that marks the shore of the potomac. where it once was. you would look over the potomac river and look to the western bank of the river, but you are not looking at a bank, a sure. what you are doing is looking across the western expanse of the united states of america. the word we do not use in the same way today, as you well know, but a word that was used freely and happily in 1791 was "empire." america was to move westward. this was not conquest. but the expression, free expression, of a democratic people. the representative body, the legislative body of government sitting here, we would be able to look westward. in fact, you can still see a bit of that today, if you squint. [laughter] once in some ways more interesting was the relationship of the potomac river to the white house. it is really important for us to understand a lot of this process is casting our minds back to 1791. when this drawing was made, none of the following history had happened. we have to cast our mind back and think that, in 1791, that little phrase says president

that marks the shore of the potomac. where it once was. you would look over the potomac river and look to the western bank of the river, but you are not looking at a bank, a sure. what you are doing is looking across the western expanse of the united states of america. the word we do not use in the same way today, as you well know but a word that was used freely and happily in 1791 was "empire." america was to move westward. this was not conquest. but the expression, free expression, of a democratic people. the representative body, the legislative body of government sitting here, we would be able to look westward. in fact, you can still see a bit of that today, if you squint. [laughter] once in some ways more interesting was the relationship of the potomac river to the white house. it is really important for us to understand a lot of this process is casting our minds back to 1791. when this drawing was made, none of the following history had happened. we have to cast our mind back and think that, in 1791, that little phrase says president'

i really did drive my wife along the potomac. so all the things you need to write a biography and understanding a spouse. if you ever take this journey that i just described you will learn some things. you learn that the potomac is much more than a stream of political corruption though it sometimes is. you learn that robert e. lee at history and blows up and down this river and the most unexpected way said. his history intersect with the father of our country's history, george washington's history. start way down river westmoreland county, va. at new the chesapeake bay where robert e. lee grew up, was born on a great plantation called stratford hall. stratford hall was built by robert e. lee's great great uncle thomas lee. he has a distinction no other american has. he thought that two signers of the declaration of independence. in the great house thomas lee built at stratford, symbol of the great wealth that the lee family accumulated. the short drive away westmoreland county, you find where george washington was born. by the ti

simply put lee and i grew up along the same river the potomac. now, that sounds so surprising for two reasons. first, when we think of the potomac river -- i think especially out here in kentucky -- you probably imagine a polluted stream of political corruption. now, sometimes that's true. you certainly probably don't imagine a river of american history. and second, when you think of robert e. lee you tend to imagine him personifying an old south that seems light years away from the cosmopolitan capital that we know today. but the truth is far different. reminders of robert e. lee are all around the city of washington, and that was fortunate for me, because one of those reminders was the majority of robert e. lee's papers are within driving distance of washington. so i was able to go to the archives and see the letters that lee himself wrote. but writing a biography requires more than just looking at old letters. it also requires getting out and seeing the places where history actually happened, and robert e. lee's history took place all around w

it was a very well drained area of ancient potomac river terraces. think of the cathedrals coming down to dupont circle and eventually down to the level of the white house, to where it sits now. very well drained. in fact, if there was a torrential rainstorm in the 18th or 19th century, logs and dead cattle would slow down the creeks. in the 17th century, the calvert family began to provide speculative land grants in the area. so, there were places here plantations if you will, although they were not settled at the time named variously -- rome, widows mite, huckle's the light -- the light [laughter] all of those were encompassed in what became the federal city. settlement took place at the end of the 17th century, and through the 18th-century so that by 1749, when georgetown was founded and soon became the largest tobacco exporting port in maryland, there were many plantations, tobacco plantations and in fact by the 1770's the land had pretty much been exhausted of tobacco. slave economy. very prominent catholic community as well. it was the route of

we would allow the water from the potomac to rush into the canal. and then we would have a backup source of water in case we had problems with the river. of only the first 22 miles of the canal nowadays actually has water. then it gets spotty. kids does not sound like they had a very good life. during the four-month they were closed, the canal, they would go to school for those four months. our school system back then was very different. you had a series of looks you had to go through. so no matter how old you were a what grade you were in, if you could not get past the first book you had you cannot move on to the second one. what the first book consisted up, mostly things like your abc's, how to count and how to write. then once you got to the second and third books you learned how to put words together, how to add and subtract. so, they did not need to know much on the canal. but they did need to know adding, subtracting, reading writing and all of that. however, our locks keepers were on call 24/7. so they were constantly working. so, they always

we would allow the water from the potomac to rush into the canal and have a backup source of water in case we had problems . that is the first 28 miles of the canal nowadays that has water and then it gets spotty. sorry kids, it does not sound like they had a good life but during the four moms the canal was closed and would actually go force -- to school and the school system was different. you have a series of books you had to go through so no matter how old you were or what grade you were and if you could not get past the first two had you could not move -- first book you had you could not move on to the second one. there were things like your abcs and how to account and write and by the third book it was more complicated, you learned how to work together and add and subtract. they did not need to go much as a canal kid but they needed to know the basic -- know much as a canal kid but they needed to know the basics. the lock keepers were on call 24/7 so they were constantly working no matter the time of the day so they always had to be ready to work and how they would know they need

