fort bragg named after confederate general braxton bragg.rmy base as cross the south the pentagon says were named for confederate civil war generals decades ago as a gesture of reconciliation to a defeated south. of building a nation unfortunately we had this great civil war. but these men who were the military leaders were for the most part very good tactician and strategists. >> reporter: well maybe not general bragg. >> he graduated very far down in his class at west point. i think it was some where in the 40s, out of 52 in the class. he was not the brightest of bulbs. >> reporter: amid the current controversy over the confederate flag, some law makers now believe military tradition isn't enough to keep the names in place. >> there is a moment now to have a discussion related to the specific military installations and whether it is appropriate for those installations to be named after individuals who were fighting to uphold the institution of slavery. >> reporter: fort gordon, georgia named for john b. gordon, top general in the confedera

i hope they're selling that close to where i'm from fort bragg, north carolina. honor also began a program to send handwritten notes to families who lost loved ones in the line of duty on the anniversary of their death. >>> that's all for news4 this week guys. i'm veronica johnson. thanks for joining us as always. until next time be safe be happy, and i'll see you back here again next time. ♪ >>> that breaking news starts us off in the district. police are trying to figure who shot and killed a man overnight. it happened at wisconsin and calvert street in northwest in the global park neighborhood. the man was stabbed several times. >> tropical troubles are headed our way. we have potential for heavy rain today. bill swept through the midwest soaking state after state. at least three people died. now remnants of that system could put a major dent in your weekend plans. >> 6:00 on this june 20th. i'm david culver. >> let's get to chuck b

but multiple trees down around chaptico and fredricksburg near river road and bragg road. flash flood watch continues until 2:00 a.m. throughout our area. and flood warnings from montgomery howard county, streams creeks all continuing to rise. look at the rainfall. this is today alone close to 3 inches in baltimore. a little over 2 1/2 around quantico. it's from these june storms we've had such a saturated ground and the reason that our potential for flooding has been so high. total rainfall now for june almost 11 inches. is that high? indeed it is. take a look, because where we are right now it makes it the third -- the third wettest june on record and our wettest month since 2008. chris? >> v.j. our team coverage continues with darcy spencer. she's live in fairfax county where some of the streets have already flooded. darcy, what is it like for drivers out there right now? >> reporter: i can tell you there are still some threats due to this severe weather. let me tell you where we are right now. this is maple avenue here in the vienna area. this area is just fine. but th

i had the privilege of fort bragg north carolina and for many reasons including to give people a chance in this country not just to protect them from a foreign direct. by the way to our servicemembers and their families rely on many of the services provided by the department of the agencies. the national institutes of health funded research including by contributing the advance efforts on the range or postherpetic stress and suicide prevention to for the department of human services medicare providing health care for the retirees and disabled individuals and medicaid which provides service to parents including military parents with children with special needs. and so to provide to the department of agencies also shortchanged veterans receive employment services transition assistance and homeless support. not only is this a fun show and of failing to support potentially our servicemen through schooling and other aspects. it's also tied to our economic security. secretary carter made this very clear. he said the approach that is being proposed as regards the entering long-term connection

fort hood, bragg and benning. the army says that they represent relative humidities, and not causes or ideology. >>> president obama scored a big victory in washington today. the senate granted him fast track authority for his trade agenda. overcoming stiff resistance from lawmakers in his own party. and lisa, what does this vote mean? >> reporter: well, this was a vote in the senate today. and it was 68-30 for the expanded trade authority for the president. and 13 democrats joining in. it means that the president has more power to negotiate a trade deal. and when he brings it back to congress congress can only vote up or down and can't make any changes to the deal. and this is important because the administration is in the midst of negotiating a massive trade deal. so when it's done, congress can say thumbs up or down, and no changes. >> the president has support from unlikely places. >> he did indeed. he joined forces with republicans, and it was mitch mcconnell who said that he was grateful for the president's

