the army of northern virginia is quartered just south of the rapadan river here in virginia. the massive army of the potomac is just to the north of him, just on the other side of the river. lee is the kind of general that likes to take the initiative, but he can't. he's massively outnumbered. he's also aware of that army in the shenandoah valley and the army forming below richmond and realizes he may have to shift reinforcements from one to another. lee basically takes a waiting game. what is grant going to do. grant is going to move one way or the other. lee is uncertain. so he for fits the initiative to his opponent. this is unlike the lee that we usually see. but in this instance he has no choice. he sends his cavalry out past each ends of his lines sort of to act as a trip wire to let him know where the federals are coming from and then waits. the army was commanded by general george gordon lee, the hero of gettysburg, mead at this point was in a hot seat. he failed to destroy lee's army at gettysburg. he was being investigated by congress. we all know how bad that can b

the army of northern virginia. some units were nearly wiped out the second vermont lost two-thirds of his men on may 5th and help stop to the core from capturing. the taxes brigade lost 550 of its 800 men who turn oxters counter atakapa. the question now was what would grant to next? of the union army generals expected him to emulate his predecessors and go into camp. lee however never really believed grant would withdraw. grant was sometimes uncannily alike and strategic thinking. thinking that he would push off. a major crossroads here is what lee would have done. exactly what granted. grant's army began moving the night of may 7th and 8th when the yankees realize they're returning south to recross. they cheered and shouted thrilled with his message, i propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. go ahead. longstreet with all of the war had warned his fellow officers not to underestimate grant. he told them we must make up our minds to get in a battle and to stay there. that man will fight us

the army of northern virginia is quartered just south of the rapadan river here in virginia.e massive army of the potomac is just to the north of him, just on the other side of the river. lee is the kind of general that likes to take the initiative, but he can't. he's massively outnumbered. he's also aware of that army in the shenandoah valley and the army forming below richmond and realizes he may have to shift reinforcements to one or the other. lee basically undertakes a waiting game. what is grant going to do. grant is going to move one way or the other. lee is uncertain. so he forfeits the initiative to his opponent. this is unlike the lee that we usually see. but in this instance, he had no choice. he sends his cavalry out past each end of his line sort of to act as a trip wire to let him know where the federals are coming from, and waits. grant visits the army of the potomac and has to decide what to do. as you civil war historians know, that army was commanded by general george gordon meade, the hero of gettysburg. meadee was in the hot seat. he was being investigated

the army of northern virginia is quartered just south of the rapadan river here in virginia. the massive army of the potomac is just to the north of him, just on the other side of the river. lee is the kind of general that likes to take the initiative, but he can't. he's massively outnumbered. he's also aware of that army in the shenandoah valley and the army forming below richmond and realizes he may have to shift reinforcements from one to another. lee basically takes a waiting game. what is grant going to do. grant is going to move one way or the other. lee is uncertain. so he for fits the initiative to his opponent. this is unlike the lee that we usually see. but in this instance he has no choice. he sends his cavalry out past each ends of his lines sort of to act as a trip wire to let him know where the federals are coming from and then waits. the army was commanded by general george gordon lee, the hero of gettysburg, mead at this point was in a hot seat. he failed to destroy lee's army at gettysburg. he was being investigated by congress. we all know how bad that can b

timestrike again and this in northern virginia. they are hard at work, ripping off customers. $1700 from his friends bank account. --it was somewhere around $600. >> since late june, the group has hit alexandria and fountain drive. the fairfax location was in a shopping plaza. the lot owner says at least one of the clients was -- >> she comes it all the time. >> they don't even attempt to hide their faces. you can even see them attaching the devices. unsuspecting customers are simply no match for them. >> i didn't realize this was going on. it is kind of scary. last month about a group targeting a stream of trust banks. investigators do not believe the cases are connected, but they think the crime of atm fraud is growing rapidly and criminals are sophisticated and highly organized. it is difficult to track down the people who are perpetrating the crime. here's what you need to do. before you put your card and make sure that there is not something here. make sure you cover your hands when you put in your pin. the bank will reimburse

upper 60s now in fairfax and much of northern virginia. the district and by the bay, low to mid 70s. later this afternoon reaching just near 80 grees. we'll take that in august. and the rain will be ending by late tonight and tomorrow morning cloudy and sun back in the afternoon. breezy tomorrow. highs reaching the low 80s. northwest winds bringing in lower humidity that will be in place on thursday and friday. gorgeous both days. still not very humid saturd into mid 80s getting hot and humid sunday, monday upper 80s to around 90. just a small chance of scattered afternoon storms. both of those days. look at the neighborhoods where the rain will end first. that's on weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. how is traffic now? >> a live look at chopper 4. the brake lights you see are traffic heading southbound on 295. we have an accident southbound bw parkway and annapolis road causing sluggish conditions from the beltway. people going 10 miles an hour in that area. elsewhere northbound 95 out of stafford at mountain view road, earlier car fi

