turn the baltimore and potomac station into a hospital. october 5, a public meeting was held to raise support for the project. december 5, a bill was in congress to incorporate garfield memorial hospital. the unhealthiness of the proposed location was soon realized. prominent colleagues of garfield including the secretary of state spearheaded the fundraising efforts. efforts were made between various, competing garfield memorialization efforts for the statues in washington, cleveland, and the hospital in washington to do some collaborative fundraising. scattered press reports of each effort folding in favor of the other show the underlying rivalries between the projects. a grand reception and tea party was held may 6, 1882. it was organized by the ladies' aid society. this is not the first. i was hoping this was one of the first receptions of its kind in the returned the -- in the rotunda. there had been others previously. refreshments were held in the rotunda. music was supplied. despite last-minute issues, the event went off brilliantly.

to the potomac river and stayed in the areas against the bank. they pulled those boats up the river, 30 miles to the side of the white house. actually not exactly. it was still in the yard on the riverbank. they had to judge the stones and trim son -- psalm. the ones that were selected, it was locked to the top and put on the skids. it was all very methodical. the stones were numbered. when they got to the stone yard there were papers with the sizes that they needed. there was a stone yard. the stone had to relieve itself of the quarry asap. it would drip and drain and it would dry. they would bring it to the table. still under the subject of approval. it would be shaped exactly as it was needed in the wall. they got beat up. they use them. they would throw them away. we never found any. we can tell from the build, that work is based on build and invoices of what they were doing. a stone that was approved got put on the cutting table. it was cut into size. if it was going to have carving on it enough was left on the front of the stone. of what wo

way from baltimore and potomac station. he was shot, they took him back to the white house, which is what you did, you took people home to take care of them. there were a number of physicians trying to help. they could not find the bullet. were digging into him, trying to find the bullet. they were unsuccessful. thought about it and said i have equipment where i could detect the bullet. i could detect that metal fragment inside the body. worked if have garfield were not on metal springs. told belland nobody this. , and nobody told bell this. it wasn't going to work, there was too much noise. did not help that the physician was looking here and the bullet was over here. misdirected.nd of i cannot imagine the suffering he went through. a july he was here in and august. they came up with some rudimentary kinds of air conditioning. like tubsed off with of salt water and cloths. you can imagine, it is 115% is not a very pleasant thing. they came up with some other technology, which at first was too noisy. then it got better. at

as soon as you're outside the beltway and away from thearm waters in the potomac. 55 in martinsburg,inchester, and leesburg. a l of55s out there this morning. much warmer, 66 downtown. it's inside the downtownnd concrete the warm waters of the potomac, keepingtihe al airport a bit warmer. there's your hour-by-hour planner today. it will be nice through the weekend, toit a b of a warming trd. more on that in a few. let's goa. over to meli >>> here in silver spring. georgia avenue, the aa between veirsville and university boulevard. you have to turn around. have northbound and southbound lanes of georgia shut do in that area this morning. still had a left side blocked by brandywine. there's a signal repair that was a light that went out after crash. fairf fairfax, crash there in the right laep. you loo at the beltway and the travel times coming >>up. new details on a pedestrian killed. a man in his 60s was hit by a car in laurel. >> chopper 4 was oveonthe intersec the driver stayed on the scene. police closed several lanes for the investigation anmore details will be available later to

another one, kwins orchard road in north potomac. the national weather servic says each year have flooding than any other storm-related hazard. a goodeminder as chuck was mentioning. turn around, don't badrown. over to you in the studio. >> erica, thank you. weurn to two developing stories. washington is watching closely. a gui plea and guilty verdict. once former mainstays of the trump cagnmpai, both facing time in federal prison. first in new york. michaecohen, the president's former attorney pleaded guilty to tax evasion and two counts of mpaign finance violations. cohen's plea never names president trump but acknowledges payment to two women for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. bye payment in coordination with and repaid , quote, the candidate. n was apparently emotionalrt in as he entered his plea. he will be sentenced in december. >>> now toia alexan virginia. a jury found former trumpir campaign cn paul manafort guilty on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. the judge declared a mistrial on othe counts. this was th

