folks who shelled out for this, the zenith flash-matic television could change the channel and volumewith this device. looks like a death ray. the only victim? the need to get off the couch. ever. his invention helped to remake our world. imagine, you have a 1,000 channel universe, but you have to change them, one at a time? i know he changed my living room coffee table which looks about like this. it's a veritable eugene polly shrine. my lady likes to complain. why don't just get a universal remote. all this is so complicated. i just smile and say to myself, exactly. so tonight a special thank to you eugene polly who passed away this past sunday. he was 96. no, he never did win a nobel prize, but tonight he has the undying gratitude of many a happy king in his castle. anita. >> in tonight's health alert, perpetually chapped lips. they could be a precursor to cancer. tonight the signs you need to lack out for and why lip gloss could increase the danger. anita meyers spent years dealing with chapped lips. >> it was red and sometimes flakey. >> reporter: but she didn't think she had any

but then later working for zenith he came up with the first wireless tv remote control.ason behind a lot of large behinds in this country but mostly electronic advances. eugene polley was 96. >>> if you missed it over the weekend or only saw it once, what a finish at the preakness. this was the final call by track announcer larry collmus. >> it's bodemeister and i'll have another in a dramatic preakness. can i'll have another get there? here he comes. there's the wire! i'll have another did it! >> i'll have another edges out bodemeister and sets up a possible triple crown at the belmont stakes just 19 days from now. >>> what a poignant, tear-streaked moment during the last act of the last "snl" of the season. this past saturday night, mick jagger presided over a sad farewell for kristen wiig leaving the show after seven years as the female anchor of that cast. kristen was crying, her friends were crying. the last dance was with the boss lorne michaels. at least we get to see her in movies. >>> up next tonight, the show was free but not everybody could see it from home. >

pabst beer pavilion, and this is such a great story of captain pabst and his kind of reaching the zenith of his career. the pabst brewing company decided to exhibit pabst products at the world's fair in chicago in 1893. so captain pabst had this amazing pavilion built out of terra cotta and stained glass to display a 13-square foot model of all the pabst buildings in milwaukee created and burnished all in 24 karat gold. it was a very elaborate display. and so pabst, of course, was submitted into the contest to be chosen as america's finest beer, which it was. on every can and bottle of pabst blue ribbon today still has the note that this was chosen as america's finest beer in 1893. so with captain pabst with the gold medal in his hand and that's a little secret that there actually never was a blue ribbon. that was a marketing gimmick that captain pabst came up with in the 1880s. so with the gold medal in his hand, captain pabst had the entire structure dismantled, crated up, brought up to milwaukee and added on to the side of his mansion. so here we are in the pavilion, and so this was -

this reached at least in my mind, the zenith with mcpherson's pulitzer prize "battle cry of freedom." this was 1989 when he won the pulitzer prize. 1990, ken burns' documentary, famous documentary on the civil war. well, for me as a physician, and a historian, despite the brilliance of the writing, in my mind, something was always missing. an understanding of the brutality and medical realities inherent to the war, i wrote this back about, seven, eight years ago. when i did "blue and gray." surely if a description of armed conflict is ever to be considered faithful, than the brutality of combat as well as the painful physical and mental restoration needs to be spoken abouts the specifics of the soldier's ghastly wound, the description of a combatant's death following a surgical procedure or the awfulness of fatal diseases, sobering truth of warfare. having said that, the question always need to be answered, why do these wonderful writers, who have won all these awards, why do they not write about medicine during the civil war? if you go on mcpherson's book, 600 pages, there is are two

zenith gave him a $500 bonus. he was 96. you can earn virtual cash in the real world. signing up for the new american express "farmville" prepaid card is a game itself. >> thanks so much. 5:17. a check on traffic and weather. >> we have a lot to talk about. >> it has calmed down quite a bit. a few sprinkles if left over that will come to an end. and we will see sunshine and then more thundershowers later on today. it is an active week. >> we have been bracing for it. >> its unsettled. the weekend looks downright hot and humid. 90 degrees at for memorial day and a slight chance of late they thundershowers especially on sunday. let's look at what's happening right now in terms of warnings. we have a small stream flood warning in prince william county manassas, and manassas park until 10:00 a.m. stream and rivers have swollen due to the heavy rainfall. looked at the rainfall totals since monday. 5.07 inches in manassas. bristow had almost four inches. dew point 76 in leesburg. 2.5 in meyersville. temperatures in nei low 60's. -- there's sprinkles coming to an end in bethe

. >> maybe joel hadn't reached the compulsion to kill again hadn't reached a zenith to act out again.but for him it was 18 months. >> in late 1990 joel picks up julie blackbird under the manhattan bridge. his mother is again out of town, so they drive back to east meadow and julie spends the night. >> yeah, she slept some of that time, took a shower some of that time, watched tv. >> kind of like a relationship. >> hanging out, killing time. >> yeah, like friends. >> yeah. >> if you didn't know who you were listening to and what the outcome was, you would believe that they were a couple, you know, on a date. >> before driving her back to the city, joel agrees to go to an atm machine with withdraw extra money for julie. >> we were leaving and i hit her from behind once and then strangled her. >> why did you hit her? >> probably to stop her. >> but why, why did -- >> motivating? >> yeah, why? >> i'm not asking, you know, why did you hit -- i know you hit her so that you could incapacity her. that's clear. i'm asking you the why. what was the reason that you hit her? he just -- that just

