in 1607, jamestown, virginia was the first english settlement in north america. the summer of 1619 marked the arrival of the first african slaves and the first meeting of the general assembly, which established representative government in the colony. tv, an american history commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the first virginia general assembly. host: governor northam, speaker

so, when the 1787 constitution reached virginia, patrick henry said, who gave them the right to say we the people? saidought they should have , we the citizens of the several states. but they didn't. and at the heart of it is an issue that is here now in this day, with ice and rounding up undocumented people. is,he heart of his question we are documented as citizens of the several states. we the people are undocumented. thateople who signed couldn't document themselves. there was no country. to document themselves. they were a group of on documented people. as soon as they said we the people, they could have said we the citizens. but that would have led to a very different country. of the preamble and what it means in its original statement, that it was property men who owned , and then of course, the problem was article four section two paragraph three. itself outlines a group of constitutional people who own and establish the constitution. article four, section two, paragraph three delineates a very different group of constitutional people. , as constitutional property. the first gro

so, when the 1787 constitution reached virginia, patrick henry said, who gave them the right to say we the people? he thought they should have said, we the citizens of the several states. but they didn't. and at the heart of it is an issue that is here now in this day, with ice and rounding up undocumented people. at the heart of his question is, we are documented as citizens of the several states. we the people are undocumented. the people who signed that couldn't document themselves. there was no country. to document themselves. they were a group of on documented people. as soon as they said we the people, they could have said we the citizens. but that would have led to a very different country. so the question of the preamble and what it means in its original statement, that it was for white men who owned property, and then of course, the problem was article iv, section ii, paragraph 3. the preamble itself outlines a group of constitutional people who own and establish the constitution. article iv, section ii, paragraph 3 delineates a very different group of constitutional people. a

. >> our author interview program afterwards, former virginia democratic governor talked about the aftermath of the 2017 you the right rally in charlottesville. here is a portion of the program >> a lot of this started when president obama got elected. for many people, just the concept of a black president in the oval office for many many was offensive. they did not act on any of it. they may have done it on social media. then you have a president who comes in and spent a lot of time saying president obama was not born in america. tweeting, retreating. while he is running for president. trump comes in and all things need to be done. coming out and saying this, i can too. that emboldened them. that is why they felt comfortable coming to charlottesville. i made the point that people use to wear hoods. they used to do this at night. they don't think they have to do that anymore. they had this big coming-out party. they got hurt badly and charlottesville. i agree with your point. they were not able to do another charlottesville because they were so injured and wounded and charged and so forth. i

to virginia. it's great to be here today with former governors, now senators mark warner and tim kaine. former governors mcdonald -- i also want to recognize lieutenant governor justin fairfax. attorney general, congressman bobby scott, congresswoman elaine luria. house of delegates speaker, kirk cox. members of our legislative black caucus and other elected officials. i want to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make this commemoration a reality. fort monroe authority director glenn otis. board of trustees chairman jim moran. members of the fort monroe authority board. national superintendent terry graham. the national parks service. kathy spangler, nancy rodriguez and the team from american evolution. i would also like to thank the 2019 commemorative commission for all the hard work they've done around these events in our own city. we are here today for a commemoration. and a reckoning. today is a time to reckon with the fact that 400 years ago, enslaved africans arrived for the first time

virginia. on behalf of preservation virginia' as board of trustees and our jamestown rediscovery foundation board of directors, i share our appreciation of friends and partners gathered today and acknowledge the leadership of the administration, general assembly, american evolution and jamestown-yorktown foundation. also appreciation for the national park service, tribal representatives and members of the descendents and families society. today we commemorate events that occurred on this site for hundred years ago. speakers whoshed follow me will capture the importance of those proceedings and the influence still felt today. and the persistent efforts of women who ensured the preservation. the history embodied in these walls would have been lost if not for the dedication of women. women founded the association for the preservation of virginia antiquities, now known as preservation virginia. save and restore disappearing landscapes and buildings that embodied our colonial tradition. the women es

justin fairfax and the attorney general of the commonwealth of virginia, mark herring. and we have a number of legislators here, including the president pro tem of the enate. e gentleman from the bedford and lynchburg area, steve newman. i want to thank all the legacy groups that are here. as i looked out, i saw one young lady from the dar who is looking very patriotic that reminded me we need to extend our appreciation. i want to thank all the members of the general assembly who are here. and with that, in the appropriate benediction we just heard, we will now adjourn and continue the commemoration activities over at the jamestown settlement. thank all of you for being here. [applause] >> this year marks the 400th anniversary of the first meeting of the virginia general assembly in jamestown which established local government in the economy. you can watch more on our website at c-span .org/history. >> this weekend on american istory tv, shakespeare enthusiast michael evans talks about the political lessons that might be learned from his plays. especially the tragedies.

