he may sweep down the potomac and attack washington, we've got to keep him here. what this meant for mcclellan was not that they weren't going to attack to siege richmond, but they weren't going to be able to do it through strategical point maneuver, they'd have to rely more on a pounding, slow process starting at yorktown and he thought to bring along a siege artillery, so in early april his forces arrived near yorktown. the whole revolutionary war entrenchments now much improved by the confederates but lightly manned and began actual siege operations near yorktown that would last throughout the month of april. and while this was going on, mcclellan, being a thoroughly modern major general decided that he was going to use all the enhancements that technology could bring to him first off, he hired professor thaddeus lowe to bring the balloon corps down to the area around fortress monroe and lowe's balloons began to rise on tethers with people on board looking to see what the confederates looked like around yorktown. and, by the way, they had a t e teleographer in

we have that tangerine sky over the potomac and capitol hill now.nd by 9:00, we'll still be in the 60s. right now in the low to mid 60s most of the region. 50s out of the mountains. it will -- may be breezy. winds out of the northwest gusting to around 20 miles per hour for flight between 10:00 and 11:00. final flight of "discovery," the flyover along the potomac in the upper 60s by then, lots of sunshine. a bit of a breeze out of the north and west. sunrise coming up at 6:28. then by noontime, we'll have a few high clouds drifting over the region. a beautiful middle of the day for your lunch hour. it will be around 70 degrees by then. but the pollen count remains high, unfortunately. and by late afternoon, we'll peak in the mid 70s. overnight tonight, we cloud up. and a cloudy and cooler day tomorrow. near 50 in the morning. afternoon highs on wednesday, the mid 60s. might get a passing sprinkle in the morning or maybe an afternoon shower tomorrow. then sun returns on thursday, a chilly start thursday morning. near 40. afternoon highs, though, 60s

a number of them along the potomac river. the national mall as well.ld town waterfront, just a few of the recommended off watching spots date designated for today. if you see all this happening aaa is recommending to pull over before you get out of the camera. we have a byob in place -- that is bring up your own of breakfast. -- your own breakfast. once the shuttle gets here, it will take about a day or so. they bring that to the museum. reporting live, brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> exciting day. brianne, thank you so much. we are bracing for aftershocks are now after the 6.7 earthquake hit overnight. that was at the cnn's facility. one man that did it die of a heart attack during the earthquake. authorities temporarily -- folks are able to go back home now. a little better news there. on the hill, the president says that republicans are extending help -- tax breaks for the wealthy at the expense of the middle-class. the legislation would have required the nation's top owners -- top wage owners to pay 30% of their income in taxes. congress is also lau

he reorganized the army of the potomac. and he moved subsequent to the battle of second manassas into maryland where lee had taken his army in northern virginia. on the 13th of september, 1862, he came across a marvelous special order 1891 outlining how lee was conducting his campaign. mcclellan has sent this message down to washington, lee has made a gross mistake. i have his plans. i'm going to defeat him. i'll send you trophies. and then came in rapid succession the battle for the south mountain on the 14th of december where mcclellan's battle went into battle cheering, less than two weeks after they'd been defeated at second manassas. they seized passes over the south mountain and fought lee on the bloodiest civil day in the civil war, along antiem creek. he should have soundly defeated lee's army. part of his army wasn't even employed. that would be fitzjohn porter's fourth corps. but later on the 17th as they held a little council of war many of the generals said let's go after lee again. remember, general, my corps r

a potomac near blood is on edge after two similar crimes. two men rammed into a man on jones lane on sunday, they hit the back of his car, then carjacked hime. they went to an atm and then him in church parking lot. similarhad a but she called 911 and they drove away. the space shuttle will be home into its new chantilly today. australian troops will end their theion in afghanistan about year earlier than planned. the prime minister says most of the 1500 australian troops stationed there will return home by the end of 2013. she says the soldiers have finished their mission to soldiers to take for that country pose a security. >> it appears the number of in the secretd sex scandal is growing. assist tell abc news the suspended at least 10 members and maybe more after they solicited sex from prostitutes in colombia. that is in addition to the 116 already havers investigation. military leaders say it is an embarrassment. >> we let the bonds down. nobody is talking about what went on in columbia other than this incident. >> abc news has learned