what betterment for president abraham lincoln than the final demise of the army of northern virginia. and finally, the virginia summers. the soldiers with the army of the potomac had fought on these fields during the seven days campaign and knew that the this was no place to be with the fooer fee feverers and disease and suffering of the summer. now is the time to break through the army of northern virginia. let's do it the next day. but it didn't happen the next day, as often happens this these things plans went awry. general hancock's men were slower than expected. problems with directions and roads that didn't pan out the way the leaders thought he would. hancock's men weren't in the position until the end of the day. same problem with other soldiers marching down into this area. so grant decided he would launch this big attack the next day, june 3rd, at first light. well, that was all that robert e. lee needed to prepare. by now, the confederate forces were in praise. they were able to dig in and they built here at cold harbor, some of the most effective earth works that they buil

we have team coverage with northern virginia bureau chief julie carey and reporter david culver outside the courthouse in richmond. >> well, maureen mcdonnell's attorney has already wrapped up his closing arguments. bob mcdonnell's attorney is talking to jurors right now. after that prosecutors get a final turn. at the heart of this case, did they conspire to help businessman jonnie williams, to use the power of the governor's office in exchange for gives and loans. the mcdonnell attorneys argued today absolutely not. proof their claim jonnie williams really didn't get anything. >> in closing arguments mcdonnell's defense attorney took aim first at the prosecutors accusing them of tearing the former governor's life apart without finding proof he did anything for jonnie williams. his attorney told jurors, "the federal government has not produced any evidence, least of all that bob mcdonnell committed bribery or defrauded a bank." maureen's attorney cast his client as a victim of jonnie williams. she was gaga for him. she says the former first lady was a cash nut about -- she says she can

if you live in northern virginia, we're not seeing anything. as a matter of fact, the clouds have gotten out of there. if you live along 270, frederick seeing new showers, and showers around the gaithersburg region, here's the one shower right now around clinton that was right over the d.c. metro area coming up in about the last hour. this is the heavy just shower. right around gaithersburg and rockville. you can see it here around 28 and it makes its way towards 270, and down to the south, down towards bethesda also seeing shower activity. this whole boundary is sliding to the south very slowly, and it will continue to do so, and we may see more showers develop this evening. we're not going to see a lot of rain tonight. we will see some showers. again, just keep that umbrella handy. see where the flow is. it's coming out of the northwest. a lot of rain up to the northwest, and it's going to continue to try to make its way here. once again, keep that umbrella handy. tomorrow, a little bit of a different scenario that plays out. if you are headi

i have to ask you a question, are you the phantom bird man in northern virginia?eporter: not you? >> no. >> do you know who it is? >> no. >> is it you? >> no. >> is it the guy in the backseat? is it new? >> reporter: vdot sent this statement there's no denying that they're charming and fun and they don't appear to pose a safety hazard to motorists. so we have a trufant to me bird sign man in the great falls area. a mystery, time to investigate further. shhh -- he's not just having fun with the road signs. take a look up in the tree. that right there is the rare old dominion drive gold finch. right at the old dominion drive and farm road. rare to see that in the tree. isn't-t isn't just the birds, butterflies spreading their wings. we reached the birdman by phone, he said he wants to become nonus in. >>> this is an nbc news special report. here's lester holt. >>> good morning, president obama is about to speak on the ongoing situation in iraq before heading out to martha's vineyard for vacation. overnight, the u.s. military made a second air drop of humanitarian su

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey tells us it could come down to two star witnesses including the former governor himself. >> good morning. >> reporter: criminal defendants usually dodge cameras. but not former virginia governor bob mcdonnell. for 15 trial days he's walked into a swarm of reporters and photographers on the way in and out of court. always a -- >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: and then a few words. >> we're looking forward to continuing to have the truth come out. >> reporter: as the defense prepares to call its witnesses, mcdonnell has a little more to say. >> obviously this is crushing to be a defendant in a criminal case, but i know in my heart what the truth is and we look forward to having our case. >> reporter: the prosecution's three weeks delivered 45 witnesses and hundreds of documents all tied together with a flashy color coded chart. but some legal analysts and court room observers say in the end it may come down to who the jury believes. star prosecution witness and gift giver jonnie williams or bob mcdonnell. >> his credibility, his ability

