finally, in april of 1862 northern troops began bombarding for polaski. the amazing thing was, they could hit everything they were aiming at from a distance they laid outside of the ability of the confederates to land a telling blow in return. the closer they got to the magazine, the more quickly commander olmsted was able to fly the flag of surrender and give for polaski over to the union. and in effect, inform robbery lee that the blockade of southern ports was going to work, because the union had technology that was going to overcome anything the confederates could do to answer it. they couldn't counter the parent rifles that the union army had. we hope to be doing a lot of digitizing and scanning of the correspondence because it contains a lot of genealogical information that will be of interest families. a lot of the families who did not return, of soldiers to maine, but whose family members would now like to know, what did there great, great, grandfather do during the war. we look at this election being of infinite value in shedding light on not jus

the union troops that sent notice to charles olmsted, the commander of fort polaski that we are going to bombard you, and we really think you want to give

come take a look, this is five-year-old noah thomas, last seen in central virginia polaski county. he is considered to be in danger. if you have seen him, the police want to hear from you immediately. call 911. a woman is in jail tonight accused of fatally stabbing her own mother. her 94-year-old mother, margaret wells, was found dead inside of their chikllum home saturday morning. neighbors said they never heard the and argue. -- never heard them argue. >> we never saw any fighting or any arguments or anything like that. it's usually peaceful around here. kimberly: investigators have not said called 911. taking a live look outside right now, the temperatures are going to keep heading down. eileen whelan is joining us with the first look at the forecast. eileen: it was a little cooler today, but it will be getting colder overnight. in fact, i want to start with the temperatures that will likely be waking up with for monday morning. yes, 20's across the board the city may hold steady in the lower 30's, but nonetheless hopefully you have not put away the jacket because you will need

fatality of the year tonightch the deadly blaze spread through this apartment building 4600 block of polaski avenue germantown 7:15. smoke alarms alerted the mother and child to get out on time. firefighters did not realize right away there was a victim still inside. >> and they did a primary search which was negative meaning they did not find anybody on the primary search. they did a secondary search and didn't find anybody. we went in a third time to make sure and we found an old area adult female in third floor bathroom. >> authority have not yet identified the woman or determined the cause of the fire. >> a 1-year-old boy who tried to rescue his mother from a violence encounter with exboyfriend is recovering from a gun shot wound to the leg. tonight the man police say did it is in custody. it happened earlier this morning 3500 block of jamie street in city's port richd monday section. a 23-year-old jhamiel start carter showed up at ex's home and began beating her and the woman's 12-year-old son stepped in. investigators say carter fired a shot hitting the boy in the thigh. >> why shoot t

hundreds of tips poured in around the country after news of the child's disappearance in polaski county over the weekend. police are you focusing on the evidence and the family is cooperating with the investigation. leon: new information from the university of oklahoma. the president has announced the results of the investigation into that racist fraternity chance that was caught on video. it was revealed that members learned that on a national fraternity leadership crews. >> learned by chapter members at a national leadership crews sponsored i the national organization for years ago. that chant was learned and brought back to the local chapter. leon: university officials conducted 160 interviews. the two students who led that chant are now expelled. 25 others were disciplined with community service and mandated cultural sensitivity training. maureen: now to a developing story from capitol hill, where harry reid says he will not run for reelection. he ran as majority and minority leader during his 28 years in the senate. reset his accident on -- harry reid set his accident on a treadmil

a woman has died in a fire at an apartment building on polaski avenue this evening.irefighters found her in a third floor bedroom. another tenant and child were able to make it out safely. we do not know how that fire started as of yet. >>> developing right now a fight broke out at a local barbershop followed by gunfire but then a customer walked in at the exact right moment and police say what that customer did next saved lives. fox 29's brad sattin is at leaks. brad timing is everything. >> in this case it sure was. this happened before 3:00 o'clock this afternoon. self witnesses spending the afternoon and the evening here at police headquarters being questioned. among them a man who was legally carrying a gun and likely saved several lives. >>> i heard gunshots. >> reporter: what dud? >> i ducked then iran. >> reporter: this man was get getting his haircut on north preston street when barber and another man exchanged words. >> they was arguing. and, um, they was taking it too far. when i was watching tv in the barbershop i heard gunshots. >> reporter: police say t