police are investigating two incidents along jones lane in the potomac area. the first was near the corner with turkeyfoot road. the second happened this past saturday, about a mile away at carryback road. in the incident someone bumped a man's volvo. when he got out, two masked men duct taped him and made him get into his own trunk. police say they drove him to an atm to withdraw money. then let him out at a church parking lot. earlier this month, police say a woman's suv was also hit. but the other driver took off. she called police. detectives believe whoever is responsible here knows the area and may live nearby. >>> the duchess of cambridge's sister, pippa middleton, is not likely to be charged in a gun scandal in france. paparazzi took a picture of middleton sitting next to a man who appears to be pointing a gun at the photographer. it turns out it was a toy gun. french police are investigating but confirm they will not talk to middleton. middleton is prince william's sister-in-law. >>> 5:38 now. ahead this morning, why j.k. recalling is not done -- rowl

potomac there. getting a few sprinkles. and elsewhere, just a cloud cover east of the mountains. west of the mountains, shenandoah valley, they're getting sprinkles and light rain. only near 50 there. it's in the low to mid 50s, nearby suburbs, near 60 in washington and by the bay. here's the day planner. we'll have our sunrise at 6:27. we will have our temperatures in the upper 50s by 9:00, noontime, near 60. occasional sprinkles this morning, maybe passing showers during the afternoon. highs only reaching the low 60s. then off and on showers continuing this evening, ending predawn tomorrow. sun back on thursday and friday. a bit milder. over the weekend, here comes some more rain. this is all great news for allergy sufferers. should wash the pollen out of the air certainly by this weekend. danella, good morning. >>> good morning. watching chopper 4, live own i-95. in woodbridge making your way northbound, i'll tell you earlier we had a crash at prince william parkway. a lot of delays in the hov

this idea -- applied to the potomac. the fear that the merrimac will come up the potomac and shell the capital was palpable. and to send ships below washington, a rather treacherous stretch of river and sink ships there. after all, if the merrimac destroyed two of the navy's best ships in an afternoon. why not sink thechl in the potomac and block the merrimac from getting up to washington and, she doesn't have to destroy them, we'll do it for her. also the suggestion is -- and, it's -- very much -- a strategy, why don't we have a a fake confederate ship run the blockade. that is have a ship come sailing up to hampton roads flying the confederate flag, the union would make -- not very convincing attempts to stop the ship, it would get by the confederate battery because they would think it was one of their own. and then once that happened. the ship would sing k itself in the channel of the elizabeth river and again block the merrimac from coming down. also popular and admiral golds. borough favors this idea initially. what

this idea also is applied to the potomac, the fear that the merrimac is going to come up to the potomac and shell the capital is palpable. so the solution was to send ships to kettle bottom shoals, just below washington's rather treacherous stretch of river and to sink ships there, two frig ets if necessary. if the merrimac destroyed two of the navy's best ships, why not sink them in the potomac and block the merrimac from getting up to the washington so she doesn't have to destroy them. we will do it for her. also, the suggestion is, very much a strat gem, why don't we have a fake confederate ship run the block aid. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flag. the union would make not very convincing attempts to stop the ship. it would get by the confederate batteries, because they would think it was one of their own. once that happened, the ship would sink its self in the channel of the elizabeth river and again block the merrimac from coming down. also popular, admiral goldsboro favors this idea initially, what i call swarm and sink. what we need at hampton roads are a nu

the potomac and shell the capital is palpable. so the solution was to send ships to kettle bottom shoals, just below washington's rather treacherous stretch of river and to sink ships there, two frigates if necessary. that is, after all, if the merrimack destroyed two of the navy's best ships in an afternoon, why not just sink them in the potomac and block the merrimack from getting up to washington and is she doesn't have to destroy them, we'll do it for her. also, the suggestion is -- and it's very much a stratagem -- why don't we have a fake confederate ship run the block aid. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flag. blockaid. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flad. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flae. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flag. the union would make not very convincing attempts to stop the ship. it would get by the confederate batteries, because they would think it was one of their own. once that happened, the ship would sink itself in the channe

that chance of wet snowflakes is for the potomac highlands today. the cooler air is moving south today. today will be the low point in terms of high temperatures all week long. we will see a warming trend for the end of the work week and into the weekend. by sunday, near 80 in the afternoon. you will forget all about the 30's we have this morning. warm air will move east. in the 50s today breezy and cooler. tomorrow sunshine and near 60 degrees. that's the forecast. >> thanks so much. >> living the dream. an emotional sherri shepherd opening up about her time on the ballroom floor. you are watching "good morning washington." are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providingroanswers families need. siemens. answers. >> it was a fan favorite to say goodbye on a week for of dancing last night. >> it turned into a tearful farewell. >> sherri shepherd. >> thank you for letting me live a dream. >> she and val seemed shocked. she could no

