herndon said. but in order to vindicate myself i immediately sat down after stuart had rushed out of the office and wrote lincoln who was then attending court. a brief account of what he had done and how much stir it was grinning and the rest of his conservative friends. if he approved or disapproved, i asked him to write or telegraphed me at once. in a brief time came his answer. all right.go ahead, we will meet you. radicals and all. at that meeting, on february 22, 1856, george schneider, editor of the german language newspaper, proposed denouncing the know nothings. the nativist present strongly opposed it. the conference threatened to collapse. schneider announced that he would submit his resolution to lincoln and abide by his decision. gentlemen declared lincoln the resolution introduced by mr. schneider is nothing new. it is already contained in the declaration of independence. and you cannot form a new party on other principles. this declaration mr. lincoln as sandy recalled save the resolu

stuart excitedly asked herndon if lincoln signed the abolitionist call in the newspaper. i answered in the negative, adding, that i had signed his name. to the question, did lincoln authorize you to sign it, and i returned an emfat tick -- emfattic, no. claimed startled and indignant stewart, you have ruined abraham lincoln. i thought i understood lincoln thoroughly, herndon said, in order to vindicate myself i immediately sat down after stewart rushed out of the office to write lincoln in the county and attending court. how much stir it was creating in the ranks of his conservative friends. if approved or disapproved my course i asked him to write or telegraph me at once. in a brief time came his answer. all right, go ahead. we'll meet you, radicals and all. at that meeting on february 22nd, 1856, george schneider, editor of the german language newspaper propose ad plank denouncing the no-nothings. the nativists present strongly opposed it. the conference threatened totheo collapse. snyder announced he would submit his resolution to lincoln and abide by his decision. gen

at the herndon town green. the event will feature virginia wine and craft beer tastings, live music, and a craft show. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - sunny & warm labor day - hot & humi school tomorrow; pm storms - rainy midweek - tracking hurricane irma - impacts to u.s. possible by early next week today: mostly sunny. seasonably warm and breezy. highs: 83-86 winds: sw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear. milder. lows: 64-70 winds: sw 5 mph tuesday: mostly sunny. hot, humid, and breezy. pm thunderstorms. highs: 86-89 winds: sw 10-15 g 20 mph a bird has people missouri. why folks are making sure to look up when they walk outside -- that story's after the break. mysteriously popping up and attacking people in the kansas city area. owls have swooped down on at least three families in the last several weeks. the attacks even have experts scratching their heads. usually - owls tend to avoid people but can become aggressive when defending their babies. the community has reached out to experts to humanely captur

at the herndon town green. the event will feature virginia wine and craft beer tastings, live music, and a craft show. and there is much more ahead on good morning washington tease irma >> now, "good morning washington," on your side. we begin with a breaking news alert. breaking overnight, live fire on the korean peninsula. what the south korean military did what you were asleep that signals tensions could be reaching critical mass. >> we love the dreamers. we love everybody. larry: an imminent decision, the new word about president trump's contingency for talk a -- daca . stormwatch 7 is tracking trouble brewing in the tropics. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] autria: good money morning to you.

as we speak-- dominion energy field personnel are gearing up in herndon to make the trip. they leave this morning at 6:30. abc-7 will continue to monitor irma's impact on florida - and the southern u-s. you'll find our continuing coverage online at wjla dot com. there you'll also find a list of charities - already on the ground... so you c this morning-- north korea will be feeling the pain of new united nations sanctions. the u-n security council unanimously approved the sanctions last night-- one week after north korea carried out its sixth and largest nuclear test. the resolution does not include the ban on oil imports and the freeze on kim jong un's assets the u-s wanted. both china and russia, two of north korea's strongest allies, agreed on the need for stronger sanctions. happening today in boston-- the man charged with murdering two doctors inside their high rise home, is due in court. police say bampumim teixeira tied up and stabbed the couple back in may. 38-year-old dr. lina bolanos and 49-year-old dr. richard field had been engaged to be married. police say it

larry: a live look from herndon. crews are loading up the trucks and headed down south to get the lights back on in florida. kennedy will be there live in about 25 minutes to give you their perspective as they head into the areas hardest hit by irma. autria: tonight, benefiting those affected by hurricane harvey, abc will be a part of the multinetwork special, hand-in-hand, a benefit for hurricane harvey relief. jamie foxx, george clooney, julia roberts, all making appearances tonight to help raise as much money as they can to help the victims of harvey adrianna:. breaking right now, a stabbing overnight in southwest. police confirming that the victim has died. the man was stabbed late last night on martin luther king jr. avenue on south capitol street. we are waiting for more information on this, including information on a suspect and a motive. once the police get the information to us, we will be sure to pass it to you. autria: thank you. the man accused of murdering the lion sisters two years ago is expected to pl