. >> the officer opened fire inside the potomac avenue station. shomari stone is there tonight to describe what led up to this shooting. >> reporter: well that's right. first of all, d.c. firefighters are on the scene. and they are in the process of bringing the body above ground. you look right over here. metro police have arrived. you can see that man locking up. and if you move a little to the left they removed those containers right there. that is presumably part of the investigation as they gather evidence. let's move over to the left. metro transit police were the first to respond because their officer is involved and on the other side of this car, you look right over here that is where the escalators go down underground where this all happened. you can see the area is roped off at the entrance the potomac avenue station is closed right now. trains are bypassing, and there are delays on the orange, blue and silver line. let's roll some video. this all started around 8:50 tonight. a train operator noticed a man in the tunnel near the potomac

meanwhile potomac avenue station is closed tonight. trains are bypassing. if you are riding the blue, orange or silver lines, expect delays the rest of the night. live in the district i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >> i know we don't know yet whether or not that suspect was armed, but any word what he might have done to provoke the fear that got the officer to shoot him? >> reporter: all we know is that he was in an area like we said that metro says clearly there was no accident. you don't accidentally stumble into the area that he was. that certainly at this point is the the reason why he was shot, but it's those -- not the reason yes of shot, but -- why he was shot, but it's those critical moments that are being investigated. >> because this is a homicide, the metropolitan police department will take over the investigation from the metro transit cops. you can get the latest breaking news developments on this story on our wusa9 app. >>> demonstrators say they'll gather tonight in ferguson, missouri, to protest police brutality. two police officers were shot an

jimmy greenspoon lived in north potomac. yesterday he passed away at his home after a battle with cancer. greenspoon was with three dog night from the late '60s to last october. he was 67 years old. >>> on a lighter note, later today, techies from around the world are about to take over austin, texas. it is day one of the south by southwest conference, a week- long summit that meshes the world of technology, film and music. they go to test new products on huge audiences there for the concerts and the shows. >> it hits their demographic perfectly when you look at the age of the people showing up. >> my daughter used to go to that to look for trends when she was designing handbags because they saw what the kids needed. >> and to try to bring tech comes to d.c. >> the brisket is not that bad. >> who would know other than nick. >> thank you, nick. >> a little tex mex. >> he knows food. >> we were dogs in a former life or something. >> i know. allyson and erica are going to be running in the rock 'n' roll marathon sloshing throug

thank you so much to the potomac institute for hosting this event.s and gentlemen, honorable guests, it is my pleasure to make a presentation about libya and our vision for countering the wave of terrorism we have been hit by lately. each day as the future of libya is being discussed by dispatchers in morocco, the country and the democracy continues in the streets in different towns. as the world we cannot wait for the formation of a new unity government before we act in a strong, united front against the school urge in my home. as i stand before you hear young men are being recruited into joining extremist groups across borders to create havoc in my country. as i speak to you men in my country are dying while training alongside our military troops. our history and our wealth. as i talked to you here, weapons are being provided across borders to fight our young democracy and prosperity. to fight the same human rights in the international conventions and chapters. that we are all in this room signatory to. to reverse the right to life, the right to fr

it happened at the potomac avenue metro station. metro transit police tell us a female officer shot the suspect who was inside the train tunnel at the time. why the man was in the tunnel and if he posed a threat still is not clear tonight. but there are delays on blue, silver and orange lines because of the incident. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com throughout the night for updates. >> 7 is on your side now for a consumer alert. general motors dramatically cut warranty coverage read this starts with 2015 models. they also cut free scheduled maintenance in half. that is because those items were not a big priority for buyers. gm made headlines after recalling vehicles. >> it is considered the largest tax scam in u.s. history. fake irs agents have targeted more than 360,000 people. they called and threaten people with jail if they did not painted the crooks have stolen more than $15 million to this point. two people in florida have been arrested. investigators say there could be more to come. >> bad news for american millennials. turns out

we would allow the water from the potomac to rush into the canal. then we would have a backup source of water in case we had problems with the river. of only the first 22 miles of the canal nowadays actually has water. then it gets spotty. kids, does not sound like they had a very good life. during the four-month they were closed, the canal, they would go to school for those four months. our school system back then was very different. you had a series of looks you had to go through. so, no matter how old you were a what grade you were in, if you could not get past the first book you had, you cannot move on to the second one. what the first book consisted up, mostly things like your abc's, how to count and how to write. then once you got to the second and third books you learned how to put words together, how to add and subtract. so, they did not need to know much on the canal. but they did need to know adding, subtracting, reading writing and all of that. however, our locks keepers were on call 24/7. so they were constantly working. so, they always

