right now the warmest spot on the map is frederick with the temperature of 88.s 87 in martinsburg, only 82 in leesburg and manassas where the showers are moving through right now, a very thin line of the showers. basically it's along route 66. look at these dew points back up to the oppressive levels in manassas with the dew point of 70. once you reach that 70-degree level, that is where you consider it so oppressive for your body to cool off when you would have that. so we have system number one, that's the cold front. then system number two, it is what's called short waves that are going to continue to track mostly to the south of the metro area, but that will keep the chance for a few showers and storms in our forecast. as you're waking up to tomorrow morning, still dry, though on the muggy side, that's for sure. you can see the showers and pockets of thunder rotating towards us as we head through the afternoon. the targeted time for that between 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. for the most part. but heading into early tuesday morning, some showers that are still possible.

wayne frederick.e with president frederick about his goals for his beloved alma mater. >> welcome. good morning. good morning. >> this has to be one of the scariest experiences of your life. >> reporter: orientation day for incoming freshmen at howard university, including international students from 20 different countries brought back a flood of memories for dr. wayne a. i. frederick. >> i came here 26 years ago with a big dream. my dream was to become a physician. >> reporter: the 16-year-old freshman was new to howard and this native of trinidad was also living on his own in this country for the very first time. >> the thing that touched me the most was that there were no limitations on my possibilities. and that's how i always felt. i never felt there wassing in i could not -- something i could not do. >> reporter: he achieved his dream and dr. frederick sees as one of his primary responsibilities instilling that same level of confidence of limitless possibilities in today's students. the day you

done to a half mile in frederick. otherwise a nice day. 50s and 60s by lunch time. >>> a lane striping project gone bad. the lane stripes are all over the place in this area. of course it is passible, but causing some confusion. we have had calls about it and we are making phone calls. look at that. to tell them about it and make them aware. >>> dc police are asking for your help solving three sex assaults in the mount please app neighborhood. the latest happened around yesterday at 3:00 a.m. >>> a hispanic many in his mid- 20s, he was wearing a black short sleeved polo shirt and jeans. this happened in the alley of park road northwest. >>> two trash bags, containing body parts were found at the arden road apartments in the 8800 park of infield court. >> police believe that is the body of a man, but that is all they were releasing at this point. >> it was a small community, everybody close, everybody knows each other. it is worrisome. >> police say it does not appear anyone tried to hide those bags. as of now, they ar

than if you're driving toward frederick, maryland.ain chances for the week, climbing, climbing, climbing. i think wednesday and thursday are likely to be the busiest days for rain chances. here's your future weather forecast. by 3:00, mostly cloudy skies. by 5:00, there's a rain chance coming into southern maryland there. and could even have a sprinkler two in the metro area. 7:00, obviously that's first pitch for the nationals' game tonight. 8:00 is kickoff for the redskins. there could be a little light rain during either one or perhaps both of those games. but no washouts, no postponements or cancelations necessary. highs, mid to upper 18. pretty much all week -- 80s. pretty much all week long. rain chances highest on wednesday and thursday. hopefully rain will get out of here friday and into the weekend. barbara? >> thank you, chuck. >>> right now, police and community leaders are talking about the increase of domestic violence cases in prince george's county. this comes after a deadly series of events in ft. washington where poli

and make it ways into frederick, loudoun and fauquier.going to fizzle not being able to hold together as it tries to move into areas like montgomery and fairfax counties. you're dry until we get into the afternoon hours, potentially the late afternoon hours. here we are at 5:00 during the evening, notice how most of the area, the d.c. metro area through the northern neck and southern maryland, still dry, but that heavy rain impacting parts of loudoun, northern prince william and frederick counties, parts of montgomery and the district at 6:00 p.m. notice how southern maryland could potentially remain mainly dry for the evening, even into the overnight hours. but at 10:00, it's not dry in montgomery county. in fact, heavy rain potentially at that point by the brighter colors there on future weather. now as we get into our labor day holiday, maybe you're heading to the beach today, well, mainly dry at the beach today and a little breezy. an afternoon thunderstorm is possible there on monday. back at home tomorrow, chance of an isolated morn

locally the fog a bit of an issue up in frederick. shenandoah valley you go to luray we have quarter-mile visibility. we have to watch these hours for another hour, hour and a half. temps are muggy. low 60s in winchester and cumberland and hagerstown. 70 in washington. 68 at pax river and 72 in easton. going to the mid- to upper 80s. watch out for the afternoon thunderstorm threat. watch out for some traffic issues this morning. monika, those pictures from d.c. are unbelievable. >> pretty incredible. this car was completely totaled. it happened just before 4:00 this morning in northeast d.c., the 1400 block of florida avenue. so 14th and florida. you can see the entire intersection is shut down. it was this single vehicle involved. some have been tweet meeting to find out what kind of car it is. i believe a nissan 350 z. h and benning is closed down as well. i want to tell you the exact location. 1400 avenue northeast. h street is also shut down between 12th and 16th. i'm keep you posted on this one. >>> the second american known to h

