nancy: fighting back against crime. a stranger grabbed the girl in minutes in the 6700 block of tower drive in the alexandria section of fairfax county richard reeve is there as the police canvass the area. rich? richard: this was a horrible crime. the girl was about ducted and sexual assaulted. and the suspect is still out there. it happened here in a playground, in the open space in the beacon hill apartment complex. 5:30 sunday evening the family members suddenly noticed she was missing. a short time later, we don't know how long, the girl return and told the family the terrible story. the man in this sketch, a man she did not know, took her away and sexual assaulted her. the girl is getting counseling and medical attention. after an interview with a child specialist and the canvaso

police were able to come up with this sketch. days later police calling this a stranger case. no one seems to know the man. tonight officers will be back in the neighborhood. this is a complex with a lot of families, a lot of kids. investigators and residents here hope the man is caught soon. >> i feel like i have to take care of my children all the time when i come here. so it's terrible to hear such a thing, you know. >> that is the intent of tonight's canvass, to see if anyone recognizes him as a neighbor or family member or anything like that. richard: the suspect is an hispanic man. if you think you see him or know this man they want to hear from you. police will be here at 5:00. we will be here live. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: rich, thank you. tensions high in charlottesville following a deadly and

at emancipation park today a man with a rifle slung around his shoulder. people yelled at him to go home. jeff goldberg is in charlottesville. we see this in this video. everyone is very much on edge today. jeff: things have calmed down in emancipation park. this is where the statue of robert e. lee stands and you see signs honoring heather heyer. the city's plan is to take down the statue that drew the unite the right rally last weekend and attracted one man. his presence certainly had a lot of local residents angry about his presence.

jeff: the residents started to gath every at the park. you can see that many were yelling at him to leave, calling him a terrorist saying that his presence was troublesome following what happened last weekend and the death of heather heyer. police did intervene to calm down the situation. he agreed to leave the park. he was escorted away and we spoke to him before the crowd arrived. >> i'm standing here protect robert e. lee while i'm here. hopefully no one will and havize him and this is a protection for my safety. >> it's distasteful for him to show up in light of recent events. i hope he goes home and doesn't come back to charlottesville. jeff: now he did tell us he was not a member of the unite the right rally last weekend. he does not support the violence that took place last weekend. but regardless of what he is saying, a lot of local residents did not want him he

come back. coming up at 5:00, a few minutes ago we spoke with a very well-known local resident of charlottesville, and he has a strong message to hate groups who might be thinking about coming back to town. until then, live in charlottesville, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: a new headline late today from president trump as he fires back against the business leaders dropping out of his manufacturing council. today he tweeted for every c.e.o. who drops out of the manufacturing council i have many to take their place. grandstanders should not have gone on. jobs. " four business leaders dropped out including the c.e.o. of maryland based under armour following the president's response to the events in charlottesville. nancy: a warning tonight for people looking to donate to the victims of the violence. the attorney general says scammers can set up fake charities. he suggests vet the campaign organizer before giving money. if you need

consumer protection section. michelle: stay with abc7 for continuing coverage on charlottesville on air and online. we'll hear more from jeff goldberg who has been on the ground from the beginning. you can get updates at wjla.com and watch the entire memorial service for heather heyer tomorrow on newschannel8. coverage there starts at 11:00 in the morning. nancy: this just in, the roger b. taney statue outside the state house in annapolis could be removed. he is the late u.s. supreme court justice who authored the 1857 dred scott decision upholding slavery and denying citizenship to black people. governor hogan said he is asking the statehouse trust to remove the statue and the push to remove it has grown stronger over the years especially now following violence in charlottesville. michelle: the surge of heavy rain in washington turned a

river. they did their best to maneuver the strong current. stephen tschida has more from those caught in the downpour. this was rough. stephen: michelle, we are at connecticut and nebraska avenues. both head downhill. check out what happens across the intersection. nebraska avenue drops off steeply today after the heavy rain. it looked like a water fall. it came hard, fast and in an instant overwhelmed drainage system and flooded nebraska avenue. >> it was a little scary. drivers on connecticut avenue and nebraska avenue suddenly surrounded by water. isabelle frightened her car would be swept away. >> a river going down nebraska. i was going up in my cars and i had a flashes of am i going to float away? stephen: a lot of people worried about floating away. another big problem in the neighborhood after today's big

