today versus fredericksburg the city making 62, house a different? >> the world has changed so much. the city has grown up. at the same time, the anything about fredericksburg is that it still retains that vital essence of what made it a great city in 1862. even as people go through the downtown, they see modern landscapes and historic landscapes. they see modern architecture next to historic architecture. it has a beautiful symmetry to it. it is not that one replaces the other, but what enhances the other. the city is growing and doing great. >> you can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website c-span.org/history. >> the c-span radio app makes it used to do continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it is free to download from the apple app store or google play. get audio coverage and up-to-the-minute schedule information or c-span radio and c-span television and podcast popularr potluck or -- public affairs programs. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. next, early members of the natio

today versus fredericksburg the city in 1862, how different is it? the world has changed so much in a century and a the city has half. grown up. it still retains the vital essence of what made it a great city in 1862. it is still the term today. even as people go through the downtown, they see modern landscapes and historic landscapes. they see modern architecture next to historic architecture. it has a beautiful symmetry to it. it is not that one replaces the other, but enhances the other. one the city is growing and doing great. >> >> you can watch this and other american artifacts by visiting our website c-span.org/history. next, early members of the national organization for women celebrate the 50th anniversary. aey discussed the need for network of feminist activities in the 1960's and 1970's. and they remember leaders of the movement, including founder n.tty frieda this was part of a larger conference held in washington, d.c. this is about 90 minutes.

fredericksburg. but as the sunsets the temperatures settle down. combination of the increased temperature and the humidity levels that make it feel like 99 in the city. 103 in fredericksburg. toasty weather for the remainder of the evening. tonight, the first pitch, rockies in town. start a series with the nationals. first pitch is 7:5. about 91 degrees. i will be muggy with the light winds. same weather conditions at fedex as well for the preseason game as well. now as far as wake-up temperatures it's going to be muggy. temperatures will be in the mid-70's in the city. we will fine sunshine. a subtle change in wind direction. not from the south or the southwest. more gentle and northeasterly wind. down too much. we are calling for highs near 90. later in the day on sunday we will see the possibility of a little shift in the wind. maybe more humid by sunday evening here. but not a terrible weekend at all. the nationals at home this weekend with the two day games. 1:05 first pitch. 90 degrees throughout the period. the next seven days we have 91 and 90. as far as next week, it's hot and humid monday, tuesday, wednesday. low 7890s. the storm chances t

any little chance for a shower will be south of the city down toward fredericksburg and charlottesvillewe're keeping an eye on the tropics here. not showing signs of organization but it's moving into an area that will be favorable if it takes a name, it will be named hermine. here's your ten-day forecast. all 90s all the time, all the way through the coming week. next best chance for rain is in the wednesday, thursday, time frame. it looks like labor day week will be a touch cooler than that one. good morning. >> at a couple of things happening right now now. beltway looking quite good. inner loop a little bit slow as you are coming upon 66 here this morning. bay bridge looking beautiful. we had an earlier crash eastbound 50 that is how out of the way. chopper 4 was over the american legion bridge a little bit earlier. right now, they are going to a different location. 95 southbound at 639 ladysmith, one lane getting by that crash for the next couple of hours. no problems in prince george's county. >> parents in prince george's county are pointing fingers. meagan fits jarrell has more.

that's why he decided to build a house here on the outskirts of fredericksburg because this was the big city at that time. a lot of people were passing through, he could get a lot of company, hear a lot of news. he and his young wife could get their entertainment that way. so he starts construction here in 1768, moves in around 1771 and immediately puts his name up for election in the house of burgess. the lower house of the assembly at the time. those were momentous times because that was the years immediately leading up to the american revolution. so you had in that body of people like thomas jefferson, patrick henry, richard henry lee, george washington. so fitzhugh was sitting amongst those people as one of their equals, as they are discussing some of the very momentous issues of taxation and what the relationship should be to the mother country. and fitzhugh basically fits in with the revolutionary movement quite perfectly. he is a great supporter of virginia's rights. and when virginia breaks away from the mother country, fitzhugh was involved and supports that as well. in fact, he's a