. >> yeah, along the river, the potomac and chesapeake bay.se areas with higher dew points near the water, feeling 105, 110, hazy, hot and humid and that's what we expect across the area. current temperatures sitting right now at 39 degrees winds out of southwest at 12 miles per hour. with that abundant sunshine, current temperatures around the rest of the area. ed in mid-90s. culpepper and fredry, 95 in baltimore. d.c., again, 93 because of the influence of the potomac river. take that lyaway. eae right around the 95-degree number. here's the heat index,here it is. 108 degrees in quantico, 107 i p pawtuxet river. you guys are all as hot as the rest ofs. rtstheoutski city aren't hitting thesh thd. still on the hot side for you nonetheless. nothing as far as rain or storms go in our immediate area. some back down towards the shenandoah valleynd parts o shenandoah county, that's it. these are well back towards the i-81 corridor. not moving off to the east. a few came around front royal, that's about it. the wider view showing once again this hug

gettysburg in 1863, the powerful democrat was commanding the third core, a part of the army of the potomac. they came to gettysburg the of and as per growth -- emmitsburg road. ops, hold on. they turned right onto the battlefield. they were still trickling onto the field throughout the morning of the second. he was supposed to replace general gary's 12 core division at the northern vasa little round top, extending the line straight to the hill from the left of hancock's second corps. assaultay when on a no yet occurred, sickles was uncomfortable with the position he was occupying. the result, was an advance to somewhat higher ground at points of 21 mile in front of where commanding general mead wanted him. almost all of you, i am sure, are familiar with sickles' advance and have debated its effect. whether it was good or bad. i do not intend to do that today. i hold that the advance was a catastrophe and clearly began conflict with basic military theory. -- here is why. the diagram on the left shows the union line as mead wanted it. with a relatively straight line from cemetery hill at the

look at that beautiful sunrise over the potomac this morning. a cloudless skyd. overh perfect day to get the car shiny and clean. next chance for rain late friday. more about that coming up. at>>> we'll have another u on the breaking news. afl fire in clarksburg, maryland. take a live look at chopper 4. causing trouble for the early causing trouble for the early morning commute. as your home becomes more connected, you needios to keep up. and fios is the 100% fiber-optic network which means you get phenomenal capacity for your ch. now, get $200 toward a range o google and nest smart home devices plus the fastest internet available, up to 200 tv channels, phone, ana 2-year price guarantee all for $79.99 per month with a 2-year agreement. e and if you order onl august 31st, you'll get a $150 visa prepaid card. go to getfios.com. 100% fiber-optic network. 100% phenomenal. >>> that breaking news coming out of clarksburg, maryland this morningry firefightersng to put out a two-alarm blaze. as we have more sunlight, you can see chopper 4 over scene. >> the smokeis just

once arriving in november, he went into the potomac. you can imagine back in the day, having one of these large battleships cruise 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 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 bearers touched the pier, the national anthem began to play and our soldier was home. he went from the pier to the united states capital under the appropriate ceremonies and laid in state. i 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 for it, i think it is a catalif, or something like that. but this is the exact same platform that president lincoln laid upon when he laid at state. it is the same platform tha

so the captain had a load of tobacco to sail out of the potomac river january 1657 then they had a sandbar. a huge winter storm moves in the ship sinks in the tobacco. his ruined and at this point the captain says to john the sailor you only a lot of money for that tobacco is that i don't have it. so this ad up with a lawsuit in virginia this was still primitive times and the magistrate is a wealthy plantation owner and he takes a shining to young john the sailor and he pays off his debts with the big packet of beaver pelt that is how primitive the economy was. he also introduced him to his daughter's of course what happens he marries and pope he is so happy he establishes george washington's family so that serendipitous turn of events but they were not the top aristocracy they are more like tobacco farmers they don't have the marble doorways and thousand speakers and hundreds of slave they do but it is a much dollars scale. so george himself was born 75 years after john the sailor arrives but his first wife died young so when george arrived had several older half-brothers. when george was

one happened near glen mill road an glen road in potomac. another one in north potomac. thel natioather service says each year more deaths occur due to flooding. please remember, turn around, don't drown. back over to you. >>> thanks, erika. we turn to two developing storts in washington t everybody is watching closely. a guilty plea and a guilty verdict. tw men, once former mainstays of the trump campaignoth face time in federal person. first, new york, michael cohen, the president's former attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty to tax evasion andna campaign e violation. the plea doesn't actually namep president trut it does acknowledge payments to two omen for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. one payment in coordination with and repaid by, quote, the candidate. cohen was apparently emotional in court as he entered that plea. he will be sentenced in december. >>> in alexandria, virginia, a jury fnd paul manafort guilty on several counts. the judge found mistrial on ten counts. manafort goes on trial in the district next monthgeacing char of failing to register