the potomac avenue metro station reopened this morning for commuters. >>> crews are working to get a stretch of road in southeast open after pepco crews hit a water main. it happened on t street southeast. a metro transit police officer's car crashed into a utility pole after if was struck by a passing vehicle. no one was hurt but the pole was at of falling. pepco crews dug to repace the pole but hit a 12-inch water main in the process. the branch between pennsylvania and alabama avenues was shut done throughout the morning commute as a result. the driver of the car that struck the transit police officer was ticketed. >>> a new report confirms what many tenants in d.c. have been saying for years. inexpensive housing is hard to come by in the district. affordable housing, that's housing under $800 is disappearing from the city. the study comes from the d.c. policy institute. >> we found that there are -- there's virtually no affordable housing left that's low-cost housing under $800 in the private market. and that's really putting a crunch on the family budget. >> housing in the priva

we are live this morning at the potomac avenue station. molegreen. back to you. >>> lawmakers are demanding answers as we learn more about the latest secret service mishap. some congressional leaders are calling for some secret service officials to be fired. tracie potts joins us live with a look at how they will deal with the latest scandal. >> reporter: they want answers and they want them quickly. the house oversight and government reform committee that oversees the secret service has sent a letter to joe clancy, the new head of the secret series saying they want a briefing by they want an explanation of how it was handled by the secret service on the scene. this is the can democrat ranking democrat on th commi explaining what he thinks needs to happen. >> there is absolutely who doubt that heads need to roll. >> reporter: now we haven't heard from the agents themselves yet at least not directly. a source familiar with and close to the investigation tells us that they're devastated embarrassed about what happened and ashamed. but we haven't heard

jefferson's instructions approved by the president, gave him the task of surveying the area along the potomac river near rock creek, bordering georgetown, and along the eastern branch, three miles to the southeast, in order that some section of that ground might be transformed into a new and permanent seat of government for the united states. the project was not just ambitious, it was unprecedented. the capital of a new world empire to be set down in a quiet and sparsely inhabited territory of hills, farms, and wetlands. the city would not take shape through the slow accretion of time. it would not happen, it would be made. if it were to succeed, it had to be created by one man. he had every expectation that his would be the hand holding the pencil, his the mind shaping the streets, squares, and monumental spaces. his the name most closely associated with the realization. it was indeed in need of a total imagination with two individuals who possess the reservoirs of commitment for its accomplishment, himself and the president. he had never failed george washington in 15 years of service to th

a nice calm potomac river looking good. another shot vantage point, sunset tonight 7:12.rently winds out of the north so temperatures will drop a little bit but still quite nice. 54 degrees by 9:00 50 by 11:00. temperatures the next couple days cooler but not quite like this. 58 in d.c. 56 ft. belvoir. nothing on the radar. we'll see things all clear overnight tonight. if you have plans this evening or even tomorrow morning we should be fine. we're waiting for this rain down to the south. you can see there's a lot of moisture moving in eve an couple thunderstorms. temperatures into the eighty down towards georgia, down around jacksonville some of that warmer air movingthough. tomorrow sunshine first, then cloud cover. it will be nice. temperatures 52 to about 60 degrees as you move through the day tomorrow. if you're thinking about getting on the bike 40 degrees early, 54 by 5:00. a nice afternoon. we'll call it a fantastic friday but friday night a different story. the rain moves in friday night, heavy at times so take an umbrella if you're going to dinner friday night,

the potomac place neighborhood center is open for a fact it residents. the police are investigating a stabbing in northwest washington. it was on the 200 block of d street just before 7:30 tonight. andy dalton man was stabbed but was conscious and breathing when they arrived. a suspect has been taken into custody. a disturbing and unusual assault investigation in prince william county. a man exposed himself to a woman and inappropriate touch to another outside of a church near manassas. richard reeve has what we need to know about the suspect. richard: the police have only a vague description, but they are sharing surveillance video. two separate incidents, seconds apart at a church. this has a lot of folks concerned about safety. >> it's sad. richard: it is a bizarre frightening crime. just outside of a place of worship. >> we get these reminders that predators are out there. richard: the police are releasing this surveillance video, spotted outside of bethel evangelical lutheran church in january. detectives say the man in his 20's or 30's exposed hims

metro says a train operator noticed a man on the tracks between the potomac avenue and stadium armory stations. a transit police officer shot the man who was partially clothed about 400 feet from the potomac avenue station. the victim's name hasn't been released. the ebola patient admited to the national institutes of health is in serious condition. the american health care worker arrived there early this morning. the worker tested positive for the virus while volunteering at a treatment center in sierra leone. president obama says rebuilding trust is the number one priority for the veterans affairs department. he flew to phoenix today to visit the v.a. hospital whose treatment delay set off a nationwide investigation. president said he's confident the v.a. secretary is chipping away at the numerous problems the agency faces. a bold move in prince george's county. officials want to raise property taxes for the first time in 30 years. tom roussey digs in to find out why the county says it simply has no choice. >> prince george's county executive baker says after cutbacks in recent year

