of the 19 did jefferson davis have any relationship with abraham lincoln? >> guest: davis did not have -- there has been a lot written about lincoln. right now i cannot recall if they had ever met. i doubt it. i doubt they had ever met. jefferson davis's vice president, alexander stevens of georgia who was not a fire eater either had a friendship with abraham lincoln when lincoln served as a congressman from 1846-1848 and they were friends and lincoln wrote a letter to him. alexander stevens wrote a letter to abraham lincoln while lincoln was waiting to come to washington after he was elected to be president, wondering if there was anything they could do, if he had any suggestions and lincoln wrote back to him, i would really like to be able to work this out, he said, but we don't seem able to agree on the extension of slavery. he said in his letter that is the rub. you want to extend slavery and make slavery national while we want to restrict it. >> host: is your book written for a general audience or scholarly audience? >> guest: we wrote this book for st

and he makes a beeline to jefferson davis's office. and he walks into jefferson davis' office. and sits down at his desk and puts his feet up. okay. that's the lincoln who ended the civil war. he entered as a conquering hero. right? he ended the war as the commander in chief. who was there to take possession of the city of richmond. and this is how he's memorialized. because really that's not a an idea of lincoln that would endear richmonders. even 150 years later. so this is an at the same time i would argue in richmond to recon texture alize. to soften the edges of the confederacy by creating not threatening images both of the union victory and civil war. and of african-american heros. holding books and a tennis racket. right. >> so we can talk about what you guys think should be done with our confederate heritage. here in athens. destroy, move. >> so what do you guys think? you have all thought about it. because you had to write a paper about it. so so what did you argue for in this confederate statue that we have here? that faces the arch? >> i think it should stay. it is a

go compare the money was in kentucky for akram lincoln and jefferson davis. both of them were born there. compare the two monuments, i wonder which one's taller, and the one that is taller, i am going to give away is not , abraham lincoln's. let's say 5.5 million would have embraced the lost cause memory of the war very quickly. now, the white south has a much greater problem in some ways after the war than the loyal citizenry did. they are big-time losers, overwhelming losers. they have lost shatteringly. not kind of, not maybe, not gosh i wonder really who won and lost, no, they're very well aware of who lost. they, as we have talked about, lost a far higher -- i mean you can calculate the difference in loss. a far higher percentage of their military men are dead far higher , than in the united states. we cannot recapture how important this was. their slave holding social structure is swept away. we, and this is i can't think of , anything equivalent in our society that you could change that would bring as much of a n impact. and i'm going to quote one pers

no, because almost no one loved jefferson davis. he's not loveable as you know from reading his works. who can you talk about, who's the most important confederate during the war? r.e. lee. isn't even close. you can talk about him without talking about slavery. you can even pretend he sort of anti-slavery if you squint just right and stand ond or head and turn the lights out. you know from confederates, that part of it, i won't belabor that, you can talk to lee, he's your best card. he was a brilliant general, he did win great battles against long odds. joe hooker had twice as many win at chancellorville yet lee won with his cohoert thomas jonathan jackson struck down at high tied tragically, if only, all the if's that linger, what if, what if, stonewall jackson, then you lower your voice, had been at gettysburg. what would he had -- we know what. he would have been in a box moldering and had no impact on chancellorville and it would have seemed awkward to carry his corpse up into pennsylvania even to rally the rootroops. that would

no, because almost no one loved jefferson davis. he's not loveable as you know from reading his works. who can you talk about, who's the most important confederate during the war? r.e. lee. isn't even close. you can talk about him without talking about slavery. you can even pretend he sort of anti-slavery if you squint just right and stand ond or head and turn the lights out. you know from confederates, that part of it, i won't belabor that, you can talk to lee, he's your best card. he was a brilliant general, he did win great battles against long odds. joe hooker had twice as many win at chancellorville yet lee won with his cohoert thomas jonathan jackson struck down at high tied tragically, if only, all the if's that linger, what if, what if, stonewall jackson, then you lower your voice, had been at gettysburg. what would he had -- we know what. he would have been in a box moldering and had no impact on chancellorville and it would have seemed awkward to carry his corpse up into pennsylvania even to rally the rootroops. that would