check on the forecast. get the chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: we are seeing the showers moving out. that is good. we get a break for tonight and tomorrow. but then thursday and friday is right back on. more showers and more heavy thunderstorms toward the end of the weekend. as far as what is happening rainfall wise around the area here, we have temperatures running in the 70's. that is not the story. look. .8 of an inch of rain at the hospital. and the same in falls church. a little flood warning for a while but we are getting a break as the skies slowly start to clear. heavy rain moved out of the area an hour ago. we have isolated showers to keep an eye on for the next few hours. broaden out the big picture, the whole zone of cloudiness and rain sliding east. we picked up lightning strikes in the area of south central virginia. all of that should track east. the weather will be improving through th

partly sunny. glimpse of sun first pitch time is possible at nats park. more sunshine tomorrow but the showers and the storms are back for the end of the week. what does the weekend hold. what do we expect for the next ten days? i don't know. we'll find out. michelle: we know you know, doug. thank you. don't get caught unprepared when bad weather hits. download the stormwatch7 weather app from google play and the app store. to get instant updates based on your location. developing overseas now. north korea backing down on threats to launch missiles in the waters off guam. the small u.s. territory, a couple miles south of the rogue nation. north korea is celebrating the independence from japan today. meanwhile, defense secretary james mattis reiterated the u.s. is ready to defend itself from any threat. nancy: all that going on while joint chiefs of staff marine corps general joseph dunford continues his trip in china, arriving there after meeting with u.s. and south korea military

he said that china does not share the same "perspective on many issues" but they are committed to work through the differences. michelle: right now we are on the scene at the lincoln memorial where someone spray painted an expletive on the column at the end of the national mall and other targets nearby. d.c. bureau chief sam ford with the developing story. with the amount of cameras out there, do we know whether the vandal was caught on video? sam: the parks perp spokes pan did not say whether they saw anyone on video but said video is among the tools they use to catch vandals here. the graffiti was discovered at 4:30 this morning. expletive perhaps directed at law enforcement. the park service says this was the third time since 2013 someone defaced the memorial. in this case, it was marked on a column at the back of the west side of the

the people are. the park service spokesman says they are in the process of cleaning off the graffiti. >> a mild architectural paint stripper. leave it on for a while. rinse it off. take a look. reapply as many times as necessary. it's a federal offense. vandalism of a monumented of federal property -- monumented of federal property. michelle: all right. we want to turn to breaking news. president trump live from trump tower addressing questions about charlottesville. let's listen in. president trump: you can call it "terrorism." you can call it "murder." you can call it whatever you want. i would just call it as the fastest one to come one a good verdict. that's what i'd call it. there is a question. is it murder? is it terrorism? then you get into legal semantics. the driver of th

murderer. what he did is a horrible, inexcusable thing. >> can you tell how you feel about stephen bannon? president trump: i never spoke to mr. bannon about it. >> do you still have confidence in steve? president trump: i like mr. bannon. he is a friend of mine. but mr. bannon came on very late. you know that. i went through 17 senators, governors and i won all the primaries. mr. bannon came on very much later than that. and i like him. he's a good man. he is not a racist. i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets an unfair press in that regard. but we'll see what happens with mr. bannon. he is a good person. i think the press treats him unfairly. >> they have called on you to defend h.r. mcmaster against -- president trump: i did it the last time.

>> the alt-right -- >> senator mccain? the one who voted against obamacare? you mean senator mccain who voted against us getting good healthcare? >> senator mccain says that the alt-right is behind these attack and he linked the same group to those who perpetrated the attacks in charlottesville. michelle: q&a session there with the president at trump tower. this was supposed to be on the topic of infrastructure but clearly many questions still remaining about the events that unfolded in charlottesville and his response. you can continue to watch this on newschannel8 and on wjla.com. moving on now ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- costco ripping off tiffany's. nancy: the blue box engagement ring, not the real deal. the massive payment ordered coming up. michelle: and the amazon instant pickup arriving. where you can place an order

