madison at a variety of events and museums, including mount vernon and gatsby's tavern in alexandria, virginiaxt, to mark the 200th anniversary of the treaty, they hosted an event with mr. hall is president madison using his years of experiencing -- experience. he discusses popular opinion of the time and the origins of the war of 1812. this event is about 13 minutes. >> good day to all of you. i am pleased to welcome my friends here to the home of the taylor's, which mr. madison and i have an occupying since last september. we've been here since february of 1815, certainly in anticipation of great alterations to national circumstance. i find that, from time to time as president there is a necessity of explanation to the american people. as the circumstances press forward with the actions taken by this administration, there have been many reports of

>> in in alexandria, virginia. >> that's interesting. groups, polling stuff like that, to see if you have enough support to announce, right? >> yes. and over the next couple of months we'll have an opportunity, i've been running into thousands and thousands of people everywhere who said please do this. and we're going to support you. so now i have a chance to see if that's going to happen. >> you're at cpac and give speeches all over the country some paid, some free right. >> yeah. with the paid speeches they're rapidly tapering off because i stopped accepting those months ago. >> so you're just doing commitments as you have before that? >> correct. >> you have to raise about $1 billion, you know that right? are you in the process of raising that money? somebody has to pay the people you hire. >> a billion here, a billion there. >> like george soros. >> the fact of the matter is, we have tremendous popular support. we've raised a lot of money with 10, 15 20 $30. >> it's in a big bank account, the ben carson political action fund or whate

. >> reporter: and from colleagues in alexandria, virginia. >> she literally was a shining star. she always had a smile, made us laugh every day. >> reporter: selke started working there last january as a community manager and threw herself into the work. >> her first day i remember how scared she was but yet so eager. >> reporter: to her old friends that probably sounds just about right. >> she knew that life wasn't about just living it for herself, but always serving others. now selke's friends are trying to come up with some kind of tribute, preferably something that involves the music she loved so much, but right they say that's just too tough. >> really tough week for them. emily and her mom yvonne were parishioners at sacred heart catholic church in manassas. we spoke with those who knew the spiritual side of the family today. you can hear and read their kind words on our wusa9 app. >>> a d.c. politician is part of a video making its way around the webbed to. it's not the best parking job. ellison barber joins us to explain who was behind the wheel. >> representative eleano

southern education foundation, and ingrid, a principal of patrick henry elementary school in alexandria virginia. mr maguire, let me start with you. the numbers are a little shocking, only because they so overstate the number of americans living in poverty, and the number of children living in poverty, why is the number of public schoolchildren so much higher than the other figures? >> ray i think the answers has do with the changing demographics in the country. the other kid that are in and will be in the public schools for the foreseeable future. >> does public education concentrate poor kids. is that number risen, in fact by the possibility of more middle class and upper class kids not using the system around the country? >> i think that we've had a complicated story about public schools leading scam to try to leave, but what is concentrated in the schools is where they live >>> have you seen this in your years of public schooling that the population in a school building is going up, and the rising. >> absolutely. in the school where i am currently we increased from 74 years. >> is that the t

graduated with honors from drexel as a music industry major had been employed at a place in alexandria, virginia. drexel is deeply saddened about the loss of alumni, em lie selke and her mother read a university e-mail. our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. during her studies here at drexel selke was active as vice-president, of a campus chapter of the national service sorority gamma sigma sigma. selke's family who lives in virginia, also issued a statement that reads in part our entire family is deeply saddened by the the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful, amazing people, who meant so much to so many. and selke's sorority also had word of praise commemorating her, for her giving service oriented spirit. live from the drexel campus i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right walt, thank you. >>> meanwhile french officials say it could be days or weeks before remains of all 150 victims from the crash are recovered. investigators are trying to figure out why germanwings flight 9525 lost altitude and slammed in the french alps. they started analyzing

he has been in mount vernon, montpelier, and gatsby's tavern in alexandria, virginia. next, to mark the 200 anniversary of the signing of the treaty of ghent by the president ending the war of 1812, the octagon museum hosted an event. using his 30 years of experience researching and portraying president madison, mr. hall discusses popular opinion of the time and the origins of the world 1812 or it this event is about 30 minutes. >> good day to all of you. i am pleased to welcome friends here to the home of the which we have been occupying since last we've been here since february september. of 1815, certainly in anticipation of great alterations to national circumstance. this is well to be evidenced. i find that, from time to time as president there is a necessity of explanation to the american people. as the circumstances press forward with the actions taken by this administration, there have been many reports of discontent is the declaration -- since the declaration commenced in the june of 1812. that's nearly 2.5 years ago. since that time the administration, having

today we know alexandria as alexandria virginia but back then, it was the district of columbia. the reason for that is george washington in the district of columbia, stuck alexandria into the bottom quarter. if you look at the map of d.c. today and take the small strip of land in alexandria in virginia you will see it forms a perfect diamond shaped square, george washington's original intent from the district of columbia including land from maryland and virginia. the town closest to george washington's mount vernon plantation alexandria considered itself george washington's home town. young robert didn't have to look far to see reminders of george washington. robber e leak worship that the -- robert e. lee worship at the church where george washington and indeed you, attended school at the exam alexandria academy which george washington in doubt. and ran errands for his mother at the marketplace for george washington had troops during the french and indian war. with the description of robert e. lee's child describing him as almost anything but a boy, as a nurse heading to his mot

