richmond at 61. charleston at 54 and 50 in to pittsburgh. and by tomorrow a hot one if you are heading to richmond, 90 degrees there and 82 in to washington. seven-day forecast, not too bad. you decide. a today looks good. and then a chance of showers, around 84 on thursday. by friday ample sunshine. saturday a chance of showers in the forecast and 77 degrees. mother's day is cooler but stellar. ♪ ♪ (announcer) yoplait's perfect blend of real fruit and the goodness of dairy... ...is just a peel away. explore all 25 delicious flavors. yoplait. it is so good. i make my efforts count... so i switched to the freestyle promise® program... a unique program that gives me... the support i need, free. free access to a certified diabetes educator... so i can ask about diet and the insulin i use. i got a free meter. and test strip discounts. so i can spend more on what i really want. i count on the freestyle promise® program. make it count for you! only the freestyle program gives you discounts, support, and more. enroll today. come on in, and i'

blacks who thought he was a god when he came through richmond. there was enormous opposition to this they did a dedication to this and if you are interested later ensure that he can tell you about some of the things that went on to block the statue from being put their and tremendous negativity. they even hired an airplane to fly over trailing large banners against lincoln and have the statue removed, what surprised me to their credit the statue has never been defaced in any way and you see it is today as you see in richmond. now, one thing i didn't tell you about the hurwitz statues is there are 134 hero with statues of abraham lincoln. for more and any other individual on that phase of the earth and 26 of them are an forum countries. this is london, england that parliament square. it is the most beautiful one by the great american sculptor, august. there are lincoln statutes in oslo, norway, austria, london, edinburgh, scotland, new delhi, ecuador, tokyo, juarez, mexico. they are all over the world. there's an interesting story that goes with t

lived there until his early teens, after which he was apprenticed in richmond. after studying law in richmond, virginia, he traveled to kentucky with his family. they had moved there while he was in richmond. >> there is a painting of his home in lexington, kentucky in your book. where did the name ashland come from? >> from the trees that were on the property. >> if you were to describe him physically -- he looked thin in all of his pictures. >> he was a fair tall man. he resembled in posture and build andrew jackson in that regard. he was not handsome by anyone's estimation, but at the same time, he had an animated way of speaking that was charismatic, drew people to him. many people say that you could never know clay from portraiture or photographs, because to freeze him in them is to drain all of the vitality and charisma out of him. he had a very wide mouth. as he puts it on his passport, the chin he describes as not particularly prominent, long nose, and translucent blue eyes which no portrait painter ever really attempted to capture. it was like a weinman

the plan was to capture or kidnap, taken to richmond, turn him over to the confederate leadership where he would become a pawn either for prisoner exchange for a peace conference or some sort of settlement with the confederacy. the assassination only came after richmond fell and was evacuated by the confederates and lincoln's value as ransom drop considerably. booth decided to go to plan ii which was not revenge. because he targeted the vice-president of the united states, andrew johnson who was to be assassinated the same night by a boatman. secretary of state william seward was to be assassinated by lewis powell and his sidekick, david harold. the object being to decapitate the federal government in one fell swoop. vice-president, secretary of state. next. originally general ulysses grant. the question is what would have happened to the government had they been successful? had a decapitated the government? the idea being that he it would throw the union into chaos and allow the confederacy some breathing time to regroup and pulled itself back together. something people don't realize i

. >> first call for her comes from richmond, virginia. good afternoon, richmond, please go ahead with your question. >> i just wanted to ask, with the huge bailout, is there a danger with that? with the devaluation of the currency through inflation or whatever? >> well, i think the currency question is good. a lot of people want to know if any of these problems will affect the dollar. and so far they haven't. and part of the reason why is because all these assets, all of the transactions, all of the marketing was very global. so problems that happened on one side that might have emanated from the united states for most of the manufacturing of these assets were taking place. and most of the bailouts and the subsidies to fix the market were given out, there's still impacts across the world from having been involved in those products. so like technically the dollar shouldn't remain as strong by virtue of the fact that we have and continue to hold so much money behind these assets. without really knowing where they went. they didn't just disa

richmond and norfolk, it's a cooler 49. pittsburgh and 50s to charleston. with high pressure in control this time of the year with the warm temperatures and the building of pollution, we have the moderate air quality. this is something they have to pay attention to, especially into the warm, muggy weather. that's the case today. high wind, clear skies, and a beautiful start to the day, extending down to the gulf coast states states where the frontal boundary off the coastline and through central florida, that's actually good news for calming down the seas across the gulf coast. for all efforts to try to contain the oil spill. we actually set our sights to the next frontal boundary to race in through here tomorrow. it should be a very very minor event. otherwise, a great day today and tonight. tomorrow's frontal boundary pushing through for the afternoon. yesterday i expected showers to push through 2:00 to 4:00, and they stayed well north of the border in pennsylvania. this one indicates there's energy across the chesapeake. it would be a brief event. don't