we have reported a bit of patchy fog in frederick.aware of that, but no widespread fog like yesterday and most of the cloud cover is going to stay here to the south and west of the metro area. we're keeping our eyes on an area of low pressure bringing showers in the ohio river valley and that will head our way this weekend. high pressure is going to be large and in charge throughout the day today so we have no worries about that. i can't rule out a stray mountain shower, but your chancers low. but for the weekend the chances will be increasing. if you're south and west of d.c., you have the best shot of getting wet. notice the heavy amounts of accumulated rainfall in the central appellations. sunday i think we'll see a few peeks of sunshine coming in as well. so as we look at our seven-day forecast, things are looking awfully good to end our work week on this friday. high temperatures that will make it into the mid to upper 80's overall and we expect to see those temperatures begin to cool a bit into the weekend as we get some cloud c

your forecast highs 90 in frederick. 89 leesburg.r thanks to the bay and the water around pax river air station keeping them in the mid- 80s. i'll be back in a few minutes talking about futurecast, more storms for wednesday and good news for the second hatch of the workweek. now we'll k with monika samtani. things got started early. it's bun one of those terrible traffic tuesdays. >> it has been including this accident here on the westbound side of mid county highway just after shady grove road. we were just told there are no injuries involved in the crash. you can see police are on the scene there letting one lane get by until the tow truck arrives. i bet they'll have to close that lane. once that happens just to remove it out of roadway. again this is westbound mid county highway after shady grove road. no injuries in this crash live from our sky 9. 270 is in great shape southbound side as you travel from montrose road to the point where the lanes divide. that's going to be your heavier stretch. southbound on the bw parkway, by the

frederick, 63. cooler north and west. 86 the high at reagan national.current amateurs, already into the lower 60's. still 74 downtown. a bit of a breeze. where winds have gone column, we have their skies. the perfect setup for the temperatures to fall to read tomorrow morning will become durable with low starting in the 50's. high-pressure is the dominant weather feature. it. test it will shift to the east. hot and humid to further south and west you read the air mass will move in for the weekend. for tomorrow, i think partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the lower 80's. we will get some socked in with the clouds, especially through the morning hours. sunshine late in the day. he rule out a stray storm. dash can'tule out -- rule out a stray storm. humidity back for sunday and monday. about eight 30%-40% chance for isolated thunderstorms. looking pretty good. >> football weather out there tonight. >> tonight. not this weekend. college football kicks off tonight. the birds fly high and baltimore. in the young bloods to it up a notch for the redskins. t

he loses another day at frederick. a bat that will cost him services of one of his best divisions, but early by this time has become the confederate incarnate of hard war. he's the great extortionist of the civil war. he decides he's going to extort capital from all these northern cities and particularly by '64 maryland cities like hagerstown and middletown and frederick. he wastes a lot of time when the primary mission is to get to washington, change the scope of the war, capture the city, disperse the lincoln administration. but he's dialing around in frederick extracting 200 grand from them. okay. priorities. a second factor, on july 10th, the thermometer out here at georgetown university or up in maryland at a farm near sandy springs stood in the mid 90s. drought had been in the region for weeks on end. water was in short supply. and the marching columns went through six inch dust on even a concrete highway. probably took them just as long to get as it takes us to get up 270. just about as unpresident anlea. but al

the facility would be located about ten miles south of frederick. the frederick news post is reporting that hundreds of people attended that public hearing. it went on for more than seven hours last night. opponents of the firing range worry about the negative effect gunfire would have on the peacefulness of that area and the horses that live and train in a nearby stable. frederick county zoning board will ultimately decide whether or not to allow it. >>> the pilot that was killed in the crash earlier this week has been identified as corporal -- of the air national guard. the f-15 went down near the virginia-west virginia border soon after he reported a problem. after 30 hours of searching, his body was found at the crash site. there are indications he never managed to eject from that aircraft. he was a decorated combat veteran with 17 years experience on the f-15. he was flying the plane from massachusetts down to new orleans for routine maintenance when the plane went down. >>> the daughter of joan rivers is speaking out >> tomorrow at 6:34, it se

that is off towards frederick. tracking to the south, southeast, gaithersburg, montgomery county. we are still drying out. nothing heavy like we saw earlier in the day. maryland, over two inches of rainfall. the temperatures in the 60's in the suburbs, overnight the rain tapering. it will still be cloudy. sunshine returns and a dryer more pleasant pattern will emerge. keepe rain did not thousands of redskins fans from traveling to baltimore for the preseason game against the ravens, but the night ended in disappointment with the redskins losing 17-23. at m&t bank is live stadium with more on the fans and how they celebrated. rights go toagging ravens fans tonight. as i step out of the way, some of them are still lined up outside the stadium, hoping to get a glimpse of the winning squad. before the fourth quarter, bragging rights were truly up for grabs. pittedpoint, it neighbors can't even husbands and wives, against each other. baltimore, they refused to turn around. >> we almost turned around in the traffic jam. >> but they did not turn back, largely because of bragging rights.

