the long direction toward the fireplace. there's a fireplace at each end. but this plateau was all decorated with wax flowers in the early days and then finally flowers. and a part of it is still in use today. as are those compoets with the fruit in them on the table. the dining room was enlarged by theodore roosevelt. the statue of jefferson had been placed there by james k. polk. grant removed it when he did the landscape over in 1873. but polk wanted some symbol to define himself with expansion. so he put jefferson on the front lawn. and mrs. polk, who was a shrewd gal, she got a picture of cortez and hung it in the blue room. so she saw little jimmy polk as cortez and not jefferson then. this is the lawn over which the people -- they leapt over the fence that last speech lincoln made, and there were several thousand people there. the greenhouse was a very popular feature of the white house for about 40 years. it was torn down in 1902. or moved. part of it was moved. it was not the same one. 24 one was wooden, and this one burned about five years after l

the living room has wainscoting and a working fireplace. the dining room has leaded windows and a built in china cabinet and the kitchen has a granite tile island and even a chandeli chandelier. what a lovely house. you wouldn't know it's 100 years old. >> all right we're going to head over and get a four bedroom home, this one is in jacksonville, north carolina. on the market for $459,900. >> jacksonville is a town that people down south just love. this one is only 30 minutes from some of the carolina's most beautiful beaches. it's a classic brick home, cedar siding, plantation shutters and 3,000 square feet. the family room has a vaulted ceiling, stone fireplace, a wall of pretty arched windows and the dining room has a trayed ceiling with wood floors and chair rail. don't know what they're thinking putting that plant on the ceiling but each to their own. the kitchen has white cabinets, granite countertop and opens to a big breakfast area. the whole house sits on a big, grassy lot with mature trees, and very pretty house in every way. not

the master bedroom is so pretty with the old-fashioned fireplace on the corner. i love the little striped wallpaper. >> house is so big you have an echo when you walk into it. >> that's what it sounds like. >> let's go to arlington, vermont. $175,000 for a nice home nestled on a 35 acre pine forest. >> this is a totally different switch of mood. it's a rustic log cabin, tucked into a secret corner of vermont most people don't know about in a ski area great for families. out back it's got a rushing river in your own backyard. it is knotty pine all over with an open floor plan. i love the cozy fireplace in that living room. the living room opens right up into the kuchen. you can see an open loft above there. the windowed kitchen has plenty of storage, and is also has great counter space. i think they ought to get rid of that tablecloth, kind of weird, lose the shot. but in agishen to the two bedrooms the loft is right there as we mentioned and it sleeps twoo. the big back deck overlooks the river, over the rushing brook. and my god, what a lovely place that would b

these two big fireplaces are all very important because it is a different time with different values, different notions of proportion, scale, what the good life can be. now, this was the home of a very wealt, prominent person who had risen high in the eyes of their country. but it is amazing, for example, to go to mount vernon or monticello and hear grown-up visitors saying they're surprised to find that neither jefferson nor george washington had indoor plumbing or electricity. so when you come to an indoor room like this, people might say why would they have two fireplaces, and that begins to open up the realities of that earlier time. we forget how much more difficult life was then, how much more inconvenient, un comfortable, closer to the vagaries of nature and the hardships of living in a rough climate such as maine because we're so insulated from the facts of life as they knew them. we're insulated from the cold, the heat. we're protected by wonderful drugs, medicines. we don't have to worry much about epidemic disease the way they did. we don't have to get up at 5:00 in the mor

and it offers a sense of what this fireplace might have looked like. you'll note again the iron crane that sits inside the fireplace, as well they're both on the same side here there is the iron crane and the smaller bread oven there. having a kitchen on the first floor of a slave quarters that was large enough to serve the entire household was typical of an urban slave quarters that was located near or attached to the property/owner's residence. you know, in looking at a building as a primary source, i'm always interested in the wear patterns. and that's the evidence of how human beings habitually impacted a building and left their marks on it. orlando ridout, a member of the maryland historical trust, teamworking to study and document this building, has identified these wear patterns. as the marks left by the sharpening of a knife there on the edge of the original fire box. while the people who made these marks are gone, largely unrecorded by documents, the evidence of their labor at an elemental, essential, and timeless task, the sharpening of a bla