and then there were the pesky artillery batteries that had been established along the little potomac, 1861 honest ship captains couldn't sail their vessels up and down the potomac without fear of being shot by the pesky rebels. they needed to be cleaned out. and then, of course, the third leg in the stool that concerned so much concern was the ohio and baltimore railroad bringing critically needed supplies across the edge of virginia, northwestern virginia, into maryland. passing by harper's ferry. dissatisfaction with the pace of mcclellan's movements, especially those in the east, were particularly acute in the congress where after the unfortunate situation that occurred at ball's bluff in the fall of 1861, they formed a committee, a joint committee, on the conduct of the war, and began to demand that the young napoleon come up to capitol hill and explain to him how he was going to win the war in the next spring campaign. mcclellan really resented these people in congress. then, as now, united states congress didn't include very many members who had any personal experience of maneuv

this idea also is applied to the potomac. that is, the fear that the merrimac is going to come up the potomac and show the capital is palpable. and so the solution was to send ships to kettle bottom shoals just below washington. it's a rather treacherous stretch of river. and to sink ships there. two frigates if necessary. that after all, if the "merrimac" destroyed two of the navy's best ships in an afternoon, why not just sink them in the potomac and block the "merrimac" from getting up to washington so she doesn't have to destroy them, we'll do it for her. also, the suggestion is, and it's very much a strat agem, why don't we have a fake confederate ship run the blockade? that is, have the ship come sailing up to hampton roads, flying the confederate flag. the union would make not very convincing attempts to stop the ship. it would get by the confederate batteries because they would think it was one of their own. and then once that happened the ship would sink itself in the channel of the elizabeth river and again block th

near 50 in the potomac highlands, mid to upper 50's locally and south of the metro. breezy with a slight chance of light sprinkles and maybe wet snowflakes northwest of washington. near 60 tomorrow, sunny and breezy. near 80 degrees by sunday. >> everything is good on 95, 395, a pretty good run through northeast and northwest d.c. on to the freeway is clear. good in baltimore on 95. the b-w parkway as well. and 270. back to you. >> thank you. d.c. kicking off several days of events marking 150 years since slavery ended in the nation's capital. emancipation day is not until monday however today city leaders and others are marching to several monuments on the national mall. the national archives will mark the anniversary of the d.c. anniversary by procuring records including petitions from slaves. it is 5:11 right now, 38 degrees in waldorf the. it's a reminder of the dangers of texting while walking. incredible video of what one man encountered while on his cellphone. >> held the clinton's texting skills have made her the internet sensation thanks to a hilarious websi

good weather for the takeoff at about 7:00 this morning, flying up the potomac from the south. it will go over the lower part of the bay first and come up from the south and curve to the left and fly toward dulles. going to be exciting. great weather for it. right now, we're starting off mild from yesterday's unbelievable -- was it real yesterday? did it even happen? >> my goodness. it felt like summer, it really did. >> it got to 89 yesterday at reagan national. and there now at 5. a northwest breeze. breezy later this morning. dipping into the 60s. in the mountains, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland. closer to washington, near 70 in montgomery county and fairfax, arlington, prince george's county. a few locations in southern maryland, in the 1996. la plata -- in the 60s. la plata, 60 in charles county. prince william county now at 57. here's the view from space. we did have a few sprinkles yesterday evening, but that's cleared out. a beautiful, clear sky. clouds developing over kentucky and tennessee that will eventually move in later today. not

that 74 reagan national, there is a wind off of the potomac which is much cooler than the potomac water temperatures in the 50s. reagan national it may not get that hot today. elsewhere any wind off the water is cool. look at annapolis. only 66 there with a little bit of a breeze off of the chilly waters of the bay. inland, anyplace there is no bay breeze it is already in the 70s to near 80 degrees and later this afternoon, these are the highs expect. we should make it upper 80s to near 90 throughout most of virginia. and southern maryland and right around the district, that area may get to the mid 80s as well as much of the rest of maryland and certainly cooler right by the bay. breeze off the bay will certainly feel a lot cooler. here is this line of what had been severe weather and in the plains and over the weekend. now it is really weakening as it heads off to the east. this is just scattered shower activity. ohio, kentucky, tennessee. but it may regenerate some isolated storms and could be severe. parts of ohio, west virginia, western maryland, and including allegany, pennsylvania

also what should be added is a good read on the army of potomac. the army potomac fights hard and rank and foul are effective, but its generals and kind of an organizational problem and partly because of mcclellan and a lot of the officers he selected and the culture he creates is a very defensive passive minded one and it is also it is like the team, the sports team that gets beaten by the same team too often, and there seems to be a sense they get the culture of losers, and what is the opposite thing in the army of northern virginia? they think they're always going to win. what's interesting about it is one, it is not just the army thinks that. who else thinks that and gallagher has a lot of it. >> the army thinks that the army of northern -- >> that's part of it. what other important group of people? the confederates, the average confederate. when you look at things like gettysburg, what's interesting is how gettysburg is a defeat for lee and the public reaction is not that negative. well, yeah, we wish it went better and the first day went for

