the event was supposed to spatter with a mile and a half swim in the potomac river. not going to happen. that's because e coli has been found in the river instead. long standing rule not to swim in the potomac beyond these events, just everyday people not to swim in there. it's not clean enough. while exceptions have been made in the past for this triathalon, this year officials say it's just not safe. >> i'm excited. >> reporter: your first? >> yeah. >> reporter: except this triathlon will not be a triathlon but a biathlon now that one of the three legs has been vans. they'll still run and bike but no swimming after unsafe levels of e coli was found in the potomac river. >> i'm a ligament disappointed. i'm not -- i'm a little disappointed. i'm not a big swimmer but i was excited about it. >> you dread it but you want to get it all in. >> reporter: you train for a reason. >> disappointing for sure. >> reporter: doe is investigating how the water became contaminated, though it's not apr order in the potomac. exceptions have been made in the past for events if the wate

we were talking with potomac. potomac was giving us vectors for where they sought or in where the threat might be. so we were looking on our radars , trying to dig out did we get any lower turns. steve: did you see the pentagon? major penney: yeah. steve: what did you think? major penney: it was surreal. major penney:it was totally surreal to see just the billowing black smoke. and we did not -- i mean, one we took off, we did not get high. we stayed at 3000 feet. city were smoking over the at very low altitude. we never got above 3000 feet, at least not on that first sweep out. because we needed to make sure that we stayed low for a visual lookout as well as for the radar. steve: and at that point, what was the chain of command like for you? was the communication any better? were you clearer signals as to what was required? and what was happening, the big picture? major penney: no, not at that point in time. we knew what our mission was. and that was the singular focus, the communication between me and sass to en

out the window, the potomac points westward. i don't know if you can see the slave in the shadows -- there are many.'s about who it is. maybe it's just an artistic trope. i cannot help but wonder if savage was saying something about, this is all very good, but you have something in the shadows you better deal with. washington knew only one person capable of designing a seat of empire that reflected his vision for the united states. his 1784 proposal for a permanent army corps of engineers gave him the information for constructing the capitol. when the first congress debated the location of the state of government in 1789, he asked president washington for the responsibility of laying "the foundation of the city which is to become the capital of this vast empire." most spokesman for an american empire and its magnificent capital to reflect its glory wanted something like this -- they wanted a new by san tm for wanted to lay the foundation of the city which is capital.me the most spokesman for an american empire and its magnificen

the army of the potomac was moving after him. his army contacts may have also contacted him and told him this campaign will be a big one and there will be a big battle. he would have learned shortly after july 1 of the beginning of the battle and as soon as he , learned about the battle beginning in gettysburg, he made his arrangements at home and left home. he arrives on the battlefield either july 5 or july 7. the stories vary. it is irrelevant. we do know many of the confederate dead are still am unburied by the time he has arrived. he rode the ground and sketched it all. and then he took his sketches and went to camp letterman hospital and other field hospitals and sat down with wounded soldiers and spoke to them about where they were on the battlefield and if they could mark where they were on these maps he was working on. sometimes, he would take them out on the battlefield with him. there's a confederate soldier who said when i was wounded at the general hospital, i went on the battlefield with you and pointed out where my

we were talking with potomac and potomac was giving us vectors for where they thought or anticipated the threat might be. so we were looking on our radars, trying to dig out, did we get any low returns? >> did you see the pentagon in? >> yeah. >> what did you think? >> what did you think? >> it was surreal. it was totally surreal to see yust this-- just this billowing black smoke. we didn't get high. we were at about 3,000 feet. we never got above 3,000 feet, at least on that first weepsweep out because we needed to make sure we stayed low for the visual radars at that point. >> was the communication any better, were you getting clear signals as to what was required, examine what was happening, the big picture? >> no. not at that point in time. we knew what our mission was, and that was the singular focus, was the communication between me and sav to ensure that we had a comprehensive sweep of the air space so that nothing got by us, so that we were also visually looking out to see whether or not there was another airliner. we actually flew -- i don't remember how many nautical miles

interested in what might happen in this war so he attaches himself as a civilian to the army of the potomac in 1862 and follows the army of the virginia peninsula and paints this painting. it has been reprinted in a lot of picture books at the civil war. but the reason he's with the army is he wants to be president when they fight in these decisive battles of the war. everyone thinks this campaign will end the war. children will be there to document and illustrated. as campaign doesn't go planned. bachelder gets sick and leaves the army at the end of the campaign and returns to new hampshire but extracts a promise from some of his contacts in the army. he says i want you to give the early intelligence of any important movements looking toward a decisive engagement. he's still hoping he can be present at that decisive battle he can write the history of. bachelder could read the newspaper and in june 1863, it was splashed all over the place robert e. lee had moved out of virginia into pennsylvania. his army contacts may have also contacted him and told him this campaign will be a big one and