. >> so glad you came to show us that and it's -- you're located -- >> local motion in alexandria virginia of south dove. >> thank you for coming. >> hope to see you come barbara. >> i need it. >>> well he did it. will ferrell joined the big leagues to raise big bucks for charity. the late effort on the comedian's time on the diamond coming up next. >>> and grabumbrella. details on the . >>> wuching a couple of developing stories for you today. an american aid worker who contracted ebola is now at nih in bethesda arriving from south africa earlier this morning. >>> president obama heads to phoenix visiting the veterans affairs hospital there that triggered massive outcry over ow the government cares for its former service members. the president gets an update on the health. >>> some of the nation's most creative minds are gathering in austin texas, now. the popular south by southwest festival opens today. the annual event showcases the hottest new music, films and alternative technologies. d.c. mayor muriel bowser will be there to help make in-roads with tech com >>> actor will ferrell mad

. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in alexandria virginia wrshg the community and families of fallen officers have come together to create a memorial. >>> new detalings about the chant from the university of oklahoma sigma alpha epsilon members. today the university president says the issue is larger than one chapter. >> reporter: two weeks after a video surfaced to university of oklahoma sigma alpha epsilon fraternity members singing a racist chant, president david boren announced a university investigation into the incident. >> our purpose is to learn lessons and be held accountable and move forward with our lives. >> reporter: boren says the chant was taught to pledges as part of the formal and informal pledgeship process and that the investigation revealed it was learned during an sae national leadership conference four years ago. >> that chant was learned and brought back to the local chapter. >> reporter: the national organization has denied that the chant is part of their culture. the university shut down the chapter on campus in the wake of the controversy and disciplined more than tw

portion of washington, d.c., that we know as anacostia and the portion of virginia we know as alexandria, virginia, washington's hometown. congress would do that after playing hardball with the president for the first time in american political history forcing him to sign the bank act. so at last, the dream is realized. there is going to be a seat of federal government. but immediately, the nightmare begins. [laughter] commissioners could not get along with engineers and artists. l'enfant lasted one year. the plan was brilliant. 6000 acres, larger than london or paris, an immense city. but he quit because the commissioners did not support the plan. they did not support him. washington did not fire l'enfant. in fact, washington groveled at l'enfant's feet begging him not to resign. it is a familiar story of politicians overseeing what the artists are doing. they control the money and timetable, if you will. l'enfant quit. others quit. the lots did not sell. there were big speculations. speculators went bankrupt. the buildings were not built. provisions like all buildings have to be brick were struc

this mail carrier had packages to deliver to homes in alexandria virginia you just what she just did.em on to the front porch. she said she did it because well the steps were too slippery but the home own are in says, he cleared them and he has video he have. the postal service is not happy and is launched an investigation investigation. >>> in your money tonight, we all know eating too much ice cream can make your figure go to pot so what about pot ice cream? well the guys behind ben and jerry's are thinking about take taking their flavors to new heights. i guess highs. ben cohen and jerry green field say they're discussing infusing a brand new favor with marijuana marijuana. of course, you'd only be able to get it in states where pot is now legal. >>> reeboks pump is back even though it never really went away away. 26 years after it sold its first innatable sneaker reeboks is resurrecting the pump top try and stop a slow long slide to obscurity. the seem pump running sneaker will did he bay in stores in six colors. the new pump sneaker will cost you 110 bucks. >>> the owner of a res

now, today it's alexandria virginia. bakken then it was in the district district of columbia, and the reason for that was when george washington laid out the original borders for the district of columbia stuck alexandria right in the bottom corner. and, indeed, if you look at a map of d.c. today and take the small strip of land where arlington and alexandria are, you'll see it forms a perfect diamond-shaped square. he wanted it to include land from both maryland and virginia. and it's a town closest to george washington's mount vernon plantation. alexandria very much considered itself to be george washington's hometown. and young robert didn't have to look far to see reminders of george washington. he saw them everywhere. robert e. lee as a child worshiped at the episcopal church where george washington had owned a pew, robert e. lee attended school at alexandria academy which george washington had endowed and robert e. lee ran errands in the marketplace where george washington had drilled troops during the french and ind

