he proposed congress locate it where it is today, but it had to be north of the anacostia. so washington actually asked congress to pass a supplemental act to allow him to include that 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

april 12th the last day of the event, the anacostia river festival will take place at anacostia park. the goal is to draw visitors to the area to highlight the planned 11th street bridge over the anacostia river. the festival will include live music, free kayaking and other activities meant to honor the river. >> today is not the day to be out there. >> no kayaking anywhere around here. >> tomorrow is not the day. thursday is definitely not the day and friday is going to be cold and -- should i stop? at this point. look at our live stormwatch doppler radar for you and we have the winter weather advisory out there. i noticed the moisture beginning to finally, finally lift on off towards the north and east. that's definitely good news. fairfax county into loudoun county, but that winter weather advisory does continue and a few slick spots out there especially near bowie and columbia towards b.w.i. marshall but the best news of all is the temperatures will begin to increase. we're above freezing in many locations except well to the north of us. those temperatures will continue to increas

to a home in the 2700 block of 19th place southeast, close to the inequality of -- close to the anacostia reservoir. he was taken to the hospital conscious and breathing but later died. no word on a suspect or motive. d.c. police identified two men arrested in connection with a bank robbery. thomas george and hall were taken into custody last night, accused of robbing a wells fargo branch in connecticut avenue northwest yesterday. one of the thieves had a gun. nobody was hurt in that robbery. the lights are back on at dulles international airport after travelers spent the afternoon without powerful stop roz plater joins us. how was it looking. are there many delays because of the outage? roz: there are, the two and a half hours that the power was out was long enough to create chaos, especially in the terminal where the computer shut down. the fallout, this is the departure board. everything in yellow is rescheduled, the new times are up there. also some delays and canceled flights popping up. all of this started at about 1:30 in the afternoon. we are told there were two power surges into

today on the wamu show at the anacostia play house, williams said the control board was controversialcial in redirecting city leaders towards a financial successes of today. >> the control board set the tonal, they kind of helped set the reset button. >> reporter: in the last decade tc has enjoyed historic growth including 100,000 new residents williams had predicted would come. but other areas like historic anacostia are still awaiting economic rebirth and fearing gentrification too. >> i make no apologies for the new residents who have come to the city and the new investment who come to the city. we have done a lot in the city over the last 20 or so years in affordable housing but we need to do better. we have had added a lot of new jobs but lord knows we need to do better. >> reporter: tedenise barnes said all city politicians are more careful with city finances. >> there are some who might believe that the progress we have hasn't worked for them. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >>> a new theater festival is coming to d.c. featuring the work of female playwrights

police a a dark sedan was speeding down anacostia road it's back passenger door open and someone tryingto jump out. the car nearly struck to pedestrians, then ran a red light. when officers finally stopped the car and tried to arrest the driver, he had butted and kicked the officer in the shin and chest. richard kirkpatrick was arrested. on saturday night, anne arundel county police responded to a call for a fight at the irish channel of over a bar cap. police arrested trolls ryan, a veteran d.c. firefighter. brian verbally threatened the officer and make racially disparaging remarks. this is the latest troor the fitment. we asked d.c. residents to weigh in on the accusations. >> it is unexpected for the firefighters to do something like that. even when they are off-duty. >> sometimes veterans, sometimes firefighters are other people will just have a bad day. >> we did not get a response back from the firefighters union reps. we are told both men are awaiting their day in court and both are on administrative leave. alison: new information tonight in an investigation into emergency respo

s attorney general is weighing in on a proposal to create an all boys high school east of the anacostia. civil leaders what to establish a school along with programs to help minorities. the attorney general says the proposal does not violatel civil rights laws because minority boys are a vulnerable population. there is sunshine in the morning, but rain is in the picture later in the day. steve rudin now has the timeline. steve? steve: later this week, closer to easter weekend no problems at all right right now, mainly clear skies. the temperatures are quite comfortable. we are holding in the 40's and 50's. 54 at reagan national, upper 30's gaithersburg and manassas. tomorrow, we start off with sunshine, clouds increase midday. late afternoon, the clouds will be here, showers develop, with daytime highs in the lower 60's. how do temperatures in the 70's sound? the timing, plus the easter weekend forecast. leon: two people suffering minor injuries in a restaurant fire, smoke and flames damaging the chicken place. customers had evacuated by the time fire crews arrived. the fire started in

