tpc potomac, first time in the tournament's 11-year history, it's a stunning property.nside the ropes, ready for the world's best golfers. of course it's perfect outside the ropes provides a great fan experience. natural sitting areas overlooking 18, 17, 16. very great experience for the fans. >> all right. so, the fans. what about the golfers? who's coming this year? >> the field's another terrific field. highlighted by our defending champion, billy hurley iii, last year won his first ever pga tour event. really the story of the year, also we'll be joined by rickie fouler, justin thomas that just made history at the u.s. open on saturday. patrick reed and jimmy walker, a couple ryder cup stars just commit s committed, so a lot to like. >> when can we start seeing the action. >> gates open on wednesday, june 28, for pro-am day and the first four rounds are thursday through sunday. tickets are are still available at qlnational.com. kids 12 and under receive complementary admission with a ticket and adult. so go to our website and hopefully we see you next week. >> i got

by the time -- the army of the potomac came to themselves.h the army that march 2 gettysburg had a very powerful sense of identity in the reason, in my was soettysburg important to the nation because it was so important to be potomac. afterwards, you see a rush to memorialize it service at gettysburg. the creation of the national cemetery. all of these things are a reflection of how important gettysburg was to the army and a reflection that the army identified so strongly with itself. grant as its identity, although they admired grant and came to admire meade as well. was the decision not to do something. as army saw the decision careful solicitation of their well-being without risking the cause for which they want. they appreciated that a great deal. so it kind of low simmering placement of america's heritage in many ways a function of all these things. this is probably the large group of people that got up early since the great review in 1865. because interesting medes own correspondence is that it did not take place. meet own correspondence was i was ready to go. he gets credited wit

that set a record. 17 of them here on the potomac river.ith three exceptions during that tragic season with three exceptions everybody went down without a life jacket on. by the way there have already been four deaths in the 2017 year so far. reporting l scott broom, wusa9. >> they'll undoubtedly have a busy weekend ahead. also natural resources police are trying to put a stop to boat passengers balance on the front of a moving boat. it's extremely dangerous, it's dumb. and officers are going to stop you if they see you out there doing. >>> after a stretch of mild weather it's going to be a hot one out there tomorrow. out live at the quicken loans national in potomac, to talk about the heat wave. >> this is day one of our spring of 90s that will continue on through the weekend and into the holiday monday and july 4th. a couple of things to bring and wanted to bring, what you want to bring when you come out here some of this obvious but it's important to stay hydrated when you come out. just remember bri was, maybe on saturday. folding chair

but watching world class golfers is not all you can do at tpc potomac. you can get your face painted as well. frank has more on the opportunities for the young and old coming up in sports. >>> we're all ready jealous of the set up here. an outdoor office in downtown dc lures people from all over to get fresh air while z2e2dz z1a2z >>> if you're about to be stuck in traffic on the bay bridge. maybe you're there now, this is the pay off. take a look here. a beautiful evening. not too many people out there on the beach. the water looking incredibly inviting. this is what awaits your holiday weekend plans i hope. if not you'll be around here without many people on the road. a million of you are packing up and heading out. >>> remember when you were a kid and when the weather was nice your teacher would announce you'd have class outside. >> today some grown ups got that same opportunity. >> we invite people to come in and make this their out door work space. the park is equipped with tables and chairs and furniture and super powered throughout the day if they

potomac for the first round of the quicken loans the course today.ing a chance to see some of the best golfers in the world. fan favorite rickie fowler putting for birdie on number nine. chirp, chirp. finished even par. number four. david from the fringe of the green. look at the roll. perfect touch. knocking in the birdie. that gets him to six under. he is the leader at five under par. a one-stroke lead. the course proving to be a difficult challenge for all the golfers. >> this is one of those golf courses you can't take a shot off. you have to be full go every time. the guys are going to struggle. good shots aren't rewarded out here. this is a golf course. you have to stay positive and patient try to make as many pars as possible. you have a couple of birdie looks to roll it in when you can. >> it should be a great three days of golf here in potomac. donning flags from each branch of the military, the military heroes wall at quicken loan national offers fans an opportunity to write personal messages of thanks and appreciation for the men and women

potomac mills. that is our traffic watch. i will be back within the next 10 minutes. autria: back to that breaking news at 6:02. police swarming a shopping center in fairfax. dead afterne person an incident that happened while you were asleep. suzanne kennedy is live in springfield with the breaking details just coming in. good morning.

