george mead certainly would be willing to be a commander of this new army if it is formed. grant sort of mention that -- no, no, no -- can't do that. they has been helping me since gettysburg. -- they had been howling at me since gettysburg. i am not going to get rid of him -- by the way, you know, george mead is a good soldier per can -- can you imagine how difficult it would be to have the boss sitting over your shoulder? once a campaign started, neither staff could stand each other. you know. the difference of course was that grant had to exercise the ghost of the 12th. -- exercise the ghost of mcclellan .grant came in and he would do that, eventually. nevertheless, a good soldier. basically reduced into a glorified chief of staff to grant, right? then for reasons that are hard to understand, grant proposed william b franklin. . he had been enamored with franklin since their west point is because franklin graduated first in his class and sam grant thought he was simply brilliant. well, to lincoln, eastbound of of -- smelled of mcclelland and anybody smelling of mcclellan

george's county, in the low 70s. just near 70 in montgomery county, virginia. fort mead down to 64. low 70s. mild day in the chesapeake bay. don't have any storms around now. look at our next chance of storms and another heat wave on the way coming up in a few minutes. >>> developing this morning, two people are dead after their car plunged into the potomac river. news 4 cameras rolling as the car was pulled out of the water early this morning. the car crashed before 11:00 p.m. the car was speeding down ohio drive when the driver lost control and crashed into the river. >> going northbound on ohio drive right here and right at the turn around right behind me, just continued straight into the water. >> at this point we know that one person inside of the car was able to escape and was taken to the hospital. the car. >>> prince george's county police are investigating a shooting death that happened 10:15 last night in the 7,000 block of oxon hill road. when police arrived, they found a woman who had been shot. she died at the scene. it appears to be a domestic incident. >>> and did you remember