he went to north hampton, massachusetts which was already a battle ground because of the great awakening, jonathan edwards had been read out of that town because he had accused young men of getting a book belonging to a mid wife and passing it around to the girls and he named names from the pulpit. you just didn't do that. so he eventually became president of princeton which was the same thing at the time. i can say it, i went there. ethan allen got in trouble right away and he opened a lead mine. people thought at the time that when there was lead there was silver and gold, there wasn't. as people do in mines and the clergy kept inspecting and finally brought him up on charges again on profanity this time. he was fined and convicted and he sold his interest in the lead fine and he was losing interest in business, but when the fellow who bought the mine, he stripped to the waste and thrashed the fellow, he was arrested again. he left town and got his friends to come back and ethan allen this time stripped to the waist and got out his bull whip and there was another altercation and this t

to the north around woodlawn, towson, midtown and hampton. route 1 right up to 542. that's where we feel the greatest threat for flooding will occur. i'm waiting for a few flash flood warning from brooklyn park toward the north and to the south toward dundalk, you're under a tornado warning because of the storm. we've been watching the wind. when we seat winds mixing together, that's when we're talking about the potential of rotation and a tornado development. you can see where it's getting geek from woodlawn to elk ridge. we have the rain right on top of 70 and 695. it's from towson on south and east. we'll cope an eye on the radar, guys, back to you what we're going to do is take a break, reset. we'll get more information for you and put it on the air. we'll probably get facebook photos. you guys are sending things out what's going on in the area. >> we just saw an amazing picture out of elk reg from one of -- elk ridge from one of our facebook fans. it looks very disturbing at elk ridge. that was at 4:47. i stepped out a moment ago and we were seeing pretty signifi

north and far south of the d.c. region. take a look at this amateur video. this shot down in hampton. they confirmed that a tornado did hit the area. if you needed anymore proof, well there it is right in front of you. there are reports of trees down, damaged the homes in this area as well as the hampton yacht club. >>> a line of severe storms, they also hit greensboro, north carolina and kept the region under a tornado watch for much of the evening. several massive oak trees were uprooted and fell on cars, homes, streets. powerlines, they got taken down, fortunately no injuries were reported there. >>> and we want to know about the weather that has hit your area tonight. you can submit your storm reports for wusa9.com. just click on weather. >>> and still ahead on 9news, the clock is ticking for the man charged with murdering trayvon martin. we'll tell you why george zimmerman has a deadline to go back to jail. >>> what kind of a person steals a wheelchair? that's what the woman who lives here wants to know. and more importantly, she would like it back. i'm peggy fox in northeast. co

hampton roads. so it's not far from here, probably 20, 30 miles. >> raleigh, north carolina, next up is betty. go ahead with your comments. >> caller: hi, bly, this isty fitzgerald. ancient planters and we just had dr. earl imes, a curator from raleigh and we're all excited about what's going on the pimlico. and we're excited when you come down, we'll see you in the fall, and i've been coming up there regularly. now, my question was, of course, i have the bellarmine jar, and that's what i'm doing my article on right now, b-e-l-l-a-r-m-i-n-e, you call it by another name and you also know why we don't celebrate -- well, we know some things that were done by henry adams but we don't use those names. you can't, but i can. why don't you use the word bellarmine jar? >> you want to fill us about betty's comments there. >> sure. we use the term bartman, which means bearded man, because the jugs actually have a face on the neck which has a bearded man. that's the german term. bellarmine is really a collector's term. it actually started in the 17th century. they began calling these jugs bellarmines afte

north, as the trough pushes through. back to you. >>> thanks looks like it will be a good one. >>> about 200 homes were damaged in hampton, total damage estimated at more than $4.3 million no. one was seriously hurt. >> a tornado touched down in damascus maryland. a viewer sent this picture of a funnel cloud. i like that one. lots of downed treed damage was minimal. storms flipped cars like hot wheels in a maryland town. caused more than a million dollars in damage in hartford county and falston took the brunt of it. janice parks talked to man trapped in the rubble. >> there was a 45-foot trailer now it is about 200 feet away,. >> people say what they saw and felt >> i could actually see the bottom of it the tornado from all around the neighbourhood flying just trees, and poles and it just was crazy. >> reporter: and now what they are left with. >> i would have been under all that. had i been here. >> reporter: the worst they have seen in four years. >> that's scary. this office trailer was blown to pieces his coat, hat and that chair he normally sits in is one of the few things untouched. >> it is hard. it is hard. >> reporter: among

hampton, virginia. we have more activity in maryland. this hasn't been completely confirmed a tornado. but, boy, does the damage look like it. this is just north of baltimore. and then, came the flooding. and the flooding rains continuing this morning. the floods you're going to see here, anywhere from one to two inches just north of baltimore. and other spots, up to four inches. rain still falling behind the cold front that kicks off all those storms. you know what else comes behind it? it's the cold air. temperatures much cooler than we've been seeing. the severe weather weather threat. i will give you an idea where that is. >>> we're going to turn to ron claiborne, with other stories developing this morning. ron, good morning. >> welcome back, bianna. and, dan, good morning to you. >>> breaking news overseas. former egyptian president hosni mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison. fights broke out in the court and on the streets of cairo. jeffrey kofman joins us from london with the details. jeffrey? >> reporter: this verdict, this trial, would have never happened two years ago. mubarak, found guilty of failing to stop the killing of c

hamptonality. >>> we're back at 8:52 at the north american debut at dream works fiery show ""how to train your dragonsed on the popular animated film, it promises to be the most technically animated show of its kind. the director with us with some of the show's stars. nigel, good morning. good to see you. >> hi. >> you've got your hands full, we'll get right to this. what a massive undertaking, 23 dragons, cast and crew of 85. it takes 30 eighteen-wheelers to take this show on the road. what's it like to direct this thing? >> generally pretty straightforward as long as these guys are well fed and have their breakfast. yeah, it's an amazing team. they are -- most mornings they are pretty well behaved. >> talk to me about this guy next to you, this dragon. what technically or technologically is going on that can allow him to do that. >> he's like a lunar space landing module. thousands of points and rams in him. he's operated remotely by a team of four people. he can fire out of his mouth, huge wings, great wing spans, about 20 ton. he has a little bit of a temper. >> nigel, something tells me before y