on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mountains, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the ruins of ancient rome and re-created her buildings with his pen. from the books of robert morris and james gibbs, jefferson learns

i do a regular dj night in williamsburg and right before we got on the williamsburg bridge, we got pulled over. they walked up and asked to see license and registration. there were four of them with flashlights everywhere. i played a risky card. i was like, i pulled us out of my backseat and was like, this -- nine times out of 10 when i play that card, never works. >> showing your book, you mean. >> yeah. where ised to know, your new york taxi license? i have my own car and my own driver. by the questions they were asking, i knew they did not know who i was. to them it was like, why are you sitting in the backseat like a don and you had your driver up there? so i showed them the book and they looked and kind of had a meeting for five minutes. then like, ok, you can go. but this happens all the time. >> how many times would you say you have been stopped? >> in my lifetime? the memorable ones, probably six times. but it is definitely in the 20s and 30s. since 1994, probably 20s and 30s. the worst one was after super tuesday in orange county. campaigning for super tuesday -- >> for obama? af

on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mounins, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the ruins of ancient rome and re-created her buildings with his pen. from the books of robert morris and james gibbs, jefferson learns co

if you were anyone in society, you came to williamsburg. her mother was in williamsburg society. when she came of age where she was being brought into society, she was being brought to the assemblies here. she was at the balls at the royal governor's palace. she was at the assemblies. when it was time to be brought out into polite society, williamsburg was the place to be because her mother knew williamsburg was where her daughter needed to be. martha falls in love with her first husband, daniel custis. she knows he is a farmer, a plantation owner, but what she does not know is daniel is the son of john custis, who owned several properties here in williamsburg, all the northern, most of the eastern shore, and she falls in love with his son, daniel, thinking it is just a man. when daniel says to his father, i want to marry martha, john says her family is not fortunate enough to marry into us. he said no. her family was well known. her father was a clerk. martha was well known for her amicable personality. people fell in love with her. they go to john on martha's behalf and say, if

if you were anyone in society, you came to williamsburg. her mother was in williamsburg society. when she came of age where she was being brought into society, she was being brought to the assemblies and balls here. she was at the balls at the royal governor's palace. she was at the assemblies at places like the raleigh tavern. when it was time to be brought out into polite society, williamsburg was the place to be because her mother knew williamsburg was where her daughter needed to be. martha falls in love with her first husband, daniel custis. she knows he is a farmer, a plantation owner, but what she does not know is daniel is the son of john custis, who owned several properties here in williamsburg, all the northern, -- the northern neck, most of the eastern shore, and she falls in love with his son, daniel, thinking it is just a man from new kent. when daniel says to his father, i want to marry martha, john says her family is not fortunate enough to marry into us. he said no. her family was well known. her father was a clerk. martha was well known for her amiable personalit

he is a colonial williamsburg historian. he is also an expert on the area where the tylers hail from. give us a sense of what kind of characteristics of a person of public life would bring from the office from having been there. >> i think when you are talking about virginia, you are getting over the american revolution, not letting go of thomas jefferson and the kind of revolutionary principles but are supposed to inform public conduct and public virtue, but by the time you get to john career, thoser -- things start to coalesce into notions about states' rights, notions about what is the proper use of the constitution, notions about the extent of authority. you hear them talk a great deal about the principles of 1798, about the kentucky resolution and the ability of the states to override a unconstitutional actions, so these principles of the american revolution are being fought over, but also the kinds of things that come from the expectation of a public leader. they need to be virtuous. that is the only way you can make a

he is allowed to spend 10 days stretches at his mother's home in williamsburg, virginia. they're hearing is expected to last several days. >> jim graham is being punished by his colleagues. they stripped him of a key leadership position and recommended him for his role in a scandal involving bids from a developer. we spoke with him and has his reaction to this decision. it was clear as members arrived that graham had little support. >> i have gotten 50 e-mails saying that they will support the reprimand. >> graham arrived with a let's get it over attitude. it all revolves around this businessman in the audience, warren williams. a longtime enemy. in 2005 graham won an agreement to close down his club. >> it was a magnet for violence. >> the closing and others gave graham gramzilla, the black business killer. graham allegedly confronted williams to drop the bid if he wanted support on the lottery bid. that is an ethics violation. >> there are 11 yeses and two nos. >> i am relieved. i am relieved it's over and i am getting on with the business. >> he said justice was served