wayne frederick was appointed to the top post last week. he had been serving at the interim president since octob. h dp eso scol he is origalrda and eold har at age 16adwi a bachel'sedege 22. dr. frederick is stepping in during this trial time for the university. the last president resigned amid allegations money was mishandled. >> mick sure that i connect with all the alum. that i am trying to spend the time on cam us and i really make sure there is a shared spirit of governance. >> dr. frederick says the university's future is personal to him. he calls the school a national treasure. it is. >>> it is now maryland versus virginia in a hugtlfoa vet ea a t jobs a meyhacos th the short storheewbi hequte iouin.cis noonhali. instd s a wahoe ten rifid, viin, d o otin prceeoe'coty eeilnsak alo look at the new battle going on. >> reporter: it is down to three possible sites for the new fbi headquarters relocation. prince george's county has two of them and virginia has one. >> this is like winning the primary. now we are suiting up to go on to win

police say that frederick miller shot his daughter's grandparents in fort washington. officers say at some point, miller stabbed and then shot his three-year-old daughter, who was in the car with him during the shootout on branch avenue. she died at the hospital. richard reeve is in for washington, where he spoke to neighbors who knew the victims. >> we are learning some information about miller. he was 38 years old. he lived in landover. that information that he killed his own daughter came from the medical examiner's office. tonight we have new information, including an eyewitness account. >> this cell phone video captured the gunfire. >> i've never seen anything like it before, nor do i want to see anything like it again. >> a witness who does not want to be identified describes the tense final moments. >> i saw about four or five police officers get out of their vehicles and open fire. >> that gunman, now identified as 38-year-old frederick miller, wasn't alone. his three-year-old daughter was also in the car. she was fatally shot and stabbed by miller. >> i shed a

frederick is down to 0 visibility, so is monassas.nton, virginia, down to about a quarter mile hagerstown down to martinsburg and cumberland. around the metro area and points south and east, not a lot of fog. afternoon highs today, neighborhoods with the hottest temperatures will be fredericksburg, culpepper, warrington and charlottesville. metro area, mid and upper 80s by mid afternoon. a look at the hour by hour changes through the day, that is coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. >>> it is 6:33 now. nearly 50 african leaders are here in the u.s. for the u.s. africa leaders summit. this is the first event of its kind. besides the delays, you might see a lot of motorcades today and this evening. during the day, there will be plenty of planned events from a forum on the future of energy in africa to a luncheon on public health. health is a major concern as ebola is tearing through western africa. one doctor who died has ties to our area. dr. khan's family lives in prince george's county. they held a prayer service for

a quarter mile from hagerstown down toward frederick. give yourself extra time.n all a nice day with highs well into the 80s. should be very few problems this afternoon. >>> on the american legion bridge here on the west side of town, we're in good shape. light volumes this morning between bethesda and tysons out in virginia, though, you want to watch out for the closure on linton hall road between rollins foarpd and sudley man -- ford and sudley manor drive. a vary serious hit-and-run accident -- a very serious hit- and-run accident. >>> a meeting between u.s. and africa leaders gets under way today. nikki burdine is live in downtown d.c. with details. how is it looking there, nikki? >> reporter: right now not looking too bad but rush hour hasn't really started yet. i can tell you we're standing at 14th and f in front of one of those many closures here. take a look. this is just one of several in the city. about ten actually. this is because of the african leaders summit. when you've got 51 leaders in one city at one time, that means a the love extra security. t

after a high today of 81 and heading to frederick -- fredericksburg. holy cross acadny -- academy, 66 degree there is and calm winds. we're getting a more easterly breeze. that's going to help bring in a little more moisture but i have to show you these high temperatures today. it's the end of august and yes, high temperatures in the upper 70's. we got to 8 degrees downtown. 83 in fredericksburg but it was another anomalous summer day. 63 in gaithersburg. 61 in frederick. those dropping into the upper 50's. the humidity still comfortable. farther to the southwest the humidity knocking on our door. dewpoints in spots like fredericksburg will be in the 60's. we'll see more of that humidity increasing overnight. a few clouds in central and southern virginia with this easterly wind flow. you may wake up to clouds tomorrow but through the afternoon more sunshine. then this warm front will lift north of us through the day on sunday, allowing taos tap into hotter and more humid conditions. tomorrow should be a dry day with afternoon sunshine, highs in the mid