brianne carter has more live from herndon. brianne: well, they tell us it happened here along this stretch about three and a half, four miles o over the weekend and into earlier this week. now talking to cyclists today many of them say they were riding along this area when they noticed all of a sudden they had flat tires riding along the w.&od trail. the officials came out after they were notified and used a magnet on monday along several miles of the trail. dozens of tacks were pulled up. but not before they were forced to buy a new tire. the owner of the shop tells us before the shop was even open at 7:00 a.m. people were waiting outside the shop with a flat. >> if you hit a tack at a high speed, you know, with the front tire and it blows out, you could lose total control and end up crashing head over heels. it could be a serious injury. we don't want to s >> the concern tonight who may be behind all of this. tonight, many cyclist are telling us they are not the only ones that should be concerned. we have more on that part o

this one right here has flaired in parts of eastern -- northwestern portions of the herndon area, around the fairfax county area. these are mov south and east. if you're around gaithersburg, let's zoom on into this area. gaithersburg right here. here is rockville coming in across 270. now we're in rush hour. that's going to slow things down coming out of the district and some of the heaviest rain right now this news storm formed right along drainsville road, in towards parts of the herndon area, watch out in this region, this will hit right towards great falls and over towards river road over the next half hour to hour or so. this whole thing moves through the city. look at this line, very long line. this is a cold front that's going to be moving through, temperatures today, mid to upper 80s. we're only in the upper 60s to low 70s. now, let's turn our attention down to the south. hurricane irma, not just major hurricane, unprecedented in this part of the atlantic ocean, the strongest hurricane ever in the atlantic. we've had stronger in the caribbean and gulf, but in the any time you see

this primarily, a rain maker and we'll continue to see that down towards the herndon area, seeing somerms parts of fairfax county. you can see where the heavy rain is, here is our friends over there in the herndon area, right on down towards shan tilly and centerville. some pretty good rain around this area. heavy rain and more right along tyson's corner in through parts of the beltway. down to the south along 95 seeing some of the heavier rain. lightning and back towards seeing some of the rain, too. all of this frontal boundary that's moving through the region. you see how long this is, all the way from the northeast right on down towards the southeast, moving on through. it will change things for us during the day tomorrow. let's take a look and show you the latest on irma again. right now, well to the east of puerto rico, moving that way, again, this has wind of 185 miles an hour, we call it a buzz saw, it looks just like that. any time, look at that center -- that circulation, any time your eye opens like that and you have that nice clear to find out, you know you're dealing with

couple of little staggering omissions that made it slightly fundamentally wrong please welcome thomas herndon mr arnold thinks probation is one of the most important american company to realize that you have upset some people in the austerity crowd who have someone starting your car for you right now. when the public exceeds ninety percent of g.d.p. it becomes an obstacle to growth. the two great economists had committed a line in the columns of their ex bridge time as i've been talking to a lot of the media across the world and pretty heartbreaking stories about what's going on in europe and you know i've also seen the effects of it in this country as well we have to keep cutting the government budget and laying off people until those people get jobs that's right you got it the austerity policies are based on a full blown discount. you know but they see their already using it all over europe and they love it so much that they have celebrations in the street sometimes with. sometimes just fire and every. despite seven years having no lapse since the beginning of the the crisis. c b s economic

a warning for bicyclists after tacks ended up lodged in tires on a herndon section of the washington and old dominion trail. and this morning- there's concern that dozens of tacks were not left there by accident. one bike shop owner told abc seven multiple people were waiting seven multiple people were waiting outside thier shop on sunday to get flat tires fixed. our second rainy morning this week - but better news at we look ahead the weekend. feeling more like summer as we approach the first day of fall. eileen whelan is tracking the warm up next. he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away. - still watching hurricane jose today: mostly cloudy, warm and hu

parks, the crash killed a woman from herndon.lison: new developments on the controversial travel ban. supreme court justice anthony kennedy with debt restructure is that were placed on a appeals court. allow refugees to enter the united states if a resettlement agency agreed to take them in. the decision is temporary pending a response from hawaii. the united nations security approve newimously economic sanctions on north korea. the resolution does not include the ban on oil imports and a freeze on the leader's the u.s. wanted. north korea carried out at sixth and largest nuclear tests a week ago. jonathan: charles county police are trying to figure out what happened atlanta the drowning death of a two-year-old boy at a home daycare on yorktown drive. say the daycare provider was on the phone with 911 when she found the child in the pool. so far no charges have been filed. alison: happening now, a mystery that has captivated montgomery county. aat happened to laura wollen, pregnant teacher who disappeared days before school start