and she describes a decision the museum faced over a donated jefferson davis statue. this 50-minute talk was recorded at a symposium held at the library of virginia in richard mond -- richmond, virginia, this past february. >>> as you know, we're here today to explore an aspect of civil war history that's very much in the news. it actually has been often in the news for many years. some of you no doubt find the often rancorous public debates about civil war monuments troubling and just wish the debates would go away. but you know it won't just go away. so the constructive thing to do is to accept the debates as evidence that the subject of our institution, the american civil war museum, is relevant today. many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs who love to study the lessons of history. i would like to add a special welcome to some of you who are new to the preservationists who have joined us today in the audience. as we have over the decades in our existence, as the museum of the confederacy and the american civil war center which combined to form the am

sharing suggestions on possible new names for jefferson davis highway. year ago the alexandria city council voted to rename jefferson davis highway for stop the advisory group receiving several suggestions, including abraham lincoln, barack obama, and others. when alexandria resident suggested renaming the highway after former slaves. >> a narrative that has been going on especially since charlottesville is we are worried about losing the history, so i think this would be a good way to make sure the history stays in place and we are reminded of who the good people w jonathan: the next public hearing on the issue will happen sometime next month. still ahead -- netflix wants to make it easier for you to binge watch shows on an airplane. alison: a big move tonight. plus, we are tracking hurricane maria live from north carolina as some have been forced to evacuate the outer banks. jonathan: a horrible car crash in arlington and an army master sergeant in the right place at the right time to help. alison: and you may have watched the premiere of "the good doc

a year ago, the city council voted to begin the process to rename jefferson davis highway. the advisory group has already received several suggestions online, including names like abraham lincoln, barack obama, and heather heyer. last night one alexandria resident also suggested renaming the highway after former slaves. the next public hearing on the issue hearing on the issue will happen next month. the nats were hopeful that all-star bryce harper would return to the lineup last night from the disabled list but harpers return was nulled by an illness. harper had been out for nearly a month and half with an injured knee.. the nats planned to activate him last night against the phillies but he woke up with flu-like symptoms. his return will have to wait at least one more day. the nats won anyway .. 3-1. now to st. louis.. and you've got to check this out. a fly ball hit into foul territory.. cubs short stop addison russell dives for it..but as he tries to make the play..he spills a fans nachos.. and walks away with an arm covered with cheese! but get this..just a short time

and she describes a decision the museum faced over a donated jefferson davis statue. this 50-minute talk was recorded at a symposium held at the library of virginia in richard mond -- richmond, virginia, this past february. >>> as you know, we're here today to explore an aspect of civil war history that's very much in the news. it actually has been often in the news for many years. some of you no doubt find the often rancorous public debates about civil war monuments troubling and just wish the debates would go away. but you know it won't just go away. so the constructive thing to do is to accept the debates as evidence that the subject of our institution, the american cil

navy wasand the modernized under the secretary of war, jefferson davis, who went on to become the president of the confederacy during the civil war. pierce was a lawyer. he felt slavery should be handled with an act of congress. there should be legislation permitting it. he was not -- legislation prohibiting it. a fan of it, but he was afraid he would split the country over it. his hope was to keep. the country together he understood -- keep the country together. he understood fighting the revolution was too great a country. here's trying hard -- was to create the country. itwas trying to keep together. it split when lincoln took office. the democratic party did not want him to run again. he had good accomplishments. we do not hear about those because the kansas nebraska act, which occurred at the end of his presidency, was turned into bloody kansas. it was a disaster as far as trying to achieve what it had hoped to achieve. they nominated the canon to be -- nominated buchanan to be the next candidate in the next election cycle. franklin pierce lefty presidency. they came up to him for a sh