it's a subaru. >> a traffic mess is happening now in northern virginia after power poles snapped right alongside u.s. one, blocking traffic from reaching old town alexandria. the work is expected to last through the night. kris van cleave has more on what to expect. >> the work continues here, and they are making some progress. you can see they have teed up of three new power poles up and in place. they have one more they have to take down, but that is really just the beginning. they expect this work to last until the early morning hours saturday morning. which means southbound route one is going to stay closed for quite some time. commute to evening start the long labor day weekend in alexandria. in what appears to be a freak accident, two dominion power poles just came crashing down, blocking the southbound lanes of route one. >> i went out, saw a spark, and smelled this burning smell. a lot of traffic. >> he was down the block when it happened. >> i thought maybe a truck hit the pole or something. it just fell down. they snapped and damaged the cross arms on others. >> it is very lu

the army of northern virginia is quartered just south of the rapadan river here in virginia.rmy of the potomac is just to the north of him, just on the other side of the river. lee is the kind of general that likes to take the initiative, but he can't. he's massively outnumbered. he's also aware of that army in the shenandoah valley and the army forming below richmond and realizes he may have to shif

future weather tonight -- shows some of the showers around northern virginia. o the panhandle of west virginia tomorrow. don't be surprised to see showers early. then during the day, showers coming in as the easterly wind takes over. maybe faround 7:00 most of northern virginia. showers around d.c. we'll see off and on showers. i'm not expecting a washout but a lot of cloud cover during the day. once again, seeing a lot of shower chances through the afternoon. sunday, a different story. early sunday, no problem. sunday afternoon, beautiful. sunday will be one great day. isn't sunday normally football day? let's get the game in. no problem. temperatures around 80 toward fredricksburg. low to moderate. it would be low if this was a wednesday or thursday. because it is saturday it's at the moderate level. keep the umbrella handy. going from d.c. up to baltimore as we take on the ravens at m & t bank stadium, prepare for showers. bring the umbrella. showers, 78. showers and 6:00. i do expect them to be done by game time. so the field should be okay. maybe a little b

. >>> areas to the south and northern virginia for the most part. the radar picks it up very well. mostly to the shenandoah value and rap hanna on the east side of the blue rage. fauquier county. parts of clark county. and some of these are fairly heavy down pours coming through. this one coming through clark also parts of loudon. leesbu leesburg, heads up there. and more in culpeper and elsewhere. a boundary to the north that will shift down to the south. until it does gad good chance of showers this evening. and a could be a rainy weekend for the beaches this weekend. >>> more testimony at the mcdonnell trial in richmond. the testimony comes from the first lady's chief of staff. mary sutherland testified she never saw a hint of romance between mariureen and john williams. she also says working for them was a hellish experience. more on why sutherland called maureen a nut bag coming up. >>> a local father heading to prison after a violent road rage incident. he was found guilty today of stabbing a couple at the montgomery mall. live with the reaction of the verdict. >> it took 14

northern virginia, mid-80s. coolest spot panhandle of west virginia. those locations reaching mid and upper 70s for highs by mid afternoon with low humidity. terrific late summer day coming up. a look at your beach and mountain forecast at 6:51. >>> iphone, ipad, now get ready for the iwallet. apple is getting ready to unveil a new payment system. we'll break down how it will work. >>> and we are live to help you get through one of the busiest travel days of the year. the three biggest traffic choke points we expect to see today as people try to get out of town. >>> we're following breaking news. someone walking on watkins mill road near the gaithersburg/damascus line was hit by a car. >> so far are no word on that person's age. one of several stories we're following this morning to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. we will start with megan mcglcgh here to tell us the areas we want to avoid on this busy travel day. >> reporter: a couple areas that you will certainly want to avoid. we're expecting a gidifficult traffic day. later on. right

there is a lot of fogs especially across the western suburbs in northern virginia this morning. r early sunday services, manassas, bristow, the plains, virginia, watch out for thick fog this morning and parts of northern maryland this morning. prince george county over the river towards alexandria, virginia, the capital beltway and woodrow wilson bridge, there is sunshine this morning. it's going to burn this fog away fairly quickly. be ready for a nice improvement. current temperatures mid 60s in the suburbs. 72 downtown. 74 in annapolis. your hometown forecast, charles county, maryland, current temperatures in the mid 60s. 69 at 8:00 this morning, 85 for a high today around 2:00 this afternoon and 77 degrees just as the sun is going down around 8:00 this evening. see you in a few more minutes and talk more about the increasing rain chances as the new work week gets started. see you in a few minutes. >>> two reports in the last 30 minutes say nine people may have survived a plane crash in iran. this happened near tehran. the country's capital shortly before 1:00 in the morning o