dealia beganshoff caught up with one of the challengers in potomac this morning. reporter: long-time political contributor john delaney greeted the slow but stud -- steady stream of voters at churchill in potomac. >> we think we'll have a positive campaign. reporter: donna edwards and former president bill clinton is hoping it to win among a field of four other democrats, including state senate majority leader ron gerjiola. >> i think the district is looking for new leadership and new representation. i think i'm the right person. the main concern they have is employment. >> i think john delaney is a member of the 1% so to speak, and garageiola has served us well for a long time. >> i was discouraged by a couple of the endorsements and, you know, i think that people need to look at somebody's record and they need to look at how they're financing a campaign. i think it's unfortunate that the campaign got ugly. reporter: 10-term republican representative roscoe bartlett is facing seven gop competitors. the stronghold has weakened because of recent redistricting which

you can see the cloud cover right now down along the potomac. temperature right now 65 degrees so right now still on the mild side. those winds gusting to over 25 miles an hour still at the airport. wind gusts around the region though, take a look at this. still close to 40 miles an hour. 35 in leesburg. 26 in frederick. 30 right now in martinsburg. 26 out there toward annapolis. the winds are still gusting but we don't have the strong, really strong winds we saw out there a little bit earlier so they will continue to calm down as the sun continues to go down, too. temperatures around the region 59 degrees in leesburg. 64 in manassas. 69 in fredericksburg and out toward annapolis at 66 degrees. take a look at these numbers. see the nice 60s? yeah. say good-bye to those nice 60s because i think we'll have a hard time getting to 60 for the next three to four days and that's going to come with some cloud cover, too, talking about a fairly cool cloud pattern or weather pattern coming on through. here's the showers and the clouds that we've seen acro

a home in potomac. >>> ready to roll. we'll get you ready for the tradition kids and parents of all ages look forward to. the white house easter egg roll. the celebrities you'll see and what's new this year. >>> good morning, welcome to "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. today is monday, april 9, 2012. as we take a live look outside to kick things off this morning, the sun's not up yet. and so we're still looking at temperatures in the lower 50s right now. and we're also thinking about the potential for some showers in the day ahead. >> we desperately need them now. we've had brush fire warnings throughout the area. meteorologist tom kierein is telling us that we could get a little rain later today. and he's here with more on our forecast. the monday after easter. tom, good morning. >>> yeah, there's a live picture there was the city camera showing a clear sky now. the first light of dawn showing up. we have dry conditions with a blustery wind. so the fire danger has increased. right now re

that's on the warmer waters of the potomac. elsewhere, though, we have scattered frost and some freeze taking place here just west and north of the metro area. this is going to be in effect until 9:00 this morning. details coming up in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news for your morning commute. service back to normal on metro after a derailment that frustrated a lot of riders last night. >> it happened after 7:00 last night at the rosslyn station on the blue and orange lines. tracee wilkins joins us live from the station with the overnight developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, good news for commuters, metro officials say that both the orange and blue lines are up and running and saying that folks should have no issues after this derailment that happened at rosslyn station. they've been working all night long. let me show what it looked like yesterday, though. metro says that at 7:00 p.m., they had a train, a franconia/springfield blue line train, derail as it was leaving rosslyn st

. >> yes, i think and while -- also what should be added good read on the army of the potomac. there's something deeply wrong of that. i don't know if historians have done a great job -- even bruce cannon talks about this. they fight really hard, its rank and file are pretty effective but its generals -- kind of an organizational problem. partly because of mcclelland because a lot of the officers he selects and the culture he creates is a very defensive passive-minded one and the sports team that gets beaten by the same team too often, right? there seems to be a sense that they get the culture of losers, all right, and what is the opposite thing in northern virginia? they think they're always going to win. and what's interesting about it is, one, it's not just the army thinks that. who else thinks that and gallagher has a lot of that. >> norman thinks that the army -- >> that's part of it. what other important group of people? >> confederates. >> average confederate. so when you look at things like gettysburg, what's interesting is how gettysburg is a defeat for lee, but the pu

the confederate army of the tennessee is a worse army than the union army of the potomac. all right. so, and when i say that, i mean things in terms of -- i mean, you can make that argument that it's plagued. we don't have time to cover that in this class. is it a happy army? no because what's going on? >> none of the generals liked each other. they're all at each other's throats. >> and davis never adjudicates the issue. he should have picked one side and fired everybody else. instead he stays with bragg too long. he doesn't fire polk. they're all attempting to undermine bragg. and bragg is sort of this difficult human being. they were really cranky. there's a great story of braxton bragg, in the old army of how he -- it was a lying officer and the quarter master of his company. that happened a lot. the army was very small. you had to do double duty. he sent a requisition to himself as a line officer that he rejected. it's probably fake. but it says something about -- i mean, it says something about what everyone knew about braxton bragg. supposedly his superior said, sir