there is a feeling it does not address the demand that iran holds all in richmond. sanctions are still a possibility. ethiopia's party looks for a landslide in the national election. sunday's poll has been condemned by a group as theater. it says the ruling party of the prime minister intimidated people into voting for it. bp has pledged $500 million to study the impact of the oil spill on the gulf of mexico. the chief executive says his firm is committed to doing all it can to lessen the impact. south korea has announced sanctions against the north over the torpedo attack that sank one of its warships. this includes any north korean ships from south korean waters. there are some signs china may exert new pressure. the u.s. will join an anti- summary of excise -- anti- submarine exercise. >> how to respond without risking further escalation. here is what he plans to do. >> south korea will ban all north korean ships from its waters. we will suspend all trade links and refer incidents to the u. n. the warship was split in half by an explosion that hit without warning

at 60 degrees elkins, richmond 68. the satellite radar, low pressure moving in from the north, bringing an unsettled weather conditions tomorrow. the breeze off the bay will keep the temperature slightly below average. rain in the forecast, chance of thunderstorms. the forecast tonight, showers, heavier rain expected, isolated thunder, but not expecting anything severe. upper 50's, low 60's. tomorrow morning, patchy fog, otherwise cloudy and cool, showers, temperatures in the 60's by the afternoon. showers and thunderstorms again, 70-75 degrees. much-needed rain. unfortunate is happening over the weekend. better days ahead. the extended outlook, temperatures warm nicely monday, mid-70s. showers and it at midday. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, high pressure settles across the mid-atlantic. that means warmer temperatures, at 80 degrees, lots of sunshine. looks like a stretch of pleasant days will continue. keep the umbrella handy for the day tomorrow. >> and then we have summer-like weather. that sounds good, thank you, s

down towards richmond and norfolk, clear skies. a new map showing throughout the spring and summer season, moderate category, and that's the case across the mid- atlantic. normal conditions expected with light winds and the sunshine allow things to build up into the afternoon hours. overall high pressure extending into the gulf coast. pushing the frontal boundary off the coast. good news for the winds to settle down. they may push north easterly thanks to the pressure and trying evade the oil slick trying to make its way on shore across the panhandle of florida. we will see how it helps with conditions and the oil cleanup efforts down there across the gulf. as far as we are concerned, mild between the weather systems. the next front racing in here tomorrow afternoon. today, mostly clear sky tonight. remember yesterday? we talked about the boundary that could give us an afternoon shower it didn't happen. this one looking more impressive, but not much. philly to new york and england at 1:00, we watch it breakup across the bay. a surg

quality today as we report across the mid-atlantic, but 65 the current start temperature. 65 also towards richmond. look at the moisture flow from the atlantic the one thing i showed you from maryland's most powerful doppler radar earlier, it's west and we continue to have rain falling around the beltway but the regional radars are not showing it up. i can't explain why, i'm just telling you it is the case this morning. it's wet but doesn't look like it. the moisture continues from the east/southeast, piles in the tropical feel and look at the heavy rain across the carolinas and look at that system here. there is a system off of the coast, sitting nearly a thousand miles away from the carolina coastline and this particular storm may very well get a name as we head on in through this weekend. hurricane center is watching this. it could be the first tropical system which would be alex on the 2010 list. this storm already dumping heavy rain along the carolina coastline. it will nudge closer but computer models indicating it won't make shore. though a week ahead of schedule for the start of hurricane

richmond, cooling done to 68 degrees. lots of high clouds have moved in now. and we're looking at some showers coming through west virginia. is associated with th front. cloudy in the morning. dry in the morning. and during the afternoon we could see storms firing up. take a look at columbus, ohio. stretching down to louisville. there in kentucky. a strong line of thunderstorms coming through. but, as far as the showers and west virginia, yes, been producing, just a little bit. 500th of an inch. 70 in alexandria. 69, fairfax. huntington at 67. .500 inch of rain. the system driving eastward. see the dip in the jet stream. then have a pattern change by wednesday of next week. that will go up to memorial day weekend. with a lot of heat. and temperatures that will, i think we close to 90 degrees. perhaps in the low 90s for mep more yal d -- memorial day weekend. scattered showers saturday. then rain is likely for sunday. especially the early part of the day. until noontime. to 2:00, 3:00. then get breaks in the cloud cover. a thunderstorm or two during the afterno

the heaviest of the rains now moved on towards richmond, partiesburg and norfolk. sunday night showers to deal with. that area of low pressure drifts farther to the south. cloud cover around tomorrow, but less rain than what we have been seeing the last day and a half to two days. high pressure slowly building its way down the eastern seaboard. going to push that limb trough of low pressure further and further down to the south. so tomorrow, a lot of clouds but not too much in the way of rainfall amounts for tomorrow. as we get into tuesday, i think we will finally start to see breaks of sunshine coming back, wednesday, thursday, friday timeframe, a-okay. good weather to head into labor -- memorial day weekend. cloudy and damp, passing showers out there, a little touch of may humidity as well. waking up tomorrow morning, cloudy and damp, scattered showers a possibility. temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s to get your monday trip to work and school started. and tomorrow, plenty of clouds, scattered showers around, still on the cool side for this time of the yea