i'm michael swetnam i'm see i don't have -- ceo of the potomac institute, and it's my distinct honor to welcome you to the 17th annual seminar on international cooperation in combating terrorism. the potomac institute has been privileged for almost two decades to be an organization in the washington d.c. area focused on the study of science technology and how it is affecting our society and our security around the world. in particular, the institute -- from its inception -- has been entered in and engaging in the study of how terrorism has been used as a form of warfare or social disobedience, if you will, by many around the world for, in fact, centuries. and how today we might find ways of more effectively dealing with this scourge through cooperations between governments, law enforcement and military organizations. today we, as i said welcome you all to the 17th annual review of combating terrorism and international cooperation in doing so and we have with us today, i think, one of the most enlightened and, in fact, engaged and scholarly groups that you could imagine on this topic

he knew the army of the potomac. he knew them, and they knew him. one example is a man of pennsylvania. he saw lincoln in 1862 before he would lose his right forearm at fredericksburg. mcclellan was a good-looking man, slender man on horseback. he said he could do everything with his army but leader. my comment. lincoln was rather awkward. i would refuse that he lost his right arm, he came to washington to recuperate, and visited the white house and other places of interest. think about that. guy just walked in and literally saw the president. it is mind-boggling. he met lincoln at the hospital and talked about the honor that it was to see lincoln. he paid her soul respect to each man, gave them a word and shut their hand -- shook their hand. the men loved him. may god bless and. five days later, john books booth would fire a single bullet to the back of lincoln's head. now, people talk about the assassination. what is really talked about is how the men of the union responded to the assassination. one great example of that is from one of the divisio

officers confronted him last the potomac avenue station. police say he didn't have a shirt on and was carrying a big stick. gross had been on the tracks about 20 minutes before he started moving towards the police officer. she fired multiple shots and killed him. >>> new tonight montgomery county police have stepped up patrols to look for drunk drivers. starting tonight through st. patrick's day, they're deploying another 50 officers and manning sobriety checkpoints. officials are urging anyone heading out to get a designated driver or take a cab. >>> tonight a pennsylvania man is behind bars in montgomery county. he's accused of killing a pastor. roland zinneh was arrested on wednesday. police say he killed pastor connery dagadu of the beautiful feat world impacting ministry of germantown. the suspect went to the home to have the pastor pray for him because he was hearing demon voices. >> wanted to pray for him and cast out whatever spirits were bothering him. that's why he came. that's why he came to us to be prayed for. he came for help.

investigating last night's deadly shooting at the potomac avenue metro station. a man was killed after trespassing on the tracks and being confronted by a metro transit police officer. >> according to metro, it was a train operator passing by in the tunnel who spotted the unidentified man on the tracks last night near the potomac avenue station. metro says he was not an employee, unauthorized to be there. so the operator called the rail operations control center who in turn called metro transit police at 8:53 p.m. who then dispatched an officer. according to d.c. police conducting the investigation, some 20 minutes later, around 9:10 p.m. that officer opened fire and the man was killed. >> the police try to do their best to protect but it is tragic you know, it's something that affects all of us. >> after last night's closure, the station reopened at the regular time this morning with normal service on the orange blue and silver lines but many riders are asking questions -- what happened? and why? >> what was he doing on the tracks? >> it's a shame somebody had t

take a look you can see a few toward the south, most of them in and around the potomac, southern maryland. that's the front. you can see more around baltimore. we'll zoom in around the showers around woodbridge, newington coming right across 495 in a minute and along waldorf down through 301 and toward the potomac river. these are all moving to the north and east, nothing too heavy. but you'll see a little in the way of shower/sprifrpg elle activity. tonight's headlines warmer, much warmer tomorrow. then the warmer weather brings us a chance for possible thunderstorms. we'll talk about when those roll in. then we get colder again. so a nice warm-up and then a frigid weekend. i've got the complete details in a moment. >>> a local school district tonight says its classrooms are safe after the arrests of two men in a high-profile shooting. news4's chris lawrence is in the newsroom for us. >> you may remember this case up in frederick where two teenagers were shot outside a high school basketball game. 21-year-old brandon tyler and 19-year-old chandler davenport now face more than a dozen cha

we learned today that public hearings could start in a few weeks on a new metro station at potomac yards. news4's derrick ward is live in alexandria with a closer look at these proposals. derrick? >> reporter: good evening, wendy. if you look behind me you see cs xx tracks in the foreground, in the background, blue and yellow line gw parkway and the rif. what's missing? how about a subway station. the metro board decided to go ahead with public hearings on a proposal to build a metro station in a potomac yards area. there are three or four proposals all centered east or north of glebe road. one mayor says it's critical to the development going on and will cost about $200 million. >> it's a pool of funds, combination of funds that will pay for the station primarily from the businesses and residents that are in that tax district neighborhood already in addition to the developer contributions that will come over the period of years. >> reporter: now, there's already been some preliminary environmental impact studying being done. but these public hearings will allow the public to weigh in on

travel times c officer involved shooting at the potomac avenue metro station. metro officer shot and killed a man there. molette green is live outside the station with more. >> reporter: passengers we talked to are very glad the station was able to opn time normal service. officers were able to wrap up the on scene investigation for all of that to happen this morning. after what was a very big scene here last night with a lot of police and investigators looking into why a man was in the tunnel. the man was spotted by an operator of a passing train near the potomac avenue station. it's still in-clear why he was there, whether he was armed and what exactly prompted officers to shoot when they encountered him inside that tunnel about one metro transit officer female officer, actually fired her weapon multiple times killing the that man still has not been identified this morning. we're live in southeast, molette green. back to you. >>> it is now 6:33. today the president is on the road heading to arizona. he will visit veterans affairs medical facility in phoenix.