. >> hearing from a local driver was targeted by robbers while driving in potomac. she said that her range rover vehicle onby another near turkey foot road. why the woman was outraged after calling police. >> my god, i think i'm being followed, i had the feeling something was not right. something was not right. tension rises in this affluent d.ntgomery county neighborhoo >> i'm surprised in this community. >> 11:00 on april 3, the woman said suv rammed into torpor. the man said that you need to your car and exchange information. i was like, are you crazy? >> the same thing happened a few later doorman on the jones lang. of up with duct tape out and forced him into the trunk, drove to the money, then dumped him in a church parking lot. we asked about the 911 operator's orders to the earlier victim. that has made us concerned. >> montgomery county authorities reviewing the 911 call and to talk with the operator. they say the woman was wise to her gut instinct and not get out of the car. i could of been hurt or killed if i had gotten out of the car. the man has been re

the woman says her range rover was struck by another victim in potomac. the woman was outraged after calling police. >> police are on the lookout for two men they consider armed and dangerous. meanwhile, one of their victims believe she escaped danger and perhaps is still alive tonight because she disobeyed a 911 operator. >> oh my god, i think i am being followed. i had that feeling that something was not right. greg something was not right and now as the sun sets, tensions rises -- tensions rise in this neighborhood. 11:00 april 3, a woman says a large suv followed her and rammed her. frantically, she called 911. >> the man said, if you were in an accident, you need to get out of your car and exchange information. >> i am like, what are you crazy? >> a few minutes later, the same thing happened to a man on the same stretch of james lane. he did get out. two masked men tied him up with duct tape. they drove to an atm got money then dumped him in a church parking lot. >> and dimer county police say they are reviewing the 911 call -- montgomery county poli

south and west of the potomac river and through the day today.howers developing in ohio. we will watch that as it moves towards the old men and. . here's the around 11:00 a.m., showing a few of rain mainly in the shenandoah valley and blue ridge. this afternoon possibly along river, but mainly in virginia, well south of the scene clearing up nicely later on tonight. limited sun saturday. isolated sprinkles. temperatures well into the '70s. tomorrow, low 60's and sunny skies. sunshine all the way through the weekend and comfortable. >> happy campers in maryland on 270, 70, 95 in baltimore. r in southern maryland getting into southeast d.c.. 95, virginia, north around, leaving the marine base, there's 4 dumphries.re 23 one lane getting by. and a crash near river road reported. we don't see any delay. back to you. >> thank you. 9 degrees. >> it appears things are hitting a sour notes on dancing. of a spat to thea perfect ending baylor's women's basketball team. lady bears are this champions. >> baylor, 40-0. the lady bears of the national in 2012. s

back to you. >> all right, delia goncalves reporting live from potomac, maryland this morning. >>> and stay with 9news now throughout the day for complete coverage of today's primaries, at 7:00 "cbs this morning" has a look at the national picture as the results come in tonight, check them out in realtime by visiting wusa9.com. then joinder exand anita tonight at -- join derek and anita tonight for reaction to the contests. >>> vice president joe biden will be in virginia today and this is video of the vice president in iowa last week. today, he'll visit norfolk along with education secretary arne duncan. they'll be talking about ways to make college for affordable. >>> weave learned the suspected gunman in a deadly college exam pus shooting out west has some local ties. the "san francisco chronicle" is reporting he lived in springfield, virginia and has a brother living in centerville. seven people were killed and three more were hurt yesterday when the shooting happened at oikos yesterday. it's a christian college in oakland, california. police say 43-year-old one goh turned himself

at reagan national, on the warmer waters of the potomac, of course, milder there. away from the waters, near freezing temperatures. sunrise at 6:49. we'll have a rapid warmup. you need a coat now, but you'll be comfortable with short sleeves by this afternoon. as we hit the mid morning hours, near 50. by noontime, into the 60s with lots of sunshine. middle of the afternoon may actually get into the upper 60s. we'll have clouds closing in late afternoon. back to the low to mid 60s at 7:34. danella? >>> good morning. traveling 66 eastbound at route 50, have a crash in the right shoulder lane. police now blocking the right lane partially as you're making your commute. this accident was in the left center lane. you will see some delays as you're approaching 50. it is moved to the right side of the roadway now. i-95 northbound jammed at pohick road. delays continue as you head north to backlike. not seeing accidents -- backlick. not seeing accidents, but slow out of the occoquan at 32 miles per hour. taking 19 minutes to make the trip. back to you. >> thank you, danella

