, arlington county, are connected. because of this movement of these newly freed people. at arlington there was also a freed man's village that was created after the war by the u.s. government where over the course of 35 years, thousands of former slaves would live and find freedom, work, and protection, and many of them once the village was closed in 1900 would also move out to the community and are actually four local churches that originated at freed man's village, and we are busy developing relationships and working with descendents of the enslaved people here at arlington to get their story, to do more research, and to include their per perspectives in the interpretation of this site. we at arlington house are very excited that our recent donation and our ability to restore the mansion and create new exhibits is not only possible, but that it coincides with the centennial of the national park service. it gives us an opportunity to examine and re-examine what this place meant over the last several decades

in whichhis legacy this community at arlington, arlington county, are connected. ofause of this movement these newly freed people. at arlington there was also a friedmans village that was created during the war by the u.s. government where over the course of 35 years thousands of former slaves would live and find freedom on the work and protection. many of them, once the village was closed in 1900, would also move out to the community. there are four lurker churches -- local churches that originated at freedman's village. descendentsng with of the enslaved people here at arlington to get their story, to do more research, and to include their perspectives in the interpretation of this site. house are very donationhat our recent and ability to restore the mansion and create new exhibits is not only possible, but it coincides with the centennial of the national park service. it gives us an opportunity to examine and re-examine what this place meant over the last several decades since the national park service first took it over in 1933. and what it means moving into

, brought it here, called it arlington, that then turned to arlington cemetery, arlington city and everything we call arlington here. >> a thriving area across the river from washington, d.c. we will go back to touring this place. matt will tell us more about the interpretation of robert e. lee's life here. let's listen. >> here we also have the one portrait of robert e. lee in the mang mansion. it shows him as a young officer. it's not the version most people expect. most think of robert e. lee at the great general. what arlington house represents is his life before the civil war. his family life, that he married his wife here, that six of their seven children were born here. that this was the place he sacrificed to make the choice he did at the beginning of the civil war to side with virginia. to fight for a larger concept of what he considered to be his home and family. and that was virginia. but it came with a very knowing sacrifice. and while robert e. lee would be in the minds of many during that war and the years to follow, somewhat of a villain in history, labeled a traitor to his cou

and arlington house is an amazing place to be able to do that. so, we can examine the meaning of the civil war. we can examine the meaning of the life of robert e. lee, his family, the impact his decision made on history, the lives of the enslaved people here, the consequences of that war. surrounding this mansion, arlington cemetery was created both as a means to honor the dead, but, again, as a way of gaining revenge or justice perhaps if you want to call it that against robert e. lee. but how do we as a country view the events of that war and its after effects? the period of reconstruction. well, arlington house is determined in the national park service and it is determined to seize the opportunity and move forward and perhaps lead the nation here. and to make more of it and something of it that can help us move as a nation and as a culture in the future. the theme here is division and reunion. division, perhaps, is easier to define. reunion, what does it mean? we know the country was united north and south but culturally and mainly the way t

it ranks arlington as the nation's hardest working city.esidents there work an average of 41.5 hours a week. that is the huest rate in the country -- highest rate in country. almost 86% of the city's residents are employed. jonathan: still ahead for us at 5:00. >> i'm michel in arlington. where -- i'm mike carter-conneen in arlington where last night the county school board voted to add a new sport to school this fall. coming up, what the sport is and where the players will practice. alison: then late they are some of the best and the bravest. putting their lives on the line every day. but find out what is killing more firefighters than the flames. at 6:00, a new warning over zika. the popular tourist destination that the c.d.c. is now telling pregnant women to avoid. steve: the weekend is here. temperatures will be in the lower 90's saturday and sunday. but on sunday a better chance for thunderstorms all part of a cold front. great time to download the storm watch 7 weather app and stay ahead of the storms when they arrive in the afternoon