look at richmond at 87 degrees. a very hot day to the south. we'll continue to see the warmth building up out of the south but it's clashing with cooler air out of the great lakes so we'll see showers and thunderstorms over parts of indiana, parts of ohio so there are severe thunderstorm watches at this time and there's already storms firing up, up there. you can see towards toledo and sandusky, ohio but for us, mainly clear conditions and we'll see that through the overnight and i think this front is actually going to scoot through the area by tomorrow but not really give us any showers. maybe western maryland, north of us and then popping up on the eastern shore and then as we get through the day on friday, looks like more sunshine starting off the weekend and then start to see the next front approach from the west to give us changes as we get into saturday. late friday night, saturday a chance for showers. looks like for tomorrow, 82 degrees. sun and clouds. pretty much nice day for the most part. looking at friday, 79 degrees and sunshine.

and a one-year-old died in july after a richmond day care worker left him in a van for seven hours. >> it was a mistake. i can't take that back f i could, i would. >> when i talk to parents, i say do not assume anything. >> reporter: linda smith is the executive director of national association of child care resource and referral agencies which rates states on how well they regulate day care. she says virginia, maryland and d.c. do well when it comes to inspecting large child care centers with multiple employees inform your child goes to a smaller in-home facility run out of a private home, it is another story. >> i think in this area, virginia is the concern. >> reporter: they ranked virginia at the very bottom of its annual survey this year because it doesn't license or inspect day cares with five children are less. smith says that means the people inside do not need to get a background check, a sex offender check, a child abuse check or any training whatsoever. >> and when i say training, i don't mean, you know college courses in advanced child development. i'm talking about has so

there is activity on the ramp. 95 between richmond and baltimore, everything in your favor. let's look at montgomery county at the beltway at colesville road, headlights are the outer loop side. if metro's first trains out on time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> prince william county police said 34-year-old maria chicas and her baby were last seen monday morning in woodbridge. she needs medication for illness and she was pushing the toddler in a stroller. >>> d.c. police continue to investigate the suspicious death. investigators found a body of a southeast woman in an apartment along the 4200 block of first st. se just moments after her adult son jumped out of a window. courtney robinson is telling us another family member could be involved. >> that's right. they're calling him a person of interest. they are still looking for him as they continue this investigation. as police investigate, dumpsters in the area around cascade park apartment complex, neighbors are stunned, saying they never saw any warning signs. >> you never see this in this particular area. >> officers desc

you realize the court billing, if you are in richmond come down, and i mean this. i would love to give you a personal tour. and the building was built in 1858, and if you know just a modicum, you know that when the federal government built that building it was confiscated by the confederacy, and jefferson davis, his office was in the building where i sit. can you imagine that, who would have thunk it. and i sit out and look on the fourth floor and the capitol that jefferson designed. and looking on those monuments and things. even though at the time it may have been unfathomable. i thank god for our framers that gave us the framework of a justice. so road map, even though they were not walking that road or living all the freedom and equality. but they gave us a road map that one day we might find our way. and you stand in that road. but i say don't stand, walk into that road and into your season of faith and encourage. and don't let anyone tell you this is not for you. all of those wonderful words and those words of equality, they were meant for you not to horde bu

confederate secret service the escape route was known as the confederate male line from washington to richmond to baltimore to new york and montreal it passed documents up and down the line. it existed all through the war the staffed by confederate agents and booth tapped into them and given their a dollar the way. this is the top signal service agent jones. this is his house huckleberry provide did want to mention is every single one of these places still exist today. they are under private ownership two of them are public the sderot house and dr. mud house our public it makes for a marvelous tour you can see all of the places it does not change much except for the siting and improving the we have a picture when it was a day log house identical with the three dormers. here is the pine thicket. takes them down to this short of the potomac river and now 9:00 p.m. at night this is the spot from where they launched to go across. if you virtu turn to your right to if you just look you will see where it was hit the boat was hidden for one week. they pull it out he pointed in the direction on the co

but look at richmond, they are 70 degrees already this hour. warmer air well to the south. they were into the 90s down here yesterday. this is what we're going to get moving our way as we head into the later part of the week. we're going to get this southerly flow and that will boost our temperatures and we'll see a big difference from where we have been. so low pressure system will slide through to the south, chance of those storms into the course of this afternoon and into this evening. so once again be prepared if you are going out. ridge of high pressure behind all of this so if we move through into about tuesday through thursday, we'll get a benefit of that. that will hold us up stead for some sunshine. and then we have to keep an eye on a back door frontal system moving through and a coastal system off the carolinas but the ridge of high pressure could keep the coastal low at bay for us. so shower this is morning, some fog. isolated thunderstorms into the course of the afternoon. a high of 74 degrees. isolated storms for this evening as well but overnight we're talkin