the living room has pretty stained glass windows and a nice tile fireplace.g room is separated from the rest of the house by an original pocket door and has a chandelier and orangele mantel on the fireplace. >> just imagine that all. >> the kitchen feels old-fashioned but it's light and bright. are we going to see that? oh, we're getting there. that's the dining room again. kitchen, light and bright. with stainless steel appliances and a door with a transom lighting leading to the back deck. the back of the house looks more like a farmhouse. very green lawn and a simple patio just about the right size for grilling. >> let's go to pittsburgh, p.a. four bedroom house for $219,900. >> i'm going to talk slower now. >> no, no, no. we only got four minutes here. >> this is a neighborhood on the ohio river, just eight miles from downtown pittsburgh. this is a 1910 gem that fits right in. the whole neighborhood has houses like this. the entry has turned staircase with original wood he details. the living room has a gas log fireplace with a mirrored mantel and a brand

the homeowners said they used the fireplace last night. damages estimated at $60,000. >> 810-year-old case the stand and michael gardner's case. -- a 10 year old girl took the stand in the michael gardner case. >> that little girl was the only one to take the stand in the courtroom. she wore her sparkly sunglasses while she answered questions because she said she was nervous. >> inside this arlington koran a 10-year-old girl took the stand and identified her attacker. she pointed to michael gardner and said he was a man who fondled her at a slumber party at his house last june. the 10-year-old said she heard him fondle another girl sleeping near her in the basement. in court, the attorney read the statement to police, saying you told the detective it was too dark to see who was. the detect give said it did you see his face? the 10-year-old set know. the 10 year-old center story changed because she was nervous one year ago. -- said her story changed. >> then she told one story and now she's telling the opposite. on one thing after another a

. >> they have suspended burning in the fireplaces and we also want to make sure they keep lighters out of the hands of children. >> they are urging people to remember how they get rid of cigarette butts. sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tonight, 11 people are without a place to sleep after a three-alarm fire in glen burnie. the buyer reportedly started in a ground level apartment and spread quickly. no word yet on a cause. three suspects are charged in the murderer of a 12-year-old. sean johnson was shot four times. police have charged derrick brown, antwan mosley, and danyae robinson. >> sean johnson was sitting on the porch of this home and was shot multiple times. >> three others were wounded. according to a court-charging document, the have positively identified mosley, robinson, and brown as those responsible. >> tragedy in west baltimore. a woman is killed after she was struck by a speeding vehicle police were trying to pull over. lowell melser is live outside of city headquarters with the latest. >> the question is whether or not police were chasing the vehicle as they have a

rent it will help keep state parks open stretching over 1400 square feet it is known for its model fireplaces pooled and formal dining room. >>> one way to raise the funds is expanding the ability to utilize the facility and the grounds by allowing it to be rented out for special events. >>> the mansion was built in 1877 and home to 13 governors and their families including the reagans. representatives help the renovation will let thousands hosts their advance >>> a brand of visitors centers open at san francisco's lands' end. it features a museum store and cafe an educational exhibit. the new look out is the best part getting visitors a 30 navio of the coast. let's check in with julie watts. >>> we saw a marine layer out there and some fog along the coast. it did not draft too far inland. sunshine over the golden gate. a beautiful day. we will warm things up into the mid '80s inland and as take a look at currently temperatures and, 82 at livermore oakland at 70, 62 at san francisco, 77 at santa rosa. you notice a change for the work week. look cool things down a little but staying seasonal.