he's identified as 38-year-old frederick roy miller.he also shot layla's maternal great grandmother and grandfather before the chase. they remained hospitalized in critical condition. >>> faith leaders in prince george's county -- and prince george's county officials gather dad to call for family unity and an end to domestic violence. the rally was led by the state's attorney general. a summit will focus on issues that can lead to family violence such as economics, infidelity, and mental health. >> the issue is not a law enforcement issue. this is a family and chiewnty issue. -- community issue. we will seek solutions that address the weaknesses of our families and address some of the pain that exists in our families, and we will do so in collaboration with our community. >> despite an almost 40% reduction in homicides over the last three years, domesticated related homicides have not declined. after experiencing nine last year, domestic related homicides currently stand at 13 this year in prince george's county. >>> if you've been outs

and up in frederick this morning. that's about it on the fog. temps on the chilly side with a reading of 535 in winchester. i think its -- of 55 in winchester. i think that's jacket worthy weather. mid-50s in prince wp. upper 50s in lou -- prince william. upper 50s in loudoun. the first day of school in prince george's county. again a sweat shirt and even a pair of shorts i think would be okay at the bus stop. this afternoon we are looking at sunshine. humidity levels in check. winds turn from the northeast to the east, southeast at 5 to 8. look at your highs ranging from the mid to a few upper 80s like the 88 here in washington. andrea and mike, back to you. >> thanks, howard. >>> here's what's in the news right now. president obama has authorized surveillance flights over syria. he's considering future actions against isis. the pentagon is reportedly sending manned and unmanned recondistance flights over the country -- recondistance flights over the country. the syrian government says the u.s. needs its permission before launching any air stri

frederick douglas. he couldn't be part of the movement because black folks are too child like. nothing has changed that. still the same. >> even frederick douglas, friend of some of the most prominent members of his day, cosignatory of th,. >> he couldn't belong. he couldn't belong. and the reason the whole thing is because of john brown. december 2nd, charleston, virginia, the tree they hanged him is still there. let's go hug the tree. they tried and sentenced him, and so on the second when they hang him, i go through that courthouse right where he walked up the street. turned left. walked three blocks. turned right, three and a half blocks, and there's the tree. what did he say? what i'm hanging for rich white folks i would be a hero. but last night i talked to god. god told me to tell you the negro slave is going to be free, but it will be the biggest bloodbath of the history of the planet. >> he was right about that. yet, we don't teach much about john brown whether teaching early history to white kids, black kids, brown kids, we don't talk as much about john brown as we do

>>> ten people were hurt and two dozen are now homeless after a fire at an apartment complex in frederick. it happened on parkway drive near waverly drive. frederick firefighters say several people were treated for smoke and burn injuries, among them two children. no word yet on their condition. one occupant said he doesn't know where he will sleep tonight. >> i'm looking for another place. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. this is the second fire in that apartment complex in less than a week. eight people had to be rescued last tuesday from a fire in a different building. >>> tracking weather with an hour-by-hour forecast. >> the heat is on today and tomorrow. we've got a lot of sunshine. that's good and bad. there's a few clouds you can see on our satellite imagery showing up in northeast maryland and eastern pennsylvania, but in the walk metro, the heavy showers from last night which dropped anywhere from half an inch to as much as three inches in smithsburg from our guy bill up there. that's long gone. with the sun temperatures already in the low 80s. we're on our

it says frederick junction, but it's known as the monacacy junction then. the old train station was right behind us over here. and, in fact, these are the tracks that the troops came down from baltimore. anyway, after their vermonters finally couldn't take it anymore, they fled down the tracks, around the bentd, and the old railroad bridge over there, the ones they had to flee for their lives over while they were being shot at by the confederates. what you see in the back behind me, which has been restored by the national park service to the way it looked the day of the battle in 1864, this was the portion of the battle of monacacy, and what you're hearing is interstate 270 in the background, but what was here then was cornfields and wheatfields and they were crisscrossed by farm fences. it was not an ideal place to have a battle, especially if you were attacking, which the southerners were. so behind me, general john mccausland from louisiana, they were part of john brown gordon's brigade, they came right behind me and they got off their horses because i g

is not part of the forts there but nobody can go up to fort stanton and not drop by and see the frederick douglas national historic site. he was to important, former slave, abolitionists, speaker, statesman. the house is fabulous.