one rescue hang near glen mill road and glen road in potomac, another at orchard road in north potomac. the national weather service says each year more deaths occur from flooding than any other hazard. as a reminder here, we've got more rain coming into the area, rn around, don't own. back to you guys. >> erika, thank you. now to two developing stories. waington is watching closely a guilty plea and a guilty verdict. formerainstays on the donald trump campaign now facing time in federal prison. first to new york. the president's former attorney andixer pleadeduilty to tax evasion and two counts of campaign finance violations. the plea never names trump but talks about payments to influence the 2016 election. one pment said to be in coordination with and repaid by, quote, the candidate. cohen was apparently emotional in court as he entered hea pl. he will be sentenced in december. in alexandria, virginia, a jury found paul manafort guilty on eight counts bank and tax fraud. the judge declared a mistrial on ten other counts. this was the first trial prosecuted b the office of special co

right next to the warm waters of the potomac. ortside your probably in the 50s. look at the friday forecast coming >>. plus, billboard backlash. plus, billboard backlash. the new push from peta kids and parents don't always agree. but they both love digestive advantage kids. because the best probiotic is the ones kids'll take. and hea. digestive advantage kids. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >> 4:28. aoo live at the capital wheel there. doesn't feel like a summer day outside. 66 degrees here in northwest d.c. a lot of parts of the area waking up in the0s, too. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez. >> let's look at the fecast with chuck bell and sheena parveeez a little b out there. >> it's nice. it feels crisp. it feels like fall. some people might want a jacket when they walk main. e. melissa had one on. did i just call you out? >> i don't thinkit's jacket-worthy. >> you won't be hot. >> fair enough. i think you should i enjoy and say to yourself, i'd rather be a little chillyn august than the alternative, which, by the way, is coming back next week, when

the speed limit just dropped from 35o miles per hour 25 along route 1 near the busy potomac yard shoppinga. >> up. reasons we chose route 1 is because with all the democrat in potomac yard and the changes in the corridor over the past few ears the street is already designed for a slower speed. >> i'm amazed you can d even 25 there. police will be out enforcing the you in speed limit. >>> virginia lawmakers will return to richmond for a special session this, on august 30th. they have to redraw the commonwealth's ledge lative map because in june a federal court that 11 districts and the house of delegates were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. rs to urt ordered lawma redraw the state map and do i by september 30th. republicans will convene for the special session while appealing changes. >> a woman falls off a cruise ship and survivors after treadingen hours in water. >> and a fireball 40 times brighter than the moon shoots over the sky. coming u e thelanation from nasa, but, first, here's amelia. >> and oday wasd.c. public school's back-to-school day, so what can you expect tomorrow? some

this storm is makingts way across the potomac and northern marys county and this storm trying to formtowards wood bridge and it stays south of wood bridge as it stays across the potomac and then just plain rain. moderate rain. gerstown and winchester. may see a rumble of thunder. storminess in ft. royal and you can see what's been happening here the last few hours. satellite and radar, watch the explosion of showers andhe stor in our area. look back to the rest, an explosion back here, too, showers and thunderstorms. that tells you we're not done with this severeeaer threat just yet. we have it again tomorrow. amelia is taking a look tomorrow. >> it's hot and humid out there tomorrow and throughout t entire day. you already step out the door and the humidity hits you like a sponge, and the heed and humidity among other factors are going to helpuel showers and tomorrow.rms mainly between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. on wednesday. once again there's potential for strong t severe thunderstorms. the biggest threat i'm seeing is heavy rainfaea. that could to some isolated flooding concerns out there

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this is route 1 anotherhe very busy potomac shopping area.reporter adam tuss tellss the city believes this will make that road safer. >> reporter: signs, signs and everywhere there's signs that tell the story. >>ah. >> yeah like 25 now. i know, i'm not happy about it. cars orter: nearly 40,000 a day ride along this stretch o route and for many drivers like matt klieman let's just say this is going to be an adjustment. >> well, i mean, you know,t's like, you know, you go 40, 50 and it feels like, you know, you're obeying the traffic laws and you realize you're 15 over. >> reporter: judging by our own scientific study a lot of the rs will have to tap breaks here more often and this is what its like as we maintained 25 miles down the road car after car passing by us, while alexandria recently adopted a zero vision plan toin elate all traffic related fatalities and serious injuries. ute 1 was an obvious area of focus. hillary orr is with the department of transportation with the city of alexandria. >> one of the reasons we chose route 1 with all