now known as preservation virginia. their goal was to save and restore disappearing larnd escapes and buildings that embodied our colonial divisions. successfully securing powder magazine and mary washington's fredericksburg home, the women established an organization, the first in the nation over 130 years ago and have saved more than 500,000 virginia historic places. never veering from their early ambition to acquire jamestown in 1893, they were successful and obtained 22 acres including the 17th century church tower and the foundations of the old churches. within that first decade steam schepps brought guests and ever persuasive they convinced congress to build a sea fall preserving. the colonial games, colonial games of america and many family and descendant societies represented here to construct this church, place monuments, markers and gates in advance of the anniversary. connections between these organizations and this place of historic memory remain resolute. in early years with annie gault launched an excavati

now known as preservation virginia. their goal was to save and restore disappearing landscape and buildings that embody our colonial tradition . >> successfully securing mary washington frederick berg home. the women establish an organization, 130 years ago and has save more than 500,000 virginia historic places. never veering from the early ambition to acquire jamestown in 1893. obtaining 22 acres including the foundations of the old churches, within that first decade they brought guests and they convince congress to build a seawall preserving jamestown from further erosion. they made alliances with the colonial games of america, and many families of descendents. to construct this church, place monuments, markers, and gates in advance of the anniversary. connections between these organizations and this place of his doric memory remain resolute. in early years they launched an excavation to find the foundations for the first assembly met. although amateurs their careful notes provided clues to marianna hartley, the seni

africansse enslaved joint the thousands of virginia's first people, the members of the virginia indian tribes who would also wait centuries to have the same freedoms. hold thesee commemorations of the first representative assembly in the free world, we have to remember who included and who it did not. that is the paradox of virginia, of america and of our representative democracy. a full accounting demands that we confront and discuss those aspects of our history and it demands that we look not just to a point in time 400 years in the past but at how our commonwealth and country have evolved over the course of those four centuries. in many ways, virginia today represents the best of what it means to be american. we know our diversity is our strength. refugees, immigrants, and all, like those who stood on this about 400 years ago, come to virginia in search of a better life. our doors are open and our lights are on. no matter who you are, no matter who you love, and no matter where you came from, you are welcome in virginia. there is nothing, nothing more american than that. todays we s

i brought with me my commission as governor of virginia and a new set of instructions from the virginia company of london that has come to be known as the great charter which we hoped would bring stability to this colony suffering under martial law for nearly nine years. we have been at peace with the indians for many years and the harsh hand of martial law rather than a help to the colony was now a hindrance. to further the colony's growth and prosterity, the virginia company had instructed me to end martial law and reinconstitute english common law and justice in the colony. the instructions also allowed me to call for each of the 11 towns and plantations along the river to send two representatives here to the capital at jamestown where these newly appointed burgesses would meet to pass laws on the governing of the colony. citizens of virginia no longer had to fear the arbitrary decisions of company officials for we had brought about a familiar form of governing here in virginia. in which their own interests and concerns would drive legislation. at the company's behest, we decided leg

with me my commission is the governor of virginia. that is come to be known as the great charter. which we hoped would bring stability to this colony that was suffering under martial law . we have been at peace with the indians for many years. and it was a hindrance. the growth and prosperity , they instructed me to end martial law and to bring justice to the county. it allowed me to call for 11 townsend plantations to send to representatives to the capital where these newly appointed burgesses would meet the laws. citizens of virginia did not have to fear because we have brought about a familiar form of government here in virginia where their own interest and concern with drive ledges nation. it would divide power between the governor, counsel, and this new representative assembly, the selected assembly is the voice of the people. it serves as a check on the power and balance of myself and my counsel . and it is my belief that the citizens of virginia have welcomed this method of establishing laws and political institutions including

i am kirk cox, speaker of the virginia house of delegates. i'm delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement in the recreated church in james fort. and those viewing these proceedings online or watching from beyond to the 400 that -- anniversary today. of the first and oldest continuous representative legislation body in the western hemisphere. as our forefathers did on this very day 400 years ago assembled here at the birthplace of american democracy, jamestown. freedom in the form of representative democracy began here in virginia. the unforgettable and inspiring event that happened here, what began here, has changed not only virginia, and not only america, but much of the entire world. special occasions and commemorations like this offer us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the history of 1619. as a retired schoolteacher, i taught government for 30 years. i know the year 1619 was pivotal. as well as complicated. events that year profoundly shaped the history of america. the year 1619 saw the beginning of the highs and low