was the arlington house known as the lee mansion? i believe i was 9 and my family and i came from buffalo, new york, and saw washington and went to the lee mansion. and i believe -- i think i saw it as i'm sitting here watching the program -- there was a doll in a little girl's bedroom upstairs in the cradle. >> wow. what a good memory you have. my goodness. why did -- because you were young that doll resonated with you? >> caller: i love dolls. my dad said i had a memory like an elephant. at almost 75, i still do. it was a wonderful memory. >> that's a terrific memory from long ago. >> those are accurate. she's referring to the girl's dressing room upstairs. >> the custis lee mansion was known as until it was changed after your visit to arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial. >> next up is jean in wyoming. >> caller: hello. please go ahead. hello. >> we're listening. what's your question? >> caller: i have a couple of questions. the one question is, why do you not -- why do you not advertise more often about your events and stu

eastern time live from arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial in arlington national cemetery. it's the park service's most visited historic home. this is american history tv, only on cspan3. >>> charles pinckney was the south carolina to the constitutional convention. in philadelphia in 1787. charles was four times governor of south carolina. he was an ambassador to spain. in the legislation in south carolina. he was in congress up in washington. he spent his entire life in public service. but the key, the national significance of charles were his contributions at the constitutional convention. he presented a complete plan of government. it's called the pinckney draft. which you have to get through kind of a backwards way because they were no surviving copies. he presented this complete plan of government on the third day of the convention. it's through other people's notes at the constitutional convention that you find the details in that plan. now, what's interesting is that james madison, who we think of as the father of the constitution, who had copious notes, he doesn't m

eastern we're live from arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director and brandon bice, former arlington side site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the house, slave quarters and grounds. live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. next we travel to independence national historical park in philadelphia to visit the assembly room inside independence hall where both the declaration of independence and the u.s. constitution were debated and eventually signed. this program featuring national park service ranger matthew eiffel is about one hour. >> we are in a building that is built in the 1730s. so about 40 years before there is any such thing as united states of america. at that time of course pennsylvania was a british colony, and this was its capitol building. they would make laws for pennsylvania and

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director and brandon bise, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year long restoration of the mansion and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >> i think it ranks right up with washington's mt. vernon or jefferson'sicello in terms of impressiveness. it speaks of a man of significant wealth. jackson is still considered to be one of our wealthiest presidents. it's an 8,000-square-foot house. so if you're coming here, you have been very, very impressed by a house of this magnitude. andrew jackson and rachel bought this property in 1804, originally it was about 425 acres in size. and with buildings on the property. over

inner loop at arlington boulevard, just the left lane getting by the crash. i think i can get eyes on that in a couple of minutes. 95 south eastbound, three different crashes still reported. not seeing the same slowdown southbound and inner loop before connecticut right lane blocked by the work zone. see you in ten minutes. >>> melissa, thank you. call it a high-end heist. the man and woman police need help identifying after they allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of expensive goods. >>> a new move to win back customers. the offering that could make dinner a loteasier tonight . >>> welcome back. running list of changes. how changes could impact the marine corps marathon. not just those running the race. >>> get ready for a warmup. a look at just how hot things are going to get where you live and when things will finally cool off when we check back in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >>> developing it morning, want to show you some sketches here. this man and woman stole handbags at high-end stores, a bridal store near friendship heights. th

lee memorial, at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon bise, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, headquarters, and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> i would like to welcome everyone to william howard taft national historic site on behalf of the national park service. the significance of the house is that this is the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president and 10th chief justice william howard taft. the house was built around 1840. that's the time that we like to use here. taft's parents were fawnville and louise taft. they originally came from the new england states. well, alfonzo taft, when he first left townsend, vermont, which was his hometown area, he comes here to cincinnati, ohio, in 1838, and he actually begins to work with a law

l surprise atou arlington park. the police are trying to track down the culprit. and happy birthday, bei bei. withiant panda turns 1 cake, honey, and a traditional chinese ceremony. >> now, abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. kimberly: donald trump in the commonwealth tonight, his campai anna-lysa gayle is live for the rally just got started. anna-lysa? kimberly, it's a little loud in here right now, but, trump the stage a few minutes ago. he told us that people should be voting in november and he does not think of himself as a politician. hundreds of people were waiting outside. when we got here, the line wrapped around the expo center, many here to support him, others here to show why they do not believe he should be the next president. are on the protesters the outside of the expo center, monitored by the police. we did see some demonstrators and protesters and supporters. this is after trump's latest camp numbers that show him falling behind democratic nominee hillary clinton. this campaign stop comes after trump visited louisiana yesterday to look at the areas