there was a fireplace in the spring house.ettles were picked up and set over the fire and as quickly as i tell it, i was mixing water and meal for gruel. all the day, my men cared buckets of hot gruel from the buckets to the wounded and lying where they fell. food was given both north and south alike, recognizing the need, not the uniform. ♪ never again was i to experience such a sensation of wealth and competency. we fed hundreds that day. for many, it was the first meal since the guns of battle exploded that morning. for many, it provided the will and strength to endure their pain. twilight began to descend and there were still many to be tended. for the first time since i arrived, i saw dr. dunn stop and stand alone in the darkness. you look tired, doctor, i said. yes, he was tired. tired of neglect and heartlessness. here were hundreds of men to be operated on and there was no light to work by. it was then that i called for the lantern diet brought in the wagon. he looked at me, saying little, but his eyes reflected his gr

residents told fire crews on the screen, they had a fire in the fireplace last night. the top floor of the home on twin valley drive is gone. everyone got out safely. >>> a look at this morning's other top stories. a man charged with the murder of alexandria community activist lenny harris is now being charged in two other murders. police believe tyrone lewis is responsible for killing a 17- year-old boy last october and a cab driver seven years ago. investigators say they've been working additional information they got in the harris investigation since january. yesterday morning, they were able to get the murder warrants for lewis who is already in jail. investigators say robbery was the motive in both cases. police are investigating a hit and run out of montgomery county, maryland this time. it happened last night along new hampshire avenue in white oak. police say a driver hit another car forcing it off on the road and on to the porch of a house. two people were in the car. one was taken to the hospital. it is unclear if anyone was in the house at the time. >>> we a

and then she put these great ginger jars in the fireplace.t, different, special. >> when you're not using the fireplace, the perfect way to dress that space up. okay, next is we've got a really great room that has a lot of cheerfulness. this is the kitchen. everybody likes the kitchen. >> it's always so great about doing homey and modern. look at this great chandelier. we would never think to do something this sophisticated in our kitchen. i love this coral and then the blue chairs. this is from mayfair. i love, again, kid color but having the combination with the modernness of the chandelier. >> you saw in that picture she had some benches. >> she actually put a picnic bench on one side and then she had a bright blue chair. >> cameos? >> modern silhouettes of the children. this is from andrea pettish. you can literally cut out the old-fashioned way. then she placed it on a bright blue background with the white frame. love how that's modern and traditional at the same time. >> and personal for your family. >> always be personal. exactly. >> o

. >> one official had a room with two fireplaces and a spain -- spa in the room. >> so what? >> dennis are you seriously saying so what? i was an intern at forbes and worked fur and you didn't send me to palm springs but i still came back. >> i would have done it >> i wouldn't have cared. >> he threw down the gauntlet. would you have allowed dennis to do that. >> for victoria, yes. but the bottom line, it is very easy to spend other people's money and that's what the government is doing. >> john, you live in dc and in the belly of the beast. does it happen in all of the burrcracies down there? >> don't insult me in that way. by definition it the founders thought the federal government away from the yeem they can't police it. we return the power to local governments, it will be more difficult for politicians to do what they are to do. >> rick, if it is in your locality and money that you can see being spent wouldn't you guard it more carefully? >> the evidence wouldd show us. it doesn't turn out that way. there are local officials wasting money. >> bungo. >>ing money is bad. n

. >> it's like what happens in your fireplace, you know, the fire is going for a long time and it just starts to settle. and then all the logs just crush in on each other. >> same thing. >> in just a matter of seconds, this house is just left in rubble. >>> all right. it's time for a little security camera action at number eight. who does this? >> i don't have a green thumb, guys, but steal my neighbor's, i would not. which is exactly what this guy did in savannah, georgia. he walked right through his white pickett fence, up his steps on to his porch, looked around, and decided he wanted those urns. >> come on. >> he takes them and very casually walks away. >> what disturbed me, he felt comfortable. you know, he was not running. he is just, you know, coming straight in as if living here and taking my stuff. >> but then look at how he hangs them on his shoulder like they were a coat. >> what? i'm going to go to home depot, buy some for myself, i'm just going to take these. >>t's not abo ththe plants of people trespassing on your property. >> why would you do this in savannah, georgia? y

