. >> back here at home, d.c.'s mayoral race shifted to the d.c. police department. there was an accusation from former d.c. council member, carol schwartz who is also running an independent campaign for mayor that it was her understanding that to get that endorsement, a candidate would have to agree to fire popular police chief, cathy lanier. >> she's flat out wrong. i have no idea where she got that information from. >> he said any talk of staffing if he should win is premature. the democratic council candidate said she looks forward to working with chief lanier. >> organizers said the goal was to improve relationships between law enforcement and the community. metro branch trail gave riders a chance to interact and get to know one another. >> participants said that they are hoping that there will be future bike rides with fellow police officers. >> and speaking of police, alexandria police officers are going to a new way to teach people to protect and educate themselves about crime in their neighborhoods. >> this is a neighborhood hub. >> the scoop here is about m

if you can picture washington, d.c. as shaped like a diamond, we are right at the very top of the diamond, in the northwest portion of washington, d.c. early about noontime was out of the gates of fort stevens right out here. he had the capitol dome in his sight at noontime, and what did he see? he saw this very impressive series of forts. he saw this fort and it was connected to several other forts around here. it looks impregnable and he saw troops here. early did not know these were 100 days men and the call went out for civilians to come out and help man the barricades, so you had clerks from the state department, men from the quarter master corps, people who have never fired a weapon in their life. the word motley comes up more than once, but early did not know this. his men were strung out way along back on the georgetown pike. sorry, not the georgetown pike, the 7th street pike, they cut off the georgetown pike in what is now wheaton, maryland, and cut out to the 7th street pike, georgia avenue, so early, unchara

washington d.c.. washington d.c. is our nation's capital. it's our local government where all the foreign embassies are and all the national government and cabinet agencies, 435 members of the house of representatives and there's an international press here, and national press here which means there are more eyes on me than any other person in america, and america. i survived that and i have overcome that. i'm not letting it get me down. i want to thank the people in washington d.c. who were beautiful for having the sense to understand and cut through all the bs. and also the major press here. we have a few barry here. probably half a dozen. some are here tonight and what the barry haters do they can't find anything good. there's always good at something, isn't there? one columnist hadn't even read the book. hadn't even read the book and wrote on the book. that is not right to do. i think in some instances people weren't doing it. anyway back to you. >> i was really fascinated to read about your educ

d.c.? pretty zero. law-abiding people. the criminals all have guns in d.c. so, you know, that's -- it's just unbelievable that the cultural differences and people who live in, i say america, understand that. >> emily, in d.c. if you're not allowed to take the gun out of the house, how do you go to the range to practice? >> there's an exception -- there's a legal transport which falls under federal law. so under federal law you can take a gun from anywhere you can legally carry to someplace elsewhere you can legally carry. so i can only legally carry the gun can in my home and at the shooting range in virginia. i can take it unloaded, locked in a case in the back of my car to the shooting range in virginia, and that's it. >> any other questions? >> so you just hope you don't get mugged. [laughter] >> oh, yes. i'm sorry, down there. >> hi. i'm kelly. i'm from florida, and the stand your ground law has been something, like, very controversial in our area. i was wondering if you could speak to that generally and then the you think that it was, like, a hyperboliz

if you can picture washington, d.c. as shaped like a diamond, we are right at the very top of the diamond, in the northwest portion of washington, d.c. early about noontime was out of the gates of fort stevens right out here. he had the capitol dome in his sight at noontime, and what did he see? he saw this very impressive series of forts. he saw this fort and it was connected to several other forts around here. it looks impregnable and he saw troops here. early did not know these were 100 days men and the call went out for civilians to come out and help man the barricades, so you had clerks from the state department, men from the quarter master corps, people who have never fired a weapon in their life. the word motley comes up more than once, but early did not know this. his men were strung out way along back on the georgetown pike. sorry, not the georgetown pike, the 7th street pike, they cut off the georgetown pike in what is now wheaton, maryland, and cut out to the 7th street pike, georgia avenue, so early, unchara

d.c.'s representative eleanor holmes norton. >> i'm not sure what he's doing for the people of maryland but he sure is keeping watch over the district of columbia and we resent it. >> reporter: norton says they'll bitterly fight any effort bycongress to interfere. >>it's important that people vote and stand up to this kind of interference. >> reporter: adam is chairman of the d.c. cannabis campaign. >> if we pass it here, it will force the federal government to look into the issue and they may have to reschedule marijuana nationally as a result. this is in some ways the water look for people who would -- waterloo for people who would keep it illegal. nobody in congress is second guessing the other state's decisions. >> voters go to the polls in d.c. on november 4. >>> in the mcdonnell corruption trial today, a staffer testified what a nightmare it was to work for former virginia first lady maureen mcdonnell. peggy fox just walked out of the courtroom minutes ago and joins us live outside th