for those in northern virginia who have not yet sent the children bao school it is a great week th for those in school, i'm sorry. recess has been pretty nice. plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies. on the wa slo9 0. not quite there yet. 89 officially. 86 by 7:00, 83 by 1k9. 9:00. nice nigh wh you're thinking about doing. temperaturew fall but not quickly. showe nth and west will quickly dieing and will not make they way in our region. once again, we are going to stay on the dry side. here is a front. that will move throu the region and as it does so it is going to bring a little bit calmer weather to speak as far as nice, more sunshine, bright blue skies again and less humidity, even less then we've seen. a fantastic friday. 90 on saturday. 94 on sunday. potential for a heat wave. we haven't seen many this summer. one on top sunday and right through the day tuesday. monday looking very good for labor day although i am expecting a few more showers and thunderstormse sunday and again monday. >> sounds good. jason is up next with sports. what is this about a new stadium for our football

a traffic alert for you northern virginia. expect delays on georgetown pike from the beltway to springvale road. there is repaving work. most happens in the overnight between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.. vdot urges you to find ap n alternate. >>> starting wednesday, you can sign your kids up for virtual high school. according to the "washington post," this summer a record 955 students signed up for that class. they even offer some required classes on there. the program happens all year long. >>> sentencing is today for a man convicted in what attorneys call a savage beating of a man. it was caught on camera inside a public parking garage in bethesda. video shows that he repeatedly stomped on a rockville man's head last year in april. the victim survived, but his eye sockets were crushed. he could face up to 30 years in prison for attempted murder. >>> this morning a lot of nascar drivers are paying their respects to a driver who died when he was hit on the track. kevin ward jr. was struck and killed by three time nascar champion t

they're also expected to appear twice in northern virginia next month. >>> ed gillespie is also spreadingis message through ads. for more on that we're joined by mark murray, nbc senior political editor. >> good morning, barbara. >> reminding us of gillespie's background. tell people what his political background is. >> he's very well known to people like me and other political reporters. he served as former rnc chairman during the george w. bush years. he's a well-known strategist as well as a lobbyist. for anyone trying to get quotes, he was always on your rolodex. >> he is touting his blue collar roots now. he has a new ad out. let's have a look at it. we don't have it but you've seen it, haven't you? >> absolutely. what he's trying to do is stress that he's a businessman and stress, you know, his family. now, democrats will ending up saying that business background is part of a lobbyist and you'll hear from from the mark warner campaign. >> and they don't call that blue collar. >> no. but then again ed gillespie, you want to put your background and resume in the best terms possible, s

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has come out of the courtroom to update us. >> reporter: weare seeing a much less self-assured bob mcdonnell on the witness stand as prosecutors dig into their cross examination. every step of the way prosecutor michael dry is questioning bob mcdonnell's truthfulness challenging the contention that even though he and his family took $177,000 in gifts and loans from jonnie williams that he did nothing to help the businessman. on his way into court and on the witness stand it was a more subdued bob mcdonnell than last week. initially his voice so soft the judge told him to speak up. >> seems this morning he has been struggling some. >> reporter: it was contentious as prosecutor began cross examination hammering with a series of rapid fire questions. you don't deny mr. williams paid $15,000 for wedding expenses and gave your wife a $50,000 loan and on and on. dry challenged the former governor's earlier testimony that he was in the dark when williams paid for maureen's $19,000 new york shopping spree. did your wife have a history of making inappr

as a matter of fact, a few in northern virginia, you're seeing sunshine.here is a boundary right here, and that boundary can you see it very well defined from portions of the hagerstown area through frederick county and montgomery county and to the cambridge region. that's the boundary. along that boundary, we're going to continue to see showers develop. you can see those in through montgomery county. these have not moved. that boundary is stationary right now. it's going to drag to the south. i expect these showers to develop down to the south too, which most likely includes d.c. right now, though, take a look right here. we'll sfwloom on in right around the gathersburg area. this is towards the only area down towards rockville, but this rain has been rain -- it's been raining here for about the last two hours continuously. now, most of this has been on the light to moderate side, so i'm not anticipating any flooding with this, but this is the boundary, and i want to show it to you in a different way here. you actually see this. all the way from the north