adam tuss reports from the potomac in northern virginia where a lot of that water is heading. >> reporteressda of a after all that rain. all you have to do is take a look behind me here at the in fast-mov waters to see how much is now flowing through the area. some roads have re-opened, but it haseen at times a scary situation today. all across the area, localntoads turned irivers. perhaps the most dramatic moment of the day, a driver stranded on browns mill road in vienna completely surrounded by water. chopper 4 capturing the sne. you can kind of see in the center of the shot right here, sat vehicle isck basically in the middle of about a 200-yard closure of browns mill road. the road completely flooded out right now. fairfax county rescue teams eventually removed the driver safely buthe car left to stay and wait for the water to run off. hn has lived in the vienna area for 50 years. he cameo take some pictures and he said last night was rough with the rain. >> i measured 3 1/4 inches in a rain bucket that i had put out. >> reporter: the rain pounding windshields early this morning, lea

blocked there and southbound the ramp to montrose, the right side ramp closeding to get off to the potomac. and the left lane bcked a rockville pike with the rest of the roadway just fine. >> thank you. getting ready to go back to ernor. and running for g this teen isn't old enough to vote but ion the ballot today in vermont. >> time is ticking and soon summer will be over and school starting. i'm justin finch here with a professional organiz >> welcome back. at4:23, a lot of eyes today on nermont's primary election because this is running to be the next governor. he is 14-year-old ethan sun born, one of four con the ballot. he said his decision to run grew out of frustration with state and national politics. vermont doesn't have a restriction for gubernatorial e ndidates as long as they h lived in the state for four years before the election. starting young. >> probably goi to revisit that law, though. >>> school still out for summer for another week for most kids in the district. >> at 13 d.c. city schools, kids are heading back to class for the second d this morning. those schools have

. >>> we know the name of the workerle kduring a construction accident in potomac. johnhomas moran jr. was killed yesterday. moran jr. was killed by the lowering of this portable structure. we're working to learn how it happened. measures of safety were in place at the time. >>> the work has begun in bethesda for marriott headquarters. construction will cause lane closures along wisconsin, wood a montnd norfolk avenues. that project should be don by 2022. >>> kindergartners are getting ready to start a long day of school. schools started full-day oundergarten started this year. doubling the day dbles the educational experience. the parents we talked to says we find the schedule reassuring. >> when we go to work, we can feel safe. she's in school. >> loudon county deputies are stepping up patrols in school zones this year. they will ben cracking down speeders. >>> routine walk turned into one investigation for one outraged illinois mom. corey widen sound herself being questioned by child protective services for letting her 8-year-old daughter taking the dog on a walk

i expect it's in the bottom of the potomac somewhere. this still a house there that he built and his name when he was born in the little church. trs a beautiful piece of work. while that was going on thab we -- they were building the vaulting inside.itrs a beautiful piece o. while that was going on thab -- they were building the vaulting inside.trs a beautiful piece of. while that was going on thab -- they were building the vaulting inside. trs a beautiful piece o work. while that was going on thab -- they were building the vaulting inside. >> what was the scene like while this house was being constructed? >> it was pretty torn up by orderly. they built houses for the cottage men. they were 12 by 12. they were in rows. they were part of the job. they didn't have to pay to have those. andrew jackson across the street in lafayette. the ma ssonic order, all stone people were masons. they had markets held where the park is now on pennsylvania avenue. that became a real event on saturdays. they had horse racing. lots of gambling. it was a who

this is such an important field especially for the army of the potomac. other battlefields were preserved. chattanooga, shiloh and elsewhere. a union veteran regimental history worked tirelessly. to ensure that their memory of the war, the union memory would neither be forgotten nor eclipsed by that of confederate veterans. too many lives have been lost for them to do otherwise. former confederates though were more -- were no less determined to preserve the memory of the war. they needed to explain what they had fought for as well as why they had lost to their grin -- to their children and grandchildren. the lost cause was made up of at least four tenants. i should point out that the loss causes a term coined by them. not academics. the tenants go like this, confederate soldiers had fought honorably and bravely. they had not been defeated but overwhelmed by insurmountable odds by superior northern materials and manpower. most confederates, as the century went on denied that slavery had been a cause of the war but most asserted catalysts are not and it was