host: harold, you get the last word, joining us from alexandria virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: we are fine, thank you. caller: i appreciate you taking my call. i am calling from the perspective of being an attorney for 30 years. i think problems can be solved in america and that is why people live here. i think the biggest problem with politics is money, currently. here is the question, if we have a system in which, according to citizens united, the unlimited funds committee provided to some of this campaigning, at what point, because campaigns are so constant, do we find a hole in that in order to fix the problem? host: money and politics? guest: look, i don't know where this is going, but this is where we are at. because this is united, you would have a few candidates who had super packs. the campaign apparatus which does have limits on which you can raise -- not how much you can spend, but how much you can raise. and then you have the super pack. an outside organization and typically these organizations cannot talk. right now, candida

host: we will go next to our caller from alexandria virginia. mandatory voting. what do you think?aller: to get to a point -- this should be required. it's also letting the representatives -- you want to have a direction of what is proper, and disseminate truth of issues. whether it is defense spending, or health care. when you have the civil rights movement, it was the basis of voting. that was the whole of lake serve for everybody to stand up for their rights. the protest is shoes that might be raised to us. rachel carson going to war. these are issues that you have representatives, but they are representing our thoughts and our votes. if you don't go to practice for basmati, by want to play, you are putting your talent into whether you play on the team or not. whether you are playing. that is very important. that is the basic issue of standing up for your rights to vote. host: ok. is that your final point? he hung up. thanks for the call. late last week, white house secretary josh earnest walking back a little bit of a statement by the president at the town hall meeting on wedne

host: bob, alexandria, virginia democratic caller. what you have to say? are you there?ne last chance, are you there? let's move on -- are you there? caller: yes hi. yes, i'm just, i'm sick and tired of all the republicans whatever you want to call them. whining. that is all they do is whine, whine, whine but don't come up with any solutions. it is going to show up. thanks. host: thanks for calling. robert simpson on twitter, "what about sanctioning countries that have not signed the iaea and have nuclear weapons?" back to "the wall street journal," a story talks about diplomats taking aim at a tentative iran deal. the say the deal would be a commendation of 12 years of nuclear talks. western officials have left themselves room to maneuver in meeting the goal. officials have not defined exactly what such an agreement should look like. western diplomats indicated a breakthrough on a political agreement could come late in the week. yet diplomat said it was not clear there would be a private agreement written setting out the terms of a political pacts. the march target is s

. >> investigators are on the scene on a home along lenore lane in alexandria where northern virginia bury chief david culvert is live with details. >> reporter: police just wrapped up within the past 20 minutes or so leaving the scene and taking down the crime scene tape. this is where it started according to police at 8:30 this morning, a man trying to break into this home. it ended with a gunshot and then police say the man wounded, running down this street while bleeding. investigators ss spent the whole day going in and out of the house. they've got the gun and it belongs to the homeowner but they won't confirm the theory that the homeowner shot in self-defense. the man who ran from the house wounded got to the busy intersection with telegraph road. he tried to board a bus or flag it down while bleeding. at that time an officer pulled up and took him into custody. >> we'll be trying to ascertain whether there was any relationship between the two individuals. that the point, we have nothing to suggest there is. >> you're looking at the house where this started. only one person was

. >> she works at a community manager at in alexandria virginia who you did you learn the news?rings to light the power of social media. one of our team member who is worked closely every single day, mary leslie was able to bring it to britney and my attention, yesterday morning that she saw the information on social media on emily's facebook page. and so it was a difficult way to learn about such a tragedy. but it really does show the power of social media. >> a difficult way. but then again, i don't know how you can ever receive this news well. talk to me about your office? obviously a small office you often become like family to one another. she was a new-ish employee worked there for about a year and a half. who you did you all manage to get together around this news? i imagine the boss had something to say, what did he say to you? >> well obviously this is something that you can never prepare for. as you said we are a small office. right there in alexandria. there are three team members and i being the regional manager. we worked closely on a daily basis together. on a bill

virginia. bruce leshan is live at alexandria federal court where the suspected bank robber has already gone back in front of a judge. >> reporter: he could get another five years for escape, that in addition to the decades he could face for allegedly robbing as many as a dozen banks and escaping on a bicycle. at the initial appearance here you could barely hear him. he seemed to be moaning at times. he was barefoot dressed only in a white plastic jumpsuit unzipped almost to his groin. his escape is the stuff of movies, shackled, restrained on a hospital gurney. the so-called bicycle band it's was somehow able -- bandit was somehow able to overcome one of two private security guards assigned to watch him, wrestle away her gun and use her as a shield while the other guard fired a single shot at him inside inova fairfax hospital. >> he was shackled. >> i heard a large crash and a lady screaming. >> reporter: he allegedly carjacked two different people in fairfax county, one just blocks from the hospital, the other in a nandale. he burst out of a woman's trunk and into her back seat while she was dr

