he never wore a side arm with the army of northern virginia. he was photographed in richmond during the latter half of the war carrying an impressive custom-made parisian import officers sort gifted to him from hearyland admirer in 1863, seems to have really want a weapon during the course of campaigning. his weapon was his mind and his physical charisma. he was the campaign strategist. it was his duty to devise the battle plan by watching, directing the units to the most awareness andonal observational skills were finally attend and noted by colonel freemantle. general lee was self-aware, realizing his personal presence at the proper moment could inspire his men to impressive battlefield performance. inh the attrition rate the officer corps reaching dangerous levels by the summer of 1864, his personal attendance would be critical. many confederacy senior commanders have been severely injured or killed while leading armies in the field. lee was presented with his opportunity when general joseph johnson was grievously wounded in the shoulder and

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg explains. >> it will make a big difference. >> everyone though the big oversize check is a fake the impact of the dollar figure is real. >> it's a demonstration of true passion to ensure that all of the citizens are safe. >> mary is the director of the forensic assess. or consultation team or f.a.c.t. a department giving treatment to survivors of sexual assaults or domestic abuse. >> receiving a grant by the state to add four time and two part-time nurses to provide 24-hour services for assault survivors across northern virginia. >> it's our responsibility as a community and commonwealth to do everything we can to help survivors onto a path of healing and recovery. >> it can be difficult.

lee attempted to produce his own history of the army of northern virginia, but he never finished it, nor did he publish his own memoirs. thus lee's unique involvement with early's work conferred on these texts an unusual air of authority. i think i need hardly say that in addition to being commander of the army of northern virginia, lee was tremendously celebrated in his time. men's deepre the two connection, early frequently at the sized in his memoirs -- emphasized in his memoirs lee's private feelings. for example, of the 1864 overland campaign he wrote, "i happened to know that generally always had the greatest anxiety to strike a grant." often shared as whichesis in this period, conferred with the early redemption project. lee hoped he could get "the world to understand the odds against which the confederacy fought." or as he put it in his april 10, 1865 farewell address to the 4roops appomattox, "after years of service, march by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the army of northern virginia has been forced to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources." similarly, early hope

his civil war military career, in the army of northern virginia, from 1861-1864, proved strong with a few missteps as he slowly, too slowly for his taste, advanced from regiment to corps command. lee liked early, this towing on -- bestowing on him the nickname "my bad old man." he interested him with difficult assignments, second only to stonewall jackson. but public opinion, which lauded jackson in life and death, was not so favorable toward jubal early. newspaper accounts portrayed him with reasonable accuracy as cantankerous and a partial to drink. nor was it a secret that early maintained a mistress with him the father for children. in other words, early was rather bad when measured against victorian social norms. in june 1864, robert e. lee once again demonstrated considerable -- at early by promoting him to lieutenant general and dispatching him on independent command with the army of the valley, the old second court -- second corps. early was to drive union soldiers from the valley and relieve pressure from the petersburg richmond front. the 1864 shenandoah valley campaign bega

janney looks at the process of disbanding the remnants of the army of northern virginia, following the april 1865 surrender to union general ulysses s. grant at appomattox. she focuses on the confederates that avoided or escaped, and retreated into the shenandoah valley. she discusses general grant's concerns that some confederate would fight aguerrilla war. it is part of a conference hosted by the university of virginia. it is just over half hour. our second speaker is caroline e. janney, who teaches at purdue university. she is one of uva's former students. she was here and then went off into grand success in the academic world. she specializes in the civil war era, and she has written about gender and military affairs and other parts of the mid-19th century u.s. history. she served as president of the society of civil war historians, which is a professional organization in our field. and i want to mention three of her books including "burying the dead, but not the past," "the lost cause," "remembering the civil war," which is now the default book to go to on civil war memory. crater