federal police officer who was off duty, riding his motor scooter at the intersecti ofns pvania and potomac avenue se last friday afternoon. >> i came to a stop at the stop light. >> reporter: sudden he says these three men attacked him. >> they punched me multiple times, likely kicked me. >> reporter: and tried to take his yscooter. >> t pushed me over. i fell down. the scooter went down. h myd hit the ground. luckily i had my helmet on. i took my helmet off and began struggling with them to try to keep them from stealing the scooter. >> reporter: they eventually gave up, ran away. surveillance camerre cap the three suspects. >> if they do this with no consequences, with no punishment for the fact that they've attempted to steal, assaulted, jured people, they're going to continue to do this.te >> rep now, david also says that people actually watched and did nothing to help him while this attack was going on. you can help him if you cognize the three suspects that we showed you. call d.c. you can also log on to nbcwashington.com or check out or nbc washington free app. look at the photos an

gettysburg was the army of the potomac's first clear victory. this was a union memorial park. and they felt like their park was being distorted. the memory of their great victory was being distorted by all these confederates coming to gettysburg. one counciled, quote, the hallowed field of gettysburg is no place to vaunt treason and glorify rebellion, and stay at home and gnaw the file of discontent and obscurity. and in fact, many of them did. nearly 20,000 union veterans and their families came to gettysburg in 1888, to dedicate monuments, to rejoice in their most famous triumph. most confederates did not attend, although the gentleman in the middle is none other than your first corps commander from the army in virginia. by this point, he had become a republican, so he was persona non grata in many confederate circles, although he was openly welcomed by mean union veterans at this point. same goes for the 1913. the 50th anniversary. the very famous blue/gray reunion at gettysburg. likewise, witnessed similar sentiments. months prior to the reunion, several members of the ric

this happened at potomac avenue in southeast. cameras captured thesetu ps of the subject. he wants them arrested before they do something like this to someone else. >> while they're out there, they're going to continue to do this. if they do this with no consequences, with no punishment for the fact they steal, assaulted, injured people, they're going to continueo this. >> he feels disappointed and disbelief. he says there were a lot of people who just watched him be attacked. >> happening this morning, cardinal donald wuerl is schedud to deliver mass to a newic teachers to begin school year. that will happen at the basilica of the immaculate conception. he has avoided media coverage since there was a story that hev wasing up sex abuse. this is not the only accusation that the cardil is facing. the former ambassador to the u.s., accuses wuerl and pope francis of knowing about abuse allegations against mccarrick years ago. he was relieved of service after it was relieved he was abusing young pistes and minarians. po francis has not denied the allegations. >>> we're getting

this gettysburg was the army of the potomac's first clear victory over the army of virginia. this was a union memorial park, and they felt like their park was being distorted, the memory of their great victory was being distorted by all these confederates coming to gettysburg. one union veteran counseled former confederates, "the ha hallowed field of gettysburg is no place to vaunt treason and glorify rebellion" and he was perfectly content the rebels stay at home and gnaw the file of disconsetent and obscurity. nearly 20,000 came with their families to rejoice in their most famous triumph. most confederates did not attend, although the gentleman in the middle is none other than your first core commander from the army of northern virginia, longstreet. but by this point, he had become a republican so he was persona non grata in many confederate circles, although he was openly welcomed by many union veterans at this point. same goes for the 1913, the 50 th anniversary, the very famous blue-gray reunion. months prior to the reunion, several members of the richmond based lee camp

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he is in north potomac, maryland. very good to talk to you. thank you for your time. regular basis, given the president as well. where do you think this might be heading now‘s how will it end up? that is a question and one that is really ha rd to that is a question and one that is really hard to answer. looking at what was happening up until yesterday, i would have said things would go smoothly and there was a chance for a peaceful transfer of power. today's events though, caused me to take a step back and wonder if it could really go very badly. had you think the opposition have played this? —— how do you think. u nfortu nately, this? —— how do you think. unfortunately, not very well. from the start, the factions within the opposition fighting over who had ownership of party names really, i think, weaken the opposition. there seemed to be a bit of a comeback over the last few weeks and i have been following the voting on facebook. i have about 6000 zimbabweans who dump information on to my facebook account by the minute. and it was looking like it was a very close el

warden about it trying to fix that but again now she's in an entirely new facility is to cross the potomac river in alexandria russian authorities have described this as inhumane in costume race and do you think such conditions off such conditions normal in such a case. well it's hard to know what's normal this is a very unusual case i mean she is in protective custody so she is segregated from the general population of the prison facility which i don't think is necessarily a bad thing on the whole but i think that it it makes things very difficult bureaucratically she was in when she was in d.c. jail she was in kind of a holding or an intake facility that she had essentially to herself but you know no contact really with outside people besides her lawyers and occasional phone calls and when you're being held. in semi isolation like that it's difficult because every everything she wanted to do is kind of a one off request there isn't a very set schedule and so it was very difficult to make sure she was getting a proper exercise and. trips to the library and things like that because everyth

