of course, that means telling the full story of the enslaved people here at arlington arlington national cemetery was once a plantation. a lot of visitors are surprised by that. over 4 million visitors to our arlington national cemetery every year and very few, it seems, are aware of that aspect of the history before they get here. and to see how this place changed and evolved from a plantation to the national cemetery during the war and what it is now is a great part of the story here that we interpret daily. well, slavery is a big part of that. and for visitors to washington -- and we get so many of the same visitors that visit the lincoln memorial, jefferson m memorial, washington monument, this may be the one chance they have a chance to actually step inside a historic slave quarters as part of their visit to washington and to learn about this painful aspect of our country's history. so, part of our restoration project that is upcoming is to enhance and expand our interpretation of african-american history here and that means fully restoring both of the historic slave quarters, creat

arlington estate was taken over by the u.s. army. it was considered a stronghold, a way to protect washington, d.c., and so it was overrun by a number of u.s. army soldiers. the lees, when they left, asked the slaves to attend it. they had no idea how long the war would last but felt they would return. as a result of that, several years later the u.s. government modified the tax code stating that owners of property needed to pay their taxes in person. well, mrs. lee could not pay her taxes in person and, as a result, the property was taken by the u.s. government as a result of taxes not being paid. in addition to that property being taken, the syphax property at the southern end of the estate was taken because there was no proof that the syphaxes owned that property. some years later, about 1866, the syphax's oldest son, working in the department of interior, actually had the opportunity to work with congress to make a plea to have the property returned. by 1866, the bill was taken up by the congress and to this day we know that a bi

shore, brought it here, called it arlington, that then turned to arlington cemetery, arlington city and everything we call arlington here today. >> arlington city and county, a thriving area here right across the river from washington, d.c. so we'll go back to touring this place and, again, matt penrod will tell us more about the interpretation of robert e. lee's life here. let's listen. >> and here we also have the one portrait of robert e. lee in the mansion. it shows him as a young army officer. it's not the version of robert e. lee most people expect. people think of robert e. lee as the great confederate general. but what arlington represents is his life before the civil war, hiss family life, that he married his wife here, that six of their seven children were born here, that this was the place hi 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. but it came with a very knowing sacrifice and while robert e. lee would be in the minds of many during that war

arlington state was taken over by the u.s. army. it was considered a stronghold to protect washington dc and was overrun by a number of u.s. army soldiers. theythe police left, believed they would attend here after the war. they felt they would return. , several years later , the u.s. government modify the while mrs. lee could not pay her taxes and person and as a result, the property was taken by the u.s. government. there was no proof that the owned thatly property. some years later about 1866, the oldest son working in the department of interior had the opportunity to work with a plea to havee the property returned. mid-1866, the bill was taken up by congress and to this day, we know that a bill was approved and signed by the of 1866, whichne returned 17 acres to mariah syphax. that is a really big deal for the family in terms of knowing they have this compound but couldn't prove they owned it but now we had congress here to prove this was their property. doing family history for close to 40 years. it's really something that has

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congress for elaine harmon's ashes to be allowed in arlington national cemetery even though she was a member of the air force pilot service members in world war ii. >> my grandmother was one of the first to fly aircraft for the united states military. >> reporter: erin miller was proud of her grandmother's service training the men who went into combat. >> my grandmother's last wishes at arlington national cemetery. >> reporter: but she and the wasps did not qualify for entry into arlington cemetery, so she had to store her grandmother's ashes in a closet. it doesn't seem like a dignified resting place. >> it wasn't but what we had to do. >> reporter: a senator was the first to fly introduced a bill to allow wasps into arlington. >> the fact they were told they couldn't has them thinking this is one last slap in the face. you know, of sexism, they thought it was over and it was just this one last element of not being treated fairly. >> reporter: her bill was passed and signed into law in five months. the speed of light in politically good locked washington. i see a tattoo on your forea

