and this thing came out of fort monroe, virginia. a bunch of civilians came up with the idea that the public needed something to stir up the morale of the people. pearl harbor had happened, where they lost 3,500 people, 2,500 dead. thousands of them seriously wounded. wake island, 1,637 people surrendered to the japs there. and then came about 60,000 of our troops, filipinos and americans, captured. 60,000. 10,000 of ours. and the american public was in a funk, a deep funk. so something had to be done. and the people at fort monroe, that was general headquarters of the united states army. there's no such thing as defense department. and there was no pentagon. the pentagon was being built or almost finished, but not occupied. fort monroe was the general headquarters of the united states army. the civilians came up with this idea of a super regiment. finally, came into being, the 506 parachute infantry regiment, made up of civilians, people out of civilian life, not army people, put into the army after we brought them back from the civ

and we waited around and i waited around and this thing came out of fort monroe, virginia. a bunch of civilians came up with the idea that the public needed something to stir up the morale of the people pearl harbor had happened where they lost 3500 people, 2500 dead and thousands of them seriously wounded. wake island 1637 people surrendered to the japs there and then came about brigador with 60,000 of our troops captured. 60,000. 10,000 of ours. and the american public was in a funk. a deep funk. so something had to be done. and the people at fort monroe, that was the general had quarters of the united states army. there was no pentagon, it was being built of finished but not occu occupied. the civilians came up with the idea of the super regimen finally came into being and made up of civilians out of life not army people, put into the army after we brought them back from the civilian life and had to be physically perfect and in the mental capacity of 110 iq which meant that they had to have enough iq to go to officer's candidate school if they fell out. the army was brou

you think about fort monroe. many of you in the historic preservation community talked about fort monroe. it was the place where the first african american baby was born in north america. it is where the first african-american was brought to these shores as a slave. but then it also became a place during the civil war that was known as freedom fortress. that is where the slaves were escaping and seeking refuge. it was there where lincoln crystallized his thinking about the emancipation proclamation. and so yes, i am proud the president barack obama said we were going to use the antiquities act to create the 397th national park at fort monroe. that is a great accomplishment. i'm very proud of it. it is interesting when we talk about these issues. a group like this, several hundred people in the world room. i asked the democrats that were there, tea parties, republicans, lots of people who were in the room, how many of you support the president using the antiquities act to move forward with the creation of the 397t

great outdoors initiative to support conservation projects happening in all 50 states including fort monroe virginia which just became america's 396th national park. [applause] right now, we're restoring the river of grass in the everglades, providing clean water to millions of residents. creating thousands of jobs, construction jobs, in southern florida. we need to keep moving forward on projects like these. i know we have ranchers and farmers and landowners here today who represent places like the crown in montana and the dakota grass lands and everywhere in between. we need to keep working to protect these criminal landscapes all of you know soo so well. the bottom line is this, there will always be neme this country who say we have to chose between clean air and clean water and a growing economy, between doing right by our environment and putting people back to work. i'm here to tell you, that is a false choice. that is a false choice. [applause] with smart, sustainable policies, we can grow our economy today and protect our environment for ourselves and our children. we know it's possi

great outdoors initiative to support conservation projects happening in all 50 states including fort monroerginia which just became america's 396 the national park. [applause] right now we are restoring the river of grass in the everglades, providing clean water to millions of residents. [applause] creating thousands of jobs, construction jobs in southern florida. we need to keep moving forward on projects like these that i know we have got ranchers and farmers and landowners here today who represent places like the dakota grasslands and everywhere in between. we need to keep working to protect these incredible landscapes that all of you know so well. the bottom line is this. there will always be people in this country who say we have got to choose between clean air and clean water and it growing economy, between doing right by our environment and putting people back to work. i'm here to tell you that is a false choice. [applause] that is a false choice. [applause] with smart sustainable policies we can grow our economy today and protect our environment for ourselves and our children. we kn

america's great outdoors initiative to support conservation projects in all 50 states, including fort monroewhich just became america's 396th national park. [applause] right now, we are restoring the river in the everglades, providing clean water to millions of residents. [applause] we're creating thousands of jobs, construction jobs in southern florida. we need to keep moving forward on projects like these. i know we have ranchers and farmers and landowners here today who represent places like montana, the dakota grasslands, and everywhere in between. we need to keep working to protect these incredible landscapes all of you know so well. the bottom line is this. there will always be people in this country who say we have to choose between clean air and water and a growing economy, between doing right by our economy and putting people back to work. i am here to tell you that is a false choice. [applause] with smart policies, we can grow our economy and protect our environment for ourselves and our children. we know it is possible. we know it because of what is happening in communities like y

fort mchenry tunnel. and other accidents include washington boulevard at south monroe. and park heights avenue at glen avenue. let's now take a live look. you can see, things are very heavy there on the beltway, west of york road. and you can see, they're just a bit on the baltimore national bike. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. stop in and get two medium, one- topping pizzas, only $6.99 each. back to you. >>> started out to be a beautiful day. and boom, clouds came in. rain. take a look at radar. we have showers in the region. the heaviest, just south and east of baltimore. and south of the d.c. area. they're moving quickly off to the east and northeast. it won't rain too hard, too long. but we'll have a wet night. maybe thunder as [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant those five food groups sound a whole lot

you think about fort monroe. many of you in the historic preservation community talked about fort monroe. it was the place where the first african american baby was born in north america. it is where the first african-american was brought to these shores as a slave. but then it also became a place during the civil war that was known as freedom fortress. that is where the slaves were escaping and seeking refuge. it was there where lincoln crystallized his thinking about the emancipation proclamation. and so yes, i am proud the president barack obama said we were going to use the antiquities act to create the 397th national park at fort monroe. that is a great accomplishment. i'm very proud of it. it is interesting when we talk about these issues. a group like this, several hundred people in the world room. i asked the democrats that were there, tea parties, republicans, lots of people who were in the room, how many of you support the president using the antiquities act to move forward with the creation of the 397t