the city. >> 95 north, fredericksburg. northbound near 3. delays both way.between shady grove and twin brooke. 270 south, on time. taking a look at 66 and 95, no problems either. i'll see you back here in a couple of minutes with a live look at 66. ♪ ♪ >>> all right. it's 5:42. it's back to school for thousands of kids and any parent will tell you it takes a lot of time, effort, money, a little wellness check to get your kids back to the classroom. this is tough on the parents too in a lot of ways. >> it's not cheap. >> a study called the huntington backpack index says the price of classroom surprise is down this year but you'll be paying more for activity fees. expect to spend elementary school-age child. $957 for middle school, and almost $1,500 for your high schooler. that's a nearly 7% increase since just last year. >> 88% increase from 2007. within a span of almost 10 years, it's almost 100% increase. >> urine forms -- uniforms. >> supplies, books. >> that only gets worse. >>> new controversy in decision 2016. how donald trump and hillary clinton are re

the city, down to 74. pretty much all suburbs in the 60s. martinsburg 63. frederick 63. fredericksburgs 71 this morning and leonardtown 72. it's a pretty nice morning out there. in some spots you can feel the relative humidity fairly low this morning and temperatures dropping off to the lower 60s. hey we'll be in the 50s before long, 50s. couple mornings out here coming up will be in the 50s. i'll have more details on that and this is the last day in the 90s for a while. more details on that as well. right now that's the forecast. let's get to traffic with erin como. already a busy morning for erin. >>> that's right, gary, lots going on already. 5:07 behind me traffic is parked being divert todd branch avenue from sutland parkway. this is perspective from anjali hemphill's crewam ramp to sutland parkway shut down east and west branch to alabama avenue because of serious crash investigation. the person was hit by a car. because this is already causing a backup and folks are forced to divert to branch and alabam alabama, 5:08 i'm not seeing good things until they reon sutland. leave earl

this right with the places north and west only in o the low 80s, that's going to be great.eat 84 for manassas.s fredericksburg about 84. here in the city or so. believe it or not it may feel al little cooler not much humidity at all today. all nice and dry and comfortable.fob so heat index work either side.s you can make it feel hotter butu also can make it feel cooler coo hence that term you talk aboutbt out in the west.t it's dry heat. hea temperature right now reagan ren national up to 75.onalp to dulles 74. bwi marshall the lower 70s.. to stay in the middle 80s with w low humidity. humid it will be little bit breezy today.y not so much the case today. tay winds will be five to 15 today.. probably about five to 100 tomorrow. so pretty much the same day. day today and tomorrow. tomor certainly comfortable thehe humidity doesn't come back until the middle part of the week. the okay. just so you know.o thanks to this guy, big high h pressure right on top of us as s long as it's on top of us, the t center of it, or to the west ust we're pretty nice.e low humidity is the general rule. once this high starts to moveo m off to the east, tha

meanwhile as we check temperatures still at 91 in city and lot of places upper 80s to 91 fredericksburg and we look at dew points to get an idea where the humidity is and hey i'll take 66 degree dew point at or above 70 uncomfortable and frederick is one of those spots and it's unusual frederick dew point 75 and hagerstown 5 5. something to definitely steam things up there. in the tropics it's what we're watching off the cape hatteras area about 140 miles southeast of hatteras and this is tropical depression. if it gets a name it will could be and it could be because there's a second tropical depression if it develops that will get the name, hehrmane or ian is the next name. what are hurricane flyers founding as they circulate around and back and forth towards the whole system they find wind speeds of 30 miles an hour and latest recon flight. it's not terribly strong although it could become a tropical storm and it's forecast to do so. although right now winds of 35 miles an hour that did not get upgraded 5:00. here's the track. it's going to brush by the outer banks late tonight and early tomorrow morning and nice hard right turn and s

fredericksburg 63 as well. here in city we're 70. annapolis 70 as well. and there's your forecast for you. more on this. i'll show you the 7-day next time. stick around for that, okay? heat coming n here's erin como. >> all right. 4:46 moving from weather to roads. we're tracking this crash video from cabin john parkway ramp to inner loop shut down crash involving an overturned tractor-trailer and crews wor working to get it cleared and right lane inner loop blocked as well. river road to access inner loop that saves you time around that detour this morning we'll let you know when cabin john is clear and reon. county let's look at cameras and we'll show what you else you're up against this morning. nice conditions now outer and inner loop as you make your way largo to the wilson bridge we're in the clear. i like what i'm seeing inner and outer loop of the ride and entire stretch the beltway except for the the ramp to cabin john. let's look at maps southern maryland and show you secondarys, traffic is flowing charles and waldorf. st. mary's adjust to school zones and walk for extra students and parents walk together bus s

