armstrong answered that if madison thought proper, he would go off to bladensburg, too.the president since the importance of the coming engagement even as the secretary of war did not, decided to write to bladensburg, with attorney general richard rush. he borrowed a set of pistols, and since his horse suddenly went lame, a second mount, and set off. james madison was 63 years old. he had never heard a shot fired in anger. he was a small band, just over five feet tall, just over 100 pounds. and a sickly one. all his life he was subject to what he called attacks, upset stomach and bowels. and less often attacks resembling epilepsy, suspending the election will functions. he had talent and energy. he was smarter than monroe, armstrong and winder put together. smarter than jefferson, perhaps he was smarter than adams. over a lifetime of public service he put his mind, for put his shoulder to the wheel, reading, writing, human thinking, driving himself so hard that he often undermined is already not robust constitution. but madison was not a warrior. two years earlier, war w

a volunteer fire crew from bladensburg put out the fire. investigators are looking into what caused the ambulance to catch fire. >>> this year d.c. marion berry's turkey giveaway comes with a few strings. if you're wanting to get a turkey, you have to show up to a few meetings. he's asking people to preregister and commit to three community meetings or to attend every pta meeting from october to november if you are a parent of a school age child. the preregistration should avoid last year's turkey distribution mess where some people were left turkeyless after a billing dispute. the giveaway is november 22nd. >>> final rebuttals are under way this morning as lawyers for amanda knox make one final push to overturn her murder conviction. both prosecutors and the defense are expected to speak one last time before the italian court. knoxay also read a statement, something that was expected yesterday but was delayed. knox was convicted of the murder of her roommate. a verdict is expected by monday. >>> another recall this morning because of conce

a volunteer fire crew from bladensburg put out the fire. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. >>> 6:15 now. three new traffic laws will go into effect tomorrow in maryland. one of them, police in maryland will pull over and ticket drivers if they're caught sending or reading text messages behind the wheel. under the existing law, it was a secondary offense. that means police had to find another reason to pull a driver over in order to issue a texting citation. under the new law, anyone caught texting can be fined $70 and receive one point on their driver's license. nearly 47% of all texting adults confess to either sending or reading a text message while driving. the second law is the resulting part of a deadly accident just over a year ago. natasha pettigrew was killed while riding her bike along route 202 in largo. her bike later found still attached to the cadillac escalade that hit her. until pettigrew's death, maryland's manslaughter laws were continued by some to be too lenient, and drivers could end up with a minor tr

coming out of prince george's county, bladensburg, landover and that entire area, everything is fine heading in toward the district. i'll have more on district roads coming up in my next report. mike, back to you. >>> thanks, monika. we have more now on the breaking news we've been following. u.s. born terror mastermind anwar al-awlaki has been killed. this is according to yemeni defense ministry. >> the 40-year-old radical islamic preacher who was born in new mexico was linked to the 2009 christmas underwear bomber plot. also linked to the failed times square bomb in may last year and the 2009 fort hood army base shooting which left 13 people dead. the u.s. has had alky on a kill or capture list. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. >>> ok, we're making -- here's what's making news at 5:12. police in california are trying to close in on a suspected killer. someone fired at officers combing through a redwood forest. no officers were hit. they're looking for 35-year-old aaron bassler who is suspected of killing a constitute count sillman and one other person. >> ther

a volunteer fire crew from bladensburg put out the fire.nvestigators are looking into what caused the ambulance to catch fire. >> that's pretty impressive. >>> if you look it cool, folks, you are in luck. meteorologist veronica johnson says we've got it on the way for the weekend. >> that's right. pretty chilly, in fact, for the weekend. especially the early part of each day saturday and sunday. out there right now the air is very fresh. that's real positive for a lot of people after being stuck in a gloomy, gray month. 63 the current temperature. the wind light right now at 8 miles per hour. the wind picking up today. we could have some gusts later today around 20 miles per hour. that during the afternoon. the other thing about the afternoon, as you can see in your day planner forecast, we start with sunshine and get the clouds by afternoon. partly sunny at lunchtime. by 5:00 we're mostly cloudy. i do think it will be dry. 66 at 9:00 a.m. going up to a high today of 74 degrees. we'll take a look at your seven-day forecast, danella, in just