montgomery fairfax county into the hid 50s as will the district of columbia alexandria, arlington, falls church. northern virginia from loudoun down to stafford, fauquier and in on culpeper, mid and upper 50s this afternoon. southern maryland as well, mid to upper 50s. right near the bay water, only around 50 degrees. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy this afternoon. frederick, washington county low to mid-50s there. and shenandoah valley this afternoon will have a lot of clouds but should be into the mid-50s there, as well. and even in the mountains, too highs low to mid-50s this afternoon. look at your drive time draft for the commute this morning and the afternoon, next weather and traffic on the 1s. breaking news on 270. >>> breaking news 270 southbound in germantown we're talking about at father hurley boulevard, a 2 1/2 mile backup. two left lanes closed as you're approaching father hurley. 270 south. might want to take 355 instead. looking a little bit better here at the back side of the traffic. otherwise, though, it is pretty jammed again 2 1/2 miles right now. wide look at the beltway overall inner loop an

reporting live from alexandria, andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> as if northern virginia police didn't have their hands full already, fairfax county police chased down this suspect in a silver pickup truck on the fairfax county parkway. behind the wheel of that truck, 36-year-old lakisha tracy with outstanding warrants from arlington county. once officers blocked her in they had to use a baton and drag her out. watch this. they had to drag her out before slapping the handcuffs on her. the driver was taken into custody and she was taken to the hospital with some minor injuries. two fairfax county officers and a virginia state trooper also received minor injuries and quite frankly, when you look at how crazy she was on the highway there, it's amazing no one else got hurt seriously. >> looked like they punched in the window to get through there. >> yeah. >>> we've got a yellow alert now with some showers popping up in parts of the area. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now. where are the thunderstorms or are there any so far? >> a couple of embedded thunderstorms, mainly j

virginia. bruce leshan is live at alexandria federal court where the suspected bank robber has already gone backt of a judge. >> reporter: he could get another five years for escape, that in addition to the decades he could face for allegedly robbing as many as a dozen banks and escaping on a bicycle. at the initial appearance here you could barely hear him. he seemed to be moaning at times. he was barefoot dressed only in a white plastic jumpsuit unzipped almost to his groin. his escape is the stuff of

alexandria, i don't see a huge problem. western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, snow developing. the winter weather advisory goes into effect at 7:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the morning monday. i suspect that will cancel out earlier. the liver, to the west, the winter weather advisory starts earlier, 4:00 in the morning. western maryland, this is where you need to watch out. this is where we look for the snow to develop. these are four-hour increments. this computer model, noon time, everything in pink and freezing rain. the blue is snow. northern montgomery county frederick county, washington county, gary county, allegheny county, those of areas that will likelyee snowfall before changes over to freezing rain. 4:00 in the afternoon, not quite out of here. 8:00 tomorrow night, the rain mixing with sleet. the temperatures will increase above freezing. that is good news because the roadways will dry out. be prepared for slick spots early monday morning. delays, probably so, especially to the west and east. 10:00 tomorrow night, everything begins to dry out. how much do we expe

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg joins us live from alexandria to tell us what happened. >> well maureen, yesterday, the principal of t.c. williams sent a letter home to family saying that grief counselors will be on hand for anyone in need and the school will be spending the next several months focusing on support for students and staff. meanwhile, the alexandria police department wants to set the record straight. the start of the weekend is typically a happy time at t.c. williams high school. but today is different. >> there's a lot of people walking around school like crying. >> hard to go through it. >> jamal hunt who was friends with the young man for many years says this loss comes as a total shock. >> he was kind. he was loving. you know like he was just fun to be around. >> according to alexandria police, at 7:45 yesterday morning, the 17-year-old was found dead beside this building on park center drive. the teen did not live in the building but police say he had a friend that used to and that he was familiar with the complex. authorities are characterizing the de

but let's begin now with northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg. he is in alexandria. jeff? jeff: leon 42-year-old wossen assaye appeared in federal court this afternoon at 3:30 wearing a white plastic jump suit. heavily shackled and watched over by four deputy u.s. marshals. he was officially charged with escaping the custody of the u.s. attorney general. it started well before the break of dawn. quickly escalating into an active man hunt involving hundreds of local and federal officers. >> we consider this man to be armed and dangerous. jeff: police say the 42-year-old wossen assaye was under observation at inova hospital after a suicide attempt several days ago at the alexandria city jail where he was facing charges related to a dozen local bank robberies. at 3:00 a.m. accident -- he managed to get loose grabbing by the female's gun followed by a male officer firing a shot. assaye escaped through the hospital as the neighboring areas went into lockdown. police say he later snuck into the trunk of a car at a nearby apartment complex. >> i don't know if the car was opened o

