? let me show you doppler 9000. this is all ground clutter once you get past the northern parts of maryland. that's ground clutter. when you get into the catoctins, smithsburg and williamsport, out here toward cumberland, this is where you see those showers moving to the east, northeast. temperatures in the mid-40s. martinsburg 44. cumberland 149. already 52 -- is 49. already 52 in winchester. temperatures in the 40s. that's why we're forecasting highs from the low to mid-60s across the region, even upper 60s in places like fredricksburg. near 70 in tappahannock. let's bring jessica doyle in. she has traffic for us. monika is off. it's early so, please, it's got to be quiet at this hour. >>> it's happy friday, howard bernstein. that's what i'm talking about. not looking bad. the american legion bridge is open. there was a crash on the inner loop earlier but that is cleared up. let's take a look at this. 95, 495 north of maryland, 201, this is in g

bird like dinosaur roomed the western united states 66 million or 68 million years ago 7' tall and weighed 500 pounds. in pittsburgh a copy is on display. that is in pennsylvania. it is "chicken from hell." there is no evidence it clucked and this is no way to know if it tasted like chicken. >> the walrus that gained fame during a pushup challenge with 49ers coach jim harbaugh is showing off again. check out the walrus demonstrating her sit up routine. this is from six flags discovery kingdom if vallejo. despite weighing 1,750 sounds, the walrus is limber and has great ab muscles. >> great. >> impressive. >> jim harbaugh has fun at six flags this the walrus who watched the coach pushup for pushup and was posted on youtube and aired on "good morning america" as well and here is proof it was friendly. the walrus gave coach harbaugh a big kiss. no word on whether he kissed back. >> no photo. only news continues at 5:30 with the top story including the warning ucsf is sending to thousands with sensitive information at risk. >> struggling bay area homeowners can get free help to manage thei >>> from the kgo broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> thanks for joining

western afghanistan. i came to know her over the past several years just because she traveled to the united states, but because she came to northeastern pennsylvania where i live. she met with folks in a lot of different places, including northeastern pennsylvania. to say that people have been inspired and moved by her story and by her activism is another understatement. she spearheaded an effort to build shelters for women, especially victims of domestic abuse, and she did this in a province. she aspires to start a restaurant owned and run by women in which female customers can gather and socialize in safety. we know security is still a very real challenge for afghans, particularly women and girls. solidifying the gains made over the last 12 years will require support from afghanistan security forces. for the past two years i have led an effort in the senate to ensure that the department of state and defense are working to bolster the role of women in the security force. in the defense authorization bills, i have work to put resources behind the recruitment and retention of women in the afghan national security forces. about 1800 brave women are

western influence. there is a picture of him at that press conference. let's go to john in pennsylvanian our line for republicans this morning. caller: hello. hello tonted to say everybody and thanks for c-span. everybody always talks about these issues, whether it is here or the other conflicts within nationstates or bordering states. freedom.ople wanting it's not as simple as that. this is about tribe and ethnicity dumping everything. -- trumping everything. work with georgian immigrants and people from the ukraine. i know people from russia. the same toactly us. but they don't consider themselves the same. for their own tribe and own ethnicity. that's the way the world. remember that the soviet union was a giant, multicultural experiment where the attempt was to get all these different to get rid ofr race, religion, tribalism and melt them all down through a powerful centralized your accuracy and make them into a new soviet man. it collapsed because when against human nature. the imperative of the human nature. when it collapsed under the weight of human nature, there was no explosio

western plains, upstate new york and northern new england. tomorrow rain from texas all the way into ohio and parts of pennsylvania.uthwest. texas going to be downright toasty with temperatur >>> 8:32. really nice conditions for the first day of spring here in the bay area. thank you for waking up with us. it will be just about as warm as it was yesterday. it was warm yesterday. 71 degrees. a warm day in san francisco. upper 70s for the north bay. also looking for that for the tri-valley. we'll stay nice and warm for tomorrow and the rain returns next week and a lot of it. starting late tuesday into friday, rain chances ramp up. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thanks very much. it wouldn't be the start of spring without sprucing up around your home. nate berkus is the produce of "american dream builders." what's the premise of the show? >> we have 12 of the top home designers in the country competing to win one prize. you know the makeover show where you see one show change? this week you see 30 before and afters by the end of the hour. by the end of the series, we completely renovate over 20 homes

western alliance along in that fashion. we have to be prepared to take other means to help willing understand that this will not work. --t: james makes this point patrick is joining us from pennsylvanialler: i am astounded by the misinformation and the misuse of facts that are completely incorrect. surrenderedgime has over 52% of the chemical weapons. hillary clinton who hit the nail on the head. there are information wars. when you hear the counsel for -- mitigations which is one $.3 trillion in western bank exposure in this region. can literally go on to a wonderful youtube channel called stolen clouds gathering and you can see a senior state department official negotiating the participation of a neo-nazi group in ukrainian government. plainly, they russian representative at the united nations that the nail on the head. thisid let's look at scenario, president obama is forced out of the white house by an angry mob into the arms of the in gradients. all of a sudden cover the congress says we are going to just put in a new president. the russian government has had a relationship with ukrainian crimea for over 1000 years. have put a lot of issues of the table. we will get a response.

and then general light horse harry reid took command of the force that went out to western pennsylvania. washington turned back from carlisle, went back to philadelphia. the troops did go out there. by the time they got out there the rebel camp have broken up completely. they found about 20 drunks. it was rather disgraceful. the troops are so angry they put the drunks and open carts and carted them back to philadelphia marched them down the street of philadelphia. they were tried for treason. all were acquitted except for two, and washington part and the other to. yes, ma'am. [inaudible] >> i'm sorry? [inaudible] >> is in the constitution. it's not a law. it's in the constitution. >> i have a question. in my mind the question is then, does the president, duly elected, violating the letter of the law usurped the very freedoms which we citizens are provided by the government just to save the republic? >> usurp is a very strong word. usurp means taking someone else's power, seizing someone else's power. and we have to say he assumed or asserted those powers, because after all, congress was