after that it gets closer to the metro area by 6:00, rest of northern virginia and crossing the potomac coming right into washington after that. and then during the rest of the evening friday night, looking wet. if you have plans to go out friday night, you'll need an umbrella. and probably no flood but rain light to moderate rain all friday night. saturday morning, still raining. brief moderate showers by mid to late morning. then by noontime much of the rain pulls east of the metro area. by 3:00 saturday afternoon, things dry out and temperatures will be mild. into the low 50s before the rain arrives on friday with the increasing clouds. and then after the rain ends saturday afternoon, ought to be right around 60 degrees. there is the big rock 'n' roll marathon in washington on saturday morning. it does look like rain likely for the marathon with temperatures in the 40s. then great weather for outdoor running and recreation on sunday. we'll be in the upper 50s and partly sunny. beautiful day on monday too, mid-50s. another chance everof rain perhaps on tuesday. next we'll have a look

he joins us live from the potomac avenue metro station. what is it, bruce? >> reporter: the one thing i've found out is that a law enforcement source is now telling me that the man attacked the officer down here in the tunnel last night with two large sticks and as he approached her, she opened fire. passengers are back in the potomac avenue station now after the shooting thursday night closed it for hours. police say the incident started when a train operator pulling into the station was startled by a man who pushed past the no trespassing signs and was far inside the tunnel. metro transit police rushed in to try and figure out what the man was doing. a law enforcement source says when an officer approached the man, he charged her with two large sticks. she opened fire and killed the man with her department issued service weapon. the shooting happened about 400 yards back into the tunnel here. the smell of urine still hangs in the station. 1 question has to be whether the man was simply looking for a place where no one could see him. metro is declining at t

this unfolded in a tunnel at the potomac avenue station last night. let's to right to news4's mark segraves who's drive at the scene with more details on this. mark? >> reporter: late this afternoon metro put out a press release with a time line of what happened leading up to the moments when a female transit officer came face-to-face with the suspect right before she shot and killed him. the victim is described only as an adult male. according to the metro press release, just before 9:00 last night, a train operator saw an unauthorized person in a tunnel just outside of the potomac avenue station. minutes later metro transit police arrived on the scene. once power to the third rail was turned off, a team of metro transit police officers entered the tunnel to search for the person. about ten minutes later one of the officers encountered the man about 400 feet from the potomac avenue station platform the officer fired several shots, hitting him multiple times and killing the man. ipts not clear if the officer was alone when she first saw the suspect. i

that shooting shut down the potomac avenue station for hours. brianne carter live at the station in southeast washington with what she's learned about this developing story today. brianne? >> well, alison, sources telling abc 7 news at this hour that that man has yet to be identified at some point had two sticks. we know from officials that man was partially closed as he was here near this station 400 feet into the tunnel. at the potomac avenue metro station tonight, still a lot of questions after a man found on the track played thursday was fatally shot by a transit police officer. >> we really don't know what you're faced with once you go down there buzz because you don't know what the other person's agenda is. >> what was he doing on the track? why would the cop feel the need to shoot him? >> according to metro officials just before 9:00 a train operator spotted the man yet to be identified on the tracks between the tunnel. seven minutes later, the first metro police officer responded and additional units were called in. police found the man

if you're along the potomac river toward charles county, if you're along the potomac toward the north and east, that's where we have the winter weather advisory. includes loudoun county fairfax county in the district but not seeing too many problems this evening. that's good news. now this storm system moves out. the next one then moves in. that's tomorrow night. with rain starting off but then that rain transitions to snow and we have a winter storm watch in effect for everybody. we have a very good confidence here that just about everybody will see accumulating snowfall. we'll talk about who sees what and when and how much coming up in my full forecast. >> now to two breaking stories. the ground is giving out along a stretch of farragut street in northeast d.c. one vehicle's front end slipped into this hole. we are live on that scene. first a report of gunshots along the maryland intercounty connector. a truck is found with a shattered window. two men were in that vehicle. one had to be taken to the hospital. this investigation is unfolding along the highway near i-95 in prince geor

i saw this incredible sunrise come over the potomac river, and i realized how many times must george washington have seen this very sight? and for me, it was a moment that he became real. in my research, he really became more and more real the more i researched his life. here is a close-up of young george. and in each of these periods of time that i talk about in the book, i really like to sort of sum up what george washington was like. at this point in his life, in the years that he's a man he ended up to be about 6'2", a ruddy complexion with chestnut colored hair. athletic and strong, long arms and legs. he was a survivor of wilderness. he loved the horse races, fox hunting, cars, billiards. he was fashionable in clothing. he had dances in virginia and he was very ambitious. i really when -- again, when i talk to school kids, when i do school visits, i like to explain george washington in this way, george washington was such a man that the man admired his athletic ability and the ladies wanted to dance with him at the ball. and i firmly believe that when he came into the room, eve