kirk cox, speaker of the virginia house of delegates. i'm delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement in the recredit church in james forte. and those viewing these proceedings online or watching from beyond to the 400 that today. of the first and oldest continuous representative legislation body in the western hemisphere. dayforefathers on this very at years ago assembled here the birthplace of american democracy, jamestown. freedom in the form of representative democracy began here in virginia. the unforgettable and inspiring event that happened here, what began here, has changed not only virginia, and not only america, but much of the entire world. special occasions and commemorations like this offer us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the history of 6019. as a retired schoolteacher, i taught government for 30 years. i know the year 1619 was pivotal. as well as complicated. events that year profoundly shaped the history of america. they are 1619 saw the beginning of the highs and lows of america. these included th

about a, familiar form of governing here in virginia. in which their own interests and concerns what drive legislation. at the company's behest, we divided executive, legislative, and judicial power between the authority of the governor, the council, and this new representative assembly made up of colonists living here in virginia. this elected assembly is now the voice of the people here. this assembly is also going to serve, of course, as a check on the power and a balance to the power of myself and my council. it is my belief that the citizens of virginia have certainly welcomed this method of establishing laws, grounded in english common law and political institutions, including this newly formed representative assembly that will certainly continue to tend to the affairs of virginia for some time to come. today as we mark the first meeting of that general assembly, that took place on the same date these few years past, some would say that as near as may be, we have brought virginia to the laudable form of justice and government that

today, the virginia house of delegates and the senate of virginia continue working to improve both the lives and livelihoods of all virginians and thomas jefferson's beautiful capital building. the logo behind us and above us underscores that continuity. in 2007, america's 400th anniversary, we worked to focus national and international attention on jamestown. it's the first permanent english settlement in the new world. and on the convergence of cultures, it would shape our country. now in this commemorative year of 2019, we have been drawing more heavily from archaeological and cultural research. we have broadened our perspective. the result? a far more diverse, comprehensive and compelling picture of events has emerged. and we are determined to continue that story and bring to light other seminal events. commemoration 2019, american evolution, spotlights the genesis of american democracy, american slavely, american diversity and opportunity. american survival and american genius. we are resolved to tell the story. today we are gathered on a momentous occasion for the virginia genera

which is been serving the people of virginia beginning in six virginia beginning in 6t 90. we are delighted with the presence of each of you here and those of you watching. we are truly honored to be joined as a joint assembly by so many distinguished guests. if i could before i recognize some of those distinguished guests, asked that we pause to remember a great leader of our commonwealth who passed away this week. president harrison wilson was a true pioneer in higher education, one of virginia's historic black universities through two decades of progress and growth. join me in a moment of silence and his way. we are truly honored to be joined by so many distinguished guests, deputy secretary of the interior kate mcgregor, amb. of portugal, counsel of defense edward ferguson, clerk of the british house of commons, congressional representative, toi hutchinson , tommy norment, robb wittman . statewide elected officials, the hon. justin fairfax, mark caring, and former lieut. gov. john hager. and we welcome members of the governors cabinet. and former gov. allen, and robert

wittman, united states house of representatives, first congressional district of virginia. congressman wittman. [ cheers and applause ] >> well, thank you, folks, and good morning, and welcome to america's first district, and welcome to jamestown, the locus of so much of our history. it was here where a small group of adventurers established the very foundation of this nation, a nation built on democracy and the rule of law. mr. president, you made all americans proud earlier this summer when you traveled to normandy to recall and honor the

but it was my greatest monitor, a woman named miss virginia jones. she said, if all you see in this neighborhood is problems, that's all there's ever going to be. but if you are stubborn and defiant and can put forth a vision that can unify people, then we can make transformative change. she was a church woman that said, without vision, the people will perish. well, that's exactly what we did. we created extraordinary unity in our community and we did things that other people thought was impossible. that's the story of america. at our best, we unify, we find common cause and common purpose. the differences amongst us democrats on the stage are not as great as the urgency for us to unite as a party, not just to beat donald trump, but to unite america in common cause and common purpose. that's why i'm running for president and that's how i will lead this nation. >> entrepreneur andrew yang. >> in america today, everything revolves around the almighty dollar. our schools, our hospitals, our media, even our government. it's why we don't trust our institu

who canceled a trip to poland in order to monitor the storm, spent much of today at his golf club in virginia. cnn capturing these images of him playing golf. we haven't heard anything from the president about the hurricane since that fema bri briefing yesterday, but white house press secretary stephanie grisham says that he has been getting updates every hour all day long, presumably, david, including while he was playing golf. >> jon karl with us on this labor day.