however, investigators say the children were awake before their mother and put newspapers in a gas fireplacehat was left burning. the mother, and the children, ages 2, 4, and 6 were treated for minor injuries. >>> airplane security workers were at check points and at the curbside this morning at san francisco international airport outside terminal 2. tsa workers walked an informational picket line to greet passengers and inform them about potential funding cuts which they say could reduce staffing. their concern is that the cut backs could make airports less safek and create longer lines at check points. >> we have to focus on our jobs. it has to be security, we can't take short cuts. >> again, the picket line was informational only, and did not affect security or flights at the airport. >>> the coast guard is going to sink a japanese ghost ship drifting near alaska. the trolla was swept away from last year's tsunami and quake. no one is onboard, and it doesn't have any lights, so it's considered a hazard to other ships and boats. a coast guard cutter plans to blast it and send it to the oce

it is known for its marble fireplaces and formal dining room and pool. >>> we want to expand our abilityse the facility and grounds allowed to be rented out for special events. >>> the mansion built in 1877 and on to the 13 governors and their families, including the reagans. state park officials hope that the nature of the property well, inspire thousands to use the ad that use the facility. >>> a comeback of the start >>> madison bumgarner eric did not win his first game until may 19th last year guess is tied for the lead league this season pablo sandoval started in new k street. this blast to the bleachers the lead 2-0 and honored pages seven and two-thirds innings. and get this strike out for his fourth save giants take to add a free from the padres and win tonight four-one. the oil strike for five runs. and that's what of home run da's drop 2 of 3 to the orioles. to the ice in overtime the flyers take a 1-0 lead in the series. l.a. clippers down by 27 points in the third quarter, 21 to start the fourth they come back and shock memphis 99-98. he does not like the reference call and b

the family room has gleaming wood floors, a fireplace, windows that look out on a big backyard. the master bedroom has a ceiling with a dramatic sky light that overlooks the living room below. not much privacy but great effect. the covered patio is completely unconventional but really puts you out in the greenery while you watch your neighbors run in from the rain. the wraparound built-in seating makes the living room a perfect place for hanging out and entertaining. $367,500. >> and now let's head to new mexico, the land of enchantment. a nice tuscan three bedroom, two bath home. >> and you might find out that the front yard in this one redefines the land of enchantment. it's not a graveyard out front, it's a backlit rock garden. i wonder what the neighbors think. you'd love to do some cooking to merit this kitchen inside, it's an open kitchen with an industrial size refrigerator, double oven with granite counters, and custom cabinets. the dining room has travertine floors, there are beautiful timber tresses high above the great room that extend way out to the outdoor living sp

you have a fireplace there, beautiful windows, a big master suite. a king size bed and a full bathroom. it looks just like 1903, actually it has the modern conveniences. this is what i love, look at the old windows. there is a party going on tonight, you can sit down and have a little wine or a cocktail and enjoy this new hotel, the first one to be built in the presidio. i will tell you, the turn-of- the-century before world war one if you're hanging out in a place like this you were doing pretty well. >> ,, [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam, who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces. [ female announcer ] fortunately, sam was born at sutter health's alta bates summit medical center. [ woman ] the staff was remarkable. they made me feel safe, trusting, cared for. [ giggles ] they saved his life. i owe all of them my son. [ female announcer ] alta bates summit medical center and sutter health -- our story is you. >> here is what we're working on for the 6:00 news. it could have been an expe

you mentioned in particular that grant and roosevelt administrations and lastly, the fireplace in fronthich lincoln sat is now here in gettysburg at the iza oois a. >> thank you. thank you. public property given to the white house. ing with, the eythat celebrated the 50th anniversary and mrs. kennedy began the renovation to make the house look like something, look historicalal and in so doing found an historical society that has gron on and has a tremendous educational program and a journal that you can sign up for any time you want to, the only subscription the association has. thank you for bringing that up. that's a very important, very select exhibit there. >> my question, since the white house is made out of sandstone, i don't understand how that could burn. >> well, very good question. i can tell you. what burned was the very thing that president the corps of engineers warned president truman of. the wooden atlant lath. there is acres of wooden lath and it is a tinderbox and that's what burned. the white house stone is only that thick, like a very near, like cathedrals and everyth