now, is given command of the army of the potomac by lincoln. everybody in washington easterfyed. his -- terrified. his mission is to defeat lee and push him south again. he accomplishes that mission. and then everybody in washington who doesn't, people who don't carry any weapons get all kinds of angry because he didn't destroy the army of northern virginia on the spot. mead did the best he could. he did a fantastic job. and george mead at gettysburg saved that more perfect union for the rest of us. so, ladies and gentlemen, if you want to know all the details, you read "cain at gettysburg." [laughter] it's by far my best book, and i'm very proud of it. you don't want to buy it, get it at the library. i want you to read it. even if you don't, if you're not interested in that, try to take two things with you. one, that the truth, the truth in quotes we inherit isn't always the whole truth and nothing but the truth. historians spin things, politicians spin things for their own reasons. but the other thing and why these myths have been able to grow up, and that myth i spoke about at

glitter path on the potomac river. right now reagan national, 45.er wind thankfully this morning. we don't have to deal with a windchill like we've had the last couple of mornings. there is a potential freeze way out in western maryland. our chances for any frost now locally are pretty much gone now as we're just at sunrise. temperatures are in the 30s, though. certainly cold morning out across virginia, maryland, including fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties, just in the mid 30s now. near the bay, mid to upper 40s. now as we take a look at your hometown forecast for fairfax, by mid morning we'll be in the mid 40s. the clouds will clear out. then by noontime for lunch hour, it will be around 60 degrees. by mid to late afternoon, we'll be peaking in the mid to upper 60s. lots of sunshine, a beautiful friday. then are you going out snoent a clear sky, temperatures by midnight, though, getting chilly. down to near 50 degrees. by this time tomorrow morning, starting off saturday in the mid 40s. not as cold a night tonight. if you're

nasa said one of the best spots here along the potomac river bordering d.c. and also from the main monuments including the lincoln memorial. space shuttle discovery has one last mission to complete. >> i think it's incredible. how many people get to see this? it's probably a chance of a lifetime for some people. >> reporter: after spending 365 days in space orbiting the earth some 5,800 times and traveling more than 148 million miles discovery is ready to retire. >> it will fly no higher than 1,500 feet above the ground and at some times lower than that. it will be hard to miss. >> reporter: over the weekend the schultz was rolled off from nasa's -- the shuttle was rolled off from nasa's building in kennedy space center being prepared to be mounted on top of a modified boeing 747 ahead of its highly anticipated flight to dulles international airport in washington tuesday morning. nasa said some of the best spots to view the space shuttle discovery on what's called a ferry flight include here, bradley point by reagan national airport, the national mall, the so

gorgeous sky over the potomac. reagan at 43. potomac looks like it's filled with grape juice.d gusting to around 15 to 20 miles per hour. temperatures are cold. down to near freezing. just west and north of washington. and howard county, montgomery, loudoun, fairfax, western fairfax, into frederick county. much of the shenandoah valley, into the mountains, all this region is going to be continuing to drop even after sunrise. we may get down near freezing. here's the hometown forecast for annandale and fairfax county by noontime. a few clouds around. blustery wind. we'll be in the low 50s. and only peaking at around 60 degrees. reaching upper 50s, near 60 by mid to late afternoon. then overnight tonight, going to get chilly. we'll have our temperatures dropping back down to the 30s again tomorrow morning. and a cold weekend, starting each morning on saturday and sunday. afternoon highs in the 60s with sunshine. first part of next week, maybe a shower monday afternoon. cool weather after that. as we get to midweek next week. danella? >>> good morning. giving you an update on the

and then finally, barely, was able to get across butler's ford and back across the potomac into virginia. and then, of course, he fought on december 13th at fredericksburg. the plain between fredericksburg and crossed a significant drainage ditch, then the attacking ranks had to cross more open ground to confront a sunken road which formed a perfect four-foot trench for confederate infantry. behind the sunken road, marie's height rose precipitously studded with artillery and more infantry. the assault disintegrated into murder. lee saw the enemy founder and saw his own men leap from their cover and chase their fleeing foes. it is well that war is so terrible he said we should grow too fond of it. again and again the federals charged and each time they died and recoiled. general, lee said to longstreet, who was by his side, they are massing very heavily and will break your line, i'm afraid. general, longstreet responded, if you put every man now on the other side of the potomac on that field to approach me over the same line and give me plenty of ammunition, i will kill them all before th