most of the children in northern virginia don't go back up till after labor day. maryland and d.c. school kids go back to school next week. that means that terrible traffic tuesday is just around the corner. that is what they call september 2, the day after labor day when all the school buss and commuters are all sharing the road at the same time. >>> going to cause more traffi >>> next at 6:30 we report how one man makes it his mission to break the cycle of domestic violence, this following a series of deadly attacks in our area. >>> a new phase in the mcdonnell corruption trial. the first evidence of the first lady's crush on jonnie williams. >>> the demanding diva and mr. honest, day one for the defense in the mcdonnell corruption trial and one of the first witnesses. >> julie carey joins us now in richmond with more on today's testimony. >> reporter: well, as you know virginia's former first couple is accused of accepting $177,000 in exchange for helping with his company's new product. williams wanted things like state funds or a tobacco commission grant but today federal offic

and near northern virginia, we are, in most places, 50 is the cool spot. 53 in warrenton. we are scanning the sky. no rain around. and this was yesterday morning. a little vail of light fog over a field in southern falkier county. i love to read your comments and see photos on facebook and instagram. that's how you can connecwi me. as we look for the afternoon, beautiful summer day. gorgeous late august weather. the upper 80s by mid-afternoon with low humidity. enjoy. you need the shades. a light southerly breeze around 5 to 10. then tomorrow, summer returns big time. we will soar into the low 90s during the afternoon. and a little more humid. then turning less humid again, pleasant, thursday and friday in the mid-80s. for the labor day weekend on saturday, sunday and again on monday, each day will be up around 90 degrees. great weather at the beaches. temperatures there in the 70s. the next chance for rain not until labor day monday, mainly during the afternoon with scattered thundershowers. breaking news on the roads with melissa. >>> heading into the district, 395 north

in northern virginia silfverberg, wusa9. >> virginia state police arrested a sterling teenager on seven child porn counts today, but what is particularly strange about this case is that the 19-year-old connor flores was picked up in the very same house where a 16-year-old neighbor was shot to death one year ago. in march of 2013 caleb godly apparently mistook the neighbor's home for his own because he was drunk and trying to get home before his dad found him. the homeowner shot the unarmed teen-ager to death. police say the cases are unrelated, but caleb's dad is not so sure. >> i don't know what kind of culture is being brooded in that house, but it's one i no longer want to be associated with. i'm moving next week. >> police say the arrest of flores was part of an ongoing investigation into possession and distribution of child porn. >>> more than a year ago the national highway safety traffic administration forced chrysler to recall 1.5 million suvs over concerns about fire deaths. as of this day those 1993 to 1998 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jean liberty models have not bee

chattanooga on the way to what they described as the seat of war, or the early seats somewhere in northern virginia or along the kentucky and tennessee border. but chattanooga's importance increased as the war lengthened as well, because the new confederate nation realized that if they were going to be successful in winning their independence and maintaining that independence, they had to develop the military-industrial capacity to produce the war neededl their soldiers to fight and win that independence. that military-industrial base the new nation goes to create is located in central georgia and central alabama. as that military-industrial complex grew incapacity, chattanooga became more important as a union target, because it was the doorway, the gateway, the passageway through the mountain barrier that in union hands could allow a union army to thrust into that industrial heartland. the union advanced out of middle tennessee, having earlier driven southward from louisville to nashville. they are thrusting on toward chattanooga. they advance over the mountains to the northwest of chattanooga, on

he's the head of the army in northern virginia and everybody knew it.ordinate commanders that each of these generals were going to have underneath them? the union army will have four army cores, four infantry corps and one calvary corp. general has bencock and he does perform well because he's been badly injured. he was shot at gettysburg and had a wond to his thigh and he'll spent a lot of the campaigns against lee here in virginia in an ambulance. the union fifth corp is under a gabby the name of warren. general warren is an unusual character. a young man. he'd been an engineer but he didn't have a lot of experience commanding troops. he's also something of an odd duck. as a matter of fact, some of his subordinates commented on how he loved to recite limb rics and he thought a lot of himself and as you'll see as the campaign unfolds often thought his imagines were better than those of his superiors. the union's sixth corp is in the hands of general john sedgwick. john sedgwick doesn't last long because he's shot down by a south carolina sharpshooter a

area into northern virginia through the pan handle and down towards southern maryland.if you are north of the potomac and through maryland you should be okay the rest of the night but there are still a few more showers. you can see down to the south what's happening. and one thing we notice here not a lot of lightning associated with these. a few of these storms have some lightning. these storms here came through and are weakening a little bit. through fauquier and making their way through stafford. and prince william, around i-9 a also seeing shower activity. and you can see as we widen out, this is the back boundaryújpy a it's just sliding to the south. this is a cold front currently moving through that. will set us up for a couple very nice days but then the weekend. if you have weekend plans, you are going to want to see it. >>> now been six months since the murder of a popular music teacher in alexandria. still no /cç charges. ruth ann was shot when he opened her front door back in february. another woman inside the home was also injured. charles severance was bein