maybe you live in larchmont, new york or manhattan or williamsburg and brooklyn and the peoples republic of brooklyn or rockland heights or park slope or maybe you live out in that and i went in new york city or long island, hempstead or great neck or little neck. i'm asking you to stick your neck out for link tv. , the dakotas.ka we are asking you to make the call. illinois is in the house. .hank you, archie, for calling susan from new york. thank you, susan. anywhere in rockland county? richard calls from inverness, california. nice to know houston is in the house. can we hear from dallas-fort worth? carson city. nancy from long beach, california. can we hear from long beach, new york? which is in queens. telephoneled from you. also, the great state of california -- i think new mexico should feel a little competitive here. represent uris eight. i took folks out last night from santa fe, new mexico. we had a fantastic dinner and we offer you that when you come to the show. did on the set, and then i get to personally host you for dinner. you have to make the pledge. we get these calls e

it happened in the 9500 block of richmond highway in the williamsburg square shopping center at around 10:30 this morning. witnesses say somebody ran into the sub shop with an explosion and set it off inside. the shop owner was the only one hurt. he had to be taken to the washington hospital center burn unit. >> a cocktail could have been used in the blast and it may have backfired on the suspect. police are looking for one or two suspects believed to have thrown the device and then have run away. >> starting this summer, the postal service will stop delivering letters on saturday. now we know the agency has been struggling financially for a long time and suspending saturday service will save the post office $2 billion a year. now the usps will still deliver packages six days a week and post offices will keep those saturday hours. what do you think? will you miss your saturday delivery or does picking up the mail on the weekends a joyful part of your saturday routine? i always enjoy your e-mails. mailbag@wusa9.com. the gun debate in maryland took an emotional turn today, but this time

>> i don't know if people in the rest of the country know what it is like being so close to williamsburg, brooklyn where you can go in and see a grown man wearing a sarong on a you gnaw cycle waxing his mustache. >> that's bill's dad. >> it is strange because the idea is you can just skim all of these things off other cultures without any of the depth or appreciation. they look like idiots to me. i don't understand how you want to set yourself up in contrast to everybody. and there is a reason people don't make the artesanl cheeses and ride the big bike. you don't need to. >> that means you make it crapily. isn't that what it is? i don't know. joel, don't people hate on hipsters because they are constantly trying to be ironically detached from anything productive whether it is bowling or making cheese. >> be careful how you generate. i looked at the poll questions and i called the polster who did this and there is a racial break down. hispanics love hipsters. despite the low approval ratings one in three hispanics considers themselves a hipster. >> isn't part of being a hipster you don't

can we hear from the williamsburg in brooklyn? or port jefferson out in long the endor anywhere on of long island. maybe you hear it -- you live in southampton or east hampton. anywhere along the atlantic ocean. we ask your support. the riverlive along in the new york area, the hudson river, the great south bay, the connecticut river. we urge you to call in and let us know you're there. if you live and as -- minnesota or missouri or montana, go to the phone. maryland is in the house. arizona? wyoming, the dakotas, we ask you to call. carolinas, we ask for your support. can we get a few from georgia? portland oregon is in the house. a call from richmond, mississippi. and jonah's called in from st. louis, missouri. and how about moab, which i just visited. the amazing read city. we urge you to call. william kolding from forde city. dennis from philadelphia. can we hear from pittsburgh, which we also just visited? wayne called in from bremerton, washington. pedro,alling from san california. california is so at of everyone else, but y

toward norfolk and williamsburg. temperatures this morning, the upper 30s in ash burn 38. baden and north beach. we are holding on to 39 at both

the hospital thinks he should be allowed to live full time in williamsburg. tomorrow the u.s. support will hear arguments tied to a common police practice in maryland. justices will hear arguments on whether police should be able to take dna from anyone arrest bud not convicted of a crime. the public defenders office said it breach it is right against warrantless searches. suspects and crimes aren't entitled to those rights say some. >> b.p. is in court over the oil spill disaster in the gulf of mexico. the company could have to pay the largest environmental fine ever. a civil trial is under way in a new orleans civil court to determine bp's civil liebt in the spill. the trial is looking at the causes of the explosion ta killed 11 workers on the rig causing millions of barrels of oil to pollute the water. b.p. has agreed to a $4.5 billion settlement for criminal charges. >> right now much of the midwest is getting buried after another blizzard hits. people in colorado, missouri and texas were still digging out when this storm hit. some in colorado were seen shoveling in the st