the gas logs there your fireplace -- in your fireplace, this is really a wakeup call that everything you burn creates carbon monoxide. and if you fail to vent it properly, the risk of death. >> this year's -- what we call is for gas meter. >> reporter: firefighters say they get a whole lot of calls for suspected carbon monoxide. >> squeeze a little bit of that gas into there. give it a second or two to get through. >> reporter: we asked fairfax county's hazmat support team to show us how they handle them. first is a check with the monitor to give them a read on deadly gases instantly. >> in ten parts per million that's the action level. >> reporter: the trouble with c. o. gas is that humans cannot detect it. even at fatal concentrations. >> the challenge with carbon monoxide is that you can't see it. you can't taste it. you can't smell it. >> this is what we call a rad 57-meter. >> reporter: medics have a couple of devices to check you for c. o. poisoning. >> so you just want me to put my finger right in here. >> reporter: one gives them a read on carbon monoxide in your blood. >> bl

there was a fire in the fireplace overnight but that has not been determined to be because officially. soldier who gave u.s. secrets to wikileaks is in a fort meade court for another pretrial hearing. bradley manning facing several charges including aiding the enemy of. is asking the judge today to dismiss all the charges claiming military prosecutors did not hand over documents that could help his defense if. faces life in prison if convicted. >> clear skies around the region, warm weather could be making a return as well. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> warmer outside today than yesterday. but still about 10 degrees below average for this time of year in spots. i want to start with a time lapse in the belfort furniture weather center from arlington. the camera at washington-lee high school. the clouds drift away in the morning and dissipate as they move out of the region. now we have patchy fog, fair weather clouds of. you can see the trees shaking around because of the gusty wind in excess of 20 miles an hour at times. we are 56 degrees in herndon, 55 in fairfax 52 in my

she has her own fireplace that she probably would have kept lit most of the time. and we do have some things that she might have had, little boxes for anything that she wanted to keep things in. there were a lot of slaves in the area who aspired to learn to read, especially after learning that the ashley place, almost all of them were literate. so tabby probably was one of the slaves who would have attended one of williams wallace andrews' prayer meetings. william wallace andrews was one of the ashley slaves, and he was a minister, and he would conduct prayer meetings at his hope. and during the course of those prayer meetings, he taught the attendees to actually read the words in the bible. i think tabby probably was one of those slaves who would have gone to one of those prayer meetings. i was very surprised by the autonomy the slaves were given, how they were not just permitted, but required to come and go without constant permission from the slave master. there were things that they were expected to take care of during the day and in the course of that, you wer

stretching over 1400 square feet, the mission is known for its marble fireplaces, believe medical andormal dining room. >>> where the ways you're raising the funds is used to lessen the facility and the grounds by allowing it to be used for special events. >>> governor brown and his wife cannot live there by the way. the state park representatives hope that the historic nature of the property will have peoples to spend thousands to host their debts. the conference state treasurer is preparing to run for the state office despite recent troubles involving his wife. the bay area news group says that he has wanted to the half million dollars available for run a state control in 2014. he plans to run and he recently resigned over personal issues. the pretrial against baseball star roger clemens is set to resume today in washington. the former pitcher is accused of lying to congress by saying he did not use steroids or human growth hormones. it could see the testimony began last tuesday before the trial began a five daybreak. >>> the empire state building listed as the tallest building. to

they went door to door in oxon hill today checking everything from gas stoves, fireplaces, pipes looking for any detection of a co leak. five people that died after the rusted furnace pipe separated allowed toxic gas to seep into the home. >> i really haven't sat with it enough. i can tell you as i told some other folks didn't sleep real well last night. i don't believe they had a chance. without that detector they didn't know what overtook them. >> 400 carbon monoxide alarms were donated for the prince george's county fire department to hand out to people without detectors. the chief is now proposing legislation that would require co detectors in all homes. >>> the investigation into the secret service prostitution scandal continues tonight. the senate panel is now questioning the homeland security secretary. fox's doug mckelway has details. >> the allegations are inexcusable and we take them very seriously. >> reporter: it's the first public hearing over the secret service prostitution scandal. homeland security secretary janet napolitano telling the senate judiciary committee presiden

