. >> one of the things that washington had in 1775 the battle of lexington washington becomes battle of lexington washington becomes commander in chief yet what was appointed was a war council and he arrived on the scene with the british trapped in boston where they talk funny. did they talk funny then? >> no. not yet. >> but washington said i am not the greatest general in the world that these people are all trapped in 110 and cannot get out. in to say they may ruin the town. navy in the yankees today which imf said about. thank you. says something that is very germanic he had me going around in circles george washington was 22 years old at the time with the british national guard and also a surveyor in the french we're going out with so many miles squared to say this is ours. so they get a hold of washington and they send him out to do with the french were doing. he had not gone out to mind when he ran into a group of indians and the head india known as the chief said and will help you out. i know the french. and it will also help so washington being 22 years old needed all the hel

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just damp and dreary. 59 degrees in washington. 61 in manassass. 68 degrees at mckeown park. -- 58 degrees at lexington park. early tomorrow, in the range of 45 to 53 degrees. a little bit of drizzle early in the morning. chicago o'hare, 85 degrees. 86 in st. louis. 80 degrees in charleston, west virginia. this pattern will start breaking down tomorrow and we will get some clearing around here. as a result, will warm up. we will not see 80's or 90's anytime soon, but we will be close to the lower 70's by the weekend. this is the visible image where you can see the black background is clear skies. low pressure is off the coast pushing clouds on shore. englandssure across new will strengthen and expand southward, helping to clear things out. upper 60's tomorrow. sunshine thursday and close to 70 degrees. 56 tonight, 49 in the morning, 63 by midday tomorrow. lots of sunshine after tomorrow morning. check that out. all the way through tuesday, upper 60's to the low 70's. temperatures just about where they should be for this time of year. >> a nice weekend. >> coming up, the method one woman allegedly used