. >> human remains from the 17th century discovered in williamsburg. william calso found the remains in historic jamestown, virginia. >> today marks two years since navy s.e.a.l.s stormed the compound and kled the terrorist leader. they took three of his wifeves into custody. they did so to prevent his grave or the photos from becoming asia rhin or propaganda. the war in iraq of course wept on for several years. >> many other rel arerelics go display today. the like and museum features exhibits on the attacks. president obama and the four living presidents were in town for the center's opening. >> and no sleep overnight for this group. the changing opportunity that had some camped out in lines. >> and we are starting off >>> weather and traffic on the ones. we welcome may with open arms. temperatures 50s to 40s around the region. by midnight back down into the low 50s. your 7 day out look and weekend traveling on 95 no issues nice and clear. over to 395 i mentioned that i had a report. it is in the hov lanes. also rails check out. no reported delays on

it happened at the williamsburg square shopping center. the victim may have been targeted. bandits broke into lawrence reese's business last year and sprayed graffiti inside. back in 2010, an accidental fire burnt down the shop and a neighboring business. >>> kris christie joking about his weight with david letterman. >> it's all fun and games until a doctor chimes in. who is laughing now? >>> and up next, forget beyonce. prosecutors accuse chris brown faking and he could face charges. >>> high temperature 49 today. that's the warmest we've been for the month of february. you'll need a coat tomorrow. 26-34 at 5:00. mid 20s to low 30s by 7:00. and generally in the 30s by 9:00. we'll come back. we'll talk about if the clouds are going to cause any problems tomorrow night >>> i suppose it would be nice to bring your exudate to a court date. brown was in court over a dispute about his probation. he pleaded guilty to beating up rihanna four years ago. prosecutors now accuse brown of faking the work and they want him to start all other again this time in la. brown and his attorne

congressman ryan made the announcement during a break in the three day retreat of republican leaders in williamsburg, virginia. >>> opening statements in the misconduct trial of john lee fold begins today but with a slight change. yesterday leopold waived has right to a jury -- his right to a jury trial. the decision of his guilt or innocence now rests with the judge. he was accused of using county funds to hide a workplace relationship with his girlfriend. >>> a d.c. police officer has been found guilt of murder. richmond phillips was accused inform shooting death of -- in the shooting death of the mother of his child. he was found guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of wynetta wright and 1-year-old jaylin. he'll be sentenced in march and faces life in prison. >>> the labor department is now giving some new powers to the mine, safety and health administration. the msha can now designate a company a repeat safety violator without any warning. it also means shorter appeals process if the company wants to appeal the warning. the goal is to improve safety at the country's most dangerous mines m

this is sort of the beating heart of williamsburg, even in the 1830's. all of the political activity, the social activity, they are really living at the center of it. nd this fantastic 18th-century house that they were living in, as john tyler was resurrecting his political year -- career. latisha was operating out of the house and running the various plantations all over the place. t is right here that she suffered a stroke in 1839 that partly paralyzed her, although she was still able to retain control on the family accounts, of all of the family business, while john tyler was actually getting involved again in the business. it was here that he learned he was elected vice president and also in the spring of night -- of 1841, it was here that he became the next president of the united states. and it was here that she was informed she was the next first lady of the united states. > julia tyler -- julia gardner as 30 years younger than him. >> when they got to for belvedere, they had put a barge in the bay. verybody was very pleased. he ship turned around

her mother was in a williamsburg society. when she became of age to be prodded to society, she was being brought to the balls and assemblies here. she was at the balls at the royal governor's palace. she was certainly at the assembly's, at places like the ;raleigh tavern. when it is time to be brought out into polite society, williamsburg was the place to be because her mother knew that williamsburg was where her daughter needed to be. martha falls in love with daniel kuster. us. he is a farmer, a plantation owner but she does not know that daniel custus the son of john theus who owns most of property around the area. she falls in love with his son daniel thinking he is a man from new can't. when daniel go to as father and says i want to mary mart dan says she is not fortunate enough to marry into the custus'. martha's father was a clerk of new kent and she had an amiable personality. that is the one notion that people fell in love with their. john blair and john proctor go to john custus on march the's behalf and tell him if

