richmond. so right here you had downtown. beautiful view of our downtown, financial district as people know this is the capital of virginia as well. not only to have a great financial disco a lot of government buildings. where the seat of government here in virginia. >> i've seen a lot of industrial buildings. i see the lucky strike tout it was that sort of richmond economic past, present? >> its economic pass. the river provide for all things commerce entry back in the day. spin where are we heading out? >> we're going to head to richmond hill here in churchill. it's a view of all things downtown. what i remember from this view of the city is a lot of different candidates and politicians and whatnot in the past can help a lot of conferences because it offers such a great view all things downtown. you can see the hustle and bustle of downtown. this is writer a great deal of, writer underneath, and then you see downtown, the vcu health complex over there. that's state government here you can see the capital from here. you can

we are more open minded and inclusive and tolerant than our history may say. >> located in downtown richmond, the white house of the confederacy is whether confederate president jefferson davis and his family lived from 1861 until the evacuation of richmond in april 1865. following the end of the war, it became a headquarters for the u.s. army and in 1870, was given back to the city of richmond. the home has since been restored and is open to the public as a museum. up next, we visit thed gar allen poe museum. the only'll building dedicated to a literary figure. >> ed gar allen poe put american literature on the map. he is the one who is the first internationally influential american writer. he invented the detective story. one of the pioneers of science fiction. psychological terror and he has a poem that has an nfl team named after him and the idea that a poem or work of literature or piece rt

he was worth about three quarters of a million dollars, and had huge mansion in downtown richmond, a plantation, had property and rockbridge county. and he could afford the finest things in life and he had an extensive library. that was a great advantage for poe. he was able to read from the allen library, but alan never quite warmed up to. it was the foster moms idea to taken edgar. francis was from the richmond society. society. she had been orphaned herself as a child so she could sympathize when she heard that poe's mother was dying and needed help to care for her and her children francis jumped on the chance to taken little edgar. she couldn't have any children she wants him to take care of she lavished attention to a virtually john allen could actually. he already had chilled with other women. he was giving them close, try to keep them secret from his wife, didn't want to take it somewhere else. he mentio mentioned to churchils will do what ever been seen before. edgar was never included in the will. in his letters allen refers to poe as that devil actresses son. doesn't show a

located in downtown richmond, the white house of the confederacy is where president jefferson davis and his family lived from 1861 until the evacuation of richmond in april 1865. following the end of the war, it became a headquarters for the confederacy during the civil war. continuing our look at richmond, we will visit the american civil war museum and take a look at the largest collection of confederate flags in the country. we are in richmond, virginia at one of the sites of the american civil war museum. we are focusing on the flag collection, which, as far as i know, is the largest election of civil war related flags in the world. 500 50 are full-sized civil war arrow flag. the majority are confederate, but we do have some union flags as well. one of the first orders of business was to select a design for the national flag. we have an example of that flag pattern. this is the first national flag because the confederacy

national captioning institute, [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] located in downtown richmond, the white house of the confederacy is where confederate president jefferson davis and his family lived from 1861 until the evacuation of richmond in april, 1855. following the end of the war, it became a headquarters for the u.s. army and in 1870 was given back to the city of richmond. the home has since been restored and is open to the public as museum. continuing our look at richmond, we will visit the american civil war museum and take a look at the largest collection of confederate flags in the country. ms. wright: we are at richmond virginia one of the sites for the american civil war museum in the flag vault. today we focus on the flight collection which is the largest collection of civil war related flags in the world. we have more than 700 flags. of those, about 550 are full-sized civil war era flag, and the majority are confederate but we do have union flags as well. americaederate -- of formed in march 1860 one p read one of the first orders of business was to select a desi

. >> this memorial in downtown richmond pays tribute to the virginia statute for religious freedom. enacted by the state general assembly on january 16, 1086 and penned by thomas jefferson. it addresses the principle of separation and church and state. the three paragraph statute is the basis for our first amendment protections for religious freedom. up next, we learn about another founding father in the financial scandal that landed him in prison. robert morris was an important american founder. it is true that not many people know about him. he was the financier of the american revolution so-called because he served as the superintendent of finance towards the end of the american revolution. he really helped that early government on a sound financial footing when it was a big trouble at the end of the war. he was a moneyman.he was also not very well known because of what happened to him at the end of his life. he messed up pretty bad. he was one of the richest guys in the country. after the american revolution, he was a very important senator from pennsylvania. at the end of his l