. >> tonight's nascar sprint cup race in richmond, virginia, is named after heath calhoun. he won a contest which gives him the honor of starting the race and handing out the winner's trophy. he loved to swim, golf, cycle and run. all the more amazing considering what happened to calhoun seven years ago. heath calhoun tells us story. t. heath calhoun tells his story. >> say hi. nobody coming hard. >> i just remember as a child, you know, my grandfather listening to the nascar races. >> inside on the 70. sitting out on the front porch of his house. >> just really gave me my love for nascar. the green flag is in the air. >> my name is staff sergeant heath calhoun. i serve the united states army in iraq. on the morning of november 7, 2003, we were traveling to an observation post. they fired a rocket into the rear. i can remember looking down to see the pants of my uniform being torn. i didn't see my leg. i didn't know much about amputations, prosthetics or what life was going to be like. learning to use the prosthetics was a huge boost in my life. it gave me back what i had l

while the 12-year-old daughter watched over seven kids downstairs and a 1-year-old died in july after a richmond day care worker left him in a van for seven hours. >> it was a mistake. i can't take that back. >> when i talk to parents, i say don't assume anything. >> reporter: linda smith is the executive director of the national association of child care resource referral agencies or nacra, regulating states on how well they regulate day care. she said virginia, maryland and d.c. do well when it comes to inspecting large child care centers with multiple employees. if your child goes to a smaller in-home facility run out of a private home, it's another story. >> i think in this area, virginia, is a concern. >> reporter: nacra ranksva virginia at the bottom of the survey. it doesn't license or 99 day cares with five which were or less and smith said that means the people inside don't need to get a background check, a sex offender check, a child abuse check or any training whatsoever. >> and when i say training, i don't mean, you know, college courses in advanced child development. i'm talking abo

richmond, heading that way they will be warmer than everybody. by noon mid to upper 70 and temperatures 80, maybe the low 80s in a couple of spots. a great, dry, sunny afternoon ahead. angie? >> virginia, virginia, looking good out there. a live look at 50 and 29. nice and sunny. volume is fine out in the fairfax area. if we move over to chain bridge and glebe road. the same situation. no incidents or accidents to report out to this area. finally, we will fly the dulles toll road past the airport toward herndon, reston to 66 or whether you are hopping on this capital beltway you will find good volume. it is 6:37. we'll be right back. stay with us. mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. as if it wasn't enough to make it with a full third pound... of 100% angus beef, they had the audacity to use a bakery-style bun... and crinkle cut the pickles. there's no denying it, that's a third strip of bacon. have they no shame! angus axiom #39: it's an embarrassment of riches. the astonishing angus third pounders. all angus. all mcdonald's. ♪ ba

>> in richmond, virginia. >> what is it called? >> shopko moto. i work on european bikes. these are mostly vintage bikes, vintage cachet that makes people willing to spend the money on them and it's a very small operation. >> any reason in particular you don't work on highways? >> yeah, people ask me sometimes why don't work on harleys and what i generally say is that i work on motorcycles, not lifestyles. i'm just not qualified to help them with their lifestyle issues. it's beyond my competence. >> what is soulcraft? >> well, actually the title of the book was a play on the title of the book i george will that came out 20 years ago. his was statecraft and soul craft and i thought it was funny to replace statecraft with shop class. i guess if pressed to define it would mean education, the forming of souls. >> what does that mean? >> well, we often think of education and very narrow terms of acquiring may be a mere road set of technical skills. but i think most people would agree that it entails some kind of education of the affection, disconnected actually can be connected

personal on this, but what would you y about the spending on e washington rail between washington and richmond? >> we have supported job generating projects. the studies in the metropolitan area in -- from which i, and represent, virginia could grow 165,000 jobs with that kind of investment. that has always been my position. but when we are looking at some of the items that we are scussing here on the you cut options, these are options that are niceties. host: what do you think about theop you cut program. is it a good idea or a gimmick? the numbers are on the screen. what do you think about this you cut program? a good idea, or a gimmick? we want to hear from you. if you're a couple of things that have been pos to the iran eric cantor's blogging, or on the representatives aside. "z it includes tax payers subsidize union activities, is how they phrased it. $600 million in savings, according to erick kanter's site. federal employees unions collect millions in revenue each year and spend significant amounts on political activities and lobbying so that they will also be subsidized by the taxpayer