the blast happened in the williamsburg square shopping center on richmond highway february 6th. the store owner was severely burned. police say thompson was also burned, so far no word on a motive. >>> thousands of passengers from the carnival triumph cruise ship are finally back home now and they are telling their stories of their nightmare at sea. the ship itself was also on the move today just hours after it was towed into port. randall pinkston with the latest from the port in mobile, alabama. >> reporter: tugboats haul the broken down carnival triumph from its berth in mobile, alabama, to a shipyard friday. the u.s. coastguard and national transportation safety board are investigating the cause of the engine fire aboard the ship and the extent of damage. triumph maybe moved to the bahamas for clean-up and repairs because it's registered there. >> it's almost like coming back to the scene of the crime. >> reporter: after rest and a hot shower passenger dorene ruthhart return to the terminal before heading home to texas. she said enduring the situation -- [ audio difficulties

it will cross around williamsburg and tidewater then move across the bay and the eastern shore. it will lose its tropical characteristics and turn into a low pressure cyclone over the north atlantic. it is going to produce a lot of rain, maybe wind gusts but i don't think winds will be a big story. just breezy tropical winds here. here's the satellite and radar. you can see the whole circulation. the rain north and west of washington is not related. that is the low pressure that is going to help to steer the storm. they will move quickly in our direction. the showers to the west and during the day tomorrow the moisture of andrea will spread throughout the day. temperatures mild in the 70's now and cooler in the elevations. as far as what is going to happen tomorrow we're expecting 2-4 inches of rain across the area. that is why the whole area is under a flash flood warning tomorrow. it will quickly pull out to the northeast and we'll so improve in fact forecast. rainfall amounts 1-1.5 inches. this is saturday here, you have prnts 7 of rain in la plata. dirchts models have differ

he is a colonial williamsburg historian. he is also an expert on the area where the tylers hail from. give us a sense of what kind of characteristics of a person of public life would bring from the office from having been there. >> i think when you are talking about virginia, you are getting over the american revolution, not letting go of thomas jefferson and the kind of revolutionary principles but are supposed to inform public conduct and public virtue, but by the time you get to john tyler's career, those things start to coalesce into notions about states' rights, notions about what is the proper use of the constitution, notions about the extent of authority. you hear them talk a great deal about the principles of 1798, about the kentucky resolution and the ability of the states to override a unconstitutional actions, so these principles of the american revolution are being fought over, but also the kinds of things that come from the expectation of a public leader. they need to be virtuous. that is the only way you can ma

philadelphia, into the race come boston, morristown, new jersey, saratoga, new york, charlottesville and williamsburg, virginia, to name a few on that basis. here we see philadelphia yangs on the steps of independence hall looking forward to their future. they are holding a map of the city, and if we could see the other side of the street, we would see an aging commercial district that had yesterday to become independence national historical park. they are imagining that future will build from the past that they have, um, already in place. and i love this kind of gaze up and forward as if they're seeing the future. and this was true of other cities as well. in detroit that was another competitor where, um, the boosters really saw the potential of the world capital as being a step forward from the city into future. so this was intriguing. and i read a little bit in histories of the united nations and got a little bit into the records of the early organization and saw some references that there were maybe 30-50 of these self-proclaimed world capital competitors. and that seemed enough to look a little

dave ross teamed up with visit williamsburg to dig up thiss story. >> welcome to williamsburg today. today we're at historic jamestown where there's an active archeological dig going g on where they are finding out much more about the first ever english settlers right here.e. they call this america's birth place. thank you. thank you for joining us, sir. >> good to be here. >> tell us what do you here att historic jamestown. >> i'm the director of jamestown rediscovery archeological project. i've been digging here 20 yearsy >> discovered good stuff. >> yes we found what peopleeop thought washed into the riverer but we found it owe here and preserved like a time capsule. >> you recreated something heree for what the first english settlers might have done here.do >> in ouner digging we'll findid where posts have been in thehe ground supporting buildings. we took that post pattern over there and put in other post posts and began to flush outut have looked like l above ground i. gives you a representationation of barracks building. >> tell us what we're standing s in front of. again it's