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servers are compromised here to help us out the latest claim a foreign government hacking in the potomac he said she said they said that follows a conservative commentator fave models. and i dare you to say that again you can see and i mean is that i have that i got there i want to say not just today but it was because the daily caller you know kick start of this incredible story but they are just sources to to anonymous sources which any time i hear anonymous sources always makes my b.s. some time to raise you know why why should we believe the daily caller's claims why should we think that this is accurate information with good reporting well you know you could take it all the way back to when the former head of the f.b.i. james komi said that no prosecutor would ever bring charges against hillary and take the case also brought up the possibility that yes. there could have been bad actors that got involved and got ahold of some of hillary's e-mails as a matter of fact there's a fox has reported on an e-mail from may of two thousand and sixteen where peter strock of peter's truck was a

tony dokoupil, cbs news, potomac, maryland. >> glor: speechless.e couple. that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm jeff gror. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org brand-new transbay terminal... for the first ti >>> new at 6:00 evening commuters are using san francisco's brand-new transbay terminal for the first time tonight. now kpix5 has learned who is paying for it even if they never step foot inside. good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. kpix5's phil matier crunched the numbers for us, phil? >> reporter: that's right. you know, the transbay terminal here is a new landmark in san francisco and as you see, the commuters are already streaming in to catch their buses to the east bay and other parts of san francisco, but as for who is picking up the tab for a lot of that, it's a little closer to us than you might imagine. let's take a look. san francisco's new $2 billion transbay terminal is big and with its rooftop garden it's bold and as it turns

such important field especially for the army of the potomac. other battlefields were conserved. they worked tirelessly in other words to ensure that their memory of the war the union memory of the war would never be by thatn nor eclipsed of confederate veterans. too many lives have been lost in to do otherwise. confederates were no less determined to preserve their memory of the war. they needed to explain what they had fought for as well is why they had lost to their children and grandchildren. the lost cause was made up of at least four tenants. that is a term coined by them not academics. confederate search soldiers had fought honorably and bravely. they had not been defeated but overwhelmed by insurmountable odds by superior northern materials and manpower. increasinglyates denied that slavery had been a cause of the war the most asserted catalysts are not a have been sanctioned by the constitution and providence. above all they insisted that secession has been constitutional. there cause have been just that they had not committed treason. iny expressed the sentiments many t

. >> reporter: this was the focal point for a potomac river gandala. it's not clear when it will be torn down but nevertheless, gas station is now gone. >>> special birthday wishes for one of d.c.'s most beloved residents. bei bei the panda turns three. he's very much still a cub. playing around and having fun like back in may when he went viral when he was seen here climbing on the tree. tumble.ttle he's all right. the national zoo gave him a nda friendly birthday cake this morning. >>> youe heard of maternity leave, paternity leave but what about paw ternity leave. the c >>> in companies haveffered maternity leave, paternity leave. there's a new paid off that's gaining popularityor a different member of the family. new pets. some companed isy. >> i was able to bond with him, get to know his personality. it was very critical in building my relationship with my dog. >> is it literally called pawternity leave. >> he likes that too. >> reporter: you heard that right. paidarime off to not for a newborn but for a furrier family member. meredith took two we

servers were compromised here to help assess out the latest claim a foreign government hacking in the potomac he said she said they said that follows conservative commentator dave miles. and i dare you to say that again because if i may is that i haven't got there are one says that not just today but it was because the daily caller you know kick start of this incredible story but they are just sources to to anonymous sources which i mean time i hear anonymous sources always makes might be some time to raise you know why why should we believe the daily caller's claims why should we think that this is accurate information with reporters well you know you could take it all the way back to when the former head of the f.b.i. james komi said that no prosecutor would ever bring charges against hillary and take the case also brought up the possibility that yes. there could have been bad actors that got involved and got ahold of some of hillary's e-mails as a matter of fact there's a fox has reported on an e-mail from may of two thousand and sixteen where peter strock of peter's truck was a counter-in