on the potomac river, brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: terrible story. a lot of people will be out on water this weekend. good to keep in mind a lot of people will be out there enjoying the holiday weekend. alison: the weather will cooperate for that here. doug: tonight and tomorrow is breezy. downright windy. especially on the waters. i don't think a small craft advisory is posted yet but they may be on the tidal rivers and the bay. but it will improve sunday and monday with the lighter winds. let's get started. hot and live at hagerstown, maryland. they had a thunderstorm that cooled them off. warmed up to 74. but west and southwest of hagerstown there is another line of showers and thunderstorms headed your way. you see it now over northern virginia. look at the storms. mo of viewing is rain free. but warm and muggy. the folklife festival goes through 9:00 but it's muggy out there. there is a breeze to help. it's going to stay breezy and muggy and feel like a summer night. tomorrow there are clouds and sunshine. tomorrow especially for the day. watch

sky track 7 is over a car submerged in the potomac.ews have arrived on the scene and we will get yo at live looking pictures off edwards ferry road from sky track 7. a vehicle somehow became fully submerged in the potomac river. edwards ferry road is blocked off. you're looking at live pictures of the rescue team that has arrived at the scene. no word on how many people are in the vehicle or how it got this far into the river. what we do know is that the rescue team is there. for aam seven is hoping safe rescue but it will tie up a portion of edwards berry road. that is where police are setting up their investigation. keep you posted with details as they become available. we will show you what else is happening downtown silver spring, lanes are open southbound but on university boulevard at four corners, there is a crash off timber wood. eastbound timber wood is blocked. all traffic must turn. southbound 29 is blocked at the scene. northbound traffic can get it -- can get past the scene. go, start of why thinking about alternative rout

. >>> chopper 4 captured a water rescue on the potomac river. take a look. two men were fishing when the boat was pushed into the seneca breaks rapids and the waves knocked them out of the boat. montgomery county fire and rescue says folks in another boat pulled the man out of the water and rescue crews were even able to recover their boat. >>> we have a sad update to share. a boy from sterling, swimming pool. loudoun now reports that he passed away monday morning from the same accident that killed his twin sister. on saturday, the 2-year-old twins wandered into the family's pool on acorn court. the sheriff's office said their mother found the toddler unconscious. this time of the year, drowning is a huge concern, especially for parents. we've put together an interactive tool that shows you how having the right equipment around the pool can prevent a tragedy. i've posted it on my facebook page. you can open the nbc washington app and search for safety. >> it can happen in an instant, so fast. >> d.c. police are investigating a swim instructor's death as a mu

being from leesburg, virginia, he plays the potomac many more times than others and that may give him an advantage. maybe being at peace with his dad will do that, too. >> [ cheering ] a little more gusto, i think. [ cheering ] >> that was mike hydeck reportin can see round three and four of the quicken loans nationals here on wusa9 this weekend and everyone at the tourney will be dealing with heat and humidity after a stretch of gorgeous weather. >> we don't normally get nice weather like this. it's summertime, remember this. we had 104 degrees last year and they had one round with no gallery. it was playable but they couldn't accommodate the crowd. you don't see anything like that . >>> if you go to quicken loans nationals, don't forget to display your ticket at all times. we're comfortable shoes and bring lots of water. it will be hot and humid. pack a poncho and where a wide rimmed hat. the umbrella cannot have a case. there are a lot of rules of what you can and can't bring in. the bag has to be six x six x six. it is late june is high and temperatures run toward 90. this is a fa

potomac and falls church. 81 at chevy chase. 84 in waldorf. 8 in downtown washington. 70's to the westwith the dry air. that makes it comfortable. the sun angle is as high and direct as it ever is. if you are out in the sun, the air is dry and cool comparatively. the sun is intense. we will enjoy the cooler temperatures again tomorrow due to the cloudiness coming in. dew point making difference. in the low 40's. temperatures are 80. this area at the end of june. enjoy it. the temperatures will come up by midweek. much more by the end of the week. for this evening, we will see partly cloudy skies. the temperatures are pleasantly in the 70's. dropping to the 50's and the 60's overnight. the closest area of rain showers across the western p.a. they are developing ahead of a ou afternoon to give us period of clouds and showers. we start in the morning, it's cooler than we have been. 50's across most of the area. 60 downtown. forecast as we head through the day tomorrow. future cast. band of showers possible. midday to early afternoon. everything clears out. we are in great shape. we return

fiddle stick is out on the potomac and beautiful boating weather indeed it was and really boating weather will continue and over the weekend we have to watch for possibility of couple storms here and there as heat and humidity build. so the heat starts tomorrow. but i'm going to call it warm day. and it will definitely be warmer than today and really friday when the humidity adds in with that heat and it makes it more uncomfortable. humidity is really back with us in a big way on friday and saturday. right now looks like saturday is hottest day of stretch topping out 94. but with that heat an humidity, sunday afternoon thunderstorms slightly better chance seeing them surprised and found of july can't rule out a thunderstorm in the afternoon. temperatures 1. not a forecast as you will recall. and last year we had so many thunderstorm they had to postpone fire wokz. high pressure headed east to bermuda high position and that brings wind in out of south and taps a lot of hot air we've been seeing across the southern portions of state and we head to 80s and 90s and tat trend will continue thr

quicken loans at potomac. does anybody care? tiger woods unlikely to be there as he is dealing with several issues. no real big names but remember last year, billy hurley the third won the tournament. a feel good story. he is a leesburg native getting his lone pga tour victory at congressional last summer. >> being kind of the flag ship military event really does the most to honor the military on the pga tour, like that was a good connection to me to bridge into the tournament. being the only veteran on that was the first connection with it. you start adding in everything from 2015 press conference about my dad and winning. and, you know. it has become a big piece of billy and the family. >> third round championship right here on wusa9. jordan spieth has been the story. he chips in for byrd to get to nine under par for the tournamentment at the 15th, spieth gets back on track nearly hauling out for an eagle. from the bunker. almost got there. jordan spieth is seek his second win of 2017. addly, he will not be at potomac next wee