meanwhile, an intense search continues for noah thomas a missing 5-year-old boy in polaski county virginia. investigators don't suspect foul play. his mother said he disappeared sunday morning while she was sleeping. police believe he left on his own and there's no reason to suspect a kidnapping. crews are optimistic that the child will be found. leon: thousands came out to mourn the seven jewish siblings killed in a new york house fire over the weekend. the children aged 5 through 16 were flown to israel overnight where they were laid to rest this morning. the blaze killed three girls and four boys. all members of the jewish community in brooklyn. in a memorial service the children's father addressed the mourners this way. >> i did my best and my wife did her best. leon: firefighters believe the fire was sparked by a hot plate. the mother and 14-year-old daughter remain in critical condition. alison: still to come here on abc 7 news at 5:00 on the air -- a look at today's decision by the nfl that could change the game. leon: plus twitter went wild when this helicopter started making round

learner he is learning military engineering on the fly in 1852 when the federal's attack and reduce for polaski from atlanta georgia, and reduce that fort to rubble. he decides to build his fort out of sand. also, it's nice the fact that there is plenty of building material there on the beach. by the fall of 1864, fort fisher is the most imposing seacoast fortifications. it boasts 47 guns. that may seem like a lot. but the union fleet out guns the fisher defenses on the order of almost 10 to one. in fact, the largest union warship, the colorado, both 55 guns alone. now, the federal seat appears at fort fisher on the afternoon of april 12 and proceed to bombard the fort over two and a half days, they fire more than 19,000 rounds. and knock out all but two guns on the northern land face. in the meantime, general bragg and wilmington has refused to send reinforcements south for the notable attack. -- the inevitable attack. when whiting gets to fort fisher, he says lamb, my boy i've come to share your fate. we are to be sacrificed. after that massive bombardment the federal's launched their assault

kimberly: we're expecting an update in the next half-hour from polaski county virginia on the case of noah thomas. sources are telling richmond television stations that the 5-year-old's body was found in a septic or sewage tank this morning. thomas had been missing since sunday morning. autria: metro says it will start running those new 7,000 series cars on april 14th. the first of eight cars will roll out on the blue line shortly after 7:00 a.m. i believe from the franconia springfield station. kimberly: pope francis plans to visit the white house during his first papal visit to the u.s. this fall. the white house says president and mrs. obama will welcome pope francis as a guest to the white house on september 23rd. francis will become the first pope to address a joint meeting on congress on the 24th and will speak at the u.n. general assembly on the following day. well, it's easy enough for the pope to get an audience with the president but what about you or me? now could be our chance. we found this contest on barackobama.com today. you enter your e-mail address and zip code and y

tonight people who live on the 4800 block of polaski avenue in philadelphia's germantown neighborhood have new smoke detectors. firefighters and the red cross teamed up to spread the word about fire safety. now they did this hours after a woman in the apartment died in an apartment fire right there in the neighborhood. firefighters found her in a third floor bedroom yesterday. they say another tenant and a child did make it out safely. the building did not have any working fire alarms. fire itself is under investigation. >>> mess after mess impacting one northeast philadelphia neighborhood. first a water main break. now the massive hole left behind. residents tell us this has been blocking their street for weeks. even worse they say kids play right nearby. fox 29's dave kinchen explains. >> reporter: it's more than just a 3-foot deep dip on the 1700 block of dan forth street in northeast philadelphia. it's practically a crater. a massive hole created when rhawnhurst neighbors say crews were fixing a big water main break but renee' says that was awhile ago. >> we didn't have water for