who canceled a trip to poland in order to monitor the storm, spent much of today at his golf club in virginia. cnn capturing these images of him playing golf. we haven't heard anything from the president about the hurricane since that fema bri briefing yesterday, but white house press secretary stephanie grisham says that he has been getting updates every hour all day long, presumably, david, including while he was playing golf. >> jon karl with us on this labor day. jon, thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. have menwn >>> the west point cadet candidate killed when a rock ledge gave way. >>> we do have news coming in tonight about kevin hart, the suernow after a horrific car crash. what authorities revealed late today. a lot more news ahead on a a lot more news ahead on a monday night. welcome to our busy world. where we all want more energy. but with less carbon footprint. that's why, at bp, we're working to make energy that's cleaner and better. we're producing cleaner-burning natural gas. and solar and wind power. and wherever your day take

who cancelled a trip to poland in order to monitor the storm, spent much of today at his golf club in virginia. cnn capturing these images of him playing golf. we haven't heard anything from the president about the hurricane since that fema briefing yesterday, but white house press secretary stephanie grisham says that he has been getting updates every hour all day long, presumably, david, including while he was playing golf. >> jon karl with us on this labor day. jon, thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the labor day parade scare in the east. the annual holiday event suddenly called off when explosives were found outside a home near the route. the governor had been expected to march in this parade. we'll have more on that. >>> the west point cadet candidate killed when a rock ledge gave way at a popular climbing spot. >>> we do have news coming in tonight about kevin hart, the actor and comedian, out of surgery now after a horrific car crash. what authorities revealed late today. a lot more news ahead on a monday night. welcome to our busy wo

watch this, too, by friday morning, outer banks to norfolk, virginia, going to be feeling this. don't forget, four to seven feet of surge possible right there in south and north carolina. david? >> ginger, thank you. and as she pointed out there, the danger up through florida and into the carolinas. in fact, evacuation orders for more than 2 million people. we were at a hospital evacuating patients today in wrightsville beach. homeowners and business owners boarding up. that wave crashing into a man in florida. he was okay. abc's steve osunsami is in the charleston, south carolina, area tonight, where those evacuations are under way. a very long week ahead there. >> reporter: at vibra hospital in charleston, they're racing to beat the storm, trying to move as many patients as they can to higher ground before hurricane dorian arrives. this patient is on his way in an ambulance tonight to a v.a. hospital two hours away. >> we have ten patients that are confirmed to leave and there will be others today. >> reporter: not everyone is healthy enough to be moved. david eason is fightin

and watch this, too, by friday morning, outer banks to norfolk, virginia, going to be feeling this. we'll finally be rid of it by friday night. don't forget, four to seven feet of surge possible right there in south and north carolina. david? >> ginger zee tracking it with us here again tonight. thank you, ginger. and as ginger pointed out there, the danger up through florida and into the carolinas. in fact, evacuation orders for more than 2 million people. we were at a hospital evacuating patients today. in wrightsville beach, homeowners and businesses boarding up ahead of the storm. the risks of staying behind seen right here. that wave crashing into a man in palm beach shores, florida. he was okay. abc's steve osunsami is in the charleston, south carolina, area tonight, where those evacuations are under way. a very long week ahead there. >> reporter: at vibra hospital in charleston, they're racing to beat the storm, trying to move as many patients as they can to higher ground this patient is on his way in an ambulance tonight to a v.a. hospital two hours away. >> we have ten pati

we have storm surge warnings from virginia down to north florida. the car lies thats will see shorter, but much larger impacts over the next 48 hours. david? >> rob, thank you. >>> tonight, as i mentioned, there is an urgent effort under way in the bahamas. the u.s. coast guard on the scene. the death toll, we have just learned, rising to at least 20. at this hour, there is an all-out race to get to people in need. they need medical help, food and water. and-mile-an-hour us can moore is right there where he's been since before the hurricane hit. >> reporter: tonight in the bahamas, the all-out push to rescue the stranded and bring relief to more than 70,000 in dire need. the injured c chopper. in marsh harbour, we saw first-hand the hospital clinic that has become a makeshift shelter. every hallway is full. outside, destruction as far as the eye can see. families struggling to even walk through the wreckage. it's been a harrowing 72 hours since dorian's eye passed directly over us, decimating most of this island and knocking out communications. as t

we have storm surge warnings from virginia all the way down to north florida. in the end, the carolinas will see shorter, but likely much larger impacts over the next 48 hours. david? >> rob marciano, who has been there for days for us. thank you. >>> tonight, as i mentioned, there is an urgent effort under way in the bahamas. the u.s. coast guard on the scene. the death toll, we have just learned, rising to at least 20. at this hour, there is an all-out race to get to people in need. they need medical help, food and water. and marcus moore is right there, where he's been since before the hurricane hit. >> reporter: tonight in the bahamas, the all-out push to rescue the stranded and bring relief to more than 70,000 in dire need. the injured carried one by one to this waiting coast guard chopper. in marsh harbour, we saw first-hand the hospital clinic that has become a makeshift shelter. every hallway is full. outside, destruction as far as the eye can see. families struggling to even walk through the wreckage. it's been a harrowing 72 hours since dorian's eye p