heavier showers moving across the potomac to charles county.ffshore right now from calvert county. it will push out and we have a comfortable everything ahead. the storms got nasty with severe thunderstorms across northern n it will pivot northeast. check out the numbers. 45 degrees tomorrow morning in oakland, maryland. 55 in fredericksburg. tomorrow is nine. sunshine all day long. on thursday it begins with heat and the humidity. 90 on thursday. hotted and humid on friday. looking ahead to the weekend and the fourth of july. heat and humidity. 40% chance of the storms saturday afternoon. isolated sunday afternoon. temperatures near 90 on sunday and monday. it will feel warmer because of the moisture. 30% chance on monday. tuesday the 4th the current forecast 92 degrees. then it will feel like the upper 90's so plan ahead. look at the beaches, it will be cooler and that is good. the showers and the storms are likely sunday night. late day could pop on the 4th. the next ten days, 83 tomorrow. let's see. one, two, three, four five days in a row

this evening a woman was found at the bottom of a pool in potomac.edics rushed her to a hospital after cpr was performed. no word on her condition. >> pools are attractive. heat waves make us draw attention to the pools. at the same time pools and the lifeguards at the pools the answer. it's attention. >> reporter: crews searched and found the body of a man in his 20s who went missing while swimming in the rocky gorge reservo reservoir. >> that is a prohibited area of swimming. >> reporter: the chief says it is important that you learn cpr, swim in areas that have life guards if possible. parents keep a close eye on kids and remember life guards are not baby sitters. shomari stone, news 4. >>> pools and water were popular because we had more record-setting heat today. it's cooled off a little but it is still muggy out there. >> it is sticky out there. not good sleeping weather tonight. >> the heat index around 90 degrees. the colors on the map show you what happened. 95 degrees in d.c. 97 degrees in the parts of our area. these extreme today. take a

closer to town, upper 70's potomac, 74 manassas, clinton, maryland, 78.outhern maryland pretty much the same, upper 70's, near 80 degrees. just to the south and west, culpeper, luray, woodstock, 73 to 78. celebrate fairfax friday, looking good, near 80. clouds and a chance of a thunderstorm saturday. near 90 on sunday. if you are going to the delmarva beaches, about 75 saturday, lower 80's sunday. almost picture-perfect. don't forget the capital pride parade saturday, starting at 4:30. temperatures in the middle 80's, dropping into the 70's. once we get through the cooldown wednesday and thursday, highs only of the 60's, that is when we warm up, back into the low the middle to upper 90's next week. jonathan: steve, thanks. getting ready for college before he can even drive. alison: he is the youngest jonathan: in baltimore tonight, getting ready for college at the age of 15. he is graduating high school three years ahead of schedule. alison: fantastic. he was at an eight grade reading level when he was just five years old. up next, howard university in th

and, as we look closer to home, we have the potomac, a nice little glamour shot there. we are looking at a pretty nice weekend overall. but we will see thunderstorm chances. let's talk about your beach forecast since we were on the beach shot earlier. thunderstorms possible saturday. water temperatures up in the 70s . now closer to home, we have thunderstorm chances as i was mentioning primarily for saturday. the best chance of getting storms doesn't mean we are completely dry on today. and sunday. monday, tuesday, but, we will see a lesser chan storm west of town as we get toward the late afternoon, early evening. temperatures up near 90. now, i want to talk about your 4th of july holiday weekend forecast. here is a look at all four days in a row. tomorrow, we have scattered thunderstorms but the other days, not as many storms around. just isolated storms. look t the feels like temperatures tomorrow afternoon. mid and upper 90s . this will set the stage for thunderstorms to pop up. and, we have a cold front moving in. so some of the storms have enough lift from the col

she threw out the first pitch thursday at the minor league potomac national's game. >> she's a super fan. i'm pretty excited to have her here in potomac. >> reporter: and she decided, they should use that opportunity to have an equipment drive for children who love baseball, but can't afford it. the next day she got to catch up with her favorite player who was on the disabled list her whole visit, and her dad got to meet his, bryce harper. >> come on, strike him out! >> reporter: her parents hope they're getting it right with jude. >> you never know as a parent, how you're doing. but when things like this happen, you kind of know, you're doing something the right way. >> hindsight was last year, that interaction happened, so that a greater good could happen. it wasn't even about jayson, or about jude. it was just a much bigger thing in my opinion. >> reporter: that bigger thing was the $13,000 she raised. her desire to always give to others, and showing people the love she has for family. her family is very proud to see that jude is sharing her blessings. diane roberts, wusa9 sports.