the other context, and i go back to, is washington, d.c. washington, d.c. is our nation's capital. is our nation's government. all the foreign embassies are here. national government. all the cabinet agencies here. 435 member of the house of representatives here. the senate is here. there's an international press here. there's a national press here. which means there are more eyes on me than any other person in america. in america. and i've survived that. and i've overcome that. i'm not going to let it get me down. i want to thank the people of washington, d.c. who are bright and beautiful. for having the sense and understanding to cut through all the bs. understand that. and also this major press here. we have a few berry haters. probably about half a dozen. some are here tonight. and what the berry haters do, they can't find anything good. there's always good in something, isn't it? one columnist had not read the book. they wrote on the book. that is not right to do. i think in some instances it helps me sell books though. just keep on doing it. back to you, miss harmoan. >> i wa

d.c. the gunman is on the loose. it happened late tonight in the 100 block of 46th place. >> police tell us three men were taken from the scene, conscious, breathing. the fourth man was unconscious and not responding. we've got a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it in. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm lesli foster. >>> look at other video tonight from ferguson, missouri. this is actually video from outside of d.c., but now we take you to ferguson there. that's where police were firing tear gas at protesters. they were out there despite a plea from the police chief to d unarmed teen during the day. there is outrage in d.c. tonight over the killing of michael brown, a small peaceful protest at the white house today which quickly heated up after someone walking by made a comment. kristin fisher shows us what happened. >> reporter: racial tensions erupted outside the white house when this man confronted a group of protesters peacefully demonstrating in su

the d.c. restaurant shut down after a health inspector observed that and other gross, nasty violations in tonight's restaurant alert. >> good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. >>> he'lls like we're in a bit of a pattern these days, yellow alert in effect for tomorrow. >> here's topper shutt with the futurecast. any problems with the morning commute? >> i think we'll be okay in e th morning, right now a couple leftover showers in parts of anne arundel county and northern prince george's county, won't be around long. the bull's eye was out 66, not quite as big of area as this time last night, but fairfax and chantilly got pretty well hammered. around chantilly they had about 2.6 inches and dulles broke their daily rainfall record. they had 1.34 inches with two storms. futurecast tomorrow morning, at 6 a.m. no problems, fog possible, low clouds, upper 60s in the burbs, mid-70s downtown, a bit muggy. by 8:00 75 downtown, breaks in the clouds. we'll come back and give you a timetable

the d.c., prince georges county, and montgomery county schools and worked as a cartographer and ran a child car business. she was actually on her way to get her certification to return to teaching when the accident happened, and the family is still in search of answers. >> they really don't know why this happened. we now have a little better idea of what, but we don't know why. >> reporter: her car was hit by an suv making a u-turn, using a cut-through in the median from the inner loop to the outer loop. >> traffic was moving too slow. ae replied the brakes too hard over compensated, and the vehicle skidded back to the left side-swiping the vehicle that ms. holt-williams was in. >> reporter: the suv was an unmarked state police vehicle being driven by a state police cadet with another cadet in the passenger seat. attorney williams, who is not related to the victims, says the family only learned that fact through a news report about the accident. cadets are technically civilian employees of the

d.c.'s gun ban has been overturned. what do you think about the city's gun ban and the federal judge's ruling overturning it and sort of the confusion that's resulted? >> well, first and foremost, as a life-long resident of virginia, i'm opposed to the -- i support the first amendment to the right to bear arms, and so forth. but then -- excuse me, second amendment -- the right to bear arms. but i am opposed to folks carrying guns around in public. but virginia is one of those gun rights states and so as a politician, i've been conflicted. but in my city of alexandria, again, we don't have an abuse of guns, violence, necessarily. however, in the district of columbia i think this all goes back to why it is so important that d.c. has their own rule, so when they make the laws, they can be adhered to as opposed to having congress or another legislative body tell them what they can or cannot do. >> we have to take another break. we'll talk about the national week of non-violence right after this. >>> welcome back. dr. myers,

