mt. vernon. mt. vernon is owned and operated by the mt. vernon's lady's association. and the first time i went there, i wanted to sit on the back porch, the piazza, and watch the sun come up. i did that. i got up at 4:30 one morning. and it was dark and i made my way there and i sat down at the -- on the far right side and watched the sun come up over the potomac river. and for a biographer like myself, there has to be a moment when i really connect with my subject and for me, that moment was right here. i saw this incredible sunrise come over the potomac river, and i realized how many times must george washington have seen this very sight? and for me, it was a moment that he became real. in my research, he really became more and more real the more i researched his life. here is a close-up of young george. and in each of these periods of time that i talk about in the book, i really like to sort of sum up what george washington was like. at this point in his life, in the years that he's a man he ended up to be about 6'2", a ruddy complexion with chestnut colored hair.

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mt. vernon square. your slowest spots in virginia 66 east from fairfax county parkway to the beltway taking you 17 minutes. slower spot here 95 north quantico to the beltway about 15 minutes behind at this point. i'll be back with more on the bw parkway problem. >>> we're dealing with the impact of two major weather stories as you get ready to start your friday morning. first on the roads, snoi and ice could make for a treacherous morning commute. >> and tom kierein is here now with the impact the windchills whether have on your plans today. >> we have subzero windchills. temperature temperatures are so cold we'll have the sub zero windchills. we're getting the earlier sunrises now this time of year. hour by hour staying subfreezing all day long. up to near 20 mid-morning, near 30 by midafternoon. back down to the 20s with lots of sunshine through the day today. we will have frigid temperatures with us through the afternoon. then a weekend warming trend coming up at 6:21. >>> harrison ford walking up in

mt. vernon square and what metro has to say about all of it. >>> a family tragedy now.re hearing from the people who were in the right place at the right time. >> i can see her eyes open, could tell there was life there. >> we'll tell you how a young girl is doing after surviving an unimaginable tragedy. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $200 back. hurry call now it's your last chance. this offer ends march twenty-first. >>> for the first time this afternoon we are hearing from the police and firemen who made a miraculous rescue over the weekend. they saved an 18-month-old toddler who was upside down in a car seat in a crashed car in a river. nbc's heather simonson says the child survived alone and this crashed car fo

mt. vernon square. wide look, overall looking good with the exception of bw parkway headed in to town. 66 at the virginia visitor center no problems. looks like a little bit of volume but no real stoppages. and right now overall prince george's county actually looking quite good. so no major issues there. 95 in maryland bw parkway in and out of town, until youed hit beltway, just fine. travel times coming up. >>> your time is 6:02. some major issues you should know about on marc. penn line bowie state station is closed. service at odenton station seriously slowed down. a wheel on an amtrak train lost contact with tracks on friday causing a lot of damage to the tracks in that area. it's being fixed for at least the next few days. >>> 6:02. new details about the moments leading up to the crash that killed age's county police officer. brennan rabain died when he lost control of his cruiser. richard jordan is live outside the police department with who police are looking for this morning in connection with

mt. vernon square station, a frightening incident on the platform. look at the bottom left on your screen. a metro rider stumbling around the platform he cease seemingly trying to get on the train as the doors open but then he falls in between two trains. passengers try to get the attention of the train operator but within seconds the train starts moving. marco pierre is the man in the video waving his hands and putting his hands on his head in disbelief as the train pulls away. we showed him the video today, the first time he's seen it. >> i'm thinking the worst. i didn't want to step to the edge of the platform after and look down. >> reporter: turns out this rider was extremely lucky. he managed to crawl into a space known as the area of refuge under the platform. >> the train pulled away and seemed like it was taking forever to leave the station and we all walk up and look over the edge and somebody's like oh my god, he's alive. >> reporter: the riders help him up and the man refuses any more help and walks away. metro says you absolutely can be

mt. vernon square most taking place in daylight and four rob ice involved a nice. they came up to someone walking outside and demanded money. police are still looking for the suspects. >>> in maryland a police officers was working an accident on the side of a highway when someone plowed into him. it happened on route 29 and old column gillia road near the howard and montgomery county line. the officer was sitting in his cruiser with emergency lights on. police say a drunk driver ran into him and destroyed the police car. the officer and the driver had to be rushed to the hospital. both are expected to be okay. >>> there are six new ways to get caught speeding in the district. d.c. police have put up six new speed cameras, including this one in northeast. the cameras are going up in areas where they say speeding is a problem, so for the first 30 days you'll get a warning citation if they catch you. that grace period starts tomorrow. >>> we're going to take a live look on at very pleasant day. doug kammerer says you can expect temperatures to fall as the workweek get

