clara barton, we know clara barton. >> you probably don't know a lot about clara barton. >> well, i want to come to clara in a second, but many of them actually were people who you came to know through letters, through accounts of -- >> right. >> -- what happened at the time, but whose names we might not know. >> right. >> so isn't that a risky bet that we would be interested in these people? you've got to bring them to life, really conjure them. >> but they're so interesting so they're easy to bring to life. >> yeah. >> they come to life through -- i mean, i'm reading their mail, you know. >> right, you're literally reading their mail, right. >> literally. so their letters are fabulous. >> frank and funny, right? >> feisty. the men's letters, you know, are boring for the most part because they are self-aware and so they edit them and they consider them. they're very carefully written. they're often pompous. >> right. >> and the women's letters are just letters. they're just telling you the story. >> right. >> and some of them are just fabulous. i mean, there's one in here where varina d

a disabled vehicle outbound clara barton parkway at the glen echo turnaround. >>> it's 4:32 and today is president obama's first pull day in cuba. he's the first american president to visit the island nation today he will sit down with raul castro. jay gray is live in cuba with more on what the two leaders will discuss today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, aaron. of course the two leaders will sit down breaking an 88 year code of silence between cuba and the united states. this comes after a brief visit to hold havana yesterday by the first family including of course president obama as they toured some of the historic landscapes in this city and saw some of what they expect to see over the next two days here. as the two leaders sit down for bilateral talks later today, they will be sure to discuss easing travel restrigctions whih can be felt and seen on the streets here. more americans visiting. of course the state department still will not issue a tourist visa and there is still a trade embargo in effect here. and the white house says president obama willno concernin

just one we have near clara barton parkway. leon: thank you. looking ahead at what is coming up at 6:00, next hour. maryland looking to crack down on drunk drivers getting behind the wheel. one part of the plan seems to be working. >> in 2009 kelly lohse killed two men while driving drunk. she was sent for prison for ten years, got out early after four. but today, the montgomery county courthouse a judge ordered her back to jail. because since she got her driver's license back after her release, she has repeatedly tried to foil her court-ordered alcohol sensing interlock. police says there is evidence that there needs to be a new evidence requiring interlock for convicted drunk drivers. at 6:00, we will have in rockville, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: abc7 is on the storm watch tonight as the clean-up is underway now in alabama. after a tornado touched down in birmingham. e.f.2 tornado that packed winds up to 125 miles per hour. four people were injured. a dozen homes were severely damaged. the red cross is on the scene to provide food and othe

clara barton traffic at chain c bridge traffic lights areic lht malfunctioning.ctioning.a stos sign. sign watch for delays.watch inside the district typical typl slow-moving traffic on lot of our secondaries as you make youu way around here's a c at outer loop there 95 tohere5 georgia really slow. bw parkway southbound as youthuy make your way past powder milldm typical stop and go traffic. 270 southbound just a long linel of sluggish traffic fromic f frederick on down throughn ro gaithersburg this morning.ni and then as you make your way iw prince george's county inner loop is slow as you cross the wilson bridge into alexandria. 210 north jams fort washingtonho to kirby hill.to good news metro is once again on time.me. back to you. >>> maryland punched its ticketc into the sweet 16.1 they had a big advantage in the free throw department making 28m of 31 much that's impressive.. did not make any three pointersr but that's okay. o this marks the eighth time thehi terps have advanced to the sweet 16.16. on thursday they'll the kansas jayhawks.awks jayhawks ranged number one

we now know that two teens were shot that afternoon wbt about a block from clara barton high school. they are listed in serious but stable condition. no one has been arrested. > in new jersey passaic valley water commission is expanding its testing for lead by encouraging more people to participate in water sampling. letters will be sent to 135,000 homes and businesses to explain the free testing program. yesterday newark shut off water in 30 public schools after elevated levels of lead were discovered. >>> the family of a man shot and killed by nypd officers with demanding justice. the protesting the u.s. attorney's decision not to file charges against richard haste. the officer said he thought graham was going for a gun when he reached into his waste band. istband. but the 18-year-old was unarmed. >> these officers should not be running around with a gun or a badge. they murdered my son in front of his six-year-old son and also higrenandmother. was not enough evidence to purr sigh charge pursue charges. >>> coming up, update on o of the hottest spots to eat in new i hope we have a

the hotel had a lot of famous guests and booker t washington, clara barton, the they were all guests at the hotel. >> the greatest homerun hitter of all type. >> babebabe ruth was another, he hit the longest homerun here on the grounds of the hotel t is an orange piece. s largest piece of pottery theyed ared. there are five or six of them in the world. >> this is a hidden treasure. you can look into part of the past you may not know a lot about. >> it is a part of tampa. >> it has. >> everyone should see it at least once. harvey: it looks like madonna may have to pull a train because amtrak won't, she's so late. >> people couldn't even get home she was so late. running. cabs? harvey: this is in briz-bane. cabs. >> rihanna in a music video. she's still not wearing any clothes. she's holding a gun, which makes it hotter for some reason. >> no, that's bad. >> why is it bad? >> promotes gun violence. >> ok, back to boobs.