capitol to the banks of the potomac river, the national mall - also known as america's front lawn... leaves a lasting impression on tourists. the mall sees an estimated 30-million visitors each year ... making it one of the most heavily trafficked grounds in the country. so, how exactly do they keep it looking so great all year long -- year after year? well, as we learned -- it hasn't always looked this great after years of wear-and-tear ... the lawn area has been undergoing a years-long intense restoration project ... in an effort to preserve it long- term ... townsend says: "over the course of the last 45 years, since the last turf panels have been repaired ... it was a much needed repair ... both just to sustain it for durability ... for better irrigation ... better long-term resilience." task ... the effort started in 20-07 ... and is now nearing completion .... the final phases involve the mall's turf restoration. one of the leading forces behind it is michael stachowicz -- head of turf management ... he and his team meticulously seed, monitor and manicure the grounds as each st

gaithersburg, rockville, from the spur up, potomac and bethesda until 6:30. reports, reports of hail, also wires down. hail around american university. wires reported an hour ago willow lane and 44th street in the y these storms pack some winds and pack small hail and also flooding. we will come back and tell you when the storms are going the move out and we will talk about how long the heat is gung to be here. download the app and track the storms along with this and we will pub the alerts and keep you ahead of the storms and safe. >>> a man firing his gun on busy georgia avenue is shot by police. >> the shooting and 2:00 this afternoon was caught on camera and the road remains closed as police continue that you are investigation this evening. delia goncalves is live in pet worth with the eye witness account. >> reporter: we spoke to several people in the street who told us during the shooting, you can imagine a lot of people were very upset, very scared, a lot of them ran to the safeway and called the officer inside for help. we talked to the woman trapped

it is used intermittent and the other two armies, the army of the potomac and the army of the tennessee. it is the official doctrine, it doesn't mean it gets used that way. talk take a step up and about how division commanders are going to form for battle. this is an early war example and a mid-war example. to those two formations that i talked about that are primarily brigade level the commander decisions, we have some formations -- to divisional commanders who have to make decisions. trainingived almost no , no instruction and no theory about how to conduct a military operation. job.learned on the they use what they knew. -- will regard is reputed to have created this confederate formation by putting one of his core in the front line. johnsonably know that commanded the army and beaure gard was the command. he drew up the formation. he put one core in line there and want directly behind it and then the other two core file in in what is known as column brigade. the definitions of column are varied depending on what level of command we are talking about. in a military sense, a column is

mary and calvert and waters of chesapeake and potomac. watching this closely as well. this is in effect until tomorrow morning. as we look at track of the system here's what is forecast right now with our models. on monday it will take a little bit of shift more towards the west. and then by tuesday it starts to move a little more towards northeast. take a look at cone of uncertainty and that's a wide field area to make things impacted. delaware beaches that is question mark. that's because there say chance that the system may take a different direction and move more due west than anything else. now it's west to some degree and right now it seems like by the time we get to tuesday it may number its path. vile more details and all important 7 day forecast here's a hint heating up back to you. >> "fox 5 news" in the district tonight where loved ones gathe gathered to remember a teenager shot and killed nel southeast. >> hundred gathered and attend vigil in honor of kevin jackso jackson. "fox5" marina morocco has more. >> it's been three days sip the 17-year-old was shot

he's commissioner of the district of columbia on the interstate commission on the potomac river basin. he's an environmental scientist, a teacher, a career diplomat. i'm excited to see as he was leaving the state department, we talked about doing careers on water. lo and behold, he's got a next career on water. jerry bisen is the asia bureau director of the technical support office at usaid. he is a senior foreign service. and director technical services in the asia bureau, he's responsible for delivering technical assistance, on an entire range of issues, trade, economic growth, education, and health for usaid in over 21 countries. a great set of experience at the table. i hope you can all take advantage of that. if you don't, i will. so maybe i'll turn it over to you first, if you'd like to make any opening comments. >> i really have to say i'm surprised and kind of ambushed by this. i was not prepared for this. and i think i have a colleague here, right? if i'm not mistaken. right. so i have your support. i'm a first time ceo. i've been in my job only seven months. so i hope i can

