american legion auxiliary members do incredible work. any given year, they volunteer 5 million hours serving veterans, americans families,nd their contribute $22 million to support youth scholarships and communities. contribute $2.6 million for active duty militaries and their members. additionally, auxiliary members are recognized by the secretary of the u.s. veterans affairs each year for our outstanding contributions to the quality of life for veterans in va medical centers. it is with this same passion for the mission, commander schmidt, that we offer our support to the legions 2017 legislative priorities. the american legion auxiliary, the world's largest women's organization proudly stand alongside the american legion and sons of the american legion in advocating for military veterans and their care givers. our missions heroes should expect nothing less from all of us. today and tomorrow, our members will stand beside you and your members as fellow legion family members, reminding our elected representatives in congress that the co

the american legion auxiliary it is proud to stand alongside the american legion and sons of the americanegion in advocating for military veterans and their care givers. we join the legion family in calling for quality care for male and female veterans, timely benefits and support for veteran care givers. our missions heros should expect nothing less, nothingless, fr l all of us. we will stand beside you as fellow legion family members reminding elected representatives in congress that the collective voting power of the world's largest veterans organization and the world's large a largest organization are a powerful voice both here in washington d.c. or at home in his or her district offices. we will continue to encourage our member to sign up for the action alerts and we will make frequent visits to the legion's online legislative center. we pledge to continue to work hand in hand with our american legion and sons of the american legion to advocate for public policies and funding that improves the well being quality and quality of life for our troops, our veterans and their families. tha

gastelo here with the american legion. thank you so much for being on our show, and thank you for your service. before we talk about the post, talk about your military service before we get going. we'll start with you. miguel gastelo: my name is miguel, and i served in the army for 27 years. i retired in 1995 as an e-9 command sergeant major. i started my career in the military when i got drafted in january of 1968. and shortly after that, i winded up in vietnam as an infantryman. and i just--it changed my whole life, and i never knew that kind of way of living. and it stayed with me, so i kept re-enlisting. damian: well, 'cause i was going to say people usually who were drafted, the veterans who were drafted, they serve their time, and then they say, "i'm getting out." but you said, "i'm staying in." miguel: yes, like i said, it had a big impact in my life because i grew up in the fields picking cotton, and we were raised very poor, lived in the farm labor camps. and when i went in the army, it just--first time that i had

we are merging back onto 495 about to cross over the american legion bridge. maybe you saw that car wiggle a little bit. there is still some snow and a little bit of ice in some places , especially in turn lanes but even across the bridge and all of the interstates, things up and looking really good as we have gotten closer to the afternoon. you are dealing with the road spray but not really dealing with any ice in these areas. what we are go all of this water still sitting around, likely dealing with some re-freezing and ice later on. our temperature as we have been working our way across the area, is 35 degrees, so at least getting a little bit of melting done. i will leave you with that shot of the roadway but it this point i will send it to john gonzalez. josh, we measured in frederick county about four inches of snow give or take, not the most we could have gotten but it appears frederick did bear the brunt when it comes to this storm in the d.c. area. it was not just the snow, it was the freezing rain and sleet that fell for over 10 hours. gthis put thi

gastelo here with the american legion. you so much for being on our show, and thank you for your service. before we talk about the post, talk about your military service before we get going. we'll start with you. miguel gastelo: my name is miguel, and i served in the army for 27 years. i retired in 1995 as an e-9 command sergeant major. i started my career in the military when i got drafted in january of 1968.

if you're starting down by the 95 interchange in springfield heading up to the american legion bridge, it's about a 24 minute drive. metro's going to open at 5:00. however, they're running on a saturday schedule so that means trains will come every 12 minutes, and they will still have single tracking between braddock road and huntington and van dorn street. that's safetrack surge 13. they're not going to be doing the work there today. the crews that would be doing the work on that single tracking and safetrack surge 13 they are going to be helping with this snow removal. metro bus on a severe snow plan. they're only running the major roadway routes and metro access at this point is closed. >>> thanks a lot ellen. we have a huge storm team this morning. look at all those faces out there. we have plenty of people on the ground all over the place. as for your plans today when you want to get around we're going to let you know what's open, what's closed. we are waiting on a couple of things. dcps has not made their decision on closing or delays. prince george's county public schools has n

inner loop at the american legion bridge. a crash just after the american legion bridge. also, ramp from 202 to ip bound route 50, crash right now is blocking the ramp. also hearing about a new problem, outer loop between georgia and connecticut. report of an accident there. right now, outer loop local lanes before 295, a disabled vehicle down there bottom of the beltway. on the right shoulder, sounds like we may have a bit of a fuel leak add to go that. >>> 270 south here, slow as you're approaching hyattstown. earlier crash is out of the way. we're moving okay, just slowing as you're approaching 109. travel times, 270 south germantown to the spur. 66 inbound and 95 north, no major delays right here. looking pretty good. remember to lisp to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >> thank you, melissa. >>> 5:55. you may have heard the federal reserve raise interest rates here. four things to know about how this affects you. it's going to cost you more to borrow money. the amount you pay of interest on your car or credit cards will go up. but if you have a long-term