the arlington house is currently undergoing a major renovation, so many of the collections from the arlington house were moved from the house to be stored temporarily here until the renovations can be completed at the house, and then they would go back on display and exhibit at the house. the same thing happens to many of our house site. they periodically go through renovations and improvements. douglass home has undergone a tremendous renovations a couple of years ago. those collections came out here, and then they moved right back into the home once they finished the renovation. one thing that's difficult to see though is if you look at this large, avoid the tub-looking thing. that is indeed a tub, a bathtub from the arlington house, that you would like to envision that perhaps robert e. lee took a bath in that bathtub. perhaps conjecture, but still keeps us interested. in addition to the historic furnishings that we have we also have things associated with the monumental architecture on the mall. we have -- right here are the fiberglass mockups of the korean war memorial soldiers, and if y

jeff goldberg is in arlington with the riders. this has been a display of patriotism over the last 15 years. >> no question. that is still the case today. although a lot of emotions, of course, this could be set to be the last ride. here we go. this is ve this ride arriving in arlington as we speak. the first police escort coming in the double tree hotel in arlington, virginia. as the ride began this morning. in shanksville, pennsylvania. let's stay with this live before we show you video from earlier. 1,400 motorcycles with police vehicles are leaving the pentagon parking lot tomorrow morning for new york city. followed by a service at the world trade center. sunday morning. now the purpose of this ride is to of course honor the 417 first responders who died on 9/11 and all who wear the uniform. after 15 years the governing board for the ride along with all the local municipalities along the route really concluded that the ride is simply too disruptive of traffic. require too many resources from the local law enforcement. the org

lee memorial, at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon bise, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, headquarters, and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3.

stay with us. -- arlington national cemetery.tay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: in news from the campaign trail, top republicans and veterans groups are criticizing donald trump after he r refusedo back dowown from his comments attacking khizr and ghazala khan , the parents of a muslim soldier that died in iraq. on sunday, john mccain, who spent time as a prisoner of war in vietnam, wrote -- house speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell also publicly criticized trump. none of the three, however, pulled their endorsement of trump. amy: khizr khan plus some was killed by a car bomb while serving in iraq in 2004. it was posthumously awarded a bronze star and purple heart. trump's attacks against khizr and ghazala khan began when khizr address the dnc thursday night. >> you're asking americans to trust you with their futures. let me ask you, have you even read the united states constitution? [cheers] gladly lend you my copy.

live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> want to welcome you all to castillo dos marcos. the fortress behind you is the fourth fortification to bear this maim but it is the first one to be made out of stone at st. augustine and it was built for a particular reason. spain decided they had to build a stone fortification in st. augustine to ensure their foothold on the florida terth. they were concerned about england encroaching and pushing them out of the area and they saw florida as very important in helping to defend their hold on the caribbean and central and south america. they start construction in 16 72, complete it in 1695. you got 23 years worth of construction. the biggest reason for all that time only about 175 people working on the project at any one time. all the stone had to be quarried from over on the island across the bay, barged across. no mechanical stuff, no metal banks. it db barges. it is allan

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery.n us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> coming up next, author and historian david mccullough receives the u.s. capitol historical society freedom award and delivers remarks. congressional leaders pay tribute to mr. mccullough's achievements including two pulitzer prizes and two national book awards. this event took place in statuary hall of the u.s. capitol and runs about an hour. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm tom coleman. i'm the chairman of the board of the u.s. capitol historical society and former member from the state of missouri. i'm filling in tonight for ron sarrisen, our president, who is not feeling well, and

live in arlington, nikki burdine privacy concerns the cameras won't record at all times and arlington county police testing three different kinds of cameras from three different vendors. >>> a brutal attack with a baseball bat puts him him in critical condition and the suspect behind it all is a foster child the family took in six months ago. 41-year-old anne marie francis in the hospital with severe injuries to her head, face, arms and hands. she and her 86-year-old onto were attacked in their home and a 15-year-old boy at the family took in as a foster child is charged with two counts of malicious wounding. >> for you to break somebody's bones with a bat, you are swinging for the hills. two arms are broken and entered two wrists are broken interface is completely shattered.>> reporter: did she tell you anything about who >> no. she could not talk. there was blood everywhere and her eyes were popping out. you could see both her hands were broke. >> reporter: the family says somebody dropped the ball because they had no idea that this foster boy had any psychiatric problems. they are