mt. vernon. i used to see him at church. i got to be sheriff i seen him come in to check in with his parole officer. i knew him. he never gave me any problem since i've been sheriff. >> and he did go to church? >> yes, sir. i've seen him at church at mt. vernon church services when i've been there. so i never had any problem out of him, though. >> sheriff lucas, thank you for your time. we're going to be watching this case very closely. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your time reverend sharpton. thank you. >> now, i want to bring in msnbc law enforcement analyst and former atf special agent jim cavanaugh. thank you for being here jim. >> thanks rev. >> where does this investigation go from here? i mean what are authorities looking for? >> well they're looking specifically for was it a homicide or was it a suicide. you know, i would commend the sheriff in that he did everything right here. he noticed the scene looked suspicious, that there was nothing that mr. byrd had stepped off of. it looked kind of funny to him

mt. vernon square station. take a look at the bottom left on your screen. a metro rider stumbling around the platform. he's seemingly trying to get on the train as the doors open but then he falls in between two trains. passengers try to get the attention of the train operator but within seconds the train starts moving. marco pierre is the man in the video waving his hands and putting his hands on his head in disbelief as the train pulls away. we showed him the video today, the fist time he's seen it. >> i'm thinking the worst. i didn't want to step to the edge of the platform and look down. >> reporter: the rider was lucky. marco managed to crawl into a space known as the area of refuge under the platform. >> the train roll aid way and it seemed like it was taking forever. we all walked up and looked over and he was alive. >> reporter: the man refuses help and walks away. metro says you absolutely can be too drunk to ride. >> it's important for riders to monitor themselves and also look out for their friends. if you go out for drinks with a group and someo

mt. vernon maybe hood. there was a string of robberies there. you can see them on this map here. five all on the same treat in a 24 hour period. most happened during the day. police say they're looking for multiple men and at least one woman in this case. >>> mayor bowser is expected to announce new early childhood education might be differences this morning. her office says the few program is neighborhood based and will ensure more children and families in d.c. receive more comprehensive child development services. p today's announcement is part of the run up to bowser's first state of the district address next tuesday. the theme of that speech will be creating, quote, pathways to the middle class. >>> this afternoon we get a preview of a change you'll see when you go to a nationals game this year. check out the nbc washington app for picture iss pictures of new metal detect toers. nats say major league baseball asked all teams to install metal detectors for your safety. >>> >>> hear the emotional reaction from some players. >> and she hasn't even announced that she's running, b

mt. vernon and stopped at the lincoln memorial and toured the martin luther king jr. memorial.w it's off to the white house for a meeting with president obama and vice president biden. >> now we can confirm that even though they arrived in warmer weather, they brought their warmer coats. >> they are used to it. they are from the uk. >> exactly right. it's cold there right now and cold here. actually i don't know what it is there. i haven't looked. they are going to see a little snow here on friday for sure. the critical time is 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. guess what time that is. it's chilly but not bad. 47 degrees. windchill, 45. we're not dealing with much of a windchill this evening. 47 in d.c. notice a lot cooler towards the west. manassas hit 32 degrees. temperatures at or below freezing in some areas well above freezing in winchester still above 40 degrees. nothing on the radar right now. you can see we have clouds trying to stream in. these clouds are all coming from the west and they are coming from our next storm system. we will see a lot of cloudiness tomorrow. our next st

mt. vernon part of a four-day tour of u.s. cultural sites. >>> march madness is in full swing. opening day saw a couple of big upsets. in the first, the 14th seeded university of obama alabama birmingham swept by iowa state. then baylor also winning by a point. and by the way, almost three in ten americans plan to watch march madness at work by at least one estimate. >>> up next could this be the new face of a $20 bill? >>> "nbc nightly news" is brought to you by -- pacific life. for insurance, annuities and investments, choose pacific life. the power to help you succeed. >>> argentina's got eva peron. in the uk queen elizabeth, but here in the u.s. all paper money features the faces of men. now there's a growing movement to put a prominent american woman on the 20. as hallie jackson reports, andrew jackson may be on his way out. >> good morning. >> reporter: call this lesson plan right on the money. seattle fifth graders researching who's on u.s. bills and who's not. >> they just show all the men and not the women. so i think it's unfair. >> reporter: this class caught up in a