just 15 minutes later another call, this one in potomac on coral drive, a woman in her early 20s pulled out from the bottom of a house pool in cardiac arrest. that woman also transported in extremely critical condition and all around an unfortunate turn of events and all three of these scenes re\plain\plane fox5 local news. >> more traj disclosures a two year old in fact died this morning at a home-based daycare the toddler apparently drowned while trying to cool off in an inflatable pool in the backyard investigatorsing trying to figure out exactly what happened. >> teisha lewis is live with the story. >>reporter: shawn, d.c. fire and ems arrived just a couple of minutes after that call went out over dispatch. we're told when they ray riefd here by staryns were performing cpr on this two year old boy herein side this home-based childcare center. what i can tell you is that they then say they continued to perform cpr on their way to the hospital and ultimately the child was pronounced dead at the hospital. neighbors in this capital hill east neighborhood say that this home-based daycare

temperatures, how about 50 in lateensville, 53 in potomac, great falls.rince george's county, 58 in riverdale, 55 in upper marlborough. nice way to get your day started. 78 in gaithersburg, 82 in is. 80 by the bay. beach bound, friday, saturday, sunday, great beach weather this weekend. ten day forecast and fourth of july forecast still to come. >> thank you, chuck. >>> it is 6:32. we're following breaking news this morning. two people are dead after being hit by an amtrak train. take a look at the map. you'll see the 1200 block of new york avenue. >> if you're familiar with the area around union station, it is by a bus depot and mobile gas station. justin finch is live on the scene this morning with more on the investigation. justin, what can you tell us? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. right by the mobile gas station you mentioned, behind us an active scene. several agencies trying to gain clues and sense of what happened. we have csx workers, federal railroad workers, amtrak crews on scene just where the van is about to back into, that's the base cam

that is where scott is in potomac. how is it going? scott: a perfect day for a round of golf here at t.p.c. potomac. the p.g.a. tour making the annual stop for the quicken loans national. the fabric of the tournament has been about honoring the military. this week, the men and women that serve and protect the country are the real stars out there on the course. teaming off for round one. special voice greeting golfers. >> welcome to the quicken loans national. scott: 18 marines as honorary starters. >> it's amazing to see the pga tours up front and shaking the hands. under the bright spotlight. >> troy. >> what was the most nerve-racking part? >> the first time are you loud enough. you think you want to be loud and you hear guys on tv that >> with old glory and the backdrop, they are showing the gratitude. >> people recognize the uniform. that means the most. people recognize the uniform for what it is. >> it's humbling for someone to stop and say thanks. >> this is the 8:43 start time. >> unforgettable moment. >> chris stroud. >> for t

potomac organizers hope that is not the case. defending champion is leesburg native and navy graduate billy hurley the thursday who won his only pga title last summer at congressional. a very special moment for him knowing he was finally a winner. >> i remember my family running onto the 18th green. and i always wanted to have that moment. you know. i always wanted to ... it is kind of, you always wanted to, you wanted to win with your family there and have that hug on the 18th green. and, to have my little girl run on the 18th green and be able to pick her up. and at that time, she didn't quite know what was going on and her phrase had been for the last little bit. daddy play golf? and she came up and said that to me on the 18th n. cute. and, so wonderful to have my whole family there. >> this week's pga tour, third round travelers championship. jordan spieth has been the man. he chips in a birdie at the sixth hole to go to nine under par for the tournament. had the 15th after a couple of bogeys. he gets right back on track and

. >>> two fishermen fell into the potomac river while passing through rapids this evening. here around potomac at sundown, the montgomery fire rescue tells us the four men fell out near seneca breaks. people in another boat pulled the pair from the water safely. crews recovered the stranded boat. >>> and developing now a record-breaking heat wave fuelling 21 large wildfires across several states this evening. the biggest is in utah, 1500 people have been forced out of their homes. at least 1300 destroyed. officials say a weed-burning torch started the flames. >>> and hours to enjoy before we get into our next heat wave, folks. >> what can we expect tomorrow? >> another day kind of like what we saw today guys, high temperature 84 degrees, the entire region really looking quite nice. take a look at the maps, as far as the high winds, everybody below average, the high in hagerstown, 79 degrees, with showers down to the south looking at those around portions of frederick, one shower in and around fairfax county right now, and yes the heat wave is moving in. we'll show you more

the thing you my of miss the most about potomac?e. i'm coming back to visit today. i hope it's not too hot and humid. >> it's absolutely gorgeous. man i wish we would have known -- any time you come back please let us know we would love to have you as a guest here in the loft. >> i will. i remember having enjoying many visits during the beverly hills and melrose days at fox there. >> it's about time that you come back. all right. that's been some time. >> yes. >> thank you mower yam. thank you darren. it's been nice speaking with both of you. we l for sure. >> thank you. >> remain you can catch the season premier of younger tonight at 10:00 on tv land. >>> very cool. >> yeah. >> all right. >> interesting i watched a couple of clips of the show. it's really funny. i think i could watch it hulu is now streaming the first three seasons so you can binge watch and catch up. >> awesome. hopefully he gets here today. it will not be hot and humid today. if he gets here tomorrow different story. right now it is a starring role in the real ho