and the american legion who are supporting this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. i too served in the military. as a military doctor. in the second united states infantry division in southeast asia. many, many years ago. so i've seen patients that have been mentally ill. one of the things that has bothered me is we're perpetuating an outdated stereotype that mentally ill people are prone to violence. most are not. and perpetuinthis ereotype that they are may result in them being isolated or not seeking treatment. this is unfortunate for people who suffer from mental illness and need support and understanding. i think we do them a great disservice. my bill would require not -- it would require a court of law, rather than a v.a. rating specialist, that's all we're saying here. to determine whether an individual actually poses a danger to themselves or others. before their name gets september to the f.b.i. and added -- gets sent to the f.b.i. and added to the nics list. their name should not

talking about this side of the beltway, the inner loop when you pass by 355 off to -- off the american legion bridge is jammed. mike is an ucstk aftrfic as he is trying to pass by colville road. it will be slow. if you have someone trying to get home, it seems like everyone got on the roads at the same time. the only accident i have is on route 32 westbound when you hit route 108 and it is backed up to route 29, but no significant delays. in addition, all of the train services tonight until midnight. they open tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. but an important note, they operate on a saturday schedule. trains come in every 12 minutes and they will have a single tracking from braddock road to huntington or van dorn street, part of safetrack search 13. they want have the shuttle bus service to get you around the delays. metro bus, someone might come home delayed or detoured on the metro bus, stuck in traffic. tuesday, metro bus will run on a severe snow service schedule, only running route on the major roadways and metro access already closed at 4:00 and they're closed again tomorrow. mark announced a tues

american legion, 1 street, memorial roosevelt, 11 street. we like what we're seeing.ow if that changes. green around the beltway. problem free in mcclain and tysons as well. all inbound routes moving without any issues. metro safe track yesterday wrapped up no longer impacting blue line and metro picks up at 5. all rail lines on time and next safe track surge will kick in march 4. we'll keep you posted oween that one. a live look around the area. 270 now volume increasing as you make your way down towards the spur this morning. as you pass father hurmly beloved traffic moving at speed and light enough north by the truck scales we're not seeing major congestion. we'll show you what we're up against around the dmv. 66, 95, no issues now as you make your way to 66. we'll keep you updated. any questions, erin "fox5" d.c. twitter wisdom and maureen back to you. >> coming up on "fox news morning" the president removes one key country from his travel ban list. >> and president trump two eldest sons were greeted with protest at a grand opening ceremony in vancouver. >> headed

so you'll be fine if you are trying to cross the american legion bridge and then another big area where we had a pole down a utility pole, clopper road right at highway 124. and first field road. that has been major area we've i en watching this morning. out -- miller was out in sheehy storm tracker 9 all morning and i think he passed by this. you're in gaithersburg right larry? what are you seeing there? >> reporter: yeah. so we're in gaithersburg this morning. you know, we've been roaming all around the area for the most part and got to let you know we kind of wanted to check on the side streets, so many people said hey what about the streets in front of homes you know smaller areas and alleys? at least in gaithersburg things are looking well for the most part. you know pretty clear street. no ice. and it looks like the neighborhoods are really taking to the -- [ inaudible ] [ no audio ] >> okay so we just lost the connection there with larry but we'll try to get him if we can. physical we can get our connection back together with him. >> so d.c. and calvert county, maryland are the o

and over the american legion bridge, temperatures 21 to 22. you can imagine the neighborhood temperature is mid- 20s right now, and all right, here's a look at futurecast, and this is in terms of winds, and temperatures, 24 tomorrow at 6:00 a.m., and that's not a windchill temperature, and that's an actual temperature, and 8:00, it's 24 downtown, and 9:30, only 25, and only the low 20s in haggerstown. we will come back and tell you who will make it below freezing tomorrow. you will be surprised by the low windchills tomorrow morning as we have to go up to gaithersburg, let's see if john henry has any icy patches. >> reporter: topper, we have seen our fair share of ice patches in montgomery county, especially here in gaithersburg, and you can take a look here on the roadway. as you were saying, it's the hidden black ice patches you have to keep an eye out for, especially during the commute tomorrow, and you are kind of showing up under the lights, too, and that's where the snow melted, and then the water came on to the roadway, and then it refr

earlier around national harbor and now you come up here north of tyson's corner going across the american legion bridge and you're dealing with sloppy snowy conditions. chuck and everybody else has been talking about how the conditions will change fast depending on where you are and really in our area we are seeing changeable conditions all over the place. so we'll be out here all day doing the whole beltway and probably getting into some neighborhoods a little bit later on but for right now, take it easy. don't come out here if you don't have to. these guys have a lot of work to do. the tractor trailers are out here and it's not an easy ride we'll report to you in a bit. >> all right. i want to shift a little bit to maryland. >> derrick ward live in german town with conditions there. what's going on, derrick? >> reporter: well, the wind is picking up. that's one thing i can tell you. we've seen this steady freezing rain coming down, but that wind is making it a bit more challenging out here. what we're not seeing is a lot of traffic and that's a good thing. take a look at the video that was sho