but let's begin now with northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg. he is in alexandria. jeff? leon 42-year-old wossen assaye appeared in federal court this afternoon at 3:30 wearing a white plastic jump suit. heavily shackled and watched over by four deputy u.s. marshals. he was officially charged with escaping the custody of the u.s. attorney general. it started well before the break of dawn. quickly

virginia. also closed fauquier culpeper rappahannock and king george. >>> alexandria fredericksburg, falls church manassas city and maeps park schools are all closed as well. and in west virginia we just learned that berkeley jefferson, grant, morgan an mineral county schools are all closed today. we have complete list scrolling on the bottom of your screen and also on on the nbc washington app. >>> right now if you look out the window, you're probably just seeing rain falling. but that will containing to snow later this morning. we have team coverage of this incoming winter storm as much as 8 inches of snow could fall in montgomery county today. megan mcgrath is live in gaithersburg to show us why this is a ricktricky storm to get ready for. >> reporter: and it's because of the rain coming first. we're here at the salt doun dome in gaithersburg and you can see the front end loader is moving the salt around. just a few minutes ago, they actually filled up a truck and that rubbing went out and hits the highway here. they're standing by waiting for that switchover. we'll get the sleet first and the

in alexandria i'm david culvert, news4. >>> in falls church, virginia last june a trench collapsed.t responders from fairfax county raced to the rescue and in fact saved a life. tonight two firefighters who went into that trench to stave victim are holding gold-medal valor awards for their actions. they're among the public safety personnel honored today by the chamber of commerce for going above and beyond the call of duty. aaron gilchrist hosted the event today. >>> 202. the number has stood alone as the district's only area code for nearly 60 years. but you might be dialling a new number in a few years. according to "the washington post," the company that runs the phone system could run out of 202 numbers by 2019. right now about 63% of the available 202 numbers are already assigned. that's about 5 million numbers with 3 million still available. >>> two local veterans are in a new battle tonight. they're among the top finalists in a competition to win a 7-eleven franchise. >> walked in the door and heard that everybody will turn around and say, hello, welcome to 7-eleven. >> with

our weather bug network updating every minute. 48 degrees now in remington virginia in faquier county. 43 degrees in alexandria. 45 at the charter school downtown and 44 in chantilly with relatively light winds. i want to show you our storm scan. notice some of those light rain showers to our southwest in southern ohio west virginia. those will be moving in tomorrow. also one other kind of neat fact here. severe thunderstorm watch for portions of missouri and arkansas. this is the first severe thunderstorm watch in march and the latest that we've seen a severe thunderstorm watch since 1970. so it's been a pretty quiet the severe weather season so far in march. i'm sure things will be changing as we get to the next several weeks. back here at home tonight, chilly in the mid 30's. a few possible showers by dawn. maybe bring the umbrella with you early tomorrow morning. show you that on the futurecast here. i'm stopping it at 7:00 a.m. and notice just some light spotty rain showers. otherwise, kind of cloudy and cool to start the day and more clouds and sun for the rest of the afternoon. highs around 50 degrees t

virginia. yvonne selke worked as a contractor at booz allen hamilton for the last 23 years. her daughter emily graduated from drexel with a major in music industry. she worked back here in alexandria and also served on the executive board of the guama sigma sigma sorority. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is ordering a complete retraining for the commonwealth's alcoholic beverage control agents. this comes after that high-profile arrest of martese johnson in charlottesville. state police are already investigating that arrest. and for the first time police narrowed the search for a person of interest after a lawyer was murdered at the donovan hotel just last month. they now believe the person seen on surveillance after david messerschmitt was found stabbed is a woman. according to a search warrant obtained by abc 7, credit cards condoms and clothes also found in that room. leon: jurors in the boston marathon bombing trial saw more potential explosives material found in the alleged attacker's home. among the items recovered from dzhokhar tsarnaev's apartment, b.b.s, nails and pressure cooker parts. they say that his brother tamerlan who died in a gun fight with police was the maste