time in almost 70 years a pair of them nesting on the grounds of the arboretum with a view of the anacostia river and downtown d.c. the first sightings of the eagles were last fall as they were mating and looking for a new nesting area. in january they were discovered at the arboretum. staff found that nest and it's believed now there are eggs which would hatch sometime this month. >>> well you may not be able to just hop a bus to the new casino at the national harbor when it opens next year according to the "washington post" mgm's transportation plan does not include any public bus stops. that's apparently contrary to previous commitments. "the post" says in a letter to prince george's officials, mgm says the number of visitors and employees who would use transit to get there would be quote, almost nonexistent. >>> a big celebration this week for some local teens who got some pretty big surprises regarding their futures. these are the faces of the bright students who, well we found they'll be able to attend george washington university soon and it will be all for free. news4's zachary kies

volunteers will continue searching the anacostia river area. the fbi has posted a 25,000 other reward for information. the family is still waiting. -- the fbi has posted a $25,000 reward for information. richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: a man is in police custody after a standoff in gaithersburg. officers responded to a home. the police determined the man was alone but likely armed. swat officers evacuated the neighbors before the man surrendered. he has not been identified. lots of talk this evening about an old trick of president bill clinton. the artist is revealing a subtle nod to the monica lewinsky scandal. leon: plus, offers to charge your phone. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] leon: supporters and opponents of the proposed purple line gathered in silver spring tonight. the maryland public policy conducted a form on the 16-mile rail line. supporters of the project call it one-sided and protested on the sidewalks outside. maryland go

taking part in this race which stretches from the downtown area to adams morgan then south across the anacostia river. some d.c. streets are closing at midnight. and they won't reopen until 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. so you can keep track of all of these road closures and navigate yourself around that and the metro changes in the palm of your hand. use our nbcwashington app and search "marathon." they'll have soggy sneakers tomorrow. >> boy, will they ever. most of the run really is looking wet, starting early tomorrow morning for anything outdoors really. but you're right. some very wet sneakers big puddles, all of it as we watch the rain on storm team 4 radar. start off with a weather forecast for the rock 'n' roll marten. 14th and constitution right over to rfk stadium. showers along the way at 9:00 a.m. and also at around 11:00 a.m. to lunchtime. more rain coming your way. there's your forecast 7:30 50 degrees the temperature. yes, foggy and wet. but that fog isn't looking quite as dense or thick. but it will still be out there. 56 degrees at lunchtime tomorrow. here's radar. r

anacostia should be hovering right around freezing right now. we'll be in to the upper 50s to near 60 degrees and partly cloudy sky by later this afternoon. a look at this springlike trend here for the week ahead next weather and traffic on the 1s the at 4:41. now melissa, what's happening early on this monday? >>> more road work here 29 north at leighton avenue right lane blocked. southbound garden city drive at 50 ramp the ramp blocked at this point for road work. right lane also blocked. rest of prince george's county actually looking quite good. southern portion of the county 270 at old georgetown road moving along just fine. no issues there. overall look at things when i'm back at 4:41. >>> the fbi looking into isis supporters hacking several we were sites. is this a bank in montana you can see it's been replaced with isis material. these online attacks appeared everywhere from business sites ac the u.s. to cities in europe. hackers saying they're affiliated with the islamic state, but security analysts expect no official link to the terror

capitol, the monuments, the ballpark on the anacostia river, not bad for a run. me?. >> i love running around the monument. >> reporter: she's from mississippi. she said if the views don't motivate you, the crowds will. people holding up signs, taking pictures, cheering on runners. >> give me 3 more miles. >> reporter: easy for you to say, you're not running. but his heart is in the right place. >> these guys need support. it means a lot. >> reporter: turns out, you give a little support, you get a little inspiration. >> i'm proud to see him. i want him to see that, to be inspired. >> reporter: you're never too young. who knows, hugo could be among the next generation of marathon runners. looks like this little guy beat hugo to it. after all, it is a race. wusa 9. >> i think driving 26 miles is too long. today's winning marathon time for men, 2 hours -- the event also included a half marathon and a 5k run. >>> scary moments for passengers aboard a united airlines plane today. flight 4870 was forced to return to denver shortly after takeoff this morning after it blew

the announcement is happening outside barry's old home in anacostia. he passed way last year. >>> also right now new cell phone video of the plane harrison ford was piloting minutes before it crashed. >>> plus credit card information stolen during the target security breach now being used on apple pay. >>> and new today -- more people are working in this country. the jobs report out just a few hours ag >>. >>> 53178 engine failure. immediate return. >>> that's harrison ford radioing air traffic control mome santa monica airport. he's an experienced pilot and was flying a vintage world war ii era training plane yesterday when he reported his engine lost power. new on "news4 midday" a look at cell phone video showing the plane just before it crashed. take look. you can see the plane barely gliding above the houses before crashing on the golf course. the man who took the video says hoe couldn't believe what he saw. >> oh no. >> and then he just kept getting lower and lower. i was thinking trying to make the runway then the golf course is right there at th