mt. vernon. we stopped by today and found workers busy making final preparations.f the reasons for this royal visit is to talk about climate change. >> that's great. >> i bet they're excited over at. vernon. >> they wanted to visit the weather center but it's just so busy. >> you're busy. >> you better bring that good weather, doug. >> if they came together the weather would have been fantastic out there, but the next couple of days it will be a little bit on the cold side. >> friday are they going to be gone before this next snow hits us? >> that's the thing. it won't be a lot of snow. i don't want to worry anybody about this. this won't be a storm on friday even if it does come to fruition and we get a couple of inches trying to fall it will be so warm the next several days we're not worried about this creating snow on the roadways. snow in march, yeah it happens. two snows, march 17th and one on march 30th. how about that? the st. patrick's day storm, we actually saw quite a bit of snow around the region. take a look. nice conditions 54 degrees. winds out of the

mt. vernon square. most of them took place in broad daylight. at least four involved a knife. in each case the robbers came up to someone walking outside and demanded money. police are still looking for the suspects. >>> two more people have died from a crash we told you about on route 50. this is what it looked like sudden near route 97 in anne arundel county. maryland statement say an off-duty takoma park police officer did not see traffic stopped ahead of him. he slammed into a nissan killing a passenger inside. that man's teenage daughter and her friend have also died from their injuries. the anne arundel state's attorney will determine if any charges have to be filed. >>> in maryland a police officer of working an accident on the side of the highway when someone plowed into him. it happened on route 29 and old columbia road near the howard and montgomery county line. the howard county officer was sitting in his cruiser and had his emergency lights on. police say a drunk driver ran into him and destroyed the police car. the officer and drive had to be rushed to the hospita

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mt. vernon square. all others will parade as normal. >> more travel alerts as work starts on a major commuter road. the work to rebuild the military bridge that goes over 16th street is under way. if you thought the traffic has been snarl and slow it's about to get worse. the entire road will be closed some weekends and expected to take four months. you can use georgia avenue as an alternative route. >> new fallout from a federal investigation into aaron schock. they'll look at how they reimburse members of congress for expenses perhaps changing the rules and regulations. he is resigning after reports that he submitted bogus gasoline reimbursements. >> more backlash over hillary clinton's e-mails. they said clinton still hasn't produced the documents requested. she is refusing to relinquish her server to a 30 party and the server has been wiped clean. she has been under pressure she used a personal e-mail account. she could be subpoenaed to testify before congress. >> still ahead, the alexandria fallen

mt. vernon square here because of a disabled train. 66 headed into town through manassas just a little slow inbound. 95 north bound at dale city. nothing happening, but quite a bit of volume. beltway at kenilworth, looking quite good here this morning. wide look at things, no major problems. slowdowns southbound bw parkway, going to show you a live picture of that in just one second. first a look at 270 looking quite good in and out of town. this is a problem, bw parkway at riverdale southbound, so we have an accident here in the left lane. kind of slowing things down for a couple miles. you can see those slowdowns again the crash is at riverdale road. a little bit south of riverdale road. so we'll keep an eye on this for you. volume building on bw parkway. >>> we expect to learn more about apple's latest tech toy later today. landon dowdy is here with a look at the apple smart watch and how much you can expect to pay. landon good morning. >> that's right. apple is holding an event in san francisco today where the company is expected to reveal more details about its new smart watch. the bas

mt. vernon square.ding toward greenbelt, you'll have to take the green line instead. >> they are evil. if you're sick of the potholes crews are working to fix them at a faster pace. it's potholepalooza. we put all the ways to contact d to the on the nbc washington app. they're supposed to come out and get them done. i can tell you they are everywhere. there was one street we were at this week our street between 13th and 14th northwest, and dozens. we told ddot and they filled them the next day. >> not just the main roads. a lot of service and side roads have them too. driving at night is even worse. you can't see them coming. >> they creep up on you. >> it's the freeze-thaw. that's what's going on. >> can we talk about how this morning it felt like we were in the teens. >> no i don't want to talk about that. >> talk about the 70s. >> we are going to have some 70s potentially this week near 70 on thursday and friday. angie is right. some spots this morning, the most rural spots were in the upper teens. e