another context is washington d.c.. washington d.c. is our nation's capital. if her local government. for all the foreign embassies are and the national government and all the cabinet agencies and the 435 members of the house of representatives and 170 representatives. there's an international press here, and national press here which means there are more eyes on me than any other person in america, in america. i survived that and i have overcome that. i didn't let it get me down and i want to thank the people in washington d.c. who are bright and beautiful for having the sense and understanding to cut through all the bs. understand that and also with put this major press here. we have a few barry haters, probably half a dozen. some are here tonight. with the barry haters do, they can't find anything good. there's always good in something, isn't there? there is one columnist who hasn't even read the book. he has not read the book and wrote on the book. that is not right to do. i'm going to take it out, don't worry about it. in some instances i think it will se

but washington, d.c. back in those days, and gative washingtonians don't like me to say this, it was a sleepy southern town. sleepy southern town. there were no -- this building was not here. this complex was not here. pennsylvania avenue had only one building, fbi building, and f street, g street, all those streets, all the west end didn't have any major high-rise buildings. look at washington now. [applause] look at it now. and it didn't just happen overnight. it took a lot of work, a lot of vision, a lot of tenacity. for instance, i appointed herb miller who was a white developer as chairman of my downtown committee. they came up with great recommendations. also i reorganized the permit department and welcomed businesses to come to washington. we doubled the number of hotel rooms since when i started, so i think that's important that we see the big picture. because i painted a large picture, a large photograph of our city. again, all of this is replete with courage, with tenacity, with vision, with und

of course, d.c. council member jack evans knows what he wants. >> i think it's terrific that he's looking at building a new stadium here in the district of columbia. the place to build a new football stadium is right at the rfk site. >> that's what we want to say, we d.c. people. other city leaders have said they would not support a new redskins stadium in d.c. unless the team changes its name and the redskins have been playing at fedex in landover since '97 and still have another 13 years on that lease. >> doesn't look like he's changing the name at this point. perhaps virginia. >>> it's almost september and we are bracing for only the second heatwave of the summer. >> first alert meteorologist erica grow says it will be a hot holiday weekend weekend forecast. i guess it's sort of get it now or you may not get it. >> we'll see the heat building as we head into the holiday weekend, but today was another gorgeous day. we got up to 86 degrees. our average high is 85 in late august. it wasn't just the t

. >> former d.c. council candidate jeff smith will spend 60 days in jail and pay a $10,000 fine for accepting illegal campaign contributions. smith admitted he concealed more than $140,000 of contributions from d.c. business contractor jeffrey thompson during his unsuccessful bid to unseat jim graham back in 2010. smith is the third candidate to admit to receiving dirty money from thompson. >> redskins nation is buzzing tonight. buzzing about the possibility of a new stadium for the washington redskins. team owner jim snyder told csn washington designs are in the works for stadium that could be built in d.c., maryland, or virginia. the idea instantly became the top trending item on twitter. horace holmes is live outside the beloved former home rfk stadium with what fans want to see. >> this is one of the likely sites. they would build the stadium right on top of it. a lot of people like that plan, but everywhere we went today in the district, maryland, or virginia, people were very anxious to give us

in 1961, the team move need rfk, originally named d.c. stadium. while there, jack cancook took ownership and planned for the third stadium, fedex field. that opened in 1997 and the team's leasehegoor anothe13 y >> only on news 4 tonight, prince george's county shelter is in danger of losing its home. it is called house of help city of hope at kingdom village. it helps victims of domestic violence. the building is for sale but as reported now, the group that rinse the shelter is trying to buy it. >> cayogi seven more days to comep thhe $23,000? >> yes, as long as -- >> bishop srley holloway is relieved. she now has an extra week to keep the shelter open for domestic violence victims and homeless people. she called news 4 for help. >> you dimo in 30 minutes than we've able to o do in the last six months. you got me the extension. >> the shelter has been open for about four years and in existence fo20, lpg hundreds of families. she was once recognized by former prese george w. bush. she said tomorrow is her dead loin to come up for $30,000 for an ear

shows and movies center around washington, d.c. i would like to hear your opinion on whether or not this accurately depicts the city and all of its beauty. >> that bruce willis movie that i love, "live free or die," and he comes to washington, d.c., in that movie. ever watch tver, shows that are set in washington, d.c. people have told me that my cover looks a lot like the ,"tflix show "house of cards which was unintended, but "house of cards" is filmed in baltimore . for me, i have lived here for 30 years, and it just bothers me too much. i watch murder stuff -- tbs murder mysteries. but if it brings in tax dollars, why not? revenue, why not? >> the washington monument is off-center, and i wondered if you could tell us a little bit of the reasoning for that asymm etry. there was not an original washington monument in the l'enfant -- there was an original washington monument in the l'enfant, but it looked very different. it had a massive statue around the base of horses, and that one was not held. form that weelisk know today that