there's something deeply wrong about the the potomac. i don't know if the historians have done such a great job. the army fights really hard as is effective. but it's generals. it's partly because mcclellan because a lot of the officers he selects and the culture he creates is passive ones. also beaten by the same team too often. there seems to be a sense they get the culture of losers. and what is the opposite thing in the army of northern virginia? they think they're always going to win. and what's interesting about is is it's not just the army thinks that. who else thinks that? and gallagher has a lot of it. >> that's part of it. and what other important group of people? the confederates. average confederates. so when you look at things like gettysburg. it's interesting. the public reaction is not that negative. it's sort of well, yeah, we wish it went better. the first day went for the confederacy. where did it happen? in pennsylvania. so we didn't get a huge victory. we thought the federals to a draw. we survived. the first day went

. >>> let's talk about the armed robbery in potomac. >> we know of three cases all occurred a little before or after midnight in the jones lane area in potomac, where someone came up behind a car, bumped the car, you are thinking it was an accident. the other driver would get out. fortunately, two drivers did not get out. one driver did, he was abducted and beaten, they stole money out of his atm. we were asking about suspicious vehicles around that area these all occurred in the last three weeks or so, so we are looking for the public's health in this case. >>> and the white oak murder that took place, can you give me an update on that? >> this occurred last december. a man was found on stewart lane in the white oak area, he was deceased in the roadway. we thought he might have been hit by a car, found out he had been shot. we think there were folks that were on the bus, right there at stewart line near colesville road that may have seen something, and so again we are asking for the public's help in this. they can all our tip line and leave any information anonymously, we are just l

two men ran into a man's car in potomac on sunday, carjacked him, forced him to withdraw money, then left him in a church parking lot of. coleman tells us of a similar incident but she says she became suspicious and drove away without getting out of her car. >> we're looking at another beautiful afternoon in the region. adam caskey has a look at the forecast a. credits another gorgeous day. mid-level clouds overhead a cloud of the bill gets thicker tonight into tomorrow? . the chance of rain tomorrow has improved. here's a great time lapse. there is the moon in the center of your screen. this is chesapeake beach early this morning. you can see the moonrise over the water and then we have the sun rise shortly afterwards. that is gorgeous. a beautiful movie captured by our camera at his speech. pan you can see some of the clouds rolling overhead. it is 64 degrees in washington, 67 in waldorf. 61 at montgomery village. ties in the low to mid 70's. -- highs. it's a refreshen northwesterly been compared with the heat we had yesterday. a cooling trend is in store. >> let's turn our attenti

to bring you live coverage of the fly over along the potomac as discovery heads out to dulles airport you can also watch our coverage online, at myfoxdc.com then of course it goes on to udvar hazy e-mail pictures you snap of the shuttle, to fox 5 news pix@g mail.com. >> where it is headed again? >> another vary hazy. >> i just like -- udvar hazy. >> i just like making you say that. >>> yesterday was the warmest day of the year, 89 regan national, cold front came through temperatures have fallen back a little bit but comfortable afternoon, highs mid-to upper 70s. 69 washington see the numbers, 70 annapolis, dulles, 65- degrees a few clouds filtering through, that will hold temperatures down here temporarily a nice pop in these, comfortable range at the moment, 73 quantico, and leonard town, good morning, 72 degrees for you. let's do winds, want to mention the winds they picked up our cold front came through overnight, south and east of the city in its wake winds out of the north and west gusting 21 washington 14 dulles, 17 manassas, a bit of a breeze today i don't think you need a jack

for more than a year, the civil war had raged, and the union army of the potomac had only known a series of sharp defeats. many casualties were high, and the means of caring for them tragically inadequate. hundreds who could have been saved died in the field for lack of proper care. already a part of history were the battles which we know as bull run, the seven days and jackson's valley campaign. each had been a costly failure for the union forces, and in the north people began to wonder if the south could be defeated and the union preserved. in the most tragic and bitterly punitive fighting our nation has ever known, american fought against american, and the casualty lists for both sides skyrocketed as on american hills and in american valleys cannon and musket flung their hot metal among the men and horses of both sides. the spectacle of suffering was piteous, perhaps especially so to clara barton for she decided to do something about it. the already spare face of the man in the white house seemed to grow even more gaunt under a constant flood of criticism and urgent demands for an ear