suzanne kennedy is live in herndon where some locals are getting ready to head out. abc-7 will continue to monitor irma's impact on the u-s. coming up at 5:45 - a miami. we have all our continuing coverage online at wjla dot com. and you'll also find a list of charities - already on the ground... so you can developing now in charles county... police are trying to figure out wheat lead to the drowning of a two year-old boy. it happened at an at-home daycare on yorktown drive in waldorf yesterday. police tell us the daycare provider was on the phone with 9-1-1 when she found the child in the pool. no charges have been filed. happening this morning, a training exercise in the district involving multiple law enforcement agencies. d-c police, u-s secret service... and even the metro transit system, all taking part. the f-b-i is supervising the event. the exercise begins in just over an hour around 6:50 this morning. this one - will raise an eyebrow. a metro bus driver - spotted reading the paper - behind the wheel! and of course - a passerby caught it with their cell phon

in addition to parks, the july 26th crash also killed a woman from herndon.any landing you can walk away from is a good one. so if that is your measuring stick, then this pilot didn't do anything wrong. take a look. the man was coming in for a landing - when he swerved into a nearby parking lot, and hit a tree. this all happened today in plainville, connecticut. despite a very rough ride, the f-a-a says the pilot only suffered minor injuries. it's xx and we're just getting started. the hurricane is over-- now the recovery effort in the hurricane is over-- now the recovery effort in florida kicks into high gear. houses and boats destroyed, millions in the dark-- and this morning, the death toll is climbing. good morning washington. - irma is a tropical depression (heavy rain continues over the southeastern u.s.) - clouds from irma here today - showers for the wednesday morning drive - feeling more tropical tomorrow through friday (warmer & more humid) - watching hurricane jose today: mostly cloudy. highs: 72-75 winds: e 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. scatter

heads up for herndon commuters.st this morning much as we take a look in upper marlboro earlier disable vehicle by dower hour road cleared. 17 miles per hour average. very marlboro commuters as we take look at 66, pretty nasty congestion from gainsville through manassas. just to get from 29 in ga gainsville through 234 prince william parkway it will take you 17 minutes. basically a 45 minute delay from gainsville to the beltway this morning. and as we take look at the outer loop, 40 minute trip don't love to see that from 95 to the 270 spur. you can see by colesville road it's just a ton of heavy congestion. we don't have any crashes up there. it's just a slow roll from the amount of traffic. inner loop looks really nice and metro rail lines still on time. guys, back to you. >> erin, thank you very much. we appreciate it. still ahead trouble already for apple's new smart watch. >> plus a fast food challenge. why the ceo of mcdonald's is being asked to eat a happy meal for a week. we'll get you the details right afte

fresno resident, cregg jerri, taking on a robbery suspect at the starbucks at herndon and 99...o was carrying a knife and what appeared to be a real gun.the suspect, ryan flores, is now behind bars.today cregg jerri-- with a scar on his neck left behind from the struggle-- made his first public appearance.chief jerry dyer/fresno police:"cregg jerri is an american hero. he is somebody that i deeply admire, somebody who went well above and beyond the call of a citizen and did something that i believe very, very few people in this world would have done."regulars at the herndon and 99 starbucks say they've seen jerri before and they're thankful for his actions.tom/customer:"to see an individual like that you have to give him a lot of credit in this day and age. he's a wonderful, wonderful man." they feel jerri's bravery will make criminals think twice."it sends a message to people who want to come in and just rob a place. there just might be someone like that around."months after the incident -- joined by his family-- jerri got a special thank you from fresno police. chief jerry dye

elementaryat the school in herndon. in district heights, at francis scott key, 52. winds are light. we are not going to have gusty winds today like we did yesterday. cool at the bus stop and always feels so great. plenty of sunshine, 67 degrees by lunchtime. so, a nice, sunny season --. -- day. friday night forecast looking good. 63 at 11:00. dry and cool. a a few clouds as a cold front approaches the area. as we head into the overnight hours tonight and tomorrow night, it's going to get pretty chilly. how long and so dry. any rain in sight? julie: nice quiet is what we need after week we havehad. all lanes open southbound on 270. the laneo divide. a live picture in germantown. the 21 minute commute southbound on 270 headed towards rockville. topside, outer loop out of college park a different story. seeing the backup. randolph road is working well as a workaround. tonight, the pirates are up against the washington nationals. first is at 7:05. avoid the hassle of the rush-hour commute leaving downtown. take the green line. back within the >> 10 minutes and we will let you know what