half a mile from lee its the jefferson davis monument. a tribute as much to the secessionist government it seems, as it is to the former confederate president. >> so, davis lead the south into a -- into a war for its independence. very much aware that he was fighting to keep slavery legal. so if one has to go. this is probably the one to go. >> if we look down, and we see stone wall jackson, way in the distance. we see all of the green space. if all that green space one solution. >> absolutely. there is plenty of room for monuments. commemorating, har. iet tubman. fred wreck douglas. simply adding statues of solution says brian stevenson. he still remembers what it felt like seeing confederate monuments as a kid. >> i always thought the despite the fact that they were copper or bronze, they were screaming at me. i don't belong here. this is not your land. you are still subordinate. >> stevenson, founder of the equal justice initiative in montgomery, alabama is turning a light on one of america's darkest post civil war chapters. the nearly

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nominations and in the white house trade with the secretary of war said dick cheney of his data jefferson davis of mississippi the defect show acting president of the united states operating behind the weekly and franklin pierce collaborating on the kansas nebraska and would repeal the missouri compromise that had forbidden slavery or put a line through the country to prohibit backed. but now the repeal made possible the nationalization of slavery which was lincoln nightmare and in the struggle the entire order cracked a part lincoln described the atmosphere of the early resistance but we rose grasping the pitch fork or the butcher's cleaver. but in two new brief autobiographies he depicted himself as stranger the content becoming indifferent chiru politics as he was contemplating he told the chicago tribune and 8054 you will superseded the bottom of politics with the repeal of the missouri compromise aroused him it was this decisive juncture that though law partner wrote of lincoln ambition. that man waits for the people to call him has herodias knowledge he was always calculating and planning

route 1 is named for confederate president jefferson davis. the city decided to change the road's name, but it needs help. tonight's hearing is happening at 7:30 at the art center in alexandria. >> a lo the of the music playing, eating going on, that's what d.c. residents did yesterday at the state fair. the event was held at the water front station. people brought pets and indulged in some food and contests, games a lot more going on there too and the weather this weekend. >> as mitch a z i love hot water. it's not right to have a 90 degree weather. >> yesterday, 92 degrees, our a month. >> chilly and rainy. so this warm weather is going to stick around for the next couple days or really also waiting to see what hurricane maria decides to do. spinning her wheels off the atlantic coastline. this storm is going to have some impact on our weather. the main impact tomorrow will be the increase in some cloud cover. not expecting much of a rain chance tomorrow because we're too far away from the center of the storm for that. but it's going to be cl

lee, jefferson davis and about ten other confederate figures in the national statuary collection.approved, the states can reclaim the statues or be given to the smithsonian. lawmakers proposed the measure after the violence last month. >>> the most powerful storm to form in the atlantic ocean continuing a path of destruction through the caribbean. irma is dumping rain and unleashing on the turks and caicos. sheena parveen will show us the track toward florida. new data coming in on that storm as we speak. with the threat of irma and harvey's destruction, the washington nationals will collect items to benefit hurricane victims. you can bring nonperishable food, toiletries, cleaning supplies and ot park between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. they'll be collecting stuff until september 17th. take a look at the screen. >>> sheena parveen is here. i know you've been closely watching the track of irma. there's updates coming in the next hour. >> we just got the new 5:00 a.m. advisory. sometimes we get lucky and it comes in early. we just got the 5:00 a.m. update. it is down to a category 4. it

they don't spend the whole civil war there but they spent several months in prison, and indeed jefferson davis when he returns to jackson. although jefferson doesn't mention stanton. he knew exactly what stanton was doing on the civil liberties front and in his dealings with political opponents of theth administration. i am just wondering if you all want to talk about. they didn't have much staff, so did these individuals we've been talking about play some sort of a bigger role or is it an evolution? >> what struck me was essentially there was no staff and the white house professional staff consists of john and one other presidential secretary. he was much more dependent on the cabinet an cabinets and evee the next endocrinology. i've never seen a publisher mentioned anywhere it's got to be besieged by longtime friends you've never heard of.ll so, by filling in the administration you would be very wise not to forget those people who are still doing a resume on your nickel. ronald reagan already played some of that when he was the governor in california but some of the people. he had a role in