david martin, cbs news, arlington national cemetery. morning's top story now. donald trump and hillary clinton made their case to be commander in chief during a national security forum in new york last night. trump said america's generals have been reduced to rubble by the obama administration and if he wins, he may fire some. clinton said she made a mistake in supporting the 2003 invasion of iraq. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will show you how donald trump might be the first candidate to actually make money >>> plus, a "playboy" model faces possible charges and jail in an alleged case of body shaming. >>> and the backlash over apple on its decision to ditch the headphone jack on the i-phone 7. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. were contaminated. they already notified the parents, and that they weren't going to let them go, not going to release them. but once they're released, they're being released with no shoes, no backpacks. ((brian loftus)) >> at walter johnson junio

national cemetery. >> reporter: but service in the wasps did not qualify for entry into arlington, so she had to store her grandmother's ashes in a closet. that's not a very dignified resting place. >> no, it certainly is not a very dignified resting place, but we didn't really know what else to do. >> reporter: congresswoman martha mcsally, one of the first women to fly combat aircraft, introduced a bill to allow wasps into arlington. >> the fact they were told they couldn't had them thinking this is one last slap in the face. we thought sexism was over, and there was this one last element of not being treated fairly. >> reporter: mcsally's bill was passed and signed into life in five months, the speed of washington. i see a tattoo. >> this is our bill number. >> that's pretty intense. this is so important and so meaningful to her that this was made right for her grandmother that she chose to memorialize it in that way. >> reporter: elaine harmon's ashes came off the shelf. only 100 wasps are still alive and now eligible to go into arlington. >> we wanted to make this as right as fas

female pilots were barred from arlington. but her family fought an emotional battle to change that. >> reporter: teri harman was handed the flag as her mother she was a member of the women air force service pilot, also known as wasps. she earned her pilot wings in world war ii in noncombat mipgzs. >> this is something that my mother worked hard to earn >> reporter: when she died more than a year ago, they found out they could not make good on her final wish to be buried at arlington. >> it's not an easy thing to have to ask congress to p grandmother. >> reporter: martha mcsally is the first woman to fly in combat. >> these women were amazing pisdmeers is opened up doors -- pioneers and opened up doors for women like me. >> reporter: she joined the be. >> the army banned women pilots from arlington because there was a concern about limited space. >>> a national park in california is getting its biggest expansion in 67 years. it is adding 400 acres of wetlands and meadow habitat. a conservation group bought that property from p

up. >>> up next a long and emotional battle to allow female world war ii pilots to be buried at arlington national cemetery, finally comes to fr i'm luann bennett, and when you see women paid less than men for doing the same work, that's not fair. women around here face the greatest pay disparity in all virginia, and washington does nothing. i approve this message because that has to change. narrator: congresswoman barbara comstock has different priorities. repeatedly voting against equal pay, calling it "a partisan issue." equal pay isn't partisan... and comstock's position hurts our families' bottom line. >>> a wusa9 report that helped to grant a world war ii pilot's dying wish. local aviation legend, elain harmen was inurned at the arlington national cemetery. >> the family contacted via twitter, our andrea mccarren. >> reporter: she died at the age of 95, she never knew a month befores army air force pilots would be ineligible for arlington because reversal of the army's decision. in a rare but sitting tribute to elain, aircraft from the world war ii era soared overhead. >> it was so

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n and now eligible to go into only 100 wasps are still alive and now eligible to go into arlington. >> we wanted to make this assi righas >> reporter: a year and a half after she passed away at 95, elaine harmon was granted her last wish, and with it an honors she hadn't asked for, a flyover by world war ii vintage planes. david martin, cbs news, arlington national cemetery. >> pelley: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh >>> a disturbing case of child abuse in longmont. a mother and father are under arrest after their son went to the hospital. >> she blind and has autism. he weighed just 88 pounds. a good thing authorities stepped in when they did. >> reporter: you can definitely say that. according to court documents, the teen was so malnourished when he was brought in, that he was near death. a judge is advised david hall of his charges this afternoon here at the boulder county jail. investigators say hall and his wife claim they thought they ha

. >>> a world war ii pilot with a congressional gold medal had a final wish to be buried at arlington national cemetery, but when elaine harmon passed honor. until yesterday. here's our david martin with the story. plct playing taps." >>reporter: it took an act of congress for elaine harmon's ashes to be allowed into arlington national cemetery, even though she was a member of the women's air force service pilots during world war ii. >> my grandmother an the other members of the wasp were the first women to fly military aircraft for the united states military. >>reporter: erin miller was proud of her grandmother's service, training the men went into combat. >> my grandmother's last wishes were to have her ashes at arlington national cemetery. >>reporter: but women in the wasp did not qualify for entry into arlington, so she had to store her grandmother's ashes in a closet. that's not a very good resting place. >> no, it certainly is not a very dignified resting place, but we really didn't know what else to do. >>reporter: congressman martha mcsally, one of the first women to fly comba