live in arlington, jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: considering the traffic on that bridge, that's amazing that happen. find out when crime happens in your neighborhood with the spot crime maps at wjla.com. ryan: good evening. it was a beautiful day and evening. the temperatures right now, comfortably into the 70's. reagan national airport, sitting at 77 degrees. the air temperatures will be of the upper 50's, middle 60's downtown. currently 73 degrees annapolis. tomorrow morning, sunshine when you wake up, 58 to 66 and it will feel refreshing. it looks like the sunrise tomorrow is at 6:29. some changes coming our way. when the humidity returns in just a few minutes. leon, back to you. leon: thank you, ryan. breaking news in the district, a security guard struck by a car that burst into flames. tom roussey is there and witnessed the call happening. he joins us on the phone. tom: basically we aren't constitution, where it turns into pennsylvania avenue. we rolled up on the scene as this van -- if you could show the van, as the van

arlington county fire posted these pictures from the scene.again, no one was hurt and all of the lanes are back open. >>> governor terry mcauliffe is making good on restoring voting rights to thousands of ex-felons. >> and this plan takes a different approach. bureau chief julie carey is live where she met with two men impacted by all of this. hi, julie. >> reporter: they are two age. a marine veteran lost his right to vote a few years ago. both had their hopes of voting in november dashed last month with the virginia supreme court ruling. today, hopes were restored by the governor's new plan. robert mcneil has never cast a ballot so he was thrilled when governor terry mcauliffe personally handed him an order restoring his voting rights. he registered immediately. >> then what happened, the rug got pulled from under me, so so speak. >> reporter: he received this letter just after the supreme court and the voter registration canceled. the governor says he's once again restoring civil rights to the 13,000 felon who is quickly moved to register.

today, the 100 anniversary of the park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> the national monument was authorized back in 1934, basically, to preserve these prehistoric mounds. that's what they thought was here when the park was first authorized. back in the 1930s, before the park was even established, while the locals were still working with the legislature trying to get the park authorized and established, the locals also realized that this might be an ideal location for a new deal works project. so once again, working with the legislature, they managed to get this designated as a wpa work site. and with the smithsonian, they sent down two smithsonian archeologists and those two men oversee a work force of 800 men. so pretty difficult for two archeologists to oversee that large ofworkforce. but they basically ran trenches various locations on this site, did some trenches on top of the great temple mound and they found here that huge continuum. we ended up with over 2 1/2 million items that this dig found in this

that will put you back at arlington. if you need to get to 76 west from innovation way to third avenue. we have normal drive times and no accidents. >> thank you. >>> 5:19 now. >> all the social media talk with the nfl player at the center of it. >> that's right. do you agree? we have your thoughts coming up about you? according to research, they could tell others you're depressed. a study looked at volunteers with clinical depression the team used computer models to analyze tens of thousands of photos. depressed participants tended to have fewer group shots with friends. depressed people used the filter called inc.well which called -- white. experts say more studies to be need done. there's a good reason to use social media as a health screening tool. >> do you believe all that stuff? >> i don't know. might be reading a lot into it. >> right. >> let us know what you think. 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is speaking out. he's explaining why he won't stand for the national anthem before games. >> story for your reacti

arlington heights is gonna be the model. that i wasn't willing to make the acquisition unless you can prove that you are a leader. -giovanni: okay. -lemonis: and that running a manager's meeting is part of that, being open-minded is part of it, and change is part of it. and so i want to see what sort of leader you are. -giovanni: okay. -lemonis: today, we're closing the store entirely. giovanni: i don't understand lemonis: we're locking the door. giovanni: now? right now? -lisa: okay. -giovanni: for how long? lemonis: as long as it takes to get the store redone. giovanni: okay. lemonis: well, there's a truck and boxes and people here to start loading. giovanni: come on! is that really -- are you being serious? ♪ lemonis: i knew the idea of closing this store quickly would catch gio off-guard, but i need to know that he can adapt to change and lead people through tough situations. it's a small test of his leadership, but it's an important one for me. giovanni: we'll load -- that's the biggest thing. displays will move out tom

that is how arlington national cemetery got started. another way they tried to ensure that general generally would never return was they gave part of the plantation to some of his freed slaves and what these freed slaves did with the land was come up with a town. as you can see it wasn't exactly small. they had their own churches. they had their own schools, they even had there on hospitals. we had even been able to find a photograph of the people of friedmans village and the national archives. c-span: i think if i guess right that that is the cemetery that took over the friedmans village. >> guest: the cemetery is friedmans village. c-span: what happened to all the freed blacks? >> guest: well what happened but that story is eventually even though the village was a city unto itself, it brought in people from all around and even some troops ended up living in the village for a while. but, eventually the view that the friedmans village had from that hill where arlington national cemetery is, people discovered it. and they were basically

robert e lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. we will talk to the former national park service director and the former arlington house manager who will oversee the restoration of the mansion, headquarters, and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> the annual arizona state university global silicon valley summit things together entrepreneurs, business leaders, policymakers, and philanthropists to explore education issues in the future of learning. the heads of three media organizations talk about improving learning and knowledge through their platforms, especially during the presidential campaign. it is about a half-hour. >> we are here today to talk about lifelong learning. most of this conference is talking about k-12 higher education. there is a whole piece of the industry that really lives more in the consumer world websites or media and the news media that is actually providing a very critical role in learning. it is o

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv's reel america, from 1935, the land of the giants, this 24-minute interior department film documents the efforts of the civilian conservation corps to develop california's national and state parks during the great depression. the film promotes the value of the ccc and shows the details of daily life for the men in the work camps. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the home of the california was the first state park state. back in 1865 the federal government gave her the yosemite valley. it was a state park until it went back to uncle sam again in 1890 to become part of yosemite nati

bike arlington is a program of ours to encourage more people tt bike.cation out reach andacd encouragement and all sort oft f aspects get everybody from eighi to 80 out there ride ago bike.gk not just for transportation butt for recreation as well. >> henry, any idea how manyy people bike dale untille unt arlington?lito >> well, i can just tell yout it's in the thousands he havee e bike counters in the streets ana trails around the county.round mount vernon trail more than t 3,000 cyclist as day on some ofe the counters.. the bike only meter which is a real-time counter we have riderr across the way over here wouldeu show over 2,000 riders on a goog day. >> war the challenges of coursee in an urban environment with biking and cars? you haveyou h program to keep people safe. saf >> we have the pal program predictable alert lawn full anda that's an education program togt try to get everybody to remember to be those three things, predictable, alert and lawful nn matter how you're traveling onno bike, walking or in your car.our be friendly.ridly. let people

near arlington place and north pulaski. that's where we find cbs 58's julie parise with the latest on the investigation . this morning police are looking for a suspect in this stabbing...who has been on the loose since this accident take a look at this video from just a few hours ago.police tell us this deadly stabbing started as an argument between two people who knew each other. you'll see in this video...police investigating at the intersection of north arlington and north warren...just a block away from the bars and restaurants on brady street.the 32-year-old victim died before he could be taken to the hospital police say the investigation is on going we're going to stay on top of this story for yo cbs 58 now to healing in sherman park. a new program aims to help keep the community safe. it's called the sherman park citizens patrol. 2-person teams will monitor the neighborhood and take notes on what they see.those teams will go out a few evenings a week and patrol between 48th and 60th streets... and burleigh and nash s

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director -- and brandon bice, former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday the 1 00th anniversary of the park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the national park service. coming up on c-span3's american history tv we'll bring you a number of national park service tours from our american artifacts and reel america programs. some of the sites include congress hall in philadelphia, the battlefield in frederick, maryland and the anticipaanapom courthouse. we travel to the meeting place of the u.s. house and senate between 1790 and 1800. our guide is park ranger matthew eiffel. >>> we are standing in the old house of representatives in the building we call congress hall. although originally it was built as a

today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> i think everybody is just amazed by it's not a widely publicized presence. the park service doesn't advertise, so people find out about this because they read magazine articles or they see features like you're preparing. but it's not our typical colorado scenery. it's not what most people think of when they think of colorado. so it comes as a pleasant surprise to folks to find it here. john otto was a kind of a vagabond, not in the sense that he was a ner do well, but he didn't have any permanent roots. he was attracted to this area around 1907. by the promise of employment on a water line project. and i guess this was just the type of country that was really appealing to him. so he began to agitate for the creation of a national park here. the first thing he did was he wrote a lot of letters to prominent people and so on trying to get this established as a national park. and he also constructed a lot of trails to afford access into the ca

the northern section of arlington. you might see, it looks unkempt these days because two months ago it was foreclosed on. but the parties have adopted here anyway. over the past several years the home has been the scene of big, big bashes. organized by promoters, advertisedded on social media featuring d.j. food, drink, pool and stubbing views of the potomac river. the recent party happening saturday night. it could be a turning point in the situation. a fight started at the party sunday morning and it continued to the road leading to a drive-by shooting in mclane at the corner of dolly madison and kirby road in mclane. a vehicle pupped up to another and shot -- pulled up to another and shots were fired. the arlington police are keeping a close eye on what happens next. >> since the coverage over the weekend we have had people from the neighborhood reach out to us we are working with the law enforcement and the county partners to address all the issues up there. jeff: visible sign of the party still here outside of th

in arlington, ryan hughes, abc7 news. maureen: we wish them the best as they try to recover from that. not so bad today really. doug: no rain, no thunderstorms. we thought there would be a few south of the city. we're in good shape here. maureen: good. we got all the rain we need. doug: for a while. it is coming back for the weekend. look at this picture from the weather bug network. brand new h.d. weather bug camera at madison trust in ashburn. happy to have you on the team. beautiful afternoon. few fair weather clouds and no worry of rain. back above the number for the up teeth time. it's -- umpteenth time. tonight we'll be fine. it's partly cloudy, no rain. a little on the warm and the muggy side. later tonight it will turn cooler. by the time you wake up on friday it will be 73 in the district. 68 in burtonsville. 66 in damascus. it will be 70 in lorton in the morning. now as far as what is going to happen closer to the northern neck, it's milder because of the influence of the water temperature. keep at 72at the rive

join us to learn more about the park service and arlington house. next on american history tv america", a nationwide system of parks. ♪ >> in 1933, the chief concern of the american government was break the back of the bad depression. among the conditions to be remedied were to that president roosevelt recognized it will. employment for hundreds of men and war young>> veterans was imperative. has a crocs -- havoc by soil erosion. one solution for both problems, the organization and work of the civilian corps was undertaken. within two years, both problems were well on their way to solution. resources of natural with conservation, pure and simple. one important phase of this was more than that, the making of a nationwide system of recreational areas, smaller more numerous state parks closer to the men and war veterans people, mark festival r their use. work in all its many phases is being done in the state park areas from one end of the country to the other. better facilities for forest firefighting are being provided. speed is imperative in fighting

eastern time when we are live from arlington house. the robert e. lee memorial in arlington national cemetery. it's the park service's most visited historic home. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. >>> today we're at petroglif national monument, specifically at the vlg's day use area. the vlog's day use area provides trails to five vlogs and it looks out over the city of albuquerque out towards the sand ya mountains. the petro glyph tells the story. hot molten lava poured out in a series of six vloggic eruptions, some spreading a couple of miles to the east. as these eruptions took place, they flowed out over layers of soil that was here in the rio grande valley. as these layers hardened, they harded

memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls at we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the year-long restoration of the mansion and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span 3. >>> thursday marking the 100th anniversary of the national park service. tonight we bring you a number of national park service tours from our american artifacts and reel america programs some of the sites are congress hall and the courthouse. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3's "american history tv." >>> each week "american history tv"'s artifacts visits historic places. you're looking at peterson house here in washington, d.c. where president lincoln passed away at 7:22 a.m. on april 15th of 1865. up next, a tour of the former boarding house located across the street from ford's theater where lincoln wa