hit an officer with the car and the officer shot them on west patrick street at mccain drive in frederick, maryland. police have not released the person's name but say it started when the officer went to investigate a suspicious situation. >> 10:01 now. time to check in on storm team 4. chuck, you say some of us could get rain today. >> speaking as someone who's been rained on once i can tell you the rain chances are real out there today. it's only about a 30% but nonetheless, 30% of a rain drop is enough to get you wet on occasion. rain chances are there, but rain washout chances are not terribly high. looking southbound the potomac river, reagan national airport, national cathedral, washington monument under a full deck of cloud cover this morning. a few slivers of sunshine but not many. just enough to get temperatures warm warmed up. mid to upper 70s around the area. 77 at national airport. you can see a smattering of light showers across the southern side of the metro moving into southern maryland. more rain across northern parts of maryland and southern pennsylvania. so there are hit

sources potentially approaching leesburg and frederick coming out of the shenandoah valley. this stuff will be moving toward d.c. 2:00, 3:00 in the amp. this is why we've' in the afternoon. this is why we have the yellow alert. it will slide south and east of us and be out of here overnight. so we'll be in much better shape beyond that as i show you the weather headlines for today, really hot stuff. slim shower chance, less than 20%. don't think you'll see one of those. i would be very surprised if you get one. the front approaches in the afternoon with the scattered thunderstorms we were just looking at and the second half of the week certainly starting by thursday. you'll love it. it will be cooler and less humid. i'll be back with the rest of

frederick douglass and his 1855 autobiography complaint about abolitionist. i will tell you how. frederick douglass complained that william lloyd garrison thought it weakened their cause they only wanted them junior raked wrong been named douglas of those speaking for slavery i was now reading and thinking. however he did not have the plantation and manner of speech from the anti-slavery society who won't come from douglas that you would not believe he was a slave. the abolitionist then went on to state "give us the facts. we will take care of the rest. [laughter] the problem is still with us it is important to understand the context with is not the story about a shootout or cowboys soared gunfighters but it is the movement story a freedom movement to why they chose to take the actions they took. and guns were important. so i choose to do this story party because my somewhat cynical reporter and i know if i put guns in the title to linkage to civil-rights you will think what is this guy writing about? part of it i do think because they do think to ask about this title of the book

frederick county now at 71 degrees. downtown dcpet in 78 after a high of 82. our final stop takes us to fredericksburg, looking at a quarter of an inch. it is 71 in dulles. 66.inchesters, hard to believe we are talking the middle of august. a cold front to the west. going to give us a better chance for stronger thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic. rain down to culpeper. this moves off towards the north and east. heavier rains for the day tomorrow. radar showing shower activity to the west of us. this is going to be the trigger mechanism for the showers. .eavier rains tomorrow an 2.5 inches for frederick. this takes us around 3.5 inches of rain. once this cold front clears high pressure will build and wind will change direction. we have to get through the next 24 hours. will need a number of tomorrow. heavier rain and thunderstorms later in the day. upper 70's to lower 80's. beautiful come thursday, friday, saturday. the lower 80's. we will warm up by early next week. adding to the humidity level highs in the upper 80's. >> and now the toyota sports desk, bro

to frederick, laoudoun and fauquier counties.jumping ahead to 3:00 to show you this afternoon, notice some heavy rain around winchester, hagerstown and frederick. 5:00 continuing to track showers and thunderstorms as they advance east. 6:00, tracking rain inside of washington, alexandria and arlington. midnight and overnight hours, still scattered showers potentially a few isolated thunderstorms. your planner for tomorrow, on labor day, early morning showers, 7:00 a.m., after that threat goes away. 76 degrees. another mild and humid morning for tomorrow. as we get into the afternoon and evening hours a thunderstorm is possible but again that threat noticeably lower. look at the high still at 91 degrees. so we'll be talking about our fourth heat wave of the year that begins today. potentially lasts through friday. beach forecast today and tomorrow beezy at the beach today and tomorrow. best chance of an isolated thunderstorm will be tomorrow afternoon with highs at the beach in the low to mid 80s. now tuesday, a high of 95. it's g

if you've seen him in the last 24 hours, please contact frederick police. >>> the man you see here is behind bars accused of trying to scam an elderly woman in howard county. the victim says jamie fisher and another man showed up at her home in may, started spraying something on her front lawn. she questioned them and was told her husband signed a contract for his services in 2010 but he couldn't produce it. the suspect said he was there to continue service and that the woman could buy her way out of the contract for six grand. she gave him a check for part of that money. he returned june 18th for the rest. police believe he may be linked to other cases in the area. >>> tonight a loudoun county teenager is behind bars as well on seven counts of child porn possession. the northern virginia child porn task force arrested 19- year-old connor flores this morning. this is not the first time cops have been to his home. last year the homeowner shot 16- year-old caleb gordley. that teenager was drunk and wandered into the wrong house. he was not charged. >>> a 17-year-old from manassas is pay