president entered the doorway and seated himself in reception room, in the reception chair of jefferson davis. the fifth massachusetts cavalry appeared on the square, with the president inspecting the troops and exhibiting an interest in everything. for one private in company d, he would reminisce in a postwar interview, "i had seen general rent many times and i was looking forward to seeing president lincoln. when i did, i did not see him. the cavalry had a banquet enrichment. i saw tall gangly man in a tall silk cap, walking between the tables, stooping a little as if he was afraid of touching the ceiling. the waiter, to who that farmer was, and i learned with our president. -- i learned it was our president." at the conclusion of the battle of richmond, the fifth massachusetts within be sent usctto texas with other regiments. he, like a to combat banking water, insects, reptiles, and a lack of firewood. third dean of the company's 14 deaths were the result of being down in texas. 1865, ther of regiment would be mustered out of service and then returned back to boston. in the years after th

join with secretary of war, the dyck cheney of his day, jefferson davis of mississippi. care to slaveholding wealth and the de facto acting president of the united states. operating behind the weakling, franklin pierce and their collaboration on the kansas nebraska act. that act repealed the missouri compromise that had forbidden slavery north of the line through the country that prohibited it in the north except for missouri. but now, it's repealed made possible the extension of slavery to the west. it made possible the nationalization of slavery. lincoln's nightmare. and in a stroke, the entire old political order cracked apart. we were thunderstruck end and stuns and in confusion. said lincoln, describing the atmosphere of the early resistance. but we rose, each writing, grasping whatever he could reach a chopping as a butchers? repeatedly struck in the direction of the sound. into brief autobiographies lincoln depicted himself in his wilderness years as strangely content in a kind of internal exile. becoming merely indifferent to politics. immersed in this legal prac

right in the heart of east of downtown memphis in the park, jefferson davis statue to that used to be named after him but now it has been changed. i think that they are going to leave public places. i've advocated this in as you said i write a column in the newspaper every week and i am steadfast in my calls to get these out to the public venues. i don't want my taxpayer money going to the upkeep of these statutes. they need to be in a museum. you can request the statutes that is fine. he wanted to be buried in the elmwood cemetery and he was for more than 27 years until they dug him up and put him in douglas park. so, i think that again, decency is going to then in the end and i am going to keep shouting for it. i hope the majority of the voices keep shouting for it and i will talk about my book a little bit later. i >> of this hits home in a lot of ways. [inaudible] unfortunately, we are experiencing difficulties in our live coverage of the mississippi book festival. stay with us and we will return to the life programming as soon as possible.a that >> so the idea that these are just

lee, jefferson davis and ten other confederate figures. >>> president trump says all options remain on the table as north korea continues to conduct nuclear tests. he said military action is an option but quote it would be great if something else would be worked out. germany's chancellor and clhinas president said they should take more action but agreed the dialogue shouldn't continue to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. they conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date. in south korea the air force released these pictures of its soaring eagle drill. the exercise was one of the largest air combat drilled aimed at blocking a large number of enemy aircraft. it was chance to review south korea's enemy readiness to counter an attack. >>> the president trump administration announced it will rewrite an obama school directive on sexual assault. the charge is being made in an effort to balance the rights of victims and the accused. the obama guidance pushed schools to combat sexual harassment and sexual violence saying they were required to do so under title ix. critics say