class at herndon barstow elementary.oficers say samhammer placed a rope around kids' necks and tightened it brifely.. before letting go. once at the scene officers spotted two children...ages nine and eleven...with red marks on their neck and shoulder areas. (grant) now to the north bay...and these are tense times for students, parents, teacehers and others at redwood high school in larkspur.(pam) two violent threats in two weeks ... and now... an arrest. a redwood student was arrested today ... for calling in last week's bomb therat... that turned out to be a hoax. police say, that student used a number masking program... when he left the phone message... hoping of course to conceal his identity. but investigators say, they have cracked the case and have the culprit... a 17-year old boy who lives in tiburon. meanwhile, as for the áshooting threat... written in a restroom stall yesterday... indicating there would be a shooting today... the superintendent decided to add police patrols on campus. (sot) (pam) most students

police say that she hit and killed another driver from herndon. >> they are so impaired, they cannot they are driving down the wrong side of the highway. >> deadly crashes of people driving the wrong way have hit a new high. >> aaa says it is the highest number of crashes in the d.c. area since 2012. 90% of the time they are alcohol-relate alcohol induced. people diedim a two in indianhead highway. in may, another wrong way crash killed two people. >> this year it has become a major traffic safety of them in maryland. that thesend says runway crashes oppen -- often happen late at night in the far left lane as the driver crosses the median. >> let's not call it an accident, this is a crash. .> right now at 5:00 >> it has been a long time and we are tired. we just want to go home. >> tonight the questions that remain in the lyon sisters disappearance. lose thousands after visiting a local bank. why no one at the branch not >> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> that breaking news is out of roy, utah where a small plane crashed into the middle of the street and burst into

. >> if you want a cold beer or wine, head over to herndon's festival. there will be a wine and craft beer tastes. that's happening from 11 to 4:00. specialty craft and food vendors and of course, games. it's going to be sunny, chris. >> more important information. metro is opening at 8:00 a.m. trains running on sunday schedule with off-peak fares. buses replace trains between. >>> planning the -- we're working for you to find the best good idea. traffic slows down on i-95 north through fredericksburg around noon. expected to remain that way through 9:00 p.m. tanking i-81, try to leave by 3:00 p.m. both the east and west ends by 66 are typically clogged until 8:00 p.m. >>> we're getting exciting breaking news from the uk this morning. adam tuss at the live dress being. >> good news this morning. a new baby for the royal couple. they're expecting their chird child. prince charles tweeted this morning. one can confirm that the duchess of cambridge is expecting her third child. he need all the air he can get. #royal baby. this is the couple's third child, o

. >> meyer owns a shop in herndon and sunday morning she says that riders were waiting for new tires before the shop opened. when rider after rider came in with the same issue she was concerned this is more than a prank or accident. >> someone trying to disable a bike so they can turn you into a victim while you are shopped or changing a tire. a lot of people ride at dusk and dawn. and alone. >> a it will of little kids walk bear-foot on the trail. >> they have pulled up dozen of tacks. >> thank you for that. >> okay. it's time to turn the attention to the weather today. this is misty out there. is this all irma? >> part of. tomorrow is the remnant of the system that is moving north and west. we could get morning shalingers and the afternoon thunderstorms. that is it. then good shape. get to it. good stuff to talk and share about after a dreary start. this is how it looked like in damascus this morning. the wet grounds, drizzle and the rain. but the skies did brighten and the rain bands moved out. the sun pop out of here shortly. there it is. what do you know? partly sunny skies and

herndon old ox road at rock hill road, it's dark. police treat that as stop. back to you. >> jack, thank you. >>> these are your top stories we are following this morning -- investigators are examining new evidence found in the case of a missing woman from prince george's county. searchers found some braids and a piece o clothing looking for ashanti billie in norfolk. she has been missing 11 days. >>> there is help heading to puerto rico today t. acting homeland security elaine duke will travel to the island devastated by hurricane maria. also in the way, a three-star army general. he is expected to help the response, a lot of people say has been slow moving. >>> the nfl's oldest rivals met last night. >> that did not stop them to come together to send a meej e message of unity for all. players, coaches, staff and the chicago bears and green bay packers lokdz arms. the packers quarterback aaron rogers says he is receiving hateful for the team to unite in this cause. >>> take any controversy in the nfl has become scary for one football player. tennessee titans