they say it appears that children got up before their mother and put newspaper in a gas fireplace that to warm the house up. the children ages 2, 4, 6 and their mother were treated for smoke inhalation. authorities say the home had no working smoke detectors. >>> we're getting a new picture of charles man son out of his parole hearing next wednesday. the department of corrections today released these photos of the 77-year-old taken last june at the state prison. man son was convicted in a 1969 murder after sharon and six others, the parole board has denied his relief 11 times since then saying he's still cause of the danger to others. >>> san francisco jet filled out a lawsuit towards mcdonald's happy meal. the suit was brought for and in sacramento. it alleged mcdonald's violated consumer protection laws children into eating unhealthy food. the plaintiffs say they haven't decided yet whether to appeal. the california lottery says mega millions jackpot sent tickets to get sales skyrocketing. over all they sold $249 million worth of lottery tickets last week shattering the previous laun

portrait of sarah over the fireplace, less than a year she died. here she is as a new widow with 42 years ahead of her. i did mention the fact they are -- she was living in nashville in the 1860s during the civil war, that was a tricky situation for a native southerner living in the capitol city. on the other hand sarah's former first lady of the union, many ever her best friends in the federal government in washington, her brother-in-law, the president's youngest brother was a unionist here in tennessee. then of course sarah very protective and his biggest legacy was extending the union to the pacific ocean. sarah remained in neutral, entertained politicians from both sides. and she sympathize with one side or the other she was smart enough to keep to the herself. after her death friends of hers, ansen and fanny nelson wrote a biography based on her own reminiscences called memorials of sarah childress polk. they speculate sarah did feel an emotional and sentimental attachment to the south but a sense of duty to the union. but then again she was r

. >> i had my fireplace on three days ago, and now i need my air conditioner. >> it's good to have theeam together again. welcome back. >> and especially with this warm weather. >> i know. i'm so excited. welcome back. >> fun times. thank you. >> that's it for us. we'll be back for the news edge at 10:00 and news edge at 11:00. >> after nascar. >> bye. 

fireplace, close the dampers and seal off your shelter in place room by using duct tape and terms of the emergency alert system. listen to the radio. that's it. do not try to call the school, try to pick up your children because do you want to leave the area? no, you want to shelter in place. people own pets. do not risk your safety for pets. in summary, it is likely you are at an incident that may be involved with bnice, your safety is the most important. limit your time, get your distance away from that and some type of shielding and listen to the emergency alert system, your radio. . >> there's an acronym that we use to use an extinguisher. what's that acronym? we're going to take turns putting out this fire. you can see that it will make a pretty big mess but at least it put out the fire in your house or something like that. so when we want to shut off electricity is when we see an outlet or something smoking, when you smell that burning smell or if you are not really sure or if you do smell gas and it's safe to do so. if i am in the basement with this set up, this sort of ragedy

partition at a kitchen to dining, reconfiguring bedroom closets new furnace and water heater, new gas fireplace, new exterior stair to the new roof deck. we will start with the appellant. >> i am representing the appellant in this case. first off, we think the board for continuing this matter at the last minute. we were in negotiations to settle this matter globally with the permit holder but never got a response. here we are, one week later, again going to the merits of this appeal. for the board members who were not here in january, the board granted a jurisdiction request in the mid-january based on improper notice to our client. this permit was originally called back in march of 2011. the permit holder waited eight months to have the permit finally issued and it was at that point that our client failed to get notice of the act will permit. we came to the board and now we are here for the mayor to be appealed. i and the appellant is believed -- i believe and the appellant believe it is a simple issue before us. it is invalid. the permit holder has admitted this in a prior testimony because,