in fact all cities from the mid-atlantic, pittsburgh to philly, to richmond and norfolk in the moderate category. high pressure in control, light winds. high pressure slides off the coast and we'll have a changeable weather pattern the next few days. we're in pretty decent shape as the frontal boundary still stalled across north/central florida but pushing off the eastern seaboard. we've been watching an easterly wind across the gulf coast, this helps to keep the oil slick just off the florida panhandle and hopefully to help with some of the efforts down there to contain that oil spill. as far as we're concerned the next weather system tries to race in here by tomorrow. high pressure, clear skies. tomorrow, generally a frontal boundary that could get a little active in the afternoon. we showed this model yesterday. it didn't really do anything in the afternoon. most of the rain was kept north of the border in through pennsylvania but this one extends through southern maryland, southeast virginia, spotty shower around baltimore. more stuff contained around philadelphia and up towards new

richmond park. normally, as they advance, they would be taken but the lib dem surge may protect the seats against the conservative advance. david cameron needs more labor seats to get further down in this direction. as he tries for those six early receipts, there are better protected against the conservative advance but the thrust of all of this is david cameron does not have enough to come to the doorstep of #10 and go through the door with an overall majority. this extraordinary election takes place with nobody knowing how it will turn out. the talk is of a hung parliament. we have not seen anything like it in a generation since harold wilson. the man who was his principal private secretary wrote to this confidential account of what happened. he is in westminster now. lord armstrong, if a gordon brown or not to get the largest number of constituencies, could he remain as prime minister? >> he could explore whether there any means by which he could make a coalition or an understanding or of arrange

and i mentioned it to a curator friend, actually it was then generated at the visual arts center in richmond. she said instead of an article, why not work on an exhibit? i was really intrigued by the idea of an exhibit that would bring together world history narratives and full colored photographs of women who have served in wartime. and i love the idea of bringing peace activists and active duty military personnel in the same space to view these images and read these narratives. interestingly enough, when i first proposed this to the virginia foundation, people their loved the idea but they wanted me, before they gave me a grant, to sign a statement that said that this was not exclusively an antiwar project. interestingly enough people in the military never thought of this as an antiwar project and, in fact, one public affairs officer suggested that it could be a great recruiting tool. so i thought it would be really interesting to work on a project that had this kind of residents from both sides. so sasha and i set off to interview and photograph 52 women in in from all branches of the mil

and now this pickle company from richmond, virginia, had its eyes on this last rant that already do say so much of the area that the largest coal soared in the hemisphere, nearly $8 million of toxic waste sitting in a pond, of an earthen dam up in the hill and down the slope in a little valley where villages and elementary schools, that if the earth and dam broke like what happened with bob look record marche county kentucky in your 2010 or what happened to your neighbors in the tv a pond. that about 1000 people in the value would have four minutes to flee a 72-foot tidal wave of coal sludge. and they are plastic with a few hundred feet of this honeycombed sludge to get to the last and past the mound that i said i don't want to talk about this do. i'm tired of talking about the lack coal. my book is about the tribes, the resiliency of these amazing people who worked with the and berrigan natives, work to save the land of the people, who marched and we got our first union in 1870s. my grandfather had an eight hour workday. and he earned it because of the union. and then he broke with the

that is a republican program, the richmond to washington d.c. high-speed rail. erick kanter said it will make 165,000 jobs. the democrats need to step up and include a bunch of cuts like steny hoyer suggested. you know, cut that high-speed rail. the republicans want to cut the democratic programs. the democrats have to come up with some cuts in the republican programs. that is the only way it works. host: let's cut all of our foreign aid until the money is back. this is the front page of the wall street journal this morning. plymouth, mass., chuck on the independent line. chuck, what do you think about the you cut program, a good idea or a gimmick? caller: it is a gimmick. anything that is not talking about jobs or trade at this time are just gimmicks. host: all right, and you have more? go ahead. caller: two things. if i buy something i pay 5% sales tax. if i do not i pay no tax. i want a 1% derivatives tax. second, get rid of the income tax. replace it with a net asset tax. i want to know what you are worth and i want 3% of it. if your a billionaire, you pay t

this is the "richmond times dispatch." we showed you a photograph a moment ago. i want to show you the headline that's in a number of papers too, the comments that we reflected earlier in the comments of carol browner, oil spill may flow until august is the headline in "the richmond times dispatch." ed markey, the chairman of the house energy, the special energy and global warming committee, was on "face the nation" yesterday and talked about ex-fanneding possible criminal charges against b.p. here's what he had to say. >> yes, i do not believe that large energy companies should be able to escape having unlimited liability for the capacity which they create. that's something we're going to have to pass in congress, as well as the new innovative energy agenda for wind, solar, electric vehicles. we have to move a safety technology as well if the oil industry wants to drill in deep water. >> quickly, b.p., was this civil activity, do you think? caller: i think that, without question, if the word criminal should be used in terms of an environmental crime against our