calvary from the army of the potomac. he later served in the western army ann kuster served under him. -- and custer served under him. he became top dog under grover cleveland. this is a fellow named joseph mansfield. he was a core commander in 1862 battle of antietam. he spent 40 years in the army. he had no reason combat experiment -- experience. he was marching his troops in line and took fire from the woods. he thought it was friendly fire so he rode over to the woods. it wasn't friendly fire. they shot him down and he died a day later. this was a major general who was killed at the battle of antietam. for all of you trivial pursuit types. the last fellow is james mcpherson, also a very interesting general. he succeeded sherman in the army of tennessee. he was killed at the battle of atlanta. he is the only union army commander that was killed in compat -- combat during the civil war. a very high-ranking officer. those of you have been to washington dc might be familiar with mcpherson square and mcpherson station. the

the plane landed in the potomac. we had heroic rescues taking place but some lives were lost. in this case flight crews and flight attendants got people to the chute following faa regulations to evacuate the plane. people were able to walk away from this incident. we always like to see that in aviation safety and security. i'm sure the faa and ntsb will be investigating. they're the best in the world doing that we'll find some other details. melissa: really quick before we run out of time. let me ask you in your expert opinion, they described during the press conference, two planes going before reported good braking and obviously didn't have in this case. what do you think change? more snow collected on the ground? was there more wind? what changed between the two came before and without a problem and this one? >> my understanding they had an icy surface, new snow coming on top. then they had freezing icy surface rain and snow mixtures going on top of that. so this was a very, very tricky runway. probably a surprise, and to the crew. once you're landing the craft, then you kin

the shooting happened near the potomac metro station. please are trying to determine why he was in the tunnel and what led to the shooting. >> investigators released a timeline of the offense, but it contains very few details and answers. passengers have a lot of questions, including what happened inside the tunnel that would make an officer pulled the trigger. d.c. police are investigating. the man who was shot was 35-year-old bobby gross but we don't know much more. the man was first thought -- spotted before 9:00 thursday night. he was only partially closed. passengers are asking if it was captured on surveillance video. >> there are cameras that would show what happened. i would like to see what led up to that point. >> he was confronted by a female transit officer and she fired her weapon. passengers are asking why. >> why would this officer i think they said it was a female officer why did she draw her gun? it seems like it should have been unnecessary. >> was there any justification for shooting him? >> why would you shoot somebod

so warm air trying to come in over the very cold ground and this mostly ice covered potomac helping to make the fog a little worse. if you have a little fog outside your door send me a note note @chuckbell4 and i'll retweet it back out so people know where the thick pockets of the fog are. we'll continue our drive along the potomac and see if we see anything at clara barton parkway. >>> did see a little fog on my way in, so it is around. canal road right now, this is our biggest issue, still shut down between residentervoir and foxhall. so might want to avoid canal road today. 66 east of sudley road no problems. 270 at germantown road no issues as you're headed southbound. northbound also looking quite good. no major worry there is. a wide look at things everything rolling along quite nicely. inner loop and outer loop. i'm back at 5:30 with a live picture of 95 in virginia. >>> utah is one step closer to becoming the only state to allow death by firing squad. the state senate passed a bill reinstating the penalty. it would require the state to use a firing squad if lethal injection dru

woodbridge, 62, downtown d.c., 60. 58 potomac and st. mary's elementary school in annapolis 48 degrees. the reason is on the chesapeake bay, they have the wind off the water and it really cool the air. clear skies overhead now, but if you look close the clouds filling into pennsylvania and ohio, associated with the week weather front. that will slide through overnight. that will also bring us cooler air masses. that will be overhead tomorrow. we will not have 60's, we will have low 50's as the daytime highs. it will also be breezy, so what will feel cooler. tonight, the clown stream and, 38 degrees in the city, the subgroup's fall into the lower -- clouds stream in, 38 degrees in the city, the suburbs fall into the lower 30's. tomorrow morning, if you at the plaza for the scope it out 5k raising awareness and research money for colorectal cancer research, come out and enjoy. but make sure that you are wearing layers and ready to go for the race because it will be chilly and breezy. the air temperature near 40, but it will probably feel l

but in northwest washington we're in the 40s downtown right on the nearly frozen potomac river at 39. huntington calvert at 32. maybe a little bit of wetness on the roads from snow melting and maybe some of the freezing a little bit. watch out for that upper 30s for the morning commute. and then that sunshine breaking out from time to time in the afternoon drying out some of that moisture on the roads. we'll be in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees during the afternoon and for the afternoon commute back down to the mid-50s. then near 40 by dawn tuesday. tomorrow rain likely moves in mid to late morning, off and on rain in the afternoon with highs low 50s. maybe some drizzle and fog with some light rain on tuesday night into wednesday midday. then sun back in the afternoon with highs they're 60 wednesday. then near the average high on thursday mid-50s a little chillier friday into the weekend. another chance of rain on saturday and again on sunday. look at home up to highs today coming up next weather and traf >>> bw parkway southbound at 410, you can see chopper 4 over the scene, crash