. >> this memorial in downtown richmond pays tribute to the virginia statute for religious freedom.d by the state general assembly on january 16, 1086 and penned by

national captioning institute, [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] located in downtown richmond, the white house of the confederacy is where confederate president jefferson davis and his family lived from 1861 until the evacuation of richmond in april, 1855. following the end of the war, it became a headquarters for the u.s. army and in 1870 was given back to the city of richmond. the home has since been restored and is open to the public as museum. continuing our look at richmond, we will visit the american civil war museum and take a look at the largest collection of confederate flags in the country.

richmond. this is downtown. a beautiful view of our downtown financial district. as people know, this is the capital of virginia as well. we have a lot of the seat of government as well. i am seeing a lot of industrial buildings. i am seeing the lucky strike tower. is that part of richmond's economic past, it's present? mayor stoney: that's right. it's economic past. ashley: where are we heading now? mayor stoney: we are headed to richmond hill. it is a view of all things downtown. it's one of my favorite views. it is what i have known, what i remember from this view of the city is a lot of different candidates and politicians and totnot had press conferences offer a great view of all things downtown. hustle and the bustle. this is a great view. this is right here underneath and you see downtown. complex right there. you have state government. i think you see the capitol. ashley: ok. are we going to go by the capitol? i would love that. mayor stoney: jefferson's work still around. how does the city and state government interact, if at all? how does the city and st

>> we're heading to richmond hill hearing churchill, it's a view of all things downtown. what i remember from this view of the city is a lot of different candidates and politicians in the past held a lot of press conferences is that for such a great view of all things downtown. you can see the hustle and bustle downtown. ,his is right here a great view you can see downtown and the vcu health complex. you can see the capital from here. are we going to go by the capital? let's do that. you can see jefferson's works. >> how does the city, government and state government react? >> the state government as a partner. i'm lucky to have the state government based in our city. also prevents object -- present some challenges as well. the --'t necessarily get they are tax-exempt. i would rather have them and not have them. >> we're at the state capital. the state capital looks at a lot of other capital buildings that i've seen. >> this is the original. one of the oldest operating capitals we have. >> who designed this? >> thomas jefferson. >> designed to capital but still in use tod

he escorted my wife's sister into what had been a primarily african-american high school in downtown richmond. his wife escorted my wife into a similar middle school. the picture of my father-in-law, linwood holton walking into school on this day was front page o of "the new york times." it was front page of "the new york times" because in the civil rights era, there were always -- there were so many pictures of southern governors standing in a schoolhouse door blocking kids who were african-american from coming into schools with white students. that was a common picture. there's only one picture of a southern governor escorting a child -- his child into a school that was primarily african-american saying finally virginia going embrace the vision of thomas jefferson, we shouldn't segregate education based on race. i think immediate lid before we dropped the segregation based on gender in our state's clernlings and surprise, surprise, with those two moves, virginia started to move. virginia started to move from a low-education, poor styte a high-education state that is now top-ten median incom

across the peninsula, hammering san mateo into the sf airport and downtown san francisco along the embarcadero. this moves to richmondby 5:39. crockett 5:57 and vallejo by 6:05 tonight. as we mentioned we still have the chance of spotty showers for tomorrow morning's forecast. not totally dry. 51 in the tri-valley. 54 for the peninsula, and south bay at 52. north bay, low 50s. san francisco still slick on the bridges for saturday morning and 51. let's bring you into the futurecast. again, scattered rainfall for tomorrow morning. i think the afternoon on saturday this is going to be the time to get outside if you want any hope of blue sky in your weekend. 3:00 in the afternoon is the day to get outside and do whatever you've got to do. as we head into sunday's foreclosure, we now have an increasing chance of showers at 6:00 a.m. and possibly another wave of wet weather moving in by 2:30 in the afternoon on sunday. i think the worst starts to line out by the 11:00 p.m. on sunday. that's the strong storm we are watching out for. be on alert by sunday night. we'll have a weather alert issued just for the fact on monday a