mt. vernon square and largo. outer loop a looking good.o to the beltway, a little slow. 66 east to the beltway, you're on time at 11 minutes. when you hop in your car, tune into wtop 103.5 it fm for the latest on traffic. >>> it is the fastest way for frequent flyers to get through security but there are new questions about the program that could jeopardize its future. >>> and lots of us use itunes every day. apple is planning very big changes this morning. we'll tell what you prompted the tech company t >>> welcome back at 14 before the hour. some of are you heading out the goor to thedoor to the airport. if you use the pre-check program, you know it can make getting through secure a lot easier when you're there. that ram just hit a milestone. more than a million people are using it. but a major security break has some member of questioning whether that program is worth it. tracie potts joining us live from capitol hill where they're saying your security could be at risk. >> reporter: good morning. we learned from an inspector general's r

mt. vernon, the arnold forces retirement home see the cottage where president lincoln protowroet the first draft of the emancipation proclamation of course to the white house to see the president. the prince of wales will receive an important award from the caucus foundation. and he'll be going to a charter school rosario charter school meeting lots of kids. there will be some stuff on corporate responsibility environment, sustainability. lots going on. commemorating if you like the strength depth, breadth of the relationship. >> any private visits you want to share with us? >> there are one or two things that i'm not yet publicly on the agenda because i'm not allowed to make them public. you'll hear about them in due course. >> well good luck. all the best to you. >> thank you. >> sounds like a jam-packed few days. >> it will be jam-packed then we do a day in kentucky at the end before they go back to the united kingdom friday night. lots to do and we hope of course they enjoy the experience as athai always have in the past. >> we like your green tie. >> we're all green today. >> any sock

mt. vernon square. you'll have to switch to a green line train to finish your trip.ange silver and green line trains will operate as usual. >>> now to the story of president obama's newly appointed white house receptionist. she's been described as one of the most impressive figures in washington. nbc's peter alexander has her story. >> reporter: every morning in the nation's capital, leah katz hernandez arrives for work at the white house. her job is one of a kind. kind of like leah herself. leah is the new receptionist of the united states. if he is the potus, she's the rotus. that's her desk just steps from the oval office. she's 27, a connecticut native and she's deaf. >> it's a fantastic opportunity, and also to show that deaf people with can do anything. >> reporter: from world leaders to white house staffers -- >> off meeting this morninging? >> i do. >> reporter: anyone who has an appointment with the president or one of his top advisers comes to leah's desk first. she's provided an interpreter who alerts her when the phone rings. >> good morning. this is the

mt. vernon. farther south, woodbridge and quantico down 95, very light rain there. but this is all tracking off to the north and east. when you're away from your tv heading out this morning, you can track the radar on the storm team 4 app. and temperatures too, where it's only around 40 degrees they're by suburbs. mid-40s this washington. low 40s right around the chesapeake bay. what a dramatic change from yesterday. so with the morning commute, wet roads. we'll be in the 40s. and then during the afternoon roads will be drying out we'll be hovering in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. so not much of a change temperatures over the next 24 hours. and then colder as we get down to tomorrow morning, mid-30s. breezy and chilly on saturday with highs mid-40s. sunday sunny into the low 50s after a cold start in the 20s. and then finally getting mild for several days in a row. monday monday in in to thursday highs in 60s. might get a little rain on thursday. coming up i'm working on updated rain timing. alexis how is traffic now? >>> we're seeing some minor slowing top si

mt. vernon. they'll wrap up their visit with a short stop in kentucky we've learned.e live desk i'm barbara harrison. >>> new video at 6:00. it show what is a police officer saw when he went into a burning home and how he saved the woman who was trapped inside. >>> a push for harsher punishment for hazing on college campuses. local students describe what they went through while pledging fraternities. >>> the wind have really kicked up in bringing much colder numbers. >>> you are hearing and seeing what happened when a sheriff's deputy was the first to arrive at a house fire in florida last month. this is officer james collins wearing a shoulder-mounted body camera. an 88-year-old woman stand tong front lawn told that deputy that her daughter was trapped inside. in the video, he heads through the front door. >> which way? which way? which way? which way? >> once i get inside she couldn't tell us which direction to go. and then i just couldn't breathe anymore and i had to back out. stay back get back to the street street street. >> other officers arrived and soon learne