anacostia at 31 but soaring to the upper 50s there, as well by mid to late afternoon. a look at our springlike temperatures for the next seven days next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:41. that lisat melissa. >>> another disabled car 66 east just after 50, right lane blocked. outer loop near 270, still have the right lane blocked for road work there. so that sounds like it might be around for a little bit longer than we had initially thought. beltway at colesville no problems here. inner loop at woodrow wilson bridge another disabled car. you can see the slowdowns because of that one. 66 no problems here. 95 overall generally looking pretty good. starting to see slowdowns northbound in dale city. overall, no major issues. ooiblg i'm back at 5:41 with travel times. >> it's 5:31. the backlash over hillary clinton using private e-mail while she was secretary of state is quickly growing. president obama has now weighed in. and a powerful senate democrat told chuck todd if clinton keeps quiet, it will quote, hurt her. tracie potts live on capitol hill to explai

watch out for a little patchy ice in some neighborhoods including anacostia where some of the snow melted. maybe it was wet on the sidewalk and it may be freezing up. there now at 30 degrees. later today, though it will be in the upper 50s to near 60. and in prince william county dale city, a little above freezing there right now. but should soar to the upper 50s there under a partly sunny sky by mid to late afternoon. and in gaithersburg montgomery county well below freezing there now. upper 20s. so watch out for a little patchy ice there as well as many of the rural areas this morning. then by this afternoon, should be making it into the mid-50s with a partly cloudy sky. that strong march sun melting more snow putting more maybe moisture on the roads. likely we won't have a refreeze overnight tonight. at 6:41 a look at our spring like temperatures for the next seven days. >>> our biggest issue, all of the slowdowns on bw parkway southbound at riverdale road. the accident now is out of the way. you can see chopper 4 over the scene here. however, those delays remain. so we're talking abou

the announcement the is this morning outside his old home in anacostia. >>> today is another brutal day the snow is over dealing with? really frigid temperatures. >> cover your face up stay wrapped up out there. it will be tough. tom kierein is in the storm center with a look at the forecast. >>> amelia showed us how we need to penguin walk on the sidewalks. watch your footing this morning. and use a soft foot on the accelerator and the brake as you're driving this morning. this is what wisconsin avenue looked like about 2:00 this morning. i took this picture and it has been plowed but still has a coating of snow on it. so you have to break very slowly and only accelerate very slowly as most roads are covered like this that have not really been treat aed with a lot of chemicals. we'll stay below freezing with p temperatures in the teens here through the morning hours. and we'll have bright sunshine. and then that sun may actually be strong enough to melt some of the ice, some of the slush that we've had overnight that troez.froze. and then refreeze. it will get near 30 briefly by midaft

downtown um through adams morgan the runners will be going, then back down and across the anacostia endingk stadium. all of the roads should reopen around 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. and those runners better be ready to get their shoes wet, which you say drag. >> yeah. adds a lot of weight to your run. v.j. sounds like it's going to be bad the entire run far lot of these folks. >> absolutely. that's why you go out with the attitude that you're going to have fun as opposed to five extra pounds on each leg. download our nbc washington app with weather to stay out ahead of everything. here's a look at the forecast if you're going to be headed down there tomorrow. we'll zoom right on down. follow you through the race there from start to finish. it ends at rfk and of course along the whole route there. looks like it is going to be wet starting early tomorrow morning starting at . your temperature 50 degrees. yes, rain and fog as well. so getting there, again, you'll want to leave early. 53 by 10:00 a.m. temperatures pretty much in the low to mid-50s through the race. we've got a chance to see just

this is also a day when anacostia, mayor muriel bowser said she's creating a 12 member barry's legacy to take a year to come up with ways to honor the late mayor such as naming buildings or streets after him. they display a mural of marion barry and right now it can be seen by people headed northbound but eventually it will be on a more public display. among the commissioned members will be barry's son christopher and widow kora who attended today's ceremony. >> ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> this may be the -- his birthday and he may be gone. he's definitely left an example for us to follow and, you know vision for us to take into the future. >> and now, we look at the balloons. they are i guess about to let them go. this was organized by barry's son christopher and his god son. memorial balloons symbolize letting go. promoting the healing process by those stricken with grief and, of course, these were a number of his friends and we're at congressional cemetery in southeast washington and this was this ceremony they wanted to do on what was his 79th birthday.