a total amount of 25,000 are out in northern virginia. in maryland not as many, it's under a thousand without power there as we take a look at radar, doug is going to keep us about the latest movements. >> like we said, we expected this, f montgomery and howard county, strong storm here moving through right along 50. heads up over towards lowell area. this is the area to watch in effect until 4:45. another area of storms. through fairfax, you're going to get hit hard again. that's the same thing around here. farther south, look at this storm. a ton of lightning just after fredericksburg, this storm moving towards the northeast, and into southern maryland, another pretty good storm right here coming through parts of the county. this is all part of a line, a very long line of storm you can see it from maine all the way down towards the carolinas, severe thunderstorm watch where you've got a couple of more hours to go from this and keep you posted on everything. we'll hear them right here first. >> that's it here all evening, out there on th

he stayed fixed in northern virginia. he did not travel, except for his father and i was to escape debt. lee was never worldly. you know interest in the affairs of the rest of the world, or really even what went on the on the confines of virginia. that had been his world. when the war was over, grant becomes president. when he leaves the white house he will leave on a two-year long ofard the world -- tour the world in which he nearly bankrupted himself. he loved every moment of it. via photos of him in egypt, china, japan. he will be the first jimmy carter of a sort. the broker a peace between japan and china over a local dispute. there are still today just monument to u.s. grant that was put up in the 1890's for the piece he made -- peace he made. it is still there today. lee never got over that fixation on localism. they both have their prejudices, but they kind of reflect their childhoods and their experiences. grant pretty much loves everybody. he was indifferent to slavery. there is not a word from him about the inst

. >> our northern virginia bureau chief has more on the motive and some of the students who were with him as that student -- as that suspect drove at them. >> a steady stream arriving at the apartment complex with the 17-year-old lived with her parents and three siblings. the victim's grief stricken father believe his f down when the suspect darwin torres began chasing a group of teens with his car. he allegedly got out with a baseball bat and hit him in the head. the suspect is then accused of putting her in his car and dumping her body in a nearby lake. >> he hit her and go get his car. >> this shows where the chaos started early yesterday morning when the car just occurred charging a group of teens that just finished early morning and headed back to their mosques for ramadan services. these teens in the group walking and when they noticed the danger. >> and then he went on the sidewalk. and then he went and -- everybody around him just ran. >> you thought >> yes. >> if we had not went into the woods. >> when the teens arrived, they realized she was missing. that began a frantic sea

we'll time out kind of that main wave though that's coming through northern virginia.hat's your heavy rain -- by the way we have a guest in studio we're going to introduce you in a little bit. 4:58 cumberland, 5:55 gainsville and 6:06 berk. in d.c. main wave comes through about 6:30 in the morning and then it starts pushing off to the east. once it gets far enough east lilt break out into sunshine. 82, a couple left overshowers by 11:00. we break out into sunshine and get warm and humid this afternoon. that's a check of the forecast. erin over you to for that traffic. >> 4:37 and we have problems on the roads this morning. take a look at this crash. we're dealing with huge problems. let's see if we can get in with my producer carlos and see exactly where this is. 95 on the southbound side right there. it's approaching fredericksburg so as you make your way from stafford into fredericksburg 95 southbound this crash just happened approaching fredericksburg. we're seeing several lanes blocked. just the left shoulder squeezing by. this could cause some big problems if you'

you have a lot of federal government presence in the northern virginia area and the rest of the virginia area actually looks like the central st republicans in the last election cycle. >> reporter: and as you vote today, bear in mind that many precincts are schools and they are opened today so officials are asking you not to park in the bus lanes and be mindful of the dismissal procedures and the traffic that follows therein. that's the latest from here. >> justin, thank you very much. before you head to the polls, check out our election day guide in the nbc washington app. our digital team put together a breakdown on each of the candidates on your ballot including lieutenant governor and stafford county supervisor race. you can find your polling location. just search election day guide in the app. >>> major news for the redskins this morning. you may have seen the alert inside the nbc washington app. former quarterback doug williams is the team's new senior vp of player personnel. >> that means he's in charge of the roster, players. this announcement took place a couple hours ago. sherr

a town house in northern virginia going up in flames. john gonzales is live in manassas with the latest details. john: we are live on pope street. the fire started before 1:00 this morning. not only was a second alarm called in, but 70 firefighters during the height of this, and two of those firefighters calling in the mayday from inside the home where this fire started. they were trapped. they had to be rescued. the home or the fire started is a total loss. the residents were able to get out safely. in all, six home seven damaged, 12 people -- all adults -- escaped. some pets were rescued. but all 12 displaced. the red cross is assisting them at this hour. washington gas is here. we have seen gas workers going door-to-door, checking levels in the neighborhood. the cause of the fire is still unknown. withirefighters injured minor burns. reporting live, john gonzales. 6:51, covering metro, the agency's board of directors had to release a report today hailing safetrack as a success. here is a look at the numbers. the report says the number