to continue to enrich uranium to 20% despite the fact that if previously justified the increase in richmond for the research reactor. public statements suggest the deal is unrelated to its ongoing enrichment activities. they are linked. >> to begin with, the agreement that is said to have been reached describes the 1,200 kilograms of uranium that would- be transferred to turkey. the figure referred to 80% of their stock as of last october. why is this even are remotely acceptable -- given that it does not address the additional said it has produced over the last six months traded >> let's take this step by step. we do have ongoing questions. what is crucial is what iran presents in terms of a formal response in coming days to the iaea. we have been calling for iran for several months since october 1 to give a formal response and outline what it is prepared to do and how it plans to cooperate with the iaea. you're right that it was not envisioned as an end to itself. it was envisioned as a means to an end to build confidence with the international community and iran, but in the words of the

richmond park. normally, as they advance, they would be taken but the lib dem surge may protect the seats against the conservative advance. david cameron needs more labor seats to get further down in this direction. as he tries for those six early receipts, there are better protected against the conservative advance but the thrust of all of this is david cameron does not have enough to come to the doorstep of #10 and go through the door with an overall majority. this extraordinary election takes place with nobody knowing how it will turn out. the talk is of a hung parliament. we have not seen anything like it in a generation since harold wilson. the man who was his principal private secretary wrote to this confidential account of what happened. he is in westminster now. lord armstrong, if a gordon brown or not to get the largest number of constituencies, could he remain as prime minister? >> he could explore whether there any means by which he could make a coalition or an understanding or of arrange

reports prepared in response to countless outraged that in all these collections, in state capitals richmond to austin, you can almost hear the cry of forsaken prisoners sold into what douglas blackmon called slavery by another name. pressures have scurvy so bad their teeth are falling out reported one letter that caught my eye. another described working in the winter mind without shoes and till frostbite set in. black women prisoners decried masculinized in field labor, floggings on the bare flesh and sexual relations with contract guard. are a handful of why women incarcerated taxes and/or mostly locked up and ignored, at least by their account. at a male wood chopping camp near dallas that was set up to provide tears for the railway, one of texas is first continental links, state inspectors found poultry rations, filthy housing and epidemic illness. but the contractor in charge, jh randell tolerated no excuses for missing work was. three quarters of a court of word a day for whites, a full cord a day for blacks. according to another guard, he with men with branches for claiming sickness w

then we had a father from dick lynn, from richmond, virginia. dick lynn's son was in iraq -- killed in iraq. he told the story of his father a world war ii navy veteran and the fact that in culpeper, virginia, his son, a mayne rein, is buried next to his grandfather and -- a marine, is buried next to his grandfather and dick lynn told of having he headstone that says united states navy on his grandfather's headstone who is deceased. his grandson's headstone says, united states marine corps. we can see, beside me is a post over an actual condolence letter from the united states navy to the family of a marine captain who was killed in iraq. it says the secretary of navy, washington, d.c., with the navy flag. i took the names out of the condolence letter for this poster. on behalf of the department of the navy, please accept my very sincere condolences. mr. speaker, the navy and marine corps are one fighting team and deserve to be respected as one fighting team by carrying the name navy and marine corps. mr. speaker, if this bill is accepted by the

. >>> a 1-year-old died in july after a richmond day care worker left him in a van for seven hours. >> it was a mistake. i can't take that back. if i could, i would. >> when i talk to parents, i say do not assume anything. >> reporter: linda smith is the executive director of child care research and referral agencies or nacra which rates states on how well they regulate day care. she said virginia, maryland and d.c. do well when it comes to inspecting large child care centers with multiple employees. but out of a home it's a different story. >> in this area, virginia is a concern. >> reporter: naccrra ranked virginia at the bottom of the annual survey because it doesn't license or inspect kay dares -- day cares with five children or less. the people inside do not need a background check, a sex offender check, a child abuse check or any training whatsoever. >> when i say training, i don't mean college courses in advanced child development. i'm talking about has somebody talked to them and trained them in first aid, cpr. >> we work hard to make sure that children and facilities are safe

do you realize the court building -- if you are in richmond, call my chamber. i love to give you a personal tour. it was built in 1858. those who noticed a modicum of history, just a modicum, you know when the federal government built that building, it was confiscated by the foot confederacy and became the treasury of the confederacy, and jefferson davis, his office was in the building where i sit. can you imagine that? who would have thunk it? and this little boy from petersburg will sit there, i look out the window, at the capitol that jefferson designed, jefferson was the second governor of virginia, looking beyond at all of those monuments. even though at the time it may have been unfathomable, i thank god that the framers give us the framework of justice, the road back. even though they were not walking that road, not living all the freedom and equality, they gave us a road map that one day we might find our way. and you stand in that road. walken that road. walk into your season of faith and courage, and don't let anybody tell you it is not for you. they