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nancy: dangerous driving caught on camera. michelle: they are on the school buses that bring your children to and from class. nancy: transportation reporter brianne carter shows us how often the drivers blow by the stop sign arms. brianne: captured on camera a school bus stopped. but a car zoomed right past. a second later a student crosses in front of the bus. it's a near miss danger that soon will be a concern again as the school buses get ready to fill the region's roads over the coming weeks. we did some digging to find out how many people aren't paying attention to the rules of the road. last school year alone montgomery county issued 15,000 citations to drivers illegally passing a stopped school bus. cameras more than 200 school buses. the maximum fine last year, $250. but starting october 1, that fine doubles to $500. across the river in arlington county, more than 600 drivers were cited after they were caught on camera. once the program was re

this upcoming school year there will be camera on 19 county school buses driving the routes with the most violations. >> when you have over 20,000 school bus ticket cameras in the area, that tells us that people aren't stopping for school buses and they should be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law. brianne: a.a.a. says traffic patterns and the amount of traffic can change and increase from 15 to 45% from now in august till the day in september. but this year, it could be even worse. we will explain why coming up tonight at 5:00. in arlington, brianne carter, abc7 news. nancy: we are going back out live to new york where president trump continues to answer questions on charlottesville. president trump: are we going to take down -- excuse me. are we going to take down statues to george washington? how about thomas jefferson? what do you think of thomas jefferson? you like him? are we going to take down the st

are we going to take down his statue? you know what? it's fine. you are changing history, you are changing culture. you had people -- i'm not talking about the neonazis and the white nationallies because they should be condemned totally. but you had group other than neo nazis and white nationalists. and the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. now in the other group also, you had some fine people. but you also had troublemakers and you see them come with the brack outfits and the helmets and the baseball bats. you had a lot of bad people in the other group, too. >> you were saying the press treated white nationalists unfairly? i don't understand what you are saying. president trump: there were people in the rally. i looked the night before. if you look, there were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee

were bad ones. the following day it looked like they had rough, bad people. neo nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them. but you had a lot of people in that group there were there to innocently protest and legally protest. because you know, i don't know if you know, they had a permit. the other group didn't have a permit. so i only tell you this. there are two sides to a story. i thought what took place was a horrible moment for our country. horrible moment. but there are two sides to the story. does anybody have a final? you have an infrastructure. >> what makes you think you can get an infrastructure built? you didn't get healthcare, you didn't debt -- president trump: we came close to healthcare. john mccain decided to vote against it at the last minute. you have to ask him john mccain why he did that. we came close to healthcare. we will end up getting healthcare. michelle: all right. you have been listening to president trump address

of charlottesville. those who were in the crowd. still many are fired up about the protest and the deadly violence that followed. a lot of questions remain. you can continue to watch the news conference. it's supposed to be on infrastructure. unanswered questions about charlottesville. we are airing the entire news conference happening live on newschannel8. go there to watch the rest of it. meanwhile, "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. amazon prime members near college park will be able to pick up some of their orders a couple of minutes after they make them. amazon just launched the instant pickup service today. now if you order things like snacks or drinks, you can head over to the amazon location to pick them up right away. the service is only available at four other locations nationwide. nancy: costco has to pay up for selling tiffany engagement rings that weren't made by tiffany. a federal judge ruled that costco has to pay $19 million to tiffany.

tiffany as a generic term to describe the ring's setting and they were not under the company name. costco plans to appeal the ruling. michelle: let's talk weather. we saw the rushing river like roads out there in the northwest. doug: because it's been so wet for so much rain. it doesn't take a lot to start up the flooding. showers moving out. we will see clearance behind us. there is six days to go until the eclipse. good chunk of the country to get the peak visibility of the sky in the eclipse. i'll figure which camera. i'm a rookie. the drier air will move through the region this evening. it's not quick clearing. graduate. still muggy for a while. we might get fog at times but most of the rain is out of here. finished. moved east and southeast of

78 degrees. the temperatures may rise by 7:00 p.m. because the cloud cover will thin out. 75 at 8:00. 73 at 9:00. we will see breaks in the clouds. muggy. here is the deal on the radar. showers are moving through prince charles county and sprinkles that are north and west of the city. most of the action moved out. we will call for any showers around the metro area to come to an end. we will remain partly to mostly cloudy, muggy and warm. with the clearing overhead and the moist wet ground patchy fog good bet in many areas through the morning. through the morning hours, whatever fog you see will burn out and turn out to be a pleasant day. partly to mostly sunny. 88. the moisture level will drop in the afternoon but not the warm weather we had last week. it will stay muggy like it often is in the middle of august. thursday and frizz the temperatures are back to 90 employees both afternoons. it's -- 90 degrees both afternoons.