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the vote coming that has opinions in a northern virginia town divided. >>> and we're keeping a close eye on rain coming today. how it will look out there for your evening plans. hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d--printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. i don't. pew pew pew... the new radioshack is finally here. the store of your past is now the store of your future. come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. or get a 20-dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase. >>> we're following breaking news on i-95 right now. take a look at this live picture from chopper 4. we're seeing a five mile backup. >> and we're also tracking heavy rain. many of us will see a wet afternoon. "news 4 today" keeps your weather and traffic for you every ten minutes. we start with melissa mollet watching breaking news. >> this is pretty nasty. 95 northbound, the crash at fairfax county

they took that copy with them out of the facility in northern virginia. that is what led to the cia general counsel to make a liminal referral to the justice department, accusing senate staffers of having done something terribly wrong. today, the inspector general says the improper actions whereby the cia staffers in looking into the senate investigators computers and finding out they had this document. story or iincredible am credibly naÏve. >> what senator feinstein would it is essential for a country's future to tell this story in every gruesome detail so that we don't ever repeated. -- repeat it. this is pretty amazing. >> thank you. >> thank you, charlie. ♪ mall -- mark lyall grant is here. he takes on the rotating's presidency of the security council in august. the conflict in gaza remains front and center. there is deep concern about continued violence in eastern ukraine and threats posed in iraq and syria. i am pleased to have mark lyall grant back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> what can you tell me about what might be going on in negoti

news 4's northern virginia reporter david culvert takes a look at the legal fight that struck down thenwealth's ban. >> love changes the world. >> reporter: the fight against virginia's ban on same-sex marriages has moved quickly. in february in new york -- for fok struck it down. two weeks ago the judges declard decleared the ban illegal and decided not to impose a stay meaning gay marriage could possibly be allowed as soon as next week. >> giving me direction. >> giving your directions. >> reporter: it could mean the out of state marriages of couples like pastor danny spear and richard lovestran will be recognized. >> it gives you that extra -- i don't know how to describe it -- the extra feeling of being equal or feeling your relationship is, you know, on par with other folks at least as far as the state is concerned. >> reporter: pastor danny says he's performed about a dozen same-sex marriage ceremonies but each time he's had to leave the commonwealth to perform them. >> that means my parishioners here in northern virginia no longer have to go to maryland or into d.c. or to delawa

getting showers here in pennsylvania, northern west virginia, they are track south and east. may be in to our northern we were suburbs by noontime. a look at the timing hour by hour next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. >>> it's 6:02. new this morning, we've learned police are looking for someone who broke into a home in capitol heights on 58th avenue just outside the d.c. line. nobody hurt there. police say they will release more information later this morning, including what was taken from that home. >>> today a former coach will be sentenced for abusing a teenaged girl. he coached and tutored in about a tlez todbethesda and madpotom xcfoa ea, prosecutors are asking for not more than nine years behind bars. >>> following breaking news, new details in deadly ambush on military members in afghanistan yesterday. we are now learning the injured soldiers will be leaving the region, on a flight headed to a military base in southwest germany tonight. and from there, they will go to a medical center. this is the 15 soldiers injured. most of them about half are americans. we st

you can now see animals any day in northern virginia. we'll explain what's behind this hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d--printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. i don't. pew pew pew... the new radioshack is finally here. the store of your past is now the store of your future. come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. or get a 20-dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase. >>> joan rivers' daughter released a statement saying the comedian who is 81 is receiving the best treatment possible right now at mt. sinai hospital in new york city. however, she also said her mom is in serious condition. rivers' heart stopped during a minor procedure at the doctor on thursday morning. >>> today the dog days of summer exhibit is unleashed at the national museum of the marine corps. the event features dogged trained to sniff ou