mt. vernon. couple will then split briefly, camilla will be going to the shakespeare thirt to seeeater to see a performed answerance while charles will meet with business leaders to talk about plastic waste and harm it causes to marine life. for him there are more activities planned, more tourist stops planned, they will continue sight seeing but also the big meeting at the white house with president obama and vice president biden. >> richard, thank you. >>> 5:47. the man accused of plotting to bomb the u.s. capitol will still get to use jailhouse phones. a federal judge rejected prosecutors' requests to limit christopher cornell's phone access. cornell recently called a tv station giving a bazaar interview. he told them if he hadn't been caught he would have assassinated the president. cornell has pleaded not guilty. >>> starting today, you can take a closer look at some of the darkest moments in recent u.s. history. the exhibit includes letters from the unabomber artifacts from september 11th a

mt. vernon this morning. this is the couple's third joint visit to the u.s.n ten years. the royal couple will be welcomed by the president and the first lady tomorrow at the white house. >>> and the country's largest presbyterian denomination has changed its definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. the presbyterian church usa, which has more than 1.7 million members, voted to change the wording of marriage contracts from, quote, between a man and a woman to read quote, between two people, traditionally a man and a woman. >>> and dick cheney lashed out at president obama and eric holder accusing the two men of quote, playing the race card. cheney made the comments in an interview with "playboy" mag in which he also denounced the administration's reactions to the ferguson protests calling it disturbing. those are the things we thought you should know. time now for the "news nation" gut check and the debate over starbucks starbucks' pr campaign. on monday, the company encouraged baristas to start writing the words "race together" to get people talking

mt. vernon. e stopped by today and found workers making final preps. one of the reasons for this royal visit, to talk about climate chang >> given the prince's interest in preservation and in sustainabilit it's a great place for him to visit. a great time for us to have some dialogue with him about what he's doing over there in the uk and what we're doing here on the estate. >> also on the agenda a visit to the national archives and a tour of the shakespea theater company. >>> there is some sad news tonight from on of the world's top dog shows. we now know that irish setter who died after competing in britain's krofts show was poisoned. the dog named jager died from a piece of meat. the kennel club said the poisoning did n happen at the competition. they s jager appeared fine and the poison would have been absorbed in just six hours. so far, no charges have been filed. >>> there's now a significant attempt to make sure you get what you pay for in the seafood aisle. coming up the bold plan to crack down on seafood fraud. >>> and the not so friendly skie

mt. vernon before checking out the magna carta. later, charles will talk about marine plastic waste. tomorrow they will visit president obama in the oval office. hard to believe 30 years have passed since charles and diana first made this trip. the people's princess dancing her way into the hearts of americans. now, 66 charles may hope to present a different image on this, his 20th visit to the states. >> charles is very much akin at making wants to make the world aware of that sending the message, i need to be taken seriously. >> peter alexander reporting. prince charles and camilla will also get a dose of southern hospitality, visiting consistent consistent to give a speech on health and the environment. >> illness and death is getting much needed mending in san francisco. >> joe shows us how technology and lots of love are helping a woman ripped from her family as a child form new and modern bonds. >> life is always on the move. years ebbing away like water down a stream. so when a small apartment in north beach public housing, this woman has very few mementos of her 83 years. abo

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mt. vernon as well as the lincoln and martin luther king mearms and the shakespeare theater company.t hosted them in the white house. but are charles and camilla getting the the royal treatment of other high profile highnesses from the american public? joining me now is nbc news royal contributor, robert thompson. thank you so muching for be on the show. >> my pleasure. >> so no fancy dinner. there's a little fanfare here. it doesn't seem like the american public is enthralled by this visit. why is that? is that because we love prince william and kate middleton and harry? i saw harry come to capitol hill. there must have been 3,000 women trying to get to the rotunda to have a look at him. they don't care about charles and camilla. >> i was at the school this afternoon. there was a big fanfare. they were having a good time. it's not a pap laropularity contest, as far as the royals are concerned. prince charles is at the end of the throne. with the head of state, it would have been more of a fanfare. prince charles is here to collect conservation award, which is he is going to be colle

mt. vernon.me schoolers and students and teach them about the the virtue of this man. if they understand him they will want to emulate him. i think we will have more truth in politics going ford. >> a 45000 square foot building. it houses rare letters in his hand. perhaps the most cherished item is the first acts of congress volume which includes the u.s. constitution and the bill of rights and was acquired from christie's for nearly $10 million. many other artifacts of washington's will be rowitated through the center in limited engagement. the pull litser prize winning his storian who was the author of the return of george washington was the center's first fellow in residence. >> the nice thing about this library is washington is associated with this piece of ground. he loved this plantation. he lived there. i think she is animated by the same interest that animates so many people about washington. he was a unifying force during his life. a unifying force for american nationalism. >> you ought