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to here in the south bay, santa clara valley right through downtown also up toward -- off to the north also a zone of wet weather from richmond into hercules. for most of the north bay after that wet weather this morning we are starting to clear out but another round of rainfall is on the way as we head throughout tomorrow morning. i'll have details on this and the full timing coming up in 15 drought busting 173% of average. compare that to earlier january when it was just 53% of normal. the rest of the month was one of the stormiest januarys in state history bringing california three fourths of its rain and snow just in the past few weeks. the snow pack provides a third of california's water supply. he'll likely wait until april to announce whether he'll plift his drought emergency order. >>> hashtag, delete uber. people around the world are deleting their uber app because of uber's link with president trump but today the ceo of uber made a u-turn. michelle? >> reporter: protests scheduled out here today there are barricades set up and a heavy police presence. there are a couple dozen peoples out here now they say it's a ral

downtown san francisco we do have heavy rainfall throughout the richmond district. all the way to 18th street into the mission district around the embarcadero light to moderate rainfall into chinatown. meanwhile around the peninsula from daly city into south san francisco into millbrae all moderate to heavy rain to buy a break around the san mateo area and then we send you over to the santa cruz mountains. a couple of inches of rain expected today but four inches of rain on monday. we do have a high wind advisory in place for that huge blue highlighted area which is just above the entire bay area except the north bay. the red is the big sur area. bottom line is wind gusts to 50 miles per hour and that's the scene of the wet stormy golden gate bridge. you can see the fishtailing going on there this morning. temperatures into the 50s the flag is on the fly. we'll monitor this storm and the bigger one coming in for monday. >> with all that rain, bay area reservoirs are filling up fast. that means the potential for flooding. kpix 5's maria medina is live in morgan hill

richmond. absolutely packed with people right now. the other direction, the taillights heading into the macarthur maze, downtown oakland and san francisco. download our free ktvu weather app for the latest including live radar and an extended forecast. >> reporter: i'm rob roth in orinda where a wall of mud and debris came crashing down into a home. what was it like to be inside? we'll tell you coming up. >>> up next the san francisco 49ers introduce their new head coach. what kyle shanahan had to say about his vision for the team, plus his reaction to his crushing loss in the super bowl. >> i remember every single play, and i will go over those for the rest of my life. the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. ♪ ♪ when you find something worth waiting for, we'll help you invest to protect it for the future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase, so you can. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. >>> the san francisco 49ers have a new head coach. we heard from kyle shanahan for the first time since arrived in the bay area. >> the new general manager john lynch was the

richmond/san rafael bridge. same across the span of the bay bridge into downtown san francisco. no metering lights yet. make sure you're driving safely and very slowly this morning throughout the bay area. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. a quick 15 minutes. but again, carefully driving. and here's a look at the altamont pass. if you head across the way you're moving at 50 miles per hour not too bad until north flynn road where speeds go down to 30. okay, let's talk about mass transit now. we have an early-morning bart delay on the richmond line 10- minute delay into the fremont millbrae areas due to an earlier track problem. ace and muni are on time. if ac transit is part of your commute -- [ sneeze ] >> bless you, kenny. >> thank you. >> starting today ac transit is relocating the bus stops in the area. so actransit.org is where you can find more details about relocation of bus stops on international boulevard. be careful of the wet roads. i'll send it to you. >> all right, roqui. thank you. >>> president trump's secretary of state rex tillerson is set to delive

little bit more as we look from the exploratorium toward downtown san francisco where it's a little drizzly and foggy right now. on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge, scattered showers and mild highs today. cooler foggy nights ahead with sunny days are going to follow and i'm tracking the storm for next thursday and friday. here's a look at discovery bay where we had rain roll through, highway 4, pretty much getting rain right now and staying wet and you can see through the sunol grade it looks like we have possibly a little bit of a downpour heading your way as you get towards 84 and 580 and that light rain stretches down to where you connect with 680. storm impact scale for today. rain to scattered showers, less than 15 hundredths of an unch. here's the hour-by-hour look and it's steady to scattered and then possibly a little bit of a break outside of the south bay and east bay and then you can see more stuff developing as we head towards the evening hours. i promise you, you wake up tomorrow morning, you will see increasing sunshine, sefrps about the same as today, little bit warmer sunday even with that c