look at the potomac. the e.sunr everything is -- >> picture perfect. >> that just happened because i feel like 20 minutes ago it wasn't that color. >> beautiful golden glow. >> yes. and the sun comes up in about 10 minutes from now. beautiful sun rise out there. and again, i don't eve think -- i'm looking at the monitors. i'm not sure how it's projected on your tv. i'm not sure it's even doing it justice, but it's beautiful. i ca gt even over the water, the reflection. again, it's going to be another beau day out there. now, the humidity starts to build overnight, bot until then. we have some isolated chances of rain to put in. amelia and i were talking about that. we had to put one in for sunday and a stray chance for monday. but that's it. i think most of us are going to be dry. look at these. temperatur not only sit beautiful outside. it's cool and crisp. temperatures are in the 50 upper 60s at reagan national airport. just a good-looking morning out there. your wakeup weather, plenty of sunshine. we h

tony dokoupil, cbs news, potomac, maryland. >> that is the overnight news authorize this tuesd for thissday. for some of you, the news continues on the morning news fr troadca cter, i'm jeff glor. >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm jareka duncan. the latest tell-all book from an insider hits the shelves later today and it's already sending political ripples across washington. it's called "unhinged" by omarosa manigault newman. the former reality tv actress apparently walked around the white house with a tape recorder and she's been playing clips to reporters. president trump who brought her to washington now calls her a lowlife. major garret former white house aide omarosa manigault newman revealed she recorded white house conversations, including this one with president trump in december. >> omarosa, omarosa, what's going on? i just saw on the news that you're thinking about leaving. what happened? >> general kelly -- general kelly came to me and said that you guys wanted me to leave. >> no, nobody even told me about it. nobody, you know

n worker has died after accident at the high school in potomac, this is chopper 4 over the scene. montgomery county rescue officials tell news 4 the worker with us placing the portable structure you see there when he became trapped. no word on how it happened or what safety measures were in place. wepdate you as soon as we learn more. >>> the department of education could be arede conng allowing states to use federally funded grants to buy guns for teachers about that this is according to the "new yo this year congress passed a school safety bill that allocate money to local school districts, but row hi prohibited schools from using the money to buy firearms. so theepartment is looking for a loophole. possibly grants that don't hav strictions on weapons and could allow the secretary of education betsy devos to use her discreti discretion. >> first day of classes in loudouco ty, and molette green checked i with the staff at a new school before students arrived. >> reporter: oh, yeah, it is the first day of school here. and are we ready? i'd say brand new school building, new staff,

potomac. chris, with school starting in a timing. >> absolutely.heightened levels of lead, but they say all ofq th have either been repaired or will be repaired before the beginning of the school year. h safe is the water in your t( re school stemt( to review its wateri] quality. montgomery public schools tested water in its 206 schools and all of its offices between january and may. it found elevated lead levels at 86 schools, but montgomery county says only a small blhad alp lead p. >> out of more than 13,000 water fixtures that were tested we had a little bit over 200 fixtures els els lead.Ñ. jl those were immediately removed from use and remediation was puk into place. >> all water fixtures including fountains and asinks with lead level of 20çó parts per billionr more were shut down for repairs. i asked thexdxd montgomery heal department about that. >> high levels c leadn lead to behavior problems, low iqc at hypeity. school system says allÑic repai to water stations are expected to be completed by the time students return fo new school year. >

[inaudible] in the potomac river and can't swim and a catastrophe is if anybody saves him. lou: well, all of this begging the question, where is lame-duck speaker paul ryan? where are the democratic dirty leaders? why aren't they calling for an apology? why isn't speaker taking steps in congress? joining us tonight, ed rollins and political director, great america pac chairman and analyst michael goodwin. pulitzer prize-winning columnist for "the new york post" and fox business contributor. thank you both for being here. why in the world should any city member -- sitting member of congress be permitted to say such things without a house? >> we should never forget that congressman hastings was impeached as a federal judge. lou: i don't forget it all. >> and then decided to run for congress. but he was impeached. he had been impeached for being a federal judge had never served in any office. the voters down there sent them back. he's been a bad actor. lou: that is the voters decision. why in the world does the democratic party not be held to account for this? if it were the o

around l this will pass over the potomac river i towards part of western loudoun county.eesburg being hit heavy, too. tomorrow rkilly l quite nice. we've got another storm down to the south and marshall area. ths coming on through here. amelia, this is all out of here tomorrow and something else is out of here, too. >> the humidity levs are going to be really nice tomorrow. you know what, doug. the it really wasn't all thatre bad out t today as far as the humidity goes of the overall actually a fantastic day as we take a look at your humidity levels tomorrow. still kind of i that comfortable range for this time of year as we continue to move on through tworkweek. thursday the humidity starts to creep back in just a little bitn it oppressive out there, but the humidity does return in full force out tren friday. since you planned out the rest of the workweek, maybe you're take the kids to the pool if they are not back in school. tomorrow is looking like perfection. it's completely dry. another great day out there on thursday as it starts to get hot and ontt friday sed thund