capital to the banks of the potomac river.ational mall, also known at america's front yard leaves a lasting impression on tourists. the mall season estimated 30 million visitors each year making it one of the most h country. how do they keep it looking so great? year after year? as we learned. it hasn't always looked this great. after years of wear and tear, the lawn area has been undergo a year's long intense restoration project in an effort to preserve it long term >> it was a much needed repair. both to sustain it for durability, better irrigation, long term resilience >> it started in 2007 and is now nearing completion. final phases involve the mall's turf restoration >> it's a huge collaboration. engineering when it comes to the drainage system. >> reporter: the main goal was to approve the park's ability to serve the public need for national celebrations, demonstrations festivals and a number of other special events. >> to accomplish our fund-raising goals, the trust relies on the generous con foundations and individuals

two years ago it was nixed of a sewage spill in the potomac.ox5" follow up some residents want accountability in prince george county of what happened in the head start program and they want school officials fired. members of the divided school board counting blame of executive baker. they accused him of protecting members he appointed and has personal relationships with. alexandra limon has reaction. >> i wanted to let the know. >> prince george county school board member edward bur rows is pointing at baker over how school board leaders handled allegations of preschoolers being abused in head start program. >> there's a host of concerns about his relationship with the board chair. as many know it's his former brother-in-law. whenever you have your relatives and appoint them to avs it's becomes difficult to hold individuals accountable. >> i don't vice president a response to that but i'm pleas pleased the board put out a statement they'll do a full review of what is happening the head start program. we want that program to continue and have n

potomac. chesapeake bay areas and coastal flood advisories in effect. anne arrundel. annapolis. all under gun as far as that is concern advisorys in effect until early morning hours of monday. for the holiday weekend. here's what we v ridge of high pressure strong o and what's it doing? it's actually blocking hermine from going anywhere. and but for us, as far as the i 95 corridor and west is concerned we're talking dry conditions and sunshine and it will be pretty breezy. winds will pick up on the coast. and that is where the danger lies. i'm going to have more details on that coming up in a bit and give you a little more just in terms where that storm looks like it's head add according to the models. back to you. >>> "fox5" in the district tonight and loved ones gather to remember a teenager shot and killed in southeast. >> hundreds attend aid vij anymore honor of kevin jackson. "fox5" marina morocco is live at headquarters were more, marina. >> it's been three days since that 17-year-old was shot and killed just a couple problems from where he lived and couple blocks from for

. >> they had not filed a police report yet potomac they plan to pick if you would like them to help them raise money for a new basketball send an e-mail to tips dozens of e-mails into the newsroom and a lot of generous people out there could riders who parked at the lot at the broadway station will have to find a new place to park their cars. there personally close due to construction on the property you can still find stretch of road usually closed after labor day. the road from echo lake to summit lake will remain open until early october. >> firefighters are battling the flames of a fire that scorched some 300 acres. the fire is still just 10 percent contained. the first was only covered a few acres but it quickly spread her voluntary evacuation notices were sent out to people living in a nearby subdivision sheriff's office as the fire is a result of a lightning strike that occurred on saturday night. her mining continues to be a strong storm. it made its appearance in southern new england the story. strong wind gusts, big waves and rain. the tropical storm has been issued midwee

capital to the banks of the potomac river and is a must-see for tourists. 30 million people visit this area every year and after wear and tear, it has been going under a project. >> it was a much-needed repair, both to sustain it for durability, better irrigation, better longterm resilience. lawn is no easy task. the project started in 2007 and now in the final stages in, including the final turf restoration. the team seeds and and monitorse grounds. >> as far as construction goes, there is a huge collaboration when it comes to the drainage systems. >> reporter: john deere manufacturing has helped gov it a makeover. our fleet. >> reporter: the main goal was to make the lawn look better for national celebrations, festival, and other events. this project required a lot of cash, including investments from the united states congress. >> to accomplish our fundraising goals, we rely on corporations such as john deere and individuals to help us enhance and restore the national >> reporter: those involved in the project say the turf should be ready and open to the public in term of the next bi

the edge of not only are so the commuter aircraft, but larger planes would be farther toward the potomac. steve: did you hear or see anything unusual? john: no. steve: 9:37, the plane hits the pentagon. where were you? had just walked into my office and had just come to the door and all i hear is a low rumble, a rumbling noise and the light fixtures were vibrating. my office was probably 80 to 100 yards from where the plane stopped, kind of around the corner from it. one of my employees, says, chief, we have been hit and you see this black smoke of fire rolling across the building on the west side. i immediately ran from there down to our operation center to get an assessment of what had happened, and when i got down there, every bone in the room ng andinking -- ringi housing that tv monitors -- and every phone in the room was ringing and never ever going to the tv monitors and i asked to see right where the plane came in. i kept saying, show me the camera, show me the camera. that is where the plane came in, and we lost the camera, so i stayed there for quite a while and the guys there

