herndon was a fully committed whig. most irish-americans were not. that lincoln tolerated them at all was something of a miracle as far as herndon was concern because lincoln knew that irish immigrants once they obtained citizenship and voting rights were never going to vote for him or his party. his mixed messages on immigration, which i will get to, were always political, and never moral. the so-called german element -- largely liberal, mostly refugees from and even veterans of the failed democratic revolutions of europe in the 1840's -- enrolled overwhelmingly in the whig party, later the republican party, once they gained american citizenship. while the irish, as i said, identified just as passionately with the democrats. and it's true, lincoln never entirely lost his lifelong suspicion that irishmen always rigged elections to elect democrats. celtic gentleman with black carpet sacks in their hands, he once called them, hinting that in those carpet sacks was money to bribe election poll watchers or voters to vote more than once. just a few weeks

host: john, herndon, virginia, democrats line. john, go ahead. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. make sure people understand. people should get used to it presidents etent running this country for next four years. you have to understand one putin knows about donald trump is not capable of will take ing and he advantage every possible way. he will engage in europe. hewill engage united states, will see that how far we have to now our words t doesn't mean anything. when we say something, we don't up, we -- 59 missile to assad show us, see, i'm still flying that base you ombed, you guys had nothing to do with me. reality, this president will say something and we will saying that what he is was a lie. he say the barack obama nothing happened. -- says attacked rice and found lying.was the words have to mean something, president of the united states, when you say something, people used to listen. for march, deficit federal government ran budget deficit in the month sharply than a year ago. the deficit is running 14.7% higher than the same period a ago, the de

herndon to go over to the state house and inquire of governor william henry bissell if there was not something that could be done to obtain the possession of the negro. andherndon made the inquiry returned with the report that the governor regretted to say he had no legal or constitutional right to act. mr. lincoln then rose to his feet and great excitement and exclaimed, 'by the almighty i will have that negro back soon or i will have 20 years of irritation in illinois until he does have legal or constitutional right to do something in the premise.'" problem was, lincoln lacked any further recourse. he was all too aware that new orleans had the law on its side. so lincoln and herndon drafted $60.30 of the metropolitan bank of new york cannot and on may bank --, sent the funds sent the funds to jonas. shelby was then returned safely to springfield. it became among the first african-americans ever freed by abraham lincoln. surely his new orleans imprisonment would have resulted in his force labor, and quite possibly his permanent enslavement, but lincoln's affection for the jonas fami

chopper 4 over the herndon station tonight on phase two of the silver line.s weekend crews will be taking down a tower crane here. it's going to detour eastbound drives from the dulles access road onto the dulles toll road. the work began at 10:00. it will continue until 5:00 monday morning. >>> theru downplaying another attempted missile launch from north korea today. officials tell nbc news the short range ballistic missile exploded soon after the launch. the u.s. had advanced warning and watched the missile closely. trump tweeted the test was disrespectful to china. the test comes a day after trump said the u.s. and north korea could be headed toward a major conflict. >>> president trump called his first 100 days the most successful in history, but they've been marked by clashes with congress, the courts, and other countries. on january 27th, just a week in, he ordered a temporary travel ban on seven muslim countries. courts blocked he issued a revised order in march only to have that blocked again. republicans had to withdraw the house bill for health car

pleasant baptist church in herndon today. >>> a pedestrian is struck by a car in oxon hill maryland. this happened as the man was crossing the road. prince george's county police say the man was taken to the hospital. he is in critical condition. we are told the driver of the car did remain on the scene. >>> a big night for those who rock the red. caps looking to close out the leafs in canada. we will break it down in just a >>> plus, instead of throwing food away, why not reuse it to make something else? why some restaurants say they are making big bucks by saving small i'm at higher risk fore as depression.ave a stroke. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. ♪ >>> thousands of runners participated in a ten-miler this morning to raise money for the boys and girls alexandria. the george washington parkway classi

police have identified the suspect as 33-year-old quan lee of herndon, police haven't provided mug shots. he's facing charges of burglary, destruction of property, malicious wounding attempted malicious wounding and he could be facing additional charges. at this point investigators haven't told us what it was that prompted this man to allegedly cause all this destruction overnight. live in rest tin, lindsey watts fox 5 local news. >>> we find the defendant not guilty, guilty of murder in the first-degree murder or guilty of murder in the second degree murder >> not >> the double murder case against former new england patriots aaron hernandez, accused of shooting and killing two immigrants and shooting the star witness in the face, the verdict won't change his future. he's serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of semi pro football employer oden lloyd. >>> new information about yesterday's u.s. military attack on isis in afghanistan. three dozen isis fighters were killed after u.s. forces drop the military's largest nonnuclear bomb on an isis target >> we're learning it was made by t

