is beaming from the washington monument after a disaster there. crews are working to make repairs and the national park service lit up the monument early with 500 lights. autria godfrey is live to tell us all about it. the fourthfor all of of july well-wishers who went home disappointed that they did not see the monument lit. the lights are coming from behind the blue scrim that wraps the scaffolding. is designed to replicate the brick structure that is on the monument. it seems to be a crowd pleaser. might not be the history , bennythat she hoped for holland and her brood will see the washington monument in a whole new life. >> is going to be part of history. went down, the washington monument lit up. it is a glow. >> seeing the pattern, how it comes on. and 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the region. as theynd more damage put the scaffolding. what they could not see was what was behind the glass -- the cracks. it is a preview. >> is pretty to look at. you do not go away but you can the aesthetic value. >> a cost $15 million to repair the damage to th

how long we'll see the washington monument glowing over d.c. >>> to the tragic discovery of the body of a 7-year-old awe tiftdic boy in northeast washington. >> it's a discovery leading to as many questions as answers. police found the body of michael kingsbury in a car parked in an alley behind his family's home on with west virginia avenue. it's an area thought to have been searched twice already. the boy's mother spoke for the first time since the boy's body was found. we have more on her reaction. jackie? >> reporter: jim, a few minutes ago, michael's mother came out and told us that there was something that she wanted to say. in a voice that shook with emotion, catrikatrina kingsbury expressed her gratitude to the many people who helped look for her son. >> i'm coming out to thank everybody in the community for coming out to assist and find my child. i thank everybody -- everybody, thank you, please, thank you. >> reporter: police officers started running -- >> go this way -- >> reporter: pushing news crews and bystander back from the 1700 block. the terrible discovery was made i

. >>> there's something new with the washington monument. it's getting a multimillion dollar makeup. you know about that but when we come back, see the man paying for it. >> hot, muggy, showers possible too. we have the seven-day forecast coming up >>> hazy, hot and humid. howard says the color is green today. >> i think the color is pink today. >> that is well too. >> it's going to be a day sort of like yesterday. we'll have a few showers and storms here and there. i don't think it will be too widespread. if you get one of those showers, they'll put a heavy young pour -- they'll put down a heavy rain pretty quickly. temperatures by noon about 84 degrees. we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness around i think early today. some breaks here and there and then the threat for a couple of storms this afternoon into early this evening. we'll top out in the upper 80s to near 90. i'm forecasting 88 at national airport. yesterday we got to 87 degrees. winds out of the south, southwest at 10 miles an hour. some showers and storms in ohio and pennsylvania

henry's or something. >>> no doubt you have seen the scaffolding surrounding the washington monument e last few months they've been fixing the earthquake damage. >> tonight it's got a new makeover and our debra alfarone is live at the monument for all the lights, right? >> reporter: absolutely, lesli and derek. you've seen that scaffolding all around the 555-foot high washington monument, but now take a look at this, that scaffolding now covered by fabric you can see through lit from behind. question. how much would you donate to see this fixed? you're about to meet the multimillion dollar man. ♪[ music ] >> five, four, three, two, one. >> happy new year! [ laughter ] >> amazing. >> reporter: everyone has a picture. everyone has a story, but not everyone has 7 1/2 million dollars to donate to fix the washington monument. this man does. >> i've been very fortunate to come from very modest circumstances and to be able to make more money than i probably need to spend. so i want to give it away to help this country. >> reporter: david rubenstein, call him the $7.5 million man. >> it's the

feet, it is the tallest structure outside of the washington monument in the d c area. [indiscernible] offer, all it has to space for a two-story restaurant and thousands of square feet for it could open without a single tenant's. arlington is hard because it relies on government funding. >> tim is the executive in charge. big gambleshas made before with success. he is confident that this is a good bet. -- thelocation environments. >> will find out. the owners are going for the highest sustainability rating of any. phil, he was one of the people who came to the rescue of a man who fell on the railroad tracks. former president george h w bush and barbara bush will be at the white house this week the stop >> just way -- this week. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you e that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >> taking a look at the week obama and thent first lady will welcome the former president, george bush, and the former first lady, harper bush, tomorrow af

. >>> get ready for the washington monument to glow in the dark. we'll have a preview of tonight's lighting ceremony on the national mall. >> pretty quiet here in northwest for the time being. we'll show you radar, tracking a couple of thunderstorms, one near hagerstown and one to the south of us. we'll come back and talk about our yellow alert continuing and track the latest tropical storm. >> the defense calls its witnesses in the george zimmerman murder trial. coming up each one [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet? it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- how 100% fiber optics takes your entertainment to ridiculous levels. i was streaming videos, movies, music. once i realized how fast it was, that's when i got it. [ male announcer ] want to upgrade your entertainment? switch to a fios triple play online now for an amazing $79.99 a month for the first year plus get a special bonus -- $300 back with a 2 year agreement. don't wait. this offer ends soon. f