capitol to banks of potomac river national mall also known as america front yard leaves lasting impressionn tourists and mall season estimated 30 million visitors making it bun of the most heavily traveled grounds in the country. >> how do they keep it looking great all yearlong year after year as we learned it has not always looked this great after years of wear and tear the lawn area is undergoing years long intense restoration project in effort to repair it long term. >> to sustain for durability and better irrigation and long term resilience. >> effort stated in pz and is now nearing completion. the final phases turf restoration. >> as far as collaboration goes there's collaboration with the drainage systems. >> the main goal of project was to ultimately improve the par park's availbility to improve the public need for national celebrations, demonstrations, festivals and number of special events. >> to accomplish goals the trust relies on corporations such as john deere and foundations and individual. >> and after years of collaborating all teams involved are happy to report that the m

i was just down at potomac parkp 15 minutes ago, and look atk a those numbers.shin. 10:30 in the morning it's 89 inn annapolis.napo 91 up in baltimore.timo 87 out at dulles feels likeee lk we've been saying this over andd over and over again this summer, but dangerous heat thishi afternoon. that's the bottom line.me. upper minutes.es heat index 100. 102 per per happen this afternoon.tern our dew points earlier this t morning were in the mid 70s so s that is not only hot but that'st a lot of humidity as well. all right.l r a little bit of a cloud deck out and we'll keep our fingers fin crossed that that holds theoldse temperatures down a degree orego two. but no real relief any time sooe it will be today, tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night witt extreme heat and then by sunday, we'll lose the humidity and we'll cool temperatures offtures about 10 degrees. 10 degrees. we do have some relief on theie houri son. houri son we got to get there first we're' not quite there yet.t quite let me set up your saturday for you.yo very hot today. tod. dangerous heat this afte

urban heat island affect there you go affects of potomac. 72 washington right now. 74 in annapolis.nd but just off west we're in upper 50s. gaithersburg 59, mannasas 59, 58 culpeper. 7 hagerstown. temperatures start to again build here over the next couple days and unfortunately in mid 90s even though calendar says september we're in mid 90s thursday and friday and our heat index over 100. last week or so and it looks like we'll deep dry the next several days not a lot happening locally. hermine continues to spin center low pressure there south and east of long island and 65 mile an hour winds and deal with affect here. and as the storm system winds down things should gradually improve on beaches. the wovt has been for new england to the cape. >> and high pressure off to the east. we call it bermuda high. guess what happens? temperatures near record yeah record high as around hereby end of week. i personally kind of had enough of this you know i'm ready for fall action. 92 today, 92 tomorrow, 5 thursday. 95 friday. 96 saturday. the good news, steve, for home-opener temperatures mid

it happened around mid-ight on bell's mill road and windsor view drive in potomac. there investigators say a pedestrian was the vehicle did stay at the scene and the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. developing now.. some leesburg residents are mourning the loss of a five-month-old baby who died after being struck by an s-u-v. his mother was also struck yesterday morning, and is seriously injured. a vigil was held for them last night at the accident scene.. at riverside parkway and kipheart drive. police say the mother was crossing the parkway, her baby in the stroller, when an s-u-v struck them. the driver of the s-u-v stayed at the scene. police and prosecutors are now going over evidence, before deciding whether to file charges. an 18-year-old man is in custody this morning, after allegedly stabbing a pregnant woman. she was stabbed multiple times yesterday afternoon on a path in the woods near einstein high school in kensington. the suspect was arrested about 40 his home in aspen hill. police say the suspect is the victim's boyfriend. they

it potomac. if it starts to dry out a little bit on monday and the sunshine, we have all the details. you can pick your area and get your forecast. the rip currents will be bad. this is saturday morning and rain moving in and these are the passing showers along 95 on saturday and saturday afternoon. we'll have the heavy rain just pour through delmarva. and saturday drying out a little bit. but the showers will continue on and off for sunday along the coastal spots and the outer banks as well. monday is looking a little more promising especially in the metro spots and off to the west. 38 today and it is gorgeous -- 83 today and it is gorgeous out there. 78 tomorrow and 79 on sunday. next week, here comes summer back at us and we'll be in the 90s. we'll be right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and