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a babe is iter arrested in arlington. police say she was drunk and high, stumbling around a neighborhood when she was supposed to be watching a three-year-old boy. >> with the little boy about 20 feet behind her trailing paying attention to him. >> victoria: matthew wolfe immediately concerned for the child. >> she didn't look coherent. >> victoria: another neighbor called 911 after the baby-sitter tried to get into the wrong house. >> i think it was a combination of alcohol and prescription drugs that she consumed that day, and it affected her. she became disoriented. >> victoria: arlington police found empty alcohol bottles in her car. it was 1:30 in the afternoon, the boy's family hired her from care.com, using her for month. police want to know what background checks were done, because they say this nanny had been arrested before for receiving stolen property and a motor vehicle violation. the boy was okay and reunited with his mom. neighbors thankful for that. >> this woman just was... she didn't care is what it look

qualify for entry into arlington cemetery, so she had to store her grandmother's ashes in a closet. it doesn't seem like a dignified resting place. >> it wasn't but what we had to do. >> reporter: a senator was the introduced a bill to allow wasps into arlington. >> the fact they were told they couldn't has them thinking this is one last slap in the face. you know, of sexism, they thought it was over and it was just this one last element of not being treated fairly. >> reporter: her bill was passed and signed into law in five months. the speed of light in politically good locked washington. i see a tattoo on your forearm there. is that the bill. >> this is the bill number, yes. >> this is pretty intense. meaningful and to make it right for her grandmother, that she chose to memorialize it in that way. >> reporter: the ashes were transferred by erin and her mother in an urn. only a hundred wasps are still alive. >> we wanted to make this as fast as for those who are still with us. >> reporter: a year and a half after she passed away at 95, elaine harmon was granted her last wish and

female pilots were barred from arlington. but her family fought an emotional battle to change that. >> reporter: teri harman was handed the flag as her mother was finally laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. she was a member of the women air force service pilot, also known wings in world war ii in noncombat mipgzs. >> this is something that my mother worked hard to earn >> reporter: when she died more than a year ago, they found out they could not make good on her final wish to be buried at arlington. >> it's not an easy thing to have to ask congress to pass a law just to bury your grandmother. >> reporter: martha mcsally is combat. >> these women were amazing pisdmeers is opened up doors -- pioneers and opened up doors for women like me. >> reporter: she joined the family to get that final wish fulfilled and came to say gonna be. >> the army banned women pilots >>> a national park in california is getting its biggest expansion in 67 years. it is adding 400 acres of wetlands and meadow habitat. a conservation group bo

police in arlington arrest a baby sitter. after they say they found her drunk and high on drugs. >> reporter: hurricane hermine makes land fall in florida. we'll have the latest >> announcer: interview you will see on just one station. >> he showed that it was amateur hour. >> reporter: vice presidential candidate tim kaine goes one on one with 7 news. destination, unknown. jet blue explains why a child bound for new york ended up in boston. 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> kim: southeastern states bracing for impact. winds are already whipping in florida with minor hurricane hermine swirling in the gulf of mexico. it's gaining steam as it prepares to make land fall tonight. the latest projections show some of us in new england will have to deal with it for the holiday weekend. >> ryan: let's get over to chief meteorologist jeremy reiner, what is the latest? >> reporter: she was' upgraded to a category 1 storm with winds at 75 miles an hour, doppler radar out of florida showing well defined eye right there. the certainty of circ