mt. vernon took in george washington's favorite view while camilla turned heads.. >> i was like, can i have a hug? he's like, sure, okay . yeah. >> reporter: that's a royal hug. does that make you a princess or something? >> it better. >> reporter: no hug here but at least we got an answer. just hours after the duchess of cambridge apparently revealed prince george will become a big brother by the mid to end of april. prince charms, are you excited to be a grandfather again? a short trip across the pond that's already making a splash. so it wasn't my best photo but, heck, it's the faw tour king. charles will be honored for conservation efforts. the royals will take off for louisville, kentucky, to visit charities and horse kun interest try as well. >>> it is 8:06. another check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by thermacare heat wrap. >>> we have all these nice folks here. where are you from? where are you from? jacksonville, florida. did you get the picture? boom! there you go. let's show you what's going on. a look at the

mt. vernon square. if you're heading toward the greenbelt, you'll have to take the green line in saw something new in your drive this week. new rules allowing computer buzzes to use the shoulders. the goal is to ease congestion. if it goes well we could see buses on the shoulders all around our area. >> cruising by the traffic on the shoulder in a bus. sure. why not? >> it sounds like a good option to get more people -- less cars on the road and more people going fast in the other lane. >> and a chance to beat the traffic. if you had to sum up our traffic in a word what would it be? >> terrible. it's really really busy all the time. >> reporter: it's drivers like rebecca goldstein that could benefit from a program like this ditch the car and get on the bus. >> i think it would be great if people could drive less. >> reporter: if this program along 66 is successful some roads in d.c. and maryland could adopt similar programs. planners there already trying to figure out ways to get buses moving faster. wh

mt. vernon monticello and everybody knows what you did with the washington monument you made sure you gaverthquake. how did you get into patriotic giving? why these pieces. >> when i found i had more resources than i could spend i thought appropriate to give my children, i thought a good idea to get involved in philanthropy. many people do great things in medical research or education. i try to do things there as well. but one thing i wanted to focus on giving back to the country for my good four tune. i've tried to remind people of good fortune, like the washington monument and month pea pea leer monticello, and giving them to the american people. i try to do that as a way of saying thank you to the american people and encouraging other people to do the same. also trying to encourage people to learn more about our history. i think people don't know enough about our history and you can be a good citizen if you don't know enough about the history of our country. >> thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. >> join us tomorrow. "squawk on the street" begins right now. ♪ move on up move on up♪ >>

mt. vernon to george washington's home. you can go back to robert e.ee. >> you look at us and think our culture, our cultural icons and works are like 100 years old. >> we build presidential museums. we do. >> the question is who is buried in grant's tomb that's the question. >> grant i think. >> maybe. >> oh this is me. when we come back this morning, small business long hailed as the engine of growth. which are borrowing the most right now? what does that tell us about the larger economy. we'll talk to the lenders focussing on them. after this. ♪ can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ ♪ can it tell the doctor how long you have to wear this thing? ♪ ♪ can it tell the flight attendant to please not wake me this time? ♪ ♪ the answer is yes, it can. so, the question your customers are really asking is can your business deliver? now with the xfinity tv go app, you can watch live tv anytime. it's never been easier with so many networks all in one place. get live tv whenever you want. the xfinity tv go app. now with live tv on the go.

mt. vernon before checking out the magna carta and the threat posed by marine plastic waste while camillathey will visit president obama in the oval office. hard to believe 30 years have passed since charles and diana first made this trip. the people's princess dancing her way into the hearts of american. now 66 charles may be hoping to present a different image on this his 20th visit to the states. >> charles is very much akin in reminding the world of meeting schedule of obama at the white house and sending out a message that needs to be taken seriously. >> they will get a dose of southern hospitality visiting louisville kentucky. things looking up for charles and camilla. nearly one in four brits say they like camilla more than ten years ago and the number who oppose her being called queen dropped in half. >> trends moving in the right direction for her. thank you very much. >> speaking of our fanny packs, they never went anywhere. >> they can boost their numbers with a stop by the plaza. >> formal invitation to follow. >> that's right. i will have my secretary call your secretary. and