a group called the art of peace movement is meeting at the big chair cafe in anacostia in about 20 minutesght now. they'll be calling on volunteers to help with violence prevention efforts during family day at the national zoo next week. there's been a stabbing and at least two shootings at the family day celebration since 2003. there was an incident last year. zoo officials have also announced plans to increase security at all events that attract big crowds. >>> today is world bipolar day, an international movement to raise awareness about bipolar disorder. tonight as part of our "changing minds" campaign we're meeting one local woman whose battle with the condition has taken her from being ceo of a publicly traded company to jail. >> my rock bottom for me was prison. >> reporter: this is christine anderson right before she spent four years in a federal prison. >> i was running a publicly traded company. i was ceo. and the company was floundering. it was failing. and i did not want to let it go. >> reporter: but the business school graduate says she was so compelled to save her company th

medical center will unveil the plan to help combat diabetes and other health conditions east of the anacostia river. hospital plans to launch mobile clinics. it's to reduce the health disparitys in many low income communities. alison: well angelina jolie took another major step to reduce her risks of getting cancer. in an op ed for "the new york times," the actress revealed she recently had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. she made that decision for the surgery after her blood test detected a possible sign of early cancer. experts say the key is to center in on the fallopian tubes where ovarian cancer is thought to originate. >> by the time of surgery about 5% to 10% of women with this type of genetic mutation will have a hidden or occult cancer present. it's important that surgery is done properly. alison: it's been two years since angelina jolie had a double mastectomy reducing her risk of breast cancer given her family history. her mother her grandmother and maternal aunt all died from some form of ovarian or breast cancer. leon: smart move on her part. take control of your health

reporter: the high prices aren't skarg off juanita, hoeing to five a five bedroom home east of the anacostia where housing is still affordable. >> prices is going up but if you know how to save it's going to be okay. >> reporter: tom sherwood news4. >>> next at 6:00 new video shows the aftermath of that midair collision during the taping of a reality show. what investigators are saying tonight about the conditions just before this deadly crash. >>> a new plan in the works for one of the busiest roads in virginia. >>>en a collision killed 3-0 olympians. ten people were killed in all. the video leased shows the helicopters clipped each other and then fell to the ground. the group was filming a reality show called "dropped." it features french celebrityies testing their survival skills. >>> there is a new bipartisan push in congress to ease restrictions on medical marijuana. senators rand paul kristin gillibrand and cory booker today introduced the measure. it would make marijuana a schedule two substance. and it would allow states to change medical marijuana laws. so doctors could prescribe th

it is in the anacostia neighborhood of washington. that's after a lengthy chase that's taken him through at least two cars and from one state into the district of columbia. he apparently attempted to commit suicide and landed himself in the hospital where he was guarded by private security contractors. he had a confrontation with one of them he took the gun. he then left the hospital and ended up in a silver toyota that he drove around at some length in these washington suburbs. police say he then abandoned that car, was on foot for a little while then carjacked a second car, a hyundai elantra. he was in a hospital gown and then found normal street clothes and in those street clothes when the police here last saw him. we don't know quite yet the details of exactly what happened between his carjacking in one of the neighborhoods that's nearby this hospital and ultimately ending up in the district of columbia in those different clothes. hopefully we'll still get those additional details from the fairfax police. >> all right, the bottom

downtown area and go as far north as adams morgan and columbia heights and south across the river in anacostia. >>> a lot of folks wondering if their sneakers will feel like bricks tomorrow because we are expecting a lot of rain for that marathon. in fact the rain starting tonight before long. we're already tracking the showers not far away. there it is. the wide view showing the cloud cover. the rain a lot of moisture yet again coming out of the gulf of mexico just like that last system that we had that brought arnold a half inch of rainfall. on storm team 4 radar, look at this. we've got some light showers around luray, charlottesville, winchester frostville getting a bit more of that dry around the beltway and 66 right now. most of our rain will be coming to our area around 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. you can see even here around charlottesville, they're dry for now, but within the next hour within the next hour it is going to be turning wet there. forecast 55 degrees, overcast sky, rain west at 7:00 then wet everywhere through your evening hours, 9:00 10:00, 11:00, a lot of folks wanting to go