all weekend long crews are taking down a power crane at the herndon station part of phase two of the silver line. the work started last night at 10:00. it's not going to wrap until 5:30 monday morning. >>> as for what is happening now on metro, we're almost there. but the last safetrack surges could cause some major disruptions. metro announced it will close several stations instead of keeping them open and stable tracking trains. this is going to make things move faster. here's wt metro is closing 15 orange line stations. new carollton, landover, cheverly, deanwood and minnesota avenue. for surge 16 on the red line, the shady grove and rockville stations will be closed until late june. once all the safetrack work is finally done, metro will cut back its hours to get more work done in the overnight. remember, the fare increases take effect come this summer in july. >>> now to a story that you saw first on 4. hundreds of d.c. government employees will start noticing less money in their paychecks next week. it's not going to fall. the former workers did not have medicare checks withhel

they like the this was in herndon, virginia. look at all the kids. they were so much fun. first graders. they asked a lot of very interesting, as first graders do when you allow them. what-if questions thrown in there, but a lot of fun. i had a good time, so thanks for having me. hopefully you were able to see yourself on tv. we have a lot of the clouds clearing out. we had the rain earlier. we have another round of showers later on this afternoon. 68 degrees. more sunshine across the area. some spots are in the 70s already. 72 leesburg and winchester. fredericksburg is up to 71. here's a look at satellite and radar. some clouds still around, but we're still in this unsettled weather pattern, so look what's going to happen later on today. future weather at 3:30 showing some showers, maybe some thunderstorms developing mostly west of the district. then moving through 5:30 expect some scattered showers to be around. if you're exercising today by noon, still looks dry. 72 this afternoon. then that chance of showers and storms starts to increase. take a look at the pollen fore

and he achieves that in 1844, taking along with him as a junior partner of his own william henry herndon who will over the years to come become something of the boswell to lincoln's johnson. lincoln spends a great deal of his professional time in the lawyer, practicing on the eighth judicial circuit, which is mostly central illinois. at its apex, it is 14 counties in central illinois, including the capital springfield where lincoln lives. his law practice is overwhelmingly civil law. only about 5% of lincoln's cases over the years touched on criminal matters. he is mostly a civil lawyer. practicing civil law. he does will and estates, he does trespass and assumption, and he does collections. in fact, he does a lot of collections. abraham lincoln was a repo man. but in fact, his caseload is really not the caseload of a specialist. he is providing legal services for all comers, so it is a very broadly based practice, and it is one that keeps him very busy. in his busiest year 1853, lincoln has over 300 cases for which he is responsible. that is a lot. he is not only a civil lawyer, he is a

he took a city bus that same day to the area of millbern and herndon.he stayed in a ravine where he practiced voodoo rituals. he said he's muslim but prays to seven different gods and described one of them as aguna. he walked on sunday, walked to an area west of there where he then cut off his braids and set them on fire. he slept in that area until tuesday morning. open tuesday morning, he walked to the tower district. his intent was to go to the brass unicorn to buy some cri crysta crystals. he realized the star was not open and he went to starbucks. it was at the starbucks that he accessed wi fi, turned on the news and saw abc 30 news and recognized that he was listed as a suspect involved in the murder of the motel 6. what he told our detectives last night was that once he saw that he was wanted for murder, he was not going to go down for shooting a security guard for disrespecting him, but that he was going to kill as many white males as possible. that's what he set out to do that day. he didn't like white men. he said white men were keeping the bl

us ted herndon, alina al sin derz and jam sherman. thank you all, lady and gentlemen. to both of you. do the people who like trump because they don't like illegal immigration care what he does to stop people from coming here illegally, or do they want a physical, old-time, brick and mortar wall, first question? number two question, same question. can he get away with doing it some other way where he says he's doing it, stopping illegal immigration some other way? >> when i was at rallies over the course of the campaign, especially in new hampshire, i think there were a lot of calls for a physical -- >> brick and mortar? >> brick and mortar wall. i think the idea that we were to take trump figuratively and not literally was one that oftentimes i didn't see reflected at the rallies. people were calling for the specific wall. >> they think that would keep the people out who come here for jobs? >> some -- lots of people are. >> the ladders are pretty cheap. you could probably get a ladder for 50 bucks to get over these walls. >> they're also masters at building tunnels, so

yamiche alcinder and atseed herndon. you write, rather than rolling back obamacare's insurance regulations in the bill, republicans would give tom price the power to let states do it, expand his authority so he can grant waivers to let states knock out some of the regulations. give more power to states and also give more power to tom price. >> this is explicitly pointing to the text to give the authority to governors to get rid of the regulations. >> if they can prove it would lower premiums. >> a few things i should buoyant out. one there is no deal because there is no text. >> as paul ryan said this morning. >> it might come tonight my sources tell me or tomorrow. could be more than that. this is still very much fluid. the preexisting conditions, which is the big thing that donald trump said he wouldn't get rid of, that's not on the table here. but there is a very controversial thing, which leadership are worried about, which is getting rid of what's called the community rating. that basically prevents insurers to char