meantime, d.c. police keeping busy investigating another shooting, on the lookout for a man responsible in a deadly gunfire. this was at quebec place in northwest. this happened just off georgia killed. it happened around 11:30 last night. police not releasing any information about the gunman in either of those two cases. >>> former white house press secretary, james brady's death has been ruled a homicide. this morning, federal prosecutors are debating when whether or not to pursue charges. 33 years ago, brady was shot in the head, this during the attempted assassination of president ronald reagan. authorities say brady died this weekecause of that shooting back in 1981. but experts tell news4's jackie benson it will be extremely difficult to bring new charges against the shooter, john hinckley. >> the now-familiar but still shocking video of the attempted assassination of president ronald reagan. a d.c. police officer and a secret service agent were also injured. but white house press secretary, j

elsewhere, southeast d.c. pennsylvania avenue, southern avenue and suitland parkway, road blocks there due to a man hunt. avoid this area if possible. elsewhere, top side of the beltway slow looking at 22 minutes between 95 and 270. back to you. >>> 6:53, new this morning we learned jayson werth is facing a reckless driving charge. he was pulled overfrf county last month. his hearing pushed until after the baseball season in november. he was driving 105 miles an hour. we reach out to the nationals. they responded with this, quote, the washington nationals have been this communication with jayson werth regarding this situation and he's cooperating with the authorities. >>> today virginia tech will show off new drone research to some high profile observers. governor mcauliffe will visit the campus along with leaders from the federal avtied administrati. it working with other schools including the university of maryland. today's demonstration could help the faa introduce commercial drones in to u.s. air space. >>

in d.c., produce zero. law abiding people and the criminals all have guns in d.c.you know, it's just unbelievable that the cultural differences in people who live in i say america, understand that. >> emily come in to see if you're not alleged take the gun out of the house, i decoded the range to crack this? >> there is a legal transfer of the falls under federal law. under federal law you can take anywhere we can legally carry to another place you can legal carry. i can only legally carried a gun in my home and at the shooting range in virginia. so i can take it unloaded, locked in a case in the back of my car to the shooting range and back in that day. any other questions? just hope we don't get mugged. >> i'm sorry, down there. >> hi, i am kelley. i am from florida and the stand your ground plot has been something very like controversial in our area. i was wondering if you could speak to that generally and then if you think it was like a hyperbola station by the media. >> yeah, the stand your ground plot but totally out of control with the tray by martin trial.

among them, pot in d.c. the city has already decrimin decriminalized the drug and now it could be legal and you will have the final say. plus, hey, he is one of the biggest names in music you have likely never heard of. now friends are trying to help him get a second chance at a final gig. check this one out. knowing your price is one of the best biggest giveaways in national history. if you miss it, it will cost you a pretty penny. we begin with the fraud scheme that is hitting local businesses that involves stolen prepaid pay pal debit cards. they actually go through when swiped, but the store gets hit with the bill by the time victims realize the cards are fake. bad guys are long gone. news 4's derek ward spoke to one business owner that was scammed out of thousands of dollars. >> romeo mortgage is covered with paperwork instead of the usual orders for fried fish or chicken. they are $18,000 in expenses he may have to eat after falling victim to scammers. they used prepaid mastercard debit cards. they don

d.c. police trying to find out who set several fires inside a northwest hotel. we brought you this breaking news yesterday morning. around 1:00 in the morning guests at the marriott ward man park were startled awake by fire alarms and ordered to get out of the building. according to hotel management several fires were ignited inside the hotel while firefighters were on the scene. at least one person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. guests were forced to stand outside for hours. >> crazy. we're standing outside because of fire and something, nobody knows what happened. >> the hotel's response is certainly not very good. now in their defense, it was 1:00 in the morning. >> guests spent part of the night sleeping on the floor while the hotel sorted everything out. police don't have a suspect yet. >>> new details on a weekend house fire in silver spring. we told you about this yesterday. the family inside the home woke up to flames and smoke. one family member got an 86-year-old grandmot