the rifles go back to the south -- gary: bragg took been to kentucky. -- took them to kentucky. matt:john: kentucky becomes more confederate after the war. in missouri, despite all of the absolute horror that many of the citizens face, once clayborn is chased out of the state and the confederate government is formed in taxes -- texas, missouri remains loyal. gary: we've talked about how individuals fit into the different themes. i would like to talk about how important to figure u.s. grant was in terms of a union formulation of the war. what is he represent -- what does he represent people of united states? john: i can take that question. gary: take it. [laughter] john: i have tracked his career throughout the war. what is remarkable to me -- u.s. grant, the top union general of the war, the most successful general of the war by far for lincoln. the one who ended up in the east directing all the u.s. army's, however, when he seemed to symbolize -- one of the things if you want to talk about the architects of the union cause and look at the military, grant to me and the people ba

last of all, for all those who serve and protect this great country of ours, because i met fort bragg, north carolina -- to you and your families, godspeed. guest: there are a lot of controversies swirling out there. reporting on the clinton e-mail server, what happened on the night of the benghazi attacks, and a whole slew of others. taken together, they have certainly heard clinton's trustworthiness. one of the reason that they had is relaunch was that her favorability numbers have gone under number. -- got underwater. it is strictly connected to the swirl of controversies out there. she will have to have a more compelling answer. we have the select committee that will be investigating benghazi. i think how politically potent these questions will be is how much they cover. if there is a smoking gun or an e-mail that questions what she said in the past, certainly that will be a big political hit. if there's nothing there with much significance, i think she can weather the political storm. host: celeste, what are your thoughts? guest: she is certainly in a very strong position now. i

go through training, and he was, unfortunately, injured in 2004 during a training mission at fort bragg and this ultimately ended his career. he came back to oregon. he was deeply depressed and suicidal, there's a very touching scene in there about his near suicide. and so once he reaches oregon, his dad seizes on his vulnerabilities just like any good intelligence officer might do. from the visiting room there at sheridan which is sort of ally knoll yum-floored shithole frankly. it took me five years to talk my way in there and it required the help of the chief district judge in oregon to get it done. they weren't going to let me in because they were embarrassed about jim's sort of putting one into the net. is so from the prison visiting room jim confides in nathan and nathan alone his plan to get them all money. his brother, his older brother and his sister were both under just a mountain of college debt. nathan also was under college debt and had some other issues, although he was getting some money from the veterans affairs administration. and so it was, it was bad. at any rate, jim

i had the privilege of fort bragg north carolina and for many reasons including to give people a chance in this country not just to protect them from a foreign direct. by the way to our servicemembers and their families rely on many of the services provided by the department of the agencies soldiers and their children benefit from that program. the amount of research can chivington to posttraumatic stress and brain injuries to provide healthcare for retirees and disabled individuals. parents including military parents with children. those department and agencies also need to receive employment services transition services and housing assistant. not only is this a function of burial to support their regular to support our national security is also tied to our security. there's a disconnect between our nations security and many other factors. education of future military force, where will we get the skills in chair training and expertise if we are under investing in basic education? we need to keep the pressure on for a permanent solution. they have to be eliminated or increased in propor

i had a couple of reports of some sun up forward fort bragg. it will be cloudy here. 60s, 70s and 80s. temperatures held down by the cloud cover probably linger into thursday morning. by then the low will be visiting las vegas hanging out at the pool. it will be a long way from us. >> how did you say las vegas? >> las vegas. >> elvis. >> hot and then a cooling trend that goes through most of next week. amazing weather for us. >> are you having fun for this weather? >> i love it. >> if this had come in the winter, this would be a much, much different -- much different story. >>> tempers flared in antioch after speed bumps were removed because any were put in illegally after a deadly crash. >> maybe had we had speed bumps, stop signs, something would have about done. >> we'll tell you what the city is promising to do. >>> and trouble in springfield. say it ain't so. the reason marge simpson will be legally separating next season. >>> new public opposition to the high-speed rail project. this time people in southern california don't like the const