per hour to the northeast and a tornado watch has now been extended all the way to norle toing and virginia beach. that has been one of the major issues, as you mentioned. those tornadoes coming with those ripping winds offshore. but watch as this track could take two landfalls in the next 12 hours,y 2to g outnttheea but itimcts far nort as knack tu as nantucket. by tomorrow morning, you could p seeing one of the landfalls, then, over the outer banks, nags head, all need to be on the lookout. surge in the area of four to seven feet. nantucket by saturday morning could see gusts to 60, still from dorian. >> all right, potentially two landfalls. we'll be watching it with you. ginger, thank you. >>> and in the bahamas, the death toll rising and the new fear at this hour that that toll could grow much higher. the staggering damage seen from the air tonight and the fear of what they might find under all of that debris there. the u.s. coast guard ferrying the injured to get medical help, as that death toll begins its staggering climb. and abc's victor aro to freeport, grand bahama, tonight. >> re

miles per hour to the northeast and a tornado watch has now been extended all the way to norfolk and virginia beach. that has been one of the major issues, as you mentioned. those tornadoes coming with those ripping winds offshore. but watch as this track could take two landfalls in the next 12 hours, david. watch that category 2 storm go out into the ocean, but it will still have impacts, as far north as nantucket. let's time it out for you, by tomorrow morning, you could see near morehead city, out in the outer banks there, you could end up seeing one of the landfalls, then, over the outer banks, nags head, all need to be on the lookout. surge in the area of four to seven feet. nantucket by saturday morning could see gusts to 60, still from dorian. >> all right, potentially two landfalls. we'll be watching it with you. ginger, our thanks to you again tonight. >>> and in the bahamas, the death toll rising and the new fear at this hour that that toll could grow much higher. the staggering damage seen from the air tonight and the fear of what they might find under all of that debris there. the

. >> reporter: in norfolk, virginia, trees crashing down onto cars and homes. >> i just made my morning coffee and next thing i know the whole house starts shaking. >> reporter: the house has apparently been condemned. and we're seeing new images of the destruction from more than 20 reported tornadoes on thursday. emerald isle, north carolina residents trying to salvage what they can. this as utility crews race to restore power across the region. at one point, more than 375 thousand in the dark. >> stephanie, so men ea homes are damaged. >> reporter: so much damage that it's gone. one of the oldest and best loved fishing by locales washed away. bug piece oz of the peer have washed off but that's 75 feet of peer gone. proof of how powerful the wind and rain is that rolled through here. >> in thia of the storm and let's get back to rob tonight. in magshead, north carolina and it's not over yet. >> reporter: you can see the wind still pushing waves over the highway behind me. and now it's picking up steam, 24 miles per hour. but 90 mile-per-hour winds south of nantucket by 300 miles and we

his facility in virginia closed down and curiodyssey had room for him, he and the over 100 animals here have one big thing in common. >> all of aeroanimals have a reason why they live here and not in the wild. for a lot of them, they were injured in the wild and non-releasable. in bud's case, he was born in captivity, never lived in the wild. and some were even kept as illegal pets and not able to be released back into the wild. it's a permanent home for native california animals. >> a good boy. very nice. >> allison and natalie love how close they can get to all the animals. >> are there any other places you go where you can see animals like this up close? >> not really. >> there is, at coyote point, there is. >> this is coyote point. >> curiodyssey is here, so we'll say they're both right. >> we love making that connection with kids, hopefully inspiring them to care more about nature and their animals in their own backyard and maybe take action in the future to protect them any way they can. >> the animals aren't the only attraction here. head inside for hands-on fun with science exhi

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on a rainy monday in arlington, virginia, president trump celebrating general mark miley on becoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the event taking place amid an escalating impeachment battle right over the bridge in washington. trump offering no words on the matter during the ceremony, but hours later continuing his tirade against the house's lead investigator. >> adam schiff representative, congressman made up what i said. he actually took words and made it up. >> he also renewed his attacks on the whistle-blower at the center of the inquiry against him, telling reporters today that he wants to know the identity of the unnamed informant. >> do you know who the whistle-blower is, sir? >> well, we're trying to find out about our whistle-blower. we have a whistle-blower that reports things that were incorrect. >> this as attorneys for the unnamed intelligence officer raised, quote, serious concerns regarding their clients' safety, alleging, quote, certain individuals are offered a $50,000 bounty for the whistle-blower's identity. the vice-chairman of the senate intelligence c

. >> reporter: from georgia to the carolinas and virginia the race is on to stay ahead of the storm with authorities warning the time to evacuate is now. >> don't try to ride it out. it's not worth putting your life at risk or endangering first responders who might have to save you. >> reporter: the big concern, areas prone to flooding could be fighting several feet of storm surge. >> as we saw a week ago an and a half foot tide in charleston means streets will flood. >> reporter: the beaches are already eroding. the heavy wind and rain toppling trees and power lines knocking out power to more than 11,000 customers, but most now back online. president trump receiving another briefing on dorian today. >> we got lucky in florida. very lucky indeed. hopefully we're going to be lucky. it depends on what happens with south carolina and north carolina. >> reporter: as the u.s. continues its relief efforts i th bahamasn lef behind so much destruction. the coast guard rescuing dozens on the ground and in florida volunteers are doing what they can to help. >> these people in the bahamas have lost