for montgomery, d.c.nia, just text "food" to 25543 for a link to the wusa9 restaurant alert data base. you can check out your favorite restaurant there. i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek, wusa9. >> yikes. >> all right happy lunchtime everybody. >> seven day? good? >> yeah -- well it's going to be mostly dry this weekend. so -- no reason to cancel any outdoor plans that's for sure. >> do your own barbecue at home. that's it for us at noon. we'll be back [ clatter ] [ clatter ] >> paul: you should have seen the look on your little face. you were so scared. "aah!" >> christine: stop it. you know what? >> paul: that was a big stink bug. >> christine: we should have gone to the beach. >> paul: it was the size of a small chihuahua. >> christine: [ laughs ] >> paul: the beach? like a beach is any safer? they have sharks, you know. [ chomping ] >> christine: you are such a smart aleck. but i do have to say... [ sighs ] it is so great to see you laugh

iraqis who now call the d.c. region home say they're worried about loved ones still living in the war-torn country. news 4's kristen wright is at the white house live with that part of the story. kristen. >> well, jim, the virginia woman you are about to meet has been trying frantically to stay in touch with relatives in iraq. they, meanwhile, have been trying to get u.s. visas for several years, but given the actions of isis she is worried it will be too late. >> these killings, raping people, children. >> reporter: sarah amir kamal talked her family in iraq three days ago. it's a long way from manassas, park, virginia, so they e-mail or skype whenever they can. >> they take over salt lights and things and shut down the internet. >> reporter: sarah says word from her relatives is that isis is coming. her mother is a sunni muslim. her father and the rest of the family shia. isis's target. they're living on edge in a small city near baghdad. >> like a week or ten days i don't hear anything about them. so, like, i

the pop-up houses in d.c.re they eyesores or benefit to the city. >> you need a key fob to get any any entrance in this building. so how did a >> a quick update on a severe thunderstorm warning that was just issued by the national weather service. straight to abc7 live super doppler radar. you can see the areas impacted, northeastern orange county, southeastern culpeper and the city of fredericksburg. you can see the cell moving towards stafford at around 10 miles per hour. the bigger story here not only the gusty winds but the potential for the heavy rain. we'll keep you updated throughout the evening right here on abc7. once again severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 6:15 for fredericksburg. >> we'll be checking back with you frequently. >> the search is on tonight for a man who got into a secured apartment building and sexually assaulted a woman here. >> this is the man police say somehow got into the building on georgia avenue in northwest d.c. and pushed his way into a woman's apartment and

this was all -- we are now in the city of washington, d.c. it's not urban washington, d.c. but it's definitely city. and -- but back then this was all farms out here. this is hardly considered part of washington, d.c. because washington was down there where the white house is and downtown and georgetown and so on. they had cleared trees out for firing along the outside of fort stevens. but this was all farmland. and people from washington came out to see what all of the excitement was about, including president lincoln. fort stevens was one of -- it might have been the most extensive of the defenses of washington. now there were 67 of them. not all of them were as extensive as this one. there was a magazine. there was barracks. it was enclosed on all four sides. some of them weren't even enclosed. some of them were pointing out towards the defenses. kind of rudimentary. but they were built up very heavily and they were all connected. but fort stevens -- it was at the gate of washington, d.c., at the tip of the northern diamond if you think of washington as shaped like a dia

z9 i'll go back to what you were talking about is washington, d.c. washington, d.c. is our nation's capital. it's our local government where all the foreign embassies are here. for the national government, all the cabinet agency here. the house of representatives are here. senators are here. there's an international press here. there's a national press here. which means there are more eyes on me than any other person in america, in america. and i survived that. and i have overcome that. i've not let it get my down, and i'm going to thank the people of washington, d.c., who are bright and beautiful for having the sense and understanding to cut through all the bs. and also, with this major press here, we have a few barry haters. probably half a dozen. some are here tonight. but thel÷ barry haters, they cat find anything good. there's always good in something, isn't there? there's one columnist who haven't even read the book. has not read the book and wrote on the book. that is not right to do. i think it may help sell books so keep on doing it. anyway, back to you. >>

so that's who was defending washington, d.c. when jubal early came here to monacacy on july 9th and the battle started. this was not a good example of union high leadership, what happened here during this. first of all, union intelligence was abysmal throughout the war and it was not good here. the union did not know that robert e. lee had taken an entire corps of troops outside leaving richmond where they left on june 13th. they didn't know really that an entire corps had left until july 5th, when they crossed the potomac river, then you had a little bit of panic going on. especially when the word got out that early was heading towards washington, or maybe baltimore. he didn't let people know. here at monacacy, strategically northwest and east/south transportation connection. we have the 355 over here, which was here then, it was called the georgetown pike, and it goes directly on a line to washington, d.c. today, it's called the irbana pike here, it becomes the rockville pike, then becomes wisconsin avenue. goes right into was

