shoemaker now admits this this prank was not wise. he and his parents say one disciplinary action in 13 years of school here shouldn't result in a punishment this harsh. that is the latest here in herndon. back to you. >> thank you. >>> they had a chance to do away with paying property tax so why did they vote to keep it? >> interesting. that is next as we check more head mind. we'll be right back.  [ male announcer ] knowing your customers is important to any successful business. which is why at wells fargo, we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time, reduce expenses, and maximize cash flow. as the number one small business lender for nine years running... we're with you when you need us. so you can be there for your customers. wells fargo. together we'll go far. >>> voters in north dakota vote to keep property attacks in tuesday's election. they unanimously decided to shoot down a mea

>> reporter: chris shoemaker admits he brought the baby oil to the school. when it was spilled, unamused officials quickly cordoned off the hallways so there was no slipping and sliding. 4.0 student shoemaker concedes the senior stunt was quite unwise. >> and i realize now it presented a dangerous situation to a lot of people and it was just a silly mistake, i guess. >> reporter: fairfax county school officials suspended three of the six offenders for three days. the other three for seven days. and that means chris shoemaker and two other seniors may not attend their graduation ceremonies scheduled for thursday afternoon. student opinion is split on why whether the graduation ban is too harsh a punishment. >> i think it's pretty fair. they did that prank and knew the consequences, i am not surprised this happened to them. >> it was a stupid prank but i still think they should walk because i mean no one got hurt at all. no one got hurt. >> reporter: chris and his parents believe that one disciplinary issue in 13 years should not be enough to keep this 18-year

chris shoemaker admits bringing the oil to school and now concedes it wasn't wise. no one was hurt but school officials were not amused. three of the students got a three-day suspension but shoemaker and the others got seven days prohibiting them from all school activities including graduation. students at the school were split on whether the00 underment was too harsh. >> i think it is pretty fair. they did that prank. they knew the consequences. i'm in the surprised that this happened to them. >> it was a stupid prank but i still think they should walk. no one got hurt at all. no one got hurt. >> reporter: shoemaker and hi parents argued during the 09- minute hearing yesterday that one disciplinary action in 13 years of school here should not result in a punishment this harsh and keep him from the graduation ceremony. the school system though did not budge. he so instead, while the rest of the class of 2012 walks across the stage to get their diplomas, shoemaker and the others will get their diplomas privately. that is the latest here in herndon. back to you. ck to

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and he winds up in the 1850s, he's raised by these abolitionists and trains to become a shoemaker. he decides to move from a small town outside of cincinnati to overland, ohio, which is in the 1850s was the most abolitionist place in america. >> a hotbed, yes. >> a true hotbed. it was a place where the first african-american is elected to political office. his brother-in-law, john mercer langston, and he is -- o.s.b. wahl establishes a reputation for two things. one for his ardent activism as an anti-slavery political activist and second he gets a reputation for having what one of one observer calmed a trumpet tongued way with words. he was a really great speaker and was actually wickedly funny. in the late 1850s he was actually indicted for violating the fugitive slave act. >> that's a great passage of the book, by the way. >> he helps -- he takes part in a vigilante action to free a captive. there had been a fugitive slave who had been captured by kentucky slave catchers, and a group of overland abolitionists surrounded the slave captors and basically freed the man and whisked hi

he actually testified, and you know, what comes through with him is, you know, he's a shoemaker who is sitting in a federal court. there are marshals and people armed, and he's someone who is completely unintimidated and is just constantly making jokes. in the trial transcript you're reading his words, and they're always followed by the brackets that is, laughter, order restored. so he was asked at this trial do you know the colors, the complexions, the different complexions of people of color? and he said, sure, i do. they're black, blacker and blackest. and everybody laughed. a lot of gavel banging. that tells you something about a person. there are certain -- there's a certain kind of performance that people engage in, and at the same time you can get a -- you can see people when they're very vulnerable and you can develop a remarkable portrait of a person. it's also a starting off point. it just gives you so many different kinds of leads. what's really amazed me is the -- the kind of story that this is. it's a story that people tried to cover up as it was happening. you know, the t

this shoemaker is trying to replace foreign imports. she could turn out 8000 pairs of shoes a day, the right now she only makes a fraction of that. she is running greece's last major shoe factory, but few consumers know that. >> people think our brand is an import, so we have shot a commercial with a small budget because of the crisis. and i have to said that the response after it was televised was overwhelming. people want greek products. >> she has already been able to bomb international names like procter and gamble from their number 1 spot in greece. but to make sure demand abroad increases, companies say the debt-leading countries will have to work hard. >> we have to create a new image for our country. admittedly, that is going to take quite an effort. but we can xl with the beauty of this country, with the people who are doing a good job. >> she is already exported to britain and japan. the women of greece are leading the way, but so far there are not enough companies following suit to make a major difference. >> a ministerial me