. >>> washington monument looking different these days. all lit up with hundreds of lights. we will explain why when good morning maryland continues. >>> heading to break, a live picture of washington dc, the nation's capital. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet? it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- america's fastest, most reliable internet takes your entertainment to ridiculous levels. i was streaming videos, movies, music. once i realized how fast it was, that's when i got it. d now you can get it too. for a limited time, get a hot summer deal online with fios for an amazing $79.99 a month for the first year. plus get a special bonus -- $300 back with a 2 year agreement. technology that makes life more entertaining, call the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's powerful. at 800.974.6006 tty/v. taking the stage friday, the beach boys will be there july 20th. tony braxton august 21st and the following night, gladys knight. >>> people love to

there it is, the washington monument all lit up like a beacon here in washington.nd of a neat structure. i don't think they'll leave the scaffolding up. don't get used to it. be like that for a while but it's not permanent. temperatures will climb into the upper 80s, potentially 90 if you get enough sunshine with a chance for an afternoon storm here or there. this morning we're starting out with clouds. isolated shower possible well north and west of us. watching this clump of showers and storms in ohio and pennsylvania move in toward western maryland now. i expect it to lose a little bit of its punch as it comes across the mountains. looks like lighter showers toward cumberland with the heavier stuff toward garrett county where they're down to 63. oakland 76. 75 annapolis. 73 leesburg and still 77 here going up to about 88 with a chance for a storm this afternoon. monika is off but we've got you covered. here's beverly farm we are timesaver traffic -- farmer with timesaver traffic. >>> a pretty good ride. many of the construction zones picking up for you. the work

. >>> now to a beautiful sight on the washington monument is all aglow. the ceremony mark a special landmark on the repair headlines, dar horn lauren demas there with people who marked the ceremony. >> reporter: with the push of a button and a previou pause the washington monument has a new look. more than 148 lights were installed on a scrim. the work extensive restorationst following the 2011 earthquake, no one inside was seriously hurt, but the earthquake caused and exposed cracks in the stonee and mortar forcing officials tos close the monument.mo >> the real damage that happened at earthquake was at the top the pyramiddian level, so the substantial work is going to start next week. >> reporter: the kids had ha high expectations. >> christmas tree.as i think it looks more like a christmas tree except without wi the green. >> reporter: the glowing tower did not disappoint. >> i think it's pretty. >> you yelled out happy new year. you're a little bit of a comedian in. >> yeah, pretty much. >> reporter: young andd tourists ask residents along seemed dazz

the washington monument like you've never seen it before.saster to create a thing of beauty. >>> and why this is giant statue of a famous actor standing in the middle of a lake? if you're any kind of a jane austin fan you'll know. that's next on "cbs this morning." ♪ ooh baby when i see your face mellow as the month of may ♪ if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma

we love the washington monument. they call it a pencil.along the coastline this morning. a little patchy inside the bay as well. a little gray early. by the afternoon should see lots of sunshine coming our way. to san jose a couple clouds there. that will warmup the temperatures outside today. cooling down as early as tomorrow. if you like the heat, enjoy it today. 70s and a few 80s around the bay. 60s toward the coast. cool off in temperatures and warmup for the weekend. >>> what's in a name? in hold it's leading to a battle involving movie mogul harvey weinstein, warner brothers and two lawyers arguing before the supreme court. we'll talk about it coming up. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by kleenex brand tissues. now they're thicker and more absorbent. [ female announcer ] kleenex tissues with sneeze shield are now thicker and more absorbent. in this lab demo they help stop moisture better than the leading competitors. ♪ la...la ♪ discover card. i wanted to ask you a couple questions. i've got nothing to hide

live look at the washington monument.w report out gives us a glimpse to the final moments for 19 arizona firefighters killed batting a wildfire and i showsow how quickly dangerous situations can change. c when that lightning spark first sparked the fire it spread to a few acres but two days later itt was 1,000 acres. some flames as high as 20 feet.. that's when the hotshot crew was dispatched. an air tanker worked to battle it but five other planes not deployed because of dangerous weather conditions. one official said strong winds would have kept the planes ground. the winds made a quick turn andd tripped the hotshot crew. cr the bodies were found a few hours later and it was fully contained july 10. leonard garment was a friend and advisory to nixon just as the watergate scandaled. he urged nixon not to destroyed white house tapes.. his wife said he was ill and died at their manhattan home. he was 89 years old. >> a demolition crew in texas ssm apologizing after making a huge mistake. they accidentally tour down the wro

. >>> two years after an earthquake shut down the washington monument, a new tradition begins.he big change at the national mall. >> reporter: the scaffolding will be around the monument for quite awhile, so this new lighting was designed to help make the best of a less than ideal situation. with the flip of a switch, the washington monument gets a new nighttime look, thanks to more than 480 lights hitting a bluescrim to match the pattern. >> all this scaffolding is necessary to repair the cracked stones and loosened mortar from the earthquake that violently shook the 555-tall monument with tourists and park ringers still inside. >> it was absolutely terrifying. i didn't realize it was an earthquake at first. >> reporter: it's taken five months just to erect all thescaffolding and the $15 million repair job won't be easy or fast. >> some of these cracks go all the way through the marble. so if they're going to inject the epoxy, they have to make sure they have one person on one side and one person on the other so it doesn't come out and stain the stone. >> reporter: park offici

two years ago, an earthquake closed the washington monument to visitors.ing at sunset tonight, the washington monument will glow blue. >>> it took five months to do it. but scaffolding totally encloses all of the washington monument. it's necessary to repair damage. ranger nicollette williams brought tourists down from the top. >> it was absolutely terrifying. it was shaking so violently, to have the mortar falling on your head. the fear was so high that i was sure that we were under attack. i didn't realize at first that it was an earthquake. >> reporter: it's been closed to tours ever since. although it's still news to a lot of tourists. >> no, i actually just heard about this. he told me about it. >> came all the way from georgia. they came from new jersey. so we were kind of disappointed a little bit. >> we understand they're disappointed. and we wanted to make it a little better looking than just scaffolding. >> reporter: so the park service commission, the special blue trim in the pattern of the monument. starting at sunset, 480 lights behind the scr

five months to do it, but scaffolding now totally encloses the washington monument.cessary to repair damage from 2011's five.8 magnitude earthquake. ranger nicollette williams brought tourists down from the top. >> it was absolutely terrifying. it was shaking so violently. to have the mortar falling on your head. the fear was so high that i was sure that we were under attack. i didn't realize at first that it was an earthquake. >> reporter: it's been closed to tourists ever since. although it's still news to a lot of tourists. >> around new jersey. we're kind of disappointed a little bit. >> we understand they're disappointed. and we wanted to make it a little better looking than just scaffolding. >> reporter: so the park service commission designed special blue scrim in the pattern of the monument's stone work. 400 lights will turn on. >> it has sort of a blue cast, it's going to be pretty. >> reporter: a kind of lemonades from lemons scenario. but the monument is pretty impressive on its old. -- own. >> i told my wife, the picture with scaffolding might be more val

. >>> a new tradition begins at the washington monument. derek valcourt was in washington, d.c. for a big change on the national mall. >> reporter: all the scaffolding will be around the monument for a while. the new lighting was designed to help make the best of a less than ideal situation. with the flip of a switch, the washington monument gets a new nighttime look thanks to 480 lights hitting a blue scrim. >> it's cool lit up. >> i get to enjoy the lights instead of the silver stuff from my window. >> reporter: all of it is necessary to fix the stones that cracked during the earthquake that shook the 555- foot tall monument with tourists and park rangers still inside. >> it was absolutely terrifying. the fear was so high that i was sure we were under attack. >> it has been closed to tours. >> reporter: it took five months to erect the scaffolding. the repair job won't be easy or fast. >> some of the cracks go through the marble. so, if they inject epoxy, they have to make sure they have one person on one side so it doesn't come out and stain the stone. >> reporter: park servic

. >> the washington monument. it's going how to a little bit of a transformation. all 555 feet of it. it's encase in scaffolding and engineers are making repairs to the stones damaged or shifted or cracked in the august 2011 earthquake. this is a $15 million project so on this fourth of july you can't get close to the washington monument. there's a fence around you. can't watch the fireworks from underneath it but it will light up tonight as it has every night. >> mollie, thanks so much. enjoy the holiday this: the prosecution expected to rest tomorrow in the george zimmerman murder case. ahead, we'll look at the evidence presented so far, and what to expect next in the trial as the defense takes over. >> plus, how members of the u.s. military in afghanistan are marking this independence day. >> i'm from south carolina. i'm a member of the third u.s. infantry regiment, the old guard. i'd like to fifth a shoutout to any family and friends back home and happy july 4th. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i neede

my people, let me up with this sea pushed so we walked along and started moving toward the washington monument toward the lincoln memorial. it was a wonderful period in american history. >> today, july 4th at 2:20 eastern civil-rights pioneer congressman john lewis shares his experience on the march on washington 50 years later, and at 4:45 some of the places we visited and historians we have spoken with in the first season of our series on first ladies. little after 7:00 filter prize-winning photographer is display their work can talk about coverage of world events. at 8:00 former president bill clinton in new jersey governor chris christie discussed pro-active steps against natural disaster and at 8:45 a panel talks about what it is to be a modern-day american citizen. >> pulitzer prize-winning author alice walker next on her collection of personal and political letters, essays and poems. this is 45 minutes. >> i am very happy to see all of you. it is a wonderful evening to be in the city which i know of unfortunate the through so many of your disasters. but i was thinking looking at the fou