chopper 4 flew over the potomac to get a look. >> beautiful course there.t's sponsored by tiger woods foundation, of course. many have been wondering if the pro golfer will be there after his recent legal trouble. news 4's chris gordon has the story. >> reporter: for 11 years it has honored military and supported by tiger woods foundation. he's been a big draw epa in years where injuries kept him from playing. this past memorial day tiger was arrested for dui. this week tiger tweeted i'm currently receiving professional help to manage medications and the way i deal with back pain and sleep disorder. i want to thank everyone for the amazing outpouring of support and understanding, especially i ask quicken loans national tournament director the question on many's minds. >> will tiger woods be here this year. >> tiger says he's receiving ongoing treatment. because of that he's not able to attend this year's quicken loans national. he will be in touch during the week and we'll send him regular updates throughout the tournament. >> until this year the tournament

. >> body discovered in the potomac river. the search for clues as d.c. mees continue to investigate tonight. >> and seven navy sailors found dead after a collision this week within a local man >> here's a look at top headlines working investigate a body in the potomac river discovered of:30 floating in small channel between roosevelt eye lend and virginia shoreline. d.c. fire water rescue unit was first to respond and investigation is now in the hands of d.c. police. >> nearly four years ago u.s. postal worker was killed in maryland and murder of tie on barnett remains unsolved. police knocked on doors today hoping someone might find information that leads to barnett's killer. >> as congressman steve scalise and four others recover from the shooting in alexandria we want to tell about you a blood droyv. how uty whip of north carolina and services across and that blood tomorrow and. >> and this say day if you didn't have an umbrella at the ready you may have been in a bit of trouble. >> you can see the rain dots kind of on the lens out there too on the ca

and then two near drownings one at six:15 in the white oak area of silver springs 6:30 tonight at potomac at a private residence. the calls rather all started here at the rocky george reservoir where a greuch of young adults were swimming. one man went under never came up. howard county rescue team was already in the water. they were running training exercises and they were alerted and assisted the crews in the search. the body then turned up about an hour after they initiated the search. i think it's just human nature that folks will assembly around water to cool off and all that, even more reason for all of us that are caregivers and providers to keep an eye on especially young children, but any time anyone is near water use extreme care and keep an eye out, especially young kids. and the calls continued here in montgomery county at about six:15 this evening in white oak a at a community pool. he was spotted face down just under the water's surface by a lifeguard who began the life saving measures. crews arrived and then continued resuscitation efforts. the child was then transported to

free parking will only be ava available on ohio drive east of potomac park. it will cost you $2 an hour for the meters. >>> it looks like no one is waking up $375 million richer this morning. here are the winning numbers in last night's powerball drawing. 5, 21, 57, 66, 69 and the powerball was 13. there were no jackpot winners, but there was one $2 million winner and a few $1 million winners, none of them in our area. be sure to check the tickets. you c million. we're now at9 million. we're now at the point where we are helping do more 24 fundraiser. nbc 4 is partnering with the united way and the national capital area on this drive. let's take a look at the leader board. >> people are already making a lot of donations. the total is climbing. we have all of that information on how you can help in the nbc washington app. there's so many options and great causes. >>> six months of mgm national harbor. neighbors were worried it would create traffic and bring crime. how is it half a year later? we'll go there live coming up. >>> and good morning, everybody. sun'

edwards ferry road in the potomac river. this vehicle fully submerged.ontgomery fire and rescue is saying they don't believe anybody is in there. they broke out the windows a short time ago. now the goal is to get it out of the water, i'm sure. >>> university boulevard, still a little bit of a slowdown there southbound. an earlier pedestrian was struck. outer loop after pennsylvania avenue, one lane blocked for a disabled vehicle. rest of the beltway is okay. southbound connecticut avenue near beach drive, a crash reported there as well. 450 -- a new one, westbound 70 between mt. airy and new market. a crash there too. into town and out of town, roads look okay. 270 southbound, no major problems for travel times. half of the beltway not looking too bad. 66 inbound. 95 northbound in virginia there, very normal timing for a thursday morning. >> listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop into your car. >>> tropical storm cindy is moving on shore making landfall as a tropical storm. mass winds 40 miles an hour. right along the southeast coast of louisiana, heavy r

. >>> day two in potomac maryland. a little toasty weather wise. but fans know that's part of the deal. it's summertime in dc. not anything you're not expecting. the chance to see some of the best players in the world, pretty cool. >> i like looking at the tournaments. seeing all the stuff here. and all the activities here are pretty fun. >> dh 3 has got it going. navy made him serve five years to complete and he still is out here playing with these pros. >> and more from the tpc in potomac later in sports. >>> if he had to, and you needed it, he'd give you the shirt off his back. >> questions remain after a dc man was shot and killed by police. we hear from the family z2e2bz z1a2z y2e2by y1a2y hi guys. in the desert.be here. at the mall. on the mountain. at school. at the beach. in the big easy. yeah yeah today i want to show you guys the next-gen chevy equinox. what do you think? that's pretty. pretty sexy. it looks aggressive. but not overbearing. it's not too big. not too small. seems like the perfect car for anybody. i would take it anywhere.