. >> in virginia, the military making preparations. sending their canines further north to wait out the storm. meanwhile, thousands in the bahamas facing total devastation waiting for relief and beginning the long road to recovery. >> our response will be day and night, day after day, week after week. month after month and then the lives of our people return to some degree of normalcy. >> here in north carolina, many areas under a flash flood watch and warning. this storm serving as a deja vu because this area is still recovering from hurricane florence that hit less than a year ago. morgan norwood, abc news in wilmington, north carolina. >>> disney, the parent company of abc 7 is donating a million dollars toward relief and recovery efforts in the bahamas. you can help as well. donations can be made by calling 800-red cross. you can text the word dorian to 90999. that will make you donate just $10 or donate at red cross.org/abc. >>> federal investigators looking at places where the deadly fire might have started to board that diving b

a third plane crashed into the pentagon in virginia. the flight 93, which was supposed to land at sfo crashed in pennsylvania after hijackers gained control of that plane. it's believed they wanted to divert the flight to washington, d.c. a group of passengerers including mark bingham, a bay area native, stormed into the cockpit to stop the hijackers.sl raire n about an hour. department will hold annual ceremonies at all 47 fire houses in the city just before 7:00 a.m. this is video from last year's ceremony at station 7. at a moment of silence the names of the 343 new york firefighters killed on 9/11 will be read. >>> in martinez police and firefighters will hold a flag raising ceremony at the amtrak station at 8:00 a.m. at 7:00 a.m., santa rosa will kick off its day of caring event. county and city employees are given the opportunity to work on projects to benefit the community. >>> new this morning, a brand-new abcngn poll released overnight shows president trump trailing against all five presidential contenders. in a match-up agains

this starts next month and is only available in virginia. while greens is partnering with alphabet's drones delivery services wing. >>> we're getting lazier and lazier. i'm imagine laying in bed and a drone drops me my sandwich. >> it's here. >>> as football season gets going, we're getting a look at the new concessions at levi stadium. the new food and dripgs ve drin available this season. >>> and we'll take you inside this dream home for sale in san francisco. they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. >>> all right. we have the last three games of the season at home. the a's taking on the rangers tonight. 7:07 first pitch 72, 63 towards the end of the game. >>> oakland police are asking for your help finding a young man missing sinc

gusting to 66 to hatteras, 70 in elizabeth city un northern north carolina right near the border with virginia. this will move over the ocean as we head throughout the day and cause a lot of issues with rip currents along the east coast. it will make landfall once again in canada this weekend. frances? >>> all right, mike. we're taking you back to this live shot in emeryville. we have a fatal crash westbound 80 at powell. there was a pedestrian walking around in the center divide who apparently may have jumped into the lanes of traffic and was struck and hit by a car. westbound 80 completely shut down this morning right at powell. so they are taking traffic off, and you can see that the powell on-ramp to the bay bridge is open. so that's only one lane getting by. also, traffic is quickly backed up, westbound 80 a complete parking lot through emeryville backing up into berkeley causing over hour-long delays. westbound 80 the spot to avoid this morning. you may want to consider alternate routes. you may want to head to 680, 24 or get onto the bay bridge via 880. we'll keep you posted and check o

a third plane crashed into the pentagon in virginia. flight 93, which was supposed to land at sfo crashed in pennsylvania after hijackers gained control of that plane. it's believed they wanted to divert the flight to washington, d.c. a group of passengers including mark bingham, a bay area native, stormed into the cockpit to stop the hijackers. abc news will have a special report on the commemorations in new york city. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> expect more flight cancellations and delays at sfo because of runway construction. here's a live look at the airport. this morning at least 62 flights are canceled, and so far 12 are delayed. i'm sure that number will go up. since the main runway closed on saturday, more than 1,000 flights have been delayed. nearly 500 canceled. >> of all airports, it's the second or third best airport, today's experience is one of the worst. >> the flight cancellations hurt some hotels and shuttle businesses. the runway is scheduled to reopen september 27th. and if you're stuck overnight, the airli

kfc is testing out a new dish for a limited time in virginia and pennsylvania. so what they're doing is pairing the fried chicken and fresh glazed doughnuts. you get two options. the kentucky fried chicken and doughnut basket meal or the kentucky fried chicken and doughnut sandwich. >> i don't know why we're not showing that. that's the most impressive/disgusting option. it's a fried chicken patty, instead of buns, two doughnuts. get all the way out of here. please. please. >> i agree. somebody is looking forward to this. chicken and waffles is good. maybe this is good. >> i know, but the obesity rate in this country. we don't need it. >> you only need to eat one a year. you don't binge. >> okay. >> you can only survive one a year. >>> we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news, including the local playground that could be approved for a name change today. >>> yesterday it was president trump, today a former president is headed to san francisco. i'll have the story coming up. >>> and open arms from some, protests from others. president trump walks away wi