host: democratic line from richmond, virginia. go ahead, sir. caller: my comment is more in line for being a question, and i understand that the states want to sue the government on that they don't have to be mandated or not to be mandated. my question is if the citizens of that state want to participate, can the citizens sue the state? guest: good question. in a sense, the best response for a citizen of one of these states where the political leadership is not being cooperative with this law is basically pure political pressure. i mean, it's really a matter of trying to change the political leadership in your state if you don't like the way that it is acting on this, and we'll just have to see how that plays out. it's possible that the leadership of these states keeps being uncooperative they might start to hear from their constituents people saying hey, we need help, we can't get insurance, it's not going to make any sense if these benefits are going to our neighbors in the next state over. we want these benefits, too, so stop doing this. it i

caller: yes, i think somebody in richmond has a better idea of what is calling on then somebody in washington. host: thank you for your call. here's some of that thinking from "the wall street journal ." we would like to hear your thinking on this. 128 juveniles have been incarcerated with this type of light sentencing. let me read from "the new york times" editorial. but th host: that is what our question is for you this morning. let's go back to telephone calls. thomas on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. host: please mute your volume. go ahead with your comment. are you there? caller: yes. host: do you have a comment for us on the supreme court ruling. caller: yes, i feel that they should give them a chance. they should have a chance. juveniles should have a chance. cruel and unusual punishment. kids should have a chance. host: juveniles should have a second chance, says thomas. next, russell on the republican line. caller: i agree with thomas. this is not a state's rights issue. his is a national issue. at some point the federal government has to show responsibil

this is not a new face but zach goldsmith is in richmond park. the novelist louise in corby of a steel town. and jacob reese whose sister failed to take the neighboring seat took northwest somerset, son of the former editor of the "times." patel in wit whitton and then surrey. is sounds a very large place to be a seat. surrey east, is it? which surrey was that, i wonder. oh, well? i'm not sure. surrey east i think it was. yes. well, now i've opinion joined here by one of the most distinguished figures of british political coverage, of election coverage who has covered every election since 1950 who invented the whole concept of swing which is known as butler swing. who's written studies of almost every election, who i worked with in the first election i presented way back in 1979. and so he really is the guru of gurus of elections. david, in want to ask you what you make of this election? >> well, it's fascinating for a nerd like me and you who like elections. it is a very -- it's been a various on-story the election as a whole. the result produce

>> richmond, virginia. good morning. >> thank you for taking my call. i think that this is difficult to imagine these people giving you everything in the confirmation hearings. the history speaks to what they are all about. when these people speak to them, they know what they think about things. i think you have to respect that if they are nominated, they have done great service to the country, and you will not get everything that you want in a compromise -- a cop -- a confirmation hearing. >> because she came from the academic field, does this matter more this time around, that she will talk more about certain issues? and that she should give that evidence? >> i believe that you do. having not have been a judge, that is one area where she will be able to give us more. but these are the questions people ask. these are the questions that i believe that she will answer. she appears very forthright. >> the headline says that there is no lightning rod. it goes on to talk about her scholarship and the harvard law review describes and endorses the presidentia

host: richmond, virginia, republican line. good morning. caller: just listening to what everyone has to say, first of it is political because it happened under obama's watch, so it will be political. did in a black republican. -- i am a black republican. first off, dick cheney and donald rumsfeld were two of the smartest individuals in washington, d.c. they were not racist individuals. a lot of people try to associate racism with of the republican party. but this is clearly an extension of trying to do too much. i think that they considered it national security to have this much oil. he listened to these people complain but if they went to the gas pump and could not get gas, they would go crazy. dick cheney and donald rumsfeld, some of the smartest individuals in washington. host: we will leave it there. more on that meeting between president obama and senate republicans yesterday. "lunch marked by a spirited conversations. whether he could count on support on any issues was left open to question, including imposing new sanctions on iran. h

is she going to do america >> richmond, virginia. good morning. >> thank you for taking my call. i think that this is difficult to imagine these people giving you everything in the confirmation hearings. the history speaks to what they are all about. when these people speak to them, they know what they think about things. i think you have to respect that if they are nominated, they have done great service to the country, and you will not get everything that you want in a compromise -- a cop -- a confirmation hearing. >> because she came from the academic field, does this matter more this time around, that she will talk more about certain issues? and that she should give that evidence? >> i believe that you do. having not have been a judge, that is one area where she will be able to give us more. but these are the questions people ask. these are the questions that i believe that she wl answer. she appears very forthright. >> the headline says that there is no lightning rod. it goes on to talk about her scholarship and the harvard law review describes and endorses the presidential

caller: yes, i think somebody in richmond has a better idea of what is calling on then somebody in washington. host: thank you for your call. here's some of that thinking from "the wall street journal ." we would like to hear your thinking on this. 128 juveniles have been incarcerated with this type of light sentencing. let me read from "the new york times" editorial. but th host: that is what our question is for you this morning. let's go back to telephone calls. thomas on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. st: please mute your volume. go ahead with your comment. are you there? caller: yes. host: do you have a comment for us on the supreme court ruling. caller: yes, i feel that they should give them a chance. they should have a chance. juveniles should have a cnc cruel and unusual puniment. kids should have a chance. host: juveniles should have a second chance, says thomas. next, russell on the republican line. caller: i agree with thomas. this is not a state's rights issue. his is a national issue. at some point the federal government has to show responsibility for