we are live in arlington tonight. ed: several sanctuary cities seem ready to take on donald trump threaten funding if they don't stop quarter -- cooperating. live in one of those cities with reaction from the residence and the mayor tonight. >> here in city hall the mayor said donald trump speech was filled with hate and bigotry and if his policy ever became law it would cost the city millions. city's mayor had harsh words for donald trump. >> it is un-american. >> he signed an order saying somerville would not turnover undocumented immigrants to federal authorities unless they had a history of serious crimes. >> we are not going to do the work of the federal agency just to hold people. >> last night donald cutting off their flow of cash from washington. >> cities that refused to cooperate will not receive taxpayer dollars. >> we get federal funding. we are not going to change who we are. >> they consider themselves sanctuary cities. >> the federal government sets immigration standards. year equal to 1.5% of the city

only 100 wasps are still alive and eligible to be inurned at arlington. >> we want to make sure we made this right as fast as possible for those that are still with us. >> reporter: a year and a half after she passed a was granted her last wish. and with it an honor she hadn't asked for. a fly-over by world war ii vintage planes. david martin, cbs news, arlington, national cemetery. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new >>> this is the "overnight news." >>> welcome to the "overnight news," i'm vladamir dut tichlt er. capitol hill was abuzz when florida congressman david jolly showed up on the house floor with a container of mosquitoes. making a pin the about not funding the fight against the zika virus. turns out, mosquito larva and not mosquitoes they weren't infected with zika any way. in florida the virus spread. 56 confirmed cases of locally transmitted infections and the battle is turning ugly.

nicole jacobs is live in arlington with the details. they also smelled alcohol on the woman and found empty alcohol containers in her car. they are using this incident to encourage parents to go above and beyond the company's protocol. it's not -- if not for an alert resident. >> a resident noticed a woman stumbling. >> reporter: susan devereaux action may not have been reported. >> someone saw her and knew it was not right and contacted police. >> reporter: she this. >> she had been attempting to enterer's home that -- enter a home that was not the right home. >> reporter: arlington authorities arrived and determined she was drunk and high on prescription medication while caring for a 3-year-old boy she was baby-sitting. >> they used this person multiple times in the past and i don't think they saw anything like this prior to it. >> reporter: the 51-year-old has a past police record the latest is stolen property and through care.com and the company lee reese -- released a statement saying the incident is disturbing and when any inciden

police say they found her drunk in the street instead malini basu is in arlington. malini, neighbors told you they saw that little boy running after the suspect. >> they did. some neighbors told us the little boy was trying to play catch-up with that woman. this is the street where the little boy and nanny were right down the block from here. tonight we spoke to the nanny and tells us all this is a misunderstanding and that she's on medication for a different >> reporter: susan deborah was hired by an arlington family through the popular site daycare.com. >> i saw a woman walking and a little boy, and there was no one else around, and he was about 3 or whatever, and she was probably 20 feet, 25 feet ahead of him, just walking and he was trying to keep up. >> reporter: arlington police tell fox 25 the 51-year-old was so drunk and high she >> a caretaker that had a three yearly that was really, really intoxicated and tried go into the wrong house. >> reporter: it happened around 1:30 wednesday afternoon. a neighbor called 911 after they had concerns for the boy. >> sh

arlington house, which sits on the hill above president john f.ffort appeared it is they park system's most visited historical. today, visitors to arlington house learn the several storylines connected to this southern mansion, from george washington and the revolutionary war to robert e. lee and the civil war. and the enslaved people who live their >> watch the entire program on monday at 11:00 a.m. at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. american history tv, every weekend and holidays, only on c-span 3. >> each week american history tv's railamerica brings you archival films of provide context for today's public affairs issues. film for the -- labor day holiday. master hands was produced by the jam handy organization. if history to craftsman who assembled cars in flint, michigan, showing their work from casting parts of raw materials to the final automobile. 1999 by was elected in the library of congress national film registry for being culturally,

only 100 wasps are still alive and eligible to be inurned at arlington. >> we want to make sure we made this right as fast as possible for those that are still with us. >> reporter: a year and a half after she passed away at 95, she was granted her last wish. and with it an honor she hadn't asked for. a fly-over by world war ii vintage planes. david martin, cbs news, arlington, national cemetery. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new >>> this is the "overnight news." >>> welcome to the "overnight news, i'm vladamir dut tichlt ers. capitol hill was abuzz when florida congressman david jolly showed up on the house floor with a container of mosquitoes. making a point about congress not funding the fight against the zika virus. turns out, mosquito larva and not mosquitoes they weren't infected with zika any way. in florida the virus spread. 56 confirmed cases of locally transmitted infections and the ba