at&t has the nation's best wireless network according to the virginia based global wireless solutions. the firm tested the wireless networks in all 50 states, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands and found at&t had the best performance. verizon came in second with the best upload speeds. there are dozens of firms cellular carriers. what is important to is to find which company has the best performance where you use the phone most important. amazon hopes to transform paying for groceries to just the touch of a hand. the new york post reports amazon hopes to have hand scanners in its whole foods markets next year. a handprint would be linked to the prime account allowing payment. amazon employees use hand scans for purchases from vending machines in amazon offices. >>> retailers are gearing up for the december holidays. are you ready for this? target released its bull's eye top toys of 2019 list predicting the hottest toys of the season. the spin master, fort night jumbo and monster jams remote controlled truck. target hopes to fill the vacuum in the toy retail business after toys ar

we know events will be held in boston, chicago, dallas, seattle, nashville, and arlington, virginia on september 17th. the jobs range from software engineers to warehouse staff that fulfill orders. people can register online if you're interested in applying. >>> dozens of california food and bench companies are in fresno this week, hoping to sell their products. the california food expo got under way today. it's a trade show designed exclusively for california companies bringing growers and manufacturer together with distributors and others in food-related businesses. there are 130 companies exhibiting. >> 35% of our companies are brand-new, coming from san diego to san francisco, but it's really exciting. i think there is something really special about the california brand. >> the california food expo continues tomorrow. >>> all right. interesting story coming up. a soccer stadium has turned into a field of trees. >> in fact, a forest has been planted right where players would normally be running during a match. how this forest is actua one call 811 before you dig.ings you can do is t

this starts next month and is only available in virginia. would you do that? get your medications brought to you by drone? >> if i needed them. >> i guess so. >> quickly. >> sometimes you don't feel like going there. >> if you're sick for sure. >>> wheel watchers, do you love solving the puzzles at home? >> now you can audition to spin the wheel for real. >> you could be on wheel of fortune. >> now is your chance to try out. >> the wheel mobile is rolling chce tay a t yr graton resort and casino. pat and vanna won't be there, but drew will be there to help out with the contestant search. for everything you need to know about the auditions, go to abc7news.com or we can ask mike. you've been to those auditions before. >> several times. the key is you have to show personality. so many people are focused on concentrating so hard on solving the puzzle. that's not what they want to see. they want to see your personality. >> energy. >> they want energy. they want you to have fun. you could not know a clue about the actual puzzle, as long as you're having fup an and e

. ♪ feed your head >>> police in virginia are investigating an alleged assault on a black sixth grader who says several white students held her down and forcefully cut her dreadlocks. she says they called her hair ugly, when they pinned her down and cut her dreadlocks during recess. her family met with school officials thursday but feel as though the school isn't taking them seriously. >> they put their hands on my back, their hand over my mouth and started to cut my hair. >> no other child has to experience what she experienced and they just walk away. >> officials with the school where the vice president's wife, karen pence, teaches part time say they are cooperating with police. >> on to business and entertainment news. spiderman will not be leaving the marvel cinematic universe anytime soon. waltz disn walt disney says they will be teaming up to produce spiderman again. the next spidey film will star tom holland, expected to hit theaters july 2021. >>> google is turning 21 today. the search engine, which has just turned into this huge thing, just celebrated, according with a google

still as a category two hurricane before weakening slightly to a category one as it moves away from the virginia coastline and as you can see, watches and warnings have been posted all along the south atlantic and mid atlantic coastline. once again, one of the more unusual features of the storm has been its very slow movement and we'll go to abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma for a closer look at that. >> hurricane dorian not only an incredibly big storm but slow moving storm at times. there is a period of 19 hours where the storm only moved the length of the bay bridge. we'll show you what we mean. monday morning at 9:00 a.m. dorian category four storm. we'll place that here over the bay bridge toll plaza. at that time, dorian crawling west at one mile per hour. five hours later, dorian just completely stops moving in that time period it only moved five miles. that will get you to the harrison street exit side on san francisco. what is worse, it sat there for 14 hours. dorian does not even move at all. so in a 19-hour period, dorian traveled the length of the bay bridge from the toll plaza over to t

tropical storm watches and warnings, as well, are posted on much of the south atlantic coast and up to virginia and we'll keep following the storm. ama. >> thank you, spencer. >>> disney, the parent company of abc 7 is donating $1 million to relief and recovery efforts in the bahamas and you can help, as well. donations can be made by calling 1800-red-cross or text the word dorian to 90999 to donate $10 or donate online at red org. >>> this wildfire is 150 acres when we first reported it to you 15 minutes ago, it was at 25 acres. you can see it is spreading quickly. firefighters have zero percent containment. mandatory evacuation order haves been issued. there are homes nearby. the fire is burning not far from houses, as i said. lightning strikes have been spotted this afternoon in that area, though, it not clear if that is how the fire started. we hear that winds are helping to slow the forward progress of the fire so that is encouraging news. we'll continue to keep you updated. >>> moving on, the sexual assault survivor in the case involving former stanford swimmer brock turner is publicly re