. >> lighting up washington, dc, a display now on the washington monument but it will not be there for long. >> another live picture of the wreckage of asiana flight 214. >> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 6:13. we will look at the low clouds hanging over the bay area this morning but above it, mike was saying it is really dry and it will be a warm day today. he will talk about he well get from here to there in a few minutes. >> the three ohio women held captive for a decade before being rescued are speaking out. a new video featuring the three women was posted on youtube last evening. we have the words of thanks. >> a message of hope. >> i am stronger today. >> the three women breaking their silence together in a video released starting with the message of thanks. >> i want everyone to know how happy i am to be with my family and friends. it is unbelievable. i thank everyone would has helped me and my family through the entire ordeal. >> may 6, berry yelled for help from behind a locked screen door bringing attentio

in one hour a ceremony is planned at the washington monument. we'll tell you about that. >> coming up in sports wimbledon may be over but tennis is just getting started here in d.c. as the castles close in on history. the nats add a bat to help catch the braves. plus richmond is ready for the redskins as news 4 a >>> today the jury in the george zimmerman trial heard from trayvon martin's father. trayvon martin was the victim of a shooting in florida sometime ago. the father took the stand and answered questions about who he thought he heard screaming in 911 calls on the night that his son was killed. jay gray joins us now from the courthouse in sanford, florida where the trial is now in its third week. jay? >> reporter: an important and busy day. the first day of presentation, full day of presentation from the defense and you're right. focused that now familiar 911 call but for the first time we heard from trayvon martin's father about what he said he heard on that recording. tracy martin was at the center of an intense and emotional day of tes

we want to give you a look at the washington monument. beautiful. they finally lit it up last sight.inally lit it up last this is part of the repair from the earthquake in 2011. i was there at the kennedy center when they lit this. everyone was in awe. it was great to see. >> that's the way you have to do it if you have to make a repair. make it look good. jackie, what do you think? >> our weather producer recorded a time lapse since the lights went on. i'll have to break that out for you and show you that later on. 77 degrees this morning. you can see everything lit up. a dew point of 69 this morning. it's a very warm and muggy start. we have quite a bit of cloud cover over the region. we have quite a few showers moving toward the east. we could see a spot of a shower make it into the metro. most of us will stay dry until after the afternoon hours. express forecast for you. isolated thundershowers until the middle of the morning. we'll dry things up. 89 degrees with an isolated shower this afternoon. we have an active weather pattern through much o

. >> a few hours from now, the washington monument will light up the sky with a scene that has not been seen for a long time. is video from last week's fireworks display. the scaffolding has been in place since repair began after the monument was damaged after the earthquake in 2011. the park service will use or hundred 88 lamps to give them a very special glow. we will have more on that on abc seven news at 11:00. >> pretty quiet around the area with partly cloudy skies grade first up, a time lapse from damascus elementary. clearing outds with temperatures over that portion of montgomery county in the lower 80s. ,atching the showers develop and that is the kind of pattern we have with pop-up showers and partly cloudy through the evening. is the average trade 102 .egrees here one year ago today 87 right now at reagan national. cooler to the north end very mild and muggy. very similar temperatures and hot stuff with a taste of that building in. into the 90s on wednesday and watching showers to the south east, maybe a shower from this area could cross over the night. cloudy, hot and humid

that 102.national, is i think that is unlikely. 11:00, the washington monument is a glow. it looks nice. it is going to allow the development of patchy fog. be prepared and on the lookout for it. 89 degrees is where we normally are at this time of year. that is where were at reagan national. the weatherbug shows 80 degrees at arlington this hour. is 81 in college park. 81.s high today is 90. temperatures were generally in the 70s. in quantico, it was 79. heading towards annapolis, it was 80 degrees. the index is what it feels out there. everyone looks for these heat index ratings to fall. .6 in pittsburgh 74 in charleston. cool air is not out there. that is going to move further in areas ofill be high pressure for the next several days. as yout it would change move into tuesday and wednesday. we have warnings for the philadelphia area and advisories for new york city. look for those to expand. we have showers early this evening. expect those showers to pop up over the coming days. the doppler radar is quiet and drive. this is what we have, in terms of our projected tempera

. >> as we continue on the 5:00, the washington monument iss marking a milestone. les find out how the national parks gives a plan to bring thethe milestone pack to life. >>> we will have the details coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] do you love prime rib? get to your local subway for the delectable, new prime rib melt built fresh from the bread up! with hearty, savory cuts of tender prime rib in an au jus glaze and deliciously melty provolone, bite after bite is prime rib perfection. get it made just the way you say with all the veggies you want. the new prime rib melt. it's a taste you won't soon forget, so hurry into your local subway today! subway. eat fresh. >>> it will be a sight toit w behold, even ilthough the d.c. landmark is under going repairs the last time it underwent repairs it was more than ae thaa decade ago.cade ag they are holding a speciall ceremony to turn on the light. lauren demarco is on the th ground for the ceremony. >> reporter: the ceremonyhe c takes place at 8:00 p.m. thisths evening, now typically, the, the washington monument as we know

there's the washington monument.ooking southbound into the clouds that are generating rain showers down our south, south fredericksburg. temperatures 88 in leesburg and ashburn. 82 in gaithersburg and damascus, maryland. 75 degrees in charlottesville where there's rain drops. your planner just one or two showers around for the next couple of hours. showers all gone by 8:00. partly cloudy by 10:00 p.m. what about tomorrow morning? getting the day started partly cloudy, 73 at 5:00 a.m. for the early morning joggers. 74 by 7:00 a.m. breaks of sunshine, plenty of them by tomorrow morning, temperatures will warm up fairly quickly so that by tomorrow afternoon again an isolated chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorms temperatures up near 90 degrees again tomorrow. hot and humid. good news is just like today most if not all the showers should be done by 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening. here it is on storm team 4 radar not much around town. one thunderstorm down the south fredericksburg. it will be crossing i-95, across p

