, a city called culpepper, they were imprisoned and harassed by the ruling, you know, state religion, and he was very taken with that cause, the religious independence, religious intoleration, what it meant to cast your lot with an underdog and there are some accounts that he traveled up there and saw what was happening. he took this on as a cause. that's when i think the political itch, they used public policy to express a conviction and a president clinton and to actu-- and to engage in the government and he talked about it that way. pretty soon afterward he became a member from orange county to the constitutional convention that did the first-- this is after the declaration of independence, they needed to come up with a constitution so he was involved in that. he became a counsellor to the governor. governor patrick henry, as a very young man, in his mid 20's. so, he achieved a position in the official post revolutionary government of virginia when he was in his 20's and that's when he started his career. his conviction on issues ran the gamut of basically every public policy issue

mid70s out towards luray, culpepp culpepper, and for everybody, back in the 80s for tomorrow, we will go. about 85 around here tomorrow afternoon. the ten-day forecast, a little concern for the weekend. doesn't look like 90 degrees both days like we thought yesterday. saturday is still toasty warm and summery. a chance for a shower or two on sunday. but no washout for the weekend unlike last weekend. let's go melissa for a check on traffic. >> good morning, with that crash on the right side with the overturned vehicle on the guard rail. that is gone. the rest of the beltway looks quite good. d.c. police telling us about something new, eastbound 1 e street shut down. northwest. electrical issue. patco, they say there on the scene. westbound shady grove at oakmont, all lanes blocked there. a response to a crash on the scene. >>> teaching kids, it's never too early, to learn how to manage money. the program might say is priceless. >>> uber is put to good use in our area. we know that can you imagine this as your ride if you use it. why the company plans to have flying cars in just a few

we are now at culpepper road near londonderry road. the scene itself is not far from us, around the corner off stockton sunday. fairfax county police were tipped off by a concerned friend who spoke with the now barricaded man on the phone. he told the police, the man, his friend, seemed to be in mental crisis. police have learned two children may be inside that house as well and with concerns he could hurt himself and others, police have gotten permission to get that man to doctors but first he has to open that door. >> in this particular situation we do believe that he is experiencing some type of mental crisis. we want to get him help so we've obtained paperwork that allows us to take him into custody and to see a mental health professional for an evaluation. >> reporter: now just recently the sirens have stopped blaring. we are told that the negotiations to help get that man outside of the home. they've been pleading with him for several hours to answer his phone and to come outside but so far we have no word that he has done that.

looking at the future cast pretty quiet notice at 4: 00 a couple of showers from frederick to culpepper. we'll see how much of that for himself for the evening and overnight things settle down. friday doesn't look bad but a threat for a couple of showers later in the afternoon and the weekend has a chance a pretty good one for rain developing on saturday. yellow weather alert and a reminder a forecast any time on the wusa 9 app. it's a free download. >> thanks howard. today is 4/20 and it's a big deal for marijuana. this is live from capitol hill where pot advocates are handing out joints that congressional staffers only. lawmakers are on easter break asking for lawmakers marijuana. recreational marijuana is legal in the district of columbia as a result of a ballot initiative voters approved in 2014. giving it away for free is also legal so participants won't be risking arrest. another protest is scheduled monday that could lead to arrest. activists plan to light up and smoke pot near the capital. >>> a cbs news poll found the number of americans supporting legalizeation reached a new h

farther from washington, culpepper getting sunshine now. temperatures responding.ur average high in washington degrees. the sun is high enough and strong enough once the breaks through temperatures warmup quickly. we will call for high72 sunshineee some through the early afternoon and probably mid to late afternoon as well. and then as we look ahead here the overnight, partly cloudy skies. fog.ook for a patch of overnight lows 55 to 62 degrees. as we head through the day tomorrow a change in the wind direction. storminess off of the coast. and temperatures will start climbing. 80's, that in the forecast. next 10 days coming up in teng minutes. lindsey. >> doug, thank you. a link laced with drugs and a sterlingnd classroom. seven students were sent home bend middle school after sharing the drink. that's not the only place where the substance was found. kennedy has more. suzanne: authorities are trying to figure out how the students prescription medication and whether or not any charges will be filed. takenities say they were xanax and mixing it in water bottles and