d.c. as part of a larger effort to consolidate all five fannie mae offices in the d.c. region. the company would move into a single office building that it would lease sometime in 2016 or 2017. fannie mae says it has not decided on a new location but prefers somewhere in downtown d.c. >>> what about a move for the redskins? we've been reporting on owner dan snyder's comments about making some plans to build a new stadium. he's not sure where it would end up, maryland, virginia, d.c. d.c. council member jack evans is, of course, rooting for d.c. and thinks he knows just the spot. >> i think it's terrific he's looking at building a new stadium here in the district of columbia. the place to build a new football stadium is right at the rfk site. >> should have happened the first time around, right? evans says the district is not in any position to actually pay for a new stadium, but the city would clear the land for construction. the redskins lease in landover does run another 13 years. >> wha

civil war battle fought in washington, d.c. over the next couple of days, we're going to have lots of activities, plant the ground at fort stevens including the second national cemetery also managed by the park service. there are 38 union soldiers buried there. a wonderful place to come visit and we'll have that this coming sunday. i did want to point out many of you all may have a couple of this program here. it's just not fort stevens but the attack on washington by jubal early. it's all here. we ask you to take a look at it. if you have an opportunity to take a look, please do so. as you've noted just this week tomorrow, today and tomorrow, we've got a lot of great things going on. we just learned c-span will be out at fort stevens to cover civil war roundtable. we have noted speakers for that. then as loretta alluded to, looking at fort stevens today, hosting in my tenure last four years, fort stevens day on steroids. we're going to have mr. lincoln there, mrs. lincoln, nikolay and we'll be firing a cannon from fort stevens

if you can picture washington, d.c. as shaped like a diamond, we are right at the very top of the diamond, in the northwest portion of washington, d.c. early about noontime was out of the gates of fort stevens right out here. he had the capitol dome in his sight at noontime, and what did he see? he saw this very impressive series of forts. he saw this fort and it was connected to several other forts around here. it looks impregnable and he saw troops here. early did not know these were 100 days men and the call went out for civilians to come out and help man the barricades, so you had clerks from the state department, men from the quarter master corps, people who have never fired a weapon in their life. the word motley comes up more than once, but early did not know this. his men were strung out way along back on the georgetown pike. sorry, not the georgetown pike, the 7th street pike, they cut off the georgetown pike in what is now wheaton, maryland, and cut out to the 7th street pike, georgia avenue, so early, unchara

approaching d.c. from the west. not a yellow alert today, tomorrow or thursday, but depending on how things develop, any of these days could actually be upgraded to a yellow alert. we're monitoring that very closely. i want to start with doppler 9000 this morning because there's a bunch of showers and storms from ohio moving toward pennsylvania. that is a flood warning across parts of ohio, west of pittsburgh this morning. so a very active morning there. some of the showers have snuck into garrett county. i point this out because i know a lot of you folks travel back and forth between western maryland and west virginia with family plans, make you have some business travel today. keep that in mind. they'll be dealing with this early. we'll be dealing with this by mid- to late afternoon. this morning look at that it looks beautiful outside. our day planner does have the threat for clouds increasing and thunderstorms later on. 87 by 4:00 with storms west of washington. blue ridge and west. by then 83. if you're going t

d.c. area say a cautious approach is best by the u.s. >> you have to be careful and have a measured response and be smart. the world is a complicated place. >> it's very tempting to say call in the air force, call in navy strikes, thing of that nature which have already happened and seemed to be successful in a limited capacity. at the same time you're getting involved in an incredibly complex situation. >> one that involves different islamic factions, a syrian civil war and global repercussions from this endlessly complicated region. the u.s. and its allies have not committed to ground forces which is what this national security expert says it might take. others argue to solve the isis problem in iraq and syria, the two countries must find political solutions. >> whether we wait for the iraqis to sort out their political differences which may take months or years or may never happen, we can't really wait. >> does isis seem like the type of group to respond to a political solution >> i don