certain this was an accident, caused by the 73-year-old driver in the suv, who was here for the american legionwitnesses didn't want to believe their eyes. >> i looked back and seen kids screaming. and running. and i turned and a van was running over them. >> reporter: some of them were hit so hard, their instruments flew across the street. 12 were loaded onto stretchers and hospitalized. tonight three of them are in critical but stable condition. >> these are our children, this is our community, these are our friends. these are our people, and to have this happen, it's horrible. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver lost it when he hit a curb directly behind me. police do not believe he was under the influence, david. >> steve osunsami with us tonight. steve, thank you. >>> we are following two deadly plane crashes in this country. one in the northeast. only the tail is visible. of a small plane after it plunged right into an apartment building in massachusetts. the pilot did not survive. >>> and in riverside, california, surveillance video capturing a small plane as it falls from the sky expl

inbound towards the capital beltway we had reports of icy conditions on the ramp towards the american legion bridge with reports of standing water. again, temperatures are well below freezing. anything that looks wet will most likely be ice, but we can see the delays as you merge towards montgomery county. looking back to the map, a new crashed report on the outer loop of the beltway heading towards the springfield interchange. the accident tying up the center of the road, pushing you to the far left or far right continuing on the beltway towards 95 and 395. back in the next 10 minutes with another update on your ride. larry? larry: your chance to say a final goodbye to the circus, from under the big top. ringling brothers and barnum & bailey and bailey, on their farewell to will -- farewell to her wjla.com, we are giving your tickets to get inside. color number seven wins, 703-528-7334. good luck. revealed affleck has that he has completed treatment for alcohol addiction. he disclosed his treatment in a statement on his facebook page yesterday, writing that in part out of holiday should do

beltway looks nice as you pass through the american legion bridge now. problem free annandale and upper loop springfield to 66. 66 quiet in riverdale park seeing no issues baltimore washington parkway. 5 northbound to aquia harbor wide on at speed and route 1 cruising at speed. 17 no issues there. i'll let you know if anything picks up crash-wise. pleasant start to the morning commute. not enough to slow us down. same story chantilly and problem free 270. no issues as you make your way 355. if you have questions @erinfoxdc and at an parent in peru and all passengers survived. >> a scary moment when a woman breaks into a crane 150 feet init air. >> 5:08 is the time. >> producer this is ed sheeran. hope it gets you in the mood to get going. 5:09, back after this♪ ♪ mmm! [ keys clack ] [ slurps ] make it iced, then make it happen with flavors like butter pecan or new coconut creme pie. it's america's iced coffee, whenever, wherever. america runs on dunkin'. scottish lawmakers voted on a new referendum

i know i sound like a 90-year-old woman right now, but i am a member of the american legion, i happenlove the colors. >> i'm a former miss america, which i be called? >> tom: are you anything, pat dixon? >> if these kids wearing these colors are a problem -- >> there not gang members. >> it's a symptom is what it is, we don't know if some of these kids are having american thoughts. we don't know if they're listening to lee greenwood, i hear some of them might have gone together for the pledge of allegiance earlier. it goes deeper -- >> tom: we got to go. coming up, when does a person become an adult? the age-old question, next. and my first book "mean dads for a better america" is available for preorder. tomshillue.com, get it, yeah. ♪ ♪ >> live from "halftime" with tv's andy levy, the white house revealing parts of president trump's 2005 tax returns last night. according to the documents, the president paid $38 million in taxes on a $150 million income. the white house making the numbers known ahead of an msnbc reported that the network had obtained to go pages of the 2005 returns. s

i think that if it stops with those words, then it was't of the american legion from across the countryg here in washington have to say about president trump putting a priority on veterans and military spending. in northwest washington, chris gordon, news4. >>> new at 5:00. for thec are learning about apparent threats to a muslim center in our area. this one in fairfax county. police responded to this mosque in falls church yesterday after an employee received a letter with prejudice language in it. investigators say the envelope had a postmark that appeared to be from another country. earlier this week, police responded to threats at an islamic education and muslim óñ in silver spring. >>> a maryland man who admitted to his part in a wild chase in prison. he led the police on a 115-mile ride before crashing >> reporter: a wild incident late at night on the gw parkway last year after he led u.s. park police in ai@hç high-speed chase crashed his car into a guardrail near 395 south on ramp there. he managed to elude police in nearby woods afterward and then stole the u.s. park police crui

beginning of the war, the town became famous because they had people who were serving on the local american legion and one night all of the japanese names were blacked out. and when people of hood river tried to return in 1945, they had to send army officers, often generals, to get them into hood river. intel bit, and mary went to except her brothers declaration. he was dead obviously.and they would not deal with her either. in american general, a famous american general stillwell came to tell bit -- talbot and he said you're going to bury him in this cemetery and if not i will leave a pickax to take this town apart. that was part of the story. in another part of the story was where they actively tried to prevent people from turning, returning to land that they owned. they owned farms, orchards, some of them were just stolen from them. it is not a story about japanese, it is a story about americans. and history that we have of people who seem to be different from us. again, obviously with the indians and immigrants as ben carson calls them. they were through -- they were killed, property taken and

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