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This years festival is back on and packed with amazing fun.

Details: 9:30 p.m. Martin’s Downtown, Roanoke. Free. 985-6278, martinsdowntown.com, bendedlight.band Mercy Creek Details: 5 p.m. Parkway Brewing Co., Salem. Free. 314-8234, parkwaybrewing.com, mercycreek.com FRIDAY The Wooks Kentucky band fuses rock n roll into its old-time and country styles. Salem native P.J. George is guesting on bass. Details: 9 p.m. Martin’s Downtown. $10. wookoutamerica.com Friday Night Backyard Jamboree: A frequent country store performer returns for a night of dance...

Magnetic, if anybody lucky enough to meet her would know that she made it so easy and fun to be around her, and she had that natural ability to make that -- you just felt like the best thing, you just wanted to spend so much time with her, and just be there. >> let me bring in somebody that knew that firsthand and knew how special your sister was even though they just met. cody, let me bring you in. you met her at the concert. tell me about it. >> we were at the side stage when we met, it was ab...

Her sister said she had an infectious smile. while she was there, she happened to meet a stranger, another 32-year-old named cody robertson. take a listen to what her sister and this stranger cody had to say about her. >> she was really, truly beautiful. inside and out. and she had this bubbly, infectious personality and its so magnetic. anyone who has been lucky enough to meet her would know that she made it so easy and fun to be around her. >> we were actually at the side stage, originally, wh...

Artists there on the scene? >> yeah, i have. i actually -- i talked to jason, he text me. i think he got a ride over to the airport, was waiting to hopefully get out. i talked to cain brown and i was standing on the stage with luke coombs and dan, we were standing side stage together when all of this went down and everybody seems to be okay. for the folks that were out in the crowd that were there with open shot from where he was shooting from the mandalay. i mean, you couldnt tell where it was ...

>> if russia is the leader, well never see bashare assad which is a stated goal in syria. if france keeps going on there well have a good ally. but the whole dynamics of the battle of isis would change if the russians take a leadership role. it will not be the outcome we want. it is fine to fight isis, but isis is the centerpiece, but also a side stage of what is going on in syria. and what our own nations goals and objectives are in respect to getting rid of assad. the complexity is difficult t...

Plan. well, great. pass the damn thing. all right? and send it over here and lets have the real negotiations. instead of sitting over there rooting for a government shutdown. >> the "huffington post" ryan grim joins us. pass the damn thing, was that meant for democrats or to show tough talking to satisfy tea party members who had said to be really push mr. baner? >> what that was about is trying to blame the senate for an eventual government shutdown. all -- everything were hearing from both bes...

Just myself on the stage. so i was terrified. >> larry: fred, how did they find you? or where did they find you? where did you find them? >> i was doing stand-up comedy in los angeles. and we also sent in tapes. and yeah, i auditioned right here. and i remember it was like really nerve-racking. when i got the phone call that i got, i saved it on my phone as the best call ever. so since then, ive just transferred that number. over and over. it was exciting. it was really great just to be on the s...

That prime minister netanyahu made yesterday in terms of not wanting to see the nuclear summit with a side stage on him and israels nuclear program. we understand that. israel will be there as a legitimate representative. >> shepard: youre talking about turkeys pressure or potential pressure on israel to denuclearize which israel never publicly admitted. thats not when this started. you talk about clearing the way for the stage to be set to bring them back to the peace table and the vice preside...

Experiences, i hope that we can really come back, make a comeback, and we never thought this was a japan bashing. >> larry: all right. two other things. youre famous for being publicity shy. is this difficult for you? was it hard to appear on this program tonight? >> translator: well, larry, i feel really honored that i was able to appear on your program as the number one person of my company. i thought the vehicles, the cars is the main character. so i wanted to stay on the side stage. but perh...