in d.c. it will be held at meridia park in northwest d.c. the vigil begins at 7:00 tonig. >eld aned plastie all that remain after som set fire to a playgrou people live nearby say they were worried about trees burning down. they say the idea that someone likely s it intentionally is unsettl >> this is a playground. >> they come out to the park almost e day and hang out on the swings with their friends. and now we can't do it. >> fire investigators estimate the damage is more than $100,000 >>> yo might remember there were sel cases of playground arsons a parks in laurel last spring. fires ae discovery and emancipa cty parks caused e than $100,000 in damage there. another park got hit twice around the same time. polirtw teenagers in connectito of the cases. the other two arsons remain unsolved >>> new plan is underway to alleviane of t most congest roadways in our entire region. crews are widening interstate 66 just inside the beltway. a lane is being added from washito boulevard to the dulles access road. but not everyone is happy about it. transrtre am tuss is live where s

washington, d.c. finds itself at the bottom of a dubious list. that story right after >>> a new list tonight confirms many of us have suspected. washington, d.c. is a pretty dangerous city for drivers. >> the list put out by all state factors in the frequency of accidents, weather conditions and traffic volume, which we have a lot of. the 200 largest cities in the country. fort collins, colorado, comes in as the safest followed by brownville, texas, boise, idaho, and huntsville, alabama. here's the bottom five. providence, rhode island, springfield, massachusetts, washington, d.c., and then boston. two little cities. >> all right. well tonight, the virginia department of transportation is trying to get to the bottom of that crazy striping problem. we showed you live pictures last night as drivers tried to navigate the stripes that peeled off the road on eastbound i-66. that was the bridge over route 29 yesterday. well a sample of that tape has been sent to a lab for testing. and vdot is not sure if th

if you're south and west of d.c. have the best chance of getting wet and it will not be a washout. today mostly sunny. 74 at 9:00. 84 by noon. our high of 86. temperatures in the mid to low 80's. most of the rain will be south and west of d.c. the futurecast is coming up in just a few minutes. jack, would you mind having those roads closed if you could have lunch with kevin spacey. >> i think that would be fine. if you're on the beltway, inner outer loop, you're in good shape. 270 south no problems out of frederick. gaithersburg towards montgomery village avenue, coming up from springfield it remains light. the one incident was on eastbound georgetown pike after old dominion drive. the car hit a guardrail. the car out of the roadway but the guardrail is in the road. virginia state authorities are now on scene. >> thank you so much, jack. >> a rare interview from dan snyder is raising more questions than answers this morning. >> as the debate rages on over the redskins' name. we're learning it could affect what the pl

d.c. forhis will miss the next couple of hours but we expect more widespread whether to fill in late this afternoon and into the evening hours and that could impact your commute. speaking of travel, if you will be traveling, no import delays across the country. warm and muggy, 89 degrees in d.c. the chance of what weather will continue through the evening hours and we will drive things up as we head toward midnight. much more refreshing air in the region tomorrow. more details on the belfort furniture weather center coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. some lanes are blocked on southbound i-270 because there was a fire. debris caughtay fire near old georgetown road. the truck driver managed to remove the burning debris from the truck. no one was hurt. >> in the district, one person is dead after a car crashes into the back of a truck early this morning. as brianne carter reports, it happened at florida avenue and 8th street in northeast. >> shredded into dozens of pieces, the car sit

in d.c., i'm nikki burdine.to you. >> all right, nikki, thank you. >>> another advisory for you. starting today the district's 28 streetcar operators will begin training along the h street and benning road corridor in northeast. >> you'll see the cars moving as operators and supervisors will travel along the tracks playing out various traffic scenarios. the training is a major step toward getting safety certification before real passengers are allowed on board. >>> let's get off the roads for a while and just take a look outside. it's a little hazy, a little foggy in some parts as we start our first full workweek in the new month of august. >> howard joins us live on the weather terrace with your forecast. how is it out there right now? >> reporter: it's comfortable. a little on the muggy side to a little bit of a fritz alert but all in all a good start to august. we'll have heat and humidity the next couple of days but when you see the seven-day forecast in a few minutes, you're going to love it. let's take you

d.c. police a few minutes ago and they still have not identified the driver of a car. most of the wreckage now gone. it's mostly back to business as usual. only a few of the car parts remain strewn alongside the sidewalk and the curb here, evidence the terrible end to a man's life. >> you could see a motorcycle flying past, that's how far that car passed him where he lost control. >> reporter: the aftermath is horrific. here at 14th and h in northeast, a man lost his life. not much left of his gray nissan infiniti. car parts scattered over an entire city block. >> i ran on the scene. there was a lot of smoke. >> reporter: a man who did not want his face on camera says he saw the trapped driver, conscious and moaning. >> he was halfway in and halfway out of the car. he was on the passenger side hanging out from the debris that you could see on the left side of the car. >> it was about ten minutes to 4:00 this morning. i'm in my bed. >> reporter: this woman who would not tell us her name hea