. >>> the washington monument got the eiffel tower treatment. of folks came out to take a look. influence in you until the repair work is completed. -- it will continue until the repair work is completed. >> -- a. >>> we will be right back. i drive. i drive the kids to school. i drive myself to work. i drive off-road. i drive whenever dad lets me have the car. i belong to bp driver rewards. a new rewards program for people who drive. it's easy to join. i save on quality bp gasoline. just by using bp gasoline. then i keep on saving. i drive. i drive. (yelling) i drive. it sure beats walking. [laughing] pick up a brochure at bp and join driver rewards now. you can save ten cents per gallon on your first fill-up. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know some owls aren't that wise? don't forget i'm having brunch with meghan tomorrow. who? meghan, my coworker. who? seriously? you've met her like three times. who? (sighs) geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. >>> a truck d

in case you missed it, check out the newly lit up washington monument. this is a time lapse video from last night's lighting ceremony down on the mall. hundreds of folks showed up to watch the scaffold-covered monument with the nearly 500 lights all being lit up. the lights will be turned on every night at dusk till the repair work is done early next year. the monument has been shut down ever since the earthquake damaged it. can you believe it it's been since 2011? yeah. >> two years. >> but it should open next spring. they're on schedule. that's good. >> three years later. >>> we are looking at tropical storm chantal. not a monster storm but it's headed toward the southeast coast as we get into the weekend. let's start the satellite picture of tropical storm chantal b. 270 miles to the southeast of san juan. actual wind -- maximum winds are 65 miles per hour so it's a pretty high end tropical storm. gets over 74 it will become a hurricane. trouble is it's not that well organized, okay. it's now essentially through barbados through the winward islands. w

gather with richard dawkins in front of the washington monument. >> when we thought these ideas were dangerous in the 17th and 18th century and these are clip jobs on voltaire and marc twain and robert ingersoll. it's prophetic. hitchens in particular, other than to say he was an utterly dishonest person i can't understand how he didn't know that and why he didn't feel responsible for providing it in his work. >> i knew then why can. >> you probably drank scotch with them, right? pie did. >> he could drink more of it than i did but he was a washington correspondent for harbor magazine, a brilliant polemicist. he was very good about making the argument where the money was, so as you say, that retreading of the discovery that "god is not great" which is old news, but it's sold. talk about -- no, you had a wonderful passage in the book where you talked about metaphor and you talk about your parents, and you say that parents don't do metaphor. now explain that and explain why human beings do metaphor, so that the human being is the only creature that can say what it's like to be a parent

: it took 5 mont toss do it, but scaffolding now encloses all of the washington monument. stranger nicollette williams grawtd surists down from the top. >> it was terrifying to vamortar falling on your head. i didn't realize at first it was an earthquake? i just heard about this. he just told me about it. >> came all the way from new jersey. we >> we understand they're a little disappointed. >> so the parks sperves service commissioned a special blue scrim. starting at sunset 480 lights behind the scrim will turn on. >> a kind of lemonade from lemons scenario. >> i told my wife, the picture with the scav 08ding might be more valuable than the picture without it. >> reporter: inside work is also going on. >> reporter: some of these cracks go all the way through the marble. so if they're going to inject epoxy, they have to make sure they have one person on one side, one person on the other so it doesn't come out and stain the stones. because they're culturally and historically significant. we want to get this right. >> reporter: alex kemetric, wjz eyewitness news. >> the mon

outside with our michael and son camera, scaffolding on the washington monument shows up great at night. the dew points are about 70, with luck we'll drop them done a bit. for the last month or so, very humid summer that continues with temperatures that are going to feel like they are 80 now. just the forecast by the way on the heat index values. by lunch time that heat index near 100 in manassas. feels like 996 in dc. by 4:00 in the low 100s, that means there are no advisories or alerts here, you have to be outside, you have to hydrate yourself and actively stay cool. temperatures nationally are going to be well in the 90s on much of the east coast. look at the cooler weather. in dallas and albuquerque for july what's going on? there is an upper level low. lots of rain expected today. well to the north of us. that is allowing this ridge of high pressure to build. we have the area of low pressure, so the central and southern plains are soggy there. across florida and the south. this high pressure that is the dome of heat that will be building in on top of us for the week. so expect very