we think right in the north potomac area, there could be strong winds and maybe hail being reported. with the first batch that came through, we got a report of almost hail to the size of dimes, if not quarters near american university, so plenty of hail there. we do have another warning now, this is for, getting -- prince george's county. that's this new one popped up a few minutes ago. fairfax and -- did i miss one? prince george's county, -- as we follow this line, let's go to pennsylvania. could we be in for a long night with all of this activity continuing to stream from south to north? be aware of that. aware that it's really doing a number on these temperatures too. we've gone from 94 to 80 in the did district. dropped to 73 in gaithersburg. 78 in hagerstown. she don't that is the up side of a thunderstorm. it will really cool you off. unfortunately on a hot and humid day like this, it can also be damaging and we have heard about trees and limbs coming down. heading out to the nats game? i got to tell you, i think there will be delays. certainly might be a slow start as this pa

capital to a banks of the potomac river the national mall also known as america's front yard leaves a lasting impression on tourists. the mall season estimated 30 million visitors each year making it one the most heavily trafficked grounds in the country. so how exactly do they keep it >> year after year? >> well, as we learned it hasn't always looked this great. after years of wear and tear, the lawn area has been undergoing a year's long intense restoration projects. in an effort to preserve it long-term. it was much needed repair. both to sustain it for durability, for better irrigation better long time resilience effort started in 2007 and is now nearing complooes completion. the final turf restoration. as far as construction goes, this is huge collaboration. there's engineering chen when it comes to drainage systems. main goal of the project was to ultimately improve the park's abilities to serve the public need for national celebrations demonstrations festivls and a number of other special events. to accomplish our fund raising goals the trust relies on generous contributions co

. >> if i could perhaps add about the potomac river. we've also undergone an extensive evolution since 1940. some of that experience may be instructive to others as well. back in the day, as many of you know, many water resource issues were basically considered engineering problems. build a dam, dig a ditch, build a levy. we have over the years come away from that, obviously. we're very much now in a world of integrated water resource management where we try to bring together all the various aspects of the environment and deal with them in an integrated fashion. and that means including, for instance, natural infrastructure. the role of forest and wetlands in regulating water flow or cleaning water and so on. and we at the icprb, the interstate commission on the potomac river basin, have recently recast our strategy river plan to reflect that more explicitly. i encourage you, if you have a chance, to go to our website, potomacriver.org, and look at that. likewise, we're now in the process of starting stakeholder consultations in order t

we put in place a title that we are calling, a working title called, the jihad on the potomac. we thought we wanted to introduce a new term. toe importantly, we wanted identify, by using the term calaveras we could identify with the individuals and groups want. what they want is very simple. they want to establish a caliphate. they want to take over a geographic portion of land. caliph,t it rolled by a someone whom they see as a successor as mohammed, and they want it to be ruled under sharia law. it is not that complicated. all you have to do is listen to what they tell us. this is not us interpreting and saying this is where we are. this is what they say. we have heard this constant message. a lot of what i tell you will not be that different than some of the things you have heard from the other speakers. we've all become very familiar with this. you hear this from a different type of perspective. rabbis, defense experts, politicians, to more effectively deal with the ways that people are going to throw objections at you and those things. what about the caliphate? a democracy

that pedestrian was hit on bells mill road in potomac last night.ife-threatening injuries. the striking car did stay on the scene. >>> donald trump heads to cincinnati today where he speaks wilmington, ohio. all the conversation is about his speech in arizona. despite mexico's president saying he told mexico will not pay for a wall, trump insisted that max will pay for it. he vowed to remove millions of people living in the country illegally and restrict legal immigration. he required all businesses to use an e-verify system to screen undocumented workers. >>> hillary clinton's campaign blasted trump's speech, and tim kaine will respond to trump's immigration plan on the "today" show. and tracie potts will have more. >>> if you live on gaithersburg, pay attention to this next story. moom

we have a window that faces out toward the potomac, toward the kennedy center.to see or hear anything after the initial blast. i just stepped out in the hallway, security guards were herding people out of the building. and i saw just a moment ago as i looked outside a number of construction workers who have been working here have taken flight. they're running as far as away from the building as they can right now. i hear no sirens going off in the building. i see no smoke. but the building shook for just a couple of seconds. the windows rattled. and a security personnel are doing what they can momentarily to clear this part of the building. again, i have no idea whether it was part of the construction work, whether it was an accident or what is going on. we're going to try to find those details and get them to you as soon as possible. the but interestingly enough, one intelligence official here in the building said when he saw what appeared to be the coordinated attack on the world trade center, his advice was to stay away from the outside of the building today