he would be facing the union army at the potomac. lee had defeated hooker soundly at chancellorsville. hooker was still in command. intimidatedbly been a robert e. lee because he kept badgering the administration for more troops. something the administration was willing to do. three days before the battle began, general hooker was relieved of command and his successor was george gordon meade. he was prepared to bring the fight to pennsylvania. of woodlot at the time of the after the cavalry fight that started the battle, union infantry came to replace general buford. the fighting was on. in the woodlot, some of the toughest fighting took place. the monument behind me is the monument to the infantry. if you ask any civil war soldier what his military home was or what unit he belonged to, he would likely have responded with his regiment. they were raised locally throughout both the north and south had you were likely to find sets of brothers, fathers friends, high school business associates, members of a church congregation, people who

again, this actually is a very interesting moment because the army of the potomac follows the lead of mcclellan. it is very conservative on the issue of emancipation and custer is from a democratic family, basically a border state fellow. he is from close to the ohio river, his father is from maryland and he is part of that border state culture zone in which the southern counties of the old northwest were settled by people from kentucky and tennessee and virginia and maryland. has close cultural and political affinities in the south even though he is firmly unionist. so he very much absorbs and agrees with mcclellan's disagreement with the advance toward emancipation. he personally encounters contraband again and again, he gets information from them, he writes letters home in which he voices this deep prejudice against them, and yet he is seeing them aid the union cause. course we knowf the conservative war that mcclellan wanted comes to an end after telling link it to his face that he wants a war without emancipation. lincoln reluctantly allows him to continue because he has no bette

. >> great day to be on the potomac, if you know a guy with a boat. you know, money can't buy everything, but it can buy me a boat. 83 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. little bit of a breeze. we've seen the winds gusting upwards of 30 miles an hour in the afternoon. the numbers to the north and west, a little bit cooler towards the shenandoah valley. 79 leedsburg right now, but most areas in the 80s. a little bit of a westerly flow here. because of that, we're looking at 80 in annapolis, 81 in huntingtown. nice all around. no rain right now, and i don't think we'll see much in the way of rain chances this weekend. it's late sunday into monday that we have the best chances. but we've been watching this low pressure spinning up here for days and that's what's made it a little bit unsettled earlier this week. this one finally moves out. we got another one coming in on sunday, monday into tuesday. but look at the numbers, you can see where the low pressure is. 63 in buffalo, 74 in new york. while we're at 83. warmest place on the

police investigators working right now to identify a body discover in the potomac river.y was found around 6:30 this morning. floating in small channel between roosevelt island and the virginia shore line. dc fire water rescue unit was first to respond. now, matter is in the hands of the police department. >>> search for answers after a fairfax county teen is found murdered and police say they do believe it is a missing 17-year-old girl. pair fact county police say the teen navre hasan was reported missing 4:00 a.m. center after leaving a mosque just after early morning event with group of friends, neighbors tell us she wept to south lakes high school and was active in all dulles area muslim society teen events. the group was going to get a bite to eat before beginning their daily fast for ramadan. they were walking along dra drainsville road when a man in car drove up to them. there was an argument. a family friend tells fox5 the n a baseball bat. they all ran but she disap disappeared. there was a day long search with helicopter, k9 and rescue teams. at 3:00 p.m. the bo

we don't do the potomac. >> just double checking.re. that's big tell me about the gab molely. >> the most ored thing we get on the menu. >> okay. >> so it's actually made table side. um-hmm. >> i'm going to prepare it for you here today it usually comes with some fresh hal mean nass. >> okay. >> a couple tablespoons of cilantro. >> what's that. our house made pimento cheese, house made salsa and cheese. >> let's roll through some of the other specialties much this looks amazing. >> our grilled cheese bacon burger with house cut onion rings. >> all right. fried chicken? >> yeah. honey fried chicken my favorite on the menu. brussel sprout salad. chicken tacos. >> it seem like you got little bit of everything at your restaurant. >> yeah. all over the place. anything we even have sushi as you can see over there in the corner. good i love it. >> all right. as an insider what should i order when i come? what's the best. >> what's your favorite. >> that's such a hard question. favorite plate on the menu is sorano jack which is hamachi with

andrews in potomac, maryland. guys, beautiful yesterday. definitely warm. feeling more leak summer. >> yesterday was a good long day. we're going to get into what people know as a traditional washington, dc summer weather >> we do this constantly. first taste of high heat and humidity. that will be later this afternoon, it's beginning of heat wave that will take you into the work week. take a live look outside at the white house right now, sun shining, it's a beautiful sunny morning but warm if you haven't stepped outside. noticeably stickier than the past few mornings, even though we had a gorgeous humidity-free saturday. that will be different for today, the humidity the difference, it's going to be plain old hotter, 87 was the high temperature yesterday. we should do mid 90's today, 94 is what we're going for, heat wave with high temperatures in the mid 90's and close to record highs if not breaking them. thunderstorm chances by midst week as back door cold front comes through, it will not much relief from the