mean time, on the clara barton canon john, a crash.g the fairfax county parkway, delays through that stretch. now let's get a check of our forecast >> reporter: a nice day to look forward to, especially for folks that may be biking or walking to work with a metro rail shut down. a legal bit of patchy fog early this morning. will give way to partly sunny skies this afternoon. notice the mild temperatures, into the 70s. download the storm watch 7 app a few showers will be possible after 3:00. i think they'll be few and far between. better conditions thursday, friday, but temperatures cooling down especially this weekend. best chance of rain sunday. >> anchor: thank you. an breaking, overnight, north korea has sentenced a uva student to 15 years of hard laner. snapsed anticipate one hour trial. trying to steal a propaganda poster out of his hotel. ♪ >>> how is that for a new year's eve kiss. donnie wahlberg, jenny mccarthy, one of their most famous and they are here now to talk about the new season of their new show "life in the suburbs".

towards the top part of your screen less than a 1/2 block away on the right side of your picture is clara barton high school. johnson -- is emmett l. johnson elementary school and on franklin avenue there's a police precinct they have no suspect in custody, but police are searching for the gunman. reporting live over crown highlights shannon sloan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, shannon. >>> port authority police arrested a truck driver accused of trying to skip tolls at the george washington bridge. authorities say the suspect rigged a front license plate with a pushing line that ran onto the dashboard. they say the driver pulled the plate out of view when the truck passed through the ez pass lane. police charged 41-year-old javier marte of yonkers with tampering with public records and theft of services, pretty clever. >>> caught on camera a car gets into deeper and deeper trouble on a flooded road. the driver as you can see is trying to get away from the rising water in mississippi, but she got stuck. a passer-by sees what happens and then risks their own life to get her to safety.

they'v' gotten slower at 8:00 dredge.0 e we're all -- we are also dealing with crash activity clara bartonhinghi cabiapproaching cabslowing thinn inbound suitland parkway very v slow roll. r crash at the wilson bridgeson be caution there.caut and then 50 eastbound a crash ca after same fellow road.d. several incidents to watch outci for this morning.ning and as for your morning commute during the metro shut down,n, folks try to find alternate aer forms of transportation ton off red and the volume and the am of congestion has really increasedc throughout the morning. 395 is basically parked in botht directions. 295 in top of the beltway dealing witht tons of stop and go traffic. outer loop jams closer look atr the 270 southbound delays keeple it to fox5 news morning. mor we are going to keep you in then know during this metro shut down news day. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. this is our top story of theto day, of course, the unprecedented system wide shut down of the o rails today. lots of folks are opting for the buses, ride services, uber and lyft if you can do that.f yo folks getting in those sl

morninr commute montgomery county mcarthur boulevard dealing with a trash truck fire atck fet clara bartonkway. please use caution around thattn area in stafford. more breaking news continuesontu right now this is reallyy important as you head out. o. all lanes of 95 northbound currently shut down at the the 130-mile mark interfredericksburg. they're anticipating verycipa heavy traffic on route one rte northbound because that isse tha your alternate.er a crash at that location. tha lc so, avoid 95 northbound inn fredericksburg. you do not want to get stuck get in that backup. a second crash as you get closer towards the woodbridgeooi dale city area.daleity 95 northbound past 630 moved0 to the shoulder and then moreor congestion continues towards the bottom of the beltway dalefa city to woodbridge 28 milesil per hour. as you make your way out in northeast section of the district 295 southbound 2 burroughs avenue toou pennsylvania avenue 12 milesghnu per houre .peur. really slow moving trafficing tc there. we have a crash on thea cr eastbound side of the freeway fw as well as you make your w