there folks that have been to the home and you can see the capital and the washington monument. an inch credable panarama of the city. >> the park ranger says that basically admitted that we don't have very much term about the life in washington. and wrote a couple of different versions of autobiography. and most of what we want comes from that material. so anthony really was like me, very talkative. a conversationalist. and when we went to the office. i could see that he was really i guess in deep thought. so he broke the silence and he said john you know. i know you know about history. and you do journalism. so you have to put your money where your mouth is. >> i said. i would not say anything and he said. i will say it for you. so that was june 2010. now we are here in june 2013. so it has been a long road. and i do thank the people that have helped me with this book. i take this stuff very deeply, i'm sorry. so that's it. not everybody is here. we start on the story. frederick douglas. sorry. i am going to get it together and frederick douglas is a man for all seasons. is he

gather with richard dawkins in front of the washington monument. >> these thoughts in these ideas were dangerous in the 17th and 18th century and these are clip jobs on voltaire and mark twain and robert ingersoll. it's pathetic. >> hitchens in particular. other than to say he was an utterly dishonest person i can't understand how he didn't know that stuff and why he didn't feel was possible for providing it in his work. >> i knew christopher and liked him but -- >> you probably drank scotch with him, didn't you? >> i did. he could drink more but then i could though. he was a washington correspondent for harvard magazine for a while and a brilliant polemicist and sophists but i mean he was very good about making the argument where the money was. so as you say, that retreading of the discovery that "god is not great" which is old news. all right, talk about -- no, you have a wonderful passage in the look where you talk about metaphor and you talk about your parents and you say that parents don't do metaphor. now explain that and explained why human beings do metaphor, so the human being

the washington monument, it's like a big middle finger to our enemies. >> nice. >> there's that. >> takehat world. >> the largest ball of twine. it's an achievement to mortem. >> thank, dan. tons i never heard of. the guardians of traffic, courtesy of gene. that's in ohio. i think it's in cleveland. i never seen it. that looks cool to see a bunch of that. do the #waytoopatriotic if you want to do the choices. now time for "morning joe."

. >>> and take a look at the washington monument. it glows with 500 lamps while being restored from earthquake damage. half of the cost being paid for from a donation. >>> rex ryan running with the bulls and all of your sports headlines. stick around. >>> let's get the latest in sports for you right now. monday was the great day in baseball. tigers pitcher max scherzer with seven strikeouts but not enough for him to get the win. this embarrassment here does help his team. >> nubbed down the third base line. pena hoping it goes back there and it does. swisher is going to be out. oh, that is so betiful. that is terrible for nick swisher. >> what were you doing there? add this double off the wall in the tenth and detroit beats cleveland, 4-2. >>> to milwaukee, joey votto hoping for the homer. please, no. no, doesn't get it. carlos gomez leaps, catches and then thanks jesus. brewers over the reds there, 4-3. >>> in pittsburgh, coco crisp with a snap, crackle and pop. two-run save with that. the a's beat the pirates, 2-1. and another, a p

the washington monument got a facelift under goes repairs from the 2011 earthquake. >> 488 lites lining555- foot land mark. the switch was flipped during a ceremony, mark as milestone in the work to complete the restoration. money from congress and private donations are going to repair this. we heard repots of a private donation of a million dollars to get this done. >> the time is 6:25, remembering 19 firefighters killed in a wild fire in arizona. [ doorbell rings ] donuts? ♪ you're cute. [ door closes ] [ female announcer ] new special k protein cereal helps keep you fuller longer. willpower. what will you gain when you lose? how ya doin'? mmm. [ birds chirping ] okay bye bye! [ female announcer ] help satisfy your hunger longer with special k protein ba and shakes. willpower. what will you gain when you lose? so i decided it was time to find some real harmony with nature. [ screaming ] whoo! oh, yeah. elmo! [ howling ] mmm! [ eagle chirps ] [ train whistles ] [ bird chirping ] [ screaming ] [ tuba bellows ] whoa. hey! [ screaming ] [ snoring ] music to mom's ears. we may live in hous

the washington monument behind me all a 55 feet of it is encased in scaffolding. were cracked and loosened and shifted in the august of 2011 earthquake. this is a 15-million-dollar project that should be done next year and the goal is to allow people to go back inside the washington monument and go up it and look into the city and it's going to take a little while but they are going to get it all safe. that's why you see the scaffolding around it today. jamie? >> it's still something, especially all lit up. good to see you. happy fourth. >> thanks, you too. >> jamie: you may recall last christmas we brought you the story of u.s. corporal marine sergeant peck. he is he quawmed amputee he use as high tech wheelchair that resembles a tank in the way it operates at least. he says it's changed his life. the department of veterans affairs is supposed to provide that power chair for every double, triple or kwame amputee. many we talk to say it's been too long and far too difficult for them to process. jennifer griffin recently caught up with some of those vets who have g

the beautiful washington monument lit up in the night sky. 79 degrees, though, right now and feels steamy out there. >> every bit of that 79 degrees. let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein with the forecast. >> it is a sticky start to this tuesday. good morning. starting off just a few clouds drifting over the metro area now. we've got one little thundershower here in southern delaware. and there's one thundershower way off the coast east of ocean city. elsewhere just a few clouds passing through. the air is steamy. high humidity in place. temperatures are in the mid-70s to upper 70s in a few locations to near 80 right near the bay. reagan national now is at degrees. but it's a bit cooler. shenandoah valley into the mountains, upper 60s there and low 70s. it may dry out a little bit. a little less humid by later but it will be getting hot. a look at your tuesday morning in a couple of minutes. dawnella with a first look at traffic. good morning. >> i'm checking on road work. we saw this yesterday morning for folks traveling southbound i-95. making the trip between 234 and quantico.

it's going to look this way as long as the scaffolding is covering up the washington monument.ains closed. it's undergoing repairs following the east coast earthquake of 2011. and the thinking here is its( beauty shouldn't suffer just because it's under repair. it will stay this way until the spring of 2014 when it's unveiled. >>> much of the city of toronto was up to their hubcaps in water today and then some. as a month's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours yesterday. there were water rescues, lots of power outages and subway closures as the storm parked itself over the city. >>> the whitey bulger mob trial under way in boston today devolved into what it appears to be, a bunch of reputed wise guys bulger, the accused former head of the winter hill gang, had to listen to a former associate testify against him today on the stand. kevin weeks called bulger a rat. f-bombs started flying and the judge had to step in to stop it. >>> there is consumer product news tonight. the folks at hamburger helper say they'd like to be thought of more as just helper, since more and more peo

washington monument, i like the lights. kind of cool. we'll be going into the mid- 80s.in the 8030--- 80- degree range pretty quickly. storms this afternoon could put down torrential downpours. there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. we'll see if we get the big kicker or little kicker heading our way. storms in ohio and pennsylvania as well. we'll take you over toward the ones that are close, western maryland, west of cumberland, frostburg, light showers. heavier showers are south of romney into west virginia. actually in the moorefield area. this is moving to the east headed toward the shenandoah valley. perhaps we'll see a little rain there but this stuff has been weakening as it moves toward the east and southeast. 75 still in leesburg and winchester and gaithersburg this morning with fredricksburg and easton 78. 79 here in d.c. we're going to the mid and upper 80s today. i think we'll have more clouds than sunshine. storms possible this morning and storms possible this afternoon. monika samtani is off but beverly farmer is in watching timesaver traffic. >>> pret

we had this reaction to the story on the brand-new lights on the washington monument. not feeling the love. we spend all that money for lights on a monument. that money could be used to fire equipment and emergency vehicles. what's more important, lights on stone or lights on a response vehicle? do the math. actually, don, the lights were a gift from a philanthropist. he kicked in $7 1/2 million to pick up the tab so sit back, enjoy. don't do any math. finally this from our good friend robert in herndon who's a bit concerned by what he calls the proliferation of jails. where do they have the authority to detain people on a stopped train? why do people comply? every week there seems to be a story about inspect customers sequestered in a building by a government. if they can confine people without due process everyone would be up in arms. really? due process? it's a train delay, not a jail term. your sentence is to mcginty's address. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. i'll be right back here at 11:00 along with leslie and topper shutt. log on any time

i talked, as you know, with david reubenstein who has been working with you on the washington monument. one of the witnesses on the next panel, david mcdonald from the friend of acadia, i also believe is going to talk a bit about the endowment they manage and coordinate with you all at the park service to fund maintenance of the historic carriage roads at acadia national park. my question to you is, as we get into this, what is your take on how to generate the most appeal with respect to endowments? from the seat of my pants, it makes more sense to look perhaps at maintenance projects at individual parks rather than to try to establish a large nationalwide endowment. but that may well not be the way, you know, to proceed. do you have a judgment on that? >> yes, sir, i do. and let me talk about this for a moment. the national park service is a institution with perpetuity mission but we live on an annual appropriation. if you look at other organizations around this country that have a perpetuity mission, whether it's a major university or a major museum, smithsonian, they all have endowm

. >>> an amazing sight at the washington monument, the decorative blue/gray trim surrounding the monumentow being lighted up to match the stone work. the lights were switched on last night. monument has been under repair since an east coast earthquake in 2011. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" the shrinking deficit and warren buffett makes a big donation in charity. ashley morrison is here in new york. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: and good morning to you, anne-marie. asian markets bounced back, slight concern over china's efforts to reform credit. hong kong's hang seng earned 2%. >>> wall street with financial tightened wells fargo and chase the dow rose 88 points while the nasdaq added five points. >>> the deficit is down according to a new white house projection. the federal government is spending $759 billion more than it is taking in this year. that's down more than $200 billion from earlier predictions. the improvement is credited to the automatic spending cuts triggered by the financial cliff and increasing revenue from an improving economy. >>> consumers are whipping out their cred