so the ice on the potomac is starting to retreat. away and away it goes.d riddance to the ice and snow. even i, as a snow lover, even i am about ready for spring to move on in. 38 at reagan national. light breeze out of the south averaging only 5 miles per hour. area temperatures national one of the cooler spots at 38 already in the low to mid 40s to our north and west. gaithersburg and leesburg and winchester all in the low to mid 40s. 45 in frederick. still a little colder and our bay side communities, annapolis to edgewater and chesapeake beach, be on the lookout, that cold bay water will be your nemesis for the next couple months. it's going to provide very cold weather along the shore. hourly strurs away from the water, no problem at all. we should be in the 40s for most of the remainder of the morning. we'll spend most of the afternoon above 50 degrees, plenty of sunshine coming our way. sun doesn't go down until after 7:00 tonight. the overall impact the weather will have today and tomorrow nights and low. sunshine and milder than we've been in quit

rich: all that packing and taping and labeling at potomac falls high school a way to honor 23-year-oldarmy specialist douglas green, killed in afghanistan's kandahar province in august 2011. >> he was killed instantly by an rpg. reporter: his family started this foundation in green's name. they have shipped 15,000 packages to troops overseas. >> when you see a bag of fritos overseas, it's like everybody dives for it. rich: for many, this is personal. >> this is an incredible job. >> it makes me feel like i'm still giving back to my brother. rich: greene was buried at arlington national cemetery with full military honors. a large turnout of those paying their last respects. volunteers packed and prepped 338 boxes which willsent to army post office locations around the world. richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: new developments tonight from starbucks, which says it is removing the controversial message from its cups. the company says that message was intended to start a discussion on diverse city and racial inequality, but people widely [indiscernible] critics called it in opera does --

at the potomac stop, officers responded to a call for a trespasser on the tracks it's unclear why theym. washington, d.c. police are leading the investigation. >>> the man accused of running into the white house with a knife is expected to make a plea deal this afternoon. omar gonzales will be in court today, he will accept a deal. he made it to the east room before being tackled back in september. it led to the resignation of the former secret service head, julia pierceson. >>> 25-year-old alexandria davis surrendered to bar harbor police they say she targeted men at bars and restaurants with the promise of an invite to her home, she stole rolex watches valued at $80,000. they are asking potential victims to come forward. >>> an 8-year-old boy managed to steal the family car and go for a 28 mile joy ride without hurting anybody else. he snuck out of his oklahoma home while his family was sleeping he jumped in the car and took off. he drove to oklahoma city and crashed into a curb at 5:30 in the morning, he was standing next to the car when the police arrived at the scene. >> there are

if you're along the potomac river toward charles county, if you're along the potomac toward the north and east, that's where we have the winter weather advisory. includes loudoun county fairfax county in the district but not seeing too many problems this evening. that's good news. now this storm system moves out. the next one then moves in. that's tomorrow night. with rain starting off but then that rain transitions to snow and we have a winter storm watch in effect for everybody. we have a very good confidence here that just about

a little patch of ice towards the potomac. it's gone now. that ice and snow will continue to melt. 58 the current temperature, winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. it is just fantastic and will stay that way. 64 fredericksburg 67 in charlottesville and 58 towards huntingtown. there's not any rain now, but that rain is coming making our way through the next 12 hours or so. there it is big storm. this will bring up a lot of moisture. look at all this moisture making its way out of the gulf of mexico and it's going to come right on up our way during the day tomorrow. i think some locations could pick up a half an inch to an inch of rain. take you through future weather. tonight, few clouds out there but not much. it's going to be a nice night, very mild night too. by 7:00 a.m. no problems. i think the rush hour tomorrow morning will be fine. it will be tomorrow afternoon and really around noon that we start to see the big problems. lots of rain some of that rain come do you think in the moderate to heavy side. look what happens around 5

there's the potomac. it is still frozen over.le foggy out there due to the colder temperatures at the surface and the milder air aloft. we are going to look for that fog to stick around for at least another few hours. 46 degrees now at reagan national airport. their temperature seems to be fluctuating a bit over there and the wind chill factor not a problem. winds will begin to kick up though, later tomorrow morning into the afternoon. 46 at dulles. 43 gaithersburg. b.w.i. marshall at 45 degrees. hanging on to the lower 50's in lexington park maryland. 50 degrees this hour in charlottesville. look at the warmer air to the south of us. this gives me hope that springtime not so far away. we just need to get these temperatures to move up a little bit further and a bit faster. unfortunately, it's not going to happen this time around. raleigh at 74 degrees. norfolk now at 70. look at the cold cold air off to the north and west of us. this is behind the cold front and we will feel the difference by this time tomorrow. and waking up ear