we've got them now making their way through culpepper county closing in on fredricksburg with spotty light showers into the di washington to buoy the light rain falling continuing to extend to the east not moving that quickly but it's going to be a steady light rain for a good hour or so. we've got it moving into upper mall bureau right about now and at 12: 49 expect some light rain that's going to last for a short while and then it is out of here. here's the cold front moving out behind the cold front what we are looking at is a drop in temperatures and after the rain we are seeing right now maybe just the slightest drop in tree pollens. this is what it looked like in a lot of back yards over the weekend the thick yellow green film showing up all over the cars and back patio. it is everywhere and the pollen levels because of a steadier rain a little more than two days ago looks like it may briefly knock those pollen counts down. yesterday they were off the charts h weekend. they are still high today but after today's rain briefly i do think we are expecting the pollen level to drop

culpepper, fredericksburg, st. mary's county and south you may see a few showers. the rest of us have a generally dry sunday. the rain returns sunday night into monday. yellow weather alert monday. i think rain and showers off and on tuesday as well. we start the week with a yellow weather alert. warmer starting wednesday. if we don't hit 80 on wednesday, we will do it thursday, friday, and saturday at least. front off to the south. it continues to move to the south taking the showers well south of us by tomorrow morning. so richmond to norfolk looking like they will see some showers to start sunday. we stay with the clouds. high pressure here acts as a block. it keeps the rain d they will have a wet sunday. as we get into monday, look at this. in the morning we are starting out wet. yellow weather alert. will we get breaks on monday? perhaps. we are looking at this area of british open of -- this area of low pressure moving off to the coast. tuesday doesn't look too pretty either. again, as i said, we will start the drying trend come wednesday. for tonight evening

areas like culpepper county. by 4:00, we're continuing to track clear. and that sets us up for a spectacular, fabulous monday evening. but the pollen is high enough today for us to get an official pollen report. i can't recall this ever happening. a trees coming in very high. and you can tell just by looking at your car. i noe know mine is flooded in that yellowish green pollen. looking ahead, the only relief to lower the tree pollen would be next weekend on into the following monday. take a look at our temperatures though. we're in the upper 70s. we're in the low 80s here in the metro area. tomorrow morning we start off cool around 66. that chance of a shower mainly north of 7:00 a.m., mainly in the d.c. metro area around lunch time. othe sunshine just gorgeous tomorrow evening. 4:00 we're in the mid 70s. we're in the low 70s. so the weather having a low impact on your day. that commute may be an isolated shower for some of us to deal w heavier lunch out doors, exercise about it afternoon and evening hours. really nice. just taking the dog for a walk. i

negotiators are on ground trying to get the man barricaded in the home on culpepper to come out and speak with them. i'm joined by officer tonya rice who's been here for several hours. what's the latest? >> it's down the road. basically responded around 8:00 p.m. for a call for a man experiencing mental crisis. we're working with them on the phone, off the phone trying to get him to come out so we can provide help. >> reporter: extra concerns given children possibly in the home? >> there are reports of two young children in the home. that makes us approach this even more delicately than we would normally. >> reporter: and possibly that he may have a weapon? >> there's a possibility he's armed. we haven't confirmed that. we're worried about him. we've expressed concern to him and his children. >> reporter: situation like this going on for several hours, there is a c that's a concern, too, right? >> we're always aware of the possibility that someone could be in the home or listening to our radios. just, please, we're trying to help. just come out. we're not trying to hurt you, we're just tr

notice through culpepper and orange near 80 degrees. then you head to fredrick and gaitbu

this is happening right now on the 2600 block of culpepper near london berry road.lfare check. investigators say it's possible the man may have a weapon. police are trying to diffuse the situation. route to the scene. he'll have a live report in the next half hour. back to you. >> megan, thank you. >>> the victims of the virginia tech spotting will be remembered in spotsylvania this morning. a ceremony will get underway at 10:00 a.m. to mark the 10th year since the tragedy. >>> an emotional day of remembrances took place on the campuses of virginia tech yesterday. a candlelight vigil was held yesterday. the occasion brought together 29 students and relatives. earlier in the day the parents of maha tell us what the events meant. >> this is a great meeting of our unintended family. that's how i kind of coined it. it's comforting to be together.