. >> hi, my name is pete shoemaker and well toll energy center. i'm standing in front of a model of a home. this is one of the tools we use here to assess solar energy. five years ago i was in a position similar to that of many of you. i was a homeowner thinking about solar electricity for my home. i had to answer a bunch of questions. one, does this stuff work? would it work on my home and most importantly, can i afford it? well, i did the research. i bought a system. now i get to share that knowledge and that experience with you. for the next 30 minutes, we'll have a class in solar basics and we'll go out in the field and see an actual solar system being installed. 30 minutes, solar basics, stay with me. >> let's talk about the technology, what is it and how does it work? there are three types of solar actually when you sauk about solar. i want to avoid the confusion to make sure we're focusing on the right one. two of them involve heating water and they're very viable technologies, can be very coast effective but we're not going to deal with th

police identified the victim as justin shoemaker. the gunman fled in a car before officers arrived. police are offering $10,000 for information leading leading to the arrest of the killer. >>> police made an arrest in the fatal hit and run of a 72- year-old woman. the victim was struck in san ramon last night. witnesses told investigators the suspect was driving a red ford explorer. police later arrested the owner of the vehicle. he is on probation and has a arrest warrant for burglary. >>> the man convicted of killing three members of a san francisco family learned his fate today. ktvu's rob roth is live where edwin ramos found out how long he will be behind bars. >> reporter: the man convicted today of the triple homicide refused to take responsibility for the murders. >> reporter: moments before the judge handed down the sentence edwin ramos addressed the family of anthony bologna. >> there is not a day that goes bay -- >> reporter: he says a fellow gang member shot anthony bologna and two of his sons four years ago, that edwin ramos just drove the cars. moments later the judge h

., shoemaker adidas is pulling a controversial sneaker after critics complained it symbolized slavery. >> look for yourself. here is a photo you can see it included a shackle like ankle cuff. well, sarah joins us live with reaction to the shoe and the company's decision to shelve it. >> it has a lot of people talking i mean i can see what they are saying here will and tony the controversial sneaker is slated to sell for $350 when it hit stores in august but now that has all been scrapped. adidas cancel plans for the js round house mid-s there was backlash since being unvailed and critics say they resembled shackles slaves were forced to wear, adidas maintains they had nothing to do with slavery and designer jeremy scott and known for his outrageous and quirky shoes. that is what he does. apparently the design originated from a popular stuffed i do in the 1980s. >> my pet monster, so that is why the shoe is purple and that is why it has the orange cuffs. >> the first thing we thought was i don't know about that shoe me and my partner went back and forth on it if we were even going to g

late last night the shoemaker decided to scrap plans to make these joorks s. round house mids. they come with a shackle. >> oh, no. i'm not a huge fan of those. >> why? >> it looks like -- are those chains up on top of those? yeah, i don't really know how that would work. it doesn't look too comfortable. >> adidas released a written statement saying design is nothing more than the designer jeremy scott's outrageous and unique take on fashion and has nothing to do with slavery. >>> when we come back at news4 at 4:00, a lot of luck involved in a not so lucky shot when two teens are spearfishing and their spear gun accidentally goes off. >>> for all your news, be sure [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mysti

donna shoemaker wrote on our facebook page, cassette and dikes, that stuff out there -- "yikes, that stuff out there the day and then on the 20 -- the twitter feed, we got a tweet from carroll county emergency management that a tornado has touched down. while in the very same feet, my friend gus, who works at "the baltimore sun" said if you see a funnel cake, run and hide in your basement with it, do not share. >> it is like a box of cookies the lady took with her. >> funnel cake, funnel cloud. >> earlier this evening, we heard a woman who said she just grabbed a box of cookies. that is just being thoughtful. >> ok, on the phone with us, we had a member from the emergency management agency. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> a sari -- here it is -- jack murphy, director of emergency management, frederick county. thanks for joining us. fill us in always going on in frederick county right now. >> like many of your viewers to have been monitoring the storms that have been moving through the area, starting earlier this afternoon, have had some indications of potential for tornadoes.

assistant bishop of the cornell medical college and jordan shoemaker, director of women in international security. great to have all of you. you're all moms. you're all working women so jolyn, what makes us think that we can't have it all? >> well, i think that in my experience, i -- right in the middle of the policy environment in washington, d.c. and i also run an organization that looks at women's advancement in the field. and these jobs are extremely demanding and i think that over time, women are very -- are questioning these routes and what the sacrifices are and the tradeoffs are and as a result, we have more and more women falling out of the policy field in particular and that's bad for our policies, bad for our national security. >> so, in fact, the woman who wrote this article that's been so controversial and gotten so much buzz, i've heard women talking about it everywhere. she had a high powered career at the state department. her argument was that any time you are on somebody else's clock when you can't control your own hours, you really can't do balance motherhood and caree