william randolph hearst newspapers are not for sale in any sense. but his economic reality forced him to sell. and so cissy bought not all leave the "washington herald" but also the evening paper, the washington times and merged them in 1929. one reporter described the merger as electric in that washington went for the product like trout for a head. one of the interesting things about the times herald was the damnedest paper to hit the streets. she had the bright idea to make it a locally focused paper but also to use the irresistible elements of the tribune and new york daily news in the along with the william randolph hearst syndicate items and she had taken these elements that usually not at war and put them side by side and created her own sort of irresistible makes. it was a guilty pleasure. people might not admit they read it the circulation statistics don't lie and it was the leading paper through the end of the new deal and for the war until her death in 1948. this is a small description of what she did. although cissy patterson shed the vit

but william randolph hearst wrote a letter to his mother--once quoting, then, from mr.rst-- that if he could spend a month anywhere in the world, it would be at the ranch at san simeon. >> today, william randolph's cowboy dreams are being lived out by his gisat-grandson steve hearst. the now 80,000-acre hearst ranch is one of the largest and oldest working cattle ranches on the california coast. but when the new generation of hearsts took over, the question quickly became, how can the ranch keep thriving in the modern era? >> and it was my ranch manager cliff garrison who said, "gee, steve, it's a shame we couldn't do anything with our beef." and i said, "well, why couldn't we?" and so ultimately we started pursuing the grass-fed beef, and it fit right in with the whole conservation solution for the property. >> it's fun. it's a picnic every day. you know, we love it. it's a beautiful place and a great place to work. >> so from the shadow of their famous neighbor, the hearst ranch is stepping into the spotlight these days with their brand-w grass-fed beef operation. gra

one of the tribune's great rivals was william randolph hearst. when he made his first incursions into the midwest the result was people actually died in the circulation wars. in a gesture that cissy patterson sa as gallant and irritating to her brother and cousin, offered cissy patterson the chance to start writing for him. then he gave her the chance to edit his "washington herald" which was running fifth in the washington market in the 1920s. cissy patterson had a number of boyfriend after her second marriage several of whom were legendary newspaper men. walter howie was a colorful character who is the model for the main character in the play the front page. and others. one of them a lieutenant famous for creating huge circulation. with the help of her brother and cousin and william randolph hearst and arthur brisbane who is credited or faulted with creating yellow journalism, she took the washington herald in august of 1930. during her tenure -- when she first arrived in the city room it was filled with old curmudgeons who were skeptical to sa

at the same time, william randolph hearst was starting to go to bankruptcy and cissy happened to have a lot of cash on hand, and with the mystery is, marion davies, they loaned about a million dollars to meet payroll on the next week and that sort of indented him to her and when he said financial advisers were trying to unload the newspapers which was understandably very upsetting he didn't tend to want to part with them and needless to say the newspapers are not for sale in any sense, but his economic reality forced him to sell and so, cissy bald not only the herald, the paper she had been editing but also the evening paper, the "the washington times" and merged them in 1939 and one reporter described the merger as electric and that washington went for the product like a trout four of smadi and so one of the interesting things about cissy's times harold this was the paper described as the damnedest paper to hit the streets she had the bright idea to first of all make a very locally focused paper also to use the irresistible elements of the tribune and the new york daily news syndicat

at the same time william randolph first was certain to go into bankruptcy.yet overextended himself. and cissy happened to have a lot of cash on hand, and with hearst mistress, marion davies, they loan hearst about a million dollars when we can so we could meet payroll for next week. and that sort of indebted him to her. and when his financial advisers were trying to unload some of his newspapers which was understandably very upsetting to hearst, he didn't want to part with them. hearst newspapers are not for sale in any sense. but his economic reality forced him to sell. and so, cissy bought not only the herald from him, the paper should in editing, but also his evening paper, the "washington times." and merge them in 1939. one reporter to scribes the merger as electric, and that washington went from like a trout to apply. and so one of the interesting things about cissy's time here was this was the paper that was described as being the damnedest paper to ever hit the streets. and she had the bright idea to personal make it a very locally focused paper but a

and another fellow, william randolph hearst. specifically what can you say about that relationship, specifically the gubernatorial races and the 1922 presidential nomination process? >> let's start with beverly gage. >> hearst is one of the towering figures of this moment and he turns into one of smith's great critics and he's sort of the man around which smith learns how to deal with the press in many ways. i know you, we were talking earlier and you said you had been writing about this in great detail, the milk issue and hearst's attacks on smith. >> oh, god. yeah. great question. glad dave brought this up because william randolph hearst was probably one of the most controversial government figures or quasi-government figures in new york history. he was a two-term congressman from new york. he basically bought the seat. he tried to get the nomination in 1904 for president of the united states. he lost that. he runs for governor in 1906 against charles evans hughes and loses. he runs for new york city mayor and loses. many by h