this is potomac mills. here we have atlanta. not only do we see cars parked off the street everywhere, we also see major interstate highways accommodating cars at extraordinary expense. so this is like taking your swing line stapler and 200-page report and getting a sledgehammer to force that staple through. at least that's one way of possibly looking at this, right? our assigned reading for today says to the contrary, this is something we accommodate. the automobile is something we accommodate because it is so valuable to our economy, to our society, to the freedom of its residents. it's worth it. he's not saying, you know, it's not costly in some senses. it is costly. but he's saying, but it's worth it. for example, look at the economic benefit. all right. more jobs. more income for people. and i, of course, being a good skeptical reader looked for the data myself. if you look, you'll see cars and trucks in the u.s. increasing in numbers from 1960 on the left to 2010 on the right. and you can loosely correlate that to gdp. the

the capital was moved from new york to philadelphia for ten years and then to a site in potom potomacill unvilled, now washington, d.c. we got america's debts paid off in a timely fashion. and that was due to hamilton's foresite and his live deal making. he also had an insight about how to handle the debt. he wanted to manage the debt. he wanted the debt where regular payments would be mode on the interest. his insight was if you do that with debt, it turns from being a liability to a resource. people would see you're not struggling under a burden, you're maintaining it. so they're willing to extend you credit. debt becomes credit. debt can become money. if you have a credit card, you know how this works. if you have 20 cards, you know how this doesn't work. debt has to bemanaged carefully. only two countries had gone this route. holland was the first at the end of the 17th century and england followed with the bank of england. front had tried, but the man in charge of their debt was not cautious, literally a gambler. he gambled himself and other money. this is why most french banks a

an retired president took active interest in the new federal city, frequent the crossing the potomac they gauge the process of the building projects and staying with thomas and martha peter during his visits. washington's diary includes multiple interest rate he stayed with thomas and martha peter, who were frequent visitors to mount vernon and their names appear as dinner guests in washington's diary. martha peter last saw george washington in late november 1799 when he lodged at their home about a month before his death. martha was pregnant at the time. about the give birth to her son john park custis peter. later in life, her daughter noted that martha sat on the steps and watch of the general now his horse and right away. -- ride away. it was the last time she saw him when he died in december of 1799. martha was not able to attend washington's funeral. her husband thomas attended to represent the family. upon the terms of george washington's will, martha received 1/23 of his residual inheritance. it was valued at $8,000. following george washington's death, the entire country wen

he used to when -- swim in the potomac. on this day he decided to go swimming. i hope you can see him down there in the right-hand corner and his son, john junior, susan -- per they stop by the thereand the boat is up where the organization of american states is. the stables are still there from the mansion area he didn't really examine the bolts too well. they cross the tiber. across,ed he would swim close --removes his you can still see the base of the washington sameent, i think it's the rock. didn't have a baylor and the boat took on water. he managed to get his clothing off. the virginia side. they were good swimmers because the river was much wider in those days. , all naked on the side of the river. pan --penhe president -- he put them on and went back into town. meanwhile the president said he and his son sunbathe and swam and gambled on the shore all the while regretting that he has gone out so unprepared. this is what is now the blue room at the white house. this is good because it is by washington irving, who is .itting on the left he talks about comi

the view, and at the top of the museum you have this fantastic panorama video to see right over the potomac> you have an international background. can you tell us about that and how it hasn't informed your work on this very american museum? david: i was born in tanzania. i was born in the heart of the continent. as a teenager, i grew up in london. i started my practice about 20 years ago. my practice is always have an international outlook. we have worked all over the projects, theto center in oslo that gave us the peace prize, but also community projects like schools, building buildings nbc, even before this competition -- libraries, housing in new york. when we were asked to join this competition, it was an extraordinary moment that we were thrilled to be part of but we felt it was such a complicated project we wanted to form a large team that could deliver the best we could. what perspective has your international background given to your work on the museum? david: it has given me the ability to see the story from a different perspective. it's emotional to me, too, but not in the same wa

like to thank our co-sponsors, particularly the international center for terrorism studies of the potomac institute. and then i mentioned the international law institute. the center for national security law, the university of virginia school of law. and so on. and fundamentally the -- the basic reason for our event today that we follow the public debates in the united states, and around the world, how to combat the current terrorist threats. as academics and analysts, i think we must focus attention also on the so-called longer war, which i'll come back to it on this century. some people call it the war on -- at any rate i think we'll try to deal with this future terrorist challenges on the political, social, economic and strategic levels. particularly some recommendations. now, very quickly, if i may, i would like to share with you very quickly some images that need no interpretation. in order to provide context. all of us agree when mother nature strikes, as this terrible earthquake in italy and i'm sure all of us express our sympathies and prayers for the victims. so that's one challe