richmond/san rafael bridge. bay bridge toll plaza high winds across the span. the maze to downtown will take 34 minutes so that's a heavy commute into downtown san francisco. and then another traffic alert in oakland northbound 880 at fifth avenue. this is a jackknifed big rig out there blocking a lane and you're moving at just 5 miles per hour. traffic backed up to fruitvale so give yourself extra time to get through this area, too. roberta, to you. >> boy, as quickly as i line up our live hi-def doppler, things change rapidly because it's a very fast-moving cold front. look at the front draped across the sacramento valley swinging into newman at this time. in its wake, we will find a lingering shower throughout the day. they are popping up numerous now in throughout the northern portion of our bay area. we picked up a half inch of rain already this morning in many locations. it's raining now from saint helena along highway 128 as you make your morning commute into the napa area. also around highway 37. east bay we're now picking up some hit-and-miss scattered showers after some h

richmond/san rafael bridge give yourself extra time. you will have a bit of a slowdown there. moving to the bay bridge toll plaza, high winds across the span of the bay bridge into downtown san francisco. so both hands on the wheel. the maze to downtown will take about 15 to 20 minutes. and if you are heading into scotts valley, same situation here for the past few weeks highway 17 only down to one lane in each direction between vine hill road and sugarloaf road. this is all because of that massive mudslide we have been dealing without there so nine miles per hour in scotts valley. if you want to avoid this road you can take branciforte road to vine hill road to get beyond some of those red arrows. delays there all day today. >>> thank you. this week nearly 200,000 people returned home after the threat of flooding around lake oroville and forced them to evacuate but a handful of people returned to find their homes had been burglarized. one of those was a u.s. army veteran. he had more than 2 dozen of his medals stolen. medals that were supposed to remain a secret until he died. now he is opening up about a difficult part of his life in an attempt to get those medals back

richmond/san rafael bridge this morning. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, another high wind advisory across the span and 24 minutes between the maze and downtownthe peninsula. high winds and slow traffic. okay, moving over now to our traffic alert in the south bay, this is scotts valley highway 17, it's down to one lane in each direction and you're moving at 6 miles per hour. expect a 4.5-mile backup there. bart though is on time and delays on muni and also on ace train 7. roberta? >> thank you, roqui. 8:58. good morning, everyone. we are under storm watch and take a look at our live hi-def doppler radar. you will notice why we have moderate to heavy rainfall right now in the north bay but look at all of that offshore. that will be pushing onshore in the next couple of hours. flood warning for the immediate seashore as this coincides with high tide at 9:43 this morning nearly 7 feet. the yellow highlighted area means flash flood watch in effect for the north bay and the santa cruz mountains with up to five inches of rain expected. high wind advisory in place with winds up to 30 gusts to up 45 and 60. here's your extended forecast. storm watch

richmond bridge. the bay bridge toll plaza, that's a live picture. oakland, northbound, to the coliseum, up into downtownte creek flood. what some evacuees say it felt like when they were finally allow to go return. when it comes to wet winters, it may be a record setter for the state of california. many of the state's drought concerns in the rear-view mirror. another update in half an hour. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." and coming up, center stage, president trump speaking at a conference of the nation's top conservatives this morning. >> our victory was a win like nobody has ever seen before. >> a day after appearances from key members of his team. vice president mike pence, kellyanne conway, and controversial strategist, steve bannon. this as some trump voters give us their take on the new administration. ♪ i got the eye of the tiger >> plus, eye of the tiger. this group of big cats giving chase to some unusual prey. a drone buzzing overhead, one of them taking it down. the hunt going viral this morning. ♪ don't want to wait until the sun's sinking ♪ >> and little big town in the big city. the grammy awar

richmond. this is downtown. a beautiful view of our downtown financial district. as people know, this is the capital of virginia as well. the only do we have a great financial district, we have a lot of buildings here. we are the seat of government as well. i think that makes us great, too. ashley: i am seeing a lot of industrial buildings. i am seeing the lucky strike tower. is that part of richmond's economic past, its present? mayor stoney: that's right. its economic past. the river provided for all things commerce and trade back in the day. not too many cities have what we have right here. ashley: where are we heading now? mayor stoney: we are headed to richmond hill. it is a view of all things downtown. it's one of my favorite views. a lot of what i remember from this view of the city is a lot of different candidates and politicians and whatnot had press conferences to offer a great view of all things downtown. you can see the hustle and bustle. this is a great view. this is right here underneath and you see downtown. you see the complex right there. you have