i guess it's whatever you want the army of northern virginia to be. have we warned you out? been a long march. >> it has been a long march. liz, would you like to come and say goodbye? i'll do it from just sitting here. on behalf of liz and will and the people in special , i want to thank you very much for coming out today. many of you have been here all day. it was a nasty day outside, but you made your way here, and we are very grateful for your presence and hope you will keep an eye on our website and our facebook and figure out what we're doing in the future and come again. i would like to thank all of our historians who did an absolutely superb job today. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] americane watching history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news.

we're talking about a massive problem in northern virginia. take a look here.nner loop at van dorn street, we're shut down. a huge backup. this is a reconstruction situation. this means if you head this way in the next couple of hours, it will affect you. we'll talk more about this coming up. sheena? >> weatherwise, melissa, the commute is not bad in that way. 70 degrees in the district right you can roll the windows down and it's going to be nice this afternoon. we'll talk about hotter >>> breaking news in northern virginia. inner loop at van dorn street. we're shut down. this is a two-mile backup. it's growing quickly. it's growing to two miles in the past 25 minutes. take a look at this closure. duke street, franconia road. either of those are alternates. they're going to be quite busy this morning. this is going to be shut down for some time. >>> right now on ne"news4 today the cost of your ride going up. what to know before your next ride. >>> a beloved coach killed in a crash. tributes to the long-time teacher pouring in. >>> from social media to tv shows

this week posters appeared at a northern virginia mosque warning against doing business with him. >> my message to the community, muslim community, when you encounter these situations report to the authority. call "7 on your side." you are doing amazing job as well. don't pay cash. never. pay by the credit card. >> some travel earls say they reported the crime to police and the virginia attorney general. we tried to talk to muhammad ourselves. at his office where no one answered. it appeared to be a home address in lorton printed on one of the flyers. a family member told us muhammad is not trying to scam anyone but he is not home. he made it to mecca himself. kimberly suiters, abc7 news. michelle: coming up, man versus wild. fox. all caught on camera. you won't want to miss how it ends. jonathan: wow! after nearly two days of deliberating, still no verdict in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. what jurors are asking for to help them come ♪ announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: now to a story we at 4:00. the minnesota police officer accused of kill

. >>> twin girls in northern virginia will now have to grow up without their parents. the mother of the girls was killed in their vienna home in murder-suicide. >> police say the children's father stabbed the mother to death in the house she shared with the girls and then shot himself in the backyard of another home a few blocks away. one of the girls has special needs, she uses a wheelchair. neighbors are stunned. >> i cannot believe i'll never see her again and that her kids will never have her. she was the best. the best mom. >> derrick ward is live in vienna tonight where police have just identified everyone who was involved. derrick? >> reporter: the folks who live in this neighborhood say it's a quiet neighborhood, but the quiet here this evening is something different. it's more born out of the tragic loss and the inability to understand just why it happened. >> reporter: this neighborhood has a mix of older houses and newer, yet it maintains suburban harmony. flags wave over but what happens here speaks to a disharmony that has upset this part of vienna beyond

the flag is an army of northern virginia battle flag and is one of 500 we have in our collection, the world's largest collection of confederate flags. on the top, there is a stencil number, 384. this signifies this was a captured battle flag. if a soldier captured a confederate flag and turned it into the war department, he was awarded a medal of honor. the war department would stencil the number on it as part of their records, noting who captured it, the date, all the pertinent information. after the war in 1905, president teddy roosevelt came to visit our museum in richmond. when he was there, he noted the pride the women had in the collection. he went back to washington and made it possible for the war department to return the flags to the states from which they came. if it was identified as a texas flag, it was given to texas. the virginia flags were given to the confederate museum, as we were called then. there was not a historical society or library that existed at that time. after the war department went through the process and dispersed all the flags it could identify, it had