lori: house republicans huddling in williamsburg at their annual retreat to squash internal fighting and hammer out a strategy to deal with the looming debt ceiling. melissa: chaos in algeria, the fate of dozens of hostages is unknown. some reportedly have escaped. fox news middle east analyst and lou dobbs will weigh in. first, time for stocks, let's check with the floor the new york stock exchange, nicole petallides is standing by. the dow just awful session highs, but not having a bad day. nicole: not bad at all. up about 90 points off of the highs of the day. was yesterday a fluke? we had five days of gains, gave back a little bit yesterday and back in the green again. look at the nasdaq up more than half a percent. the s&p 500, gains across the board. economic news for labour numbers and those were good, housing starts have been on the move as well, that was well above expectations. let's take a look at some of the homebuilders in particular, which have had a great run recently. tilden permits at multiyear highs. ben willis yesterday talking about optimism. there is a look at le

but george says know i have to get to williamsburg. he says it is a shame because joining me is none other than the wealthiest widow and all of virginia i know is if it is stitching or love of first sight but he changes his mind to stay for dinner and meets martha. the letters between george and martha don't exist but according to her grandson george dies 1799 but martha lives o 80 note to but these letters disappeared but martha never goes back to their bedroom and stays in a small part -- private room and would tell stories to her grandson. george and martha met in goes back to a mansion one of the four mansions. and miso colonial governor but shortly thereafter there is a letter written from george to a robert kerrey requesting inning keyed to ring. he moved with lightning speed. martha was a big catch that would put george on the social, financial and political stage and gave him the connections he would need and would learn from sally to be the georgia of history. she lost her husband into you children died in infancy, she manages

this is short of the beating heart of williamsburgs. all of the political activity, the social activity, they're really living the center of it in this fantastic 18th century house that they were living in as john tyler is resurrecting his political career. they have they moved here when le tisha was running the household. she was running their various plantations. right here she suffered a stroke in 1839. that partly paralyzed her. although she was still able to retain control of the family account, of all the family business while john tyler was getting back involved in politics. it's right here in this space that john tyler learned that he was elected vice president to william henry harrison. it's also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the united states. it was here that le tisha tyler learned that she became the first lady of the united states. >> when her term was over, julia tyler and the president retired to their plantation along the james river. >> the tylers was born in charles c

the leading edge near williamsburg, coming in the northern neck, too, and coming up the chesapeake bay. a lot more rain coming from this. the remnants of tropical storm karen now around the outer banks is coming closer to washington. here is the timing. this area in green is the leading edge of the rain. this is as of 2:00 p.m. it looks like it will be into our eastern suburbs just coming into washington right around then and then these are the rain totals expected around 10:00 this evening. we could have anywhere between half an inch to an inch of rain. rain around much of the area. now going forward how much longer is this rain going to last? chuck bell is joining us live on the mall. chuck? >>> good morning, tom. inside of the storm team 4 aboutx4 this morning i have our mobile threat network up here and we're checking out some of the reporting stations. the buoys are reporting 10 to 12 foot seas at ocean city has a wind gust at 33 miles an hour, so this is very much like a tropical storm system as you were mexing, the remnants of karen. what does it all mean for us going forward? t

philadelphia, there were many others including new jersey, saratoga, new york, charlottesville, and williamsburg, virginia, just to name a few on that basis. here we see philadelphians on the steps of independence hall looking forward to their future. they are holding a map of the city. if we could see the other side of this, we can see an aging commercial district that had yet to become independence national historical park and they are imagining that the future will build from on the past that they already have in place. i love this as if they are seeing the future or this was true of other cities as well. in detroit that was another competitor for the boosters really saw the potential of the world capital is being a step forward into the future. this is intriguing. then i read about the history of the united nations and gone into the records of the early organization and saw some references that there may be 30 to 50 of the self acclaimed world capital competitors. that seemed enough to look a little harder. i came to understand there were many more. a great variety in every region of the cou