i'll never forget the arlington fire department. but at that point it was clear again that anyone probably was going to get out had gotten out. and so there was a sense of relief to be alive. of sadness to know that there were people who weren't alive who started the day not having any thought that this could happen and yet it did. i'm often puzzled by the term "victim" when we talk about the pentagon or the twin towers or the field in pennsylvania. those brave people. i don't think of anyone in that whole tragic day as a victim. a victim is someone who gets hit by a meteor when they're walking down the street, a victim of can't do or gets mugged or route, those are victims. the people who died on 9/11 they weren't victims. they were casualties of an act of war, an attack on in my case our military headquarters. so it was interesting that afternoon to still be trying to help and to suddenly -- it would sort of gel there were folks that were trying to reconstitute the pentagon and the navy staff and the navy staff case folks had walk

weijia jiang reports from arlington, virginia. there are times zach laychak can't believe a day has passed since september 11th, 2001... let alone 15 years. zach laychak--victim's son) "it still seems so fresh to me i remember those memories of the day like it was yesterday" he was nine years old when terrorists crashed a plane into the pentagon...killing his father david. zach laychak--victim's son) "as a country it's getting to a time where time may have for me time doesn't really move the same way." we met laychak at the pentagon memorial--a place he visits often. specifically, this sculpture with his dad's name inscribed in it. there are 184 benches in all... representing the lives lost during the attack here. zach laychak--victim's son) "we have to learn from history so it doesn't repeat itself." (weijia jiang/cbs news/arlington va) "the pentagon is the only 9-11 attack site that does not have a visitor center or museum to help people understand what happened. build one on this lot next to the memorial, but right now there's

. >>> a female world war ii pilot is laid to rest at arlington. the story of a promise fiy nall stranger with a dallas newspaper doing something it hasn't done in decades. >>> binge watch tv and get paid for it? details on the >>> donald trump and hillary clinton are preparing for a squareoff in the national spotlight. it's not a debate but rather a forum hosted by the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. the top presidential candidates will be on stage separately for 30 minutes each, talking about the military and national security. that forum starts at 8:00 tonight on nbc. >>> trending on twitter, a prominent texas newspaper does something it hasn't done since world war ii. the endorsed hillary clinton for president today, the first time they've endorsed a democrat for 75 years. >> she has a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policies. >>> california state university is creating a buzz on social media after it began offering segregated housing for black students. many have taken to social media to complain about the hous

arlington tell us what is being done. tells me we believe that this was an isolated incident. we have spoken with all of the parents of the student's involved and we have issued punishments and restorative actions that are fair and in line with our values. he also says there are programs in place that celebrate diversity. >> now coming up on the story we're putting together for 11:00, i spoke with other parents here in arlington while they say the of diversity. reporting in arlington, crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >>> a woman steps right into a moving duck boat downtown and walks away. take a look at the video sent to us. you can see the woman step onto the street in front of the boat and get knocked down. it happened just before noon. we are told she did not suffer serious injuries. boston duck tours has been under fire for how they operate since a deadly accident in april. a woman was killed when she was run over by a duck boat. beginning next year the tours will have two narrates the tour. >>> a toddler is still in the hospital tonight after he was hit by a car in brockton.

. >> despicable act a woman says a piece of meat stuffed with pills was left along arlington park and her dog took the bait. >> must be some kind of maniac or dog hater something like that i have no idea. >> this is not the first time this happened in the busy northern virginia neighborhood. >> and plus a woman who got sick with hepatitis a after drinking a smoothie from a local chain is sharing her story with "fox5". >> i started drinking smoot smoothies a lot more because i was able to eat. >> news at 10 starts right no now. >> we begin tonight with impact that tropical stormhe thanks for joining us tonight i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins. >> sit yidz up and down the east coast are feeling the brunt from the tropical storm hermine. it may have been downgraded but it's packing a punch. gwen. >> this storm con fins as you said, tony, to move its way straight up the sea board and plenty of rainfall a loft convection in the storm as well and flooding issues and high surf, rip tides and tropical storm force waindz infect many areas. here's a look where it is now. actually national w