jefferson davis and about ten other confederate figures.f the bill is approved, states will be able to reclaim their statutes or they will be given to the smith sonia and other museums. lawmakers propose that measure after the violence in charlottesville. >> as hurricane irma threatens pe victims of hurricane harvey know all too well the damage that co >>> just coming in, a cyber security incident involving equifax potentially impacting upwards of 140 millions u.s. consumers, back to you guys. >> people in and around houston, texas have a long road to recovery, following hurricane harvey steps may be flooding. >> you have a big mess on your hands. more than 40,000 homes and 100,000 cars left damage, causing owners and insurers big bucks. >> people are coming home to loss. some of the covered by insurance, but most, not. she's lived in her home in northeastern houston for 25 years. >> when i was going i saw my refrigerator was flooding. i tell my husband we have water in the house. i cried. >> she does not have flood insurance because her ho

presidents time jefferson davis of the confederacy will not listen to him. he is trying to warn him. -- knows he cannot hold out much longer. davis is he is hurt all of this before. when all this collapses richmond is not ready and that leads to the panic in the fire. john brennan gordon does is very best. he gets control about half of the army of northern virginia. fort stedman east of the james river. over the month they are very heavily fortified. fort stedman is not very far where there was a quite a summer before. it is the point where the lines get very close. he does his homework, he sends out his scouts, they have spies. they are getting reports that, they can a know everything that they cannot see. you are going to make a night attack, punch through and then you have broken through. point go down the city and it will take a lot of coordination. he really thinks he has done everything. he is a man who always had good luck until fort stedman. -- after ifore that did the first reading with the first reading it describes what of thelike as a private pla

presidential nomination in the white house join with secretary before, the dick cheney of hisce day, jefferson davis of mississippi, heir to slave welding health and the de facto acting president of the unitedng states, operating behind the weakling franklin pierce in their collaboration on the kansas-nebraska act. that act repealed the missouris compromise that had forbidden slavery north of the line to the country that prohibited it in the north, except for missouri. but now its repeal made possible the extension of slavery to the west. it made possible the nationalization of slavery, lincoln's nightmare. and in a stroke, the entire old political order crack apart. we were thunderstruck and stunned and would wield and utter confusion, said lincoln, describing the atmosphere of the early resistance. but we rose, each fighting, grasping whatever he could reach, aside, a pitchfork, a chopping ax or a butchers cleaver. we struck in the direction of the south. into brief autobiography lincoln depicted himself in his wilderness years as strangely content any kind of internal exile, becoming nearly kind

pa named for confederate president jefferson davis.he city has decided to change the road's name, but it needs help. the hearing is happening at 7:30 at the oswald art center in alexandria. >>> today there will be a vigil to remember a 16-year-old who had his whole life ahead of him. he was gunned down in an attempted robbery in southwest washington. police say the academy student and track star stabbed his attacker in self-defense. kelly was on his way home from a college-bound program when he died. on saturday students folded origami swans in his honor. >>> police collected bags of evidence at a homicide and will be looking through it. we told you about this yesterday morning. police say two men were shot on cherry hill road. officers found in the seven springs apartments one of the men died. we don't know this or whether police have any fleeds this case. >>> fall is here and that means taking your family to the fair. but make sure you wash your hands. the great frederick fair had to close its pig barn after it discovered 11 pigs had

nude developments concerning jefferson davis highway and what its new name should be. alexandria began voting to rename the highway. last night a hearing was held on the issue and an advisory group has received several suggested heather heyer,ng barack obama, and abraham lincoln. one resident suggested renaming the highway polls, the emotionally charged moment that caused one senate candidate to pull a pistol during his campaign rally. getting youven around this mess on the parkway. one wreck, turning into two wrecks. oh, you yeah!ht butch. (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. >> welcome back, everyone. it's 6:11 and we are looking at an act did and occurred back in the 2:00 hour. the crash investigation now completed, all lanes are open, southbound bw parkway is slowing back towards laurel and greenbelt. northbound on the