please welcome d.c.ly so much great history here in our capital city, and i am often and proud to celebrate the part that ward four played in the history of our city and certainly in the history of our nation. we're very proud of it. we know that the only civil war battle to take place in the district of columbia took place here at fort stevens. the only time a sitting president in the united states in the history of our country has come under hostile fire from an enemy combatant was here at fort stevens. and we know at the battle of fort stevens, the nation's capital was saved from eminent attack. you may also know that even before fort stevens was built to detective the capital from confederate soldiers, this land fgs taken from a free black woman named elizabeth thomas. we were very proud here in ward four and in the district of columbia to recognize elizabeth thomas forever and ever here at this land by naming this street in her honor, the elizabeth thomas way. we know, too, that she was never fully

the central planning agency, washington, d.c. and in the suburbs of virginia and maryland, we seek to protect and enhance the capital city's rich, historic and cultural resources, which include ft. circle parks. national planning commission, we recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was charted by congress. an interesting historical note is that one of the properties that has become four circles parts. >> we will begin to study the near and long term needs for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capital. we will develop a new vision for this iconic street, which is home to so many national treasures, including this bui building, the national archives. i want to extend a special thanks to the national park service which is the steward for four circle parks and especially peter may. he is a commissioner, but his day job is associate regional director for planning in the national capital region. locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods and everyone metro stations. but many are surprised t

washington, d.c. is based on democratic principles and how it has come to its greatest fulfillments when it has sought to fulfill and realize those democratic principles. we had a new country and the founding fathers wanted a new capital for the country. they couldn't agree where it would be. and the disagreement over this decision became so extreme that there was some concern that it would break the young country apart. they wanted the capitol to be somewhere near the center of the united states, but then they couldn't agree on what was the center of the united states, for the southerners, they wanted it near the geographic center. for the northerners, they wanted it nearer, that would have placed the capitol closer to philadelphia and new york. >> just when things were getting really heated. thomas jefferson invited alexander hamilton and james madison to dinner. alexander hamilton was then secretary of the treasury, and he was a new yorker, and the northern states wanted the federal assumption of t

d.c. council member is pleading for a little flexibility and sympathy tonight from d.c. schools. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in d.c. it is friday night lights here at wilson high school. so why have a couple of young men with playing football with the team that they love? >> football is my life. that's all i got to say. wilson football is my life. i need to get on that field. >> reporter: an anguished 16- year-old luis moore struggling to figure out why a disagreement between a bunch of adults would leave him and his buddy casper duamalla sitting on the sidelines while the friends he's played football with for two years are taking the field. >> i see all my friends playing and i can't play and it's not fair. >> reporter: both luis and casper struggle with serious learning challenges. both are enrolled in the lab school, a private d.c. school, that focuses on helping children with intellectual disabilities, but that school does not have a football team. >> this totally sucks. it really hu

this is not happening in d.c. there but it is interesting to see how much it has changed to see how much more ( relatively speaking will be in a york city tomorrow the climate around choice in new york is closer to chicago and washington d.c. is to chicago. there is a lot of work that needs to be done and the insight has a little bit of wisdom i will share another reading then the rest to be determined by your questions. it is a bit later in the book you just need to know this is an excerpt about one of the two parents that i followed there were looking at charter schools and one of them was on it like attended 30 open house is knew exactly what she was looking for and got it. this woman was not so sure. so what you are about to hear with the enrollment open house after she died in somewhere spirit by the time karen received a postcard in the mail that heard daughter won a preschool see at the charter school she had just about given up hope. every other school drew her status so far after the akashi has not even a

please welcome d.c.ly so much great history here in our capital city, and i am often and proud to celebrate the part that ward four played in the history of our city and certainly in the history of our nation. we're very proud of it. we know that the only civil war battle to take place in the district of columbia took place here at fort stevens. the only time a sitting president in the united states in the history of our country has come under hostile fire from an enemy combatant was here at fort stevens. and we know at the battle of fort stevens, the nation's capital was saved from eminent attack. you may also know that even before fort stevens was built to detective the capital from confederate soldiers, this land fgs taken from a free black woman named elizabeth thomas. we were very proud here in ward four and in the district of columbia to recognize elizabeth thomas forever and ever here at this land by naming this street in her honor, the elizabeth thomas way. we know, too, that she was never fully