. >> for the first time in almost 70 years a pair is nesting on the ground with a view of the anacostia live in downtown d.c. the first sightings of the eagles were last fall as they were mating and looking for a nesting site. in january they were discovered at the arboretum. staff found the nest and it's believed there are eggs, which would ha. >> they picked a nice place to open their house there. >>> bigger than the olympics and it's coming here to our area. this afternoon, meet the local fist responders who have a lot . >>> some people who live near the jager t in charleston west virginia have evacuated their homes because of a landslide that started sunday at the end of the airport's main runway. it took out power lines a gas line trees, an empty house, a church, d it closed a road. repairs to stop the landslide can't start until the rain stops and right now there's more rain in the forecast for charleston this weekend. >>> a man won more than $1 million in the powerball lottery but can't claim the money. security camera showed the man buying a ticket at a grocery store in southern

zamobia williams of anacostia say it's about community. she had her sons ages 15 to 17 clear sidewalks on both sides of pleasant street. >> help each other. >> for the neighborhood. >> and mom says she's heard no complaints. >> in southeast washington, i'm sam ford. >> what are you seeing? >> we're in the twinbrook neighborhood and look at how good it looks. this is a major road that they can concentrate on this and you can see it's almost like a normal day on this road. snow on the side but the road is easily passable. in a moment here when we get a chance, we'll turn into the twinbrook neighborhood so we can see if things look different inside there or not. i got to say even though it's been below freezing today, the sun has done a number on the snow on the streets. combination of sun and salt seems to have done a really good job. now we're turning into the twinbrook neighborhood and you'll get a better sense of what it looks like. narrow streets throughout here. that's on a normal day without snow. you can see things look pretty good on

holiday, we went down with 450 people, many of them young, many of them from the community near the anacostia river in southeast d.c. we picked up garbage out of the river said he bike path felt more safe. i guarantee you that children felt a connection to that community that they had never felt before. and felt a pride in that place that was going to change their behavior towards garbage and littering and bicycling in open spaces and enable them to help change that behavior in their friends. play learn, serve. some of them are going to want to work in jobs like mine. in jobs like your parks and rec folks. wildlife biologists. scientists that understanding natural world. we need them. we need them at every level, i suspect, of government. 40% of my employees are eligible for retirement in five years. who will replace them? people are not clamoring to go work for the federal government, i can tell you that. we've done a pretty good job of putting down federal employees yet they are so critical to what we do. that is what we are doing at the interior. the national league of cities has your citi

at this point he wrote and presumably spoke about the branches of the anacostia proposing the transformation of the ferry route connecting those two rivers. it kind of went like this. the transformation of that ferry road into the great central avenue called pennsylvania. his second memorandum was the first to accompany a full or plan to drawing in june of 1791 when he wrote up with a hurried draft of the plan devoted not to detailed street arrangements but to the distance and situation of objects. he was now thinking carefully about the arrangement of holdings, roads, the way that an entire chronology of development and this is a remarkable got -- document when you work through the work of building and populating a city. it should be begun at points equidistant as possible from the center. when he first got to georgetown, jefferson's instructions were look over all this territory about 6000 acres and jefferson's instructions were to find a place to build a city. and just sort of think about not turning this into a city but find a place within this to build a city. and the some of the key co

holiday, we went down with 450 people, many of them young, many of them from the community near the anacostia river, and we picked up garbage and we made the community feel more safe. and it guarantee you that children felt a connection to that community that they had never felt before, and he felt a pride tour the community and had a different attitude toward themselves and cycling and open spaces and allow them to change that behavior in their friends. some of them are going to want to work in jobs like mine and jobs like your parking racks -- your parks and rec folks. we need them. we need them at every level, i suspect, of government. 40% of my employees are eligible for retirement in five years. who will replace them? people are not clamoring to go work for the federal government, i can tell you that. we can say we have done a pretty good job of putting down federal employees, yet they are very good at what they do. the national league of cities promotes the nature project, so thanks so much, and thanks so much for working with the jbb project, because at a local level, that is the first

at this point he wrote and presumably spoke about the advantages of the anacostia, proposing the transformation of the ferry route connecting those two rivers. it kind of went like this. the transformation of that ferry road into the great central avenue called pennsylvania. his second memorandum was the first to accompany a full or plan to drawing in june of 1791 when he wrote up with a hurried draft of the plan devoted not to detailed street arrangements but to the distance and situation of objects. he was now thinking carefully about the arrangement of buildings, roads, the way that an entire chronology of development and this is a remarkable document when you work through the work of building and populating a city. he wrote it should be begun at , points equidistant as possible from the center. when he first got to georgetown, jefferson's instructions were look over all this territory about 6000 acres, and jefferson's instructions were to find a place to build a city. and just sort of think about not turning this into a city but find a place within this to build a city. and some of the key