that is out west of the potomac river. if that's where we can expect a few showers throughout the day. 75 for the high temperature today. cooler tomorrow in the low 5 '60s with sunshine. beautiful and pleasant on thursday. same story on good friday. near 70 by sunday. looking good overall with high pressure over before the holiday weekend. now back to steve. we will start with the developing story out of texas, where people in the dallas area continue picking up the pieces fit after a big tornado outbreaks. there is some of the damage. the national weather service said up to a dozen twisters may have touched down yesterday afternoon. hundreds of cars damaged and hundreds of homes. tractor-trailer's being hurled through the air. residents could not believe the devastation left behind. >> it sounded like a train coming. it hit the house and did it in about 20 or 30 seconds. when i came out, everything was destroyed. >> it is amazing. nobody was killed. police say at least 13 people were injured, two seriously. damage estimat

it happened in potomac, maryland. the first incident was on april 3rd. behind on jones lane about 11:30 at night. she called police and the car that hit her took off. but more than a week later on the same stretch of road a second driver was not so lucky. darcy spencer joins us from police headquarters in rockville with more on all of this. >> reporter: he was not lucky at all. this was a very bold and very frightening crime. that victim got out of his vehicle after he was rammed and at that point he was attacked by two people. we're told

. >> investigators are searching for the gunman who shot a man at a potomac home. as happened after 11:30 last night in 8500 block of victory lane. the victim was taken to the hospital. no word on his condition or what exactly led to the shooting. >> the other big story this morning, the 134th annual easter egg roll. >> tens of thousands of children and their parents said to the white house today for a holiday tradition. brianne carter is on the south lawn already with a preview. i'm sure the excitement is already building. >> absolutely. have a few people making their way out here ron to go on this morning. we are starting to see elmo and the cat and thatin the hat. young kids will be rolling eggs across the white house lawn. 134 years of this tradition at the white house. they will kick off a 7:30 this morning. there will be different groups that will get to participate in a number of activities or about two hours each. 30,000 kids in tall oaks will be your throughout the day from 7:30 this morning, until 6:20 tonight. there will be music and dancing storytelling

shattered the calm though of that neighborhood. >> it happened last night at potomac.at collins has more on why police think this was no random act. >> reporter: gunfire in potomac. >> how many pops did you hand over, more than one? >> yeah. like three or four or five. pop sounds, yeah. then after that police showed up? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: this happened about three blocks from churchill high school. in a neighborhood where the homes sell in the high six figures. gun play like that isn't supposed to happen in a place like this. >> you don't think about something like this around here. >> i don't know if anything like this has ever happened before. i've been here since 1965. >> reporter: the time 11:30 last night. police say the gunman goes to the front door of the house. he gets into a struggle with the guy who lives here. the struggle turns into a fight. it spills inside. shots are fired and a 21-year-old resident is wounded. police say this is no random act of violence. >> detectives were able to talk to the victim at length today and they have determined and be

among them how georgetown restaurants are making a comeback just a year after potomac flood waters swamped the hot spots. and now pink wildlife could be roaming the area. what the color has to do with keeping ticks away. and a local olympic hopeful shares his determination. >>> first a remarkable accomplishment by surgeons at the university medical center. 22 face transplants have been performed around the world. but the one they performed on a virginia man was the most extensive one to date. erica gonzalez reports on his transformation. >> reporter: richard norris' high school prom picture. normal in most standards. then in 1997 a terrible gun accident left the virginia man severely disfigured. >> you can see the individual as he lived for 15 years of his life behind a mask. >> reporter: this is norris after multiple rounds of reconstructive surgery. little did he know that over the last ten years, doctors at the university of maryland had been working on how to perform the most extensive full-face transplant. originally intended for combat veterans injured by ieds. >> this is the most re

is going out to drivers across montgomery county after two incidents on one stretch of road in the potomaca. jackie benson reports. >> reporter: it was just after midnight saturday morning when police say a 58-year-old man driving a volvo on jones lane in potomac felt another vehicle bump him from behind. when hen g got out he was confronted by two masked men. >> they put him in the trunk of his own vehicle, and drove him to several atms where they obtained money. >> reporter: the man was released. three hours later in the parking lot of the church on jones lane. police later learned a woman driving a range rover also on jones lane about a mile away was bumped from behind around 11:30 p.m., april 3. >> she didn't feel it was a legitimate hit from behind. she felt maybe she had been rammed and therefore contacted police instead of stopping her vehicle. >> reporter: in that case the suspects drove off. neighbors say they're very concerned. >> that's scary. yeah. i don't want to get in a situation like that. >> very late at night. early in the morning. 2:00, 3:00 in the morning there is maybe