the fredericksburg line. >>> developing kmorng this morning, the man accused of killing two men outside of a mosque is expected in court. oscar morelle was charged late last night in the murder of a new york citymam and another man. he hit a bicyclist with his suv minutes later. both crimes were caught on surveillance. charge were filed after gun and clothes matching the description were found in his home. >>> a 15-year-old is facing charges for a shooting in downtown washington. that teenager shot someone inside the mcdonald's at the verizon center last week. they arrested him yesterday and did not release his name because he's a minor. he has been charged wh a multimillion dollar mansion that neighbors say is a party house is now being connected to a shooting in virginia. it's on chain bridge road just inside the arlington county line. police in the county say officers were called to the address twice between 5:00 and 6:30 sunday morning for reports of fighting. that was not the case, though, when they arrived. police believe a dispute that started there led to a driveby shooting in mclean sunday morning. >> altercation led to four people leaving in one car and at some point near the interse

the of fleck -- a couple of flecks of showers. and 68 in silverspring. by mid-morning, nice, 75 in sterling, and 76 in dale city, and fredericksburg, and 1:00, toasty. 86 or 87 in bowie, and 85 in laplatta. and temperatures near 90. i don't think you will get to 90 in frederick and haggerstown. temperatures generally in the low 70s downtown. 83 by 11:00, and 87 by 1 :00 p.m., and we will say 90 tomorrow. a stray shower. 90 on wednesday, and a stray thunderstorm. much better chance of storms wednesday into thursday, and 83 on thursd cooler, and look what happens. low 80s friday, saturday, and sunday, back to the mid-80s on monday. looking perfect for the game on saturday, and -- >> what game is that? >> the bisons and the terps. >> don't even start it. >> i don't know we are going to build up to anything. we are just going to move on. >> we will wait and see. >> setting low expectations, but it will be a great game. >> speaking of great games, another one a day earlier. >> yes the final preseason game for the burgundy and gold has been moved to wednesday night. from thursday to wednesday, and the redskins and buccaneers. >>> also, colin kaepernick causing

showers and sprinkles outin there and some overcast skies si just south of the city looksit like as we work down 95ow towards fredericksburg a fewurgf light sprinkles.inkles once we get these out of heref we should gradually turn partly to mostly sunny today.od thunderstorm risk todayunde greatly reduced when comparedre to yesterday.rd just an isolated risk for a thunderstorm later today.. 91 degrees at 5:00 p.m. and p.m. again an isolated storm later st this afternoon.this afternoon i'll be back momentarily withrit the seven day.e seven if you like hints of fall -- fa or how about this -- a lesss steamy summertime forecastfo you'll love the seven day.e sevd i'll have it in just a minute.it erin.erin. >> yes, tucker i like the l >> i like the glasses. gla like the look.ke loo >> allergies.>> got to do what you got to doot t some morning.ning right now traffic is moving.ov good news in fort washington.aso traffic once again movingfic onm through the intersection ofe palmer road.inpa no longer being forced too detour at palmer. pme still seeing huge delays backed up solid for at leastatea 2 miles all the way back toac swan c

city camera. oh, gorgeous, thanks to high pressure in charge. current temperatures right now in the mid to upper 70s. we've got some 80s out there. f fredericksburg at the 80-degree mark. for the next several hours, low to mid-80s, looking good with plenty of sunshine out there. and again, that sunshine is not going anywhere, maybe a few clouds here and there but we're going to be dry, nothing showing up on the radar at this point. and even if we widen this out, thanks to this high pressure over the ohio valley, look at that, just carved out a nice area of sunshine all the way midwest. so looking good here in our area. so outdoor activityfor today, get outside. go outside and do some working out. after school have those kids outside. dinner outside, absolutely, because it's just going to be beautiful and tomorrow is just as gorgeous. low to mid-80s, low humidity and plenty of sunshine out there. here is a look at your planner tomorrow. we'll start in the 50s and 60s, depending on where your location is, but it's just going to be gorgeous. we will warm up as the week goes on. right around 90 on thursday and friday. next chance of rain is going to

