we will talk about those numbers coming up. >>> head braddock road > >>>. >>> welcome back. 6:45. >>> president trump is no stranger to causing on twitter. over the weekend he caused a re storm when he attacked democratic lawmakers. >> many women the subject of his tweets are women of all colors. he suggested they first came fromntther ces and then wrote, quote. nbc hallie jackson joins us from white hse with reaction. >> not much reaction from top republicans who are mostly silent on this. but democrats are not. calling the tweets racist and un-american. talking about the tweet you read from the psident on sunday talking about the congresswomen who he said originally came from countries where governments are a cplete and total catastrophe. the president suggests they go back and help the broken and crime-infested places where they came and come back and show us how it's done. he didn't mention them by name t seemed to talk about these four. all four are u.s. citizens. all four are women of color. three of them were born here in the u.s. only congressman omar was born outsid

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beltway braddock road, no ioblems. rest of the beltw looking okay as well. as we look through prince georges county, into and out of town everything is nice and clear. overall, very, very different from yesterday. yesterday was just a mess. herndon eastbound and wstbound dull es toll road paving with some lanes blocked. >>> next on "news 4 today," trade and tariffs they can seem like big picture issues that don't impact your life. >> yeah. but your wallet could soon feelt effects ofse things. we'll tell you which backpack items could skyrocket. >>> don't miss sara poulson on ellen. stick aroundor news 4 with 4. we'll be right back. >> announcer: you're watching "news 4 today." >>> talks of new tariffs between the u.s. and b china haveen on going for months now. and if they are imposed, your budget could take a hit. >> yeah. this comes as many of us a looking ahead to big purchases, including back to school shopping. our justin finch is explaining what it could mean for your bank account. >> reporter: though it seems like classes just wrapped , pretty soon th

the 8 years agricultural policy rewards big farms like braddock owned which is run by or by year itch most farms don't turn a profit today one half of europe's total farm land is owned by just under 3 percent of all farm businesses. the e.u.'s top priority is to provide maximum crop yields so that farmers can compete with cheaper produce on the world market there's not much money left to promote organic farming. agricultural policy has led to the creation of large tracts of farmland that often lie empty. the use of chemical herbicides like life is a has turned fields into reddish brown deserts. the e.u.'s common agricultural policy may be responsible for killing off large numbers of birds and useful insects. we've come to northwestern germany to meet some environmentalists who are waiting for lap wings to return from their winter migration the birds come here to breed since the 1990 s. the lapping population has declined by nearly 90 percent in this area. environmentalists are concerned about that. step festus it's clear to me that the fate of the human race is more closely connected

outer loop at braddock road, left lane is getting by the work zone.ou're not seeing any major delay,ust a little bli on the screen. hyattsville southbound bw parkway the ramp to 450 we have a crash there this morning's thattill hanging around. that actually should be cleared in the next couple of minutes. boyds 117 buck lodge road at moore all lanes still blocked. emergency work zone. this is aually a sinkhole causing some delays. 66 and 95 into and out of town l over looking okay, but westbound 66 after 123 the right lane is blocked because of a disabled vehicle. eun? >>thank you, melissa. >>> a new ranking by u.s. news and world report has one of our regions hospitals among the top in the country. johns hopkins in baltimore ranked number three in the country just behind the mayo clinic in minnesota. fairfax hospital ranked number one for those in the dmv. med star georgetown university n ranked sec for the area but the district proper and just to the north holy cross andsu rban ranked best for local maryland hospitals. >>> well, after the president

outer loop and inner loop near braddock, road work.yellow green line delays at branch avenue and snational ainal problem slowing things down there. remember to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop can your car today. >>> good morning. amazon prime day is officially under way. annual shopping event now stretchesver 48 hours. amazon promising more than 1 million sales and hopes to avoid the website crashhat hampered them last year. other retailers are running sles to compete with amazon. walmart summerings event runs through wednesday. big discounts on electronics and everyday items. target's deal days runs today and tomorrow. i'm rahelon solom at the cnbc headquarters. >>> molettegreen is live at summer in the square. good morning. reporter: good morning. look what is going on receiighte in the middle of the rockville town square. try the wheel pottery happening here. hands-on lessons. he free one of activities you'll be able to take advantage of. summer is not over. we are still looking for things to do in the y.communit and here we are right he

as propaganda value to encourage more desertions from the enemy. 1755, he is an unofficial aide braddock, you will find he is learning about the operational security aspects of movements, putting out advanced chirps, and also the mistake he made not having intelligence for his attacking force. so 20 years before, in august of he takes over the army and is already starting to develop intelligence. for someone like him, it is working to his advantage. one of the things we need in a political organization, if you're going to start a revolution, with the stamp act, we started to have small groups in the coastal cities who decided they would organize politically against the stamp act and that type of taxation. in the course of 10 years, a group calling themselves the sons of liberty involved into a sophisticated united front organization as sophisticated as anything we have ever seen in the soviet union or the chinese. what is fascinating about this is in most american history texts, you look at the sons of revolution, and you see a caricature, riding around on a log, dancing around drunkenly

. >> besse braddock this rather large proportioned socialist mp coming out of the treasury, slight iwear and she says winston you are drunk. and he says madam you are ugly but i will be sober in the morning. and i say you couldn't say that sort of thing now days. it is too rude but he was generally very funny. >> but he would be two politically incorrect to be elected today. >> and what a loss is that would be. are there winsto churchills among us that could never run for elected office? >> there are. i'm sure there are plenty of people whose views are being pos churzed and homogenized and sterilizes out of system by the terror of the twit storm of hate that engulfs them whenever they say anything remotely politically incorrect. and i think that is one of the reasons people are so turned off politics. because they feel people aren't speaking from the heart. >> i got to say that is amazing for me to watch. that is two years to the month before the election of donald trump. and i very incorrectly am saying yeah but a politically incorrect candidate could never be elected today. i'm say