gordon's brother eugene is wounded in front of the georgetown pike. as the confederates continue to push, they continue to give a little bit of ground towards the georgetown pike, which after years of travel, has something down. the wagon ruts have eroded the service. the union soldiers dig in. . this is their final position. . again. gordon's men -- this is their final position. again gordon's men attack. they lose four color barriers. the flag goes down, the fly comes up. 5:00, gordon's men continue to attack. by now they are starting to gain ground has rickets men have been beating back the brigade. they are running up high on those casualties. men break,ckett's where tyler defend the retreat towards baltimore. by 7:00, tyler himself pulls out. unitsioans have a newest on the field, are the ones who cover the retreat of those experienced veterans. at the end of the day, on july 9, 1864, there were about 2200 casualties, 1200 union losses and 1000 confederate losses. of those 1000, mostly in the form of john brown gordon. soldiers will talk about th

his own brother is wounded in front of the georgetown pike. they fall back towards what is called the georgetown pike. after years of travel has sunken down. they dig in. this is their final position. again gordon's men attack and trade shots back and forth. the new jersey infantry looses 40% and looses four color barrie barriers. the flag goes down. the flag comes up. so that by 4:30, 4:45, 5:00 his men continue to attack. they are starting to gain ground. his men have beaten back gordon once. their ammunition is running out. they are running up high on those casualties. by 5:00 his men break back towards the baltimore pike by the end of the day there are about 2,200 casualties. about a thousand cob fed rat losses. those thousand losses came in the form with one of the hardest hitting units. if the day was lost to me measured by his descienigns my was worth a pinch of good scotch snuff. that's the last thing he ever wrote. his mwere unfinished his wife will finish it and publish it for him in 1906. wallis, even though he is defeated talks abo

past georgetown pike continuing to the toll road. chopper 4 on the scene. got a sizable crash. authorities are there. two right lanes get by. squeezing by on the left side. outer loop of the beltway, the crash along the west side of the roadway. fairfax county roadway towards sunset hills, on the rails this morning, silver line expecting delays from an earlier train malfunction at mcclain. back to you. >> jack, thank you. it's 6:14 now. firefighters say they have this massive fire under control right now and no one was hurt. this is in dubai. the high-rise called the torch tower, it burned in 2015. you can see this fire caused a lot of damage, debris raining down on the street. it's not clear how the fire started. >>> thanks to d.c. police, an elderly couple is recovering together this morning. >> clarence and geneva wade have been married for 60 years. yesterday their home on buchanan street northeast caught fire while they were both inside. geneva was upstairs and made it out of a window. d.c. police ran into that burning building and pulled her husband o

this thursday morning here's a look at some construction slowing down the inner loop between georgetown pikend the legion bridge. outer loop looks good. watch for a little bit of rubberneck delay. we'll keep you updated on that. let's switch over to a look at our maps. 66 very pleasant inside and the outside the beltway. 95 from newington to the mixing bowl looks good. once you cross over 395 it's at speed. let's show you a look in southern maryland. problem free on 210, five and 301. inner loop in oxon hill looks great. none that of usual morning congestion yet n fredericksburg looking great as well. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we'll keep you moving maureen and wisdom. >> coming up, a united nations panel issues a warning about racism in the u.s. >> and amazon's plan to take over the health food market just got a green light from the government. >> going to break right now. live look outside at 4:36. 71 is the temperature. back in a moment. >> ♪ i love you so much, that's why i bought six of you for when you stretch out. i want you to stay this bright blue forever, that's wh

this is at georgetown pike earlier we had medical emergency getting on to the inner loop from georgetownlook like, though, all those emergency vehicles have pushed off so traffic is moving just a little thick congested on the inner loop. next camera we'll show you -- we'll show you our next camera. maybe forecasting weather is easier. i don't know. no other cameras. let's go to the maps then. inner loop crash okay here's the crash that has the left lane blocked near dulles toll rod 267f you're trying take an early flight out and access it from either sides of the inner loop you'll be waiting most noticeably if you're coming down from the spur here very heavy traffic that will take you almost back to the 270 spur as that left lane is blocked right near the dulles toll road. that accident is out there. we also still have this crash involving a dump truck that's out by eighth street southeast and you've side very heavy delays just jammed all the way back to the third street tunnel even looks like beyond that so the whole southeast southwest freeway because on the westbound side it's heavy t

interleukin ithe --n -- interleukin past georgetown pike. same story past river road at the 270 spur. good shape in both directions on the beltway. welcome news, once we get into rush hour, it will be tough. pretty good pass connecticut avenue through chevy chase in towards silver springs, a decent ride so far. 270 northbound past montgomery, no delays. that is often the traffic center. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon here on your side. adrianna: a small plane has crashed on the side of a highway in texas, all caught on an officer's camera. the single-engine plane went down tuesday, the pilot and passenger were hurt. the faa investigating what caused the crash. man armed with a machete in custody after a high-speed chase this morning. police say he cut to women and let officers on the chase, hitting several cars and jumping curbs. he eventually crashed and was arrested. both women in serious condition in the hospital. you guess any natural gas explosion at a minneapolis high school that killed two staff members part of the building co