i particularly like this picture of the fireplace because that is a fire that they would have undoubtedly tended. this is an outbuilding on the farm. it no longer exists. this is general richard ewell. and he plays a major role in the history of robert cooke, another sailor aboard "the monitor." at the end of the war, he knew that gloucester county, virginia, was falling to the union and he ordered that the courthouse be burned. robert cooke of gloucester county's family would have undoubtedly been documented in court records with various slavery or freedom papers. but unfortunately, the courthouse burned and all those records were destroyed. the friedman's bureau records are being digitized, so it could be that more information will be found on the african-american soldiers -- i'm sorry, sailors of the "uss monitor" at some future point. but i find it very poignant and sad that the ewell family had such control over the family of daniel moore and the legacy of robert cooke. i did have a finding on william eagan found at the medical journal of the washington navy yard. nothing too terribl

and he says if i put a window next to the fireplace, it will give you a view of the temple you plan to build as well. he went on the assure him there will still be plenty of spaces for the bookshelves for all of your books. so we know that madison okayed the idea because the window is there. madison really used this area in the years after his presidency because he set for himself an amazing project, which is to create an archive of the united states constitutional convention. and as you look around, you see some of the work, some of the thought he put into that. he had taken very careful notes at the constitutional convention, and he went back over those notes. he expanded them and wrote them out carefully. he added annotation. in one or two cases, he also went to other delegates, wrote to other delegates or their families asking if they still had a copy of the speech that was given at the convention. by the end of his life, madison had put together a thorough record of the constitutional conversation. it filled almost a thousand pages. and for him, this was an important part of the l

chimney, yeah, fireplace. be aware of the fact that just because it's a wood building and the event caused some sort of compromise of the structure of the building and the building is still standing doesn't necessarily mean there's not a danger there. so what could you as nert's do to make that situation better or at least keep it the same so no one else gets hurt? keep it off, yeah. keep people away. perfect. take out some of that yellow tape that you have, that yellow caution tape, and string it around around keep people back. in this particular case, what could you do to make that situation better? turn off the gas. where would you turn the gas off at? at the street, okay. that's a good place to do it. but you always want to do it at the safest location. so if the street is the safest location, that's where you would do it at. this house here fell over. doesn't have something called a sheer wall. so it's just a platform or a platform or a balloon, nothing that keeps the wall from racking, they call it. so y

his job in those days was to get firewood to keep the fireplaces going and to get the senate -- protect the senate to provide door keepers. and quite frankly, the sergeant-at-arms does the same thing to do, in charge of security of the senate, door keepers of the senate work for him. he's in charge of getting supplies for the senate, of keeping the senate operating. the other serious officer of the senate who is elected is the secretary of the senate, for whom i work. the secretary of the senate has -- is in charge of all of the clerks who work at the front of the senate chamber, also for all of the historians and curators and librarians. so the sergeant-at-arms and secretary of the senate are really the administrative leaders of the senate. they are elected by the senators to sort of do the work necessary so that the senators can pay attention to the legislative matters up and not have to worry about the housekeeping matters. the sergeant-at-arms is also the protocol officer for the senate, and so when a visiting distinguished guest arrives, the sergeant-at-arms is out there greeting t

. >> we have suspended open burning in any of the open outdoor fireplaces and any recreational purposes. we also want people to keep matches, lighters, things of that nature out of the hands of children. >> officials are urging people to be very mindful about lighting cigarettes and not just tossed out the window. reporting live in anne arundel county, sheldon dutes come wbal- tv 11 news. >> a smoother commit this morning on the jfx. and also depends on what time you were driving. it appears many commuters chose to use alternate routes. one man in both directions north and southbound will be closed for at least six weeks because of emergency road work. >> much better than yesterday. >> no question. >> how you get to the hospital? it could make all the difference. . >> comparing helicopter buzzes ground transportation. >> a lousy d +./ by this year's crazy weather is partially to blame for the second lowest rate ever recorded. next three generations of this family are participating in a run this weekend to benefit the johns hopkins children's hospital. i have tal >> heavy rain and a hot