but the braddock expedition is completely routed. just to give a sense of the level of disparity in the victory, braddock loses 400 dead and 400 wounded. there are only about a dozen on the french side killed. it is a massively lopsided victory for the french. the british are really surprised. the next year the focus of the war starts in europe and britain is not sending a lot of troops or supplies yet. the french are able to have a series of early victories. in 1757, famously they take fort william henry. it is depicted in "the last of the mohicans," if you have seen this. this is again a group of french and native allies. they go and lay siege to the fort. eventually the british surrender there. following that siege, there was an incident where there was a group of native americans who were promised that they could plunder the fort and be paid for their efforts by getting a lot of colonial trade goods. they were then told they could not plunder, because the terms of the surrender meant the british had to be respected, captives coul

when completed it will link the braddock road metro station to the pentagon city metro station.he first phase of the project opens august 24 between braddock road and crystal city. >> the traffic and construction might be a little bit of a hassal to get -- hassle to get through initially. but anything that can eliminate single destination vehicles versus mass transportation is a good thing. >> the whole project is scheduled to be finished early next year. >> and more transportation news for you. if you're traveling on metro this weekend, allow plenty of extra time. four of the five lines will have delays on the weekend with orange and blue line trains running just once every 24 minutes on sunday. green line riders will have to use a free shuttle bus to travel between the greenbelt and college park stations. the work begins tonight at 10:00 and continues through the system closing time on sunday. >> and the silver line opens one week from tomorrow. but starting sunday metro will begin simulated service to give employees and riders are chance to familiarize themselves with the new

. >> meet mitchell braddock, also known as mico. he's a 45-year-old ex-con who did ten years in a michigan state penitentiary for robbery and assault. >> so i feel people that are weak and not in shape and can't protect their girls shouldn't be in this business. >> front side. he's got the money. white male, black top. keep an eye on him. >> we first met mico in 2010 -- >> step out. >> hands up. hands up. >> when he was arrested by michigan's human trafficking task force for pimping out a 19-year-old woman named heather giardan. >> get your shirt on. >> also known to police as lil' barbie. >> please. i didn't do anything. >> put your pants on. >> let me put my clothes on. >> at the time mico rejected the pimp label, choosing instead to describe himself as a bodyguard and chauffeur, offering guidance and protection to women working in the sex trade. >> i've never had one girl ever been hurt being with me. not one. you guys look at it differently, but i truly believe that i'm doing a good deed by protecting them. technically, okay, i

t was this afternoon at a gas station in the 10,000 block of braddock road. crossed r of a truck the median and drove through a gas station hitting two cars. the ht police believe driver suffered from a medical emergency and lost control. not serious.were the national weather service is tornado touched down on the eastern shore of virginia killing two people at a there.ound a new jersey family was in a tent when the storm ripped the cherry stone family camp ground. a 13-year-old boy is fighting life and he is one of three dozen people injured. arniwning on my camera came off. there is a tree down. ook at the tree t. is down on that guy as camper. oh my gosh. >> witnesses say by the time passed the camp ground will been turned into a war zone. rough, rough night in that area. the severe weather is long gone what is e will look at ahe aheador friday and the weekend. -- ahead for friday. >> good news, our skies are nicely around the capital beltway showers and hunderstorms south of us earlier today quickly racing off toward the east. look at the satellite and ra

he is also the linchpin in getting native people to participate in another battle where braddock wasdefeated. all of those indian allies that travel from the great lakes and end up fighting and defeating braddock were connected in some glade hade networks lan formed. he was also present at the battle of william henry --fort william henry, and he is also .resent at the siege of quebec he is sort of like the forest mp of colonial gu wars and in the mid 18th century. -- this plays a role in france for losses. france cannot just dump a bunch of money and send all kinds of support. systemlly the alliance stores to fracture. there are two reasons. one has to do with fort william henry and self. the native people were promised they would be able to get goods, , and they had been denied this. it meant they lacked trust now. and when the french asked them to come to war again in 1758, a lot of them stayed back. because they did not feel like they would be taking care of after the war. the second reason has to do with disease. in 1757, there is a smallpox epidemic. it is brought back to the gr

apparently a couple of vehicles involved there watch out for delays on braddock road in virginia. there is an accident near the beltway eastbound on central avenue right at the beltway and a couple of vehicles involved here as well. watch out it may she you down a bit eastbound side there at route 214. this time northbound i-95 where there was a crash early this morning. it is in its clearing stages but delays out of stafford right now for at least 28 minutes. almost a half hour ride because of the accident activity, so please watch out for that. over to our sky 9 shot right now looking at tyson's at the new metro silver line. everything looks good here at the train station, our mike haiduk is there live right now, telling us all about the excitement. mike? plenty of excitement, because these people have been stuck in traffic for a long time. this is a decision in the works for decades. you personally have been a part of the decision making process for 15 years, but have been watching it longer than that? >> much longer. i'm excited about it. it is a great decision for us, it real

a kralsh stroll into braddock road convenience. he is focused on one thing. look at the grip the robber has on his collar. from the front camera you can see what is in the suspect's right-hand. he is using the hand to grab the bill. try to get it out of his hand, knocking over a display. finally they get to the front door and cashier shoved to the ground on his back. who is the bold robber? police say it is this man, 51-year-old michael joiner. he may be connected to the three other nearby gas station robberies dating back to july 6. so far they have only charged him for this past saturday's robbery and one from july 19 is at sunoco. as for the clerk his colleague working tells me he will be okay. may be wondering a few questions and in particular how do police track him down and why this search warrant, something we pulled today. we will tell you what else police are looking for. we are live in fairfax county. i'm david culver, news 4. >>> a masked man who police say made bomb threats to rob banks is under arrest. in three of the holdups the man would hand a

a blue panel truck careered across braddock road and plowed through the parking lot at the sunoco and crushed a minivan. put it between a pump and another truck. that out of control truck struck an suv hitting it so hard the battery popped out. but it may have prevented even more damage. >> my truck was the barrier that slowed the big truck down. i'd be thankful for that because a couple people were hurt, one of the guys who works here was hurt. and a lady that he was fixing her car. >> the truck knocked over the crosswalk signal, too, but fortunately nobody there was waiting at the intersection. by the time the damage was done here, six vehicles were mangled and three people went to the hospital. >>> families headed to redskins training camp today should get some better weather than they had yesterday. training camp is long a sumger take can tigs for fans. we asked several if the recent maim controversy had any affect on them. many said the redskins name is one they have been proud of for years, but there also seemed to be some room for change. >> you're ready for a name change? >> n

taking a look on the ground at other backup, beltway at braddock is completely jammed. inner loop. 95 north at lorton and 95 south at dale city, no at good day for folks on 95. a id we'we' wider look, slow th colesville and 270 south through germantown, a little rough, clears up a bit as you hit rockville. >>> love the group on your screen. a beautiful morning. the pavement is dry and there is a gorgeous sunrise pick from tysons corner from this morning. post yours to twitter and facebook and i'm on instragram now, as well. and looking at storm team 4 radar, we have a few showers out in the mountains of west virginia, western maryland. these are tracking to the eas east/northeast. just a few passing showers. temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. mid-70s right around the bay. and it is turning less humid to our west and north. and that will begin to move in during the afternoon. gleaming sun on the potomac. about 30% chance of an afternoon thundershower popping up, otherwise partly cloudy and you'll notice lower humidity. a bit of a blustery wind today too. tomorrow

of course, he barely survived a brat oxidant feed -- braddock's defeat. he knew all of these ways of using conventional warfare, but let's say his concept of being a gentleman got in the way. part of the problem for washington, he is basically conducting warfare conventionally, exactly like high-ranking british officers who had the same concepts of what it was to be a gentleman as he had, which is really strange irony where commanders on the opposite sides are basically thinking a lot alike. know, they are thinking alike militarily because they are both fighting conventionally, and they are thinking alike in terms of concepts of being a genuine. with the trenton raid, you simplyly see washington a desperation -- there is no were socourse -- times desperate, specially with , hestments about to run out has one last chance to secure a victory. all of the past strategies of conventional warfare had not worked. an irregular tactical plan based on concepts of guerrilla warfare and indian warfare. it was the last choice, and it was like the last opportunity to t

ratification convention it was said we need one branch to check the others. , the north be afraid carolina braddock patient -- ratification convention, no one need be afraid that officers who commit oppression will pass with community. prosecutions of impeachments will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, said hamilton in the federalist papers, number 65. parties. into i do not mean political parties in that sense. the drying of political lines goes to the motivation behind impeachment. but impeachment must proceed within the confines of the constitutional term high crimes and misdemeanors. of the impeachment process, it was woodrow wilson who said of gnosisrt -- short of the law of the land will give speed and effectiveness. indignation so great to overthrow party interest may secure a conviction, but nothing else can. common sense would be revolted if we engaged upon this process for petty reasons. congress has a lot to do. appropriations, tax reform, health insurance, campaign finance reform, housing, environmental protection, energy sufficiency, mass transportation. petti