the president, the actor was not at all surprised. he said the intelligence hit him on the forehead like a hammer. he wrote, my mind accepted the fact at once. i thought to myself that my brother was capable of just such an action. his brother s murder of lincoln was devastating to edwin, but the reactions he records in his letters seem to speak less of the blow to the union than of the blow to the actor himself. oh where has my glory gone, edwin wrote in the agony. i have been blasted in my hopes by a villain. edwin vowed to quit acting forever in penance for his brother s crime. in a letter to the american people that he wrote in the summer of 1865 and published in various newspaper, edwin said, i shall struggle on in my retirement bearing an oppressed memory and a wounded name to my all too welcome grave. but edwin booth did not keep this promise. six months amp liafter lincoln body was laid in the tomb here in springfield, edwin announced his return to the stage. more su
schedule this day alone. san jose s graffiti abatement unit is in jeopardy. everything is on the table. we have a difficult budget year again. reporter: that means there may be no one left to do this. next year s budget deficit might force the five teams who paint the town every day to look the other way. things that are near and dear to my heart, like the graffiti removal program, are things that we have to consider, because we have to balance graffiti removal against responding to emergency calls. reporter: the mayor will ask voters what they think in a telephone survey scheduled for the next couple of weeks. should they keep the graffiti unit or eliminate it to keep more cops on the street. are you ready to sign up, anti-graffiti squad? reporter: easy gomez isn t laughing. downtown businesses and business owners might not either if the city pulls the rollers from his team. it costs the city just over $1.5 million to run the graffiti abatement team, but it s fac
entertainment world. rnb singer teena marie is dead at 54. marie was a grammy winning nominated artist and protege of legend rick james. she began her career with motown records in the 1970s and had a hit later with the song lover girl in 1984. she was noted for her success as a white fer former in r & b music. more on teena marie s passing and her legacy later in this show. meanwhile, this is not how anybody wanted to finish the christmas weekend, a blizzard bearing down on the northeast as we speak. a live look here for you at the snow whipping around providence, rhode island tonight. this is the reason so many people are making it or not making it home tonight, and many more could have to miss work in the morning as well. officials throughout the northeast are begging people to stay off the roads as well. our affiliate wpri tells us there is a very good reason why. reporter: highways are plowed but still slick. 295 down to one lane in some spots according to state po
r&b singer teena marie is dead at 54. marie was a grammy nominated artist and a protege of legend rick james. she began her career with motown records in the 1970s and had a hit later with the song lover girl in 1984. marie was noted for her success as a white performer in r&b music. we ll have more on teena marie s passing and her legacy later in this show. meanwhile, this is not how anybody wanted to finish the christmas weekend, a blizzard bearing down on the northeast as we speak. a live look here for you at the snow whipping around providence, rhode island, tonight. this is the reason so many people are making it or not making it home tonight, and many more could have to miss work in the morning, as well. officials throughout the northeast are begging people to stay off the roads, as well. our affiliate wpri tells us there is a very good reason why. reporter: the highways are plowed but still slick. 295 down to one lane in some spots according to state police with
a blizzard hits the northeast stranding travelers and making for a very miserable weekend and a rough start to the week ahead. we have a live report from newark airport, along with a check on the commuter trains and road conditions. meanwhile in the south, the sight of snow this weekend was a surprising sight, especially in florida. and we ll have all those stories and more in a moment. first, breaking news from the entertainment world. rnb singer teena marie is dead at 54. marie was a grammy winning nominated artist and protege of legend rick james. she began her career with motown records in the 1970s and had a hit later with the song lover girl in 1984. she was noted for her success as a white performer in r & b music. more on teena marie s passing and her legacy later in this show. meanwhile, this is not how anybody wanted to finish the christmas weekend, a blizzard bearing down on the northeast as we speak. a live look here for you at the snow whipping around provid