right now northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in richmo richmond. you canearyast happens by owi her on twitter @juliecareynbc. >>> seth meyers hosts the emmy awards tonight. they air at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. >>> the funel for michael brown is today in st. louis. president obama sending three white house officials to the service. the 18-year-old was unarmed when he was shot to death by a ferguson, missouri police officer. >>> state of emergency in california. people still assessing the damage after the worst earthquake there in 25 years. look for live reports on the "today" show. >> reporter: school bell rings here at walter johnson high at 7:20 this morning. montgomery county welcoming 154,000 in the system and 40,000 mobile computers throughout its schools. >>> and one of our reporters went to school in northern virginia. she graduated from herndon high school. she's in our newsroom right now. it's angie goff, of course. that is an adorable picture. >> how old are you there in. >> i don't know, six, seven. just showing a little more forehead th

some traveling from northern virginia to watch o you will notice experienced court attendees carrying thick blankets to sit on just to be comfortable. julie carey is inside the courtroom at this hour. if you join her at 5:00 she will bring you much more from what was a contentious start to the cross examination and the prosecution challenging bob mcdonnell's claims that he knew nothing about the now infamous new york city shopping spree. i'm david culver, news 4. >>> hundreds of thousands of kids are heading back home from their first day of school right now. students in prince george's county are looking ahead for their first day tomorrow. folks, summer is over for kids. kindergartners, middle school students and high school freshmen had orientation today. they had a chance to meet their teachers and prepare for new expectations. this is the first year of full day orientation in the county schools. >> with the half day orientation by the time the child gets in and the teacher introduces the talks about the curriculum the bell rings. i think the county was wise in their ability to say

. >>> >>> right now in northern virginia, a community is desperate to find a man behind a sexual assault. it happened at a local pool in the falls church area. he approached a 20 year old woman who worked at the pool, struck up a conversation with her and at some point got violent. >> he displayed a wep and and sensually assaulted the victim before fleeing. >> right now police do not have a good description of the suspect but hope to get more details so they can put together a composite sketch. >>> new details about a wild chase and crash. we brought this thouo you last night at 6:00. it brought traffic to a grinding halt. they pulled over erica oliver. they say they arrested her for past charges, but then they said while they were doing that, her passenger, anthony mccrea jumped into the passenger seat and took off. as police chased him he caused a crash that left six people including himself hurt. he could soon be facing many more charges because of that crash. >>> a big development tonight in the conflict in the middle east. we'll tell you why many troops ons the ground are actually b

much of northern virginia. right near the bay, beautiful day around the bay. it's around 80 degrees. and nearby suburbs prince george's county now around 80. it's in the upper 70s near 80 in montgomery county. and the rest of northern virginia, the low 80s now comfortable day and humidity is in the moderate range. tropical storm bertha that is way off the atlantic coast. x marks the spot of the center of circulation. it's disorganized mess here off the atlantic coast. it's continuing to track off to the north and east and the winds are down to 60 miles an hour. it was a hurricane yesterday but it has gotten weaker and it's going to stay weak as we get into the next couple of days remaining below tropical storm strength as it tracks along the atlantic seaboard and gets off nova scotia by the end of the week. there may be big surf at the beaches. there will be rip tides. later today, a bit humid during the afternoon. less humid by late afternoon. highs around 90. a light wind with us that will play a role in the air quality during the afternoon with pollution bu

you are on the silver line during week one, nearly 220,000 trips were made on the new line in northern virginia. metro said on average about 16,000 passengers boarded a train at one of the five stations each day last week. that's nearly 2/3 of the way to the transit agency's goal of averaging 25,000 a day after one year. the busiest station in terms of total riders was west and east. >>> willie lot of a leg to diabetes and friends are trying to help a living legend play one last gig. is your furry friend in need of extra exercise? we will take you to a gym aimed at >> right now most kids are avoiding the thought of school. >> it's still summer. we learned this week that students made some big improvements. the district release results of the annual comprehensive assessment test and for the first time ever, more than 54%, half of students were considered proficient in math. that's a 1.4 percentage increase over last year and it may not seem like a lot, but it's a big improvement compared to 2007 when only 22% were proficient in math. that's huge. >> seeing outstanding growth in the number of pla

in northern virginia community is divided tonight over the faith -- it sounds like something out of the history books. a decades-old law banning things considered magic arts. >> many told us they had forgotten about the law. it bans fortune-telling, tarot card readings, and practicing magic. a tarot card reader set up shop on main street for just one day. some people in the town threatened to boycott the other vendors. >> and extreme group of people who have taken on an ordinance to push their political agenda. >> the town council scheduled a vote to repeal the ban and opponents sprang into action. one group of citizens marched carrying the cross while others bow their heads in prayer. >> it is an abomination. person a power that only god has. only god knows the future. >> inside it was a packed house and things got heated. >> as for me in my house, we will serve the lord. >> what you are talking about is un-american. repeal this ridiculous law. end, the town council voted 4-2 to repeal the ban. the licenseue is fees for those businesses. stay tuned. we're also following repairs to 66 a