thank you did host: "richmond times dispatch" -- golf spill is the nation's worst. front-page of "times picayune" in new orleans. above that, this editorial. louisiana needs its fair share now, mr. president. we are being asked to call our collective breath until 2017 for some of the revenue, when their revenue-sharing measure is adopted in 2006 takes full effect. effect. the associated press indicating that it could be this weekend before bp knows its latest effort, the so-called top kill, has been successful in stopping the well. it points out the company using the procedures so far says it is going well. although some blood is escaping from a broken pipes. you can see from the line with canned. of the six ways and "isn't ideal but not necessarily indicative of a problem." zak is joining us from arlington, texas. democrats line. caller: good morning to you. i hear these people, they are not making any sense about this. anywhere the president of the united states goes, it is a huge production. you've got security, you got airplanes, you got cars, everything in the

host: democratic line from richmond, virginia. go ahead, sir. caller: my comment is more in line for being a question, and i understand that the states want to sue the government on that they don't have to be mandated or not to be mandated. my question is if the citizens of that state want to participate, can the citizens sue the state? guest: good question. in a sense, the best response for a citizen of one of these states where the political leadership is not being cooperative with this law is basically pure political pressure. i mean, it's really a matter of trying to change the political leadership in your state if you don't like the way that it is acting on this, and we'll just have to see how that plays out. it's possible that the leadership of these states keeps being uncooperative they might start to hear from their constituents people saying hey, we need help, we can't get insurance, it's not going to make any sense if these benefits are going to our neighbors in the next state over. we want these benefits, too, so stop doing this. it i

aquasco richmond, va., you are next. caller: i was wondering if you could go over the finer points of a gideon versus ogden and how women obverses -- and how it helps with the religious cases? guest: it is a note -- it is really an old case. you'll be asked to know in generality. this is the case that expanded the power of government. if you get an opportunity to talk about the growth of the national government, that is a great case to drop in. you cannot know them all. as far as the religious cases, there is a great number of cases to look at. i would know the distinction between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. know when the establishment clause was incorporated. 1947 -- there was a wall of separation between church and state. applying that concept to all 50 states. it dramatically change the culture and the way we talk religion in this country. host: from twitter -- guest: it would apply to the topic of gay marriage. that is also where we see federalism. the idea that if one state recognizes a co

for example, cornwell north, richmond park, suther. as they advanced, they would have taken them, but the libdam search may well protect the seats against the conservative advance, so in the libdams are protected here, david cameron needs more labor seats to get further down in this direction, and as he tries for those safer labor seats, they're better protected against the conservative advance. the thrust of all of this is that david cameron doesn't yet have enough to come to the doorstep of number 10, and go thousand the door with an over -- through the door with an overall majority. >> so this extraordinary election takes place with no one knowing our it will turn out. the talk of course is of a hung parliament, or what the liberal democrats like to call a balanced parliament. we haven't seen anything like it in a generation, not since harold wilson led the labor department and mr. heath tried to hang on to the keys of downing street and mr. heath's private personal secretary wrote this confidential account of what happened then. h

[applause] he was born and raised in the richmond, virginia, area. if i'm not incorrect, he began his involvement in politics as a driver and an advance man for his predecessor in his current seat, a good friend of mine with whom i served in the house in the 1990's, congressman tom bliley. he got his law degree from william and mary law school and then went to columbia university in new york, where he picked up a masters degree in law, but most importantly, gained a great wife. his wife diana, he met her in new york. she consented to come back here to virginia with him. they have three children. then mr. cantor entered politics. he was elected to the united states house of representatives in the year 2000 and began service in 2001. he quickly established a reputation as a leader in the fight for individual opportunity and family opportunity. he was the chief sponsor of legislation to make permanent reductions in the capital gains and dividend taxes. he authored increasing the availability of health savings accounts, and we're very grateful for that a

just try to drive from richmond to d.c. and see if we have an infrastructure worthy of the growth and competitiveness of the commonwealth of virginia. head out 66 and down 29. we need it on the roads and bridges, the freight, passenger rail the energy and electric grid as well as the broadband technology. and we have made some leaps. we are going to be able to wire every school in virginia through some of the stimulus grants. that will put people to work now putting that in place, but also going to be creating businesses in the future that people can run out of their home, a small business hub, making sure that the children going through our school system have the education to be able to compete in the 21st century. construction may not be the most dramatic thing to talk about but it is vital and where the enormous job losses have been. many of us have been trying to many of us have been trying to get the construction going again in time for the summer building season. we are ready to move, as soon as they are done with the