and whether or not they are worthy to be remembered if we are removing monuments such as the jefferson davis memorialr which are examples in new orleans on the premise that they are offensive because these people in our past and slaves traded to a remote monuments to washington? to jefferson? monuments to people from the 20th century who may have had questionable decisions. they have some kind of personal skeleton that may or may not have influenced their greatness in history. where does the line stop? >> off of those examples catholics were not well thought of in the history. could someone be frowned upon because they were atheist? a valueavery as once or judgment you could extrapolate that to a bunch of different things and talk about the slope. for me one of the huge frustrations is it becomes impossible to have the discussion. ifardless of what you say you find something good you alienate about one third of the audience. like aot just disappointing answer you will get people violently upset with you. you have one third on this and any third on his end and if there that want to have a con

the confederacy, jefferson davis was depressed. they had loaded the archives and confederate gold on trains to take it out of richmond because it looked like richmond was about to fall. the war might have been over in the spring of 1862, but as everybody knows jackson and me and the confederate counteroffensive change that, but that was the first turning point. the second one was in two. the third one was gettysburg and its -- vicksburg. the last one was sherman's capture of atlanta and other union victories in the fall of 18 six four, and lincoln's reelection. each of those collected confederate momentum, but it looks like it might be moving toward some kind of victory. the turned around. the final and turned around permanently. i would stick with that. even today 2728 years later. >> we're coming out of commemorative. of the civil war. what do you think is the great challenge for the way in which we remember the civil war? james: i guess the challenge is to continue to try to understand its impact -- it's continuing impact on ame

the move is so quick, the message that it has to leave, which is jefferson davis while he is in charge. he is initially just furious because he cannot believe that lee let him down like this. .ichmond turns into a debacle it becomes one thing after another because they do not want drunkenness they break open all of the whiskey barrels and pour them out. you have people lying in the gutters drinking all of the whiskey, men and women. they decided to destroy the government stores so they do not fall on union hands. the confederates would set them on fire. and of course the fire got out , of control. what happens when you wait a fire near and ammunition warehouse where gunpowder is stored? so there are explosions and richmond's heart is burned out to the flames are stopped just south of the federal capital. today, itill with us is now the virginia statehouse of course. but we was a wild and absolute debacle. all this while the confederates are moving with amazingly agile grace and speed. he gets his troops north of the james river. they are matching but they have to leave their guns behin

lee, jefferson davis and about ten other confederate figures in the national sanctuary hall collection inside the capitol. if the bill is approved, the states will be able to reclaim smithsonian. lawmakers proposed this after the violence in charlottesville. >>> seven first responders say they suffered more than anyone should. they filed a lawsuit over that chemical plant ex please. we told you about this time where the generators failed. several deputies and ems crews were exposed to toxic chemicals even though they were outside of an evacuation zone. some said it gave them chemical bronchitis. they want to know why they didn't get more warning. they pleaded with the public for people to get to safety and rejects any suggestion that it failed to warn of the dangers of wreath breathing the smoke. >>> before you make breakfast or lunch, need to let you know about a recall from wegmans. the assorted muffin four pack may include a muffin with walnuts. that's not listed on the label. people with an sensitivity to nuts should notm. if you have them, you need to -- >>> i was there for you. r

it is not an upsetting image of robert e lee surrendering, it is not jefferson davis in hoop skirts. matron white successfully holding things if this and acting as yankee invasion and threat to is not asof life sanctified as what you see here. those be raging beyond hills, but this woman is able to clergythe role of a woman. the happens are opening and blessing not just heard but the sacred act. margins here.the the audience may have a difficult time seeing it. mr. holzer: on the margins and grateful to be christianized so they can be part of this. happily digging the grave of this officer who died in an effort to keep them subjugated. topsy-turvy image, but it was subtle, and that is one of the reasons it in dirt. -- one of the reasons it endured. mr. carmichael: let's take a look at this and your thoughts. this is the lee monument in new orleans. they have dismantled re lee. i'm curious about your take. mr. holzer: i do not think this is an easy one. i take a more global view of this. city in which a famous statue of king george the third was taken down in november of one year and

figures in american history starting with mathur and going to thomas jefferson william lloyd harrison w.e.b. dubois and angela davis. we welcome back to thomas jefferson in a moment but i wanted to ask you more specifically how did you come up with the five individuals and why them? >> first of all i wanted to make this long history of racist ideas as accessible as possible to the average raider. i didn't really write this book for the academic community although the academic community is reading the book and using the book. i wrote it for everyday people because all of this are affected by these ideas. we are affected by how race in america and in doing so i thought what is the best way to prevent this very long and complex narrative that would be engaging and so we realized let's tell those stories through the lives of a major character or in the case of five major characters each representing a different section in a different time period in american history. i wanted use a major character whose life bracketed key. then america so cotton mather primarily was the major character during colonial america. thomas je

route 1 is named for confederate president jefferson davis as is the case in a big chunk of virginia.y of alexandria has decided to change the road's name, but it needs suggestions now. tonight's hearing is happening at 7:30 at the dr. oswald durant center in alexandria. >>> people in charlottesville are taking a stand against hate and violence. this time the community is using music to come together. ♪ ♪ >> thousands packed scott stadium for a concert for charlottesville last night. the roots, pharrell williams and the dave matthews band all performed for free along with many other performers. donations were raised to help the victims, families and first responders of the deadly august protest that involved hate groups. america. meanwhile, at the global citizen festival in new york, stevie wonder highlighted injustice. he knelt on stage in an apparent show of solidarity with professional athletes who had been taking a knee during the national anthem. president trump spent the weekend denouncing the players. the festival aired on msnbc along with comcast universal is a premiere media

. >>> jefferson davis highway in alexandria is getting a new name and the meeting is tonight. they put lots of names on the table. top choices include abraham lincoln , alexandria arlington, barack obama, heather heyer, and that's in killed in charlottesville. mildred and richard loving who broke the inter racial marriage barrier. patrick henry, rich mobbed and u.s. 1. the original public hearing was postponed while a larger venue was found. the meeting tonight takes place at the durant arts center on cameron street. it starts at 7:00. >> no matter what they pick somebody is not going to like it. that's the way it goes. gas lines are a mile long. people begging for water. others dwes pratt just to get out. puerto rico still very much a nation in crisis after hurricane maria. today house minority leader nancy pelosi called on president trump to deploy the military to the island. meanwhile, speaker paul ryan promised to give the nation what it needs to recover. most of puerto rico still has no power and many areas also have no cell or internet service. some say they don't feel t

same story route one, jefferson davis highway problem free next to the potomac. pentagon looking good on 395 in both directions main and hov lanes. all of your metro rail lines on time. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. more in just a few. back to you guys. >> 5:18. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. >> immigration officials arrested hundreds of people this week after targeting sanctuary cities across america. ice arrested 498 people during a four day operations dubbed safe city. it ended on wednesday. the agency says theoa sanctuary cities where local law enforcement agencies are not complying with federal immigration orders. >> things got real quick on the set of a movie being filmed in crawfordsville indiana. when the officer got there he saw a man in a ski mask with a gun. the actor didn't quickly respond to commands to drop the gun. the officer fired a shot. luckily the officer missed. the movie crew explained what was going on. police say the crew didn't tell anyo

he was elected as a senator from mississippi, a role held years before by confederate leader jefferson davis abolish segregation and free slaves. he died in 1901. that is a man who surely could use some focus, use some honor, maybe a monument. if you have a monumental american in mind, tweet us at #velshirhule. and one for each of you too! that one's actually yours. that one. regardless, we're stuck with the bill. to many, words are the most valuable currency. last i checked, stores don't take "words." some do. not everyone can be the poetic voice of a generation. i know, right? such a burden. the bank of america mobile banking app. the fast, secure and simple way to send money. you're more than just a bathroom disease.. you're a life of unpredictable symptoms. crohn's, you've tried to own us. but now it's our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may increase your ri

as you make your way out jefferson davis highway things looking really nice as you make your way pastbound side a little bit of a slowdown from pentagon looks good. we're seeing no delays reported just yet for your metro rail commute. that's your look at traffic. holly and wisdom. >> thanks erin. 5:27 and ahead at 5:30 we have a fox5 exclusive. >> racially insensitive content posted on social media by someone who is sworn to protect and serve in the nation's capitol. >> first though we're going to take a break and we're go together go live outside across the dmv on a friday morning. 5:27 is the time right now. 71 degrees, oh, strawberries and champagne on ice doesn't sound too bad, right? 'cause lucky for you wisdom that's a what i like. don't go anywhere. >> ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ >> today on fox5 news morning. two men behind bars accused of beating kidnapping and raping a teen. police say the teen's sister mastermind the crime. >>> a fiery threat from north korea. leader kim jong un says the u.s. will pay after president trump issues more sanctions against the regime. >>> the race

a long jefferson davis highway? any guess when i got that name? 1922. all of the north-south avenues in alexandria are named by law for confederate military leaders. when did the law come into effect requiring that? 1963. anything else going on in 1963 that might have -- so, this is a way in which we think of these confederate statues as part of the time with heritage of the country but actually they were part of an invented history at certain times of national and southern light. so this is just by way of context saying that all of the platforms in chautauqua this week, and all of our discussions at 2:00 this afternoon have been about the ways in which our institutional life, formal institutions and civic society, individuals and their ethics, religion, religious organizations and the media can together try to restore the elements of civic life that democracies depend continue. those elements include tolerance -- which is understand now -- under strain now, a willingness to compromise, also wonder straight now, and a shared reality based in knowing wha

new developmented concerning jefferson davis highway and what the new name should be.an to rename the highway, last night the hearing happened on the issue. a group has received several suggestions on line. abraham lincoln, barack obama, and heather hire. last night one alexandria resident suggested renaming the highway i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. >> reporter: outside, definite ly feel muggy, not quite as intense. 83 today. yesterday 91. it will feel like the mid 80s because of mugginess. clouds around but will cut down on heat. upper 80s tomorrow, could feel like 92 again. maria pulls away a helicopter p

i don't care if the george washington statue or thomas jefferson statue or robert davis they all need to. executives have decided to play by play announcer robert will not be in the broadcast booth for next saturday's college football season opener because of the similarity between his name and the confederate i. mean it seems that us media changing that time in the coverage of the far left and to for in the wake of its recent violent clashes with. members of the far left are using violence to take your mask off because you have a history of beating people and hiding behind that mask in their midst was a sometimes a very violent group of protesters that call themselves they were up to no good i can tell you they were simply here looking for a fight and it does suggest a shift in how groups like anti for a feud in the american media as violent and dangerous just to show. time ago they were heroic fighters amid the unrest in charlottesville back then during a right wing rally and he announced kind of his car into the crowd of the one count of protesters killing one and he says initial s

i don't care if the george washington or thomas jefferson statue or robert davis they all need to calm down. yes pm executives have decided that. robert will not be in the broadcast for next saturday's college football season opener because of the similarities between his name and the veteran. just three weeks to go before germany had stu the polls feel thirty's are looking at potential threats to the democratic process and it's russia once again finding itself in the spotlight these are all over explains. comfortably ahead in the polls but this election campaign hasn't been a walk in the park for eight years. and stand. by the kids i'm sure they know i know. i'm glad merkel remains around fifteen points ahead in the polls but that hasn't stopped the security officials from looking for a bogeyman in this election we believe russia is capable of starting dissin from asian campaigns in connection with the elections to the bundestag yes we heard about the u.s. election we heard about the french election now it's germany's turn is claims are being made that russia is out to influence the v