to go over the bridge over the potomac. i lived in northern virginia. i had a two-year-old and a 5-year-old at the time. trying to get to them. the cabs were abandoned. they did not turn off their motors. the doors were open. i do not know where the smoke was coming from, it could not have possibly have been airborne from the pentagon, but there was a smokiness to the air. , confused.ing it was in chaos so much as much of a really movie set kind of feeling. surrealistic. steve: the issue of trying to get in touch with president bush who was in florida at an education event. we now know he was trying to get back to washington, moving to different air force bases before returning late in the afternoon. the initial hour for you and the vice president were trying to reach members of the bush staff, what was that like? mary: there were issues of connectivity and security. the concern about, and i think this has been chronicled, real concern about having the president and the vice president in the same place. the concern about decapitation. the strategic effo

. >>> yet another deadly pedestrian accident just before 9:00 last night at bells mill road in potomac. the injuries were initially de but police confirmed that he died at the hospital. he was walking when a driver in a lexus struck him. no word whether he was in a crosswalk. >>> it's a shameful part of georgetown university's history. the school comes to terms with the fact that it sold slaves to stay afloat. how it's trying to right that wrong. >>> and adam tuss has more on fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mrs. wagner's car to arrive for the airport, she can use fios to download the movie "up in the air" to watch while she's...up in the air. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now get our best offer ever, super fast 100 meg internet, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. >>> we're tracking hurricane hermine but also tracking what is happening in our area right now. if you're heading out

the person was walking on bells mill road near windsor drive in potomac, when they were struck. the car stayed on the scene. the victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. you can see the damage to the front of the car. bills phil road was closed for a few hours overnight but is now open. larry: a five-month-old baby was killed and another pedestrian accident. his mother was seriously injured, but hshe is expected to survive. police say the mother was crossing the parkway with the baby in the stroller when they were struck. residents say drivers often speed on the parkway. dr. this is every parent's nightmare and every driver's nightmare. >> you think things like this only happen in other places, and when it happens right here it is shaking. larry: the driver did stay at the scene. police and prosecutors are now going evidence to decide whether to file charges. police have not released the names of the driver or the victim. autria: a workshop will be held today for the victims of the deadly apartment explosion in silver spring. it has been 22 days since the

stretching from capitol to the banks of the potomac river, the national mall -- also known as america's front yard -- leaves a lasting impression on tourists. the mall sees an estimated thirty million visitors each year, making it one of the most heavily trafficked grounds in the country. so, how exactly do they keep it looking so great all year long, year after year? well, as we learned, it hasn't always looked this great after years of wear-and-tear, the lawn area has been undergoing a years- long intense restoration project townsend says "..it was a much needed repair ... both just to sustain it for durability ... for better irrigation ... better longterm resilience." the effort started in two thousand seven and is now nearing completion. the final phases involve the mall's turf restoration. stachowicz says "..as for as construction goes, this is a huge collaboration..." the main goal of the project was to ultimately improve the park's ability to national celebrations, demonstrations and festivals and a number of other special events. townsend says "..to accomplish our fundraising go

this mall stretches from the potomac aver river. about 30 million people visit it every year. those involved in the project, they say the mall's turf should be open to the public in time for the presidential inauguration. >>> shelling out some extra cash as junior goes back according to the national retail federation, two out of three parents will buy their kids more than what's required on the school supply list. by the way, overall back to school spending expected to surpass $27 billion this year. meanwhile, it looks like more of you are going out on the town and that hiring is going up a bit, bars and restaurants adding 34,000 new jobs in august. that was the biggest gain for any sector in the economy last month. the market is closed for labor stocks so far, and you might be seeing more for sale signs in the neighborhood. according to popular real estate website, zillow, 7 in 10 homeowners think that now is a good time to sell. that's business. i'm trish reagan. >>> in tonight's health watch, a colorado company making a buzz in the beauty industry, cbd care gardens products

maries county, the lower part of the potomac, southeast virginia by saturday. the winds now are 50, sustained at 50, gusts hayer than that. this -- higher than that. this is going to strengthen more once i gets over water tomorrow afternoon. 60 miles per hour sustained winds is the forecast. when it's over the atlantic, this could get back to near hurricane strength, whether or not it's a true tropical system or post tropical system, ir rell lant, the irrelevant. here is monday afternoon, then we get in to tuesday, it maybe here, the steering currents just fall apart on it. storm surge is doing the be a problem -- going to be a problem. western long island side, 5, 6, 7-foot elevation. for us, we are looking at the light green, puts it four or five or six foot possible storm surge with a battering of the waves continuing for days and days as the system will sit out there until next tuesday or wednesday. headed out this evening, temperatures in the 70s. we are at 80, i believe that's as warm as we have been all day. mi for front royal, waldorf, places around the