still dealing with the accident up in frederick, maryland. thurmont southbound 15, at franklinville, a motorcycle. southbound lanes and one authority bou nondeblo. back to you. >>> it's 6:53. a traffic alert for you northern virginia. expect delays on georgetown pike from the beltway to springvale road. there is repaving work. most happens in the overnight between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.. vdot urges you to find ap n alternate. >>> starting wednesday, you can sign your kids up for virtual high school. according to the "washington post," this summer a record 955 students signed up for that class. they even offer some required classes on there. the program happens all year long. >>> sentencing is today for a man convicted in what attorneys call a savage beating of a man. it was caught on camera inside a public parking garage in bethesda. video shows that he repeatedly stomped on a rockville man's head last year in april. the victim survived, but his eye sockets were crushed. he could face up to 30 years in prison for attempted murder. >>> this m

for the most part it's in the 80s, 82 in frederick. for the majority of the evening hours, after the sun goes down, just after 8:00 we'll be noticing temperatures in the 70s. and tomorrow morning you'll be starting off your day with temperatures in the low 70s. so a mild start, a nice monday morning. in fact, tomorrow, all in all, pretty nice for a day in august. it will be humid, but it's not goo be, extremelyhot. our high tomorrow, 87, we'll hit that at about 3:00 in the afternoon. maybe an isolated shower, should that stop you from taking the kids to the pool? absolutely not. here we are he midday hours where we're seeing plenty of sunshine, again, only about a 20% chance of seeing any showery activity. there's the battle of the beltways tomorrow afternoon as the orioles return to play the nationals. first pitch just after 7:00. and it will be a great night for baseball. temperatures in the low 80s at the first pitch. by the last out we'll be in the mid to upper 70s. now tuesday, maybe an afternoon shower or thunderstorm around, hot

it says frederick junction, but it's known as the monacacy junction then. the old train station was right behind us over here. and, in fact, these are the tracks that the troops came down from baltimore. anyway, after their vermonters finally couldn't take it anymore, they fled down the tracks, around the bentd, and the old railroad bridge over there, the ones they had to flee for their lives over while they were being shot at by the confederates. what you see in the back behind me, which has been restored by the national park service to the way it looked the day of the battle in 1864, this was the portion of the battle of monacacy, and what you're hearing is interstate 270 in the background, but what was here then was cornfields and wheatfields and they were crisscrossed by farm fences. it was not an ideal place to have a battle, especially if you were attacking, which the southerners were. so behind me, general john mccausland from louisiana, they were part of john brown gordon's brigade, they came right behind me and they got off their horses because i g

he loses another day at frederick. monacassy, yes, a battle that cost him the services of one of his best visions, but jubel early has become the confederate incarnate, not just a confederate in the attic, but confederate incarnate of the war. he's the great extorsionist of the civil war. he decides he's going to extort capital from all these northern cities and particularly by '64, american cities like hagerstown, frederick, and he wastes a lot of time when his primary mission is to get to washington, change the scope of the war, capture the city, disperse the lincoln administrati administration. he'se yi ballying around in frederick. on july 10th the thermometer here at georgetown university or up in maryland at a farm near sandy springs stood in the mid 90s. drought had been in the region for weeks on end. water was in short supply and the marching columns went through six inch dust on even a macadamized highway but not like what we had on i-270. probably took them as long to get through the dust as we do going up 2

. >> reporter: frederick ekland.ou may recognize him from bravo's "million-dollar listing: new york." and his producer had one of the top brokerage teams in the country. their ten-person group has done $400 million in sales so far this year. >> you're entertaining in the great room, you can have staffers coming in and working in the kitchen. >> reporter: you're not doing the cooking yourself. >> exactly. >> reporter: the apartment they hope to sell is in the upscale time warner center, next to central park. the price tag, around $35 million. >> walk-in closets are very important. >> reporter: this is my favorite. >> this was designed by a woman. verify theot of uyrktoyls.tohe aif apessy,es$1 >> t ar on ep.ayusng furniture and a stacked wine cellar. although, not the art. >> somebody buying this house would be like leo dicaprio. i see leo dicaprio buying this house. >> reporter: dicaprio has not come in for a tour. although he has been recently house-hunting in new york city. frederick said that dicaprio visited one o

frederick roy miller also shot the great grandmother and grandfather. now the prince george's county community is left in shock and in mourning. >> i can't even attempt, even imagine the devastation of the parents and. the family members. >> the maternal grandfather and great grandmother were both taken to the hospital where they are in critical condition. >>> in national news this morning, texas governor rick perry spoke publicly this weekend just days after he was indicted for alleged abuse of power. perry said the indictment itself is an abuse of power. the governor is accused of with holding millions of dollars from the office of the democratic district attorney. governor perry claims he vetoed the funding because it was an improper use of state money. he said he would do it again. >>> federal health officials are closely monitoring a mosquito borne virus called chikungunya. >> a new vaccine to prevent the spread of the virus is showing promise. dr. anthony fauci of the national institute of allergy and inning feck shus diseases say they're -- infec