virginia, northbound, north of georgetown pike, in good shape. same story porch river road, a lot of cars in both directions but nothing bad below the 270 spur. looking good into silver spring pass connecticut avenue but wide open along 270 northbound out of gaithersburg with no issues. a good start to the afternoon and same-store northbound out of clarksburg, nothing slowing down. that is off on the traffic center. >> you are watching abc at noon, on your side. look at this event was outside of a gas station in atlanta, georgia. the woman walked to her car and the man coulter at gunpoint after taking all of her belongings, he sits there because he does not know how to operate a push to start car. he had to order the woman to come back and started for him. then he made his it away. death getaway. passenger17-year-old detained at temperatures go airport for opening a jet and jumping out, he was caught sliding down the wing to the tarmac and a construction crew on the ground detained the teenager until police arrived and he was not injured and the

looking at the belt where in virginia above the georgetown pike, not too bad here, but you see a jam over the american legion bridge. look at these delays on the interludes of the beltway past old georgetown road in bethesda. at the tough ride out of bethesda past 390 -- 355. things clear out toward connecticut avenue. down toward springfield, the capital beltway is looking good here. outer loop delays pick up near telegraph road and onto the wilson bridge and i-95 in virginia seeing a few different delays. if you head occoquan and northbound traffic at times, out of dale city it slows down a little bit. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy but there's grit inside of you. and if you need extra motivation the grad fund at strayer university can help push you forward. because up to your last year of classes could be on us. that's right. on us. today is the day. announcer: you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. adrianna: we are learning more about the state of tiger woods on the night of his arrest. his toxicology report was released from the memorial day blesse

and in virginia, work in place, georgetown pike, two left lanes getting by. and paving project in maryland on 50 westbound after 3 and 301, two left lanes getting by. shouldn't cost much time. back to you. >>> i am erica gonzales at the live desk, we have brand new video to show you from north carolina where people demand a confederate monument be taken down. this is the scene that was there people are surrounding the silent sam monument. it honors unc alumni, several hundred that served in the confederate army. these protesters say it doesn't belong there any more. three people were arrested. you remember that video of people pulling down a monument, that happened close by in durham last week. >> erica, thank you. >>> unlicensed in schools, as a new year begins, taking a look at who is joining your kids in the classroom. an eye opening investigation just ahead. >>> showing up to school in tyle. >>> how would you like to come back from your vacation to a newly renovated home? the first family is back at the white house, the renovations there are complete. the

virginia inner loop towards georgetown pike, a paving project.two left lanes getting by, not causing early delay thankfully. same on the parkway. traffic alternates one direction at a time. volume is light early this morning, be aware, it is there another hour and a half. 70 eastbound in carroll county past 27, accident blocks a single left lane, that's been out there for hours. hopefully that will cleared before rush hour. >>> breaking news in arizona, protesters came out in force. >> seeing dramatic video this morning, erica gonzales is at the live desk with the latest. erica? >> what you're looking at here, most of it happened after the rally ended. during the day people on both sides were not fighting, but it turned into chaos. police in riot gear, forcing protesters to move, firing tear gas. smoke making it difficult for a lot of people to see, a lot of it happened after midnight. protesters were aenlt trump in response to violence in charlottesville. >> did police make arrests? >> they did. four people were arrested, two of them for assault

crews just about wrapped up on the inner loop after georgetown pike. two right lanes getting by. 50 west, before 301, two left lanes getting by. also should be in the wrap up stage. back to you. >> jack, thank you. >>> another recall surrounding vehicles with takata air bags. what you need to know before hitting the road. >>> no time for >>> this morning, mazda is recalling more cars with takata air bags. several popular models are effected. we posted a complete list on our app. mazda says some cars were already recalled once, but the replacement that was installed still had a faulty part. >>> uber has agreed to third party audits after they were accused of mishandling privacy and security data. a breach resulted in names driver's license numbers being stolen and says uber stopped using automated system to monitor employee access to consumer data. as a result, they will undergo audits for the next 20 years. >>> they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, now you have more choices to grab a quick bite on the way to work from your favorite

they should be wrapping up on the beltway near georgetown pike where that work was along the right side of the roadway. back to you. >> thank you. it's 4:28. now we want to get to the latest on the track of the storm. storm team 4 samarra is here. >> there's a lot of reasons it's dangerous. i want to give you a view of the hurricane. it's lighting up the coast in watches and warnings of texas. let's get to that track. right now, we have harvey the a category 2. 105 miles per hour winds. this is the issue. it's moving northwest at 10 miles per hour, folks. that is a creeper. not only that, once landfall, it's going to meander dumping rain as a category 3, downgrading to a 1 then and then leveling out as we head towards monday. the timing on this means, around friday, 7:00 p.m., tonight is when they will see this hurricane making landfall. it's going to sit there into the top of next week. check out how much rain we're talking here. i mean, this is tons and tons of rain. copious amounts. 10 to 30 inches possible along the coast there. we're going to continue to track this hurricane. again

for now, the work zone in virginia on the inner loop, the georgetown pike, two right lanes getting by. should be wrapping up quickly. couple work zones on 32. first west 108 both directions. tras traffic alternates by. back to you. >>> jack, thank you. we know d.c. has pretty diehard sports fans. >>> oh, yes. >> which of those fans has the best experience when they go to the game? the poll that may or may not surprise you. >>> chances are you drive by the outside of it often. now you can see what it's like on the inside. the rare chance to see d.c.'s mormon temple. >>> she claims to be looking for a lost dog. but police think she's up to something. thwoman to be one fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service