. >> one of those women were murdered, and he became known as the potomac river rapist. he never has been caught. and darcy spencer spoke to a woman that was raped when a teenager. >> i just remember saying, don't, you know, wake the babies. don't hurt the babies. >> kelly was an 18-year-old college student baby said her attacker broke in and threw a blanket over her head and raped her. >> he had taken phone cords and tied me behind my back with my ankles, so he had pulled my shirt up over my head. >> she says as he raped her he talked to her, and she knew he had been watching her and her boyfriend, who had already gone home. >> he said things like, was that your boyfriend that was here? i said, yes. why wouldn't you having sex with him? >> after the rape she says he did not leave the house, and she could hear his footsteps on the hardwood floor walking around and even went into the refrigerator. that's when she broke free. >> i remember the phone cards that were doubled, tripled, i don't know how many times wrapped around like superwoman, and i ripped away the cords and

blocking the left lane, look for delays the potomac mills. i'll give you an update on your ride, but right now begun to check in with veronica johnson. seeing a lot of clouds? veronica: a lot of clouds and even a thunderstorm in charles county, calvert county. overall a cool day for all of us. d.c. sting 78 here in lower 80's to the carolinas, a lot of 70's through the ohio valley. showers rono schilling renick. and in the buoy area prince george's county. just south of prince frederick, squirting right by calvert region the next couple of minutes. might need a light jacket or small umbrella heading out the door. adriano? -- adriana? aronica: on this -- adrianna: sit in on the steps of the capitol. take a listen. goings bill is not about together. it's about leaving people behind. this video is new this morning. cory booker streaming the protest live on facebook. the protest lasted four hours. we will keep you up-to-date on this story. larry: a six republican senator saying she will vote no unless changes are made to the senate bill. 15 milli

zora, hanging out in potomac, maryland. thanks for sending this one in, basil in zora.f you want your pet to be our pet of the day, why not? send your pictures to us at burst.com/wjla. it.y: love love this, too. a local dancing in the spotlight. autria:wead to try to teach kidd o'shea" some signature moves. remember this? the video we can't get enough of. he appeared on the latest episode of "america's got talent ." take a look. larry: he was unanimously buzz out by all four judges and will not head on to the next round. autria: he still danced his way obamacare. the vote on hold as more republicans say they can't support it.to rally his party at the white house. >> we don't get it done, it's just going to be something that we're not going to like. >> but is one of trump's biggest promises about to be dead? >>> those devastating wildfires out west torching thousands of acres, burning out car, forcing an entire town to evacuate. helicopters trying to douse the flames from the air. and overnight, "big bang theory" star johnny galecki reveals his home was destroyed in it.

before flying over potomac and farm to look at all the prep. >> exciting stuff. that's where some of the best pros in the world will be teeing up thursday. with them will be a chris gordon explains why the tournament has special meaning for local service members. >> jason served six years in the marin marines. while stationed with quantico he got involved with the golf tournament. he became an intern with quicken loans national. >> i watched people play on tv since i was a kid. i just wanted to interact with them. i know it's memorable for me but you really learn it's memorable for them as well. >> over the years deihe has been honorary military caddie for some of the pros. he's tended the flag and taken a picture with last year's champ billy hurley, naval cad any graduate winning his frirs here. >> one-time opportunity and i'm truly blessed to this this opportunity. >> quicken national has become known as the military tournament. >> we use the week to honor brave men and women of the armed ic many ways through support of lockheed martin. over 30,000 complimentar

a south wind usually reflect as little bit of the potomac but i believe some places could be above 90zy day, but humidity not terrible just yet. but great pool. as early as 11:00. will likely see temperatures in the low 80's with plenty of sunshine, the past couple mornings been cool for the swim teamer, 2:00 p.m., temperature 88, hot and sunny and again not expecting thunderstorms tomorrow, hot and sunny at 5:00 temperature the 89, and again, as we get into friday and the weekend, we're going to go see that had my getting more oppressive, when the due point will be back up over 70 and considering that most places are below 50 now, that is going to be a big jump up. a chance of thunderstorms of course you know that the hot air from the bermuda high pressure system will be in place, pop-up storms possible saturday but slightly better chance as we get to sunday with the frontal boundary getting a little bit closer. here is the weekend forecast, are you starting your 4th of july plans early? we want you to see that isolated showers could be around on saturday, better chance sunday, 90 to

a few miles down the potomac rive show you this, over the city as well. the doppler now, look over near the tidal basin area from southwest, southeast washington. heavy rain. showers south and west of waldorf. in the short-term, it could temporarily impact the rush hour traffic down 395. it could head to the bay bridge and annapolis. this is part of a disturbance we saw coming through. showers develop, skies clear tonight. temperatures are comfortable. 70's to the 80's. 81 in leesburg. through the evening, the skies will clear out and it will be comfortable. great night for baseball. tomorrow is cool in the morning. temperatures in the mid-''s with the clear skies. great day ahead. then a big warm-up. we will tell you how warm in a few. jonathan: looking forward to it. thanks. along the trails on the small island n potomac. great place to go. nathan baca off the island. this is a big disappointment for anyone who wants to visit, especially for the fourth of july weekend. >> this is an infected ash tree. this tree has gone in the trunk. the people we talk