>> i don't think sherman was directly hoping to influence the army of northern virginia. where i think sherman actually was directly trying to target the army of northern virginia was not through desertion but through supplies. that by, first of all, breaking the rail line from atlanta which had been a major supply line up to petersburg and then by just raiding through, you know, this relatively untouched area to deprive them of supplies. and i think also there was a sense -- he definitely was k cognizant of the psychological impact, that he wanted people to know that he could not be stopped. and in fact any kind of rumors that might have come out about how vicious they were or how violent, he was comfortable with that because he felt there would be this deeper psychological impact. >> 50 years before the event you are talki ing about we hand episode similar to here. literally when the british came to washington after the battle of the braidanceburg and the sewell belmont house. somebody took a pot shot another general ross as he arrived in the capital plaza. killed his h

most schools in northern virginia start class on tuesday. when i was in college there were two or three students who had a laptop. >> or a cell phone. gosh, i had a pager. >> cell phones, wasn't that long ago. >> i had a beeper in college. tells you how old we are. kids going back to school, some of your kids may not be getting enough sleep before that school bell rings. >> why doctors say your kids need more sleep. plus we'll show you what one family is doing. here's amelia with a weather alert. >> richard, we'll be talking about scattered storms later today but right now some hazy sunshine and muggy. clouds increase and again storms will follow. i'll have more on the timing for storm potential today and tomorrow coming up. >>> getting back to school can be a rough transition for kids because doctors say most schoolchildren won't be getting enough sleep. >> news 4's doreen genz her has more. >> i maybe will get six hours. >> reporter: 17-year-old ryan edwards says he's like most kids at his high school staying up too late and getting up too

our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has covered this case from the beginning and joins us live from richmond with what mcdonnell is saying there. >> certainly an amazing scene is in the courtroom. not many people expected the governor to take the stand today but he did at about 3:20 this afternoon going until 5:30 when court wrapped up. toward the end of his testimony he was questioned somewhat about star scientific saying his administration did little to help the company. governor mcdonnell leaving the courthouse met with an absolute crush of cameras. a lot of testimony focusing on the governor's biography, talking about his upbringing in the mount vernon section of fairfax county. his time at the university of notre dame and his time in the public sector, the house of delegates and his run for attorney general and run for governor. he spoke about the run for governor and what it was like when he won. november 4, 2009 and he could already sense trouble with his wife maureen saying i could not tell she was as happy as i was. she was yelling at me about something. there was

commuters are about to have a faster way to get around northern virginia. look at how a new bus system is working. and a volcano >> three howard county police officers are on administrative leave after shooting and killing a man this morning in ellicott city. the man called 911 threatening to kill several people. effective say the man confronted officers with two large knives and recently used -- and refused to surrender. thely members say 61-year-old recently talked about committing suicide. have ars are about to faster way of getting around alexandria. the marion local leaders held an event today for the crystal city-potomac yard transit way. rebecca cooper was at the scene and shows how the transit way works. washington region's first-ever bus rapid transit system, showcasing specially marked buses, dedicated bus only lanes, rapid boarding stops, and the light designs to move buses quickly. at the ribbon cutting and officials touted this as a model for the country. to bring thatted opportunity to alexandria. >> the new state-of-the-art system will dramat

you are on the silver line during week one, nearly 220,000 trips were made on the new line in northern virginia. metro said on average about 16,000 passengers boarded a train at one of the five stations each day last week. that's nearly 2/3 of the way to the transit agency's goal of averaging 25,000 a day after one year. the busiest station in terms of total riders was west and east. >>> willie lot of a leg to diabetes and friends are trying to help a living legend play one last gig. is your furry friend in need of extra exercise? we will take you to a gym aimed at hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d--printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. i don't. pew pew pew... the new radioshack is finally here. the store of your past is now the store of your future. come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. or get a 20-dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase. >> right now most kids

on the south bank was robert lee's army of northern virginia.was in worse physical condition but still defyant and ever dangerous. each side waiting for the inevitable resumption of battle. but 1864 would be different because of the entrance on the scene of one man, ulysses grant. forced from the army in 1863 because of excessive drinking grant spent eight years in one failed venture after another. in 1861 his father secured him a colonel's commission and according to legend the father didn't fare well with these comforting words, son, you've got a good job now, don't mess it up. yet certainly this commission was certainly not based on good looks. to one observer grant was, quote, an ordinary scrubby looking man with a slightly seedy look. neither a