part of our navy, and if you start here we have a beautiful portrait painted in the 1800s by marshall johnson showing "constitution" with the wind pulling at her sails. she's charging through the water there. a beautiful iconic image of this ship which has become such a wonderful symbol of our country. congress authorized the construction of six ships in 1794 with the naval armament act and "constitution" was one of those first six ships built for our united states navy, and she's still with us today. in this exhibit we actually back up in time to talk about the construction of "constitution" and why did we build the first six ships of our united states navy? so, we have to think about boston in an earlier time, and boston was much smaller buildings. think about people carrying all of their provisions on carts drawn by horses. remember, this is the biggest ship that's ever been built in boston. when the construction is happening in the 1790s. so we can meet a few of the people who provided the supplies for "constitution." we have the skillins brothers who carved the figurehead of "constitutio

reporting live at bwi thoroughgood marshall international airport, sherree johnson, abc 2 news. >>> 4:35. we'll continue following the path of tropical depression debby. you can check out our website, abc2news.com for a slide show on our home page of the flooding and damage caused by that storm. >>> tonight aberdeen high school, the state highway administration is holding a meeting from 6:00 to 8:00 and the whole purpose of it is to talk about possible improvements to some intersections along maryland 22 in aberdeen. state leaders want your input on this issue. the intersection improvement projects are related to maryland's base realignment and closure improvements at aberdeen proving grounds. >>> only on abc 2, the father of a fallen marine talks about his son and how he plans to honor him. lance corporal gene mills died friday in afghanistan. >> they said one more mission, pop, i'll be home, and then he always ends with i love you, pops. and, of course, i tell him i love him back, and that was it. then the world changed. >> those are the memories of the phone call gene mills, jr. re

that's when president lyndon johnson nominated thurgood marshall to become the first african-american justice on the supreme court. it was a huge step forward for civil rights in this country. the leading african-american attorney in the country chosen to our nation's highest court. what a moment. but today, 45 years later, republicans are in the midst of a vicious attack campaign against the nation's first african-american attorney general. it's part of an ugly effort that began even before holder took office. and hasn't let up since. republican lawmakers are now threatening to hold him in contempt of congress. they're also calling on him to resign. it's an escalation of their attempt to attack him over a program called fast and furious. a so-called gun walking operation that was dreamed up by the bush administration and ended by holder. he made that very point yesterday. >> if you want to talk about fast and furious, i'm the attorney general that put an end to the misguided tactics that were used in fast and furious. an attorney general who i suppose you would hold in higher regard

that's when president lyndon johnson nominated thurgood marshall to become the first african-american country. the leading african-american attorney in the country chosen to our nation's highest court. what a moment. but today, 45 years later, republicans are in the midst of a vicious

marshals and other police agencies say the suspect ditched his car in macon county, bam bomb -- alabama and was last seen on foot. >>> two associates of former prince george's county executive jack johnson are scheduled for sentencing today. both were co-conspirators in the corruption scandal that put johnson behind bars. both pled guilty to giving bribes in exchange for political help. >>> virginia is gearing up for another primary election. tomorrow, residents in the state will head to the polls to choose a republican sed for senate. former governor george a. len is being called the frontrunner. he is running against three other candidates. the primary winner will face former governor tim kaine who is the only democrat on the ballot. >>> police believe a drunk driver is responsible for a deadly crash in manassas. this crash happened at dumfries and brentsville road saturday night around 10:30. laurie shipe is now charged with dui. police say she ran a red light and ran right into another car killing the driver and a dog inside. >>> police say the driver of a stolen car that crashed into a building in d.c. friday night was trying to use a lighter when police police approached him. the