the same in herndon. it's cooler at 77. we have a 90-degree in frederick maryland.ler to the west of us. stormwatch7 satellite the cloud cover that we thought we'd have originally materialized a lot so the temperatures we had to warm up more than we thought. this is the latest on maria. the winds are at 75 miles per hour. wind gusts are closer to 90. the tropical storm continue. wind gusts of 40 to 60 miles per hour. the beach erosion and the strong rip current are likely. closer to the delmarva beaches not so great. this is a live look at rehoboth beach, delaware. you can see the cloud cover is there. they are testing the water and it is going to deteriorate more in the next 24 to 48 hours. then the system moves out of here. this is what happens on wednesday and thursday. it will take a turnoff to the east and then it is history. the tropics will settle down. 64 to 72 overnight low. we have a little patchy fog west of d.c. waking up for wednesday morning a mild start to the day. upper 60's to 70. future cast has a chance of showers but they are limited moving throu

later on today i'll be with dante tanner who's running for a dealt seat in herndon, virginia.'ll be going to new jersey for phil murphy who's running for governor. the beauty of our country is we have the ability to correct our mistakes. the next opportunity to do that is in these mid-term elections coming up all over the country where 36 governors are up. >> all right. former maryland governor and democratic presidential candidate during this past election and maybe in this next one, martin o'malley. thank you very much for your time, sir. >> thank you, alex. >>> we're going to take a short break, everybody. on the other side we'll talk about a couple more journalists about what is happening in texas and the president's reaction to it as we've been watching with you here live on msnbc for the past hour or so. stay with us. th isovely lady has a typical airline credit card. so she only earns double miles on purchases she makes from that airline. what'd you earn double miles on, please? ugh. that's unfortunate. there's a better option. the capital one venture card. with venture

at a town festival in herndon this year, the gang task force identified, because they go to these events and see these people, and there is an estimated 200 to 300 suspected gang members milling about among the families who are getting cotton candy and hot dogs for their kids, right there looking to recruit in their own communities. mr. speaker, since november, 2016, at least eight murders have been committed and tied to ms-13 and other gangs in our area. representing 166% increase over the last year in the northern virginia region. ms-13 linked vicious murder occurred in november, 2015. they are all vicious when you are talking about ms-13. this happened on alexandria about und in the evening eight miles from this capitol. it resulted in the death of a 24-year-old, joseer ifman. he was nearly decapitated in the machete about eight miles attack. his body was left on the playground and was goundfound her dog the king next morning. it could have been one of the kids playing on the playground finding that. "the washington post" has highlighted how the 2014 border surge has contributed to th

team from dominion power left from herndon virginia this morning to head to florida.laura wolin has not been seen since saturday before labor day. wolin's family received troubling text from her phone on labor day, but they will not reveal what it said. right now there is no evidence of foul play. >>> cool and cloudy weather today here is veronica johnson. >>> again below average day in cover and possibility of sprinkles. 74 d.c. 75 around one and then assess. best chance of rain will come on thursday. pick up have to as much of an inch through midday friday. we can do right now is looking drive. highs in the lower 80s through the weekend and first part of next week. >>> we continue to see a slow rate continuing to get the capital beltway on interstate 66 as well as 95. 95 through beltsville calvert and continues to suffer through earlier accident activity. inner loop accident dealing with cleanup. lanes have been reopened once you get past university boulevard in. we continue to see slow right size to 70 through clarksburg coming into federal content montgomery count

at a town festival in herndon this year, the gang task force identified, because they go to these events and see these people, and there is an estimated 200 to 300 suspected gang members milling about among the families who are getting cotton candy and hot dogs for their kids, right there looking to recruit in their own communities. mr. speaker, since november, 2016, at least eight murders have been committed and tied to ms-13 and other gangs in our area. representing 166% increase over the last year in the northern virginia region. ms-13 linked vicious murder occurred in november, 2015. they are all vicious when you are talking about ms-13. this happened on alexandria about und in the evening eight miles from this capitol. it resulted in the death of a 24-year-old, joseer ifman. he was nearly decapitated in the machete about eight miles attack. his body was left on the playground and was goundfound her dog the king next morning. it could have been one of the kids playing on the playground finding that. "the washington post" has highlighted how the 2014 border surge has contributed to th