and another fellow, william randolph hearts. -- hearst. specifically what can you say about that relationship, specifically the gubernatorial races and the 1922 presidential nomination process? >> let's start with beverly gauge. >> hearst is one of the towering figures of this moment and he turns into one of smith's great critics and he's sort of the man around which smith learns how to deal with the press in many ways. i know you, we were talking earlier and you said you had been writing about this in great detail, the milk issue and smith --'s attacks on smith jment oh, god. yeah. great question. glad dave brought this up because william randolph hearst was probably one of the most controversial government figures or quasi-government figures in new york history. he ways two-term congressman from new york. he basically bought the seafments tried to get nomination in 1904 for president of the united states. he lost that. he runs for governor in 1906 against charles evans hughes and loses. he runs for new york city mayor and loses. many by

they called it the bum blockade and they got the los angeles times and william randolph hearst in the secret with you? i had seen it on a map. and i'm pretty sure that los angeles is about as far west as you can get. what was the l.a.p.d. doing setting up in a legal roadblock hundreds of miles to the ease stopping other americans from coming into the state of california as though it were a foreign country? and where does their jurisdiction and? long island? i just don't get it. anyway was unconstitutional. they didn't care about it. what they were doing was stopping and turning back anybody who looked like a non-employable. that is the word they used. how could you prove you weren't unemployable? you would reach into your pocket and pull out 50 bucks and if you could show 50 bucks at the old do remi to the border guard you might make it into the golden state of california where you'd assured to get a less than warm welcome anyway. so woody took a look at that situation and he said kind of a musical postcard to the folks back home thinking of pulling up stakes and coming out to califor

california and they call it the bum blockade and they got the thanks of the "los angeles times" and william randolphs you could get. what the l.a.p.d. setting up an illegal roadblock hundreds of miles to the east stopping other americans from coming into the state of california as though it was a foreign? where does their jurisdiction end, long island? i just don't get it. it was unconstitutional. they didn't care about it. what they were doing stopping and turning back anybody who liked like unemployable. that's the words they used. now, how could you prove that you weren't an unemployable. you would reach into your pocket and pull out 50 bucks and if you could doe 50 bucks to the border guard you might just make it into the golden state of california where you would be sure to get a less than warm welcome anyway. so woodie take a look at that situation and he sent kind of a musical postcard to the folks back home thinking of pulling up stakes and asking out of california maybe they better think again. ♪ now lots of folks back east they say they're leaving home most day ♪ ♪ they're beating that har

and another fellow, william randolph hearst. specifically what can you say about that relationship, specifically the gubernatorial races and the 1922 presidential nomination process? >> let's start with beverly gage. >> hearst is one of the towering figures of this moment and he turns into one of smith's great critics and he's sort of the man around which smith learns how to deal with the press in many ways. i know you, we were talking earlier and you said you had been writing about this in great detail, the milk issue and hearst's attacks on smith. >> oh, god. yeah. great question. glad dave brought this up because william randolph hearst was probably one of the most controversial government figures or quasi-government figures in new york history. he ways two-term congressman from new york. he basically bought the seat. he tried to get the nomination in 1904 for president of the united states. he lost that. he runs for governor in 1906 against charles evans hughes and loses. he runs for new york city mayor and loses. many by ha

particularly, william randolph hearst, they were after him and after him, one of the most powerful newspapern. smith openly acknowledged it. a lot of it was done and talked about through innuendo -- john mentioned earlier about a whispering campaign. it was not something that would be said in the press, but the press would feed into these images. i think smith, from my reading of it, he was behind from the first with the press in part because there was so much coded language being used and in part because the press had this feisty, irascible personality that they liked to write about but were often quite contemptuous of it and really set a public narrative that did not afford him the respect he deserves. >> i think one of the things that is interesting about smith in the press is that he loved the press. he used to hold press conferences here in albany, the press corps got to be very close to him. he had a great relationship of what was on and off the record. except for the battles with hearst and his newspapers in new york state, he really enjoyed that. when he left the safe confines of new

from william randolph hearst, with the irish nationalists and all those. the other day, the german- americans vote goes to wilson. he does not elucidate the campaign themes well. he is opposed to the tariff. it is not a popular position for the republicans that year. there are labor issues. there are labor issues that are very important. there are two things that prop -- cross him up. even though as governor of new york, he has an admirable record. he establishes cases, that entire system. the first in the country. there's also labor regulations put in place for the first time. he is really a champion of labor. but there there are two things that happened. but then the infamous california trip, which we will get into later, there are two things that happen. the one thing that is never talked about, he blunders into san francisco, and the chamber of commerce tried to do this in -- trying to break the unions, particularly in the restaurants and wanted to be open shop. in other words, you do not have to join the union. the four-star restaurants to offer up op

northbound 95, dumfries up to the prince william parkway, only the right lane is able to get through. if you are coming southbound on 29, randolphd passing industrial parkway, about 35 miles per hour. so that is typical at this hour. southbound 95 for those traveling out of laurel headed down towards the beltway, maintaining about 60 miles per hour trying to get past 198 and 212 and again on 270. delays in germantown starting to back up but again maintaining 65 miles per hour headed down towards 370. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> now to today's top stories. two tragic cases involving children in montgomery county. both of them murdered. their stepfathers are suspected in their deaths. on the right side of the screen, afterren intense search, police believe they have found the body of 11-year- old william mcquain. we'll have more on that story coming up in just a moment. stacy cohan is live with the news of an arrest in the murder of another young child, jessica nip. she joins us now from police headquarters in rockville. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you may remember this story. this was back in ma