because it is vital and unique -- because of its vital and unique training mission it has at fort bragg with our paratroopers. our paratroopers have to be packed and ready at any moment for their global response force. i have paratroopers who live day-to-day ready to leave at a moment's notice, within hours, around the world and i believe that this, again is a shortsighted myopic decision on the part of the air force and i believe we need to be protected. i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. mr. frelinghuysen: i insist on my point of order. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for the point of order. mr. frelinghuysen: i make a point of order against the amendment buzz it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule 21. the rule states, in pertinent part, the amendment to a general appropriations bill should not be made tissue shall not be ined or fer changing existing law. the amendment requires a new determination. i ask for a ruling from the chair. the chair: does any other member wish to be

have a careful review of the quasi-of aircraft to -- adequacy of aircraft to support troops at fort bragg so that the air force is fully supportive of this very very important mission the 82nd is america's most ready army force and special forces operators are all across the globe constantly. and so my comments are that this amendment would not essentially help what i think is the underlying goal, which is to enshould you are that our airborne forces have the platform necessary. it would in fact restrict the flexibility of the air force in terms of using c-130 aircraft. it would practically have the effect of simply taking the aircraft that, because of their modification and their nonstandardization are being parked at little rock and moving them without effect, i think on the operational capacity and capability of our forces. so, as a result, i believe our best approach is to stay with the language in the underlying bill at section 136 which to the credit of senator tillis, he was very adamant about including, which would -- you'll have a careful review of the operational capacity of the

i had the privilege of commanding a paratrooper company in fort bragg, north carolina and including wasto give, you know people a chance in this country, not just to protect them from a foreign threat but to give them real opportunities here. and, by the way, our service members and their families rely on many of the services provided by nond.o.d. departments and agencies. for example, the department of education administers impact aid to school districts. the department of agriculture supports the school lunch program. the national institutes of health support lifesaving -reaching including by contributing to advance efforts on post traumatic stress and suicide prevention. the department of health and human services run medicare, providing health care for retirees and disabled individuals and medicaid which provides to parents including military parents with children with special needs. and failing to provide b.c.a. cap relief to non-d.o.d. departments and agencies would shortchange veterans who receive employment services, transition assistance and housing and homeless support. -- hom

last of all, for all those who serve and protect this great country of ours, because i met fort braggnorth carolina -- to you and your families, godspeed. guest: there are a lot of controversies swirling out there. reporting on the clinton e-mail server, what happened on the night of the benghazi attacks and a whole slew of others. taken together, they have certainly heard clinton's trustworthiness. one of the reason that they had is relaunch was that her favorability numbers have gone under number. host: -- got underwater. it is strictly connected to the swirl of controversies out there. she will have to have a more compelling answer. we have the select committee that will be investigating benghazi. i think how politically potent these questions will be is how much they cover. if there is a smoking gun or an e-mail that questions what she said in the past, certainly that will be a big political hit. if there's nothing there with much significance, i think she can weather the political storm. guest: she is certainly in a very strong position now. i think the issue of whether she is sp

islam, it can be credited president obama was correct on december 14 2001, addressing troops at fort bragg. quote, we're leaving behind a sovereign stable, and self-reliant iraq. a most of success. end of quote. clearly then president george w. bush's strategy of denying mass murderers safe havens to kill americans anywhere was admitted successful. i'm grateful my two oldest sons served in iraq to protect american families. president obama's failure to achieve a status of forces agreement in iraq and his failure to uphold his declared red line in syria led to murderous advances of isil which he pluckly dismissed. i hope president obama changes course for victory in the global war on terrorism which began with the declarations of war in 1997, against america the mass slaughter of muslims who do not submit. president obama's legacy should be peace through strength, not weakness as future attacks threaten american families. in conclusion, god bless our troops and may the president, by his actions, never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema