event in washington, people are always careful to stage it in front of the lincoln memorial with abraham lincoln sort of benignly looking down on them and the reflecting pool in the front. well, i grew up in the washington, d.c., and i'm now old enough to remember when i was a little boy there were still elderly women in washington, friends of my mother's, who still were not really very happy that the mall had been gummed up with a memorial to abraham lincoln. so we don't always, we don't always arrive at these consensuses instantly. but what interested me about the roosevelt memorial is that as with many monuments to historical figures, it really tells us almost as much about the times in which the memorial was made as about the subject of the memorial. and i think that's particularly true in fdr's case. my own opinion is that i don't know that -- i mean, i'm, as a great admirer of franklin roosevelt, i'm delighted that there is a memorial to him, and better the one there is than none, but i'm not a huge fan of the fdr memorial, and i don't know that it's really a memorial that he would

> if you look to the heart and mind of the average american, the average guy standing at the lincoln memorialat wiring lincoln, do you think the average american admirers and gloves lincoln because he played a significant role in ending slavery, because he played a significant role in keeping the union together or because of this magnificent war he has in his political, spiritual, intellectual gift and power clucks >> it's a great question and a magnificent or what is a wonderful phrase and you feel that when you stand at the lincoln memorial and part of it is also because of the extraordinary statute with such a presence in that temple. for one thing i don't think every american knows revere lincoln. in that some of the best-selling books on lincoln in the past ten or 20 years our books by a guy named thomas dilorenzo, the historian whose shtick is what a fascist pay abraham lincoln was. [laughter] and it's something i found after writing the series for "the new york times" a lot of commentators want to paint abraham lincoln as a sort of pro obama that stands for arbitrary use of power to sq

capitol to the east, the world war ii and lincoln memorials to the west.nd just to the north is the white house. construction on the monument began in 1848, but it wasn't completed until 1884. i met bill line from the national park service and asked him about the 36-year delay. >> the reason why it took that long is because of bureaucracy. there was in-fighting. welcome to america, that's the way we do things. >> reporter: but not all of the delay was due to bureaucracy. if you look closely at the monument, you'll notice the stone changes color about a third of the way up. that's a reminder of one of the saddest events in our nation's history. why does the color change? >> the color changes because of basically the civil war. the civil war starting at approximately 1860 caused a stop, a cessation in the construction at the washington monument. the construction on the washington monument didn't start again and didn't resume until well after the civil war was over with. >> reporter: the monument is 555 feet tall. when it was finished, it was the tallest stru

. >>> we'll get a live look over the lincoln memorial right now. another hot one out there.first, the jetliner involved in the miracle on the hudson continued to pass through maryland yesterday headed for an aviation museum in charlotte, north carolina. right now, it is in west virginia appear the wings are actually being shipped separately. captain chesley sullen burger landed on the hudson river in 2009 after hitting a flock of birds just after take-off. the passengers waited on the wings of that plane to be rescued. remember that story? it is pretty wild. i saw the video of it coming down the road. not something you see every day. >> i know. >> one thing i wish we weren't seeing today is the heat. but we don't have a choice. >> we don't have a choice. we'll think about this in the middle of the winter. we've got a heat wave and it is kicking in really strong out there, folks. it was warm yesterday but not quite as warm as it will be today. we reached 90 degrees at national airport yesterday. 87 at dulles and 90 degrees at baltimore airport. today the heat is on and the ch

lincoln memorial front and center this hour. thank you for being up early with us. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's check in with tony perkins. he has a look at our weather, our fabulous weather i should say. >> yes. not bad at all. more pleasant conditions across the region. this morning, we have some fog out there that is developing but aside from that, not a bad start to the day. we will see another pleasant day today for the most part. we'll start with the latest radar image. there was a little thunderstorm that came through earlier this morning off to the east. that has cleared out. you can see how it moved across the chesapeake bay and eastern portions of maryland. that has cleared out. as i mentioned, we do have some fog, a couple of clouds out there as well. as the day progresses, we will see lots of sunshine and we don't expect to see precipitation across the region today except for that lone shower or thunderstorm that came through a short time ago. now, let's take a look at the current conditions being reporte

. >> we went through that and went down to the lincoln memorial to see lincoln and is without his contributionining the strength of the union, could we have made such an impact and helped preserve freedom for the rest of the world? >> veterans are in normandy today for ceremonies honoring the fallen. >>> it is a story blowing up on the internet, a self-described armchair astronaut fumes speculation about life on mars. we'll show you his viral video next. >>> plus canvas a fairfax -- plus police canvas a fairfax county neighborhood where a woman is raped in her own apartment, the new clues that could help them solve this tore risk crime. >>> today's five-day forecast -- this horrific crime. >>> today's five-day forecast provided by your dodge jeep and chrysler dealers.  >>> a chiliian volcano erupted today sending ash 6 miles up into the atmosphere. it has caused flights to be canceled in argentina. tonight there is danger of toxic gas and flash flooding. authorities are trying to convince people to evacuate that live near the volcano. >>> did a space junky find proof of life on m

snow behind diane sawyer and you did not have anything behind you, except what looked like the lincoln memorial. >> right. it was snowing that day. we all went out to dinner after the show. it was a cold winter day. we got this information that was breaking on a laughner. that is one of the more sad stories. you had people who showed up to meet with their congresswoman in arizona. it happened on a saturday. i flew out on a sunday night and got there just in time to do my "good morning america" live shot. >> what is the first thing when you're coming from outside of the story? what is always different? >> i am always struck by how nice people are in a lot of these locations that have had tragedy. the humanity that people should you, even though it is a difficult circumstance they are going through. the people of tucson could not have been nicer. you are immediately struck by this horrible thing that has happened. it is not necessarily a reflection of the entire community. >> there are other things in your report that i want to ask about. you talk about officials familiar with the investigation.

stop on palin's one nation tour, adding him to a list of national monuments that includes the lincoln memorialgettysburg battlefield, and the liberty bell. donald trump and sarah palin, i would love to be a fly on that wall. and i don't know why we think they're eating pizza. sounds like not exactly their choice of food. joining me now is cnn senior analyst jeffrey toobin and rick lazio, a good friend of the show and a great personal friend. rick, let me start with you. >> yep. >> none other than perhaps the most powerful person in the republican party has been dumping all over sarah palin. you now have this remarkable event of palin and trump who suck up all the energy of the republican party going off to have dinner. meanwhile, you've got huntsman, you've got romney, you've got pawlenty serious candidates wandering aimlessly with no candidates following them. is this good? >> well, i guess it's a success for both of them. you've got two master showmen. you've got donald trump who fanned the flames, teased if media, and was in the headlines for weeks. and sarah palin that was out of the spotl

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