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg went to one district that delayed school and another that canceled. jeff is live in alexandria with what he found. jeff? >> well maureen, we found what a lot of people found. a lot of sunshine today and puddles just about everywhere following a and early morning of nasty ice falling just about everywhere. unlike a day with a big snowstorm, days like today can be tricky for school districts on the decision whether to close or not. they say students' safety is always the top priority. with each passing minute this morning, the threat of dangerous ice melted away. >> right now, it's perfectly clear. >> which is why tracy and andrea woodward, both moms in arlington, would have preferred if the district had kept their kids at school instead of home and headed out to lunch. >> i think a two-hour delay would have been a better choice. >> i think really hard call. >> school officials in arlington agree and felt that the sidewalks and roads would still be icy and dangerous at around 10:00 or 11:00 this morning, the time kids would have gone to school with a two-hour delay. >> hindsight

would either outlaw slavery or the slave trade and virginia wanted nothing to do with that and wanted their land back so that alexandria could continue to traffic slaves. there many reasons. those are fortunate and unfortunate. it was something in the middle of the 19th century when virginia said, can we have this land back. and d.c. said, please, we don't have plans for it, we don't want to pay for it. it was originally -- why was it a triangle on the original plan? why was it flipped on its end to become a diamond? the west boundary stones, by flipping it on its end, where does the bottom suddenly reach? alexandria. washington inflicted on a diamond so it could get part of the district as far down as alexandria. if you just move down a square it becomes awkward. if you make it a diamond you can get alexandria in there. >> if washington was the champion and thomas jefferson was not a fan, what was his reaction to the plan? >> the book discusses this. i spent a lot of time thinking about and researching this, trying to understand. jefferson is a complex character. the thing that is most complex about jefferson is that

alexandria. a few fallen officers memorial will be dedicated during a special ceremony. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from the memorial where she met with some of the relatives of those being honored. julie? >> reporter: you're about to get a sneak peek but right now the tarps are back on the center piece of this memorial five glass panels that will be lit up for the first time tomorrow night and on them the names of 18 fallen officers. officer who is now will be honor at this place for decades to come. the finishing touch is being put on a memorial to 18 officers killed while protecting the city of alexandria. these commemorative plaques go back to 1823 when officers were called constables. 1989 is the year that changed jenny's life. it was the here her husband, charlie hill was shot and killed while on a special operations team at a hostage incident. >> when charlie died i promised him i would never be forgotten and this memorial will make all of them never forgotten. and that was what's most important to me. >> reporter: ginny's dedicated the last year and a

virginia. >> reporter: a crime spree that appeared to end on march 20th, when an armed robbery at this apple federal credit union in alexandria. when assaye was arrested later that day he had $1,600 in cash in his coat pocket. assaye's criminal record is littered with felonies, breaking and entering, statutory burglary, purse snatching and a collection of lesser crimes, too, disorderly conduct, speeding, reckless driving. after multiple burglary and robbery convictions assaye was incarcerated from 2000 to 2013. assaye's method of operation in all these alleged robberies is strikingly similar. he enters a bank usually with a cell phone to his ear, displays a handgun, sends a demand note to a teller and then says something along the lines of give me all your money and nobody gets hurt and in all cases but two he allegedly fled the scene on a bicycle. >> they call him the bicycle bandit. we posed all of wossen assaye's criminal records and court documents on our website www.wusa9.com and on our wusa9 news app. >>> let's move on to the weather tonight. topper has the live doppler 9000 fired up. he's tracking showers. what about t

virginia. police say they were transferring the inmate from the alexandria jail to a hospital when he overpowered> and i'm ryan takeo live in san francisco at pier 33. on the waterfront. the alcatraz ferry landing it already moved here nine years ago and could move again soon. there's a proposal on the table to move it possibly to fort mason. over in the marina neighborhood. there's a meeting today to talk about it. the national park service runs alcatraz and there has been a lot of pushback from residents of the marina. 1.7million annual passengers flooding the neighborhood. it wants to find a long-term home for the ferries and we're talking about a 350 year lease -- 50 year lease so that the -- it's not confusing to tourists. those tourists will go wherever the ferry landing is. and this visitor understands why some locals are worried. >> no -- just as long as it goes to alcatraz. >> i think people go wherever it takes. >> the national park service says since fort mason is already federally owned, it makes the spot attractive. there's a public meeting today at pier 1 at 4:00 this afternoon. liv

virginia. as the chief said the prisoner came into our custody on march 20th. his initial hearing in the alexandria federal courthouse. he was booked into the alexandria detention center on the 20th. on the 27th shortly after 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, the prisoner at that time tied a bed sheet around his neck and dove off one of the tiers in the alexandria detention center in an attempt to commit suicide. he was treated by medical personnel at the time in alexandria city jail and was then transported by the rescue squad to inova fairfax hospital. for the first 24 hours of the hospital stay his observation, alexandria deputy sheriffs maintained custody of him and maintained observation over him. after 24 hours, contract guard services allied protective services took over with a two person detail to maintain 24-hour observation and in custody while assaye was being treated for his injuries. to my knowledge, his only injury at the time was a broken nose. this morning, i guess shortly around 3:00 a.m. while under observation by the two contract security officers the prisoner overpowered the female se