thursday and friday afternoon. the montgomery county fair is the backdrop. eileen will be there for thursday. veronica johnson is there for friday. a lot of excitement. again, not a rain-out but the showers and the storms you have to keep an eye on. as far as the extended outlook, is it part of a trend? hot and humid conditions for a few days. not forever. 40% rain, thunderstorm chances thursday. 60% on friday. 30% on sunday. then on monday, isolated storm. it will turn muggier and then upper 80's through next friday. nancy: thank you. still ahead, a prize flag torched in d.c. but the owner will not back down. see the other message she is posting with the flag ahead. michelle: but first, just last week the first anniversary of the deadly silver spring apartment explosion. hours ago federal investigators re

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301-652-help. reporting live in rockville, nathan baca, "7 on your side." michelle: great service there, nathan. thank you. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- getting ready to go back to school with a little bit of help. >> i'm talking to law enforcement. pretty awesome. >> student and an officer paired to get back to school shopping done. the friendship forged and unlikely things they have in common ahead. >> document dump by the ntsb. the new information we now know about last year's silver spring apartment explosion still ahead. nancy: then new at 5:00, what is under the water? where the mysterious object was found and why plans to try to figure out what it is are being postponed tonight

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: new at 4:00, a year after the deadly silver spring apartment explosion, federal investigators releasing new information from their work. kevin lewis has been following the case since the beginning and he is live for us at the scene with a report. new pictures. what have you been able to uncover? kevin: well the ntsb is not identifying a cause just yet. this is more or less provides

detailed progress report. more than 100 documents included this report. plus the new photos showing the extent of damage to the building and the meter room. there are dozens of transcribed witness interviews including one man who just parked his car in front of the flower branch apartments when he reported seeing a white flash and felt a shockwave that shattered his car's window and dented the metal doors. also new in addition to the seven people kill we know 68 people were injured. damage estimated to top $1 million. the ntsb mentions that kay management that owns the complex changed the locks to the utility room but did not provide the fire department a new set of keys. that is pertinent because there was a 911 call reporting an odor of gas weeks before the explosion. during which firefighters were not able to access the natural

kay management months before the explosion for storing combustible materials in utility rooms. again the ntsb underscoring that these are all facts that it's gathered. but so far it has not identified a cause and is not assigning any guilt. live in silver spring, kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: it was a deluge in d.c. on nebraska avenue turning it into a river out there. others saw downpours across the area. back in the weather center now with doug. this is not the last of the rain this week. doug: no. it's coming back. but it is clearing out. tomorrow looks nice. thursday and friday is a typical day. hot and humid, afternoon thunderstorms. then the weekend. nancy: keep the umbrella handy. doug we will take care of it. it will work out okay. the summer heat returns. close to 90 for the next few days. late week storm chances. we talk

they last in the weekend. six days until a total eclipse. i was thinking maybe a challenge to the radio station folks out there. find the bonnie tyler song "total eclipse of the heart" and change the word, make it "total eclipse of the sun." just thinking. try if it you want. it might work. it may not. first pitch at the ballpark tonight is 7:05. the a's in town. i should be partly sunny. a little sun. warm, humid, summary night at the ballpark. muggy in the morning when you get up. 68 in fairfax and largo. 73 in the city. muggy conditions and probably fog that could form up as well. especially in the areas with the rain today. but it should burn off and turn partly and maybe mostly sunny in the afternoon. 88 on thursday. showers and thunderstorms are possible in the afternoon. 90 heading through friday. coming up in 15 minutes i'll be back to take a closer look at the weekend and the next ten days. michelle? michelle: thank you. abc7 on your side with a call for action phone b

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with red lettering. gray shorts and a red baseball cap. he left the area in a gray hyundai or honda with the letter v in the license plate. michelle: tensions flaring up in cities across the country. we just heard about the president talking about confederate statues and monuments and wondering which one will come down and if we will take down george washington statue? he was a slave owner as well. a confederate statue in durham torn down from the pedestal. it had there been for 100 years. angry clouds gathered to -- crowds gathered to haul it down. other monuments have now defaced. the recent a 114-year-old statue covered many red paint. nancy: act of vantlism on a confederate-related sign in austin, texas. someone spray painted road signs that include general