fredericksburg. couple showers popping but most showers west of i-81. stray shower in the forecast. by 9:00 tomorrow back in low to mid 70s and maybe 79 downtown. 76 dale city and woodbridge. tonight partly cloudy and a little isolated thunderstorms possible and temperature 66 to 74. by morning partly cloudy and very warm and now 66 to 86 and wins northeasterly 5 to 10 miles per hour. stray shower possible and highs near 90 which means folks in the suburbs say south side of 90. hot in the mountains. 82 oakland. 89 cumberland. 87 hagerstown. winchester 86. 90 culpeper. near 90 in manassas. 88 leesburg. 90 downtown. north, west, and near the bay temperatures hold in the 80s tuesday. breaking it down. 70s to start. 83 by 11:00. up to 87 by 1:00. next three days 90 tomorrow, 90 wednesday, 83 thursday. showers on thursday but pretty good stretch saturday, sunday and fantastic weekend. low 80s across the board and we will come back and talk about saturday and of the tropical depression could affect the sure. >>> new at 6:00 we look at why people are concerned about body cameras with the police department in northern virginia. >>> hillary clinton takes a break fro

the city, i think low to mid 60s. we really are talking about some nice weather moving in as high pressure will dominate. tomorrow, another hot one. 88, gaithersburg. 92 d.c. ed 0 toward fredericksburg. here's the ten -- 90 toward fredericksburg. here's the ten-day forecast. a weather alert day, high of 92, a good chance of storms. look at the first part of the week. monday, tuesday, wednesday, simply gorgeous. i'm loving it. >> so are we. accentuate the positive, doug. >> way to go. >> thanks. >>> testing the water. how the crisis in flint, michigan, has people in northern virginia making some changes ahead of the new school year. >>> and there is new fallout amid disturbing allegations that children unaccounted for in a local program designed to serve those in need. >> new questions about what to do with the old walter reed complex in northwest d.c. who's inrested in te >>> now at 6:30, new trouble amid allegations of abuse in a local head start program. >> i understand the publi mistrust. >>> the flint water crisis sparking change in our area. how local schools are taking action to keep kids safe. >> we took a proactive measure. we're not required to do this by any regulatory age

city. rob? >>> a little political news now, and the race for president. today, donald trump will host a rally in fredericksburg, virginia. yesterday, while speaking to a largely white audience, trump courted after condition american voters just outside of lansing, michigan. >> why do you have to lose? you are living in poverty, your no jobs! 58% of your youth is unemployed. what the hell do you have to lose? >> those comments are raising a lot of eyebrows. he tells the crowd that hillary clinton cares more about refugees than african-americans living in poverty. trump toured louisiana along hillary's visit to louisiana a distraction and directing her supporters through e-mail to donate to charities helping the area. clinton also learned that a federal judge has ordered her now to answer written questions regarding her use of personal e- mails while secretary of state. the controversy still rages on. the questions are at the request of a conservative government watchdog group called judicial watch. >> all right. straight ahead on "eyewitness news" this saturday mor warning to pregnant women about what not to ea

fredericksburg 95 southbound one shoulder getting by past virginia 3. back to you allison and steve. >> you can see behind us the beach this morning at ocean city.e's two stories involving the eastern shore. >> how you get there in the future and how long you're going to stay once you get there. "fox5" anjali hemphill is live on kent island with more and man, don't you have the great assignment today? >> reporter: it is beautiful. others stuck in traffic because, of course, it is time of morning when chesapeake bay bridge gets heavy as folks try to battle rush hour morning commute. we'll talk dunkin' donuts about the governor's plan to try to alleviate heavy trfic out to eastern shore and also talking about the state wanting to see that busy summer traffic along that bridge come to an end and when they want to see that come to end with state trying to mandate school start days. now, back to that third possible spap the state want to spend $5 million and up to four years studying how to put and how to pay a span across the chesapeake pay getting that federal funding. this is, of course, due to all the traffic headaches along the chesapeake bridge

fredericksburg, 88 for leonardtown and annapolis. all right, low temperatures tonight. you get some relief north and west into the 60's but just 75 here in the cityeffect. seven-day forecast another long heat wave. i have lost counter. i think we're still on heat wave number seven. i don't know. could have had a break in there and we're on eight but regardless it has been one hot august and in fact the second half of july, all of august we've had so many days at 90 plus. we're over 45 at this point. 95 and very hot on monday. looks like we'll get over 50 90 plus days. channel of a thunderstorm as a front hangs over us on wednesday. heat relief next thursday. i'm looking forward to that maybe are you too as temperatures are back to normal in the mid 80's. that's a look at your seven-day forecast. annie i'll send it back to you. >> ♪ >> well, today republican vice pence will be in loudoun county hosting a campaign rally at patrick henry college. the rally kicks off at 3 o'clock this afternoon. doors open at noon. >>> and the contenders for the highest office in the land turn up the campaign rhetoric on race and even the white house is noticing. fox