a small craft advisory in the morning for the bay and tidal potomac. here we go. 19 at 5:00. hope you're still sleeping. it's time to change your batteries for your smoke detectors. it's like it was on cue last night. it woke me up last night. 35 at 11:00, 41 at 1:00. i swear i took the battery out of 1 and it still kept beating. i buried it in clothes in the closet. 51 on monday. next seven days, 60 wednesday, still here, light rain or showers possible late tuesday, then back in thsday and friday. >>> traffic is finally moving on kentucky highways after a miserable couple days. thousands of people were stranded in that ice and the snow, some for nearly 24 hours. this massive traffic jam extended up to 26 miles. now the concern turns to flooding as temperatures are expected to rise and the snow melt, that could create flash floods. >>> flooding is a big concern in neighboring tennessee as well. rivers topped their banks. locals say the water is the highest it's been in several years. emergency management workers are assessing the situation and checking out people living along

from mount vernon eastward and moving through brandywine crossing potomac into calvert county. a few more. that should be that. tomorrow morning, few more showers as the leading edge of the warm air arrives. with the cold air we've had and cold ground and warmer air coming, fog is a possibility through the overnight and early morning hours as well. as far as numbers, a big difference when you go from west to east. north and east especially aberdeen and harford county maryland, 43. 54 at reagan and then you go west of the mountains and it warms up a little bit in the mid 60's. that's the warm air that will head our way. tonight, temperatures will drop but not that much. in fact, temperatures holding steady. only de-gropping. maybe only dropping a degree or two tonight. patchy fog is possible as well. what's happening in the west right now gives us a clue of what may be happening tomorrow. and this is an area of much warmer temperatures. 81 in little rock. 75 at nashville. 76 in charleston. this wedge of warm air is developing ahead of the next cold front that will have a profoun

say their suspect went shopping, using her credit card at several stores, including right here at potomac hills mall. >> we were later contacted by the victim that her credit cards were used at multiple locations within woodbridge. >> reporter: that's when police started going after the surveillance images hoping you'll know what this guy is. and police tell me tonight that they have surveillance images of yet another man using another of the victim's credit cards. more on that second suspect when we join you ahead at 6:00. for now, pat, back to you. >> thank david. >>> new at 5:00, three more fights at a local high cool,school. that school has had a string of trublt trouble. tracee wilkins is live. >> reporter: unfortunately, more incidents at forestville high. just today three more fights police were called to the school. a lot of issues happening here. this is following the other issues that we have already reported. now, school officials confirm a number of girls were involved in a group fight inside the school while school was in session. this happened near the end of january. there'

wusa9's coverage of the snow takes us across the potomac to loudoun county, virginia. niki burdine is there -- nikki burdine is there. how are conditions now? >> reporter: we've seen the changeover to just rain to sleet. you can hear it pinging the wind shelleds. it's hard to tell right now but -- windshield. it's hard to tell right now but that is the rain changing to sleet. we've seen a lot of snowplows coming up and down route 7 here just standing by. they're in the staging position. they're ready to goap. but if you can -- to go. but if you can, stay at home. they're going to need the roads as much as possible so stay out of their way. stay off the roads. right now leesburg driving conditions are okay. stay at home if you can because this is just the beginning, guys. we'll keep you updated on the conditions from route 7 in leesburg. for now back to you in the studio. >> all right, thank you, nikki. >>> the threat of today's snow led to the closures of montgomery county public schools and montgomery county government offices. nick giovanni and photo journalist deion

this project includes a new rooftop lounge, which was used -- with views of the potomac river. 10 acre complex which includes offices and apartments is best known as the site of the 1972 break-in of the democratic national committee. that scandal eventually led to the resignation of president richard nixon. it is arguably some of the best real estate in washington. coming up next, on saturday news extra, too much studying not enough free time, the surprising results of a newstudy on teens and stress. kimberly: forget the 40-hour work week. according to the u.s. senus data, once you factor in mouch time we spend commuting the week is much longer. the d.c. area has the third longest work week in the country. averaging more than 48 hours. people in the san francisco bay area spent 48 1/2 hours working and commuting. and as bad as that is, it's short than the 49 hours folks in new york spend either behind the wheel or in transit. and behind a desk each week. and a new survey finds that teenagers are spending more time studying and preparing for college than their parents did. but t

the potomac avenue metro station here. as you can see, very busy at this hour. now, metro this isn't the first time they've heard of people being on the tracks near this station. >> sometimes they open up people are already in the system. it's a bad scene in a number of ways. it's unfortunate for the workers who, you know come in sometimes and their safety is compromised based on the fact that they don't know who this people are and what they're really there for and, you know they're afraid. >> now, metro officials tonight are telling us that that officer who has not been identified is a female. they say she has been with the department for 10 plus years and is part of a routine process when something like this happens is on administrative leave. reporting live, brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> and in a separate incident metro transit police officer is recovering from a head-on crash in southeast washington. it happened late last night at the intersection of pennsylvania avenue and branch avenue. the officer was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injur