new york where it was then sitting first to philadelphia for ten years and then to a site on the potomacch was then undeveloped, is now washington, d.c. so we incurred a future of murderous washington summers, but we got america's debts paid off in a timely fashion. and that was due to hamilton's foresight and his clever dealmaking. he also had an insight about how to handle the debt. his intention was not to pay it off and make it go away. he wanted to manage the debt. he wanted a debt where regular payments would be made on the interest. and his insight was that if you did that with debt it turns from being a liability into being a resour resource. people see that you're not struggling under a burden, you're maintaining it. so they're willing to extend you credit. debt becomes credit. debt can become money. tough a credit card, you know how this works. if you have 20 credit cards, you know how this doesn't work. debt has to be managed carefully. and that was hamilton's intention. his way of managing the debt was a new thing in world finance. only two countries had gone this route. holl

not long after that favor among the first union troops sent across the potomac to route to alexandria to route the small rebel force was there. ellsworth is leading them up thf the street and sees a confederate flag flying in the house in alexandria. he rushes in, goes to the roof and he's coming down the stairs holding the flag when they show up at the bottom with a shotgun and kill him. he was the first union officer to be killed in the war within sight of the white house in the blinandlincoln openly wept whent the news. one of my favorite new yorkers will send an officer or even an adult. his family had immigrated from germany. his dad was a musician and he talked a bunch of instruments. he was 12-years-old shining shoes before starting his father signed up in the mozart brigade. you could get away with not as a 12-year-old in those days. his father gets sick and drops out. by that point if you sign up you are signing up for three years, so he is now in the army the next three years. he serves on the front lines in every battl battled through gettysburg. he's also the forrest gump

gaithersburg, rockville, from the spur up, potomac and bethesda until 6:30. reports, reports of hail, also wires down. hail around american university. wires reported an hour ago willow lane and 44th street in the y

a line through potomac river. no lightning, not downpours for a couple more hours.anwhile we look farther south. we zoom right in the circulation around hurricane hermine. the bands here and the way they are developing and the way they are developing and rotating around the center showing some consolidation. development and the strengthening. top winds 75. makes landfall later tonight, the top winds could be sustained at 80. 85. gusts approaching 100 miles per hour. torrential rain. what happens next? the track is fairly consistent on this lead. weakening of course as the center goes over land. the winds are down to 60 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. get into a time period 2:00 a.m. saturday morning. 50-mile-per-hour winds. then we get farther west. look at saturday afternoon at 2:00. it's not that far off the coast of southeast virginia. then it will slow down and it might spin for a couple of days and meander. prolong period of heavy rain and heavy surf. hurricane warning in effect tropical storm warning continue. now we have the tropical storm watches up along

those drops are moving over the potomac and into charles county. showers out towards leesburg, virginia, those are coming in towards fairfax and poolsville and montgomery village and bethesda. not a lot of heavy rain but a passing shower can't be ruled out. here's future weather to time it out for you. most of the rain pushing into he isolated showers in northern maryland between 2:00 and 5:00 but the coverage area gets more and more spread out with time. once we get the done down about 7:00 or 8:00, things should settle down quickly. if you're going to the bruce springsteen concert tonight, not a guarantee to be dry, but it's a likelihood. i couldn't rule out a drop or two as you're going out to the ballpark. temperatures now are only in the mid-70s for the remainder of the day. upper 70s, low 80s. if we could get a little sunshine, and there's a possibility for that this afternoon, we'll get up into the low 80s. if the clouds hang on a little tougher, it will be tougher to get into the 80s. hermine is friday night into south carolina. saturday mo

now we know the potomac river is full of it too. that's right. the triathlon scheduled for sunday morning, portion has been canceled because the water isn't safe for swimmers. >> why are you so invested in this story? >> i will be out there. i will not be swimming actually. i just got off the phone with the folks and they said it's e coli bacteria in the water and it's too high for human contact so it is not meeting safety standards. they have canceled the swimming portion. now it will just be biking and running. it will still be fine. >> you tested yourself for two months. you worked hard at it. gosh darn it on sunday, you are going to do two legs of it great. >> it will still be fine. >> read this. >>> if you don't want to check out the triathlon, head over to the prince georges county fair. mike hydeck was there when he saw face painting, farm animals keeping the kids entertained. it runs 11:00 to 10:00 tomorrow and 11:00 to 6:00 sunday. >> they sure would love it if it was going to be dry and maybe a little less hot. >> can't have both. i thi