perryville and culpepper. a third at the st. indigo. we have gotten big rains.dels are keeping us uptick in the temperatures heading to dawn. we see period of the rain off and on tonight through the day tomorrow. tomorrow is like today. the temperatures may crest near 6 of 0. we will see period of rain. this will move out by wednesday. the sunshine will break through by the afternoon. we could be in the mid-70's for wednesday. looking beyond the warmer air will nudge in here. gray skies are with us and upcoming weekend we could have numbers flirting to 90. larry: ready for that. michelle: bring it on. robert: what else are we ready for? michelle: another win. robert: from both caps and the wizards. little bit in the road for the wizards. the loss in game three to the hawks. no one was john wall showed up for that game. bradley beal was off the entire night. went 6 for 20, 0 for 6 from three-point land. tonight is game four. wizards looking to bounce back. it's gotten personalty. we have name-calling. we will talk about that and hear from john wall. in hockey, lo

in fact, right now, they are just now down towards culpepper.anassas you within the next 30 minutes we should be seeing the showers move through. i'm going to go ahead and push sbo wednesday. we talked about today and tomorrow it's going to be damp. but the sun does return. it's making a comeback as we head into wednesday afternoon. we'll have to grin and bare through a few more showers. we're left with debris cloud wednesday afternoon and then the sunshine prevails. it will be sticking with us through the next cup can l of days. so current temperatures are well below the norm for this t o 57 out towards leesburg. cooler towards the blue ridge valley. as we head into wednesday and thursday, we'll pass that by thursday we are going to be in the mid-80s. so we made it to the ten-day stretch. let's break it down. rain showers monday and tuesday. the sun is coming out. near 90 by sunday. here's the thing. when we get the summer like weather, we also ib crease the chances for afternoon thunderstorms. we're keeping our eye on that here in the storm te

by 9:00, maybe get almost to culpepper with temperatures in the 50s. between 9:00 and 11:00, they sort of fall apart as eastward. manassas, maybe a shower by 11:00. 57. one thing for certain, the clouds will keep temperatures down a little bit along with that south-easterly wind tomorrow. we get into the afternoon, few and far between. maybe a shower north of leesburg. maybe a shower toward fairfax. generally dry over prince george's county. temperatures struggling. even at 1:00. only 59 in manassas. only 61 in fredericksburg. about 58 in fairfax. we'll come back though. we'll talk about how we're going to pop in the warm sector of air as we get into the latter part of the week. we'll look to the weekend. lots going on. >> thanks, top. >>> the fbi is elevating a maryland murder suspect to its top then list. bhadreshkumar patel is wanted for the murder of his wife two years ago. she was stabbed to death in a dunkin' donuts in 2015. $100,000 reward is being offered for patel's capture. at a news conference today the fbi explained why he was added to it >

>> it was in the nitrate of vaults of culpepper. repurposed federal reserve, cold cash storage for rising the economy after a thermonuclear a disaster. they keep it in 40 degree nitrate refrigerated vaults, special spark resistant lights and covers and switches. it is very explosive film. and then you stand in a cement floor with no static generation usually. >> i think this stuff might be right and real. actually the national archive had made a partial, they had just taken the film and shot it and made a tape. parts were repeated. just to get an idea of what was there. >> 60 some reels of film started up in this wine cellar. he couldn't do anything with it but he got the afi, there was no commercial value. but he realized the significance of it and offered it to the national archives. about half of the film was so badly corrupt at that time. >> here is an austrian gun crew. a formidable weapon. what he must have done is bringing in some austrian teams with these incredible weapons. this isn't the -- isn't as big as the mortars in b

,>> it was in the nitrate vaults of culpepper in virginia. roger packard has their campus there. repurposed federal reserve, cold cash storage for rising the economy after a thermonuclear a disaster. which obviously wasn't very useful. they keep it in 40 degree nitrate refrigerated vaults, special spark resistant lights and covers and switches. it is very explosive film. and then you stand in a cement floor with no static generation usually. it is 40 degrees, and look at the film. >> i think this stuff might be right. >> i think some too. >> right and real. actually the national archive had made a partial, they had just taken the film and shot it and made a tape. there were parts of it or missing. parts were repeated. i think that is the first place i looked at it just to get an , idea of what was there. >> luckily, some of the thing 60 , some reels of film started up in this wine cellar a son had inherited from a chicago businessman. he couldn't do anything with it but he got to the american -- to the the afi, there was no commercial value. but he realized the significance of it