. >> breaking news right now clara barton at chain bridgein g traffic lights aren't workinggha correctlyt would a stop sign and takea sto your time out there.he worried about getting theout cameras up. this is 395 northbound bythboun shirlington. shirlingto blocking the shoulder andulder causing big delays on 395g de inbound. that is just north of shirlington again. aside from those issues let's is go ahead and switch thingstch ti over and show you a look at our maps. as we continue we'll talknt about this south capitol crash. keep it to fox5 news morning.nes back in just a few. >> ♪ the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. america runs on dunkin'. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. mg >> right now at 7 o'clock 7lo history being made in havana.avn president obama in cuba thisis morning. first president to wake up there in nearly 90 years. years what he hopes to accomplishccomh during this trip.ng thi >> an

on the entrepreneurial heavy, the clara barton parkway.an up on the dulles toll road from route 28 headed toward the mcclain area, on the brakes. a live look on interstate 66 showing you eastbound delays toward maryville inside the beltway, 66, heavy, slow, as you head toward fairfax drive. >> anchor: top stories. a suspect is behind pars after allegedly opening fire on fairfax county police. this happened last night in frank conia. police say shows were fired after officers, but they were not hit. after more than an hour police say 19-year old man came out of his house and rushed at them. he was shot with bean bags, then arrested. a local chapter of the might capa fraternity is under fire a party ends with more than 100 counts of under age drinking charges. tual drips through t tested .09 for alcohol concentration. i you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington and throughout the day on news channel 8. hope you have a great thursday. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and midair emergency. alarming arson ab

cabin john and clara barton parkway to and from the beltway. to go for the most part traveling at posted speed past the vienna metro toward merry field and 495. back to you. >> anchor: breaking news just coming in, dc police are investigating a deadly shooting in northeast. a man was found dead at the scene on 44th place. the call came in about 45 minutes ago. right now, no lookout for a suspect. a weapon was found at the scene. we have a crew on the way and we'll bring you updates as soon as we learn more. new this morning a rescue in the air in rosslyn. this happened right outside our studios at the corner of wilson boulevard and north lynn street. a construction worker was hit by a roll of cable and fell. he was from the 5th floor by a crane. there is no word yet on just how serious his injuries are. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have a great friday. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and jessica alba and her honest brand under fire this morning. new claims that one o

slow to clara barton. but not usual volume delays that we have coming into downtown today. of the beltway heading toward 295 and woodrow wilson bridge. delays start prior to branch avenue. melanie back over to you. >> anchor: thank you. bernie sanders' name may not appear on dc democratic primary ballot. campaign filed before the deadline and democratic party did not forward his name to board of elections until the next day. and dc democratic activist challenged sanders status as legitimate candidate because of that delay. and board of elections will take up the matter later this week. sander's campaign said that it is confident that problem will be fixed. >> and from meeting online, to apps to finding a place for dinner. dating. in this town it is tough. 8:40 on good morning washington. dating boot camp. basics. starting with thousand to split the check. and you can get the latest news, traffic and weather updates right now on good morning hope you have a great day. time magazine called chris van hollen "a hero to environmentalists, education groups, and gun control advoca

tryingn to get out and about and make am your way to work cabin john parkway backed up same storye s clara bartono turn aroundro area so be prepared for that one.on inner loop bottom of the beltwal 66 to the american legion,, 27 miles per hour. hou let's take a live look outside on 270. on 2 we had earlier crashes one by montrose one by shady grove.sh what you're dealing with is just a whole lot of slow-movingw-mo traffic on that southbound sided specialsly from hyattstown toron the beltway you need extra timem to get through that area. inbound key bridge long steady e line of slow-moving traffic asfc you head from rosland into io georgetown right now.ht n you can see taking a wide view v right now things are not lookini terrible on the overpass. let's switch it over and show i was look at our maps.r maps. aside from that slow-movingov traffic once you get into the it district keep in mind insidens from the inner loop jamup 395 off and on delays from theom beltway to the 14th st bridge.br we have a crash reported 39595 eastbound by main. m new york avenue inbound byuenb florida that's jammed up a

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as this is also red cross month, i want to recognize one woman in particular, clara barton. she was a nurse in the civil war and a teefer -- teacher before founding the red red cross in 1851. she served as the organization's first president. her compassion and accomplishments are truly inspiring and her work has literally helped millions. unfortunately , in our society today, women make up less than 5% of c.e.o.'s and are equally underrepresented in other areas. as a father of two daughters, ensuring that young women can achieve anything they set their mind to is personal for me. in the 10th congressional district we run a young women's leadership academy. this is designed to help young women develop the leadership skills necessary to overcome any and all challenges thrown their way. this unique program gives young women the opportunity to learn from other inspiring female leaders such as our own colleague, congresswoman stefa nick, the youngestwoman elected to the united states congress. i encourage my colleagues to start similar programs in their district so we can do our