they went on their winter retreat in williamsburg, virginia. great town. i got family there. but one of the goals of the retreat was how to better reach out to minorities. they decided to hold it at the kings mill resort, the site of an old plantation where slaves were kept. i mean-- >> this is brilliant. >> john: this is like reaching out to women voters by having a retreat at ike turner's old house. >> i have friend who have black friends, and this is equivalent to having a discussion about cancer research like in a--in a nuclear zone. in an area full of the thing that causes cancer. >> john: i'm not saying that republicans are racists. i don't think that most republicans have racial hatred in their hearts. they have bad habits leftover from grandma and grandpa's day. >> they're trying to put icing into a pile of garbage. when you bite into it, you'll taste the icing, and it might be delicious for a second and then you taste the garbage. what the problem is the underlying policies, not how they're being communicated. the problem is they think women should be in a constant s

the college of william and mary in williamsburg came in fourth with a total cost of $23,900 for in-state students a year. >>> now the princeton review came up with the ranking based on more than 30 factors, including tuition, room and board and financial aid. >>> we're getting another check on our weather now with tom kierein who is out on the weather deck. hey, tom. >> hey, barbara, we have a gray sky, just a very light breeze here now and really not too bad. a pleasant winter afternoon here in early february. there is the sky over the potomac refer, a lot of cloud cover around most of the region now. and at 11:33, we've had just the cloud cover coming and going all morning long. there have been a few spots, a little sun is trying to break out along the blue ridge and in southern maryland, lower part of the eastern shore, eastern part of the northern neck, elsewhere it's all cloudy and temperatures are all above freezing, all around the region. except up in northern, western maryland. it's still a little below freezing. but elsewhere, climbing to the mid and upper 40s south of washingto

he addressed us at the crs seminar in williamsburg, virginia. this was a three-day seminar in williamsburg. we heard from top experts. i am grateful for having been invited. one of the top economic advisers for presidential contender john mccain. we absolutely cannot use the debt ceiling limit to argue about what goes in the budget. he says you cannot hold the debt ceiling hostage because you cannot shoot the hostage. the hostages be the american economy. that is what would happen. if we default on our obligations because of failing to raise the debt ceiling, we are going to suffer a further downgrade of the united states credit worthiness. interest rates will go up. think about what happens to our economy when interest rates go up. it means that companies have a harder time investing in capital equipment. business people have a harder time planning for the future. it would take a fragile recovery and jeopardize it. host: the next fight which president obama said he is open to talking about, more spending cuts and more tax revenue has to be on t

the college of william and mary in williamsburg came in fourth. the princeton review came up with the ranking based on more than 30 factors, including tuition, room and board and financial aid. >>> the very personal question a local college is now asking applicants. >>> plus a local highway where you can go a lot faster now. >>> bragging rights for the mornings spent sitting had traffic. we're number one. how many weeks we spend on average staring at brake lights. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s is next. >>> next, apple's jumbo ipad is out this morning. what you get for a bigger price tag. >>> a major debut for apple today. the new ipad 4128g will hit stores. between $800 and $930. it's twice the size of the current ipad 4. it's aimed attmore professional consumers, including architects, doctors. this could be apple's answer to microsoft's surface pro tablet. >> last year the mini and now the maxie. >> super. >>> hymn good with this: for years i'll be good with this. >>> we'll talk about a close shave. next week an asteroid will pass earth missi

he is a colonial williamsburg historian. he is also an expert on the area where the tylers hail from. give us a sense of what kind of characteristics of a person of public life would bring from the office from having been there. >> i think when you are talking about virginia, you are getting over the american revolution, not letting go of thomas jefferson and the kind of revolutionary principles but are supposed to inform public conduct and public virtue, but by the time you get to john tyler's career, those things start to coalesce into notions about states' rights, notions about what is the proper use of the constitution, notions about the extent of authority. you hear them talk a great deal about the principles of 1798, about the kentucky resolution and the ability of the states to override a unconstitutional actions, so these principles of the american revolution are being fought over, but also the kinds of things that come from the expectation of a public leader. they need to be virtuous. that is the only way you can ma

the hospital believes he should eventually be allowed to live full-time in williamsburg. >>> saturday afternoon a chain reaction crash just a day before the daytona 500 had sent kyle larson and his car through a fence shooting debris into the stands. almost 30 spectators had to be treated for injuries. crews had to work through the night to clean up the debris and repair the racetrack in time for yesterday's big race. >> for the second time, the daytona 500 goes to jimmie johnson, five-time champion. >> that big crash didn't stop fans from showing up yesterday. you see number 48, jimmie johnson wins his second daytona 500. his first win was in 2006. danica patrick, on the pole position last week became the first woman to lead a lap in a nascar race. however, she was not the first to cross the finish line, obviously. she came in 8th place. >> it was a sol day for the go daddy car and crew. we did a good job in the pits. stayed in the top ten basically. can't complain about that. >>> dale earnhardt jr. came in second. not bad considering he started 19th. >>> right now the snowplows are