alexandria. he was not alone. just about every car in the parking lot was encased in the same sheets of ice. the maryland state highway administration and the virginia department of transportation are asking drivers to stay off the roads if you can. they will be working on the roads through the night to keep them passable. be sure to get up early with "good morning washington" to find out how the roadways are doing. we will have all the closings and delays as they come into the newsroom. all of that get started dark and early at 4 a.m. tonight is not the night to be traveling by air, either. there are delays and cancellations at just about every major airport in the country. airlines canceled hundreds of flights today. while on the east coast we are dealing with ice and snow, out west in california and arizona, the problem is flooding. >> you have someone waiting in mexico? kimberly: several cities in upstate new york reported the coldest february on record 102 inches of snow so far. austin could break it single-season record if it receives just six mortgages of snow. an update on this weekend's all hands on deck. garbage groups completed their all-

virginia. as the chief said, the prisoner came into our custody on march the 20th for his initial hearing in the alexandria federal courthouse. he was booked into the alexandria detention center on the 20th. on the 27th shortly after 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon the prisoner at that time tied a bed sheet around his neck and dove off one of the tiers in the alexandria detention center in an attempt to commit suicide. he was retrieved by medical personnel at the time in the alexandria city jail, was then transferred -- transported by the rescue squad to inova fairfax hospital. for the first 24 hours of his hospital stay, his observation, alexandria deputy sheriff's maintained custody of him and maintained observation over him. after 24 hours contract guard services, allied protective services took over with a two- person detail to maintain 24- hour observation and custody while assaye was being treated for his injuries. to my knowledge his only injury at the time was a broken nose. this morning i guess shortly around 3:00 a.m., while under observation by the two contract security officers, the prisoner overpow

march of 2013 when the alexandria city council approved by a vote of 6-1 a zoning change to develop the waterfront. that bill was taken to court and made it all the wayo the virginia supreme court. it approves up to two hotels with up to 150 rooms each. people have a concern about the traffic plus the 95-year-old old dominion boat club will be torn down to put in a park. >> we would not have moved, that would not have been our choice, but now that is what we have decided to do. i think it will be a good thing for us and for the city. >> the old town feel is something i'm comfortable with. everybody looks forward to it. as will change things, make it more like everywhere else in the world. if you want that, the national harbor is right over there. chris: with the supreme court decision, there are no more pending lawsuits in the plan will move forward. chris papst, abc 7 news. leon: american astronaut scott kelly is now several hours into a planned year in space. he blasted off on a mission to the international space station for nasa's first try at a year-long spaceflight. this will lay the ground for a possible trip to mars, which could take 2 to 3 yearas. while he

following a developing story now in virginia where a man was shot after a home owner defended himself in alexandria. this happened during what police say was an attempted burglary along lenore lane in the huntington neighborhood. jeff goldberg spoke with that home owner about half-hour ago. jeff joins us now. jeff, what's the latest here? jeff: leon some pretty amazing comments coming from this gentleman feeling certainly traumatized by what happened. certainly in shock by it all. we'll hear from him in a moment. first, i want to tell you a little bit about background about what happened. this is the home on lenore lane where this took place this morning, this attempted burglary. after 8:30 just after 8:30 fairfax police got a call about a break-in happening here. they arrived and actually this is what happened according to the home owner. the home owner says he saw a man trying to break into his side glass door on his porch. the man was using a brick to try to get in. the home owner said he told the man entering to stop. the man kept coming in. that is when the home owner says he shot the suspect

a virginia hospital is in lockdown while a manhuntderway to capture an escaped armed prisoner. police say they were transferring the inmate from the alexandria jail to a hospital in fairfax county when he overpowered a deputy. he got away with the officer's gun. police shut down all of the hospital entrances and some nearby roads for the search. >>> and some developing news. stanford university administrators are investigating what they call a troubling number of cheating allegations on campus. the provest send out a letter to faculty and staff last week about academic he is honesty and one teacher reported as many as 20% of the students in the introductory course may have cheated. such courses can have more than 500 students so there may be at least 100 cases. >> the cheating is an issue in large courses like economics, math, computer science, when you have hundreds of students. i would say it's especially a challenge in courses where there are not necessarily a right or wrong answer. >> students are required to sign an honor code before any blue book exam. the school is now reminding pronecessary so fares to have conversations with their s