. >> reporter: frederick ekland. may recognize him from bravo's "million-dollar listing: new york." and his producer had one of the top brokerage teams in the country. their ten-person group has done $400 million in sales so far this year. >> you're entertaining in the great room, you can have staffers coming in and working in the kitchen. >> reporter: you're not doing the cooking yourself. >> exactly. >> reporter: the apartment they hope to sell is in the upscale time warner center, next to central park. the price tag, around $35 million. >> walk-in closets are very important. >> reporter: this is my favorite. >> this was designed by a woman. >> reporter: it's like a bowling alley. >> it reminds me of that one in "sex and the city." it really is tough. i would want to verify the tub with my view. with bubbles. >> and note the positioning of the tub looking at central park. >> reporter: wow. is this your rub-a-bub tub? they are filling the place with furniture. it's all about creating the right atmosphere. the buyers

a few showers towards frederick. here's 2 deal, the showers are very few and far between so the bigger picture, line of showers coming through the mountains but it's fizzling out as well. temperatures, very muggy. 7 downtown. in the 70's in gurg. overnight temperatures in the 60's. we're talking about showers chances coming up with the full forecast. >> thank you. police are looking for a cab driver accused of trying to sexually assault a female passenger in front of thompkins hall at g.w. university. the woman got out of the cab and alerted university police. d.c. police say they have a vague description of the cab driver. no arrests in the shooting of a man in northeast this afternoon. police say he was shot in the back on 53rd street. he was conscious and breathing at the scene. no word on what led up to that shooting. new developments in gaza to tell you about. israel defense forces say a missing soldier is dead. it's not clear whether he was first captured by hamas or died with two other soldiers in an ambush. t

on frederick, maryland, they have occupied it on the 8th day of july. a union army has been assembled there on the banks of the river and on the 9th day of july at the battle, who would write the most popular novel written in the 19th century by american author ben purr. when evacuates and leaves the battlefield he falls back on baltimore leaving washington uncovered. many of the thousands of men who had been manning the washington forts, the '87 forts and batteries had been called to fill the vacant ranks as we talked about in those wonderful songs we were led in as they are father abraham's call. and they are going to become instant infantrymen. many of them we have just heard from our lecturer, many by the black men and -- of what becomes originally fort massachusetts but is now fort stevens. so the day or the 10th day of july is an unseasonably hot day. the men are wearing more uniforms and i'm an honorary member of company b of the mts regimen. the proudest things i have is attending some of their rallies. i'm glad to see they are here in full stre

this was near where police sale frederick roy miller started his -- say frederick roy miller started his domestic violence weekend rampage. we heard all about that in the stories ahead of you. it's just awful. >> it really is. it's a sad story scott broom just reported, just one of so many stories. you may hear about miller and think it's an isolated incident. how could anyone, much less a public official -- what could anyone, much less a public official have done, to help someone in so much pain that he killed his baby? leaders say including angela alsobrooks and pastors and reverends say it is incumbent on you and me to act and that could save a life. call 211. operators can get you the help you need confidentially. if you're in imminent danger, call 911 immediately. many churches also have counseling and you don't need to be religious or even a member. another thing. get the word out they say. take part in the maryland crime victims fun run october 18th and also alsobrooks said the county will hold a family unity summit in december helping with lots of issues including mental heal

there's early men coming in from frederick. at this very moment, he rides down the seventh street road. walter reid is set on the only battlefield in which would he peers through the binoculars and he senses the moment of opportunity to change the course of the war, my career, american history and the future of the confederacy who beckons right then and there. and he turns to bring up his army and there's no army that he can bring up because of the heat and the dust and they're straggling all the way to get back up, almost to the monokasie. would we have press ds that issue? would we have pushed the momentum through those thinly-heads lines at the time? he hated the yankees by this stage. he couldn't push forward. what does he do? next best. what most of us have done. he retires back to the silver mansion of preston blare and the rum sell lar and he calls command confidence to weight developments. the next day, a man who dunts lose initiative, not that he's necessarily my hero, but abraham lincoln. he comes out to ft. stevens t

it says frederick junction, but it's known as the monacacy junction then. the old train station was right behind us over here. and, in fact, these are the tracks that the troops came down from baltimore. anyway, after their vermonters finally couldn't take it anymore, they fled down the tracks, around the bentd, and the old railroad bridge over there, the ones they had to flee for their lives over while they were being shot at by the confederates. what you see in the back behind me, which has been restored by the national park service to the way it looked the day of the battle in 1864, this was the portion of the battle of monacacy, and what you're hearing is interstate 270 in the background, but what was here then was cornfields and wheatfields and they were crisscrossed by farm fences. it was not an ideal place to have a battle, especially if you were attacking, which the southerners were. so behind me, general john mccausland from louisiana, they were part of john brown gordon's brigade, they came right behind me and they got off their horses because i g

