and greenbrier is where congress would have gone it was hidden under the luxury resort in west regina but now is a tourist attraction and is well worth going to sit in the house and senate chamber to imagine what it would have been like if every agency had its own facility and there were more than 100 of these around washington. so the book traces the rise in development of these programs beginning with the truman and eisenhower administration and it came developments that arrivedt the end of world war two. the first obviously is the atomic bomb for the first time an entire city could just be destroyed and as the atomic age developed the second part was the rise of these nuclear weapons in order to allow the president of the united states to use these nuclear weapons so raven rock is a communication revolution and the story of the system that we built to allow the president of the united states to have command-and-control watch over nuclear weapons to matter where. so part of what we forget about is all the things we think of is the imperial presidency are the communications tool so t

would go down to union station and be loaded onto a special train that would be driven out to the greenbrier. trains don't work was to get into the area of nuclear missiles. and they particularly don't work when you get into other nuclear missiles were icbm have a delivery time of about 30 minutes, submarine off the atlantic coast would strike in 12 minutes although you don't really have to worry because the original set of war plans and i talk about in the book kennedy talking about this, was the pentagon believed the soviets had smuggled atomic bombs into their embassy on 16th street and the un mission in new york. and that there were atomic bombs in the attic of those buildings that would be how the soviets would launch a surprise attack with no warning. now, of course the russian ambassadors radioactive for different reasons in washington. but then you get into this third era where once you get out of the missiles on this idea of the 15 - 30 minute evacuation window which is basically time enough to get the president into the air somewhere and try to hope that you get him out of washingt

john: at the height of there there were 100 firefighters on greenbrier court in reston. right now they are keeping three fire trucks and the crews at the scene because hot spots continue to flare up. now during this, there was a firefighter rushed to reston hospital. because the floor, the main floor of the town home collapsed. the firefighter ended up home. he was taken to the hospital, treated. we have been told he's been released. he suffered serious and non-life threatening injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. firefighters have gone in with ladders and shovels to try to sift through the debris and make a clear path for the fire investigators to go inside and try to determine where the fire started. and what exactly caused it. >> the line stretched thin by the engine companies. one of the firefighters on the hand line fell through the floor. it was reported to command. the firefighter was quickly rescued. >> they arrived a short time later after receiving a dreadful phone call. we did get to talk to them off-camera. they were distraught and up

a managing partner at greenbrier partners and former head of medications at uber gave their reactione news and talked about what comes next at uber. >> it all sort of began with susan ballard, the software engineer at uber who wrote a blog post detailing her sexual harassment allegations in the general culture of dysfunction at uber. that lost an investigation which -- that launched an investigation that culminated in a public report of the conclusions of today and this past sunday of more private and exhaustive version to the board of directors. and now, travis is stepping aside right at the same time. so really, sort of taken aback by some of the results of the report. emily: more than 20 employees have been fired as a result of this investigation. the head of business is out. now, traffic -- now travis kalanick is taking an indefinite leave of absence. what is your reaction to this news having worked there and knowing travis firsthand? >> i think today is bittersweet for a lot of employees. it's great news for the company overall. emily: why? >> there are hopefully a lot of things

the fire happened on greenbrier court just after 5:00 in reston this morning. no one was home at the time. >>> going to show you some chopper 4 footage of a bethesda last night. investigators say at least one child is being treated for minor injuries after a fire inside a storm drain tunnel near north bethesda middle school. there were other children involved and it took some time to locate everyone. the cause of that fire is still being investigated. >>> this morning, two montgomery county families that were supposed to be preparing to send their kids off to college are now planning funerals. 17-year-old shad di najjar and artem ziberov were shot in a car. >> reporter: as montgomery county police continue their search for a killer, counselors are on hand for a second day here in northwest high working with students and staff and helping them process the sudden loss of these two promising students. we spoke with the family of 17-year-old shadi najjar. they tell us that good friends with 18-year-old artem ziberov, that they were excellent students and their prin

this all happened in a town house on greenbrier court right along lane ann, right now crews are on the put out hot spots. no word on what started the fire the heavily mother that pleaded guilty to suffocated her 2 children will be sentenced. in september, 2014, she covered her two toddlers heads with plastic bags wrapped with duct tape. happened about a week after she was released from a local hospital. she was under evaluation and thre her children. as far as the plea deal she could get up to 45 introducing the italian collection from subway. head in now to grab the five dollar footlong spicy italian. loaded with salami and pepperoni. for a limited time, the spicy italian footlong is just five dollars. it's a big value for even bigger flavor. only at subway. >> reporter: today's temperatures will feet a lot like april, cooler than average. tomorrow, 72. brake out with a little bit of sunshine, then look at this. starting at the end of the work week, rising temperatures getting into the low 90s o