comstock was promoted brigadier general for that event. comstock married. he lost his wife. they ended up reconnecting at the great lakes where he was in charge of designing lighthouses and dams. today, there's a comstock prize in physics given out annually to budding young scientist. good question. yes, sir. >> president lincoln gave his bodyguard a pass to go to richmond april 11. have you come across -- is there any evidence or discussion of a meeting between him and weitzel? mr. quatman: i would not be surprised if they did meet, but i have not come across that in my research. >> i'm curious to know of the relationship between the slaves or the troops that weitzel led, the african-american or the black troops -- what was that relationship like? did you find out anything about that? mr. quatman: i've never seen anything by the troops about weitzel. his white troops wrote about him as a benevolent officer, and i got to believe he was equally benevolent to the black troops. he did design a badge for the 25th corps. a triangle with a 25 in the middle. he wrote a letter to th

the daredevil driver behind the wheel, daddy dave comstock.el's "street outlaws" reality series. >> i'm sure he's going to pull out all the stops to try to take the crown. >> reporter: this morning recovering in a texas hospital after miraculously walking away with only a serious concussion, a bruised lung and plenty of bumps and bruises. according to comstock's wife cassi in a facebook post, "but he still doesn't remember anything that happened." >> we were just in shock. >> reporter: steven lamberson standing at the starting line when comstock's car spiraled out of control. >> it just overpowered the racetrack. it was basically halfway down the racetrack where it made impact with the guardrail. >> reporter: these accidents while rare proving just how dangerous putting pedal to the metal can be. for "good morning america," ryan smith, abc news, new york. smith, abc news, new york. >> that is one lucky guy. >> yes, indeed. >>> let's go to dan in the social square with "the speed feed." >> hey, guys, the #thingsshorterthanarouseyfight, dominati

. >> that was nicole comstock reporting. >>> another off-duty police officer killed in the wreck, second in a week, whom police are questioning right now. >>> chester up land educational association will meet with the district again this morning in hopes of the the resolving budget issues. how today's gathering could affect teachers pay at the the start of the school year. >>> it is 5:00 o'clock on a monday. man is in critical condition this morning after being shot the in west philadelphia what police found when they see officers at the scene. >>> jennifer joyce, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, chris. an off-duty philadelphia police officer was killed while riding a motorcycle yesterday. how a witness helped police nab a hit and run driver, karen. >>> and what would it be like if you didn't get paid when you didn't get to work? it is happening in one of our school districts and we are talking top to bottom from the janitors, bus drivers, teachers to the administrators. in money. we will explain when this all happens, chris, back to you. >>> thousands waited in south phil

representative barbara comstock and other public officials will hold a round table tonight about theising drug use and overdoses. the sister of an overdose victim is upset that the common wealth's attorney has not charged the suspect who gave her brother a fatal drug. the suspect is facing charges in federal court. >>> when your kids in prince william county schools head back to class on monday, they may have to wait to find out their class schedule because the school's data system, centurylink is dealing with an air companying failure that is causing a system outage. our news partners at wtop say that system is expected to be up and running again tomorrow. >>> on my facebook page, some of you telling me you are still doing a little bit of sniffling and sneezing. here is the latest the last 24 hours, the pollen count, yes, the rag weed still hitting us. it is high the last 24 hours. the mold spore count coming down from high to moderate levels. as we continue to dry out, this level should also start to drop until we get our next batch of rain, which we are not due for a whole lot in

comstock resources and gold stocks. not saying people knew about the icahn move.rikes me as a classic icahn move. this is different than saying apple should trade up multiple points. >> do you follow icahn on this trade? >> is this a bet on copper and gold or carl icahn bet to disrupt the management? it sounds like from the news he thinks he has a better opportunity to disrupt management than necessarily making a bet on copper and gold. carl icahn is one of the greatest investors out there. why wouldn't you follow him? >> thank you. we'll leave it there. solar city getting a boost on a bullish analyst call. they'll ask why they think the stock soared more than 115%. we'll follow wild market moves. netflix may find itself measured by nielsen. we'll discuss what that could mean for the company. >> two giants from the world of tech and finance. former aol president and ex-citigroup vice chair will rhodes will join us. my name is rene guerrero. i'm a senior field technician for pg&e here in san jose. pg&e is using new technology to improve our system, replacing pipeli