would outlaw slavery or the slave trade and virginia wanted nothing to do with that so they wanted their land act so alexandria -- their land back so alexandria could continue. there were fortunate and unfortunate reasons to say the least but there was something in the middle of the 19th century were virginia said can we have this land back and d.c. said please. we don't have any plans were and we don't want to pay for it. it was mutually agreed. why was it a triangle set on? why was it flipped on its end to become a diamond? by flipping on its end, where does the bottom suddenly reached to his alexandria. washington made the decision to flip it so he could get part of the district down. if you move just a square down then it becomes awkward. if you make it a diamond, you can get alexandria and their -- in there. >> seems like thomas jefferson would not have been a good champion. scott: the book discusses this. i spent a lot of time taking about this but also reach urging -- also researching this. jefferson is a context character . the thing that is most complex about jefferson is that he was probably america'

alexandria last night said their father wasn't involved in a drug deal. he would shot inside his house just north of mount eagle elementary school. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live on the scene after speaking with those children today. jeff: they are absolutely devastated, trying to look for answers at the moment. this area was packed with fairfax police everywhere. police vehicles all over the place. despite all the search efforts last night and today, the suspects are still out there. as the children cope with the loss of their father -- >> this is like a nightmare. just bang they are left with the question of why -- jeff: they are left with the question of why. and claudia was born in honduras. >> he came to this country to make a better living for his family. last night his life was taken away for no reason. jeff: last night fairfax police responded to the family's home on north kings highway where he was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. >> is pretty close to home. jeff: he was flown to a local hospital where he later died. police are looking for for male suspects between the ages of 16 and 25 and say they are invest

virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg live in herndon with more on how the suspect was caught. jeff? jeff: well jummy, still an active situation here on lenore lane and james drive in the alexandria section of fairfax county. fairfax police still putting together the pieces of exactly what did happen here. they believe it was an attempted burglary. it happened about 8:40 this morning. police say a man was attempting to break into a home when he was shot in the upper body. the suspect then fled on foot down to telegraph road where he tried to get on a bus. but as that was happening an officer on his way to the scene noticed the suspect and took him into custody. the suspect transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and has not yet been charged. the home owner was not injured during the break-in. >> i think it's very shocking, you know, i've lived here for over a year and stuff and normally the neighborhood is pretty quiet. reporter: now, police will not definitively say that the home owner shot the suspect in this situation but they will say that the gun has been recovered and it does belong to the home owner who has been cooperative with authorities. we hope t

virginia. fairfax county police are looking for suspects after a man was found shot inside a home. this happened just after 8:00 last night on north kings highway in the alexandria section. police believe there are four suspects here they're still investigating whether those suspects knew the victim. >>> the loudoun county sheriff's office is asking anyone to come forward if you know anything about an alleged sex assault as a church. they're investigating calvary ten temple after two women say they were assaulted when they were children. a peaceful protest will be held outside the church on sunday. >>> we're closely watching the developments out of france this morning. investigators are looking into what sparked the co-pilot of germanwings flight 9525 to crash a plane in the french alps. they say andreas lubitz killed himself and 149 other people including a virginia mother and her daughter. some friends say lubitz was battling depression and was burnt out. however lufthansa says he was 150% fit to fly. >> my firm confidence in the selection of all pilots in the training of all pilots the equaled if i indication of all pilots and the work of all pilots has not b

virginia. he was arrested only last week in arlington just hours after a robbery at an apple federal credit union in alexandriaice officers are staked at every entrance at a maryland hospital tonight after someone threatened staffers there. run anne arundel medical center says a family member of a patient made a bomb threat. the hospital is on a modified lockdown meaning people can still get in and out but must present an i.d. to officers at the toor. otherwise the hospital is operating normally. >>> a follow on our big story yesterday when a confrontation at the national security agency ended with a man dressed as a woman dead in the road. tonight we know his name and more about how he and a friend ended up speeding toward the gate at the nsa. here's our chris gordon. >> reporter: the fbi says ricky hall of baltimore died on the scene. we are learning more about the confrontation that happened here at the nsa entrance and what may happen next. fbi agents are conducting interviews following leads and collecting evidence. baltimore fbi and the u.s. attorney's office will determine if any criminal charges will b

virginia this morning. fairfax county police searching for an escaped prisoner from the fairfax hospital. they were transferring an inmate from alexandria overpowered the deputy and escaped. the inmate is armed and dangerous. >>> 46 minutes past the hour. let's see what is coming up on "new day." alisyn join us. >> it is deadline day for the iran nuclear talks. at this hour it is still very much in the air. there are major sticking points. we are live with the talks with all of the analysis and all of the ramifications you need to hear. >>> also latest in the flight flight 9525 investigation. more revelations about the troubled copilot and now word of a possible motive coming overnight from the german press. we will have that and so much more when chris and michaela and i join you. >> 90 minutes of gloating about leading the ncaa pool. most of the show devoted to that. >> why not three hours of gloating in. >> there you go. >>> intense recovery effort in the french alps. investigators identifying victims of flight 9525. we just got word about an hour ago that a pathway, a road to the crash site has been completed. we are live with new d