potomac mills. that is our traffic watch. i will be back within the next 10 minutes. autria: back to that breaking news at 6:02. police swarming a shopping center in fairfax. dead afterne person an incident that happened while you were asleep. suzanne kennedy is live in springfield with the breaking details just coming in. good morning. suzanne: we are at the springfield plaza shopping center where the giant and the bye bye baby is located. the 7200 block of commerce street. crime scene technician still taking photos. this is behind what is called the revolution lounge. still labeled as fast eddie's. authorities overnight responding to a report of a stabbing here. one person was found in this alley between the giant and the revolution lounge. that person was transported to the hospital. authorities telling us the person that was taken to the hospital died of his injuries at the hospital. at the same time, fairfax county a burglary ind of the 6400 block of springfield plaza, just north of this shopping center. at that location, there was a second person who was also in

. >>> there's a mystery in the potomac river. 9 captured this car completely submerged in edwards ferry this year. the driver nowhere to be that car from the water, and reports suggest that the owner didn't know that vehicle had been gone. >>> a health alert in prince george's county, potentially dirty equipment at the largo medical center has hospital workers reaching out to patient who is had a colonoscopy or an endoscopy. they're trying to get ahold of the patients just out of abundance of caution. >>> discrimination protection -- the superintendent was instructed not to change the current poll on bathroom use. the situations are to be handled by school principals on a case by case basis in consultation with students' families and administrators. >>> so local baseball star markel fultz. >> he is expected to be the first player chosen in tonight's nba draft headed to the philadelphia 76ers. there's already talk that he could snag next year's rookie of the year award. coming up in sports, we'll talk with mr. fultz and his bright

it's not all that far from potomac mills mall. this work could cause ex ten delays in both directions. it will last through monday morning. >>> getting a license in the district may soon mean you're automatically registered to et v vote. this is included in a spending measure that needs final approval by the d.c. council. if a driver does not want to become a registered voter, he or she will have the option to opt out of this automatic registration system. the obamas won't be paying rent on their neighborhood home anymore. news4 confirms the former first couple bought the house for $8.1 million. they had been renting it from nfl executive and former president clinton's press secretary jill lockhart. they will stay in washington until at least their daughter sasha finishes high school which is about two years away. >>> and if you're driving through the city of fairfax, you want to keep an eye out for two red light cameras. starting today, police are turning the cameras on and giving warnings for the next 30 days. they installed the

we had a number of lightening strikes, at a restaurant in bethesda, a house in north toe potomac. i don't think we have any water rescues or anything like that. and you see here that crews continued to work and try and get some of this debris off the roads. montgomery county police still out here. they have shutdown some portion of the road. behind me you'll see some crews out here. power was out for a large portion of the afternoon and into the evening, but you'll see the lights have been restored in this neighborhood. the red cross also here helping the families that have been displaced tonight . , marina maracco, fox5 local news. >> as marina just mentionedded those storms are now out of here torp. we should some sun breaking through the clouds, but again that late information that indeed we had a tornado touchdown if in montgomery county. caitlyn is here with the late e. >> that's right. tony and sarah , kind of surprising. we just got word from the weather service. there was in fact, a small, tornado nonetheless that touched down the four corners areas of montgomery county. t

a state-of-the-art brewery down at the site of where we now know the kennedy center, right on the potomac. and that brewery was unveiled in 1895, much fancier, there were a lot of opening events and parties. and coming the largest brewery and washington, d.c. that brewery had a capacity of 500,000 barrels and they never .uite made that much between 1872, when you first open this brewery right here until 1966 when his brewery finally closed, they had 11 labels with many different beers , different iterations of beers under the table. high rick's heurich's lager, old georgetown, multiple different .rand he was a household name in washington, d.c. at the time. so when heurich moved to washington, it was a period of time when there were a lot of german-americans coming here. what they were bringing was here during beer was part of the german culture. so there were breweries being set up all over the city, all over every city. competitiveurich and not feel like schnell did was he really was trying to create a more state-of-the-art business are trying to create a more sophisticated islamists. s

a live view overlooking the potomac river on this sunday morning where temperatures are already around 70 degrees and quickly jumping. reagan national at 70. and in about two hour, we will be near 80. and then during the afternoon, we'll be in the upper 80s even late the in the afternoon request just a few high clouds. rain chances the new timing in a few minutes. [ sirens ] >>> the unsettling sound heard around the streets of london overnight as a terrorist attack struck the heart of that city. >> and authorities are trying to get to the bottom of who did this. we're learning that 12 people have been arrested in connection to that attack. the scene is being described as one of panic and chaos. >> all of it happening just days before people are heading to the polls in a highly anticipated election. campaigning is suspended for today. the taek happened starting on the london bridge are and then the newer bye burroou market. three then in a white van swerved into a crowd of people walking across the bridge are essentially mowing everyone town in the they then drove to borough market and