. >> reporter: in virginia, the military making preparations, sending their canines further north to wait out the storm. meanwhile, thousands in the bahamas facing total devastation and awaiting the long road to recovery. >> our response will be day and night, day after day, week after week, month after month, until the lives of our people return to some degree of normalcy. >> reporter: here in north carolina, many areas still under a flash flood watch and warnings. the storm serving as a deja vu because this area is still recovering from hurricane florence that hit less than a year ago. i'm morgan norwood, abc news in wilmington, north carolina. >> all right. well, spencer has been tracking dorian's path. >> yeah, it is still a really menacing storm. >> it certainly is. it's a very powerful and dangerous storm. let me give you a closer look now. it's moving right along the atlantic coast line, coastal areas of north carolina right now. the storm is still a category 2 hurricane, maximum sustained winds about 100 miles per hour, with gusts up to 125 miles per hour. as you heard in tha

. >> sean: he was asked, why would you leave a big 12 head coaching job at west virginia to go to houston? he feels like houston has a chance to be great. and i think all the investment they're making in athletics, they would like to get into a power five conference at some in they're attractive, so many things going so well on their campus. redmond made the tackle on smith. and houston will not snap it again. what a debut for jalen hurts. history making, and lincoln riley is now 25-4 as a college head coach. coach hurts, very proud. and jalen is one of the young men, you can tell he was raised right. >> todd: no doubt. >> sean: right on cue, here's jalen with holly. >> holly: as you run out of the tunnel tonight, what crossed your mind? >> we were telling everybody to play to the standard we set for ourselves, and we need to do a better job. kind of sloppy at times. we need to do better. >> holly: as you scored your first touchdown, how did you settle into this offense? >> just playing football. it's a greatme at times, but it was not consistent enough. >> holly: you seem super disappoin

decades have seen stagnant wages in pennsylvania and michigan and minnesota and wisconsin and west virginia and any number of states. they don't believe the political system works for them and they don't leave the economics work for them. along comes donald trump and says i'm going to change the rules. i'm going to change the rules so they work for you and people said i want somebody to change the rules. i'd like to give them a chance so they voted for him. now, i think the lesson and to your question, i think the lesson to democrats in these candidates particularly have come to understand is, unless you talk about the economic issues that affect the working people you are not going to elect a so they have begun talking about the kitchen table economics that affect workers. the more they do that the more workers will connect with them and the more support they will get. >> she talked about kitchen table issues and she talked about working people. is there something different about the way democrats are talking about it now than maybe she did our other stood? >> it's been a piece of their ca

in 2019 in the commonwealth of virginia where we're deciding these house of delegate and commonwealth senate seats and across the country forcluding for the white house we once again put the lives of fellow oamericans over the nra, over corporations and packs and live up to our promises. >> is this what you're running on? is gun violence going to be the issue that tips the 2020 election in your view? regardless of who's the nominee is this what you're running on at this point? >> what else could i talk about at this point? 22 people killed in el paso, yesterday four murdered including a student, many mer injured including a 17-month old baby shot in the face. if this is not making us angry, if we don't respond with the urgency it depends, then we are in part to blame. this is a government of, by and for the people, it's everyone one of responsibilities to get this right and i take that incredibly seriously. >> it's clear you care more about this than being president which i think is important for politicians to understand. you have to care about a thing if you're running -- it's carin

. >> i now recognize the gentleman from west virginia. >> thank you, madam chair. your remarks earlier were missed because we have another meeting upstairs and we've been back and forth. i apologize if your testimony may explain some of this but i'm trying to follow the chronology because what i gathered from the internet is they were introduced in 2003, some set of 2006. when do we confirm these things came along? >> they began to be marketed in 2007. >> back to you now. >> i heard the chairman's remarks, but i can't agree more with the concerns. there's no link between the two of us. why has the fda not finalized some kind of determination that allows these things, how do you describe the permitted use? >> they are not authorized to be sort of the on the market for discretion to prioritize the enforcement. the history, e-cigarettes contains products -- is one of the byproducts get into people's lung, we've had members of debates and the committee the last ten years, not what is happening with the cool combustion, but from what i understand, my research on this is