end of arlington and national cemetery. does he talk with the former park service director and the former arlington house manager will oversee the upcoming restoration of the grounds and the engine. the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house for the very kid history tv c-span 3. >> congressmen and live deal of those recommendations? >> ice-t be an academic books and i was a pretty smart communications director because we get these questions because i used books and i am making a point at town hall so we turned into a regular feature the we were surprised about how many it and -- much attention gets. >> we struggled to find the right way sometimes it is a struggle of a particular topic but it is usually the easiest way can we keep one eye per month and sometimes i will have to work three books that i everything and take the picture. >>host: g weber post reviews? >> not too much of that. i don't have the time. five put the book up there that means i think it was pretty good. right now i am ta

they were driving in a moving truck from seattle, washington, to arlington. they took a break at a rest stop in new buffalo, michigan, when milky, who they say was on a leash, suddenly ran into the woods after a dog scared him. >> what's going through your mind. milky runs away. >> oh, my gosh. it is so heart-breaking. >> reporter: they searched for two hours and didn't find him. skelly left a photo with employee tess rest stop. four days later milky showed up and employees put him in a bathroom with a sign that said don't open, cat inside. >> what was your reaction when you got that phone call that, hey, we found milky. >> it was unbelievable. >> reporter: he drove 12 hours back to michigan to reclaim the family's furry friend. >> so for the next few days you're going to see milky just relaxing here on the front porch, just taking it all in. he had quite a journey in michigan. >> reporter: and this family is grateful for the employees at the rest stop. >> thanks for finding my cat. >> reporter: in arlington, shamari stone, news4. >> it just further proves ho

the war and ended with something called the march of death which is 38 hours people marching from arlington

so that would return with arlington cemetery. so that is part of arlington there is no trace. and since it gave the top one of the churches but one lady came up to me after words to say my church has that bill it moved from the village in to the county. and then moving across the potomac and in these areas. and then to talk about washington history so the centers are still here but there is no trace of the city left. >>cspan: you also say in the book to have an early draft to your father in this -- he proclaimed this to be a good book. what did that mean to you when he said that? >>guest: i'm originally from a small town are both retired educators with the mississippi area for years and years. and my dad taught science. and then my parents moved back to mississippi so my family is still there. it is expected to go into the family business but that would never happen with me. and my a parents would encourage me to follow my a dream but my dad's a farmer. i would not call him a voracious reader but if he says it is good it is high grade of the greatest compliments and my life th

it happened near arlington place and north pulaski. that's where cbs 58's julie parise is now.. she joins us live with the latest on the investigation.julie? this morning police are looking for a suspect in this stabbing...who has been on the loose since this accident happened just before 1 a.m. take a look at this video from tell us this deadly stabbing started as an argument between two people who knew each other. you'll see in this video...police investigating at the intersection of north arlington and north warren...just a block away from the bars and restaurants on brady street.the 32-year-old victim died before he could be taken to the hospital police say the investigation is on going we're going to stay on top of this story for you...live in milwaukee im jp cbs 58 three people are in the hospital ...including two teens in a stolen car ... a crash on milwaukee's northwest side. it happened yesterday morning at the corner of 76th and mill road.look at the wreckage.one car's front smashed in... another flipped.police say... the 18- and 19-year-olds ?sped through a stoplight.

arlington inside falls church, a quiet ride. a little volume as you head towards sycamore street. nothing to worry about. a pretty clear ride from beltway. that is a look at traffic. some video coming into the abc 7 news room. it shows the power of a tornado that ripped through indiana. it flattens a starbucks. unbelievable. no customers or employees were hurt. we head overseas and the search for survivors in the earthquake in italy. a 10-year-old girl pulled from the rubble alive 17 hours after the earthquake. least 252 people have died. we will have more on these stories coming up. a developing story close to home. a female jogger has been attacked on the washington and old dominion trail. polices as presence in that area. john gonzalez has the latest. afternoon, loudoun county is dealing with two in just overances a week. this is a large trail. a police helicopter has been assisting from above. they are investigating an attempted assault to a jogger. the lieutenant in charge telling me a man and his 50's in dark clothing approached the female jogger. no physical contact was mad

house -- arlington house manager. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, ate from arlington house 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. now, a panel of scholars and activists at the carter library talk about civil and human rights. this is the first in a series of conversations around the country on rights and justice hosted by the national archives. this is just over an hour. [applause] i'm very happy to be here, and even though i have a northerner, for the raised in new york,