it was born earlier this year at a national park near williamsburg but it was blown from it is nest when a storm rolled through there in june. efforts to renest it did not work. they took the bird in and released it today. the eagle is fitted with a gps transmitter. wildlife officials will be able to track it for two years. >>> an entire cheerleading squad has been suspended for a full season. there was an alleged hazing incident and they are not releasing details about what happened but it involved multiple members of the cheerleading team. it did not happen on campus and no one was hurt. the suspension went into effect last week. they have won many alcolades including taking the top championship in april. >>> jason has sports tonight and we're talking about our home football team and i love santana moss' comment when y'all went there today. we'll hear about that in a minute, won't we? >> yeah. he's tired about talking about rg3. we are ten days away from that monday night showdown between the redskins and eagles. in that match-up, we will see robert griffin iii. rg3 tweeted the good ne

a lot of interesting things have happened in the williamsburg square shopping center. >> life is too interesting down there, thank you. >>> for the second time in as many days, thieves smashed up a local jewelry store, but tonight, frederick police say they have one suspect in custody. the most recent robbery took place yesterday afternoon at colonial jewelers on market street in downtown frederick. here's the surveillance video showing three masked gunmen bursting into the store. one of them armed with pepper spray. the woman hits the ground as the men begin to smash up the display cases and grab hands full of jewelry. after they run of the store, police say the suspects get away in a dark pickup. late today, we learn that alonzo was arrested in d.c. behind the wheel of a truck matching that description. the search goes on for the other two suspects. >> no word yet if the robbery in frederick is related to a similar smash and grab in arlington on monday. the surveillance video from that one is zales jewelers, four guys come in, smash up the display case with hammers, grab jewelry, a

. >> the interesting development is that house republicans had a retreat in williamsburg and just came out with word they want to extend the debt ceiling for about two, three months because they don't -- they want to have a battle over spending with the president but not over the possibility of default. they know that would tank the economy. it would rile up the financial marks. i think they'll kick that down -- markets. i think they'll kick that down the road and have a fight over sequestration. one way or another they'll have a logger head with the president when it comes to cuts and dramatic spending. >> your power play of the week? >> reverend ruiz leon, the church of the president. i've lived in washington 30 plus years and never been inside the church, driven past it plenty. beautiful place. presidents have gone there since 1816. president obama will go there for his preinaugural worship service monday. >> speaking of inauguration, big plans for ask you? are you attending any balls? >> thank god, no. i'm way too old for that. the inaugural ball has the best name and the worst rea

and what was interesting about that piece of clothing was when we had it conserved by the people of williamsburg virginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried peas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had them? >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950's and 1960's so not that long ago.

hanging out in colonial williamsburg. in practice he showed up with a colonial hat. >> no. he did not. >> that would have been a great picture. >> he came in on a horse and it was fantastic. >> not really but it would have been fun. >> still to come on fox 5. >> a behind-the-scenes look at the late tribute to cory monteith. the cass talks about the message the show has for hands -- fans. >> why it might be a good idea to eat your lunch at your desk. >> ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] more room in economy plus. more comfort, more of what you need. ♪ that's... built around you friendly. ♪ that's... built around you friendly. february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." w

dagen: ironically enough in williamsburg. connell: you know a lot of people inside the party and i would say you have some influence of writing in the journal's editorial page at least what people are thinking about. is this something that they are considering? >> i think it is something that they should consider. i, frankly, connell, and getting a tremendous e-mail response saying they just want someone to speak for them. a voice that is identifiable and articulate their ideas. they could speak -- the republicans have good policy, but they simply are not being articulated and publicize in a way that the public could be forced to come to grips with. dagen: again, with the use of twitter, how can the republicans take advantage of the kind of rapid fire way because connell and i both, the first thing we look at in the morning is twitter four hour news. republicans seem absent in many ways. are they really getting tutorial? >> i am sure that each one of them will do it individually. i am talking about something much more focus.