single tracking between smithsonian and mcpherson square and eastern market. we just got that here from metro. a reminder here as far as that closure here that we had earlier top of the beltway inner loop between rockville pike and connecticut avenue. completely open. no problems there. that crash, virginia side of the key bridge cleared out of there. 95 at mine road, a little bit there. more on the metro delays in ten minutes. aaron? >> want to try to go back to the developing story we were just telling you about, this light in the night sky. the military now says this was a russian rocket that was burning up over nevada. the rocket launched earlier this week apparently. people thought it might have been a shooting star. this video and a lot more like it went viral on social media overnight. you can see the light from three states apparently. pretty impressive. >> make a wish on it. >> go for it. >>> if you're heading out for the holidays today, you might want to wait a little while and take a look. this is why. you see that fog covering part of arlington thi

in mcpherson square, a women's shelter in d.c.nd woodbridge homeless encampment. >> if it wasn't for a lot of these people a lot of us would be starving. >> i feel blessed. i feel blessed. i appreciate everything. my birthday was last night, christmas eve. >> reporter: i asked the bostic family why they volunteered? >> our heart goes out to other people during christmas-time to go out and spread love and make sure everyone else is happy. it brought joy to our hearts to come out and do it. >> i've been doing this all my life and i think it's nice to give back to those who don't have as much as i do. >> reporter: the 25th project has a charity event on the 25th of every month. in february they collect soup and socks to give to the homeless, trying to keep this christmas spirit alive all year long. in the district, chris gordon, news4. >> in fact, last year, soup and socks was held in 22 states and 33 cities. the 25th project is hoping to make it into a national event. >>> there's more evidence tonight someone tried to burp down bill

> reporter: meals were handed out here in franklin park at ç 14th and kay streets northwest, in mcphersonuare, at a woman's shelter in d.c. and the woodbridge, virginia, homeless encampment. >> if it weren't for the generosity of a lot of these people, a lot of us would be starving. >> i feel blessed. i feel blessed. thank you. i appreciate everything. my birthday was last night, christmas eve. >> reporter: i asked the bostick family why they volunteered. >> our heart goes out to other people during christmastime, just to spread love and make sure someone else is happy. that brought joy to our heart. >> i've been doing this all my life. i think it's nice to give back to those who don't have as much as i do. >> reporter: the 25th project has a major charity event on the 25th of every month. for example, in february, they collect soup and socks to give to the homeless. trying to keep this christmas spirit alive all year long. in the district, chris gordon, news 4. >>> a 12-year-old is thanking pope francis for her christmas miracle. doctors diagnosed grace west with stage 4 neuroblastoma wh

and ice storms snapping power lines in mcpherson, kansas. up to a fat of snow coming in some places. meteorologist rob marciano is in minneapolis tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a white-knuckle ride home in the upper midwest. in minneapolis, cars in ditches and jackknifed tractor trailers. in kansas, tree limbs crashing right through vehicles. this storm coming on the heels of an icy mess that killed at least 14 people. oklahoma's governor declaring a state of emergency in all 77 counties. >> do it again. oh, wow! >> reporter: street lights exploding in el reno. more than 100,000 in the dark at the storm's height. in bethany, an 80-foot pecan tree landed on len capparo's house. >> it's going to get worse before it gets better, because of the weight of the ice as it mets. >> reporter: another danger overhead, ice-coated power lines. >> look how big these pieces of ice are. >> reporter: a 300-foot power line covered in an inch of ice adds more than 750 pounds to those lines. and that leads to this. >> oh, it's coming down! hit record! hit recor

shoo-in for a phd at princeton, completing her dissertation on the direction of james mcpherson. her dissertation will be published in 1982 as the book "the plantation mistress." it was her first work to be characterized justly as "pioneering." drawing on the diaries, man ofletters and memoirs hundreds of plantar wives, the book challenges and interprets a host of issues related to the old south. the book forces us to rethink some of our basic assumptions about two peculiar institutions. the slave plantation, and the 19th-century family. as a result, it alters our understanding of the old south and women's place in it. catherine, we go -- would go on to author or edit by my count some 17 additional books, all of which are in the library. several became history book club selections. these included biography of harry tubman, the mosys-like conductor of the underground railroad which the chicago tribune put on their list for the best works of nonfiction in 2004. more recently, she published "mrs. lincoln: a life." this volume is an engaging, wonderfully written narrative that provid

studied american history, and went for her phd at princeton, completing her dissertation on james mcpherson. her dissertation would be published in 1982 as the book "the plantation mistress, women's world in the old south"" her first work to be characterized justly as pioneering. the book forces us to rethink ite of our basic assumptions permanently alters our understanding of the old south and women's place in by my count, some 17 additional books, and several of which -- of history books course, she has published, "mrs. lincoln," which is available for signing after the lecture. this volume is an engaging, wonderfully written narrative that provides fresh insight into this complex woman. it is a triumph. according to pulitzer prize-winning historian joseph ellis, the biography is "distinctive for its abiding sanity. it's daft and in-depth handling of the white house years and for the consistent quality of prose." along the way, she has also written several history books for children and she has worked as a consultant on two academy award-winning movies. "12 years a slave" and steven spiel