one austin city council member is asking to remove lee's name entirely. michelle: for a second time in weeks the holocaust memorial in boston vandalized again. this time someone saw it happening. and a glass pane was being smashed but they acted. that is the difference. people nearby held down a 17-year-old until police got there. it's etched with the numbers that are tattooed on the holocaust victims and those captured by nazis. nancy: this is primary day in alabama with republican and the democratic hopefuls alike vying for the party nomination in the race to replace attorney general jeff sessions in the senate. we will keep an eye on that for you. missing for more than three decades. this $160 million painting now found. you won't believe where. that's ahead. michelle: plus, millennial day for georgetow

who shows up. the all out mockery of the generation ahead. nancy: i like words of raise. here is adrianna hopkins with a first look at what's next on "good morning washington." that's tomorrow. adrianna: thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington." back to school stress can trigger eating disorders in teenagers. now the major red flags and how to help kids cope with pressures of returning to school. >> plus warning on eclipse glasses. why you could wind up with permanent eye damage if you don't watch this report. >> stay with us for weather and traffic every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at

michelle: this iconic and valuable painting is back home. the $1060 million painting was cut from the frame and taken from the university of arizona museum of art. nancy: earlier this month, though, a man called the museum and said he found it at an estate sale. museum officials confirmed the authenticity and recently got it back. it does require retore ration, though, before -- restoration before it's put on display. hopefully he got money for turning it in. i don't find that at estate sales. michelle: i'm glad the mystery is over. they don't know who is responsible but at least they have the art work. nancy: pair of notorious escape artists at it again. they are two friends over here, pair of no

escaping the pen in april. they were picked up by police again. michelle: late this monday morning a homeowner a quarter mile from the goat's home called the police after spotting them snacking in the garden. i wish we had the 911 call. that would be great. they escaped last week as well. the police and the goats' owners can't figure out how they keep getting away. nancy: they probably chew through everything that blocks them in. look like they are having a good time. all right. michelle: now to this. georgetown soccer having a little fun here. they are hosting millennial day. it's circulating this flier and the only way millennials would see it. nancy: what would they do for millennial day? among the offers, tickets for just the first half because an entire game is way too long. have a halftime nap for those who do decide to stay. participation trophies for

get your tickets monday september 4 at 12:00 noon. against ucla. i wouldn't mind doing a nap at halftime. that sounds like something -- michelle: i'm in. nancy: juice bar. i would sign up. michelle: there is a hashtag, of course. nancy: it wouldn't be worth having without the hashtag. michelle: still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- zooming 700 miles per hour underground. meet the university of maryland team presenting pods it wants you to travel in. when elon musk's hyper loop starts running. q: here in northeast a woman has taken matters in her own hands after becoming a victim of a hate crime and she ha

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michelle: breaking news where a person was struck and killed by a car. skytrak7 over the scene at the francona springfield parkway. southbound lanes are closed for the accident. as you look at the live picture. the driver did stay on the scene and was taken to the hospital as well. victim was a woman checking her mail. nancy? >> vandalism in d.c. after someone torched a pride flag. the owner coming home after a long day of work to find the damage but says she will not be

>> sexual orientation and anti-gay. for the flag it was here on the first floor above the front door. now on the second floor. higher and prouder than ever. if owner is shanna. she came home from work on sunday morning and said that the neighborhood told her that the gay pride flag was melted to the sidewalk a couple of houses up. she has a feeling it has to do with the violence in charlottesville, virginia. >> d.c. is a metropolitan area. there are crimes that happen. never felt unsafe. i don't think this is a coincidence it's

the weekend. >> ed no one caught the -- no one caught the suspect but she has a message for those who did this and we'll show you that coming up. q mccray, abc7 news. larry: i'm larry smith at the "live desk." coming up next at 5:00, maryland governor and d.c. council weighing in on what to do with the controversial statues on the wake of what happened in charlottesville. plus, have you seen this tweet that former president obama sent out after the attack? find out why it is making headlines itself. last week we told you about the couple searching for wedding crashers that became the life of the party. they found them. but wait until they found what the couple was d

appearance. we can't make it up. that's when we join you in the studio. michelle: thank you. developing overseas, 12 people killed at a religious festival when a massive 200-year-old tree falls. on the island of madura. more than 50 others who flock to the islander with also hurt. the crews had to rush in to free people. the government declaring three days of mourning for the victims. nancy: look at this derailment across the atlantic. southwest train carriage off the track in waterloo after it ran into a wagon. michelle: the rain couldn't scare away the crowds at a rally outside the white house that called for president trump to protect the program. it p