he worked for zenith electronic for 47 years. he amassed 18 patents. mr.ly died after battling pneumonia. he was 96 years old. and made a huge impact on a lot of lives. >> imagine what we'd be doing if we didn't have that doohickey you speak of. >> yeah, we'd be watching one channel. what a lot of us would be doing. >> hopefully this one. >>> most of us enjoyed the mild winter but probably won't enjoy some of the effects of the warm weather. the first batch of mosquitoes are hatching early which means it could be one of the worst mosquito years ever. the insects are about six weeks ahead of schedule. officials are concerned about west nile virus activity also peaking earlier this year ahead of its usual time, august and september. >> we know the mosquito love that standing water. tom, we've gotten quite a bit of rain over the last couple of days. >> yes. and we have standing water this morning, residual in prince william county. and there is a -- the result of the heavy downpours earlier, around midnight or so. they have flood warning out for prince willia

polly lived in chicago his entire life working with zenith exercisics for 47 years. he amassed 18 patents in that time. polly died after battling pneumonia. he was 97 years old. >> lived a long life. and there are a lot of men who are very grateful for what he came up with. >> and women, too. >> yeah? >> yes. >> you don't mind getting up to change the channel, do you? >> i've become a -- it -- >> just there. >> if you lose it, you panic. >>> 5:27. >>> coming up, new legal problems for gary giordano. the incident that landed the maryland man back behind bars. >>> no laughing matter. the surprising e-mail parents at one area prep school got that is raising eyebrows. >>> and we're tracking more flooding. >>> stories making headlines at 5:30, more rain moving through the area is causing more problems in northern virginia, and we're learning more about road closures by the minute. >>> the director of the secret service will be on capitol hill today. what he is expected to tell a senate committee it the agency's prostitution scandal. >>> we're learning more about a deadly

eugene poly worked for zenith back in 1955 when he invented the wireless tv remote.called the flashmatic remote. he was 77 years old, and we thank him for his work. >>> now back to the kids suspended by a senior prank. i wanted to read to you the statement from the principal of the high school. this is an e-mail to staff and parents, this statement. "while i believe the students' intent was not malicious, this activity was extremely disruptive to traffic flow and the beginning of our school day. it was also potentially dangerous due to the traffic lanes that were used due to that activity." didn't mean to not include that. >> what's odd about that is her concern was due to everything the police had under control because they were escorted by a cruiser. >> the students said they didn't want to tell the principal because that's a point of a senior prank. a lot of schools have zero tolerance policies for senior pranks. >> coming up, america's biggest super models, singers, and actresses right alongside amanda knox. what could they all have in common? it's an odd one. ki

rca, zenith, the big electronic companies at the time sending letters not just one guy, but thinking maybe if we send them to give us one of the so we can test it. .. >> they did share the technology. that is an interesting part of this story to you. why is that? >> in later years, after the 1950s committed had to share. the consent decree of the united states government only allow them to use their technology for telephone applications which were military operations. it is true that they could have, theoretically, kept this to themselves. even though they have this monopoly status, there was some internal correspondence at the time. they felt it was too big and too significant, which almost enters the previous question, too, that i was so big that they had to share it. that the idea that this essentially public funded laboratory to keep this technology to itself, it would not have been acceptable. >> let's ask you something and then we will talk about innovation and how you proceed there period it is worth noting that they had a few misses, right? described picturephone. >> yes, the

even microsoft and zenith just doesn't compare.acebook, a case to be made for other tech companies. this company is incredible. >> wow. >> interesting hearing from him. just simply hearing from him f starting to get accustomed to sort of him being the leader. you know, you still think of jobs somehow standing there behind him. but, of course, that's not the case and hasn't been that for a bit of time. tv, man. you know, we'll see. we've been hearing about the rumors for so long. the question is when do we see the real first evidence of a key move there. >> hyper jeffreys beginning trial production of the tv. and cook himself saying that we're going to see how far this string brings us, the string of tv. and it's interesting to hear him talk about possible acquisitions. not looking for a large acquisition at this time, but leaving open that possibility of using some of its cash in that way in addition to the dividend it started paying this year. >> i want the product. that was my first thing. i want the product. i'm going to say put

here is the thing, i worked in sports radio in san diego while he was in the zenith, going into san diego was, he had an unbelievable personality especially here on the couch. i'm wondering in the big picture, 20 years, punishing position like linebacker, came out of retirement to play when he had injuries and i remember dave doerson said he killed himself and he said i want my brain donated to science. a whole bunch of nfl players are saying, i'm suing the nfl for not telling us about the risk of head injuries and playing through concussion. we don't know what led to this. he might have been dealing with flat out depression. but ray easterling killed him instead of his 40s. this is something i think a will get bigger and bigger as they investigate why a guy who had so much couldn't see it that way. >> gretchen: and he was supposed to be going on a trip to hawaii with his skids looking forward to it. we'll see what happens in the investigation. coming up next oh, out of the wild and live on our plaza, bear grills is here. >> steve: bill hemmer is upstairs where it's not raining. >> i'll t

rca, zenith, the big electronic companies at the time sending letters not just one guy, but thinkingf we send them to give us one of the so we can test it. .. >> they did share the technology. that is an interesting part of this story to you. why is that? >> in later years, after the 1950s committed had to share. the consent decree of the united states government only allow them to use their technology for telephone applications which were military operations. it is true that they could have, theoretically, kept this to themselves. even though they have this monopoly status, there was some internal correspondence at the time. they felt it was too big and too significant, which almost enters the previous question, too, that i was so big that they had to share it. that the idea that this essentially public funded laboratory to keep this technology to itself, it would not have been acceptable. >> let's ask you something and then we will talk about innovation and how you proceed there period it is worth noting that they had a few misses, right? described picturephone. >> yes, they had a