the washington monument, draped in fabric.epair work is still under way to fix the damage from the earthquake in 2011. >>> let's look at the morning road conditions. a slick ride at times in the desert southwest. wet and windy conditions from minneapolis to kansas city and chicago. a wet commute from the gulf coast into the southeast. scatter thunderstorms could dampen roads along the east coast. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possibly in chicago, detroit, kansas city, minneapolis and atlanta. >>> george zimmerman's attorneys will try again today to drive home their case for self-defense. >> they called a spring of witnesses to identified the screams on the 911 call recorded just seconds before trayvon martin was shot and killed. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: with grief etched on his face, trayvon martin's father on the stand. >> our world has just been turned up side down. >> reporter: tracy martin, called by zimmerman's attorneys, asked about this 911 call the night his son was shot. >> so, you think he's y

y this is the washington monument nice and beautiful as they continue repairing it.t. thank you for joining us. us. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. let's say hello to tucker barnes and get the latest on the weather out there. t jacket is off. >> doesn't need to be on any o time soon. >> i have no idea. i don't have a cold, not sick, no idea. >> by the end of 5:00 you won'tw have a voice. >> extra manly version thiss morning. >> barry white. b >>ar yeah.eah. hot, dangerous heat around heree over the next couple of days. first real heat wave setting up. we'll be doing lots of talkingig about how hot it is. we'll start with the morning starting with a look at temperatures. reagan national it's hot in the morning. 73 in dulles. d yesterday we got to 89 and 89 would feel great when you look at the forecast. here is the good news well. high pressure building in thedig chances for thunderstorm activity just because it's been so wet is greatly reduced. we're fairly quiet. a mostly sunny day. hopefully we can mix out some of that humidity because it's been really oppre

the scaffolding on the washington monument all lit up. the temperature 79. dew point 72. gives us that heat index, the feels like temp of 82. a southwesterly wind at 7. so clearly another sticky, muggy morning in store for us. when you've got this humidity around and low level moisture, itself showers and storms can persist overnight. the disturbance is really up to the north. you see how they're firing here from areas of ontario across lake erie back into ohio. another cluster of storms out to the west. we're going to watch this action because we'll get that first wave coming here later this morning north and west through the early afternoon in d.c. then it's going to move south and east of us for the afternoon. still spotty showers and storms not out of the question north and west for the evening hours. then tonight midnight still a couple of showers. we'll quiet down toward tomorrow morning. then tomorrow afternoon we'll pop more showers and storms but it will be from d.c. and it looks like points south and east as drier air starts to move in tomorrow night into friday

there's the washington monument. we can see it. it's not foggy here. here is fog around part of the lower eastern shore, around near the chesapeake bay. right in washington, we have some haze in the air, it is 77 steamy degrees at reagan nationalment humidity, 84%. we got a wind coming out of the southwest around five to ten miles per hour. that's continuing to pump in the humidity. that's going to be with us throughout the day. the view showing a hazy sky. not much cloudiness around. when the sun rises, it's going to cook us immediately. right now, this is probably the most pleasant time of the day. temperatures in the low to mid 70s in the suburbs including prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery coun county. near the bay, mid 70s. ler maryland, eastern shore, they're getting patchy fog. a nice morning in western maryland, west virginia, shenandoah valley, mid 60s. pleasant start there. it's closer to washington, east of the mountains where we've got the humidity. the thick humidity in place. hour by hour through the day, a rapid climb

the washington monument is shrouded in fabric while workers repair damage from an earthquake two yearsbut in the meantime, the park service has decided to brighten up the monument to the father of our country with the mother of all light shows. nearly 500 lamps will illuminate the monument each night until the scaffolding comes down. the hunt for jobs is getting a little bittiesier. the hunt for jobs is getting a little bittiesier. that story is is just ahead. help support bones... [ ding! ] ...the immune system... [ ding! ] ...heart health... [ ding! ] ...and muscles. [ ding! ] that can only be ensure complete! [ female announcer ] the four-in-one nutrition of ensure complete. a simple choice to help you eat right. [ major nutrition ] nutrition in charge. oh. ♪ [ female announcer ] stress sweat smells the worst. and secret clinical strength gives you four times the protection against it. secret clinical strength. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that

the washington monument still under repair after that earth kwath quake in 2011.beacon of light again. those 88 lamps turned on every night while the monument is closed and being rebuilt. we'll see you tomorrow night. good night. >>> new information in the probe of the crash at sfo what. pilots are now telling investigators you know it's like he started looking around. people are hurt. >> a bay area crash survivor talks about his harrowing experience of how he took action once planes came to a stop. >> why we should not expect an end to travel delays at sfo as a result of the crash. stay with us. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >>> analyzing final moments, searching each piece of he debris what. investigators are learning tonight about the crash site and the crew. >> tonight new questions have araise rizen over experience of both pilots in charge of landing the plane. ntsb revealed the commanding pilot overseeing the trainee was on his first flight as an instructor. you're looking at new video released by investigator autos ntsb confirms two flight attendants were