. >> chopper 4 also over the scene of a ddly construction accident at the height school in potomac. mo rgomery countycue officials say crewser w lowering this portable structure when he became trapped. he died as crews worked to scue him. we're still working to learn more about h exactlyow it happened or what typ of safety asures were in place. >>> budding football player, a 10-year-old child, a loving father, just some of the youngest faces in a growing trend of gun violence in d.c. that trend reached a dubious milestone last night, 100 homicides so far this year, up significantly from last year. news 4's meagan fitzgerald talked with some of those closest to the problem, the families of these victims. you don't want to bury your child. >> on july 16th, she realized she'd have to buryr- 10-yd daughter ma kaya, killed outside of her homeer while on way to get ice cream. >> how i feel is beyond words. it's unbearable. >> the pane is indescribable. mayor bowser and councilman mcduffy say they're doing what they can to stop t violence by providing resources, jobs and opportunities to p

crews will move barges onto the potomac river and lower support beams down. the entire project to replace the bridge deck is expected to take 2 1/2 years. >>> a story you'll only seews o 4, we confirmed district heights elementary in prince george's county wl be temporarily closed when the school year starts in two weeks. the students will be bused to an empty school instead,ossibly the forestville high school. there are concerns about air quality in the a school the possibility of mold at district heights elementary. wexpect to learn more about the decision at tonight's school board meeting. news 4's shomari stone will have tonight at 11:00. >>> for two years in a row, prince george's county has had the highest job growth in the state of maryland. now the county is rebranding the way it connects people to those jobs. we're working for you tonight if you're looki o for work just new opportunities. our county bureau chief tracee wilkins takes a inside look at the grand opening of the american job center in largo. >> are you a job seeker? >> yes. >> reporter: t

and follow that through the south into calvert county and then this storm trying to move across the potomac into st. mary's county. ther view showing for the most part we're out of the woods for now. we could see a few m,e stor however, developing, and that's why this flash flood watch continues until 10:00 tonight. >> just about everybody. the d.c.etro are and areas north and west round the flash flood watch until 10:00 p.m. earlier today it was one main thunderstorm that moved through the-year from the the northeast and producing damage. take a being loop. every circle y is a damage report. either of flooding issues, downed treeai some reports out there. again, all of these are storm reports from that thunderstorm that moved through the area. we've had so many rainfall sce mid-july. we can just not catch a break. so i've looked at some numbers and i've had some help from others. take a look at the rainfall stats. only 9 out of the last 30 days at reagan national have been completely dry.s thishe third wettest mid-july to mid-august on record thanks to capital climate on that and according

at theet potomac vable farm, there might be some agreement. in yourivers theorst summer ever -- >> ever in virginia for me. >> reporter: wading through weeds gone crazy with the rain, they were picking peppers today. >> they're finally here. >> reporter: the rain means a lot of crops are late to harvest, and the saturated soil has been hard on tomatoes. >> a lot of them have the early blight. the leaves are all dying from the bottom down. the tomatoes get more sunborned, they're risk of pest damage. we've been struggling with that. they also split. >> reporter: still at their farmstand down the road, some mouth-watering choices. the harvest justui won't be qte as abundant this year. in purc,lville, virgin julie carey, news4. >> and the grape harvest is expected to begin in north virginia in a few weeks. so bring on the fun. >> yeah. now i want to go out for wine. it's friday, why not? >> that's right. >> bad week. >>> there's much more rain in your forecast. unfortunately, doug's back to tell us who has the best chance of seeing showers and th

raindrops over the potomac into parts of southern maryland and reached as far north as about most sidesthe capital beltway. most of this rain is not making a huge run to the north. so if you live i t northern half of montgomery county into frederick, maryland, you rain chances are very low this morning, even though it's already raining down to our south. temperaturewise, 60s in northern maryland, 60s inh the shenand valley, close to 70 in and around the city. future weather carries that rain moance in and around 10:30, 11:00 this ing. a partly to mostly cloudy day. most of the rain will be overr lan the afternoon, could have a stray bubble-up shower or two. rain chances low once you get past 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. we wilstay well below average today. today's forecast high 84 degrees. download our nbc washington appm today, becauserow will be a weather alert day because of the possibility of strong thunderstorms. no more than a o passing shower wednesday. the humidity is going on, summer vacation, wednesday afternoon into the weekend, low humidity and temperatures cooler than averag