area temperatures have not moved much the past couple hours. 81 in fredericksburg, 81 in frederick. 82t reagan national. it will drop to the 70's tonight. the heat and humidity is displaced well to the south and southwest of our area and the heat is building into central and southern plains. a lot of warm air here. what we're seeing down the road, another week to ten days is another push of very chilly temperatures for august that will overspread a good portion of the country. in the meantime we're stuck with the effects of a stationary front. trace it from the mid south, to the carolinas, and arches all the way up into eastern canada. the problem with these kinds of fronts this time of year with the sun still so warm, it kind of migrates back and forth. that combined with a little low pressure along the front, that will control the weather all week. trying to pinpoint the details of when it will be sunny, and cloudy, and who will get the showers. you might as well flip a coin. you will have the same success rate. we know most of the activities to the south and southeast, lower souther

on frederick, maryland, they have occupied it on the 8th day of july., leaving washington uncovered. thousands of men who have been manning the washington forts. the 87 for thes and batteries, o have been called to fill the act vacant ranks as we talked about in those wonderful songs we led as they are answering father abraham's call. they are going to7f become instm infantry men in place in the forts. that have been constructed, many of them we just heard. people's land had been taken over for the construction of ft. massachusetts but is now ft. stevens. so the 10th day of july is an . unseasonably hot day. more the men are wearing new uniforms and i'm an honorary member of company b of the massachusetts regiment there. one of the proudest things i have is attending some of theiri rallies, i'm glad to see they'rt here in full strength. the forts, one of them being thb firstei massachusetts heavy artillery. whichme comes a trivial pursuit question. the type ostfio question you do. like. what union regiment lost more men in one -- in 15 minutes notice ci

no rain inside the capital beltway just yet but northernmost montgomery county, frederick, maryland, hagerstown seeing light rain. these raindrops as you can see are traveling off to the east at 20 to 25 miles per hour. no severe weather out there just yet. in fact not even any thunderstorms just yet. a little more daytime heating, though, we may bubble up a couple of thunderstorms coming our way later this afternoon. rain chances will continue to increase over the coming hours. temperatures now are in the mid to upper 70s, even low 80s in washington and fredericksburg, so it's going to be a nice, warm, humid afternoon which will lead to a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. thankfully a limited severe weather threat and another humidity break coming. all that plus some active tropics. hawaii might be in the line of some tropical weather. we'll talk about that too. see you, barbara. >>> the city of falls church is remembering an army major general killed in afghanistan. 55-year-old harold greene served in the army for 34 years. he's the highest-ranking officer killed overseas since t

police chief mark magaw revealed compelling evidence, details despite the gunbattle between suspect frederick roy miller with his little girl in the car it was, in fact, gunshots and a slashing by miller on his daughter that caused her death. posted to facebook by miller's sister a selfie the sister claims is miller and his daughter in the minutes before a car chase and shootout with police that ended in tragedy on branch avenue saturday afternoon. this. >> this man sh two family members and then killed his 3- year-old daughter. >> reporter: today prince george's county police chief mark magaw said despite all the police gunfire evidence proves that layla was first stabbed by her father a folding knife recovered from his car, then shot with a 38 special pistol in the head at point blank range. it was a close close contact wound gunshot. 3 to 6 inches from the gun was 3 to 6 inches away from layla when it went off. there were no officers anywhere. the medical examiner with these findings there no one else who could have killed this baby girl. >>> police have confirmed the victim is shawntell l

trying to approach the region including montgomery county, just north of the district and toward frederick. light rain in hagerstown. the wider view -- you can see the showers just south of the easterly motion. 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 report

let's go live to gaza and bring in frederick pleitgen. years to rebuild, but they haven't started because the hostilities are still in full force. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. those 20 years would be under perfect circumstances. gaza is far away from that at this point. it's hard to get building material in here. the conflict is still going on. it seems to me, this morning it is escalating again. overnight, very little activity. only two rockets were fired overnight. this morning, it's different. total, they say, since the cease-fire broke down, 243 rockets fired toward israeli military. one severely wounding one person today. the israeli defense forces are taking two-pronged approach at this point, trying to suppress the rockets going toward israel and going after top hamas leaders. they went after the head of a brigade. they killed his wife and son. this morning, they had three top hamas operatives lick wquidated an attack. rocket fire is going out. a prime target is, of course, the international airline in tel-aviv. hamas fired a large