here illegally as children. the temporary protective status brings people in from the other countries like honduras or el salvador >> the ten states are threatening to file lawsuit if it doesn't end the program by september 5. >> students at the university of maryland getting ready for a high-tech test of skill. next week they face off against 28 other universities from all across the world. this is the transportation system to get you from d.c. to new york in 30 minutes. it could carry you

called nemesis for the scaled down version of the pod. >> in 30 to 40 years we will have tunnels going. >> they all think this is the transportation of the future. >> i would do it. i'm interested in anything that gets me from d.c. to new york in 30 minutes. michelle: so if you don't like the weather here hop in the pod and check out weather in new york. doug: that would be wild. we have a nice day and then it will get worse and then nice again. use the ten-day outlook as the scorecard. keep track at home what we are calling for. knowing it's probably a different forecast tomorrow. just saying. in the summertime that happens. trying to plan ahead when

here. so many opportunities for rain. it seems like we are just squeezing in a couple of sunny days. doing the best we can to get prepared. a lot ovations before the get back to school. here is -- a lot of vacations before the kids get back in school. it's muggy out there. some of you watching west of the metro where there is sun. a large portion have the brighter skies before the sun goes down. it will be muggy dropping in the 70's. we may have patchy fog to deal with. especially in areas that got rain. 67 to 73 degrees for overnight temperatures. the future cast visibility shows it socked in tomorrow morning but then we burn our way out of it. then we will go sunny, warm, comfortable. the highs of 88 with a northerly wind. then the heat and the humidity return thursday and friday. chances of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. both days highs approaching 90. weekend outlook at the pool. check it out. hot and humid. like august is. partly cloudy skies, chance of a

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some got to shop with the sheriff and forge unlikely friendship. cheryl: the sheriff deputy are meeting for the first time at lunch. >> i'm talking to law enforcement. it's pretty awesome. >> it's not every day that a deputy tells you her past and open door for the 15-year-old who is living in a homeless shelter. >> i actually grew up in foster care myself. i chose to do this and do the jobs i have done because i want to help other children out there. >> they headed over to target to shop with the sheriff. the freshman chose backpacks and notebooks first over new shoes and clothes. >> i want to be focused on school to do well and everything and help my parents. >> 40 children from shelter house in fairfax county paired up with the deputy for the 25th year of shop with the sheriff.

them dignity for the first day of school. >> new stuff, new shoes, new clothes. cheryl: at the checkout the kids get to spend $250 each. all donations from the community. >> sheriff stacey kincade says it offers up good experience with the law enforcement. >> a lot of them have had bad experiences to see what their loved ones or care-givers have been through. >> and know it starts with the books. in fairfax, cheryl conner, abc7 news. larry: right now at 5:00, a clean-up and an investigation underway after an ugly stain left on the lincoln memorial. this time the message is vulgar. confederate era chief justice at the maryland statehouse be the next to get the boot? the governor just made the call. what is that thing? an eight-legged beast has the experts and the locals stumped.

5:00". on your side. alison: right now the search is on for the person who scrawled this graffiti right here on the lincoln memorial. early this morning, d.c. bureau chief sam ford live on the national mall with the latest on the investigation developing now. sam, what have you learned? sam: the united states park police are handling the investigation. defacing federal property is a crime which apparently happened here overnight. it's not the first time they vandalized the lincoln memorial. it was a black sharpie last winter and green splatter plaint -- paint four years ago. >> it looks to be an expletive directed at perhaps law enforcement. sam: he says it may be tied to other gra itty found at 14th and constitution. at the memorial it was discovered around 4:30 this morning. >> witnesses that may

you know, the lincoln memorial. there are people here all the time in the middle of the night. >> the lincoln was busy with tourists today, mostly on the east side of the monument. we found the graffiti covered over with paper and architectural cleaning substance on the west side. >> disrespectful to all of american history. people worked hard to build the monument. >> it's not a new offense. >> there was spray paint on the memorial the night before dr. king's march on washington speech here. sam: there were no cameras in 1963 but there are cameras now and according to the spokesman video will be among the things used to try to find the culprit. in the green splatter case four years ago a chinese woman was arrested. she was later committed to a mental hospital.