but northern virginia is not the only area struggling to curb opioid abuse and death. we spoke with the person in charge of the drug enforcement administration and he says the opioid epidemic is widespread. in 2016 we have 52,000 americans die from drug overdoses, 33,000 of those were due to prescription opioids. so you see the problem and we have to educate our pharmacists and dr.s who are here to treat pain. they're trained to treat pain. tas ' all they do and now we have to break them from that mode, that cycle. agent in charge carl colder says that includes hosting drug awareness conferences for the medical community and going into medical schools to train future doctors about the disaing ers on over prescribing. colder says just this month the dea ceased nearly 90 pounds of heroin in maryland. the dea is not alone in its fight to arrays awareness. in northern virginia since 2013 the nature the cot iks task force which includes law enforcement agencies across the area has conducted five large scale operations a all aimed at cracking down on opioid offenders. it's a

. >>> students in northern virginia, making the community proud for how they're spending part of their >>> we love this video from prince george's county. emergency rescuers save a dog. you can see they're giving the pooch a little water to lap up. fire officials say this animal will need a bit more care at the animal center. >>> in the running to become the next prince george's county executive. the democrat met today. muse is pledging to make economic development a priority. >> another 2 to 3,000 homes are slated to be foreclosed on yet again. that is unacceptable. we have an office of law. we have county attorneys. why haven't we gone to >> anthony muse spent more than two decades in annapolis. >>> can a group of teens change a person's life in one week? more than 800 of them are giving it a try in fredericksburg. as peggy fox tells us, it takes some shovels, some saws, and big hearts. >> reporter: the man who lives here has been trapped inside for the past 15 years. ever since a horrific traffic accident. but this group of teenagers is building him a ramp. >> i didn't even think we

northern virginia police need help finding a man that attacked a child. >> and owner of a $1 million lottery ticket tola just one days. >> a live look across the d.c. region. beautiful with lights twinkling now. 4:50 and 66 degrees. "fox5 news morning" back after this vandals knocked over two head stones some dating back to 1800s. it belongs to st. thomas episcopal church. it's recognized nationally. a reward is given for anyone who helps with the arrest. >> and police need your helped a baby. it happened last saturday gift shop inside the mall. prior to the assault the suspect allegedly attempted to steal something from the store and was asked to leave. minutes later he returned to the store causing more trouble and attacking the second man. fairfax county police say if you recognize this person, give them a call at 1-866-411-tips. >> this is a big story autopsyy. time is running out for a person to claim a lottery prize if virginia someone bought a whipping ticketet for the state new year's millionaire raffle last january. three winning tickets were sold each worth a million. two w

these are live pictures of the scene in northern virginia.ord that this particular gunman used a rifle, a high-powered rifle, unclear at this point what kind of rifle precisely it was. but when we look at motive, and, again, very early in the investigation, but when we look at motive, what are the kinds of things that jump out at you right now? >> well, one thing, it seems like it was a planned activity. i mean, this individual with a high-powered rifle didn't just stumble upon this event this morning, because he's driving around town looking for someone to shoot. there's also been one report of a witness who said they saw someone that may or may not have been the shooter who asked which political parties the individuals represented on the field. that has not been confirmed yet, but if it does, that may suggest some type of further motive. as we know, law enforcement has the individual in custody. hopefully he'll be able to shed information, and it's going to be like any other shooting that we have. law enforcement, fbi, secret service, they'

. >> put out a press release saying we're trying to make this better. >>> happening today in northern virginiaauliffe will be in herndon signing a ceremonial bill that would pave the way for wireless carriers to bring 5g internet speeds to virginia that is supposedly up to 100 times faster than speeds currently available, new innovation for cities and businesses. officials say it would bring millions of dollars into the state and create new jobs. >>> bright and early opening for some bars in d.c. today. now, it's a little bit like tailgating for politics. >> right. >> looking to cash in ahead of the comey testimony on the hill. what they're offering to get you in the door. >> only in d.c., right? >> pretty sure. >> only in d.c. plus, it's not looking good for the cavaliers and why jr smith hasom that's ahead in the morning line. it's coming up at 6:30. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ stronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight.