and down river, down the potomac, twisting potomac. is a quiet creek. which runs back in and it is navigatable. later famous for a civil war encounter. but in our case, there was a little quarry there called a quiet quarry. and it had been in operation since 1699. it was owned by the branch family. they were an old settlers, usually associated with maryland and mistress brant who stood before the legislator and demanded her rights to do business as a woman. she was granted the governor's business. so she's one of the legends of, she owned it. and they had been making, well george washington was a patron. george washington had doorsteps made there and pavers made and all sorts of things. i'll figure this out. >> there. these were pretty random. this is -- let's read it fast this is cullen williams' original contract. the commissioners were so glad to get him and get a stonemason. they just turned the whole thing over to him. that explains that. here is a quiet creek where it was dug out and the quarry, there was a mound. a sort of mountain of stone. righ

a native who graduat from potomac high school. bureau chief tracy wilkins explains how they're already shaking things up. >> i'm sure that under her leadership that we will start a new chapter in the history of you're school system. >> reporter: new chapter, right direction. allt expressed ass announced that monica will be the inter ceo of the prince georges school system. >> i've been in this public school for 27 evyears, have n skierd to go anywhere else. >> she graduated from potomac high school. she has served asoc dtity superintendent for learning. chief operations officer and before that she was a principal at wise high school and a prince pal of douglas high school. she's taken then lead the school system after the controversial transition of kevin maxwell, her predecessor. he's headed to court on assault charges. the state is investigating inflated graduatiorate. t same s we had before. >> that works with beginning she's looking for $1 million in stts after controversies over pay raises for somf members. >> the structure t

finally in just a few moments we will release potomac declaration and the potomac plan of action. potomac declaration is a formal affirmation that the united states takes religious freedom seriously and will work with others around the world to help those under attack for their beliefs and that we expectleaders around the world to make their priority as well .the plan of action provide concrete ways the international community can do more to protect religious freedom, to protect vulnerable religious communities and their own centuries. in closing i'd like to thank ambassador brownback and staff for their work. what you all have done to put this on his remarkable and an incredibly important moment in america's support for religious freedom and i want to contend and come in the entire state department for executing events whose goals insure the sacred rights of every man, woman and child to worship . there is truly eternal significance in the work we have done. i will now invite ambassador brownback for a few comments and questions. thank you. [inaudible] >> we are right now still w

where george washington lived and worked across the potomac at the new nation. it is also america's most beloved and popular historic home. visited each year by more than one million people. it is a place that when our nation was divided against itself, the american preservation movement was born and our nation's oldest preservation organization was founded more than a century and a half ago. we at the national trust for historic preservation stand with you, with all of you in working to protect this hallowed place for posterity. that is why, as doug said, and on behalf of everyone at the national trust, we are announcing today, george washington's mount vernon as one of america's 11 most endangered sites for 2018. for more than 30 years now, our 11's most list has called attention to historic places across the country and work to galvanize communities to help protect them. we encourage people to get involved and get active through preservation organizations, social media, however they can and not let today's historic treasure be tomorrow's regret. we are proud

it's over the potomac river.viest of the rain is just leaving the north side of if you live in northern montgomery county, b on the lockout because this storm is going to put down an inch and a half of rain. the best thing to do is to wait it out at home. give it 30 or 40 minutes and then leave.>> good advice this morning. that rain is causi a lot of problems on the road. jammed inn 66. several problems >>> news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> right now, 6:44. we're tracking your storm team 4 weather alert. the tornado warning that was issued in the 6:00 a.m. hour has be canceled. we're tracking severe weather for your day. >>> a dead lly stabbing in one the area's mos affluent neighborhoods. nicole jobs is athe scene with the latest. good morning, nicole. >> we've seen this scene transition over the last couple of hours. we first arrived here. th police tape around this area and the police uicrsers that has been changed and it is cleared. i will tell you thiss right in the center of a shopping are

, twisting potomac, is a quiet creek which runs back in and it is navigable. the later famous for a civil war encounter, but in our case, there was a little quarry there, and it had been in operation since 1699. it was owned by the brent family. they were an old, old settlers, usually associated with maryland and mistress brent who stood before the legislator and demanded her rights as a woman to do business and not only did she do business but she was granted the governor's business so she's one of the legends of -- she owned it and they had been making, well, george washington was a patron. george washington had doorsteps made there and pavers made and all sorts of things. i'll figure this out. there. these are pretty random, but this is -- be sure and read it fast. this is williamson's original contract. the commissioners were so glad to get him and get a stonemason, they just turn arounded ted theg over to him and here that explains that. here is the creek where it was dug out and in the quarry, there was a mound, a sort of a mountain of stone, like back w

down river, the potomac is a twisting river. down river is a quiet creek which runs back into it, it is navigable. later famous for a civil war encounter, but in our case, there was a little quarry there, called aquia quarry in operation since 1699. it was owned by the brent family, old settlers, associated with maryland and mistress brent, who stood before the legislature and demanded her rights as a woman to do business. not only did she do business, she was granted the governor's business. so she is one of the legends. she owned it. well, george washington was a patron. he had door steps made there, pavers, all sorts of things. i will figure this out. there. these are pretty random. you should read it fast. this is collen williamson's original contract. the commissioners were so excited to get a stonemason, they just turned it all over to him. here is a quiet creek where it was dug out, and in the quarry was a sort of mound of stone that you see, it is cut into. that's where they started taking the stone out of, and they woul

down the potomac, twisting potomac, is a quiet creek, which runs back in, and it is navigable, it was famous for a silver war encounter, but in our case, it was a little quarry there called the quiet quarry, and it had been in operation since 1699, it was owned by the brent family, they were old, old settlers, usually associated with maryland. grant said before the legislator and demanded they do business, not only to do business but she was granted the governor's business. so she's one of the legends, she owned it. they had been making, george washington was a patron, he had endorsed investment pavers made in all sorts of things. there. these are pretty random, but, be sure and read it fast, this is:williamson's original contract. the commissioners were so glad to get stonemasons they just turn the whole thing over, that explains that. here's the quiet creek where it was dug out, and in the quarry, there was a mount a sort of mountain, back where you see it's cut into, but that's what they had started taking bastogne out and then they would ship it then, down the creek, to the river,

the park police helicopter, the one that was uses to save five people from the frozen potomac river after the deadly air florida crash in 1982 will be the centerpiece of the newna tional law enforcement museum here inhington.k news 4's maregraves got an exclusive preview. >> reporter: it was a bitter cold day in january 1982. 78 people died after air florida flight 990 crashed into the 14th street bridge, plunging into the potomac but thanks to the heroic efforts of park police chopper pilot don usher and his pilot gene windsor five those people on board of the plane were saved, literally lucked fe frozen river by two men and this helicopter in what many consider one of the greatest rescues in aviation history. a few years after the rescue, the chopper was retired from police service replaced by larger and stronger helicopters. eagle 1 washen sent to th department of interior where it was used for decades, but a few years a it was scheduled to be scrapped. that's when the national law enforcemen museum stepped in and restored the chopper to its original condition. >> the last time we show

it's 95 degrees right now downtown here in north potomac area right off chris orchard.ting at 92 and 93, we've got some heat. winds out of north at 25 miles per hour. take a look at temperatures arnd the rest of the region that. sun gets you as soon as you step in here. look at the numbers. current temperatures sitting in the 90s everywheretor the m part here as we look towards the afternoon. do we have the temperatures, guysh can we swi that map and get those temperatures going because i would like to see what's happening up in martinsburg. 92 degrees. 29 in fredericksburg and 939 in manassas. the hottest on the map is in the district at 95. rain. talking about how dry it has beennu it will con to be on the dry side. storm team 4 radar dry, and it will continue to stay that way. we could use se moisture and use it is from tropical storm chris which i think will be a hurricane at 5:00 thisrn afn. we're waiting on the latest advisory there, but we're expecting it to be a hurrica as of 5:00. however, it's moving out to seal takek at the current conditions and get out of w

the city council aroved a tter of intent with the owners of the potomac nationals. it callsor them to finance, build and maintain a 5,000-seat stadium. money o bonds would be borrowed from the city. but the city would pay the team just over a million dollars a year to use the stadium. if the plan is approved by minor league bas all and publi hearings go well, the stadium will be built just off celebrate virginia parkway and hopefully be ready for opening day in april of2020. the nationals currently play in central prince william cou ty. >>> fro minor leagues to the best of the majors, d.c. days away from hosting the allstars. we'll get you ready for the crowd and the changes coming to the roads and rails. > the updat on the mirac by. the ofbafi >>> 4:38 right now.n new details the miracle baby found ave in montana. >> a man charged with leaving a baby in the woods. m e his first court appearance. francis crowley told them he had buried the baby in the woods after crashing a car. the baby was in the woods for nine hours before searchers heard it in the middle of the

this time in northern potomac. fire crews are taking extreme cautio this time o year as they work to keep these kinds of incidents under control. fe cr out hearsay people were displaced. fortunately there were no injuries. there was red cross assistance out here available to them. as for the family that lives in that apartmentch that did fire they are also recving assistance tonight as they try and regro and figure out their next sp t. for now we're reporting live in gaithersburg, melissa howell. lightening also sparked this house firen clarksville. it hit just before seven on suite meadow le. the home other thans were not home at the time. a neighbor discovered the fire on t roof and called 911. three firefighters suffered heat exhausti while fightinghat fire and were taken to the hospital as a precaution. god bless america. okay, cc by answer, a lot of people came out to the national mall to watch the dress rehearsal. there will be lots of performers. you see the beach boy, jimmy buffet, the concert is fre m whic

talking about the land in this was up by the potomac river. as he progressed toward this woods area, he was not familiar with it and so on. he comes along and goes in to a nearby farm and says can you tell me who on this land? back -- whomes owns this land? carroll.r comes back there is something like 100 acres. up there.ot right it is a square plot. ofis set in a number property owners that homeland -- own land on a parcel of that -- of the countryside the question was asked -- who owns this? jenkins.r came back why was that? right there, there was a 100 acre plot that was surveyed and was owned or occupied by a jenkins. how did yousked get here? it was a name of convenience that casual comers to the land .sed in connection sorry for the convoluted answer. it is as it is. we have some maps that we had made. this was especially to help people with this kind of question. is this one of them? we went ahead and size the value of the map. jenkins was here. it was rented over there. ca -- carroll: it is that sort of thing you are confronted with he

e boats are very similar to the ones that cruised the potomac river.ffiliate in branson reports the were life jackets onboard. but it doesn't appear any of the passengers were wearing them. >> a devastating story. >> chris, thank you. >>> it's 5:35. also developing this morning, a from theng announcemen white house, recording the president vladimir putin, four days after the consuoversial it in finland. there are plans for putin to come to shington. invitation surprised some in president trump's own administration. the visit will happen this fall at the heigh e ofction season. it would be fputin'sst visit since interfering inhe 2016 presidential election. since the suit, the president had received a lot of criticism for flip-flopping answers about whether he believes russia meddle in the election. the president insists his message has been consistent. >> look at the sanctions i've put on. look at the i diplomats threw out. look at all of the things that i've done. getting along with president putin, getting along with russia po a tive, not a negative.

came by a little earl her and i want you to tell me a little bit about this ckyard other in north potomac harrison was the-anher of property when he wassed in 1982-'83. i a squared this property like later, like 1989. the old house was tore down that was over 100 years old because it couldn't be rehabbed. just too much wrong with it,nd we were blessed to get this prefabulous due to my grandmother who has long since passed now, but she was qualified for a home improvement loan with mcgone theory county. wat's how wee able to get the pre-fabulous built on our property >> this property was more than this right >> come on, come on, >> you can't sit there without a plate either. you've got to get something on that pla let's talk a little bit about weather and show you what's going on out here. it been t, but it's better now, right? it's a lot better right now. take a look at these numbers. we've been around 95 and still at the airpo it's 95 degrees, but we're getting more of a breeze now so that makes thing a little better. 93 in manassas and 91 in gaithersburg. walk on tmeough here. n by. not

. >>> montgomeryounty crews are back at the scene in north potomac where at least 60 cats have been removedfar, crews in protective ginr were rg the animals as of late this afternoon, hazmat crews g b the ecause of high ammonials leve in the area which made the situation more dangerous for >>imal control workers. we found the conditi inside deteriorated the conditions were very poor. we're c currentlyonducting an investigation into what the cause is. and what the outcome will be.>> whether this is a criminal case, marynd has no limit on how many cats someone can own but the law requires there be enough space for tse animals. >>> the white house announced president trump invited russian president vladimir putin to washington this fall.s russian leader visited the white house in nearly a decade. news came as a surprise to a key member of the president's national security team.e national intelligenc director dan coats was in the middle of a live interview when he got the hiws te house announced on ng to the white house ithen ism fall. >> again? >> were you aware of that? i? >> based on my reac

final round of thck qui loans national at tpc potomac.ll eyes on tiger woods and he delivered on 8. tiger with the long birdie putt here. it's got the line, but does it have enough? it does. tiger finishes at 11 under. got to get the fist pump. tied for fourth place. today belonged torancesco molinari. on 10, the italian with the long try for eagle, and this ball goes right into the cup. how about that? molinari wins theuicken loans national at 21 under par. first italian to win a pga tour event since 1947. congratulations to him. that's not bad, right? not bad at all. all right, george, thank you, sir. >>> a few of us can we say we posed for pictures with the stanley cup trophy while enjoying a hamburgertoday. the washington capitals brought the stanleyup to the canyian embass this afternoon. it was all part of canada day. 1,500 guests enjoyed food and music. some even puckered up for a kiss for the trophy.t. all ri very nice. that about does it for us. thank you so very much for u joinin tonight. "sports final" is coming up next. lots t

traffic only on first street and southeast, and potomac avenue, only westbound traffic. l street iswe closed be 7th and 9 street, 7th and 9th street west toward mt. vernon. a lotf things happening. what you're going to want to do is take metro. it's going to be too tough to drive down. extended service on the green lir line, an hoof extra service from the navy yard beyond and tuesday night. > a vote today by the large e ers -- or for anything else for that matter. >> local 689 has been heated ne contract otiations with metro. last thursday, bus drivers showed up to0 minutes late as part of a protest. then metro said workers that ar late wilbe suspended or fired. then the union fired back saying that if any member is fired or suspended, thin all 9,000 members willstrike. it's unclear what will happen in this voting today, but workers are calling it a strike to vote. >>> new this morning out of ryland, four people were shot in forth foote road. all four people are expected ty be ok so far no arrests have been made and investigators havo say what may have led to the shootin

it called for a permanent seat of government on the potomac river. somewhere between the mouth of the eastern branch, and the mouth of the con approaching grip. that dinner compromise also yielded the debt assumption being included in the funding act. quite simply, colonel hamilton agreed that he would not stand in the way, and he would get others to agree to not stand in the way of locating the capital city on the potomac river. they agreed that they would not stand in the weight any longer. into the matters of assumption of the war debt. i was then granted full power to pick the exact location of the federal city. and i announced that location by proclamation in january 1791. it would be 100 square miles shaped like a diamond. it would include parts of georgetown, maryland and alexandria, virginia. these were two port towns and two tobacco inspection towns. i also pointed the first board of commissioners, it would be their responsibility to supervise the building. -- the building of the federal city and to manage their affairs. there are many danie

once arriving in november, he went into the potomac. you can imagine back in the day, having one of these large battleships cruisers the potomac. it must have been quite a sight to see, especially when it is one of the great white fleet, so it is painted white. it probably stood out. once they arrived at navy yard in washington, d.c., they stopped at pier number three and begin the process of removing the soldier from the libya. they played -- from the olympia. they played the funeral march as he was carried off the ship. you know how powerful that music is. as soon as the body there is touched the pier, the national anthem began to play and our soldier was home. to the from the pier united states capital under the appropriate ceremonies and laid in state. -- inot earn a member cannot remember the name or how to pronounce it, but does anybody know what this is called? a bier. there is a more appropriate name .or it but this is the exact same platform that president lincoln laid upon when he laid at state. it is the same platform that ga

the gather a bunch of people and say, let's save the canal along the potomac with, save the beaches along the legitimate in washington state and douglas was very close to the kennedy family and was a promoter of -- by 1960, douglas is a big influence on why we have the arctic will at the does. convince his eisenhower's administration to create it and then in the '60s he is seminal with second of sponsor, udoll, bobby kennedy, making people understand that conservation and environmentammism was good for public health. people needed clean air and clean water and that species needed to be saved. we once had a billion passenger pigeons and not one alive today. but a species like the polar bear, who get very stressed right now, american public has to say, no, enough is enough. we need these species. i have three little kids running around here. all little kid love animals and wildlife and this book tells tee story our how wildlife was saved not just in alaska but in america. >> host: walt disney. >> guest: disney's seminal in my book because he did some documentaries on alaska that were game c

crewsere at the scene n of a home in north pa potomac forecastoarding. and animals being removed from the house as we speak hazmat crews reevaluate immoania levels inside that home. >> "fox5" first to tell youl about a potely lethal around d.c.nic marijuana going >> firefighters are flooded of people overdosing on k 2 or keice and linfour deaths to theynthetic drug. >> lindsey watts broke theye store n and is live with shawn, jim, we're here at 3rd and d just to set the scene. d.c. police head quart certifies right down the block and then about two blocks thi way is a homeless shelter. and this has been aig area for overdoses and we have seen the effect ofs thi sin thikt marijuana ourselves. people walking a round like zombs, four people were treated 30 minutes ago down the street not far from wher i aman was found dead early this morning. let's show video now. a little earlier tonight about a blockrowaym where we are we watched as first responders tried rev a man barely moving. d.c. fire says 140 people have gotten sk from k and that's since saturdayth

their names are not released.ro >>>ble on the potomac river when a boat goes um on flames.e were on that boat when it caught fire around 10:00 last nigh. all this happened on selden island. crews put out the fire. the nvestigators tell us, boat c sank before thld pull it to store. ur we want to thank you attention to the forecast. sheena parveen is here. it's a weather alert day. >> that's because you have dangerous temperatures in the forecast. the humidity will make it feel5 like this afternoon. stay hydrated and stay in the shade. you ask, stay in the a.c.ea the wave will be continuing, today, the heat advisories, from noon until 8:00 em. don'tect the rain release today. we will be dry an sunny. many of our suburbs are in about the low 70s. a little more relief out in the suburbs.wa either everyone will warm up. here's your lunchtime. by 4:00 p.m., 97 degrees. dangerous heat feeling 105. still hot, still in the 90s and looking sunday. really nice weather. the hottest day will be today. tomorrow, 83. wednesday, mostly sunny isolated area will stay dry. your foreca you're

once naverbing november, he went into the potomac. now, you can imagine back in the day, having one of these very large battleships cruise up the potomac, it must have been quite the sight to see, especially when it's one of the great white fleet, so it's painted white t. probably just stood out. once they arrived at the navy yard in washington, d.c., they stopped at pier number 3 and began the process of removing the unknown soldier from the olympia. for those of thaw love music, they played the funeral march as he was carried off the ship. you know how powerful that music is. and then as soon as the body bearers touched the pier, our national anthem began to play. and our soldier was home. he went from the pier up to the united states capitol under appropriate ceremonies, and he laid in state. now, i cannot remember the name of how to pronounce this, but does anybody know what this is alled? a beer. there's a more appropriate name for t. -- there's a more appropriate name for it. but this is the exact same platform that president li

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regions to promote religious freedom infinitely just a few moments we would release the declaration and potomac plan of action. the declaration is a formal affirmation that says up front the united states takes religious freedom seriously, that we will work with others on the public to help those under attack for their belief in that we expect readers around the world to make it their priority as well. the plan of action provides concrete ways the international governments can do more to protect religious freedom and to protect vulnerable religious communities in their own countries. i would like to think the thanke ambassador for their work on this event. what you've done to put this on his remarkable and incredibly important for the religious freedom. i want to also commend the entire department for executing the goal is a free man, woman and child to worship as they please. it is significant in the work that we've done. i will now invite the ambassador for if you comment and to take a few questions. thank you. >> right now we are still wrapping up the ministerial defense for many participate

. >>> will the potomac nationals move to rfedarcyksburg. they've been looking f a home for several years the city of fedarcyks word h igned a letter of intent the nationals. there will be a four month review period, including public hearings. >>> dmother's they be in may, but that doesn't stop this mom here. he rled up in a jaguar suv with a unit bow o the food. that smile on her face says it all. he signed afo -year contract with the skins. you know what? >> just spent it all on that jag. >> don't forget your momma. that's the thing, though. a lot of the guys, once make it, they say, i want to pay off my mom's house. >> i think it'sgreat. i' looking at any sons. they don't even. >> okay. >> we'll record this segment and e-mail it to your children. >> someday.ld >> i w like a nice car. i don't care. something clean. >> i've not seen that suv before. i don't know why. it is really nice. >> yep.rd >>> special coming up. one jaguar coming up. as we go through the day today, it will be a nice one than hotter yesterday. if you were wahing yester

and in just a true moments, we'll release the potomac declaration and plan of action. it says that the united states takes religious freedom seriously, we'll work with those around the world under attack for those beliefs, and we expect leaders to make it their priority, as well. the plan of action provides concrete ways the government can do more to protect religious freedom and vulnerable religious communities in their own country t. in closing, i would like to thank the ambassador for their work on this event. what you all have done to put this on is remarkable and very important moment in america's support for religious freedom. i want to also commend the entire state department for executing an event, whose goal is assuring the sacred right of every man, woman, and child to worship as they please. i will now invite ambassador brownback for comments and to take a few questions. thank you. >> we're still wrapping up the ministeri ministerial. so many have asked to speak, that we're continuing to go through that. so those will be wrapping up shortly. but over 80 coun

this isge at stone bridt the potomac town center.ucker willine there sg at 6 o'clock and then tony and holly are going to join him at 7:00. time right now is 5:08 and it is 80 glorious degrees. fox5 morning b after this. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> all right. howtobout a littlemic dog to get you going on a friday, glad you're doing it wreithsu us. welcome back to fox5 morning a beau picture of the capitol this morning. still a little muggy. it's 80 degrees. mikeays nice weeke headed our way. >>> at least 60 wildfires are burning across the west, colorado, utah and northern california all dealingir with hugees forcing manynt reside to flee their homes. in colorado, lake christine fire near aspen quickly grew from 3 to00cres a nearly 5,000 0 w percent fire officials continue to warn of the dangers of camp fires and other potential fire l starterse cigarettes and fireworks. som. u.s reservists and recruits are being abruptly dause isntar adccgedi bng to the assocey'riated press the some of these smiervice members we not told why theyer beinreg di

they sailed to virginia across the atlantic and got to the potomac and lowered the tobacco and at this point it is only in the 1750s or the 1650s it is about 40 or 50 years after jamestown. tobacco is coming down as a big crop. it's like the cocaine of its e era. extremely valuable, this drug to do the aristocrats of europe. so they had a load of tobacco up towards the seaports of london and they sailed out of the potomac river in january of 1657. so this ends up in a lawsuit in virginia and this is very primitive times in virginia. the magistrate as a wealthy plantation owner named pope and in the case attained the captan and john the sailor he takes a shine to the young john the sailor and magistrate pope pays off the debt with a big package of beaver pelts and that is how primitive the economy was still. they were meeting at the exchange and they not only pay off the debt but also introduced john the sailor to his daughter, and of course what happens john the sailor marries and pope and they are so pleased with this arrangement but they get 7 acres of land. this kind of serendipitou

doug is in north potomac t. toni he kicked off backyard weather for the season. is it going, doug? >> reporter: oh, it's been going hert out now we've got shade the entire a d so everybody is feeling lot better now. definitely a little hotter earlier and still quite nice. i'm here with miss sharon. >> sharon fraszer we've got a loof phrase remembers and we've got some colemans here and that's why i brought you over so you can say yes. >> yeah, yeah, okay. and i'm not sure how it fits in, but it fits in, i just want to say thank you so much for having the pam list and brought out the booed. the copler you liked the most. i got the peach cobbler recipe and find it at miss sharon.com. that's not true. don't go to that website. maybe we need to thi about i i want you guys to come with me and do the weather with me. a look at what's happening out there right now. sitting aund 94 degrees and let me get you right hera. right here," copyright in here coi is getn. at 7:00 and 83 ac11. a warm day and nice night as you make your way on out. 14 is the current temperature in

cross the potomac stimson and general marshall were waiting anxiously to learn how stimson's writtense had fared up to canada and whether or not he persuaded fdr to support overload but from his returning train fdr sent him only a brief telegram that said i hope you have lunch with me on tuesday and glad to have your memorandum. the fishing party returned to washington monday morning and was back to work and harry hopkins crossed the potomac to brief secretary stimson on his long conversations with the president but he did not know whether or not roosevelt had decided on overlord. after a sleepless night stimson wrote a second memorandum to make the same point more forcefully. to his delight at his oval office lunch with fdr on tuesday, august 10th roosevelt told th them that he had agreedo that. morsels strategy for making his case for overlord had worked. going straight want to meeting with the joint chiefs fdr declared his intent that overlord be the ally strategy for liberating europe under an american commander and the commander-in-chief then directed the jcs to have 18 us divis

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. >> a short time ago police identified a man found dead in the potomac home section of alexandraia. the victim is in 880s, and now investigators are calling this case suspicious. let's get right to news 4's pat collins. he's along east reed avenue with new details. pat? >> first, it was a death investigation. now they are calling it a suspicious investigation. the victim is identified as 82-year-old jerry scott, a longtime resident of alexandria, and the place where it hatches, all too familiar tohe cops. cops all over and arranged this reid avenue house today. for some this w a familiar distress. cobs have been here before. two years ago a barricade situation at this same house. shots fired. police convee looking for a relative of a man who lives here. the doored down and then a search, but nothing found. today police back at the house for completely different reasons. the body of a man found inside. people calling it a death investigation, but they are giving a real close look, top to bottom, inside out and out and taking pictures and putting out f-markers. talking to neighbors. t

and unlike the potomac a lot of the anacostia especially in the district is srounded by trees. so you're like in the middle of a forest.et it's comy beautiful, and it's an asset that's right in our backyard that a lot of people aren't quitef aware yet. so come to the river even if you're just having a krbecue. >> t bit about the restoration partnership and about thell partnership you have. i mean this won't work if you all are not workingto ther. >> absolutely. and we have the great benefit of working along with the council's government, the metropolitan council -- the metropolitan washington council of government which includes local jurisdictions, federal agencies, and close partnership with some of our n-for-profit organizations like the anacostia watershed society, the anacostia river keeper. because we have the longer term more cplicated projects we have to work on like the anacostia river sedimentpr ect. but we have things we each could be doing today like trash cleanups along the river, at ednal opportunities for school children as well as the general public. because we

. >> al, stay off the potomac river. authorities warn even though the rain has stopped and the weather is nice outhere, the river is high and it's rough. all of that water is draining into the potomac right now. the good news is the river is well below flood stage and is now receding. >> meanwhile at surrestaurants, custom gassed as this happened. >> can you believe that. >> the weight of all the heavy rape. today the restaurant is that it's cleaning up and is expected to be open for the weekend. >> workers rock creek park are working to clear debris from the roads in that aa. they will shift attention to the trails after the roads are clear of the right now many of the trails are covered with mud and debris. officials say if you do venture into the pa, watch your step and be on lookout for sinkholes. the let's go tomtorm t 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. ameal a. >> he looks lovely in amelia's dress. >> never looked bed. >> doug wearing amelia's face today. >> finally dry out there, amelia. >> f

going to be able to experience it up close and in the helicopter used to save five people from frozen potomacfter the air florida crash of 1982 is going to be the centerpiece of new national law enforcement museum in washington. news 4's mark segraves got an exclusive look. >> it was a bitter cold day in january 1982. 78 people died after air florids flight 9d into the 14th street bridge plunging into the potomac river. thanks to the heroicts of chopper pilot don usher and bs partner gene windsor, five of those people onrd the plane were saved, literally plucked from the frozen river bh two men and helicopter in what many consider one of the greatest rescues in aviation history. a few years after the rescue, the chopper was retired from police service replaced by larger, stronger helicopters. gle 1 was sent to the department of interior where it was used for decades. but a few years ago it was scheduled to be scrapped. aw t's when the national enforcement museum stepped in and restored the chopper to its original condition. the last time we showed u the helicopter, it hadeen reassembled and s

their spirits, we've done our jo >> the first georgetown cupcake opened in this tiny storefront on potomac >> it was put in the sweat equity. put in the counter and painted it. it was very bare bones and that was the charm of it. >> peoplehought we were actually crazy for -- so many people said are you sure you'll >> able to sell 100 cupcakes a day? he first day they sold 800 cupcakes. they had to close early because they sol out. now, they sell 25,000 cupcakes a day across the company, and in ten years they have sold more than 50 >> we've had a lot of customers who have been with us since the early daysn potomac street and they come in and have a standing order and that's a real honor. >> the best part has been having all of our customers major milestones and events in life. ug reporter: even thoh you'll still find people lined up outside of the m seet stores on given days katherine and sophie are seeing a big demand for delivery. >> when we started we didn't ship at all and more rectly we realized people want their cupcakes sent to the doorstep. >> does make a great gift. >> reporter: ov

according to the freelance star, there was aetter of intent with the potomac nationals.calls for them to finance, build a 5,000 seat stadiu the cit would pay the team just over a million dollars a year to use that stadium. if the plan is approved by minor league baseball and public hearings go well, the stadi will be built just off celebrate virginia parkway and hopefully be ready for opening day in april of 2020. the nationals currently play in central prince william county. >>> from the minor leagues to the best of the majors. d.c. is days away fro hosting the allstars. still ahead, we'll get you prepared for the crowds and all the changes coming to ouroads and rails. >>> and ditching hotels for homes. airbnb makes it easy but coming up, the ts you need toip h i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i download an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everything... the answer is si

. >>> as peop hit the water, firefighters had to peveral from the potomac after something wt terribly wrong on a boat. more of that in our 5:00 hour. >>> the first of five people gunned down at "the capital gazette" will be laid to rest today. and the parent company plans a tribute to the victims. >>> a knife-wielding man attacked a 3-year-old's birthday party. >>> and the heat wave conties. no relief as temperatures continue to climb after an intense weekend of summer heat. >> "news 4 today" starts now. >> just about 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm molette green. the temperatures today will hotter.be >> that's why it's a storm team 4 weather alert day here. we're going to look at your comm but first, sheena has more on the weather alert.le >> the weather today because of the heat advisory and the dangerous heat, with the t humidit you can feel when you walk outside. we're talking about temperatures feeling like105 this afternoon. we have a heat advisory from nonuntno noon until 8:00 p.m. all of the counties shaded in orange with this heat advisory. if you have respiratory issue

ah, i'm here at potomac town center -- wait. where am i, beth? tl me.-- yes, i'm in bridge at potomac town center.e iston got it.stone bridge at pon center. come down and see me. going to be a great morning. no rain out here's about 80 deg. it is warm and humid. we'll ben for another warm and sticky start. having a great big zip trip arounde. herlots of activities. 'lplomsee c get that name right for the rest of the morning. let's do the forecast. 80 degrees now in washington. best i can tell we have not dipped below the 80-degree old r number autopsy 96, steve, of temperatures 80 or high that are wanatown, 74 this morning for you inn gaithersburg. allshers likely between ut2: a00bo. they'roie ttweengn abouto0:00 10 as a cold front comes tinghrou h highs in the upper 80's. best chance for rain between about 10:00 andy0:0taarsolenin . of course we're zipping down hey. and tony will bng joini me next hour. all right, eri you're not coming this morning. we're going to miss you. how is it going. looks like you're having a great time. beautiful morning for i

montgomery country this time for awhat appeareding to a 60 cats have been removg nweetbo crtth i potomac. the hazmat team was sent out late night and thermometer provide respirat and gear. power has been surround off to the house becauserofotentia potentially dangs electrical issues. >> fox5" was first to tell you about a lethal batch of syntheticng marijuana around d.c.. firefighters are tloded with people overdosing on k 2 o spice. >> we now learned they linked four deaths to the synthetic drug. "fox5" lindsey watts broke this story. she joins us live from ownorthwest n,aitlin. korey, shawn we're here at third and d. d c. pocers is behind us and two blocks homs t. this has been a big area for overdoses. we have seen people caulk around lookingike sdom business. an hour ago four people were treated on the cornernd this morning not too far awayhe this we'll show video from dead. earlier this evening. and we watched as first responders treated a man who was barely moving. d.c. fire says so far 140 people have gotten sfrik k 2 and saturday that doesn't count all the calls from tonight like

clearly he's upset a lot of people in the potomac world. >> you think it's a cultural battle even within the conservative movement? >> without a doubt. mark: what is that? >> resentment. there are a lot of people, i don't think they see this, their world is about getting invited to the nice cocktail parties in georgetown. their world is being part of the swells. they live in the bubbles. three big bubbles in america, new york, washington, hollywood. maybe a fourth, silicon valley. people who live in the bubbles don't know the rest of america. they think they do. they don't. they think they're better than the rest of america. we're the basket of deplorables, the people of the great unwashed but donald trump understands that the great unwashed people, people like me, who grew up more comfortable working in the kitchen than sitting at a head table, that we're the people that actually gave this country its strength, its roots and raised the kids that went to war and won battles. i don't think they get that, but there's an anger and a resentment and it's personal, it's not political. it's one

petite the bridge is a large opening that allows water from the potomac tolow into roach's run. it's a nature preserve on the other side of the g.w. parkway. this morning this fishing boat over here was seen knocking against that bridge down there. board.as no one on police were called and secured that boat here and a short time later a witness on the other side saw the body of a man face down in the waters oh's run. then came the first responders in the water, on the land, and dark.ene still witnesses interviewed. the recovery, the investigatione and grim task of trying to find the missing man and locate hi relatives. so far police say they found no evidence of foul play here. the investigation continuesn. jim, back to you. >> all right. pat collins. pat, thank you. >>> a d.v. councilman wants answers tonight following last week's boil water advisory. the city gave the all clear yesterday but councilman mary chay wants to hold a meeting on how people wer notified and sent a left requesting a meeting with several agencies includingt d.c.. a malfunction at a pumping station cause